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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1949
Page
5
The Spartansburg Lions Club will sponsor a pancake and sausage supper on Monday evening May 8 at 5 30 o clock at the Spartansburg Firemen's Hall. A prize will be awarded to the person who eats the most pancakes and attendees are asked to stay afterward for games.
A daughter was born late yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs John Gstalfu of 498 Second Avenue at Corry Hospital. The family announced the birth and said both mother and baby are doing well.
The Wattsburg Methodist Church Good Neighbor Class will host a 4 Mother and Daughter Banquet on Friday evening May 6 at 7 o clock at the church. Grace Dean Hollinger of the Sabbath School Association will be principal speaker. Miss Helen Merry will give the toast to mothers and Mrs Arthur Harwood will toast daughters. A program of entertainment is planned.
Mrs James Hazlett of Delaware J Street hosted the J P Club gathering last evening with progressive 600 played. Prizes went to Mrs Glenn Albaieh, Mrs Robert Procter and Mrs Walter Pier. Traveling ninebies awarded to Mrs Guy Sutton. Tea coffee wafers pickles macaroni salad served. Next meeting set for May 17 by Mrs Proctor of Essex Street.
The Smith Beauty Studio opened today at 197 North Center Street in Erie, in the former Davis Radio and Television site. The shop moved in, equipment installed, and staff settled, as residents noted the new business arrival in town. The Erie community also shares local notices on PTA leadership, Girl Scout hikes, art exhibition plans, and civic events across the region.
The weekly Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Corry discussed vocational education and its role in guiding students toward trades. Speakers detailed state aid, shop instruction, auto mechanics, and the benefits of practical training, with new member Dr Stanton E Bower welcomed and plans for a May dinner noted.
The Friendship Aid of the Evangelical United Brethren Church met last evening at Loren Gibbons home on West Congress Street with 11 members present. Mrs Lynn Campbell presided. Members were asked to bring items for the Quincy Orphanage bazaar to the next meeting for timely delivery. The hostess, assisted by Mrs Veron Welsh, served refreshments. The date of the next session will be announced.
The Ladies A Bowling League banquet was held Tuesday evening at the Sportsmen's Club in Waterton. Sixty-eight? 38 members attended with steak dinners at 7. Favors were book-shaped bowling pins showing names and averages. Officers elected: president Mrs. Gerald Staples. vice president Miss Mary Hnatyszyn. secretary Mrs. Carl Hixson. treasurer Miss Angeline Marah. sergeant-at-arms Miss Shirley Orn. Prizes went to Laurie Baker high average 150. Hnatyszyn high single game 246. Angeline Baresi high three games 569. Orn special prize. Eight door prizes were awarded. Team standings listed with Steen's, Raymond's, Mahle's, Superior, Page and Nichols, Meeriink's, Chapin's, Brigham's.
The Poetry Society held an officer election after a dinner for members and five guests at USS Lena Cowen's North Center Street residence. Elected were Miss Helen Spencer as president, Mrs Ivy Miller as vice president, and Mrs Jessie Newton as secretary. Plans for next year were discussed as the group adjourned for September. Attending guests included Miss Florence Graham Miss Tillotson and Miss Ruth Bennett plus Mrs Robert Ott Sr and Miss Gladys Ellsworth.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Lillian Guild announces a rummage sale set for Friday May 6 and Saturday morning May 7. Mrs K R Benson and Mrs George R Jackson named co chairmen as officers for the coming year were elected at the recent meeting with further details to be announced.
A birthday party for Mrs Cassius Fish was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o clock. Mr Ess Hull Bonated hosted the event and served refreshments while guests teased the guest of honor with gifts.
Last evening members of the Aldy Franklin Rebekah Lodge No MU met at the T C P Hall with Mrs A Barton noble grand in the chair. Forty members and guests attended as a class of candidates was initiated. Booster meetings for Te oekoh and Odd Fellow Lodges are planned for May 18. Rebelans invited to Titusville meeting on May 13 with afternoon and evening sessions and supper. Visiting and refreshments were served by Mrs Maude Keefe and Mrs Bator.
The Quitter Century Club of the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association celebrated its first anniversary with a gathering at the Onondaga Hotel roof garden in Syracuse. About 95 members attended from the Syracuse region, including I. Hanna and H. H. Reddit, and Redding gave the invocation. The group total stands at 180 members with 25 years of service or more.
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