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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1957
Page
4
In this era of specialization communities test age and youth working together. One city organized six afternoons of joint activities including doll making for a hospital ward with storytelling and songs. Another city shares square dancing and visits to elder homes for dominoes, life stories, and helping with chores.
Connecticut Valley tobacco farmers rely on New England youths for summer labor. About ten thousand teenagers work as day-haul or live-in farm hands under camps supervised by a nurse, director, dietician, and cook. Wages cover board and room. recreation and pay are part of a vacation-like arrangement.
Yesterday's Memories recalls Benito Mussolini defending Italy's self sufficiency and resisting pressure from richer nations as he struck at foreign critics. The premier warned that Italy would risk steady subsidy by wealthier countries in the event of war.
A community update from Bear Lake notes a Miss Norma Johnson engagement with a Bean Lake suitor, social visits at Miss Carolyn Wevers home, and a well attended firemen hosted smorgasbord. Families, WPA employees, and local faith members attended Mother’s Day gatherings and church events. Local leaders announced sending Robert Johnston to the EUB camp at Findley Lake as a delegate in August.
AMUSW in Corry Public Schools witnessed a high night as the Corry High School band performed in the auditorium. A large audience filled the hall for what was praised as one of the finest scholastic musical performances in the city.
Forty years ago a Corry chapter of the American Red Cross was being organized with 873 members expelled. A public service commission general hearing on gas rate increases was set for June 7 after complaints from several cities. J Walter Clough was re elected president of the Corry Board of Commerce and Industry with officers C R Ropers Many Auer and T M Raye mond, treasurer O H Andrews, L W Olds, S G Sweet and G A Shea as directors.
Residents finally captured Mike the monkey in Philadelphia after two months of mischief. Richard Guionk was eating breakfast when the animal bounded in through an open window. Police chased the intruder as Mike knocked over crockery, caused an automatic washer to tumble, and opened a kitchen refrigerator. No owner is known.
A 17 year old confessed arsonist was sentenced by Judge Imer L. Evans to an indeterminate term at Whitehill Industrial School for Boys. Brewer pled guilty to setting a fire at the B. P. Fields warehouse on March 10 causing $50,000 damage. The youth, described as a thin baby faced teen who had no prior criminal record, “just went haywire.”
Hydetown police chief Reagle faces a second charge resisting arrest after a scuffle with Caudell, another town police chief. The amended information followed Reagle’s innocent plea to obstructing an officer in the execution of process. Reagle claimed he only warned Caudell about speeding and sirens. The incident stemmed from a May 1 clash during which Caudell struck Reagle with a blackjack. Sixty-one centenarians await Social Security payments.
New York report on ABC TV Sunday eveing program guests Mike Wallace interviews Philip Wylie a celebrated American writer. The discussion touches on birth control Israel mercy killing and provocative opinions. Wylie defends free expression on television while offering sharp critical views.
A coal truck exploded and burned near Warren as 21 year old Reid Sigworth escaped with contusions to the face knee and body after leaping from the vehicle on Route 62 seven miles south of Warren. The truck was a total loss and the cause remains undetermined.
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