PT. 21st. en, Virginia f Midgets’ [eam. ) WEDNES- 25 and 26. ctures, Ine. CWE prasent b “VIDA LEWIS IATL VSAROFE men for one mariage to told against round of un- in the color- ld rush! A veryone! IER” 1onth es] Visit Our New Location in the MASONIC BUILDING FIFTH AVENUE Visit Our New Location in the MASONIC BUILDING FIFTH AVENUE VOL. XXXIV. NO. 43. PATTON, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1925. (5¢) $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. LOCAL AND STATE |ASHVILLE MAN IS NEWS OF INTEREST KILLED IN CRASH Condensed items Gathered from | Joseph Maloney Meets Death Various Sources for the and Others Injured in A Busy Reader. Grade Crossing Wreck —Mr py! rts, aged 57 years, ——— a ne nt of Con-| Joseph Maloney, aged 26 years, un- emaugh, died at the County Home at | married, of Ashville, yas killed instan- Ebensburg on Friday last. Death was |tly and Francis Henkle, 39, an Ashville attributed to dropsy. She was admitted | coal operator, miracuously escaped to the institution on Sept. 4, last. death about 9:45 o'clock last Friday —Catherine Kostine, the two year | morning, when a Pennsylvania Rail- old daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Peter [road freight train struck Maloney’s au- Kostine, of Spring Hill, Portage, died | tomobile, a small coupe, on the Main of a complication of diseases at the |street crossing in Ashville. Maloney's parental home on Saturday morning. |body was cut in twain, Henkle suffer- She is survived by her parents, five sis- | ing only slight injuries though he was ters and five borthers. carried in the ill fated machine for a —Miss Ethel Dumm, of Spangler, of- | distance of 450 feet before the train fice girl at the Spangler hospital, un-| was stopped. derwent an operation at that institu- W. J. Haid of Altoona who attempt- tion for the removal of her appendix |ed to drive his machine past the Ma- last week and her condition is report- | loney machine on the grade crossing, ed as favorable. |also escaped serious injury when the —The Democratic rally held by the | freight train hit Maloney’s car, knock- ladies of Northern Cambria County at |ing it against the Haid car, but the lat- the Brandon hotel in Spangler last|ter machine was thrown clear of ‘the Friday afternoon was well attended. |track. Mr. Haid suffered slight injur- —Athletes, men and women, of the | ies. Central Region, of the P. R. R., Satur-| The drivers of the two automobiles day won the annual regional athletic | failed to see the approaching train be- championship of the Pennsylvania cause of a store building near the grade Railroad held in the presence of fif-| crossing obstructing their view. The teen thousand persons at Cricket Field | engineer did not see the automobiles in Altoona. The Eastern region, holder | attempting to make the grade crossing of the championship for seven years, until the engine was almost on top of finished second. High officials of the |them and was unable to avoid the fa- Pennsylvania railroad were in attend- |tal crash. ance. Numerous special trains were Maloney and Henkle were on their run from the East and West for the ac- | way to the latter's coal mine at the commodation of the employes attend- | time of the accident. Maloney was em- ing the annual outing. ployed by Henkle, —The farmers in the vicinity of Eb-| Maloney is survived by his parents, | and further that our representatives in | Heart church, Altoona, following an ensburg are reporting theives active in| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maloney, of Ash- the assembly and the senate be reques- | extended illness. Mons. Smith was 69 | years. Weather their midst. Aside from farm and gar- | yijle, den produce, chickens are also num-| The funeral services were held on bered among the missing. This seems | Monday morning at nine o'clock in St. to be a condition existing all over the | Thomas’ Church at Ashville and inter- north of the county, however. ment was in the church cemetery. —William Cramer of Barnesboro, has a been awarded a contract for the con- struction of a bridge in South Spang- JOHN P. H N 1 ler, the consideration being $2,978.05. Several other bidders submitted prices Well Known Pattonite Called at the Age of Seventy-Two; for the work. The location of the span Funeral Friday. is at Fifteenth street. —Samuel Colli, aged 39, died of heart disease last Friday morning at his home at Nanty-Glo. He is survived by his widow and four children. The fun- | eral was held on Monday Boing ny ry’s Church at Nanty-Glo anc TT oo a in the church cemetery.| John P. Sheehan, aged 72 years, a —Barbara Raschlich, eight months’ resident of Patton for the past ten old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | Years, and who for many years oper- Rashlich of Ebensburg, died of pneu- |ated a farm near St. Angusting, died monia on Sunday. She is survived by 2 Is osidence es a onc 9 r Y ars ednesday morning of this week. His hes Dfents 2nd @ Number of brojhers | death was attributed to a complication and gsiers. McCormick, son of Mrs. Of diseases. He had been in il] health : FAL 3arneshoro and | for the last year. re Cain To and Funeral services will be held in St. Joseph Kirsch, of Spangler, were mar- Mary's Catholic church, this place at 9 ried at the chapel at the Annapolis |© clock on Friday morning. The funeral Naval Academy, on Monday morning. |Party will go to St. Augustine where Both young people are well known to TRICK Jy ne muds in the St. Au- 8 eS i, daughter Mr. Sheehan was born in White of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Thomas, of Car- Township, Cambria County. He was a rolltown, and Henry Luther, son of [Son of Timothy and Rebecca (Burgoon) Mrs. James Luther of Spangler, were Sheehan. In 1869 he was married at St. married at the Monastery Chapel in Augustine to Miss Mary Mortis. a Carrolltown last Friday evening. The deceased is survived by his wi- —A weiner party was held at Syl- | dow. He also leaves these brothers and van Park the other evening by about Sisters: M. J. Sheehan and Mrs. Eliz- forty young people of the Bradley abeth Malone, both of Pistgnuren; Ed- Junction section. A program of music Ward A. Sheehan of Allegheny town- and dancing was a feature. |ship; and Mrs. John Nagle of Patton. STILL BATTLING FOR LEAGUE SUPREMACY Ralph J. Conrad, whose address is The St. George Cardinals and the given as Third avenue, Altoona, was |Russian Braves are still holding a bat- arrainged before Justice of the Peace tle royal for supremacy in the Church James T. Young in Ebensburg Monday League. Last Sunday they kept at it morning on charges of reckless driving, | for sixteen innings, and then the game failure to stop when ordered to do so|was called, each side having six runs by a policeman, and driving while in- on its tally. This is no doubt the long- ALTOONA MOTORIST IS HELD FOR COURT ON AUTO CHARGE toxicated, waived a preliminary hear-|est game ever played in Patton and | ing and was returned to the county the fact that it ended in a tie makes jail in default of $1,000 bail for his ap-| another record not soon to be broken. | pearance at the December term of the | Bochmuch was freely hit, but kept the county court. | hits well scatered and went the route Conrad's alleged reckless driving | for the Russian Braves. The Cardinals Saturday near the Summit east of collected sixteen hits of Baranick. Babe | Cresson, after it is alleged, he gave | Herman Masnica featured for the Car- | the state police ,and the chief of po-|dinals, knocking the ball out into the lice of Cresson a long chase over the |woods, and getting three two-base hits. William Penn Highway from a short |Gresko featured for the Russians. distance east of Ebensburg to the point The score where he was finally apprehended. The Russians tallied 2 runs in the 6th Conrads’ alleged reckless driveing|inning; two more in the ninth, one in was reported to the state police at Eb-|the 11th, and one in the thirteenth. ensburg by a motorist who had pass-| St. Georges made four in the fourth: ed him on the highway and the police |1 in the 11th; and one in the 13th: set out in pursuit, after notifying the The Russians had 6 runs, 13 hits and Cresson police. Two occupants of the|4 errors; St. George's 6 runs, 16 hits car with Conrad were not arrested, and 6 errors but Conrad was immediately lodged in| Batteries—Russians, Baranich and the county jail. | Kupko; St. George—Simon and Hudak, WILLIAM McCLARREN. | KIWANIS CLUB HOLDS A — mc TIL nl Y William MecClarren, aged 79 years, ITS WEEKLY MEETING one of the best known residents af this I EEA : county, and better known by his many| The Rev. Ralph Hinkleman, pastor friends as “Uncle Bill,” died at Ebens- | of the local Methodist Church, deliver- burg last Thursday. Death was caused |€d a splendid talk before the Northern by a complication of diseases. Cambria Kiwanis Club, Monday at the The body was removed to the home Brandon hotel, Spangler, taking for of his daughter, Mrs. John Simending- | his subject, “Seven Greatest Men,” by er, of Summerhill. Funeral services| Wells, the discourse being excellent. were held at nine o'clock on Saturday Robert Little of Patton is the new morning in St. John's Church at Sum- | pianist of the club, taking the place of merhill. Interment was in St. Barthol- | Clifford Mee, of Spang]er, resigned. ew’s cemetery at Wilmore. Soo — Te mew oaeuwry was a for a number | MONTESORRI SCHOOL WILL of years a widely known hunter and OPEN NEXT MONDAY marksman. He leaves one son, Joseph, | Se— of Johnstown; and four daughters, The Montessori School for young pu- Mrs. Semindinger, of Summerhill; Mrs. | pils, located in the Good building and Christina Boyle, of Altoona; Mrs. Wm. | taught by Miss Laura A. Quarry, will Connelly, of Utica, N. Y.; and Mrs. El- re-open for the 1928-29 term next Mon- | la Dunmire of Juniata. He is also sur- | day morning, October 1st. Miss Quarry vived by one brother, James, of South | will arrive in Patton this week and will Fork, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Bun- | be glad to interview all parents inter- ton, of Johnstown. ested. BUILD FLINTONROAD| CLAIMED BY DEATH Good Roads Convention at Chest | Resident of Patton for the Past Springs Thursday Has A Forty Years. Funeral on Number of Features. Wednesday Morning. Opening with an afternoon business | Augustine H. Burkey ,one of the old- session, continuing with exercises | 8st and best known citizens of the Pat- marking the completion of the impro-! on community, having been a resident Say oo Co Sis Ty Ta 1 Sr forty. pare as lo 4 retto, which has been a source of un- | told satisfaction to the members, and SR iis home on Meion aves moving to a pleasing conclusion in a | Rue Re °c ok a ong ay an dinner, the semi-annual convention of | 8. Mr. Burkey had been in ill health ; y Nicare | for quite a long time. the Cambira County Supervisors’, Au- | e ES . he Faas, ditors’ and Good Roads Association, at- | Deceased was a carpenter by trade, tracting an attendance of over 100, de- | 30d is well kaw to wan of the old- spite the inclement weather, was helq] SF rest ents Re over thera, Cam- at Chest Springs on Thursday after- |Pria County. He is survived by his wi- noon last. The business sessiou was|d0W, Mrs. Matilda (Farabaugh) Bur- held in the Grange hall and the din- | Xe» and the following children: Den- ner in St. Monica's church hall. {nis and Edwin Burkey and Mrs. Jos- : | eph Novak, all of Patton; S. J. and A. The main work of a resolutions com- | j~ Byrkey, both of Johnstown; and mittee, appointed by President A. C.|ng M. P. Mallaey, of Latrobe. Baumgardner, of Salix, who was in the | The funeral services were held on chair when the business session 80% | Wednesday morning at nine o'clock in under way, was the drafting of a pa-|st Mary's Catholic church, this place, per in which it is strongly urged that | of which the deceased has been a the road known as No. 406, leading | communicant since the parish was or- from Fallen Timber to Loretto, via St.| ganized. Followning a high mass of Augustine, which has been included in | requiem over the remains, interment the Omnibus bill for the next session of | was made in the family plot in St. the legislature, be improved at the | Benedict's cemetery at Carrolltown. | earliest possible date. The road was | — | taken over by the state in 1923. i MONS. THOMAS P. SMITH | The resolution reads as follows: “Re- g ia | solved, that this being one of the most| DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS | important roads in Northern Cambria rs { County, that the State Highway De-| The Rt. Rev. Mons. Thomas P. Smith | partment be petitioned to construct |a native of Tunnelhill this county, and (this road out of the first monies ex- |a Catholic priest for ¢6 years, died last | | pended for roads in Cambria county, | Friday at the rectory of the Sacred | obtained from Vincent J. Eckenrode for ~~ T0 NEARBY DAM | Gives $1,000 to County Sports- men for Eckenrode Project on Chest Creek. | ca | The Cambria County Sportsmen’s As- (sociation is elated over the donation of $1,000, presented by Charles M. Sch- | wab, of Loretto, and which is to be ap- | plied to the fund being collected for | the re-building of the Eckenrode dam, | two miles south of Patton, along Chest | Creek. Mr. Schwab imposed a condition [to the gift, and that was that the | sportsmen would come to the fore with | the balance of the money necessary to | construct the concrete walls and other | necessary work to complete the dam, | the expense being estimated at approx- | imately $5,000. A survey was made and [a blue print drawn by Engineer Isa- | dore Pfeister of Hastings, which clear- | ly defines what amount of retaining { walls will have to be constructed and the possible expense that may be ex- | pected on account of the improvement. | The finance committee of the Cam- | bria County Sportsmen's Association | recently met with the Schwab commit- | tee, these men representing the former: | John Johnson, Albert Thomas and Geo. | Kruise, all of Patton; and Charles A. | { Glaser and Rembrandt Adams, of Car- { rolltown. The Hon. J. Russell Leech, | of Ebensburg, Ex-Assemblyman Joseph | Washington, of Cresson, and Pure Food | Agent H. M. Gooderham, of East Car- {roll township, were men interested in getting the appropriation from Mr. Schwab for the dam project. Some time ago a ground lease was URGE THAT STATE AUGUSTINE BURKEY SCHWAB DONATES |LOCAL BANKS ARE PATTON MUSIC CLUB NOW CONSOLIDATED PLANS FOR SEASON New First National Institution Programme Committee Holds A Has Total Resources of Meeting; Will Present the Over $3,240,000.00. | First Affair Shortly. CMT ts Mrs. David K. Rishel, chairman of The merging of the First National, program committee of the Patton Bank of Patton and the Grange Na- yr. Club. recently met with ‘the tional Bank of Patton, was accomplish- | ;yempers of the program committee to ed last week, when the First National lt, ,ienare a tentative schedule and Bank force and equipment was moved |, qoram for the work and study during into the Grange Building, where the the coming year. The music club year new First National Bank will be hous- | wij] pe officially opened by a program ed temporarily, until the handsome early in October. Miss Miriam Lilley, and modern new banking rooms are|nresident announces the appointment completed in the Good Building, some-| of the following officers and commit- time before the first of the year. tees: First Vice President, Miss Ber- The total resources of the First Na-|tha E. Christoff; Second Vice Presi- tional Bank of Patton now are more dent, Mrs. J. J. Kelly; Recording Sec- than $3,240,000.00. The bank also has a retary, Miss Grace Urich: Financial capital of $200,000 and a surplus of Secretary, Miss Carrie Riner; Treasur- $200,000. It is the largest bank in Cam- |er, Miss Ruth Whitehead. bria county outside of Johnstown, and| The Board of Managers is com- is the oldest National Bank in North- prised of Mrs. R. E. Good, Miss Yvon- ern Cambria county, being established ne Yerger, Mrs. D. K. Rishel, Mrs. Ra- in 1893. It has for years been “A Roll|chel Dinsmore and Miss Sue Gill. The of Honor Bank,” which means that it | members of the program committee possesses surplus and profits in excess|are Mrs. D. K. Rishel, chairman; Mrs. of capital, thus giving tangible evi-|M. Don Connell, Miss Lila Whitehead, dence of security. Less than twenty per | Miss Helen Brown, Miss Gail Johnson, cent of the banks in the nation occu- | Mrs. Andrew Jacobs, Mrs. Cecil Mitch- py this proud position. [ell, and Mrs. G. H. Miller. The house The officers of the new First Na-| committee includes Mrs. J. Fred Blan- tional Bank of Patton are as follows: kenhorn, Chairman; Mrs. F. A. Kuhn- President, George E. Prindible; Vice ley, and Mrs. Wm. Martin. The public- Presidents: F. E. Farabaugh, Reuel ity committee includes Miss Lulu Somerville, James Westrick and P. J.|Shunkwiler, chairman, and Miss Ber- Kelly; Cashier, Frank L. Brown; As-|tha Christoff, and Laura Quarry. Mrs. sistant Cashiers: M. Don Connell and A. Raymond Thompson, chairman of Myron S. Larimer. {the public concert committe, has as The board of directors are as fol- her aides Mrs. Joseph Short and Miss lows: B. Blankfeld, Samuel T. Brown, Audery Heist. The hostess committee | ted to use their influence to the ac- | complishment of the above.” | | the dam, the time extension being 100 permitting the con- building will be executed next | month, the construction work being years old, and was one of the two vi- crete cars general of the Altoona diocese. Farabaugh, Ralph E. Good, Dr. P. J. Kelly, C. J. Noon, John Ott, Dr. B. J Frank L. Brown, M. B. Cowher, F. E. | Overberger, George E. Prindible, T. M. | Sheehan, Reuel Somerville, A. O. Som- | is comprised of Mrs. C. M. Cronemiller, chairman; Mrs. French McAfee and Irs. Alex Ratowsky. Miss Gertrude A. Miller has been reelected librarian. The Junior Music club committee is Comprising the resolutions commit-| Mons. Smith was born Aug. 28, 1859, | tee were H. B. Noel, Fallen Timber; | and was ordained July 6, 1882. Father 1 Thomas H. Meyers, Gallitzin; S. E. | Smith served two years as pastor of the | Dickey, Johnstown; James A. Fara- | Holy Name Catholic church at Ebens- baugh, Bradley Junction; J. S. Springer | burg, before going to Altoona to or- | Carrolltown, and A. S. Nowell, Rich-|ganize the Sacred Heart parish, being | {land township. | pastor there for the past 38 years. | “Road Building and Maintenance,”| Mons. Smith's twin brother, the Rev. | | was the subject of an address made at | Father Matthew Smith, whose death | {the afternoon business session by I.|occurred in Altoona in January, 1924, [| M. Chaplin of Johnstown, former mem- | served as assistant pastor to his bro- | | ber of the state legislature. He com- ther for twenty years. Two sisters of mended the association for its faith- | Mons. Smith are nuns. Two nephews [fulness to the cause of good roads. In |also are members of the priesthood. | *esponss to Mr. Chaplin's remarks, J. Four sisters of Mons. Sniith survive A. Farabaugh of Bradley Junction, the | as follows: Sister M. Bernard of St. vice president, also defined the pur- | Joseph's Order, stationed at Gallitzin: | pose of the meeting as being to honor | Sister M. Acquinas, Order of St. Jos- | | the memory of the deceased members. | eph, stationed in Pittsburgh; and Mrs. { The list read included Dr. Harry Som- | Mary Quinn and Miss Elizabeth Smith | erville, Chest Springs; W. H. Denling- | both of Altoona. i |er, Patton; W. H. Beers, Fallen Timb-| Funeral services were conducted at | |er; Webster Griffith, Ebensburg; Jas.|ten o'clock on Tuesday morning ingthe |A. McClain, Spangler; and many of | Sacred Heart Catholic church. The | the supervisors. Dr. Somerville received | Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. McCort pon- | special mention for his efforts, extend- | tificated the requiem mass and was as- |ing over many years, to have the road | sisted by numerous priests of the dio- | | from Chest Springs to Loretto improv- |cese. Interment was in Calvary ceme- | ed. | tery at Altoona. | Other speakers at the afternoon ses- | [sion included Assemblyman Milton | PATTON GIRL SCOUTS | Spencer, of Barnesboro, who told of | REPORT VARIOUS ACTIVITIES | his efforts while in Harrisburg, to fur- | ee ther the good roads movement; Harry| The Patton Girl Scouts have been | B. Noel, of White Township, whose | holding some very interesting meetings | | talk had to do with good roads in the | both indoors and out of doors. Those | | north of the county and included a re- | held out of doors are the most inter- |quest for action, later taken, with re-|esting at the present time. They are | |gard to road No. 406; County Controll- | taking up nature work in order to jer Henry L. Cannon, of Glasgow, S. E. | complete their second class Scout re- | Dickey, of Johnstown; John A. Bearer | quirements. {of Susquehanna township; who voiced Last Friday evening the Girl Scouts | (the advantages of the road drag in|held a treasure hunt. Three of the | maintaining dirt roads, and Owen L.|girls went ahead to lay the trail and | Jones, of Summerhill township. hide the treasure. The rest of the | Mr. Jones cited it as his opinion that | troop followed the trail signs to the [the roller, grader and tractor, if pro- | treasure, a box of marshmallows, hid-| Seized by an atack of heart failure | perly used, are the best means of main- | den in an old stump out on Reservior | | taining a dirt road, while Edward Cost- | Hill. The girls then all went to the | low brought out that the methods fa-|Klondike Spring where they enjoyed a | | vored by both Messrs. Bearer and Jones | Picnic supper. After supper they toast- | are good and should be used more fre- |€d marshmallows and sang Scout songs. quently. When the fire died down, “taps” was | The convention was reminded by the |sung and the girls returned home. | Secretary, James F. Boyer, that the as- On Monday of this week the Girls sociation’s eighteenth year is being | took a nature study hike. The hike led brought to a close. His suggestion that |t0 the woods back of Reilly's ball field. the topics discussed at the first meet-| The Scouts secured a large selection of | back water in the creek will reach a {distance of a couple of miles accord- Iter have much depth except at the | dam. On the first of October a meeting {limits of the restrained water. Some | mecca for hook and line sports, and it {ASHVILLE MAN, 76, {a well known resident of Ashville and {is a patient at the Altoona hospital, | «yr eel of Chance” He was a young | the Beaver, chiefly for the Beaver Pa- distanec of a couple of miles, accord- ing to plans on compounding the creek capacity, but at no place will the wa- will be held by the sportsmen to com- plete arrangements for the contract. The sportsmen contemplate making the impound a place of beauty as well as a delight for angling, fish to be sup- plied according to the limits of the years ago the Eckenrode dam was a merville, P. C. Strittmatter, W. L.|composed of Miss Anna Homyak, Mrs. Thompson, James Westrick and Barth | Don Coder, Mrs. Clair Kelly, and Mrs. Young. Edwin Short. [PATTON BOY SCOUTS HOLD GRAND THEATRE | THEIR REGULAR MEETING BOOKS FINE SHOWS The Patton Boy Scouts held their | regular weekly meeting on Friday ev- ening in the Scout Hall. Mr. Fleming, Galaxy of Good Motion Picture |the assistant scout master, was unable aeti 2 for Y a | to attend. Attractions for the Coming | The meeting opened with the scout Week Announced |oath, law and motto. Immediately af- no doubt will again become just that. | | HURT IN ACCIDENT | Edward MacDermott, aged 76 years, de —— ter roll-call the Scouts formed a ring Tonight, Thursday, and tomorrow, and listened to a few fine talks by Friday, Ken Maynard in “Code of|Herby Kusner, Mr. Quinn and Mr. Scarlet,” is the attraction. Here is) Brown. ; . Maynard in one of his best roles, that| Mr. Quinn talked on Overnight hikes of a red coat in the Northwestern |in winter and the proposed building of Mounted Police. If you like Maynard a Scout cabin, large enough to accom- in a good action picture, then don’t |modate a patrol. He also explained the miss this one. term, “Muskrat Slides.” road supervisor of Gallitzin township, suffering of lacerations of the right | eye and probable fractures of the left | (arm and right foot. He was injured last | Friday when hit by one of the two au- | | tomobiles which figured in the fatal { accident which occurred on the P. R.| R. Grade crossing at Ashville in whic Joseph Maloney was killed instantly. | Mr. McDermott was standing near | | the railroad crossing when one of the | { automobiles hit him after the machine had been knocked from the tracks by the locomotive. He was removed to his| home, but later was taken to the hos- | pital. | AGED BLIND MAN DIES AT ST. BONIFACE GROVE A. Lincoln Steele ,aged 67 years, of Colver, formerly a resident of Has- tings, and who had been blind for ab- out 50 years, fell dead about three o'-| clock on Sunday afternoon while at- tending the reunion of the Steele clan in the picnic grove at St. Boniface. A physician was summoned but an ex-| amination showed that life was ex- tinct. Mr. Steeles’ wife preceded him to the ing at Ebensburg on March 26, 1910, be | insects, bugs, and difierent plants. |grave. He had been making his home | revived, met with favor. By a reference | These are for part of the girls’ cllec- to the minutes of the first meeting it|tion to be placed on display. was found that of the 32 persons pres-| The Scouts expect to hold an all day ent at the first meeting, eight were |hike on Saturday. They will leave the | i | present at Thursday's session. Scout Hall at eleven o'clock. | Notwithstanding the lapse of eight- | een years, the topics at the first meet- | ing were found to be live issues at the ’ | present time. They included the fol-|Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Moyer of | lowing: Portage, died at five o'clock on Sunday 1.—Some of the good things that |evening at the Mercy hospital, Altoona come the way of the supervisors. following an operation for intestinal | 2—What is the best way of prevent- | Obstruciton. He was operated upon ab- ing snow drifts and dealing with them? | out ten days ago. | 3—Is the township liable for dam- The funeral was held at nine o'clock |ages done to horses and vehicles if the | On Wednesday morning in St. Joseph's | culverts and drains are open and deep? Catholic church at Portage and inter- | 4—What is the best material to use | ment was in the Polish Catholic ceme- in filling in mud holes—stones or clay? | tery at Portage. 5—Is the use of the road drag of Mr. Moyer is survived by his parents | benefit to a township? and several brothers and sisters. | Secretary Boyer led the convention — —— |in singing. Mrs. A. C. Baumgardner | Farabaugh's orchestra of Carrolltown, | presided at the piano, being one of the |and H. C. McWilliams, of Ebensburg, ladies who attended and took an active | who rendered several solos that were part in the meeting. The minutes of | received with vociferous applause and the last previous session held in the | followed by encores. | court house at Ebensburg on March Short talks were heard from the fol- 28th, were read by Secretary Boyer. lowing: Hon. J. Russell Leech, Con- In the late afternoon 62 of the mem- | gressman from the Twentieth District: bers in attendance drove over the road | Milton Spencer, Frank Farabaugh Wal- from Chest Springs to Loretto, stop- | ter McMullen, Rev. Father Duggan, | ping at the Charles M. Schwab Estate | County Controller Henry L. Cannon, to visit the horse, cattle and pig barns |James F. Boyer and others. |and poultry houses. They were con- In two other resolutions embraced in | ducted through the barns by Walter |the report of the resolutions commit- McMullen. tee. votes of thanks were extended to | With Vice President James A. Far-| Charles M. Schwab for the courtesies {abaugh as toastmaster , the dinner |of the visit to his estate, to Walter Mc- |served in the church hall by the ladies | Mullen for his part in guiding the par- of St. Monica's congregation was keen- | ty over the grounds, and in a seperate |v enjoyed and productive of good fel- | resolution, St. Monica's Church for the lowship. Music was furnished by Mike use of the hall. RUSSELL J. MOYER. | zient whom she was nursing, Milky Heniretta Symons, aged nineteen years of Barnesboro ,a student nurse, died at four o'clock last Thursday afternoon at the Miners’ hospital at Spangler. She was taken ill on September 9th. The funeral services were held at 2 o’clock on Sunday afternoon at Barnes- boro, and interment was made in the Fairview cemetery at Patton. The fu- | neral cortege that came to Patton was an exceptionally large one. Miss Symons is survived by her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Symons, of Barnesboro, and several brothers and sisters. with a nephew, John Shadel, of Col- ver. The deceased is survived by two borthers and two sisters. BARNESBORO NURSE DIES | AS RESULT OF TYPHOID FEVER Russell James Moyer ,aged 20 years,| Contracting typhoid fever from a pa- MRS. AMANDUS HOOVER. Mrs. Margaret (Pioth) Hoover, aged 32 years, wife of Amandus Hoover, a former well known Patton resident, ex- pired at the Hoover home in Detroit, Mich., on September 8th. Mrs. Hoover was a native of Pittsburgh, and the body was brought to that city for in- terment, the funeral being held in St. | Mary's church at Sharpsburg on Sept. [ 11, with interment in the church ceme- tery. Besides her husband Mrs. Hoover is survived by a daughter, Mary Lou. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were marired about nine years ago in Pittsburgh. They have for the past several years "resided in Detroit, | she played back of the footlights. Saturday—Richard Barthlemess in| Mr. Brown gave an excellent talk on lawyer on the threshold of fame—this |trol of our scouts. Mr. Brown explain- was his first big case—his future de- | ed an instance where he saw Beaver pended on his winning—yet he bared | dams and home of the beaver. He also his own shameful life to save the life | Promised to obtain some information of the prisoner. Its one of the most | about other wild animals. fascinating stories that has reached| Herby Kusner encouraged some pro- the screen in years. Only Fannie Hurst | jects such as leaf pressing, and tin-can could write so daringly of life. Only | craft Richard Barthelemess could give it| The meeting was closed with “taps.” such realism, such feeling, such big- RS A A RT ess. |ST. AUGUSTINE NEWS NOTES Monady of Next Week—Norma She- | OF THE PAST WEEK GIVEN arer in “The Actress.” The barriers of rep wealth tore them apart—Society’s de-| Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Link have re- mands forbade him marrying an act- |turned from Summerhill where they ress—an unusual screen romance, from |attended the funeral of Mrs. Link's Pinero’s world famous stage classic. |brother. Follow beautiful Norma Shearer behind | Joseph McGough of Braddock visit- the scenes, where life's drama moves |ed relatives here over the week end. | thrillingly after the curtain descends.| Mr. and Mrs. Francis Farabaugh of For to her comes laughs and tears and | Loretto, were callers on friends here love in a romance stranger than any recently. | Mrs. Gordon Cunningham and chil- Tuesday and Wednesday—Gloria [dren of Braddock are spending the Swanson in “Sadie Thompson.” Fascin- | week here with friends and relatives ating lady of fire! Slow to anger but a G. L. Patchin of Ebensburg was a tigress in a rage! This story of “Sa-|business caller here on Saturday. die Thompson's” domination by a ty- Anthony Thomas of Hastings has rannical South Seas reformer, who | concluded a viist here with relatives. forces her to confess that she is an ex-| An oyster supper and cinch party is | ile from the underworld of San Fran-|to be held in the church hall here on cisco and then determines to break Saturday evening. Cards will start at her defiant spirit and gain her re- |eight o'clock. Fine prizes will be given pentance, is one of the most vital|and the proceeds are for the church themes in modern literature. “Sadie fund. Thompson” is the sort of screen nar=- | rative that is of interest to men and women everywhere because its charac- La ters are every day people, and their| Miss Susan Esch, aged 73 years, died personalities are believable. The situ-|of chronic neuritis last Saturday night ation which develops from the reform- at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. C. er's struggle to choose between his de- Warner, of Fallen Timber votion to duty and the call of worldly | The funeral was held on Tuesday af- desires forms a climax of dramatic ternoon at the Beaver Valley United power. Brethren church and were conducted —— by the Rev. G. W. Hawk, the pastor Interment was in the church cemetery. fm——— The deceased was born at Beaver James Heron, aged about 60 years, a Valley, near Flinton, on March 21st, professional nurse, died at his home at 1855. She was a ighter of Adam and St. Benedict about four o'clock last Julia (Wal h. She is survived Sunday afternoon, of a complication of | jy these b ers and sisters: Mrs. diseases. The deceased lived alone. He Warner, mentioned above; Mrs. I. M. was well known all over the north of | Yearick. of Flinton; Mrs. John Semple the county. Short funeral services were | and Mrs. Florence Lambert of Celar- held at the church at 7:30 o'clock on | fj ld; G. W. Esch, of Indiana: A. T. Tuesday evening, and the funeral par- Ese wd J. I. Esch, bec of Flinton, ty went overland to Blossburg, Tioga and J. B. Esch. of Spa *. Miss Esch county early Wednesday morning, and ' was a member of the Beaver Valley interment was made there Brethren Church MISS SUSAN ESCH. JAMES HERON. JOSEPH T. BYRNE. PAUL E. BENDER, DIES AT Joseph T. Byrne, aged 72 years, died HOME OF PARENTS HERE of heart failure last Friday at the home ————— of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Murphy in Paul Edward, the one year old son Ashville. of Cletus and Frances Bender, died at Funeral services were held at 10 o’-|the parental home in Patton at 8 20 clock on Monday morning in St. o'clock last Thursday morning Death Thomas’ Catholic church at Ashville.| was caused by cholera infantum. Be- Interment was in the church cemetery. sides his parents, the deceased leaves The deceased was born at Gallitzin. two brothers and two sisters He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Murphy, ab- The funeral services were held at 9 ove mentioned, and Mrs. John Scott of o'clock on Saturday morning in St. Johnstown; also one brother, John W. Mary's Catholic church Interment was "Byrne, of Gallitzin ‘In the church cemetery.
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