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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1959
Page
4
Corry Journal columnist Hal Boyle recounts Americana snippets and local color from readers and events. The piece blends personal vignettes with quotations and humorous asides reflecting small town daily life.
A discussion on the trend toward smaller homes in modern life highlights privacy and space shortages. The piece argues that families compensate by car use for recreation, cites higher material and labor costs, and notes long-term regret in overspending on larger houses after completion.
The State Bonus Bureau announces 6474 veterans qualified for the Korean War bonus. Governor and lawmakers press to finalize processing in various counties while many districts report fees charged for certification of veteran records and benefits.
Twenty years after a vital conflict, Senator Hiram Johnson warns repeal of arms restrictions could worsen national peril while Corry’s youth trouble looms near the Rex Theatre district. Police plan an immediate drive to crack down on thefts and roaming youths, as local residents seek stability.
Hurors reporter notes a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad collision near Lovells, three hours west of Renovo, with two locomotives seriously damaged but occupants surviving. Ward reports Harry Watson, enlisted August 2 for Siberia, due to depart October 15 for Vladivostok.
William Garter of Buells Corners and his wife Erma endured a string of misfortunes including hospital stays after his fall at Corry Bridge and Supply Company. Amid woes, bright news arrived as two Canadian Army service medals honored both Erma and Bill, a Canadian war bridegroom who met Erma while she served in Canada.
A Canadian husband and wife, wartime service details include Bill earning the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal while serving in Infantry and Erma serving with the Royal Canadian Signal Corps in the Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Corps. Bill later spent two years in the U S Army, discharged in 1948. The narrative then recounts a 1956 auto accident that seriously injured both, Bill’s spinal injury from a construction accident the same year, hospital transfers, a 1956 flood forcing relocation of Bill, and Erma’s illness leaving their four children with relatives. a stove explosion in 1957 caps the unfortunate sequence.
Bill Carter hurt in a fall from a truck at Corry Bridge and Supply in October 1959 and cannot return to work until treatment with an Erle specialist is completed. He and wife Erma praise supportive employers and neighbors as they recount years of misfortunes and still keep hopeful, with a closing note about Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific in 1513.
Readable fragments describe an evening event linked to Peter and an association in Way. The text is fragmented but centers on a meeting or gathering with Mr. of Way as a key figure and Peter connected to the association. The item reads as a brief society note with limited concrete details.
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