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by Rev. Charles H. Gilbert
That time again! Last year I
thought I'd never try it again,
but the philosophy of life I am
attempting to follow as time
goes on is the longer my mind
can follow an aim, and I think I
can do it I keep on trying. Well,
here it 1s again—that huge
ecumenical service of praise in
St. John the Evangelist Church
in Pittston.
I've been looking over the
music and if does not look ex-
ceptionally difficult, only when
it comes to those long, long
holas, all on one breath—well
I'll just do the best I can. The
dear Lord who heard me tell
him that night in the hospital, ‘‘I
want to live—but it’s hard work
to breathe,” said, ‘‘I know, and
lam glad you want to live badly
enough to want to work at it,
and I'm helping you.” He didn’t
say I should quit singing such
songs as these in such a lofty
setting.
I'd better make the best of
these occasions. I'll praise the
Lord while I have my breath!
Bless the dear Lord who
brings me letters (with the help
of our RED carrier and clerks
along the way). I am glad of
that good Greek word that is
translated into English as
© “messenger’’, ‘angel’, ‘‘Gos-
pel’, Evangel, Evangelist.
If the typesetter at the Dallas
Post had a font or two of Greek
letters, I'd like to print them in
my column. Every time I look
into my New Testament (my
hobby book) I see the words
spelled out in the beautiful
curly-kews of the language—the
Gospel—according to Matthew,
Mark, etc.
Messages come to my desk
from friends whom I cherish
year after year, and some of
them seem to feel the same way
about my letters to them. Some
I write are in response to needs
and certain reminders tell me,
“This 1s the time for you to
write as the very message of
God.”
The one that came the other
day came from a cousin on the
Atlantic Coast. About 10 or 11
years ago, she sent me Pussy
~ Willow whips in a box such as
florists use. Those whips found
some good places to reach down
for the water that underlies our
. back yard. They grew! And how
"they prew! 1 had to tell her
‘again my joke ‘about: the! pole
beans that did not grow, but the
pole that did! And that bean
pole became a tall tree, a
grandchild of other tall willows
at the pond edge.
And then came some pictures
of babies I have recently baptiz-
ed and one or two of them as
babes mm my great-great-
pranduncle-ish arms. I couldn't
have that honor if I hadn’t out-
lived several dates!
Recently 1 have just finished
reading a book about Joseph
Haydn. I thought it would be a
pood idea in view of the coming
performance of the oratorio,
“The Creation”, by Haydn. I
am appalled at the beatings
given him by some men of that
age who could have everlasting
fame and credit if they had ex-
tended advancements in his
educational advantages. Now
don’t anybody tell me that he
became the kind of genius he
was because of the whippings he
pot! What he became is due
solely to his own intense desire
and determination, and in spite
of those who trusted in the rod.
Anyway, we are going to hear
the Creation, and enjoy it.
Oh, I ran across somethmg
quite unusual among my things.
It was a three-ring notebook,
larger than my diaries. I opened
this one to see what precious
document I might have laid
away in it. For instance, one of
such size has matters relating
to pumps and motorized tools.
But I could not remember what
I had put away in this one. It
turned out to be a collection of
children’s stories, typed out so
they could be read to children of
any age “from 6 to 90. I was
fascinated by them.
Funny, I used to tell them to
children simply by the an-
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ren, for your story.” I invited
them to come to the front seats,
thereby giving them the chance
to move around which their
parents could not do. The sight
of those children tumbling and
rolling down the aisles was a
happy sight to see. There was
the inspiration and the “go to
it” for my imagination. The
stories were the creation of my
fancy. But they became so real
that people sometimes asked
me, ‘‘Were they real children?’’
No, they weren't, until I had
lived with them awhile, and
then they were ‘‘my babies”,
and the big white house and the
little brown house next door be-
came as real as if they were
real! Funny how they all came
back to me when I was reading
the stories. The publisher I sent
them to did not share my en-
thusiasm, and returned them to
me, and I filed them in this loose
leaf book.
I wish somebody wanted to
read them to somebody's child-
ren. They might not read well.
The children kept my attention!
Local Pathfinders
Step Up Activities
Local youth are sharing in the
Pathfinders’ 25th Silver Anni-
versary celebration this month
as they step up activities under
the guidance of Mervin W.
Ernst, master Pathfinder
guide.
"At their meetings each Tues-
day evening at the Kingston
Seventh-Day Adventist Church,
Pathfinders in full dress uni-
form take part in special drills
and marching exercises and
work on a series of hobby and
craft projects in preparation for
an annual Pathfinder fair. The
fair this year will be held in
May at Blue Mountain Aca-
demy campus, Hamburg. Path-
finder Clubs from all over
Northeastern Pennsylvania will
participate.
The Pathfinder Club is spon-
sored locally by the Seventh-
Day Adventist Church to pro-
vide recreation and character-
building activities such as
camping, crafts and honor
badge work, including Bible
memory work, for boys and
girls between the ages of 10 and
15. The club is open-to all youth
of the ‘community.
PG&W Approves
Quarter Dividends
The board of directors of
Pennsylvania Gas and Water
Company voted quarterly
dividends of 33 and three-
quarter cents per share on its
common stock. $1.025 per share
on its 4.10 percent preferred
stock. and $1.4375 per share on
its 5.75 percent preferred stock.
The dividends are payable
March 15. to shareholders of
record Feb. 27.
Net earnings figures for the
vear 1973 will be released after
completion of the annual in-
dependent audit.
And I kept theirs. Some people
remember those stories to this
day!
We had an energy crisis one
day in our kitchen. There was a
pas explosion! It didn’t make
much noise, but we found the
cover, a plastic one, on the floor
about six feet away from where
it had been tightly snapped over
the top of a stainless bowl on the
table. Catherine had placed the
pan there with a batch of starter
dough in it, and capped it tight
to rise some more. In the morn-
ing the dish was still there, and
the dough. The cover had taken
{light through the air. That’s the
kind of starter to have to raise
bread dough!
The president of the Steg-
maier - Brewing Company, a
Dallas resident, died Feb. 17,
the victim of a heart attack. J.
Fred Maier, 49, of Haddonfield
Hills, Dallas, was pronounced
deaa by chief deputy coroner
Joseph Shaver:
The president and chairman
of the board of the Wilkes-Barre
brewing company, Mr. Maier
was born in Los Angeles, Calif.
He was a graduate of St. John’s
Mrs. Gerald A. Spenser,
Shavertown, has told the Post
that the Carol Marie Harris
fund drive has collected a little
over $6,000 and an ° un-
determined amount of blood.
Carol Marie, Mrs. Spenser’s
niece, 1s the 13-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Harris, Island Road,
Noxen. She has been ill since
last July with acute lymphabl-
astic leukemia.
Mrs. Spenser told the Post
that she, Carol Marie, her
family and Mrs. Preston Swan,
RD 4, Dallas, another aunt who
co-ordinated the fund drive with
Mrs. Spenser, wish to thank
everyone who donated blood or
money or who in any other way
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The United Methodist Women
of the Kunkle United Methodist
Church met at the home of
Arline Updyke Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.
Jeannie Hilbert was co-hostess.
Arline Updyke presided at the
business meeting and Dorothy
Dodson was in charge of devo-
tions, assisted by Naomi Ash-
burner and Elva Elston.
After the business meeting,
refreshments were served to
the following: Doris Harrison,
Lana Birnstock, Dorothea
Heinen, Anna Maude Landon,
Jennie Miers, Dorothy Henney,
Winifred Stompler, Dorothy
Adams, Sylvia Brace, Dorothy
Dodson, Elva Elston, Naomi
Ashburner, Ann Weaver, and
the hostesses, Mrs. Updyke and
Mrs. Hilbert.
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Mrs. Spenser is unable to tell
the Post how many pints of
blood were donated to Carol’s
Red Cross blood account, but
she noted that it totalled *‘quite
a bit.’
Scranton cobalt treatments
and bi-weekly specialized
treatment at St. Christopher’s
Hospital, Philadelphia, had
combined with other doctor and
hospital expenses to become
much more than the Harris
family could handle.
Franklin Volunteers
Plan Square Dance
The Franklin Township
Volunteer Fire Company will
hold a square dance Feb. 23 to
carn money toward the pur-
chase of a new fire truck. The
dance will be held at the Jack-
son Township Fire Hall. The
MerriMakers will play at the 9
to midnight affair.
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Military Academy and Loyolla
High School, both of Los An-
geles.
A graduate of the University
of Southern California with a
stration, he also attended the
University of Santa Clara.
He moved to the Wyoming
Valley in 1949, following Navy
service in World War II. At that
time he became affiliated with
Stegmaier Brewing, and was
named to the board of directors
and the firm’s second vice
presidency in 1951.
In 1953 he was appointed
general sales manager. In 1957
executive vice president.
He served as president since
1959.
Mr. Maier was the great-
grandson of Stegmaier Brew-
ing’s founder, Charles Steg-
maier. His father, Edward
Maier, founded the Maier
Brewing Company of Los
Angeles.
He was a member of the Gate
of Heaven Church, Dallas; ser-
ved as chairman of the Free-
dom Savings Bond Drive in
Luzerne County in 1967; and
was a member of the West-
moreland Club.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Harriet Bowman;
daughter, Nancy Maier, Los
Angeles; son, Edward, Dallas,
assistant to the president; sis-
ters, Estelle Jorgensen, Mary
Maier and Mrs. Patrick McGar-
ry, all of Los Angeles.
The funeral was held from the
Harold C. Snowden Funeral
Home, Shavertown. Interment
was in Los Angeles.
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MARGARET STACK
Margaret M. Stack, 57, Sky-
view Drive, Dallas, died at
home Feb. 12 after a brief ill-
ness.
A native of Wilkes-Barre, she
had lived at 254 S. River St.,
Wilkes-Barre, before the 1972
flood.
She was a graduate of St.
Ann’s Academy, College
Misericordia, and Marywood
College, where she earned her
M.A. degree.
She taught Latin and French
at Wyoming Seminary Day
School, Forty Fort, for 30 years.
She is survived by a sister,
Kathleen G. Stack, with whom
she resided.
The funeral was held from the
McLaughlin Funeral Home,
Kingston. Interment was in St.
Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover
Township.
WAYNE SMITH
Wayne H. Smith, 401 Lincoln
Ave., Folsom, a native of Sweet
Valley, died Feb. 9 in Riddle
Memorial Hospital, Lima.
The 52-year old man was em-
ployed by IMI Company,
Chester, as a welder. .
He is survived by his widow,
the former Florence Clarke;
daughters, Frances Anderson,
South Carolina; Deborah John-
son, Chester; Jeanette Hildick,
Rdley Park; sons, Ronald
Smith and David Anderson,
both of Chester; Elwood Smith,
Norwood; 11 grandchildren;
sisters, Pearl Oberst, Blooms-
burg; Stella Kittle, Louise Shaw
and Arline Adams, all of Sweet
Valley; Phyllis Skoronski,
Wilkes-Barre; Neta Kocher,
Harveys Lake; brother,
Lawrence Smith, Sweet Valley.
GLADYS MARTZ
Gladys Martz, 74, of 34 West
Center St., Shavertown, died
Feb. 17 at Boone Nursing Home,
Eyersgrove.
A native of Greenwood Town-
ship, she is the former Gladys
Morris, and was a resident of
Shavertown for 30 years.
She is survived by a son, Ted,
Bethlehem; sisters, Mrs. Clyde
Bennett, Shavertown; Mrs.
Charles Bittner and Mrs. Forest
Talcott, both of Orangeville;
four grandchildren. Her hus-
band, Roy, died in 1961.
The funeral was held from the
Disque Buneral Home, Dallas.
Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
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MONROE SHULTZ
Monroe J. Shultz, 71, of Pop-
lar Street, Fernbrook, died in
General Hospital Feb. 14.
A native of Wilkes-Barre, he
retired in 1967 from employ-
ment as a welder with the W.H.
Nicholson Company of Wilkes-
He is survived by daughters,
Arline Boyes, Hagerstown,
Md.; LaBerta Merithew, with
whom he resided; sons, Gerald
and Walter, Manassas, Va.;
Robert, Las Vegas, Nev.; 19
grandchildren; sisters, Mrs.
Edward Lynch, Sarasota
Beach, Fla.; Irene Naugle and
Eleanor Edwards, both of Har-
veys Lake; brother, George,
Michigan.
His wife, the former Leona
Frey, died in 1969.
The funeral was held from the
Harold C. Snowden Funeral
Home, Shavertown. Interment
was in Maple Grove Cemetery,
Pikes Creek.
MARGUERITE JOHNSON
Marguerite M. Johnson, 63; of
13 Harris Hill Road, Trucks-
ville, died at home Monday
morning. ;
A native of Wilkes-Barre she
lived in Trucksville for over 40
years. She is the former Mar-
puerite Jackson.
She 1s survived by her hus-
band, Chfford; son, Robert,
Trucksville; three grandchil-
dren; sisters, Claire Beilman,
Cape Coral, Fla.; Ora Beers,
Levittown; Madge Oram and
Rachael Bayer, both of Wilkes-
Barre; brothers, Edward and
Marvin Jackson, both of Wilkes-
Barre.
The funeral was held from the
Trucksville United Methodist
Church. Arrangements were
through the Bronson Funeral
Home, Sweet Valley. Interment
was in Lehman Cemetery.
EDWARD DENDLER
Edward Dendler, 64, a former
resident of Noxen, died Feb. 12
in Delaware Valley Hospital.
He had been living in Bristol.
He is survived by daughters,
Eva Jean Jones, Clifford; Bar-
bara Gee, Whittier, Calif. ; son,
Gerald, Louisiana; six grand-
children, two great-grandchild-
ren; sisters, Marjorie Szella,
Trucksville, Freda Lily,
Bristol; brothers, Roy and Er-
nest, both of Noxen;. Albert,
Phillip, Minnesota; and Walter,
Bristol.
The funeral was held trom the
Nulton Funeral Home, Beau-
mont. Interment was in Orcutt
Cemetery, Noxen.
DIANNA BONK
Dianna Bonk, the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bonk, RD 5, Shavertown, died
shortly after birth Feb. 13 in
Nesbitt Hospital.
The mother is the former
Donna Phillips of Kingston.
Also surviving are a brother,
John; maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Phillips,
Kingston; paternal grand-
parents, Mr. and Mxs. Michael
Bonk, Laurel Run
Private funeral services were
held from the McLaughlin
Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre.
Interment was in St.” Mary’s
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Rummage Sale
Set by Chapter
The Pennsylvenia Northeast
Chapter of Deborah will hold a
rummage sale at 346 Wyoming
Ave., Wyoming, Feb. 21, from 9
a.m. to 9 p.m.; Feb. 22. from 9
am. to 9 p.m.; Feb. 22, from 9
a.m. to 9 p.m.; Feb. 23, from 9
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
Janet Levandowski is chair-
man of the affair and Charlotte
Yarmel, co-chairman.
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