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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1942
Page
5
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The F W Club met with Mrs. Herbert Trisket last evening at Co Raymond McCoy and Alfred Har Nimbus. Cards were played and awards announced. The next meeting is planned at Mrs Mary Spyke s home with dessert served.
WentySegNh members of the Helping Hand Club met Thursday in the IOOP hall for an afternoon of sewing a quilt was worked on and later supper was served. The committee for yesterday's session was composed of Mrs John Ohrn and Mrs Dorr Clark. They will meet again in two weeks.
Miss Joanne Morton daughter of Mr and Mrs Cleve Morton was feted at a surprise birthday dinner at the Post House last evening. Attendees included Misses Mary Dean Mooney Evelyn Kightlinger Frances Penney Virginia Cameron and Mrs Robert Tripp. She received a gift from friends.
Charles McMillan hosted a small celebration for Marilyn McMillan's fifth birthday yesterday afternoon. Guests enjoyed games and contests then shared lunch with cake and ice cream. Attending were Nancy Nichols Jean Savko Mary Vanderhoof Charlotte Reynolds Joyce Drace Joyce Watrous Dickie Hall Bobby Mack Jimmie Watrous Jackie Mock and Bruce Taylor.
Mr and Mrs David Bensink announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Bertha Bensink to Private Edwin Gravink son of Mr and Mrs Chris Gravink of Clymer Private Gravink is stationed at Fort Mendell Ma Miss Bensink is a student at Edinboro State Teachers College and will return there this weekend
A parish honor for Keith Henton marks the evening at the Brethren church. The event includes games and an ice cream lunch as Henton heads to Gillerbelgy College for studies. A separate feature reviews movie star measurements and fashion tips with slipcover and curtain ideas.
James Corbin visits Gerda Brooks and relatives in Corry while Mrs. H. B. Robbins of Tulsa heads home after a stay. Stella Turner leaves Erie after visiting Louie Schrader. Pvt. Clifford A. Button of the Air Corps returns to Middletown for furlough with East Church street parents. Capt. T. B. Roelofs and family plan a weekend visit while stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Harry Alexander and Theo P. Williams conduct Erie business trips. Virginia Roelofs trains in Massachusetts. Max Jukes travels from Bear Lake to Chicago to enroll in Coyne Electrical School.
Quick sugarless pastry ideas from a 1930s Home Economics feature. Includes recipes for Fineapple Coffee Cake, Dickie Drops, Peanut Cookies, and Orange Marmalade Spread with steps, ingredients, and baking times. Emphasizes following substitutions carefully and storing leftovers.
Home baked cheer for soldiers diet uses Suhr substitutes honey syrup and vitamin fruits. Maple Nut Fingers travel well when packed with waxed paper. batter includes maple syrup, nuts and a shallow pan bake. Lollypops for the boys stay moist. Grandma Oat Meal Cookies blend oats dried fruits and spices then bake 12 minutes.
The Women’s Missionary Society met at the United Brethren church for a fellowship dinner at noon serving seventy. Mrs. H. Ray Harris led a business meeting, and Mrs. Willis Price presented “The Highway of Faith.” A shower honored guest Mrs. J Hal Smith, with the next meeting planned at Mrs. Harvey Croscut’s home.
The Methodist church circle met at Mrs. Leland Johnston’s home with fourteen members in attendance. Mrs. Brian Stowe gave an engaging program on the Navajo Indians. The next text meeting is set for October.
The Harding P T A met for a tureen supper at 6 30 o clock in the school. A cake and bouquet were given to Mrs John Boland Jr whose birthday is today. A short business meeting followed led by president Mrs John Carrier. Officers will run October meetings.
The Home League of the Salvation Army met at the Citadel on Wednesday evening at 7:30 with twelve members present. Mrs. Jennie Willis conducted the business session. Chaplain Mrs. Emma Heath led devotions and a round table discussion on the Lord's Prayer. The next meeting is scheduled for September 16 at the Citadel.
NBC offers Lucille Manners Concert and Information Please with plans for Laugh Tonight. CBS airs Report to the Nation Brady Variety This Is Navy Norfolk and Gangbusters. Other programs include Navy news, Red Ryder drama and Pan American Holiday with races at Aqueduct and Canadian Air Forces Band.
Twenty two Kiwanis members dined at the Rite Restaurant as Ralph Foster Jr prepares to leave for Temple University. EL Schwab of Erie presented Atlantic Refining Company’s 1941 football season highlights. Guest David L. Gatrall attended. next meeting will be a four round table discussion led by Walter Scot and Howard J. Sheen.
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that by Monday he hopes to implement the committee’s rubber recommendations including nationwide gasoline rationing and to appoint a new rubber administrator within the War Production Board framework.
Assistant General Edward Martin urged tax reductions everywhere in a Sept. address in Port Royal Pennsylvania. He argued federal tax burden makes state economy essential and declared government efficiency never more necessary.
Erie dispatch reports Lt. Theodore B. Bly Jr., 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bly, 306 West 6th Street, died in a training plane crash at Gard Ner Field Bakersfield, California. Bly, second son in the family to die in World War II, was piloting when the aircraft failed to recover from a spin.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on September 11 the wife and sister of Auditor General PF Clair Ross Democratic candidate for governor addressed a Dem Women dinner. Mrs Ross praised her husband as a future great governor while Ross sister Mrs Thomas P Ryle of Harrisburg criticized Adjutant General Martin the Republican nominee.
Treasury figures dated Sept 2 show receipts of 51 037 401 14 and expenditures of 189 636 259 98 leaving a net deficit of 2 294 074 958 23. The increase over the previous period is 70 239 454 90.
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