by the Rev. Charles H. Gilbert On the jacket of the volume of the Bible printed in the Modern _ Greek language. as used today in Athens and the islands of Greece. is a short extract from one of the oldest manuscripts in existence today. It is supposed to be a part of the gospel of John. not in modern Greek nor in the beautiful, uniform, print- ed Greek of our Greek volumes as are found in Bible stores to- ~ day. This is part of a page from “the old. old kind of printing. and it looks terrible! I mean as a "piece of reading matter there is much to be desired. It: is all capital letters with which I never was at all familiar. The reason why I call atten- ~ tion to this is to express my © great admiration for the work of scholars who have taken just ~ such pieces of fragile material. ~ deciphered it and reprinted it in more readable form for others to read more rapidly. I don't think I would bother to read the Bible at all if it all looked as for- bidding - as these. few ‘verses from the first chapter of John. The neatly and more formalized ~ printing of the Greek manu- “scripts available to us now is difficult enough to make out. but the hand-written scrawled pages of the ancients are just too much! Which leads me to somment on how much we owe the people tho have done what we call the ~ “spade work’, to make ancient writings available to us. Yet, us, the student today who goes to college and thinks perhaps he would like to study one of the languages of antiquity will find that unless he is a group, in- stead of just an individual, he may not be able to find a class in that ancient language in which he can enroll! So much for the ancient lan- guage champions! Who cares” For that matter who cares too much about our own language how even among same manu- scripts, same subjects, there are often differences in the wording. I am told by some who read several different manu- scripts and note the variation in readings that there has to be a choice made as to which manu- script to follow! If there are several different manuscripts of a certain book, for instance, of the Bible. how is the ordinary reader to know which is ‘the right one? Years ago we were cottage owners on the Dimock Camp Ground. We became attracted lo it as a Leadership Training Camp. Dr. Fred Lott as super- intendent of Wilkes-Barre Dis- trict was the moving spirit in that movement. The old fash- ioned camp meeting was running out. I know people said sometimes. in deploring the sit- uation. that our church leaders did away with camp meeting. It wasn't that way at all. It died out simply for want of the great crowds. that didn’t come any- more. There were a few who al- ways bemoaned the passing of the camp meeting and would not go along with the intellec- tual emphasis of leadership training classes. Vespers were noted each Sun- day night during the summer with guest speakers and pro- grams. We attended last Sun- day night when our friend “Bill” Highfield had charge. He had prearranged a program by young people which brought out certain values by way, not only of worship. but also fellowship. One'man spoke to me, calling me by name. and told me his own when at first I failed to re- cognize him. He was Geroge Heitsman with his wife, Ruth. My memory of him as one who knew me years ago had to have alittle time to operate. And then suddenly it came to me as in a flash of memory, and I asked him. ‘Were you in one of my classes years ago here at Di- mock” And he nodded. Then it came back to me, that he was one I particularly liked and we shared a teaching and learning experience together. How happy I was that the memory did function after all! And we had a good visit. Others on the grounds were remembered even though the passing of vears had left some marks on them and me! by Mrs. Ray Kelly ~ Mr. and Mrs. Howard Scott, - Lancaster, Calif. visited the days and were entertained at a . dinner at the home of Howard Shook. ; "Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kocher, Florida, are spending their vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Nathan Straley. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Edgerton, Weathersfield, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. W. K. “Adelphi, Palmetto, are spending some time af the home of Mills Edgerton, Buckwheat Hollow. ‘Mr. and Mrs. returned from a trip to Colorado where they visited their son, = ‘Bill. Fred Coole is a patient in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. The following visited Jacob Miner last weekend and also at- tended the MacMillan reunion: Ruth Gunnis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert ~Gunnis, Glenn and Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Mara, Ruth, Edward, Denise, Sharon, Jennifer, Joseph and David, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ros, Robert and Dawn, all of Buffalo, N. Y. Harry Siglin and Elaine Sickler home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Conn., and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pederson, New Haven, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Besteder and family, Wilmington, Del. « Members of at least a dozen organizations concerned with mental health. and mental re- tardation went to Harrisburg on July 25. ~~ Concerned about possible curtailment of community MH- MR programs. they met with legislators to urge support of S.B. 1035. a $13 million Supple- mental appropriations bill. This ~ measure would restore MH-MR funds requested by Governor Lake-Lehman Lists Newcomer Registration Registration for all high ‘school = students. grades 7 through 12. who plan to attend Lake-LLehman High School for the first time, will take place at the high school office July 23 through July 27. and ‘Aug. 6 through Aug. 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will not be necessary for students who attended the sixth grade in the elementary centers al Lehman. Lake. Ross. or Noxen to register. New students are lo bring report cards or a ‘record of promotion from the last school attended. A member of the guidance department will he available to assist in class scheduling. Dallas Township ~ Needs Road Help Dallas Township Roadmaster Fred Lamoreaux is having a serious labor problem. He has three state projects to complete before the end of fall, and can’t ~ get enough men to do the job. There are two men presently ~ on the road department, but ~ Fred says that he can’t even start the project until he has Anyone who i is iterested can h Mr. Lamoreaux at 675-5251 $13 and cutbacks in existing community programs to the mentally ill and retarded would likely occur. according to Hilda Robbins. President of Pennsyl- vania Mental Health, Inc., coordinator of the Harrisburg "MH-MR Message Day’. Officers and members of the following organizations, which comprise the Pennsylvania MH- MR Liaison Group, convened in Harrisburg Wednesday : Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children; Phila- delphia Forum of MH-MR Centers: Pennsylvania Psycho logical Association; Pennsyl- vania Council of National Association of Social Workers; Association of Mental Hospital Superintendents; Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society; MH-MR Program Administrators Association; Pennsylvania Medical Society; Pennsylvania Association of Community MH- MR Centers: Pennsylvania Alliance of Specialized MH-MR Agencies. Mental illness affects more people than does cancer, heart or any other sickness. One person in every ten seeks help for mental illness; one Pennsyl- vania family in every four is directly touched by this problem. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Territos. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Case spent a day at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jack McGinley, Wharton, N.. J. Lee Ann, Lisa and Lawrence Lane, May’s Landing, N. J. spent two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Love. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lane, arrived Sunday and will return home with their children. Mrs. Albert Jones spent two weeks with her sor, Ted Jones Y. Mrs. Calvin Keiper and Meta Lowe, Oneonta, N. Y. spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ruff. Mr. and Mrs. Sterlyn May, Valerie and Debbie visited Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boone and family, Eyersville, and also visited Mrs. William Engelman at the Bloomsburg Hospital. Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Mack- intosh were Mr. and Mrs. An- thony Pascucci, Becky and Cindy, Willow Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mackintosh, Jeffrey, Bill and Clinton of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Al Kruper, Linden, N. J. and Jimmy Hughes spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nalbone and family. Tillie Turner, Metuchen, N. J. spent the weekend at the Mack- intosh home. Walter Galka and son, Mike attended the Little League game Friday at Yankee Stadium and a game in Phila- delphia, Sunday. Sherri and Serena Williams, Stonington, - Me., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dave Dembowski. A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gunton, Saturday, honor- ing Ray on his birthday. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Denmon, Pamela, Ricky and Mark; Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Holmgren, Cheryl and Karen; Mr. and Mrs. John Gunton, David, Cindy, Charles and . Jo Ann and Margaret Riohl, Wilkes-Barre, who spent the weekend with them. Photo by Alex Rebar Row 1, Fabian, Petrikonis, Samuel Dawn Gavigan, Wallace, Judy Farber, Mihal, Alan Cuba, Aritz, Carol Richie, Fred John Carol Mark Wisnieski, Cuba, Sounds of Music i Sponsored By AY URISH Waste Center Watch for it Next Week! LAMP FACTORY OUTLET LAMPS POLE,SWAGand TABLE SHADES FITTED AT FACTORY PRICES Allegheny Lamp MANUFACTURING . 54 Scott § "Wilkes-Barre os rae DOTTER’S APPLIANCE SERVICE Pittston, Pa. 654-1824 WESTINGHOUSE . Modern Maid Ambassador 3 JOHN J. RYAN John J." Ryan. rear 212 Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, died July 19 in General Hospital. He had been a patient of the Wilkes- Barre institution since May. A native of Kingston, he had resided in Shavertown for the past 13 years. He was a past commander of VEW Post 283, Kingston, and commander of American Legion Post 672, Dallas. He is survived by his parents, Mr. .and Mrs. John Ryan, Kingston; his wife, the former Margaret Peters; ‘daughters. Army Offers Bonus to Enlist The Army is offering a $2,500 cash bonus to persons enlisting in certain combat-related car- reer fields, according to “Chuck” Cimino, local Army representative. This bonus is offered in addi- tion to free housing, meals, medical and dental care, a starting salary of $307.20 a month, and 30 days paid vaca- tion a year, to persons enlisting in either infantry, armor, or ar- tillery, he said. The bonus is payable upon successful completion of job training at various posts around the country. A wide variety of units of choice, including the 4th Infantry Division, Ft. Carson, Col., the 193rd Infantry Bri- gade, Panama, and the Berlin Brigade, Berlin, is also avail- able in combination with the bonus enlistment option. For more information on these and other opportunities available in today’s Army, con- tact Sgt. Cimino at 19 N. Main St., Second Floor, Wilkes-Barre or call 829-1685. Patricia Litzy. Old Forge; Margaret Petroski, Denver, Colo.: sons, David, Point Pleasant, N.J.; John Jr., Scran- ton; Gary, Shavertown; five grandchildren; sisters, Kathryn Rogers. Detroit; Marcia Sipple, Plymouth; Patricia William- son, Kingston; brother, Ber- nard. Nanticoke. Funeral was held from the Betz Funeral Home, Luzerne. Interment was in Cease Cemetery, Jackson Township. JOHN H. RALSTON A Dallas ‘School District’ bus driver, John Ralston, 63, of RD 3 Wyoming, died Sunday in Nesbitt Hospital. A native of Yatesville, he lived in Wyoming the past 14 years. He also lived a good deal of his lifetime in West Pittston. He was employed by the Emmanuel Bus Company, Dallas. : He is survived by his mother, Anna Ralston, at home; sister, Ida Mae Skipper, Pocono Park, Plains Township. SINCERE Bruce F. Slocum / Insurance Agency “““All Forms of Insurance’’ 48 Main Street Dallas, Pa. 675-1167 ¥ REG. $6.99 50 LB. BAG Hours: 10 to 6 daily 10 to 9 Thurs. & Fri. TEL: 675-2149 The funeral was held from the Harold C. Snowden Funeral Home, Shavertown. Interment was in Pittston Cemetery. LENA MARSTELLER Lena Marsteller, a native of Dallas and formerly of Wyoming. died July 17. in the Leader Nursing Home, Kingston. 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