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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1961
Page
5
fragmentary text describes a legislative vote and public works actions. mentions Baltimore and rail issues, steel business, and funding themes. lacks clear subjects, dates, or outcomes due to damaged source text.
Milton B. Flint District Governor spoke to Corry Rotary Club on the Rotary aims and objects emphasizing fellowship, service to others, and global reach. He noted 511,000 clubs and 3.5 million members, scholarship programs, and urged kindness. The meeting at Hotel Corry drew 30 members with guests Thomas Shupe and BG Bennett. Next gathering to be a noon meeting August 29 at the same hotel.
Gifts and memorials marked the 40th anniversary of Columbus Congregational Church. A communion table honored Cora L. Dodd, offering plates recalled Mrs. Gordon, a candlestand from the Capwells, hymn board from the Aylings, and a candelabra by the Bull family. The guest book came from Mrs. Young and Mrs. Kennedy. special offerings fund church painting.
The Peninsula Playhouse presents a three act children’s play The Sleeping Beauty of Loveland performed by student actors under Michael Flanagan. A matinee is set for August 26, with reservations via the Erie Playhouse for a family afternoon in the land of make believe.
The 42nd Williams Culver reunion took place at Nichols Lodge in Mead Park on Sunday with sixty four attendees. Ralph Williams was elected president, Gerald Lindsey vice president, and Lena Calvin secretary treasurer. Karston Williams and Gerald Lindsey will host next year at Nichols Lodge Mead Park on the third Sunday in August.
Wright, 103, and Elsie Coleman, 65, tied the knot at Clintwood Baptist Church in Virginia. The Kentucky duo, both retirees, planned to skip a honeymoon as the groom declared any time at home would be their bliss, marking his seventh marriage.
The Golden Age Club met at the YMCA to honor August birthday members including Jennie Akam Edna Anderson Loretta Belden Maude Bonsteel Anne Dyne Eva Dundon Alma Dingfelder Lula Henton Mattie McIntyre Jensie Mason Ruth Pitt Eva Perkins Frank Say Bernice Sammonsen Tha Wattons A special gift went to Mattie McIntyre. Rev Reginald Merrifield led devotions from Matthew NE Bible. Plans include an apron sale bake sale and a Niagara Falls trip in October.
The Columbus Cookerettes received blue ribbons at the Warren county 4-H Roundup for their exhibits including record books and snack trays. The group met at Columbus Town Hall to host a mothers party attended by thirty girls and their mothers with sandwiches brownies ice cream and fruit punch.
Soviet patrol boats seized 12 Japanese fishing boats off the east coast near Hokkaido, the Maritime Safety Agency said. Three Russian speedboats dashed into a fleet of about 250 fishing craft operating near the Russian-held Kurile Islands and captured 12.
A fragmented notice mentions Jamestown Community College and 48 people employed at the Pennsylvania Employment Service Office in Corry. It notes Hee Hanes graduating from Clymer Central School with unclear details and references a new date for a line or needline event.
A son was born yesterday at Union City Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Walter L Hunter of Tryonville Pa A son was born this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Robert Walsh 180 Wright Street A son was born last evening at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard Kane of Snyder Zirele A daughter was born last evening at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Calvin Wilde 280 West Frederick Street
Mrs Ruth Proctor of Beaver Dam hosts the Friendship Aid of the Evangelical United Brethren Church at her home. Devotions by Mrs Herbert Trisket opened the session led by president Mrs Marshall Sherwood. Plans for the annual banquet at Columbus Congregational Church on September 26 were discussed with reservations via Mrs Le Roy Humes. After the meeting guests Glen Babcock Ruth Lyons and Mrs John Hansen offered sundaes cookies tea and coffee.
Arthur W Pitts Jr will teach as an assistant professor at Louisiana State University Baton Rouge while pursuing a PhD. A Princton graduate class of 1954, he earned a Masters from Catholic University and has taught at London School Bethesda and Gaildon College in Erie. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur W Pitts Sr of Conjecret Street.
Neighborhood Club members gathered yesterday at Mrs Jasper Drake’s Union City home for an afternoon of games and entertainment. Prizes were awarded to Miss Myrtle Adam and Miss Ethel Matthews with Miss Littie receiving the door prize. Birthdays for Mrs Jennies Aksum and Miss Florence Culver were celebrated with refreshments and a decorated birthday cake. The next meeting will be hosted by Miss Myrtie Akin of Essex Street. date to be announced.
The article reports intensified East West Berlin tensions with West Berlin unions picketing elevated stations and denouncing Communist controls. British and French troops reinforce border areas while East German authorities defend the regime amid barricades and border patrols.
The senate inquiry into racketeering probes taxes and gambling links. It outlines alleged yearly bribe schemes, enforcement failures, and connections to hotel and casino interests, with figures suggesting extensive illicit fund flows and compelled cooperation.
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