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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1960
Page
5
Town notices reflect autumn onset with early cool temps and school activities. Clergy groups meet while local families gather for anniversaries and weddings. Several visitors arrive from out of town, including the Behnbergs and the Mountain family, as neighbors note graduations and teaching assignments.
A Rosemary Crawford led program features the Pops Quintet performing hits this evening at the amphitheater. Virginia Lave soprano and John Peck baritone join with pianist Muriel Reilly. selections include Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hammerstein numbers. The program aims to lift the season’s mood with entertainment for a large audience at Chautauqua's amphitheater.
A daughter was born yesterday at Union City Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Peter Baker of R. B. 3 Union City.
The 27th Tripp Reunion gathered at Mead Park with relatives from Mentor, Oba Lakehurst N J Sherman and Corry and Calmitius Pa in attendance. Mrs Guy Darling was elected president for next year with Frank Willcox as vice president and Cynthia Helms as program chair. historian noted one marriage six births and no deaths. pies and games and awards marked the afternoon culminating in a wiener roast at Mrs Clarence Cox home.
Wheelock Community Aid met at the R D home of Mrs Charles Kennedy with Mrs French sharing missionary Africa impressions. Mrs Leland Crosscut led devotions citing Psalm 100 and two readings, and Mrs Frank Harvey closed with prayer. President Mrs Kenneth Harvey led a brief business session noting next meeting set for September.
A public meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is set for Monday evening at 6 at First Methodist Church. President Guy Bennink will lead, with music by Mrs. Ostar Jolson and Mrs. Pred Ross at piano. A Bronze Speech Contest, a flannelgraph presentation, a film titled The Bold Faces the Facts, and a social hour with refreshments will follow under church and organizational officials.
Mrs. Edna Williams hosted ten Neighborhood Club members on White Street last evening to honor the birthdays of Mrs. Jennie Akam and Miss Florence Culver with gifts from secret sisters. Prizes went to Mrs. Naomi Clark and Mrs. Lyle Shreve, with Mrs. Willard Shreve winning the door prize. A salad course with hot rolls, pie, ice cream, tea and coffee followed. Miss Ethel Matthews of Wright Street will host the next meeting, date to be announced.
Ladies met at Mrs Kenneth Loveland home for a social period after a meeting. They rolled bandages during the evening then enjoyed a salad course with tea and coffee.
Robert Crosby, a returned missionary from Puerto Rico, spoke at the Woman's Society of Christ in Service gathering at McCrey Methodist Church hosted by Mrs. Elwin Chelton. Slides showed Puerto Rico work. Crosby and wife soon head to Colombia.
The 41st Williams Culver reunion drew 59 attendees at Mead Park with a picnic at 1 30 p m and games for all ages. Plans for the 1961 reunion are set for Nichols Lodge in Mead Park on August 20 with relatives asked to report births deaths marriages and address changes.
Fazyl Karibzha nov, president of Soviet Kazakhstan and deputy in the USSR Supreme Soviet, died yesterday after a long illness, Moscow radio reported.
In Hollywood a TV review notes Alfred Hitchcock overseeing the final scenes of his CBS show Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat. Tremayne and Meadows appear as a couple in a meticulously staged martini scene while Hitchcock, nearby, guides the shot. The piece mentions Hitchcock expanding his duties and NBC preparing a Hammerstein tribute tonight at 8:30.
In Derott Michigan Kennedy urged a beefed up defense program amid warnings that U S security is slipping while Nixon countered with assurances. Kennedy praised VFW resolution for stronger defense as he spoke at the national convention in Detroit. Beverages executive Bernard Wouttersz died after collapsing in Harrisburg office following a VFW post blaze scene.
In Morgantown area, coal miner Lewis Hinton 36 fatally shoots wife Joan 2 and himself after locking teen babysitters Mary Shank 14 and Mary Williams 15 in a closet at their Westover home. Police say upstairs, 22 caliber pistol found. coroner calls it murder suicide.
Tokyo reports author Pearl Buck believes barriers between Communist China and the United States may break down within five years. The Good Earth author, who spent much of her life in China, notes human nature overcomes ideologies and favors practical paths.
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