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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1960
Page
4
The Corry Journal notes publication daily except Sundays with staff and office affiliations listed. It includes postal designation, Associated Press use rights, subscription rates by mail and carrier, and display advertising deadline timing.
A debate over required homework rages with parents opposing heavy nightly assignments and advocates arguing it boosts academic achievement, especially in elementary grades. The shift follows a Kiplinger magazine Schools and Colleges column noting educators now favor homework as a contributor to development and learning.
A double line of traffic led to a fatal head on crash on Route 38 near Meadville. The male driver, 40, from Tonawanda New York, died at the scene after his car collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Pauline Ertman, 36, of Connesutville. Ertman sustained facial and hand lacerations, multiple contusions, abrasions, and possible chest injuries and was treated at City Hospital.
In a retrospective from Corry twenty years ago a noisy presidential campaign era ends with tense claims and heavy campaigning. Roosevelt and Willkie are described as shaping the electorate amid crowded events and local speeches. The note also records the death of Nevin Reading Dickounheid at 102 West Pleasant Street.
November 4 1920 report shows Warter G Harding ahead with 1078 votes to 564 for McTnnes and Nellie leading Monday night shooting event. Hunting season described as historic for license issuance with over 1000 haying permits. Auld Reekie nickname linked to industrial area smoke and steam.
Madison Square Garden advances toward a $38 million 25 000 seat indoor arena to replace aging facilities. Graham Paige Culp head John J. Bergen and Garden president Ned Trish say project could be ready by 1964, with purpose to keep Garden as city sports hub. Connecticut name origin noted as beside the long tidal river.
The United Fund of Allegheny County surpassed its target by $3,000 after a $20,000 gift from the Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball Club. Fund officials said the contribution supports about 100 health welfare and character building agencies. Pirates Vice President Tom Johnson called the gift a token of gratitude to the community.
A historical church listing details services and groups across First Methodist Church at South Center and East Pleasant Streets. It notes Rev. George A. Myers leading morning and evening services, youth and choir activities, missions and commissions meetings, plus a full slate of weekday programs. Nearby churches include First Presbyterian and Emmanuel Episcopal with their own calendars of worship, Sunday School, choirs, and church committees.
Abbe Church lists morning worship at 10 30, Sunday School at 11 45, evening evangelistic crusade at 8 00, plus Monday Bible study and nightly evangelistic meetings. Findley Lake Evangelical United Brethren Church details include Sunday School 10 00, worship 11 00, administration council noon, mid weekly service, and forthcoming programs.
A dense listing details weekly religious services for Salvation Army East Washington Street and multiple nearby churches. It includes Sunday schools, holiness meetings, junior and youth activities, open-air street services, radio and TV broadcasts, midweek prayer and Bible study, and special group meetings across First Church of Christ Scientist, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Corry Assembly of God, North Clymer EUE Church, Columbus Community Caruror, and Clymer Methodist with times and contact notes.
A scanned directory page lists Thompson Maple Products along with multiple firms in industry sectors including Rogers Structural Steel Co, Paul’s Men’s Wear, McInnes Steel Co, Corry Concrete and Gravel, Raymond Mfg. Co, Northwestern Rural Electric Co operat, Ajax Iron Works, E. E. Guignon, Bracken Funeral Home, Crystal Coal Co, Fogle Lumber Co, St. George Funeral and Homa. The item reads like a local business catalog entry detailing names across manufacturing, utilities, retail, and services.
Details are incomplete. readable text points to a local notice or brief item mentioning individuals with unclear roles. No clear event, date, or location emerges from the fragment to establish a factual summary.
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