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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1941
Page
5
Rex Theatre schedule lists Pot of Silver Nights on a Thursday program. Details unclear in the fragment, but indicates a named show or feature at the Rex Theatre with a late-week entry.
Mrs. John Street hosted Treon Society at her home on North Canter Street for a business, sewing and Red Cross evening. Notices include Ina Austin and Mrs Hast Wings Jones sailing to Bermuda, a Sharon hospital recovery, and several local visits and funerals in Union City and Ann Arbor district.
The Women's Society for Christian Service of the Methodist church met at the Home of Mrs Durham on East Main Street with thirty-one in attendance. A missionary program was held including readings by Mrs B Coen and Mrs Elizabeth Ranney, as well as contributions from Mrs Frank Schrader.
A W C T U meeting at Mrs A Johnsons on West Church Street yesterday featured president Le on Van Tassal presiding. Devotions by Emma Heath, readings on charity and defense of defenders, and articles from Union Signal and The Christian Advocate urged letters to officials. Mrs Johnson served refreshments as a visitor joined the union.
More than sixty Townsend Club No 1 members and friends attended a penny supper at 5 20 to 7 00 in the Horn block lab rooms. Mrs Gari Fredell chaired dining and Mrs Lorgno Brooks oversaw the dining room as Mr and Mrs Archie Briggs Stewart Messinger and Mrs L R Tiffany were named as delegates to the Edinboro convention on March 29 with pins for a dancing party planned for March 10 to mark a 100 member increase since January 1 for supporting organizations.
The Amiel Sewing Circle of the United Brethren church met at Rev. gid Mrs. H. Ray Harris home on North Center street for a business and social evening honoring five members. Committees were announced to assist at the Pollyanna banquet, with a devotional period led by Mrs. Robert Davis. Birthday celebrations honored Mrs. Henry Kennedy Mrs. Willis Price Mrs. Harry Neff Mrs. uyny Gamp bel and Mrs. E. F. Over. Mrs. Harris assisted by several members served a dessert lunch to twenty five.
A son was born last evening at Corry hospital to Mr Edward Baker and Mrs Baker at Centerville. Mrs Baker formerly Annabelle Prats.
The Lillian Guild of Emmanuel Episcopal Church held a meeting in Parish Hall with regular and new members. Plans were set for a fish dinner on March 26 and a rummage sale in Parish Hall on Saturday with Mrs Frank Lockwood as chair. A kitchen shower via a sandwich party was approved for the church kitchen at the next meeting. Bishop Ward will conduct Good Friday services noon to 3 pm and Easter Sunday services at 7 and 11. Also noted was a long Tay bridge in Scotland, claimed to be the world’s longest at 10,760 feet.
A Corry Journal-Belly Crocker Home Service piece highlights how women seek day-before desserts and one-dish meals to reduce last minute stress. It lists ice box desserts rolls angel pie blitz torte charlotte russe bavarian creams blanc mange snow pudding and various tarts including coconut frothy chiffon tarts and chess pies. Betty Crocker offers to mail a selection of recipes with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
On WOR New York March 5 readers are teased with Saturday afternoon baseball under MBS cards including Havana and teams from Cleveland and Brooklyn. The page lists a dense Weds night through Thurs day broadcast lineup across NBC CBS and MBS with multiple time slots and programs like Cavalcade of America and Quiz Kids.
Mrs John Sheehan hosted the five hundred club for 500 members at her Spring Street home. Two tables were set for games and prizes went to Mrs Leo Rhynard Mrs Walter Mc Rey and Mrs Mavis Dickson. A salad lunch was served. The club will meet next week at Mrs McElroy’s on North Center Street.
Donors led by Michael Ralph H Norton of Chicago funded a new Norton Gallery and School of Art at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua New York. The building was dedicated at West Palm Beach Florida where Mr Norton and his wife spend winters. Norton serves as chairman of the Institution’s Board of Trustees and spends summers there for three months.
Erie County Agricultural Agent Al Patton spoke to the Rotary Club at Hotel Corry on farm commodity prizes and Guiry products, outlining expected production for the year. He used charts to compare prices over recent years and discussed likely price variations in the coming years, answering several club questions.
Fragmentary note discusses honey used as cough medicine and mentions city markets. Vague, focused on remedies and market context with unclear details.
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