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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1953
Page
4
Public service column urges safer Fourth of July celebrations. It warns thousands could become maimed widowed or orphaned due to Independence Day accidents. Emphasizes motor vehicle crashes drownings falls heat and fireworks hazards and calls for reduced risk.
Twenty years ago in Corry two sudden deaths are reported Judson W Garnicke a longtime Ajax Iron Works pattern maker and foreman dies at Corry Hospital Chris Hawley of Best Main Street dies after brief illness A heavy rainfall ends a heat wave and drought causing crop damage Erie's city receives 1275 dollars from tavern license fees to Corry Water fountain at Gilly Park resumes operation funded by local subscriptions
A garbled quiz asks readers to score memory and motive from ten questions about Jascha Heifetz US Treasurer Palmetto meaning India conquest banks March 1933 and other topics. It ends with warnings to take it easy on Independence Day and notes the average Scottish worker spends a unspecified percent of wages on rent.
Local column recalls a 26th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Donald Nantes amid various items. Post Office policy shifts on lottery considerations, a death notice for Fred Hart Stoddard, and John P. McLean’s enrollment at Gannon College are noted alongside road paving delays on Scott's Crossing and a new milk handling innovation. Navy word places Norman P. Holton aboard USS Beal. New York State Police crackdowns on PA drivers and required insurance proof are mentioned. Local dentistry fluoride program, crime rumors, and a recurring Rotary attendance record by Tony Lite are included. Tom Pringle’s two-decade mail run ends as he joins Skyline Industries, and local merchants weigh Corry Area Schools jointure. Gas ventures in Penfield attract investor interest with optimistic wells, while Cutter Hill wells report high rock pressure. Postscripts recall a major 59th anniversary fire on Third Avenue and West Main.
Reports say Erie County Coal Dealers Association sets a July 10 price increase and a joint City Council Authority meeting will consider reactions as taxpayers fear higher utility and housing costs. Local drivers report hostility after a street altercation, and a post office introduces a new postage meter to improve stamp sales accounting.
Charles Goodrich 40 of Franklinville was killed Wednesday afternoon at the First National Bank Building while helping Otis Elevator Co install two new lifts. He entered the shaft to retrieve dropped keys as the elevator rose, a counter weight crushed him. coroner ruled accidental death. Margaret Keeney, an elevator operator, said Goodrich warned not to use the elevator to the basement and gave contradictory statements about the lift’s movement.
Elmer A. Ortner officiated at the Davison Funeral Home service for infant Orville LeRoy Jackman, son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Jackman of Spartansburg. Born Wednesday at Stem Memorial Hospital in Union City, he died early yesterday. Burial followed at West Lawn Cemetery in Columbus. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Orville Jackman Jana Mr and Mrs Theodore Hanby.
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