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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1963
Page
2
A jumble of names and addresses appears in a Line-O-Ad listing with several discharges and admissions, plus community notices. The column includes residents of Union City and surrounding towns, a Friday Moose Fish Fry event, a store closing for a Jewish holiday, and an offer for a Dexter washing machine plus free ironing accessories at Brigham Hardware.
In Harrisburg the Episcopal Church seeks federal policy relief to permit sacramental wines in prisons. Bishop J Thomas Heistand said the diocesan legal counsel asked the Justice Department for the restriction copy and its meaning. No action will be taken until a Department ruling is received. The matter arose last May with the Rev. Donald Meane.
The Lewisburg area priest was barred from delivering sacramental wine to inmates for communion in the federal penitentiary. Sacramental wine and bread in round water form are used in Episcopal rites. The Rev Means asked the diocesan convention to intervene and the convention passed a resolution to review the issue.
Betty Luce Foster, wife of R D Clymer, died at 6 a m in Roswell Park Memorial Hospital Buffalo at age 39. Born October 3 1924 in Corry to Harold J Luce and Mrs Luce she was a member of Edwards Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church Culmer. Survived by husband two daughters Mary Lou and Ann mother sister and nephew. Friends may call Spitz er Funeral Home Clymer tomorrow evening and Friday with final rites Saturday at 1 p m Rev Leonard Adams officiating interment Holland Cemetery Ol mer.
Erie County DA Richard V Scarpitti opposes Millie Thomas seeking external parole for the 1946 murder of Robert Pisher. Thomas was convicted of first degree murder in 1947 and given a life term at the state prison for women. co-defendant Mike Bubna received the death penalty. Scarpitti cited risks to the public and the brutality of the crime in his objections to the parole board. The board will review the plea this fall.
President Kennedy frames a five day swing as a nonpolitical conservation tour. He urges electrification upgrades, multipurpose land, water and wildlife use, and new starts in farm programs to advance conservation amid mixed audience reactions.
Funeral service for Mrs. Merle Amma Crosby was held at Spitzer Funeral Home in Clymer with Rev. Harry Bauer officiating. Interment followed at Town Line Cemetery. Bearers included Raymond Crosby, Richard Crosby Paul, George, Leonard and Orrie Van Ord, with many relatives from North Clymer, Bear Tinke, Jamestown, and Westfield in attendance.
The council wrestles with bonding items including golf course and park costs. The final package may exclude some projects unless feasibility studies show they can be funded from general revenues. New equipment purchases may be moved to operating budgets, potentially removing 811,000 from the bond issue. A final decision isn’t expected until later this year, pending further feasibility work by Singler Deane and Scribner in their financing plan.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions interested individuals in the Democratic party and a mention of buyers in Corry. The text is incomplete and provides limited context about who is involved or what action is intended.
Funeral notices list services for Mrs Karl Alta Slemmens at Bracken Funeral Home in Jefferson Ohio with burial at Oak Dale Cemetery. Wilford F LaPaze Requiem Mass at St Thomas Church after a St George Funeral Home prayer service. Betty ice Poster final rites at Spitzer Funeral Home Clymer with Holland Cemetery interment. Friends may call multiple times.
The Parking Authority released an artist’s sketch showing a retail ring around the block bounded by Center Street Maple Avenue East Washington Street and the railroad tracks with a large Center Street entrance and ample parking. Mayor Zalznick and Corry Jamestown Corp management reportedly collaborated on the plan which would raze all structures for possible urban redevelopment aid. Bids will be sought from parking engineers to conduct the required survey requested by Fisher.
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