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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1937
Page
3
Local notes report a regular City Council meeting set for this evening with a Bond of Education committee convening to push the 1937-38 budget. Other items mention daylight saving time, stock market schedule changes, public viewings of the Dionne quintuplets, and various county and state government updates.
Inauguration of daylight saving time Sunday April 25 sets clocks ahead two hours. Erie and Pennsylvania divisions publish updated timetables with major changes to Erie train No 6 eastbound to New York and No 912 southbound from Buffalo to Pittsburgh. Minor shifts also occur on Brie Renovo and stock market and radio programs switch to the new time.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will discontinue passenger trains 9356 and 9352 on the river division. Trains 9352 southbound and 9355 northbound will operate in their stead, with new departure times from Warren Oil City and intermediate stops. Effective Sunday, April 25.
Plans completed in Titusville for a district Odd Fellows meeting on Saturday May 10 with about 400 attendees. Delegates will discuss preventing the closing of the Meadville I O F Orphanage under a proposed consolidation plan and Meadville home children will be invited to the conference.
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania’s first Sunday of legalized Sabbath fishing drew thousands to trout streams. Gov George Earle signed the bill. about 100,000 of roughly 270,000 licensed anglers were estimated to have fished, with many starting before sun-up and reporting strong catches including rainbow trout.
Notices announce four Pennsylvania Railroad scholarships for employees' sons. Winners receive 800 dollars annually for four years with choices among Princeton University or Penn courses. Other awards provide 500 dollars for undergraduate study at Princeton, or full tuition at the University of Pennsylvania.
Corry relatives report the death of Mrs Mildred Munn Manning wife of Peter Manning at her home 749 East 21st Street Erie this morning. She formerly lived in Corry and is survived by husband two children her parents Mr and Mrs A W Munsee one brother Howard Munsee two step brothers Bernard Green and one sister Mrs Doris Willems Funeral services will be held at the late home Wednesday morning at 9 and burial will follow in Erie Cemetery
Pastor Rev Bl Wagner of St Pauls Lutheran addressed 79 members of the Men’s Bible Class during Sunday afternoon services at the Salvation Army citadel. F E Whittlesey opened with prayer and D A Hillstrom offered a blessing as the speaker stressed the good such a men’s organization can do in the community.
Judge Crichton pronounced sentences including a 2704 year term for a man charged with slashing. Several defendants faced liquor law fines of 300 and 800 dollars. Other cases covered aggravated assault and drunken driving with varying penalties and probation.
A farm home explosion killed eight people and lifted the house from its foundations. Deputies and investigators worked at the scene in Willkesha County as they searched for a motive and how a boy could have detonated the charge.
State officials announce a campaign to reduce pedestrian fatalities, focusing on reducing harm to schoolchildren. County highway safety chairs will coordinate with towns and schools to improve sidewalks and related safety measures.
Mrs. Joan Himebaugh 29 said she accidentally fired a 22 caliber rifle while examining it at the club. She told Police Chief George Christoph she was posing to call a taxi when Brower instructed her to fetch him in the basement. Brower, a former city policeman, drove her to Hamot hospital after the incident.
The Pennsylvanian capital punishment bill faces a test in the legislature. Gov. Brnye backs abolition while proponents push to end the electric chair at Rockview prison near Bellefonte, noting about 250 executions including a female inmate.
Two Corry youths Tonaid Haskell and Joseph Stewart were injured in a car crash Saturday night near North Clymex. The vehicle struck a culvert after leaving a driveway, with residents and witnesses reporting the collision and subsequent scrambling of the occupants.
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