iH 50 years MOVERS & | (continued from page 1) : SHAKERS ; | like a priest until his mother asked He was ordained June 4, 1949 : : . B ) ) 0 him to take her confession. “Then in St. Peter's Cathedral, then Kylie Shafferkoetter, Lehman 7 ¥ ['felt different,” he said. served as assistant pastor at three has been ap- i | _ The celebration continued un- churches before receiving his first pointed Man- ih | der tent on the parish grounds. pastoral assignment to St. Ann's, ager of the News | ) Family, friends and parishioners Bentley Creek and Our Lady of Bureau atKing'’s | | from the many churches where Perpertual Help, Ridgebury, where College. i | the priests had served came to he served until coming to St. Prior to this | pay their respects and reminisce = Therese’s. After leaving there, he position | about past shared experiences. served four pastoral assignments Shafferkoetter i * Father Joseph Sammons was before retiring Sept. 9, 1996. served as the | pastor of St. Therese’s Church Father Thomas Flynn is priest staff reporter /copy editor for The | from 1970 until 1985. He is re- in residence at St. Therese’s. He Dallas Post and worked as a 1 VE PY) mémbered by parishioners as provides muchneeded assistance freelance writer for the Northeast | \ well as the wider community he in many areas. He served as as- Pennsylvania Business Journal.’ i | | | I] i | A The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 30, 1999 7 served. On many occasions he opened the rectory and parish facilities to those in need. Fr. Sammons prepared and then led the parish community of St. Therese’s into the post Vatican II period. sistant pastor at Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas in 1966, and as pastor at five churches from 1970 to 1997. Fr. Flynn has served as Dean of Luzerne County (South- east) and Spiritual Director, St. Pius X Seminary, Dalton, Pa. N POST PHOTOS/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Father Thomas Flynn, left photo, held an animated conversation with Mary Petty, for Fr. Flynn and Fr. Joseph Sammons. In right photo, Msgr. Peter Crynes, pastor of St. a parishioner of St. Therese's, during the Golden Jubilee reception the church held Therese's, stood on the church steps with Fr. Flynn, left, and Fr. Sammons. og She is al995 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor of arts degree in’ English, creative writing. : i (LX J Patricia Maguschak, of Dallas was recently honored with a “Star Award” given to ; PennDOT em- ployees who go “above and be- yond the call of duty”. She worked for two years on the in- stallation of a new traffic signal system for Wilkes-Barre and has coordinated the many design changes between the city, Federal Highway Administration, the con- tractor and PennDOT. Pat took part in construction reviews, which resulted in better project designs and avoided construction" problems in the field. Pat has routinely volunteered to help fel- low employess resolve problems. Her performance has been an ex- ample to others to go beyond their goals and performance obj ectives. ! Mattie earns degree Edward Mattie of Dallas re- ceived a BA in Criminal Justice - from Edinboro University. \Y EVEL o Jo) (Pl 21 {of Dallas ¢ 674-2429 4¢ Copies CRIZP GRRE [NETTIE : Irem Sunday evening : Gilligan honored for SAT SCOres Tell our advertisers you saw them in The Dallas Post. 1 OFF J . i Co t season be ins John Gilligan, son of Mr. and Gilligan a Dallas Middle School They'll appreciate it, and so will we. 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