Potocki Paintings On Display At Local Bank Exhibit
Three large oil paintings by Thomas Potocki created during a Greece residency are on display at the National Bank of Corry for a week. Potocki, son of Mr and Mrs John Potocki of 120 Railroad Street, is a Corry Area High School 1959 graduate and Carnegie Tech 1965 alumnus with works also shown at Erie Art Gallery. His paintings are for sale. Relief Corps Elects Officers For Coming Year attendees at the Corry Grange Hall heard a noon tureen dinner and elected officers for the year, led by president Mrs Wesley Willis. new officers include Mrs Mabel Brown, senior VP, and Mrs Loretta Belden, junior VP, among others. A Christmas party planned for the next meeting date.
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Thomas
Tom) Potocki
Greece
National Bank of Corry
Mr. Potocki
John Potocki
Railroad Street
Corry Area High School
Carnegie Tech
Relief Corps
Woman's Relief Corps
Corry Grange Hall
Wesley Willis
Joseph Gentilman
Bertha Darwin
Mae Hall
Mabel Brown
Loretta Belden
Eva Dundon
Maud Bennink
Walter Pier
Henry Hill
Velma Long
Elsie Newman
Merle Haskell
Reynold Hamilton
Marjorie Brown
Department
Local club notices and Christmas gatherings in Erie area
Birdie Tells Us reports members of the Presque Isle Chapter National Secretaries Association meeting at Kenti's Restaurant in Erie with new member Mrs. John Freno to be initiated January 22 at The Shriners Club. St Thomas Women’s Organization hosts a Christmas dinner at 6 30 pm in St Thomas School auditorium with a gift exchange and portable TV grand prize. Sciota Community Aid plans its Christmas party at 112 East Frederick Street with turkey dinner and gift exchange. Rev Ivan G Hunsberger will present Jerusalem slides at Evangelical United Brethren Church at 7 pm.
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L. Richard
Ann) Fuller
Wayne Street
John
Zilla) Freno
Wright Street
Presque Isle
National Secretaries Association
Kenti’s
Erie
Freno
Shriners Club
St. Thomas Women’s Organization
St. Thomas School
Sciota
Ivan G. Hunsberger
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Woolworth Employees Share Holiday Event and Free City Concert
Fifteen Woolworth employees dined in the Garden Room of the VFW Post with turkey dinners and a gift exchange led by manager Glenn Palmer who and his wife received gifts. Sgt. William Beckwith attended as a guest. The city offers a free Christmas concert at Syria Mosque on December 17 conducted by Henry Mazer, with tickets distributed on a first come basis.
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W. Woolworth Company
VFW
Glenn Palmer
K. S. Durham
Sgt
William Beckwith
United States Marine Corps
Beckwith
Liberty PI Woolworth
Erie
Armed Forces
Palmer
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Symphony
Mendelssohn Choir
Syria Mosque
Henry Mazer
Rebekah Lodge Plans Charity Gifts for Christmas
Rebekah Lodge met at IOOF Hall Tuesday evening with Mrs Richard Mountain as noble grand in charge. Mrs Harvey Loveland reported gifts and cards ready to send to nine service men and money sent to Odd Fellows Home Meadville and Grove City infirm. Members Walter Mick Luella Gates Robert Lindstrom and Florence Culver were tasked to buy gifts and pack boxes for the sick and shut ins for the December 19 meeting, with candy cookies and a gift exchange planned for the Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Walter Mick
Luella Gates
Robert Lindstrom
Florence Culver
Women's Group Wraps Gifts For State Hospital
The Women's Society of World Service met at the church with 28 in attendance. Mrs. Lynn Campbell led the routine meeting and readings were given by several members. Mrs. Ivan Hunsberger spoke on a trip to the Holy Land. Gifts were wrapped for Warren State Hospital with delivery set for December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of World Service
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lynn Campbell
Glenn Davis
John Carrier
Edith Adams
Alfred Haenel
Ivan Hunsberger
Holy Land
Warren State Hospital
Harold Fish
Herbert Trisket
George
Theodore Vanderhoff
Christmas Dinner Recalls Circles and Moose Event
The Lydia Circle of the First Methodist Church met at Mrs Stephen Brooks home for a 1 pm tureen dinner with 15 members. A Christmas sale fundraiser yielded a good sum. Santa Claus visited during Women of the Moose gathering as social service chairmen arranged gifts and candy sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
First Methodist Church
Mott Street
Stephen Brooks
Thugs Take Mrs. Claus Lights in Indianapolis
Mrs. Robert Claus told Indianapolis police that thieves stole more than 100 Christmas lights from trees in front of her home. The incident was reported Friday in Indianapolis Indiana. Local police investigated the theft as a Christmas stocking style mischief with no immediate suspects named.
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Society Editor
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McMichael
Potocki
Birdie
Woolworth
Ellen Sturgis Hooper
Rebekah Lodge
State Hospital
Leon Cole
Clifford Geer
Ronald Barstow
Santa Claus
Donald Bensiak
8S. Brooks
John Ohrn
Ohrn
Howard Loveland
Ida Ohrn
Willis Brown
Miss Ohrn
The
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Cliff Barrows
Billy Graham Gospel Team
Bernice Rowland
Charles Vanassel
WOTM
Maurice Gjertsen
Robert Markle
William Halfast
Ralph Wassink
Alfred Baungrotz
Mrs.Claus
Corry
Penn'a
Lepage
Reg
Corry Savings and Loan Association
North Center Street
Corry, Penn's
Phos Tax
Black & Decker
Ays
Corry Agway Co-op
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