Twenty Years Ago A Taken From Journal Files
A past date item notes Corry Jamestown Motor Corp acquiring L. W. Olds property at East Main and Maple for a screens and specialties plant. Also reports Trout season opening with anglers and a frosty morning. School board sets tax levy and tax collector dates, summer school to start in six weeks. Senior class wins inter class meet led by Norman York in sprints and discus. Raymond Sandburg shows off an Oakland eight cylinder roadster.
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Corry-Jamestown Mig, Corp
L. W. Olds
East Main Street
Maple Avenue
How’s Your I. Q. 10-question memory quiz
A scanned trivia page asks ten questions to rate memory and score. It references a glassified page, WWII OSS meaning, royal rug making, and modern Spain. It frames answers by month, year, and names, urging readers to turn to another page for the correct answers.
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England
Scotland
Wales
Asatie
United States
Houston
Macy
George
Great Britain
United Siates
Dehugashvili
Spain
Roaming Roundup Reflects on Mrs Darling and Local Happenings
The Chula Vista Star editorial honors Mrs. Marcella Darling noting her civic work with the Woman's Club the Red Cross and local projects shaping Chula Vista. The piece recalls her late visits to Corry Hospital and the community memory she left behind. Rumors say a modest small home development may start this Spring by local men, though nothing definite has been decided yet.
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Chula Vista Star
Martella Rolph Darling
Chula Vista
Marcella “Darling
Chula
Chula Visin
Stanford Hose Company
Blahl's
Hugh Detury Post
Local notes from Corry area and beyond show spring activity
Pasadend residents enjoy a month long vacation while Easter brings hospital visits and gifts. Arnold Seastead distributes chocolate togs to 29 Corry Hospital patients. Lee Wood of the New York World Telegram recuperates from surgery in New York. A local man eyes a city promotion as transfer talks stall. Teens chase fishing fever at old brickyards before dawn. Stewart Long engages with the State Bonus Bureau amid red tape. Maple syrup production dips due to sap needs. Jack Stout loses items in a Buffalo car break in. birthday burns mark Walter Merrick’s 73rd. Mrs. Cogswell resigns, shifts to modeling school teaching. Plans for a North Center street rebuild discussed. Steel Horizons spots Corry-Jamestown stainless steel windows feature. Joan Feldt lands summer merch job at Halle’s Evie. Mails scheme rumors echo pyramid and chain letters. Local reaction to Erie count GOP firings and Gregor’s dismissal as highways chief. Sam Roberts active with Jay Gooke but remains deputy attorney general.
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Eads
Pasadend
Cal
Corry Hospital
Arnold Seastead of
Sea's Drugs
Lee Wood
New York World Telegram
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York City
Stewart Long
State Bonus Bureau
Jack Stout
Loblaw
Buffalo
Corry
Walter Merrick
East Pleasant
Tomrrow
Robert
Cogs
Bhrdenfield
Justine Brown
Marine Corps Manual
Philadelphia
North Center Street
Steel Horizons
Nationwide Publi
Cation
Allegheny
Russell Sage College
Halle’s
Evie
Mick
Cory
Erie County
Martin Gregor
Sam Roberts
Gregor
Jay Gooke
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
iBABSON SAYS POOR TIME TO START BUSINESS
The article cites Dun & Bradstreet figures showing rising bankruptcies and more failures across retail and manufacturing from the prior decade, with 45% fewer new concerns in 1948 than 1946, yet 18% more active firms than 1929. It urges caution for new ventures, praising young energy but advising those with steady jobs to stay.
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Vonpinuea
Dun & Bradstreet
New York City
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Tecih Et Bifeck
Peoms A.D. Pererete
Har Ve Publiaher
George Sample
Fred Kimball, Inc
Europe
Legislative Branch
Congress
Senate
Tina
Peesube
U. S
Addis Ababe
Ethiopie
Theodore Roostvelt
Menetii
Clem Fuller
West South Street
Board of Education
Ralph S. Dewey
M. J. Blan
Jun~ior
Norman ‘York
Raymond Sandburg
Oakland
Gortersi Motors
Auer Agency
General Insurance
Paul Pizor
Obralm
N. Center St
Dial
L, Nestler
D.S.C
Tony
Loblaws
Calif
Anjou Pears
Abe
SWIFT
Ibabson
Stahl’s
Stahl Jewelers
South Center St. Corry, Pas
Chevrolet
Advance Design
Thomas Motors
of Corry, Inc
Lumibermens Mina Casualey Company
Kinley Insurance Agency
Zoox
Hotpoint
America
Diber
All-Way Electric Company
D'Orsay
Wat
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