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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1942
Page
8
Corry churches invite the public to a week of services led by pastors and visiting speakers. Weeklong events include morning worship, Sunday school, youth programs, prayer meetings, and evangelistic services with temporary guests from Brookville and Erie, plus choir and Bible study activities at multiple venues on Essex and Main streets.
A reader listing in Corry shows multiple churches with addresses including Bethel Tabernacle on East Church, Christian and Missionary Alliance at E Washington and Maple, Essex near W Washington, Church of the Nazarene on Center Street, Emmanuel Episcopal Center Street and W Smith, First Baptist West Pleasant and Second Ave, First Church of Christ Scientist on Parl Street, First Methodist at Center and E Pleasant, First Presbyterian Pleasant and Center, Seventh Day Adventist N Center, St Elisabeths on 22 W Pleasant, St Thomas R C on West Washington, Our Lady of Victory Mission Spartansburg, and Spartanburg Gospel Tabernacle on Center Street. Service details for First Baptist include morning and evening services with sermons on prophecy and rest, Bible school at noon, and prayer meetings noted. other churches list masses, catechism, and weekly activities.
Pleasant and South Center streets host First Presbyterian Gilbert L Boyd ministering with a $45 A.M. Bible School. Sermon on Prayer During War. Mrs Tobias plays Memories and other choir pieces. The chorus directed by Mrs Dewey sings Thee We Adore and Jesus My Saviour Look On Me. 6:30 P.M. Young People program includes High School and Junior High groups. Midweek study Thursday 7:30 p.m. Hymns In Worship. Corey Men's Bible Class meets 3 P.M. Sundays at the Salvation Army Hall led by Rev H Ray Herris. bring Bibles and join the fellowship.
Singing evangelists Raymond T Clover and his wife from Brookville Pa arrive Sunday to open a three week evangelistic series at the United Brethren church in Christchurch. They are Moody Bible Institute Extension graduates and will lead singing and piano while conducting Clover Crusaders meetings for children and youth. Sermons start next Sunday evening on Have You Got Your Birth Certificate with other themes to follow.
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent on February eighteenth, with observances planned across local churches including St. Pauls Lutheran St Elizabeths St Thomass and Emanuel Episcopal. The article outlines Lent’s 40 day fasting period, Holy Week events Palm Sunday Maundy Thursday Good Friday and the moveable date of Easter.
Major Charles McNally of Pittsburgh Salvation Army will visit Corry this evening. He will speak at the 7:45 service at the hall on Bnet Weehington street and the general public is invited, with special invitation to young people to attend.
Grove City College will host U S Navy housing and training for enlisted men and reserves in radio technique. A 300 sailors per quarter training program begins March 1 with a test contingent of 100 arriving March 1 and 100 more monthly thereafter for basic training before moving to advanced schools.
An old remedy described in New England lore used hot cider with cayenne pepper. A red hot poker was plunged into the mug to boil and foam the drink, which was then consumed immediately. It was touted as a heartening tonic, popular past the cold season.
DuBois Pennsylvania reports rural school districts will resume classes next Monday at 10:00 a.m. under a daylight saving based schedule. Supervising Principal Brewer explains buses will run with daylight time and avoid dark start times due to limited electric lighting and transportation concerns.
Associated Press reports in Philadelphia on February 7 that Senator Joseph F. Guffey has a dark horse candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He plans to reveal his choice by next Saturday at Harrisburg party meetings. Guffey calls the candidate the strongest in the state, amid chatter he may back Judge Ralph Smith of Pittsburgh, an independent with a sizable following.
An old ad warns against scratching itching skin to avoid dangerous infection. It promotes San-Cura Soap and Ointment as quick soothing remedies and mentions drug stores selling the products.
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