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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1941
Page
5
Readable scraps hint at a dramatic work directed by Olin Barry Edward and involving the Jones family. Mentions Maisie, Pomantic, a maid of drinking, and a father’s money, with unclear plot threads and character ties.
Readable fragments describe February remarks about two individuals in Wyck area. The text is incomplete, mentions names not fully clear, and lacks concrete events or outcomes. Further details are unreadable, preventing a full report.
Davis hosts eight guests at West Congress Street home for a Saturday bridge party. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Davis and Frank Cole. Weekend visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grady of Warren and Mrs. Grady’s parents. Many locals attended funeral services for Elmer VanTassel at Riceville Church.
A clipping profiles prominent women including Sally Astor, a four-job MP from Plymouth and Lady Mayoress, who also staffs a hospital ward, hosts American soldiers, and manages a large estate. It also mentions Gogo Scianarelli preparing for marriage, Allison Raymond launching Proxy Parents in New York, Sonja Henie on tour, and social figures like Mrs. Harrison Williams and Mrs. Wendell Willkie with local parties and visits. The long item collates various social captions and lifestyle notes from high society.
A society note says the Junior High Parent Teachers Association will film a Thursday evening festival in the school gym. The event features Paul DeRossy speaking on France and travel, school band selections, tumbling acts, and other musical numbers. Proceeds from festival pinebuds will fund playground equipment.
Plans by the Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren church at Beaverdam set a Valentine box social for Friday evening February 14 at 8 oclock in the church basement. Everyone is invited and ladies are asked to bring box lunches.
The column lists radio programs across networks WHAF WABC WJZ WEAF NBC and WEAP NBC. It notes an authoritative speech by Senate Majority Leader Barkley on the Tend-Lesse bill to air tonight at 10:90, plus dense hourly listings of news sports and entertainment shows across stations and times.
Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Misa Ethel Marie Cornelus, daughter of Lewis H. and Mrs. Cornelus of Bellflower California, to Ross W. Glenn of Oxnard son of Ralph W. Glenn of Corry. The ceremony is set for Friday evening February 21 at Glen dale California in the Wee Kirk o the Heather. The bride is a graduate of Oregon State University and Santa Barbara State College and a home economics teacher in Ventura High School. The groom is a Corry High School alumnus of 1931 and works as a mechanic and crew chief at the Ventura County Airport in Oxnard.
Mrs. Leland Johnston and Mrs. Walter Sears hosted six members of the North West Club at a spaghetti dinner at Mrs. Johnston’s Franklin Street home last week. Attendance was five hundred, prizes went to Mrs. Sears and Mrs. Charles Weston Jr, and a brief business meeting preceded adjournment with plans to meet at Mrs. Arthur Goring’s home next week.
The Acacia Club entertainment committee organizes a bogey bridge party for Tuesday February 26 at the Masonic Temple. The event aims for strong turnout and prizes with refreshments. Harold Powell handles tickets and reservations. contact him for details. Leo Prong, of Jasper, returns to Youngstown Ohio after a weekend visit.
The Dairymen's League considers a referendum on an amendment to the classified price plan. Speakers warn suspension of the marketing order risks harm to farmers and urges a vote without coercion to secure fair milk prices amid rising costs and wartime conditions.
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