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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1938

Page

2

Lightning Kills Child as Two Siblings Burn in Meadeville Area

In a Saturday tragedy near Corry and Linesville a 11 year old Tony Detosa was killed when struck by lightning. His brothers Willan 10 and James 8 were seriously burned and hospitalized. Mrs Parker and daughter Lilah Ferry formerly Mrs Parker’s address listed at 590 East South Street. Anna Mae Hamilton 13 was home from Corry Hospital after a short stay. Lady Franklin Rebecca Lodge session tomorrow. Baptist primary department rehearsal 2:30 pm at church for Children’s Day. Four youths from Linesville injured in Conneaut Like crash with freight train. names Slozat Steven 20 Andrew 17 Herman 14 Gerard 16. Ida Watrots will fill vacancy at Murphy Company store Tuesday as Mrs Joy leaves Philipsburg home.

Tony Detosa Mow Castle Willan James Perry Parker East South Street Corry Ospital Corry Corry Hospital Franklin Rebecca ‘Lodge Baptist Primary Department Svelock R. D. Linesville Spencer Hospital Meadville Conneaut Like Steven Slozat Andrew Slozat Gerald Loper Ida Watrots Murphy Company Anthony J. Joy Bia Philipsburg Lillian Guild of the Episcopal Church Sandwich Florence Morgarisige West Park Place Pepple Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Chris Church G. C. Akam Warren State Hospital Joseph Pulchosky Crayford Patricia Ann McNulty Mary Ann Dimmick Lave Kimeny Bobby Ottoway Ater McNulty Helen H Ward Leona Fiolton Mary Ann Martha Jane Laddie Dimmick Mary Gertrude Hannan Mary Blaine Crowe LaVerne Kimmy Phyllis George Bond Bobby Roger Ottoway Leonard Valiel Norman Holton Harold Skinner Patricia Ann Singel Eros Smith Patricia Ann

Local notes from City and Vicinity feature births, deaths and events

A sprawling City and Vicinity column lists graduations from West Point, a 64 year old Oil City death, a Titusville snake hunt, a severe storm bolt at Hydetown, a Hanbor Hall reunion, and many community notices. It records Ruth Kleiner and Jerry Quirk wedding, Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting, neighborhood parties at Chautauqua Lake, and the WPF Drum and Bugle corps gathering. The page also notes a fire and flood anniversary, a puppy abandonment, a model airplane meet, Knights of Columbus, and multiple hospital and church announcements with local names and places.

J. Wikcox Jamea Henderson Ib City U. S. Military Academy West Point N.Y Lutheran Girl Scouts Anne Elizabeth Kingston R Cchester N. Y C. J. Ennis Maple Avenue William George Eckert Oil City Titusville Ian Willam Ikblom Hydetown Pennsylvania ‘Volunteers Butler County Erie Ruth Kleimer Charles Kleiner W. List Street Jerry Quirk Chestnut Street Sam Sacred Heart Church Frank J. Kalten Carl Gustafson W. A. Dunlap Iistesses John Mooney Park Street Chautauqua Lake Harold K. Powell Edward Foltit Kermit Mewes Larry Sandstrom John Jones Walter Windahl W.pf. We Dunine Drum and Bugle Corps Y. FP. W

Graduation Re Evaluation Aims to Improve State Education

The Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction re evaluates high school graduation standards after input from superintendents and principals. Proposed guidelines urge a comprehensive, flexible curriculum with a base of thirteen units across grades 10 to 12, including nine units in sequences and two in English, plus three in social studies and one to two units in health and physical education per year, effective September 1938 with minor local adjustments anticipated. The Corry schools report most requirements already met.

Pennsylvania Lester H. Ade Commonwealth Department of Public Instruction Corry

State Must Pay Brookville Medical Aid to Indigents

Judge Jesse C. Long ruled that county institutions are not required to furnish medical aid to indigents who are not inmates of almshouses. The decision, made in Brookville, was watched by county commissioners across the state.

Brookville Jesse C. Long

No Such King as Banquo in Shakespearean Claim

A claim that Banquo is a real king is debunked noting Shakespeare wrote him as a fictional character. The article argues there was never such a king, emphasizing Banquo's role as a literary figure.

Banquo

Missing Bradford Child Sought in Snow White Tale

Four year old Marjory West vanished during a Mother's Day picnic near Bradford. State Police Corporal Charles Sorok reports 160 square miles of wooded terrain combed with volunteers, as the search extends into the hills and mountains. Investigators say she wandered while seeking Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with no fear of the word wilderness.

Wai Marjory West Bradford Faothills Allentheny Mountains Charles Sorok State Motor Polfee Lawrence Park Sorok Bratford CMM Mathias Snow White

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