The Rev. Leo J. Kozlowski, former pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was honored by members and friends of that parish at a Testimonial Dinner Sunday night in the parish hall. Father Kozlowski served at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel for nine years until he was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Dupont. Principal address was delivered by the Rev. Walter W. Poplawski, pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Nanticoke, The Rev. Richard Zavacki, pastor of St. Martha’s Church, Fairmont Springs, ‘Sr. Fran McManus of the Sisters of Mercy-Scranton Province located in Dallas sent a mailgram to President Jimmy Carter in protest of the threatened July 21 slaying of Jesuits in El Salvador. In her communication with the President, Sr. Fran McManus called for an immediate ‘withholding of economic ‘and military aid to EI Salvador,” and requested denounciation of the violence in El Salvador, . ‘“‘especially the threat of the White Warriors Union to kill all Jesuits in the country after July 21.” As reported in the Washington Post and the New York Times on June: 22, a right wing terrorist group, called the White Warriors Union, has threatened to kill all Jesuits found in EI Salvador, a Central American Republic, after July 21. In a statement that everyone can afford. HAROLD C. SNOWDON HAROLD C. SNOWDOWY, JR. RICHARD W. SNO read to local radio stations, this group said the executions of the Jesuits will be immediate and systematic. Congressman Daniel Flood was also contacted by the Sisters of Mercy by mailgram. In response, Flood wrote “Our Deputy Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs was sent to meet with the President of El Salvador to discuss the security of the Jesuits residing in his country. “The President agreed to patrol all Jesuit institutions and to provide whatever assistance necessary to insure the safety of the Jesuit Community.” Congressman Flood also wrote “On July 21, the International Organizations Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee will hold hearings on the religious persecution in El Salvador.” R. Vance was also contacted by the Sisters of Mercy in a short mailgram protesting the violence in El Salvador. Si Smith of the Jesuit Missions Board wrote to the Sisters of Mercy requesting their help, explaining, “Internatioal public opinion is the strongest leverage we can use to persuade the powers in El Salvador to reconsider their present course of action.” offered the invocation. A toast on behalf of the parishoners was said by James Zbick. Joseph Haczewski, chairman of the dinner, introduced the master of ceremonies for the evening. Anthony Mar- chakitus, assistant to the superintendent of Lake- Lehman School District. Remarks of welcome were made by the Rev. Thomas D. Skotek, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. The Bacho Family entertained the assembly with vocal selections. Presentations were made to Father Kozlowski on behalf of the following groups by selected members of each: B.V.M. Sodality, Miss Mary Stefanowicz, prefect; Mt. Carmel Women, Mrs. Theresa Roman; Holy Name Society, Frank Niezgoda; and parishioners, Joseph Haczewski. Father Kozlowski responded after accepting the gifts. The Rev. Frederick Skotek offered the benediction to close the program. Dinner music was provided by Joe and Pat Perkowski’s Anthracite Express with Francis Stolarick. Zavacki. Joseph Haczewski, Over 100 persons are expected to attend the ninth annual Institute on Sacred Scripture at College Misericordia next month, including representatives of 20 religious orders. According to institute director, Sister Marianna Gildea, RSM, she currently has some 80 persons registered for the week- long Bible studies, but expects the big “rush” to come just prior to the July 20 closing date. Sister said she now has representatives from 12 states, Canada and Europe, manning the Institute and international affair. Guest lecturers for the study, according to Sister, are: the Rev. Richard J. Clifford, associate professor of Old Testament at Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. ; the Rev. Robert J. Karris, associate professor of New Testament Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago; and the Rev. Barnabas Mary Ahern, Lector in Gospel and Pauline Studies at Gregorian University and the Regina Mundi Institute in Rome. The three theologians will conduct a series of lectures on August 7 through 12, with the first meeting scheduled for The ‘‘Bel-Tones’’ a group of five Meshoppen- Laceyville Area men, will present a program of religious music on Sunday night at 8:15 p.m. on the pavilion at Irem Temple Country Club, Dallas. The program, the third in a series of eight Sunday night concerts, is open to the general public free of charge. Prior to the concert, at 8 p.m., there will be a brief non- denominational vesper service conducted by the Rev. Harold F. Mante, pastor of Forty Fort Presbyterian Church. The Bel-Tones, com- Robert Holdren, Ronald Mowry, John Boles, and Fred Dinse, are well- known throughout the region for their programs of modern and old time religious music. The group accompanies its singing with guitar, piano and bass. Programs for the balance of the summer There will be a meeting of the Advisory Council of the Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Office for -the Aging on Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m. The location of the meeting will be held at Reg. '55'80 SALE 3 Ike Reg. '60.-90 YI 2 Tl Reg. SALE 30-48 waist sleeve knit shirts Reg. 13-'25 Robert Bruce. Puritan, Damon, others, by the hundreds. SHORT SLEEVE SALE 0: 0: 3 EACH include: July 31, Irem Temple Chanters, Merle R. Edwards, director; Aug. 7, Irem Temple Brass Band, Lester R. Lewis, director; Aug. 14, Orpheus Choral Society, Eugene Kelleher, director; Nite of Bar- bershop, Jack Muchler, director; Aug. 28, Irem Temple String Band, Wayne S. Rockwell, director. meet July 21 the Wyoming County Senior Citizens Center (Moose Lodge), Route 309 Tunkhannock. The public is invited to attend. Reg. ‘14- 18 sate $H99 SI Reg. 150-210 $399 ARES HEALTHTEX. RR A 2 ‘tl 530 PM : 1 8 7:30 Sunday evening. The Institute will close at noon the following Friday. Subjects to be discussed in the Institute are: Second MICHAEL MERWIN UPDYKE Michael Merwin Updyke, 18-day-old son of Rev. and Mrs. Merwin B. Updyke, 609 Bell Ave., Altoona, died July 11 in Altoona Hospital. He had been hospitalized since his birth June 23. Surviving in addition to his parents are a sister, Janelle Rae, at home; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Burl F. Up- dyke, Sweet Valley; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Leona Richardson, Kingston, N.Y.; maternal grandfather, Donald Richardson, Wilkes-Barre. Funeral was Wednesday from Swanson Funeral Home, Pikes Creek, with of Roaring Brook Baptist Church, officiating. Inter- ment was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Pikes Creek. DAVID ALDERSON David P. Alderson, 51, of 9 Dory Rd., Gulf Harbors, native of Luzerne, died June 26 in Florida. A former resident of Dallas, Anderson resided in Florida the past five years where he was self- employed as an account- ant. He was president of Hudson Rotary Club, past president of West Side Chapter of the Jaycees, past regional vice presi- dent of Pennsylvania Jaycees. Surviving are his widow, Nancilou; sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Carlin and Mrs. Evelyn Tomashofski, Mountaintop; Mrs. Betty Titus, Newark, N.J. Funeral was held in there. EVAN C. JAMES Evan C. James, 77, of Box 450, Carpenter Road, Harveys Lake, died July 11 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Born at Pringle, Dec. 4, 1900, he resided there until he moved to Harveys Lake 27 years ago. Prior to his retirement, he was em- ployed by Glen Alden Coal Company. Surviving is a niece, Mrs. Charles Casterline, with whom he resided; sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Benner, Larksville; Mrs. Catherine Peters, Naples, Fla. Funeral services were Friday at Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, 672 Memorial Highway, Ridall, pastor of Outlet Isaiah, The Gospel of St. Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and St. Paul’s Writings as Literature of Transition. RUSSELL SITES Russell Sites, 74, of RD 2, Hunlock Creek, died July 15 in General Hospital. Born in Broadway, Va., he resided in Hunlock Creek many years. Sites was employed by Atlantic Keystone Pipeline Com- pany, retiring in 1967. Surviving are his widow, the former Mary Remen- snynder; daughters, Mrs. Julia Kramer, Berwick; Mrs. Phyllis Mushalla, Hanover Township; son, Richard Hagel, Plymouth; brother, Kermit Sites, Hampton, Va. Funeral was Monday with Rev.. Gene Carroll, pastor of First Primitive Methodist Church, Ply- mouth, officiating. Inter- ment was in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Berwick. KARL F. LOUCKS Karl F. Loucks, 90, of Kingston, founder of the Karl Loucks Insurance Agency of Wilkes-Barre, died July 1 in Sound View Convalescent Hospital, New Haven, Conn., follow- ing a brief illness. Born in Scranton, he lived in the Forty Fort and Kingston areas for 53 years and was a member of Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Dallas. He founded the Karl Loucks Insurance Agency in 1925 and retired in 1971. In 1934, he was a founder and trustee of the Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Association. He was named the association’s first director emeritus in 1975. A 50-year member of the Keystone Consistory, 32nd Degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Northern The Institute is open to members of the clergy and laity. Additional information is available by contacting Sister Marianna at the college. Masonic Jurisdiction. He was a life member of Irem Temple. In World War I, he served in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Engineering Corps. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. H. Reid Sterrett Jr., North Haven, Conn. ; four grandchildren; six. great-grandchildren. Private interment was held Tuesday in Forty Fort Cemetery with Rev. John Prater, rector of Prince of Peace Church, Dallas, officiating. MRS. THOMAS MORGAN Mrs. Thomas H. Morgan, 86, of Pioneer Avenue, Dallas, died July 15 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston. The former Catherine Love was born in Wilkes- Barre Feb. 13, 1891, and had resided in Dallas the past 29 years. She was a widow of the late Thomas H. Morgan, a mayor of Dallas, who died in August, 1968. Mrs. Morgan was a member of Shavertown United Methodist Church and its Ruth Circle. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harold Wade, Westwood, Mass., and Mrs. Leonard Bruce, Dallas; one brother, Percy Love Sr., Shavertown; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Private funeral services were held Monday from the Disque Funeral Home, 672 Memorial Highway, Dallas. Rev. Andrew Pilla- rella, pastor of Trinity United Presbyterian Church, officiated. Inter- ment was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Hanover Town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Barone of Kingston will be guest speakers at the Trucksville United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 24 at the 9:30 a.m. worship service. The Barones went to the Dominican Republic recently, with a group from Micha the Church. of Christ Uniting, to investigate the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church'’s project there and will speak of their ex- periences. Special music for the service will be a soprano solo by Arlene Kunigel. The theme for Sunday, July 24, at the Lehman United Methodist Charge will be ‘Conversion as a Call to the Unknown.” The sermon by the Rev. Robert Harris will be based on the spiritual journey of Abraham. William James will be the soloist at Idetown. The women of the Dallas United Methodist held a covered dish luncheon recently and decided to serve the annual baked ham family style dinner on has opened a Professional Building Phone 282-5500 Saturday night, Oct. 1. Mrs. Thomas E. Cease presided with Mrs. J. Fred Gist leading devotions. A rummage sale is planned for later in the fall.
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