Union press-courier. (Patton, Pa.) 1936-current, September 01, 1949, Image 4

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UNION PRESS-COURIER
Thursday, September 1, 1849
15 Scout Troops
Enjoy Week End
$500 Damage In Creosote Fire At No. 6
3 Persons Injured
In Wreck Near Dean
New Law On Reporting Automobile
Accidents in Effect in State Today
DYSART MINER INJURED
Edward Vinglass, 25, of Dysart
was admitted to the Mercy Hos-
pital in Altoona early Tuesday
evening for treatment of a frac-
tured left leg. Hospital attend-
GALLITZIN SCHOOL TEACHER
Miss Virginia A. Scheweyer of
Reading has been named home
economics teacher by the Gallit-
zin School Board at a meeting on
Saturday of last week. The new
Three persons were injured! Acting Secretary of Revenue |sion of 's li i i -
. y your operator's license. It|ants said the man was hurt teacher will succeed Miss Cather:
Camporee, Colver slightly and Droperty damage Otto F. Messner announced last|was pointed out that the obliga-|while working at the Grannos | ine Felix, who resigned.
amounted to $1,800 in a two-car | week that the law in regard to |tion is on the individual operator, | Brothers Coal Company mine in
Patton, Ebensburg High
Bands Parade Saturday
Fifteen troops participated in
the three-day camporee of the
Admiral Robert E. Peary Boy
Scout Council in Colver over the
past week ead. Troop 248 of Col-
ver was awarded first place ‘in
the event which was sponsored
accident near Dean at 7:15 p. m.
last Wednesday evening. Hurt
were Leroy C. Thompson, 25,
Coalport, head injuries; M. E. Hol-
comb, 69, Dysart. body bruises,
and Mary Hollern, Ashville, cuts
and bruises of right knee. She
was a passenger in the car driven
by Holcomb.
The accident occurred at Route
53 and Legislative Route 11089.
Police said Holcomb was attempt-
reporting motor vehicle accidents
is subject to an important change
cn Sept. 1, 1949.
The 1949 legislature revised the
limit for reporting property dam-
age from $50 to $100, which is
the minimum figure for reporting
damage to the property of any
one person.
This means that if you are in-
volved in a motor vehicle accident
from which he is not relieved be-
cause someone else renders a re-
port, or if the cperator himself
renders a report to some other
agency, such as an insurance
company, a motor club, a local
police department, the IC.C, or
the P, ,
Mr. Messner particularly stres-
sed the fact that there had been
no change in the law in regard to
injury or death to any persons,
Dysart.
—Service to you is our motto.
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b the Colver Scouters Club. : h
Beside Charles Buterbaugh ing a right turn off Route 53 |i which any motor vehicle or |regardless of the amount of dam-
directed the ceremonies. when the car driven by Thomp- | any other property is damaged to | age. If an operator is in doubt E Y oP
Troop 115 of Hooversville was son crashed into the rear of the the extent of $100 or more you |of his duty under the law to re- ° ° ° 5 t
awarded the second highest score vehicle, must report the accident to the |port an accident, the safest plan 5
and both Colver and Hooversville —rm rrr department of revenue within 24 |is to fill out a form and send it PHONE 2331 OR 23338 a
were awarded gold cups. S d G M t hours, under penalty of suspen-!to the department. FIFTH AVE. PATTON. PA. all
Rosey Rowswell, baseball an- pu rowers 00 ’ brid
nouncer, was the principal speak- . ® ° ° Mr,
er at the campfire program on N Ch 3 Eld b y PI t D Of ; J
Saturday night. Speaking inform- ear es prings er err an ies " n uries eo Bar
on A a a bg Field meetin 0 Ch T R dl C h iin GENERAL MOTORS ted
3 gs for potato . :
gounied lw Le Farabaugh Studio Photo, Carrolltown | growers of Cambria County were pens, erry ree eceive n I as Representative ] i.
he urged the scouts to respect Sterling Coal Co., Bakerton, suffered $500 damage Tuesday noon held last Thursday by the county A new elderberry plant has, Dwight Craft, 38, of Philips- BE
their fathers. when a vat of creosote caught fire at its No. 6 mine tipple. Con- | agricultural extension service. opened at Cherry Tree. The firm | burg, died at 12:35 a. m. on was
County Judges A. A. Nelson tents of the vat and a number of ties burned. Shown are Denny Two sessions were held in the |serves as a clearing house, and | Tuesday of this week in the Min- Call
George W. Griffith and Ivan J Weakland and Ed Bearer of the Carrolitown Fire Co. directing a north of the county. One at the |ships the berries to plants of'erg Hospital in Spangler from ves
McKenrick also spoke. They point hose on the flames. Dense quantities of smoke clouded the area. John Bloom farm on the old Car-| leading national jelly makers. |injuries suffered Aug. 13 in an han
ed out the importance of scouting T : rolitown road three miles: north Upon arrival at the plant, the| auto crash. The man sustained brid
in the community farm agent and chairman of the of Ebensburg and the other at|elderberries are washed, stemmed | pack injuries when his auto roll- of 1
: Central Cambria County Scout oung on d the Francis Yahner farm one{and packed in barrels by theieq down an embankment on gro
A gala parade preceded the
campfire ceremonies, The Patton
and Ebensburg-Cambria High
School Bands were included in
the march. Troop 51 of Salix was
awarded first place in the first-
aid contest Saturday afternoon.
Troop 246 of Fishertown was sec-
ond.
Individual
burning, James Moore and Allan
winners included:
BITE. Senor Tia A Ea Bf or the "Ca =r |AppraisersHear |S
or first place; knot-tying Rober Richard B. Davidson, C t, : 1
Diamond, Troop 9 of ‘Ebensburg; aie oes Mo Font, a Mr: McGlynn is the president of Ebensburg Miner Th S Hastings Rotary Club |
d ch 3 . illi Lesli Ss ; e newly-iorme ennsylvani 1
wood chopping, William Leslie o Somerset Ag ol BE Fe ym nia omas wope | Hears Coal Assn. Official
Troop 69 of Barnesboro.
H. C. McWilliams, Cambria Co.
District Way the faster of cere-
monies a e campfire program. S t d S t 10
Semmes nent va nena sept, | 20 1UFAAY, EPI. 1U,
12,
Slated for Glasgow
Frank McGlynn of Philadelphia
will be one of the principle speak-
ers at the second annual conven-
tion of the Cambria County
MarriageLicenses
Walter
Elaine H. Parkins, both of Eb-
S. Anderson Jr. and
D. Ratchford, both of Gallitzin. | Will speak at the county conven-
TRY LIEB’S HARDWARE
STORE FIRST!
tion Saturday, Sept. 10 in Glas-
mile north of Chest Springs on
the Chest Springs-Patton road.
Two members of the Penn
State College staff attended each
meeting and discussed insect and
disease control. They were E. J.
Udine, entomology specialist and
L. P. Nichols, pathology specia-
list. The meetings were open to
the public.
Dies of Injuries
gow.
Attorney John P. Saylor, con- |
gressional candidate, and Attor-
ney Harry A. Englehart, candi-
date for judge, also will deliver |
principal addresses at the affair. |
|
|
An Ebensburg coal miner, in-
jured in a rockfall while at work
last Wednesday, passed away on
Friday morning.
Arthur Benauer, 55, suffered a
possible punctured lung and mul-
The election of officers will be | tiple rib fractures. He was hurt
most modern machinery. They are
then shipped to the jelly plants!
and placed in freezers.
Truckers from three counties]
bring elderberries to Cherry Tree |
each day. According to Sidney S.,
Koch of Altoona, owner of the!
Elderberry Plant, some 20 per-|
sons are employed. |
|
Banks should grant more loans |
to veterans for them to buy]
homes, Attorney Thomas Swope
of Ebensburg told the members of |
the Blair County Chapter 58, of
the Society of Residental Appra- |
isers, at a meeting last Thursday
evening in the Ebensburg Inn.
These GI loans by banks, the
Route 219, about a half-mile
north of Carrolltown.
According to state police at
Ebensburg, the man was travell-
ing north when he lost control ot
his automobile. The car ran off
the right side of the road and
then careened to the left side of
the highway before rolling down
the embankment.
B. W. Derringer, operations
commissioner of the Central
Pennsylvania Coal Producers As-
sociation, last Tuesday evening
explained various means of arbi-
tration in coal disputes at a
meeting of the Hastings Rotary
Club at Demento’s Resturant in|
Hastings. |
® Appliances A
a highlight of the event. Attor- |
while at work in the Revloc mine
attorney said, are small repay- |
Entertainment was provided by i
My owner didn't have ready cssh
to keep me in repair.
$ Asununition ney H Shi McWilliams Jr, | of the Morzoe Coal Mining Go ment for the sacrifices many ve- Ray Detwiler, now music super- |
0) now holds the post. e injured man and two other |{erans made during World War : visor at the Hastings High Sch-
® Bath Fittings 4 banquet is planned at 5:30 Iminers Were stringing a trolley | II. Banks have ample security on |ool. He played if trombone | Neither did mine, but he got a
® Buckets h Wh Y Ww ll p. m. with Attorney Englehart | wire in a main haulageway at the | such loans by 50 percent guar- |solos. ’
® Brushes op ere 1]1] I scheduled to give the main ad- [time of the accident. antee from the government on all — A h ® ¢ le
® Brooms . dress. The convention will open at A comparatively small piece of | such mortgages. The net result | . . . low-cost ome improvemen oan
3 Bivyeles Find What You Need 1:30 p. m. Robert Beam of the rock came loose and dropped!will be to make better citizens | St. Francis Public Relations he 4 l ok ¢ '
ery Ferndale-Upper Yoder Club was [about eight feet from the ceiling. | Mr. Swope believed. "1; : $3 ba,
® Dishes selected as sergeant-at-arms for | Jay Toy and Kenneth Swope, the S. P. Parisi, assistant chief ap- Director Resigns Position at ¢ nk. Lo at me now.
@ Drills Wh Y 3 d It the convention. other miners, were uninjured. praiser of the Pittsburgh veter-| George M. Smith, who for
® Elec. Needs en ou ee ave so L It. LBL Mine officials said the rock |ans’ administration office, also |the past two and one-half years
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© Farm Needs . | was about three inches thick and [spoke to the members. has been acting public relations
® Fencing Loretto Nurse Will about five feet across. The rock Fa vl of St. Francis College, in
® Glassware “For want of a nail, a kingdom was was broken into pieces. Whether | PLACED ON PROBATION Loretto, has resigned his post, ef- ® °
$ (arden Tools lost” . . . that historical truth of B B . d S t d it broke before 7 after Skrslang Mii Repaart of Fallentimber | fective immediately.
i Benauer is no nown. enauer | R. . was placed on probation | Coming to the Loretto school 1S d 10nd dll
® Hinges yesteryear can't happen today be. € rl € d ur ay was employed as a motorman. for one year when he pleaded |before the centennial, Dr. Smith |
or cause your convenient, well-stocked i : ; Pp ’
Lona y y Mary Elizabeth Caton, daugh- -_ guilty to violation of the Public |assisted in the arrangements of
$ Raives hardware has what you want when tor of Mes Cethening ikon ea £ ° Assistance Act. He also was dir- |the celebration and also establish- ( ) lt P
3 TDS Xe6 you want it. Here you'll find the Loretto, will become the bride of Guest rganist ected to make restitution of led a student loan and assistance dITO own, cnnd.
® Milk Cans hardware items you need to make Pau J. Torchia, son of Mr. and Junge which he improperly unit, and a recruitment unit,
® Nails repairs, to modernize, build. Make Mrs. Thomas Torchia of Johns- f : oeived in public assistance | bringing to the school more than
@® Nippers Lieb’s you headquarters for every- town at 9 a. m. this Saturday in ays or ervices . 100 students from out-of-state.
® N thing you require in hardware. Our St. Michael's Catholic Church in ’
® Ovens Foes io Loretto. At St Jose h S
3 hire p are ow. Y| Miss Caton, a 1945 graduate of ° p
® Paints [Mount Aloysius 1 eEs, A Minnesota music student pre- ® eo
® Pliers * the Johnstown Mercy Hospital | Sided at the organ at St. Joseph's r a es vd Nn ce i
© Planes : Catholic Church, Hart's Sleeping
School of Nursing, was employed Place. for High Mass last Sun-
© Rope recently by the Nurses League hy tor 8! Pe ba, oh °
® Roofing b J Corp., in Philadelphia. Mr. Tor- day. He is Ross Farabaugh, son t
© Stoves chia is a 1936 graduate of the of Me ahd Mrz. Lso Ferabsugh Ol ] ) or IN ears :
® Spouting Johnstown High School and is Of Spanger. i V4 v
® Saws employed by the Keystone Vend- Mr. Farabaugh is a student at
® Spades ing Machine Company in Johns- | McPhail School of Music at Min-
® Screen Wire H A RK D WwW A R E {OW neopolis where he is sudving pipe
© Screws . ; : organ and piano. He also is org-
® Toys A TeepUm Wl he Bad A S|amiwt at St Aume's Catholic
“Quality Goods at Low Prices” Johnstown Church in Minneapolis. J
® Utensils . The former Spangler resident
® Vises accompanied the church choir
® Wire CARROLLTOWN TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY which sang the Mass. Rev. Father
©® Wrenches Valentine Koehler, OSB, was the
BUNCH OF KEYS & KNIFE | celebrant.
Lost. On key ring. Valuable.
itd ww, | Reward. Phone 5301, Patton, or
MOM SURE CAN
PACK DELICIOUS
§ LUNCHES...
But most of all, she buys
delicious bread! It
makes sandwiches taste
p so wholesome, so light
and good. And tonight
she’ll make her wonderful
bread pudding. Mom says
the original wheat rich-
ness is in Mertens
Quality Bread ’cause
it’s ‘‘Slo-Kneaded,
Slo-Baked’’ . ..
CHILDREN LIKE
MERTENS Quality
§ Bread Cakes Rolls Do-Nuts Jelly Roll Etec.
inquire 513 Kerr Ave. Patton.
WANTED: WOMAN OVER 35 to
sell Charis Garments. Brassi-
eres and slips. Full or part time.
Good earnings. We train you.
Write 458 Altoona Trust Bldg.,
Altoona, Pa. 9-1
95-ACRE FARM FOR SALE
Buildings, tractor and equip-
ment, stock. Immediate possession.
Priced for quick sale. D. J. Elms,
y| 624 Magee Ave. Patton, Pa. 9-1
SEALED PROPOSALS
Sealed Proposals will be re-
ceived by the Board of Trustees
at the Cowher Bldg., Patton, Pa.,
until 5:00 P. M., September 15,
1949, for:
1. General Construction.
2. Heating and Plumbing.
3. Electrical.
for the reconstruction of the
Trinity Methodist Church, Beech
and Fifth Aves. Patton, Pa.
Plans and specifications are
prepared by D. G. Puderbaugh,
R. A, and G. C. Hoppel, Jr., As-
sociate, and may be seen or cop-
ies of same obtained at their of-
fices at 1511 Thirteenth St, Al-
toona, Pa., or 622 Magee Ave,
Patton, Pa.
Each application for drawings
and specifications must be ac-
companied by a deposit of ten
dollars.
All proposals must be sealed,
addressed to the owners, plainly
marked “Bid for (division of
work)” and deposited at the Cow-
her-Nehrig office before the time
and date above specified.
The owners reserve the right to
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HAPPY HUNTING |
Mr. Farabaugh is a graduate of
St. Patrick’s Parochial School and
Spangler High School. He is an
Army veteran and was enrolled
in the music school of the Uni-
versity of Montana before he
transfered to the McPhail School
Numerous persons have been
visiting historic St. Joseph’s which
has been restored in recent years
as a shrine of devotion and his-
tory. This is one of the oldest
Catholic Church buildings in the
Altoona Diocese, having been
built in 1830 under the direction
of Prince Gallitzin, Apostle of the
Alleghenies.
St. Joseph's choir is directed by
Miss Dorothy Michrina, organist.
She succeeds Mrs. Thomas Leh-
mier who resigned in June. Mrs.
Lehmier has accepted the position
as organist at Sacred Heart Cath-
olic Church, Bakerton, since she
moved there recently.
Legion Group to
Report On Hospital
A delegation of five members
of the Cambria County American
Legion Committee toured the Tor-
rance State Hospital at Torrance
on Thursday of last week. The
committee will make a report on
its visit at the next county Leg-
ion meeting in Loretto on Sept.
20.
Members of the visiting com-
mittee were ‘J. Harold Gibb, coun-
ty director of veterans’ affairs
and chairman of the committee;
Joseph F. Bernard, Gallitzin,
commander of the 20th American
Legion District; George B. Rhawn
chairman of the county Legion
committee; Clair S. Boylan, ser-
vice officer of the Lilly Post, and
William H. Clossin, service officer
of the Conemaugh Post.
Mr. Gibb said that there are
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$300 Damage Caused
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Damage was estimated at $300
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