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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
8
Two men were arrested near Sheffield in a weight fraud case tied to the Pennsylvania Motte Company plant. Authorities say false weight slips were used for scrap glass deliveries, leading to a fraud inquiry involving a 60 year old weighman, a trucker, and multiple suspects.
Franklin council discussed parking meters but did not vote due to absence of two members. Mayor Battender opposed buying meters, citing negative impact on business, while merchants division favored action though no resolution was passed.
The fourteenth Halfast family reunion was held at Canadian Lakeside in Martesans, Canadahls Lake, on Saturday July 26. Harold Halfast presided after a bountiful dinner for 41 relatives and friends. Officers elected: Mildred Harter president, Fred W. Halfast vice president, Mabel Moyer Halfast secretary-treasurer, with a resolute planning of next reunion at Glenwood Park on the last Sunday in July 14y. Mentions of marriages and engagements among participants followed, and cake was served.
The article notes Alday's shift to principal at the Keene Valley Centre school near Lake Placid as many families from Clymer attend annual reunions. It describes local gatherings at Findley Lake with extensive family and neighbor visits, church figures, and community events including picnics, sermons, and a planned band concert.
Ari Aug 0 The electangies at Watttaburg borough and Villalye townstip will vote on whepsey beer and liqunes conhieite kt he xctd My their respeasive. Au itheks county's nommisantiers announced Tiasday The question will be submitted to the AL the primary election on September 9. Auch voter issue required to vote separately yn heer id Manor. 'Thue one sieht ie de denved and the other issue success ui PetiHons signed by 200 ¢en of t he total persons who voted In and, community at the last geneal elec tion have been filed with the com msseioners. County Seiieitor Jucub Held had completed checking then!n Tuesday and informed commissioners that Wey Were faultless and that the referendum should take place, 1 will that the second time] sien prohibition that 'Wattering His Vated on the wet and dry issue. Pout years ago MMe drys lot by m single Vote, Because Iocal option Hylts fre quently become Intense, heavy you fy fo both districts is precited.
The report covers a Alterations of church groups and the Clymer G. L. F. Patrons annual meeting at the Clymer Central School. Events include a mission program led by Mrs Ethel Wasii Wes with Rev. James Helman speaking on faith in the Orient Europe and America. The eight annual meeting of Clymer G. L. F. Patrons announced new officers and prize awards for feeding stock and a cream and cake treat.
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A long retrospective notes Cory Pennsylvania resident Charles Ritehel and other early inventors in America who pursued flying machines before the Wright brothers. It recounts Ritehel’s 1880 New York City demonstrations in Philadelphia and Hartford with a wheeled, crank powered craft, ongoing experiments, and public demonstrations that highlighted the slow, collaborative rise toward true aviation.
A Sheffield man pled guilty before Judge Elmer L. Evans and received a suspended sentence of one to two years in the Allegheny County Workhouse with condition to repay $140 to the company. The court anchored the suspension on repayment within one year. The note references an edition of the Bible calling the idol shepherd a title for idle leadership.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Vin, Fr a, building, and school. No clear event, date, or entities to verify.
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