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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1943
Page
4
Social items list local residents visiting relatives in Erie Jamestown and Pittsburgh with arrivals from Brooklyn Buffalo and Toronto and furloughs at Corry. Families, service members and friends plan weekend visits and homecomings with several relatives named.
Sixty six men met last evening at the Baptist church for a Father and Son banquet. W Jones served as toastmaster. Clifford Redding gave an appropriate poem and numbers included a Harry Hickle solo and a Bruce Lloyd Thomas vocal duet. Rev T H augue Nice of East Springfield Pa delivered the principal address. An honor roll plaque naming thirteen young men and one young woman serving our country was dedicated.
The Legion Auxiliary held its regular session and voted to buy a tuberculosis bond while approving a monthly health clinic report. Members sewed items for veterans at Perry Point and on the Red Cross kite. Social hour included refreshments served by Miss Gravina and Mrs Neylon.
Corry Junior High School and the PTA announce an open house on Thursday, November 18, from 7:00 to 9:10 PM. Faculty will host parents in classrooms, followed by a joint PTA meeting and an evening program featuring student activities, remarks by Principal H G Wolfe, and a short play by ninth graders. Afterward refreshments will be served in the Practice House.
Barbara Lee Group entertained four ten year old friends of her daughter Barbara Lee yesterday at the home on East Pleasant Street. The occasion was Barbara's tenth birthday. During games and contests prizes were won by Dixie Low Phil-Ups Constance Hildebrand Virginia Pay and Nancy Lee Om. Refreshments of birthday cake ice cream and milk were served and decorations were red white and blue. Barbara received nice gifts from her friends.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church held a regular meeting in the church parlors. President Mrs A E Morrison led the business session after a song service and flag salute. They planned the annual Christmas dinner for Friday afternoon December 10 at the church with a tureen dinner for twenty-one members. Tables were decorated with chrysanthemums and roses. Committee for the party included Mrs J W Rickers Mrs John J Colegrove and Mrs Minnie Perkins.
The Junior High mixed chorus directed by Mrs. Lucille D. Rice presented a choral demonstration during Friday assembly. The group performed several southern numbers to enthusiastic Lenine High students and has organized officers while focusing on Christmas selections.
Amici Bible Class of the United Brethren Sunday School met at the church for their monthly gathering. Mrs H Ray Harris led devotions and vice president Hugh Mosler conducted the business meeting. Plans were set for a private anniversary dinner on December 10 at the church with social hour and committee refreshments by Mr and Mrs Harley Marsit and Mrs Charles Patterson.
Andrew Tinka left with the evening naval inductees, honored earlier at a home party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tinka. About thirty friends and relatives attended the gathering featuring entertainment by Tinka and a purse gift from his parents.
Erie County District Attorney Laub spoke at the Inquisitors of Baymmond Manufacturing last evening. He urged a national and county view of juvenile delinquency and community responsibility. A dance at the Masonic Temple was planned for a week from tonight for the impuisites and their guests, followed by an oyster stew served by Justin Butter mond Gilson Victor Simdean and Mike Popovich.
The Manhattan Singers, appearing on Lyceum programs last season, visit the Senior High School auditorium Tuesday evening November 16 for the third concert of the season. The group will perform trio numbers, instrumental and soprano selections, with Miss Betty Dean Shirling joining the program after a year of high marks.
The TY T Club met last evening at Mrs. George Stanford Sr s home and enjoyed five hundred. The evening’s tenors were won by Mr. Frank Goring and Mrs. Louis Lundy. Refreshments were served after the games.
Members of the Raymond plant Inspection Department held a farewell dinner for Clair Caster who left for Navy service. The event took place Thursday night at Pittsfield Tun, where Mr. Gasler presented a money belt and a money token to Caster.
Five people were injured in a five car crash on the viaduct north of Rouseville. State police could not determine causes as they untangled facts. Injured were Charles Davison 31 Oil City Harold C. Graham 1189 East Second Street Oil City Ruben Bullock 26 Franklin MCA Hubert Johnson 25 Franklin MCA Hildred Hart 33 119 State Street Oil City. Graham and Davison suffered critical injuries with head wounds and facial scarring. Bullock Johnson and Hart were not reported as seriously hurt.
Police closed a string of bicycle thefts after a tip from a 12 year old. Officer Drake arrested the youth on East South Street and he confessed to four recent thefts. No charges were filed yet. a conference with Chief Flanigan is planned to discuss consequences.
Chester B. Tiles chief investigator for the district OPA office says a criminal investigation will be filed Monday into a former North Side Pittsburgh rationing board member who has admitted stealing coupons from 186 ration books returned by armed forces entrants or the families of deceased servicemen.
Soviet forces push toward Kiev as Gen Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army frees towns and pressures the Polish frontier. German forces suffer heavy losses near Fastov while retreating. Panic spreads in Hungary, Romania, and Austria as mobilization threats and raids rise. The U.S. Marine Band is urged in Philadelphia.
The fragment mentions individuals including Bob J Jonos Art B Ray E Bob Tuma and Gene Carm in an unclear local context. Names appear without clear roles or events. No dates places or organizations are established to define a concrete news item or outcome.
A compact notice reports on a small incident involving Jacks and a figure named Jit. The readable fragments reference local names and a minor event, with no explicit dates or locations provided in the surviving text.
In a tense finish a coast game dispute centers on a key player Puna Aaskett. The final matchup saw Vin Ba and Barone clash as Jacksonville, Pittsburg, and Donna Duckworth figures appeared amid violence concerns.
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