i.
INK SLINGS.
BY GEORGE R. MEEK.
—The New York Giants, without
John McGraw, will be as colorless
as Hamlet without the melancholy
Dane.
—In the estimation of those who
had anticipations of drinking it the
seizure of that truck load of gin
destined for State College, probably
spoiled commencement entirely.
— While we congratulate Brother
Sheetz, of “The Mountain Times” on
having landed the mercantile ap-
praisement advertising we'd like to
know how in the h—— he got it.
—The defeat of Smith W. Brook-
hart for renomination as the Repub-
lican candidate for United States
Senator from Towa means that that
State will send a Democrat to rep-
resent it in the seventy-third Con-
gress.
—Of the hundred thousand and
more young men and women who
will be graduated from the colleges
and universities of our country this
month only those will succeed who
are not discouraged when they dis-
cover there is no royal road to suc-
«cess.
_ —Thus far the Governor's confer-
ences preparatory to calling a sec-
ond extra session of the Legislature
have gotten nowhere, simply because
his exaggerated ego won't permit
him to believe that the judgment of
others is worthy of any respect
from him.
—Be sure to read the “Fifty
Years Ago” column in this issue.
‘Whether you are young or old or
whether or not you are interested
in what was happening in Centre
county half a century ago, there is
one item in it that will be sure to
cause a good laugh,
—The resignation of Mr. Dawes
from the presidency of the Federal
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
has probably given President Hoover
a few sleepless nights. “Hell 'n
Maria” wouldn't have deserted that
service to his country had he not
felt that the President was headed
the wrong way in his conception of
what the Corporation was enacted
for.
—Young Mr, Rockerfeller's con-
clusion that the Volstead Act has
been a failure and should be repeal-
ed will carry no conviction, what-
ever, to many others who advocated
and support it. The net result of
his rather sensational about-face on
the question will be merely admi-
ration for a man who has the cour-
age to admit he is wrong when he
becomes convinced that he is.
——Governor Pinchot has ordered
a slash in the State's budget for
the fiscal year that began on June
1. Of course it is to come off the
appropriations made for the charit-
able and educational institutions of
the State.
think of dropping any of that army issioners had of the ousting
of eight hundred and thirty-two new cy ek of the old members was
sycophants he has added to the pub- ,.n the board met at the court
lic payroll since he came into office | ge, Tuesday, to close up the
seventeen months ago.
—We're all perked up. Last Fri-
day evening we stepped out and
landed three trout, Three might not
sound impressive to those of our
piscatorial friends who have not
plumbed the depths of ‘“‘skunkdom”
as often as we have this season.
When we tell them, however, that
. one was fifteen, another eleven and
the third eight, they will understand
that “the old man” had a thrill that
has told that fear that he was slip-
ping tv scram.
——As their national convention
approaches leaders of the Republican
party are becoming more and more
excited about the Prohibition jues-
tion. Like Banquo's ghost. it will
not down and conferences are being
held, daily, at the White House in
the hope of constructing a plank
for the platform that will be wet on
one side and dry on the other And
the worry seems so needless. For
no matter what kind of props they
. build under their candidate he won't
have a look in in November,
—No act of Governor Pinchot,
since he has been a figure in the
public life of Pennsylvania, has been
the cause of his falling in the re-
spect of the good people of Centre
county quite so much as his recent
disruption of the Mothers’ Assist-
ance Fund Board of the county.
Were it not that so many worthy
mothers and children would suffer
in consequence we would urge our
County Commissioners to withdraw
from co-operation in the Fund, In
fact, we have heard that they have
considered such a procedure.
—We have much sympathy for
the rich poor devils who are having
such trials adjusting -themselves to
the new order of things, We never
coveted their money, though we
think we might have done much
more good with some of it than the
most of them did. ‘Never having
known a want not supplied we, who
have seldom known a day of such
luxury and satisfaction, have little
conception of the depths of dispair
those whose wealth has been swept
away by the depression are plumb-
ing. Some might say “It's good for
them,” and, maybe, it will be, but
those of us who have been used to
hard knocks can rise above them
much more easily than those who
have never known that there were
such things.
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The Governor couldn't’
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VOL. 77.
THREE NEW MEMBERS ON
CENTRE COUNTY BOARD
MOTHER'S ASSISTANCE
Two Old Members Ousted in Favor
of New Appointees Though Terms
Would Not Have Expired Until
1985.
Petty peanut politica as exempli-
fied in the removal of two of the
old members of the Mothers’ Assist-
ance Fund Board practically in the
middle of their term and the ap-
pointment of two new members has
caused a furore of sensational ex- |
citement in Bellefonte and Centre
county, this week, and resulted in|
the board of County Commissioners |
sending a letter of protest to Gov-
ernor Pinchot with a strong rec-|
ommendation that the old board be
retained intact. |
The old members removed are
Mrs, John £. Walker, of Bellefonte, |
who was one of the original ap-|
pointees when the Mothers’ Assist- |
ance Fund was established fourteen
years ago by act of the Legislature,
and has been the very efficient secre- |
tary and treasurer of the board |
from the time it started to function
up to the present time; and Mrs
G. S. Frank, of Millheim. who was
appointed by Governor Fisher in |
1929 for a term of six years, |
The new appointees to take the
place of the above two women are
Mrs. Helen E. Dale, of Bellefonte, |
wife of former Judge Arthur C, |
Dale, who is at present chairman |
of the Workmen's Compensation
Board, and Mrs. William Young, of |
State College. who, it is understood, |
is a former Philadelphia woman.
The other change is the appointment |
of Mrs. Ruth Crain, of Port Matil-|
da, to take the place of Mrs. E. H.
Harris, of Snow Shoe, whose term |
has expired, The term of Miss Mary
Hunter Linn, of Bellefonte, has also |
expired and Governor Pinchot offer- |
ed her a reappointment but she
wrote the Governor declining to ac-
cept it.
The only appointment that has so
far been openly announced from the
Governor's office is that
Crain, word of the other two changes
having come to knowledge through
an announcement of the Welfare
Department, but it was verified on
Wednesday afternoon, so far as Mrs. |
Dale is concerned, when she filed |
her oath of office in the prothono-
tary’s office.
The first official notice the County
business for the fiscal year
which ended June 1st, That the
change did not meet with their ap-
proval was manifest from the em-
phatic way in which they expressed
themselves. In an effort to prevent
the change in membership they sent
the following letter to Governor
Pinchot, duly signed by every mem-
ber of the board:
Hon. Gifford Pinchot,
Governor of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, Pa.
My Dear Sir:
We very much regret the pro-
posed change in our Mothers’ As-
sistance Fund.
Our present Board is made up
of splendid women. They have
been very efficient, economical and
thorough in this work, and we
strongly recommend the retention
of the old Board intact.
JOHN. 8. SPEARLEY,
H. E. HOLTZWORTH,
J. VICTOR BRUNGART,
County Commissioners.
Whether the above protest will
have any weight with the Governor
remains to be seen, as up to this
ceived, The act of the Legislature
creating the Mothers’ Assistance
Fund and providing for the appoint-
ment of boards of administration in
each county specifies that the com-
missioners “may” recommend to the
Governor candidates for appoint-
ment but there is nething in the act
to make it obligatory on the Gov-
ernor to follow the recommendations.
And inasmuch as such appointments
do not require confirmation by the
Senate the Governor has the right
to “hire and fire” at will, or when-
ever he deems it politically expedi-
ent to do so.
Six of the seven members of the
old board were present at the meet-
ing at the court house, on Tuesday.
They were Mrs. Frank Gardner, of
State College, president of the board;
Mrs. John S. Walker, secretary-
treasurer; Miss Mary Hunter Linn
and Mrs, John S. Sommerville, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. G. 8S. Frank, of
Millheim, and Mrs. E. H. Harris, of
Snow Shoe, Mrs. Charles McGirk, of
Philipsburg, the other member of
the board, was away from home and
unable tc attend the meeting,
Meeting with the board, on Tues-
day, was Miss Laura F. Porter, an
itinerant State worker in the inter-
est of the fund, and it was to her
‘massed band concert preceding the
| Stackpole and several regular army
| into flour. The four additional car-
| loads will come along at different
the Commissioners told what they
STATE
BELLEFONTE, PA.
,
BELLEFONTE GIRLS WILL
COMPETE IN HORSE SHOW
AT ALTOONA TOMORROW
RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
—
84-YEAR OLD WOMAN
SPENDS NIGHT AND TWO
DAYS IN MOUNTAINS
As a feature of Altoona's Flag | Saw Searching Parties Hunting for
Day celebration to be held by the
Charles R. Rowan post, No. 228,
American Legion, there will be a|
horse show tomorrow afternoon in |
which delegations from troops at
Clearfield, Tyrone, Bellefonte and |
Altoona will take part. There will |
be riding events for women as well |
as men, and the young women who
will represent Troop L, of Belle-|
fonte, are Misses Catherine Farley, |
Betty Musser and Pearl Shope. All|
of them are experienced horsewo- |
men and we expect to See them |
| come home with a ribbon each, at,
least. i
In the neighborhood of twenty
American Legion drum corps are
expected to take part
in the com- |
petitive drill this (Friday) evening,
which will be the opening number Ward Burd, where she spent the for an invocation by Rev.
on the two day's program. This,
will be followed by a brilliant dis-|
play of fireworks and a dance to-
night,
There will be a big parade at one
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and a |
show which will be held on the
Maple avenue field.
United States Senator James J.
Davis has signified his intention to
be present and State officers who
are expected include Lieut. Gover-|
nor Edward Shannon, Major Gener- |
al William G. Price, Brigadier Gen-
eral Edward Martin. and Adjutant
General David J. Davis. Col. E. J,
officers will also be there.
————— A ——————
FIVE CARLOADS OF
GOVERNMENT WHEAT
COMING TO BELLEFONTE
The two carloads of government
flour received some time ago by the
Bellefonte chapter of the American
Red Cross for free distribution
among the unemployed has all been
used and burgess Hard P,
put in a requisition for five addition.
al carloads, three for Bellefonte and
the territory covered by the local
chapter and two for the Snow Shoe
region.
Instead of sending flour, however,
the government shipped wheat which
will be turned into flour at the mill
of C. Y. Wagner & Co. The first
carload, about 1400 bushels, has ar-
rived and is now being converted
intervals.
——On Thursday of last week
Governor Pinchot appointed Mrs.
Ruth A. Crain. of Port Matilda, a
member of the board of trustees of
the Mothers’ Assistance Fund of
Centre county, as successor to Mrs.
Jean M. Harris, of Snow Shoe. whose
term had expired. He also appointed
Walter T. Wrye, of Warriorsmark,
a justice of the peace to succeed
the late John T. Patton, deceased.
mm
thought of the matter. Of course
Miss Porter had no authority to
make any official statement as to
the reason for the change in the lo-
cal board which the Commissioners
termed as outrageous proceedings.
So far as Mrs. Walker and Mrs.
Frank are concerned, it is not the
fact that they have been fired from
the board that hurts as the dis-
courteous way in which it was done.
And then, again, it has all the ear-
marks of a reflection on their in-
tegrity and disposition of the fund
placed at their disposal.
And no man or woman in Centre
county, or the State at large, can
question the handling of the Centre
county fund, Every member of the
board was super-conscientious in
regard to the distribution of the
money in order to make it go as
far as possible in aiding dependent
mothers and children. Under the
law the board is authorized to ap-
propriate ten per cent of the fund
as expenses of administration but
the Centre county board kept it's
expenses down to about three per
cent and devoted the balance to
further relief of the needy.
As stated above Mrs. Walker has
been secretary-treasurer of the
board ever since its organization
fourteen years ago. A woman train-
ed in business methods during her
girlhood days and continuing in ac-
tive business all her lifé, she had
the active handling of the fund,
making out of voluminous reports,
etc., for which she did not receive
one cent of pay, and in many cases
paid small items of expense out of
her own funds. Not another board
in the State was as economical in
the administration of the fund or
turned in better monthly reports
than the Centre county board and
the appointment of four new mem-
bers cannot help but result in a
Her but Evaded Them and Return-
ed Home Alone.
Mrs. Sarah Burd, who since the
death of her husband, John Burd, |
several years ago. has made her
home with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Charles I
along the road towards
Holt's Hollow, in Boggs township,
left home last Friday mornifg,
went into the foothills of the
Allegheny mountains and though a
hundred or more men and boys
literally scoured the woods Friday
night and all day Saturday she man-
day evening, when she made her
way to the home of her son, Ed-
night in the barn then went to the
JUNE 10. 1932.
<4
NO.
. PE -_
FLAG TO BE RAISED
BY P. 0, 8. OF A. IN
HONORING FLAG DAY
The P. O. S. of A. of Bellefonte
and Centre county will celebrate
| Flag Day tomorrow evening by
| raising the Stars and Stripes on a
pole erected in the southwestern
corner of the court house yard, and
presenting the same to the county.
The event will open with a parade
! which will form at the P. O, 8S. of
| A. hall, in the Jodon building, at 6
| o'clock. It will include the Belle-
| fonte camp and visiting delegations
| from other parts of the county.
{P. O. of A. ladies, commanderies,
| Etc, The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
| Brooks-Doll post of the American
| Legion and Troop L. have also been
|aged to evade them and remained | invited to take part.
in the mountains until dark, Satur- |
| District attorney John G. Love
| will have charge of the presentation
| ceremonies. The program provides
Robert
Thena; presentation of the Flag by
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
—The U. S. bureau of internal revenue
last week found an overassessment of
$20,045 in the income of Dorothy A. Quig-
ley, of Lock Haven, for 1825. The bureau
refunded $19,324 and credited §721.
—The Berwick Lumber and Supply
company submitted the low bid to the
department of property and supplies for
the construction of a new armory build-
ing at Mansfield. The low bid was $33.-
000.
—Suit for $20,000 was filed last Thurs-
day by Oil City against W. W. Holt,
former city treasurer, and his bonding
company, for alleged delinquent taxes.
Holt, defeated for re-election in Novem-
ber, held the office for 16 years.
—Sheldon Richardson, 28, of near
Gettysburg, is in the Adams county jail
charged with manslaughter as the result
of an automobile accident which resultad
in the death of Raymond Hurley, 33, of
Iron Springs. Richardson lost control of
the car and it upset. :
—State and county officers are investi-
gating the theft of 100 prize trout from
the Bakersviile hatchery, near Berlin,
| Pa., the past week. . The robbery was
| the third at the hatchery recently. The
| trout stolen were from the special pond
| where about 200 prize trout are kept for
| breeding purposes.
—In the latest of a series of robberies
which have extended over a period of
eight weeks, the safe in the W. B. Math-
| er mill, at Benton, was cracked on Fri-
| day and $150 in cash and $50 in checks
taken. About the same time a store and
gasoline station in Benton was burglar.
ized with $20 loot.
—Larceny of mortgage bonds valued at
| $150,000 was charged against Ralph and
| J. H. Mengel, brothers and officials of
| the New Home Savings and Loan Asso-
| ciation, of Reading, by J. L. Rhoads.
| secretary, in warrants served on Monday
| afternoon. They furnished $25,000 bail
house about 7:30 o'clock on Sunday Judge M. Ward Fleming; acceptance each for a hearing Thursday afternoon.
morning, apparently as unconcerned
as if she had returned from a visit
at the home of a neighbor.
Mrs. Burd is 84 years old zad
though she is in good heziin h&f
mind is not as active and acute as
in former years, and withal she is
On Friday morning her daughter,
Mrs. Lucas, had gone to the home
of her husband's mother, Mrs. Rob-
ert Lucas, to assist in houseclean-
ing, the latter woman being badly
crippled with rheumatism, When
Mr. Lucas went in to dinner he
failed to find his mother-in-law
about the house and naturally con-
cluded she, too, had gone over to
his mother's. When Mrs. Lucas re-
turned home about four o'clock and
found her mother missing she call-
ed several neighbors on the tele-
phone in an endeavor to locate her,
but without avail. She then made a
search of the house and finally
found a note written by her mother
in which she said she had gone
away for good but had left a five
dollar bill in the clock for her
ter, Mrs. Daisy Emehn-
“of Mill Hall The five dollars
' were found in the clock and a fur-
ther search revealed the fact that all
of Mrs. Burd's clothing was missing
from it's accustomed place.
News of the aged woman's dis-
appearance quickly spread and men
and boys in that locality hunted
through the mountains until after
midnight. Saturday morning they
were again out at the break of day.
Boy Scouts from Bellefonte and men
from Milesburg, Yarnell and other
Saturday without finding a trace of
the missing woman. The men rested
on Saturday night and the hunt
was resumed at an early hour Sun-
day morning, a large crowd being
in the woods when the woman un-
ceremoniously walked into the home
of her son to get some breakfast.
News of her reappearance was
promptly sent into the woods and
the searchers called off.
Mrs. Burd claims she spent Fri-
day night in the mountains and that
she both saw and heard the search-
ers on Saturday but kept out of
their way purposely, When she left
home she took an extra dress and
change of underwear with her, and
for something to eat the heel of a
loaf of bread, which was all she had
until she returned home. Before
leaving home she had secreted her
clothing in the bottom of an old
trunk and in the folds of bed-cloth-
ing stored in an unused closet. It
was in the latter place her pockét-
bock, containing $37.50, was also
found. Notwithstanding her age
she seemed none the worse for her
adventurous trip.
STATE COLLEGE YOUTH
ARRESTED IN DUBOIS ON
BOGUS CHECK CHARGE
Austin Eisenman, of State College,
was arrested in DuBois, Seturday
morning, on the charge of passing
begus checks. There were two checks
passed, ons at the Hay Drug com-
pany and one at the Klewans store,
both checks having been given in
payment of purchases made and for
the exact amount of the purchase.
Eisenman is at present under
parole in the Centre county court.
At the September sessions, 1931, he
plead guilty to passing a worthless
check at State College and was
placed on probation for a year after
his father had made good on the
check and paid the costs in the
case.
When he was arrested in
DuBois he returned the purchases
he hau made and paid for with the
bogus checks and the merchants
there being loath to prosecute the
case against him he was brought
back to Centre county to answer to
disorganization of the work.
the charge of breaking his parole.
| of flag by County Treasurer Robert
| F. Hunter; raising of the Flag
| while the I, O. O. F. band plays the
“Star Spangled Banner; addresses
| by Judge Albert W. Johnson, of
Lewisburg, and Harry J. Farr, of
| Sayre; expressions of thanks by
| material and labor toward the flag
| raising; the rendition of “America”
by the band and adjournment.
| Following the flag raising a festi-
| val and band concert will be held
lon the Krader lot, on Howard
street, near the Logan fire company
building. Members of the P. O, 8S. of
A. would appreciate it if business
men and individuals will display
their flags during the day.
STATE COLLEGE PEOPLE
PROTEST ANNEXATION OF
LYTLE'S ADDITION
The people who live in Lytle's Ad-
dition literally don't know where
they are at. They have been booted
back and forth by the annexation
until they are uncer-
tain whether they belong to the
borough or the township. In fact
when they go to bed at night they
up in the morning.
College township don't want the
Addition and State College don't
want it, so there you are. The an-
nexation scheme was originally
started, according to some of the
interested attorneys, by the road
supervisors, poor overseers and
| school directors of College township
places, one hundred or more, literal- | who were anxivus to get rid of the |
ly combed the woods all day on settlement by having it annexed Cedar Springs and Nittany by Henry
{to State College. The borough was |
not anxious to have it and blocked
the original proceedings,
Another petition was presented to
the court and Judge Fleming grant-
ed the same temporarily pending
the report of the auditor on June
30th and the filing of an answer of
any opponents to the annexation.
And now it develops that not only
will a protest be filed by borough
council of State College but that
body will be joined by the school
board and overseers of the poor.
And indications are there will be a
lively legal clash before the matter
is finally settled, either for or against
annexation.
ALTCONA BOY MISSING
FROM FARM HOME IN
BALD EAGLE VALLEY
James J. Barrett, of Altoona, is
anxious to know the whereabouts of
his son, Frank James Barrett, who
disappeared from the home of Mrs.
Mary Flick, near Unionville. on the
evening of May 5th, and no trace
of him has bee: found up to the
present. ‘
The boy is 14 years old, slight of
stature, weighs about 90 pounds
and has a slight limp in his right
leg. He has blue eyes, light hair and
fair complexion, He was a member
of the Freshman class in the Altoona
High school. For some time past he
had been afflicted with a nervous
ailment which affected his mental
condition. On advice of the family
physician he was taken to the farm
home of Mrs. Flick on the morning
of May 5th with the hope that the
outdoor life would prove beneficial.
That evening he asked permission
to hunt for a pocket comb which
he claimed he had lost. He went out
of the house and failed to return
and that was the last seen or heard
of him.
The boy's father is a yard brake-
man for the P. R, R. company, in
Altoona, and has no financial means
to pursue a hunt for his son, who
is one of a family of ten children.
——Mr. and Mrs, Paul Crust have
taken the Tate apartment, near the
post-office, recently vacated by the
Copleys.
are uncertain where they will wake
| Fourteen children were given trial
| at York, on Monday, on a charge of
| non-support brought by their 75-year-old
| father, Samuel A. Bankert, West Man-
| heim township. Judge Niles, in ordering
| six of the sons who own farms to pay
| 1 sa week for the support of their
| parent, took occasion rebuke
to the
endowed with considerable cunning. John G. Love Esq. to business men defendants for lack of filial affection.
| and others who contributed money,
—William Busch, Pittsburgh, asks $50,-
000 damages for being run down by
three steers of the Oswald & Hess com-
| pany, Pittsburgh packers, in a suit filed
| in common pleas court, in that city, last
| Wednesday. He alleges he suffered a
fractured jaw and several fractured ribs
and back injuries when three steers es-
| caped from the company's packing plant
and ran him down while he wes walking
along a nearby street.
—Blind in his left eye for 11 years,
Evan Jones, borough councilman of
Shamokin. is again able to see. Jones
lost the sight of his eye in a mine acci-
dent. A month ago he was hurt in a fall
in a Shamokin firehouse. He spent three
weeks in Shamokin State hospital as =
result of the fall. After he was dis-
charged he noticed that the sight was
gradually returning to his left eve und
today he is able to see normally with
both eyes.
~Four Danville men were arrested by
fish warden Albert 8. Snyder, in Union
county, charged with illegal setting of
lines in Weikert creek. A warning was
issued by state forester Raymond Win-
ters, of Mifflinburg, that if illegal fish-
ing is not halted cabin leases on State
land will be revoked. The men were
Robert: Lee, Rubin Andrews, John Geist
and George P. Baker. The first two men
paid a fine of $20 each and costs. The
other two were released.
Seven pairs of wild Kansas jack
rabbits, purchased by the Clinton county
Fish and Game Association from Rango,
Kansas, have been released in Sugar
Valley, Rauchtown, Avis, Mackeyville,
Cree, of Woolrich, president of tue
| county association and William McKin-
| ney, of Avis, chairman of the game
committee. M. O. Welshans, of Rauch-
town, a director in the association, has
ordered three additional pairs to be
liberated in the Rauchtown territory.
—In a case which involved the alleged
larceny of two chairs valued at 70 cents
each, a jury in Chester county common
pleas court last week, acquitted the de-
fendant and placed the cost of the trial,
amounting to $81, upon the justice of the
peace and a constable. The defendant
was George Spindler, of Parkerford. The
costs were placed upon magistrate John
Halpin, West Goshen township, and con-
stable Joseph Bryan. Judge W. Butler
Windle in charging the jury criticized
the officials for bringing trivial cases tq
court. :
-—Alice Leslie, Bridgeton, N. J., and
John Dorman, Smithson, Pa., both 20
years old and members of the Junior
class at Bucknell University, were struck
by lightning on Sunday, while walking
on the college golf course at Lewisburg.
Both were severely burned about the
ankles but, except for shock, were other-
wise unhurt. The bolt which rendered
them unconscious for about half an hour,
tore their clothing badly. Dorman was
able to attract the attention of a farmer
when he regained consciousness and the
latter took them to the college infirmary.
—Trial of four Lock Haven policemen
and five individuals charged with con-
spiracy and collusion against the prohibi-
tion laws will be heard in United States
District court at Scranton next week,
according to subpoenas served Staurday
by a deputy U. 8S. marshal. The police
are William T. Devling, George R. Webb,
Martin J. Peters and Robert W. Probst.
With them are Simon Zimmerman, for-
mer horse dealer, Archie W. Mace, Wil-
liam T. Miller, George Schroat and Rus-
sel Carter, officers of the Dutch Club at
the time the organization was raided in
1930.
—An anonymous gift-giver is making
Mr. and Mrs. John Neely, of Wentling's
Corners, richer but puzzled and uneasy.
Since Halowe'en, 1928, they have receiv-
ed presents of jewelry three times. They
have no idea who is their benefactor.
Although reassured in an unsigned note
in one of the packages that they need
not fear to wear the gifts—that they
were given in return for a favor to the
donor by Mrs. Neely—the Neeley's have
no recollection of ever having bestowed
any unusual favor on anyone. The gifts
include a man's watch, a woman's dia-
mond ring, a man's ruby ring aud a wo-
man's white gold pendant set with two
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diamonds.