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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1933
Page
7
Venango County Court House in Franklin faced a third attempted break in two years on a night in October. Intruders gained entry by forcing a window and door in the sheriff and treasurer offices, but left only seventy five cents and caused minor damage. No suspects or substantial losses were reported.
A jealous farmhand trapped a girl who had spurned his attention as she rode home from a dance, killing her and her escort before taking his own life. The dead were Hawood Kene, 83, and Phyllis Rowell, 16, both of Montville, along with Fred B. Jackson of Montville.
A smiling bandit and an accomplice robbed a downtown Pittsburgh hotel, binding the night clerk and another employee, and escaping with more than 130 dollars. They forcibly removed cash from the register, then fled in a car with Ohio license plates, observed by a hotel guest as they drove away. The victims were Eugene Walters, 25, and Joseph Kilkenny, 28, both tied and threatened during the early morning heist.
Sparta SPARTANSBURG Oct 4 Mr and Mrs H B Drought retired after two weeks of travel viewing United States highlights. They rode the Empire Builder to Tacoma via Chicago visiting Morton Washington and Paradise Inn Rainier Park in snow. Along the way they met former Spartans and observed sawmills, forests and highways, with many social visits including a return through Seattle and Tacoma.
Union City reports the Comptroller of Currency approved a reorganization plan for the National Bank of Union City under the 1983 act. It includes a $120,009 capital and surplus, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation purchasing $25,000 preferred stock, and 60 percent of deposits protected with 40 percent waived to trustees. Deposits since the bank holiday remain payable in full. trustees declare 20 percent on Participation Certificates issued to former depositors.
Meadville Oct 2 An elderly man 70 identified as Settle Meyer of Pittsburgh was found under a horse in a Spring township barn near Springboro and died at Spencer Hospital. He had gone to tend the horse around six and was discovered with his face and head severely crushed.
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Barton, wife of Grant Barton, were held Monday afternoon in memory of the deceased. Rev BH Harris officiated, with rites at the home on Second Avenue at 2:30 pm and at the United Brethren Church at 3 pm. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. bearers were Robert Watson, Merritt Deyne, Merle Patterson, Arthur Barton, Charles Deyne and Wesley Pierce. Relatives from out of town included Mrs Leon Dodd of Jamestown, Mrs J Baker of Union City, and I 20 Pierce of Cleveland. Mrs Barton is survived by her husband, two sisters, and four brothers.
Fragmentary report notes red bats as the sole bat family member whose young cling to the mother. It mentions mating and birth timing between May and July and describes the young as very small, relying on the mother’s body.
Stanley E. Anderson, Senior High School faculty member, was named president of the Corry Teachers Association at the reorganizational meeting held Monday afternoon in the Senior High building. He succeeds Wilford C. Pomeroy. Also elected were Miss Ruby McCullough as vice president, Miss Charlotte Walter as secretary, and Paul J. Hatch as treasurer. The group plans to attend the Pennsylvania State Education Association meeting in Titusville on October 13 and 14, with schools closing at noon to allow attendance.
On Wednesday evening October 4 the Lutheran Ladies Aid Society will sponsor a silver tea in the church parlors at 8 o'clock. Members and friends are invited to attend this affair. The program includes vocal solos by Horace Brynoltson and Miss Tha Austin, a piano duet by Harriet Anderson and Rachel Graft, instrumental numbers by Joseph Shervick and Elwyn Alverson, a quartet from Gerry and Bear Lake, with other local participants.
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