Flood relief benefit draws Jamestown crowd at Palace
Jamestown amateur talent and night club entertainers packed the Palace Theatre for a four hour and fifteen minute flood relief benefit for the Red Cross. Proceeds totaled 712 dollars.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1937
Page
2
Jamestown amateur talent and night club entertainers packed the Palace Theatre for a four hour and fifteen minute flood relief benefit for the Red Cross. Proceeds totaled 712 dollars.
Local notices report the death of Mrs. Join Cools of 514 N Washington, survivors including three daughters and five grandchildren. Other items note deaths and accidents in Clarion and Erie counties, budget interest, relief aid gains, road-bid openings, veterans meetings, births in Corry, retirements and various community activities and ads from Corry and nearby towns.
The Past Matrons Club of the Order of Eastern Star hosts guests at the Maple avenue home of Mrs. B F Starr and Mrs. Guy Abbey. Mrs. William Gumbleton returns from Hamot Hospital Brie to her sister Mrs. Charles Skinner in East Main street Corry. Franklin sees Wayne Davis injured in a car crash on Ghueway Hill near Rocky Grove avenue. hospital says no definite broken bones yet. Sunshine nee Katherine Shields returns to Detroit after flood experiences in Louisville Kentucky. her parents reside in Jeffersonville Indiana. Kane chapter and nearby towns donate over 1500 to Red Cross flood relief, with totals rising as outlying districts finalize. Marie Casamento, 21, of Jamestown, hospitalized with possible severe fracture and injuries after being struck by a car on West Lake road. Mrs John Maloney and twins John Gerard Mary Joan brought home from Corry hospital to East Smith Street.
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