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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1939
Page
3
Fragmentary 1930s era notes report unemployment aid, federal food commodities, tax and public assistance figures, and local court actions. Items mention creditors meetings for John E. Colling, oil production shifts, legislative committee appointments, marriage licenses, benefit checks, and a car accident in Corry area.
Franklin January term opens with a short session and a busy docket. The grand jury returned six true bills and no indictments as January court nears, with cases including Eakin, Aro, Henderson, Morasco, Cuzzola, and Cuzzola on liquor charges. Several continued from November await next week, among them Weldhe false pretenses, Holland F and B, Schoch worthless checks, Sturgis, and Me Intyre.
A program to train skilled tradesmen to teach vocational subjects in public schools will start next month. J Lios Mahony, head of the University of Pittsburgh center, announces Erie as the training center under the state department of instruction. John Jeffery, director of vocational education in the public schools, will direct the courses, aimed at staffing NW Pennsylvania in the next two to three years.
Final rites were held at 3:46 from the late home at 26 West South Street for Mrs Nellie B Seaver a prominent Corry resident who died shortly after midnight Friday. Rev Edward L Wagner of St Pauls Lutheran church officiated. Temporary interment was in Pine Grove cemetery mausoleum. Bearers were J L Splesman Leo Lindsley S Bentley W L Peake A O Sandburg and Frank Wilcox. Relatives from away included Mrs Gilbert Osmer of Pittsburgh Lloyd M Bracken and Mr and Mrs Arch Merritt at Oil City.
City officials were urged by the State Health Department and the Fish Commission to respond to inquiries about a proposed new channel that would divert sewage from Hare Creek into Brokenstraw Creek. The letter requests details on plans for connecting sewers and sewage treatment works and warns that continued raw sewage discharge violates state law.
A historical banquet recounts Orry, Pennsylvania church roots from 1864. Founding figures included Rev. S. W. Roe, E. Osgood, Boyle, Davis, Bennett, and Knight. Early meetings were at Concord Street school, then McKenzie Hall and Cook's Hall as the congregation grew toward its present home.
A fragmentary history notes a church near the corner of Chireh and Pence streets, detailing remodeling, committee appointments from 1867 to 1888, building plans, and a 1907 08 enlargement. It records pastors Hopkins and others, church growth, grants from the Jewish Society, and a 1993 influx of over 20 new members following Milton Reese evangelistic meetings.
A historical church record recounts pastor appointments from 1870 with Rev. D W Mays, growth in membership, debt release, and a 1878 renovation funded by trustees and ladies. It notes the 1884 completion of a new edifice costing about 12000, and up to 1906 plans for a new chapel with a 12000 estimate, aided by fundraising.
Last evening a congregation banquet celebrated the seventy fifth anniversary of the Coury Presbyterian Church. The Undercroft program featured a hymn, Invocation by Rev William Hall and a history of the church from 186% to present. Donors for memorials such as windows and urns were noted, and Frank Z Babbitt spoke on the 1921 chapel and a $12000 fundraising feat. W Gray Alter spoke in Joseph Lindsay's absence about Forward Hey and Alter being a former moderator.
The Natoma Youth Adventatrating program in Northwestern Ponsshivenns plans monthly meetings to discuss operation. Supervisors will review projects, reassign territories, and plan for future staffing as area communities in nine counties engage in youth employment and service. Oscar Beene and Robert William lead field supervision with local turnout invited.
ERW Jan 17 Thomes Wy wint ley, chairman of the board of county commissioners, was injured Friday in an auto crash near Pitta high. He returned to duties at the courthouse Monday despite bruises and cuts, saying he sustained no serious injury. His car was damaged only as another vehicle cut out of line and struck head on.
Funeral services were held in the chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at St Thomas Church for Elizabeth O'Brien of Cleveland who died Friday. Temporary interment occurred in the receiving vault of St Phonias church with attendees including Frank Keefe Frank Plur Hugh Clarke and Austis Dempsey.
Miss Lena Thurston longtime Corry resident dies at Covey Hospital after a long illness. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. from Bracken Keady chapel with Rev. Charles Puller of Gentervile Baptist church officiating. Burial Pine Grove cemetery with pallbearers Percy McCray Bastin Smith Sr Larry Sandstrom Jed Edwards Glen Perry Leo Howlett. Philathea Bible class members attend in a body. Out of town relatives include J B Northrop St Marys W Way Joseph Thurston Mrs Harry Thurston Kenneth Northrop Gil City Clifford Betts and son Warren.
The report recounts a fundraising campaign that aimed to raise the entire sum in one day, achieving 12000 dollars in twelve hours. It notes subscriptions reaching the full amount on May 11, 1911, a contract dated June 28, 1911 for A C Stoltz of Meadville Pa, ground broken July 2, 19 71, first service on Children's Day in 1872, chapel dedication June 11, 1912, and the fifteenth anniversary celebration on June 12, 1927.
C A Lapman aged 89, though never a Boy Scout, finished building his own coffin with careful trimming and a motto Be Prepared. The unusual project reflects his eccentric habit of self-reliance and preparation.
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