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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1958
Page
4
The Corry Journal lists staff roles including publisher George B Sample general manager William Chirjen aig advertising manager John McLaughlin pressroom foreman G T Bergman production manager. It notes Associated Press exclusive local news use and AP dispatches with pricing of subscriptions and mail rates for various periods and delivery options.
A Yale president and historian A Whitney Griswold warns in a graduation address that the nation faces isolation and insecurity due to self deception and disillusionment abroad. He condemns pious cant about Sputniks and South American visits, urging honest self‑examination and vigilance in a dangerous era. Secretary Dulles sees grounds for hope, while Eisenhower urges leveraging intellectual power as the cold war’s defining weapon.
Fifteen of twenty seven living past exalted rulers attended last evening's Flag Day ceremony at the Corry Elks Lodge on North Center Street. The group stood in two rows with J Fred Kinley and others in back, while Olin Bracken er Anthony Litz Harold Cragg Charles Keating Donald Nantes William Roehrig and J Donald Watson posed in front. Absent were Walter Peake Harrison Keppel Maxwell Hoenes Wesley Pearce Charles Craker Arthur Scheppner Faul Stroup Everett Phillips Cynford Chase Alexander Boag James Carrig Jerome Needham and William Johnson. In other notes a late item linked to Americas founding figure James Madison. The Erie Morning News may suspend publication on June 28.
An irate homeowner debates disposing lawn weeds while Corry area schools discuss pay, renovations, and organ funds. Reports note student scholarships, local police patrols, alumni events, and parking concerns. Local residents attend college commencements and celebrate community figures and upcoming refinery service stations.
The Cobbs Corners Church announces a new daily Bible school starting Tuesday with Adele Bob and Aunt Vi Portway from Toronto conducting the Sun shine Hour. They will teach new chorus groups show stories of slides and scenograph pieces that glow in the dark. Services run from 9 30 to 11 30 each morning with public invited.
A station wagon collision on Route 22 near Blairs ville, Johnstown area, killed Rudolf Warlaw a 41 year old resident of Homestead. Police investigated the fatal crash at the roadside scene.
Corry's Board of Education permits use of Concord and Washington school grounds for a Kiwanis Club summer playground project with WPA trained leaders. A six foot dial town clock will be erected in the Senior High School tower, donated by Mrs. Martha Smith in memory of her husband, Civil War veteran Jason C. Smith.
Relatives and many boys in the 112th Regiment report letters from France stating the local Company A will likely be sent to the front soon. A Corry Board of Commerce meeting discussed marching to a full war footing. The Nantes estate on East Main Street was sold to C F Nantes of Mahway New York. Ross Mead opens a new barber shop this evening in the former Rockets and Gillen space after remodelling and furnishing.
Raleigh pastor Rev. W. Carlisle Walton Jr named director of television ministry development for the Methodist Church in Nashville. He envisions religious television reaching the unchurched amid about 50 million homes and 42 million TV sets, with plans for a 13 installment series "Talk Back" and existing programs "The Pastor" and "The Way" totaling 8,600 hours nationwide.
The YMCA weekly schedule lists events from Monday to Saturday including a 5 45 p m program themed The Y is for You a 7 p m special party a Tuesday 6 30 p m Victory Dinner Finish the Job Campaign and All Purpose room venue A Jr Leaders Club swim Corr y Camera Club and Boy Scout Committee gatherings Wednesday 7 p m and 8 p m Square Dance Club note that summer schedule begins Monday June 30 with a watch announcement temporary continuation of present schedule until then
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