Page 2 by Rev. Charles H. Gilbert Well, that’s all over! I might say that regarding the recent concert by the Wyoming Valley Oratorio Scoiety which did its performance Palm Sunday Wafternoon in Irem Temple. Anyone anywhere near the preparations for such a concert as this can see, and knew--and perhaps feel--something of the tension which works up to the actual doing of the concert. I wonder if many of you who either took part or fried in whatever way was yours to do any great utterance of the musicians’ art, have read Browning’s ‘‘Abt Vogler,” and § even faintly had empathy with | the public performance of great | combinations of tone and harmonies? Sometimes I think I have no right to enjoy that poem so much, since I do not stand in the heritage of great art. Browning writes: “But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome: ’tis we musicians know.” | It does seem fo me that the great musicians I know do have a way of weaving magic spells around the soul and help it to live more joyfully. It was reported to me that while the chorus and orchestra were ‘warming up behind the curtain # Sunday afternoon, someone | peeked out at the ‘house’ which wasn’t very full nor | filling rapidly. And the director _ took occasion to say something I personally thought was heart- warming and right to the point. It was something like this: “I want you all to remember that we are here today for the purpose of giving Brahms to the ~ people, whether they are few or many, and we are going to do our best at doing just that.” And it did my soul good to hear that he said that to them! Well, from all I have gathered from others who heard the concert along with me, the chorus and orchestra gave us Brahms! Recurring many times throughout my diaries is a morbid dismay that I didn’t | have big crowds to preach to. Some . might draw some parallels between what the director of the chorus told his ~ group and what someone might have told me. They might have told me, ‘Don’t pay attention to how many are ‘out there’ for you to preach to. You are here ‘preach the Word’ as the saying goes.’ But I think there is a dif- ference between a preacher and his congregation and the director of a chorus giving out with Brahms or some other great composer. For the ~ director knows that his work and his art is so inspiring his chorus that they succeed in giving Brahms by singing it, playing it, and making the act virtually a giving of Brahms soul and spirit and meaning as they do it. On the other hand the his congregation. The Bible is the Word of God, but the preacher to be true to it and to his calling must .so imbue himself with that Word and give his interpretation to it that people get the real Word through the personality and delivery of the preacher. And boys and girls, I want to say to you that is not so simple as it may sound. It calls for a voice, and a mind that understands both the printed Word and a sensible, intelligent interpreta- tion of it. And it is hard work! And when I see and hear a chorus doing the interpretation of a great musician and doing it so people get the color of it, the feeling of it, the joy of it, I am amazed that they can do it so well. I can’t even whistle it, nor sing it. But when I see them doing it I know that they are having to work at it, to study it, to listen to the director who himself has worked at it many times, and the soloists who have put their very lives into it to the point of exhaustion. Well, I am wanting to add my salute to them and may the God of all high music perfect them more and more in their holy art. Well, now I must turn to my own art or at least my work. This week I will be giving communion to my people at Valley Crest. This will be the one I call Holy Thursday Communion, to mark the oc- casion. They will have known. First off this week, I have already, as every year, distributed the potted Easter lilies one to each solarium and one for the lobby. This has been the gracious act of a friend of Valley Crest’s from near Philadelphia, who remembers us the appropriate seasons of the year. I love to take them from floor to floor and tell them that someone really cares about them, even though she and her husband have never seen them. And the hearts and faces and voices of those patients respond in gratitude for that attention given them. As if to outdo itself on this most holy week, our plant which we call the Twelve Apostles plant, has borne its third--or is it its fourth, blossom on the same long stalk. It is alse the largest of ‘them all. And this from a plant I always thought, and told people about, never blossomed more than once in a year. (Cathy recalls its having a second blossom in the same year). But no bloom lasts for more than one day! It looks the night before as if this might be going to burst open the next morning. Sometimes we have seen it--almost heard it--burst open, as with joy and un- constrained buoyancy it comes to tell the world that life such as His will not be kept long in a tomb! It is as lovely as an or- chid, and almost as rare. But this is the fourth bloom in one year, and all on the single long blossom stalk! Greenstreet News 675-5211 Wedding Stationery to do than just read the Bible to Ross PTA Ready For Country Fair | The Ross PTA Country Fair will be held April 28 at the Ross ~ Elementary School in Sweet Valley. The event will start at 9 a.m. and continue until closing. Among the articles for sale will be clothing, tools, house- hold items, baked goods, knick knacks, glassware, etc. Coffee, cold drinks, donuts, and hoagies will be served at the snack bar. Chairman and co-chairman of the event are William and Beverly Mutchler. Anyone who wishes to donate articles should call 256-3475 before Saturday. [DEPEND-ABILITY Bruce F'. Slocum Insurance Agency -““All Forms of Insurance’’ 48 Main Street Dallas, Pa. 675-1167 pe |0drinex can help you become the trim slim person you want to be. Odrinex is a tiny tablet and easily swallowed. Con- tains no dangerous drugs. No starving. No special exercise. Get rid of excess fat and live longer. 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Last year, 837 handicapped children were under care and received 18,301 services in- cluding 781 diagnostic examinations and evaluations; 1,236 physical therapy treat- ments; 3,029 speech and hearing therapy services. Commonwealth Telephone Company reported an increase in revenues for the first quarter and year-ended March 31 com- pared with the corresponding periods ended March 31, 1972. Operating revenues rose 10.6 percent to $4,972,416 for the quarter and increased 11.5 per- cent to $19,332,809 for the 12- month period. However, the in- crease on long-distance mes- sage revenue did not reach the amount anticipated for the quarter and unusually high maintenance expense was in- curred. These factors resulted in no gain in net income before preferred dividend from the year-earlier period. Steps are being taken to curtail certain expenditures to offset the first quarter underrun in estimated revenues. Earnings per average Com- mon share dropped from $.68 to $.56, reflecting the effects of 1972 sales of 100,000 Common shares and 35,000 series Prefer- red shares in addition to the underrun of revenues. For the twelve-month period net income available for Common shares was $2,756,273 and based on an average of 100,114 more shares outstanding produced earnings per share of $2.58 compared to $2,633,178 and $2.66/per average share in 1972. In keeping with the continuing grades of service, gross con- struction expenditures on new plant amounted to $2,292,382 for the quarter. The Company added 2,148 telephones in the first three months of 1973 com- pared to 1,798 in the same 1972 period. The board of directors at their reorganization meeting held to- day, authorized a quarterly Common dividend payment of 29% cents per share payable May 25 to shareholders of re- cord May 1. way, come now. No Job Too Large . Address State Te 1 bh City Zip Completes Training Army Private William L. ‘Spencer, 20, son of Betty A. Rogers, RD 4 Dallas, recently completed eight weeks of ad- vanced individual training at the U.S. Army Armor Center, Ft. Knox, Ky. During the training, students learn the duties of a tank crew- man, including the firing of the tank’s armament and small weapons. They also receive in- struction in field operation, map reading and tank maintenance and repair. / Pvt. Spencer entered the Army in September 1972 and completed basic training at Ft. Dix, N.J. He attended Lake-Lehman High School. New Phone Number Franklin Twp. Police 333-4848 LEO S. YOUNGBLOOD Leo S. Youngblood, 72, of Sun- set Terrace, Harveys Lake died last Wednesday in Mercy Hos- pital. A native of Wilkes-Barre, he was the owner of Youngblood’s Ace Refrigeration, Forty Fort. Surviving are his widow, the former Isabel Surakas; sons, James, San Antonio, Texas; Gordon, Philadelphia; Leo Jr., Harveys Lake; daughters, Arline Neurohr, Jean Young- blood, Bucks County; Evelyn Yocius, Mary Sims, Wilkes- Barre; brothers, Charles and Joseph, Wilkes-Barre; sisters, Helen Eustice, Mary Hiddock, Forty Fort, 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral ‘was from the McLaughlin Funeral Home, Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. LULA GILMORE Lula Gilmore, long-time re- sident of Noxen died last Wed- nesday in the Maple Hill Nur- sing Home, Lehman. She was 94, and had been a guest at the home the past 10 years. A native of Noxen, she was a member of the Noxen United Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Gunton, Noxen; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. William, her husband, died in 1944. Funeral was held from the Nulton Funeral Home, Beau- mont. The Rev. David Morgan and the Rev. Henry Westfield officiated. Interment was Cemetery. in Drums LAWRENCE J. WILSON Lawrence Wilson died at Valley Crest Friday. The 77 year-old had lived at RD 2, Ruggles. Born in North Mountain, he lived his entire life in Ruggles, and was a self-employed stone mason. Surviving him are his widow, the former Helen Kraft; daugh- ter, Emma McGovern, at home; two grandchildren; and sister, Mrs. Ellis Oney, Harveys Lake. The funeral was held from the Bronson Funeral, Home, Sweet Valley. The Re® Forrest: Nél- son and the Rey, Amandus Hun- zinger officiated. Interment was in Kocher Cemetery, Rug- gles. IN TIMES OF CRISIS CALL 829-2481 PROJECT OUTREACH People just like you— but trained to help. LARGE VARIETY OF V H Also Vegetable Plants (Cabbage, Lettuce, etc.) 287-0884 100 MEYERS LANE KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18704 Open Friday Evenings ’til 8 starting April Women’s 214 WYOMING AVENUE & Master Charge and 27 to May 5. Apparel o KINGSTON, Pa, 18704 ALVIN SOUDER Dallas, died Sunday morning in the Hampton Nursing Home, Hanover Township. He lived in Wilkes-Barre and Ashley after leaving Dallas. He had been a more-than-50-year employee of the Central Rail- road of New Jersey. He is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Dunstan; sons, Alvin, Ashley; Joseph, Easton; Wayne, Bath, Penna.; Kenneth, Waymart; daughters, Mrs. Theodore Drozda, Wilkes- Barre; Mrs. Archie Wildoner, Wilkes-Barre; sister, Thelma Hargraves, Shickshinny; 17 grandchildren. The funeral was held from the Kniffen Funeral Home, Wilkes- Barre. The Rev. Clarence R. was in the Idetown Cemetery. JESSIE M. SHUPP Jessie Shupp, 95, of Loyal- ville, RD 2, Dallas died Satur- day in Hampton House Nursing Home: She had been a resident at the home for the past year and a half. The daughter of Alfred B. and Mary Miller Davenport was born in Hunlock Township and lived in the Loyalville area until she began residing at the nur- sing home. A member of the Maple Grove United Methodist Church, she also was a charter member of the Daughters of America. The funeral was from the Bronson Funeral Home, Sweet Valley; the Rev. Donald Davis officiated. Interment was at Maple Grove Cemetery, Pikes Creek. GEORGE KAVA George Kava, Box 309, RD 5 Shavertown was stricken ill in his home and died on the way to the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. A native of Larksville, he was a member of Ressurrection of Our Lord Polish National Church, Edwardsville. He was a 30-year employee of Eastern Pennsylvania Supply Company. Surviving him are his widow, children, Herbert, Luzern'e; Marie Lasinski, Chase; one grandchild; sisters, Josephine Radonavitch, Chase; Rose Zuba, Larksville. Funeral was held from the funeral home in Larksville. MRS. OLIVE TITUS Olive Elizabeth Titus, 92, of 15 South Lehigh St., Trucksville died last Tuesday in General Hospital. She had been a one- day medical patient there. The former Olive Lahr was a native of Wilkes-Barre, who re- sided in Trucksville the past 42 years. A member of Betheseda Congregational Church, King- ston, she had been employed in the past by several prominent families in the Valley. Her husband, Dennis, died in 1922. Surviving are brothers, Rus- sell, at home; and Stanley, Harding. Funeral was held at Metcalfe and - Shaver Funeral Home, Wyoming, Rev. Glenn White of Assembly of God Church, Trucksville officiating. Interment was in Mt. Green- wood Cemetery, Trucksville. MARGARET J. FERRELL Margaret Jane Ferrell, 55, RD 1 Dallas, who had been a two-week patient at the General Hospital died there last Mon- A native of Franklin Town- ship, she moved to the Back Mountain after 20 years in ¢ tol. Surviving are her husband, Wilson P.; son, Albert, Bristol; daughter, Mrs. Vincent Maglio, Tullytown; brother, Edward Waters, Exeter Township; sis- ters, Clara Robins, Exeter Township; Mrs. Michael Dixon, West Wyoming, seven grand- children, and one great-grand- son. Funeral was from the Snow- don Funeral Home Shaver- town, with the Rev. Donald Sch- alk officiating. Interment was in Perrins Marsh Cemetery, Orange. To assure publication, send your news in early. Call your local ‘correspondent or The D®ila% Post, 675-5211. charges. FUNER SHAVERTOWN WILKES-BARRE Ea ARR ing Fed m TE TY dm a ap TIE:
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