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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1951
Page
6
Reports from Warren County describe a severe wind and rain storm that tore through Chandlers Valley by Wednesday night. The wind uprooted a barn, toppled trees into homes, causing extensive damage though no injuries were reported. Estimated losses reach into thousands of dollars.
At First Methodist Church worship hour at 11 four, Vacation Bible School pupils present the annual children’s program. Enrollment reached 148 with 28 adult workers aiding. The program features songs such as Good Morning and God’s Word, a dramatization The Baby Moses, a scripture verse, I Will Trust, and Noah’s Ark with Sailing.
General Assembly returns for a protracted budget battle as lawmakers weigh revenue from existing taxes and potential spending cuts. Administration leaders resist indefinite recess and push to finish work, while opposition balks at new taxes and highlights projects at stake.
A prayer service at Bracken Keating Funeral Home at 9 then a solemn requiem high mass for John T. Dempsey of the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle. Rev. Jerome O Hara and deacons led, with burial in the family church cemetery and out of town relatives attending from several cities.
University of Michigan coed Mary Ellin McCrady and three others map a three month river journey from Pittsburgh area to New Orleans. The group plans to build a raft in New Kensington and travel the Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi rivers to study human relations. Participants include Millon Borden of New Bedford, Geraldine Garcia of Boston, and Donald A. Brown of Detroit. The raft construction begins next week with completion expected early July.
Miss Joan McWilliams 19 was bound over for the September term of common pleas court after juvenile hearing before Judge Allison D Wade. She is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of O Curtis Kiefer 69 of Star Route Tionesta. Kiefer was killed instantly when struck by a car driven by the defendant as he was loading groceries from his car parked off the highway near Huntee Station 24 miles south of here.
Conewango Valley June 22 an eight year old boy Paul Swanson remained in fair condition at WCA Hospital after a gasoline can exploded injuring him and two others Stanley Dickerson age 4 and Robert Fricker 17. Dickerson suffered burns to back and hands while Fricker had burns on left arm. The trio were nearby as Dickerson and Fricker placed Faseline call into a car in the garage and the can flashed.
Students of the Vacation Bible School at Nazrene Church will present a program Sunday morning at 10 o clock. The two week session ends this weekend with songs and memory work. Participants include Carolyn Turben Ruth Merriman Paula Chirienzia Artur Dingfelder and others.
A Sunday School program lists memory work and choruses including There were Twelve Disciples The Wise Man Wide Wide As the Ocean I Will Plot Thee Just a Closer Way With Thee and For God So Loved the World Remarks by the superintendent and notes of two songs It Is No Secret and You Can be offered by the choir and junior class segments featuring Joyce and Linda Smith Marlene He wets Robert Hebers Mary Ann Dingfelder and Howard Moore involved in vocal selections.
Roy Drowns Greensburg pa. June 22 Lawrence Kieht a tour fell into a lily pond and drowned before his mother could pull him from the small pool yesterday.
The readable fragments mention a spring event and a college setting, with unclear names and details. The text is too garbled to extract a coherent person, place, or date.
Fragmentary text mentions chasing races and a likely signing with Red Bird Dews at each time, suggesting a sports or event update. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to confirm specifics.
Fragmentary notes indicate a Ramblir unit or individual at Jamestown involving the Elks club, with a first half reference and unclear context. Further readable details are not available to establish a complete event, outcome, or participants.
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