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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1958
Page
5
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The Conelway School fourth and fifth graders staged a spring pageant themed History Sings of America's Heroes Real and Legendary for parents and friends Friday. Directed by J Donald Watson with aid from staff, the program featured sections on Discoverers Colonists Revolutionary heroes and a living room Family Tag Days planning and hospital auxiliary notes followed, listing cast members narrators and choruses from both grades along with planned hospital charity events and park activities.
Wanita Virginia Harness of Millcreek High School graduates from Corry High and Penn State. She is engaged to Gerald George Bensink of Erie. He is a dairy farmer, substitute teacher, and Penn State alumnus.
Eleven Ruth Circle members of United Lutheran Church Women met in church parlors hosted by Mrs Clarence wd and Mrs John Kraba. Quentin McCray led and announced quilts for Konno rock School and pads for Passavenit Hospital in Pittsburgh. Offerings were collected, confirmation deeds discussed, plans made for a Mesd Park picnic in June, and a synodical banquet decorations request read.
Esther Circle of the Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist Church met at Mrs. Benjamin Skinner’s Franklin Street home with 77 members and one guest, Mrs. Charles Correll. Correll led a Japan life and customs study through a pictorial map. the circle announced this was its last meeting, with a future WSCS gathering planned. Devotions by Mrs. Skinner on “Mother” preceded a missionary Africa offering over 27 dollars. Mrs. Virgin Diemer Tater assisted with refreshments of strawberry chiffon pie and drinks.
A daughter was born yesterday at Wayne Memorial Hospital Goldsboro N C to 1st Lt and Mrs Philip Chaffee of the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Mrs Gertrude Growt of North Center Street is the grandmother. A daughter was born Sunday morning at Cory Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard Flye of 318 West Columbus Avenue.
Mrs. William Dah of East Main street hosted the Orpah Circle meeting of the First Methodist Church Women’s Society. Plans were made for a May 23 dinner at the church honoring graduating seniors, with Mrs. Tevin Young and Mrs. Johnston as cochairmen.
Mrs. Morton Tresne and Mrs. Nunsy announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Tresne to Earl Richard Roberts son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Roberts of Columbus. Both are 1955 graduates of Corry Area High School with a June wedding planned.
The couple, former Barbara Ellen McGray of East Lansing Michigan and Robert Edwin Boone of Cleveland, were married Saturday at Windermere Methodist Church East Cleveland. About 60 guests attended a reception before a two week honeymoon. They plan to reside in Cleveland with Boone a Case Institute of Technology student and both graduates of West Virginia University Muskingum College and Western Reserve University School of Nursing. Grandmother Mrs Bertha McCray also attended.
Kiwanis club at Hotel Corry heard a film titled A Sky In the West about Episcopal church work among Navajo Indians. Walter Grouch Jr. and Patricia of Clymer presented. Rev. William Seifer led the meeting and Conrad Monroe reported the Minstrel Show profit of 950 dollars to be shared toward YMCA pledges.
Corry Grange No. 55 met in the Grange Hall with John Decker presiding. Ronald McCray of Waterford presented color pictures of covered bridges and his Honolulu trip, describing them as the attendees, including Waterford guests, watched. Gene Powers, John Decker and Roy Swart organized a later lunch of sandwiches, cakes and coffee.
Funeral services for Joseph Peck were held yesterday afternoon at the Turtey and Hays Funeral Home in Spartansburg with Rev. Charles A. Fuller of Genterville Baptist Church officiating. Fuller sang Jesus Savior Pilot Me and recited Crossing the Bar. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spartansburg with Lloyd Hopkins Isaac Sherlock Floyd Brown Austin Rogers Paul Blakeslee and Charles Obert acting as bearers.
Grasshoppers swarm central Arizona damaging cotton alfalfa wheat and barley. Governor Ernest McFarland declares a state of emergency as air spray operations begin from dawn to dusk. Pilots plan to cover about 100000 acres next week with crop dusters racing to contain the outbreak.
Jakarta garrison reports roundups of scores of Indonesians and some Chinese accused of subversive acts against President Sukarno. A mystery package was sent to Donald Whaley. A future Union City visitation meeting is planned for May 19 with Waterford attendees Mr and Mrs Ishman and Thomas Green listed.
GOP campaign events focus on fundraising at a $25 plate dinner at the Penn-Harris Hotel in Harrisburg billed as Meet McGonigle. Arthur McGonigle, Reading pretzel maker, is endorsed for governor. Stassen and Livengood also tour counties. A U S Rep Hugh Scott Jr criticizes state hospital finances. other candidates press economic and rural issues. Jacob M. Roth, former Copperweld Steel president, dies in Pasadena.
A monthly State Police report shows April road crashes injured about 15 people and caused estimated property damage of $0,090. Officers logged 15,742 miles over 166 patrols. There were 11 criminal investigations with five arrests, 3 aid calls, and miscellaneous stolen items valued at $78.
A Miami drilling products company named Papa Gulu poured 150000 into a Buy Now campaign. It handed checks ranging from 1090 to 7000 to 55 employees as a return from a 1952 trust fund. The fund provided the bonus from investment profits. Forty contributors via molten weld bonding copper and steel supported the payout.
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