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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1952
Page
6
The Retail Bureau board declared merchandise clubs subject to a $50 gambling tax plus a 10 percent gross sales levy, despite merchants arguing clubs offer full value for each dollar. The interpretation takes effect at month end amid protests and a wave of local legal notices.
Sheriff Paul Babbitt closed a bingo game run by a professional gambling syndicate at Shadyside Park in Fairview. He announced no organized bingo in the county aside from church and fire department fairs that fund charities. Glenn Chelton of Corry was hospitalized for x ray after head injury from a fall in a cement trench but released after no fracture. Mrs Cart Oaks of 96 Chestnut Street had a non fracture x ray at Cary Memorial Hospital and was released.
Lord James Clifford grandson of Mrs. Jamie Group of 102 North Second Avenue graduated Saturday from Grove City College with a Bachelor of Science degree. He ranked third in a class of about 200 and has enrolled at Temple University Philadelphia to study medicine starting fall semester.
A Supreme Court negligence action over the December 29, 1949 collapse of the three story rear section of the Hotel Samuels now the Hotel Governor Fen ton proceeds after day two. Plaintiffs Edwin Harris Jr and others as heirs to Edwin Sr and Lillian D Harris seek damages from Sans Corporation and from heating contractors and Scalise Brothers for alleged negligence in placing an underground fuel tank. Harold L Sanford Andrew and Jack Scalise are named as defendants.
Corry Management Club elected L. P. Baker as president William Leaby as vice president Agnes Lynch as secretary Raselas Brown as treasurer and G. K. McLean to the board of control for three years for the coming year The program featured Dusty Miller Wilmington newspaperman whose talk urged a positive attitude and life as an opportunity Guests included Lawrence Joyce William Bell Leon Doyle Fabio Goldschmied Charles Carver and William Grimmel A turkey dinner at the Country Club closed the session An announcement will be made in the fall when meetings resume.
The meeting approved creating two new classrooms in city schools and purchasing furniture for junior high fifth and sixth grade rooms at Concord and another school. High school girls will serve as instructors at summer playgrounds with a state supported wage structure. Teacher salaries were adjusted to reflect a $200 mandate, with pay ranges from 2,500 to 4,000 for teaching staff and up to 7,500 for supervisors.
The board wrestled with pay scales for secondary teachers and the Joint Committee's role in setting salaries. A discussion on first grade pupil admission led to no action. Mrs. Frank Graft's leave prompted Perc y Corbin to be appointed for the first semester of 1982 83 at 92 500 annually. A special meeting was planned for June 30 to close the current year’s accounts. The Gerry band will meet before the session as the Joint Committee prepares for a favorable outlook on the balance carried into next year.
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