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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1957
Page
5
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Forty members of Court Concepcion No 35 Catholic Daughters of America met for a monthly session led by grand regent Mrs John Hornish. Chili luncheon tickets go on sale for Tuesday October 22 with a full lunch served from 11 am to 1 pm at a fast service table. The Sisters of Mercy event will be held at the convent on Wednesday October 16 from 3 to 3 30 pm with donations accepted. A Day of Recollection for local women is set for March 16 led by Rev Fehrenbach. Additional notes covered Hillsdale Albion game trips and Rotary intercity meeting attendance, with future Wayne Valley Aid plans and Bible club contributions.
The Raymond Inquisitors Club gathered 30 members at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post home. Harold Graybill presided over a business session planning the year’s program. Two films were shown, on the St. Lawrence Seaway project and on Firestone giant tires, followed by lunch. Next meeting date to be announced.
Mrs Harold Schaefer president of the VFW Auxiliary chaired last evenings session at the VFW Post on Washington street Final plans were made for a hospital visit at the Veterans Hospital in Erie on October 16 where auxiliary members will entertain patients A letter announced the Northwest County Council meeting on November 3 with North East lodge hostesses A special award went to Mrs Alma Slagle before adjournment to meet October 24 Refreshments were served by Mrs Hazel Shuss and Mrs Slagle.
A personal bridal shower honoring Miss Beverly A. Brown was held at her Snyder Circle home with 12 guests. Prizes went to Miss Harrist Burton, Mrs. G. F. Brown, Mrs. James Shaver Jr., and Mrs. Cecil Carbaugh. door prize went to Mrs. Donald Jones of Wattsburg. gifts and refreshments followed. Attendees came from Corry, Higin, Lovells, Spartansburg, and Wattsburg.
Mrs Elof Dahl district deputy president leads the Installing team from the local lodge to Waterford this evening to install officers. A 6:30 dinner precedes the open ceremony with Grace Broadeck and Lois Elmore among state officers present.
The Emmanuel Guild of Emmanuel Episcopal Church met in the church undercroft for the first fall session. Mrs Velma Moore presided with prayer by Rev William Seitz Jr. An ingathering of blue boxes is planned for November 3 with a corporate Communion for the women. The knit bandages for the Carvel leper colony are the year’s project. Next meeting set for November 14 in the church.
New York celebrated the Fifth Avenue Association’s 50th anniversary with a torchlight parade for 150000 spectators. The event featured gold-painted trash carts, a white and gold birthday cake, illuminated displays, gold hydrants, gold trash baskets, and three miles of gold center line along the avenue. Police rode mounted in gold accents during the historic procession.
Lutherans plan a harvest festival at St Pauls Lutheran Church with a 10 a.m. offertory procession of groceries vegetables and money by church school children and a 11 a.m. sermon on Thankful People by Rev Elmer A Ortner. After services gifts will be sent to Bethesda Children's Home Meadville.
AP reporters near Cambridge Springs describe dawn sighting of a satellite streaking across the sky. Emilie Tayelle of the Christian Science Monitor, the only woman in the group, helped spot the object as it moved horizontally over the Big Dipper region. The satellite appeared about three minutes earlier than predicted, brushing the dawn light as it vanished toward the east.
A 16 day walkout at the General Chemical Co plant in Newell ended after workers and management agreed to a two year contract. The pact includes a 15 cent hourly raise in year one and a 3 percent boost in year two plus a cost of living raise, with additional scale details not disclosed.
Marie Mac Donald continued her act at the Fairmont Hotel after sustaining second degree burns when hot tea spilled on her leg, causing a painful mishap during the performance.
Reported U.S. stance on Middle East policy cleared with Eisenhower and allied leaders. The alert centers on Turkey Syria border developments and Russia's possible aims, with Washington seeking to deter miscalculation and prevent escalation. Khrushchev blames Dulles for pressuring Turkey toward Syria.
The quote warns that if war erupts near Turkey and missiles begin, it would be too late to react. It emphasizes Turkey's vulnerability and asserts the region could not endure a war for even a single day.
In Little Rock Arkansas Federal troops guard Central High as six week tests finish and three Negro boys and six Negro girls complete their third week of integration The standstill between federal authority and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus continues with churches planning brief services for a peaceful resolution.
A 42 year old maintenance man died after suffering injuries from an explosion yesterday in a Fells and Co soap manufacturing area near Darby. Richard Fitzgerald of Mercy Hospital treated him, and he is survived by his mother and one brother.
Edward Davis and his sister Mrs Lucille Christie will be guests for layman Sunday at the First Methodist Church. Davis, son of a former Rice Methodist Conference master, has spoken to lay groups across the area, and will be joined by his sister at the evening service. George A. Myers, pastor, notes two services at 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. and the public is invited.
The Atomic Energy Commission reports a small 10 October test in the Soviet series, saying another nuclear device was detonated in the Arctic region north of the Arctic Circle. The announcement notes it was a minor explosion in the current Soviet test series.
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