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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1947
Page
4
Public notice fragment notes Associated Press exclusive rights to news dispatches and postal publication details. Includes rates for mail subscriptions and carriage. fragmented text lists prices and mailing terms.
The Lamp, a publication of Standard Oil, argues that even if crude reserves ran out, America could sustain high quality gasoline for 3000 years using half of coal and gas reserves. It notes 1965 demand near 1,000,000 barrels daily and coal reserves about 3.2 trillion tons, with coal-derived fuels and synthetic alcohols seen as feasible, long-range options.
Local owners complain cars block driveways day and night near industrial plants and at several North Center street points, with congestion rising on weekends. Borough officials face mounting pressure as demonstrations continue and no action comes from last Monday’s meeting.
A mishmash of oblique notices and speculative items from Cory and nearby areas. It mentions weddings and social notices, war era chatter, engine ideas, a Pasadena Texas note about a home near the Texas City disaster, Memorial Day observances, a missing Corry merchant, and a potential city council successor. It also warns about a DST clock change tonight.
Seven trivia prompts cover subjects from Russian car Wan IV to Jane Eyre author. Questions ask about Marine Corps ranks, cotton pest, Salt Lake City founder, state nicknames, fictional character Taran, Metternich's country at Vienna Congress, and a proofreading correction for a Bradford police report.
Twenty years ago a string of local items covered road work on North Center Street with gas company service line replacements paving the way for summer resurfacing funded by a bond issue. The Blue Lodge opens a new Masonic Temple in the former Livermore building while plans for an Industrial Recreation Council aim to organize horseshoe pitching mushball and basketball leagues. Corry High School baseball visits Wesleyville in the season opener, with Dean Holwer seeking to assign the bam and track for spring. Weather delays slow stream marking for parking and safety at downtown crossings, hospital access, and street sections. A social evening honors Miss Ranghild Sandquist ahead of her upcoming marriage to Morris Chapin with awards to Mrs. Howard J. Sheen and Mrs. Albert Trott. A state forestry road program in Clarion County includes six inches of rolled gravel on a 1.10 mile stretch in Cook Forest totaling 12 feet wide and 36.9 miles of highway work for the next fiscal year starting June 1.
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