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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
3
A busy Corry area notes Mator Company plans to raise output to 4400 units to meet rising retail demand. The Board of Education plans an organization meeting next Monday in the school basement. Police report snow-clearing roads and warn children against snowballing while local officials announce fire, ambulance, and public utility happenings in a scattered, multi-topic column.
revival meetings in progress at the United Brethren in Christ church will culminate in Anniversary Day services on Sunday December. Rev. R O Nelson of Chicago will speak twice on Sunday on A Yielded Life and Almost But Lost. Tonight is Women's Night with all women’s groups urged to attend. A Mothers and Girls attendance invitation. Nelson will sing Mother’s Prayers Have Followed Me and preach The Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Boys and Girls program Friday marks the three weeks of meetings. Nelson to speak on A Fatal Choice. Parents and friends urged to attend. Special love offerings for the evangelist on the day and Sunday nights.
William Blackie Zaprosky, 28, once called Philadelphias toughest gunman for a string of robberies and shootings, was released on parole today after serving nine years of a 70 to 140 year sentence. He was 19 at conviction after three trials and a guilty plea to more charges.
Unemployment distribution for the week ending November 18 reports 164 checks totaling 1653.15 in Corry, bringing the grand tally to 7,780 checks worth 77,067.35 with an average of 9.01 per check.
The church history traces its growth from a small 1865 setup with Rev. Hutchins and later pastors to a current congregation of about 200. Early meetings were held in multiple local spaces until 1865 when a frame church was built, expanded by 1867, then a brick structure costing $10,000 was erected at Pleasant and Center streets in 1882-81.
Erie WPA branch offices shifted from the Mayer Building to the Arborville Building at 18th and State streets. The move began Wednesday morning with department heads ordered to work at 7 am and the move of over 10 desks, chairs, files, and records completed by noon. Cleaver and Gray directed the operation, two floors now house offices for Cleaver, Gray, a conference room, and several divisions including employment, finance, compensation, stockroom, and statistics.
Franklin Dec 1 A resolution proposes abolishing bonding provisions for indigent relief to protect real property. The measure targets liens on real estate for public assistance debts and limits on pursuing recovery from deceased or related cases. It argues bonds burden property owners and shifts funding to a finance agency.
Rev H Roy Haveis of the United Brethren in Christchurch will address the Corry Salvation Army Bible class gathering. The talk is part of a series of Sunday services with hymns and gospel songs led by the congregations of local churches.
St Elizabeth's will host a card party Friday as part of a ladies' series. An evening of contract and auction bridge is planned with prizes and a luncheon served by the committee including Mrs Clark Lovers, Mrs Mihiel Dentin, Mrs Florence Buentner, and Mons Georges Weber at St Elizabeth's Hall Saint Elizabeth's.
Fragmentary note suggests a call for prompt unity among groups labeled as AsT nut and bays. The readable text hints at inviting these entities to join together, though details and context are missing.
For bronchial coughs and colds Buckley’s Mixture is touted as fast acting. A single sip helps loosen tightness, clear bronchial passages, and restore alertness, with the claim of being the largest selling cough medicine in Canada and available at local pharmacies.
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