1048 or Northern Cambria’s Best and Largest Weekly Recognized Medium UNION PRESS-COURIER === VOL. 55. NO. 40. EF Single Copy bc Court Orders Reductions in Elder, Blacklick Coal Taxes 2 Cents Per Ton Said | the maximum real estate tax al- To Rise to $1 Monday will be in- | Haircut Prices in Area Adults haircuts creased to $1 beginning Mon- | day, July 26, according to an PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA Patton Firemen to ‘Again Sponsor Our , THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948 ' Flood Control Meeting | At Patton This Friday As announced in this news- | paper last week, representa- districts ¥ tives of affected by Twelve Pages — 96 Columns | -0 | SUBSCRIPTIO Scores of Miners in Registration Dates for Draft In State's Exams $2.00 Per Year in Cambria Co. $2.50 Per Year Outside Cambria This Area Qualify Are Announced by President Age-Group Method to | . — {lowance in the township. Labor Day Pro ram | E : . | az sxlViniie o he announcement made by the ” the streams in North Cambri: nou h mn El wD. It was explained by Attorney p » . rl ! 5 In Ah ambria | . . Coal ug I der T P | Arooie Smorto, counsel for the Northe mba, Bary wid . have been invited to a meeting es aro Wp. Stagger Sign-Up Period oal taxes planned by two of that the assessed] Assn. s haircuts wi Committees Selected to on flood control to be held at Cambria County’s township school districts were reduced Monday by the court. In Blacklick Township the tax | | school district, valuation for the township is ab- | out $239,000. The maximum sch- | ool tax on real estate, he said, | at 35 mills, would net a total of | remain at the regular price of 75¢, except on Saturdays, when they also will be $1. This decision was made by the group at its regular meet- Start Ball A-Rolling That grat slogan, “Patton On Labor Day,” which came to life the Patton Fire Hall on Fri- day evening of this week at 8 o'clock. This meeting, sponsored by Who's Successful P lans Coal Taxes Scores of men in the 10th wii] The West Carroll Twp. School have | Board is joining a list of other district boards in imposing a tax | | District Inspectors Tell | | | 15th Bituminous Districts President Truman Tuesday no- tified all men 18 through 25 that hey must register for compul- sory military service beginning on Aug. 30. About 9,600,000 men was slashed from five cents per | §1 225 Under the law, revenue | ton to two an s<half cents.” [fui ow ra igh ‘oe | ing held in the Brandon Hotel, |... | ” . p - | vitally important. Certain d | qualified for advancement i N ; 5 : Tn Ello SN half coy al from pi oul tax could not Seed) Spangler, on Monday evening. Fai Jear ptr: Perley of ind be el, hg ha | Ape eH Rnsenient In the j& coal. [wil report for the first registra- > “| cha gure. John Lovick, Spangler, was |, : = y , , ive st of those maid ; >cording aon | pang VAS ner for the greatest celebration through a truly representative Ast of those making passing ig ago a He issued a proclamation set- levy of five cents per ton was knocked down to two cents per It is estimated that about 500, | 000 tons of coal will be mined in | elected as delegate to the National Convention to be | ever held in Patton. As usual, the celebration will turn-out from all the stream- | { | | | the county commissioners, is | area sections can this be ac- grades in the Penna. state mining resolution will be | tests was announced last week by meeting to be held in the Baker- | ting up a 20-day schedule under which those of draft age will ton. ; 5 | ; the township between July 5, of | held the week of Sept. 13 at | y i Srl : J [to , 1 i al Bolt 2 uetiony Tesulied from ischiv year: Dd July 4, of 1949 Indianapolis, Ind. Proving at |e under the auspices of the.Pat- ne a point to attend Dennis J. eenan and Charles E. dso diol BRL sign up under the peacetime se- he Sant Shes the onginal Jive: the affective dates of the tax. At| the meeting was President Eu- | lion Fire Company, who are not| gic“ imeeting rer Yen ~ Pom heads of Hie EXAMINING | mine coal produced or loaded in |leCtive service law. cent re es e five cents per ton, the coal tax | gene Boslett of Carrolltown. novices when it comes to organ-| ,." eeioioy or not. It will be a |10th and 15th Districts |the township, and a levy of eight The roll call will start with 25- : [cents on each net ton of bitumin- | year-olds and proceed downward in excessive revenue for the sch- ool districts. Both decrees were handed down by Judges John H. McCann and | George W. Griffith. Although the new tax rates were fixed by the court, the interested parties were | would have produced revenue far | in excess of the real estate tax. Therefore the reduction to two cents was necessary. At two cents | per ton on the estimated tonnage | [the township school district should | take in approximately $10,000. | To Plan Immediate ‘Construction of | izing a great celebration. The ev- [ent will include parades, contests, | entertainment, a carnival, and | many other affairs that help make | a successful celebration. At a meeting of the Patton | Fire Company held on Tuesday, [July 13, tentative plans were laid | public meeting. It has been | called for your interests. Big Prize Money First grade mine foremen—Rob- ert Barger, Colver; Guy Michaels, Cherry Tree; Lewis J. Polka, El-|""mpe ahove taxes would become mora; George W. Shannon, Lor-|effective on Sept. 15, and would retto; Merrill Smith, Colver; An-|pa for general revenue ses ; Mery 1 purposes. Shony ig Valeri, Colver; and | Adrian Buck is secretary of ihe ally John Varescak, Nanty Glo. | west Carroll Twp. School Board, out coal produced by the strip mine or open pit method. by age groups until Sept. 18, when youths who turned 18 on or before that date will register. Youths who become 18 after Sept. 19, will be required to reg- ister within five days after their birthdays. 4 generally in agreement to the or- y Fide ET rice s) Bn ; ln Hie kg Wah bo . out and u committe wis named |) S t U f | Second grade mine foremen and and a full copy of the resolution Under the law, only those 19- The Elder TOW a alma flan equity suit axainst | NOW Hos ital Win Ito get the celebration under way. | urse e p or first grade assistant mine fore-|may be seen by contacting him. | through-25 may be inducted for handled as an appeal in the court yp" (op 01 district ‘Attorney Phil- | p g | Named were: Theodore Ott, Chair- | men—Ralph Canteloupe, Cherry| "=~ =~ ____ - 21 months of miiftary service of quarter sessions. The appeal | | € Shettig, cousel for the coal | man; John J. Bender, Sec'y; ea |] M * Tree; John E. Dropcho, Nanty | . Eighteen year olds may escape was taken by officials of the Rich | DAV. Said the equity suit | The dire necessity of an exten- Burkey, Chairman, Parade Com- | as ings eefing Glo; William Kost, St. Beneaict;| Patton Firm Plans the 21-month hitch when they Stanley Parzatka, Hastings; Jo- | reach 19 by volunteering, starting Hill Coal Mining Corp., Lanar Coal Co., Hastings Fuel Co. and Lantzy and Clark and Kline Coal Co. Their appeal petition also was signed by a number of other in- dividuals. Before the case came into court the township school board had | companies, would be dropped. | Excessive income also was cited | ‘as the reason for the Blacklick | Township reduction in levy. | A hearing scheduled for Mon- | day on the three cent tax in Sus- quehanna township was not held. | sion to the present Miners’ Hos- pital of Northern Cambria, locat- ed at Spangler, was discussed at a meeting of the Board of Trus- mittee; James Blake, Chairman, Floats; Irvin Long, Finance Chair- | man. Invitations will go out in | the near future to Fire Compan- A total of $1,295 in prizes was [set up on Sunday for the mine [first-aid meet Saturday, August tees of the hospital held Thurs- ies, Auiliaries, Bands, Drum and | 7th, in Hastings. day of last week. It was pointed out to members of the board that a waiting list of | Bugle Corps and others to have | ner nas |them come to “Patton On Labor team will be $350; second, $175; | Patrick O'Neill, Carrolltown; Pat- i Day.” | First prize for a seven-man additional and third, $140. An seph Trueman, Elmora; Zola Wag- | wpe rer, Elmora. ‘Add t St Second grade mine foremen— | | 10nd ore Amandus Thomas, Hastings; El-| phe Mademoisell : s ’ | 3 e; selle Shoppe, a {mer H. Janasko, Emeigh; Charles | patton firm which has been doing | : |a successful business in the fur- {rick Lynn, Hastings; John Oscar | nishing of women’s and children’s | Miller, Hastings; William F. Yea- {apparel for the past several years on Wednesday of this week, for 2 months’ service and thereafter signing up with an active reserve. Maj.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, draft director, said selective ser- {vice officials are undecided whe- ther to start the draft in the 25- year age group or to use a lot- Attorney Shettig said that it has|two hundred (200) has been quite | Announcement was made that |$6630 in prizes has been set up been rescheduled for next Monday |Prevalent and that the present the George Clyde Smith Shows, |the nine districts embraced in the but that a settlement may be ef- |facilities of the institution are | which exhibited here last year will | Central Pennsylvania Safety As- tax would legally have exceeded !fected before that date. inadequate to even hope to take return and reports are that “it’s sociation. Hastings; Andrew Chonko, Cres-|new store at 1010 Maple Ave. | Proposal is adopted, men probably jeate of this area’s needs. | bigger and better than ever.” The first-aid meeting, the first |son, and Michael Pysz, Barnes- |Barnesboro. The opening date |Wwould be called for induction in lane dent Willie even A grand list off parade prizes tv be staged by the association boro R. D. . ; |has been set for Saturday of this |the order of their birthdays. | J eph Jones have | i pe announced at a later date [following a lapse of six years,| First grade assistant mine fore- | week, July 24. i. Under the more complicated [called for a Special Meeting of [ond other announcements will be | will begin at 2 p. m. It will be |men—Anthony J. Soler, Nanty | 1 50 Youths Successfully Pass | The new Barnesboro establish- |lottery procedure, each eligible ( y : ( y |e Bosrd po Trustees io be he made in this newspaper as the held in conjunction with the week | Glo; Walter Eltringham, Kings- ment will be of the most up-to- | man would be given a serial in Red YoOSssS Swim ourse ere ine and ee yn Mo | celebration develops. |long observance planned by the ton; Leroy Lawrence, St. | ————————————— Bene- |date type, and will carry the|ber on registering and the order | V. 5 i ’ socia ti ict {definitely outline plans for the | Volunteer Firemen’s Association | dict; Ray J. More Than 300 Take eis | Jones, Colver; Jacob |same famous lines of merchan-|of induction would be determined ° | immediate construction of a "Prisoner Hitches {of Cambria County and Vicinity. |R. Bilko, St . . | wing. Lessons in 2 Periods | Pennsylvania this year. A large |Carrolltown; Andy Toth, Barnes- |the new store appears on Page 11 utilized in the registrations. For agreed to reduce the levy to two cents per ton. It was pointed out that the revenue from the coal ger, St. Boniface; Paul Kut-|at jts store on Magee Ave. this|tery system similar to that of ruff, Flinton; John B. Milchak, week announces it will open a|World War II. If the age-group Benedict; George |dise as are available at the Pat-| by a drawing. Patton’s Water to Be | The board members feel that [largest first-aid gathering held in |verick, Revloc; Edgar G. Haley, vited. A large advertisement of | teachers and school houses will be The meet is expected to be the | Messmer, Carrolltown; James La- ton store. Your inspection is in-| It is quite likely that school | this is a comunity project and . . | ; : iro J f this i ft unda | ever ‘ heal WH } | number of coal firms are readying | boro; John H. Hawthorne, Nanty |of this issue. the most part, each man will be Turned 0 5 y [ery Jos Bn) taividunl, Tesard | i € | dar en | their first-aid teams for the com- | Glo; John Frank, Marsteller; Mur- rs friar inthe area in which A total of fifty youths success- nt mented fully completed the beginners’ Notice is hereby given to |less of nature, will be asked to | petition ray F. Cessna, Ebensburg; Edwin | ° r |he has a perma course during the Cambria Co. | the citizens of Patton Borough [Sonne = Socordance Jin S I hi f r Him |P Roy D. Joseph, president of the Nicktown; William B. | St Boniface Vet S | men are ie gg a American Red Cross Chapters and vicinity that the water | the hes op cons ruet | éad C ing 0 | | association, is supervising the | Rankin, Barnesboro; Joseph D. | cations and registrations will “learn-to-swim” campaign in the| will be turned off on Sunday, | Further details will be : { .._|plans. Walter C. Fancourt and |Terrizzi, St. Benedict; Nick Mol- ° ° {be held between 8 a. m and 5 Patton Community Pool. July 25, from 3 a. m. until 8 | r details will be outlined | A pjtch-hiker thumbed a ride Joseph Leonard head the prize |nar, Carrolltown; Michael Dolges ermains frive p. m., on these dates: > in next week's issue of this news- | with the wrong man early last |: I { : ’Samuel Heibert | . 1—Those born in 1922 after Au- More than 300 boys and girls participated in the two two-week sessions, June 21 to July 2 and July 5-16. Youths who attended were from Patton, Barnesboro, Spangler, Marsteller, Ebensburg, Carrolltown and Gallitzin. Those eligible for official Red Cross be- ginners’ certificates, are: Isabel Ott, Camilla Dunegan, Donald Winsko, Phyllis Shuss, tobert Carretti, James Psioda, Joanne Long, Lee Hyatt, Alvin Miller, Patrick Connell, Janet Smith, Jane Little, Samuel Arnold, Florence Dietrick, Russell Whar- ton, Robert McConnell, Richard Ott, Betty Garrity and Donna Lauver, all of Patton. Ronald DuMond, Robert Ben- ner, Charles Caribardi, Milton Morley, Richard Breen, Mary Lou Leadbetter, Jane Weak#and, Shir- ley Taylor, June Taylor, Arlene Davis, Mary Weakland, Mary La- Magna, and James Keenan, Bar- nesboro. Ann Jones, Archie Fees, An- drew Kirkpatrick, Connie Fees, and John Frontino, Spangler; John Harber, Dick Clawson, Joe Pesarchik, Samuel Patterson, Da- vid Laird, Betty Pesarchik, Roy Trude and James Laird, Marstel- ler; Joseph Matlock, Hastings; Darrell Jones, Ebensburg; Patrick Leonard and Richard Ragala, Gal- litzin, and Kenneth Holtz, Carroll- town. Daily sessions were taught by Red Cross instructors and jun- jor and senior lifeguards The pool was given over by community officials. Red Cross volunteers who served as teachers are: John Alessandro, Viola Alessan- dro, Shirley Risher, Janet Ullery, Betty Lou Foust, Martha Jane Hackett, and Howard Dunegan, Johnstown instructors, and Agnes Urso, Sandra Hoffman, Nancy Jordon, Robert Oroczo, William Wicks, Catherine Frye, Margaret Grove, Connie Bosley, Mary EI- izabeth Yingling, Dolores Black- man, Joan Eckel, Lois Griffith, Gail Palmer, Charles Ream, Rich- ard Hilbocky, and Lawrence Ora- vetz, lifeguards from Johnstown. Juliana Fees, Carrolltown, alse served as lifeguard. Cambria Co. Purchases New Dodge Automobile The Cambria Co. Commission- ers have accepted a bid of the Ebensburg Automobile Co., Inc. for the purchase of a new car for the county. It will replace the 1941 Buick now in use. The old car was traded in on the deal. Commissioners Tuesday after- noon made an inspection tour of the county home along with C. H. Fessman, district engineer for the Globe Automatic Sprinkler Co., of Pittsburgh. Roy D. Joseph Speaker At N. C. Safety Meeting State Mine Inspector Roy D. Joseph, Johnstown, was guest spe- aker at a meeting of Northern Cambria Chapter, Joseph A. Hol- mes Safety Council, on Wednes- day evening of this week in St. Thomas’ Parish Hall, in Barnes- boro. Mine Inspector Dennis L. Keenan, Barnesboro, discussed the first aid contest to be held in Hastings. To Hold Celebration Week of July 26-31 Plans are in progress by the Barnesboro Lions Club for the Lion’s Celebration to be held in Barnesboro during the week of July 26 to 31. The Caravella shows, carnival which showed at the commuity under Lions aus- pices last year will again be fea- tured by the organization. A street parade and other ty- pes of amusement is also being planned to make the week a most a. m. for the purpose of clean- ing the Reservoir. In the event of rain or a power interruption, the same schedule will be in effect the Sunday following the above date. | { All persons are requested to | draw sufficient water to take | care of their needs for this period. By order of Council, BOROUGH OF PATTON WATER WORKS Bert J. Douglass, Boro Secy. County 4-H Clubs Picnic at Patton The annual all-day picnic for | members of Cambria County 4-H | Clubs, was held at the Patton Re- creation Park on Wednesday of | this week. The plans were made |and carried out by Miss June | Kunkle, Cambria Co. Home Ec¢- | onomics representative, and Mrs. | Hazel Knipe, assistant. | A feature in the morning was la baseball game between teams from the north and south of the county. A short program of skits and stunts concluded the after- noon festivities. Parents were al- | so in attendance at the outing. Members of the committees, in | | addition to Miss Kunkle and Mrs. Knipe, included Ruth Bearer, Mrs. {Mary Jones, Mrs. James Makin, | Mrs. Cleo Sutton, Mrs. Charles Bowman, Mary Margaret Jones, Mrs. Fred Brickley, Mrs. Dwight Stewart, Dorothy Getty, Isobel Holsopple and Louise Krumenack- er. Three Accidents in Day for Hospital | | Three persons were admitted to | Miners Hospital, Spangler, last | Thursday afternoon for treatment of injuries sustained in odd acci- dents. Gerald Yahner, 20-year-old in- mate of the Cambria Co. Jail, had two finger tips severed at 4 p. m. on Thursday when his hand became caught in a mowing ma- chine at the county home farm. Yahner and other jail prisoners were working on the county home farm helping to cut hay. The man was attempting to clean out a clogged mowing machine when his hand became caught in the blades. Jack Warren, 16, St. Lawrence, was taken to the hospital when he severed an artery in his left arm while chopping wood. He told hos- pital attendants the ax slipped and struck his arm. Three-year-old Robert Ford, of Carrolltown, was bitten on the forehead and face by his pet dog. Hospital attaches said his condi- tion was good and released him later in the evening. Governor Commutes Cambria Co. Prisoner . Acting on a recommendation of the State Pardon Board, Gover- nor James H. Duff last Friday communted the sentence of Mike Castenellana, Scranton, formerly of Johnstown. In June, 1922, he was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Paola Si- enna, Colver, R. D. The slaying occurred on Mar. 16, 1922. In June, 1923, Castellana won a commutation from death to life imprisonment. Ten years later his minimum sentence was commut- ed but his maximum remained at life. He was released on parole in Dec., 1933, and faced being under parole supervision for the rest of his life. His latest commutation paves the way for ending his pa- successful one. role supervision. Clubs Protesting legal Entries Members of the Cambria Co. | Federation of Social Clubs Sun- day voted to make a formal pro- test to state authorities against the alleged practice of illegal en- try by agent of the State Liquor { Control Board into social clubs. { The resolution was passed at a meeting in Nanty-Glo. Officials of various social clubs charged that enforcement agents have been using illegal methods to gain entrance to club quarters in their search for violators of the liquor laws. Atty. Donald Perry, counsel for the county group, spoke on the need for voluntary contributions to the State Federation of Social Clubs to protect the privileges and rights of clubs. Reminder Given of Pa. Motor Vehicle Inspection Limit A reminder was issued to mo- torists this week by R. B. Max- (well, secretary-manager of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation-A. | A. A. that the current motor vi | hicle inspection period rapidly is | drawing to a close. “‘Motorists have only until mid- night, July 31, to have their mo- tor vehicles put in safe mechan- ical condition,” Mr. Maxwell said. | “Any motorist who has not al- | ready done so,” he advised, ‘“sho- (uld take his car into an official inspection station at the first pos- sible opportunity. Don’t wait until the last minute and expect to have an immediate inspection of your motor vehicle made. “Parts of some types are still in short supply,” Mr. Maxwell stated. “It may require some time for garages to obtain the parts which may be necessary to put are car in condition to meet in- spection requirements, thereby ma- king it necessary for a car owner to go without the convenience of his car until the part can be secured. “There still remains ample time in which to take a car for an in- cpection and have it done im- mediately provided the car owner cooperates with official inspec- tion by takng it in for its semi- annual checkup during the next week,” the P. M. F. official sta- ted. “Too many motorists are incli- ned to put off the inspection un- til the last few days of the in- spection period,” Mr. Maxwell said. “The practice can only re- sible opportunity. Don’t wait until sult in overtaxing the facilities of inspection stations and cause de- lay. “Don’t be among those waiting until the last minute,” Mr. Max- well concluded. “Take your vehicle in for its inspectioin now and assure yourself that you will have the unterrupted use of your car.” Grand Theatre, Patton, Constructing Lobby Floor Harry (Bud) Stauffer, manager of the Grand Theatre, Patton, this week announces that work- men have started the construction of a new permanent, fireproof floor in the lobby of the theatre, one of the finest showplaces in this section of the state. Materials to be used will be cement and floor brick. Mr. Stauf- fer also announces that the lobby of the theatre will be redecorat- ed. Present show schedules will be contineud while this work is | | | | | | | | | | | | | | being done. Thursday. | About 3 o'clock last Thursday morning Earl E. Snyder was | trudging along Route 22 towards | Cresson. He thumbed an approa- | ching car traveling in the same | direction. The driver obliged. Snyder got into the car and was driven to the county jail via the State Po- lice Barracks at Ebensburg. The driver was Warden Edward E. Beattie of the Cambria County | Jail. The hitch-hiker had escaped from the jail just about an hour eariier. Beattie and Arthur Brosch, an employee of the jail, were on the lookout for the escaped prisoner when he flagged them down a few miles east of Ebensburg. Snyder is being held for court on a burglary charge. He is bdok ed at the lockup under the alias of James Sterling Beattie explained that Snyder was painting signs in an auxil- iary kitchen of the jail late in the evening. He is a sign painter by trade and the signs were being made for the county home. Guard Russell James was on | duty. Shortly before 2 a. m. he | noticed that Snyder had disappear- | ed and notified the warden and state police. Snyder had left the jail by way of the warden’s quarters adjacent te the jail. The door connecting the jail office and the warden’s | quarters was unlocked. | Snyder's disappearance was dis- | covered about 10 minutes after ihe had made his escape. Before | he was returned the county jail | | he was refingerprinted and re- | mugged by the State Police. Father Hertzog Is Priest Fifty Years Very Rev. Francis J. Hertzog, a native of St. Michael's Parish in Loretto, celebrated his golden jubilee of ordination to the Ca- tholic priesthood on July 7. Father Hertzog prepared for the priesthood at St. Vincent Cols lege and Seminary, Latrobe. He was ordained July 2, 1898, by Bishop Richard Phelan of Pitts- burgh. The present Bishop of Pittsburgh, Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, was raised to the priest- hood at the same time. Father Hertzog now is pastor at St. Joseph’s Church, New Ken- sington. He offered a mass of thanksgiving there in celebration of his anniversary. Four North Cambrian: Sign Up for the Army Four men, including one veter- an, have been accepted for duty inl the Armed forces, Army re- cruiters announced last week. They are: Rudolph A. Vivadel i of Marstellar. He reenlisted as a corporal and requested assignment to the Ninth Infantry Division. David J. Scaelfe and Clarence E Kelly, both of Marsteller, Sca- elfe asked to be assigned to the infantry, whi e Kelly made no re- quest for specific duty. John W. Clark, Blandburg. He asked for duty in the corps of en- gineers. Abe Newman Jr. of Barnes- boro. Newman asked to be assig- ned to the 24th Infantry Division in the Far East. Spend $835 for Needy Barnesboro Lions Club spent $835 during the past year for eye glasses and for eye operations for needy children. This was made known in the annual report of the better vision committee read at a meeting of the Club at Hew ther’s cabin, Hastings. Charles Grillo is chairman of the com- mittee. | committee. eas | [Tiree Patton Boys Enlist |For Service with Navy Three Patton boys enlisted for le three-year period in the U. S | Navy and left Altoona Tuesday | morning of this week for their | training station at Great Lakes, {TL | They are: Richard Fisher, son lof Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Cammarata, «son of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Cammarata, and Melvin Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Long. : Northern Cambria Boy Scout District ‘Names Committees North Cambria Scout District, { Adm. Robert E. Peary Council, on | Thursday night appointed nomin- ating and annual meeting com- mittees during a meeting in Pat- ton Recreation Park. Committee to select officers at the annual meeting in September are Ted Donahue of Hastings, as chairman, Paul Staude, Barnesbo- ro, and Louis Haluska, Patton. | Annual meeting committee { members are William Wiseman, [of Bakerton, chairman; Rocco | Previte, Barnesboro; Hugh Cunn- | ingham, Carrolltown; Elmer M. | Routch, Hastings, and Fred Mec- | Cann, Patton. The group will se- | lect the date and make the pro- gram arrangements. | In conjunction with Hastings | Firemen’s Convention Aug. 2 to 7 | district scouts proclaimed Friday, Aug. 6, as Scout Day. Contests will bes taged at 3 p.m. and a pa- rade will be held at 7 p. m. Pri- zes will be awarded to the troop coming the longest distance and the largest troop participating. Prizes also will be given to senior units and cub packs. Next session will be Aug. 19 in the Bakerton grade school. » State Workers to Obtain Pay Raise Gov. James H. Duff last week ordered a cost-of-living salary in- crease for all of the common- wealth’s 40,000 employes to take effect about Aug. 1. The amount and form of the boost is still to be determined. The governor said, however, it will be a ‘substantial increase be- cause the increase in the cost of living has been substantial.” “I felt that, in view of the re- ports that I get of the greatly increased cost of living, we ought to take it into account of the sa- laries of the employes of the com- raonwealth,” he told a news con- ference. He met with newsmen shortly after going into the matter with members of his Cabinet. “There was not a single dissent among members of the cabinet of the necessity of such action,’ he said. To Berisor Card Party For Church Repair Work A card party for the benefit of the repair fund of St. Benedict's Church, Carrolltown, will be sp®n- sored by the Carrolltown Fire Co. Auxiliary in the Parochial School Hall on Friday evening, July 30. There will be lunch and prizes. Admission will be 50¢. K. OF C. PLANS PICNIC Plans have been completed for the annual picnic of Barnesboro Council, Knights of Columbus, on Sunday at Peale’s Cabin, St. Ben- edict. A varied program of en- tertainment has been arranged for the afternoon and evening. | Pire | Hastings, and | Patterson, Carrolltown. The remains of Cpl. William | mine | Anthony Huber, 28-year-old St.| Second grade assistant : foremen—William Young, Spang- | Boniface World War II veteran | ler; Harold Kutruff, Flinton: An-|Who was killed in action while | drew George Polenik, Mentcle; | Serving with the Army in France | land Tony Kaschak, St. Benedict. |on July 12, 1944, will be reinter-| Fokden- Geor . Mo. | Ted in the St. Boniface Cemetery | ; g ; | following services in St. Boniface | Mullen, Hastings; Michael Lobick, | Spangler; Albert Koval, Hastings; |Leo Fox, Elmora; John Hardin, | Nanty Glo; Carmello S. Buceca. | mora; Stephen Checkon, Spang- | ler; John Franey, Cassandra; Ray- | mond W. Novak, Revloc; Francis J. Yeaglin, Elmora; John Toth, Jr., Elmora; Theodore Lapina, Colver; Robert John Stager, Nan- ty Glo; Joseph John Javersky, | Ebensburg; Patrick J. Lynn, Has- | tings; Donald McPhee, Nanty Glo; Attilio Zanin, Nanty Glo; Stephen J. Bronzini, Nanty Glo; Kenneth Conrad Michaels, Strongstown; Charles Patrick O’Neill, Carroll- town; Russell H. Woods, Barnes- boro; Joseph Lobick, Spangler; Andrew John Kovel, Hastings; Michael Checkon, Spangler; Cal- vin Prozinko, Revloc; Ernest C. Brown, Barnesboro; John Fisa- nich, Barnesboro; John Hovan, Jr., Elmora: Samuel DaBella, Barnes- boro; Tony Kaschak, St. Bene- dict; Charles Boyle, Barnesboro, Harould McHugh, Colver; Paul Evanchick, Colver; Frank Zalis- neck, St. Benedict; Andy J. Kos- to, Barnesboro; Earl W. Cunning- ham, Hastings, and John Sabo, Barnesboro. Electricians—Iver Bockman, Al- verda; Ivan Ponchieno, Revloc; John B. Woodly, Hastings; How- ard A. Shaw, Cherry Tree; Wil- fred Teeter, Nanty Glo, and Her- bert Hibard, Nanty Glo. Former Barnesboro Resident Loses Life Miss Susan Gonos, 25, formerly of Barnesobro, was burned to death early on Saturday morning when the home in which she was living in Binghampton, N. Y., was gutted by fire. Firemen said Miss Dorothy M. Kenderas, 17, Binghampton, also perished in the fire. Miss Gonas and a brother, Stephen, were re- siding at the Kenderas home, while working in Binghampton. | The two girls were trapped in |2 second floor bedroom about 1 la. m. Saturday. An attempt to | rescue them proved fruitless. Ste- {phen Gonos and Mr. and Mrs. Kenedras escaped by climbing through a window. Miss Gonos had worked for the last fiye years for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Co. in Binghampton and her brother joined her there when he was discharged from the armed forces after serving in World War II | Barnesboro Businessmen Select Ben Root Head Ben Root was elected president of the Barnesboro Businessmen's Assn. at a dinner-meeting held in | Central Hotel, Carrolltown, last Thursday evening. Frank Bonanno was named vice | president with Ralph Binder as | secretary-treasurer. Elected to the board of trustees were Jack Ga- | 1inis, Miles Ranck, R. H. Steele |and Stanley Ulrich. Reports were submitted on the organization's activities during the last year. The business descussion included the problem of inade- quate water supply for the boro- ugh and called on borough Coun- cil to take steps to provide a better source of water. | CORRECTION Due to an error, the price of Puritan ‘Natch” Sweaters pub- lished in an ad of Sharbaugh & Lieb Store, Barnesboro, in last week's issue was listed as $47.95. This price should have been $7.95 each. | | Catholic Church at 9 a. m. Thurs- | {day of this week. A High Mass | {of Requiem will be sung by Rev. Father George Brugger, OSB, the Cyril Fisher; | Revioe; Paul J. Componation, El | church pastor. Military rites at the grave will be in charge of Patrick D. Rior- don Post No. 1586, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Hastings. Cpl. Huber was born in St. gust 30, will register on Monday, Aug. 30. : 2—Those born in 1923 register on Aug. 31 or Sept. 1. 3—Those born in 1924, register on Sept. 2 or Sept. 3. » 4—Those born in 1925, register cn Sept. 4 or Sept. 7. 5—TRose born in 1926, register on Sept. 8 or 9. 6-—Those born in 1927, register on Sept. 10 or 11. , ’ T—Those: born in 1928, register | on Sept. 13 or 14. | 8—Those born in 1929, register jon Sept. 15 or 16. °* 9—Those born in 1930 before Boniface on Sept. 1, 1915, a son|Sept. 19, register on Sept. 17 or of Jacob and Lena Huber. His father died in March | of this year. Surviving are his mother and these brothers and sisters: Mrs. Agnes Burley, Tam- pa, Fla.; Mrs. Genevieve White- ford, St. Boniface; Robert Huber, Carrolltown, and Bernard Huber, at home. He was a member of Patton Aerie 1244, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and UMW Local 1269, Bakerton. Bennett J. Krise Expires Recently Bennett J. Krise, 72, former Patton resident, died in Washing- ton, D. C., Wednesday, July 7. He had been failing in health for some time. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Buryle Krise; two daughters, Mrs. Anna Clearwater, Elmira, N. Y., and Miss Ruth N. Krise, Wash- ington, B. C.; a son, Warren, of Baltimore, Md.; five grandchild- ren, and one great-grandchild. Mr. Krise had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, El- mira Division, until his retire- ment 15 years ago, at which time he returned to Patton to live on his farm. When his nealth failed he moved to Wash- ington. Interment was made in Forest Lawn Memorial Park at Elmira, N. Y. Wildiife Exhibit An Ebensburg Feature The Ebensburg Sportsmen's As- sociation last Sunday discussed plans for holding a wildlife ex- hibit at the annual Cambria Co. Fair, this year. The meeting was (Burkhart) | Sept. 18. 10—Those born on or after Sep- tember 19, 1930, will register within five days after their 18th birthdays. Quarantine Men's Ward at Hospital ~ The men’s ward of the Miners’ Hospital at Spangler was placed under quarantine for several days last week end, the same being lifted on Monday. Doctors took this action Thurs- | day night after a meningitis pa- | tient, Nelson Cribbs, 54, of Baker- ton, was admitted to the hospital. He was there only a few hours and then removed to the Munici- {pal Isolation Hospital, Johnstown. The ward was quarantined as a precautionary measure. No more patients were admitted to that section until Monday. The twen- ty-three patients there were not allowed visitors over the week end. / Motorcyclist Is Injured tIn Highway Accident John McKovich of near Colver was seriously injured in an acci- dent on the Ebensburg-Colver road last week. McKovich was taken to Colver Hospital and then transferred to Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. | It was said McKovich was rid- |ing a motorcycle toward Colver when his machine skidded. McKo- vich lost control of the motorcycle and landed on the left side of the road after being thrown off the machine. It was reported that a car, which was following, was un- able to stop in time and ran over McKovich. held in the wildlife buildng at the fairgrounds. It was announced an exhibit now is being held at the grounds and is open each Sunday. Officers plan to enlarge the wildlife show during the fair. A fawn and sev- eral bears will be included. A peacock was secured recently. The group has received fifty | quail which will be released in surrounding woods when they are able to forage for themselves. The club also is raising 100 ring- neck pheasants at the present time. Father Anthony Ream New Co. Legion Chaplain Rev. Father Anthony A. Ream of St. Michael, was appointed as chaplain of the Cambria Co. Le- gion Committee at a meeting on Tuesday night. He succeeds the late Rev. Father John Byrne. The Co. group met in Barnes- boro American Legion Home, and feature of the meeting was a me- morial service for the late Gen. John J. Pershing. BUYS HASTINGS PROPERTY Frank McKillop of Hastings, | has purchased from Amelia V. Binder, a property on Beaver Street, near Fifth avenue, in Has- tings, for a consideration of $6,- 000, according to a deed filed in| the Recorder's office at Ebens- burg. \Carrolltown R. D. Man Hurt in Bakerton Mine | Ross Crimaldi, 38, Carrolitown |R. D., was admitted to Miners {Hospital on Wednesday of last |week due to injuries received | when squeezed by amine ear at | Sterling No. 1 mine at Bakerton. Er Franciscan Summer Festival at Oriental On Aug. 29, the Franciscan TOR Mission of India will hold its annual Summer Festival at {the Oriental Ballroom, Gallitzin. { Chicken dinner with all that |goes with it will be served from '12 to 2:30. Following this meal, refreshments will be served until late evening. There will be games {and amusements for all in the (afternoon and evening. | Plan your outings to include |the Summer Festival at the Ori- (ental. Founder of Callitzin Bank Dies Monday at Altoona Peter Gutwald, 87, executive | vice president of the United Home {Dressed Meat Co., died at his Al- {toona home on Monday. He was cne of the founders of the First National Bank of Gallitzin and served as vice president for many years.
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