WOMAN BADLY BURNED | NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. Kenneth H. Goode, of State ‘College, was granted a patent, last week, for a new invention on an “electric meter. { ——The Federal Land bank of! Baltimore has sold the former Mol- | lie E. Confer farm, of 135 acres, lo- | cated four miles from Mt. Eagle, to Mr. and Mrs. Miles Q. Etters. —-John F. Smith Jr. for several years a clerk in Montgomery & Co, “store, of Bellefonte, severed his con- nection with that business firm last ‘week, by resigning his position. | ~The Junior choir, a group of | i the young singers of Bellefonte that tion probation and parole officer for taxen by Mrs. Daisy Henderson, are being trained by Mrs. Paul S. Beaver, will hold an open “choir | meeting” in the chapel of the Pres- Tuyterian church, on Tuesday eve- ‘wing, February 16, at seven o'clock. | “The public is cordially invited. | ——Last Saturday afternoon coun- | ‘ty detective Leo Boden and a num- oer of the State police raided the ‘mome of “Doggie” Meyers, near -Jacksonville, and confiscated seven | cases of alleged home brew, a 20- .gallon crock of beer mash, a 10-gal- lon empty crock and other brewing paraphernalia. Meyers was held in ~$1000 bail for his appearance at! ‘court. | _ ——The first meeting of the new- | Ly organized choral society of Cen-! “tre Hall, under the direction of Al-| berta ‘M. Krader, was held Friday evening, Feb. 5, at the High school building there. There was a fine ‘turn-out, and the success of the first ‘rehearsal assures a very splendid _performance in March, of the can- “tata selected as study material for “the course. ——Theugh it is well onto three | ‘weeks since the sudden disappear- | “ance of Fred Loveland, clerk at the Penn Belle hotel, and a Bellefonte “woman, no trace has been found of “@ither one. Loveland’'s household fumiture, which is heavily encum- bered with bills of sale, is to be ‘sold at public sale, on a landlord's warrant, tomorrow afternoon, on a “glaim for unpaid rent. _——The three Bellefonte banks will be represented at the thirty-seventh -annual meeting of Group Six, Penn- “sylvania Bankers' Association, to be held at the Penn Alto hotel, Al- ‘tooma, today. Eighty-two banks in six counites are represented in mem- bership in the association. The will be John W. t, t of RE ——Eighty-eight mcre students ‘enrolled at the Pennsylvania State “College for the second semester this “year than last,” William S. Hoffman, «wolege ‘registrar, reported at the re- “opening of colleg .. When all reg- “suroliment for the second half-year “will be 4400, Hoffman said, and the gross for fhe year will be 5000, or ‘alightly more, the largest in the his- ‘Bory of the college. | ~=——The Bellefonte High school basketball team lost two games last week. The first one, with Philips- burg, was anybody's up until the last minute of play. With the score 23-22 in favor of Bellefonte a Phil- ‘ipsburg lad sunk a short field goal ‘and snatched victory away from our ‘team just as the final whistle blew. ‘On Friday evening we met Lewis- ‘town for the second time this sea- son and went down to defeat by the score of 37 to 17. -— ‘Officials at Rockview peniten- | “tiary have been notified that Thomas Lewis, who escaped from that insti- ‘tution last August, was recently ar- ‘rested in Sacramento, Cal, on the “charge of carrying concealed deadly | ‘weapons and given a six month's’ prison sentence. A detainer will be Yodged against him and when his ‘Term has expired there he will be i | i i i | | | sion. | drive boys and young SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT. During the past year Roy Wilkin- son, desertion, probation and parole officer, collected and paid over to deserted wives and children in Cen- tre county the sum of $11,617.00, which, while slightly less than the amount collected and paid over last year, is still a very credit=ble sum considering the world-wide depres- Mr. Wilkinson's complete re- port for the year, submitted to the court last week is as follows: To the Honorable M. Ward Flem- ing, President Judge of the courts of Centre county: Sir:—I have the honor to submit my fourth annual report as deser- the year ending December 31st, 1931, as follows: PORMARE .eoreuecsmsssne- . 54.00 : Expenses ..... 203.00 Traveling Expenses . 1433.35 Total sees S5190.35 RECEIPTS Balance in Bank Jan, 1, 1931... $2250. Fines ... 6549.15 Costs... 3000.25 Support 11666.36 Rea tution _, bets ssa n n Expen . Taxes Ty mem . 10.256 TORRE .oiovireiiuriscssmomassstanisssesss $26465.21 DISBURSEMENTS Co. Com. Fines and Costs... $8843. Sup, seman . 11617.00 Restitution .. . 2695.94 Lyi In Ex 641.25 iscellaneous Costs .... 47.74 Iva Burkey, Tax Col. cu 5.20 M. S. Hosterman, Tax Col. .... 5.06 Thos. Mosier Dep. Game Warden 800.00 J. J. Slautterbuck, Secretary .... 100.00 Com. ol A gy L hd Wig a 200.00 . D. Rearick, Stipulation ...... i Bade in Bank Jan. 1, 1932... 1259.71 TOMI ccmssiasmsmeistemssese $26465.21 SUMMARY The results accomplished by this branch of the court for the year last past is indeed gratifying, when com- | pared with the report for the year 1930, notwiths the increased duties and responsibilities thrust up- on us. Family disorganization, eco- nomic incompetency, poverty, lax conduct and broken homes are prob- lems every probation officer must at- tempt to solve. The quest of new experiences and advercures to offset the humdrum and often depressing influence of home environment is one of the compelling motives which men to asso- ciate with disorderly companions or in groups or gangs. The steady increase in crime gives grave cause for concern for the fu- ture of the young men of our coun institutions is a sub- Ject for careful thought and study, with the idea of sweeping changes to meet exis The penal institutions of this Com- monwealth, including county jails, contain 6000 cells, and in these were confined, on June 30th, 1931, 9000 True it is always industrial depression, but nevertheless, existing conditions call for grave thought and consideration. The lack of employment during the past year has placed this office in an exceedingly embarras.ing po- sition in collecting funds for support from those under order of court, but the majority have responded to the best of their ability under very try- ing conditions, although this re shows a slight falling off in c - tions as compared with the report for the year 1930, but that must be expected. The duties imposed upon this of- fice are becoming more thoroughly understood, with the result more cases are being adjusted, resulting in the saving of costs and expenses which necessarily follow court pro- ceedings. During the year 1931 the quarter session docket discloses that the justices of the peace returned 91 cases wherein defendants were dis- charged for want of evidence, and costs aggregating $1458.05, placed upon the county of Centre. 3 Ardery, Miss Anna oo. Helen Schaeffer, Mrs. Paul Beaver, that crime Brought back here for sentence. "Fy again wish to touch on WEATHER REPORT FOR MONTH OF JANUARY. H. P. Parker, U. 8, LOCAL CHAPTER D. A. R. HONORS WASHINGTON. The Bellefonte chapter, D. A. R, at its meeting in the Presbyterian chapel! last Thursday evening, cele- brated the two hundredth anniver- sary of the birth of George Wash- ington by the presentation of a pageant, a “Candle Time Revery,” | entitled “Living Pictures fom Wash | Wasmgton Lao a oy he temperature being 10 degrees or |sion. The pageant, in eleven effec- | MOTre above normal. ‘tive scenes, pictures events chosen The monthly mean temperature from various periods of Washing- Was 38.5 degrees, the monthly mean ton’s life, as “Receiving his commis- maximum was 45.5 degrees and the sion,” “Christmas at Mount Vernon.” monthly mean minimum 31.5 de- Mrs. Charles F. Mensch, repre- 8rees. The highest temperature senting “The Archives,” gave the Was 70 degrees on the 14th, and the Airport, Summarizes January Weather. The weather of January was characterized by light snowfall, nor- mal precipitation and unusually high temperatures, the monthly mean | 1 historical setting of the picture in lowest 15 degrees on the 31st. The | which moved George Washington, 8reatest daily range in temperature his mother, Mary Ball W {was 29 degrees on the 14th and the | Martha Washington, Nellie Custis, least daily range was 3 degrees on Lord Fairfax—these parts being the 3rd. There were 12 days with (grees. The warmest day was the 14th, with a mean temperature of |56 degrees. Honey bees and vari- ous small insects were flying about during three days and many plants | Miss May Taylor, Mrs. Ivan Walker, | Miss Mary Woodring and Mrs. M. |Ward Fleming, respectively-—and | many of their contemporaries, whose | parts were taken by Mrs. Eleanor | McDowell, Mrs. H. Laird Curtin, and trees put forth leaves and blos- Mrs. W. T. McCormick, Miss Verna sSoms. The last day of the month McCoy, Mrs. | was the coldest ,having a mean tem- Mrs. Augustus ‘perature of 19 degrees. Heverly, Miss Roxy Mingle, Miss’ The total precipitation for the Isable Ward, Miss Kate Shugert, | month was 3.06 inches, of which land Elizabeth Thompson, Mary 0.82 inch fell in 24 hours on the 1st Fleming, Eliza Curtin, Cheryl Mc- and 2nd. Cormick, Nancy Curtin, Thomazine snow, of which 1.8 inches fell on the 82 | ~irtin, Winifred Fleming, Mary 2nd and most of the remainder on | Catherine Walker, Blanche Locke, the 1st. Precipitation in some form {and Robert Curtin and James Cur- | occurred on every day of the month tin. | except the 9th, 11th, 14th, 20th, Appropriate musical selections by | 24th and 28th, Mrs. William C. Thompson, Mis$, here was 1 clear day, 7 partly ‘cloudy and 23 cloudy. On 16 da; Jack Yeager and Donald McCormick | there was precipitation of 0.01 oy ‘enhanced the effect of the different or more, The prevailing wind was | scenes of the pageant. from the southwest and west. ~The pageant was given under the | maximum velocity was 37 miles per | Eelent management of Mrs. Charles | hour from the southeast on the Mensch, who proved a remarkably | jth. f successful producor. _| The monthly sea-level barometric Through its State College mem-} 0 0 wes 30.12 inches, the high- bers the chapter received an invita- est 30.57 inches on the 16th and the | tion to the Washington bi-centennial 1oWest 2048 ches | celebration to take place in recrea- " C on the 30th. | tion hall, State College, on Monday, | February 22nd, at 7.30 o'clock. The hostesses for the evening were Mrs. A. O. Furst, Mrs. John Gray Love, Mrs. David Dale, Mrs. James C. Furst and Mrs. John Curtin, for whom a committee, Mrs. H. G. Witter, chairman, of the young women’s missionary society of the Presbyterian church served refresh- ments. ——January’ was a good month so far a little toward re- court offices, also submitted his an- nual report to the court. In it he states: Complaints received during the year, 134; complaints investigated, incorrigible combined 2.87 inches for 20 years of record. + ' At Fleming, 1859 to 186: inclusive, the mean monthly precipi- tation was 2.69 inches; and at State College for 44 years, 1888 to 1931 inclusive, it is 2.98 inches. The record for State College is most de- pendable because or a long, contin- | uous record. The average snowfall in Belle- fonte for 15 years, 1901 to 1907 and | tre Hall for 28 years, 1896 to 1927 inclusive, (four years missing,) itis 12.5 inches; and at State College for 38 years, 1890 to 1927 inclusive, it is 12.6 inches. During the 4 years of record for January at the Airport 14; committed to Mills, 2; committed to Phoe- nixville protectory, 1; committed to Sleighton farm school for girls, 1; placed on tion with juvenile officer, 6; 4. Sixteen juveniles were brought be- fore the court on petition of the juvenile officer and neglect, 15 of whom were plac- ed in charge of the officer and one placed with the Blair county Chil- dren's Aid society. The total num- ber of cases appearing before the court during the year was 36. Three petitions were presented to the court under the mental health act, one of the subjects com- mitted to the Polk State school while two cases are yet pending. Eleven ju es were taken to the House of Good Shepherd, in Phila- delphia, on court order and one to ing only 4.7 inches. Previous unusually high January monthly mean temperatures are as follows: In Bellefonte, 35.6 in 1906, 32.1 in 1911, 31.2 in 1909 and 30.2 in 1901; at Centre Hall, 34.4 in 1913, 33.6 in 1906 and 31.2 in 1919; and at State College, 36.6 in 1890, 34.8 in 1913, 32.6 in 1906, 32.2 in 15894 and 1916, 31.6 in 1919, 31.0 in 1911, 30.8 § i 1] record for January are below 30.0 | degrees. the situ- | Previous cold months of January 1916 to 1923 is 15.2 inches; at Cen- the snowfall has been light, averag- in 1931 and 30.6 in 1889. All oth- | er monthly mean temperatures of | Lewis was serving a term of tento ‘twenty years for ~escaped. ——William Osman, a clerk in| “the Potter-Hoy hardware store, has | warchased the David Miller store, in Bush's Addition, and will take charge |