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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1938
Page
3
A damaged fragment references a local meeting and a group activity linked to Roosevelt era topics. It mentions prices, reductions, and an apparent event with unclear dates and names due to OCR errors. The readable terms include Roosevelt, prices, and a group or committee activity.
A fragmented update notes icy conditions on walks and highways, a city council meeting schedule, unclaimed prize money, Arlington Hotel demolition progress on Mast Main Street, and local officials in Pittsburgh. It mentions a job training program for youths, stock market activity, an elderly railroad worker, prize drawings, skating and skating party plans, and various police and traffic notices.
Wrenched Creek Web reports Mr and Mrs Wilbur Camp and daughters Nina and Virginia attended the funeral of Mrs Camp’s brother-in-law Charles Belknap at Grand Valley. Belknap died at Creson sanitarium. The funeral was held at Mrs Haines’s home, sister to Belknap. Various community notices follow about births, visits, and local events including a Kansas-style kitchen update and school activities. A man severely cut with an axe while working in the woods is convalescing. Mrs Wilbur Camp is praised for egg production, with 177 hens laying 168 eggs in a day. others discuss chicken management. Arline Dunmewald resumes work at Central School cafeteria after ankle sprain.
The first leisure survey in Great Britain will be conducted in London by a team of psychologists and educationists to measure how much free time people have and what activities they pursue.
Fane February 4. Iran crew bulletin announces return of the Pennsylvania Railroad Renavo division freight terminal to Kane after about ten years. Twenty railroad employees transfer from Evie and Renavo to Kane including four engineers four firemen four conductors and eight brakemen. The move keeps trains running with crew changes only and adds car inspecting and telegraph operations to handle increased activity at Kane.
Erie County Bar Assoc to honor late W Fil ward Marsh with resolutions read in open court Monday February 7 at 1 0 a m Judges Cal Kitty and Waite presiding Relatives and friends invited Committee includes Blaine Kincaid chair Alwin L Beach Francis F McClintock William C Morrow Walter L Peake Walter H Scott and James D Wal Haenson
Bart B. Hawk, 88, a veteran employee of the railroad, collapsed while switching cars in yards west of Youngstown. He remained at his post long enough to set the brakes and bring the locomotive to a stop. death was attributed to a heart attack.
Funeral services were held after prayer services for Mrs Donald JH McKay who died Tuesday afternoon at Corry Hospital. Rev C J Chrimes officiated at Christian and Missionary Alliance with assisting ministers. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery mausoleum. Local and out of town friends attended, including Dale Baumgartner Hazel McKay Chauncey Goodrich Maurice Goodrich Benjamin Gourien and several Sitter family members.
Erie County officials consider summoning a grand jury to investigate illegal numbers operations in the region. District Attorney Graham plans to seek expert testimony and potentially interview former District Attorney Punk Andrews to aid the prosecution against number rackets and alleged state lottery law violations.
Sharles Lindberg and Mrs Pearl De Jong of Youngsville join Mr and Mrs Vorman McKay and others from Erle Braun Spring Creek in a social gathering. The long list includes the Bowes McKay Miller Motz Pratt Palmer and Bellard families with many spouses and children.
Salamanca, Feb. 4 James T. Simsick a seventeen year old high school student charged with writing threatening notes was released on $5 000 bail and held for the grand jury after waiving examination He allegedly wrote notes to wealthy Salamanca families demanding money and threatening kidnapping Two notes were received by Alvin Frederickson on January 27 and January 31 Frederickson's daughter Jane fifteen was named in the notes.
A fragment quotes Hi Ho calling out that men praise the same virtues and denounce the same vices yet fail to shed bad habits, labeling the sage of Chinatown as noting this recurring human contradiction.
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