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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1956
Page
5
Members of Martha Circle gather for their October meeting. The session covers plans, reports, and upcoming events as attendees discuss community outreach and fundraising efforts.
Arthur Tarbell aged 12 receives a party honor at a celebration held near Heok Street after a community event. Family and local peers attend the gathering, with schoolmates and townsfolk noting his service and participation in activities.
Blanche Deschamp hosts a birthday fete with a list of guests and party details. The event includes a honored Miss Belly and various prizes, treats, and favors for attendees.
Miss Shirley O Day celebrated her ninth birthday at a party hosted by Mrs Arthur O Day on East Main Street. Seventeen or more guests attended with activities, prizes for smiling winners, a candy prize, refreshments, and a birthday cake for the honored guest.
Twelve members of the Mentor Club met at Mrs. Ralphy Blakeslee’s Spartans hung 28 hostess home for a pleasant evening. They enjoyed a fine dinner in the Blakeslee studio and held a brief business session. Members shared vacation highlights and distributed program booklets. Visiting members joined social time. Miss Helen Rowe plans October 16th entertainment at her White Street home.
The first fall meeting of no Readers was held yesterday at Mrs. W. Phillipe's home on West Congress Street with 14 members present marking perfect attendance. A dessert was served at 2 oclock, followed by a business session led by Mrs. Bertha Stockton. Miss Ida Obrn chaired the program, yearbooks were distributed, and the afternoon closed with social visiting. Mrs. Emmi Carroll of Columbus will host the club on October 15.
Mrs Edward Rossbacher hosted the Mary Circle of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at her West church street home. The session opened with devotions by Mrs Oscar Johnson, led by president Mrs Robert Marsh. Mrs George A Myers spoke on political party background ahead of the election. Mrs Edmund Barr reviewed the first two chapters of There Is No End. Social time followed with dessert served by Ames and Mrs Russell Merritt. Next meeting set for November 5 hosted by Mrs Robert Marsh.
The Navy Mothers Club met at 7 30 last evening in IOOF Hall with Commander Carl Higby presiding. Members discussed general business and enjoyed social time afterward. Refreshments included pumpkin pie with whipped cream wafers tea and coffee served by Mrs Higby and Mrs Douglas Rozelle Sr. The next regular meeting is October 15.
A daughter Tina Renee was born September 26 to Mr and Mrs Thomas Vardaro of Lorraine Ohio. Mrs Vardaro is the former Bonnie Gillen of Corry. Meanwhile a daughter was born yesterday morning at Westfield Hospital to Mr and Mrs Ginny Davis of Findley Lake. Mrs Davis is the former Mick ey McLean of this city. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ci K McLean of East Frederick street and Mr and Mrs Joseph Hadock of Findley Lake.
London report on 35 year old composer Malcolm Anjo who claims to have written a grand overture featuring a vacuum cleaner, an electric floor polisher, repeating rifles and unconventional gimmicks. He envisions the piece at Royal Festival Hall on November 13 with four rifle players and a bass tuba quartet among other effects.
About 150 delegates and ministerial appointees gathered in Lemoyne for the three day annual Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. A vote for the conference superintendent to replace Rev Paul E V Shannon was scheduled later today. The conference oversees 142 churches across south central Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia. Three ministers will be ordained and five ministers will be recognized for retirement during the gathering.
The National Fire Protection Association estimates about 900000 of the county’s nearly one million firefighters are volunteers. The figure highlights the large reliance on unpaid personnel in local fire histories and emergency response.
Harrisburg honors eight Pennsylvania women invited to receive the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania Awards. Gov. Leader to greet nominees. Drs Catherine MacFarlane and Althea K. Hotel preside. Winners include Gertrude Bedford, Genevieve Blatt, Jessie Vann, Nora Wann, Mary Rice Morrow, and others from Philadelphia and Camp Hill.
Watson, chairman of the Philadelphia Republican Committee and a member of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, was discharged from Albert Einstein Medical Center yesterday. He had been operated on for a brain tumor last September after becoming city GOP leader.
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