PAGE TWO Largest General Weekly Newspaper Circulation in the Area, THE UNION PRESS-COURIER Patton Courier, Estab, 1893. Union Press, Estab. 1935. Published every Thursday by Thos. A. Owens, Press-Courier Building, 452 Magee Avenue, Patton Pa., and entered as second class mail matter May 7, 1436, at the postofrice at Patton, Pa. « under the Act of March 3, 1879 FRANK P. GAMMARATA vive THOS. A. OWENS ehh THOS. A. OWENS, JR. Subscription, $2 Yearly in dvanc e. Advertising Rates For uhod on Application. The endeavor of the Union Press-Courier is to sincerely repre- sent Organized Labor in their efforts to obtain economic freedom. We solicit the support of all Unions. Material for publication must be authorized by the organization it represents, bear signatures of the President and Secretary of the Local, together with the Local Seal. The Union Press-Courier gives its advertisers the advantage of the combined circulations of two largely circulated weeklies and has a reader coverage that blankets Patton and the major mining towns in Northern Cambria County. aE Business Manager uditor . Associate Editor THIS WEEK'S UNION PRESS- Courier stretches itself into 16 pages. The second section is devot- ed entirely to the spirit of the Christmas holiday and carries the greetings of Cambria County business establishments to their friends and customers. Naturally, we appreciate their patronage not | only on this particular week, but every week, Likewise, we appreci- | ate the contribution every last one of our readers and subscribers | have accorded us in the past year | —and over many years. We wish each and every one of you a “Very Merry Christmas.” oe ok ok ok [BACK IN 1941, THIS PAPER prepared a Christmas holiday edition and decorated its first page | with colored trimmings. Naturally, | in a weekly newspaper office, the | | color printing was prepared a week | | | teresting was the UNION PRE BRIEFLY COMMENTING & Thoughts That May or May Not | Interest You Discussed from Week to Week. |DURING THE PAST WEEK WE | had occasion to look through our newspaper files,and especially in-| issue of four years ago this week-—the issue just before Christmas of 1941. At that time there were about 500 men and women of the Patton Community enlisted in the armed forces, and strangely, too, some who were then still in civilian clothes, later became war casual- ties. At Christmastime in 1942 we S8S.COURIER RRR SR SR RE § EDITORIAL VIEWS AND COMMENT | IN THIS LAST ISSUE BEFORE | Christia- Christmas—the mpst joyous one for five years—may we in our cele- bration, not forget the true mean- ing of the greatest holiday of the Christians. The best editorial that | earth and announced himself to the can be written about the birth of | Christ is the simple description of | that event in the Gospel according | to St. Luke. Repetition seems only te strengthen human heart. its hold on the {and ‘AND JOSEPT ALSO, ST. LUKE | tells us, “went from Galilee to the town of Bethlehem ister, together with espounsed wife, Mary, . to reg- | his | who was with | child. And it came to pass while | they were there that the days for her to be delivered were fulfilled. And she brought forth her first- born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there was no room for him in the inn. And there were shepherds in the same dis- trict living in the field, and keep- ing watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them and the glory of God shone round about them and they feared exceedingly. ‘AND THE ANGEL SAID TO them: Do not be afraid, for be- hold, I bring you good news of great joy which shall be to all the people; you today in the town of Bethle- hem a Saviour, who is Christ, the you; you will find an infant wrap- | message of { men and to God. | sequent miseries will haunt us to for there has been born to | land practice | lesson of Christmas. | pr * Lord. And this shall be a sign to | #3 | HOWEVER, ON ped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. And suddenly there | was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and | singing, “Glory to God in the high- | est and peace on earth among men of good will.” sok ok ok SOMETIMES IT that we really get around to the | tions seem to be pretty much the | we are breathing easily. SEEMS TO US | | memory of living man should be correspondents. real spirit of Christmas only once | a year... us miss the spirit anyway. ZN 2 : i ¥ : i ¥ i Fy i ¥ i SMALL DEPOSIT NOW ASSURES PRIORITY DELIVERY WHEN MERCHANDISE IS AVAILABLE STARDARD MOTOR SUPPLY C0. Louis A. Haluska i SARA ANN ANA NARA. NE NENA . |, REESg 1, . [Js a ala ore ° . o ‘On| Ce op Je re erie ernie ! ANE eer \/ . pe oe (ANE ®) oR x and even then, some of | tude it will be the Yuletide of this | We | year. NN NN EN EN NAN EN ENN Gea Christmas GIFTS An Old American Custom CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS FUN. THERE IS A REAL SATIS- FACTION IN BUYING THOUGHTFUL GIFTS AND SELECTING PRESENTS THAT CONVEY TRUE SENTIMENT 5 advance. The issue was dated |Pictured hopes for a brighter and Dec. 11, and with the sneak-attack |€ven a peaceful holiday time in | of the Japs on Pearl Harbor on 1943—but recent history shows we Dec. 7, amidst all of our holiday had two more bleak and dreary | splendor, we announced the advent | Christmastides before, finally, the of entry of our nation into a war Christmas of 1945 became the first that was to prove so costly in| Joyous one for so many of us. human life, That particular holiday | | edition had lost all its embellish- THESE PAST FEW YEARS ment to both ourselves and our| have been troubled ones for most poor and lowly. In planning an era | readers. May that never occur | all of us. Constant worry was sup- of peace on earth, we place our | again! {planted somewhat by hard work reliance on wealth and learning | on the part of many. With a let- and power. We rest our confidence | FROM THAT TIME ON WE'VE | YP of the danger element to which in diplomatic maneuverings, treat-| never attempted another holiday | Ur loved ones were subjected in ies, pacts, spheres of influence, | edition. The Press - Courier this|War, now likely most of us have international organizations. | | week is not to be so construed. It | | other Worries that seem monumen- We look to foreign ministers, pres- | circulates only to our regular sub- | tal: But the worries we have now, idents, premiers, and generals as | seribers, and is not a promotional | likely were present, too, during the creators of our earthly utopia. proposition. It does, however, re- the wer. But we paid slight at- flect the confidence our advertisers | tention to them. It seems to be the YOU WHO READ THESE LINES have in our newspaper. We appre- | Part of human nature to have a know misery brought by war. In | ciate the fact, too, that when we | big Worry. When that dissolves, every home in which the Press- | sell advertising our advertisers ac- | the next greatest in line takes pre- Courier is read you have for four cept the sale as a business propo- cedence. The chan yu does no Christmases past hoped that the Sition—and as money well spent. VAI ar ot sc i sua 3 next one would be brighter. So * 3 Soemve AcouIp i. 0 Ie on have our servicemen and women; | THE CHRISTMAS SEASONS IN a fe te Sntanu» all their letters home to you told Patton during the more than a oD. 5 of that. This Christmas of 1945 quarter of a century the writer has should bring to us all the clear been at the helm of this newspaper the day. It was de- have always been bright ones. clared by angels to the shepherds: Even during the war years the “Peace on earth among men of |holiday season was manifested by good will.” We shall have peace on | business establishments and by in- earth as individuals and as nations | dividual citizens. This year, despite if we have good will to our fellow a continued scarcity in lighting That good will is | equipment, it again takes on a acceptance and practice of the much brighter aspect. By next teachings of Christ. The ever-re- year we'll again be back in our for- curring spectre of war and its con- mer stride of the pre-w ar years. Christians profess to understand the engimr of Bethlehem, but if we do we certainly do not act on our knowledge. Christ came to ose ok ok ok ANYWAY, WIT H CHRISTMAS of 1945, the post-war world is here all right. We must judge for ourselves how it looks. Waiters will resemble admirals. The Office of Surplus Property is offering large surplus stocks of white naval suits as hash slingers’ uniforms. And chaps discharged from the Army and Navy can’t find what they de- sire in the way of civilian suits if they can locate s Bjts at all. the end of time if we do not learn KEEP YOU R CHRISTM: AS A |THE SHAPE OF THE LADIES that all-important merry one by being careful. may undergo a change, too. Or Carelessness, in many ways, usual- | maybe not, unless the good old ly stalks in to mar all the happi- | Army makes up its mind. It de- oF | ness of some families. Watch your | cjared 140,000 girdles in assorted and | €lectric lights. Remember, if yow| shapes a surplus, after it got rid drive, don't drink, and if you drink, | of most WACs' Then it reversed | don’t drive. | itself and called those girdles back | What an all-male Army needs with | GIVE US YOUR NEWS [ 140,000 girdles we wouldn't know. rm— v [We wouldn't oy en wi ant to guess. but underneath, Phone your news to the Press- kx If ever | Courier, Patton 3161. You can also | | THE OPA HAS REMOV ED THE | there was a Christmas that in the mail it, or give it to one of our | ceilings on grandfather's clocks, It is always ap-|and has looked into the cost of the | low-cost beer. Incidentally, some of | THIS EVE another Christmas, Patton North County folks — and folks everywhere in our country—look forward to the day with lighter | hearts. On the surface, prepara- | same as before, observed with humility and grati- | preciated. [PRIVATE LIFE OF BUCK Xo W ARATE % mms Just in time for Christmas . models of Refrigerators, Stoves, Washers, Ironers, Radios, Waf- fle Plates, Toasters, Roasters, and a host of other new electri- cal appliances every housewife gift certificates will entitle the “little lady” to choose the one she wants most within the amount that is specified on the cer- Y tificate. Get your gift certificate today. Come j in at your earliest con- Yenience to make your selection. PATTON NS RR RE RA RARE RE REVEL PETE REE "Did you say sumpin’, Buck?” Like gifts ‘‘out of presents paid for § First National Bank Carrolltown, Pa. ¥ It's Just As If There Were A Real Santa Claus Club check. Be smart and enroll in our Christmas Club. When Christmas, 1946, suddenly appears on the horizon, too, will have the money to buy the gifts you'd like for the people you like, the blue’’ are these by your Christmas you Sensi our beer-drinking friends confide | to us that the beer they get nowa- | days, whether it's low-cost or not, isn’t the same good, satisfying quality of the pre- -prohibition days. | Nothing was rushed in its manu- | facture back in the “good old | days’—and we are told that the time and aging factors have a lot to do with the quality of beer. Our | own recollection of the beer prior | to World War I was that you coulg ¢btain good, indifferent, or | | poof beer. sks | AND, TOO, AT THIS END OF the year the OPA has approv ed window screening with 14 strands of wire running one way and 18] { the other. Robert A. Seidel, screen | door expert, testified before Con- | gress that this made oblong holes | perfect for mosquitoes to sneak | through. Just now screen doors seem somewhat remote to us here lin the North of the County. How- ever, we did remove our office screen door a bit too early this past fall and were actually amaz- | ed that flies could be so pestiferous | in the month of November. THE DRESS DESIGNERS HAVE come up with a stain-proof, wat- ter-proof, synthetic gown for cock- tail wear. They poured some water on it to prove it was as good as a raincoat. However, there's nothing on record yet of any ladies pouring any alcohol on it. Maybe the ladies (some of them) may need gowns of that kind. We wouldn't guess. | PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAS been studying priorities | house biulding. News stories indi- | cate that maybe something will be done to see to it that actual home BN BE NE BN BA A 0 A AE SE NT BN IN NS = BUT GENEROUS BUYING REQUIRES READY CASH. YOU MAY FIND THAT YOUR SHOPPING LIST IS BIGGER THAN YOUR POCKETBOOK. IF SO, THE BARNESBORO BUDGET PLAN, INC, OFFERS A SOLUTION. A LOAN NOW WILL ALLOW YOU A WORRY-FREE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND YOU MAY REPAY IN SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S PAY. Merry Christmas Loans up to $300 Barneshoro Budget Plan, Inc Phone 467 SANSA AE BARNESBORO PANE PANS 7 a BL AEE 2) Se: IX on PA * 0.) 0 ®.2/) © 8; NS A NAA NS | months roll along. But, for | 3) builders will get first priority on building materials. Granted that Northern Cambria County next spring and summer will see the greatest home-building boom in ail its history, if carpenters and con- tractors can keep up with the de- mand. We would not hazard a guess as to how many new famil- ies are seeking homes of their own. Hundreds of G. I.s with wives | and some with children are now | | doubling-up with relatives—not be- | cause of choice, but due to neces- sity. And there are a lot of other | longer established families fortified | with finances accumulated during | the war years who want to build. AND THERE WON'T BE VERY | many (hardly any) new autos given as Christmas presents next Tuesday. About all the general public has so far benefited by the new car manufacture has been the opportunity of looking a model over at the dealer’s stand. The strike of General Motors’ employes has further retarded new car | | manufacture, too. So, don’t expect a gift of a car for Christmas. BUT THE BEST STORY SO FAR on new cars came last week | from over in Bellefonte. Two proud | owners actually did take home two new cars in the Centre County | town. Yep, they collided—the two new cars did. They had to go to the garage service shop just the same as our old buses have to go more frequently than ever as the maybe a lot of us have discovered that an automobile will last much longer | than we used to believe. But it is pretty costly. In fact when one owns a car he finds it takes a good slash at the pocketbook all of the | time to keep it. moving. | YOU'LL AGREE THAT MOST pll of the above is a pretty | flighty story for our last issue be- | fore Christmas. It wasn't meant | for any Christmas chatter, how- | | ever, but since the Yuletide has ! crept into the tale, if you haven't yet finished your shopping, by all | means get busy today—not next | { Monday. The columns of this paper | offer you many suggestions in the advertisements. Read them. While {every year all sorts of educational | | propaganda is offered about shop- | | ping early, nevertheless, each year fnds so many of us rushing about at the last minute. The best you | can now do is to “shop this week” | and now. Christmas will be here | pest Tuesday. You can’t postpone it. {A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF hurry and bustle is necessary to {the true Christmas feeling, but | that awful last-minute rush that particularly makes some women snappy and irritable has no part in | Christmas. Men take the holiday a {bit more complacently, because, | perhaps, they don’t have so much to do. Christmas is what you make it! | WIFE INJURED IN CRASH ON WAY TO GI HUSBAND Mrs. Norma Rachocki of Fallen- timber was on her way to Altoona to meet a train upon which her serviceman husband was returning home Thursday night when the car in which she was riding skidded on the slippery highway and crashed into an embankment. The 24-year- old woman suffered a fractured right shoulder and wound up in a | hospital instead. { The accident occurred on the Buckhorn Road. Marcillio Arcan- | gels, also of Fallentimber, was the driver, and he suffered chest in- juries. | ME ER ER SR SR SR Thursday, December 20, 1945 BLATT BROTHERS GRAND THEATRE PATTON Friday, Sat., Dec. 21 and 22 The TRUE story of two gallant women in Paris! UNITED ARTISTS CONSTANCE" GRACIE Bennett + Fields ~ PARIS- « UNDERGROUND George Rigaud - AT Kreuger Directed by GREGORY RATOFF Based on the Story by ETTA RELEASED THRU UNITED ARTIS vd put AY uGHES: MONTE meter ¢ TENNESSEE Bs T™ Sunday, Monday, Dec. 23-24 Matinee Sunday at 2:30 WARNER BROS. BRING THAT GREAT PLAY TO THE SCREEN! with WUT . Li Directed ™ JOHN DALL + JOAN LORRING * NIGEL BRUCE * RHYS WILLIAMS - RVI NG RAPPER Screen Ploy by Casey Robinson and Frank Cavett « From the Stage Play by EMLYN WILLIAMS produced by Herman Shumlin « Music by Max Steiner Also News and Cartoon Tuesday, Wed., Dec. 25-26 GREAT BOOKS MAKE GREAT { ie PICTURES a Ce KIDDIES’ XMAS MATINEE TUES. DEC. 25, AT 2:30 P. M. Our Feature Picture and Some Special Cartoons AND Santa Claus will be here in person with a Gift for every child Admission, 12¢ and 30c ALL CHILDREN MUST HAVE A TICKET EVENING SHOWS AT 7:00 O’CLOCK P. M. BOTH NIGHTS. ; Rr sacxie ‘BUTCH’ senkns DIRECTED BY ROY ROWLAND |B PRODUCE RT SISK Thursday, Fri., Dec. 27-28 You'll love the sly way he gets what he wants! Plundering for Gold and Women . . : a ruthless rascal... a real-life rogue! LTA BOGEAUS CAPTAIR CHARLES LAUGHTON - RANDOLPH SCOTT GILLI BRITTON a RES bobo HL RTE ty a Also Cartoon and Short CASH NIGHTS THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 7:00 P. M. Show Begins at 6:00 Thursday — and at Friday.
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