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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1969
Page
4
Local line ad notes 32c per line and noon cutoff. Item list includes Orton's Farm Market fresh peaches tomatoes sweet corn home grown canta loupe and blue berries. Special for Wednesday evening at the Hotel Corry offers baked ham for $150 with stray garbled text remaining.
Funeral services for Mrs. Whitehead were held at Bracken Funeral Home at 11 a.m. with Rev. Walter Illiland presiding. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included Merle Capwell William Croft Delbert Lundquist H Lynn Rice Peter Swansorr and Hubert Vaughn. Attending from away were Rev and Mrs RR Whitehead Diane and Steven Whitehead Philip Whitehead Lt Col Wilbur Whitehead and others from East Providence Woodland Park Buffalo Elba Byron Riverside East Cleveland and Eastlake. A delegation from the Brokenstraw chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution attended the rites.
The passage laments an ending and recalls the moon mission with reverent lines about the Eagle landing. It threads nostalgia, triumph, and farewell, invoking the Sea of Tranquillity, a soaring image, and a lasting memory of a historic flight.
Friday nights feature Al Cox and his Triesters from 9 to 12 with $1 admission. Saturday evenings host East Winds from 8:30 to 11:30 with 50 cent admission at Hemlock Lakes Park. Deer Head Inn notes a Thursday service and H and H Cleaners announce a July 28 to August closure for vacation with limited services.
The News Today Report notes emergency call limitations with a nonemergency contact number. It lists admissions this week including Mrs. Lowell Fargo of Columbus, Mrs. Jennie Gravink of Clymer, Dennis Britton age 16 of West Pleasant Street, Ernest Wright of South Center Street, Howard Morris of Wayne Street, and several residents in rural delivery areas. Additional names include Mrs. Nellie Querreveld and Gunnar Bourwall with care details pending.
Three die and six injured in a six vehicle Route 28 crash near Harwich Massachusetts. The Rev Charles A Sullivan 66 of St Marys College North East Pa died at the scene. Other victims include Mark F Gilmartin 70 Providence R L and Florence Killiam 93 Bridgewater who died at Cape Cod Hospital. The car carried two nuns Sister Mary Baptist and Sister Maureen Joyce from St Rita’s Convent Cumberland R I plus other listed residents.
An Erie man identified as 29 year old William P Pearson died in his cell at Erie police headquarters. Police say death likely natural, autopsy pending results to be released Tuesday. Coroner Chester Miller noted the body was found after 3 pm when an officer tried to read warrants.
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