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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
5
Society editor notes Joseph Plavcan receives tribute from the Erie Art Center for forty years of work with the association. A social hour and a preview of his paintings followed a dinner, with guests viewing the exhibit open to Erie schools and area summer art students.
John R Morayel, formerly of Sanford and Corry, now a Tennessee graduate student, leaves Knoxville with four peers for a three month Atomic Energy Commission project near Glacial Bay National Monument in Alaska. Donald Pattison directs the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies.
Corry Bridge Association held a four table Howell session at the Corry Motor Lodge. Winners included George Michael and partner from Union City with 54, J Fred Kinley and Edythe Bricker of Titusville with 53, Morgan Beverly and Ert Larsen of Jamestown with 41. Mr and Mrs Charles Miller and Mr and Mrs F H Bartholme also placed. Regular game set for next week at 7 30 p m at Corry Motor Lodge. Next session slated for September with date to be announced.
The Berean Class of Evangelical United Brethren Church held a picnic supper at Mead Park on Tuesday evening with 25 attendees. Barry served as president for a routine business session. Committees were named for a July tureen dinner. A farewell party for Rev and Mrs Ev Rene Westley and family was planned for July 25 to Africa. Devotions by chaplain Richard Shannon. The evening ended with softball. Arrangements were made by Mr. and Mrs Barry Bughee.
Students at St Thomas the Apostle School honor Sister Mary Urban in Washington D C for a Georgetown University workshop grant. Sister Urban and Sister Mary Timothy will read position papers during a week long National Catholic Educational Association program to study elementary guidance needs. Students hosted an informal indoor picnic before the nun's departure.
Members of the women's Christian Temperance Union met at the Nazarene Church to elect officers for the year. Mrs. Rowland charged the group urging support for mothers guiding children in the right path. Mrs. Haenel led a white ribbon receiving service with twelve children and their mothers, literature distributed, and a prayer by Mrs. Sorenson.
The meeting opened with hymn sung by Miss Laura VanGuilder. Mrs Henry Rockman welcomed county director Ruby Kimball who spoke about a fall program. Officers elected for the year are Mrs T R Sorenson president, Mrs Maud Bennink vice president, Miss Esther Pounds secretary, Mrs Anna Babcock promotional secretary, and Mrs Ruth Shannon treasurer. Union members will visit Erie County Hospital next week and Warren County Hospital in July. The next meeting, July 18, will be a picnic at Mrs Walter Rininger’s home.
A dinner party at Bea's Steak House honored Miss Sherry McCray bride elect of Norman Wade. Seventeen Elgin Electronics employees attended a bridal shower with a corsage and gifts. Special guests included Mrs Perry McCray and Miss Eva Lou McCray. The couple has set July 1 as their wedding date.
The five month 1967 fiscal report shows expenditures at 1 146 581 and receipts at 1 994 024 including 900 000 from tax anticipation loans. Critics call the county budget balanced only by borrowing against tax receipts as Democratic commissioners push a 1967 budget with no millage increase.
Readers share practical tricks from labeling canned goods with masking tape to prevent smudging on typewriters. Others praise a plastic squeeze bottle for rubbing alcohol and a versatile wooden board used for dressing children, organizing, and crafting tasks around the home.
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