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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal notes school authorities eliminated the former class night end of year celebration after incidents last year. A serialized party replaced it with no disturbances, earning praise for officials including Principal Howard J. Shean. Summer school classes were trimmed but will run at nominal fees to aid some students.
Ex mayor Stone has been chosen temporary chairman of the new tailors merchants association now forming. Findley Lake road is torn up during ongoing improvement work. Mr and Mrs Guy Guignon plan a trip to Vans Bur en Point to run the Lake Erie restaurant for the summer. Rumor says United States Brake shoe Co plans a major plant east of Maple Avenue crossing.
United Press rounds up quirky, unofficial notes on authors. Konrad Bercovici sports a gypsy jacket while around the house, Jim Tully shuns passenger trains, Ben Hecht once owned Gene Fowler’s son who then shot windows, Mencken hates intellectual music, Hurst enjoys red coats, and others like Hemmingway, Faulkner, Lardner, and Sayre are briefly sketched with personal quirks and career moves.
United Press reports the State Department defines ambassadors as having access to sovereigns, while ministers only access foreign offices, with ambassadors holding higher precedence. The article notes how this distinction influenced Turkey’s mission upgrade and mentions Sir Ronald Lindsay’s habit of sending a secretary, plus a garden party anecdote and Senate page boys seeking autographs amid Amos ’n’ Andy rumors.
United Press staff correspondent reports at Hollywood studios that fan letters to Connie Bennett reveal multiple marriage proposals from global suitors. Neil Hamilton admits reading the star's mail, while other letters come from a sheep rancher in Australia and a midwestern drawer, as Bennetts’s fan base grows despite mock indignation.
Mayville reports updated game laws by the state conservation department. February is removed from the open season for hares and cottontail rabbits in Chautauqua county, with a limit of two hares and four rabbits per day. The open season for raccoons shrinks to November 10 to December 31. The law takes effect July 28.
A list of trivia questions asks when North East was incorporated how long the Rio Grande river is when Niagara surrendered to Britain who William T. Sherman was the salary of the county coroner and who wrote A Christian life is the great key of the gospel. Page 7 reference included.
Herbert Quinn was found dead in bed at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Nipgex 405 Conewango Avenue Warren on Saturday morning Heart disease was listed as the cause Quinn had been in ill health but had been about the home prior to retirement Friday night a peculiar noise in his room alerted Mrs Nipgen at about 650 AM and led to the discovery of his death.
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart argues the new tax schedule will bite the average citizen within days. He notes rich and poor feel the impact differently, with the burden rising mainly on the middle and lower income brackets as voters consider taxation ahead of the next election.
Funeral services in memory of Frank Brigham were held at the home of his daughter Mrs R H VanTansel on North Center street Sut friday at 2 30 pm. Rev H P F Reagle of the United Brethren Church officiated. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery with bearers Walter Brigham Walter Kinney Eugene Brigham Oliver Sherman Fran Van Tassel and Ralph Sperry. Out of town attendees included Mrs Oliver Sherman and son Oliver of Oil City and Mr and Mrs Lyman Drace of Grand Valley.
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