Kindergarten students of the Pringle Street Elementary
School, Kingston, Wyoming Valley West School District,
recently presented their Spring graduation program. Songs,
recitations, poems, and dances by the children were
featured. A party was held at the conclusion of the program.
Shown in the top photo is the morning class. First row, from
left, Dale Stine, Curtis Howell, Eric Coslett, Jeffrey Chopick,
Jeffrey Golden, Megan Kopicki, Dawn Skolada, Shannon
Dunbar, Jamie Peters, Kimberly Larkin, Roberta Zeek,
Tanya Murray. Second row, Jason Leoszewski, Scott
Meade, Daniel O'Konski, Charles VanCamp, Eugene Parker,
Richard Jones, Alicia Morris, Melissa Bynon,
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EVAL Stan Chernesky, Megan Williams, Beth Kline.
Third row, Ms. Trude Check, music teacher: Mrs. Terry
teacher. Members of the afternoon class are shown in the
bottom photo. First row, from Ic. Kevin. Dwyer, Danielle
Potts, Kimberly Thomas, Stacey Scareffler, Jennifer Mishan-
ski, Joshua Blockus. Second row, Michael Garrison; Keith
Hazlak, Michael Richards; Christopher. Potter, James Jones,
Mark Lunnie, Jeremy Harrison, Thomas Rossmell, Richard
Davis, Richard Hawk. Third row, Ms. Trude Check, music
teacher; Mr. Edward Burke, head teacher; Mrs. Terry
Martin, kindergarten teacher.
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Swoyersville Jr. Football
Organization will hold its
final registration on
Friday, June 24, from 7:30-
9 p.m. and Saturday from
10 a.m to 12 noon at the
Borough Building. Regis-
tration fee is $6.00.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brutko of Shelby, North
Carolina and their son and
daughter-in-law, Malcolm
and Shirley Brutko, and
daughters, Ashley and
Kerrie Ann, visted here
last weekend to attend the
wedding of Jeffrey Gavlick
of Creek St., and Donna
George of Avoca. Jeffrey
is the nephew of Mrs.
Frank Brutko. While here,
Frank made sure he
played his usual rounds of
golf at the various courses.
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It’s’ good to see Teddy
Rydzewski out of the hos-
pital. Teddy was recently
a surgical patient at Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital and
is coming along fine.
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Krakosky, is a member of
the Chorus 6 at the Music
Box Dinner Playhouse.
The Chorus was recently
featured at the banquet
honoring Dr. Jule Ayers of
Wilkes-Barre and every-
one raved on the fine job
they did.
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The question in town is
who is going to get the
first tomato. No fair with
the light bulbs at night.
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Luzerne and Swoyers-
ville lost a good friend in
Bennie Foglietta. Bennie
was the head steward at
the Italian Ruinita Hall on
Oliver St. in Swoyersvile
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St. Mary’s Bazaar com-
mittee is working hard to
finalize plans for ‘its
be held on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, July
14, 15 and 16 at the Legion
Grounds on the corner of
Shoemaker and Hemlock
Sts., Swoyersville. Music
will be furnished for enter-
tainment and the best of
ethnic foods, prizes and
surprises and games will
be had, along with the best
of refreshments. Chairmen
of the affair are Edward
Volack and Leonard Ste-
fanko. Rev. Edward Soko-
lowski is pastor and honor-
ary chairman.
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The 12th Annual Swoy-
ersville Golf Tourney will
be held this - coming
Sunday, June 26 at the
Happy Valley Golf Course
in Exeter. Chairmen are
Dick Evanoski and Turp
Kovalick. Tee off time will
be 10 a.m. Following the
tourney, a dinner will be
held at the No. 2 Hose
House on Slocum St.,
Swoyersville. The usual
prizes will be given out by
flights.
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Swoyersville Borough
officials and their fire
companies have to be con-
gratulated for the fine job
they did in the ‘Chemical
Scare’ that Swoyersville
ning at the end of Dia-
mond St.
One of the neighbors in
that section scattered a
chemical substance and
made quite a few people
sick enough to be hospital-
ized. Swoyersville made
the front page in the local
newspapers and made all
of the three TV stations.
It is understood that the
niny wends and
He
and his wife raised two
sons, Tony and John of
Luzerne, and a daughter,
Dolores Bynon, of Wilkes-
Barre. Bennie and his wife
would have celebrated
their 56th wedding anni-
versary this coming
August.
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Swoyersville lost another
fine friend in Michael
Kmetz of Watkins St. He
made many friends and
will be sadly missed.
dust will be arrested by
the Borough and will be
liable for all of the bills
incurred
Mayor Anthony Stefan:
osky, Chief Bill Dorman
and Boro Coordinator,
Michael Simko would like
to thank the neighboring
boroughs, Luzerne, Forty
Fort, Pringle, Kingston
and Courtdale for their
help and anyone else that
helped to prevent a catas-
trophe.
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Adamchak Jr.
Watson in a foursome at
the Pocono Golf Course
and Worler and Dave
great one,
by a stroke on the last
hole.
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Andrew Lawrence
American Legion Unit
Auxiliary 644 elected the
following delegates to
attend the state convention
- July 16:
Susan Yurko, Theresa
Yurko, Genevieve Sarnak
and Lillian Munley. Alter-
nates are Agnes Mesaros,
Mary Chorba, Josephine
Savinski and Marie Yer-
aska.
Susan Yurko will also
serve on the department
central vice chairwoman.
Serving on the Sunshine
Committee for June and
July are Ms. Mesaros and
Diane Silvi.
The Unit picnic will be
Knoebel’s Grove. The bus
will leave from the post
parking lot on Shoemaker
St., Swoyersville at 10 a.m.
Reservations can be made
or Lorraine Armstrong.
Cost is $7 for members
and $8 for non-members.
The next meeting will be
held at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Aug. 10 in the
Post Home.
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Swoyerville Sailors
Junior Football has open-
ings for C team Cheerlead-
ers, eight and nine year
olds and strutters eight to
13. Those interested may
contact Debbie Schwenk,
cheerleader instructor,
288-8011, or Mrs. Mary Jo
Piazza, strutter advisor,
287-2536. Registration fee
is $4. oo
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{ Lzerfe” 16st" another of
its fine policemen as Sgt.
Tom Thorne passed away
this past week. Last year
Tom Vinovorski passed
away.
Sgt. Thorne was well
known and liked by every-
one. He had many friends
in Swoyersville, Luzerne,
Kingston and almost
everywhere. He did a ter-
rific job as a policeman.
He and his wife raised a
fine family. He will be
sadly missed by everyone.
Tom also was a fine musi-
cian.
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Conducts
Program
Joseph A. Habersky, sci-
ence teacher, left in photo
at left, recently welcomed
Brother Raphael Wilson,
C.S.C. Ph.D., right, to the
Wyoming Valley West
Middle School, Kingston.
Brother Wilson, pres-
ently Professor of Biology
and Director of the pre-
medical program at King’s
College, gave a slide pres-
entation to the Middle
School eighth grade stu-
dents and their families.
Brother Wilson's presenta-
tion centered on the germ-
free isolator which he
invented to keep alive a
child who cannot fight
infection. This case is
more popularly known as
“the boy who must live in
question and answer
period followed the presen-
tation.
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recently purchased a sign for the entrance hall of the middle Jennifer Dorish, vice president. Second row, Mr. Leonard Read The 0. ose oO. u
school building. Shown above are student council officers, Brozena, student council advisor; Miss Minerva Chesney, Classified : B
advisors and middle school administrators. First row, from assistant principal; Mr. David Leapline, principal; . Mrs. 4 Swoye rsvi il le 5
left, Gina DeFrancesco, assistant secretary: Molly Dorish, Barbara James, student council advisor; Mr. ra Hiberman, ,
president; Lisa Peterlin, secretary; Lynn Roberts, treasurer; assistant principal. PS LR BR P + .
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