5 i A A A WS oe COMMUNITY The Dallas Post : Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 20,1991 n Book of Harveys Lake history is republished The Wyoming Historical and Geological Society in Wilkes-Barre has announced the publication of Harveys Lake, a200year history of , Wyoming Valley's most well-known "resort lake. The 208 page book, “funded by the Reynolds Trust, is revised edition of an earlier work o published in 1983 by Wilkes-Barre Jawyer F. Charles Petrillo whose . ancesters settled at the lake in the © 1840s. The 1983 limited edition “quickly sold out and has been unavailable. .. Thel991 reprint of Harveys Lake’ contains 64 historical photographs of lake scenes from the 1880s to the 1960s. Nineteen new photo- graphs have been added to the new edition along with full photograph descriptions. The work covers the discovery of the lake in 1781 by Benjamin Harvey, with detailed descriptions of the lake's settlement in 1792- 1886, the early resort hotels, the 18's steamboat era, along with the full history of the lake's prin- ciple recreation areas at the St. Paul's Lutheran sets Thanksgiving service The Annual Community amusement park and Sandy Beach. Included, too, are the his- tories of the settlements at the lake: West Corner, Sunset and Alderson, the latter a railroad and lumber town in the early 20th century. Petrillo is the chair of the publi- cations committee of the Wyoming Historical & Geological Society and the author of two other regional historical books in recent years Anthracite and Slackwater: The North Branch Canal 1828-1901, and Ghost Towns of North Moun- tain: Ricketts, Mountain Springs and Stull. Harveys Lake is available from the Wyoming Historical & Geologi- cal Society, 49 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylva- nia 18701 by mail order for $18.95 plus $1.50 postage and handling - and state sales tax for Pennsylva- nia residents. The book is also available at the Tudor Book Store in Kingston and Back Mountain Books, Country Club Shopping Center, in Dallas. “ Thanksgiving Service will be held , this year at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 196 N. Main Street, Shav- . ertown, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at i @ p.m. The Rev. Monsignor Kevin ., O'Neill, pastor of St. Therese’s R.C. + Church of Shavertown, will pres- * ent the homily. Liturgists will be ‘ the pastor of the host church, Rev. \ - . - ie \ . - EE EEE EEEE®REHER®ESENEEEEEENEEEEEE EEE EE «GC Ld * Rosendo Santos, and a Prelude LL a , Harold Baer, and other clergy. «, Music for the service will include + an anthem by the St. Paul's choir, © vocal selection by Pastor Harriet L. . Samtos, a flute solo by Trudy ple accompanied by Prof. ' anthem by the Freedom Ringers of : Shavertown United Methodist irch, directed by Peggy Knapich. by Following the service, a social hour will be held in the fellowship hall of the church. The women of : St. Paul's will serve refreshments. The entire community is invited to . attend. ‘ee « Computerized Prescription Service » Russell Stover Offset Paperback honors 20 year employees Michael’J Gallagher, Offset Paperback President, recently inducted the newest. members into-the Offset Paperback “20 Year Club”. Congratulations to all nine new members. Each employee was presented with a gift, certificate and luncheon. Seated from left, first row, Dolores Maslousky, Robert Letts, Margaret Weiss. Second row, John Wilk, Donald Brace, Lawrence Romashko, Ronald Kane, Michael J. 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