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Iwev'e now had for several years.
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 and Frank P, Cammarata,
Press-Courier Building, 452 Magee Avenue, Patton, Pa., and entered as sec-
ond class mail matter May 7, 1836, at the postoffice at Patton, Pa. under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
FRANK P. CAMMARATA
THOS. A. OWENS...
THOS. A. OWENS JR..........
Subscription: $2:00 Yearly, NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ne BUSINESS Manager
Editor
ene. Managing Editor
in Advance.
Advertising Rates Furnished
Upon Application.
The endeavor of the Union Press-Courler is to sincerely represent Organi-
zed Labor in all efforts to obtain economic freedom. terial for publica-
tion must be signed by the writer as an evidence of Soo aith.
The Union Press-Courier gives its advertisers the advantage of combined
circulations of two largely-circulated weeklies and has a reader coverage
that blankets Patton and the major mining towns in Northern Cambria
None of our neighbors has any-
thing like it. In some respects it
has more advantages than a sta-
dium because it gives so much
enjoyment to so many people all
through the summer season.
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Patton a couple of years ago
turned its attention to the fi-
nancing of a high school band,
and by going about it in the
proper way, we now have a
musical organization that we
certainly are proud of. It was
a forward step that had long
been sought after. It was just
another matter of going about
getting something we wanted,
| and doin it wisely and method-
| ically.
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| We still wanted a stadium back
{a couple of years ago, and we
County.
EDITORIAL VIEWS AND COMMENT
activities that are now part of
the community athletic set-ups
of our neighbors—Barnesboro,
Carrolltown, Spangler and Has-
tings—stadiums, with night
lights, and all that goes with
such projects.
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The idea of an up-to-date sta-
dium is by no means a new one
here. It has been a thought of
many of the townspeople for sev-
eral years. But Patton has had
so many other things of vital im-
portance to finance, and all the
good things can’t come at once.
Our swimming pool, for instance,
was one outstanding venture that
A few weeks ago, as you may
have noticed in the columns of
this paper, the Clearfield Bitum-
inous Coal Co., and the Pennsyl-
vania Coal and Coke Company,
donated to the town of Patton the
plot of ground that has been our
baseball and football grounds,
and our center for athletic activi-
ties. That brings forth a thought
on the part of most of our citi-
zens of “What Now?”
..
Perhaps it won't take a lot
ot guessing on the part of the
most of us to determine what
movement will follow. Patton-
ites have simply to note the
WINTER BRINGS freezing weather and
slippery roads. But there's no reason
to worry if you know your car will start
and stop quickly, even under adverse con-
ditions. Let us winterize it now so that it
really can “take” cold weather hazards.
For maximum winter driving enjoyment---
stop here today!
PATTON AUTO CO.
Buick-Chevrolet Sales & Service
Phone 2171 Patton, Pa.
still want a stadium now. How-
| ever, something bigger and more
{urgently needed was in the off-
| fing. An opporutunity presented
| itself to our citizens to do some-
[thing really big for the town, and
|e didn’t leave opportunity knock
| twice. The plant of the Phillips-
{Jones Shirt factory was the op-
portunity, and it presented the
greatest financing campaign ever
put before our citizens. The ease
in which that venture was hand-
|led now is history. But it set us
| back again—for a time-—visions
we may have had for the sta-
| dium.
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Patton still doesn’t have any
facilities to play night football
or night baseball. The other
towns about us do have. But
Patton has achieved some oth-
er things just as important—
and they had to come first.
Fact of the matter is, the oth-
er communities, and even all
of our section of the state are
viewing us with pretty deep
respect for what we have ac-
complished in the space of a
few short years.
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The town has had a present of
some land that can be thought
of only in one way and for one
purpose—athletics. We have no
way of telling you what will be
next in order. Patton has suffi-
cient aggressive, civic-minded cit-
izens to take care of the next an-
| gle. There's no question but that
|a stadium project is in the off-
| ing. Just how soon it will be here,
| we don’t know. But when the
| proposition does come before our
| people, there will be another re-
vival of the same spirit that cre-
ated so many other good things
in the past, and the project will
be a success. All who read this
|can be assured of that.
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Last Thursday the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co. representa-
tives, the representatives of the
State Highway Department, the
County Commissioners and of
Patton Borough met with rep-
resentatives of the Public Util-
ity Commission to inspect the
new bridge recently constructed
over the single track of the P.
R. R. on McIntyre Avenue, out
near Mertens Bakery. The in-
spection revealed that the rail-
road company which constructed
the span, did a good job, and
did the work in a remarkably
short period of time.
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But there's still another matter
about the bridge which isn’t set-
tled, and that is who is to pay
for it, or how much each of the
parties interested will be required
to pay for its construction, and
in this connection the Public Util-
ity Commission will hold a hear-
ing at the Ebensburg Courthouse
in a few weeks. The approximate
cost of the bridge is in the nei-
ghborhood of seven thousand dol-
lars. Up to this time, the Rail-
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road Company is said to have vol-
unteered half of the cost. What
allocation of cost will be made to
the balance of the interested par-
ties (and to the railroad com-
pany) remains a matter of con-
jecture. Anyway, we do have a
good bridge out on McIntyre ave-
nue.
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Week after next the deer-
slayers will take to the woods
and, like always, they'll go to
the hunting grounds in great
anticipation. Whether there will
be any great number of deer
bagged in northern Cambria is
questionable, Some reports are
that there is evidenec of the
animals being a bit more scarce
than usual. But that won't de-
ter the deer seeker one bit.
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Thanksgiving is just around the
corner, and, as usual, this news-
paper will again publish on Tues-
day of next week. To this end
may we ask the assistance of all
our readers and advertisers, by
requesting that they have their
copy in early, and particularly
do we suggest that our corres-
pondents prepare their copy early
Maybe Saturday of this week will
be a good time to finish the job.
Last week a number of our cor-
respondents’ letters reached us too
late for publication. Our paper
closes its forms regularly at
noon on Wednesdays of each
week. Next week it will be on
'| Tuesday.
St. Benedict
Card Party to Be Held
At Webb Home Tuesday
|
| Carrolitown
Phone Carrolltown 2682 or 4491
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hipps at- |
|tended the funeral of Mrs. Hipp's
cousin, Rev. George D. Barlock |
of Pittsburgh, who was buried
| Wednesday morning. Rev. Father
|Barlock who in 1913 was ordain-
{ed as the first American Slovak
| priest here, died Saturday in St.
| Francis Hospital, after a brief
| illness.
An interesting meeting of the
Confraternity was held Sunday
| afternoon. Father Hoy, editor of
[the Register was the guest
speaker.
The Young Ladies Sodality will
held a Bake Sale Wednesday,
Nov. 26.
John Grieff, of Washington, D.
C., was the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Gertrude Grieff over the
week end.
Don Bearer, who is employed at
Brookville, was home over
week end.
Leo Ager spent a few
here with his mother.
Mrs. Clem Hartzog of Houston,
Texas, who recently underwent an
operation, is recovering nicely.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Mohler on Sunday
were Billy Mohler, Jr., and Wil-
Jiam Joyce of Greensburg.
The following were among the
spectators at the football game
this past Sunday at Pitts-
burgh, between the Pittsburgh
Steelers and the New York
Giants: Mr. and Mrs. Gene La-
pena, Jimmy Dillon, Don Lacy,
Andy Chesni, John Burley, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Sharbaugh, Vir-
ginia Sharbaugh, Hugh Malloy,
Pat Eckenrode, Bernard Stevens
A card party at which cinch
and pinochle will be the features |
will be held at the Webb Home |
(Reade's Cabin) near St. Bene-|
dict, next, Tuesday evening, Nov. |
25, at eight o'clock, to which the |
general public is cordially invited. |
The party is sponsored by St.
Joseph's Mission Church at Hart's |
Sleeping Place, which serves |
Catholics of the St. Benedict)
community. Admission will be 50 |
cents. A lunch will be served.
Flan to attend.
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Name New Officers
One of the most largely attend-
ed meetings of the year was that |
held by the Ladies Aid Society |
of St. Benedict Presbyterian |
Church on November 12. The mee-
ting was at the Clyde Bradford |
home. i
The following officers
ected to serve from Jan.
to Jan. 1, 1949: .
Mrs. Mathilda Lang, President;
Mrs. Plummer Harvey, Vice Pres-|
ident; Mrs. Verne Ahlstrom, Sec- |
were el-
retary; and Mrs. Clyde Bradford, |
treasurer. |
It was announced that the De- |
cember meeting will be held at |
the Clair Caldwell home on Dec. |
17. This will be the Annual |
Christmas Party, when gifts are |
|
exchanged.
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Dean Locals
Mario Boito has purchased a
1925 “model T” Ford ... . caus-
ing much excitement among the
younger set.
Mr. Timothy O'Leary was ad- |
mitted to the Altoona Mercy Hos- |
pital on Nov. 11 and was opera-|
ted on for appendicitis the |
following morning. Mr. O'Leary
was discharged from the hospital
on Nov. 14 and at this writing is
in fair condition.
Miss Angeline Spiller, who is
employed at the Torrence State
Hospital, is taking an extended
course in psychiatric nursing at|
West Psychiatric Hospital, Pitts-
burgh.
Mrs. Thomas Coulter spent last
Thursday visiting Mrs. Mabel |
Coulter at the home of Miss
Jessie Stevens of Van Ormer. |
Mr. Joseph Bergamaschi and
daughter, Frances, spent several
evenings in Cresson this past
week.
Miss Frances Bergamaschi suf-
fered from a slight attack of
pluersy over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs.
gave a shower for their son,
James, and his bride, the former
Betty Hollern of Ashville,
their home on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Leslie Regretti
suffering from a very severe cold.
Mr. Anthony
caller at the
Reghetti home
| son,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Philip, were Sunday callers
1, 1948, !
i St
TT EO PEK
John Campbell | 3
at }¥
has been |§
and William Budicky.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Truscott of
South Fork were callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Thomas on Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weakland
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lacy of
Ebensburg were in Blairsville on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Westrick
and daughter, Maurita, were in
Johnstown on Friday.
Mr. Spontak and Miss Georgie
Rose Lacy of Monongahela City
were guests of Miss Lacy’s grand-
mother, Mrs. Ella Harrigan, and
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Presbyterian Ladies Here | her aunts, Misses Marie and Cath- | G—Joseph Recupero, Indiana.
erine Lacy over the week end.
Mrs. Matilda Fitzpatrick and
son, Joe; Miss Matgaret Stevens, |
of Hollidaysburg, were recent ca
ers at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Edward Stevens.
Arthur Harrigan
grandmother, Mrs.
over the week end.
Miss Mattie Bender entered the
Francis Hospital in
burgh, this week, where she wiil
be under observation.
Mr. and Mrs. Schendel of Pitts-
burgh were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Bender on Sunday.
Miss Mattie Bender returned with
them.
Miss Patty Bender, student at
Lock Haven Teacher College spent
the week end at her home.
Mrs. Alfred Lieb and daughter,
Linda, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Owens Jr. and daughter, Carol,
spent the week end in Lewis-
town.
The following attended the 81st
Annual National Convention of
the Grangers held at Columbus,
O., last week: Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Mohler, Mrs. George Lei-
den, St. Lawrence; Mrs. Phil
visited his
Strittmatter, and Mr. Elmer Ron- |
ald, Ebensburg. Mrs. Francis
Strittmatter and daughter, Hilda, |
and Bob Burley, Bradley Junction. |
There were 3,009 members from |
the
days
Ella Harrigan |
Pitts- |
Thursday, November 20, 1947
A cinch party will be sponsored
in St. Nicholas Hall by the Ladies
Aid Society on Nov. 23. All are
welcome.
Rev. Kevan Lynskey, O. 8S. B,
was a caller in Pittsburgh on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lieb and
family and Mary Kay Knuff were
callers in Latrobe on Sunday.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish, in this manner, to
thank all those who assisted us
in any way during our recent
bereavement, the death of our
son, father, and brother, Henry
Urbain; also for the floral of-
ferings and for the use of auto-
mobiles.
MRS. JULIA URBAIN & Fam
JOANNE URBAIN
ily
Hasson & Hasson
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
EBENSBURG, PA.
Announce the Opening
of Offices in
PATTON
at 702 Fifth Avenue
on Friday Evenings
7TP.M to 9 P. M. or by
Appointment
Telephone Ebensburg 68
Pennsylvania who attended. The 7th Barnesboro; Staruch, Ebensburg;
being the highest degree of the|Nanty Glo; Pupo, Cresson; Madie,
Grange. | Gallitzin.
Mrs. Francis Strittmatter and —————————
| daughter, Hilda, and Bob Burley, Nicktown
Mrs. Julian Burley spent a cou- | By ROSE MARIE HUBER
ple of days in Johnstown this | er
week visiting Mr. and Mrs, Clair |
Hennessey and Mr. and Mrs, Ollie|dent at the Altoona School of
Burley. Commerce, spent the week end at
Betty Burley of Johnstown vis- the home of her sister, Mrs. Dar-
ited at her home here Tuesday |rel Krug.
een ————— town was a visitor here on Sune
14 High Schools |:
iq C 00 S Miss Winifred Lieb, a student
nurse at the Mercy Hospital in
Are Repr esented the home of her parents, Mr. and
| Mrs. George Lieb.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kirsch
On All-Star Squad | and family were visitors in Car-
ig rolltown on Sunday.
Litzinger of Patton Only | Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pfiester
| A total of 14 district high Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis of
| schools, including Patton, are rep- Bethlehem, and Mr. and Mrs. A.
| resented on” the 1947 All-Star|J. Davis of New Jersey, spent
| ) p
| several days among relatives here.
| The boys were picked by the|
| coaches of the area high schools | dau hter, Margi n . ;
and were treated at a banquet in| Clymer on in Bg callers in
Johnstown Monday evening. | Mrs. Bill Knuff and son, Billy,
on the squad is Ralph Litzinger, | parents. M :
a PHS back, while the other men | have gone Be rs hey visit
on the first two strings all are relatives there } 2 1
| from Southern Cambria or other :
| the county had quite a number of | 7
| boys picked in the honorable men- | ¢
| tion column. |
| Coaches’ All-Scholastic |
E—Herbert Thompson, Cone- |
| maugh. |
| T—Frank Kush, Windber.
| T—Paul Gitto, Johnstown.
| G—Leo McGuirk, Ferndale. |
| C—Theodore Carrico, Conemaugh |
| Township.
degree was conferred on all. This | Banfer, Ebensburg; Gongloff,
visited in Akron, O. {
Miss Louise Neibauer, a stu-
evening. Merle Kirsch, Jr, of Carroll-
| Altoona, spent the week end at
lof Altoona were visitors among
One from North County {relatives here on Sunday. :
| Johnstown Tribune grid squad.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith and
North Cambria’s representative !of Detroit, who are visiting her
counties. However, this part of |)
| E—George Svitchen, Johnstown.
| 4
| G—Eugene Hocker, Bedford. 1
| B—Paul Yewcic, Conemaugh. {
| B—Joseph Popp, Franklin. {
B—John Hipp, Westmont. |
| B—Edward Stahura, Indiana.
| Coaches’ Alternate Team |
| E—Jay Grumbling, Blairsville. ]
{ E—Richard Matey, Richland ;
Township. i
| T—John Brkovich, Franklin. |
| T—Jack Berry, Southmont.
| G—Carl Lugar, Franklin. i
| B—Anthony Constantino, Blairs- |
ville. |
C—James Freeberg, Adams Town- |
| ship. i
B—Ralph Litzinger, Patton.
| B—Andrew Kozar, Adams Town-
ship.
| B—Richard Stuver, Johnstown.
| Honorable Mention
| All-Star Honorable
| from this section:
Ends—Farrell, Patton; Bosco,
Kreval, Heilwood; Lapso, Barnes-
boro; Hunter, Carrolltown; Don-
ahue, Patton; Wilk, Cresson.
Tackles—Abel, Hastings; Ube-
gas, Lilly; Toranto, Spangler;
Sponsky, Carrolltown; Makosy,
Ebensburg; Kowardy, Spangler;
Giddes, Lilly; Tibbott, Ebensburg;
DeStefano, Gallitzin; Roberts, Eb-
ensburg.
Guards—Johnson, + Nanty Glo;
Moyer, Patton; Buzzella, Gallit-
zin; Kazarek, Patton; Weakland,
Hastings; Taranto, Spangler;
Baron Cherry Tree; McKernan,
Ebensh:i~z: Ertter, Carrolltown.
Cente s— Sw: cney, Lilly; Perry,
Gallitz' ~; St-tel:y, Hastings; Sta-
Building Requires
Careful Planning
Mention |
Before you build, naturally you consult a
specialist about your building plans. You
need a specialist, too, for helping you plan
the financing of yourehome, so it may be
geared to your individual situation. That is
what we offer you in our home loan depart-
ment. We invite you to discuss your home
owning plans with us.
First National Bank
vish, I'“rne:l>o:9.
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ria, ‘itzi.:; Tremel, Lilly;
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rolltown; Kostura, Hastings; | §
Carpenello, Hastings; Zeanchock, |¢
at Patton, Pa.
Wot re
Your home will take on
lamp.
Ribaric Jr. was a 3
on
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Paul Balzano and |
|at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. |§
Howard Swires, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur and Fortunato
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Matish
and son, Joseph Jr. were callers
at the home of Mr.
Elmer Briggs.
Mrs. Leslie Reghetti and sons,
Domenic and Ronald,
cella and James Funicelli
callers in Patton last Wednesday. |
Funicelli. | «
and Mrs. |}
and Mar- |{
were | &
Mr. Anthony DeFlaviano of Al- |.
toona was a caller at the Swires|
home on Friday. i
Mr. Robert Rentz was a caller |
at the Bergamaschi home Wed-
nesday afternoon. |
Mrs. Leslie Reghetti and sons, |
Ronald and Domenic and James |
and Arnold were Saturday callers |
in Coalport.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Bernazolli |
and son, Ernest, of Coupon were
callers at the Candido Rossa
home on Sunday. |
Mr. Bernard McClucas, employ- |
ed at the Altoona Shops, has
been changed from the night shift |
to the day shift.
Mr. James Berringer and bro-
You'll brighten the beauty of Christmas if your
gift is a charming, graceful lamp. Select from
hand-painted boudoir lamps with pastel blues
and matching shades; tall, slender floor lamps
with fluted shafts topped with
china and glass lamps exquisitely decorative.
thers from Altoona have nearly |§
completed a cabin near Dean.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnston |
were callers recently at the home |
of their son, Albert, and family,
at Blandburg. |
Mr. Joseph Johnston and fam-
ily have moved into their newly- |}
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| constructed home.
Mrs. David Krise was seriously
ill recently but now is fully re-
covered.
Mrs. Peter Vatkis of Cleveland,
2. Mrs. Albert Snyder of Euclid,
Miss Marcine Williams of West
and Mr. Harold Campbell and 4
Decatur, Pa., are spending a few |
weeks’ vacation
Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell
of Tippletown.
Mrs. Albert Snyder returned to :
.| her home in Euclid after a visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. |
William Campbell.
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at the home of |§
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this Christmas. See the
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mirrors and the decorative
pictures at Wolf's. Add to
her Christmas list now!
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This Christmas...
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The high school boy or girl needs
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You can choose from many mod-
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silk shades; and
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