Ad re, | Qua ou Ferdinand Liva, director of the new Back Mountain chamber orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera, has announced that he will gtinue his policy of choosimg a musical program with both classical and modern selections. The first Sinfonia concert of the season is sched- uled for Wednesday night in Walsh Auditorium at College Misericordia. Included in the opening night program will" be Jean Marie LeClair’s ‘‘Sarabande et Tambourin’’; Eugene Goossen’s ‘Minature Fan- tasie’’; ‘Fugue for Strings’ by Benjamin Husted, and ‘‘Trois Chansons’’ by Maurice Ravel. Antonia Vivaldi’s ‘‘Cello Sonata No. 1 in B Flat” will feature soloist Enzo Liva, and Gail Ober, bassoonist, will be the featured soloist in Mozart's “Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major.” Subscription tickets for the chamber orchestra’s four concerts are still available, reports a Sinfonia board member. Patron tickets, which The Harveys Lake: Women’s Service Club recently held a hoard meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Austin, Mrs. John Barbose and Mrs. Taft Truska Jr. were co-hostesses. Mrs. C. Wesley Boyle, presi- dent. presided over the business meeting. Mrs. Bradley Ide, treasurer. announced that club dues are now past due. Mrs. Charles Austin, program chairman. announced that John G. Konsavage will speak on the “Back Mountain Emergency Hospital’’, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m., at the Lake Elementary School. Everyone is invited to attend. Refré@@ments will be served. Mrs. Taft Truska Jr. financial chairman, announced that plans are underway for a card party. Oct. 22, at 8 p.m., at the Lake Elementary School. There will be gifts and door prizes, and bingo for those who do not play cards. Mrs. Richard Williams, membership chairman, an- nounced that the club has received a top-ten honor award for a net gain in membership from the Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Williams reminded those present that 1973 membership applications are being accepted. The Luzerne County fall meeting will be held Oct. 18, at 10 a.m., at Hotel Sterling. Reservations must be made by Oct. 15. Mrs. Louis Lanning, an- nounced that club members interested in entering their sewing fashions in the annual sewing contest must obtain a Spaida pattern. include two reserved seats for each of the season’s four con- certs, are still being sold, as are adult and student subscription tickets. Each subscription ticket assures the holder of one reserved seat for each concert. This year, concertmaster will be Teri Ranck, a music major at College Misericordia. Fritz Valenchez, former concert- master, is on tour. Additional concerts are scheduled for Nov. 28, March 6, 1974, and May 1, 1974. All Senior Citizens to Get USDA Donated Foods The same foods donated to charitable institutions by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) may now be made available to nutrition programs for the elderly, it was an- nounced in Washington. The USDA’s Northeast Regional Food and Nutrition Service at Princeton, N.J., said the foods, made available under its food distribution program, will benefit senior citizens without regard to whether they are needy. The elderly nutrition program is administered by the U.S. De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) in coop- eration with state agencies on aging. The action is the result of the Older Americans Act signed by the President May 3. The new regulations appeared in the Federal Register Sept. 10, and became effective on that date. New officers of the national prize-winning Lake-Lehman High School Band and the Band Sponsors Association are co- ordinating efforts to plan fund- raising events. They hope to raise the necessary funds to endeavors. The officers of the Band Spongsrs Association are Mrs. Clet®&* Holcomb, president; Mrs. Michael Houssock, vice- Story Hour Back Mountain Memorial Library will resume its winter Story Hour schedule of double sessions for preschool children starting in October. Sessions will be at 9:30 A.M. and 10:45 A.M. Wednesday mornings. The first@ednesday of each month there will be just one session at 10:00 A.M. during which films will be shown. Story ladies for the coming year will be Mrs. Andrew Yencha, Mrs. John Sheehan. and Mrs. John Aponick. Children aged three through five are welcome. president; Mrs. Gilbert Tough, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Stephen L. DeBarry, publicity chairman; Mrs. Hugh Dockeray. treasurer; Mrs. William Teske, assistant treas- urer;- Mrs. Avis Kocher; -re- cording secretary. Committees appointed by Mrs. Holcomb to assist are: auditing, Mrs. John Zaleskas and Mrs. Donald Cosgrove; membership, Mrs. William Borton; ways and means, Gerald Bernstein, chairman; Mrs. John Hudak, Donald Cos- grove, Charles Nuss, Mrs. John Zaleskas and Mrs Stephen DeBarry; uniform committee, Kathleen M. Midland Drive, Dallas, daughter of Mr. and -~Mrs. James Bolger, has completed a period of orientation at the Philadelphia College of Pharm- acy and Science and is now ‘pursuing a full class schedule as a first year student in the curri- culum in pharmacy. Miss Boiger graduated from Dallas Senior High School last June. Bolger, 40 Karl Cunningham, chairman; . Mrs. Michael Houssock, Donald Cosgrove and Mrs. Henry Zbiek. Band officers for the year are: Harriet Kocher, pre- -sident; Kim Adams, vice-pres- ident; Irene Kernag. secretary, and Karen Baer, treasurer. Class representatives are : 12th grade, Mark Wallo; 11th, William Babetski; 10th, Greg James; 9th, Susan Dockeray, and 8th, Dana Sutliff. The first event of the school year being planned is the an- nual spaghetti supper which will be held Oct. 20. im- mediately following the Lake- Lehman-Wyoming Area foot- ball game. Supper will be held in the high school cafeteria. Menu will include spaghetti and meat balls, bread and butter, cole slaw, ice cream, coffee, tea or orange drink. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from any band member or band Sponsor. Mrs. DeBarry and Mrs. Houssock are co-chairmen of the supper. Anyone wishing to help may contact either of these women. The band will be featured at the Bloomsburg Fair, Sept. 27. They will also compete in the Band Day sponsored by Cough- lin High School, Oct. 6. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Bilbow, 171 Center St., Pittston, announce the engagement of their daughter, Cheryl Ann, to Daniel J. Gadomski, son of Mrs. Daniel J. Gadomski, 41 Ensign West Wyoming. and the late. t.adomski A graduate of Pittston High Wilkes-Barre Business College and is employed at Metro- politan Data Center, Clarks Summit. Mr. Gadomski is a graduate of Wyoming Area High School and attended Luzerne Com- munity College. He is employed as a sales representative in the Back Mountain area for Metro- politan Life Insurance Com- pany, West Pittston. The wedding will be solemn- ized June 1 in St. Mary's As- sumption Church, Pittston. Plans A Full The Luzerne-Wyoming County Senior Citizen Multi- purpose Center located at Mercy Center, College Miseri- cordia, has a full schedule planned for the coming weeks. The center is open Monday through Friday from 9-4. Classes are scheduled in many varied subjects-geneal- ogy for those interested in tracing their family tree, crafts, sewing, painting, music, ete.’ Beginning ceramics will start soon. Bingo and cards can also be enjoyed at the center, which’ is open Monday through Friday from 9-4. Those interested are asked to call the center or stop in to sign up for the classes. Some will be limited in size. There are several special events scheduled. Birthdays will be celebrated each month. Members having birthdays in September will be honored Sept. Schedule 27. After September, birthdays will be celebrated the last Monday of each month. There will be a weaving demonstration Oct. 2, at 2 p.m., with classes forming for the following Tuesdays. The college has arranged for special rates for senior citizens their symphony series which start Oct. 3. Details are available at the center. © On Oct. 17, the fall foliage trip will be made to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania at Wellsboro, then to the Corning Glass Works, and on to dinner at O’Brien’s Inn at Waverly. The price of $14.50 covers the bus trip, a box lunch, the dinner and all gratuities. For more information on any of the programs at the center, call 675-2179 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Back Mountain Cultural Center has announced the schedule of its fall set of programs, which are held in cooperation with College Misericordia. The programs are designed for the enjoyment of area residents and will be continued year round as part of the community service offered by the center. Programs include the following: Oct. 3-Slide lecture, ‘*American Painting in History’’; 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 31- Film, ‘Wyeth Phenomenon’, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 7-Slide lecture, “Survey of American Crafts”, 7:30. p.m.; Nov. 15-Art demonstration of silk screen painting by Henry Franken- field, 7 p.m.;-Nov. 16-Art demonstration of pariscraft sculpture by Henry Franken- field, 7 p.m. In addition to these programs, the Cultural Center has arranged ‘a special set of art experiences for early childhood, designed for four-and five-year old children. These pre-school programs will be held in Room 402 of the art department at College Misericordia. They include the following: Oct. 10-Fingerpainting, 4-5 p.m.; Oct. 24-Clay modeling, 4-5 p.m.; Nov. 14-Drawing, 4-5 p.m.; Dec. 5-Christmas crafts, 4-5 p.m. Wyoming Valley Oratorio Society will begin rehearsals Oct. 2 for a concert, Dec. 9. Rehearsals will be held in the upstairs choir room of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, South Franklin Street, Wilkes- Barre. at 8 p.m. As part of the extensive renovations being carried on at the flood-damaged building. the room has been enlarged. greatly improving rehearsal conditions. Musical director Clifford Balshaw has announced that, after an absence of nearly 10 years. the Oratorio Society is returning to St. Stephen's Church for the concert. All concerts were presented there from 1948 until 1964. The presentation will be a high point in rededication celebrations at the church. A program of festive choral and orchestral music has been chosen for the occasion: Beethoven's’ ‘‘Overture for the Consecration of the House’; Bach’s Cantata No. 80 ‘“‘Ein’ Feste Burg’: Vaughan Williams’ ‘‘Five Mystical Songs’’. and Dvorak’s ‘‘Te Deum”. All chorus members are urged to attend the first re- hearsal. Other singers in- terested in joining the 90-voice group should call Mr. Balshaw at his home in Dallas or at St. Stephen's Church. Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littlenesses. and make it the pretext of base tyrannies. —Balzac Page 9 Antoinette M. Petcavage, Plymouth, and John J. Straigis, Kingston, were recently united in marriage at St. Mary’s Nativity Church, Plymouth, in a formed by the Rev. Joseph Sitko. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Frank Petcavage, 14 North St., Plymouth. The bride- groom is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Straigis. Anthony Magda was organist. Collen Driscoll was soloist. The bride, given in marriage by her mother, selected a silk organza gown featuring a high rise bodice accented with chan- tilly lace, sequins and seed pearls. It featured a Victorian neckline and full sleeves. The full skirt was enhanced with motifs of lace, extending to the detachable formal train. She wore a matching Camelot with an elbow length veil of finest il- lusion. She carried a bouquet of white roses, carnations and ‘baby breath with long white satin ribbons. Maryann Petcavage, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a romance blue floor- length chiffon gown, styled with basque bodice. The bodice was accented with embroidered bib which featured a high ruffled neckline and long Camelot sleeves. She wore a contoured hat in matching color. Bridesmaids were Elaine Petcavage and Lucy Mec- Dermott. Both wore gowns id- entical to that of the maid of honor, in Dior blue with mat- ching headpieces. Their bou- quets were of carnations, chry- santhemums, and baby breath tipped blue to match their gowns. Lee Reichart was best man. Ushers were Gene Janiczek and Robert Bodey. The bride’s mother chose a dent of Temple Israel congrega- tion, announced that plans have been completed for the formal rededication of the Temple sanctuary and school buildings the weekend of Oct. 13-14. The weekend activities will begin Oct. 13 with an inaugural ball and dinner-dance held at the Treadway Inn, Route 315, Wilkes-Barre. This affair will be followed by a rededication program in the sanctuary of the Temple Oct. 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Honorary chairmen for the invitation dinner-dance are Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Weiss. Co- chairmen for the event are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hollander. and Atty. and Mrs. Allan Kluger. Births Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sarley, 45 Midland Drive, Dallas, have announced the birth of their first child, William Ernest, born Sept. 16 at the Nes- bitt Memorial Hospital, Kings- ton. Mrs. Sarley is the former Jo- Ann Norrie of Trucksville. William is the first grandchild of both Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Norrie, Trucksville, and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sarley. Unityville. Mrs. Sarley and her infant son have returned home. Square Dance Classes Open A class in Modern Western Square Dancing is being held at the Dallas Senior High School Monday evenings from 8 until 10:30 for 10 consecutive weeks. It is being sponsored by Luzerne County Community College under the direction of Carl and Betty Hanks. The first session was held Sept. 24 with approximately 40 couples participating. There are still openings for any couple who would like to join the class or for anyone who would like to observe. Carl Hanks teaches square dancing and his wife teaches round dancing. The Circle Eighters, Wyoming Valley's Mr. and Mrs. Hanks with the classes. : light blue knit crepe ensemble with matching accesories. She wore a corsage of baby pink roses and blue carnations. Mrs. Straigis is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and is employed as a secretary by the Bureau of Employment Security, Wilkes- Barre. Mr. Straigis, a graduate of Lake-Lehman High, is em- ployed as ‘a quality control Photo by Alex Rebar inspector, Harte and Co. Inc., Mountaintop. The bridal party was feted at a dinner given by the bride’s mother following rehearsal. An evening reception was held at the Columbia Hose Com- pany, Edwardsville, after which the couple left on a wed- ding trip to the Poconos. They will reside at 24!» Payne St., Kingston. "The ‘guest of "honor at the inaugural hall and dinner-dance will be the Hon. Milton J. Shapp. governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Shapp. The evening program will include the installation of the “The Eternal Light Members in Perpetuity”’ by Rabbi Barras. Atty. Louis Shaffer, past presi- dent of the congregation, will present the nominated slate of congregational officers for 1973- 74 term. Rabbi Barras will also acknowledge the remarks of Gov. Shapp. Honorary chairman for the service is Rueben H. Levy, past president of congregation. Co- chairmen for the service is Morris Perloff, past president of the congregation and Atty. Richard Goldberg. A social hour will follow in the vestry after the service. The guest of honor and principal speaker for the rededication program will be (0 GONOIInTe if Dr. Louis’ Finkelstein, Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Dr. Finkelstein is regarded as one of the out- standing religious leaders and scholars on the American scene today and serves as spiritual leader of the conservative movement in the United States. Rabbi Chancellor He was appointed to the post of chancellor and president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1951. and today ‘continues to serve as Solomon Schechter professor of theology on the faculty of the seminary’s Rabbinical school. The rededication activities are the culmination of 16 months of efforts on the part of Temple Israel and its entire membership to rebuild its main sanctuary and the Temple's school building. Both structures suffered extensive damage during the Agnes flood. Installation of Charles James Memorial Assembly No. 144, International Order of Rainbow for Girls, will be held at 7 p.m.. Sept. 29, at the O.E.S. Building. Dallas. Deborah ~ Werts, daughter of David and Lillian Werts, Carverton, will be instal- led as the new Worthy Advisor. Debbie is a senior at Dallas High School. Bonnie Porter, retiring Worthy Advisor, will be the installing officer. At the recent Grand Assembly session of Rainbow at Penn State, State College, Bonnie was selected as representative of Pennsylvania to the state of New Hampshire. Assisting Bonnie with instal- lation will be Debbie Ostrum, Nancy Howell, Susan Haddle, Royann Meeker, Claire LaBarre, and Betty Meeker. Benediction will be given by the Rev. William Reid. Other officers to be installed are: Worthy Associate Advisor, Cindy Barakat; Charity. Cindy Jones; Hope. Jayne Ann McGough; Faith, Linda LaBar; Chaplain, Karen Hoover: Drill Leader, Kristin Plasinski; Love, Amy Apple; Mary Ann Meeker; Nature, Dyanna Barbose; Fidelity, Karen Bradbury; Patriotism, Sara Barakat; Service, Corinne Zimmerman; Confidential Observer, Debbie Marr: Outer Observer, Marilyn Plasinski; American Flag Bearer. Alice Engler; Rainbow Flag Bearer, Sheri Bell; Christian Flag Bearer, Kathy Bonawitz; Pages, Mary Shelby. and Denise Overman.
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