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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1969
Page
4
Local classified notice notes 32 cent per line rates and noon deadline for ads. It lists a special meeting of the Stanford Hose Company at 7 30 p m to pay respects to William Speck and Charles Craker at 1115 a Verre.
Emergency calls listed for Corry Hospital and ambulance services. Admitted and discharged patients named from Corry Union City and surrounding areas with addresses. Also notes Corry Lodge No 365 Masons to conduct a funeral service for William H Speck, who died September 13, 1969, at Bracken Funeral Home.
Funeral services are announced for Charles T. Craker at Bracken Funeral Home 11 a.m. Tuesday with visits Sunday and Monday. Leona Kingman’s services at Glenn Funeral Home 2 30 p.m. Wednesday with visits Monday and Tuesday. Roger C. Ross to be buried Pine Grove Cemetery after Bracken services 10 a.m. Thursday with visits Tuesday and Wednesday. Samuel G. Upperman to be laid to rest at West Lawn Cemetery Columbus after Bracken services 2 p.m. Wednesday with visits Tuesday.
An Allegheny County couple, Robert Kish aged 42 and Mary Francis Kish aged 41, were killed when their car slammed into a house porch on Hulton Road in Penn Hills. The crash caved in the porch but no residents were hurt.
Four Titusville men and one Meadville resident survived a twin engine amphibian crash while returning from a hunting trip. Pilot J Curtis McKinney reported misjudged headwinds and fuel exhaustion caused the wreck three miles south of Halifax International Airport. Co pilot C L Blystone and others sustained injuries as rescue teams used a helicopter with a harness to lift them from the wreckage. L C McKinney II stayed in radio contact with Halifax Airport until the crash.
Funeral services for Mrs Mildred B Stroup were conducted at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p m with Rev James Bodie officiating. Burial followed in Spring Creek Cemetery. Bearers included James Darling Jack Skagg Virgil Falconer Donald Dalrymple Robert Dalrymple and Monroe Devore. Numerous relatives and friends traveled from Eric Pittsfield Buffalo Titusville Union City Pineville Pa and other nearby towns to pay respects.
Clyde H. Wohlmuth 62 a Gibsonburg native resident of Corry died September 11 in Corry Memorial hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted last Monday at West and Son funeral home with Rev. Charles Miller of Trinity United Methodist Church officiating and burial in West Union cemetery.
Titusville resident Robert J. Williamson twenty five is in satisfactory condition at Titusville Hospital after a high speed chase ending in a crash on Route 4 three miles south of Titusville. Williamson refused to stop for police in a 1969 Shelby GT, was ejected on impact, and sustained back injuries. He was cited for reckless driving and refusing to stop.
About 300 teachers ratified a new contract signed by Mayor Edward Harrington and association president Miss Mary Pinto. The walkout shut two-thirds of city schools and idle 600 teachers as salary scales for advanced degrees, specialists, and new grievance procedures were settled. The text also notes a resident who moved to Corry in 1953 to run a hotel and lists bearers for a local service.
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