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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
5
An assorted pharmacy ad lists prices for items such as Wicks VapoRub Milk Magnesia Tablets Ex Lax Bromo Seltzer Sal Hepatica Bisodol Listerine Olive Tabs and Pierces Rems with per unit costs and pack amounts. It also mentions J and J Baby Powder Fletcher Castoria Biolac Nyal Baby Cough Syrup and S. M. A. Baby Food with scattered cents values.
Representative R J Rogers warned at the Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Corry that starting the St Lawrence Seaway during the world emergency would strain materials and harm defense goals. He urged investing in U S highways instead for peacetime value and strategic strength, fielding questions from members. Guests Ed Erskine and Don Eastman from Unioncity attended.
Betty Clarke offers leg care tips focusing on posture and leg appearance. Advice includes proper shoe height, daily scrubbing of knees and heels, applying grease or cream, weekly “magician” to remove tabs, and using a full length mirror to measure thighs knees calves and ankles. It emphasizes consistent training to improve leg shape and stance.
Ann Deler, director of a New York beauty school, outlines a body measurement standard for a perfect figure. She claims a 36, five foot tall model should have thigh 20 percent inches, knee 13 percent inches, calf 12 percent inches, and a single ankle inch, with possible half or full inch adjustments to thigh and calf.
Mr and Mrs George Bond of Second Avenue leave today for Ol! Gliy to start new home. They were honored Saturday at a farewell party hosted by Mr and Mrs PR Harmon. Guests included Mr and Mrs Falcone Fairchilds Brink Keppel Mc Nulty Esterbrook Holton Van Dresar and Harmon, with a buffet and a coffee table gift.
Miss Gladys Dusworth hosted a kitchen shower at her Essex street home honoring Miss Mary Shields who will wed Robert Patterson this week. Guests from the city and nearby places enjoyed fortune telling and desserts, including Virginia Armitage Eva Varetti Jane Piccirillo Wilda Worth Thelma Lord and Mrs Carl Hedstrom.
Reports confirm Governor Arthur H James of Pennsylvania will marry the 48 year old widow of a Cornell professor Mrs Hmily Radcliffe Ouseeff who said the wedding will take place very soon. The bride to be is described as an abstuctive widow and the couple plan a quick marriage.
Clarence Lowe and Miss Kathleen McGraw hosted a surprise birthday party for Miss Mary Jean Phillips at his West Pleasant Street home. Guests enjoyed cards and awards were won by Mrs. Robert Hunt and Miss Phillips. A dessert lunch was served and gifts were presented. Attendees included Misses Mary Jean Sullivan Peggy Paver Mary Gertrude Harman and Peggy Hughes.
Mrs. Frank Green and Mrs. D SillaWay entertained 125 guests at a supper and dance honoring their daughters Mrs. Lewis Main and Mrs. Harvey Bromiley and their husbands who were recently married. A shower accompanied the event with many gifts for the couples.
A son was born last evening at Corry hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Purcell of 209 East Smith street.
Mrs Wilbur Sorenson entertained last evening at her mother's Seventh Street home in honor of her sister Miss Jane Campbell bride to be. Guests included many local ladies. prizes were awarded for party games and a miscellaneous shower followed with gifts, balloons, and a nurse-themed snack. Several travelers and visitors were noted among the attendees.
Corry Hospital reports resignations by three nurses amid ongoing staffing shortages. Miss Viola Goring leaves after three years to pursue postgraduate study at Philadelphia General Hospital. Miss Gertende Lindstrom, at the hospital since last April, exits next week with sister Miss Ruth Lindstrom for an indefinite stay in San Francisco. Mrs. Ormal Nightlinger, formerly DeLeo Ressink and married last week, also resigns. Mrs. George Pierson of Youngsville visits relatives in East Waynestreal for a few days.
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