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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1939
Page
5
Miss Marilynn Phillips served after an enjoyable evening of games and dancing. Four teen guests attended. The guest of honor received a number of lovely felts.
Corry Encampment No 241 installed officers in the 1.0. C. F. hall with H. W. Loveland leading as chief rat arch and Henry Wood as high priest. The Gold Fellows lodge officers included E. Bush senior warden and Harold Shannon junior warden. Mrs. William B. Darling and other locals attended family visits and funeral services in nearby towns. Community news covers visits, attendances at Northwestern district meetings, and social events with several Erie and Cleveland residents noted.
Concord P T A opens the year with a program at 8 p m Wednesday in the school basement. The program includes piano and vocal solos by Kathryn Spielman and Mrs Merrill Lillie, a talk on music by Carlton Chaffee, an accordion solo by Mrs Rey Street, and a talk on Socialized Medicine by Dr N Troy Gillette. All parents and friends invited. Harbor Half Society to Sponsor Social at Community House Friday evening with an ice cream social and an engaging program. public invited.
The Women’s Missionary Society of St. Paul’s Lutheran church will meet tomorrow at 2 45 PM at the church. Hostesses are Mrs Roy Street Mrs J A Lanston and Mrs Margaret Soper. Members are asked to bring a hand towel and wash cloth for the box to be sent to the Lutheran home at Zelienople.
Thirty five members attended a dinner last evening at Davis Tea Room Panama Rocks N Y. Dinner was served at 6 20. A brief business session followed with plans for the year discussed and committees appointed. Delighted solos were rendered by Mrs R S Dewey with Mrs Carlton Chaffee. The program committee chaired by Mrs Dallas Smailey organized the social meeting.
A regional gathering for Union Sunday Schools will be held at Cobbs Corners on Sunday October 1. The opening service is at 10:00 AM with an afternoon session at 1:30 PM. Reverend R A Kehril, former Warren County missionary and district superintendent, will speak.
More than one hundred guests visited Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Robbing on Maple Avenue Monday to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The open house drew relatives from Kansas City Missouri Lima Spencerville Dayton Orville Akron and Cleveland Ohio Tulsa and nearby towns. The couple were warmly received amid attractively decorated rooms with cards flowers and well wishers.
The September social meeting of the Business and Professional Women club was held last evening in the clad rooms with a 6 30 o clock dinner. Miss Lillian Murray chaired the event assisted by Mrs Alma Petessay and Mrs Marian Wagner.
Rehearsals start this evening for the Presbyterian church production of The Messiah in December. Participants should meet at the village church, under the guidance of Lee Hus Barnes of Tittisville.
Trene Buetikofer married Guy Hayes in a ceremony Sunday. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buetikofer of Cons Rd 4, and a Wattsbury High School graduate, will host a reception at the bride’s parents’ home. Hayes works for the Well-McLaninan firm.
Readers share a humorous view of hermits as sociable cookies with brown sugar spices and chewy texture. The piece includes an odd recipe for Hermits and notes on keeping quality, plus a Q&A about meringue pie and a tip to vent steam to prevent apple pie from overflowing.
Pittsburgh and New York market notes show mixed demand across produce and dairy. Apples, cabbage, and other fruits list steady to firm, with prices noted for several varieties. Livestock reports indicate steady to modest gains in cattle and sheep markets, while dairy and eggs show generally stable pricing with occasional slight shifts.
Chicago news reports the 21st annual American Legion convention with veterans from World War I marching in rain as bugles call the doughboys of 1917-18 into line. A separate Washington dispatch notes the American Petroleum Institute testimony claiming Tried Slavs as sole sure supplier for instant petroleum in emergencies.
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