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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1973
Page
5
A garbled OCR fragment recalls a public event or concert with references to "The people music" and "Haffner" and "Sousa" amid scattered phrases about warmth relief and September. Names and exact details are unclear, but the piece hints at a music program with familiar composers and performers.
Bertha McMichael Group donates a quilt for the Bobby Darling Fund as local ministers and residents discuss starting a youth facility at First United Methodist Church in Erie Corry area talks cover emergency housing meals and counseling with a Christian emphasis. Brandon Southwick a 6 year old patient at WCA Hospital is highlighted as a audience member.
Evening fundraiser at Moose Lodge supports Bobby Darling kidney fund with 13 year old boy as recipient. College Women's Club hosts open education in the classroom at Corry Motor Inn with Dr. Robert McClune as speaker. Wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Saxton marked. New baby at Corry Memorial Hospital and quilt fundraiser details. Dracula society in Toronto gains momentum with 100 members pursuing gothic culture.
Wright School PTA schedules an ice cream social this Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. in the cafeteria with cupcakes ice cream and punch. A fish pond will be available and tickets are being sold by students for admission.
Barbara Marie Keppel of Laurel Maryland will marry Lloyd Norman Graham of Greenville South Carolina. The couple announced by the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Henry Martin Keppel of Corry. Keppel a graduate of Corry Area High School Stephens College and University of Florida earned a BA and is a United Airlines stewardess in Washington DC. Graham a Falls Church High School graduate earned a BA in economics from the University of Virginia and works as an IBM marketing representative in Greenville. They set November 17 at St Pauls Lutheran Church for the wedding.
The Moose Lodge hosted the Eighth Annual Corry Coin Club Show with over 300 attendees visiting dealer displays of coins currency medals and accessories. Door prizes were awarded hourly and top prizes went to Richard Chauncey Paul Hurlbut Brent Ottaway and Kevin Cariel in senior and junior divisions. Best of show went to Richard Chauncey with judges Clifford Abbey Ruth Lyons and Joseph Sabol. Special awards were presented to C C Slayton John Merkle Leroy Anderson George Cooklis and Paul Hurlbut.
House Speaker Carl Albert criticized President Nixon's attacks as feeble attempts to mask the administration's failures. He praised Congress for enacting 107 public laws and noted continued work as Watergate hearings resume. Defense spending and budget cuts dominate Senate plans this week amid holidays and a light House agenda.
Miss Leslie Rebecca Bulard and William F. Hurlbut announce their engagement. Mrs. Marion N. Bulard and Homer G. Bulard of St Augustine Fla and Mr. and Mrs. William Halfast of Corry reveal the couple will marry April 20 1974 at the First Presbyterian Church in Corry.
The Kirie Guild of Craftsmen, with about 200 members across crafts, hosts monthly meetings at Mercyhurst College starting September through May with demos such as metal sculpture by Clifford Cox and upcoming workshops on slate sculpting and wooden angel assembly. Membership costs 3 dollars annually, and guests may attend to learn about crafts and share ideas.
The snippet lists officers for a guild with President Bernice Ferraro and contacts for program Donna Knight, membership Joan Knobloch, newsletter Rosemary Romance, treasurer Elaine Fitzgerald, and secretary Floretia Riley. It notes members from the tri-State area and as far south as Sharon.
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