: Echoes From the Past Fifty Years Ago On Monday evening was stolen [rom stable at Spring Mills, this county The horse and bridle were all that was missed, and no trace has been found of the animal or the thief, On Thursday the dwelling house on Jacob Sankey's farm in Penn township, was completely destroyed py fire. The family of Robert Hack- enberg who lived in it, barely es- caped with their lives. The building was Insured, Fire started from a de- fective flue On Tuesday evening a hunting party from Bellefonte left for the Greenwoods, in Clearfie!d county, where they will put in a wegk hunt - ing deer. They were Al Dale, Simeon Haupt, Clyde Blackford, Mich Wea- ver, 8. M. McMurtrie and his son They left town with plenty pro- visions and great expe The new distillery at Gap, which has been in the course of erection during the past summer was put in operation last Friday. It is equipped throughout with new appliances and will turn out a first class product. It is operated by Mi Jahn Mulfinger who understands how to make a choice art a bay mare oO! tations Yleasant ice ordinance off the working beauti- po- in rim ement of the boys und» streets by 8 p.m. is fully. Some few try licemen but after one or the lock-up that trouble tied. The next ordinance declaring “chipples™ a nul make it the duty tl stable to catch all s pen them in the Ix The enfort for sixteen to be ts to dely the two get will be be and hould ance ugh n- 1 Stray and ro pound sight nign The county commiss scent ly received the curtains { tion booths. According mended Baker Ballot law zach ele tion booth must be provided with ¢ curtain to insure absol in marking the ballot former arrangement persons ing in the election room could eas- ily tell how ballots were being made out. The curtains are brown canton flannel. It requires fit the election districts in Cent: $e the elec to the i ute Under stand- Of a 250 to e COln- [c. Y. WAGNER & COMPANY WAGNER'S Quality Flour A Hard Wheat Pat Fleur WAGNER'S Our Best Flour 0-50 Blend WAGNER'S Very Best Flour Winter Wheat Wagner's 32% Dairy Feed Wagner's 20% Dairy Feed Wagner's Horse Feed Wagner's Pig Meal Wagner's Egg Mash Wagner's Chick Starter and Grower, Wagner's Turkey Starter and Grower, Wagner's Scratch Feed Feed. Wagner's Chick Feed Wagner's Medium Scratch Rydes Cream Calf Meal Eshelman’s Dog Feed All kinds of high protein feeds for mixing with yow own feed. Dealers in All Kinds of Grains BELLEFONTE, PA. Titus Gramley's Jr. privacy T the ! Esq, and John Hoy, returned on Tuesday from a trip where they attended svnod of the Reform- | C. M. Bower, to Lebanon, gessions of the ed church Fred Dunham is » canvassing the purpose of securing enough sub- scribers to start a dally paper In town. He is anxious to undertake the experiment, if given the proper encouragement The vitrified cently put down the Diamond, | will be co mud and dirt a bad job and ral Hon. John Judge for brick crossing, re- on the west side of entirely tno low and continually with For that reason It is It should be taken up everal inches H vi Riley, of Bos Monday morning in the vicinity of 8pr about one with they will hi why vered oct Associnte left early eer hunt Run. They week, If weéral anda sbure on for a uce * gONe [O they Re fine plain A for come home (Cimen ave to e reason with oe of abou and ca work grad- ing In the vi ity f he lectric ght statior ground for the station About thirty stone hil] will creek will necessary Mr. George are lime- and the arge Bellefonte t which iatter maxe th moving from place timore, this week to ure Kel they exis oly residence lar thi famois magiciar y house on Saturd for the wi ‘Before i 3 it nl q and that place Marriage licenses were issued to the following couples: W. J Wagner, Centre Hall, and Catharine J. Hoy, Bellefonte: John T. Billet: and Jen- nie R. Smith both of Pring Twp M. G. Connell and Ti Lie Marks Port Matilda George John and Ada Houp. both of P wel ton: J. CC. Vonada and Sadie Smi both of Cent Hill: Irvin J Pater and May F. Brickley, both of Rom- ola, and W 4 and Cora J Miller, both hip ‘yrone e re 1 towns 1 4 years and 7 home of her George B ! : Wed- evening. October 18 of mem- i. On Monday of this Samuel Gettig, well known and respected farmer residing in Spring township, about two miles east of Pleasant Gap. tied from hemorrhages the stomach. The interment occurred Thursday morning. The deceased. who Was iaged 868, had never lost a day's work on account of iliness. A wife and six jehildren survive him On Wed ineaday of last week Mr. Michael i Priel died at his home near Roland His age was over 65 years. The de- iceased was a veteran and Potter {Post of Milesburg attended the fu- | neral Si). on nescay braneots week Mr cro of on Bn WHEN WINDS ol GET ROUGH A Windstorm Polley Protects You) From Financial Less. Ses | John F. Gray & Son ¥ General Insurance | regan Bellefonte, Pa —— co ”~ J. KEICHLINE INSURANCE AGENCY One of the Oldest Agencies In Centre County EDW. IL. KEICHLINE Temple Court Phone 2521 If Your Nose Fills Up Tonight ~Giot Quick Relief! that clogs up the because Va sient very is special that works right where trouble is— to relieve stuffiness and make breathing easier. Try it—put a few drops up each nostril — follow directions in folder. ug It’s wonderful how Vicks Va-tro-nol clears the tran- nose! Results are so ized medication VA-TRO-NOL THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Twenty Years Ago A tipple, crusher, ang several mine cars of conl, valued at approxi- mately $5000, dear Clarence, were destroved by fire of unknown or- gin. The cause of the blaze was un- known The barn on the farm near Howard was destroyed by fire. A cow, a horse, al! the Im. plements and all the season's crops were lost. The cause of the fire was unknown Marriage licenses were the following couples Jacob E Gates, Monongahela City, and SBarah B. Way, Stormstown: Joseph Cawell and Pasqualine Presta hoth of Bellefonte Willlam R. Matten Port Matilda and Lyvda M. Hicks Stormstown Eight Frank Zeigler issued to Bellefonte Golden Eagle, where they special meet. Those in Maloy, B Malcolm Benjamin and David members the Lodge, Knights of the motored to Millheim entertained at Milltheim lodge the group were: Dr. E 8 OO. Musser, C D Young Young, Charles Bartges Stover, Harry Rossman Bathurst In the contest for in the annual Elk: Bellefonte the onor Mauvi and Elizabeth 2095 Miss Mignot ployed in the offices of tl Engineering Compan Of were ing of the “ Harvest Queen Hallow?'en cele- Mar aret Mig- field for contest. Miss Mignot Furey had Miller had was eme- Abrame- in Bell bration in not was leading antg for the 1} had 7655 T1786 voles ) voles votes ie 800 Maxwell John Matis broke a hn © ar driven near Centre Hall nearing hme one hine : telephone DY mae home to » dam ed 16 ned * Ler n down in Exchat build. automobile by of Mileshurg a Mr of and ru Crider ge driven mmissioner taken to the office nea: by, where hi t md to be of 8 mino mte High resigned his 8:hool foot- position here New York City Rf position as the Literary Company where circu- Di- d n manager {or Publishing cud from drowning auto. mobile in plunged over a emuankment one-half mile east of Port Matilda and overturned in Bald Eagle Creek The passengers in the oir were: A L. Christian, driver; Mrs. Anna Johns and Mrs. Johns father, Dav- id Milks. Mrs. Johns was bruised and iffered laces the head Pye | steer severely ations of oup was Matilda snd another auto- parsed along too close passing the #me- the of ~m ant face The g 8 om Pogt obliged to pass ith had been the road. Mr. Christian to the edge of road in the machine Over bankment. Men king 1 highway ran to assistian the victims and extricated from the wreckage returni WR mobile wi stsh got the and an he Lie af Loeently + the Bellefonte Knisely every riding have WwW. 8 Budinger, of Bnow Shoe, employed as a salesman for the Beatty Motor Company, had resign- ed his post there to accopt other work Edward O. 8Struble, employe of the Pennsylvania freight station, departed for Washington, DD. OC. where he was attending a meeting of railroad employes A number of Bellefonte had been invited to the new couns try club near State Colicie to ate tend a bridge luncheon to be given by Mrs. Mautice Baum, of State College Mr women Benjamin Bradley, who re. had been discharged from Hospital where she had been undergoing treatment for some time, departed for East Aur ora N.Y. for a visit with relatives Work on the construction of 13.000 feet of sewer pipe In Stale College borough was s heduled to be ¢om- pleted about January 1 In some sections, it was found necessary to biast through solid rock WwW make ditches for the pipe When he a cigar, Millard of the Bellefonte postoffice, a painful Injury of the leit flaming bit of brimstone one-eighth of an Inch (roms ball and just missed causing serious burn Randall Miller puted + Deen ol tackles on Penn Stale eleven I Deer Ne Bellefonte Lhe to light employe suffered eve. A uck Just ie rye. very struck a mateh Hartawick itheim S the best football the bonid to compiete of J. Harris drty after. if one na Cao) reg fy oucihng wrk Miller was Tuesday and Thur Centre-Clinton Nittany Valle day, October 14 vehicles WLARINE and 6 ; was stationed Sus 168 tween 6 am who hecked 1.600 tationed on Lack Haver PENN STATE ENGINEER URGES SATETY ON FARM Because many accident farm oo H Haswell extension agricultural Pennayl a few if el- State Ness ginee; f Lhe College ures nia SUK Eests saivly 1 ROOd re. ootiom ve the hildren 1 climb- on afigd have the feet Aix ground to 0 1 : y 5 La | ladder more few Ave no lo before Nn oor an to may be mas aR is {ifre carbon ¢ the i i § NOCCRENTy go a lighted lantern lowered into the silo as a test Dangerous gases will put out the flame. Check the hoops of the silo every year. as a life may depend upon their strength and the support they give Haswell] said below the silo - - PHEASANT BREAKS SWiINDOW Ww Mrs A B Bnook of Selins- grove refined to WOrk on a sew. ing machine pear a window in her hohe, the Was surprised (6 And 2 pane smashed and glassy scattered about the Pu: ther nvestiga- tion revealed the presence in the room of a sant. The pheasant was released when it was found to 06 in Het Foes pies received 1 ury Sunday School Lesson THE BIBLE AND ABSTINENCE International Sunday School Lesson for October 31, 1M GOLDEN TEXT: “Beware 1 pray thee, and drink ro wine nor strong drink.” Judges 13: 4 Jevitiews 10. ; Luke 1: 1. 2, 8 13-16) (Lesson, Text: 11; Prov. 31: 1 While sur seriptuce from Leviticus does not give the entire story con- cering hu, sons of Aaron, a reading of the preceding chapter tells us that these young men were assisting their fath- er in the tabernacle with the burn- ing of the offerings for the people ' [The later inference is that they were in no condition to be In the taber- nacle, much less to be assisting in a holy rite, for. from the warning giv. en in verse 8, they were apparently drunk Because of thelr intoxicated cone dition they offered “strange fire be- fore Jehovah, a flagrant outrage on the solemn order of the divine gervice. The instant death that bes fell young men may seem a fevere punishment for a silght sin, but we must remember that forms were of great importance te the people at this stage of their religious develop- iment and the influence of the priesthood was very great. Any mise demeanor on their part. if unpun- ished. would have had an immediate effort on the people. i Their unholy act Jed to a law which was to last forever. "Drink no wine nor strong drink, thoy nor thy sons with thee, when ve go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statue forever through« out your generations: and that ye make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the junciean and the clean: and that ye ‘may teach the children of Israel all | the statues which Jehovah hath spoken unto trem by Moss” Certainly. it is too much to expect that the religious leaders of our day (refrain from the use of intoxicating {lquors. The people have a right to "expect moral as well as spiritual {religious leaders are not the only {group in our civie life who should keep their minds clear, which is not possible when alcoholic beverages the sin of Nadab and AY. ~ are consumed tors How about our docs our locomotive ene gineers, our bus drivers, our aire plane pilots. our school teachers? How long would they be acospted by the public if it became known that they were drinkers? Nor are those mentioned the only ones who shouly from indulging in aleohoiie Severs ages. Our lesson taken {rom Pros verbs fs part of the advice of a mo- ther to her s'n who was king: is not for kings to drink wine: nor for princes strong drink” Why? Least they drink and forget the Iaw, Ng prevert the judgment of any of the afflicted.” (Prov. 31:5). Those in places of high authority certain. ly have the responsibility of the wel. fare of many others. If they make a mistake, others suffer Therefore they have no right to drink because of the effect their indulgence might 2 have on the lives and happiness of others John, the Baptist the son of the priest Zacharias and his wife Ellzas beth, of whom Jesus once ‘seid: “Among them that are born 5f Some en there hath not risen a greater than he” was a total abstainer. The angel, who annouticed to Zachars igs the coming of this son. declared, “He shall be great” and “He shall be filled with the Holy Ghost” In between those two statements was this statement “he shall 25nk no wine nor strong drink.” have anything to do with the fant that John became one of the greats est men who ever lived, who, be- cause of his life and teaching, won many people of Israel away from their sine and to the Lord thet God? Dr. Haven declares: “While it " true that some adults of vigorous physique, mature in mind and body and with sturdy character and well« controlled emotions and impulses can use alcohol with thelr meals in what is called moderation without doing any apparent damage to (themselves, their offspring, or to their fellow-beings, it is equally from with our nurses above refrain trite that complete abstinence alcohol iz not only consistent good health at all ages, but is indis- pensable for the young, the mma | {leadership from them. However, our ture, the irresponsible, reckless and Township of Denner unstable, and for likely to be called upon in their Work or way Of Tife 1d tarty Serious or emergency responsibilities.” { October 28, 1943. . A —— ELECTION NOTICE The Centre County Board of Elections hereby gives notice to the will be held in Centre County on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, Electors of C 1943, being entre County that an election TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1943 for the purpose of: 1. Electing the following officers: ONE PERSON ONE PERSON ONE PERSON ONE PERSON ONE PERSON ONE PERSON ONE PERSON THREE ONE PERSON ONE PERSON to he to to to to to to JUDGE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE IN SHERIFF OF CENTRE PROTHONOTARY OF be he he be be REGISTER OF WILLS CENTRE COUNTY be RECORDER OF AUDITORS OF CEN CORONER OF CENTR SURVEYOR OF he he And the following offices: Judge of Election, Township Supervisors, Councilmen and Burs [CRE terms of such municipal officers expire be The names of the the ballot or ballot labels To Vote a Straight Party Ticket, Mark a Cross of Election, Ass in the var during Inspe ctor fore or candidates for election to ! are; SAMPLE SUPERIOR COURT OF CENTRE TREASURER OF CENTRE £ DEEDS PERSONS to be COMMISSIONERS OF THREE PERSONS to be to to TRE E COUNTY CENTRE CORR IOUS CONGRESS. COUNTY COUN COUNTY ND CLERK TY OF THE COUNTY NIV ¥ AK OF CENTRE CENTRE COT1 COUNTY COUNTY Constable. 'owr Cs. 1 1 SChoo!l Hhirectors : ironehs Bor Ii or, na 1945 éderal BALLOT A Cross Mark in the Square Opposite the Name of Any Candidate indicates a Vote for That Candidate To Vote for a Person Whose Name is Not on the Ballot, Write or Paste His Shall Count as a Vote Without the Cross Mark To Vote for an Individual Candidate of Another Party after Making a Mark in the Party Square, Mark a Cross For an Office where More than One Candidate is to be Elected, the Voter, after Marking in the Party Square to the Right of Each Candidate for whom He or She desires Marking a Cross (X) for Candidates Not Individually Marked If you Make a Mistake, Do Not Erase Ask for a New Ballot PARTY COLUMN To Vole a Straight Party JUDGE THE SUPERIOR COURT for One OF Vote Use Only or Her Name in the Blank Sp to vole Pencil or Indelible Pencil CLERK of the ORPHANS COURT REGISTER OF WILLS and Vote for One Ticket Mark a Cross (X) In This Column. Democratic Claude T Bok Reno t Palmer Republican CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE IN 23rd DISTRICT Vote for One Prohibition RECORDER OF DEEDS Vote for One Meek COUNTY COMMISSIONER SHERIFY Vote for One) Rudolph (Rudy) Wetistein Dem aida Rep Charles F. Hipple Harry V. Keeler P OQ PROTHONOTARY Vote for One) Fr Bond C PENNSYLV ORPHANS’ ace Provided for That Purpose For such Office ANIA COURT OF Auditors, Justice of the Peace, (entre County where the (X) in the Square, in the Party Column, Opposite the Name of the Party of Your Cholee This Xi Opposite His or Her Name may divide Nis or Her Vole by Votes Shall Not be Counted Cov ONT Al DITOR CORONER Vole for One COUNTY SURVEYOR (Vote for One) Dem ederic GC. Hoffer White COUNTY TREASURER Vote for One) Sam Poorman Edward R Miller Dem The text of the proposed Constitutional Amendment appears above in the PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION INSTRUCTIONS marked In the Square )R the Amen the Square AGAINST the A Cros: indicates a vote FX Cross (X) ma indicates a vote (X A rked Ir TO VOTERS atl the right of the word “YES” ament atl the ht of the word NO Pe TE Ri stitution election and boroughs Section eleven of Article be amended to permit districts in to be PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION No. townships an fixed and changed as provided by law instead of by the Court of Quarter Sessions? 1-A eight Amendment NO of the Con- the boundaries of wards of cities Wa S ample Ballot. 4. The places at which the election is to be held in the various election districts of Centre County are: For the North Ward of the Bor. House, East Howard street ough of Bellefonte, in the County | Chevrolet Building, corner of Bishop | and South Allegheny streets, Por the West Ward of the Bor. ough of Bellefonte, in the County | Building, Potter street For the Borough of Centre Hall In room in Runkle's Hotel — the Borough of Howard. in the Howard Pire Hall For the Borough of Mllesburg, in the Borough Building, Market street. Por the Borough of Millheim. in the New Municipal Bullding. For the First Ward of the Borough of Philipsburg, in the Reliance Hose House. For the Second Ward of the Bor. ough of Philipsburg. in the Public Bullding at the corner of Centre and Presqueisie street, For the Third Ward of the Bor- in ‘the Band Hall of Port Matilda. For the Borough of Snow 8hoe, in the School, Por burg, 3 § 3 : i i fel i | I 4 4 : i North Precinet of the in the Knox For the For the North Precinct of the “It ough of Bellefonte, in the Logan re | Township of Boggs, in the Walker | { School House sat Yarnell Por the South Ward of the Bor. | For the Est Precinct of the | Township of Boggs, in H. Laird Cur. tin's House For the West Precinct of | Township of Boggs, In Scholl's Gar- age, Central City For the Township of Burnside, in | William ¥ipple's house, Pine Glen For the Township of College, the Band Hall, Lemont For the North Precinct of the! Township of Curtin, in the School | House at Orviston. For the South Precinct of the Township of Curtin, in the School | House, near Robert Mann's res. dence. For the North Precinct of the Township of Ferguson, in the Grange | Hall For the East Precinct of the Township of Ferguson, in the 1. O. O. FP. Hall, Pine Grove Mills, For the West Precinct of the g logs of Perguson, in the Bailey ville Community Hall For the North Precinct of the Township of Gregg. In the Murray School House, Por the East Precinct of the Township of Gregg. in the William Sinkabine House, Penh Hall, the | in | Hall, Boalsburg For the Township of Howard i the Township Public Building. For the Township of Huston the Public Building, Julian For the East Precinct of the { Township of Liberty, in the School { House | Por the West Precinct Township of Liberty, | House, Monument For the Township of Marion, | Charles Yearick's, Jacksonville | Por the East Precinct of in of the in the School in the { Township of Miles, in 1. B. Hansel- | | man's, Wolf's Store | For the Middle Township of Miles, Building, Rebersburg For the West Precinct of | Township of Miles, Hall, Madisonburg. For the Township of Patton, the Township Building. For the Township of Penn, in the School House, Coburn For the North Precinct of the Township of Potter, in the new Election House, For the South Precinct of the Township of Potter, in the Brick School Building, Potters Mills, For the West Precinct of the Township of Potter, in the Grade School, Colyer. Por the North Pretinet of the Township of Rush, in the School House. near the State Hospital Por the Bust Precinct of the Township of Rush, in the School Precinct of the in the in and closed at 8 P. M. ATTEST: Frederic G. Hoffer, Chief Clerk. in| the Bank | inthe K G. E | | House. Cassanova For the South Precinct of the | Township of Rush, in the Firemen's | Hall, Sandy Ridge. For the West Precinct of the Township of Rush, in the School House, between Osceola and Sandy Ridge. For the East Precinct of the Township of Snow Shoe, In the Clar- ence Brick School House, For the West Precinct of the | Township of Snow Shoe, In A. A. Groe zs house For the North Precinct of the { Township of Spring, in the New Flection House, near the Titan Metal Company | For the South Precinct of the Township of Spring. in the Fire Hall at Pleasant Gap. | Por the West | recinct of the | Township of Spring. in the Election | House, Coleville. | For the Township of Taylor, in {the Election House, Leonard Merry. man's, Por the Township of Union, in the Township Building. For the East Precinct of the Township of Walker, in the Solomon Peck Store. © For the Middle Precinct of the Township of Walker, in the Grange Hall, Hublersburg, For the West Township ent Precick of the For the of Worth, in the Laurel Run House, 5. The date of the election will be Tuesday, Novembar 2nd, 1943, and on such date the polls will be open at 7 A. M. CENTRE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS Charles F. Hipple, Fred C. Mensch, Harry V. Keeler,
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