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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
2
New supply on hand at The Corry Journal and notices urging property protection with No Trespassing signs. Cliff Carroll's advertises Schlitz Premium beer on tap. Elks club reservations for New Year's Eve now available.
A blinding snowstorm stranded hundreds across western and northern New York. State Police coordinated convoys from Angola to Buffalo while snowplows cleared roads near Watertown and Lake Erie. Up to 20 inches fell with visibility near zero as schools closed and motorists sought shelter.
Admitted names include Lemuel Hixson at 106 Park Street and Walter Carter at 338 Eagle Street. Discharged are Boleslaw Wieliczko and daughter Christine Mary from 1250 West Main Street. A Lutheran Church women’s bake sale is set for Friday December 14 at 9 30 am at 313 Bada Batata Street.
A frame house at Sharpsburg northeast of Hens burned early today killing Carl Holbert Jr aged 3 Fred 5 and Marlene 2. Their mother 22 and infant Ronald 9 months were seriously burned. Jeffery 2 survived. Father at work, investigation into blaze underway.
Viktor Bakayev, Soviet minister of merchant marine, lauded Premier Khrushchev before the Supreme Soviet as the country’s chief captain for guiding the Soviet Union through the Cuban crisis. He condemned the American blockade of Cuba as a crude violation of freedom of the seas. In Angola service area, workers, though snowbound, relaxed with card games and conversation while nine employees supplied coffee and sandwiches. G Robert Wagner of Lancaster Pa recalled marooning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike three years earlier and described today as a calmer scene with children sleeping on cots and adults resting in a dining room.
A promotional note from The Corry Journal Printing Department suggests a personal gift idea a Hammermill stationery set with imprinted stationery and envelope. The message emphasizes finding a unique present for someone difficult to shop for and hints at a local sale or display.
Pope John XXII will deliver his annual Christmas message via Vatican radio on December 22. He will celebrate Mass in his private chapel on Christmas Eve, with the service broadcast at 4 p.m. EST. Tito tours Volgograd formerly Stalingrad in a southern Russian city. John Kenneth Galbraith’s India trip postponed due to workload. Christian A. Herter sworn in as special presidential representative for trade negotiations.
New members will join Troop 80 Boy Scouts at the annual Christmas party held at Corry Central Labor Hall on North Center Street. Patrol leaders report on Owl projects. Beaver Patrol led by William Peiffer Jr. leads Panther Patrol led by John Seitz.
Final rites for Orit W. iProf will be held at Bracken Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment follows at Pine Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Templeton Funeral Home in Warren Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. and Bracken Funeral Home Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Gov elect William W. Scranton calls Pennsylvania’s spoils system the worst in the nation and urges ending it to curb federal power. He argues for keeping more tax revenue in states and criticizes state government as sprawling and inefficient.
AILANTA based American Farm Bureau Federation delegates from 49 states push for a ten percent reduction in federal farm spending currently about 100 million dollars annually. The plan aims to finance tax cuts and deficit reduction while urging broader state and local responsibility for public needs. Delegates expect approval before the convention ends.
Mrs Ruth M Pappas 34 of Birdsboro died when her skid dash car struck a bridge railing near Reading Pennsylvania yesterday and was hurled to the pavement.
The Gift Shop advertises a selection of cookie jars vanity mirrors centerpieces and towel sets as special gift items for shoppers seeking decorative and practical housewarming or personal gifts.
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