& al Se sen - and Charles T. Keenan were in members of the four-distriet Joins giructed to make all arrange. ture, met last Friday evening. 1 SOUTH FORK BOROUGH and his brother, George, | A settisment was made at the | South Fork. { junction of the Bouth Fork and The settlement was incorpor- | Littie Conematigh branches of the | ated into the Borough of South Conemaugh River. With timber! Fork on Aug. 3, I8R7. It orig- being plentiful, many of the in-| Inally was a part of Croy habitants engaged in cutting the | Twp. timber and sawing it into lumber I It was jist twn wvoears two The old Portuge Railroad went | onthe and three days after its WILMORE (Concluded ) Hg ugh! 2e ign. ‘ tat | incorporation into a wg, that : sed | : ce to stale there wns an extreme {reshet The General Assembly Passed nat the first town that it Cross | The breast oF the lake gave way an act authorizing the supervisor : . of the townshi i theoh Which | *d Was Eatly Souciing very sligh-!at the suice of ‘he Bouth Fork he s and lived in torn of instructor at a in SE ial t James Hpangle ET UNION PRESS COURIER meeting igs Thursday night in : No section was taken fo fill N. C. Joint School . n S Spangler high schodl Miss Mary Agnes Price of Cres. | the vacancy created by the ng Can S gon member of the faculty dur death of George Magualick, head eg ng lhe past sChoo! year, submil foothall coach and athletic dir For Two Positions |- the high school The joint tom g ector resign ¥ pil to AO (areater Football Team to Be : Sent to Lions’ Camp Applications are being accepted mittee will meet again tonight to fill and also for | at tire all vacancies prs irs : Behool { District tiy ¥ , he a . y . the plank road passed to take [ oF F I Fe travel ng right | Dam causing the walters to break North Cambria Joint Scho 2 COMET instructor position. | expected to be filled charge of the repairs and put the | E } more ; out Fork, { the breast with & tremendous Committees accepted the Avplications should Bb § “’ 5 ib ii a ed ] - Pi : Yc ommili iCoepied Lh pplications shoudl be sent to Football Coaches Dan Miller road in traveling condition. It was | Mineral Point and Conemaugh be- | geluge of water hitting the town | ___ . - iia a Ml LM mt ais also from that time considered a | fore it hit Johnstown. The Bouth | and dashing down the valley to county road. This act was passed | ror K Branch started in Adams cause the devastating Flood of on Apr. 14, 1863, and was signed | TP in tihe Allegheny Mountaing | 1880 at Johnstown into aw by the Civil War Gover-| When the Canal System of When the Pennsylvania Rall nor. Andrew G Curtain, a friend | the Commonwealth was In use, | road bought from the Common of President Lincoln he state: impounded the waters wealth ut Paimaytvamia wy ee 1 o the stream by erectin a FIgNIs and interest «of ‘Which He of amard rad bey a breast to form a dam ob dam was a part, they no longer t of In 4 in the ter of used by Johnstown when water needed the dam. It wen! into dis town to Father Gallitzin for | In the canal basin was low. In |! and farmers cultiviuted their own the basi OW land to the stream. Later It cane a at Johnstown, boats : : wire removed from the eo { into the hands of & man named on May 6, 1540, It was sold by CAFS [Collins who sold it to a newly. All to a | Bnd placed in position te con- | } 0 a lar Sait a - tinue their journey on water | Shantsd South Path Fishing and | Hunting Club, made up princi vi} testant church on It Here, 100, were loading docks | iy of weathy Pittsburghiers a The Catholic church is built on | for transfer of cargo. The Cone. | reconstructed the dam itn a hee a hill on the right side of the Phim of mittee secretary ¥ ta £3 ¢ SPY a vt ¥ api | wp SH il Rid ments for the annual football PTE | op ARK ENSEMBLE DESIGN grass training camp which will! sy. unexpected is an fmportant apen Aug. 18 at Lions Den Camp aspect in ensembles Doff a ons near Barnesboro A total of 48 ual bell-hop suit jacket snd re players of the Colt squad will £0 veal a Sweedy sheath cockinil ty camp this year. [dress What looks like a farses ‘© Cond Mids aise are being ae ved pull turns out to be & fun orpted. They will be opened fiseved dress with untrimmed, sind 8 contract will be awarded sleeveless top Tweed costume Thursday, Aug. 25 coats reverse to solid dolor costs Barr Township Schoo! Board 4 ’ and Spangler Borough Board’ wo Fry Fesg? fat if AR " Hsing By MARLON BAUMGARDNER $1Y @ {ing ruetea She isa Ebensburg, Pa. whi tors annamesd the per- sonnel committees which sCieens applicants met last evening on gpl 8 Emiiar Caillitain Joint the vacancy which are Vou fd resigns AAT ®THE FLOP FAMILY || RENTED TH14 BOAT 50'5 | CAN Do SOME FISHING - TueRets 600 —— ROT TEN MILES OU J bE in oe Aira Prisms Courier ads pay better! Ra —— By Swan $T0° THROWING THINGS IN THE WATER ~ LL NEVEL GET A G\TE, QU\ET | - JOU RE SCARING» THE F194 / ro can utiful lak d const state road geading from Cresson utiful lake, and constructed towards Johnstown. It is a very beautiful church. The Ev tical United Brethren Church celebra- maugh carried the boats to Salts. | burg. whore the Loyalhanna Riv. | er merged wilh the Conemaugh | andl it was then called the Kiska. minitas Fiver to its juncture at | i mer | AMERICANS ARE mine cotiages RIONE ” FAM tes ‘HAMS Two out of three of the works ted its 125th anniversary several weeks ago. An old landmark at Wilmore is the grist mill. Dr. Clara Shy- nwk had her home there and at the time of her death was an assistant county superintendent of schools. Attorney rd Har- kins was bom in Wilmore, as were several of his brothers who are now priests. Wallace Bherbine many years ago conducted a gen- eral store there. There also is a grange hall, grade school, and several stores and garages. The town has an historie ., It 5 basically a farm : community and a pleasant piace in which to lve Two state roads pass through it, and adjacent to the borough is 8 Berwind- White Coal Co mine of large proportions. The Wik Hhoire m. near the town, is a ven for Se berman. Freeport with the Allegheny Riv. | radio hams are Americans and er, which flowed to Pitiaburgh to | only one in BO is a woman - help form the Ohio River. ya ; Many products went down the | Ohlio River in | State Hen. ding Q Ww a c A @ » HATS THE O\FFERENCE, AS LONG 4 HE (4 QUIET / Okinawans, wilh help the United States have built large dams zince Wearld War [11 the i sortage boats Jacoh C. Btineman — Gla —e VUE ST000 ENOUGH OF THIS - GET OWN BELOW AND LAL WITH ANY- TS THING HOU CAN | DON'T HEAR A SOUND BELOW ~ WONDER WHAT WILLIE'S DONG NOW 7 ped “Y ) ( | g Carrolltown —— fe hb ii Rs A Kh ~ Published As A Public Service “Chanel 10 Wed Aug 17 or Mon Aug 15 Bat Aug 13 a Sun Aug 14 Taes Aug 18 Wosbern Theater Wasiorn Theater Western Theater Harmony 7. 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