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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1936
Page
3
Regular city council meeting set for this evening to approve school requisitions and supplies. County officials visited the city Sunday. various local events and notices, including a film showing and highway patrol updates, appear in the week’s listings.
United Press reports the National Safety Council notes 86400 motor vehicle deaths in 1935, a record high as fatalities rose 4.3 percent with greater motor travel. Eastern states led by reductions, Milwaukee and Providence cited for low rates, and a five year campaign planned to cut deaths nationwide.
St Blui Zabeth's hosts a benefit card party chaired by Margaret Blair with several committee members. The event takes place in the St Susabe Hall on a Tuesday evening, with proceeds aiding local depents.
Community remembers Samuel L Willard, Lafayette Street veteran and James M Brown Post commander, as Jamestown residents and families gather for a birthday dinner. The Civil War veteran, born 1812 in Tidjo, Pa, reflects on voting and wartime service while maintaining routines at his home and garden in old age.
Spring Creek PTA announces Founders' Day activities with local turnout and community notices. Residents include Mrs. A B Porter visiting Glen Davis, Miss Esther Brundage visiting Erie relatives, and various weekend travels among Corry and Erie residents.
Corry youth Henry Foster, 19, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a Corry residence and theft of 01.85. Erie County Court Judge William B. Hirt paroled him for one year, warning that any future offense could send him to a workhouse. Foster had fled the scene and was bound over to court after being arrested on return. He will report to authorities periodically. Also noted is a Parent Teachers Association meeting reporting goals for a Magazine Exchange Library and a new study club chaired by Paul Porter to spur interest in current affairs. Founders Day planning is under Mrs. Leslie Donaldson with social program support from Mrs. Harold Eddy and Rev. Garnett.
New Orleans reports a tubercleosis survey by Dr. Carl G. Bauer and Dr. L. Lumsden on Tennessee Valley areas. They analyzed white and negro populations across nine states, finding high death rates, especially in white seniors, from 1920 to 1923 with 92.6 per 100,000 versus 56 nationally. The study, to be presented to the National Tuberculosis Association in New Orleans, aims to advance knowledge of the disease.
A $20,000 WPA project in Kane Kane starts Monday with 76 men to dig ditches on paved streets. WPA District 10 reports only part of the crew will work initially, with others added as work progresses. Earlier, workers from the sanctuary project may be reassigned, and widening curves and clearing embankments to improve road safety is planned for completion soon with some crews moved next week.
A Saturday fire at the CL Clark homestead on Route 3 near Tiotsun Corners caused substantial damage. A defective chimney breached the frame, with flames consuming the second floor while only some furnishings from the first hour were saved. Union City fire department and neighbors responded, but smoke and flames overwhelmed efforts.
Arrangements are under way for a county wide Young Republican celebration and dance on Friday January 24 at Pa Takes on the Lake. Gayle Browns Orchestra will provide music and a floor show by Walker School it Dance. The County Council of Republican Women chorus will sing and Republican candidates invited to attend. Tickets available from Tames Lewis.
In a Tissex Professional Golfers Union event at Wanstead, W. Hughes drove well on the 10th hole but a large crowd retrieved one ball, carried it back, and dropped it into the lake prompting questions about adherence to rules in this London outing.
Harrisburg Jan 18 An increase in crime in Pennsylvania is shown in a report on state penal and correctional institutions submitted to the secretary of welfare Delvan Scheehle. The report covers the fiscal year ending May 31, 1985 and notes 2000 persons involved with the law, up 277 from the prior period. Forty percent of the men and women committed were under 28 years old while 19 percent were under 25. Forty seven percent of new prisoners had previous convictions. Eighty two percent never passed beyond eighth grade and 26 percent never attended school. Only 6 percent of new prisoners were foreign born. The report stresses need to maintain state hospitals for mental patients and to continue a building program to provide additions and equipment. At year end there were NG patients in state owned or state aided mental hospitals. An additional 2414 were on parole versus 15d on hospitals and 2126 on parole June 1, 1938. State medical and surgical hospitals admitted 65,812 patients and discharged 65,260, increasing population to 1130. During the year 8489 people received aid from the Mothers Assistance Fund, averaging 19.18 a month. There were 45 widling pensioners at 21.18 monthly and 686 persons on all age pensions averaging 10.08 per month.
The Catholic Daughters of America Catholic Daughters Court No. 35 announced a bridge luncheon is postponed one week due to a death in the Slattery family and related court affairs. The event moves to January 29 with rescheduled Pebruary meetings set for the 6th and 9th instead of the original dates.
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