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Two - students from
Dallas Senior High School
have been selected to play
in district band at
Honesdale, Pa. on Jan. 29,
30 and 31.
Ann Crist will play
french horn. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Crist, Shavertown.
Thomas MacAvoy plays
alto sax. He is the son of
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon
MacAvoy, = Main St.
Shavertown. !
The students took an
individual try-out Nov. 4,
1975 to qualify for the honor
band. They will stay in
Honesdale for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday and
present a public conert
Saturday at 8 p.m. in the
Honesdale High School.
Some people celebrate
Christmas on the
traditional day in
December, while some
follow the Julian Calendar
and celebrate in January.
However, Mrs. Gosart’s
Cancer Dressing Group
had good reason to hold
their celebration on Jan.
13th. The reason for this
was that Mrs. Gosart had
to be with her son out of
town because he was
having an operation...and
naturally, they wouldn't
have a party without her!
Mrs. Gosart’s Cancer
Group was organized 15
- years ago by Mrs. Charles
the Dallas Post that
volunteers were needed to
make surgical dressings
for cancer patients. Mrs.
ran a grocery store right
‘next to Hall’s Pharmacy in
Shavertown. She felt she
was in the business too
much, and not only needed
ought to - ‘‘do
something’’ for others.
So she got together with
Mountain Library and they
made it a point to meet
every month for a morning
to do dressings. Just like
the old-time quilting bees,
the ‘‘girls’’ gossiped
(nicely, of course), shared
recipes, humor, and
confidences. But while
they talked, the work got
done, and according to
Mrs. Gosart’s records (she
keeps a little book showing
attendance from the very
first meeting), they've
made thousands of
dressings in 15 years.
(They had two large plastic
bags full the day of the
party.)
They moved around a
bit, meeting first one place
and then another, until
they were invited several
years ago to use the
basement at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church
Shavertown.
They have also donated
their time for other ser-
vices, like working with the
Girl Scouts, the Firemen’s
Auxiliary, like keeping a
patient they knew supplied
with dressings, and stuf-
fing envelopes for the
cancer unit.
They've never been
known as anything but
“Mrs. Gosart’s Cancer
Dressing Group,’’ even
though they've expanded
their membership to 20
women, four of whom
started with the original
group.
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Customarily they work
they serve lunch cooked by
the women. They invite
older women (sometimes
shut-ins) to attend their
luncheon.
The lunch they prepared
(and all help) for the
Christmas party included
breast of chicken, rice with
gravy, peas, cole slaw,
homemade cranberry
sauce, and rolls. There
were two kinds of
homemade cake,
homeroasted peanuts and
walnuts, homemade candy
and chocolates in foil.
There was tea and coffee,
and laughter and affection,
and it was a thoroughly
delightful luncheon. (Two
staff members of the
Luzerne County Unit of the
American Cancer Society--
Sylvia Cutler and Robert
Hartzell--were = guests,
along with the Rev. Lynn
Rothrock, pastor of the
church.) .
The women were lively.
and vivacious, despite the
one was 90. All are active
women, participating ‘in
this and many other ac-
tivities. When Mrs. Gosart
pointed out to the reporter
which one was 70, who was
80, which one broke two
wrists, which was in a
automobile accident,
which suffered from poor
health, the reporter
couldn’t believe it. All
youthfully dressed; all
wore -their hair stylishly
arranged; wrinkles were
prevailed. And all were
proud of their
achievements and their
active lives!
Mrs. Gosart has lived an
active life herself, helping
her husband Charles to run
the grocery store (he is
now retired), and raising a
family. Her son, Charles,
Jr., runs a golf course at
Sweet Valley; Walter
works at the state store at
the Dallas = Shopping
Center; one daughter is the
wife of Ben Garrity of
Hunlocks Creek, and they
run a grocery store. They
have three boys, John,
Walter and James Allen.
Among the lively ladies
Woodling, “Judy Me-
p ; kins,
Harriet Stahl, Clara
Eckert, Emma Hart,
Alvena Dorneman, Bernice
Kitchen, Edna T. Johnson,
Jane Lightcap, Ann Reiley,
Minnie Hazeltine, Florecne
Kast, Ruth Houser, Letha
Spaulding, Ruth Poynton,
Harriet Durbin, Eileen
Marth, Ann Wagner, Arline
Trimble and Pearl Gosart.
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Photo by Fay Broody Studio
The Lehman Township
Bicentennial Council met
Jan. 19 at the Lehman Fire
Hall, Mrs. Judith Dawe,
chairperson, presiding.
The following officers
were elected--vice-
chairperson-Anthony
Marchakitus; secretary-
George Stolarick; and
treasurer-Mrs. Barbara
Simms.
Chairperson Judy Dawe
announced the following
committee heads:religious
activities, Rev. Robert W.
Harris; fire companies,
aux., & ambulance, Rollant
Ritts; school, Mrs. Avis
Kocher; community at
large, Mrs. Dorothy Steele ;
floats, Richard Derby;
history, Thomas Rogers;
student “co-ordinator, Leo
Pall; police & traffic
control, William Russell;
liaison, Prof. Walter
Royal; scouting
organizations, Mrs. Edna
Yatsko; variety show, Mrs.
Shirley Mahle; name the
weekend contest, Mrs.
Barbara Simms; and
To Celebrate
Reg. 52
Horizons ‘76, - Kathy
Gregory.
The Bicentennial
Community Application
was completed and
returned to the Luzerne
County Bicentennial
Commission.
May 14, 15, and 16, 1976
was designated as the
bicentennial weekend for
entire community
participation.
Individual committees
will meet prior to the
next meeting. Anyone
interested in serving, or
contributing to the work of
any of these committees,
please contact the
people of the smallest
village or town to become
participants, not merely
spectators.
Next meeting will be held
Thursday, Feb. 19, at the
Lehman Fire Hall.
The Back Mountain
Memorial Library Book
Club met Monday
afternoon, Jan. 19 in the
board room of the First
Eastern Bank in Dallas,
with Mrs. Dana Crump
presiding. The minutes
were read by Mrs. George
Jenkins. Mrs. Arthur
Dungey was elected to fill
the office of Treasurer,
following acceptance of the
resignation of Mrs.
Warren Koehl. Dues for
1976 are now payable.
Mrs. Crump introduced
the speaker, Mrs. Frank
Townend, of the Wide
Awake Book Shop of
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Center
Hazelton
Wilkes-Barre. Mrs.
Townend brought a variety
of new books to show the
club members; among
them several cookbooks:
Billy
Graham; a biography of
Katherine Hepburn,
“Kate” by Charles
HJigham, and a beautiful
“History of the Theatre”
iety of new books to sh
ow the club members;
among them several
cookbooks; “Angels” by
Billy Graham; a biography
of Katherine Hepburn,
*Kate"’ by + Charles
Higham, and a beautiful
“History of the Theatre”
published in Italy.
Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Grace
Martin and Miss Frances
Linskill. Members are
reminded that the next two
First Eastern Bank
Village Shopping Center.
Several special events
are scheduled for the
Dallas Senior Citizen
Center, United Service
Agency, in coming weeks.
On: Monday, Feb. 2 the
monthly pinocle party will
take place. Reservations
must be in by Friday Jan.
30.
Reservations for the
Valentine Party must be in
before Feb. 5. The event is
a catered dinner at the
center with music by
Frank Rosavage for
dancing and listening.
Reservations also are
being taken for the Hawaii
trip. A deposit of $100 must
accompany reservations.
The center has started
taking reservations for a
trip to New York to see the
received the best musical
of the year award.
Register
The craft class is star-
ting work: on tile craft.
Anyone interested in this
craft is welcome to come
to this class. }
Membership cards are
available at the center.
Seeds will be available
about March 1. Names
may be submitted to hold
the seeds.
on dean’s list
Roger E. Sherman,
Hamilton Road, Dallas, is
among eight students from
Pennsylvania named to the
dean’s list at St. Lawrence
University for academic
achievement during the
1975 fall term.
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