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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
4
The piece riffs on sap rising signaling spring in Corry Pa with reflective prose about days growing longer, sun positions, and the earth’s tilt. It ties sap flow to warmer weather, longer days, and the end of winter as March approaches. It mentions maple trees, pine and hemlock hills, and a belief turning from winter into season.
Yesterday's Memories of Corry reviews tentative WPA approval for a revived storm sewer project with Corry paying part of the cost. The plan, trimmed from 33000 dollars, awaits Harrisburg submission as council anticipates a spring launch.
William L. Horn of Warren County Dairy Herd Improvement Association unit No. 2 tested seventeen cows in January. Results include 137 cows over 40 pounds fat and 64 over 50 pounds, 122 cows above 1,000 pounds milk and 81 above 1,200 pounds. Top butterfat producers were Robert Scott Lottsville with 82 pounds, J Gurtis Columbus 2.1, Leigh Smith RD 2 and three Holsteins at 727 A and 704 pounds. Top fat producing herds were Scott with 48 pounds average, Leigh Smith 44.2 pounds and Robert Pitt Columbus 40.9 pounds.
Bemus Point to Stow may gain a new bridge replacing the county ferry after the Board of Supervisors authorized a $10,000 comprehensive survey. Cotter and Drill of New York City would conduct field inquiries from motorists ferry passengers and area interests to determine feasibility and the preferred bridge type.
A quiz from a classifieds page asks seven questions about atomic energy beef prices corporate earnings Lent begins Ash Wednesday baldness FTC advertising spending and Gov. Soapy Williams stance on Stevenson. Answers are on the Classified page Autos and trucks powered by atomic energy feasibility. beef price changes. US Steel or others as the sole $1 billion earner. Lent date. baldness cure. ad spending. Williams position.
Funeral service for Arthur Read Merry was held Saturday at 2 pm at the Wat Burg Methodist Church with Rev. Ralph Metcalf of the Henderson Methodist Church Erie and Rev. Elizabeth Dalby Wattsburg Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed at Wattsburg Cemetery. bearers included Irvin Downs William Hartley Harry Burrows Howard Hartshorn Dana Simmons Walter Drissel. Attendees listed include Frances Merry U S Navy San Diego William Hartsch Erle August Sopp Mrs Frances Sopp Mrs Wayne Burger Erle Mr and Mrs 8 Pavolko Robert Pavolko Richard Pavolko Albion Mr and Mrs Donald Senior Ford City.
Erie County prison inmate totals drop nearly 300 from 1954 to 1955 per County Controller Rockwell Hart's report. In 1955, 5,020 prisoners were maintained locally while 3,305 were received in 1964. Inmates housed elsewhere rose, and neglected children in county care increased to 471 as several institutions raised rates. Delays occurred in the Mor ganza Training School with no youths remaining by year end.
Mrs. Glenn King died Saturday evening at University Hospital Philadelphia after a six year illness. She was born February 4, 1916 in Corry and lived here and in New York. Survived by husband Glenn King two children a daughter and a son, mother and several siblings. Body at Bracken Funeral Home with services Thursday at 2 p m conducted by Rev George Myers. burial in McCray Cemetery.
Gov. George M. Leader of Pennsylvania appoints two Isbor experts to a fact finding board to review the 120 day Westinghouse strike affecting about 44,000 IUE and 10,600 UE workers. The board aims to uncover facts, unresolved issues, and present findings publicly to labor and management across involved states.
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