xn A Welcome Tea was conduct- ed at Gate of Heaven's Altar and Rosary Society’s February meeting. President Lorraine Hawk introduced and welcomed severakaew members who along x the society enjoyed the entertainment of Gate of Heaven’s folk group. Preceding the entertainment, a meeting was held in the school’s auditorium. Mrs. Hawk stated that a $50 donation was given to the Polachek Family who's home was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Robert Cartier, chair- man of the Communion lunch- "plays Helen of Troy. Everyone who has read Homer’s The Iliad would have difficulty finding comedy in the tragedy of the Trojan war, but French playwright Jean a play being produced under the English adaptation title of Tiger at the Gates. : The pig centered around the events at¥d arguments leading up to the fateful Trojan war, will. be resented at College binky a Feb. 20 by the Pancakes To Sizzle On Auxiliary Griddle Trucksville Volunteer Fire Company will hold its annual sausage and pancake supper at the Kingston Township Municipal Building Feb. 17. Sausage, pancakes, eggs, served. Tickets ‘can be pur- chased at the door or from members of the auxiliary or fire com pangs Serving¥will begin at 5 p.m. and continue until 7 p.m. Post Cookbook National Players of Catholic University. Billed as an anti-war play, Trojan in a pro and con situation regarding the im- pending war with the Greeks. At one level, inevitable because ‘the poets need it for their elegies and dirges; the king because it is the custom; the lawyer because of his honor; and others for various mean reasons.” But the play rises above sarcasm when it equates the reasons for the Trojan war with modern wars. In the production directed by Joseph Lewis, Donna Welby plays Helen of Troy and Daniel Giulvezan plays Paris. The remainder of the 20 characters are played by other experienced thespians from one of the oldest touring companies in the U.S. Tiger at the Gates will be presented in Walsh Auditorium at College Misericordia at 8 and will be open to the public at no charge. The event is being sponsored by the college’s cultural events committee. eon to be held March 18 follow- ing the 12:15 Mass, announced that a chicken dinner will be served and entertainment will be provided by Sister Shawn's third grade class. Co-chairman of the rummage sale, Mrs. Gene Menges, re- ported the sale will be held June 14 through 16 and that rummage is being accepted by her co- chairman Mrs. Joseph Mec- Donald. On May 19, the society is sponsoring a pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Thomas Havrilla will have further de- tails at the March meeting. Mrs. Leo Mohen will head up a committee who will visit the local nursing homes once a week. They will accompany Father Thomas Jordan who will celebrate Mass for the guests and then visit awhile. A report on the annual birth- day tea was given by Mrs. Vince Correale who stated that all tables have hostesses and en- tertainment will be provided by the drama class from Wyoming Valley West High School. Tickets will be distributed and anyone wishing to make reser- vations can kindly telephone her at 639-5759. The tea is scheduled for May 31. = - Mrs. Hawk then introduced chairman of the welcome tea Elaine Grybowski who thanked the many women who baked cookies, cakes or donated candy. Library Club Meeting Feb.19 The Back Mountain Memorial Library Book Club will meet . 15, 1973 Dallas Woman’s Club Chorale will hold its 25th anniversary dinner. at the Castle Inn Feb. 21. All members of the chorale are invited to attend. Reservations can be made with any com- mittee member. Members are asked to make ' possible. Chorale group is presently directed by Mrs. David Woj- ciechowski accompanied by Mrs. Walter Steltz. Former directors and pianists were rooms of the First National Bank, Dallas Shopping Village. Mrs. Dana Crump announced that Natalie Nyhart, Wilkes- Barre, will read the book, ‘Now and Then,” by Emily Kin- brough. Miss Nyhart is a graduate of Wilson College and a member of the board. She is a registered pharmacist and world traveler. She also taught school for many years. Mrs. David Hettinger arranged the program. Mrs. William Pierce and Mrs. Ralph Lewis will act as hostesses at the tea which will follow the meeting. YWCA Schedules Course Registration The Back Mountain YWCA will hold registration at Prince of Peace Church, Main Street, _Dallas, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for several eight week classes. Crocheting = with = granny squares, arts and crafts, knitting, getting. to know an- tiques, drapery making, collage and slimnastics. These classes will begin Feb. 27 and will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. A nursery will be available. Betty Patton, Mrs. William Carroll, Maude Baker, Mrs. David Carey, Norma Smith and Mrs. Robert Carey. The group has performed many times in Wyoming Valley and in New York City. Chairman of the dinner is Mrs. Leo Mohen, co-chairman is Marie McCoy, assisted by Mrs. Charles Mahler, Pat Kalinofski, Mrs. Lanl Birn- stock, Mrs. David Wojciechow- ski, Mrs. Walter Steltz, Mrs. Leon Brokenshire, and Mrs. Joseph Katyl Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Ide, Mill Street, Dallas were honor- ed by a surprise dinner at the Continental Inn Saturday night in observance of their 55th wed- ding anniversary. St. David's Society Plan Annual Dinner The 94th St. David’s Society of Wyoming Valley will hold a St. David’s Day dinner March 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Home, North River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Honorary chairmen for the event will be former Governor Arthur H. James and Judge Thomas M. Lewis. Election of officers for 1972-73 will be held at Central YMCA W. Northampton Street Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. St. David’s Day plans will be finalized. Anyone wishing to obtain tickets for the dinner may contact W. H. Morgan, 57 N. Main St., 696-3112. The Ides were married Feb. 8, 1918, at the Westmoor Church by the Rev. Lay. Mrs. Lay acted as witness. They resided in Dallas Township where Mr. Ide was superintendent of the Fern Knoll Cemetery. He later was Borough Road Department and is now retired. They moved to their present home over 44 years ago. Mrs. Ide was the former Audrey Eipper. They have 11 living children, one deceased, 28 grandchildren and 17 great- grandchildren. Present at the celebration were: Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Ide, Mr. and Mrs. Will Ide, Oakhill; Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Ide Jr., Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ide, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Max Dreher Jr., and Karne Lee, Campbell, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. William Russell and son, Bobby, Trucksville; Kenneth Ide, Sweet Valley; Mrs. Ted Cobleigh and Mrs. John Blackwell, Troy, N.Y.; Mrs. James Ide, Rochester, and the honored couple. \ \ At a recent meeting held by Club, Mrs. Joseph Neizgoda, conservation chairman, an- nounced Jean Johnson as winner of the essay contest sponsored by the club. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Johnson, RD 2, Dallas, a junior at Lake- Lehman High School and a member of the Senior High Chorus and G.A A. She is also a cheerleader and treasurer of her class. Her essay on re- cycling has been entered into the county contest. At the meeting, Mr. Gene Thrasher, Luzerne County District Conservationist, pre- sented a program consisting of slides on soil and forest conser- vation and property mainten- ance and improvement. Mrs. Louis Lanning, chair- man for Home Life and Fine Arts, announced that the next meeting would be held March 3 at the Harveys Lake Elemen- time the annual sewing contest will also be conducted. Twenty girls from Lake-Lehman High School will model their sewing fashions and a winner will be selected to represent the club in the district contest. During this same meeting members will also participate in the arts and crafts contest. The only requirement is that entries be hand-made, not from Kits. There will be judging and ribbons will be awarded. Mrs. Howard Grey thanked George Sabaluski, Mrs. Alex- ander Rinken, Mrs. Paul Clemow and Mrs. Lionel Bulford for their assistance. meet Feb. 19 at the home of Mrs. Bradley Ide with Mrs. Elliott Ide as co-hostess. a Representatives of several Back Mountain area United Methodist churches will play an important role in the upcoming rally of ministers and lay persons scheduled Tuesday night at the First United Methodist Church of Wilkes- Barre. The Back Mountain church members will raise their voices in song as part of the rally’s 200-person choir--singing an original anthem written especially for the event by Wilkes College music professor Rosendo E. Santos Jr. The rally will launch the Wyoming Conference Rebuilding Campaign, a fund drive which hopes to raise $1 million for the United Methodist churches damaged by the June flood. The Rev. John Topolewski, pastor of the Trucksville United Open House Methodist Church and a member of the rebuilding campaign committee, explains that “the rally will not be a church service per se, but an opportunity to celebrate together the great pageantry which is part of our Christian heritage.” The pageantry of which he speaks will include, in addition to the choir of 200, a procession of clergymen arrayed in full liturgical garb and a brass choir from Wilkes College assembled especially for the rally. A throng of 1,000 persons is ex- pected to attend the celebration. Atty. Charles D. Lemmond Jr., a Dallas resident who is co- chairman of the campaign in the church’s Wilkes-Barre District, promises that the pageantry will be enhanced by a congregational hymn sing to Mark Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Eyet Sr. Dymond Hollow will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary Feb. 16. An open house celebration will be held Feb. 17 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Dymond Hollow Methodist Church. The affair will be hosted by their children, Patricia Coolbaugh, and sons Richard, Glenn Jr. and Robert. No in- vitations have been issued; Births Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reese of Fieldcrest announced the birth of a daughter, Amber Leslie, Feb. 11, in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. She weighed seven pounds, five ounces and was 20 inches tall. Her big sister, Kristen, age 21, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fielding Sr., on Sutton Road. Cake baking comes naturally to Jane Bicking. She first learn- ed to bake cakes for dessert at home with her mother and dad when a young teenager. And well she did, for her husband and two sons are especially fond of desserts and particularly ‘mom’s’ cake. Jane, who with her husband and sons, Bill and Keith, resides with her mother, Mrs. William Hughes at Harding, was a native of Kingston and grad- uated from Kingston High School. She is married to Lee Bicking, a former resident of Forty Fort. About 18 years ago, the Bick- ain where they lived in Oak Hill for 13 years until they moved to their home on Memorial High- way, Dallas. The highway loca- tion was convenient for the there, about a year ago, Jane opened ‘Jane’s Slack Rack.’ A few months ago, fc''owing the death of Mrs. Hughes hus- band, the late William Hughes, the Bickings made the move to Harding to reside with Jane’ Ss mother. When Jane is not whipping up one of her family’s favorite cake recipes, she spends her leisure time at Crown Imperial Lanes where she is a member of and the Friday night Imper- ialettes. She is also kept busy with homemaking duties in their large home and the grounds on which it is situated. Two important members of the Bicking family are French poodles, Pixie and Chanel. Jane is currently taking lessons in sewing and before too long hopes to design and fashion her own ensembles. The Bicking family enjoys travelling and with Bill, grad- uate of Lake-Lehman, and Keith, Dallas High School and PSU’s Wilkes-Barre Campus graduate, have made frequent trips to Canada and to Florida. They are planning a trip in the near future if Lee’s heavy work schedule permits. | During the summer months, the entire family and their friends enjoy the huge swim- ming pool in the Bickings’ yard afternoons and warm summer evenings. Each member of Jane's family has a favorite recipe and as a result, Jane has become quite versatile in the kinds that she bakes. Chocolate and coco- nut are the favorites of Keith and Bill, while Lee and her mother enjoy all of them, but tend to favor her tempting coffee cakes. Jane has willingly shared several of her family’s and friends’ favorites with Post readers. 3 Chocolate Cake 2 c. sugar 2 c. flour 3 c. cocoa 2 eggs Yc. oil 1 ¢. milk 2 t. baking soda 1 t. baking powder 5 t. salt 5 t. vanilla Mix ingredients together in order listed above. Add one cup boiling coffee. Pour into layer pans and bake in 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes or when cake springs back when pressed with thumb. Ice with favorite frosting. Coconut Cake Cream together: 1c. oil 3 c¢. sugar 6 egg yolks 1% c. milk 3 c. flour 3 t. baking powder 1 heaping c. shredded coconut Hand mix, then fold in six stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into 13 x 9 x 2” pan. Bake in 350 degree oven approximately 40 to 60 minutes. : Fruit Cake Boil and cool: relatives and friends are invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Eyet were married by the Rev. Thomas Kline in the; Centermoreland parsonage. Mrs. Eyet is the daughter of Pearl Lewis and the late Salmon Lewis of Falls. Mr. Eyet is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Eyet of Dymond Hollow. Dinner Session Set By Area Solo Club ‘The Solo. Club of Luzerne County will meet for a get- acquainted dinner Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Genetti’s Hotel, Wilkes-Barre. All interested single, widowed, divorced or separated individuals over 21 years of age are invited to at- tend. Reservations may be made by calling Maude Cloak at 675- 2356 after 4 p.m. or Tom Wenrick at 477-2486 after 7 p.m. 1 ¢. raisins 1% c. water Do not drain water from raisins when done. Sift and add to raisins: 3 c. flour 2 c. sugar 1% t. baking soda 3 eggs % 34 c. oil 1 T. vanilla 1 c. chopped nuts 1 c. cut cherries. Hand beat mixture until in- gredients well blended. Grease bottom of tube pan and pour in batter. Bake in 375 degree oven for one hour. Pound Cake 3 c. cake flour 3 c. sugar 2 sticks margerine Yc. shortening 1 t. baking powder 1 ¢. milk 2 t. vanilla 2 t. almond extract 5 eggs Mix together ingredients in order listed above. Pour into tube pan. Bake in 300 degree oven for thirty minutes (do not pre-heat oven). Then bake for additional 45 minutes in 350 de- gree oven. Breakfast Cake 3 c. flour - 2 c. sugar Ys t. salt hymns.” A highlight of the evening will be an address by the Rev. James M. Ault, Bishop of the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church. Bishop Ault has chosen the rebuilding campaign theme, “God Still Loves Us. We Know,’ as ‘the basis for his sermon. ; The rally at the First United Methodist Church of Wilkes- Barre is one of four such gatherings scheduled during the next week in the four districts of the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist. Church. According to the Rev. Edgar Singer, superintendent of the church’s Wilkes-Barre District, the purpose of each rally is to ‘evidence our enthusiasm and active support for the con- ference rebuilding campaign.’ The Rev. Singer explained that the $1 million campaign will serve to protect the chur- Agnes ‘‘from so emasculating their programs during the next immediate decades that their church life will suffer sub- stantially.” p-m., the festive rally is open to the program in social rooms. Other key members of the conference rebuilding cam- paign committee include Back Mountain residents Betty Rogers and Charles Kanarr. Handicrafts Offered By Senior Citizens Lorraine Stair and Minnie on knitting, crocheting, and Senior Citizens’ College Misericordia today, Feb. 15, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those persons teria on campus. 3 t. baking powder two-thirds c. shortening 4 eggs 1 ¢. milk 1 t. vanilla : Mix ingredients together in greased layer pans. Make sweetened crumbs for top ot sprinkle with cinnamon and gree oven for 30-35 minutes. Blueberry Coffee Cake 2 c. flour 34 c. sugar 2Y, t. baking powder 3 t. salt Y, c. shortening 3 e. milk 1 egg Mix all ingredients in order listed. Beat about 30 seconds. 375 degree oven 45 to 50 minutes. Topping For use with both breakfast cake or blueberry cake: V5 ¢. sugar one-third c. flour Y t. cinnamon Yy ec. soft butter Cream butter; add sugar, flour and cinnamon and mix well. Spread over top of cake before baking. #
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