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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1931
Page
6
Primary election eve activities described at Old Fellows hall with encampment and Rotary address by Dr Arthur Davis. Neighborhood disturbances on Prospect Street follow car argument. related public notices include Odd Fellows meetings and school board session in Corry.
Mrs Frank Elsworth of North Center street left for Jamestown to attend funeral services for Abel Balck who died in Omaha from gunshot wounds inflicted by a bandit Friday night. Balck was a hotel clerk and had been visiting Corry. the killer fled the scene.
Impressive funeral services led by Rev. 5 A. Hook were held Sunday at 2 30 from the late home on Second Avenue for Kenneth Roof a well known Corry boy. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery with bearers Carl Peterson Franke Lilz Jr Clifford Ross Bilsworth Harmon Lester Dennison and Amby Alten. Relatives from out of town included numerous Roof family members and friends from Titusville Detroit Mich Centerville North East and North Hastings Pa among others.
Two occupants of a car owned by Joseph Suchar of Columbus escaped with minor injuries after a wreck east of Columbus. Adolphe Schuler, 19, of Erie, riding with them, suffered facial lacerations and two missing teeth but was not seriously injured. The car went off a dirt road into a culvert and was badly wrecked near Crom Dance east of Columbus.
Columbus notes the Community Aid will gather Thursday September 17 at the home of Mrs. John Dutton to mark the organization’s tenth anniversary. Leader Prible and Crosby hosts report weekend visitors from Pittsburgh and Olean, with Mrs. Jennie Moore also visiting.
The body of 62 year old William Seibert, missing from 103 1 2 W Sixth St for three days, was found floating near the breakwall Saturday afternoon by George Dickinson and Edward Kowolaiti. He likely fell into deep water while walking the land breakwater. Coroner George E Blood of Fredonia will investigate.
Elberta peaches are ripe and selling for 50 cents per bushel with a 14 cent discount if customers bring their own package. The sale is two miles east of North East on Buffalo road or at the home farm of A. J. Youngs in North East, Paris.
Frank Patrick a graduate of Columbus High School and a longtime resident appears in La Fiesta de Los Angeles in California City. A copy of the Evening Herald shows Patrick in a pirate costume with Barba Koepke at the Artists Ball. The costume is vivid red in the Capt. Kidd style. He pursues sculpture in Los Angeles under sculptor Rezer Noble Burnham.
Stanley Stasiak, colorful Polish wrestler from Cambridge, Massachusetts, died in Belleville Ontario after a week of illness. He collapsed Sept 1 during a match with Ed Von George, and blood poisoning developed while en route to Montreal.
Joseph Allen Waldo 88 formerly of Corry died Friday September 11 at Corydon. Burial was at Pine Grove after brief graveside services with a firing squad from Lieut. A W Thompson Post VFW and taps. Waldo born May 17 183? served as private in Company A 1st Ohio Light Artillery. He was a well known Corss resident.
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson wed David Hutton in a sunrise ceremony aboard an airplane in Arizona. The 98 year old, previously widowed and divorced, listed her age as 98 on a Yuma license. Hutton, a 30 year old soloist and music teacher at Angelus Temple, has worked with her for six years.
Local political advertisement promotes Hibertas for camming Bartlett pears prunes and plums. Callout urges bringing basket and provides Findley Lake road North Hast Pa address for contact.
William S. Hepner assistant manager of the Eastern Area of the American National Red Cross will address the regional conference at the Hotel Corry Wednesday. He has held multiple national posts and led war service efforts from 1920s onward, shaping relief and chapter training.
Fragmented OCR text suggests a September event on a program titled Two Babe featuring mpi musical and local performances. Details are garbled with unclear names and dates, but indicates an evening broadcast or local show with entertainment acts and a possible teepee of acts.
A fragmentary OCR item appears as a personal note of uncertain recipient. Readable parts mention a person named Risa and possible reference to a lost item or family matter. Further context is unclear from the available text.
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