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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1946
Page
2
The Mabel Shoppe at 3129 Clarion offers rayon and cotton nighties and pajamas. A brief local note mentions a copperhead sighting caught alive by three Clarion youths on the Dakes-to-Ses highway, described as a rare summer reptile.
Local items report car wash pricing at Powell Motor Co and a four year old William Perrine Injured crossing Route 62 near Jackson Center. Also notes a fire at a Franklin garage, union activity at Joy Manufacturing, traffic guidance for Labor Day, and various shop ads and civic notices.
Bulletin of local happenings and notices lists Labor Day activities at Corty Country Club Jamestown and a chicken raiser case on Walden Avenue. It notes police reports missing poultry, V F W parade preparations, Oil City weekend hours trial, Eye Bank for Light Restoration enrollees, and school term restart confirmed for September 3 with only a few vacancies.
The Titusville celebration promises a grand Labor Day parade with nine leading musical organizations and over 100 decorated cars involving labor, fraternal and military units. Other items include veterans demanding removal of a VA official over alleged mistreatment, local hospital discharges, a charter for the Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department, and local business openings.
Carl Oakes pleaded guilty before Judge Lee A. McCracken and was sentenced to one year in Venango county jail plus a $1 fine and costs. Patrolman Harry Foster prosecuted. Nearby notes report Navy Mothers Club meeting tonight at 220 East Pleasant Street with Mrs. Harry Thayer and W Ryan to assume top Moose leadership in Chicago at the Loyal Order of Moose convention.
Police seek a thief who took car keys from behind the room clerk desk at an Erie hotel and stole a 1941 Ford Mercury sedan from a parking space at 101st and Peach streets after 6 p.m. Isabel M. Morton, a hotel guest and owner, reported the incident.
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