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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1954
Page
5
Miss Judy Dwyer was honored at a Saturday farewell party hosted by friends at the home of Miss Rits Downey on East Pleasant Street. Hosts included Adeline Ross Donna Sharer Peg Warner and Pat Nichols. Guests enjoyed dancing cards and refreshments while Dwyer prepares to leave for Marsfield State Teachers College.
A surprise anniversary celebration was held yesterday at the VanKeuren residence in Beaverdam for Mr. and Mrs. Royal VanKeuren on their 21st wedding anniversary. The event was hosted by their daughters Mrs. Richard LaCarmen of Jamestown and Misses Caroline and Elsie VanKeuren, with assistance from Mrs. Frederick Prine of Jamestown. Guests from Jamestown, Buffalo, Corry, and Bear Lake attended, presenting flowers, gifts, and best wishes during the hours from 1:30 to 5:20 p.m. }}
An afternoon gathering at Mead Park honored Mrs Clara Sargent of 135 York Street on her 83rd birthday. Hosts Mr and Mrs Ford Sargent led 34 guests from Corry, Meadville, Mil Village, Union City, Ashtabula and Erie with a picnic dinner and decorated birthday cakes.
Yesterday at Follett Cottage on Chautauqua Lake Conneldy Park a gathering of 60 friends and family enjoyed swimming boating badminton and croquet. A tween supper followed in the evening for parents and young people with lively socializing and shared refreshments.
A party Saturday evening honored Mr and Mrs Edgar Tunstall of Jamestown recently married. Mrs Clara Walker of R D 4 hosted with Mrs Arthur O Day and Mrs Wayne Fralick assisting. Twenty nine relatives and friends from Corry Lakewood Jamestown and Falconer attended. They enjoyed canasta and visiting. Refreshments included sandwiches salad shower cake coffee and Kool Aid. The honored couple received many fine gifts.
Mr and Mrs Royal E Messenger hosted the 0th annual Johnson family reunion at Mead Park with 118 relatives present. Earle Johnson of Salamanca chaired the session. Myrtle Stooffer read minutes. Clarence Page of Mayville gave a brief family history. The youngest member received a gift and Rose Burns the oldest was honored with a bouquet. Attendees traveled from Clymer Westfield Mayville Buffalo Union City Vermont Erie Salamanca North East Moorheadville Stockton Sinclairville California Findley Lake Wellsboro.
The first reunion of the descendants of Clarence W. and Alice Long Davis was held Saturday at Mead Park. About 45 attendees, including nine children and many grandchildren, enjoyed a picnic dinner. Officers were elected for the 1955 reunion planned for the next to last Sunday in August. Relatives attended from Ripley North East Erie and Corry.
Lanza returns from semi retirement to headline a CBS TV Chrysler sponsored Shower of Stars segment with Har ry James and Betty Grable. Ed Sullivan plans local cut in for small town acts on the national show. Paul Grant, ex boxer-turned-actor, reflects on tough TV roles and contemplates a boxing comeback. Also ad for MOTOR ULA TV sets at Seoul Co. Corry Pa.
Mr and Mrs Louis Varrassi hosted a party at 104 West Main Street honoring Louis Var rassi and his wife on their 80th wedding anniversary. Fourteen relatives attended a roast beef dinner followed by television viewing and visiting. The couple received a money purse and a television set as gifts.
A Sunday open house celebrated the marriage of Ma and Mrs Roger Follett at Col Folletts home HD 3. Guests included Corry area friends and relatives from Titusville Centerville Lowville Lexington Buffalo Ashville. Cake coffee and ice cream were served, and the cake decor was by Mrs Carl Lindberg. The Folletts received many fine gifts from the group.
Helena Montana Leonar d Hall of the Republican National Committee condemned statements by Stephen A Mitchell. Hall said the remarks against President Eisenhower were harmful and demanded ethical pledges be observed as he and Mitchell had previously discussed the issue.
The Pennsylvania Migrant Workers experimental school in Lewisburg wins 6000 prize in the National Community Service Competition. Dr Cyrus Kuruker chairs the Pennsylvania Citizens Committee on Migrant Workers, which submitted the entry amid plans to serve migrant children and improve intergroup relations through a community integration project.
Introduces A son born yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Paul Balek of R D 3 Corry. Birth recorded at Corry Memorial Hospital with details limited to family names and location.
Bells toll across Rome as Alcide de Gasperi, postwar Italian premier and European unity advocate, is laid to rest. Tens of thousands mourn, while a state funeral at the Church of Jesus precedes entombment in the ancient Basilica. U S Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce attends alongside diplomats.
Baltimore report says 8 year city plant inspector David Roche faces assault by poisoning and death charges in the August 14 death of his wife Dorothy 23. A medical examiner cites potassium cyanide poisoning. He planned to appear at Central District Police Court after turning himself in following his wife’s funeral.
New York reports a record low half-year death rate of 650 per 100000 among Metropolitan Life insured workers and families in the United States and Canada. Female policyholders show the lowest mortality, with notable drops among ages 10 to 14 and 20 to 24. Cancer rises slightly while cardiovascular renal disease remains a leading cause, and tuberculosis shows a 15 percent decline from last year. In Pittsburgh area news, 31-year-old John Manzak of East McKeesport dies from injuries suffered August 9 in an auto crash when his vehicle hit a utility pole in Turtle Creek.
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