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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1958
Page
5
A mangled snippet notes incidents over an accord, Bruce Leer of S involved in a fall, a monetary figure of 19,526 dollars, and references to local miles, gallons crest, and recoy of cars and power. The fragmentary text lists names and numbers without clear context or dates.
Miss Mary Kay Fink will preside as 16th Pennsylvania Grand Assembly of Rainbow for Girls convenes August 14 to 17 at Pennsylvania State University. Guests include Mrs Agnes C. Allen and Mrs Dorothy Jean Stiffey with committees named. program includes memorial service, officer elections, initiation, vestiture, installation, instruction school, choir and drill contests, sunrise church service, and planned entertainment. Over 400 girls study public speaking and related topics before gathering, with Rainbow and Eastern Star dignitaries attending.
The Sefotn Girls Snack Time 4-H Club met on A. D. 4 at Monday's session. Nine members prepared and ate lime fizz, peanut brittle and Ting-a-lines for lunch. A brief bust session followed. Miss Sharon Messinger will entertain next on August 8 at her Columbus Avenue home at 7 p.m.
Seven members of GCootlette Club No 102 met in the Garden Room of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on West Washington street for the regular meeting led by Mrs Alma Slagle. Plans were announced for the next Range meeting at Union City Post home on Sunday Aug 7 71 at 2 pm and a picnic at Canadahia Lake cottage of Mrs James Keppel on Wednesday Aug 20. Members to meet at the Post home by 6 pm. Attendance award won by Mrs Keppel. refreshments served by Mrs Alfred Cone and Mrs Hace Shuss. Next meeting scheduled for September in the Garden Room.
A Wiener roast at 1 R. D. 1, home of Mr and Mrs Leslie Wilkinson honored their son David Wilkinson on his 20th birthday. Seventeen guests attended including relatives and friends. Mark McCray won a prize, Timmy McCray won the door prize, and each guest received a party favor along with cake ice cream and Kool Aid. David’s grandparents Mr and Mrs William Grune of Spring Creek were among the attendees.
The Cady Franklin Rebekah Lodge met at the IOOF hall on North Center Street for a regular session. Plans were made to attend the District No. 2 meeting in Girard on August 15 with three members participating: Mrs. Elof Dahl, Mrs. William Dut, and Mrs. Willard Shreve. Lemonade and sandwiches were served. hostesses were Mrs. George Rhodes. The next meeting is slated for August 19 at the IOOF hall.
James Leroy King age one, son of Mr and Mrs Leroy King of RD 1, was guest of honor at a birthday party Monday afternoon at their home. Fifteen children with mothers attended, enjoying playtime, balloons, party suckers, a decorated cake and ice cream. Great-grandmother Mrs Oscar Lindstrom helped, gifts were given, and photographs were taken throughout the afternoon.
Sharon 19 year old Diane Reinhardt shot herself with a .22 caliber pistol in her house trailer east of Sharon. Police say she acted alone. two young men and another girl were in the trailer during the incident. Reinhardt’s parents had rented the trailer for her and were away at a lodge in Canada.
In Weinstein's Restaurant Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill district last night the dining room filled with fumes from a chemical paste glued to a second floor light bulb in the men’s room. Police say the sticky substance may have been planted as a prank and the incident is under bomb and arson squad review. About 200 customers were in the eatery. some fled while others stayed as police and firefighters wore masks to enter the restroom.
Louisvile Courier Journal longtime editorial cartoonist Grover Page aged 65 died yesterday in Louisville. Born in Gastonia North Carolina, he served the paper for nearly four decades shaping its political cartoons.
New York report says lifetime length in the United States has leveled off after century of gains. Birth life expectancy peaked in 1954 at 89.6 years, dipped in 1965, with 1957 data down due to late-year influenza. White female and male lifespans show gaps, nonwhite life expectancy trails whites, yet gains persist for children and young adults. Easy Hole Lubbock also notes a local golf hole-in-one and a teenager hole-in-one at the 12th.
Pittsburgh news reports Bethlehem Steel Corp and Grnjeuel Steel Co raised prices on hot rolled plates structural shapes and sheet piling used in ships and railroad cars by around 34 percent Crucible raised high speed and tool steels 2 to 5 percent Arico Republic and others set the pattern in flat rolled products bars rods wire and tubular goods Industry wide boosts lift steel to about 4 4 50 per ton from prior levels while wage hikes since July 1 have raised payroll costs and added 4 to 11 per ton of steel production
A four year old, Ronnie Carr, smoked a rubber gas pipe for two minutes while playing Indian at home. He collapsed after turning on the gas and was revived by his father with artificial respiration. Latest report says he is much better.
New York essay humorously profiles varied figures who attempt dieting abstinence from alcohol. It describes the water wagon draw of millions, detailing recurring patterns such as the daily climbs and falls, and types like the daily double, 100 proof Munchausen, noser, profiteer, and hereditary cases. It notes social commentary on character.
A daughter was born yesterday morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs John Middleton of 119 Maple Avenue. Mrs Middleton is the former Jonetta Spaulding. A daughter was born last evening at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brown of Spartansburg.
In New London a group of Boy Scouts and mothers defend Scoutmaster William Ny switching him out after a council banned him for allegedly unsafe trips. Tam Lee credits Ny with inclusion and aid, noting braille books bought for him, while Ny says tests were strict and trips like a 200 mile Connecticut River canoe trek occurred in harsh weather. The regional council scheduled a September 8 hearing on Ny’s removal as protests from troop parents grow.
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