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here were the clerks of the Cambria | Mrs. Dorothy McClelland; Treasurer, | Dorothy Dorotz, Elsie Evison, Leno- | the Carrolltown Legion Home. Atten-
Miss Velma Carnavelli was a shop-
Mercantile, as follows: Viema Carn- |Mr. Syndgrasse. | ra Homiday, Betty Weakland; There- | ding from town were Joe Pesarchick
MARSTELLER BRIEFS avellie, Mrs. Dorothy Drotoz, Mrs.| Steve Mihalich is spending his fur- | sa Ozella, Anna Clawson. A delicious | Joe Baron, Walter Weakland, Jess
Dorothy McClelland, Annie Wargo, | lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. | lunch was served later in the even- | Evison, Sam Stover, Ken Richardson,
By Mrs, Walter McClelland. :
— | Elsie Evison, Minnie Masserio, Mary | Mike Mihalich. | ing. | Fred Shrock, Jds. Laird and Alex
Mrs. Helen Gentles, of Detroit, | Lou Kellender, Mrs. Mary Fowler, | David Black was visiting friends in | Bingo was held Wednesday even- | Davidson.
Mich., was a visitor in town on Mon- | Thresa Ozella, Johnny Verchick. The | town on Monday. | ng at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John | Mr. and Mrs. Alex Laird and chil-
day. | newly elected officres were: Presi- | The Sewing Club was held at the | MacWillams. | dren of Cresson, were visitors at the
A CIO meeting was held in Bar- | dent: Mary Lou Kellender, Secretary, | home of Mrs. Pauline Pellas, Tuesday | A supper was held on Saturday ev- | home of Mr. and Mrs. James Laird,
nesboro on Monday and present from | Thresa Ozella; Financial Secretary, evening. Those present were Mrs. | ening for the First-Aid Teams. in| Sr. on Sunday.
per ir Johnstown Saturday.
V-
— Leroy Francis Farren, 36, Crese
son, collapsed while unloading bal-
last from a work train near Altoona
last Thursday morning and died a
few minutes later. His widow and 2
children, as well as a number of bro-
| thers and sisters survive.
(Political Advertisement)
An Open Letter from Service Man Bill Glosser to Eddie McCloskey
THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS PUBLISHED TO ANSWER, A VICIOUS
MUST ANSWER IN THIS MANNER SINCE I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED
IC OCEAN, AND WILL BE THERE BY THE TIME THIS LETTER APPEARS.
Dear Eddie: .
1 want to take this opportunity
to thank you for all you have done
for me. Knowing the kind of stuff
you are made of, I cannot see
where you find room in that big
heart of yours to do so much for
an undeserving individual. You really
have overextended yourself.
First, let me thank you for the
story about me which in typical Mc-
Closkey style you have twisted into
lies to help me in the same way you
are helping your country and all ser-
vice men. You and I both know that
only something that has crawled out
of the gutter would resort to the use
of such tactics in the hope that it
would help him (not anyone else),
but, you Eddie, wouldn't do that. For
it seems that even your egotistical,
warped, pseudo mind had some com-
punctions about what you said. You
said that you might be sued or put
to jail. Now, Eddie, you know better
than anyone else that it would be
useless to sue you because no one
could colltet a nickel from you. The
Sheriff of Cambria County found out
that you have nothing in your name,
and that is a matter of record. And I
wouldn't want to put you in jail be-
cause you have been a burden and an
expense to the city and county for
many years, so why add the extra
load at this time.
Your letter about me is true in one
respect. It is true to the Eddie Mec-
Closkey style of trying to dupe the
public by half-truths, lies, and charac-
ter assassination in order to mas-
querade as a public-spirited citizen
When election time rolls around and
you are a candidate, you always have
a malicious story involving your op-
ponent, People have not forgotten
that last year you lied about two re-
spectable County Commissioners,
John Thomas and Frank Hollern.
Why did you wait all this time to
teli this fairy tale about me to the
public? The answer is obvious. And
why didn’t you have the courage to
tell this story to my face instead of
waiting until I was thousands of
miles away from Johnstown? Eddie,
which one of your stooges are you
using to say that he offered you mon-
ey for me?
I realize, Eddie, that my assign-
ment with the Navy is not very glam-
orous and does not begin to compare
with your outstanding record in the
last war. As a boy, I remember hear-
ing about your exploits. Please tell
me, Eddie, did you take a job during
the last war in the Cambria Machine
Shop to escape the draft, and when
the war was over did you quit your
Jok and were you regarded as a slac-
ker? And I am informed, Eddie, that
even though you have had jobs, you
have done a minimum amount of
work since. Is it true that your young
robust son, of draft age, instead ot
entering the service, left Johnstown
and has been working in a defense
plant in a large city? I MIGHT RE-
MIND YOU THAT THERE ARE
SEVEN GLOSSER BOYS FROM
JOENSTOWN IN THE SERVICE.
And when your term of office as
County Commissioner ended, please
tell me, did you get a job and help
the war effort or did you hang around
street corners and spread malicious
gossip, criticize and seek to destroy
because you want another handout
from the pubic? Did you go out and
sell war bonds? Eddie, do you own
a war bond? If you do not, I would
not blame you because there would
be no sense in investing in a country
in which you have no confidence. I
might add that I invest part of my
pay each month in War Bonds. Have
you served on any committees for the
Fed Cross, the U. S. O., Community
Chest, or War Bond Drives? May I
suggest that you print the story of
your part in the war ‘effort. If you
are worried about the paper shortage,
vou could use the back of a cancelled
postage stamp and still have room
for your other constructive achieve-
ments.
Eearing these thoughts in mind I
rust say you certainly are the right
person to question the record of any
gervice man.
Now in case you are interested in
the true facts about me, I will enum-
erate them. I did receive a deferment
from the Draft Board early in 1942
to give me time to find a man above
draft age to take my place, whom I
later found and who did replace me.
While I was deferred I was helping
the war effort by managing a scrap
yard. I applied for a commission early
in June, and asked my draft board for
adaitional time, Like hundreds of
others in this area, I took an appeal
to the Board of Appeals, and my ap-
peal was not allowed. I did not make
an appeal to have my case reviewed
by the President. This was done by
the Government Appeal Agent of my
draft board as a test case and not
at my request. Before my commiss-
ion was granted, I was inducted into
the Army in November, 1942, and
spent five days (not six weeks) at
New Cumberland. I then was sent to
Camp Lee, Va., where I took my ba-
sic training, In February, 1943, my
application for a commission in the
Navy, filed in June, 1942, resulted in
the granting of a commission to me.
The Navy secured my release from
the Army and I was sworn into the
Navy where I have conscientiously
and satisfactorily performed the du-
ties assigned to me. NO POLITICIAN
OR ANY INDIVIDUAL HAD ANY-
THING TO DO WITH MY GETTING
A COMMISSION. Before entering
the service, I had twelve years exper-
ience handling scrap and salvaged
mattrial and my technical knowledge
and practical experience qualified me
for a commission involving the work
I have been doing for the Navy. But,
Eddie, you say I got a commission
without previous experience. At the
time I received my commission Naval
TO SPECIAL NAVAL
Procurement was advertising for 20
men from scrap yards and similar es-
tablishments with the experience and
knowledge which I had. Many of
these 20 men received higher rank
than I did. Obviously, I received my
commission on the basis of my quali-
fications in the same way that hun-
dreds of other young men in this
area obtained commissions, AS A
MATTER OF FACT, THE U. 3.
NAVY IS STILL SEEKING MEN
WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPER-
IENCE IN THE SCRAP BUSINESS
WHO ARE NOW BEING OFFERED
COMMISSIONS IN THE NAVY. But,
Fiddie, you don’t want to believe that
because it, is the truth, and the truth
will not serve your purpose. I DO
NOT BUY OR SELL ANYTHING
FOR THE NAVY; MY WORK IS
PURELY PROCESSING. YOU SAY
I SHIPPED TANKS TO THE COM-
PANY WITH WHICH I WAS FOR-
MERLY CONNECTED, BUT THE
NAVY DOES NOT HAVE TANKS.
Your statement as to Navy tanks is
just as ridiculous as the rest of your
letter and allegations. But, Eddie,
you always were good for a laugh.
At one time some people thought
that in spite of the fact that you
peddled vicious lies as your stock in
trade, nevertheless you had courage.
And then you showed your true col-
ors and you were the laughing stock
of Johnstown. Remember the time the
police came to you home to arrest
you and you hid under the bed.
I surely appreciate your interest in
me when you wrote to Naval Intelli-
gence and the F. B. I. Both of these
agencies, by your own admission,
thoroughly investigated your charg-
es before consigning your letters to
the “crack-pot” file, and you your-
self say that you were informed of
their findings. I am sure that Uncle
Sam is deeply appreciative of such a
contribution to the war effort, Only
a man with a war record like yours
would seek to disturb public confi-
» UNWARRANTED ATTACK MADE UPON ME WHICH I
DUTY SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIF-
dence in our government by an un-
warranted attack upon a member of
Congress, the F. B. 1, and the U. S.
Navy to serve your selfish motives.
Your past record as a citizen of our
community and as a public official
will leave no doubt in the minds of
the people as to why you are sud-
senly championing the rights of those
who are serving in the armed forces
of the U. S. while you are backing
them up with propaganda that brings
joy to the enemies they are fighting.
Eddie, you really don't believe that
the government is wrong and that
you are right. It doesn’t pay you,
however, to tell the truth. You have
oeen peddling lies so long that if you
decided to reform, you would be out
of business. You would have nothing
to sell. Therefore, ‘“‘super-patriot”
that you are, you broadcast a false
Story about me in the hope that the
public would not get the facts and
would not see through your treach-
ery. You used the same tactics last
year when you were a candidate for
County Commissioner. You invented
a story about County Commissioners
Jolin Thomas and Frank Hollern, ac-
cusing them of dishonesty in order to
keep them busy defending themsel-
ves so that they would not expose
you. Much to your sorrow they did
expose you and you did not succeed
in fooling the public.
I again wish to thank you with
the knowledge that tomorrow you
might do the same to any other ser-
vice man, any respectable citizen, or
any government agency, if it suited
your purpose, Allow me to call your
attention to a man by the name of
Schickelgruber who also thought that
anything he said or did was right,
and who will shortly be consigned to
a suitable place for men who thrived
on hatred, lies, and ill-will,
“Truthfully,”
William Glosser,
.L . (Lt. J.G.U. 8. N. R)
Voting Precinct Southmont No, 1.