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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1959
Page
5
A garbled report mentions a Senate inquiry and various scattered terms such as lanes, action, left, return, executive, Pennsylvania, clubs, inheritance, West, France, and a nine or ten syllable string. The readable facts are minimal and coherence is low.
The Corry Moose Home hosted the first Ajax Corry Federal Credit Union dinner and business meeting. President Robert Watrous led the session at 3 p.m. with reports from Secretary Adam Piccirillo and Treasurer Thomas Lamendola. Officers were elected for terms, and a guest speaker from Ajax Tron Works presented a history of the Ajax Company with color slides.
District 1 governor Kenneth Winter praised the Corry Kiwanis Club for high scoring in district reports and urged continued service. He introduced new members Fred Clark and Dale Webster, awarded past president pins to Rev. William Seitz Jr, and recognized club dignitaries including district governor and Ke Club president. A board meeting followed at Ray Amy’s home. The Corry chapter debated affiliating with the national Kiwanis organization and decided to remain as is for now.
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its regular meeting with 20 members and guests. Mary Flowers, December Girl of the Month, spoke of her music interests and future plans, while January Girl of the Month Phyllis Shannon outlined a goal to become a medical secretary.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Groel of West Washington announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Anya Mat Groel to Robert B Leek son of Mr and Mrs Bryce Leek of R D J Corry The bride elect attended Meadville High School and works at the Esso Hall Restaurant The groom attended Corry Area High School and works at Esso Hall Service Station A late February wedding is planned
Members of the Women of the Moose attended a regional conference in Meadville Albion and Corry. Fourteen Corry chapter members participated including Mrs Charles Henry Mrs Stanley Malek Mrs Dorothy Estes and others. The event concluded with a religious lunch for attendees from Meadville Albion Brie and Corry.
Mrs J Needham entertained at Maple Avenue with cohostess Mrs James Sullivan. Three tables played canasta and bridge with prizes to Mrs Leon Heberlein for canasta and Mrs W Bruce Ellsworth for bridge. fur prizes to Mrs Cleve Morton and Mrs Ollie McClintock. dessert served. Promised tables listed include Mrs Raymond Anderson Miss Ann Baress Mrs F W Dey Miss Ina Austin Mary Higgins and others.
A local event features Dale Webster being welcomed into the CMW while riding a bronc is captured in a photo. Hubert Shepard, former district Governor Ofie Kiwinits, Jav ff Shamons, president of the Corry Key Club, and Willand Mih Wisteiek govern the Key Club are noted in attendance. Winter is ahead with expectations.
A four engine Air Charter Co cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an Adriatic port city while on a Orient to London run. Radio operator Raymond Pawley and mechanic John Hillyer were killed among the six crew members.
Italian Margherita Bettelli 28 who attached a note to a syrup bottle inspiring a transatlantic match found her divorced suitor Francisco Mule 36 on a liner in Caracas. She said she will not marry him, plans to stay in Venezuela, and look for a job while seeking a new life. Mule, a Mexican-divorced tailor, claimed he was free and cited two children in Italy.
President Eisenhower sent best wishes to Douglas MacArthur on his 79th birthday. The message praised continued success health and spirit, read at a Waldorf Astoria stay party with ninety six attendees. MacArthur serves as chairman of the Sperry Trend Corp board.
Dunkirk police review potential union ties amid talks with United Steelworkers and local officials. Officials consider pay scales for patrolmen, with a brokered range cited and debates on union benefits versus strike rights, while council plans its February meeting.
A son was born early this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs John Downey of 160 Johnson Street. The infant’s arrival continues the Downey family line in the community.
The weather map reports clear skies in the eastern half while a wet belt brings rain freezing rain and snow from Kansas and Oklahoma through Missouri and Illinois into the Ohio Valley. Cold air follows the precipitation with significant temperature drops across Texas Ohio Virginia and Pennsylvania. A Pacific Northwest precipitation band persists as flood stages ease along the Ohio River and in eastern states.
Fragmentary weather note mentions Georgia, Florida, and Gulf Coast with cooler air and a daybreak tone. The garbled text lacks clear events, dates, or actions.
Southeastern Pennsylvanians woke to a cold rain instead of two inches of snow, with roads passable but hazardous. Statewide, many schools closed including Philadelphia’s public and parochial schools as crews salted and cleared streets. The rain was expected to end by evening while central and northeastern Pennsylvania saw intermittent snow and western regions reported no precipitation amid flood recovery efforts.
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