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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
2
Spotty local ad listing names admitted and discharged from Corry Memorial Hospital. Includes patient names addresses and relations, daily notices, and a standard Line-O-Ad rates note. Also mentions a St John’s Day banquet at the YMCA with date and time.
Funeral services for Minnie Meverink will be held in the Abbe Heform church in Clymer at 2 pm Thursday. Friends may call at the Spier Funeral Home in Clymer from 2 to 6 pm Wednesday. Burial in Holland Cemetery, Clymer. Osuay A Mratick's funeral at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 pm Thursday with viewing Tuesday 7 to 9 pm and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Burial in West Spring Creek Cemetery. Numerous residents from Union City and surrounding towns listed as attendees. Additional notices include ship blast in Bangkok killing four, and a list of residents admitted or reported in local area.
Vatican City report notes Pope John XXIII plans a 1962 ecumenical council, Vatican I, to address church administration and Christian unity. The pope aims to bring separated Christians back to unity, while resisting a shared authority federation, as modern world tensions and militant atheism press the church to act. The gathering would follow a long tradition of councils shaping Easter dating, doctrinal infallibility debates, and reform, with dates to be set but likely late in the year.
Luzerne County probation officer El Mer Fraley aged 47 died from burns suffered when Christmas decorations he was working with exploded at his Wilkes-Barre home. He had served fifteen years in probation.
Firemen battled a six story wholesale building blaze near downtown Baltimore on Christmas Day. Several were hospitalized as the Maxwell House Hotel fire in Nashville prompted a two hour struggle to save guests and ensure all occupants were accounted for. A missing elderly man was feared among initial confu sion in Groton New York aftermaths.
A deadly blaze at the Awostony Tram farmhouse, where Thayer family members perished after a surgery breached doorways. The hired hand Robert Brown reportedly tried a rescue, cradling five year old May Thayer in a burning room before succumbing.
Spanish head of state General Francisco Franco suffered a badly torn left index finger when a hunting shotgun exploded during a partridge shoot outside Madrid. He has been under treatment for two days and an investigation into the incident is underway.
Mrs Henry Minnie Meyerink died at Curry wamariel Hospital at 7198 a 1m aged 90 born July 4 1871 in Clymer she was predeceased by her husband in 1933 She was a member of the Abbe Reformed Church Surviving children include Lena Ten Hulsen Corry Ruth Beckerink Clymer Jay Gravink Mayville Roy Gravink Mayville three grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild A stepson Floyd Meyerink of Clymer a brother Henry Legters of Clymer and a sister Jennie Gravink of Clymer Calling hours at Spitner Funeral Home Clymer tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm services at Abbe Reformed Church Thursday 2 pm Rev Tunis Miersina officiating burial in Holland Cemetery Clymer
Mr Fralick died early yesterday morning at the home of his daughter and son in law in Corry at age 79. He was born October 17 1882 in Concord Township and lived there his life, farming then working for the State Highway Department and Morgan Lumber Mill. He married Eva May Holmes on July 1 1903 in Clymer and retired 15 years ago. Surviving are his wife three daughters three sons 21 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral details include calling hours Bracken Funeral Home and services Thursday at 2 pm with Rev Pier, burial in West Spring Creek Cemetery.
A fragmented Associated Press report recalls how Christmas goodwill touched the needy nationwide. Stories include Freddie Downer, 7, killed crossing a Massena street while mailing Santa, and Vicky receiving gifts. fires in Bloomfield and Nashville left families homeless but communities rallied with donations. In New Cumberland, the Jones family rebuilt with help from merchants and volunteers, while Brown’s search for work led to meals, clothing, and a job offer in Galveston. A Springfield Salvation Army call yielded a timely donation, underscoring renewed faith amid hardship.
Louis L Thalheinjer, a noted tennis great from Dallas and a two time national collegiate doubles champion, died last night. He helped lead an upset victory over the French Davis Cup team in 1928.
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