VOL. XCVII Masini COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR Bm Is Citizens—HIistorieal Brief Description of Strueture. Noteg Mil has a It took hi theim splendid Bint Itifteen years to br about the t that Jed the writer ng begin this article with the words sentence, but liiteen year long to wat and work for mplishment of what mean Millheim's community bullding well in and the mstruction ary is not depleted. That is very fine but to say that a town small town has @ worthwhile community spirit, work ng community spirit, mean much more than figures dollar mark The express peEginning ol } x PER LT and generous one hundred year that Duncan expressed Is community's welfare siousiy by d« rough purposes church. story prior giding ur thousand sand ordinary n white wd fl apie 9 mposing of fifty feet age long the st reed t ext main hundred ends back one twenty-five feet, maintaining width and he The gots of ils entrance will be through two swir double doors, leading to ging from a h with mas pillars, pore fourteen “ive a hall feet in width the of the On hall to south and west sides the are two rooms 16x19 feet one . ne af the and commodate the town council and other for civie club. To a hall extending from wall to wall, tw, election board, Hbrary., the rear of these rooms is stairways it, The main auditorium leading to the second floor from is a perfect de- dght, the Mmensions being 48x72 feet, with high The in width and extends with a pitched floor 23 feet, The com- bined 500. The stage proper 1% x30 feet, with wings extremely an cedling. balcony iw 48 feet sealing capacity in iy on either side, The floor of the auditorfum rests on I series of stone and brick pillars and iH 80 constructed that no part of the building rests on the floor supports, The floor has a good pitch which per- mits a full view of the stage from all parte. There are but two slender columns, well to the rear, to obstruct the view, the balcony being held rig- idly by ingentous construction of wood and I beams, (Continued on next column) LOCK HAVEN MAN Isr— Oliver Wendle Shaw Blows Top Glven as Cause, iMstantly when the off by a sucidal Killed Sunday after aid wns on noon top of his he Wii blowp shotgun, Shaw, his had Charles I. with intent months-old been vis Mrs, Mi returned Winchester The and six Son Mi same « and iting the ity Shaw's parents ind had just hore picked wi about Mra up a shotgun OUT with Shaw was out of went off Neighbors the shot } 1 nin found blookl, The sto f the gun tween his and the barrel The lef the end ane gun it ix though between 1d gun is he and had —————————— Autos Collide at Tussayville, Saturday cece for New Auto Speed 125 Miles Por } sede ’ Mars “ Looks Mark of four. + The capacoity completion «1 nn seating persons About 115 hat tract a football eres are inside the oval On t there will be developed fleld, an dvirplane landing station, a baselm!ll diamond, a track, fjuarter cinder runni mile track mile dirt ind a vin the second floor along the streot in a to to the American The along be finished for dining room and kiteh- spacious room be devoted Legion basement the street will the rear section will be con- to and en, and the heating equipment, structed accommodate plant town fire and a dressing room on either side with easy access to the stage. It has not been definitely what kind of wood will be used for fin- ishing the interior, but #t ¥s thought either yellow pine or chestnut will be decided selected, The architects are Stetler & Son, Middleburg. The foundation walls wore bulit by the Garis masons, Centre Hall: brick work by Wallaces, Miles. burg: carpenters, F. V. 0. Houseman crew, The bronze tablets bearing the names of the various war veterans on the monument to the front of the building will be removed and placed on the pil- asters of the municipal building, these having been constructed to accommo- date them. The monument will then be razed to construct a sultable ap- proach to the building. A LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR, Gilves Impressions on Ohlo, of Special Farmers, Interest to Wellington, Ohio, August 1923 My Ohio is a dear Readers: . Breall state They tell u here that all the great men We the COs the Buckeve state Know than that, even (if Keystone st has produced but one President i mm howeve great in "™ har beautiful, a bi country if duty t, t#2 Towns wouldn't Weryone s boost iH from Centr One The price would with home After a short visit with these jw we Sly ria, the Lake do slow, but by they wasn't went on to Shore how burn It bothered one drive. Say, gas in Cleveland that quiinied wih city driving Ohio brick Ohio rapid driving una McAd- drivers has many good roads Auto than am, and concrete more This drivers in are COUTteos in ie true truck It is seldom you to “honk” him off the he is always well to the right first Pennsylvania of need especially the road The Improved roads were built rather nar. but road to row, as oa rule there is an one side, and this gives one passing safely. We located near Welling ton, fn Loraine etunty, with a cousin, Mra. Amanda Campbell who with her Roscoe Campbell, are conducting farms. They occupy one of the old mansion homes built hack in 1850. Mr. Campbell ds secretary of the coun- ty farm bureau and I a man of affairs in hig locality. Wellington is a town of 3,000. It has an number of factories and an immenss creamery, and everybody in? it knows “BI” Bhutt, formerly of Centre Hall From here we go to Bellevue, about twenty-five miles northwest, $ ——————— August 11, 1923. If you ever drive through Ohio—day or night--and are stopped along the way by a badged policeman and asked: “Have you any green corn In your car? don't be alarmed, provided you (Continued on inside page) ample room for are now son, two HE FIFTIETH ANNUAL Committee Planning for and Visitors’ Eduention for Entire Friends, and Week. Pleasure, talnment Grange never appeared beautiful than at present #1 In preparation Cumpment The g ound chosen and the 8: the wisdom founders Omit ley admit Lane cenia $7.00 with Park Dee 0 dimisaion rents. $36.00 and according vO tiokots given tents SLO trains i Saturday, APP Heavy Male Breaks through Fleer, A John H. Horner, of Tusseyville, had a pecul- ; The and wandered PT ginning Hp 1800-pound mule, owned by iar experience the other day. an- ite stall floor shed where imal got out of Going back to the the big beast broke hung straddle of mule strove desperately to free first getting its front legs up, only to jbreak through again, and then its hind lege, but unable t, get a footing. Mr. Horner, discovering the plight of the amimal brought itz mate on the scene and planned to haul the animal out. Just when the topes were adjusted for ‘the haul, the struggling mule made =a final lunge and dropped through the opening to the manure shed below, a distance of fourteen feet, janding on a {soft bed of straw, unhurt. Fortunate- ly, the rope fastened to the other mule , SHpped off, otherwise there would have been a struggling mass of mule fleah on ¢ither end of a stout rope. C—O 2 AP Pomona Grange to Meet at Centre Hall A regular quarterly meeting of the Centre County Pomona Grange will be "held in Centre Hall, Saturday, August 18the~forenoon and afternoon sessions will be held. A good attendance is de sired. Come, and bring lunch along, «- J. Gross Shook, secretary, AAA —— The Centre Reporter, $1.50 a year up ont, the barn boards were through hig girder. the straw and The iteedf, thin, n FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA, [ee and Mrs, George Meyer Continu Ing Homeward.—Huve Covered Os er 6,000 Miles on Journey. After last writing we Ann went to of H. B. We them to the home toy Penna PeopHe id Pennsylvania, Hiir when we and Pleased to see Us, I Known M1 HORGE E MEYER Here After 42 Years Absence. point and 0 Bnvder ¥ number of Pennaylvania;: then Pp Compiete the rip womeward vears of age, and individual and still He looks Cheerful MINE 4 SUCOess fruit in ate aminll arm at his home Springs. Two of his sons consider other farms of He in W0t Aa Hl sorry AC rYREY pHeased ana rt nigan that } took Horace Geeely's advice ye forty-two Ro to “gy, west” A I AP AI Entered Garage: Stole Tires from Auto. Two from the Ford sedan Mrs. Frank in Centre week, Years tires were stolen belonging to station, night thief entered the garage by rear near the Tuesday Williams, Hall, The sneak means of a key opened the padiock on the garage door, This Is the second theft from thik Bar age and was no doubt perpetrated by the same rascal whose identity is not merely a matter of conjecture but from his manner of operating suspic- ion falls on one individual whose rep- utation is unsavory to say the least. RR A, Says Nearly All Liguor Is Polson. Ninety-nine per cent of all the liquor seized by prohibition agents is polson- ous, according to Prohibition Commis- sioner Haynes issued a day or tw, ago in a statement. Of $0,000 samples an- alyzed during the fiscal year ending July 30, last, less han 800 were found to be good liquor. The remaining 79.- 200 contained substances that would have resulted in varying degrees of injury to the health of persons drink- ing them all the way up to sudden death. Those capablé* of causing death within a few hours, for the most part, had wood alcoho] contents AA AAPA AAI Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan P. Garis and children, of Altoona, spent several days last week with relatives in Centre Hab, i on of last in his possession that TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. - [HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Miss Louise her Ir HSmith 21 lend, Mins Hazel heim, for hig «piendid driving « The Curwensville, State Hall, Milreyv, Gettysburg via Y ledford Street Iv praised lewistown wR then berebure, R[prings State CO burg Water tre Hall, Bellefonte laude E editor of Musser is the new assist. ant the Miliheim Journal Hx eral years was assistang the bookkeeping Miller Mr the ago Journal is a native of Millhdim and for sev. manager of of Akron Ohio, with department the tubber company, Musser resigned his position daye* the who rubber company and a few assumed his new duties In office M. Shull, has been with the Journal for Orvis 1 num ber of years, has decided to change vo- cations and the latter this month will go Davenport, Iowa, where he will enter the Palmér Chiro- practic school. He will take his wile children the Iowa until his part of to and three along to city to remain with him school course is completed Wilmer Andrews, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Allen Andrews, ants on the A UU. Keplar farm, 2 miles west of Pine Grove Mills, was found in the mountains about 1% miles from his home on Tuesday evening of last week. The child had™ been playing about the home early in the morning and strayed away, becoming Jost. When his mother discovered the boy was missing, District Attorney Furst, at Bellefonte, was notified and search. ing parties began a search of the countryside. As hours passed and no trace of the youngster could be found, wild stories were circulated, one tell- ing of how he was possibly kidnaped, a party of cherry pickers having heard the child's sorvams a8 an auto went by. State police were called and ar- rangements were being made to put Bloodhounds on the tral when the ten wr WW Bonaldo noted amin, - Si . wi Came le cmd
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