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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1947
Page
3
A late night traffic disruption on Maple Avenue followed a tractor trailer accident that blocked the road. City officers investigated the crash involving Jerome W. Camp and a pedestrian, with conditions noted as dark and rainy.
Pearl Lusk, 19, is shown en route to a New York City district office for questioning in the shooting of Olga Rocco. Rocco was shot by the husband of the victim. Police say the weapon was a camera.
Police investigate the theft of 500 pounds of sugar from Frank Miller’s Cassadaga garage on December 30. George W. Dorman, 31, of Stockton, charged with burglary and larceny, waived examination and held for grand jury. Frontier Sugar Company of Niagara Falls owns the sugar.
Mrs. Lillian Scavone of Jamestown won a 1 000 settlement from Carl G Fearn in surrogate court after alleging his negligence caused the death of her husband Marlin Scavone. Judge Robert N Palmer ordered the distribution to Mrs Scavone and her five children. Marlin Scavone died January 23 1945 when trapped in blades of a City of Jamestown snow blower.
Mary Ann Finn aged 89, longtime Erie resident and noted charity organizer, died Saturday after a three year heart illness. Survived by daughter Ruth Kap pel and three sons Thomas William and Bay Finn, with ties to the U S Department of Labor Concil iation Service and Parade Street business.
Erie police found the Burckart Drug Store safe Sunday in an old wine cellar in a quiet Glenwood area. The safe was empty of its $400 but appeared to hold narcotics. Theodore Parker and his son and friend reported discovering it while hiking. Detective Regan and Detective Skotieczka identified the front-square safe with manager James Knopf confirming the theft links.
Vincent Metz prominent Erie civil engineer and surveyor died at 9 30 p m Sunday in St. Vincent's Hospital after a yearlong illness aggravated by a fall last October He was head of the Nypaus Transport Co and helped in directing construction of the Mill Creek tube after the 1915 flood He was born and lived in Erie all his life.
The funeral was held at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev H Ray Harris officiating. Bearers included brothers Earl Merle Robert and Albert Coons, interment at Presbyterian Cemetery in Garland. Out of town attendees Manning Gate Evie and George Hall joined the service.
Mrs Mary Kalvelage died at 2 p m Saturday from injuries after a car struck her last November 8 coroner Warren W Wood says she became the 19th traffic death of 1946 She died in St Vincents Hospital where she had been treated for a compound fracture of the right leg fractures of the left ankle and wrist The driver of the car Michael Holawach 22 R D Cambridge Springs a student at Ellinorn Sister Teachers College is named by police
Mrs Welles wife of former U S diplomat and wartime undersecretary seeks revival of a five year old unpaid judgment in Erie County. The suit names Bausch and J A Bausch of Fairview Township along with others. The case centers on a 1941 judgment never paid and involves the Tamasy family and local officials.
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