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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1954
Page
3
The Corry Evening Journal lists advertising rates on request and outlines mailing options. It notes subscription prices by mail and carrier, with annual and weekly figures and details on display ad deadlines.
A deep mood in US shipping prompts labor and management groups to seek federal aid. The American Merchant Marine Institute cites a slide to 36 operating passenger ships in early 1954 from 117 in 1939. Unions AFL CIO push for more aid. budget notes no new vessel construction but raises operating subsidies to 45 million. training funds and Maritime Administration programs face cuts. Fleet size, tonnage, and defense reserve shifts highlight broader decline and policy tension.
Corry endures one of the coldest winter spells, with temperatures dipping to four below zero at the tannery. Arthur Tozer of West Pleasant street dies at Warren Hospital after a December illness. A fourth chimney fire in two days hits Myron Reynolds on East Washington street, causing minor damage. Dr. Z H L Wright suffers a fractured arm after slipping near his office. City Council reconvenes in a special session to consider salary revisions and possible new pay ordinance for officials and staff for 1H.
This item presents a 1940s style quiz with questions on constitutional amendments, teachers salaries, European Defense Community ratification, government employment, religious groups, Camp Fire Girls, auto insurance rules, and U S merchant marine policy. It cites Len Hennings of Missouri on peacetime merchant fleets.
The item mix reports circulating talk of the Norman Moon slaying case with whispered lurid tales in Erie, plus chatter about pinball licensing pressures on Erie operators. It notes Pvt. William G. Gordon’s basic training, a Corry district Man of the Month award, student driver programs using loaned cars, and local civic concerns from garbage disposal to proposed fluoride injection. It also mentions a Corry High School singer joining All State Chorus, obituary notices for Lucy Phillips Gilson, church history, gas lease talks, and travel of Capt. Robert Garber with family.
John Ferbeck of Fredonia N Y recently purchased a lot on North Center Street near Barnes Grocery and plans to build a new house. The report notes potential deep oil wells in Western Pennsylvania with Standard Oil of California and Standard Oil of New Jersey setting up geological offices to assess deep drilling viability. Analysts anticipate wells at 10 12 thousand feet with costs around 500000 as part of a broader oil boom era. Citizens National Bank of Corry is sending Charles I Bricken and Willion A Peiffer to Pennsylvania Bankers Mediation Banke Operations at the University of Pennsylvania next week among about 100 bank staff attending.
In Ripley yesterday two men burglarized Twilia's Drive-In near town but reportedly were struck when owner Paul Tose fired a 20 gauge shotgun. No theft occurred. a nearby service station owned by William Saunders reported a small change loss and an attempted safe opening. The sheriff cited the incident as the crime scene and described the ransacking of the station office.
Albert J. Nesbit of Philadelphia was chosen as the new president, succeeding H. Joing TT of Pittsburgh. H. L. R. Emmett of Evie, Pa, was elected treasurer. Nesbit heads an air conditioning equipment firm.
Herman F. Holmes, 51, of Endeavor, was fatally injured Thursday morning while removing logs near McGraw north of Tidioute in Warren County. He died at 9:50 p.m. in Warren General Hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by a falling tree limb. A certificate of accidental death will be issued by Warren County coroner Ed Lowrey.
Destroyer Division 133 comprising destroyers O'Brien Ernest Q Small Wake and Harry Hubbard returned to Long Beach California after hazy seas delayed docking for four hours. Wives and sweethearts waited anxiously on shore as the last U S naval fighting unit native in Korean waters completed its voyage home.
Erie grand jury returned 26 true bills and no indictments yesterday. Luke Curlett, arrested January 13 for operating a lottery, was freed and bound over for criminal court action. Joseph Scary and Ernest Stanton, both Erie, were bound over after January arrests. Queen Elizabeth I bade farewell to New Zealand and sailed for Australia aboard the Gothic, due in Sydney Wednesday.
A dense listing details services at EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN ST PAULS LUTHERAN and other churches. It includes Sunday School Morning Worship Junior Church and Youth meetings along with weekday prayers choirs catechetical instruction and special feast day masses at multiple congregations on North Center East Pleasant and West Pleasant Streets.
A list of Corry area businesses appears including Adver Brocken Funeral Home Pauls Mens Wear Phillips Martin Motor Sales Model Dairy Company Thomas Motors of Corry E K Guignon Ajax Iron Works Olds the Florist Schaub Wallpaper Paint sponsors Crystal Coal Company Fogle Lumbar Company Corry Jamestown Mfg Co Hammond Elevator Co The Corry Bakery Western Auto Store and more.
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