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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
7
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The Farnham and Love families held their fifth annual reunion July 21 at Mrs. Jennie Moore’s home in Columbus Pa with about fifty relatives and friends. A tureen dinner followed at 2 p.m. Officers named for the coming year include president Mrs. Jennie Moore vice president Mrs Orly R Jones and secretary treasurer Mrs Poster Kelsey. Out of town visitors came from Springboro Erie Butler Wrightsville Detroit and Westfield. The next reunion is set for July 1936 at Merlin Farnham’s in Springboro Pa. Local notices include hospital updates and community church activities with picnics and Sunday services planned at Broken Shaw Park and Cottage Park.
Knoxville officials replace jail bars with new wire mesh that cannot be sawed. The head jailer tested it by attempting to cut the mesh with a back saw, but the blade merely scraped the surface, proving its resistance.
Plans for the John Brown celebration in John Brown Grove New Richmond detail a noon picnic and a 2 p.m. dedication at the tannery site for two bronze memorial tablets. Dr. John Steele Duncan of Mercer will preside. Frank Brown of Erie will attend and present the portrait tablet designed by Edinboro State Teachers College art students.
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers advances a nationwide summer program with local and state units promoting a busy agenda. Activities include college courses, organization method training, and numerous education meetings as preparations for next year. The Summer Round-up of the Children health program runs across the United States with publishing efforts in Washington to distribute nearly 1.5 million books and 2 million membership cards.
Word reached Corry of the death of Mrs May Lean Colpoys a well known resident who died in Albuquerque New Mexico after a several years illness She had lived in Corry most of her life and is survived by her mother four brothers Edwin McLean Clinton A McKeary Clark McLean and Albert McLean The body will be brought to Corry at a time to be announced
Rep. Samuel Dickstein attacks Adolf Hitler as the “mad man of Germany” and presses for safeguards for U S citizens in a proposed reciprocal trade with the Reich. He also drafts a resolution to probe severing diplomatic relations with Germany, while Rep. Tom Blanton urges the United States to mind its own business.
Harrisburg July 25. Robert L. Johnson state administrator asks the public to report three groups on relief. People with private income, cases where funds exceed needs, and those who refuse employment. Complaints may be unsigned. Review committees of three will hear cases.
Pittsburgh July 2 Carl Skaryak of Etna drowned yesterday while Towhout tsaded with seraphon sanign on the Allegheny River near Pine Creek. Frank Bu bosh aged 12 and rank 13 13 of two were rescued by another boat 218.
Erie July 25. City officials face a crowd of small peddlers as the Erie County Grocers Association urges tighter controls on vendors. Mayor James P. Rossiter considers a graduated licensing system with a $100 fee now charged to all vendors, a burden many home workers cannot bear. The grocers warned the emergency justification for loose licenses may be waning and urged stricter checks on vendors affecting legitimate groceries and compliance with city and state rules.
Franklin July 23 State Highway Department offices in Franklin faced possible relocation to Erie but the Franklin Trust Company sought to retain the offices by meeting any rental offer. Wayne W. Bleakley, vice president, disclosed the discussion after G. G. Martin claimed the move to Evie would save Commonwealth funds.
Geor ge Hayes the groom in a Kansas bride case turned out to be a woman named Alice Delores Hayes 21. The bride Margaret Lavattia Fowler 14 of Galena Kan learned the bachelor was a man after a prank revealed by the couple’s secrecy. They wed July 15 in Gowumbus Kan and seek annulment.
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