Mrs. Nancy Pantucci, West Pittston, has an- nounced the engagement of her daughter, Mary Ann, to Allen Brague, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Brague of Dallas. Miss Pantucci, the daughter of the late David Pantucci, is a graduate of Wyoming Area High School and attended St. Joseph's Hospital and LaSalle College, Philadelphia. She is employed with the North- eastern Pennsylvania Regional Red Cross Blood Services, Wilkes-Barre. Brague is a graduate of Dallas Area High School, Luzerne County Com- munity College, and earned his degree from Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va. He is also on the staff of the Regional Blood Services. The wedding will take place July 14, 1979 at 11 a.m. in the Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Dallas. Harold Rosses celebrate 31st anniversary Mr. and mrs. Harold Ross, Valley View Park, Dallas, will observe their 31st wedding anniversary on Monday. They were married on July 2, 1948, in Oakdale, Pa., United Methodist Church by the pastor, Rev. Oscar Saxe. Mrs. Ross is the former Miss Evelyn Dodson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Dodson, R.D. 3, Dallas, who observed their golden wedding anniversary in February. Ross is the son of Mrs. Florence Ross and the late Harold Ross, Sr. of Kingston. A graduate of Harter High School in Nanticoke, he received an associate degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State University’s former Wilkes-Barre campus, and is a traffic engineer with Commonwealth Telephone in Dallas. He is a Navy veteran of World War II service. Mr. and Mrs. Ross are parents of a daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Vanderpool, wife of Atty. Michael Vanderpool of Manassas, Va. They also have two grandchildren - Kara and Michael Vanderpool, Jr. of Manassas, Va. Dorothy I. Withey of Elmcrest, Dallas, was married on June 22nd to William J. Carroll Jr. of Machell Ave., Dallas. The ceremony was performed in the Gate of Heaven Church by the Rev. Stephen McGough. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Teresinski of Larkmont Manor is the art in- © Marin Franklin | * L¢ of Pennsylvania State University and New York University. Carroll, president of Luzerne Construction Company, is a professional civil engineer. He was graduated from Villanova College and attended both Drexel University and Chicago University. He is the son of Mrs. William Carroll of Philadelphia and the late William Carroll. Deborah Ann Withey, Wilkes College student, daughter of the bride, and William Carroll III, philosophy professor at Coppin State College in Baltimore, son of the bridegroom, attended the couple. A reception was held at Genetti’s. i Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Gager, Elmcrest Drive, Dallas observed their 50th wedding anniversary, Friday, June 15. They were married in Lansing, Mich. by the Rev. Fred Ingvoldstad, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Gager retired January, 1977 from the presidency of the Pennsylvania Millers Mutual Insurance Company after 48 years in the insurance business. The couple have one and two grandchildren, Alison, four, and Philip, two years. The occasion was celebrated by a reception given by their son and daughter-in-law on Saturday, June 16. Today is the 27th wedding anniversary day for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Delong, 16 Highland Drive, New Goss Manor. They were married on June 28, 1952, in the Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Huntington, W. Va., by Rev. James T. Browning, pastor at the time. Mrs. Delong is the former Miss Mary Amelia Massey, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monroe County has a current population of 59,100, an increase of 30 percent over 1970 figures. Miss Marlene DeBrino, daughter of Mrs. Ann DeBrino of Albany, N.Y. and the late Raymond DeBrino, and Lewis Clark, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clark, also of Albany, N.Y., were married Monday af- ternoon at 4 in Our Lady of Victory Chapel at Harveys Lake. The Rev. Patrick Healey, pastor, offered the nuptial mass and performed the ceremony. Miss DeBrino, who was uncle, Albert DeBrino, is a graduate of Valatie, N.Y., High School and the Albany, N.Y. Training 5:30 - 10:30 Satisfaction Guaranteed on all dinners 4 years of success & still School of Practical Nurses. She is a private duty licensed practical nurse in Albany. Her mother is the former Miss Ann Butry of Noxen. Mr. Clark is a graduate of Willsboro, N.Y., High School and is associated with the Department of Environmental Resour- ces in Albany, N.Y. Mrs. Ann Argillagos was matron of honor. Mrs. Marlene Konopke of Noxen and Mrs. Barbara Soltishick, also of Noxen, were bridesmaids. John Valin was best man, and ushers were Michael Shalata of Noxen and Nicholas Flora of Albany. L. Massey of Huntington, W. Va. Delong is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delong of East Greenville, Pa., and is associated with the Culbro Corporation in Kingston. Couple has two children--Richard, who is completing his second in nutrition at the Lehman campus of Pennsylvania State University, and Mrs. Robert (Melissa) Brooks of Kingston. Specializing in SEAFOOD & STEAKS A unique Salad Bar . with homemade soups & salads We also cater to clambakes, small wedding parties) after funeral dinners Patricia Kelley wed to Joe Stelma Blessed Sacrament in Cen- termoreland was the scene for the wedding of Miss Patricia L. Kelley, daughter of Mrs. Jean Kelley and the late Asher B. Kelley of 30 Fowler Street, Franklin, N.J., and Joseph J. Stelma, son of Mrs. Florence Stelma and the late Joseph Stelma of Cen- termoreland. Rev. Father Thomas Croghan, pastor, performed the double ring ceremony. Given in marriage by her brother, Michael Kelley, the bride chose her sister, Mrs. Linda Anderson, as matron of honor. Miss Patty Frankhouser and Mrs. Ruth Slocum = were bridesmaids. Gerald Morgan was best man. Ushers were Gary Cobb and James Landon. An evening reception followed at the Church of the Nativity parish hall in Tunkhannock, after which the couple left on a trip to Hawaii. They are residing at R.D. 2, Box 139, Centermoreland, Tunkhannock. Mrs. Stelma, a graduate of Franklin, N.J. High School, Keystone Junior College, and Mansfield State College, is a member of the faculty of Tunhannock Area School. Mr. Stella, a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and Bloomsburg State Collegee, also is a teacher at Tunkhannock Area Middle School. bi ' LUZERNE The engagement of Elizabeth Alice Fielding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Fielding of Dallas, to Peter William Oliver, son of Mrs. William F. Oliver of New York and the late Mr. Oliver, has been announced by the future bride’s parents. Miss Fielding, an ac- count executive with Joslin-Epstein, Inc., a “public relations firm in New York, and her fiance, an investment analyst with the securities in- vestment department of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, plan to be married on Sept. 22 in Dallas. The future bride is a graduatge of Lake- Lehman High School .and graduated with distine- tion from Pennsyivania State University with a B.A. in creative writing. While at Penn Statge, she won a guest editorship with ‘Mademoiselle’. At Joslin-Epstein, Miss Fielding handles several divisions of the Johns- Manville Corp. account, the agency’s largest. She came to Joslin-Epstein from Cunningham & Walsh where she also worked on the J-M ac- count. ; Prior to these positions in public relations, she had been managing editor of a group of engineering magazines for Business Communications, Inc. Oliver, an alumnus of the St. Mark's School, received a B.A. in history from Princeton Univer- sity. In addition, he holds degrees in law and business administration from New York University. Oliver is also chairman of the executive committee of the Keewaydin Foundation. The bride’s father was employed by Dallas Dairy prior to his retirement in 1972: The groom’s father was president and chief executive officer of the Amstar Corporation, manufacturers of Domino Sugar. Mr. and Mrs. Brenard Whitney of Brown Manor, Trucksville, will observe their 51st wedding an- niversary on Saturday. They were married on June 30,5 71928, “in Dorranceton United Methodist Church by the Rev. Clarence R. Hickok, pastor at the time. Mrs. Whitney is the former Miss Marion Davies, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gwilliam Davies of Wilkes-Barre. Her father served for years as music supervisor in Wilkes- Barre City Schools, and she, too, taught in Wilkes- Barre City schools prior to her marriage. Whitney is the son of Mrs. Earl B. Whitney of Westfield, Pa. and the late Earl B. Whitney of Mills, Pa. A graduate of Man- sfield State College, he received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Univer- sity at Athens, Ohio, and AND his master’s degree from Maine University at special coufses at New York University and Columbia University. Now retired after about 30 years of teaching, school vacations was employed by the Bureau of Parks of the Depart- ment of the Interior, and spent summers working at Yellowstone National Park. After his retirement as a school teacher, Whitney joined the Bureau of Parks fulltime--working winters in the Everglades National Park in Florida and the summers at Yellowstone National Park. The couple has a son, David B. Whitney, N.J., who is the principal personnel technician of the = Public Service Employment program of the city of Newark, N.J. Old Fashioned Baked MEAT LOAF BEEF BURGER with French Fries PORK & $159 with soup $949 Friday 100% Pure Beef RANCHBURGER with French Fries $129 32% ®)
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