January 12, 1939. Seek Vote On School Loan (Continued from page one) would extend the WPA program and thus make available new funds for the proposed building. It was point ed out, however, that by the time Congress has taken action it may be too late to complete the local fin- aneing of the program, so the Board has tentatively decided to hold the special election as early as possible 50 that if the Board can finance its share of the cost, WPA funds can be accepted Immediately and the éntire program speeded. While the special election could be held in conjunction with the Primaries in September, the Board feels that to delay action until then would seriously jeopardize Belle- foute's chances of securing WPA ald in financing the new addition. At the February meeting, it was indicated Monday, the recently- elected borough solicitor, Musser W. Gettlg, will be asked to launch preparations for the special elec- tion. Whether the amount to be asked for on the ballot will remain at $55,000 or whether will be altered has not been reveal. ed. A representative of the Mills Mut- tal Life Insurance Company appear- ed before the Board to explain the features of a policy being issued by that company. Under the terms of the policy, if the school district gave the company at least a third | of the total insurance, the company’ would make a complete survey of the value of bulldings and contents, snd would keep the survey up to) date each year, providing a con- stant inventory of insurable prop- | erty. The Mills Company now has about $30,000 of the $237,000 insur. ance carried by the Board. The | company would have to have about $50,000 additional insurance before the survey system would be put into | effect. No action was taken by the board on the ma‘ter, The Board granted permission to about 20 students of vocational ag- riculture to attend the State Farm Show one day next week. The youths | dances in the corridor. The Board | commissioners to be $23,094.34 less will provide their own transporta- that figure tion and will be accompanied by the Vocational Agriculture instruce tor, It was reported that Paul Krape has won third prize in the state for his project book in dairy cattle in judging held before the opening of the State Farm Show, and that his project book will be on display at the show. The WPA matron service project for local schools got under way Monday morning, with four women being assigned as matrons, Super vising Principal E. K. Stock report. ed. Hunter & Caldwell, Altoona ar- chitects retained by the board to prepare plans for the proposed new addition to the school, submitted a revised bill of $2,780. The original bill of $3,021 was based on a per- centage of the lowest bid submitted for the building. The board felt that alternate bids should have been taken into consideration, and the architects complied” with a reduc- tion of $241, Hunter & Caldwell advised against proposed fire hazard corrections in the high school bullding at this { time, expressing doubt that the {changes would actually relieve the | fire hazard and contending that the work would be most difficult with | school in session. The architects also expressed hope that last year's | stalemated building program can be | revived. | ‘The Board granted permission to {a group of about ten adults to use | the manual training department for { instructions in woodworking, but de- nied the use of the gymnasium to Machine Gun Troop, Bellefonte, for | holding basketball games. The first proposal was deemed an educational project, since the class is to be con- ducted by Harry C. Menold, man- ual training instructor. The second proposal was seen as a danger to the Board's policy of permitting only civic and educational activities in | school properties, Mr. Stock reported that High | school students have found that | dances in the gymnasium are not | as well attended as were the affairs held in the High school bullding | corridor, and that some students | have asked permisison to again hold | (Continued on page eight) | ! i ——— LE wre CENTRE COUNTY'S LEADING Public Sale Register | —_— mE EE ———— i | AD Interested buyers of Live Stock, Implements, Household Goods, ote., st public sale, turn their eyes to these columns first. Make sure your ad in full description, appears In this sale register. farm mpl Sale o'clock 8. m. BE. M. Smith, suct. il > it} ? 3 Ris i : i : 4 Ee i ; H § | : Highways * | Maintenance in State | Court expenses it | Sinking fund and intere | Interest on NOLES | Commissioners ....... | Tax Assessments ........ { Probation and Parole . | Military Approp | Juvenlle oy, and “save” the money in the General purse. Not that there's anything wrong in the procedure, or pot that fit isn't entirely legal. The only point upon which taxpayers may raise an eyebrow is that the Commissioners, through the reallocation of funds, claim substantial savings which exist only in thelr own minds, The problem of breaking down the entire statement is no job for the layman, but fortunately it {is not necessary to go that far to get a fair idea of the “savings” claimed by the Commissioners. In 1937 the Qeneral Fund of the county contained the following ex- penditures: Mothers’ Assistance and Old Age Pensions... $10,037.89 Mothers’ Assistance and Old Age Pensions... Non-County Institutions... Juvenile . a 7,241.26 4,310.30 1,805.90 Total ee 34,001.35 In the “financial statement” re- leased last week, the only expenses of the kind included in the General Fund were: Juvenile Non-County Institutions Total .. — 2, i Last year all Mothers’ Assistance | and Old Age pensions expenses were | either paid by the State or by the | Institutional District, with the ex-| ception of the items totaling $422.00 | which were carried over from 1937, | and which could not be charged to | the Institutional District in 1938. | The inaccuracy of the Comimis-| sloners’ statement becomes evident | when it is seen that they included | in 1937's expenditures a total of | $2400135 for Mothers’ Assistance | and Old Age pensions, while in 1938 | these expenditures were paid by the | State or by the County Institution. | al District. In this manner on this single item alone, the 1838 expenses of the county are shown by the | | { | i than in 1937. A further difficulty in comparing costs in the two years arises {rom the fact that a separate statement | is issued for the Institutional Dis- trict, which was established Jan- uary 1, 1938. The District account includes many new items, many of which were formerly pald by the local poor districts. Without a com- plete breakdown of the District ac- count, it is impossible to compare | poor costs of last year with the cost | of administering ald to the needy | under the former township system. i i creased the salary of i {| torneys in seventh class counties | THE CENTRE DEMOURAT, BELLEFONTE, PA." COUNTY COSTS REMAIN HIGH (Continued from first page) A more accurate picture of the County's financial standing will be available when the Auditors’ state- ment for 1938 1s published. In considering the comparative table of expenses for 1037 and 1938, appearing at the end of this article, several factors must be borne in Omitted from the table is an eX- pense item for 1938 in the amount of 34444063 for commissions tax collectors. There is no corres= ponding entry for 1937 because last year a new system of paying tax collectors’ commissions went Into effect. Prior to last year, tax col- lectors deducted their commissions and gave the county a check for the remainder, In 1938 tax collectors tuned in the full amount to the county, and the county then issued checks for thelr commissions. Also In the table it will be seen that In 1937 the county paid $10,170 into the sinking fund and for in- terest on the bond issue, and an ad- ditional $7546.51 interest on notes, or a total of $17,716.51. Last year the debt service charge was $11,- 080 99. There are two reasons for the re- duction in interest charges last year, First, the Indebtedness of the county was refinanced at a lower rate of interest. Second, during 1837 a considerable part of the floating indebtedness which was refinanced was not pald off until the various notes came due, although money for paying off the notes was avall- able long before many of them came due. In this way the county was paying interest not only on the re- financing bond issue, but also to the various note holders. Double interest was paid for a time oN part of the county debt, In a study of the table below, the cost of the law library for 1837 is shown as $1.50560, and for 1938, $2353.05. The 1938 figure includes a bill of $723.75 which was incurred in 1837 and which was carried over into the 1938 account, The cost of the District Attorney's office increased from $330725 in 1837 to $3313.50 in 1938. This in- crease results from the fact that last year the State Legislature in- from $1200 to $2,100 a year, In the table it will be noted that in reality instead of saving last year, the cost of operating most de- be fairly compared for the two years are: 1087, $15005096 and 1938, $158 315.10, EXPENDITURES 1037 mann 3 19,101.77 — 1672942 Clections . 14.890.94 — 1293.79 st 10,170.00 8.5985 65 T4440 783071 754651 6.75306 Institutions on Bond Issue . County Jall AARIABAIIBE cuisine rations .. | Justice of Peace | Auditors’ District Attorney -. LCORCRIBE or csearscmmsosimseisonermmsdiion | Agriculture Ext. Ass0. . | Miscellaneous ... —— | Supt. of Schools | Constables . Inter. | FRIDAY, MARCH 17—Adam Relish | {| will offer st public sale st his farm 1 mile saat of ; , Pa. Ive | "| Solicitor —— wise | Recorder of Deeds | Register of Willis . | Office Equipment on farm, 2 miles east A State farm piements Sale J 8. , MARCH 18—Frank ler will offer at public sale K. Stewart Route 322, livestock. \ 5 is a clean-up x e at § o'clock. E. M. Bmith, auot, Law Library . 141134 AI BO Sealer of Welghts and Measures .... Registrars (Vital Statistics) 1.36831 1,007.00 900.00 736 30 4.77 6528 68 Tax Collector (Postage) _.. 170 Decrease $4,084.61 1938 $15,707.16 2221064 Increase 5841.22 17.408 51 251757 8.50130 3996 40 11.080 99 03089 8534.15 8.631 98 TA2040 71.50 410.31 T8748 N10 729.34 M66 6.96506 6651.70 6708.12 321245 450038 IAW 732.15 3.16524 2.809 00 331350 2431.15 1,900.00 1990.46 235305 1386.42 185720 2301.45 “1m 14538 251.40 803.20 489260 635 55.37 1882.17 999 50 900.00 12473 ne me 408.43 11002 $159,958 96 $158.315.10 On Friday night, January 6, a {group of members and friends of the Seven Stars church gathered at ; | the home of their pastor, Rev. Phil C. Hall, In Tyrone, and tendered him a pleasant surprise on the oc- casion of his forty-first birthday. The evening was spent in playing games, singing hymns and chorus- es, after which Mr. Hall was pre- sented with a purse for the pur- chase of a Bible. Refreshments con- sisting of sandwiches, pickles, cake, coffee and ice cream were served. After many happy greetings and felicitations the crowd left for their D. | homes, wishing Mr. Hall many more happy birthdays. Those present were as follows: Mr. J. F. Rossman, Min- nie Rossman, Sarah Waring, Mrs. C. J. Briggs, Mrs. Anna Rossman, Mrs. G. G. Hutchison, Mrs. Mae Mcllvain, Mrs. Carns, Mrs. 8. A. Mrs. R. L. Musser, 8. A. Homan, Mrs. C. L. Leeper, Mrs. G. D. Ross- hm —— RL SS SES SSRN from each ewe. If he loses that lamb through lack of feed and proper care, his income €ill be re- duced by about 60 per ceni, says County Agent R. C. Blaney. A nourithing ration fed MHberalily will help the flock owner avold about 75 per cent of the sheep troubles during winter and spring. The kind and amount of grain fed depends upon the condition of the ewes. Legume ha provide the best roughage, although timothy hay harvested at the proper time is very satisfactory. Corn silage or roots fed in addi- tion to a good legume hay is a sal- District At- | 750 | 13 Get Jail Senten- ces At Court Here (Continued oh pag» seven) Thomas, of State Céllege; Willlam Earl Fogleman, aged 20, of Lemont, and Blair R. Markle, of Pleasant " Thomns, whose residence is In Millon but who is working in State College, was arrested the day before Christmas in Harris township by Private J. J. Mignogna, of the State Motor Police at Pleasant Gap. The | arrest was made about 3:80 o'clock | after the officer noticed Thomas’ cbr | driving in a zig-zag fashion. The | officer said that he noticed Thomas | had an alcohofle breath, and that | the man wag pronounced intoxicated | by a State College physician who | exunined him, Thomas told the court he'd never been (n trouble be fore, Fogleman, the man who began | 1939 in a bad way by running his | ear into a machine driven by Chief of Police Harry Dukeman, of Belle | {onte, early on the morning of New | Year's Day, was examined by a local | physician and was found intoxicated, | Chief Dukeman reported in court, | The Chief's car was not damaged in| the collision which occurred on| South Allegheny Street. Markle was arrested Seplember 10 by State Motor Police officer R. E. | Balley, of Pleasant Gap, after the officer had received a complaint thas Narkle was operating his car while intoxicated. The officer drove along the road from Pleasant Oup to Belle fonte, and passed Markle going the ther way. The police car turned and followed the Markle machine 0 Homtown, Pleasant Gap, where {the arrest was made. A Bellefonte I physician pronounced the driver | under the Influence of aloohoi. TPTRANKSTER' PLEADS GUILTY Walter Sidney Spackman, Port Matilda young man who sawed his iway out of the State College Bor- ough lock-up December 17, and amazed the hoosegow turnkey by {appearing in his cell as usual the inex: moming, entered a plea of Igulliy to escaping and was sentenced {10 pay a fine of $10, or to serve five idays in fall, He paid the fine and {costs and was released {rom custody, Spackman, a personable young chap, fell afoul the Stale College law {when he falled (0 answer a summons {for parking overtime on State Col- jege’s metered sireels. Officers went ito Port Matilde arrested him and | partments of the county government took him to State College, where in | was greater than for 1037. The COM-~ | aor, )¢ of 4 §10 fine he was sentencs { parative totals of items which Can |, ., oe five days in the lock-up. {Obtaining a saw from a fellow in- fmate, who Spackman [dentifiad In cour as James Fultoh, he escaped { from the lock-up and got back in his cell some way Lhe DEX morning. | In passing sentence on Bpackman, i Judge Walker told him thal his ap- ipirent “prank” had increased not loniy his own roubles, but had iso | plicated another person, Fulton, fand cautioned him against further violations of the law {LICENSEE FINED $200, | Andy Panik, Clarence beer garden . wast before the bar of tice on two counts; one for selling imore than § bottles of beer at a time, land the other for selling whiskey | withow, a license. | The prosecutor was James A iDutra, of the State Liquor Control | Board, who wis representad in count iby a fellow officer, T. R. Tubbs. | Tubbs sald that on November 6, «- | ficers purchased 10 bottles of beer at la ume, and that on November 132 Panik gold them 2 drinks of whiskey | He was sentenced io pay the costs of [prosecution and a fine of $100 or i serve 30 days in fall on each of the {two counts, | SKIPPED BOARD BILL Bialne Beatty, o Clearfield charged with defrauding Mrs, May Harm, of State College, of a 528 board bill, entered a plea of guilly and was sentenced to pay the coats and serve 30 days In jail Beatty admitted tiist he wag in trouble in Erie County, and that he is a parole violator there According to a statement by Mrs Harm, Beaity lived at her home for four weeks prior to October 15 when he left early one morning without having paid her any money on his bill. SAILOR ‘ASKS' FOR TROUBLE Barton Brown, describing himseld 8 & sailor from Baltimore, en rouie % Erie in the hope of getting a job on the Creat Lakes, pisaded guilty to a charge of stealing about $2.30 in merchandise from the McCrory five and ten at Philipsburg, December 24. fs 1 i ] hi ] | | picked up an ton, and was captured first, | Crew held State College Prosecuting Officers James Griffith | and W. C. Myers, of the State Motor Police at Rockview, sald that Swine ford broke into the cabin and re- moved goods valued at about $10, giving them to Keister for safe- keeping. Most of the loot was re- covered at Kelster's house, it was reported. Neither men has a pre- vious criminal record, it was report. od. The Court sentenced each of them to pay the costs, make restitution for goods not recovered, and to serve 30 days in the county jail, wu Capture Youths | Who Fled School | (Continued from page one) | sald Pennington. “They cold to talk” The three who fled to the woods were identified by Pennington as Henry Tabroskl, 17, of Sharpsburg; Milton Roberts, 18, of Ingrahm, and George Plbricht, 17, of Ingrahm. They had made a fire and were trying to get warm when the searchers came upon them. They of- fered no resistance, | All were returned immediately to | we home, Pennington sald the were two tl i boys had | automobile on the | highway to get away. When the searchers found them they all ran, but Steel "apparently couldn't run) as fast as the others.” sald Penr ine. The “minimum security block” is | outside the Institution's walls and | is occupled by boys who have only a short time to serve. Pennington | sald the escape was the first from | the block in several years ! Noting that the home “is very much over-crowded.,” because there are 1300 youths confined in 1,000 cells, Pennington said: | “We'll always have escapes une less we run this place as a peni- | tentiary—and we're not” The new state industrial home under construction near Harrisburg at White Hall, Cumberland county, will alleviate overcrowding, he ad- ded. > Viewers To Fix Damages (Continued from page one) the complaint avers, Mr. Schad is deprived of the only suitable land available for the construction of a sidetrack for hauling ganister rock from his two mines nearby; is de- prived of the use of the land for growing timber: has no place for the construction of scales for the weighing of trucks which pass site on the adjoining highway: can't {build a mill for the production of WhHoad cant © stone from his mines, and build a road to facilitate entrance and egress from his mines A — i ———— ROVER CREW HOLDS MONTHLY to SOCIAL AT STATE COLLEGE ° The Central Pennsylvania Rover | its monthly social at last Friday night. Meeting at Rover Marshall Cates’ home the group comprised a theatre party to the Cathaum theatre After the show they went to the Autonort for dancing and refresh- ments, — A SIGN YOU CAN DEPEND ON Page Seven — 2 = WaeN the big Atlantic sign looms up, pull over — give your car a treat! F ill up with quick-starting Atlantic White Flash. Drain your erankease and refill with the proper grade of threetimesstronger Atlantic Motor Oil. And give your car Atlantic Lubrication. That's the way to keep winter repair bills down . . . that’s the way to Keep Upkeep Down. Wore Wiles for Your Momey ATLANTIC Coroner's Jury Reaches Verdict | Find College Power Plant Em- ploye Died of Suffocation After Fall WHITE FLASH a TC RICATION & [TUB RICA the decaesed. Members of the jury were: Robert Parnell, James Hoy. Micheal Baker, Jr, C. P. Henzi M. C. Musser and 8. A. Hoffman of State College Miss Sarouy said her father had been in good health and in the past had received medical treatment for mince illnesses. The power : sketched BSarouy's plant employes work in the plant, told of the opera- all only vd, tion of the coal holst, and enumersa:- ouy, aged 58, of Btate College, em- ploye at the College power plant, found lass: Thursday morning t death had resulted from sometime betaeen T30 and 9 © last Wednesday mornd hat suffocation clock ng. the * » pOWer of 4 Ou nlant pi eral Director Hubert N. Koch Joliege, who prepared Sar- y for burial, told the cor- oner's Jury, impanelled by Dr. W. R Heaton, of Philipsburg, that the de- ceased’s nostrils and mouth were filled with fine coal: that his left A 5 OM leg was fractured at the ankie, and! that he had received a severe {rac- ture of the skull Prom i dence the jury concluded th man was unoonacious but 4 v elected president for Among those In attendance were © Roverettes Ruth Espigh, Ann Hoops, Mary Turnbull, Dalene Coble, Gunne! Bialme, Jane Shuey and Betty Shuey: and Rove ers Foster T. Augustine, Leonard Friend, J. Robert Manery, Clair Stover, Bob Jones, Ted Blger, Mar- ehall Gates, haries Coble, Cuy Poorman, Joe Kofman and Rey- nolds Van Buskirk. {and Clemence Sarc ; "| president, Geraldine Benner, ™° 130Y H ne, uo Al the in Funeral Ho them eye-w of t testified. They were, in addition to Mr. Koch, George Shafer, J. E Pen- nington and Superintendent R. Y Sigworih, of the power plant, daughter of eat "1 uy w fellow-work- * ed the safety guards in place ground the coal bin where the accident happened. They were at a loss 0 account for Barouy’s plunge in coal chute Alter testimony had been heard, members of the visited soene of the accident and then re- turned to the Koch home where tL was reached services for the deceased mn +i vo Ue fury the Lhe Fune wpe im vercs , were held in St. Andrew's Episcopal church, State College, Saturday al- with Canon Edward M. officiating. Interment ‘was the Philipsburg cemetery was a native of Marrisaae is survived by his wife, Alice, the daughter, Clemence teacher in the Harris Township High School, Boalsburg. - Union Installs Officers Atl 5 meeting of the Centre Coun- ty Labor Union in the Farmers’ Na- tional Bank building. Bellefonte, Saturday night, Orvis Reed, & third term Keeler, re-elected vice were installed. Others in- ducted into office were: W. H. Gare man, financial secretary; Clyde Watson, treasurer; Charles A. Pet. per, guard. Trustees are John Van. guard, Boyd Stewart and Norman Sleigh in Puy a Te. and John — ————— Look out for trouble in Europe al- mos. any month this year. — BELLEFONTE MERCHANTS Offer The Public Their FIRST TOWN - WIDE Clearance Sale! ~— Beginning —— Thursday, January 19 Members of the Retail Division of the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce, whose names appear below, have combined in giv- ing the people of Centre County one of the greatest buying op- portunities ever offered by any group. Thousands of bargains wait for you in these Bellefonte stores: Bernstein, Sid Bottorf Bros. (Shoes) Brown's Boot Shop County Chevrolet DeHaas Electric Co. Decker Motor Co. Electric Supply Co. Friedman & Levine Goldman Food Market H. A. Rossman Garage “CENTRE COUNTY'S Heverly Bros. (Spt. Goods) Schaeffer Hardware Co. Hoag's Dairy Jodon Motor Co. Lintz Ladies Shop Montgomery & Co. Parrish Drug Store Pifer’s Music Store Poorman’s Garage Plaza and State Theatre G. C. Murphy Co. Smart Shop Turner's White Brothers Widmann & Teah Wolf Furniture Co. Worth's Yeagers City Steam Laundry BELLEFON SHOPPING CENTER
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