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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text mentions people and events with unclear context. It references names such as Helen and Mrs. Ith Bast, and phrases like Father’s evening gathering. The readable portion is too incomplete to identify a coherent event, date, place, or authoritative action.
Darlene and Leon Hough hosted a small gathering for neckers and relatives. Mr and Mrs Teed attended as guests, with cousins present to toast the occasion at the Stover home.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Watson and a person named Shultz in connection with a son and a Tuesday reference. Readable facts are limited. craft an item noting names and the tentative relation without inventing details.
Louis Sears of East South street left last evening for Philadelphia to attend the annual International Convention of Barber Shop Singing Society and witness the three day singing contest this week. Clarence J. Kirch and wife of Wayne street have returned from Chicago and Cincinnati. Their son William Erickson graduated from the Art Institute on the 16th. In Cincinnati they visited Mr and Mrs Santa Leone and family, former Corry residents. Robert L Sears and family of Mobile, Alabama, are spending two weeks with his father here and with his brothers in Warren and Buffalo.
Mrs. R Triscuit and Lori Ann were feted at a post-stork shower hosted by Mrs. Merle Ottaway and Mrs. Stephen Kendrick in East Pleasant street. Pink and white decor, games, prizes to Mrs. Carl Wascak and Mrs. Richard Merkle, with Mrs. Robert Hammond receiving a special prize. Out of town guest Mrs. Robert Black of Erie attended.
Mrs James Stewart of Euclid Street was honored with a dinner party celebrating her 68th birthday. Twenty six attended including children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Out of town guests included Mrs Frances Coan James Coan and Miss Maxine Bates of Youngsville.
Mrs Sorenson led the third lesson in the series on Alcohol what it is and what it does for the Womens Christian Temperance Union at Evangelical United Brethren Church. Mrs Robert Shannon presided in her absence and former member Mrs W J Dirham attended as a guest. Cookies tea and coffee were served. next session set for July 18 at Mrs A Mungee on Turnpike Road.
Keith Henton was featured in a This Is Your Life dram at Columbus Community Church by the Berean Class of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The event included letters from Otterbein College classmates and a Swiss steak dinner for 49 members and guests.
An eight table Mitchell master point game was played last evening at the VFW Post home by Cony Bridge Association members. North South winners were Marion Thompson and Robert Larsen of Jamestown with 100. Felicia Lucia and Robert Stuhlman won 7. Mr. and Mrs. HW Wilcox posted 914. East West winners included Morgen Beverly and John Britt with 1074. Others were Coyle and Lena St Clair at 91 and James MacInnes with Robert Tunner at 83. Next game July 19 at the Post home.
A son was born last evening at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard Calhoun of Spartansburg.
Report from Miss Florence Colegrave secretary of the State Lott School states the annual reunion will be held Saturday at the school grounds with a rain plan in the Grange hall at Spartansburg. Attendees should bring a well-filled picnic basket with beverage and table service. Dr Hurd Succumbs in East St Louis MI. Dr Henry W Hurd aged 62 retired in 1959 and had lived on an island in the Virgin Islands with his wife. He practiced medicine and surgery in East St Louis for 40 years.
In Mercer County Pennsylvania a $40,000 Budd trust to fund an orphanage near Sharon could not be spent as the will required. Directors asked the court to issue a cy pres to redirect funds to Mercer County Children’s Aid Society after investing the remainder in first mortgages. Judge Rodgers took the matter under advisement.
Joseph Plavean, renowned arts instructor at Erle Technical Memorial High School, leads Wednesday art sessions in the Sombrero Room at Ginnie's Cafeteria. He guides students of all ages, including Coljon Crage, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cragg of East Columbus Avenue. Don Wharton coordinates a countywide display as part of Centennial Week from July 8 to 15 in the lobby of the Hate Corry. Artists may register at the hotel on June 30.
AP reports Senate subcommittees and the FCC pummeled television at hearings over what witnesses called sin, sex, and skulls. The uproar is cutting fall publicity from networks as CBS unveils Kideo Village, a child oriented show, and performers discuss shifting styles from physical to verbal humor.
A CBS Reports feature titled Close-Up examines two young couples in the foreign service. The program also reprises The Year of the Polars about an atom powered submarine, as part of tonight’s recommended lineup.
The article outlines a $15 million allocation for the Kinzua Dam to begin on July 1, with $19 million total for the project planned to be completed by 1965. It notes Appalachian regions and the Allegheny National Forest budgeting, with multi year funding expectations and historical spend milestones beginning in 1957.
In Philadelphia a large convention of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. gathers about 28 000 members including Woodshedders and Barber Shop Singers. The event highlights song styles like Wood shedding and Afterglow and features young Barber-teens in performances as part of a diverse, nationwide membership.
A small group of Saetertown Area School District taxpayers urged the Joint school board to resign Supervising Principal John Bier citing mismanagement. Ed ward Marakis represented about 200 residents and cited a troubling hiring choice and alleged improprieties, with plans to request a state investigation.
In New York the dockworkers resumed work after a one day stoppage that crippled the port. The nationwide wartime strike intensified across East and Gulf coast ports with at least 150 ships immobilized. Talks stalled as oil plants and other industries felt the impact. A Texas producers group urged President Kennedy to seek a Taft Hartley cooling off period. The ILA distance themselves but some members opposed the cross marine union picket. Storms and floods in Turkey caused 14 deaths, including 4 children, with widespread damage.
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