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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1940
Page
2
Ridgway records 18 degrees below zero before dawn with 20 below at the water works, as sub freezings grip the area. Reports note Erie and Clarendon residents, including Dykins, seek new posts in Washington DC while other local notes describe crashes, hospital stays, and municipal matters across Elk County.
Feeda Daniels of Worthstrest injured earlier is listed as a patient discharged from Corry Hospital. Methodist Missionary society to meet at Mrs J Robbins 206 Maple Ave Wednesday at 2 00 pm. C C group meeting postponed to a later date. St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid meets tomorrow at 9 45 am. hostesses named. McCray Ladies Aid Postponed until further notice. Woman's Relief Camps plan a birthday campfire at Mrs Rose Westley Worth Street Thursday. those not solicited to bring 4 furheen. Brokenstraw Valley DAR meets Thursday at 2 00 pm at Mr and Mrs Mosler East Irving Street. assistants listed. Wheelock and Steadman Community Aid to meet at Mrs Paul Lines home all day Friday. tureen dinner at noon. officer elections. Rebekah Helping Hand Club election to be held Thursday afternoon in T O O Hall. oyster stew served after. Gov Arthur H James appoints Thomas Martin of Westeyville as justice of the peace succeeding L Lesh.
Rev. Wagner of the Lutheran church preached the first sermon at Salvation Army hall as part of the Week of Prayer. The message outlined the purpose of the observance and drew a capacity crowd. Tonight Emanuel Episcopal church hosts Rev. James C. Belman of the Baptist church at 7:30 to discuss the universal church worldwide.
The American Legion Post 365 will hold a special meeting at the post home on North Center street at 4 o clock this evening. Commander Leon Brown urged all post members to attend and cooperate with the meeting plans for the county gathering.
Warren County farmers are invited to the annual extension program meeting at the Warren courthouse Wednesday at 10:18 AM. The 4-H club will be featured with morning business and reports by farm men and women. A noon luncheon partners with the Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Club, and the afternoon program features A L Bakery State 4-H club leader from State College. He discusses 4-H work in Pennsylvania. The event includes 4-H reels, a pressing demonstration, and remarks from H G Niesley assistant extension director.
Under the naval expansion program the United States Navy seeks men for January quota of sixty recruits from the Erie district. Ages eighteen to thirty-one may interview at the U S Court House Erie. Erie officers Brisson T C and Gardner CBM offer information on life and Navy opportunities. Navy trade schools cover machinist electrician ship fitter painter and more with pay $60 to $167 monthly. Enlistees gain entrance via competitive exams based on general knowledge and adaptability. Fifteen scarlet fever quarantines reported in Union City with two cases confirmed yesterday.
A requiem mass was celebrated for Martin J Brew of West Church Street at St Thomas Church by Rev Francis J Graves. Interment was in the church crypt. Bearers included Richard Rosshacher Austin Dempsey and others. Relatives from Jamestown Warren and Erie attended. Griffin Holdin, 88, noted for 64 years of public service and long affiliations with Masons and Grange.
The 30th annual meeting of Columbus Cemetery Association will be held Tuesday, January 16 at 1 30 p m at the B K Monroe home. Members paying 50c annual dues or who have endowed lots may transact business. Emma Dutton, Secy.
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