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! Come join us for fine food
and fellowship.
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will conduct a bus drivers training
school at the Lehman-Jackson Ele-
mentary School during the week o
July 30 - Aug. 3.
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.
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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.
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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.