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spaghetti
The Couple’s Club of ‘the
Trucksville . United
Methodist Church will
meet Saturday, April 2, in
the educational building.
A spaghetti dinner will
be served at 6:30 p.m.
Members interested in
attending are asked to
bring their own place
settings.
For reservations,
members are asked to call:
Marilyn and Lee Smith,
696-1002; Morag and
Clarence Michael, 675-
0488; Mary and Tom
Oliver, 696-1562.
Anyone interested in
joining the Couples’ Club is
welcome to attend the
dinner-meeting.
Plans for the garage sale
Catholic women
convene :
April 16
Tickets are now
available for the annua!
convention of the Scranton
Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women, which
will be held on Saturday,
April 16, at Bishop Hoban
High School, Wilkes-Barre.
The day’s activities will
begin at 10 a.m. with a
general assembly; and the
keynote address will be
given by Rev. William J.
Peters, Director of, the
Family Life Bureau of the
Diocese of Altoona-
Johnstown.
Work-shops in keeping
with the Convention theme,
“Family Life,” will begin
at 11:30 a.m.
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675-2500
The Wyoming Valley
Oratorio Society chorus
includes a large number of
Back Mountain residents
rehearsing for the Palm
Sunday concert. Under the
direction of Clifford
Balshaw, New Goss Manor,
members of the chorus will
perform Mozart's
“Requiem’’ and Vaghan
Williams ‘‘Sancta Civitas”
at 3:30 p.m., April 3, in St.
Stephen’s Episcopal
Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Back Mountain members
include Ruth Turn
Reynolds, Dorothy
Glidden, Trucksville;
Carol Evans, Dorothy
Balshaw, Sue Wenner,
Dawn Diemer, William
Thom, James Diemer,
Walter Babetski, Greg
Kuhnert, Robert Dingman,
Dallas; Philip Jones,
Hunlock Creek; Harold
Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine of St.
Frances Church,
Carverton, and Blessed
Sacrament Church,
Centermoreland, will
sponsor a refreshment
booth at the farm auction to
be held April 1 and 2 at
Kapolka’s Farm, near
Tunkhannock. Donations of
cash, baked goods, coffee,
tea, hot dogs and buns are
being solicited.
Donations can be given to
any of the following
members: Mrs. Anna
Ondish, Mrs. Doris
Hoover, Orange; Catherine
Gilbert, Mt. Zion; Dean
Manuele, Regina Leydon,
Charlotte Nawrocki, Paul
Komensky, Edward
Esposita, Garry Jennings
and George Hernandez,
College Misericordia.
Contributor cards should
be obtained in advance
from members of the
chorus or board of
directors. None will be sold
at the door. All seats will be
reserved for card holders
until 3:15 when those
without cards will be
admitted.
Local board members
are. Ronald Ertley,
president; Catherine
Gilbert, recording
secretaty; Ruth Reynolds,
William Thom, Mike Wood,
Dorothy Glidden, the Rev.
Stewart Pierson and Dawn
Diemer, past presidents.
Montross, Mrs. Connie
Bolcarovic, all of
Centermoreland, or Mrs.
Betty Heist, Mrs. Mary
Ann Baines or Mrs. Betty
Kundrat of St. Frances
parish, Carverton.
Pickups also will be
made and calls can be
placed with Mrs. Ondish at
333-4077 or Mrs. Heist at
696-1309. Donations also
can be left at the churches
after Sunday masses. The
Rev. Thomas Croghan,
pastor, is honorary
chairman.
The theme of the ser-
vices for the fifth Sunday of
Lent will be the ‘Need to
Accuse’’ and will concern
the actions of the various
people responsible for the
crucifixtion of Christ as
well as some historical and
present day situations of
‘‘scape-goating.”’
The final evening service
in the Lenten Series will be
held at 7:30,p.m. with The
Rev. Carlos Munoz, pastor
of the Centermoreland
Charge as the guest
preacher.
Following the Idetown
Service in the Morning
there will be a brief church
conference to take the
final = vote on the
prospective purchase of
the land behind the church
house.
At Lehman’s 11:15 a.m.
service the Sacrament of
Baptism will be held for
Kelly Marie West,
daughter of Barry and
Nancy West.
Members and friends of
the charge are invited to
attend one of the special
prayer services for the
Evangelistic Crusade
which will be held at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday, March 29 at
the homes of Mrs. Ellis
Hoover (Outlet Road) and
Mrs. Elmer Hoover (Ridge
Road). : ;
invited to attend the Youth
Banquet to be held
Saturday, March 26, at
Church of Christ Uniting in
Kingston. The program
begins at 1 p.m. The New
Genesis Singers and the
Choir of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church will sing. A Walk
for Christ will be planned.
Sr. Maureen Harrison,
Care within the Hospital”
during a special vocation
day which was held
Wednesday, March 23 at
Lancaster Catholic High
School.
Sr. Maureen's presen-
tation was among a series
of talks scheduled at the
high school to give students
the opportunity to view
“People serving God by
serving people.”
A native of New York, Sr.
Maureen resides at
Bethany Hall, 162 Lake
Street, Dallas, and serves
at Wilkes-Barre Mercy
Hospital, where she tends
to the needs of patients and
their families and the
hospital staff.
The Hut
Town House Restaurant
Hearthstone Pub
Bob’s Town Tavern
Company Member
Franklins Family Restaurant
R.L. Eyet, Jeweler
Besecker Realty
Fino’s Pharmacy
Back Mt. T.V. & Appliance
Back Mt. Lumber & Coal
Sr. Maureen received
her basic training in
at Lancaster General
Hospital and served her
resident internship at
Methodist Hospital in
Brooklyn. She is a certified
Chaplain and Fellow of the
College of Chaplains and
has been certified as a
Pastoral Associate by the
United States Catholic
Conference.
C’moreland
The sixth annual art
contest of Centermoreland
UM Church Sunday School
will be held Sunday
morning with an open
house, beginning at 10, in
the church school.
This year’s theme is
‘Evangelism’ and Mrs.
Leon Emmanuel of Mt.
Zion will judge the artcraft.
Mrs. Raymond Blizzard is
chairman.
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HARRY A. CRISPELL
Harry Albert Crispell, 70,
of Harris St., Dallas, was
pronounced dead on ar-
rival at Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital March 15 after
being stricken ill while
visiting in West Wyoming.
Born in Noxen, he re-
sided in Fernbrook the last
38 years. He was employed
as a tractor-trailer driver
by Pen-Fern Oil Company,
Fernbrook, prior to his
retirement in 1975. His
wife, Sophie, died in 1973.
Surviving are daughters,
Mrs. Eunice Compton,
Dallas; Mrs. Christine
Fowler, Camp Hill;
Harriet Crispell, at home;
four. grandchildren.
Funeral was Friday
from Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway,
Dallas. Rev. Merle Gifford
of West Pittston Christian
Missionary Alliance of-
ficiated. Interment was in
Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen.
MRS. LEO YANKOSKI
Mrs. Leo J. Yankoski,
Queen of Peace Road,
Harveys Lake RD 2, died
March 18 at her home
following an apparent
heart attack.
The former Frances T.
Tworek, she was born in
Plymouth, and was a grad-
uate of Plymouth High
School. She resided at
Harveys Lake the last 25
years. She was a member
of the Good Shepherd
Polish National Catholic
Church, Plymouth.
Mrs. Yankoski was past
president of Harveys Lake
American Legion Auxiliary
past president of Luzerne
and Wyoming County
American Legion Auxil-
iary and vice chairman of
Junior Members of Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are her hus-
band; brothers, Walter and
John Tworek, Sweet
Valley; Frank and Michael
Tworek, Dallas.
Funeral was Monday
from Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway,
Dallas, with Requiem
Mass in Good Shepherd
PNC Church. Interment
was in the parish ceme-
tery, West Nanticoke.
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REBECCA MARIE
KENNEDY
Rebecca Marie Kennedy,
infant daughter of Mr. and |
Mrs. John H. Kennedy,
Dallas, died March 17 in
Mercy Hospital where she |
was born Tuesday. Her
mother is the former
Carmella DiGuisto of
Wilkes-Barre.
Also surviving are a
sister, Melissa Ann at
home; paternal grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard E. Kennedy,
Harveys Lake; maternal
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent DiGuisto,
Wilkes-Barre. :
Private funeral was at
the convenience .of the
family from Desiderio
Funeral Home, 377 Park {
Ave., with interment in
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Han-
over Township.
ROBERT ROESE
Robert William Roese,
70, of Ross Township RD,
Sweet Valley, died at his
home March 17.
Born Feb. 12, 1907, at
Idetown, Mr. Roese re-
sided in the Sweet Valley
area the past 38 years. He
was employed as a bus
driver by White Transit
Company, retiring a num- |
ber of years ago.
Surviving are a son,
Robert Russell Roese,
Shavertown; daughters,
Betty Cowart and Mrs.
Carol Oberst, Sweet {
Valley; brother, Forest ]
Roese, Lake Township;
seven grandchildren.
Funeral was Monday
with Pastor George Gibbs
of Seventh Day Adventist
Church, Kingston, officia-
ting. Interment was in
Cedar Crest Cemetery,
Trucksville.
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