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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1954
Page
5
A dermatologist notes based on experiments that even severe poison ivy cases can clear in days rather than two weeks. Early treatment is urged and internal therapies may be used when reactions are extensive. advice emphasizes prompt response after exposure.
Rev Howard J Stull leaves tomorrow for Wesley Woods Camp at Ground Valley to serve as exector of the ramp next week. John Mountain and Fred MacMor rin will attend. Mrs Stull and daughter Lesley visit Beaver Falls and Kit tanning. Several townspeople plan fishing trips to the French River region in Ontario. Barbara Roberts and Nancy Schuller vacation at Chautauqua Institution. Elnora and Nellie Cariel depart for Beaver Falls with Mr and Mrs Richard Rumney. Dr and Mrs F Lee Whittlesey visit Cimptauqua Lake with G E Holden. Raymond Barnes returns to Dayton after visiting Messinger and Blanche Barnes. Gary stays in Columbus. Carlton King visits George Boyd for new days. Frank Grice Jr and family spend a month at Findley Lake. Kowalski returns from Oklahoma City and St Louis after business with Aeva Supply Mtg Co Inc.
Miss Phyllis Marie Aikens and Robert A. VanEarden united in a summer wedding at the Abbe Reformed Church in Clymer. Rev Alvin Rhodes officiated as or ganist Carlyle Neekers provided music and Richard Tennken sang several selections. The couple will reside in Holland Michigan after a trip through the Adirondacks and Easter New York.
Members of One Women’s Relief Corps met at Grange Hall on Park Street with most officers present. Mrs Tra Wickwire was absent. Bethlehem convention notes: K D Brown elected second vice president of the home board, Mrs John Long named department executive, Merle Long named junior club director. Ice cream social planned at Merle Long’s Wayne Street home. gifts due by 6:30. bake sale netted $20. Next meeting in two weeks with tureen dinner.
Mrs Leonard Edwards hosted the Wheelock Community Aid gathering at her home. Devotional readings and a brief business session preceded plans for August 19 to start hassocks under a Clymer representative. The event featured textile painting, cake, and coffee hosted by Mrs John Krasa at 8 p.m.
The Harbor Half Ladies Aid met at the Community Hall for an all day session featuring an 8 turkey dinner starting at 1 p.m. Twenty members and guests attended. President Mrs. Rupert Morris led the business meeting in the afternoon. Chaplain Mrs. Lewis Jewell read a passage from St. John and offered prayer. The next meeting date was changed to September, replacing the final date. Mrs. Jewell and Mrs. Oscar Vance were chosen hostess committee for September.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Christensen hosted a farewell party for their son Pfe Wilbur Christensen at 117 West Washington Street A family picnic supper followed by relatives and friends who gave Pfc Christensen a purse of money The social evening included light refreshments for about 40 guests He departed last night for Camp Kilmer New Jersey en route to overseas service.
Mrs William Bases and her baby Linda Ann were honored at a shower hosted by Mrs Donald Knapp at the home of Mrs John Ohrn 145 East Congress Street. Entertainment included party games and visiting. Prizes went to Mrs Eugene Perkins Mrs Richard McCray and Mrs Peter Russell. Refreshments of cake ice cream and Kool Aid were served with pastel candy baskets as favors. Mrs Bases received several gifts for her daughter.
In San Francisco a tugboat Sea Wolf nearly reached Pier 25 as Seaman Alvain A. Sunberg dashed from shore leave and failed to get aboard by two feet. Police retrieved him from the bay after the misstep.
The Women of the Moose held a meeting at North Center street lodge rooms with Katheryn Kirin presiding. A class of candidates was initiated, an officers meeting was announced for Monday, and fundraising efforts including Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and a bowling team were noted. The Moose family planter is set for September 12 at Royek’s Grove, with next meeting on August 19 and refreshments served.
Mrs. Frank N Ames entertained about 60 friends at a luncheon yesterday afternoon at the Corry Country Club. Pastel flowers and tapers decorated tables for a formal tea style gathering with out of town guests listed from Florida to Findley Lake. Also included is a report on Pittsburgh Democratic leader David Hershman gaining solid community support after resigning from the county free food board, as W Kirk Miller oversees surplus food distribution to needy residents.
A bridal shower for Mrs Charleen Gussman of Harborcreek was hosted by Mrs Miller and guests including Mrs Frederick Miller and Mrs Edith Brady. Attendees enjoyed bingo with prizes, a late lunch, and a bridal cake centerpiece, ending with gifts for the bride elect and plans for her August 28 wedding to Duane Beckwith.
In Newark eight boys found four bags of silver totaling 981.65 hidden between a bees nest and a wasp nest. They spent money at an amusement park and Asbury Park before detectives traced the haul to a vending machine firm theft in Trenton.
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