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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
5
An unclear report notes a guardsman moved toward Monday at St Bernard with investigations listing entrains and a commerce manager. Details are fragmented, but the item centers on movement by guardsmen and a commerce official.
The engagement of Miss Marie Cecile Whaling of Erie to Dr Walteur Swendiner of Erie is announced. Marie Cecile, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmett R Whaling, is a Mast High School and Villa Maria College graduate who studied for a master of arts at the University of Pittsburgh and taught at Roosevelt Junior High. Swendiner, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Swendiner, is a Carnegie Tech graduate with a PhD from Pittsburgh and an assistant professor of biology at the Erie Center. Wedding date not set.
Plans are complete for a patriotic Lincoln festival at the Junior High gymnasium hosted by the Parent Teachers Association. A program features a talk by Paul DeRosay formerly of France, musical selections and tumbling acts. Proceeds will fund spring playground equipment purchases.
A Nation wide radio plan named Defense for America will air for 13 weeks starting Washington's Birthday. Through NBC Red under the National Association of Manufacturers, it will visit factories to discuss arming America with a Tuesday through Sunday schedule featuring speakers Dorothy Thompson and General J. A. Danaher among others. The listings show a packed slate across CBS NBC and MBS networks with orchestras, choirs, and notable performers.
Mrs Fred W Willis and Mrs GB Kysnv hosted a miscellaneous shower for the recent bride Mrs A Due at her Pask street home. Guests included Mrs Cley Haight, Mrs George McKee, Mrs Mildred Denton, and others. Prizes awarded to Mrs 8 Peebles Mrs Duke and Misses Bartholme and Sehreckengost. Ghiles Reynolds, recovering from a broken hip after a stay at St Vincent's, attended. Local visitors and hospital meeting notes also recorded.
An evening dinner at Mustela Tea Room on Seventh Street announced the September 1 1940 marriage in Ripley Ohio of Marguette Mor Santo Julius Zesky to Hesky. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Charles Wood. Mrs Hesky, a Oil City High School graduate, worked at Aero Supply Manufacturing. Mr Hesky, from Harford Connecticut, worked at Berkeley Engineering. The couple will reside in Carry. Twenty five Aero company women attended and presented gifts. The Wedding page note marked the date.
Mr and Mrs N 8 Ringer of Fredonia Pennsylvania celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with open house Saturday afternoon and evening and church service plus a family dinner on Sunday. They have three daughters Mrs Wallace Mrs Clarence H Redfoot and Mrs Bar Ginther and a son Lester Ringer.
A fragmentary note references scholars of illah ida as atmonvayour ook Vag Addrouss Rumford Gohing Paley Box L Rumford Rol and invites further contact for discussion. The text presents name scraps and locations without a clear event or dates.
Arrangements for a spaghetti supper at St Pauls Church were discussed at a meeting of the Ladies Aid Society. The dinner, led by Mrs R S Burr, will serve church members and visitors for the society’s benefit. Hostesses included Mrs Merritt Hunt and Mrs Dunlap. The next meeting is scheduled for March 12.
A Cory Camera Club nominating committee was appointed to select officers for the annual meeting on February 26. Members include S. Wallace, Melvin Velson, Blaine Wallace, Nore Miller, and Margaret O Hara. The next meeting will be the business meeting and party at the O Hara home on Bond Street with Miss O Hara and Mr Miller in charge of entertainment and color printing demonstrations.
Miss Jewel A Hasbrouck daughter of Harold H Hasbrouck of 315 Concord street and H Arthur Hoff man son of Mr and Mrs Harry L Hoff man of Butler were married at First Presbyterian Church in a single ceremony conducted by Rev Gilbert L Boyd. The ceremony featured classic selections by a church quartet and organists, with a reception for thirty relatives and guests. The bride wore a white maline gown with a fingertip veil and orange blossom crown, and the groom wore formal attire. The couple plan to reside at 20 Bnet Bligh street Union City after a wedding trip to Washington.
Several from Gorty plan to attend the Bundles for Britain dancing party and carnival at the Lawrence Hovel Brie Saturday evening. A program of fine music is arranged for the event, one of several parties aiding Brie for the British benefit fund.
A social evening for Eastern Stat members and their spouses featured a program with cards and dancing. About sixty to eighty attendees gathered, refreshments were served, and tables were attractively decorated. The committee included Mrs G Blanchard and Mrs Ray Greene with help from several others.
FW club members gathered at Mrs. Douglas Reynolds home with Mrs. Lawrence Nichols hosting a two course supper and Valentine games. Prizes went to Mrs. Charles McMillan Mrs. Reynolds Mrs. William Hudson and Mrs. Ross Mach. The next meeting is at Mrs. McMillan’s home on February 18. Stewart visits Mr. and Mrs. Harold Skinner on East Main Street for a few days.
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