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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1959
Page
4
The piece reports warnings tied to plastic bag dangers amid national editorials and a Corry Pa. local focus. It notes public safety concerns, community responses, and a wide range of unrelated local items and notices interwoven through a late 1950s era page.
Week schedule lists events at the YMCA from Monday to Saturday May 25 1959 including rehearsals Tri-Hi piano recital China painting classes open house Tarbell Dance Studio and Clymer Girl Scouts meetings plus Memorial Day closure of the facility.
The report notes the death of Harry P. Bargan 80 of Export who was fatally struck while crossing Old Rolle 22 about one mile west of here The incident occurred yesterday as traffic moved through the area Alumni Association discusses funding to raise the Virgil Curtis Scholarship by 25 dollars to 175 this year via additional monies with hopes for a larger increase next year Bill Mom formerly in the area returned for a visit and met old friends in Hickley
A 1939 Corry record notes a CIO UAW strike halting 68 000 auto workers across 12 factories. Lewis Bros circus left for Salamanca after crowded matinee and large evening crowds. Patrolman William Swan earned runner-up honors in the Meadville state police school class exam.
Forty years ago on May 23 1919 Corry set a day to welcome home returned soldiers sailors and marines. A meeting of league committees was held last evening to organize the welcome events. The Corry Milling and Supply feed mill on West Washington street and the Van...
Vandals damaged Tassel Feed Mill on North Center Street last night with losses far exceeding the cash taken. W J Dyckes left for McKees Rocks to run concessions for the season at the pleasure park nearby. Pennsylvania Railroad traffic hampered by washouts and slides from ongoing rains.
Terry W. Thomas 61 a leading Crawford County dairy farmer was killed when his tractor overturned on an embankment pinning him beneath a rear wheel He died of a crushed chest while discing a field at 430 pm on his farm three miles south of Saegertown Thomas also owned Venango Valley Amusement Company in Franklin and ran a large dairy operation
Tony Curtis underwent surgery to repair a split Achilles tendon after an injury suffered Thursday during a tennis game with Kirk Douglas. Surgeons report the operation was successful and Curtis will remain hospitalized about five more days with his lower leg kept immobile as a precaution.
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