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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1938
Page
7
In a college round event the top quartet included Girard Ivington and Crane with scores cited as 6 and 1 respectively. Bax Weidter and Ulson also featured among the contenders, while the tourney progressed toward June.
Corry High School debaters start their 1998 season March 16 against Meadville. Corry’s affirmative squad includes Rachel Graft Howard Lyman and Burton Dearing with Martin Donaldson and Robert Curtis as alternates. Negative team features Mary Maloney MacBain Sears Towyn Gage with Mildred Nichols and Vernon Thompson as alternates. League peers include Meadville Franklin Titusville and Greenville. A new three point honors system will award individual and team honors based on votes by debaters and coaches, with final tallies to determine top debaters and best team.
A chaotic student bulletin notes rapid progress of a school swing group set for a public appearance in ten weeks. Highlights include a 31 to 14 victory over an all-star team, a faculty win of 33 to 4, and ongoing boxing and ping pong events. Details on scholarships and a theater production are mentioned alongside student chatter and humor.
A portable sawmill unit is being added to the Sheffield CCC Industrial School facilities on South Main Center and Leith streets. Owned by Wayne Thrush, it will be erected in the old warehouse to convert timber from the national forest into lumber and supplies the woodworking program.
Twenty four students enter the second annual Ping Pong tournament supervised by Mr. Anderson and Roger McCray head manager. The format adds weekly rounds and a playoff to crown this year’s champion. Notable players include Paul Phelps, Preston Om, Edwin Stowe, Robert Myrton, and Joe Orenec.
The diary notes a singing journey across Europe from England to Italy, with performances of My Sunshine O Selo Mio and Onde fy A Wille. In Ireland and Boain, disaster caused a detour, and the voyage home across the Atlantic kept time to Blossoms On Broadway before a triumphant return.
HI TIMES staff list shows editors and contributors while a quoted remark stresses cooperation. The piece discusses teamwork in education and daily life, arguing independence is impractical and success comes from working with others. It reflects on classroom collaboration and extracurricular participation as training for future solitary work.
Corry and North East held their first debate of the season at Bentor High, featuring South East and North East teams. The event included Corry’s affirmative squad with Rachel Graft Burton Dear Ing and Howerd Lymen facing North Gant’s negative team led by Richard Wassink George Leo Anderson and Waigene Beates.
Thirty's seugent Council meeting was called to order by Paul Phelps. Minutes read by Keith Henton. Old business discussed appointing monitors to watch study hall doors at class changes and retesting study hall staff. Offenders may receive after school detention after repeated violations. Lost and found items reported by Alice Ranek with instructions to claim.
A report on the Library Club led by Anita Gainesalo Minna Kamer and Lois Reesink shows slow progress toward a party for mid March. GLEE CLUB studies new songs for future activities after the operetta. The HI-WOLITY club featured Reverent Popry FB Halnes as speaker, praised by attendees. Debate Club plans two weekly updates with Micadville and Jamestown Needles. Notes mention sewing needles made of gold by ancient South American tribes. Laughter Benefits Lusies notes laughter aids the lungs and channels surplus energy.
In the 1939 Corry High Beavers playoff run, Bob Reynolds scored 125 points across two starts as Beavers outscored foes 76 to 26. They opened with a 24 to 9 win, then crushed Wattsboro 52 to 27, with coach Russ Byler rotating 20 players and emphasizing fast, team ball.
The Athletic Association plans to present a serious play titled The Whole Tewh sumuang next Friday May 13. The event features ten students, with casting pending as Ruelets and Anderson seek particularly suitable performers.
A reader reports that placing a small powder puff in the heels of her shoes helps her feel less tired during housework. The note appears in a local newspaper page showcasing reader tips and oddities.
War veterans group marks anniversary of the American Legion founded in Paris in 1919. Elmer Cartier Post 366 and Ladies Auxiliary held a Friday dinner at their North Center Street home. District Commander Henry Brown and wife attended as members presented safety films and a program featuring Legion quartets, songs and recitations by Concord school students.
Blum, amid calls for a national union cabinet, announces a radio appeal on France’s heated diplomatic scene. He defends assembling a Popular Front government with Socialists and Radical Socialists while excluding Communists, as opponents pledge support for survival. Wood carving courses in Berkeley reflect a revival as UC launches adult programs amid cheap western woods.
Students of Cor ty celebrate birthdays this week with names Gis Striglr Match 17 Lorna Alcan March 20 and others.
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