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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1958
Page
5
Corry Kiwanis Club welcomed Paul Stroup veteran sportsman as speaker at Hotel Corry. He urged gun safety and screened a Pennsylvania Game Commission film. High School Key Club members attended and new club members were inducted by Curtis O'Shell and David Simmons.
Mrs William completed in the evotions at the YMCA Av ilary session last evening using The Fruits of the Spirit as her theme Thirty members were present to discuss plans for the YMCA bazaar to be held November 19 from 11 a m to p m Refreshment tickets were given to members to be sold and all interested persons urged to make articles for the bazaar and to come to the workshop for the affair The workshops will take place every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the YMCA Mrs Roger Brown chairman of the ways and means committee announced a profit of 860 on the used book sale which will be conducted during the bazaar It was voted to donate a sum of money to the Needlework Guild as has been done in the past The art show will be held in the spring to give participants more time to prepare exhibits Dues in the YMCA Auxiliary are payable to Mrs Ellmear Wassmik Excellent color films of birds and small animal life were presented by Elmer D Simpson district game protector An interest period followed the films where Mr Simpson stressed gun safety and the need for parents to instruct children to handle every gun as if loaded and to respect wild fire laws The division closed with re
Mrs Ruth Minn and Mrs Donna Katilich hosted a bridal shower for Miss Linda Kelly, who will wed Joseph William Shields. Fifteen attended and played a game titled Advice to the Bride. Prizes went to Mrs Francis Gates, Mrs Lucille Damcott, and Miss Dorothy Brockman. Gifts and a pink and green cake with coffee were served.
Master John Becker presided at the Corry Grange session with 33 members answering roll call. Mrs. Leroy King installed as lecturer and the Harvest Dinner is planned for Saturday. Mrs. King led the program on Halloween and stunts. Charles Mullican won the mystery package.
Mrs VanDresar hosted a Conard Bridge Club meeting with two tables of contact bridge. Prizes went to Mrs Harold Crege and Mrs Don ald Hal) with the hostess serving refreshments. A guest, Mrs Bese Was An athunielance attended. The next meeting is scheduled for November 1743 at Mrs Motison’s home.
October 1925 events highlight Hi Y and Tri Hi Y clubs as the world’s largest youth organizations. The Pennsylvania State YMCA notes about 200 members, tracing Hi Y back to 1885 in Kansas, with Tri Hi Y forming in 1919 and naming changes by 1930. Clubs focus on Christian character, school and community service, hospital scrapbooks, volunteer leaders, fundraising, and social activities such as dances and breakfasts.
A birthday party for Cynthia Sue Cady, aged 11, hosted by her mother Mrs Donald Cady of Union Street, featured games with prizes, light refreshments including jello and ice cream, and favors of plastic baskets with candy. Guests presented gifts and opt-out paper dolls.
Mr and Mrs Leland Wilcox of Sixth Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Marle to Alan Paul Maxson son of Mr and Mrs Norbert Maxson of Minneapolis Minnesota. Miss Wilcox a 1967 graduate of Corry Area High School and Humboldt Institute in Minneapolis is head waitress in a Minneapolis restaurant. Maxson a 1967 Bloomington High School graduate attended the University of Minnesota and worked as an accountant with Majestic Cleaner Co in Minneapolis. He is now in the Armed Forces at Fort Carson Colorado. A December wedding is planned.
Keenteens group hosted a party at the Knights of Columbus Hall last evening with about 40 attendees led by hostesses Patricia Shamburg Theresa Roach Kaye Sorenson Nancy Mong and Judy Gentilman. The event began at 7 30 p m with dancing games and at the end refreshments of sandwiches potato chips and soft drinks were served.
Special meeting of the Corry Library Board of Trustees will be held tomorrow at 1 p m in the library. Ernest Doerschuk and Miss Lois Walls from the State Library Department in Harrisburg will present results of the recent Corry Library survey with recommendations for qualifying newly declared federal grants to libraries. All board members urged to attend.
After play practice, the cast stage crew promoters and makeup crew from Frank's and Verna's Restaurant gathered for social dancing and refreshments. About 30 students attended the event, spending the evening dancing and playing with hula hoops.
Corry Area Council of the Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers will hold a tureen dinner tomorrow at 6 30 p m at Conway School. Russell Clark vice president and program chairman says attendees include Mrs Harold G Moore Wesleyville state vice president Mrs Paul Narbut Sharon north west district president and Mrs Robert Tunnell Corry north west district first vice president. After dinner officers will run workshops for area officers and chairmen. All PTA members are urged to attend and non solicited members are asked to contact the local president for menu ideas. This will be the first council dinner meeting of the year.
Twenty five residents of Cherrytree Township Venauga County face arrest warrants for allegedly failing to file wage and earned income tax returns for 1957 and 1958. N Allen Love Titusville receiver said final notices went to about 30 residents on August 22 offering 10 days to file. Some residents had filed, but many ignored the notices citing work in Oil City and Franklin where taxes were not deducted at the source.
Approximately 30 alumni of Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pennsylvania heard presidents and administrators plead for increased state support to improve higher education. Dr. Edward Litchfield of Pitt and Dr. Gaylord Harnwell of Pennsylvania spoke on progress in Russian education and USSR aid, with slides and charts comparing Pennsylvania to other states. The session at Hotel Lawrence was part of a statewide series introduced by Temple’s provost Milard Gladfelder and attended by alumni from Corry.
Doylestown Pa AP the Republican campaign took new twists with Harold Stassen joining the GOP state ticket efforts to win independent voters. Stassen who sought an independent gubernatorial bid had lost to McGonigle in the primary and will speak at a Schuylkill rally. McGonigle and Congressman Hugh Scott campaigned in Bucks County, Altoona, and nearby towns delivering attacks on Democrats and laying out plans for industry, employment, and state aid.
Coroner Theodore Morse of Brocton opened a probe into the death of Mrs. Jean Colston, 23, of Dunkirk. She died at Buffalo’s Millard Fillmore Hospital after a Tuesday night gunshot wound at her Brinkman trailer home. Police cited a self inflicted shot during a dispute with husband Fred as the cause, with pathologists to review Erie County findings before ruling on the case.
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