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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1962
Page
5
An incoherent OCR passage references Republicans, staff reporters and a political dispute. It mentions coverage of medy relations, a book about a public figure, and tensions between reporters and political groups. The fragmentary text suggests a debate over press fairness and party influence.
Multiple brief notices list movements and family events. Ms. Theodore Schaeffer and son Tabb sail from Tuesday to Maguire Air Force Base New Jersey then to Goeppingen Germany to join husband 1st Lieut Theodore Schaeffer. Needhams travel to Buffalo for Eugene Wagner funeral. Mrs. Wagner sister to Mrs. Needham. Rio de Janeiro Peace Corps assignment for daughter-in-law Nancy Williams. Akam visits from Mooseheart to grandmother Ena Akam then to Roanoke to serve on a guided missile ship. Reagle family visits Wheaton College and Arlington connections. Craggs plan winter in Clearwater Florida.
Members of the Rachel Circle of St. Pauls Lutheran Church met at the home of Mrs. D Armour Hillstrom of Mead Avenue with 18 members attending. The program Help Wanted was presented by Mrs Buur, assisted by Hillstrom Gilson and Clark. A Lutheran clothing drive ends November 25. A kiddie kits discussion was held. A tureen dinner was planned for December 19 at the church. The next regular session is December 5 at Mrs. Williams home on Wayne Street.
Fifteen members and one guest of the Rebekah Helping Hand met in an all day session at LOOF Hall. Morning work included tying a quilt. a tureen dinner was served at noon. President Bernice DeJean led the business meeting. Plans were made for the Christmas party on December 13 featuring a noon dinner and a gift exchange.
Noted violist William Primrose appears with the Erie Philharmonic in Erie for two evenings at Technical Memorial High School. He will perform Handel’s Viola Concerto with pieces including Delius Over the Hills and Far Away and Ward Euphony. James Sample conducts. curtain at 8:30 p.m. Season tickets remain with student discounts.
At the Catholic Daughters of America court conception No. 35 meeting in the Knights of Columbus Hall twenty five members attended. The recollection begins with 4:30 p.m. Mass at St Elizabeth's Church followed by a program at St Thomas the Apostle Church. A rummage sale and Confaternity of Christian Doctrine classes were planned with details to be announced. A vote of thanks was given to Mrs. LaVerne Miller and Mrs. George Wurn for leadership of events. November committee served refreshments. Next session November 29 will be a social meeting led by Mrs. James Costello.
The Sabin oral vaccine program at Corry Area High School honored Red Cross volunteers led by Mrs. Leo Hoylen. Aides included Calvin Swarm, Mrs. Walter Krupa, Donald McCaslin, Miss M Agnes Lynch, and Mrs. Norman Tarbell at the first aid station. Registration helpers were Miss Mary Higgins, Miss Ruth Bennett, Mrs. Frank Karkoski, Mrs. Ernest Mo, Mrs. Theodore Schaeffer, Mrs. Carriola, Mrs. George Wurm, Mrs. Robert Wotus, Mrs. Earl Haight, and Miss Marion Smith, plus many others.
Mrs J B Cogan of East Pleasant Street will winter with her son Grant Cogan in Los Angeles California. She was honored at a farewell party by the Golden Tinks Sunday School Class of the First Methodist Church at Mrs Charles Amy’s Worth Street home where she has long taught. Guests exceeded twenty. songs and contests followed by dessert.
A son was born this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Theodore May of 319 East Washington Street. Earlier in the evening a son was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Baker of Clymer Asht.
Hill Top Club members enjoyed a harvest dinner at Nichols and Glavis Restaurant then held a brief business meeting. They spent the afternoon visiting Mrs. John Nelson on Sciota Road. President Mrs. Mabel Akam led the session and announced a Christmas party on November 29 at the R. D. 1 home of Mrs. Akam.
At the Spring Creek Grange the National Grange awarded Mrs Christena Belden a 50 year golden sheaf certificate and pin. Carl Koford presented the award. John Scott and Wallace Palmer also noted. Hazel Eldred and Mrs. Belden served a lunch. a Christmas party is planned for December 1.
The Associated Press reports that women fared poorly in national contests, leaving only 13 in the next Congress, the fewest since 1953, while several women won state offices. Gracie Pfost of Idaho failed to capture the Senate seat. Charlotte Reid won Illinois’ 15th district. Multiple incumbents and several states gain or retain female officials including in Wyoming, New Mexico, Connecticut, Delaware, Nebraska, Ohio, Maryland, California, and New York. A separate note announces a $1 million Met tape plant to be built in York, South Carolina, with 189 jobs, aided by local and state funds.
A dinner party and shower honored Mrs. Edward Pasi of Hillcrest Drive at Perry's Inn. Spaghetti dinner featured and Mrs. Pasi received an 8 button pompon corsage and several gifts. Attendees included Mrs. Frisina, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Sila, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Morgan, and Mrs. Moore.
An elderly woman was found dead after her son Norman Williams of Penn Hills failed to reach his parents. Her husband John was reported in fair condition at Sewickley Valley Hospital. Police Chief Walter Bodzialk said two gas heaters were burning in the house.
AP story notes Red China now expects 10 to 25 years to mechanize agriculture after delays blamed on natural disasters and mismanagement. Peiping’s daily reports the regime needs over a million tractors for 260 million acres but has only 100,000, hindering production for reopenings of factories and cities.
Police link three Louisville tavern workers killed in/near Jeffersonville across the Ohio River. Julia Dawson, 22, found May 21, died of overdose. Nancy Webb, 21, beaten and strangled a month earlier. Anita Christine Barmore, 21, found Thursday mutilated in a pattern likened to London s Whitechapel killer. Coroner cautions unclear motive and possible ties remain tentative.
Catharine Loders of the Netherlands, 20, portraited with green eyes and a 37-23-97 figure, won the Miss World contest last night. U S A finalist Amedeo Er of Northridge California placed eighth. Finland’s Kearins Veskinen took second while a contestant from France was noted in a separate toll context. The report reflects pageant outcomes and lingering doubt over future resumptions.
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