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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1949
Page
4
The Cory Evening Journal urges caution for the Fourth of July holiday. It cites high annual deaths from accidents, blaming increased driving, faster travel, crowded beaches, and fireworks mishaps. Advice includes driving slower, avoiding risk, supervising children, and attending public fireworks displays.
Twenty years ago this date highlighted hazards from firecrackers and toy pistols with reports of Donald Pawson of Maplevale burned on the left leg by a blanc tartridere. Fire department responded to Victor Oni on East Pleasant Street for a chicken fire, quickly contained. Ground broken for O H Holden’s West Church Street residence, Frank Jones, builder, contracted. East Trving Street improvements with gravel coating aim to ease year round travel. Dr T Gillette, previously ill at his East Smith Street home, moved to Hamant Hospital in Erie for treatment. Shirley Eddy of Marion Street injured at Ajax Iron Works when struck by a steel crane, later recovering with local care.
Fred W. Okie is named president of Boasemer & Lake Erie Railroad, succeeding the late Frank T. Snyder. He will also continue leading Union Railroad, a major switching line, as US Steel subsidiary B and L Erie operates between North Bessemer and Conneaut Harbor. The executive started in rail in 1996 with Southern Railway's engineering department.
A reflective fragment urging relaxation and safety for children at bedtime. References Kipling's call to delight in simple things and carefree mirth, implying a Fourth of July theme of duty, happiness, and peaceful night’s rest.
Quiz prompts ten questions about world history language science and literature. It asks about Dutra May visit and nationality Dauphin vanadium spelling Becky Sharp ribs Puerto Rico language rank equal to field marshal and Prayds newspaper country.
Charles A. Doyle, Niagara Falls labor organizer and funder, will be tried in Jamestown starting July 12 on federal charges of illegal entry into the United States. The case, tied to deportation efforts to Scotland, involves Doyle’s alleged Communist connections. Doyle has posted bail and awaits trial after a Buffalo arrest by immigration authorities.
A digest of Corry area items includes a found sum west of town with no lost report, Al Marty building a Summer home at Canadohia Lake, credit to Harold Patterson for a trout photo, and a golden wedding for Mr. and Mrs. Ress er in Knoxville. June wedding anniversaries boost local florists. stock warnings from the SEC and Post Office loom. Mead Park upgrades plus a new foot bridge. Jefferson Adams tie and Rural Free Delivery noted. Fundraising from 12 concessions planned for Mead Park, with many civic groups operating games and stands for park profits. Junior High Loveland Field hosts a doll and pet parade and games. phony magazine solicitors warned. National home building boom cited with 1949 as a strong year. Blood donors at Hamot Hospital share a core effort. a matching donor aids Mrs. Shaefer. Retail merchants observe midweek closings around holidays. Police cautions issue new sobriety calls. Bunce’s garden in Worth Street stands out. Pfc. Richard E. Martin attends master gunners course at Fort Bliss. Mass telegram lobbying pressures Congress. shoplifting reports appear as stores warn clerks. Missing purse incident noted near the end.
A local sale of antique items from the late Mabel Taylor drew spirited bidding sums. A Fourth Ward resident ejected gun magazine salesmen amid city tension. A Kiwanis pledge of 2000 dollars to Corry Memorial Hospital launches with a charity softball game featuring Erie girls versus a local ball club on July 1.
Beulah Louise Overell 26, heiress, acquitted of the yacht bust murder of her parents, is honeymooning at home with Robert Cannon, Los Angeles police officer. They wed yesterday in First Gaoriation Church. Sir Francis Drake in 1979 went ashore in Martin County, California, and claimed the region for Queen Elizabeth.
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