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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1939
Page
2
A Meadville jury returned a guilty verdict against John Rath of Wayne township on larceny charges in the quarter session court. The ruling was delivered around Larceny charges stemmed from Sion court records and the defendant faced the presiding judge on Tuesday afternoon.
Front page items report civic meetings and notices across Meadville and nearby towns. Dispatches note fuel, grocery deals, school per pupil costs, and holiday closures. Community events include lectures on Christian Science, church activities, and local accidents with brief health updates.
The sixth annual Mixer reunion gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Pharles Fist in Cambridge Spritars for a noon dinner served by fixteen. Relatives in attendance included Elbert Mixer and family, Pred Mixer, Clarence Mixer, Miller families, Gates, Gook, Plesgid, and other Mixers with visitors Carl Rhiguée and Edna Mixer among them.
Clarence L. Bradford aged 28 of 2927 Shhenk street died after falling from an overhead bridge onto railroad tracks on Buffalo road at East avenue. Services were held at Sacred Heart church with Rev. Victor Reiser assisting and burial at Calvary cemetery. Bradford died in Hamet hospital shortly after the 2:30 am accident on Saturday.
Oscar F. Carlson dies at his Hill Home at 11 30 AM after extended illness. Born September 1878 in Watts Flats New York he moved to Elgin in 1895. He worked for Erie Railroad 1896 until two years ago and was a section foreman and Brotherhood of Railroad Employes member. Surviving wife Nellie daughter Verl Walker son Harold Carlson three brothers and a sister, funeral by Bracken Beating, services Saturday at Elgin church, interment Elgin Cemetery.
Erie county Public Assistance Board executive director C. L. White reports a large share of recently laid off WPA workers have relief requests rejected. Investigations show some applicants have assets or responsible relatives, and changes in status block approval despite prior relief. Each case is thoroughly checked to avoid errors.
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