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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1937
Page
3
The Rox Theatre announces a 6 o'clock start for the first show tonight as Legion and Rebekah memorial services are set for Sunday afternoon. Ongoing items include St Edward's graduation plans, a state park survey, a Western Auto store opening, and local traffic from recent incidents.
Corry Grange will send a delegation to Erie County Pomona Grange meeting with Phillipsville Grange No. 147 in Phillipsville on Thursday and Friday June 17 and 18. The two day program includes degree ceremonies, talks by notable speakers, musical acts, lectures, and a final business meeting. Also included is a separate note on a girl in Elyria who donated five dollars to Gates Hospital for Crippled Children, 18 years after receiving treatment.
Allen Gregory ten has started a neighborhood dog washing business after school on Saturdays and during that part of the Sabbath when he is not at church. The venture has yielded gratifying results and shows young entrepreneurship in the community.
Robbers entered the Mt Jewett Gas company offices and damaged a rear safe and a money drawer while attempting to steal cash and checks totaling over 700 dollars. State Police from Kane said the attempt likely involved amateur cracksmen or frightened professionals and were alerted by office manager Mrs. T M Buchanan. Edythe Butler, visiting from Rochester, N Y, is mentioned in the report.
County Commissioners Thomas W. Flatley and Helen M. Schluraif approved a contract to buy 19 permanent filing cabinets at a cost cited as $125.59 each, more than Venango County paid for identical cabinets. Elton H. Blair claimed the higher price and accused Flatley and Schluraif of approving a deal without bid competition to hasten a permanent registration system for boroughs and townships.
Samuel W. Marshall of Norristown was named chief engineer of the state highways department by Governor George H. Earle. The appointment follows the Erie Warren district gravel scandal and Marshall will earn ten thousand dollars a year. He also serves on the State Turnpike Commission and the Norristown state hospital board.
Police used a Macroscope to link a bullet said to be fired by Mary Milen Minter into a wall as a joke two years earlier to a Hollywood murder involving Willem Des mond Taylor. The case centers on a gun man and a film fired weapon in Los Angeles.
County Commissioners release rules governing registration of all residents. Two registration periods will be held in each borough and township with dates set from June through August. Eligible voters may register at the courthouse or polling places, with address changes requiring notice. Perjury penalties apply to false statements.
Ontario announces a pay raise for about 4,000 civil servants, marking the first increase in several years. The plan lifts wages by an average of around five to eleven percent, reflecting government efforts to adjust compensation and retain staff.
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