, 1048 Miller r front- Patton, e Lilly ' $7,000 Ebens- oretto, al loop k. The one a s their le Lor- Northern Cambria’s Best and Largest Weekly UNION PRESS-COURIER Recognized Medium of Union Labor Interests VOL. 55. NO. 39. Patton Boro Adds | Another Tract to Its Growing Area New Section Known As | Hoppel Development | A tract of land lying just to] the south of Patton Borough has | been annexed by the borough au- | thorities. An ordinance effecting | the annexation was published in the Union Press-Courier last week and was filed on Monday in the office of Clerk of Courts Joseph | C. Wess at Ebenshurg. | The tract is irregular in shape | and measures approximately 714 | feet, 300 feet, 2,675. feet and 1,-| 812 feet on the respective four boundaries. The area, known as | the Hoppel tract, had been a | part of East Carroll Twp. En- | trance to the street will be at | the Frank Callahan property, and | turn at a left angle after skirt- | ing the Callahan property. The annexation was made at the re- quest of property owners in the district. It is understood it is to be a new real estate development and that at least 14 or more dwellings will be constructed. One building already is under roof— | that of Clair Sherry. { Patton alsc annexed a tract of | land lying to the west of the bor- ough a few months ago. The pur- pose in the latter instance was so that the children in the area could attend Patton schools. Colver Hero to Be | | Honored by College W. Garfield Thomas Jr. Was Penn State Grad New posthumous honors will be bestowed upon Lt. W. Garfield Thomas of Colver who lost his life during the battle of the Solomons during World War II. Pennsylvania State College plans to name its new water tun- nel, being erected for the Ord- | nance Research Laboratory, in| memory of the heroic Naval offi- | cer. Lt. Thomas was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Garfield Thomas of Colver. His father is deputy sec- retary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Mines. The lieutenant was killed while serving on the cruiser, Boise, in Gct.,, 1942. Thomas was found dead at his post in a flame-swept gun turret after ordering his men | to flee for safety. Several times since then the officer has been decorated post- humously or cited for bravery. He was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism. A V. F. W. Post in the Ebens- burg, Colver and Revloc area and a Boy Scout patrol have been na- med in his honor. Lt. Thomas was one of the first alumni of Penn State to lose his life in the last war. He was gra- duated from the school in 1938. Patton Doctor Will Wed Trenton Nurse Miss Betty D. Sparling, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sparling, of Trenton, N. J., will become the bride of Dr. Edward B. McGovern, Patton, at 9 a. m,, | July 22, in St. Patrick’s Catholic | Church, Spangler. Rev. Father | Joseph Kreiter will perform the | double ring ceremony. | The bride elect, a graduate of | Medical Center School of Nurs- | ing and State Teachers’ College, | Jersey City, N. J., took post grad- | uate work at Rutgers University. | She is Director of Nurses at Min- | ers Hospital, Spangler. Dr. McGovern, a veteran of the | recent World War, served as a | medical officer in the ETO. He is | a graduate of St. Vincent's Coll- | lege, Latrobe, and Hahnemann | Medical School, Philadelphia. He | is a member of the Miners Hos- | pital staff, and has his office in Patton, where the couple will re- side. A wedding breakfast will be served in Wissinger’s Inn, Ebens- burg. 2 Mining Conventions Will Attract Area Men Two conventions which will draw many delegates from the Cambria Co. coal region have been scheduled for the fall. The United Mine Workers of America will hold its fortieth consecutive meeting Oct. 5 to 13 in Music Hall, Cincinnatti. Under the union constitution, all creden- tials must be forwarded to the international secretary-treastirer by Sept. 20. “EE 9 Single Copy bc CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS EASY VICTORY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN WITH OPPOSITION becoming neligible to his nomination to become the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party for the Presidency of the United States, the Convention now in prog- ress in Philadelphia will, on Wednesday evening of this week, select him on the first ballot. Then Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, whom Presidnet Truman accepted on Tuesday morning as his Vice-Presidential running mate, likewise will be given convention approval. In all liklihood the selection of Sen. Barkley will go a long way in healing the present antag- onism President Truman had engendered in the Southern States because of his stand on civil rights some time ago. There are some labor and civil rights provisions in the party platform the Southerners do not like, but they will swallow them after token resistance. St. Francis College Prepares For Peak Enrollment in Fall Oral Tests for Mine| Will Attend Semester A new. test session has been |! opens in September. Anticipate 900 Students Enrollment at St. Francis Col- . . Applicants Tonight eee Eorsin bs prpeeid fo at PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA, Area Red Cross Mr. Clair Gill of Patton has been elected chairman of the Clearfield Branch of the Cambria County American Red Cross | Chapter. The announcement was made last night following a meeting at the headquarters in Patton. Mr. Gill succeeds T. J. Rivley, who retired because of ill- ness a few months ago. | Mr. Gill is active in borough | and civic organizations. He is a | member of the American Legion, | Kiwanis and Patton Bor. Council. | He served as fund campaign | chairman for the branch this| year. The new chairman is as-| sociated with Cowher, Nehrig & | Company, Patton. | American Legion | Picnic Next Sunday At Patton Park Swim Demonstration | Will Be One Feature | | Basket Picnic, Entertainment, | Sports, Band Concert to Feature | The American Legion and Wal- | ter McCoy Home Association will | hold a Basket Picnic on Sunday, | July 18, at the Patton Recreation | 11:00 a. m. and will continue throughout the day. doing everything possible to make the program an enjoyable one for the large crowd which is expected to be present. Among the many features are the Red Cross Life Guards of Johnstown, known as the ‘Aqua Hi-Liters,” who will present an interesting water show at the pool at 2:30. They will illustrate the nine basic strokes for swimming, a demonstration of rescues, ele- water ballets, “A Kiss In The be followed by ‘Rhumba Fan- tasy.” The Aqua Hi-Liters will conclude their program with a water polo game. Those who will participate in the Aqua Hi-Lite Show are as follows: Robert Orosco, John James, Roy Bald- win, Joe Baron, Paul Pfuhl, Em- ory Orosco, James Overdorff, Dick Hilbocky, Lawrence Ora- vetz, Margaret Grove, Mary E. Yingling, Shirley Risher, Viola Allesandro, Shirley Mobley, Ag- nes Uroso. Other events include a mush- ball game between the Veterans of World War I and II, and ath- letic events for the “youngsters.” Music for the occasion will be furnished by ‘the Patton High This is an increase of more than | School Band. The band will ren- Sepeguled for miners i the 10m, per cent over last year’s peak | der selections throughout the af- and 15th Bituminous Districts. bosses and electrians will be giv- en oral examinations at 6:30 p. m. Thursday at 507 East High St., Ebensburg. Screening will be restricted to those passing written state mine |day students. tests given June 3 and 4 in Span- gler High School. Dennis J. Keenan, inspector for the 15th district, will be = charge. | Miners’ Pay Rising For Past 10 Years Biggest UMW Victory Is New Welfare Fund degrees. pay goes “higher and higher and | housed higher.” | Ebensburg, Loretto and Cresson. And forever tagging along as | on the black fuel. work week has helped greatly to |fall. fatten the pey envelope, the prin- ued winning of wage demands. Back in 1939 the average coal|,regented by students at the coll: miner was working 27.1 hours a ege next fall. A number of pupils reside in New England and Mid- week and getting paid $23.88 for | that time. 4 western states. In March, 1948, the average Whilz= college officials are get- | Weekly wage had grown fo $7481 fine the school ready for the op- with the work week increased to | 2 WW i | ening of the fall term, 300 persons 01 ns Ren miners Tolurned [ are attending summer sessions at ° : y | the college. Several social events ive- : i have been arranged. They include means a five-dollar bill tacked ona mg a pl ceived $1 a day more, which also to each full week. | RE : ; While the pay hikes were wel. lhe, iranitional og faa in comed warmly, district miners |P0Yl€ He BL, hail as the biggest victory in the _~ past decade the health and wel- fare fund. This carries the guar- antee of $100 a month pensions $3,710 in Property ea: > Damage Caused Thousands of district miners are not able to gain full benefit from the top industrial wages | By Area Wood Fires The National Coal Assn. has|they have won. Railroad car shor- planned its 1948 convention for |tages are keeping the mines Loss during the spring fire sea- Oct. 4, 5 and 6, in the Waldorf-|down to a three to four day |g, in the Gallitzin Forest Dis- Astoria Hotel, in New York. Barnesboro Skater Takes Second Place Award Margaret Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steele of Barnesboro, week. In many cases miners get | trict was slight in comparison only two days a week. | Bruno Contorchick Hurt steele, daughter of | At Sterling 6, Bakerton | | with last year. This was shown |in a report released the other day [ by Forester Charles E. Zerby. The | spring season ended June 1. A total of 43 forest and grass Bruno Contorchick of Baker-|fires were reported during the teamed up With L¢,h received severe burns of the |past season in the district, com- Charles Irwin of New Jersey to | face and head a few minutes be- | prised of Cambria and Indiana take second place in the Senior | espe quitting time last Friday at|Counties and portions of Blair dance division of the United tering No. 6 Mine, Bakerton. and Clearfield counties. Damage | States Amateur roller skating |p. as operating a coal cutting |of $3,710 was caused when 754 | championship. The events were machine when a cable exploded |acres were burned over by the held in the National Arena at near his face. He was treated by fires. The cost of extinguishing Washington, D. C., early this| pr AW. Fees after having been the fires was placed at $1,208. month. winners of the world champion- Tdi 4 Word: team given first-aid treatment at the | The ' Ludwig ap ar *{ mune. | fires with 2,511 acres being burn- | | Barnesboro Edges Out The 1947 spring season had 74 ed and a total loss of $18,513. The ship last year in the senior di- : way. ; : on, beat out Mi ssSteele and New Portage Plant Will | fall season ending in December her partner by 2.2 points. Last Give 400 Employment year’s national winners ended in third place. Trout Clan Will Meet | wardens with damage of $45,782 About half of the enrollment will be day students from Cam- bria County towns who are at- tending the Loretto school while they live at their homes. Saint Francis is the only college in the | county which offers a four year course and grants baccalaureate | Housing is a problem at the | “College Among the Pines” as it |is everywhere. Only about 200 of the students can be accommoda- [ted on the campus. Fraternity {houses take care of another 120 | students. The remainder of the Just like the Swiss yodel in a | boarders must have off-campus current song hit, the coal miner's |living arrangements. They are in private dwellings in An off-campus eating arrange- echo in the Alps is a steeper price | ment also was started last year | for students living in Ebensburg. Miners in a ten-year period have | It was sponsored by the Knights enjoyed a weekly wage boost of |of Columbus and Mrs. Mary Ad- more than $50. While a steadier | gms. It will be used again next i Applications received indicate cipal factor has been the contin- that all parts of the nation and four foreign countries will be re- |was a busy time for the District | i iti : enrollment of 730. Rev. Father | ternoon. Candidates for positions as fire Francis Flannagan TOR, college registrar, said that applications still are being accepted from boar- ders who consent to an off-cam- pus living arrangement and from Free Coffee will be served on the grounds and those attending are requested to bring their own cups, milk, and sugar. Rain date for the event has been set for Sunday, July 25. Union Protestant Daily Vacation School Sessions A Union Daily Vacation Bible School is being held at St. Bene- dict from July 12 to 23rd, inclus- ive. The School will be heid in the Presbyterian Cnurch from July 19 to 23. Rev. Warren Swank has been named Dean of the School. He will be assisted by Rev. Plummer Harvey. Miss Cherie Stickler will act as School treas- urer and Miss Shirley Malloy will be the School secretary. The teachers are as follows: Mrs. Matilda Lang and Mrs. Thomas Stafford, in charge of the Beginners. Mrs. Kathleen Carroll in charge of the Primary Dept. Miss Ann Symons will be in charge of the Juniors and Inter- mediates. She will be assisted by Mr. James Stratton and Mr. Joseph Symmons. Misses Vivian Symons, Shirley Bradford, Phyllis Ahlstrom, Cherie Stickler, Shirley Malloy and Marjorie Stoltz will help with music and recreation. Closing exercises will probably be held on Sunday evening, July The School will be in session | each evening from Monday thru | Friday, from 6:30 o'clock to 8:30. | | Jerome Dietrick on State |Camp Political Slate Jerome Dietrick of Patton is on the Conservatives “slate” for Audi- | tor General in a contest with the | “Progressives” for mock offices {at the American Legion's Key- | stone Camp at Indiantown Gap this week. The 300 boys from various parts of the state encamped at town Gap Military Reser- | vation chose candidates for gov- | ernor, lieutenant governor, secre- | tary of internal affairs, treasurer | and auditor general. | i | Sportsmen to Plan for Picnic at Meet Thursday | Plans for the annual picnic of | the Cambria Co. Sportsmen’s As- sociation will be outlined at a meeting of that group at 8 p. m. Thursday of this week in the Ebensburg Courthouse. The af- | fair will be held in August at | the Ebensburg Fairgrounds. Patton Junior Team Barnesboro edged out Patton, A new garment factory in Por- reported in 66 fires scorching |4 to 2, on two hits in a recent tage will employ approximately more than 3,300 acres. 400 women within the next year. | The Puritan Foundation Co. plans |was given as one reason for t Plenty of rainfall this spring e The annual reunion of the Trout |to utilize the Rudolph building at |small number of fires. Mr. Zer- clan will be held July 25 at the |that place, and promotional work |by said $12,670 was spent dur- home of Norman Trout, Barnes-|in obtaining the factory has been |ing the spring and fall season boro R. D. 2, in the form of a in progress by Portage business last year in extinguishing 140 basket picnic. men for some time. fires. | Cambria County Junior Legion | League tussle at Patton. The winners coupled five walks and three errors with their pair of triples to notch the win. Nanty- Glo stands in first place in the League standing, with Patton, second and Barnesboro third. Park. The program will begin at | The Committee in charge is| Editor Is Vacationing | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. ov Position As County Engineer mentary forms of rescue, diving, | synchronized swimming and two | Dark” and Remember.” This will | THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1948 Twelve Pages — 96 Columns 1 Clair Gill Will Head North Cambria Flood Control Problems To Be Aired at Meeting Here July 23 | panying the letter sent to local | officials is a statement by Mr. | E. V. Allison, Sr. of Renovo, Pa., {the executive secretary of the Flood Control Group. Election of Director To Feature Gathering £1 ati 3 ar . > p al 3 3 p ! Without question there are a | Op Con 1 a tod Board of Commissioners, of which rde citizens : scores | Mr. Allision has consented to : [ hundrdeds of citizens and scores come to Patton “Witch has been Mr. Owens has been designated. p g taownshi ficial | id ’ ih 2 : p of borough and township officials | ge1eeted as the meeting place pbe- | The election of a director will be Susquehanna Group Secretary to Speak | J. = Sp "in y y 3 1 3 f {in Northern Cambria County, who | cause it is the most centrally lo-|a function of the meeting on July are vitally interest in some con- | cated town in the trouble area, |23rd. crete movement on the part of | and explain what our citizens are The stage is now set in the af- | the federal government, for flood | required to do. The Army engi- | fairs of the System group where control measures. This was an|neers are working on the survey | there is every indication that the uppermost thought a few years|in this section, and they have re- | next Congress will be impelled to ago when most every point of the quested the Flood Control 8roup | finance this much-needed project. | headwater streams of the Susque- | to furnish some very pertinent in- | But this can’t be done until we hanna River system, in this area | formation on valuations that| pave co-operated with the giving ran wild and caused hundreds of | would accrue to lands and prop-| of certain specific information, thousands of dollars in damage. |erty in our affected areas. Mr. Al- | that can be collected only if re- The Cambria County Commis- |lison especially calls to the at- | presentatives from all sections af- sioners, along with most all the | tention of our residents that in|fected come to the meeting. It is other Commissioners’ bodies in |@ Statement of the War Dept. En- | of vital importance that all who | the Susquehanna system counties, | 8ineers, their recommendation for read this story, and have a vital are co-ordinating their efforts | flood control will consist of a well| interest do come. Notices were with the Susquehanna River Sys-| intergrated system comprising mailed to the supervisors of each tem Flood Control Assn. Inc. to|flood control reservoirs, channel | township in the area, to burgesses add concerted action for obtaining | rectification works and local pro-| ang to borough secretaries, as federal aid all along the line. In tection features. These latter two | well as some of the folks who this connection, a meeting of all | should be of particular interest In| have been interested in the past. | interested officials and citizens | our Northern Cambria County | The County Commissioners are re- | f the North County area has|éarea. {lying on all these people to pass | been called for the evening of | Cambria county now is a dues-|the word around. By a good at- Friday, July, 23, at 8 o'clock, paying member in the Association | tendance, and the message that | daylight time, in the Patton Fire | —the first year that has been the | Mr. Allison will have for you, the | Hall. The call was issued by Co.|case. The set-up provides that|first cog in actual achievement Commissioner Thomas A. Owens, | each county have an elected Di- | can be built. the Commissioners’ representative | rector Representative to the Sys-| Make it a point to attend the cn the Assn. board, and also now | tem Association, with the second | meeting on Friday evening, July | a director in the group. Accom- | Representative being one of the|23 in the Patton Fire Hall. | Press-Courier News ‘Chest Springs Man Assumes | | ens, Jr., daughter, Carol, and son, | | Eddie, of Carrolltown, and Mr. | land Mrs. John Short, Jr. daugh- | |ter, Judy, and son, Johnnie, of | | Lewistown, are spending this | | week on a vacation period up at ; | | Erie, Pa., where they have leas-| Joseph A. Graft, of Chest] led a cabin on the Lake. Mr. Ow- | Springs has been placed on the | lens is managing editor of the |Cambria Co. payroll as county en- | Union Press-Courier and our chief | gineer. iis apbelmment was ap- | lin e operator, as well. We |proved by county commissioners | a A re iy ae isn’t too bad, with- |at a meeting last Friday after-| on. ‘Thursiay an] Friday of |out its guiding spirit this week. |noon. | this week are now on sale at In addition to serving as engi-| Milton’s Jewerly Store, Pat- | neer, Mr. Graft will be employed | | ° ° Lewis and Caplive = = cox in the office of the| program on Friday wil be | commissioners. The salary board | Joseph A. Graft Also |— . . Serves As Co. Surveyor | Tickets Still Available | For White Horse Show Tickets for the White Horse Show to be presented at the Point Stadium in Johnstown ton. Featured in the charity | | fixed his salary at $365 per] the Patton High School Band, 3 joe . 5 : .s| which nas peen practicing in | month. The appointment becomes | * I sticing in Mine Operators | effective on Friday of this weel, | real earnest for this event. { July 16. Purchasing of tickets here Reach A reement The position of county engineer | will eliminate the necessity of | has been vacant since last March | standing in ticket lines. | n hen the resignation of H. Frank | | Federal Judge T. Alan Golds- | %W ! 5 TI borough brought about a peaceful | OTT ws accepted: Mr. Bor WiLL ee jf 0f so Settiement o0 Jee on the commissioners’ office «+ Kiwanians Picnic day of a weeklong strike in the |" had b in 1} heal-| | “captive” coal mines of the steel | 16 years. He had been . | industry. th and unable to work for Some At P tt P k | Agreement on a contract was|time prior to his Yemgny fon | d on ar worked out in Godsborough's | Maurice A. Springer has replace chambers between the striking Mr. Dorr as chief clerk. : Members of United Mine Workers and repre-| Mr. Graft also holds the ge omens, : sentatives of the management of [tion of county surveyor, which Northern Cambria Clubs held a the captive mines, whose produc- |carries no salary. He was elected | picnic at the Patton Recreation tion all goes to fuel the Nation's |on the Democratic ticket in the | Park on Wednesday, July 14th. steel furnaces. general election last November. [ Wives and families of the mem- The contract quickly was sig-| Mr. Graft has resided in Can-{ Bary Were so Dresent. ig Jom ned and the 40,000 employees of |bria County since 1913 when he Te es Le i oe Tor the ‘“‘captive” mines were Raieod frre to this county as a mining ot n ambria Club who act- {to go back to work. | engineer for the Pennsylvania £0 on he Committee for arrange- hich Judge Golds- | Coal and Coke Co. He has taken . : : $ as Jeibed n Tene the | an active part in Democratic pol- eas Yeglyar dinner meeting was strike in the captive mines was |itics for a number of years. Ee oe Somineray Hote as follows: With the sxoeption | The new engineer has had forty Bob Caldwell DN es appointed of the union shop provision, the | years’ exeprience in that profes- a special oAmittes consisting or steel companies were willing to|sion. He is a graduate of Ohio Harry Nehrig Or. Poa rem meet all terms of the July 1 Northern University, where he re- Rev Puttinie Harvey to Serve contract, including a $1-a-day pay | ceived his engineering degree in Nin hirnsdle TH cotati b to increase, and a 20-cent royalty on | 1915, and is registered in this dure ite the water of the each ton ov coal to go into the |gtate as a professional engineer. proposed Memorial to be erected miners’ welfare and retirement For the past sixteen years Mr. on ho hew Highway bowesn fund. The companies together pro- | Graft has been a justice of the CHO wil Re a duce $0,400 960 gone suhually, 3 lvence in Chest Springs. \ hoped that work on this project out one-tenth © E 5 Leadh can be started immediately. put. | 1 eadin It was reported that sale of Goldsborough persuaded the John Simpson g tickets for the benefit play, “The union and managément represen | Jy Local Bicycle Contest tatives to stipulate at ey | : d | evening of July 27th, is progress- . i ~| The bicycle contest sponsored ¢ ng y 4 , yould put ji sect (he Sule ut fue Fregly & Bianco got off to Ing Safisistondy wo thos ‘ ion shop ie Ee endlly final | a grand start last week and re- | The picnic will take the place o of the nqusiry, pehuing |turns to date show John Simp-|the regular dinner meeting this court doceision: - [son in the lead. Runners-up are:|week. Port Mi Kill d | Bernard Hoover, Albert Sunes | = : = orgage hiner € Bonnie Agypt, John George a: C h ° I 1 ffi Gene Del- | | kett, Raymond DeDea, am Iida S I'd iC When Struck by Gear | pierre, Carol Mae Brown, Virgi- Struck by a flying gear wheel, | nia Clark, Kenneth Kirk and Ger- | ° Andrew Salovich, 34-year-old Por { ald Strasser. Dead IS ear tage coal miner, was injured fa-| The contest which opened on | tally last Thursday morning at|jyly 6, will close on October 2.| 1 Killed, 17 Injured During June Alone the Johnstown Coal and Coke Co., |The winner will receive a 1948 | Portage. He died in a Johnstown |model Super DeLuxe Monark Sil-| One person was killed and 17 hospital. | ver King bicycle. Many other va- | Salovich was working on a con- | luable prizes also will be award- veyor crew at the time of the ac- ed. : | were injured in traffic accidents cident. Mine officials said a pin Leaders will be published daily |,n cambria County highways last on a cutting machine Worksg iin the Fregly and Bianco display | onth. The number of fatalities loose and the wheel flew off. The | window. {to date this year is eight, the heavy cast-iron wheel flew sever- | -—————— | same as the number who died as al feet through the air and struck | PLAN DANCE JULY 16 _|the result of highway accidents Salovich on the head. . | A round and square dance will|in the first six months of 1947. ET | bg Shonsared 2 we Patton Post A report released the Oihar id olic ar Veters ; \ ice i ; is- To Ask Roof Bids I re aa] Sale Polis 1a Ener Hastings Borough School B0aX (church Hall on Friday evening, | slightly lower than the figures on Monday night agreed to place | yyy 16, according to plans made | for the corresponding month of a new roof on the Schoo} BUI. | gf a meeting of the group held | ja5t year. The totals in the first ing. The secretary was authorized | jast Thursday. as 3 Te aboot to advertise for bids on is pro | Music will be furnished by que | 2% mona, how ) a ject. It is hoped the work will be Diamond Brothers. Dancing will |" my oro were 20 accidents in the completed ing opening 0 [be from 9 to 12. The public S|, 0nth of June, making a total soncol in Septsmber. invited of 157 for the year to date. In June, 1947, there were 32 for a Barnesboro R. D. Man Killed |: mom, to 2,258 mir; |month’s crashes and property By Rock Fall at Springfield 4 #5 iii sai | $78,800 to date as compared with |cars were going down a grade |$68,926 fo rthe January-to-June Carrolltowner Escapes [when the lead car hit a prop. [period in 1947. | Thirteen of last month's acci- i 1 |The prop, in turn, knocked out Death by Taking Drink [the king bar, or main roof sup-|dents happened during the day Ronald A. Justham, 44-year-old |Port, causing the section of roof and seven occurred after dark. Arneshborc. 'miner. ras | to fall. | Seven were caused by excessive Barnesboro R. . miner, was : | A ed 4 killed instantly about 12:45 a. m.| Death was probably instantan- |speed, eight by driving on the left » a fe rack s ring- | man was not pronounced dead|a careless ee fall of hy a ng until the body was brought to |crashes were classified as mis- The Barnesboro man was hit he Surface about 1:30 3, a _ | cellaneous. on a back by a huge section Sting sham Was hom on July . . Jo0K, 30 rs ong: LL fest wide | rames ‘and Minnie (Ramsey) | Sister Antoinette and four fee ck, yas | . ee RrREs es 5a . . . walking through a heading. 3 justham, Ha as mutied to the | Expires in Louisana buddy, Gerald Farabaugh of Car- | Surviving are his widow, his | rolitown, missed the same fate p,ther and seven brothers and |Susan Mary Sutton, of Chest by stopping to get a drink just|ono sister as follows: Harry, | Springs, died June 28 in the con- before the rock fell. The two marentum; Simon, William, Al |vent of the Little Sisters of the men had been walking together |pept, Joseph and Mrs. James Bar- | Poor, at New Orleans, La. Inter- prior to that time. ton, all of Akron, O.; James, Con- | ment was made in New Orleans. Coroner Joseph Govekar and|emaugh, and Robert, Barnesboro.| Sister Antoinette was born on State Mine Inspector Dennis J. Funeral services were held at |May 25, 1881, in Chest Springs, a Keenan said they learned that | 1 p. m. Friday in the Garman- [daughter of James and Cornelia the rock fall occurred when | iow Church by Rev. Paul F. | (Donoughe) Sutton, both now de- main ceiling support was knock- | Y | Smalley. Burial was in the Crown |ceased. She entered the convent ed loose by a mine car. Four Chest Memorial Park, Clearfield. May 25, 1905. Kiwanis from Barnesboro and Corn is Green” to be given on the | Thursday when he was crushed |€ous, said Govekar, although the |side of the center line and one by | ; pedestrian. Four | | Sister Antoinette, the former | SUBSCRIPTION £23 Fer Year dn Samogia, oo, North Cambria Tax On Coal Mined Has Court Tests Ahead Three Claims Entered Against Recent Levies Opposition to Cambria Co.'s several coal taxes kept rolling along like a snowball this week. Three new claims were made in the county court on Monday— all of them opposing the taxes on coal. There was considerable over- lapping of complaints in one way or another. One school dis- trict which recently adopted a tax found itself challenged both in civil court and in the court of | quarter sessions. The names of several coal companies began to appear on more than one appeal. The complaints, generally, are the same. It is charged that the coal tax is unconstitutional, that it is discriminatory and that it is excessive. Various other rea- for asking the court to declare the coal tax invalid have been cited in individual instances. Am- |ong these are the allegation that coal already is being taxed by the state under the Capital Stock Tax Act and the Corporate Net { Income Tax; also that taxing bo- dies are imposing taxes that would bring more revenue than | they need to meet expenses. The second equity suit appear- | led on Monday. Four coal com- panies filed a civil court suit ag- ainst the Elder Twp. School Dis- | trict. They asked an injunction | be issued to prevent the school | district from collecting the five- | cent-a-ton levy which went into effect June 24. The companies the Rich Hill Coal Mining Corp., Lanark Coal Co., Hastings | Fuel Co. and Lantzy & Clark and Kline Coal Co. In taking their suit to a court of equity, the operators were be- | ing cautious. They were just ma- king sure that their complaints reached the court in one form or | another. Previously, they had filed an appeal against the same tax. The petition for appeal had been sig- ned by officials of the four com- panies and a sufficient number of individual taxpayers to make up the required 25 signatures. | An appeal must be signed by 25 individuals or by persons owning at least 25 percent of the total | assessed valuation of the political - | subdivision levying the tax. | Apparently all of the indivi- | duals who signed the appeal are |not in the coal business and | therefore not directly affected |by the tax. Since it has not been definitely ascertained whe- ther these people are qualified to sign a petition for appeal, it is uncertain whether the appeal | will hold up. Therefore the equity | suit was entered as a precau- | tionary measure. The Township has 30 days in which to answer bill of complaint in the equity suit. A hearing al- ready has been set for later this month on the appeal—which .in itself prevents collection of the tax until the hearing is com- pleted. Two other new appeals are ag- ainst the Reade Twp. School Dis- trict, which has levied a five cent tax, and the Susquehanna Twp. School District, which has adopted a three-cent-a-ton tax. The Susquehanna appeal will be heard next Monday and the Reade Twp. hearing has been set for July 30. Although both taxes became effective July 5, neither may be collected until the appeals are disposed of one way | or the other. | In Reade Township the levy has | been challenged by C. E. and | Annie Powell, owners of a strip- |PIng operaton in the township. Their petition bears signature of 26 other taxpayers in the town- ship. The petition alleges that the school district currently has a surplus of $50,000 and the ad- ditional revenue from the propo- sed tax is not needed or necess- ary. Some of the coal companies involved in the Elder Twp. liti- gation also are among the plain- tiffs in the Susquehanna Twp. appeal. The petition was signed by officials of the following com- panies: Rich Hill Coal Mining Corp., | Lanark Coal Co., Garman Coal { Co., Gibson Coal Co., Barnes & | Tucker Coal Co., M. & M. Coal Co, Walnut Run Coal Co., Bum- per Hill Co., Parcell Coal Co., Butterworth Fuel Co.,, Manion Coal Corp,. Cymbria Fuel Co., McCormick Coal Co. Weakland Bros.. Roebuck Coal Co. and Pa- naro Coal Co. Patton Legion Names Six Delegates to Convention Election of delegates to the state Legion convention next month in Philadelphia took place at a meeting of Patton Amrican Legion Post on Tuesday evening in the post home Named delegates were Francis Huber, James Toski, Harry Wins- low and Ben O. Short. Comm. Earl Bender and Adj. J. J. Shee- han will attend the convention by virtue of their offices. Legionairres also donated $100 to the Salvation Army campaign. Plans were completed for a picnic Sunday at Patton Recrea- tion Park. 'Fallentimber Man Fined On Coal Weight Charge | Charles Mixey of Fallentimber | was fined $100 and costs last Fri- | day night for violation of the sol id fuels act. At a hearing before Ebeusburg justice of the peace El- |izabteh Rowland he was charged with misrepresenting coal by us- ing weight bills from another mine, and coal not being weighed on the scals for which the license was held. The charge was brought by J J. Sheehan, state deputy sealer of weights and measures, and D .V | Sheehan, county sealer
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers