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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1932
Page
7
Volume 1X No 12 greets Miss Gladys McVaugh returning to school from Celoton and hints January births with red clothing symbolism. A rural cemetery sign forbids picking flowers except on one’s own grave, and a sleepy domestic line warns not to disturb a man in bed or face charges for loelgin.
Jamestown Pa January 11 Dr William P Tolley president of Allegheny College declares most education is self education and the school must prepare students to educate themselves He speaks to a joint Allegheny and Syracuse alumni dinner at the Usstal Ballroom Hotel Jamestown with about 126 guests Tolley notes a shift toward greater intellectual development and educators responsibilities Other speakers include Rev Dr Charles T Greer Rev William Thomas Helena Stonehouse and Detext H Bugbee in attendance
Card of thanks note expresses gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for kindness sympathy and assistance during illness and death of beloved wife mother Ray family extends thanks for support and aid from community during their loss
The Inter-High School Debating League includes Corry, Cockranton, Franklin, Meadville, City and Titusville High. Debates run Feb 20 to Apr 6 on compulsory unemployment insurance. Allegheny College awards a final cup and individual medals for the winning team. Students may sign up with Mr. Sheen.
Beavers go 3 and 3 in recent slate with a 221 point win over Union. Corry led the visitors with ten points in all four quarters. Union City offered strong defense but the Beavers jobbed decisive windward teamwork. Beavers suffered three losses in the Christmas break and posted mixed results in late December and early January including a 28-11 defeat at Sulamanen and 18-17 victories over Eire Tech and Cochanton.
On Monday January 4 the M D Club elected officers Director Virginia Sullivan Manager Florence VanCise Scene shifter Sarah Shaver and property boy Dorothy Kitleberger. A program for the next term was outlined and discussed.
On Thursday evening the THAEY held a social in the teachers room to discuss the subject petting led by Misa Titus and Miss Hendrickson. Games and refreshments followed with pop and candy. In case of rain a joke about a new home and a roof being off a room was noted.
The tale follows Neewah, a young salmon born to Mother Salmon who laid about 10 000 eggs. After surviving predation and perils, he grows to four feet in the Pacific, mates with a blonde salmon, and returns to the Tong River to spawn, where a failed fishing strike ends his career after a fierce fight.
In a festive 1932 pageant, Father Time leads the New Year scene as the clock strikes twelve. A cherub calls for snowfall and joy while a hopeful figure vows to keep a level head and pursue truth, obedience and prosperity in the coming year. The curtain falls with bells and best wishes.
The complete MCA branches including Juniors and Senior HI Y and Ti Hi Y groups had group portraits shot last Monday afternoon. Tenders of the various organizations also posed for pictures for the monthly MCA publication.
A humorous year end column mixes memories and in‑school vignettes. Mentions license plate changes, staff and students, small anecdotes about teachers such as Mr Wolfe and Mr Hatch, a student Paine helping at home due to his mother’s arm, and references to English Lit class plans. The piece playfully notes old trends, local personalities, and a bit of gossip framed as a school column.
A fragmentary page notes Room 4 offering a playful farce titled Hands Up Sponges and Can Openers. Cast includes George Taylor Blair Sheeley and Westley Seamans with multiple roles, set in a small-town rail station interior.
Stidents of Corry High School anticipate midyear examinations starting January 26. The piece recalls Johnny cram sessions, and highlights students Charles Louise and Mary, noting varied study habits and outlooks. It urges steady effort and a sensible routine as the new term opens.
At about 9 30 the automobile carrying Fey, Edward Whig, Phyllis Bekman and Howard Roland Jaysane struck a fire hydrant on Fianna Avenue near Federal Pinge injuring Jaysane and Bekman. They were treated at Jamestown General Hospital and released. Bertha Waggoner, 70, suffered heat bruises after a collision between a car with Leslie Davis and a truck at Fairmount Avenue and Jones and Ford ravens.
Union City 15 year old boy Bishop son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Bishop Union Guy R I 6 died at Corry hospital at 9 50 am after emergency operation last evening Undertaker Glenn Union City took the body from the late home
Pittsburgh report says five men stole a liquor laden truck with 180 cases of Canadian whiskey valued at over 310,000 from a garage. Watchman Hary Mutterspaugh, 48, and car owner John Cancellieri were threatened and detained for police questioning as the robbers fled.
United Press reports Paul Crawley a prominent American in Shanghai and long time China resident was arrested on charges of exporting opium to the United States. Authorities allege he conspired to violate federal narcotics laws and shipped a five taels of opium aboard the U S S Chaumont bound for America. The opium was seized in San Francisco. Crawley’s home is Taft California. He is credited with helping establish ice cream manufacture in the Orient.
A garbled OCR fragment references W. Hol. Smith and a vast 48,381,000 square miles figure from 1545, with mentions of Harry Guggenheim and Carlyle in a letter to John Gary. Content is highly unclear and contains multiple proper nouns and numbers without context.
A corrupted text fragment describes a supposed poison causing postmeal sleepiness and bowel symptoms. It mentions a remedy Adlerika and references various body parts and vague health claims. The passage is garbled with numerous misspellings and nonsensical phrases, hindering clear facts.
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