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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1940
Page
6
A briefer summary of Bradford area government activity lists a council gathering on Monday, a county court filing on a mistrial matter, and a fiscal snapshot showing receipts for the past year and expenditures. It cites a drunkenness arrest over the weekend and a hospitalized local woman after a Friday fall.
Erie county Republicans organized a Willkie club with Helen M Schluraff and Pred Taylor as co chairs. Officers include Harold Gibson secretary Walter J Givin treasurer Carl Hoffsetter president and manager Odin Stave Co and Mrs T M Porter president. A tentative board lists local officials and Republican leaders across Erie and surrounding towns.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p m from the Bracken-Reating chapel for Abraham Lineal Heckathorne of Sprig Street who died after a long illness. Rev Ray Bapris officiated with burial in Pine Grove cemetery. Committal duties were handled by Jonathan Lodge No 688 and Mount Tabor Lodge No 780 with special escorts from Ellicott Lodge No 221. Relatives and friends from Warren Ohio Boston Mass Jamestown Erie DuChy Kittanning Cleveland and other places attended.
An archival image reappears showing Wendell L. Willkie serving as an officer with the 225th field artillery in France during World War I. The photo appears in Dartmouth's historical records, with the Dartmouth College president noted as the paper’s editor when it began publication in November 1839.
Veterans led the committal at Pine Grove cemetery after funeral services at the late Warren home for Claude Althoff a well known Corry resident killed in an accident. Rev Gordon Abrams of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church officiated at both services. The Y B firing squad conducted by Paul Quinlisk fired taps by Wendell Gage with guards Taylor Porter Reynolds Sutton present.
General of the armies warned that failure to send destroyers to Britain would be failing in America duty. He spoke of great danger to the United States in the current world situation and blamed disasters in seven nations on appeasers who would not take the danger seriously or prepare while there was still time.
Alex Sweigert, editor of the Pennsylvania Angler, clarifies the Susquehanna Salmon alias. The wall-eyed pike is a perch not a salmon, a fish once common before coal mining, with a legend of early 1800 plantings from Lake Seneca to the Chesapeake Bay.
Charles Fowle of Corry Ohio, once a well known resident, died last week in Columbus. A graduate of Corry High School, he leaves many friends here who mourn his passing. Blasting Eye Production Mrs George Bailey of Los Gatos Calif protested to county authorities about blasting during a new road project claiming 300 kg producers, saying no ed by a single her since blasting began.
A reader provides a scrambled set of quiz answers including phrases like Prinked on THRE, % 1, Bolilers, Health, hounds howl and end, 8 Kentucky, 4 Golf, 5) 558 feet, 5 28 Inches, Carson City, 7) Because of its vot and iron deposits, Now 5 Yes. 10, doshita, im the Bible.
The PA reports high tides may aid a potential invasion with calm seas expected in the English Channel. RAF strikes target Abbeville in Nazi-occupied France and bomb a Belgian convoy. Kiel naval yards and oil plants face Allied bombing as Germany’s industrial heart is attacked.
Aug 5 Pittsburgh market reports moderate demand for produce with varied prices for apples and potatoes. Notes on butter, eggs, and cheese. Buffalo livestock prices show hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs with mixed gains and declines.
A chaotic yet lively recap highlights several games and players across the scene. Notes mention Black Ash, Fonators, Pug Mahone, Willie Hers, and others in varied matchups, with focus on pitching, late leads, and upcoming events. The piece nods to city teams, college ties, and a bustling athletic week, all set around recent outcomes and future showdowns.
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