Post 665 scholarships available
Dickson City American Legion Post 665 will offer scholarships to high school seniors in the Midvalley. Children and grandchildren of regular members of the post are eligible. Contact Commander John Toole at 570-489-4303 or leave a message at 570-489-6996 for forms to apply. All forms must be postmarked by May 31. You may pick up a form at the post.
Post 4909 Flag Day party
Dupont VFW Post 4909 Home Association inaugural Flag Day party, June 14, post home, $30/person. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner buffet, 7, and dancing from 8-11, with music by Fabulous 45’s, cash bar. For tickets and reservations, see or call Bob at the post, 570-472-1152. Deadline for reservations is the Friday before the party. Tickets cannot be sold at the door. All PLCB regulations apply.
Auxiliary 5207 annual golf tournament
Ninth annual John J. Michaels Memorial VFW Auxiliary 5207 Golf Tournament, captain and crew format, June 22, Pine Hills Country Club, 140 S. Keyser Ave., Taylor, shotgun start, 8 a.m., sign in by 7:30, buffet lunch following tournament, $100/golfer, includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, coffee and doughnuts at sign in; hot dog, beer/water on turn, lunch; all entries to be paid on or before June 15; hole sponsorship, $100; Jerel Wayne, 570-878-6420, or John Teeple, 570-445-0713.
MEETINGS
Post 25
Scranton VFW Post 25 meetings, June 1: HA/canteen, 11:30 a.m., and post, noon, installation of post officers.
Marine Corps League
Northeastern Detachment Marine Corps League, 1340 Alder St., Scranton, June 1, 2 p.m.
Post 4909
Dupont VFW Post 4909, June 2, 7:30 p.m., post home, nominations of post officers, home association meeting follows.
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS
Post 7069 parade
VFW Abington Memorial Post 7069, in conjunction with Clarks Summit, Memorial Day parade, Monday, 11 a.m. Parade forms at Grove Street Elementary Center starting at 10, proceeds to South Street and Winola Road and ends at post home.
Post 7069 services
VFW Abington Memorial Post 7069, Clarks Summit, Memorial Day services, Monday, at South Abington Memorial Park at the tank, 8:30 a.m.; Clarks Green Cemetery, 9; Hickory Grove Cemetery, Waverly, 9:30, and Post 7069 at 12:30 p.m.
Post 25 and Scranton ceremony
Scranton Veterans Memorial Park Memorial Day ceremony sponsored by VFW Post 25 and Scranton on Monday at noon. Members of VFW Post 25 along with the Northeast Detachment of the Marine Corps League and city will participate, Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti will offer remarks. Special guest will be David Ratzel, older brother of Capt. Wesley Ratzel, Air Force, who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1972. David and his family will place the memorial wreath at the monument and David will speak of his brother. The Ron Leas Big Band with singer Sharon Ambrozia will perform. Bagpiper Dick McLane and local Boy and Girl Scouts will participate. Email Pat Ahern, chairman of the Memorial Park, at ahernoffice@aol.com.
Olyphant events
Memorial Day services begin Monday at 11 a.m. at the Olyphant American Legion, Raymond Henry Post 327, 101 Willow Ave. Guest speaker is Vito Ruggiero, commandant of the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. Immediately following will be the Olyphant Freedom Fighter Veterans Memorial Park program. This year’s honoree is CPO Loretta Perfectus Walsh, Navy, the first official enlisted woman of any service and the first woman to achieve chief petty officer. Honored guest speaker will be EOC, SCW Martin O’Horo, Navy retired and former Olyphant resident, accompanied by Navy officers. Luncheon at the American Legion Hall. Call Kim Atkinson for information, 570-892-0378.
Post 209 services
American Legion Six Star Post 209, Lakewood, will hold Memorial Day services Monday at Balls Eddy Cemetery, 9 a.m.; Shehawken Cemetery, 9:30; Orson Cemetery, 9:45; Little York Cemetery, 10:10; Rock Lake Cemetery, 10:30; Lake Como Cemetery, 11; and Lakewood Memorial Park, noon, with refreshments following the ceremony.
Post 180 and Post 7251 services
Herbert Clark Post 180 Throop American Legion and Throop VFW Post 7251 Memorial Day services, Monday, members meet at Throop Civic Center parking lot at 8 a.m. and proceed to cemeteries starting with St. Mary’s Cemetery off Sanderson Avenue at 8:15; the veterans’ plaque at the Throop Municipal Building for services at 10, and the VFW Post 7251 for services at 11.
Post 207 weekend ceremonies
Kosciuszko American Legion Post 207 Memorial Day ceremonies, prayers, rifle salutes and playing of taps: Sunday, St. Ann’s Basilica Cemetery next to the stations of the cross, noon; St. George’s Cemetery, West Mountain Road (just up from McDade Park), 1 p.m.; Monday, post musters in SS. Peter and Paul’s parking lot, West Locust Street, 8 a.m.; Jones Cemetery at the end of Sloan Street, 8:15; Amherst Street Cemetery, Parrot Avenue and Amherst Street, 8:30; St. Michael’s Cemetery, adjacent to SS. Peter and Paul R.C. Cemetery, Taylor, 9; SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery following Memorial Day Mass at the cemetery chapel, 9:30-10; UKAVETS Club, Railroad Avenue, Bellevue section, 11. Times are dependent on weather conditions.
Jermyn services
Jermyn annual Memorial Day parade, Monday, 11 a.m. Starts at Washington and Franklin avenues, proceeding on South Washington Avenue, ending at Jermyn Cemetery, Cemetery Street. Gather at Convenient Mart on Franklin Avenue beginning at 10:30. At the cemetery, William J. Griffiths American Legion Post 465 will conduct a memorial military service for fallen veterans. Lakeland School District’s eighth grade essay winners, Bryson Bechtek and Greta Takach, will read their essay “What Freedom Means to Me.” Lakeland School District Band will provide military arrangements and Big Bear Production will have a presentation of music. After the program, free hot dogs and beverages will be provided at Artisan Hose Company, Maple Street, sponsored by the W.J. Griffiths American Legion Post 465. If inclement weather, all parade and ceremony participants go directly to Artisan Hose Company and the ceremony will begin at 11.
Post 6520 service
Thomas A. Snook VFW Post 6520 Memorial Day service, Monday, 11 a.m., post home, 846 Cortez Road, Jefferson Twp. Light refreshments will be available following the service.
Post 5544 and Post 411 services
Jessup Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5544 will hold combined services with Jessup American Legion Post 411. Mass will begin at 9 a.m. at Holy Ghost Church, Third Avenue, celebrated by the Rev. Timothy A. Kennedy. Both organizations will proceed to Holy Ghost Cemetery where the honor guard will give a rifle salute. They will then proceed to Veterans Memorial Park where Scott Schermerhorn will be the guest speaker and remarks will be offered by Mayor Joseph Buckshon and commanders of both organizations. Meet at the post home no later than 8:30. Following services, food and refreshments will be served at the VFW post home, 205 Dolph St.
Carbondale ceremony
Carbondale Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, 11 a.m., Carbondale Memorial Park. Carbondale Area High School Band will preform. Carbondale native and veteran Earl Granvile will be the guest speaker. A special park dedication for deceased Carbondale native Howard H. Howell will be conducted. If inclement weather, the ceremony will be held at American Legion Post 221, Hospital Street, training center.
Post 3474 services
Dunmore VFW Post 3474 Memorial Day services, Monday, meet at the post at 8 a.m. Services at St. Mary’s Cemetery will take place at 8:30, followed by services at Dunmore Cemetery.