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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1959
Page
5
A partial OCR fragment mentions residents and families, charity efforts, and sewer work. No clear names, places, or dates are readable, but implies local community action and infrastructure concerns within a neighborhood context.
Social highlight notes guests from Erie, Meadville, Pittsburgh and beyond visiting Corry. Miss Teresa Clark and John E Moore wed in a double ring ceremony at Corry EUB Church, with a reception in the church social room and plans to reside in R D 3 County.
Miss Penny Katulich six years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Katulich of West Pleasant Street, was honored yesterday afternoon with a surprise birthday party at her home. Ten friends attended. Kenneth Damvolt, Darla Monroe, and Robert Katulich won prizes. Gifts included hats, necklaces and airplanes. Attendees included Gay Nichols Christine Peterson David Tiffany Denise Harvey Darla Monroe Randy Moore Thomas Jackson.
The Men's Club of the First Methodist Church will hold an oyster supper dinner at 6 30 PM tomorrow at the church. Reservations should be phoned to the church office before noon tomorrow. Rev. George Myers will lead the program with slides, as announced by Arden Baldwin, the duty president.
The Spring Creek Township PTA announced a January 19 program cancellation will be rescheduled in spring. The school joins the March of Dimes drive with contributions via students or at Donaldson Store. The drive will run during this period.
A son was born Saturday morning to Mr and Mrs Robert X Williams Jr of Clymer at Corry Memorial Hospital. A daughter was born Saturday evening to Mr and Mrs Robert W Clark of RD also at Corry Memorial Hospital. A son was born early this morning to Mr and Mrs Clifford E Reardon of Mayville at Corty Memorial Hospital. A son was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs Ernest Guignon of Syracuse with maternal grandparents Mrs and Mrs Arnold Johnson of South Center Street and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Gagnon of East Church Street noted.
Mrs. Robert Tunnell and Erie County Motor Club will host Werner Schaefer-Junger, chief tour escort for the American Automobile Association, in Erie to discuss the 65 European escorted tours for 1959. Local residents may contact Mrs. Tunnell at the local office to arrange a conference.
The Tavarez family seeks their 23 day old son Johnny who was abducted Thursday after a hospital visit. A woman identified as Gladys Garcia lured the mother and child to a Bronx address that proved to be a post office, and both vanished. An investigation mobilized eight investigators, hospital staff were questioned, and house to house checks began to locate the child.
Irene R. Bedard 57, business manager of Hibbing Daily Tribune, was killed Saturday in a car-truck crash in Duluth. A past president of the National Federation of Press Women, she was the first woman named to the Northwest Daily Press Association board.
Heavy snowfall covered sections of the state with seven more inches as crews battled slick roads. A man, Paul Wolts, 24, of Oakmont died of a heart attack while shoveling snow near his home in Cheswick, a Pittsburgh suburb. The storm slowed commuting, delayed thousands, and left cars stalled as slick conditions persisted amid near zero to low twenties temperatures and diminishing snowfall.
Flood damage in Meadville estimated at five million with homes flooded and several deaths expected as residents evacuate. Rail service partially resumes as lines reopen and blasting aids clearance. Meadville plant operations to close for two months with 100 workers affected.
Gov Lawrence met with state mediator to discuss possible state action to end the Pittsburgh Glass strike affecting Tarentum area plants. Union and company negotiators held separate talks in Philadelphia while leaders pressed for settlement on incentive plans production standards and seniority, with about 100 workers laid off across five states.
The Stake Department reports a 300000 chmage mishap involving foods exposed to waters in Prantl OW City Sharon and Meadville. Inspectors will examine all affected items and urge cleanup and destruction as needed. Roy Lunphear, 67, Dartmouth College Greek and Latin professor for 30 years, died yesterday in Hanover New Hampshire. he was born in Windsor, Connecticut.
New York AP report shows Bank of America passing the 10 billion dollar deposits milestone with an eight percent year rise. Mellon National rises to 11th as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia houses gain and Detroit area banks slip. California and Pennsylvania institutions lead, with five and two banks respectively on the list.
Crocker Angio National Bank holds 17th position while reporting a 10 percent rise in deposits. Cleveland Trust sits eighteenth, followed by California Bank Los Angeles with a 4 percent gain. First Pennsylvania Philadelphia climbs into the billion dollar class with a 7 percent increase.
Karin Stebnits, a 17 year old described as tall and eyeful, loses employment after townspeople repeatedly comment on her wiggle. Her German-born family plans to relocate to Chedding ton 35 miles away as she seeks new work and tries to move on from the incident. A separate item notes a fatal car crash near Big Run, Pennsylvania, claiming passenger David N. McQuown, 25, of Big Run.
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