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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
6
Plans for a formal Wilkins Farm presentation to the United States Forestry Service include a Northwestern district picnic, a motor tour from Corry elites, and multiple program segments led by Mrs. B. Barnes. The event will unfold in Warren with dignitaries, speeches, and a monument unveiling.
The Golden Links class of the United Methodist Episcopal Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs Irving Young with twenty members and nine visitors. Mrs May Blair presided in place of the absent president Mrs John Piller. Officers elected included May Blair as vice president C A Johnson as secretary and J R Dedring as treasurer. A fall meeting will select a president. After a program of music and games the hostesses served pie and coffee.
Mrs J A Cassidy who was named president for the ensuing year resigned. A special meeting was held to name a new leader. Nominating committee includes Mrs T F Giblin Mr FP Austin and Mrs Ernest Schuyler. Regular business was transacted. In Pomeroy Ohio a reunion after 50 years joined Mrs Libble Wolf of Racine and Frank McCormie of St Louis after he learned her whereabouts.
United Press reports a surge in travel nationwide with 1934 named National Parks year. Vacations to inland and Great Lakes destinations rise as summer bookings advance 15 to 30 percent over 1933. Demand floods Denver and New Orleans bureaus, while Chicago World’s Fair and Century of Progress inquiries surge. trips to Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain and Mesa Verde rise with heat and drought driving eastbound travelers.
Registration for the Summer Scloons Course will take place at the Junior High School Thursday morning between 9 and 10 oclock. The six week session will run from next Monday. ANL students with low marks or who wish to strengthen for next grades may enroll. No tuition for resident pupils. Courses open to elementary, junior, and senior high students. Classes led by Mrs Mae McCormick, Miss Sarepta Albert, and Miss Leona Reed.
June 13 Erie city seeks reversal of the plan to charge 50 cents per day for prisoners sent to jail from police court. City Solicitor Edward M. Murphy says the city cannot afford the added cost amid tax liens and rising operating expenses. He plans to send a detailed letter to the prison board explaining the financial strain.
Franklin school board met on Tuesday electing Rozana Irwin and Florence Wilson of Franklin as teachers for two of three vacancies. Doris Rose and Dorothy Ellies were reappointed as secretaries to the superintendent and high school principal. Irwin previously taught in Venus and Wilson in Carry public schools.
Governor Herbert H. Lehman urged rigid government economy in a Jamestown visit for the 25th anniversary session of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Other Municipal Officials. He inspected the State Armory on Porter Avenue and met local officials and citizens at Hotel Jamestown.
Tiring, acting as eyes for his blind brother, Raymond Hixon serves as his reader at the University of Cincinnati. The brother, Robert Hixon, is sightless from an industrial accident two years ago involving a student at the institution.
United Press dispatch from Washington reports the administration is studying a new deal style revision of the revenue laws to coordinate federal and state taxes and modernize the tax system. The plan aims to end overlapping authorities and boost collections without broad rate increases, with a summer study by House Ways and Means subcommittee and Treasury experts, including evaluation of British methods. Clyde Love of Harrisburg visited en route to election business.
Harris Japanese experts discuss a summer festival and weather timing. The piece notes a government quarantine and attack concerns, referencing plant industry watchers and a June timeline. It reads as a fragmented OCR result with scattered proper nouns and dates, preserving some named entities while lacking clear context.
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