by Anne Neyhard
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Yechimowicz,
West State Street, who celebrat-
ed their 23rd wedding anniver-
sary June 30. They were
married in Franklin Street
Primitive Methodist Church,
Purnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Yechimowicz
are the parents of five children:
Joseph, Claude, Martin, Wayne
and Roxann. Mrs. Yechimowicz
is the former June Royer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Royer, Plymouth.
Corey Shaw, Second Street, is
a patient in Wilkes-Barre.
General Hospital.
The i Lions Club
held their installation dinner re-
cently at Meneguzzo’s Rest-
aurant, Pringle. Leo Koury of
the Hanover Township Lions
Club was toastmaster.
The officers installed were
Edward Oblick, president;
Richard Kraynak, first vice
president; Ronald Kachinko,
second vice president; Stanley
Wirbicki, third vice president;
Stephen Rentko, secretary;
Joseph Yeager, treasurer;
Edward Geist, financial secre-
tary; John Solovey, lion tamer;
Bernard Kachinko, tail twister;
George Kotch and Bernard
Kachinko, directors for two-
year terms; John Solovey and
Joseph Yeager, directors for
one year.
Donna Simon, a student at
Wyoming Valley West High
School, was one of 27 persons
who participated in a special
orientation course at Presby-
terian University -of Pennsyl-
part in the program which ac-
quaintyjitudents with the cen-
ter’s professional school of
nursing and career opportun-
ities in nursing. The participat-
ing students were given a com-
prehensive tour of the center
and also assisted nurses in non-
critical duties of patient care.
Due to a typographical error
in last week’s column, it was
Dr. Martin Tansy who was
awarded the research grant.
July 4 was not only our coun-
try’s birthday but the 44th wed-
ding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Gimble, First
Street. They were married in St.
Stephen’s Church, Plymouth,
by the Rev. Stephen Gurcik.
The couple have eight child-
ren: William, Joseph Jr., Ray-
mond, Marie Derby, Elizabeth
David B- Kelly Named
Loss Prevention Head
David®s. Kelly, former
superintendent of New Jersey
State Police, assumed new
responsibilities as national
director of the loss-prevention
division of The Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Mr. Kelly’s assumption of the
newly-created post coincided
with the return of A&P’s cor-
porate headquarters to New
Jersey after 47 years in New
York City.
Long recognized as a
foremost law enforcement
official, Mr. Kelly retired last
week at 56 after serving since
1965 as New Jersey State Police
head under three governors.
With A&P, he will have
overall responsibility for loss
prevention throughout the
compaaaany’s 31 divisions
operating 3600 stores and
distributisn centers in 33 states,
the Distsct of Columbia and
Canada as well as food
processing plants in several
states.
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Chackan and Pauline Sasser, all
of Larksville; John, West Nan-
ticoke, and Shirley Tomchak,
Plymouth. They also have 15
grandchildren. Mrs. Gimble is
the former Helen Astary of
Larksville. The couple was
honored at a family garden
party at their home.
Ed, Betty,” Ron and Kathy
Motyka, Carleton, Michigan,
spent the weekend with my
parents, Bill and Mary Motyka,
Oak Hill, Dallas. While they
were here, they visited family
and friends in Larksville. My
dad and Uncle Ed are the sons
of the late Felix and Margaret
Motyka, Sixth Street.
Larksville Lions Club awards
for academic achievement were
presented at Awards Day cere-
monies at Wyoming Valley
West High School to Ann Gold
and Ann Marie Kalamowicz.
Miss Gold was a member of the
ALPS sorority, school chorus
and junior prom committee.
Miss Kalamowicz was a mem-
ber of the civics and sewing
clubs. Congratulations to Ann
Marie and Ann.
Larksville council chairman
Charles Brodi resigned his post
at the recent council meeting.
Vice chairman Harry Shewan
was voted unanimously as the
new chairman. Mr. Brodi was
then voted unanimously to the
vice chairman’s post.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yarmel
recently celebrated their
seventh wedding anniversary.
Don’t forget the Larksville
Volunteer Fire Company No.
parade will be on Saturday and
will start from St. Anthony’s
parking lot and will march from
Wilson to State Street and then
to the Fire Company’s grounds.
Eight trophies will be
awarded in the following cata-
gories: largest uniformed com-
pany in line of march; best
appearing company in line of
march; largest ladies auxiliary
in line of march; best appearing
fire apparatus; finest appear-
ing combination apparatus;
oldest fire apparatus, hand or
motor; finest appearing rescue
squad; and a special award will
be given at the judges’ discre-
tion. So come and enjoy the fun!
Plans are underway for St.
John the Baptist Church festival
to be held Aug 16-18. Anyone de-
siring to help this year is most
welcome. We need everyone to
make the festival a success.
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Teresa.
The Back Mountain Cultural
Center held its first annual
meeting at the Overbrook Inn
recently and elected its officers
and board for the new 1974-75
season. ;
Elected as president for a
second term was Howard J.
Grossman. Other officers in-
cluded John Sheehan, vice-
Library Auction
Needs Baked Goods
Dallas Women of Kiwanis, in
charge of the baked goods booth
at the annual Back Mountain
Memorial Library Auction, has
asked all residents of the area to
bake cookies, cakes, breakfast
buns, rolls, bread, pies, tarts,
ete.
Baked goods should be taken
to the booth anytime during the
auction July 12, 13 or 14.
If residents are unable to de-
liver their donations, they are
asked to call Gail Barry, 675-
5119, or Gwen Meister, 675-2002,
for pick-up
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of the
president; Maureen Purcell,
recording secretary; Tobi
Grossman, corresponding
secretary; and Ed McLaughlin,
treasurer.
Three board members were
elected for three year terms.
They include Jane Morris,
Diana Dreher and Rebecca
Loveland. Nine other persons
serve on the Center’s board of
directors.
The first annual meeting at-
tracted forty persons who heard
a year end report on past center
activities including classes of
instruction, exhibits, member-
ship, programs, etc. Year end
membership totaled over 325
which meant that the center
served well over 1500 persons.
Additionally, the center
honored College Misericordia
with a special award for their
services to the community in
helping to sponsor the Cultural
Center and providing re-
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sources, space, and other
special assistance during the
center’s first year.
A special plaque was pre-
sented to Sister Miriam Teresa,
president of College Miseri-
cordia who was present to re-
ceive the award. Mr. Grossman
presented the award and stated
that “‘the center was pleased to
honor the outstanding work of
the college in helping to make
the task of the center easier
during its first year. College
Misericordia has earned the
respect of the community and
the staff has greatly made the
work of the center easier and
more effective through their
dedication in making the
college part of the community
and the community part of the
college.”
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Many children from the Back
Mountain area are now in the
process of taking orders for
hoagies to support the sale
sponsored by the Dallas
Recreation Center. The hoagies
are 85 cents each. They will be
delivered by the children July
13. Hoagies may also be picked
up at the recreation center. If
anyone wishes to order hoagies
and has not done so, he may call -
the Recreation Center at 675-
4574.
A dance was held at the
Dallas Recreation Center July
5, 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Music
was provided by ‘“Shadow’’.
Boys in grades four, five and
six can still register for the
basketball league. Games will
be played at the recreation
center on Tuesday and Thurs-
day afternoons. Fourth graders
will play 12:30-1:30. Fifth gra-
ders will play 1:30-2:30 and
sixth graders will play 2:30-
3:30.
The first fifteen minutes will
be a clinic-type instruction. The
first day of play was July 2 but
names are still being taken for
participation in the league. This
Ed Labatch.
A cheerleading clinic will be
held for girls ages 12-16. This
clinic will be held July 22-26,
10:00 a.m. - 12 noon. The girls
will be taught various cheers
and pom-pom routines and will
go through daily warm-up exer-
cises, tumbling drills, etc.
The cheerleading clinic is
under the direction of Diane
Masoner and Pat Shuleski.
Girls may register by calling
the center on July 15.
This year, the recreation
Water rescue techniques for
the education and entertain-
ment of area residents will be
presented at Harveys Lake by
the Wilkes-Barre office of the
Coast Guard recruiting service
and Flotilla 5-10, Coast Guard
Auxiliary of Bloomsburg. The
program will be held on July 14
from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Sandy
Beach-Sandy Bottom area of
Harveys Lake. Rain date is July
21. Announcer for the events
will be Chief Petty Of-
ficer Michael G. Sowden of
Mountaintop, who is in charge
of the local office. The entire
program will also be broadcast
by the Wilkes College radio
station WCLH-FM, 90.7 mhz.
Spectators are advised to bring
FM radios so they can hear the
program as well as watch it.
ORGANS
and
PIANOS
OPEN DAILY 10-6
A helicopter will be brought
here from the Coast Guard Air
Station, Brooklyn, N.Y. In-
cluded in the program will be
rescue demonstrations by the
Coast Guard helicopter, per-
sonal flotation devices, fires
and their prevention, distress
signals and devices, recovering
a man overboard, recovering a
capsized sailboat, towing and
refloating a vessel aground.
For the entertainment of
spectators there will be a sky
diving exhibition, a scuba
diving demonstration and a
water ski show. Chief Sowden
advises persons planning to
watch from boats to use an-
chors. The entire program is
free of charge and a big turnout
is expected.
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center will also hold a twirling
be held sometime in August. A
variety of marches and routines
will be taught and demonstra-
Dallas Senior High School head-
the twirling clinic will be pre-
sented at a later date.
A new program added to this
year’s activities at the Dallas
Recreation Center is a senior
horseshoe league. This pro-
gram will be open to adults, 18
years and older.
Tentatively planned is a
men’s doubles league. The
matches will be played during
standard rules will be in effect.
Any two-man team in the Back
Mountain interested in register-
ing may do so by stopping in at
the recreation center or by call-
ing 675-4574.
A great deal of interest has
already been expressed con-
cerning the mixed-doubles
league and many husband and
wife teams have already called
for information. Both divisions
will be set up and play will
begin in mid-July. Awards will
be given to the winning teams.
A well-attended program is an-
ticipated.
A ping-pong tournament will
be held at the recreation center
July 17. Registration for the
tournament is July 12. All inter-
ested boys and girls, ages 10-17
may participate.
Many games and activities
afternoons along with the
various special events, clinics
and tournaments. There is
always something going on at
the recreation center and
everyone is urged to come to the
center and make the most of
these activities.
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