1855 Deworralic; atcha 1932
The r that P. Gi Meek edited and published for fifty-seven years and
now od by his Estate at the Watchman Printing House, Bellefonte, Pa.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
IS CONGRESSMAN KURTZ POACHING ?
Fun is brewing in our new Congressional District. Under the
recent re-apportionment Blair, Centre and Clearfield
Twenty-third and as Blair and Clearfield each have sitting members
of Congress and the District has only one sitting place it is not im-
probable that we shall soon witness frantic efforts on the part of
these two worthies to say to each other: “Here's your hat, what's
your hurry.”
The Hon. J. Banks Kurtz is in Congress representing the broken
up Blair-Bedford District. The Hon. J. Mitchell Chase is the
Representative of the former Cameron-Centre-Clearfield-McKean |
District. Naturally, both of the gentlemen, like Barkus, are still
willing, but there is only one hole and two pegs.
Up to last week it seemed that Centre county would be the no-
man's land of the new District. That 1s not to be the case, however,
for Maj. Eugene H. Lederer,
tions that just can’t be confined within the corporate limits of a mere
borough and he is out on a platform all his own: Incidentally, it
appears under “Talks With the Editor” on page 7 of this edition.
The Hon. Kurtz, is a suave gentleman, who has had the habit of
getting himself elected notwithstanding the disfavor of many of the
leaders of his party in his old District. The Hon. Chase is of the
Chase family of Clearfield and if they don’t own the Republican
party over there, who does?
The fun is likely to come in consequence of an announcement
that has just been made to the effect that the Hon. Kurtz is inter-
esting himself in the matter of who shall have work on a new pub-
lic building that is to be built in the home town of the Hon. Chase.
A hen with one chicken is bad enough, but pity the ‘poor chick-
en when two hens try to brood it.
Chase and Kurtz are politicians of different schools.
have been in the game a long time, but when they come to find out
that Lederer got himself elected burgess of State College while he
was an actual resident of the township surrounding it they will prob-
ably come to the conclusion that their own counties might be con-
sidered as no man’s land when such a competitor throws his hat in-
to their ring.
Fun! We are likely to see a lot of it. And all the while we
Democrats are planning for a visitation to the gentleman who will
be the next Congressman from the Twenty-third Pennsylvania Dis-
trict if he will become the party's candidate.
THEY SHOULD DIVVY UP.
If we were writing the platform on which the next candidate |
of our party for President will stand we would put a plank in it
that would commit him to forcing the great banking institutions of
the country to pro rate the millions and millions of profits they made
out of selling defaulted foreign bonds to country banks to which
they peddied them.
Officials of inland banking institutions have nowhere to look for
guidance in the choice of investments they have to make in liquid
securities other than the great central banks that underwrite them.
Revelations in Washington last week were such as to give ground
for the conclusion that even the government was party to the plan
that flooded our country with Central European and South Ameri-
can bonds that have defaulted and fallen in price to the point where
charging off such depreciation has seriously affected the resources of
the banks that bought them.
Furthermore, in some instances, the country banks sold these
bonds to their customers who, finding themselves heavy losers, nat-
urally have had their faith in the wisdom of their local bankers
shaken:
Charges have been made that the State Department did not
refute the statements to the effect that they gave their guarantee
to the safety of the bonds for investment purposes. Such state-
ments were freely made when the big banks that made millions in
commissions ouy of the sales were unloading them on their corres-
pondents.
The transaction would not have been so bad if American bank-
ers had not been advised that in the case of the South American
issues, especially, those countries were indulging in an orgy of bond
flotations, many of them for projecis that hold no possibility of re-
turns for years to come.
Billions of American dollars were locked up in South America
with the hope of stimulating trade with the countries that were in
the market for money. The only effect was to make millions of
dollars for the great American banking syndicates that sold the
bonds. Trade with those countries has fallen off, many of them
are on the verge of bankruptcy and the money that might have help-
ed start the wheels of industry in our own land is locked up where
it can’t be recovered for years. If, indeed, it can ever be recovered.
—Mr. Leopold Stokowski suggests the idea that some day the
micrometer will gauge the music we are to hear. Of course Leo
knows a lot more about the technique of music than most of those
who listen to it. About a year ago he put his micrometer on the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and emitted some pseudo-music
from the Academy there that was simply awful. Some years ago
the wise boys started te refining salt. A few years later the country
became alarmed because of increasing cases of goitre. An investi-
gation revealed that the salt refiners, in order to make it white, had
taken all of the iodine out of nature's product. Nature had put the
yellowing substance there for food for the thyroid glands. Now we
have iodized salt again and goitre is on the wane. Mr. Stokowski
is a great musical technician, but he will never understand what
music is until he puts his micrometer away and takes human heart
strings for the harp on which he plays.
—Since all the big politicians, the big bankers and the big busi-
ness men have been unable to concoct a cure for the depression
let’s try laughing it off. Laughing at the beggars who have been a
horse-back for the last ten years.
—Chancellor Bruening declares that Germany can’t pay:
Such an admission would reflect on our friends, the late enemy, if
it were not the fact that nobody else shows any disposition to pay.
—And Governor Pinchot is said to be thinking of calling anoth-
er extra session of the Legislature. He must have discovered that
Pennsylvania has $366,000 more that might as well be wasted.
—The tragedy at Rockview, on Wednesday,
was just another
case of science having created a Frankenstein.
constitute the |
burgess of State College, has ambi- |
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman issue
of January 20, 1882.
—Last year the
beneficiary
ditional law Judge, who received
$4,448.60. The highest amount paid
the State by the county was $2,-
255.58 for tax on loans of the Bald
Eagle Valley R. R. Co.
—Mcses Romick has been
pointed post master at Hublersburg.
—The opposing parties in a law
suit rode over from Centre Hall in
Rush Larimer’s coach the other day
and got to fighting on the way.
Rush finally landed them in town,
but they had black eyes and bloody
(noses and the interior of his coach |
| was badly torn up.
| —William Rankin's faithful and
| very tractable horse died on Tues-
| day.
| —William Kerstetter, collector of
| taxes in Millheim borough, attended
a concert last Saturday night and
returned home to find that it had
been entered and robbed of $290.00
lin cash.
—There were forty-five seekers
| after religion at the mourners bench
!in the Bellefonte Methodist church
on Wednesday evening. Bellefonte
would be a pretty good town if the
others—would go and do likewise.
| —A good story comes up from
Milesburg. They have four preach-
{ers down there who have joined in
|a union campaign for temperance.
The reverend gentlemen have been
working themselves into frenzies
during the weeks they have been
exhorting their hearers to temper-
ance, moderation in their use of lig-
uors. Our good friend Kohlbecker
jruns a hotel down there at
| “the ardent” is dispensed. The day
| before Christmas a 20lb gobbler, all
{dressed and ready for the roaster,
was presented at the homes of each
(of the four clergymen, with
| “Kohley’s” compliments. The night
after Christmas the climax of the
| temperance meetings was scheduled
to be held. A great congregation
{ had gathered for it and not a single
| Dominie appeared. They had all
| been so intemperate on “Kohley's"
[turkey that they were in no condi- |
| tion to preach temperance to any
| one.
William A. Schreyer, late of
| this place, died in Williamsport last
| Saturday morning. He was a son
(of the late Allen Schreyer and a
| brother of Mrs. Daniel Garman, Mrs.
| Jonathan Harper and Mrs. A. Hoff.
! man, of Bellefonte and a half broth-
‘er of Charles, Benjamin, Hayes and
| Harry Schreyer, all of Bellefonte.
| —The Mill Hall furance
| operated by Capt. Austin Curtin is
now the property of Beaver, Emery
and Auchenbach, owners of the nail
works here. The furnace is being
repaired and will be put in blast °f four thousand feet.
| soon.
| —Report has it that ex-
Superintendent of Schools
Meyer, of Rebersburg, and brother
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Millheim Journal, are dreaming of
| forensic fame in the legislative halls
'of Pennsylvania. Here's hoping
| their dreams come true.
New York City.
| From the News of Tona-
‘wanda, N. Y., under date of Jan. 6,
11931, we clip the following editorial
comment laudatory of a former
| Bellefonte resident. For some years
{George S. Grimm was superintend-
ent of the Nittany Iron Co. in this
place. From here he went to Punx-
sutawney to take charge of the fur-
naces there. Then he moved on to
| Tonawanda, N. Y., where larger
stacks called for the supervision of
a master hand. He has been in
Tonawanda ever since, but it ap-
pears that he has found time to
sandwich in some welfare work with
his hobby of iron
We congratulate Mr. Grimm.
Most anybody can break into the
| news columns of a newspaper,
it takes some notable service to
cause editorial comment like the fol-
lowing:
“North Tonawanda provides the
1932 chairman of the Niagara coun-
ty supervisors and Tonawanda just
missed filling the same office in Erie
county.
George S. Grimm, veteran fifth
ward representative at Lockport, de-
feated the Niagara Falls candidate
by more than two to one. It was
a victory apparently of Lockport
and North Tonawanda over Niagara
Falls, which means more than just
electing a chairman. Two candi.
dates from the towns were poor also
rans.
Arthur G. Fries, lone supervisor
from Tonawanda, proved him-
self a political strategist of high or-
der by maneuvering promise of the
important highways committee chair.
manship in return for dro out
of the race for the board
ship, for which he had the votes.
Chairman Grimm will get no more
salary but he will pick
board committees and wield other
influence that cannot fail of advan-
tage to North Tonawanda. We be-
lieve it is the second time this hon-
or has come to a local supervisor.
Congratulations, Mr. Grimm.”
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MRS. HARRY GREENBERG
TO CONTINUE BUSINESS,
Mrs. Harry Greenberg will con-
tinue in business in Bellefonte. The
store of her late husband, at the
corner of High and Spring streets,
will be conducted under her man-
agement and she wishes to assure
the public that the same careful at-
tention will be given to remodeling
fur coats, tailoring and cleaning by
which the late Mr. Greenberg built
Ivania Penitentiary, has made a decided hit |
State College received $40,000.00 with the entire staff of men who
from the State. The next largest look after the business end of the
was John H. Orvis, ad- institution and perform the clerical |
ap. friendly “good morning” greeting for
which |
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the high reputation for satisfactory
work.
A HODGE—PODGE OF
NEWSY INCIDENTS.
The Rev. John W. Claudy, the Third Grade of Bishop Street Has
‘new superintendent at Rockview Highest December Attendance.
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'and Ruth Hunter
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Mid-year examinations will be
held in the High school Jan. 20, 21,
22 prior to the close of the first
work in the main office. He is Semester. In many of the High
‘not one of the kind who holds him. | School Jouraee Yoview work is al
[Sel Extisive 2 his own private of- |", 1, erade and High school tesch- |
y Sows inte the ers report interesting ‘X-mas va-
main ofice Brat and has a hearty, | vons” Several traveled far with
educational interests in the fore-
ground. Mr. Stock, Mr. Dale and
Mrs. Krader attended the education-
al convention at Pittsburgh. Mr.
Beaver spent some time at the State
Library in Harrisburg in the inter-
est of the debating team.
A debating club is being formed
in the High school in order to pre-
pare for the coming debating sea-
son. The members of the club will
choose from its’ number the debat-
ers for the coming season. Mr.
Dubbs, Miss Forbes, and Mr. Beav-
er are especially interested in the
development of the team, and will
assist in the proper preparation of
the members of the team.
all. He also made it known that
he appreciated the hearty co-opera-
tion of the entire force during the
(first week of his administration and
complimented the men on the large
amount of work they had handled.
' Rev. Claudy's activities in church
{work and public affairs generally
have no doubt served to broaden his
views on life in general and convine-
ed him of the fact that a man is a
man regardless of his work or po-
sition, and that whole-hearted co-
operation can be best obtained
through friendly, cheerful associa-
tion than through snobbish exclu-
siveness.
Many men when placed in a posi-
The assembly program Friday |
morning, Jan. 8, was especially at- |
tractive and educational. The art!
exhibit furnished by Kurtz Bros. |
Clearfield, Pa., was very interesting.
This exhibit acquainted the students |
with many famous paintings. An. |
nette Decker and Martha Brugger |
gave interesting descriptions con- |
cerning two of the paintings. The
exhibit was composed of over 80
paintings, direct reproductions of the |
originals.
HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
The Christmas presents, which |
were made by the home economic
students of the high school are fin-
ished, and the regular sewing les-
sons resumed. Princess slips, and
also form filting slips are being
made.
In the furnishing of ideal homes,
‘the kitchen, dining room, and living
room are now being worked on. The
rest of the house is to be furnished
'by the end of the first semester.
This week, (January 4-8) vege-
tables were studied. Reports were |
given by the students on the varie- |
(ties of vegetables. Some vegetables |
were also prepared by buttering and
Tioga county it looked almost hope- scalloping them, caulifiower, cab.
less after the drillers had gone down bage, and spinach being three of the |
three thousand feet without striking Vegetables. |
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tion of trust and power, as well as
many employers of labor, consider it
beneath them to mingle with the
men working under or for them, and
never think to compliment them on
a job well done or the quantity of
work peiformed. They fail to rec-
ognize the fact that every man is a
human creature who likes to know
that his efforts are appreciated and
a word of approval now and then
produces a most satisfying result.
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When Jim Leitzel circulated the
story of the big gas strike near
Howard, last week, he started a
general stampede of half of How-
ard’s residents out to the foot-hills
of the Alleghenies to see the gas-
spouting well, only to meet with
disappointment when they found
that there was no foundation for
the report. But, while there has
been no big strike as yet, that is
no evidence that there never will be.
Gas men and geologists claim that
the big gas belt that has been tap-
ped in Tioga county extends down
into Centre county, so there is still
hope.
When the first well was drilled in
any indications of gas and the com- The studies have been progressing
pany putting down the well was rapidly, and are interesting to tthe
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go deeper. The matter was con- | ATTENDANCE |
sidered for some days and finally | During the month of December |
they decided to go down to a depth |the Third grade, taught by Miss
A contract Helen Harper, established the best
| was made with the driller to go to | record for attendance at the Bishop |
Ithat depth and if gas was not struck Street building and for the
entire |
to stop. school system. In the Allegheny |
Drilling was resumed and finally buildings Fifth grade and the Sen- |
» the portly editor of the the day came when the four thou- Ors lead the grades and High school |
d foot mark was reached. The respectively.
tools were drawn up and the well | It is interesting to note in the]
baled out and still no sign of gas, Percentages that follow that the at- |
The driller had filled his contract |tendance in each grade at the Bish-
and could have moved his machinery ©P Street building was better than
t of the corresponding grade in
been found for years. But the head [the Allegheny buildings.
driller was not entirely convinced The percentage of attendance for
that the field was barren so he saiq 2l!! grades for the month was 96. |
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to the men of his crew: “Bo Grades Bishop Allegheny H. School |
men back of this job have ireated Mt —%7 Bae Frome Mi)
2nd, 91.7 91.6 Sophmore 93.9
us pretty white. We have com- grd. —98.9 87.8 Junior 91.7
pleted our contract and can quit 4th, —97.8 92.9 a ry
now; but let's give it one more 5th. —85.0 94.3 #
whirl on our own just for luck.” 6th. —96.7 92.1
The tools were again dropped into 7th. —93.7 92.1
| the well and inside of an hour the Sth. —97.8 92.8 |
biggest flow of gas ever struck in ATHLETICS
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Jesse Burd, of Lock Haven, and
Louise Coble, of Houserville.
Archie A. Norris, of Pleasant Gep,
Campbell, of
Petersburg, Va.
Frank Gulo, of Nanticoke,
Elizabeth Shinkarick,
Mills.
William Fye Holmes, of State Col-
lege, and Helen Fye Nelson, of
Bellefonte.
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and
of Osceola
TRIUMPHANT
NEW
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Other Studebaker
Betterments
Armor-Plated Bodies
Automatic Starting
Automatic Ride Control
Full-Cushioned Power
Full Automatic Spark Adjustment
Air-Curve Coachcraft
New Convertible Body Styles
New Inside Sun Visor
No-Glare Sloping Windshield
Heat Resisting Sponge Rubber
Floor Mats
All Bodies Insulated Against Heat,
Cold and Noise
Closed Bodies Wired for Radio
Improved Brakes.
New Airplane Type Instruments
on Dash
Free Wheeling Dial
Electric Gasoline Gauge
Reflex Tail Light
New Airplane Type Steel-Backed
Engine Bearings
Greater Cooling Capacity
Finer Body Hardware
Chromium-Plated Steel Spoke
Wheels
One-Piece Fenders
Steel Running Boards
J February 1st.
| ing have been almost completed.
Pennsylvania was reached. It was The Bellefonte High school bas-
that last “whirl” that turned the ket ball team suffered two losses DRASTICALLY
trick and today sixteen wells in that | during the first week of the season. LOWER PRICES
section are belching forth millions of On Tuesday evening, January 5, the
feet of gas every day. So it may | Bellefonte Hi-Y club defeated the .
be at Howard if the men back of High school with the final score be- [DENT 2 [us
the drillers ‘have the backbone to ing 26:16. The game was a good 135° W.B.—I21 H.P.
. I on Sie teams were pretty even- pe Ee an Tor 1 1090 vod
ma A ‘ham,
Almost one month of the winter yr Caldwell, Haupt, Dry, McCaf- Sedan, a 1690 id
season is gone, the days are grow. ferty and Wilkinson played for Hi-Y Sou. for St... 18% New
ing appreciably longer, so far we land J. Caldwell, Rossman, Ulrich, Sedan, for 7°. 1790 | 369
have had comparatively little snow Whippo and Gingery represented the| Limousine, for 7°... | 1890 | 568
and no intense cold weather and be- High school.
fore we realize it we'll have to hang — DICTATOR EIGHT
(up the coal shovel and get out the | On Friday evening Jan. 8, Lewis-| Ir W.B—$3H.P.
lawn mower. 100s High Jptantad Bellefonte 42 to Coupe, for 2%... ie nn
. r team was very much "ham.
The Associated Charities are still handicapped in size. Hassinger was Br. Regi Blam, for 54 Ho r
functioning but according to report outstanding for Lewistown with 26 | Comv. Roadster, for 4... | 1030 | New
the money in hand will not carry the points to his credit. Caldwell was Convertible Sedan, for 5 | 1095 | New
work along more than a month or (high scorer for Bellefonte with 7
six weeks; and if some of the stories points. Our team was composed of EIGHT
being told are true there are cases Caldwell, Rossman, Ulrich, Whippo,| fas. %- 50! H-F. Kiso
Ww, te ssa v—
"i Be. 39gist ance rendered was |Gingery, Knapic and Keeler. st. B'ham, for 5°f | 1350 od
One of the Sedan, for 5° reer | 1350 | 238
stories told is that of one of the of-, ——Sheriff John M. Boob took in| Cony. Roadster, for 4. | 1350 | New
ficlals of the organization going to his first woman prisoner, Saturday| Coavertible Sedan, for5t| 1465 | New
a certain home to make a little in. night, in the person of Mrs. Jennie
vestigation of his own. Nobody was Philips, of Philipsburg, who was| STUDEBAKER SIX
at home but the children and when committed to jail in default of $1,- ii oR tad
he asked for their parents he was | 500 bail on charges of manufactur-| of former70 H.P. 1932 Free
told that they had taken some can- ing, possession and sale of intoxi- Wheslin
ned goods that had been given them cating liquors. When her place| shook absorbers. #150
up town to seil in order to get mon- Was raided, on Saturday afternoon,| $ioeter iss
ey to go to the movies. by State police, they found a quan-| Coupe, for 2°... $840) $5
‘tity of alleged beer, twelve pints Loupe fu 4 | 8901 8
——Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Of alleged whiskey, six pints of StRegis B'ham, for S°| S00 | New
Emil Roth, of Bellefonte, celebrated alleged gin, a bottle capper and| gedem Bor SP ou | fog | pee
the 52nd anniversary of their mar- Various materials used in the| @opvertible Sedan, for 5| 955 | New
riage, which took place at Newber- bootlegging trade. Mrs. Philips EE eee
ry, Lycoming county, on January formerly plied her trade in Clear- Jefecy Slam alt;
8th, 1880. Mrs. Roth, prior to her |field but was chased out of that funll sodels of nasetis eee.
marriage, was Miss Jane Rager. Fol- |county in November and promptly Wired fos radia, Vlvenk sine Ramps i
lowing their marriage they lived at |located in Philipsburg and estab. spare tires =tra. -— . bt —
Stettseille, Columbia county, and it |lished her illict business there. ~~
was while working in a woolen mill ——————— KZ
at that place that Mr. Roth got his| ——The favorable weather for GEORGE A. BE ER
left hand caught in a picking ma- building, so far this winter, has en- North Water St.
chine and so badly mangled that it abled the firm of George Rhoads BELLEFONTE, PA.
was necessary to amputate his arm. |Sons to make good progress on the
Mr. Roth celebrated his 76th birth- | big garage and stock room of the
day anniversary yesterday while West Penn Power company, with the RR
Mrs. Roth will be 82 years old on result that the walls for the build-