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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
2
Florence Hawley librarian of the Minerva Free Library for 42 years has submitted her resignation. She began at the present building on February 13, 1908 and under her leadership the collection grew from 2 000 to 11 000 volumes as the library district voices gratitude for her long service.
A Corry Hospital report shows admission of Mrs. Ralph Knight of Riceville and discharge of several local residents including Mrs. Lawrence Crayford and Mrs. Gordon Holthouse. Other items note a shooting incident near Luthersburg, loss of a young infant in Warren General Hospital, and a postponement of a Pittsburgh high school tournament clinic due to a snow storm. Also listed are charity sales at the O E S Winter Bazaar and holiday store hours for the Corry Chamber of Commerce. The bulletin closes with a note on Australia’s sparse population due to desert areas.
The report notes that German smokers now favor American grown Virginia tobacco at 80 percent, a shift from prewar preferences for Oriental brands. It cites postwar import patterns with 3,600 tons of American tobacco in one month versus 1,100 tons from Greece and Turkey, and mentions trade declines with Balkan nations after communist takeovers.
Four men in a fat bottom rowboat with an outboard motor inspect islands in the Susquehanna River between Halifas and Sunbury for gypsy moth egg masses in a cooperative effort by the state and federal agriculture departments. The entomologists hope to find none, reducing a major pest threat. The search targets caterpillars that threaten trees and vegetation.
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