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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1955
Page
3
Erie officials debate replacing the machinery tax with a mercantile tax. Mayor and advisers weigh alternatives while council urged continuance of the machinery levy. Gardner warns the tax will die, risking about a quarter million in revenue for city and school district, with concerns about burden on small homeowners.
Rites for Oscar Vettenburg were conducted at 2 PM yesterday at Brycken Funeral Home with Rev. Melvin Anderson officiating. Bearers included John Vettenburg Eugene Canfield Harry Jewell Lewis Jewell W J Simmelink Gust Wester. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery with attendance from Concord Township and relatives Mrs Alfred Vettenburg Erle Mr and Mrs Elmer Vettenburg Mrs Wallace Palmer Lakewood Mrs Carl Fox and Mr and Mrs Frank Lawson Jamestown Mr and Mrs Pred Anderson Miss June Anderson Silver Creek and Mr and Mrs W Iwin Wesleyville.
Anna Estherbrook Estherbrook of 431 South Second Avenue Corry died suddenly at her home last evening at age 73. Born February 26 1880s in Springfield Ohio she moved to Mill Village as a child. She married Michael Higgins in 1900 who died in 1904 and remarried Frank Estherbrook in 1907. he died in 1920. She lived in Corry since 1905 and at the cited address for 14 years. Survived by two daughters Florence Holton and Frinus McNulty four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. one son Leo Higgins predeceased her in 1983. Friends may call at the late home for a Rosary Saturday at 730 pm Requiem Mass Monday at 930 am St Thomas Church with burial in St Thomas Cemetery.
The service for Jacob Glatz was held at St Elizabeth's Church with Rev Cyril Kronz as celebrant. Bearers included his sons William Johnny Theodore Lawrence and Martin Glatz and son-in law Robert Fenton. Interment followed at St Elizabeth's Cemetery with many Glatz relatives in attendance. Charles A Bonfils former Denver Post assistant publisher dies in Denver.
Attusville Robinson's Wallpaper Store in Titusville, a leading wall paper mail order house, is offered for sale to settle Bertha Seep Robinson estate. Five year totals show sales around 1.12 million yearly with net profits near 177 thousand annually. Assets include 200,000 name mailing list real estate fixtures machinery supplies and wallpaper inventory. Sealed bids due September 15.
$900 million relief plan under discussion as flood damage prompts federal and private help. Eisenhower urges rapid action with surveys planned for Eastern Sea bowl vulnerability. Private groups respond. manufacturers offer facilities. Austrian embassy pledges medical donations. northern towns pledge aid packages to Connecticut towns Putnam and Woodstock.
ERTE-Erie County denied quantity discount for half gallon milk containers as part of a price experiment. Commissioner Mahood said the goal is to see if the system favors consumers and sparks competition, with prices possibly dropping from 50 to 49 cents per half gallon and wider rollout if successful.
Galveston Tex Babe Zaharias, famed athlete, is undergoing X ray treatments for cancer removal and expects to be discharged from the hospital soon. She was briefly able to move about her room last night and was driven by her husband George Zaharias earlier this week.
Nixon spoke before 1200 guests at the American Bar Association banquet in Philadelphia, outlining US aims on Russia including disarmament and a unified Western alliance. He praised Geneva Four and Eisenhower’s stance, arguing US should stay aggressive in defense and pursue freedom in satellite nations.
Raymond Hepler, 98, who slashed a 45 year old woman with a bayonet, was sent to Western State Penitentiary after being found sane by Allegheny County Criminal Court. Judge Nixon called him a menace to society. Hepler admitted attacking Mrs. Hele Gallagher in a North Side boarding house run by a relative. he said he blacked out.
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