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THE UNION PRESS - COURIER By SHIRLEY JEAN NASH
Patton Courier, Estab. 1893 Union Press, Estab, 1935 |P rimary Picnic Held
Published every Thursday by Thos. A. Owens and Frank P, Cammarata, At Davis Home Here
Press-Courier Building, 542 Magee Avenue, Patton, Pa., and entered as sec- . i i x
ond class mall matter May 7, 1936, at the postoffice at Patton, Pa. under [| The FI rimary Picnic was held
the Act of March 3, 1879. at the home of Mrs. Gertrude
Thomas A. Owens, Editor
FRANK P. CAMMARATA
THOS. A. OWENS JR.
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Z7 1] |Astbofaric : |
[asso AATION ||ly, Judy Nash, Connie Edmiston,
7 S {Charles Mulhollem, Gloria and
Upon Application GT || Charles Powell, Viginia Powell
, BS . Jerry Reese, Jim Stanton, Gary
anized Tabor th ai Blorss ta. obteth eoencls. Seo Maton tat Or: || Scott, Lynn Thomas, Tom Lovell,
lication Iiust be signed, hy jhe Writer 33 an evidence of Sood Jarth. ined | Fatty and Janice Hescox, Sandra
circulations. of Two Jargely-ciroulatea weeklies and has a Feader coverage Heverly, Judy Scott, Dale Smit-
that blankets Patton and the major mining towns in Northern Cambria | tle, Sandra Wilkinson, Catherine
nty. ES Willey, Patty Wilkinson, Patty
| Willey, Cheryle Wilkinson, Nancy
. ’ | Yingling, Judy Willey, Barry
It Didn t Just Happen | Davis, Gary Orliene, Bobby Yingl-
Emma Willey, Mark Wilkin-
ing,
Donald Fishel, Joyce Garman,
The month of August, 1949, should stand out as a date of | Son, BY sie Ia Wes)
distinction in the Patton community. As the years roll along it Is] over, Shelley Lightner.
Davis on Aug. 4. Each one at-|
Games were the featured enter- |
tainment. The following attended:
Barbara Heverly, Ronald Hever- |
not likely that this month will have any significance to many folks, |
but nevertheless it will always remain the time in which an out- |
standing improvement was obtained for the community. |
With the disastrous flood of 1889 in Johnstown and again
Teachers attending were Elean-
or Fishel, Gloria Salyer, Berniece
Orleine and Mrs. Jean Wilkinson.
Shirley Nash, pianist and Mrs.
with another costly flood in that city in 1936, it would have been | Gertrude Davis,
a natural inclination for outside interests, people and industries | Others attending were: Nancy
to keep aloof of that city had it not been for the fact that | Evanskey, George Mulhollem,
Johnstown people became conscious of this detriment and after | Joyce Wilkinson, Janet Marie Hol-
going through monumental detail work shared in federal funds |len, Mrs. Iva Lovell, Mrs. Effie
to the extent that by channeling the waterways Johnstown now | Davis, Mrs. Betty Scott, Mrs.
advertises itself as the “Flood Free” City. | Sheehan and son, Mrs. Oro Thom-
Patton has had some exasperating experiences, too, in floods of |aS, Mrs. Heverly, Mrs. Virginia
its creeks, and in flash floods, the latest of which was so extremely | Thomas and Verden Thomas.
costly that the Boro Council, citizens and other influences immed- , at i
iately began a program to obtain relief. That was seven years ago.| In last week's edition of this
Now the Dept. of Forests and Waters, with help from other sources, |PaPer and in this new colunm we
including the county and Patton Boro, will shortly award a contract |Printed the names of only the
to a Grove City contractor for the sum of nearly $200,000, and |Out-of-town guests attending the
when the contractor completes his work our community will have |Howard Miller's Golden Wedding
good reason, also, to advertise a “Flood Free” Patton. Anniversary, not the names of
many guests attending from
We wouldn’t have any idea how many times the present bur- Blandburg.
gess, former burgess, our state senator, the president of council Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Crum and
and other boro officials have made trips to Harrisburg and else- son of Youngstown, Ohio spent
where in the interests of what now is proving a success. We do several days visiting in town re-
know, however, that many a time they returned home dis- cently at the Fred Wilkinson
appointed in their efforts, and if their's would have been a (homie
disposition of less perseverance and energy, Patton today would : i
not have reason to hope that there will be no repetitions of what h oi Dis um
the flood waters have done to us in the past. | several days visiting her brother.
There are a number of men in this .town who now can have | in-law and sister in Cleveland,
extreme satisfaction in what they have accomplished, and there are | Ohio.
a few who can feel within their hearts that they never had any idea| Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Davis
of giving up hope. The amount of the contract price, $186,607, isn’t | visited last week in Cleveland,
hay. It will do the things that our community not too far back Ohio at the home of their son-in-
never dreamed could have happened TO US. It shows that the spirit |isw and daughter.
of public officials can be very different. Officials, serving without pay, Mr. and Mrs. Zebual Waite and
who have shown such interest in their duties, such as have these son, Gene, of Cleveland, Ohio are
men, are worthy of commendation. | visiting this week in town at the
. Clayton Davis home.
A in A Suce S The Oda:Fellowy nd Rebskars
wi 0 a asket picnic on
ga ess Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Steph-
Patton has added anotther notch in its long history of entertain- SNS Dalk in Torom spent sev-
ment achievements, and as usual, it has again been the Patton Fire i
Co. that was the motivating influence. The annual convention of the gral days oi, a3 fhe
Volunteer Firemen's Assn. of Cambria County & Vicinity and its Mary Turner. Pfc. Turner is sta-
auxiliary group was an outstanding success in every way. Patton to at the Walter Reed Hos-
has always Deen a good, hospitable entertainer. That again was pital in Washington, D. C.
p ASL Weck. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson
Naturally, the fireman reflects the spirit of the community. and daughter of Retourt were
This has always been an advertisement for our town that spreads week end visitors in town,
far and wide. It bespeaks the cooperation of our community—a Mr. and Mrs. Russell Beck of
community that has never despaired of the future, and when State College were recent visit-
times were tough always planned to make them better—to con- ors here at the home of the form-
tinue to make things better. er’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
mon Beck. |
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Yingling
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and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Richards
Fifteen New Voters and son motored to Musselman’s |
For many weeks, even SanLhy before the Jest day Zor registra- Jeove near Claysburg last Satur-
tion of voters arrived, Republican highway and other employes were | “2Y-
busy in their endeavors to round up 15 new voters each in order, so a nd yi Jrsrold AER
the story is related, that they might hang onto their present job or it a fam y Te tthe Home of
perchance get a job. This great endeavor on the part of some of the re re EL e
men was a bit pathetic as the deadline came, and the flurry of the =. or ™ c je 0 Lovell and)
Republicans certainly was responsible for the Democrats getting into dares Shaoact 1A So
real action at the last minute on registrations in this county. thes residence from this place fo
Rep. Hiram G. Andrews, State House minority leader, hints {| Harrisburg on Friday of last
that he may call for a special congressional investigation if state | week.
highway activities are plunged deeper into politics. “The projects | Mr. and Mrs. Percy Kennedy
financed wholly by the state are in politics chin deep,” Andrews |and family of Detroit, Mich., vis-
said in a statement. “Projects financed in part by the federal |ited here recently with Mrs.
government have also been converted into partisan assets, or will | Stella McNelly.
be, according to current instruction, when they get going.” . Mrs. Catherine Smith was a .re-
Andrews said that although it may be impossible completely to cent visitor in Altoona.
divorce the commonwealth’s highway department from politics, Wash- | Tom Letcher who was injured
ington will be justified in insisting that in the days to come federal | recently in an automobile accl-
highway money be used solely for highway purposes. If present |dent and was a patient in the Al-
tendencies in Pennsylvania become increasingly prevalent,” he added, |toona Hospital, has returned to
“they might even warrant a special congressional investigation.” | his home here after being a pat-
Pennsylvania spent $184,700,000 on highway construction and $52,- |ient in the institution for the past
900,000 in maintenance in the last two years. A similar program is |several days with a back injury.
contemplated for the current two-year fiscal period. | Mr. and Mrs. Dave Nash and
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Andrews charged specifically that: Republican leaders have [Shine y od B ORS Yilkinson sn)
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been demanding documentary proof that men working on high- last Saturday
way maintenance or construction projects have been instrumental |'23 atur oy. Th nd .dau-
in registering 15 persons as Republicans if they want to hold | Mrs. Esther omas 2 tty of
their jobs. A" hurried survey showed that wherever there is a |3liers, Anna Mae am a . y
particularly interesting and tight local political situation, mem- | Bridgeport, Conn, vis) Re rie >
bers of survey crews have been materially augumented. and relatives in town this past
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Andrews said he had in mind the 26th Congressional District | : returned
(Cambria, Indiana and Armstrong Counties), where a hot fight 15] noaory Sud, Bop Suith = pat-
developing in the election Sept. 13 of a successor to Congressman | jon +o in the Altoona Hospital,
Robert L. Coffey Jr., and other places throughout the state. “The | Tiere they had their tonsils re-
highways these days,” he said, “are strewn with men working |, ve q :
notices. A drive through the state reveals the fact that if the men| 4 -
who are working had rubber handled shovels, many of them would | oss Gongs au dough
certainly fall and bruise their noses. Visited the lady's sister, MIs.
On registration, Andrews said “the 15 quota may not be a |Stella McNelly.
statewide requirement—the minimum may be higher in some Mr. and Mrs. John Knotts have
counties. “However,” he added, “15 G.O.P. registrations to be moved to Akron, Ohio. They left
produced by highway construction or maintenance personnel em- | last Friday for the Ohio city.
ployed locally is very definitely the minimum figure set in the | Paul Rickard has returned to
various counties in Western Pennsylvania. Andrews added that | his home here after being a pat-
the money for highways comes from all the people and that |ient in the Altoona Hospital with
federal funds are, in a very real sense, trust funds. |a broken arm. He received the in-
“It can be argued x x x that quite likely the ‘wicked Democrats’ | JUry in a reeent auto accident.
would be doing the same .sort of thing if Mn were in power,” he | Joe Maicco of this place is vis-
went on. “However, when the present G.O.P. leaders were out of iting in Pittsburgh.
power, they were extremely vocal in their denunciations whenever| Faul Burns of this place and
they entertained a suspicion that the Highway Department was being | friend of Bellwood recently left
used as a political arm.” | for Houston, Texas.
TOM OWENS SR.
Letter to Editor. . .
Note Improvements
In Visit to Patton
Tacoma, Washington
August 1, 1949
1ANOW
I MSOFE!
| Dear Editor:
I am sending this message to
[tell you how much my family and
|I enjoy reading the Courier. It
|is our way of keeping in contact
| with the news of Patton and sur-
| rounding towns. We spent three
| weeks in Patton this summer and
| noticed what a great improve-
{ment the town has made in the
| past 10 years.
Our niece, Shirley Swab, ac-
| companied us on our return to
| Tacoma and she was especially
| interested in the town’s happen-
|ings during her absence. She
spent three weeks out here in
| the Pacific Northwest and left
| today via Northwest Airlines
{from Tacoma-Seattle Airport.
Our three children, Sue, Sandra
UNION PRESS-COURIER
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WIFE OF A FARMER near Humboldt,
the wick of her kerosene stove for
become the millionth customer of TVA power and are replacing the old
stove with an electric range. Systems using TVA power Lave been con=
necting uo 10.000 new customers a
LAST OIL FIRE BEFORE ELECTRICITY
Tenn., Mrs. Chester Williams lights
the last time. The Williams were to
month. (International Soundnhntn)
Glasgow Notes
By JANET C. KUHN
Miss Lois Reeger Bride
Of James McCartney
Miss Lois Reeger of Coalport
and James McCartney were unit-
ed in marriage at the Alliance |
parsonage in Coalport on Friday
evening. Rev. Kelly performed
the ceremony. Attendants were
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kuhn.
Following the ceremony the
newlyweds were given a surprise
serenade at the home of the pide |
groom by friends and neighbors. |
They will reside at the McCart- |
ney home. Mr. McCartney is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Me- |
Cartney. |
Many friends offered congratu- |
lations to the couple. Mr. and |
Mrs. John Krise of Patton R. D.
also attended the ceremony.
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Mrs. Annie Kuhn Marks
77th Birthday Anniversary
Mrs. Annie Kuhn of Roseland |
celebrated her 77th birthday an-
niversary at her home on Sun-
day, Aug. 7. Those attending the
celebration included: |
Sam Kuhn of Altoona, Mr. and |
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{and Buddy, are very much inter-
| ested in the progress and success
| the good work.
of the Patton High School Band
and here's hoping they keep up
We wish to thank all our rela-
tives and friends for making our
visit in Patton such an enjoyable
one,
Very truly yours,
The A. G. Schwab Family
Mrs. Charles Lender and son of|
Mechanicsburg, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Kuhn and daughters, |
Janet and Joan, and Charles|
Kuhn, all of Glasgow, Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Boring and family of
Hastings, and Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Simmers and son, Mitchell,
of Utahville.
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Funeral services for Frank
Matthews, formerly of this vicin- |
ity, were held Monday afternoon. :
Burial was in the Pleasant Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stine Jr. of
Altoona spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. John Stine Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Colton of
Ginter were recent visitors at
the home of Miss Dolly Conrad.
Mrs. John Troxell and daugh-
ter, Rea, and Harve Westover
were visitors at the Chester Kuhn
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Taterus and
sons, Leon and Ronald, of Sha-
mokin spent a few days at the
John McCartney home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lender
and son, Mitchell, of Mechanis-
burg spent the week end with
Mrs. Annie Kuhn,
Janet and Joan Kuhn were re-
cent visitors at the John Troxell
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bland of
Pittsburgh were visitors at the
Harold Troxell home on Saturday
evening.
Misses Mary Lou and Joanne
Troxell have returned home after
spending the past week with rela-
tives and friends in Pittsburgh. |
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cree and |
daughter, Janie, of Beaver Falls
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mulhollem and Mrs.
Mary Cree.
Rea McCartney, Patsy Jones,
Audrey Baker and Mary Bowman
are spending a week at Camp
Allegheny, near Johnstown.
Mrs. Clair Reynolds was a re-
cent visitor with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hollen of Hollen-
town.
Mrs. Pearle Hockenberry and
daughter, Edith, and granddaugh-
ter, Bonnie, were recent visitors
at the John Troxell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnett
and son, Ronny, of Coalport, were |
recent visitors at the home of]
Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Barnett. |
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Mrs. Bertha Scott was a recent | §
visitor in Blandburg.
Sam Smiley and Robert Bow-
man, members of the U. S. Army |
Reserve Corps, are undergoing. a
two-week training period in the
state of North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bricker and
sons of Smith Mills and Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Kuhn and sons vis-
ited recently at the Charles Bri-
cker home.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Patter]
and family visited at the Thomas |
Noel home recently. |
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McClellan
and family visited at the Frank
Harpster home Friday evening. |
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cree of Bea-
ver Falls spent the week end]
with Mrs. Mary Cree. |
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Nesbitt and |
and son of Johnstown visited re-|
cently at the Frank Harpster
home here. |
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulhollem |
spent Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Noel.
Miss Ida Dixon of Coalport is | 8 i
spending some time with her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. |
John Troxell.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ken Glass and §
daughter spent Sunday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. John Troxell. |
Everett McCartney of McKees
Rocks was a Sunday caller at the
Herbert Troxell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Beck and
daughter of Blandburg spent Sun-
day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Clair Reynolds.
Miss Mona Frye visited rela-
tives and friends in Coraopolis
this past week.
A large crowd attended the! been able to collect. (International)
chicken and meat loaf supper
held at Bowman’s Grove for the
benefit of the Roseland EUB
Church Sunday School on Satur-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Reynolds
and grandson, Tommy, spent Sun-
Hay evening at Bland Park, Tip-
on.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cree
and family of Coalport visited re-
cently with the former's mother,
Mrs. Mary Cree.
Anna Mae and Betty Thomas
of Connecticut are spending some
time at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gubash
and daughter of Chicago, IIL,
are spending some time with the
former’s mother, Mrs. Mary Gu-
bash.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Berzonsky
and daughter visited recently
with the lady’s mother, Mrs. Ber-
tha Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lovell and
sons of Allemansville were re-
cent visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Marrow.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hefferman
of Altoona visited recently with
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stine.
Chester Kuhn and Clarence
Stine enjoyed a fishing trip at
Black Moshannon on Saturday.
Dysart
Bear Visits Town
The famed bear which has
caused so much excitement in
the Buckhorn area recently
has decided to change his sur-
roundings and come to Dysart.
The bear was seen last Sun-
day in the back yard of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Vincent in
Dysart.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Jeann-
ette spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gionfreddo.
Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
Don Roberts and family of Cres-
son.
Carman Gionfreddo of Altoona
and Alberta Ajoy of Altoona were
week end visitors here at the
Paul Gionfreddo home.
Bill Lewis of Washington, D.
C., spent the week end here at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Lewis.
Patsy Cuomo has recently been
admitted to the Altoona Hospital
where he will undergo a major
operation.
Mrs. Will and Mrs. Verna Russ
of Petersburg, Va. visited in
town last Tuesday at the L. D.
Bloom home.
Eleanor Russell of New York
City spent Sunday at the L. D.
Bloom home here.
Joan and Patty Ann Dietrick
have recently returned home after
4 week’s vacation in Huntingdon,
W. Va, at the Michael Healy
home,
L. D. Bloom and George Die-
trick of this place and Charles
Basil and Joe Lidwell of Ashville
attended a baseball game in Pitts-
burgh last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Socci and dau-
ghter of Syracusi, N. Y., visited
here on Monday at the home of
Mrs. Rose Naylor.
Mrs. Rose Naylor, Mrs. H. L.
Junior Jap Junkie
ONE OF the hest of boys who daily
scour Tokyo's city dumps looking
| for articles of value, Kei Yoshida
| smiles over a good day’s haul, Kei is
| luckier than the thousands of other
| parentless juvenile scavengers for
he is regularly employed by a junk
| yard. He earns from two cent to one
dollar and eighty-five cents a day,
in yen, depending on what he has
{ing treatment for Polio.
Thursday, August 11, 1949
Naylor and children, Shirley She-| Naylor and Shirle Shepler sp-
plier and Wayne and Dickie Nay- [ent Sunday on visiting 14 Area Students
lor spent several Says recently | Gallitzin at the Ray Sanders re-|
camping at Whipples Park near |sidence.
State College. James Letcher of Blandburg is Awarded Degrees
Sgt, Lewis Naylor and friend of | spending a vacation here with |
Edgewood Arsonel, Baltimore, his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs.| Four area students received
Md., spent Sunday at his home| Gorse Mansfield. | degrees last Saturday afternoon
here, | Joseph Cuomo, Fred Cuomo and at summer commencement exer-
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mocere of [Susan Cuomo are visiting this|cises at the Pennsylvania State
Baltimore, Md., are visiting at|Wweek with their grandparents in| College.
the James Munson home here, |Pittsburgh. | James Milholland, acting presi-
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hale and | Mrs. Maxie Lampenfelder and | dent of the college, presented de-
Mrs. Mary Cuomo spent Sunday | children spent the past week vis-|grees to 403 students. One hun-
afternoon visiting in Johnstown |iting in Pittsburgh, . dred and eighty-three of them re-
with Judy Hale, who is undergo-| Mrs. Kathryn Potoshnick and | ceived advance degrees.
| Mrs. John Nobel were recent Vvis-| They are: John Muir of Spang-
James Cavalet hag returned to [itors in Pittsburgh. .,.. . (ler, master’s degree in education;
his home here after an extended | Jimmy Sanders of Gallitzin is| Miles Martin Davis, B. S. in me-
visit with his grandparents in |visiting this week in town at the | chanical engineering; Bruce Thorn
Coalport. | H. L. Naylor home, |ton Kantner, B. 8. in industrial
Walter Vashinsky of Coalport | — arts and James Francis O'Malley,
was a visitor here Sunday at the TEACHERS REAPPOINTED | Cresson.
Wm. Naylor home. | East Carroll Township School B. A. in education The latter
The Clover Farm Store picnic | Board reappointed all teachers to three are residents of Cresson.
held at Lakemont Park near Al-|the same schools as last term
toona last Thursday was well at- | during a meeting of the bool —Life is a challenge, and its
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