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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1961
Page
5
The unreadable text references commerce and container costs, sales figures, and consumer goods like vegetables and frozen foods. It mentions a state game event and a person with a history from 1955 to 1960, but details are garbled and unclear.
Town Topics notes McElroy’s engagement to Jimes Burkhart with a August 19 wedding planned. The event at Kinley cottage Findley Lake honored McElroy with a pink rose corsage and hostesses Susan Kinley and Mrs J Fred Kinley. Games included bride bingo. prizes went to several guests and Judy Meerdink received a special award. Pink and white decor set a delicate tone as attendees enjoyed refreshments. Mrs Wiggers, a 1961 Penn State graduate and Wattsburg Area High School Vocational Agriculture teacher, also appears in the write-up, noting the couple’s upcoming marriage this month.
Mrs Edna Williams of White Street hosted the neighborhood club gathering with games and contests. Prize winners were Mrs Naomi Clark and Mrs Merrill Lillie, who also received the special award. president Mrs Florence Culver conducted the business meeting. Mrs Jasper Drake of Union City will host next, date to be announced.
Simon Cosma was elected president of the Berean Society of the First Baptist Church at Mead Park last evening. Outgoing president Fred Marsh and nominees led by a nominating committee voted in officers including Lopus as vice president Celeste Burrows as treasurer and Mary Bosak as secretary. The next meeting is set for Monday September tid at the Cosma residence on Second avenue.
A son was born yesterday morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Cecil Giesen of 104 Second Avenue.
The Amici Bible Sunday School class of the Evangelical United Brethren Church met last evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Dougherty of R D 4 A. Nineteen attended and shared a picnic tureen dinner. Assisting the Doughertys on the committee were Mr and Mrs Robert Davis. Mr and Mrs Thomas Reed of Bear Lake will host the next meeting on September 8 with a wiener roast planned.
Members of the 4 H Tasty Snacks Club gathered at the Columbus Community Hall for a social evening. They made popcorn balls and milk bars after a brief business meeting where plans for a club picnic and a Saturday party were discussed.
Kiwanis club held a noon meeting at the Hotel Corry where Conrad Monroe introduced Norbert Bachelmer who presented World Series films. Jack Shattuck of Warren attended as a guest. Next Wednesday four members will attend Division 1 meeting at Cross Creek Country Club Titusville to select a new Lt. Governor.
A meeting set for Monday at the Community Hall in Columbus will honor mothers of members and feature a barbecued trankforters project as the main item on the agenda.
The Corry Grange met last evening in the Grange hall with Master LeRoy King presiding. Mrs. Mabel Akam reported on the Centennial and the food booth committees. Oscar Lindstrom was tasked to buy another bond and invite Clifford Haynes to discuss Grange insurance at the next gathering. Plans to improve the rounds and repair the hall were approved with timing to be announced. Hostesses Loretta Belden Merrill Lillie and Oscar Lindstrom served hot sandwiches tea and coffee. August 21 set for next Grange hall meeting.
Gary Carnegie son of Mr and Mrs Frank Carnegie East South street was honored yesterday at a birthday party hosted by Mrs Carnegie. Assisted by Mrs Lewis Hurlbert and Mrs Matthew Potocki the outdoor affair featured a baseball themed party with 12 boys, games and contests. Awards went to Arnie McCaslin Jr Tim McMichael Rick Wellman Rick Schwab Mark Donoghue and John Wascak along with a large baseball decorated cake and gifts for Gary.
Gino Bergartin, 21, and Giovannina Man cin, 20, were fined 10 000 lire each for kissing on a village dance floor in Caverzere. A Rome court had previously jailed two youths for a farewell kiss at a streetcar stop.
More than 100 Tri-Hi-Y officers and aims attended the annual officers training program at Grove City College. Local and state YMCA representatives joined the event, with sessions and activities designed to prepare girls for leadership roles in their clubs.
Westfield area man John Kester 71 died yesterday at Westfield Memorial Hospital from injuries in a tractor accident near his home. Coroner Ralph Wallace ruled accidental death due to pelvic hemorrhaging from a crushed pelvis after the tractor rolled into a pit as Kester disced brush with his son Arthur nearby.
The United States State Department avoided closing the door on exchanging a Cuban patrol boat for a U S airliner while awaiting official Cuban government action. A note to the Swiss embassy reportedly outlining the swap appeared in the New York Times, but no such note has reached Washington. The hijacking of Eastern Airlines Electra is noted in context.
AP reports a record daily flood of refugees from Communist East Germany into West Berlin reaching 2.02, the highest in eight years. East German police reinforce patrolling as officials note many fled before Khrushchev’s address. Beginning Wednesday commuters in Communist territory must register and switch to East currency, facing higher costs as East marks are worth one fifth of West marks.
John Fox, a financier and former Boston publisher, faces a hearing in Uniontown Pennsylvania on cruelty to animals charges. The Fayette County Humane Society says Fox left two Great Dane dogs in a parked car with windows partly up. one dog suffocated while the other survived.
A 40-foot Cuban patrol vessel valued at 3.5 million dollars was abandoned and brought to Key West by Cuban refugees. The source notes the craft’s value estimated at under 40,000 dollars.
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