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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1960
Page
3
A partial OCR fragment references the phrase hearing on a education reform issue and mentions a president or premier figure. Details are unclear but indicate a political or legal context with a focus on reform actions.
Society notes suggest crafting a bright felt card table cover for a snowbound weekend. The hospital auxiliary and Beta Sigma Phi plan events, with card clubs meeting, while instructions detail measurements, felt cutting, applique, corner pockets, and topstitching to fit a 30 inch square table.
Mrs. Stanley Matek of West Smith Street hosted the St Elizabeth Church Guild meeting. Plans were made for a St Patrick's Day card party and style show to be held Thursday evening March 17 at the Moose home. Leed's and Mrs Charles Armstrong assist. other details to come.
Clymer Sunday School class at Abbe Reform Church met at teacher Edith Holthouse’s home. Officers elected: Marlea Ton president, Kathy Miersma secretary, Diane Holthouse treasurer, Dawn VanderSchsaf assistant secretary and treasurer. Members present included Jane Kolstee Cheryl Legters and Vander Schaaf Holthouse Milersma and Ton.
The Business and Professional Women will meet Monday evening in the rooms on Park Street. A tureen dinner will be served at 6 30 PM and a good attendance is urged as the district director will be present. The Girls of the Month for January and December will be honored along with their mothers.
Grange No. 9d postponed due to weather. Originally set for January 18, the meeting was moved to January 20 for GLF dinner preparations, and now rescheduled for Tuesday January 26 at 8 p.m. in the Grange Hall on Park Street. Indes and Grange serving. those not solicited earlier asked to bring sandwiches.
The report details ongoing investigation into airliner bombings tied to a suspect named Spears. It notes dates and locations including Dallas January seven and a Phoenix motel arrest, plus found blasting caps and dynamite. Senator Monroney defends a suicide bombing theory and calls for full chemical analysis on the explosive used.
A year after her death, the Bea Stewart Sewing Circle honors founder Mrs. Bea Stewart by continuing charitable work begun in 1941. The group, open to all, sews quilts, garments, and items for families, veterans, and hospitals, distributing through Red Cross, Salvation Army, and local schools, with leadership by Mrs. W. E. Phillips and a dedicated committee.
Constable Joseph Kolakowski finally arrested George Parmenter after 15 months, tracing him through a long chase from the United States to Germany and back. Parmenter, sought on motor code violations, fled in Kolakowski’s car, later serving in Germany and returning last October before his capture. He will be arraigned on motor code violations and possible additional charges after a meeting with District Attorney Herbert J. Johnson.
Dennis Smith, 16, a Paso Robles High School basketball player, died in Fresno after a practice scrimmage injury. He was hit in the head by a basketball kicked by another player and underwent emergency surgery.
Members of the group including Mrs Tyene Mountain Mrs Earle Hasbrouck Mrs Gussie Sherman Mrs B L Simmons Mrs Mary Jewell Mrs James Cogan Mrs Emily McElroy Mrs Merle Huntley Miss Bertha Schreus Mrs W L Marsh Mrs Geone Gordon Mrs Becky Ober Mrs Winnie Pierce and Mrs Russell Briggs were praised for their work. They thanked donors who supplied cloth blankets and other materials and those who contributed financially to purchases for their charitable efforts.
The Erie County Holstein Club will meet Wednesday at 7 45 PM in Waterford Episcopal Church. Ernest Marsh, club president, outlines the program including welcoming a 4 H Club member who is awarded the first registered Holstein calf. William Nichol, new state association secretary fieldman, will discuss developments. A film will be shown. Directors include Hammond Corry, Curtis Union City, Marsh Waterford, Vogt Erie, Phillips North East, Chesley North East, Robinson Wattsburg, Flynn Edinbor, Holdson West Springfield, Freeman West Springfield.
The village of DH Tour in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with 611 residents seeks a physician. Mayor Maurice Ainsworth guarantees a yearly salary between 214,000 and 18,000, covering the cost of calls to the nearest doctor in Salt Ste. Marie, about 60 miles distant.
USVILLE The Trimville Board of Health resigned its five members after mass quitting over salary cuts. City Council will be officially informed at the February 16 meeting. The council earlier read a 1960 salary amendment cutting wages for four health department employees, with the sanitation officer position to be eliminated.
Flealtt's appointments arise to quiz. The council met after the regular session to discuss the salary ordinance. Provisions were revealed at the meeting, showing the board post will stay but with a 15 percent pay cut. If the five resignations are accepted, four appointees may lose their posts unless a new health board is formed and retains them.
Fire gutted the three room Fairview Public Elementary School building near Mount Pleasant in Westmoreland County yesterday. Students had been sent home early for a special meeting. overheated stove cited as possible cause. No damage estimate available.
Chief Joseph Big Best, 74, a Cree Indian whose profile modeled the Pontiac emblem, died Thursday night in Indianapolis. A Montana native, he appeared in vaudeville and silent films during his career.
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