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Robert Jones, 63, of 111
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Born in Wilkes-Barre,
Margaret Davis Jones. He
had been a resident of
Shavertown for the past 23
years. Before his retire-
ment in 1972 he had been
employed for 13 years as a
custodian at Irem Temple,
‘He was a charter mem-
ber and former elder of
Trinity United Presby-
terian Church of Dallas. He
was also a member of
Landmark Lodge 442
F.& A.M. of Wilkes-Barre,
Arch
Dieu Le Veut
Commandery, and Irem
the Ceremonial Directors
Staff of Irem Temple.
Surviving are his wife
the former Dorothy Evans;
a son Kenneth R. Jones of
Wilkes-Barre; a daughter
Mrs. Alice R. Kocher of
Harveys Lake; a brother
Caradoc Jones, of
Audobon, N.J., two sisters,
Mrs. Robena Coe of North
Miami Beach, Fla., and
Mrs. Ethel Miller of Nanti-
coke and five grand-
children.
Funeral services were
held on Monday, March 1,
from the Hugh B. Hughes &
Son Funeral Home, Forty
Fort. The Rev. Andrew
United Presbyterian
Church officiated. The
interment was in Oaklawn
Cemetery, Hanover Twp.
SAMUEL H. POAD
Samuel H. Poad, 88, of
RD 1 Dallas, died Feb. 24 at
his home following a heart
attack.
Born in Wilkes-Barre
Jan. 23, 1888, he resided in
graduate of New England
Conservatory of Music, he
taught piano for many
years. He also was em-
ployed by Delaware and
Hudson Coal Company as a
\ houses. He was a member
of Derr Memorial Church,
Wilkes-Barre.
Surviving are his widow,
the former Rhea Keats;
daughters, Mrs. William
Nicoll, Arlington, Va.;
Mrs. James Irvine, Portola
Valley, Calif.; 12 grand-
children, two great-grand-
children.
from Disque Funeral
Home, 672 Memorial High-
way, Dallas. Rev. Richard
Jagger, pastor of East
Dallas United Methodist
Church, officiated. Inter-
ment was in Chapel Lawn
Cemetery, Dallas.
MRS. JOHN KUCHTA
Mrs. John Kuchta, RD 1,
Box 226, Harveys Lake,
died Feb. 25 at her home.
The former Mary Dudas,
she was born in Austria
and came to America 77
years ago, residing at
Harveys Lake for 70 years.
She was a member of St.
Mary’s Byzantine Rite
Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Surviving are sons,
Andrew, Harveys Lake;
Peter, Harrisburg; John
Jr., Shickshinny; Michael,
Clarks Green; daughter,
Miss Mary Ann Kuchta, at
home; three grand-
children; eight great-
grandchildren.
Funeral was Feb. 28
from Morris Funeral
Home, 625 N. Main St.,
followed by Divine Liturgy
in St. Mary’s Byzantine
Church. Interment was in
the parish cemetery,
Dallas.
JANE SHERWOOD
Miss Jane Sherwood,
died Feb. 24 at the home of
Mrs. A.C. Dick, Overbrook
Road, Dallas.
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Born in Plymouth,
August 4, 1883, she resided
in Wilkes-Barre most of
her life and lived in Dallas
the last five years. Many
years ago, she was pro-
prietor of Franklin Tea
Room, Wilkes-Barre.
Funeral was Feb. 26
from Frederick and Sons
Funeral Home, 617 Carey
Ave., with Rev. Henry
Medd of First Baptist
Church officiating. In-
terment was in Fern Knoll
Cemetery, Dallas.
MRS. G.E. GWILLIAM
Mrs. George E. Gwilliam
Sr., 85, of Pole 108, Harveys
Lake, died Feb. 24 in
General Hospital.
The former Laura
Hughes, she was born April
8, 1890, in Avoca and re-
sided in Plymouth most of
her life.
Mrs. Gwilliam was
graduated from Mercy
Hospital School of Nursing
and formerly was a private
duty nurse and also a nurse
at Luzerne County Prison.
She was a past president of
Plymouth Women’s Civic
Club; past president of
Plymouth Council of
Republican Women, past
president of Luzerne
County Council of
Republican Women, and
was a member of Welsh
Presbyterian Church, Ply-
mouth.
Surviving are a son,
Geprge E. Jr., Harveys
Lake; three grandchildren.
Private funeral services
were held from Snowdon
Funeral Home, 140 N. Main
Street, Shavertown, Feb.
27, at the convenience of
the family. Rev. Edmund
L. John, pastor of
Wyoming Avenue
Christian Church,
Kingston, officiated. In-
terment was in Forty Fort,
Cemetery.
There will be an Ash
Wednesday service for
members and friends of the
Lehman United Methodist
Charge at the Lehman
Church at 7:30 p.m. The
guest preacher will be the
Rev. Dr. Norman W.
Clemens.
the direction of Rosendo E.
Santos will sing.
The Idetown ad-
ministrative board will
meet on Thursday, March
4, at 7:45 p.m. The junior
and senior choirs will also
rehearse.
Persons from the charge
will be assisting in the
The Shavertown United
Methodist Women will
sponsor their annual
Easter egg project. Co-
chairmen for this year’s
project are Joan Grimm,
Edna Johnson, Nancy
Odell, and Wilma
Williams.
Orders may be placed
with any member of the
United Methodist Women
or by calling the church
office. The flavors
available this year are
ELMER HOOVER
Elmer Hoover, 79, of Ide-
town, died Feb. 26 in
Nesbitt Hospital.
Born June 17, 1896, at the
Outlet, Harveys Lake, he
resided in Idetown the last
50 years. Mr. Hoover was a
carpenter and later was
self-employed as a farmer.
He also was a school bus
driver for Lehman School
District for 32 years,
retiring in 1961. Mr. Hoover
was a member of Idetown
United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow,
the former Mable Ide;
sons, Floyd E. and Lester
H., Idetown; daughter,
Mrs. Roxie I. Haines,
York; brother and sister,
Dewey Hoover and Mrs.
Esther Weaver, Outlet;
nine grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral was Feb. 28
from Swanson Funeral
Home, Pikes Creek, with
Rev. Robert Harris of Ide-
town UM Church, and Rev.
Russell Steele of Outlet
Bible Tabernacle, officia-
ting. Interment was in
Chapel Lawn Memorial
Park.
IRENE HORBACH
Mrs. Irene Blume Hor-
bach, 75, of Davenport St.,
Dallas, formerly of
Scranton, died Feb. 26 in
Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
Born in Wilkes-Barre,
she lived in Scranton most
World Day of Prayer
Service for the Back
Mountain’ at the Dallas
United Methodist Church.
Sunday, March 7, will be
the beginning jof a Lenten
Series focusing on the
“People At The Cross.”
of her life. She moved to
Dallas eight months ago.
She was a member of
Prince of Peace Church,
Dallas.
Surviving are her
husband, Earl, at the
Carpenter ~~ Convalescent
Home, Idetown; daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Schneider,
Dallas, brother, William
Blume, Clarks Summit;
sister, Mrs. Morgan J.
grandchildren; five great-
grandchildren.
Funeral was from
Disque Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway, Dallas
Feb. 28 with services in
Prince of Peace Church at
11. Rev. John Prater, of-
ficiated. Interment was in
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery,
Trucksville.
EDWARD S. GAVLICK
Edward S. Gavlick, 32, of
Sweet Valley RD 1, died
Feb. 26 at his home.
Deputy Coroner Clarke
heart failure.
Born Mar. 21, 1943, in
Kingston, he resided in
Swoyersville 17 years
before moving to Sweet
Valley about two years
ago. He was a Marine
veteran and was a 1970
graduate of King’s College.
Mr. Gavlick was employed
by Hanover Homes. He
was a member of Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel Church,
Lake Silkworth, and was
assistant leader of Cub
Pack 444, Sweet Valley.
Surviving are his widow,
the former Donna Hinkle;
son, Edward S. Jr., and
daughter, Christine A., at
home; parents, Stanley G.
and Margaret Baginski
Gavlick Sr., Swoyersville;
Swoyersville; sisters, Mrs.
Rosemary Shission, Sweet
Valley; Mrs. Deborah
Trosko, Tunkhannock.
have the call to prayer and
self denial.
Monday, March 8 to
Wednesday, March 10, the
Rev. Richard Harris will
be attending the area
convocation on preaching
at Buck Hill Falls.
On Sunday, April 4 The
terwhite of the consulation
on church union will be the
guest preacher.
The tradition of town
man United Methodist
~
egg sale
butter cream; coconut
is March 28. 3
Assisting the co-
chairmen are ' Mary
Bartlett, Betty Brace, Jean
Chadwick, Polly Edwards,
Dot Griffith, Hazel
Honeywell, Mary Kloeber,
Jean = Linker, Vivian
Newcomb, Mary Louise
Parkinson, Cleta Shelby,
and Leona Watkins.
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ASSISTING
examine the nature of
freedom in American
society.
Through ‘‘Freedom:
Then, Now, and
Tomorrow,” a Bicen-
tennial project coordinated
by The Pennsylvania State
University, the United
Methodist. Women met to
consider the historical base
for freedom, a con-
temporary analysis of
freedom, and a‘ projection
of freedom’s future
directions in the decades
ahead.
Walter Royall associate
Professor of English of
Penn State W-B campus
was discussion leader for
the group.
Class to meet
Thirteen members and
five guests of Joy Class of
Kunkle United Methodist
Church attended a covered
son’s home on Feb. 9.
co-hostess.
B axed H im
Roast Beef
WILLARD F. GOSART
Willard Franklin Gosart,
67, Harveys Lake, RD 4,
died Tuesday afternoon at
Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital. Born at
Shawanese section of
Harveys Lake, July 18,
1908, he was a lifelong
resident of that area.
He was educated in
Laketon Schools and with
his parents, he operated a
grocery store and the first
post office at Harveys Lake
for many years. Prior to
retiring, he had been
employed at Roth
American Co., Kingston.
He was a member of the
Outlet Free Methodist
Church.
Surviving are his
children, Willard Arthur
Gosart, Philadelphia; Mrs.
Jeannette Denmon,
Dallas; Ronald Pendleton
Gosart, Harveys Lake;
Mrs. Barbara Dymond,
Tunkhannock; brothers,
John and Arthur, Harveys
Lake; sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Hornyak, Edwardsville;
Mrs. Faith Keene, Wayne,
N.J.; and Mrs. Patricia
Uzdilla, Harveys Lake.
Funeral services will be
Friday at11 a.m. from the
Richard H. Disque Funeral
Home, 672 Memorial High-
way, Dallas, with the Rev.
Archie Ridall officiating.
Interment will be in Maple
Grove Cemetery, Pikes
Creek.
Friends may call at the
funeral home Thursday,
from 32 .to 4! pm.
and 7 to 9 p.m.
JOHN KENNAN
John Kennan, 224 Holly
Street, Trucksville, was
pronounced dead on
arrival at Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital
following a heart attack at
his home. Born in Scotland,
he came to this country in
1911. He was educated in
the public schools of
Scotland and The Penn-
sylvania State University.
He had been employed
for a time at Hillside
Farms and later as a
superintendent. for
Foremost Dairies where he
worked for 35 years. He
was a ‘member of
Trucksville United
Methodist Church, and the
Trucksville Fire Company.
He is survived by his
wife, the former Nathalie
Bradley of Parsons.
The funeral will be held
Thursday from the
Richard H. Disque Funeral
Home, 672 Memorial High-
way, Dallas, with Rev.
Earl Roberts, Maple Grove
United Methodist Church
officiating. Interment will
be in Memorial Shrine
Cemetery Carverton.
Auxiliary
plans party
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Dallas Fire and
Ambulance Inc. will hold
their monthly meeting on
Monday March 8th at 7:30
pam. in the First Eastern
Bank with Carolyn Bynon
presiding.
Dorothy Pope asked all
members to remember
donations toward the food
basket.
Elizabeth ‘Layou
reminded all to bring bingo
gifts to the meeting.
The card and games
party is March 24th at 7:30
p.m. in Gate of Heaven
Auditorium. Participants
are to bring their own
cards. Tickets will be sold
at the door.
Refreshments will be
served by the
chairpersons, Jeannette
Grieves and Sandy
Sheehan. Rita Carroll
asked all who can help to
set up for the card party be
at the auditorium by 3:30
p.m.
Plymouti
Meat Ball
“Sausage
‘Steak
David Beamesderfer, 56
Maplewood Drive, Dallas,
has been selected to enter a
photo contest sponssored
by Guide Magazine,
depicting community ser-
vice activities of the Path-
finder Club.
A photo of David pre-
sneting a birthday cake to
Mrs. Janet Mitchell, a resi-
dent of Leader Nursing
Center, on behalf of the
Kingston Pathfinders, was
entered in the contest.
David is a member of the
Kingston Pathfinder Club
which is sponsored by the
Seventh Day Adventist
Church, 17 Second Ave,,
Kingston. Pathfinders find
real joy in helping others
and are involved in many
community activities. Pre-
sently, the local club is
hzving emergency first aid
training.
Being photographed for
magazines or children’s
books is not new to David
or his sister, Shari, ninth
grade honor student at
Blue Mountain Academy,
Hamburg. Both of them,
were photographed for an
illustrated children’s book.
A closeup color photo of
David, when he was four
years of age, is still seen on
pamphlets advertising .
Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime
Stories, by Arthur Max-
well.
If the photo of David is a
winner in the contest, f
Kingston Pathfinders will
win a $50 award for ‘thej
club to use in some comn-
munity project.
David is a sixth grade
student’ at the Kingston
Seventh Day Adventist
Parochial School.
The Dallas: United
Methodist Women will
sponsor a spring rummage
sale in the church’s
basement on March 18th
and March 19th.
A snack bar and bake
sale will be featured
beginning on Thursday. at
10 a.m. Mrs. Clifford
Garris and Mrs. Earl
Brown are chairmen of this
sale.
Rummage Sale will
begin at 9:30 a.m. on
Thursday until 7:30 p.m.
and open on Friday at 9:30
a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Chairman of sale is Mrs.
John Blase. Articles may
be left in church for the
sale after March 13th in {fp
old basement. 3
The Parent-Teacher-
Guild of Gate of Heaven
Church will hold their
annual St. Patricks Day
Dance on Saturday, March
13.
Music will be by Lee
Vincent and a traditional
St. Patrick’s Day buffet
will be served.
Reservations will close
on Saturday, March 6, and
tickets may be picked up
after masses on Sunday
March 7, or by contacting
Mrs. William Cutter, 26
Luzerne Ave., Dallas.
There will be a planning
meeting of committees for
the golden anniversary
celebration of St. Therese’s
Parish, Shavertown,
Sunday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
KOZY ‘K'
chairmen and Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Hudak,
cochairman of the event
planned for Oct. 3.
A history is being written
and a memory booklet will
be published.
Dinners Tuesday Thru Sunday
$5.25.
$5.75
$2.75
White Rice, Veg. Salad f
$5.25
$2.25 7
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