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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1961
Page
3
Readable fragments describe an attack or disturbance with references to agencies, troopers, and a quiet town. The text mentions a damaged home, a road, and a date near a Tuesday or Sunday, with limited clear details and several garbled names.
Town Topics reports Adele McCray a leading Corty Girl Scout honored for forty five years of service. She works at the Raymond division and attends First Presbyterian Church. A Union City dinner presented her with a Girl Scout statuette, recognizing her long work and influence on local girls.
The Senior Tri-Hi-Y in Corry earned a national citation after collecting 1140 pounds of clothing for Cuban refugees in Florida. Led by Ruth Bennett and Sandya Varrassa, headquarters at the YMCA organized donations sent via Garryites with thanks from World Clothing Fund officials.
The Woman's Relief Corps celebrated patriotic instructor Mrs. Joseph Gentilman with a 7 o'clock gathering at Grange Hall Park Street. Mrs George Hurlbert won the door prize as readings for St Patrick's Day and a tureen dinner preceded. An 11 day meeting earlier in the same hall saw a quilt made and a new meeting set for April 6.
Spring Creek PTA will outline civil defense purposes and procedures at a meeting set for Monday evening March 20 at 8 o'clock in the Spring Creek school. A speaker from the Warren County CD office will attend and present. Mrs. Robert Crane and her committee will lead the social hour after the program.
U N ambassador Adlai Stevenson, Undersecretary of State Chester Bowles, Soviet expert Charles Bohlen and aide Foy Kohler joined a high level State Department meeting arranged by Secretary Rusk. Officials expect broad discussion beyond Laos including disarmament Berlin and German questions the UN reorganization proposals and a potential Kennedy Khrushchey summit.
Calendar of community activities lists St Elizabeths Guild card party at Moose home with an evening show by Bennett and Pom. YMCA Auxiliary honors past presidents and charter members. Spring Creek PTA hosts speaker from Warren County Civy Defense office. Presbyterian and Baptist groups meet, along with Lutheran and EUB circles. Women's groups plan duplications, temperance lesson series, and social sessions at YMCA and local halls.
The Concord Community Club met for a ham tureen supper served by Mrs. Joseph McCray and Mrs. Rupert Morris. President Lawrence Wade led a business session and a donation was approved for the American Field Service exchange student fund. The group planned a White Elephant auction to raise funds and held a spelling contest. The next meeting is set for April 21 with committee details to follow.
A columnist praises the public library as the greatest wonder of civilization. He argues libraries distill human thought since dawn, offering access for the blind, deaf, and mute, aging and youth alike, and presenting wisdom from Alpha to Omega within their walls.
Newlyweds Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright returned to Broadway after a quiet Connecticut elopement in Wilton. They wed Friday and appeared that night in Becket and Taste of Honey, resuming curtain calls amid public interest. Olivier had divorced Vivien Leigh earlier. Plowright’s husband Roger Gage also divorced on grounds of adultery with Olivier.
A daughter was born yesterday at Union City Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Alex Coveleski Jr of 132 South Main Street Union City.
A 24 year old man is charged with assault with an automobile for trying to run down a police officer in Oil City. He pleaded not guilty and posted 500 bond for a hearing next week. The incident last March 2 left one officer kicked and another bitten. The charge carries up to 1000 and two years in prison. Also reported, John A Boettner 68 a pioneer blimp flyer died in Miami.
Red Cross announces an expanded research program on blood use for disease prevention and cure. Vaccinia immune globulin VIG is a recent blood fraction offered to doctors, sourced from recently inoculated individuals such as new Air Force recruits at Lackland Air Force Base Texas. Gamma globulin helps prevent and modify measles and hepatitis. Red Cross Month highlights blood donations and public education. Next unit visit set for May 15. In 1940s era figures, mass care aided 108000 disaster victims and 2.4 million pints of blood were collected and distributed, supplying about 40 percent of doctors’ needs. Red Cross aided 410000 servicemen and families in emergencies.
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