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Summertime Excitement
July 4 - “An Old Fashioned Fourth,” all day activities
including, hot air baloons, variety of food, entertain-
ment, NE PA Philharmonic ‘Pops’ concert, 8 p.m.
- followed by a giant fireworks display. Kirby Park,
Wilkes-Barre, beginning at 2 p.m.
July 4 - Commemorative Asociation Annual Ceremony,
Wyoming Monument, Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. 10
a.m.
July 5-8 - Annual Back Mountain Library Auction,
~ special stands, exhibits, Children’s Auction, July 7, 10
a.m. Library Grounds, Dallas. Thursday, Friday, 6-11;
Saturday, Sunday, 1-77
July 6-8 - 3rd Annual Donegal Society’s Irish Days, top
Irish entertainment, New York, Boston & local talent,
food, beverages, recreation. Coal Street Park, Wilkes-
Barre. Friday 5-12; Saturday, Sunday, noon-midnight.
July 27-29 - 40th Annual Lehman Horse Show sponsored
by Lehman Volunteer Fire Company, refreshments,
arts, crafts, entertainment, English and Western Class
Horses. Lehman Horse Show Grounds, Friday, 6-10;
Saturday, Sunday, 9 a.m.
July 30 thru August 4 - Wilkes-Barre Recreation Board
sponsors Annual Summerfest, carnival with entertain-
ment. Kirby Park; Wilkes-Barre, 6-11 p.m.; Saturday,
noon-6 p.m. :
August 4, 5 - Annual Pilgrimage for World Peace,
religious services, processions, refreshments, product
stands. Holy Dormition Monastery, Sybertsville.
August 4 - Luzerne County 4-H Horse & Pony Round-Up
sponsored by Penn State University. Lehman Horse
Show Grounds, 8:30 a.m.
August 11, 12 - 18th Annual Jonathan R. Davis Horse
Show, English & Western Events, food, games.
Lehman Horse Show Grounds, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
August 24-26 - First Annual ‘Pittston Tomato” Festival,
featuring a variety of foods, arts, crafts, farmer’s
market, flea market, entertainment, sporting events,
tomato quality contest. Main Business District, Pitts-
ton.
AUCTIONS, BAZAARS, FESTIVALS:
Thru July 7 - Beach Haven Firemen’s Carnival,
~ Carnival Grounds, 3 miles north of Berwick. 6 p.m.-
- midnight.
July 5-7 - Breslau Hose Company Annual Firemen’s
Bazaar, Hose Company Grounds, Breslau, Parade,
Friday 7 p.m.
~ July 6-8 - St. Hedwig’s Church Annual Bazaar, Chruch
Sunday 2 p.m.
July 6-8 - Holy Rosary Church Annual Bazaar, Church
Grounds, Stephenson Street, Duryea, 6 p.m.-??
. July 6-8 - SS Peter & Paul Church Annual Bazaar,
Church Grounds, Main Street, Avoca, 6 p.m.
July 7-8 - Holy Trinity Church Annual Homecoming
Festival, Church Grounds, Hanover Street, Nanticoke,
‘Saturday, 4-11; Sunday 4 p.m.
Bazaar, St. John’s Picnic Grounds, Nanticoke, Satur-
day 2, Sunday 4 p.m.
July 9-14 - White Haven Fire Co. Annual Bazaar, Lehigh
Park, White Haven, 7-11 p.m.
wquly 11-15 - Bavarian Festival, Rocky Glen Park,
Moosic. Noon-midnight.
July 11-13 - Daniel C. Roberts Fire Company Annual
Firemen’s Fair & Parade, Sandy Bottom Beach,
Harveys Lake, 6-midnight, Parade Friday, 7 p.m.
July 12-15 - Slocum Township Volunteer Fire Company
Annual Carnival, Fire Company Grounds, 6:30-10:30,
Parade Saturday 6:30 p.m.
July 12-14 - St. Anthony’s Parish Annual Bazaar, Erie
Street, Exeter, next to Wyoming Area High School, 6
.m.-??
July 12-14 - Sacred Heart Slovak Church Annual Bazaar,
School Grounds, North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, 6-11
p.m.
July 12-14 - St. Mary of Czestochowa Church Annual
Bazaar, Shoemaker Street, Swoyersville, 7-12 p.m.
; July 12-14 - St. Patrick’s Church Annual Bazaar, Church
"Grounds, Parrish Street, Wilkes-Barre, 6 p.m.
July 12-14 - St. George's Maronite Church Annual
Bazaar, Church Grounds, Loomis Street, Wilkes-
Barre, 6-12 p.m.
July 13-15 - Larksville Fire Company No. 1 Annual
Bazaar, Fire Company Grounds, State & Nesbitt
Street, Larksville, Friday, Saturday 6; Sunday 2 p.m.
Parade, Saturday 6 p.m.
July 13-15 - Holy Redeemer Church Annual Bazaar,
Parish Grounds, Route 92, Harding, 6-11 p.m.
Parish Grounds, Hanover Section, Nanticoke, Friday,
Saturday 5, Sunday 1 p.m. “Rip Cord Sky Divers”
Saturday 6 p.m.
July 13-15 - St. John’s Byzantine Catholic Church Annual
Bazaar, Church Grounds, Chestnut Street, Wilkes-
Barre Township, 6 p.m.
July 19-21 - Noxen Volunteer Fire Company Firemen’s
Fair, Fire Company Grounds, Main Street, Noxen, 6
p.m., Parade Saturday 2 p.m.
July 19-21 - St. Nicholas Church Annual Bazaar, Church
Grounds, 200 Pennsylvania Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre.
6-11 p.m.
July 19-21 - Jenkins Township Volunteer Fire Company
Annual Bazaar, Port Griffith (behind City Line
Plaza), Parade, Saturday 7 p.m.
July 19-21 - Pringle Volunteer Fire Company Annual
Bazaar, Fire Company Grounds, Evans Street, Prin-
gle, parade Saturday, 7 p.m.
July 20-22 - St. Joseph’s Church Annual Festival, Church
Grounds, Martin Street, Hudson, Friday, Saturday’ 6-
12; Sunday 4-12 p.m.
July 20-22 - Sacred Heart Parish Picnic, Church
Grounds, Stephenson Street, Duryea, 6-11 p.m.
July 20-22 - Mountaintop Hose Company No. 1 Annual
Bazaar, Hose Company Grounds, Woodlawn Avenue &
Route 437, Friday 6-12; Saturday, Sunday 2-12 p.m.
July 20-22 - Wilkes-Barre Township Volunteer Fire
Department Annual Bazaar, Fire House, Watson &
Zonko Street, 6-12; Parade Saturday, 7 p.m.
July 21, 22 - St. Joseph’s Parish Homecoming Festival,
Parish Grounds, North Laurel Street, Hazleton, Satur-
day 5-11; Sunday 1-10:30 p.m.
July 21, 22 - Transfiguration Church Homecoming
Festival, School Grounds, West Green Street, West
Hazleton, Saturday 6-11; Sunday 1-11 p.m.
July 26-28 - St. Cecelia’s Church Annual Bazaar, Parish
Grounds, Wyoming Avenue, Exeter, 5:30-??
July 26-28 - Kunkle Fire Company Bazaar, Fire Com-
pany Grounds, Chicken BBQ, Thursday 5-7; Parade
Saturday 6 p.m.
July 26-28 - St. Casimir’s “Big Bazaar,” 301 Delaney
Street, Hanover Township, Thursday, Friday, 6-12;
Saturday 5-12.
July 27-29 - St. Mary’s Church of the Maternity Annual
Bazaar, Marymount Parish Center Grounds, Hancock
Street, Wilkes-Barre, 6-11 p.m.
July 27-29 - Rice Township Volunteer Fire Company
Annual LVAZAAR, Fire Co. Grounds, Nuangola
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Mountaintop, Friday 6; Saturday, Sunday 2 p.m.
July 27-29 - St. Mary’s Church Annual Picnic, Church
Grounds, Hawthorne Street, Avoca, Friday, Saturday,
6-12; Sunday 3-12 p.m.
July 27-29 - St. Maria Goretti Church Annual Auction &
Festival, Church Grounds, Laflin, Friday, Saturday 6-
11; Sunday 5-11; Auction Daily 7-10 p.m.
July 27-29 - Sugar Notch Fire & Hose Company No. 1
Annual Bazaar, Holy Family Grounds, Sugar Notch,
Friday, 7; Saturday, Sunday 6 p.m.
July 27-29 - Germania Hose Company Annual Bazaar,
Hose Company Grounds, Duryea, 7 p.m.; Parade
Friday 7:30 p.m.
July 28-29 - St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Bazaar, Church Grounds, Tripp Street, Swoyersville,
Saturday 7-11; Sunday 5-11 p.m.
July 28-29 - Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Annual
Bazaar, Church Grounds, East Main Street, Wilkes-
Barre, 2-11 p.m. ;
August 2-4 - GAR Football Booster Club Annual Bazaar,
Mayflower Little League Park, Wilkes-Barre, 6-12
p.m.
August 2-4 - Shavertown Fire Company Annual Bazaar
& Auction, Hose Company Grounds, Main Street,
Shavertown, 6:30-11 p.m.
August 2-4 - Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Annual
Picnic, Church : Grounds, Stephenson & Everhart
Streets, Dupont, 6-12 p.m.
August 3-5 - Exaltation of Holy Cross Church Annual
Parish Bazaar, 420 Main Road, Buttonwood (off Sans
Souci Parkway), 4-12 p.m.
August 3-5 - SS Peter & Paul Church Annual Bazaar,
Holy Family Grounds, Sugar Notch, 6 p.m.-??
August 3-5 - St. John The Baptist Church Annual Pienie,
Church Grounds, Schooley Street, Exeter, 6 p.m.
August 3-5 - St. Mary’s Church Annual Bazaar, South
Hanover Street, Nanticoke, 6-11 p.m.
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August 3-5 - St. Aloysius Parish Annual Bazaar, Church
. Grounds, Division Street, Wilkes-Barre, Friday, Satur-
“day 6-77; Sunday 3 p.m.
August 3-5 - St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church,
Annual Bazaar, Church Grounds, Madison Street,
Wilkes-Barre, Friday, Saturday 5-12; Sunday noon-12
p.m.
August 5 - Harveys Lake Lions Club Annual Chicken
BBQ, Hanson’s Amusement Park, Harveys Lake, 12-6
p.m.
August 9-11 - St. Anthony’s Maronite Church Annual
Bazaar, Parish Grounds, Dana & Park Avenue,
Wilkes-Barre, Thursday, Friday, 4-12; Saturday 1-7?
August 10-12 - St. John’s Church Annual Parish Bazaar,
Church Grounds, Nesbitt Street, Larksville, Friday,
Saturday 6; Sunday 2 p.m.
August 10-12 - St. Jude’s Church Annual Bazaar, Parish
Grounds, Mountaintop, Friday 4-12; Saturday, Sunday,
noon-??
August 10-12 - Most Precious Blood Church Feast of the
Madonna Del Monte, Church Grounds, Hazleton,
Friday, Saturday, 5:30; Scnday 3 p.m.
August 10, 11 - St. Therese’s Church Annual Bazaar,
Church Grounds, Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre. Rain
date August 12.
August 15-18 - Good Will Hose Company No. 2 Annual
Bazaar, Rear of Hose House, 451 West Main Street,
Plymouth. 6-7?
August 16-18 - West Wyoming Hose Company No. 1
Annual Bazaar, Hose Company Grounds, West Wyo-
ming, 6 p.m.-midnight.
August 17-19 - Plymouth Township Volunteer Fire
Company No. 1 Annual Bazaar, Plymouth Township
Recreation Center, Route 11, Friday, Saturday 7-12;
Sunday 2-12; Parade Sunday 2 p.m.
August 17-19 - St. Joseph’s Monastery Bazaar &
Franciscan Days, Parish Grounds, East Northampton
Street, Wilkes-Barre, Friday, Saturday, 5; Sunday 4
pm. :
August 24-26 - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Annual Chicken Dinner and Bazaar, Route 29, Lake
Silkworth, Hunlock Creek, Friday, Saturday 5-11;
Sunday noon-11 p.m.; Ripcords Sky Divers, Saturday,
6:30 p.m.
August 25-26 - St. Mauro Festival, Lady of Grace
Church, 12th & Vine St., Hazleton, Saturday 5-77;
Sunday noon-??
Thru November 15 - Wilkes-Barre Recreation Board
sponsors Farmer’s Market, home grown goods, bake
sales, crafts, bands. Public Square, Wilkes-Barre,
every Thursday, 10:45 a.m. .
Thru October - Luzerne County Tourist Promotion
Agency sponsors Tours of the historic Nathan Denison
House, 35 Denison Street, Forty Fort, Daily 10-4; July,
August, Saturday, Sunday 1-4; September, October,
Sunday, 1-4; Information: 288-6784.
Thru Labor Day - Wyoming Historical & Geological
Society sponsors Public tours of Swetland Homestead,
Wyoming. Thursday thru Sunday 12-4 p.m. Informa-
tion: 823-6244.
Thru August - Pennsylvania Minerals, provides visitors
with an opportunity to view the variety of minerals &
rocks found in Pennsylvania. Wyoming Historical &
Geological Society Museum, 69 South Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre, Tuesday-Friday noon-4; Saturday 10
a.m.-4 p.m.
Thru July - A Group of American Artists Exhibit,
landscapes, still life, portraits. Gallery of Arts, 381
North Main Street, Pittston, weekends 2-5 or by
appointment: 693-4678.
Thru July 15 - PA Historical & Museum Commission, PA
Council for Humanities, Lehigh University, and
Eckley Miners’ Village present ‘Tourists in An
Industrial Scene,” an exhibit dealing with the import-
ance of Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) as a tourist
attraction in the 19th century. Eckley Miners’ Village,
Weatherly, Tuesday-Saturday, 9-5; Sunday 12-5 p.m.
July 4 - West Wyoming Hose Company No. 1 Fireworks
display. Slapar Park, West Wyoming, dusk.
July 9 - Children’s Summer Reading & Activities Club
Tour of Allen’s Subs, Sans Souci Parkway, Registra-
tion, Osterhout Library: 823-0156.
July 15 - "Annual Antique Auto Show sponsored by
Antique Automobile Club of America. Kiwanis Field,
Berwick, all day.
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