Coast Girl Pilot Flies Upside Down Easter Egg Hunt Planned
Coast city council to hold an Easter egg hunt on Saturday with a spring cleanup scheduled May 23. Former film leader J Stuart Blackton, once famed in Hollywood for shaping stars like Barbara La Marr and Theda Bara, now directs a monthly welfare history program earning $2 a day.
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Holywood
J. Stuart Blackton
Barbara la Warr
Mae Murray
Milton Sills
Maw Marsh
Theda Bara
Rey Turpin
Westel
Easter Egg Hunt Planned for Children Under Ten
M Hengst associate secretary and the committee plan the annual Easter Egg Hunt to be held this Saturday for children under ten. Golden eggs hidden with prizes for finders, with more eggs than past years. The event, sponsored by the Y M C A, seeks local cooperation and older volunteers to supervise. Rain prior years dampened hopes for good weather this year.
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M Hengst
Mentor Club Banquet Closes Year In Private Hotel Dining Room
Mentor Club concluded its year with a Monday evening banquet at the Hotel Corry. Some twelve members attended the final session at 6 30. Mrs Wave Perkins received a floral centerpiece as retiring president. Mrs J B Patterson and Miss Signa Anderson were admitted as members. Visiting followed. officers planned resume of activities in October.
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Corry
Mentor Club
Wave Perkins
J.B. Patterson
Signa Anderson
L. R. Donaldson
William Myers
Frank Wilcox
S. D. Wilcox
Largest Turkey Killed in Osarka Area Weighs 27 Pounds
In Osarka, Missouri, John Bender, a member of the city health board, killed the season’s largest wild turkey. The bird weighed 27 pounds, surpassing the previous record of 20 pounds for the year.
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Joseph
Will Tuekey
Osurka
Jobh Bender
City Health Board
Easter recess extended for Corry Public Schools
Corry pupils will enjoy a longer Easter recess with classes suspended after Wednesday this week and resuming Monday April 20. Associated Gas & Electric reports 54,972,621 kWh output for the week, up 4 percent from last year and a record for the period. Weather has delayed the King Street sewer work under the RWD. A new Red Cross aid class for men is planned, with enrollment via Mrs. T. F. Giblin. Pennsylvania anglers report a slow trout opening day due to cold, snow, and high winds. Postmaster Farey declares the post office handbill distributor a failure, effective July 1, 1985. General Electric reports Q1 1935 sales up 16 percent and profits up 87 percent. Gerald Swope cites orders up 29 percent vs 1934. Rev. J. H. Diamond recuperates after surgery in Philadelphia. Harold C. White Jr notes speed trap complaints in Jamestown area. The Hester Housing rally shifts to 8:00 PM at the Municipal Building. Frank Bromley injured in Erie Railroad crossing fall. rest improving. Delinquent 1992 taxes must be paid to avoid lien penalties. Arcade restaurant furnishings returned. sale to begin Monday.
City Council Sets May Cleanup Dates for Corry
The Corry City Council announced May cleanup days on May 2 and May 9 with Street Commissioner Edward Harrington planning the drive. Officials urge residents to curb abuse by not leaving whole loads of junk or rocks and to keep salvage seekers away. Trucks will cover all streets on the 2nd only, so place refuse at curbs by 7 am in sturdy containers for quick removal.
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Corry
Edward Harrington
Safety Department
Venango County Man Receives Two Year Sentence
April term of Venango County quarter sessions opened with Judge Lee A. McCracken imposing sentences on four cases. Lester Sterling of Cherrytree pled guilty to receiving stolen goods and drew two years in the Allegheny County Workhouse along with fines and costs. Carlyle Morrison of Gil City pled guilty to operating after license suspension, fined 200 dollars plus costs. Harry Watts of Stoneboro pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and received 30 days in jail plus costs and a 75 dollar fine.
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OL Cipy
Lee A. McCracken
Lester Sterling
Cherrytree
McCracken
Venango County
Allegheny County
Carlyle
Morrison
Gil City
Dudge McCracken
Harry Watts
Stoneboro
Public meeting on home modernization with FHA experts
The Federal Housing Administration invites the public to a Wednesday evening session at the Municipal building auditorium. FHA housing specialists from Pittsburgh, with James J. Gallagher, will discuss the home modernization program, loan finances, and how Corry properties may be improved this spring and summer. A question box and a follow up conference with contractors and building supply dealers will be included.
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Federal Housing Administration
Pittsburgh
FHA
James J. Gallagher
Patmers
Cox [Traglers
Relief rolls show 31 795 Erie residents aided
Erie city and county relief rolls for April 6 cover 8 262 cases, with 31 795 residents on aid. Expenditures total 58 315 90 for the week, including 4 904 21 indirect relief and 53 411 78 in worse relief. About 7 554 cases used thrift relief and 578 were work relief involving 829 people.
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Erie
Research and Statistics Division
State Emergency Relief Administration
Early vocational education began in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania the framing of government under William Penn included agriculture, home economics, and industrial training. A 194 bulletin from the Department of Public Instruction cites Penn's article promising that all within the Province should be taught useful trades so none be idle, aiding the poor to work and the rich to avoid poverty.
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apRio NG
Pennsylvania
Willian Penn
Department of Public Instruction
Penn
Court Affirms Death by Own Action Insurance Suit
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a Venango County verdict awarding Elizabeth Walters $2,116.17 from Western and Southern Life Insurance for her son Carmel Walters death by self-inflicted gunshot. The case traced to 1929, with double indemnity clauses and appeals asserting death by own action was a crime.
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Oil City
State Supreme Court
Venango County Court
State Superior Court
Elizabeth Viola Walters
Tms
Chestnut Street
Franklin
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Walters
Venango County
Common Pleas
Cincinnati
Carmel D. Walters
Venaniga
County Common Pleas Court
Chine
Council Moves to End Alleged Health Hazard
City Council acting as a Board of Health order the Health Officer to notify J B Patterson to clean up the Fast Main Street property within days or face abatement at owner’s cost. Additional orders direct repairs along East Main Street boiler works site and investigate Antler hotel on West Main and Hurlbert estate on North Second Avenue as hazardous conditions noted.
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H. S. Burlingame
J.B. Patterson
Main Street
Miller
Mulderick
James ‘Mead
East Main Street
Antler Hotel
Rosa Torek
West Main Street
Hurlbert Tate
North Second Avenue
Father Finds Daughter Hit By Car Near Home In New Kensington
In New Kensington Pennsylvania on an April night a 13 year old girl named Catherine Carney was struck by an automobile. Her father Daniel Carney rushed to the scene and carried his unconscious daughter to Citizens General hospital where she received care.
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Sy Unites Fress
New Kensington
Catherine Carney
Ashe
Citizens General Hospital
Daniel
Plan for Bible Story Contest
Mr Hengst, secretary, announced an early conference of pastors and Sunday School superintendents to plan a Bible Story contest. Similar contests are held in nearby cities and have been successful, with judging based on accuracy, completeness, presentation, and scriptural clarity. Pastors and superintendents are asked to contact Mr Hengst to discuss a county contest.
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M. Hengst
M.G
Clites
Hengsteuiernian
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Bernardine King
Los Angeles
All Children Under Ten
Associated Gas & Electric System
King Street
RWD
The
Red Cross
T. F. Giblin
Red Grass
State Fish Commission
Postofice
James A. Farey
Particwar
General Electric Company
Gerald Swope
J. H. Diamond
St. Joseph's Church
Warren
St. Joseph's Hospital
Philadelphia
Harold C. White, Jr
Jamestown Automobile Club
North Warren
Costa
Theco
Jamestown Post
Hester
Frank Bromley
R. D
Corry Hospital
Center Street
Mr. Bromley
George H. Gordon
Gordon
Arcade
Lee
Council
Jesse
Lisumie
Leihi Aleth Golly
BR. Stokes
FHA Financial Reunions
Hammond
Erie CO
Insurance Company
Shari
Paris
Condra’s Pharmacy
Rexall Drug Store
C. M. Hengston
Humming Bird
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Cony
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