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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1967
Page
4
Community notices list discharge and admission names from Corry Memorial Hospital, emergency contact numbers, and a Christmas turkey and tree sale. The advertisement includes local residents from Corry and nearby towns, with phone numbers and addresses, plus a note about an antique barn open by appointment and a farm ad for Christmas trees.
Reports detail a Viet Cong assault near Highway 13 with an enemy battalion commander captured. A U S helicopter evacuation saved airmen after a downed combat plane. Marines found heroin on some enemy bodies and the 1st Infantry Division reinforced the sector to keep traffic open. The 7th Fleet Newport News cruisered the Vinh area as shells rained inland causing fires.
A devotional piece connecting John 98 to the idea that Jesus is the light of the world. It urges letting go of negativity, turning problems to God, and living by Jesus words. It recounts a 1959 story of an alcoholic who found peace through faith, and calls readers to spread light by loving neighbors. It emphasizes Christmas meaning and Christ centered focus with Psalm 27:1.
Erie County reports a record toll from a series of crashes. Lee Thompson 83 of North East died after a collision with a truck driven by Bruce Sexton 25 of Harborcreek near Thompson's home on November 28. Floyd E. Marsh 47 of Venus and his daughter Grace 17 of Venus were struck while returning to check a deer after a Route 157 incident. David G. Kittle 55 of North East died in a rear crash involving a tractor trailer and a highway department truck driven by William Daniels 46 of Erie. Kittle was in the sleeping compartment of the structure.
The funeral service for Mildred Christensen was held at 2 p.m. with Rev. John Kunselman officiating at Brown Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church. Burial took place in David Curtiss Cemetery, Columbus, with bearers Donald Smathers, William Smathers, Jordan Christensen, Ralph Davis, Alva Fuller, and Richard Kerr. Out-of-town attendees included Treyal Carr, Dunkirk Lofusen Dayton NY, William Smathers family, Lawrence Carter and daughter, Florence Dean, Bert Chappel, Grand Valley, Richard Kerr, Oil City, George Berggren and Basil Lamielle Rochester NY, James Pratt Warren, Douglas Sorenson Eric, Clifford McIntyre Pittsfield, Mari nus Christensen Bear Lake, and others.
Thomas Lee Carter funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at H Richard Hays Funeral Home Spartansburg with viewing Monday 7 to 9 p m and Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Spartansburg Also obituary notes magazine editor Harold M Wells, executive secretary of U S News World Report, has died Washington DC date not specified
Erie County Coroner reported 9 year old John Kotyak died at Hamet Hospital from head injuries after being struck by a rock tossed by a playmate. He reportedly sat to rest on a log, fell while getting up, hit his head on a stump, and stopped breathing before efforts to revive him. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.
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