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THE DALLAS POST
SCOUTS SEND STOCKING
TO FRIENDS’ FATHERS
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Newly-installed officers of the Wilkes-Barre Chapter, Barbershop Harmony Society, are, from left,
first row, Program Vice President Phillip Brown and Barbara Brown, Shavertown; President Lou
Volpetti and Millie Volpetti, Pittston; Marian Petro, Trucksville; and Marketing and Public Relations
Vice President William A. Zdancewicz, Edwardsville. Second row, Music and Performance Vice Presi-
dent Ralph Gillespie, Wilkes-Barre; Chapter Development Vice President Jarrett Roan, Shavertown;
and Deborah Cargill, Harrisburg; Immediate Past President Drew Smith and Mary Smith, West Pitt-
Members of Cub Scout Pack 281 have collected stockings each December for servicemen
overseas since 2009. The stockings are personally decorated by the Scouts and stuffed with
items such as beef jerky, candy, chips and other desirable treats for the soldiers. The stockings
ston; and Treasurer Philip R. Tuhy, Wilkes-Barre
Barbershoppers install officers
Installation ceremonies for the
2012 officers and board members
of the Wilkes-Barre Chapter, Bar-
bershop Harmony Society, were
held recently at R and D Memo-
ries in Hanover Township.
Installation ceremonies were
conducted by Walter Griffith, of
Wilkes-Barre, Events Chairper-
son, Mid-Atlantic District of Bar-
bershop Harmony Society.
Newly-installed officers are
Lou Volpetti, Pittston president;
Phillip Brown, Shavertown, vice
president; William D. Zdancew-
icz, Edwardsville, marketing and
public relations vice president;
Ralph Gillespie, Wilkes-Barre,
music and performance vice pres-
ident; Jarrett Roan, Shavertown,
chapter development vice presi-
dent; Drew Smith, West Pittston,
immediate past president; and
Philip R. Tuhy, Wilkes-Barre,
treasurer.
Newly-installed board mem-
bers include John Lang, Moun-
taintop; Jack Szeghy, Exeter;
Tom Roberts, Kingston; Bob
Dingman, Dallas; and Joe Husty,
Wilkes-Barre.
Also named to the board were
Jerry Cookus, Wilkes-Barre; and
Ray Patsko, Wilkes-Barre, chorus
director.
Upcoming programs for the
chapter include “Singing Valen-
tines” set for 10 a.m. through 5
p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Anyone interested is asked to
call 709-3716, 696-3385 or 287-
2476.
The chorus is currently in re-
hearsal for its 60th anniversary
concert set for Saturday, April 21
at Wyoming Area High School,
Exeter. Rehearsals are held at 7
p.m. Mondays in the Brooks Es-
tate community Center on the
Wesley Village Campus in Pitt-
ston.
CHURCH BRIEFS
Spaghetti dinner
at LIUMC
The Lehman-Idetown Unit-
ed Methodist Church Youth
will sponsor an all-you-can-
eat spaghetti dinner from 5
to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb.
11 at the church, 1011
Mountain View Dr., Lehman.
Dinner will include salad,
bread, dessert and drinks.
Cost is $8 for adults and
$4 for children under 12
years oaf age.
Reservations and tickets
are required and may be
secured by calling Sabrina
Major at 371-1058.
Chicken dinner set
A baked chicken dinner
and bake sale will be held
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 11 at the
Loyalville United Methodist
Church.
Tickets are $8 for adults
and $3.50 for children un-
der the age of 12.
Takeouts are available by
calling 477-3521 and leaving
your name, phone number,
number of dinners requested
and pickup time.
Talent show
is planned
Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 105 Irem Rd., Dal-
las, will host a Back Moun-
tain Has Talent Show at 7
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Auditions will be held at
6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17.
Judging is optional upon
registration.
Winners placing first, sec-
ond and third will be in-
vited to perform in the
show.
Talents of all kinds are
welcome and there is no
age limit.
Light refreshments will be
available on both evenings.
This free special event
will be open to the public.
To pre-register, call the
church office at 675-3131.
Spaghetti dinner
at HUMC
A spaghetti dinner will be
held from 4 to 6 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 18 at the
Huntsville United Methodist
Church, 2355 Huntsville
Rd., Shavertown.
Takeouts will be available
from 3 to 6 p.m.
Dinner includes spaghetti,
salad and roll.
Cost is $7.50 for adults
and $4.50 for children un-
der 6 years of age.
For tickets, call 477-3748.
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are then shipped overseas to a military unit with local ties. This year, the Scouts were privileged
to send the stockings to two units with very close ties to the Back Mountain. Klay Zimmerman,
left, and Adam Kalo, two of the pack’s own Cub Scouts had fathers deployed overseas this
holiday season and the stockings were shipped to their units.
Habitat
house
finished
Habitat volunteers Monica
Erman, left, and Paul Schwarz-
trauber complete the porch rail-
ings of a Habitat for Humanig
house in Mehoopany Towns
putting the finishing touches on
the home that has been built by
local volunteers over the past 10
months. The new homeowners,
who have put in more than 300
hours of labor themselves, pur-
chased the home at cost through
a special zero-interest Habitat
mortgage.
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