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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1941
Page
8
Corry churches invite readers to join Sunday services across multiple houses of worship. The notice lists Corry Diner and various local merchants supporting church activities, with schedule highlights including morning worship, Sunday school, and evangelistic services at First Presbyterian, Corry Gospel Fellowship, Methodist, Christian Science, and Baptist congregations.
The Seventh Day Adventist church on North Center Street near Beer Creek lists Elder A. Fearing as minister in charge with Sabbath School at 10 30 a m and church service at noon. Rev Fearing to conduct Sunday evening services weekly at 7245 Orelock until further notice. Also notes Elgin Methodist services led by Rev Arthur E Tunis with Sunday worship at 10 a m and Sunday School at 11 m, plus Epworth League and other local gatherings in nearby Concord Ridge and Sig in areas.
Corry churches listed by denomination and street. Includes Bethel, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Church of the Nugwvens near W Washington, United Brethren in Christ Center, Emmanuel Episcopal, First Baptist on Winaxant and Second, First Church of Christ Scientist at vevee Park, First Methodist near Pleasant, First Presbyterian at Pleasant and Center, Seventh May Seventh Church at N Center, St Elizabeth's Church on W Fleayant, St Thomas M C on West Washington, St Paul Evangelical Lutheran at South and Concord, and The Salvation Army at Washington and Park.
A dense church notices page lists multiple congregations with weekly services. Each group outlines Sunday School at 10 or 11, morning worship, youth meetings, evangelistic services, and midweek prayer gatherings. Churches named include THE UNTHED BEETAREN CHEST, Church of the Nazarene, St Elizabeth's Catholic Church, St Pauls Lutheran, and Spartansburg Gospel Tabernacle with pastors Rev H Ray Harris Rev B C Altie Rev Carl Heldt Rev W Wagner Rev W W Conley. Addresses and leaders are given, plus special events and quarterly meetings.
Spencer Community Church notes Sunday School at 10:60 A.M. with T. J. Fullom as superintendent and morning worship. The Salvation Army at 21 East Washington Street invites all to open air meetings at 6:45 and 7:30, praise at 8:00, with Luptsin Morrison in charge. Also listed are company meetings, band practice, soldiers' meetings, and other items at various times.
The Pennsylvania banking department asked banks under its supervision to dispose of real estate assets within five years to improve compliance with banking laws. Secretary John G. Bell Jr announced new rules as deposits rose by 183 million dollars and business loans increased by nearly 67 million, indicating potential improvement. The five year holding period for foreclosed or other real estate was extended thrice previously, with no immediate action announced to end the extension on November 6.
The annual Pennsylvania State Poultry Association tour is scheduled for August 20 and 21 visiting northeastern Pennsylvania points of interest. Agricultural notes urge sanitation and cooling for milk, and advise proper handling of fluids and odors. Contests include right horse pulling at Carlisle on August 9 using the dynamometer. Poultry bits protect turkeys from feather picking, with two types in use. Livestock experts advise feeding grains to growing colts, and dairy specialists remind farmers to keep up milk flow with ample feed and water through August.
Workmen excavating for gravel on Chester E. Helgren’s farm two miles from Mayville unearthed ancient items. Displacing four feet of soil revealed large woven baskets that disintegrated when touched, four bushels of burned Indian corn, pieces of pottery, fragments of flint and stone tools, and a large amount of ashes.
A new typhoid case in Erie County was reported by county health officer Dr. Bred E. Ross, bringing total recent cases to ten. The patient, a young man from Phates who works in Girard, may have contracted the illness there, with several victims described as relatively young.
Hackett 73 of Sugarcreek suffered severe bruises when she fell from an embankment along the Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad on Thursday. She was found by C. Richey and his son Clinton, who heard her calling as they passed. The fall occurred while she attempted to climb the embankment and the head was in a pool of water.
Removal of all rust from metal surfaces precedes repainting. Liquid rust removers are applied with a cloth or sponge, left to act briefly, lightly rubbed with wool, then wiped clean before applying paint.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a city project to install power or utility poles at a major intersection, specifying four year plan segments and safety considerations. The readable portions indicate South Street, intersection work, and references to poles and a hospital area, but details are incomplete.
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