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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1937
Page
8
A brief report notes a regular City Council meeting Monday evening, plus local business data showing a slight weekly rise after ten weeks of steady decline. It also covers workers at W. Grant Company sharing a Christmas bonus, with amounts based on length of service.
Christmas program at the First Baptist Church will be presented Monday at 8 20 pm in the Sunday School. The program includes organ and piano duet, songs such as The Christmas Cradle and O Come All Ye Faithful, various department exercises, prophesy and fulfilment, recitations, and an offering for native missions in Africa.
State Highway Department to draft a wage schedule for 85 000 employees this weekend. Union officials say the plan will be presented to Highways Secretary Warren Van Dyke on December 20, with Lt. Gov. Thomas Kennedy expected to address tomorrow. The effort aims to organize highway workers amid urgent needs and improved pay. A hospital patient in St Marys remains under care after a car skidded on ice near Emporium, with injuries reported. Jack Frame Boyd, 69, former major league player and longtime Ol City resident, died after an 18 month illness. Your money buys bigger groceries when you check the Journal ads.
The Rebekah Helping Hand chapter held its annual Christmas meeting Thursday afternoon in the LO OF hall with thirty five members present. A program followed the gift exchange featuring piano duets by Shirley Dickinson and Leona Williams, readings by Mrs. J B Ohm, a recitation by Gloria Ohm, and a group singalong of Christmas carols. A 1 0 o clock dinner was served by a committee including Mrs. Howard Loveland, Mrs. C I Auer, Mrs. Gily Rogers, and Mrs. Gertrude Allen.
A dispersal sale of 27 registered Holstein cattle held December 21 1937 at 12 30 p m between Union City and Corry Pa on Route 6 Elgin Road. Herd accredited for tuberculosis and Bangs disease includes cows heifers bulls and calves. sale to include farm machinery and livestock gear with cash terms. A IL Proctor owner RD 2 Cory Pa with R Austin Backus Mexico NY as auctioneer.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Public Thirty Commissioner Richard J. Beamish will meet in Philadelphia with Pennsylvania Railroad vice president Franklin for a showdown over removal of the differential against Pennsylvania soft coal operators. Railroads face intra state rate changes amid a potential general increase, but no progress has been reported.
A jumble of classified items lists found keys and a note to owners to claim at the Journal office by paying for the ad. It also includes varied ads for housekeepers, pets, farm horses, sale items, rental rooms, Christmas trees, wood and coal, and legal notices such as sheriff sales and master hearings from Erie County during 1937 and 1938.
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