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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1958
Page
6
A readable slice from Corry area reporting varied items including a man falling from a bicycle, hospital treatment for several residents, a parole delay, and local school and public notices. It notes Dr. Zipper’s Educational Television plans and other civic updates, plus weather and social actions in the week.
A Ontario woman born Christmas Eve 1868 near Croton to Henry and Ethel Snary will reach her 100th birthday today. Victoria Snary, named for Queen Victoria, resides with a daughter in Sabethan Euelld where she now helps.
A blonde 4 year old girl and her parents, George 32 and Mary Sue Cook, were found shivering in a boxcar in Shoots Central Bailrone yards after riding a freight from Chicago toward Paris Tennessee. Train conductor Tom Evans and yardmaster Jack Simmons aided the family, money and bus fare to Paris were provided, and breakfast was offered at a nearby hotel. The parents said they were broke and hungry and hoped to reach their kin in Paris.
Wilkes Barre Pa AP United Mine Workers Union and representatives of the anthracite industry paused contract talks after a two hour session. UMW Vice President Thomas Kennedy, chairman of the bargaining team, said no progress was made and warned miners may not work past year end deadline without a contract.
Dr. Olin Martin Eakins aged 8 died yesterday in Miami Beach from a cerebral hemorrhage. He spent years fighting bubonic plague in India earlier in the century and was a former medical director of Old Reliable Insurance Co. in Pittsburgh.
The text outlines three conditions for a new exemption: no alcohol is served or allowed to be consumed, only light refreshments like snacks and soft drinks are provided, and music is supplied without charge to the operator, using mechanical sources such as a jukebox or other free music.
TOKYO AP The gray bald American Ellis Gordon 60 of Los Angeles waited at a Tokyo Yokohama steel mill bar as a former Japanese guard Ishigura approached on a bicycle. Gordon who spent nearly four years as a prisoner of war on Wake Island told him he bore no grudge. Gordon said his Christmas week plan includes meeting several former guards for dinner and gifts and he aims to show reconciliation after a war marked by brutality and hardship. Gordon now works for a Yokohama firm transporting freight for servicemen and hopes the reunion forgives past wounds.
In Salt Lake City the Bartholomews lost their 5 month old baby Bart in a house fire. While recovering from injuries, they learned a thief had entered the burned home and stolen a jar containing 443 dollars saved for a holiday visit to Pueblo Colorado.
The Mineral service for Mrs Allan Keppel was held yesterday afternoon at the Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Paul F. Bauer officiating. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers were Percy Corbin, Vance Allen, Trvin Downs, Carlton Smith, George Piccardi and Ira Miller. Attendees from away included many Jamestown residents and relatives, with numerous Keppel family members listed from Meadville Sherman Grand Valley and Youngsville.
The Requiem Mass for Miss Mary B Neylon was held this morning at St Thomas Church with Rev Leon Doleski as celebrant. Bearers included Donald Neylon Paul Taylor Pred Bartholme Paul Weber Frank Ferry and Norbert Bachomer. Attending were Mr and Mrs Fred Bartholme and Miss Jill Bartholme of Union City.
Police seek extravagant thieves who robbed and blew their loot at a stand north of Pine Bluff on U S 65 Monday night. Deputies found a scorched 15 foot square area and remnants of firecrackers worth about 400 dollars beside a road south of town.
Hermen W. Klinedinst, 69, York City controller in his second term, died last night following brain tumor surgery three months earlier.
Marlow surveys TODAY'S NEWS column musing on Santa as a figure shrouded in silence and mystery. The piece weighs public suspicion, talks of his wealth and charitable gifts, and questions his finances and labor practices, all while noting his apolitical appearance.
A fragment describes questioning a man labeled an impostor or bum. It mocks his red clothes and hose, alleging impropriety and odd behavior. The voice suggests returning him to his origin place and removing the man from the area.
Mrs Anna Bollig, born December 25 1855 in Graff Russia to German parents, will celebrate her 103rd birthday Christmas Day. A widow, she lives with a grandson in Denver. Claus is familiar with her chimney and has no need to be told how to find her residence.
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