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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1961
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Algeria and strategic context with unclear dates and entities. The readable parts offer minimal concrete facts or events to summarize reliably. No clear people or organizations are identifiable from the legible words.
A prisoner identified as Arch evsky escaped briefly during a patrol incident at the jail. Authorities recaptured the inmate quickly and opened an investigation into security lapses at the facility.
Thirty members of the Kile tun Guild of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church held their Twelfth Night party at Rev Willian Selterons Maple avenue home. A turkey tureen dinner was served by hostesses Mrs Seitz Miss Jean Miller and Mrs Reno Courasse. The next meeting is planned at the church croft with Mrs Paul Orner and Mrs Crawford Saller hosting. An engagement announcement between Miss Janet Rae Muckinhaupt and Anthony Joseph Amoroso was made by their parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Muckinhaupt and Mr and Mrs Joseph Amoroso.
Mr and Mrs Alton White announce the engagement of their daughter Ardith Marie to Louis Dean Dubrosky son of Mr and Mrs Peter Dubrosky of 245 Marlon Street Corry Ardith a Clymer Central School graduate employed in the Corry Jamestown payroll department Louis a Corry Area High School graduate works at Corry Jamestown No wedding date set.
Engagement of Miss Carol Lee Johnson and Claude Floyd Hoffman Jr announced by the bride elects mother Mrs Iya Johnson of 117 Sixth avenue Both are of Corry Pa Miss Johnson attended Corry Area High School Hoffman is son of Mr and Mrs Claude Hoffman Sr of 234 West Washington street He has attended Corry Schools and worked at Ajax Tron Works No wedding date has been set.
Jonathon Lodge members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows plan a family night dinner for all Odd Fellows Rebekahs and their guests at 6:30 PM in the IOOF Hall on Wednesday January 1st. The event honors Thomas Whitley founder of Odd Fellowship in North America. The lodge also invites members to travel to Union City next Tuesday January 10th to witness the Initiatory degree conferment.
Calendar items for The Journal of Hoe list events for the upcoming week. Hospital Auxiliary installation dinner 6:30 p m in Garden Room VFW Post. Emmanuel Episcopal parish meeting and tureen dinner 6:30 p m. Navy Mothers Club at Corry Grange Hall 7:30 p m. Methodist WLCS Heritage Ten honoring past presidents 4 p m with old fashioned dress. Rachel Circle and Calvin Circle meetings with listed hosts. Tuesday features Geneva Circle Yam Presbyterian and afternoon bridge at YMCA plus Covenant and Golden Links meetings.
A sequence of local group events lists PTA and guest speaker Dr. B. H. Harmon at Dean School on Wednesday January 11 at 8 p.m. Others include Corry Bridge Association at VFW Post, EUB Esther Circle with Mrs. Carrier and Deborah with Mrs. Matson, EUB Men at church, Harbor Hall Ladies Aid with Mr. and Mrs. Lindstrom at 1 p.m. followed by officers’ election, Emmanuel Guild at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church annual congregational meeting and tureen dinner at 6:30 p.m., Lutheran Church annual congregational meeting and dinner, Catholic Daughters of America at K. of C. Hall at 8 p.m. and Wheelock Community Aid with Mrs. Williams.
May Jane O'Hare receives the DAR award chosen by CAS seniors and faculty for scholarship leadership and dependability. A campus assembly featured Army Navy and a new female recruit. Vernon Hitch earns Keystone degree at Harrisburg Farm Show. FFA juniors finish last year's projects. Northwest District Chorus to meet February 24 in Meadville with host Paul Mc Candles and Clea Sharon Rhodes and others representing the school. commencement speaker Ray F Monsalvatge Dr will give How Can A Runner-up Become A Champion. Graduation cards ordered and announcements soon. Corrians 1961 deadline Monday January 9. Candy sale funds yearbook photo and book covers with quotes.
Archbishop Alexei led the Orthodox Christmas midnight Mass in Moscow Cathedral as crowds gathered amid gold and white adornment. The service drew mainly older, mostly married women, with many having married before the 1917 revolution when the church was diminished. Other Moscow and regional churches held similar midnight services across the Soviet Union despite past repression.
The EUB Amici Bible Class meets Friday January 13 at 8 p.m. with Mr and Mrs George Carn leading the election of officers.
The aged archbishop in gold robes presides as 2,000 workers and peasants fill the cathedral, signaling the shift from czarist privilege to a new era under Communist rule where enamel cups replace crystal for holy water.
Canadian statisticians report 1960 saw fewer marriages than any year since 1940 with 7 marriages per 1000 people. The Soviet Union stood at 12.3 per 1000, the highest in the world.
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit in Federal District Court in Buffalo New York seeking to end a claimed monopoly in the 24 million color comic supplements printing industry. Defendants include Greater Buffalo Press King Features Newspaper Enterprise Association International Color Printing Southwest Color Printing and Dixie Color Printing. The suit accuses the firms of bid suppression and collusion to monopolize about 80 percent of the market.
Two New York State Police officers arrived to question Peter John Cerkowski 43 about a 19 year old killing of a Mrs Curtis in Mechanicsville New York and a string of fires in New Castle Pennsylvania He admitted strangling her and setting the home afire while sticking to the tale under polygraph testing authorities say there is enough truth to warrant a full investigation.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Bracken Funeral Home for Mrs Ida Schuyler with Rev. Paul P. Bayer officiating. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attending were relatives and friends from local area and nearby towns including Russell McLean, Miss Bessie McLean, Mrs Blanche Cox, and others.
Four-person flight from Merriman and Gordon Nebraska suffered crashes in heavy fog near Hendersonville and Jackson Center Mercer County. Lee Buckles and Freeman Peterson injured. damage estimated at 34500 dollars. Two other pilots landed safely at Ohio airports after losing radio contact.
A westbound 50 car Erie Freight train struck a Meadvill e truck on Main Street in Cambridge Springs near Church Street. John Maletta 34 of Meadville sustained non life threatening injuries and was later admitted to Spencer Hospital with possible injuries to the left arm and ribs. The truck laden with pretzels and potato chips was demolished and the crossing box and signals were damaged. Police cited possible sun blindness or failure to see the train. another witness blamed a nearby switch engine and flashing lights. Tennis note follows.
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