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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1975
Page
5
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Southern vacationers Mr and Mrs Bill Craker Mr and Mrs Tony Amoroso and Mrs Leo Craker returned from Baxley Ga where they visited Betty Lou and David Klinger and family They also toured Disney World Busch Gardens Cypress Gardens and Gatorland and enjoyed the ocean Washington visitors Mr and Mrs Donald Joy and sons Ronnie D Robert D Richard D and Hoger D will return to Tacoma Wash after visiting Corry and Portland Me prior to a trip through the New England States where they stayed with Mrs Joys sister and family in Pittsfield Me The Joys left Corry due to the death of Mr Joys father Otto Joy Chautauqua speaker Leonard Read will discuss The Essence of Americanism at 830 pm at the Chautauqua Institution amphitheater The Regents and The Sounds of Music barbershop quartets perform later in the season The Joys prepare for a farewell party for Rev David J Menchhofer who will move to Garret Pa and a hospital notice reports Lawrence C Nichols of Phoenix Ariz a former Corry resident at the Veterans Hospital for surgery Next week a welcoming reception for Marc Marcello Downey arrives from Luxembourg to stay a year with the Downey family and attend Corry Area High School as the American Field Service exchange student.
Lorri Jean Watson of RD 4 Corry engages to William James Rasey Jr son of Mr and Mrs William James Rasey of Spar tansburg The couple plan marriage later announced Miss Watson attends Corry area High School Mr Rasey attended Spartansburg High School works at Tonnard Manufacturing and farms
Seventeen adults and seven youth from Rehoboth Sunday school class of Evangelical United Methodist Church shared a picnic supper at the Melvin Messenger home on Alder Botton Road. Ivan Downey presided over the business session and Miriam Lloyd gave the invocation.
Miss Sharon Kay McQueeney and Jerry LeRoy Crandall united in marriage at First United Methodist Church Union City in a 2 pm ceremony officiated by three ministers. Out-of-town guests attended from multiple states and Canada. The reception served 350 guests at Elgin Beaverdam Fire Hall and the couple plans to reside in Corry after honeymooning at Peek n Peak.
Reunions vice president Elsie McDonald, secretary and treasurer, with Cynthea Seppel and Lassie Sturdevant as table committee, Ada Louie as oldest relative and Angela Foster as youngest. Clarence Cox couple traveled far. Historian Frances Darling reports nine births, seven marriages, one death. Next reunion set for the third Sunday in August 1976.
Thirty nine members of the Jackman family gathered for the 18th annual reunion at Red Top Pavilion in Mead Park. A bountiful dinner followed and president Mrs Raymond Betty Mosher led the business meeting. Attendees came from Florida Corry Columbus Spartansburg and Youngsville. Next year’s reunion will be the first Sunday in August at the same venue.
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