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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1953
Page
4
Two youths, Arthur Dahlstrand and Edwin Ole, reportedly set a new hitchhiking record to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. They left Friday afternoon, reached Chicago Sunday morning at one cent each, and returned with total trip costs of seven dollars and fifty cents per person.
Erie judge Burton FR Laub is to rule today on whether 6 year old Gary and 5 year old Patricia Flynn, now in St. Joseph's Home, should be returned to their mother Betty Flynn. The hearing examined whether the mother abandoned the children after bringing them to Erie following their 1939 Ohio divorce.
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A 60-year-old Erie man Sigmond J. Schelinski was struck by a train along the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Plum Street. Coroner Warren W. Wood said the death appears accidental with no witnesses and routine inquiry ongoing.
More than 400 members and guests attended the annual Raymond Mig Co plant union party hosted by United Auto Workers CIO. The event took place Saturday night at the local IOOF Hall and featured a served dinner.
The event runs from 6 to 9 PM with planning by Angelo Frisina as chairman and multiple committees. After the meal, Harry Delin union representative for the district and Jack Wilsey educational director for the area addressed attendees.
A union ceremony marked a member announcing retirement after a year of service. Paul Steen, union president, presented the item on behalf of the organization. Dancing followed the formalities with music from Bobroi and the Meliotones as Charles F. Black attended.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation ends its lending functions after more than 20 years as the government’s main lending agency. Some functions pass to the Small Business Administration created in 1942, with the RFC’s legacy dating to Hoover’s 1922 proposal.
Testimony in court shows the mother abandoned the children, denying her right to claim them. Mrs. Q Harrison Lund testified why the children reside at the Home. The matter rests with Judge Laub as the case proceeds. Between 1931 and 1951 Gaelic speaking Scots declined from 124 percent to 6.7 percent.
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