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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1961
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists staff and offices with editors managers and advertisers. It notes Associated Press rights, postal registration, and subscription rates 13.00 yearly by mail and seven cents per copy by carrier with a 9 a.m. display ad deadline.
The piece argues for consolidating small districts into larger jointures to cut the number of districts from 2,185 toward 4,000 student centers. It warns local control would erode as mergers grow, risking county seat or state run schools, and advocates home rule to preserve local curricula and personal attention to students.
Local notes recount Corry area sports and events with references to Moscow fronts and Japanese patrols. The piece mentions Warren Red Jackets victory over Butler Cubs 24 23 and Beavers offense stalling on their own 8 yard line with other game details and local attendance.
The Chepenekas Brothers sold their interests in One Arcade to dames William and Phillip Zalonopulos. The Modern Dames hosted a Halloween party at Mrs Will Weatherby’s Brook Street home. The Opportunity Club netted 69 dollars for their treasury at last night’s provincial sheet event.
Corry area churches outline services for morning worship Sunday School and choir rehearsals. Notable entries include First Presbyterian Findley Lake Evangelical United Brethren First Methodist St Elizabeths Cobbs Corners Community Church Harbor Ridge Wesleyan Holiness and local Catholic and Lutheran parishes with mass times and midweek activities.
A sermon style meditation emphasizes radiant living through love and fun in youth, noting the church as a guiding source for right living. It frames life as a mountain-top experience fueled by devotion, fellowship, and wholesome activities. Regular church attendance is urged for guidance and joy.
Salvation Army East Washington Street holds 11:00 a.m. holiness meeting junior church and soldiers meeting with a 7:30 p.m. salvation service plus 7:00 p.m. open air street service and 4:00 p.m. Bible Club. Tuesday features Ladies Home League and Men’s Fellowship. Wednesday Torch bearers Crusader groups and cadets. Thursday prayers and praise and soldiers meetings. Saturday beginners band and junior songsters. Christian and Missionary Alliance on East Washington Street and Maple Avenue lists Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and services at 11:00 a.m. with youth at 6:30 p.m. Evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. and midweek prayer study midweek. Ramon Rove of Eric Wiest preaches. Wednesday Bible study at 10:30 a.m. and 7:40 p.m. prayer. Saturday Men’s Prayer Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday church service at 11 00 a m and Sunday School at 11 00 a m held at East Columbus Avenue church. Wednesday 8 00 p m prayer meeting. Reading room open 2 to 4 p m on Wednesdays.
Congregational Columbus in Columbus Pennsylvania lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship at 11 a m with sermon Pathways of Service Pilgrim Fellowship at 7 00 p m and a Tuesday Halloween Party in the church vestry from 6 30 to 8 00 p m Rev R A Merrifield presiding
Morning worship at 10 30. The reformation sermons are The Church and Christian Growth. Sunday School at 11 45. Evening worship at 7. Junior pioneers Chalk Artist Samuel Donnell at 2.00. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8.00. Choir practice Thursday 9.30. Women’s Guild for Christian Service meets Tuesday at 7.30.
Wheelock family church services listed by Virgil P Endsley pastor on Sundays with 9 45 a m Sunday School 4 00 p m Morning Worship 4 00 p m Evening Service 6 00 p m Midweek Prayer Hour and Bible study.
Rev. Harry L Baith at North Clymer EUE Church holds Morning Worship at 10:80 a.m. with Sunday School and midweek activities. Rev. Lawrence T. Meneely at McCray Methodist offers Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:13 a.m. plus Youth and Mid-week prayer services.
Brethren Church and two other congregations in Corry outline Sunday School Morning Worship Youth and Evening services. Rev H Ray Harris Rev Walter Gilliland Rev Paul Bowlby Rev LeRoy Wiley lead prayer meetings and midweek events with choirs and junior services noted.
Sabbath services held Saturday 10:00 a.m. Sabbath School and 11:20 a.m. Divine Worship. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8:00 p.m. Christian Memorial at 102 West Pleasant Street offers 3 p.m. Sunday School.
Local church notices list Wayne Valley EUB with Rev. Casler hosting Sunday School 6 45 p m and worship 7 45 p m plus midweek prayer Thursday 7 43 p m. Spartansburg led by Rev Lawrence Meneely with morning worship at 10 a m and Sunday School at 11 a m. Wrightsville Community under Walter A Sweeney with service at 11 00 a m and Sunday School also at 11 00 a m.
A catalog of local firms including Thompson Maple Products Rogers Structural Steel Co Pauls Men's Wear Mclnnes Steel Co Corry Concrete and Gravel Raymond Mfg. Co Northwestern Rural Electric Heberlein Motor Sales Bennink Insurance Agency Model Dairy Co Hammond Elevator Co Aero Flow Dynamics Inc Corry Instrument Company Operative Association Inc Ajax Iron Works E E Guignon Brocken Funeral Home Crystal Coal Co Fogle Lumber Co.
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