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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1956
Page
5
Society notes describe a victory dinner after the Corry Titusville football game, hosted by the Bunyerelle Club. An estimated crowd from both towns attended at Corry Area High School, with chaperones supervising the late event and proceeds benefiting Beaveretty treasury.
Elahtuen church Sunday School class members gathered at Mr and Mrs E E Bush’s home on Nowhy Center Street. Mrs Howi Collins of Lee Haven visited. Devotions led by Rais Harris, business session chaired by Mrs Blish, president. Entertainment followed with choruses and games. Mrs Guy Ben ink and others served sandwiches and coffee. Next meeting to be hosted by Mrs Gretehen Marshal Columbus in November.
Miss Evelyn Henry and David Way to wed this spring. The bride’s family, prominent local figures, reports the engagement and upcoming wedding plans. Both families request privacy until formal announcements are released.
Members of the Clymer Conservation Club will hold their annual dinner at the club hall next week. The event, open to the general public, will take place on Thursday evening October 18. Dining will begin serving at 8 o clock.
Union City Grange No. 69 held a meeting at the Grange Hall to elect officers. Roger Behin was named master, Willard Campbell overseer, Char Bunce lecturer, Dorothy Campbell master, Charlee Middleton steward, David Harris assistant steward, Ditsy Bishop gate, Blanch Robbins treasurer, Gertrude Dune secretary, Fred Warber gatekeeper, Basie Tagris other officers, Autumn Harris pamonn, Zolny Behan flora, Marjorie Whitudy assistant steward, Elsie Gregory pianist. The business session approved moving morning dues to the second and fourth Saturdays.
Lillian Guild of Emmanuel Episcopal Church plans a rummage sale on Friday October 10 held in the church undercroft. Miss Elizabeth Bowers leads the effort with donations of articles in good condition and volunteers assisting. Proceeds support church missions and the guild’s charitable work.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a North Side confrontation with hitchhikers where a man is robbed of a car and possessions. The account includes a police response and mention of a weapon, with unclear subsequent actions and names obscured by text errors.
Reds release Jansen from the bullpen amid a wave of moves aboard the Patillo Coast. The club cited roster needs and contract terms as factors in parting with the veteran pitcher, while signaling adjustments ahead for the pitching staff.
The Labor Department reported a drop in unit home building activity in September with 53,000 housing units started, the lowest September total in six years. The decline, led by urban areas and sharp on the West Coast, yields a one million unit annual rate. Through September, about 879,200 dwellings had begun construction, as the nine month average runs at 1,120,000.
Former President Harry S. Truman told about 100 residents in southwestern Minnesota that the GOP farm program would lead to absentee ownership and collective farming. He called many collective farms communistic and accused Republicans of misstatements on farm policy while criticizing Eisenhower supporters.
A daughter was born yesterday at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Courtney Fargo of 30 North Genter Street. Earlier, a son was born to Mr and Mrs William Schulte of Columbus, also at Corry Memorial Hospital.
Two children died in a first floor apartment fire in Waynesburg Pennsylvania. Four year old Fred Kirkpatrick and 24 year old Debbie were among those trapped. Parents Arthur and his wife were hospitalized at Greene County Memorial Hospital. Fire Chief Glovis Wright said gas masks were used and the blaze remained confined to the Kirkpatrick unit. Kirkpatrick worked in Cleveland and was visiting family.
Delay in the sentencing of three New Kensington men on a vote fraud conspiracy charge was granted indefinitely due to illness of defendant Frank Phillips who recently underwent a serious operation. The defendants John Fontana and Mike Sicilia, election board members, along with Phillips, were convicted in 1954 and retried after appeals, then pleaded guilty before new trials could begin.
The FTC announced a new probe to monitor radio and television programs for false and misleading advertising claims. Executive Director Alex Akerman Jr. noted that examining scripts alone misses visual deception, and the agency will conduct actual monitoring with help from attorneys in eight regional offices across New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Cleveland, Kansas City, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington.
Defense chief Wilson said the armed forces may shrink by 100000 to 168000 from 2.8 million next year while overall defense spending rises 4 to 6 percent, reaching up to two billion above the current 36 billion dollar rate. He noted the Air Force size next year remains uncertain.
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