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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1946
Page
5
Fragmented senate debate centers on continuing OPA price controls. Senator Russell demands higher support from the South while fears of Alibustering tactics by Senator O'Daniel and aligned senators loom. Debate focuses on exempting petroleum and related products from ceilings and extending the provisional measure.
Miss Florence Trisket daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson W. Trisket of 247 West Washington street married Charles W. Bowman son of Mrs. Alice Bowman of 2645 West Bongi street Saturday at 2 pm in the Methodist Church parsonage with Rev. P. A. Galbreath. The bride wore a powder blue street dress with white accessories and a white rosebud corsage. Attendant Miss Dorothy Pashnick wore a pastel pink dress with white accessories and a pink and white carnation corsage. Best man was Louis Mitchell, brother of the groom. A reception for 25 guests followed at the Trisket home before the couple left for a weeklong honeymoon, planning to reside in the city upon return. Several out-of-town guests attended and local relatives gathered for the event.
Miss Marion Pitt daughter of D J Pitt and Mrs Pitt of 272 West Washington marries William H Veaser Jr son of Mr and Mrs William H Praser of State College on Friday July 5 in Migland Maryland. Rev Birk conducts the ceremony. Nis Fraser a 1930 Ie Corry High School graduate holds BA from Texas State College for Women and MA from Columbia. she teaches Home Economics at Pennsylvania State College. He is a Penn State graduate now with Fraser Mining and Retail Coal Company at State College. couple plans to reside there.
Cpl Holton daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Holton of Fairview was honorably discharged at Washington DC from the Women’s Marine Corps on June 27. She enlisted March 21 1944 and previously managed the Western Union office at Ridgway. During her service she was stationed at Quantico Virginia in the telegraph office. Before returning home she and her parents enjoyed a week’s trip in Virginia Kentucky North Carolina and nearby states.
Corry Grange No 5 met Saturday evening at the 7. O. O. P. Hall for degree work as nine candidates retired the third and fourth degrees with Waterford de rven team members present. Master William F P Akam presided and led a brief business session before a social interval of sandwiches cake and coffee served by Mrs Faulkenberg Mrs Frank Darrow and Mrs Russell Deroy. The next meeting is set for July 20.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Merle Brown at Garry Hospital on Saturday evening. A daughter arrived Sunday morning to Mr and Mrs May Apthorp of RD 1 Corry at Corry Hospital. Another daughter was born early this morning at Corry Hospital to Mr and Mrs Waiter G Sweet of RD 4 Corry.
Relatives and friends from Tris and North East gathered at his South Street home to celebrate William Coons birthday yesterday. The host marked his 41st birthday with gifts and warm wishes.
Associated Press reports a War Department clemency advisory board led by former Supreme Court Justice Owen W. Roberts reduced the sentences of nearly 29,000 soldiers for serious offenses. Roberts said clemency remains central to military justice and should reflect actual military judgment over courts martial. About a third of 22,500 reviewed prisoners had been freed by June, with another third set for release within a year. over 33,000 additional prisoners were restored to duty before their sentences expire.
Fires of incendiary pattern at the New Cumberland Army Disciplinary Depot in Cumberland County Pa damaged multiple buildings and one barracks. Col William R Leeper said the outbreaks resemble prior prison system arson attempts and are under a complex origin investigation.
The passage notes that a total solar eclipse occurs somewhere every 17 months, while countless people have lived and died without witnessing one. It cites that London did not see an eclipse from 1118 to 1713, a span of about 600 years.
The body of George C. Ruhl, 77, a retired farmer from Erie, was found hanging from a clothes line in Warsaw woods on Sunday. Police said the death appeared to be suicide tied to the loss of his wife five years earlier. Granddaughter Irene Ruhl reported he planned to tend his garden before entering the woods.
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