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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1958
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Thom Penn and several incomplete phrases about washing and dimming. No clear event, place, or date is readable to form a coherent summary.
Social notes detail numerous travelers and students departing for colleges including Missouri, Pennsylvania State University, Carnegie Mellon, Washington Jefferson, Grove City, Houghton, Mansfield, and Allegheny. Engagements and weddings noted for Helen Rehnborg and Carl Pedersen. many residents visiting relatives in Warren, Meadville, North East, and Chester with a wedding planned for October 4.
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania Barry Lee Brown 18 died in Waynesboro Hospital making him the second Brown brother to die from a car crash a week earlier. His brother Terry Lee Brown 14 died Monday from injuries after their car left a mountain road and struck a tree on Sunday.
The Ladies Mission and Aid Society of Clymer met in the church parlors for an evening program led by Mrs. Mabel Schruers. Rev and Mrs Carl Hewes of Union City, former Colombia missionaries, spoke, a call to worship was read, a piano solo performed, and 30 members plus one guest answered roll. A brief business meeting approved sending funds to mission boards and prayer closed the session.
The Rebekah Helping Hand gathered at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday for a tureen dinner. Mrs Glenn Eldred and Mrs Harvey Loveland served on the dinner committee and presided over a business meeting. Quilting for Meadville Children's Home was done and a report was given on winter clothes needs for the home.
Miss Sandra Beardsley honored at a bridal shower hosted by Kinney and Mrs O C Kinney at her Mead avenue home. Sixteen guests attended with prizes to Misses Sandra Beardsley Janet Stroup Barbara Gibas and Kathleen Hicks. A pink and white table theme featured a center shower cake with bells and "Sandy and Ronnie." Miss Beardsley will wed Ronald Reed of Sherman on November 18 at First Presbyterian Church.
Townsend Club held a social business meeting at Mrs. Sue Tiffany's East Smith Street home. Members renewed 1958 59 memberships and discussed club continuity. Plans for a Halloween party were announced with next meeting details to be decided.
Mrs. Frosten Person of Eas Main street will entertain the Westminster Circle of the Women’s Association Tuesday morning at 9. Rev. Paul F. Bauer to lead devotions and Mrs. Kenneth Burr to conduct the program. No summer meetings were held. members urged to make a summer offering at the next gathering.
County 4 H members reflect high accident risk among youths 15 to 19 on farms, with machinery causing about a third of deaths. Drownings, firearms, falls, animals, and burns follow, most burns and drownings in under fives. Firearms toll higher for 15 to 19. Parents urged to enforce safety rules and keep children away from heavy machinery and unsecured firearms. A separate note reports a 50 foot fall killed 24 year old Clifford McIntyre in Uniontown, Pittsburgh, tied to Route 51 construction work.
Gerald Wobvy bowed out as a candidate for Erie charter commission. Clifford A. Zilch, chair of Niv Citizens Committee, named the slate of candidates and said the number of members would be set to seven after the enabling ordinance passed. Solicitor Geralt Weber initially seemed receptive but later said he would not stand as a candidate.
News notes from Clymer detail graduation exercises at Buffalo General Hospital and numerous students beginning college or moving to new campuses. Elaine Kooman led the nursing class as president. Families travel for education, with many daughters entering Hiram College Northwestern College Fredonia State and Hartwick College.
City council discusses replacing current system with a mayor council form or city manager lead. A seven member charter commission may be formed to study options and report to voters, with final decision by the electorate. Cornell University tied to the notice. students pursue college plans.
CHICAGO AP A veteran teacher and mother Mrs Parker of Grand Rapids heads the Convent of Parents and Teachers. She argues education improves when families engage at home, urging parental screening of curriculum and a balanced focus on academics, sports, and community life rather than outside interference.
A Meadville county court convicted Donald Bacon of assault and battery in a case tied to a July 26 incident in Centerville. Judge Frank B. Reed ordered Bacon to pay $200 in fines and costs and placed him on three years probation. If probation is violated, Bacon faces imprisonment in the Allegheny County Workhouse.
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