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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1963
Page
5
The Journal calendar lists multiple church and civic meetings from Friday February 11 to Saturday February 16 with times, places and participation notes. Activities include EUB and Methodist services, PTA gatherings, Founders Day program, Father-Son banquets, IOOF and Rebekah events, community aid, and youth fellowships.
The Corry Area Golden Age Club plans a Valentine event at the YMCA on Tuesday. A tureen dinner will be served at 12 30 p m followed by an afternoon party. Members are asked to bring a tureen and table service. Sterling Wees will speak on The Life of Lincoln. Rev. Robert Casler will serve as chaplain.
Antonio Matos, 39, a Cuban Embassy official in Madrid, declared he would rather be a dead democrat than a live Communist and said he left the embassy February 5 after two years handling finances. He has applied for a U88 visa to join the fight against international communism. He is one of five remaining Cuban officials in Madrid as several others have defected recently.
Queen Elizabeth II received a shy welcome from Bay of Plenty residents as racing dinghies escorted the royal barge Britannia across the inner harbor to the town wharf. Fifteen thousand children gathered at the park cheered as the queen and Prince Philip rode in an open car.
Miss Pold daughter of Mrs Linda Pold of 104 Park Street is a candidate for Queen of the Sweetheart Ball to be staged February 16 at the Moose Club ballroom. A senior at Corry Area High School she co captains the Drill Team and serves in the Mixed Chorus and Tri-Hi-Y. She plans a nursing career and attends a school of nursing in Erie. Her hobbies include ice skating dancing tennis and bowling.
Mrs Wallace hosted the Friendly Circle and prieway circle of the Cutting Sunday School on Thursday evening at her home. Eleven members attended after a brief business session. Mrs Harold Thompson received a farewell shower with aprons towels and a money purse. Prizes went to Mrs Merton Bemis and Mrs Thompson. Refreshments included fruit salad hot rolls cupcakes and coffee. The March meeting will be at Mrs Max Bemis with assistance from Mrs Merton Bemis and Mrs Ronald Willey.
George Dolenz, 55, once a waiter who started in film by playing waiters, died of a heart attack on the roof of the Marauis Restaurant on the Sunset Strip where he ran the business. He collapsed yesterday after going up to inspect the roof of the popular Hollywood celebrity hangout.
Mr and Mrs Robert Tripp and daughter Faith return to their home in Tucson Arkansas after a 10 day stay in College Park Georgia with Mrs Tripp s sister and family Mr and Mrs George Bud Kinley Jr Kinley and family formerly resided in Corry East Main street was their prior home during the trip news notes family travel and family ties in the community
Elks Club hosted Past Exalted Rulers Night with about 150 members and guests. James Carrig served as exalted ruler. a large class of candidates was initiated. Named past rulers included J Donald Watson, Dr Joseph Bellz, Charles Craker, Guy Abbey, and others. Guy Abbey received Elks National Foundation membership. Jerome F Needham chaired arrangements.
Announcement from Miss Mabelle Patton of Union City notes the engagement of Miss Mary Ann Bawal to Dennis L. McCabe son of Mrs. George Kreide and John T. McCabe of Erle. Miss Bawal a 1859 Union City High School graduate works at Zem Zem Hospital in Erie. Her fiancé a 1958 Erie graduate and Gannon College attendee is an apprentice at General Electric. A late summer wedding is planned.
Katanga president Moise Tshombe landed in Paris stating the sole purpose of his European trip is medical care. He traveled from Salisbury Southern Rhodesia and complained of an eye ailment saying he cannot see 50 yards. He later said he might proceed to Switzerland for a stomach disorder treatment.
A daughter was born last evening at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr Paul Paver and Mrs Paver of 138 Mead Avenue.
In Ashland Ohio an Erie-Lackawanna freight derailment derailed 13 cars and wrecked a nearby depot. A tank car carrying pentane ruptured, the express office roof collapsed, a parked car was driven into the baggage room, and residents near the scene were evacuated as a precaution. Pearl Harper an express clerk described fleeing the collapsing building as the cars struck. Fire Chief Robert Thompson said the depot was torn down following the damage.
In Moscow Pravda denounces the French German treaty as a grave threat to peace. It warns the Communist bloc would need to strengthen defenses as the French government is accused of trampling the pledge to uproot German militarism and Nazism.
Corry Public Library announces acquisition of Fell's Teenage Guide to Gol by Mary Gillette Brown. The book highlights etiquette, club use, and sportsmanship, with photos of Corry youths in inter club matches. Mary Brown, a notable local golfer, started one of the country’s early junior golf programs. The library offers reduced price copies to participants and invites inquiries.
Los Angeles Superior Court ordered June Allyson to receive $4 000 monthly as a family allowance for six months or until final inventory of the Powell estate is completed. Executor A Morgan Mareer requested the order citing Allyson’s lack of funds. The estate is valued around $2.5 million, all to the widow and Powell’s four children.
A continuing arctic air mass covers the northern Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley with snow and low temperatures. Cloudiness spans the Pacific Northwest. heavy rain hits northern California. Snow accumulations reach up to three inches from central Missouri across Southern Illinois into the Ohio Valley.
Broadcast grid lists numerous programs from Roy Rogers Farm Seminar wrestling to Wide World of Sports and news. Includes sports, dramas, comedies, cartoons and specials across Saturday Sunday Monday and beyond with guests, hosts, and typical station lineups.
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