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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1940
Page
5
Aves player Adely scores five points as the team hosts a game at Kea Rry arena. Despite efforts, visitors edge ahead with late baskets. Home crowd boosts energy as AVES fights for the win.
Fragments describe a school event with references to a person and a winter setting. The readable text hints at a ceremony or performance involving a stand or banner and a participant named Mrs. from a university or town. Details are unclear but the fragment suggests a school activity during winter.
An illustrated lecture on missionary work in the Bahama Islands will be given tomorrow evening at Spring Creek Church by Rev and Mrs Paul D Ford. The Fords will lead the entire service starting at 7 20 o clock and all are welcome.
Mrs Blanche Tripp of Gprihg Greek announces the marriage of her daughter Althies Trippe to Clinton Couse son of Mr and Mrs We F Gouge Warren. The ceremony occurred Wednesday May 1 at Salem Evangelical parsonage with Rev R S Shirey officiating. Attendants were Miss Bernetha Couse and Emery Elmquist of Reid.
Mrs A A Chapman and J J Rickerson of Spring Crest were honored guests at a birthday party Saturday evening at Mr and Mrs Arthur Chapman’s home. Music by Oliver Brown and his orchestra. Buffet supper for eight included Park McCray Pred Young Owen Taylor Emine Chilatenisen Thomasy Whittaker Cal Chilatensen Ed ward Kimmy Park Roach Beather Hulings and Walter Robinson visiting from Philadelphia recently in Corry. Mrs Ora Harper and Mrs G A Stanford visited in Jamestown North Carolina on Saturday.
Corry Rotarians organize arrangements for the 175th district conference to be held Thursday and Friday at Oil City. Over 500 guests are expected with 35 chapters from the northwest district attending. General chairman A. J. B. Moorhead will preside with city officials and speakers including WW. Aten and Will Rose. Sessions begin Thursday morning and Friday at 2:15 a.m. featuring talks on Rotary in wartime and community service. Rotarians’ wives attend a fashion show Thursday at the Whiskeyland Country Club and a luncheon Friday for men and women.
Corry February 22 1964 records show the Women’s Benefit Association founded here in 191? with Mrs Isabella Butte as first president. The group promotes a sound insurance plan for members with wide participation and annual events including a Washington’s Birthday anniversary and May party. Officers listed include Mrs Katharine Young president and Mrs Mary Murray record keeper. Local notices mention numerous meetings, social events, and visits connected to Corry and nearby towns.
A Sunday evening banquet at the Hotel Gary marked the 35th anniversary of Court Conception No 35 of the Catholic Daughters of America. Most Rev John Mark Gannon spoke on home influence in child training and the role of mothers in today’s youth. A fifty-three guest dinner followed, with programs and prayers, celebrating the order’s work and Mother’s Day relevance.
Mrs. Caroline Maybee observed a family birthday yesterday in Meadville with ten guests at the home of her daughter Mrs. Jack Carpenter. A large cake, flowers and gifts were presented and friends from Union City Tinsville Warren Salamanca and Mendyville sent congratulatory messages. After dinner the party toured Pimuning Dam and Communut Lake. Mrs. Maybee, born in Hartford Conn, later lived in Salamanca and Meadville where she resided many years. Other guests included Irene McDurmet Lloyd Bernard Gerald Stockton Polly Anna Carpenter Jane Arrowsmith and hospital staff from St Luke's in Cleveland.
A Mother s Day program featuring singing and recitations by the Juvenile Grange opened Corry Grange No 35 in the Horn block. The meeting drew attendance including Mr and Mrs ALO Healgur from Zanesville Ohio who visited relatives over the weekend.
A daughter was born in the afternoon at Cory Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Merle James of Climer FR. The child is welcomed by proud parents and family.
Mrs. F M Loveland and SaMehly drove to Tikisville Sunday to see Mrs. Neil Farrington of Vrooman who is seriously ill in hospital. Farrington’s condition is listed as improved. Emma Lindaurst returned Sunny from Jamestown New York and spent several days with her daughter Mable as her health remains serious. In Anieitown Mrs Lindquist attended memorial services for cousin Mrs Jennie Peterson who died Friday at Lutheran Home. Miriam Crosby returned to work in Titusville after weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W P Crosby of Cory RD1.
Miss Reno, Margarida Reno, and French and Indiana subjects will play key roles in Bucknell University Lewisburg summer workshops. Assisting in supervision of the practical summer program, she will conduct a Guiding Fine workshop alongside other notable educators. Other Bucknell offerings include Teaching and Supervision by Dr. Nenufort Ohio and Stagecraft by Tor. Third Smith, with Bucknell leaders guiding sessions. The program aims to provide supervisors and a dramatic coach opportunities to work closely under expert direction.
A fragmented vignette from a Pennsylvanian social page lists attendees and speakers at a local event including Mrs. Miargares Duffy Miss Elizabeth Mead Catherine Xioley and several others from New York Meadvill Meadvill Meade Mead and nearby towns. The piece notes an orderly dine and a sense of progress reflected in the era’s automobiled driven streamline trends.
An old style ad claims Thompson's Marsa Tablets ease kidney and liver discomfort, relieve constipation, and end aches, with warnings to seek relief in drugstores. The copy stresses diuretic effects, waste removal, and overall better mood from taking the product.
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