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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
5
A juvenile Grange meeting held on Stinky evening at the Grange Hall in Corry concluded with carol singing at several homes. Max Bonnink hosted an afterglow in Columbus where the group exchanged gifts. Santa, Linnon Wester, and Bennink served refreshments as the next meeting is set for January 4.
A fragmented OCR text describes a bowling team event at Columbus with garbled names and stray terms. It mentions personal names, locations, and potential affiliations in a jumbled layout, lacking clear actions or outcomes.
An area couple marks a 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends gathering at a local venue. The event honors decades of shared life and community ties as relatives recall early years and notable moments.
Introducing a mistaken OCR fragment mentions Micra Huon Alt wt and Cory Melnghigt with unclear names and organization. The readable text suggests a names list and a possible meeting or item title but lacks coherent event details or dates.
Miss Laurene Hansen and Miss Tallarene Hansen are announced as engaged in a Christmas Day notice. Parents Me and Mre Lawrie Hansen, and Raymond He Barratt MIL OV ME syne Mrs. Ralfih Barrett, are noted. The couple, with ties to Beau fork and Chautiuqua, are connected to local schools and upcoming plans.
Two men died and two others were seriously injured when their car blew a tire on Narrows Highway, southeast of Wilkes-Barre. Victims were J Shee, 19, of Edwardsville, a Navy enlisted man on leave, and Sutphen Berdych, 21, of Edwardsville, a GM plant worker. Passengers Nichol Jas Sisurabs, 19, and Joseph Arbicheski, a Duryea resident, were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Cats must wear dog tag collars starting February 1 as a citywide rule. The Bolnishy Colinell Insteiwhet ianInOlsly requires cats to be licensed with tags costing $1 for males and $2 for females. Unlicensed cats will be impounded and may be euthanized after one week.
Gov Leader, urging by the State Employees Council, promised a referendum next spring on combining the state retirement plan with federal Social Security. The governor said he could issue the proclamation February 16. a 60 day notice is required by law. All state employees under the present system may vote. A majority decides the issue.
The 1957 Crawford County Tuberculosis and Health Society budget increases support for home care of TB patients released from state sanitariums. Executive director Gerald White says drug costs and added treatment will be paid by county TB societies and that three patients are now served, with numbers rising to about a dozen this fiscal year. The state program reduces patient costs by sending them home when the TB germ is nonactive. The 1957 budget lacks extra funds, and the three county patients joined the local program since September 1. Additional amounts in the 1957 budget include $1,500 for the 1958 budget, to be covered in 1957. The Christmas Seal Sale aims for $17,400, up from $15,500, with yesterday’s mailings completing about 91 percent of the goal. Eleven hundred letters to Red residents are being sent to remind those who have not yet contribute. five hundred go to Mendenville residents toward a $7,198 target.
Actress Jeanini Crain’s ex-husband Paul Brinkman, 37, faces a misde rivator assault and battery complaint following a Christmas Day fight during trials for her affections. Millionaire Homer H. Rhodes, 45, was involved. Rhodes plans marriage to Crain, which she rejects. The case highlights personal disputes amid media attention. There are about 220,300 miles of railway lines in the United States.
A truck driver waived a preliminary hearing to face a charge of manslaughter in the death of Harold J. Jotsted of Selinsgrove. Jotsted posted $1,000 bond. George J. Brady, a former Akron oil champion and WWII veteran, had been freed on $1,300 bail after a fatal December 17 incident. Coroner Dr. Pillenger said Brady died from a gunshot wound. Jorstad reportedly admitted fighting Brady before the younger man was found outside a How High cafe. Brady had recently been at the Farm Veterans Administration hospital near Pittsburgh and reportedly left without authorization. A radio operator who flew 65 missions on a bomber was also noted. Grand jury timing is several weeks away.
The Senate GOP caucus shows division over secretary chief clerk selection with Diehm Lancaster favored for the $6,200 post while Lelater is backed by Taylor forces for the $9,909 yearly role. Gearfield notes, Geltz opposed by Bloom and Malone, and Flaherty, Allegheny GOP chair, backs Malone. Both Senate and House remain under GOP control, but internal tensions persist.
New York celebrates New Year’s Eve in Times Square with confetti, the time ball, and crowds that will swell as 1957 arrives. The city offers indoor and outdoor festivities, theatre, films, restaurants, and special services, with many venues hosting broadcasts and performances.
Mary Ammings, 26, of Pittsburgh, was fatally struck after stepping from a dividing island on Absecond Boulevard into a car’s path. The driver, Nia PE Robert M Asch, 22, of Twister, Pa, was on leave en route from Devens, Mass., to The Presidio, San Francisco.
Former President Herbert Hoover will attend the January 21 inauguration in Washington, while former President Harry S Truman declines. Sen Bridges, chair of the Congressional Inaugural Committee, announced the plans noting Hoover’s attendance and Truman’s absence. Marian Anderson and Brian Sullivan will perform, with Anderson singing the Star Spangled Banner and Sullivan singing America.
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