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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1943
Page
8
A community church ad page lists numerous congregations with their service times. It includes Christian and Missionary Alliance, First Baptist, Elloy Methodist, Elizabeth's Catholic, United Brethren, Salvation Army, Episcopal, Seventh Day Adventist, and other local church notices with pastors, Sunday School times, worship services, prayer meetings, youth events, and an upcoming revival March 16 to 28.
A partial list of churches appears with addresses and affiliations in Corry. Entries include Bethel Tabernacle, Basic Church Be Christian and Missionary Alliance, Church of the Nazarene near West Washington Street, Emmanuel Episcopal at Center and West Smith, First United Church of Christ at Solenties Parke Street, Seventh Day Adventist, St Elizabeth's Church on Pleasant Street, St Thomas Church on Washington Street, and The Salvation Army at East Washington and Park Street, among others.
Nearly 8 000 000 Methodists, in 43 000 churches, pledge to renew vows deepen faith and enlist time and talent to meet war needs. An army of 100 000 ushers will collect offerings supporting relief, armed services ministry, new churches, and missionaries in Latin America. Bishop Waldorf chairs the committee with totals expected to exceed 1 million dollars. March 7 services planned in every church. Over 26 000 laymen have joined the aid effort.
Readings and schedules for St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church on East South and Concord streets include morning and evening worship with German language services, Sunday School led by John Freno, and midweek Lenten services starting with The Last Supper. Also listed are Christian Science Church activities, Nazare ne Church events, and Corry Men's Bible Class at the Salvation Army Citadel, with dates, locations, and host details.
First Presbyterian Church presents a full day schedule with Bible School at 0:45 A M led by Merrill Patterson, 1 A M worship on themes Cures of Blessing and music by Mrs Tobias and others, 7 PM Young People Society led by Douglas Rozelle, Thursday evening prayer meeting. Bear Cake Church notes add Sunday School at 9:40 AM with Alton Crosby, morning worship, Christian Endeavor, evening service, and Wednesday prayer at Mrs W Weavers home.
World Day of Prayer observance planned for Friday afternoon March 12 at 2:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church. Several Cory-area churches cooperate in the event open to the public with the program anchored by early text. Local church notices list services, Sunday schools, and worship times for Getrel Tabernacle Spencer Community Church Wayne Valley Church and others with dates and sermon details.
Revival meetings in the United Brethren in Christ church near Nashville feature Br. Dewey Whitwell and Tei and the Kuteh Gloria Singers from Lebanon. Dr Whitwell preaches “A Sacred Relationship” and “What Will You Do With Christ,” with the Hutch Sisters singing at both services and during Sunday School and Christian Endeavor hours. Saturday night offers a Sacred Concert by the Hutch Sisters and a Love-Feast led by Dr Whitwell, with special offerings for the sisters and for the preacher. Public invited to attend.
Rev, returning from a vacation near Dayton Ohio, resumes activities at Nazarene Church. Revival series runs through April 30 led by evangelist Robert Shot from Union City with his wife singing. Youths will present, inviting all to hear gospel preaching and enjoy Christian fellowship starting Sunday night at 7 45.
Erie residents face a likely rise in the 1943 44 school tax levy unless about 325 000 more can be raised for operations. Superintendent C Herman Grose told the school board that city assessments are not set yet and that the district would receive roughly 25 000 less than the current year. He cited limited outside aid from state federal and local sources as the main constraint.
Brienn Lawrence Shauberger a gutiner's mate from 624 West ath street has been cited and advanced in rating for outstanding services in the South Pacific. The citation, issued by He Pormander, notes repeated acts of valor and steadfast duty under trying conditions during action against the enemy.
Franklin March The first air raid drill under new signal system failed to go smoothly. Civilian Defense leader Bleasley blamed confusion over the blue signal at 9 20 and several violations of blackout rules. Lights burned when not allowed and some street lights were on too soon.
An Erie blackout drill, conducted Thursday night, was pronounced 88 percent successful with few glitches in the downtown area. Six raid wardens rang the blue signal, and stores extinguished lights as civilians sheltered. Cars and pedestrians moved cautiously under low beam conditions.
Henderson Field commander Lewis B. Woods of Fredonia narrowly escaped a trap bomb during a Marine Corps occupation air attack. In a letter to his parents he said the field barely missed his foxhole as a bomb struck nearby, scattering sandbags and logs from canny trees while Marines cleared the debris.
Fragmented dispatches describe Soviet forces converging toward Moscow and pushing German lines in the west and north. Reports claim Red Army spearheads advance with German detachments yielding ground, dozens of towns contested, and casualties in the thousands as the war widens around key fortresses.
Deserted scene described near Sayre Hospital detailing cold conditions and a neglectful incident involving several children aged 4 and younger. Names appear garbled in OCR but reference Stuart Esseny and James Months old, with Winson and Johnson among those affected. The report notes distress and concern for the minors in a cold environment.
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