Corry News In Brief From Recent Town Meeting Notes
A dense clipping reports local items including a board meeting next Monday, a gas electric output up 11.7 percent year over year, Corry Lodge Bike attendance at a district meeting in Rochester, Odd Fellows card annex to Union City, Union City game in January, a safety dinner guest in Ridgway, oil production figures for early January, jurors listed for February civil term, city treasurer preparing year end financials, a DeSoto car truck removal near South Street, prison staff reappointment in Erie, juvenile theft and probation cases, a prison staff notice on lodging and a case in the state supreme court on Sunday Baseball Act, a sanitary engineer appointment, furniture show attendance in Chicago, Butler plant payroll increase, county hospital planning, marriage announcements for Miss Leota Harris and Dr. R W Cooney, Erie.
Legislators to Seek Lower School Costs in 1937 Session
A Pennsylvania group led by Hiram G. Andrews plans to renew efforts to cut public school costs. The joint House Senate committee will hold its first meet ing in Philadelphia, study school finances, and prepare a report for the 1937 legislature. They seek consolidation and stricter state supervision to reduce local taxes, with potential income measures and larger district consolidation as options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie County
United Press State
Harrisburg
House Senate
Philadelphia
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambria County
State Supreme Court
State Department of Public Instruction
Andrews
Commonwealth
House
Senate
Elmer J. Holland
Allegheny
Holland
Pennsylvania
Harry J. Brownfield
Payette
Joseph Ominsky
John
van Alisburg
Erie
Leroy E. Chapman
Warren
Charles W. Studenmeier
Schuylkill
Joseph R. Zeisenheim
Eric
Frederick T. Gelder
Susquehanna
Edward J.thompson
Centre
Musicales by Mentor Club Delights Corry Audience
Last evening at the Hillstrom home the Mentor Club presented a profitable musical event. Seventeen members and five guests attended. The program focused on Pennsylvania music, with Miss Signal Anderson tracing early American composition and preferences. Mrs. Ralph Dewey sang period songs, Ethelbert Nevin and Cadman pieces featured, and Cadman’s The Witch of Salem was read. Mrs. Dewey and Miss Austin closed with duets and solos, while many performers hailed from near Corry including Johnstown and Erie.
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Hillstrom
East
Congress Street
Mentor Club
Pennsylvania
Ralph
Dewey
Lavely
Myrtle Fuller
Ethelbert Nevin
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Ia Austin
Cadman
Land of the Sky Blue Water
Austin
Caiman
D. A. Hillstrom
Salem
Burleigh
Foster
Joe
Stanzza
Aged Woman Dies After Butler Auto Crash
Mrs Stella Negley Koontz aged 74 died from injuries after an auto crash near Butler Pa. She had been riding with Alber Fisher of Butler in a car struck by another driven by an allegedly intoxicated driver. Koontz formerly lived in Niagara Falls NC and was widow of the late Robert Lee Koontz.
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United Press
Butler
Stella Negley Koontz
Butler ‘Hospital
Okirth
Barberton
Koontz
Niagara Falls
N. C
Alber Fisher
Ra. Koonts
Lnte
Robert Lee Koontz
Townsend Plan Explained At Golden Rule Club Meeting
Ford B O Dell discussed the Townsend old age pension plan with business men at a Paymh lal dinner meeting. He outlined the plan, answered questions, and argued its economic benefits while noting support could come from Congress in time. The evening included a business session on bulletin circulation and a social period with Southern songs and refreshments.
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Ford B. O'Dell
Brie
Golden Rule Club
Paymh Lal
O'Dell
Bru Qweler
Townsend Pln
Pennsylvania
Oli Uge
Congress
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Crawford M. Woods
City fire losses total 12545 in 1935 report says
Fire Chief Andrew Paulson’s annual report to City Council shows Corry volunteer firemen responded to 56 fires in 1935 with estimated damage of 12545, a sharp drop from 27225 the previous year. Incendiaries caused 27 fires, grass fires nine, and eight have undetermined origins. One major incident is Amorosa Grocery Store blaze still under investigation.
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Fhe
Maly
Andrew Paulson
Corry
First Avenue
Dream yields huge stakes on numbers
In Fairmont West Virginia the local numbers book paid out a total of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars in dream money to lucky players. A man reported a vivid dream Sunday night and, after consulting his sign, played a number and spread it to eight friends who joined in. The number hit, with bookies paying off ten thousand yesterday and the remainder today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Bookles
Italy Denies Red Cross Bombing in Ethiopia
Rome rejects claims that Italian planes bombed Ethiopian Red Cross hospitals. A Jan 4 report from Sir Sidney Barton to London alleges an Italian aircraft bombed and machine gunned Red Cross ambulance No.1 at Daggah Bar, staffed by Egyptian and British personnel, with no casualties among foreign staff. The British legation is to investigate and report.
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London
Sidney Barton
Addis Aibaba
Foreign Office
Red Cross Ambulance
Barten
Rail accidents fatal to 4 652 persons in 1934 report
Washington Jan 7 The Interstate Commerce Commission reported 1934 rail casualties with 4,652 fatalities and 15,446 injuries. Train passenger deaths averaged one per 168 076 miles traveled while grade crossing accidents totaled 2 728 with 1 854 deaths and 4 300 injuries. Net highway crossing eliminations reduced total crossings by 1 110.
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Washington
Tno
Interstate Commerce Commission
WPA makes knitting needles from broken tool handles
Clyde Piatt, a former cigar roller now assigned to the Belmont County WPA sewing center in Bethesda D C, crafts knitting needles and crochet hooks from pick and shovel handles broken by WPA laborers. The unusual reuse highlights local WPA projects and skilled craftsmanship during relief efforts.
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Bethesda
Clyde Piatt
Piatt
Belmont County
WPA
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Cuatwain
Board of
Associated Gas& Electric System
Corry Lodge
Rochester
A. M. Litz
Corry Odd Fellows
Union City
Henry McAdoo
New York City
United States Leather Company
Will Bbe
Emc .Tanning Company
Ridgway
United States
Lst
Civil Court of
Warren County
Nellie Delrymple
George Johnson
Sadie Norbeck
Kenneth Norris
Joseph, Wagner
Sugar Grove
Frank B. Westley
DeSoto
South Street
Center Borlay
Fallow Brouttonay
Hews Ariver Tees
Matt Hess
Captain Wagner
The
Salvation Army
H. S. Burlingame
Martin Williams
R.D
Columbus
Corry Hospital
H. H. Null
Greensburg
Budith Muse- Bride Dexter
W. A. Redmond
Kurtz Case Company
Chicago
Weck
American Rolling Mill Company
Elton C. Blair
Thomas Platley
Yey M. Willig
Leota Y. Harris
R. W. Cooney
Cooney
Imwell Town
Corry Friends
By Ross Downing
Townsend
Ford E. O'Dell
Golden Rule Chul
Bay
Suit and Dress Club
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
ST North Center Street
Corry, Penn
Italy
RED Cross
Britain
Daggah Bur
Rome
R.R
Black Co
Oxford
Montgomery Ward
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