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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1962
Page
4
An editorial argues that Christmas should be celebrated with the same religious focus and stories each year. It praises the unchanging significance of Jesus Christ and the enduring virtue of repetition to spread uplift, cheer, and spiritual warmth beyond commercial excess.
Corry Evening Journal lists staff roles including publisher general manager and editors. It notes advertising representatives in major cities and states AP exclusivity for local news. Subscription rates are given as annual in advance and per-copy carrier options, with advertising deadlines referenced.
Reader Jim Bishop quotes a wife’s portrait of her husband, praising his integrity, sacrifice, and family devotion while noting quirks. The letter sketches a masculine ideal, describing his education, work, home life, and affection, ending with praise for his role as a paratrooper and a steadfast partner.
Christmas observances are somber as President Roosevelt leads a wartime holiday. In Al li quippa two bus workers die when two boulders crush a passenger bus. Raymond Clark sustains burns at Precision Products Co. A barber faces legal action over a blackout charge. Corry Hospital receives a $2,000 donation as local displays brighten the season despite wartime strain.
Rev. Richard Allen Bodey reflects on modern Christmas excess and urges Christians to remember Jesus Christ. The Magi's gifts are cited as a rebuke and example, urging readers to offer their best to the Christ child instead of only material celebration.
Gothenburg Sweden December 18 1962 Lennart Hammarberg writes that Christmas letters are a month long job and wishes Corry friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year He notes real winter weather with snow and plans to spend Christmas at his little summer house with his family The editor’s note explains he was last year’s foreign exchange student at Corry Area High School and sent greetings to Corry.
Mrs Glaysd Mae Hoffman aged 41 of New Baltimore Pennsylvania Somerset County was fatally injured in a three car collision on Route 1 about three miles south of Quantico. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband James Hoffman.
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