An All-Time High In Penna. Construction (Prepared for the erat by the State Planning Board Department of Commerce.) According to the Dodge Report up to and including April « year, residential building cor in Pennsylvania have i Ul {8 1 1951 of $143.076.000 total of $128 four months of as compared with a 394.000 for 1950, a previous dwelling monwealt dential building « year 1950 was $466 Parallel to constructi growth n in the Con reached a total of 1950. Non-re includes factories structures the first 1951 have als any previous yea: the 3 vt hy he fir mont! year which record in the of had exceeded al e of construct n the ¢{ his 13 Ha idential builk ore four y exceeded the tot the S our all stream phase of completed 18 million « the Schuyik vania hig what } contribution preparedne gency The State Penns i merce point high Per y exceeds our nation, is 1! as in all New E siderably greats total for roac the four Michig states Doubts That Fair Trade Ruling Will Hit Pennsylvania fF 4 moi Le y E. Ri Association provides tween not to ret } speci The druggist group mental having laws set up in 1935 ficers, meanwhile, laws to Court action will 2 Ricka Just as as res like the their nationally x pr iil below determine idea at ¢ { inferior Countian Graduates At Juniata College The role art nd letter was Centre Demo- SECOND SECTION | VOLUME 70 { act mve reached a nt Y new high. with a total for the first Miss Mimi Hoover Try I ¥ Ll Hi Vv « Lease Area Winner and Murphy 17th Group to Bid anno Great Grandfather Wins Boy In James A. Cowl 78 Clearfield County The lacks water bathroom facilitie and Despite Cowher won a Supreme Court recently in a bitter ly legal battle fon custody his six-year-old grandson, Andrew R. Graham The State’ highest 1 brushing aside the doctrine that there is no substitute for a mother love, ruled in effect that the elderly great-grandfather is more fit to care for the boy than Andrews own mother, who Is divorced It wasn't a clear-cut court split 5 to 2 in its decision with two Philadelphia justices, John C. Bell Jr. and Allen M. Stearns writing a heated 15-page dissenting opinion However house light modern feminine touch appa viets v Cte the altogethe these t handicap ry in the State contested of great. tribunal The victory the majority ruling questioned the mother's fitness the grounds that she has only per cent normal vision: used im- proper language, and had adopted a harsh attitude toward the child The developments that led to the | unusual ruling were these In 1944 Andrew's parents, David R. and Anna May CGraha® were married, and Andrew was born the | same year. In 1948 the parents were divorced In Cleveland, Ohio. Under the Ohio Mvorce decree, the great grandfather was given custody of the child, but the mother later had this order changed so that Andrew was to live with her, her sister and the sister's blind husband in Ari zona. Cowher refused to give up the child. The mother brought suit in the Clearfield County Court, but Judge P. Cortez Bell sided with on | 10 "or Suit Against Mother Continued o~ Page Six) Midshipman Hoy In Fleet Training One of the Naval Academy at Annaj who will participate immer training cruise for candidates this year Midshipman Franklin W. Hoy, USNA m of Mr and Mrs. Pranklin W. Hov of Belle fonte, who will train aboard ship in an eight-week tour of Eure and Cuban ports, beginning June 2 He will serve aboard one of ships, which comprise a including the battleship souri and Wisconsin. These cruises providing varied on-the-job Navy experience, include two summers a- board seagoing vessels and one per lod of aviation and amphibious in- doctrination nembers of the officer pear USS Mis- : Scientist Visits I William F. Raymond, noted Eng | THE MOST, WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER | 13 | IN CENTRE COUNTY A VISITOR IN OVER 8,000 HOMES EACH WEEK che Cendre BELLEFONTE, PA, THI RSDAY ganization Sef Railr ad Relocati nN Is Problem at Session Agreement In Taxi Deaths ’ CAN Husband Gets $3050 In DuBois Suit 50 High School Boys Will Go To Stone Valley ne va 1% } } vania Federa- tamen Club wee further ree for the Yana the of of educa- extension boys and the of view acquire knowledge that continuou vears of de- way to teac! me the early the only Fur commented with there naturally ra of a knowledge of Furst continued, | pointed to life in the outdoors as » the teaching of cone Crvatior acquisition the outdoor mean industrial and economic life modern | squadron | Summer Sessions To Start The Summer Session program at Penn State will open on Tuesday June 12, with {Bession and a tix week program | Other sessions include the main | session starting July 2. another six week session, starting July 23, and (a final post-session of two weeks | beginning August 13 | lish scientist, of Stratford-on-Avon, | | England, is spending two weeks at | Penn State reviewing work in grass. | land improvement and animal nu. | tritlon. He is in charge of chem- | istry and animal nutiition at the | Grassland Research Station oper ated by the British Ministry of Ag- | riculture, Plan Discussion “Civilization in 2000 A. D.” will be the subject for a panel discussion that will open the Alumni Institute at the Pennsylvania State College on June 22. The Institute will be fone of the highlights of the two. day annual class reunion programs. | 322 | Wednesday the | | ets and he | | H. Kennedy, State College, R. D. | to ease the general strain of | the two-week Inter. | Keeping Things in Balance? ” Grange Fair Forms a Large Part of Centre Hall Life l-Potter GRANGE t 1874 Pr fC re Black Hawk elivere wiv i Army Confrad he Mg renal sions were Col George Boal enorme 3 - Company to Make Observation Planes pa ar anit inCione VARLIoD and reconnas . Thi 3rd Well Is In Af Leidy Company to Pay $100 Dividend ting Cx ex r $100 dividend NYRN from one of the DAY Ar fire fighting en vided a A sure fire fighting pumpet there by a Michigan man- r. The pumper, with a tank ad of water good 15 minutes pecial spray nozzle at wells are a serious threat and if a fast and safe putting them out car of the big hazard field will be eliminated. The pumper, made by the John Bean Division of Lansing, produces B00 pounds of pressure and acts on the smother principle test ited test { i for had a Fire to driller method of be obtained of the one ‘Three Cors Involved In Memorial Day Crash Tree were involved in an accident which happened on Route north of State College, Iast cars The cars were operated by Fran- McDonald, Scranton; Dr, LL. W Nieman, State College, and Henry Mr. Kennedy received a laceration of his lip and was treated by & State College physician The accident occurred when a car operated by an unknown driver stopped to tud into a roadside es- tablishment. Police sald that the McDonald ear and the car driven by Dr. Nieman stopped and that the Kennedy car hit the Nieman car Damages to the Kennedy car was $200, damage to the second car, owned by Morris Mamolen of Mill. heim, was $500, and loss to the Me- Donald car was about $50 Fighting Words Fight of any ten girls don't have the right physical specifieations, says a corset publication. Those are fighting words to eight of any ten Boys Alexandria (Minn) Echo, Bible Fellowship Elects Officers The Count Bit ship met in its annu meeting last Friday night W. Spotts residence, near at which ti Centre ne the follows were elected for the or Rev. 1 istant cha F. 8 irman ang State nald Chairman heet? Bellefonte: as secretary, J. W. Spott | lege RD. treasurer, R State College RD. asst and missionary secretary, Miss lam Sheetz, Bellefonte; pianist, Mrs Robert Ginsberg State College board members. J. W. 8potts, Clar- ence DeArmitt Harold Rissinger State College: Ralph Stitt Gap, Clarence Young Bellefonte RD Ronald Hann and Trostle, State College At their. regular service Sunda) night it was decided that the Bible Fellowship would join the Indepen- dent Pundamental Churches of Am- erica, which is an undenominationa national association. The Pellowshiy | will continue its regular services a! Woodman Hall, State College, ever’ | Bunday at 7:45 p. m. Rev. Sheetz Is the pastor : Han treasurer Wins Decoration | William P. Rorabaugh, of Mount. ville, and ROTC cadet at Penn State, was justly proud to have Lt Col. Roger A. Barnes, head of the ROTC unit at pucknell University, decorate him with a medal as an Outstanding Engineer Cadet, Sev- eral months ago, Colonel Barnes and Lt. Col. J. Rusesll Rorabaugh, a brother of the cadet, bullt a bridge across the Taedong River In Pyongyang, Korea, where each commanded engineer combat bat. talions, Col- | Mir. | Pleasant | Ermed® = ______ (onstruction Operafion Begins : E: #220 0n 173-Mile Gas Line Project = FPC Decision Makes ; R ive Diploma It Intra-State Carrier To Receive Diplo Cadet Lloyd D. Hall “7% Piper Receives Hammersley Area Has Killer : irmt ¥ AW ai ev ed Be lesident T Kes » . OF Pug perl aged H Social Security Sets Visit Schedule To Preach Sermon x. 1 ! ‘he Copy Hook... By BILL MONSELL FLOOD CONTROL DAM a of Pee eo} ¢ ‘ CHILDREN'S FAIR / LARGEST JOB AN APOLOGY LF “ Tells Court Wife Not To Blame In Fatal Stabbing wr vi KNOW YOUR HEIRLOOMS By TOM ORMSBEE American Rockingham Pitchers f a wn HEXAGONAL ROCKINGHAM PITCHER Made about 1840, it has the typical dark brown glare and mottied pattern with all over leafage design in relief. An angular baluster handle is In keeping with its shape. Has light brown glaze inside and bears the impressed mark on bottom of “American Potlery Co, Jer sey City.” tockingham the Amer. the Rockingham to State begat about aded Daniel and potter eave Stal. ford re and his empiovers. John nd William Ridgeway for “better advancernent America. His pitch. er designs were many and varied since these hollow pieces were not turned A the potler's wheel but shaped in olds Since six, eight and even twelve. side pieces of china were in fashion at the time, the Rockingham pitch. ers were often of that shape | Handles could be angular and bal- | uster<-shape like that on the pitcher | Hlustrated, scroll-shape or in the [form qof a dog. now Known Aas houndhandie Being mold-shaped, the decora- tion of the body was a raised de- sign of © flowers, a landscape or hunting scene or an allover leafage pattern. A buff-colored clay was used for, this ware Consequently the color In the pitcher interior is either buff or cream with the ex. terior the rich brown glase charac teristic of this weave The products of American Pot tery Company were chiefly pitchers which ranged in size from a little over a pint to two and a half | quarts. Oreatback stayed on with Continued on Page Bix) Be 7 iL Pers ck. a designer siderable ability «
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