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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1936
Page
7
The readable words reveal a damaged OCR snippet with unclear names and dates. It hints at cultural or social notes and possible family references but lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize. No decisive actions or outcomes are present.
Unclear readable text shows references to age and Santa, with fragmented lines. No coherent event or names emerge beyond generic holiday context and scattered terms.
A garbled OCR fragment lists players, teams, and terms including Corry, Sebok, Ath Une, Taylor, Pierce Spear, Silman, Wilcox, and saints. It reads as a jumble of names, positions, and potential notes from a game, with no clear events, scores, or dates to anchor a coherent report. The text is too incomplete to identify a specific game or outcome.
Corry High Beavers upset Titusville Rockets 7-0 on a muddy field as Wilcox’s 70 yard run set the tone and McVage added the extra point. Sheffield game saw Corry Hight win 23-0 behind a 60 yard dash by Pitgayage in the mud. Next week Corry travels to Vermngaville for an out of town game.
One Northwest District meeting of Pennsylvania State Teachers Association was held Friday October 16 at Strong Vincent High School Erie Pennsylvania. The theme was Values in Modern Education. Samuel D Rosen spoke on Foreign Influences in America. Laster Hf Ade discussed The New Education. Edinger of Cory spoke on Woodworking in Industrial Arts. Da Wo B Tolley, president of Allegheny College, gave a Sweink Studies address.
A town meeting is urged for musicians to organize a new band in Corry. The gathering will be at Lokne’s Hardware Store on West Main, with the Golden Rule Citta raising about $400 for rehearsal costs through winter. Many prospects express interest, and Mila Water is favored as director of the new band.
A vivid, ragged account describes a muddy football clash as carries and tackles surge across the field. Corry and Goode execute key runs while defenders press to stop them, with a chaotic finish and renewed team energy as the play veers toward a tense scoring chance.
On Friday October 16 a teacher meeting in Erie caused no school and a holiday. Students including Jack Taylor Edith Hixson Dick Lindsley and others hiked to Chestnut Ridge for chestnuts but returned empty handed. Many stayed home cleaned or shopped while some traveled to Erie Buckner University and Seton Hill for a weekend of city air and events. Two hunters returned with tired dogs. others went to Ripley North East and the Country Club. The week ends with notes of the Masonic Temple dance and cross country outings as readers await the next chapter.
K. KE. members met at Norm Grizzis on Wednesday with Refreshiente served. Awards went to Joan Roach and Edith Hixson. Colleague notices include Meadeville electrical student Oslo A. Wing elected secretary of Rensselaer Beta Pi. Charles Costello corrected to Senior. Football team traveled to Youngsville with high school guests attending. Several players sustained injuries in practice. Ruth Blaine Bennett celebrated with a surprise party.
The first Marking Day of the year shows Seniors lead with about fourteen percent on the honor roll, Sophomores at twenty eight percent, and Juniors around four percent. A Senior girls’ homeroom tops with twenty percent on both honor and credit lists, while overall Sophomores total about nineteen point eight percent.
An assembly celebrating the Timneville win featured Martha Hawkins presiding as girls council president. Speakers included Mr. Dewey and Mr. Bracken, with Jack Taylor among first team members. The event opened with a jinx ceremony, band selections, and finished with songs and a preview of Romance of the Showboat.
The Corrian Will hints at chaotic polls in the Nerman elections with John Wilcox and Paul Taylor leading in both Junior and Senior classes and unconfirmed stories of couples, mis-spellings, and undecided best looking boy and girl winners. The piece cautions readers that the details are based on rumor and may be fiction.
Disjointed OCR style lines reference Mr Myers home room students and teachers at a high school. Mentions include Martin Keppel wish, Jesith Crowell driving a blue Terraplane, Blanden, Mary Alter, and a senior with a Tiddie tin in a wide area.
The HL Times presents a detailed roster of editorial and staff positions including Editor Worm Bennett Assistant Harriet Anderson Managing Editor Mary Gillette Sports Editor Bey Bracken News Editor Shirley Binton and Literary Editor JoAnn Roach with a wide array of contributors such as Nevins Grice Harriet Wynn Marjorie McIlroy and many others. The list showcases the newspaper’s diverse bylines and advisory personnel amid a period of staffing transparency.
In a verse like note, students recall gum chewing in class and the amused consequences, while mentions of biology experiments and rising labor orders hint at school life. The piece touches on overweight worries, diet attempts, and a call for scale repairs, all tied to a bemused reflection by Conrad Bavako.
Fragmentary verse reflecting on language and tense forms. The speaker complains about speech and grammar, mentioning tenses and echoes of a ghost in a fragmented voice. Contains unclear references to Tye, Wes, and a tongue. written in a distorted phonetic style.
Norms Grice editor of the Corrisn has photographed outstanding seniors juniors and sophomores. Pictures include class home room teachers and football fellows. Mr Brooks also took class group pictures for the yearbook sections.
Basketball opened its season with a first practice night led by coach Cohen Byler. Twenty five candidates attended, aiming to assess material beyond football players. Players Hurlbuf Becker Gumbleton and Loveland showed promise in their initial workout as the team eyes a heavy schedule ahead.
A postcard fragment paints a morning scene as a distant battle between a hero and villain unfolds. The text blends hazy memories with vivid imagery of birds singing and a bright day, ending with a murderous demand and the hero's lethal response attributed to Robert Swanson.
Gleim Hepler aged 15 and his grandfather Gush Johnson 16 Summer Street were injured when Hepler’s right arm was caught in a wood saw while assisting. He was treated at Corey hospital and discharged Saturday.
Dodge Division of Chrysler announces pricing for ten 1937 Dodge cars with several reductions and free safety glass. The base model remains the business coupe at 644, followed by multiple sedans and four doors with various rear storage options and trims priced up to 875.
Reports from Johannesburg claim a woman named Antie Lowy may be the world’s oldest at 130 or 140. The piece says she was the sole survivor of a historic trek of 1888 involving Boer movement toward the Cape and Transvaal, though details are unclear and records are not corroborated.
Chicago specialist Sherman will attend the Lawrence Hotel Erie for one day only, from 9 AM to 6 PM. He promotes the Zoety Shield as a noninvasive method that stabilizes ruptures and improves circulation without medicines or straps. Demonstrations offered free of charge at 441 N M Richmond St, Chicago.
The October 17 report shows a statewide reduction of 1,387 direct relief cases. About 2,552 of 4,848 reopened cases had lost private employment, with earnings falling to subsistence levels. 370,214 persons remained on relief rolls, while 2,552 lost private work and 623 cases closed.
The Western Pennsylvania District of the Federal Housing Administration reports a sharp rise in insured mortgage applications for 1986, with Pittsburgh office data showing roughly 4,090 applications totaling 16.62 million dollars. About 87 in 1,000 came from Allegheny County, and 887 applications worth 4.47 million were for new construction. Director Daleby W. Heselburth notes the district may double 1985 figures, and since his tenure began last June the Pittsburgh office has handled 52 percent of all applications. In Marquette, Michigan, a 900-pound bear was shot in Prosquy Este park, the first seen in years.
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