SPecial coMbined ediTion
25 ¢
May 25, 2017
RemembeRing the Fallen Throughout the area Memorial Day events are planned by Christopher Cornell
Around the area, events are scheduled to honor the fallen. All events are schedCnG editor uled for Monday, May 29, unless otherwise indicated. What began as Decoration Day in the Scott Township years following the Civil War has become “Women in the Military” will be the what we know today as Memorial Day, a focus of the Scott Township Veterans day to honor the men and women who made the utmost sacrifice while serving in Memorial Day Service, which will be held Saturday, May 27, at 10 a.m. at the Scott the U.S. military. Township Municipal Building at 1038 Montdale Road. Members of Montdale Boy Scout Troop No. 265 have put together this year’s service. Local Boy and Girl Scouts, Rev. Linda Eckersley, pastor of the Montdale Methodist Church, and members of the Lakeland High School Band and chorus will also participate in the service. The Boy Scouts will also conduct a flag retirement ceremony following the Memorial Day Service. Light refreshments will follow. For more information, call 570-587-3120. Simpson Walter Paciga Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 4712, 500 Main St. will hold a ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. The NE guest speaker is Lt. Commander Jessica PATIEW Carter, executive officer at the United States WELC NTS Most In OME Naval Observatory. Light refreshments will Accepsuterances be served after the remembrance. d. Peckville Dr. Anthony Anyone participating in the parade will meet at Shopa-Davey Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6082, 123 Electric St. at 8 a.m. The parade steps off at 8:30
FUNNY
FACES SMILES
FOREVER OR
MAIN STREET, ARCHBALD • 570-876-6722 DECARLIDENTISTRY.COM
TS_CNG/TRIBORO/PAGES [H01] | 05/24/17
11:00 | CORNELLCHR
and proceed to the Veterans Memorial on Main Street. At 9 a.m., services will be held at the Veterans Memorial led by members of A. Pierson Hurd American Legion Post No. 236 and the VFW post. At 10 a.m. there will be services at Prospect Hill Cemetery; at 11 a.m. be services at Union Cemetery. Post members will meet at the PNC Bank parking lot on Depot Street at 8:30 a.m. Members are asked to be prompt. Jessup Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.
5544, will hold combined services with Michael Steiner American Legion Post No. 411. Mass will begin at 9 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 325 Third Ave. Both organizations will proceed to Holy Ghost cemetery where there will be services by the honor guard. Services then continue to Veterans Memorial Park. Members are to meet at the post home no later than 8:30 a.m. Following the services food and refreshments will be served at the VFW post, 205 Please see MEMORIAL DAY, Page 11