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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1958
Page
4
Sugar time in the hills signals spring as maples run. Sap flows and birch and box elder syrup are hinted, tying winter to renewal. Notes on maple varieties and syrup quality appear with local news blurbs and historical references.
Franklin—H B Gahagan, district engineer for the Department of Highways, says Drake Well Memorial Park’s paving will wait a year. He notes permanent surfacing on the non-bank gravel is not advised until traffic has used it for a year. The Bloss street extension, now in state control since January, faced dust and pit run conditions, though efforts will be made to improve surface next season.
Miss Ella Cover aged 102 died yesterday at the Allegheny Lutheran Home in Hollidaysburg. A native of Johnstown, she celebrated her 102nd birthday last November 1.
Lt-Gol CD Wilcox arrives from Harrisburg after a staff conference of the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia. Mrs. Charles Ames departs for New York to join the government as a Spanish translator. Edward Hawkins returns from Pittsburgh. Carnegie Teen is repurposed as a government training school. William F. Myers of the Corry Elks is a City Hospital patient.
Twenty tons of fish stored since a truck was impounded for overweight fines will be auctioned at 2 p.m. March 26 to pay an 8700 storage bill. The 40 000 pounds, held at Lake Shore Storage Co. after the Refrgerated Transit Co. truck from St. Louis failed to pay a 2211.63 fine, were stored in the M. V. Irwin Warehouse and burned in a large fire last month.
Sam Dawson reviews how reforms after the recession loosened credit. Banks report easier loan access and lower repayment burdens in many regions while inflation fears keep lenders cautious. East gains warmth, West slows, and consumer borrowing edges up.
Bear Lake notes cover local visits and social events. Timmy Faust stays with grandparents Leon Cable. Mr and Mrs Perry Mead visit Mille Burch. Ethel Bond and Edith Hawdins attend Bear Lake weekend. Firemen enjoy a hayride to Col umbus restaurant, PTA bake sale at fire hall. Women Society meets Thursday. Sunday School Council discusses Easter plans. Newhouse family hosted by Scandia relatives. Bruce Price of Houghton College visits Gordon Seminary with pre theology group.
Titusville Industrial Fund holds 49162.28 in cash and U S government securities. Directors reported pledges near 150000 with 45000 spent, and renewed verbal confirmation from Universal Cyclops Steel that the company will buy the funded properties for future plant expansion. Interest income totaled 818 in the past year.
The Federal Reserve Board cut the discount rate lowered reserve requirements and bought government securities to ease credit. Short term rates fell bond prices rose while bank loan costs eased a bit enabling about three billion dollars more in business lending. The aims were to curb recession and lay groundwork for later growth with more available credit. Mortgages and consumer deposits face pressure as banks slow lending and may hold rates steady or lower savings yields.
Federal Judge Joseph P. Willson sentenced Dominick Boccardi of Bullskin Township Fayette County to 18 months in jail and a $500 fine for making and possessing illegal whiskey.
Local ministers present a Lenten meditation reflecting on the trial of Jesus before Pilate and Herod, their enmity fading in the face of the crucifixion. The lesson recalls Pilate’s attempt to release Jesus, the crowd’s demand for Barabbas, and the cruel punishment of scourging, underscoring the unjust decision and its lasting impact.
Premuly Konneugene Stewart, 28, of Hydetown, was unanimously appointed borough chief of police by Hydetown Borough Council after the death of Theodore J. Reagle. Stewart, a year and a half resident, is married to Donna Hartman with two children, and council plans to seek judge Mook’s approval for him to also serve as constable until 1960.
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