- VOL. CVIII. ERA {3 © 1934. 200 IDLE MEN TAKE UP CAMP LIFE IN SEVEN MTS UNDER U, 8. GOVERNMENT BUM:—-An lute fellu worthle To ing diss wi 1 8 loalet idle, waste one's time in loung- or dissipation; sponging on others, HORO 1 i » aering An idle, shiltless workman above the COL. BOAL FARMS BOUGHT BY PA. JOINT STOCK LAND BANK 1400 Theodore ited in Harris Sheriff's in al) Stock Land ts of land containing of Col mostly loc sold at the purchaser Lrg property Twelve the Boal, acres, Davis 1 Nie township p, were Cases throu mation f in McKay ia Broldy He booked McCorkle MoKay local Centre the Centre fidence not aefent {teelf. at ——— Mra D Catharine Hennigh, sports pre fren. * 4 fa the big shot among the boys director and of this week fa the at! was Mor ia « aptain lay of wmllenge to to arrive team the on ball a cl meet team with a 1g ev sent County Hall to league field, dinpe oon be except by ur and George Hennlgh daugt and Miss David Hemmigh, autoed Cenire Hall ham, Alabama. reaching Untill the beginning of this were guests of Mrs Elizabety, a sister of Mr. Hennigh. On Monday the Alabama people were accompanied by Mrs, Devine and her two sons, Dav. id and George, on a trip to Roseburg, Oregon, where David E. Hennigh, a brother, will be visited. On their way West they will stop in Chicago to see the Century of Progress Falr. They all expect to return to Centre Hall by the first of August. Mr. Hennigh has been located in Birmingham gince 1923, where he was engaged In the milk business, Hut sold out a few months ago. On his return east he expects to locate in Memphis, Tenn, where he has planned to enter upon the same clasg of business, the only business, he says, he knows. Miss Catharine ls a student in Birmingham College, and will continue her studies there. On the completion of the trip the 1634 Ford sedan will have wheeled off ap proximately 8000 miles, AM AASB. Fifty-five prisoners from the Eastern Penitentiary at Graterford, near Phila. delphia, were brought to Rockview Penitentiary the latter part of last week on a specia; train, reaching its last lap over the IL. & T. The pris- wners were all rated as good convicts, of and from ter a nephew, Birming- Friday week they Devine, to here avelt . GUN IN ( FIRED is io ni AMPAIGN AT P. 6. MILLS "+e NUMBER ———————— BEER LICENSES REDUCED BY EIGHTEEN t een loss expired ' Ww D unningham, D. MeAlarney, John #8 KH. Houser, Angelo Genua Elils Gianopulos, Mike Erb, F. 1. Walter, Rich- Thomas Drivas, Harris, H Haag, Alex Ster- kis, George € ¥ N. and Reed, BI Phill or, Marian mburg Ww. Marsh, Chie urd State Colleg N. Fisher, C Peter J, Snow 8} hoa =~ Char I. § ie Ward, James Alexander, Gregery Borough—Patrick Mi Groarty tT Millheim A. J er, The Milesburg W. R. Grasier, Crotz Firemen's Club Walter A. Hall—-F. .V Jodon. Port Matilda—M. J. Redenberger. Benner Township—Mary J. Kane, Boggs Township-—-Kathryn Furl, Davidson, Mary Reess, College Township—David B Centre Hills Country Club, Ferguson ‘Township—George J. N. Everts, E. BR. Long. Gregg Township-Oliver T. Corman. Harris Township—F, H, Clemson and WwW. Wallace. Howard Township-—George I. Bitner, Liberty, Township—-A, R, Moon. Miley Township—Mabel IT. Immel, Willis 8. Blerly. Patton Township—-CGeorge Stine. Potter Township—-Clyde BE. Bradford, May K. and TL D. Rearick, M. E. Col. dron, Harry E Brown, John W. Mow. ory. Rush Township-Joseph A. Moore & Son, Ida M. Long, Howard Vall Snow Shoe Township-W, BB. Hall and Bons, Clyde Quick. Spring Township lor. Union Township—John Ezra Brink. Walker Township-A., PF, Hockman, W. WW. Martin, Mrs. Hester BE. Strunk. Hugg. Centre I E. Garver, Wills, T Margaret MM. Kel- PENN STATE GRADUATION BEGINNING TO HOLD EXERCISES JUNE The seventys< commencement ‘enns dd on Lion Floors PUBLISHER LANDS P. M. wig HONOR ROLL, C. H. H. 8S. ! t Hall High » Fred Sp3 inkle omore ) Polly Margaret Fre) Hema Charlies Hess, Rosse Woodrow Bradford, Donald Barger, Angeline Mabel Foust Thomas man: George Heekman, Ramer, William anion NON-RESIDENT HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANTS NUMBER 2 ny in non-resident Centre county i High school entrance ex- aminations passed and will be able to enter the schools of their choice. Twelve pupils from Potter township will be admitted to the 1934 Freshman class. Their names appear below: Wibert Blazer, William Rimmey, Mir. fam Rimmey, Robert Frazier, Miles Lee, Floyd Dashem, John W. Dashem, Sylvester Smith, Charles Fohringer, Iona Barger, Agnes Neff, Lillie Parson. The twenty pupils having the high- est scores, arranged in order beginning with the highest, of all non-resident pupils taking High school entrance ex. amination in Centre county are: Ruth Pooman, Milesbury; Betty Hoover, Milesburg; Ruth Miles, Miles burg: Glen Alexander, Jullan Gram- mor; Virginia Confer, Mileshure: iar. old Ickes, Milesburg: Geraldine Lutz Milesburg: Delbert Shank, Rush town- ship: Dorothy Womer, Rush township: Jean Hagan, Yarnell Grammar: Jane Wright, Unionville Grammar; Lola Alkey, Central City; Ella Walker, Rush township; Willlam Spear, Milesburg; Kathryn Murphy, Osceola Consolidated; Elleen Hagyard, Rush township: Don McKinley, Milesburg: Willlam Royer, Houserville; Mary Lesko, Rush town. who took the Worth Township—John Kelley. ship: Ruby Davidson, Central City, i —— REFORMED CHURCH U, 8 A, EYAN. SYNOD N., A, denomination hundred union new thousand of 5 a ) DOUBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY. . ARLE AT HARRISBURG, —— LGUFFEY-} BOOSTER B JUNI LI 9TH A CONTRIBUTED. FLOWERS | FOR DECORATING GRAVES RECALLS 1888 JUNE CENTRE HALL'S FLOOD; The Millheim Journal sue of Ji st Wie K f of i Flood Floed rain began falling The Journal ‘Forts recalls t! i une Johnstown The th of May 1888, the took a 2300 lives the 30 says: ~fivey That's quite a for a lot of because memes then dass ago! in fact us to recall to memory, ory for But it takes u the June flood publisher of The issue of June 13th. that Mr the loca; Cars while: too long existonce £5 ' us wag not in back i! of R. A Bumiller Journal then in his 1888, it is appar. Bumiller asked for relief sufferers of that disaster, Almost three hundred dollars was con. tributed hy Bellefonte persons in cash and merchandise; Miles township folks gave more than a hundred dollars in cash and merchandise: Centre Hall's contributions amounted to $171.25. The money and foodstuffs were parceled out to the needy. Mal; service was delay. ed for ag much as a week and then it had to be taken care of by special messenger. The waste and desolation between Millhelm and Coburn was de- scribed vividly, Dead animals were re: wos ent for (moved from spots where the receding {waters left them. The ground was {littered with debris of every descrip: {tion. Lives were lost. But the work | of reconstruction waht forward ime {mediately after the waters passed on. [Bucy was the spirit and determination of the good folks of that age.” | Among the stalwart Democrats who went to Gettysburg to see President | Roosevelt in the flesh were Mr. and | Mra. George W, Ocker, of Harrisburg, (both of whose faces and voloes express. ‘ed approval dof what the President sald, The part of the large audience in ithe particular section occupied by the {Ockers had their hands pinned to thelr side by the jam, —hence faces and ‘vole, ' oo ls AUTO WRECK IN TAKES LIVES PLEASANT FENNESSEE OF THREE GAP PEOPL} % [NO LOCUSTS AN CENTRE YEAR; BROOD X THIS Dil § 4 31 st Park The annual urday, The Klmefeltor reunion Place, in June Homan reunion Jume Hth nt Browni Mi ‘e a Potters fis the Seven 98rd al Mo intain on Saturday, a WEEK-END AUTOMOBILING MOST HAZARDOUS TO LIFE During the first four year, compared in 1933. automobile ayivania months or this with the same period in Penn- per cent, accidents have increased 234.2 automobile Sunday wook. In More people are killed in accidents on Saturday and than any other days in the 1833 thee were about 11.500 victims on theses days as dompared wity ap- proximately 18500 for the other five days. EE E——————————— LY FRED HOFFER SUCCEEDS HUGG AS REVENUE COLLECTOR Announcement was made the latter part of last week 8f the appointment of (i. Fred Hoffer, of Philipsburg, as deputy internal revenue collector for this district as succesor of Toner A. Hugg, of Milesburg, who has held the office for the past twelve years. Mr. Hoffer wag a recent candidate for the Legislature but withdrew before the primary, but not soon enough to keep his name off the ticket. Ml ATION. There is a possibility of the Morning Star Baking Company, one of the larg- est businesses In Philipsburg, accept ing the attractive offers of a nearby city to locate in it. Theconcern start. 1 about fifty years ago under the name of Hagerty Baking Company. Should the company decide to locate elrewhere its loss to Philipsburg will be keenly felt. | NO. 23 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERESY FROM ALL P ARTS ev ival their n R4 $100. 000 ited by the candidate hime indicates that while his unsuccessful, he is no nar to those ast from town nim attended the the Gettysburg President was ker, were Daniel Daup, 8r, of the First Nationa; bark, grandson, Willlam Daup, Warren Homan, Jr, and sister, Anna Bliss Hon Nevin Royer and Miss Madaline Emerick ition week having at the AR Me Batt the = ial services eld where pes president his beth ¥ While mit emy doyed by the Miller Road Construction Company at Mil; Hall Elmer Douty, of Boonville, was séris ously injured when a pile of reinforods ment wire squares toppled over and pine ned young Douty against a car. He was taken to the Lock Haven hospital where examination revealed several broken ribs. An operation also became necessary due to internal Injuries The success of local fishermen in (Se Chesapeake Bay, off the east coast at Oxford, was not quite as good ag in former years, yet they, brought with them on their return on Friday mors* ing a nice lot of fish. The party con” sisting of T, A. Hosterman, C. P. Rae mer, J. 8. Boomer, Earl Frasier, J. W. Bradford, John H. Knarr, R. 8 Jam ison, and Dan Bloom, left here Weds nesday night at 8 o'clock. Mrs. John 8, Getchell, of Uniontown, was here on Memorial Day, having come here after visiting ber mother, Mrs. Dolly Brungart. Mra Getchell's son, Wendell, who graduated a year ago, is bidding strongly for a govern ment position made secure throufh Civly Service rules. The head of the Giotohell house, a railroad company employe, is working regularly. Mes Getoheoll expressed foar that the threatened steel strike will undo much of the recovery benefits already ope Joyed In and about Uniontown.
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