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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1961
Page
5
The readable parts describe plans, investments, and filings involving individuals and a corporation, mentioning Newark and Federated, with references to shares, a payment of 120 monthly vestment and a $1,200 amount, plus timelines and a local township context.
A series of social events recounts July 31 activities in Corry. The Women’s auxiliary sponsored an ice cream social at a city park in conjunction with a concert by the Corry Band, raising funds for the band. Mrs Merrill Littlie chaired the affair and nine Mentor Club members enjoyed a picnic at the Fogle summer home on Canadohia Lake.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Alexander and sons Ronald and Robert returned home after a week vacation in Alexandria Bay near the Thousand Islands. Mr and Mrs Gerald Staples of Wayne street spent the weekend in Painesville Ohio where they attended the wedding of John Zuberry to Bonnie Lee Bodner. Mrs Melvin Schramling of Wayne street has come back from New York City where she was on a buying trip for Katherine’s Dress Shop. Mr and Mrs Walter Rhodes and daughter Virginia of Wright street returned from a vacation visiting Vermont New Hampshire Quebec Canada and the Finger Lakes region. Miss Gwende Jean Wallace daughter of Capt and Mrs Maynard Wallace of Dover Delaware spent the past week with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Donald Gady of Union street.
Miss Muckinhaupt was feted at a pres nuptial party in the Garden Room of the VFW Post home with about 50 guests. Hosts included Miss Ati Baressi Miss Angie Baressi and Miss Jeanette Bar ess. The event featured a miscellaneous shower with pink and white decor, favors, and games while guests awarded special prizes and offered gifts to the bride to be.
A postnuptial reception was held at Columbus Township hall Saturday evening for the Andersons, who wed in Monroe Michigan on July 3. Kathy Wyatt of Niobe New York became Mrs. Anderson. Hosts included Mrs. Lawrence Anderson, Miss Barbary Wick-Wite, and Mrs. Bonnie Joan Anderson. About forty guests attended with Roberta Graves and his band providing music. Tables featured a wedding cake baked by Mrs. John Devker. Refreshments were served as the couple’s relatives helped with the setup. Nearby guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis of Jamestown New York and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baum of Sherman, along with Harold Halfist of Spartansburg.
The Goldfinch family held its 43rd annual reunion at Grant Brown’s farm near Centerville. Twenty seven relatives from Jamestown Panama Westfield N Y Harborcreek Centerville Corry attended with messages from South Carolina California Yellowstone National Park where kin are visiting. Officers remained Rue Graves Panama president Norman Whitney Centerville vice president Grant Brown Centerville treasurer A N Goldfinch West Washington street secretary. The next reunion will again be at the Brown farm on the last Saturday in July.
Edward J F Doyle of Northfield Illinois and former president of Commonwealth Edison Co in Chicago from 1930 to 1953 died Saturday in Palos Verdes California at age 81.
Mrs Mabel Bennett was honored at a surprise birthday party at her Union City home hosted by Mr and Mrs Pred Clute. Forty relatives and friends attended celebrating her 77th birthday with a purse of money and gifts. out of town guests came from Spartansburg Girard Beaverdam Corry Waterford and Clymer.
The Leone family held their annual reunion at Mead Park with 55 members present. A noon fried chicken dinner followed by a softball game and children’s contests. Oldest attendee Valentino Renzie from Erie. youngest John Michael Franchina from Jamestown. Travel longest distance Santo Leone family from Cincinnati Ohio. Officers elected: Lucian Franchina president, Mrs Joseph Jerrusso vice president, Mrs Douglas Ploss secretary and treasurer. Next year’s meeting set for last Sunday in July at Mead Park. Attendees from Jamestown Erie Spartansboro Cincinnati Corry.
A series of birth notices from Union City Corry and surrounding areas record daughters and sons born to Mitchell Crady Baker Pitts Storer and others with details on locations and parents. An obituary notes the death of Joseph Boyle Bryant former exalted ruler of an Elks Lodge in Indianapolis.
A Tucxon Arti family of Leon and Lucille Cady with daughter Linda and son Lynn will be honored at an open house at the Clymer Conservation Club on Friday night starting at 8. Mrs. Cady is the former Lucille Howles of Clymer and the family formerly resided here. Tucson friends and former neighbors are invited. this marks their first such gathering in 12 years.
NEW TURK ar roe Himition Wall Street veteran and government service figure is reported to succeed Allen W. Dulles as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The article cites Newsweek with Hamilton, aged 80, chosen after Kennedy’s earlier selection and months of consultation with Dulles. Hamilton, a former Justice official and war fraud prosecutor, is a partner in Cleary, Steen and Hamilton with offices in Paris and Brussels. He resides in Greenwich, Conn, with his wife Katherine Miller. A separate note mentions the Sunpapers aide Paul Flaherty dying in Baltimore at 72.
Congress weighs defense budget and foreign aid amid a push to curb spending. The Senate committee approved cuts to international programs, while Democratic leaders seek compromise on a five year loan fund and treasury borrowing. Critics urge fiscal restraint and cautions about backdoor spending.
Philadelphia police hold Edward Gartley 17 of Pittsburgh in connection with the disappearance and murder of Jane Benfield 13 in Avistes Mountain. Gartley accused of larceny and car theft connected to the case, and he was identified from a photograph as a person seen with the girl before her body was found near her home.
In Los Angeles two minor dents appeared on a jet and a front landing gear collapse caused an emergency landing at Thierttonst Airport. At Houston an American Airlines B77 jet blew a tire during approach. Separately Trans World Airlines crews had to pump water due to hydrant issues or improvised methods to lower passengers.
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