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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1947
Page
2
Rev Bernard Fletcher OMI, once a Fryburg resident, will lead a solemn high mass in St Michael’s Church Fryburg at 10 tomorrow commemorating the 50th anniversary of his ordination. The notice also advertises Ritz ice cream at 25c a pint and 49c a quarter gallon as an economical dessert.
A parade of items from City and Vicinity details car sales, church memberships, zoo chatter, hospital transfers, garage services, Legion events, W C T U reports, wage updates, and local crime notes. Notable entries include 1944 church membership gains, a 750 dollar chimpanzee value, a 21 year old war veteran killed near a dump truck, and a mass American Legion initiation with 264 new members.
The Titusville city council authorized Meyar Gale H. Ross to sign a lease with the Pennsylvania Railroad for Cascade Street property from amd to 3rd streets at 12 dollars per year. The item sits amid notices of dances, roadwork, hospital updates, and the reopening of the Colonel Drake Hotel with dining service starting at 5 p.m. and reservations strong.
An assortment of ad items lists chaise lounge water propellant cover canvas deck chairs and porch chairs with prices. Mrs. Michael McMahon of 339 West Washington Street was admitted to Corry Hospital Pritday as a medical patient and is reported satisfactory. Red and Gun Club bingo tonight. Golden Links Sunday School Class plans a Tuesday noon tureen picnic at Mrs J S Peterson’s Essex Street home. Meadville report: Edward Grimes found guilty of larceny for scrap from abandoned incinerator ruins. He was fined 20 dollars plus 311.90 costs and jailed 30 days.
Retired Baptist pastor Rev M M Clark, longtime Townville resident, died Friday evening at Meadville hospital after being admitted the previous afternoon. He is survived by his wife Maude, several daughters, a son Gerald Clark of this city, and grandson M Clark of Corry. Services set for Monday at Townville Church at 2 p.m. with burial at Evergreen Cemetery, Union City.
PwresURGH reports that certain zi mer chants have been allowed to collect their freight at picketed warehouses if they are drivers from the APL Teamster Union and pay the proposed scale of 1.95. This shift affects the Q1 day old freight Wuickers stritee and alters pick up procedures.
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