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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1959
Page
3
Miss Martha Elston hosted a formal dinner at East Park Place honoring Miss Phyllis Lyons and Miss Jacqueline Boudon of Port Allegany. Guests from Corry and Erie attended events, with plans for a July 11 charity tea and a wagon roast discussion.
Everett Belknap announces Mead ew Day Camp registration closes June 30 with only two primitive camp spots left. Camp runs July 1 to 24. interested parties urged to register soon. Nearby notes include visits from Lake Erie Presbytery Camp Westminster at Canadahia Lake and several local residents visiting relatives and friends in Titusville, Waverly, West Church Street, and Mead Avenue.
Wes announces today that the Women of the Moose will hold an installation meeting Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the Moose Home. Officers for the ensuing year will be installed. Invited are the Loyal Order of Moose and the public. Refreshments will follow.
The youth committee of the First Methodist Church hosted a Strawberry festival last evening under president James Davis and counselor Robert Marsh. Congregation members and the public attended. Strawberry sundaes cake and coffee were served. Proceeds support the Souths camping fund.
Mrs. Harry Fitch of Elgin entertained 12 former club members and two guests, Miss Barbara Williams and Mrs. Homer Berkhouse, at her home with a 7 o clock tureen dinner. Visiting followed the meal as the group enjoyed each other’s company.
The retiring Corry Rotary Club president J Donald Watson, an official delegate to the Cleveland international convention, was the principal speaker at last night’s weekly meeting at Hotel Corry. A dinner party at Miss Martha Marie Hawkins home on Mott street honored her guests including Miss Mary Elizabeth Gillett and several others.
Mrs Bertha Darwin hosted the Rebekah Helping Hand picnic at Meads Avenue on Thursday afternoon. Fourteen members attended a bountiful tureen dinner followed by games. The next meeting and picnic are set for July 1 with the location to be announced.
The Hi Neighbor Club of Cutting hosted by Mrs. Guy Hayes met at her State Line road home with nine members and 12 children present. A baked ham dinner was served at 1:30. Guest Mrs. Gordon Johnson of Wattsburg attended. President Mrs. Veron Humphrey led the business session and the annual Mead Park picnic was postponed to August. Hostess for the July meeting will be Mrs. Raymond Ohmer.
Identical twin sisters Doyle R Self Jr and George B Tittle III welcomed baby girls two hours apart. Jennifer Carilyn Self born at 2:27 p.m. and Alisa Marilyn Tittle born at 4:17 p.m. in the same hospital, reflecting a familial naming tribute.
A fragment notes that anniversary celebration decorations were prepared by Mrs. Fred Clark and Mrs. a Vern Mcfidowney in a community event.
Alexander R. Griffin a former mutual network news analyst and author of three World War II books died in a Philadelphia hospital at 56. Born in Toronto he was once city editor and assistant managing editor of the old Philadelphia Record and worked for the Philadelphia Public Ledger Buffalo Courier and Camden Courier Post.
Two Philadelphia motion picture distributing firms ask the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court to award them 10 000 dollars in refunds of censorship fees paid to Commonwealth Box Office Pictures and Screen Guild Productions. The firms argue the state movie censorship law was ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court.
Mayville report says Raymond V. Lindberg 42 of Jamestown was jailed after arrest on grand larceny for allegedly stealing county funds over $1,000. Under-sheriff Merle Cantaign filed the charge pointing to alleged misappropriation from 1957 into this year.
Lindberg appeared before Mayville Peace Justice A. R Perkins and pleaded innocent to the charge. He waived a hearing and was ordered held for grand jury action awaiting bail decisions. committed to county prison pending bail.
In Baltimore Maryland Noriuin Neal German 31 was sentenced to 44 years in the Maryland Penitentiary after confessing to 24 burglaries. He told police he began as a Peeping Tom but discovered many houses were vacant and shifted to burglary.
A collage of TV westerns shows Gunsmoke with Matt Dillon exchanging shots and a wounded leg, Have Gun Will Travel featuring Paladin aiding a distressed woman, and Win Train with a wagonmaster guiding a canyon crossing. The scripts hint at danger, conniving plots, and rugged frontier justice as fans anticipate climactic confrontations.
Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a two story home as neighbors saved Mr Wallan Wite and Mrs Wallan Wite. They were treated at a neighbor’s home after escaping the flames. Fire crews from five surrounding communities fought the fire yesterday amid difficult conditions.
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