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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1938
Page
3
Citizens of Venturetown and North Warren are invited to a North Warren Community house gathering Tuesday at 8 PM to discuss installing a water system for fire protection and domestic use. State health officials and a Russell representative will explain insurance savings and water operations.
Sam Corso of Chestnut Street and Franke Clammance died after an automobile accident near Westfield. Corso had phoned Alvin Wright of the city traffic bureau twelve hours earlier. The men joked about business being dead, with Corso saying they might hang a crepe on the door.
Neighbors report a creature resembling an ape in Wonunuea com rage one, with Fred Lind strom and Frank Ross among witnesses. Some fear a bear. a posse scoured the countryside yesterday without success. If sightings continue, a larger search may be organized to calm frightened residents, especially children.
Corry’s Davis Insurance Agency marks 73 years of service dating to 1865 when J B Davis started fire insurance in Corry. The firm now at 145 North Center Street has operated continuously for 58 years there and remains among Erie County’s oldest agencies with three generations of the Davis family.
The week ending September 10 showed a slower rise in CPA general assistance rolls, with 1,869 net cases and 2,935 people added. Total cases reached 214,200, slightly above the winter peak of 218,892, while 988,661 individuals remained on GA rolls. weekly expenditures rose to 1,536,677 dollars as 8,141 new cases were opened and 6,832 closed.
The article explains a legend that digging at where a rainbow touches ground yields gold, notes the source is unknown, and defines rainbow chasers as visionaries who pursue the impossible chasing the fabled pot of gold at a rainbow’s foot.
Rotary Club and Corry Teacher Association prepare for their annual Rotary Teachers Night program at the Hotel Corry Tuesday evening at 8 30. Dr Creig B Hoyt of Grove City College will speak on Education in Community Life. Committees promise entertainment and novelty features to create a memorable evening.
An impreative memories service marked Saturday’s Corry Grange No. 55 meeting in North Center street hall. Rev H B Burnham of Wattsburg Grange gave a memorial address as roses were placed for members lost in the past year. Departed include Elmes Shuss Mathias Luin John Gilpin Lee McCray Cayl Whoresons and Nelson Kimmy. Next meeting set for October 1.
Sacramento pitcher Manuel Freitas threw another no hit no run game as he kept opponents off the board in a season of such performances. One run crossed on two walks and two errors in a single inning, denying a third shutout.
Charles Winthrop Bailey the embattled executive director of the county public assistance board is charged with bigamy after resigning under fire. Prosecutor says Bailey abandoned his South Dartmouth wife and ten children and married another woman in Erie without divorce. Bailey denies bigamy and seeks to prove divorce. he faced a 2 p.m. Tuesday deadline to respond.
United Press reports the Pennsylvania Game Commission will push hunting safety via short films shown in cinemas. The minute and a half clips, premiering Oct 1, stress safe gun handling, avoiding defective firearms, and not borrowing rifles.
Pasadena item offers a $5,000 prize for a satisfactory orchard heater to keep pests and smoke away. The ruling calls for a device that prevents frost and preserves fruit, amid limited attempts to develop such a heater in the past.
Republican county chairman Samuel Roberts announced that the campaign film Fight for Pennsylvania will tour the county next week. The talking picture includes speeches by Supreme Court Judge Arthur James and other GOP candidates and will visit Crawford, Clarendon, Cumberland, Franklin, and others with offices in Malawile.
Report from Berlin states that England and France have yielded to Hitler as he presses to end Czechoslovakia’s Sudeten issue. The Sudeten Free Corps declares preparations complete and says action can begin against the Czechs.
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