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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1947
Page
4
The Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania notes that only a few hundred of the 600000 insect varieties injure humans or crops. Balance is restored by natural enemies, yet urbanization and transport spread pests like the Japanese beetle and gypsy moth. Garden worms aid soil by burrowing and decomposing matter, while Maude’s garden worm helps maintain this balance.
Plans for remodeling the United Brethren Church on North Center Street will be discussed at the next building committee meeting on April 1. The Birds campaign for the project aims to raise 2600 dollars, but the drive cannot be completed by Easter Sunday.
Erie April 16 City council approved James D. Maloney as secretary to Mayor Gale Ross and Lewis H. Sigworth as assistant building inspector succeeding the late James Leach Maloney a World War II veteran begins duties immediately and will also serve as secretary of the Civil Service board prior to today he held the building clerk post in the bureau of assessment and finance Clifford Welsh has been promoted to director of parks and councilmanic duties
More than one hundred people from the Northwest district attended the Y M C A annual dinner at Firth Presbyterian. The meeting saw nominations for the State committee and speeches by William G. Mather of Pennsylvania State College and State Secretary W H Kent on youth trends and international Y work. The Corry auxiliary organized a dinner for attendees from eight towns and cities in the district.
The Warren firm, The Butler-Wells Corp of Warren, submitted the sole bid for the Berry Forge plants at Titusville. The bid of $78,200 must go to Washington for approval after Cleveland WAA review. The plants, once run by Struthers-Wells Corp, produced large forgings for Army and Navy during wartime.
April 16 report from Titusville notes completion of sinking out Route 8 from West Spring Street to Hydetown borough. State Highway Department crew surveyed the area with plans to reroute along the existing roadway to Hydetown, allowing for notable property impacts. Buildings and lawns will be affected as utilities and lines are relocated.
The House, after a Supreme Court rebuke, moves to strip an executive by a 1940s style budget maneuver. It aims to curb Edgar L. Warren as director of the U S Conciliation Service by altering Labor Department appointments, sparking charges of unconstitutional interference in personnel decisions.
A fragmented quiz listing asks about a cabinet official proposing outlawing the Communist Party, a New York Daily News editor killed in a fall, a South American border dispute, CIO and Supreme Court actions, Jefferson presidency order, a motion picture actress, Countley Cassini, a sugar lamp expiration, an American composer of Over There, and a $400 fine from twenty years ago.
Jamestown health officials led by Superintendent Dr William M Sill urged residents planning to visit New York City to get vaccinated for smallpox. The city outbreak has claimed two lives and affected others. a clinic at the public health office operates daily 2 to 4 pm with no charge.
Mr and Mrs Barris Wawons of Columbus learn of the sudden death of their niece Miss Helen Woodward of Jamestown who died Monday at a Jamestown hospital after a week of illness. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Woodward of Jamestown and is survived by relatives in the city. The funeral will be Thursday at 2:30 PM at Boyd Funeral Home on Fourth Street Jamestown.
Plans call for private cemetery relocation within Hydetown limits and removal of pence. Demolition targets include the old Titusville ice cream plant and the Elmer Archer house at the far end. Murdoch nar junds will be cut back and the railroad line will connect to the existing road where four houses stood along the left bank.
During the fiscal year 1945 the FBI and cooperating agencies detained 5,090 selective service fugitives. Of these, 3,093 were convicted on draft charges and 74 were convicted for illegal wearing of the uniform, a 40 percent rise from 1944.
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