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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1938
Page
3
An OCR fragment discusses relatives and extended family, hinting at personal connections and kinship. It reflects social ties and customary mentions without concrete events or dates. The readable text emphasizes family bonds and remembrance amid fragmented lines.
Harry Caton, secretary of the National Grange, addressed Corry Grange noting the Grange as the world’s oldest and largest farm organization. He cited $71,000,000 in federal farm loans spurred by Grange efforts, ongoing machinery cost investigations, and millions of annual Grange meetings with eight legislative offices in Washington to shield farmers’ interests. At the meeting, three candidates received first and second degrees as recitations, songs, and readings were presented.
Massillon Drum Corps won first prize at the Ohio Pennsylvania American Legion drum corps event with 5.7 points. Duquesne, Elvira, and Cleveland Heights placed next, receiving prizes of 200 and 100 dollars. five others earned 75 each. Eleven officers judged the competition. an exhibition followed by Elixir junior champions from Gal luxtn.
Lynn Holmes, 82, of West Congress Street, died Sunday morning just after 10 at Corry Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks. Born in Columbus Township, he spent most of his life in the area and worked twenty years at the Corry Cut Sole Plant. Survived by three daughters in law, Hettie McGrath, May Spencer and O J Wyma, and Corry R D. The body is at Bracken Keating Funeral Parlors, call until 1 PM Tuesday. Private services Tuesday at 2:30 PM from Bracken Keating, interment Pine Grove Cemetery.
Melvin Spence, 20, pleaded guilty to burglary in Philadelphia and told Judge Crimlich he wanted a long sentence to learn an honest trade, saying he has been in and out of jail since age 11. The judge offered three years instead of ten and advised consulting the chaplain.
The national interest centers on the Democratic Senate primary in California as 75 year old Senator William Gibbs McAdoo battles a strong challenge from Sheridan Downey John Preston James Mellen and Pierson Hull. President Roosevelt endorses McAdoo while observers see a real risk of defeat with Downey favored to turn the tide. Ray Riley the state railroad commissioner is the probable Republican nominee in a three way race.
Erle reports a series of showers for Miss Alice McDonald as she prepares to wed William Nantes on August 28. Helen Hainsworth plans a Thursday party at Friendship Manor, and Mrs Helen McDonald hosts a August 15 gathering on Seventh Street. Mrs Norbert Nantes hosted a turnout for the bride-to-be last week. The groom-to-be, William Webb Nantes, is a former Corry resident.
Corry hosted a large air show with pilots Charles Pierce from Corry Neil McCray and Bob Mayer from Erie performing aerobatics in a Stinson, a Rolls, loops, and Immelmann turns. Mayer experienced engine trouble but rejoined for further stunts as Ken Schroeder announced. Refreshments sold near the hangar amid hot weather.
Alexander Zinski 28 of Carnegie Pa drowned at Pyamatuning Lake west of Linesville on a Saturday afternoon. The body was recovered. Coroner Luther J King ruled accidental death after Zinski, swimming with two friends earlier, was taken by cramps and sank before help arrived.
The name Dolores is Latin in origin and means sorrowful or lady of sorrows, referencing the Virgin Mary. Other forms include Lora meaning she who weeps, Loraine meaning sorrowing, Loleta Mary of the sorrows, and Lorette meaning little one who weeps, with popularity in Spain, Mexico, and the United States.
Mexico maintains a land frontier with the United States extending more than 1,500 miles. The vast boundary underscores migration, security, and cross border trade considerations shaping regional policy.
Two Corry anglers Sidney Darwin and Frank Spiesman narrowly avoided disaster when a hydroplane taking off from Bemus Point clipped their boat near Stow at Chautanquar Lake last week. The aircraft damaged their rod and line, which dangled from under the plane as it passed, and the boat narrowly escaped a direct strike by mere feet.
O C Beueratt of the Pottstown Motor Club told four meetings here that surveys show there are more automobiles in Pennsylvania than in England or France, despite the larger populations in the European countries.
A three wheeled self propelled steam carriage built in 1770 marked among the first attempts to design an automobile.
West Plains Missouri fishermen Dick Gur Kermit Wasson and J L McKinney hauled a 70 pound Ozark turtle from the fring river near Mammoth Spring Arkansas The massive catch measured 50 inches long and is hailed as the granddaddy of local turtles.
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