Twenty Years Ago News From June 5 1951
John Love nets five brook trout at Coffey Creek, a 14 inch speckled beauty among the best catches this season. Atlante and Pacific Tea merge north side stores into a large Chapin Dry Goods space on North Center Street, opening Saturday as a premier local unit. Ted Luther, Corry Country Club pro, travels to Pittsburgh to compete for one of eight Open spots among 93 golfers. Leo Franz and party head to State College for commencements. Franz Jr and Ruth Franz graduate. Lieut Archie W Thompson Post plans strong VFW state convention attendance at Conneaut Lake June 18 to 20. grand parade slated for final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Love
Coffey Creek
North Side
Chapin Dry Goods
Cohen Block
North Center Street
Atlante and Pacific Tea Company
Ted Luther
Corry Country Club
Pittsburgh
Archie W. Thompson Post
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Conneaut Lake
Dair y Herds Take Top Honors in Erie County
Oscar Lindstrom's 16 cow herd in Unit 2 led dairy production with an average 1315 pounds of milk and 472 pounds of butterfat, while Arthur Morris's 18 cattle herd topped Unit 3 with 1000 pounds of milk and 394 pounds of butterfat. Swanson tested 21 herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lindstrom
Leonard Swanson
Arthur Morris
Erie County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lindstrom
Morris
Rolland Chase
Stanley Baker
Neil Gates
Gerald Scouten
Stewart McCullough
Karl Rock
Corry Evening Journal Masthead and Rates Notice
The Corry Evening Journal lists publishing offices in Detroit Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with AP affiliation. It presents mailing rates of seven dollars per year or four dollars per year in advance and a per copy carrier price of four and twenty cents per week, along with display advertising deadlines and post office classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Too Smart to Fight Exam Chooses Paths for Collegebound Men
A wartime intellectual deferment plan tests 175000 college hopefuls with 160 questions to decide if their future will be ivy league, vocational, or rugged work. Debate rages on fairness while drafting looms, exposing class bias and the idea that smarter youths may be spared war. In Chicago, 17 alumni will receive merit citations at a Saturday ceremony led by Chancellor Robert M. Butchins, with his June resignation pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Alger
Chicago
The
University of Chicago
Robert M. Butchins
Harold R., Ck
Oil City
Quiz style memory test on historical figures and places
Questions seek days of Gen MacArthur testimony in May. Dragonflies harmless to man. Tel Aviv country is Israel. Peter Pumpkin-Eater kept his wife in a pie. Primogenitor means firstborn. Haggard's She lived in Cornwall. Rough Riders organizer was Theodore Roosevelt. Sea captain searched for a white whale was Ahab. State with motto Latolle du Nord is Michigan. Panine Marshes location in country not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. MacArthur
Senate
Tel Aviv
Peter Pumpkin-eatat
H. Rider Haggard
Rough Riders
Cuba
Pantine Marshes
Barrel organ’s rise from drawing rooms to streets
The barrel organ or hurdy curdy began in the 18th century as a society instrument in England and France and later found a place with street musicians, bridging high culture and public performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Additional Junior High Group Promoted at Assembly
An overlooked list of 169 Jun ior High School students promoted at tomorrow afternoon’s assembly includes Group IV members Charles Lewis Richard McKetn Robert Maedie Richard Magee Donald Proctor James Proper Alan Ross Walter Foss Richard Smith Robert Smith Richard Staples William Storer Donald Upperman John Valentine William Waterhouse James Watrous Don Wood as well as Lila Holmes Donna Huntley Jeanelle Jaggi Marie Johnson Joan Jungfleisch Janet Kelsey Patti Kirch Eleanor Ladd Hazel Lovetnd Sue Millspaw Carol McCray Laurel McGraw Nancy Neylon Nancy Nichols Naomi Rockafellow Helen Rheinberger Emma Rossbacher Joan Sayko Mary Ann Scholton Donna Bherwood Marjorie Spetz and Rose Wojtaszek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JR. High
Charles Lewis
Richard McKetn
Robert Maedie
Richard Magee
Donald Proctor
James Proper
Alan Ross
Walter Foss
Richard Smith
Robert Smith
Richard Staples
William Storer
Donald ‘ Upperman
John Valentine
William Waterhouse
James Watrous
Don Wood
Lila Holmes
Donna Huntley
Jeanelle Jaggi
Marie Johnson
Joan Jungfleisch
Janet Kelsey
Patti Kirch
Eleanor Ladd
Hazel Lovetnd
Sue Millspaw
Carol McCray
Laurel McGraw
Nancy Neylon
Nancy Nichols
Naomi Rockafellow
Helen Rheinberg
Emma Rossbacher
Joan Sayko
Mary Ann Scholton
Donna Bherwood
Marjorie Spetz
Rose Wojtaszek
90 year old Bolen pleads guilty to murder charge
Walter A Bolen 90 of Republi can pleads guilty to a general murder charge in the shooting of his mother in law Ida Belle Herring who was killed by a rifle shot last April a hearing to determine the degree of guilt is set for the week of June 18 in Uniontown Pa
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Uniontown
Walter A. Bolen
Republican
Ida Belle Herring
Erie solicitor opens court fight on pay dispute
The Erie city solicitor Edward Murphy seeks a mandamus to force Finance Director Kenneth Mameyer to start paying his $6,000 yearly salary. Mameyer says Murphy cannot return to municipal payroll due to pension restrictions. Murphy argues the 1945 pension act allows his retirement system. The case was heard in county court before Judge Elmer L. Evans at 2 pm.
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Erie
PAY Erie
Atty
Edward Murphy
Elmer L. Evans
Murphy
Kenneth Mameyer
Mameyer
Hiie
Family Of 13 Made Homeless By Lightning Fire
In Rome township a lightning strike sparked a blaze that destroyed the Harvey Henton family home Sunday afternoon leaving 13 people aged between one month and 18 years homeless. Neighbors hosted the family as authorities estimated a loss of about $9,000 to $5,000 with no insurance. Firefighters were not called, and only a few salvage items like two guns and a flagpole were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Af Harvey Henton
Rome Township
Robert
Ray Beagle
Lyle Chase
Carl Henton
Buells Corners
Heatton
Henton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leo Franz
Rose ,Mulheirn
William Mulheim
State College
Leo Franz, Jr
Miss Ruth Franz
Swanson
Thomas Motors
of Corry, Inc
Nolan Seltzer
Unit No. 3
Broadway
New York
Mosler Safe Company
Citizens National Bank OF Corry
Chevrolet
Loblaws
Hothouse Tomatoes
Orchard Park
Loblaw’s
Royal Manor
Hammermill
Call of Personnel Office
Hammermill Paper Company
East Lake Road
Rystal
Paris
Paris Belts
Al’s
Clothes
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