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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1961
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal masthead lists staff roles and office addresses. Advertising and rate details, subscription prices, and circulation terms are noted, with Associated Press reprint rights and mail options included.
The town welcomes a new rubber products outlet and a discount store moving into the former Loblaws building on North Cenley Street, with a possibility of a department store chain expansion. Retail growth could expand Corry’s market from 25 000 to 35 000 or 40 000 residents as shoppers stay local, though some fear competition. Merchants expect added inventories and broader merchandise to attract buyers, while retailers must adapt with expanded offerings and price competition.
A reception at the Abbey Reformed Church parlors celebrated Rev Tunis Miersma and his family returning from a vacation. Norman Hogenboom opened with a welcome, followed by a hymn sing and scripture reading. The program featured solos, duets, a choir, a piano and flute lineup, and a novel music store theme. A lunch was served and a love offering given to the Miersma family.
Mrs James Gravink and daughters hosted a pathday surprise for their mother with relatives from Bemus Point and nearby towns attending. Several residents shared visits away or with relatives in Frederick Maryland and Davenport Nebraska while others joined gatherings including a belated Birthday Breakfast Club for Mrs Gertrude Grayink. Notable attendees include Miss Doris Rustink from New York City and Rev James Belmin with plans to sail from New York to the Netherlands.
Ta Jane Hefferman seven year old of Franklin injured in a Seneca carnival ride crash on Aug 23 shows slight improvement at Fairview Hospital Cleveland she and her sister Sally Lee suffered head injuries after an iron coupling snapped sending them to the ground both girls were hospitalized with Ta Jane incoma in critical condition surgeons performed brain surgery and her mother plans to move to Holland Michigan Sally Lee was discharged Aug 28 and returned to school
Mt London reports the German invasion of Russia at week eleven centered on Leningrad Kiev and Odessa as Soviet defenses hold. Dr A G Davis diagnoses infantile paralysis poliomyelitis in 16 month old John W Craker Jr son of Mrs John W Craker of East Street. Raymond Manufacturing Co employees and families enjoy an amia picnic at Lake LeBouhl.
In September 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blair and children Francis and Margaret arrived home from a Canada trip. Lillian Murray and others travel to Horsehead for teaching duties. Mrs R Morton and children Betty and Bob visit Oil City relatives. Town residents urged to bring containers for coffee at Monday community picnic.
Donald Price, 18, was admitted to Spencer Hospital with a puncture wound in the right foot after a .22 caliber rifle discharged while he was hunting. He said the gun accidentally went off shortly before 3 p.m. in Meadville.
Kit Clardy a former Republican U S representative from Michigan’s 6th District from 1952 to 1954 has died in Redondo Beach California at age 89.
Newton Mass funeral details announced for John W. Piersall father of baseball star Jim Piersall. The Waterbury resident died yesterday during a visit to his son in Waterbury Connecticut with services planned in Waterbury on Saturday.
The Business Mirror notes profits dominate today's news across auto and steel sectors as all parties argue over proper levels and distributions. Labor seeks higher wages with profits, management wants margins up to fund growth, stockholders seek bigger dividends, consumers worry about prices, and government weighs tax revenue and inflation. Corporate profits rose from 43.1 to 45.1 billion dollars from 1955 to last year while total employee compensation grew 31.2 percent, signaling tension between growth, wages, and pricing in an expanding economy.
Calvin E. Dingler resigned as port director of the Duquesne Marine Terminal amid rising tensions with the port commission. He noted "professional jealousies" and said the commission was no longer behind him, despite boosting ship traffic from 16 vessels in 1959 to 49 in 1960 and projecting about 80 ships this year.
The State Health Department notes Pennsylvania polio cases lag behind last year with 15 cases in 1961 vs 38 by the same point in 1960. Department aides reported yesterday.
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