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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1953
Page
5
Louis Shoulders requests protection after threats he received. police board president L A Long said officers will obtain a detailed statement from Shoulders and, if justified, provide protection.
Shoulders submitted this resignation during a Police Board inquiry into the arrest of kidnap killers Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady and the recovery of part of the $600 000 ransom for 6 year old Bobby Greenlease. The inquiry continues as discrepancies in police accounts are examined and more than $300 000 remains missing.
The Warren County Dairy 4 H club met at the Youngsville Grange Hall Friday evening. President John Seacrest led the meeting and films on The Jersey Cow and Yellowstone National Park were shown. Pauline Hoke from State College spoke on the National Dairy Congress in Chicago. Guests included S/Sgt John Withington, O C Tritt, county agent, and Paul Hoke. Next meeting set for January 8.
Mr and Mrs C V Bowen of Fairview celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with a Saturday reception at their home. Local guests included Mr and Mrs Donald Tanner and Mr and Mrs Robert Proctor from the city and Mr and Mrs Francis Bowen of Wattsburg. Attendees enjoyed television visits and a sandwich lunch with anniversary cake and coffee. The couple received a suitable gift.
A series of birth notices from Cory Memorial Hospital Garry Memorial Hospital Hamot Hospital and St Vincent s Hospital report new arrivals this weekend. Parents include Walter Foster James Baker Wilma Spoon John Halfast Richard Lyons Todd Firth and Joseph Colelori with spouses listed by married names and locations such as Erie North East Spartansburg and North Clymer.
Estelle Au Puste, the widow who had announced plans to marry former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, canceled the engagement and left New York for Florida by plane. She told Dempsey she had departed and said the breakup was for the best as their lives were too different.
Alden R. Beckwith, a 97 year old Ashtabula County farmer, died after ashes from his cigar set his clothing afire following a noon meal. Coroner Thomas Roller said Beckwith ran from the house, rolled on the ground to extinguish flames, but succumbed to extensive burns. He lived on a Saybrook Township farm with his two sons, Forest and Leslie Beckwith.
Maj. Gen. Milton G. Baker, superintendent of Jersey Forge Military Academy near Wayne, was named a delegate-at-large to UNESCO. He confirmed the appointment by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and said he would travel to Washington after New Year to discuss his duties.
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