UNION PRESS . , | section. You walt patiently while a couple of youngsters wearing Largest General Weekly Newspaper Otrculation in the Ares | white belts shepherd a flock of still younger small-fry across . THE UNION PRESS-Q0URIER [| ees, me hie’ memes in oo at ea so: : ; | brought this matter to our attention, and paraphrasing his story, | Patton Courier, Estab. 1805 Union Press, Estab. 1038 | doesn’t It smke one smile when we realize how meekly we | Published ev Thursday by Thos. A. Owens | Prank P. Cammarata, grown-ups obey these young safety patrolmwen— just as meekly as Press- Courter Bullcting, 543 Avenue. entered as . Shee | H they were strapping six-footers in blue aniforms. | ond class mati maiter May 7, ; 4 the Act of M Hy 1079. at the at Pateon Ps. La x i Thomss A. Owens. Bditor : Doesn't it raake us rather proud, too, that we are an example of FRANK P. CAMMARATA | the fundamentil, law-abiding nature of the average citizen It eA WEE TR. ciiciinsiis . {would be fully easy for us to take advantage of these young | crossing-guardians, Perhaps we could even assert our grown-up | prerogatives and just wave them aside 80 that we could speed on to | our adult destinations. But we don't do it. And it isn't altogether {a fear of “the law” eatching up with us that deters us Obeying the pint-sized safety patrolmen has become a8 in grained American custom Bke waiting your turn af the burber shop. And me wonder. The safety patrol movement has been going on a long time. Sehool safety patrols had their first start $7 years age. And they've been in ifieet In our communities for many yYrars. There are more than i milion and a hall patrol On ¥ | boys and girls working ever our country each srboel day. ol On Patton Assessments : The school patrol youngsters are a “lesson in citizenship.” It is] ian actual, pratical exercise of citizenship -- the acceplance of respon- Eons As perhaps every property owner in Patton Boro knows, during | sibility work for the common good at considerable sacrifice of time most of the past year, starting last November in fact, a movement | and effort, and without thought! of reward In these days of dark Bas been underway to seek something like an equitable {ax assess- | horizons. it is rather comforting to think of this vast army of bovs ment in Patton real estate values. The local taxing bodies, both the | and girls. And it is good to think, too, of their millions of school | . Council and the School Board, are supporters of the movement, mates who are learning so young to co-operate with duly constituted | ‘which likewise has had the co-operation of the assessors. The move- | authority. It is splendid training for future responsibilities . ; | per cent ment started with the seleéfion of a number of locsl men placing | | About ominfiourth of all this year's’ Emma aa A Sa is agreement to ceriain values for assessment purposes, and the two | Eh wa a] : ! SSSI NS PPPS IPSS ISPS IIIS SISSY L Assessors being giided to a great degree by the figures. Originally | i the thought was engendered: by the Patton Chamber of Commerce, | LY POLITICAL | {°¢ ena Whose members nalised that something should be done to correct a | ae en sr bad situation. : y BY TOM OWENS SR Because Pitton's real estate nssesaments were far from | JOOOOUGIIUUAIAS AS PASS SSIS SANS ANAS AS SSSA SASSI SR | te As | See It’ ’ STATE SENATOR | Near Cars : Children and in a The result of the registration haps the thought entered some JORN J. Liquor Agents Nab ! Cars In Raids ¥ In State This Year ¢ i cam on the part of civic minds tha! by fagistering in an - jons in Cambria County opposite party the desired resn slementary organs the state and nation, would 4 sccomplished even al-| Last week we referred to the in the liven of our youlh high school classrooms in (he dis | certainly has been productive of though thw law specifically pro- | conduct and efficiency of certain’ Altogether we find one bly | trict will be admonished Ouse some results in Cambria County. [hibits change of party between pounty officials. This week we wheel of fortune turning CORNTIRG. | re : dangers of en- | sven the taxpayers were primary and election dates in would like very much to talk ously in the right direction and | tering streets from between park- | subjected to considerable expense nayIvania about our own community Pat. the various elements mentioned od cars in the monthly mfely in maki registration places con- Then. tao, there's the case of ton shove are important cogs in that campaign for which the Johns | venient for meet everyone. But [some other folks who weren ! sure We wonder how many of our wheel and each must play its town Mater Chub supplies thelr with all the cum publicity, | whether or not they were still on | home folk appreciate the progress part to bring about the donired teachers with safety educations there are thous still who did [the registration books Couldn't | that has been results ; materials not avall themselves of the op | remember whether they voted in made In our JEEEE——— § Then last but not jeast, we . portunity, and who will have no | the past two years or not. They | ommunity dur- § should kneel in prayer and show rsonal part in electing the next | Agured one way to be sure was to | ing the past 7 I | gratification for the religious free. | President of the United States register again. It could be that or 8 years? {5 dom which exists in Patton onr About 51 percent of the total [some of the feild registrars even While most | [priests ani ministers, of out. lation of Cambria County grog Sham 10 4 this. g I | standing Mon Fabri : | unty tax would now 0 vote tte likely ures ven " ! i terms and jesding their flocks a ——_——nt Jw. {he us naturally fall at a jow rate. [nw Js Fated 88 Cog en cited |aut by the County Commissioners’ |state are deter | [Ghelr own way to eternal naive. 8 hasn't been fair to other communities that have had fair Office the other day represents jjorating. our IB | tion. 21 years of age. so that In the ast about as nearly an accurate orTnunRity has ! So those of ax Who are com: last analysis, roughly approxima- | siting as is humanly possible. Be- | ipelled to travel throwghou! the | ting. there should be s potential | cause of the hewvy ‘of the ; I gtate amd country to ears our | lists in the spring. the Dernocrals , { Hivelihood an always say, show | decidedly made a net gain Over | phe the town that looks like hom, | Perhaps re the Republicans in sctual regis-|one | and the answer will be “Patton.” taneous results from the in-|irations during the recent cam- tice Sen. Halosks SEN. JOHN J. HALUSKA | spon dividuals themselves this time Pn ~ : : than at any other registration ire are about 7.700 more]bave been to have left town some ork Democratic registrants listed in!years ago. when we were al a i period. Party workers likely were |, "nev than blican, but | low ebb. and then return at tnis | Arthur Koster to Direct | when one ‘considers that there are | modern day and make ome's own |B _o__} Blood Center | 106,000 people registered. this analymation. Only by doing that | Regional margin t amount to too|would ofe realise how fortunate wa much. However, any edge always | are our town folk Ne or par of Alexandria: | will question the number of field is an advantage to any political We were fortunate to overhear . —° oo oe registrations with the total that |5¢ the state do not show. tht | fobmer residents Who left Patton | Hood Center Red iro pe lated on the booka It ate ow that | fo SHIR ' (Cvoms to succeed Robert Senythe |, finally was there is any particular Republican [in the year 1915, moved to Fort | o. _ resigned jaandren, 4 : | where thete are usual, there were & {rand and, in some of (he nea Wa Ind. snd rets 10 her who were J counties ihe Saari ane. i. nd veturned week Mr. Koster. who has been Wilh cause sometimes | for s brief visit, ‘Red Cross since 191. has been pation with play. w regisratons dy. Mra, Eiaabeh Dow. | EVE 1% Sinisiant, egenul i, [ate he sine Sn bet ee i ly wa to i er Pes b sip . veh iran, as well as 10 the oid, that - t : he Has worked in alt af an oncoming car. the fact that one is «ligible to ee “OH 1 CL "It is the "8 responsi- ‘votes ‘won't amount to a thing un- <n | During ‘World War II he t bility to his in order rn A Soe intentionally vd |. oR giro your privilege ; rice ; Re wverseas as a Red Crows to stop | any and cond. would-be regisirant. In an at- | reneral election ia Tuesday, | oi fhe rector tion” Nr. Docherty said to change party label. per- | November 4. y : : fy. | 1m ———— A NO NEW TAXES — SAID STATE G.O.P. FROM CAMBRIA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMMITTEE JOHN R. TORQUATO. DHAIRMAN Last week, in this series of that a workman who was totally - pdr pry oh £ R § 4 ARE : fd burgess, $3ig : Eri fase I ff ; i {EH ik de Lh A Ou GE J ES SSS 0. ly NG 0% IA Sn
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