" i a ar A A SR a A Ha Recognized Medium Of Union Labor Interests Vol. 57 No. 29 Ashville Man to Be Ordained Mrs. Ma As Priest Satu Father Robert McCoy World War Il Veteran The Rev. Robert J near Ashville a Semir St. Francis College, 1 be ordained to the Roman Catho Hie Priesthood in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Al at 9:45 o'clock of this week Richard Altoona The new Priest is a ate Raymond C M died inst Mar B Br Catherine DD. (Kelly) Ashville Ary to the Car bria County Production and Mar keting Comm Ehenshburg Rev Robert ! Moy 4 nephew of the late Rev. Bohsrt by His T. Guilfovie Excellency Bishop son of the Coy wha i of Mrs McCoy f “4 re ttpe FR. ROBERT J. McOUY J. McCoy, O. M. 1, a priest who was a mamber of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Tewksbury. Mass. He received his early schooling in St. Michael's Paro. chial School, Loretto, attended St. Francis Prep. from 1930 to 1934, and Bt. Prancis College, from to 1938, receiving a A B Forensic work while in College. He has been in St. Francis Sem- inary from 1946 to the present He was employed by the State Dept. of Highways from 1938 to 1939; worked for a New York advertising concern in dairy pro- from 1939 to 1940; oh ed by the Big Co. Twin until of 1841 he en- Ordnance Dept. of Aberdeen . and recelv- at that post in May of 193 He served with Ordnance (Pleas: turn to Page §) Harry D. Dumm, 73 Patton, Expires At Miners’ Hospita Death came on Monday to Daniel Dumm, 73, of Pat- the Miners’ Hospital In where he ad Rl fed their intention to enter are {Ken Rhody, Elwoud Yeckley, Ed- best-known ton community and had lived all his life in Northerm Cambria McCoy, of} arian at oretto, will | ma Saturday morning | Degree He was active in Ammunie? Ee Single Copy bec rday Morning i | Over Mile-Long Coal Train Passes Wednesday One of the longest loaded coal trains every to travel through Patton went through to Cresson shortly before noon Wednesday of this week The train, made up of 100 fuliy loaded cars, was approx- imately 1.1 miles in length. It required four engines to move it along the uphill pull The extreme length was caused by a large backlog of loaded flats which built up at all district mines during the rafllroad strike which ended on Tuesday after a duration of one week Model Airplane Contest Saturday At Athletic Field Expect Large Crowd Will Witness Event both A large number of ent. ants and spectators are expected to be on hand for the model air Mane contest sponsored by the Valter McCoy Post, American Legion, Patton, thia Saturday The event, to be held at Patton Athletic Field, will begin at 1:30 p. m. The field is ideally suited for such a contest Students in the Patton schools, both public and parochial are eligible to enter, provided they ‘are students in the 7th through | senior grades {| Three prises will be swarded by the local Legionnaires. The first is an Olson “23” gasoline ‘model airplane motor, the second a SaDupet Zilch” 42° wingspan as model plane, and the third a 2° wingspan gas model Wee" Ziich The contest has been split into (three classes, and points for all ievents entered will be totaled and {the student receiving the largest (number of points will be awarded the prize | In the non-flying class there are three categories glider, stick and cabin | Glider models are considered as the “Pe # ry Tinik Named National ‘Slovak Mother Of Year { Jarno Studie Photo Patton Mr. Mary Tinik. 73, of Patton, who has been chosen as “Slovak Mother of the Year” enjoyed Mother's Day here Sunday with 12 of her living children. Seven of the 20 members of her family are dead and a son, John, a patient at the Veterans’ Hospital in Perry Point, Md, was unable to attend. Those on the photo are: Front row (left to right), Joseph, Sue, Mrs. Mary Tinik, Mary and Aan; rear row Betty, Margaret, Pauline, Michael, Mildred, Agnes and George. Patton R. D. Mother Of 20 Given National Recognition PHS Senior Class Graduation Set For Grand Theatre Authority On Europe To Deliver Address When are held commencement at EXETC Ren Grand Theater for the Patton High Bchool on Tuesday, May 23. at RK o'clock p m., they will mark the graduation of the school's Siat class The Ciass of 1850, comprising T4 boys and giris. has chosen an its {heme To gether We Build’ { ¥ he commend semen’ i 1 $ i those of all balsa or built-up tis- | sue and will be judged on time in the air from as hand-launched position without use of rubber bands, etc. Stick models are con- isidered rubber of stich type fuselage with either all balsa or built-up tissue wing and tall {built-up construction, either balsa or tissue, and enclosing the rub iber molar except for openings ineeded for winding Non-flying models will be ex- amined by the defense commitiee (of the Legion Post. Flying mod- ‘els will be judged on time in the air, with each contestant being ‘allowsd three flights the longest [Mm t to count as the official one. on hand for the big event. the first of its kind in this com- i munity. | Among those who have signi. ward Julick, Bruce Metzger, Dean oid ter of Edward 1. and Se iaapiiter, of Edware L. aha toona Hospital at 9:50 Ak . Mm. on Tuesaday of this work, Bh we iborsi on May 10. | Mining Industry Turning to Push-Button Operation “Tmbering’ Method Completely The result, proponents say, is a safer, stronger mine roof and a passageway clear of obstructions. The clearer passag=ways allow more freodom of movement for high production machines like the Joy ccntinuous miner will be bet- Catherine Ann Tiohl, six-day- i ] § i ROBERT KAZMA Members of the class will hold the spollight in the forepart of he program, after which an ad dress will made, by Kazmayer, author and His theme is “The Chalienge That Is America’ Mr. Kazmayer is the book, "Out of the Clouds ™ He publishes a periodic news letler, “Things to Watch For” Mr, Kats [mayer has lived and worked am ong the people of Russia, Ger. (many, France, England Latin Am- erica and the Far East. He hax ‘made five trips to Russia | i 4 : ad ine author of Other details of the coOmmence- | iment program show a well-round- ed ® i The seniors will follow a time High | a three-day trip | . C. In fact they | honored custom at Pstion Beto in mak | to Washington, were away on Monday, Tuesday ‘and Wednesday of this week on an intensive tional field trip dations were reserved at the Cal ro Hotel Unlike other schools with their emphasis on Class Day during the (Continued on Page 2) ——————————— STA IS SHO Patton Voters OK $36,000 Bond Issue New School Building Assured St. Lawrence Voters in six Cambria County districts Tuesaday voted .on pro- posed bond issues totalling about a half-million dollars. Patton voters approved a $38.- borough purposes. The Patton issue was by 471 votes. Tally 3} First Ward Second Ward was rased by fire some ago. The votes approved issue by a vote of 58 to Robert | Rip ectiarer | in the nation's capital AoCOmIno- 000 bond issue which will- go for will be the visitors a first-hand view of debts cur local health institution. The School Registrations To Be Taken Friday Parents are reminded that registration for Is who will enter school for the first time this fall will take at the Patton Second Ward Sehool this Friday, May 19. between the hours of § a m and 2:30 p m. (DST). Pupils will register in Miss Yvonne O. Yerger's room In order to register for the 1956-51 term, a pupil must be wix years of ager prior to Feb i, 1981. Exhibits Feature i Sra ization, Jusrters presented I Over 1060 persons the { Miners’ Hospital, Spangler las ETRY viaited Bay VRTWAA eX Buwis which had Deen prepared u Hospital Day hese eXf:Duls Were cosrpnermnoration of inciuded in the operat i : AD : in ih nslaren’s Wara ; { & Premaiure Dany in an incubator : Fema Ward for he care of a palieni in ai and in the Male Ward for care of a padent in traction splints. Dreaming carts on display in ihe wards were donal- by the Womens Auxsiacy Many persong seemed partiCular- {iy interested he aspiay of] | surgical instruments seldom view | led by people oulmde the medical! Eo mid CRYgen lend t Pee ed Mi and pursing profession. | Demonstralion of typing and] cross-matching of blood from a patient anda a pinl of Lid receive ed from the Red Cross Bicod Bank was carried oul by lhe lao oratory technician. Visitors were {surprised lo hear that the Miners’ Hospital has used 30 plats of blood from the Red Cross Blood | Bank during the first 12 days of | May. . Om exhibit in the X-ray depart- | ment were several chest films de- | monstrating diseases of lhe lung. ‘ The lea and coakies seved bY the Women of the Miners Hos [pial Auxiliary in the lobby pro- i vided & welcome respite from the {long walk entailed in touring. all | departments of the hospital | Open house was also held in the Nurses Home and visitors | were enabled to inspect Lhe stu- [dent nurses [iving quarters, class- i rooms and laboratories. Of parti {cular interest was the newly re- i modeled kitchen for students off- { duty. Funds for this were provid- led in part by proceeds from the {dance held May 3 in the Barnes i boro VF'W Home. The most popu- lar exhibit in the Nurses Home jwas the collection of very old | surgical instruments and books ion display in the library of the ischool. These instruments and books, tome over 100 years old {were contributed by the Miners | Hospital Medical Staff { Tours of the hospital and the! nurses home were conducted by | 3 climax of the day was a short! program by the Student Chorus | Kosic of Hastings and Sars thls Dond | Ouynn of Ebdensburg, and several | 81. selections by the chorus. 8 Ashville R. D. Resident Pani, Chosen ‘Mother of Year’ n= By ‘Slovak American’ Mrs Mary Tinik of Pat! received the high honor ON Baa vax Mother of the the Ia named the "Ki Year by . 3 Lio ox tional publica- American,” with New York City vaK headquarters no a - ol al t 3 wr The Ji-year-old Patton lady mother of 20 children, learned of week She as Flan inte las? whatl is xnown her selection resides in nigAan Mra Tin was for the hanor by Society Wd the First Catholic Biovak 17 ard was chosen from 8 list of 90 candidates Her name originally waa submitlied to the sociely bY iocal branch No BE. Patronage of the Native ty, of which she has been 2 mabe r mince 1560 Last In recognition of her wong to the Women 8 ita national bead- the FPatlon lady with & gold rosary. She also received 8 wumber of Rifts from the jocal branch Thirteen ~Nildren are thers ‘were recommended Women's f= a the Ye RT Service of Mrs Tinik's 0 fiving., and 12 of on hand this past Sunday Mother's Day--to help her celebrate both the day and the word tha! ashe waa named Mother of the Year” Mrs Tinik was born 13, 1877. in Austria. She and two » her sons the eldest Joseph and the youngest Ceorge all were born on Feb 13, a unique fistinction Her busband FPaul pasaed away May 20 1634 Rev Father Basil! Balko tor of 8t George's Church, which she is a member received Bret word of Mra Tinick's selec tion by means of a telephone call on Feb pas of from New York The Patton lady, who enjoys good health has 17 living grand. thildren and two t-grand- children. Patton and North Cam- bria County joins in saluting you, Mrs Tinik Talent Show Here To Aid Rebuilding N. C. Kiwanis Club Sponors Of Benefit Under the auspices of the Northern Cambria Kiwanis Club, a2 home (alent musical entertain- of all Patton folks ted as well a» those from nearby com- munities. Details of the produc tion will be given in a later Laue. Charles L. Bonin Dies Here Monday Charles 1. Bonin a resident of ithe Patton area for 43 years, died at his home on Patton RD. on Monday of this week ut 3:30 or the past 15 member of St. Benedict Local UMWA and the Patton Aerie 1344, Fraternal Order of Eagles. | are the following Jr, Mrs. Roy J UNION PRESS-COURIE PATTON, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1950 16 Pages — 148 Columns Be In Seats By 7:50 Urge School Officials AH persons planning to at tend the Commencement Ex ercisen of the 1950 Patton High School Senior Class pext Torsday evening are requested by school authorities to be in their seats by 7:30 p. m. They alse are asked not fo block the lobby and aisles for the graduating cls. Tickets xt renh will be Tickets at 56¢ cach will be beginning at 2:00 p. m this Thursday, May IN Disaster Group 'To Be Organized In This District Will Rash Tramed Crews Where Needed are being made by > $ > aRiely the | tral Pennsylvania Alb | t for a onl mine emer | twork be alerted in| iisaster being spread this district. Plans were | during lhe past week Dernis J. Keenan of Barnem association president kt will link seven bilan tistricta of the Btate Dept fines in this section The em crews would swing into v explosions, Sres or other fisasters An organizational meet. is to be held May 28 at a yt {oo be named Lo wr ced mimiilees {oo help y link Mave Deen ap by President Keenan A ilar wip has beast organized ro SOT tires Inn the 15h Dis. trict, of which Mr Keenan serves as 8 state nEPpector services Of the group le required. a planned system would trained men to scenes of Ligkater The oil bufid the w A, EK? * : a, SAOUEG spend wing commitiees have heip form the em Y Organisation: General Joseph C Leonard, ‘haries Barmmhart Sheldon Jones 0 K Kreischer Alexander 8Sch- rader and Charlies Legg. Sixth District--T BE Jones ID F Eakins Ted Ove Jess Lucas lewis Fyock and Harry Crist Seventh District-—W. R. Cun ningham, Ira PP Brediey, Jams McCarty, John Raegick and Ras sell Herby joth Dastrict Charles E Fin T. 1. Ritkeng Joseph E Lav mont, T LL Safford Morgar Watkins and Herbert Patterson. 15th Distriet—Dennis Keenan Richard Todhunter Jr, John J, | Brasil, Geo Remick, Prank P, Sbutty and N. H. Routeh, iSth District —R. E George, Jo. seph Griffith, Pete Wilson, J K. Foreman and James George 20th Distriet--C. H Maize Ris bert Crawford, Merle Holsopple, and William Weaver 24th District MW. Thomaa, Sam MoQuiilen, Lloyd Homa and M A Sherwin 38th District Clarence Howard Schwenebralen, Bush and Harold Linnen John G. Ott, 72, Expires At Home Early Saturday Join G Ott. 72 of Thoman' Mills, Pattan RD. retired coal sperator for the past nine years, died at 7 p. m. last Saturday al his home Mr Ott was born Oct. 8 1877, been named bE Rak go * May, Charten rehatiering | Michael J | County Register of Wills, in the | 325 | and Coffey, aA Hiwo ongnties [| Was | County bo Camlbrin | Indian lewis EB Evans of Colver will} square off against John P. Saylor, | the Republican incumbent in the Mth Cengressional District elec tion in November, balloting Tuesday i well-known UMW organ- | and assemblyman won a victory in the Demo | ratic primary by piling up a plurality of HHS votes over Hartnett Cambria The ey districts of Cambria, Indiana | Armstrong Counties. John third entrant, ran sec- | Evans in the adjoining The unofficial count wd 1 Evans Hartnett Coffey | Ize 93108 2573 | 1.90% LI | Armstr’'ng 1.304 196 00 10.382 4842 “The Democratic HYEANIEMT Tort brought every one of ts slated candidates home a winner. County Assembly nominess are Dennis [. Westrick, Louis Rovan- sek and Attorney Philip Lopresti Totals 18.184 the first two naned being incum- | bents In Johnstown ity District. As semblyman H. G3 Andrews and Raymiend MceDetmitt were nom- inated County Republicans nominated Chester E Gold # the Alexander Chek, Davia and George mtier a Pation man PATTON-CARROLLTOWN VOTE ON PAGE SIX Attorney Charles G Hasson and Madeline ( Buck were elect od an Cambria County members of the State Demnocratic Commit- ten, and Morgan V. Jones and Mrs Mary M. Cavanaugh are the Republican State Committee chosc es In Patton Borough, Robert Forsythe. local [Democratic candi- date for the Assembly ran Up a very fine vote The complete unofficial figures for Cambria County: DEMOCRATIC I. S& RNENATOR Francis J. Myers . GOVERNOR Dilworth Henry Arthur Morris Clarence PF. Bowers LIETT. 2.968 17,818 10 2488 Northern Cambrin’s Best and Largest Weekly as a result of | GOVERNOR Michael A. Musmaane . 6.134 | an EE SUPREME COURT to failure to or arriving loo able fo set were caused by them Congressional Nomination Won By Lewis Evans, Colver Dufi-Fme Ticket Runs Away With GOP Balloting Myers, Dilworth to Lead Democratic Ticket Subscription $2.50 Per Year mall service caused by the non- NORTH CAMBRIA PERSONALITIES NO. 80 Postmaster Stolz Has Record of Service a in 8t Boniface, & son of Thomann 3 and Mary Blum} Ot: and spen!! his entire life in Elder Twp. Ho was a coal operator for the Clearfield! Bituminous Coal Corp. [ngiana, for 10 years. At that time he worked in Cambria mum Clearfield Counties His parents ware tition tha first pioneers to mtile in Hie, Boniface area. A brother, Rav, Thomas B. Ott, who preceded Mim in death, was In charge of fit, John's Church, Covington, Ky Two brothers preceded him oh death. He also is survived by 2) and Confraternity of St. Boniface Catholic Church. i Funeral services were held al 10 a. m Tuesday at St. Boniface Church by Rev. Father George B r. OSB, pastor. Burial way in » church cemetery : Mothers Receive Flowers On Sunday Mr. Bonin a retired coal miner’ YOATS, ‘Was a Sodality of St (eorge’'s Chureh The members of the BH MV received Communion with their mothers last Sunday PFollowin the mass, the young ladies an mothery received carnations Over in Carrolitown everyone knows the . In fact, Frty well owir Northern Cam- County nl Carrolitown's p | He's Oliver I”. Stols {spent his entire lifethne in Car- irolltown, first as FETAL 1% A J operation of railroad Sr om
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