by | ; ' commander of the Veter-, ans of Foreign Wars, District 26 veterans braved the rain to pre-| sent an all-day of acti- vities, including a parade and a testimonial dinrer. Commander Hilton flew in from New York City last Satur in hemor of Michael Kreskosky! of Nanty-Glo, iminediate past rr of JDistiict 26. 3 at 1 pm with a parade. Fifty : units from Cambria, Indiana and Armstrong Counties pafticipated in the hour-long procession. Commander Hilton, speaking | before 300 veterans and guests atl the testimonial dinner in Nanty- Ge Fire Hall sald that “The Veterans of Foreign Wars is the | first echelon of defense for free! pes Foo the American way 5 commander praised | ihe VFW for its efforts to Better! oe jons for Amyrican soldiers. id for veterans. Last year, he id there were 150.000 individual sommunity projects carried out the VFW in this country. He praised District 28 veterans) er’'s Vote ¢ im Friday of this week with ment Simmons, department of the VFW auxiliary. partment, district and local VF'W officials and guests spoke briefly. More than $300 in cash prizes was awarded to winners of the parade. Winners are as follows: Band Barnesbore High School, $85: Patton High . . $0, and Spangler High School, $25; VFW bands — Blairsville, $20: drum and bugle corps Bolivar, $50, and Seal pg Lave. 0; floats En ang ry, : Twin Rocks auxiliary, $20 and Costlow Motors, Nanty-Gio, $15. Prizes also were awarded to ritual teams from sport, Ash ville, Barnesboro, naburg, Lilly, Callitzin and Patton: auxi- Ha from Twin Rotks Ebens burg and Jackson Twp. and Boy ad ny Scout Troops from Nan ty . sr HE ARR i Twice As ig As Field In 22nd District General Gets 27,706 Votes to Taft's 7,969 Eisenhower got twice a1! ly Republican votes as all his ts combined in the recent shown in a tally of amnt from Cambria | i and Arvast Coun ie dis Gives county’ totals for the presidential preference vote i Eisenhower for President although imeither has committed himself | publicly. The offical vote tally for other onal district offices, which were uncontested in the primary, follows: ‘Congress: Republican Rep. J P. Savior, 38.104; Democrat Delega C. Hoppel, or, IR 405. delegate: Republican Democratic Trimarchi, Jr. 17584. BR RS =~... | People Adequately To Begin On Friday oo and at 10:30 p. m her E emerge sylvania flare. Program: for the annual spring campores of North Cambria Boy Scout District was announced this week by George T. Adkins dis trict chairman. The event will be held May 16-18 at Harold Work Camp, Beaver Run, along the Cherry Tree-Westover road The camnporee will start at 3 p reg. istration in headquarters tent Supper at 6 p.m. will be follow od by retreat at 7 p m. A meet. ing of the unit leaders will be held at 9 p. m. and taps will be Reveille will be held at 6:30 a m. Saturday, May 17, followed by breakfast and cleanup at 7 Scouteraft skills and other activ ities will take up the balance of the morning. Lonch will be serv. od at noon with scouterafts tak- | ing up the balance of the morn ing. Lonch will be served at noon with seoutcrafts taking up the afterncos until supper at 5:30 p m. Retreat will be at Tp Mm, campfire at 5:30 and taps at 10:30 p. m. Sunday's activities will begin with reveille at 7 a. m. Following that Catholic mass and Protestant services will be held Dinner will be served at noon and final re treat ceremonies will be held at 2p m Martha Legdon Is Queen At Colver Marthe Legdon was crowned May Queen at a May dance and party last Wednesday for members of the eighth grade gradusung class at Colver hool. ¢ event was sponsorad by Colver Parent-Teacher As sociation. Joseph Lagand Jr. was named king and placed the diadem on the head of Miss Legdon, a dau hter of Mr. and Mrs Frank f opron of Colver. Joseph is the son of Mr. and Mrs Joseph La- gana Sr. Colver The king and queen Were chosen in = contest among the 44 members of the class. Mem bers of the ‘S court were PBeveriy Arford, Shirley Stefan jek. Irene Melnyk and Elva Gat- on Several first-grade pupils took part in the ceremony. The event was in charge of Misa Patricia Nipps, music instructor at the school, A program was presented, which included several vocal sol os by Timothy Ssafranski State Can Feed Its In Emergency Time Department of Agricul Secretary of Agricul ture W. 8 Hagar, said this week that “Wwe have more lowns under 10,000 population than any other state and our food supplies are He declared if Pennayivan. ia were rnder enemy attack, this fact would be an exceedingly im- portant factor. Hagar disciosed that the Penn : Bakers’ Association is working on s survey of in Pennaylvania Whereas: The annual sale of Buddy PF ss By the Veterans of Foreign Wars, an organisation ¢ by the Congress, has been : . and endorsed by the President of the United States and the Veterans Administration. and proceeds of this werthy fond raluing campaign benefit of disabled and needy veter- orphans of decenwrd veterans, and ¢ of the annual sale of Buddy Ee by the VFW ix doguently reflected in the dedire to “ the By Helping the Living”; therefore, f. Theodore M. Ott. burgess of Patton, do hereby recognize the patriotic merits of this cause by urging the citizens of this community to contribute generously to its support through the purchase of Buddy Poppies this coming Saturday, May 17. which has been set aside for distribution of these symbols of loyalty in this borough. I urge all patriotic citizens to wear a Buddy Poppy as mute evidemee of our gratitude fo the men of this country who have risked their Hyves in defense of the freedom which we continue to enjoy as American ( Ttizens, THEODORE M. OTT, Burgess Attest: ALBERT L. HALUSKA, Borough Seeretary evening | U. S. Senate Passes Bill Putting Teeth In Federal Mine Safety Law 8 Renate last Wednes And a Will putting teeth in conte focieral inspectors citi order a mine closed down f They foumt conditions Yi! of danger. It would be 3 an operator to with such an The U day passed the federal mine safely Inspectors of the mines long have had inspect Mines and recommendations But The) no enforcement powers Enforos ment was lef entirely WU § Ba states under mine regulations Under the new secrelary of the be permitied ti fix gafely stand. ards for mines and it woul be a misdemeanor for an opersls is violate them Fant GLArERA sutharity to MaKe fil arder ku fot v had The new bil, long sought John 1. Lewis of (he 1 nile Mine Workers now goes 10 the House. where a bill differing in some respects is aw.ating Renate passage Was BY & voice There their HE the goeten the swiild jeg isla tion interior vole Was no fight on it. Hut several CANS ex preamed Bd Martin (B-Pa.: Aol ase BOW Dassage ERNE ae Fept $i It's a Food Freezer and Refrigerator combined! | would bring about greater | vania law An Na inst December erg lost Laer explosion 2 mear West Frankfort, IH. i ! i in Orient Mine | in which 119 min. lives, helped make it easter for Lewis and his union | 1a get a favorable vole, Ren Neely (DW. Vai, sponsored the measure, told whi the Renate the West Frankfort disas- | ter couild have been prevented if’ federal inspectors had had pow. erg to snforce ther safely recom- mendations Work On Route 53 Starts This Week A SAO 0HD modernization pro- ject on Route 53. near Gallitsn, started Monday of this week. highway will be widened fein 18 to 22 feet and resurfac- d for 8&8 distance of 7% pile Ths aanrovenent begin #t Gallitzin Borough arsed The Wf the road previously Bait With Intent project, highway between Cresson will be completely mod. The work will be done ant rac! A.M Moreau Inc, Indiana Rtate Highways anid trafic will be 14 Jong ag possibile a detoair 8 ordered f hae and sallitein fried JE & Ronse wy, § ie by Depart. Fyimin. efore riesasy} tained DEEP LITTER HELPS When poultry [itter gets about 8 inehex deep and stays dry. At will help Brevent coccidiosis Fxtenaion specialists of the Bote Hanne ponitry Pennavivania fant swniain organisms College of a work will | fine | continue south to the ssction the [than now is provided by Pennayl- | ~ $ + LE Be Pine™ - UNITED MATIINS Conimander 1s Kores, Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway re- ports that thy Communists are using the period #f the armistice nego tistions to build a crude but strdily line of fortifications scross the pene insula. The LLN. coniinander estimates that the enemy has massed 8 ground {cree of more than three quarters of a million men, well armed snd ready to strike st any time. More than 1.500 Red sircraft, mostly jet, sre base} st sirfields in oearby Manchuria Heavy increases in enemy artillery and armor, such as new Soviet-designed rocket lsunci- Shaded ers. have als) been noted in the reports of Allied cheervers fine indicate) tentative armistice and seutrs] some. (Central Press) deep in the jtliter cannot % wn There wouldn't be near as O° gen, and they die. There alsn are many rich men if folk didn’t fewer organinins per square inch fit by the mistakes the rest us inn the deep liiteg +. ANA » a I Ls -
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