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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1948
Page
3
A local health group announces a spay and neuter drive aimed at reducing shelter overcrowding. Volunteers will provide low cost services and educational materials at the community center on a weekend in coming weeks.
A confusing OCR fragment references a Supreme Court appeal over alleged fraud. It mentions a panel or appeal in a court and references a church and a Wednesday proceeding, but the readable details are too fragmentary to identify people, places, or outcomes.
Alvin Smiley, 24, of Kane, charged with shooting death July 14, was released on 1000 bail after Judge Charles G. Hubbard ruled a writ of habeas corpus unnecessary. Smiley’s attorneys Ralph DePamph of Kane and Robert Apple of Smethport secured the bail in a closed session, following evidence review by investigators.
Funeral service for James H Woodring was held Saturday at 2:30 PM at Bracken Keating Funeral Home. Rev Jordan Gale of Columbus officiated. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attending from afar were James Earl Woodring and family, Edmund Rhodes and family, and several relatives from Meadville Jamestown Erie and Detroit.
The fourth driest September on record in Pennsylvania delayed plowing and fall seeding across Elk County. Water shortages hit Johnsonburg, Kersey, and rural areas, forcing residents to haul water from springs while Ridgway benefits from a large impounding dam on Big Mill Creek thanks to the late H. B. Norton. The Weather Bureau reports September rainfall at 13 inches, about Wo inches below normal.
United Nations delegations were surprised as Russia called for a four power ministerial meeting. Western officials viewed the move as propaganda to pressure Berlin crisis delays while Marshall Begin and Schuman planned talks. Russia argues the council cannot rule on Germany until a German peace treaty is signed.
In northern France, about 395000 coal workers faced a nationwide stoppage as CGT led pickets formed at mine entrances near Douai. The strike, called for unlimited duration, risks crippling coal output while non Communist unions prepare mixed participation.
Two young trapper boys Tommy Stroup aged 13 and Jimmy Shaver aged 12 caught a red fox Saturday on the old Sekerak farm on East Columbus Avenue. It is their first fox after success with beavers last spring. The fox head will be sent to Harrisburg for a bounty. Electric light meters in U. S. women and industries measure more than 216 million kilowatt hours annually.
Columbus news recaps social visits and gatherings. Locals Mr. Ind Mrs. J Edwin Israelson and others travel to and from Union City Erie Pittsburgh Warren Cory Watts Flats share celebrations. A surprise party honors Harold Caster with guests from Lottsville Bear Lake Columbus and Walts Flats. Community members visit Rochester Port Allegany Chautauqua Magnolia and Clymer for events and family time.
Mrs James Blakeslee returned from Meadville while the Blakeslees visited in Erie with Amy Yeager. Arthur HIM and Nathan Dodd attended a state conservation program in Saltsburg. A yearly drive to support Dutton Library raises funds and memberships. The library opens Wednesdays at noon with children's and fiction shelves. Donations go through Columbus teachers or Mrs Charley Swanson Warren Fargo or Vernelia Page. Miss Tvis Messinger of Corry visited grandparents Thomas Messinger Sr. and Miss Roberta Huntley of Wheeled stayed with aunt Herbert Dahl's family. Thomas Messinger Jr plans a week at Ridgway for Ajax Iron Works tool grinding school.
Mr and Mrs Robert Storms and Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Wal daughter of Cassatingo N spent ter Casler in a social gathering noted in local society columns, highlighting family ties and community events.
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