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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1961
Page
3
Partial OCR text lists names such as Mrs Corry and Clyde and Mrs Wev, mentions an annual event and a trip, and references a crash on a street near Philadelphia with a person named Bruce Me fen and Matthew Norwood. The scattered items imply a local news notice about a crash and casualties with unspecified details.
Mrs Eugene Wank of Erie formerly Jacqueline Paulson of Buffalo was honored at a personal shower by Mrs Arthur Shamburg on West Congress Street. Twenty guests attended a pirate themed Bride's Bingo with prizes for five recipients. Floral arrangements featured pink rosebuds and snapdragons with pink tapers around a pink letter message. Guests enjoyed salad, hot rolls, relishes, tea, coffee and mints. Prior to games, Mrs Wank received many gifts. Miss Patricia Graham, an out of town guest from Celoron, N Y, attended.
Miss Carol Stultz was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Gerald Miller on R D 3 with cohostess Mrs. Harley Reed. Guests heard gifts presented to the bride elect who will wed Robert Mulgin June 17. Out of town guests from Titusville Union City Pittsburgh and Buffalo attended the 8 o clock event at Reed's Steak House.
In Olmyer, near Galentine, Indiana County, seven year old Cheryl Ann Galentine was struck and killed by a car yesterday near her home. Local authorities investigated the accident and notified the girl's family.
The marriage of Mrs Mae Clark of this city to Charles Basiliere of R D 1 Corry was performed by Rev H Ray Harris in the Evangelical United Brethren Church parsonage on Thursday May 18 at 3 pm. Attendant was Mrs Basiliere's daughter, Mrs Harold C Carr. The newlyweds reside at Concord Ridge R D 1 Corry.
The Concord Community Club met last evening with about fifty residents in attendance. Officers for next month were named as Mr. and Mrs. William Flick and Mr. and Mrs. Willard McCray. Louis Sexton presented colored slides from a Western states trip, which delighted attendees. Treats were provided by Don Braswell and Howard Blakeslee. The next gathering is scheduled for Friday, June 16.
Wright School supervising principal Miss Ann Baressi will speak at the PTA meeting Monday evening May 22 at 8 o'clock. She will discuss the pre school child and parents with children entering first grade next year are urged to attend. Bargains are featured daily in your Corry Journal.
The article surveys library history from ancient kings and Alexandria to modern public and university libraries, noting chained books in monasteries, end of chains by 16th century, private wealth libraries, and the rise of public access. It highlights the American Library Association push for open access and the Corry library tracing back 22 centuries as a venerable institution.
Items for this calendar must be submitted to The Journal of fice before 5 pm the preceding Friday. May 22 4:80 p.m. Columbus Grange meeting at Grange hall Memorial service directed by Chaplain Mrs Edna Norton. May 23 8 p.m. American Red Cross board of directors meeting at Library. Harbor Half Ladies Aid meeting. Rev Norman Warner of Stony Creek Ky will show slides of his missionary work Public invited. Lady Franklin Rebekah past grands meeting at Mrs Barton Essex street. May 26 The Rebekah Helping Hand Club regular meeting postponed two weeks.
Mrs. Phillips learned only 10 minutes before departure that she could leave, appearing exhausted. The Kleinsey family, formerly of Mullins, S.C., had their orange grove in Camaguey Province expropriated after 27 years. Sanz, a Havana stockbroker, spent 10 days in La Cabaña prison. The G–2 did not know who all left and searched the next day. Swiss Ambassador Walter Bossi and embassy officials escorted most Americans to the airport as others had sought asylum at the Swiss Embassy.
Harrisburg Patriot-News leads its division for the Keystone Press Awards for the third year. Other winners include The Reading Times and Centre Daily Times with citations for 161 staff members. The awards are presented at the Pennsylvania Press Conference by state publishers and the University School of Journalism.
Ousted premier, 61, resisted arrest after Tuesday coup and demanded a warrant from junta leader Gon. Magruder signals restoration or replacement of generals, with UN command warning the coup undermines authority. New regime vows strict anti Communist measures amid security concerns.
A garbled article fragment discusses Christian anti Semitic claims and Jewish settlement, referencing religious leaders, a National Conference, and political upheaval. It mentions anti Semitic relics, a coup in an unnamed country, and leaders like Kim and Yoo Tail, with broad references to Christian and Jewish dynamics, in a chaotic mosaic of events and opinions.
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