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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1962
Page
6
George X. Simonetta, former Meadville mayor, was sworn in yesterday to serve as a special assistant on the legal staff of the Bureau of Sales and Use Tax. Governor Lawrence made the appointment effective July 23, with work to be in Meadville.
Two Ohio men died after a car left Route 45 near Orwell, skidded into a ditch, and flipped end over end. Driver Paul Szabo, 24, Windsor, Ohio, and passenger Freeman Ford, 28, Ashtabula, were thrown from the vehicle and died of fractured skulls at Ashtabula General Hospital. Police cited no known cause for the loss of control.
Eugene Serger, 53, of Braeburn Westmoreland County, was killed by a rock fall in the No 4 mine of Mateer Coal Mining Co near Tarentum yesterday. Six others escaped injury.
Gen Lauris Norstad resigns as supreme Allied commander in Europe and NATO chief. President Kennedy expresses deep regret, lauding Norstad as a living symbol of U.S. commitment to the alliance. Reports name possible successors and note Norstad’s Paris-based tenure since 1956. The White House offers no immediate comment.
Proceedings resume in Montgomery County Orphans Court as trustees face a Commonwealth effort to permanently block a $2 admission fee at the Barnes Foundation. Judge Alfred L. T. scheduled the October date for arguments and further action.
Local church listings show weekly schedules across Corry and nearby towns including East Columbus Avenue services at First Church of Christ Scientist and Wheelock Community Church with Sunday School and morning worship. Other congregations include Clymer Methodist, Cobbs Community Church, Bear Lake EUB, Findley Lake Church, McCray Methodist, Spartansburg Methodist, Columbus Community Congregational, Wayne Valley EUB, St Thomas the Apostle RC, Seventh Day Adventist, and Elizabeth’s RC, detailing service times, Sunday School, morning and evening worship, prayer and youth activities.
A compact rundown of church schedules across several congregations in Spring Creek West Pleasant Street and adjacent towns. Entries list worship times, Sunday School, youth groups, choir practices, prayer meetings, and midweek services led by various pastors including Rev. Pier DeBoer Cy-Seitz Ortner Menedy Fishburn and Pastor Sweeney.
A digest of worship times across several denominations. First Methodist lists morning prayer, church school, nursery, and evening service with MYF and Mid-Week Hour of Power notes. Christian and Missionary Alliance shows services at 11:00 and 7:30 with youth fellowship and midweek prayer. Nazarene covers Sunday School and evangelistic services with Thursday prayer. First Presbyterian provides church school at 9:30 and divine worship at 10:45 managed by Rev. Richard Allen Bodey.
Evangelical United Brethren Church lists services from 9 15 a m prayer meeting to 7 00 p m evening service with weekday choir and Bible study. Excelsior Full Gospel and Salvation Army announce worship, evangelistic services radio broadcasts youth meetings and open air street services with weekly prayer clubs and corps activities. Union Sunday School at Carter Hill Community Center lists 10 00 a m Sunday School with Roger Follett as superintendent.
North Clymer EUE Church lists morning worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 30 a m with Rev Harry L Bauer. Christian Memorial Van Cise Memorial Building Pleasants and Spring streets holds Sunday School led by Robert Anthony and a 7 30 p m prayer meeting. Beaverdam Mennonite R D 3 Corry Rev Richard Hostetler offers Sunday School at 10 00 a m and worship at 11 00 a m with a Thursday 8 00 p m Kid Week Service. Harbor Ridge Wesleyan RD 1 Corry Rev W J and A Piñicum run Sunday School at 10 00 a m and morning worship at 11 00 a m with 7 30 p m evening service and Wednesday 7 30 p m gate tage prayer meeting.
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