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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1961
Page
4
The Sorry Evening Journal of Cory Pennsylvania lists staff, advertising rates, and publication details. It notes post office second class status, mail and carrier pricing, and display advertising deadlines, reflecting a historic local newspaper notice.
The article laments widespread indifference to the Star Spangled Banner and national anthem at a Friday event, urging parents to teach respect and focus during the performance. It argues patriotic duty requires attentive, respectful dress and stance as a measure of character and national pride.
Labor Day events in Bear Lake included a parade, a noon picnic, games, a water battle by firemen and a women’s crowd splash, with fireworks closing the day. Miss Louise Shellhouse and Randy Smith wed at Bear Lake Evangelical United Brethren Church Saturday evening. Bear Lake School opened with full classes and Mrs. Fern Morton teaching.
The Corry Journal reports the seven member delegation in the House of Representatives posted varied roll call tallies during the eight month 1961 session ending September 1. Schust cast 1,950 votes, Polaski 1,267, Bish 148, Ford 1,299, Magee 1,068, Merry 1,212, Goldstein 1,?5 with swings in weekly totals.
A collage of light anecdotes and facts touches on college marriage rates, weight loss through dance, brand name trends in Communist China, church fires caused by lightning, naval blimps in wartime, bowling as a major sport, a quip on aging and women, animal jealousy in baboons, and the rise of Muslims in the United States with a noted mosque in Washington, D.C.
Hal Boyle offers quirky bits from Americana including tips for bigger tomatoes via serenading plants with violin or trumpet, a trivia list of presidents who married widows, new shark repellent gadgets, jokes about Papluments in Aruba, jet age realities, sleepwalking quirks, giraffe height notes, and a Johnson quote about man’s general pleasures, all in breezy column style.
The YMCA calendar lists events for the week including Corry Area Golden Age Club at 1 p.m. Tuesday and several activities such as Duplicate Bridge, Ceramics, Bazaar Workshop, and a Women’s Auxiliary meeting. Thursday features Y Mens Club Dinner, with a boys ceramics session and a Junior High Dance Friday evening. The swimming pool will reopen with fall and winter schedules next week. Teen Time slots are noted for Saturday mornings and evenings. A stray sentence about a dinner and a table mentions Greek dialogue, likely editorial noise.
To the person who took the glazed urn from my brother's grave I am glad you have it and if you feel remorse please return it so you may enjoy the flowers I did when visiting. There is a destiny that makes us brothers none goes his way alone. All that we send into the fives of others comes back into our own. Mys DMW Oll Gily Pa
From yesterday's memories, a Swedish press dispatch reports German occupied Norway facing executions and a siege in Oslo. In Corry, scores signed in at Tuesday primaries hint at full tickets in November. Corty Hospital seeks federal funds for a new wing as its beds are reduced. Coach Russ Byler leads final drills for the opener vs Youngsville at Loveland Field.
Forty years ago on September 11 1921 Miss Allaa Wales and Mrs Minnie Spear bought a home on the south side of town. A raid occurred last night and Coach Sheen reported 35 candidates for the upcoming football season. D Skinner and daughter Miss Gladys left for Indiana where Gladys will enter college for the coming term.
Paul Wentworth of Guys Mills near Meadville was chosen president of the Northwestern Division of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs. Seth Myers of Sharon was elected secretary and Henry Gates of Sharon treasurer at yesterday's meeting.
New York AP reports that despite debate on growth pace, economists raise yearly GDP forecasts. Federal debt tops 293 billion, Treasury to borrow 5 billion in coming months, with defense and civilian spending driving gains. Optimists expect GDP near 570 billion next summer, while consumer caution tempers the surge. DIES OF BURNS Philadelphia Electric inspector William J. Holmes, 63, dies from burns after contact with a 33 000 volt line.
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