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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1946
Page
2
Reich s offers chenille robes for children and women in multiple shades while The Mabel Shoppe promotes sweaters and turtle necks with prices of 8 95 and 4 98. A GE Erle Works coal strike threatens production and possible shutdown soon.
A compact community page reports explosions in Reynoldsville after dynamite theft, motor company notices, a fatal auto collision in Port Allegany, local shop sales, a church bishop appointment, road openings, hospital admissions, and police warnings. Names include DuBois State Police Troop G, William Franklin, Rev Charles Bol Unger, and many local shops and residents.
An archaic advertisement touts Thumphni's Borsomy Tablets claiming to cleanse kidneys, remove poisonous waste, and ease aches. It promises quick relief from misery and fatigue and markets the product as a universal aid, fitting worn-out health stories of dubious efficacy.
Ski pants advertised for children and women from Reichs. Meadvilles Anthony Palmiero returns home for Thanksgiving after being missing since Nov 5. Deer elk sightings reported by two hunters in Forest County. Funeral for William G Walker at 77 after auto crash near Ohio Pennsylvania line. Waterford theft cases and arrests. WAA official Jack Paulson to visit Corry biweekly to aid veterans. Circle No 1 WSCS meets Dec 1 with gifts for Olive Hill Ky girls. Reich's cotton aprons and other apparel. Obituary for Charles William Kobler former Cambridge Springs Telephone Co owner. Undersecretary of Commerce Alfred Schindler resigns. William Chaythan Foster appointed.
Funeral rites for the late Mrs Celia Perkins were held Wednesday afternoon at Bracken Seating Funeral Home. Rev H Ray Harris officiated at two o'clock with bearers Pred Hartzman Otto Joy Morris McIntyre and A H Madison. Burial was in Pine Grove Cemetery. Local friends attended along with Cleveland Perkins Miss Shirley Perkins Richard and James Perkins and Beatrice Frye of Erie Wallace Perkins Wattsburg Mrs Hettie Watson Mr Angry Fred Hammond and Mrs Green Brown Hill.
A Thanksgiving Day service was held at the First Church of Christ Scientist in its church edifice at 10 30 AM Mrs Lillian S Whiteley First Reader read the Thanksgiving Day proclamation by the president The congregation sang a hymn then the Lesson Sermon on Thanksgiving was delivered After responsive reading passages were read from scriptures Mr Whiteley second reader read citations from the Bible while Mrs Whiteley read correlative passages
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