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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1966
Page
4
Funeral notices state services for Mrs William J Wright will be held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p m Wednesday. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p m Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Tuesday. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.
The American Steamship Co. of Buffalo and the Oswego Steamship Corp. of New York City announced plans to merge. The transaction amount was not disclosed but is believed to be between 25 and 30 million dollars.
A list of admitted and discharged individuals includes Niels P. Sorenson at 427 King Street, Nathan Reich of 1324 North Center Street, Charles C. Hazen of Sherman, and others. Discharges feature Mrs. Horace E. Wellman of Spartansburg and Mrs. Ronald Wiltsie with daughter Elaine Marie of North Clymer, among additional names and addresses. The notice also mentions Sunday entries for Mrs. James Maloney and Jo Ann Matson and notes various local residents and a gift shop promotion.
U S Navy Swift boats exchange fire with Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta while the 9th Infantry Division lands at Vung Tau. Operations Tickett in the central highlands report little contact as air and sea combat continue. South Vietnamese pilots mount 113 combat sorties alongside 468 U S aircraft sorties. Christmas services adjust as Catholic chaplains cancel midnight Masses amid a Viet Cong truce pledge. Red China renews its stance.
Richard Speck faces a murder trial for the July 14 nurse slayings. Judge Herbert Paschen granted a motion to move the trial outside Chicago to an impartial jury. A Chicago Tribune report cites Peoria as the likely venue due to new courthouse facilities and a high security jail.
A youth who breached the Ernstes home was calmed after threats and a shotgun were involved. He showered, ate bacon and eggs, and agreed to leave with the promise of safety. The Ernstes reported the youth thanked them and departed quietly. Later, Chen Yi rejected a Viet Cong peace offer conveyed at a Peking rally.
Mrs Wright 71 of 424 Marion Street died suddenly at home after two months of failing health. Born April 23 1895 in Hall Mills Warren County she lived near Crawford oil fields and Corry before moving to Union City and then home in 1965. Survived by husband two sons Albert Rathbun and Ronald Ratbun a daughter Helen Simmons one sister Rachel Kimmy eight grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery with services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bracken Funeral Home conducted by Rev H Kenyon Lieshman.
Luther Gates of Sanford aged 71 died yesterday in Erie. A farmer in Eldred until retirement, he served 18 years on the Eldred board of supervisors and was vice president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors. Surviving are a son Robert Nashville Tenn and daughters Laura Youngsville and Lois Dittner Erie.
The meditation reflects Luke 1 2438 on Mary being favored by God and the fear it entails. It contrasts sentimental views with the unsettling reality of divine calling and the burden of cooperation in redemption. It asks who can accept such fearful favour and respond as Mary did.
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