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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1960
Page
5
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Villa Maria College in Enters presenting A Day With Shakespeare next Sunday March 27 at the Cathedral Preparatory Auditorium. Players Incorporated will stage two Shakespeare dramas at 2 15 pm and 8 30 pm Comedy of Errors in the afternoon and Macbeth in the evening. Tickets may be reserved by calling the college or purchased at The Record Bar Winter Company Brown Jones Drug Stores in Erie.
Kiwanis Club members meet at Hotel Corry with Rev. William C. Seite Jr. delivering the invocation. One new member, Donald Knapp, was inducted. An open discussion focused on the upcoming public auction set for Saturday, April 28 at the former Loblaw location, with Richard Walker and C. Conrad Monroe as cochairmen.
Mrs Wilbur Rickers hosted the Mentor Club at her North Center street home with eleven members sharing favorite books. Miss Helen Rowe led the business session and formed a nominating committee. Maude Barnes presented current titles and reviewed Waist High Culture by Thomas Griffith. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for April 5 at Mrs Alton Duhistrand’s home with Mrs Blanche Sullivan hosting.
Corry Grange met at Park Street Grange Hall with 27 members present. Worthy Master Charles Mulhean presided as balloting on two candidates Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lillie favored. Mrs LeRoy King invited visitation committee to meet March 30 and Miss Rosa Larrondy from Sancinen Chile will be guest speaker next meeting.
Mrs James Catallu of Second Avenue hosted a Stanley party with Mr Mallan Humphrey as demonstrator. Fifteen guests attended the affair and enjoyed a social evening, with door prize won by Miss Lids Daniels. Refreshments of gelatin salads, cake and coffee were served.
Mrs. Margaret Whitehead, 59, had her heart massaged for 45 minutes at McKeesport Hospital after her heart stopped amid a choking incident while en route from Elizabeth Township. Surgeons opened her chest in the emergency room and resumed beating her heart, placing her in an iron lung. she remained in critical condition today.
John F. Kennedy pauses ongoing campaign battle with Hubert Humphrey in Wisconsin as he resumes after a short holiday. He had campaigned in Illinois and Chicagoland and filed for Indiana primary set for May 3.
In Dallas a local fashion wave favors ranchy pants patchwork fabrics and frontier shirts over high priced gowns. Designers emphasize comfortable colorful clothes affordable for young wives and working women, with Al Galvani of Dallas Fashion Manufacturers noting mass appeal across much of America.
In Indianapolis a 26 year old narcotics addict from Albuquerque Donald Smith and his wife Jan Shelton Smith tried to flee General Hospital during withdrawal. Smith overpowered a guard, seized keys, and forced release of his wife. In the street outside Detective Swain opened fire. Smith died two hours later. FBI later arrested the couple at a motel. $100 a day habit and drugs found.
A campaign schedule shows a hand-shaking drive in Beloit tomorrow morning before the April 5 Wisconsin primary. In Chicago, the Massachusetts senator spoke at a private luncheon hosted by a business committee.
A spring storm swept across Pennsylvania with 40 to 50 mph gusts, dumping up to eight inches in some areas and creating dangerous drifts. Temperatures stayed below freezing, causing hazardous driving. The Turnpike from the Ohio line to Bedford was snow covered. speed limit fell to 25 mph and some trailers banned. Schools opened late or closed. Pittsburgh reported four inches, Indiana six to eight inches, 13 inches likely in central and northeastern PA, with lighter amounts southeast.
Gladys Bemis of Beech Allroad Mayville was found guilty by a Chautauqua County jury on two counts of arson in the October 18 1958 fire at the family home near Findley Lake. Her 15 year old son Boyd testified against her after sister Tdell and brother Jonathan had spoken, detailing how he and others aided investigators and how shells were placed to deter firefighters. Sentencing set for April 18 with remand to county jail.
Keller 22 of Franklin and Floyd A. Resinger Jr 19 of Rocky Grove pled innocent to murder charges in the fatal beating of 69 year old R Warren Mays on July 22 1959. Riddle 21 of Polk later pleaded guilty to murder. All three were arraigned before Alderman E G Bolmer and recommitted to Venango County jail pending further hearings.
Three 15 year olds confessed to a string of thefts from boys lockers at Corry Area High School. Most items were discarded when detective work began. Police expect more cases to surface. Some pipes and lighters were recovered. The youths appeared with parents for questioning.
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