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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
5
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Concord School held its annual Market Day from 11 am to 3 pm with the PTA serving refreshments. Featured moments included a cake walk won by Linda Consolo and Mrs Merle Ottaway busy at the pick-a-pocket booth, as photographed with several community members including Betsy Ross and Mrs David Andrus.
Reds opened fire with artillery rockets and mortars along the demilitarized zone eastern sector with over 300 rounds. most landed on Con Thien. U.S. bombers pressed the Haiphong raid following their Ha Noi strike, nearing the center of Hai Phong for the first time in about two months.
Five marksmen fired on the Twin Cities Army ammunition plant grounds in Arden Hills, killing about 190 deer during the weekend as the hunt began to clear the 2,500-acre site of a hazard to trucks. About 350 to 400 deer had roamed the area. A save the deer committee, with the State Conservation Department, had attempted tranquilizing and relocating the animals, but only 27 were captured and at least a dozen died afterward.
Visitors at Mir home include Mr and Mrs Edwin Durfee of Meadville and Mrs Bertha Stockton a patient at Corry Memorial Hospital. Edinboro faculty member Ralph Berlin and his wife visit Durfee family. Lutheran leaders host Montessori program at YMCA. Crawford County Farmers to hold ham dinner March 5 with Erhard Pfingsten as featured speaker. Church council meets at Columbus Community Congregational Church. Birthday wishes go to Mrs Vingil Endsley. Behold a ship to Ceylon voyage on February 29. Birthday events and club notices follow with social gatherings and a note on a local art figure Clara Elsene Peck. Man of the Year awards dinner at Erie Jewish Temple features Dr Gertrude Barber. Donald Nantes travels to Detroit for Carhartt sales meeting. Praline substitute tip and a William Rose Benet quote conclude.
Quiet Acres Nursing home at Spring Creek hosted a birthday tribute for Mrs Lotte Stowell of Pittsfield as she observed her 88th birthday. Her son and daughter in law attended the event along with other family members and friends.
Sparta Grange met Saturday evening in Sparta Grange Hall with John Campbell presiding. Gordon Fralick gave a legislative report. Members were reminded of the Crawford County Pomona Grange meeting on March 6 withLinesville Grange as guests. Dorothy Chelton lectured with readings on George Washington. Refreshments followed. Next session set for March pth.
A stork shower for Mrs. Allen Long of Marion street took place yesterday in the Colonial Room. Hostesses included Mrs. James Fenno and others, with games and multiple prize awards for numerous guests. Thirty-five attendees joined from Buffalo Jamestown Wattsburg Union City Centerville Erie Corry and nearby areas.
A son was born yesterday afternoon at St Vincent's Hospital in Erie to former Corry Ettes, Mr and Mrs Charles V Graham of Erie. Mrs Graham is the former Maxene Oberman.
A city ordinance in El Paso would bar opposite sex massage sessions, require licenses for all parlors, and allow police to revoke licenses for violations. Operators and supporters voice concerns about access and livelihoods as the measure faces debate during a period of local social events.
Paul Guiteras, 44, lay in a canyon for three days with a broken leg before two Los Angeles County firemen found him during a routine patrol. He was rescued and listed in good condition at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after exposure treatment. The incident followed a Thursday fall while climbing Duarte.
Three others were injured in a head on collision between two cars on U S three miles east of here yesterday. Victims include Philip D McConnell, 55, of Indiana and his wife Myrtle 53. Their daughter Katherine 16 survived. Police did not release full details of the other injured or the second vehicle’s occupants.
Five youths from Centerville and nearby areas were sentenced in Crawford County Court for assault and battery and related charges stemming from beating and robbing two hitchhikers on Route 8 between Titusville and Centerville. Edward Allen received probation after a $10 fine. Robert Burt Jr. faced $50 fine and restitution. Francis Archer $50 fine with restitution and 18 months probation. Edward Rankin $50 fine with restitution. Robert Parker $100 fine with restitution. The victims Larry Uplinger, 18, and Robert Wilt, 24, were dropped from the car near Union City after the August incident, and the suspects were arrested by State Police at Corry.
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