RS
By JANE BOLGER
Post Correspondent
If you are a loyal watcher of the
auction on Channel 44, you may well
have seen Rose Mohen of Oak Hill on
the screen, manning a telephone or
sending the runners for more merchan-
dise. This is one of the visible parts of
Rose’s volunteer job as Back Mountain
Chairman for the yearly auction, but
- there is far more work to do than that.
In late February, Rose and her hus-
band, Leo, who serves as her co-
chairman, start organizing the teams of
volunteers. Next comes the solicitation
of area businesses who are requested to
donate an item worth at least $35 in
exchange for what turns out to be
. several hundreds dollars worth of free
, TV advertising when their item is
auctioned off. Then, there’s collecting
the merchandise and transporting it to
the warehouse and soliciting funds from
personal donors and smaller gifts to be
sold in the Channel 44 Store.
“It was easier this year because they
put in computers,” said Rose who has
been the chairman of this area for the
last seven years and who has spent a
| lot of that time filling out complicated
| written reports and keeping logs. These
are required by the F.C.C. to insure
funding.
In that respect, the auction was
easier this year, but it was harder too
for public broadcasting that left more
and more responsibility for the future
of Channel 44 in the hands of volunteers
like Rose Mohen. Fortunately in this
case, they are very capable hands that
have probably done close to a million
hours of volunteer work over the past
40 years.
While her four children, Maria Elena,
Leo Jr., Ann Marie and Eugene were
growing up, Rose volunteered to be a
homeroom mother. She then became a
volunteer cafeteria worker in whatever
schools they were attending, and Presi-
dent of the Lake-Lehman Football
Mothers Club and President of the
Central Catholic Mothers Club. Then it
was on to college for Rose and her
troops and she became President of the
College Misericordia MacCauley Guild
| and President of the Altar and Rosary
Society at Gate of Heaven Church.
She then became president of the
Dallas Senior Woman’s Club, a member
of the Board of the Luzerne County
Federation of Woman’s Clubs for eight
years and a singer with the Dallas
Womens Chorale. Rose was also chair-
man for Womens Retreats in the Back
Mountain and President of Friends of
Channel 44. She also served on Pome-
roy’s Advisory Board, a post she still
holds.
It sounds like work and more work,
but Rose said “It’s a lot of fun, I love
it,” and goes on to describe one of the
highlights ofher career in helping. Her
most interesting experience was when
she appeared as ‘‘Panda Bear’ from
the Mr. Rogers T.V. show when the
original star was unable to appear for
two Channel 44 sponsored shows for
underprivileged children.
“It was very hot in there,” said Rose
describing the big dome of a head that
was part of the panda bear costume she
wore while doing an improvised bear
dance. ‘I'm a ham, that’s why I loved
it so,” she said, telling about her early
professional career in the entertain-
ment field.
Under her professional singing name
‘Rose Marie,” * Mrs. Mohen had her
own 15-minute radio show in the late
1930’s - the Big Band Era - on WGBI,
Scranton, her hometown. She also sang
with numerous area bands on other
radio shows and it was during one of
those performances that she met her
husband. Leo was also a singer and
played the drums in a four-man band in
addition to his career as a manager for
National Biscuit Company, a post he
retired from four years ago.
Like his wife, Leo has always been a
dedicated volunteer and will
installed this week as President of the
Wilkes-Barre Rotary Club.
With their busy life togehter for the
past 43 years, it is probably a rare
occasion that the Mohens get to harmo-
nize to ‘I Love You Truly,” one of their
favorite tunes. Or one can imagine that
maybe these two energetic people vol-
unteer to put on special performances
for their nine grandchildren, who have
a heritage of which they can be proud.
{
ing A
88 SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET
WILKES-BARRE
Phone: 825-3457 :
ia,
IA
Fourth of July Weekend
conducted each year by
the Lehman Volunteer
Fire Company has been an
annual event in Lehman
since the 1940’s. This
year’s weekend begins
with a parade highlighting
the contestants of the
Lehman Horse Show
and her court will be
presented on stage about 9
p.m. This year’s contes-
tants are Gena Vanpelt,
Benton Area; Theresa
Unesko, Bishop Hoban;
Janet Carey, Bishop
O'Reilly; Lisa Fulkersin,
Northwest; Mary Ellen
Dougher, Wilkes-Barre Vo
Tech; Nancy Kellar, Nan-
ticoke Area; Kelly
McKeown, Dallas Area.
-O-
Attention Moms! Both
Kingston Township and
Dallas Borough Recrea-
tional programs are now
in operation. These pro-
grams provide youngsters
with well supervised
games, arts and crafts and
story hour for younger
children. Why not take
advantage of these fine
community activities.
L0-
Best wishes to Mr. and
Mrs. Edward. R. Janosik,
19 Windsor Drive, Dallas
who observed their 25th
anniversary recently. The
couple was married in St.
Mary’s Byzantine Catholic
Church, Kingston by the
Rev. John Fetsko, C.S.R.,
uncle of Mrs. Janosik.
A surprise celebration
with family and friends
hosted by their children,
Theresa, Edward, Sally
Ann and Michael was held
at the Janosik’s home.
Oo:
Congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. W. James Pall
who were married June 18
in the First United Meth-
odist Church, West Pitts-
ton.
Mrs. Pall, the former
Susan J. Stackhouse, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Stackhouse, Pitts-
ton. The Rev. W. James
Pall is the son of Mr. and
Creek.
Area High School and
Marywood College with a
BS degree in Human Ecol-
ogy, Susan is employed by
Chrysler Credit Corpora-
tion, Wilkes-Barre. She is
a candidate for a Master
of Business Administration
at Marywood College.
Jim is a graduate of
Lake-Lehman High School,
Lycoming College where
he earned a BA degree in
Religion and Theatre; and
Boston University School
of Theology where he
obtained a Master of
Divinity. Jim is serving as
associate pastor of Forty
Fort United Methodist
Church.
Following a wedding trip
to Cancun, Mexico, the
couple will reside in Forty
Fort.
0-
Best of luck to the fol-
lowing local couples who
have announced their
engagements: Valerie
Roxanne Baloga and
Kevin Curtis Smith; Mary
Jean McCarthy and Dr.
Robert Dillon Clements,
Jr. and Katherine Anne
Schleich and Manuel
Michael Medeiros.
L0- i
Happy as can be with
new arrivals this week are
Todd and Alda Swanson,
Jody and Nancy Gross,
and Drema and Joseph
Hritzak who are the par-
ents of beautiful baby girls
and Diann and Paul Carl-
son and Susan and John
Franklin who are
delighted with their hand-
some baby boys! Congrat-
ulations and best wishes to
all!
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. David She-
manski, 403 Berry Street,
West Pittston, announce
the engagement and
approaching marriage of
their daughter, Mylene
Anne Shemanski, to Stan-
ley J. Krzanowski, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J.
Krzanowski, Sr., of 1623
West Eighth Street, Carv-
erton, Kingston Twp.
Miss Shemanski is a
graduate of Wyoming Area
High School and King’s
College and is employed as
a counselor by Step-By-
Step, Inc. in Wilkes-Barre.
Krzanowski is a gradu-
ate of Dallas Area’ High
School and attended
Upsala College in East
Orange, N.J. He will grad-
uate from Wilkes College,
in 1984. He is employed as
a caseworker at the Com-
mission on Economic
Opportunity, and as a
counselor by Step-By-Step.
The wedding will be
solemnized Saturday after-
noon at 2 in the Church of
the Immaculate Concep-
tion in West Pittston.
WED 50 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Kresge of Noxen observed
their golden wedding anni-
versary on Friday, June 17
and were honored at an
open house on Sunday,
June 19, at the home of
their nephew and niece,
Bill and Marjorie Race of
Noxen. More than 200
friends, neighbors and rel-
atives attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Kresge
were married on June 17,
1933, at Noxen. Mrs.
Kresge is the former mary
Dotter of Noxen. Kresge is
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan Kresge of
Noxen and prior to his
retirement was employed
at the former Noxen Tan-
nery and the Noxen dress
plant. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Kresge are in good health.
Among the out-of-town
friends and relatives
attending the open house
were Mrs. Janet Badger of
Clinton Corners, N.Y.; Mr.
and Mrs. William Pusifer
of Washingtonville, Pa.;
and Mr. Kresge's great
nephew, Kenneth Dymond
of Baltimore, Md., who
was a weekend guest at
the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Dymond.
WED 59 YEARS
Congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Elston
of Huntsville, who
observed their 59th wed-
ding anniversary on June
19.
Mrs. Elston is the
former Ruby Bulford,
daughter of the late B.
Frank and Ellen Duck-
worth Bulford. Mr. Elston
was born in Lehman, son
of the late George and
Etta Delay Elston.
They have two children,
Harold, Huntsville and
Nancy Schimmel, State
College, six grandchildren,
David, Robert, Dale and
Paul Elston; Eric and
Heather Schimmel, and
six great-grandchildren,
David, Nicole, Dianne,
Christy, Cheryl and
Michael Elston.
A great granddaughter,
Marcie Elston, died in
1976.
HONORED
Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence
of Jackson Township
observed her 100th birth-
Has
~ Moved To
New Location
LP,
Wed.-Sat. 11 to 5
Sunday Noon to 5
Mimi Mundrake
945-3747
day on June 19. Congratu-
lations were received from
President Ronald Reagan
and Nancy Reagan,
Mrs. Lawrence was
presented with a beautiful
neighbors, Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Halliday.
Mrs. Lawrence would
like to thank every one for
their cards and gifts.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Atty. and Mrs. Charles
R. Coslett of Dallas
announce the birth of their
first child, Benjamin
Crawford Coslett, on June
9 in Nesbitt Memorial Hos-
pital. Mrs. Coslett is the
former Donna J. Crawford
of Kingston.
This is the first grand-
child for Atty. and Mrs. E.
Charles Coslett of Trucks-
ville and Mrs. Joyce Craw-
ford of Kingston.
Maternal great-grand-
mothers are Mrs. Virginia
Mrs. Stella Crawford of
Edwardsville.
ATTEND PROGRAM
Three Sisters of Mercy
from the Province of
Scranton recently attended
a conference for women
religious in higher educa-
tion at Marymount Col-
lege, Tarrytown, N.Y.
They were Sr. Virginia
Bertschi, Director of Min-
istry for the Province; Sr.
Joanne Cepelak, Director
of Continuing Education at
College Misericordia; and
Sr. Elaine Tulanowski, a
doctoral student at Ohio
State University.
They joined over 400
women in higher education
from all over the country,
including college presi-
dents, leaders of religious
congregations, faculty and
college trustees, who
attended the Conference.
WED 25 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R.
Janosik of 19 Windsor
Drive, Dallas celebrated
their 25th anniversary on
May 31. They were mar-
ried in St. Mary’s Byzan-
tine Catholic Church,
Kingston by. Rev. John
Fetsko, C.S.R., uncle of
Mrs. Janosik. :
Mrs. Janosik is the
former Margaret Koles-
sar, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Kolessar, Sr.
of Pringle. Mr. Janosik is
the son of Mrs. Verna Jan-
osik of Larksville and the
late Joseph Janosik.
Debbie Maffett,
CPA.
Kingston.
August.
calling 287-7312.
Gerald D. Shulman,
Spofford, NH, a foremost
authority in the field of
chemical dependency and
counseling, provide the
banquet address last eve-
ning for Wyoming Semi-
nary’s upcoming third
summer institute, Devel-
oping Wellness in Youth -
A Cooperative Effort
Between Parents and Edu-
cators, according to O.
Charles Lull, Conference
Manager.
Presenting a discussion
on chemical dependence
and families, ‘Shulman
addressed issues of alco-
holism, prevention strate-
gies, the role of genetics in
alcoholism, parental
responsibility, and the
family as a whole.
Currently Shulman is the
director of chemical
dependency programs for
The Mediplex Group in
Spofford. Prior to that, he
was executive director of
Spofford Hall, a hospital
for residential treatment
of alcoholism, drug addic-
tion and related family
problems, also in Spofford
and at Chit Chat Farms
and CAron Hospital in
Wernersville, PA, for 17
years.
Shulman has been active
in developing standards
for accreditation of alco-
holism programs, counse-
lor credentialing, licensure
and third-party reimburse-
ment. He served on the
boards of many national
agencies, including the
Alcohol Task Force of the
President’s Commission on
Mental Health.
He has been a consultant
to a variety of governmen-
tal and private programs,
lectures widely, has writ-
ten and been published,
and is heavily involved in
counselor training. He is
licensed clinical psycholo-
gist and a certified addic-
tions counselor.
Ly NITED PENN
283-2125
PICNIC |
TABLES
“CUSTOM MADE’
All Shapes & Sizes
320 Exeter Ave., West Pittston
Phono 655-4262