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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1968
Page
5
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions Weir county and a distant past phrase about six hundred thousand years and a designation of id or wel. No clear event, date, or names available to summarize into a coherent card.
A Marine whose name appears in a fragmentary notice is remembered in a partial city service report from San Francisco. The item notes absence and reference to comrades and local honors. Further details are unavailable due to damaged text.
A Venture Ten dinner last evening honored John Jones of 996 North Center Street on the eve of his October 1 retirement from the Raymond Division of Associated Spring after 34 years as a plating department foreman. Thirty five fellow supervisors attended, with toastmaster Joseph Piteavage and gifts including a purse. Jones and his wife Blanche plan a vacation through Maine, Vermont and other New England states.
A small gathering during a Ladies Aid regular meeting honored infant Julie Pondel, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Pondel of West Spring Creek. The event at Picidilli Hill road R D 2 featured Mrs Oscar Nielsen hosting with Mrs Troy Hansen assisting and guests giving gifts to mother and child.
Corry BPW Club heard city engineer David Johnson explain housing code duties of inspectors during a September meeting in the Moose Lodge Colonial Room. President Mrs. Harry Hotchkiss announced an October 10th business session at her West Congress street home and National BPW Week events with plans for St Luke’s Youngsville October 12th and a Greenville 40th anniversary October 19th. Delegates and alternates listed. visits from district and state officers noted. Two new members welcomed. tentative plans for an Ice Capades bus tour andYouth Conference participation discussed. next meeting set for October 23rd at 7 30 p m.
Miss Wilma Lee Mapson and Nicholas Roy Fralick announce their engagement at a family diner party. Mapson's parents Orville and a Bear Lake native Roy Fralick are noted. The couple plans a spring wedding in Hacienda Heights California. Mapson studied at Rio Hondo College, while Fralick attended Mount San Antonio College and works as a sales representative in Alhambra California.
Mr and Mrs Carl Cheney II of Portland Oregon are on a two week visit to see Carl’s parents Mr and Mrs Carl Cheney of 200 West Columbus Avenue. The newlyweds wed in Portland on March 16 and this marks their first visit since the wedding. Trudy Rogers is the bride. They will also visit Trudy’s great uncle Lawrence Hansen and family before returning to Oregon next Saturday. Nearby, relatives and friends of John Christopher hosted visiting Chenoweths, with Rochester connections. A China Painters Convention note mentions Mrs Mikel Brown driving 400 miles alone to attend in Corry. Story hours at Corry Public Library begin Monday and Friday mornings. An anniversary for Leonard and Mrs Evans to be celebrated at home tomorrow.
Sixty five adults and teens attended a Wednesday roller skating party at Canadohta Lake Roller Rink with singing led by Jerry Owen. Rev Kanze led devotions after ribbon cutting at the Hotel Corry opening the 1969 Pennsylvania State Federation of China Painters Show and Convention.
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