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RAM III, LTD. PRODUCTION
~ COMPANY for Pocono Playhouse
invites the young, young at heart,
and families of the community to
participate and work with our pro-
fessional cast of actors in this very
special RAM III production of Jesus
Christ Superstar.
One audition will be held on Tues-
day, May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Pocono
Playhouse located on Playhouse
Lane, just off Rte. 390 and 191 in
Mountainhome, Pa.
For further information, please
call 717-595-7456.
Dinners
THE ANNUAL SPRING
CHICKEN BAR-B-QUE DINNER of
the Trucksville United Methodist
Church will be May 3 and May 4. It
will be held in the Educational
Building with the serving starting at
5 p.m.-7 p.m. Takeouts will be
available starting at 4:30 p.m.
David Mathers is general chair-
man assisted by Walter Pickert,
tickets, 675-0331. You may also call
Vought Long 696-2666 or James Rey-
nolds 696-2469. Rev. Thomas
Clemow is pastor.
THE DALLAS CHAPTER OF
UNICO NATIONAL will hold a
dinner meeting at the Castle Inn,
Memorial Highway, Dallas, on
Wednesday, May 8 starting at 7
p.m.
In conjunction with “Be Kind to
Animal Week” the program will
include guest speakers from the
S.P.C.A.
Reservations for dinner must be
made no later than May 6 by calling
675-1163.
The meeting is open to the public
and anyone who is interested is
welcome to attend.
Events
REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE of Luz-
erne County Community College
will be available at the Wilkes-
Barre Employment Office on
Wednesday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to
noon.
The college officials will be on
hand to answer questions and dis-
tribute information on the college’s
credit and non-credit offerings.
THE ANNUAL SPRING LUNCH-
EON of the Philharmonic League of
Wilkes-Barre will be held on Tues-
' day, May 7 in the Princess Room at
Genetti’s Best Western Motor Inn.
The social hour will start at 12:30
followed by luncheon at 1 p.m.
Entertainment will be provided by
the Madrigal Singers of Wyoming
Seminary Lower School. For reser-
vations please contact the Philhar-
monic office at 287-1916.
THE WILKES-BARRE CHRIS-
TIAN WOMEN’S CLUB will conduct
a breakfast buffet on Wednesday,
May 15, at Gus Genetti’s Restau-
rant, Market Street, Wilkes-Barre.
Nancy Sutliff of Shickshinny will
be the speaker while Paula Brown
of Dallas will providce music and
Steve Kelly, transplant specialist
from Geisinger Medical Center,
Danville, will provide a program
entitled “Gift of Life.”
Cost is $4.75. For reservations,
call Fran Gilbert at 696-3756 or Vera
Kresge at 824-5937.
ON MAY 3, 4, 5, 1985 Irem
Temple’s Oriental Band will be
holding a ‘“‘Cherry Blossom Jambo-
ree’ at which time they will be host
for all of the Oriental Bands in the
Mid-Atlantic Shrine Oriental Band
Association, as well as, those in the
surrounding disricts.
Band competition will begin at 12
noon on Saturday May 4, at the
Irem Temple Mosque and will be
open to the public free of charge.
~ Honorary Chairman of the
~ “Cherry Blossom Jamboree” will
be Irem Temple’s Walter Masters,
President of Mid-Atlantic Shrine
Oriental Band Association.
An invitation to attend is extended
to all.
Awards Banquet will be held Sat-
urday, May 4 at the Woodlands Inn,
Route 315, Plains Township, at 7
p.m. Gerald L. Miller is General Co-
chairman, assisted by Emmanuel
W. Chase and Joseph T. Herbert.
SOLO CLUB of Luzerne County
announces the schedule for May as
follows:
- May 4, Dancing at American
Legion in Plains, 9:30.
~ May 11, Dancing at Dupont
V.F.W. 9:30.
May 18, Dancing at Carriage Stop
Inn, 9:30. :
May 25, Dancing at Chet’s in
Moosic, 9:30.
At a recent meeting plans were
made for the annual picnic to be
held in Exeter on July 27. Persons
interested in joining can call for
information Gene Shray 675-1704,
FRANK'S ARCO
Memorial Hwy., Dallas
675-2662
Open Mon.-Sat. 5 a.m.-12 midnight
Sun, 7 a.m.-11 p.m.
For gas sales and service.
Garage Hours
Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sat. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
For general auto repairs, servic-
ing and electric power tool
repairs.
Betty Yuskoski 288-7783, Doris
Skurka 562-0428.
THE SOCIAL CLUB of the Mead-
ows Apartments, 220 Lake Street,
Dallas, will hold its third annual
Spring Festival on Thursday, May 9
between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Chairman of the affair is Peg
Williams. All items sold will be
handcrafted by the residents, which
will include: Handmade arts and
crafts, handpainted ceramics,
freshly homemade baked goods,
also plants, attic treasures, and
rummage.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. Refreshments will be sold.
Classes
THE MERCY HOSPITAL, Wilkes-
Barre, Wellness Center, in conjunc-
tion with the Hospital’s Obstetrics
and Physical Medicine Depart-
ments, will begin its next series of
“Preparation for Childbirth’
classes on Wednesday, May 15. This
program focuses on the last three
months of pregnancy.
In addition to the class starting on
May 15, other classes scheduled
are: September 4 - October 9, and
October 30 - December 4, 1985.
For further information, call the
Mercy Wellness Center at 826-3267.
settings of hymn texts by the con-
temporary hymn writer, Bryan Jef-
frey Leech.
Accompanied by Aleta Crone, a
sophomore music education major
at Messiah, the Singers will be
presenting several concerts a month
during the 1984-1985 academic year.
They are featured regularly on the
weekly radio program, ‘Music from
Messiah College.”
Dr. Ronald Miller, chairman of
the Music Department, joined Mes-
siah’s faculty in 1968. He holds a
B.S. in music education from Indi-
ana University of Pennsylvania, and
the M.M. and Ph.D. in musicology
from the School of Music, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana.
He has conducted the Messiah Col-
lege Singers since 1980.
Lectures
Sales
THE SHAVERTOWN FIRE CO.
LADIES AUXILIARY will hold a
Rummage and White Elephant Sale
on Friday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Saturday, May 4, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the fire hall, Main
Street.
Saturday will also be $1 a bag
day.
THE 33RD ANNUAL ANTIQUES
SHOW AND SALE sponsored by the
Women of Prince of Peace Episco-
pal Church will be held on Friday,
May 3 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on
Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. in the church’s Parish House
on Main Street, Dallas.
The Show will feature 13 antique
dealers, a flower mart, and a flea
market. A snack bar will provide
delicious homemade soups, sand-
wiches, and pies throughout the
show. A Victorian crystal decanter
with a tear drop stopper will be
awarded as door prize.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this fine spring Back Moun-
tain event. Tickets may be pur-
chased at the door. Free parking is
provided.
Concerts
ON SUNDAY, MAY 19, at 7:30
p.m., the Chestnut Brass Company
of Philadelphia will be at the Shav-
ertown United Methodist Church in
the Fifth Annual Spring Candlelight
Concert which is sponsored by the
Fine Arts Committee.
The Chestnut Brass Company is a
versatile and acclaimed quintet and
presents a program of baroque,
classical, jazz and ragtime music.
With each of the five members
being a skilled soloist in his own
right, their combined efforts have
favorably impressed the music
scene since their repertoire offers
appeal to music lovers of all ages.
The Fine Arts Committee of Shav-
ertown UM Church has in recent
years sponsored a variety of pro-
grams in their concert series. Art-
ists outstanding in their fields have
been presented along with various
art forms. The Orpheus Choral
Society, under the direction of
Gordon Evans, is included in the
Fall Season’s schedule.
Members of the Fine Arts Com-
mittee are Helen Earles, chairper-
son, Joan Williams, Michael Miller,
Robert Deeble, Alice Niskey, Doris
Parsons, Lois Cook, John Rogers,
Shirley Smith and James Wert.
The Shavertown UM Churéh is
located on the corner of West Center
Street and North Pioneer Avenue.
The Reverend James A. Wert is
pastor, The Reverend Harriet L.
Santos is Associate Pastor, and
Michael S. Miller is Music Director.
THE MESSIAH COLLEGE SING-
ERS, a talented group of 18 vocal-
ists, will perform at Dallas Baptist
Church on Saturday, May 4, at 7
p.m.
Under the direction of Dr. Ronald
L. Miller, the Singers will render
selections by such composers as
Brahms, Butler and Rutter. Several
hymn and folk song arrangments by
John Ness Beck and Fred Bock will
be included, also, along with several
DR. MARTHA E. ROGERS, R.N.,
will present a lecture entitled,
“Review of Rogers’ Theoretical
Nursing Model, Its Applicability to
the Undergraduate and Staff Nurs-
ing Role,” on May 3 at 7 p.m. in
Merrick Hall at College Misericor-
dia, Dallas.
The author of three books, Dr.
Rogers has also published more
than 200 articles in nursing and
health journals. As a lecturer, she
has presented several hundred pro-
fessional papers to nurses, public
health officials and medical and
hospital personnel throughout the
nation and in several foreign coun-
tries.
‘Reservations for this free lecture
can be made by calling Misericor-
dia’s division of nursing at 675-2181.
DR. A. RICHARD KENDALL,
professor and chairman of the urol-
ogy department at Temple Univer-
sity School of Medicine, will speak
to area physicians on the topic
“Urinary Tract Infections.”’ The
lecture, which will be held on Thurs-
day, May 9, at 11 a.m. in the Nesbitt
Medical Arts Building, is part of the
Continuing Physician Education
Program at Nesbitt Memorial Hos-
pital.
Dr. Kendall is a member of the
American Association of Clinical
Urologists and a member of the
Canadian Urological Association.
Education at Franklin and Marshall
College, and Temple University
School of Medicine, he is the author
of Obstructive Uropathy: Prosta-
tism in Fundamentals of Urology
and Malignant Tumors of the
Kidney in Children.
The program, under the direction
of Dr. William Boyle, chairman of
the Medical Education and Library
Committee, -is designed to form a
link between laboratory concepts
and the care of patients in the office
setting.
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Treasures;
Antiques; The Willows;
Barn; Cider Mill Antiques;
House.
Red Barn
advisor.
Peace Church.
Following the program, Leader-
ship Wilkes-Barre alumni headed by
Frank Pasquini will join this year’s
“class” to hear an update on the
Committee on Economic Growth’s
efforts to attract new industry and
improve the business climate for
present businesses; speaker will be
Dr. James Ryan, camus executive
officer for Penn State Wilkes-Barre
and an officer of CEG.
Programs
| Seminars
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT COUNCIL OF NORTHEAST-
International Trade Administration
and the Small Business Administra-
tion (SBA) announced that registra-
tions are still being accepted for an
all-day Small Business Achievement
Seminar to be held at the Wood-
lands An Inn, Route 315, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. on May 2.
Persons wishing to attend should
pre-register for the EDCNP Small
Business Achievement Seminar by
contacting staff person Robert
Murphy at the Council, 1151 Oak
Street, Pittston, Pa, 18640-3795, or
phoning (717) 655-5581. The registra-
tion fee is $25. and includes registra-
tion, handouts, luncheon and partici-
pation in the special wine and
cheese reception.
“UNDERSTANDING THE
MEDIA” will be the topic of the
Leadership Wilkes-Barre program
May 2 at the Penn State Wilkes-
Barre campus in Lehman, from 8:45
a.m. to 5 p.m. This seminar isone of
the 10 held during the year for
participants in the leadership train-
ing program.
Kit Seelye, an editor of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer, will talk on “The
Role of the Media in Modern Day
Society,” and she will moderate a
panel of local news media repre-
sentatives.
Panelists include Rick mates of
WEJL Radio, Paul Golias of the
Citizens Voice newspaper, Paul
Steuber of WNEP-TV and Allison
Walzer Danoff of .the Times Leader
newspaper. Ms. Danoff also will
conduct a news simulation exercise.
Bill Bachman, public relations
director of PG&W will present a
lesson in ‘How to Be Interviewed or
Facing the Media.”
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH, Shavertown, is offering a
three week program for Adults who
want to grow in their ability to
parent teenagers.
The sessions will begin on Mayl
and continue on May 8, 15, from
7:30-9:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church. Topics that will
be discussed are:
Parents: Born or Made? Forces
that Form Us”; Control vs. Free-
dom; Feeling the Pull’; “Values in
the 80’s.”
Alice Howard, a counselor in the
Life Enrichment Program of
Lutheran Welfare Service, will lead
the sessions. Ms. Howard is on the
staff at Kirkridge, an ecumenical
retreat and study center near
Bangor, Pa. Ms. Howard and her
minister husband, who is also on the
staff at Kirkridge, are co-authors of
“Exploring the Road Less Trav-
eled”’ published this spring by
Simon and Schuster. This study
guide for groups grew out of the
Howard’s extensive work with
groups focusing on both psychologi-
cal and spiritual growth and using
the best seller by Dr. M. Scott peck
“The Road Less Traveled”. Alice’s
first love is working with parents
whom she sees as God’s Very
Important People.
Cost for the program is $5 per
person or couple, and is open to
anyone wishing to grow in the abil-
ity to become a parent. Reserva-
tions can be obtained from either
Pastor Lynn Rothrock, pastor of St.
Paul’s or from the church office
which is open from 9 am. - 1 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
or Wednesday evening before the
session begins.
THE COMMERCE CLUB of the
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of
Commerce will welcome Clifford L.
Jones, President of the Pennsyl-
vania State Chamber, at the final
session of its luncheon series. The
program will be held on Friday,
May 3 at Genetti’s Best Western
beginning with a cash bar at 11:45
a.m.
Jones’ topic will be: ‘Pennsyl-
vania’s Economy: Today and
Tomorrow.”
Reservations for the program
may be made by calling the Cham-
ber office at 823-2101. The cost is
$8.00 members and $10 non-mem-
bers.
THREE TECHNOLOGY PRO-
GRAMS -- Computer Science, Die-
tetic Technology and Emergency
Medical Services -- are exptected to
attracta diverse student age group
to Luzerne County Community Col-
lege because of a strong relation-
ship to today’s job market.
The program is open to students
with no previous experience in the
emergency medical services area
and to current practitioners who
wish to challenge previous Emer-
gency Medical Technician and Par-
amedic course. work for college
credit.
For further information on any of
the technology programs offered at
Luzerne County Community Col-
lege, contact the Admissions Office,
829-7300.
RESERVE Y
Weddings Phone
Graduations
Parties
Showers, etc.
All Colorful Tents
A UNIQUE PROGRAM commem-
orating the 40th anniversary of the
conclusion of World War II will be
conducted by Luzerne County Com-
munity College on Wednesday, May
1, beginning at 1 p.m.
The program, which is being coor-
dinated by Fred Walters, assistant
professor at LCCC; will be con-
ducted at the college’s Educational
Conference Center and will include
presentations on the history of
World War II, films from the era of
the conflict and first-hand accounts
of the fighting by regional veterans.
The public is cordially invited to
attend any or all of the program
events. For further information con-
tact Fred Walters at Luzerne
County Community College, 829-
7415.
Meetings
LAKE-LEHMAN ALL SPORTS
BOOSTER CLUB will hold bi-
monthly meeting Thursday, May 2
at Joe’s Grotto, Harveys Lake. The
meeting will commence at 8 p.m.
President, Don Weidner will pre-
side. General public is encouraged
to attend.
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