Weather, politics and local notes from Erie area pages
A collage of Erie county items notes Labor Day approaches. Police report a major holiday in the citys history while new registrar tests are set for July 141 at the county court house. Findley Lake anglers and Ridgway barbers feature prices and catches. tributes to local education, weather shifts, and festival plans mingle with state finance figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court
Tiouae
Terie City
Corry
Erie Times
Corry Taxpayers Union Again Pushes Valuation Slashes
At a Monday city commission meeting the Corry Taxpayers Union urged a wholesale cut in property assessments to drop total valuation from over 5 million to about 4 million or less, aiming to boost state school aid. Mayor England said cuts will be defined triannually, with further council discussions soon. The group members included C. B. Wilcox and Walter L. Peake, among others, as they pressed for relief to fund the Corry School District.
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Corry
England
Taxpayers’ Union
C. B. Wilcox
Walter L. Peake
Walter H. Scott
Glenn Miller
Robert Ott
D.E. Leach
Peake
Mr. Scott
Bol
Charles Habbitt
Spring Street
Cmp
Frank E. Westley
Sinking Fund Commission
Frank ‘T. England
Joseph L. Spiesman
Westley
Fourth of July firework accidents injure three
Three youths were treated at Corry hospital after separate fireworks incidents. Richard Cole, 12, suffered a left hand burn from a blank cartridge at Findley Lake and was later discharged. Luis Southwie, 15, and Dhelme Newport, 18, from near Spartansburg, sustained leg and knee burns in a display near Vrooman, both treated and released the same day. None suffered serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Hospital
Richard Cole
G. L. Cole
Eric
Findley Lake
Young Cole
Andrew Paulson
Maple Avenue
Treacea Ac
Ime
Luis Southwie
Dhelme Newport
Spartansburg
Aireworks
Vrooman
Southwic
Newport
Van Tassel Family Dominate Holiday Golf Tournaments
The holiday golf events at Corry Country Club drew a large field with the Van Tassel family of Union City taking top honors. Carl Van Tassel won the morning way and handicap tournament, with Pat Kunkel as runner-up, and the first prize in the two‑hill Scotch foursome went to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Tassel, Jack Paulson and Mrs. James Hughes as runners-up. Tony Joy and Lee Shoemaker will represent Corry in the pro am tournament over Lake Shore on Thursday.
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van Tassel
Union City
Corry
Carl van Tassel
Pat Kunkel
Carl van Tasse
Jack Paulson
James Hughes
Tony Joy
Lee Shoemaker
Corry Club
Lake Shore
Ub al Erle
Thuraday
Four Hurt in Auto Crash Near Dugal West of Youngsville
Four New York City men returning from the Chicago Exposition were injured when their car was forced off the road by a passing vehicle near Dugal, west of Youngsville. The car burned, baggage burned, and none of the passing driver’s car stopped. William Simon owned the car. Leo Simon, Stanley Lefyourt, and Harry Wengery were injured. Wengery fractured his right collarbone, Simon cut his knee. others bruised. They were helped to Youngsville for first aid, then to return home after treatment. One man claimed $150 in currency was in the luggage. The party rode a bus later for home.
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Youngsville
Dugal
Eyneing
New York City
Youngaville
William Simon
Leo Simon
Stanley Lefyourt
Harry Weingery
Arthur Mead
Bartlett B. Hawley
Fredonia
Mr. Hawley
Corry
Bradford district approves PWA plan for $800000 recovery aid
The Bradford school board endorses preliminary plans from the Chamber of Commerce public works committee and will seek federal funds to finance a wide improvement program. Four construction projects are listed in the plan.
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Bradford
Public Works Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Edward Barnes Dies in D. C. Accident During 10000 Mile West Trip
Edward Barnes 18 of Bristol Conn and friend Warren Beach 17 of Bristol were on a 10000 mile summer motor journey to the West when their new Pontiac roadster left a gravel road near Clark South Dakota. Barnes was killed and Beach escaped serious injury. The youths had visited at Bronk M Raymond’s home in Corry and had planned to end their trip in seventy days visiting Washington and California.
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New England
Corry
Biward Barnes
Sind
Puller F. Barnes
Associated Springs Inorgeration
Raymend Manufacturing Company
Unit
Warren Beach
Bristol
Conn
Clark
S. C
Bronk M. Raymond
Chicago
Barnes
South Dakota
Beach
Claris
Sigoureeus
Fuller Barnes
Washington, Conn
Final Surfacing Underway on Sciota to Pinchot Road
Preparations for final road top dressing proceed north of the pump station on Sciola road, with a mountain of stone to form the last coat on Pinchot road toward the New York state line. Stone and fuel tanks arriving for the Sciota stretch, as rural road work continues statewide from Blue By to Spring Creek and Spartansburg to Elgin, with the Pine Woods section near Wattsburg recently completed.
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Sciola Road
Pinchot Road
Corry
Ine
New York State
Sciota
Blue Bye
Spring Creek
Spartansburg
Eigin
Pine Woods
Corry Union City
Wattsbuirg
Youngest Old Man in Cory Recalls Civil War Valor
J J Andrews Post member John Casler born July 10 1845 at Sherman New York enlisted in Company K 124th Ohio Infantry and fought from Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge Peach Tree Creek and Franklin Tennessee discharged 1865 after which he settled in Columbus then moved to Cory where he has lived for about fifteen years despite age he remains active and agile in daily life.
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J. J. Andrews
Sherman
N. Y
124Th
Ohio Volunteer Regiment
Painesville
Ohio
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Tenn
Missionary Ridge
Atlanta
Peach Tree Creek
Georgia
John H. Bell
Mr. Casler
Franklin
Tennessee
Casler
Nashville
Cleveland
Casier
Columbus
Dumior
Odd charge filed in court over slim macaroni
In Boish Idaho a federal court heard a charge that macaroni supplied to the conservation army was too slim and underweight. The government alleged the defective pasta affected a government program. Mrs Dora Williams and daughter Dorotha were noted as having traveled to Jamestown for a brief stay.
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Boish
Idaho
Conservation Army
United States District Court
Dora Williams
Dorotha
Jamestown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sidney Geertsom
Ridgway
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lake LeBoouf Park
Waterford
Kane
Uway
Mercury
Board of Education
Crewis
Rex Theatre
Riceville Corners
Rails
New York Stock Exchange
C. CC
Woodward
Dan A. Roschie
Erie Railroad
Mr. Roschie
Erie
Walter Kneal
Akron
Shoop
Ida Wise Smith
Des Moines
Women's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Ella Boole
Charles A. Waters
Thiey Wek
Pennsylvania
Oliver M. Deibler
Corry Taxpayers’ Union
Alta Smith
Corry Country Club
Excelsior Springs
Junior Goodbar
Edward Barnes
Associated Springs Corp
North Co
Powell
NG Station
Ater
Motor Co
Corry, Pa
Tva
Root’s Furniture Store
South Center Street
Oi City Trust Companil
Henry
Philadelphia
Keister
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