The annual Carbon County Hall of Fame banquet will be held on Sunday, May 24 at Memorial Hall in Jim Thorpe.

This year's inductees are:Palmerton - Jan Sosik, Nicole Levandusky, Joe Visnosky Jr., Charles "Biddy" Romig.Lehighton - Carl Wolfe, Wayne Wentz, George Tkach.Jim Thorpe - Marijo Gillespie Whalen, Kevin Trice, Scott Kmetz.Nesquehoning - Katherine A. "Kitty" Curry, Anita Misantone, Robert "Bob" Rehatchek, James Agosti, Carl Mikovich.Lansford - Robert D. "Bob" Popik, John "Nini" Kranchick, Edward J. "Moose" Kosciolek.Summit Hill - Brad Miller, Joseph D. Perilli, Gary John Evans.Coaldale - Mike Frendak, Jack Evans, James "Blue" Bonner.Tamaqua - Mike Miorelli, Dave Lehatto, Charles Connelly.Anyone looking for tickets to the banquet can contact Danny McGinley (570-325-3550) or any other Hall of Fame committee member.During the next several weeks, the Times News will be running biographies of everyone in this year's class.Following are members of the 2015 Coaldale Hall of Fame class.JACK EVANSJack earned three varsity letters in football, including one as a freshman (illness sidelined him in his sophomore year). A running back, kicker and punter for the Coaldale Tigers, under coach Geno Poli, he amassed approximately 1,000 all-purpose yards in his senior season. As a result, he finished tied for third place in individual scoring in the Valley in 1961. Evans also earned two varsity letters in track, and led the team in individual scoring in his senior year.Jack excelled in baseball, as well, and played on championship teams in both Tamaqua and Coaldale programs. In his final season of organized baseball, he led the league in several hitting and pitching categories.Most of his adult life was spent in the Lehigh Valley, where he was heavily involved in various sports. As a member of the East Penn Football Officials Chapter of the PIAA, he worked numerous league and conference championship games. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Chapter, was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials, and the ECAC, working in the Mid-Atlantic region. He also spent nine years as a Football Official Observer for the PIAA.In 1975, with two friends, Evans formed the Lehigh Valley Ice Hockey Club and served as its President, while also serving as the Vice President of the Delaware Valley Hockey League. He was a Board Member of the Atlantic Region of the US Amateur Hockey Association. He was also named the first general manager of Eastern Pennsylvania, in the inaugural Keystone Games. As manager of the West End Legion baseball team in Allentown (seven years), his 1982 squad won the Lehigh Valley League Playoff title. He also served as President of the Tri-County League for nine years, and served as Commissioner of the Lehigh Valley Legion League for ten years.JAMES "BLUE" BONNERJames Bonner was one of the most talented football players to grace the Coaldale gridiron. Formed in 1912, the Coaldale "Big Green" was one of the most successful football teams in Anthracite Coal Region history, and was led by a number of stars, including halfback/fullback, James "Blue" Bonner.Winning the Curran Cup, emblematic of Anthracite supremacy, in 1921, 1922, and 1923, "Blue" and the Big Green helped to pioneer what is today's National Football League."Blue" Bonner was the Big Green's best ball carrier, whose favorite weapon was a hip movement that would send would-be tacklers flying. He was once rated, "one of the very best men playing football in the country," by Robert W. Maxwell, the namesake of today's Maxwell Award, which is given to the best football player in the United States.A journalist, Joe Devire, who covered the Big Green games in 1924, said of Bonner, "He is the most colorful player in independent football circles, built like a warrior, one of the most feared athletes on the gridiron. Bonner never went to a college, but he has played against stars of great colleges and has shown them things about football that they never knew existed."MIKE FRENDAKDuring the 1944, 1945, and 1946 football seasons for Coaldale's legendary coach, Tom Raymer, Mike started on offense at left guard, on defense at nose guard, and linebacker, and as kicker. In the 1946 season, the Tigers won seven games, including shutouts over Atlantic City, Mahanoy City, and Hazle Township. Following his senior season, he was honored as a member of the "Dream Game," playing on the Southern Division team of the 26-team Eastern Conference.During a five-year semi-pro football stint, Frendak started for the Lansford Blue Devils, the Tamaqua Indians, and Ashland Miners.Mike served as a head and assistant coach for numerous basketball teams, including Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Coaldale, St. Michael's in Lansford, Panther Valley Junior High and Panther Valley High Schools. During the 1985-86 season, he assisted Coach Rich Davidyock in leading the Panthers' boys' team to a 29-2 record, along with a spot in the Eastern Finals of the PIAA State Basketball Championships.Frendak coached football at the knee-high level, where he led a Panther Valley football team to four consecutive undefeated seasons, and assisted coach Geno Poli during his successful 33-10 football tenure at Coaldale High School in the early 1960s.Frendak also served as umpire and financial chairman for the Lansford Little League