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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1943
Page
6
A sprawling Erie region update notes a range of local items from hospital board meetings in Corry to bond and stamp committee activities, plus county budget worries and routine health notices. It mentions new state inspections, gasoline coupon changes, and public meetings at various local venues.
Erie county reports total operating costs for 1943 at 1 705 795 40 to operate diving 142 recabling to a score issued by Councilor Harvey M. Wilts. A balance of 7405490 remains in treasury despite general fund earmarks. Tuberculosis hospital fund has 3 347 30. school tax fund 80. road tax fund 2 86. Hospital report shows 672 49 in device costs. paying patients contributed 15 004 91. net operating cost 32 R62. patient days 2 790. meals 99 489 total. average meal cost 179 cents.
Miss Anne Capella of Brockport died suddenly from a heart attack Monday. She will lie in Brockport High School auditorium Wednesday afternoon, with funeral Thursday at ten o'clock at the Brockport Methodist church. Burial in Brandy Camp cemetery. A native of Pennsylvania, she taught in Horton township for 43 years and led the Horton township schools for 16 years. Survived by sister Mrs Pred Delo of Corry.
Sharon mayor Myron W. Jones weighs a plan supported by several groups to set up a ready curfew for girls aged 12 to 19. He cites the nearby Shenango Replacement Personnel Depot as a factor and notes youths are too young for USO dances yet drawn to uniforms.
Erie January 2. Attorney Charles C English suffered three dislocated shoulders when he fell on a sidewalk in front of the Security Peoples Trust Co at State and Saint streets Tuesday morning. He was removed by ambulance to Harmiot Hospital where X rays by Dr O W Fortune checked for injuries. He was later taken home on South Shore Drive.
Farm Security Administration supervisor for Erie, Warren and McKean counties urges unemployed and underemployed to register for farm work. Training and transportation are provided, with wages and housing covered. volunteers may be moved from home to training centers and then to jobs, including dairy or poultry farms. Local labor shortages may bring workers from other states if needed. Contact the FSA office for details.
B Porter a 84 year old bank employee at Exchange Bank and Trust Company died at his home 804 Elk Street Franklin after suffering a embolism. He worked his desk until 5 p m Monday and was active in First Baptist Church serving as treasurer and deacon and in Ve Mango Lodge of Odd Fellows. Survived by wife Ruth Roan and three children Hay barn Jeanne and Richard Pounis.
Bradford January 20 A gas ration board panel reviewed 55 cases of alleged pleasure driving. Eight defendants were affirmed as violators under OPA rules and forwarded to the Williamsport district office for final decision. The remaining 47 were discharged as engaging in legitimate travel after their cars were taped by local police.
Five divorce actions were filed Tuesday in Erie County Court. Plaintiffs include Robert A. Hawes against Gerlude Howey of Mendiville for cruelty. Gladys M. Hall against Herbert Hall of Bane, Pa. for cruelty. Annie Metmer against Edward Metmer of Silver Creek for desertion. Morton & Bissell against Katharine Bissell of Tat Hallana Street for desertion. and Marperel Patterson against Roman Patterson of unknown address for desertion.
Mrs. Harley Johnson is named chairman of the Women’s Victory Book committee for a city wide drive to March 15 conducted by Red Cross Librarians Association and the U S C. Books must be in good condition and include science and historical works. Containers will be placed at Library bulding Senior High School and Corry Post Office for donation and periodic collection. Ward chairmen named across four wards. The project includes sorting packing and shipping books to Army camps under Librarian Bovter Auer.
A rapid two hour temperature drop halted a thaw and river runoff. A strong breeze and falling temperatures from about two hours after dawn whipped the area, with drifting snow and limited traffic. By noon temperatures neared freezing and blizzard conditions threatened as a new storm moved in.
The 2 year average prices received by Pennsylvania farmers for 1842 crops are forecast to rise above 1941 levels. Increases likely range from about ten percent for grain crops to twenty five percent for fruits. Cash farm income for the first nine months of 1942 was twenty seven percent above the same period in 1941.
Local brief notes a Wilke report on a Pennsylvania mining apt day near a significant event. Readable fragment hints at regional activity and upcoming schedule with unnamed officials and places.
A chaotic strike at Lance Coal Company and related collieries in the Wilkes-Barre region escalates as workers walk out after wage disputes. Roughly 1,800 miners at several sites halted work, with union leaders seeking to press demands while government and company officials pursue peace talks and back-to-work concessions.
In a terse report the highway division says crews freed a carrier near Carter Hill after a storm disrupted traffic. One road opened and traffic reached the tied up vehicle, while other routes remained blocked. The county roads bound effort continued as a Federal judge heard a July nineteen p selective service disposition in Lewisburg.
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