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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1960
Page
5
A fragmented OCR reads as a local arts item highlighting a Texas act joining Ada events. The readable text hints at a collaboration or showcase, with no clear date, venue, or names beyond place references, leaving the main details uncertain.
In Polk County yesterday a report notes heavy activity with a wood tank and a two scene sequence under night conditions. The item mentions a deal or transaction linked to travel league matters and a de forest context, signaling a complex local event with uncertain details.
Members of the YMCA Auxiliary met for their monthly session to discuss genealogy and heraldry. Mrs Robert Tunnell presented the program, with a letter from President Eisenhower read by her cohost. The bazaar, under Mrs Alton Datstrand, will be on Wednesday November 16. workshops begin weekly on Wednesdays at 1:30 pm. final preparations set for November 15. New members were introduced and devotions led by Mrs Paul F Bauer.
Members of Corry Grange No 55 held a Halloween party in Grange Hall on Park Street with games led by Mrs LeRoy King. A cider and doughnuts table benefited the Flora Fund. Plans were made for a work bee Sunday afternoon and the Harvest Dinner on November 5.
Rotary and Kiwanis clubs met at the Hotel Corry with guest speaker Warey Lamina, addressing archery’s rising popularity as a family activity. H. Lymn Hice spoke on the local Archery Club founded in 1953, with 52 members and ranges at Lawrence Airport, winter exhibits at the Tannery, and demonstrations of bows arrows and equipment. Thomas Russell, incoming Elwonna Club president, later entertained directors.
Mrs John Mooney entertained the Findley Laxe Frenett Creek Garden Club at her matte Corry home with 20 members and two guests attending a noon luncheon. Mrs Marguerite Heligst, club president, assisted as guest speakers shared slides from Europe trip. A brief business session followed a fall themed centerpiece and a ship motif centerpiece. The group planned the November ruby event as its next gathering.
Induction of four members into Jr High Tri-Hi-Y at the YMCA included candlelight rites led by Barbara Radecki and Cynthia Burentak. Attendees from local families, visits to former hometowns, and plans for future events marked the weekend, with several residents hosting and traveling for gatherings and church meetings.
OES States Special Service at MLK Equnuelial Lutheran Church on Sunday evening October 2 at 7 45. Service will support the Eastern Star Relief fund aiding students in Christian vocations. Pastor Rov Ener Ornsrr leads with arrangements by Mrs Ken Welsere Mrs Ron Web Rainer Mrs Varela Ross and Mrs Cle Tien. Public invited.
Miss Graiger from Sherman’s foreign exchange program will speak at Findley Lake Evangelical United Brethren Church Sunday evening October 63rd at 7:44. She will share slides about her Summer Abroad experience hosted by Mr and Mrs Moll Lal Chattertee and their daughter Anita in London. The Youth Fellowship Christian Witness commission invites the public to attend.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its first meeting at the new time this Friday evening October 8:15. Mrs Helen Sector of Brie will install the newly elected officers. Spartansburg unit members may be invited. good attendance urged. Also note tropical storms called Hurricanes in the Atlantic are typhoons in the Pacific.
The Wright School Parent-Teacher Association will host a reading specialist at its October meeting. Miss Ednamae Bruggeman will speak to members tomorrow evening at the school gymnasium, followed by a social hour with refreshments provided by Mrs. Frank Sturgis and her committee.
In Miami a man dragged his wife from her office and shot her during a workplace attack witnessed by colleagues. Dale Lawrence, 42, fired two rounds from a pistol into the woman, a 35 year old secretary and mother of three, before police intervened.
Sheriff deputies probed a three million dollar burglary at the home of Raoul Fernandez a 50 year old West Hollywood retiree. The loot included about one million dollars in jewelry and two million in non negotiable stock from Coca Cola. Fernandez was out to dinner when a safe vanished from his residence. He reported ownership of real estate in Atlanta and Los Angeles along with U S citizenship papers. Fernandez a Spanish born former New York stockbroker noted he is the widower of Katherine Johnson Candler Pernander once linked to the Coca Cola fortune.
City officials discuss repair plans and funding for street reconstruction in Corry. Officials review education funding, recreation committee backing, and budget requests while outlining steps to monitor area safety and environmental issues.
New York AP reports Mrs Jack Kennedy left her hotel suite to visit Volunteers for Kennedy at their headquarters. She wore a purple maternity coat and a beret, commenting on the fast pace of her campaign travel and noting plans for a potential baby in December.
The 98th Pennsylvania Sunday School convention opened today in New Castle with about 1000 delegates expected to attend sessions through Thursday. The event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Shute Sabbath School Association.
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