PAGE FOUR a as . 1 AON ON » J ONE ENE N ~e be happy days for you. ° Ji on ° I on meant so much to us. A NA NENA SNA BNA NA NE NEN NORTH OF COUNTY and General Comment BASKETBALL RESULTS (PATTON DEFEATED IIE hi | BY HEILWOOD TEAM Greensburg, 46 Johnstown, 21 : Franklin, 24 .. Johnstown Cath., 12| The Pine Twp. High School of South Fork, 44 ... Windber, 38 | Heilwood downed the Patton High Ferndale, 31 . Stoneycreek, 30 | School cagers last Wednesday Conem’gh Twp., 25 .. Conemg’h, 22 | evening by the score of 39 to 22 to Dale, 34 Southmont, 30 | open the Patton High's season on Richland, 26 .. Wilmore, 25 | their home floor. Black Lick, 21 . .... Bolivar, 20 | Center McArdle was the town- Berlin, 27 Hooversville, 22 | shipper's high scorer and proved Shade Twp., 34, Somerset Twp., 19 | the spark of the team by landing Wednesday, December 19 nine field goals and a foul for the Pine Twp., 39 .. Patton, 22 [total of 19 points, almost enough Richland, 27 . Adams Twp., 20 to win the game single-handed. St Frarcis Prep, 27, Gallitzin, 23| Gaston with nine, and Lockard Thursday, December 20 with 7 points, along with Mec- Nanty-Glo, 30 ...... Hooversville, 25 | Ardle’s 19 were the main point- Conemaugh, 28 . .. Ferndale, 17 | getters for Pine Twp. Richland, 45 ....... Bolivar, 19 Lacue and Milanese wwere high Friday, December 21 | for Patton, each with six points. Bellwood, 36 ... . Gallitzin, 18 Pine Twp. held a 17 to 8 lead at Huntingdon, 32 Cresson, 19 | half time. In the third quarter, Johnstown, 28 .. . Franklin, 26 | Patton put on their best show of Conemaugh Twp., 37, Windber, 26 | the game by reducing the lead to Beaverdale, 25 . Southmont, 22 | six points. But the visitors landed Bedford, 49 .... Alumni, 35 five points to four for Patton in HAPPY NEW YEAR 10 YOU! Ww { Exit 1945... enter 1946! It's but a short trip across that ! stage—365 days—some long days and some short days, but whether short or long we hope that all will Among the happy memories of the past year is that of our pleasant relations with the people of this com- munity. And as we say "Happy New Year” we add a word of sincere thanks for this friendship that has EEE William F. Gable Company ALTOONA, PA. AE PANE ANE PANG PINS SE BIN PING SE INS BSS RN IN PE AS BING A A ES PAN BAN AN AS HS SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Edited by LEO GRIMME dededoidoddododdededfododniodododod the final quarter to secure the 17- point miargin. The summary: Pine Twp. G F T Patton G Lockard £f 31 7R Litzgrf1l Gaston f .. 9 Brown f ..1 McArdle c 191lacue c ..1 Yopchick f B Litzgr g 2 Bennett g G Brown .. 0 4 9 0 0 1 2 Fouish 2 Mil'nese g 3 0 0 Medenay ..0 Degerm’'t 0 Stiffy .......0 Donohue .. 0 Augustin ..0 0 0 Baranik ..0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 COOCOCOHRMHOMN 18 339 Totals 8 622 Pine Twp, .7T10 7 15—39 Patton 2 610 4—22 Referee—Vivadelli. SPORT PICK-UPS Alvin (Bo) McMillin, coach of the Indiana College Team which won the 1945 Big Ten Champion- ship, has been named the “Coach of the Year” in a poll of football coaches. Col. Earl Black of Army was in second place again this year with Lou Little of Columbia third and Jimmy Phelan of St. Mary's fourth. Felix (Doc) Blanchard, Army, was named as the top football player in the nation in 1945. Edward (Slip) Madigan, coach of St. Mary's football team for 19 years, signed as general manager of the Los Angeles team in the new All-American Football Con- Totals ’ » J ¥F / UNION PRESS.COURIER NAN oss s NE BN 32) NH) NE 2) eve 1 0 INANE 3, ®.y * oy ° ° ey o oy PA ° ANE i > oe ® 0.2 O | ° ey 2 Se SHANE ) \2® 0.2 NY 2A » °’ eo. ( ) 3; xy 4) game against Cincinnati Ken O'Dea, coacher of the St. Louis Cardinals, led his depart- ment with an average of .995. Al Lopez of the Pirates set a new record in the number of games caught in a lifetime—1,805, break- ing the former mark held by Gab- by Hartnett—1,793. Phil Cavarretta won the Nation- al League's official batting cham- pionship with a .335 average. Hank Borowy paced the Nation- al League pitchers in won and lost percentage and earned run aver- | age. While with the Chicago Cubs, Borowy won 11 and lost two games [ | | | and finished with an earned run average of 2.14. ok sk kk (GOMING HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES Friday, December 28 Norwin at Johnstown. Johnstown Catholic at Boswell. Allegany at Somerset, Alumni at Ferndale. Tuesday, January 1 Bellwood at Tyrone. Shade Twp. at Boswell. Wednesday, January 2 Beaverdale at Lilly. \Coalport-Irvona at Wilmore. Franklin at Portage. Nanty-Glo at South Fork. Adams Twp. at Windber. Roaring Springs at Hollidaysburg. Rockwood at Hooversville. NICKTOWN NEWS BY ROSE MARIE HUBER By Mrs. Dolores L. Paci Mr, Francis Miller, employed in Washington, D. C.,, was home over the holiday. Misses Anna Mary and “Jackie” Bobal, of Washington, D. C., spent the holdidays at their home here. Charles and Arthur Lantzy of Harrisburg, were visiting at their home here over the week end. © Mr. and Mrs. Francis McAndrew and daughter of Harrisburg spent the week end here with relatives. Miss Florence Yeager, R. N., has returned to her home in East End after spending several weeks in Harrisburg. Miss Helen Hnatkovitch, Wash- ington, D. C., spent several days at her home here this week. Miss Louise Sullivan of Detroit, Mich, is spending several weeks at her home here, Mr. Philip Caretti of Detroit, visited friends in town on Sunday aftenoon. Miss Patricia Houck of Wash- ington, D. C., spent several days last week at her home here. Misses Elizabeth and Jean Hoo- ver of Pittsburgh, spent several days last week at their home on Spangler Street. Mrs. Leo Westrick of Wilkins- burg, was at her home over the week end and holiday. Gerald Mancuso, music supervis- or at Marionville, was home last week. Miss Patricia McNelis, at Waynesburg, Pa., spent weelc at her home. Misses Eleanor Kylle, Mary Lou- ise McNelis and Mr. William, Gue- guen, students at Penn State Col- lege, are home for the holiday va- cation. Misses Grace Weakland and Ur- sula Gueguen and Mrs. Jane Hric- ko, of Cleveland, Ohio, spent last week at their homes here. Ralph Weakland, student at a Buffalo, N. Y., College, is home for the holidays. Miss Helen Koval of Philadel- phia, spent the week end in town. Mrs. William Lantzy of Philadel- phia was a recent visitor here. Miss Gerturde Sullivan of De- troit, Mich., was a visitor in town last week. Messrs. Adrian Dillon, Robert Miller and Eugene Murphy, were visitors in Altoona on Saturday ev- ening. Misses Ann and Catherine Nes- dore, Bridget Dillon and Gladys Baker were Saturday afternoon callers in Altoona. Theresa Weakland, C. N., of In- diana, is visiting at her home for a couple of weeks. Misses Mary Dillon and Mary Nesdore, employees in Washington, D. C, were at their home last week and over Christmas. Misses Betty Dillon, Orveta Gill, Verna and Jeroma Mancuso, all of Harrisburg, were at their homes for the holiday. Miss Peggy Lou Houck, student at Beaver College, Jenkintown, is visiting at her home here over the holiday season. Students Mary Ruth Semelsber- ger and Ethel Lantzy of Indiana State Teachers’ College, are at their homes over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fasig, of Akron, O., visited at the Tobias Yahner home over the holiday. Mr and Mrs. John Dominick of Trafford, Pa., were visitors at the J. B. Semelsberger home over the Christmas holiday. Mr. and Mrs. George Semelsber- ger and Miss Ann Semelsberger were visitors in Altoona on Mon- day. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fanell of Philadelphia are guests at the P. O. Holtz home over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Messario of aMr- steller were visitors in town Sun- day evening at the John Feretti home. Misses Mary, Dolores, Jean and Ann Miller of Harrisburg, were at their home in East End on Mon- ay and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt of Wil- {iamsport, are visiting at the Den- nis Riordan home over the holi- days. . and Mrs. Valjean Routch and son, Bill, of Tyrone, spent last Tuesday at the Routch home on Spangler Street. Mr. George A. Clark of Reno, teacher last Nevada, is spending several weeks here. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fryckland and Mrs. Russell Cunningham were visitors in Johnstown last Tues- day. Mrs. G. C. Speicher and Mrs, Louis Elden of Massillon, Ohio, were visitors last week in East End. Service Notes: Pfc. Harry Weakland, an over- seas veteran of 23 months, receiv- ed an honorable discharge Decem- ber 18th at Indiantown Gap. Pfc Weakland served in the Army 3 years and 14 months and wore the Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic and Pacific Medal, E. T. O., Victory Ribbon and American Theater rib- hon and four battle stars. Lt. and Mrs. Wilfred Routch of Roswell, N. M., were visitors at the Routch home on Spangler St., over the holiday. Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Joseph Easly of Rhode Island, were at their homes here fo rthe holiday. Lt. (j.g) Camilla Houck of Washington, D. C., spent the holi- day at her home here. Pfc. Joseph Mancuso of Fort Meacle, Md.,, was at his home last week. Pic. Henry Link of Indiantown Gap spent the holidays at his home in East End. Sgt. Renato Ferretti of the Un- iversity of Chicago, is at his home here over the holidays. - First Lt. and Mrs. John H. Ow- ens of Philadelphia, were visitors at their home here this week. Adrian Semelsberger, SK 1-c, of Cape May, N. J. spent the holi- days at his home here. {fhomas Semelsherger S. 2-c, or Newport, R. I, is at his home over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. James Hertzog were pleasantly surprised Monday last when their son, Cpl. Fred Hertzog, arrived home after re- ceiving an honorable discharge on Dec. 16 at Indiantown Gap. Cpl. Hertzog was in the service for 3 years and 10 months, having train- ed at Ft. McClellan, Ala. He first saw active service in the Medit- errenean theater, at Trinidad, and later in England, France and Ger- many. He holds the ETO, MTO and Good Conduct medals. John Balzano, Jimmy Munsen, Cymmen Balzano, of this place, and George Troxell of Blanaburg, visited with relatives in aBltimore, Md., last week. All four were re- cently discharged from the ser- vice. Mrs. Elizabeth Kinch of Altoona was a recent visitor with her dau- ghter, Mrs. Joseph Seguin. Boatswain 2-¢ Frank Gregg, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gregg, is enjoying a furlough over the holidays with his parents here. Mr. Robert G. Naylor spent sev~ eral days in Philadelphia andf in Russell. Miss Jane Deitrick, who is em- ployed in Washington, is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Deitrick. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Myers of Blandburg, visited with the lat- ter’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Perino. (GM 3-c Robert Crossman, sta- tioned in Philadelphia, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents here. Mrs. Martin Ott, of Washington, was a recent visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ja- mes Hertzog. Mr. Jack Reilly of Altoona was a recent visitor in Dysart. John Cuomo, son of Mrs. The- resa Cuomo, is enjoying his vaca- TILER RTE TE TLE TE TE TE Te FETE TEL 080 tion at his home here. John is a {student at St. Francis High Sch- | ool in Loretto. | The annual Christmas program {of the Dysart School was held on | Thursday, Dec. 20, under direction {of Mrs. Mary Naylor in the pri- | mary; Miss Georgetta Young, 4th, 5th and 6th grades, and Mrs. Ella | Gregg, 7th and 8th grades. A very {appropriate entertainment was {given and was brought to a close | | with a very beautiful and impress- jive Nativity scene by the 7th and | [8th grade pupils. The Girl Scout Troop held their | Christmas party on Thursday ev- PETE Camdan, N. J., with his brother, - RARER E ERR ERERR LR | 8 | ?| 3 PETETETEFLTETOTESS Thursday, December 27, 1945 . ening. A very pleasant evening |the singing of Taps. was spent in singing Christmas| wp. Fred iorman of Smithmill, carols and other songs. A very tas- {employed by the American Red ty lunch was served by their leader | Cross in Mississippi, also a former —Mrs. Mary Naylor, and then the | teacher in the Dysart school, visit- girls exchanged gifts after which |ed at the school and also enjoyed the meeting was closed by the |the Christmas program presented Girl Scout Goodnight Circle and |by them on Thursday. Year's Days = A HAPPY NEW YEAR We wish for you the Best for eon the Coming Year. Our aim will Ag be to serve you with the Finest Quality Food obtainable , . . and to the best of our ability at all times, FOODS forthe HOLIDAY New Pack, Ideal Fancy Grade A Sweetened Florida Prices Effective Until Closing All 4500 Stores Closed New Made from the famous ‘Pineapple’ type orange noted for its extra fine flavor. FLOUR Pillsbury’s Best 25-1b. sack 2-1b. jars 2 45C0 TE Gold Seal Eggs reo Gold Seal Rolled Oats Gold Seal Honey Wheat Dubuque Luncheon Meat Orange Pekoe -32¢ - Be Assured of Successful Baking All Year Round With GOLD SEAL ENRICHED LIS Try it under our usual guarantee of satisfaction Borden's Coffee 3c Deerfield Sliced Beets 19¢ Gibb’s Vegetable Soup 10c Scott Co. Mixed Vegetables we 136 ASCO Evaporated Milk 4°: 19¢ JUIC 39¢ Supreme in Quality— Supreme of Value— SUPREME Enriched Big Bread 2 Loaves Fresh—Tasty enough! 10%5-0z. OAKITE 2 vi 21¢ Holiday Fruits and Vegetables 25-1b. sack 5 lbs. 25¢ Instantly Prepared 2Y5-0z. jar 2 No. 2 cans 10}2-0z. Orange & Grapefruit Blended 46-oz. Don’t forget to get Cleans a Million Things § ference. | Mrs. Elizabeth Fresh of this |§ Byron Nelson, winner of the Na- | place .left last Tuesday for New tional Golf Championship, along | York to visit her daughter, Mrs. with 18 other golf tournaments, | Joseph Smorto. : was named the World's No. 1 male| Mrs. Minnie Dumm of Nanty- | § athlete of 1945 for the second con- | Glo, was visiting among relatives | {¢ Juicy Florida een 2x eon SSATERE secutive year. WE SALUTE YOU AS THE NEW YEAR DAWNS Now, when the hopeful New Year is about to take its place on the world stage, we salute the brave men and women who have so splendidly guarded America’s precious heritage of freedom. We salute you, too, good friends and neighbors. Ours is a debt of gratitude we can hardly repay. Better days are ahead for all of us, we are reasonably sure, and we want you to know how deeply we appreciate your friendship. i: CORDELL HARDWARE Patton, Pa: = SRR ST TR I TR TE ARE FTE O SBE PBIB SP TP TD Te Tl PE SORA SER PETE Mildred (Babe) Zaharias has been voted the wonman athlete for | 1945 because of her ability as a| golfer. As Mildred Didrikson, she | won the honor in 1932 because of | her track ability. Ann Curtis, who won the award in 1944 for her ab- ility as a swimmer, finished second to Mrs. Zaharias, wife of Wrestler George Zaharias. Job Dean Jessop of Utah has been named the leading jockey of the year, with 281 victories. Bill Fox, Philadelphia's sensa- tional Negro light-heavyweight, knocked out George Kochan from Akron, O., for the 36th knockout for Fox as a professional. Eddie Miller of the Cincinnatti Reds led the National League shortstops in fielding during 1945 for the fifth time in his career. His : | fielding average was .975. He also equaled a major league record by taking part in five double plays in a game against Pittsburgh on June 24. Andy Pafko of the Cubs was the League's leading outfielder with a fielding percentage of .995. Elsworth Dahlgren of Pittsburgh led the first basemen with a per- centage of .996. Stan Hack of the Cubs took honors for third base- man with .975. Elmer Verban of St. Louis won second base honors with a .978 av- erage. erban also tied a major lea- gue record by participating in five double plays April 29 in a single here over the week end. Mr. Louis Lieb of Ebensburg | i was a visitor among relatives here | | xa on Sunday. Miss Rose Lieb | was a visitor at the home of Harrisburg, | of her |j§ | parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lieb, | § cover the Chrismas holidays. Mr. Joseph Kollings of Latrobe |i was a visitor here over ihe week |} I end. this week. day. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Lieb. Banns of marriage were publish- ed on Sunday for the first time Andrew Shilling of this place, son of Mr. Charles Shilling, and Miss Nellie Larese of Ebensburg. John Fresh, in Naval service, is and Mrs. Rube Fresh. is visiting among relatives here during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. William Nealen and son, Donald, of New Jersey, are visiting at the home of Mr. John | Nealen over the holidays. Miss Catherine Patterson of Ta- | rentum, Pa., was visiting at the |§ home of Mr. and Mrs. George Lieb | ¢ 3 Mr. Herman Pfeister of Altoona ¥ was a visitor at the home of Mr. 3 and Mrs. Fred Pfeister on Thurs- R Frater Joel Lieb of St. Vincent's | 4 Archabbey, Latrobe, is spending 3 the Christmas holidays with his y in St. Nicholas’ Church for Mr. : home on furlough for the Christ- | ¥ mas holidays, with his parents, Mr. | R. N. Sue Soisson, of Pittsburgh, [3 at war. We can win victories over our- selves, too, and over the problems which = does not only apply to nations lay in our path. As 1946 sweeps in upon us we wish for each of you an unbroken series of victories over any and all circumstances that may tend to retard your progress towards every individual's cherished goals — health and happiness. Good luck to you every step of the way! Wolf Furniture Co. : Barnesboro, Pa. § ¥ [y = SETRR Oranges «- 32¢ Grapefruit 5 for 29c ’ behs. i 9c Sweet Juicy Southern Green Onions Solid Danish Cabbage 2 1s. 9C Crisp Bunch Carrots 2,0. 15¢ PORK and SAUERKRAUT for the New Year Pa Fresh Pork ROASTS Picnic Style lB 30c Spareribs Ib. 24c th. 36¢C i» 14¢ Long Shred Well Seasoned Sauerkraut 1b. g¢ \ Spareribs Skinless Wieners Chipped Ham TURKEY Hog Dressed Small Size
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