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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1947
Page
3
Vicinity police have been asked to assist in locating Joseph Hinl a 44 year old man missing from his McKean home since last Saturday Former Erie area employment ties lead officers to believe he may stay nearby No reason given for disappearance.
Formal peace drafts with Italy Bulgaria Finland Hungary and Romania ready for signing. Byrnes will sign all but Finland on Monday before handing over to General Marshall. Treaties will go to Moscow and London for Molotov and Bevin to sign, with Paris set for February 10.
Elisabeth M Smithy died suddenly at her home after feeling unwell while visiting in Erie. Born July 9 1881 in Hast Saint Louis she moved to Corry 48 years ago. Survived by husband Harry B Smith a son and siblings with private funeral at Payson. Two Rhode Island couples drowned in Pawtucket after a car collision and plunge into Ten Mile River.
The text notes that feather pillows were uncommon before the 15th century and that peapods or straw served for both mattresses and pillows. It presents a concise historical view of early bedding materials and their evolution.
The Lociety for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America held a Friday session and named temporary officers for the Corry chapter. Harry Hickle is president, Al Vanssens vice president, A J Schaub secretary, and Bruce Thoms treasurer. Seventeen members attended, with Mrs. Lloyd Thomas accompanying on the plane. The Corry group will meet bi monthly on the 6 1st and third Fridays at William Leaby’s Wright street home. SPEBSQSA membership remains open.
The adjudication board of the Veterans Administration will cease siting in Erie after February forcing disabled veterans to travel to Pittsburgh for claims hearings. Local veterans groups plan protests, arguing Erie is large enough for its own board and criticizing the shift as a burden requiring time off work and travel costs.
The Columbus Volunteer Fire Department forming a firemen relief association won approval for a charter at a meeting, expected from Warren County Court within two weeks. The plan allows participation in benefits from out of state insurance funds distributed to firemen groups statewide. The department now has 25 members with 15 present, and two new coats were bought.
Little Carol Jean Armitage of Old Crael Joel Spring Creek died suddenly at Corry Hospital aged two. She was born March 1 1943 and had been ill recently. She is survived by parents Cassius and a sister Joyce Marie, grandparents Owen and Mrs Armitage and Paul McCray, two great grandmothers, and numerous relatives. Funeral at Cobbs Corners Church at 2 pm Monday after viewing at Bracken-Kenting Funeral Home. Burial in Bush Branch Cemetery.
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