PAGE EIGHT. THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. Thursday, September 28, 1939. ete [i Se DEATH NOTICES VOOVOVVOVVOOOC 2000000000000 MRS. JOHN THOMAS Mrs. Alice E. (Weamer) Thomas, 58, wife of John Thomas, died on Thurs- day morning at her home at Fifth Avenue, Patton, after a heart attack. She was a daughter of George and | Elen Jane (Pierman) Weamer and was born in Altoona on December 22, 1881. Surviving are her husband and three children: John and Paul Thomas, both of Patton, and Ellen Jane Thomas; at home. She was a sister of Mrs. Anna Gupzweller, Mrs. Charles Vaughn, and S. A., James, Thomas, Leo and S. R. Weamer, all of Altoona. Mrs. Thomas was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Funeral services were conducted at nine o’clock Saturday morning in St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Interment was in the church cemetery. JOSEPH SUNSERI Joseph Sunseri, 14-year-old son of | Joseph and Frances (McConnell) Sun- | seri of Patton , died at 4:30 o'clock last | Sunday afternoon in Miners Hospital, | Spangler, where he underwent and op- | eration September 15. Death was at- | tributed to peritonis which followed | the operation. The lad was born in | Patton, November 1, 1924. He was a | student in St. Mary’s Parochial School, i Patton. ber, residents of Carrollitown, and Ed- | ward Huber of Altoona. | Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in St. Benedict's Church, Carrolltown, when a solemn requiem mass will be sung. Interment will be made in the nun’s plot in the church cemetery. MRS. LUCINDA (WETZEL) SHAFER Mrs. Lucinda (Wetzel) Shafer, 73, wife of Wilfred R. Shafer of Gallitzin, died at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at her home in Church Street, Gallit- zin. Death terminated an illness of sev- eral months. A native of Cambria Co- unty, Mrs. Shafer was born in Car- rolltown, January 31, 1866, a daughter of David and Delilah Wetzel. She and Wilfred R. Shafer were married Nov- ember 4, 1890, in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Gallitzin. Besides her husband she leaves a daughter, Miss Dorothy Shafer, at home. Three sisters and a brother preceded her in death. Mrs. Shafer was a member of the Ladies | catholic Beneficial Association of Gal- litzin and of the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Patrick's Church. Funer- al services will be conducted at 9 0’- clock Wednesday morning with a re- | quiem high mass in St. Patrick’s Church. Interment in the church ceme- | tery will be directed by Conrad Bros. | of Gallitzin. | STEPHEN KOVALL Stephen Kovall, 55, of Bakerton, an | employe of the Sterling Coal Company, [ died at 4:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon | | in Miners Hospital, Spangler, where he | SISTER M. THERESA. Sister M. Theresa, aged 81 years, one of the oldest nuns of the Order of | Benedictine Sisters, died on Tuesday afternoon at St. Scholastica’s Convent in Carrolltown, where she had been in | ill health for two years. Her condition became critical two weeks ago. Death of Sister Theresa followed by | two days the passing of Mother Adel- | gunda, 97, founder of the Benedictine | Sisters of Pittsburgh, who died Sun- | day at the mother-house of the order. Sister Theresa followed the founder as superior of the Benedictine com- munity, serving for 18 years. Borer | near Carolltown in 1858, Sister Theresa | whose maiden name was Regina Hu- | ber, was a member of one of the old- | est and best known families of North- ern Cambria. Her parents were Peter | and Catherine (Strittmatter) Huber. | Sister Theresa spent more than fifty- | tive years in the Benedictine Order. Another member of the Huber fam- | ily chose the life of a Benedictine nun | while a son rose to a high position in | the Benedictine order of priests, Rt. Rev. Abbott Vincent Huber, O. S. B., | for many years head of St. Bede's Ab- | bey, Peru, Ills. Stricken with paralysis | some years ago, Abbot Vincent is pres- | jdent emeritus of St. Bede's College | and these children: Mrs. Noval Neal, | and lives in retirement at the abbey. | Sister M. Irmina, younger sister of | the deceeased nun, is a member of the Benedictine order at Pittsburgh. In ad- | dition to the above, she is survived by | three brothers, Joseph and Peter Hu- | | had been a patient for some time. Mr. | | Kovall was born in Poland, August | 12, 1884, and came to this country in 1913, locating in Bakerton. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Arlene Kovall and these children; Paul Kovall, Bakerton; Miss Mary Kovall, Cleveland, O., and | Stephen, John and Arlene Kovall, all | at home. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Sophia Glass and Mrs. Nellie Kav- onsky, both residing in the State of Connecticut. He was a member of Ba- kerton Local 1296, U. M. W. of A, and of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Spang- ler. Funeral services were conducted | at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning in St. | Mary’s Church. Rev. Father Tetrixsky, | rector, sung the mass. Interment in the church cemetery was directed by J. Edward Stevens of Carrolltown. i HIROY BATTS Funeral services for Hiroy Batts, 74, | of Dysart, whose death occured Satur- | | day morning at his home, were conduc- | ted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at | the Batt’s home. Interment will be in| Richland Cemetery, near Dysart. Mr. | Batts was born in Clearfield county, | December 10, 1864, a son of William | and Hannah (Wisor) Batts. He was a | retired coal miner. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Phoebe (Brown) Batts, Punxsutawrey;, Mrs. Earl Copp, Will- | iam E. and Ralph Batts, all of Dysart R. D., and Edgar Batts, Trafford, and | Clayton Batts, Detroit, Mich. He also | leaves 15 grandchildren, two great- | grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. | EE $ 9” going? ing,” the officer said: “Wait until I'm off dut town, ask a policeman. the values. FALL SUITS TOP COATS HH lid mi 1H MR i “Where do you think you're asked the cop. 'And when the man in the car replied, “I'm on my way to Sharbaugh & Lieb’s If you don’t know your way around this stylish He knows the parcel post and express trucks that have had to double park to unload these Fall Suits, He knows from seeing hundreds of Sharbaugh & Lieb suit boxes going up and down Main Street, who is giving We're ready for Fall with more speed in the styles than you’ve ever seen on your speedometer. SHARBAUGH & LIED BARNEEBORC, PE eh | to see the new fall cloth- y and I'll go with you.” $15 to $27.50 | $15 to $32.50 | NTT Gia | | | | A. | | Fi { eI I lift Abii 1 collective bargaining” | destruc | ican D3 | a STRIATE CT A CE MN OTR PEIRCE TPA | Tocteck Cat) eet = Friday Only HIS F Directed by G| IST WAGGNER © Produced \ A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE ~~ RAND THEATRE PATTON, PA. s FLEW... IS GUNS BLAZED To solve the great gold-vanishing mys- tery...and defend 2 helpless girl from cut-throat bandits! EYNOLDS (ERAN A LEY] HOWES HELE RELI a ond screenplay by JOSEPH WEST A by TREM CARE in’ The famed novel...at last on the screen! Saturday A MOVIE TO THRILL TO... $ A MEMORY TO CHERISH! “Goodbye Mr. Chips’ is so packed with power, tenderness and emo- tional thrill that it will linger in your memory forever! Robert Donat surpasses even his triumph ‘The Citadel”! And Greer Garson, new star sensation, will hold you spellbound with her heart-stabbing performance! With the mysterious Sudan as its flaming background. Lord Kitchener's mighty victory at Omdurman leaps to panoramic life in vibrant Technicolor...in the story of a man branded coward. IN TECHNICOLOR | Tuesday, Bargain Night Return Engagement Jeanette MacDonald 1 “ROSE n MARIE" Wednesday and Thursday WP Se Af oh (Ba VB TE) Cab vs. AFT TWO STICKS OF HUMAN DYNAMITE TOSSED TOGETHER IN A MAR- with JANE BRYAN ‘GEORGE BANCRO FT ss Hallie Cowder, Clearfield and Mrs. Firma Leighey, Lecontes Mills. A dau- | ghter, Mrs. George Goss, died several months ago. MRS. PAUL BECK Cherry Tree — Mrs. Louise (Hop- kins) Beck, 19 wife of Paul Beck of | Cherry Tree, died last Wednesday af- ternoon in the Clearfield Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Cherry Tree on December 30, 1919. Surviving are her husband, her mo- ther, Mrs. Frances Hopkins-Stewart of Cherry Tree, and these brothers and sisters: Lester, Walter, Robert, James, Betty and June Hopkins, all of Cherry Tree. Funeral servies were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Stif- flertown Evangelical Church. Inter- ment will be in the East Ridge Ceme- tery under the direction of Killins and Long, Barnesboro morticians. JAMES SCORED AT MINE MEET Pittsburgh — Delegates to the bien- nial convention of District 5, United Mine Workers of America, were told last Wednesday employers who “still stubbornly resist true unionism and are America’s worst internal enemies.” William Hynes of Uniontown, Pa, peaker, ad- president of District 4, the s ded: «Whila the world hus gone mad with way ww Amer- is for us to get x J ¢ and sccial system at wiil permit men with sane €0¢ functioning honest hearts | raise their families in decency and | comfort. “Unemployment and war are the greatest perils we face today but I am firmly confident that, with the help of organized labor and of all who truly believe in and uphold democratic principles and practices, America will come out of this present near-chaos with colors flying.” Both Hynes and Patrick T. Fagan, president of Dictrict No. 5 criticized policies of Gov. Arthur H. James, ter- ming them “reactionary and in the in- terest not of the workingman but of the National Association of Manufac- turers and others, represented in Penn- sylvania by Joe Grundy.” Much of the day's business session | was taken up with debate upon a pro- | posal to change provisions for the elec- tion of scale committeemen. Action was | deferred on the question. { District 5, U. M. W. of A. includes Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Mercer, Lawrence and Armstrong Counties and part of Greene, Westmoreland and Washington Counties. | CROWD WATCHES MACK DEDICATE HOSPITAL WING More than 500 persons attended the dedication of the new Mack Memorial maternity wing to Indiana Hospital last Thursday afternoon. Presentation of | the $115,000 addition was made by J. S. Mack of McKeesport and Brush | | Valley Township, president ot the G.| | C. Murphy Company. Dr. Charles E. | | Rink, member of the board of direc- | tors, accepted the four-story structure ! on behalf of the board. The dedica-| tory address was made by Rev. Still- | | tients, will be applied to the repair First United Presbyterian Church at | Indiana. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the visitors were taken on a tour of the new wing, which adds 50 beds to the hospital’s capacity; the main hos- pital, newheating plant and the new $35,000 nurses’ home. The guests were shown through the buildings by hospital employes under the direction of Miss Lillian A. Hollo- han, administrator of the hospital. Tea was served. The new brick addition, which brings the hospital to a 200-bed capa- city institution or more than five times the capacity of the hospital founded in 1914, was furnished and equipped by the board. Mack built the wing as a memorial to his parents. Four years ago, Mr. Mack established a trust fund, also in memory of his parents, and directed that its income be devoted to payment of hospitaliza- tion for needy patients of Brush Valley Township where Mack was born. Any excess beyond that uesd for the care of the patients has been added to the trust fund capital and will be con- tinued to be added until January 1, 194i, when the income, beyond the! amount needed for Brush Valley pa- and maintenance of the new wing and for payment of hospitalization of other needy Indiana ccunty residents. Am- ount in the fund now is approximately | $300,000. COON DOG FIELD TRIAL ON SUNDAY NEAR PORTAGE | | The Cambria County Game Protec- | tive Association will hold its eleventh and courage to live and! man A. Foster, D. D., pastor of the| coon dog field trial on Sunday, Octo- ber 1st, at Gleason Fields, south of Portage, on Route 164. There will also be a chase for fox dogs. As a special feature of the day the club will spon- sor a shoot, starting at 9 a. m. The shooting will be at a running deer target with high powered rifles, ana 29 rifles. Prizes will be awarded. This will be the last field trial of the sea- son for the club. More shoots will be held until hunting season. COMFORT THEY'RE moccasin soft, yet wear like iron — save your feet- save you plenty of werk shoe costs. ' a JT R ia : WOLVERINE SLALL POS IKMIDE WORK SHOTS oe ANESBORD < RUGH & LIEB LF i ™
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