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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
5
Mrs Webb Andrus entertained her Sunday School class from the Methodist Church at Canadohta Lake cottage yesterday afternoon. Members enjoyed swimming boating and horseback riding. At 5 20 o clock a tureen picnic dinner was served.
More than fifty members of St Pauls Lutheran Church and its Sunday School attended the annual picnic at Mead Park yesterday. D Armour Hillse trom directed the program with games and contests and prizes of war savings stamps awarded. Dinner was served at 5 30 with coffee and ice cream by the Sunday School. Mrs Charles Dahlstrand served as general chairman while Miss Shirley Depew and Miss Marjorie Dyera served ice cream.
The Corry area society page lists visitors and residents at gatherings and travels. Fragments mention Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell visiting Pranklinville, Mrs. R. H. Eggleston of Warren, carnival attendance in Titusville, Cpl Charlotte Ann Roberts arriving from Philadelphia, and numerous friends and relatives visiting in Corry, Erie, Meadville, and Chautauqua institutions during a busy period of travel and social visits.
Miss Anna Mae Dennison of Zion’s Grove was named 1945 Potato Blossom Queen by State Agricultural Secretary Miles Horst. The pageant, part of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers Association field day, included contestants Leona Leofsky of Garland and Thelma Troyer of Union City among ten finalists. Gorton Hay, 7, from Berlin won a potato picking contest, beating champion Mahlong King of Parkesburg.
The Baptist Ladies Fellowship hosted the Men's Brotherhood at Mr and Mrs George Martin's home on Route 6A. A potluck supper followed by outdoor games and a brief meeting set Wednesdays for both groups to work on the church basement as a recreation center for the young people. The men's quartet including Harry Hickle William DeHaven C S Monroe and Bruce Thomas performed five numbers before group singing closed the program.
Mrs. Clare Capwell entertained the New Era Club of the Presbyterian Chosen at Capwell Cottage on Chautauqua Lake yesterday afternoon and evening. Two members and friends attended. Boating swimming and visiting followed. At 6 20 p m the hostess served a delicious picnic supper. The next meeting will be held September 5.
The Corry Grange No. 55 met yesterday afternoon at Mead Park at one o clock for a tureen picnic. Attendees enjoyed a bountiful dinner and an afternoon of games contests and visiting. Ice cream and cake were served in the late afternoon. The next meeting was announced for later this month at nine oclock.
Mr. Rice entertained the Methodist Church Choir at his cottage yesterday near Findley Lake. Over thirty choir members and guests enjoyed boating swimming and visiting in the afternoon before a sumptuous 6 50 oclock picnic. A social hour followed dinner.
Adelaide Kerr reports that Mrs. Bern Owana and Mrs. Biomet McKune founded the Mothers of Triplets Association of America after a 1944 Chicago meeting. The group, with New York and Illinois chapters and 58 members, aims to assist prenatal and postnatal care, education, nutrition, and general health for mothers of triplet children and their families, seeking 48-state reach.
A flurry of social visits fills Corry scenes as Pittsburgh residents call on Mrs. Blanche Thompson on East Frederick Street and many others travel from Jamestown Warren Erie and Kane. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Miller Frank Dodd H Lynn Sill Andrew Bolcratz and Misses Jean Niche Joanne Swan at the Pennsylvania Potato Growers field day in Coudersport and a clam bake. Families plan trips to Niagara Falls Canada and Chicago while others return from visits in New York state and Washington.
Mr and Mrs Fick Malone of Grand Valley welcomed a son at Titusville City Hospital yesterday. The baby’s father is listed as Mstone, formerly Betty Avert.
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