-— VOL. CIX. HAS CONTROL OF HOUSE FOR FIRST TIME IN FIFTY YEARS The 1936 session of the General As- inaugurated in Harris- burg, on Tuesday, January 1, with Democrats in control of the House of Representatives for the first Ume a half century Republicans in er in the Senate The Hous pre-election ed the yer diem sembly was in and pow Democrats, man and ate, Its brought Senator Clar of Bucks offering ence Buckman O. P. whip and his feet with a be tabled. The the nays of the county, {a:llower, tion that irried J Grundy quick mo motion Democrats John from las president ber. William Barre, as chief « gition of was abolished onomy drive A. Boyd Hamilton, re-elected secretary of the ths Republicans, and John Kirdy, Pittsburgh, chief clerk. On the motion of John J. O'Keefe, of Allegheny, Miss Anna M. Branecato, comely legislator from South phia, was made Speaker was the first time In the Commonwealth that selected preside over tion of the Rs Th, Senate pro tem of the uj Y Gallagher 3 i of tre House clerk of the Dem FIRE The the Democratic was elected lark resident in oC by Me Senate . ¥ “. protem tha Fistory a to the Wf nresentatives of t proval since nomina appoin +3 ¢ Coverns office on BELIEVE TAXES IT OR NOT, NO FOR MIFFLINBURG STATE EDUCATION ASKS FOMT NON-POLITICAY PERMANENT SCHOOL POLICY The ASKS Pennavivar hia conetitation aorta tn ado unte nootag™ “Education fail ed at the association's annual in the new eon=titution' tha endorsement resolution adent. surate with its importance to the life and ideals of the commonwealth” It asked “a permanent school poli entirely aside from political ence” with provision for appointrient of the state superintendent of public v J of eduveation, and adequate provision for schools through consti tutional mandate. Other resolutiong wonvention—- Favored broadening tax base for ed- ucational purpose to relieve real es tate of a portion of Its tax burden, Urged uniform, sclentific assessment of property for taxing purposes, Called attention to “the fact that they contractual obligation of the Ed- mounds Act requires tho state to pro- vide a deficiency appropriation of $6, 000,600 to return to thy several school disricts, the amount due in the pres- ent fiscal year.” Urged that pre-depression scales for teacherg be restored. Belleved that provision should be made by state and federal govern. ment to extend educational facilities to the “army of young men and wom. en who leave our secondary schools and colleges each year.” Endorsed the policy of the state founcil of education in extending the period of preparation for teaching. Endorsed policy of readjusting teach. ers’ palarieg 80 that those with similar preparation may receive the same sal- arles. adopted by the salary Recommend that the continuing contract law be modified to “definitely protect competent teachers from whole. mle dismissals.” instructed association president to appoint a special committees to assist togislative committees of the School Divestors’ association “to a view of pomslble agreement on legislative act- fon relative to continuous service for whohers.” . i SKIDDING TRUCK; LEG BROKEN the path of an on- coming truck, Bobby, 66-year-old of the Rev and Mrs. WwW. Zang, of Centre Hall, was struck by the skid-| vehicle, right Tuesday afternoon, Dashing into son ! Jacob broke He in ding sufferin n leg M1 Wis rest tha Centre ing comfortably County Los Bobby ha mouiia of by highway ite, Tuesday nig! cent A SOUTHSIDE HOSPITAL PATIENTS Mrs ' Russel \ and infant son i —————— I — - i i : ESTATE WORTH #217000,000 live In Cen the Kiine. # accountin by Allen M after counsel first ordered of Orphans’ ww Mrs. Marga usin, of Stearne, fi € Crozier, Gar. | , presented a petition for such ace Garrett died in 1895, leaving an es. tatg of $8.008.546, which had Increased to about 317,000,000 when Mre QCGar- She bequeathed on- ly $62,500, Since then claimantg from all over ed kinship. Settlement of the Walter Garrett estate Involves a ruling on the word. ing of his will as to whether or not his widow wag only a life tenant in the state, If this iInterperetation is upheld, the $6,000,000 he left will go to his relatives, leaving more than $10.- 000,000 of Mrs GQCarrett's estate to be adjudicated among the thousands of claimants. ———— AOI, Wels Pure Food manager, did considerable 1632. The gain per cent, while the gain over 1032 was thirty-nine per cent. The 1934 December businesy was seventeen per cent, better than that of December, 1933. The Lause, Fred 1934 and nine Store, business In of 1933 over 1933 was in exceas HAHA AAAI Congressman Don Gingery, of Clear. field, has appointed ¥. 8. Gilliland, of that place, ns his resident secretary. He will be located in the Bilger bullding, 15 South Second street, (lear. filed, whily his home address is 204 8. Fourth Street, and his telephone num- ber is 121. where he can be reached outside of office hours. eR HR More than 35,000 persons were kill. ed In automobile accidents in the Unit. ed Btatey during 1934. a AM AAAS Mrs. Romig, of Duncannon, recently visited her sister, Mise Jennie Barthol. omew, at the C. DD. Bartholomew home, whose condition continues quite sorfous r————— BIRTHDAY BALL FOR THE FRESIDENT, WED. JAN. La Comm.ties 30 Henry of the National tue Croodhart Doherty, chairman The has appointed of Birthday Hall, ior P'res.dent, ¥ Vv He ball Wed general chairman to hold Tie in Centre i Committed President January i) ian work Birthd Th y Ball s $4 se sLI0n, jocal form of cole hich will be applied LAMB FEEDING CLUB ROUNDUP AT STATE COLLEGE, JAN. § petition at the Farm Show be lamba at th, and girls have State Farm years and of honors vy a been showing Show for won tha past seven their share This will be an opportunity for peo. of the county to view 1634 extihits and anyone Interested izurg ed to attend the roundup on Saturday. The lambs will be fudged hy W. B Connell and P. C. McKenzie of State College Avnards at te bnsed nen dally Centre County have ple the the county roundup will on Individual merit of the gain and record Hooks The lankers Aswwiation prize money accordine to amount pl to exhihit. that tha threes membre whose nena are al!minated lo. the 4.77 Muh camn the Farm thaw not have This eltuntion i= poas nf the lapgk of Show balding «ill provide the minimom Be nt Harrishure., so rallye will attend bald in semnention with Chere althoroh a6 Yon pnd § fy elie minds navdoes re Hae in the SNA Ca Form PINCHOT APPOINTS TWELVE JUSTICES OF PEACE IN CENTRE Governor Pinchot is not jetting any opportunities go by to appoint Repub. licans to positions—both high and low during the latter days of hig adminis. tration. Recent appointments Include twelve justices of the peace in Cen. tre county. The appointees are: Clifford 8. Thomas, Spring Mills, 1. D, for Potter township: Samuel Mc- Mullen, Millheim, for Millheim boro; Paul Eckley, Bellefonte, R. D, for Benner township; A. N. Blerly, Mlies- burg, for Boggs township; C. M. Dale, Btaty College, R. D., for College township; Christ Paige, Orivston, for Curtin township; N., I. Wilson. Port Matilda, RB. D., for Halfmoon town. ship; Tee Tice, Howard, for Howard borough; M. 8. Bentz, Nittany, It. Dy, for Marion township; Harry Yeager, Snow Shoe, for Bnow Shoe township; Howard Miles, Julian, R. D., for Un. fon township: J. Maud Sharer, Belle. fonte, R. B., for Walker township. A AS, The Oentrg Reporter, $1.50 a year. “THE TIGER,” LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PAPER, TAKES IST PLACE IN COMPETITION first division the news Pennsylvania Taking place in mag - of tha hool Association “The ' won new high school Press eOonLen Tig« the Centre Hall r honors for school. . Fred Spyker a FARMERS EVENING SCHOOL I'o OPEN Al + a_i | RATLROADING VERY FAIR DURING 1934 ON ' shoes ib—— NINE ENTMERATORS FOR COURNTY FARM CENSUS required In Blair, 14: Clint 13; McKean bh: Potter, Centre, 9: i ®5 Lamerot 1: Che 1 4. Lycoming, Tioga, 16. It will he Bilate the s riled n, K; require 74% enumerators in who will be expected to per- work in ong month. f form PF. 0. 8. of A. Elect Officers. At thelr last meeting for the year, the Centre Hall Camp of Patriotic Order Sons of America, elected the fol. lowing officers for the ensuing six months: President, I. E. Jodon; dent, E E. Espenshade; master of forms, P. H. Luse; conductor, R. E. Dinges; inspector, E. BE, Zettle; guard, W. H. Bland: recording sec'y, T. L. Smith; financial sec'y, E. 8. Ripka; treasurer, I. W. Bradford; trustee, A H. Bpayd. vice pres - A ——— MARRIAGE LICENSES Joseph I. Mitchell «Fleming J. Elmer Snar Pleasant Cap Susie Baird Pleasant Gap A MSs, PENNA. GRANTED #0458885 BY GOV. FOR JANUARY RELIEF Pennsylvania was third bn Fiiday in the January relief allotments which saw the granting of $136,721.268 by the Federal Relief Administration. The Keystone State received $9,453,685. It was estimated that the FERA order, which places responsibility upon the states for all “unemployables” on relief, will add an additional burden of $1,800,000 a month on Pennsylvania, The 1936 Legislature must provide approximately $5,000,000 a month for unemployment relief under the pres. ent plan, but the new dictum would directly on State relief and towards whose maintenance Federal fundsoan- not be used. A Pinchot retired as Govenor of Penn. sylvania with a deficit of forty-five million dollars. What a Governor! A PA We're for a new governor's man: sion—a decent mansion for a desent governor, * § iy 2 SEVENTY PERSONS ATTEND C. H, H. 8. ALUNNI BAKRQUET The H. HB {ved Baturday evening, lon al Cc. alumni banquet se by Association Gn Dac. B the HSehool Athletic by I gut Higy was attended approximately Bi nd immediate] HOVE. ity alumni an the tweon eral course of the the WINNERS IN CHRISTMAS | ILLUMINATION CONTEST A WEIS STORE ROBBED OF EGGS AXD CIGARETTES LOCAL i i MRE. AND MRS, CELEBRATE Ww. REARICK GOLDEN WEDDING - £1, the 1884 i ; nom father, Michael Decker, rc wa f in Georges Valley. W. O g the son of Rearick, Decker wedding in teach and a during relatives of Willlamseport. The to housekeeping George adjoined the of the engaged near Bellefonte wedding trip taken holidays and spent with Mre. Rearick at young couple went near the parental home in Georges Valley, a half mile east of Potters Mills. The Rearicks have been resi. dents of Milroy for the last thirty-five years, where Mr. Rearick is still active in the coal and grain business. Both are in excellent bealth. Prior to jocating at Milroy the Rear. fek family lived in Centre Hall where Mr. Rearick was a member of the Centre Hall Foundry Company. 2 i whose At | Rearick school arm the time Mr fey or ing short was was Dodds Coming This Month. Robert Dodds and Gruenwald, will be John Hal partner, in Centre this month with another carload of S80. Dak. horses. Definite time will be announced later, ——————— A MAA No More Tax on Checks, The two-cet tax on checks passed out with the old year During the two and one-half years it was in op- eration, thy U. 8. government derived in revenue the sum of $41,383,108 from this tax. Most certainly the tax will not be revived. AM Meeting of Young Democratic Club. The Southside Young Democratic Club will meet in the Odd Fellows’ BLAZE DESTROYS CLARE CAMP IN SEVEN MOUNTAINS — NO. 1, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS shortly afies® giving us i | of An midnight snow fell Chris Christmas Ine on timag ove, Ma y the One rat- oom fow oon. x terior with that had fflum- ristmag time than the ins prettier I EE this Wm, B. , Utah reveals the fact a of the Bouth- we card was malled from Mexico. “It's a great Mr yout -card received at from Ago }iit Kerr Led of Milroy, was in r after Christmas and call- Hie 3 the res. br taken de- Rs 0 hin 1- ghiley © icles ving af tha wrship he was high i the electric the service Mine Fort on erves Royer farms, the two farm, Spayd farm tenanted the terminus of m Old ad The 1 ine he two homestead, Durs Frants the farm and the Bartges by Clarence Blazer the line Harold Charlotte H. Keller teaching profession, of thelr parents, Mr. and Mra, D. K Keller, over the Yuletide. The form jer is a popular instructor in the Laur jel (Delaware) High school, while the latter is teaching her first term in {the commercia department of the Canadensia High school at Buck HM Falls, Monroe county 8. E. Sharer, of Linden Hall, was one of the Reporters recent oallers who is not downcast over present conditions, but believes conditions are jgrowing better day by day. Mr. Shap or devotes his time to buying and sell. ing produce, poultry, ete. with State College as his chief marketing place. He ig the type of man who could imake ends meet under any and all {conditions, and at the same time lve and sister, Miss both engaged in the were at the bome Keller John Winkieblech was appointed acting postmaster at Coburn and as- sumed the duties of that office on Thursday, December 20th, MrWink- leblech suoceeds A lL. Auman, who held the office since carly in the first Wilson administration. Thy post of fice is of the fourth-class, and prior to Mr. Auman’s appointment was put
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