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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1943
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text outlines a week group meeting in August with mentions of Miss Vir a, Hunts, doors at 7:30, cups, aprons, and play activities. It references Corry and Ivities with prices noted and rental details, circa 1942, from La hivs publication.
Community church pages list Sunday services at First Church of Christ Scientist and several congregations including Presbyterian, Gospel Tabernacle, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Bear Lake A B Church, Blue Eye, and First Methodist. Notices include Sunday schools, worship, youth activities, prayer meetings, and midweek Bible study led by pastors such as Rev W W Conley Rev Byron V Berry Rev H Ray Harris Rev C F Hildebrand Jr and others with times from 6 AM to 7:45 PM and events through the week.
A fragmented OCR listing churches in Corry and nearby streets includes Boltel Tabernacle on 36 East Churate, Washington area churches, First Baptist on West Phenament, First Church of Christ Scientist, First Methodist, St Elizabeths, St Thomas HC, St Pauls Lutheran, The Salvation Army, and others at Center Street, Washington, Park, and Concord avenues.
Rev. Roscor P. Wilson, D. D., pastor of First United Brethren, South Bend, will headline at Corry Church on Sunday evening with the theme God's Call to America. Milford F. Miller, D. D., Dayton, Ohio, will speak Sunday morning and Rev. Calvin H. Reber Jr. Palmyra, will address Wednesday evening. Public invited to hear these guest speakers.
A roster of area churches includes St Thomas Church on West Washington with Rev Graves and Rev Robaczewski listing mass times and holy hour. St Elizabeth's Church on West Pleasant Street led by Rev Woldf offers Sunday masses and First Friday services with catechism for children. The Nazarene on Essex near Washington led by Rev Merriman lists 10 and 11 a.m. services, 7 p.m. night programs. The Salvation Army led by Adjt Morrison invites public services, Sunday School, youth activities, and midweek meetings. Emmanuel Episcopal Church at Corner Smith and North Center with Rev Schwerd Van Houten holds Holy Communion and morning prayers. Other congregations include Bethel Tabernacle, East Branch Advent Christian, Seventh Day Adventist, Spencer Community Church, and The Broken Straw Parish with multiple Sunday services and Sunday schools. Nearby churches in Wayne Valley, Carter Undenominational, and Scita Church offer varied worship schedules and sermons.
Jamestown July 17 Fersons living near the Bendan labor supply camp outside Sheridan awaken at 6 15 each morning by a siren. About 160 high school age youths have been recruited by the United States Employment Service to aid in the farm crisis. The camp houses them in small tourist cottages named after states and a large tented dining area serves meals from the camp diner. They pay their own room and board while being supervised by Michael Blawat a Silver Creek school teacher.
The editorial page provides correct responses to a numbered quiz. It lists Rider, Herbert Hoover, Frankfort Kentucky, laughing gull hugging goose laughing jackass, Bogota Henry A Wallace, Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas, John Adams and John Quincy Adios, and ends with False.
A wreck two miles west of Westfield halted traffic after a midnight fire and crane operations cleared twisted steel from burned freight cars. Crews, including 150 section men, labored Friday to reopen a 1000 foot damaged rail section as Buffalo and Connecticut cranes aided the effort.
A fire at the Commercial Lumber Company yard in Warren damaged three big kiln units and a large stock of white pine lumber. Loss estimated between 25,000 and 325,000 as firemen fought flames that spread through hollow ventilator walls. pumps and reservoirs were used to douse remaining hotspots.
The Chau tauqua County Agricultural Association executive committee decided not to hold the Dunkirk fair this year due to war time conditions. Transportation limits and expected reduced participation from granges and exhibitors prompted the reluctant decision after months of study. The report notes the impact on local agricultural events and plans. The dated city reference Ur in Iraq appears unrelated and is not part of the fair decision.
Local notices report Mr Peter Russell resuming residence in Corry to take a responsible position with Avra Supply. Meanwhile Pfc Milton Bailey is believed safe in the Mediterranean war zone after arriving stateside. Other items note POW releases, PTA cafeteria funding, coffee rationing outlook, and community notices on a raid drill and minor traffic collisions.
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