Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,  FEBRUARY 24,  1957
SECTION ONE—PAGE THREE
Unique Husband-Wife Teaching Team Here Has Story Book Background
Bible Classes Plan Dinner
Primitive  Methodist  C h " r c h, p|„__Q„ii,  a |f„|. d-Qim    ^^^-   Benjamin   Chadwick,   co-    Mrs. Thomas Carey sang, «C-
riymuum «iiui V7iuup   chairman, for the annual Spring companied by Miss Marv Dillon.
of Plans Spring Reading   :'*1ro'"owing'"t"he   business   ses-'    Refreshments were served by
I Franklin St.. Plymouth. Carmer    P.     Shellhamer
Started in France When Yank Soldier Sought a Teacher
During World War 1 a yoiinsr American infantr.v- iiian on duty in Angers, France, a.sked "If, there someone here who could teach me   French?"
It was that question which to¬ day gives Wyoming Valley one nf its most interesting husband- wife teaching teams, with a fas¬ cinating background.
They are Dr. and Mrs. .loseph McCurdy. who teach in the pre- engineering and language de¬ partments at King's College.
Dr. McCurdy. who is of Scottish extraction, and his. French wife have a son, Patrick, who is married to a .lapanese gir!. Another son, Rene is a civil (¦n'.;ineer in Pittsburgh, Taught In Pittsburgh
Prior to coming to Wilkes¬ Barre, the McCurdys resided in thc Pittsburgh area where they taught in schools and colleges.
Dr. McCurdy, a graduate of Lafayette College, received his master's  degree  at   I'enn   Slate
Columbia   County   School   Dis The Federation of Mens Bible I *"'^'  ^^¦'"  ^e the" speaker
Miss Kathryn Kilpatrick, pres- sion,   entertainment    was    pro- l^rs.    Arthur    Chadwick.    Mrs. _   _ Jdent of the Altar and Rosaryivided by Misses Margaret Ann|Philip Dillon. Mrs. Chester Ga-
Classes of Wyoming Valley will!    His subject will be"What the|Society of St. Vincent's Church,,Hosey.    Molly    O'Neill.    KarenJazin and Mrs. Andrew Green, hold a pre-Spring supper meet-;Bible Means to Me." jPlymouth.   has   appointed   Mrs.iHahn, Mary Ellen Carey, Peteri    Mrs.    Robert    Horsefield   r«-
ing Tuesday at 6:,30 P.M. in the     There  will  be a  hymn  sing.lLeo   J.   Brown,   chairman,   and Savage. Iceived the prize of the evening.
MME. VOLANDE McCURDV
cind earned his doctorate at Uni¬ versity of Pittsburgh, where he also was certified in electron¬ ics.
At college he has taught for¬ eign languages, mathematics and electronics at Penn State, Car¬ negie Tech and Liniversity of Pittsburgh. Was Navy Inspector
Aside from the field of edu¬ cation. Dr. McCurdy also served as a U S. Navy inspector of radar testing equipment and for several years conducted tours j lo   France.   Spain.  Italy,   Switz-'
Shop Monday 10 to o:25
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DR, JOSEPH McCURDY
eriand,   Germany,   Belgium   and^ England. i
Mme. McCurdy, a graduate ofj the University of Rennes in France, was active in the work of French Relief during World War 2. For this work she was decorated in 1952 with the "Gratitude of the French Re-' public." j
She also holds membership inj the French  Alliance.
N. Y. Terminal Of Martz Lines Shifts April 1
5 Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary Branches List Meetings Friday
Jusf putl the tape for a perfect drape ^
The   Women's   Board, of Nes-ifashion     show.     Mrs.     Dwight bitt     Hospital     Auxiliary    will I Moyer  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Sislian imci  Friday at 10 A. M. in the are tea chairmen. NChitl Nurses Home. Mrs. Har-1    Luzerne Branch  will  meet at jold A, Shappelle will preside.    ,n   p.   m.  at   the  home  of  Mrs. '    The    Plymouth    Branch    will William  Hitchings. 48."!  Charles meet at the l.egion Home. Cen-'St. Mrs. William Bvtheway will After April   I  thc New York (gr ^ve., at l:,'i0 P. M. Mrs. Wil- be   hostess,   assisted   by   Mrs, City    terminal    of    the    Frank ij^^^  Thomas will  preside. Mrs. Matthew   Bottoms.   Mrs.   Jacob Mart/, Coach Co. will be located ^,3,1,3^,    Jones     tea    chairman,'Titus and Miss Viola Smith.
at   lhe  Port  Authority  Bus Ter-
will  bc  assisted  bv  Mrs.   Frank'
minal instead of the Dixie Hotel. Bg,y„J ^^r,   ^^„^3^ Pritchard.      .....      ^    ,  u
The change, according to Mr.      .„„„ ou„^„,^i,or Rranrh will     ¦^" Australian bank has estab-
Mart7  will offer direct bus con-     '^""' Shoemaker Branch wil'iishcd  a  branch  at   Honiara  to ncJl\onrL%^^^^ ^.^..^^.r/J^i^rovide   the    British   Solomons
con-
Building at l:.-?0 P. M. with Mrs. islands with their first bank.
Unitod   States.     ii^AL-^uvm   t-un- .., ,, xr        i j %/i
nections   to   all   parts   of   New W;  iam  Vipond  presiding.  Mrs. England and New Iersev will bc William Newhart will show pic- available.     Martz   Lines   stated '"res   of   her   recent   Western that  there will he no change in '°'^"'- existing time schedules to New To Present Skit York  City. |    Shavertown  Branch will meel
Largest In World it   the  Back   Mountain   Library
The Port Authoritv Bus Ter- Annex at l.fO P. M. Mrs. minai is located just around the Charles Perkins will preside. A rorner from Times -Square. SthjSkit, "Madam Chairman." will Ave. at 41st St. It is the i.irgest be presented by Mrs. Edward bus transportation center in the'Barber, Mrs. Kenneth Woolbert, world and handles about ."l.OOO Mrs. Carl Hontz, Mrs. Thomas inierstate bus movements diily; Cope, Mrs. Austin Line and most of them reaching the ler- Mrs. Edgar Brace. Mis Florence minai by elevator ramp connec- Rave is chairman of the tea tions with the Lincoln Tunnel,   'committee.
.Martz Lines coaches will ar- Kingston Branch will meet at rive and depart from the lower 2 p. M. in the Nesbitt Nurses ramp loading platforms two and Home with Mrs, Albert Shafer four. Tickets will be issued jr. presiding. Mrs. Ernest Town- from windows 11-12 and l.'^.      jgnj ^^]\  introduce the speaker,
'Richmond  Williams,  director of
A   memorial   tablet  has  been 'he Wvoming  Valley  Historical
placed on the wall of Westmin- and   Geological    Society.    Mrs
ster Abbev in honor of William Schicfly Johnson requests mem-
C'axton, England's first printer,   bers   to   make   returns   on   the l
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