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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1949
Page
4
A reader quiz asks ten questions on observances fruits fabrics contracts and geography. It covers Straw Hair Day nectarine plum easy ace bridge terms anatomy Ascension Day Perry Perry and Neapolitan origin questions with a classified page hint for answers.
The Corry Board of Education named three new instructors Miss Helen Kendall Miss Thelma Sterling and Miss Marion Homan for the coming year. Grant Pettit son of Mrs Ernest Roger East Main street won a 450 scholarship at Ohio State University for mechanical engineering.
The 75th anniversary of Spring Creek Grange No. 238 at West Spring Creek will be observed this Thursday with ceremonies. George R. Deming announced the event featuring a 7:30 p.m. dinner, group singing led by Rev. Jordan Cole, a male quartet from Columbus Grange, and State Master W. Sharp Pullerton as principal speaker if available.
Ages nine to eighteen were turned over to the youth aid bureau for questioning after vandalism in the Boatlanding district. One group, four youths, spilled 150 gallons of gasoline and damaged a Table Company coal bin and fishing gear with a four foot wrench. The other group reportedly removed trolley parts near West Eighth Street and damaged railroad yard equipment. Items were later found in a Steeler Street home attic.
Funeral service held at Brackens-Resting Funeral Home for Frank S. Austin with Rev. Gilbert L. Boyd officiating. Active pallbearers included Edward Moore Edmund Barr Hunter Dayling Ralph Sperry Peter Russell and Harvey Croscut. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. attendees included Judge Thomas Churchton and Mr and Mrs Alert Wetmore and Mr and Mrs Bailey Alexander.
The article notes Russian efforts to jam Voice of America broadcasts during Berlin blockade negotiations and argues Moscow’s peacetime isolation harms its people. It compares Russia’s policy to historic hermit regimes in Ming China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, and Paraguay, and warns only outside contact will eventually breach such walls.
Area police and sheriffs issued a statewide alert for Blane Edgar Jones a 11 year old fugitive from rape and murder charges in Pikesville Kentucky. The notice warns residents to be on the lookout for Jones who used aliases Freeman Kelly and Freeman Whitt and notes a $1115 reward for capture while cautioning about impersonators posing as federal agents or sales reps.
Wartime discovery WONDER SALVE offered as a pain free antiseptic treatment for eczema, itching, athletes foot, and skin irritations. No acids or alcohol, advertised as gentle and fast acting with distribution by local drug stores.
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