' | FIFTY YEARS AGO A HODGE PODGE OF | THIRTEEN LO.OF. LODGES | PATIENTS TREATED > i IN CENTRE COUNTY. NEWSY INCIDENTS REPRESENTED AT ! AT COUNTY HOSPITAL. 1855 1932 — ee | BIG GATHERING HERE —— : | Joma taken, trom The Watchman ius Betwen twelve and one o'clock, a |p Ble Harshberger, of Penn- lished seven years | of March ‘one night recently, a car stoppd in. On the evening of Saint Patricks’ | a Furnace, was admitted now iS Yue I rio Meh ao iod, 403. Published for Difty-seven You pind —We are to have “Hazel epi Ju alley leading off north Spring day Centre lodge No. 153, I. O. O. F, Monday of last week as a medical Eaftors, i ee ive Tau repr (1, Bellefonte, and four young of Bellefonte, Pa., was the host of | patient. GEORGE R. MEEK CHARLES L. GATES MARY GRAY MEEK | oveq by the original Madison | men scrambled out and scattered in| the members of the lodges of Cern- Mrs. Catherine Brown, of Belle- = Square Garden Company. (several directions. A number of dogs tre county who held a joint meeting fonte, was discharged on Monday of I red oe the. Bory Bok pais accompanied by the real | —The fight over whether J. H. Were cavorting in that neighborhood in the Bellefonte hall. last week. fonte, Pa., as second class matter. name of the writer. <u < or Pierce Musser is to be and it was only a question of a few After the routine business of the Mes. A Selby, of State College, Terms of Su ~Until further In dress ha¥® | justice of the peace of Millheim has minutes until one of the men had a lan ant daughter, were discharged aia wouiue tutes: “It in important that the publisher be Deen decided in favor of the former. | dog at the end of a rope and whistled pr py Bren cv icted noble grand CNG IMAL daughter, wer Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 when a subscriber ‘wishes the The case has been hanging fire since j signal to his companions. The four ed over the meeting to district de- Mrs. Dora Williams, of Bellefonte, DE oi pd adh Yi rT RB | he Section of ast Rebrumy a Mus. Of them were quick to gather at the puty grand master “Jerry” Altender- after undergoing surgical treatment, be sent without cost to applicants, date of cancellation, ‘ser had a majority of one, but Myr. Car and lifting up the rumble seat fer who explained that the purpose Was discharged Monday of last week. | Reifsnyder contested it. The argu- Were in the act of storing the dog in- of the meting was to meet and hear Spurgeon E. Laird, of Bellefonte, BELLEFONTE, PA, - . = - - - MARCH 25, 1932 | pent was made before Judge Elwell, Side when a resident raised a window deputy grand master A. A. Grant, Was discharged on Friday after hav- A GENERAL SALES TAX WILL NEVER PASS above The proposed general sales tax is proving very unpopular. In fact so much so that it has ended the entente cordiale in Congress and threatened such a split in that body as to give little hope of a continuance of the smooth working organization it has been its assembly in early December. The government is terribly in debt. Its present revenues are in- adequate to meet the expenditures authorized during the days of the great inflation. It cannot go on forever issuing bonds, for even- tually such financing would lead to repudiation. In order to main- tain its credit and the integrity of its present bonded debt the time has come where it must start the practice of paying as it goes. Unfortunately. however. it finds itself with insufficient income to do that. Even with drastic retrenchments wherever such retrench- ments can be made without seriously interrupting normal service. Because there are scarcely any imports revenue from tariff has fall- en off. Early returns from income taxes reveal a tremenduous shrinkage from that source. Necessarily new sources of revenue had to be sought and the general sales tax was proposed. Such a levy has always been a red flag in the face of the people of the United States. but it seems inevitable, since there 1s no other place for Congress to turn with hope of raising enough revenue to balance the budget. The only hope of the passage of such a tax bill lies in a com- promise that would exempt actual necessities. In fact the proponents of the proposal before Congress have already been forced to yield on that point. All sides realize that there is an emergency and right of way has been given to discussion of the measure. What the final outcome will be nobody knows. Exemption of actual necessities, the sop that has temporarily mollified the antagonists of a general sales tax, might germinate jokers that will hold up final action many months. Who is there, for instance,who can say what an actual neces- sity is? Many of the commodities that a person with an income of ten thousand dollars a year might regard as necessities are lux- ‘of Columbia county, specially presid- i | since | ing here, and resulted as stated —The schools of Port Matilda closed on March 24. During the term there was an average attendance of 919% of the 82 scholars enrolled. David D. Ross, John W. Williams, John Williams, Harry Cowher, Or- landa Lewis, Susie Whippo, Molly Murray, Lulu Conley, Myrtle Walker and Sara Williams were among the 27 scholars who didn't miss a day in attendance. —On March 21st, at the residence of the bride's father, Dr. Roland G. Curtin, of Philadelphia, formerly of Bellefonte, was married to Miss Ju- lia Taylor Robinson, of Hartford, Conn. Dr. Curtin was raised in the house ‘at the corner of High and Allegheny uries in the estimate of the one who is happy if he is receiving half | that sum. Actual necessities is a relative term. So relative that the Con- gressman who has been accustomed to having caviar when he wants it is going to have trouble reconciling his ideas of what necessities should be exempt with the colleague who smiles when a chuck roast graces his Sunday dinner table. . Al sales tax will be passed by Congress, but it will be far from being a general sales tax. VOTING MACHINES NOT YET ADEQUATE The utility of voting machines in Pennsylvania elections is com- ing in for much discussion in consequence of a condition that has arisen out of preparation for the coming primary election. As at present constructed none of the machines already in use in the State have facilities for handling for positions on the Democratic ticket. Leo A. Werner, of Harris- burg, was desirous of being a candidate for alternate-delegate-at- large to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. When the petitions for places on the ticket were counted it was found that just one more had filed than the machines have capacity for recording. Mr. Werner had a right to be a candidate. His papers as many candidates as filed | passed over Bellefonte on Monday were in proper form and there was no reason why his name should not have gone before the electorate of the State. To do that, how- ever, would have involved the districts that have already installed voting machines in an outlay of half a million dollars to provide paper ballots. When this fact was discovered Mr. Werner withdrew his name. It was a very magnanimous act on his part. There was: no more reason for him to withdraw than there was for any of the other candidates for the same office. A discussion of the ethics of his action is not pertinent to the condition that brought it about. The quandary is as to the probable utility of voting machines. Under the open primary any qualified elector who can secure the required number of signatures to his petition for a place on the streets that was torn down to make room for the present Heverly build- ing Editor's Note. ~—Walter Bayard has recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever. —It is “Dr.” Joseph Brockerhoff now, the young man having gradu- ated in medicine now has a right to the title. ~—Squire Shannon, of Centre Hall, is reported as being so ill with ty- phoid-pneumonia that he is not ex- pected to live. : ~The rooms in the Brockerhoff house lately occupied by the Centre County Banking Co., are being fitted up for Graham's shoe store. -—L. A. Shearer, late of Philips. burg and now living in Idaho Springs, Col,, has been elected vice president of Idaho Springs Gold and Silver Mining Co. Dr. G. F. Hoop, also of Philipsburg, is the secretary and treasurer of the company. —William R. Jenkins has just pur- chased and taken possession of the new brick house built by Dr. Hayes, on east Linn street, This is the present home of D. A. Grove and his family Editor's Note. —Dr. Stewart, of Burnside town- ship, is credited with having had the two best rafts that went down the Susquehanna on the spring floods. He | sold them in the Lock Haven market | at 24% per foot. — William has bought the old Presbyterian “Wigwam” that is so unsightly at the corner of Lamb and Spring streets. He paid $55 for it and will use such material as he can salvage in building himself a new house. ~—Another heavy thunderstorm | evening. ——A darkey named George Wash- ington, who works at Kohlblecker's hotel in Milesburg, was struck by a locomotive on Tuesday and escaped | death miraculously. He was sitting | on the railroad tracks near McCoy | and Linn's dam and the engine hit | him with such a force as to knock him well out into the water, He was | hurt Sadly, of course, but he'll get over it. ——— A —————— NEW TROOP BOY SCOUTS OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED. Boy Scout troop No. 2 was offi- i cially organized and officers installed ‘at a meeting in the Evangelical | tAcket has a right to be a candidate for the office he seeks. There | is no law that prevents that right and there ought to be no con- ceivable condition that would deny full enjoyment of it. However, since there is no limit to the number who may enter a primary con- test for a given! office it is apparent that no one can forsee just what capacity a voting machine should have to meet all the possible demands on it. The Werner case is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania, but it offers food for thought for Secretary Beamish. That gentleman has been most persistent in forcing the purchase of voting machines on reluctant County Commissioners. Of course he has been justified by law, but why force their purchase when it has become apparent that they might often become inadequate to render the service re- quired of them. Until the primary laws are amended to limit the number of can- didates who may file for any given office or voting machines are so constructed as to accommodate all who may enter there is going to be grave doubt as to the wisdom of investing in them. ~The significant feature of the recent primary in North Da- kota was not the fact that Franklin D. Roosevelt handily defeated “Alfalfa Bill” Murray right in the country where he was supposed to be strongest. The real encouragement Democrats get out of that contest lies in the return of five times as many votes as their party has ever before polled in a primary in that State. And reports have it that there were so many Republicans anxious to change their par- ty alignment that there were not enough ballots provided with which they could record their intention. Mrs. Pinchot opened her campaign for Congress at May- mart, Pa. by charging that our international bankers, the power trusts and utilities, generally, have taken the place of “the Pharoahs and Caesars, as the kings, emperors and slave owners of an ex- ploited people.” The dear lady was skating on thin ice when she made that statement. The nearest would-be king, emperor and ex- ploiter of the people that Pennsylvania has ever known is the gentleman for whom she pours the Java at breakfast. ~——Reports of earnings of the railroad companies of the country for February are being made. Almost without exception, they are showing decided increases. This is not, however, indicative of a pick-up in freight and passenger business. It merely reflects im- proved earnings in consequence of the general wage cut that be- came effective February 1. ' i ‘ { 1 i 1 : 1 i ' i { t i church, on Sunday night. Chief scout - executive Kenyon Woodey, of Lewis- town, had charge. i Twenty-one Scouts received their tenderfoot badges and membership | cards during a very impressive can- | dle service which was given by mem- | bers of Troop No. 1, under the di- rection of Donald Cochrane. The charter was presented to the troo committee by A. C. Hewitt, chair- man of the local council. The follow- ing members of the troop committee were present: Musser Gettig, chair- man; Charles Keller, Earl Campbell and Rev. A. Ward Campbell. Donald Keller was elected as assistant scout- master. Mr, Woodey was presented by F. T. Augustine with a certificate of Scoutmastership. The following patrol leaders were selected: Samuel Holderman, beaver | patrol; Kenneth Ridge, raven patrol; Witmer Symmonds, flying eagle pa- trol. : The troop roster is as . follows: David Arnold, Gerald - y Donald Billett, Earl Bloom, Charles Coble, Victor Dann, Samuel Eckel, John Galalda, Samuel Holderman, Francis Jodon, Robert Jones, Joseph Kofman, Robert Miller, Donald Rich- ards, Kenneth Ridge, Earl Shawley, Joseph Shuey, Franklyn Stevens, Witmer Symmonds, Billy Waite, Wil- liam Witmer, Robert Barraclaugh, LeRoy Bilger, Carl Gingery, Richard Gray and Hoy Houck. ———Beginning Tuesday, March 22, there will be on display at The Pea- cock Art and Gift Studio a complete showing of Easter flowers. Open every evening. 12-2t -———Among the eleven candidates who took the preliminary examina- tion, at Clearfield, last week, for the Culver Military Academy scholar- ship were Harry L. Bland, Ira LeRoy Hall and William B. Shaw, of Snow Shoe, and William J, Krone, of Clarence. The scholarship has a ten- tative value of $6000. dled at 4 O'clock on and asked what the idea was in stealing the dog. The young men were somewhat nonplussed at being caught and when the man told them he had the license number of their car and would turn it over to the police in the morning they quickly released the dog and jumping in the car drove away as fast as possible. While it is’ not certain who the young men were the gentleman who frustra- ted their attempt to steal a dog has a suspicion they were new fraternity men at State College, and that steal- ing a dog was one of the parts of their initiation. Burgess Harris was informed of the actions of the quar- tette but as no report of a stolen dog was made to him it is quite evi- dent they went somewhere else for their dog. A peculiar coincidence, however, is the fact that the morn- ing following the attempted theft ‘another dog was found in the same alley with part of its head chewed off and a policeman had to kill it to put it out of its misery. There is one town in Centre county that's got it's head above water, not- withstanding the hard times, and that’s Unionville. It has no out- standing bonds, has aii obligations paid and about $2500 in it's treasury. Some years ago the borough council floated a bond issue for the purpose of installing a water system. The water was piped from a spring on Muncy mountain and is entirely a | gravity system. The bonds have all been paid, the town has an ample supply of water with 75-pound pres- sure at its fire plugs, and the water rate is one of the lowest in the State, running from $3.00 to $7.80 a year. For the latter sum a property owner can have as much water as he wants, water in his garage, at the barn, pave wash, a spigot in the garden and a bath tub in every room if he wants it, Talking to a merchant in the east- ern end of the county, the other day, he remarked that his section was ' just now beginning to feel the hard times. Farmers, he averred, have drawn pretty heavily on their sur- plus bank accounts owing to the low | prices for everything and are cutting down their purchases to absolute necessities. When we ventured the supposition that he was carrying pretty heavy book accounts he un- hesitatingly stated that such was not the case. That practically all his customers are good pay and when they didn't have the money to buy they went withont. Judge M. Ward Fleming has au- thorized the board of trustees of the Centre County hospital to float a bond issue of $70,000 to pay off the $30,000 loan negotiated when the new wing was built to the institution and the other $40,000 for use in building a new nurse's home. The purpose is a worthy one, but with money as hard to get as it is these days where will they sell the bonds? Sunday will be Easter, the day of new hats and new dresses, but we venture the assertion that more than one woman in Bellefonte is! hoping for anything but fair weath- er that day because she will have no new outfit to go out in. At a public sale in Pennsvalley, aggregate of the sale, which is about | ‘the average for several years past, ® meeting last evening. evidence that there is still some money in the county, and that the farmers have a fair share of it. | | Every Centre countian interested! Colonel Walter B. McCaskey will i ‘in the conservation of fish and game nd his duties as head of the R. ‘ought to attend the meeting to pe T. C. department at the Pennsylva- held at the Nittany Lion Inn, State | College, on April 4th, for the purpose of forming a county organization. Bellefonte, especially, ought to be | well represented in order to more favorably impress Fish Commission- | er Deibler to make good his promise of a supply of big trout for Spring | creek. ~The showing of Easter flowers at the lowest prices. The Pea- | cock and Gift Studio, 19 W. 12-2t penitentiary, | Wednesday | afternoon of last week, as the re- sult of a heart attack. The remains | were shipped to Latrobe for burial. | A ——————— ——Before buying Easter flowers | see the display at The Peacock Art and Gift Studio. Potted plants, cut flowers, corsages made to order. 12-2t | -——-~At the congregational election for lay delegate to the coming an- nual Conference of the Methodist church the Bellefonte church chose C. C. Shuey by a vote that was high- ly complimentary to the gentleman. ‘of the roads the attendance was ex- 20d jollier than ever. lon Monday of last week. of Scranton, and the three live wires "8 undergone three day's surgical ‘of Odd Fellowship in Pennsylvania treatment. A. E. S. Montgomery, Scranton, Pa.| James C. Showers, of Pleasant and grand high priest of the En- Gap, became a surgical patient last campment; Frank Shannon, Pitte- Tuesday. burgh, Pa., past grand master; and | Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wetmore, of R. H. Sims, Wyoming, Pa., a past Pine Grove Mills, are receiving con- district deputy grand master. In Etatulations upon the birth of a their visits to the various lodges of daughter, at the hospital last Thurs- the State the latter hree combine 98Y- and are known as the “Three Musket- Mrs. Edith B. Peters, of Milesburg, eers.” was admitted Tuesday for surgical treatment. Past district deputy grand master George W. Jeffries, 11 months old Lester Koons, of Jersey Shore, was son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jeffries, appointed by D. D. G. M. Altender- of State College, was discharged fer to introduce the viiting officers. Wednesday after undergoin surgical P. D. D. G. M. Sims was the first treatment for a day pases. Ne eg 5 oven = the Charles Miller, of Bellefonte, R. D., dv d Fellowhip in an- wag discharged las . thracite regions and after listening Ey Helm been a medical ; to his forceful talk on the principles patient Miss Betty Ann Miller, of Belle- of the order his audience agreed that te, a He I8 Tot tiem onte, a surgical patient for a day, was discharged last Thursday. Mr. Koons then introduced P. G. M. Miss Eleanor Schenck, of Howard, Shannon. Mr. Shannon, who is now was admitted Wednesday for medi- a candidate for the office of grand ca] treatment. secretary of the grand lodge of Penn- Miss Sarah Brungard, a student sylvania, gave a very enlightening nurse at the hospital, was discharged talk concerning the Odd Fellow Or- Wednesday after undergoing surgi- phans home at Sunbury and their cg] treatment. present requirements. He also out- Miss Genevieve Rider, a student lined the duties of the various lodges nurse at the hospital, a surgical pa- in supporting the home. tient, was discharged last Wednes- Mr. Montgomery was next pres. day. ented and talked on the principles of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller, of the Encampment and explained why Half Moon Hill, are the proud par- all subordinate members should try ents of a son, born at the hospital and attain these higher degrees. He last Thursday. also stressed the need of spreading Craig Grafmyer, of Milesburg, a the gospel of friendship and fellow- surgical putient, was discharged last ship throughout the communities. Friday. Mr. Koons then introduced deputy Herbert Hockenberry, of Spring grand master Grant who appealed to township, became a surgical patient all Odd Fellows to practice the pre- on Friday. cepts of the Order in all phases of Mrs. Charles Hines, of Potter their every day life and in that way | township, is a surgical patient, hav- spread the principles of Odd Fellow- Ing been admitted on Friday. ship. D. D. G. M. Altenderfer then ap- UNDINES CELEBRATE pointed past grand John H. Frizzell, | ST. PATRICK'S DAY of State College, to express the —s thanks and appreciation of Centre The Undine Fire Co. held their county to grand officers for their annual banquet last Thursday eve- visit. ‘ning in celebration of St. Patrick's In spite of the conditions of some 92Y and it was bigger, and better, laid for 125 guests in Wes Septionally g9od, Thi lodges. oom, which under the artistic di- presented and visitors re- presenting four other counties and rection of chairman John Kane, of two other States were present. ‘the banquet committee, was trans- The speeches were out of the formed into the most beautiful set- ordinary and all present expressed 'Ng We have ever seen for one of their approval of the evening's enter- these Undine affairs. tainment. Sheckler’s orchestra furnished the | music and a long list of distinguish- Vv CELEBRA ed visitors responded to toasts pro- HI-Y CLUB ST BRATED DAY | posed by the Undine's popular chief, a 380. Carpeneto, who presided. Among The Hi-Y Club of Bellefonte, under Ne speakers were Father W. E. the leadership of George Reuben DOWnes, Sen. Harry B. Scott, James Meek Jr. celebrated St. Patrick's RB. Hughes, John J. Bower, Charles day with a party at Hecla park, last | E- Dorworth, Robert F. Hunter, Roy Thursday evening. Fifty-five young | Wilkinson and John G. Love, of people were present’ with secretary Bellefonte; E. J. Thompson, of L. C. Heineman, of the Y. M. C. A., Philipsburg; P. A. Zindel, of Lock and coach Miller, of the Bellefonte | Haven; Abe Yearick, of Lewistown: High school, as honor guests. The | Randall Graham, of Philipsburg. evening entertainment consisted of | various games and Shari. The CANTATA TO BE GIVEN committee in charge of the program / RCH consisted of Albert Osman, Edmund nN How 34D ony McCafferty, Paul Emerick and Rob- A cantata, “Our Living Lord,” by , will be presented in the ert Thal. : i Evangelical church, at Howard, of g The officers of the club during the | past year were George R., Meek Jr. which Rev. W. E. Yingling is pastor, president; Roy Wilkinson Jr. vice next Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, president; Melvin Fore, secretary, by the choir of St, John's Lutheran and Albert Osman, treasurer, and so church, of State College. The choir interesting have they made the meet- 'is composed largely of students. A P ne | free-will offering will be lifted, : received $209 ings that there has been an average {et He a oral of. $930. ne attendance of twenty eight. Officers | ———— A ——————— : fail to obtain a license or certificate 'of registration before April 1 will POPULAR COMMANDANT be guilty of breaking a new State TO LEAVE PENN STATE. law, After that date there will be a /fine of $100 or ninety days in jail for every barber who practices his O. trade without his certificate prom- inently displayed near his chair. —— ——The annual Easter sale of potted plants and cut flowers, will be held at the Geo. Miller hardware store beginning Wednesday, March 23. Beautiful flowers will be on sale at reasonable prices. 12-2t nia State College, in June, petoring to War Department orders recei Colonel McCaskey has been head of the de- partment at Penn State for the last four years. Receiving his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Penn State in 1896, the Colonel en- | tered the employ of a railroad com- pany. Soon after, he launched out on a military career which has taken him to many parts of the world and numerous posts in the United States. Before coming to Penn State, in 1928, he was commandant at Fort Doug- las, Utah. ——William H. Smith has pur- chased his late mother's house on north Spring street. Having bought the interest of the other heirs in the property he expects to occupy it himself. | THELMA THOMAS WINS ORATORICAL CONTEST The third annual contest of the Young Peoples Missionary Circle of the Bellefonte Evangelical church was held in the church Monday eve- ning, March 21. There were four contestants: Miss- es Thelma Thomas and Mae Miller and Harry Beck and William John- son. i The judges, Miss Verna Ardery, E. J. Teaman and Roy Keeler, awarded the silver medal to Miss Thomas and it was formally presented by the pastor, Rev. A. Ward Campbell. -———Buy your Easter flowers at The Peacock Art and Gift Studie. 12- -———The “History of Bellefonte” is the subject of a talk which Miss Mary H. Linn will give to the Wo- man's Club of Bellefonte, at her {home on Allegheny St, on Monday evening, at 8 o'clock March 28. All interested are invited. —— The annual Easter market of St. John's Reformed church will be held at the Voriety shop on Satur- day, March 26th. Home-made pies, | cakes, bread, Etc, will be on sale.
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