US ENOW ABOU™ IT, NEWS ITEMS ARE SOLICITED BY THE PATTON COURIER. HAVE A VISITOR, OR HAVE BEEN VISITING, DON'T HESITATE TO LET IF You ® PDE Wg Cour THE COURIER OFFICE IS ADE. | QUATELY EQUIPPED TO TAKE CARE OF JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS, AND BOLICITS YOUR PATRONAGE ON THE BASIS OF SATISFACTION, te VOL. XXXIV. NO. 5. PATTON, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5th, 1928, Ge) $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. LOCAL AND STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Condensed Items Cathered from Various Sources for the Busy Reader. No further trace of the two bandits who robbed a branch establishment of the First National Bank at Altoona last week has been found Spring is just around the corner in the opinion of amateur weather forecasters in Lancaster county. One man declares he has found hornets building nests in high trees, which he says, is a sure sign of the approach of warm weather. An- other claims to have discovered two “we ather prophet” caterpilla which he says never venture forth until spring is near. Samuel F. Irvin, died in the Al- toona hospital on Thursday night of last week after having been struck by an au- tomobile while walking along a mountain road near Altoona earlier in the even- ing. Mr. and Mrs. GC. H. Zimmerman of Cres- Son, recently celebrated their golden wed- ding anniversary They renewed their nup- tial vows, and a large concourse of rel- atives and friends visited them during the day. Amicable actions in ejectment have been instituted at Ebensburg by the Leo- gan Coal Company against 23 former employees occupying the company houses in Beaverdale. The Carrolltown Coal Co. also instituted a like action against one former employee at St. Benedict. President elect George Clark of Has- tings, who with other officers of the Northern Cambria Kiwanis club will be installed in office at the club meeting at the Brandon hotel, Spangler, on January | 9th. On this occasion there will be at the dinner the wives of the members, and other guests, men and ladies. Big Run near Punxsutawney, was the Scene of another automobile mishap, the other evening when a car skidded on the Same turn where William King was kill- ed a few days previous. More than a dozen accidents have occurred a t the RABBITS FROM MISSOURI AND KANSAS ARRIVE IN COUNTY Rabbits from Kansas and M planting in Cambria County woodlands, are coming in, a shipment having been received Sunday and another Monday, the two assignments totalling 750 rabbits. Of the first shipment allotments went to the sportsmen’s associaions in the fol- lowing places: Johnstown, Thom Mills, Patton, 3arnesboro, Ebensburg, Twin Rocks and Cover Hill. Of Tuesday's shipment the allotment went to South Fork, Cresson, Ebensburg and Cresson. Because of the fact that ring neck pheasants were unable to fill orders this year, the game commission will buy more rabbits and Cambria coun- ty will get more than usual. Many more rabbits are to be received within the next® few weeks and Game Protector Elmer B. Thompson of Moxham is endeavoring to make an equitable allotment among the various suortsmen’'s associations. COUNTY OFFICIALS INSTALLED MONDAY John D. Walker Again Heads the Board of County Commis- sioners. Appointments. All the newly elceted officials of Cam- bria county were inducted into office at noon on Monday when they took the oaths before the County Jud and the Pro-| thonotary. County Treasurer George W. | Reese and County Surveyor West took the oath of office for the first time. All| the rest of the officials were re -elected | and Henry L. Cannon, serving by pointment as county controller, took oath for the four year term. S. Stewart Kinkead, who has been nam- ed deputy treasurer, has been ed as chief clerk in the commis office by George E. Kirby. John D. Wal- | ker was again elected President of the Board of Commissioners. Patrick MeDer- mott, of Hastings, a Democrat, was nam- ed as Superintendent of Highways and Bridges. Leo Cavanaugh of Johnstown, | ssouri for shippers of the succeed- ioners same point in the past six months. the five year old daughter of | Mrs. Constanto Latezy, of Col- ver, died at the Miners’ hospital, Spang- ler, early Friday morning, following an appendicitis operation, performed the Saturday previous. Anna, Mr. and President Coolidge and King Albert of Belgiam Friday exchanged New Year Greetings for the happiness and prosper- ity of the two peoples. James McFadden, 89, veteran engineer and builder, who had charge of a struction gang in running the Penns; vania Railroad tunnel through the moun- tain at Gallitzin, and who also assi ted in constructing the Pennsylvania yards in Altoona, died on Monday at his home in Duncansville. He suffered a fall from a chair some months ago and .has been bedf since Truste of the Pennsylvagia State Col- at their January 16 meeting in Har- will consider the resignation of an Gerald L. Wendt, who to leave State College in June to become a director the newly formed Battelie Institute | for science and ‘industrial research Columbus, Ohio. Wendt has served Dean of the School of Chemistry Physics at State for four ve ; For offenses ranging from intoxication | which as usual led the list, to larceny, | fifty Pennsylvanians had their automobile | drivers’ licenses revoked during the week ending December 29th. Relatives and ‘nds of Mr. and Mrs. | Fred Endler surprised the well known St Boniface couple at their home the | other evening by holding a party and re-| ception, the occasion being the silver | wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. | Endler who received number of silver gifts. Music and were the enter- tainment features lunch was ved. The register’s office at Ebensburg up until Saturday last had issued 1,323 mar- | licenses in Cambria County for the 1927, The wedding Mr. and Mrs. | | | | | | | lege risburg D is of at as and a games and a riage year of | Car- of Herbert Buck, son Henry Buck of East roll township, and Miss Catherine Dow- | ey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Dowey | of Carrolltown will take place during the | coming week While filling bile owned by Carroll township Carrolltown the became ignited damaged Miss Veronica Libertine, aged 17, a daughter of Peter Libertine, of Beaver- dale, died on Tuesday afternoon at her home. Members of the Ebensburg Kiwanis Club presented a program of entertain- ment at the county home the other even- ing. In an order of court handed down at Ebensburg on Monday afternoon announ- cement was made that hereafter private | counsel will not be permited to take part in the prosecution of criminal ec: ex- cept under an order of court upon cause | shown, when they may be permitted to t with the district attorney or an as- ant for the purpose of consultation and | suggestion only, James McCarthy, aged 26 mer Cresson young man, died hospital on Tuesday. His body brought to Cresson for burial. John Mugridge, aged 67 years, South Fork resident, died at his home in that place of asthma on Wednesday morning. Geraldine Isenberg, three year ) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Isen- berg of Marstellar, died at the parental | home on Monday. Death was attributed | to a complication of diseases. | Fire, caused by an over heated stove | routed 50 workmen from their beds in a | large frame bunk house at the Spring- | field mine in Nanty-Glo on Monday. | Only one of the vietims asleep in the | building suffered injury, William DeMine | aged 27, of West Newton, who was pain- | fully burned, and taken to a Johnstown hospital. the tank of Gilbert Be at a service station in other day the gasoline | and the car was badly | automo- of East an years, for- | it an Ohio | will be | | PATTON SCOUTS MEET. The Patton Boy Scouts held their first | meeting in the old American Legion hall last Friday evening. The meeting opened with the scout oath, law and motto. The patrol leaders were assigned to make out a regular scout schedule for the meet- ings. After all business was transacted the boys performed a few stunts and played a few games. The Scouts are try- ing very hard to make a good program for parents’ night which will be held the second Friday in February. All parents of the scouts are urgently requested to come to the meeting and see what their sons have developed into, and what they really can do. | at | tire | been | basis. | ficialg | since | Franklin, | nelli, was named in charge of public grounds | and buildings, and Byron W. Davis and | Horace Young will be second deputies in | the county treasurer's office. Henry 1. Cannon, controller, retained his present staff with the exception of his solicitor Attorney W. Griffih of Ebens burg, being named to ‘this post The District Attorney will present force and Edward been named as an assistant torney. FAN AT STINEMAN MINE IS DYNAMITED George his has at- retain Knuff district State Police Are Investigatis At South Fork Colliery day Night, Explosion Last Fri- A detail of state police is investigat- ing into the dynamiting of a large fan Mine No. 1 of the Stineman Coal Min- ing Company at South Fork about 7:30 o'clock last Friday evening It is lieved by Company officials that the ventilating system of the mine destroyed by the letgo The report of the explosion throughout the community and hundreds | of curious spectators rushed to the min to learn the of the excitement. As | the result of the explosion the st am line | at No. 1 mine was also damaged The Stineman company last week that Mine No operation on Jan. 3rd Heretofore the operated union the dynamiting was whole box of dynamite explosion it believed Workman repairing the at the mine on | be- | n- has was heard cause had annuorced 1 would resume | on an mine and it done for open has shop always | believed revenge was in by company immediately got damage and work Tuesday been is the of busy used is in Started was NEW EXAMINING BOARD FOR | ™ BAR ASSOCIATION NAMED In an order handed down on Tuesday the court appointed a new Examining Board for the county bar association to pass upon the eligibility of applicants for | admission to the B The members of the Board are: Frank J. Hartman, of Ebensburg; Thomas C. Evans of Por- | tage; George W. Griffith of Ebensburg : Edward Knuff of Ebensbur Francis A Dunn of Johnstown and Edward J. Har- kins of Johnstown. Atorneys Dunn and Harkins are new members o fthe board, the other appoint- ees having rved heretofore. ADDITIONAL REPORT OF THE SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS is an additional persons who purchased Christmas the last report in the Courier: the list donated $1.00 each: Mrs. Fred Albert, A. F. Fregly, rick Meehan, Fred Kuhnley, Mrs Miss Linnea Forshe Alex Ratowsky, J. Mac Denlinger, Louis Ian- Mildred Moren, Mrs. "John Moren, Ruth Grant, Helen Brown, Anna Petru- sky ,Harry Nehrig, M, J. Commons, Rev P. T. Gorman and Claire Kelly Some few have not yet sent in their returns, but the committee in charge are hopeful of receiving them this week, so | that complete report can be made MRS. H, L. GIARTH, Mrs. Fannie Naomi Giarth wife of Her- bert L Giarth of Gallitzin, died at the Altoona hospital, Saturday, after an ill- ness of dropsy. She was born at Galiit- zin in 1903. She is survived by her fath er, her husband and these and brothers; Mrs. Ida Yonclosky, Lucerne | Mines; Mrs. Anna Allen, Lilly; Mrs. Ma- rie Gell, Gallitzin : George Dixon, Loret- 0 R. Dixon, Jr, Somerset; and Frank Dixon, Gallitzin. Funeral services were conducted on Tie afternoon at St. Paul's church at Zin, and inter- ment was in Rose cemetery at Al- toona. report of | Seals, All Following Pat- John a SS sisters Hill AN-O'NEILL, SS Zetta O'Neill, a neice of Mrs. J. M. Buck of Cresson, and Leo Brannan, a son of Mrs. Julia Brannan of Gallitzin, were married last week in St. Francis’ Xavier Catholic church in Cresson “by the Rev. Father Maurice J. Buck, a cou sin of the bride. They were attended by Miss Blanche Burgoon of Cresson and El- drid Lynch of Gallitzin. After a wedding breakfast at the home of the bride, the couple left on a honeymoon trip to east- ern cities. Gertrude Westrick has returned State College where she will resume studies. to her ap- | \ | evening, {day A | iC | each | tion | the Glass hom | be MOTO PALMER ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT GRAND For “Big Parade” on Monday, | Tuesday and Wednes ay of Next Week. Many of the old time war songs will be revived by the Palmer Orche stra, of this place when playing the original musie score for the “Big Parade,” at the Grand Theatre, Patton, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, You'll he: again: “You're in the Army now, You're not behind a plow ; You'll never get rich, By digging a ditch; You're in the Army now.” And you will hear: “Farmer, have you n Parley-Voo! Farmer, have P’arley-Voo! Farmer, have you a daughter fa Who can wash a soldier's underwe Hinky-dinky, Parley-Voo! As well as many other war “Over There,” and others, that you back un to the days | New Dr At mic | nia mote | the drivi heretofor | the new While | retained, ded. Alth than the | been mac | most not | of speed stretches Anothe | vestment of full j which th | For provides | form an | they may also daughter fair, you a daughter fair? in the pr 1V viol: songs, like will take 1917-18. | abating t | the peace An imr ed by ar | for any ol AIR MAIL PILOT FOUND AFTER NIGHT Cleveland-New York | Meanor. disappeared early on While flying over WeStera | hscerne found Monday in : Y ; 3 , | which nc so-called “hunters ira bidding t county. He was 1 = was undamaged ¢ to ti postn Monday into stward ed n 1 1 | | | IN WILDS ‘ « a pilot, whe night while Pennsylvania, was the d of his Harry mail N Smith, on ise rear win comanias reqt r air-man Curwens- code with a storm on | vice to Allegheny | lowin owing Sunday Tis * uipped when the hand or beacon | w ty hours of Those « vo hours o in learir notify th clearing EB are wait mting out and | the prohi took . 2% | of horns A ten the pena includes in t racing Among ever of o'clock SNOW the = yout 6 lost cour obliterated After down Top | é on Smith Ww the his swirling snow guides on the blind flying he surrounding the from nine the matche Two morning ground came Red DuBois a lodge, Smith without a fire, for and there was none | troopers saw the plane and located Smith in secured a small truck Smith and mail to ow zero and lo but no Ss cabin Tuesday the lodge They and tr ported Curwensvill | Pre air mail planes searched | ents th along the mail route, but failed to sighr | COmblete grade it the plane | : p bian | notice of or an his viously cles PIRATES WIN OPENING GAME ON TUESDAY; GAME FRIDAY | highways on highw | to permit mus crowd of last the Patton Bracken Juniors tune of 34 to : summary Courier larg evening the fast to the game, the last week's Pirates will Coach Charle to put up a g will appear for new uniforms Tuesday evening, Pirates will buck up Nanty-Glo Five at P. will go to Nanty Before a Tuesday humbled Johnstoy well f being day spectators on Pirate of in a same | Next Fri- | local high | quintet is | battle The | | | other first m | not to ars when sections ; ven veh of : rection ; mn the ol expected Pirates their On when same dire and ton’s ood the a or crowd time i rar signifies cars proc ntersectio la 10, the the fast Thurs- return January inst and on for a itton Glo game Why ton? YY Pat- the attend- teams not ou cai ed be mor by ind by sports in NO7 No last Thur the lept and know +d do at ittending your the this imes play home will TWO NANTY-GLO ESTABLISH MENTS CAUGHT IN LIQUOR RAIDS ance appreciated started This w following reports t him for Telephone | | Saturday afternoon, thre el acting on warrants Alderman Wir- ited t establish- and found quantities it is claimed McDermott was his hotel was ep, alles Moose of violation were char achines and unt. Two the raid town cor th town, Nanty ibles, of from office Johns vi wo in Glo nia State said h boom “It’s ne not a can Mellon ident. Me position the poten Fo when placed under visited, have been In addition the liquor operating $1.000 on were found ar- was in to law slot ch at as SO ed to club of with h aced machines places | | | | | | ( slot of PENNSYLVANIA L IN NUMBER OF NATION LITTERS” early in stand for Pennsylvania leads the nation in the number ton litters of raised in 1927, it has been announced by L. C. Madison, swine at State Col- 1 One hundred twenty-five ton litters were produced. Mercer county produced flin nine, York seven and en. A world’s record, the number of ton lit- te raised by one individual, was set ny O. B. Savage, a vocational student of Benton, Columbia county, with six ton of hogs AW/ specialist and Th Boa Friday la 11 litters, Mif- Columbia sev- 3a « tional ium bid Other follows: rs Co. ,New Co., Phila Co. Pittst & Co., Ph tional Cit The pr used to hare on iou The est and heaviest litter was bred by A .Burr, of Leesport, Berks coun- ty. Eighteen pi sired by a pure bred Berkshire, pounds. |s 1 . ELIZAB Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, Jefferson county, died ing of week at the ghter, Mrs. Perry Glass of Fallen Tim- | ber. Death was atributed to complica- | diseases. Mrs. Gray had gone to | to spend the holidays and ill the early part of Thursday morn- home of her dau- was awar of phing Co came suddenly last week. Funeral services day afternoon in the Church at Big view cemetery county bo were conducted Sun- Methodist Episcopal with burial in Fair- that place born in Run near deceased was Of Mou Reynélds- ville, Jefferson April 3, 1850. The following children vive: W, M. Gray, of Big Rt Joseph Gray and Mrs, EE. M Smith of nT e; Paul O. Gray of Pitts- burgh, ass our count midst one Brother, 8 down thr the unknc Resolve MRS, Mrs E Edward home of Altoona in 1866 of her months survived ELIZABETH M. O'BRIEN. Jlizabeth M O’Brien, widow O'Brien, died last Friday at her neice, Mrs. Frank Hersh She was born in Blair had resided in Cre going to the Hersh to spend the winter. is three ters and two broth- Mrs F.lor Ehrenfeld of Lilly a ster of the deceased. Funeral services | were conducted on Monday morning at St. Francis Xavier's Catholic. church in | Cresson, and interment was in St. Mi- chael’s cemetery at Loretto of the in ounty mosi home She 8S We that | thi fact but that one to ti fraernity Resolve | lutions be ceased br on the m also be p c She sson life, ago by 3 ers, nee is PREBISH-HOWE, Stephen Prebish of Cresson ried at Madeira on Wednes morning of last week to Mi Margaret Howe of | that place. They were attended by Miss | Rosalia Parks and Clem Gutwald, both | of Cresson. After a wedding trip to New | York City they will make their home at | Cresson. ! METHO Po ( Sunday Mornir Senior “World was mar- MORE and Many Restrictions Made in | cording to new regulations laid protection Motorists nisdemeanor may waive a hearing, thus writing Ev ringing must Cros passing Further road rules forbid speeding up be ANDREW Pittsburgh, at lican nomination. He explained, “it is too MELLON NATIONAL BANK IS lic improvement firms Philadelphi contract | $220. This firm has heretofore printed all RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE Whereas, portals r eternal world, and has removed from our murmer | Supreme Commander of all, who doeth all Evening i Prayer service Wednesday R CODE RULES TRICT THAN 192 In , HOLD LILLY YOUTH IN SHOOTING FRAY Joseph Conglo, 48, in Serious Condition, at Mercy Hospi tal. Wife Wounded. As a result of a shooting affray, al- leged to have grown out of a family quarrel, Joseph Conglo, aged 48, of Lilly, is a patient at Mercy Hospital, suffering | of two bullet wounds; his wife, Eva, is | at the family home nursing a wound in | the left arm, and Conglo’s step-son, Pet- | iving Pactices Now Vogue, Pennsylvania, Inight last Saturday Pennsylva- rists had to abandon many of ng practices they have followed and drive their machines ac- down by motor code, some of the old restrictions are many new ones have been ad- ough the new code is more strict old some few concessions have le to the motorists. rhaps the able of these is the 35-mile limit for passenger vehicles on open of highway. important in State eace-officer ey have not er Golash, 19, is under arrest at Lilly, charged with felonious shooting with in- tent to kill. Conglo was shot in the chest and left hip. His condition is not good. Golash gave himself up to the police following the shooting and been held for court without bail. It is alleged that Golash took a revol- ver from his step father, Conglo, after the later had shot Mrs. Conglo, mother of Golash. The step-son, it is alleged, shot his step father twice. COUNTY POOR BOARD IS REORGANIZED FOR THE YEAR r the in- Patrolmen a power before, the law in uni- before change is Highway authority, POSS +d of motorists that officers must show a police badge y stop motorists. are given additional rights ovision that persons arrested for ition other than a felony or a Lilly has be d he practice of some Justices of : in conducting “fine mills.” nediate hearing may be demand- The county poor board met at Ebens- ly motorist arrested upon sight | burg on Monday night for reorganization summary offense. For a misde- | a¢ which time the following officers were or felony the offending motorist elected for the ensuing year: held for court. John L. Evans, president; Walter E. ordering removal vulgar or Devore, treasurer Alice Lleweliyn, sec- or printing from cars retary; D. L. Owens, steward; Mrs. D. Ww bear such writing and for- L. Owens, matron Attorney, Charles S. he obscuring of windshields and Evans, solicitor. dows by signs, stickers, decal- The steward was given authority to » Or drawn curtains, the motor engage whatever help may be necessary lires that each ear be provided to conduct the Home. vision mirror or other de- The following chaplains were appoint- a clear view of traffic fol-|aq: phe Rev. H. J. Baumgartel, pasto ery car likewise must €d- | of the Ebensburg Presbyterian church ; ith a windshield wiper, either Rev. John R. Thomas, pastor of the mechanically operated. First Congregational church and the Rev. Irivers who honk their horns tol H. M. O'Neill, pastor of the Holy Name eir family or friends that they | Catholic church. ing outside, instead of getting | Dr. Harry J. Bennett, Ebensburg, was the door bell are hit by appointed house physician and the fol- bitin of unnecessary sounding lowing outside doctors were appointed on the staff: J. Swan Taylor, Johnstown ; C. L. McCoy, Hastings; E. T. Ealy, Barnes- boro; H. F. Garman, Emeigh; John A. Murray, Patton; B. F. Bowers, St. Ben- edict; Edward Pardoe, South Fork; M. C. Dunnick, Nanty-Glo; Harry Diffen- derfer, Beaverdale; J. O. Keffer, Frugal- ity; H. C. Prideaux, Cresson; F. A. Don- lin, Lilly; J. B Buzzard, Portage, and Blair G. Learn, Blandburg. of ear ive be lay jail sentence or a. $25 fine is Ity for reckless driving which carrying more than three per- he front seat of an automobile on highways the road rules are the require- at cars must be brought to a stop before crossing a railroad when the warning signal gives train’s approach; that vehi- keep to the extreme right of except on one way streets or ays that are of sufficient width driving nearer the center; that keep to the right of the road sing railroad or highway inter- that half of the road must be licles coming in the opposite di- that the horn must be sounded another ca® going in the a ———— — STATE FARM SHOW WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 17TH Plans for at Harrisburg annual State being rapidly the opening on January 17th of the Farm Produc Show are rounded into shape. The largest prize list in the history of the show will be the principal lure to sends a record number of exhibitors to 1 S + CONGRESSMAN LEECH WILL BE CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED S LF FILM HERE SOON Announcement of howing of “The Big Parade” Excites Interest in Patton, Before leaving Johnstown on afternoon with his family for Washing- | ton, D. C., where he is now present for | the reconvening of Congr after the | holiday recess, Congressman J. Russell Leech of Ebensburg, announced that he will a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress at the coming | spring primaries. Congressman Leech was accompanied Washington by his wife and hildren, James Russell, Ellen and The Leech children enrolled in the Washington Public The Leech family made the trip | mobile reaching Washington | day. Congressman Leech is serving his first term representative of the 20th Con- gressional district. He is a veteran of t Sunday “The called the tory, and rightly awaited in Patton. K Goldwyn-Mayer picturi | ce Stallin story is coming to the Grand | theatre, I: tton, next Monday, Tue sday and Wednesday ni for one show each | q has three | Nan pus Schools, y auto- | late Mon- which been re in screen his- ‘ been eagerly Vidor’'s Metro ition of Lauren- to biggest pictur e so, | cy as pils its, as he of “The Apperson, a and son new I typical like spri rade” fun Jig much In ti the patriotism, ne in ow s is ro- in est, the and Then period reunited. Re Supporting players as Dane, Tom O'B Claire Adams, C Marstini, and Rober is a rt Rosita Long of ction on the open highway. : rie . the state capital, it is said. Plans for the dairy class of exhibits revealed that there will be silver loving cups, medals, cash prizes, dairy equip- ment and ribbons for winners in the va- rious competitions. A silver loving cup will be presented for the >St exhibit of Jersey, Guernsey and in Milk. The prizes are being offered by the Jersey, Guernsey and Hol- Stein associations of America. Cash prizes will be awarded butter class, it was said. ing when the driver of a car his intention of passing. Passing eeding in the same drecton at ns, on hilltops, on curves, or at a clear view ahead is prohibited. ces where had, MELLON SAYS HE IS PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT the T is Tr in the sury Mellon said a candidate for nomination boom report- ry of rsday he not iblican presidential ’S nothing about a 1 for him. ord came from publication at PATTON YOUNG LADY WEDS CARROLLTOWN SOLDIER Johnathan R. Hodgson of Carrolltown, son of Mrs. Wilfred Blum, and Elva M. Beckwith, of Mellon avenue, Patton, were united in marriage on Saturday morning at Ebensburg by Justice of the Peace Charles P Rowland at his office in the Tibbott building. The bridegroom is a member of the United States Army and is stationed at Carlisle, Pa., being home on a furlough for the holidays. The couple secured their marriage license at the register’'s office and went at once to the office of Justice Rowland. The bride is a well known Patton young lady and is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bec with. She is a graduate of the Patton High School, Class of ’25, and of the Slippery Rock Normal School, '27. the Secretary Washington of hat his friends were booming the nomination. The Secretary :d his nephew, W. L. Mellon of Chairman of the Pennsylva- Republican committee, who al- e knew nothing of the reported *3 Mellon said, and won’t be one. he is too old to be pres- llon said he would not take any present in supporting any of tial candidates for the Repub- ‘ws to me,” am didate feels season” to take a definite ndidate. the any ci *ORTSMEN HAVE MANY THINGS TO DIS ARDED THE COUNTY BONDS | COUNTY rd of County Commissioners on st disposed of $400,000 of pub- bonds to the Mellon Na- of Pittsburgh on its prem- $15,251.20. submitting "USS The Cambria sociation will and election in Ebensburg on Wednesday evening, Jan- uary 11th. It is expected that all of the member organizations will have not only their regular represen ives present, but delegations of others who will want to hear the reports to be submitted and the discussion of timely questions. A lunch will be served. Most important among the topics, the consensus of opinion of the sportsmen as to the hunting season of 1927 and the question of what is to be done with the surplus deer problem, in the light of ex- periences of the past year. County hold the Sportsmen's As- nnual meeting | nk pal bulding at of bids were as Edward Lowber Stokes & Co., 2,196; Harris Forbes & York, $12,556; R. M. Snyder & delphia, $13,000; S. V. Voekel & yurgh, $12 M. M. Freeman iladelphia, $1 6; and the Na- y Co., New York, $14,319.60. oceeds of the bonds are to be pay the county's proportionate the Johnstown city bridges and ims the county has had as- st it by the public service for other public improve- is 1S § ELEANOR MAY BURRY, Eleanor May Burry, 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Burry, died last Thursd at the parental home in Span- the bonds Lithogra- its bid of for printing to F. A. Englert Pittsburgh at rded of spring SONS scores blazes is cost 395 acres a of acres S¢ same aver- conflagra- of the natural prevented as was SR {night only at §: and a matinee on | Briefly the story | other rich man’s 1 1: 3 | lists and departs service fife in and Slim, an ex-riviter, and their 1ce. Mr. Stalling id to have cre- Treat Last Thursday by | And then Jim meets Melisande—as Faculty of the Cincinnatti Conservatory | 16 French girl in her wooden sabots and at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew | ©Ver filmed are those of the love Mr. Ericourt came to this country one | StPerated. Vital moments of drama ¢ was graduated from the advanced piano trenches, shell holes, machine gun Mr. Ericourt is truly a remarkable | 482In and the reconstruction w a highly finished degree without, in the | Gilbert are such sterling Ren- name for good taste. McDowell, showing not only an adequate perform- 1 T7IN ~ : or GALLITZIN AREA 1 1927 great composer In the modern French shown the same congenial sympathy with Being Revorted. music. ber, occurred this Year in the Gallitzin lowing that a concert tour of the United | Were recorded, it sed in the an- first Am- | erican cities I. Shirey of Johnstown DOE IS KILLED WHEN RUN tions Blair and Clearfield counties Last Wednesday's Altoona “Mirror.” fall, it is pointed out, the exceptional Duncansville concrete highway when | ficient organization of OF Nardens and | i a operated by Paul Curry of Cresson {ally the yearly average of forest tomobile. The car was badly damaged in| In ten years in the Gallitzin district, being smashed, while the front axle of 000 including of extinction Eldorado where after making temporary | ted by the 58 fires, the total loss amounts Mr. Curry communicated with a game Leadership in the was held in Altoona, informing the latter of the deer | acres of brush and timberland be ing wip- ning, John Lee, a Roaring Spring resi- | Stroved 31 acres. In Blair county 13 fires and he loaded the animal on his car ang | tions in Clearfield county, tified of the deer being at the Duncans-| all fir due to carelessness, For- later taken to the County Home, | SParks from railroads resulted in ano- to the inmates. The deer was an unusu- | attributed to brush burning. | Monday at 4 o'clock World War. centers in Jim EE loving American CONCERT PROVES 101%, Dred by 8 I is | py 3 | I'he succeeding scenes sh Jim and | two buddies; Bull, a former Bowery : life in the doughboys’ billets in rural Local Music Lovers Accorded Al ated a trio original as Kiplir ' 5 ye S | diers Three.” French Pian played by Renee Adoree—and forgets Daniel Ericourt, pianist, of the Artist- | about Ns merican_ sweetheart, This He of Music, played a concert Thursday ey-| Milkmaid garb a figure of high ening, December 29th, in the music room | ance. Some of the most touching Rhody. The concert was given under the | °f Jim and Melisande. Then comes auspices of the Patton Music Club. | advance to the front and the lovers year ago from Paris. As a boy of nine | Shown the advance through the he entered the Paris Conservatory and the advance on t French vi classes, taking the first grand prize at| the wounding of Jim the fi- the age of sixteen in 1919, for his two pals home ' pianist. He has developed with skillfur} the two lovers ar alism preception every side of his tecnique fof dominates every scene. John 1 ast, sacrificing his own innate aesthe- | €€ Adoree, Karl fen ticism which, after all, only another | Hobart Bosworth, 4 The program included groupa fom Ober 3ach, Chopin and Liszt each group ote re ayn. , WOR Qr | FEW FOREST FIRES IN ance but a scholarly appreciation of the art, time and spirit of each one of these | group of Faure, Roger-Ducas (his own | Hazard Reaches Lowest Point For teacher) Debussey and Ponlenc, was Time, Only Fifty-Eight Blazes added spontenity which belongs at once | -_— to his own eager youth and that of the| Less forest fire fifty-eight in num- | Mr. Ericourt will make a concert tour | district, than in any other twelve month of Europe during next winter and fol- | Period since 1919, when but forty-eight States. Patton, like Cincinnatti, Boston | nual summary of stati that has been and New York, is one of the 3 compiled for the district by Forester T to have the pleasure of | hearing him The local territory embraces Cambria — eee and Indiana counties together with DOWN BY AN AUTOMOBILE | Practically all conflagrations in the wood AW land tak place during the and A large doe deer was killed early Sun-|7¢cord this year being attributed to the day morning along the Sixth avenue and | Wet weather of those se: and the ef- | thei : animal jumped out from the woods into | iNSPectors and towermen who kept a vy the path of an automobile owned llant watch throughout the district. Usu- The deer died instantly, having its 300 . 4 neck broken in being struck by the au- The fire hazard in 1926 was the wor the impact with the deer's body, both | fires burning over 16,500 acres and headlights, the bumper and both fenders loss conservatively estimated the machine was also bent. $18,000. This year, when the averag: 3 Mr. Curry was able to drive his car to| 5-81 acres per fire, were sut- repairs to his car he proceeded to his |!M8 to about $1,500. Last year the aver- home in Cresson. After reaching Cresson | 28¢ fire was 42.98 ; warden there who in turn got in touch | the past year by C: county which with game protector C. C. Bennecke in | had an average per fire, 84 being killed. ed out by } fires. Indiana county was During the early hours of Sunday mor-| Second with 4.44 acres, ven blazes de- dent, came upon the body of the dead | SWept over 140 acres and the deer while driving home from Altoona |28¢ was burned over by five Look it to Duncansville where he left jt| The wanton destruction at a restaurant. Mr. Brennecke was no- | resour could have been ville restaurant, and went there at eight | Ster Shirey asserts, Hunters and smokers o'clock Sunday morning. The deer was | are blamed for fifty per cent while the where it was the principal dish of the | ther 34 per cent. Fifteen per cent was in- Christmas day menu which was served | cendiary in origin and one per cent ally large one and when dressed the scales at 150 pounds. tipped - GENE TUNNEY'S FORECA The descending arm of a white clothed referee will be the only factor in | the boxing career of Gene | v¥weight champion of the | Tunney said on New Years day in an nouncing a New Year's re solution, As he walked down the fairway a long and true drive on the Mi: Bay Shore Golf Course MINISTERIAL BODY TO CONVENE AT EBENSBURG NEXT TUESDAY The next meeting of the Northern Cambria Ministerial Association will be | held in the Ebensburg Presbyterian edi- | | | | | ending Tunney, hea- world So fce on Tuesday, January 10th, at 10:30 mi ae a. m. The Rev. Vincent Dee Berry of the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Johnstown I will retire only when 1 uncon- will speak on “Personal and Visitation | scious,” Ge ne “My career a Evangelism.” A luncheon will be served | boxer shall end only then. This that at a reasonable rate. All ministers, Y, | will retire when I make my million is M. C. A. secretaries, Salvation Army of- | quite without foundation.” F ficers and other religious workers have Tunney scoffed at reports that he would been invited quit the ring soon, savi “Show me —— other trade profession where 1 SHERIFF AND JAIL make a million a year. Pe rhaps that TRIP TO settle fhe always interesting question « when a plans to re : am asserted. as talk an- could will Xi WARDE ATLANTA WITH Sheriff Carl Steuer and Warden Eq ON MEN or gler, the result of rheumatism and heart trouble. Her death occurred 13 years to the hour ‘ter birth, she having been born at Dec. 29, 1914. The deces was a member Freshman class of St. Patrick's Be es her parents she is sur I 1 nds. 10 of the school. ed by a Lodge, No, 84, K, record the entrance the Messenger from of P. into the ntain We of | | brother, Robert, 11, and a sister, Mar- [ guerite, 9. Funeral services were con- | { ducted at nine o'clock on Saturday morn- |ing at St. Patrick’s Catholie church, a | requiem high mass being celebrated by the pastor, the Re Father F. P. Cor- coran. Interment was in St Jenedict's cemetery at Carrolitown. worthy who, without grim stranger | of death into our esteemed and S. Boyer, with the ough the valley wn hereafter. d, That while » of George went we recognize the ST. BONIFACE POSTMASTER. As the successor of Theodore Huber, who filled the office for six months pre- vious to his death on December 14 last, | Mary Anna Huber has received a com- | mission as post master of the fourth | class post office at St. Boniface, accord- {ing to the postal bulletin. Her appoint- | ment became effective on December 15th, | Theodore Huber was a veteran stone ma- son 211, we are impressed with the this is not our dwelling place, we are destined to pass one by wat Grand Lodge above where reigns supreme. d, That a copy of these reso- » sent to the family of our de- other, and a copy be spread up- inutes of Mountain Lodge, and ublished in the Patton Courier. JAS. McNAIR, CLARK HEIST, HUGH WHITEFORD, JR, Committee | Dr | inent DR. ARBLE IS ILL. E. F. Arble, of Carrolltown, prom- | Northern Cambria Physician, was taken very ill on Saturday Several doc- tors were called in consultation and his trouble was pronounced appendicitis. On account of a heavy cold the patient could |not be moved to a hospital for an opera- | tion, which will follow as soon as the [condition of the patient permits of the ‘ordeal, CHURCH. DIST EPISCOPAL iorman, pastor. school at 10 a. worship at 11. Epworth League Travel Night.” worship at 7:30. m at 7:30. posedly {IL SAMUELSON HONORED NEBRASKA STATE COLLEGE GILBERT AT Knee left on Monday evening for Pitts- burgh, where they joined United States Marshal James MacGregor, and withghim left Tuesday morning to take 26 Flora: prisoners to the Federal Penitentiary ap Atlanta, Ga. These prisoners are fr the Pittsburgh district of the Federa® Court and is a ve large number to bh taken to the penitentis ry at one time. The local officer ived in Atlanta or Wednesday afternoon, — “COUNTERFEIT” The following leter 1 Bosserman, supervisir local schools, Nebr eived 1 rincei 1f If for State speaks itse | | | | | orm Chadron, N Dec Schools | ska | Superintendent of Patton, Pa sir: — computing the fall quarter, Man Gets Crisp New $20 | advise that one of Bill From Treasury Department. | pears on the honor Perhaps M. S Daugherty, Indiana lum- | this student deservy ber dealer, should have destroyed a coun- | credit due to prev terfeit $20 bill which came into his pos- | school session in 1907, but he didn’t, and now’ This @olle he's glad he hung onto the bit of sup- ft honors—M: a worthless paper. scholastic In looking up some old documents, Mr high order, and Cum Laude Daugherty found the old bill. He took it | sents work distinc to a banker friend who gave the opinion | Gilbert Samuelson i that the bill was genuine. few Magna Cum L Daugherty still wasn’t satisfied, so he | fal] quarter mailed the bill to the United States Tre- | You are asury Department in Washington, | before your The other day Daugherty received a | newspaper letter from the Treasury Department ana fit a nice new, cr sp $20 bill dropped from | Very since rely Robert 1. Elliott, President DISCOVERS scholars} 1927, we Indiana Coun your roll credit lous tr is awards Cum La ability cholarship h repr mally repre average the very for the sents tly above one of tude students make body other at this publie the local you se in way € The ury Treas- a———— Ln - Suppos- | W. C. T. ¥. MEETING. tests of| The Women’s Christian Te The | Union will hold their monthly Orin the ning January 10th, at 7:45 P letter explained that the officials we retaining the | edly “counterfeit” bill to make | paper strength, ink and printing | pill Daugherty kept was genuine, else it fooled the government experts, e mperance meeting 3aptist Church next Tuesday eve- M.
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