1 i VOL. CX. CKENTR K ‘HALL. PA. THU KSDAY., JANUARY 30, 1936. we » NO. 5 PRESIDENT, AT CENTRE HALL, aks ————————————————————— MN Sp Newe Photo) finter nations Ian hroadeast to the nation. The adddre ss marked the first time in Birth. cutive spoke to the nation Fievis oy f chr aire a nat in of the wer, sttenided by nearly 1. Doherty, for! din. Mil. Col. Henry 3 1" prosid BLIZZARD RAGES FOR WEEK; BLOCKED HIGH- WAYES WED.; MAIN AR- A half-inch topped a blizzard previous. During aury fell from to twelve and hovered around the zero for much of each day covering time named. Wednesday of woek proved the peak of the period, and night all roads out of Centre except No. 53 to Bellefonte impassable to auto. mobiles or horse-dmwn sleds, The road Spring Mills was ened Friday and Saturday, as was Riso No. 53 to Potters Mills. The lakes-to-Sea highway, No. 322 between Potters Mills and State lege was partially blocked during Wednesday, but was cleared a later, Saturday, Sunday and forts were made cleay Valley road, No. east tro Hall, much of been done by men The Brush Valley and the Old Sunday begun every night Snow out Sunday mer- ZeTO below mark the inst storm by Hall, were to op Cole day Monday ef- the rush from Cen- the work having with shovels. road westward Fort-Boalsburg road were open only to horse-diawn sleds beginning of this week. All eross-roads and lanes to tops of fences, At many points along State ways protectd by snow drifts were collected about the top, after which ried the snow into the roads, Travelers coming home from the farm show at Harrisburg on Wed. nesday expecting to rewh their homes over 322 or 53, were obliged to remain at Potters Milla or Centre Hill. At the former place more than fifty persons remained for the night, or longer, and at Centre Hill twenty- two were lodged. to 95, are filled fences, them to the winds car- - The State Supreme Court the constitutionniity of the six per cent, corpcpation tax. The (ax ef- festive for two years, ix ex wcted to yield approximately $26.000000 of the $126 000,000 provided in the emer gency levies -— upheld The Bennte and House passed the benus bill over the President's veto. ‘ee vote In the Senate fas 76 to 19. REPORT ON PARALYSIS, FIRST ACCURATE INFANTILE made ago LY ho ds Is4€ A nearly dred oar discovery Oars fin obscure today the sition bone-setter, th the The made one Jaioobh e hr ine Nobody and sill the Ameri- ho do gocurate report on 1849 it in to taken of Fayette Taylor, exercising machines an system of mss victims of the disease It was not untfl infan paral ysis epidemics hroke out In Swede in the 'S0s, dollowed by others al most annually untfl the present day, that national and international noe tice was taken of the disease. This the United States during the jast two years and hag reached a climax in a movement captained by some of the fantile paid less paralysis much notice attention was ean, Charles signed ed for 60s, | ana buildi we ie Lig in ila ie out thropists, pu’ pose face of Banded together, tuey now the earth,” and exvress hope that it will be outlawed as a ma or menace before ita 100th birthday niversary in thig country in 1940. To help mak e¢ this possible, §.600 communities, Centre Ha'l among them, will join In celebrating the Birthday Ball for the President on 9TH ANNIVERSARY Brachbill's furniture store is cele. thating Its ninety-fifth anniversary being established at its present loca. tion In 1841 by the founder, John Brachbill, in Be'lefonte. Wholesale coy rapidly In the past few months and this time to announce a twenty per cent reduction from the original price (tags. The only purpose of the sale {is to secure floor space to make neo essay repairs In the Interior of the store, Hale opens Haturday morning February 1st, continuing to February 16th, PRESIDENTS A DDRESS, The President and eelobrants will speak on the night of the {! Pirthdny Ball for the Presi dent, between 11:30 and 12:90. | i BURNED IN EARLY HOURS] MONDAY MORNING bri k | 1 Ji The Pine Stump one-room hoo! hoose was totally WINS LAMB [CENTRI GRAND HALL GIRL CHAMPION res { x hinats Pennsylvams we anal ermed 1 gre’ State Sarrotacy jansell French, It estimated, lack of CO-ODera- ition from weatherman, “ 10 Friday night with ored by Association Oo Clock 3» wp show the Horse WwW were entered * OMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHOOL TO OPEN HERE FEBRUARY 25TH A School Training by the of Centre Hall ved hy he 1] : OF Community Leadership sponsored and 4 nleyry 10 Dodds WII Re ONE OF COLOR QUARTET, DIES IN BELLEFONTE ¢ “Wille +p Te g¢ Millis Brothers # £ negro ro dremment ingin isader o the q iBnens forced $ in the modest bought svat § inti 1s little home 1 Ww mot n Bel gquartet Jol their Ethel Mills Jak%eson, | His by nt tak- @ place in the boy Ws the s father wn, Br and soms were appearing in Philadelphia when death in, Jr _— AA ————— JUNIATA BOY SCOUT COUNCIL REORGANIZES-SIEG, PRESW Oo} ] Wadi nesdn 60 for 4 Misa daughter of Mr. a Centre Hall purchased bh gt iculture French at Their welght was young ewes will Secretary's farm The | prize pen wned n and high Secretary Mrs, Ear} se hoo! girl, Rosa { ¥ ! Wor ¥ oO cents a pound pounds. The placed on the for breeding. championship lamb was won by Miss Helen Hom- n. State College. Mhese were sold at 24 cents i Record prices were paid for the 4. IH Club's champions. Arbogast & Bas- i tian, of Allentown, bought Paul Buss’ grand champion baby beef for 62 conts a paying over $700 for the 1190.-pound animal. Buss from Easton BD. 2. The price for the reserve grand champion beef was 18% cents. leven, than the two pens, for 12 to 15% cents, the lambs from 11 to 13 reserve grand champion was owned iby Robert Strokk, Mechanicsburg, and at 18% cents brought $2290.40. i Forks Church, Northampton coun- ‘ty. was awarded first place In the rural one-act play tournament for presentation of Booth Tarkington's FThe Trysting Place” The ama. teurs also placed first in the east. ern division awards. Eighteen groups, winners of the district grontests, took part In the sixth annual event, a MI MI IAA ANN 555. Former Senator HH. B. Scott, a member of the State Republican com- mittes from Centre county since 19. We, is again a candidate to succeed himself, 3 6 a eH abe Ter reserve ia of her top and cents, The sod 3 The Hon. J. Laird Holmes fs snif. fing about.to ses whether thes Is a whance for him te come cack Into politics and win the nomination for Assembly at the Republican primar. fon. A MP AAS SOSA, Benator Robinson, Tuesday night, in his radio address, proved that our once beloved Al Hmith need not put on any clonk of hypocerisy to sup port Franklin D. Roosevelt. Al. has one of his own which fits him like “do paper on do wall" | Bown Po sioner Lewistown, SOCret ary Woods istown BH, Wal president, and second ia Hoeout d. Huntin E.R ve pirowident f "Ore John bess gatherin ¥ rend g attended of was Ww two members The 0. councils and { masters iMajoyr Lynn Adams tient of Biate Police guest speaker was Buperiniend- A —— COUNTY SALARY BOARD FIXES PAY OF EMPLOYEES The Centre county salary board composed of the County Commission. ere and Sheriff Keeler, has decided upon the galaries to paid the va. rious appointees and employees who come under thelr jurisdiction. The salary of the Sheriff is fixed by an act of the Legislature at$s.600. The salary fixed for deputy sheriff Char. les Musser is $1320: turnkey Merrill Showers, $1200: Anna Dimattio. jafl cook, $520, a tom] of $6,040 per year for the jall. Commissioners’'s clerk 8 J. MeMullin, $1500; Miss Verna Chambers, assistant clerk, $1,200; Ruth Parsons, gltenographer in the office of the desertion, probation and parole offfer, which includes the Juvenile court offber $780: Rosalie Yearick, stenographer in the oTce of the county supe-intendent, $780: Willis Moyer, fireman, $1080: Mr. and Mra. John Breon, janitors, $1320. i HI A APA: ALTOONA SPEEDWAY MAY BE TURNED INTO AIRPORT The Altoona speedway property at Tipton may be turned into an air. port with Altoona and Tyrone pool- Ing interests and acquiring the Mot, which was converted from a board track to a dirt pourse only last sum. mer. The property at present is in the hands of the sheriff and can be bought for $8500 The two Blair county municipalities re assuredjof a $272,000 allocation from WPA to launch the project. The huge saucer whe opened In 1923 and the A. A. A. conducted gpeed rans there on summer holl- days annually up until 1931 when 50 much repair work was found necesaary to continue that the ev. enis were dropped. The first «dirt track race was scheduled for August but was deferred until after Labor Day because of weather conditions. A MI AA. The Centr Reporter, $1.50 a year. be PERSONS SAVED FROM BLIZZARD AT LR. SMITH HOME, CENTRE HILL, | WEDNESDAY 22 rb ut Centre Ave ~ i — FROM THE SOUTHLAND. nter Have Fila. » Negro INorth and {of turpentine trees, and saw Georgia The cotton pick the the When we got to of we cotton flelds Bod is over, nn we could left. We Georgia and and plokers sow in ma and nice green plowing everybody Savannah, There {An we entered F 3a. is city we saw tsonvijle the tropics | trees it} were sure Hinoe jot We we have # og ie trips, oN Petersh "Sunshine City.” We {Cult iand is pent one {afternoon i RW w : at teach of There hed the | Yesterday in a grove tangorines Haven i» groves and We spent The water al the 4 gathered shells and ati hers we spent the where they and grapefruit. surrounded by inkes one day at Bilver Springs in the lake forty feet deepest place, and so clear oan see the bottom. You take this trip on a giams-hottomed boat. The large fish, turtle, are a peautful sight. i think we sure misses] an time blizard by coming here, what we heard over the radio and through newspapers. It i» hard tc believe there 8 such cold weather In Penns when the sweet peas, ipansies, roses and lots of other flow. lors are in bloom here, besides all the fresh vegetables growing. Af we expect to viet house this afternoon nnd ter guarters of Barnum show fomorrow, will have So jong until next week. The Hanses, where we are staying, send their best regards, MRS. FRED BLACK. A APIS LADY OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE LODGE, 174, INSTALL OFFICERS At the last regular meeting of the Lady of the Golden Eagle Lodge 174, Centre Hall, the following officers were Installed under the direction of Mrs. DO M. Bradford, Grand Vice Templar: ‘ Past Templar, Mrs. Lester Woaver, Noble Templar, Mrs. Harold Bohn, Vice Templar, Mrs. Margaret Craw- ford; Marshal of Ceremonies, Mrs Harold Bradford; Priestess, Mrs, John Bohn; Prophetess, Mrs. John Delan. ey: treasurer, Mrs. Kryder Frank; secretary of finance, Mrs Frank Shutt; guardian of records, Mre. Hare old Durst; Inside Portal, Mra. John Mowery: Outside Portal, Mary Kling find planist, Mrs. Paul PFetteroll. ETOW oranges Winter orange beautiful in you eels etc, I old- by Valley a packing the win. & Balley's to say Now you must address “Al” as “Mr. Alfred BE. BEmith” He swapped his brown derby for a top hat. “East Side, West Side,” no longer. lle is an aristcderat, and rides in a private oar over two rails, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS FROM ALL PARTS formerly ® are (w n. Cg until em- remain Devine is plant that en- poultry { ploy onl ile poultry $ : Kerlin similar the is doing 0 in when {and i gaged a dentist ages in a dentist and so Dr sont for sommething and take strange his porch to re- his kind is nothing to he 1 owl for a al should his “hoots” didn’t. He knows animals, ey why with White Coldron, who a iO birds an wild him the gitor perched on a iter wmtiite 44 wetter sulied to on of Bir Thomas General of dance in 4th funds chari- Presi fund Ber. Governor hold a Roosevaelk's The betwoen of Cubitt'’s will President anniversary. nudas, be divided Birthday and Atul equally Ball Lady alling the the fund Poor § Binet j Leni adarathl re for people In muda, Boyd CC. Vonada fale chief ciark in tha Commissioners’ office, has secured a nice position in Har risburg. having been appointed as assistant to the director of persons} property tax in the Revenue Depart ment, He will work but five days a week from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m, and the malary will be $500 more than he received as Commissioner's clerk. Pretash, of Philipsburg, week was appointed jun- inspefior for the State Insurance Fund of the of Labor and Industry. includes Centre, Clear. Jefferson, Tioga, Brad- Clinton, Elk, Cameron counties. Prior to his Pretash was employed Coal Comapny. One of the prettiest birds found in this region-ihe red ocardinal-—made its appearance at the F. M. Fisher home. It was feoding on barberries and grapes. It was a male and most beautifully plumed. Two years ago a pally of the finches were noticed in the dead of winter by “John Cuoldron, back of whose home they appeared to have made their home, and the the one on Friday, came to the Fish er arbors for food, John E. Bodtorf and sister, Mrs. Helen Brock, and their nephew, Boyd ¥. Jordan, all of Jersey Shore after encountering much difficulty In getting through a raging snow storm and deep banks of snow, arrived fa Centre Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. They were on thelr way 10 Tusseyville, where the aged father of the former two had died a few hours previous. They were un- able to red their destination that evening or the following day, conse quently the two men returned home, going to Bellefonte by motor and from there to Jersey Shore by train. Mrs. Brock remained here and was taken to Tusseyville by F. V. Good- hart, going there by way of Pleas ant Gap toState College, and to Tuse County George E RE. D. last for mine Workmen's Department His territory field, Indiana, ford, Potter, and McKean appointment by the Morrisdale soyville on Route 322, *
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