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The Reverend Robert
Kondratick, pastor of. St.
Andrews Eastern Orthodox
Church, Idetown- Huntsville
Road, Lehman, has an-
nounced the scedule of
Easter services for the
church. Easter season
services will begin April 23.
On that Wednesday,
there will be a Lenten
Mission Service. The Most
Reverend Kiprian, Ar-
chbishop of Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania, assisted
by the clergy of the Wilkes-
Barre deanery will begin
the service at 6:45 p.m.
Responses will be sung by
St. Tikhon’s Seminary
Choir. The women of the
parish will host a lenten
dinner at the J.R. Davis
Fire Hall following the
By MICHAEL POLK
The Easter bunny will be
late for some area
residents, who observe
Easter according to the
Julian calendar. Roman
Catholics and the various
Protestant denominations,
who will observe Easter
this Sunday, adhere to the
new or Gregorian calendar
while Orthodox Christians,
some 5,000,000 or so in the
United States, will observe
Easter according to the
Julian calendar.
Easter, a movable feast
in both calendars, is ob-
served on the first Sunday
after the first full moon
after March 21, the
beginning of Spring. It
cannot come before March
28 or after April 25.
Members of the Or-
thodox Christian com-
munity of which
parishioners of St. An-
Confraternity
drew’s Russian Orthodox
Church, Huntsville Road,
are a part will observe
Easter on Sunday, May 4.
The Julian calendar is 13
days behind the Gregorian
calendar used by most
Christians and the May 4
date of the Gregorian
calendar is April 20 ac-
cording to the Julian
calendar.
Lenten season for Or-
thodox Christians began
last week and special
Friday evening services
will be held each Friday
night at 7 in St. Andrew’s
Church until the week of
April 27, which will be
observed as Holy Week by
Orthodox Chrisitans. Rev.
Robert Kondratick is
pastor of St. . Andrew’s
Church. He is a native of
the Parsons section of
Wilkes)Barre.
Most of the time Julian
plans
Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, of St.
Frances Cabrini Church,
Carverton, and Blessed
Sacrament Church, Cen-
termoreland, is completing
plans for a benefit rum-
mage sale to be held
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, May 1-3, in the
basement of St. Frances
Cabrini Church, Carverton.
Sale days Thursday and
Friday, May 1 and 2, will be
from 9 to 6, and on
Saturday, May 3, from 9 to
noon.
Confraternity is seeking
saleable items such as
clothing, household items,
toys, tools, etc. Persons
desiring to donate articles
may bring them to the
church basement April 26
thru 30, or can call 696-1309,
333-4840 or 333-4095 and the
articles will be picked up.
Help willl be needed in
setting up the sale and
volunteers are being
sought.
Rev. Thomas Croghan,
_ pastor, is honoary chair-
man. Heading the com-
mittee on arrangements
are Mrs. Robert Heist,
Carverton; Mrs. Louise
Yakowski, Carverton, and
Mrs. Marge Peters,
Centermoreland.
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Confraternity recently
elected the following of-
ficers: president, Joseph
Buzunis; vice-president,
Mrs. Marge Peters;
secretary, Marie Nice;
treasurer, Mrs. Connie
Bolcarvic. Retiring of-
ficers are president,
Leonard Krispen; vice-
president, Mrs. Marge
Peters; secretary, Stanley
Dorrance; treasurer,
Joseph Buzunis.
Easter follows by one week
the Gregorian calendar
date for Easter. Oc-
casionally, both Easters
are observed on the same
Sunday. In case you want
to pursue the matter
further, there will be five
more times during the
when the. Easter dates will
be celebrated so far apart.
That will happen in 1978
when Gregorian Easter
will be observed on March
26; in 1986 when Easter will
again be celebrated on
March 30; in 1989 when
Easter Sunday will fall on
March 26; in 1991 when
Easter will be observed on
March 31, and in 1997 when
fall on March 30.
The first Council of Nicea
in 325 A.D. set the method
of determining the date of
Easter. The Julian
calendar, was instituted by
the Roman Emperor Julius
Caesar in. 46 BB.C. The
Gregorian calendar was
set up to reform the errors
of the Julian calendar in
1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.
Circle to meet
The Priscilla Circle of
the Shavertown United
Methodist Church will
meet April 21, at 8 p.m. at
the home of Shirley
Cassday, Shrine Acres,
Dallas. Helen Davis will be
co-hostess and devotions
will be led by Pat Kirk.
The first meeting of the
board of directors of St.
Michael’s School for Boys
was held Wednesday April
9, in the school dining
room. Reverend Joseph P.
Kelly, administrator,
opened the first meeting
for the 1975 season with a
prayer.
Father Kelly welcomed
the new members and
officers to the board of
directors, Lois Burns,
chairman of the board,
Joseph Fenstemacher,
vice chairman, and Alice
Erhard, secretary.
New members onthe
board are Monsignor
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Mrs. Olin Morris, Attorney
John O’Connor, and Mary
Quinn. The new members
term.
Father Kelly reported on
the 1974 fiscal report and
audit. Four standing
committees were ap-
pointed the executive
committee, finance
committee , personel
committee, and a
nominating committee.
The St. Michael's Glee
Club entertained the board
members and announced
that they would be
available to perform at
community functions upon
request of members. of
these organizations. The
performances can be
arranged by contacting St.
Michael’s School for Boys.
The Institution =2lso
availability of its public
relations teams that are
also available to speak at
club or organizational
functions.
Old River Road
service.
Divine Liturgy of St. Basi
The Blessing
Pussywillows will be at
9:15 a.m., Palm Sunday
with Divine Liturgy at 9:30.
Holy Thursday services
will include Matins at
7p.m. with the reading of
.the Twelve Passion
Gospels.
On Good Friday at 3
p.m., Vespers will be held
during which the Holy
Shroud will be placed in the
sepulchre. Matins and a
procession with the Holy
Shroud around the church
will be at 7.
the grave at 11:30 p.m.
followed by a midnight
procession and
resurrection Matins.
Blessing of the baskets will
follow.
Easter Sunday services
will begin with Divine
Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.
followed by procession and
reading of the gospels.
The Rev. Hieromonk
Pantelimon will serve St.
Andrews during Holy Week
and Easter, April 20.
Sunday services will begin
at 8:15 a.m.
Members of the three
Methodist Churches in
Orange, Carverton and Mt.
Zion, which comprise the
Carverton Charge, elected
these members to the
Council on Ministries at
meetings held at the three
churches:
Chairperson, Jack
Lewis; vice-chairperson,
Henry Hess; fellowship,
welfare and worship,
chairpersons, Tom and
Jane Lloyd; dinners, Mary
Emmanuel, Alice Daniels,
Doris Stearn; music,
worship, Mary Mitchell,
May Lewis, Carol Metz,
Roberta Gardner, Betty
Kuschel, Faye Perry;
welfare, Betty Smith, Patti
Parrish, Joyce Hislop.
Evangelism, Mission,
chairpersons, Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Baird; visitation,
Margaret Berlew, Lavina
Parrish, Mildred Lloyd;
United Methodist: Women,
Patti Patton, Nora
Dymond, Jean Emmanel;
Mission, Frieda Perry,
Mary Louise Lewis;
enlistment, Catharine
Gilbert; council of chur-
ches, Roy W. Thomas,
Melinda Sutton, Don
Searfoss.
Cluster Council, Mary
Ann Sigworth, Mary Louise
Lewis, Ray Atherholt;
communicatons, Ronald
Williams, chairperson;
telephone, Edie Shup, Ed
and Emma Miles, Grace
Cook; newsletter,
Margaret Miller; public
relations, Doris Robbins,
Wesley Lewis, Myrtle
Hcover; membership,
Margie Meade, Allagra
Spare, and Mrs. Alden
E:irl.
Education, chairperson,
Joseph and Nancy
Delinsky; MYF, Willie
Perry, Clark Switzer,
Ernest Hooeer; church
school, Doris Bedford, Iva
Wall, Anne Bauer, Bessie
Love, Doris Robbins; VCS,
Nancy Brace; study
groups, Jane Lewis; new
members Dorothy Hess;
Sky Lake representatives
Barbara Dymond, Myrtle
Hoover, Dorothy Ann
Searfoss; at large, Carl
and Brigetta Anduze.
CELEBRATING OUR
25 TH ANNIVERSARY
This Week's
Cluster Council
representatives, Mary Ann
Sigworth, Paul Phillips,
William Smith, Beverly
Atherholt, Lynn Wolfe,
Ray Atherholt, Ernest
Hoover, Mary L. Lewis,
Eleanor Disque, Wesley
Lewis.
Kunkle UM
women meet
The women of the Kunkle
United Methodist Church
met at the ome of Irene
Transue on April 9, at 8
p.m.
Dorothy Dodson was in
charge of the business
meeting and Jennie Miers
and Dorothea Heinen had
charge of the devotions.
The women decided,
anyone desiring to have the
name of their living or
deceased mother put in the
bulletin insert on Mother’s
Day, May 11, may do so by
contacting any member of
the United Methodist
Women’s Society. The
charge is $1.00 for each
name.
It was voted to have a
booth at the Joy Class Flea
Market at the Kunkle Fire
Company Hall on August
16. Naomi Ashburner and
Jennie Miers will be in
charge of arrangements.
Missionaries
guests of
Lehman women
Nancy and James
Merryman, missionaries to
J€enya, will be the guests of
the Lehman = United
Methodist women on April
22 at 8 p.m. at the Lehman
United Methodist Church.
The public is invited to
hear the Merrymans.
Refreshments will be
served.
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ROBERT ECKENRODE
Robert J." Eckenrode 57
Skyview Drive, New Goss
Manor, Dallas, died April 8
at his home, victim of a
heart attack.
Born in Scranton, he
attended Scranton Univer-
sity and was district mana-
ger for Fowler and
Williams Freight Line Inc.,
in Scranton and Wilkes-
Barre. He was a member of
Gate of Heaven Church,
Dallas, and was a Fourth
Degree Knight of Colum-
bus.
He was a member of the
board of Wyoming Valley
Country Club and also
served as past greens
chairman of the club. He
also was past president of
the Wyoming Valley Motor
Club and first president of
the Delta Nu Alpha.
Mr. Eckenrode is sur-
vived by his widow, the
former Jean M. Boyer of
Luzerne; mother, Mrs.
Celestine Eckenrode,
Scranton; daughters, Mrs.
Salvatore Acquisto, West
Wyoming; Mrs. Richard
Newhart, Dallas; Roberta,
at home; two grand-
children; brother, Robert.
RAY HENNEY
Ray Frederick Henney,
78, Kunkle, died April 9 at
his home following a heart
attack.
Born in Wilkes-Barre,
Mr. Henney resided in
graduate of Pennsylvania
State University and
taught in Dover, Del., at
Harveys Lake for three
years and at Elk Lake
Township for 22 years,
from where he retired. He
was engaged in operating
his own farm. Mr. Henney
was a World Wer, I Navy
veteran.
He is survived by his
widow, the former Dorothy
Stampler; son, Robert,
Myerstown; two grand-
children.
Disque Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway,
Dallas, with the Rev. Fred
M. Eister, Wyoming United
Methodist Church, officia-
ting. Interment in Chapel
Lawn Cemetery, Dallas.
JAY E. CONDEN
Jay Elwood Conden, 22,
RD 2, Harveys Lake, was
found dead on the Joseph
Stredny Farm, Dallas,
victim of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound of the head.
He was born at Wilkes-
Barre but was a life-long
resident of Harveys Lake.
He graduated from Dallas
Senior High School and was
employed by Ma’s Bottling
Works, Wilkes-Barre. Mr.
Conden was a member of
Alderson United Methodist
Church.
Surviving are his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood Conden, Harveys
Lake; son, Charles,
Harveys Lake; sisters,
Mrs. Harry Weaver,
Sellersville; Louise: Con-
den, Harveys Lake;
paternal grandmother,
Florence Conden,
maternal
grandmother, Mrs.
Wheeler Kunkle, Dallas.
Funeral services were
held from the Richard H.
Disque Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway,
Dallas, with the Rev.
Henry Westfield, Alderson
United Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment was
in Warden Cemetery,
Dallas.
ORVILLE A. DUNHAM
Orville A. Dunham, 77,
Dallas, RD 4, died April 11,
in Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital.
Born in Bernards Bay,
N.Y., he resided in Dallas,
the last 23 years. Prior to
retiring he was employed
by Wilkes-Barre Transit
Company as a bus driver.
He was a World War I
Army veteran and served
in Europe with the 30th In-
Mountain area.
He is survived by his
LaVerne,
daughters,
son,
and
Jacqueline War-
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RALPHE. DALEY
Ralph E. Daley, 50
Dallas,
Veterans Administration
Hospital.
Born in Pittston, Mr.
He is survived by his
daughters, Mrs.
Pearce, Amherst
brothers, Anthony, West
Pittston; Michael Delia,
Syracuse, N.Y.; we
Mrs. Mary Baldini, West
Pittston, four grand-
children.
Funeral was held
Funeral Home, West
Pittston, with Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 in
Gate of Heaven Church.
Interment in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Carverton.
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