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Department
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Pennsyvivania holiday
the official adoj
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Act of the Con
meeting in Philadelphia
1777
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Pennsyvivania
eral pattern
of the Union
designated by
bv Benja cli
the Briti h Uni n
field, which appea:
design by a circle
design ha
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phia law
the first and
first American popular song, as
as the first nati
music ever
try. He was
of the Declaration
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our national
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it is said
together
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and
many gift
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a foreign land
banner, it |
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Renovo Fire
Co. Is Raided
Liquor and Gambling
Devices Confiscated
were
maintaining
scribed
At lengthy h n {
man T. Mark PErungard at
Haven, vy furnished $1.000
each for i aran at th
term of Clinto: >ount C
Defer
Richard
He
The
Assemblymen
Move Pay Hike
To Raise Expense
Accounts 50°
ed in ti
tors would bo
$100 to $150
The new
et expense
$3600
main
Salaries
m Harrisburg
Newlywed Couple Is
Honored At Dinner
Mrs Axeman
was Sunda
honor
Mr. and Mr
Gfrerer of
dinner
oi ! ¥ dso :
Theodore Hartman
State College. Mrs. Hartman
former Bets: Iver
Present were Mr
Gfrerer and family
all of Altoona; Mr
Owens, of Bellefonte
E. C. Reish, Ronald
Edward Gfirerer. of
and Mrs. Clal
Kenneth Linn
and Mrs. E. R
Mr. and Mr
Hartman and
Axemant '
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Neftf's Mills Is Unique
Site of Summer Theatre
A new treat awaits followers of
the little theatre In Centre county
with the opening of the
Playhouse”
don county, near Petersburg. Just a
little more than an hour's distant
from Bellefonte, has been opened
the area's first Summer stock the-
atre in an “entirely different” set.
ting.
The Brookside Playhouse, in
which the Neff's Mills Players are
now engaged in presenting the first
production, “Claudia,” Is a convert.
ed pre-Civil War grist mill, which,
within three months has been com-
pletely renovated for this unusual
and interesting venture.
The structure, used for the past
| walls and
“Brookside |
in Neffs Mills, Hunting- |
four decades as combined stable and
has been cleared of all extra
timbers, wired for elec
tricity, and re-arranged to accomo-
barn,
date about the center stage, seating |
for nearly 150 persons. Left in the
mill for the delight of the theatre.
goers are a few old wagon wheels, a
pulley rig. and even some quaint
and abandoned hornet nests,
Friday night was “first night” for
the promoters of Brookside Play-
house, William Pegan and George
Parsons, two energetic boys who
met while attending school at Jun-
lata, The venture has been the re
sult of several years of their wish-
ful thinking, hard work, planning
and sacrifice,
Both have worked extensively in
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; Degrees AtPenn State, Monday
1,863 Men, Women
To Take
A
17 Year Locusts
Make Debut
Hordes Will Mis >
Centre County
State College Is
Scene Of Miolesting
Park
left
dale
theater
man said a followed
from the 100 block {
x 03
her parked car
Frazier Street
she entered
argaret’s Shop
forced his way into
attempted
ording to police
man disappeared
| woman screamed The
| "them about 11 pm
Whe:
front of N
the car in
the stran
er
choked
her, ad
The
the ar
and to attack
when the
incident
The man had a crew hair
and was wearing a checkered
| He weighed 150 or 160 pounds
, bolice investigation is underway
Set Visitation Night
The fifth in a series of
| Visitation Nights will be held Tues-
day, June 106, at 8 p. m. in Progres
Grange Hall at Centre Hall with
Rebersburg Grange as host
ville and Bald Eagle Granges are
presenting the program, Mrs, Jos-
eph H. Owens, Pomona scribe, re-
ports,
Two Fined on Conduct
Two Penn Btate students, Martin
Memolo and Thomas Stegner, were
given a hearing on disorderly con-
duct charges before William P
Bell, justice of the peace In State
College last Wednesday. Both men
were ordered to pay fines and costs
amounting to $16 each,
cut
shirt
A
Part in Event
Grange |
ai two
Bailey | |
| tions will play off the champion-
BELLEFONTE, PA.
THURS
DAY, JUNE 14, 195]
OF AMERICA, AND TO THE
FOR WHICH IT STANDS...
NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
| PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
REPUBLIC
..ONE
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
Centre Hall-Potter History
Concludes; Recalls Events
TRAGIC EVENTS
Six County Boys
Attending Camp
Pat Haynes Is
Mursing Groduate
Hayne iaugl
T Haynes of 8
ated with the his
r class at the |
™
from
i
ho
the H
and |
tai’s
ynes gradusted
High
School In
at the
After the ceremonies held in the
ock Haven Teachers College audi-
r a tea was given for iamiles
nr d friends of the graduates at the
home. Guests included Mr
Mrs. Haynes and Miss Jean |
Haynes, of Snow Shoe; and Mrs, |
Grace Haupt, Mrs. Fannie Bright |
{and Pred Davis, of Bellefonte
i
4 H Clubs Have
Soft Ball League
Centre County 4-H clubs have or- |
{ganized a soft ball league to play
| games with each club The |
| county Is divided Into three ses.
tions and the winners in these sec-|
nurse
and
}
]
{ ships at the 4-H county-wide plenic
| According to County Agent L. H
Bull, games to be played this week
are scheduled as follows:
Port Matilda at Half Moon: Little
Nittany at Bellefonte; East Penns
Valley at Spring Mills; Pine Grove
Mills at Woodyerest; Centre Hall at
Mount Nittany; Snow Shoe and
Pine Glenn at Walker Township.
All games will be played at 7:15
pm. Priday evening, June 15, unless
Yursing | 8,
a]
| urer
i and assistant
arranged otherwise by the clubs,
h | ¥
ge §
Tom Roush To
‘ Head Pleasant
| Gan Legion Post
Penn State To
Play Ten Grid
Tilts In 1952
a
Pit
26 Attend Session
(At Hublersbutg
wen
meeting
Social
Tuesday
following
IX members
Busy Bee Club
t Hublersburg
of the
the Hall a
officer
President,
vice
Mary Ellen Yearick;
president, JoAnne Vonada;
secretary, Dorothy Dunkle: treas-
Evaline Harter; game
Beverly Truckenmil-
ler and Natalie Carner; song lead-
er and helper, Janet Kerstetter and
| Sherry Clevenstine: news reporters,
| Margie Vonada and Mary Heaton
All officers were Instructed in their
duties
The next meeting will be held
in the Social Hall at 8 pa m. June 20
Hospital Treatment
Hospitals are busy institutions
Last year broke all records with
over 17,000,000 patients. Hospitals
report many births, one every 1)
seconds last year. There are 6720
hospitals in the United States, hav-
Ing a bed capacity of 11569012. Hall
of thege are for mental cases, Gen.
eral hospitals are well attended
having 40 per cent of beds and 93
per cent of the patients. Hospitals
do big business The Medical Soci
ety of the State of Pennsylvania.
attended the
were elec. |
leader |
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Up in Main Building * School Board Vote
Rescinds Proposed
Tax Increase
Discuss Snow
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By BILL MONSELL
MEN'S FASHIONS
POSSIBLE
ST ar
MISCELLANEOUS MUSINGS
HOBBY FAIR
preven
neighbors
L week sup-
Here was a
pres
Lamar Man Held On
Prowling Charge
KNOW YOUR HEIRL
By TOM ORMSBEE
OOMS
The Kidney. Desk i in matics
f furniture
years of the 17tl
Between 1700
2 tablet appeared ir
always present
AS early
¥
ha
|
| |
Years went bw
its real
is ther ¢ Are no
compart.
realized
th
msystematic
person in a state constant con
fusion. Instead there is an ample
flat top which serves as the writing
nd rests on pedestal-like
{ drawers with a wide knee.
between
A pleasing variation of this plain
d practical desk was designed by
Thomas Sheraton and shown in
his Cabinet-Maker and Upholster-
er's Drawing Book, published in
London, 1802. Called a “Kidney
Table”, In addition to its use as rn
desk it has a pull-out tablet above
the kneehole which can be raised
to serve as a drawing board. This
nd
Ol
tadiel a
tiers
hole
| English piece has the same general
:
|
|
i
|
|
VICTORIAN KIDNEY DESK OF CHERRY
Probably the work of a Boston cabinetmaker, it dates about 1875.
Its kidney-sheped top has a conforming writing panel of green leath-
er. Body has hewvy molding-framed paneling characteristic of the
period. Drawers are fitted with brass knobs and shallow center drawer
has brass keyhole as well,
| here but
{ In decorative detail and except for
lines as the kidney desk shown
is smaller, more dalicate
a_ shallow drawer, the central secs
tion is entirely open
Desks with this distinctive shap-
ing were first made in the United
States about 1870 and were the
work of cabinetmakers located in
cities and other large centers. Ine.
stead of plain curved sides, and
delicate bands of inlay, there were
panels framed by heavy molding
but they were well-made in good
proportion, and well suited for
either home or executive office use,
Such a desk might be made of
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