MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929
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ERSDALE, PA.
Somerset County
Weddings
{ Miss Martha Katherine Meyers,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M.
| Meyers, and Hiram P. Walker, son of
| Mr. and Mrs. Peter Walker, both of
' Rockwood, were married in Somerset
!by the Rev. Dr. A. E. Truxal.
Miss Alice Helen Miller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Miller of
Stoyestown, and Frank Reese Nichol-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson G.
Nicholson of Meyersdale, were mar-
ried in Somerset by the Rev. George
Leith Roth.
Miss Lillian N. Weigle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Weigle of Listie,
and Evert C. Rummel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Rummel of Boswell, were
married in Jennertown by the Rev.
W. J. Lloyd.
Miss Goldie Marie Hoffman, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hoffman
of Somerset, and Reon Deosta Wills,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldon Wills of
Brothersvalley township, were mar-
ried in Berlin by the Rev. C. P. Bas-
tian.
Miss Hazel May Hassenpflug,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G.
Hassenpflug of Jerome, and John W.
Speicher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Step-
hen W. Speicher of Conemaugh town-
| ship, were married in Johnstown by
ithe Rev. C. C. Shaffer.
| Miss Elsie Mabel Miller, daughter
| of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller of Black
| township, and William Clyde Judy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Judy of
| Garrett, were married in Rockwood by
ithe Rav. C. W. Raley.
| Miss Evelyn Grace Shaulis, daugh-
{ter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael M.
AMPTON NEWS
n with fair weather.
ng with flu.
pan at this place.
and vicinity.
hard Edwards and wife
fk of Cumberland, Chas.
hno, Henry Bittner and
bf Meyersdale and Bunn
bas, W. Va.
and John Hittie of
spending a few days at
this place.
visitors to spend the
e year were Mrs. Willis
rs. Allen Bittner and
A. C. Leasy and Mary
Mary Keefer, all of this
n is leaving to resume
Indiana after a few
er says there is noth-
orse than to be met at
lis lady friend when he
ull of big packages.
says what ever you do
hy will be your portion
hr. So we expect quite
little dog, his hair is
e, and everywhere that
dog is sure to go.
him to Berlin one day,
st the rule, so Teddy
ds of cheese and laid
n went to visit Jim-
The old year passed out!
3 Iler, and William Richard Meyers, son
an and Adaline Werner, .’ : a A i
oe to watch the birth of | of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robert Mey-
by attending revival |
lof people in this section
bse and family of near
spent the holidays at
ps Poorbaugh and Nellie
spending a few days at
visitors at James Bitt-
y Shaulis of Lincoln township, and Carl
{ Richard Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer E. .Miller of Sipesville, were
married in Sipesville by the Rev. C.
K. Spiggle.
Miss Mabel Mae Butler, daughter of
| Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin But-
ers, both of Brothersvalley township,
{were married in Garrett by the Rev.
| Samuel F. Tholan.
Miss Kathryn Rachel Wyand,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyand, and
Harry William Rhoads, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer E. Rhoads, both of
Brothersvalley township, were mar-
ried in Berlin by the Rev. D. S. Ste-
phan.
Miss Florence Elizabeth Gindlesber-
ger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Gindlesberger of Windber, and For-
rest J. Manges, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Ray Manges of Central City,
were married in Stoyestown by the
Rev. J. A. Brosins.
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Lohr, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lohr of
Garrett, and Kenneth Osborne Gless-
ner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gless-
ner of Somerset, were married in
Garrett by the Rev. Samuel F. Tholan.
BOYNTON NOISES
The Boynton school held a ‘success-
ful entertainment Friday, Dec. 21.
Rev. D. W. Detweiler, Misses Augusta
and Frances Livengood, Salisbury,
Pa., and Miss Edna Hockman, of
Boynton, furnished music for the
evening program.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Hockman enter-
tained the following members of the
family on Christmas day: Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Walker and family,
Blough, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Hockman and daughter, Joyce, Mrs.
Hazel M. Rigglemann, Cumberland,
Md., and Mr. Harry E. Hockman, De-
troit, Mich.
11 the cheese had dis-
ernment |
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day, Dec. 30.
Mrs. Boaz Trent, Mrs. Emma
GIFFORD PINCHOT ON
FOREST PRESERVATION
For the last decade and more the
essential fact about the forest situa-
tion in America has been winked at
or overlooked in most public discus-
sions of the subject. This fact is
that our forests are disappearing at a
rate that involves most serious dan-
ger to the future prosperity of our
country, and that little or nothing
that counts is being done about it.
Out of 822,000,000 acres of virgin
forest only about one-eighth remains.
Half of that remaining eighth, rough-
ly speaking, is held by the Govern-
ment and is safe from devastation.
The rest is being cut and burned with
terrible speed. And there is nowhere
in the world anything like a sufficient
supply of the kinds of timber we use
to take the place of what we have de-
stroyed.
The foregoing statement is taken
from the introduction to a pamphlet
by Major George P. Ahern, entitled
“Devastated America.” Major Ahern
established the Philippine = Forest
Service, organized the protection and
utilization of forty million acres of
public timberlands, and not only laid
the basis for a perpetual succession
jof timber crops, but earned cash en-
| ough to pay all the expenses of ad-
ministration, all the expenses of the
| Pritippiae Forest School (which he
|founded), and four million dollars to
| boot for the public treasury.
| This outstanding success in forest
|conservation in the Philippines was
'built on Government control of lum-
|bering. That is and has always been
{the foundation of such success
[throughout the world. And through-
out the world the right of the Gov-
ernment ‘to exercise such control in
the public interest is recognized.
Forest devastation in the United
States can not be stopped without it.
Forest fires are steadily growing
worse in America, and fire prevention
is absolutely indispensable. But the
axe carelessly used is the mother of
forest fires. The axe and not fire is
our greatest danger. Until the axe
is controlled there can be no solution
of the fire problem, or of the problem
of forest devastation.
Over the National Forests, which
cover one-fifth of our ultimate bos-
sible timber-growing area, we have
established Government control of the
axe. These forests are safe, they are
well handled, and they will produce
larger and larger crops of timber as
time goes on. Over the other four-
fifths of our forest land the axe holds
unregulated sway.
Either we must control the axe on:
these privately owned lands; or the
forests that are left will follow the
road of those that are gone already.
The lumber industry is spending
millions of dollars on propaganda in
the effort to forestall or delay the
public control of lumbering, which is
the only measure capable of putting
an end to forest devastation in Amer-
ica. It is trying to fool the Amer-
ican people into believing that the in-
dustry is regulating itself and has
given up the practice of forest de-
there are now over 600 consolidated
schools in Pennsylvania attended by
50,000 are transported.
counties in the state have closed all
their one-room schools and one of our
adjoining counties, Bedford, in which
CONSOLIDATION
OF SCHOOLS IS
TIMELY ISSUE
Dr. Driver's Hlustrated Lectures
Stimulate Interest in School Con-
solidation in Somerset County—
Stonycreek Township Will Close
All One-room Schools Next Year—
Brothersvalley Now Considering
Consolidation,
Dr. Lee L. Driver, Director, Rural
Service Bureau, Department of Pub-
lic Instruction, recently spent two
days in Somerset County to discuss
with officials and patrons some of the
rural school problems now under con-
sideration in various districts in the
County. During his visit he confer-
red with the Stonycreek School Board
on the location of their consolidated
school building and with the Shanks-
ville Board on proposed plans to com-
bine their schools with Stonycreek,
thereby giving the children of that
small borough the advantages of a
larger graded school.
Dr. Driver also delivered two illus-
trated lectures in Brothersvalley
i Township, one in the Valley Grange
hall, Beachdale, and the other in Hill-
crest Grange hall near Hays church.
A good audience greeted Dr. Driv-
er at both ‘these meetings. All the
directors from ‘Brothersvalley were
present and every school in the town-
ship had some of its patrons in at-
tendance. County Supt. of Schools,
W. H. Kretchman presided, and his
assistants, M. R. Schrock and A. B.
Cober were also present.
The people, regardless of their
views’ on consolidation, were delighted
with the lecture. Many of the school
patrons stated that the discussion on
the advantages of closing one-room
schools cleared up many points which
they had not understood and that they
are now more favorably inclined to
support consolidation.
Dr. Driver is recognized through-
out this entire country as authority
on school consolidation. He is not a
driver as his name suggests but a
leader. He was the first man in the
United States to consolidate all the
one-room schools in a county and in
recognition of his splendid leadership
in Randolph County, Indiana, he was
offered a position in Pennsylvania
nine years ago. During the time he
has been in this ‘State he has proba-
bly done more for the improvement
of rural school ' conditions than any
other man,
Dr. Driver told his audiences that
more than 100,000 pupils and that
Fourteen
conditions are not as favorable as in
Somerset County, closed 43 one-room
schools last year.
Somerset County now has ten con-
vastation.
tion in his most valuable paper.
whirlwind is not far off.
WASTEFUL HEATING
Brown and Mrs. John Bittner are on
the sick list with influenza.
That is not true, and Ma-
jor Ahern has proved it beyond ques-
We
are still sowing the wind, and the
METHODS CRITICISED
The economy and conveniences of
“central heating” and of liquid fuels
are beginning to make an impression
upon the ultra-conservative Briton.
| At the recent world fuel conference
Harry BE. Hodkwinh took leave on lin London, daring speakers caused =o
Sunday for Detroit, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Shumaker |
and family and Mr. Albert Somerville |
ust, Expires at Memorial Hospital.
Andrew Larson, aged 45, of Listie,
s sent out from ¢he la mine accident on August 28, passed | doner.
St. Paul, Minn,, a away in Memorial hospital. :
views this subject | hurt while at work for the Queéma-|pointed out that coal fires, especially | tax very much if any.
| honing Coal Company.
coal
burned
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in open grates, were >
Surviving the deceased are his wi- |largely responsible for the “pea soup” |ed centrally for Brothersvalley elim-
r government com- (dow, Mrs. Nellie Larson, and five chil- | London fogs and suggested legisla- | inates the need for a High School in
ng to Congress for dren, as follows: Thelma, aged ‘21 and |tion to prohibit open coal grates in connection with the consolidation pro-
| unmarried; Marie, aged 20; Lester, the interests of smoke prevention.
i aged 18; Earl, aged 17, and Dorothy,
aged four.
| small sensation by attacking the coal
! grate fire, long a cherished institu-
tion in the British home, and declar-
Y . : _|ing the superiority of the new fuels,
of Detroit, Mich., arrived here, Sun [oil and gas, when consamed In hrd.
iern automatic furnaces.
This is their freedom from |building without a vote on a bond is-
He was smoke and soot. = Another speaker [sue and without raising the rate of |
| jeet.
solidated schools ranging in class-
rooms from two to nine. The Stony-
creek project will be the most out-
standing and largest in the county
with fifteen one-room schools trans-
ported to one graded school and a
four-year High School to be estab-
lished in’ connection with the grades.
In Brothersvalley Township consoli-
dation would be comparatively easy.
There are now two graded schools in
the township, Pinehill and Macdonald-
ton of four rooms each. These
schools would no doubt be continued |
as they now are should the board de- |
cide to consolidate the one-room |
schools. i
There are ten of the fifteen one- |
the children are transported.
. . . | Sir Robert Horne went so far as to |on roads which which become impass- |
Listie Man Dies say that “the pouring of raw coal in | able during the school months must |
{a crude state into furnaces and do- |be continued until the roads are im- |
Of Broken Back 'mestic grates must now be recognized | proved.
i [as a tragedy from which we must find | Brothersvalley has all the resources
hve always protested | Andrew Larson, 45, Injured in Aug- a way to escape.” | necessary for consolidation. V
: Even though the factor of greater !tax rate of only nine mills, while the ails, or is said to ail the hum :
convenience may not appeal to the | average in the county is twenty mills; [Janis M. Hepbron disputes the state- ! uman race.
|average Britisher as strongly as it |a handsome balance in the treasury,
printing establish- {whose life was prolonged by various does to Americans, the new fuels | and an assessed valuation of $1,849, |
{treatments at Memorial Hospital af-|have another advantage which no one 259 it is possible for the School Board | seri | Zamiiin te sak het very ee
he National Editor- | ter he had suffered a broken back in {can appreciate better than the Lon- |to secure the necessary cash for ihe ported to the police,” Mr. Hepbron y piece o
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room schools on or near hard surfac- |
ed roads. This would make transpor- |
tation much easier than it now is in|
some other parts of the state where |
Schools |
The announcement that the Meyersdale Commercial
will resume publication has attracted more atten-
tion in Meyersdale and vicinity than any event in recent
vears. Itis being widely discussed and commented up-
on by both the men of business and the reading public.
For years the Commercial stood high in the community
until the death of its veteran editor and served well as a
purveyor of local news and as an advertising medium.
That the Commercial is to resume publication means
that this section of the county is to have another clean,
but, independent newspaper, which will endeavor to
serve the public in a satisfactory manner at a reasonable
subscription price. Its columns will contain the local
news of the community and the happenings of interest in
the county, as well as an epitomy of national and world
affairs. Timely striking cartoons will be published
weekly and pictures of persons and events of interest to
all will appear. The International Sunday School Les-
son, a serial story and other special features will be car-
ried. In its advertising columns will be found only an-
nouncements of reliable business men of dependable
merchandise.
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With a
The Berlin High School being locat-
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ment that crime does not pay. i
that city (a ‘typical American rity’) Proportion to the increase in laws en-
there were 10,000 serious crimes re- | acted. It would hardly be an exag-
says, “and in the final analysis only | criminal
97 people went to prison. uh ania d
doesn’t pay, who then gets the almost | and similar laws infringing on per-
unthinkable sum of from ten to six- Sonal liberties, means a continually
teen billions ‘which is said to be the increasing number of law breakers.
yearly toll of crime in this country, a
i sum which is one-seventh of our total Sing,
| earnings?”
hically the farce of American law | house and execution is almost a year.
| enforcement. We ' have more laws
{than any other country in the world,
more professional reformers, more
In an article in the Baltimore Sun, { people with cures for everything that
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«In And crime has increased in direct
legislation’ of the “freak
! on What a commentary on the American
If crime : t¥Pe, such as anti-pistol enactments
system of administering Justice, in
contrast to that of England, where
from the time of trial, including
every : known: appeal, only about six
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Mr. Hepbron ‘states that in Sing
according to Warden Lawes of
i that Penitentiary, “the average time
Statistics such as these show grap- ! between committment to the’ death
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Volume XL
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Meyersd:
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Visitors. Played
" Vigor—Refeére
ing Victory ta
Seniors Play C
- Favor of Form
“ou! Windber defeated I
{ Meyersdale on Tuesd:
| the close score of 19-2
was handicapped consi
presence of a personag
the name of Gettys, to
refer as a referee. Th
‘was the “rats rubbers’
‘the principal role in th
up. He was here, the
where and he always aj
up just at the right 1
foul on the home boys
played a very importa:
evening’s festivities. A
would make a good
Jesse James was a
teacher in comparison
from the metropolis
Pa., not far from W
Gettys had one of thos
one of those funny kin
. ersdale was robbed of °
ting it mildly.,. The ho
somewhat off color but
good game with the di
which they were put.
To the Basket Ball f:
set County I would like
tion of the fact that Y
esses one of the fine;
bunch of players ever
basket ball court, but tk
have been returned viet
night’s game. The sco:
quarter was 5-5, at the
favor of Meyersdale,
15-14 in favor of Wind
- score was 21-19 in favo
Rich was the long shot
opponents, as he was a 3
when given an oppo:
Gettys, the afore-ment
should go over to Ma
start learning the rules
Meyersdale plays her
Thursday evening at Jo
Johnstown Catholic Hi.
The High School Res
Seniors played a very i
the preliminary, the
22-18 in favor of the r
old reliable, Jim Slicer.
game in a very efficient
always the case when Ji
the game. Turn out an
home boys, as they ne
port. ’
‘Summary:
‘Windber—21 M
Rich
McFeeley
Kennan
‘Anderson. .............. G.........
Substitution—Marron
ley.
Field 'goals—Dull 2
Maust 1, Boyer 1, Rich
Anderson 1, Marron 3.
Foul goals—Dull, 2
3 of 6; Maust, 1 of 1; I
Rich, 1 of 2; McFeeley,
ron, 0 of 3.
Referee — Gettys. Sq
Timer—Shaulis.
—JOSEPH
Meyersdale Bowl
League Teams
Following the stanc
Bowling League teams:
Belcher
Thursday—Hare vs. D
Friday—Enoch vs. Be
Next Week
Raymond-Belcher, Jan
Hare-Hartley, Jan. 22.
Enoch-Thomas, Jan. 2
Weyer-Dahl, Jan. 25.
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