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SDAY, AUGUST 18, 1982
Blanche Thompson of
Dallas and Harveys Lake,
is not just a birdwatcher
but a bird collector as
well.
She first became in-
terested in birdwatching
about 29 years ago when
Howard Risley got the
first feeder for the new
home she and June
the seeds. If a seed isn’t
heavy enough the
chickadee drops it and
selects another.
‘“‘One morning,”
Blanche, “A chickadee
kept flying through the
porch. Finally, he came in
and perched on top, of a
chair, took his seed and
song and water birds.”
Blanche has a collection
of about 30 birds including
songbirds, water birds,
sandpiper, snipe, san-
derling, oriole, snow bird,
thrush and catbird. Each
carving is life size and
from a distance appears
to be a real bird.
Her interest in birds
Ma eC } os key were the chair back. Another includes a complete set of |
building in Dallas, morning, June and I were the Audubon prints. She
“In September, 1959, eating breakfast on the also is a member of the
the interior of our new
home was completed so
June and I came out from
our West Side apartment
to spend the weekend.
“We had no shades or
curtains on the windows
and on Saturday morning
I was in the kitchen when
I spotted the first bird, a
Blue Jay. He plunged into
the feeder set up in the
yard and looked in the
window.
porch and a hummingbird
flew down and perched on
the edge of the sugar bowl
and proceeded to eat the
sugar.
‘We have had pine
‘warblers, song sparrows,
and one year, a
mockingbird. He stayed
all year and lived in our
shrubbery. We’ve also
had visits from Morning
Doves and many birds not
common to this area.‘
Audubon Society.
Blanche accompanied
June to the first meeting
of the Back Mountain
Collectors Group, not
because she interested in
collecting but to be
company for June. Those
attending did not know
one another but Blanche’s
auditor-accountant ex-
perience came to the fore.
She took down names
and addresses to help all
“I went to get some food Exciting as Blanche become better D h i v
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watching me. It was a june Spend 2 Samer for the special bluebird Ba; equally so. 8 Selisvied When the hers . é® i
great. experience,” said “We had bluebirds the houses to try to entice the ~~ Cardinals are in the ~~ : ; d He k D i
Blanche. first two years we were in birds to our area.” yard all of the time. This tarted Slioting collected, she replied “I we I C en m on i
She said that they now Dallas but the third year During the summer a year, a rose-breasted abow .. ame time don’t collect. What §
have several feeders at
their Dallas home and
three or four more at their
Lake home where she and
starlings destroyed the
bluebirds eggs. The
bluebirds have never
come back. We‘re looking
variety of Blanche’s
feathered friends visit the
Lake residence.
There are two families
of wrens. Each year the
wrens choose their bird
houses. In 11 or 12 days
the babies are born.
Blanche watches them
closely and rises at 5 a.m.
to watch the young ones
Frank Wagner, Sr. of
Demunds Road is a
patient at the NPW
Medical Center in Plains.
Friends of Bill Smith of
Orange will be glad to
learn he came home on
Aug. 9 after a stay in
Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
Department of Public
Welfare.
The guide describes the
various services available
to adults who are elderly,
physically handicapped,
mentally retarded, or who
have been mentally ill.
The guide contains
complete information
about community living
grosbeak, his wife and
children make daily visits
to the feeder. The father
leads the group and
makes certain all of them
eat.
The chickadees have
special feeders. There are
three holes in their
feeders. It’s interesting to
watch them. They weigh
the Franklin Township
board of supervisors will
be held Tuesday evening,
Sept. 7, at 8 in the Orange
United Methodist Church
basement. The meeting is
being setback because of
the Labor Day holiday.
About’ 90 children at-
tended the annual Daily
Vacation Bible School,
facilities. It also suggests
ways to determine service
needs, chooose an ap-
propriate facility and plan
for placement.
Copies of ‘‘Adult
Residential Services in
Pennsylvania” may be
obtained by writing the
Welfare Press and
Publications Office, Box
2675, Harrisburg, 17105.
started birdwatching. I
collect only wood car-
vings. Most of them are
the work of Peter Peitz of
E. Sandwich, Mass. He
works in his ‘bird barn’,
an unusal building. He sits
in an old church chair at
an old wooden desk. He
has all kinds of driftwood
which he transforms into
his lifelike carvings of
which was held during the
week ended Aug. 7 at the
Northmoreland Baptist
Church in Cen-
termoreland. Theme of
this year’s VBS was
“Making Christ Known
Around The World.”
Mrs. Robert Statnick
was director of the school
and teachers included the
nursery, Mrs. Ralph
Johns, Nancy Rowlands;
kindergarten, Mrs. Dana
Race and Elaine Race;
uM
4 Lo primary, Mrs. Allan
Is f d It i Malkemes, Sharon
. Statnick; junior girls,
| or d u Services Mrs. oli Hk
: : junior boys, Mrs. Ted
A step-by-step guide to arrangements, personal Montross and Mrs.
‘‘Adult Residential care boarding homes, William Weidner; teen-
Services in Penn- community residential agers, Ralph Johns.
sylvania’’ is now rehabilitation, and Craft-time for all classes
available from the domiciliary care wasinchargeof Mrs. Lois
Button and Mrs. Al Dixon.
Closing program for the
school was held Sunday
evening, Aug. 8. In charge
of music for the school
was Mrs. Ara Charney.
Mrs. Michael Rowlands
served as secretary. A
poster contest was held
and contest winners were
the Michael Rowlands
family.
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mR AP>Y
about your birds?”’, asked
June. !
I never thought of them
in that light, Blanche told
the Post. She said she
always thought of it as a
hobby. ‘But I guess I do
collect-birds, shells, bells
and slides of our trips to
New England, Carribean,
Canada and throughout
the United States.”
Prestige Pool Inc. of
Wilkes-Barre recently
held ‘a ‘‘Little Miss
Bathing Beauty Contest”
for young women from
age one to seven. More
than 100 young women
participated in the two-
hour event, held poolside
ceremonies. All of the
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S.
Dreher, 140 Elizabeth St.,
Dallas, announce the
engagement of their
daughter, Susan Lynn to
Rick Denmon, RD 2, Box
322, Harveys Lake.
Miss Dreher is a
graduate of Dallas High
School. She attended
Wilkes College and is
youngsters involved in the
pageant were awarded
prizes and the young lady
who captured the title also
received a bicycle.
Judges for the event were
Manny Gordon, WNEP-
TV personality; Mark
Sinclair from KRZ radio,
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Mr. Denmon is a
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Area ‘High School and is
employed by Irem
Temple Country Club.
The wedding will be
solemnized Nov. 20, 1982,
at the Noxen United
Methodist Church, Noxen.
Bathing Beauty’’ $e.
young Megan Murphy
was the winner of the
Junior Miss Scholarship
offered by In Vogue
School.
Shown from left: Mark
Sinclair, Manny Gordon,
Gamble.
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