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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes report July events and services in Ohio towns. Mentions President, Fourth of July improvised gatherings, and church services in Columbus and Lima with references to funerals. Names: McAvoy, Irene, Em aS T.
A notes style summary lists Horatio Allen as first steam locomotive engineer with the Stourbridge Lion on August 8, 1829. Peter Cooper built the Tom Thumb and ran trials on August 28, 1830. Nicholas W. Darrell piloted the Best Friend of Charleston during its trial on November 3, 1850.
Beaver Dam news recalls multiple family reunions and dinners across Beaverdam and neighboring towns. Attendees include Bert Mitchell and families from Reillys and Eden Center New York, Gordon Shade and family, Leonard Davis family, and Proctor families from Essex Street Gorty. Funeral services were held for Burt Snapp in Spartansburg, with interment at Beaverdam cemetery. Various visits to Union City Jamestown Bradford and Erie noted, along with weddings and long weekend hospitality among Proctor, Mulvin, Marsh and Sill families.
The chinchilla is a small rodent resembling a window squirrel and weighs about 1 pound when mature. Females are slightly larger. fur is French gray with a bluish tint and dense soft texture. Species vary in gray shade and fur quality.
Street maintenance for North Corry and nearby avenues was approved at a Monday city council meeting. Officials noted a subdivision sale and plan of lots in the Highland Altamont area, with residents recalling prior sales and seeking details on property acquisitions and public auction outcomes.
John Damcott 95, longtime Clymer resident and farmer, died Wednesday at his daughter Mrs Neckers home. Services set for 2 p.m. at Neckers residence. Survived by three daughters, three sons, fifteen grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren. Burial details follow local custom.
Independence Day celebrations drew large crowds as Corry staged a grand parade with more than thirty musical groups and 40 marching units. The FLW drum corps won first prize amid strong district participation from Meadville Erie and other tri-state communities.
In Avoids area, police sought to arrest Paul R. Rittey age 97 but he died by self-inflicted gunshot as officers forced entry. Constables reported a discharged cartridge found at the scene along with a single-barrel shotgun near the bed. Authorities believe he prepared to shoot at the door before the fatal act.
At Conneaut Lake seven people including four women were rescued from a runaway speedboat on a hot July day. Gene Harshaw, operator of a new $15,000 craft, reported finding the passengers alive after the motor failed and the boat tipped near the mile wide lake. Emergency crews arrived as the scene was already unfolding amid intense heat.
Jamestown July 3 A drowning occurred during the holiday celebration at Jamestown. Ten year old Robert Lynn Wale tees of Gifford Pa near Bradford slipped while stepping into deep water and disappeared. Searchers and volunteers toiled for hours but could not locate the body. Coroner’s inquest planned to determine the cause of death.
The Highway Department requests alteration of a curved state route bridge on Route No. 5804 near Mansfield Ohio. The plan involves improvements to the bridge by the Public Utility Commission and local authorities in Charles town and Rushland townships.
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