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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1942
Page
6
Corry area churches publish service times and sermons for November 8. Christian Science, Church of Christ, United Brethren in Christ, Christian Alliance, Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist congregations list hours, lessons and hymns for morning worship, Sunday schools, and evening services.
A dense listing of churches in Corry including Bethel Tabernacle East Church street Leon J. Frank pastor First Methodist Church Pleasant and South Center Streets church services and study sessions plus St Elizabeth's Roman Catholic church and Emmanuel Episcopal in Corry. Wayne Valley United Baptist and Church of the Nazarene on Essex Street offer Sunday School 10:00 a.m. worship 11:00 a.m. and midweek prayers services. The Corry Bible Training Institute hosts sessions with Dr Schafer as lecturer and instruction for visitors.
St Pauls Lutheran Church lists weekly services led by Dr Roy Johnson of Thiel College and church activities including Sunday School, Morning Worship, Boy Scout meeting, Ladies Aid, choir rehearsal, and a Harvest Home Festival on November 15 to collect tanned goods for Bethesda Home. Seventh Day Adventist at North Center near Bear Creek led by Elder A C Fearing holds Saturday services at 10 30 AM and a Sunday festival with a noon service.
Rev W W Conley poses the gospel message at BPARTANSBURG Gospel Tabernacle with a 4:30 PM evangelistic service discussing Christians bearing arms working Sundays buying war bonds and related questions. Prayer Bible study Thursday and young people's meeting Saturday at 8 PM.
Sunday services listed for ST THOMAS R C and Our Lady of Victory Mission with times and child instruction details. Salvation Army events include open air service and daily practices led by Adjl. Morrison and Cecil Ross. Brokenstraw Parish and Spring Creek congregations note worship and Sunday school schedules with superintendent names.
Rev E F Hildebrand Jr accepts call to St Pauls Lutheran Church. He will assume pastorate early next month and move with his wife and five children into a newly purchased parsonage on Rust Pleasant Street. He previously led churches at Ligonier and North Mast and will succeed Rev Edward Wagner who resigned to serve as a chaplain. Dr Roy Johnson of Thiel College will preach tomorrow.
Navy youths from Mor Kean county, home on furlough after surviving the Battle of the Solomons, Merle Stughel, 27, an electrician’s mate, aided wounded aboard the Wasp after torpedoes struck September 15. He later helped fight fumes and assisted in rescue before being evacuated to a naval hospital. James Northrop, 20, boatswain’s mate second class, visiting his parents, served aboard the Viviennes which sank August 9. he endured a shoulder wound from Japanese shrapnel during the mid‑watch ashore.
Captain Hey Don das will resign from chief air raid warden duties and from the defense council on December 1. He plans to return to his former job at Hammermill Paper Company after Defense work and has not been pleased with the setup. Santo, largest island of the New Hebrides, is 64 miles long and 88 miles wide.
A frost and travel cautions open a wartime Pennsylvanian page. Governor James urges help during the state’s participation week for the war effort. The VEW auxiliary meets Sunday at 2 PM in the City Armory. A Crawford Woods Co. cash-register theft tied to a $40 restitution plan is reported. OPA warns of a widespread deluxe writing kit scam targeting service members. Measles case quarantines and lower 1942 mortality rates noted. Aviation cadets sworn in at Erie, Coast Guard recruits at the Federal Building. Bellefonte Central Railroad may abolish 13 grade crossings and two bridges in Huntingdon County. Families receive word of sons’ service upgrades and schooling, while the state salvages a Nebraska County bridge. War bond quotas released for Erie and nearby counties. OPA plans to set turkey price ceilings ahead of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Wright and children set for Sunday in Titusville.
Readable pieces suggest a World War II report about Pacific theater actions possibly involving paratroopers and defense lines. Named entities are scarce and the text is fragmented, limiting solid facts for a full card.
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