Shepherd House, Inc., has paid a deserving honor to one of its most dedicated former officers, Mrs. Gertrude Jones of Jim Thorpe.

The retired treasurer of this humanitarian program after four years of outstanding service, she was presented a beautiful wall plaque Wednesday by the Rev. Stanley Haupt, executive director of the food distribution center in the Tolman House on Race Street in Jim Thorpe

Also participating in the brief ceremony was George Stutz, Palmerton, chairman of the Shepherd House Board of Directors.

Rev. Haupt lauded the recipient for her enviable record of achievement as a volunteer worker and officer, having served as its fiscal officer since the program’s inception.