Parade starts Downtown Christmas
SHAMOKIN - The annual Santa parade will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday to kick off Downtown Christmas.
It starts at Lincoln Towers on Market Street (Route 125) and travels north on Market to Independence Street, where it will travel east to the other end of the city.
Santa will circle back to talk to children from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Fun Shop building, 3 W. Independence St., where Downtown Christmas activities are centered. Shamokin Rotary Club will offer photos with Santa.
Friendship begins annual fund drive
SHAMOKIN - The annual fund drive for the Friendship Fire Engine and Hose Company has started in the city.
The company is one of six volunteer fire companies operating in Shamokin. Friendship has three pieces of apparatus and has 20 active volunteer members.
Donations can be dropped off at the station in the mail box or sent to The Friendship Fire Company, attention Fund Drive, Rock and Chestnut streets, Shamokin 17872.
Wishes for Rev. Minnich's birthday
NUMIDIA - The Rev. Edmund W. Minnich, of 1302 Numidia Drive, Catawissa, will be celebrating his 85th birthday on Dec. 11.
Rev. Minnich is known by many in the area as a retired United Methodist pastor. He served several churches in the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church for over 50 years until he retired in 1989 and moved to Numidia. He has served 12 churches in the area on an interim basis since he retirement.
Friends and relatives are asked to remember him with a birthday card or phone call on his special day.