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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1958
Page
5
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A fragmentary local notice notes a cafe called Eat House in the city center facing financial strain. Officials warn of possible closure if essential funding or support is not secured soon, highlighting service impact for residents and workers nearby.
Open house announced to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Young of R D 3 Union City. The event will be held at their home on Sunday October 5 from 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm. Mr. and Mrs. Young married October 7, 1933 in Spartansburg. Mrs. Horace Robbins of Phoenix, Ariz, visiting her mother Mrs. Albert Lynn of North Center Street. Mr. Harvey Loveland of King Street and Mr. Gale Beckwith of East Street attended the 1958 Ice Capades in Cleveland.
A stork shower for Mrs. David Klinger and her daughter Paris Lynn was held in the garden room of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Home. About 30 attendees from Buffalo Dunkirk Clymer Erie Girard joined the celebration as gifts were taken to Corry Memorial Hospital where Paris Lynn was born Saturday. Stork bingo winners included Mrs. Mary Michalak and many others from Dunkirk Erie and nearby towns.
The Corry Evangelical United Brethren Church held the second in a pair of planning retreats at the Clymer Conservation Club for Sunday School and church officers Youth Fellowship members and adult counselors. Sessions covered church program items and Erie Conference efficiency standards for the coming year. A tureen supper for 51 preceded age-group meetings led by unit directors. Dr. Glenn E. Donelson, Erie Conference superintendent, delivered an inspirational message. The Youth Fellowship met with 65 attendees, began with a night hike, then gathered for class worship and a baked ham dinner. Commissions planned programs for months ahead with cochairmen announced for missions social action evangelism stewardship worship and devotional life recreation and leisure. Officers and adult counselors joining the event included Rev H Ray Harris Lyle M Chase Delmar Lundeen Mrs Lynn Campbell Mrs John Lacey Peter Dubrosky Keith Henton and others.
Girl Scout Troop 392 at First Presbyterian Church elected Marion Bauer president last night. Honine Cady became vice president Carolyn Calvin secretary and Charleen Clark treasurer. Plans for 1958-59 include a progressive dinner and Halloween party plus child care badge work. Some scouts will travel to Erie Saturday to purchase new uniforms funded by last year’s projects.
The Women’s Association of the First Presbyterian Church meets tomorrow at 8 pm to hear Mrs. Eugene Westley speak and show pictures on Africa. Missionaries with the Evangelical United Brethren Church work among the Mumuye in northern Nigeria. The event includes devotions led by Mrs. Kenneth Burr and business by Mrs. A J Morrison. A 12 hour National Day of Prayer vigil follows from 8 am to 8 pm.
Hurricane Ilsa rode a northeast course while staying offshore and sparing land. Ship reports placed the storm about 60 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast as it weakened, with forecasters predicting it would merge with Helene remnants.
More than forty descendants of Abram and Lydia Allen gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Armitage on Union Street for a Sunday noon buffet. Honored guests included Sidney Barnes of Port Angeles Washington and Mrs Marjorie Barnes Dinham of Colville Washington along with Mrs Grace Barnes Ward of Champaign Illinois and Asa A Barnes of Salamanca New York. It was Mr Barnes and Mrs Ward’s first eastern visit in 38 years. Attendees included Preston A Miller Myra Lou George and Mark Miss Mary Fickenworth and Joseph Kemick of Erie Mr and Mrs Lloyd Thompson of Salamanca New York Mr and Mrs Raymond Allen and children Joan Debra and Raymond of Buffalo New York Floyd Allen Mrs Twila Harvey and daughter and Mrs Priscilla Knitne of Gowanda New York Mr and Mrs Gerald McCray Findley Lake New York Mr and Mrs Walter DeLand of Ripley New York Gilbert Allen of Washington DC Mrs Marjorie Biustone and son Jay of Clarendon Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs B J Hover Mr and Mrs Walter Hover and Mr and Mrs Ben Allen Sidney Barnes and others attended.
Edward Kovach spoke at the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel Corry last evening. John Roasbacher led the session and Kovach described plays from the Johnsonburg game last Friday and showed motion pictures of the event. Frank McKnight, nominating chair, presented a slate for 1959 officers, with voting set for next Monday.
More than 300 guests watched as a Regulus I guided missile roared from the USS Macon on a De pendents Day cruise off Boston. It glided to a perfect landing at Brunswick Naval Air Station 100 miles away. The Navy called the firing a complete success. The test marked a ship to shore launch in this area, with Regulus I having a 500 mile range and speeds over 735 mph despite being superseded by Regulus II.
Parakeet breeder Tradi Arnold reports 50 birds vanished from his Tucumcari, New Mexico coop. Only yellow and white parakeets were taken, with others left untouched. Loss estimated around $400. Mrs Dunham stayed several days at the Armitage home during a visit.
Restless students and police patrols mark a tense start to closing six Norfolk schools. Gov Lindsay Almond Jr ordered shutdowns while considering alternatives to maintain segregation under massive resistance laws. The move follows a federal court order for desegregation and ends fall football, adult classes, and school operations in three senior highs.
The Providence Chamber of Commerce announced a program aimed at recognizing outstanding teachers. Details were limited in the fragment, with emphasis on community support and future activities to promote education.
Aurora Illinois mayor Paul Ngan suspended the entire 68 member police force and urged residents to file complaints or seek warrants for violations. The City Council condemned the move 4-1 and refused to back the mayor while the police chief held to orders from the corporation counsel. The episode followed long running tensions over gambling enforcement and police leadership.
A 20 foot Rio Grande crest swept toward border towns near Presidio Texas as floodwaters from the Rio Conchos and El Paso area joined the surge. Border Patrol fears the wave is only beginning in this border town of about 1,000, with more downriver flooding anticipated and schools preparing for displaced residents.
Hal Boyle muses on baffling and humorous United States road signs and their odd language. He riffs on fallen rocks zones deer crossings and other warnings, mocking the legalistic tone while noting how drivers interpret these messages and the oddities of modern traffic signage.
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