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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1963
Page
5
A partial OCR fragment mentions a felt hat linked to Tex boyd in a local scene. Details are unclear, but the line suggests a quirky local note or anecdote involving a named individual and a distinctive hat.
A fragmentary item references Alice High in a terse sports or class report. Readable details are limited, but the brief notes an event involving Alice High. No clear date, place, or outcome is discernible from the excerpt.
Miss Leanna Roden celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a smorgasbord and slumber party at her West Smith Street home hosted by Mr. and Mrs James Roden. Attending from Corry were Jo Anne Black of North East and friends Bonnie Proctor Sue Puckey Ruth Ann Lord Rose Mary Whaley Marlene Chase Patty Guth Sherry White Susan Castor Jo Ann Craker. The event featured pink and white decorations a birthday cake and lighted candles with Prince Matchabelli favors. Guests later attended a basketball game and the Hilli dance at Columbus Hall then woke to breakfast and planned an YMCA dance that evening.
James and Michael Rouen of 222 West Smith street visit the Roden home with Miss Joanne Black. Edward W. Peldt of 84 West Smith street leaves for a Florida vacation. Carl Gincott Jr. and family from Columbus visit Tarpon Springs for two weeks with Charles Wright. F W Turben and family travel to Miami Beach for the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting, visiting Charles Henry in Longwood and Charles Wright in Tarpon Springs.
Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston said he is willing to go to Cuba to intercede for 24 Americans imprisoned there if invited by Fidel Castro. He expects Castro to hear of his interest and would contact him if needed. He would also aid Richard Fecteau of Lynn, jailed 20 years in Red China after capture in the Korean War.
The January calendar lists events from January 12 to January 18 including Sparta Grange meeting on Friday, Columbus Grange dinner and Future Farmers of America program on Monday, and several church and club activities through the week such as the Woman's Society meeting, WCTU, Dorcas Class, Jonathan Lodge, Women's Relief Corps, Spencer Ladies Aid, Columbus Community Church meeting, and Concord Community Club with reminders to bring tureen items and baked goods.
Kennedy dropped backdating to January 1 1963 as a possibility for a tax cut. Administration aides cited no final decision on details but indicated a July date and a plan for rate reductions to be partly offset by higher taxes. Kath leen Clifford Tritch, known as Kathleen Clifford in vaudeville and silent films, died after a long illness in Los Angeles. She acted in 17 films starting in 1918 and later wrote books and plays. The source also notes a person who claimed to have raised a million dollars to aid Cuban invasion prisoners.
Corry library reports a larger share of users are children and announces new children’s books. Among titles are Aircraft of World War One, Air Force Academy, Civil War Weapons by C. B. Colby, John Gunther’s Meet Soviet Russia books, Danger, Icebergs Ahead, Navy Style, and Gan Denia Pride of the Palio. New releases summarized. monthly lists available.
The Erie Philharmonic Orchestra will present a two night concerto program at Technical Memorial High School in Erie featuring violinist Giorgio Clompi, cellist Christine Walewska, and dancer Stata Sublette. The program includes Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Tchaikowsky variations, and Rozsa dance pieces. Tickets are sold at the Baldwin building office with reserved seating and discounts for season subscribers. Keppel Tiffany of East Smith Street is a Philharmonic member.
The Tri-County Methodist Men's group will hold its regular meeting at the Union City church on Tuesday evening. Members come from Corry area, Union City, Clymer, Sugar Grove, Lottsville, Spartansburg and Wattsburg. The session starts at 8 p.m.
Mercer county State Police arrested two men and seven juveniles yesterday in a string of eight month burglaries and larcenies. Edward White Jr. and Edward Cogley Jr. pled guilty to larceny and burglary charges and were committed to Mercer County Jail. juveniles face petitions in Juvenile Court. The thefts targeted auto accessories from gas stations and used car lots, with two transistor radios also stolen from Bekley’s TV Sales and Service.
Two of five inmates who escaped from the Trumbull County jail remain at large after they tunneled through the concrete floor of the bullpen. Deputies moved 20 prisoners to other jails as investigators traced the escape route and identified two fugitives as Bryan Clutter and Fred Wilson, both arrested after a taxi driver reported nonpayment. Kerry Bryant was captured while hitchhiking near East Fairfield, while Leslie Merrill and Edward Vesey, both of Niles, remained free.
Los Angeles Christmas Week tale follows Rev. Craig Hunter an Assembly of God minister trying to call his sister in Altoona Pennsylvania but overhearing a breaking marriage on a long distance line He advises reconciliation telling a Pittsburgh steel executive husband and his Huntington Pa wife with three children to rebuild their union after the call that reached him.
A brief notice invites families to subscribe to The Journal, promising daily updates, local news, and engaging sections for readers at home. The message highlights convenient delivery and ongoing coverage crafted to inform and entertain.
The Erie County Crippled Children's Society expands to provide dental care for handicapped children. A special surgical room at St. Vincent's Hospital houses needed anesthetics and instruments for difficult procedures. Supported by the United Fund and the Easter Seal Campaign, the center treated over 800 children last year and plans further expansion.
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