ES RR ET Thursday, December 21, 1044 AANA AEN BN AAR BANA NAN A AN MEN'S FINE DRESS GLOVES $ Make an acceptable and thoroughly useful gift. All sizes, styles, grades. $1.25. $4.95 Br A re NN py $ V4 ») Se 8rn . Pace 9 oe RON * J SE Bsns TLIE GLEE LIL? SUITS AND TOP GOATS $29.50 10 $42.50 SER rr rem eh UNION PRESS-COURIER » - PRR Py Sa » » %... Aa wana TO YOU LADIES — AND MEN, TOO — WHO ARE PERPLEXED ON WHAT TO GIVE EITHER MAN OR BOY, FOR CHRISTMAS -MAY WE SUGGEST THAT SUCH ‘WORRIES’ WILL VANISH COMPLETELY SIMPLY BY VISITING OUR STORE. TRULY IN THESE DAYS OF DIFFICULTY IN SECURING THE ‘THINGS YOU WANT’’ FOR HIM’, YOU WILL FIND SHARBAUGH & LIEB’S HAVE BEEN EXCEPTI®N- ALLY FORTUNATE IN ANTICIPATING AND STOCKING THOSE ITEMS OVER MONTHS OF BUYING FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE. AND WE HAVE NOT SUBSTITUTED INFERIOR QUALITY—ALL OUR MER- CHANDISE IS OF THE SAME STANDARD QUALITY WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN SELLING. BETTER DRESS SHIRTS Make ‘real’ gifts. All sizes, $2.00 .. $4.00 EXTRA TROUSERS Good ones are always useful, $3.95 .. $10.00 GIVE HIM A TIE Better grades, he'll like at $1.0 $1.50, and $2.00 HUNDREDS OF OTHER GIFTS FOB MEN AT OUR STORE— # n Real Gifts That Thrill— MICHAEL pe HE STERN SLEEVELESS SWEATERS MEN'S 'KERCHIEFS SPORT JACKETS CLOTH CRAFT Exceptionally useful. Priced Finest of grades, For That solve a “gift problem LUXORA $3.50 .. $8.50 $1.50... $2.95 25¢ 35¢ 50c¢ SHARBAUGH & LIEB OPEN EVENINGS BARNESBORO, PA. RN RA NA NR RR A ne me ma ms ATS PATTON NEWS BRIEFS {Additional Patton News Page 4.) The student body of St. Mary's School will entertain their parents with a Christmas program of Christ- mas Carols , Contests and Choral Speech Selections on Friday after- noon, December 22. Grades 1 to 4, at 1:30 P. M. and upper grades at 2:15. Cpl. Vernon Wherry of Camp Bow- ie, Texas, is spending a sixteen day | furlough with his wife and children. | an, Alabama, is spenling a furlough | with his mother, Mrs. Mae Gregory. | Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sheehan of] Sharon, Pa., anounce the birth of a| daughter, December 10th, named Clara Margaret. The Sheehan's were | former residents of Patton. | Mrs. Jenne Simpson has returned home after spending three weeks in Altoona with her sister, Mrs. Eliza- beth Rigley. Pvt. Raymond McCloskey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCloskey of Beech Avenue, has been graduated | from the Army Air Forces Gunnery | School at Tyndall Field, Panama City, | Fla., one of the largest schools of its | kind in the Army Air Forces Train- ing Command. Upon his graduation, the soldier received a pair of silver wings signifying that now he is rea- dy to take his place as a member of the combat crew of an AAF bomber. Cpl. Emma Gresko, daughter of Mrs. Mary Gresko, of Patton, who! completed one year of overseas duty on November 19th, and one year of service in Italy on December 9th, is | a member of the WAC Communica- tions Platoon that was recently com- mended. Tech. 5th grade Clair Wyland, son of Clarence E. Wyland, of Mellon av- enue is a carpenter serving with the unit controlling the Port of Leghorn in Italy. This outfit administers work that sends an average of nearly 10,- 000 tons of war supplies to the Fifth Army front daily... Cpl. Wyland has been overseas 19 months and has been awarded the Good Conduct Me- dal. He also wears the Mediterranean odist Program known as “The Cru- Theatr Ribbon with one Battle Par- sade for Christ.” | with the U. S. Army for the past 3 Pvt. Earl Gregory of Fort McClell- | months, has received an ticipation Star. | {ed around a long, beautifully decora- | |ted tea table by Mesdames Short, Garden Club Holds Xmas Tea. | Winslow, and Cooper. From this ta: | Members of the Board of the Gar-|ble Mrs. Winslow and Mrs. Cooper | ang Washington, D. C., died Sunday : | Wednesday, December 27—The Ju-| Shannon. ; 6 | tare Mr. and Mrs. Leo Duclos of Patton, | nior League will meet at 3:30 p. m.| These individual tables were group- | RECENT DEATHS WEEKLY R. D. 1, announce the marriage of | Mid-week service at 7:30 p. m. | their son, Thomas L. Duclos, to Miss | | Freda E. Bailey, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Charles Bailey of Willams- | 5 oho ok Arthur H. V’agner. ya Doc. 94, Jolt I ihe | usual holiday tea party Dec. 9, were | Other members of the club present | an illness of six months: He had been | Rey Jorn Marvin officiated ‘Attend- | not disappointed in the results. The | were Mrs. Lamont and Mrs. St. Clair | employed as a stationary .engineer by ants Mrs. John Marvin and Mrs, | embers responded with great en-| Montieth. | the Department .of Agriculture. jan's were Nirg. onn Marvin an Te} thusiasm and their tea tables, arigin- | { Harry Marshall. The young couple | | { will make their home in Altoona. Pfc. John Santucci, who has served | With each other in beauty and ori- | Christmas, 1945, 1 | ginality. The singing of Christmas | (Additional Patton News Page 4.) | Wednesday morning and interment Hionorible | Carols by the Club with Mrs. Clifton | | was made in the church cemetery. Yisck Derringer as accompanist, was fol- | ! discharge. s ._|lowed by the club's inspection of the | MARSTELL R BRIEFS Sgt. Vincent Balon, who is serving | i | tables and mantle decorations By Mrs, Walter McClelland. — iN Alex C. Fox. Alex C. Fox, aged 75 years, of Pat- with the armed forces in France, has | Table I—Tree ornaments through a | been promoted to the rank of Staff pune bowl. Arranged by Mrs. ecil | — | area, died at 1:25 o'clock last Thurs- | Sergeant. Mitchell, Mrs. Meade Cowher, Mrs. | Samuel Harris Jr. left Thursday |day afternoon in Miners’ Hospital, at | | Listed in the casualty reports from | Harry Nehrig, and Miss Yvonne Yer-! for induction into the service. ! the war department, is the name of | ger, { Tech. Sgt. George Petruynak, son of | Mrs. Anna Petruynak, of Patton, who | tgi] table. Mrs. Clair Smale. |ty on Wednesday evening. They had was wounded in action in France. He| maple ITI--A Madonna table—Mrs. |g delicious lunch and exchanged | is a brother of Cpl. Albert Petruy-| Barth Young, Miss Louise Young and | Christmas gifts. Their bake sale, to nak who was killed last July 1st, in| Miss Anna Homyak. | have been held Thursday, was can-|2@ Son of the late Henry and Cather- France. Table IV—A table in Christmas |celled until’ a later date. [ine (Fets) Fox. His wife, the former ok white—Mrs. Andrew Rrody, Mrs. Clif-| The schools were closed for a few | Edna Strittmatter, died in 1930. Patton Presbyterian Church. { ton Derringer, and Mrs. Charles Sny- | days last week, due to the heavy | 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. | der. | snows, Roads into the community | Edward Kuhnley and Edwin, both of 11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship. | Table V [ 3 Rev. H. A. Bailey, guest pastor and ornaments— Mrs. Wm. Lowes, | later were all cleared. wok Mrs. Bob Forsythe and Mrs. Charles | Mrs. Catherine (Chiddo) Gerrick | dren are deceased. Mr. Fox was a| Trinity Methodist Church. Swab [left Monday to join her husband, Wal- | brother of Mrs. Matilda Dietrich, of Sunday, December 124, 9:45 A. M.| Table VI—Bayberry centerpiece ta-| ter Gerrick, and will remain with him | Carrolltown. “The Church at Study.” Topic: “The | ple—Mrs. Jos. Short, Mrs. Walter over the Christmas holiday, at his| The remains were brought to the Ground of Universal Joy.” I Little, Mrs. Matt Dietrick and Mrs. station in California. : home of his daughter, Mrs. Kuhnley | 10:30 A. M.—“The Church at Wor- | Max Gill. { Miss Avenelle Norton and Mrs. | in Patton. The aged man was a mem- | ship.” Sermon: “And Wise Men| Table VII—Table with Christmas | Dorothy Drotz are spending a few ber of St. Mary's’ Catholic Church, | Came.” | greens and red candles—Mrs. Harvey | days with friends in Detroit, Mich. Patton, where funeral services were 6:30 P. M.—Youth Fellowship. | Mulligan, Mrs. Jerry Sheehan, Mrs.| James Lindsay is spending the | | Mrs. Clair Long, Cresson. Eight chil- | conducted at 9 o'clock on Monday | 7:30 P. M.—Christmas program, in| Gust Warner and Mrs.’ E. P. Cooper. ! Christmas Holidays with his parents, morning by thé Rev. Father Florian | which the Children’s Division of the Table VIII—A doll centerpiece ta- | Mr. and Mrs. Rov Trude. {S. Bergmann, O. S. B., rector. In- | Church School and the Youth Fel-|ble—Mrs. Frank Schwab and Mrs.| The following men are spending | terment was made in the church cem- | lowship will have parts. Richard Shannon. { furloughs at their respective homes: | etery. : | Monday, Dec. 26—This date marks| Table IX—Ornamental tree as cen- | Joe Gerrick, “Jeke” Zabrasky: Hubba | the official launching of the cam-|terpiece—Mrs. Ralph Good, Mrs. A. | : | paign for Trinity's contribution to-|O. Somerville, Mrs. Chas. Welty and | ward the total of $25,000,000 for the | Mrs. George Lehman. tor at Ebensburg. year United States Census of Agri- fund for Rehabilitation and Relief as| Tables X and XI—Gift wrapped | s Lllian Kay of Barnesboro was | Culture, the first week in January, | set by The Methodist Church. Al-| packages and inexpensive small gifts ' here visiting at the home of her par-| ore than 1,500 rural mail carriers | ready throughout Methodism the re-| originally conceived and decorated. |ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay, |i? Pennsylvania are cooperating now turns show an intense interest in this Mantle with Xmas decoration—Mrs.| Mrs. Robert Radcliffe and Miss|in the annual livestock and poultry | cause. This fund is part of the Meth- | Harry Winslow. | Mary Lou Kellender and Dorothy | Other Mantle Decorations— Mrs. | Peel spent all dael spent Sunday at| Reporting Service in the State De- | | Frank Schwab and - Mrs. Richard the home of Leona Hamiday. partment of Agriculture. t TO GATHER DATA. 5 Theresa Ozella was a week-| Frior to the start of the regular 5- SWEATER COATS Gifts that are appre- ciated ‘the year ‘round, : 2.25 ., 6.50 | port, Pa. The wedding took place at |, Study Club, who planned the un- | served tea and cookies to the club. | afternoon at his Loretto home after | | ton, a life long farmer in the Patton | | The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyter-|ted the Sunday previous and had al- |, Table II—A rose garlanded cock-|ian Church held their Christmas par- | S0 Submitted to an operation. He had |, [ been in failing health for six weeks. | Born on December 8, 1869, in East | Carroll Township, the deceased was | Surviving are four children—Mrs. | Table with Christmas tree | were closed by the deep snows, but |Fatton; Donald, Knoxville, Tenn., and | { when they go within 72 hours, 1 in dies; and after 72 hours, 1 in | | | disease. Spangler, where he had been admit- | H PAGE THREE NAN 7 NAN AN ES NE NS SS HS NS AN BAS BS A i w' ®. e A BATHROBE OR LOUNGING ROBE Are among the many use- ful suggestions we have to offer. Really a gift that any man will utilize. $6.00 ,$12.50 5° iY $3 £ § ¢ § 2 i eo NES HEALTH TALK Arthur H. Wagher, 54, of Loretto, As Compiled by the Medical Se. ciety of Pennsylvania. | The death rate from appendicitis has declined nearly two-thirds in the He | past fifteen years. This was truly a very enjoyable | Is survived by “his widow and four; And this in the face of increase in ally planned and decorated, competed | party and we hope to duplicate it at | children. Funeral services were held |the number of cases. in St. Michael's Church, Loretto on | | Earlier diagnosis and operation is {a major factor in reduction of the !death rate. | Instruction of the public has alse | played a part. | People have learned the common symptoms of appendicitis and seek aid during the early stages of the The public has been made aware of danger from the use of laxatives in the presence of a diseased appen- dix. Statistics prove that the use of cathartics adds to the death rate. Appendicitis will always be a tre- acherous disease due to the rapidity with which rupture and peritonitis may develop. The most significant system of ape pendicitis is abdominal tenderness and pain. In the presence of these avoid lax- atives and consult your doctor. Decline in the death rate has been less in children under 5 and adults over 45. During these age periods intestinal disturbances are frequent and appen- dicitis is likely to be unrecognized until too late, DO YOU KNOW? It is shown that when patients with {appendicitis go to the hospital with in 24 hours, 1 in 61 dies; when they go within 48 hours, 1 24 83 DO YOU KNOW? Less than 3 per cent of the men in inventory of the Federal-State Crop |our armed forces wounded in battle die of their wounds. More than 97 per cent of the wounded survive. stan INE
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