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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1959
Page
5
Readable fragments show a church body planning worship and a speaker. Mentions include a district, officers, and a meeting for men and youth. Names appear obliquely with choir and songster references.
Mrs C P Kerley and daughter Phyllis Paul with grandchildren Peggy and Patrick visit from Washington, D C. Mrs Robert Tunnell installs Warren Community Council PTA officers. Miss Rhoda Green installed Worthy Adviser of Corry Rainbow Girls. numerous officers and choir members listed with committee roles and refreshments planned. Journal
Mrs Vennis Follett and Mrs Robert Betz head the Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Invitational Tea planning session held at Mrs Irvin Downs home in East Irving street. Tea set for YMCA Wednesday June 3 from 3 to 5 p m with reservations by May 27. Mink store prize and door prize donated by Seas Drugs to be awarded. Auxiliary members asked to provide sandwich spread or donations in advance. Chairs listed for petit fours sandwiches tables nuts and mints and ticket sales for mink style supervised by several officers with Beebe Haight Cummings Needham Peebles Chicuziio Jr assisting.
Mrs arkasauey and W.3 hosted the Spencer Ladies Aid gathering with 12 members and families plus two guests enjoying a bountiful noon tureen dinner. Afterward, President Mrs Carroll Crowell led a routine business session. Mrs John Frontera announced plans to entertain at the next meeting on June 18.
The CGG Club enjoyed dinner at Reed's Steak House last evening then moved to Mrs. James Sullivan's Mead avenue home for bridge. Winners were Mrs. Ted Daye, Mrs. Sullivan, and Mrs. J. F. Needham with Mrs. Milton VanDresar taking the special prize. Guest Mrs. Charles Farrell attended. Next show will be with Mrs Danale Nantes of East South Street.
The Neighborhood Club met for a tureen dinner at seven with Miss Myrtie Akam on Essex street. Seven members attended and prizes went to Mrs. Bertha Darwin Mrs. Naomi Clark and Miss Florence Culver with a door prize to Mrs. Darwin. The next meeting was set for June with Mrs Edna Drake of North Center street. A business session preceded the entertainment and the group voted to hold the regular meeting on the second Wednesday each month.
Mrs Eugene Buesink hosted a bridal shower at her Grove street home with cohostess Mrs Wesleyville 15, twelve guests attended. Prizes went to Mrs Ralph Martin Mrs James Walters Mrs Randall McCray Mrs Robert Clark and Mrs Bernard Graham. Refreshments included fruit salad rolls relishes nuts petit fours and coffee. Mrs Largent plans to marry Richard Martin next Thursday.
The Women's Relief Corps meeting at Gringe Hall opened with a noon dinner and 2 PM session led by Mrs Eva Dundon. Twenty three members answered roll call as a cake walk awarded a cake to Mrs Leon Wynn and baby shower honored Mrs John Spitman. The group draped a charter for Past National President Mrs Marie Basham, a 63 year WRC member. Cards of thanks were read for illness gifts. An ice cream social was planned, Memory Service set for May 24 at First Baywist Church, attendance award to Mrs Wesley Willis, next gathering June 4 in the afternoon.
Plank Road Club met Wednesday with Mrs Bert Volk of R D 4 in charge. Fourteen idle members answered roll. Esther Wester to enter next session June 17. Games and visiting provided entertainment with prizes awarded to Mrs Arthur Miller and Mrs Philip Wade. Gelatin angel food cake and coffee served at close. In Madrid a world congress opens as Twenty one Soviet veterinary surgeons arrive from Moscow via Paris for the event.
Bridal shower honoring Mrs. Jacqueline Welcht, fiancée of James Kightlinger of Harbor Creek, was held at Dunne Street home hosted by Mrs. Harold Kightinger with assistance from Mrs. Gerald Staples. About 18 guests attended. prizes awarded to Mrs. Ralph Welcht and others. Out of town guests from Harborcreek and Eric Miss Wricht attended. wedding planned for June 610 at St. Thomas Church.
The Salvation Army reports aiding 172 area families in 1959 during National Salvation Army Week. Local Lt Richard Deus says the program provided food, clothing, and shelter, plus services to unwed mothers and transient men amid limited funds.
A Buffalo area woman and her husband tell of a deceptive sewing machine sales pitch by a traveling salesman claiming a $165 machine could be bought with a $20 credit They later learned the salesman had no city solicitation permit and police warned housewives to beware of such high pressure sales outfits The second item notes Tony Curtis undergoing heel surgery for a torn Achilles tendon from a tennis injury with Kirk Douglas.
Lt. Dean notes financial support from the Community Chest finances the Salvation Army's work, framing it as a pure toad af far. The fragment mentions tennis shoes clothing and items but lacks full context or clear dates and entities.
Erie County Civilian Defense plans a 7:30 p.m. May 27 demonstration of portable x-ray units at Erie Veterans Hospital for x-ray technicians from Erie Warren Crawford and Venango counties. David Parmenter announces six Erie units and a planned expansion for emergency hospitals. Merbert Hoover will oversee the demonstration with sponsorship by the county CD organization and the Pennsylvania Society of X-ray Technicians.
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