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Northern Cambria’s
Best and Largest Weekly
Vol. 56 No. 16
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PATTON, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
UNION PRESS-COURIER
14 Pages
— 112 Columns
Recognized Medium
Of Union Labor Interests
Subscription $2.50 Per Year
New Street Lighting System In Downtown
Patton May Be Completed By Next Fall
Some Lights Promised by Firemen’s Convention
Time If Council OK’s Proposed Penelec Plan
Patton’s Magee and Fifth Aves. may have at least some
of the new street lights installed in time for parades during
the Annual Convention of the Volunteer Firemen’s Assn. of |
Cambria Co. & Vicinity to be held
here next August, according to a
promise made by R. J. Nophsker
of the Pennsylvania Electric Co.
at the Patton Chamber of Com-
merce meeting Tuesday evening
at the Commercial Hotel.
However, before this can be
accomplished, Patton Boro Coun-
cil must formally authorize Pen-
elec to go ahead with a new
street lighting program.
The plan previously was ex-
plained to Council, and that body
submitted it to the Chamber of
Commerce for their approval be-
fore taking final action on the
matter. The Chamber of Com-
merce gave its unanimous consent
at Tuesday's meeting.
The new lighting system will
be installed on Magee Ave. from
the railroad station to Fara-
baugh's Mill and on Fifth Ave.
from the bridge across Little
Chest Creek to the intersection
of Beech Ave. near the Patton
High School. However, additional
lines also may be installed.
The fixtures, which will be of
a type which will light up the
streets 15 or 20 times better
than at present, would be install- |
ed on wooden poles staggered on
both sides of Magee Ave. with a
light approximately every 90 feet.
On Fifth Ave. using a slightly
different fixture having the same
effect, all poles would be located
on the west side of the street.
Drawings were submitted show-
ing the proposed plan, in which
illumination would overlap and
leave no blank spaces.
All cost of installation would
be absorbed by the company. The
only additional cost to residents
of Patton would be the difference
in the monthly electric bill caused
by the increased amount of power
used. At ‘present the bill runs
about $145 per month. With the
new lights it would be $205.
The pole and bracket installa-
tion would be similar to the one
in front of Jay Lees’ barber shop
on Magee Ave. while the fixtures
themselves, which would reflect
and deflect the light, would be
similar to those in Ashville.
Some discussion also was made
on substituting steel poles for
wood poles. Mr. Nophsker explain-
ed that the additional cost be-
tween installing wood and steel
would have to be borne by the
borough, and that delivery could
not be promised in less than two
years. He further stated that un-
der the proposed lighting system
there would be only three more
utility poles on Magee Ave. than
at present, but the majority of
these poles would be relocated.
Feasability of using this new
system throughout the borough
also was questioned, with the
Penelec official replying that the
cost of current for operating sucn
a system throughout the town
would prove far more than the
town finances could stand.
At present Penelec is running
a new line from the substation
on the Patton-Carrolltown Road
into the town.
District VFW Meet
Scheduled Sunday
The 26th District of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars will hold its
next meeting in the new post
home in Barnesboro, Lewis E.
Belcher Post No. 343, this coming
Sunday, Feb. 13. The 26th Dis-
trict is composed of all V. F. W.
Posts in Cambria, Armstrong’ and
Indiana Counties.
It is anticipated that officers
of the State Department of the
V. F. W. will be in attendance.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold
its meeting at the same time and
place.
District Commander L. R. Mc-
Quire extends a hearty welcome
to all posts and ‘urges them to
have as many members present
at this meeting as is possible.
Business very important to the
district will be under discussion.
Joe Haluska In Detroit
To View New "49 Chrysler
Joe Haluska, Chrysler-Plymouth
dealer and operator of Haluska
Motors, Patton, left on Monday
morning for Detroit, Mich., as a
guest of the Chrysler Motor Corp
While in Detroit, Mr. Haluska
will have an opportunity to see
the new 1949 line of Chrysler
cars soon to come on the market.
Daniel J. Link, owner of Pat-
ton Motor Sales, will attend a
preview of the new 1949 Dodge
(mrss
Order Signal Lights
At Patton Crossing
' PUC Upholds Appeal
Of Local Councilmen
| Automatic flashing signal lights
| will be installed at the Magee
| Ave. crossing of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co. in Patton.
| This will be done as a result
of an order by the Public Utility
Commission, which upheld a con-
tention of the Patton Boro Coun-
cil that protection at the cross-
ing is inadequate. The railroad
{company had held the position
| that no signal lights were needed.
| The PRR estimated it would
cost $20,458 to install signals at
the crossing and $600 a year to
maintain them. They contendex
the installation of the signals
would cover about a mile
track, one-half mile on each side
{ of the crossing.
| The PUC has ordered the rail-
road to submit detailed plans in
three months and to have the in-
complete by Feb. 1
| stallation
[ 1950.
State Group Will
Intervene In Suit.
Hearing On Court Pay
| Case Set Next Month
| The State Assn. of Co. Com-
| missioners has been permitted to
intervene in the friendly court
| suit to determine who has juris-
| diction over Cambria Co. Court
employes. |
| The suit began when the Co.
| Salary Board refused to honor an
| order of the County Court to give
|act of assembly took such power
{away from the court.
When the
|legal action against the commis-
|sioners and controller, as mem
| bers of the Salary Boad, Judge I"
| Cortez Bell of Clearfield Co. ruled |
that the act is unconstitutional |
{and order that the pay increases |
The case then was |
appealed to the State Supreme |
be granted.
| Court by the state attorney gen-
|eral's office, which contends that
of that act is constitutional.
| The State Assn. of Co. Com-
| missioners was granted permis-
sion to intervene as ‘friends of
| the court,” presumably in with in-
terest on the side of the Salary
Board. A hearing will be held in
Pittsburgh sometime in March.
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New Sons of Italy Home At Patton
To Have Grand Opening This Week
Haluska Presents
Loaded Gun Bill
State Senator John J. Haluska
of Patton has introduced a bill
in the State Senate making it
unlawful to carry firearms with
the safety catch off.
Other bills introduced in the
Senate this week would provide
for the establishment of a state
board of cosmetology. The board
would set up licensing require-
ments and standards for all per-
sons practicing beauty culture. It
was introduced by three Republi-
can Senators.
Authorize municipalities to cre-
ate sewage disposal system funds
systems.
Bob Hoffman Hurt
In Headon Collision
Robert S. Hoffman, 21, son of
Miners’ Hospital, Spangler, about
8 p. m. Tuesday suffering from
cuts of the head and injuries to
both legs.
Hoffman was driving a car
which collided head-on with an
auto being operated by Sylvester
Airhart, 41, of Patton. The mis-
hap occurred near Cross Roads
on Legislative Route 11086.
Clair Hoffman, brother of the
driver, a passenger in the car,
suffered an ankle injury but was
not hospitalized.
Sgt. Elmer Echmoyer and Pvt.
Alfred Pfadt of Ebensburg State
| Police detail are investigating the
accident. Both cars were demol-
ished.
John E. Johnson
Buried Saturday
John E. Johnson, 52, died on
Wednesday of last week, Feb. 2,
at the Miners’ Hospital, Spangler,
where he had been a patient for
nine days. He was a son of John
A. and Emma (Anderson) John-
son and was born in Patton on
July 1, 1896.
Mr. Johnson resided on Patton
R. D. throughout his lifetime and
had been employed by the Flan-
nigan Coal Co. He was a member
of the U.M.W.A. and of Lodge No.
488, Loyal Order of Moose.
Surviving are his mother and
these brothers and sisters: Wil-
liam of Patton, Carl W. of Cleve-
land, O., Theodore and Clarence
Johnson, Mrs. Eskil Falk, Mrs.
Anna Jones and Mrs. Rudolph
Olson, all of Jamestown, N. Y.
The deceased was a member of
the Swedish Lutheran Church in
Patton, where funeral services
and Plymouth cars in Pittsburgh | were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sat-
from Thursday of next Week id
Monday, Feb. 21.
urday. Burial was in the Fair-
view Cemetery.
Office Hours At Courthouse
Are Changed from 9 to 4:30
Will Give Better Chance
For Afternoon Business
Beginning Monday, offices in
the Cambria Co. Courthouse at
Ebensburg will operate on a new
schedule—9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
The change will set the opening
and closing times back one-half
hour. Under the schedule still in
effect this week, offices opened
at 8:30 and closed at 4:00 p. m.
Action effecting the change
took place Tuesday after consid-
erable discussion at a meeting of
county officeholders. Two reasons
were cited for the change:
1. To establish a definite start-
ing time for all employes.
2. To give the public an extra
half-hour in the afternoon to
transact business in the county
offices.
It also was pointed out that an
8:30 starting time is not suitable
for all employes. Persons who tra-
vel by bus very often do not
reach Ebensburg until nearly 9
o'clock and as a result a large
number of persons traveling by
private car were not showing up
until the same time.
Commissioner Pat Farrell also
said that the large number of em-
ployers who were not starting
work until about 9 o’clock were
quitting at 4 p. m. Register of
Wills Michael Hartnett also said
he felt all employes should begin
work at the same time. It has a
demoralizing effect on those who
start at 8:30, he said, if others
report a half-hour later.
Prothonotary Joseph C. Dolan
suggested that employes be per-
mitted to vote on new hours, but
no action was taken.
Advocates of the change point-
ed out that few people transact
business at the Courthouse during
the early-morning and that the
half-hour added to the end of the
day would therefore be advanta-
geous to the public.
to repair and construct new sewer
Radio Program Slated
At 10 P. M. Friday
Approximately 10 years after
the order purchased its original
building on Fourth Ave. Patton
Lodge No. 310, Sons of Italy
will have the grand opening of
its new home Friday, Saturday
and Sunday of this week, Feo.
11, 12 and 13.
Festivities at the completely
new and renovated club building
will begin at 7:30 p. m. nightly
and a different orchestra will be
on hand each evening to provide
music for dancing.
In addition, on Friday night
between 10 and 10:30 a radi»
program will be broadcast from
the lodge home. The program
will be carried over station
WJISW (1240), Altoona.
ay hikes to three court steno- |
| graphers. It was claimed that an |
stenographers took |
A full page ad with details of
the opening will be found on
Page 7 of this issue. ;
The local Sons of Italy in Am-
Patton Business Assn.
By-Laws Are Approved
By-Laws governing the newly-
| formed Patton Business Associa-
| tion were approved at a largely-
attended meeting of that group
at the Sons of Italy Home in
Patton on Monday evening.
A number of ideas were brought
forth and plans advanced to aid
in making Patton a better shop-
ping center.
Much enthusiasm is being
shown within the organization.
Susquehanna R. C.
Aides Announced
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, HARRY M. ALTMAN
Nine division chairmen for the
Susquehanna Branch of the Cam-
bria Co. Red Cross Chapter have
been announced by Harry M. Alt-
man, fund campaign chairman for
that branch.
Ben Root of Barnesboro has
been named chairman of the bus-
iness division in Barnesboro. Mrs.
William Wiseman of Elmora will
serve as chairman for that dis-
trict. Mrs. Clarence Ebbs, Barnes-
boro, will be the chairman for
Cymbria Mines.
Serving as chairman for their
respective towns are Clem Fara-
baugh Sr. Carrolltown; J. E.
Johnson, Emeigh; Mrs. Frank
Tonkin, Marsteller; Miss Louise
Krumenacker, Nicktown; Mrs.
Clara Caldwell, St. Benedict, and
Mrs. John H. Dumm, Spangler.
John L. Lewis Piles
Up 286,504 Votes
Tom Kennedy, John
Owens Also Renamed
John L. Lewis was renamed as
N. C. Kiwanis Club
Plans Valentine
Party This Evening
Last Week Visiting
Season for Members
Kiwanians
week!
On Monday evening 10 mem-
bers of the Northern Cambria
group journeyed to Barnesboro to
participate in an Inter-Club meet-
ing. On Tuesday, five members
went to Clymer at the invitation
of that club to participate in the
went visiting last
{vided the speaker and entertain-
| Dr. Harry Treshler of the Cres-
son Sanitorium staff gave a most
| furnishing an
| the Northern Cambria Club
meet at the Central Hotel,
| rolltown. A ladies’ night has been |
| of a Valentine party. A commit-
observance to the first annivei-
sary of the founding of the Cly-
mer Club. Northern Cambria pro-
ment for the Barnesboro meeting.
interesting and informative ad-
dress.
The Clymer Club, in addition to
excellent dinner,
provided a fine program of enter
tainment. Principal speaker was |
Lieutenant Governor Marshall De- |
Forrest of Huntingdon.
This Thursday evening, Feb. 10,
will
Car-
planned, which will take the form |
tee composed of wives of Kiwan- |
ians has been appointed to ar-
range for the event. It is com-
posed of Mrs. Cletus Lehmier, |
Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Mrs. Fred |
B. Buck, Mrs. Jesse W. Cogley |
and Mrs. Plummer Harvey.
Fraternal Order
Eagles Rounds Out
51 Years” Service
Rounding out 51 years of un-
remitting service in the field of
human welfare, the Fraternal Or-
der of Eagles celebrates its birth-
day this month by embarking
upon a broad scale program
terment, young aid and the health
and security of the American
family.
The Eagles, of which Aerie
1244 is located in Patton, claims
to be the largest benefit fraternal
organization in the United States,
with 1,400,000 active members in
1,700 communities. It has just
coneluded observance of its gold-
en anniversary year, during which
it grew in scope as well as in
numerical strength.
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which will stress community bet- |R. D.
Income Tax Man to Be
At District Banks Soon
Leo F. McDonnell, deputy
collector of internal revenue,
will be at the First National
Bank, Patton, Thursday, Feb.
17, from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m,
to assist taxpayers in filing
their income tax returns. No
charge will be made for this
service.
He will be at the First Na-
tional Bank, Hastings, Wed-
nesday, Feb. 16; at the First
National Bank, Carrolltown, on
Friday, Feb. 18; at the First |
National Bank, Barnesboro,
Feb. 28 and Mar. 1-4, and at
the Ebensburg Postoffice Mar.
5.
Lt. John E. Ranck's
Remains In States
|
3 Other War Dead
Also to Arrive In Area
The remains of four district
war heros, three from Barnesboro |
and one from Hastings, have ai-|
rived in the United States for re-|
burial. They originally were in-
terred in cemeteries in Italy and |
North Africa.
First Lieut. John W. Kephart
Ranck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles
E. Ranck of 10th St., Barnesboro,
who was killed in action on Apr.
9, 1945, only a few hours before
fighting ended in Italy. He swas a
graduate of Pennsylvania State
College and was president of the
Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity at
that school. Lt. Ranck was the
assistant editor of the Barnesboro
Star at the time of enlisting in
the Army. He was 25 years old
at the time of his death.
Pfc. Robert B. Mason of Bar-
nesboro, who was killed in ac-
tion while serving in the Medi-
terranean area early in 1944. Next
of kin is listed as Mrs. Rosa
Mason, Barnesboro R. D. 2.
Pvt. Haley Schlereth, Barnes-
boro, killed in action in the ETO
while serving with the Army. His
next of kin is listed as Joseph
Schlereth, Box 306, Barnesboro
. 1,
| able
Pvt. Cletus Thomas, 19, son of
Alvin Thomas of Hastings, who
was killed in action while fighting
Yon the U. 8S. Army in Italy in
H. F. Longwell Gets
Master's Degree
Youthful in spirit and actioa
for all its 50 years, the order can
look back on the realization of
many goals. Its gdervice to the
community has ravged from sup-
plying underp eged children
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoffman of
Carrolltown, was admitted to the
ago. Social memberships
group attained its club
license, back in 1942.
has been growing by leaps and
bounds, with its
all-brick home the culmination of
their efforts. Chairman of the
| building committee is Mike Pavia.
Work on tne new structure was
tion was made fireproof and fire-
proof trimmings were used in
fall indoor fixtures and appoint-
ments.
| The first floor of the building
grille,
|chen, lounge room and storage
land rest rooms. On the second
{floor will be found the lodge’s
meeting rooms and offices.
| Every light in the entire build-
ling is of the flourescent type, with
{pinkish indirect and large com-
| bination pink and white fixtures
in the center of the ballroom. In
|addition, spotlights are focused
jon the modern open-rail construc-
[ted stage. Booths in the ball-
{room, of which a picture will be
{found on Page 7, are upholstered
in combinations of blue and red
leather and table tops are of
{fireproof mother of pearl. Brown
| leather upholstery at the sides of
|the booths and on the doors, as
{well as tan and green curtains
|complete the appointments. Over
the stage will be found a star-
shaped, lighted loudspeaker.
The floor in the barroom has
|been covered with tile, as has
been the bar itself. Lighting in this
|room is done by series of flour-
{escent fixtures, each with two
{blue and two gold bulbs. All
lights are connected to a gasoline-
powered emergency system, as-
suring adequate light at all times.
The kitchen is equipped with a
bottled gas range, combination re-
frigerator and deep freeze, French
fryer and coffee urn, all of the
latest design.
The building was contracted so
as to afford ample ventilation in
the summer months. In addition
to all windows opening, there is
a series of noiseless exhaust fans.
The Sons of Italy Lodge also
plans a Valentine Dance Monday
evening from-9:30 to 12:30, with
music by a popular orchestra. As
an added feature, two Valentine
boxes of candy will be given
away each hour. .
High School Grads
Get Navy Letters
Members of high school classes
graduating last spring from high
schools in Cambria Co. this week
are receiving letters from the U.
S. Navy urging them to “join up.”
The letters to the male grad-
uates point out that the Navy has
adopted a one-year enlistment
program for 18-year-olds. This
plan offers the same advantages
as the longer enlistments.
After the one-year enlistment
is completed, the Navy has pro-
vided a system that will enable
men to re-enlist for three more
years. Full details are available
at the Johnstown or Altoona re-
cruiting offices.
erica Lodge was organized back
in 1915, and the present site of
its home, then a worn-out build-
ing, was purchased about 10 years
were
begun about the same time the
liquor
modern new
president of the United Mine
Workers of America in balloting
in December by the largest major-
ity given him in his 30 years as
head of the organization.
Acording to the UMW Journal,
Lewis received 286,504 votes. He
had no opposition and there were
Since that time the organization [no write-in votes.
Vice President Tom Kennedy
and Secretary - Treasurer John
Owens also were renamed with-
out opposition. The UMW now
claims 600,000 members.
John L.'s new term will begin
| previously to two-year terms.
[to follow him on political issues
in recent years, his control is vir- |
| tually unshaken as far as union |
policy is concerned. |
He will receive $50,000 a year
for each of the next four years
as a result of an increase voted
last November. Kennedy and
Owens will get $40,000 each a
| year.
PAC "49 Collection
Begun In Cambria
Interested In Having
Right Men In Office
Organized labor will not rest
on its laurels but rather will
strive for greater prestige in the
political arena this year, Ray-
mond E. McDermit said last
week.
The chairman of the Cambria
County CIO-Political Action Com-
mittee explained that he was
serving notice his organization
will be a factor to be considered
in the 1949 primary and general
election.
He said the PAC feels the cho-
ice of city and county candidates
is important—just the same as
on the state and national level.
This year Cambria County vot-
ers will choose one judge, a
| sheriff and two jury commission- |
| ers. Johnstowners will select two |
| councilmen. {
“The PAC is interested in|
picking the right men for office |
—regardless of party affilation— |
from top to bottom,” McDermit |
said.
He announced the labor group |
will fire the opening guns of its
political actiorf campaign on Feb.
15 when the PAC will begin the
collection of voluntary contribu-
tions from more than 15,000 CIO
members in the district. Receipt
books have been printed and for-
warded to the unions affiliated
with the CIO. A strict account-
ing will be kept of all money
contributed.
Initiates Class of 152
Barnesboro Moose Lodge 170
received 152 new members at in-
itiation ceremonies Sunday in the
Barnesboro Moose Home, It was
the largest class in the lodge's
history.
James Boothman, governor, and
Frank Perrone, Charles Warrend-
er, Anthony Sabella, Paul Arotin,
Howard Sherry and John Sernos-
I
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‘Name Mrs. Wesner
ky composed the degree team.
with toothbrushes to pressing for
progressive social legislation; and
from entertaining orphans on pic-
nics to the creating and putting
to work a $3,000,000 memorial
foundation for the children of
Eagle fathers who died in World
| War II
County Extension
Meet Features
begun last summer. All construc- [on Apr. 1 and run for four years. |
|He now is completing the first
four-year term in UMW history, |
and had been elected 13 times |
| the features of the 34th annual
| | The UMW head will be 69 on|meeting of the Cambria County |school,
{houses a large ballroom, bar and |Saturday of this week. While the | Agricultural
completely equipped Kkit-| miners consistently have refused |tion meeting held on Wednesday
Panel Discussions |
A panel discussion was one of
Extension Associa-
of this week in the Ebensburg
Courthouse. The event included
both morning and afternoon ses-
sions. \
The panel discussion was held !
in the afternoon and dealt with |
the county’s agricultural exten-
sion service. The topic was, “Is
the Extension Service Meeting
the Responsibilities of Agricul-
ture and Home Economice? How
Can This Service Be Improved?”
W. H. Fyock, Johnstown, R. D,,
served as moderator, and the
other members of the panel were:
Mrs. James H. Connell Jr., Cres-
son; Mrs. Lawrence Oaks of
Summerhill; Miss Nancy Brickley
of Ebensburg R. D.; Fred Bloom
of Ebensburgh R. D.; Galen Metz-
ger of Johnstown R. D.1; Arthur
Farabaugh of Loretto R. D., and
J. N. Griffith of Ebensburg R. D.
Another feature of the after-
noon session was an address by
Miss Laura Lane, assistant editor
of the Country Gentleman maga-
zine. Miss Lane spent several
months recently in England and
Europe and discussed the food
situation and rural living condi-
tions in the countries she visited.
The morning program included
addresses by Edward Jones of
Wilmore, president of the Assn,
and reports of the secretary and
treasurer. Paul Edinger, assistant
extension director at Penn State
College, also gave an address. A
nomination of officers and direc-
tors was held just before lunch.
Spangler Nurses
The election of a corresponding
secretary and a membership chair-
man featured a meeting Tuesday
evening of the Nurses Alumnae
Assn. of the Miners’ Hospital.
Mrs. Erima Wesner will suc-
ceed Mrs. Mildred Harvey as cor-
responding secretary. Mrs. Har-
vey resigned. Mrs. Ruth Legdon
wiil serve as membership chair-
man, a newly-created post in the
unit.
A report was given on a semi-
formal dance to be held Tuesday
evening, Mar. 1, in the ballroom
of the Barnesboro VFW Home. A
lunch was served and entertain-
ment provided. The next meeting
is scheduled Tuesday, Mar. 8
FLYER STILL SOUGHT
No definite trace as yet has
been found of the missing Super-
Fort of which S/Sgt. John Luma-
due of Hastings is a crew member.
Recently At State
Now Agriculture Dept.
Head At Patton High -
Harry Franklin Longwell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Longwell,
Dixonville, Indiana County, Pa,
was granted a Master of Science
degree at the commencement ex-
ercises of the Pennsylvania State
College on Jan. 31, 1949.
On Sept. 1, 1942 Mr. Longwell
married Thelma (Hodden) Long-
well and are the parents of two
children, Jerry and Arlene Marie.
He attended the elementary
grades at Dixonville and com-
eted his secondary education in
the Green Twp. High School, in
Commodore, Pa., in May 1937,
from where he was graduated
with honors.
After graduation from high
he matriculated in the
Pennsylvania State Teachers Col-
lege, curriculum in agricultural
education in September 1937. He
was graduated in June 1941. At|
Penn State he was a member of
Delta Theta Sigma agricultural
fraternity and Alpha Tau Alpha
honorary fraternity as well as
the collegate chapter Future Far-
mers of America and the Persh-
ing Rifleman.
After graduation Mr. Longwell
accepted a position as teacher of
vocational agriculture in the pub-
lic schools of Freeport, Arm-
strong County, Pa., which position
he held until entering the armed
forces of the U. S. in June 1944,
After entering the armed forces
he was stationed at Camp Craft,
S. C., where he received his in-
fantry training. In November of
that year he was sent to the
ETO where he was shifted to the
A.G.D. department and assigned
to the 2nd Reinforcement Depot
which organization he followed
through France, Germany and
Belgium.
Upon discharge from the ser-
vice in Feb. 1946, he returned
to the Pennsylvania State College
and completed one semester of
graduate work prior to accepting
a position, July 1, 1946, as teach-
er of agriculture in the Patton
High School, Patton, Pa., which
he now occupies.
Home Economics
Delayed At CHS
There won't be any home eco-
nomics course at the Carrolltown
High School until next fall-—for
the simple reason that the school
authorities can't find a teacher to
fill the position.
A short time before school
opened last fall, Miss Joanna Tui-
enkek tendered her resignation in
order to take a jcb nearer her
home, and since that time the
school board has run down every
hint of an available teacher. At
present, it has applications from
two young ladies, neither of which
will be available until the begin-
ning of the 1949-50 term. Word
also has been received that re-
quirements may be relaxed by the
state as concerns temporary home
economics teachers.
The board, at its meeting last
Thursday night, also set Wednes-
day, June 1, as graduation day
also agreed to authorization of a
tax exemption of the Carrolltowa
Fairground property, now owned
by the Carrolltown American Le-
gion Post and used solely for rec-
| direct the program.
maintained.
| centers,
District No. 2 Medical Office
Local Unions Will Be
Notified By Clearfield
The medical offices of District
2, United Mine Workers of Am-
erica, opened in Johnstown of-
ficially on Monday of this week.
Dr. 8. B. Brinkley, former in-
structor of Yale University, will
‘At Johnstown Opens Monday
disability benefits and hospital
and medical service to the miners.
Dr. Brinkley reported that the
members of the various area local
unions will be notified by Dis-
trict President James Mark of the
individuals who are eligible, for
what they are eligible and the
procedure to follow to procure
medicgl service.
“In every case except emergen-
The headquarters have been |cies, which can be handled by
established in the Porch Building, | telephone, our area medical of-
Franklin Street, Johnstown, | fice must issue written authoriza-
where three office rooms are | tion prior to the provision of the
In explaining the plan to be
followed in District 2, Dr. Brink-
ley quoted John L. Lewis, UMW
president:
“It is not our purpose to erect
hospitals or conduct medical cen-
ters or establish or’ maintain our |
own medical clinics, but to utilize
the existing medical and hospital |
making contacts with |
them for their service at accept-
standards.
“It is our purpose to remove
the cost of that service from the
mine workers who are now bear-
ing it, to the industry itself and
have the cost paid from the fund.
By “the fund” Lewis meant the
UMW Welfare and Retirement
fund which derives its revenue |
from a royalty of 20 cents on|
each ton of coal mined. The fund |
supplies death benefits, pensions, |
{ly will
service in order for the fund to
obligate itself for payment of the
services,” Dr. Brinkley stated,
He explained that he personal-
not give medical care.
Rather, he will steer eligible pa-
tients into channels leading to
proper treatment. In most cases
referrals will be to the family
physician and by wey of the fam-
ily physician to specialists and
{ hospitals.
An initial phase of the pro-
gram will apply to the hospitali-
zation of unemployed individuals,
such as those who are receiving
disability benefit awards or pen-
sions. The program will be broad-
ened later.
Dr. Brinkley related that his
duties call for responsibility in de-
veloping simple and satisfactory
hospital services to eligible mem-
bers and their dependents.
Co. Child Welfare Service
Shows Rise In 48 Caseload
Hastings War Hero
Reburied Yesterday
Pfc. Steve J. Sasway, 30, was
reburied with full military rites
in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Hast-
ings, following services at 9 a. m.
Wednesday in St. Bernard's Cath-
olic Church. Military rites at the
grave were in charge of Patrick
D. Riordan Post 1586, VFW.
Pfc. Sasway was killed in ac-
tion in the Pacific Theatre on
Sept. 27, 1944, while serving with
the 321st Infantry, 81st (Wildcat)
Division. He was born in Hast-
ings Apr. 14, 1914, a son of John
and Elizabeth (Orto) Sasway.
Surviving are his parents and
the following brothers and sisters
—John Sasway, Barnesboro; Mrs.
Clara Librizzi, Mrs. John Wick
and Mrs. Robert Johnson, all of
New York City; bert Sasway,
Hastings; Paul Sasway, Spangler;
Mary Sasway, Brooklyn; TS.
Paul Pl
and Dorothy, both at home.
A brother, Seman 2/c
315 Children Cared
For During Period
A sharp upturn was noted last
year in the work of the Cambria
Co. Child Welfare Service, accord-
ing to an annual report submitted
to the county commissioners last
week.
The report was prepared by
Mrs. Frances F. Lovern, secretary
of the service. It showed a 50 per
cent increase in the number of
dependent or neglected children
receiving care last year.
During 1948 a total of 315 chil-
dren from 133 families received
some service from the CWS. The
previous year’s total was 202.
Of the 173 children under the
care of the CWS at the end of
the year, 24 were in foster board-
ing houses. These children, Mrs.
Lovern pointed out, were less ex-
pensive to maintain than the
children cared for at the county
juvenile home near Ebensburg.
Mrs. Lovern presented figures
Ae show that it cost $34.45 to
eep a child in a foster boarding
drew [home for one month. At the
Sasway, was killed in the Pacific county ‘home, she said, the cost
Theatre on Mar. 26, 1945.
Albert McConnell
To Head Boy Scout
Troop Committee
At a reorganization meeting in
the Presbyterian Church Tuesday
evening of this week, Feb. 8, Al-
bert McConnell was named chair-
mon of the troop committee of
Boy Scout Troop 264.
Rev. Plummer Harvey was elec-
ted to serve as secretary-treas-
urer and Llbyd Marshall will fill
the post of assistant scoutmaster.
Scoutmaster is Kenneth Steir.
The troop committee now is
composed of the following men:
George Murray, Edward Rounsley
and Lloyd Marshall of the Trinity
Methodist Church; Gilbert Fregly
and Cyrus Smith from the Baptist
Church, and Albert McConnell,
Rev. Plummer Harvey and Nor-
man Swisher from the Presbyter-
ian Church.
George Murray, immediate past
chairman of the troop committee,
presided at the election. Mr. Mur-
ray gave a resume of the objec-
tives of Scouting, telling what is
expected to troops, members and
committeemen.
Troop 264 will meet each Mon-
day evening at 6:30 in the base-
ment of the Presbyterian Church.
The troop committee will meet
regularly the last Monday even-
ing of each month. The troop
committee also will serve as ex-
aminers for merit badges
honors.
Inquest | Into Bush Death
A coroner’s inquest into the
death of Michael L. Bush, 27, of
Hastings is scheduled for 7:30
this Thursday evening at the
Spangler Municipal Bldg. Coroner
Joseph Govekar will be in charge.
Bush was injured fatally Jan.
22 in an accident at the Spring-
field 4 Mine in Spangler when
he was caught between the mine
room and a “motor.”
and
per child for one month was
$64.42. Even adding all the CWS
office payroll and expenses to the
foster boarding home bracket,
she said, the cost was only $52.21
monthly.
The majority of the children—-
184 of them—are at the juvenile
home. Four are in free foster
homes and four are in homes
where they work for their board
and keep. Fifty-four others have
been placed with their parents
with full maintenance provided.
One hundred and sixty-one new
cases were accepted during the
year. Most of these were directly
from the parents or relatives of
the child or children. Others were
by court commitment, by referral
from the probation bureau or oth-
er agencies in this area.
One hundred and forty-two
children were discharged from
| care, most of them being return-
|ed to their parents or relatives.
| Three were legally adopted and
|3 were able to obtain work and
{care for themselves. Twelve were
| transferred to other institutions.
UMWA Backs New
Federal Labor Bill
| The United Mine Workers Jour-
|nal, official UMW publication, in
|its latest issue gave its unquali-
|fied endorsement to President
| Truman’s new labor bill, stating
the act would restore workers to
| “first-class citizenship.”
| It gave its endorsement to the
| proposal even though “it falls
short of a simple outright repeal”
of the T-H Law.
It said the bill faces “stubborn
opposition” from advocates of the
obnoxious, un-American, shack-
ling provisions of the NAM-Taft-
Hartley Law.” In the vanguard
{will be Sen. Robert A. Taft, “a
| pouting, uncertain, vengeful pic-
ture of frustration.”
In the meantime the Democrats
have started a series of broad-
casts to explain the provisions of
Inew bill. Sen.
Drunken Drivers
Drunken drivers will have to
pay a fine when they are hauled
before the Cambria Co. Courts
under a new policy announced on
Monday.
Each case will stand on its
merits where defendants plead
guilty or are convicted of this
charge, the judges stated.
In making the change, the
judges are discontinuing the stan-
dard fine of 30 days in jail for
drunken drivers. Judges John H.
McCann, Ivan J. McKenrick and
George W. Griffith all are in ac-
cord with the new plan.
To start off they imposed a fine
of $100 and costs on Clarence H.
Shaffer of Johnstown R. D. who
pleaded guilty last December but
had a deferred sentence because
of the pending change in policy.
“This does not mean,” saii
Judge Griffith, “that we will not
give jail sentences where we think
reation purposes.
a case warrants it.” In the future
Hailed In Court
Better Have Lots of Cash In Pockets
|a fine or jail sentence, or both,
|may be imposed.
| Judge McCann added that “per-
sons who are fined had better be
{prepared to pay. Anyone who is
{fined for drunken driving will not
|be given time to raise the cash.”
| The court also announced a
{change in policy in paternity
|cases. Persons who admit to this
(charge, or are convicted, now will
|be directed to pay $20 per month
for support of the child until it
|is 16 years of age.
| For almost as long as any of
{the judges can remember, the
|standard order had been $15 per
| month, or $3.50 per week. The 2
percent increase means that the
(defendants now will pay $3,840
| for support over a 16-year period
|instead of $2,880 as was the case
| before.
ait ing explained that the new
is to mee! e gene
in the cost of living. gener) vise