Twenty Years Ago From Journal Piles January 13 1828
Corry Public Schools faced pupil loss as nearby districts redirected attendance to other schools Colia to Columbus and Spring Creek to Youngsville due to recent circumstances. Miss Clara M Widdifield resigned as Corry Hospital superintendent for a position at Meadville City Hospital. Auditory improvements planned under state rules include aisle widening rail placement and door hardware. bids will be sought. Corry High cagers beat Union City 28 20 with Wilson Brown scoring nine. Citizens National Bank banquet at Hotel Corry celebrated a solid year with four percent extra dividends and board reelection.
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Corry
Colia
Columbus
Spring Creek
Youngsville
Clara M. Widdifield
Corry Hospital
Dis
Hospital Association
Meadville City Hospital
Three Die in Weekend Area Accidents
Erie reports three killed and 19 injured in area accidents over the weekend. Victims include Nicholas Boris, 54, of Erie. Erle Slavik, 85, North East. and Barli Walker, 42, Jefferson, Ohio. Boris was struck by a car on Hast Avenue by driver George H. Rohr, who said the pedestrian moved into the path. Slavik, a Nickle Plate Railroad worker, was found mangled near the New York Central tracks in North East. Walker died after a Lenox Dorset crash in Dorset township. six others injured.
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North East
Erie
No Cays
Micholas Boris
Erle
John Slavik
Bar
George H. Rohr
Rohr
Wiliam McKinley
Hast Avenue
Slavik
New York Central
Walker
Ashtabula General Hospital
Lenox-Dorset
Dorset Township
PRESS HEROES RUSSIA AND FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA
A Corry Pennsylvania newspaper comments on Soviet denunciations of the American press. It argues the Soviet Union claims freedom while censoring editors and printing government handouts. The piece asserts the U S free press underpins all freedoms and warns against totalitarian control.
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Russia
Politburo
Foreign Office
Kremlin
U. S
How's Your I Q Quiz From a Classified Page
A spoof Q and A asks about December Italy troop sales Mauna Loa truth Papacy seat and other trivia. It mocks quiz phrasing and hints at a published answers page in the classifieds.
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I. Q
Italy
Mauna Loa
Rome
United States
Edward R. Brettinius, Jr
Chester W. Nimute
Ledo Road
Conneaut Pensioner Dies in Home Fire
In Conneaut on Saturday a 90 year old East Lakeville pensioner, William J. Abbey, died in a one story frame house fire. The coroner reports accidental death, noting a tin can clenched in his hand, suggesting kerosene may have been poured into the stove. Firefighters faced water supply issues as the residence was destroyed.
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Conneaut
East Lakeville
William J. Abbey
C. C. Roller
Ashtabula
Roller
Stoge
Lakeville
William L. Benneth
Farm Show Opens With Hopes Of 500000 Attendees
Harrisburg January 12 The State Farm Show in Pennsylvania opened for five days with expectations of more than 500000 visitors. The event showcases agricultural exhibits from soil to livestock, aiming to present the best in farm and rural home life and attract top displays in fruits vegetables and farm products.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Publicity Leads 10 Anted Man's Arrest in Meston
Oak Alden Kirkpatrick 31 a Silver Creek man long in Western New York public eye told state police he was shot at by two men in a car and a bullet barely missed his head He claimed three weeks earlier at the Niagara Falls airport men asked if he knew pilots who would smuggle gold and alcohol across the Canadian border Kirkpatrick a pilot was arrested in Erie county on probation violation warrant dated January 2 1944 probation officer John F Lillis had been pursuing him since that date.
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Mestown
New York
Gi International
Oak Alden Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Ni~ Ugara Palls
N.Y
John F. Lillis
Erie County
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Lind- Fire
Su- L
Otte Ambers
World City Hall
A. W. McCoy
Meadville
Board of Banisation
Corry High
Union City
Wilson Brown
Citizens National Bank
G. H. Barlow
D. L. Bracken
C. F. Brown
Don F. Smith
FA. Loveland
J. J. Desmond
H. W. Parker
G. G. Sweet
O. E. Doane
Philadelphia
Vicks
Sam Red L
Aundry & Dry Cle
Just
NEW Numn
BUSH
Florsheim
Edgerton
Pizor Insurance Agency
Dial
FreDeRick St. Corry
Bill Wilcox
Washington
North Center Street
Turner
RAYON
Keystone
VanCise
Cas
Rex—Ruud Monel
Pennsylvania Gas Company
U. 5
Orchard Park
Pork Coffee
Hamburg
Stahl
Valve
Jewelry Company
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