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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1950
Page
6
The first snowfall of the season touched Corry residents with brief patches of white as freezing temperatures dipped to 32 degrees. Antifreeze sales spiked while markets and exchanges across the U S remained open for election day.
The piece notes Republicans eye gains across Congress aiming for a majority in the Senate and House though writers caution on forecasts after past elections. King George VI suffers a bout of lumbago after inspecting troops, while Westfield Chautauqua and Erie Telephone requests higher rates from the Public Utility Commission in Chautauqua County for the first time in 27 years.
Army and Coast Guard planes renewed the hunt for a Beechcraft Bonanza missing since Saturday after taking off from Sharon Pennsylvania with Stanley Dimbar his wife Barbara and Richard and Anna Belle Johnston en route to the Notre Dame Navy game in Cleveland. The search extended over Lake Erie toward Akron with reports of a plane diving toward the water near Bay Village and witnesses seeing a splashy dive.
Members of the Corry Ministerial Association met at Presby terian Church and adopted a constitution and by laws for the new Council of Churches. The group will include two laymen and one minister from each church and will supervise community religious projects. An offering from this year’s union Thanksgiving Eve service was directed to the Corry Community Chest. The Thanksgiving service will be at the Lutheran Church with Rev. Paul Bauer preaching. Plans for next year’s Week of Prayer Service were set for the second week in January with more details to come.
Funeral services for Mrs Lota E Stevens were held Sunday at 2 PM at Bracken-Keating with Rev Francis G Wanemar of First Baptist officiating. Attending were George F Ross Fret Ross Merle L Patterson Leo Howlett Floyd Webb Nelson Williams and Women’s Relief Corps No 49 honorary escort. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery with out of town guests including Charles Hudson Sr and Jr Kenneth Whaley Clyde Hudson Almond Yeager George Deming and others.
John T. Payne, a retired dairy farmer, died Sunday evening at Cory Hospital. He had lived on a farm west of Edinboro before moving to the city to live with his daughter, Mrs. Carl Millspaw. Surviving are Mrs. Millspaw, a half sister Mrs. Rush Simar of Port Allegany, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 o clock at the H. W. Funeral Home on East Main Street.
Backache and dizzy spells attributed to kidney fatigue are described as caused by waste and excess acid in the blood. The ad promotes Thompson's Gorsoma Tablets to stimulate kidney action and increase urine secretion, promising quick relief and urging purchase for better health at 60c from all druggists.
The county polio toll climbs to 62 with two new cases at Erie Memorial Hospital, a three year old boy and a 90 year old woman. The addition delays plans to return borrowed lungs as weather delays wane and safety officials say the outbreak may still be active. Britain weighs canceling its recognition of the Chinese Reds amid growing geopolitical moves.
In Crawford county three East Fallowfield Amish farmers Milo Byler Andy G By jer and Samuel Hochsettler were fined two dollars and costs for failing to comply with the compulsory education law. Arraigned before Justice of the Peace Lawrence Lee they faced a legal action linked to the Pymatuning Joint Junior High School. The issue arises after a state denial of farm work certificates for 14 and 15 year olds, prompting trail actions as cases move toward higher state courts.
Pittsburgh November 6 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Michael A Musmanno says Arthur Garfield Hays general counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union has accepted his radio debate challenge on communism and civil rights. Musmanno says ABC will broadcast the debate with timing to be set after the election.
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