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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1959
Page
5
Miss Phyllis Mason daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Mason of Starbrick will marry Phillip Mulligan son of Mr and Mrs Charles Mulligan of R D 2 Corry in an open church wedding at 7 30 pm Saturday at the First Lutheran Church in Warren.
Gene Alan Rogers, honored at home on R D 4, celebrated with about 20 guests. Family and friends including Mrs. Walter Rogers and sister in law Mrs. Sheridan Cobb joined in games, gifts, and decorations as Pink roses and Mickey Mouse motifs filled the room.
Corry Jamestown Corp. employees and women enjoyed swimming boating softball and badminton at the Hillstrom summer home on Chautauqua Lake. Assisted by the Hillstrom and Williams families a smorgasbord was served at five o'clock to close the affair.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Amoroso of Mead Avenue celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary with a party at their home last evening. Immediate family attended. The evening included visiting, cake, and ice cream. The Amorosos were married July 8 1950 at St Pauls Catholic Church Evie officiated by Rev Louis Marino.
The Whipple reunion gathered at Mead Park Hillside Pavilion with a 1 pm tureen dinner for 44 members and guests. Officers elected were Willard Wilson of Falconer president Miss Phyllis Wilson of Corry secretary and Mrs Walter Rogers of Corry treasurer.
Corryite celebrates the 93rd birthday of a local resident today. A noon dinner honored the birthday guest for family and friends with Mrs Everett Beeman and Mr and Mrs Henry Luce of North East in attendance for the affair.
A daughter, Robin Fayette, was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Church of Madison, Wisconsin. Age Church is a former Corry resident, and Merton Church of Park Place is the paternal grandfather. A son, born yesterday, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Belding of Wattsburg at Union City Stem Memorial Hospital.
Members of the Elgin Beaverdam Hose Company Ladies Auxiliary met at the fire hall for their monthly session led by president Mrs Archie Bishop. They announced a July 23 East Erie County Ladies Auxiliary meeting at 6 30 pm at Mill Village Fire Hall and urged attendance by July 21. The group discussed purchasing kitchen equipment including a coffee pot and promoted the upcoming chicken barbecue on Saturday from noon to 9 pm at the fire hall with tickets available from area firefighters and auxiliary members. The menu features chicken mashed potatoes salad pie coffee tea and milk and the public is invited. The next meeting is set for Monday August 3.
A community open house at the Clymer Conservation Club marked Lookenhouse’s 90th birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Heymy Cady of Albert Lea Minnesota and relatives from Erie North East Ripley and Westfield. Messages of birthday greetings came from Wilford Cady of Dennis Cole. The event featured Lookenhouse’s children Mr and Mrs Clifford Lookenhouse.
London peer Altrincham, editor of the National and English Review, says the United States should join the Commonwealth after noting how Americans reacted to the Queen in Chicago. He argues a democratic English-speaking union requires the United States and comments the American Revolution is long past.
Pittsburgh leaders face opposition from the Polish community as Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov set to arrive for a two day visit. The Pittsburgh Central Council of Polish Organizations adopted a resolution denouncing any city welcome as tacit approval of the Soviet Union and its intolerance of democracy. Councilman Frederick G. Weir to officially represent the city in welcoming Kozlov.
In London Princess Margaret and her Lady in Waiting Iris Peake wore nearly identical turquoise outfits at a fabric designs exhibit. The coincidence drew fashion world gossip as they arrived together after Margaret’s Belfast ship launch and could not change in time.
Mrs. Mary Merritt, 80, was fatally struck by an automobile yesterday while crossing a Syracuse street intersection. The incident remains under investigation by local police.
The record notes the Lonkenhouse family of Jamestown, headed by Mr and Mrs Donald Lonkenhouse, as part of a local society listing.
Long, 1d year old governor Earl K. Long, facing mental and physical decline, reportedly failing fast after a mild heart failure on July 1. Doctors hovered as relatives arrived, while a dentist fitted new teeth and officials debated his condition. In another incident, Phillip Kindler, 49, died when his car rolled into Millstone River in Manville New Jersey.
The State Highways Department awarded contracts totaling $824,228 for nine highway improvement projects in several counties. Jefferson Coal and Construction Co. of Canonsburg received a 0.86 mile segment northeast of Midland with bridge work, while WL Dustin Construction Co. of Cochranton and New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. of New Enterprise secured other bridge and road projects including Indiana Route 110.
Andrew Dever, 73, continues blacksmithing in Dewitt County since 1904 despite losing one leg to diabetes and the other to cancer. He survived a stroke in 1996 and relies on humor and faith to fuel daily work with help from his wife Golde and daughter Ethel.
Wil Geore Hunt, 26, Negro, was convicted yesterday of peeping at the legs of women drivers. Hustings Court Judge W. Moscor Huntley ordered a 3301 road behavior bond and upheld an earlier police court conviction. Patrolman Blaylock testified Hunt and James Blake pecked at women on a hot day last month as they drove into a parking garage, aiming to catch a breeze.
Six Japanese vessels entered Pearl Harbor yesterday for a goodwill training voyage. The force included two destroyers and four frigates, arranged to show friendly naval ties during the exercise.
New York AP reports a Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture showing a model apartment with rural American touches from 25 years ago. The tiny Pullman kitchen, retro walnut furniture, pink plastics, and a two person bed evoke a dated yet deliberately staged living space.
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration proposed to set long term bonds at near 444 percent interest, the highest in 38 years, as the House Ways and Means Committee backs a compromise plan. Short term rates jump about half a percent yet the overall impact alarms critics worried about rising costs for borrowers.
Buenos Aires AP reports Argentina marked independence day amid praise for freedom after years under Peronist rule. Frondizi's government faces labor unrest, inflation, and military criticism as it seeks economic stabilisation and reforms.
The Damascus daily Wahda reports Iraqi police captured 40 Communist suspects in a raid on Tal Atar village near the Syrian border, three miles from Damascus.
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