Set for Sept. 18
In cooperation with Homemakers
Schools, Inc. and local merchants,
The Dallas Post is happy to present
“All the Best’’ at Homemakers -
School, 1984.
Diane Gryger will be visiting the
Back Mountain Area on Tuesday,
Sept. 18 and has already met with
the staff of The Dallas Post and
area retailer in preparation for the
upcoming show.
Ms. Gryger works as a Home
aconomist for Homemakers
& ools, Inc., of Madison, Wiscon-
. sin, a part of Rural Gravure, Serv-.
ice, Inc. She currently travels 40-
50,000 miles annually through
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
, New York, Massachusetts, Connect-
.icut, Rhode Island, New, Jersey,
BETTY JANE EDMUNDS
Mrs. Betty Jane Edmunds, 58, of
93 Main St., Dallas, died Aug. 3 at
" home following a lengthy illness.
Surviving . are her husband,
homas; daughters, Mrs. Joan
affey, Swoyersville; two daugh-
ters, Helen and Sandra, at home;
sons, Jesse Coslett, Jr., Wilkes-
Barre; brothers, Henry Van Horn,
‘+ Dallas; Donald Van Horn, Lake-
wood, Co.
Funeral services were held Aug. 6
from Richard H. Disque Funeral
Home, Dallas, with the Rev. Robert
‘L. Benson of the Dallas United
Methodist Church, officiating. Inter-
ment, Fern Knoll Burial Park,
Dallas.
PEARL IDE
Pearl B. Ide, 76, of RD 4, Dallas,
Idetown, died Aug. 5 at the Leader
West Nursing Center, Kingston.
Surviving are a son, David O.,
Idetown; daughters, Mrs. Robert
Thomas, Idetown; Mrs. Fred
Hughes, Lehman; Miss Rita A. Ide,
Turnbridge Wells, England;
brother, Ernest Baer, Endicott,
Dalles Post/Ed Campbell
N.Y.; sisters, Mrs. Edith Boice,
Idetown; Mrs. Venita Moyer, Roch-
ester, N.Y.; Mrs. Dorothy Spencer,
Idetown; Mrs. Marie Wolfe,
Meeker; six grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be held today at 2
p.m. from Loyalville United Meth-
odist Church, with the Rev. Jeffrey
L. Rarich, pastor, officiating. Inter-
ment, will be in Chestnut Grove
Cemetery, Loyalville. Friends may
call at the church one hour prior to
time of services.
HAZEL HOOVER
Road, Harveys Lake, died Aug. 2 at
Leader East Nursing and Rehabili-
tation Center, Kingston.
Surviving are several nieces and
nephews. A brother, Edgar Wor-
thington, preceded her in death.
‘Funeral was held Aug. 4 from the
Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home,
Pikes Creek, with the Rev. Lawr-
ence Reed, pastor of Emmanuel
Assembly of God Church, Harveys
Lake, officiating. Interment, Ide-
town Cemetery.
Delaware, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania.
Ms. Gryger graduated from
Immaculata College with a Bache-
lor of Science Degree in Home
Economics Education. She received
her Master's Degree in General
Home Economics with a Nutrition
and Food Specialization from
Drexel University in Philadelphia.
A resident of Philadelphia, she pre-
viously taught home economics in
Philadelphia area high schools.
Dallas is one of approximately 300
locations across the United States
hosting these demonstrations of food
and equipment during 1984. Don’t
miss the opportunity! Watch The
Dallas Post for more details about
this fun-filled event.
“ Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
—_m
Barbecue held
Members of the Harveys
Lake Lions Club were kept
busy Sunday as they donned
their chef’s hats and cooked
at the club's annual Chicken
Bar-B-Que. Shown here in
the top photo are Charlie
Gordon, left, and Rich Wil-
liams, keep a close watch
on the barbecue pits while
Lion Rowland Ritts prepares
some individual dinners in
the photo at the bottom.
cere
with the cake are, from left,
is presented with a
Presenting the centurian
Connery, president,
of the occasion.
notes
By ANN DEVLIN
Staff Correspondent
This woman can vividly recall
events that happened about 60 years
ago when she was nearly 40 years
old. But - that means she would
have to be 100 years old.
And that she is. Sister M. Pius
Dillon celebrated her 100th birthday
Thursday, July 26.
Sister Pius sits comfortably in her
chair in her room at Mercy Center,
Dallas. The sun streams in the
window and grazes her shoulder, as
she talks about the early days when
she began serving with the Sisters
of Mercy in 1923.
Sister Pius remembers when she
first came to College Misericordia,
around the time of the groundbreak-
ing ceremony in 1924.
“There were 15 of us,” she says,
“and we all lived in the farm-
house.”
The farmhouse she is referring to
used to sit where the Meadows
complex is now. The College didn’t
have all of the buildings it has now,
so many of the young Sisters who
worked at Misericordia had to live
in the old farmhouse.
“We had to walk up the rocky
road to the College everyday,”
Sister Pius reminisces, ‘‘and we
could hear the cars going to Har-
veys Lake at night - it was spooky!”
Sister Pius joined the Sisters of
Mercy and came to work at College
Misericordia to be with her younger
sister Philip, who entered the con-
vent six months before she did.
State Dog Wardens from the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri-
culture will be making a return to
the area sometime during the week
of Aug. 13 and will be checking
homes where dogs are known to
reside. Any dog owner found not to
be in possession of a 1984 Dog
License for any canines over six
months of age will automatically
receive a citation to appear before a
magistrate. Fines can range up to
$300. plus court costs for first
offenders. All stray dogs found will
be picked up and impounded at the
local S.P.C.A.
Gene Dziak, dog law supervisor of
the department’s Bureau of Dog
Law Enforcement commented ‘By
now every dog owner should have
their pets licensed. If they don’t and
we find them they're in for a few
problems. Besides, a license is an
inexpensive way to reunite a lost
dog with its owner. It’s: a shame
that so many unlicensed dogs must
be destroyed because the humane
organization cannot locate their
owner. By law they (the S.P.C.A.)
must keep an unlicensed dog only 48
hours and, in most cases, the dogs
can then be humanely destroyed
because of overcrowding’, he con-
cluded.
Current dog licenses cost $5.00 for
productive dogs and $3.00 for those
spayed or neutured. Senior citizens
over 65 years of age are eligible for
a reduced fee if they can present
proof of age.
erne County Treasurer’s Office
during normal business hours.
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“But I was thinking of joining the
Blessed Sacrament Sisters,” says
Sister Pius, “I always wanted to be
a missionary Sister.”
Perhaps it is partly because of
her adventurous nature that she is
still in such good spirits. However,
according to. Sister Ruth Neely,
coordinator of Mercy Center, Sister
Pius’ good sense of humor keeps her
going.
When asked what is her secret of
living so long, Sister Pius promptly
replies, ‘I guess God lets me live -
God loves me, he left me here for
some purpose.” She continues, I
never pitied myself, no matter how
tough things got. I never got myself
down - I always bounced back.”
Of course, Sister Pius’ longevity
must also be attributed to the care
she receives at Mercy Center, a
home for retired nuns. ‘They take
good care of me here,” she states
firmly.
Sister Pius thoroughly enjoyed
her birthday celebration, which
included a mass attended by 70
Sisters from the community, and a
special blessing for Sister Pius. “I
had a glorious, grand time,” she
admits, surrounded by bouquets of
flowers and a box full of birthday
cards.
Sister Pius thinks out loud, ‘How
many years do I have left?’’ She
continues with a smile, “I'm wait-
ing for heaven, but nobody comes
back and tells me how it is.
“If I survive all the picture taking
and interviews, I'll live another
year,” she adds with a hearty
laugh.
he
honors
Laubach
The Frank and Effa Laubach
Memorial Library of Benton is cele-
brating the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Dr. Frank C. Laubach,
during National Literacy Week,
Sept. 2-9.
He was born in Benton and spent
his early life there.
Dr. Laubach was world famous as
a missionary, the confidant of gov-
ernments, expert in teaching mass
literacy, world authority on prayer,
Christian mystic, challenger of the
world’s complacency, and synony-
mous with the word ‘‘compassion”’.
He was known as ‘the apostle to
the illiterates” and ‘‘teacher of mil-
lions”. His literary methods and
modifications, influenced by his
methods, have helped millions to
learn to read in 314 of the world’s
languages in more than 200 coun-
tries.
Time, January 11, 1960, referred
to his fame as ‘‘Founder of a world-
wide literacy drive’; Lowell
Thomas - “The foremost teacher of
our time’; Norman Vincent Peale
in Look, 1960 - “One of the five
greatest men in the world’; News-
week, December 30, 1960 - “One of
the grand old men of the missionary
world”’.
He held the following degrees:
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Edu-
cation, Bachelor of Divinity, Master.
of Arts, Master of Education,
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology,
Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Let-
ters, Doctor of Human Letters, and
a Doctor of Philanthropy. Authored
over 35 books on biography, sociol-
ogy, history and international
affairs.
To honor Dr. Laubach, the U.S.
Postal Service is issuing a 30-cent
stamp featuring a portrait sketch of
Dr. Laubach along with his name.
This stamp is part of the Great
American Series. :
For further information, contact
Kenneth B. McCahan, President,
Laubach Library, Box 32, RD 3,
Benton, Pa. 17814, or call (717) 925-
6452.
Harveys Lake
awarded grant
State Senator Frank J. O’Connell
(R-Kingston) is pleased to announce
that the Harveys Lake Municipal
Authority has been awarded a $36,-
000 Community Facilities Grant
(CFG). The CFG is administered by
the state Department of Commerce
for the purpose of improving exist-
ing infrastructure.
The Harveys Lake award will be
used for the expansion of the exist-
ing sewage collection system. Some
of the money will also be used to
raise several manholes in the bor-
ough.
0’Connell said, “The CFG aids
communities that are unable to
afford the costs of improving infras-
tructure. The Harveys Lake grant
will help both the borough and its
residents address sewage con-
cerns.’
Monday-Friday
Sunday
*By Appointment Only
No Longer A Need
To Visit The Hospi-
tal For Many Diag-
nostic Tests and
Rehabilitative
Treaments
*An Affiliate of Mercy
Hospital, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
7:30 AM-6:00 PM
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