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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1934
Page
8
Friday visits span Jamestown and nearby towns as residents attend church events and community gatherings. Local families, children, and students participate in Christmas plans, Sunday School programs, and charity efforts while stories note illness, travel, and condolences in the Bear Lake area.
Christmas events fill Clymer with carols and pageants. Pastor Garret Thamer will discuss The quest for the King in the morning while a Christmas music program, led by Paul Brooks, unfolds tonight. A full schedule includes a Christmas drama The Coming of the Christ Child and a community tree ceremony hosted by local veterans and firemen.
Erie December meeting rooms hosted by the Erie Teachers Association featured Mortimer Graham, former county GOP chairman, arguing the party’s future depends on small manufacturers and business leaders. John A. Spieder warned the GOP may be dead or renamed, while Oliver C. Crawford, a Socialist, linked GOP survival to capitalism and urged a new social order.
Harrisburg December 22 Police Service Commission granted Allegheny County permission to bill the State Highways Department for 17481.81 dollars. The county seeks one half of costs for the George Westinghouse viaduct near Pittsburgh in excess of payments by the Fights Department between June 15, 1937 and June 15, 1994. MISSES 100TH BIRTHDAY Edward Jeffeys, Civil War veteran, dies of heart disease four days before his 100th birthday in New Martinsville West Virginia.
Local notes from Greeley and Sciota recount Christmas entertainments at both schools. Attendees include Lucy Hatch, Marian Kostee, Florence Leg ters, Addie Schurman and many area families. A puppet program led by Florence Cole grove delighted about 35 parents and neighbors. Also reported are visits, gatherings, and a light performance anomaly in Lubec caused by eels affecting a turbine.
Westfield on December 8 a man named Toolet was killed while helping to fell a large maple tree on the Wawtin Dibbls place two miles south of Westfield on the Westfield Hartheld Highway. The tree fell opposite his expected direction trapping him under branches. Ben Arnick and Amick were nearby. Amick summoned aid and Toolet's body was taken to Cranial & Stowell funeral home. Crandall certified accidental death. Toolet had no local relatives.
Oil City report notes a proposed Emergency Relief project to hire 25 to 35 workers for three months. Workers would conduct a house to house survey on housing act provisions, aid repairs and alterations, and help stimulate local bank loans. City underwriting required, estimated city cost about 400 for office space and incidental items.
Erie officially adopts an eleven mills box tax rate for 1935, lowering the previous by two mills. The ordinance awaits two more readings, with the second on December 26 and final passage on December 28. Finance Director Thomas Mebaffey introduced the measure before the council amid attendance by Improvement League delegates John Zelazno and Ben Siciliano.
Brib Dec 22 Two more men arrested Friday in a raid on a Bogal lon distillery at 12 Poplar street. Three defendants held in alleged conspiracy to defraud the U S internal revenue department. Anselment 34 719 1-2 W 2nd street and Arthur Straub 614 W 3rd street arrested. Straub linked to raid escape. Arthur Terbner 2649 Faget street arrested in the house. Anselment claimed business status. bond set for Terbner at $2 000, hearings Dec 28 before U S Commissioner Filer. Anselment indicted. Straub uncertain on bond.
Pleasant Hope Missouri resident James Wiley Walker recalled being drafted for the Confederacy while in Georgia, then escaping to join Northern forces, and he maintained he was the only man to serve on both sides during the Civil War.
The Grange National Barn at Spartansburg Pennsylvania issues a public call for Mate holders and other claimants to present notes and claims against the association for payment. D. M. Thompson cashier announces this notice dated November 13, 1934 in Spartansburg PA.
New York reports the Metropolitan Opera season begins with a diamond jubilees opening section. Advance ticket sales promise a strong first week, and expectation runs high as socialites and financiers line up for the opening night amid cameras and flash powder. The event marks a return to prosperity and the winter social season in New York.
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