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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
5
The fragment mentions church Wednesday services from 2 to 5 and a funeral arranged with burial at a cemetery. It references a graveside service sequence and a procession route on John Street. Names and exact locations are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Mrs. Chris Christensen and Mrs. Vellah Bracken hosted a luncheon and bridge for the Women's Association of the Corry Country Club at the Hotel Corry. Winners included Mrs. George Peck, Mrs. Mayme Wood, and Mrs. LaVerne Miller. Future hostesses are Mrs. John Mooney and Mrs. Nellie Dunlap. A rum mage sale by the Women's Christian Temperance Union is set at 214 West Washington Street with white elephant donations invited. The White Chapeau Ball by La Societe 40 Hommes et 8 Chevux will be at Rainbow Gardens Erie on February 3 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Vic Savelli stars. Also notes on a greaseless pot roast tip and a Charlotte Bronte quote. A white elephant auction is planned for the Catholic Daughters of America at the VFW Post home with Mrs. James Costello as program chair and other officers listed.
A Navy handling incident at Mayport Florida damaged a nuclear surface-to-air missile casing on January 19 1964. The Air Force stated no accident involving nuclear weapons has ever caused an explosion. The report notes continued safety measures and no derailment of operations.
Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Hall and his wife Margaret were feted at a buffet at the Hagger home in R. D. 3. Hall arrives from Chu Lai Vietnam after a year with the 128th Aviation Battalion Americal Division and will soon report to Fort Eustis Virginia. Guests included Hall family members and friends, with Er ie area attendees.
Tickets for The Music Man at the Erie Playhouse go on sale February 2 on a first come basis. The Broadway hit stars Donald Babcock as Harold Hill and will run eight performances from February 2 to February 11 with some shows already sold out. Box office hours are 10 to 6, phone 889 7008, and student tickets offer a $1 discount.
Ford's Theater in Washington reopens with dramatic presentations after a National Park Service restoration costing 2.7 million dollars. The site honors Abraham Lincoln who was shot there on April 14, 1865 and now features a new museum in the basement and restored room where he died across the street. The reopened venue seats 1700, with a gleaming white and gold interior and red carpets.
Kasperak battles post operative complications from a liver and lung disease with internal bleeding requiring multiple emergency operations. Meanwhile the Ink Spots performed three full houses at the Corry Motor Lodge, delivering classic hits like If I Didn t Care and Paper Doll to a thrilled audience while the group sustains its long touring career anchored by Doc Pittman who remains the sole original member.
North Vietnamese attacked three Marine hill positions near Khe Sanh Huong Hoa and Lang Vei special forces camp sustaining mortar and rocket fire. Outposts remained intact and airfield runway damage did not stop C130 landings. Camp Carroll casualties unreported. Meanwhile a Pittsburgh child, Steven Lee, 4, died after a 12 foot fall and suffocation under frozen earth.
Conway announced Merle E. Nosker of Warren will run for representative in the Warren Forest counties district in the April 2 primary. Nosker, a Warren native, is a former Warren High School graduate and Edinboro State College science degree holder who taught social studies at Eisenhower High School for eight years and has been active in the Democratic Party.
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