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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1938
Page
3
A rambling town update reports spring weather, shore-to-town improvements, and community events. It notes two new Sugar Grove bridges, a Golden Rule Grange dinner, and a Rex theatre matinee for Snow White. Also listed are oil price cuts, speeches by Thomas J. Watson and Governor Earle, school fingerprinting resumption, contest results, and public notices on hospital day and national observances.
May 3 events at Spring Creek township schools include promotion exercises at the Federated church with Titusville official Mr. Stetson as speaker. Program features invocation, welcome, prophecy, speeches, music, address, and diploma presentation by County Superintendent L. Blair. Parents and friends invited. County exams were held Friday and a picnic is planned Tuesday. Various local residents visited or traveled between Erie Warren Dunkirk and Kane over the week.
May 2 Warren reports W. Duff of Warren has won the sub contract to build berms along the Pittsfield to Corry highway. The resurfacing plan is by the Highway Engineering and Construction Company of Washington, D.C. Duff says the project will take about 90 days.
City Council plans to issue 14 000 in bonds to fund the final stage of storm sewer construction. Enabling ordinance and preliminaries have been approved. The bond issue aims to cover the city’s share of the project with doubts about broader construction extending to Seurea Street. Also on the agenda are a proposed police patrol purchase and routine department items at the first meeting of the ninth.
National Music Week opens with a concert at the Senior High auditorium tonight. Adjutant J F Sullivan of the Salvation Army sponsors. Nellie Bailey Miller a coloratura soprano of Sandusky will sing May Time Indian Love Call and The Italian Street Song. Walker's orchestra accompanies. Local talent assists and Sullivan leads community singing.
Sassafras roots and bark are used to make medicinal teas and infusions. The traditional practice highlights the plant parts as sources for herbal remedies and natural remedies.
The Erie Quality boroughs will get between 800 and 1800 dollars for road work depending on tin requirements. The county adjourned to approve a modified appropriation after county commissioners, advised by Harvey M. Willis, ruled out large extra funds. Some boroughs may reach the full 1800 if they meet the stated condition, with remaining money drawn from the January-budget balance.
The Corey Grange degree team hosted a Sugar Party Saturday evening with large attendance. Guests honored included Mrs. Lonie Ricketson Mrs. Blanche Gites Lawrence Swanson Mrs. Lyle Me Cray Miss Paulie Swanson and Andrew Ober. A birthday cake with their names adorned the centerpiece and the menu featured warm sugar bisuits rolls pickles cake and coffee.
The Pennine Candy Kitchen, formerly on South Center Street in Ames, has relocated to Clymer, North Carolina. The Benninis opened an ice cream parlor and used-room furniture area in the building recently vacated by C. E. Spitzer, expanding their local business footprint.
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