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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1940

Page

3

Grange Meets Push Columbus Job Program

In Columbus Township Pa March 13 Mrs Fred Yates of Erie visits the Mead home. Local residents attend birthday gatherings and guests from Emporium Jamestown Lakewood N Y and Buffalo N Y join celebrations. Various visitors call on townsfolk as health improves for Mrs Casler and others. Any one in Columbus township

Columbus Fred Yates Erie Perry . Mead Columbus Township James Stewart Trvin Glenn Davier Warren Fargo Bert Lawson Emporium Lloydene Sager Peter Swanson Iporium Gus Lawn Tda Grace Lawson Iyron Sneger Lakewood N. Y T. D. VanDusen Gorlon Parson Jamestown Harry Hotchkiss Corry Bert Wade Buffalo N.Y Earl Morse Walls 'Ats Carlton Curtis Fayette Curtis Arlene Crosby Henry Kolstee Homer Kolstee Doris James Oscar Raymond

Cathedral Trumpeteers Set to Play with Corry Band

Corry Band invites Jamestown Cathedral Trumpeteers to perform several numbers in a March 27 concert. The Trumpeteers recently impressed at Claver Consolidated School, prompting the band to book them for a varied, entertaining program directed by Lionel Thorzgord.

Cathedral Corryites Lionel Thorzgord

Women Activities Job Mobilization seeks workers

Notices call for two women to join the Women s Activities Job Mobilization committee led by Mrs Clarence Thomp Son and Miss Betty McKee with Bob Donovan of Centerville. Community events include Grange meetings, dinners, birthdays and birthday gatherings at local homes. Names of residents across Corry Warren Perry Jamestown and surrounding areas appear among social visits and church services.

Clarence Thomp Women's Activities Betty McKee Bob Donovan Centerville Helen Marjorie Gaster Grange Town Hall Norman Youngman Williamson California Oscar Raymond Arvid Anderson Marie Graves Jaf Corry W. Gasier Laura Gale Corry Blendie Bunnell Louise Free Lewis Caslery Perry Ohio Will My Walter Casler_ Beatrice ‘Teemley Casperson Twea,Brownell Ya ‘Smilth Warren John Golegrove Tha Bush Cory Fayette Curtis Nathan Dodd Emmett Curtis Silver Springs Curtis G. T. Bergman George Bensink Gertrude Carroll Carlton Curtis Panama Raymond Button Button Clare Gordon

Crawford Democrats Unite In Move To Defeat Guffey

Crawford County Democrats retreat to harmony after a split over Joe Guffey. Withdrawals from key races by Gordon Leberman Charles Gill and Mary Lynee are framed as local party unity. Sherrod states the move targets the Guffey slate, not the county committee, amid a four year split in the party.

Meadville Crawford Gordon B. Leberman Charles W. Gill Mary Lynee Conneaut Lake Johns Guffey Edith Powell Cochranton Jef Fbloc Sherrod Joe Guffey

Garner Moves To Check For Drive For Third Term

A fragmentary political note lists Cas McNutt Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Secretary Henry A. Wallace among others as opponents to a third term. It suggests hesitation about specifying an eighty percent position and references Democratic figures including James A. Farley and Burton K. Wheeler, with unclear context.

Cas McNutt Robert H. Jackson Henry A. Wallace James A. Farley Montana

Widow awarded eight thousand four hundred twenty eight dollars

Mrs. Amy Dingman, widow of Edmund Dingman, was awarded 8428.75 by a Crawford county jury after a Smalomobile crash near Sneger awa on February 20, 1930. The verdict found Walter K. Stanton negligent as the driver of the car that struck Broadford bridge north of Meadville, while the defense argued a blown tire caused the crash.

Amy Dingman Edmund Dingman Snegerawa Monilay Crawford County Dingman Elmer Dittman Corry Walter K. Stanton Meadville Aldout Y Toridge Edmund W. Dingman Stanton Broadford Bridge Ighties

Man Found Dead Beside Road Near St. Marys

Ridgway, March 12. Paul Ghdisha, about sixty, died in unknown circumstances Saturday night around ten o'clock in St. Marys. The body was found by Gilbert Vollmer near Brussells Street and identified at Meisel funeral home by Benedict Tubey. Dr. Stanley Barratt, Wilcox coroner, conducted the examination and pronounced him dead, with the body taken to a physician for review.

Ridgway Paul Ghdisha St. Marys Theody Gilbert Vollmer Brussells Street Benedict Tubey Meisel Funeral Home Grdlisha Stanley Barratt Wilcox Elk County

Federal Census Taken Of Grounded Fowl

The 1938 survey by the Bureau of Biological Survey estimated 56 000 000 to 60 000 000 migratory waterfowl in wintering districts. Blimps autogines airplanes and boats with snowshoes and stilts aid some 3 000 census takers in January and February to estimate the population for hunting regulation purposes.

Wasa Smuren Uncle Sam Bureau of Biological Survey

Investigation Finds Accidental Death From Vehicle Collision

An autopsy at St. Marys concluded the death was accidental, caused by a fractured skull with brain injury after being struck by a vehicle. The deceased also sustained a fractured nose and facial injuries.

st.Marys

Wifes bootlegging blamed on hardships in Erie court

William Weddge, 82, testified in Erie on March 1 defending himself against cruelty charges by his 90 year old wife Mabel Westdige seeking divorce. He disputed accusations of beating and said she turned to bootlegging on their Wattsboro farm, making moonshine.

Erie Mar William Weddge A. D Belle Vailey Houge Mabel Westdige Burton R. Labi Waddige Weddige Wattsburo

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Columbus Grange Mamie Jackson Guy Jordon Wilma Rich Clayton Carrier Kenneth Jackson Gust Margaret LaFever Union’City Gerade Carroll Marion Way Frank Smith D. G. Sorenson Harold Jaquith Tubin W. Caster Garner the National Bank OF Corry Ingarea The Fenehal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington Walgreen Agency Corry Drug Company North Center Street Chevrolet Thomas Motor Co Clinton Street Dia Wattsburg Capitol Borstorff Atlantic Station Buick Bedin Business Court OF Sedum Hart Flint W. W. Waterhouse Getter Corry Motor Sales West Main ST
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