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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1950

Page

4

Cancer Fund Appeal Launched In Corry Paper

The Corry Evening Journal announces the American Cancer Society fund drive with a plan to raise 1,465,000 nationally and 830,000 in Pennsylvania. It details the society’s research education and service programs and how donations support state and local chapters, clinics, and patient aid initiatives.

Cancer Fund Appeal Pennsylvania American Cancer Society Puerto Rico Alaska Progam Valunnteer

Cancer Crusade Volunteers Propel Nation Forward

The piece praises American volunteers aiding cancer control and education efforts at national level. It highlights donations, pamphlets, exhibits, and films funded by the American Cancer Society and extols citizens who contribute time and money to fight cancer, calling it a national effort against a deadly foe.

American Cancer Society

Police raid gambling barn near Dunkirk nets gambler

Jamestown April 11 State Police raided a barn two miles west of Dunkirk arresting Henry Frank Sysol 29 of Dunkirk as a common gambler. He posted 100 bail before Peace Justice Byron Woodin. Five troopers from Westfield Silver Creek and Athol Springs helped seize 12 patrons and confiscate cards after forcing three doors to enter.

Jamestown Dunkirk Henry Frank Sysol Dun Byron Woodin Westfield Silver Greek Athol ‘Springs

Twenty Years Ago In Journal Files April 14 1930

Rev Roger Cressey pastor at First Presbyterian advised church sessions to resign as he ends his three year charge. Richard Rosbacher re-elected president of Stanford Fire Company at annual meeting of volunteers. Miss Sarah Wilson earns $2500 Hervey fellowship at St Lawrence University Canton NC for a year of study in U S or Europe. Mrs W Lyons of Ninth Center Street sustains serious injuries in fall from back porch, fractures both ankles, treated at Gary Hospital. Angelo Lizzi 70? passed away at Corry Hospital after pneumonia illness. Corry schools announce 11 day spring recess.

Roger Cressey First Presbyterian Church Boars Samual Richard Rosbacher Stanford Ftase , Company First Ward Sarah Wilson Wilbur Wilson Fount Avenue Hervey St Lawrence University Canton N. C Wilson Corry High School United States Europe W. Lyons Ninth Center Street Gary Hospital Angelo Lizzi Bugle Street Corry Hospital Youn Man

Memory Quiz and School Schedule Note

How's Your I.0 a memory score quiz with 10 questions. Classified page promises correct answers. School offices report classes suspended April 17 to 28 for Good Friday and Easter week vacation.

Babylon President Truman Washington Williamsburg Florida Corot Columbus Annapolis Naval Academy United States Argentina Russia Bowers

New Zealand Veterans Seek American Magazines

A letter from veterans 4 Whelan and A R Wilson of Hutt City New Zealand asks local leaders for discarded Life Time Esquire Liberty Saturday Evening Post magazines to learn American life while they await permission to return. They offer 30 page pictorials in exchange and note they trained in the U S during the war.

New Zealand Life Time Esquire Liberty Saturday Evening Post W. Whelan A. R. R. Wilson Taita Drive Hutt City

Judge Maxey Dies Without Leaving Will in Scranton

In Scranton Pennsylvania Chief Justice George W. Maxey of the State Supreme Court died without a will. The death was disclosed in a petition filed by his widow seeking letters of administration for an estate estimated at thirty thousand dollars in personal property.

Pails Scranton Pennsylvania George W. Maxey State Supreme Court

Erie Numbers Writer Fined $200 By Judge

Erie man Giannamore, 28, pleaded guilty to a lottery charge and was fined $200 plus costs by Judge Ehner L. Evans in county court. He was arrested January 8 during the city gambling purge for selling numbers at Veterans School and elsewhere.

Rib Kuaorone Ciannamore Erie Ehner L. Evans Giannamore Veterans School

Holy Land Missionary to Speak in Corry

George H. Carmichael, missionary to the Holy Land and Palestine field representative for the Assemblies of God, will speak at First Pentecostal Church. Pastor Hev Edwin Stevenson announced Carmichael's return from the Middle East and his plans to discuss Israel and Middle East developments. The couple had spent months in Jerusalem as missionaries when the Arab Jewish conflict intensified and the mission faced danger.

George H. Carmichael Holy Land Palestine Assemblies of God First Pentecostal Hev Edwin 8. Stevenson Carmichael Middle East Wille Transjordam Lebanon Iraq Tran Israel Garmichuel Jerusalem

Carmichael Return to the United States and Mission Work

Carmichael came back to the United States in February 1948 but remained in the country as British withdrawal approached. He finally left via a 40 mile trek to a plane, amid heavy fighting. Previously he led Central Bible Institute and Seminary in Springfield, Missouri for five years and preached on the West Coast. Rev Stevenson invites the public to hear him at 7:45 PM. Kentucky’s official bird is the cardinal.

Carmichael States Carmichaels Foreign Missions Department The Assemblies of God Central Bible Institute and Seminary Sprimafield Missouri Stevenson

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