and Joseph Stager.
The eighth annual Back
Mountain Lite Beer Run
will blast off Sunday, June
5 at 10 a.m. at College
‘Misericordia, Dallas.
More than 800 are
expected to compete for
approximately 200 awards
in the various categories
in the 10, four and one
mile runs.
The current record
holder in the 10-mile event
is Tom Carter of Bingham-
ton, N.Y., who established
a new course mark of
51:29. The 30-year old
teacher will return to
defend his title against a
spectacular field.
Last year’s top woman
runner was Gloria Quinn
of Ashley who crossed the
finish line in a time of
1:09.36.
In the four-mile race,
the top mark is' 20:15, set
by Kevin Mullen of Hones-
dale last year.
Stacey Nicholson holds
the women’s record in the
four-mile event with a
time of 24:14, also set last
year.
Ten-year old = Ethan
Krow of Philadelphia took
the one-mile race last year
with a time of 6:09.
A portion of the entry
fees in this race will be
donated to the Wyoming
Valley Childrens’ Museum.
Winners of the 10 and
four mile runs will receive
a special pewter mug.
Seventy five awards will
be presented in 19 classes
in the 10-mile run and 80
awards will be given in the
20 classes of the four-mile
event.
All finishers in the one-
mile feature will be
presented ribbons. All run-
ners establishing an age
group or course record
will receive a new pair of
the same running shoes
they wear in the race.
Pre-registration fee for
the 10-mile race is $5 and
$6 on the day of the race.
The same entry fees are
set for the four-mile event.
Wanted!!
6 Back Yards
For Demonstrator
Pre-registration fee for the
one-mile race is $3 and $4
on the day of the race.
Free overnight accom-
modations at College Mis-
ericordia are available for
June 4 with advance reser-
vations necessary. Cate-
gories in the 10-mile run
for males are: 12 and
under, 13-15, 16-18, 19-24,
25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40 and
up.
In the four-mile race,
the categories are the
same with the addition of
a. 10-12 class and a nine
and under group. The one-
mile race is limited to 11
years of age and under.
Entry fees can be sent to
Pat Kramer, 74 Shaver
Ave., Shavertown, 18708.
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Approximately 60 per-
sons attended the benefit
salad bowl luncheon held
May 10 at Carverton
United Methodist Church
under the: auspices of the
United Methodist women
of the church. Evelyn
Shales and Edythe Kro-
melbein served as co-
chairpersons and
expressed thanks and
appreciation to all those
who helped make the
luncheon a success.
United Methodist
Women of the Dymond
Hollow UM Church held a
successful baked goods
sale on Saturday at the
Acme Market in Dallas.
Emily Davenport of
Orange and Noreen Faux
express thanks and appre-
ciation to all those who
assisted and supported the
benefit sale.
Pastor and Mrs. Terry
Madigan of Horseheads,
N.Y. were the guest speak-
ers at the morning worship
service Sunday morning in
the Northmoreland Baptist
Church at Centermore-
land. Both are recent
graduates of Baptist Bible
College at Clarks Summit.
Accompanying Pastor and
Mrs. Madigan were a
group of young people
from the First Baptist
Church .at Horseheads,
N.Y. where Rev. Mr.
Madigan is pastor.
Included among the young
people was Stephanie
Bowers, a niece of Pastor
and Mrs. James Howell of
Centermoreland.
Mount Zion United Meth-
odist Church was filled to
capacity on May 14 when
funeral services were held
for the late Rev. Charles
Gilbert of Mount Zion who
had served many - United
Methodist Churches as
pastor during his years as
a minister. More than a
score of United Methodist
ministers were among
those in attendance at the
funeral . service. Rev. D.
Allan Cease, pastor of the
Carverton United Method-
ist Charge, - officiated.
Sermon was preached by
Rev. William Reid of
Wilkes-Barre, superintend-
ent of the Wyoming UM
District.
A daughter of the late
minister, Dorothy Gilbert,
a nurse midwife mission-
ary in Sierra Leone,
Africa, was unable to
attend the funeral service.
Her sister, Catherine, who
lives in Mount zion and
cared for her father, had a
tape recording of the
funeral services made,
along with greetings from
family members in attend-
ance at the funeral. This
has been forwarded fo
Dorothy in Africa. Inter-
ment was in Mount Zion
cemetery.
Kings Crusader Class of
Mount Zion United Meth-
odist Church will meet this
evening at 7:30 in the
church social rooms.
Madge Smith is class pres-
ident.
Members of Mount Zion
United Methodist Church
were treated to a program
of special music by the
Taylor Sisters of Harding
at the morning worship
service Sunday.
United Methodist
Women of the Carverton
UM Church are complet-
ing plans for a benefit
yard sale to be held Satur-
day, June 4, at the church
grounds from 10 a.m. to 4.
Friends and neighbors
extended best wishes for a
speedy recovery to Diane
Newberry and her brother,
Robert Morgan, both of
whom were patients at
Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital at presstime. Mrs.
Newberry was in the hos-
pital’s, coronary care unit
while Bob was a patient in
Room 651 at General.
Mary Sickler of Orange
is also having her prob-
lems. She was a patient in
room 318B- at the NPW
Medical Center in Plains
Twp. at presstime.
The Spring flowers in
different areas in the Back
Country are causing much
favorable comment.
Spring flower displays are
especially abundant at the
home of the Montross sis:
ters near the Franklin
Twp.-Centermoreland
border; at the Kuzma
home in Vernon, and af
the entrance to the Back
Country at the corner of
W. Eighth Street and
Carverton Road where
Edythe and George Kro;
melbein proudly display
their nice array of spring
flowers in full bloom.
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