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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1966
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a named city and a person, with unclear verb phrases and quoted fragment. The readable parts indicate a local item about a person and a monument or agreement, but specifics are unreadable.
Beatta McMichael reports the Democratic Women of Erie and Erie County held their annual Woman's Day at the Beachcomber Hotel in Erie with a reception and buffet. Honoree Mrs Andrew Nowak has long served the council and party, as speakers Genevieve Blatt Judge Juanita Kidd Stout and Louise Moses Johns addressed the crowd of several hundred attendees.
The first fall meeting of Boy Scout Troop 80 will be held this evening at 7 15 in the Corry Central Labor Union Hall. Newell Beckwith Harry McQuiston and Richard Emerson lead planning for the troop fall round up the September camp and October District Camp at Camp Sequoyal. Also notes invites new scouts to attend. Patricia Ann Ladd engaged to Cyril N Ley Jr of Edinboro in a January 7 wedding at St Thomas The Apostle Church.
The Northwestern Pennsylvania District of the Order of the Eastern Star met last night at Conneaut Valley High School Conneautville Pa with 300 guests at a banquet. Honored guest Mrs Evelyn D Moody of Pittsburgh led the program joined by Grand Chapter officers Dr R James Kay Wayne and Mrs Dortha Robinson Albion.
Lydia Circle of the First Methodist Church Woman's Society met at Ida Ohrn's Columbus home with 18 members and 1 guest. Gladys McCloskey chaired. program by H B Reed. dessert by Ohrn and Nagle. October host: Mrs Stephen Brooks. Rath Circle met at Mrs John Lindstrom's home with devotions by Verna Foster and a race relations program by Frank McKnight. hostess service by Lindstrom and Foster.
A readershares tricks from Heloise including using unseasoned meat tenderizer to remove set stains from baby clothes and vomit stains, rinsing with vinegar water afterward. Suggestions cover repurposing margarine tubs as cereal bowls, smoothing ribbons on mirrors to keep them ready, removing car bumper stickers, painting basement stair risers yellow to prevent falls, and pinning small items to towels for washing.
The Tanner and Sturgis families held their annual reunion at Stennett pavilion in Mead Park on Labor Day with hosts Mr and Mrs Frank Sturgis Mrs Carl Lyons and Robert Lyons. Forty members attended and officers were kept for the coming year. Attendees came from Wesleyville Wattsburg Waterford Warren Pleasantville Jamestown Sherman and nearby areas with several named nurses and multiple local chapters represented.
Corry Grange elected officers this week at the Corry Grange Hall with 15 in attendance. Lloyd Lillie was named master, John Decker overseer, Mrs. Charles Mulligan lecturer, Charles Mulligan steward, Roy Swart assistant steward, and Mrs. Loretta Belden chaplain. Other posts filled include treasurer Mrs. Bertha Darwin and recording secretary Mrs. Harold Gale. The Pomona Grange session was announced for Wattsburg on Sept 14 with multiple sessions, the fifth degree slated for Edinboro on Sept 21, and a note that patient Gladys Fleck of Fourth Avenue seeks friends’ correspondence.
Varying social notes report residents vacationing in Canada and Michigan. Items include Rotary meeting attendance, a Marine Corps promotion, weekend visits, retire teachers meeting plans with speaker William G. Lesler, guest lists from Syracuse and Ashtabula, historical society talk, Bible Club meeting, Conelway PTA setup, Corry visitors and surgical update, Carter Hill Ladies Aid gathering, pancake serving tip, and a Jonathan Edwards quote.
The Corry Art Club elected officers for the coming year led by director Mrs. Albert Young and assistant director Mrs. Harry Hotchkiss. The club voted to move to the former Simmons Store at Mead Avenue and West Washington Street, with relocation set for October 1. Membership options include patron, inactive, and active levels, inviting all art enthusiasts to join.
The first fall meeting of the Women's Association of the First Presbyterian Church was held Wednesday evening. Miss Mary Helen Curtis announced a leadership training session in Warren on September 14 and plans for Fall Presbyterial in Corry on October 4. Officers for 1967 were elected, and Dr P H Augustine, guest speaker, addressed 70 attendees about the world's peril and divine hope. Also noted were a rummage sale set for November 3 and 4 and refreshments by the Covenant Circle.
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