Foggy countryside and local notices hit by week
A heavy fog blanketed the region at night as residents reported driving hazards. Bernie Shaw left Powell Motor Company for W. W. Waterhouse on West Main Street. A Fourth Avenue garbage dumping complaint prompts possible prosecution. Mrs Anna Dodge of West Wayne Street is homebound with a dislocated shoulder from a stairs fall. A Washington and Center streets crash involved Gates and John Faley. a settlement was reached. Corry’s 1940-41 lyceum opens at Senior High Auditorium with the Salvi-Pround Ensemble touted as a treat. Erie count relief payments for the week totaled 10,001 dollars, down from the previous week and last year. Edgar M. Mack was elected chair of the G. C. Murphy Company board. Walter C. Shaw named president following John S. Mack's death. The novena to St Therese ends at St Thomas church with Rev Peter Ebner presiding. The Securities Commission ruled Northeastern Water and Electric cannot pay dividends while a 1,000,000 note remains unpaid. Two special GE employee trains will pass Corry Friday to the New York World’s Fair, with reclining chair cars and dining cars planned. Lawrence Thomas and Charles Dailey head to Baltimore for a testimonial dinner honoring Chevrolet executives. plans for 1941 models were outlined. Martin Sullivan of Marion Street was hospitalized after a stroke. Two purebred greyhound dogs stolen near Cross Creek remain missing. a 150 reward is offered for return. leads traced to Corry and Greenville were inconclusive. Police ask for any information.
Wildcat oil wells excite Kane groups near Mead Run
Kane, Oct. 3. Wildcat oil drilling near Mead Run, 12 miles north of Kane, began yesterday at a well owned by Mrs. Kent Kane of Kushequa and drilled by John F. Shaw of Kane. The same region centers on a deep Hiawatha Oil & Gas Co. test near the New York line, with cap rock being drilled and other ventures in the tract failing to show oil or gas.
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Hiawatha Oil & Gas Company
New York State Line
Cornplanter Station
Corry Band Elects New Officers At Meeting
Dr Harry Rhodes was elected president of the Corry Band at last night’s business meeting. Frank Wilcox was named vice president and J Roscoe Dearing secretary. Harold Rauscher and Joseph McNerney of Union City join the board of trustees.
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Harry R. Rnooss
Corry
Frank Wilcox
J. Roscoe Dearing
Ofhers
Harold Rauscher
Joseph McNlerney
Union City
Penn State classes organized across Erie region for 1940 41
Kirk John FH laborer and Penn State Extension Service district representative for Erie and nearby counties coordinates 1940 41 evening class centers in Erie Crawford Warren McKean Forest Venango Mercer Lawrence and Clarion. He runs foreman training courses for industrial firms and handles other College projects from his office at 404 Ariel Building Erie.
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Joan HE
Km John FH
Kirk
Erie
Pennsylvania State College Extension Services
Crewford
Warren
McKean
Forest
Venango
Mercer
Lawrence
Clarion
Penn State
Aeriel
Eve
Former Erieite Faces Life Team in Maine Killing
Arthur Frank Cox an 18 year old Jehovah's Witness minister formerly of Erie was found guilty of the pistol murder of Deputy Sheriff E Dean Pray in North Windham Maine last August. He testified he fired in self defense when Pray threatened him with a car and objected to a phonograph record Cox wed in Erie in 1916-17 and had no prior local criminal record. International News Service reports from Portland via a recent advices.
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Erie
Arthur Frank Cox
Lfe
Thomaston
Maine
Portland
Cox
Superior
E. Dean Pray
North Windham
George Christoph
Christoph
Jehoval
Pray
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