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TERRY DURWOOD NEWELL, of
Jackson Church Road, celebrated
his fifth birthday on May 6th. Terry
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry
Newell, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Durwood Splitt, and grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Holden Newell. A
birthday party was held in his honor
on Sunday afternoon at his home.
Many of his friends, cousins, aunts
and uncles and grandparents came
to help him celebrate.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. Terry Newell of Jackson; Mr.
and Mrs. Holden Newell, Hunts-
ville; Denise Newell, Huntsville;
Mrs. Lucille Splitt, Jackson, Mrs.
, Helen Franklin, Jackson; Mrs.
Alice Newell, Shannon, and Chad
Newell, Dallas; Mrs. Debbie
_ Reakes, Missy and Michele Reakes,
gp.Jackson; Mrs. Bonnie Brader,
v Ceasetown; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
. Taney, Jason, Justine, Jennifer and
Janine Taney, of Pond Hill; Mrs.
Teina Cosgrove, Pittston; Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Brown, Jolinda and Beth-
any of Trucksville; Tricia, Tara and
Tabatha Cooper, Jackson; Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Newell, Jenny, Lyle
and Sarah of Hunlock Creek; Mr.
and Mrs. Butch Cope, Tony and
Kevin, of Nanticoke.
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP VOLUN-
TEER FIREMEN’S BAZAAR will
be held on May 25, 26, 27, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday at Konefal’s
Grove, Chase Road. The parde will
be on the 26th. Auction on Sunday
evening. Items are needed for the
White Elephant table, also baked
goods would be appreciated.
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MR. AND MRS. KENNETH REX,
of Chadwicks, New York recently
visited their brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Swelgin
of Smith Pond Road.
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A COVERED DISH LUNCHEON
was held on May 1 at the home of
Mrs. Edythe Bonning in honor of
Mrs. Dolores Swelgin, who cele-
brated her birthday also Mrs. Maria
Roskoski, and Mrs. Louise Montig-
ney. Other guests were: Mrs. Mar-
garet Bonning, Mrs. Beatrice
Newell, Mrs. Debbie Lazovich, Mrs.
Sandy Newell, Terry Newell, Mrs.
Helen Franklin.
Obituaries —
DONALD WALL
Donald S. Wall, 66, of Market St.,
Noxen, died suddenly May 7 at his
home.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Lela Siglin; sons, Donald S. Wall
Jr., Morgantown, N .C.; Ronald, Col-
umbia, S.C.; Larry D. Pedersen,
Canal Winchester, Ohio; five grand-
children; brother, Carl, Beaumont.
Funeral was held May 10 from the
Nulton Funeral Home, Beaumont
with the Rev. Jacob Victor, pastor
of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church,
Noxen, officiating. Interment,
Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen.
MADELINE STASCAK
Madeline A. Stascak, of 58 Hill
St., Swoyersville, died May 8 at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Surviving are her husband,
George A.; daughters, Ntalie Stas-
cak, Vidunas, Calif.; Mary Stascak,
Stamford, Conn.; four grandchil-
dren; brothers and sisters, Walter,
Anthony and Mrs. Ann Czakur, all
of Luzerne; Mrs. Helen Yatzeck,
Seabring, Fla.
Funeral was held May 11 from
Bednarski Funeral Home, Wyo-
ming, with a Mass of Christian
Burial in Holy Trinity Church,
Interment, parish cemetery, Swoy-
ersville.
EDWARD MACDOUGALL
Edward MacDougall, 81, of RD 2,
Harveys lake (Beaumont), died
May 9 in Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital, followign a short illness.
Surviving, in addition to his wife,
the former Mildred French, are a
son, Carl, Beamont; a brother,
Robert, Beaumont; and two grand-
sons.
Funeral was held May 12 from
Nulton Funeral Home, Beaumont,
with the Rev. Jerry Tallent, pastor
of the Beaumont Union Gospel
Church, officiating. Interment,
Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany.
ETHEL ENGELMAN
Ethel Alice Engelman, 74, of
Noxen, died unexpectedly at her
home May 12.
Surviving are sons, Dale, Mill-
ville; Barry, Kennewick, Wash.;
daughters, mrs. Jerry Boone, Mill-
ville; Mrs. Sterlyn May, Noxen;
Mrs. Rosemary Rifenbery, Indio,
Calif.; Mrs. Sharon Brower,
LaQuinta, Calif.; Mrs. Sheila Ham-
ersky, Manahawkin, N.J.; 21 grand-
children; three great-grandchil-
dren; sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Zacharias, Tunkhannock; Mrs. Bea-
trice Dymond, Noxen; brother, Ken-
neth Kresage, Noxen.
FUneral was held at the conve-
nience of the family from the Nulton
Funeral Home, Beaumont, with the
Rev. Jacob Victor, pastor of St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church of Noxen,
officiating. Interment, Orcutt Ceme-
tery, Noxen.
Commonwealth Telephone Enter-
prises, Inc. (CTE) financial results
for the first quarter of 1984 were
reported recently. at the annual
reorganization meeting of the Board
of Directors. |
Chairman of the Board Andrew J.
Sordoni III announced that CTE’s
total revenues and sales in the first
quarter of 1984 were $27,000,000, an
increase of 14.0 percent over reve-
nues and sales of $23,681,000 in the
first quarter of 1983. First quarter
1984 earnings per share were $1.18,
compared to $.79 for the first
quarter of 1983.
The Board of Directors authorized
a cash dividend of $.375 per
common share payable May 25,
1984, to shareholders of record on
May 10, 1984.
Mr. Sordoni also announced a
dividend reinvestment plan which
will give. owners of common stock
the opportunity to reinvest cash
dividends and invest additional cash
in CTE common stock.
At the CTE annual meeting held
here earlier today, shareholders
approved a stock option and stock
appreciation rights plan designed to
attract and retain key employees.
The shareholders also elected four
directors to Class III to serve a
three-year term and one director to
Class I to serve a one-year term.
Elected to three-year terms were
Clarence J. Fitze, realtor, Tunkhan-
nock; Charles F. Pancoast III,
senior vice president, The Philadel-
phia National Bank, Philadelphia;
Richard L. Pearsall, consultant,
Wilkes-Barre and William B. Sor-
doni, CTE vice chairman and presi-
dent of Sordoni Enterprises, Inc.,
Forty Fort. CTE Chief Operating
Officer William L. Moyer was
elected to a one-year term.
Directors whose terms do not
expire in 1984 are Willard S.
Boothby Jr., Frank M. Henry, Rich-
ard Maslow, Edward H. Owlett,
Esq. and Andrew J. Sordoni III.
A special recognition dinner was
held Wednesday April 25 to honor
Wilkes-Barre businessman Frank B.
Burnside, who has retired from
CTE'’s board following service since
1964 as a director. He was Chair-
man of the Board from April 1977
until April 1980.
“Linking Churches to Chase” is
the theme of a drive in which the
Protestant religious department at
the Chase Correctional facility,
working in conjunction with the
Back Mountain Ministerium, is
attempting to enlist area clergy and
laity to serve as prison ministry
supporters and volunteers.
A meeting to give information and
share ideas regarding the prison
ministry has been scheduled for
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7:30 p.m. on May 23, at the Shaver-
town United Methodist Church,
Pioneer Avenue and Center Street.
Rev. James Wert is the Church’s
pastor.
Invitations have been sent to over
350 Christian ministers associated
with the Wyoming Valley Council of
Churches urging their attendance at
the special meeting. Rev. Paul
Kauffman, Protestant Chaplain at
the Chase Correctional facility, said
that during the meeting several
speakers, including himself, will
address various aspects of the
prison ministry and the need for
assistance.
The other speakers will include
Ingrid Prater of Threshold, a pro-
gram designed to teach inmates
nearing their parole dates basic
skills in decision-making; John Mos-
teller, director for Yokefellow Chris-
tian Fellowship.
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chairwoman.
Caldwell Consistory, Valley of
Bloomsburg, will hold a public
installation of officers who were
elected to serve for the coming
Masonic year. The installation will
take place on Thursday, May 17 at
7:30 p.m. in the Cathedral in
Bloomsburg. This will be an innova-
tion in Scottist Rite Free Masonry
in Bloomsburg, because all of theof-
ficers will be installed or rein-
stalled.
‘The officers to be installed or
reinstalled and their home towns
are as follows:
Enoch Lodge of Perfection, 14
Degrees: Gregory J. Lewis, Read-
ing, Thrice Potent Master Richard
J. Smith, Bloomsburg, Deputy
Master David S. Campbell, Sun-
bury, Senior Warden Ronald W.
Long, Catawissa, Junior Warden
Wiliam L. Derr, Bloomsburg,
Orator Earl A. Deibert, Orwigs-
burg, Master of Ceremonies Terry
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