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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1937
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a meeting at a city house and a picnic at a hospital site. References include Mrs Clyde Damon and Mr Damon accompanying a person to St Vincent's hospital for treatment.
Local column reports a social gathering at Mrs John Decker Jr home with five hundred games and planned hostess rotation. News briefs include hospital tag day May 15, a drowning of Lyte Reviot’s child near Wredonia, and ongoing Grepging 3 drills by Westford GEC camps. Also notes a Warren Ohio highway crash injuring a man and wife, Salvation Army campaign in Union City, and various police and council items from Meadville Ridgway and nearby towns.
Funeral services for John Wren, 27, of Frantelin will be at 9 a m tomorrow after he died at home from accidental gas poisoning yesterday. The death follows a night bath and a faulty gas heater. authorities report he never regained consciousness.
Harrisburg May 11 Gov George H Earle announced that $95 000 000 in tax anticipation notes sold in 1935 and 1936 to fund emergency unemployment relief will be redeemed in full at the end of May The state said $50 000 000 from 1935 and $45 000 000 from 1934 covered receipts from emergency taxes The notes have yielded the required amount to redeem them and pay 1 percent interest to the May 31 maturity.
Witnesses including Sharles Leone John Coates Patrolman Bradt and J R Richards testified on technical points and pistol references. The commonwealth will proceed tomorrow with more witnesses and it is likely Mrs Irwin will take the stand. The jury comprises Mary Ramus Evie Anthony DiNunzio Martin OBrien Mable Hogoboom John Stott Crocker W S Hug Emma Larfey Henry Church Mildred Anderson Marvin Burton and Mrs Gertrude Emerick.
Mrs Julia Powers wife of Ray Powers dies at home 52 West Pleasant Street Corry after long illness. Born January 21 1879 in Corry she leaves husband two sons Harry W Powers and Richard R Powers two daughters Ruth Bowers and Mrs Clifford M Davis, three sisters Mrs Catherine Wales Mrs Sam Sweet Mrs Mary Hotehuss and one stepson Rivne Davie. Funeral details to follow with calling hours after Wednesday noon.
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