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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1961
Page
5
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Fragmentary OCR suggests preview of a local fair in central Pennsylvania with multiple events and preparations. Details are unclear but indicate a busy week of attractions, stalls, and community activities planned around the fairgrounds.
Women of the Moose met at Moose Home on East Washington Street with Mrs Florence Casler chairing. Mrs Stanley Bailey led the business session as candidates were balloted and enrollment took place. Beardsley reported a rum mage sale and bake sale raised funds for a $150 gift to Mooseheart to benefit Baby Village House of God and The Pennsylvania Village. The 80-50 drawing will occur October 19. Refreshments featured a Mall oween motif and attendees enjoyed gelatin cakes candy coffee. Attendance award went to Mrs Thomas McKeta.
The Ladies Aid met at the Community House to discuss a chicken dinner on October 19 from 5 30 to 7 30 p m, inviting the public. They planned a rummage sale at the next meeting and donated a quilt to Johnson fire victims. A noon tureen dinner for 17 members and guests preceded the meeting. devotions were led by Mrs Vance and Mrs Lindstrom, the group’s president, announced the next gathering for November 2 at the Community House.
The Women’s Relief Corps auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic hosted a public ham dinner at Grange Hall yesterday. Mrs. Henry Hill led the kitchen, Mrs. Wesley Willis ran the dining room, and 23 members attended the 2 pm session led by president Mrs. Horace Hankin. Door prize went to Mrs. Walter Pier. A banquet for department president Mrs. Edna Smith is planned in Erie tomorrow with attendees listed. Next meeting set for October 19 at Grange Hall.
Mrs. Carl Donaldson and Miss Esther Brundage hosted the Spring Creek Ladies Aid at Brundage home in Spring Creek. An 1 o'clock social preceded the business meeting led by president Mrs. Chandler Mason. Devotions by Mrs. Arthur Brundage and prayer by Mr. Fred Smith followed. The afternoon included planning the work program, with Mrs. Roy Lillie to host on November 2 at her home.
The annual Ingathering of the Needlework Guild will be held on November ninth not November seventh as previously listed. The event collects new clothing and household items for those in need, organized by the Corry Branch led by Mrs Foster Davis the branch president.
The Brokenstraw Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. Helen Brown’s West Church street home for the first fall session. Twenty members and two guests attended as members shared summer experiences. Mrs. H. A. Gilbert urged patriotism readings and announced a charity gift to Kate Duncan Smith School. Refreshments followed, with plans for the next meeting at Mrs. Gilbert’s on November when Mrs. Charlotte Sayer will speak.
The Findley Lake JOY Sunday School class of the First Presbyterian Church met last evening at Mrs J Fred Kinley’s home. Thirteen members attended and presented a farewell gift to Mrs Paul F Bauer. A short business meeting was led by Mrs Cleo Haight. Mrs Kinley showed colored slides and the evening ended with visiting. Next meeting time and place to be announced. William Zukerman, 75, Jewish Newsletter founder and editor, died Wednesday in New York.
Rev Leon Doleski urged parents to instill respect loyalty and charity at home as St Edward's PTA met in the school auditorium. President Samuel Barensi led the business session after a prayer by Sister Mary Mark. The 2nd grade won the attendance banner. bake sale proceeds fund playground equipment.
Bear Lake BUB Church conducts an hourly prayer schedule from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday each month with attendees advised to report to Rev. Harry Bauers at their preferred time. Local residents and visitors are noted in brief items including hospital patients Elwood Connell and Shamp, and various social calls to area families.
A son was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs Glenn Straight of Clymer. A daughter was born last evening to Mr and Mrs James O Brien of 121 York Street at Corry Memorial Hospital. A son was born yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Neil Ross of 229 Spring Street at Corry Memorial Hospital.
Carol Sank daughter of Mrs Ida Sank and Joseph Sank married Ervin David Goodwill son of Mrs Pearl Sutton and Floyd Goodwill at The Church of The Nazarene Saturday at 3 pm with Rev Paul Bowlby officiating. The couple resides at 102% East South street. both are Corry locals with schooling and military service noted.
Peter Wexler a 24 year old designer who planned sets for the Shakespeare production at the White House was injured in a 20 foot fall onto the stage at Radio City Music Hall. He suffered a concussion a fractured rib and multiple cuts and bruises and was treated at Roosevelt Hospital.
MOSCOW AP May. Nika Khrushchev told a small West peace march group that the Soviet Union makes no effort to build air raid shelters. There is no defense in a nuclear war she said and they are not getting ready. The debate occurred at Moscow House of Friendship after the march began in San Francisco last December. Attendees included Bea Herrick Mille Gilbertsen James Rabin and Regina Pischer mother of Bobby Fischer.
The Elizabeth Circle of the United Lutheran Church Women met at Mrs J A Lanston’s Park street home with 17 members and one guest, Mrs Robert Catlin, ULCW president. The program by Mrs Alex Bodner titled The Race That Refused To Vanish explored American Indian social and cultural issues and the church’s missionary work on western reservations. Miss Shirley Larson led the business session and announced a general church meeting later in the month, with the next circle gathering at Mrs Ralph Larson’s North Center street home on November 6.
Rochester gossip notes report Lu Ann Simms 30 took out a marriage license with Casper Swit 2 a Rochester liquor salesman. They plan to wed in New York on December 15 and then move to Los Angeles. Simms, formerly on the Arthur Godfrey show, says her first husband Loring Buzzell died in 1962 leaving two children.
US Representative James Van Zandt declared from a diner that Berlin was lost to the Communists, saying if he were in charge the wall would not have been built and the streets would have been knocked down. He spoke during a dinner marking the Alloona Community Chest fund drive after a recent Berlin visit.
Comedian Jack Benny, visiting Waukegan to tape a TV show, announced he would open a $39 bank account for every child born yesterday in the town. He joked that 10 mothers would deliver 10 takers and the accounts would grow with interest, though the plan creates a playful, out-of-character moment for the famed miser.
Washington lab report notes half of those who start college fail to graduate, a statistic discussed at the American Council on Education meeting. Cornell's Blanchard Rideout cited 50 percent attrition, pointing to money, marriage, happiness, and lack of excitement as reasons.
A plane overshot the runway and crashed into a garage wall near a residence at Leighton Airport, killing pilot John A L Christman and Mrs. Claire Houser. Grace Houser, 21 on Sunday, was critically injured. she is the stepdaughter of Mrs. Houser. Investigators cite unknown cause. no injuries to residents. Pause in Muhlenberg College marks Dr Bring Jensen as new president, succeeding Dr J Conrad Segers.
Governor Lawrence cited radar installation as a major factor in Pennsylvania's record drop in highway deaths. He credited a combination of radar use, strong public safety campaigns, stricter enforcement, and improved road safety awareness. September fatalities fell to 93, the lowest since World War II, with 10 previously noted as the prior monthly low in 1954. State Police began radar use last month to bolster enforcement.
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