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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
8
Erie officials report 1879 delinquent taxpayers assessed as investigators from Pittsburgh complete two weeks of audit in the 23rd district. They expect at least one more week. So far 279,532 dollars collected, including back taxes and wartime black market findings.
Jamestown August 18. Floyd Fisher 25 and Ester Riley 18 of Lakewood say they are half brothers and confess to stealing an 800 pound safe from Weborg Brothers Spring Bed Company, rifling a safe at Daniels Main Wood and Lumber, and burglaries of Crandall and Bennick service stations. Detectives report additional arrests and recovered items including old coins, a revolver, and the safes contents.
A new prescription drug store is planned for North Center Street in the Babbitt building. Ammold Seastead, with 22 years in pharmaceutical preparation, will own and operate the business focusing on prescription drugs and medical supplies. The store will feature refrigeration for biologicals, fluorescent display cases from a Buffalo firm, and in-house physician and dental medical services, with a formal opening date to be announced soon.
More than 50 Gorey firemen from Stanford Hose Company plan to travel to Girard for a three day centennial celebration parade. Members must assemble at First Ward fire headquarters at 3 30 PM Saturday to ride No 1 pumper or drive a car, with checks at headquarters to ensure all wish to participate. The parade will feature 50 fire company units bands American Legion and Vets groups drum corps and 20 historical floats. The three day fest climax includes a drawing for a 1946 Buick sedan on Saturday night.
Aug 16 Spartansburg scene with Halfast and Rick families gathering in Sparta township and nearby towns for an all day reunion of J. M. Halfast children. Mildred Halfast visits Youngsville. many relatives attend, with meals, gifts, and a haying accident update on George Palmer. Church notes and local visits follow, plus notices of weddings and travel.
A two story frame farm home on the Elton Harris farm about eight miles east of Union City was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Francis Nell Harris resided alone in the house which contained little furniture. a few chairs stove and three beds survived. Harris had been working around the home all morning and built a wood fire to boil potatoes. About half an hour later a crackling noise drew him to the roof already ablaze. Union City firemen arrived too late. there was no insurance on the house or contents.
A fragment notes a rouser curling a strip of cloth or tape sewn along the inner edge, bearing the brunt of wear in a description of a cultish scene. The terse line hints at ritual use and repeated stress on a boundary item.
In Paris the UN Romanian commission debate stalls as Vishinsky presses a vote-eligibility plan. The U S argues France deserves full membership while Dmitri Manuilskiy is elected chair by acclamation. Byrnes drafts strategy, recalling Connally and Vandenberg for potential joint sessions with the Big Four.
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