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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1954
Page
4
Corry merchants plan a first Golden Rule Day sale to be held Monday March 19 by the newly formed Golden Rule Club. The event aims to surpass any prior Corry sales activity in recent years and draw local shoppers.
Aas Sutton 20 of Titusville was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the February 20 Meadville crash that killed Kenneth Vanderhoff 23. Sutton pleaded innocent at arraignment before Alderman S G MacTarnaghan and awaits a preliminary hearing after March 15. Two other passengers were injured. Sutton said he did not see a stop sign at the intersection before the collision.
An uncle Theodore Smyklo and his nephew Eric were held for court on assault charges after a hearing where the victim, 14, testified she was grabbed and attacked. The girl's father confronted one defendant during the proceedings and the alderman ordered the man ejected from the room.
Seven questions test readers on national and world facts. Questions cover Ash Wednesday ashes origin distance between cities and financial costs of foreign support with implications for awareness of current events.
The article traces the uncertain birthplace and date of the Republican Party with notes on Ripon Wisconsin Jackson Michigan and Philadelphia. It cites Major Alvan Bovay and Horace Greeley and describes meetings in 1854 1856 and the succession of events leading to the party’s formation.
Bids for interior painting and plaster repairs at the Corry Post Office are due by 2 p.m. March 19. Special forms and instructions are available at the office. The specifications require repainting the entire interior of the federal building.
Girl Scout leaders discussed the annual Coke sale starting March 12 and the 42nd birthday celebration to be held in March. A memorial shelf for Girl Scout books at the library was proposed and donations welcomed via Mrs Page Louderback. Miss Adele McCray to entertain on April 6.
Harrisburg The Public Utility Commission authorized Pennsylvania Electric Co to sell 12 million dollars in bonds to finance plant improvements and pay off construction loans. The utility has earmarked 78 millions for new building through 1958 and serves 230 000 consumers mainly in Western Pennsylvania.
The Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg will oversee a rate schedule for Erie Water Bureau customers outside the city limits including Wesleyville Lawrence Park Harborcreek and Millcreek Townships. GE contends the city’s 16 percent rate hike is retroactive and legal, while the bureau argues suburban rates have not been filed as required.
A 31 year old structural steelworker receives 92100 in an out of court settlement from Pittsburgh Steel Co. The man was injured when a traveling crane crushed his arm at the Monessen Pennsylvania works in 1951.
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