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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1932
Page
7
Beavers head to Saturday’s game versus North East in their first meeting in years. The squad tests fitness with calisthenics, field drills, passing and line work as coaches refine signals and backfield plays ahead of Friday and Saturday sessions.
A student edited issue discusses the synthesis of character, blending honesty, sharpness, generosity and willpower into an ideal profile. It cites chemists’ feats as metaphor and reflects on traits shaping greatness, urging readers to judge character with reason.
A high school student explains why caddying is a popular summer job. The work offers fresh air and flexible hours, opportunities to meet many people, and chances to caddy at exhibition tournaments. A notable moment came when advising a player on a difficult distance, correctly estimating within a yard, illustrating the mix of skill and interaction in caddying.
A stream of lively, informal school chatter covers absent students, crushes, reports, and social happenings. Names like Claudia Place, Marion Cogswell, Lee, Dorothy, and Mary Sears appear amid jokes about report cards, dances, and hallway rumors.
A school article notes a play titled Too Many Bosses will be produced around December first with cast to be chosen soon. Upperclassmen preferred. Miss Rowland to sponsor. Assembly program schedule lists room numbers across the school year and students plan one act plays or music programs per home room. A candy sale by Room 28 on October 27 supported Red Cross and underwrite trips for students.
A history course for sophomores uses several textbooks to broaden views on World History. It aims to clarify how present situations arise, with study showing Greek, Roman, and American governance as evolving models. Class discussions foster student viewpoints.
The Hi-Times notes elation as the high school band is to get uniforms of capes and hats in school colors funded by an American Legion post drive. The article corrects prior errors, lists 43 band members including director G. Bennett, drum major H. Brypolsson, and sections such as clarinets, sousaphones, and trumpets, and thanks contributors and townspeople for the support.
High school students are invited to enter a nationwide essay contest offering substantial prizes. First prize is the Encyclopaedia Britannica and a mahogany bookcase. second prize includes 60 Britannica books. third and fourth prizes add 88 and 15 books respectively. Additional prizes include 100 copies of a specially drawn book-plate and original Wonderauts. Submit up to 300 words with the book title and publisher, to the Book Review Editor, American Boy Magazine, Detroit by November 28.
Readable fragments describe school calendar items with terms like vacation periods and dates. Mentions Thanksgiving recess and Memorial Day. Names and places are unclear, but reference to Bend, Grove City, and local periods appear.
A humorous column critiquing G H S graduates antics. It lampoons student behavior, notes performances by Nell McKay and Pete Haines, and jokes about locker-room antics and eyeing new neckties while calling for more timely school news from J. G. leaders.
A Halloween party featured students in costumes from different eras, with games and a roast. Dorothy Gauffrean hosted eighteen classmates for a witching dinner on October 24, with Weipers roasts and cider during the evening. Another gathering saw twelve at Miss Ross Becker’s home for seasonally themed games and a later lunch. Harriett Colegrave entertained eight guests with Bridge and dancing, followed by a late lunch. The night included a mock royal orders gathering in a graveyard with ceremonial attire and mysterious sounds fading into night.
In Girard Ohio teacher William Myers Mc Hume is noted for teaching Sophomore English Boys Health and all athletics. A McDonald Ohio graduate he entered Thiel College Greenville Pa and graduated in 1932. He served four years in both basketball and football, earning a place on the Thiel Kappa Sigma fraternity.
A collision between a Wright roadster driven by Mrs Sibling and a trolley car operated by William Olmstead in Jamestown injured Mrs Alice Kibling and killed Mrs Bi gar D Cook. Cook died at Jamestown General Hospital. Kibling, a long time Republican committeewoman, was severely injured and hospitalized.
Anton Jadrick aged 18 rode with Pragiey in a crash that injured two others. Wrazier of Clymer N Y was arrested in St Vincent’s hospital on aggravated assault and battery charges after Hindman of Cleveland swore information. Constable Paul Watson detained the suspect.
In a grim 1828 era report a man named Shakespaiire Thomas Sionit, aged 34, son of Dir. aid Mrs. Hawvard Snook, was shot and admitted to Sage Taven hospital around 6:20 PM. Police say he refused to name his assailant, while witnesses describe a struggle prior to the injury. The victim’s condition is listed as critical with treatment at Lee hospital ongoing.
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