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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1967
Page
5
Socie and Events column highlights society editor updates on upcoming gatherings, charity balls, and literary society meetings. Includes notices of guest speakers, venue changes, and buttons for subscription options and event reminders.
Mrs. Stella Carroll of South Center Street was honored at a birthday celebration Sunday while a patient at Corry Memorial Hospital. Friends and relatives presented her with a large cake, carnations, gifts, flowers and cards as nurses aided the observance. Her niece Mittie Wilson visited from Petersburg Virginia.
Mrs. Charles Saloum of Duluth Minnesota won a vacation prize after catching a 39 inch musky near Clark's Camp during a family fishing trip to Vermillion Bay Ontario Canada. Her group included Dr Alexander Jacklin and Dr Lucille Saloum, Eve Marie and Steven, plus Mrs George Hagger Joey, and Ed Saloum with Barbara Eddie and Jimmy. The Corryites vacationed a week in Duluth before traveling to Canada.
The Akam family held its second annual reunion at Walter Burrows home in Elgin with 50 attendees. Ages 93 and 85 led the senior list. Laura Burrows celebrated a first birthday. Jaquith reunion at Slymer Conservation Club drew 55 members and two guests. Norman Upperman presided. Cochran and Stewart reunion at Mead Park attracted 44 members from Uniontown Titusville Pleasantville Eric and Corry for a day of meals and visiting.
Hong Kong prosecutors convicted three executives of pro-Communist newspapers of sedition. They were sentenced to three years in prison after arrests tied to articles described as seditionary. The arrests followed the burning of the British Mission in Peking two weeks earlier.
Linda Broadhurst and Kenneth Douglas Scott were married at United Presbyterian Church in Union City. The ceremony featured Miss Mary Jane Broadhurst as maid of honor and a reception in the lectured hall with readings and music. The couple, graduates and teachers, reside in Ellwood City after a Corry upbringing and Union City education. The story also notes Los Angeles plans to ease police and fire recruit eye and dental standards.
Birthday party for Mrs Beasie Johnson of Spring Creek marked her 86th birthday at Quiet Acres Nursing Home. She received gifts from family friends and neighbors. sons Ferdinand in Los Angeles and George in Chicago sent greetings. Additional attendees included staff and other residents. cake and ice cream were served. A separate note reports singer John Gary and wife Lois welcomed a son John Andrew weighing seven pounds. Both mother and baby in excellent condition.
Mike Ryan, 17, traveled 4,500 miles from Newton Kansas to Expo 67 in Montreal and back, earning $120 from odd jobs along the way. He stayed two weeks with a French family in Montreal who hosted him and gave a grand fair tour before returning home via New York City to visit a grandmother.
In London today Red Chinese legation members clashed with police and civilians. About 18 Chinese diplomats exited the legation to fight police guarding it, injuring several officers and civilians. A second fight followed a car arriving from the Foreign Office, as police used night sticks and witnesses described bloodied faces.
At the 99th annual convention, Mildred B. Harman of Washington says Americans are brainwashed into needing liquor and oppose liquor sale limits as a loss of rights. She notes Congress pushes into alcoholism bills emphasizing rehabilitation, which she argues rarely succeeds. Dr Laurence A. Semmens adds estimates of one million women alcoholics in the U S.
Army Captain Howard B. Levy, convicted of disloyalty and disobedience for refusing to train Vietnam bound medics, must wait until October for a bail appeal hearing. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond declined an earlier hearing.
An office undersecretary rejected the charge and claimed Chinese diplomats in London provoked the public and police, framing the incident as a diplomatic provocation rather than local aggression.
A collection of reader tips covers home care and organization from defrosting freezers to storing linens and toys. Advice includes replacing insulation to remove freezer odors, fully defrosting units before moving, using newspaper to absorb moisture, and keeping sheets on separate shelves. Also notes simple kitchen hacks for cake icing, muffin papers for condiments, and repurposing old socks for cleaning.
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