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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1959
Page
5
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Miss Sandra Kay Spoon daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Spoon of Columbus married Saturday April 25 in Inglewood California. Rev Joseph M Appelgate officiated at Crenshaw Christian Church. The couple will reside in Los Angeles. Bride wore aqua suit with white accessories and a white orchid corsage. Matron of honor was Ann McEachron. best man Donald McEachron. Reception followed at the groom family home.
Mrs Lawrence Aldrich entertained Saturday night for her daughter Mrs James Ward of North East and newborn Dethia Kay. Thirty seven ladies from Cambridge Springs Waterford Spartansburg North East and Corry attended at Mrs G Glenn Davis home. Prizes went to Mrs Samuel Brown and Miss Carolly Babcock. Door prize to Mrs Mildred Morton. Favors napkin dispensers and a decorated shower cake iced tea and coffee were served.
The Neighborhood Club honored member Mrs Naomi Clark at a Saturday evening meeting hosted by Mrs Harry Fitch in Elgin. Prizes went to Mrs Edna Williams and Mrs Jennie Akath. Clark received a door prize and a secret sister gift. Guests included Miss Barbara Williams Mrs Myrtle Ruff and Mrs Rose Alverson. A luau style dinner was served at 7. The next meeting will be with Miss Marie Aham on a date to be announced.
Mrs. Harry Fitch of Elgin hosted the Britton Run Cemetery Aid meeting on Saturday with a noon tureen dinner for 15 members. President Harry Alden led the business session and plans for the next gathering with Mr and Mrs Harold Dorn of Britton Run on June 6 were announced.
Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 180 were served breakfast Saturday morning after communion. The rolls doughnuts and milk were served at 1 am in St Edward's auditorium. Troop members Helen Shira Susan Ross Marilyn Jungfleisch and Christine Chiricuzlo served and the girls played games before adjourning.
A baby boy was born Saturday afternoon at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs John J Spitman of RD 1 The birth details were reported by the local hospital notice indicating a new arrival in the community.
Mrs Zennie Fish aged 73 was feted yesterday at a Brook Street home party hosted by Mr and Mrs Gerald Fish. About 42 guests attended from Titusville Erie Jamestown Buffalo Trenton N J and nearby areas. She has 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The celebration included a buffet lunch served at 1 o clock.
The Corn ry Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary plans Tag Day in May and finalizes invitations for a June tea. Committees will be appointed and a report on the Northwest District meeting at St Vincent's Hospital in Erie will be heard. The gathering starts at 8 o'clock in the nurses' dining room. good attendance is urged.
A farewell and welcoming party Saturday at the R. D. 1 home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fantasie honored Calvin Fox who is off to Bradford for a week before returning to Wildwood New Jersey to work as assistant manager at the Sears Roebuck store there. Richard Hayes arrived from Johnstown to take the local outlet manager post. About 1 employee and guests attended with out of town guests Jerry Beal of Ramsey New Jersey and Mr and Mrs Richard Holbrock of Meadville. Fol llowing rolls deviled eggs relishes salads cheese potato chips and pretzels were served. Fox received a gift from employees at the close.
Winston Churchill arrives in New York by British jet for a three day visit to President Eisenhower. He will use the Columbine III to fly to Washington and spend much time at the White House with stag dinners planned at the White House and the British Embassy. He declines invitations to speak and plans to return to New York Friday before flying home.
New York diamond dealer Julius Furst, 48, reported he was kidnapped and robbed of a briefcase containing about $250,000 in emeralds and necklaces. He said he was wounded and dumped from a car near the West Side Airlines Terminal on 42nd Street.
Pomona Grange No. 10 holds its regular quarterly session at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall in Lottsville with 10th and 875th degrees planned. The program includes welcome addresses, memorial service, and guest speakers from the state forest department and Penn State, plus a panel on farm subsidies. Crawford County Pomona Grange members attend as guests.
A sprawling New York AP piece compiles quirky observations and trivia about bubbles in soap, Horatio Alger's birth date, tulip origins, famous quotes, and assorted notes on public figures. It touches on Oscar Hammerstein, the Star Spangled Banner tale, and musings on stethoscopes, radiologists, and cancer risk.
A collage of quick AMERICANUS curiosities from 1950s life including birth statistics, a Churchill holiday push, Galileo quotes, a cannibal joke, a postgraduate morist shop, a king’s metal workers tale, sterling silver origin, blood donors, eye color, heart physics, Oscar Wilde musings, and manners rooted in consideration.
Fourteen year old Robin Hockenbraugh slid about 60 feet down a limestone quarry wall before grabbing a pipe and edging to a ledge. Fearing the climb back up he descended toward the bottom but stopped 70 feet from the base. Two passersby summoned firefighters who rescued him with a fire department ladder. He and companion James McQuaide, 15, had been peering over the quarry when the accident occurred.
Mrs Virgini Thompson, 50, admitted firing at her husband Ephraim Thompson, 44, a Camden police officer, who was wounded in the abdomen while kneeling and begging for his life. The shooting occurred after a late night argument about alleged infidelity witnessed by their children Jeanette 14 and Elva 12.
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