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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1942
Page
5
Reading challenges reveal partial phrases about an event or market in Chis ont with unclear dates and actions. Names and specifics are omitted due to distortion, leaving a vague reference to a sale or agitation. Further readable context is needed for precise summary.
A published exchange details multi-decade judgments against Ross in Butler County, accusing him of dishonesty and political expediency. The report cites $19,647.48 across 24 judgments dating to 1930, alleged to have been settled or paid through Democratic machinery.
A bustling social page describes a Golden Rule Club Halloween party at Hotel Corry with 194 attendees, entertainment by KDKA Troupe and the Georgia Wild Cats, plus a week of military and local life news. Also noted are engagements, anniversaries, service moves, and community events across Erie area and beyond.
Thirteen members of the Readers met at Mrs T J Ragan's home on West Church Street Monday afternoon They welcomed Mrs W F Hickerwell visiting from Dayton and spending time with her mother Mrs C J Robbins Each member named a favorite song C F Cronin read a panel Recent Musical Compositions The Seventh Symphony by Dmitri Shastskovich was performed in New York on October 18 by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Tosommi conducting It also highlighted twenty three recent day composers to be played by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra this winter as significant war contributions After the program the ladies sewed Red Cross material under Miss Long Mather Mrs Bertha Stockton will host the club on November 9
Mrs Richard Stedman Honored at a dinner by ten Aero Supply Office Iask employees at Turbell's. Guests received corsages. Stedman received a blanket pall and good wishes. Attending were Mrs Richard Morton Mrs Dean Houser Mrs Clair Kendell and several Misses from local entertainment and recreation circles.
Northwest District secretary Ivan Bengink and Ruth Dawney along with boys and girls supervisors met to finalize plans for a Halloween party in Cory rooms on October 30 at 1 30 p m Tickets will be required and free tickets are available Wednesday or Thursday at the rooms Winners will be chosen for best costumes including most original funniest and best impersonation Rooms will close Friday afternoon to prepare for the event
Miss Barbara Roberts hosted a scavenger hunt at her West Smith street home Saturday evening. Friends Dorothy Hamlin Trene Willis Jean Shreve Guy Brown Floyd Lillie Lionel Trisp and Jimmy Kluger attended as the group enjoyed the games and refreshments.
The College Women's Club at Hotel Cocry with forty five members heard Pitt Center supervisor J Ployd Mahony discuss War and Its Effect on Education. He cited three wartime shifts including condensed four year programs to ten and a half years and draft age changes, noting education will be regulated by the government. A book report on Song of Bernadette followed and refreshments concluded the evening.
Orval Peterson son of Mr and Mrs Alton Peterson of Corry RD 4 left Saturday night for Camp Blanding La where he will be stationed with the Army Engineers Corps He was honored at a spare held dinner at the Spaghetti Shoppe Erie with gifts from attendees including Mr and Mrs Alton Peterson Mr and Mrs Raleigh Peterson Mr and Mrs Donald Gates Mr and Mrs Victor Elisart and daughter Joann of Corry Mr and Mrs Richard Wagner and daughters Betty and Elaine and son David of North East Mr and Mrs Norman Stone Wesleyville and Miss Geraldine Janes of Wattsburg
A test run in an outboard boat ended when the craft overturned near the foot of Willis Street in Oil City. Richard J. Rosenberg, 28, of 137 East Bissell Avenue, drowned while trying to reach shore. His companion, A. W. Moorehouse, 34, of 3 Hickory Street, escaped by clinging to a barge and was rescued by Donald Parks and Bill Smith of the local gravel company.
Radio network lineup lists NBC CBS and MBS programs with comedy, variety, drama, and music. Notable shows include Burns and Allen, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Suspense, and an upcoming Wartime Distribution of Manpower segment by Dr Morris Fishbein, along with Navy Band and Club Matinee.
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