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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1960
Page
3
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A year end roundup note lists December 939 items including 4 dinner at Hotel Corty for fifty Raymond Manufacturing employees, 4-H Club Christmas party at Greyhound Post House, December 22 Weber school program, and many engagements, betrothals, parties, and notices from December 23 to January 8 across Corry and Erie area social columns.
Twelfth Night traditionally ends Christmas observances on Epiphany January 6. The feast recalls the Wise Men visiting Jesus and has long featured plays, processions, and revelry. Across Europe children await gifts, with customs varying by country, from Befana in Italy to special pastries in France and Switzerland.
Clarence Manuel, 43, was stabbed to death during a family quarrel in his North Side home. Police report Odell Manuel, 38, his wife, is held on a murder charge.
YMCA secretary Gerald Lane says a free informal record hop for all city and area youths runs from six to eleven o clock tonight at the YMCA. The event encourages young people to enjoy music without admission charges.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur R Renske announce the engagement of their daughter Suzanne to Larry W Rhebergen son of Mr and Mrs William Rhebergen of Clymer The bride elect is a 1958 graduate of Clymer Central School and a sophomore at State University College of Education Fre donia Her fiancé a 1957 graduate of Clymer Central is employed by Penn York Mills of Clymer Nodgte has been set for the wedding.
Mr ari Mrx Ralph Chirlou loam and daughter Christine from Fifth Avenue arrived home after a Warren visit where Mr Ghinlourio had been a patient at the Warren Hospital Mrs Chiricuda and her daughter stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Sentise Margaret Spencer returned New Year’s Eve to St Louis after visiting her Mead avenue parents John Seastead of Delray Beach Fla came for a visit with Athol and Raymond on Maple Avenue Mr and Mrs John Halfast and children Timmi and Terri visited William Halfast’s home West Church Street John Halfast has completed four years in the U S Air Force and returned with his family from Brentwater Air Force Base near Ipswich England where he was stationed for 18 months Mrs Mary Reyda of Mead avenue and Miss Margaret Spencer of St Louis were in Philadelphia visiting their brother Robert Spencer a patient at Temple University Hospital
Khrushchev’s disarmament proposal gains Western backing in principle though critics call it too vague on verification. WM notes insistence on a workable control and inspection system. The Soviet stance favors reductions first, while the US and Britain draft measures for the Geneva committee, aiming for equal numbers among Communist nations.
Gov Lawrence signed a littering bill raising the maximum penalty on Pennsylvania highways from 25 to 100 dollars and setting a 50 dollar minimum per violation. The act also bans dumping trash adjacent to highways and directs the Department of Highways to repair and maintain trash receptacles along state roads.
Police estimate about 1000 dollars in damage after 18 metal window frames and other items were hurled at two story model homes in an integrated Chicago area development. The vandalism marks a second incident in a month amid white community resistance to the plan to build 51 homes with 10 to 12 sold to Negroes.
Mrs Sanden of Jamestown, a member of the national china painting group, offers classes in Erie, Jamestown and Carry. She says no talent or experience is needed, only patience and willingness to work, and notes there are few qualified teachers locally.
Art and craft classes held at the YMCA in two sessions every Wednesday from 9 to 12 morning and 1 to 4 afternoon with possible evening classes if interest grows. Recess over. restart January 6. Observers welcome. Work includes cups, saucers, plates, and jewelry mainly Bavarian and Japanese china plus local makes. Initial fee covers instruction. supplies available from Mrs. Sanden. Firing by Mrs. Worth Hammond and Mrs. Nichols. questions welcome.
AP review notes a smaller Hollywood year with fewer, stronger titles. Highlights include The Diary of Anne Frank and Ben Hur with craft excesses, The Nun's Story a moving triumph, Room at the Top a sharp British look at life, and Some Like It Hot a pure comic win. Strong male leads include Laurence Harvey, Charlton Heston, and Frederic March.
The freighter valued at about 300000 dollars without cargo is lost after grounding off Mapor Island Indonesia on New Year’s Eve. The salvage tug Griper reached the scene as the ship broke apart. A lifeboat with eight crewmen reached the tug, eight rescued by the tug were named, and a second boat carried 18 more passengers but could not reach the Griper. Two British minesweepers and planes searched the area, and a plane dropped supplies to seven marooned crew. The ten others' identities were listed including Gerald W. Tucker of Portland and John C. Hunt of Seattle.
The world welcomed 1950 with parades, fireworks, and church services as cities from Paris to Moscow rang in the new year. In the United States, Pasadena hosted the Tournament of Roses parade grand marshal Vice President Nixon, with 320,000 fans at major bowls. Nightlife thrived as Times Square closed blocks to crowds of over 300,000, while leaders like Eisenhower, Pope Pius XII, and local dignitaries joined widespread celebrations.
Margaret Emerson, 76, a New York socialite whose second husband was Alfred Vanderbilt and who survived the Lusitania disaster as a victim’s relative, died today at Doctors Hospital after a heart attack. she had been taken from her Fifth Avenue home.
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