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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1930
Page
6
Five state highway patrolmen arrived in Corry Saturday to stop hundreds of cars on North Center Street and check operators’ licenses. The drive targets drunken driving and speeders linked to dance halls, with periodic visits planned statewide to curb reckless behavior and end the menace.
In Cuba on July 14 a visiting lad handling a shotgun at a hunting party fired accidentally striking Clair Wallace McElheney, 12, in the right arm. The bone was shattered and amputation became necessary.
William J H Slicker failed to see a barricade at a closed unloading site for Hage Dorn Construction and Spar Stansburg road contractors on West Main. His car veered into a ditch injuring passenger Fred Fisher who took a severe nose gash. Slicker reported the crash. his mother Flora L Fralick owns the car.
Veterans from Jonewango Country Club Warren defeated Corry Country Club 87 to 161 on the local links. Hoylen and Hall each claimed three points for Corry against Rasmussen and Helmbrecht, but the Warren team proved stronger overall. After the match, Warren members were hosted to a dinner at the club house.
In Dunkirk on July 14 Mrs. Sarah Webster 87 of 220 West Rain Street Fredonia was struck by a car driven by Edwin Creadlay 64 Barton Street Buffalo near her home. She suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized with critical condition. Police ruled the driver blameless. The report also notes a Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic at Geary Linesgrove north of the city with a large turnout.
A roundup of Warren area items reports 26 driver licenses revoked and 14 suspended for the week ending July 10, plus drivers cooperating with an aerial circus. Also notes store remodeling in Bradford with Doane moving to a new Johnson building location and Montgomery Ward preparing to open a large department store. Deer killed on Perry highway, plans for new store mezzanine, and a batch of regional events including Rotary luncheon and a German-themed youth program. Public notices touch traffic detours on East Columbus Avenue and Red Wing Circus ending in Warren.
Company A Corry unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard departs Friday evening for a two week encampment at Mount Gretna. Sanford Bates, superintendent of Federal prisons, leaves Washington for Altoona to inspect sites for a proposed new federal penitentiary and will extend his tour to Erie county to view areas near Corry. Howard J. Sheen enjoys golf at St. Lawrence University Summer course. Alberta Moore and Corporal Russell Beck plan the first airplane wedding in Warren area tonight at 6 with Justice Watts N. Davis officiating. couple to receive 500 dollars furniture.
United Press reports Walter Arnold 82, president of the Elmira Flying Service, and Theodore Holbert 28 of Elmira were burned to death when their airplane crashed near Honora Wyoming. The crash occurred yesterday, authorities said, as the two men were aboard for an undisclosed flight.
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