PAGE EIGHT. THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. ‘PAGE ELEVEN | — The Tracy Heirloom By EDNAMAE SMYTH (Associated Newspapers—WNU Service.) ANN NORTON turned from the [ telephone with a sigh. She had done a big washing for her numer- lous family, and was in the midst of the ironing, which she hoped to fin- ish before supper time, when her {Cousin Maud Adams called up. “Come right over. We're having a conference on th2 heirloom.” “I suppose somebody has made them another offer,” Ann said to herself. “I don’t see what they want of me. They never pay any 'attention to what I say. If they lhad they'd have got rid of that pesky old chair a long time ago. aybe Washington did sit in it. But {I'm privileged to have my doubts.” Four women were seated in |Maud’s softly lighted living room /when Ann entered. | *Now we're all here together,” she said to Ann. ‘Nell, Julia, Car- rie, you and I, the principals in the case.” She laughed. ‘‘And there’s the heirloom.”” She pointed [toward the ugly and honored chair. “Mr. Jones tells me he’ll give five hundred for it.” **That makes one hundred apiece,” said the greedy Carrie Mains. “I don’t know as I want to sell out ‘my interest for that.” “You'll never get any more,” (Maud returned sharply “I paid to have it advertised in |some of the best magazines,” snapped Carrie. ‘‘Pinfeathers on a humming-bird’s wing!” Ann spoke softly. ‘Don’t quarrel, girls. There have been hard feelings enough about the old thing already.” “You've never exerted yourself to sell it,” Julia exclaimed hotly. {“But I dare swear you'll take your thundred just the same. That's the {Smith coming out in you, Ann Nor- ton.” Ann flushed painfully at this scathing reference to her mother, who had dared to marry a Tracy although she was of no importance herself. “Yes, I guess no one in your cir- cumstances, Ann, is going to pass up a hundred dollars,” sneered Nell Ogden. Ann bit her lip. . She was tired, she had left her work just to see a group of well-to-do women squab- bling over an old chair that nobody had sat in for years. Yes, she wanted that hundred dol- lars all right. But something else looked bigger still, her pride, her self-respect, which was not all a Tracy inher- itance. Maybe she hadn’t lured pros- pective buyers or paid for advertise- ments or photographs, but she had taken off four coats of black paint that obscured the chair’s glory and pieced the little patchwork cushion which looked as natural as if it had grown there. She stood up quietly but firmly. “I've got to go,” she said. ‘‘Settle it to suit yourselves. I don’t want that hundred dollars. You're welcome to my share in the heir- loom.” “If you feel that way—'' Julia murmured. She looked meaningly at Maud, who added coldly: “Just as you feel about it, of course.” While Carrie and Nell exchanged a wink. Twenty-five dollars apiece extra wasn’t to be sneezed at. Ann had got half-way home when she missed her purse. She remem- bered that she had left it upon the sofa where she had been seated. She hesitated about going back after it then, but it held all the money she had. As Ann mounted the steps of the Adams house she saw that Maud was admitting a caller, a man, stout, very stout, decidedly prosper- ous in his appearance. She recog- mized him. It was Will Owen, who had gone to school with all of them, whom she hadn’t seen in years. He saw her almost as quickly as she saw him. He grabbed her hand, pulled her into the house. There was a tremendous flutter. For Will Owen was a rich bachelor. Instead of gazing at the spinster Carrie or the widow Julia he kept his eye on Ann. “My gracious!” he wheezed. “You haven’t changed a mite.” “Considering how fat and blowzy Ann is I don’t call that much of a compliment for the rest of us,” Julia said, giving Will a playful push. As he started back from her, he skidded on the slippery floor and sat down with a bang in the nearest chair—the Washington "chair. It crushed like an eggshell under him. “My gracious!” he groaned. “What have I done?’ Then as his agonized glance swept the faces of the women who stood frozen with consternation—“I hope,”” he mut- tered, ‘‘it isn’t an heirloom.” “It—was,’”’ breathed Ann. Then frightened, she snatched up her purse and ran out of the house. Ann's invitation to dinner was the only one Will Owen accepted. Julia, Nell, Carrie and Maud all asked him but he declined. He did, how- ever, send each one of them a costly chair to take the place of the one he had shattered. Ann was delight- ‘ed with her chair, no matter how her cousins felt about theirs. And ‘she felt a bit wickedly, perhaps, that now the famous heirloom was out of the way they should be bet- Caught in the Act! Be Wear J KJ ¥ At Santa Claus, Ind., where they run a school for Santa Clauses, the instructor shows his students how to handle one of Kris Kringle’'s most important duties. A measuring stick, to make sure there is enough clearance, is one of the requisites. Follow the Rules When Addressing Christmas Cards How do you address a Christmas card to a widow? A divorcee? A business acquaintance? Here are some tips on cards: Generally speaking, greetings fall into two classes, formal and infor- mal. If you use printed or engraved cards for formal use, the title Miss, Mr., or Mr. and Mrs. should pref- erably appear above the greeting. For instance: ‘Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanyon wish you a Merry Christmas,” rather than ‘“A Merry Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Stanyon.”’ On informal cards, signed in ink, the husband’s or wife’s name should come first, although ordinarily the person signing would put his own name last. In general, the hus- band’s name comes first. These can be signed ‘‘Bob and Betty,” or ‘“‘Bob and Betty Bentley,” depending on how well the acquaintance knows you. No card should ever be sent with- out a Mr., Mrs. or Miss prefix. An dressed as ‘‘Miss.”” A married woman, whether her husband is alive or not, is addressed with “Mrs.” prefixed to her husband’s full name. Since a woman’s maid- en name is used only on legal pa- pers or when she uses it profession- ally, a divorcee’s maiden name may be used if it’s been established by legal procedure after the divorce was granted. Cards to a married couple should be addressed Mr. and Mrs., even though you may know only one of them. If it’s a business acquaint- ance and you haven't met the recipient’s wife, it’s permissible to send the card in his name only. Business addresses are quite all right, though there’s a bit more courtesy and more personal touch to find out the home address and send the card there. A family in mourning may send and receive Christmas cards as usu- al unless the bereavement is very recent—within the last two or three weeks. Kiss the Maiden Under Mistletoe— But Follow Rules! T'S still a nice custom this Christmas to kiss the young 5 lady under the mistletoe, but your efforts are in vain unless it’s done properly. Every time someone kisses under the mistletoe a berry should be plucked from the branch, for only so many blessings are bestowed as there are berries. And don’t let the mistletoe fall to the ground. Other- wise its properties of good luck and healing will be destroyed. Many a romantic story surrounds this plant. The berries represent tears from this legend: A Scandinavian god, Balder, dreamed he would die. When he told his mother, the goddess Friga, she made earth fire, air, water and all animals and plants promise they wouldn’t harm her son. But she overlooked the mistletoe, for its roots were neither in the earth nor air. So one of Balder’s enemies fashioned an arrow from the plant and that was the end of Balder. The tears of the heartbro- ken goddess fell thick and fast, and froze into the berries. Having such a heathen origin, mistletoe is seldom included in church schemes of decoration. But despite this ban few maids care to risk making the legend come true that “she who is not kissed under the mistletoe at Christmas will not be married in the year which fol- lows.” ‘ter friends than they ever had been. unmarried woman is always ad- | | BONO. GRAND | | THEATRE ~The Man She Loved! 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The deceased also leaves a number of grandchildren. The funeral services will be conduc- ted at nine o'clock on Friday morning in St. Mary's Catholic church with a solemn high mass of requiem, cele- brated by Rev. Father Basil Balko, O S. B., pastor of St. George's Church, trand McFadyen, O. S. B., pastor of St. Mary's church and Adrian Xra- kowsi, O. S. B., pastor of St. Ber- nard’s church, Hastings, as sub-dea- con. Interment will be in the church cemetery. MRS. MARY RYAN. lifelong resident of Northern Cambria County, died at one o'clock on Tues- day afternoon at the home of her son, Arnold Ryan of Patton, where she been ill the past fou rmonths. Born in Clearfield township on the 24th of June, 1860, Mrs. Ryan was the daughter of John and Catherine (Lit- tle) Nagle. Her husband, Silas A. Ryan, who conducted a farm for many years in the S& Augustine section, died 12 years ago. Mrs. Ryan is sur- vived by these children: Walter Ryan, Mattoon, Ill; Mrs. C. B. Martin, Altoo- na; Leo Ryan, Irwin; Bernard J. Ry- an, residing on the old homestead at St. Augustine; Arnold Ryan, Patton, and Vincent Ryan, Altoona. A broth- er, Charles Nagle, Saginaw, Mich., and 24 grandchildren, also survive. Mrs. Ryan was one of the oldest members Mrs. Agnes Palcho, aged 68 years, | died at 7:30 o'clock on Tuesday morn- | cho, preceded her in death. Surviving | Patton; assisted by Rev. Fathers Ber- | Mrs. Mary Ann (Nagle) Ryan, 9, | | St. Augustine and also a member of | Stanley, Jennie and Helen Constant, {on Tuesday in St. Thomas cemetery ati | the Altar Society. | The remains are at the Bernard J. | Ryan home. Funeral services will be | day morning in St. Augustine's Ca- | tholic church, with a high mass of | requiem to be celebrated by the Rev. | Father Pollard Farren, pastor. Inter-| ment will follow in the church ceme- | tery. CHARLES GRYBOSKY. Charles Gryboskey, aged 58, a pro- minent farmer of Susquehanna town- | ship, died on Monday evening at his | home after an extended illness. He | was born in Poland on Aug. 6, 1881. | Surviving are his widow, Mrs. An- | na Beltosky Grybosky and the fol- | lowing children: Miss Regina Grybos- | ky, Philadelphia; Ansalem Grybosky, | Cherry Tree; Efrem Grybosky, De- | troit; Mrs. Ruth Anthony, New York | City; Miss Agnes Grybosky, Pitts- | burgh; David, Leo and Zymend Gry- | bosky ,all at home. [ MISS JOSEPHINE ROSMUS. | Funeral services for Miss Josephine | Rosmus, 31, formerly of olver, whose | death occurred on Wednesday of last week at the Philadelphia Episcopal | hospital were conducted on Sunday af- | ternoon in the Holy Family Church at | Colver by the Rev. Father J. J. Gura. Interment was made in the Holy Name | cemetery at Ebensburg. Born at Col- ver, Miss Rosmus was the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Rosmus. Her father die din 1931. Surviving are her mother and these brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mary Zajdel, and Mrs. Julia Mor- Rosmus, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Victoria Car- me nof Philadelphia, Stanley, Joseph, Alex and John Rosmus, all of Colver. JOHN CONSTANT. John Constant, Jr., aged 25 years, of Spangler, died at 11 o'clock Wednes- day night of last week in the Miners’ hospital after an extended illness. He was a son of John and Roes (Swanes- ky) Constant and was born in Wind- ber on April 21, 1914. Surviving are his parents and these conducted at nine o'clock on Satur- | ris ,bot hof Chicago, Ills.; Miss Mildred | | al lat home. LEO BUCK. Leo Buck, aged 52 years, one of Al- | legheny township's most prominent | citizens, died on Sunday night in the | Altoona hospital, where he had been | a patient for two weeks. He had been | in failing health for some time. | | Mr. Buck had served as an auditor | | in Allegheny township for many years { and was also a member of the board of | directors of the Farmers’ Telephone | Company in Northern Cambria coun- | ty. He was engaged in farming al lhis| life. | Leo Buck was a son of Jacob L. and | Margaret McGough Buck, both deceas- | ed and was born on April 3, 1887, on | the farm on which he always resided. | He held membership in the Knights of | St. George of Chest Springs for many | years. | Mr. Buck was unmarried. Surviving | are these brothers and sisters: Alvin | Buck, Chest Springs; Walter Buck, of | Carrolltown; Misses Irene and Ger- trude Buck, both at home. Funeral services will be held this Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Monica's Catholic church at Chest Springs. Rev. Father James Padden will officiate at | the requiem mass, and interment will be made in the church cemetery. MRS. JOHN McNEELEY. Mrs. Elizabeth (George) McNeeley, aged 90 years, a former resident of Ba- kerton, died on Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Bowman of Turtle Creek, with whom she had been living for the last two years. Mrs. McNeeley had resided for many years with her son, A. W. McFeeley of Bakerton and moved to Turtle Creek two years ago. Her husband, John Mc- Feeley died many years ago. Besides the son and daughter men- tioned, Mrs. McFeeley leaves a dau- ghter, Mrs. William Carl, also of Tur- tle Creek. She alsc leaves 31 grand- children, 66 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted on Monday morning in Turtle Creek and | | Ashville, MRS. IONA FLOOD. Mrs. Iona (Sanford) Flood, a for- mer wel known resident of Patton, died on Saturday at her home in Rah- way, N. J., after an illness of several months. She was born in Philipsburg, a dau- ghter of W. H. and Ellen (Steiner) Sanford. The Sanford family moved to Patton many years ago and William H. Sanford served as president of the old First National Bank of Patten for a number of years. Her parents died a | number of years ago. Surviving are her husband, Henry Flood, and a daughter, Iona, at home. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Rachel Dinsmore, of Washington, D. C. A brother, Duncan Sanford, died several months ago in Texas. Funeral services were conducted ory Monday afternoon in Redbank, N. J. JOSEPH KORMAN. Joseph Korman, aged 43, a past dic- tator of the Barnesboro Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, died suddenly early on Monday morning at his home in North Barnesboro. Death was attribu- ted to a coronary thrombosis. Mr. Korman had visited the lodge rooms on Sunday night and complained of feeling ill when he returned to his home. He died a short time later. The deceased was a son of Nicholas and Anna Korman and was born in Beav- will be made in the church cemetery. erdale in 1896. His father passed away five months ago. Mr. Korman was a member of Barnesboro Local No. §17, United Mine Workers of America, and the Barnesboro Sokol Lodge No. 231. Surviving are his mother, his wi- dow, Mrs. Mary (Motil) Korman, and these children: Mary Martha, Helen Louise, Dorothy Elizabeth, Joseph Jr., and Robert Korman, all at home. He was a brother of Andrew and Margar- et Korman, both of Barnesboro; Mrs. Ella Bradley of Akron, Ohio; Anna and Sue Korman bot hof New York City. Funeral services will be conducted this Thursday morning in St. John's brothers and sisters: Michael Constant, the remains were brought to the A. W, Greek Catholic church and interment 000000000C0000000000V0000VN0NVVN0VNO00VV0OVVOOVVOOOOO CO JOV0D00O00000000000000000V0000000CVVOVOVONNOOOOMIOOOOOOOOOOOOK XO0000000000000000DOD00 > O—————————————————————————— i - 210 ti up rd i SN + ° 1, BNE Rn BN BN el BN
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