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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1935
Page
3
City council discussed an ordinance increasing the pay and time for City Engineer N. R. Dickson. The measure was read but not formally acted on, with a plan to address it at the next meeting after informal discussion.
Harrisburg April 2 engineers of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways report a mild flood season with minimal highway damage. Only brief high water interruptions occurred as the Allegheny River froze and flooded a secondary road in Warren county. A rural Erie county road and a Fayette county highway segment were closed briefly. Bridges remained intact.
At a regular council meeting, discussion over a ten year lighting contract with Pennsylvania Electric Company led to a split on action. Councilman Nichols urged immediate action to secure savings, while Mayor Miller warned pending state legislation could alter options. The debate waned without any decision.
Rev. M. F. Scrung delivered a masterful sermon on The Fatal Haircut urging more Christian mothers as the greatest need in the United States. He spoke nightly at the Christian and Missionary Alliance church at 10:45 with many returning attendees from Rev. Scruby’s Bible Conference. Topics announced for the coming week include The Vagabond Prince and Anti Christ and the Coming Holy Devil. Mrs. Donal Wilcox was elected president of the Mentor Club at a recent meeting with fourteen members present, alongside officers Miss Elizabeth Raney, Mrs. Donald Stewart, and Mrs. L. R. Donaldson. The club plans a banquet at Hotel Corry in about two weeks to close its season.
Osbermen train cormorants to work for them. The birds dive for fish and catch them at the rate of as many as 100 an hour, bringing them to the boats and delivering them.
Sheriff N Dell Darling of Erie outlines his duties and penalties while addressing the Golden Rule Club at Parish Hall. He discusses penal institutions, crime risks for youth, and shares humorous and tragic incidents from his career. Dinner served by Emmanuel Guild drew a large crowd. plans for ensuing events include a canvass with the American Legion and an April 25 sale setup for April 29 dinner.
Merchant-members of the Golden Rule Club voted to extend Wednesday afternoon closing through June July and August similar to last year. They also set holidays for Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day and Armistice Day with stores to close on those dates and suspend Wednesday closure during holiday weeks.
City officials and a joint committee debate whether to buy a new dump truck or rehabilitate the existing one. Councilmen Nichols and Heath report on the purchase, with Heath supporting a new truck yet citing finances, while Nichols urges immediate action. No formal decision is reached as discussion continues amid high repair bills.
United Press reports Buffalo April 2 that Kit Klein, national women's ice skating champion and Olympic team member, recalls marriage to former light heavyweight champion George Nichols as a joke. Documents and Nichols’ statement about a divorce prompt Klein to admit a marriage two years ago at Ripley New York and she says she will seek an annulment.
A brief editorial argues Canada’s abundant natural resources and progressive policies position the country to become a great manufacturing power through logical development and sustained industrial growth.
Over two years city executives debated replacing a fire truck. Although all agreed a new vehicle was needed, they remained split on how to fund the purchase.
Local Business and Professional Women's Club hosts district gathering in Corry with three delegates from each of ten clubs. A dinner at Hotel Corry at 6 30 p m follows a 2 00 p m business session in the Parish Hall. Miss Wilma Rich named delegate, Miss Myra Thomas alternate. library talk by Marjorie Sullivan. bake sale set for April 20 to fund a scholarship.
A middle aged unidentified woman was found on the Toronto University library reading room floor after an apparent fall or throw through a basement window. Police pursue a murder theory as Dr M M Crawford notes foul play and an overcoat torn by the glass.
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