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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1947
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes reference state audits and a district matter connected to a person or entity named Wendy. The text is unclear but implies an initial court or jury action and a small monetary figure of ten dollars. Further readable details are not present.
Reports say Rev Robert McDonald may succeed late Rev P A Lynch as pastor of St Joseph's in Oil City. Veterans can reinstate National Service Life Insurance with two dollar premiums amid rising 1947 reform talk. Police to station plainclothes at Titusville stop signs as complaints rise. Olympic Duggage Corp of Kane buys building for expansion. Butler County Memorial Hospital signs Blue Cross deal despite rate concerns. Weather swings above 90 with localized rain near Corry. Mercer calls Rev Malcolm Brown to fill vacancy after J Davis Tilingworth's resignation. Oil City publisher David B McCalmont, temperance leader, dies at 70. Steel scrap price drop noted by Iron Age amid market lull. Edward Gnade, Oil City figure and Landon connection, dies at Jamestown. Corry jurors named for October civil term. Local real estate transfer recorded in Erie. Bones found in Waterford pit uncover old burial site. Erie County sells $150,000 debt issue to Halsey Stuart. premium returns cut effective rate. Lawrence Parmenter treated for leg injury after Loveland Field game. 1947 corn yield estimates rise to 58,136,000 bushels in PA. Electric heater dealers meet with Penelec to discuss proper sizing and installation policy.
The forecast calls for temperatures above normal and generally fair weather with scattered showers toward the end of the period, with total precipitation around a quarter inch. A preschool session sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary will be held tomorrow morning from nine to twelve at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in City Building, Dr. Harrison Curtis in charge.
Jamestown Aug. 1 Eight youths aged 20 to 46 pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after swimming in Chautauqua Lake after dark. They were fined $10 each by Peace Justice I Robert Bootey. An auto carrying nine people was cited for lack of equipment. one driver was fined $10. One boy in his teens was not prosecuted due to age.
Henry Morrison Reed, chairman of American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp, died yesterday after a long illness in Pittsburgh. He was 66. He led a major company known for healing equipment and plumbing fixtures.
Mrs Arlene Chase entertained the 500 club and one guest at her Spring Street home last evening with a progressive 500 game. Eight members attended and Mrs William Huenell was the guest. Winners for the evening were Mrs Sarah Zaluneck Mrs Jennie Welch and Mrs Joseph Henling. Dessert included jello with whipped cream spice cupcakes and coffee. Next meeting is set for August 26 with Mrs John Newcomb of West Congress Street as hostess.
The 4th annual Weidner reunion gathered at Erie with 55 relatives and friends from Erie Corry Wesleyville and New Castle. New officers elected were Willard Shreve president Dalton Weldner vice president and Mrs Mabel Hall ist secretary and treasurer. Mr and Mrs Lyle Shreve of Essex street will host the 1943 reunion.
Sunday the James-Drake reunion gathered for dinner and social time with many relatives present from Jamestown Olean and Columbus. A cemetery meeting for Clymer Harmony Town Line is planned for Saturday August 16 at the Bogerding home with an all day event and a bulldozer to assist with work. Ladies will provide dinner and workers should bring their own silver.
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