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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1957
Page
4
A Corry Journal piece defines an American as one who believes in equal rights for all races and classes and the right to live with human dignity. It argues democracy means protecting the rights of minorities, not just majority rule, fostering freedom for every citizen.
The Findley Lake Evangelical United Brethren Church on Sherman Road, Findley Lake NY, led by Rev. Gerald M. Lundeen, lists morning worship with a sermon on Possessing Your Possessions, youth programs, cottage prayer meetings, family night, and a Sacred Concert featuring the Johnson Sisters. A church-wide message urges service to others and embraces an American creed of unity across faiths.
Yesterday's Memories of Corry recalls events from November 29 1937 including Whit Clete Ro Morton moving a grocery store to Wilson block North Center Street, Thanksgiving vesper at Emmanuel Episcopal Church led by Mrs Edwin Rafter, Mennonite settlement expansion south of Spartansburg, a car crash injuring Mrs Margaret Higley and Hazel Higley near Silver Creek, and Corry possibly hosting a visit by D A Hillsteam of the State Commission on the Three Hundredth Anniversary.
Chicago reports the 1987 highway death toll may reach 1,000 with an optimistic forecast of 38,600 deaths for the year. Officials cite factors including 31,450 highway deaths in the first ten months and 5.6 fatalities per 100 million miles of travel for eight months of 1957.
A 43 year old blinded veteran William M Hughes guided his wife to raise the alarm and then searched through smoke to wake residents. He carried two pets and helped others escape while firefighters confined the blaze to the basement.
Mrs Mary F Mead widow of John Mead Sr founder of The Tunes Publishing Co and editor of Erie Morning News The Sunny Times News and Erie Daily Times dies at 91 She served as president of Tunes Publishing Co after her husband’s death Her father Captain Anthony Boland, a Great Lakes shipping pioneer, traded with Erie interests during her childhood.
Freddie Wiggins, 23, was booked on burglary investigation after police flushed him from a stack of overturned linoleum rolls in a Miami warehouse during a search for a prowler.
In Warren construction of a $1325 sewer disposal plant began with ground breaking led by Robert Koy of the Warren Sanitary Authority. Warren Burgess Rice hailed council approval from May 5, 2038, and officials anticipated completion by mid 1959 with a $250,000 federal reimbursement. John H Nicholls, police chief of Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada, reported an arrest in 15 years, noting their lack of a jail.
The Swedish-born engineer known for constructing numerous bridges and dams, including works in Colombia, died in Boston. During World War I he also converted a southern port area into shipyards, enabling 300 freighters for the Allies.
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