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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1956
Page
5
Miss Marie Zafiropulos honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Mrs. C. Conrad Monroe on West Church Street for her April 21 nuptials. Guests included the bride elect’s bridge club. gifts and a wedding cake themed party lunch were shared.
Corry residents joined LeBoeuf District Scouters at Harborcreek High School for the annual dinner. Troop 81 members and Troop 80 attendees were recognized. Harry Schiechier received a Scouter award and Mrs Grice a Scouter sina Eagle award, with two Union City and one North East scouts earning Eagle honors.
The VEW Auxiliary met in the Garden Room of the VFW Post with senior regent presiding in the absence of Mrs. Rosa McElroy. Doris Bartosek of Cranesville led a Coppercraft Guild demonstration, and Mrs. Maurice Porter Wax won the copper door prize. Light refreshments followed. Velma Carnuke and committee organized them. The next meeting is set for April 12.
Members of the Helping Hand Club met at TOOF Hall for an all day session yesterday. A fireen dinner was served at noon with Mrs. Howard Loveland and Mrs. Tyan Wickwire as hostesses. The work period included sewing and at 2 o clock the business meeting was opened by president Mrs. Loretta Belden. The next meeting is set for April 12.
Forty eight members of Spring Creek Grange No. 236 gathered at West Spring Creek Town Hall for the first visitation program of 1956. William Graybill presided, with Connie Moore directing the literary program. Representing granges included Brokenstraw Columbus and Corry. Pie and coffee were served by the lunch committee. The next session will be April 10 in Youngsville with the literary program.
Hilltop Club met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Milton Chaffee of R D J home with seven members present. Mrs Bror Larson opened with The Lord’s Prayer and led a business session. Members quilted for a former member, played a guessing game, and Mrs Sidney Smith won an award. Mrs Lawrence Anderson received a birthday gift. Hostess served cocoanut chips from Hawaii, marble cake, jello and coffee. Next meeting set for April 4 at Mrs Bror Larson’s home.
Gulf Oil Corp reports 1955 net income of 218,064,000, a new company record, up from 182,813,000 in 1954. Earnings per share total 8.19, with common share value at 6.87 in 1954.
The Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary raised 141.20 at a rummage sale held last weekend at Joe's Bargain Store on South Center Street. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Robert Betz, the proceeds will boost the auxiliary treasury for purchases and charitable works.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 16 held their weekly meeting at St. Edward's Hall last evening. Merit Badge Counselor William Flick, NRA instructor, spoke on gun safety and marksmanship. Plans were made for a weekend camping trip in April. Two guests attended, Cub Scouts Bill Bachemer and Tommy Dyne of Pack 161.
A son was born yesterday morning at Coty Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Arnold McCaslin of R D 8. The new arrival adds to the local family by birth in the community.
Autherine Lucy 26 a former University of Alabama student expelled during campus riots announced in Dallas she plans to wed Rev. H C Foster 27 a student minister from Tyler Texas and hope to reenter school or find another university. She said the marriage is set for April 22 and she will pursue reentry actions with support from her fiancé and pastor backers.
Create wall bowls by halving a wooden bowl and mounting on a panel of backed hardboard. Use seasonal contents such as fruits or gourds, artificial greens, or flowers. Backing can be a plastic finished square in wood grain or plain color. Glue plywood and reinforce with screws from the back.
A Soviet TU104 jet airliner dazzled British aviation experts in London, sparking headlines across newspapers. Officials said the swept wing civil version, possibly the Badger bomber’s civil counterpart, could carry 50 to 60 passengers and may not be pressurized. The plane remained tightly guarded with limited examination.
Five crewmen of the Canadian fishing tug Alton Hoover were stranded on Lake Erie ice east of Erie after heavy winds and floes pushed the craft into American waters. They reached shore around 4 PM, amid extreme cold. one man, Edward Graham, was pulled from the ice after falling in. Coast Guard search failed to locate the vessel, believed to have sunk.
Senator Estes Kefauver warned that a clear farm program stance by the Democratic Party could win in November, including Minnesota and the broader region. He spoke in San Francisco Bay area as he campaigns toward the June California primary and Alaska and Florida contests with Adlai Stevenson.
In Aberdeen eight year old Steven Ellsworth swallowed eighty aspirin tablets after entering a medicine shelf. His mother Mrs R F Ellsworth tried to reach his father and two lab firms before calling a funeral home for an ambulance. The pills were removed at the hospital in time.
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