OTEK G A WEEK Vharton and r spending | relatives in ald and Ger- ere business L recent call- s mission. was a brief was a week 3s caller in ville recently attended the Saturday. urg on bus- and family elatives here ‘esson is the F. Horne, a concluded a a caller here E. leas of Cam- Noi at an appli- udges of the lay, January i, by -B. J. Owens, Joe Kline, F. W. es Gray, G. Ss, Pr. BE. PB. 1d Lawrence f the Aet of mmonwealth Act to pro- 1d regulation proved April thereto, for Corporation e Home ennsylvania, which is to f patriotism ment of the te social in- ong persons Army, Navy nited States ociated with 1d War dur- began April ‘ovember 11, sive, and to re such pro- s may be of the wel- ad. for the and enjoy wrivileges of its supple- Ww on file in Solicitor, nshurg, Pa. 1 son of Mr. Moss Creek, on Saturday irs after he s caused by | and TRA NAL ‘BIG ’ AT mat- 35¢ 50¢ NEWS ITEMS ARE SOLICITED BY THE PATTON COURIER. IF YOU HAVE A VISITOR, OR HAVE BEEN VISITING, DON'T HESITATE TO LET US KNOW ABOU nar. Patton THE COURIER OFFICE ADE- QUATELY EQUIPPED TO TAKE CARE OF JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS, AND SOLICITS YOUR PATRONAGE ON THE BASIS OF SATISFACTION, VOL. XXXIV. NO. 6. LOCAL AND STATE NEWS OF INTEREST » xs: ~:~ | Formerly Condensed Items Cathered from| | i Various Sources for the OL nes following life in Greene county, Charles Oswald of Johnstown mercantile appraiser for Cambria the arganized as follows for the | ensburg Cc. Ww Meisel, Rresident;|town. Eli's Teighnar, vice president; J. C.|him tary and P. o. strittmat- | The other members of fe | who are now B. Pfeister and G fered the loss of destroyed ones being reg- United States Treasury ai- new money to supplant the left after the fire. | | ! o the Goverment furnishing dupli- | i | | the Frank secretary and Mrs. W. D. Wet- | in the House for appro y-Glo, Port: $100,000 each. admitted several years ago Lehman, of Spangler, died At hospital on Saturday, hav- ing been a patient there for eleven weeks. where he was admitted on | brother, Victor, aged saved the lad on the issuance Herman Diehl of Cres- | regi tration of the 57th anniversary of their home there last| GOLDEN WE DDING OF were Newry in 1870, and have BARNESBORO COYPLE | {1°" Judge J the mumeipal eoury, ag far | l as 6,000 volts of elect along the main high- ed f or, aged 50. a well-l building contractor, who resides at Joh Tuesday evening by bandits | looting way with § an automobile blanket | st and let him lay in the ‘mperature about zero lous for more than six | revived and managed to Mumpherys, aged 65 Years, a trouble at his home in deceased is survived by Catherme (Wess) Hum- 5 Warren Whited, aged 38 years, residing died at the Miners hospital at Spangler on Tuesday morning Peat) was asributed to a complication of > admitted to the hospis sisters and one bro- T A lively rumpus was held in Tunnelhill rs of oo puties Three hundre :d and eighty persons were were CE months. The death toll was among pedestrians, of whom TRINITY ( Nugent Samwell, 156th, Morning pray- | the opening of a new :30 a. m. | cating of the present Church school at 9:45 a. m road. PATTON, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 of this place | Bu y Reader. [ out Northern, Cambria, | morning for a = | Band. Nesbit's county's oldest citizen is dead. | who have heard Fhomas, thought to be | : bands on the imore, died last | illness. She had | has been year “8 by Auditor | | Mahan’s ( ommanders of Joe Nesbit's ‘arroll Township School | summer by good luck busi- | week to the extent of | ne sday at the Carroll Township Board of | convention which organization meet- | today (Thursday. The wrabaugh, President; | are assembled vice president; J. S. | room. The meeting D. Wetzel is collector. | Attorney Ivan bushels of potatoes a president an acre by Amos Eberl Lancaster county, hts of their 100,000 potatoes. | code and otherwise Russell Leech has in- |W! h their various Yesterday afternoon rick delivered his erection of postoffice Barnesboro, Cresson, Eb- comprehensive review s in schools of | given by County | Bentz. Following | directors took part i entertainment | by the Ebensburg | dress, “Visual Education,” tiviti and South aged 68, formerly of Friday of paralysis at | and musi at Ebensburg, where aged 3, son of Mr. and | pp Hoban of Vintondale, died on at the Mercy hospital | pyre. | whtons Hrs inevess ner.| STATE TO PER NEW FORD SALE; Theresa Thomas, aged 6 months, and Mrs. Alvin Thomas | Rumors of Ban township, died on Saturday of Highway parental home. Funeral | allowing | conducted at nine o'clock — morning at the Catholic chur- Rumors that Ford and interment was in | in Pennsylvania y. license to sell the and presence of mind state, because 12 year old Susie Fleck | does not conform as sh stood on the t desperately to the 74 Who the ice while skatin miner to the children | announcing that married at Stiffler ‘resson for more than | Mr. and Mrs. James was attributed as the serve Fifity Years of David Bower, aged on New dead in a shanty at ee Blandburg. The victim Mr. and Mrs Jame: two days known residents of County George A. Ensign {ted their golden wedding arrots near his home found | New Years day, the > predicts that we will have | the ocea ion bein and much mud for the ro Epis opal parish 1 beautifully decorated Joseph Gentile, aged 19 vears, a Birchall received ntile, of Portage, died Mr. and Mrs. Birchall Portage last Thursday ident of Barneboro is survived by his fa-|two veai The mother rothers and sisters aged 91, is still living, homes in Johnstown are inst | AGED RESIDENT adio electric lines of the them from Corporation carry Mi Catherine aged 73 years of e hes for the last four Red Bridge, below Somerset County, | week at her home own Saturday morning and shot shortly be- | lic clothir r & 5 in cash payable to Miller Cemetery victim, the bandits Mrs. Burk spent her entire lif goon) MeGo tage I'he deceased is the Miller residence of Summerhill, died o'clock last Thurs~ BOY SCOUTS ON year old son of Mr Frapk Forni of Gallitzin, died The Patton Scouts home there on Monday hunt and hike last a complication of diseases The boys hiked across then crossed the He is survived by left in trees by Mr parading, striking : and then returned with state troopers injured in £ in Pennsylvania in — — Resident in the | of Logan Township —e Blair Court to remove URCH, | Supervisors from office, — signed by practically rector. the Juniata section, | PATTON YOUNG MAN JOINS NESBIT’S Having A Tr Orchestra, Palmer Band, Kay Blake, popular young musician | | | | known through- for the Ensuing Year, at | Joe Nesbit's : remembered by all His parents received | tutions in Patton held their ord on Friday everything was O ings on Tuesday and that he 3 kind he had with. Blake had | with the Palmer hoped to play | rectors were r quite a while | here, and at the Grange Bank, Myron S Fanoers and also great anxiously await- Joe Nesbit's Philade delphi i. friends wish | sulted In the re-election of all the old | ing a return engagement . . iness o ec. J as $1,995 Ebenshurg in Session. fhovs on Dac. 51, was 81,945, About two hundred School Directors’ bria County met members of the their annual | PQ, * continue through | Y MeCann’s court | | yesterday by | SEE of Ebens- | ciation. The 13 | opening address the champion pot: 1- | Hoban of the Department of Public In- | Pennsylvania for 1¢ will | struction at Harrisburg, be exhibited at the State Farm Products | ed to the directors Harrisburgh next week. It is | this exhibit alone will in- | familiarize themselves Hoban talk- duties the school acquainted | message and a year's ac- | Cambria county Superintendent Th i M ARRI AG E LA LAW two addresse s the CL ARIFIE iD IN PROPOSAL ba0.000 a year. discussion | | 6:30 last evening school direct- | ors met in the rE he the annual banquet rendered by Harve solos were | Code, Spiked by | issued a the Key- new state motor thin ice at a creek, last] last week Getman Motor Altoona Istributors for Ford received a let- | wo tH th state department title and |g ars Matrimony anniversary on marking nall v numerous plication of diseases Funeral services were Church, of which oldest communicant eral party went to rial was in St. Bartholomew's of the | fertilizers, spok fun- | soil for potato growing, and fertilizers. | butt where bu- | Another interesting talk was made by Catholic | W. S. Krout, specialist in plant diseases, | was ong sidents oldest and | ease control, particularly stressing the having vas daughter of Dani pionec band and these children key, of Wilkes-Barre James Cunning and Miss Mary leaves one of Portage Powers | eee eee eee — both of | NEW MOTOR CODE IS MORE LENI- at home, ENT WITH INTOXICATED DRIVER Emily Se — } HUNT. | task of changing one section of the new asure | effect January 1, according to Benjamin afternoon. | G. Eynon, Registrar of Motor Vehicles | Strottmatter’s woods. box of marshmallows hollow tree in these were directed in their treasure, a | car while intoxicated was reduced in the | scouts | old. notes Under the new law a fine of $200 or U Quinn, Jr., assistant masters + as the penalty for drunken driving. Under After toasting the boys played for a short to The regular meeting evening. It consisted theniecs and exercises woods | not less than ASK SUPERYV TSORS’ surfaced | to run a newspaper just the same as ev- Out And Elect Directors ond Officer Thursday Tuesday Sessions. the finest Stockholders of the two banking insti annual meet- and elected directors for The same boards of di- tained at both the banks hot” band | the ensuing y , and later with | Larimer, was named c shier, and Frank Johnstow n, | Young, assistant cashier. . heard last | First National Bank, Sunset and Eb-| The annual meeting of the, stockholders | at Johns- [of the First National Bank ot Patton, re- board of directors, and the choosing of all the present bank offic [oows: Dir They are as > KE. Prindible, Frank Farabaugh, Reuel Sq er ile ors Geor Thompson and i Ott. The offi- [Fre ig +. Brown, Samuel > Brown, N : S a balance in the state fees | Cowher, Ralph E. Good, 0. iB 916,142 at the close of WL. | cers are George I Prindible, president December 31, the state treasurer se IE. Prindible, pre ; ed. | F. E. Farbaugh, vice president ; Reuel g = | | Somerville, vice president; Frank L of Duncansville, who suf | | Brown, cashie r , and M. D. Connell, as- | $1,300 in currency, rail Y sist ant cashier and liberty bonds when al Annual Gather ng of Cambria | Th : bank had a prosperous vear, and | the oven of a kitchen stove or ad Usherou ane y . . y resources : e cl yus- | Ors Iii i deen Sten County Organization at the total resources at the cl bus- | Grange National Bank. | | Stockholders of the Grange National Ban} k | at their meeting on Tuesday morning re- | elected the present board of directors, as | follows—-James Wes of Cam- on Wed- Strittmatter, C. J Noon, Barth oung, Dr. P. J. Kelly, Dr. B. J. Over- | berg George E. Prindible and rney ‘eld. The officers are as follows: Prindible, president, vice president; Dr. P. J vice president; Myron S. Larimer, ¢ ier and Francis Your cashier. The Messrs. Larimer and Young are both promoted, Mr. Larimer having | previously been assistant ‘ashier, and and the | yp. Young a teller. Lester Larimer, for- them to | mar cashier of the bank, resigned some months ago. | The business of the bank is it | ishing condition, $1,295,660.43 McKen- | 000 the total reported at the | business of Dec. 31st directors | assistant Pr, C.F. furnished and an ad- | given by | Several Uncertainties ADpoar in the Pres- ent Regulations. Require Af of Both the Parties, Ciarification of Pennsylvania marri: | lawn, which are held t enjoyed » be ambigious in a number of instances, is provided in a codification submitted to Dr. Theodore B Appel, secretary of health, by John H | Fertig, assistant director of the legisla tive reference bureau | The code was prepared und: a con- | current resolution of the 1927 lature and is to. be submitted to the 1 ) ses- | sion for consideration as a companion measure to a codification of the state's divorce laws. Ebe Because One of the uncertainties in the present laws which Mr. Fertig pointed out is that relating to persons who may perform a marriage ceremony. He said that the on- System ly dealers | law on this subject seems to be that on ions of the captions of the license which is ac spiked dressed “to any minister of the gospel justice of the peace or other persons au 2 | thorized by law to perform marriage the other persons or officers are not stated To clarify this situation he recommed the The chief justice and each justice of the supreme court, each judge of the common pleas court, judge of the orphans’ court, judge of the county placed Ww istrate, alderman, justice of the peace mayor of any city, burgess of any bor- » Ob- ough, and every minister, priest or rab he r bi of any regularly established church or | I congregation is hereby authorized to sol . emnize marriages between such persons as | 5¢8 well | produce a proper marriage license. very celebra- | peligious society, institution or organiza. tion in the commonwealth may join to- gether in marriage such persons as are 3arnesbo- | jmempers of said society, institution or o 1S | organization or when one of such persons I Mrs. | is a member of such society, institution | of gold. | organization | 14 been res- The code also would require both ap- | forty- | plicants for' a license to make affidavit | Birchall | to the application, and the applicants | other | would Pe required to furnish such infor- | for { mation as demanded by the state he alth | : | department | not EXPIRES the | POTATO-RAISERS HEAR EXPERTS | Cent Burkey TALK, & DISCUSS OWN PROBLEMS | ¢ ol Burkey, of —— | I'hese impair About 40 of the best potato growers 1 com- | in Cambria county atended a meefing in | ALtairs Wednesday a | the courthouse at Ebensburg Thursday | ©f 2 [afternoon to discuss methods of better to 1 9 o'clock | production. Nicholas Schmitz of State | tO the Catho- | college, an authority en farm crops and e on the preparation of also of State college, who talked on dis- She There was also a general discus Por cular problems as encountered on their | respective farms The meeting was call hus- {ed by County Farm Agent H. C Me- | Bur- | Williams. | ) Arb ! When the Pennsylvania Legislature meets in 1928 it will be faced with the : | vide Pennsylvania Motor Code which went into the anda Eynon explained that “through an into | error” the penalty for operating a motor the in a |new code from what it had bec np in the [ and Mr. , three months’ imprisonment is provided who the | the old cod the penalty was a fine of and 200 or more than $5,000, ind jor three years’ imprisonment, or both. the U Friday I = ng ing the rales- TRINITY M. CHURCH, | laws. | P. T. Gorman, pastor. 1918° | Sunday school at 10 a. m ma Morning worship at 11:00 perty, Epworth League at 6:30, section Evening worship at 7:30. | fare the | Prayer service Woanesiny at 7:3 Purpose Road —— ene i fan petition being Subseriptions to the Courier, in a num- | uid resident of | her of instances are now due. We will | ment OVEr | appreciate a prompt remittance if you The vVa- | are among the number. It costs money erything else. Won't you help? ‘a saxo STOCKHOLDERS OF NORTHERN CAMBRIA SPANISH WAR TIME BOTH BANKS MEET COUPLE CELEBRATE, SCENES REENACTED Philip Gill Obser the 50th Annivers sary of T heir Marr riage. n “Rough Riders, arction at the Gr: ind Next Tuesiny and Ww ednesday | | | A special bigif mass. was said in their | cameras, Lawrence s church by American patriotism, ed couple atte ndcd the mass. hes werd bats all day congratulations FOURTEEN STATE AMENDMENTS UP :: | Electorate to | 5 eXpeg HASTINGS YOUTH ES 11a ILY KILLED i a or in E olor In Rich Hil Mine. | | | It ¥. Pass On Bond Is-|!ovell to 3 sues Totalling $138,000,- 000 in November. Coal C the one side of rick, T. M. She¢ han, | posed ame AR to the and Charles Emmett 000,000 WILL BE | 755mm is Ie Sue be is Dass d Hy it additional revenue NOTES OF THE WEEK [men on the seen for nece During |! no Neigh- | workers, and as a result the truck was ARE HEARD FOR COMPENS printing Pennsylvania forestration construction Prope I 1 charitable perty cilmanic G sonal alone 12 exemption chines politan The itutional amendments These attended assess CHARTER NOTICE, In the Court of Common Pleas of Cam- | | bria Importance of spraying | March fon | Notice (Bur by the farmers present covering parti- cation bove Dillon, Hayes, Green, i Russell CAMBRIA COUNTY SPORTSMEN posted Grieff General of Pennsylvania First vice pres- of certain 129, 1874 to be | sociation foster nited tercourse 6, 1817, ntain necessary the the Prothonotar) heretofore failed. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE, INSTALL MOn ieciany BEAVERDALE HAS wwe» VERY COSTLY FIRE Large Business Block Is Suited and Loss Is Estimated About $100,000.00. Damage estimat Lat appr imately a hundred thousand dollars. wa done by a Lire that swept over a large block on rnad- | Mair Wes- | day late last Thurs atternoon Sine pli Mrs. S.|apartments fell the ir fla- Mrs. | me which for reatened to wipe Lucy | out the entire ¢ or « Lhe Sager; | town. © loss covered by in Fisher ; | surance inves of the fire is under by the st polic Legion | The originated in the A, D. Gold- stein brick structure occupied by A be ted | Krantzler's clothing stor A defective flue is believed to have caused ti fire Gaining considerable headway b. fore dis or d and fanned by a high wind the mes Kly spread. Volunteer fireme n 1 runs to n re- 1 or hel; t rea ly i figh 1 ze be Hor- t wate gs ben volunteer fire fighters ed in getting the fire under control working heroically for more than three hour S 1e¢ entire bus amite ~ the Main street 1 19. | tically gutted pPposite s 15,000 oti Lewine Goldbl: ir 1 ) 000 in m being Santo Tindrello barber shop, loss $2.- 000, fenry James Lann, shoemaker shop: loss -. ) 00 Has- : ; urviv- | Saunders Lewine novelt n loss $300 KC. Walt nd | abartments, loss $300 nday \ : ard’ A ilrison 1} in When the fire wa tlarm sounded the. fire Logan Coal Company scene. Upon the arrival truck and a number of mine IL the blaze refused to St In fighting the fire because the an ‘aratus was manned by non-union mine taken back to the Logan plant y the immediate danger of the | Realiz Sweeping over the en ion because of th e¢ business winds, calls help were sent to nearby towns The of South Fork and Portage volunter fire her ompanies quickly responded withe their | te apparatus. Unable to obtain wa oona | '¢T from the nearby fire plugs, hose lines were stretched to the creek a half | mile away. Meanwhile bundl con Straw | Were set afire around the rest ller | the bla to thay the f n hydrant. H cappe of | Portage and men 1d it hest | ines and stat pol | companies, Windber, 4) | 1 responding with : nt | reams from the cre ) nnected to th I plu tl volun d Leer Lire rignters Suc ded in ing and | DE e¢ under control shor before ¢ ! About one hour r tl firemen ent departed from il fir broke out in one of ( ind n 1 police d iil ioned in Beaver "dale quickly « ined the fir ipparatus Lec t the Logan Coal Company and witl th of Stance I a number of comj y men of ‘eam of water from a nearby on the rekindled bla The One te olice and Logan con work- . rked for ore han hour : he fire was complet nguish- be While fighting the blaze duri tl Lf- Mrs. | térnoon, Thoms: mnecliffe and Thom Fisher, both ag ), and membe of call | S¢ uth Fork Fire Co., were « 1 by | Smoke and carried inte the Charlson alled tore, where they were administered last f 2id treatment. The two disabl firemer | were later removed to their homes in South Fork Satur- Within a short time after t fire 1 arm had been sounded, hundr of th in | Spectators had gathered the sc d IL was necessary for th d ris- | €oal and iron policemen to put up 1 and keep the crowd from interf i | the work of the firemen. Before tl fire- Juick | : ? : | men had gotten the fir under ) on | More than 1,000 had gathered ar 1d 1 | scene | At the time the fire roke e E . Store in re ri 4 | t 1 Johnst ! Gi RoaD did not f his 1 Ie his return to Beaverdal Pla- | When the flames threatened Ot | the entire busines tion Beaverda Of L number of merch: I 1 ari ocks out into the str killed | thefts were i ¢ suck soon were 1a cl ( Kept over Alex- | reet cution Che business blocl L conflagration i tire in Februar « 19 I pre- | of ctures wer : building ruined la \ fol- | oq since 1918 jury di- Irvin DR. JOSEPH IL. PAVL dri uneral Y ¢ I i 1 man- | man Paul. a ( OY 1 day iftern 1 WEEK | ment will 1 1 N ter D I life- | poy re ( $76. Dr. 1 r 1 r, Mrs. 1] I My I 1 een nd 1 1 i i Q I \ ( u w, Cl I Pa 1 1 1 Cx 1 . ind ( ve i ) n Jol ER Philipsbur has been rn 1 at Blairsvil charged with the
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