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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
2
This afternoon at 4 15 the Corry Club Improvement League will meet in the High School auditorium. Mrs Minnie Wales Shear will preside. Ward vice presidents will report on district organization and progress. Teachers from city grade schools are expected to attend with many new members anticipated.
Beginning Monday Mohawk Milk Company will shift operations from Corry to Clymer. The Clymer plant gains can filing and casing, boosting production to about forty five thousand pounds daily. Miss Burns leaves the city to join General Electric Erie office. Lilian Tiras resigns to join GE. Mr. Walters from Franklin arrives to assume the local office leadership.
Cohen Store is being extensively altered by contractor H. H. Hill this week. Washington street entrances will receive modern plate glass fronts and the rear shoe department entrance is removed. The main sales area is being updated with new flooring and rear walls renewed.
The mayor signed with the Stewart Company for a new hose and chemical wagon costing 1060 dollars. Delivery is within three months and the unit includes a 20 foot extension, 12 foot roof ladder, 35 gallon tank, and 200 feet of chemical hose. Early hand chemical extinguishers remain unchanged since a council review weeks ago.
The young members of the syn Gv held a private dance at Western Star hall last night, a club affair closing the social season. Music and mood were excellent and all attendees had a first class time.
United Press reports an army aviator was killed while flying from San Diego to Los Angeles. The bi plane mishap caused the pilot to lose control and the head of the aircraft struck under the engine.
An optometrist offers focused eye care claiming higher quality service than generalists. Dr. D. Padoll promotes modern examination methods without drugs, inviting patients to visit for high class eye care every Friday at his Corry location.
About sixty laborers employed by Pittsburg Construction on the Peoway cut-off at the Glyndon end struck yesterday morning and remained off the job all day. They demanded higher wages and reportedly the employer agreed to meet terms, with strikers returning to work today. Workers on the new railroad near Shelly have been displaced due to wage differences across sites, as several contractors stretch the project and wages vary.
About 100 members of the Wholesale Merchant's Association will visit numerous towns near Buffalo during the festival week in June. The excursion will involve more than 100 million dollars in Buffalo capital and train equipment costs around 150 thousand dollars. Nine steel Pullman coaches will be used with sleeping, dining, observation, and entertaining cars. Route includes Dunkirk Westfield Ripley North Hustine Ashtabula Conneaut Waterford Union City Corry Titusville Warren Kay Johnsonburg Ridgway St Marys Emporium Port Allegheny Eldred N Y and East Aurora. A 476 mile journey.
The Corry water supply company completed a 350 foot extension on Seventh Street this morning. A crew will extend lines to Marion and then finish a new four inch line on South Street, with property owners along the two affected streets expressing concern.
Tonight at eight o'clock the first drill of Company A under Capt. Brown will take place. All members must report promptly and W A Stown will measure for new uniforms ordered immediately. The troop of 18 will be outfitted in regulation uniforms with special shoes as work begins. The School of the Soldier, U S Regular Army instruction, opens with drills and training to follow army style ahead of the Erie camp.
Edmonds, a salisman of the JW and A Howard Company, took his son William Jr to Youngstown for examination by bone setter Reese after the boy fell on Pleasant Street. The knee injury caused temporary paralysis of the limb, but Dr. A Le Smith said permanent damage was unlikely. The boy’s parents planned to consult the same specialist later that day.
Common Council minutes show chairman absent as Mawson elected pro tem. Roll call includes Brown Crapser Dawson Love Sussle Triskel. Walnuts reading noted. Brown moved an amendment to Bill 260 and the motion carried on first and second readings.
The council discussed a sewer project on Liberty Street, referred to the printing committee. A joint resolution was adopted and a joint session held with most members present. A resolution proposed changing pavements on South Spring and Mill streets to concrete blocks, with votes recorded. A sidewalk request on West Congreve Street was referred to the street committee. A bill from G. T. Kincaid for legal costs totaling 3100 was approved. Adjournment followed.
In Findley Lake area, large traction engines damaged Franklin and West Wayne streets while work began this spring. They cracked two or three brick crossings on the routes to Mott Street where Turdlator Company's Washington Street buildings stored shipments. Contractors have promised repairs within a few days.
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