Session 1 1960 Landmark Meeting Noted
A brief item records the first session of the 1960 meeting series led by the Amands in a distinct federal business context. The report highlights key participants and a focus on governance and policy directions.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1958
Page
5
A brief item records the first session of the 1960 meeting series led by the Amands in a distinct federal business context. The report highlights key participants and a focus on governance and policy directions.
The Spartansburg Grange met Saturday discussing the Community Grange Halloween party and ongoing betterment projects sponsored by the Grange and Sears Roebuck Foundation. Foresters lectured, 1,009 new members were initiated, 87 resolutions acted on, and a Thanksgiving program planned for November 22.
The 19th meeting of the Witherspoon Circle of First Presbyterian Church gathered 12 members at Mrs. James Lundy’s East Bond Street home. Devotions by Mrs. Thomas Russell focused on The Heart of the Gospel and the Gospel's Heart. Mrs. Clyde Keith chaired the session and reminders were given for upcoming church events including a Family Night Dinner on November 20 and a Women’s Association installation and Christmas party on December 3 with the Orient as theme. Mrs. Allan Hasbrouck led a program from the study book The Word The World and The Way, reviewing three chapters. Hostess duties were shared by Adele McCray and Mrs. Donald Watson, who served pumpkin pie, whipped cream, tea, and coffee.
Members of the Rachel Circle of St. Pauls Lutheran Church met last evening at Mrs. Milton Cherry’s home on West Columbus Avenue. Mrs. Robert Clark led devotions and presented Christian Citizens. Mrs. Earl Bleys report covered the Astabula convention and Lutheran needs in western and southern United States. The circle will sew bed pads for an Erie aged home. Hostesses assisted with dessert. next meeting set with Mrs. Walter Windahl on December 8.
The Corry Rollerway schedules a Learn To Skate course for registered Girl Scouts from B rownsies to seniors in Corry and nearby areas. The ten week program, led by registered teacher David Knight, runs sessions Saturdays 10 12 and Mondays 6 7 30 from November 15, with two Saturday sessions per week to begin. Parents should consult troop leaders for details.
Mrs E Bliley led devotions with a theme Apostles to Islam at the Middle East Study Course. Mrs Jerry Hoyt reported on Lebanon, Mrs Paul Moerdink on Saudi Arabia, and Ms Robert MacGr spoke on Pun and Festivities in the Middle East. The next meeting is Monday at 8 pm. Dr Paul Harrison will be guest speaker, and a leaf film will be shown. all ladies invited.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary will host a card party Thursday at 8 pm in the VFW Post home garden room. Proceeds aid the Erie VA Hospital and its holiday relief work. Mrs Have? Shits is general chairman and handles prizes. Mrs Alfred Cone leads refreshments with aides. Tickets available from members or at the door.
MIS, Iregrmme arorsner of Bear Lake was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by her mother Mrs. Hansen and sister Mrs. Ross at Hansen's West Pleasant Street home. Afternoon games, visiting, prizes to several attendees, out of town guests from Columbus Jamestown Ellingtonville N Y Bear Lake. Pink and white decorations, refreshments of salad cake coffee and paints. Mrs Barrett received many gifts.
Diane Sawyer a local ventriloquist with Waldo entertained Kiwanis Club members at their weekly Hotel Corry meeting. Kirk Sawyer and Harald Slaughter led the program. Jerry Beal said outdoor Santas will be sold. President William Selta announced a training conference at Cambridge Springs on Sunday afternoon November 23 with Lt Governor-elect Kenneth Winter of Erle in charge. New officers and directors will attend.
Club 16 met last evening at Mrs. McCray’s home on Van West Washington Street with nine members and one guest Mrs. August De Mauri. The birthday of Mrs. McCray was honored and a purse of money given. Prizes went to Mrs. Albert Shaffer, Mrs. Bary Burton, Mrs. Claude Stoke and Mrs. Henry Fosbure. Next session is December 8 at the Phoenix Hotel for the Christmas party.
The Corry Navy Mothers No. 598 met at Grange Mall with a tureen dinner last evening. Members and husbands attended and a business session followed. The group voted to send apples to Erie soldiers and Suitors Home for Thanksgiving and gifts to members’ sons for Christmas. The next meeting will be December 8 at West Frederick Street hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cox with a Christmas party and gift exchange.
A pantry shower honored Mrs. Edward Hunt of Spring Creek Saturday at the home of Mrs. Mabel Beardsley. Fifteen guests from Titusville Pittsfield Spring Creek and Sanford attended and presented gifts. Guests enjoyed visiting while wafers cheese cake and punch were served.
Brig. Gen. David W. Sarnoff urged courage, sacrifice, and preparedness in a Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery. He called the American cause inseparable from mankind and criticized a campaign of bluster, noting the Tomb of the Unknowns ceremony marked the Unknowns of World War II and Korea. The event also observed the 401st anniversary of the World War I armistice and the fifth Veterans Day.
Monongalia County authorities face locating classroom space for 230 students from the Osage school after a Monday bomb blast and shock wave. Officials report no evidence linking the attack to race, while FBI agents assist in the investigation. Osage, northwest of Morgantown, was recently incorporated and has about 60 Black residents among its roughly 250 inhabitants.
Peter E. Longpre of Lakewood California pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Japanese student Yoshiyuki Miyamura on a military base. The 20 year old airman admitted firing during guard duty and faces up to three years in jail or a 50000 yen fine. Miyamura, 22, was hit by a carbine bullet through a base window while en route to play in a band. he died on the operating table.
John William Groves, 38, a Tulsa accountant, was arrested here after disappearing September 30 during an audit at McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Federal agents held him on a $5,400 bond on charges of transporting a forged interstate check while employed by Williams Brothers, a pipeline firm headquartered in McKeesport.
William E. Wilson, head of the American Farm Bureau Field Service Division, told the Pennsylvania Farmers Assn convention that about 35 percent of the U S labor force works in agriculture and urged farmers to press union organizing. He warned state minimum wage rules, like Pennsylvania’s migrant wage standard, could raise costs and risk business viability for growers, with potential $500,000 plus impacts on buyers.
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