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Coming
events
THE WELLNESS CENTER OF
MERCY HOSPITAL, Wilkes-Barre,
will present a “Mind Over Matter”
weight control program beginning
with a free explanatory session on
Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at the
Mercy Medical Arts Building.
“Mind Over Matter” is a behavior
modification weight control pro-
gram designed to help the individ-
ual achieve their personal weight
goals through awareness of eating
habits, alternative behaviors and
the development of an individual-
ized activity habit. Other topics
include: meal planning, dining out,
menu planning for vacations and
the holiday season.
Reservations are not required.
For further information contact the
Wellness Center at 826-3553.
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ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE
CHURCH, Miller Street, Luzerne,
will conduct its annual indoor “Fall
Festival” Friday, Oct. 3, 6-11 p.m.
and Saturday, Oct. 4, 3-11 p.m.
Honorary Chairman is Rev.
Edward Shoback, pastor.
A variety of ethnic foods will be
served such as piggies, pirohy,
pagach, haluski, potato pancakes in
addition to American foods, burg-
ers, hot dogs, chicken sandwich,
sausage and peppers. Refreshments
including beer, and mixed drinks
will also be served.
Music will be provided by the
Tones on Saturday.
Various booths with handmade
crafts, ceramics, Christmas items,
doll stand, floral stand, toys and
games, and flea market will be
featured. Wheelbarrow of cheer and
cash prizes will be awarded on
Saturday night.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
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THE HUNTSVILLE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH has set the date for its
“Evening of Christmas Music” as
December 14 at 7 p.m.
There will be several guests offer-
ing Christmas music as well as
audience participation. Refresh-
ments will be served in the Social
Room following the free concert.
The Huntsville Christian Church
overlooks the Huntsville Dam. More
information about the evening pro-
gram is available from Pastor Cliff
Jones at 675-0611.
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A HARVEST HOME SUPPER
will be held October 11, from 4 to 7
p.m. at the East Dallas Methodist
Church.
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THE WOMEN’S UNIT of the
Shavertown United Methodist
Church will have their annual Roast
Beef Dinner on October 8 from 5 to
7 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the auxiliary or by
calling the church office at 675-3616.
Take-outs will be sold from 5 to 6
p.m. No tickets will be sold at the
door and tickets will not be num-
the sanctuary as they arrive and
will be served in the same manner.
Next week
DALLAS UNITED METHODIST
WOMEN’S SOCIETY will hold its
second annual craft show and flea
market in the church basement on
Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Dallas Methodist Church is
located on left of Church St. above
Dallas Acme.
A large assortment of Arts and
Crafts will be on display by area
craft persons. Come get in the spirit
of the Holiday Season which is right
around the corner.
Food and home baked goods will
be provided by the Women’s
Society. Admission is free.
COVENANT PLAYERS will join
with the congregations of the Maple
Grove and Loyalville United Meth-
odist Churches during worship serv-
ices on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Services are held at 9:30 a.m. at
the Loyalville Methodist Church on
the Loyalville Road and at 11 a.m.
at the Maple Grove United Method-
ist Church located on the Sweet
Valley Road in Pikes Creek (just
two tenths miles off PA 118.)
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“LUZERNE COUNTY: A Bicen-
tennial History,” an exhibit pre-
pared by the Wyoming Historical
and Geological Society in conjunc-
tion with the celebration of the
county’s founding in 1786, will be
held in the Kilburn Room of the
Sheehy Student Center at King’s
College from October 2-16.
Part of the Cultural Events Series
at King’s, the exhibit will be open to
the public free of admission charges
from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays to
Fridays and from noon to 8 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays.
The exhibit was prepared by the
Wyoming Historical and Geological
Society in conjunction with the
Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission and the Luz-
erne County Commissioners.
The exhibit consists of a series of
panels contianing photographs and
text material dealing with different
aspects of county history. Among
the exhibit materials are panels
devoted to the mining and agricul-
ture industries, the early immi-
grants of the Wyoming Valley and
surrounding areas and the develop-
ment of county government.
More information on the exhibit
can be obtained by contacting
Brother John Zick, C.S.C., director
of student activities at King’s, at
826-5856 weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
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THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
CHURCH, 340 Carverton Road,
Trucksville, will conduct a Family
Life Seminary on Friday, October 3,
at 7 p.m. The seminar will be
presented by Rev. and Mrs. Gary
Tryon from Enola, Pa.
A family rally will be held on
Saturday, October 4, at 8 a.m.
followed by a men’s breakfast at 11
a.m. and a ladies’ brunch at 6 p.m.
A covered dish supper will be held
on Sunday, October 5 for couples
only.
Anyone desiring any additional
information is asked to call 693-1120
or 696-1128.
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ADD TO SATURDAY
THE NORTHEASTERN PENN-
SYLVANIA PHILHARMONIC has
scheduled a performance for Satur-
day, September 27, at 8:30 p.m.at
recently renamed the F.M. Kirby
Center for the Performing Arts.
The opening concert if the first of
eight concerts in the 1986-87 season
of the Maestros. The Philharmonic
concert every month from Septem-
ber through April in Wilkes-Barre
and Scranton.
Season tickets may be purchased
from the Philharmonic Ticket hot-
lines at 342-0920 or 287-1916 or from
Boscov’s ticket office in the down-
town Wilkes-Barre department
stores.
Tickets for the opening concert ar
available from the Philharmonic
Ticket Hotlines or at the following
Philharmonic ticket out;lets:
Boscov’s, Gallery of Sound and
Book and REcord Mart in Wilkes-
Barre and Paperback booksdmith
and Giannetta Music in Scranton.
For additional information about
the Northeastern Pennsylvania Phil-
harmonic, write NPP, Box 71,
Avoca, PA 18641 or phone 654-4577,
342-0920 or 287-1916.
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HUNTSVILLE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH has set the date for its
annual rummage sale as October 4
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church
near the Huntsville Dam. Good
finds at real dealsas well as a tasty
snack bar await shoppers.
_ Bob Price is chairman of the
event. The public is welcome to
attend.
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THE LUZERNE COUNTY
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR Alumni
Association will hold its annual ban-
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The planning is underway for Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary’s annual Holiday Fair. ‘‘Country Christmas’’ is the
theme for the November 12 event, taking place from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. in the Medical Arts Building, 534 Wyoming Avenue,
Kingston. The community is invited to enjoy the food and crafts
for sale that day, including hand-made knitted items, needle
point, homemade fudge, peanut brittle, soups, and many
stocking stuffers. All proceeds benefit patient care at Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital. Shown at a recent planning meeting are,
from left, seated, Amy Hatten, Forty Fort Branch; Mary Laity,
Forty Fort Branch; Bette Roarty, Auxiliary Executive Board
President; Claire Williams, Forty Fort Branch, Hospitality Shop
Chairman; Angela Kelly, Auxiliary Executive Board Secretary;
Ruth Wilson, Auxiliary Executive Board Treasurer; Arlene
Lorah, Auxiliary Executive Board Vice-President and Fair
Chairman; Cindi Taylor, Career Branch, Fair Co-chairman; Mrs.
Abram Nesbitt 2nd, Board of Directors member and Hospitality
Shop Advisor; Pauline Clewell, Shavertown Branch President;
Margaret Goodwin, Shavertown Branch; and Eleanor D’Mario,
Shavertown Branch. Second row, Marie Zemanick, R.N., M.S.,
Director of Nursing, Kingston Branch; Doris Coutts, Kingston
Branch President; Anita Waznia, R.N., M.S., Director of
Hospital Education; Sarah Francis, Wyoming Branch; Esther
Wilson, Wyoming Branch President; Flossie Dugan, Kingston
Branch; Elgene Glycenfer, Forty Fort Branch; Elsie Ellis, Forty
Fort Branch President; Marilyn Kennedy, Kingston Branch;
Helen Gimber, Kingston Branch; Kay Newman, Kingston
Branch; Gertrude Jones, Kingston Branch; Charlotte Somer-
ville, Kingston Branch; Trudy Szura, Doranceton Branch
president; Gertrude Sarsfield, Kinston Branch; Betty Reese,
Rural Branch; Carol Colon, Career. Branch President; Edith
Shupp, Rural Branch President; Ann Covert, Shavertown
Branch; and Elmina Evans, Shavertown Branch.
quet on Monday, October 6, at 6:30
p.m. at the East End Primitive
Methodikt Church, Laurel Street,
Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs. Frances Blose, Cornwall,
PA., a former resident of West
Pittston and a past president of the
local group will be the guest
speaker. Wiliam Acornley will be
the toastmaster and Jack Humble
will serve as songleade, accompan-
ied by Judith Steele. Mrs. Richard
Davies will lead the Friendship
Circle.
Reservations can be made by
contacting Mrs. John Miller, Kings-
ton at 287-5824 or Mrs. Wiliam
Rosser Morgan, Kingston at 287-7245
before September 28.
Tuesday, /
Sept. 30
THE WILKES
COLLEGE
open its lecture series of 1986-87 on
Tuesday, September 30, at 8 p.m. in
Stark Learning Center Room 1 with
a lecture by W. Peter Nordland,
D.D.S. Nordland’s topic for the eve-
ning will be ‘‘Recent Advances in
Periodontics.” The event is open to
the public free of charge.
Nordland is a 1974 graduate of
Wilkes College where he earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in Biol-
ogy. In 1979, he graduated from the
Temple School of Dentistry and
completed a General Practice Resi-
dency at Loma Linde V.A. Medical
Center, California in 1980. In 1982,
after serving a Periodontal Resi-
dency at Loma Linde he received
his Certificate in Periodontics.
Nordland is presently a member
of Periodontal Health Associates,
LaJolla, California, and serves as
chairman of the Media Relations
Committee of the San Diego Dental
Society. In addition, he is a visiting
lecturerat the Dental Schools of
U.S.C.,, U.C.L.A. and Loma Linda
University where he presents his
techniques for gingival grafting.
Sunday, /
Sept. 28
FINAL PLANS have been com-
pleted as Dallas prepares to host its
third annual Tournament of Bands
competition Sunday, Sept. 28 begin-
ning at 1 p.m.
Bands from area high schools will
be vying for top spots in their
respective groups as well as for
specialty awards.
As the host band, Dallas will
perform in exhibition only.
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SHOWIN BLUE 4-H CLUB, Dallas
is sponsoring an open 4-H Show on
Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Luzerne
County Fall Fair Grounds; Rf. 118,
Lehman.
The show consists of 35 classes
English and Western and 9 Champi-
onship Divisions.
The show will begin at 8:30 sharp.
Gary Severson is the judge.
Refreshments are available. For
more information contact Carole
Malig at 675-5612.
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DO YOU HAVE MS or know
someone who does? Then come to
our next meeting of the MS Self
Help Group. We will meet on
Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. in the
Redwood Room at Genetti’s Best
Western, Wilkes-Barre.
Our speaker will be Mary Clark
RN, MA, Nutritionist. She is a
private practitioner at the Primary
Health and Nutrition Center, Old
Forge, PA; a nutritional and medi-
cal counseling center. She has given
many lectures and presentations for
local radio and television stations on
nutrition.
All MS patients, family and
friends are invited to attend. For
more information call 696-1782.
Saturday, /
Sept. 27
LUZERNE ' COMMUNITY
AMBULANCE crew members will
hold a rummage sale Saturday,
Sept. 27 and Sunday, Sept. 28 from 9
to 4 oncorner lot of Bennett and
Academy St., Luzerne.
Donations of articles for the sale
will be accepted until Sept. 26 by
contacting any crew member.
The Vial of Life will be available
at the time of the sale.
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THE SORDONI ART GALLERY
of Wilkes College will sponsor a
lecture by Harry F. Gaugh on Sat-
urday, Sept. 21, at 2:30 p.m. in the
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center.
Gaugh will speak on the topic, “Will
theReal Franz Kline Please Stand
Up?” The lecture is open to the
public, free of charge.
Gaugh is the curator of the Penn-
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts cur-
rent exhibition, “The Vital Gesture:
Franz Kline in Retrospect,” which
will be shown at the Academy in
Philadelphia through Sept. 28. The
showing may be the last such
exhibit of Kline’s works, due to their
fragile condition. In his lecture,
Gaugh will speak on the artist and
his work, and relate some of the
obstacles involved in developing a
retrospective of this nature.
Gaugh has been a member of the
faculty of Skidmore College since
1966, and currently serves as Pro-
fessor of Art History. The author of
many: published works on art and a
frequent lecturer, he specializes in
ancient art, 19th-and-20th-century
sculpute, Japanese art, and painting
since World War II. A one-man
showing of his paintings, drawing
and photographs will open at Skid-
more in November.
Further information on Gaugh’s
September 21 lecture can be
obtained by contacting the Sordoni
Gallery at 824-4651, ext. 388.
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THE ADULT FELLOWSHIP of
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church is
sponsoring a square dance party on
Saturday, Sept. 27 from 8-11 p.m. It
will be held at the Orange United
Methodist Church Hall. A free will
donation will be received at the
door. All’ adults in the community
are invited.
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THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM
special for children of the Sunday
Schools of Luzerne Co. at Center-
moreland Methodist Church in Cen-
termoreland on Saturday, Sept. 27
from 10-2 p.m. Bring bag lunches.
Dessert and beverage will be pro-
vided.
Jayne Borland, Christian Church
of Plymouth will be there to enter-
tain with her Clown Ministry as will
Linda with their mascot Archie. The
musical “Down by the Creek Bank”
will be presented by the Christian
Missionary Alliance children’s choir
of Wilkes-Barre.
Bible games will be enjoyed by
all. Registration is $1.00.
Friday, /
Sept. 26
THE NESBITT MEMORIAL HOS-
PITAL AUXILIARY BOARD will
meet Friday, Sept. 26. The 1 p.m.
meeting will be conducted in the 3rd
floor lounge of the Medical Arts
Building, Kingston.
Plans will be discussed for the
Auxiliary’s ‘‘Country Christmas’’
Holiday Fair, slated for November
12. Mrs. William Roarty, President
of the Auxiliary, will conduct the
meeting.
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