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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1959
Page
5
A fragmented text references sports day events and financial matters. It mentions players like Mr Jon, Chip, and Wiskel with unclear roles and a noted loss or investment theme. No coherent facts can be reliably extracted from the garbled source.
The Col lege Women's Club met at the YMCA with absent president Mrs Carl McIntyre. They donated 25 to Corry Area High School exchange student fund. Mrs Robert Catlin spoke on American Glass, sharing antiques passion and business growth. Next meeting April 27 features Clyde Snyder.
Twenty one Salvation Army Corry members plus Lt. Richard Dean will travel to Pittsburgh for a noon luncheon at the Penn Sheraton Hotel. General Wilfred Kitching of London will speak, marking Pittsburgh bicentennial and the Salvation Army’s 70th anniversary work there, with Kiwanis clubs and Salvation Army members from western Pennsylvania in attendance.
The Columbus Grange No. 875 met in Town Hall with Harold Curtis leading and approved funds for an exchange student program aided by a dance. Judges were Miss Bonella Gordon, Mrs. John Decker, and Mrs. Roy Swart. Mrs. Carleton Curtis won with banana oatmeal cookies. Lunch was provided for 21 members.
Youth Holy Week services are scheduled for tomorrow at 8 AM at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Local church representatives from the Corry Ministerial Association will conduct the service and Rev H Ray Harris will be the speaker.
A daughter was born last evening at Gerry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles Carr of Bear Lake. The family requested privacy as they celebrate the new arrival.
Aero Foremen's Club held its annual meeting in the Garden Room of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post last evening electing officers for 1951 60. Carl Rigus delivered the invocation and a ham dinner followed served by the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Jack Wilson reported ten new members in the past year and a current membership of 63. Elected were M Edward Moore president Jack Walsh vice president Robert Clark secretary and Ronald Creeley treasurer. Paul Dwyer program hit man introduced Wellman Bronze Aluminum Company of Cleveland executives Boehn and Christensen who displayed slides of the company's castings production.
The Junior High Tri HIt meeting at the YMCA featured Miss Ann Baressi supervising Wright School. President Sharam Rhodes led a business session planning a hayride with Miss Susan Paige. Kathe Tunnel reported on the talent show planned for April 18. Fundraising ideas were discussed with adviser Jeanne Nichols present.
A large group of skaters attended the skating party last evening at the Corry Rollerway, sponsored by the Corry Roller’s Free Wheelers skating club. Guests included Tri-Hi-Y girls from Waltsburg.
A sacred cantata titled The Seven Last Words will be presented at 7:45 p.m. tonight in the First Presbyterian Church Corry as part of the Holy Week program by the Corry Area Ministerial Association. William A. Leaby directs the choirs with Mrs Harold Flowers at the organ. The English text is by Nicholas Douty with music by Theodore Dubois.
Valker Gempt, guest speaker from Germany, talked on his hometown history and the exchange student program to King Club members. The talk was introduced, and he expressed pride in attending school in Corry, America. Planning notes for upcoming inter-club meeting in Meadville were reported.
Erie reports a school district foreman drawn day suspended and ordered to pay 1000 for wrecking a district car, with 1800 assessed in Cambridge Springs for personal use. Board approved bills while questioning Dr. Minadeo’s convention expenses and use of a district vehicle. Dean Dodds of Urbana University’s College of Education, 58, died, previously heading the Pradue University Department of Education. Mrs H Lynn Rice will present Seven Last Words with Charley Correll and Russell Clark.
Hollywood reports May Britt, a Swedish actress, as the likely heir to Marlene Dietrich’s screen persona. The feature notes her smoldering beauty, crop of hair, and the role in The Blue Angel remake opposite Jim. It covers her career progress, studio pressures, and reflections on past films and future potential.
A provincial inquiry in Dauphin County hears testimony about action against a United Mine Workers official. Key figures include Lippt is district president, witness Connie Faba Pyerin, and Louis Pabrizzo of Knox Coal Co. A hearing is set for April 6 to decide on contempt and testimony rights amid contested committee validity.
A Swedish model Maybrilt Wilkens later known as May Wilkens pursued acting after a producer offered a contract upon seeing her photo. She moved to Los Angeles real estate fortune tied to her husband Jans Gresot. she later starred in films in Italy before Hollywood beckoned.
A devotional piece recounts Peter's denial at the high priest's palace and contrasts human weakness with Christ's strength. It urges readers to resist temptation, imitate virtuous restraint, and seek salvation through Christ rather than personal power.
A Superior Court judge will decide Mrs. Puvewn's sanity after a trial where an eight-woman four-man jury found Mrs. Duncan guilty of first degree murder and set the death penalty, with defense contending insanity and claiming jealousy over Frank's fiancée Olga influenced the actions. The case centers on a 30-year-old incident and ongoing post verdict proceedings.
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