YMCA Calendar Highlights and Local Notices
A May 1971 YMCA calendar lists daily swim and activity times across multiple age groups with babysitting and instruction options. Included are schedules for men’s and women’s swims, senior programs, and family swims, plus a special election notice for French Creek on June 8. The page also records community visits, condolences, and local social notes from Bernice Marsh and residents in North East, Clymer, Wattsburg, and Findley Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Marsh
Lune
French Creek
Alice Camp
Leonard Anthony
Pleasantville
Mattie.Kerney
Florence Linendell
Clymer
Carl A. Marsh
Elouise
Lee Hopkins
North East
Pearl Bemis
Margaret Bemis
Hollis Upperman
Columbus
Clifford Aikens Sr
Arthur Wallace
Glen Evans
Joan Storer
Carlton Damcott
Findley Lake
Albert Norcross
Belle Cosgrove
Camp
Amos van Barden
Bear Lake
George Morton
Douglass Morton
Sally Beckerink
Carl Philips
Wattsburg
E.K. Storer
California
Social Roundup of Visits and Gatherings Across Several Towns
A string of Sunday and midweek visits unfolds across Findley Lake Clymer and nearby areas as families like the Bemises Marshes and Petersons share calls and suppers. Husbands and wives, relatives, and local groups attend bridal showers, church events, and a Bethany Sunday School gathering while others purchase homes and plan drives to nearby Columbus. A temperance note from Aberdeen places wine in church services under scrutiny.
Corvair safety claims surface from GM insiders
Former GM engineer George Caramanna testifies that GM knew before the Corvair’s 1959 release about mechanical safety problems and that top executives Edward Cole and Frank Winchell were aware. He notes a front stabilizer bar was removed to cut costs. GM disputes the allegations as court cases continue and the DOT reviews the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Edward Cole
Frank Winchell
Cole
Winchell
San Diego
Department of ‘Transportation
New Ag Office Fetes Open House Erie County Extension Opens at Gore Road
The Erie County Agricultural Extension Association invites residents to a 4 to 10 PM open house on Tuesday June 1 at 650 East Gore Road in the west wing of the former TB Hospital. Kenneth Youngs and other committee members will host tours of the new office with staff and a light refreshments. Plan Refugee Aid to assist refugees in India before week’s end.
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Erie County Agricultural Extension Association
East Gore Road
Erie County TB Hospital
Erie County
Kenneth Youngs
Stanley Wallace
Kenneth Bostwick
Roy Ladd
Indians Fund Western Movie Showpiece Debut
The Jicarilla Apache Tribe of New Mexico financed a $2 million Western premiering in Stark New Mexico. Tribe members packed 1,500 invited guests, with about 500 attending. Johnny Cash and Kirk Douglas star in a tale of two down on their luck gunfighters who team up for a pay gunfight.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Tribe
Johnny Cash
Kirk Douglas
Santa Fe
J. W. Eaves
Ronald Lubin
U.S
Louis Bruce
Washington
Cash
Harold Bloom
Lester Pearson Granted Exclusive Role by Queen
In London Queen Elizabeth II named Lester Pearson former Canadian prime minister to the Order of Merit. The honor, Britain's top order, limits members to 24 at a time and honors exceptional achievement. Current members include Graham Sutherland Henry Moore Benjamin Britten Dorothy Hodgkin and Earl Mountbatten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lester Pearson
Order of Merit
Britain
Graham Sutherland
Henry Moore
Benjamin Britten
Sir William Walton
Dorothy Hodgkin
Earl Mountbatten
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buk
Cosa
Gree
Adulf
Tam
Bils Memorial
Edward Benink
Death Valley
Bemis
Marion Way
David Dougherty
Elewise Marsh
Clifton Cooper
Lewis Peterson
Little Hope
Walter DeShazer
Carl Bayle
Amos VanEarden
Eleanor Kronemeyer
Mission Circle
Paul Holthouse
Sidney Wheeler
Gail Alcorn
Corry
Elovise Marsh
Lena Hulett
Rieger
Erie
Lucy Sherman
Forest Peiffer
Eva Kepler
Bethany
Howard Munsee
Hatch Hollow
Aberdeen
Scotland
Annie Blake
British Women’s Temperance Assn
New Ag
India
Raed
Desmond’s Electrical Contractors
Corry, PA
GOLF
Firestone Country Club
Jack Nicklaus
Olf
Barney
Ams
Charlie Vigil
Panama Rocks
Panama Fire Department
Comfort Unlimited
Wach
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