rage 2 | TRUCKSVILLE | by Nelson Woolbert Phone 696-1689 Trucksville Fire Company will hold its annual clambake Saturday at Mather’s Grove, Knobb Hill. Richard Mon- tgomery and William Long head the committee. Registration for three and four-year olds are being ac- cepted by the Trucksville Nursery School for the fall term beginning Sept. 17. Information and registration forms may be obtained by contacting the co- ordinator, Mrs. Foster Swan. Members of Cadette Troop 660 left Saturday for a trip to Chalet Girl Scout Headquarters in Switzerland. The group plans to return home, Aug. 27. Frank W. Kardell III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kardell Jr; 61 Johnson St., and Antoinette Jackowski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Jackowski, will take the marriage vows at St. Therese’s Church in Shaver- town, Sept. 4. Jack Pritchard recently spoke at the Shippensburg State College Career Mathematics Conference: Mr. Pritchard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Pritchard of Maple Street. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thomas, Carverton Road, entertained at a cookout and swim party at their home last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stavish, Cliffside Avenue, have returned from a camping trip to Sky Line Drive, Va. Lena Hokoyan and daughter, Elizabeth of Ottowa, Canada and Lebanon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Naperkoski and family, Holly Street. Mrs. Naperkoski is a niece of Mrs. Hokoyan. Mr. and Mrs. Laing Coolbaugh, Huntsville Road, have returned from Valley Forge where they spent several days with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plummer and family. Robert J. Williams, = 21 Division St., is recuperating at home after being a surgical patient in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Mrs. © Robert Prideaux, Plainsfield, N.J., left Friday for a 10-day stay in Switzerland. Mrs. Prideaux is the former Charlotte Parsons, daughter of " Mrs. and Mrs. Wilford Parsons, South Memorial Highway. Mrs. Thomas Fletcher and infant daughter have returned from Nesbitt Hospital to their home at 60 Vanderheid St. Pvt. John W. Koziel, Staub Road, has completed the air support operations course at the Marine Corps base at Twenty- nine Palms, Calif. Pvt. Koziel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Koziel. Robert Pritchard, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Alaska, has been reassigned to a base in Wash- ington, D.C. Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Pritchard, Maple Street. Mr. and Mrs. James Nixon Jr. “and family, Elm Terrace, are vacationing in Canada ‘this week. Back Mountain Senior Citizens Club recently held a luncheon meeting at Sgarlat Lake. Mrs. Matthew Gray presided. A trip to the Dutch Country was planned. The bus will leave Dallas Shopping Center, at 8 a.m. Aug. 22. Mr. and Mrs. James Meyers, Newark, Del., visited relatives and friends in the Back Mountain area several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ruth, Cliffside Avenue, entertained members of the family last weekend. United States Army Alters Consent Rules Female residents of Pennsyl- vania can now enlist in the U.S. Army at the age of 18 without parental consent, according to Sgt. ‘Chuck’ Cimino, local Army recruiter. The long standing policy of ‘requiring’ parents to approve the enlistment of a woman who has not reached her 21st bir- thday, has been cancelled in states where the age of majority is 18. The new policy decision follows the many other changes recently instituted for women in the Army. Except for a few combat related jobs, the Army has opened all of its occup- ational fields to women, who now enjoy the same benefits and privileges as male soldiers. More information about the expanded role of women in today’s volunteer Army, can be obtained from Sgt. Cimino at 19 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre; phone 829-1685. Photo by Alex Rebar William F. by Rev. Charles H. Gilbert It is Sunday afternoon. We have just got home from going about 183 miles, not in a straight line, but as if one were to wind the miles up around something like my crooked walking stick! Guess I'll write about it here before 1 jot it down in my diary for the day. Once in awhile we like to go somewhere without too definite a plan in view, turning this way and that in the process. Said I to Catherine, ‘It has been a long time since we have been over to Forest City. I'd like to go over and drive down that Dundaff Street hill.” That is the way we October, 1930. That was 43 years ago. I thought to myself, if we go to church there will be nobody who knows me unless he is some over-40-year old! That is one of the privileges of being over 80; you can have a lot of fun looking back 40 years and seeing what changes have taken place. So after filling up the gas tank we headed for route 81. Catherine knew where to get off in order to head for the lake country, for she used to go with the people of the Jewish home in Scranton on summer picnics to some friends at Chapman Lake. Iknew Crystal Lake was over in that vicinity and Dundaff Street led from there down into Forest City, where I was to go as its new pastor in 1930. I found after I got there on that inspection trip in 1930, that I was the fourth minister to be appointed there within that year. Well, as I say, 1930 was over 40 years ago, and this was a beautiful August Sunday when we were re-visiting the city. We edged along down Dundaff Street which is just as steep as it used to be. Houses that used to be close to the parsonage had been torn down some time ago. Things looked much neater than they used to look. We parked the car between the parsonage driveway and the corner of Main Street. There was a cop on Main Street to control church- time and through traffic. We went around to the front of the church and found that service would be at 11:15 and we were there some before 11:00. So we looked around, found a vacation Sunday church bulletin and found that our friend from Dallas is the preacher now. I had forgotten, but in a brief visit with Allan Cease at Conference, I found that he was the minister at my old parish. When the organist took his seat at the organ, I saw right away that on account of his slightly gray hair, he could be about 40, born about as I was leaving! Sure enough, he was Tom Butler, whose mother I remember very well as a member of the church at Vandling which was my out- appointment. Allan Cease makes a dignified and pleasing appearance in his pulpit gown. His voice is strong and clear. There was something of an echo in the church which was not his fault, but my ears couldn’t wave quite enough to catch the vibrations best. His sermon was on ‘‘Preparing for the Kingdom’. I agree with him that it is not always easy to recognize signs of the presence of the kingdom of God. It may be nearer to us more of the time than we think. Jesus reminded his hearers in his day that the very kingdom was amongst them. It was very hospitable of Allan Cease that he asked me to pronounce the benediction at the close. By that way the people had a chance to know who these strangers were in their midst! I'would never have known that the preacher had already preached twice before coming into his pulpit, he was fresh and vigorous. I under- stand that he has Uniondale and Ararat to take care of as well as Forest City. I used to enjoy going into the Forest City news office to chat a bit. Senator Gelder was the owner and editor, but a large man by name of Bates was the acting editor. One time I discovered on my stalk of popcorn in my garden (I was so fond of popcorn that I thought I should raise some of my own!) on that very hot day in mid- summer was not only an ear of popcorn on the stalk but some of the kernels were already popped even while still on the ear! Bates would not believe his eyes and asked if he could keep the ear in his desk drawer to show people the truth of the tale he would tell them! Another time when I went into the office he congratulated me on my heroic action in assisting the firemen extinguish the fire in the Polish Catholic Church up our street a short distance. I said I did no such thing! But he said the Polish priest was really grateful for my help along with others in saving their church. Then I remembered that when I went up to see the fire (I have always liked to go to fires, but never had a spark of heroism in my blood!) I saw the men were trying to drag the filled hose further toward the fire, but the big serpent caught on the iron fence--until brave Rev. Gilbert lifted the hose enough so it would slip along toward the fire! In those dys picket fences had two important purposes other than looks. One was to dry rag carpets on after being washed. The other was to keep cows out of the gardens and lawns. I saw a cow on my front porch .once, driving her off. Another time a cow persisted in coming into our back yard which was where the car had to drive in to the cellar garage. I got impatient with that cow, and with a piece of rope, I tied her to our fence near the gate, and left word with the curious onlookers that the owner could have her by coming and getting her. That was how Dan Rittinger Antiques 1014 WYOMING AVENUE (U.S. ROUTE 11) FORTY-FORT, PA. 18704 PHONE 717—288-9484. . 287-4088 Antiques Bought, Sold, Appraised . 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Catherine carries in her memory a principle the organist-choir director prac- ticed: “You are not ready to present an anthem to the public with instrumental accompan- iment until you can sing it at rehearsal without the instru- ment!’”’ Sometimes Catherine, who .was a very little girl in those days, used to count the squares in the steel ceiling, but could not remember what the count was! What glorious hill and dale spread: out before us as we drive! This year, on account of more rainfall than usual, the greenery has not yet begun to yellow. We drove up hill and down dale all afternoon. Finally we came to Deposit where we have one of our mailing list people living, a former parishoner from Maine, N.Y. So we stopped for a visit with friends Horace and Edith Smith. I've done some marrying for that family and now the Smiths’ are grand and M.B. Bedding “Custom.Bedding ng Upholstery” 526 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.18701 | 822-2491 455-1181 | great grandparents, just grand people! Eventually we went through Pleasant Mount where there is a fish hatchery, and on until again we were on Route 81,---and then home. ELIZABETH COOLBAUGH Elizabeth M. (Youngblood) Coolbaugh, a native of Orange, died Sunday in the Maple Hill Nursing Home, Lehman. Mrs. Coolbaugh lived - recently at South Hancock Street, Wilkes- Barre, but since 1970 she had been a guest at the nursing home. She is the former Elizabeth Randall. She is survived by a daughter, Dorothy Thomas, Wilkes-- Barre; a son, Robert Young- blood, Wilkes-Barre; 15 grand- children; 38 great-grandchild- ren; and seven great-great- grandchildren. Her first husband, Anthony Youngblood, died in 1944 Funeral was held from the John V. Morris Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. CLAUDE SEIPLER Claude Seipler, 80, formerly of Noxen, died Aug. 11 at Betty’s Rest Home, Mehoopany. A native of Beaumont, he lived his life in the Noxen-- Beaumont area. Funeral was held from the Sheldon Funeral Home, Tunk- hannock. The Rev. Robert Sheehan of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church of- ficiated. Gary H. Williams, RD, Box 80, Dallas is sponsoring Arcely Contreras, a two-months old girl from Colombia, through Save the Children Federation, Noewalk, Conn., it was an- nounced today by Arlene Schissler, director of the federation’s office in Colombia, South America. The assignment haa been made under a new multi-impact program which permits all of the children of a community to benefit. Under the new format, sponsorship funds will be de- signated for community use, with part of the allocated. funds being applied to projects direct: ly benefiting all children. The remainder may be used for pro- jects chosen and carried out by the community. Sponsors receive a photo- graph and personal case history of one child, and can enjoy a warm person-to-person rela- tionship through correspon- tart losing weight today OR ONEY BACK. MONADEX is a tin: or your money will be refunded with 0 auestions asked by: FINO’S REXALL PHARMACY— Look For This TBM Factory Seal GOLDEN BUSIRESS MACHINES 288-8282 DOTTER’S APPLIANCE SERVICE Pittston, Pa. 654-1824 WESTINGHOUSE Modern Maid Ambassador o Bookbags eo Bic Specials ® Book Binders e Steno Pads dence. “Colombians have an old tra- dition of self-help,” says Miss Schissler, ‘‘and they work well together. But they need outside financial support to help their children and to fulfill their goals of living in a community which provides its members with good living standards.” "Card of Thanks” Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gregory wish to thank our Trucksville neigh- bors for the flowers. oY Wy CLOSE OUT SPECIAL Hoover Handivac Sweeper $22. Largest supply of all make disposable paper bags in the area. ARTHUR LIESE Narrows Shopping Center Kingston/Edwardsville 288-4295 288-8631 SINCERE Bruce F. Slocum Insurance Agency “All Forms of Insurance’ 48 Main Street Dallas, Pa. 675-1167 P.0. Box 849 Wilkes—Barre, Pa. JEAN LONG Jean Long, 78, of 186 Lewis Ave., “Trucksville, died in Lakeville Aug. 8 She had been vacationing there with her daughter, Mary Gregory, with whom she resided. She was a native of Wilkes- Barre. survived by a son, William, sister, Elizabeth Thomas, Sheldon, Conn., Anna Staub, Wilkes-Barre; brother, Daniel Hardisty, Flint, Mich.; and three grandchildren. Funeral was held from Teeter’s Funeral Chapel, Hawley. Interment was in Fairview. Memorial Park, Elmhurst. JOSEPH W. SPUDIS Joseph Spudis, 69, of Hazle Ave., Harveys Lake, died Aug. 9 in Mercy Hospital. He had been stricken with a heart attack earlier in the day. A Pittston native, he retired several years ago from em- ployment as a chef in the Poconos. He is survived by: a sister, Helen Meyer, St. Petersburg Fla. : Services were held from the Hugh B. Hughes and Son Funeral Home, Forty Fort, with Park, Dallas. : Welcome ‘Wagon Coffee Hour Set The Welcome Wagon Club of Wyoming Valley announces its first event of the fall season. A coffee hour will be held for all newcomers Aug. 21 at 10:30 at the home of Mrs. David Mec- Dermott, Midway Manor, Shavertown. All members and newcomers to the area are urged to attend. The first regular meeting of the club will be Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. in the Kingston Borough Building. Anyone desiring further information: may call Mrs... McDermott or Mrs. Joseph Butera, Dallas. you have news, don’t wait! Send or call it in early. le / 2 140 No. Main St. SHAVERTOWN necessarily fine. truly memorable. to families who stil! fi QU cme N 64 No. Franklin St. WILKES-BARRE w Sf ® Phones: (AC T1171) 822-5108 735-0130 eis oo
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