TWENTY CENTS
VOL. § NO. 21
College Misericordia conferred baccal-
aureate degrees on 209 students, in-
cluding 24 Back Mountain residents, Sat-
urday afternoon in commencement cere-
monies held on the front lawn of campus.
It was the 48th annual graduation cere-
mony for the college.
Principal speaker for the afternoon
was Dr. Clarence C. Walton, president of
The Catholic University of America. In a
brief address, Dr. Walton told the gradu-
ates his message was, ‘“You count.”
Urging the students to become actively
and creatively involved in forming a
Dottolg Dr. Walton told them to “‘. . .
give your hearts gaily to God; stretch
your hands to man; ... and make this day
a special, sacred event in your lives.”
He described the world today as full of
insecure people forced to prove the truth
because of credibility gaps and who
measure the value of a human being in
terms of success. Quoting George Orwell,
he described American literature as ‘““ob-
sessed with violence.”
After painting that gloomy picture of
America, Dr. Walton then challenged the
graduates to change it through ‘‘involve-
ment, participation, . or at least, un-
derstanding.”
Following Dr. Walton’s address, Sister
Miriam Teresa, RSM, president, formal-
a
Ha®veys Lake Man
First Male Grad
John Brice, Harveys Lake, is one of the
first three male students to graduate
from College Misericordia. John has re-
ceived a two-year graduate scholarship
and teaching assistantship in painting at
the University of Cincinnati.
At Misericordia, Mr. Brice studied
painting with Martha Kaleshefski and
conducted a one-man exhibit at the
college during the spring semester.
Other Misericordia male graduates
this year are Thomas Stapleton, an art
education major from Wilkes-Barre, and
Thomas Lewis, a music major from
Mountainhome.
In discussing the first men to receive
baccalaureate degrees at College Miseri-
cordia, Sister Miriam Teresa, RSM,
president, remarked that the Alumnae
AE has already changed its
name W the Alumni Association.
ly conferred degreey on the 209 students.
The Most Rev. J. Carroll McCormick,
D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton,
presented the diplomas as Dr. Leo R.
Downey, academic dean, called out the
names.
The ceremony was concluded with the
benediction presented by the Rev.
Michael J. Rafferty, chaplain of Miseri-
cordia.
Included among the graduates were 24
Back Mountain residents, several of
whom graduated with academic honors.
Back Mountain students receiving de-
grees were Bonnie Brokenshire, Jan Bit-
tenbender, Barbara Connolly, Joan
Evans, Mary Fertal, Noreen Gallagher,
Lynne George, Kathleen Nulton,
Charlene Park, Rita Pieczynski, Sister
Barbara Rowe, RSM, Jane Smith, Eileen
Sundra, and Gail Williams,
Dallas;
John Brice, Miriam Isarel, Greta John-
son, and Patricia Kreidler, Harveys
Lake; Barbara Hill and Carolyn Smith,
R.N., Shavertown; Deborah Anderson,
Antoinette Kardell, Bonnie Long, and
Carolyn Wadas, Trucksville.
John Brice was the first male student in
the history of Misericordia to receive a
degree. In addition to his B.A. degree in
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One of the most popular events in the
Back Mountain area, the Sweet Valley
Fair, is scheduled for this weekend, May
School Grounds, Sweet Valley. Sponsored
by the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire
Company, the anaval Memorial Day
parade and fair will open this year at 6: 30
p.m. Friday with an Enduro Motorcycle
Show which promises te be as thrilling as
ever.
On stage at 8:30 will be the “Al Hess
Family’’ bringing the finest in musical
entertainment.
The grounds will open at 3:30 p.m. May
25 with a pony show, strictly limited to
children 12 years old and under. To be
eligible, all ponies must be 13 hands (52°)
the day of the show prior to the various
classes. Further information is available
by contacting Harold Post at 256-3622.
‘Phase IT”, a group of teenagers from
entertainment Saturday afternoon and
evening. They take the stage at 5 p.m.
Back by popular demand will be ‘‘Johnny
and the Rancheros’’ at 8 p.m.
The ‘‘Ripcords’’, enjoyed by thousands
every year, will return this season with
three big shows. They will give an exhibi-
tion of skydiving at dusk Saturday and
will put on two shows Monday, one at
approximately 4 p.m. and another at 8.
: Steve Gay of Tunkhannock will put on an
Greenstreet News Company editor-in-chief J.R.
Freeman (left) and Carl Davies (right), editor of
the Mountaintop Eagle, display awards won in the
Keystone Press Awards competition. Awards were
presented during the Pennsylvania Newspaper
Publishers Association convention in Harrisburg
Saturday. PNPA executive director Richard Dew
(center) congratulates the award winners.
aerial acrobatic show at 3:30 p.m.
Monday.
Monday’s Memorial Day activities get
underway at 10 a.m. with a Western
Horse Show. At 1:30 p.m., the famous
Sweet Valley Parade starts down the
road, impressive this year with many
floats, marching units, clowns, antique
cars, bands, horses and fire and am-
bulance equipment. This big parade has
area for many years.
More music is scheduled en Monday. At
3 p.m. a group of young people will
provide music for listening and at 6, a
professional group called ‘ ‘Tommy
Rynick and the Fabulous Country
Travelers” will take the stage. The
group, which plays Country Western
music, will feature vocalist Norma
Sherry, a recording artist who has ap-
peared on WWVA.
The Sweet Valley Ladies Auxiliary and
Firemen will present a patriotic show at
8:30. The show will feature members of
the fire company and auxiliary.
The Sweet Valley Fair features
something for everyone...rides, games,
food, helicopter rides for the adventure-
some. Parking and entertainment is free.
The show will come to a close with a
gigantic aerial display of fireworks at
9:30 p.m.
Photo by Chukinas
. A fine looking lady in her fifties, in re-
vealing ankle length skirt and hair that
barely touched her bare shoulder blades,
paused before a painting and smiled, A
slight breeze carried a whiff of lavender
Rugmaking at the Fiesta. Arline Umlauf, Luzerne,
demonstrates a looping device used in'rugmaking.
She and her husband, Theodore, added rugmaking
to their list of crafts a little better than a month ago.
He also does leatherwork and saddle repair and she
paints in acrylics and does pastels and pencil
sketches.
The Pennsylvania Newspaper
Publishers Association and the Pennsyl-
vania Society of Newspaper Editors
honored a photographer and two editers
Fresh Air Fund
Designates Dallas
‘Friendly Town’
“Good Growing Weather’ is one com-
modity the Back Mountain area has
plenty of—both for crops and children.
Knowing this, and knowing too, of this
community’s many warm-hearted re-
sidents, the Fresh Air Fund of New York
City has once again designated the Dallas
area as one of its 340 Friendly Towns.
Again this year, applications are being
accepted from prospective host families
who want to participate in the Fund’s
Friendly Town program by inviting a city
youngster to share in their family’s sum-
mer fun. These hosts provide two-week
vacations for needy children from New
York City, with transportation and insur-
ance provided by the Fresh Air Fund.
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of Greenstreet News Co. recently with
Keystone Press awards during an honors
banquet in Harrisburg.
Cited for excellence in journalism was
Mountaintop Eagle Editor Carl Davies,
with a public service award given for his
series on the need for a more adequate
railroad crossing in Mountaintop where
several auto-train accidents have oc-
curred, and where a bus full of school
children was nearly struck by a train last
year.
Because of Editor Davies’ crusade, the
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commi-
ssion conducted hearings on the matter
last year with Editor Davies as a witness.
A decision’is still pending.
Cited for his feature story in the Dallas
Post about Claude Swingle, a man who
has lived his last 54 years in jail, and who
is now an inmate at the State Correction-
al ‘Institution at Dallas, Greenstreet
News Editor-in-Chief J. R. Freeman was
told by the judges: ‘‘An outstanding
subject. It is clear the writer put in much
time and research. His story was very
well written. Mr. Swingle becomes a very
real person because of the story, and a
sympathetic one despite murdering
twice. A compelling feature.’
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was digging his toes into the grass and his
fingers into his beard. He was smiling
too.
Why were these people smiling?
They were enjoying greater Wilkes-
Barre’s 18th Annual Fine Arts Fiesta held
last weekend on Public Square.
If a city’s overall health can be mea-
sured by its fine arts then Wilkes-Barre is
fairly brimming with vim, vigor, and
vita ity
Yoo Yas of local arfise, puf their finest
work on display and it was good. Crafts-
men displayed their wares and gladly
showed all comers their techniques.
On the stage a procession of folk danc
choruses, puppet shows, theater groups
and many more provided continuous live
entertainment.
“Cafe Under the Trees,” providing sus-
tenance for hungry strollers.
eyed the ever spinning pottery wheels.
Their faces reflected an obvious desire to
more often than not.
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Primaries Hold
Few Surprises
The Back Mountain primaries held
literally no surprises,
Grimaud came close to T. Newell Wood in
several districts for the state senate’s
20th district nomination on
Republican ticket. But close was not
won handily in most districts.
Most candidates were unopposed. Dan
Flood, U.S. Congress; Michael Lewis,
state senate, and Robert Scovell were all
unopposed. Republicans running
unencumbered included Senator Richard
Schweiker, Ken Lee,
nor; Richard Muzyka, who has virtually
in the general election;
O'Connell, general assembly.
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Luzerne Agency
To Do Chores
United Services in Luzerne County will
ped.
There are presently five Vista Volun-
teers working on housing problems in
Zbiek, a Vista Volunteer from Plymouth
Township, that many families would not
have to be relocated if certain repairs
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