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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1953
Page
6
A proposal to end state paid dental and physical exams for school children moved to the Senate public health and welfare committee. The bill would shift responsibility to parents and requires private exam reports to be submitted to school authorities for all pupils.
A severe storm drenched the city flooding underpass culverts, washing away ballast along the Erie and Pennsy tracks and forcing early repairs. Water flooded Sciota Street, damaging the Walter Purdy property, while utilities including Penelec and General Telephone reported outages. Lightning struck near Deerhead Inn, knocking out a 39 000 volt line, with power interruptions in Union City and Corry as crews worked through the night. The warm front pushed temperatures to 65 degrees as damage spread across the district.
Temperatures cooled briefly as a light read drifted to 54 degrees at noon, easing the heat after a short lived spell of warmth. A brief relief in conditions followed the earlier warmer period.
Rev Robert Orvis of Trinity Episcopal Church Erie officiated at a prayer service yesterday morning for Mrs Edith Northrup Gladding. The service was at Bracken Funeral Home with interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. Edward Gidding and his son Ian from Cortland, New York attended.
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