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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1961
Page
5
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Corry Grange held a regular session with 30 members present at Corry Grange hall Memorial Hospital. Plans were discussed for a parade float with representatives appointed to attend a centennial meeting at Corry Area High School. Degrees practice is set for June 1. A Grange visitation program is planned for Union City this Saturday.
A daughter was born yesterday morning 10 Mr and Mrs Robert Samuelson Clymer at Corry Memorial Hospital. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Earl L Garber Pittsfield this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital.
A lavly miscus bridal shower for Miss Mary Kirch was held at Mrs. Elwin Kirch’s West Washington Street home. Hostesses were Mrs. Kenneth Kirch and Mrs. Marjorie Nichols as games and lavender white decorations with lilac centerpieces and bride doll favors marked a festive event. Guests included Mrs. Lynn Phillips and daughter Sandra of Wattsburg and relatives from Beaverdam. Miss Kirch plans to marry Larry Jaggs in Florida on June 17.
The Kiwanis noon meeting at Hotel Corry heard Conrad Monroe explain magnetic ink character recognition for checks. Banks will adopt the method in coming years to speed processing as five times as many checks are written today as 30 years ago. Data processing grows across business, with banks coding more information on checks. Transfer member Robert Church of Quality Cash Store and Erie guest Richard Stater attended.
Esther Circle of the Women's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church met at Mrs. Paul Meerdink's home. They planned to reorganize the year's work and set officers including chairwoman Bryah Stawe and treasurer William Marsh. Ten members attended with guest Alton Hinman of Conneaut Ohio. They discussed a bake sale of cookies and candy to pay church debt.
The Harbor Half School reunion for former pupils and teachers will be held at the school on County Line road this Saturday. A planter dinner at 12:30 precedes a program. attendees should bring their own table service and a picnic basket lunch. Coffee will be provided by the committee.
The University of North Carolina awarded its first undergraduate degree to a Negro, David Dansby of Greensboro, 22, who earned a bachelor of arts in political science amid a solid academic record. The university enrolls about 95 Black students among 8,500. In other items, driver education subsidy legislation advances. a House bill seeks a uniform $35 per pupil allocation after Senate approval. The event also notes a hostess aided by Mrs Stowe in a dessert service.
The Junior High Band and Chorus under Ronald Rairie and Judith Dwyer presented a large evening program at Corry Area High School. Kaylee Billey and Sharon McCray accompanied. soloists included Marie Sekerak, Claudia Jackson, and James Busbee among others. The first half featured show tunes and hymns. the second half the band performed Eroica, Beethoven themes, and Morrissey pieces ending with Wunderbar and This Is My Country.
Honor Kay Ross, soon to wed Ernest Allen, was toasted at a bridal shower dinner in the Antler Room of the Elks Club attended by 18 Raymond division staff from Associated Spring Corp. Hostesses Mrs. Harry Lamona, Mrs. Gerald Duell and Mrs. Woodrow Hess presented Ross a white carnation corsage and gifts including a centerpiece and table lamps. Prizes went to Mrs. Tony Yamendola, Mrs. Duell, and Miss Violet Wilson. Separately, Trinity Lutheran Church hosted Holy Communion as the Pittsburgh Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America opened its 119th convention in Greenville, Pa, with business sessions slated.
Jacqueline Kennedy remains in London visiting her sister Princess Lee Rexjarwill while President Kennedy returns home to report on his European tour. The First Lady plans two more days in the capital followed by a private trip to Greece and a state dinner at Buckingham Palace described as a good old English dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Members of the Cory Ministerial Association gathered for breakfast at Mead Park before the business portion of the session. They finalized plans for a central choir music and visual aids library to be available to 10 local churches, mainly film strips. The centennial committee announced a community religious service at Corry Avenue High School on July 9 at 7 45 PM, and the group adjourned to meet again in September.
Glamour and action headline Corry when the King Bros. circus comes to town at Thompson grounds East Main and Shudy avenue. The Beaver Club backs the visit of the fourth largest circus in the country with shows at 3 30 p m and 3 p m doors open at 3 p m afteroon and 7 m to 9 30 p m. A zoo inspection and concert by the Wircus Band accompany the performances.
Rev. Ernest Lang an Evangelical United Brethren minister and missionary in Japan, and Rev. RW Lady Wick, father-in-law of Rev. Paw F. Bayer of Corry and association member, joined the breakfast and business session.
A compact meditation on how speech dissolves into air while printed text endures, reflecting on the enduring presence of the written word amid fleeting spoken sound.
During Titusville City Council session representatives of firms selling products door to door urged against a proposed ordinance banning house-to-house sales. Council tabled the second and final reading of Council Bill 7 to gauge public opinion, with Mayor Sonne inviting resident views as over 20 people attended the meeting, many citing the Green River type ordinance.
The Beaverdam Mennonite Church will host a Community Vacation Bible School from next Monday to June 2. The theme The Lord Is My Shepherd will guide activities for ages 4 through high school with 20 teachers and helpers. Classes run 9 to 11:30 a.m. with bus service by William Lord covering Beaverdam areas, plus car transportation. The event is sponsored by Beaverdam Mennonite, Bigin Methodist, Wave Valley Evangelical United Brethren, and Mennonite churches, with the evening program set for June 22.
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