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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1944
Page
4
Mr and Mrs WJ Spielman and family of East Main Street visited relatives in Fredonia N Y on Sunday. R B Larson recently retired from Bok ten on business for the Corry Jamestown Corp after a period of work there ending Saturday.
Mrs L R Tiffany presented four senior piano students Audrey Akar Patty Fields Betty Huntley and Florence Jackman in a 1944 recital at 49 South Center Street Pinko Studio. The program featured Parade of the Wooten Soldiers Nocturne Faust Waltz Intermezzo and other pieces performed with notable technique. Seven junior guests were honored and Patty Fields will continue piano studies at the Warren Conservatory under Dr LeRoy Campbell with others deciding their courses later.
Joseph Pondel of Columbus was honored at a party last evening at Miss Martha Ey min’s home. About fifty friends attended the lighted evening of dancing and refreshments as Pondel, on Army Air Forces furlough, received a purse of money for his service in Africa Sicily and Italy. Guests included Mrs Helen Bona Mingo Junction D Fred Pillar and Romeo Kowalski Tidiowle Andrew Tomelk Union City and Pvt John Crech Camp Rucker Als.
The Red Cross Nurses Aides at Corry Hospital will be guests of the Hospital Association board at a Thursday dinner at Hotel Corry at 6 30 pm. about 28 aides are on active duty with some exceeding 400 hours credited. As aides reach 150 hours their names will be added to an upcoming plaque. Three classes of nurses aides have been trained and graduated, the first starting in January 1943.
Mr and Mrs Martin Smith hosted a birthday party at their home 226 First agente for their son Johnny who turned three. Twelve friends and relatives attended a chicken dinner and Johnny received many gifts. The Ayers family from Columbus were the only out of town guests.
Dinner at the Frank Lillie residence on East Pleasant Street honored two guests, with a 2 pm Swiss steak dinner for fourteen family members and guests. Ed Edmunds, Mrs. Baily Gorton of Evie, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schrader attended. two cakes, green and yellow decorations, and music followed the meal.
Mr and Mrs C H Shanon are listed at Wright Street for an Avon introduction held in the Cony Hospital Buddiy morning segment.
A busy weekend in Corry brings many visitors and returning local residents. Miss Mabel Hayes from East Pleasanty visits sister Mrs. Philip Jacob. Sgt Joseph Pondel reports to Lincoln after service in Africa Sicily and Italy. William Fodry from Elizabeth City visits Miss Dorothy Lytton. Mr and Mrs Arthur Sherman, Mr and Mrs Paul DeMarr, and Mr and Mrs Jordan Gates from East Cleveland tour the city. Mr and Mrs Albert Alcroft from Youngstown and Mrs A W Alcroft and son from Pine Bluff arrive for a stay at the Wallace residence. The Alcrafts will extend their visit. Murn Danner of Union City visits relatives in Corry. Miss Georgia Doane of Union City visits Corry friends. Pvt Laura Ayers from Fort Oglethorpe spends days with parents in Columbus before soon heading to Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Merton Parker visit Union City with Cpl Charles Weston on furlough from Las Vegas AAB. Martin Keppel, son of HH Keppel, hosts a weekend guest from Lancaster Pa, V-12 student at Franklin and Marshall College. Cpl Stanley Prugar, home on a 21 day furlough after 20 months overseas, spends time with parents. Miss Marjorie Ghrn, cadet nurse at Hamot Hospital Erie, spends weekend at home. Mr and Mrs Frederick Ahl and children Patricia and Freddie of Erie visit Mrs Ahl’s parents. Mr and Mrs Earl Haight return from Chicago via Gerry, visiting Jack Henry in Akron en route. Pvt Robert Garfield returns to Oklahoma base after visit with family.
Mrs Payne Whitney a leading figure in New York society and racing died at 68. As mistress of Greentree Stables she owned Kentucky Derby winners Twenty Grand and Shut Out among other champions. Daughter of John Fay former secretary of state, she married financier Payne Whitney in 1902.
Tonight on NBC-8 Walter Pidgeon in Lifetidle at 8:30 with Howard Barley Concert and Lily Pons at 9:30 Information Please with Henry J. Kaiser, and T Q quiz at 10:20. CBS-1:30 Bob Hawk Guia with Vox Poppers, 8:30 Gay Nineties, Don Ameche in Lucky Partners at 9, Dick Powell in It Happened Tomorrow at 10. MBS and BLU listings show Bulldog Drummond, Sherlock Holmes, and Adventure segments. Political broadcasts include Gov Thomas E Dewey from Oklahoma City sponsored by the Republican National Committee.
At the regular Elmer Carrier Post No. 305 American Legion meeting Wallace Young was reelected commander. New officers include Frank Schrader senior vice commander Frank DeLury junior vice commander Merle Huntley finance officer Leon Brown adjutant John Wels chaplain Joseph Hyde historian Alfred King judge advocate Lloyd Stowe and an executive and welfare committee with multiple members. Installation ceremonies tentative with date to be announced.
Plans for Breakfast At Sardi s say the program will be held at the Methodist Church on Wednesday at 9 am. Service men visiting town are invited and admitted free. The event features entertainment including the Wishing Ring and a rose for the oldest guest, echoing a radio show format.
Corry Country Club members anticipate a social fish fry at the club house this Friday evening with the dinner served from six to seven thirty. Leon Brown leads the meal preparations and a sizable turnout is expected.
Spencer community guests 45 members from Spencer Community Church gathered Saturday to bid farewell to Rev Edwin Armitage and his family as he leaves the pastorship. Visiting, games, and a gift sat with thanks as refreshments were served by Mrs Bailey with helpers Mrs Lyle Merry, Mrs Clair Fenno, Mrs Smith Spencer, and Mrs Carl Fullom.
Allied dispatches say American forces of the Fifth Army push to within two miles of the Bologna Ribini highway while the Eighth Army meets heavy resistance at the Po Valley gateway. German withdrawals in the Adriatic area appear unconfirmed. Clark’s HQ notes nine days of Fifth Army success overturning a nine month effort.
The Post-Intelligencer reports China's lifeline, the Ledo Road, is usable as an eleventh-hour supply route for beleaguered Chinese armies. Confirmation came from U S Army officials in Washington. The road extends from the Ledo railhead in eastern India through northern Burma to Yunnan, China, at Trungga.
James Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jackson of Essex Street, earned navigator wings and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at San Marcos Texas. He enlisted as a cadet in 1943 and trained at southern fields, a Corry High School graduate, class of 1942, with his brother George already overseas as a Liberator bomber pilot.
At least 14 people died in weekend crashes across Pennsylvania. Among the victims were two Coast Guardsmen en route to duty. The two servicemen, Turlough Diebold, 23, of Millvale, and James Citto Jr., of Canonsburg, perished when their automobile rolled over near Somerset.
Brookville Pa Sept 25 funeral services will be held tomorrow for Dr Wayne A Snyder 63 founder of Snyder Private Hospital in 1910 and a key figure in Brookville Hospital where he served as chief surgeon until 1940 He was a World War I veteran and a 2nd degree Mason
A Sunday wreck caused a fireman to be scalded as an eastbound locomotive derailed after an engine crew reportedly left a switch open. Railway officials cautioned that an official inquiry was needed before conclusions. By 9 pm the Buffalo division single track was reopened after shifting rails. traffic resumed and both lines cleared by 5:40 pm.
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