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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1937
Page
3
Reports show Associated Gas Electric System production rising to 8 588 780 kwh, up from 73 180 208 kwh a year earlier, despite weather disturbances. Other local items note nurses association meetings, county commission schedules, inaugural ball plans, civil service openings, and weather impacts on roads.
Harrisburg coverage of the Goodrich committee proposal to abolish 425 county poor boards and centralize public relief under a new state department. The measure faces strong opposition from the Pennsylvania Association of Directors of the Poor and welfare groups who warn of loss of local control and the risk of misused funds. Governors, legislators, and welfare officials plan hearings and meetings as debate heats ahead of the 1937 session.
Irie Jan. time directors urged Thursday night by Superintendent C Hero van Grose to use influence to back the Harrison Fletcher bill. He stressed need for more state aid and federal help to ease district budgets. The Harrigan Plebenar bill could bring Pennsylvania up to 28 million dollars yearly in federal funds for education.
Harrisburg reports strict enforcement of the 1937 food license law. Ice cream manufacturers bakeries and margarine sellers must obtain licenses by January to avoid prosecution. Elmer Harter Jr director notes efforts to end late year license applications and ensure inspections. Bakery licensees must file affidavits as part of the new provisions.
Elmer H. Harter Jr director of the Pennsylvania bureau of foods and chemistry announced that in Philadelphia a group of violators were convicted or pled guilty in a single day. All were fined or discharged upon payment of costs. Infractions included selling meat and other foods unfit for human consumption and mislabeling of food products.
Columbus January 1 regular meeting set for Thursday evening January 14 in C. 16 hall where officers for the coming year will be installed. Community notes list numerous local visits dinners and families including Curtis Page Ohrn Robson and others. Religious service details announced for Sunday January 1 with Sunday school and sermon led by Kev Harris.
William Lurie in Cleveland discovered he had been given a dollar too much by a bank teller who cashed his WPA check. He went to police headquarters at 5 30 p m to report. Bank officials, when they opened, received the excess cash back from a patrolman who handed it to them in person.
Local officials in Erie express support for grade crossing improvements on the North Hawat project. Commissioner Thomas W. Paley questions delays while attorneys discuss potential damages in the Navi Base project context. Other items mention social visits, cemetery association meeting, and community club events.
A hit and run driver clipped tele phones along Conenango Avenue near Prime Street yesterday, disrupting telephone and power service to several families until repairs. The crash damaged an Arc main system, knocked out a telephone pole and high tension line, and left police seeking the operator who aided attempts to identify the culprit.
The city reports a surplus of 46 103 dollars with an operating year of $3 248 897 proposed for this period. Council receives the budget forecast showing balances with predicted general fund revenues.
Publicity on CCC enrollment created confusion as applicants await eligibility rules. Wartime agency officials will test MLCOC candidates Monday January 18 at 9 am at the Emergency Relief Board office in Erie. Lunch provided, then later transportation to CCC camp SP-11 at Woodford.
In Grove City Pennsylvania a dramatic basketball clash ended with St. Vincent's edging Grove City by narrow margin after a rocky start and a decisive late stretch. Hant Oluplay and a long range shooting display from St. Vincent's sealed the upset in a tight game that remained competitive into the final minutes.
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