[Apr 15, 1946] BRADFORD, PA. “Mrs. Ada Duffee of Degolia was elected president of the Custer City - South Bradford Parent-Teacher Association for 1947 at a meeting held Monday at Custer City School, 125 members being present. Mrs. Duffee, who will take office in September, will succeed D. H. Phillips, who has served for the past two years… Highlights of Monday’s meeting was an account of experiences as a U. S. Army War Nurse told by Miss Betty Jane Duffee, daughter of the newly-elected president. Miss Duffie, who recently returned home from several years overseas service, told an interesting story of her experiences, both in France and Germany, in ministering not only to wounded American soldiers but also to a large group of badly-wounded German prisoners of war. The speaker recounted being in Paris on V-E Day, stating that the number of people celebrating and waving flags in the streets for three continual days was beyond description as the throngs milled through the Champs Elysees and up to the Arc de Triomphe. Following Miss Duffee’s talk, an hour of motion pictures was exhibited…” (BRADFORD EVENING STAR and the BRADFORD DAILY RECORD. Wed. Apr. 17, 1946. pg 13)

[May 17, 1946] BRADFORD, PA. “ELIZABETH JANE DUFFEE IS WED TO WALTER LEVY. Here on Friday , Elizabeth Jane Duffee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Duffee of Degolia [McKean, PA], became the bride of Walter Joseph Levy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Levy of Maple Shade, NJ., Friday morning at 11:45 o’clock. The ceremony was performed in the chapel of the Church of the Ascension by the Rev. Henry S. Sizer, Sr., rector, before the immediate families and close friends. The bride, who was given in marriage by her uncle, Theodore J. Duffee of Ridgway, was attractive in a street-length dress of forget-me-not blue mousseline de soie over taffeta, with black accessories. She wore a corsage of pink rosebuds. She carried a black prayer book with a fall of pink flowers as a marker. The prayer book had been given to her when she made her confirmation and she carried it with her during her service overseas with the Army Nurses Corps… After the wedding, a reception was held at the home of the bride in Degolia with 50 guests attending…” (The BRADFORD ERA from Bradford, Pennsylvania. Monday, May 20, 1946. pg 4)