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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1961
Page
5
The readable fragments reference a Saturday event at Teacre and a Centre State project, noting concerns over welfare and health linked to private hires and a launch rivarly. Names and precise details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Mr and Mrs Frank Grice Sr return to East Main street home after wintering with their son in law and daughter Lieut Cmdr and Mrs Jack Lindsey of Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs Carl L Henton return from five months in Likeland Pin. Dr Mary Elaine Sears of M D Anderson Houston attends American Cancer Association meeting in Atlantic City and visits her mother Mary Bears. Arthur Pitts Jr travels to Philadelphia to represent Gannon College at a Villanova English teachers conference. Mrs Pitts and daughter Ann visit Concord street residence.
The St. Thomas Church Men’s Choir gave a distinct program for Court Conception No. 35 of the Catholic Daughters of America at the Elks Club after a chicken dinner. Mrs. James Wharton directed, Mrs. James Walters played, and selections included parts of the Mass and Hail Mary. Remarks by Rev. Cyril Cooper and brief notes on Warren State Hospital charity work followed, with plans for a centennial float and ash trays plus officer nominations for May.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW installed new officers led by Mrs. Clyde Reynolds in the absence of president Mrs. William Roehrig. New officers include Miss Helen Porter as conductor, Mrs. Reynolds as conductress, and Mrs. Roehrig re elected president. Donations to the American Cancer Fund and Amelia King Cancer Fund were approved. The VEW convention is set for July 12-13 in Pittsburgh. April 27 is slated for the next meeting.
A tureen dinner gathered 12 members and seven children at Mrs Wallace Mick s home in North Center street for the Wheelock Community Aid. Mrs Kenneth Loveland led a brief business meeting and read Isaiah 35 3 4 and an article Faith. Mrs Leland Crosscut won the black horse gift. The next session is set for April 21 an evening meeting at Mrs Crosscut s home.
Miss Carol Morris was honored at a pre nuptial linen shower hosted by Miss Kathleen Gates at her Rev 1 home. She will wed James Akam on April 22 at Spartansburg Methodist Church. Guests received pink and white corsages and pink umbrellas. decorations featured pink shades, roses, and sugar bells on a pink and white cake.
Spring Creek Parent Teacher Association meets at the school Monday evening April 17 with Aldo Gremese from Udine Italy as guest speaker for fathers night. Mrs. Robert Pier and her committee handle the social portion of the program.
Mrs Storer will chair the annual cancer fund drive in French Creek Township starting Monday and continuing through Thursday Assisting her are Mrs Hullett Mrs Willink Mrs Foster Mrs Patchen Mrs Whitney Mrs Willey Mrs DeShazer and Mrs Savers under the drive’s leadership.
The YMCA on North Center street hosted the first Y's Men Club dinner meeting led by President Carroll Crowell. The group voted to hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly with officers naming committee chairs for program membership and area follow up. Next session planned for April 27 at the YMCA.
A fragmented OCR item lists Winren Rev Cyril Cooper Mrs Walter Deutschlander Enon Jene Rev Leon Duleks Stunting Mrs Leo Houks Mrs Mayme Wood and others, with unreadable context. The readable names suggest a community roster or obituary fragment from a church or civic page.
Mrs. Lynford Chase hosted the JOY Class of the first Presbyterian Church at her West Congress Street residence with eight members and one guest present. Mrs. Leon Root read the devotional from Chapter six of Matthew. Bus ness discussed by Mrs. Kinley in president’s absence. plans for a bake sale and a future meeting announced.
Informed sources say the government will disclose its development aid plan in Parliament on April 21. Responding to opposition Socialist questions, officials intend to outline aid figures and objectives for the coming year, amid debate over funding and strategy.
The funeral service for Ellon L. Simmons was held yesterday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Methtyre at Frewsburg officiating. Interment was made in Pine Grove Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included representatives of Corry Savings and Loan and the Pine Grove Cemetery Association. Active pallbearers were Earl Hasbrouck, Murray Raymond, E. Bush, Stanley Sturrock, Leon Jones and Kenneth Jones. many relatives and friends from Conneaut, Meadville, Warren, Mercer, Slippery Rock and surrounding areas attended.
BOSTON AP All 35 crew men were rescued today from the Liberty ship Marine Merchant after it broke in two in rough seas forty miles southeast of Portland Maine. The Coast Guard said the 8 294 ton vessel split after rescue, nine crewmen were taken aboard the British motor vessel Daru heading for Portland, and 25 were picked up by the tanker Esso Raleigh bound for Boston.
In Bakersfield California a coroner's jury found Spade Cooley responsible for his wife Ella Mae Cooley's slaying. Cooley, held in a hospital ward for heart condition, faced testimony from his 14 year old daughter Melody describing the brutal murder and alleged threats. The inquest also heard evidence of possible strangulation and violent assault. Dr Francis Neilson, 94, noted author and philanthropist, died after a brief illness in Port Washington New York.
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