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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1970
Page
5
Society and Events page editor briefs highlight upcoming local gatherings, weddings, anniversaries, and community notices. The column notes seasonal parties, formal dinners, pageant plans, and charitable events, with emphasis on social calendars and notable attendees.
Miss Mary Jean Balog and Mike Balog depart after two week stay with parents in Corry. Rev Eugene Westley returns from United Methodist convocation in Dallas with 1 600 clergy mobilizing faith action. Edna Sherman plans hospital stay in Buffalo for weeks. Homer Whitling and cousin travel 7 000 miles in rover tour from Virginia to California and back. Carter Hill Ladies Aid postpones meeting to Sept 16. Craker family reunion set for Sept 6 at Nichols Lodge Mead Park.
The three day event opens with the crowning of the 1970 queen at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Mayor Gerald Crosby and Master of Ceremonies Wilbur Hawkins. 1969 queen Marie Oviatt will preside. Rev. Lynn Ostrander to speak. Activities include horse show, pony pull, parade, dinner, tractor pull, baby show, rides, and games.
Epsilon Phi members were honored Tuesday evening as hostesses for a tea event. The gathering recognized their service and hospitality within the sorority community.
Roberta G Jolley earned a bachelor of arts degree with a biology major during summer commencement at Edinboro State College. She participated in the concert band Mu Kappa Gamma and Alpha Gamma Delta serving as treasurer in 1969. Parents Mr and Mrs Robert Jolley attended in the VFW Garden Room. The event was hosted by Mrs Roger Lansberry.
Fourteen members and four guests attended the corn and Wiener roast hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Keppel Vera Tiffany of Turnpike Road. A brief business session followed with a report on the Warren bus tour to the Kenley Players. The next meeting is set for September in the Colonial Room at the Moose Lodge.
Mrs. S Nichols entertains 16 members of the Deborah Circle at Franklin street home. Devotions on Proverbs led by Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. Samuel Antrim conducts business and thanks donors to CHEER. Miss Ruth Dahlstrand presents Women’s Liberation from a Christian view. Desserts served by Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Kellogg. Next meeting October 6 at Mrs. Anne Andrus East Congress street.
The Chamber of Commerce urges organizations to cooperate on a Calendar of Events to avoid date conflicts for social fundraisers and other activities. Dennis Frushone, chamber manager, asks groups to notify the office at 665-3925 with forthcoming events, offering dates and times as a free service. He stresses participation determines the calendar’s usefulness.
The Newbern Babcock family reunion was held Sunday afternoon at the Elks Pavilion in Mead Park. Seventy five relatives attended from Corry Erie Union City Waterford Columbus Madison Perry Painesville Ohio. Officers for the coming year were elected: George Smith president Raymond Duffman Jr vice president and Jean Aldrich secretary treasurer.
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