Stoltzfus couple marks 50th with open house in Spartansburg
Mr. and Mrs. William Stoltzfus of R D 1 celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 1. An open house in Valley View Mennonite Church Spartansburg drew 125 guests with hosts their children Floyd Reuben Gerald Merlin Melvin Gladys LeRoy Wilbur and others. The event featured a gold and white anniversary cake and a purse gift. the couple has 30 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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William
Mabel) Stoltzfus
Valley View Mennonite Church
Spartansburg
Stoltzfus
Floyd
Denver
Colo
Reuben
Souderton
Gerald
New Castle
Del
Merlin
Corry
Melvin
Gladys) Yoder
LeRoy
Fem
Wilbur
Alverda
Terrance Miller
Arthur Zehr
Pauling Yoder
David Miller
Milton Schweitzer
Titus
Corry prom plans and community notices outside
Corry Area High School will hold its junior senior prom on May 29 at the school with dancing to the Federal Reserve from Pittsburgh at the VFW Post Home starting midnight. Events include library observance for National Library Week and a public card party on April 24 at Bieulghe.
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Victor Cragg Jr
Norberta Kane
Kane
Con Office
Marine National Bank
Corry Area
VFW
Leo Hooke
Federal Reserve
Pittsburgh
Harry
Corry
Miss Renee Sickler Engaged to John Gray
Miss Renee Sickler becomes engaged to John Gray. She is a 1967 Corry Area High School graduate. Mr and Mrs Wallace Sickler of Miracle Mountain and Mr and Mrs Ronald Gray of Hart Michigan are noted in the engagement notice.
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Renee Sickler
John Gray
Wallace Sickler
Miracle Mountain
Gray
Ronald Gray
Hart, Mich
Miss Sickler
Corry Area High School
Women protest with Easter bonnets at Milwaukee church
About 15 women attended a St John de Nepomuc Mass in Milwaukee without hats to protest gender inequality. The Milwaukee Now chapter sponsored the action and distributed pamphlets urging women to remove second class Christian labels.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Janes J. Wamser
St. John de Nepomuc
National Organization For Women (Now
All Western Style Show at Moose Lodge Saturday
The All Western Style Show features Mrs. Joseph Ferson of Columbus as a model. A $10,000 bejeweled boot display from Tony Lama of El Paso wowed the crowd with 54 carats of stones. The event begins 8 p.m. with organ music by John Merkle, followed by Judith Dwyer Sing-Out Corry, Perry McCray, and The Villagers performing before a 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. dance. Admission is $1.50 and the public is invited.
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Moose Lodge
Joseph
Patricia) Ferson
Columbus
Ferson
Miss Moyer
el Paso
Texas
John Merkle
Judith Dwyer
Corry
Perry McCray
Oil Barge Fire Prompted Rescue Near Wharf
Yu was rescued when a tugboat pulled alongside the burning oil barge after he yelled from a porthole. A second crewman escaped through the port as harbor officials feared oil-fed fires would ignite wharves and other ships. Firefighters sprayed foam and water to shield threatened vessels, and one ship was moved away.
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E. S. Reed
Funeral notices for Hunt Hamilton and Chapman
Final rites for Mrs Edithe Hunt will be at St George Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 p.m. with burial in Bear Lake Cemetery Friends may call Saturday 7 to p.m. and Sunday 1 to 9 p.m. Last rites for Mrs Roy Elizabeth Hamilton will be at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Tuesday at 11 a.m. with burial in David Curris Cemetery Columbus. Funeral home calls Sunday and Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Double funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Robert C Chapman and sister Edithe Hunt. Interment Bear Lake Cemetery. Call hours Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Edithe Hunt
St. George Funeral Home
Bear Lake
Nto
Hamilton
Roy
Elizabeth) Hamilton
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
David Curris Cemetery
Columbus
Bracken Funeral Home
Chapman
Robert C. Chapman
Odd Fellows Mark 150th Anniversary
Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will celebrate the 160th anniversary of the Order in North America on April 26. Lodges including Jonathan Lodge 685 Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge 140 and Corry Encampment 241 plan a dinner for Odd Fellows Rebekahs and Patriarchs and families. The movement began in England about 250 years ago and spread after Thomas Wildey and four others founded the first American lodge in Baltimore on April 26 1819.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Free World
North American
C. J. Hunnicott
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Order of Corry
Jonathan Lodge
Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge
Corry
Odd Fellows
British Isles
Thomas Wildey
England
America
Baltimore
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellowship
North
South America
Australia
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Bertha McMichael
Society Editor
Birdie
Betty) Armitage
Elizabethtown
Betty
Iva Braley
West Smith Street
Von
Irene) Nichols
Ladies Auxiliary
Corry Grange Hall
Park Street
Douglas M. Dills
Linda Tarbell
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sgt
United States Army
An Khe
South Vietnam
Princess Kaiulani Hotel
Linda
Norman
Marge) Tarbell
East South Street
Greater Pittsburgh
Jonathan Lodge No
A. N. Rosa
North East
IOOF
Richard
Pennsylvania
Kenosha Drive
Lubbock, Texas
D'Arcy Studio
Beaver Falls
Mable Strodecker
Society
Frank
Joseph Ferron
Robin Moyer
Laenn Brockton
Washington St
Corry, Pa
Pound
Corry Memorial Hospital
Robert K. Woodin
Woodin
Alice Damon
Frankfort
Jesse James
James Russell Lowell
Jerry Lewis
Mrs. Campbell
Italy
Melvin Frank
Buona Betel Echee
Technicolor
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