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VOL. 53. NO. 49.
TO FETE ARE
I
HOMECOMING EVENT
SET FOR PATTON ON
ARMISTICE HOLIDAY
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Name Committees to Start Ball
Rolling for Honoring of
World War II Vets
BOB FORSYTHE CHAIRMAN)
While some weeks ago the home- |
coming celebration for the return- |
ed veterans of World War 1I had |
been postponed until next year,
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A G.I'S
Clean-Up “Period
In Patton Borough
Clean-Up Week in Patton is
again just around the corner, so ||
you'd best get busy ridding up
that cellar or yard.
Local authorities have set the
| week of Oct. 7 to 12 for this
|| purpose. Trucks will probably
|] begin hauling rubbish on the
7th.
Remember, too, that ash pile
you've been meaning to get
hauled away isn't rubbish—it's
up to you to arrange for that.
a)
| ganization's annual
| anization
| evening in the Barnesboro Legion |
| Home: A. J. Lantzy of Carrolltown |
CLETUS LEHMIER 1S
RENAMED AS HEAD
OF AREA SCOUTERS
| William J, Muir, Also Bakerton
Resident, Commissioner; {
N amed on Thursday |T
RE
Cletus Lehmier of Bakerton was |
| renamed as chairman of the North mp
Cambria Scout District at the or-
dinner-reorg-
meeting last Thursday |
PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946.
Clocks W, ill Be Turned Back Hour Early
Sunday Morning; Standard Time Reigns
This newspaper was in error last
week in stating that clocks will be
| turned back to Standard Time on |
| Monday night. The official time
for the change will be on Sunday |
morning at 2 a. m., so that you
can gain an hour's sleep on Satur-
cay night if you are so inclined.
Church services, in all the local
churches, we understand, will be
observed on Eastern Standard
Time instead of Daylight Saving |-
Time, even although announcement
had, through our error, been made
to the he contrary.
FACTORY BOND
| So, plan your
| Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time, which
| came in at 2 a. m. on Apr. 27, will
| go out at the same hour Sept. 29,
It will be around Thanksgiving be-
fore you'll be getting up so long
before dawn once more.
Otherwise, the change won’
make much difference in your life
—-except whenever you go tc some
other Northern Cambria town.
Everyone will be on the same
time from Sunday morning on.
church-going on
UMWA UNANIMOUS |
CHOICE OF BOSSES
AT PA, COAL, COKE
Supervisory Workers at Moss
Creek, Ehrenfeld Vote 41.0
Favoring District 50
Supervisory employes at the
Moss Creek and Ehrenfeld opera-
tions of the Pennsylvania Coal & |
Coke Corp. last Wednesday voted |
41-0 for union bargaining, and in |
favor of the United Clerical, Tech-
nical and Supervisory Employes’
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
MUMMERS’ FROLIC
Terminal Tony
Sent to Services
"HALLOWE'EN PARADE
PLANNED IN PATTON
BY LOCAL EAGLEDOM
| Prizes Will ‘Be Giv Given; General
Public Invited to Take
Part on Oct. 31
Patton will have a Hallowe'en
Parade and Celebration this year
on the night of Oct. 31 at 7 p. m.,
| with Patton Aerie No. 1244, Fra-
| ternal Order of Eagles, sponsoring
the affair.
Plans are still in a premature
will be mailed by the Treasury
Dept. to the Armed Forces this
week. These bonds are to be
used to pay off former service-
men for unused furlough time.
The mailing out of the ter- |
minal leave pay bonds, plus the ||
estimated 12,500,000 checks for
odd amounts, will take about
seven months.
|
———— |
A total of 13,500,000 bonds ||
|
nevertheless, because of the fact pre was reelected vice chairman. | COUNTY LEADS SALE
Union, an affiiliate of District 50
©. Snyder,
/
that so many of the exserviceme
seem to want some such ne
bration this year, citizens of bef
Patton community have set
istice Day, Monday, Nov. 11, is 'the |
date for the affair.
At a meeting of representative
citizens of the community held on
Thursday evening last, committees
were named to start the move-
ment. Numerous meetings will now
be held to bring all matters for a
successful celebration to complete
coordination.
Local Affair Only
Plans of the promoters are for
a strictly local affair to do honor
to the exservicemen and women
of the Patton community only. All
emphasis will be placed on their
entertainment and everything pos-
sible will be done to make it a full
day of pleasure.
Committees named last Thurs-
day at the meeting held in the
VFW Home are as follows:
Burgess Robert Forsythe, chair-
man; Postmaster George A. Leh-
man, co-chairman, and Frank P.
Cammarata of the Union Press-
Courier, secretary. These three
gentlemen form the general com-
mittee.
Registration Committee: Henry
Urbain, J. J. Sheehan and Elmer
Crowell.
Dinner Committee Named
Dinner Committee: Robert For-
sythe, George Lehman and Vincent
Bender.
Church Services’ Committee:
Rev. Father Rupert Stadtmiller,
Rev. Thomas McQuillen and Frank
P. Cammarata.
Sports Committee: Frank Sch-
wab, Charles Swab, Leo Grimme
and Pascal Marquette.
Parade Comunittee: E. J. Bur-
key, James Blake, William Leary,
John Bender and John Semonich.
Finance Committee: Charles
Harry J. Nehrig, Mark
Brown, Freed. J.
Stoltz ane Frank - “Young. -
Publicity: Frank Cammarata.
Another meeting of the com-
mittees has been called for Thurs-
day of this week at 8 p. m. in the
VFW Home. All committee mem-
bers and others interested are
urgently requested to be present to
make this Elomgeoming” a real
success.
ST. PATRICK'S CHOR
T0 SING AT LORETTO
The choir of St. Patrick’s Cath- |
olic Church in Spangler will fur-
nish the music on Monday, Sept. |
30, during the Solemn Novena in
honor of the Feast of the Little
Flower at the Carmelite Monas- |
tery in Loretto. The novena will |
close on Oct. 3, with closing exer-
cises at 4 and 7 p. m. The blessing
of the roses will take place at both
these ceremonies.
Those who have not been able to
attend the entire novena may care
to make the Tridum, beginning on |
Oct. 1. A Solemn High Mass will
be held at 7 a. m.
AUGUSTA "LEGRAND 18
BRIDE OF PAUL BLICK
AT PATTON CEREMONY |
The Baptist parsonage in Patton
was the scene of a pretty wedding
on Saturday morning, Sept. 14, at
9 o'clock when Miss Augusta Le-
grand, daughter of Mrs. Julia Le-
grand of Patton R. D., became the
bride of Paul Blick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Blick of St. Benedict.
Mrs. Leona Gainvors, sister of
the bride, was matron of or si. |
and Mrs. Julia Burley, another sis-
ter, was bridesmaid. George Gain- |
vors, the bride's brother-in-law,
acted as best man.
The bride wore a white satin
gown with a finger-tip veil. She
carried a bouquet of red gladioli
and white larkspur. Both the
matron of honor and the brides-
maid wore blue chiffon gowns with
shoulder-length veils and carried
pink and blue larkspur bouquets.
A wedding dinner was served at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Le-
grand, brother and sister-in-law of
the bride, in Houtzdale to about 35
guests.
Mrs. Blick is a graduate of Pat-
ton High and was employed in the
St. Benedict office of the Carroll-
town Coal Co. The groom, also a
graduate of Patton High, is a vet-
eran of World War II and is em-
ploved by the Carrolltown Coal Co.
The newlyweds will reside with
the bride's mother.
STATE POLIGE SAY
REMEMBER TO SIGNAL!
Nearly every state requires all
drivers to give signals. Pennsyl-
vania’s Motor Code requires all
drivers when starting, stopping
or turning from a direct line, to
signal by the hand and arm—
unless equipped with mechanical
signal device—if pedestrians or
automobiles are affected by the
nmovement. Experienced drivers
always give hand signals clearly
and in plenty of time to warn
the driver behind of their inten-
tion to turn, stop or pull out of
line.
McCann, Sar Sun- |
ID. by T] Quillen.
terment will be in the Fairview
LAST MAN'S CLUB
NAMES OFFICIALS
Griffith G. Bloom Bloom of Patton was
named as president of the Last
Man’s Club of Cambria County at
the annual banquet and meeting on
I Sunday afternoon at the cabin of
Atty. Fred J. Fees between Patton
and Carrolltown
Other officers ‘of the club are C.
P. Welty, vice president; Harry O.
Winslow, secretary, and Raymond
Rhue, treasurer. All the officers
are from Patton.
Two members of the club died
during the past year—James Mc-
Gonegal and Rudoiph 1 Huber.
PATTON MAN EXPIRES
ON VISIT TO HIS SON
Arthur Finet “Sr. 83, died at 9
o'clock last Sunday evening while
visiting at the home of his son, |
Arthur Jr, Patton R. D. He had |
been ill for three days. |
Born June 3, 1863, in Belgium, |
Mr. Finet was a som of Caeser and |
Catherine (Pishweth) Finet. He
had been in the States 56 years
and resided on Patton R. D. for 44 |
years. Since the death of his wife,
Mrs. Columbia Finet, last year, he
had resided with a son-in-law and |
daughter, Dr. and Mrs. R. A.
Yezequel of Ebensburg. He was a
coal miner and had retired about
11 years ago.
Surviving are two children: Ar-
thur and Mrs. Yezequel, both men-
ticned. He was a brother of Mrs.
Julia Renox, Hastings R. D., and
Mrs. Virginia Gillen, McCartney.
Funeral services will be held at
D 5 Fx i A
Cemetery.
COUNTY MINE DEATH
RATE SHOWING DROP
| Coal production “per fatality in |
Cambria County is showing a big |
gain over that of 20 years ago.
In 1945, production for each fat-
ality was 333,124 tons. It has been
|W veil over 600,000 tons in the past |
| four years.
| The highest production rate per |
| death was in 1939—1, 258,920 tons. |
| There were 50 deaths in Cambria |
“ounty mines in 1925, compared to
29 in 1944. Man days worked and |
| total production also exceeds ’'25.
PLAN FOR TEACHER
~~ MEET NEXT MONTH
| Kids, you ne have st a break coming
| next month. The Cambria County |
| educational conference will be held |
lin the Ebensburg Courthouse and |
| Ebensburg-Cambria High Schoo
| Thursday and Friday, Oct. 10 |
i 13.
Teachers from Northern Cam-
bria named on committees follow: |
Necrology — Mrs. Ella Shar- |
baugh, Carrolltown; J. E. Johnson,
Susquehanna Twp., and Mrs. Marie |
Hart, Cresson Twp.
Resolutions —Miss Virginia Bos- |
lett, Barr Twp.; Miss Thelma |
Hauk, West Carroll Twp., and Mrs.
Ethel Meloy, Prince Gallitzin Dist |
‘COLVER MINE LOCAL
ELECTS DELEGATES
The membership © of Local 860,
United Mine Workers of America,
has elected two delegates to at-
tend the international convention
of the UMWA to be held in Atlan-
tic City, N. J., from Tuesday to
Saturday of next week.
The two men to represent the
large local are Fred Tononi, pres-
ident, and Baldo Vicini, doorkeep-
er of the union.
OLD MANSION INN NOW
OWNED BY VFW POST |
The Garfield Thomas Jr. Post of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Ebensburg now is the owner of the
“Mansion Inn” on Lloyd St. and
plans are being made for the con-
version of the building into a post
home.
The purchase price of the struc-
ture was about $18,000, including
four lots of land. The building is
at present occupied by four fam-
ilies.
AT RECRUITING OFFICE HERE
Cpl. Lewis Barkley of the Bar-
nesboro Recruiting Office will be
at the Municipal Bldg., Patton,
every Monday from 9 a. m. to 12
noon. Anyone wishing to join the
Army may contact Cpl. Barkley at
this time or apply at the American
Legion Home, Barnesboro, any
other day of the week.
| were
i served at the St. Boniface Picnic
| Grove. Entertainment was hed in
the afternoon and a dance in the |
| church hall in the evening.
John J. Haluska entertained |
| 32
| St.
William J. Muir, also of Baker-
ton, was recommended for district
commissioner, and, subject to the
council's approval, M. D. Connell
of Carrolltown and George W. At-
kins of Barnesbero will be district
members-at-large.
Scouters and their guests from |
Fatton, Dean, Hastings, Carroll-
town, Bakerton, Barneshoro and |
Spangler were present at the din-
ner.
Cunningham Gets Award
Hugh Cunningham,
Troop 71 scoutmaster, received the
only award of the evening. For his
long service to boys, he was pre-
sented a Scoutmaster’s Key.
All the recommendations for the
scouting positions are subject to
approval at the yearly meeting of
the Adm. Peary Council, which is |
to be held Oct. 29 in Johnstown.
John H. Keller, secretary and
executive of the council, delivered
the principal address at the meet-
mg,
and principles of scouting.
| Brief Service Conducted
After Charles Sharbaugh
tended recognition to scouters for
their service, Rev. Father Rupert
Stadtmiller, OSB, pastor of St.
| Mary's Church,
Benediction was pronounced by
Rev. Ralph Krouse,
Trinity Methodist Church, Patton.
EX-GI'S HONORED AT
TWO AREA PARISHES
St. Augustine Vet: Veterans Feted
on Saturday, St. Boniface
Celebration h Sundsy
parents, and also the parents of the
boys of the parish who lost their
lives in service, received Holy
Communion in a body at the 8
o'clock High Mass in the St. Bon-
iface Church Sunday morning. The
GI's were in uniform.
was sung by Rev. Father Brugger,
| OSB, pastor.
After the church services, the |
exservicemen and their parents
guests at a chicken dinner
State
Sen.
with his magic tricks during
dance.
at St. Augustine Affair
the
On Saturday, 32 ex-GI's of the |
Churcli |
| were guests at a dinner served by |
| mithers of
fair was held in the form of a re- |
Augustine Catholic
the veterans. The af-
treat, which was opened with a |
Mass at 9 a. m. read by the Rev.
Father Thomas Doyle.
The retreat was in charge of |
oy Father Eugene Parrish of St.
John’s Church, Altoona. Activities
closed with Benediction of the |
Most Blessed Sacrament at 3 p. m. |
‘CLUBS ASK CHANGE
IN LICENSE QUOTAS
The Cambria County Federation |
{of Fraternal Clubs, at a meeting |
Sunday in Johnstown, adopted a |
three-point program of amend-
ments to state liquor laws.
The group will endeavor to ob- |
| tain bills in the State Legislature
to amend the quota which excludes
clubs,
acts to permit courts to modify
cenalties of the Liquor Control
Board, and to create a state board
| of alcoholism.
The purpose of the alcoholism
board, officials say, would be to
study the question from a scienti-
fic approach and to educate the
public as to their findings.
HOOVERSVILLE TO BE
DYSART ATTRACTION
The Hooversvi ille Baseball Team
will be the attraction at Dysart on
Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. in-
stead of the Colver nine, as pre-
viously announced.
The Hooversville-Dysart contest
should prove to pe a good one, as
the Somerset County outfit has a
high rating
Go to Dysart Sunday if you wish
to see a fast ball gare.
BARNESBORO FORMS
OWN KIWANIS GROUP
The newly-formed Barnesboro
Kiwanis Club will have its charter
presented by Dr. Donald Matthews
of Johnstown, state governor of
Kiwanis, at a dinner-meeting on
Thursday evening, Oct. 10. Repre-
sentatives from all clubs in Dis-
trict 7 will participate.
Members of the Ebensburg club
will sponsor the first program of
the Barnesboro outfit this Thurs-
day evening at 6 p. m.
Carrolltown |
praising scouters for their |
work in the North Cambria Dis- |
trict and restating the high ideals |
ex- |
conducted a short |
| service in honor of district scouts
who served during World War II. |
pastor of the |
The Mass |
amend the liquor and beer |
| Patton's vond-sellf -selling drive
| “over the top, with the barometer
| sp lashing red even on the Union
Press-Courier window.
The drive to sell $115,000 in
| bonds to construct the largest
| plant of the Phillips-Jones Corp.
[1s really over the top—in fact, it
|
|
toy
has been oversubscribed.
What seemed like a monumentai
| task “only a few weeks ago proved
to be nothing of the kind. Over 400
| citizens and organizations of Pat-
ton and the neighboring communi-
| ties joined in the investment that
| will bring to Patton the first and
| greatest post-war achievement of
any of the boroughs in Cambria
| Co unty, and likely in this section
| of the state.
The Patton Municipal Authority
members have worked untiringly
in the brisk campaign, and so have
a score of other workers appointed
by the authority to canvass the
| community. All are deeply grateful
| our citizens.
MACHINERY PLACED
In connection with the forth-
coming plant of the Phillips-
Jones Corp.,
the present week, is installing
machinery in the second-floor room |
of the Bank Bldg.
load arrived early Monday morn-
ing.
| Production training will begin at
| the time installations are com-
pleted. About 60 girls will be noti-
Li to appear for these courses,
y being selected from a group
js by company executives
during the past two weeks.
Those who qualify will have the
good fortune of becoming Super
vi employes when th
CONTRACT ON BUILDING
This week, also, the Municipal
Authority opened bids on the con-
struction work of the huge build-
ing, a small drawing of which may
be seen in the window of the First
National Bank at Patton.
So far no contract has been let,
as a_number of matters have to be
considered. It is likely that differ-
ent contracts may be awarded for
| construction, plumbing, lighting,
ete,
In all probability, by next week
all the details of the contracts will
be worked out, and perhaps in just
| a matter of days there will be dirt |
| lying for foundations on Patton’s |
{
|
i} new factory.
YOU WON'T GET ANY
ADDED SUGAR AS YET
|
| There will Pe no in no increase in the | Dascanio and Rita Lafferty. The listment,
amount of canning sugar to resi- |
| dents in the Pittsburgh District of
| the Office of Price Control.
Word to this effect has been re-
ceived here from W. K. Harrison,
| district director.
| It was reported at the Cambria
| County Board meeting that local
| cffices have been instructed to
notify the Cambria County Retail
Gasoline Dealers’ Assn. that in-
creased prices for services, made
| effective in August, must be rolled
back pending OPA approval of the
| increases.
|
ISSUE OVER TOP
for the receptive manner in which |
| they were greeted by most all of |
the company, during |
The first truck- |
U.S. BUREAU MEN
SPEAK AT MEETING
OF SAFETY GROUP
St. Benedict Mine Is Awarded
Banner for Safety Record
During Past Month
The St. Benedict Victor No. 9
Mine of the Carrolltown Coal Co.
was presented the monthly banner
for accident prevention at the reg-
ular meeting of the North Cambria
Council of the Joseph A. Holmes
Safety Assn. last Wednesday.
Milton C. McCall, engineer, and
Mine Inspector C .J. Dalzell, both
cf the U. S. Bureau of Mines, ad-
dressed the Barnesboro gathering.
McCall stated that statistics on
accidents for the first seven
months of 1946 show a drop in the
rate of mishaps.
Roof Falls on Increase
| However, the one exception to
| the downward trend of accidents
is the number of mishaps caused
by falls of roof and coal. McCall
| stated that improvement is shown
in eliminating other types of coal |
riine mishaps.
Dalzell urged meeungs of each |
toca chapter of the council at the |
various mines. He said problems |
of each coal operation can be dis- |
cussed and means of preventing |
accidents advanced.
Foreman Michael Mehal of the
Barnes & Tucker 12 Mine, discus-
sed safety in general. Richard Tod-
hunter Jr. was in charge.
The next au be on Oct
ASHVILLE VFW LADIES
PICK FIRST OFFICIALS
Members of the newly-formed
John Lipple VFW Auxiliary at
Ashville chose their first officers at |
a recent meeting. Mrs. Rita Laf- |
ferty has been named president.
Other officers are Miss Eletha
Burgoon, senior vice president; |
Mrs. Anne Judd, junior vice presi- |
dent; Mrs. Bernice Dascanio, sec- |
retary; Miss Dorothy Burgoon, |
treasurer; Mrs. Margaret Baum- |
| gardner, chaplain; Mrs. Helen Hol-
| len, guard; Mrs. Coletta Montgom- |
[ery, conductress; Alda Palosky, |
| Fhilena Reese and Virginia Myers, |
trustees.
| Plan House-to-House Canvass |
A house-to-house canvas for |
| members will be made by the fol- |
lowing: Philena Reese, Virginia |
| Myers, Roberta Burgoon, Bernice |
|
|
|
|
election was directed by VFW aux- |
| iliary heads from Altoona. |
Officers will be installed at an
| open meeting at 8 p. m. on F riday |
| of this week.
Boys Held by ‘State ‘Police
Eight Lilly boys ranging from |
eight to 13 years of age, are being |
held by State Police on charges of |
| vandalism as an outgrowth of the |
overturning of 66 tombstones and |
smashing of many of them in two |
Catholic Church cemeteries in that |
community.
Large Number of Displays at |
Very Successtul Garden Show
Record Attendance Last Week|
Here at Two-Day Event
in Eagle Building
The two-day Flower and Vege-
table Show sponsored by the Pat-
ton Garden Study Club closed last
Thursday evening with a record
attendance.
A large number of both children
and adults showed their interest in
the project by attending and view-
ing the very beautiful floral dis-
plays and the magnificent fruit
and vegetable collections grown in
this community in spite of the
handicap of floods and unfavorable
growing conditions.
The Junior Display proved the
interest and enthusiasm of child-
dren in this work.
Junior Contributors
Following is a list of Junior con-
tributors:
Jane. Nicholson, Carol Snyder,
Sally Warner, Sarah Jane Mulli-
gan, Carol Welty, Nancy Cooper,
Anita Lilly, Carol Brown, Marshal
Schwab, Joyce Wyse, Clifton Der-
inger Jr., Frankie Schwab, Jimmy
and Billy Schwab, Cecelia Lawson
(Oriental costumes and dishes),
Carol Young (collection of slip-
pers), and Dick Young (miniature
dogs).
Club Member Entries
Garden Club members who had
cisplays were:
Mesdames Ethel Graft, Harvey
Mulligan, I. J. Rively, Harry Wins-
low, Charles Snyder, Edwin F.
A 0. Sony ile, HA Yahner, |
Villiam Lowes, Dave Sperry, Wil- |
liam Lamont, Frank Schwab, Gust |
Marner, J. a Sheehan, E. P. Coop-
er, Joseph Short, Robert Swope.
Frank Westrick, M. H. Rumberger,
Max Gill, Bert Douglass and Harry |
Nehrig, and Misses Agnes Palcho |
and Yvonne Yerger.
Other Show Displays
Non-members who had eriries
were:
Mesdames Adele Mertens, Irvin |
Dietrick, Thomas Zajicek, W. J. |
Bender, Frank Fregly, Joseph Lilly | |
and F. E. Arble (Carrolltown),;
Balsinger & Luther, Mr. Harry |
Wharton (Chest Springs), Mrs. W.
C. Elms, Mr. Michael J. Zupon,
Mesdames A. C. Walter, Guy Mc-
Mullen and Rose Rhiner (St.
Lawrence.
John and William Kline, Henry |
T. Johnson, Mrs. Robert Link, Mrs.
Herman Leiden, Fannie Ropp (all |
St. Lawrence), Mr. and Mrs. Earl |
Stoltz, Mr. Joseph Short, Mr. Ned |
Adams (St. Augustine), Mrs. Gust
| Burkey, Mrs. George Leiden, (St.
| Lawrence, Mr. John Lawson and |
Miss Betty Greene (a very large |
display of souvenirs, costumes, |
rugs and baskets collected from |
the Pacific theatre while stationed |
there as a Red Cross worker).
Mrs. Robert Swope, chairman,
wishes to thank her committee for
the splendid cooperation given her,
the contributors for thtir displays,
and everyone else who helped to
make the show a success.
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| listed for
| Juniata Shops,
| sible fracture of the skull.
of the UMWA.
This National Labor Relations
Board election was the first con-
ducted among mine supervisors in
this area. A contract with the coal
company will ‘be sought as soon as
certification is received from the
NLRB, according to a statement |
by Charles Ferguson, secretary- |
treasurer of the union.
A total of 47 supervisory work-
ers were eligible to cast ballots.
Two votes were challenged, with
voting at both Moss Creek and at
Ehrenfeld taking place from 10:30
to 11:30 a. m. and from 2 to 4 p.
rm. Ballots were then taken from:
Marsteller to Ehrenfeld and count-
ed there. Leo Kloss Jr. and Joseph
Lepie of the Pittsburgh office of
the NLRB supervised the election.
Provided Test Case
The Permsylvania Coal & Coke |
Corp. had provided a test case for
the labor board to rule on. The |
union had sought elections at in- |
dividual mines.
However, the company contend-
ed bargaining recognition should
be on a companywide basis.
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corp.
mines at Gailitzin and Cresson
were not concerned with the bal-
loting of last week.
THREE MORE YOUTHS
~ ENLISTINU. S. ARMY
| Oct. 5 Last Day f Day for Enlistees|
to Gain Full Benefit of |
GI Bill of Rights
Three more young men from this |
section have enlisted in the Reg- |
ular Army according to informa- |
tion received from Capt. Peter To- |
masello III, officer in charge of |
the Altoona FE pe Station at
Most new EA seem to en-
vision = possibilities of educational
features of the GI Bill which will |
allow them 30 to 48 months of
schooling at government sxpente.
These features, and others, are
available yet for anyone entering |
the Army for 18 months, two or |
three years.
Better Act Soon |
There is only a short time left.
Oct. 5 is a really important date
for young men to remember, for all |
men who volunteer for the new |
Regular Army on or before that
date are guaranteed the full edu-
cational rights of the GI Bill for
the complete term of their enlist-
ment.
The new enlistees are:
William A. Noel, 17, son of Mr.
| and Mrs. Vincent J. Noel, McIntyre |
| Ave., Patton, enlisted for a period |
of three years for the Alaskan |
theatre. He is a graduate of the |
Patton High School in the class of
1946. It will be noted that Noel, |
having chosen the three-year en- |
gets the choice of his
branch of service and theatre of |
| operations.
| Loretto Man Included
Joseph A. Caton, 18, son of Mrs.
Catherine Caton of Loretto, en-
a period of 18 months
| unassigned. He is a graduate of St.
| Francis Prep, class of '46. Pvt. Ca-
ton has decided to enlist unassign-
ed, which gives him both choices
upon arriving at a higher echelon.
John Racz, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Racz of Amsbry, en-
listed for a period of 18 months
| unassigned. He attended Gallitzin
| High and for the past 11 months
has been employed by the PRR.
MISS EMMA GAUNTNER
OF PATTON BRIDE OF
BOYD HALL, ALTOONA
Miss Emma G. Gauntner, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
| Gauntner Sr., Patton, became the
bride of Boyd C. Hall of Altoona
at a ceremony performed in St.
Mary's rectory, Patton, by Rev.
| Father Rupert Stadtmiller Wed-
nesday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p. m.
The attendants were Mrs. Her-
man Long, sister of the bride, and
LeRoy Settelmyer, both of Al-
toona.
The bride chose a light gray suit
| with black accessories and wore a
corsage of red roses. The matron of
honor also wore a gray suit with
black accessories and a corsage of
red roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall will reside
with the bride’s parents for the
present. Mr. Hal is employed as a
machinist for the PRR in the
|
| Barnesboro Little Girl Hurt
in Fall Off Porch of Home
Janice Riva, 17-month-old dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. David Riva
of Barnesboro, was admitted to
| the Miners’ Hospital, Spangler, on
| Thursday last after she fell off the
porch in front of the parental
home,
She was listed as having a pos-
Attention Moose Members
There will be a dance every Sat-
urday and Sunday evening at the
Patton Moose Home. Members and
their guests only.
| testing of roof and face
OF SERIES ‘E' BONDS
|
Cambria County led the Cam-
bria - Indiana - Bedford - Somerset
district in the sale of Series E, F
and G Savings Bonds during the |
month of August, the Treasury |
Dept. at Washington discloses. |
The sums for Cambria were: |
E Bonds, $564,506; F Bonds, $11, |p
525; G Bonds, $163,700; total,
$739,731.
Indiana County:
893.25; F Bonds, $11,322; G Bonds,
$55,100; total 162, 315. 25.
SEVEN AREA YOUTHS
ENLIST FOR SERVICE
Seven more “Northern Cambria |
youths have enlisted in the Army, |
according to an announcement by |
the Johnstown Recruiting Office.
They are as follows:
Ronald C. Conley Jr., 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Conley Sr. of
Colver ,and a graduate of Ebens-
burg-Cambria High.
Zane B. Bolinger, 18
and Mrs. Bert Bolinger, Col
also a 1946 graduate of oh
burg Cambria High.
Robert C. Lewis, 17, son of
| and Mrs. Pearson Lewis, Coir:
graduate of Ebensburg-Cambria.
John O'Hara, 17, son of Mr. and
| Mrs. William O’Hara, Barnesboro.
Barnesboro Graduates
Pete Sgro, 18, son of Mr. and
E Bonds, $97,- |
, son of ne.
[ Mrs. Frank Sgro, a 1946 Barnes-
| boro High graduate.
Bruno Morabito, 17, son of Mr
and Mrs. Fred Morabito, Barnes-
boro, a 1946 BHS graduate.
Frank Raymond Gisler, 17, son
of Julius ¢ ister, Barneshoro Barnesboro R. D.
BARNES MINE HAS
INSPECTION VISIT
The U. S. Bureau of Mines re-
port of a recent inspection of the
two Barnes & Tucker mines lauds
| safety improvements and addition- |
| al betterments at the pits.
However, need for timbering im-
| provements, setting of posts with |
cap pieces of adequate size, re- |
moval of loose roof and hitching |
into the ribs of timber legs sup-
porting cross bars in haulageways
were urged for the Lancashire 10 |
and 12 mines, at which 109 men |
| are employed. {
Improvements noted include the |
working
places before and after blasting,
safer stemming practices and the
adoption of an adequate check-in
and check-out system.
ARMY CHRISTMAS
PARCEL. DATES SET
| stage, but the Eagles promise that
there will be lots of fun and
frolic.
A parade will highlight the
event — that much is known.
Prizes will be awarded to organ-
izations and individuals. The affair
is not confined to Eagle members,
but is being promoted by the lodge
as a general community celebra-
tion with all the public invited to
participate.
From time to time, the Union
| Press-Courier will detail the plans
| as they develop. Patton will likely
{be the center of attraction on
| Hallowe’en.
| Class Initiation Oct. 26
| On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26,
the local Eagles plan a class initia-
| tion, with the degree work being in
charge of the Patton degree team.
| A supper will be served members
| following the degree work. A dance
|and floor show for members and
| their ladies will take place in the
evening.
On Hallowe'en, the Patton Aerie
{will hold its annual party in the
| Aerie Home for members and their
ladies. Members will be permitted
to bring only one guest to the af-
fair. There will be plenty of novel-
| ties and lots of promised fun.
STATE MINE SAFETY
LAW GHANGE URGED
Eye Turned Toward Revision
of Blasting Regulations
All the state mine inspectors in
Pennsylvania took steps Friday to
revise in part state safety laws,
aiming particularly at those which
deal with property damage by
blasts at strip mining operations.
A four-man committee has been
named to study exisiting rules. Ac-
orang Bak:
ii Joseph J. Walsh, “it’s quite
probable that more precautionary
rules will be adopted after the
State Dept. of Mines receives the
report of this committee.”
Nearby Property Destroyed
The fact was brought out at the
| fer -day convention that some of
| the large strip mines use as much
as 150,000 pounds of dynamite in
blasting surface coal and “we have
| to watch that nearby property is
| not destroyed by so great a charge
of explosives.”
The group also will check the
inadequacy of prestnt laws con-
cerning safety of surface mining
| employes.
FIRST-AID TRAINING
T0 BE INAUGURATED
Barnesboro High School has in-
| augurated a 100 percent first-aid
training program under the direc-
tion of the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
It is the first school in this area
| to add this course to its curriculum
Announcement has bee made by
George A. Lehman, Patton post-
master, that Christmas packages |
for Army personnel stationed over- |
seas may be mailed without re-
guest slips between Oct. 15 and |
Nov. 15, but due discretion should |
be given to the distance packages
must be sent.
For example, parcels destined]
for Korea should be mailed much |
sooner than those for troops who |
are in England.
Still Weight Limitations
Present limitation on weight and f
size are 70 pounds and 100 inches |
in length and girth combined. Not |
more than one package will be ac- |
cepted for mailing in any one week |
when sent by the same person to
the same address.
|as coal mines administrator.
Moreell, who was director of the
Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks
during World War II, a position
making him boss of the Seabees,
has been in charge of the bitunin-
ous mines since they were seized
by the government on May 22.
He will be succeeded as the coal
mines administrator by Capt. Nor-
man H. Collison, a Naval Reserve
officer who has been his deputy ad-
ministrator since the organization
of the Solid Fuels Administration.
BARNESBORO LEGION
NAMES WAR II VET
MIKE WHALEN QUITS
CHIEF OF POLIGE JOB
Michael E. Whalen, Spangler’s
chief of police for the last 15
years, has resigned that post to
take a position with the J. V. Ham-
mond Co., Spangler.
“Mike.s” place will be taken over
by Anthony Gach, a member of the
Spangler force for the past 10
months, until the Borough Council
acts upon the resignation and ap-
| Ben
| duty on Sept. 30 and also will quit
but other schools are planning to
| institute the training.
W. C. Cagley, first-aid and saf-
| ety instructor of the Johnstown U.
| 8." Mine Bureau branch, is super-
vising the course.
First-aid training is to be car-
ried on through the entire student
body, with both boys and girls
participating.
‘ADM. BEN MOREELL
WILL QUIT MINE JOB
Announcement has been made
by the Interior Dept. that Adm.
Moreell will retire from active
points a Successor.
Car Sprags Asked by Jury
at Inquest of Basile’s Death
A coroner's jury, impaneled Mon- |
day to hear testimony in the death |
of Joseph Basile, 45-year-old Bar-
nesboro miner,/recommended that |
sprags be used on cars in Delta
Mine 2 of the Duncan-Spangler
Coal Co.
Basile was fatally injured in that
mine recently.
PATTON YOU TH ENLISTS
William Alfred Noel,
Mr. and Mrs.
McIntyre Ave. enlisted in
8S. Army last Wednesday for a
S.
period of three years, unassigned.
17, son of
He is a graduate of Patton High
|
School, Class of '46.
Vincent J. Noel of |.
he U. |
Robert Davison, a a WW orld War IL
| veteran, was elected commander of
Vodzak Post No. 569, American
| Legion, Barnesboro, Monday even-
ing. Harry Plouse is senior vice
commander and Joseph P. Kazmer
is junior vice commander.
Others named are Frank Morley,
adjutant; Martin Fry, finance of-
| ficer, and Domonick Previte, quar-
| termaster. Alvin Spriggs, Frank
Drazal, Richard Dawson, Mark
Bonner and C. E. Belcher are new
| executive board members.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYE ns
OF BOROUGH OF PATTON
Sept. 30, 1946, will be the last
| day that discount will be allowed
on 1946 taxes. Please do not wait
until the last day.
Irvin J. Long, Tax Collector