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THE ALLENTOWN FAIR is look-
ing for five rock groups to compete
in a “Battle of the Bands’ contest
at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 29 at the
Farmerama Theater free stage.
Groups interested should write to
The AllentownFair, 17th & Chew
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Ed Galgon, Farmerama Chairman.
Events
AN “OPEN” GYMKHANA &
‘‘open”’ Western-English horseshow,
sponsored by the Luzerne County 4-
H, will be held Saturday, Sept. 7 and
Sunday Sept. 8, respectively. Each
show will begin at 8 a.m., at the
Luzerne County fairgrounds located
on Rte 118 between Dallas and
Lehman. The two events are the
permanent part of the eptember
fair. The fair is planned for Septem-
ber 4 to 8.
The gymnkhana, or gaming show,
will feature peewees, age 11 and
under, juniors, age 17 and under,
and open classes. Peewees will
receive trophies and eibbons, jun-
iors and open classes will receive
payback and additional payback by
sponsors. All gymnkhana classes
will be run by electronic timers.
Dana Campbell, Sweet Valley and
Mike Brown, Dallas, both leaders of
the Riding Ho 4-H club, are co-
chairmen of the 4-H sponsored
gymnkhana. -Carapbell is also the
superintendent of grounds rencva-
tions at the Luzerne County Fair.
Sunday’s event includes 34 classes
of English and Western style com-
petitions. Prizes include trophies,
ribbons, and cash paybacks of 20
percent, 15 percent, 10 percent and 5
percent. The horseshow will be
judged by Rick Adams of Quaker-
town and is under the chairmanship
of Donna Stritmatter, Mountaintop.
The shows will be held on the new
150; x 300’ horse and livestock arena
built this year through the cooper-
tive efforts of the Luzerne County 4-
H and the Luzerne County Fair
Association.
The fair is held annually the first
weekend following Labor Day; and
features hundreds of commercial
exhibits, food stands, five nights of
entertainment, arts and crafts, 4-H
and livestock shows and exhibits
and rides by S & S Amusements.
For more information Concerning
the horseshow call 678-5230 or 825-
1704.
THIS WEEKEND’S NATURE
PROGRAMS at Frances Slocum
State Park, Mount Olivet Road,
Wyoming, will feature the scenic
Deer Trail, The guided walks are
Saturday, Aug. 24 and Sunday,
Aug. 25, 2 p.m., ‘Exploring
Nature’s Gifts of the Deer Trail”,
through guided walks will discover
what plants, birds, animals and fish
live along the Deer Trail. The walk
will enjoy the many splended beau-
ties nature has to offer.
The walks will begin at the
entrance of the boat rental parking
lot. For more information call the
park at 696-3525.
FRANCES SLOCUM STATE
PARK, Mount Olivet Road, Wyo-
ming, will offer environmental edu-
cation services to school classes,
scout groups, and other organized
groups of children or adults, begin-
ning the week of June 1.
Park Naturalist Jeff Smith is now
accepting group reservations for
guided walks on the Park’s scenic
trails. The educational walks, which
run from 1 to 1% hours in length,
may be scheduled for weekdays or
weekends between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
A choice of guided walk topics,
including nature study and Ameri-
can Indian culture is available.
Groups are encouraged to sched-
ule walks at least three weeks in
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Exhibits
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,
1985 the Soldiers and Sailors Memo-
rial Hospital Auxiliary of Wellsboro
will host a Juried Art Exhibition as
a benefit to the hospital. The art
festival is being held in conjunction
with the Annual Auction.
This outdoor exhibit will take
place on the “Green”, a lovely park
across from the Tioga County Court-
house, Main Street in Wellsboro. In
the event of inclement weather, the
art show will be held in St. Paul's
Episcopal Parish Hall, located
across the street from the Green in
Wellsboro. Times for the festival
are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
A selected group of artists will be
showing their work, demonstrating,
and selling. This will be a wonderful
opportunity to see alot of fine art
and heritage crafts, as well as being
able to visit with the artists.
The day shall prove to be enjoya-
ble to all who visit the art festival in
Wellsboro.
“REFLECTIONS OF RURAL
IRELAND,” an exhibit of photo-
graphs taken in Ireland by area
native James M. Boyle will be
displayed in the Kilburn Room of
the Sheehy Student Center at King’s
College from Sunday, Sept. 8, to
Saturday, Sept. 21.
Open to the public free of charge
as part of the Cultural Events
Series at King’s, the exhibit will be
open Mondays to Fridays from 9
am. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays and
Sundays from noon to 8 p.m.
Photographs to be exhibited were
taken during Boyle's two most
recent trips to the Emreald Isle. All
are of rural Ireland where, Boyle
said, there is still much of the old
flavor of the country now lacking in
the cities where developments have
replaced the thatched roof cottages.
Classes
THE MERCY HOSPITAL WELL-
NESS CENTER, in conjunction with
the hospital’s Obstetrics and Physi-
cal Medicine departments, will
begin its next series of ‘‘Prepara-
tion for Childbirth’’ classes on
Wednesday, September 4. The pro-
gram focuses on the last three
months of pregnancy.
Classes will be held every
Wednesday, starting eptember 4
and ending on October 9, from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Mercy
Medical Arts Building. All matern-
ity patients are welcome regardless
of their obstetrical caregiver or
hospital of preference. Content of
class material is basic to the
obstetrical experience.
Classes are also scheduled for
October 30 - December 24. For
further information, call the Mercy
Wellness Center at 826-3267 or 826-
3553.
THE ‘“WEBSPINNERS”’
SQUARE DANCE CLUB of Trucks-
ville will once again conduct a
beginners class in the recreational
activity of “Modern Western Square
Dancing”. The classes, which will
be held in the Educational Building
of the Trucksville United Methodist
Church on Church Road, Trucks-
ville, will begin with two open house
nights. The Monday evenings of
September 9 and 16 have been
designated as open house nights.
The activities will start at 8 p.m.
and cenclude at 10 p.m. There isn't
any charge to attend these even-
ings, and it is an excellenyt way to
become acquainted with what is fast
becoming one of our nation’s finest
recreational activities.
Modern western square dancing
attracts people of all age groups
and vocations. It is fun set to music.
Along with the dancing the social
activities provide a means for var-
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Prior knowledge of square danc-
ing is not required, and everyone
attending will get a chance to par-
ticipate and try their hand at this
form of recreational activity. For
those who find they like what they
have had a taste of weekly classes
will start on Monday evening, Sept.
23. Instructor of the classes will be
Andy Glowach, who is the Webspin-
ner’s club caller.
Additional information concerning
the open house nights or the weekly
classes can be obtained by contact-
ing Andy or Barbie Glowach at 696-
1093.
Sales
A RUMMAGE SALE AND FLEA
MARKET will be held by the Jack-
son United Methodist Church
women on August 23.
It will be on the lot between
Howell and Jones Real Estate and
the Hoagie Bar, Memorial Highway,
Dallas. Starting at 9:30 a.m. Rain
date is August 24.
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its 90th year
Are you 90 - or older? Do you live
in Wyoming Valley? The Family
Service Association is inviting you
to be a special guest at their 90th
Anniversary Celebration.
ON Thursday, September 5, at
noon, Family Services Association
will host its 90th Annual Meeting
with a luncheon at the Sheraton-
Crossgates Hotel, Wilkes-Barre. The
meeting will be attended by area
leaders, officials and dignitaries.
Community Service Awards will be
presented and a prominent speaker
will be featured.
If you would like to accept Family
Service Association’s invitation to
90-year olds to be a guest at the
luncheon, please call Family Serv-
ice at 823-5144.
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Deadline for commercial exhibi-
tors to reserve space at the Luzerne
County Fair is Friday, August 23.
Exhibitors are requested to call
committee chairman, Buck Albert,
at 288-3607 by the deadline date to
assure room at the fair. The fair is
scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 4 to
Sunday, Sept. 8, located at the
fairgrounds on Rte. 118, Dallas-
Lehman.
Each year, hundreds of commer-
cial exhibitors and numerous food
concessions from throughout Penn-
sylvania and parts of New York
participate in the Luzerne County
Fair. The fair provides five days of
live entertainment, thrill rides by S
& S Amusements, arts and craft, 4-
H and livestock shows and exhibits;
and commercial exhibits, plus
numerous enthic food concessions
for over 40,000 fair goers.
Commercial exhibits range from
recreational trailers to tee-shirts,
palm reading to log cabins, tractors
to small aircraft, jewelry, plants,
waterbeds and more.
Costs for the space are listed on
the reservation form and vary
according to covered and uncovered
specifications and front footage. A
minimum of twenty feet front foo-
tage for outdoor space is required
and a minimum of ten feet front
footage for covered space. All com-
mercial food vendors must be
licensed by the Commonwealth of
PA.
The commercial exhibit commit-
tee is under the direction of Buck
Albert, a resident of Dallas. %
Musicians of professional sym-
phonic capability are invited to
audition for the Northeastefn Penn-
sylvania Philharmonic on Sunday,
Sept. 8 and Monday, Sept. 9 in
Scranton. The Orchestra is seeking
musicians for the positions of Prin-
cipal Harp, and section violin, viola
and cello.
Auditions for harps and violins wil
Itake place on Sunday, Sept. 8 at
Marywood College. Auditions for
violas and celli will be held on
Monday, Sept. 9 at Shopland Hall,
Fourth Floor, Masonic Temple.
The Philharmonic is a fully pro-
fessional, unionized symphony
orchestra based in Scranton and
Wilkes-Barre. Music Director-Con-
ductor of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania Philharmonic is Hugh Wolff,
winner of the Seaver Conducting
Award and recently appointed
Music Director of the New Jersey
Symphony.
The Orchestra’s 14th Season will
premier Sept. 27 and 28 with violin-
ist Elmar Oliveri, the first Ameri-
can to capture the Tchaikovsky
Competition Gold Medal. Subse-
quent dates include Oct. 25 and 26
with Cellist Carter Brey; Nov. 15-16
with Mitch Miller and the Philhar-
monic Pops; Dec. 20 and 21 a
Holiday Celebration with Guest Con-
ductor Christopher Wilkins, Soprano
Christine Donahue and the Pennsyl-
vania Boy Singers; Jan. 24 and 25,
“La Boheme’ in Concert form;
Feb. 21 and 22, Cameo Classic with
Tenor David Gordon and Principal
Horn Debra Poole; March 21 and 22
will feature the Bob Brown Puppets
in Ravel’s ‘“Mischievious Child” and
April 18 and 19 the season will close
with Pianist Leon Fleischer.
Musicians who wish to audition
for these positions should call the
Philharmonic during business
hours, (717) 457-8301, (717) 287-1916
or (717) 342-0920, immediately to
receive additional information or to
schedule an appointment. Inquiries
may also be sent to Philharmonic,
Box 72, Avoca, PA 18641.
The Eighth Annual Wyoming His-
torical and Geological Society Auc-
tion will be held at the Swetland
Homestead on Saturday, Sept. 14,
beginning at 10 a.m.
The Swetland Homestead is a
quiet, impressive historic home
located at 885 Wyoming Avenue in
Wyoming. The antiques and heir-
looms featured at the auction will
blend perfectly into the atmosphere
of the Homestead, which reflects
nineteenth century architecture.
Besides antiques and heirlooms,
this year’s auction will also feature
new goods, children’s games and
toys, and a flea market. Refresh-
ments will be provided by the Irem
Temple Stewards. The Hillside Ice
Cream Wagon will be stocked with
ice cream for a cool treat. Each
year ‘the auction also features a
bake sale, complete with a wide
assortment of homemade baked
goods as well as jams, jellies and
other specialties.
Raffle tickets will also be availa-
ble providing everyone with a
chance to win a watercelor of their
home by local artist, Sue Hand, or a
handcrafted sampler of the Fell
Tavern by Jane Sopko.
According to Burt Logan, Execu-
tive Director, the auction provides
about 10 percent of the Society’s
annual operating income. The pro-
ceeds ‘“‘enable us to fulfill our mis-
sion of collecting, preserving and
interpreting the history of Luzerne
of money the auction raised has
increased from $3,300 in 1978 to
nearly $8,700 in 1984. :
The auction proceeds are used to
cal and Geological Society, founded
in 1858, which includes the mainten-
ace of the Swetland Homestead. The
Homestead offers visitors a look at
ho our ancestors lived and attracts
about 1,000 guests each year. It is
open for tours from June 1 through
Labor Day, Thursday through
Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
The money raised by the auction
also helps support the Society’s
other activities such as the museum :
of local history at 69 South Franklin
Street, Wilkes-Barre and the Bishop
Memorial Library.
The Society has also participated
in a number of publications, pro-
grams, and lectures.
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