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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1961
Page
5
Fragmented OCR notes list visitors, families, and social events from Knoxville and nearby areas. Items include Melchells visiting from Knoxville, a dinner hosted by Women of the Mouse on April 26, and multiple mentions of local residents and relatives traveling or planning gatherings.
A farewell dinner for Miss Jacqueline Paulson marked her departure to Foside in Erle to join the Bile Moyne Neyrs. The event featured pink and white decor, a cake with Farewell Jad, and guests Mrs. Goorjn De cutt and Gerald Lane. Ruth Bennett and Miss Varvarasis led the program with help from Joyet Raupach Judy Millspaw Kay Hamilton and others.
A local slate class performance at Wattsburg scheduled for midday and Saturday March 24 with curtains at 3 pm. The play The Big Blow Up directed by LeMay Howl features student cast Ruth Any Robinson Jury Saybia Jn Bucklin Maris Gorka Thi Cooney Nancy Nicpillioss Batti ara Gre ene 10 Fly Kinkink Maxine Tush and understudies Shirley Stafford and Lynn Bruinagin.
Lydia Circle of the Woman's Christian Service of the First Methodist Church hosted Mrs Jennie Royce as the honored guest last evening at the home of Mrs Amy Ortsie. Guests enjoyed entertainment and a preview of her forthcoming pic line to Stephen Brooks Gamés with 23 members attending.
Readers can view a special Easter Bonnet sale in the classifieds. Advertisers showcase festive hats and related accessories at discounted prices, inviting shoppers to browse and purchase through the local listings.
A tureen dinner and talent show were enjoyed by members of the Good Samaritan Cast of the First Methodist Church and their families. About 75 attended in the church dining room with Roger Myers giving the invocation and Byice Myers serving as master of ceremonies. The program featured music, skits, readings, and a piano quartet, with performances by Louis Beardsley, Jerry Blakestee, Terry Parker, Linda Van Ooulder, Mirlene Wells, Philip Myers, Edward Swanson, Bruce Dodd, Vicki Lindsey, Cynthia Sturgis, Kaylene and John Billey, Rev. George A Myers, and Merle Dodd. The next business will cover the annual class banquet on April 26. The organizing committee included Veo Lindsay, Charles Gor Yell, and James Donaldson families.
Betty and Jean Reagle hosted the Youth Fellowship gathering with 29 members in attendance. Keith Henton and Charles Koch, adjacent judges, discussed future events in the culture as hosts served sandwiches cookies and beverages to finish the evening.
Bridge scores from the Corry Bridge Association at the VFW Post home show north south winners H J Wilcox and Morgan Beverly with 79 percent and Kinley 74 percent. East west winners Kelsey Lundy 69 percent and Teruel 66 with Hoffman and Haggar tied at 64. Special newcomers game won by Kelsey and McLean with 13. Next week includes another newcomers game and scrambled team events set for April Sth and 12th.
The Corry Area Ministerial Association sponsors a united Good Friday service for area children. It will be held Friday morning March 31 at 11 o clock in the First Methodist Church, with a 30 minute program. The Junior Choir of First Presbyterian will perform a special anthem and Charles Koch will speak on Spectators at the Cross.
New York reports that Mrs Myrdal, a top Swedish diplomat and ambassador to India, balances marriage and a high profile career. She and husband Gunnar Myrdal live apart yet reunite across continents as he teaches in Stockholm and she pursues UN and UNESCO roles. She will leave her ambassador post in April for a Sweden foreign office assignment while attending a five day conference at Vassar College. Her eldest daughter Sissela Bok is married to a Harvard professor.
Mrs William Spiesman was honored by her bridge club before her upcoming move to Eni. A dinner at Reed's Steak House followed by two bridge tables at Mrs Earl Haight’s home featured prizes won by Mrs M Len Mulderick, Mrs Mayme Wood, and Mrs Walter Blair.
A son named Brad Durham Gilbert was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs Amos Gilbert at a Mt. Holsey New Jersey hospital. Mrs Gilbert is Blanche Durham, daughter of Mr and Mrs K 8 Durham of Corry.
President Kennedy signs the grain surplus bill into law as a major emergency program to reduce grain surpluses for livestock feed. The measure passed the Senate 83 to 1 after House approval 231 to 185. The plan raises price supports for corn sorghums oats barley and rye and links payments to acreage retirements with conservation planting.
Elizabeth Taylor will leave the London Clinic Monday and fly to California the same day. The film star was hospitalized with double pneumonia earlier this month.
The Baptist Youth Fellowship District 3 will host a rally at Lincolnville Baptist Church Monday night at 8. A group of professionals will speak on their careers to inspire a boy chosen from each of the seven districts. The boy will later select a career path by drawing lots and may question the speakers.
Archery Club met at Kirk Sawyer's Brook Street home to map summer activities including multiple shoots and a season end banquet where junior and senior awards will be announced. A membership drive at reduced rates begins April 1, with hoped guest appearances by Jim Mackey and Patty Bailey during centennial week. a Sunday shoot is scheduled.
Beverly Hills mourns the death of John William Considine a veteran motion picture producer aged 64 whose screen credits include Boys Town and Young Tom Edison He died yesterday at his Beverly Hills home leaving a legacy in early Hollywood cinema.
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