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I I* ~A ~h ~h ~* ~:i: Newly organized choral group of the Frackville Women's Club, directed by JUrs. A. B. Spence (extreme left, ~~:.:.:.•, h:onht~OW)h' that .sc

l'ored a tremendous hit in a musical com edy "Happiness A~e;td" presented as a club program las~ :.:.:.

mg t III t e soera rooms or the First Methodist Church there. Smash success of the show was the "male ensemble':.:. front row) of club women who donned their husbands' clo thes and \\'0\\ ed their audience with 1·~l1ditiol1s uC ·'S\\:eet ,':'lll: Adeline" and "K.K.K.Katy".' ~ll~ ~N NN NN N:::: Do you remember the Frackville Woman's Clara Kellet, Dorothy Spence and Mae ::::~..ji.j. Club Chorus? Hoppes. The Music Director for this was Mrs. :",~.::';.;.~ The first time they sang In public was on A. B. Spence and the Dramatic Director was~~:j February 14, 1951at a fashion show conducted Mrs. Marge Heslop, and accompanist was ~:i:::; by the Frackville Woman's Club. The director Mrs. Jack Tenenholz. ' ::::::: was Mrs. A.B. Spence and the accompanist On May 11, 1952 this chorus sang at the :::~l~ was Mrs. Jack Tenenholtz., Members at this Mother's Day Service at the Elks and reno ~li;::: time were Edna Bowe, Ruth zaylskus, Clara dered several Selections: When Children ::::.:.: Kellett, Margaret Wagner, Melva Thomas, Pray, Bird Songs at Eventide, The Perfect :::'

, ~ill Gertrude Helm, Betty Runkle, Madeline Prayer, Friend of Mine, and Rosary, Mr. j~i::::: Kistler, Gladys Egge, Frances Supowlt, Mary Joseph Purcell a well-known singer from town :::::::: Noonan, Helen Elias, Rose Hartz, Elizabeth sang May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You. :::::::: Kellet, Au~rey Hughes and Harriet Dalton. On October 13, 1" The ,Americanism :::::::: Division of the Frackville Woman's Club :::::::: On May 13, 1951 this chorus sang at the ' ::::~i: Mother's Day Service at the Frackvllle Elks. presented a patriotic program In the Frack- ~:i::::: The poem on this program read: ville High School. A Call to Order and ':.:~:~ Not for the Star.crowned heroes Welcome was delivered by Mrs. Rush Gun- ::i:~~ , The men that conquer and slay ther, president of the Frackville Woman's ::::~ But a song for those who bore them Club and the processlJP co"sl~,ted of the ::::!~ The Mothers bi'aver than they. American LegIon, Veterans of Foreign Wars, ~~::::/ The Chorus sang, "Mother My Dear", Amvets, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Cubs and ;::~~ "Mother of Mine" and "For My Mother", a Brownies and Flag Twirlers of Frackville ~:i~: number that was written by a 12.year.old boy, High School. The inVOcation was by Rev. Jan :::

:.~.1 B~~~::;I:~~95~0~h~~sC~::~:r~ang at the ~D~awvel~sll.~~~t~~:~I~a~a:~~~a~;h;r~~~~I~~ ~~~Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs. ..

~:~ They also sang at the RepubUcan Cooking An address was given by Attorney John:i:;::: S h I h d P tt I T h Thomas, Democracy Club. A poem, "Tl\e ;:::.:.: c 00 el In 0 svl Ie, he Lut uanlan's ':>:~:: Women's Club of Schuylkill County, A Pre. Pride of Pennsylvania" was read by Mrs. ::::~~~j Lenten Concert at St. Peter's Reformed Anna Ma~le Hall, representing the Catholic :i:~~:: Church, A concert at the Ashland Chapter of Daughters of America, and an address, ::::.::: the Eastern Star, A Sacred and Secular Music "Religion vs Communism was given by Rabbi :::::::; Concert at the Zion's Reformed Church and at Morton M. Malavsky of Mahanoy City. A Flag ::::~~ many Reciprocity Teas. Word had spread at Drill was performed by the Flag Twirlers of ~:i::::: the quality of this chqrus and they had been F.H. S. and Donald Zerby, of the Gordon ::::'~ii~ as~ed to sing at many functions throughout Scout Troop offered a reading, "I Am An ~i~~.••. th . American." .••.:::: e regIon. I ::::

, :::: On May 14, 1952a song was composed for Attorney Wilbur Rubright of the Lions Club :::::::: Marge Heslop when she retired as president of spoke on Pennsylvania· Leader of the Nation ::::::3 the club. The song was to the tune of and the entire attendance sang America led ::::~~ "Margie". by Blair Egge. Miss Eleanor Moran, dressed ::::~~~i Our little Margie In patriotic colors and holding a huge ~ii~::.: We're always turning to you, Margie American Flag gave a reading, "I am Old ::::~ii To see the change that's In you Glory." The Americanism Program ended \ ~ii~:::: We remember how you did look with the Star Spangled Banner and ::::;::: Round and firm and fully packed Benediction by Rev. J. M. Witmer, pastor of :::;:i:l In every way, but Margie St. Peter's Reformed Church. ~:i::.:' You've changed so much that now you really On April 13,'1953the Club Chorus sang at the .:.;:lil look qujte young Ashland Woman's Club. The program was ' ~il;::: So you now can start anew dedicated to Freedom of Worship. Selections ::::iii Doing things you like to do were representative of the Cathol'lc, ~~.:. Ch! Margie, Margie, have fun. Protestant and Jewish faiths. Eli, Eli was .:.::: On May 21, 1952a play, "Happiness Ahead" sung In Hebrew by Frances Supowitzi Ave:::

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women who donned their husband's clothes Dlreetess for this program was Mrs. A.B.:~: and wowed their audience with renditions of' Spence and the accompanist was Mrs. Ger· ::::.:.: "Sweet Adeline" and lIK.K.K.Katy." trude Tenenholz. :.:.i:i: I hope I have brought back some beautiful :~:i.••. "Males" were Ruth Whitehorn, Ruth .• •.~:: zaylskus, Miriam Brelnlch, !=dna Bowe, memories because this was a talented group.'::'::.: ::::N ~N ~

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Cubs note bicentennialBicentennial was the theme

for the April meeting ofFrack-ville Cub Pack 790 at ZionLutheran Hall. Coveredwagons made from popsiclesticks were displayed, and thegame session featured ponyexpress, bucket brigade, chuckwagon and let freedom ring.

The bot>cat ceremony was• performed to initiate DennisProsack as a member. Bearbadges were given to GeorgeNorwich and Delmar Phillips,and the wolf badge to,EdwardRakowsky.

Arrow point awards were:George Norwich, gold and

silver bear; Delmar Phillips,gold and silver wolf; MarkTomczyk, two silver wolf.

) ,Webelos activity badges

were given to Roger Lane forathlete, geologist, scholar andtraveler; George Lazusky,scholar and traveler; RichardWelchel, forester; NicholasDemchak for aquanaut andshowman, plus a two-yearservice star.

Bolinsky, Mark Tomczyk,Robert Neiberger and AnthopyDolinsky. Refreshments wereserved by DenFour un~er JohnSeasock. "God Night Scouts"and benediction by CubmasterBob Berg concluded theevening.

Ne'l:tmeeting on May 27willfeature the pinewood derby. ,·:~::::>i. . F,

Here's a switch: Instead of folksgiving the Frackville BicentennialAssociation money, It's vice-versa,as Mike Denchak, right, hands BobSmith a check as top prize winnerin the centennial promotion fund.(Humpfoto)

TI:lecubs were commended fora fme turnout in the cen-tennial parade. Boys agedeight or completing seCondgrade may join the cubs bycontacting Cubmaster Berg at874·2095.

The opening ceremony DyDen One under Mrs. TerryLane included a poem and flagpledge· by Kenneth Kutchin-sky, Chuckie Sanko, Joseph

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,Areahappenings

Little LeagueThe Frackville Little League

player draft added 19 boys tothe rosters of the seven leagueteams as follows:

Elks, SCottHouser; Chevron,Toni Swantek.

Block, Mike Manbeck, JimGerveI.

Pellock's, Ed Lizewski, KirkWatkins, Matt Smiley, MarkPeleschak.

Lions, John Kaplafka, John.Neary, Francis Russell, MikeGaverick; Rotary, RussellCunningham, Gerry Green,Ron EIsavage.

K of C, Keith Berkheiser,Jim Ziegler, Martin Stallell,Wade Brosius. .

The teams will start practiceon Monday April 26 at thefollowing locations: Lions andPellock's at Memorial Park;Block at the Little LeagueField; remaining teams on1hegrounds sUl'J'Oundingthe LittleLeague.

President AI Gricoski ap-peals for parents or adults tohelp umpire. Contact anymanager or call 874-2902.Involvement will help train.these youngsters to becomebetter sports and good citizensfor the future of Frackville.

With over 90 participating inthis year's Little Leagueprogram, the parents shouldbecome active behind theirchild's team and Little Leagueprogram. Opening day will beMay 10. Little League is afamily affair, so get involved,said President AI.

Senior CitizensA rundown on services

available to the elderly throughthe County Bureau for theAging was given by DirectorCarolStabinsky at the eleventhanniversary dinner of theFrackville Senior Citizens,attended by 150 persons at AceHall,

'l'tte Good 7'irile 8iDgers ofPenn state enta'taiaed, and apbllar"" and a dancing per-formance was presented by.Robby and Georgine Legutko,Joann and Stephanie B4bin·chak of New Boston; JohnRajnic of Lansford; Len Dowerof Atlas; Joanne Brophy ofShenandoah, and Andrew Fizelof Mahanoy City. Also per-formed was belly dancing.

Toastmaster was AttorneyDonald Dolbin of Pottsville.Rev. Edwin Werner presidedat the invocation. '

The banquet featured abicentennial theme. Main table -centerpieces were small cakesdecorated with "happy an·niversary" which werepresented to past presidents ofthe seniors.

Cancer session"The cancer nobody talks

about" will be brought into theIopen at the Frackville TeenCenter on ,Friday,April 30from3 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, from9a.m. to 3 p.m. This year, over99,000 Americans will bestricken by cancer of the colonand rectum and 49,000will die.These deaths are especiallytragic because most colon andrectum cancers progress veryslowly and three of four casescould be successfully treated ifdetected early enough.

The public will h~ve thechance to take an easy·to-usetest for signs of hidden blood inthe stool, through a screeningprogram jointly sponsored bythe Frackville Jaycees andCancer Society. This test givespeople the opportunity to catchcancer while it is most curableand help detect other disorderswhich might go unattendeduntil complications arise.

Minibike arrestFrackville police reported a

17-year-oldarrested yesterday,afternoon for disorderlyconduct for riding a mini-bikeon Reading Railroad property.

Crash in townDorothyI Mervine, 58 N. 4th

St., Frackville, was inching herway around trucks unloadingmerchandise at the in-tersectionof Birch and PineStreets, _ Frackville, andblocking the road yesterdaymorning, and when she\cameout on Pine Street, collidedwith Dolores Marino, 445 W.Pine St. Damage wasestimated at $25for the Mer-vine vehicle and at $225for theMarino car. . t

Police chief callsminibike meeting

Frackville Police ChiefMichael Petronko is calling onall minibike owners in theborough to meet with policeand railroad officials onWednesday, April 28 at 7 p.m.in the police station on Frackstreet.

Noting there has been aproblem with minibike riderson the railroad tracks whichrun north and south throughtown, Petronko said he wants"all the kids in town that haveminibikes to come to themeeting and discuss it withus." .

Slated to be at the session inaddition to Petronko are MayorJames Nahas and arepresentative of ConRail, the

new semi-public corporationwhich has taken over owner-ship of the railroad.

According to the chief, aportion of the railroad tracksthrough town has beenremoved and minibike ridershave been riding up and downthat portion creating dust andnoise which results in com-plaints from citizens.

At one spot, Petronko said, ahole was dug for coal and theriders go up and down into thehole in apparent imitation ofstunt cyclists, which can bedangerous.

While some citizens havegotten "mad" because of theminibike problem, Chief

Petronko doesn't want to fly offthe handle by issuing warningsand cracking down hard onoffenders before explaining thelaw and various restrictionswhich have been set up for thesafety of the minibike riders.He said he feels the bestsolutionwouldbe for the youth·ful bike owners to have ameetiRg and discuss sessionwith officials

"Wewillexplain to them (thebike riders) what they can andcan't do," said the chief. "We'llalso be there to answer anyquestions they have. If theywant to get something off theirchests, this will be the time todo it. Let them leave it out."

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Frackville's celebrated woodcarver, Henry Pasc:avage, has completed anothermasterpiece. This carving of the crucifixion will be used in St. Benedict's Churchat Mohnton, whose pastor, Rev. David Soderland, is shown accepting it. Thepastor's parents attended the Bavarian Festival at Lakewood last summer andsaw Pascavage at work. They spread the word and Pascavage was commissionedto do the work by Mrs. Irene Granan of Flying Hills, as a memorial to her latehusband John. The cross is seven feet high and made of walnut. The figure ofChrist is four feet and made of sugar pine. It took 50 hours to finish. (Klinefotol

BellesFollowing is the schedule for

belles to work. at the OldFashioned Ice Cream Parlor:May 24-30,Good Will Belles;May 31·June 13, Polish StarBelles; June 7-13 Doe Belles;June 14-20, Cossack Belles;June 21·27 Catholic Belles;June 28-July 4 Spojnia Belles;July 5-11 Belles of St. Peter~July 12-18Trinity Belles; July19-25Methodist Belles; July 26-August 1ZionBelles; August2·8 Queen Belles; -August 9-15Martin Belles; August 16 tofinish, volunteers.

Centennial doingsThe Cossack Belles meet In the Holy Ascension

Hall on May 2 at 7:30.The Belles o~ St. Peter's to meet on May 11 in

the church hall at 7:00.All centennial belles meet May 4 in

headquarters at 8: 00.Hummel's Belles. meet on May 5 at Hummel's

Cafe at 7: 30.A bazaar will be sponsored by Zion Belles on

May 22on the Lutheran grounds beginning at 10..v h'.' All welcome. ....~ *'.' A coronation ball meeting will be held at .'.iii centennial headquarters on May 4 at 7:30. i1i:~ii Woman's Club Quee,n Committee will meet' iii:::: Wednesday, May 5, in the Library at 8: 15. :.:N h::::_ A card party will be held by Good Will Belles :::N h:::: in the Firehouse at 8 p.m. April 30. P-ublic ::::i~i welcome. iii,'.' Centennial executive board and advisory.·.:~:~ c~mmittee meeting April 26 at 8:00 in iii.-:' h d t .',.:.: ea quar ers. .:.~iij Centennial general meeting April 28 at 8 p.m., i~i:::: open to the public. ::::::: Parade Committee meets April 26 at 8:00 in ::::::: headquarters. :::~ v:::: Mission Belles meet May 5 In the Methodist :::~ y:::: Hall at 8: 15. :::'f:~ Old Fashioned Ice Cream"Parlor opens May i:;.:. 24. .:.

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The Elks Doe Bells closedtheir membership with 51 onthe roster, it was announced atthe April meeting ..A banner is,being designed for use by thegroup at parades and othercentennial functions.

First registrants to join theJunior Doe Belles are MimiLeschik, Lori Berg, StacyTomko, Susan· Neiberger andJean Johnson. Ages 15 andunder are eligible to join at afee of 50 cents to cover the bellepin cost.

Batrea100ds and garage saleitems are being sought for theMay 22 bazaar at the LutheranChurch grounds for the cen-tennial fund. Sissy Tomko hasasked the Doe Belles to helpwith ticket sales for the cen-tennial dance she is promotingfor May 23 at Annunciationhall. Next meeting is May 18atthe Elks at 8 p.m.

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