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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1956
Page
2
Corry Journal records a blend of local notices and ads across towns including Erie Jamestown Meadville Ridgway and Titusville with reports on politics gas action tax forms court hearings a murder trial local races and civic events plus bargains on furniture shoes and groceries and notes on births deaths and discharges.
The page mixes notices on blanket tax exemption forms at Corry Journal Printing, a petition urging a spring ordinance in townships, and a report from Meadville on Deep well drilling near Queenston shales. It mentions a public speaker Kenneth Leeper at the YMCA, local ads for clothing and shoes, and a death notice for Violet Mary Dickey Jaquins aged 77.
Pleasantville Delmar Montney principal of the Plaaalitvilie Joint School reports teachers will report for the new term on September 1 and remain at 3315. a 9 a.m. staff meeting will cover the term’s library and other activities. Also: local vendors advertise potatoes and beverages. political items note Republican and Democratic mentions. entertainment includes Herbie Johnson’s orchestra at the Italian American Club.
Union City residents mobilize to preserve Route 6 as part of the federal interstate network and oppose downgrading it to a secondary highway in the northern tier of Pennsylvania. A Corry Journal gift subscription offer lists prices for Erie Warren Crawford Chautauqua counties and elsewhere. Meadville notes a new tree filling lot open to motorists with a plan for a parking lot sign lights and lane markings. Wedding invitations are advertised. Meadville Tribune reports maple syrup winners at the Crawford County Fair with ribbons and prizes.
Major General Reginald C Harmon, commander of the Western Air Force, appears before a federal grand jury in Scranton to investigate the Air Materiel Center at Olmsted Air Force Base in Abington Township Pa.
Democratic leaders in 10 of 11 Southern states plan a regional conference to boost Stevenson Kefauver ticket. The event will be in Knoxville Tennessee on August 30 as part of grass roots visits with party bigwigs to solidify support for the November election. Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia pledge varied enthusiasm.
University Park Pa Dr Ferdinand G Brickwedde chief of the heat and power division at the National Bureau of Standards was named dean of Pennsylvania State University's College of Chemistry and Physics He will assume the post September 15 succeeding De George U Haller whose tenure ends.
Grace Bloss Anderson, sister of Mrs J Donald Watson and Thomas Anderson, died at home in Sheffield after a long illness. Born in Kane on July 1 1915, she was the daughter of Tristy N Anderson and Mary Kelly. Survived by husband Richard W Bloss two sons Richard J Anderson and Thomas David and daughter Grace. Services Wednesday at Bowles Funeral Home Sheffield conducted by Rev Jick Parson. Interment at Sheffield Cemetery.
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