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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
6
Lauren Clements presents A Virginian a? by a Virginia author at Senior High auditor mext sitekes. The operetta follows a Civil War plantation tale about a colonel’s daughter in love with a northern man. Tickets went on sale to aid the band uniform fund ahead of performances Friday April 26 and a children’s matinee the same day.
The Corry Post Office received a supply of 20 and 50 postal savings stamps issued by the Post Office Department. Stamps in 100, 25¢ and 500 denominations let anyone over ten open or add to a savings account. Stamps can be redeemed for cash at any postal savings depository. Postal-savings cards with stamps affixed will be free on request.
Plans to form a Corry baseball club are under review by Vern Group backers. A meeting with prospective sponsors will be scheduled soon to iron out issues before final organization, aiming to field a youth‑oriented team with 3 or 4 additional outward players to fill gaps. Local interviews progress, and fans await the movement’s outcome.
All month long City Bowling League events at Recreation Alleys tonight are postponed due to the death of Richard Smith a member of the Tending Kasper team. Matches will be rolled Monday or Tuesday of next week.
United Press reports from Denver that lightweight champion Lou Ambers won an 11 round non title decision over Wally Hally of Los Angeles last night. Ambers began with measured efforts to subdue Hally but the contest turned in seconds as Hally clinched and Ambers’s punches found aim. Ambers now enjoys mountain scenery after the victory.
Antler Bowling League clubs leave Fort Wayne bound for the nationals Howling tournament. Teams include Biks No. 1 with William Dimp captain and Charley Reuter Rube Raindall Lamy Baker George Roof and Bi Dyckes plus Good Fellowship with Andrew Paulson captain Stan Kasper Richard Paulsony Hhibert Weldgg and John Ohm. They meet at 4 am tomorrow at the Washington Trmnch then ride to Erie to catch a steam train to Fort Wayne.
A page features hatchery ads from Linesville and King Hatcheries offering chick starters, day-old chicks, pullets, and cockerels with varied prices, plus postpaid options and special April prices. It includes a segment titled Answers to Today's Quiz, listing questions and misprints from page 4, with references to Tuskegee Institute and other entries.
Hogs active with general rise around 100 higher. Good and choice hogs 180-220, weights 2575, underweights largely 159. Sows rough and weighty around 44. Cattle slow with weak to lower tone. Cows, cutters, and common 4.75-5.05, calves 11-9.50. Sheep 500 head with lambs slow, 2004 and choice 11, shorn lambs 9.75, mixed offerings 6-10.76. Pittsburgh market reports moderate wholesale demand, apples steady with Baldrains, York Imperials around 1.16-1.25. Lettuce, celery, and miscellaneous produce listed with varied prices. The report closes noting a list of companies in the 1 o'clock questions with multiple steel and industrial names.
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