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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1957
Page
4
The Corry Journal lists postage, mailing rates and display deadlines for subscribers. It then reports on a tuberculosis threat, noting 1958 death rates at eight per 100,000 and 80,000 native cases, with one in three infected yet often latent. emphasis on vaccination and case finding.
A critique of American colleges and universities as they expand to educate millions of students. The text claims many curricula promote atheistic and materialistic ideas, citing a Harvard and Oxford educated chaplain who challenges Protestant, Jewish, and Catholic faiths. It highlights a Princeton philosophy text calling God a superstition and notes such views are widespread in over twenty institutions.
The Waterford area reports a deadly early morning fire and a separate train accident in Spring Creek Township. Coroner statements identify the deceased, while local government names ex councilman Frank L Heath as city assessor for the unexpired term ending January 1 1940.
O H Barlow announced the Raymond Manufacturing Company and its employer had combined to subscribe 10000 to the Liberty Loan. The piece notes concerns over market behavior and advertising through The Journal, cites Rev Dr Hugo Halton defending religious values against atheistic influence, and warns against moral decline and Communism.
Roaming round news items recount local happenings in Corry and nearby areas. Mentions social security checks for employees, humane slaughter legislation, a 1918 influenza recall, and a driving mishap involving Dr Hugh O’Hare. Also notes about rising interest rates on bonds and differing local bond costs for sewage and school projects.
Corry Journal Erie Railroad offers a weekend tour to New York City from November 15 to 18. Travelers depart Friday evening, enjoy a full Saturday and Sunday in Manhattan with a motor launch cruise, and return Sunday night for Monday work. Tickets are $39.50 for adults and $29.50 for children, covering meals hotel room and guided sightseeing.
Carmen Merritt, freshman at Allegheny College, awarded a National Methodist Scholarship by the Methodist Church board of education. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Russell Merritt Sr of 341 Second Avenue. The note mentions local community snippets including brickwork at Citizens National Bank and a water dispute on East Main Street. Airman Larry E Long, son of Mr and Mrs Larry Long Sr, is assigned to the 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at McClellan AFB, California. The Jamestown Ministers Association opposes the New York bingo amendment due November 5th. Bidney Elston, former assistant purchasing agent at Corry Jamestown, retires. Kim Rumbaugh of Corry elected president of Thiel College House Council at Harter Hall dormitory.
A fragment notes someone plans seminary study before entering the ministry. The text mentions a National Go graphic Society card to help satellite spotters locate Sputnik. It also recounts Arnold Johnson failing to recover a diseased deer hit by an army bow, losing his lone tag and missing the regular deer season.
A Russian satellite was used in a Capitalist stunt lighting a whiskey sign atop a mid-Manhattan building. RCA technicians arranged the feat, using Sputnik signals picked up at RCA Riverhead labs and relayed to New York engineers to trigger an electronic system that illuminated the sign.
Mrs Frances E Walter sues Walter D Pa for non support claiming he refused to respond to pleas for a faithful husband and father. She says he ordered her from the Easton home and will not maintain a home elsewhere. She seeks reasonable support for medical care and daily needs citing income over $50,000 a year including congressional pay and bank salary.
Community Chest Red Cross drive officials report that management and labor leaders at the Automatic Voting Machine Garportatiat plant plan a voluntary half day’s wages donation. About 460 employees could be affected with an estimated $8,000 raised, advancing the welfare fund this year.
A 22 foot cabin cruiser moored near the Water Works dock nearly ended in tragedy Thursday when an unidentified woman fell overboard. The man jumped in to save her and spent about an hour keeping her head above water until Peninsula police arrived. A nearby park resident initially dismissed the cries as noise from nearby cabins.
The Pennsylvania State Grange will hold its 85th annual meeting in Reading with over 700 delegates from 68 subordinate and 56 Pomona granges. Resolutions cover taxation, livestock disease, and farm policy, with one proposed action addressing Leptospirosis and a check on a Kore veterans bonus funded via taxation.
Cries were heard as Peninsula police arrived to the area. The shivering boatsman was exhausted from life-saving efforts. Both he and the woman refused to go to a local hospital for exposure treatment.
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