Local notes and holiday plans from Corry area
Birdie Tells Us reports Mrs. George Stanford has returned from a two week stay in Garfield Heights Ohio with family. Miss Carolyn Vance completed a dental secretarial course in Buffalo and capping ceremonies were held at Lakeview Hotel. Holiday plans include a Honeybrook Pennsylvania trip and a Christmas dinner for Women of the Moose. A Pomona Grange dance is planned in Edinboro with Tim Feders Starlighters. Reservations are requested for several events. The weather hint suggests window draft sealing with latex foam tape.
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George
Maude) Stanford
11 Seventh Street
Garfield Heights
Ohio
William
Patricia) Paul
Michael
Maryann
Kirk
Lisa
Paul
Patricia Ahl
Fred Ahl
Chestnut Street
Carolyn Vance
Oscar Vance
Bryant Stratton Business Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Lakeview
Corry
Vance
Fred Lindstrom
Pamela Sanders
Rev Leishman Speaker at Rotary Meeting
Reverend H Kenyon Leishman spoke at the Rotary Club gathering, delivering remarks on community service and upcoming club projects. Members discussed local initiatives and welcomed the visiting speaker.
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Leishman
Rotary Meeting
Gravinks Celebrate 50 Years With Quiet Acres Party
A Monday evening event at Quiet Acres Nursing Home honored Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gravink of Clymer on their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple, married at the bride’s parents’ home in Clymer Hill by Rev. John Bennink, received gifts and cards as fruit, cake and beverages were served. Attendants included Ruth Gravink, William Gravink, Mrs. Earl Beckerink, Mrs. Clifford Warnshouse, Mrs. Carl Beckerink, and Mrs. Leon Ten Bihuisen along with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kinyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quiet Acres Nursing Home
Jay
Grace) Gravink
Clymer
John W. Damcott
Clifford Warnshouse
Gravink
Carl Beckerink
Leon Ten Biuisen
Milton Kinyon
Candlelight Dance Planned by Newcomers at Hotel Corry
Plans advance for the first Candlelight Christmas Dance by the Newcomers Welcome Wagon Club at the Hotel Corry on December 7. Tickets cost per couple and include a breakfast starting at midnight. The event runs from 9 p.m. with music by John Roshbacher and The Four Jacks and a Queen. Reservations offered through Mrs. William Barbour, Mrs. Robert Borkowski or Mrs. Roger Cruz.
Friendship Aid Elects Officers at E U M Church
The Friendship Aid of the Evangelical United Methodist Church met last evening with Mrs. Lloyd Lillie presiding. Devotions on the Thanksgiving theme were led by Mrs. Warren Johnson. Officer slate: Mrs. Glenn Humes elected president and Mrs. Gerald Skinner as vice president.
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Friendship Aid of
The
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Lloyd Lillie
Warren Johnson
Glenn Humes
Gerald Skinner
Thanksgiving meaning and history celebrated as national holiday
The session explored the meaning and origins of Thanksgiving and its status as a national holiday since 1861. Jerome Davis, president, led the meeting with Rev. Leishman giving the invocation. Dennis Frushone conducted a group singing session with piano by Robert Tunnell. A guest, Hakan Sandslatt, a Corry Area High School exchange student from Sweden, attended.
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Jerome Davis
Rev. Leishman
Dennis Frushone
Robert Tunnell
Hakan Sandslatt
Corry Area
Sweden
Christmas Gift Exchange Planned by Grove Street Group
The secretary Mrs. Dent and treasurer Mrs. Halfast led planning for a Christmas meeting at Mrs. Vernon Welch's Grove Street home on December 17. Gifts will be sent to Quincy Orphanage and Home. prayer closed the meeting with refreshments provided by Mrs. Humes Mrs. Halfast and Mrs. Vanderhoff Sr.
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Eugene Matson
Humes
Halfast
Theodore Vanderhoff Sr
Prisoners Build 1500 Picnic Tables for State Parks
In Kentucky at the state penitentiary in Frankfort prisoners are assembling 1500 picnic tables for use in state parks and shrines. The project emphasizes workforce activity and civic service within the prison system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen Frankfort
Kentucky State Penitentiary
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Lucy) Bloss
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Weidner
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North Center Street
Hazel Fralick
Cobb's
Comers Road
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Hoyt
Aaron
Tom
Helen
Shirley
Hazel
Donald Gates
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Andrew ‘Sventek
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Women of the Moose
Robert Markle
Katherine Baungrotz
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Starlighters
Lauren B. Hill
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Corry Memorial Hospital
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Samuel Antrim
Kenneth Grobholz
O'Henry
H. Kenyon Leishman
Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Gravink
McMichael
Jay Gravinks
YMCA
Raymond Sandburg
Louis Morrow
Veo Lindsey
Edward Thompson
A. McClintock
T. H. Treat
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William Mack
David Beattie
Howard Taft
Sugar
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