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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
5
The DuBois school board set a special meeting Friday evening to discuss a shake-up in the high school family. Joseph Gill was named principal of the Foot abtervlance program as part of the session, with a social hour and bingo to follow the business.
City residents and visitors are listed in a string of social notices. W Backen with Paul Stone and Charles Gleason return from Butler after the death of Dr O A Williams. Liss Helen Bordyce visits Meadville and plans to stay through Easter. Mary Ann and Betty Jane Armitage travel to Oil City for a week visiting grandparents. The Barters and Smiths visit Pittsburgh for Easter with relatives. Mrs May Albro goes to Olean NY to stay with her son Max Phillips. Margaret Wetmore leaves Maple Avenue for home in Philadelphia. Louis Morrow and Exwin Mountain go to Meadville on business. Mr Mivtour and Chris tensen visit Port Allegany. Mary Downey returns from Olean where she teaches, for the holiday. Desmond of Daleville Ont is home briefly. Mrs Bess DeLay and daughter Avloeyn of Machanicsville arrive for a week with Mr and Mrs Watson. Kenneth and Oleta Perkins return from State College for Easter with mother. Miss Mary Anderain heads for Parkers Landing for holiday visits. Mrs W W Auer and son Robert plan to spend a week in Washington DC with Dorothy Auer and Walker Auer Jr. Florence White travels to Warren for a Friday/Saturday visit with Mrs B Biller. Mildred Schramling to Gettysburg for Easter visit with Hulen McDivall. Mrs Laura Brown attends Easter events. Funeral services held Wednesday for Henry Thornton. Nellie Merker Taneeie Fabab contribute to services. S H Beelated left city this morning for Cleveland. Rev William Hall and son Donal Hall visit Erie. Rev Hall preached at St John’s Lutheran and assisted at communion during Holy Week and Easter.
Military honors were given at the funeral of George Fox, a Corry resident, with Rev. B D Wagner officiating at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Interment followed in David Curtis cemetery. Veterans of Foreign Wars members served as color bearers and provided taps, while local residents and family members attended from Jamestown, Erie, and Spring Creek.
A special service at the Advent Christian church is held this evening with a sermon theme before Pilate and a communion service to follow. A sunrise service is planned for Sunday at 5 45 a m.
United Press reports from Harrisburg that McSparran, state secretary of agriculture, says he will stay in the governorship race to the finish. He filed petitions for Republican and Democratic nominations and vows no boss can steer his actions, claiming broad support from Pennsylvanians. He plans to reveal his platform later.
Dr C A Williams died yesterday afternoon at 2 30 in Butler after a heart illness. He was a former Corry resident, studied with Dr G W Waggoner, practiced in Panama and Union City, and later settled in Butler. He is survived by his wife and one daughter Miss Florence Williams of Butler. Funeral services will be held in Butler Saturday at 2 and in Corry Sunday at 2 30 at Alexander and Company Mineral Parlor. Interment at Pint Grove cemetery.
Bank cashier H W Parker swears to a true financial statement for March 28 1934 in Erie Pennsylvania. The document lists assets including cash in vault and balances with other banks United States Government securities and loans and investments. It details liabilities such as demand deposits public funds and U S government deposits and notes the capital account with common stock surplus and reserves.
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