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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1937
Page
3
News items cover freight car loads, show business, police activity, court sentences, church talks, WPA budget stance, labor walkout, school consolidation plans, and a student injury. Notable names include Harold Quirk from Anderson, Me., Rev. H. Ray Harris, Rev. D. Glenn Jones, and Senator Harry L. Hopkins with Spartan township school consolidation plans and local patrol uniform changes.
Erie council votes in favor of an immediate investigation into Pennsylvania Gas Co rates. Corry may join in a bid to shift proof burden to utilities, with a new valuation approach eyed by the commission and questions raised about how gas lands are assessed for public taxation and rate setting.
In Jamestown compensation court Mrs Eva B Putman widow of Lew Putman of Lily Dale was awarded 30 percent of his $21 weekly pay with three children each receiving 10 percent until age 18. Referee Charles K Blatchley noted Edwin Peters, a local resident killed at the same time, had no hearing date set.
LeRoy D. Robinson of Mill Village is jailed in Erie county prison without bail on an arson charge. State Trooper Raymond Malloy arrested him at the home of the unoccupied Mill Village residence, which was reportedly burned to the ground in an alleged incendiary fire on April Sun. The probe led to the arson charge before Judge Iynac Shanburry at Waterford. Robinson, who had $1,000 on him, awaits a hearing at 1 pm Saturday.
State College will host a two week traffic officer training school starting April 26 with cooperation from the Pennsylvania state police and state highway patrol. Commander May Lymn G. Adams says two officers will attend to demonstrate the program’s value for traffic safety. Capt. E J Henry and Capt. J G McCann participate, with McCann and James McHugh outlining Pennsylvania motor vehicle laws.
Kane April 10 A Chicago youth Meh dones evidently thought he caused his father trouble by abandoning a family sedan on Fraley street. A note pinned to the driver's seat read that his father Chris Melldones, of 5839 North Troy street, Chicago, Ill., has the keys and will mail them. Police offered two theories including a joy ride gone awry or a runaway using his father's car, with the father expected to answer a letter about the vehicle's return.
Rummage and bake sale planned by the Ladies Aid at the Spring Creek community building on Thursday April 15 starting at 5 80 pm. A buffet supper will be served. Local residents and visitors from Warren Corry Union City and Erie attended gatherings and visits over the weekend as the town hosted family and friends, with a prayer service held Friday and several names noted among attendees.
The report from Harrisburg notes scarce snow cover in March damaged intergrains meadows and pastures across a large stretch of the state. Despite some favorable weather for harvest, cooler than normal temperatures and low precipitation lowered winter grain yields. Farmers report lower wheat and grain corn prospects with many pastures and clover seedlings destroyed by frost.
Chief Highway Forester Walters G. Ludwig spoke at the Kuwanta Club about Pennsylvania's roadside improvement program. He described embankment stabilization through grass and shrubs such as mountain laurel honeysuckle willow and sumac to prevent slide hazards and add visual appeal along highways.
Brig teachers may be dropped from the district payroll when statements for next year are sent on April 26. Supt. C Hesman Grose cited reduced pupil load and possible state rules changes as reasons for potential eliminations, with vacancies unlikely to be guaranteed next year. Interment for an infant died shortly after birth was held at Spring Creek cemetery. A surprise shower honored Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Woodard on their wedding day at the Community building.
April 10 Wilcox High School opened a new annex costing 70000 dollars adjacent to the main building. The addition includes combined classrooms and a gym, funded by a PWA project started June 1, 1930, and will enable closing smaller Jones County schools in favor of one larger facility in September. Reverend Harvey Dockum, visiting, plans return to Sofia, N Cy.
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