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The 20th annual auction
and chicken barbecue of
the Centermoreland United
Methodist Church will be
held Friday and Saturday
evenings, August 8-9, on
the church grounds in
Centermoreland. Serving
will begin at 4 to 7 each day
and the auction will get
underway at 7 each
evening.
There are many new and
used articles to be auc-
tioned off, most of them
donated by stores and
business firms in the area.
Anyone wishing to donate
used or new articles is
requested to call either
Richard Brunges, Harry
Hislop or Jack Roberts,
who are serving as co-
chairmen of this year's
benefit affair.
LORETTA FEIST
Mrs. Loretta M. Feist,
76. of Lakeway Manor,
Oval Dr., Dallas, died July
16 in General Hospital.
A native of Wilkes-Barre,
horn Oct. 17, 1898, she was
the former Loretta
Kearney. She resided in
Kingston prior to moving to
Dallas in 1971. Mrs. Feist
formerly was employed by
S.S. Kresge Company;
WAshington, D.C.
Surviving are her
husband, Alfred M.; sister,
Mrs. Anna Seagrist.
Medley, Fla.
Funeral was Saturday at
11 from Kniffen Funeral
Home, 465 S. Main St., with
Rev. James [.. Harring.
pastor of Albright UM
Church, Wilkes-Barre,
officiating. Interment was
in Oak Lawn Cemetery,
Hanover Township.
FRANK HARDISKY
Frank Hardisky of RD 4,
Dallas, died July 15 at his
home following an illness.
Born in Jackson
Township he resided there
35 years prior to moving to
the Dallas area.
He was employed as a
machinist in the. General
until four years ago. Mr.
Hardisky was a member of
St. Anthony's Church,
Larksville.
Surviving are his widow.
the former Helen Tibus:
daughters, Mrs. Marie
Hichok, Sandiego. Calif.:
brothers, Joseph, Dallas:
John | Fernbrook: sisters,
Mrs. Justina Stofko. Mrs.
Anna Hudak. Mrs. Julia
Piznar. and Miss Eleanor
Hardisky. all of Dallas;
Mrs. Mary Lotzko,
Plymouth: Mrs. Margaret
Rusiloski. Phode Island;
one grandchild.
Funeral was Saturday at
9 from the Andrew Strish
Funeral Home, 11 Wilson
St.. Larksville, with a Mass
of Christian Burial at 9:30
in St. Anthony's Church.
Interment in St. Stephen's
Cemetery. Lehman.
This is the original old
church barbecue in the
area. Twenty years of hard
working has gone to the
planning and preparation
to make it the joyous and
successful affair it is. The
people of the church have a
beautiful church to worship
in, and it was all made
possible by the annual
benefit auction and bar-
becue.
Tickets for the barbecue
can be secured from any
member of the church or
from the ticket chairman,
Mrs. Dorothy Roberts.
Tickets this year again
were donated by Richard
Disque and Sons Funeral
Home, Dallas.
Chairmanship of the
chicken barbecue this year
HELEN SMITH
Mrs. Helen Rickard
Smith, 79, of Pole 291,
Harveys Lake, died July 16
at 9:30 at her home after
an illness.
Born in Plymouth, Nov.
29, 1895, she had been a
lifelong resident of
Wyoming Valley. Her
husband, Harradon H.
Smith, former Penn-
sylvania Superintendent of
Highways died in 1963.
Mrs. Smith was a
teacher with the Kingston
School District at its Main
Street building many years
prior to her retirement.
She was an active member
of the First Presbyterian
Church of Wilkes-Barre.
A direct descendent of
John B. Smith, pioneer
settler of Wyoming Valley,
she had served as past
regent of the Wyoming
Valley Chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, past president
of the Luzerne County
Chapter of the Daughters
of 1812, and as an officer of
the Huguenot Society of
Pennsylvania, the former
Dicken's | ..Club. the
Daughters of American
Colonists, the Magna
Charter Dames, and the
Wyoming Valley Historical
and Geological Society.
Surviving are daughters,
Mrs. William W. Vincent,
with whom she resided,
and Mrs. Arthur Schultz,
Long Island, N.Y.: sister,
Mrs. H. Melvin Vivian, Sr.,
Kingston: three grand-
children and four great-
grandchildren.
Funeral was last
Thursday from the Harold
('. Snowdon Funeral Home,
140 N. = Main = Street,
Shavertown, with Rev. Dr.
Jule Ayers officiating.
Interment was in Mt.
Greenwood ~~ Cemetery.
Trucksville.
LOUIS LLOYD
Louis D. Lloyd. 23. of 3021
E. Karen St., Las Vegas,
Nev., died July 13 of in-
juries received in an auto
accident on Route 66 at
Needles, Calif., Sunday at
2:30 a.m.
HAROLD C. SNOWDON
is shared by Mrs. Alta
Kubick and Mrs. Florence
Weaver. They plan the
menu, order the food and
contact members of the
church, who will help in
serving the dinner that is
barbecued by men of the
church.
One of the main at-
tractions of the benefit is
the small goods stand
where baked goods,
jewelry, dishes, clothing,
knick-knacks, books and
many other bargin items
are offered for sale. Mrs.
Ruth Schoonover is in
charge of the baked goods
this year and Mrs. Mildred
Schrey is in charge of the
sale booth.
Everyone attending the
auction and barbecue
usually stops by the
Born in Kingston June 6,
1952, he resided in Las
Vegas the past few years
with his mother, Mrs.
Geraldine Purvin Nor-
theutt.
Also surviving are a
sister Mrs. Carol Ann Cook
Indiana; step-brother,
Robert Northcut, Fort
Hood, Tex.; paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Grace
Lloyd, Edwardsville;
maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Purvin,
Shavertown.
Funeral services were
conducted from the Harold
C. Snowdon Funeral Home,
140 N. Main St., Shaver-
town, with interment in
Oak Lawn Cemetery,
Hanover Township.
Rev. Andrew Pilerella of
Trinity Presbyterian
Church of Dallas of-
ficiated.
MISS LETHA WOLFE
Miss Letha M. Wolfe, 87,
of Meeker, RD 2, Dallas,
died Sunday evening at her
home following a lengthy
illness.
Born in Meeker, Jan. 16,
1888. she resided there all
Eastern Star, Dallas
Chapter, Dallas WCTU,
and Lehman United
Surviving is a brother,
Walter Wolfe, Meeker.
Funeral services were
Wednesday from Richard
H. Disque Funeral Home,
672 Memorial Highway,
Dallas with Rev. Russell
Steele, pastor of Outlet
Bible Tabernacle, of-
ficiating. Interment was in
Maple Grove Cemetery,
Pikes Creek.
Eastern Star services
were conducted Tuesday
evening.
EDNA LOUISE SMITH
Mrs. Edna Louise Smith,
61, of 12 Holcomb Road,
Shavertown, died Friday
afternoon at 3 at her home
after an illness.
Born in Huntsville, Apr.
13, 1914, she was the former
Edna Hunt and resided in
Shavertown’ the last 17
years. She was a member
Mountain area.
e RICHARD W. SNOWDON
64 North Franklin Street
WILKES-BARRE
420 Wyoming Avenue
KINGSTON
refreshment stand for
coffee and something good
to eat. This year Mr. and
Mrs. David Weaver are in
charge of the refreshment
stand.
Committee chairmen for
this year's benefit affair
Harry
Hislop: treasurer, Ola Mae
Schoonover; auctioneers,
Richard Brunges; auction
helpers, Roger Bellas;
parking, Walter McKeel;
maintenance, George
Schoonover; tables, Ethel
Cooper; grounds, Ralph
“Weaver; barbecue pits,
Ted Dymond and Bob
Phillips; publicity, Mrs.
Dorothy Roberts.
By unanimous vote
Sister M. Julian Baird was
chosen to be chairperson of
the steering committee for
the 7th Step Foundation
Chapter at the monthly
meeting of the group at
Mercy Center, Dallas, July
15. She will replace Bar-
bara Hansen, 13 Dor-
chester Drive, Dallas, who
has resigned for personal
reasons.
Other officers of the
committee are Paul Bauer,
RD 3, Wyoming, vice-
chairperson; Doris R.
Mallin, 45 Pinécrest Ave.,
Dallas; Leo E. Nauroth, 67
River St., Forty-Fort,
financial consultant.
The group is working
towards establishing a
chapter of the 7th Step
Foundation in the area to
service the State
Correctional Institution at
Dallas. Cooperation with
Glen Jeffies, superin-
tendent at SCID, and B.J.
Leverette, deputy
superintendent, has been
constant and supportive.
When sufficient backing
and funds is obtained, a
pre-affiliate status will be
sought from the national
headquarters of 7th Step
Foundation in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The next meeting is set
for: Aug. 26. For iin-
formation call Sister Julian
at 675-2131.
The Dallas Baptist
Church, 42 Mill Street,
(beside the Agway Store)
has extended a general
invitation to everyone of
this area to attend a unique
event. The members and
Pastors of the Valley View
Mennonite Church, of
Schoeneck (‘‘Beautiful
Corner”’), Pa. will conduct
a worship service,
beginning at 7, Sunday
evening, July 28.
These folk are one of the
“plain people’ groups of
the Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania Dutch
country. While not of the
“horse and buggy?’ Dutch;
their dress and manner of
life is distincitve. %
The worship of the
Mennonite folk is
characterized by four part
harmony, acapella
singing; the’ separating of
men and women into two
sections, the plain dress of
of the Shavertown United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are her
husband, Paul; son,
William C., Shavertown;
sisters, Mrs. Clara Eckert,
Mrs. Henry Van Horn and
Mrs. William Carroll all of
Dallas.
Funeral
Monday
held
from Disque
Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway,
Dallas, with interment in
Idetown Cemetery.
was
SAMUEL I.. HOOPER
Samuel Lawton Hooper,
86, of 1568 Wyman St.
their tradition, and the
complete commitment to
the Gospel as the message
of God.
The group, consisting of
60 to 70 men and women, is
coming to the area to sing
in the home of the disabled
mother of one of their
members. The Dallas
Baptists invited them to
conduct the worship
service Sunday evening
while they are here.
While all are invited to
share this spiritual and
unique event, it is to be
clearly noted that this is
not a performance, not a
demonstration, nor is it
designed to attract the
merely curious. It is to be
an experience of worship,
in a manner in which few of
our area have ever
witnessed, but genuine
worship in the presence of
God.
at 6 after suffering a heart
attack at the home of his
son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H.
Kiley, Sutton Road, RD 5,
Shavertown.
Mr. Hooper had been
visiting at the Kiley
residence one week.
Born at Oakland, Calif,
June 25, 1888, he had been
.employed many years as
sales manager of the
typewriter division of the
Remington Rand Cor-
poration, prior to his
retirement 20 years ago.
He was a member of the
First Church of Christ
Scientists, Aiken, S.C.
Also surviving are his
widow, Ursilla T. Hooper;
three granddaughters and
two great-grandchildren.
Joy class plans
for flea market
Members of Joy Class of
Kunkle United Methodist
Church met recently at the
home of hostess, Elsie
Rauch to make final plans
for their 7th annual flea
market to be held Aug. 16
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
the Kunkel firehall
grounds.
Reservations for the
market can be made with
Sylvia Brace 675-2622.
Each Joy Class Member
is asked to bake two pies
for their refreshment
booth. ;
There will be no ‘regular
meeting in August for the
class. The next sgaving
committee is ice
Mitchell and Sylvia Brace
It Pays To Advertise
It Pays To Advertise
The Pennsylvania State
Sunday School Association
is sponsoring Luzerne
County Youth Day to be
held July 31 at Irem
Country Club in Dallas.
The program will be
presented by the
“Covenant Players’ who
relate Christianity in
drama form.
All youth are welcome
and are invited to par-
ticipate in the teen talent
contest, which will be
judged in the categories of
instrumental and oral
music. One selection of
sacred music may be
presented as a solo or by a
group numbering up to 4
persons.
The contest is open to
any person attending
Sunday School ages 13
Picnic set
The Marriage County
Community of the Back
Mountain is planning a
picnic at Moon {iake, July
26. All encountered couples
are invited. The picnic will
last through® lunch and
supper.
For more information
call John and Delores
Stubeda 696-2364.
CECIL VOPLEUS
Cecil T Vopleus, 81, a
resident of Beaumont, died
Monday morning in Tyler
Memorial Hospital,
Tunkhannock.
Born in Marsh Creek, he
was a retired carpenter.
Surviving are daughters,
Mrs. Nelson Dymond,
Orange: Mrs. Arthur
Morgan, Dallas; Mrs.
Lawrence Sayre and Mrs.
Merton Rifenbery, both of
Beaumont; Mrs. Alfred
Dymond, Tunkhannock,
RD 5; son Cecil George,
Athol, N.Y.:. 11 grand-
children; seven great-
children.
Funeral was Wednesday
from Nulton Funeral
Home, Beaumont.
Bil
NSON
will be judged for entrance
into state competition at
the October state con-
vention to be held in
Wilkes-Barre.
Youth Day will begin at 1
p.m. with registration of $1
and this includes use of the
pool. Hot dogs and soda
may be purchased at the
pavilion, or lunch may be
carried.
A planning meeting was
held recently at the home
of Atty. and Mrs. Blythe
Evans. ¥
Further information
may be obtained from the
following: Plymouth; the
Rev. Gene Carroll, Mrs.
John Frey, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom: Hess. the. Rev.
Thomas Maher, Lois
Leeds, Russ Symons, and
+ “Fhe Rev. Charles
Gommer, Jr., will be guest
speaker at the Trucksville
United Methodist: Church
on July 27. Mr. Gommer is
a former pastor of the
Silver leaf club
Instead of their regular
outdoor picnic this year.
the members and friends of
the Kunkle Silver Leaf
Club drove to Tunkhannock
on July 15 and had dinner
ati ‘the: "Pink “Apple
Restaruant.
The next regular
meeting will be held at the
Home of Mrs. Mildred
Lutes, Idetown, on August
20 at 1 p.m. Mrs. Arline
Updyke will preside.
rg VV VY
Lee Vivian: Wilkes-Barre:
Mr. and Mrs. Don Strope.
the Rev. James Harring.
Anita Ambrose. Mrs. Ella
Jayne, the Rev. Norman
Beck: Forty Fort: the Rev.
Harold Mante, and the
Rev. Edmund John:
Hunlocks Creek: Mr. and
Mrs. John Baer. and Terri
(ease: Luzerne: the Rev.
Donald Schalk, Bagbara
Smith, and the Rev. ®.
(‘ara. Nanticoke: Don
Powell; Shickshinny: Mrs.
Walter. Pattersons
Kingston: the Rev. George
Pickett; Carverton; Clark
Switzer, and Dorothy
Searfoss:; Mt. Zion: Ernest
Hoover: Orange: EEdith
Shupp: Pittston: Carole
Conklin and Ashley: the
Rev. Larry Saxe.
Trucksville Church and
presently senior pastor of
the Church of ‘Christ
Uniting in Kingston. The
service which will be ‘held
at 9:30 a.m.
CHURCH YARD SALE
MU. Zion Uniti{8
Methodist
Saturday, July 26
10a.m.-14 p.m |
Rain or shine
Antiques, Bicentennial
items
Baked goods, Odds and
nds
Refreshments
Quilt Auction
(closed bids accepted
until 2)
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$7 50
3g 50
$850
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3650
$900