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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
5
A fragmented listing outlines eight named activities at a local house venue. Details reference a former site and community groups, with mentions of NM and Machians. The text is partial but indicates organized events over the week and council or group involvement.
The engagement of Miss Patricia Ann Dietrich of Mill Village and Charles J. Munn Jr. is announced by their parents. Dietrich, a 1986 Fort LeBoeuf graduate, works at Erie County Plastics. Munn, a 1964 Corry Area graduate, is a Grove City College sophomore. Wedding date not announced.
Miss Carol Lucie and Miss Sherrill Foradora join four rivals as Sno Ball candidates. The Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary hosts the semi formal event at the Corry Motor Lodge from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. with Allan Hasbrouck and The Goldentones providing music. Proceeds fund hospital equipment aiding the community. tickets are $3 per couple, available from members or at the door.
Society notes list William A. Peiffer Jr and Luann Peiffer visiting family in North Center Street for Christmas. Lori Lindstrom and Gaylord Anthony visit Akron relatives. Paul Mountain returns from Marine duty to join family. Community party planned at Columbus Community Building while David Chelootz enjoys 10 day leave from Fort Hood. Bill Bachofner visiting mother Clara Bachofner at West Park Place before returning to San Diego.
DETROIT AP The Detroit Post Office faces a backlog of misaddressed and unaddressed parcels with Christmas gifts missing or delayed. Supt C R Slongo says careless packing and lost outside addresses cause the failures while 10 extra staff and a detective effort seek clues to deliver or return about 60 percent of misaddressed packages.
Miss Linda Ricketts is credited as the best saleslady in a Rainbow Girls campaign raising funds for the Order of the Rainbow for Girls. She sold over 100 candy boxes to support the nurses scholarship and Eastern Star homes. Recognition was given at a Rainbow Girls meeting in the Masonic Building. Sylvia Schneider is worthy advisor and Mrs. Richard Schneider is mother advisor.
The Mistletoe Hop sponsored by the Civil Air Patrol Mothers Auxiliary is set for this evening at the State Armory on East Washington Street. The Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary meeting scheduled for tonight is postponed to January 9 at 4 p.m. in the hospital nurses dining room. Mrs. Nellie Kirch urges attendance. A pie making tip is shared: cutting dough into strips to lattice a top. Johnson at LBJ Ranch spends a quiet day with limited news from Austin. no major announcements expected before New Year.
New York AP reports in October 147,554 Pennsylvanians participated in the Agriculture Department food stamp program. They spent 1,821,474 in coupons and earned 450,097 in bonus coupons. The count rose by 455 from September, with 35,909 participants not on public assistance. Nationally, 1,200,525 people were in food stamp areas.
About 18 hours after a Christmas truce, U S troops repelled a Communist assault at Landing Zone Bird in the Crow’s Foot valley, 280 miles northeast of Saigon. Cavalry artillery and infantry, including Lt. Michael C. Livergood and Capt. Leonard L. Shlenker, battled an estimated 600 attackers, firing point blank as the perimeter held against the assault.
Delta Air Lines DC jet with 128 aboard landed safely on a foam covered runway after circling nearly two hours due to a landing gear light malfunction. Pilot Capt. Jack McMahan guided the plane from Detroit to Tampa via Atlanta, with no injuries reported among passengers or seven crew. Three NYU cross country sophomores from Barbados named Bertrand Catwell Len Harewood and Edrie Jordan are on the team.
American troops held a bare hilltop against over a hundred attackers as North Vietnamese forces launched from the northeast and south. Helicopter gunships strafed enemy flanks, with artillery firing 200 rounds and several hundred enemy troops reportedly deployed south of the perimeter. Forty five enemy bodies were found near the howitzer positions after the main fight ended at 2 15 a.m.
A reader asks for floor care tips for a new home. Heloise recommends daily dusting with a dust mop or vacuum, light use of air freshener on the dust mop, careful waxing, immediate spill cleanup, and avoiding mixing waxes. Also warns against reusing leftover wax and returning used wax to its original container.
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