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The March meeting of
the Gate of Heaven P.T.G.
was called to order by its
president, Peg Cartier.
Rev. William F. Cusick,
moderator, gave the
opening prayer.
The president stated the
guild would be making
donuts on Saturday, March
31. Anyone desiring in
helping please notify chair-
person Shirley McDonald.
' Betty Dawd reported on
the success of the St.
Patrick's Day Dance.
The guild's yearly
Father-Son basketball
game will be ‘held Friday,
March 30 at 8:00 p.m. in the
school gym. Anyone
desiring in assisting in any
capacity please contact the
chairperson, Ann Bayle.
The ‘‘Gate of Heaven
School Awards Night’’ will
be held on Sunday, May 20.
‘Scholastic and athletic
awards will be presented to
qualifying participants in
. grades four through eight.
Rev. William F. Cusick
elaborated on past and
future activities of the
- PTG. Father also em-
phasized several policies of
_ the Gate of Heaven School
system.
Barbara Strazdus
reported on the Casino
Royale featuring ‘A Night
at the Races’, which will be
held on April 27 and 28 in
the school gym. She stated
sale of horses must be in by
April 1 and ticket returns
on April 15. Donation is
$2.00 which includes
beverages, pretzels and
chips.
Mary Ann Thompson
reported the Wine and
Cheese party will be held
on April 18.
The program for March
was a presentation on ‘Fhe
Book of Daniel.” It was
given by Ms. Amelia
Yarmels sixth grade class.
Participating students
included William Boyle,
Catherine Brady, John
Butler, Paul Dietl, Sharon
Daugherty, Mark Farrell,
Megan Flynn, Michael
Hawk, Rebecca Hughes,
Shari - Jones, Michael
Krastag, Catherine
Leonard, John Luksic,
Paul Seagrone-Daly,
Thomas Sholtis, Rian
Sledziewski, Pamela Solin-
ski, Frank Zeveney.
' william B. Gray, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Gray
of Dallas has joined Tau
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
at Shippensburg State
College.
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general fraternity with
college and university
campuses in the United
States and Canada.
Andrew R. Denmon, Jr., )
has been named chairman
of the Second Annual
Dinner Dance, sponsored
by the Harveys Lake
Republican Organization.
Fire Hall. Dinner will be
7:30 to 9 p.m., followed by
dancing until 1 a.m. Music
by Back Mountain String
Band.
Guest speakers include
Sen. Frank O’Connell, Jr.,
Luzerne County Com-
missioner candidates
Joseph ‘‘Red” Jones, and
Frank Trinisewski.
Tickets may be pur-
chased by contacting
Becky Casterline, William
Hoblak, Calvin McHose or
Andrew Denmon, Jr.
At the age when people
are looking forward to
taking it easy and doing
things for themselves, Ama
DeGraw of Cen-
termoreland is doing just
the opposite.
Ama, wife of Kenneth
DeGraw, recently
celebrated her 60th bir-
thday. Just before her
birthday she received the
Silver Beaver Award-
highest adult honor in Boy
Scouting-for her 18 years of
volunteer service in the
Boy ‘Scout program. Ama
started 18 years ago as Den
Mother for Cub Scout Pack
336. Her husband, also
active in Boy Scouting for
the past 18 years, received
the Silver Beaver Award 10
years ago. He is presently
cubmaster and leader of
the Webelos in Cen-
termoreland. He was a
scout master for 12 years.
The beaver award is
given in recognition of
outstanding service in
scouting, church, com-
munity and country. Ama
is one of only a few women
to receive the award.
Until three years ago,
Ama worked for Valley
Fashions where she was
employed for 21 years. Due
to major surgery, a heart
attack, and leukemia she
was forced to retire.
Although totally disabled,
Ama refused to give up her
favorite work-scouting.
«She not only is associated
with boy scouting but also
is the leader of two Girl
Scout troops. Ama has
Junior Troop 263 with 28
girls and Cadette Troop 500
with seven members.
According to Ama, her
success is due to her
capable assistants, in the
junior troop, Peggy Blee
and Gloria Rought, both of
whom have daughters in
the troop; and in Cadettes,
Lois Button and Connie
Bolecarvic, who have
daughters in the troop.
She has had the troops
for 10 years and at one time
had a senior patrol with the
Cadette Troops.
The DeGraws have no
children of their own and
Ama was never in Girl
Scouting. She was enrolled
as a volunteer by a
professional member of the
Girl Scout Council.
The former Ama Sutton,
and a native of Pittson, she
has resided in Cen-
termoreland for the past 50
years. She graduated from
Dallas Borough High
when Cen-
termoreland students could
go to either the borough or
township and paid their
own tuition. Her husband is
a native of '. Cen-
termoreland.
For 10 years Ama was
secretary of the Franklin-
Northmoreland Township
Ambulance Association.
She presently is
the Wyoming Valley
Crippled Children’s
Association will sponsor
the Easter egg hunt for
children receiving treat-
ment at the Association.
Media representatives are
invited to attend.
For further information,
contact Bernard Kolodziej,
829-2191.
Republican = committee
woman and director of the
Wyoming County Fund.
She also is a director of
Exeter Township Medical
Center.
Ama enjoys scouting the
most but also enjoys
politics. = She enjoys
working with the young
people and says it keeps
her from worrying about
herself.
During her recent bir-
thday celebration,
members of her junior
Ravert
joins AF
class
Airman Timothy A.
Ravert, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Ralph J. Ravert of
has been ‘selected for
training as a
at the Defense Language
Institute at the Presidio of
Monterey, Calif.
The airman recently
completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex., and
studied the Air Force
mission, organization and
customs and received
special instruction in
human relations. = Com-
pletion of this training
earned the individual
credits towards an
associate. in applied
science degree through the
Air Force.
Airman Ravert, a 1973
graduate of Lake-Lehman
(Pa.) high school, received
a B.S. degree in accounting
University at University
Park.
troop gave her a necklace
engraved with the date she
received the beaver award
and her Cub Scouts en-
couraged by her cub scout
assistant Geraldine Wall,
gave her a Boy Scout stick-
pin.
Ama DeGraw is reaching
retirement age and is
physically disabled but
neither stop her from doing
what she loves best -
working in scouting and
enjoying politics. She says
they are her best medicine.
Chairperson
needs Back Mt.
Volun teers
The Luzerne County unit
of the American Cancer
Society must meet its 1979
Cancer crusade goal of
$86,000 by August 31. To
date, the crusade total for
the local unit stands at
$22,000.
Mrs. Joan Pisaneschi,
residential chairman in the
Back Mountain area, needs
help. She can be phones at
696-3768 or call Whitey
Porasky at 696-2085 and
offer assistance.
The weekly meeting of
the Back Mountain
Kiwanis Club was held on
Saturday, March 24, at the
Mark II Restaurant,
Dallas. Joe McDonald
presided.
Visiting guests attending
the meeting were C.M.
Laidler, Dennis Garvey,
and Granny Miller, all
members of the Wilkes-
Barre Kiwanis Club. Also
present were Reese Pelton,
and Ray Hillman, both
members of the Dallas
Kiwanis Club. Pamela and
Gregory Evans, both
members of the Lake-
Lehman Key Club, were
also present at the
meeting.
Special guest speaker
was Keith Martin anchor
man for WBRE TV,
Channel 28, Wilkes-Barre.
During this past weekend
Back Mountain Kiwanis
Club Secretary Jim Snyder
attended a District Circle K
meeting held in Altoona.
In the past week, the
Back Mountain Kiwanis
Club were in attendance at
five Inter-clubs. On
Tuesday, March 20 they
were in Carbondale, at-
tending the Carbondale
Kiwanis Club with four
members present. On
Wednesday March 21, they
were at the Swoyersville
Kiwanis Club, with four
members present; also on
that same night they were
at the Dallas Kiwanis, with
four members present; and
then to top off the night of
Inter-clubbing, they were
present at the Fall Fair
meeting held at the Irem-
Temple Country Club,
Dallas, with eight mem-
bers present. This gave the
Club a total of four Inter-
clubs in one night.
On Wednesday night
March 21° Whitey Porasky
attended the monthly
meeting of the Back
Mountain Couincil on Drug
and Alcohol Abuse, held at
the Irem Temple Country
Club, Dallas.
Lou Woychik
pledges TKE
at Shippensburg
Lou Woychick, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John
Woychick of Trucksville
has joined Tau Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity at
Shippensburg State
College.
Tau Kappa Epsilon is
the world’s largest college
general fraternity with
over 300 active chapters on
college and university
campuses in the United
States and Canada.
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