Social Highlights in Yesteryear
Sections recall July events from Meadville and surrounding area. Visitors include Mrs Lawrence OQ Nichols and Mrs L A Pitt from Pittsburg Texas visiting friends in Meadville. Mrs Hugh O'Hare and Dorothy O'Hare visit Genoa Ohio. Local parties honor upcoming marriages and birthdays. large group drives to Findley Lake camp and Fort George Meade visit. Jehovahs Witnesses plan four day Awake Ministers assembly in Rochester with 9000 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence OQ. Nichols
North Center Street
L. A. Pitt
Pittsburg
Tex
Meadville
Bride Elect Feted By France's Mother
Bride elect James Watson was honored at a shower by his mother Mrs J Donald Watson on East Congress Street. Pink and green decor centered the event with a bride doll mint cup and favors. Prizes went to Mrs Walter McIntyre Grace Bloss and Jane Howard. Out of town guests included Mrs Bonnie Anderson Erie and Miss Bloss Sheffield. They plan to wed August 8 at St Pauls Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watson
J. Donald Watson
East
Congress Street
Walter McIntyre
Grace Bloss
Jane Howard
Miss Warner
Mrs. Watson
Bonnie Anderson
Erie
Miss Bloss
Sheffield
Mr. Watson
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
County Hose Auxiliary Meets In Mill Village
The Mill Village Ladies Auxiliary hosted the East Erie County meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Volunteer Firemen on Thursday evening. A tureen dinner was served at 3:30 p.m. followed by the business session. A summer course at Pennsylvania State College has returned after a visit here with Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Curtis of East Congress Street. Mrs. Matilda Nast left yesterday for Amsterdam New York for a week's visit with her brother A. J. Nast. Merrill Patterson with Douglas Rozelle Jr. left this morning for Coudersport Pa. to spend the day on business. July 26 Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Morton and family of Park Street are spending the week at the Parkhurst cottage at Findley Lake. George Kinley, Harry W. Parker, Theo P. Williams and Dr. G. E. Bennett will return this evening from Pittsburgh where they drove to attend the Philadelphia Pittsburgh baseball game. Miss Ruth Lindsley returned yesterday from Jamestown as a guest of Miss Carol McKee formerly of Corry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wettenburg
Sciota Road
Dorothy Thompson
Gerald Fish of
Corry
Charles Bugbee
Ronald Carter
John Lacey
H. Ray Harris
John Westley
Barton Smith Jr
Lyle Chase
C. C Akam
Robert, Beagle
Gerald Fish
Wilbur Sorenson
Gerald Bagley
Robert Plate
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Findley Lake
James Sullivan
Harold G. Cragg
Fort George Meade, Md
Robert Sullivan
Donald Nantes
West Church Street
Norma Jean
Nancy Gass
Nancy Moore
Betty Low Johnson
Roberta Lou Dickson
Georgia Bond
Betty Griffiths
Dixie Lee Griffiths
Sally Sullivan
Joan Pitts
Joan Skinner
Phyllis Peterson
Bill Paulson
Marian Rumbaugh
Harold Palmer
Albert, Childs
Betty Litz
Betty Lind
Quist
Joan Schrader
Martha Corbin
Magliaccia
Canadohta Lake
Alfred Haenel
Jeanne Marit
Autumn McC
Dorothea Barnes
Cleveland
Canadohia Lake
Ruth Lindsley
Harold Seeley
Nescopeck
Wilkes-Barre
Raymond Carey
Familly
Concord Street
Carey
Beth
Jason
Marilyn McMillan
Largo
Fis
Stanley Radeck
Barbara
Nancy
New York
New England
Lewis Radecki
Birmington
N. Y
J. A Shaver
Connie
Euclid Street
James Shaver Jr
Snyder Circle
Onaping Lake
Benny
Ontario
Canada
Laura Eckman
New Kensington
Arthur Eckman
South Center Street
Alton Stoaks
Sharon
Glenn Humes
West Smith Street
Mill Village
Erie County
Pennsylvania State College
Ater
H. A. Curtis
East Congress Street
Matilda Nast
Amsterdam
A. J. Nast
Merrill Patterson
Douglas Rozelle Jr
Coudersport
Cleve Morton
Park Street
Parkhurst
George Kinley
Harry W. Parker
Theo P. Willams
GE. Bennett
Pittsburgh
Jamestown
Carol McKee
Pl | Corry
Mrs Alvin French Speaks At WSCS Meeting
Mrs. Alvin French, fresh from missionary work in West Africa, spoke to the Women's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church. The gathering included devotions, business, cake service, a homecoming plan for August 2, and a gift to Mrs. McCray for her new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin French
WSCS
Women's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
West Africa
Webb McCray
Union Street
French
Joseph McCray
Merle McCray
4-H Club Meets With Beaverdam Leader at Home
Beaverdam Busy Bees 4-1 Club met Thursday at hostess Mrs Lea Jones's Pom home. Twelve members answered roll call as garments for the year were worked on. Next meeting is announced with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Proctor of R D on July 20 at 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Jones
Beaverdam
Busy Bees
Pom
Lloyd Proctor
R, D
Shot Cops Still In Danger
Two Pittsburgh police officers, Anthony Paga and Robert Thompson, were wounded in a bank robbery manhunt and remained in danger in area hospitals. The $27,000 robbery at Hays Branch of Peoples First National Bank and Trust Co. was followed by a hillside recovery of the loot. Suspects Joseph Gallo and Edward Kern were shot or escaped. a third man Robert Boyd was at large. FBI charged the pair with assault and bank robbery. Kern has a written admission. Paga recalled the gun battle from his hospital bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Anthony Paga
Mercy Hospital
Robert Thompson
South Side Hospital
Paga
Thompson
Hays
Peoples First National Bank and Trust Co
Joseph Gallo
Edward Kern
Robert Boyd
FBI
Kern
John J. Fiorucci
Herter Aims to Push Talks During Berlin Recess
Secretary of State Herter planned to return tonight from a goodwill visit to West Berlin the first since his secretary tenure. British Foreign Secretary Lloyd traveled to London for consultations while France's Maurice Couve de Murville toured Brussels and Paris. A late Monday secret session at Lloyd's home was set to discuss whether Gromyko would yield on creating a joint East West German committee to negotiate a German peace. Western ministers oppose any new mechanism granting East Germany equality with West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wucu Ayo
Herter
West Berlin
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Brussels
Paris
Lloyd
Gromyko
Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
X15 Passes Final Test at Edwards Air Force Base
The X15 rocket plane completed its final test at Edwards Air Force Base California. The 7 1 minute captive flight tested jettison of 18 000 pounds of fuel and performance at a gross weight of 92 000 pounds as engineers prepare for a high powered night flight within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Franklin OKs Four Million School Plan in Special Session
Franklin area school directors approved immediate construction of an elementary center at 1 215 000 and a new three million dollar high school as part of a long range plan after a Buchart Associates study. The board accepted a nine room Sandycreek Township center at 275 000, a South Liberty center at 590 000, and an eight room Polk center at 350 000, with projects starting immediately without state reimbursements but seeking aid later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeems
Franklin Area
Educations Consulting
Buchart Associates
Edwin W. Cruttenden
Jand Harvey Williams
Ue Buchart
Sandycreek Township
Franklin
Skyview
Franklin Heights
Frenchcreek Township
South Liberty
Polk
Polk Borough
Mineral Township
Frenchereek
Son born to Mr and Mrs Richard Orn at Corry Memorial
A son was born yesterday afternoon at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard Orn of RD 1. The newborn adds a new member to the Orn family with hospital birth noted locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Orn
Corry Memorial Hospital
Gracious table talk from a candlelit restaurant crusader
Patricia Murphy, a fiery Irish American restaurateur from Yousers New York, derides casual home dining and urges women to keep small niceties. She laments air vortices and praises setting a proper table with flowers, china, cloth, and candlelight to elevate meals even when serving burgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Murphy
Family and friends gather across towns in a busy reunion week
Greenfield residents Homer and Mrs. Holmes hosted a visit with the Graysons and family. Lloyd Burdick traveled from Canada for Eva Willis funeral services and stayed with Helen Burdick and relatives. Bradford Pa’s Mrs. Gordon Schemerhorn visited her father T. J. Neckers. The Henry White descendants held their annual reunion at Richard Goguin’s home in Clymer Hill with lawn dinner for many relatives and hours of visiting. Several from Jamestown and Sherman, Panama, and Titusville areas joined weekend visits, barbecues, and drives through Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Holmes
Greenfield
Graydon Sweet
Lloyd Burdick
Canada
Eva Willis
Helen Burdick
Gordon Schemerhorn
Bradford
T. J. Neckers
Henry White
Richard Goguin
Clymer Hill
Steel strike expands layoffs to 578,000 workers
AP reports the nation’s two day old steel strike has sidelined about 578,000 workers including roughly 500,000 United Steelworkers and 78,000 in allied industries. Nearly 90,000 railroad workers have been furloughed as talks with federal mediators resume in New York. Secretaries and industry leaders brace for tougher negotiations amid ongoing disruption and wage dispute costs. In related news, T Anderson, 89, former treasurer of the Augustana Lutheran Church, died after retirement years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Otter
G. E. Leightly
G. E. Leightly, Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Assp
Priday
Steel Industry
Ion
New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Secretary of Labor
James P
Eisen
Washinto
Reynolds Metils Co
United Steelworker
Reynolds
Wiion
The
Aluminum Co
Any
Kaiser Aluminum Cheneal Corp
Rock Island, TL
T. Anderson
Augustana Lutheran Church
Anderson
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Rochester
E. Miller
Union City
Miller
Pennsylvania
New Zealand
John W. Gluefloten
Brooklyn
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Rochester Assembly
Watchtower Bible Tract Society
United States
Iceland
East Main Street
Chuck Roast
Corry Rt
West Mof
Jerry Lewin
Sophia Loren
Tony Perkins
Burl Trew
Paul Newman
ANGRY
Fara Rush
Alenis Smith
Brian Ket
Coane
Eewster Ue
Charles Bronson
Fichan Jaecael Eeai
Shaw
Franklin Oks
Frigidaire
Rawlin Hill
Hazel
Rexture Park
Crissy
Tommy Parke
Richard Larson
Dorothy Burdick
Chick Black
Brownell Road
Mary Rigby Gud
Cynthia
Rosie Sagerstrom
Falconer
Robert White
Alton Bromley
Linda
Hunt
Hazel Parks
Russell Johnson
Titusville
Aydon Sweet
Henry Moore
West Virginia
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Donald White
Kevin
Melvin Reslink
Shirley
Phyllis
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Miles Kenyon
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