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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
2
Erle Millcreek police report two teenage boys picked up after a gunfire incident at a Gore road home. A .22 bullet shattered a window, narrowly missing a mother and three children at the breakfast table. The pellet lodged in the door casing as Mia, George Engesser and the kids sat inside.
Local items report a boy injured by a car in Gyrene Township with police citing darting from a Belinda street corner into traffic. Other notes include tax exemption forms for Pennsylvania sales, the death of Rebecca Sellew, and various city items from Titusville and Erie including court hearings on drunken driving and a bus service suspension awaiting insurance.
Admitted John Roberson R D 1 Clymer Mrs Joseph Varasea 262 West Washington Street Lawrence Eisenman 827 North Center Street Mark Edward 7 son of Mr and Mrs Robert McCray R D 1 Mulilon Sweet Clymer Fred Gustafson of Goodwill Hill Warren County recovering at home after burns from accidentally stepping on hot coals while burning old lines in East Titusville Women of the Moose install officers Tuesday at 8 pm bring a guest Loyal Order of Moose and ladies invited refreshments 2122 Warren The Independence Day program by the Jaycees begins Monday July 6 at 6 20 am with firing bombs at War Memorial Field Beers listed Angelo Frisina proprietor Erie Twelve new directors named to St Vincent s Hospital Board of Incorporators at annual meeting motion to increase board from 60 to 100 members Gift subscription to Corry Evening Journal 5 for Erie Warren Crawford and Chautauqua counties 8 elsewhere Thomas Edward Bonavita died Sunday at Warren General Hospital aged 43
Swimsuit items priced at 1.98 and goggles at 0.39 and 0.79 dollars appear in a Meadville area ad listing. A tractor trailer fire five miles west of here on Route 62 injured no one, driver Harry A. Barrett escaping. an electric storm damaged two barns in Chautauqua County with an estimated 20000 dollar loss. Gordon Bell, 58, of Seaver Center, Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital. he was a World War II veteran formerly employed on the docks at Sonneaut. Warren Borough officials received an American Automobile Association safety plaque for non pedestrian deaths in 1953.
Pittsburgh authorizes fourth arrest of Joseph Kensinger, 24, in the murder of his 12 year old sister Carole. Constable Edward Roenick and private detective Joseph Burns initiated the arrest process. a hearing is set for tomorrow night. Kensinger’s attorney seeks a writ for release pending the hearing. The sister’s body bore 36 stab wounds.
Jett was captured yesterday a short distance from his uncle’s home where he had lived since boyhood. Leonard Blaylock, head of the Indianapolis FBI office, said Jett had been AWOL from Camp Atterbury since January 27 and had reenlisted for a six year Army hitch last October. He had married and planned a service career.
Eleven local Boy Scouts joined 612 participants at the Washington Trail Council encampment held at Camp Sequayat on Lake Erie last weekend. Scoutmaster Newell Beckwith of Troop 80 led the city group. Corry scouts plan a July 3 to 10 summer camp at the Council Camp and invite any eligible scout to join by contacting Mr Beckwith before July 1. A highlight was the annual Summer Sun ceremonial Indian dancing by the Order of the Arrow.
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