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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1954
Page
6
In Sheffield today, about 1200 to 1500 schoolchildren are slated to receive gamma globulin inoculation. The mass effort was requested by Dr H J McGhee of Kane, medical director, after several polio cases were reported in the area. one death has been attributed to the disease.
Rev Francis Graves of St Thom as Church leads a Marian year pilgrimage to Our Lady of Victory Mission at Spar tansburg. The group travels by car from the nearby church in observance of the Marian year.
Harley H Marsh age 70 died at 2 a m today at his Columbus home after an extended illness. Born July 3 1884 in Crawford County he lived in Wattsburg youth and married Gretchen Munsee in 1918. Survived by wife three brothers and two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at EUB Church with Rev H Ray Harris officiating. Burial West Lawn Columbus.
Pat John W. Miller, 29, died when his car veered off a busy street in Tyrone and hit a lumber pile. Coroner Harold Troxell said Miller apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone.
United States gained sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone through the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of November 18, 1903, establishing U S control of the strategic strip.
The GIO Textile Workers of America notified American Viscose Corporation in Philadelphia of plans to seek a modest wage increase plus improvements in working conditions. Wesley W. Cook, director of the union's synthetic yarn division, said the total cost to the company would not exceed 10 cents an hour. Cook noted the Viscose Advisory Council, representing about 10,000 workers in seven plants, agreed to limit demands given unsettled textile industry conditions.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for George W. Cassler 58 assistant superintendent of Allegheny County schools. He died of a heart attack last night at his home in Coraopolis.
A junior senior high PTA session in a Methodist Church heard Northwest District PTA president Mrs Harold G Moore outline PTA aims to help students and present school programs to parents. Mrs A J Nicely led guidance on organizing a PTA for the new Cory Area school with advice on college, jobs, and family life.
Mrs Moore cites needs for parent teacher student cooperation. Mrs Robert Faber state chairman spoke to local PTA presidents on parliamentary procedure and how parents of elementary children, by joining the association, could work with each other and teachers. The school of instruction, sponsored by the Corry Area Council PTA, included representatives from Columbus Lovell's Moffatt Concord Harding pre school and Wright elementary.
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