A LOVELY BABY SHOWER was held for Beth Chocallo on Saturday at Yesterday’s Restaurant. Beth’s mom, Emily Steltz, was hostess. Many beautiful gifts were received, among them a homemade cradle from Beth’s father Buzz and a hand- knitted afghan from her mom. Beth and her’husband Rich are expecting their first child soon. Family and friends just can’t wait for the little angel to arrive. -0- MY HUSBAND BILL AND I attended the chicken dinner Huntsville Unitded Methodist Church over the weekend. Our niece Barb is a member of the church so we JOAN have had the KINGSBURY pleasure of occasionally attending an activity there. Each time we have found member of the congregation to be very friendly and warm, as is their pastor, Rev. Harriet Santos. The dinner was a marvelous treat as was evident by the number of people waiting to eat there. Chicken, pepperhash, homemade applesaue, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, rolls and homemade pie were provided for dinner. The food was delicious. I always enjoy church dinner because the food is always good and the proceeds go for a very good cause. -0- SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY DINNERS, Pat Luke of the Dallas Women of Kiwanis, called me the other day to announce that the organization will hold a spaghetti dinner on October 23 at the Dallas Junior High School. Serving will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. For take-outs, bring your own containers. Prices will be $4 for adults and $3 for children. Pat Johnson and Nancy Bossert are chairmen of the spaghetti dinner which is being catered by Dente’s. -0- IF YOU HAVE A SMALL CHILD who is having a little problem adjusting to school, here is a hint that might be of help. If your child takes a snack or his lunch, put a simple message on the napkin. One mom whose son Mikey is a student at Trinity Nursery School drew a heart and put “I love you” in it. You would be surprised what a comfort this is to a child. Although a young child usually can’t read, they readily learn to recognize this message. -0- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET AWAY for a day, Bishop O’Reilly High School Blue and Gold Club is sponsoring two bus trips. On October 4, the group will travel to Baltimore Harbor; on November 15, they will take in the Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. For information and reservations, call Lucille at 675-2522 after 3 P.M. -0- VOLUNTEERS ARE INVALUABLE. Without them, many organizations like fire companies, ambulance crews could not function. Volunteers have played an important part in the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas since its opening in 1983. Recently, a combination auxiliary office - volunteer lounge was used during lunch breaks and break times as well as a center for launching the auxiliary’s annual fund drive. -0- BEST WISHES to Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. Brace who were married Saturday in Huntsville Christian church. Rev. Clifford Jones and Rev. James Wert performed the double ring ceremony. Mrs. Brace is the former Holly Louise Rave, daughter of Mr. and graduate of Lake-Lehman High School, she also attended Penn State Univesity. She is employed by Rave Nursery, Shavertown. Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Brace, Dallas. A graduate of Dallas Senior High School, he is also attending Penn State University. He is employed by engineer. Following a wedding trip to Bar Harbor, Maine, the Braces will reside in Huntsville. -0- MRS. MARIE CHICALLO, Plymouth, and Mr. Michael Rudick, Toms River, N.J., have announced the engagement for their daughter, Linda Louise, to Donald Louis Fritzges, son of Earl Fritzges, Trucksville, and the late Audrewy Fritzges. Miss Rudick is a graduate of Dallas High School and Shippensburg State College. She is employed as a nursery school teacher at the Appletree Nursery and Primary School, Forty Fort. Mr. Fritzges is also a graduate of Dallas High School and is employed by the Kingston township Road Department. The couple will be married May 23, 1987 in St. Therese’s Church, | Shavertown. -0- THE 73RD ANNUAL REUNION of the Crispell Family, Pennsylvania Branch, was held recently at Dymond’s Grove, Noxen, with 46 people attending. The Crispells are descendants of Antoine (Crespell) Crispell who came to this country in 1660 and, with 11 others, founded the village of New Paltz, N.Y. Around 1825, Thomas Crispell and his wife settled in the Noxen-Beaumont area. It is the descendants of this couple who gather yearly for a reunion at Dymond’s Grove. (Joan Kingsbury, a Back Mountain resident is a columnist for The Dallas Post. Her column appears weekly.) . FOOTBALL GAMES, cool crisp weather and the turning of the leaves on the trees are all signs of Fall. The beauty of Fall somehow makes it easier to say good-bye to summer. -0- ON SATURDAY, Russ and Shirley Major of Russ Major’s Sales, Trucksville, had an end of year picnic for their staff families at Knoebel’s Grove in Elysburg. The beauty of the scenery going and returning was really a signt., The leaves are just beginning to furn in most areas and they look so alive and gentle. -0- ON SUNDAY, we took a drive to Eagles Mere to check out some cedar homes on display. Although |# it was in the i opposite direction, again it was through a lot of wooded area and was so pretty. Lots, log homes and rustic settings - we see them : in our dreams, however, we still haven’t centered in on any one in particular. We are very open for suggestions - have any? Give us a call, we’ll give it a look! -0- SATURDAY when we arrived home from Knoebel’s, the ‘For Sale” sign was the first thing to catch our eyes as we got signt of our home. What an empty feeling. Lori said, ‘Did it sort of make you sick, Mom?”’ I guess emotions are a -0- THE BACK MOUNTAIN sends a welcome to Carl and Chris Schaeffer and their three children who are renting a house on Roushey Street in Shavertown. The Schaeffers come to us from Nanticoke and have purchased land in the Kunkle area where their future places are to build a home. -0- THE FALL FAIR OVER, volunteers near exhaustion and everying successfully nearing completion, the president of the organization, Bob Cartier, has left the area for a few days to recuperate and see his wife again. Bob and Peg left Thursday to spend a few days in Vermont. We sure hope you found time to enjoy yourself a little, Bob. : «0 CONGRATULATIONS fo Bill, Michelle and Kelly Wagner on the arrival of their newborn. Bill and Michelle became the parts of a son, Jason, last Saturday at 12:20 a.m. Jason’s siter, Kelly, is now the big girl, helpin Mommy with her new bably. Michelle is employed at Stapinski’s in Dallas. Bill is a teacher at Dallas High School and also works at Daring’s Market. -0- HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY to Mr. Culp of Huntsville. Bob Culp, known and loved by all, will celebrate his 80th birthday on September 20th an an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Jackson Township Fire Hall. All his friends are invited to stop by and wish him a happy birthday. Mr. Culp has numerous accomplishments to tell about over the years, but he has one very distinct honor and that’s being the grandfather of a Miss Pennsylvania. Gina Major. Happy Birthday, Mr. 0m GET WELL WISHES go to Sharon Scholz of Dallas who is a surgical patient in one of our area hospitals this week. We sure hope you're feeling lots better by the time you read this, Sharon, and maybe even home recuperating by now. We all mikss seeing you. Do get well soon! -0- SCOTT DAVIS, a victim of circumstances again! He was home from Bloomsburg State for the weekend, went shopping at Jamesway and slipped one some bubble bath that someone spilled in the aisle. Scott is now wearing a cast thigh high. Poor Scott! A couple years ago, he was on an ambulance call (his favorite volunteer job) and would you believe, he got hit by a car and he was the one in the ambulance. Cast and all, Scott’s back at Bloom studying harder than ever. What else can he do? Get healed fast, Scott! -0- WELCOME HOME to the Groblewski family of DAllas which just returned from a three week vacation touring the South. Myrtle Beach was one favorite spot they enjoyed. Historic sites in Williamsburg, Virginia and meeting up with their children and vacationing together was also a lot of fun. I heard ‘“‘second hand” that they had a great trip and are well rested. -0- ALSO WELCOME BACK to our lady pharmacit at Stapinski’s. She left us a week agao as Amy Gardner and returned to us Monday as Mrs. Richard Crake. Welcome back, Amy and Rick. -0- I'LL END MY COLUMN this week with a cutie I heard in church Sunday morning. OUr pastor was telling his children’s story and explaining how an ice cube melts when you blow on it. Of course there was a message behind the story. I won't get into that, but his question to the children was ‘‘What will happen to this ice cub if I blow on it?”’ He answered his own question with, “It’ll melt, won’t it?” post hillar add two The kids all said yes and the past asked why. One little child said, ‘‘Because you have hot air.” Since we all love our pastor, we were all able to laugh and know he would laugh with us. It just goes to show how many ways ‘‘words’’ can be heard. The same sentence can have 10 different meanings to 10 different people. Whey you speak, think - do you have hot air? (Jean Hillard, a Back Mountain resident, is a columnist for The Dallas Post. Her column appears weekly.) (Across from Darings) Arrest made 5 Dallas Post/Fay Broody Ashley, According to reports, Kelly pleads not guilty A Back Mountain man accused of shooting two Dallas police officers in early June pleaded ‘not guilty to the charges at his arraignment Friday in Luzerne County Court. Donald Robert Kelly, 38, of Noxen, will now face trial on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and making ter- roristic threats. He is currently free on $50,000 bail. Kelly is charged with shooting Dallas township policeman Wayman Miers and Dallas Boro officer Robert Tupper after he entered the Dallas Township Municipal Building in the early morning hours of June 7. 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