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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1932
Page
6
The Corry registration tally for the November election rose beyond 2,100 after a Saturday special enrollment for those ill or absent during regular dates. Donald Stewart oversaw the session at the Municipal Building, lifting the total beyond the prior 2,058 regular registrations as party figures were reported.
Harl Tibbets of Salamanca a railway express messenger on the Salamanca Chicago run of the Erie suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died in Chicago Saturday. The report notes his prominence among local express employes and mentions varied news items from political broadcasts to state highway openings and new prison plans.
Amid the last week of the presidential campaign in Erie County meetings are scheduled to boost Herbert Hoover. Chairman Mortimer says confidence runs high that Hoover will sweep the county on November 5. Speakers include Graham, W. Pitt Gifford, Milton W. Shreve, and possibly James W. Beck in planned rallies.
Mrs Ann McNamara Monroe wife of E L Monroe a well known Golimbus resident died at her home Friday afternoon. Funeral services were held at 9 30 this morning at Thomas church with Rev Francis Graves assisting and Miss Anna Shields and James Sullivan as soloists. The body was later taken to Columbus for interment in West Lawn Cemetery with Gerald Monroe L G Monroe W C Tresselt Fred Babyock John McNamara and Charles Simpson as laborers. Relatives and friends from away attending included Attorney and Mrs Louis G Monroe Mr and Mrs Tred Babesch Dunkirk Mrs Claude Timmins Dunkirk and Miss Maude R Babcock Ithaca among others.
United Press dispatch from Washington reports Secretary of State Castle praising Prime Minister Herriot's disarmament plan as a distinct contribution to arms reduction. He notes the American reaction to the proposal is friendly and favorable despite the poor state of the project.
Fire over the weekend swept farm dwellings in the Cory area causing losses running into thousands of dollars. Two houses were completely destroyed with furnishings lost, and families left homeless. A fire at W H Ross’s home in Wayne township destroyed the structure and its contents while the origin remained a mystery. The Ross home had been vacant for weeks and the area received aid from the Second Ward truck, but firefighters arrived too late. Another blaze at Harvey Whitehill and Walter Purdy’s Corry owned farm near Dawson farm north of Columbus left the home razed and uninhabitable, with the owner Edward Smith staying there briefly. A fourth home formerly owned by Lovena Faulkner was destroyed, with losses around 3500 dollars and insurance status not yet known.
A Pittsburgh man Edward A. Corbett, 35, died when his car veered off a bridge into the Clarion River near Franklin. Corbett’s car plunged 35 feet to the riverbed. Witnesses saw him surface and call for help before becoming entangled in the wreckage and radio wires. Coroner H. M. Wellman ruled death accidental drowning.
Reports from Union City say a man named Gorley was badly hurt when struck by a car late last night between Mill Village and Waterford. Journal inquiries found no further information about the accident.
Corry Women's Club schedules its first regular meeting Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Mrs C Barnes will report on the State Federation gathering in Philadelphia. A board meeting precedes the club session. members urged to attend.
Arch Dennis and three others were arrested by federal prohibition agents in a raid on an alleged speak easy at 212 West Main. Dennis faced a possession charge and was held on $1,000 bail after a sale charge against him was dismissed. The proprietor was away when the raid occurred. James Titus Nick Mackris and Joe Schultz were held for grand jury action at earlier hearings.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y M C A Leaders Council for the boys and young men's clubs will be held at 29 West Smith Street Tuesday evening at 8 30. Representatives of Sunday schools and superintendents are invited to attend. Sunday school teachers active in teaching a class are especially invited. Part of the evening will cover methods in teaching stages and aid leaders. Important business on Older Boys Conferente Younger Boys Conference Younger Boys Rallies and Leaders Institute will be discussed. A number of older HIV members interested in leading younger boys clubs are invited.
Mrs Esther Cogswell opens Fewers Beauty Shop at 141 Mott Street Tuesday morning. She has spent months with her sister on East South Street and will welcome old patrons and new customers to the home beauty parlors now in operation’s seventh year in battles.
Worth Hammond Democratic candidate for the Assembly has received an endorsement letter from the State Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Harrisburg. The endorsement was recommended by internal representatives and signed by James A. Fox and Chas. H. Kiefer. The letter dated September 6 1932 notes the session in Harrisburg the week of September 13.
Hundreds of Corry residents will watch a Halloween parade tonight led by the Rotary Slab and YMCA boys committee. The procession forms at the State Armory at 7 20 PM and travels west on Washington, then Center, Park Place, Maple, Smith, and Center to South, ending at the Rex Theatre for judging. Rudy Appel and Frank DeLury preside as masters of ceremonies with A M Litz Dr R B Mosier and Harry Spicer judging entries. A mass masquerade dance follows at Maccabee Hall sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars with Melody Boys providing music and special low prices. J A L Foster left for Youngstown on business.
James Levi 28 of 1102 West Sixth Street, a Brie golfer, was driving east on Eighth Street between Walnut and Chestnut when a bullet shattered his car window. Levi escaped unharmed as police hunted the so-called phantom gunman, the fourth motorist shot at in recent months with one prior victim losing an eye.
A Halloween masquerade at Corry Country Club drew fifty couples in masks from 9:30 PM to 2:00 AM. Whittaker's Band of Union City provided music, lunch was served, and guests included Mr and Mrs J A Hughes Jamestown Wilson Creal Warren Mr and Mrs Leslie Donaldson and Miss Charlotte McKelvey from Spring Creek plus Miss Kay Ryan of Brie.
London Oct 31 aged Field Marshal Lord Methuen oldest senior officer on the army active list and famed for South Africa exploits died at Cor Sham Wiltshire yesterday at 87 he did not fight in the World War due to his advanced age.
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