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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1940
Page
8
Church listings describe services at First Methodist Emmanuel Episcopal Spartansburg Gospel Tabernacle Wayne U B Church Church of the United Brethren and other congregations. Placed notices announce sermons, Sunday schools, evening services, prayer meetings, and evangelist events across Corry and nearby towns with multiple pastors, hours, and locations.
Rev J Allen Waugaman presides at Spartansburg Baptist with Bible School at 10 00 A M for all ages. Morning Worship at 2 00 P M. Young People's service at 7 00 P M. Evening Worship at 8 00 P M.
A scrambled OCR list names multiple churches in Corry area including Church of God Emmanuel Episcopal First Baptist First Presbyterian Seventh Day Adventist St. Elizabeth's St. Thomas R C St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran The Salvation Army and others at various streets such as East Church Street Washington Street and Park Street.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist on Park Street hosts Sunday services at 11:00 A.M. and 12:15 P.M. with a Lesson-Sermon on Doctrine of Atonement, citing scripture from John and Ephesians, and referencing Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The Reading Room offers Wednesday and Saturday hours for Christian Science literature purchases and loans.
St Thomas R C Church at West Washington Street with Rev Francis J Graves as rector and Rev Arthur P Leon as assistant rector. Sunday masses listed at 6:68 and 10 erelock with Holy Hour Thursday 7:30 to 8:30 p.m preceding First Friday. Communion at 6:30 a.m and Mass at 7:00 a.m.
The Bethel Tablatnacle on East Church Street lists Rev. Leon J. Prank as pastor with Sunday School at 0:80 A M and Hillis Hamilton as superintendent. Morning worship at 4:80 A.M. Evangelistic service at 180 P.M with a sermon by the pastor. Mid week prayer meetings on Tuesday at 7:45 and 7:45 p.m. plus a Thursday prayer and praise session. Charles Monroe presides over a social group meeting at Salvation Army Hall with Major Farris bringing the message. Special music by Mrs. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Washington of Youngstone Ohio including Bible Class Sextette. Ladies invited to the first session of the Men’s Bible Class.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church at corner EB Washington and Maple invites all to Sunday School at 9:45 led by Roy Mather, with a Tibet missionary talk by Mrs Rommen. Morning worship at 11 includes annual missionary message by Rev Patterson. 5:00 PM platform service features Tibetan mission demonstration. 4:30 PM Young People's Service. 5:30 PM Evangelistic Service. closing convention sermon by Rev Patterson. Midweek prayer and Bible study Wednesday at 7:45. Bear Lake United Brethren also listed with schedule.
Major Wm. G. Harris divisional commander of the Salvation Army in western Pennsylvania and Mrs. Harris will speak at three Salvation Army services in Corry on Sunday. Topics include Is doing the work of God enough Where is the real Christ Today and Preparing a Jungle Nation for Civilization based on his missionary experiences. Mrs. Harris addresses the Home League at 2 p.m. Major Citas McNally accompanied them with a job address and youth work plan for the western Pennsylvania area.
The Uneenhal missionary convention ends Sunday at the Christian and Missionary All-Afri church with three services. Rev E H Patterson a former missionary to Africa delivers the annual missionary message in the morning. A missionary magic meeting with a demonstration, native costume displays and musical numbers follows in the afternoon. The closing service is scheduled for 7 30.
The report notes an average of 15 relief applications daily in early September. Officials caution that caseload figures may not drop significantly due to procedural changes allowing some general assistance cases to transfer to aid to dependent children, which increases federal funds to the state while not altering total grant amounts.
The Seventh Day Adventist church on North Center Street near Hear Greek, with Elder O G Carnes and Eric Pa as minister in charge, holds weekly services on Saturday. The Gabbath School, church service, and Sunday School details are listed with names of leaders and times. Twenty five CCC camps work on erosion control in the southwest basin.
Bear Lake October notes an officer installation for the Rebekah Lodge. Residents and visitors include Mrs. Blucher and family from Linesville, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, the Dales and family from Niobe, Mr. and Mrs. Stranigan of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Manwaring, Mr. and Mrs. Wilgay Wilson, Bernice Rogers and daughter from Detroit visiting parents, plus others visiting local households.
A miscellaneous Jamestown district social column lists visitors and events. Families including Mr Ellwood Connellint and Mrs Alta Cornsy with son from Cleveland, callers at Myx Miny Tom Installation of officers of Rebekah lodge, Banquet after program. Visits by Mrs Jessie Barrett and family, Wallace Muzzy from Panama, Rose Evans with sister M Gordon in Columbus, Geraldine Cornish home from Eta College for weekend.
Reporters Char Lusey of Scripps Howard and Mcbaughlin of the Philadelphia Record travel with the party on a Willkie special through Corrysus Pri morning. They note Frank Grices celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary and the event as part of ongoing news coverage.
Incomplete readable text describes HARRISE parties and a last-minute Preak event over the weekend with lottery mentions. References to Oklahoma, a city official timeline, and a number 62,582 appear, with fragmented names such as PROME PHILADI and Arthur Car. The source text is garbled and hard to interpret clearly.
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