West End news for Nov. 30, 2017
QV Christmas
Quiet Valley, Monroe County’s Living Historical Farm, will again present its Old Time Christmas Friday and Saturday and also next weekend on Friday and Saturday, from 3 to 7 p.m.
Experience Christmas in the 1800s with a winter evening on the farm.
Guides dressed in period clothing lead folks by lantern light. There will be a Christmas Putz display, a live barnyard Nativity, caroling, a visit from the Belschnikel, storytelling, complimentary refreshments and more as well as a holiday gift shop with handcrafted items
For more information, including entrance fees, visit quietvalley.org or call 570-992-6161.
Parking is free. Pets are not allowed nor is smoking.
Santa luncheon
A luncheon with Santa will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pleasant Valley Elementary School in Kresgeville.
Clothing needed
PVEN’s clothing department is in need of the following: girls winter clothes all sizes, especially long-sleeve shirts and pajamas; boys pants sizes 5 and 6, and sweatpants all sizes; and junior girls/women’s winter clothing all sizes.
Bring any donations to the church office of Our Lady Queen of Peace or deliver them directly to the PVEN, a retired church building at the corner of McIlhaney Road and Greenview Drive in Brodheadsville from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Other times by appointment.
CWU awards
Church Women United of Monroe County will meet at noon Saturday for its covered dish luncheon at Our Lady of Victory in Tannersville, collecting items from the Christmas stocking/totes project going on right now, and recognizing two people. One will be honored as the 11th annual Margaret Wyckoff award recipient, another as a Valiant Woman.
Those bringing project items are reminded to mark each donation whether it is for a man, woman or child, and whether boy or girl.
For more information one can call Nora at 570-426-1887 or Betty at 570-629-0649.
Supper & Auction
Zion Lutheran Church, Brodheadsville, will host a spaghetti supper and silent auction Saturday from 3:30 to 7 p.m.
The supper is open seating and will include spaghetti, homemade meatballs, salad, bread, drinks and a selection of homemade desserts.
Proceeds from the dinner will go to further the ministries done at Zion.
Proceeds from the auction on such items as trees, wreaths or other decorations will go to Zion Noiz, Zion’s Relay for Life team.
For more information, call the church at 570-992-6988.
Dems party
The West End Democratic Committee is gathering for its annual Christmas party at 6 p.m. Saturday, at the West End Fire Company Hall in Brodheadsville.
For tickets/cost and information call 610-681-6354.
AARP class
This Saturday and next Saturday, the eight-hour, two-day AARP Smart Driver Safety Class will be offered at the Chestnuthill Township Park building in Brodheadsville. Class begins at 1 p.m. each day.
The course is a defensive driving course designed for drivers 50 and older. Successfully completing the course leads to all insurance companies doing business in Pennsylvania needing to give a minimum 5 percent discount to all qualified drivers age 55 and over for a minimum of years.
There is a fee.
For more information and to register for the course, call the instructor at 570-619-4006.
Santa visit
At 4 p.m. Saturday, Santa will visit the Ross Township Park on Anchorage Road in Saylorsburg, There will be music, hot cocoa and cookies. Nonperishable food items for PVEN and new unwrapped
Toys for Tots will be collected.
He will visit Chestnuthill Township Park in Brodheadsville from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8, with similar music, hot cocoa and cookies and again nonperishable food items for PVEN and new unwrapped Toys for Tots will be collected.
Added event
In addition to the 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. worship services with Holy Communion this First Sunday of Advent, and the 9 a.m. Sunday school for all ages plus Confirmation class, Salem-St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kresgeville will hold a congregational meeting at 11:30 a.m.
A special event next Sunday will be the 6:30 p.m. Christmas tree lighting at the Polk Township Veterans’ Memorial and Adam’s Faith Garden.
Craft Fair
The Pleasant Valley High School gymnasium is the site for a craft fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Poinsettias order
Salem UCC in Gilbert, like many churches, is decorating the church for Christmas. The church requests that all orders for poinsettias, with payment, be turned in by Sunday. The service begins at 10 a.m.
Christmas show
St. Matthew’s UCC in Kunkletown will have a full morning this Sunday and then a show. The schedule calls for a 9 a.m. traditional service with a congregational meeting.
From noon to 2:30 p.m. there will be a family Christmas picture fundraiser from noon to 2:30 p.m.
At 3 p.m. “It’s a Cramer Brothers Christmas” show with The Cramer Brothers Band begins.
Candlelight ceremony
The women of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Gilbert, will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent with a candle lighting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The candle lighting ceremony begins at 6:15 p.m.
For more information, call the church at 610-681-6137.
To take part in the Advent By Candlelight Ceremony, contact Marge McCauley at margem@ptd.net or 570-977-7784.
SAL meets
The Sons of the American Legion will meet at 11 a.m. Sunday at the West End Memorial American Legion Post Home 927 in Gilbert.
Pets with Santa
Boomer’s Angels Animal Rescue and Care is holding a fundraising event, Pets with Santa, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Blakeslee Animal Clinic, 5251 Route 115, Blakeslee, 18610.
For more information, visit www.boomersangels.com or email boomersangels@gmail.com.
Christmas visits
Veterans from the American Legion Post home in Gilbert have scheduled veterans Christmas visits for five locations. On Monday, at 10:30 a.m. a visit will be made to the Pleasant Valley Manor in Snydersville. Then at 1:15, a visit will be made to Weston Senior Living Center at Hillcrest Retirement Community in Stroudsburg.
Tuesday’s visits include Brookmont Healthcare in Effort at 11 a.m. and Mrs. Bush’s Chestnut Ridge Personal Care Home in Kunkletown at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s visit is to the Getz Personal care home in Jonas at 10:30 a.m.
That evening the West End Home Association is slated to meet 7:30 p.m.
The Legion itself will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The meeting will take place at the Legion home on Fairgrounds Road in Gilbert.
Holiday shop
The Pleasant Valley Elementary PTO holiday shop will run from Monday through Dec. 6, and Dec. 11 and 12, with snow days of Dec. 7 and 13. The Pleasant Valley Intermediate PTO holiday shop will run from Tuesday through Dec. 8.
Tree lighting
There will be a tree lighting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Pleasant Valley Elementary School in Kresgeville.
Ross Supers
The Ross Township board of supervisors is slated to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the township municipal building on Anchorage Road in Saylorsburg.
Polk Historical
The Polk Township Historical Society is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the township municipal building in Kresgeville.
For more information, contact Foucault@ptd.net or at 610-681-8984 or Norman Burger at Naburger@ptd.net.
Supers meet
The Chestnuthill Township board of supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal building in Brodheadsville.
Senior luncheon
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Gilbert, will hold a senior luncheon at noon on Dec. 6.
Hanukkah party
The Western Pocono Community Library is hosting Congregation B’nai Harim at 1 p.m. Dec. 6, hosting a Hanukkah story time party. It will include hearing about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and activities such as playing dreidel, eating latkes, singing songs and creating holiday crafts.
This is a free event shared in friendship. Preregistration is required.
To register, call Western Pocono Community Library at 570-992-7934.
Blood drive
The Western Pocono Community Library in Brodheadsville hosts a Miller-Keystone blood drive twice a month. On Dec. 6, the blood drive begins at 7:30 a.m.
Walk-ins are welcome.
Eldred supers
The Eldred Township Supervisors will meet at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the township municipal building in Kunkletown.
Eldred vacancies
Eldred Township Supervisors will be making appointments to various township commissions and committees at the organization meeting in January. Vacancies may exist on the Zoning Hearing Board, Planning Commission, Community Center Committee and Parks and Recreation Committee.
Anyone interested in serving on one of these should submit a letter of interest by Dec. 8.
The letter should state the area of interest, the reasons for the interest and any relevant qualifications. It should also provide contact information.
Interested parties should drop the letter off at the township office during regular business hours or send it to Ann Velopolcek by email at a.velopolcek@eldredtwp.org, or by regular mail at Eldred Township, P.O. Box 600, Kunkletown, PA 18058.
Cookie baskets
McMichaels UMC will be making cookies baskets at the church on Dec. 8. They will be on sale at the donation-only breakfast, from 8 to 10:30 a.m., being held the next day, Dec. 9.
Live Nativity
The Southern Pocono Mission Connexion of the United Methodist Church invites the West End community to attend its second annual Live Nativity to be held on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10. The Connexion, consisting of Effort, McMichaels, Neola and St. Peter’s United Methodist churches, will re-enact scenes from the infancy through the early manhood of Jesus, beginning with his birth and culminating with his baptism by John the Baptist.
The scenes will take place on the grounds of St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, 924 Route 115, Saylorsburg, beginning at 5 p.m. each night and concluding at 8 p.m. Hot chocolate and homemade cookies are offered as refreshment in the fellowship hall. For additional information, call 610-393-5321 or 570-992-7311 (leave a message), or check www.stpetersum.webstarts.com.
Christmas party
The Western Pocono Women’s Club will hold its annual Christmas party/December club meeting on Dec. 12 at the Lakeside Restaurant in Saylorsburg. The party signals the end of monthly club meetings until March 19, 2018, when they will hear from Martha Carr from Celtic Hospice.
While the monthly meetings may not be held, WPWC is a very active women’s service club. They continue to clip coupons for the military, make Quilts Made with Love by WPWC, and club members volunteer to help out in many ways in the community.
WPCL outreach
GFWC Western Pocono Women’s Club, along with local area Girl Scout troops, handcrafted close to 1,200 Christmas cards. These cards show support from the home front, wish the troops merry Christmas and are signed by both WPWC and the Girl Scouts. At Chestnuthill Township Day in September, members of the community had an opportunity to write personal messages on more than 100 cards. All the Christmas cards will be distributed to through the Red Cross, Tobyhanna Army Depot, and the VA in Wilkes-Barre, as well as to troops in other areas of the country and abroad.
Monthly during the fall, winter and early spring, members of the WPWC meet to design and sew quilts. So far this fall they have made 24 quilts. These quilts were then given to Monroe County Children and Youth and Celtic Hospice.
Quilts Made with Love by WPWC go to children as well as adults who feel the blessings and prayers of these handcrafted quilts.
Monthly, the club sends about $20,000 worth of coupons to a naval base in Okinawa, Japan, to help out the service personnel and their families. So far in 2017, WPWC has sent more than $145,000 worth of coupons to Japan. Judging by the thank-you notes received by the club, these coupons are greatly appreciated by the sailors and their families.
Contact Adele Argot at 717-933-4028 or arargot3@verizon.net. Contact the Times News at 800-443-0377 or tneditor@tnonline.com.
