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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1953
Page
6
A purple three cent commemorative stamp marking the American Bar Association's 76th anniversary goes on sale at the Corry Post Office today. The special delivery size stamp is purple in color and available to the public.
The State Health Department reports 965 polio cases in Pennsylvania year to date, $1 above the 1952 level, marking the state's worst polio year since 1916. Dr. James D. Purvis cites Titusville in Crawford County as hardest hit with 11 cases. Five counties have exhausted gamma globulin allotments, resorting to state reserves, naming Car bon, Clarion, Mercer, Monroé and Tioga. A marriage license by John L. Wells and Mary I. West was filed in Erie County Court. S/Sgt. John F. Angil of the Marine Corps recruiting office says he will be at the Corry Post Office each Tuesday evening for interested local young men.
Titusville Alderman NI Love heard a case involving James Robert Swarts 24 of Oil City who admitted passing 947.31 in bad checks drawn on First National Bank of New Bethlehem under the name John E McMahon. McMahon denied ownership of the account and said the canceled checks shown were from years earlier. Swarts, arrested in Oil City, had a prior Venango County burglary sentence. Preliminary hearing not set, Swarts remained in Titusville lockup.
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