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NEWS,
FEATURES
VOLUME 69
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22,
DAY, FEBRUARY
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BELLEFONTE, PA., THURS
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1940,
NUMBER B&B.
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Bury Dog with Master
Jiggs, a poor man's friend, was
buried last week beside his master,
at Lancaster, Jiggs was the alre-
dale pet of Bernard J. (Bill) Bar-
rett, who died three years ago ih
the alley shack that was his home
The dog guarded Barrett's body
from police until a neighbor coaxed
it away. Barrett was buried in|
Potter's Field and friends put up a
marker; “Just Plain Bill.” Feeble
with age and nearly blind, Jiggs Wis
put to death. Friends who cared
for the dog since his master's death
arranged for burial and sald they
would mark the grave with Jiggs’
license tag.
Sticky Lime
The Junior Chamber of Com- |
merce of Oklahoma City, will be |
little more careful next year in the]
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PASSENGERS SPEND
NIGHT IN BUS WHEN
SNOW HALTS TRAFFIC
|
Drifted Nittany Valley Highway Maroons
Many Cars-Soft Drinks Freeze When
Loaded Truck Becomes Stranded
The recent unusually heavy snow, road was dug out at 7 a. m. on
storm which swept over Centre
county was the cause of much in-
convenience to transportation on
loval highways. Particularly sever:
were the snow drifts through Nii-
tany Valley where trafic was en-
tirely tied up for a time
selection of a barrel to collect] Two ladies enroute to Lock Hae
dimes fos the national infantile | ven, one [rom Cleveland and the
paralysis campaign, To their dis- | other from DuBois spent Wednesday
may, they discovered that the barrel | night in a traffic-bound bus be-
recently used was an old molasses | tween Bellefonte and Zion, when
barrel and they had to dig more the bus in which they were travel-
than $100 in dimes, nickels and |
pennies from the sides and bottom
of the barrel.
Toothache Fatal
Suffering with a toothache, Rich-
ard A. Riley, 28, of Wichita Falls, |
Texas, saturated a cloth with an|
anaesthetic, placed it against his|
mouth and went to sleep. The next
day he was found dead. Just a
few days before, his brother Leon- |
ard, was killed in the crash of an
army bomber against a hill near |
Riverside, Calif.
Keeps Sense of Humor!
Boyd Shirey, of Clearfield, was |
good and mad the other night when!
thieves stole groceries and a new |
pair of shoes from his parked cari
while hé went back for a Sack of
flour. But he didn't lose his sense of |
humor. “If they had only waited a |
couple minutes they could have had |
the flour, too,” Shirey commented |
wryly.
Active Imagination
Claiming that he had swallowed |
his false teeth while he slept, a man |
rushed into a hospital at Grand |
Rapids, Mich... demanding treat-|
ment for the “terrible pain™ they
caused in his stomacn. Before phy-
siclans could examine him, however
a telephone call informed the man
that the teeth had been found in|
his bed. |
Sneeze Dislodges Shot
William Darvel]. of West Frank-
!
i
i
fort, Ill, sneezed and a bullet, ac!
cidently fired into his head in 1920. }
emerged from his nostril. It had!
i
traversed a 19-vear downward course
from a point above one of his eves
and for several! years had been!
lodged alongside his nose.
Unknown Samaritan
A passing motorist, noticing three
persons trapped on the second floor
of a Philadelphia building on fire
thoughtfully backed his automobile
up under the window, helped them
step from the window lo the roof of |
his car and to safety. Then the
man drove away without giving his
name.
Double Injuries
Starting for a doctor's office for
treatment for a skight injury to his
hand when an automobile knocked
him down, George Sroka, 50, of
New Britain, Conn, wound up in
the hospital with a fractured)
shoulder. He had been knocked
down by a second automobile
Cut Off Toe
When Fdward Strausser, of]
Bloomsburg, attempted fo cut off
the head of a chicken, his hatche:
slipped, and chopped off a toe from
his right foot.
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Cousins Die on Same Day
Two young cousins, within a year
of the same age. died Saturday, one |
al the Dock® Haven Hospital, and|
the other at her home In Woodward |
township. Clinton county. They!
were Miss Helen Katherine Cooper. |
18, daughter of Mrs. Rosanna Coo- |
per, of Loganton, who died at the]
hospital Saturday evening after he-
ing a patient for several weeks, and |
Miss Geraldine Grace Glotsner, 17!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G.|
Glossner, who died Saturday morn- |
ing after being ill for three years
i
Bird Proved to Be Hat Snatcher
When a lumberjack arrived in
camp at Wakefield, Mich, minus
his cap, fellow jacks guffawed when
he told them a huge bird had
swooped down and taken it from
is head. It wasn't nearly so fun-
ny. though, when four others had
their hats removed from their heads
in the game manner. The bird is
believed to be a great horned owl
or a hawk.
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There are Americans simply
| a depth of four or
{ course of the blizzard
{ 9 p. m. Wednes,
| Shirley Smith, 20, sisters of Wood-
i Reformatory Monday of last
i William Cason, 17,
ing became hemmed in by stalled
automobiles and trucks on a stretch
of road where the snow drifted to
five feet in the
the
the
The steam heating system in
bus was put in operation and
two travellers reported on their ar-
rival at Lock Haven that they had
spent a comfortable ni between
when their progress
oh
Kill
| was halted by the (raffic tie-up In
the accumulating drifts until the
Five Hurt As Car
Rams Into Truck
Vehicle of Crew Ashing Road
Near Philipsburg Hit
By Auto
Five persons were slightly in-
jured early Sunday morning when
the car in which they were I 14
| plowed into the rear end of a st
| highway struck on route 322,
half mile from Woodland,
Philipsburg
The car. a 1936 coach, Philips-
burg state motor police said, wa
! driven by Clyde Muayhue 22 of
Shawville, had come up a hill, and
with the truck setting just over the
ip. out of view of the driver had
plunged into it after skidding on
the jcy road. The truck was ing
| used to ash the highway.
|
Occupants of the car with May-|
hue were: Janet Smith, 231, and
land. RD: Don Miller, 21, of
Clearfield, and John Wilsoncroft,
64, of Woodland.
Police estimated damage to the
+
I nos
coach al £75. The ruck was
damaged. Driver of the truck was
Carl Swales, 38, of Clearfield, who
received no injuries
BR a Aa. ed
‘Negro Fatally
‘hursday. They departed to vist
friends in the city without identify-
ing themselves
A
rooned
people were mas
drifts midway be-
tween Zion and Bellefonte, some
making their way back to Belle-
fonte to spend the night in hote
eceking shelter In farm-
Until highway
{ equipment came |
ne y get the road open
had beer stuck in the
periods of eight to ten how
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EX-CONGRESSMAN IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
x-Congressman Don Gingery
Clearfield and Charles Brocall, Os-
ceola Mills, were involved in auto-
mobile collision last Friday after-
near Wallaceton
traveling
ght front
or
«( ot!
E
noon
While
field
toward Clear-
wheel of Gin-
now bank
turned directly into the
Brocall who was traveling
towards Philipsburg. Brocall's
smashed into Gingery's and
ploughed across the road on th
hand side into a show bank
No one was injured. Damages 10
Brocail's car, according to local
motor police are approximately $100
while Gingery's damages were es-
timated at $10
"hy i
wag i
gery's
and was
path of
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow
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Farm Nets $230 For Church Fund
A rural New York pastor, criticiz- Garagemen gave gasoline and
ing “questionable means of bingo coal I for the tractors: fertiliser
games and raffles for raising wi iomated with the help of busi-
cht scribes a successful nessmen, and others contributed
ct project that he sug- what they could
£ itive he land wa Nanted in buck-
In a discussion on church finan- V 31 acre
es at Comell University annual 80 te bad weaths the yield
Farm and Home Week we Rev. wi it 18 bushels to the acre, or
Elwyn D Merman, of Perry, told a al of 602 bushels The ne
how in h home community & pre was $230
lord's Acre movement proved —- rR Ar
nepla ns neal burdened I terests which raise the
ry. “Keep the Government out of
Farmer: donated 31 acres of business are not concerned with
land,” Mr. Merrian related, “and the the welfare of the people, but with
use of tractors, equipment and help. thei n profits
RUSH WORK ON BLACK
MOSHANNON AIRPORT; |
TO DEDICATE IN JULY
Field When Completed
is Expected to Be One
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Random
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RELATIVITY
With Mr. Einstein we have come
to the belief that everything Is
merely a matter of relativity, We
recall having mentioned here some
time ago that Council was too light-
hearted: joshed and joked too much,
ut swiftly we've undergone a
change, or something. Monday night
at Council they took a vote on the
of Most Up-to-Date in the State—Equipped
to Receive All Types of Aircraft
The Black Moshannon airpors
near Philipsburg Centre county,
which upon completion will be
equipped vo receive all types of air.
craftfrom private ships to giant
army bombers--will be dedicated
next July, it was learned this week
William BSwartz, acting director
state bureau of aeronautics
that with the advent of Fd
rk, estimated to cost $177,948
of the
sald
uld be rushed 10 completion
WPA headquarters at Harrisburg
has been suppiving the labor
project since opened
November 1888, said three-quar-
ters its task was now completed,
It undersiood that the 84 WPA
workers on the job would terminate
their work when they finish instail-
whch
for the mn
of
WR
ing boundary lights and clearing
the grounds, The airport improve-
ment project was suspended ul
June, 1039, but resumed July 27
Bwartz sald the (
nways had been
war til
Oo be dane
ald. along 4
W 18 13eY ven rh
he boundry lghU
je fou of a
tration
for the adminisira-
i n superstructure will
be let in spring, probably Aprh
said Swartz, explaining that winter
work made the cost too prohibi-
The bullding will be con-
by a private contractor
th the WPA providing the labor
tive now
structed
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LINCOLN’S PERILOUS
romances
So many have been
giver y the public recently about
the public and private life of Abra-
ham Lincoln, that we believe the
story of his night journey from Har-
risburg to Washington, during his
inauguration, will be accepted as an
interesting historical event Our
readers will find a deeper concern
in the tale when it is known that
Governor A. G. Curtin, of Belle-
fonte, played a conspicuous part In
securing the safety of the then
President-clect
It became known at the time that
a thoroughly organized conspiracy
was allve in Baltimore to assascin-
ate Mr Lincoln when passing
through that city from Harrishaorg
| to Washington. The plot was dise
covered by someone who notified
| Samuel H. Felton, then president of
Stabs Inmate
Fight at Huntingdon Reform-
atory Ends in Trag-
edy
A brief, furious fight between (WO
pegro inmates of the Huntingdon
week
ended in the fatal stabbing of one
of the youlhs. The victim
of Philadelphia,
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad. "The murderous
pian was to destroy the raflvay
bridge and wreck the President's
train.
Mr. Felton secured the services of
| the Pinkerton detective agency in
| Philadelphia
| scheme
Scout Week Celebration At
Government Indian Reservation
was |
The slayer Is Ward Gibson, 17, ot}
Chester, whose record showed that
he had once stabbed another boy
with a knife in Delaware county.
The two youths, Commander
| John D. Pennington reported, were
the
to
al
investigate
uiry revealed that
Quiry
That
: Bal we f 5
{ Washing
1 ir i program of the
d ed U MOU Harvisbur t
br ge fall § ¢ be t of LT ol t a dd oy
etiled purpose was 85 presi ‘ ¢ n
a general riot at the n { in. It seer that Genera
timore when Lincoln J and | iL, In { he yen alarmed
the confusion Lincoln was 10 be as- st Mr Lincol neislencs on car.
sassinaled rying out his original schedule, sent
a Gispaich to Oovernor Curtin
ich was
While this Pinkerton inquiry was
going on under Mr PFellom's direc
tion, Gen Beott who was charges fife oh in progres
with the protection of the President. While all were ilen the en-
elect during the Inaugural ceremon. vment of the dinner, wit}
tes. had secretly commissioned Cole President as the oe figure of
ohel Charles P. Stone 0 jnvestigate the feast 5 message w ou!
the threatened peril servant and quie handed
Stone soon found that or C The mere inter
was the center of the danger and ion of presenting a8 me
he covered that city by the best de- the Governor in bis own capi ate
toctives of both sexes and reached tracted no special atiention Sut
the same conclusions as had Pink- when the amile fled and a sudden
ertomn, although each was ignorant d of despair Oxed itself upon
of the operations of the other his face there was ominous silence
Mr. Lincoln and his party arrived and painful suspense around the
in Philadelphia, where they expect. lable before a word was spoken
ed to remain over night, hoist the Mr. Lincoln was among the first
flag over Independence Hall in the to note that a shadow had been
morning and then proceed to Hare
suddenly flung upon the circle, and
risburg. Tt was Mr. Lincoln's desire he did not conceal his anxiety to
received while the din.
OURNEY
learn lhe cnuse. The trull OOM
9
made known by Governor Curtin
The message he had received was
a int one from General Winfield
wert if Renat r Beward notify.
ng the Governor that Mr. Lincolr
ould not pass through Baltimore
alive on « following day and ure
gently nded a change of route
to save the life of the President.
elect
It is neodiess to say that the oe-
ro longer ane of festive
The solemnity a luneral
“RAH WARE
ity of
1 the new | group quickly enthroned Msel! shere
yi 4
Is
there had been plesiza CONVETrEn-
Lion a moment before
All bul efie of the dogen of more
men present seemed ullerly appal-
ied d that one was Abraham Lin-
While every other face was
with apprehension, he main-
d the same sober, sad ext
hand exhibited from
al
onlin
a yy
es
n nm -
ior. that he
and as usual he
AOting mtd the others had or
end he was porsotally appeales
for his views
One by one, beginnin
erpor Curtin, each one
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with
present
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The following letter received from
| Ralph U. Poorman, teacher in the
working at a bench in the furniture
factory with about 150 other in-
mates when the fight started.
There wus a short struggle and
Cason fell with a wound near his
heart. Pennington sald Cason bad
been stabbed with a “long, narrow”
chisel used by the workers in the
furniture faciory.
iexpects to obtain the
Huntingdon County Coroner Wil-|
liam B. West said the stabbing foi-
loved an argument over “little or
nothing.”
“The boys passed several remarks
about each other.” the coroner said,
“Gibson threw a chair rocker
Cason and then went after him
with a chisel
“It was just a flare-up of temper
Gibson had made
the statement |
that he had cut a boy once and)
intended to cut another sometime”
BROTHERS FOUND SICK IN
AUTO; TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
car on East Church street, The offi-
cers reported they found Daniel
Boone moaning and in pain. while
his brother, Leonard, appeared to
be unconscious. Using the Boone
car, the officers rushed them to the
vived, but Daniel was ordered shack«
fed in bed. A physician said Daniel
enough to believe that the sympa-
thy of this Republic is a great asset
Whe Finng in stopping the Red
¥.
RES ER Pe eS ~~ reir
Re Ea
c hildren Marooned
{was suffering from alcoholic par-
{alysis as a result of intoxication.
| Both were later discharged from the
| hospital.
re ee ee
Near Selinsgrove
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Highway crews of 45 men battled
10-foot drifts last week with plows
and hand shovels in an effort to free
33 school children and adults ma-
rooned in a farm house for a day
and night near Selinsgrove.
The road crews, working
east and west toward the
J. Lee Moyer, seven miles
insgrove, finally broke a path by
THOON.
older guests whiled away the time
playing postoffice, checkers, spine
the-bottle and popping corn. It was
| beds, anyway.
The parents of the children were
notified of their safety hy telephone,
| The wayfarers stumbled through
walst deep drifts to the farm house
There was little or
The host recently did his butchers
, ing so there was plenty to eat,
trip to attend the District Court of
A hurry up call received at Lock]
Haven police headquarters late Sun«|
day night sent officers to a parked |
Government Indian Reservation
Schools at Lukachukai. Arizona, tells
of Boy Scout activities among the
Navajo Indians. Mr. Poorman ex-
plains that of the 40 day schools on
the Navajo Reservation, Lukachu-
kai is the only ohe sponsoring a
Scout troop. The writer has been
with the troop from the start and
Scoutmaster
Key next year Mr. Poorman’s let.
ter follows:
“In Febr 1827 Troop No. 238
Boy Scouts was organized at Luka-
chukai. The troop was sponsored by
the Lukachukal Day School. The
troop is entirely composed of full
blood Navajo Indians.
“The troop has managed to keep
active although many difficulties
have been encountered. The boys do
beadwork and tanning to earn mon-
ey for registration.
“The past year has been a rather!
active one for the troop. the first
outstanding event was a 150-mile
"
iy
Honor held at Gallup during Scout |
Week. During the trip the members!
visited many places of interest It
was the first time most of the boys
had ever been off the reservation. !
Upon returning the Hoys made a mo- |
tion picture of their experiences and
gave an explanation of it to other
| students, parents and friends The
Lock Haven Hospital. Leonard res)
impossible to fit 41 persons into six
next event was a joint Good Will
Program sponsored at Chin Lee.’
Arizona, with the aid of the Chin
Lee Scout troop. The idea was to]
endeavor to develop a higher atti-|
tude toward Scouting. The program |
was an outstanding success. Then |
in May the troop made a trip to the!
Grand Canyon. being guests of the
Chin Lee Boy and Girl Scouts. Some,
of the boys made &he trip down
Bright Angel Trall to the Colorado
River. The trip to the Inn was start-
ed at seven in the morting and;
completed by four in the afternoon |
of the same day. Although some of |
| the boys were very tired they were
stantly planning
able to make the trip. thus show- |
ing that they are prepared to meet |
hardships. The following week the
troop did some troop camping in the |
from a stalled school bus and autd- Teailee Region. This was, probably, |
mobile
one of the outstanding events in the
boys’ minds, as they have been con-
a bigger and!
joriginated in the United States
CLEARFIELD COUNTY GIRL
WINS STATE D. A. R. CONTEST
A
% Sara Louise Bloom, a Cur-
Mi
wenaville High School student and
better camp diving the summer he 17-year-old daughler of Mr. anc
Ashley Bloom, is the winner
“On Monday Father Agnillus, tem-
porarily loosited at the 8! Isabel
Mission, had a special service for
the troop and gave a very interesting
{f the Good Citizenship contest
conducted by the Daughters of the
American Revolution
and impressive talk on scouting, es. Y27ia
pecially stressing the Twelfth Scout The Clearfield county girl, who
Law-—A Scout is Reverent won the contest In her school and
“Por the first time In the histor Sounty, Sve with n other
of the community a display window! , *NINsyivania school girs to win
1148 honor
She will receive a four-day {ree
trip to Washington. Contest win-
ners from the other states will join
was exhibited at the Greasewood
Springs Trading Post by the troop
Two exceptional rugs were exhibit-
ed. The first having the first class .
badge woven into it as the design | Der there.
and the other bearing the follow. Miss Bloom is
ing inseription—Troop 238—Luka-' 30d secretary of
chukai, Arizona. The rugs were wov- ————
en by relatives of the boys. The dis-
play has drawn many favorable
comments from both Navajos and
Caucasians of this thriving ocom-
munity.
“A program was held at the school
when the members of the troop MOrd was
demonstrated their ability in various! (ractor and plow, repairing the for-
school librarian
the seujor class.
Workman's Leg Fractured
day morning, Linn Beiford, 35, of
Lewisburg, R. D,,
botes of the right lower leg. Beil-
in Pennsyl- |
Snow Keeps Dad
From Ill Daughter’
Child Dies as Parent Battles
Huge Drifts in Effort
to Reach Her
Sonya Emery, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. George
Emery, died in their snowbound
home §n Macedonia, Bradford
county, while her father, who had
battled the blizzard all the way
from Lock Haven, was trying un-
successfully to reach the house
| Between Wysox and Macedonia the
{ road for three miles was completely
phases of Scouting. an explanation Mer. when it moved unexpectedly |
of the significance of the badge was 27d pinned him tightly between
given as well as the way Socoutingi the two pieces of equipment. He
4 was removed to the
“Sixty per cent of the parents of
the boys were present at the meet-
ings and seemed impressed by the
ceremonies and demonstrations.
Some of the parents came fifteen
miles to attend the meetings. Par-
ents or foster parents of the follow-
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in a cast.
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Japan's threat to
“Open Door” Treaty
tically all of the terms of the sald
treaty.
nib,
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:
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obliterated by drifts 10 to 12 feet
deep
Friends obtained a bobsled and
by traveling the ridges and through
When pinned between a tractor fields finally took Mr. Emery to his
and attached snow plow last Pri-| Haven in connection with his duties
in the U. 8. Forestry Service. Later, |
fractured both State highway plows were compell-
ed to break a way through to the
standing between the home for an undertaker.
t's a Gift
Refusing to pay income tax on a
Evangelical $1200 contribution $0 Erie County
Hespital where hig leg was placed Democratic Commitiee, City Treas- |
urer C. E. Hagerty declared the gift
was just as much entitled to exem- |
abrogate the ption as one made to a community
regarding | chest or church and “I hope I can
China would have more force if the set some official precedent with this
Japs had not already violated prac- | case”
—~Want ads bring results
{| Brien,
ibaters, has announced
Apri
Also probably In
Swartz the West Penn
sald
electric power lines. This, along
with the administration building
is scheduled 10 be completed in time |
for the Jul) dedication. Upon
completion of the power lines the
state will enter into a contract 0 |
provide the necessary power for the |
field
The fieid will also have a Tadio
range installed by the Federal
government. The Civil Aeronautics
Commission will also erect a FPeder-
al radio sSLALION ahd wielype sation
in the wasdministration building
while the U 8. Department of Ag-
riculture w place a weather sta-
tion there
The field whe compieled ex
pecied to be one of the most up-10-
date in the state with the exception
J hangers planned
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at present was st
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Worry Over Arrest
Cause of Suicide
Nippenose Valley Man is
Found Fatally Shot on
Couch at Home
county asuthoritdes
Lycoming
classed a8 a suicide the death
Shelley © Morris, 36, of Oriole,
| whose body with two pumpkin ball
hotgun wounds in the chest was
mn his Nippenose
au accident which
§ § against Morris
wr previc aturday together
with domestic worries and destitu-
tion, police believed, contributed to
Morris’ reason for taking his like
Morris was charged by Philips
urg state motor police with failing
0 ston the scene of an acei-
fent in which the vehicle he was
driving struck and injured Bets
Maines, 17. of Mineral Springs, and
Hexter Bell 20
of Surveyor
Morris. it i» said firet shot him-
self in the chest, In the woodshed
which adjoins his home, then walk-
ed to the living room, reloaded the
weapon, and fired another shot
imo his chest. Morris then placed
n on the couch laid down, ang
covered himself! with a blanket and
"Ie
o
bled to death
Morris’ death waz discovered by
8 wife. "The family had planned
to move to Clearfield
ra.
THREE-COLLEGE DEBATE
ON DIES COMMITTEE
Debaters from
Pens ry les
Pitt d
State Coliege will meet in a trian.
gular debate for the first (ime on
March
14, Professor Joseph F. O'-
onach of the Penn Stale de-
The topic
three-man
tudent
to be debated by two
teams, made up of one
each from the three insti-
tations, will be: “Has the Diet Com-
mitlee done more harm than good?”
A stenographic report of the pro-
#»
eeedings will be taken for publica.
tion in the Dobaters” Annual.
Clinten Board Completed
Governor James last week an-
nounced The appointment of Mrs
Arhes Mercer, of Renovo, to be 8
member of the Clinton Counts
Public Assistance Board, oom-
pleting the membership of the
board, which
other newliy-named members of the
board, Mrs Stella Cummings of
Lock Haven and Howard Gund-
lach, of Avis, began their duties a
a meeting of the board last week
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Splashed Wrong Man
Two young motorists realized their
error too late, after their car
swashed through a puddle, splash
ing Traffic Policeman John Feit
man, al Reading. He spotted the li-
cense as that of a stolen car, com-
! mandeered a ride on another mach-
ine, and caught them. They were
charged with stealing three automo-
les,
Wrong Guy
Mike Mullen, 22, admitted he beat
up “the wrong guy” and drew a 3-
month jail sentence on a plea of
guilly to assault and batlery. He
said he and several friends attacked
John A. Boehm in the mistaken be.
iliof he was one of several men who
{had insulted his girl friend.
Power com- |
pany will begin to install the fields |
numbers seven, Two |
borough millage, Various members
| of Couneil felt rather strongly In
the matter, and appeared deeply
interested In “having thelr side
win Bul when the vote was over
did the defeated members sulk, or
the vic ones gloat? Not by a
jugfull. Everyone smiled good-natur.
and tumed without apparent
| malice to the next item of business
| What a welcome change from the
deathly serioushess; the nerve.
| shattering tension that never
at some schoo] board meet.
victorious
edly
| Broken .
ings!
| BOOK REVIEW
We think that
practically
| one who feels that sooner or later
he may be gathered unto his fath-
{ers should read a little bogk entit-
“We Have to Die,” recently pub-
| lished. Written by a former news.
| paperman who knows a thousand
| funeral directors by their first
Inames, and who knows an addi.
tional thousand nearby as well
| book gives a clear insight into the
problems faced by, and the mar
| services rendered by modern funeral
| directors. The book reveals that $1.-
000 § Are an extreme rary,
that $10.-
the
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INEeTAaLs
even among the wealthy
{000 funerals of gangsters are leg-
ends; that anyone can fo any
legitimate funeral home and order a
| funeral for any amount he wishes i
EG ¥
ad
| spend. The funeral director, the
{ author emphatically states, should
{| be considered in the same light as
any other professional man. He has
ja rigid code of ethics and he is as
| eager to prevent those in straight-
ened circumstances from burdening
themselves with an overly-expensive
funeral as he to see that those
more comfortably fixed have a fu-
neral in keeping with their stalion
in life. Most of the services renders
ed by a mortician are not apprec-
public for the simple
their task is 10 carry
detalls incident «©
the Jeast
route bereaved family.
Probably the better a mortician per-
forms his job. the more ihose who
observe him thinks he is doing noth-
a
is
i
inated by the
reason that
oul the mans
funeral with
tn the
a
possible
ing. It requires on &n average of 54
man hours of work on the part of a
funeral director to perform his part
of a funeral Read the book. You'll
iget a new appreciation of the un-
usual service given by funeral direc.
tors, and you'll jose a jot of Tummy
Gens you might have regerding the
business of dying
PIGEON FANCIER
Garegeman Bam Poorman sepe
outside his garage door, taps on a
metal sign and calls to a stray Sock
of pigeons on the roadway nearby
The pigeons fly over, land on the
sign beside his hand and wait for a
handout of corn. They seem 0 un-
| derstand when he talks to them
PIGEONS
We've always thought that Belle
does nok properly appreciate
pigeon citizens, There is some-
hing nice about the stately birds
as they walk majestically about the
main streels of the town, in com-
plete indifference to pedestrians and
automobiles. No one seems to own
them and where they stay is some-
what of a mystery, although bel-
ries and bars provide homes for
some of them They are here winter
and summer and while most Belle-
fonte people pay little heed to them,
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| You May Stop At
Harrisburg For
License Plates
You have a treat ahead—and easy
{ going, too-—if you expeot to pick up
your new automobile license plates
on your next trip to Harrisburg
{ rather than ordering them through
{ the mails
{ Until this year, those who got
| their tags personally--and there are
thousands of them each year—had
it0 chase back and forth through
| gloomy corridors in the temporary
{ buildings back to the capitol. Some-
{times it took Bouts to reach the de-
| sited service window because of the
waiting line.
Now, with the automobile bureau,
located in the new finance building,
they enter a beautiful modernistic
semi-ciredlar room with a score or
more windows,
In a matter of minutes, a mod-
ulated voice come: through the
loudspeaker announcing a number,
and the motorist, who received that
number on presenting his spplics-
i don, steps up for the new plates
‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Lucky Eddie!
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