Co ee en RR aie is Recognized Medium Of Union Labor Interests Vol. 57 No. 38 Firemen's Parade Thursday Success Despite Weather The Firemer's Day Patton last Thursday ev be chalked up spite the fact only a half time, it was pouring rair The dampness spirit of the thousands of tators, tox who did for shelter until the last of the event, when rain fell for about 10 minutes Spangler Hign Bchool won top prize of $75 in band competition, with Hastings High School coming in second ings Drum Bugle Corps took top honors and $75 in cash in the drum corps category, with the New Florence Shamrocks get- uy 5 880 for second place rwensville was rated at the best-appearing fire company with 20 men or more, and won $50 and Portage took second prige of ry Best appearing pumper prize of $15 was awarded Southmont Local business places and resi- dents were beseiged with phone calls throughout the day as to Whe Cher or not thers would be a Sportsmen’ Post Given To Strayer Chester Strayer of Flinton has been named to the new post of | executive director of the Cambria County Federation of Sportsmen's | Club's. His appointment was an nounced last meeting at the Ebensburg Court- house. parade at ening can A8 A success de that at 7 p. m., hour before parade didn’t the spec- BCUrry minute AgAIn IMar not Band the best The Reade T'wp man will work | on special activities of the feder- | ation, promote the unit's work | and bri its activities before the public e also was elected a director of the federation and ap- pointed as delegate to a meeting of the state sanitary water board Wednesday of this week at Har- risburg and which an investiga- tion was launched into the pos- sible pollution sources of Laurel Run and Lost Creek in Dean Twp Two Hastings organizations were admitted to membership in the federation. They are Loyal Order of Moone and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1568 EZ | Carroll iwent to Trump Brothers of Wash. Single Copy 5c Hoovers Making Plans To Rebuild Destroyed Barn Debris Cleaned Up 2 Days After Blaze Although no definite been made ag vel the construe tion of a new barn is being cor templated on the William J Hoover farm between Patton and (" arrol toy WT The Hoover harm b round in less than an hour riday morning. and all of debris already has been cleaned up. due largely to aid from the family's many friends and neigh- bors The fire was noticed shortly be. fore 10 a m Friday, and both the Patton and Carrolitown Vol- unteer Fire Companies sped to the scene, both arriving just after the barn exploded into a mass of flames Members of the family and passing motorists were able to drag out some farm machinery and rescue two horses before the biaze got too hot All of the cows were in the pasture, but one pig was caught in the blaze All of the hay and tools, as well as other items stor- led in the large barn, were totally | destroyed. Loss was estimated at {about $10,000. { - Firemen paid little heed to the iburmning barn because there was { no hope of saving it, but concen- trated to two nearby outbuildings and the farm house nearby and prevented flames from doing any | damage to them Trump Brothers Given i plans have irned to the inst the week following «| Carrolitown Road Job | The State Dept. of Highways in Harrisburg last Thursday sward- ed a contract for the widening of jof the highway (Carrolitown-Pat- ton road) for 47 of a mile in Carrolltown Borough and East Towrahip. The contract ington, Pa. for $27. 844 Work on the project is expected to start within the next week or 0 BUY PROPERTY IN PATTON Armaline T. and Doria T. James of Hatton bought a property from Nord and Angeline James of Pat. ton, fronting 14 feet on Magee Avenue fo: the sum of $6000 NORTH CAMBRIA PERSONALITIES-—NO. 69 W. A. Krumenacker Still Runs Mill At 74 Ebensburg Draft ‘Board 38 Office LS {By CYRIL R STEVENS) William A. Krumenacker Carrollitown is a veteran in the lumber business. Ho has spent 80 years In the trade and for the past 52 years operated the Kru- menacker Lumber Co. on the Gerald. They on a wholeside-basis. Much It was through hard work of Mr. Krumenacker ‘that the lum- ber firm has reached its success. As a boy of 14 he started to work with his {father cutting trees. For eight years he learned business under the tutorship During his lifetime, Mr. Kru- menacker either cul. or supervised of | furniture. Some ed for market, it is loaded on a large truck and hauled to the dif- ferent cities. The lumber is used for different purposes when 1: reaches ita destination. is used to make paint brush bandies. Then the sipped out Mest whirs tha brie leg are put on. The brushes may be : at apein he ny one buys in a store in this area may have a wooden handle from the Nicktown area. The wood that goes to James- | town is used a great deal for lumber is sold locally to dealers while some goes to Johnstown and to ares mines. The logs are hauled into the mill to be made into lumber. gets some tracts with virgin tim- got timber he bought and replant- ed it after he cut the trees, Other timber he buys without buying the land. In addition to operating acres under cultivation. ee. Krumenacker was born on Jan. 12, 1878, on the farm where he is Hwvi now. He is a son of H. J. and (Leister) Kru- menacker. On Aug. 20, 1902 he married the former Mary Dumm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dumm Nine of their ten children are In Baltimore, for example, it! in the area Mr. Krumenacker said he still! ber. Some of the land where he: Serving Northern (Cambria (ounty PATTON, PA . THURSDAY, JULY 20. 1950 UNION PRESS-COURIER 14 Pages — 112 Columns Northern Cambria’s Best and Largest Weekly Subscription $2.50 Per Year William J. Hoover Barn Burns To Ground Friday Morning Carrolitown Church Miners’ Hospital Asking Bids “* To Observe 100th On Construction New Wing {Jnmes Stadio Photo. Petton Shown is the barn on the William J. Hoover farm shortly after the Patton and Carrolitown Fire Cos arrived about 10 a. m. last Friday. The blaze was discovered only a short time before. A quantity of farm machinery in the barn was lost, as well as a pig and a large led to safety. Lons was over $10,000. The farm is located along the Struble To Leave Bamesboro Store Woli Manager Moved To Huntingdon Outlet Robert Btruble, genial manager | of the Wolf Fumiture Co. store at Barnesboro for the past 14 years, has been promoted by the firm to the managership, of the Wolf store at Huntingdon, Pa Mr. Struble, who owns his own home in Barnesboro and is well known for his community and service ciub activiies, will leave for his new post in the near future. He has a total of 17 years in the employ of the Wolf chain During his years at Barnesboro he enlarged the store there from a single floor to three full floors | of furniture and appliances. Dur- ing the same period. he purchased | the Wolf Building for the fur. niture firm Mr. Struble at the present time is president of the Ramm Businessamen's Assn and is active in Lions’ Club and Kiwanis Club work. He also is a member of the Hastings Moose and’ of the Methodist Church During the war vice at the Wolf nesbhoro was broken in the UU. 8 Navy years, his ser. store in hy a hitch” Now Open Daily Ebensburg Draft Board which takes care of Northern Cambria County, has announced that |t will have its office open from 8 am tod p m dally, except Bat urday. It's headquarters are in the Courthouse Annex. Bernard J Inllon of Carroll town is chairman of the and members Charles of Patton and Wendel Larimer of Fbensburg. Paul DD. Larimer of Ebensburg is government appeal agent, and Miss Marjorie Litlle of Ebensburg has succeeded Clair ekenrode of Ebenstiurg ss clerk for the board Officials are standing ‘by for orders to send a group 3-4 registrants to Altoona for nations on Saturday, July 28. fill ths gtatd quota : First called will be ithe who were about to be drafted in Jan 19048, when the peacetime drafl Was temporarily halted | Meanwhile, Army, Air Navy and Marine operating on a Rive prospeclive porunity to enlist ceive an induction notice, Once a notice is received by a draftee, he is no longer el enlist. The iavunced that its rigid mental test {requirements have been lowered and the Navy says that exservice- men with dependents will be paid subsistence allowances providing they can qualify for a rating of seaman first la or Righer s Legion Posts Now Boast 10,654 Members Cambria County American Le- gion Posts now boast a member. board are Rwab 4 » & ¥g part of the f r the Beplember Force recruilers are T-day week to before they | ship of 10,654, according to fig-/ ures announced Tuesday evening during a meeting of the Cambria County American Legion Com- mittee at the Walter McCoy Post 614 Home in Patton Paul Lowman, the membership chairman, said the goal for 1950 {is 13,010 members. Announcement also was made that a pre-convention caucus of state convention delegates will be held on Aug. 6 in fn gion. Home. The state’ sessions will be held in Philadelphia Aug. | 10 to 12. A new commander for the 20th {Cambria County) dis-| trict will be named at that time Three men are seeki the past | Names of the comm ttee to ar- range the high school band con- test at 8 p m. at the Barnesboro Stadium was named by Fritz Morley, Senersl | chairman. Members are C. Riblet, Joseph LaRocda, Edwin | F. Green, Walter Stinson, Frank | Morley, Hugh Malloy, Francis Huber, Gold and Col. Ron- ald A. Da , a au announced unced the all-star Fame will at 2: py seal Pp m ers in | Bar | tential | ible to | Army also has an- | next Wednesday | the Fation Carrotit Two horses were wrrofitown Road. Parking Meter Fine Here One Dime Chest Twp. Seeks ‘School Bond Bids Anther step toward the coon- struction of a new school building iat 8t. Lawrence to replace the | one destroyed by fire some years ago was taken this week by Chest Twp. School Board in ad- by 8B m. Friday, Aug 7 $15.000 00 bond issue the project | Bids on the project, as reques- {ted in a legal advertisement on | Page 11, are to be returned to Harry Lann Fiinton RD. sec. | retary of the board , on Aa to finance The bonds of $1500 emch are ito mature on 8 Bept 1 of each year from 1851 to 1} inclusive In- Bept 1 of each year Patton Advertises For Bids On Bonds Sale Authorized Last May By Local Voters Under authorization from the (voters this spring. the Patton [Boro Council this week 8 adver Itistng for bayers of $36,000.00 tn bonds on the Patton Bara Water Works The 5d $ the mney 8 to be used for nat ruc tion, maintenance and repair of the water dam and the onstraction, maintenance and re. pair in the "et go and since that borough has been taking the pumping stallion nant from a { slreels ar ihe walter $4 IPT rear tha Bgo time the d sewers dam antler into 4 Hi tral PROTRIY Garn The bi tem is on the bonds will be sl 8 nn mm on Tussday nn the Boro Office They interest to be pavable or y March and Bert. 1 and for ; mature Sept 1 of each 1856 34 000 ure each vear vears 1851 4 y mal py of the bid reg — 3 WRT Y'age i} vertising for bids to be returned | { terest will be paid on Mar. 1 and esbhoro | If Paid at Boro Office Within Hour 3 A new system of collecting [parking meter fiines will go into effect in Patton on Tuesday Aug The Patton Borough Couneil sctmg upon recommendation of atton Bosiness Assn, has revamped the present method of coliecting parking meter fines and siso the sum to be collected, pro- vided in the latter case that the the offender shows up immediately at the Boro Office Heretofore the fine irregardiess of the length of time, has been $1 00 for violation of the parking meter regulations On and after Aug. 1, the new system will work az follows: For the first hour after re eolving a ticket, the violator may come inte the Bore Office and pay 10¢. If he falls to appear within an hour after the tine noted on the “ticket,” the fine them becomes $1.00 For the convenience of tourist or visitor to town fays when the Boro Office floor, Bank Bidg ) is not box will be installed side of the office door There Aimy will be envelopes provided on a convenient! rack into which the ator may piace hiz ticket and sims endtioae Non dime if Be shows ip within first hour or has foliar if he shows up ister It is the desire of both Patton Courcil and the Business Assy to make it as Se vemiant AS Pos. ‘wile for the town, Both in the way of svailable parking space and also in regards to enforcement of vio ations of the meters Ebensburg Folks Injured In Minnesota Tras Crash Arn Ebernsburg man and his sis rr were badly shaken up bul nol +p Fog wil pi $ ws he x 0 % a - - red, early Thursday morning special Lomi 5 Pop Fhe try ry Pole g the on {Brat Open, A an the in- the ’ oe on ek an w Tue TRAV dO asled Into Paynesviile Min: injuring abo }Perecns a. co T. Lawrence Edwards manager ¢ Edwards Hardware Co Fhens purg, and his ster Mrs Martha > " Ry E Chapin. bet ff Ebernsbiarg ¥e Fo Bp : | oa hey -* i Bamesboro. Radio “Station Alloted Call Letters WNCC Late September Set For First Broadcasts BY pet Be «SEIT RSE induclees an op- | re- | Cambria Counly's new radio ot has been assigned the call lellers WNOC and will be in operation in September, | This announcement was made itoday by Harris G Breth of Clearfield, president of North Cambria Broadcasters, Inc. the company to which a construction permit has been assigned Mr. Breth Federal permit Lo build a new stallion in Barnes on June 22 but thal il was necessary to wait until July 12 before it wag certain that the permit would be effective The call letters, WNCC Breth explained, stand for North Cambria County. The letter W indicates that the station ed east of the Mississippi River VID Mr gaylime operation at 850 cles on the dial and will lerference-free Tadic more than 100000 Breth said The exact date for the opening of the operation will depefid upon the time required to get certain equipment to Barnesboro and set up, he explained, but the date will probably be somewhere between Sept. 15 and Oct. 1 The 240-foot steel tower will be erected just off the Plattville- | Hastings road about! 2 miles from the business section of Barnes boro. Studios will be on the sec ond floor of the new addition to ithe American Legion Home 803 i Maple Ave, Barmmesboro, Mr. Breth said that the sta- tion is to be what is known as a | regional station, serving the en- {tire North Cambria area, but the Rilooy- Kive in service to persons, Mr ! Barnesbobro | because they were stalled today that the Communications Commis- | sion had granted his company a! is locat- | The station will be a 500-watt | j#ites were chosen in and near the Air r len on RIK A Years Asnociated Pitiahargh with him in Nom Cambria Broadcasters, Ine Are tichare Tothuntsr Barnesbors burgess and general manager of Parties & Tucker Coal (Co. Ralph reenwnad, Barnesbobiro business man: W. J Thomas of Clearfield manager of WUOPA, Clearfield former editor of the Clearfield Progress and for five and one hal! years, KDKA's Main Street Editor, and LeRoy W. Stauffer, assistant _Imanager of WCPA. By Commissioners Members of the board of direc {tors of the new Cambria County Bail Conservation District have ‘been named by county commis | sioners. Representing the county on the board will be Commissioner Thomas A. Owens The other four directors are John Nealen Nicktown, four. vear term; E J Farabaugh Lor- etto, three yvears, Fred Bloom Ebensbur two years, and Roy Lauffer, Portage R DD. one year As terms of these men expire their successors will be chosen for four-year terms. Mr. Bloom and Mr Lauffer both were nominated by the Young Farmers Assn of Cambria County, one of the advo- cates of the commissioners’ action ‘which established the soil conser vation district. Mr. Bloom is the | president of the Cambria County Agricultural Assn. and Mr. Fara- ‘baugh was a nominee of Cam- ‘bria County Pomona Grange ard Cambria County {best from an engineering stand- point. Wii. president of the company | th before many clubs and now has a ‘honors in the adult : three-round basing boat Jimny Jenkins and Anniversary In Fall Centennial Book Being Prepared At Present The 100th anniversary of Bt Benadict's Catholic Churh in Carrolitown will be observed in October sccording to the present plans of the cangregation How. | ever, the actual anniversary will | ‘not be until Christmas Day Work is now uriler way Ia Je re A centennial book ov. ather Fiavian Yelinko OSB, is in charge of the work und is being assisted by Rev Father Valentine Koehler, OSE, pastor of 8t. Joseph's Church near Si. Ben- edict The first mass was said at the | Carrolltown Church on Christmas | Day, 1850 Prior to that tine the | residents of the area sttendled St | === Joseph's Church, which served the | _ district from the time of Prince | Demetrius Oaillitsin. That church | will be 120 ywars old in October | The St. Joseph's charge lecame | A mission after the ohuieh at Carrolitown was bdulit Father! Peter Henry Lemke founder of the town, laid the ground work for the construction of St. Bene- | dict's Church The centennial also will mark a similar period of 100 yiars of | service of the Benedictine 1"athers in Cambria County Father Boni. | face Wimmer, who estab lished the Benedictines in this county, first settled in (arroll- town in 15848 but as short time inter moved to the Latrobe ares. where Bt Vincent's College now stands Around 1850, the Bishop of | Pittsburgh gave the Benetfictines | charge of the missions in North ern Cambria County. It was at this time that the order Boagat the Carrolltown proper Father Lemke who hima came a Benedictine monk In addition to takin Bt. Jomeph's the w of the Benedictines spread out from Carrolitown to other communities in the area. The Benedictines at | present serve churches in Hast. ings, St Boniface, Spangler, St lawrence Nicktown and two in Patton. At one time the order! also served the church in Baker. tom Big Crowd Enjoys Amateur Program be {mre of On Friday Night and visitors to $100 In Cash Awirded | By Local Organizaiions Approximalsly 1.06086 Witnessed the amategr night Kram Patton last Friday event was sponsored by Order of Eagles RNiovak Citizens Clgd $106 - stl ealanis sar résenlied Near Mager % Lewd Persons | pro- | The Fra the #4 hand LEPrTA Vl f $i 0m gerved as rior Tan es {eo na Dranchak Catherine Swisher een Bender, tisd {or third pace Group singing --Dranchak Sis first: Weller and Callahan second and Bender and Dietrick, whirg. Tap dancing arroditown, first Acrobats Cared Bernard Oraves of Cairnbrook, first and Birnaut Sisters Ebenshburg, second Baton twirling —Carci Buln Two-year-old Judy Longstretch of Altoona, forpner Patlon resi- dent, received a prize for her fine whistling. which was well receiv. ed by the audience. Mra Alice lallemand received fiwt-place division of *"h» remfition of a mind Daar- ters Buzanne Arbie of and show with her | popular song. Concluding the program was » Detwoen 4 James Brizao P38 will be a int 8 p m, a ito t | receive intention to liber, tom and Cresson High School new wing to the Miners of Northern Cambria, «t Span- gler. z | kitchen, operating room and other J ryiynanted facilities. For Afternoon, Evening | Wednesday of next week, July | day in Barnes tory--with the munity Picnic featuring in the afternoon and the | contest for be held in The afternoon program also will features an auction of thous past three weeks and ext Thursday. During the evening, ung total of will iver by the county Legion best adjudged bands In the winning band will an engraved trophy up until Ph ddiition, Cambria County American Legion : Cornmittee (high school Sgusanred {the svening. Lunds of Soller worth RT | beginning at p m only | | tnoney that may be used during of the suction will be coupons given for esch ome dollar purchase in {uny Barmesboro store during the Dennis Keenan of Barnesboro i» chairman for the fund-raising program Hospital authorities said that the contractors who win the con tracts will be asked to hire labor from the area served by the hos pital Building of the wing is ex- ted to take about 18 months new addition will give em ployment to an added 80 persons Bands thus far signifying their enter (nchode - Carrciitown, at- Bands. Admission to be 30¢ for adults and 25¢ for the ehiildren. A full program has been arran- | gn Club midget all-star baseball Exrme will be played, followed by the auction from 3 to 7 p mm The program of games for the sfarnoon will be as foliows: vena Runt 1 Sodia 0 @riisiing contest With sipples. 1.30 Cricker sating contest | &8 Pe eal ng contest, 200 Balloon bDetile 3313 Rey u SPOWInE Comtesse. 3% WE races Wi primes {0 each event sre pebeduied tore 348 Racing erenis Rr ttn ingGer € yoars-oof.age Ove freim 8 5 9 yemrs. girls fromm & %0 9 Pond girls fromm 0 Sa 10 Tear nove frome 3 0 13 years sack Mees Tor Eris under 13 pears. J-legped races Vor girls ander 15 years. J-logiest foes for ves under 13 pears Jelena races ANY TWO Dedfls xcept Men whew, Darrow race for girls under 13 yewas Vebrard Gals for ove yeas Irard dash Tar iris ower 13 Ears agi smack mee Or bows under 13 peas Patton VFW Post Votes $300 To Miners’ Hospital members of John White Pu Th eve YEW, Patton. Tuesday evening approved a $300 donne tive for the building fund of the Miners’ Hospital Spangler The post alse accepted two new VFW members and 10 sew home association members Delegates to the state convention at Harris burg made their apart ADDITIONAL DONORS Additional donators have been recived by Patton Fire Co for their Old Home Week celebration Te tl . aver 13 [from the Clover Hill Dairy, Mra Lottie Davia and Orchard Dairy, all of Patton, and W Permayivania Themical Co Loona. Vale stem of Al- COUNTY POPULATION DOWN Unofficial figures released by the census bureau in Philadelphia w show Cambria County with a 23 percent drop in jon since 1940. The Syme SE was T13 459 while it now the Barnesboro « [stadium for the band event will District Youth Picnic | At Park Next Monday | A picnic st Ep m will fonture a meeting of the Methodist Youth Fellowship to be held at the Patton Recrea- tion Park next Monday afternoon. Members are asked to bring their own food Swimming and games will feature the afternoon and a vesper service at 7:30 p. m. will conclude the program. Indian Pantomine Marks Presentation Memorial Window impressive and inleresting Arnon at the Grand Theatre on Sunday moming marked the presentation of a memorial win. Sow to the Patton Me hurch by Kill Buck Tribe § 369, mp raved Order of Redman. tmspr Crowell acted as chair the Pr — and the presentation was made to Dr. J. EE A Bucke pastor by Garfield Wilkine of Nanty-Glo, member of the Kill Buck Tribe The window will be used a the new church odifice atl the cor ner of Beech and Fifth Aves The old structure was gutted by fire in May of last year Following the degree team of inoco Tribe of Altoona, under the direction of E.R Schall presented a Jang. mine of a deserted Indian members of the — MAN tation, the Inge. Al were atlired In fall alia The Kill Buck Trile one of the oldest In this section of the state, held its 53rd ; ri formed on May 26. 1897. Eu i aSmaster at 2 banquet, following which guests were laken on a tour of the com munity Redmen’ Presentation Hoblbted by Tribe Degree Team
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