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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1940
Page
6
A postponed field day and picnic of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Beekeepers will be held at Camp Canadohta Lake on Thursday August 1st starting at 2 am. E. J. Anderson of Penn State will be the guest speaker, with a full educational program expected and large attendance foreseen.
City officials at the regular meeting considered a proposal from Iron Fireman Company to install a modern plant in the Municipal Building. The plan would heat the building and the Gly and fire department facilities with coal at an estimated annual cost of 1500 dollars, with anticipated coal savings paying for the equipment in three years. A prior stokers system was removed and a pas burner used. decision deferred to Director Fred L Barnes for a thorough investigation of the proposal and alternatives.
Brennan Breene 18 son of District Attorney Maurice P. Breene is listed in serious condition at Brookville hospital with burns to head jaw and chest and an 80 chance of recovery. The accident on Lakes-to-Sea highway near Leeper involved another car. Breene had just graduated Franklin High and planned to enter State College in September.
Burglars damaged a cigarette vending machine at BeAvbs and looted a cash register at the Nut Shop. They stole about $25 from the Nut Shop, $3 in change from Ark on Biddle Street, and left a vending machine smashed with three cigarette packs found by boys near a billboard.
Sparta residents report two local youths injured Friday in separate incidents. Al ed Fuck, 13, escaped serious harm after a hay wagon accident. Willard Tillotson, 12, suffered a head cut and brush burns when his bicycle hit a stone while coasting near Concord Corners. Both boys are hospitalized or recovering as communities plan a county vocational tour set for August 8.
Kane Metrick, 3, of Leeper, faces drunken driving charges after a Saturday night crash on Route 6. Hybrick Hewriak was arrested at the scene by Ridgway police and held for arraignment. The accident involved a car driven by Hybrick and another vehicle operated by Lester Lewis of Brookston.
Several families hosting overnight and weekend guests across Ashtabula and nearby towns. Notables include Mr and Mrs Hers ty Thurston, Carl Flagg, Virginia Culver, and Maggie Rogers. Also listed are visits by Mrs Richard Carlson, Wendel Kean, J Vincent Gleason, Eva Gleason, RG Smith, and E Hoffman with local relatives.
Parks and automobile theaters were in operation in 1999 with about 15 parks and an average capacity around 600 cars each, illustrating the era’s drive-in entertainment scale.
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Gertrude Bogard a Cuervo Texas native and xylophonist with Phil Spitsbys All Girl Orchestra died of pneumonia on the day she was to wed Dr. Thomas Bridgen of New York. Her death abrupts a promising musical career.
Salable hogs 200 10 to 19 cents higher with weights 160-180 lb at 6.50-6.90, 190-220 lb at 7.50-7.05, and 220-250 lb at 6.65-7.00. Cattle trade active and steady. yearlings to 888 lb near 10.50, heifers 725 lb at 10.50, dry fed steers 1050-1500 lb 9-10, cows 5-7 average, calves 125 head steady, good calves 39-10, culls 4-0. Sheep 160 head steady. lambs 850-900 with 6-7.50, ewes 2.50-8, wethers 3.50. Produce and fruits noted with moderate demand and mixed prices across Delaware Williams Reeds, Duchess varieties, potatoes and Idaho tasers. Answers to today’s quiz listed. market headlines from New York show declining tendencies with mixed noon quotations across major equities and industries.
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