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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.