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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1961
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal is published daily except Sunday from West Booth Street Corry Pennsylvania. It lists staff names and roles including publisher George R Sample general manager Allan Hasbrouck and advertising manager Jon McLaughlin. It details advertising agencies national reps and postal details with subscription costs and display deadlines.
A fragmented local column discusses Corryville election interest and the upcoming mayoral race. It argues voters should attend council meetings to judge candidates, stressing the need for informed debate and a new master plan shaping the city’s future, warning against emotion or party habit.
Evangelist Billy Graham addressed 24,000 at Comnbach Stadium urging God intoxicated youth to form an army under Christ. He warned of a world threatened by weapons, calling for a spiritual counter revelation and surrender of hearts to Jesus. Earlier he met former President Eisenhower at Gettysburg noting religion as the nation’s foundation.
The Corry town page reports on retirements of two longtime residents Marvish M. Miller and Jennings A. Hines noting a new winter school schedule at Corry Public Library and the Meadeville Tribune urging high school wrestling inclusion. It covers council concerns like traffic safety, crosswalk use, ambulance relocation, and political turnout measures ahead of November 7 elections.
A fragmentary Corry Chronicle item outlines concerns over a CATDC investment, Centennial events credited to Vic Gendil, rumors about gambling approvals, and plans for direct distance dialing two-digit addition. It mentions Lawrence to speak in Harrisburg at a Democratic fund dinner with Edward Kennedy.
State College will offer fundamentals of mathematics as a three credit telecourse via television station WED in Pittsburgh. Edwin W. Bailey, associate professor, will teach. The course starts next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. A fatal crash near New Philadelphia identified Thomas A. Lyons and Delores Lyons, both 44, as victims in a collision between a car and a dump truck.
A 1941 retrospective recalls the Red Sea sinkings fueling U S Axis tensions over freedom of the seas. It also mentions a junior high pupil observed for possible infantile paralysis and J T McCoy reporting that only a small number of defense housing units will be ready by November, prompting school plans for about 100 additional children.
Forty years ago on September 9 1921 A Loveland was named president at a Brokenstraw Park meeting for the association with active participation noted. Citizens National Bank offers a $50 reward for information leading to arrest of those defacing roadside signs advertising the bank. Wilson Block on North Center Street getting a new coat of paint with F I Weeks holding the contract. Miss Florence Blair returns home after a week with friends in Canada.
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