rice had ing on- ty will nts ns- om ers een Northern Cambria’s Best and Largest Weekly Vol. 56 No. 14 Single Copy bc PATTON, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1949 UNION PRESS-COURIER 10 Pages — 80 Columns Recognized Medium Of Union Labor Interests Subscription $2.50 Per Year St. Benedict Mine Firm Gets 2 Top Safety Group Awards Peale Mines 9, 17 Win Citation for Past Year Peale, Peacock & Kerr Coal Corp. of St. Benedict has been awarded double honors by North Cambria Council of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Assn. for first- place accomplishments for both December and the whole year of 1948, The firm operates two mines, Nos. 9 and 17, and during the 12- month period produced 356,622 tons of coal without a fatality and with only 19 lost-time acci- dents. This fine record was achieved in the face of 356,000 manhours of exposure. The Peale concern also was presented the December safety banner. Together, the member mines of the local association turned out a total of 2,255,364 tons of coal during 1948 with a mark of two fatalities and 225 lost-time acci- dents. Employes spent 3,715,331 manhours at work. In addition to Peale, Peacock & Kerr, those enrolled in the North Cambria Council are the Duncan- Spangler Coal Co., Barnesboro; Rich Hill Coal Mining Corp., Has- tings; Sterling Coal Co., Baker- ton; Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corp., Marsteller, and Barnes & Tucker Corp., Barnesboro. During the meeting, held in the St. Thomas’ Parish House, Bar- nesboro, Dennis Keeanan, state mine inspector for the 15th Bitu- minous District, spoke on roof suport. He said 67 percent of all accidents in 1948 were caused by rock falls. Plans were advanced for the organization of a 50-50 club to have as its purpose the boosting of attendance at meetings of the council. Additional enrollments will be sought among the coal op- erators and the United Mine Better Shopping Center Purpose Of New Patton Group A new organization, “The Pat- ton Business Association,” was formed by the unanimous vote of a large number of Patton business folks at a meeting held in the Patton Fire Hall at 7:30 p. m. on Monday of this week. The organization's purposes will be to create unity among the bus- iness people and to make Patton an even bigger and better shop- ping center. Officers named for the year are as follows: Louis Haluska, chair- man; Melvin M. Scott, vice chair- man, and Gilbert D. Fregly, sec- retary-treasurer. A by-laws committee was ap- pointed, consisting of M. M. Scott, Charles Welty Jr., Robert Miller, Russell Bianco, Louis Stoltz and Si Solomon. The group also voted to‘express its thanks to the editor, manager and staff of the Union Press- Courier for the splendid coopera- tion given the business people during the past holiday season. The Patton Business Associa- tion cordially invites all business people of Patton to attend the next regular meeting, to be held at the Patton Fire Hall on Mon- day evening, Feb. 7, at 7:30 o’- clock. VISIT PATTON HIGH SCHOOL Dr. Pauline Sandeas, Home Ec- cnomics Expert of the State Department at Harrisburg, Miss Menges, Vocational Adviser for Cambria County and Dr, Arthur M. Stull, Cambria County Super- intendent of Schools, spent some time in the Patton Public School Workers. on Friday of last week. Complete UMW Vote Count Shows Ghizzoni Led By 8,889 Bernard Timms Named Territory 1 Member John Ghizzoni, running for re- election as an international board member from District 2, United Mine Workers of America, won over Michael Demchak of St. Michael by an 8,889-vote margin, according to an official tabula- tion of votes in District 2 com- pleted last Friday. Ghizzoni, who was first elected to the office in 1920, received a total of 12,814 votes. Demchak had 3,915 votes, the majority of these coming from what is known as Cambria Co.'s mainline section. Clarence (Rusty) Donaldson of Somerset had the highest number of votes in his unopposed race for reelection as vice president of District 2. He had a total of 14,- 364 ballots. Bernard Timms of Barnesboro polled a total of 2,438 votes as district board member of the Northern Cambria Co. section known as Territory 1. Ernest Yanssens of Cresson was reelected by 384 votes over Joseph Bedosky, Lilly, in a con- test for board member of: Terri- tory 3, comprising the mainline. Yanssens had 1,268 votes com- pared to the Lilly man’s 884. Only 2 Men Opposed Ghizzoni and Yanssens were the only two incumbents who had op- position in the election. Tabula- tion of ballots was made by tell- ers sent to the district by the international office. James LeCorre of Houtzdale was given 932 votes in being re- named board member of Territory 2, with Lloyd Unger of Boswell receiving 1,405 ballots in being re- elected to Territory 4. Votes polled by the other four board members: Harry (Bunny) Askey, Territory 5, 938 votes; George Mottey, Clymer, 4,089 in Territory 6; William Parks of Windber, 1,523 votes in Territory 7, and Tony Badiali, 1,835 in Ter- ritory 8. Train Crew Freed Area Teachers Plan 0f Blame In Death Of Harry Giarth The members of the Cambria County Coroner’s Jury consisting of Theodore Ott, G. E. Woomer, Dr. E. P. Cooper, Seymour Rat- owsky, Louis A. Haluska and D V. Sheehan, exonerated a PRR train crew of all criminal neg- ligence in the death of Harry Giarth, 63-year-old Patton resi- dent. Mr. Giarth was injured fatally on Dec. 28 when his car and a 12-car freight train collided at the Fourth Avenue crossing in Patton. He died Dec. 30 in the Miners’ Hospital, Spangler. The train was travelling only five or six miles an hour when the collision occurred, the train crew testified, and that the warn- ing whistle was sounded. After agreeing unanimously to exonerate the train crew, mem- bers of the jury recommended in- stallation of a red flashing signal on Route 36 at the railroad inter- section and that a member of each train crew patrol all branch crossings within the borough limits before trains pass over the crossings. The witnesses at the inquest were: Edward Donahue chief of police, Dr. John Allen Murray of the Miners’ Hospital and Serenus Lilly who arrived a the scene | ise Troop and Post 72, both of shortly after the Roi ap. 4 at Bakerton. The members of the The commissioners voted to were H. W. Bergan, engineer; J. W. Nagle, conductor; H. E. Wea- ver, fireman and W. Gibson and C. BE. West, brakemen. Ambrose Pfeister, Patton R.D., Dies Ambrose B. Pfeister, 73, of Patton R. D. died at his home on Thursday, Jan. 20, following a lengthy illness. A son of the late Vitus and Christina (Anna) Pfe- ister, he was born in East Carroll Twp. on Nov. 28, 1875. He had been a farmer in East Carroll Twp. all his life. Surviving are his widow, the former Melissa Schettig; a son, John, Patton R. D.; a daughter, Mrs. Ivan Bearer, Morrisdale, and these brothers and sisters: Leo Pfeister, Mrs. Dennis Dillon and Miss Gertrude Pfeister, all of Carrolltown, and J. Pfeister, Hastings. Funeral services were held at 9 a. m. Monday in St. Benedict's Catholic Church, Carrolltown, of which he was a member. Burial was in the church cemetery. meet the first Wednesday of each month during the year. Plans were also discus- sed to conduct a commissioners’ trict. The Scout “Strengthen the Arm of Liberty” outlined. Barnesboro Moose Lodge To Build Addition to Home For Code of Ethics Appointment of a committee to draw up a code of ethics high- lighted a meeting of Cambria Co. Branch, Pennsylvania State Edu- cation Assn. on Monday night of this week in the Ebensburg Courthouse. Chairman of the committee, Irvin Springer of Cresson, the code of ethics will be design- ed to make teaching more pro- fessional. Supervising principal of the Patton Public Schools, Jesse W. Cogley Jr., chairman of the pub- lic relations committee, announc- ed plans for publishing a bulle- tin to keep Cambria County teachers advised on current leg- islation of special interest to them. Rowland, Michrina Get Scout Posts Two new members were ap- pointed at a meeting of North Cambria Boy Scout District com- missioners last Wednesday night at the Bakerton Supply Com- pany office. They are: Quentin Rowland of Patton, who will supervise Troop 264 of Patton, "and Michael Michrina, St. Benedict, assigned to super- the remainder of training course within the dis- program was Members of the Barnesboro said | Lodge No. 170, Loyal Order of Moose, last Monday evening ap- proved an addition to the present home at a cost of $70,000. The addition will be 80x50 feet The plans for the building were drawn by Raymond A. Hagerman | Tyrone architect, and have been | approved by the state and sup- | reme lodges. Work is expected to start in April and probably will be completed the latter part of June. Mrs. Paul Allison of Johnstown spent last week visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patton Sportsmen Will Adopt New By-Laws Tuesday To Ask More Trout Stocked In Chest Creek Officers will be elected and in- corporation by-laws will be adop- ted at an important meeting of the Patton Sportsmen's Assn. to be held next Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Moose Home in Patton. New by-laws are made necessary by the purchase of 219 acres of fish and game land. It also will be necessary to make plans for the raising of additional finances for the pur- chase of ground and to name committees to develop natural re- sources for the betterment of hunting and fishing. The con- struction of two dams also will be a topic and a report on the planing of trees will be given by the committee which has been in touch with the Dept. of Forests and Waters and State College of- ficials. A committee will be appointed to contact C. A. French, fish commissioner, and Mr. Bueller of Bellefonte Fish Hatchery to in- crease the quota of trout for Chest Creek and for their inspec- tion of the riffles and V’s con- structed from Eckenrode Dam to the Patton Water Works during the past year. Plans also have been drawn, and formulated for the construction of several small dams on a local trout stream and await only the permission of the owners. Dues also will be payable at this meeting and Patton Sports- men’s Assn. emblems will be is- sued to members. On Jan. 16 a group of about 40 local sportsmen stocked corn in local hunting areas. Another sup- ply of corn has been procured for stocking during the early part of March. 1,000 Licenses Issued Last Year Approximately 1,000 fishing and hunting licenses were issued in Patton during 1948, while mem- bership in the sportsmen’s organ- ization for the same year was 248, or one-fourth the number of the total licenses issued. Of the 248 members, about 15 are active in carrying on the work of im- proving hunting and fishing in the area. They have shown no lack of effort, but the group feels that it is the duty of every true sport- man to assist in making future conditions better, and state this can be accomplished only by un- tiring cooperation. All sportsmen are invited to be present at the meeting next Tuesday. New Co. Farmer Group Organized In Area Monday The Cambria County Progres- sive Farmers Assn. was formally organized at a meeting in the Patton High School on Monday evening of this week. The officers to control the or- ganization for the ensuing year are: A. K. Wineland, Johnstown; R. D. president; B. F.' Troxell, Flinton, vice-president; Don East- bourn, Patton R. D., secretary- treasurer, and Richard Bloom, Ebensburg R. D., reporter. Seventy-five members attended the first meeting. All are cur- rently receiving farm training un- der the on-the-job training pro- gram for veterans. Membership in the new organization, howev- er, is ‘open to any person who makes his living entirely by farming. The membership voted unami- mously to hecome a member of the State Progressive Farmers Assn, and the president will at- tend a meeting next Monday in State College, where the state unit will he organized officially. The purpose of the new organi- zation is to continue the educa- tional program now being receiv- ed by the young farmers engaged in on-the-job training. It was said that most of the trainees will complete their government train- ing within the next few years and that the newly formed or- ganization will continue the edu- cational program. The next meeting of the Cam- bria County unit will be schedul- ed following Mr. Wineland’s re- turn from State College. Rossiter Trucker Picked Up In Patton By Sheehans James Houck of Rossiter, Pa. was fined $100 and costs this week by Squire Regina Winslow of Patton after pleading guilty to charges of delivering coal in Pat- ton Boro with a false and incor- rect weigh certificate. The coal was hauled from Indiana Co. Prosecution was made by J. J. Sheehan, state sealer, and D. V. Sheehan, county sealer of weights and measures. Patton Fire Co. ‘Stag’ To Aid Convention Fund Members of the Patton Fire Co. are planning for a ‘stag” party to be held at the Eagles’ Home, Patton, Wednesday, Feb. 2, begin- ning at 8:15 p. m. Refreshments will be served. Admission, $1. The proceeds will go into the Conven- tion Fund — the 1949 Convention of the Volunteer Firemen's Assn. of Cambria Co. & Vicinity being slated for Patton this summer. Spangler Nurse Group Sets Semi-Formal Dance A semi-formal dance for the benefit of Nurses’ Alumni Assn. of the Miners’ Hospital in Spang- ler, will be held on Tuesday, Mar. 1. The affair will be from 9 p.m, to 1 a. m. in the ball- room of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Barnesboro. Music John B. Petrusky of McIntyre Ave. will be provided by Bob Ford and his orchestra. District’s Coal Many. Small Wartime Operations Fold Up The district coal production last year fell nearly 3% million tons below the 1947, preliminary re- ports of the State Dept. of Mines announced last week. Output in the region during the 12 months is estimated at 38,642- 000 tons. This compares with the peacetime ’'47 high of 42,098,728 tons. Pennsylvania bituminous mines during 1948 produced 128,589,000 tons of coal, according to the pre- liminary reports of the depart- ment. Tightened coal markets ac- counted in a large measure for the downward slide in black dia- mond output. A six-week shutdown of mines while the union battled in and out of courts in a pension battle slashed another large hunk off production. Coal officials attribute a large portion of the production slump Production Hits Slight Snag During ’48 to closing of small operations which opened to meet wartime demand. With coal merchants manding top-grade fuel, these marginal mines with poorer qual- ity coal have been forced to close. Also feeling the impact of the tighter market blow are strip mines which had been adding a big tonnage to the district's over- all production picture. Stockpiles of most industries have reached capacity, and coal demand has been cut down to immediate demands. The preliminary yearly tonnage reports for each of the bitumi- ous districts comprising the dis- trict follow: Sixth . 2,754,000 Seventh 3,363,000 10th... 3,817,000 12th 4,243,000 15th 2,931,000 18th 3,150,000 20th 4,332,000 24th ,417,000 25th 3,520,000 28th 2,210,000 30th . 3,923,000 Find Emeigh Man Dead In Creek Frank Sponak, 67, was found dead in a creek at Emeigh early on Tuesday morning. Sponak, a coal miner, was ly- ing face down in the water when discovered hy Mike Katchmer at 10:40 o'clock. A doctor was called and pronounced him dead. Coroner Joseph Govekar is making an investigation. He has ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The man had made his home 2 Emeigh with three other men, and had not been seen since last Saturday. He worked at Victor coal mine of the Cherry Tree Coal Company in Emeigh. Barneshoro Cop Fight Hits Court The ‘old fight” over the dis- missal of Ernest Rescinito, a one time Barnesboro policeman, final- ly reached the courts on Monday of this week, when a hearing was held before Judges Ivan J. Mc- Kenrick and George W. Griffith, Rescinito, dismissed nearly a year age, brought action by ask- ing the court to compel the Bar- nesboro Borough Council to rein- state him. Rescinito’s attorney, Robert Bender, told the court that Rescinito had seniority rights and therefore should not have been dismissed and that while Rescinito was dismissed for economy reasons another man was hired at the same time, thus nullifying the alleged economy move. When Rescinito was discharg- ed, early last year, it is charged, council at the same time hired Ralph Brant at a salary which was $5 per month less than that received by Rescinito. . The court will review the testi- mony before handing down a de- cision. Mrs. Geo. Santucci Dies Here Sunday Mrs. Susan Santucci, 57, wife of George Santucci, died at her home in Patton on Sunday, Jan. 23, at 10 a. m., following a three years’ illness. * She was born in Italy on May 14, 1891, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Porcharti. Surviving are her husband and these child- ren, John of Juniata, and Mrs. James Forsythe and Mrs. Quentin Blake, both of Patton. One bro- ther, John Porcharti of Italy, also survives. A Requiem High Mass was held in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Patton, Wednesday morning at 9 o’clack by Rev. Father Rupert Stadtmiller, pastor. Interment was in the church cemetery. Captive Mine Union Shop Is Ruled Out William R. Ringer, trial exam- iner of the National Labor Rela- tions Board, last week ruled that the UMWA'’s union shop in coal mines owned by steel concerns and railroads is illegal and or- dered it abandoned. Ringer said the seven-year-old union shop violated the Taft- Hartley Law because it was con- tinued in effect in contracts last July without a government-con- ducted election required by that act. He said the union had com- pelled the companies to sign the agreement by striking and dis- missed the charges of refusal to bargain and coercion of employes, The order is subject to review by the full five-man labor board and the federal courts. If the or- der is upheld, the UMWA plans to appeal it to the Supreme Court under a stipulation with U. S. Steel and nine other big produ- cers signed last July which pro- vides that the union shop should remain in effect until the dispute is finally settled by the highest court. FEED WILD GAME SUNDAY Over 150 bushels of ear corn were dropped over the “wilder” districts of Cambria Co. Sunday by plane in a project by the Co. Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs. Salt will be dropped at a later ate. ARNOLD ON PAPER STAFF Mark Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark N. Arnold of Magee Ave., Patton, and a junior in journalism at Penn State, has been named to the junior adver- tising board of the school’s stu- County Has Cash Balance In General Fund At Year's End Less Spent Than 1948 Co. Budget Called For Cambria Co. had a cash balance of $196,652 in its general fund at the end of its 1948 fiscal year, ac- cording to a report this week. That balance is accounted for by the facts that the county spent $122,301 less than it plan- ned to spend according to the 1948 budget, and that income was $74,351 more than was antici- pated. While everything came out even the budget was upset in the pro- cess, with some departments spending more than was alloted and others keeping below the fig- ure set in ’'48 budget. But in some cases where expenses weren't as great as provided for, there was not an actual saving. For instan- ce, a $100,000 improvement at the county home and a $75,000 improvement program at the chil- dren’s home had to be scrapped. The two-mill increase in tax net- ted the county $300,000 in addi- tional income, and part of this money was to have gone into the above-named projects. Neither of these were undertaken. Thus the county threw out projects of $175,000 but the net saving was only $123,000. The balance was what the two institutions had to go over their budgets in general operating expenses. The cost of maintaining county residents in jails was 15 percent above expectations ($126,025), but less than half of $64,300 set aside for headstones for soldiers was spent. On the other hand, a total of $8,537 was set up for highways, roads and bridges, but damage claims had eaten up $81,180, or nearly 10 times the amount anti- cipated, by the end of the year. In addition to $196,000 in the general fund, Controller Cherven- ak has a total of $435,000 in sev- en bank accounts, all earmarked for specific purposes such as: bonds, retirement, special, insti- tutional, income tax, liquid fuels tax and sinking fund. age Actually [ ate Commissioners ,500 $ 67,060 Solicitor ... 600 3,420 Courthosue 0 42,56. Elections . ,100 44,55. Tax Assessment 29,025 33,302 Weights Measures .... ,285 6, Tax Collectors .......... 43,850 44,69. Controller ........... 23,051 23,803 Recorder of Deeds . 35,900 35,280 7 Patton 7th Grade Students Hear Inaugural Address While all the students in the Patton Public Schools were dis- missed in time to hear President Truman and Vice President Bar- kley, take the oath of office on Thursday of last week, the stu- dents of the Seventh Grade re- mained in school and listened to the ceremonies in a group. Miss Montanaro brought a radio and the students listened to the administering of the oath of office and to the President's Inaugural Address which follow- ed. Learning By Doing Best, Say Penn State Experts State College—Findings in a research project to determine the principles for producing the most effective “how to do it” film cor- roborates the old maxim—*‘learn by doing.” In teaching knot tying, a film pictured as the doer would watch a knot being tied from an over- the-shoulder position was found more effective than- a film that pictured the task from the front view of an observer. PATIENTS AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Virginia Passinita and Mrs. Alberta Nagle of Ashville and Mrs. Jennie Zeurghardt of Dysart have been patients at the dent newspaper, the Daily Colle- gian. Mercy Hospital, Altoona, where now de- | | | : Robert Eckenrode i: Will Be Reburied Register of Wills : 3 eri . 27,900 27,817|led in action on May 1, 1945 at SR tay 30 ool Okinawa, has arrived in New Clerk of Courts .. 9905 9.103 YOrK, was the word received by District Attorney 39.171 45630 his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 1sw Library a - 20 yr Eckenrode of Carrolltown, R. D. ourts a. - x , : : : Justices, Aldermen .. 4,500 4go7| He will be buried in the Na- Constables... 5,350 5.769 | tional Cemetery in Baltimore, PronReions Parole ... 26,200 22,577 Md., but no definite date has Yyenile Detention 2 sno 8.245] been set by the Government. Maint. in State & Cpl. Eckenrode was a graduate Coe $e Fen Inst. 108,100 126,025| of Carrolltown High School and Se Ble S048 31.028 before entering the service was Institutions District. 225.000 5, employed at the Englebert Fara- Qeher Sheritiss a 9,850 12,727 | baugh Dairy Farm. Wi : : : & Bridges oa 8,53 s1180| He is survived by his parents, Veterans’ Affairs .... 5,950 6,151 | John and Catherine (Dunegan) por Cc oaools 5,650 5,776 | Eckenrode and the following bro- y Conn . 64300 2v5s3 thers and sisters: Mrs, Cecil Spr- .- '200 4.639 | inger, Harold and Phyllis of Eb- Miscellaneous 62,975 71,945 | ensburg, Paul of Cleveland, Ohio Debt Service .. 480,396 406,004 | and Merrill, Dave and Eugene at Totals 0... $1,735,786 $1,613,485 | home. Assistant D. A. to ‘49 Fund Chairman Jesse W. Cogley Jr. To Head R. C. Drive Jesse W. Cogley Jr. will act as fund chairman for the an- nual campaign of the Clear- field Branch of the Cambria Co. Chapter of the American Red Cross. Quota for the branch is $2,550. Entire goal for the chapter is $99,750. Of this amount $23,035 has been assigned to the six county branches. Mr. Cogley is supervising principal of the Patton Public Schools. During World War II he served as a major in the 8th Air Force in the European Theater. He is a member of North Cambria Kiwanis Club, Ameri- can Legion and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Speak to Kiwanis N. C. Group Will Hold Joint Meet, Barneshoro Cletus Lehmier, chairman of the program committee, announc- e3 that he has secured the con- sent of Al McDonald, assistant District Attorney, and Joseph Roberts, Chief of County Det- ectives, to be present at the reg- ularly scheduled meeting of the Northern Cambria Kiwanis this Thursday evening, Jan. 27. The Club will convene in the Com- mercial Hotel, Patton, for dinner at six o'clock. Attorney McDonald will ad- dress the Club and some re- marks will be made by Chief Roberts. Immediately following the Club meeting there will be an import- ant meeting of the Board of Directors. Last week's meeting was well attended. An open forum was held with many members partici- pating in the discussion of things pertaining to the welfare of the Club. Tentative projects were also discussed. Northern Cambria has accepted an invitation from the Kiwanis Club of Barnesboro to unite with them in an Inter-Club meeting on Jan. 31. The meeting will probably be held in Barnesboro. Cpl. Robert J. Eckenrode, 25, of the U. S. Marines Corps, Kil- Blood Typing Scheduled Wednesday At Carrolltown Blood typing by the Cambria Co. Chapter, American Red Cross, will be done at American Legion Home in Carrolltown on Wednes- day of next week, Feb. 2. There will be no charge for this service. The typing will be done between 10 a. m. and 4:30 v1 All district residents are in- vited. Know your type of blood— it may mean the saving of a life someday—perhaps your own. Carrolltown Man Enters Novitiate Brother Nicholas Lawrence Weakland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Weakland of Pond St. Carrollitown, has entered the no- vitiate at St. Vincent's Archabbey in Latrobe. At the end of a year he will be professed as a Benedic- tine lay brother. Brother Nicholas has been a postulant at Sts Vincent's for the past six months. He attended St. Benedict's Parochial School in Carrolltown before going to St. Vincent's and is the second mem- ber of St. Benedict's parish to enter the Benedictine order dur- ing the past year. The other is Brother Patrick Lacey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ligouri Lacey, who will be professed as a Benedictine next they were under observation. Television Here Now Reality; Many See History In Making Inauguration Witnessed By Many at Moose Home Television has come to North- | ern Cambria Co. to stay-—as will be bourne out by those who wit- nessed ‘history in the making" last Thursday via television sets in scattered parts of this area. Despite the fact Patton sits in a “hole” as far as television is concerned, the crowd at the Pat- ton Loyal Order of Moose Home last Thursday got a far better view of the proceedings than did most of the folks from this sec- tion who journeyed to the nation’s capital to see the ‘‘goings-on.” Reception was reported as ex- cellent in other points in this area, too, including Nicktown and Ebensburg. Television sets in Carrolltown also get clear pic- tures from the Pittsburgh sta- tion, closest to the area. The television set at the Moose Home in Patton was purchased | some time ago, but not a great | deal of success was had with it | until the new Pittsburgh station | was opened and hooked up on a | nation wide network. Joe Harris | local radio and businessman, did | the installing. The television cameras were |about 120 feet away from the | Capitol Bldg., but their telephoto | lenses took you up so you could j look President Truman in the eye and note that they had fresh | haircuts. You could see Mr. Tru- {man fiddling with his gloves when {he first arrived. And, adding to |the feeling of actually being | there, every now and then some- | one would walk past and cut off your view. The inaugural parade was cov- ered by the television network, too. | Small Coal Mines To Give Half-Cent A Ton for Hospital Fund Drive to Go Into Full Swing This Friday Operators of North Cambria coal mines employing less than five men have agreed to donate one-half cent for each ton of coal mined in their respective opera- tions for the next two years to the fund drive to raise $250,000 for the construction of a new wing at the Miners’ Hospital in Spangler. The donations will be effective from Jan. 1, 1949, to Dec. 31, 1950. Action was taken at a meet- ing of the smaller operators held recently at the Barnesboro UMW Hall. About 100,000 tons of coal are mined annually by the group of operators. The announcement was | made by a committee consisting of James Lynn, St. Boniface; Joseph Ploucha, Barnesboro, and Urban Lantzy, Spangler. Dennis J. Keenan, state inspec- tor for the 15th Bituminous Dis- trict and chairman of the fund drive, spoke on requirements of Act 364, which regulates mining in pits employing less than five men. He also said committees in the fund drive, which will go into high gear this Friday and con- tinue through February, will meet at the Nurses’ Home in Spangler at 8 p. m. this Thursday. The proposed wing will boost the hospital patient capacity by 62 and also will provide space for a new operating room and a diet kitchen. Music Club Lists Program for Feb. Tuesday evening, Feb. 1, the Patton Music Club will present the following program in the Moose Hall at 8:15 p. m.: Soloists will be Mrs. Paul Kane with Mrs. William Bosserman as accompanist, and Angelo Dom- inic of Spangler, accompanied by Mrs. Angelo Dominic. Your Window” (Brahe), and “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (Adams). Mrs. Jesse Cogley Jr. is chair- man for the meeting. The 25th Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Music Clubs will be held in Dallas, Tex., Mar. 27-Apr. 3. Theme of the con- vention will be “Music, the Hand- maiden of Religion; Religion, the Handmaiden of Peace.” Mrs. R. | J. Keith of Chicago is president of the national group. Mrs. John I. Barnard is president of the Patton Music Club. War Bonds, $200 In Cash Stolen Saturday, Spangler A quantity of war bonds and about $200 in cash were reported stolen from the home of Michael Smolko in Spangler on Saturday evening. County detectives said the money and 18 war bonds were in a cedar chest in the Smolko home when the chest was stolen some time before 11 p. m. The chest was found a short dis- tance from the home. County detectives and Spangler police are investigating, 2 Deadlines Face Motorists Monday Motorists are remined by R. B. Maxwell of Harrisburg, secretary- manager of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation-AAA, that they must meet two deadlines if they want to be assured of uninterupt- ed driving after midnight Mon- day, Jan. 31. By that time, motorists must | have had their cars inspected in ithe current semi-annual inspec- | tion campaign and also must have | their 1949 driver's license. { ‘Whether an operator can con- | tine to drive a car uninterruptedly | or whether a car owner can op- | erate his vehicle after the Jan. 31 deadline depends on whether he has complied with these two re- quirements,” Mr. Maxwell said. Co. Farm Meeting Set For Ebensburg Wednesday, Feb. 9 Election of Officers Also Will Be Feature The annual meeting and elec- tion of the Cambria County Agri- cultural Extension Assn., will be held in the Ebensburg Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Edward Jones of Wilmore, president of the organization, said the morn- ing and afternoon will be open to the public. . The principal speaker of the day will be Miss Laura Lane, as- sociate editor of the Country Gen- tleman, a nationally circulated magazine published in Philadel- phia. Miss Lane recently spent considerable time in England and Holland gathering first-hand in- formation on conditions in the agricultural or rural areas of those countries. His talk will deal with the food situation abroad and how it is dependent on the farms of this country. She will explain the part of the American farmer in help- ing to meet the food requirements Mrs. Kane's numbers will in-|of those countries dependent on clude: “In the Garden of My |U. S. agriculture for a continued Heart” (Caro Roma), “Evening |food supply. Prayer” from “Hansel and Gre-| Miss Lane will speak at the af- tel” (Humperdinck), “Calm As|ternoon meeting. A feature of the Night” (Bohm), ‘I Passed BY|morning Session will be the an- nual election of officers. The meeting program will be complet- d at a meeting of extension as- sociation leaders Tuesday evening in the office of County Farm Ag- ent H. C. McWilliams. The extension association also is sponsoring four other meetings for farmers this week. Sessions were’ held on Monday of this week and again this Thursday afternoon and evening. The outlook for agriculture in 1949 were discussed at the Mon- day meeting by Dr. Kenneth Hood, agriculture economist of the Penn State College Extension Service. Dr. Hood is considered an authority on the over-all agri- cultural situation, according to Mr. McWilliams. Dr: Hood spoke on Monday af- ternoon at the Nicktown Hotel in Nicktown and in the evening at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johns- town. Figures on yields and produc- ticn costs will be presented today and the speaker will be Earl Mof- fitt, also an extensien director at the Penn State College. Accident Late Saturday At No. 4 Mine, Spangler Twenty-seven year old Michael L. Bush of Hastings, a veteran of world war II, was killed almost instantly last Saturday afternoon in the Springfield 4 mine of the Springfield Coal Corp., in Span- gler. The Hastings man was killed about 4:15 p. m. on Saturday when he was crushed between a mine locomotive he was operat- ing and the mine roof. Bush was attempting to replace his trolley pole on the power line when the accident occurred and was pronounced dead when re- moved from the mine by fellow workers. Cambria County Coroner Jose- ph Govekar was was standing in front of his stop- ped mine locomotive when the brakes failed to hold. The machine moved forward only two or three feet. The mo- tion of the heavy machine pulled Bush on top of the vehicle and he was crushed against the rail July. timber on the roof. The accident informed Bush | Hastings Miner Killed When Pinned to Roof By ‘Motor’ occurred near a low section of the mine, The victim was alone at the head of the trip when the mishap cecurred. A buddy was working on the rear of the coal car train as a spragger. Coroner Gdvekar said Bush died of a crushed chest and in- ternal injuries. He said an inquest will be held probably later this week, ° An investigation into the fatal accident also was conducted by Charles E. Fisher of Ebensburg, inspector for the 10th Bitumin- ous District. Michael Bush was born on Jan. 6, 1922, in Clearfield County and was the son of Luke and Lulu (King) Bush. His father is de- ceased. Surviving are his widow, the former Angeline Roberts and these children. Judith Ann, Wil- liam and Michael Jr. He was a member of the UMW Hastings Local 393 and the VFW Pose 1586 of Hastings. The Mass was celebrated in St. Bernard’s Catholic Church on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock by the Rev. Father Adalbert Kalsch and the burial was made in the church cemetery.
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