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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
5
Local report notes a confusion over Parle libraries and sand operations. Officials say the event involved a controlled gathering with limited access and no injuries. Further details remain unclear due to damaged text.
At the weekly Rotary meeting in the Hotel Corry speakers discussed housing project type, size, construction, heating, and arrangements. Government inspectors Louis Crew and C R Bremer compared bids and local setup with others in the area. An inter city meeting with Cambridge Springs Edinboro clubs was announced for August 11 at Edinboro Culbertson Country Club with golf and a dinner. Dr Lyle Pitt visited from Pittsburgh Texas and a new member joined Glen Middleton of Quality Cash.
A Bates Fabrics survey of 3 767 college rooms finds 65 percent favor woven cotton bedspreads for wear, wrinkle resistance and washability while 86 percent choose matching draperies to relieve drab dorm walls. The study involved Yale, Vassar, Duke, Columbia, Southern California and Minnesota campuses.
Jackie Merker celebrated his third birthday at the East Pleasant street home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Merker. Eighteen relatives and friends attended, including Esther Fredlund Harold Fredlund Mrs Harold Bacon Mrs E O Griswold and Helen Griswold from Jamestown New York. A large birthday cake and other gifts were presented to the child during the party.
The Senate approved a compromise bill expanding the draft deferment and service extensions. It extends the final vote for the plan to reassign selectives and guardsmen beyond one year and lengthens three year enlistments. The act also grants deferment to men who would turn 26 before July 1 and 28 by July 1 in later years if not inducted. Separately, Dorothy Johnson, a student nurse at Meyer Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, is spending two weeks with her parents in Piccadilia Era.
Mr and Mrs William Barry of 407 West Vlet street Cleveland celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They will host a 6:30 pm glitter and lawn party after returning from a western vacation. Barry, formerly of South Center street, is a wire chief for Western Union in Cleveland. Mrs Barry was Ann Mahoney of Lakewood Ohio.
Mr and Mrs D A Hillstrom entertained Treon Society members and guests of St Pauls Inter church last evening at their summer home on Chautauqua Lake. A late supper was served at 8 30 and the evening featured visiting and boating. The next regular meeting is set for August 18 at the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Ross on Raymond avenue.
Miss Fowler, deaconess of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church, was honored at a farewell party last evening at Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Abrams’s home on East Main Street. She is leaving soon for the Kentucky Mountain to undertake missionary work. About thirty church members and friends attended, sharing games and visiting before refreshments. A purse of money was presented to her.
A noisy list of radio programming shows for NBC Red and NBC Blue, with various times and titles such as The Thin Man Planision Party Quisner Baseball Mr District Attorney Key Kyser's College and others. The entry notes performers and stations including NBC Red NBC Blue MBS and a travel mention of Johnson Pam and Mrs Frail Cale returning from New York City.
Amici Sewing Circle of the United Brethren Church held a birthday party at Mrs. Marley Marsh’s Johnson street home. New officers named: President Mrs William Holfast, vice president Mrs Marshall Sherwood, secretary Mrs John Carrier, treasurer Mrs Henry Kennedy, chaplain Mrs B McKintock. The group honored birthday celebrants and plan a meeting August 10 at Mrs Pred Williams’s home on Elk Street.
The marriage of Miss Florence E. Ross daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Ross Cory to Albert W Cole son of Mr and Mrs Frank Gole Wright street took place Monday afternoon at 3 30 pm. Rev James McMurray Presbyterian minister at Winchester Va performed the ceremony at the parsonage. Mr and Mrs Cole reside in Corry where the groom a Corry high school graduate class of 1936 works at Citizens National Bank. Mrs Cole a Columbus high school graduate class of 1938 works at Raymond Manufacturing Company.
Nazi claims of massive victories prompt Churchill allies to doubt progress as Soviet fronts hold firm. Attlee questions why roads to Leningrad Moscow and Kiev have not yielded decisive advances. Britain and the United States warn against overrun expectations while monitoring German moves on a broad front. Meanwhile, home advice warns on kitchen cleanups after cooking.
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