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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1927
Page
6
The Board of Education will hold a regular session Wednesday evening with major budget and tax levy decisions deferred to a later special meeting. Little change in the per capita assessment is expected as legislative attempts to alter the system continue, with only routine business anticipated. The junior high exhibit will open during the session, inviting the public to attend.
Hedda Hoyt explains corsage fashion focusing on large chiffon flowers for evening wear. She details making two big mums from tissue paper, curling petals with a hatpin, assembling on a buckram center, and using matching or contrasting centers. She notes easier printed chiffon corsages require no curling.
A Detroit reader comments on marriage and money fears in a provocative quip about wives pursuing money, alimony, and life insurance as a social critique during a paper reading.
More than sixty cases are set for the May term of the Erie criminal court. Karl H Bechtel faces a jury trial on a homicide charge while Tess Gilmore, a Black woman, pleads guilty to murder and likely will be sentenced after the trial. Tony Rezelle faces a statutory offense trial and three liquor cases are scheduled for Wednesday.
Harrisburg May 4 United Press reports Governor John S Fisher vetoed twelve measures passed by the 1927 legislature. Vetoed items include a 6,000 appropriation for forest and water relatives, 500,000 for Philadelphia port facilities, 90 000 for tobacco culture experiments, a 4,000 salary raise for House and Senate staff, 125,000 for the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and a sheriff association travel-expense plan among others. The administration said funds were insufficient or not needed and some proposals overstepped current budgets.
Governor Fisher rejected a 1927 vet protection measure aimed at prohibiting double jeopardy trials in both state and federal courts. He argued the bill would burden state courts and fail to achieve its intended purpose.
Markets report shows quiet Middle West spot trading across grains and meats. Raw sugar, coffee and poultry prices listed with noted firmness and nearby white egg and butter values amid mixed commodity levels.
Corry celebrated Mother’s Day with church services and messages honoring motherhood. Flower wearers, living and deceased, and candy sales highlighted the observance as stores saw strong sales and telegraph greetings from outside the city. Street repairs on South Avenue progress slowly amid holes and poor conditions.
A quotation notes that the world’s great men are not usually great scholars and vice versa, attributed to O. Ww. Holmeg.
United Press reports no trace of Captain Saint Roman and two companions after their plane disappeared during an attempted flight from Recife to the coast of Pernambuco Brazil. Islanders along the coast found no wreckage or survivors as searchers scoured the area.
Cory Kiwanis Club plans large delegation to the Northwest Division spring conference of the Pennsylvania Kiwanis District in Warren. P Crinden will preside as district lieutenant and the Warren club will host an evening session with dinner at 7 30 and an organized program of talks and music.
Guy Saxton of Gerry participated in a Warren benefit event sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. A midnight movie featured a short program and Saxton gave a fine rendition of the Sextette from Lucia, aiding MiDF flood victims.
P R P Young of this city attended the meeting and banqueted the Novo Division Veterans Association at Erie on Saturday night. The gathering numbered close to two hundred veterans. The Red Arrow Quartet, composed of FRR workers, featured the program. Members of the quartet visited the city late Saturday night during a layover for a southbound train.
Scores of Mutual Phone Company employees from Erie county will visit Corry for a banquet at Junior High School at 7 o clock. Officials from Erie are among the visitors and a program will follow. The event is billed as one of the most enjoyable sponsored by the Mutual company in Corry.
James caravan was taken to Corry Hospital Saturday evening after an accident near the brickyard. He sustained a nasal fracture and details were unclear. Reports varied whether he fell from a stack or was struck by a brick hurled by a companion. He was discharged from the hospital yesterday.
Two men died when struck by a passenger train of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie at a crossing near Homestead Pennsylvania. The dead are Joseph Fisher 45 of Pittsburgh and William Moskoski 40 of East Pittsburgh. They were walking across the tracks and apparently did not notice the approaching train.
Miss Sarah Nicholas of West Pleasant street will represent Corry in the county spelling contest at Erie. Thirty or more contestants from districts statewide include entries from Erie and neighboring townships, with names such as Irene Weil, Enna Eck, Marie Line, Ruth Te welle, and Kathryn radio among others.
In Columbus May 1 Mr and Mrs Burdette Gifford relocate to the Gifford house east of Lawn. The senior class prepares a High School play titled Mother Mine to be staged May 10 or 18. The Community Aid plans a popular supper at the church Friday evening May 1.
A dated ad promotes MELLOGLO French Process Faces Power by Womes & Co promising enhanced skin tone and lasting shine control. It urges remembering the product name as a unique beauty remedy.
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