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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1968
Page
5
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Columbus fourth through sixth graders joined Mrs. Plor ence Wilkinson's class in the flutophone portion of the annual spring musical for the April PTA. The event featured instrumental music songs and readings with a highlight a talk on Mental Health of Children by Dr. Walter Brennan of Warren and a film on Growing Children. Officers elected during the meeting were Mrs. Samuel Smith president Mrs. Leonard Edwards vice president Mrs. Clair Damon secretary and Mrs. Emory Morton treasurer. A social hour and refreshments followed.
Members and guests of the Tuesday Afternoon Duplicate Bridge Club played a five table Howell Master Point session at the YMCA. Winners included Mrs. Jack Osman and Mrs. Frank Graft at 69 percent, Mrs. Edward Thompson and Mrs. F. H. Bartholme at 64 percent, and other pairs scoring 62, 57, and 55 percent. Next regular game is scheduled for next Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Advanced camping skills for Girl Scout leaders will be offered this spring in two sessions. One at Waluhiyi on April 24 and 30, the other at Camp Hawthorne Ridge May 7 and 9. Workshops run 9 30 a 2 30 with lessons in cooking, tool craft, tent pitching, health and sanitation, and program planning. Mail registration to Erie Field Office for Hawthorne Ridge and Meadville office for Waluhiyi. Participants should bring lunch, handbook, leader notebook, and Safety Wise.
Miss Corry Contestant Marcie Stahl daughter of Jack and Mrs Stahl of 44 Oakley Avenue is 18, a Corry Area High School senior with dark brown hair and green eyes. She plans to study education at Ithaca College after graduation and enjoys swimming reading knitting and skiing. Stahl is head cheerleader and former Rainbow for Girls officer plus Honor Society member Future Teachers of America French Club Drama Club and Beaver staff. She will compete with other candidates Saturday at 8 PM in the Miss Corry Pageant at Corry Area High School under the Jaycees.
Arkanzia Solomon, 40, was sentenced to five to 10 years at Western Penitentiary for second degree murder after a fatal bar stabbing of Richie DeHenney, 23, in East Liberty last December 2. Solomon claimed he was beaten moments before the incident. the sentence was handed down by Judge Homes S. Brown in Allegheny County Criminal Court as about 10 of his children and around 30 relatives and friends watched.
Miss Sharon Steadman and two companions depart Norfolk aboard the Marie Leonhardt for Hamburg Germany to begin a year long tour of Europe. All three are graduate nurses, with Sharon the daughter of the Steadmans of Columbus and formerly employed at Rosemead and Erie area hospitals.
John Edwards a congressional candidate spoke at the Rotary Club dinner at Hotel Corry. Introduced by Norbert Bachemer, Edwards discussed the Bill of Rights equality and freedom. The talk was well received with Crawford Sallee presiding and Rev. Walter Thoms and Hubert Vaughn contributing. Visiting Rotarian Ike Serrins of Titusville and guest Louis Thon of Wausau attended.
Mary DeLury of South Center street was honored at Bea's Steak House with a birthday dinner hosted by Mrs E W Bacus Miss M Agnes Lynch and Mrs M Leo Mulderiet Twenty nine guests attended enjoying dinners and a decorated cake tables carried a green and yellow theme a corsage and a gift were presented to Mrs DeLury in observance of her birthday.
Kiwanis Club in Corry met at Hotel Corry for a weekly dinner. Frank Grice, program chair and past Corry Area Historical Society president, spoke on the Historical Museum at Mead Park, its programs and future plans. Grice was introduced by Allan Shaw. William Donaldson led the business session and Richard Dittman gave the invocation. Local news items followed with submission deadlines.
Jocelyn Albers was honored last evening at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Leslie Upperman and Mrs. Richard Phelps at the Phelps home in Columbus. Prizes were awarded to several guests, with a special award to Mrs. Roger Rundell. A green and white color scheme framed the event and a May wedding to David Upperman was announced at Spartansburg Methodist Church.
Neal Bisbee of Wattsburg presented an area wildlife program to the YMCA Auxiliary on Monday evening at the Y. Mrs. Helen Davison presided over the business session and a nominating committee was named. A March 18 meeting approved a $500 donation for new draperies in the all purpose room and lounge. Hospitality chair Mrs. William Master and others served refreshments. Next regular session set for May 20.
Harrisburg report says Louden Hill Farms Int failed to invalidate a Milk Control Commission order setting minimum prices for the Scranton Wilkes Barre area. Judge Lipsitt said the dairy’s cost study was not a valid basis for price determination and that the commission must consider all producer costs and prices, serving the wider dairy industry.
Susan Stranahan, a Meadville nurse and Georgia Bible Institute alumna, received a farewell at Spartansburg High School as she prepares to join the Christian and Missionary Alliance to study languages in Canada and France before spending four years in the Congo. About 130 attendees, including local reverends and family, watched as gifts were presented under the theme This is Your Life. A newborn boy born at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs William Moyer of Columbus was also noted.
New York AP reports Edna Ferber prize novelist dies at age 62. The spinster author reflected that unmarried writers have more time for children, a metaphor she used for her works. Her notable titles include So Big and Show Boat, the latter later adapted to Broadway and films.
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