Silver wedding anniversary noted at An i Open House
An open house sponsored by the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church honored Rev and Mrs E C Docherty on their silver wedding anniversary. The couple married January 1 1935 at a New Year Eve Watch Night service. Guests numbered 55 visited the parsonage on Bayt Main Street between 2 and 4 pm and 7 and 9 pm. A three tiered cake with a silver 25 centered the table, pink carnations and white chrysanthemums highlighted the decor. Various refreshments were served by church members and family. Additional society items followed, including travel notes of local residents and visitors.
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Ani
Christian and Missionary
Allanive Church
Bayt Main Street
E. C. Docherty
M. ©. Dennison
Grove City
Rey
Docherty
Eugene Canfield
Floyd Martin
Ingeborg Turner
Family Party Honors Tommy Teddy Ericson
Mrs. James Ericson hosted a Spring Street gathering to honor sons Tommy and Teddy Ericson on December 31 and January 1. Colorful decor, a chicken dinner, birthday cake and ice cream marked the celebration attended by relatives. The Ericsons plan to move soon to Japan to join their husband and father, Sgt. James Ericson of the U.S. Air Force.
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Tommy
Teddy Ericson
James Ericson
Spring Street
Teddy
Ericson
Shapiros Wife Dies in Philadelphia at 72
Mrs Hutty Shapiro widow of former Pennsylvania secretary of welfare died Sunday at her Philadelphia home. A native of Russia born as Elizabeth Rantz she came to the U S as an infant and married Shapiro in 1911.
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Shapiro
Philadelphia
Hutty Shapiro
Pennsylvania
Shipro
Elizabeth Rantz
Russia
Engagement Announced for Miss Sandra Devereaux and Jack Bennett
Former Corry residents Mr and Mrs Max H Dever announce the engagement of their daughter Sandra Mary Devereaux to Jack A Bennett of Union City. Miss Devereaux, Corry schools graduate of 1959, attends Penn State as a freshman. Bennett, Union City High School graduate, works at A P Super Market. No wedding plans announced.
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John A. Logan
Mildred
Marinus Christensen Jr
Marinus Christensen Sr
R. D
Corry Area High
Farrington Skiff Marriage Announced in Erie
Leah Skiff of Spartansburg and Neil Farrington of Erie married by Dr. Harold V. Lindquist at Glenwood Evangelical United Brethren Church parsonage. The couple, longtime Spartansboro residents, now live at 2405 Glenwood Avenue in Brie.
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Erie
Leah Skiff
Spartansburg
Neil Farrington
Harold V. Lindquist
Glenwood
Ricky Staples Feted On First Birthday at Home
One year old Ricky Staples, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Staples, was honored at a New Year’s Eve birthday party at the Staples home in Snyder Circle. Thirteen guests attended as Mrs Staples and her sister Miss Janice Ward served birthday cake ice cream sundaes soft drinks and coffee. The guest of honor received several gifts.
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M. I. Spaulding
Spring Street
Daytona Beach
Fia
William Burdick
Priscilla
Rockford
Til
George Nagel
Wayne Street
Paul J. Crowell
Wright Street
California
D. J. Little
R. D
James P. Manning
Baltimore
Leon Root
Chicago
Root Furniture
Sandy
Peggy Gibbons
Bethesda
Meadville
Sally Dimmick
East Street
Roxanné
Christine Onsler
Columbus
al Vanssens
Peggy
Snyder Circle
Cresson
Mr Yanssens
Ernest Yanssens
Sucky Coapies
Richard Staples
Staples
Ten Fishermen Missing After Philippine Typhoon
Hope faded for ten fishermen missing since New Year’s Eve as Typhoon Harriet churned Philippine waters off Lyon Island. A lone survivor reached shore, describing a fishing vessel wrecked in the storm and the crew’s disappearance.
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Manila
Philippine
Lyon Island
Harriet
Couple Plans Not Yet Announced Wedding
A Hamot Hospital nursing student in Erie and her fiancé, CAHS graduate of 1956, now employed in advertising at Corry Jamestown Corporation, have not announced definite wedding plans.
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Hamot Hospital
Erie
CAHS
Corry Jamestown Corporation
Mothers Seek Full Week for Spouse Appreciation
A Chicago group calling itself SAPS the Society for the Appreciation and Preservation of Spouses petitions for a National Spouse Week in February, seven full days honoring wives by having husbands handle chores from diaper changes to breakfast in bed. Founders Margaret Jane Fink and members Mavis Agerhelm say Mother's Day remains insufficient as men enjoy Father's Day year round. SAPS already includes about 30 Chicago and Wisconsin area housewives.
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Joe Connell
NFL Grid
Steel
Grid
National Football League
Rotary
Hotel
Corry
Connell
Carol
Richard
Warren
Ohio
Pittsburgh Steel Co
NFL
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Bangor
Maine
Winston-Salem
N. Y
Louisville
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
Green Bay
Wis
Detroit
Mich
Washington, D. C
New York City
Smilaga
SAPS
Society
Margaret Jane Fink
Hubby
Swedish actor producer Victor Sjoe stroem dies at 80
Victor Sjoe stroem a prominent Swedish actor and film producer died yesterday after a long illness. He made his first film in 1913.
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Stockholm
Victor Sjoe
Stroem
School Must Refund 59 60 Cash
Fre donia Board of Education ordered to refund 75000 to taxpayers by Supreme Court Justice Reid S Moule. Funds held in escrow since Oct 1 after Moule ruled the 1950 60 budget included an invalid planned balance. George Leone had challenged the balance in a Sept suit. Bruce Manley argued districts use planned balances, supported by the State Education Department.
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Redonia
N.Y
Fredonia Board of Education
Reid S Moule
Supreme Court
Justice Moule
George Leone
Board of Education
Bruce Manley
State Education Department
Valley Forge Crew Saved
Singapore AP reports captain and six survivors of the wrecked freighter Valley Forge reached an island 50 miles south of Singapore. The 30 other crewmen were rescued earlier after the ship foundered on a reef and broke up in a South China Sea gale. Capt. Peter F. Petrone and six in his lifeboat, along with chief mate Carl B. Vineyard Jr and others, were aboard the lifeboat. The ship carried wheat from Portland to India.
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Singapore
Valley Forge
South China Sea
Peter F. Petrone
Absecon
N.J
Petrone
Carl B. Vineyard Jr
Waveland
Miss
John M. Frangos
Brooklyn
James ©. Mitchell
Gettysburg
Paul C. Hansen
San Francisco
Kenneth R. Hayes
Seattle
Edmund W. Crull
Everett
Wash
Portland
India
Retired General assails Ike defense policy in new book
Maxwell D. Taylor, former Army chief of staff, argues in The Uncertain Trumpet that massive retaliation is a dead end and nuclear doctrine dominates planning. He says budget priorities have sidelined the Army, calling for a stronger, more flexible force and a ready response posture worldwide.
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Cremmenters UN
Eisenhower
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Harper & Brothers
United States
Man Slays Wife and Attack Follows in Monroeville
In Monroeville a 41 year old mother of three was stabbed to death and her husband 42 a prominent businessman was critically wounded in their home. Paul N. Hamilton was hospitalized with stab wounds after the attack and is suspected of acting after the wife had filed assault charges earlier. The couple's son Paul 16 allegedly took a knife during the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Monroeville
Paul N. Hamilton
Elizabeth Hamilton
Columbia Hospital
Hamilton
Allegheny County
Airliner Sets Pittsburgh to Chicago Record Flight
Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 reportedly averaged 150 miles per hour on the Chicago to Pittsburgh run, completing the trip in 47 minutes, two minutes faster than the previous airline record.
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Pittsburgh
Trans World Airlines
Chicago
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