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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
5
Ned-Willims Everitt, who recently marked his 112th birthday, continues a four year search for a wife. A longtime carpenter until retirement, he was widowed or jilted at 108. The tale appears in a local society note with aging suitor details.
The fishermen urge a two thousand three hundred? dollar aid payment at Bonneville Dam across the Columbia River to protect the Oregon salmon industry. Charles Butnayp, president of the Fishermen's Protective Union, made the declaration.
A long list of residents and visitors are noted at social gatherings and travels. Names include Mrs. Jay Landers Mrs. William Haenel Mrs. Martha Barton Mya Gust Johnson and many others as they attend picnics visits and trips to cities like Buffalo Erie Cleveland Findley Lake and Warren with relatives and friends. Notable movements include Mr and Mrs Grant Gick and son Bill returning from Cleveland and Maurice Nast departing for Corpus Christi Texas.
The twenty fifth Palmer family reunion was held Wednesday at Beaver Camp near Wattsburg with kin from Corry Elgin Erie Lowville and Conneaut. Officers named at the business meeting include George Palmer president Harry Mays vice president Gertrude Palmer secretary Grace Pigr treasurer and Dibbie Palmer historian. After a delicious dinner games followed and Mr and Mrs Frank Lillie of Corry will host the next gathering on the third Wednesday in August.
An alley confrontation near the state capitol ended in the death of outlaw Van Meter as Police Chief Cullen and his team closed in. Shots from officers and a fleeing Van Meter ended his run, with pellets and bullets found in his back at the morgue. Investigators noted his disguise and prior crimes including 1924 automobile theft and train robbery.
Mrs William Frew of Erie, a former Corry resident, visited Mrs Margaret Rounds of West Main Street yesterday. Mr and Mrs Geo Best and daughter Lois with sons Jerry and Lester Devine of Buffalo were guests of Mr and Mrs Frisk Schrader of East South Street. Mrs C A Lawson returned home this morning from a brief visit with Mr Lawson in Buffalo.
Lucile Stearns of Pentonville will be the new music teacher in Youngsville and will take some English classes. The prior music teacher Miss Louie Magliscean married during the school year and moved to Port Allegany where he is a school coach. Stearns studied music in Buffalo and Eastman Rochester and holds a music degree.
The stock market opened firmer on gains in railroad utility and packing shares with a modest rise in volume. Leaders included American Can, American Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, U S Steel and Westinghouse as traders covered shorts and pulled several sectors higher. Frank Ford and son Donald arrived in the city from La Crescenta, California, to visit Mrs. Ford at Delaware Street.
Caroline Rutledge faces family pressure when her engagement to Howard Dunsworth strains under money and status. After a costly club dinner fiasco and her father Philip's public downfall, Caroline contemplates duty, love, and survival while tending her ailing mother and navigating social intrigues at Hawthorn.
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