open to the public free of charge. ness.”’ but, discovered that the Alderson United Methodist Women held their regular July meeting at the church recently with Alice Holdworth as hsotess. Mildred Garinger, program chair- man, presented the theme for the evening, ‘Reach of a Rainbow’ and led in singing, ‘God who Touchest- Earth with Beauty”. Esther Grey read from Genesis the scripture lesson of God's Rainbow Covenant. Iva Wall read an appropriate story- poem followed by prayer. Rev. Ken- nard, accompanied by his wife, “0, Lord, You made the Rainbow.’ Mary Kuchta gave a brief review of Ralph Sands’ latest book entitled, “Reach for a Rainbow.” Eleanor Puterbaugh presided at the business meeting during which time plans were made to fill eight migrant workers kits and deliver them through the Council of Churches; purchase aluminum lad- ders as specified by board members and trustees; and purchase also large cooking pots for the kitchen as deemed necessary by chairman and workers. - Cards were sent to Elsie Rauch and Peg Truska who are convalesc- ing at home, following recent sur- gery. Both are doing nicely, but time is an important element toward recovery. Delicious refreshments were served at tables beautifully deco- rated with rainbows and candles. Marguerite Cauda got the lucky number 12 and place card with the pot of gold. She was presented with a plate in memory of the occasion. Present were: Mabel Ackerman, Doris Ander- son, Marguerite Cauda, Anne Coul- ton, Amelia Davis, Mildred Garin- ger, Esther Grey, Alice Holdsworth, Helen Hunsinger, Rev. William Ken- nard, Sally Kennard, Mary Ann Kuchta, Lucy Manusky, Betty Muntzer, Eleanor Puterbaugh, Ethel Roden and Iva Wall. The next meeting will be held in the form of -a Covered Dish Picnic Supper at the home of Doris Ander- son with Anne Coulton as co-hostess. The regular time, day and date are changed. Notice the picnic supper is scheduled for Tuesday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m. All church women are invited! 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The school will enable the partici- pants to satisfy the requirements in obtaining a class 4 drivers license, as well as bus drivers who are seeking to have their license renewed. The course for new bus drivers will consist of 14 hours of classroom theory and six hours of behind-the- wheel driving. The course for driv- ers wishing to renew their bus drivers license will consist of 10 hours of instruction. Registration for the first session will be held in Lehman-Jackson Elementary School at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 30. The class is open to all persons holding a valid opera- tion license or a valid bus drivers license. Charles James will be the instructor. ALTB DRUG STORE 326 Hughes St. Swoyersville, Pa. 287-7724 Vitamin C 500 mg., 60's ...... 99¢ Vitamin E 400 mg., 60's Halls’s Cough Drops 3 Pkgs. .......... 99¢ Bic Lighters 2 Pkg. ............ 99¢ FREE PICK UP AND DELIVERY LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED JOE RANIELI, R. PH. 287-7724 oesezenan onan onan GN Gn GN GN GB GR En ED =D Gn EN 6) Robert J . Robert S. electrical engineering. plishment. Pittston. Pictured from left are J oseph R. Fink. A total of 4,490 undergraduates qualified for the Dean's List at Penn State University for the spring semester, which ended in May. An average of 3.50 or better is required for the Dean's List. Area residents who qualified are: Joseph E. Clemson, 150 W. Over- brook St.; Susan G. Conaway, RD 4, Box 244; Ingrid G. Fries, 16 Kings- wood Drive; Joseph L. Hall, RD 2, Box 347, Loyalville Rd.; Margaret A. Hall, RD 2, Box 347, Loyalville Rd.; Kerrie A. Lehon, 49 Circle Dr., RD 5; Amelia O'Donnell, 135 W. Center Hill Rd.; james F. Perry, § Oak Dr.; Robert G. Robinson, 11 Kingswood Dr., all of Dallas. Janet M. Miskovie, 727 Bennett St.; Susan M. Shupnik, 550 Charles St., Luzerne. Craig P. Adams, 588 S. Main Rd.; David Frankenfield, 14 Chestnut St.; Elizabeth A. Gricol, 147 Forest Mountain Blvd.; Diane M. Mayka, 4 Schultz Lane; Donna M. Mazfika, 251 Grandview Ave.; Karen A. Raf- ferty, 20 Walden Drive; Paul J. Their's was the first American string quartet to perform in the People’s Republic of China. They were invited to the White House to play for President Carter and Israeli Prime Minster Menachem Begin. They've appeared on CBS's ‘Sunday Morning'® program. They're the only American chamber musicians to win a European com- petition. Altogether, they're the Audubon Quartet, scheduled to appear n Dallas Aug. 19. Individually, they're Lawrence Shapiro, Sharon Smith Polifrone, Doris Lederer Howritz and Tom Shaw: They are what the layperson would call “famous.” They're inter- nationally renowned. But fame means something different to them. “This is something that we've pretty much trained for since we were this high.’ Shaw held his hand about three feet from the floor. “The people that (fame) gets to are the people that it happened to over- night. “We've been growing, we're always learning, and we're never going to stop getting better, hope- fully,” Lederer added. “When you just worry about playing well and striving for higher standards, then you don’t think about how famous you are." The Audubon Quartet was formed by Shaw 10 years ago. Although the changed, the quality has not. But if the Quartet has continually improved, it is because of constant attention to a craft. “A lot of people think our profes- sion is glamorous involved, but the glamour comes when you're sitting on stage and it feels so good to be playing: just playing together, making music, relating to each other on stage and to the audience. Then, hopefully, the happy audience comes and congratulates you, and invites you to a reception. But before and after that, it's really hard work." The career of a string quartet differs from that of other profes- sionals, they said. Adequate public- ity and favorable reviews often carry more weight than true talent. “You can play a concert in Chi- The Dallas Senior high School Class of 1969 will hold a meeting to discuss plans for its 15th year reunion. The new date set for the reunion is Saturday, Sept. 1, of the Labor Day weekend. The reunion will be held at Ruckno’s Pond in Dallas. Anyone having any information on the following classmates are asked to contact the Ruckno's at 288-6302. Alicia ‘Bauman, D'AnneCooper. Linda Carey, JoAnn Gruver mateyu, Linda Lewis, Deborah Lorsong, Chris Meyer, Scott Peterman, Lynn Powlus, William Ryan, Robert Showers, John Thorpe, Dave Updyke, James Welch. The next meeting will be Monday, July 30 at Monty's Cocktail Lounge in Luzerne at 7 p.m. Friends of classmates interested in attending the reunion may call the Ruckno's. William R. Wagner, Dallas Senior High School yearbood advisor, reminds the Class of 1985 that appointments for senior portraits must be made with the photogra- pher by Sept. 1 to assure their appearance in the 1985 yearbook. The yearbook staff requires a 2'4 x 3-inch black and white glossy. - The 1984 yearbook was completed as of June 15 and should be deliv- ered to the school in late August. Notification of the arival will be made in this publication. Students are asked not to call the school. Slusarz, 349 Church Road; Beverly A. Tunmer, 62 Walden Park, Kath- leen A. Wychock, 15 Grove St., all of Mountaintop. Robert G. Hoffman, 161 Young- blood Ave.; Bradley J. Rhone, 135 Shadetree Rd., Shavertown. Toni L. Brandon, RD 1, Box 230; Karen L. Williams, Box 129C, RD 1, Sweet Valley. Harry J. -Yekel, 182 Dennison, St., Swoyersville. Judith Loke, 160 Spring Garden St., Trucksville. Play Here cago on Monday and get a terrific review, and on Wednesday you can go play in L.A. and it's terrible,” Shaw explained. “It doesn’t matter what Chicago thinks. Then, from one year to the next, you've still got to maintain a reputation. At no point do you do enough to really live on forever.” Perhaps the greatest drawback is the travel. The quartet's travel schedule consumes half to two- thirds of every year. This means separation from homes and fami- lies. Lederer’s husband, Mark Horwitz, for instance, is a rock-jazz musician who toured with the musical, ‘‘Bea- tlemania,’’ for the first year of their marriage while she traveled with the quartet. “We were out on the road most of the year,” she recalled with a smile, ‘‘so we got together in Kansas City." Shaw has a wife, Teresa, and three sons. The sons do well because ‘‘they’'ve got a very good mommy,” Shaw said. ‘The quartet when we first met, so it's never been a question. I'm very lucky in that way. I think there are a lot of people in relationship that wouldn't put up with what a quartet musician goes through." The travel itself is often a far cry from the supposed glamour of the job. In December 1981, the quartet performed in East Orange, N.J. “In those days, we were really erazy,’ Lederer recalled. “We had a van and we'd try to save money when we could.”” The concert ended at about 11 p.m., she said, and the group loaded up the van and started down the interstate. (‘Along about six in the morning, we got to Staunton and there was an ice storm coming from the south. We hit that on the interstate and we went round and round and the violinist hit the windshield and had to have stitches and we were all black and blue. That's glamour for you. People couldn't even get to us, the roads were so icy. We were all bleeding, and the van was stuck out in the middle of the interstate. Finally the state trooper started off taking us to the hospital, and had to keep stopping along theway to help other people. We sat in the hospital a whole day waiting for someone from Blacksburg to pick us up.” Hardships aside, each member of the quartet loves the experience. “I remember in China, the audi- ences were just hungry,” Lederer said. ‘They were on the edge of their seats just soaking up every second. * “Luckily, we are in the kind of profession--chamber music--where every audience we play for is there because they want to hear the conert, not because they want to’ show off their fur coat, like a symphony concert," Shaw added. Chamber audiences are generally smaller, he went on, and more involved. ‘It's a very special thing that we deal with.
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