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Bellefonte, Pa., June 26, 1931.
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A ——— A —————
UNIQUE CELEBRATION FOR
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
The Glorious Fourth-—and who
ever heard of a Sunday-school pic-
nic to celebrate that gladdest day of
all the year? And yet, why not?
Even though it has nothing else in
its favor, a Sunday-school picnic is
at least usually safe and sane, and
it can be thrilling; superlatively so!
For, be it known, there are Sunday-
school picnics and Sunday-school
picnics. There are the ones that
are exceedingly sticky, equally—yes,
and smelly; there are others that are
stupid. If, however, it be inter-
locked with a pagentry, grave and
gay in turn, in order to appeal to
old as well as young, a Sunday-school
picnic can be glorified into something
pre-eminently patriotic, picturesque,
and popular—a fitting community
selebration of our Nation's natal
jay.
We who now so lightly mouth the
~ords “safe and sane” have, per-
japs, been prone to assume credit
yoth for coining the phrase and con-
seiving the splendid idea that un-
jerlies itt As a matter of fact,
hough, the movement for a rational
ybservance of Independence Day was
juietly inaugurated almost a cen-
ury ago in Manayunk, a modest
>ennsylvania settlement that skirted
he east bank of the Skuylkill river
everal miles above Philadephia. In
he mind of the originator there was
srobably no thought that the cele-
rational form then conceived would
e perpetuated and loved to-day on
very rugged crag and every lowly
alley of Manayunk, Roxborough,
nd Wissahickon—sister communi-
ies that now form a wide-spreading
rard of Philadelphia.
And this celehrational form, that
as firmly stocd the test of nearly
ne hundred years, is nothing more
or less than a glorified Sunday-
hool picnic! Glorified by te color-
11 play of pagentry;, = more
lorified by a beautiful spirit of
nity, which, for one day atleast,
rings into the far-reaching line of
arch the Sunday-schools of every
‘eed and every color!
Reminiscent, the celebration is, of
.e quaint Whites untide revels of Old
ngland; and appropriately so, for
.e originator, the real father of the
fe and sane Fourth, was Samuel
iwson, an Englishman by birth,
ho settled in Manayunk in 1828,
d shortly after became a teacher
the Sunday-school of a local
urch. Even at that early date,
seems, the national birthday was
rgely given over to vociferous
lebrations, just as though a pro-
1ged din were an index to patriot-
n! Samuel Lawson, though not
native-born, was both patriotic
d astute. As a good citizen, he
ged to see the end of dangerous
ise-making on the holiday of holi-
ys; as an earnest teacher, he also
arned to draw the youth of his
vmunity to the Sunday-school
th which he was identified. Thus
was that on a certain Independ-
ve Day, almost a century ago, at
suggestion the first big Sunday-
i001 picnic was held at a beauti-
ly wooded spot on the winding
wylkill river not far from Mana-
1k. The safe and sane celehra-
n, the “Manayunk Method” had
n born, unheralded and unsung!
t was not an era of voluminous
tistics; and history does not tell
sther or not the Independence day
nic stimulated Sunday-school at-
dance. It was, however, not
g ere all the neighboring Sunday-
ools were acquiring the picnic
iit—and indulging the habit on
ependence day! That, quite nat-
lly, bred a rivalry, a rivalry
ndly but keen, as to which Sun-
-school could make the bravest
lay on the Fourth.
ventually, all of the Sunday-
»ols adopted the plan of partici-
ng in an imposing street parade
re going to their respective pic-
grounds. Then it was that
entry came to surpass the others,
he intricacy of its drills and
ching movements, the pictur-
ieness of its floats, the gay vari- |
of its costumes, the size of its
3, the number of its banners and |
liveliness of its band. To-day, the |
de is a thing of kaleidoscopic
ity: a great, swaying whirl of
yy humanity, flaunting in the
y morning sunlight every color
ae rainbow.
diminutive Martha Washington
ies along in whitened wig and
n gown; a tiny William Penn
:s manfully beneath the weight
is wide-brimmed Quaker hat. |
colleens in glittering green
iette at the side of youthful |
ung, brave in war-paint and)
iers. Scottish lassies trip on, |
‘ted by sons of golden Italy. In|
ondrous float, resplendent with |
zonquering banners of the Al-|
Old Glory crowns a bevy of
1ing girls, gowned in the color-|
‘arbs of the allied nations. A
dark-uniformed, goes by, with
sunshine scintilating on golden
and shimmering instruments.
yop of khaki-clad Boy Scouts;
a Bible class—men, young and |
out all arrayed in white; or,
PS, a class of colored children,
frilly frocks topped by great
id-hued Japanese umbrellas! On
on they come, in gay variety, |
e cheering plaudits of the as- |
ed throngs!
1 the spectators must be up at |
| merce, if any,
within these zones.”
tre county,
above sea level, are
2140ft., Little Flat 2400ft., Purdue
mountain 1840 ft., Sandy Ridge Sum-
mit 2300. and Snow Shoe 2000 ft.
Method” has long decreed that
| breakfast be an open-air event. To
| each picnic rendezvous, then, a will-
ling band of volunteers has early
gone to prepare the bountiful break-
fast that awaits alike the merry
marchers and their fellows, who
from various vantage points had but
| watched the pagentry. 'Tis a day
lof feasting! Some of the Sunday-
schools serve three hearty meals;
others confess to four—and ice
cream, candy, are constantly con-
sumed between times. All of the
meals are served free of charge; but
the icre cream, candy, and other del-
icacies are sold at prevailing prices.
(Ice is presented to the various
!achools each year by a public- spir-
|ited ice-manufacturing plant—and
| this is but typical of the general
| spirit which prevails throughout the
| day. Motor owners for instance,
graciously provide both trucks and
pleasure cars, in order that neither
the very young nor the very aged
need join the line of march to the
picnic grounds.
While old-time “residenters” turn
the pages of memory's book to
earlier celebrations, their children's
children are filling the air with
laughter and shouting; the bands
are blaring out the latest jazz; the
Kelley-sides are creaking with the
weight of an unending swish of
youthful patrons. At one end of
the picnic grounds, on a far from
from perfect diamond, the married
men are trying their utmost to blot
out the disgrace of last year, when
they actually lost to the bachelors.
And, at the other end of the picnic
grounds, the fat women-—and some
of them are fat!—are just in the
midst of a thrilling race. A verita-
ble three-ring circus, this; for,
handicapped by canvas bags, the
boys of twelve to fourteen are stag-
ing in the center of the field a mirth-
provoking marathon.
Then, as the sun begins to paint
the western sky with magic colors, |
the shouts grow fainter—they die
away. The picnic is over; the long,
happy day is a memory. A truly
“Glorious Fourth” it has been, free
from the death-dealing accidents
which have in so many places left
a trail of misery and broken hearts.
The “Manayunk Method” is safe
and sane. It is more than that,
however. It is an adaptable cele-
brational form. That is proved by
its perpetuation for almost a cen-
tury in a community that has
changed in a thousand ways; proved,
too, by the greater beauty of the
pagentry, the larger attendance at
parade and picnic, year after year.
What greater commendation could
there be than that—the continued
affection of the community wherein |
the “Manayunk Method” had its
birth?
If your home town be lacking in
that “get-together” spirit which
should be ever present in a demo- |
cratic land, why not try the ‘Mana-
yunk Method?” Try it for the safe-
guards which it provides for life and
limb; try it for the friendly compe-
tition and communty co-operation
which a permanent establishment
will surel engender. Make the
Glorious Fourth a day of community
health and happiness, radiating cheer
throughout the year.
CODE FOR 1,000 MOTOR
CLUBS IS PROPOSED |
The demands from the motoring |
public for road-side beautification
and sanitation were the subjects of
discussion by the American Automo- |
bile Association's legislative commit- |
tee, which has just completed a
year's study of the subject. |
As a national code, to be advo- |
cated by 1,000 motor clubs with a
million members affiliated with the
A. A. A, the president proposed
three acts for adoption by State Leg- |
islatures: First, the creation and |
financing of a state landscaping ar-|
chitect to direct planting on the!
rights of way; second, a law regu- |
iating bill hoards as a safety meas- |
ure if not as a measure to restrict |
the commercial signs for aesthetic |
reasons, and third, the inspection
and supervision of saintary condi-
tions at barbecue stands and other
road-side caterers.
“Since the country is pretty well
out of the mud,” he said, ‘the time
has clearly come when the road
landscape architect should work hand
in hand with the road engineer and
the road contractor. The United
States Government is already com-
mitted under the law to defray part
of the cost of planting and landscap-
ing on Federal aid highways, provid-
ed the State makes this work an
integral part of its highway pro-
gram.
“Roadside catering has assumed
tremendous proportions—but only a
few States have made any effort
to formulate standards of sanitation
for the protection of some 40,000,000
motor tourists who use our high-
ways in the course of a year.
“In order to avoid discrimination
against any one business, it is neces-
sary to treat roadside commerce as
a unit. The bill board is only one
phase of the problem. He cannot
overlook the automobile junk yard,
the ramshackle hot dog stand, the
lean-to filling station, or the un-
sightly farm market stand.
“It has been contended that the
State under its police power, cannot
enact laws, zoning or otherwise, on
the basis of aesthetic considerations.
However, the courts are more and
more inclined to view the exercise
of State power from the standpoint
of public welfare in general.
“Because of this, there is every
reason to believe that the courts
would uphold the right of the States
to create different zones along our
highways and to say what com-
could be conducted
———Forest ranger towers in Cen-
with their elevations
Poe mountain
break o' day—for the “Manayunk | REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Harrisburg, tract in Miles township,
Samuel J. Bechdel, et ux, to Clara
| T. Bateson, of State College, tractin
State College; $1.
Clara T. Bateson to Samuel J,
‘ Bechdel, of State College, tract in
| State College; $1.
E. R. Auman, et ux, to William F.
Musser, of Spring Mills, tract in
Penn township; $1.
William F. Musser, et ux, to Jen-
‘nie C. Auman, of Spring Mills, tract
in Penn township; $1.
A. S. Bierly, et ux, to e B.
Tobias, et bar, of State College,
tract in State College; $7,350.00.
C. I. Korman, et ux, to George J.
Bohn, of Lemont, tract in College
township; $1.
George J. Bohn, et ux, to C. IL
Korman, et ux, of Lemont, tract in
College township; 1.
Elvira W. Peters, et bar, to Ner-
uda G. Rabert, of Snow Shoe, tract
in Boggs township; $150.00.
John A, Snyder, et ux, to Gladys
| L.. Jacobs, of State College, tract in
Ferguson township; $450.00.
Cora May Corman, et bar, to Helen
M. Schaeffer, of Bellefonte, tract in
Walker township; $1.
Helen M. Schaeffer to Cora May
Corman, et bar, of Bellefonte R. D.
2, tract in Walker township; $1.
Bellefonte Trust Co,, Administra-
tor, to Clayton E. Yarnell, of Belle-
fonte, R. D., tract in Spring town-
ship; $6,650.00.
George R. Meek, et al, to C. M.
Pringle, of Port Matilda, tract in
Rush township; $1.
C. M. Pringle, et al, to the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania, at Har-
risburg, tract in Rush township; $2,-
John W. Kilinefelter, et ux, to
Frank I. Davis, of Bellefonte, tract
in Miles township; $50.00.
Luther J. Heaton to Philip Con-
fer, of Bellefonte, R. D. 5, tract in
Boggs township; $550.00.
Bellefonte Cemetery Association to
Claude W. Smith, of Philadelphia,
tract in Bellefonte; $25.00.
C. E. Close, et ux, to Sarah Fran-
ces Wentzel, of State College, tract
in State College; $1.
Sarah Francis Wentzel to C. E.
Close, of State College, tract In
State College; $1,
James H. Holmes, et ux, to Samuel
B. Colgate, et ux, of State College,
tract in State College; $1200.00.
Delta P. fraternity, to Penn State
Chapter of Delta Chi fraternity, of
State College, tract in State College;
1.
Fannie E. Boeger, et bar, to P. P.
Henshall, et ux, of State College,
tract in State College; $8,750.00
Edwin Gustafson to Louise Gus-
tafson, of Philipsburg, tract in
Philipsburg; $1.
T. Mark Brungard, Attorney,
Commonwealth of
to
Pennsylvania, at
et al; $8,036.13.
Lizzie Yarger to Ralph Pressler,
of Coburn, tract in Millheim; $275.00
Frank Fry, et ux, to William
Wells, tract on Walker Twp.; $1.
First National Bank of Bellefonte
to Forrest W. Tanner, et ux, tract
in Bellefonte; $5,905.
Lehigh Valley Coal company to
John Basalla, tract in Snow Shoe
Twp.; $1.
John Basalla, et ux, to Joseph
Basalla, et ux, tract in Snow Shoe
Twp.; $105.
J. D. Keller, et ux, to Beryl B.
Womer, tract in State College; $1.
Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to Fan-
nie E. Boeger, tract in State Col-
lege; $700.
Edmund Meavener to Walter W.
, Tanner, et ux, tract in College Twp.;
$1.
H. E. Dunlap, sheriff, to J. W.
Stein, tract in Philipsburg; $200.
Almeda Vonada to William F.
Boob, tract in Haines Twp.; $100.
Alfred T. Poorman to Ferd Greg-
ory, et ux, tract in Snow Shoe Twp.;
$500.
Max Kriss, et ux, to Clara T.|C
Bateson, tract in State College; $1.
Clara T. Bateson to Max Kriss, et
ux, tract in State College; $1.
Frank L. Shope, et ux, to Theoca
DuBree, tract in Snow Shoe; $1.
Theora DuBree to Frank L. Shope,
et ux, tract in Snow Shoe; $1.
Agnes E. Broome, et al, Exec. to
Arthur S. Ellenberger, et ux, tract
in State College; $1.
Wilbur P. Evelyn, et ux, to Lloyd
E. Ripka, et ux, tract in Ferguson
Twp.; $8,500.
C. E. Marquardt, et ux, to Sarah
Frances Wentzel, tract in State Col-
lege; $1.
Sarah Frances Wentzel to Carl E.
Marquardt, et ux, tract in State Col-
lege; $1.
Michael McTigue, et ux, to Willard
H. Demi, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.;
$300.
Ezra HA Auman to Edward C.
Harts, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $1,-
TWO MORE ROADS TO BE
IMPROVED IN COUNTY.
The State Highway Department
has announced that two more pieces
of roadway in Centre county will be
improved during the summer with
“low-cost” surface treatment. The
one piece is the road from Martha
across Bald Eagle mountain to the
Buffalo Run road, a distance of 2.05
miles. The other is in the extreme
end of Brush valley, from a point
below Wolfe's Store to the Union
county line, a distance of 6.86 miles.
The latter will give Brush valley
people an improved road through to
Lewisburg.
THE YEAR'S ACTIVITIES
OF LOCAL SCHOOL NURSE.
The work of school nurse in a
town the size of Bellefonte is no
easy job, as can be seen from the
following annual report submitted by |
Miss Daise L. Keichline R. N., who
had entire supervision over all of |
the Bellefonte schools during the
past year.
SEHO0IS VISIO ....cucommommmmemssss.
Number of visits to Schools ..
Pupils inspected—Skin ..........
10
y h
Excluded for symptoms of Scabies ...
Excluded for symptoms of Impetigo. 28'
Excladed for symptoms of Chicken pox 33
Excluded for symptoms of Mumps - 131
Excluded for symptoms of Tonsiiitis., 17
Excluded for symptoms of Grippe.... 3
luded for symptoms of Conjunc- |
BIVIH]E | esssersamsemmsmisneassstzsssesssres 5
Excluded fo
Fever .ouuceen- 3
Visits to Pupils 485 |
Minor Treatments in 150
Referred to a Physician ... we 108
Referred to a Dentist .... 147
Referred to an Occulist . 10 |
Corrections Reported .............. 55 |
Tonsils and Adenoids Removed 8
Securing Glasses and new lens 7
Returned from Sanatorium .... 2
Nutrition Classes .......... 8
BAILANMBBIOE ....ooicesceisomndosioscroscomsiisses 46
ases referred to Relief Agencies... 53 |
Educational Material Distributed to... 318 |
Class Room rs ——— TP
Meetings Attended .. 33
Telephone Calls ...
Examined at Chest
Puritt
10 Fercum and above underweight ..
Referred to a Physician .......n..
Referred to a Dentist ...... -
Referred to a Clinic forX-ray
Chest and Mantoux Test .... -—
Pupils examined by Dr. Wiley ne
Pupla taken to Crippled Childrens’
inic at Philipsburg State hospi-
tal by Riwahis Club ..cwsquumes is
Pre-School and Well Baby Clinics
sponsored by Mothers’ Club, At-
tending Physician,
Enrollment
AtIORGARISE .sssesssssemmusemsmmasissstmmmm——
T. A. T. administered to pre-school
children by Dr. Hoffman assisted
by Miss: Noll R. N, ummm i
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic |
Dr. Hoffman.
ponsored by Kiwanis Club .Ex
amining Physiclans Dr. Foster and
Dr. Hoffman No of Pupils ex-
amined ... tases
DOMES .cemsmisssnstismminsisscssmusssmmumaenisnscssrspsus
Pupils having nasal obstruction ....
En urged thyroid .....
Chronic Meditotitis .
Internal strabismus .
Alternating strabismus
Corrections
Local Agencies affiliated and coopera-
ting:— Tuberculosis Society, Senior and
Junior Red Cross, Woman's Club, Elks
Club, Kiwanis Club, Associated Chari-
ties, Mothers’ Club, Children’s Aid So-
ciety, Needle Work Guild. |
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——Sunday was the longest day of |
the year and also marked the be-|
ginning of the summer season.
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real interest in secing that the
trees near its lines are kept sound
and healthy.
College-trained foresters carry
on the work of safeguarding these
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