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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1961
Page
2
Stanford Hose members are invited to a Tuesday evening event at Woolworth's from 7 to 9 pm with free coffee and donuts. A special meeting at 7 30 pays respects to Arthur Eckman. Door prizes include a pressure cooker rugs and chocolates with 10 percent off all sales and layaways.
Fragmentary local notices listing hospital contacts and admissions plus multiple names and addresses in Union City and surrounding towns. Includes discharge and admission notes, addresses on Columbus and Main streets, and an advertisement line for Line-O-Ad rates and a dry cleaning schedule.
Eligibility requires an average of 90 or higher across all subjects for the period and at least 90 in the subject tested. Awards limited to one per student per year, with four credit load required, and applications from the office after midyear exams. Students may be tested in multiple subjects but only one award per student.
Dr. John E. Thomas of Greensburg Pennsylvania, 7, longtime moderator of the New Castle Presbytery and 31 years a minister in the state, died yesterday after his automobile collided with another at a traffic light. He collapsed while talking with police and neither car was damaged. Family said he had been under treatment for a heart condition.
John A Shorty Eckman aged 58 died at home after a prolonged illness. Born August 8 1903 in Olivet Pennsylvania he lived in Corry since 1919 and worked 37 years at Corry Jamestown Corp retiring August 10. Survived by wife Fith mixer Eckman son Lawrence granddaughter Lauren Eckman sisters Grace Berberkroth Erie Pearl Thompson Norwalk CA Maida Hilty Apollo PA and many nieces and nephews. Visitation Bracken Funeral Home with final rites Wednesday at 12 pm at First Methodist Church Anlatino Thierment Grove Cemetery.
SCRANTON PA The Wert dies set in Lackawanna County petitions circulated for upcoming elections. Democratic county chairman Willian P. Par ofl voices support as parties plan ballots for city council and local races. Pittsburgh news mentions mayoral race and state commerce appointee. Officials report on public welfare aid extensions, traffic collisions in Beaver Falls, Pittsburgh murder charge, and a 100 year old funeral in the region.
A violent weekend in Algeria leaves 16 dead with clustered killings and lynching amid Abhenan war violence. Europeans and Algerians clash as grenade attacks, mob beatings, and police raids erupt in West Algiers and Oran. Culpable groups and incidents include a jail riot, a lynching of an Algerian woman, and dozens of bomb blasts. Reports cite 60 plastic bombs and the Merit-Wine Secret Army Organiza. influence fueling unrest across cities 220 miles apart.
Robert E Tschan of Pennsylvania State University was elected president of the Middle States Association of College Registrars and Officers of Admission. He succeeds Grace N Brown of Hood May College and plans to start the $20,000-a-year post before Wednesday.
Christmas cheer and rising dividends spread through American corporations as many firms announce extra year end payments and larger regular dividends. Larger share counts and stock splits boost total payouts while a growing base of individual investors fuels spending, with 11 billion in cash dividends through October and more to come in November and December. Strong names include General Motors, Republic Aviation, Sears Roebuck, U S Tobacco, Eastman Kodak, Pfizer, and Eli Lilly.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Allen of Union City on Saturday at Union City Memorial Hospital. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Radecki of West Covina California, former Corry residents. Steven Edward Raymond was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Raymond of Lancaster at Lancaster General Hospital yesterday morning. Grandparents include Mrs. and Mrs. Ivan Hatch and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Raymond. A son was born yesterday at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mrs. and Mrs. Roger Haight of 409 West Smith Street.
Last rites for John A Shorty Eckman will be at Bracken Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment follows at Pine Stove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Marguer ite McLaughlin aged 79, longtime assistant professor of Journalism at the University of Kentucky, and among the nation’s first female journalism professors, died Saturday in Lexington.
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