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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1938
Page
7
A large family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs George Hogenboom in Clymer NY drew visiting clergy and many relatives from Michigan Kentucky and Western New York. Local ministers Rev Joshua Hogenboom Rev Leonard Hogenboom and Rev Edward Tonfront preached or spoke at the gatherings with upcoming services announced.
St. Louis reports a shift from traditional tattooing to enamel-based body beautifying among Fiji Islanders. Records from a local enameling firm indicate a sudden rise in enamel sales, linked to this cultural change.
Commissioner Tomas W Flatley on Monday forecast the ouster of Glyde Doolittle as head of the county almshouse near Girard. He cited several charges and said the matter would be aired Tuesday afternoon at a county institutions hearing. One unsubstantiated claim involved pasture rotation costs. the home reportedly pays 25 cents per wheel per day for feed.
The Webster Curry reunion and three allied reunions were held Sunday with dozens of relatives present from Hydevetown Cambridge Springs Edinboro Erie Guys Mills Oregon Corners Harbor Creek Spartansburg Westfield Ashville Corry Warren and other nearby areas. The 71st annual Webster Curry gathering opened with a business meeting and a short program. five marriages, three births and one death were recorded. Officers were re elected: Robert Webster president Iva Webster vice president Pearl Porter secretary treasurer. The 1939 reunion invitation went to hold the next gathering at Adelaide Swift's home. The Young reunion at Alton Klinger's home drew fifty guests from Corry Garland and Spartansburg with a plenary dinner and officer elections Francis Slattery president Fred Young vice president Marjorie Young secretary and Frances Klinger treasurer. The Mixer reunion at Hazen Wollett's home drew about fifty attendees with games and a meal. officers from the past year were retained and the next mixer planned at Mr and Mrs Efoert Mixer. Attendees included Merle Miller and son Richard plus Florence, Warren. Willard Wood and daughters Betty and Jeanette from Hydetown, and Granville Bailey with family from Spartansburg, plus others from Corry and vicinity.
A fragment advertises San Cura Ointment praised by J N Roebuck of Cleveland for piles and ulcers and minor sores. It touts San-Cura and Golden-Law Tablets as a constipation aid, with prices 35c and 60c for the ointment and 25c for the tablets.
The Sesquicentennial Fund for Christian Education, raised by the Presbyterian Church, aims to support 53 colleges and five university centers. The drive, tied to the 150th anniversary across 1939 and 1940, involves 2,000 Presbyterians and promotes leaders for the next generation through materials and a church calendar.
Lebanon Pennsylvania August 16 United Press reports a 115000 athletic field adjoining the 1 million Lebanon High School will seat up to 8000 normally with temporary arrangements for 1000. The facility includes a quarter mile track tennis courts softball diamonds and a gridiron financed partly by a 250440 WPA grant.
Inspectors from the U S Forest Service led by C M Granger visited Twin Lakes Kane experimental station and regional foresters Pierce Brang Matton Parkes Borden in Washington and Kane on Saturday August 48 seeking operational insights with local officials and staff observers present.
Ulydy Windlay, 26, of Sollinger's orner frekland township, wandered out of a wooded area Sunday afternoon and found his way to the Heald home in Reizhbor before noon yesterday. An extensive neighbors and Boy Scout search followed his dog Bus left him during a stroll. Windlay slept between rocks until dawn and then walked several miles before sighting a path home.
A man collapsed near a guard station then sought aid at the Heald home where Heald family members brought him inside. After refreshment he remained in the Heald home. Findlay had not kept good health and suffered ruptures that made walking in the woods hard.
A cluttered page fragment lists items for sale such as cars sewing machines camping gear and tires plus false starts on notices for estates including Administrators and Executors in Erie County and Derry Pa It also shows rental ads rooms for house keeping and vacant lots along with notices of appointments and legal actions to settle estates cared for by local attorneys and officials
Ned and companions drift into a native garden where a Black Smoke guide ushers him to view a hidden scene behind a palace window. The party debates loyalties as opium influenced visions mix with prophecy while a Pali inscription awaits translation and a fragile plan unfolds amid shifting power.
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