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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1940
Page
8
Sparta area records show WPA playground work advancing toward finish as community plans for newer facilities unfold. The report details local gatherings, weddings, and visits as residents, including Nell, Gy, Ruth Scouten and Miss Bonita Blaweslee, travel through Oregon and Nebraska making stops toward Salem.
An explosion in Wolverine Empire Refining Company laboratory in Reno caused 15000 dollars in damage and fire that endangered nearby oil tanks. Three workers escaped injury while Chief Chemist Leland Baltgall and assistant Charles Gott carried out routine tests. The blaze cut telephone service between Franklin and Of City for six hours and damaged communication lines. Cause unknown and cooling efforts restored control within an hour.
Mabel Walker Briggs wife of Leon Briggs dies after brief illness at their McCreary Road summer home in Erie. Born in Erie to Byron A. Walker and Emma C. Hoyer Walker she lived all her life here. Funeral at 453 West Sixth Street Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with Dr Bruce S. Wright of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Erie Cemetery. Friends may call after Monday noon. Many local guests attended gatherings, with church and Sunday school notes and local visits mentioned.
The eighth annual West Spring Creek school reunion was held at Manley Grove on Sunday August 11 with a 1:30 p m dinner for about 100 former pupils and a business meeting. Officers were re-elected and plans set for 1941. The Lindstrom family held its fourteenth annual reunion at Arti Lindstrom’s Corry route one home with 100 relatives from several cities enjoying a picnic and a program before electing officers and inviting next year’s gathering.
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