Northern Cambria’s Best and Largest Weekly UNION PRESS-COURIER Recognized Medium Of Union Labor Interests Vol. 56 No. 28 a Single Copy 5c PATTON, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949 14 Pages — 112 Columns Subscription $2.50 Per Year Mother's Day Event 50th Anniversary Scheduled Sunday At Patton Eagles’ All Mothers to Receive Flowers At Ceremony When the late Frank Hering, 23 of this year. then editor of the Eagles’ Mag-| In order to refresh the r azine, made the first public plea |ories of older residents of for a Mother's Day back in 1904, | town and to acquaint the younger he little visioned the widespread | generations with some of its his- popularity that his idea was to tory, the following is r i convey throughout the years that | from the Apr. 20 issue of 1899 of followed. | The Patton Courier: He said at that time the idea THE DEDICATION came to St. Mary’s Catholic Church of his mind because he realized we are becoming more | Patton to Take Place Sunday APRIL 23, 1899 and more an entirely practical | generation, too busy to give much | eh time to sentiment, but that one | Impressive Ceremony to Be Held, sentiment should never die—‘“our| Conducted by Bishop Phelan love and appreciation of Mother.”| One of the most important Patton Aerie No. 1244, Frater-| events in the local history of Pat- nal, Order of Eagles, has, through | ton will be the dedication of the many years, made the public | new Catholic church on Sunday, Cost Only $18,000 When Built in 1899 The Golden Jubille ‘of the Ded- ication of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Patton occurred Apr. [ | | | | { | | of mem- | the | reprinted | of Construction (Of St. Mary’s Church Marked Here + The contract for the erection of { this handsome church edifice was [awarded in the spring of 1898, the laying of the corner stone on | May 22, 1898, was the first event to mark its progress. The first St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Patton was erected in 1893, during the earliest incep- tion of the town, and intended only as a temporary place of | worship until the growth of Pat- ton should warrant a more com- modious structure. The ground was donated jointly by Messrs. John Karlheim, Chas. Anna and the Chest Creek Land & Improve- ment Co., and is prominently located on the corner of Sixth and Palmer Avenues. The new church as it stands to- {day is conceded to be the most imposing ecclesiastical edifice in Northern Cambria County and represents an expenditure of $18,- 000. It is of Romanesque style of | Mother's Day program an institu- 23 tion in Patton. This year, as in previous years, the program will be held in the Aerie Home on Fifth Ave. on Sunday afternoon, May 8, at 3:3 o'clock (DST). Prominent speak- ers have been secured and a very promising program of music and vocal selections will be presented. Flowers will be given to all mothers who attend the program. | The general public is cordially in- vited. On Friday of this week, May 6, at 11:30 a. m,, the public is in- vited to tune in on the ABC radio stations and hear a special pro- gram devoted to the Mothers of the nation. This program will be conducted by Ted Malone, famous radio poet, and it is expected that some 20 million mothers and other listeners will hear the pro- gram. Don’t fail to tune in on this. Bi-County Firemen View Spangler School Fire Film Reject Application Of Wilmore Volunteers Firemen from Cambria and Somerset Counties have completed arrangements for a joint meeting to be held at 7:30 p. m. (EST) cn Thursday, May, 12 in the Hol- Isopple Fire Hall. Problems encountered by ap- proximately 65 volunteer com- panies will be discussed during the two-county meeting. During a meeting last Thurs- day evening, a large number of members of Volunteer Firemen'’s Assn. of Cambria County and Vic- inity announced intentions of at- tending the joint affair. Cambria firemen rejected an application for membership from Wilmore Fire Company. The county group advised Wilmore firemen to get their equipment in better shape and enroll members before applying ‘again for membership. Firemen also for taking part radio program for fire preven- tion. Radio Station WARD is planning to conduct the program one evening each week and chiefs of the various volunteer fire com- panies throughout the county will be interviewed. The Patton firemen announced that plans are shaping up for the annual county convention to be held Aug. 2 to 7. The convention program will include a mammoth street parade and competitive events for fire companies. Motion pictures of the dis- astrous Spangler Legion Home and Spangler Grade School fires were shown at the close of last Thursday's meeting. It was also announced that Pfc. John Docherty of the Ebensburg substation, state police, will be the guest speaker for the next nieeting to be held on Thursday, May 26 in the Cover Hill Fire Hall. Pfc. Docherty, an active member of the Governor's High- way Safety Committee in Cam- bria county, will speak on road safety, discussed in a six-week plans Thomas fo Present Plaque, Carrolltown An engraved plaque, honoring the senior student who has been selected as possessing the most typical qualities of “Good Citizen- ship” will be awarded at Carroll- town High School. The “Good Citizenship” plaque has been presented to high school authorities by Warren G. Thomas. Selection of the student to be honored will be made by a com- | mittee to be named by the school. Date of presentation to the win- ner will be announced in the near future. In giving the plaque to the high school, Mr. Thomas stated that it is hoped to make the award an annual affair. | “In times such as these,’ he| said, “all of us should encourage our young people in the various activities which lead to good cit- izenship. In addition to good | scholarship and school activities, | we should recognize the young people who are becoming leaders in our community projects.” | Selection of the winning senior at CHS will be determined on leadership shown in scholarship, school programs and civic life. Fall First Grade Pupils Must Register May 13 Registration for pupils who will enter the first grade of the Pat- ton Public Schools in September 1949, will be held in Miss Yer- ger's room of the Second Ward School Building on Friday, May 13, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. more | (has been a specialty at the Yah- | | April rd. Mrs. Robert L. Coffey Sr. Jokn P. Saylor Congressional Nominees Both the Democrat and Repub-|town, as their selection. Several lican parties in the 26th Congres- |names of prominent Republicans sional District have picked their |in the district had been mention- | candidates to be balloted upon at ed. At this meeting Indiana Co. {a special election to be held on had the privilege of casting 12 | Primary Day in September to fill | votes, Armstrong Co. 11 votes, | the vacancy in Congress caused [and Cambria Co. 27 votes. At a by the death of Rep. Robert L.|meeting of the Cambria Co. Re- | Coffey Jr. in an untimely airplane | publicans Tuesday night in Eb- | accident. | ensburg, the Gleason faction of | Meeting in the Cambria County | the party garnered absolute con- Courthouse on Monday afternoon [trol of the county's conferees. | the Democratic County Chairmen | No comment upon the nomina- of Cambria, Indiana and Arm- |tions will be made by this news- strong counties, after listening to |paper at this time. Quite likely | the throught of many prominent |the special election will engender | Democrats from their areas, de- [not only local and state, but also |cided upon submitting the name | national interest. |of the deceased Congressman’s | —_— | mother, Mrs. Curry Ethel (Brind- | DRILL BAND PRACTICING {ley) Coffey, to the Democratic | The Patton High School Drill | State Committee for nomination. ( 3and started drilling for the sum- | Thought of a majority of the | mer months on Monday evening | party leaders was that the Con- |of this week. The band will drill gressional seat for the unexpired | several nights each week so that | term should remain in the Coffey |it may participate in the sched- { family. Mrs. Coffey has accepted |uled summer activities. { the nomination. | - ree | Conferees of the three counties | POPPY -DAY SATURDAY | representing the Republicans met | Saturday of this week will be lin the Ft. Stanwix Hotel, Johns- | American Legion Poppy Day. All town, on Wednesday selected [members who can are asked to | Attorney John P. Saylor, Johns-|turn out to help sell poppies. Federal Mine Inspector Will Be | <0 (Please turn to Page 2) Permanently Located in Barnesboro zi swe containers me) [ (Sandy) Sanford of Charleston, | W. Va. Under the new setup, a number { of federal inspectors are being as | signed to various towns in order | | to become better acquainted with | | the mining companies, mines, of- | | ficials and workers, similar to the | | system used by the Pennsylvania | Dept. of Mines. | Each inspector will be respon- | sible for inspection at a specific | | group of mines. Each operation | | will be visited by the same bureau | The new procedure was an- | inspector at each periodic check- | [nounced by E. E. Quenon, who up. Even those who continue to | {last week wound up duties as en- work out of the Johnstown office | |gineer in charge of the district, | will be assigned to an individual (and was succeeded by Harry! territory. | NORTH CAMBRIA PERSONALITIES—NO. 9 Federal Mine Inspector Harry Scott will have headquarters in Barnesboro and will be in charge of all federal inspections in the North Cambria Co. area as a re- i sult of the new operating method which. went into effect at the Johnstown subdistrict office of the | federal agency this week | Inspector William Rachunis will | move to Ebensburg to take care | of similar duties in Central Cam- | bria Co. Paul Yahner Earns ‘Potato King’ Title » | George and Paul, both of I | Valeria The General Convention Committee of the Patton Fire Co. now is hard : annual convention of the Volunteer Firemen’s Assn. of Cambria Co. in August. It is hoped to make this event the most successful one in Front row (left to right)—Harvey Back row—John Bender, James Bl of the committee, was missing wt / Mulligan, secretary; Ted Ott, chai ake, Bill Whiteford and Elmer Cro hen the photo was taken. General Committee Working Hard On Fire Convention Plans James Studio Photo it work. making plans for the & Vicinity to be held in Patton the history of the organization. rman; Bill Leary, George Masnica; well. Ed Burkey, another member Patton Carrolliown Boro George Mislevy Killed Saturday Sets Tax Ordinance When Hit By Car In St. Benedict Carrolltown Boro Council Tues- day night of this week passed an | ordinance levying a $5 per capita | tax on all residents of the com- | munity 21 years of age or over. | The tax will go into effect July 1. | Excepted from the levy are mem- bers of the clergy and nuns. Councilmen also announced that the ordinance prohibiting the rid- |ing of bicycles, roller skating and | the fourth coasting on boro sidewalks will be enforced, and also reiterated the rule requiring that all bicycles | ridden at night carry safety. Spring clean-up day was set for Friday of next week, May 13. lesidents are requested to place their rubbish in the alleys in a light for boro will furnish trucks to haul the same away. Some progress on the installa- tion of a traffic light at the church corner also was reported. James Chambers Called By Death James Chambers, more popu- larly known about Patton as “Jimmy,” died at the Miners’ Hos- pital on Tuesday. He was 83. Mr. Chambers was born 14, 1865, and had been June a resi- er part of his lifetime. A number of years ago, upon his retirement, he came to Patton to live and was well known to most residents. He is survived by a daughter, Mary, wife of Orlo Shaffer of Stoystown R. D. 2; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins and Mrs. Christine Nycoff, Pittsburgh; 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grand- child. He was a member of South! Fork Eagles Aerie 1582. Funeral services will be held this Thursday at 11 a. m. (DST) at the C. O. Diamond Funeral Home, South Fork, by Rev. G. K. Hetrick. Burial will ‘be made in the Brishin Cemetery. Spangler Man Killed In Fall Down Stairs George Chuhran, 70, retired Spangler coal miner, died of a skull fracture at 2:20 p. m. Mon- day following a fall down the stairs in his home. Coroner Joseph Govekar said Chuhran apparently arose from his bed about 3:30 a. m. Monday to go to another room when he tumbled down the steps. | He was removed to the hospital a short time later. x Surviving are these children: Mary and Joseph, both at home; Mrs. Anna McLaughlin and Theo. dore, both of New York City; 3arnes- Mrs. Js: boro; Edward, O’Dea, Spangler; Princeton, N. {and Gilbert, Baltimore. There also | | | | | By CYRIL STEVENS | James Studio Photo, Patton Chances are there will be a lot|shipped out to distant points as of potatoes on the Paul Yahner|far Sols as the Carolinas and as a : arvest | far north as Massachusetts. Near Patton next harvest] The Pennsylvania Potato Grow- Probably there will be! apg have selected the up-to-date about 75,000 or 80,000 bushels. |Yahner farm to experiment with In addition to that, a visitor | growing all kinds of potatoes in there will find about 8,000 birds | the state. Mr. Yahner said he which are essential to every!raised 57 varieties last year, Thanksgiving and Christmas din-| seven or eight of which were ex- ner—turkeys. ceptional. The experiment is be- Raising turkeys ing carried on again this year. The energetic and far-sighted ner farm for years. Each year|proprietor of the farm, now 41 | some 300 acres of potatoes are | years of age, took over its man- | planted, giving an average yield|agement when he was only 25 {of 75,000 or 80,000 bushels. Mr. | years old. He is a son of Am- | Yahner markets about 90 per-/brose and Mary (Sharbaugh) [cent of these in Johnstown and|Yahner and was born on the Altoona, The rest of the potatoes|farm on Nov. 8, 1908. are sold locally although some are | (Please turn to Page 2) Farm season. and oulaltins, | 9 are a sisters. Funeral services will be held a. m. this Thursday in John’s Catholic Church, Barnes- boro, with burial in the church | cemetery. Legion to Send 2 Seniors to Camp For the second year in succes- sion the Walter McCoy Post 614 of the Patton American Legion is sending two high school senior boys to Indiantown Gap to re- present our community in the boy's state citizenship camp. The boys, who will report on July 10, were selected for their scholarship and for their citizen- ship characteristics by the boys of the senior class of the Patton High School. The two, selected, are Michael McConnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell of Patton ana Martin Carl, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Carl of Dysart, R. D. Gene Forney and Jack Farrell were chosen as alternates. number of brothers and | at | PATTON WANTS GAMES The Patton Jaybirds wish to book games with district's leading Former Patton Man Is 4th Road Victim in ’49 George Mislevy, 52, of St. | Benedict and formerly of Patton was run over by a car early last Saturday morning on Route 219 St. Benedict. Mr. Mislevy is highway fatality | Cambria County highways. All | four fatality accidents happened in the month of April. +n | Mislevy was run over by a car { driven by Mrs. Marie Ellen Dur- | {kin of Altoona, according to | Joseph Govekar, Cambria County coroner. The tragedy occurred at about’ 2:10 a. m. last Saturday. The coroner said the victim ap- inter- tured skull, crushed chest, nal injuries and a fracture of the | Rose, Joseph and Andrew, all of | On Plot at St. Benedict | left arm. Mrs. Durkin told the state pol- |a8a of McKeesport and John and | ice that the man apparently was | Jing on the highway and that she could not stop in time { avoid hitting the man. | | Officers said her story was borne out after an examination of the woman’s auto. No marks were discovered on the Durkin car to | indicate it had struck a human | being. | State police said they were con- | dent of South Fork for the great- | tinuing an investigation into the | possibility that Mislevy may have | Spring Junior Band Concert Next Week The first annual Spring Concert of the Patton High School Junior 3and will be held Monday even- ing, May 9, at 7:30 p. m. in the Patton Moose Home. The Junior Band consists of approximately 82 students. The program will be under the direction of John Sem- onich, music supervisor of Patton schools. The Fifth and Sixth Grade Cho- rus will sing two selections in part harmony under the direction of Miss Ann Homyak. The Sev- enth and Eighth Grade Chorus under the direction of Miss Sue Gill will also render two selections in 3-part harmony. The two groups will particpate in the an- 1 a= nual Spring Festival of the Cam- | bria Co. Music Supervisors’ Assn. to be held this Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at Ebensburg-Cam- bria High School. The public is invited to attend this first concert of the PHS Jun- ior Band. There will be no admis- | sion charge. IN STATE BAND FESTIVAL Miss Wanda Smithbower, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smithbower, who participated in the State Forensic Contest, Potts- town, last Friday, Apr. 29, placed third with her bassoon. She will go to Bradford next week to par- ticipate in the State Band Festi- B. on | parently died instantly of a frac- | to | the | | been struck earlier by a hit-and- { run driver. | At the time of the tragedy Mrs. { Durkin was travelling in the dir- {ection of Carrolltown. The auto, {the driver said, had just come abreast of a car going in the op- posite direction when she noticed | Mislevy on the roadway. The coroner said the victini| [was last seen about midnight in | |a tavern near the scene of the | | fatality. An inquest will be con- | | ducted at 7:30 p. m. (DST) May [11 at the St. Benedict UMW Hall. Mislevy lived alone in St. Bene- jdict and worked as a coal miner at the Victor Mine 10 of the | Carrolltown Coal Company. He | was the son of the late Stephen land Anastasia Mislevy. He is survived by the | following | brothers and sisters: Mary, Susan | Pittsburgh; Mrs. Catherine Haz- Michael Mislevy and Mrs. Anna Homyak, all of Patton. He was a member of the St. | Benedict Local UWMA and of the Patton American Legion. Funeral services were held Wednesday of this week at 9 m. in St. George's Catholic Chu- rch in Patton and burial was made in St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery in Patton. Mili- tary rites were in charge of the Walter McCoy American Legion ‘Post in Patton. Over 100 Attend Barnesboro Council K. of C. Banquet Most Rev. Bishop Richard T. Guilfoyle, bishop of Altoona, was guest of honor and the principal speaker at a testimonial banquet in honor of 11 past grand knights of Barnesboro Council 2277, K. of C., last Wednesday evening at the Barnesboro Legion Home. on Other talks were given by Dan- P. Nolan, Latrobe, state dep- John A. Redding, Osceola Mills, past state deputy; M. C. Lynch, Portage, district | Alton A. McDonald, grand knight | Ebensburg Council, and Rev. Father J. P. Flynn, Newry. Grand Knight ™ernara Flynn of | Carrolltown gave the address of welcome and Dr. C. E. Overber- ger of Barnesboro served as the | toastmaster. Musical entertain- | {ment also was a feature Other guests introduced includ- led Judge A. A. Nelson, Co. Com- Imissioner Thomas A. Owens and | R. G. Lieb, Barnesboro, financial | | secretary of the council since it was formed in 1921. As a final highlight, lapel pins were presen- | ted to the 11 past grand knights Approximtely 100 persons at-| tended the dinner, which was pre- pared and serviced by the Bar- nesboro American Legion iel uty, St. | val, which will be held May 12-13, lary unit. To Week End Will Take Part in Huge Safety Parade May 13 Boys and girls of the Patrols of the various schools Cambria and Somerset will take part in the 13th Annual National A.A.A. School Safety Patrol parade in Washington, D. C. on Saturday, May 14. While in the Nation's capital | the group will be taken on sever- al sightseeing tours and on Sat- urday evening will be guests at the Capitol Theatre in Washing- ton. While in Washington they will be housed in the Navy Build- ing. The following is the North Cambria Patrol boys and girls that will leave from the Point Stadium in Johnstown on Friday, May 13, at 9:00 a. m. (DST) to take part in the - nual Safety Patrol Parade: Safety in list of softball clubs. Call Patton 4831 for open dates. Patton—Patton Public School: Philip Strittmatter, Richard Good- Area Safety Patrol Members in Washington | erham, Robert Choby, Jack |count, David Albright, Gelormino, Kenneth Kirk, Daniel | Plouse, Michael Molnar and Don- {ald Burkey. St. Mary's School: Kenneth Trexler, Robert Simon, La- Counties | Paul Lynn, Thomas Holtz, David | | Miller, Bernard Dunegan, Russell Wharton, Gerald Yahner, Ruth Diethrich, Dolores Fedor, Phyllis {Shuss and Nancy Weakland. Brown School: Shirley Bricker and Dora Armold. Carrolltown—St. Benedict Sch- | ool: Patrick Farabaugh, Gerald 1 Bender, James Ertter, Edward | Gooderham and Donald Lehmier, | | Barnesboro—St. Stanislaus Sch- ool: Raymond Smego. Colver—Colver Grade Fulton, James Martin, ene Baldini and Helen Angert. | Gallitzin—Gallitzin Grade Sch- fool: Lucky Joseph Tilter and | Ralph H. Laird. | Loretto—St. Joseph Shannon. | School: (Sam Michael School: Oxygen Tent Available To Sick in Patton Area The Auxiliary unit of Walter McCoy Post 614, American Le- gion, this week announces that it has available a portable oxygen tent, hospital bed and wheel chair. Any one of these items is available free of charge to any disabled person who resides in Patton, Chest Springs or Pat- ton R. D. However, need for the item must be requested by a physician. 100th Anniversary Of St. Lawrence Parish This Tuesday May 3 marked the 100th anni- versary of the organization meet- ing of the St. Lawrence parish. It was decided at this meeting on Miners’ Hospital To Present Pageant Thursday, May 12 Florence Nightengale To Be Central Theme The Miners’ He Nursing will present a History of Nursing Pageant at the Spangler High School Auditorium on Thurs- day, May 12, at 8:15 p. m. This program will be in commemora- tion of Mospital Day, the birth- day of Florence Nightengale, who is the founder of modern nursing education The program will consist of the pageant in which 25 students and graduate nurses will take part and musical selections by the Stu- dent Nurses’ Chorus under the di- rection of Mrs. Robert Caldwell of Spangler, Participants in the pageant are Leona Carpinello, Hastings; Mrs. )spital School of | Frances Auxili- | Amato | Arl- | May 3, 1849, to build a frame church in St. Lawrence, which at that time was known as Glen Connell The church was completed in 1853, with Dedication ceremonies being held Jan. 9 of that year. The church was dedicated in hon- or of St. Lawrence the Martyr with Very Rev. Prior Celestine Englebrecht, OSB, officiating, and Rev. Father Francis Grimmer as- sisting. In 1899 Rev. Father Alto Herr, OSB, began a drive for a new church and ground was broken in 1911, with Bishop Eugene Garvey blessing the cornerstone June 11 of that year. The Roman style brick church 16x75 feet and will accomodate about 500 per- sons. The cost was $18,000. The church was dedicated by Bishop Garvey Nov. 9, 1911. The old church was removed and sold in 1912, The church debt was paid off in 1912 when Rev. Father Adrian Krakowski, OSB, was pastor. A seven-room brick rectory was built in 1927 while Rev. Father Gabriel Schaller, OSB, was rector. He was succeeded by Rev. Fath- ers Clement Stratmen, OSB; Ra- Marjorie Linden, Barnesboro; Mrs. Gloria Deyarmin, Spangler; Anna J. Harris, Bakerton; Helen Rob- erts, Cherry Tree; Anna Martin, Spangler; Mrs. Frances Voytko, Spangler; Marion Weakland, Pat- ton; Mrs. Martha Hill, Cherry Tree; Mary E. Christoff, Baker- ton; Mrs. Aileen Merryweather, Barnesboro: Mrs Ruth Brown, Spangler; Mrs. Mary Nolan, Bar- ; Cecelia Baker, Spangler; iret Magulick, Spangler; S3 Y Yerger, Patton; Mary Lou Green, Carrolltown; Mrs. Kathryn McCracken, Patchinville; Agnes Schwab, Patton; Geraldine Rad- cliffe, Barnesboro, and Helen Fritz, Spangler. Miss Delores Kline of Barnes- boro will give the principal read- ings. Members of the Student Chorus are Esther Brasser, Madelyn Del- la Valle, Anna Dobransky, Ida Franceschini, Wava Griffith, Mil- dred Peles, Dorothy Penn, Regin Cronauer, Mary J. Culver, Louise Dobransky, Phyllis Farabaugh | Regina Kosic, Ruth Mehal, There- {sa Parrish, Shirley Penn, Norma | Stitt, Catherine Tocarchick, Mona | Weakland and Florence Zieminski. phael Schatzel, OSB; Damien = ee Whelan, OSB, who served until | 1 1929. Rev. Father Regis J. McCoy, | Free Photos This Week OSB, is present pastor, | Offered At Shefler Store e only names remaining o : : > origina iSh roster ara <li A noted photographer of child- tre origina} parish voster sre Gill, {ren will take photos of children Kine and Distriek HI up to 6 years of age on Friday Kiwani [5 Se ie Jeni iwanis Members ek ° Hear Alvin Buck ton. The photos will be absolu- Group Works Saturday nesbo tC; Syl- h a 1S | tely free, with the compliments of | the Sheffler firm. However, Wayne Sheffler, own- |er-manager of the store, says leach family will be limited to {one portrait. The photographer | will be at the store between 9 a. { | | m. and 12 noon, and 1 to 4 p. m. After meeting in Carrolltown |each day. {during the month of April the _— Kiwanis Club will return to Pat- | ° ton for its May meetings. me Plan Formation meeting this week will be at the | Commercial Hotel, convening for | ° dinner at six o’clock. The ero- | Of 0 tomist Club gram will be in charge of E. W. | Winslow, chairman of the com- | ° mittee on Key Clubs. Thursday Evening Fred B. Buck, chairman of the | committee on Finance, had charge | In acknowledgement of interest of last week's program. Mr. Buck shown by several business and presented a most excellent pro-|n.ofessional men of Patton, an gram which included an address [extension counselor for Optomist by Mr. Alvin Buck, assistant International arrived Wednesday superintendent of schools in Cam- |, complete arrangements for the ria County, and a number of | organization of an Optomist Club songs by the chorus of the Car-|in this community. rolltown High School. Malcolm H. Murray is making On Saturday, Apr. 30, a number | p;q headquarters at the Commer- Kiwanians assisted by Field (cia) Hotel. The local club is being Director Edward Powell and a | = of on | 1d | be | morial Park oject will be ork of c¢ group of Boy Scouts worked the clearing of the plot of grow at St 3enedict which is converted into by the Club. This pr continued until the ing completed planted and landscapin | taken i + Lo 1S i Kiwanian Dr BE. I {and Rev. Plummer Harvey attend- ed the meeting of the New York Club last week. New York Kiw- anis meets each Wednesday at S {12:30 noon in the Hotel McAlpin deputy; of the con- There Board of meeting at the will be a Directors | clusion of the program this Thurs- day. ‘Aged East Carroll Resident Expires Mrs. Catherine Weber, 84, e | of the oldest residents of the Car- rolltown area, died at her home in East Carroll Twp. at 11:30 p. m. Tuesday following a short illness A daughter of Anthony and | (Reidinger) Leitz, she | was born in East Carroll Twp. on | sponsored by the Optomist Club | Aug. 10, 1864. Her husband, Mich- | of Johnstown. Fulton I. Connor | ael Weber, died three years ago. | president of the Johnstown unit She is survived by the follow- | said that the chartering of the | ing children: Albert, Patton; Ray-|club in Patton will be another mond, Carrolltown R. D., and |link in carrying out the objecti | Mrs. Walter Buck, Carrolltown. {of Optomist International. The | Five sons, Paul, John, Joseph, An- objectives, he said, are to develop | drew and George, preceded her in | optomism as a philosophy of life | death. The latter son died in in- |to take an active interest in g | fancy Forty-one grandchildren | government and civic afl ; {and one great-grandchild, also |work for international accord and | survive. | friendship among all people, and | Mrs. Weber was a member of [to aid and encourage the develop- | St. Benedict's Catholic Church [ment of youth. The motto of the {and of the Altar-Rosary Society. |organization “Friend | Friends will be received at her | Boy. {late home near the Weber School. | At | Funeral services will be held |ing, Saturday at 9 a. m. in St. Bene- [day, May {dict’s Church, with burial in the Legion Home large leg {church cemetery. | of Optomists from Johnstown ¢ { | neighboring clubs will be pre se | 2 Patton Girls to Graduate | Connor said every effort | From Nursing Courses be made to make this one active clubs of the organize | Misses Anna Dobransky and the first Optomist | Esther Brasser of Patton will ormed in 1911 in Buffalo, N. be among the graduates from the Shr 24 through- { Miners’ Hospital School of Nurs- . and Canada to |ing, Spangler, on Sept. 18, accord- | Puerto Ri Mexico and Cuba, {ing to announcement made this [With clubs in most leading cities [week by Miss Ethel H. Blair, director of nurses Miss Dobransky has indicated | her interest in maternity nursing | Monday night retained the 30-mill (and plans to apply at the Miners’ |and $5 per capita taxes in the { Hospital as soon as she has com- [boro. The school budget for the | pleted her examinations for nurse [1949-50 fiscal year alsn was ad | registration. Miss Brasser plans |opted finally. The next meeting to serve as a nurse in the Navy. {will be held on June 6 on MALCOLM H. MURRAY ves € ! is re rg: anizat held m., ie de the first which is | 5, 8 p SINCE t f was Y., Optomism S co, | PATTON BOARD SETS RATE The Patton Boro School Board
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