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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1931
Page
6
A mixed Corry area roundup covers car industry delays for late 1931, aviation notes featuring Colonel J d Grady, estate settlements in Clymer, local school and cemetery board actions, a Rex theatre politics parade, a Union City baseball game halted by darkness, and upcoming state conventions. Local police seek dog-catching measures, golf championships, and credit bureau association proceedings in Pittsburgh.
Corry Public Schools report 1436 total enrollments for the current year, about 60 more than 1920-31 figures. High schools gain while elementary drops to 726, junior high holds 255. senior high at 365 with 22 transfers, some tuition, and several first grade overcrowding transfers planned.
The sixth annual Lawson family reunion was at Claude Lawson’s farm in Corry Pennsylvania on September 13. Forty seven members attended and a chicken dinner followed. Officers were re elected and plans set for next year on the Sunday after Labor Day at the same place. Short talks were given by family members and several relatives listed as present from Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania including Dyckes Trostle Barton and Lawson families.
Buffalo specialist touts Eye Jene as a cooling soothing eye treatment that quickly calms burning and inflamed eyes. The ad claims dramatic improvements in dull weary eyes and eye brightness for 60 cents at Downey's Drug Store with nightly use.
Remains of a Gaelic period Ine dwelling were found on a scoured bed of rock, partially exposed as it seems to have been tormented by invaders. The site yields clues on ancient life and fortifications, with fragments suggesting defensive piling and disturbed earth around the structure.
Dr. Thomas H. Green director of the Red Cross Speaking Service will be chief speaker at tomorrow's regional Red Cross conference in the Hotel Corry. The event expects over fifty delegates from nearby towns as Green delivers a noon talk and attends a luncheon. He is renowned for global humanitarian work and has been decorated by France with the Legion of Honor and the Medal of Honor.
Blue Eye Newsletter items list visits and social news from Erie, New York, Chandler Valley, Spring Creek, Corry, Warren, Miles Run and surrounding areas. Names mentioned include Roy Griswold, Floyd Griswold, Charles Brown, FM Yates, Emma Johnson, Laverne DeJesus, Ethel Stearns, Alta Mead, Irvine and Stella Briggs, Nora McClelland, Mrs. Clara Lister, Alfred Danielson, Arthur Danielson, David Danielson, John Danielson, George Keller, Albert Prank, and local households.
The first Schrader family reunion was held yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W Schrader on Liberty Street with fifty nine in attendance. A noon meal followed by a business session elected Carl Schrader as president Fred Schrader as vice president Mrs Mae Schrader as secretary and Frank Weihling as treasurer. Relatives came from Erie Franklin Cattaraugus Colins Center Springville Blaisdale and Buffalo. The next meeting will be at Mrs Mary Schrader’s home 220 West Pleasant Street on the second Sunday in September 1932.
A fragmented text references wild Nowe ers and a person described as a lover of nature. The phrasing is unclear and contains garbled terms, offering little concrete detail about events, people, or locations.
Elberta peaches and other fruits like canning pears prunes and plums advertised with mentions of a local road location and nearby towns. The text lists assorted fruit varieties and a shop or seller name, suggesting a seasonable offer for preserves and fruit supplies.
Two unidentified men robbed Ronco Baressi, owner of a Front Street shop, tying him and gagging him after midnight. They secured about $20 from the cash drawer and fled before a later customer could intervene. The incident marks a return to the area after a decade without such holdups.
An article discusses euthanasia as a term for ending the life of a patient with incurable disease. It clarifies pain and illness drive the debate and notes ethical and legal questions surrounding the practice.
East Columbus avenue pupils will be transported by two bidders. Local taxi operator P M Nichols offered 245 dollars per day, Ralph Hixon bid 2 dollars per day. Committee to study bids and award contract. Nichols has handled transport since schools reopened. August treasurer and secretary reports filed. tax collections for August totaled 8,082.84 with 451.38 from the 1990 31 duplicate and 8,131.66 from current year taxes. Home Making Department offered to assist in canning for Community Chest or welfare groups. a consolidation proposal was discussed but no action taken pending talks with Chest board and county anti tuberculosis association. Board adjourned after approving bills.
United Press reports from Tromsoe that the polar submarine Nautilus will proceed directly to Bergen in South Norway. The ship recently left Advent Bay in Spitzbergen after Arctic exploration and will not call at Tromsoe as previously planned. Sir Huber Wilkins announced the change via wireless from the Nautilus.
The Roosevelt Highway Association postpones its annual meeting to Friday at noon in Wellaboto October 16 to gain more input on U S No 6 westward extension across Ohio Indiana Illinois Town Nebraska and Colorado to Denver. President Burt cites route designation progress and local financing needs as reasons for the delay.
Pittsburgh police hunted three New York gangsters for the Harlem Bay shooting and for the killing of Joseph Siragusa 49, general manager of the Empire Yeast Company. They believe the group led by Joseph Gallo was imported to settle disputes between rival beer machine cliques. Police planned to question almost 100 Empire Yeast customers.
The Misalusippi River has borne four spellings since discovery. Indigenous spelling Mechesebe is cited, followed by Laval’s Mielispe, Labatte’s Misispi, and Marquette’s current form River name evolution reflects explorers and native tongues shaping place names.
In Corry a local judge ruled that certain sailors are not registered as primary residents. The decision, delivered Monday, hinges on residence definitions and the town’s constitutional framework. The case involved Griffin and Walltig, with origins in a private dispute raising questions about eligibility.
A damaged OCR fragment yields a terse item with unclear names and places. The readable bits suggest a brief note about a local matter or notice, but specifics are not determinable from the text provided.
Fragmentary OCR text with scattered names and numbers across multiple terms. No coherent event or clear entities emerge to establish a definite news item or outcome.
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