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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1968
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes reference legislative action on gun control and public safety. Mentions bills, passages, and ongoing lobbying by lawmakers and interest groups. No clear names, dates, or places are readable.
Mrs Sonie Ames of Long Beach guests at 513 North Center street with Mr and Mrs L C Nichols. She demonstrates California techniques for local and visiting teachers and artists including Mrs Trikk Quest from Singapore Mrs Beulah Barr of Dunkirk NY Mrs Georgia Averill of Akron Ohio and local teachers Mrs Logan and Mrs Florence Tripp.
Miss Karon Lee Herr daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis F Herr of Jackson Michigan and John George Kessman son of Mr and Mrs John P Kessman of Jackson Michigan were married July 20 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jackson in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore organza and lace with a three tier veil and carried roses and chrysanthemums. Attendants included maid of honor Betsy Williams and bridesmaids Barbara Herr Barbara Kessman and Mia Alcock. The groom was supported by Robert J Willis and ushers Ronald Huling Harry James and Louis Herr Jr. The couple plans a honeymoon in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and will reside in Kalamazoo Michigan.
Mrs Grace Gravink of Clymer a Quiet Acres Nursing Home resident was guest of honor at a birthday party held there yesterday. Ten relatives and friends from Corry Clymer and nearby areas attended including her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Leon Ten Huisen of West Bond Street. Guests enjoyed cake ice cream punch and coffee and she received many cards and gifts.
North East announces the engagement of Carole Joan Turner to Allan Ray Shaw Jr. Miss Turner, a Slippery Rock State College graduate and Fort LeBoeuf High School teacher, will marry Shaw, a Corry Area High School and Edinboro State College graduate, on August 24 at St Gregorys Church in North East.
The Floyd opera Susannah will be staged by the Opera Association at Chautauqua Memorial Hall with three performances on August 3 and 5. Vern Shinall returns as Rev Blitch alongside Mary Jennings as Susannah and a cast from Chautauqua's company and apprentice program.
Birds and families share a weekend of visiting relatives from Wilkensburg to Mead Park Meade and North East with reunions and travel notes. Walter Shields Jr. visits relatives in Pennsylvania while Candice Davis prepares for college and study plans in Monterey California. David Marrs heads to Great Lakes Naval Center for eight weeks of training as new Candy Striper recruits train at Corry Memorial Hospital. Community meetings include Corry Grange and Women of the Moose Officers Night with words on preserves and seal cookies for mailing.
Kiwanis Club members dined at the Hotel Corry Monday and heard Rep Forest Hopkins discuss his 1956 Soviet Union trip and a recent journey. Rev Walter Gilliland introduced the speaker and William Donaldson led the business session.
Rotary members heard Melvin Cobbett relocation officer describe the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal Project at noon session in the Hotel Corry. Cobbett was introduced by program chairman John McLean with Rev Cortland Bryant visiting from Oxford, and Rev Walter J. Thoms delivering the invocation.
A group of 35 Indiana teens from high school and college ages toured on a 2200 mile Great Lakes trip sponsored by the Methodist Youth Fellowship at First United Methodist. They travel about 100 miles daily singing impromptu concerts and include former Corry residents James and Russell Clark among the riders. They spent the night at the church and left Corry at 9 this morning.
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