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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1938
Page
3
A fragmented local page reports light snow in some areas with a blizzard on Saturday near Eris and drivers facing license plate reminders. It notes a board meeting, political withdrawals in Erie county, a State of the Union talk on CBS, and various local agency actions including gun permits, driver license revocations, and upcoming bank meetings.
Mrs. M. J. Parkhurst, chair of the 1937 Carry Christmas Seal campaign, urges the public to return missing and mislaid Town Criers and checks to support the tuberculosis program. She notes excellent returns but asks nonrespondents to mail payments to the Erie County Health & Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seal Headquarters to avoid follow-up costs and protect homes from TB.
Stanley Ot. Guyton 85 of Stoneboro died from skull fracture thigh and internal injuries after a Saturday night collision on the Franklin Mercer highway at Black Mountain foot near Polk. Three other men were seriously hurt including Floyd Hammerlee 17 of 801 Buffalo Street Franklin with facial and chest injuries.
Gene McBalls, 18, of 1327 Myrtle Street Franklin, suffers a fracture of the nose and shock. Leroy Guilinger, 43, of Stoneboro, has injuries above the left eye and on the left elbow.
Jan Grigsby 21, of Smethport, fled snow blind woods in stocking feet while sought for auto theft and burglary. He was arrested by State Warden William Hoote for killing deer out of season and jailed in McKean County after arraignment at Port Allegany. He implicated John Hazen in the store burglary. loot mostly recovered from a barn hide.
Wild life in danger as 100 barrels of crude oil leak from a broken sub-surface line near Kane and James City on the General Kane highway. The slick drifts toward the Allegheny National Forest, killing a muskrat and harming waterfowl. L A Wiedermaier of Buffalo is in town for a several days business visit.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 PM at Bracken funeral chapel for George Patterson Sr. after an illness. Rev Boyd officiated, with interment in Wattsburg cemetery. Attendees from Wayne township and nearby areas attended, including Micah L. Sidat, Phil Reinhard, and J. H. Weal.
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