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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1958
Page
5
Officials said investigations continue into a Dauphin County incident involving a motor vehicle and local figures. Representatives from A Gan & Company attended a meeting as part of the inquiry while new substation plans were discussed amid mounting tensions.
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Palm decorations set a bridal tone for a double ring ceremony at Evangelical United Brethren Church Saturday afternoon uniting Miss Betty Joanne Jaquith and A2c William Joseph Molnar. Rev H Ray Harris officiated with organist Miss Helene Harris and soloist Joel Lloyd singing Oh Promise Me Because and The Lords Prayer. The bride, youngest Jaquith daughter, wore a Chantilly lace gown with tulle and a lace cap. her bouquet featured white daisies and a lavender orchid. Attendants wore nylon dotted Swiss in yellow blue and pink. Best man Melvin Bacons and ushers Donald Sperry and Arden Taylor. Guests traveled from multiple states for the ceremony and reception, with a three tiered cake and gift table in the church parlors. The couple will reside in Marietta Georgia after a wedding trip.
Members of Corry Grange No. 55 met in the Grange Hall with John Decker in charge. The next visitation is set for July 10 in Fairview TOOF Hall. Mrs. Powers gave a talk on a Western trip. 27 Grangers attended and will meet again July 24.
Sciota 4-H Club convened a session at a R D 8 residence with 17 members. They scheduled the next gathering for July 28 in Erie at the home extension office kitchen to prepare grilled cheese sandwiches and lemonade. Students made nut butter and banana sandwiches and cinnamon milkshakes under the guidance of Mrs. Hubert Watrons and Miss Carolyn Golitz.
The Richard Lewis family held its annual reunion at Lakeside camp in Mead Park with 62 relatives attending a tureen dinner. Corriebelle Tompkins presided over the business session. Dorothy Lewis reported the death of April Lewis and three newborns in the year: Larry Stephen, Debra June, and Darlene Anne. Lyle Harrington was elected president for the coming year assisted by David Allen.
A son was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs Ronald Danks of RD 4. A son was born early this morning to Mr and Mrs Gordon Earls of Garland at Corry Memorial Hospital.
Beaverdam Agricultural 4-H club met at Wanda King’s home with 22 members. They planned a bake sale for Friday July 41 at Sears in Gerty. Two members, Larry King and Brien Tantel, will attend 4-H camp. Tomatoes and dairy calves are the main projects for Wanda King Marjorie Bangs Larry Kuhns Carolyn Hayes Karen Schweitzer Don Proctor Larry King Tom Edwards Timmy Harrington Donna Adams Carolyn Judy Harrington. Refreshments were served and the group will meet August 4 at Don Proctor’s home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Christensen of Spring Creek hosted a July 4 birthday picnic for him on private grounds. Guests included multiple families from Columbus Lovells Station Grand Valley Dunkirk and Dunkirk area. Activities featured a ball game horseshoes and daytime visiting with refreshments.
Corry Area High School Key Club officers met at President David Simmons home to plan delivering telephone books started this morning and to discuss taking charge of football game programs as a fall project. Officers present included David Gates Sherwood Scott Antony Tucci and William Tunnell.
The Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon at Hotel Corry featured a colored motion picture titled Your Share in Tomorrow about the New York Stock Exchange. Program chairman was AAT isinentrate ry and actuMity, with Thomas Russell operating the projector. Frank Lucie will lead next week’s program.
Mrs. Roger Brown hosted the Martha Circle of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at her West Spring Creek collage home. Six members and guest Mrs. Blanche Hair attended a tureen supper followed by a business session and visiting. Next meeting will be August on Railroad streets with hostess Mrs. K J Durham.
The Spar tanna Elgin and McCray Methodist churches honored Rev Lawrence Meneely and his family at the McCray Community House with a purse of money for the pastor and another to fund Mrs Meneelys trip to Allegheny College summer mission school. A musical program featured Marvin Rubles accordion solo Danny McCray recitation Elaine Winans and Deborah Fish vocal duet Sandra McCray and others, followed by refreshments.
A head on collision on Route 322 near Sandy Lake killed three people and injured four others. Identified victims include Mrs. Lulu Ellis, about 62, of Pittsburgh, and Mr. and Mrs. J T Catlin of Franklin. Also listed in fair condition were Clare Catlin, 30. Ellis’s 62 year old husband. and Thomas Freeze, 70, and James Rattlif, 49, all of Pittsburgh. State Police said the Catlin car crossed into the Ellis vehicle. Rear Admiral Henry D Cooke, 78, former commandant of the U S Naval Academy, died in Roslyn New York from a heart attack. He commanded Atlantic convoys from 1942 to 1945.
A North Korean soldier armed with grenades and a submachine gun attacked a UN military police shelter in the DMZ on July 4. He killed one South Korean soldier, wounded another, and died when his own grenade exploded. The UN Command termed the incident bizarre and disputed North Korean claims of involvement.
About 1800 professional engineers struck Radio Corp of America plants in Lamden New Jersey and nearby Moorestown and Cherry Hill as a four percent salary increase offer and merit based raises were discussed in contract talks with the Association of Professional Engineers and Scientists of America while Federal Mediator John Murray pursued negotiations in Philadelphia.
Two Albuquerque men lost while returning from a fishing trip at Raybilld Lake were found trapped in a rugged canyon in southern Colorado. William Gatver, 38, an auditor for the University of New Mexico, and John Sanders, about 35, were rescued by ground party using ropes after being spotted on a rocky shelf and below crevices. An ambulance was requested as one man appeared seriously injured. Blankets and food had been dropped from a plane to sustain them while rescue efforts continued.
John M. Pirkle, 22, of Cumming Georgia was killed in a collision of two tractor-trailers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Newville. Costello Foxworth, 44, of Philadelphia, was injured and carried to Carlisle Hospital after his truck caught fire, which was later extinguished.
Two British soldiers were shot to death in Famagusta as fresh violence flared in Cyprus. The attack followed rumors of retaliation for the earlier deaths of two Greek Cypriots killed by British troops at Avgorou. Present wage rates were unavailable.
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