Just A Paragram Club Dinner Meeting at Sparta Grange
The Golden Rule Club hosts a dinner meeting at Sparta Grange hall on Monday evening at 6 30 o clock.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1939
Page
3
The Golden Rule Club hosts a dinner meeting at Sparta Grange hall on Monday evening at 6 30 o clock.
The Erie County Sportsmen's League, linked with the Associated Gas and Electric Company, urged coordinated wildlife conservation. At a Moose Club dinner, officials highlighted gains in game stocking, river and hunting recreation, and cooperation with city and county leaders to boost Erie’s wildlife resources. The league outlined its farm near Route 98, raising thousands of pheasants and other game for the 1938-39 season, financed by licenses and events, with upcoming picnics and a field day to support expanding stock.
An unknown guest on East South Street apologized for entering a home at about 4 am saying he was lost. Police found no trace of the intruder, who appeared intoxicated after being fed in the neighborhood. The report also notes various local incidents and community updates from the era.
Air authorities announce end of Sky shouting a loud speaker advertising on planes. Banner towing advertising is also to be stopped as part of new rules.
More than 7,000 people in western Pennsylvania were hospitalized through the non profit Hospital Service Association during its first year and a half. The plan, launched after 1937 legislation, imposes no entry physical exam and covers up to 41 days of hospitalization per year per person or family. It operates with hospital cooperation and includes most routine services, funded by the association with patient bills substantially reduced.
Erie police opened a murder inquiry after Timothy Sharts alias Frank Broom, 40, died at Hamet hospital from a fractured skull. He was found semi conscious on Zick road four miles south of Ridge road by two men hauling gravel. Investigators sought the identity of an auto and two men seen near the spot before Sharts was found, with possible gang involvement and foul play suggested. Mathias reported Sharts avoided details when questioned at the hospital.
Mrs Rose Huffman longtime Gary resident dies Friday morning in Akron while visiting her daughter Mrs Bertha Bothwell She had been critically ill for days at the home of her daughter Surviving are her husband Ray Huffman one grandchild and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete
Harrisburg July 23 civil service reform bars employees from political activity. The Department of Public Assistance employing board states personnel seeking political office must resign civil service posts. Board chair Charles Denby and members Ruth Glenn Pennell and William Polter Weir enforce policy to discourage political mindedness in civil service.
Hollywood July 24 Jackie Cooper proposes a youth civic project titled Too Young to Vote ofa to simulate voting and discuss issues in weekly citywide meetings. He envisions a soapbox style setup with a central bureau to share youth news and provide guidance for teens facing civic questions.
The Employment Board for the Department of Public Assistance announced new civil service examinations in September across state locations to select candidates for roles with salaries ranging from 1020 to 3600 dollars annually. Positions include supervisor, stenographer secretary, clerk, tele phone operator, public relations assistant, and various machine operator and analyst titles.
Aged farmer William Josiah Rubner, 85, of Cambridge Springs died after a wheat stack 15 to 18 feet high fell on him. Deputy Coroner Carl Levine said death was due to severe injuries and shock. The incident occurred about four and a half hours earlier, with facial bruising and eye injuries but no skull fracture.
In Erie County the state will prosecute David Lawrence former secretary of the commonwealth and former chairman of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania starting September 25. Dauphin County prosecutor Carl B. Shulley said the strongest cases will be pursued as witnesses may be summoned from Erie and Werle counties regarding alleged sales and kickbacks in road project purchases. The testimony will include former highway chief engineer LH Temple Hormer who is to testify in August.
A verdict of accidental death was returned by Deputy Coroner George P. Lull in the death of Jackson Carroll, 42, of Rochester. His body was found pinned beneath an automobile near Quintuple Hill above Maplewood Avenue around 3:30 a.m. by Leo Kervin, a lease foreman for Messer Off company, as workers nearby raised the overturned vehicle with a rope. The body lay down a steep embankment from the road, about three quarters of a mile outside the city limits.
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