PERSONAL AND LOCAL NEWS NOTES OF HEAD OF HOSPITAL WRITES LETTER TO Dr. IH. B. Anderson Indeavors to SEND US ALL THE NEWS YOU KNOW AND HELP FILL THIS DEPART- Collect Bill for Treating County MENT. EVERY LITTLE ITEM HELPS MAKE THIS PAPER JUST A Jail Prisoner LITTLE BETTER FOR ALL. SEND, BRING, MAIL THEM. err The Board of Cambria County Commissioners, in receipt of a letter PATTON AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY COUNTY OFFICAL] M. H. Gardner, Notary Public, at the nephew, Francis Litzinger, who was from Dr. 1. B. Anderson. Supetin. hind Jone Oe Coud [ied on Thursday afternoon, tendent of the Conemaugh Valley Walter Faber o. oudersport spent | | . : Ale | Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, in i 1A ols Atwater Kent sets on ; the week end in Patton. j, All models of Atwat $ Sots | regard to the Department of Welfare | | | jhand. Chas. F. Pitt Co., Inc. : oop on ; J. C. Ward ,of Newcastle, spent Sat- not acepting as a charge upon the i : state any persons who are not resid- dav w ends. : v ; urday with Patton friend ents of Pensylvania, or who are pri- soners. | : a i) | The Christmas lighting effects at the |store of the Penn Central Light an John Grout of Butler was the week |Power Co. on Magee avenue are ver end guest of Patton friends. | pleasing. The letter went on to state that | : : “James Blake, who was brought to Mrs. Peter Short of Mellon avenue.| The Misses Ruth and Lila White- the hospital from the Cambria Coun- was a caller in Altoona recently. | head Virginia Biller and Bertha La- : : ty jail, is not a resident of Pennsyl- cue have returned from a visit with vania. Even if he should be a res- Altoona friends. The biggest selection of Christmas Cards will be found at the Patton, | Drug. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warner and . {two children of Johnstown, visited at jail.” Mrs. R. E. Good, of Beech avenue, | the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Mul-|" ~~ =. . : has returned from a business trip {0|ligan of Mellon avenue on Friday." oBinlee, 8 resident of the Stare by Philadelphia. | The Patton fire company was called | NeW Jersey, the subject of the let- | rg) : rms ter, was sentenced to the county jail font on Friday evening to extinguish a ! a Bos , io = ® or lon a larceny charge and while an [flue fire at the home of Mrs. Simon]; x Ser : og | Bortman on Mellon avenue. Very lit- inmate there underwent at attack of | . apendicitis and was removed to the tle damage was done by .the blaze. Memorial Hospital for treatment, Paul Tinnick and daughter, and son,| Congratulations are extended to our hoo Wien HME the hospi} pos Margaret and Jimmy, were callers in |good friend, Thomas Powell, upon his TH I i pinliew '1nE Loretto on Sunday. [reappointment as the local postmaster | 4MOUnt of the hospital bili from the t : : 3 : ty authorities. [in a nomination sent by the President |©0Un%W authorities 2 Paul Long ,of Johnstown, visited his|to the senate on Monday. Another paragraph of the letter | reads as follows: “This brings up a dent, we would not be able to charge this acount on our State list, because he was a prisoner in the Cambria Miss Anna Kollar of this place, call- on Altoona friends and relatives re- cently. THE PATTON COURIER —————————— KILLED mY rman] covmionss is sess] CLASSIFIED ADS yt, 3 The United States will recover from i Griak Disappeared From Dau- the present economic depression as it| The Patton Drug has just re 8hter’s Home at Portage Tast has recovered from others, Charles M. (beautiful selection of dollar gi James ceived a Friday Afternoon. Schwab, chairman of the board of the Te ER - Bethlehem Steel Corp., said Saturday : ! 73. ames Griak, of St. Benedict, aged night at a dinner of the Pennsylvan-|—if wanted. Inquire at 117 (9, was killed at 8:30 o'clock Sunday (ia Society, in New York, of which he |avenue. tf morning When he was struck by a P.|is president. R, freight train a short distance west of Portage. He suffered a fracture of the skull He presented the Society's gold R ARD: The party that medal, given annually to a Pennsyl- the train or. delphia publisher. Mr. Griak had been visiting a dau. “I am one who thinks we have had | ghter, Mrs. Stanley Doyka, of Por-|!°° much talk and too little doing,” | we [returned to the owner or the Courier office. lady’s black suede purse Sunday even- and chest injuries and was]. .o.: v r hi ing with money and a pair of glasses .: 1 vanian, to Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Phila- 3 dead when picked up by members of ya > i “can keep the money if the glasses arc | I ; fts. ROOMER WANTED—With boarding Mellon found a Patton Patton, - Penna. toge for some time. He suffered lap- | Said Schwab. He urged the necessity ses of memory at intervals and Fri. |°f Maintaining the wage and living | 0 Patton Drug. | Order your Whitman's Candy frem A day afternoon left his daughters standards of American workmen home for a walk, When he failed to) AUring the depression and assailed | to St.Beneqi t, home with » where he made his =~ son, Frank Griak. It is| .. JOHN EMERY. have same by paying all costs. John Kruise, Patton, Star Route, Pa. 3tpd Friday,Saturd ARR riday,vaturday return that evening, Mrs. Dovko|SPeculation which he said, was the| STRAY DOG—Came to my premises, is thought her father had started back | Prime cause of present conditions. female dog, white and tan. Owner can cal no! Known where the man spent Fri- ay night an : Pioks : 0 t oy hight and the first seen of him the nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. |Your Christmas Gifts. Was when he was walking across the Funeral services for John Emery, Jr.,| Come to the Patton Drug and select railroad tracl ! ore [John Emery, of Nanty-Glo, who died from The Do aut ) Cd Monday night at the Memorial hos- saw the man crossing the tracks, put | Pal in Johnstown, were were con- was unable to gt the locomotive in| : ic ri titre to. avert he ty © Ml ternoon at the Baptist church in Nan-| Norwich Canaries and the Tames Griz ey |y-Glo. Interment was in the South |English Manchester Coppy, St. Je Ss Gri: was born in Germany |g 0 cemetery and came to America about fifty | years ago. For the last twenty-eight RY ABe gold Linnet Males all in full sor years he had heen a resident of St.|-~ DELORES JANE JENKINS, ... 30 Line of canary seed for Benedict. His wife died. some years Delores Jane Jenkins, infan ugh- i ‘ ago. The following | re Rice. | . xr 2 ; 3 So ga 5AM MULLEN, Patton, Pa. ing children survive: |ter of Raymond and Margaret Jenkins Mountain Singers. I have sor SOME OF THE FINEST SINGING CANARIES THAT MONEY CAN BUY ducted at 2 o'clock on Wednesday af- For Sale: The English Yorkshire and asberg Rollers and the famous Hartz great Andre- me fine 1g, and sale.— 2t Mrs. Willlam Goodrich and Andrew |, died Wednesday morning at the pa-| «i CARD OF THANKS. Griak, Manistee, Mich.; Frank, of St. | mother, Mrs. Laura Long, of Mellon | : avenue on Sunday. | A real Christmas special is our ig very vital question, and with which | cup electric perculator priced at $1.79.| you as County Comisioners should Mrs. S. L. Weakland and daughter, | Fully guaranteed. Chas. F. Pitt Co., | be familiar. Where is the hospital to Carolyn, were the guests of friends | Bell Phone 131-M. look for funds to offest the expenses in Johnstown recently. 3 . : Of taking care of charity patients | William Simpson and sister, Miss|when the funds from the State ap- If you want Christmas delivery on/Mary Simpson, were the speakers dur- propriation are exhausted or when your Sparton Junior Radio Set you|ing the vocational hour at the Spang-|the case cannot be accepted as a must let us know this week. Chas. F.|ler high school on Monday morning, | charge against the State appropria- Pitt Co., Inc, their theme being “Music Apprecia-| tion?” tion.” The letter further states that a After a brief visit with Altoona | 7 . circular letter had been sent to all friends Mrs. John Zirn and daughter,| There will be special Christmas ser- | gor io. aiqoq hospital of Pennsylvania Alberta, have returned to their home | Vices next Sunday both morning and in an endeavor to ascertain what aid in Patton. evens 3 ue First agus Cnureh, they received from their city and : aso special singing. Everybody invit-loounty governments s i as Miss Anna Petruskey of Mellon ave-|ed. Christmas evening, December 25th, | joarned ens woe res nue, spent the week end as the guest|a special program will be given by the hospitals in the State receive, in ad- of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eltringham at| Bible School scholars at 7:30 P. M.— j , | dition to State appropriations, appro- Ashland, Pa. {Pastor Rev. M. H. Jones. priations from their counties in amounts varying from $300 to $25, 000 yearly. : y | St. Emerich’s basketball team eked| Mrs. Croyle, of Ebensburg, was the out a close decision, 12 to 9, over the!guest of Patton friends Saturday. It is als tet Tas : faiton Juniors in a recent contest on| A quilting party was held at the! If 18 also set forth in the fetter the Patton floor. {home of Mrs. Myrtle Shannon of Lin- ! ot Memorial Hospital san Nest. of wood avenue last Wednesday evening. pe sane Such 8 is that eI The condition of Frank E. Fara-|A dainty lunch was served. The follow. Comin The ot Sg I gent Sex or baugh, local business man, who has|ing were present: Mrs. Albert Yahner. 1% cxdors ny Soins res Wor i been - seriously ill for some weeks re-|Mrs. Louis Dietrick, Mrs. Laura Long, has come When sirie. an tae Smo mains unimproved. {1s Myrtle Shannon, Mrs. Pius Biller, | finances must eT omg | IS 5 i T 2 % : 2 f et: © eon. : [Vrs Joseph Karlheim, Mrs. J. T. Lonz | munication suggests a conference be- Mrs. William J. Cavanaugh, of [and Mrs. Ray Karlheim. tween the Finande Comittee of th Jommsion, was the reecnt guest ol : YTAVYR Fob rier ey, hospital and the Commissioners with > Ir. an i M. B. Cowher at their | WO DAYS FOR ( HILDREN regard to receiving an appropriation ome on Fifth avenue. | AT CAMBRIA COUNTY FAIR for the hospital. The letter was ta- Come in and see our stouk of ithe ken under advisement by the Com- latest in electric appliances. Let us|Hors Races Will continue on the Same A Sioners And. 70. definite .uefibn . | axKen, Jemonsials Sh Line of labor Sure | High Level As Those Conducted as. F. Pitt Co., Inc. Du'ing 1930. ——— ee Edward Hunter of Thdiana Has 16 I'WO MOSS CREEK MEN turned to his work after spending the| APProval of contracts for attractions INJURED IN MINES week end as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. | Scheduled to appear at the 1931 edi- > ia John Johnson of South Fifth avenue. | tion of the Cambria County Fair and a Arocin and Elery Emeigh, em- suggestion of a method of increasing ployed as miners at the Pennsylvania Mrs. Michael McNulty of Carroll-|the attendance at the event came be- | Coal & Coke Corporation mine at town, has returned to her home after|fore members of the directorate of the | Moscreek, are patients at the Span- spending a few days at the home of fair association at a luncheon held at | S'¢T Hospital, suffering from injuries Mr. and Mrs. Donald Warner of Pat-|the New Ebensburg Inn on Wednes- sustained Monday in acidents at the ton. lday of this week. Tt was decided that mine. Arcoin suffered severe lacera- school children could be induced to at- tions 02 fie right am in am.acoldent tend in greater numbers by increasing | N.°103Y morning and Emeigh Surlers the children’s days at the fair from one ed Jacermiiong and Joptusiony of the i . : . ace § 2a C Adlonaay a ernoon. to two, allotting one to the children of Both patients were reported to be in *| Cambria county and the other to Blair good condition county youngsters. In addition and as |= ; ’ The Ladies’ Aid of the Firs an. | & special inducement to boys and girls ry TE tist Ohurch will hold : 2 Ea attend the directors decided to give Aony al BASH. : Saturday in the business section of | 2 pony and saddle on each of the two Son pn Aged J ones, Givi the town. Home dressed cakes, etc. wily | children’s qays. h : at Vi ren > — En 1S Tor Sule hy roe oy Edward Brennan and Martin Ma- ioe at Vintondale at 7 o’clock Mon- {honey, both of Baltimore, attended the | 32¥ €vening. His health had been Have you seen our new Doremyer | luncheon and assured the directors Impaired for the last six months, Combination Mixer and Fruit Juice [that the horse races at the fair would | The deceased was a native of Aust. Extractor. On display now. Chas F.|continue on the high plane establish- | Fi and had lived in the United Pitt Co.,, Inc., Bell Phone 131-M. ed at previous meets. Owners already | States 20 years. He had worked for 3 are making inquiries regarding the pos- the Vinton Colliery Company at Vin- Mrs. Barney Litzinger of Mellon av- [sible dates of the meetings, they sad, | {ondale. for 18 years. He is survived enue, has returned from East Ridge, |and an unusually good series of races | PY Nis widow, Mrs. Mary Gubash, where she attended the funeral of her |is in prospect. The directors named H and four children, Michael and Char- C. McWilliams, county farm agent, and les Gubash and Mary, wife of Joseph : Kricko, all of Vintondale & eter Ira Bloom and Edward Jones as a com- Guta of yin ada nd ele | mittee to assume full charge of the i ae Hip leon. ae Funeral services were > te SPOT CASH STORE — | livestock department of the fair. on Welate oh Conduaied — — | Blair Seeds, of Loretto, president of Greek Catholic Chiureh $ i a 3 oss 3 x 4 > Uri; ras | the fair association, presided at the in the church cemetery meeting which was attended by the - i —_— following members of the Board of Di- { NAVY EN STMEN vC an al NAVY ENLISTMENT INC REASED, | rectors: M. J. Bracken, David Barry, The United States Navy Recs i | and Walter Krebs, all of Johnstown; 4 et dn sohin i A y ing Station located in the Northside the Messrs. Bigle rter y in i : Pa. i gley, Arter and Oliver Postoffice Building in Pittsburg will | Rothert of Altoona; Edward Jones of i ) yo ; y AWOL , enlist sixteen young men from Wes- | imore! Coos E Prindible of Pat- tern Pennsylvania and Northern { ton; Irvin oucher of Beaverdale; J. West Virginia on Friday January 2 | Elliott of Hollidaysburg and Ira Bloom | 1931. it ig H. C. McWillHFkdan anrmsai [H. C. McWilliams of Ebnsbure. Navy Recruiting Offices located in iol r 5 Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Altoona, New Sugar, best granulated, pound ...... 5 sel NSCONTING are rw Castle, Donora and Connellsville Oats, rolled, loose, 1b .. . 5c | TRANSCONTINENTAL SHIP hint Cocoa, Hershey's pound can for .... : . Pennsylvania, and in Wheeling, West 25¢ | FORCED DOWN BY STORM Virginia will accept applications of Marshmallows assorted all colors, | young men for enlistment in Febru- On the night preceding Christmas at | the Reilly Mission of the Baptist | church a special Christmas program | will be given. All are invited. Don’t miss it. package ... 10c| Hmmed in by a violnt snow storm ary and subsequent months Raisins, White or bleached, only a | Which lowered the visibility to virtu- — 3 DOULA coccinea 15¢ | ally nothing and which made flyin al- ‘ WHITE Glaced Pineapples, Cherries, Dates, | most an impossibility an i a MRS. JOEY. W HITE. Figs, Citron, Orange and Lemon | Transcontinental Air Transport plane, | _. rs Agnes Ceraty Ww hite, aged 66, Peel, priced right. in charge of Pilots Weaver and Russell, | '[¢ of John White, died on Sunday Cocoanut, loose, only a Wound ....... 30c| landed at the Keystone Airport, Ebens- [*¢ her home in Portage after an ex- Kitchen Bouquet, Priced Right. | burg, at four o'clock on Tuesday after- tended illness. She is survived by her Nuts, all new, priced low for the : husband an ‘ine children: ! { noon. Passengers and mail were trans- S d and the following children: . 4 Jerome White, Dor 'S Yich- quality. | ferred to Cresson by automobile, where ard ante Tn nu hoe Rie h Candies, all kinds, priced low for |@ train was held for their arrival. De- rence Noel. Portage France: Hoon the quality. | spite the forced landing which necess- x and Tore Leh Catherine, Justin and John, all of Portage. Chocolates, at 2 pounds for ... 25c| itated the transfer, officials of the Hard Candies at 2 pounds for 25c | line reported virtually no delay to the Peanuts, fresh roasted, pound only 20c | passengers. Fruit Salad, 2% 1b. can Gold The plane will remain at the airport The funeral services were conduct- es at nine o’clock on Wednesday mor- Born, finest canned ,only can ...... 38c until weather conditions permit a con- ns In St. Bartholomew's church. at Pantry Cream for Whipping. tinuance of its eastward journey. Amore. Pop Corn Jolly Fine, Hulless, can 152 iy teenie . re. oe . - Grapes. Janey, 4 2 modnd on An 02 . YOU NEVER HAVE MRS. HARRISON PHIZACKLEA, .Tangerines, dozen | . 232] Tasted real coffee unless you have Mrs. Harrison Phizacklea, Sr., aged | used a Silex Coff : r. N re | 65 years, passed away on Mon lay FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS EVERY | sleepless Pit i Moke pe with morning of this week at her home in THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. [the Silex the caffine remains in the | Punlo after an illness of about two Wear-U-Well Shoes grounds. Chas. F. Pitt Co., Inc. years. She is survived by three chil- They will save you a third on your | rr dren, footwear. Do they Wear-U-well; Ask | A REAL GIFT. Ae SPECIAL, any one that wears them. { For Xmas is an electric popper. Pops AS A SPECIAL | every kernel in less time and with no Introductory offer this week end on- WE DELIVER AND SELL YOU AT | inconvenience. Chas. F. Pitt Co. Inc. ly. Six G. E. Mazda electric light bulbs A LOW PRICE. | ——— 98c. All sizes. We have a complete line and funeral s vices were conductel cemetery. and Family, WE HAVE ANTICIPATED YOUR NEEDS FOR THAT IM- PORTANT CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE FINEST, FRESHEST FOODSTUFFS WE COULD OBTAIN. YOU WILL FIND | Specials in Every Department! PITTED DATES HEINZ PLUM ON SAL? AT PER PUDDING POUND... 30c . ON SALE AT PER te up ce. gy 0 Serna POUND '... 5 45c¢ SUNKIST ORANGES CALIFORNIA, 3 5 c Der dozen... JUMBO BiiANAS 35¢ 0 (SS (A () SI S_-- 5-- GRAPES The _ very best in RED GRAPES, 3 pound .. “re 10c NO XMAS DINNER IS COMPLETE WITHOUT CRANBERRIES AT 2 To, For rere OC GOODIES st MIXED NUTS, 1b., 27c. This year's crop. Full and meaty kernels. Eng. WALNUTS, 1b., 35¢ What's Christmas without mixed nuts. Children love them. gE GINGER SNAPS On sale at 2 pounds fort. oo : 25¢ FRIEDHOFER’S BREAD On sale at two loaves for... 1 Oc ED SD) ) SO ED) DO SE 04 OE (GS RS (2 KING-KO PEACHES Packed in -the heart of the California Fruit 2 7 c belt, large can DUNHAM'S COCOANUT ON SALE A BOXES a re 25¢ ED 0) 0 EO DS - -D O- 0 FIG BARS On sale at per poi a le 15¢ FORE 0-0) 0 4 DS CIE OOD LUX §Lugx For all fine laundering, on sale at 3 boxes 5 for ¢ 0) m. , (GD) SS) 8S HEINZE QUEEN OLIVES HARD BRICK'S MINCE MEAT Large Bottle on sale 25 CANDIES For your Christmas Pies, on for , RR sale at per i in rin, | mene ope mm mm aE 0 35¢ PICKLES . ‘Dainty bits of ‘ : Sweet, Dill, Sour, your choice goodness in fan Give a carton of our Christ- cy shapes and in mas Wrapped Cigarettes or Ci- bright colors. gars to your friends this year. at per jar or 15 CD 0.) i A SD -500--S-)-GER) ) ” PEERS WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR CHRISTMAS SUPPLY OF LADIES’ UNDER- WEAR. IN THIS SHIPMENT YOU WILL FIND THAT GIFT YOU HAVEBEE N LOOKING FOR, MEN'S SHIRES oo iin S175 LADIES’ GARTERS 10¢ MEN'S SCARFS ... SA . $2.00 LADIES’ HANKIES 10¢ MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS Sl 10 LADIES’ BEADS _ BOs a ome Service Store, Patton For Delivery Phone 185° Give iis Your Xmas order now | Dolores Jane Jenkins, infant dau- of colored bulbs in both 10 and 25 — SPOT CASH STORE = gther of Mr .and Mrs. Raymond Jen- watt sizes .Check up on your bulbs for -— — kins, died at Colyer Tuesday. Xmas. Chas, F. Pitt Co. Inc, rental’ home in Colver. The funenal| We wish, through the columns of the Bepegiot: Mrs Louis Smith, Starford, [services were held on Thursday after- | Courier, to expressour- sincere appre- hdiana count Mrs. Stanley Doyka, [noon at the Jenkins home. Interment | ciation to all those who assisted us in Portage; Mrs. Frank Tracy, Belle- | was in the South Fork Cemetery. | our recent bereavement, the illness and view. Twenty-five grand-children and | {death of our husband and father, Ste- SIX great-grand hildren survive, | at nine o'clock on Wednesday morn- | phen A Cooper; also to thank those _ The body was taken to the Frank | ing in St. Benedict's church at car- | who contributed the use of their cars Griak home in St. Benedict Sunday, rolltown. Interment wus in the church | for the funeral — Mrs. Lucy Cooper WITH NAN CY CARROLL a Garamount Picture Reckless in love, for they love, A blast of fiery drama, great- er than “The Devil's Holiday.” With Frederic March as the ar- tist lover who flaunts conven- tions to win the woman he wants. with Frederic Frank MARCH MORGAN Monday, Tues- day RAMON NAVARRO IN Wednesday and Christmas Day BUT IT WILL TAKE AN HOUR BECAUSE THIS FOX MOVIE- TONE, DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD IN THE SEASON’S CLEVEREST COM- EDY, featuring Spencer Tracy Claire Luce, Warren Hymer .... Humphrey Bogalt Wm. Collier, Sr, Joan (“Cherie” Lawes Story by Maurine Watkins allof! VOL. X COUNTI PRES B Five Will | Lower Th Under this Pensylvania sixty-seven that willch cause of inc tion, five con from a lower because of three countie An act of Governors he advancement legislators th make any pre lose theirs ta sus and go ii There appare by which the ties will learn ing—unless tl figures. That that the 193 care of if the: The census sylvania alwa crease and u have shown s that did not tion. Anyway) the past did the possibility in the counti gave Pennsyly 9,681,350, a g decade. The countie in classificatio Montgomery, fourth to the f York, which 1 the fourth clas becomes a six in a seventh-c Clearfield Cc the fifth class, lation change, Bradford goes seventh and Pq to the eight, o) ty. The first thi prior to this one county ea a first-class con class county county of the awanna now w and Montgome: Lehigh and are advanced 1 find much mo new classificati Berks, Cambria ette, Lancaster, ylkill and Was The third-cla populations bet: 000 and the contain 150,000 poses of genera ties are groupec eight, which co 000 population. The principal in classification counties laws. have general themselves that use in the lowe which are spars salaries are t class counties, brought about b affect the pay c now in office The salaries j fourth class cot same, Sheriffs year; Prothonot: ers, $4000; Tre: Commissioners, county officials Lehigh Counties compensations, At the present either York or ceives $4000 a tary, Recorder $4000 each and the same amou fourth-class dist Fixed salaries lower-class coun paid to certain ter County, whi seventh to the its Sheriff receiv stead of fees, ax going from $10( while most of it be paid fees base business transact It is expected er will shortly n that have been their increased of 1919 provides apear by any su county has attair titling it to an a tion as herein pt the duty of the ¢ great seal of this certify that fact certificate shall 1 Recorder of Dee county and be rec Baptist Church Lord's Day Serv Rev. M. H. Joi At Reilly, 9:00 following with Se Patton 10:30 A. lowed with Sermo 6:30 P. M. B. Argust B. Jones. 7:30 P. M., Prea Wednesday ever and Bible Study. Stranger but once