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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1970
Page
3
Readable fragments indicate a brief local item with names or places unclear. The text does not yield a complete event or outcome. further context is needed to form a proper news card.
Corry joins Stanford Hose Company for the first National Volunteer Firemen's Week with a sobering memorial for five Easter Sunday fire victims unveiled at City Park. A three state electrical shortage prompts curtailment requests while Singer Corp Jamestown division plans a 123 worker layoff effective Friday, per personnel director Jack Downey.
Bruce Mick blocked a punt, Little Beavers recovered at the Warren two and pushed it in for the only points of the game, sealing a defensive special teams victory.
Corry Memorial Hospital reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Larry Jaquith and three more births to local families. Harry W Phillips 81 dies in Millcreek Township. A Jamestown mother awaits word as her son and his wife and a British aeronautics engineer are missing after a balloon sink off Newfoundland. Donald P Wharton, Spring Creek native, joins Penn State Altoona as English instructor. Yough school district faces a $9.4 million high school proposal amid sharp public outbursts. Pamela Brown, TV actress, and Malcolm Brighton linked to the balloon incident. no word yet on their fate.
Miss Joan Lee Blystone wed Barry J. Staples in a Saturday ceremony at St. Thomas the Apostle Church. The bride’s sister-in-law served as matron of honor and the best man was Barry’s brother Brian Staples. The couple’s parents are listed as Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blystone of Canadohia Lake Union City and Mr. and Mrs. James Staples of 207 Northwest Street. The wedding occurred amid a day of local autumn happenings including Friday night football and a dedication at Corry Oil City’s Sheen Field.
Funeral services for Glen W. Donaldson were held at 2 pm yesterday at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph Bodie of Spring Creek Congregational Church officiating. Burial followed in Spring Creek Cemetery. Honorary bearers were associates of the Marine National Bank including Charles H. Bracken and J. Guy Butters. Active bearers included M O. Baldwin and Raymond Sickler. Attendees from away included Mr. and Mrs. L A. Hovey of Pittsburgh and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Donaldson of Warren, among others from Erie and nearby towns.
The Buffalo Evening News announced a five cent price increase for its daily and weekend editions starting Monday. The daily will cost 15 cents and the weekend 20 cents, due to inflation and rising costs.
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