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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1960
Page
5
A partial OCR fragment describes a college matter involving named individuals and orders. It mentions a 320 plus release, fines, a house, and a front issue near a Yule Road area. Details are garbled but indicate conditional approval and a period of restraint or probation.
Town topics report the engagement of Myrthe Marie Stahlberg to Terrance Lee Wigy, with both families listed and the couple described as a future bride and groom. The bride is a 1956 Corry Area High School graduate and a student at Edinboro State College, while the groom is identified as a son of Donald Hemi. No wedding date has been set.
A couple from area concurrent in Sparta and Portage married at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The ceremony featured Rev John M. Prine and organist Coppel Titine with attendees from Portage, Sparta, Ashville, and nearby areas. Bride Nelda Rosato, a Sparta resident, wore lace over taffeta with a veil, and groom William Arthur Rossiter hailed from Panama New York with family ties to Felrotin Pennsylvania. The reception followed with guests listed from local towns and colleges including Clarion State College.
The Corry community organized a Sno-Ball event with committee members coordinating decorations, tabling, and a sleigh display. Guests including Mr and Mrs George Hageen and others assisted in planning coronation ceremonies and gift presentations. A Christmas Day celebration was anticipated with a queen parade and ticket sales ongoing. births and family notices also accompany this year’s event.
Employees of Sea's Drugs hosted a holiday gathering at the Kul Pleasant street home of Mr and Mrs George Andrus honoring former employee Miss Bea nice Bensink and her fiancé Wall a Lofus of Scranton. About 26 attendees enjoyed a social evening with sloppy joes hashed rice a decorated shower wake and coffee. Out of town guests included Miss Grepehen Coblentz of Erie and Mr and Mrs Larry Parmientigr of Nortly East.
Mrs Lois Sickler hosted a Christmas dinner at her son-in-law and daughter Bernard and wife in Spring Creek. Attending were James Sickler and daughter Martha, Kenneth Whaley from Warren Pa, Robert Damon and daughter Rebecca from Columbus, Clayton Damon, Raymond Sinn of Waco Texas. The event included a social afternoon of visiting. An unrelated line notes about 12 percent of the U.S. workforce is in agriculture.
NORFOLK VA AP General of the Army Douglas MacArthur accepted an invitation to Norfolk to establish a memorial for his papers and war mementos. The city aims to dedicate within nine months to four years and plans to spend about half a billion dollars to renovate the 11 year old courthouse. MacArthur asked to be buried there, possibly within a memorial rotunda with a statue and 126 battle flags, reflecting his deep ties to the port city through his mother’s birth, growth, and marriage there.
Joseph Gorman also known as Joseph Riley and Robert Ryan was jailed in Allegheny County on a new charge after defrauding a Greensburg hotel of 660 dollars. He appeared before Magistrate Cullen Rechts in Clairton for soliciting without a permit at a charity benefit show, and was sentenced to nine days in jail in lieu of a hundred dollar fine.
Fred Knorr, 47, radio executive and pit owner of the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club, died yesterday in Fort Lauderdale after burns from a fall into a stub of scalding water. He had been hospitalized since December 9.
A feature on a beauty contest shows candidate photos that cannot convey full charm. Voters, including hospital volunteers, weigh the finalists named Lorie Malay and others as ambiguity and humor mix in the pageant context.
John Eisenhower will attend the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania starting August 17 as part of a group of 12 officers. He has served as military assistant at the White House and will take on duties before the course begins. The Eisenhower family resides in Gettysburg near their farm.
In Chautauqua County during the holiday week several crashes left multiple injuries. Victims include Miss Mantyi Jane Raplacibaki 18 of Dunkirk with head and facial wounds and knee injuries, Rober Phelps 19 of Dunkirk with facial and knee injuries, and Audrey Wisky 1 of Dunkirk among others. Route 60 in Hanover and Route 5 in Westfield reported collisions with varying injuries. Hospital care was provided at WCA and another patient remained under observation at a local facility.
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