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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1962
Page
2
Hotel Corry serves a Saturday smorgasbord 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday evenings each week. Sunday dinners run 12 noon to 7 p.m. New Year’s Day dinners also from 12 noon to 7 p.m. 229 WORP OD Sede VFW hosts New Year’s Eve party for couples in the ballroom. Admission two dollars downstairs offers bowling and other activities for non-participants.
At the hospital report as of 7 m today. Admitted: Sheryl Grenz, Edgar Doud, Alfred Morrison, Timothy dsequigh, Haro Anerson, Mrs Chester Czech, Mrs Herbert Edodel and Jeffrey, Dr Columbus, Raymond Berrett, Alice Smock, Miss Mary Rizzo, Walter Dingfelder, Richard Hill, Mrs Reuben Swanson, Thomas Axel, Patrick Bachelmer, Miles, Mrs Edward Hummel, Richard Whitman, Miss Gayle Tillotson. Discharged: numerous listed patients. Also notes a Sparta Hotel New Year’s Eve dance Monday with Slim and His Night Riders, 2129. Line-Ad rates 23c per line. ads accepted till noon publication day.
Brussels reports say heavy fighting continued near Elisabethville between U.N. and Katangan forces through Thursday night. Katanga president Tshombe and U.N. chief Mathu reportedly met to discuss a ceasefire while helicopters were shot down and personnel evacuated from Union Miniere plant areas.
Darcy Raymond Flowers known as Jake Flowers dies in Clearwater Florida at age 60. He played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers during his career. The report notes his death occurred yesterday.
A Moose Club New Year’s party runs from evening to 7 am with dancing from 10 pm to 2 am. Music by Sonny Hayes. Breakfast served at 2 am for $1.00 per plate. Open to members and out of town guests at 3131 Eppo.
Reprint recounts George Washington burial at Mount Vernon on December 14 1799 and public mourning. Immense crowds woodlands mansion and vault with inscriptions Surge and Judgment Gloria Deo and General George Washington Departed. Article notes long ago newspaper copy found in CAHS library via local residents and laments changing values and money.
State Police Commissioner Frank G McCartney warned New Year celebrants not to drink and drive. He said drunken drivers remain the major highway threat during the 102 hour period from 6 p.m. tonight to midnight Tuesday. Troopers will use taximeters for on the spot tests of suspected drunk drivers.
A prayer service for infant Beth Ann Cavalli was held at Bracken Funeral Home at 9:30 a.m. with Rev Cyril Cooper officiating. Burial will follow at St. Thomas Cemetery. Attending from away were Alice and Fred Phillips and Anthony Catalfo of Eric, James Desmond of Jamestown, and Ralph Amoroso and son of Trenton, among others.
The Urban Renewal Administration approves an advance to Pittsburgh for planning the 10 Sacre Oakland Center slum clearance project. A federal grant of 18,296,000 is set aside to cover the estimated planning costs, reflecting the federal role in urban redevelopment and the scale of the Pittsburgh program.
Jamestown council members denounce Mayor William D. Whitehead over a 1963 budget with missing salary items and major expense gaps. Councilman Herby argues the incomplete plan breaches faith and calls for leadership, while threats of walkout surface as the budget debate opens.
Mayor Whitehead acknowledged the salary dispute as taxpayers seek fairness. Don Swanson, City Comptroller, says wage data exists and planned increases under the Jacobs Survey begin January 1. Some requests exceed those hikes and should be resolved by the council.
Gloria Kasset a 17 year old of the Bronx and Lance Cpl Bernard Richardson married December 2 in New York after Gloria wrote to President Kennedy asking for leave to attend their wedding. They spent their honeymoon in New York with Mr and Mrs Bob Hoffman at a Pocono resort hotel before Richardson heads back to Camp LeJeune N C. The request followed his unit being dispatched to Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban crisis.
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