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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference nautical or urban terms with unclear meaning. The readable bits indicate a partial note about a first and second item tied to a larger topic, but concrete facts, names, dates, places, or actions are missing.
The Kiwanis Club holiday party at the Hotel Corry featured officer installations Monday evening. Frank Norman of Erie presided as district lieutenant governor over Humphert Earle as president, William Miller as first vice president, T E Bolmer as second vice president, Richard Dittmian as secretary and treasurer, and Harry Hicks as director while Jorney Douglas Rozelle introduced Rev Gilliland who delivered a Christmas sermon.
The St John s Day banquet at the YMCA featured Robert E Deyoe as key speaker and H Kenyon Leishman delivering the invocation. New officers were introduced by Harry Hickle, with details on jewels, family ties, and lodge trustees and representatives across Corry and Columbus chapters and grand lodge. MERLIN Turkey floods trigger missing persons fears as waters menace Mersin Adana and Tarsus in the Cukurova region.
Society notes detail departures to Louisville for Clyde Evelyn Johnston and family, plus guests at the Smith home. John Hayward will sing at Columbus Community Congregational Church, with Rev. Hershberger assisting. A high school dance, Christmas christening of Joshua Grobholz, and Sno Ball plans dominate a busy week. hospital auxiliary, weddings, and local visits fill the rest of the column.
Miss Pam Swart, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Swart of R D 2 Corry, a 1965 Corry Area High School graduate, works at Ajax Iron Works division and is sponsored by Hotel Corry for the Sno Ball Queen title. The event ends with a 9 20 pm to 1 am dance at Moose Lodge to benefit Corry Memorial Hospital. admission is 3 per couple.
Davenport detectives traced a suspect named Williams after a car matching a getaway vehicle from Des Moines YMCA was found abandoned. Officials say Williams asked for a dollar to pay a $3.60 cab fare and had been living at a Des Moines YMCA since October. Police linked clothing recovered at a rest area near Grinnell, and Des Moines records show a prior mental hospitalization. Williams previously served as assistant minister and organist at Maple Street Baptist Church in Des Moines.
After a Christmas truce, a large Viet Cong haul disrupted by daybreak Thursday is noted as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces resume offensives at dawn. Light contact reported, with 133 enemy incidents during the truce period and 47 deemed significant due to casualties. Officers say the lull was influenced by the truce, though full impact remains undetermined. A separate report notes a fatal hit by a car near Reading, Pennsylvania.
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