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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1953
Page
1
Multiple rental notes list furnished rooms and flats with beds, street addresses, and contact numbers. Mentions include 98 Avenue, 3127 Rent, West ll due, Joe Cohen, and broker services. Some entries reference a church rear, modern amenities, and local associations.
City grapples with a garbage disposal crisis as Victor Slye vows to complete his contract expiring January. He begins burying refuse at the city dump while seeking alternate city locations. Officials weigh a temporary burn plan and a proposed incinerator costing about 45000.
Police report a trumpet valued at 175 dollars disappeared from a wagon parked on Main Street between 8 90 and 1 3 am. Furney Cantina of Q ld says he locked the car but it showed no break in. The missing instrument disrupted his Friday night performance with the Italian American Club. In another item, a sewer cave in Ellwood City is blamed for a death and investigators name Joseph Germick Jr and Dominick Butch among those examined.
David Hillmellen of Fidley Taike lost his right arm when a corn chopper maimed him Monday evening. He was with his father William Fimelian as the machine pulled feed. Surgeons amputated about three inches from the shoulder at Hamot Hospital. The Findley Take residents have started a fund to aid him with donations collected by John Hut at the village post office.
Frank Ras is charged with assault and battery by Mrs. Gordon Bigelow, sister in law, after allegedly breaking into her home at 18 Third Avenue. He reportedly threatened her husband and his estranged wife, and caused a disturbance with telephone calls from Buffalo before arriving in the city. Police could not locate Ras despite checks around the city.
St Marys Pennsylvania prepares for a record deer hunting weekend with thousands of Pennsylvanians and hundreds of out of state visitors converging on the area. Officials expect above average kills as light snow covers the region and traffic tightens on highways into and out of the community.
The Associated Press reports a snow forecast for Thanksgiving in Western Pennsylvania after a period of foggy mild weather and scattered rain. Temperatures will dip to the low 60s in places, but snow is expected on western highways, with ongoing snowfall expected through the day.
Envoy Arthur Dean urged Moscow to attend as a full participant in the Hourean peace conference, warning Russia as a neutral could bind decisions. Allied and Communist diplomats met for nearly four hours with no date set for renewed prisoner interviews.
Corry residents pause tomorrow to give thanks as national reflective and religious observances occur. Four union advisory sessions are set at First Baptist Church tonight, with some churches planning services tomorrow. Industrial activity halts today. plants reopen Friday except Corry Jamestown, which resumes next Monday. Limited dining and confectionery businesses closed all day. State Police report heavier highway traffic as families travel to celebrate.
Governor John Fine of Pennsylvania resumed his Middle East trip in Israel after visits to Jerusalem Bethlehem and Jordan held areas. He addressed the Tel Aviv branch of the Israel American Friendship League calling Israel a democratic bridgehead in the region and warned that any setback to Israel would harm democracy globally.
The Corey YMCA Ad-Vitory Board selects the Corry High School site on West South Street for a new YMCA building with an estimated cost of 125000 and possible spring 1955 construction. Hamilton Parks, architect from New York City, approves location and outlines a plan for a 100000 cubic foot facility with gym and auditorium.
Erie resident Josep hl Kiliszewski 44 was held for trial on a first degree murder charge stemming from the shooting of his 42-year-old wife Baton during an argument at their home on Saturday November 14. Patrolman George Wuensthel quoted the dying woman as saying he aimed the gun and shot her, as defense seeks to strike her dying statements as irrelevant.
Dr. C. R. French, formerly with Bam-Ayldge Seinys, announces a new veterinary practice at 656 East South Street. He trained at University of Pennsylvania and served in the US Navy, promising low prices and long hours as he relocates with his wife to the East South Street address.
Government report shows overall living costs up in the month ending October, with the consumer price index at a record high for five straight months. While food slipped modestly, increases in housing, clothing, medical care, personal care, recreation, and other services pushed the index higher, though inflation may ease next winter as prices for some staples fall.
Mr and Mrs Bet jamin PF Hartley celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary yesterday. The couple wed in Tennessee when they were both eighteen, honoring six decades of family life.
The article notes Archbishop Gannon's selection as head of the Catholic church in Washington with details of his birthplace, education at Catholic University Washington and in Munich and Rome, and his advanced degrees in canon law and theology.
A Corry man pleaded guilty in Erie to illegal procurement of pinball machines. He was fined 750 dollars total and ordered to pay 50 dollars per machine plus 240 dollars costs. He paid the fine and was released.
David A. Hilloleom, Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association board member, heads this year’s sale to fund chest x ray equipment at Sorry Memorial Hospital. Since April the program has completed over 400 pret sominal tests, aiding the effort to wipe out tuberculosis. Headquarters near the Red Cross on North Center Street will be open weekdays 2 to 8 pm for contributions.
The Sparta bank closed during the 1933 banking crisis will pay off creditors on November 30 and December 1 at the Winns Building in Spartansburg. Trustees G Lindstrom and D V Kinney said about 8 000 to 10 000 dollars remain for about 1 000 depositors from the original fund.
Senator McCarthy accuses the Truman administration of harboring communists and labels “McCarthyism” a political weapon. He argues the GOP must defeat any ally of the era to end the spread of communism, while President Eisenhower promises to resolve the issue. An air cadet's fatal jet crash near Greenville adds a separate national tragedy.
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