Local Hospital Notices and Community Updates
Admission and discharge details from the Corry Hospital list several residents by name and address including Roger Johnson and Mrs. Pearl Nichols Spartanburg. Community items note the Wheelock Aid meeting, Elks dining room closure, Meadville High School conversion bids, and Jamestown tax exemption remarks by Mayor Carl Sanford. Dated notices mention Lyle G Hull of Ridgway dying in Honolulu.
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Elks
Meadville
Iasti
Meadville High School
Brother Oscar
Fritz
Jamestown
Carl Sanford
Ellicott
Rites Set for Oscar Fritz of Corry
Funeral services for Oscar S Fritz of North Center street will be Thursday at 1 30 PM at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev Ray Harris officiating. Interment follows in Pine Grove mausoleum. He died at Cory Memorial Hospital at 7 05 AM after a long illness. Born in Sweden August 17 1886 he came to the United States soon after 1900. He married Tessie Zoe Fritz who survives, and he previously ran the old street car line in Corry before entering the gasoline and oil business and operating a North Center service station. Surviving also is stepson Wesley Pearce of Clymer. He was a Mason and a member of the Corry Elks lodge.
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New Eagles Club
Erié
Dorothy Dollivar
Erle
New York City
New York Press
Rudy Vallee
Waldorf
Titusville F. C. Eagle
Warren
Keith E. Nulp
Pleasant Township
Warren Ambulance Service
Matthew Lawson
Nulph
Warren County
Elks
Oscar Fritz
Meadville
Westinghouse
Franklin State
Sandy Lake
Sandy Lake Township
Cynthia Proener
Grove City Hospital
Oscar S. Fritz
North Center Street
Bracken
Ray Harris
Pine Grove
Mr. Fritz
Cory Memorial Hospital
Sweden
Tessie Zoe Fritz
Frits
Old Street
Corry
Wesley Pearce
Clymer
Free and Accepted Masons
Corry Ledge of Elks
Perjury acquittal for two in Turnpike fraud case
In Harrisburg two men Paul J. McNeill and Clayton A. Landsidle were acquitted on perjury charges tied to a multi million dollar conspiracy against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. They had been previously convicted along with three others in the mine filling scheme connected to the northeast extension project. Maj. Gen. Hanson Edward Ely died at 90 in Jacksonville Florida, a World War I veteran noted for leading the first American regiment at a WWI battle. He was born in Mason City Iowa and graduated from West Point in 1891.
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Harrisburg i
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Dauphin County
Homer ? i Kreider
Paul J. McNeill
South Reading
Clayton A. Landsidle
Shillington
McNeill
Turnpike Commission
J” Landsidle
Mann- Mine Research and Development Co
Reading
Jacksonville
Fhi
Hanson Edward Ely
Bly
Mason City
Towa
West Point
Hall longtime firm president dies after 1912 to 1980s service
Family notes Hall served the firm from 1912 joining as secretary treasurer 1918 to 1937. He led as president from 1987 until retirement last year.
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Hall
Weather Cuts Eagle Wing Jump Involves 2500 Troops
Widespread ground winds and 18 mph surface gusts grounded more than 2,500 paratroopers from the Eagle Wing exercise. Major General Westmoreland halted the 5,000-man drop after a test jump revealed treacherous winds, ending the war games with about half airborne. Recovery plans pivot to dawn arrivals and a parachute training jump, while remote hopes linger for a late aerial drop from Sewart AFB.
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GamrpEiunyy
WC. Westmoreland
A01st Airborne Division
A. Breauit
S10st Battle Group
Sewart Afb
Nashville
Tenn
Westmoreland
Man Pleads Guilty in Greene County Service Station Hold Up
William Leroy Price 23 of Mannington West Virginia received a three to seven year sentence after pleading guilty to armed robbery at a Greene County service station. He admitted entry with an accomplice on April 4 taking 196 dollars after firing two pistol shots. Police await identification of the second man. Les tie Bell 21 was detained by an FBI agent in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Naynesburg
William Leroy Price
Mannington
W. Va
Greene County Court
Price
J.T. Hook
Spragus
Alber Mercer
Mercer
Lestie Bell
FBI
Chattanooga
Tenn
Teen age crime rises in Britain debate over prisons
In London a government spokesman told Parliament that crime among Britain’s teenagers threatens to rise out of control if measures are not taken. Lord Mancroft warned the situation could become unmanageable within a few years as prisons and reformatories grow crowded in a debate on the prison system.
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Britain
London
Lord Mancroft
FCC Head Urges Editorializing By Radio TV Stations
Doerfer of the FCC urged broadcasters to use their right to editorialize on public controversy and to offer air time for opposing views. He criticized some newspapers for news handling while noting broadcasters must fairly present conflicting community views.
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FCC
Wo Nurceuses
Ve — Gretta
John C. Doerfer
Federal Communications Commission
Doerfer
Natonal Association of Broadcasters
Asd
Washed Up London: Man Fined for Basement Party Water Hose
John A. MacQueen, 45, fined two pounds for turning a hose on a basement rock n roll party in the neighboring house. The incident occurred yesterday and resulted in a minor disruption of the partygoers and property.
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London
John A. MacQueen
Warm Weather Draws Tourists to Pennsylvania Shrines
Unusually warm spring weather has spurred an early tourist rush to 17 state historical sites in Pennsylvania. Wallace Workmaster of the State Historian and Museum Commission says attendance may reach record levels as sites, in better shape due to ongoing maintenance, charge 50 cents at most, 25 cents at a few, and two are free.
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Markisburg Uf
Pennsylvania
Wallace Workinster
State Historian and Museum Commission
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The
Corry Journal Printing Department
Titusville
Oi Centennial, Inc
Ned Dearborn
Dearborn
National Safety Council
Chicago
C. D. of A
St. Edward's Hall
Calvin C.torrance
Torrance
Isue
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mediterranean
Corry Beverage Distributor
Franklin
Pittsburgh
Galloway
Franken Hospital
R. S. Garfield
Women’s Relief Corps
Qerry Grange Hall
Art Schaub
B&h
Schaub Wallpaper & Paint
South Center Street
Watt
Hospital
Corry Hospital
Roger
Warren Johnson
Smith Street
Richard E. Merkle
Columbus Avenue
Hugh DeLury
Northscond Avenue
Kathleen L. Ross
Marion Street
Cifford Jr
Thomas
Clifford Stockton Sr
Spartansburg
Alton Huntley
R. D
Howard Bloomfield
Embert R. Smith
North
Denver Street
Richard Allo
Washington Street
Pearl Nichols
Ther Jones
Clair Weidner
Georgia Lyons
David Hall
North Center
James Langton
Roger Johnson
Wheelock Community Aid
Jan Howard
Neilly
Corry’s
Tojo
Tokyo
Shohei Sanmenji
GT William
Girard
Hideki
Cleveland
Joseph Kusminieyzk
Pete
St. Alexis’ Hospital
General Historical Preservation Fund
Commission
Thtory
Truckers
Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
Clinton Street
Rees Star Eee
Slocum's Electronics
South Center St
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