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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1964
Page
7
The readable fragments reference a speech dinner and political figures amid scattered names and locations. Mentions include press, senators, a chamber, and a city or county context, but specifics are obscured by garbled text.
Lyle Watrous leads a local Rod and Gun Club effort trapping rabbits near Carry and in Rad and Gun territory to curb garden damage. Payoffs total a dollar per rabbit with state and local contributions. later the club adds bonuses for each box trapped within five miles and promotes fox control. The group also raises ringnecks at Art Knapp’s farm with Game Commission support, releasing birds after 12 weeks.
Meadville routs Corry 67 24 at halftime and pulls away behind Tim Vaetor and Dale Boyd to hand Corry a fifth straight league loss. John Bliley leads Beavers with 14 points, Clay Larson adds four aces, and Meadville improves to 5 0 in section two as Corry struggles with a late 30 point third period surge.
Meadville defeated Corry 27 26 at Meadville as the Bulldogs won six straight bouts to seize control late. Bruce Taylor Bob Higley Leo Higley and Bob Culbertson were Beaver winners, with three Corry falls, while Meadvilles coach blamed himself for the upset loss and the Beavers season record fell to 5 5. Next meet looms for the Reavers.
Meadville 80 Corry 37 Warren 74 Titusville 65 Oil City 67 Franklin 43 Spartansburg not scheduled McDowell 73 Erie East 72 Erie Strong Vincent 88 Erie Academy 64 Mercer 76 Cochranton 65 Erie Tech 66 Erie Prep 56 Hickory 59 Greenville 41 Rocky Grove 64 Cranberry 56 Waltsburg 70 Fairview 54 Lawrence Park 80 General McLane 65 North East 97 Union City 57 Girard 53 Northwestern 50 Wesleyville 82 Fort LeBoeuf Clymer 39 Forestville 38 Lakeview 64 Grove City 42 West Forest 95 Tidioute 80 St Marys 72 Sheffield 59 Cambridge Springs 71 Harborcreek 68 Sharpsville Rd Conneaut Valley 52 Oneal Lake 95 Pymatuning 41 Sherman 64 Chautauqua 57 Jamestown 81 Fredonia 34 Farrell 59 Beaver Falls 49 West Middlesex 61 Commodore Perry 47 Uniontown 64 Monessen 56
At Franklin yesterday afternoon Franklin High outpaced Corry Junior High 46-33. The Little Beavers led 6-0 after eight minutes but trailed 20-15 at halftime and never regained the lead, getting outscored 26-18 in the second half. Gary Blynt led Corry with seven points, while George Pain, Pete McLaughlin, George Wurm, Carmen Piccirilly, Nick Downey and Jack Hammond contributed for the visitors. Henderson hit 13 and Law 11 for Franklin.
A 21 year old rookie tackle for the Detroit team died unexpectedly in a Detroit hospital. The player, Reeburg Groolet, weighed about 29 percent pounds at the time of admission and had entered the hospital a few days earlier for medical evaluation.
In a wrestling meet, Bruce Taylor and Bob Higley led for their teams, with Maurice Drake and Mike Jayencks posting wins. Bob Culbertson pinned Bob Straw, Cliff Clark and others earned pins, and Dale Gates was awarded a forfeit as refereed by Corky Lattimer.
The Red and Gun Club B rifle team lost by 10 points to Lawrence Park on the local range last night. Final score 1370 to 1360. Art Ireland led locals with 275, while visitor Zello topped the night with 277. Corry squad members included Grena Rose Hue sings Maynard Ker stetter. Lawrence Park top scorers were W Hinkler Sheldon Smith Knowles and J Zello. Top five scores listed for both teams.
In Huntsville, Sparkman High School shot 100 percent from the field but fell to New Hope 10 to 5 in the Madison County semifinal as Sparkman slowed the pace with long droughts while New Hope hit 75 percent of its attempts. The cause of death for an autopsy was pending.
Arizona State, once 26-2 last season, now drop nine of 16 as Tony Corkvenik’s departure and floor errors sting. Tulane stays winless. UCLA runs its win streak to 16 as Donnie Kessinger nets 38 and Walt Hazzard 21. Oregon State beats Seattle 85-79 with Mel Counts scoring 31.
Cincinnati Rockets star Oscar Robertson scored 35 points to spark a 118-106 victory over the Baltimore Bullets, snapping Baltimore’s six game winning streak. Wayne Embry added 20 as Cincinnati seized control in the third quarter.
The Franklin return engagement at Franklin Tuesday night opened with a 28 27 win for Corry in the first bout. Joe Richardson and Bob Raupach earned quick pins to win the jayvee prelim 17 14. Eight matches followed with Corry listed first: Dirk Simmoansen lost to Brad Cowell, Mike Kowalski lost to Dale Barner, Dick Skales defeated John Monaco, Larry Darnoall fell to Dave Johnston, Troy Eshelman outpointed Jim Glover, John Rennells pinned by Rick Gray in the third period, Richardson pinned Clint Chess in the same period, and Raupach pinned Bob Lesher in the second period.
Lidia Skoblikova, a 24 year old Russian skater, dominates the ninth Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. She already holds multiple golds including the 1,500 meters and 500 meters, while Finland's Kaija Mustonen took bronze in the 1,500. Finnish jumper Veikko Kankkonen won Finland's first Olympic 70-meter jump gold, edging Norway’s Torbjørn Engan for silver and Norway's Torgeir Brandtzaeg for bronze. Britain opened strong in two-man bobsled with Nash and Dixon posting 2:10.84, as Italian pairs trailed.
Night Owls sections show a crowded scoreboard with teams Night Owls Night Crawlers Jumpin Jacks Night Hawks Alley Cats Hill Billies Grinders Pin Busters. Top scorers include Jaquith 205 Lylemn 205 Terry Labo 204 and Dave Brooks 200 in a rough summary of the season.
Beckwith led the archery night with 4 1279 including Nandicap while Pat posted 1189 and Lehman's Seminoles held first place in the mixed league after the opening night with seven points Bennett's Black Feet were second with five and Grice's Apaches and Ritz Benigades tied at four. CUBS SIGN ANOTHER CHICAGO The Chicago Cubs signed catcher Merritt Ranen and rookie outfielder Billy Ott and pitcher Dick Scalt raising the contract total to 31 of 37 players. Sjoukje Dijkstra led the women's figure skating after five compulsory figures with 9.5 ordinals and 1113.2 points. Regine Heitzer and Burka trailed, while Americans remained in the top 10. The competition wraps with free skating Sunday.
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