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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1965
Page
5
Mr and Mrs W W Waterhouse recently married were surprised Sunday at their North East summer home by friends from Corry Harrisburg Erie and Unionity. Guests enjoyed a buffet supper and decorous oak gift for their home as boating and visiting were shared.
The Corry Area Golden Ager Club leaves at 7 a m for a bus tour to Newark New Jersey to visit Rose Gardens and other sites with forty one members aboard. They sponsor their annual flower show at the YMCA Thursday inviting residents to exhibit flowers foliage and plants. Judges include Samuel Genco and Mrs Leola Cole. Music includes organ selections and piano duets by Gary Snell Janet Chaffe Sandra Bensink and Ramon Cooklis with Edward Kinley and others.
William A. Michael spoke at the Kiwanis Club in Hotel Corry detailing the Corry Bureau of Employment services. He noted 68 claims in process and 410 active applications, with Capt. Thomas Pugh of the Salvation Army attending as a guest.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wotus Sr celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with 11 children and families present after the 11 o clock Mass at St Bartholomew Church Crabtree A family dinner followed. Relations from Corry Waterford Butler Greensburg and Crabtree attended with gifts and corsage boutonniere for the honored couple.
A reunion of former pupils of Clymer District No. 1 School from 1890 to 1905 was hosted by Innce Wollaston and Jethal Hippwell at the Wollaston cottage in Lakewood. A tureen luncheon followed by lake views, photos, and reminiscences. Attendees included Alicia Tehpas Lewis, Mable Babcock, Gladys Bidens, Mrs. James Graves, Mrs. Arthur Schermerhorn, Mes. Garret Querreveld, Mrs. Albert Croscutt, Mrs. Fred Damcott and Ada May Brown. Minutes of the last meeting were read by secretary Ada.
The 28th annual Hayes School and Community reunion drew about 50 people to the Chelton farm on Otcord Ridge Road Saturday. Howard Blakeslee was elected president with Frank Culver as vice president and Miss Gladys Chelton as secretary treasurer. A program of games followed a business meeting, with committees named for next year. Ice cream ended the day.
Naomi L Johnson hosted a piano recital at her home studio 509 East Smith Street with 11 students performing. Barbara Kafferlin played Skip To My Low Melody of Spring Time Candlelight Chorale The Yellow Rose of Texas Kathleen Still played Two On a Tandem Lorraine Bogert offered Spanish Waltz of the Guskea In ELE land a miniature concerto with organ accompaniment by Naomi Johnson.
May Brown reports a death of a member as Mrs Pred Bardink. During the year Mabel Babcock elected chairman for the meeting set for the second Wednesday in August 1966. Ada May Brown reelected secretary. A unanimous vote of thanks was given to the gracious host.
Former President Harry S Truman and Mrs Truman arrive at Kennedy International Airport for a visit with their daughter Margaret and her husband Clifton Daniel. They were met on arrival by their daughter and son in law as they walked with a cane to the Daniels’ station wagon after flying from Kansas City Missouri yesterday.
The Women of the Moose will host their annual picnic at Miss Dorothy Lytton's Hyde Road home in West Spring Creek with dinner at 6 pm. Members should bring a tureen, table service, and a folding chair if possible and may contact local organizers for directions or transport.
National Guardsman Pfc Robert Yamez in Alabama's Negro district announced his newborn son would be named Riot. He, age 20, visited his wife Rebecca, 19, at the hospital before returning to duty. In Spain, a head-on train crash near Almeria killed 10 people, with officials confirming the passenger-mail collision eight miles north of the city.
Lone sailor Robert Manry and his fragile sloop Tinkerbelle completed the Atlantic crossing today and faced treacherous English Channel tides on the final leg to Falmouth harbor. His wife Virginia and children prepared to meet him near land aboard the trawler Girl Christian as the mission ends after 78 days and 3200 miles.
Police detained a man on the Scilly Isles after a waiter reported an alarming conversation during a rowing trip. A revolver was found in the man’s room and he held a license. He was sent to a Cornwall hospital for a mental examination as authorities investigated a possible plot against Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart.
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