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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1939
Page
7
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A fragmented note indicates halted road or utility work in Tompkins County New York. The brief item mentions a local stoppage by unspecified authorities or groups and leaves unclear the exact project or date.
Readable fragments show May term end activities at Columbus High School and Hi-V events. Elections named Dorothy Miller and John Brown as leaders. seniors earned invitations, and plans included a picnic, trip to Fenn State, and attendance at the World Poultry Congress. Noisy class reports note exams, summer plans, and student achievements with names like Kathryn Kirin, Helen Pondell, Martha Kuzma, and EdithChristenson.
A class of ten seniors will graduate this year from Freck township high school in Lottsville and receive diplomas at the eighth annual commencement on Wednesday at eight in Westen Hall. Dr. Thomas B. Colley will speak on "Your Second Education" with Corry Civic Orchestra providing music under Lionel V. Thorogood. The program includes a processional, invocations, salutatory by Elizabeth Slamm, intermezzo, valedictory, overture, song, diploma presentations by Eva Johnson, and benediction. Class officers are Autumn Morgan, Elizabeth Stamm, Donal Price, Vivian Mitchell, William Reilly, Atlas Crosby, Pauline Chapman, Norman Young, Alice Messenger, and Richard Jukes.
May 23 report shows Kane voters narrowly favor daylight saving by three votes, while Wetmore township ballots decide defeat. Kane and Wetmore totals: 454 in Kane Wetmore 613 against. Kane 398 in favor 395 against. Wetmore 114 against and BT in favor, final outcome hinges on Wetmore.
Norman S. Powell of Sharon is named resident engineer at Pymatuning Reservoir effective June 1, announced by the Pennsylvania State Warters Commission. Powell succeeds Joseph Stustney, a Pittsburgh appointee, and has prior service with United States Steel Corp and the National Unemployment Bureau for Mercer County. Katheryn in’s team won the mushball game. The committee in charge was Julia Kuditel, Dorothy Miller, Rosamond Kudlick and Marjorie Casler.
Mayor Charles B. Barber returned to his desk after a week in New York and then officiated at a two minute marriage ceremony uniting Richard R. Dixon of Tonawanda New York bartender and Edith M. Hartke of Tonawanda. The bride said this was the third time Barber had officiated a wedding for a family member.
Warren May 13. A cooperative venture begins as twelve vocational agriculture students and six Russell High graduates take over a run-down farm chosen for potato culture. They plan to grow twenty acres of potatoes and twenty of soybeans to supply certified seed stock and help rebuild the soil for next year’s crop.
Funeral services for Mrs Elsie Kennedy were held at the United Brethren in Christ church after prayers at the late home on 124 Hast Irving street. The service, conducted by Rev H Ray Harris, included organ selections by Mrs Harris. Interment was in Pine Grove cemetery. Relatives present included George Kennedy Everett Kennedy Gerald Kennedy Charles Kennedy Leroy Dickinson Paul Lines with out of town attendees from Himrad Centerville and Wayne township.
Budget message proposes reductions in state aid across multiple institutions. Listed allocations include Warren, Meadville, Franklin City, Grove City, Meadville area homes, and the Florence Crittenton Home, with varied sums to each facility.
Fragmented OCR from a page shows garbled quiz answers with stray numbers and names like Brig Gen George and Ambra. The readable bits hint at a quiz page with questions and partial, misread responses. No clear event or outcome.
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