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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
3
Announcement by the Pennsylvania Roadside Council offers a $50 prize fund for entries. Open to boys and girls clubs and individuals including Girl Scout units, with two photographs required: one in front of a billboard and one from behind. Submit precise location notes to identify each billboard.
Corry Civic Orchestra objects to a Senior High News report claiming it interfered with high school activities. The piece alleged rehearsal timing changes due to the orchestra using the auditorium. records show only one school rehearsal, on a Sunday, and that the orchestra does not “give” the auditorium but pays a rental fee.
Photographs must be glossy prints and include on the back the contestant name address and school or organization. Entries must reach the office in Philadelphia by June 1 1940. Prizes go to top three photos with publicity statewide and a best pair prize of 25 dollars for before and behind the billboard.
Franklin March 14 Coroner J Irwin Zerbe reports John G Wolfkeil AO committed suicide by revolver at his son Clark Wolfkeil s home on Lamberton street Rocky Grove after months of failing health He died 25 minutes after the shot He spent his life in Franklin and ran a barber shop on Thirteenth street since 1896 He married Gertrude Clark in 1916 and is survived by his wife a son two brothers and three sisters.
Tips say kidneys should function several times daily and output about three pints. Dark or pale urine, frequent nighttime urination, backache or headaches may signal sluggish kidneys. Drink soft water and use a laxative evacuent. Buckets available from McCandrew Store.
George B Nelson longtime Corry mortician died at his home near Erle Wednesday morning. He operated a the South Center street undertaking at Corry for years, later leading the Nelson funeral establishment at 2108 Myrtle Street Northeast. Survived by wife Sarah Monnow Nelson a daughter Martha Jeane Nelson and a son Edgar M Nelson. He was active in Bele business circles and a member of the First Presbyterian church there and Corry lodge B A M. Funeral services were held in Beaverdam with extensive local notices upcoming.
Lee Shoemaker proprietor of the Phoenix Hotel on East Main announces rapid completion of the Rustic Gate opening with a Friday dancing party. The department’s redecorated room features new novelties and music by Al Springer and his seven piece band from Warren. Public invited to attend the opening.
Detroit man T. J. Williams reports great relief from pile suffering after using San-Cora Ointment. He claims the product calmed the burning throbbing pain and asks others to try it, enclosing a money order for the ointment and recommending a bath with San-Cura Soap.
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