Thursday, December 12, 1946 Russell Little Made Seven Hundred Pictures During the War of Local Service People Sent Photos to 400 Local Boys for Mailing Home During Yule Season of 1944; Collection Is Now Stored Away (Reprinted through courtesy of Christmas, 1946, should revive many 10] and hearts of the residents of Patton area for I known as “Russ.” The Patton druggist with his thoughtfulness much happiness into the homes of many service 8 Time ———— laden | the store windows Armistice Day | tin conjunction with the GI Day the | observance then has been stored. tide holidays of 1944, at when many hearts were with anxiety. Christmas, 1944, brought “battle of the bulge” in Europe and to many Patton residents it brought increased concern for their loved ones. But perhaps a little of that concern was erased by the pictures received from their servicemen-sons, all through the courtesy of Russ Little. An amateur photographer and owner of the Patton Drug Co, Russ “snapped” the pictures of all Patton area servicemen and wom- er. who would permit him to do so. Photos Sent Airmail Prior to the 1944 Christmas sea- son he sent over 40 snapshot postcards, including an extra en- velope for mailing the picture home, to service personnel. The postcards, all sent airmail, were mailed in October to those sta- tioned in the States and abroad. # With each picture went a_copy | of a letter which read: am inclosing a Christmas card and an extra envelope for you to mail to a loved-one for Christmas. Wish- ing you an early overseas Merry Christmas season, and hoping that we will see all you boys home soon. As ever, Russell J. Little.” Russ summed up his personal satisfaction with the statement, “I really got a big kick out of send- ing the boys pictures during the Christmas holidays of 1944.” From Several Sources The picture collection, which has grown to well over 700, was par- tially produced from reprints from photographs sent home by the sol- diers to their relatives and friends. | Others were snapped in Russ’ home studio above his drug store All prints are mounted and of the same size. | The collection was displayed in sacrifice during the war. "Honor Roll, Snow Photos Johnstown Democrat) g fond memories in the minds ussell J. Little, better and kindness brought men during the Yule: but since | Russ does | not intend to destroy the collec- tion because he considers it a| “pice thing tc have.” He believes that in 10 years it will mean more | to the Patton residents than the honor roll. in Patton addition to sending picture postcards, Russ snapped a picture of the area honor roll and sent it to servicemen. He carefully noted the location of the boy's name on the roll, marked it with a pinhole, | In | and sent a note to the serviceman | that through the use of a saying read magnifying glass he could his own name. As a little reminder of the] hometown, Russ also sent several | thousand copies of snow scenes | to the boys away from home. | Beginning his amateur photog- | graphy at the outbreak of the war, | Russ bought the best equipment available, but since the end of the war has sold it all, Residents of | Patton beseiged Russ with re- quests to take pictures and refus- | ing to do so brought him trouble. Keeps Movie Camers In selling his equipment, Russ kept a movie camera with which he records the reaction of his four children at Christmas time. The scenes start with the children run- ning down the steps, over to the | tree, and the unwrapping of the gifts. He has many pictures of his | wife, Bella, and his children, Nan- | cy, Sally, Jane and Rusty. | Among his picture souvenirs, he also has many letters of thanks | for his kindness to the servicemen. His collection includes the pictures of 13 boys who made the supreme << schedule. WE MAKE €M Our thorough overhauling, plus genuine IH parts, will put your tractor in tip-top shape for work next season. don’t wait ’til the last minute. time to get certain parts from the factory. Drop in or call up for a date, and we'll put your name on our advance service [OF WILLIAM PATTISON mony. Miss Ruby Williams was | the | tired in a white gown fashioned | | with a crepe bodice and a full net | marquisette | Pa., the couple | groom's parents. BAKERTON ITEMS By M. A. PANCZAK | BARNESBORO MISS BRIDE AT RECENT CEREMONY. At a pretty candlelight service in the Methodist Church at Bak- erton, Miss Phyllis Tripp, daugh- ter of Mrs. George Smeed of Bar- nesboro, became the bride of Wil- ham Joseph Pattison, son of Mr ana Mrs. Dixon Pattison of Bak- erton, on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 6 o'clock. Rev. Ralph 8S. Krouse officiated at the double-ring cere- organist. Miss Kathryn Shaner bride as maid of honor and Miss Thelma Pattison, sister of the groom, acted as bridesmaid. | Charles Tripp, a brother of the | bride, was best man and Ronald ¥lall, usher. { Given in marriage by her broth- | er, Merle Tripp, the bride was at- attended skirt. Her long veil descended from | an off-the-face headdress designed with orange blossoms at either | side and she carried an arm bou- | quet of white carnations | The maid of honor wore a mar- quisette gown and veil to match and carried pink carnations. The | bridesmaid wore a blue gown of| with matching veil | and also carried pink carnations. | The wedding cake was served at | a tea in the church basement. | The former Miss Tripp is graduate of Barnesboro High and was employed by the Phillips-| a | | Jones Corp. The groom, a gradu- | ate of Spangler High, is employed | in the No. 1 mine of the Sterling Coal Co. Bakerton. After a wedding trip to Erie, | now are residing | temporarily at the home of the | CHRISTENING FEAST HELD HERE SUNDAY | A christening feast was held at | the home of Mr. and Mrs. Valen- | tine Contorchick in honor of their | granddaughter, Joann Polinsky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | Polingky of Conneaut Lake, who was baptized at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Sunday a week ago. Mrs. Polinsky is the former Helen Contorchick and Mr. Polin- sky is a native of Revloc. Those present for the occasion included the following: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Polinsky and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Chamer, all of Conneaut Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Kline and children, Eddie, Wanda and David, Penn Run; Misses Lee and Rae Controchick, Brunswick, N. J.; Misses Ann and Rose Griece, Adams, N. J.; Mr. Eddie Lowen- ski, New Jersey. and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Contorchick and children, Donna, Terry and Judy Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Val Contorchick and Jo, Theresa, John and Alice Contor- chick, all of Bakerton. * oH % (These items arrived tco late for publication last week.) Holiday guests at the home of Miss Ruby G. Williams were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dodson, Mr. and But please It takes | of Pittsburgh, and Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. J. E. Johnston and son, all C. C. Williams of Cresson. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Panczak | of Wilkes-Barre spent the week | end here at the home of Mrs. Joseph Panczak. Mrs. Charles Horn and daugh- | ter, Bernadine, were visiting in | Philadelphia last week. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Polites and | | daughter of Akron are spending | | a week here at the Nicholas Kry- | | nick and John Polites Sr. homes. | Mr. and Mrs. Leo Riddles and | | daughter, Marion, of York, Pa.| | were callers during the week at | the home of Mrs. Sue Regan. Miss Gladys Wiseman, a student at Penn State, spent the holiday | here at the home of her parents, | or UNION PRESS - COURIER Mr, and Mrs, William Wiseman. Guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs. BE. T. Williams are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Williams and son, and Miss Jean Williams of Royal Oak, Mich., and Mrs. Lola Moore of Flint, Mich. Mrs. Jack Dowey and daughter, Jacqueline, of Akron, O., spent a few days here at the home Mrs. Dowey's parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. M. Lehmier, Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. | John Schilling were their children, Miss Imelda Schilling, Harrisburg; Cadet Nurse Regina Schilling of Johnstown, and Paul Schilling of New York. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dooley and children / visited the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Muir. Recent callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Columbus included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mol- | inari and sons, Angelo and Joseph, of Rossiter. Mrs. Harvey Fowler of Akréh, | 0. is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fowler. Miss Lona Girolami of Pitts- [burgh spent the holiday here at the home of her parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Vincent Girolami. Mrs. William Golgosky is spend- ing the week among relatives and friends in New York City. Miss Doris Fitch and Ed Fitch, who are attending school in Cin- cinnati, O., spent the holidays here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fitch. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Panczak were recent callers in Johnstown. Miss Bernetta Bonfili of Pitts- burgh and Mr. and Mrs. Bernarc Bertilino and son of Indiana were recent callers at thé home of Mrs. Vincenzina Bonfili. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donatelli and family spent a few days in Altoona recently. Miss Agnes Polites visited with friends in Hollidaysburg recently. Mr. and Mrs. Pius Murphy and son, “Mickey,” of Akron called on friends and relatives here. NO HOLIDAY 7 FOR 3 LONG DISTANCE Christmas season is the busiest time of year for out- of-town telephone calls. We’reglad to have thelines to carry these welcome messages. BUT... there are bound to be delays on Christmas Eve and Christ- mas Day. The lines will be crowded and some calls (particularly to distant points) won’t get through at all. We suggest you start your “Christmas calling” The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Holiday Needs! the week with relatives in Cleve- | j land, Ohio. | Lt. Cora Overberger, A. N. C, of Fort Dix, N. J, spent the last = - MARSTELLER BRIEFS | | By MRS. FRED SCHROCK | - | week end at her home here. | (Too late for last week) | Mrs. Angeline and Josephine | Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Mascerrio | Casterno were visitors in Altoona of Pittsburgh visited the former's | on Tuesday. | parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mas-| Mike Shutty of the U. 8. Navy | | serio of this place. {spent the week end at his home | Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stover and | here. | daughter, Betty, visited friends in| Blanche Gach was visiting her | Indiana recently, {home in Glen Campbell over the bo > =z SEPT RZ > - PAGE SEVEN YT TS 5 PP PE BR BE TE ST RE i : of Johnson City, N. Y., | | Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kutsick | visited a few days with Mr. and | Mrs. Michael Lanesky of Cleve- | land. The two men are half bro- | thers. | Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Richard- | son visited relatives in Madera. | Mrs. Wesley Snow and children, | Wesley Jr., Gerald and Geraldine, | of Pittsburgh visited with Mrs. Snow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Henry Hoak, over the holiday. | Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Garrick vis- ited with Dr. and Mrs. Siki and | son in Pittsburgh recently. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schrock and grandchildren spent the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. | Clelland in Johnstown. | Mr. and Mrs. William _ Seeley | and son were shoppers in Indiana. | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lacey of | Ambridge visited with Mr. and | Mrs. Lewis Fowler. Lt. and Mrs. Alexander David- |son of Austin, Tex., visited with | the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Alexander Davidson Sr. | Mr. and Mrs. Ross Taylor visit- |ed in Johnstown with Mr. and | Mrs. Allen Pounds. The following young people at- | tended a recent service in Presby- | terian Church at Spangler, Pa.: | Marie Taylor, Betty MacWilliams, | Goldie Richardson, Flo Ann Fow- | ler, Catherine Wilburn, Nancy Lou | Grey, Lucille Richardson, Arlene Davidson, Shirley Semelsberger, Doris and Sue Askew, Elvera Ste- | rick, Louise Taylor, Anna Mae | Popp and Mrs. Lewis Fowler. | Thomas Mahalick of the Army | spent a furlough with his parents, | Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mihalick. Francis Smiak of St. Michael is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mascerrio. sick were among hunters here who .got deer the first day. John Tomechki, who is home on a 30-day leave from a veterans pitalized for some time due to a leg injury, also got a buck. We wish to congratulate him. HASTINGS NOTES By HELEN MANCUSO Tom Semelsberger visited with friends in Greensburg on Sunday. Pvt. Leonard Selfridge, Jr. of Camp Eutis, Va., spent a few days at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Collins mo- tored to Altoona on Sunday. Mrs. Cosmos Elder, daughter, Mary Louise, Mrs. William Strass- ler and Mrs. Oscar Strassler were in Johnstown Friday. Father Othmar Waltz, O. S. B,, of St. Vincents’ College, Latrobe, spent several days here at the home of his father, B. J. Waltz. Mrs. A. F. Baker is spending Walter Mc-| Joe Garrick and Anthony Kut-| hospital, where he has been hos-| week end, Harry Weakland was discharged from DeShon Hospital, Butler, on Saturday. | Mrs. Arthur Lantzy and Grace | Mancuso motored to Johnstown on | Saturday. Dino Feretti, John Bobal and | Jerome Mancuso spent last week | iN in Washington, D. C | | 8 SERETETS SEES > Alice Strittmatter, Mary McNe- | lis, Ethel Lantzy, George Mihalik | 3 |and Jim Stitts, students at Indi- |x ana State Teachers College, were home for the week end. { Tom Bearer of Altoona visited | relatives here on Thursday. ( Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mancuso of 3 visited here over the |x | week end. | n | Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zrioko of | Girard, Ohio, were recent visitors | | at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mau- | g | rice Anna. n | George Stitts, employed at Erie, | x | was home for the week en % Violet Delrose of St. Louis, Mo., | fA |is spending a couple of weeks at n iN a 8% {her home here. | Miss Rosanna Gill, James Gill | 1g 4 Wn i S | Houtzdale Finance Your “ili .0. | Early Christmas Shopping With A Personal Loan! Mrs. Fay Peters was visiting | with relatives in Latrobe and also iu Don’t feel downhearted because lack of funds | Black Lick over the week end. | Mrs. Carmella Mancuso, son, | Anthony, and James Vitello, mo- | ¥ |tored to Altoona Wednesday. 1 | ®Wdward Brothers of Johnstown, |i spent the week end at his home | here. Ni | Sister Mary Benedict and Sister | {Mary Donald, nuns of the Charity | % | Order, located in Pittsburgh, were | ¥ | guests the latter part of the week | | at the home of the former's moth- | | er, Mrs, Elizabeth Strittmatter. | ‘Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robinson of | Altoona visited realtives here on Sunday. | Joseph, Michael and Steve Knat- | kivich, John Lann, Albert Masares [and Junior Letizia are spending (the week hunting at Renovo. Mrs. Otto Strittmatter, daught- er, Patty, and son, Paul, motored to Johnstown on Saturday. Mrs. George Semelsherger and daughter, Judy, Mrs. James Au- gustine and Anne Semelsberger were in Altocna on Friday. Mrs. H. J. Easly aid daughter, Anne, were in Altoona on Friday. Warren Pyers of Colver visited friends here on Wednesday. 'LORETTO MAN BENEDICT | AT GALLITZIN ON NOV, 27 Miss Stella M. Meintel, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meintel of Gallitzin, and George Edward | McMullen, son of George McMul- [len Sr. of Loretto, were married ‘at 8 a. m. last Wednesday at St. keeps you from Christmas giving! A personal loan will pay for the gifts you want to buy, and you will have ample time to pay us back in small weekly amounts next year. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT PATTON ol Patrick's Catholic Church, Guiit-| =The Atomic Blonde® being zin, by Rev. Father Joseph Far- | publicized by Hollywood is now in ran. Miss Mary Meintel and Wil- | title only. There was Jean Harlow Yor “Woyland the latter of Lor. |¥ho used to Dreege through Dic. etto, were attendants tures with all the abandon of a After their return from a wed. | > i i ding trip the couple will reside with the bride's parents. ET ILL TL ILL IK IKI TE OL PETE TELL ILE .—Use Union Press-Courier clas- sified ads for quick results! Sure, YOU'LL 1) nd: Santa Claus FIND HIS FINEST JEWELRY GIFTS HERE! 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