days the vere and tab rnal hoot eggs vhat hose ¢ )SE L 310 \\ EN HN A—] 2 YO Northern Cambria’s Best and Largest Weekly Vol. 57 No. | Single Copy be PATTON, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1949 Twelve Pages — 96 Columns UNION PRESS-COURIER Recognized Medium Of Union Labor Interests Subscription $2.50 Per Year Patton Clubs Sponsor Parade Of Mummers Next Monday Total $300 Cash Prizes To Be Awarded Here Residents of Northern Cambria County will have an opportunity to compete for a total of $300.00 in prize money at the annual Mummers’ Parade to be held in Patton Monday evening of next week. The event, which will be spon- sored by Patton Aerie 1244, Fra- ternal Order of Eagles; Lodge 488, Loyal Order of Moose; John White Post 779, Veterans of For- eign Wars; Walter McCoy Post 614, American Legion; Lodge 310, Sons of Italy; Slovak Citizens Club, and Patton Fire Co. No. 1, is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p. m. sharp. The parade will tour the down- town section, with the judges stand to be erected on Magee Ave. near the bank. There will be torches, sparklers, gobblins and everything that goes with a Hallowe'en Parade. In addition, a number of bands in this section have signified their intention of trying for the $125 prize money set aside for that purpose. Many floats also are ex- pected—with a total of $85 cash prizes in this category. Similar events here during the past two Hallowe'en seasons met with great success. The new street lights on Magee and Fifth Aves. this year will provide am- ple illumination. The prize list is as follows: Bands—First, $75, and second, $50.00. Floats—First, $40.00; second, $25.00, and funniest float, $20.00. Best Dressed Adult Couples— First, $5.00, and second, $3.00. Best Dressed High School Cou- ples—First, $5.00, and. second, 3.00 Best Dressed Grade School Cou- ples—First, $5.00, and : second, 0 The funniest individual in the line of parade will be awarded a $5.00 prize, and in addition, there will be $25.00 in $1.00 prizes for costumes and comics. Judges have been appointed as follows: Music and Floats—Dr. B. J. Overberger, Miss Yvonne Yerger, Dr. E. P. Cooper and John Sem- onich. Costumes — Mrs. Alice Smale, Mrs. Alice Harvey and Miss Mary Kollar. Children — Miss Grace Urich, Miss Audrey Heist, Miss Anna Lavaca and Miss Anna Homyak. Dysart R. D. Young Lady To Teach At Vintondale Miss Ruth M. Horne of Dysart R. D. has been named a teacher in the Vintondale High School. She is a graduate of the Patton High School and received a bach- elor of science degree in business education from State Teachers College, Indiana. To Begin Installation Parking Meters Today | Work on the installation of parking meters on parts of Magee, Fifth and Fourth Aves. in Patton is scheduled to begin this Thursday morning. The Koontz Equipment Co. of Pittsburgh has the contract for the installation of the meters. A representative of the firm arrived in town on Wednesday and stated the con- cern plans to use local labor for the job. Bakerton Priest's Mother, 82, Expires Mrs. Anna Tomko, 82, mother of Rev. Father Joseph Tomko, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic ! Church, Bakerton, died at 7 a. m. |Sunday at the Miners’ Hospital, | Spangler, where she had been a | patient for several days. She had |resided with her priest-son for {the past seven years, the first two of which he was pastor at Emeigh. Mrs. Tomko was born in Slo- vakia July 26, 1867. Her husband, John, died 40 years ago. In addition to Father Tomko, |she is survived by these children: {Mrs. Mary Kulka, Michael and | Helen Tomko, all of Renova; Mrs. Anna Crynock and Mrs. Pauline Kovnak, both of Erie, and John Tomko, Pittsburgh. Friends were received at the Sacred Heart Rectory, Bakerton, until 10 a. m. Wednesday, when the remains were taken to Ren- ova, where services will be held at 10 a. m. this Thursday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Thomas F. Dunn To Replace Ferrara Thomas F. Dunn of Kinston, Luzerne County, has been named regional director of Region 14, United Construction Workers of America, and District 50, United Mine Workers of America. He will maintain offices in the Rend Bldg. 17th . Street, Indi- ana. Mr. Dunn succeeds the late Peter Ferrara of Indiana who died early this month in the Indi- ana Hospital. Associated with the UMWA or- ganization since 1916, Mr. Dunn represented District 50 in the | eastern section of the nation for the decade immediately preceding (his present appointment. Karlheim, Churella Gain Top Honors In Pet & Hobby Show Over 500 Students Enter Annual Parade Magee Ave., Patton, was crowd- | § i ed with several thousand persons last Friday evening during the Third Annual Pet & Hobby Show sponsored by Walter McCoy Post 614, American Legion, Patton, in conjunction with Pennsylvania Week. Top prizes in the show went to Imogene Karlheim for her pet entry and George Churella for his hobby entry. Approximately 500 students of Patton public and parochial schools and area town- ship schools participated. Miss Karlheim's entry was a large boxer dog, imported from | Austria. Churella’s hobby of woodworking and carving, on dis- play in the Pennsylvania Week windows, won him honors. Both received $5. Other prizes were awarded as follows: High school division for pets— Carol Snyder, first, $3; Sonny Lawson, second, $2, and James McConnell, third, $1; high school division for hobbies—Gerald Stras- sler, first, $3; Nancy Lowerts, second, $2, and Paul Bertison, third, $1 Girls grade school division for pets—Karen Brandow, first, $3; Kay Houck, second, $2, and Bar- bara Lee Huber, third, $1; girls’ grade school division for hobbies —Judy Nagle, first, $3; Dorothy Marshall, second, $2, and Evelyn Good, third, $1. Boys’ grade school division for pets—Thomas Link, first, $3; Don Patrick, second, $2, and John Kuhn, third, $1; boys’ grade]: school division for hobbies—David Peterson, first, $3; James Gar- |} rity, second, $2, and Thomas Wil- son, third, $1. Prizes of 50¢ each were award- ed to those receiving honorable mention as follows: Pat Albright, Russ Little, Jos- eph Noel, Bert McConnell, Allen Above pictured is proposed new Trinity Methodist Church for Patton. The old church, which was con- structed 1902, was destroyed by fire several months ago. Services now are being held in the Odd Fel- lows Hall and the Grand Theatre. Members now are conducting a drive {o obtain funds for building. Complete Plans for Rebuilding of Methodist Church Here | Kenner Coal Co. Mine Shovel Is Demolished By Explosion Police Believe Nitroglycerine Charge Responsible For Blast Tuesday Felt Throughout Coupon Area little ten o For the second time in | | ° | more than a week, violence again H S i | has ripped holdings of the Ken- omecoming e [ner Coal Company in Northern | Cambria and Blair County. Over Week End | Shortly before 11 o'clock on { | Tuesday night, a terrific explosion | | demolished a small loading shovel y oretto 0 ege | at Kenner strip mine operations { near Coupon, on the Cambria- Mary Jane Gates, Cresson, a |Blair County boundary. co-ed at St. Francis College, has| H. C. Kenner, operator of the been chosen “Homecoming Queen’ | firm, valued the destroyed shovel for the celebration at that school [at $10,000. over the coming week end. Eleven days before a dynamite This year’s event will mark the | blast ripped off the roof and first time such an honor has been | collapsed the side of a tipple at given to a female member of the | the Kenner properties in Amsbry. Student Do io allendanis va First reports indicated that 3 =h Me tar nae Ye * | nitroglycerine may have been us- bey a argaret [Nastase, 1ea-| eq to blow up the shovel. verdaie, Residents of the Coupon area Selection of the "Homecoming | id the explosion rocked houses by ballots cast by a representative group | from each of the four classes at) the “College Among the Pines.” Final plans for the event were completed at a meeting of the alumni committee. Rev. Father | Wilfred Sisk, TOR, alumni direc- . | tor of the alumni announced that | a caravan of students, alumni and | friends will move from Loretto to | Cresson for the traditional foot- | in the community and the shock was felt for a considerable dist- ance. One person said: “It felt as if the (Buckhorn) mountain had been blown off.” A hotelkeeper said he thought the top of his building was torn off because the blash felt so close. A night watchman at the Ken- ner strip mine had made a rou- ball clash between St. Francis | tine report at 10:30 on Tuesday and St. Vincent colleges. The queen and her court will he taken to the stadium on a | float sponsored by the student . | council. Ferdinand K. Shields, homecoming chairman, said it is | expected this year’s event will be | one of the most colorful and best | attended. Altoona Diocese Sets Observance (Drawing by Puderbaugh & Hoppel) Beckwith, Betsy Dunmoyer, Karen Steir, Jane Little and Paula Sch- A h ill R D M wab. S \/! e oe We an aloes Wire Mrs. Alice Smale, . ev. and rs. Plummer Harvey, Miss Agnes Palcho, Mrs. Clarence d d y njure Alongs Mrs. John Allen Mur- . ray, Gerald Fisher, Germain Hu- ber and Seymore Ratowsky. en I y u 0 Heading the committee. in charge were Francis Huber, L. Snyder Yerger Noonan, Duck Season Now In Full Swing Here Sportsmen Out At Dawn |ved his car to the opposite side Anthony DeRosa, 60, a retired and Walter E.|Gallitzin Twp. miner, was injured fatally last Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a car near his home. Mr. tween Coupon and Tunnelhill. He apparently stepped into the of the road in a futile effort to On Area Dams, Ponds avoid hitting thet man. DeRosa Pennsylvania hunters were out | |was struck by the front of the Miners Tell Gov. Duff State Police Orally, Physically Abusing Pickets Gallitzin Planning | | DeRose was at- | tempting to cross the road near | Armistice Day observance at a the Cambria-Blair Co. line be- | meeting of Memorial Post 174, path of a car driven by Ralph home. Reese, 36, of Gallitzin who swer- | For Armistice Day Plans were outlined for an | American Legion, Gallitzin last | Thursday evening in the post . Members will meet at 10 a. m, lat the post home. A parade led by Gallitzin High School band, will move from the audi- of the Feast of Christ the King is scheduled Sunday in St. Pat- rick’s Church, Gallitzin. The occasion will be marked by solemn pontifical vespers of the Blessed Virgin and by the con- Gov. James H. Duff was told in |ferring of the Ad Altare Del a five-page letter by miners from | medals upon Boy Scouts of the Clarion, Elk and Armstrong Cos. | Altoona Diocese. that state police are ‘orally and Most Rev. Richard T. Guilfoyle, physically abusing” coal pickets. | Bishop of the diocese, will be the Representatives of 20 mine locals | celebrant at the vespers. He also signed the letter written follow- | will award the medals to the Boy ing a meeting in Kittanning. Scouts. A list of scouts who are Chief complains were register-| to; receive the coveted awards will ed by mine delegates against the |e announced later this week. law chicers In fhe three Counties Rev. Father Vincent A. Luther, Miners declared in the letter |2SSistant superintendent of the that they “are law abiding citi- | Parochial schools in the diocese, zens” who do not “condone Will be the speaker. He has sel- crime.” Individual citizens com. | ected “Scouting in the Catholic mitting crimes should be arrested, | Church” as the topic of his ad- Duff was told. dress. The Altoona Diocese observance NORTH CAMBRIA PERSONALITIES—NO. 32 Charles Adams Veteran Area Drayman C3 FOr ey id auto and was carried for some! ares on Friday the 1949 | gistance. He was walking along | hed Duck 1. geese and coots| the gide of the highway and was | | opened. Duck hunters were noted | 3ttempting to cross the road to-| {at most ponds and dams in Nor- |, iS homo on A | | thern Cambria County, with {ward his home on Ashville R. D. | | number having success. ve | Mercy Hospital attendants at the field throughout the state , [ed chest, compound fracture of the 40-day season on migratony |the left leg and shock. He died waterfowl opened. |at 4:08 p. m., about 1% hours | { The daily bag limit on wild | after he was hit. ; | | ducks this year is four, with the | Dmergency treatment given by {limit to include not more than |? Passing motorist is credited one wood duck. The hunter is | With saving DeRosa from bleed- | { permitted no more than two | 8 to death on the spot. i Canada geese a day but is allow- Pa) Esnden of Alicons ated 3 ed to bag no more than three | DieC€ of cloth and 2 ires branchy ® | blue geese in addition. On Ameri- | for 4 makeshift tourniynes fo {can and redbreasted mergansers | SLoP Ihe blesding from DeRoses) | a daily limit of 25 has been set, | | while the sportsman is permitted to take no more leg. A few minutes later, atten- | dants on the Gallitzin Fire Co. : ambulance applied a tourniquet | fro ta than 15 coots carried as part of the ambulance per day. : a | equipment. 8 | The possession limit on coots| Mr. Reese on Tuesday night | and ducks is two days bag with |was exonerated by a coroner's | only one wood duck per hunter. | jury of all criminal negligence in | {On geese the limit is a single |the death | daily bag while on American and | : redbreasted mergansers there is | — rn - [lo Sv limit after the first Bell Telephone Co. | Hunters must possess a $2 fed- . » . . ° cal meratory wna munng | jobs New Rates | About 50,000 sportsmen were in | Altoona said he died of a crush-|¥ man. [brutally to the extent that they Seven new mempers were ad-|required doctor's treatment.” mitted to the post. J. F. Bernard,| Pickets, they said, have been commander of District 20, re-|driven off the public highways. | ported on the state executive State police convoys of coal meeting in Harrisburg. |trucks were blasted in the let- | bers of the PHS Senior Class the |ing the past week post home to high school However, the representatives of | ned. {local unions declared that peace- | John R. Gillen was named the |ful pickets are being molested. | chairman of the committee to| In instances, the delegates de- | work for the veterans’ bonus. He |Clared, mine pickets have been will select members of the com-|taken into custody and kept for mittee, The post went on record |Seven hours while “reputable at- | torneys demanded they .be taken The bloodmobile will be in i LS and litzin this Friday, it was announc- | Miners charged in the letter to €d. All persons desiring to donate |Goy, Duff that in the three coun- blood should send their names to ties mentioned there have been Paul Johnston, Red Cross chair- instances of pickets being “beaten in favor of the bonus. ter. Miners said in instances the police rode in the cabs of trucks. y 3 The miners charged Duff with Tuesday morning of this week | esponsibility and asked “for de- R. C. Wiestling of the Social |cent treatment.” Security Office in Johnstown very Things in Cambria have been capably explained to the mem-|relatively peaceful, although dur- state police the | were reported convoying coal trucks in the Ashville section. WIESTLING TALKS HERE workings and benefits of social security plan. Portage Lady Named POA Leader By CYRIL R. STEVENS Charles Adams is known to] most residents of Patton as the | man who delivers the goods to | stores and homes. | He has been engaged in the | drayage and express business for | almost 38 years. For the past six | years he also has delivered the | frieght in the Patton area for the | Pennsylvania Railroad Co. | In his years of experience Mr. | Adams has seen first-hand the transition from horse and wagon | to motorized equipment. When he first started in the business in 1912 he used horse and wagon. With the advent of the auto-| mobile, he took advantage of mot- | orized equipment. { Mr. Adams covers a wide terri- tory. He delivers freight and ex- press not only in the Patton area | but also in the Hastings and] Westover section and the Irvona and Blandburg district. An aver- | age trip today covers about 50 | miles. | The veteran drayman has noted | a decline in express and freight | with the advent of modern con- | veniences. The automobile and truck, he said, have been the cause of this decline. In former | times, he explained, bread, cakes, | Northern Cambria County family. Pennsylvania hunting licenses Last year 47,389 Pennsylvanians bought the necessary federal per- mits. After the first day of the sea- | son, waterfowl and coots may be | brought down from one-half hour | before sunrise to one hour before sunset. The season ends on Nov. 29, Robinson Pleads Guilty to Store Theft At Gallitzin | | : { One member of a trio charged (James Studio Photo, Patton) | with looting a Gallitzin business ice cream and many other items | establishment entered a plea of came in by express. Today, how- | guilty in court at Ebensburg on ever, each firm delivers its own | Monday but was returned to the products in its own truck. | county jail to await sentence. Back in 1912 Mr. Adams began | He is Anthony Robinson, 39, to deliver express for the old| Cumberland, Md. He was arrest- Adams Express Co. The name of | ed on Oct. 10 along with two the firm was just a coincidence, | other men a few hours after for Mr. Adams said he was no| clothing valued at $82 was stolen relative of the owner of the con-| from the Station Supply Store in cern. When the Railway Express | Gallitzin, The early-morning bur- Agency bought out the Adams glary was witnessed by several pan, We ation man continued | Yogidents of the borough who 0 Work Ior the mew company. | summoned Chief County Detective Mr. Adams is serving his first| yc," "Roperts while the men term as a member of Patton p BT Ad 2 Borough’ Council, He has allegedly were still in the store. here for the t 58 veam Sentencing of Robinson was de- pas years. se ! : : ' He is a member of an oud layed at the request of Assistant District Attorney David C. Wolfe. | It was explained that Robinson tine, he is the son of Gerald and | Will be needed as a witness a- Clara (Ivory) Adams. He is mar- | 8ainst his two companions who ried to the former Sarah Sher-| refuse to admit to the charge and win-Noonan. He is the father of Who are expected to go to trail three children of a previous mar- | They are Rupert Welsh 35, of riage. | Pittsburgh, and William Johnson, Before entering the drayage| 55, Pittsburgh. The three men business, Mr. Adams worked in| were arrested by Pennsylvania the woods and on the farm. He | Rialroad police checking freight likes to play cinch and enjoys | trains at Portage. following the major league base- r——————— ball teams. He is a member of —Turn those usable items you Patton Veterans of Foreign Wars | no longer have use for into cash, and Italian Club. | by means of a classified. lived | Born Aug. 9, 1887, in St. Augus- The Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania has filed with the PUC at Harrisburg new schedules of telephone rates which became effective last Friday, Qct. 21. Some typical rates fdr the Pat- ton, Barnesboro, Hastings and Carrolltown follow: Residence Old New Individual $2.75 $3.25 Two-Party 2.25 2.75 Four-Party 1.85 2.25 Multi-Party 1.85 2.25 Business Individual .. 4.00 5.25 Two-Party 3.50 4.25 Multi-Party . 3.00 3.75 In addition to the above rates there also will be various increas- es in charges for extension tele- phones, private branch exchanges, private lines and other supple- mental phone equipment and ser- vices. The above rates do not in- clude the 15 percent federal tax which has been in effect since 1944. Patton Eagles to Hold Hallowe’en Party Friday Friday evening of this week, Oct. 28, the annual Hallowe'en Party of Patton Aerie 1244, Fra- ternal Order of Eagles, will be held in the Aerie Home on Fifth Ave. for the members and their ladies. Novelties will be given to all attending. Dancing will be to music of a good orchestra and will last from 9 until ?. All mem- bers are urged to attend. Spuntler VFW Auziliary Plans Bake Sale Oct. 29 All members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of McDonald Post 7503, VFW, Spangler are urged to bring their contributions of baked goods to Easly Furniture Store, a bake sale planned by the ladies at Easlys. Spangler, prior to the opening of | Margaret King Camp 288. Saturday of this week, Oct. 29, |ed to the gathering and were ac-|The 80th semi-annual meet will At 79th Semi-Annual Meeting Here | socialized medicine program; 2— | thanking the Patton Camp for sponsoring the county session; 3 -asking that the 15 percent tax levied on all bus fares during and since World War II be eliminated as a gross injustice to the Am- erican travelling public, and 4— Four Resolutions Gain Acceptance Monday Mrs. Verda Crum of Portage was elected president at the 79th| semi-annual convention of Pat-| riotic Order of America units of] Cambria County at sessions on], i iSitines 5 3 Monday in the Patton IOOF Hall, Sioviie all visiting members a Mrs. Crum is a member of the|convention. Portage Camp 87. Other officers | include Mrs. Nellie Jones of Camp | 281, Morrellville, past president; Mrs. Crum appointed two com- mittees. Named to a school com- a -’ | mittee are Mrs, Trimbath, Mrs. Mrs. Nola Adams of Camp 87, |pmyen Shaw of Camp 87, Mrs. Ful- assistant past president; MIS.) "Nog Madeline McConnell of Janet Bulvin of South Fork Camp camp 221, Mrs. Christine Hus- 228, assistant president; MIS.| pong of Camp 228, and Mrs, Ethel Harriet Fuller of Conemaugh | Richardson of Camp 281 og 75 vice >sident, and | . : : Samp 2 NS Patton | Members of the camp chair- IS, Lilioy : J ; ._|man’s committee are Mrs. Elsie Camp 221, assistant vice presi-| gy 0c Camp 52, Mrs. Anna dent, | J 4 : : : pu S | Killinger, Camp 87, Mrs. Marian Mrs. Nannie Ling of Camp 281, | of bah, 175, Mrs. Ethel conductress; Mrs. Pearl Gregory, | nroconnell, Camp 221, Mrs. Jennie Camp 288, assistant conductress; |. jos Camp 298° “and Mrs Gilbert Brown, Camp 52, record-| po. "fro por Camp 281. ing secretary; Mrs. Mary Boyer," ‘my, "pennsylvania Home and Camp 281, assistant recording | i) hanage, Mifflinville, benefited secretary; Mrs. Mary Wilson, co. "> 4onation. Rev. Plummer Camp 87, financial secretary and | pr. vey pastor of the Patton Mrs. Ceicile Reinger, Camp 281, | presbyterian Church, spoke on treasurer. (God, Our Country and Free Mrs. Virginia Stuckey, Camp |Schools.” The invocation and the 52, guardian; Mrs. Margaret For-|penediction were offered by Rev. sythe, Camp 221, sentinel; Mrs.|J. E. A. Bucke, pastor of the Marie Marshall, Camp 221, chap-| Patton Trinity Methodist Church. lain; Mrs. Helen Brady, Camp 281| Reports were given by the au- orator; Mrs. Ethel Richardson,|diting and resolution committees. Camp 281, trustee for three years Short talks were made by Mrs. Mrs. Minnie Mills, Camp 281, Florence Rinker of Tamaqua, the trustee for two years, and Mrs. | state president; Mrs. Harriet Anna Trimbath, Camp 52, one| Watkins of Altoona, past state year. | president, Mrs. Alice McCune of Mrs. Marie Alters of Camp 281| Johnstown, district president; Mrs is pianist. Color bearers are Mrs. | glsie Adams of Portage, district Alice Sendzik, Camp 87; Mrs. El-| president, and Gilbert Brown past sie Holmes, Camp 52; Mrs. Viola | state assistant president. Haschack, Camp 87, and Mrs.| Stephaney Lacey and Joan | Simpson offered a vocal duet, ac- Four resolutions were present-| companied by Mrs. Lottie Davis. Children of all diocesan parish- | The ! Taive torium, where a service is plan- [more than 7,000 miners in the 20 |es are expected to attend and |company to mine coal fo night that everything was in ord- er. While he was gone the blast |was set off. Time of the explos- ion was set at approximately Mr. Kenner said the destroyed shovel was purchased about three years ago at a cost of $17,000. He | now values the machine at ap- | proximately $10,000. | Parts of the shovel were thrown more than 500 feet from | the explosion center. Persons who felt the blast said it was too strong for dynamite unless a very [large quanity had been used. Robert Hill, a truck driver em- | ployed by the Kenner strip op- | erations, told police his truck was damaged by unidentified persons on Tuesday evening while he was away from his vehicle. Hill told police he parked the truck to enter an eating estab- | lishment in Gallitzin Township. While he was gone, the gas was drained from his truck, wires were ripped out and the tires de- | flated. The truck had to be towed to a garage for repairs. | The dynamiting at the Kenner | deep mine in Amsbry occurred | saturday afternoon, Oct. 15. Mr. | Kenner said that the explosion of | the Amsbry tipple was ‘spite, | but did not elaborate. The deep mine had been work- | ing three days each week under an agreement with the striking | United Mine Workers of America. agreement permitted the ‘“hard- participate in singing of the ves-|ship or emergency cases” pers and benediction hymns. Cherry Tree Merges With Chestquehanna Cherry Tree School District in Indiana County has merged with the Chestquehanna Valley Joint School District. The joint dis- trict is composed of eight other districts in Clearfield County. Although the merger becomes effective immediately, Tree will operate on its own bud- get for the remainder of the school term. Approximately 200 students and 10 teachers are af- fected by the change. Hastings Couple Plan Diamond Jubilee (James Studio will celebrate their diamond wed- ding jubilee. Paul Strittmatter, one of 15 children of Peter and Anna Mary (Long) Strittmatter, followed his father's footsteps in the building and contract business. Mrs. Stritt- matter is the former Sophia Hoover, one of 12 children of the late John H. and Anna Mary (Kuntzman) Hoover. There were nine children born to this union, six of whom are still living—A. J. Strittmatter of Hastings, Father Frederick Stritt- matter, OSB, of St. Vincent Arch- abbey, Latrobe; Rt. Rev. Dennis Strittmatter, OSB, recently elec- ted Coadjutor Archabbot of St. Vincent Archabbey, Otto T. Strittmatter, Mary C. Strittmat- ter and Mrs. Charles Donahue, all of Hastings. They also have 18 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Solemn High Mass of Thanks- giving will be celebrated in St. cepted. They are 1—opposing the'be held in Apr, 1950 in Portage. erick Strittmatter, OSB, as cele- Patton Baker, Wife Attend | Atlantic City Convention | Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mertens of | Patton were among the represen- |tatives at the American Bakers | Assn. and the 1949 Baking In- | dustry Exposition held in Atlan- | tic City, N. J., last week. | More than 12,000 baking and |allied trades officials from all | parts of the nation attended the Cherry (event, the first held in 13 years {and the largest in history. The | latest in baking equipment and {methods was a feature of the | exposition. Mr. Mertens is pro- prietor of Mertens Bakery. Photo, Patton) On Saturday of this week Mr. brant; Father Innocent Stritt- and Mrs. Paul A. Strittmatter, | matter, pastor of St. Aloysius life-long residents of Hastings, | Church, Cresson, deacon; Father Blase Strittmatter, OSB, St. Vin- cent College, sub-deacon, and Father Kevin Lynskey, pastor of St. Nicholas’ Church, Nicktown, master of ceremonies. Archabbot {Alfred Koch, OSB, and Coadjutor {Archabbot Dennis Strittmatter, together with other clergymen, will be present in the sanctuary. Dinner for the immediate fam- ily and visiting and local priests | will be serevd at noon and open house will be held at the Stritt- matter home from 4 to 8 p. m. {on both Saturday and Sunday. | Mr. Strittmatter is in his 90th ear and his wife in her 81st year 3oth enjoy good health. They were married in St. Bene- dict’s Church, Carrolltown, Oct 29, 1889, by Rev. Father Benedict Mangus, OSB. Attendants were E. M. Yahner and Myrtle Hoover, both deceased. Mr. Strittmatter has held many |responsible positions in Hastings | Boro, being a councilman for 18 years. He also has the distinction Bernard’s Church, Hastings, at 9 |of being Hastings’ first fire chief a. m. Saturday with Father Fred- |and was one of the organizers of early civic development.
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