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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1935
Page
8
Reading and arithmetic discussed at the Regular meeting of the Board of Education this evening. Gas bills paid. Erie court convened with arrests for drunk and disorderly and traffic violations. fines imposed.
About 1 620 students return as Corry Public Schools open the 1935 26 term after a three month recess. Superintendent Dewey reports three record enrollments at Senior High and total public school enrollment of 1485 with 382 in elementary, 796 in junior high, and 892 in senior high. St Edwards Parish School sits at 185, with 50 in high school. Additional increases expected tomorrow and routine classes resume by Tuesday afternoon.
Hundreds from religious civic and fraternal groups in county EE Neel gathered at Ridgway to plan rehabilitation and realignment of the dangerous Boot Jack road. The meeting, at the court house, spilled into halls as crowd and officials filled the space, pressing the state highway department in Harrisburg for immediate safety measures to curb the deadly stretch.
In Salamanca a fatal car train collision killed Morris John Gordon 20 of Red House as relatives prepare his funeral. John Poniatowski 45 Swan Street is in City Hospital with serious injuries. Lloyd Blakeslee 37 165 Bimm Street is held on an open charge after an auto upset at Killbuck east of Salamanca.
Mrs Alta Davis 55 widow of Clarence Davis a prominent Rouseville resident died suddenly at Corry Hospital. Funeral at her daughter Mrs E W Owens Rouseville Tuesday at 2 pm interment Grove Hill Cemetery Rev W Chitester officiating. Survived by son Charles Davis Oil City two brothers one sister and three grandchildren. Also note Mercer Grays City highway berms completed ready for state inspection.
United Press dispatch from London reports Britain fears Italian aggression in Ethiopia could spark unrest across its empire. With 400 million subjects under colonial rule, officials worry about marching tensions spreading to territories near Ethiopia including Somaliland, Kenya, Uganda, the Sudan, and Egypt, while royal and cabinet leaders monitor developments closely. The piece also notes a McCray reunion held in Corry with 26 members and a guest.
Two brothers Andrew and John Beskorsii of East 37th Street rescued Battiste Sechi a 46 year old Niagara Falls paper worker who jumped toward the brink of the American Falls. They formed a rope line from Prospect Point eight feet out and pulled him to the bank before rushing him to a hospital. The warning note shows this is the second rescue in 30 years with no one saved from the edge recently.
Miss Mary M. Parry, field supervisor of the state WPA women’s activities division, visited Ells from Harrisburg to review in‑making projects for women workers. She, with WPA district director B. J. Cochran, will spend a week checking personnel and advancing female employment projects. Gertrude Ely, head of the state WPA women’s division, plans to visit Erie soon to review progress.
A watch found embedded in a road on Bear Mountain after two years. It withstood many passing vehicles and remained in nearly perfect condition, discovered in Brookfield VI A containing elements of the original owner’s timepiece.
Mrs Eleanor Salayk Erle allegedly poured scalding water over her husband Felix Saleayle at 1025 E 6th St August 10. Held for September grand jury on aggravated assault and battery, released on $500 bail. Husband testified she poured more hot water later. she denied the charges. Jury duty noted for R L Skinner.
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