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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1942
Page
8
A listing of area churches and service times across Corry including First Presbyterian Beaverdam Be, Elizabeths RC Elgin Methodists Christian Science Seventh Day Adventist St. Paul Lutheran First Methodist and others. Noting Bible School morning worship Holy Communion Epworth League catechism and Week of Prayer events with ministers and lay leaders named.
A readable roster lists churches in Corry with denominations and street intersections including Bethel Tabernacle on Cue 26 Bat Church St. and Christian and Missionary Alliance at E Washington and Maple Ave. Also Church of the Nazarene near W Washington St in Essex, United Brethren at Center Bt Chelat N, Emmanuel Episcopal at Center and W Smith St, Pleasant Street Baptist at Park St and Second Ave, First Church of Christ at Golemlitt, First Methodist at Center and Pleasant St, First Presbyterian at Pieesame and Center St, Seventh Day Adventist near Center St St Elizabeths on Frargere St, St Thomas R C on West Washington St, St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran at South and Concord Sts, and The Salvation Army at E Washington and Park St.
A list of church services and community activities across St Thomas and Corry. Highlights include St Thomas R. G. with Masses at 6 and 10:30, First Fridays with Holy Hour, and Lady of Victory Mission services. Spencer Community Church Sunday School and morning worship. Emmanuel Episcopal Sunday School and service. annual parish meeting scheduled. Salvation Army open air services and various meetings led by Capt John Morrison, with schedule details for Tuesday through Friday activities and the Corry Men's Bible Class at 3 PM weekly.
Rev W W Conley leads 11 00 A M worship with morning sermon and 8 00 P M evangelistic service at Spartanburg Gospel Tabernacle. United Brethren Church notes Sunday School 9 45 followed by morning worship with Holy Communion and baptism. Evening service at 8 45 P M on Folks Where Mouths Must Be Stopped. Week of Prayer nightly. prayer meetings and missionary society events scheduled with leaders and locations listed.
The Cory area hosts a Week of Prayer across city churches under the Cory Ministerial Association. Each evening at 7 80 oclock features speakers from different denominations in a series ending with a Sunday Methodist church service. Notable speakers include Rev Gilbert L Boyd and Rev H Ray Harris.
Erie January 3 Joseph Martin will become finance director of the city of Erie effective Monday January 5 succeeding Paul F Watson. He accepted the majority group’s invitation to take the finance post after four years in the safety department headed by Sherman Hickey Sr who was elected to city council last November. Designations depend on the council majority’s choice.
John W Kelly, 19, and Ida M. Kelly, 73, of 2506 Penna Ave, sue Ruth M. Schmieck of Lawrence Park for 7995.50 alleging their son Elmer Kelly was struck by Schmieck’s car on December 26 1940 at 1ath and Paradesis and died two days later. The suit names the defendant and seeks payment of the claimed support loss.
Tuition fees were not paid in cash in early eighteenth century New England schools. Schoolmasters faced barter like ten fowls and half a jug of elder wine. The excerpt uses archaic phrasing to illustrate noncash payments and local customs in colonial education.
Chief of Police George Haehn reported Warren had no fatal traffic accidents in 1941, a year noted as a remarkable record for the borough. The record contrasts with past years, including 1840 with twenty fatal accidents and 1938 with ten deaths.
Six persons were injured when two automobiles collided head on on Route 255 three miles south of St Marys. Ridgway residents Miss Margaret Gutnac Miss Kathryn Malone and Miss Jane Westbrook were treated for injuries at St Marys hospital. Others hurt, none seriously, included Earl Perry of Bradford Francis Miguelo and Frank Beardsley of Emporium William Roselli and Nick Giordano of Ridgway. The Ridgway group rode with a driver attempting to pass when their car collided with a car driven by Miglicio traveling in the opposite direction.
John Day an 8 year old of 412 West Third Street pleaded innocent to third degree burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in Judge Allen E. Bargar’s city court session. Day waived examination and was held for the grand jury with ball to be set by the county court, represented by Michael D. Lombardo, cited as a second offender.
Franklin reports show two plants, the Chicago Premiant Tool Company and Joy Manufacturing, increasing payrolls and planning new building and equipment. Premiant Tool adds 64,000 square feet of space and up to 500 more employees, with 98 percent defense work. Joy Manufacturing expands with 350,000 dollars invested, while General Manifold Paintmplng Company employs 225 workers across shifts, payroll up 80 percent from the prior year.
Emil A. Peterson of Falconer bought the Eme'soh Plate Glass Corpora ion at 146 Blackstone Avenue from Clay F. Emerson. Emerson retires and withdraws from the company. Peterson becomes president treasurer and general manager with Walter areas as vice president and Mrs gen t Chambers as secretary and treasurer.
Budapest city hall plans are ready for a great municipal building to be the largest in Hungary aside from Parliament. Designed by the architect behind the Hungarian pavilion at the New York World’s Fair, the structure will harmonize with Budapest’s architectural scheme and reflect American influence in a lofty skyscraper tower that will become a distinctive feature of the city’s skyline.
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