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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1938
Page
3
Readable fragments show a local gathering at Hall with mentions of Mrs Id and attendees. The garbled text references a Carries occasion and a Saturday connection, but lacks clear names, dates, or actions.
A mix of brief items: a Board of location meeting announced for this evening. John Breno of West South street earned a three year engineering diploma from the Pennsylvania State College Extension school. Reports of a red fox sighting between Spring Creek and Garland. Curtiss-Wright first quarter earnings of 738,910 dollars. Spring Clean Up days in Corry with refuse ready by 7 am Wednesday. alien veteran exemptions deadline May 24 1938. Mrs. Robert Long wins dog show prizes in Erie. local showings of In O14 Chicago at the sex theatre praised. Senator Robert M Ferrellette to speak on The Third Party at 9:30 pm on WJZ. Pennsylvania driving privileges actions and grand jury lists. Arthur Chapman closes Deerhead Inn and plans a new location. Rep William Barkhead to discuss Democracy In a Changing World on WOR at 9:30 pm. Rates hearing for Pennsylvania Gas tomorrow at City Hall. bond issues approved including 55000 for Millcreek Township school building. Gerry men charged with illegal firearm possession and fined. AFL reports March unemployment at 11 231 700, the highest since 1925.
A $750 000 building boom in Erie will construct 150 homes over the next two weeks. The first 40 homes begin in Glenruadtt West Street area, with 100 more in a garden village on the East Side. Local architects Frank A Shutts and Carl Morrison design all homes. sale to be handled by Harry Swenson. Funding details are withheld pending land acquisition and insurance company contributions.
The city urges residents to prepare all refuse by Wednesday morning for curbside pickup. Each street will be collected once over the two days, with city trucks starting Wednesday. Property owners are asked to assist and ensure rubbish is in containers for removal to the city dump.
Four Sisterville, West Virginia residents were injured, two seriously, when the automobile they rode in veered off the General Kane highway near Trost, 14 miles south of Kane, after the driver fell asleep. J H Everly 71 suffered head and face injuries and concussion, John Gorman 69 had a leg fracture and other cuts, Mrs Martha Everly had minor lacerations, Melvin H Everly escaped with minor hurts. All were treated at Community Hospital or the dispensary. the car left the road and crashed on a stone pile used in quarrying.
May 70 FIND MISSING MAN reports Ebner Bankson 42 of Rouseville missing since Friday morning. World War veteran with memory loss. search teams combed Rouseville and Rynd Farm areas for Bible and tobacco buyer. Police note purse thief habits in Fort Worth Indiana. thieves toss empty pockets onto theater roof after theft.
The White Rose of the Miamis refers to Frances Slocum, a white child kidnapped and raised by the Miami tribe. She married the chief and declined to return to civilization when given the chance. Some of her descendants lived in and near Peru.
Bentley was named president of the Corry Men's Bible Class for the coming year at a Mother's Day gathering in the Salvation Army Hall. New officers include Rudolph Bachemer as vice president, Richard Hurlbut as secretary, and Printer T. Babbitt as treasurer. Mrs. Rose LaPaze was recognized as the oldest mother present. she was born in Flint in 1841 and has lived in Corry since 1867.
Streetcar operators in Cincinnati have been warned they are not exempt from traffic rules. Municipal Judge Samuel W. Bell fined Melvin Garland, a motorman, for reckless driving.
Verna Schlepp credits Adievka with clearing pimples and improving her complexion by addressing constipation. The ad asserts that Adievka washes both dow als and relieves constipation, promoting a smooth glowing skin and wealth. Keister's Cut Rate. ih
George MacDonald of South Center Street reports finding worm nests in his apple trees. He counted thirty five nests in five trees and plans to burn them out today. He urges orchard owners to inspect their fruit trees promptly to prevent further damage.
Stockholders of the Pine Grove Cemetery Association will convene in annual session at the Bracken Keating Company offices on North Center Street this evening at 7:30. Reports on last year’s operation will be received. New directors will be named and the board reorganized with officer elections scheduled.
A Corry Grange meeting Saturday evening conferred the third and fourth degrees on three candidates. The program honored Mother's Day with group singing, a violin solo by Norman Swart, recitations by Lutie Mallick and Pauline Swanson, plus readings by Mrs. Mary Reynolds and her daughter Miss Bille Reynolds. Visitors from Harteard, Conn, Warren and Spring Creek attended.
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