This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
6
Corry Evening Journal lists publication details including publisher George Sample and editor, AP news reuse rights, postal classifications, and subscription prices. Rates show by mail seven dollars annually in advance, four cents per copy by carrier, and twenty four cents weekly. Display deadline cited as 9 a.m. for previous publication date.
A Father’s Day sketch surveys typical paternal roles using Census data. It notes most dads keep Mom from working, many aged 35 to 54 hold jobs, and 55 plus still work in varied industries. It highlights veterans, family size, and social security age norms in a concise portrait.
City Council last evening instructed Clerk Porter to petition the state to establish a state highway patrol substation here. Council members believe one officer locally would handle city and surrounding duties effectively.
The Journal notes that Dr Alice Barlow was the first eligible for the title Doctor before Ben net Deissler and Mary Blaine Sears, with Barlow living near East Park Place and North Center Street. Wilton Brown and his wife relocate to Corry as he nears Navy retirement after nearly 20 years’ service, planning a possible recruiting assignment to Erie or Jamestown. Reports cover heavy spring rain boosting a bumper strawberry crop but potentially lowering prices, a late berry season, a North Warren State Hospital crash injuring Walley Deming, Lloyd W Thomas, and Ben White and Rich Morrison planning stock car racing events near Stasrek, with residents still joking over the situation.
Preliminary report on an early morning crash notes one victim had all teeth knocked out but incisors were false. Rumors of a dairy bar reopening near the Corry Spartansburg road and updates on a fireworks display by Val Shreve and Sidney Winans. Traffic and theft rumors mix with a fraud case, police reports, and state water and power news from Harrisburg.
Wellsboro Pa June 17 Senator Edward Martin spoke at the ninth annual Laurel Festival parade in DuBois where a local girl was crowned festival queen. Martin praised American progress and faith in the future while reading the parade remarks by Burgess Hart.
A readability fragment presents ten trivia questions with errors and misprints. It asks true or false on mosquitoes in Alaska, a Revolutionary War anniversary, human rib pairs, liverwort sausage accuracy, correcting a sentence, largest coffee crop in a South American country, Ed Barrow’s former team, identical snowflakes, the Lone Star State, and Canada’s status in the American Union.
Board will soon hand down an order granting the Colum bus Municipal Authority’s application to rebuild the dam over Brokenstraw Creek after Thursday’s hearing. Funding remains a major hurdle and the dam may not be built this year. Community concerns and local project displays tied to Fourth of July events are noted, along with shifts in local milk producer alliances and police crackdowns on highway safety.
A reader complains that Post Office trucks cost 20 per cent more to operate than private services. The piece cites an average vehicle age of 15 years. It urges implementing Hoover Commission recommendations and lists lawmakers and offices in Washington including Myers, Martin, Kearns, and Corry.
Arrests reach 182 as troopers enforce traffic safety with a rising monthly citation total. At a Flag Day gathering, residents lament the city’s lack of a homegrown band akin to the Coleman ensemble. State Police member William Inwin will return soon as officers from across the force prepare to police the Boy Scouts encampment at Valley Forge in July on motorcycle duties.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.