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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
5
A fragmentary military note describes Viet Navy activity and attacks attributed to the Army in a southeastern theater. The text mentions defensive actions, concentrations of forces, and ongoing engagements with unclear specifics.
Paula and Paulette Varish, granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller of 876 East South street, Erie, graduated with honors from Technical Memorial High School. Paula majored in cosmetology and passed her state board exams. Paulette earned a Cleveland Institute of Art scholarship, studied with Joseph Pla veau, won the Card-Catlin Award of $850, and was selected senior prom queen.
Violet C. Batey of 156 Wright Street and Dale Gerald Lutz of 419 East Pleasant Street married at St. Pauls Lutheran Church April 29. Officiant Dr. Elmer A. Ortner. organist Mrs. John Rossbacher. Guests from Meadville Blackville Jamestown. They will live at 156 Wright Street.
A Thursday Elks Club dinner party celebrated two new members George Smith and Buddy Sprague and their wives. They will be initiated that evening with district deputy Mr Carrig, leading knight Mr Gibson, and committee coordinator Mr Needham pictured.
A bridal shower for Miss Mary Helene Collier, fiancé Charles Haenel, followed by an upcoming July 1 wedding at Maxwell Air Force Base chapel in Montgomery. Attendees included family members and friends across the Collier and Haenel families, with pink and white decor and congratulatory gifts.
Harry P. Snyder a former Associated Press staffer died Friday from hepatitis in Washington. He was 57. He had worked for the AP during his career and was known for his years of service in journalism. The death was reported by family officials.
A collage of practical advice from Heloise readers on camping and household chores. Egg storage in jars for easy scrambling, nylon netting to keep bait on hooks, ironing pockets by stuffing with tissue, initials and dates on patchwork quilts, regluing stamps, organizing kids items, and repurposing a sink cutout as a cutting board.
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne received the Goodman School of Drama first honorary doctorates in Chicago. The Lunts, long time Broadway luminaries, appeared on stage to accept the honors and then returned to their farm home in retirement. Lunt, 72, and Fontanne, 78, have spent about four decades shaping American theater.
Local notices detail visitors to Corry including Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shamp of Houston en route to Mercersburg for their son Christopher's graduation, plus Cassett and Cummings families visiting from New Jersey and Ohio. Meantime a Mead Park museum tour precedes a Corry Area Historical Society meeting, and local graduates at Boston University note four generations present at commencement.
Chautauqua Repertory Theatre unveils its 93rd season with three performances of Never Too Late by Sumner A. Long and a special amphitheater production of Twelfth Night. Other shows include The Amorous Flea, You Never Can Tell, You Can’t Take It With You, Our Town, and Absence of a Cello with returns by Cleveland Play House company actors.
The Murray family in St. Louis recalls Abraham Lincoln as Charlotte, age 10, misses a bus and walks seven miles to school saying Lincoln did the same daily. The remark frames a lighthearted look at perseverance and punctuality in schooling.
Lady Bird Johnson visited Philadelphia’s Society Hill area touring a renovated district once tied to the U S Capitol. She helped dedicate a new garden, received a beautification medal, and donated a historic White House sapling to a demonstration garden in a low income area while 15 000 spectators watched under light rain. The first lady and Lynda Johnson later head to New York for a Democratic fund raising dinner.
Japanese police search for eighty thousand dollars that vanished en route from the Bank of Tokyo Laos unit to its Tokyo headquarters. The cash, packed in a cloth wrapped carton, was held two days in Bangkok customs before transfer to a Japan Airlines flight. When opened at the bank, the bundle contained an iron plate.
Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of the president, appeared at Rosecroft Raceway near Washington on a Friday night. She was accompanied by about 12 people including Secret Service agents and her fiancé Patrick Nugent.
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