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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1948
Page
3
Fragmentary text references hours and deliveries, radio shop, mail order, Saturday event, and names like Eugene and Bay. Details are garbled. unable to determine a coherent event, person, or location from the readable portions.
Erie December 17 The county is issuing personal property tax notices for an estimated 6000 persons, the highest number in history. Willard Dyckes says 5000 natives were spent last year. Notices will be posted between Christmas and New Year, with returns due February 15. A 2 percent rebate applies if paid by August 1. If unpaid by October 1, penalties apply as accounts increase in offices of the notary Lawrence Taylor and Deeds head Harry L. Miller.
W C Stover promoter of big name dances at Armary is jailed on a $500 bond after a bad check for $50 cashed Saturday at Kenyon Hotel. Alderman Thomasarty set a hearing for today. Stover has no fixed address and faces trial on the charge.
A roundup of local church services includes Methodist Sunday school at 1 4 PM with Robert Bunce as superintendent, Morning service at 10 led by Rev E Armitage, Baptist Sunday school at 100, Morning service at 11, Evening service at 8, Gospel Tabernacle Sunday school at 10 30, Morning service at 11 80, Evening at 8 15, Dobbs Corners 10 15 with Young People's meeting Saturday 8 30, Rev Oliver Thompson pastor, along with Palrview Swangene 11 and 8 Sunday school at 10, Rev Joseph McCray at Spencer Community Church, 0 00 AM Sunday School with T Sorenson superintendent, 41 00 AM Church Service, Abbe Reformed Church in Clymer with John H Muller pastor, 10 30 AM Morning Worship, 50 AM Sunday School 345 PM Junior Christian Endeavor 4 PM Evening Praise Service 9 16 PM Senior Endeavor, weekly prayer and praise, Rear Lake Evangelical United Brethren Church led by Rev A L Pady with Gerald Crosby superintendent, 11:00 AM Morning Worship, Wayne Valley Evangelical United Brethren Church Beaverdam PA under J Leon Mariegal pastor, 10 00 AM Sunday School with Mrs Walter Protter superintendent, 41 00 AM Morning Worship with Christmas program and cantata The Broken Straw Parish led by Rev Jordan Cole notes Christmastide worship.
Church listings describe Advent to Epiphany observances in multiple communities. Spring Creek and Columbus schedule candlelight and morning worship, Sunday School, and music by Maxwell, Woodard, Lilley, and Hill. Beaverdam Mennonite welcomes Rev. Malagur from India with slide talks and a student, plus a Christmas sermon in Goshen Seminary tradition.
War brief notes Nationalist forces reportedly evacuated Pengpu ahead of Reds advances near Tangku and Tientsin. A broader withdrawal from Paping aligns with a government push, while Chinese leaders press for a house to house defense around Nanking. Christmas services are announced in the valley church with local ministers directing.
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