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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1940
Page
8
Bear Lake news notes a town picnic planned for Wednesday August 21 with a noon picnic dinner and program, plus two ball games. Local residents attend events in Rochester Ripley and Panama. schools, scouts, and bands are active as residents travel for recreation and visiting relatives.
Aug. 16 report from Oil City says William Crouch 18 of West Sunbury drowned at 2:00 pm yesterday in the Allegheny view near Parkers Landing. MHA fire departments and district officials searched last night and planned to continue the hunt today. Text also notes unrelated population figures for Estonia Latvia and Lithuania.
The twelfth annual French Creek town picnic drew several hundred residents and friends to the Orin Bemis farm grove. A noon dinner by Edwards Chapel ladies preceded an afternoon program with music by the Clymer Central School band, readings, theatricals, and contests. The Edwards Chapel team defeated French Creek in a ball game. numerous stunts and races followed with prizes awarded.
Erie August 16 Rt Rev David F Hickey presided at the ceremony of profession of the Sisters of Saint Joseph at Villa Maria. Final vows by Mary Yve Meadville M Clarice Braddock M Berita Cambridge Springs Maurice M Luck St Marys Sr M Jorisna Meadville Mary Rose Oil City Constance Marie Mary Arthur Eve Mary Pasee North East First vows by M Matthew Sharon M Evangelist Erie M Loretta Cleav field Sr Maurita Ridgway Ann Jane Patton Officers reelected Merle Te Winkle president Genevieve Cherry secretary Birth, visits, and social gatherings follow, including Centenarian Habink’s 80th birthday celebration with local and visiting guests.
Spartanburg August 16 reunion events unfold with August 18 picnic at Glenwood Park Erie featuring 2 p.m. dinner. Vocational school tour includes Townville and Bloomfield with a Canadohia Lake picnic and park amusements. Sunday school outing at Canadohta Lake, medical updates reported on Laura Dasayniez and Samuel Culver, plus obituaries and visits from Pittsburgh and Erie residents.
The obituary notes the civic focus of a woman who preferred home life over social functions. She married O D Damon on July 24 1881 and had two daughters, Wianlé Damon and Jenkle who died in 1901, while O D Damon died October 24 139 after a barn accident.
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