Perryopolis news
Anniversary Willis and Gladys Hoyack Franks of Uniontown are celebrating 57 years of washing the dishes together today.
Gene and Darlene Gearing celebrate their wedding anniversary on Saturday.
Birthdays
Dawn Phillips and Brandon Bongiorno celebrate their birthdays today. Brandon turns 14 years old today.
Erica Sendek and Ann Gearing get the cake on Monday.
Penny Timcheck, Kelly Conrad, Greg Sobek and Stanley Kapella want more icing on Tuesday.
Wayne Nicholls and Juan Fernandez celebrate on Wednesday; Denise Fleming and Ann Vindivich, Friday; and Joseph Giocondi, Saturday.
Christmas concert
The Frazier annual Christmas concert will be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Frazier High School auditorium. Cost of admission is $2 for adults and $1 for senior citizens and students. Everyone is invited to attend.
Reminders
Patricia Schaffer is looking for her ancestors in the Schaffer family from the Waltersburg, Connellsville and Greensburg areas. Anyone with family tree information on the Schaffers is asked to call Ruth at 724-736-2001.
The Country Nest will be open Monday through Friday from 10 to 6 until Christmas eve; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Library news
The Frazier Community Library will be closed for the Frazier School holidays. The library will reopen in January.
Christmas house tour
The Frazier Community Library and The Harvest House would like to thank everyone who made the second Christmas House Tour an overwhelming success.
More than 150 people toured the beautiful homes and enjoyed their tea at the library. Also to be thanked are the homeowners who graciously opened their homes to the tour and spent massive amounts of time decorating.
Vacation
The Harvest House will close for winter vacation on Dec. 31 and will reopen on Jan. 20.
Food Bank
The Fayette County Community Action Agency Food Bank serves 3,000 families every month. With the recent damage from the flood, the Food Bank lost approximately 40 percent of the food staff planned to distribute throughout the upcoming holiday season to families in need. National City Bank located on Independence Street in Perryopolis has been designated a drop off site for non-perishable food items. Any assistance provided will be greatly appreciated. It will assist the Food Bank in providing much needed nutritious food items to Fayette County residents in need this holiday season.
VFW Christmas party
The Perry Township Veterans of Foreign Wars, Gold Star Post 7023, will hold its annual Christmas party at the VFW on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m.
Post 7023 members and their guests, spouses of deceased members, the ladies auxiliary and social members are invited to attend. For more information, call the post at 724-736-4990.
Youth basketball
Frazier Youth Basketball meets the second Tuesday of every month at the Perryopolis Borough building. The next meeting will be held Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcomed to attend.
Auction
The Perryopolis Moose weekly auction on Tuesdays is closed for the holidays and will resume after the new year.
Holiday deadline
From now until New Year’s, the deadline for submitting news for this column will be Sunday afternoon at 5 for the following Sunday. The new e-mail address for the column is cinder3@earthlink.net