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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1951
Page
9
The readable catalog fragment lists sale items such as brass tables shelves frames walnut stands crockery 25 and 84 5 in value, a go m suite and white machine, food and household items including crocks and a rockers plus an Ald blue glassware set.
Zem Zem Band will perform in the Senior High School auditorium this Saturday. The concert offers students and the community a chance to hear the band that appeared in New York City at the summer convention this July.
Courtney Wilcox will lead the two hour program ring at 8 p m. One of the Lines lured by the famed band will be Not Soldiers Never Die. The number played will be written by the late Charles Camp il, former Zem Zem ple Band director and first Corry High School band director. No ticket sales will be held.
State Department of Agriculture reports farmers will increase processing crops for the armed forces. Pennsylvania growers expect 18 percent more snap beans for processing than 1950, with about 5,800 acres planted. National goal seeks 10 percent rise. Sweet corn acreage to rise 15 percent. Shrine fundraiser proceeds aid hospitalized children at Gerry and Union City hospitals and Zem Zem Hospital Erie. Intermission program features Tillotson Sisters Sparrowsburg and a band lineup with various marches and overtures.
The report projects total acreage around 12,100 with a national goal of a 10 percent rise. Strawberries are set at 1,800 acres versus last year’s 1,900, with Fall cabbage growers aiming for 2,500 acres and Spring silnaet at 2,700 acres. Yield per acre is expected at 840 bushels, totaling about 864,000 bushels, far above 1950. Fan derives from the word fanatic.
Harrisburg April 25 The Public Utility Commission suspended a proposed 4.5 million annual rate increase for West Penn Power Co serving 16 Pennsylvania counties The action includes an investigation into the reasonableness of the increase and affects about 210000 customers across Allegheny Armstrong Butler Centre Clarion Clinton Elk Indiana Lycoming McKean Potter Washington Westmoreland counties plus company officials state the rise would average about 3 5 cents per month for residential customers
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