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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1944
Page
5
A damaged newspaper fragment mentions names and places in unclear form. Readable items reference a war context and a university and a station, with scattered numbers and affiliations difficult to decode.
Fragmentary OCR text appears as garbled notes. No identifiable people, places, dates, or events are readable enough to summarize into a coherent news item.
Mrs Charlotte Williams Wasque honored by friends at her West Smith Street home. Tables of Nye were played and prizes won by Mrs Boyd Auer Mrs Charles Jackman Mrs Lawrence Hansen and Mrs John Potocki. Fifteen guests enjoyed a salad dessert inch and a shower of lovely gifts.
Directors of the Golden Rule Club met this morning and reported $1 106 50 raised in the recent Red Cross drive. They approved funding two Beaver Club members for a pre season training camp for the high school squad and drafted plans for a dinner on the Wednesday night in May. Committee chairs and volunteers were named for event planning and for investigating a proposed recreation center for local youth. Many local residents were noted visiting or returning from events, with Easter plans forming part of the social schedule. A dining guide article by AP offered a children Easter party menu and a feather of recipes for treats and simple decorations.
The Alexander Novelty trio entertained school children in an afternoon show and Lyceum ticket holders in an evening performance last night in the Senior High school auditorium. The varied program featured musical numbers on multiple instruments, magic tricks, novelty dances, and ventriloquism, marking the season finale.
A dinner at the Hotel Corty honored Donald Tate, a Fellow employee, who departs for Navy service Tuesday next week. Fifteen attendees attended the pleasant event and presented the honored guest with a purse of money.
A son was born this morning at Corry hospital to Mr and Mrs Don ns Morehouse Columbus. A son was born today at the local hospital to Mr and Mrs Merle Besson 147 Ens Congress street 4406. A daughter was born to Rev and Mrs J Arthur Dahistrand at the Lying In hospital Providence Rhode Island Friday morning. Mrs Dahistrand was formerly Miss Eiffa May Thomas and both are former residents of this city.
Penelec Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Electric Co. was honored upon retirement after many years of service. A gathering in Cony, Erie, and nearby towns featured a dinner at the Hotel Corry where a gift was presented to the retiree. Attending from the office were Rar T. Cherry and A. J. Schemmer.
Dorothy Koe profiles Robsjohn-Gibbings, an English decorator in America, who foresees postwar homes embracing modern, streamlined design. He envisions windowed flat-topped houses, modular furniture, and ready-made rooms ordered by mail, aiming for affordable contemporary living after wartime shortages.
Vivian Brown offers practical shirt care tips for busy homemakers. Step by step guidance covers soaking collars, using proper suds, dissolving bluing for white shirts, and washing order to prevent color transfer. It also includes starch preparation, quick-dry methods, and ironing sequence for crisp results.
The text discusses an alternative to folding, advocating a nostalgic luméry approach. It outlines steps for folding shirts using a hanger, front orientation, buttoning, side folds, and tail adjustments. It suggests using a cardboard for guidance and mentions pinning at the shoulder yoke for added stability.
Japanese threat near Imphal expands as Palau devastation and Truk air-base targets are reported. Seventh Air Force liberators strike five Truk strongpoints while Admiral Nimitz notes ongoing attacks and continued operations across central Pacific bases amid radio silence on casualties.
Corry milk producers shipping to the New York market via the Dairymen’s Logue can expect March milk returns near 387 dollars per hundredweight including a 60 cent per hundredweight federal feed subsidy. New York’s pool projections show a uniform price of 327 for March with total returns over 18.5 million, and a combined rate of 447 per hundredweight.
Keystone Ordnance Works reserves land for lease with about 2000 acres still available. Army engineers say leasing continues in part though the site office may close temporarily after leasing roughly 1500 acres in recent weeks. Interested parties are directed to contact the Army engineers real estate branch in Columbus Ohio.
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