y two ald pe , from eports s coal States 12, at spond- 3,454, from S ap- . The iod of think you 1 nice ound, -- A vy Thursday, March 24, 1949 Carrolltown By MRS. THOMAS OWENS Phone 2682, 5392. 4491, 5601 New Church Basement Will Renew Past History Work has been progressing rap- idly the past few weeks on the completion of the basement that will cover the entire expanse of St. Benedict's Church here. Exca- vation was made last summer at the time the remodeling work on the church was in progress. The gpacious room to be afforded will, HAMMOND 8cheol of Beauty Culture VETERAN APPROVED Call or write for free catalogue 443 Vine St. Dial 5-7221 JOHNSTOWN D. N. GAUL WATER WELL DRILLING Residence SAGAMORE, PA. Phone Rural Valley 2-468 SECRIST’'S GARAGE Sagamore, Pa. for all time, furnish the congre- ation with adequate facilities for many and varied activities, Actual excavation was made under that portion of the edifice that was built nearly a hundred years ago. In the front entrance portion of the church in the year 1867, seventeen years after the main building was dedicated. This basement served as a recreation- al room, as parochial school quar- ters, and in later years as a fur- nace room for the church. After the central heating plant was in- stalled, the large room was ab- andoned until a few years ago, when it became a Boy Scout meeting place. However, the bage- ment of the church was the re- creational center in the past—the new and larger quarters will be repetitious of former times. Thirty feet of additional con- struction was added to the orig- inal church in 1867, and plans for the erection of the tower were incorporated in the addition. The tower was erected in 1872, and will be reviewed in a later issue. ww Norbert Gray and sons, Bob, Bill and Edward, and Joe Shank, spent several days in Mineral, I, last week, where they were guests of Mrs. Gray's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mel- vin Jones. Leo Shank, son of Mrs. Rose Shank, who had been a patient at the Miners’ Hospital, Spangler, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. George Mizerick of Rossiter spent several days here last week with the Leonard families. PW NCCC NNN O YOU R RUGS a MODERN FACTORY APPROVED Expert, Prompt Service 2317 9th St. § @eeofecfooforforfoofoforfosfoeforforoofoofocosfoofecfooforfefooforfocfoafecoegorfeofocfeafocfooforfeck MACHINE METHODS Phone Altoona 3-6291 ALTOONA EIN) 4% Hastings Bottling Popular BEERS, ALES, —STEGMAIERS —OLD GERMAN —ROLLING ROCK DIAL HASTINGS 2741 SUPERIOR CARBONATED BEVERAGES WE SPECIALIZE IN SERVING PARTIES, PICNICS, WEDDINGS & OTHER CELEBRATIONS —SCHLITZ —DUBOIS —FORT PITT —STRAUBS Prompt, Efficient Dependable Home Delivery Service HOME DELIVERY DAY for PATTON—EVERY SATURDAY Works PORTER —IRON CITY —DUQUESNE Mrs. O. F. Stoltz and Mrs. Lig- ouri Lacey are serving on the Traverse Jury in Ebensburg this week. Mrs. Bob Ford and son, Bob, have gone to Detroit, Mich, to reside. Mrs. Ford is a daughter of Dennis Link. Joe Ertter of the U. S. Navy, recently was a brief visitor with his mother here. He is leaving shortly for the Panama Canal Zone. His ship was located at Norfolf, Va., at the time of his visit here. Mrs. Ronald Zadai and children of Norfolf, Va., are spending a couple of days here with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Stoltz. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Shar- baugh spent a couple of days in Pittsburgh last week. Mrs. Joseph Phelps and Mrs. Howard Adams of Loretto, were visitors in town last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bradley and family of Johnstown were visitors over the past week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bradley. Their son, Eddie Jr., of the U. S. Navy, home on leave for the week end, accom- panied them. He left for his ship at Norfolf, Va., by plane on Sun- day afternoon. and will leave for the Canal Zone. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Mec- Gonegal and the former’s mother, Mrs. Charlotte McGonegal, of Baltimore, Md., visited with Car- rolltown relatives over the week end. Frater Thomas Sullivan, son of Mr. D. J. Sullivan of Colver, was visiting sisters, Mrs. Charles R. Sharbaugh and Mrs. Ted Keenan, over the week end. The seminar- ian will be ordained to the Catho- | lic priesthood at the Cathredral| of the Blessed Sacrament in Al- toona early next month by Rt.| Rev. Bishop Richard Gilfoyle, of] the Altoona Diocese. Herman Hahn, of Cleveland, Ohio, spent the week end here, | the guest of his mother, Mrs. Barbara Hahn. Lillian Fees of New Kensing- | ton, Pa., was visiting her parents, | Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Fees, over | Sunday. | Dr. and Mrs. Robert Arble of State College were Sunday guests | of the former’s mother, Mrs. Rose Arble. i [ Local citizens who attended the monthly meeting of the Cambria | County Federation of Clubs in| Johnstown on Sunday were: Lig- | ouri Lacey, Gerard Kelly, William | Sharbaugh Jr., and Jack Green. | Carrolltown folks in attendance at the Ladies’ Night program of the North Cambria Kiwanis Club were: Dr. and Mrs. Fred Arble, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wentz, M and Mrs. Hugh Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owens Sr. Cleova Feighner, R. N,, of | Johnstown, was a guest over Sun- day of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Feighner. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Klaswich | of Bakerton, and Mrs. George | = Klaswich of this place, were Vis- | |itors in Johnstown last Saturday. Misses Mary Kessler and Ann | Delozier of Johnstown were re- cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKernan of this place. Mrs. Harry L. 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Nail Removed from Leg May Have Been | Surgeons at the Miners’ Hos- pital, Spangler, have removed a nail from the lower right leg of Mrs. Mary Adamoski of Barnes- 4 4 4 § Xi 4 ° 2 Fray NIGHT BoB FORD & His orcEEsTRA 3% [here Since War | 4 Vocals by Johnny Mahoney 8 SATURDAY & SUNDAY — THE RHYTHM-AIRES 3 Vocals by Joe Kerrigan % ( | boro—but neither the lady nor anyone else knows how it got there. The only explanation the 60- {year-old woman can give as to ~ |how the nail came to be in her tibia bone is that it might have been part of shrapnel which wounded her during World War I fighting. Doctors theorize that the nail may have been placed in her leg by other surgeons in order to hold the shattered bones together until they could heal. Mr. Adamoski was wounded in fighing between Russian and Aus- trian troops at the time she was living on a farm on the Austria- Hungary border with her parents. As she was returning home after urgent business in a nearby town she was wounded in an artillery barrage. She managed to Brawl a half-mile to safety in a neigh- |bor’s home and the next day be- gan a six-month stay in hospitals Following the war she came to Barnesboro to join her husband in operating a tailoring shop. In 1939 she submitted to bone grafting at a Clearfield hospital, and recently underwent another operation at Spangler. There still is some shrapnel in her leg which cannot be removed without greatly damaging the bone., DOES SHE HAVE A PHONE? A lady who may best be descri- bed as a perpetual talker was asked by one »f her long-suffer- ing neighbors if she ever thought about what she was going to say before saying it. “Why no,” said the lady solemnly. “How on earth could I know what I think about a thing until I've heard what I have to say on the subject?” Majority Mining Firms Have Sold Properties Pittsburgh.—-The ugly, feudal “company town’ is rapidly disap- pearing from the Pennsylvania coal fields. The coal companies are pulling cut ‘of the real estate business. They said it doesn’t pay to own] the houses miners live in and that ownershiy brought too much cri- ticism, Once made necessary by isola- ted position of mines, the com- pany-owned town was made ob- solete by good roads and automo- biles. At one time nearly two hun Waiting In Line Order of Day for Army Enlistments Introduction of cruiting” in Johnstown army and air force recruiting substation was announced last week, by the | officer in charge, T-Sgt. Stanley J. Warhul, head of the station. The new plan was pressed into service when the local recruiters amassed a long waiting list of men desiring to enlist in the arm- | ed forces. Sgt. Warhul said a long re- cruit waiting list is sonfething UNION PRESS-COURIER “selective re-| ————— Coal Mine ‘Company Town’ | Disappearing from Scene plcyees they brought in, 1920's when union organizers were | IT |active, it was easy for some com- | tion for rent, | panies to fence in company towns | items. | and deny admittance to those| Many PAGE ELEVEN pany store, with a result they |labor market was fluid and min- Admitted evils crept in, In the | were paid off in “kisses’’—mean- | ers could drive 15 to 20 miles to e | ing a list of “Xs” denoting deduc- | work. The union was strong en- groceries and other | ough to fight its battles. The miners in the houses were found | given the first chance to buy, us- coal campanies dred thousand miners and their without a company pass. Miners | they were running in the red in ually at a low price and often on were forced to trade at the com-| maintaining company towns. The | very easy terms. | families lived in company towns. | | Now the figure has dropped to|——— [thirty thousand and is still fall- | ing. | The miners are buying out the |company. With the pride of new | |home owners everywhere they are | busy with paint brush and ham- | mer, remodelling and patching. Company towns were once com- {mon in this area. Rows of drab, | unpainted houses lined up in a !straggling order on gullied, un- | paved streets gave passersby an | unhurried glimpse of one of the] worst features of miners’ lives. | Most of them lacked any kind of | | sanitary facilities, grass or even | | shade. | | The company town was born | | before the turn of the century | | when operators began opening of [mines in out of the way spots. [The mine owners were forced to | | supply living quarters for the em- | ELECTRICAL | CONTRACTING | WIRING GERMAINE NIEBAUER Phone 2726 | 121 Mellon Avenue PATTON | | ~ new for the army. Until recently | air force were “wide open”. Now | however, a young man must wait | from 30 to 45 days from the day | he enlists until he is called for| active duty. Volunteer the last few during were SO enlistments months | heavy the army no longer is able | to handle large classes of recruits it mas pointed out. Qualified applicants still are be- ing enrolled at the Johnstown sta- tion. Those accepted are placed cn a priority list according to their qualifications and are called for duty as vacancies occur. Enlistments still are open in more than 30 specialized branch- es of the army and air force, but only a limited number of men are accepted each month, Sgt. War- hul disclosed. Dist. 5 Teachers Air Legislation New legislation which would affect salaries and retirements was discussed at a meeting of District 5, Cambria Co. Branch of Fennsylvania State Education As- sociation, Tuesday night of last week in the Cresson High School. The district went on record ap- proving the ‘Package Bill” now before the Legislature. Teachers from Cresson, Cresson Twp. Lilly, Portage Joint School District and Washington Twp. attended the meeting. Members of the execu- tive committee will attend a din- ner-meeting of the county branci this Friday, Mar. 25, in Ebens- burg. Cows Need Water In making milk, cows need a great deal of water, R. H. Olm- stead, Penn State extension dairy specialist, recommends drinking cups for cows kept in stalls and running water for cows left to run loose in a shed. || BEER E | |" paTTON | BEVERAGE | All Leading Brands '| POPULAR BEERS I HOME DELIVERY | Phone Patton 4671 |} PORTER SOFT DRINKS Be Sate . .. 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