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Fragmentary text mentions a Saturday event with rain, battles and a right end, plus a note about Conch and a pair. Readable details are insufficient to determine any team, score, or location.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1935
Page
7
Fragmentary text mentions a Saturday event with rain, battles and a right end, plus a note about Conch and a pair. Readable details are insufficient to determine any team, score, or location.
A fragmentary excerpt notes a 1 for 45 play and a 10 yard gain with a KO, but details are incomplete and names or teams are unreadable.
September 23 1935 Corry Beavers defeated Waltshire 38 to 0 in a decisive football game. Pete Dubrosky ran for two long TDs in the second quarter, Don Paulson and Paul Taylor converted extra points to make 14 0 at halftime. In the third period Dubrosky and another TD by Emule Paulson extended the lead. Burton Hammond recovered a fumble for the Beavers, and Wilcox capped scoring with a late extra point giving 38 0. The visitors threatened late but were stopped before time expired.
The Rotary Club will stage its annual teachers night at Hotel Corry Tuesday evening with Rev Charles J Dutton Erie Pa as chief speaker. Dutton will discuss Oliver Hazard Perry and Lake Erie battle while detailing Perry's life and fleet building. The program includes musical numbers by Amelia Tryon and Mrs Ralph S Dewey and accordion selections by Staley Osigiki with a humorous touch and lively entertainment.
The home rooms race to top the sale as prices rise from last year. AA tickets cost fifty cents, with case tickets at ten cents each. Tickets go on sale Fridays before games, with cooperation from cheerleaders and the football squad. Room 1B aims for first to reach one hundred percent to win a banner.
The 1935 36 football season is set to spark strong school spirit at Sorry High School. Editors praise players and coach for hard work and urge students to cheer loudly, noting that attendance alone isn’t enough without active support and pep. A few cheers can boost team morale and pride in school achievements.
Ty predicts a rugged season with Albion and Titusville as tough early tests. He foresees Corry, facing North East and Union City, keeping the edge, while Shemuel from the bark peeling country and Youngstown pose notable challenges for the Beavers.
A campus notes column reports candy sales supporting athletic tickets, a Friday snake dance at 7 30 p m and a Beaveneger hunt. Dorothy Jones entertained Juniors and Seniors, and Miss Bennett traveled to Pittsburg after her uncle’s death. A sophomore poet signs in with zest while Tiavie Foster hosted M M members and a social hour followed the business meeting. Harriett Wynn hosted a weiner roast, Ruth Kinley served a soup supper, and mentions of student activities and assembly mishaps round out campus life notes.
Twelve Corry High graduates returned for post graduate courses this year to complete subjects not fit into last year’s schedule. The students include Arlene Hisse, Iva Donalson, Frank Gil¢e, Clinton Haines, Wilbur Lathrop, Marjory McMlroy, Robert McGraw, Dorothy Neylon, Harrison Rawson, Charlotte Ann Roberts, and Raymond Sears. Most are alumni of Corry High.
Privay notes students nominate and vote for homeroom officers for the year. The list includes presidents, vice presidents, secretaries and treasurers for rooms 1B through 18, with names such as Burton Hammond, Robert Swanson, Norma Grice, Marjory McHiray, Pete Dubrosky, Ruth Keppel, Marjorie Young, John Taylor, Harriett Shaw and others.
The Hi Times marks the first site welcome for the sophomore class as they enter high school. Juniors and seniors pledge help, noting newcomers will adjust to teachers and pupils while recalling their own early missteps.
Senior High School held class elections on September 17, selecting final officers. Senior class president Dane Fingle and secretary Marjorie Young led, with Bob Roelofs as VP and Bob Rathoun as treasurer. Junior officers include Burton Hammond and Jack Taylor. Robert Bracken as secretary treasurer, Howard Abenberg as treasurer. Sophomores chose Robert Swanson as president with Walter Dundon as VP and Doris Follet as secretary treasurer.
On Monday September 16 Coty Senior High welcomed A. W. Dittmore who spoke on crime. Raised in Chicago slums with a criminal father he described prison life and the dangers of vice. He urged students to avoid heedless choices and shared the harsh consequences of a life in crime.
Coty High students greet Mr. Rutsa Byler as the new coach and teacher. The New Wilmington Pa native comes from Elizabeth Pa and has degrees from Albion College Westminster College and Columbia University. His tenth coaching season aims for a banner year with strong student support and spirited attendance at games.
The outstanding sorority at Corry High School announces the selection and initiation of several seniors: Byide Foster Marion Pitt Ruth Vay lor Wilma Edson Margaret Jane King Barbara Jane England Dorties Brockann and Ernestine Lyn. A recent Sweiner roast at Glania Grove honored past and present members and future social plans are in the works.
A hearty welcome is extended to the out-of-town students as teachers and peers strive to help them feel part of the school. The notice lists junior and senior class newcomers including George Walatencroft Warren Florence Tanner Titusville Alex Hiltzay Columbus Dorothy Myers Washington.
Gettysburg dispatch reports Merle Hankey a 39 year old father of ten children died after a street fight sparked by a heated argument with Chester Lawrence a 20 year old Walter Finch room resident. Hankey a furniture factory worker was knocked unconscious in the clash and later died. Police questioned Lawrence as the investigation continues.
An Erie man, Daniel J. Ziwilling, 428 Stafford Ave, was killed while entering his van parked near a garden plot on the Perry highway Saturday. He was struck as he approached the vehicle and died instantly. neighbor Peter Yeager, 425 W. 28th Street, located the man after the strike.
James Sweeney of 106 Orchard Street reports two tall, young men robbed him of about 360 on Atlantic Avenue near United Brethren Church in Christchurch. He was returning home after washing his paycheck when one held his neck and choked him while the other rifled his clothing and took the money. Sweeney works for the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company.
Foreign wine trade 1934 shows increases in most countries while the United States, Holland, and Germany lag. The United States records the sharpest uptick in imports of French wines, signaling a major shift in consumer demand during the year.
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