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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1956
Page
4
Corry Journal discusses long holiday weekends and potential five-day patterns across states modeled after Canada. It notes George Washington Abraham Lincoln Memorial Memorial and Columbus Days proposals, plus a tax dilemma for 1958 with Congress weighing cuts for the "little fellow" and possible shifts in revenue, led by Speaker Rayburn amid a partisan budget battle.
WOTR radio log outlines a daily AM schedule beginning with sign on at 7 45. News and sports follow at 8 00 with devotionals by Rev. Glenn E Klamm on Wednesday and Thursday and a feature Mr Dee Jay at 8 15. News at 8 00 and a periodical Ringo program airs Monday through Friday at 11 00 with Dick Winans in Mayseed Hop at 4 15 and World and Local News at 4 45. Troquois Sport Final at 5 00 is listed with S 15 Sien OFF.
Twenty years ago on January 20 the Corry council would decide whether changes in police and fire departments would be confirmed or denied as the new municipal administration took office. Also January 13 marked the Week of Prayer opening with Rev. J Ray Hurdis preaching at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Patrolman Ross Mead was relieved from duty due to sudden stomach illness and later moved to his Wright Street home where his condition was improving.
Paul Downey and other young men in the city have circulated a petition to recruit members for the Corry Camp of the United Sportsmen of America. City Engineer N R Dickson is drafting remodeling plans for rooms in the former city post office building. Recent days feature the season’s best skating at Columbus with locals enjoying the sport.
The United Brethren Church held a Wednesday evening spiritual retreat for Sunday School officers and church officials. A filmstrip was shown. Various residents visited and returned from holidays, with multiple family connections and birthday greetings noted. A pastor’s Instruction class for youth is planned each Saturday morning with rides provided. A youth banquet is scheduled at North Clymer EUB Church next Friday with Rev. Doug Carl as speaker.
Clarm Savage Al Hedille longtime editor of Parents' Magazine since its founding in 1926 and former Woman's Page editor of the New York Evening Post in 1914 and 191? died yesterday.
The Social Security Administration will hold part time office hours in Gerry each Monday in January from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bernard A. Farnbaugh, Erie District Manager, explains the law lets retirees work part time or seasonally while still receiving all or part of their retirement income. Key points: earn $1,200 or less in the year keeps all 12 monthly checks. earn over $1,200 reduces benefits by one month for each $80 over 1,200, but months with earnings under $80 or without substantial self employment still qualify for benefits. Keep careful monthly records and contact the Corry part-time office or Erie office at the G. Daniel Baldwin Building for details.
A quiz on national and world facts tests knowledge of Congress sessions, Nashua horse price, Clare Boothe Luce career, Farm Bureau stance on price supports, Negro population trends, track and fore signals, and a 1958 presidential candidate who was a newspaper publisher, with Virginia rail miles noted.
A proposed Columbus dam site faces legal and land-use hurdles as residents, the Fish Commission, and Forests and Waters weigh a multi-use recreation area. Officials seek to honor prior promises while negotiating land access, easements, and possible takeover of operation by Forests and Waters.
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