Sunday, April 6, 2008
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Several Native American dancers do an intertribal dance at last
year's powwow in Noxen.
Powwow returns to Noxen on Mother's Day
Crazy Cow’s Second Annual In-
tertribal Powwow will be held
Mother’s Day weekend, May 10-
11, at the Noxen Fire Company
grounds on Stull Road.
The event, which honors all
mothers, is a gathering for all
people sponsored by Tyconac,
Inc., a non-profit native organiza-
tion, and the Noxen Fire Co. Par-
ticipants are encouraged to bring
their own lawn chair.
| Gates open at 10 a.m. with
Grand Entryof all dignitaries and
‘dancers in full regalia at noon In-
dian Time. Host drum is Spirit of
'the Drum with Thunder Over
Mountain as guest drum. Head
dancers are Rory Two Deer Pos-
ten and Carolyn Yellow Bird Pos-
ten while Richard Gray Owl will
serve as emcee. Storyteller is
Grace Dove.
The event will feature Native
American dancing, drumming,
‘storytelling, food, crafts, bead-
work, jewelry, blankets, fry bread
‘and much more. On Saturday
night, a specialcow pie bingo will
‘also be held. |
Admission is $3 for adults, $2
for students and free for kids ages
5 and under, senior citizens age
72 and over and handicapped per-
sons.
Dogs are welcome but must be
leashed and cleaned up after at all
times. All drums are welcome.
Anyone interested in volunteer-
ing is asked to call Murph Spirit
Bird at 639-1819 or Crazy Crow at
639-0208 or e-mail Arlene at
mjjrjjd@hotmail.com for more
information.
Directions to the powwow:
From the Wilkes-Barre area:
take Route 309 (North Cross-Val-
ley Expressway) north to Dallas.
At Friendly’s, bear right on 309
and go through Beaumont. After
Nulton’s Funeral Home, stay on
309 and take the first left. Go to
the stop sign and turn left onto
Route 29. Go about three miles to
the next stop sign (in Noxen) and
turn right. Cross the metal bridge
and turn left. Fire hall is on right;
take the next dirt road to pow-
wow parking area.
CHURCH
BRIEFS
Rummage sale set
A spring rummage sale will
‘be held from 9 am. to 4 p.m. on
Friday, April 18, and from 9 a.m.
to noon on Saturday, April 19, at
Dallas United Methodist
Church, 4 Parsonage St. For
more information, call the
church at 675-0122.
Lodge sponsors
old-fashioned breakfast
Oneida Lodge 371, 1.O.O.F.
will sponsor an old-fashioned
‘breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
on Saturday, April 19, at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route
118, Dallas. Tickets, at $6 each,
may be reserved by calling 675-
1006.
Noxen church serves
chicken breast dinner
A baked chicken breast dinner
will be held from 4:30 to 6:30
p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at
the Noxen United Methodist
Church, Route 19.
A full dinner, priced at $8,
includes baked chicken breast,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
vegetables, cabbage salad, rolls
and butter, beverages and home-
made pie.
Election Day fund
raiser planned
“Soldiers of Christ” youth
group of the Center Moreland
United Methodist Church will
sponsor several activities on
Election Day, Tuesday, April 22.
All proceeds will go to the youth
group’s upcoming mission trip
fund. In June several youth will
travel to West Virginia for a
special mission work project.
A bake sale with Welsh Coo-
kies will be held from 8 a.m.
until all items are sold at the
Northmoreland Fire Hall. Elec-
tion Day Meals (breakfast,
lunch and supper) will be
served from 7 a.m. through 7
p.m. at the church on Creamery
Road.
. For more information, call
Doug Jones at 333-4608.
National Day of Prayer
scheduled for May 1
The Center Moreland United
Methodist, Creamery Road, will
hold a National Day Of Prayer
event on Thursday, May 1. This
year’s theme is, “Prayer! Amer-
ica’s Strength & Shield.”
| The prayer event schedule is
as follows: 6 a.m., Quiet Prayer
time & coffee hour (especially
for those on their way to work);
7 to 7:45 a.m., Prayer breakfast;
8 a.m. Prayer service. Reserva-
tions are requested for the
prayer breakfast and can be
made by calling 333-4226.
There is no charge for the
prayer event but an offering
basket will be available for a
donation to the National Day of
Prayer Task Force. To learn
more about the National Day of
Prayer and the Task Force you
may log on to its web sight at
www.nationaldayofprayer.org.
CUMC schedules VBS
Vacation Bible School will be
held Monday, June 16, through
Friday, June 20, at the Center
Moreland United Methodist
Church. The scheduled is Mon-
day only, 8:45 a.m. to noon;
Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.
to noon with a closing program
set for 7 p.m. on Friday.
There will be classes for stu-
dents in kindergarten through
sixth grade with junior and
senior high student as leaders
and helpers. There will be a
nursery class for children of
teachers and helpers and for
other children accompanied by
a parent or caregiver.
Pre-registration is requested
. by calling Meg at 333-1016. For
more information, call Susan at
333-4579 or Pastor Drew at
333-4354.
Quilting group
meets every Thursday
Quilting is held from 6 to 9
p.m. every Thursday at the
Cross Creek Community
Church Youth House, 370 Carv-
erton Rd., Trucksville.
Anyone wishing to attend is
asked to call Gladys at 639-5554.
Grief Support Group
meets once a month
A Grief Support Group led by
Rev. Peggy Sue Pfeffer of Hos-
pice St. John is held at St. Pauls
Lutheran Church, Rt. 118, Dallas
at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday
of every month.
Anyone experiencing grief at
the loss of a loved one is invited
and encouraged to attend.
There is no charge, but reserva-
tions are requested and can be
made by calling 675-3859.
New grief support
group forms
The new Grief Relief group
that was formed recently will
meet at 9 a.m. on the first Sat-
urday of every month at the
Center Moreland United Metho-
dist Church, Creamery Road,
Center Moreland. The group is
open to the public. For informa-
tion, call Pastor Drew Cottle at
333-4354.
Meeting date for next month
is Saturday, May 3.
OBITUARIES
CROOP - Mary K., 87, of Or-
mond Beach, Fla., formerly of
Harveys Lake, died Thursday,
March 27, 2008.
Born in Clarksville, Mo., she
was employed as an adminis-
trative assistant by the Depart-
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare prior to her retire-
ment.
Surviving are a daughter, El-
izabeth (Libby) Karasinski,
Lehman; one granddaughter;
one great-granddaughter; one
step-grandson; two brothers
and a sister.
CROZIER - William J. Jr., 41,
of Harveys Lake, died Wednes-
day, March 26, 2008.
Born in Newark, N.J., he had
lived in Pennsylvania for the
past 20 years and had worked
as a self-employed contractor.
Surviving are his father, Wil-
liam J. Sr., Bon Aqua, Tenn;
brother, Robert, West Milford,
N.J,; sisters, Sherrie Quelly, of
Landsdale; and Cindy Wurum,
of Harrison, N.J.; girlfriend,
Bree Cote; several nieces and
nephews.
FEDERER - Jessie R., 92, of
Leesburg, Fla., died Sunday,
March 23, 2008.
Born in Johnstown, she re-
sided in Forty Fort and Dallas
before moving to Leesburg
with her: husband, Joseph, who
died in 1997.
She is survived by her
daughters, Barbara, of Lees-
burg, Fla; Joy Maxfield, of
Chesapeake Beach, Md.; Kath-
ryn Seal, of Memphis, Tenn.;
son, R. William, of North Plain-
field, N.J.; four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
GOERINGER - Raymond C.,
79, of Tunkhannock, died
Thursday, March 27, 2008 at
Tyler Memorial Hospital,
Tunkhannock.
Born in Wilkes-Barre on Sep-
tember 16, 1928, he resided
with his family at Lake Louise
Farm in Orange from 1929 until
1972 when he moved to Tunk-
hannock.
He was a graduate of Wyom-
ing Seminary, class of 1947,
where he lettered in baseball,
football and wrestling. He was
co-captain of the wrestling
team and ‘won the National
Prep School Championship at
175 pounds in 1946.
He owned and managed
Lake Louise Farm where he
bred and showed many Guern-
seys at major dairy cattle
shows. He made the last im-
portation of Guernseys from
the Island of Guernsey in 1950.
He was past president and
director of Pennsylvania
Guernsey Breeders and direc-
tor of the American Guernsey
Cattle Club.
After the sale of Lake Louise
Farm in 1972, he re-established
a dairy herd on a farm in Tunk-
hannock until it was dispersed
in 1985. His farm was the first
dairy herd in Wyoming County |
to achieve a 20,000 pound milk
herd average.
He was a member of the Na-
tional Rifle Association and, in
later years, assisted the Penn-
sylvania Fish Commission
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Surviving are his wife, Nancy
L. Davis Goeringer; daughters,
Jeannette Kitlan, Leslie Rhoades
and Kathleen Goeringer, all of
Tunkhannock; four grandchil-
dren; brother Louis F., of Bear
Creek; several nieces and neph-
ews.
Memorial donations to the Tyl-
er Memorial Hospital Capital
Campaign Fund, 880 SR 6 W.
Tunkhannock, PA 18657.
HUNTING - Maurice Wayne
D.D.S., 76, of Tunkhannock, died
Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Mer-
cy Hospital, Scranton, after an ill-
ness.
Born in Huntingville, Quebec,
Canada, he attended the Tunk-
hannock United = Methodist
Church. He was a graduate of
Ashville, N.C. High School and a
graduate of Wake Forest Univer-
sity, class of 1953. He received his
doctor of dental surgery from the
University of Pittsburgh.
He served with the Navy and
the Army during the Korean Con-
flict.
He opened a dental practice in
Meshoppen in 1965 and moved
his practice to Tunkhannock in
1974 as Dental Health Care Cen-
ter and retired August 7, 2007.
Surviving are his three sons,
Maurice Wayne Jr., David Scott
and Daniel Paul; one daughter,
Brenda Jean Hunting, allof Tunk-
hannock; one brother, Keith, of
North Carolina; seven grandchil-
dren and four great-grandchil-
dren. by
Memorial donations to Mercy
Home Health Hospice, 746 Jef-
ferson Ave., Scranton or Inter-
faith Friends Dental Practice, PO
Box 535, Tunkhannock.
KUSCHEL- Gertride Mae, 79,
of Tunkhannock, died Monday,
March 24, 2008 at Tyler Memo-
rial Hospital.
Born in Laflin on February 23,
1929, she enjoyed working and
volunteering with Interfaith
Friends in Tunkhannock.
Surviving are her son, Harold J.
Jr., Tunkhannock; daughter, Joan
Reiner, Tunkhannock; two grand-
children; several nieces and ne-
phews.
MAY - Cornelia A. (Connie),
90, died Wednesday, March 26,
2008 at Mercy Center, Dallas.
Born August 28, 1917 in Scran-
ton, she attended the Scranton
schools, including Marywood
Seminary, and received a Bache-
lor of Arts degree in English from
Marywood College in 1938.
For several years, she was a
member of the Sisters of the Im-
maculate Heart of Mary and
taught high school English. She
resided in New Jersey and, fol-
lowing her retirement in 1982, re-
turned to the Wyoming Valley
and resided in Dallas for the past
nine years. She was a resident of
Mercy Center since 2005.
Surviving are nieces, nephews
and her extended family at Mercy
Center, Dallas.
Memorial donations to the Re-
tirement Fund, Sisters of Mercy,
Mid-Atlantic Community, P.O.
Box 369, Dallas, PA 18612.
RAU - Ruth, 81, of Tunkhan-
nock, died on Saturday, March
29, 2008 at home.
Born in Springville on July 20,
1926, she was employed by the
Pittston Cigar Factory in Pittston
prior to her retirement. For sever-
al years, she was employed as a
housekeeper for several families
in the Tunkhannock area.
She retired from the Procter
and Gamble Plant in Mehoopany
in 1993 after 20 years of service.
She was a member of the
Wyoming County Senior Citi-
zens, Wyoming County Red Hat
Association, the Shadow Brook
Ladies Tuesday Night Bowling
League and the Morning Glories
Bowling League.
“Surviving are sons, Edward C.,
‘of Burlington, N.J.; Robert E., of
Mill City; daughters, Eva Dieffen-
bach and Judy Werkheiser, both
of Tunkhannock; brother, Sol
“Weber, of Hamlin; sisters, Do-
rothy Svitzer, of Alexandria, Va.;
Jane Whitby, of Maybrook, N.Y.;
Christine Weber, of New Egypt,
N.J; 11 grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations to Hos-
pice St. John, 416 Main St., Suite
D, Honesdale, Pa. 18431 or to the
Susquehanna County Human So-
ciety, Grow Ave., Montrose, Pa.
18801.
STACK - Anthony J., 87, of
Trucksville, died Sunday, March
23, 2008 at Hospice Care of the
VNA, Heritage House, Wilkes-
Barre.
‘F.M.
YRMING
STORY - Gary A., 68, of Center-
moreland, died Thursday, March
27, 2008 at Geisinger Medical
Center, Danville.
Born in Johnson City, N.Y., he
was a graduate of Tunkhannock
High School, class of 1958, and
Penn State University with a de-
gree in Agriculture Engineering.
He was employed by Procter &
Gamble, Mehoopany Plant for 27
years and owned and operated
Imperial Amusements and Story
Concessions for many years.
He was a member of the Cen-
termoreland United Methodist
Church.
He was a charter member and
life member of Northmoreland
Township Volunteer Fire Compa-
ny and had served as a Northmo-
reland Township Supervisor for
many years.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Mary Therese Fahey; two
sons, Charles and Steven, both of
Centermoreland.
Memorial donations to the
Northmoreland Township Volun-
teer Fire Company 305 School-
house Rd., Tunkhannock, PA
18657.
WISNOSKY - Anthony D., 80,
of Tunkhannock, died Sunday,
March 30 at Mercy Hospital,
Scranton.
Born in Exeter, he was a gradu-
ate of Exeter High School and
served with the U.S. Navy during
World War II, aboard the U.S.S.
Helena.
He worked in the mines in Exe-
ter for over 20 years, was a car-
penter for Charles Klimas Con-
struction Company of Keelers-
burg, then he worked for King-
ston Metal as a welder and later
retired from National Utilities
Inc.
He was a former Scoutmaster
in Centermoreland.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Arlene Ratchford; children,
Eileen Eckenrode, Anthony, Mi-
chael, Jacqueline Greenley, Kath-
leen “Kelly” Ayers, all of Tunk-
hannock; brothers, Robert, of
Manville, N.J.,, and Jerome, of
Lancaster; 11 grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations to Mercy
Health and Hospice, 746 Jeffer-
son Ave., Scranton.
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