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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1974
Page
4
Readable ad list shows city ads with Lake Erie perch specials, local footwear, dinners, live music, pancake supper, prime rib dinner, farm produce, and sale notices. Venues include Venture Inn, Spartansburg, Elgin Beaverdam Fire Hall, VFW Club, and 16 quart pressure cookers in sale. Deals list prices and phone numbers.
A collage of local ads lists Clark's Glass Center offering replacement glass for aluminum or wood windows on Route 6, Fox Tack Shop in Columbus selling jackets, Venture Inn’s lodging, VanTassel Farms beef, Kodak card discount at Cathers, Canadahia Roller Rink anniversary skating party on October 5, various services from vacuum cleaners to lobster specials at Corry Motor Inn, and toy market forecasts predicting model electric trains reaching $230 million in 1974.
Corry Memorial Hospital notes in brief today report inability to summon a physician in emergencies. Admitted: Mrs Russell Chapin, Mabel Merker, Mrs Eric Buell, Mrs Herbert Rogers, Mrs Clair Stile. Discharged: Josephine Martin, April Wenzel, Mrs Thomas Watson and son, James Thomas, Henry Morton, Susan Shaw, Richard Weaver, Clifton Tressler, Mrs Robert Shettler, Michelle Bair, Paul Balek Jr, Mrs Gerald Hammond, Mrs Harry Anderson. Also lists Nellie Burlingame and Helen Downs as desk volunteers for tomorrow.
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp plans a new plant between Titusville and Hydetown at the former Phillips Products site in Oil Creek Township. Approval depends on township zoning board consent and acquisition of nearby land. A zoning hearing is set for Oct. 15 to decide the use, with details on the second contingency undisclosed.
Erie County commissioners tentatively approve moving Benjamin Musso from courthouse to Erie County Hospital to handle purchasing only. The change halves his previous workload while keeping his salary, with a budget time review for potential pay adjustments. Sheila Dunlavey will be named personnel director at the hospital, amid questions about centralization of county purchasing.
Bernice Marsh and Louie Park hosted a dinner for Frank Bayle of Ripley celebrating his 75th birthday with family and friends including Bayle relatives and local residents. Numerous visits and greetings mark a busy period of gatherings, dinners, and a gospel concert trip to Buffalo with attendees from the area.
The General Assembly proposes amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution expanding the governors appointing power for Attorney General Secretary of Education and other officers with Senate consent. It sets deadlines for nominations within ninety days, Senate action within twenty five days, and remedies if the Senate fails to act. It also sets vacancy rules for elective offices and details for the Board of Pardons and vacancies in the judiciary with two thirds or majority consent.
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