i Thursday, October 22, 1942. PATTON BRIEFS Misses Iva, Betty and Sonja Swish- er and Philip Gers of Lewistown spent Sunday at the Norman Swisher home. Miss Lillian Marvin of Altoona was | a week end visitor at the home of her | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marvin of | Herriman Ave. The P. O. of A. will hold a cinch party next Monday night, Oct. 26, in the I. O. O. F. Hall. Admission is 25c. Lunch will be served and prizes given. Mrs. Gust DeGand and daughters of Tampa, Fla., are spending several days with the former’s mother, Mrs. Thomas Powel. Lady's Purse—Found a month ago on the highway. Andy Simon, Patton R.D. 1. Althugh only 18 years of age, Glua- dio D. Schelfe, of Marsteller is enlist- ed as an Army Aviation cadet. Misses Edith and Dorothy Morgan who are employed at the Cresson San- atorium, were visitors Tuesday at the | home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan. Louis Pontrella is home for a few days on a furlough. He is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. Recent callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Yerger were Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKillop of Hastings. Mrs. Snyder Yerger has been con- | fined to her home for the past week with a painful leg wound. Word has been received here that | Lester Fisher has arrived safely at a | foreign destination. Miss Marie Marvin has gone to the ity of Akron, where she has secured 'mployment. Sgt. Robert Grs of Drane Field, Fla., has returned to his post after a | several days’ furlough. He was ac- | companied by his wife, Louise Gers, who had spent some time with her | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Swish- er of Patton. Mrs. William Lann and son Billie of Hastings have returned home after a two week visit with Mrs. Lann’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Berish of Mellon Ave. announce the birth of a son in Spangler Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dreher of Pitts- burgh spent Sunday with Mrs. Dre- her's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. |L. Cochran of Lang AVe. Pfc. Charles McCoy, son of Mrs. Mary McCoy of Chest Springs, has arrived safely at an overseas destin- ation, according to word received by his mother. V. J. Eckenrode of E¢kenrode Mills who has been seriously ill for sever- al weeks, was taken to the St. Francis hospital in Pittsburgh last week. Pfc. John Kelly of Governors Island, N. Y., spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Flo Kelly of | Chest Springs. Pvt. “Chick” Farabaugh of Camp Lee, Va., spent the week end at his home here. Corp. Robert Schenk, stationed in Georgia, spent a furlough here with his father, Hugh Schenk. Bob Forsythe is in New York City on a business trip. Pfc. Lawrence Nealon, stationed at Carlisle, Pa., spent the week end with his parents at Chest Springs. Kenneth Rhody has returned home after spending a few days in New York City. Pvt. Ralph Cordell, an M.P. with the Army Air Force at Lowry Field, Denver, Colo., is spending a 10-day furlough here with his parents. Pvt. John T. Santucci, stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., has returned af ter spending a 10-day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Santucci. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Strittmatter of Detroit announce the birth of a son. Mrs. Strittmatter was formerly Miss Edith Thomas of Patton R. D. Fred Rosian Jr. of the U. S. Mar- ines, stationed at Parris Island, S. C., is spending a 10-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rosian. A card party, sponsored by the Sodality of the St. Augustine Catholic Church, will be held in the Parish Hall at St. Augustine next Sunday after- noon at 2:30 Cinch and pinochle will be played. Prizes and lunch. Mrs. Irene Hunt of Roaring Spring is spending the week with her dau- ghter, Mrs. Harry Stauffer. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Amer- ican Legion will hold a 10c¢ Bingo | party in Community Hall on Monday, October 26, at 8:15 p. m. Election of officers will feature an | October meeting of the Garden Study Club of Patton Tuesday evening of next week at 8 p. m. in Patton Drug Co. Bldg., followed by a “Jamboree” in charge of Mrs. Frank Schwab and Mrs. Richard Shannon. Miss Marie Mangold, of Crabtree, Pa., was the guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Man- gold, here, last week. | George Robert Senita, son of Mr, and Mcs. Andrew Senita, of 519 South Third Street, has been placed on the honor roll of Franklin and Marshall College for his scholastic record of | last year, according to a recent an- nouncement by Dean Richard Bom- berger. Pfc. Benjamin F. Hugill, of Bain- bridge, Ga., is spending a ten day furlough with his wife, Mrs. Violet | Hughill, of Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Hug- ill was the former Miss Violet Terr- | ezza. Mrs. Domenic Iannelli has left for | Detroit, to visit her son, John, who | is seriously ill in St. Joseph Hospital in that city. He had been employed in Detroit for the past two months. Ruel Burkhart left Tuesday for Ak- | ron, Ohio, where he will be commis- sioned an Inspector of Emergency | Materials for the U. S. Navy Depart- ment at the Goodyear Aircraft Plant Pvt. Delmont Pardee, of Fort Ord, California, spent a furlough here last | week with relatives and friends. Misses Agnes Tinnick and Mary Karanik of Elkton, Md., spent a few days at their homes here recently. Patton's young men in the armed | forces are doing their part well. The | number of commissioned officers in both branches of the service from the local community hits an average far above most towns of like size. And they gain promotions, too. tecently, Ensign Richard Buck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Buck, of Mellon lavenue, now on sea duty, was promo- ted to Naval Lieutenant, Junior Grade. Word has just been received, also, that Second Lieutenant, Air Forces, Emery A. Dietrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Dietrick, also of Mellon avenue, stationed at Grenier Field, Manchester, Vermont, has been promoted to First Lieutenant. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beckwith spent the week end in Patton. Luther Gallagher, 88 year old Pat- ton resident, was admitted to the Mi- ners’ hospital on Monday evening, suffering from a possible fracture of the left leg. Hospital attaches said | they were informed the aged man was injured in a fall at his home. His ondition is listed as fairly good. Residents of Patton are encouraged to send in local news items Jor this column. PATTON HONOR STUDENTS Students of Patton High School | who have “A” reports for the first six week period of the school term in- } clude: Seniors: Verna Sheehan, Robert Williams, Leona Karlheim, Helen Ov- erberger, Augusta LeGrand, and Mel- vin Fregly. Juniors: Charles Winslow, Julia Busha, Mary Ryan, and Eugene Boyle. Sophomores: Rose Bearer, Robert Kimble, Camilla Kuhnley, Grace Leary, Alphonse Noel, and Florence warner Freshmen: Helen Dubyak, James Dluzansky, Gertrude Lechene, There- sa Maykovich, Grace Flatic, Peggy Pettorini, and Cecelia Skrodinsky. LADIES’ AIR-RAID WARDEN ASSOCIATION FORMED HERE A Ladies’ Air-Raid Warden Associ- ation has been formed here to take care of daylight air-raid drills. Mrs. L. C. Smale has been made the chief warden. Patton has been laid out in six sec- tors, and the wardens for the differ- ent sectors include: Mrs. John J. Hal- uska, Mrs. Ralph Litzinger, Mrs. Wm. Saly, Mrs. Seymore Ratowsky, Mrs. Louis Iannello and Mrs. Lacey. The next meeting of the organiza- | tion which is working under the direc- tion of Chief Air-Raid Warden Geo. A. Lehman, will be held Monday, the 2nd of November, at 7 p. m. in the Patton Defense Council Rooms in the Good Bldg. : Vv . Although Colorado is a leading "mining state its greatest revenues are derived from agriculture and tra- vel. | Especially when it's so easy to have perfect DROP 1 vision! Wear scien- 1 tifically fitted glasses DR. OPTOMETRIST IN FOR AN EXAMINATION J. P. MITCHELL BARNESBORO UNION PRESS-COURIER Navy Building Shows Big Rise House Committee Reports Increase of 360 Per Cent in Year. WASHINGTON.—Naval ship con- struction has increased 360 per cent over a year ago and an air arm has been developed ‘‘which will pro- vide the strongest offensive force in naval history,”” according to a re- port of the house naval committee. In a progress summation of the navy's construction program, the committee said that American in- dustry was sending vessels down the ways sooner than expected and that its ingenuity was turning out “improved models of all types’ of planes. The report declared that the Mid- way Island and Coral Sea engage- ments ‘‘demonstrated that aviation constitutes the determining factor in such conflicts.” It also said that the navy, “with full realization of the efficiency of multi-engine land planes for patrols in certain areas,” was using them for anti-submarine warfare ‘with outstanding success,” and added that the first of those squadrons “accounted for not less than five Axis submarines.” The report said that 3,230 naval ships, in the classifications of com- batant and auxiliary ships and pa- trol and mine craft, were building as of June 30, 1942, as compared with 697 a year ago. In a break- down of the scheduled program for ship completion during the fiscal year of 1941, the committee said that 60 combatant vessels were ac- tually completed as compared with 48 expected. Ten auxiliaries were completed as compared with nine predicted, and 143° patrol craft as compared with 133. Only construction of mine and district craft fell short of the goal, with 280 completed as com- pared with a schedule of 394. So sharp has been the speed-up in ship construction, that the time for completing a battleship had been cut from the pre-emergency average of 42 months to 36 months; aircraft carriers from 45 months to 17.3 months; heavy cruisers from 36.4 to 22.7; light cruisers, 38.8 to 22.3; destroyers, 27.2 to 11.6, and submarines, 21.2 to 11.5. The report presented also a table giving the number of aircraft of all types added to the service in five years. In 1938 there were 729: in 1939, 270; 1940, 328; 1941, 2,067, and in 1942, 4,895. Curb ‘Excessive Profits.’ The committee also reported that 95 per cent of war contractors were not profiting unduly, but recom- mended congressional action to stop the other 5 per cent from ‘enrich- ing themselves at public expense.” On a year-long study of 39,405 na- val contracts, with a total value of $4,599,087,085, the committee report- ed that the profits averaged 8.1 per cent of cost. But, while describing that per- centage as ‘‘reasonable’ in view of “the large scale naval procurement program,’ simultaneously the com- mittee informed the house that prof- its on individual contracts ranged as high as 1,768 per cent. ‘“The committee is of the opinion that 95 per cent of war contractors are doing an honest and effective job and receiving only fair and rea- sonable profits,” it summarized. “The other 5 per cent of war con- tractors appear to be taking ad- vantage of the war situation and to be receiving excessive profits.” New Army-Navy Flag for War Production Records WASHINGTON. — A joint army- navy flag, it was announced, here- after will be awarded to war fac- tories with outstanding production records. In the past, the armed services have recognized such plants sep- arately. The joint award will be a swallow- tailed flag with a white capital “E” in a yellow wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a vertically divided blue and red background. “Army” will be on the red background and “Navy” on the blue. Japs Believed Desperate For Food and Materials CHUNGKING —A military spokes- man said that ti:e Japanese are car- rying on ‘a ‘‘desperate campaign’ to obtain foodstuifs and the materi- als of war. They are hastening the harvesting of wheat in the north and in every village of Occupied China have begun a campaign to collect scrap iron. In this connec- tion, the spokesman said, they have salvaged some 40 ships sunk by the British at Hong Kong and are re- pairing them. Boy’s Note to F.D.R. Wins Brother Furlough MONTROSE, COLO.—Pvt. John J. Pritchett visited his ailing mother on a l5-day furlough because his 11-year-old brother penciled a note to President Roosevelt that ‘she wants to see him.” “My mother is sick,” wrote Don- ald Gene Pritchett, ‘“‘and would like very much to see my brother before he is sent overseas. She doesn’t say much, but I know she wants to see him ——e——V —Try our classified ad column. AR «CD Diamond engage gold. ..only... “The Store for SAFE Diamond Buying” LUXENBERG LOUIS COMFLETE SELECTION OF EST. 1903 BARNESBORO PHONE 187 ment ring in allurring new design. 14K zircon ring with daz- zling stone in yellow gold... ‘Qs Lovely "Sweetheart" Ex locket, engraved. Has a long 18 inch chain . .. DIAMOND PAIR 27° for Both Rings Matched settings with quality genuine diamond, Both rings 14K yellow gold. PAGE FIVE —— Never before were we faced with the conditions that threaten the jewelry industry this Christmas, Select now and we'll hold your gifts for you. Be wise! Come and choose! Quisite photo $095 Special Value! " FAMOUS MAKE WATCHES Butcher, Baker and Clerk in Air Force Young Men From All Walks SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS.—The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker—they’re all in the air forces now—as airplane mechanics and machinists, radio operators and re- pairmen, parachute riggers, weath- er observers and forecasters, ad- ministrative and supply clerks, aeri- al photographers and armorers— and in scores of other ‘‘specialist’ jobs. This mass-transformation of hun- dreds of thousands of salesmen, col- lege students, retail clerks and of- fice workers into skilled technicians is one of the miracles now being performed by Uncle Sam's air wing. Here at Sheppard Field, in addi- tion to the air forces technical schools for training airplane me- chanics, there is also located one of the several of the air forces re- placement training centers from which numerous raw recruits are sent to this and to other technical schools throughout the country. The task of choosing exactly the right place in the complex structure of the air forces for every one of the legions of raw recruits passing through Sheppard Field, falls to the | classification division headed by Maj. Harold C. Poyer. The process of classification and | selection begins with the ‘‘general classification test’’ (commonly re- ferred to as the “G.C.T.””) which is a standard army mental alert- ness test given to every recruit with- | in a day or two of induction. Be- | cause the aim of this type of test is to determine mental capacity rather than the amount of formal educa- tion, questions that make up the test are such as depend as little as possible on schooling and as much as possible on clear thinking. —Freedom is deserving to those who sacrifice for it. Buy bonds. FUTURE FARMERS INITIATE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMEN Fifteen freshmen agricultural stu- | dents of Patton High were made | somewhat acquainted with the F.F.A. | when they were given the Green Hand | Degree by the members of the Chest Chapter of the Future Farmers of America last Thursday night in the high school. Receiving the degrees were: Pat Adams, Russell Adams, Francis { Bloom, James Carl, Donald Cossitor, | Bernard Cretin, Richard Drass, Chas. | Jolly, Ralph Karlheim, Robert Krise, Wilfred Lechene, Jules Legros, Ralph | Rodgers, Aubert Riley and Pat Shee- { han. Plans for the year’s program were discussed and will be put into final [form at the next monthly meeting. Pres. Howard Strittmatter appointed | Robert Williams as chapter secretary to fill the vacancy left by Ed Nuss, | who recently left Patton to make his | residence in New York. | - Vv Argentina's first modern air- plane constructed by a private com- | pany was made entirely of wood ex- | cept the engine and recently made a | successful flight. MINER FATALLY HURT AT REVLOC OPERATION Trapped under a fall of rock in the Monroe Coal Co. mine at Revloc, El- mer Cunliffe, 33-year-old Cherry Tree miner, was injured fatally on Tues- day morning. The man’s death oc- curred shortly after noon in the Mem- orial hospital at Johntown. He was born at Ramey, Clearfield county. and is survived by his parents, his widow, a brother and four sisters. — Tr —————— | GENERAL (Political Advertisement) OWENS UNION PRESS-COURIER WILL APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE AT THE ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOV. 3 THOMAS A. EDITOR OF THE ASSEMBLY |
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