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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1963
Page
5
A fragmented obituary notes the death of a prominent community member linked to education and public service. The report references a former twin and a fire hero, with mentions of a governor and future memorial considerations. Names and places are unclear due to damaged text.
The Business and Professional Women's club highlighted a Bradford event with Miss Blanca Carducci district director and Miss Nancy Lee Jingleski named March Girl of the Month. Guests included Mrs. John Jingleski and Mrs. Mary Bowler as Announced, with Ruth Dahlstrand presenting the award certificate. Plans for upcoming events and the state district meeting were outlined, including dates in Bradford and Erie and a Harrisburg state convention in June.
About 200 draftmen at Westinghouse Electric Corp Sharon plant were furloughed after a strike over a job assignment. A company spokesman said the workers walked off yesterday when one man refused an assignment he said was outside his job classification. The furlough covered yesterday and today.
The Columbus Community Congregational Church Ladies Aid has finalized plans for a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday at the Rod and Gun Club rooms on East Washington Street. General chairman Mrs Hollis Upperman can be contacted for donations.
The Easter Hat Party will be held April 25 at the American Legion Carl Neff Post No 571 in Wesleyville with a 6:30 dinner and a promenade where Salon members will model novel hats. Partners attending the March marche from Albion Corry Erie Lawrence Park North East Union City and Wesleyville included Frances Connors Thelma Gunter Mary Wolfe and others. Josephine Burdick will manage donations for work by the salon in children s hospitals.
London drivers are warned to beware fast women as Scotland Yard recruits its first female patrols. The highway patrol unit plans to monitor speeds up to 120 mph with sports cars and female officers to enforce limits and catch speeding motorists.
Jean Marie Utegg daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd W Utegg Columbus and Larry John Sheehan son of Mr and Mrs John E Sheehan Columbus were married at Columbus Community Congregational Church in a Saturday ceremony officiated by Rev Walter J Thoms. Attendants were Mary Utegg and Roger Sheehan. A buffet luncheon followed at Mrs DeForest Bindleys home and a reception for friends and relatives was planned at the church from 7 to 10 p.m.
Plans and committees named for the forthcoming dessert card party to be sponsored by the Order of the Eastern Star in the Moose Club ballroom on April 15th. The affair begins at 8 p m with dessert refreshments served before card play. General chairman Mrs Thomas Hickle cochairman Mrs Duard May lead a list of chairmen including Mrs Dorothy Linendell tickets and tallies Mrs William Leaby table prizes Mrs William In gram and Mrs Clare Capwell co chairmen for door prizes Mrs William Johnson dining room and Mrs Wayne Skinner refreshments. Mrs Tracy Whitehead Miss Maxene Oberman and Mrs Charles Sutter handle reservations. Tickets available from any member or Superior Cleaners.
Dianna Ploss aged 11 was honored at a party given by Mrs. Douglas Ploss at her White Street home on Sunday afternoon. Miss Judy Poss acted as co hostess. Guests included Nancy Morris Pamela Keith Jean Latos Nancy Sprickman Kay Simmons and Lissa Fogle. Gifts were presented and five games provided entertainment with awards to Miss Latos and another guest.
The College Women's Club met at the YMCA multipurpose room for a lecture and exhibition on ballet titled This Art of Ballet. Statia Sublette directed and lectured on classical ballet with Kitsey Plaveau of the Erie Civic Ballet Company performing complex sequences. Cynthia Lane from Erie accompanied on recorded music. Highlights included a Red Riding Hood variation from The Sleeping Beauty and a Pas de deux from a 19th century ballet. Sublette warned that eight years of study are needed to become a qualified dancer and noted ballet begins with age five. The program closed with Miss Sublette’s analogy of ballet as a flower garden and the group vote to donate to the post prom fund and to buy a tea service for club use. Tea service was served by committee members with a pink decor theme.
In Milan thieves shattered the glass protecting a 15th century Madonna in Santa Maria Delle Grazie and removed jewel ornamentation. A ruby set golden crucifix at the Madonna’s throat was left behind, possibly overlooked during the theft.
A daughter was born yesterday at Union City Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Wayne Fall of Waterford. A daughter was born this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Robert Long of 54 Snyder Circle. A daughter was born this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Peter Popovich of 11 West Smith street. The Navy named its first black officers to attend the Naval War College, Samuel L Gravely Jr of Richmond Virginia and George S Thompson of Los Angeles, signaling promising careers.
Birdie Tells Us summarizes several families from the area traveling to Long Beach California for a month and visiting relatives in California. Powers and Tom chick families plan reunions while Ola Young and Lucy Hinman return from Miami. Other locals note visits to Butler Latrobe and Pompano Beach with multiple relatives mentioned by name.
Robert Ott Jr spoke to Kiwanis Club members at Hotel Corry about skiing his favorite winter sport. He demonstrated equipment while group singing was led by H Lynn Rice. President Fred Clark announced directors will meet at Allan Shaw’s home Wednesday evening.
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