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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1959
Page
3
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Social highlights note the annual Sno Ball Dance at the Corry Moose Home on East Washington Street. Mrs. William Corbin relinquishes her Sno Ball Queen crown to a finalist among seven candidates as Gene Parlette and his Exje band provide music until 2 am. Edward Kavach hosts as master of ceremonies with seven candidates named and tickets available at the door.
The Erie Conference Youth Fellowship of the Evangelical United Brethren Church hosts the Mid-Winter Retreat on Tuesday December 29 at Glenwood EUB Church Erie with sessions at 109 mm 1130 Dim and 7 p.m. Rev Paul Stuckey of Hicks ville OH will speak and author of the playlet Stagnet will attend. Diana Sturdevant Faith Baker and Jack Ross join from local and distant EUB churches to lead singing preside and organize recreation as about 400 youths from the area attend in prior years.
Mrs. Lou Hanna hosted a birthday gathering for her son Jimmy on his seventh birthday. Five friends visited the East Bend street home for games and refreshments then attended a movie. Guests received candy Santa boots and popcorn bells, and Jimmy received several gifts.
A daughter was born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. James Dower of 34 Washington Street Union City at Stem Memorial Hospital. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clove Braswell of 144 York Street early this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital. A daughter was born early this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Tyan Downey of 541 Wayne Street.
DETROIT AP Mrs Mary Hart Stephens 84 died at a Plymouth convalescent home after a career in newspapers. Daughter of pioneer publisher Theodore Hat, her first husband William J Peck editor of Pine Grove Gazette. Her son Theodore Hart Peck writes for King News. Services planned in Monroe and Pittston.
The Westminster Fellowship groups at First Presbyterian Church announce an annual dinner tomorrow evening to honor recently graduated youths from Corry and those home for holidays. A spaghetti supper starts at 6, followed by a vocation film and a devotional service with Holy Communion in the sanctuary. James Monroe was president when Florida was purchased from Spain.
Lynn Porter Tewin, 44, owner of a Penn Yan restaurant, flew to London for a solitary Christmas dinner in Mayfair. He dined alone at three tables, with 16 creamed oysters, Dover soles, Norfolk goose, two-pound Christmas pudding, tea, champagne, liqueur, and a cigar, costing over 840 dollars before returning to New York. He said the trip began as a joke after a visitor at his restaurant mentioned eating lunch in London.
AP reports severe damage in the Cangallo department of southern Peru after a guletide quake. Seven killed and 37 injured in Pomabamba with 254 homes destroyed. Mollebamba and Huantapuguio also affected while Lima-run relief planes were dispatched amid poor communications.
Western leaders discuss dates for a new summit in Paris before East West talks while De Gaulle ponders a U S visit, Khrushchev messages are speeded to Eisenhower, and Washington weighs two immediate White House rejections. Allies still differ on issues to address with Khrushchev.
A fire destroyed the $75,000 Colonial home of Vance Packard, author of The-Woldes Persuaders and The State Seekers, in New Canaan, Connecticut. Packard, his wife, two sons, and one daughter escaped unharmed as smoke sickened two volunteer firefighters. The blaze, suspected to be caused by a cracked chimney, began early yesterday.
Harold G. Hurst 46 of Baltimdre was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving while intoxicated after his car struck and killed Grove W. Russell 77 of Shippensburg on Route 11 near Russell’s home. Hurst remained jailed in Franklin County with bond set.
Army tanks patrolled Kandahar after rioting, with reports of mobs forcing the provincial governor to flee his home. Demonstrators reportedly attacked a movie theater and three shops and planned to free 400 inmates at the local prison in Afghanistan's second city, about 245 miles southwest of Kabul. Radio Pakistan cited reliable sources and noted possible further unrest in neighboring areas as troops reinforced key towns. President Eisenhower visited Afghanistan during a peace mission.
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