RAGE ¥Wo Largest General Weekly Newspaper Circulation in the Area THE UNION PRESS-COURIER Published every Thurscay by Thos A Owens and Prank P Cammarsta Press-Courter Bullding, 542 Magee Avenue. Patton, Pa, and entered as sec- ond clues mall matter May 7, 1936, at the postoffice at Patton Pa. under the Act of March 3 1879 Thomas A Owenn, Editor FRANK P. CAMMARATA THOS A OWENS IR Subscription: $2.50 Yearly in Advance Business Manager Managing Editor NATIONAL EDITORIAL i i BB é 2 hs il 8 to sincerely represent Org- Labor In all efforts to ubtaln economic freedom Material for 3. leation must be ned by the writer as an svidence of faith. The Union Press-Oourter gives its advertisers the advan of combined circulations of two Ia circulated weellios and has a reader cove that biankets Patton ali major mining towns in Northern Cam County an One Can Judge Any Community It has likely been your experience from time to time while motoring to form village er town on opinions on the progressiveneas of any hamlet its exterior appearance. If houses are unkempt and unpainted and sidewalks are inferior, you naturally that the community pride can be reflected what conditions advertise On the other hand, prim, painted well-kept clean premises, instantly create the that the community is up-and-doing You judge correctly that it is A progressive community streets decide entire mn buildings gtireels tm pression This is the season of the year thal clean-up programs are conducted on a community basis In the towns that are progres. sive, and Patton's spring clean-up period is next week. More so than the actual appearance of the properties, the clean-up weeks are movements tc eliminate disesse. Dirt and Alth are breeding places for files and mosquitoes. There is no excuse for dirt Hence the clean-up week programs, now a part of the annual movetnents of most every town in our ares, are to be regarded as a No. 1 “most” on the agenda. Of course, borough councilmen and burgesses can issue prociam- | ations, but unless every last property owner and tenant also takes a complet: and active interest in the program, the result will not 100 percent effective Do your Not 80 is letting neighbors community down as well be part in clean-up weeks the entire doing your down letting The Season for Oratory On the even numbered years. the springtime panied hy the primary election and citizen Nas some knowledge that such a referendum In Pennsylvania this spring the orator ia well above ne quality is anything but uplifting didn’t us wotlld be led to believe that most anyone for office is either unfit the job downright Poltical bombast, throughout American history, has taken that trend Too often. personalities instead of issues creep into the picture. All this squabbling within party ranks just now will later on be forgotten by most all concerned yourself worked up over politics £ RIWAYS iC wat isolated the offing the wt of we judge even the nu ig In rimal. and know better. mu who If we candidate f rok is w for ar maybe =a mostly sa it isn't a wise policy lo get Aside from the candidates to be chosen at the spring pri maries by both parties, in many communities—and Patton is one of them-—there will be bond issue propositions pot before the vate of the people and all citizens in these communities will receive a special ballot In addition to the regular primary ballot to decide what he or she thinks about such matters. It has been 8 long time since thore were so many special ballots in so many differnt comununitien in this county. Every last one of them in on the voting of bond issues to meot certain requirements that the regular flow of tax revenue hasn't been sufficient to meet. Some will pass, others may fall. Supervisors, councilmen and school directors in many localities huve plenty of headaches. those i | da ¥ J bed PEEPS _UNION PRESS.COURIER _ DIARY DEAN LeRoy Bergamaschi, son ‘of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bergamaachi, { was ill at his home hers over the | week end | Mr and Mrs Oar] Mensen and son, Charles, and nephew, Frank Altoona were visitors here al the Bergamaschi home Sunday al FP Lernant Janes Furie Mrs elli son of Mr and y Funicelli, was in nod accident in Coal last Thursday ing. Re i Kis fro the Yad ine port | ri njuries x NOs y | Stiteh a Ral of nicelli, daughter Arthur Funiceill, Wed i Bergamaschi and [horis, Edtlinger home Sunday afternoom Marilyn O'Leary Mr and Mm Tim spending some lime Januia Spiller in day the as’ visitors al (ress! were daughler (Leary af the h Hiainfield, i% ie N J Angeline Spiller N J. has returned hone Afler a short visit here with her falher David Spiller of | Jersey (ily and dau Saturday Joseph pDergatiascny Diirin, were Inst 1 business callers ghter allernoos in LoGna Mr and Mrs Joseph Bergamas chi visited in Coslport last Satur evening. isitors in Cresson last Wed- nesday night were Donna Mae | Jacobs, Dorothy Briggs, Rose Ann | Fontanella and Doris Baergam. | ashi Crime Still Big Business A crime every second That's the record for the 12 months of \1949 as reported by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI. During an Average day last year, 283 persons were feloniously killed or assauit- 162 robberies were committed, more than 1,000 places were burg- and more than 40 cars were stolen, in addition to 2.800 other Crime was up 4.5 percent during the year and all offenses oh the rise except homicide and auto theft. The predominant ong persons arrested was 21 years That means that a groat nals likewise were teen-agers. The juvenile nty and most all other counties bear this out : . Robberies, burglar. occur with greater frequency in the winter summer. Larcenies are lower the in gris, gr in the late fall and early winter. summer months assaults against the person are the Record ‘Clean’ 1804, when Patton was incorporated as a organizations that have promoted Patton, and in those creed, certainly had no A 5 ty. The organiza- made up of anterprising citizens, the constant endeavor to better i | 4 £ in i 5 ! ; I I fi I fi Fh | spending the | where he will be Blairsville, Ra 2 Bergamaschi week In ig now employed Joseph bricklayer A very successful ham supper was had by the St. Mary Magda- lene Parish in Frugality last Sunday A round and square dance followed the supper jaler in the evening in the church hall Mr. and Mrs David Wills of Al toons are now making their home hore, having moved residence this past week end : Theresa Johnston injured one of her fingers when iL was caughi in a food chopper Mrs. Margaret Hale is very ill at her home We wish her a very speedy recovery. Michael! Matish Jr. son of Mr and Mrs. Michael Matish of Fal jentimber was awarded the malin FRIDAY & SATURDAY April 28 & 20 JOHN WAYNE VERA RALSTON PHILIP DORN MARIE WINDSOR, in Thrilling, colorful action hit! Also ... Cartoon & Comedy Show Be at 6:30 P M On Nights SUNDAY & MONDAY April 30 & May 1 BETTY GRABLE PHIL HARRIS VICTOR MATURE, in + ng —— {quilt by the 8t Mary Magdalene Church last Sunday | Warren Litzinger and daugh- ters, Mary Jane and Mrs Donald | Eager, of Cresson visited here jast Thursday evening at the James | Berringer home Mr and Mrs Joseph Judd, Mr and Mrs Wm Campbell and Mrs Wm. Judd visited in Coslport last Thursday William Kr BVT 111 above while BOTY € ise received .a right repair very {3 the “ye dering rR his home and Mrs er pm Ww hott : Mr laugnt Hobert Cole and spent Sunday al home in Altoona Ly Bernaz t Sun the (haries Cole Mr and Mra Ory roll and Ernest iay with VOR ir Cspon Leslie and Ronald Reghetli Mr nd Mra George Brown, Mr ahd Tim O'leary. David Bpiller nd Deaner Funicelll ali and Dorothy Lidwell of visited ir Phil pabu rE alte rnoon HASTINGS By ANNE EASLY haa y FH Aas ing in bongy Of Leer and John Lann Al Win E PE ded Mr anda Mra Henry Bills, Paul Bilas | Josephine Maru Francia W Fran. Abel, Anne Easly, { this place, and Mars i Bar Ee Toa Mr and Mra visited Htate day Mr and Mra Siephen Altoona spent the past visiting in town Louise Koral of Washington, D CC, was a week end visitor here Mr and Mrs Clyde Kirsch and family of Spangler visited in town EYE Bp rein pd Oo Bunday A birt Xunday ev RLY held hers " trude Theanias t ersilie Bann ali Ixr kis A £F £iR T Birittmatler Bun 5 College on of end Easily week last Sunday A Strittmatiler A J Stirittmat- Carrolltows ast Mr and Mra P and Mr and Mrs ter visited (nn Sunday : Mrs H Joseph Easily Fitts burgh is spending the week viail- here Peggy Cooney of Carrciitown visited in town last Wednesday Jemn Stewart of Spangler vis ited here last Wednenday evening Mr and Mrs LL. A Btrittmal- ter and daughter Patty of Al toona. visited in town last Bun. day Lois Donahue of Pittsburgh vis ited here over the week end Vincent Sherry of Altoona vis ited in town one day last! week Mary Ruth Semeisberger was a last Monday visitor in Vintondale. Hollentown John and Wellington Bland of Bellwood were business callers in town on Friday {| Mr and Mrs Melvin ‘and children of Blandb visited lin town Friday at the Witherow ‘home. Thursday visitors at the Witherow home were Mrs Eva ‘Holtz, Mrs Matilda Finke and ¢ ef Fortney ison, and Mrs Clement Holtz and | daughter, all of Hastings r. and Mrs Clarence Conrad ‘attended a pelitical rally at Eb- lensburg last Monday evening i Mr and Mrs Charles Conley | and family of Fallentimber visi-| Conley's ited Sunday with Mr mother, Mrs. Ethel Conley a Ordinances CHANGE OF LINES, GRADES AND WIDTHS ORDINANCE NO. 206 On Ordinance Approving and Establishing the Lines, Grades, Widths, Drainage Structures and All Other Structures appearing on the Plan of the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of posed Improvement on Ridge Avenue in the Borough of Pat- tom, Cambria County, Peansyl vania; Adopting the said Plan as the Official Bore Street and prov g for the re moval of non-utility structures WHEREAS. The Department of Highways has submitied to the Harough Council of lorough a plan showing the pro- posed construction and change of Lines, grades and widths of a por- : of State Highway Route No 11004 on Ridge Avenue, from Station 208-7500 Station 211- AIRS a distance of M0 RS feel, as shown by the sald plan prepared and submitted by the Department of Highways, approved March 20 1850 by the Chief! Engineer of the Department of Mighways SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the Coun and it ON to Pennsylvania, showing Pro. | Plan for Said | Patton | | the Borough Council of Patton | Borough, Cambria County, Penn- | sylvania, that: {| Section 1. The Council of the | Borough of Patton hereby signi- ifies ita desire to make an in crease of the debt of said Boro ugh of Patton in the sum of [ Thirty-8ix Thousand ($38 000 060) { Doli or t urpose of provid- | ; ; 1 Doliars for the purpose of p authorized and directed to give. ling funds for and toward the i construction, maintenance and re- | pair of a new reservoir dam for ithe Patton Water Works and the (construction, maintenance and re. (pair of streets and sewers and {other general borough purposes {within said borough Section 2 A special election ibe and the same is hereby called {for the Primary sledtion day on | Tuesday, May 16, 1850, during {the hours when the polling places lin the Borough of Patton are open for the purpose of conduct. ‘ing said Primary election; said ! | Pattom Borough, for the purpose tof obtaining the assent of the | Lion _r Works and the maintenince and repair of streets and sewwrs and other general bor- ough purposes within said Bor. ouigh Section 3. The President and Secretary of the Borough Council of Patton Borough are hereby notice of paid election in t of general circulation, circulati generally in the Borough of Pat- ton and Legal Journal the legal paper designated by the Rules of Court for the publication of legal notices and advertisements in said be published NEWRNREETS, two (2) to in both weekly referred to above, tirnes, the first publica pr 23, 1950, seiomd to notice shall therefore, be not less thar fourtesn (id) days nor more ervoir dam for the Patton Water | Primary construction day, May 18, 1950, shall be in he "zion Presa-Courier, a Rewapapes ating in the Cambria County news- | during the | hol he munict elortic n | Week begining Sunday, April 30, | holding the municipal elections In | ou, qu, 'sret publication of steh to be held on election the following form: “Shall the debt of the Borough of Patton, Cambria County, Pean- sylvania, be increased In the sum of $36,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds for and toward the comstruction, maintenance and repair of 8 new reservoir dam for ough of Patton is hereby a ized and directed to submit to the County. Baid election notice shall | SOUnty of tions of the County of Cambria at least twen- ty-five (25) days prior to Primary Election day, May 16 1950, a be during the week be. CtTHfied copy of this Ordinance [ginning Sunday, A | election shall be at the place for and the and the form of question to be submitted to the electors Duly ade this 27th day of March, 1850 to be effective on cand after April 14, 1950 CLARENCE A GHA Town | il of the Borough of Patton | is hereby enacted and or President, Patton i elev Hrs of 8 aid Bor ough of hes $ ne vs bef ; i 1 LWweny-om {21 t Tr thar o y * i da Borough Council ‘ton to an increase of the debt of | . i said Borough of Patton in the [the date of the special election {sum of Thirty-8ix Thousand | And Primary election day May | ($36,000.00) Dollars for the pur. 18 1050 Section 4. The question to be i pose of providing funds for and] submitted lio the electors of the {toward the constroction. main | tenance and repair of a new res. Borough of Pation at the slection Attest ALBERT LL. HALUSKA And now, March 27, 1950, ap- proved ROBERT FORSYTHE Burgess dained by authority of ths same | that the lines grades drainage structures and all structures shown on the prepared and submitted by Department of Highways as foresaid be and the same are adopted, and are hereby enacted and ordained as and for the true and proper lines grades jrainage structures and ail structures of and for the maid Ridge Avenue as shown on the said plan, which is hereby adopt edd as the Official Borough for the sald Rireet SECTION 2 The Borough here responsibility ths ali utility NeCreRRA ry wher BY RERUN for al of where er FETT OTY non &% ru Lures opening { cired & ru & WwW BECTTION 3 TY ho Por " Burg: FX Preas Horoug? grades and enid Hisle affixing R Borough Seal y the said plan RECTION 4 Al & wilinance and ! repealed BFTION 5. Thi of fort ne Improv th the afore Aig h { a RF § the ordinances OF Mast ent are fie saris 32. herewith bw Ramee ha rp " wdinance shall be ediately or ita aw Enacted pe sane] al a soREOn the Borough of Patlon 116 day of March A DD 1850 CLARENCE A GILL President, Patton Borough (Council 3 approval as provided by ardinance and fe of { nto an Randy £ held This Altea ALBERT LL. Bevrelary Ber retary A proved HALUSK A ROBERT FORSYTHE Burgess ORDINANCE NO. 205 Signifying easary to make an increase of the debt of the Borough of Patton Cambria County, Pennsylvania in the sum of Thirty-8ix Thousand ($38 000003 Dollars for the pur- pose of providing funds for and toward the construction mainien- cxoe and repair of a4 new reser voir dam for the Patton Water Works and the construction, maintenance and repair of streets and sewers and other general borough purposes within said Borough NOW THEREFORE, it in hereby enacted and ordained by A Dress That Will Put Moonbeams Into Many a Beau's Eye . . . 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