Groundhog Shadow Question Sparks Pa Towns
Quarryville and Punxsutawney groundhogs prepared to forecast an early spring. Officials defended tradition against a National Geographic claim that groundhogs sleep through their biggest day.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1962
Page
8
Quarryville and Punxsutawney groundhogs prepared to forecast an early spring. Officials defended tradition against a National Geographic claim that groundhogs sleep through their biggest day.
Snow Peak officials say the resort east of Corry on Route 6 will open Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to dusk as two inches of new snow improve the base. The ski school snack bar and rental shop will operate, with novice races Sunday and open events the following Sunday, after prior postponements due to limited snow.
George Myers living on the opposite side of Clearfield Creek telephoned the alarm at 10 20 p m after his wife saw flames from an upstairs window. Neighbors said the blaze spread quickly destroying the house within 12 to 15 minutes. Mrs Margaret Shore reported flames visible in all windows and doors as firefighters arrived from Coalport and Irvona. Melvin Kephart and Mrs Thomas' parents said the home had just been renovated with new shingles and interior work. Lydia Thomas, in second grade at B C T Joint School, and Sue Ann, a first grader, were residents of the home.
Corry Journal lists good value used cars including a 1957 Ford 2 door hard-top a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air and other models from 1953 to 1959 with details on transmission paint and condition. The notices include Guy M. Fish Spartanburg Heberl ein Motor Sales and a fatal hit by a truck in Honesdale with Edward Lynn, 43, Hawley, struck by a truck owned by Pennsylvania Power and Light Co driven by Royden Jacobs Hawley.
A local ad promotes Wendy Casuals by Ideal along with twelve other styles priced at 99¢ a pair. The offer invites readers to take what they can wear and spare them to help clear inventory.
Bradford residents Ely Gmutin 34 and Viola Grive 30 were arrested in connection with a string of Kane Camp break-ins. A third suspect, identified as Imierbhin Soutit of Bradford, was picked up in Wyandotte, Michigan on police request. Police say a quantity of stolen items were recovered and more may have been disposed of.
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