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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1955
Page
2
Franklin Reno Dew highway project suffers a month delay due to late steel mesh delivery. H T Osburn and Co official says Labor Day completion is out of the question. Nearby notices include local ads for paint, beer, and public relations hires.
A proposal to establish a Union School District replacing the present Jointure involving Tevue and nearby districts received favorable review from more than 200 members of various school boards. Kane High School hosted the session led by Paul Re Miller to explain both sides and weigh potential union areas. Also noted: gains in freight shipments and trade volume for the Pittsburgh district, with the University Bureau of Business Research citing activity near 195.5 percent of 1935-39 average.
A jumble of local items reports a picnic site ad with free rides and family pricing, a mother pleading guilty to receiving stolen wallpaper and floor cloth from a house, a death in Oil City, a sale clearance, and a suspect arrested for driving on a suspended permit.
Jamestown officials and State Conservation and Pennsylvania Railroad crews seek the cause of many grass fires along the railroad right of way at Mayville. Six fire companies fought blazes for two days as Ray Hughes coordinates a county response.
The 15th annual reunion of former scholars and teachers of the West Spring Creek School will be held Sunday at the West Spring Creek Town Hall. Attendees should bring their own table service and a beverage. A basket lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Former pupils and prospective students are invited.
Assistant Postmaster Arthur Lindstrom, 65, died at 10:50 a.m. at WCA Hospital after a brief illness. He had 38 years of service with the Jamestown Post Office, starting in 1917 as an assistant carrier. Funeral services will be held at Henderson-Lincoln Funeral Home at 1 p.m. tomorrow with Rev. Axel Bockmar officiating. Burial will be at Bake View Cemetery.
AFL Teamsters roadblocks halted about 50 tractor trailers on Routes 31 51 and 71 in Western Pennsylvania. The strike by Local 240 members against 100 Allegheny firms ended last night. Drivers earning about 2.10 per hour rejected a 26 cent raise over three years. The dispute centers on control of truck helper assignments.
Burglars entered a Crehtanham Township residence yesterday and lifted only a piggy bank. Owner Stanley Craig, president of Elkins Park National Bank, identified the victim and item.
Vice president Alberto Teissaire announced his resignation as head of the Peronista party as political demonstrations and violence marked a volatile period. The upheaval follows a failed revolt and ongoing party realignment, with reports of a fatal incident tied to the unrest.
Ames Iowa Joyce Wenger Predericksburg Pa longtime parliamentarian of the Fu tre Homemakers of America was elected yesterday at the FHA convention at Town State College. Susan Higbie Bubll Idaho was chosen president.
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