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Tidings of Great Joy|Gallitzin Founded
Have Real Meaning 76 Years Ago Dec. 4
“Behold I bring you good tid-
ings of great joy, which shall be
to all people.”
“For God so loved the world
that he gave His only begotten
Son.”
Pioneer Settlers Dug
Big Railroad Tunnel
The Borough of Gallitzin was
founded 76 years ago on Dec. 4,
Christmas would not be com- | according to borough records. It
plete without Calvary. | Was on Dec, 2 1875, 2 group SO
The Christ Child lying in the Citizens name e Lown er
Bethlehem manger Yor mean | Rev. Father Demetrius A. Gal-
but little to the world if he had litZin, prince-priest of the Alle-
not also been nailed to the Cross. | 8henies.
The world today must see the These pioneer settlers were a
other side of Christmas—the God |8Toup of people who worked on
sidle—beyond the Angel's song, he construction of the railroad
and the message of peace on tunnels at Gallitzin from 1850 to
; | 1854. Before settling in Gallitzin
earth snd good Will among men, {they lived in the village of Ben-
Heavenly Father, who gave His Rington, located just across the
Son that the world might know |Blair County line.
how great was His concern about| David Watt is generally recog-
the woes of the world. | nized as being the first settler in
For that is what the angel's the town. He constructed a home
song meant. It meant much more, | On what is now known as Jeffer-
but, if it meant less, it would [Son Heights, formerly called the
mean nothing at all. | Watt Farm.
BACKED UP . . . What would
Christmas be without bright new
dollies for little girls to cherish?
Giving promise of a goodly crop
The Christma message means| In 1858 Josiah Christy was ap-
sons of men. The tidings of great | When the borough was granted
joy were for all the people. a charter on Dec. 12, 1873, Hon.
erect barriers that the world is|the first burgess. In 1910 the
robbed of Christmas joy. population of the borough was
And it is the barrier that is 3
: : to but 3,580. Today the population
first erected in their own hearts |o; gaifiizin and immediate vicin-
strife—that shuts out the Spirit :
of Christmas, which is love, joy | The 46th anniversary of the
It should be recalled that the |OPServed on Sunday, Dec. 4.
angel's wondrous glory song was
night. None heard the song in . "
palace, temple, in court or mart.
The ears of all within were deat. | JI] ATTIESITE Flan
whose aching hearts cried out, 8
“How long?” He came in largest Court Hearings
measure to the men who were
anguish which filled their souls. Friday in the lengthy court bat-
And so this Christmas season |tle petween residents of Garman-
song, which brings with it hobe| company which operates a manu-
for a new day when the promise |f,otyring plant in the Northern
o Dr. S. L. Earley of Cherry Tree
Christmas Trees and Dr. Harry F. Garman of Bar-
medical testimony in the case,
Can Be Made Safe Residents of Garmantown com-
plain that excessive dust created
Don’t Leave Lights Get to their health as well ‘as to
eir property. Dr. rley testi-
Hot; Watch Needles
and Dr. Garman was a witness
es, how you handle that Christ-
’ : has
mas tree. IL takes just a spark be ga, a fos
blazing torch in your living room. a i
: _ | amiesite plant has been in opera-
Christmas trees are full of flam tion only for limited periods un-
furiously even when fresh cut. company contends that any dust
To help you keep Christmas| ,oated by the plant is negligible.
Fire Underwriters offers these b, 8 tes :
i i . | existing preliminary injunction
safety rules for installing and de against it lifted while the Gar
1. Choose a small tree, instead |.
. i Yi it made permanent. Judge George
of a big one. It will be just as WwW. Grithth, who has DS ars
2. Keep your tree outdoors un-(gajq he does not think further
til just before Christmas. Install | testimony will be required. Final
away from fireplaces, heaters Or pe scheduled for early next year.
radiators.
stances, use cotton or paper for|rise won't help you if you don’t
decoration on the tree or around |;gvertise :
4. Do not place electric trains :
around the tree.
ination. Never use candles. See
that all wires are in good condi-
ing outfits which have been test-
ed by Underwriters Laboratories,
tag bearing the name of Under-
writers’ Laboratories Inc. attach-
6. Do not plug or unplug the
electric cords beneath the tree.
from the tree to turn the light
off or on.
when no one is in the house.
From time to time inspect the
near the lights have started to
turn brown. If so, change the
8. When needles start falling, | these finished heads on racks in a
take the tree down and discard | toy factory, ready to be given
that nothing should divide the [Pointed postmaster at Gallitzin.
It is only as men themselves Michael Fitzharris was appointed
3,602. By 1920 it had risen slowly
—covetousness, hatred, envy and ity is about 5,500.
and peace. founding of Cresson Twp. was
ie atenet her” doc Doctors Testify
Christ came first to those
waiting for redemption from the | Final testimony was heard last
we should remember the angel's! town and the Interstate Amiesite
of joy shall be fulfilled. Cambria village.
nesboro were called upon to give
by the amiesite plant is injurious
fied in behalf of the townspeople
Be careful, home Santa Claus- igo. the company.
to turn a beautiful spruce into a years. During that period the
Tnabile piteh and resing, ang hum der special court permission. The
Merty, itpe National Board of The concern seeks to have the
corating your Christmas rec: mantown residents ask to have
pretty and much less hazardous. riumerous hearings in the dispute,
it in the coolest part of the room | grgument of opposing counsel will
3. Do not, under any circum- —Early to bed and early to
the tree. = —
5. Use electric lights for illum-
tion. Use Christmas tree light-
Inc. These can be identified by a
ed to the wires,
Provide a switch some distance
7. Do not leave lights burning
tree to see whether any needles
position of the lights. of dolls for this Christmas are
it. bodies and limbs.
Do You Need
Some Money for Christmas?
Perhaps you want to pay cash for some
gifts to the wife, to the children, to friends.
Maybe you want to buy some appliance for
your home at Christmas.
Let us lend you the money to buy for cash,
then repay the loan in easy monthly pay-
ments. The cost is Low!
Come In Tomorrow... And See
Us About A Loan...
First National Bank
at Patton, Pa.
By Shirley Sargent
HE VERY NICEST thing about
Henry Ellis, Henry had de-
cided, was the fact that he was nine
years old. He possessed another at-
tribute variously described by his
mother as stubbornness, stupidity,
and the result of a one track mind
To get something he really
wanted, Henry had learned from
experience, he always had to work
hard and long. Pestering his mother
for what he wanted came easiest.
“Why not, mom?’ he begged,
“Why can’t I do it? I want to more
than anything in the world. I'd be
so good you wouldn't know me.”
Finally his mother gave in to his
endless teasing and what she con-
sidered impossible promises.
“All right, all right," she said,
Soundly sleeping, he lay back
in the chair, in one hand a noise-
maker; clutched limply in the
other, a large horn. The box in
his lap contained piles of con-
fetti.
“We'll see if you can be good for
a whole month and then—well, we'll
see.”
His long-awaited goal was in
sight, but Henry had to admire his
mother’s shrewdness. Knowing
that Rita, who was five, would keep
close tab on him, Mrs. Ellis put
her in Henry's charge for the
month. Playing nursemaid to a five-
year-old was a stern task, even
when he could be as nasty as he
wanted—but taking care of her on
his good behavior was purely awful.
All this time she would taint her
demands with “Or I'll tell mama.”
Only once he told her calmly but
desperately, “If I ever have any
children, they'll all be boys or all
be girls. I'm not going to make any
little boy of mine have a little sis-
ter. No sir, I'll give him a turtle
or a goat or something he wants,
not a little sister.”
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Rita just barely listened to him
before demanding, “Now be a tur- |
tle for me, Henry. Crawl like a |
turtle and pull your head in a shell.”
So Henry crawled all over the apart-
ment like a turtle and wished he'd |
kept quiet—like a turtle.
The days crept past Christmas |
and Henry knew that being good
was surely a most terrible experi- |
ence. Then at last the month was
over and he heard his mother ask- |
ing, “Had enough of being good,
Henry?”
Feeling it to be a trick question,
he answered casually that *. . .
would be fun to see the fellows
again, and just sort of all over re-
lax!” She laughed, encouraging
him to go on. ‘Hey, mom, well, can
I do it—you know?"
She kissed him, saying, ‘Yes.”
Henry yelled ‘‘Hooray’ as he ran
into his room. Gosh, it had been
worth waiting for after all—my
but he hated girls, though. Ugh!
There were some very important
matters to attend to before he was
quite ready. They wouldn't take so
long, but the waiting would. He
started unwrapping his packages.
Thanks to mom, life was really
fine.
A little before 12 that night Mrs.
Ellis, noting the silence, went into
Henry's room. His lights were blaz-
ing but the boy was asleep in a
chair drawn close to an open win-
dow. She walked quietly over be-
side him. A whole month—thirty
arduous days devoted to being good
—he had worked for this night, and
now he was asleep with the sum
total of his dreams in his lap and
fists. Soundly sleeping, he lay back
in the chair, in one hand a noise-
maker; clutched limply in the other,
a large horn. The box in his lap
contained piles of confetti, while
reams of paper streamers were
laid neatly over the chair arms.
There was a ridiculous paper hat
crushed into the chair back by his
head, and, on the table near him,
there was another horn. It had a
white card tied on it labelled sim-
ply “For mother.”
So, she thought, with tears in her
eyes, a little man’s plan for one |
night had included his mother. She |
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| she said, sitting him up straight. |
shook him gently, settled his hat |
more perkily on his head, and |
picked up her own horn. Noise |
seemed suspended in the air. |
“Wake up, little one track mind,” |
“Hurry and wake up so you can |
wish me a Happy New Year!” {
Coalport Couple Injured
In Mishap Near Altoona
Wesley Sinclair, 35, and his
wife, Agnes, 35, of Coalport who
were admitted to the Altoona
hospital last Wednesday after-
noon with injuries received when
their automobile skidded and hit
a utility pole on the Juniata Gap
road are both reported in good
condition by hospital attendants.
Sinclair suffered a fracture of
the right ankle and Mrs. Sinclair
received a fracture of the nose
and bruises of the head and-body.
N some cars, it might not be such
standout news.
But when you read the price tags on this
smart and sizable Buick SpeciAL of
1950 —
When you listen to the throaty baritone
of the big Fireball valve-in-head
straight-eight engine that fills its
bonnet—
When you feel its lift and surge on the
road, sample the soft smoothness that’s
yours with coil springs on all four
wheels (and wide Safety-Ride rims as
well) —
When you see how neatly this beauty
slips into pocket-size parking places,
avoids ‘“locked-horn’ tangles, and
Fourth Avenue, Phone 2171
PATTON, PA.
Phone your BUICK dealer for a demonstration — Right Now!
THE PATTON AUTO COMPANY
and only +18 84
keeping this particular model of the 1950
SPECIAL on hand. Quick action may be
able to nail one for you—or a six-
passenger model in 2-door or 4-door
body-type.
threads its way through traffic —
When you take in its roominess, see its
wide outlook, picture yourself traveling
in the sleek, taper-fender styling that
calls the turn on the smartest fashions
for 1950—
When you hear some of the miles-per-
gallon figures happy owners of this
beauty are reporting—
Why not see your dealer now—and
start the New Year as a Buick owner at
a cost that’s less than for some sixes?
Man alive, this stands out as a
bargain that says ‘“Grab me
quick!”
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Price now $40.9
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delivered after Decem
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Main & Scanlan Streets, Phone 4611
CARROLLTOWN, PA.
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