THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA.
Barring'Non-Resident
Pupils No Solutio
——— ’
(Continued from page one)
ondary school
Appropriation,
purposes are State
loca! taxes, and
small miscellaneous items such as
sales, rents, and refunds. Over the
same ten year period, average re-
ceipts from the several sources have
been as follows
Tuition
Appropriation
Taxes
Miscellaneous
$18,154.77
22,661.73
42.570 54
1.419. 43
$84 815.47
s¢ehool re-
non-resident
Total
Thus 214°: of
eeipts has come
pupils’ tuition
The manner determining the
amount of tuition to be charged per
pupil is prescribed by the State
schoo! law. The items included and
the method indicated are fol-
lows
Teachers
propriation
Teachers’ Institute
State Retirement
ment
Cost
Cost
Co | 4
Cost of
Cost of
Total of
10 of
total
from
of
as
salaries, less State ap-
attendance
Board allot.
textbooks
instructional
janitor’s
fuel
electric
these items
total
of
of suppiies,
of service
Service
Add this
Divide result by average daily at-
tendance to find cost per pupil per
Vear
When the cost has thus been
termined, each district, including
Bellefonte, pays for all its pupils on
that basis. In brief, all districts pay
for dollar according to the
school from
de-
dollar
number of pupils in
thelr district
If non-resident pupils dis-
continued, it would be assumed by
some that the ordinary operating
expenses of the high school would
hall since hell the en-
would be discontinued
far from the case
High chool tall
SC TTONeoU to
number, or 9
a school, of-
the same subjects. By actual
computation it is found that two
more teachers, or 11 rather than 9.
gould be required for the half-sized
school. The cost of these two teach-
ers bevond the state appropriation
for them. is now born by tuition
charges. This cost would have to
arried by the Bellefonte district
were no tuition pupils
Janitors wages
electric service, there
practically no reduction
en account of reduced numbers
Accordingly. the local school dis-
trict would be paying the entire
of these items, whereas at the
: time non-resident pupils
nay their share dollar for dollar
: A reasonable estimate of the fi-
nancial advantage to the Belle-
fonts district arising from non-res-
ident pupils, on the ilems listed
shove, places the figure at $4,000.00
$5.00000 per year. This amount
a period of years is more than
subbicient. to. provide such. addilon:,
al equipment and facilities as are
made necessary by the presence of
the non-resident pupils
It should be born in mind that
the major items of the proposed
building expansion such as auditor-
ium e screens, remodeled toilet
facilites, and added stairways are
required or needed regardless of
thw number or source of pupils.
T¢ should also be understood that
the local district profits fi-
tuition pupils, the
ay the tuition pro-
were
high
be cut in
rollment
Heh
The pre
pie
that half
me nat
could handle as
fering
he
f there
In the matter
fuel, and
would be
of
Cost
vy b
ver
fim
iil
tJ m
sically and impossibie
for each district to build. equip, and
maintain its own four year high
school for anything like the amount
ft now pays in tuition charges. The
financial advantage to both is no
more than usual one obtained
Br combining several small business
gnits into one
Relative to educational advan-
tages to both local and tuition-pay-
ing districts, the results seem ob-
vious. More subjects can be offer.
ed and more activities conducted.
Roreign languages, public speaking,
apd specialized mathematics and
geience courses in which enroil-
mien t are relatively small could not
pe offered without a large number
of pupils
In the matter of school activities
it is interesting to note that 27% of
the Varsity football team. 40% of
the Varsity basketball team, and
20% of the present band are non-
resident pupils. Year after year,
suth activities ns glee club, orches-
tra. debate, school newspaper, dra-
matics, and oratorical contests will
show one-third or more of their
participants to be non-resident pu-
pils. Consequently, these aclivities
are on a high level or, in some cases
only possible because of the larger
number of students,
Prom the community point of
view, the advantage gained by hav-
ing non-resident pupils in the local
schools also seems obvious. Pupils
coming to town day by day bring
business to our stores and offices,
Parents often accompany pupils to
town for the purpose of shopping
or of seeing the doctor, lawyer, of
deritist. ‘Trade to a cousiderable ex.
tent follows the pupil. Local organ-
izations ate making strong efforts
to increase goodwill and patronage
among out-of-town dwellers, Hav
ing the sons and daughters of the
latter in school helps this move-
ment. To exclude these boys and
girls would do immeasurable harm.
Many of them work in Bellefonte
after leaving school. Many have
relatives here. The interests of
Bellefonte and surrounding terri.
tory are thoroughly joined. What
benefits the one, also benefits the
other, Any action serving to dis-
joint rather than cement the busi-
ness and personal relationships of
the larger community will be harm.
Tul to both.
"7 The non-resident pupil, consider-
ed from any angle, should stay for
the benefit of Bellefonte and the
territory from which he comes.
the
. Every once in a while we suggest
to our readers that they go to
Chinese have scored ohe important
victory.
church; the idea is still a good one.
, at least, the
" Duckbill Dinosaurs Able
to Grow Teeth as Needed
Duckbill: dinosaurs weren't at sll
like ducks when it came 10 the mal
ter of teeth, They had aboul the
finest dental any animal in
the world has ever possessed, ac
cording to C. W. Gilmore, curator
of vertebrate paleontology at the
United States National museum
Two thousand teeth, ranged in rows
both horizontal and vertical, formed
a fair average equipment for
of them
But it right, even
creatures that inhabited the earth at
the Duckbill dinosaurs
feeding enti
more formid
mils
one
was all for the
same Lime
were quite harmless re
Much
fewer
lv on plants
teeth in the
their
sre the
# lyrannosam
shaped like barra
Digger
of flesh
t back to the duc
i these
Lat
Led
| tHMes
ready
i the teelh were
to grow new ones;
th were
jaws, and
ke. He
all
that
soft vegeta
and shallow
owed and gulped
be ground
ne 1
¢ 41
Kept
Liaaily
“Mother Goose” Rhymes
Traced to a Frenchman
who
Iwo centuries ago,
the first to give this
The name
There was a Mother Goose
lived in Boston
but she was nol
name to nursery rhymes
came the French u
rect states a writer
from
way,
Detroit News, and is as {
A famous French
tales, Charles Perrault
17 a
cluding the 1
Hood On front
pictured an old woman spinning and
pubis! ¢
he iSpece was
telling these stories, and on a pla
ard nearby was @ French inscription
meaning Tales of My M
Goose.”” Why he chose this name is
not certain, but there was a kindly
French legend, Queen
wh Was noise
incredible stories and (
liness te children
oD Boswen publisher, Thomas Fleet,
son-in-law of Mrs. Elizabeth Goose
published in 1719 a collection of
nursery rhymes and jingles which
be called "Songs for the Nursery, or
Mother Goose's Melodies for Chil-
dren.” This was just ten years aft
er Perrault’'s book was published in
English, and the name was evident-
ly derived from it. It waz given as
8 collection of oid jingles that
Fleet's mother-in-law, Mother
Goose, was in the habit of singing to
his oldest child. She did not claim
to have composed any of them, In
1780 John Newberry in London pub.
lished a similar book of Mother
Goose's Melodies
ther
person in
Goosefoot
01
The Hawthorn and Christ
The hawthorn is affiliated with
the erucifixion of Christ. A robin is
supposed 10 have pulled a thorn from
Christ's brow and the blood
splashed upon the breast of the rob.
in. The bolly was supposed by some
to have been the wreath of torture
worn by Christ. One of the saints
is supposed to have wiped the blood
sweal Irom the brow of Christ and
veronica plants to this day show
a faint human imprint The
cyclamen was symbolized by the
Virgin Mary as blood drops. The
Stars of Bethighem were supposed
to have originated from the meteor
which burst across the land at the
birth of Christ. The mottled marks
of the foxglove and cowslip are
supposed have been placed
there by elves,
to
When Oranges Were Rare
When the grown-ups of today were
boys and girls, a quarter fo a third
of a century ago, the only oranges
the boys and girls of the small
towns and farms saw were those
deposited in the Christmas stock.
ing. Advertising of citrus fruits
created a demand thet forced bet
ter methods of distribution and
made possible lower prices. Today
citrus fruits are found in practicsdly
every small town at practically all
seasons of the year. Thanks {0 ad.
vertising, oranges are no longer on-
ly & Christmas delicacy.
Carti In Coat of Arms
Cacti are used in the vont of arms
in Mexico.. Wise men in the early
Fourteenth century told the Aziecs
to build their cities where they would
find the Cacti, the eagle and the
snake.
point where Mexico €ity is now lo-
cated. One of the myths of the pe-
8, that, if an image of 8 per.
wis to be punished wasn
clay and jabbed with cacti
needles by the tribal voodoo doctor,
that person would be afflicted with
serious fliness or would die.
The vegetable garden fanatic is
now wondering whether the crop
will prove Chat his theory
cheaper vegetables is right,
In 1312 the Aztecs reached a |
‘County Plans For
Air Mail Week
(Continued from Page 1)
New York on the proposed New
York to Cleveland leg of the vens
turesome undertaking While planes
sttopped here almost daily after tha:
no mall was carried until Decem-
ber 18 of that year when the trans-
continental line had been estab
Hshed as far as Chicago. The first
plane carrying mail stopped with a
small pouch for Bellefonte and pick
ed up a small one made up here
for Cleveland, Chicago and points
west
Not only for this
because Bellefonte
experimental sites
ment ol
but also
was one of the
in the establish-
radio beams and direct ra-
dio communication with ship |
this community articularly
meshed in the early day of
mai! history. Radio beams and
way radio communication made
night fiving possible. Before these
devices were perfected and installed
there was no night flying. and ship
were so primitive that few of them
could make the flight from New
York to Cleveland without
here for refueling
reason
en-
mir
two
and those arr
ing late in the either eastbound
or westbound
wre overnight
Bellefonte be
the daring Wik
who apparent)
meaning ol
day
invariably remained
nme i center
shibuck ling pilots
did not k the
who rode
Now
fear
pardon
Mon -
thoug nt
radio beacon
we : ie 4,
WiidElL lg
the |
WwaliQoOw Mn
ment
flun
went!
wo
any
oon
and
Wr renor
th
AY :
RY“ ¥
"Alr Mall Week
tre Hai
burg
’
ear iie
of mall dest
ions of the 1
ri {
ted
Each of the 2738 houses served wy
the Bellelonte post olfice will re-
eive one of the special Belleionte
cachets, consisting of an envelope
bear a brief sketch of Belle
fonte's part in the development of
alr mail, Extra may
tained from rurel carriers
who a! wil supply of
tam
posiage t send
one ounce In
of the United
rachets be Ob
eC ~
which
any
States via alr mail
These
or social ITE
cachets
WMG
teresting memento
friends or
They also serve the
purpose of advertising Bellefonte
10 the rest country, and a
time pases cachets become
increasingly vwainable to stamp
rent ives
places
ff th
Os thre
the
Ol
ectiors
i
Farm Home Razed
By Fire, Sunday
{Continued from page one)
o'clock Sunday affemoon
and with
in 15 minutes’ time the entire strut
ture was enveloped in flames. Be
cause of the rapidity with which the
flames spread only a few articles of
household goods could be removed
from the building until the heat be-
came 30 intense that farther
vage work was impossible
A call was sent 10 the Millhein
Fire - Department, and when
pumnper arrives on the she scene
they did splendid work in protecting
a large shed and 2 bank barn near-
by. Several times the sides of thew
bulldings reached the ignition poin
but a stream of water directed upon
them prevented them {rom break
ing into flames
Owing to the subtantial natuse of
the log residence, which is believed
to have been well over a hundred
veais old, the fire burned for an ex-
treordinarily long time, and the
Miltheim firemen did not leave the
scene until about 10 o'clock that
night when all danger of a fresh
outbreak had passed
Hundreds of motorists along the
Penn's Valley highway, attracted by
the bollowing amoke, drove to the
farm, and at times the road was
blocked to the passage of trucks
carrying water to the pumpe:,
According to report Mr. Strouse
owner of the farm. carried no insur
ance upon his house or iis contents
Neither js Mr. Fisher, a WPA woik-
er protected against his Joss, a0.
cording to reports. Yesterday no in.
formation was available as to
whether or not the home will be re-
built
Visitors to Penn's View, famous
scenic point two miles gouth of Qo-
burn, spotted a white wisp of smoke
against the distant mouniainside
shortly after the Strouse home
caught fire. Spectators watched the
wisp of smoke grow into a large
black cloud, and finally the flames
themselves could be plainly seen, al-
though the house was approximately
10 miles distant from Penns View
You rarely find a speaker who can
wn}
MAG
the
give you a definition for Commun« |
| fam :
§
can | The cooperation with Government |
ahead
children
‘ample time to get under the bed,
(for which big business pleads, ine |
{eludes any action of the Govern thing. The
B.C. R. R. Shows
Gain in Income
——————
(Continued from page one)
Swengel Smith, of Bellafonte
T. D Geoghegan, of Washin
They replace J. O. Talbot, of
and the late William Marriot
by. of Philadelphia
addition
members, |
and C. B. Wagner, of
Emerick and
of Bellefonte
of Los Angeles
(hey
and
the Belk
$4,094 5
annual revo ye
This represents
of $1101977 over the
1936, whic)
The
which was 80.48 |
ironed "0 5
al ped y 4
The income
Central last
cording to the
tockhoiden
net
yea Was
was $6326.22 In
operatin rao ES
hese figure
between expenses
and
the
bu
mad
ent more
Haceme
on we future. O
prevention work was dows
Bs erecting food
ng the
embankments
Company
ip and curtailed
went
heir
nto receiv.
a Ly fpmen
We jook to an early settlement ¢
the affairs {
Company and a gr :
general business 113008
combined with the increased
how snjoved by virtue of the Penn.
yivania State College bul)
gram, promises a further
our for the com
traf
JANE Pro.
increase in
revenue 1 Year
The mar
emplovens
gement expresies io
sinceve appreciation
their coopertion throughout the ve
and as well at this time weclomes 0
our family of swockholders a major
of our employees who during
year acquired shares of B. C. stock
- cess ———
When a saleaman offess to sel)
you something at a loss to himself,
FOU Can save money by rejecting his
generosity
al ————
The nations of the world a¥e
building up armaments for defense
One of these days they will begin
defending themselves at the same
time
-
We know of men who are 80 busy
solving the problems of ihe nation
that they find it extremely diffi.
cul to make & living for their own
families
Higher wages seldom interest the
man who fs vying about a way
to dodge a Deavy income tax
EE.
The experts say a big war is not |
likely but we still suspect that the
cannon are being made to shoot, |
>
A nation, like an individual, can!
take it so easy that it forgets how |
to bear down when necessity arises, |
]
Americanism: Businessmen yelled |
about taxes after his corporation
enjoyed the best year in its history. |
The people in the world who are |
anxiously seeking ‘the truth and
nothing but the truth can probably |
be counted on a few fingers i
After looking at the sictures int
some of the modern magazines, we
wonder wy people object to any. |
imit seems to have been |
ment which would increase profits. reached. |
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GIANT PINE TREE
IS FELLED FOR $20
Was 125 Years Old at Start
Hattiesburg
and five vear
Two hundred
f American history
were malched by the growing rings
of a huge loblolly pine tree felled in
Mississipp
The ar felled
Red
The forest monarct
chent pine was ot the
forks of Flint snd creeks In
Stone county
119 feet high Was a lone sury
the once virgin forests of the
| Because inaccessibility
of i
od
the swamps because
escaped
» vielded 5.000 feel of
oN
service off
HD years sand
Hound Holds Vigil for
Dead Priest Despite Cold
Westen W THe stepson fired
ad wave ¥ nt eno 1h
Va
Ce
Barney, a 12-ve
d. 10 give ug
MceCucddor
the Gog eve:
in sight of
which was
charge
church
Quick's
On the day the priest! was
walked siowily
for a moment, a
Ne hi
hewed a 1
used to take t
leiling stories of his dog and
worse, Price. He oid
ney would follow him for mile
+ his vigils to the sick or
Was making his mountain «
sometimes through the snow
dog always would greet his mast
gleclully at the door after a n
L 8
told bow
while he
row
ass
Crosses Sunflower and
String Beans in Test
orth, N. H~The latest ad
0 the vegetable kingdom is
“sunflower-string bean."
Making a novel experiment las!
spring, Richard Berry planted sev.
eral sunflower seeds in his buck
far A few days later he planted
some scarlet runner string beans in
the same place
Last fall Berry found the sunflow
ers and beans had mixed Each of
the sunflower seeds had a bean in
gide it, and instead of bearing the
ordinary black and white markings,
the sunflower seed: were deep pur-
ple, the same color ax the beans
Whisky at 121; Cents a
Quart Noted in Old Book
Philadelphia. ~~One hundred years
sgo whisky sold for 12% cents @
guarl, but a belter brand brought
as much as 18 cents, according to
an old account book of the Bird-in.
Hand general store, Upper Merion
township
Fight rvigars—apelled “segarz’” in
the accouniz—could be bought for
two cents. Other deals showed Cuat
one dozen teaspoons were sold for
3% cenls; one dozen eggs. 13%
cents; a quarter-peck of salt, 5
cents, and one pound of ham, 13
cents
Parrot Drinks Coffee
Daily for Breakfast
Duanesburg. N. Y.—A coffee
drinking parrot is the pet of
Mrs. Frank Dee, Every morning
the bird sips the beverage from
a cup on the breakfast table.
The bird has not yet learfied to
say “Polly wants her coffee”
put she has no trouble conveying
that information by # bombard.
ment of gereeches, screams and
awks”
The Italians advise the British
that they want no territorial gains
in Spain and that they seck no ec-
onomic privileges, This is » good
jtom to check up on in about a year
and a half,
It's getting so, . nowadays, that
pew magazines spring up ke the
grass in the fields.
| Grand Jury Returns
13 True Bills
(Continued from Page 1)
the
The lighting
Prothonotary
Treasures
nll, saving
of all Inbor
as In the
er's ang
be made
Court Ho
Wi further renort
bench in front of the Cou
ex
recommended
County the cost
ystem
Record
’
miiorm
Y
he re for the
of women, and
rem '
from
frved
fre a m the
nace to ubiic’
Return 12 True Bil
Five Bills
Other Dispositions
county J
Harry of Boealsburg
tered a Dies of pulity to driving
truck after hi
had
operating pr
Hime:
Bailey. of
Motor Police
been suspended
arrested by RE
Pleasant Gan State
on March 2. near Boalsburg
the officer noticed his tr
ariven in =a SUSPICIONS
Himes in ciaimed his license
was suspended for reckless driving
and that he hasn't been able to
the insurance required by the
before his driving permit is
stored. He was sentenced to pay
costs of prosecution and 8 fine
$100 or in default of the fine under
£0 imprisonment in the county
for 30 days
Although he entered a plea of
guiity to three charges of violating
the State Liquor laws, Martin
Kosut. of Snow Shoe township, told
the Court he hadn't been in his cel-
ler for months and had no idea
where three stills, 2 ooantily of
mash and several gallons of a po-
tion described as white moon-
shine,” came from
The defendant was sentenced to
pay the cost: of prosecution fines
totaling $200 and serve 20 days in
the county jail if he fails %0 pay
the $200 fine an sdditional 60 days
in fail will be substituted
The acting prosecutor in this sc-
tion was a Mr. Bradley, of the State
Liquor Oontrol Board He stated
that on April 13 agents visited the
Kosut home, found a gallon of
white ‘shine in the woodpile; a
quantity of mash and some more
moonshine in the house; a 5-gallon
still and a 10-galion still complete
with coils in the cellar, and a 20-
gallon still in the barn Batches of
mash and jugs partly filled with
whiskey also were found in the cel.
lar, although none of the stills was
in operation. the officer sald.
The docket for the regular sum-
mary convictions, appeals, pleas and
desertion and non-support count
uck being
manner
court
pel
State
| scheduled to be held today. has been
shortened to only four cases. Dis
trict Attorney Oeltig announced
last night. Cases to be heard are as
follows: J. €. Conrad, Bellefonte,
appeal on vehicle code charge; W
8. Zahniger, Fleming, appeal; John
a. Mrgatrs, Port Maidlos, violation
vehicle code, and Daniel Holter.
Bellefonte, violation of vehicle code
The case of Sidney A. Speaker,
al services will
he
:
held at
o'clock Priday afternoon from
Welser re
sidence at
tate Cx
Heart Attack Fatal
To E. E. Weiser
HEIGHT OF ECONOMY
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MAEKET
Political
FOR CONGRESS
Tl
12
Harts-
QUOTATIONS
Announcements
CHAIRMAN
Real
’
FHIS WELL BI
Shad
THE
LAST BIG
THIS
RI'N ON
SEASON
SHAD FOR
Buck Ib 9¢
Split Ib 13¢
Roe Ib17¢
pair 35¢
LARD, Best Pure - - 1b 10¢c
OLEQ, Winner Brand 3 Ib 35¢
21b 57¢
BUTTER
WEINERS
BOLOGNA
MINCED HAM
Ib 1
5¢
HAMS, Winner Brand, 1b 27¢
BACON, Winner Brand 1b 23¢
Spare Ribs
Neck Bones
Pork Liver
Beef Liver
Ih 10¢
Ih 6¢
th, 12¢
th. 19¢ | Pressed Ham
Spiced Ham
Cheese Loaf
Veal ib
Loaf
Millhroek
MILK
32 Be
Old Reliable Sweet Peas -
: »
FR E2 S87" Tot
Corn, Crushed Golden Bantam -
All Good Peaches
Hurff Pork and Beans - -
Daisy Brooms, Extra Quality - -
Colonial Club Crackers - -
Colonial Buttercup Cookies - - -
SPRY
RINSO -
3 ve 25
MARKET LOAF
2 No. 2 Cans
2 cans
big cans
big cans
- »
ea.
Cello. pkg.
pke.
3-1b can 49¢
- 2 lge. boxes
Ib
ib
Winners’ Bread
2o¢
25¢
25¢
Ih 29¢
1
19¢
23¢
J7c
25¢
25¢
18¢
15¢
Pillsbury Flour - 24 1b 95¢
Millpride Flour
24 Ib 65¢
N.B.C. ASSORTED COOKIES (comb. sale) Bb 23¢
PALMOLIVE SOAP
LIFEBUOY SOAP
RED SUPER SUDS
RGOL AID
- - M . -
3 cakes 17¢
3 cakes 17¢
3 small boxes 23¢
package 5¢