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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1974
Page
4
A collage of local advertisements lists holiday dinners at B's Steak House and Columbus Inn, lobster specials and all you can eat offers, New Year’s Eve reservations and hours, a village dance with George Fawcett Trio, eggnog at Dodd Farms, and various community events. Includes phone numbers and business names.
Gov. Shapp signed bills authorizing 24 million for Farm Show complex improvements and for three southeastern Pennsylvania historic sites. The Farm Show renovations, about 108 million, will upgrade safety compliance after last year's closure and emergency repairs. The other measures fund Valley Forge State Park 9.1 million, Washington Crossing State Park 35 million, and Brandywine Battlefield 818 thousand. A pension-earning blind worker limit rises to 3600 annually. an ethnic heritage Studies center is authorized in state education policy. Lottery boosts Ohio ticket sales due to holiday bonus.
North Brunswick tale notes Boy Scouts of America offering a new 42 page Rabbit Raising merit badge pamphlet to aid Scouts and students, farmers, game wardens and Scoutmasters. The kit serves as a reference tool for rabbit husbandry and several groups.
Gov Shapp vetoed a proposed 56 million dollar annual teacher retirement bill. He said generous pension boosts and early retirement provisions favored school employees over state workers and would require higher local taxes. He urged a more equitable reform in 1975 after the 1973-74 session ended.
Pittsburgh officials and union leader James McCarthy announce that Allegheny County Port drivers will not operate foreign made trolleys. The Amalgamated Transit Union cites plans to replace Skybus with a super trolley. The Boeing Vertol light rail car is assembled with Japanese bodies and European parts as Shapp weighs mass transit options.
Gertrude Gravink reports season's greetings as Dorcas and Naomi Circles gather at members' homes for devotions, carols, and Christmas programs. Prizes crowned Santa visit, college students return, and local families host gatherings, birthdays, and singalongs shaping a festive season.
Mrs Shirley Gravink led a 1975 business meeting for Clymer Events with reports from attendees. Ruth Circle gathered at Mrs Florence Legters home with assistants. Nancy King and Juanita Holthouse led the program. A Christmas radio broadcast delighted guests as a dessert lunch was served and a Christmas offering was taken.
Rain drizzle and heavy snow covered a broad Midwest stretch with freezing rain in Missouri Illinois and Indiana. Snow fell in the Northwest with up to six inches around Olympia and Tacoma while Lincoln Nebraska recorded three inches. Travel advisories extended from Washington to Montana and New Mexico saw up to 10 inches of snow in parts as cold conditions persisted across the Southwest.
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