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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1938
Page
3
Fragmentary text mentions an association secretary and city extension session on a Wednesday evening. It also references a description of a honeybee, a bank, and an implied potential danger or doom. Vague police reference appears.
A muddled list shows Tames Lewis addressing Kiwanis members at the weekly luncheon, while Dewey prepares a board of education report with enrollment data. Several meetings are planned including the Pennsylvania School Directors Association in Harrisburg, and a Week of Prayer in Christchurch.
Pennsylvania newspaper editors will gather in Harrisburg January 11 and 12 to discuss rising operating costs and possible subscription rate increases after a report by Ernest G. Smith of The Leader Wilkes-Barre. The convention will cover Roosevelt era claims, National Labor Relations Board actions, and labor issues affecting papers.
May Worris 49 widow of John Morris died at her Charlestown South Carolina home after a lingering illness. She will travel to Corry and be taken to Bracken-Keating chapel. Funeral services Friday at 9 30 A M St Thomas Church with Rev Francis Graves officiating. Burial in St Elizabeth's cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs Anna McGraw two sons Frederick Widner Whitesville Ohio and Charles Widner Fredonia New York and three sisters Mrs Irene Mahle Miss Pisrence McGraw Mrs Walter Sawyer Louisville Kentucky. Morris died about three months ago.
Harrisburg held an all day session as lawyers for both sides sought Dauphin County President Judge William M. Hargest counsel. Attorneys clash on facts that could go to the appellate court for a constitutionality ruling. If no agreement is reached, long arguments lie ahead before appeal. The local court is busy with criminal work and has a crowded docket for two months, potentially delaying Holgate case hearings for several weeks.
A series of earthquakes in 1811 severely damaged New Madrid Missouri and altered the course of the Mississippi River, reshaping the town’s prospects and the river’s path. Sugar in Mediterranean Countries traces sugar’s introduction from Bengal around the fifth century AD and its spread across the region.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Corry Building and Conn Association will be held at the office of the Association No. 108 Center St Corry Pa January 24 1998 at 7 80 oclock All stockholders are requested to be present FL Barnes Secretary
In Harrisburg January 11 Gifford Pinchot begins a third guber natorial bid amid possible GOP opposition. Party leaders may unite behind a rival by January 24 mass meeting in Philadelphia while figures like Justice George W. Moxey and Judge Arthur F. James are urged as contenders. Pinchot insists no one can place or remove him in the race and calls for united Republican support.
Cleveland man Grayery was fined by Alderman B Pobley for obstructing the highway while driving a truck switcher with barrels. He paid the assessment by telegraph and was released. A separate item notes a weed plant pushing through a shelter floor crevice in Marysville.
The January meeting at Mrs Isabelle Phelps home, East South Forest, appointed 1938 committee chairs: Program Mrs J Pred Kinley, Membership Mrs Thamug Roelofs, Finance Miss Hele Lindquist, Hospital Mrs Raymond Barnes. February committee: Miss lle Mefiyoy, Mrs Barnes, Mrs Bruno Messenger. Bake sale planned. honors to Mrs Blair Barnes and Phelma A King.
The Pennsylvania chapter of the National Association of Postmasters selects DuBois as the 1938 convention site. James J. McNany, vice president, announced the invitation at the board meeting. Edward Quinn of Wilkes-Barre was chosen acting secretary treasurer for the chapter until the DuBois event.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Pennsylvania Kiwanis trustees pick Johnstown as the 1988 convention site. State president Peter R. Weiner says a district realignment may follow, with larger divisions reduced and smaller ones expanded.
Kenneth Winter executive secretary reports Chrmmay Beauty Sea total of 13702.08 for the Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association campaign. The amount falls 2207.02 short of what is needed to fund the year. Readers urged to mail contributions promptly.
In a grand house on the campus of Ramey Preparatory, Julie Allerdyce sizes up a spring dance as Priscilla teases and Cosy keeps order. Julie yearns for Richard Jessup while Priscilla muses on a potential marriage to a poor yet dashing Tommy, highlighting household warmth, romance, and social maneuvering around a country club event.
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