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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1933
Page
7
May 23 report from Carter Hill describes state workers grading the road between Five Corners and the macadam road as the first step in improvements. The project includes widening by ten feet and the telephone company has been asked to relocate poles.
Mrs Corl Pipetoe and Iana Rexford attended Corry visitors Saturday. Mrs Gr Williams elected delegate to W M A convention at Warren in church next Friday. Numerous residents from Beaverdam and nearby towns visited, dined, or traveled to Lincolnville, Wattsburg, Corry, and Meadville. The U B and MB churches schedule services and gatherings. Mrs Wilt Smith of Wattsburg died after illness. funeral in Wattsburg Wednesday.
Annapolis Md May 24 Midshipman K F Neupert of Portland Ore will be the 1938 honor graduate of the United States Naval Academy The mids whose wore for the academi c year placed them just behind Neupert included R B Madden Sharon Pa R A Gallagher West Pittston Pa H V Bowen Jr Washington D C and Fe W Thompson Tray Baltimore Sailed with truncated OCR text leaves several names and places in doubt
Erie, May 24. Pennsylvania beer license law has netted Bre county 1,660 and the City of Erie 3,760 to date. County treasurer Taylor expects a large rise soon as 166 license applications are on file and more will be issued. Most are for retail sales at 250 dollars each, while distributors pay 125 dollars. All licenses go to the city, with county receiving 10 dollars per on file. As of now, only 15 licenses have been issued and the final day to apply is Thursday.
Mrs Emily Berliner died at her New York City home on May 10. She had lived in Corry for 45 years before moving to NYC after her son Manfred’s death nine years earlier. Survived by daughter in law Celia, grandson Manfred J M Berliner, and two sons Lawrence and Manfred. member of Speal lodge No 44 and Woman’s Benefit Association. She erected a notable fence around the Corry Jewish cemetery in memory of her husband and son.
May 24 Mayor JG Payne said millage next year will be far below 16 mills after Attorney D J Skelly resigned as assistant city solicitor. City Council had set 18 mills for this year and planned to reduce by two mills next year, with further savings from an economy plan. Skelly’s resignation, effective June 1 1933, funded by the plan.
Relatives from Nues Steveland Cuyahoga Falls Erie Jamestown Falconer Ashville Panama Clymer Pleasantville Meadville Spring Creek Corry attended Tuesday funeral services at 2 40 PM for Dennis Wickwire of Columbus Pa Rev W H Garnet Spring Creek officiated largely attended Interment in David Curtis Cemetery Columbus Honorary bearers William Schrambling Byron West James Hall Charles Simpson D Curtis Charles Dode Active bearers Morton Wickwire Arthur Lawrence Ray Scholton Nelson Trisket Paul Trisket Also notes fishing license required for Asotin County Washington due to rising costs and local non game fish caught for food.
A vivid pageant on stage features Grace Moore and John Boles in celebrated numbers. Graceful cameos from Mary Bryan and Ramon Novarro mix with Beatrice Lilly and Marie Dressler legends, while Gracie Allen and Mae West spark the room. The show culminates with a lively chorus, a fundraising lift, and public praise for the stage direction.
Utica native Dr Harold Willis Dodds, 43, a Princeton politics professor and director of the Princeton survey of New Jersey government, is viewed by campus observers as the likely choice for Princeton University president when the Board of Trustees meets June 10. Dodds, acting president since Hibben’s resignation, has long served as chair of the administrative committee of the School of Public and International Affairs and has advised governments in the Americas and Nicargua. He earned degrees from Grove City, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at Princeton since 1927.
TuX Frateric March from Scien star will pick Simmons University's most beautiful girl in the school newspaper’s annual beauty contest. Photographs of the 20 candidates will be sent to him soon.
United Press reports Pittsburgh May 24 that Ed ward Martin Republican State Chairman denounced a state Senate committee’s claim of insufficient time to study a popular vote on old age pensions. Frank J. Harris, who introduced the resolution, countered that it was sent to a committee and then a sub committee whose members opposed pensions. Harris noted the resolution was brief and argued for timely consideration on whether Pennsylvanians should vote on amending the constitution to allow pensions.
Heavy showers caused significant street washouts across hillside roads and several areas reported damage. The day began with intense rainfall around morning hours and continued later, disrupting transportation and prompting local repairs. A memorial note mentions a dog that died and a family grief context in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
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