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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1958
Page
4
The Corry Journal lists advertising manager Joho n Melaughite and production manager G. T. Bergman for Bottinelli-Kimball Inc with offices in New York Chicago Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Rates show $5.75 for months $900 per year $475 for six months in restricted territory and carrier rates seven cents per copy forty-two cents per week.
A reflective piece traces the 1913 income tax start and its growth to today, noting $716 billion in federal taxes since then and rising state grants. It argues grants-in-aid have ballooned, with 1959 allocations around $6.5 billion, framing the federal budget expansion as an overreach by the camel-like tent pole of grant funding.
Hollywood Highlights reports a WASP event in which Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia of Greece are set to attend the Imperial ball. Colleen Gray and WAIF organizers detail etiquette, communications through the American ambassador, and planning challenges including whether the queen or princess would dance.
Ex baseball star Mort Cooper, a right handed ace with the Cardinals and his brother Walker forming a top battery in the 1940s, died in Little Rock at 45 from cirrhosis of the liver and a staphylococcal infection. He had been in St Vincent's Infirmary about three weeks and recently bought a home in Berryville, Arkansas though he had not moved his Houston belongings. Cooper stood 6 foot 2, weighed 200 pounds and posted 38 wins to 7 losses over a 12 year major league career beginning with the Cardinals 21 years ago.
Sunshine Packing Co of North East entered a not guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh to a Federal Pure Food Act violation. Judge Herbert Sorg held the case for the January Grand Jury. A nominal $250 bond remained. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wendell Stanton of Pittsburgh prosecuted. Sunshine Packing is owned by Pred Rahal and Andrew Kershaw of North East.
In a Kiwanis Club talk at the Hotel Corry Russell Eyler Corry High School football coach spoke on physical education in high schools detailing current education practices and proposing future program directions. Berlin-Germany summoned its U S ambassador to explain Roosevelt era tensions and recent German events. The 32nd annual Christmas Seal sale opens on Thanksgiving Day and runs to Christmas with Eva Kepler coordinating local plans.
Lieutenant Elmer Carrier has made the supreme sacrifice as a telegram from Mrs. Carrier arrives in Corry. A mangled body found near the First Avenue crossing is Martin Gray of Spring Creek. Major L M Phelps of the 12th visits Spartansburg on his way to Erie. The Lakeview Hotel, a Spartansburg landmark, burned to the ground today.
Hal Boyle notes a reverse migration as Ronald Halfacre illustrates suburbs’ flaws from rising taxes and long commutes to lack of parks and social dullness. City life’s security and immediacy appeal, prompting a call to form a Society for the Amelioration of Suburban Conditions and aid urban resilience.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Hamm and family attended the funeral of his sister Mrs Slack of Warren last Wednesday. Mrs J C Manwaring and Mrs Hazel Gage called on Mable Truesdall in Ashville Saturday. Mrs Wilton Wevers, a former patient at WCA Hospital Jamestown, is now home. Anna Zalik entered Corty Memorial Hospital Glen. Tenkluisen of North Clymer visited Fred Owens Tuesday. Rev Bruce Price of Houghton College visited his mother Lucile Price recently. Fern Morton spent time in Williamsport at the farmers convention last week. Thomas Reed is a patient at Corry Memorial Hospital.
A reader suggests mailing a Thanksgiving ham and sending a get well card to support pioneering fellows on distant fronts. The letter urges encouragement, possible financial aid, and a reminder that retreat from suburban life would restore the nation’s bustling, noisy pace.
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