Personal views of Russia delivered at Kiwanis meeting
Milton Pierce automobile dealer from North East was guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at Hotel Corry. He described a goodwill tour with 28 Americans, noting Moscow life, food, and labor, and U2 souvenir theft by the FBI. He observed workers, English schooling, new apartments, and travel costs, with refugees and unrest under Soviet rule cited.
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Elsquower
Russia
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Corry
Milton Pierce
North East
Clarence Wallace
United States
U.S
Pierce
Moscow
FBI
West Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Thomas Russell
John Rossbacher
Erie
George Christensen
Youngsville
Walter Crouch
DuBois
Richard Bush
Joel Citadel
BPW To Travel To Bradford Picnic And Meeting Plans
Members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club met at Mead Park for a picnic with Mrs. Betty Pratt presiding. She reported on the Titusville presidents’ meeting and the Bradford trip August 16 to view photos and hear the biennial convention report from Philadelphia. The next meeting is August 2 at A. M. Litz Cottage Findley Lake.
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Mead Park
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Betty Pratt
Titusville
BPW
Bradford
Philadelpha
Pratt
A. M. Litz
Findley Lake
Harold Jackson
Gerry Davis
Hold Session of Bridge Tourney at Corry Country Club
The second session of the Corry Country Club Individual Bridge Championship drew 28 players. Top scores included Mrs. Philip Zelaneck 80 and Philip Zatneck 78, with Charles Bhiuss 65 and Mrs. John Blatt 63. A desk pen trophy goes to each session's top scorer, with a special trophy for the tournament winner. Third session set for Monday evening August 8 at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Corry Country Club
Philip Zelaneck
Philip Zatneck
A. J. Wilcox
Hl, Brown
Horton Davis
John Blatt
Earl Haight
Morgen Beverly
George Hagger
T. A. Hubley
Charles Bhiuss
F. J. Wilcox
Gravink Family Stage 54th Reunion Held at Clymer Club
The Sth annual Gravink reunion gathered 41 relatives from Corry and nearby towns at the Clymer Conservation Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gravink. A program followed a bountiful dinner with scripture readings, solos by Willis Boozel, and a piano duet by the Ruslinks. The business session named Donald Ruslink president and Edward Ruslink vice president. Axel Lundberg elected secretary. Mrs. Jay Gravink treasurer. Past year records noted five births, four deaths, and one marriage.
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Sth
Gravink
Clymer Conservation Club
Jay Gravink
William Gravink
Edward Ruslink
Jennie Gravink
Willis Boozel
Carol
Nancy Ruslink
James
Rendine
Segr
Donald Ruslink
Axel Lundberg
Corry
Clymer
Sherman
Stow Ashville
Lakewood
Britain to send infantry battalion to Kenya clash feared
London reports Britain will dispatch an infantry battalion to Kenya as concern rises over a Mau Mau uprising against white settlers, signaling heightened colonial security measures in East Africa.
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Kenya
London
Britain
Hall Flaherty Vows in Dettsville Church Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Lea Flaherty Bear Lake announce the marriage of their daughter Leona Mae to B Robert Hall of Pittsfield Son of Mrs Laura Burlingame The ceremony was performed Saturday morning July 23 by Rev Alvin Rhodes at the Dettsville Methodist Church Attendants were Mrs Joanne Vanderhoof and Norman Kibbey Guests from Corry Bear Lake Lottsville Wrightsville Pittsfield and Erle attended A buffet luncheon followed at the couple's home and they left Sunday for a brief wedding trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Flaherty
R. D.1
Bear Lake
Leona Mae
Robert Hall
Pittsfield
Laura Burlingame
Alvin Rhodes
Dettsville Methodist Church
Joanne Vanderhoof
Norman Kibbey
Corry
Lottsville
Wrightsville
Erle
Paris Designers Show Fall Styles in Second Day
AP report from Paris fashion openings describes Balmain's feminine, fitted silhouettes with calf-length skirts and long lines. Designers favor fur trimming, high hats, tunic jackets, and sober color palettes with beige tones and new peacock blue, while black dominates ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faris
Pierre Balmain
Paris
Balmain
Batman
Birthday Club Fetes Mrs Marion Rumbaugh at Findley Lake
Mrs Willam Johnson entertained the Birthday Club at her cottage on Findley Lake to honor Mrs Marion Rumbaugh. Guests enjoyed visiting and boating followed by a three pinic supper for 11 members and four guests including Mr and Mrs Glenn Dickson of Huntington Park Calif Mrs N R Dickson of Meadville and Mrs Fred Lille of Jamestown. Next meeting date and place will be announced later.
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Birthday Club
Marion Rumbaugh
Willam Johnson
Findley Lake
Glenn Dickson
Huntington Park
Calif
N. R. Dickson
Meadville
Fred Lille
Jamestown
Crippled plane lands safely at Vientiane
A light plane landed safely in Vientiane after losing its wheels in a grazing accident. No injuries were reported and damage to the aircraft was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Bestor Plaza Art Show Slated At Chautauqua
The eighth annual Bestor Plaza Art Festival will be held Saturday August 13 as a joint event of the Chautauqua Art Association and Chautauqua Institution. The one day outdoor regional exhibition offers seven classifications with professional student and young people divisions. Judges include Pat Trivigno Charles Rudy Laurance Longley John Rutter and others. Demonstrations and a panel on sculpture will also take place with Richard Duhme moderating. A prospectus detailing classifications prizes eligibility and fees is available from the Chautauqua Art Association.
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Ars
Zements F
Bestor Plaza
Paul Norton
Chautauqua Art Association
Association
Chautagua Institution
William Lender
Meadville
Chautauqua Art Center
Pat ‘Trivigno
Newcomb College
Tulane University
Charles Rudy
Ottsville
Bucks County
Laurance Longley
Syracuse University
John Rutter
Everson Museum
Syracuse
F. J. Cuttell
Westfield
Charles Nash
Chautauqua
William McCreary
Chautauqua Central School
Peter Barruzi
Richard Duhme
Washington University
School of Fine Arts
Annual McCray Family Reunion Draws 70 Attendees
Seventy descendants of William Holt McCray gathered at Mead Park for the second annual reunion. Activities included games and visiting with a threen dinner served. Mrs Henry Pedensky was elected president, with Edward Helliker as vice president, Mrs Rex ford Webb secretary, and Mrs Charles Breed treasurer. Relatives hailed from Corry Union City Erie Harborcreek North East Pa Clymer Batavia N Y.
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Arnual McCray
William Holt McCray
Mead Park
Henry Pedensky
Edward Helliker
Rexford Webb
Charles Breed
Corry
Union City
Union City, ‘Yrie, Harborcreek, North East v and Elgin, Pa
Clymer
Batavia, N
Erie Native To Appear At Playhouse In July
Erie native Ann B. Davis known as Schultzy on the Bob Cummings Show opens at the Peninsula Playhouse tonight and runs through July 18. She returns for a second week starting August 2 in the play Happy Birthday. Ridgewood Marionettes present Jack and the Beanstalk with two performances July 30. Reservations available by writing Erie Playhouse.
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Erie
Playhouse
Ann B. Davis
Schultzy
Bob Cummings
Peninsula
Tent Theatre
Peninsula Drive
Beachcomber Hotel
Dame Fortune
Carol Burnett
Peninsula Playhouse
Ridgewood
N. J
Erie Playhouse
West 7Th Street
CBS Plans Skyscraper Near RCA Building
CBS announces a new skyscraper headquarters two blocks from NBC’s RCA Building in New York. Officials said it is too early to estimate size or cost.
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CBS
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
RCA
Missing U S Plane Sought in Alaska Flight
Seven aboard the U S Weather Bureau aircraft vanished on a flight from Anchorage to Nome 550 miles northwest. Last contact 84 minutes after takeoff near Skwetna. Pilot was George Brewster. passengers included Walter Brandstetter and five Anchorage Weather Bureau staff. Desrain Defauw dies at 14.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nome
Skwetna
George Brewster
Washington, D. C
Walter Brandstetter
Everett, Wash
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Anchorage Weather Bureau
Bert Lindley
Harry Carl
James W Grant
Charles Belcher
Tom McDonald
Double Killer Tells Of Six Other Victims
Miami AP reports Emmett Spence of Sandy Hook Kentucky, jailed for murder in Johnny Keen’s death at the Navy Yard employee’s Key West home, led detectives to Leon Hammell Jr.’s body in a Big Coppith Key woods. He claimed eight killings across regions, including a Virginia family slaying, while drinking at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Emmett Spence
Sandy Hook
Johnny Thomas Keen
Navy Yard
Key West
Dade County
Spence
Leon C. Hammell Jr
Big Coppith Key
Virginia
Young American Prodigy Conducts Wagner at Bayreuth
Lorin Maazel, age 30 and among the few non Germans invited to Bayreuth, led Wagner's Lohengrin at the Mayreuth Festival debut. A thunderous 18 minute ovation followed his performance, marking him as the festival's youngest conductor in its long history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batreu
Wereseer
Lorin Maazel
Maazel
Pittsburgh Symphony
Tarentum Boy, 13, Dead in Rifle Accident
A 13 year old Tarentum boy was accidentally killed near the Howard Finley Camp in Clinton South Buffalo Township. Deputy Coroner John Hand of Armstrong County identified the victim as James McCartney Jr. The incident involved a 22 caliber rifle.
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Tarentum
John Hand
Armstrong County
James McCartney Jr
Howard Finley
Clinton
Buffalo Township
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Santa Monica
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Buddy) Adler
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
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Washington Streets
Union City Memorial Hospital
Louis Merkle
Concord Street
Elsie Roof
Evans
Corry's Smart Women's Shop
Hall-Flaherty
Anna B. (Schultzy) Davis
Nichols
Grocery East Main Street
AIC Orange Drink
Thomas B. Dewey
Fdr
Truman
Chicago
U. S
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Desire Defauw
Belgian National Orchestra
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