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BY A WISE OWL
OWL LAFFS
farmer's clock der
Story
Harrisburg Governor Lea
unquestionably is destined
A Back Run
from the
animal
al Nore
had suddenly ceased to func- to hear more
HW a + kingdom in Pennsylvania
tion. So he and his wife came] ; :
{ t For that matter he may well
‘al jeweler in town to i
10.9 local jeweler hear quite vehemently from
get a new one.’ There were athe pop-animal kingdom of this
lot to pick from, but a cuckoo|gqir state.
clock fascinated the farmer. He In fact there is no telling
though n syns fun 30 watch just where it all may end but
the little bird pop out and tell this Is.the of all the
the hour. Bul his Wife was re- barking and yaping now being |
Juctant to buy H. theard in kennels throughout!
“It's a nice clock,” she ad- {he land:
mitted, “but just what would! Late last week at his press
we feed the bird?” conference, he was discussing
© =o ! with reporters the technology
behind the defeat of his now- |
Wishing to do the right thing, | famous classified income tax
the motorist, stopped the carjgome three months ago
started out in searc f the : |
and started out in search of the; tie was underscoring the
farmer whose rooster he had . a2
: point that it wasnt just Opposi-|
hit, near Mastersonville if!
; tion to the income tax itse
After finding the owner, the| hat smaked down the cipsined)
motorist explained how he had | pan, but the opposition of
killed the rooster with his aus many different groups of tax-
to and said he was willing to} payers that would be afiected,|
replace him. | such as people relying in divi-|
‘Hmmmmm,” said the witty rents, interest and royal-
farmer, “Well. let's hear you|ty, utilities - and to use the
row” g * [Governor's own words - “it hit]
oo a lot of people with that pro- |
gram. |
Think how safe it would be] And this was the Governor's,
if motorists approached school|sentence:
buildings as slowly as they did] “What you do, you stir up all}
the first day they ever attended) the animals.”
school. We're uncertain at this point]
° | whether Governor Leader
{meant that some of the animals]
his York County farm had]
A tired-looking
husband dropped
Newtown | on
into our of-|become aroused - for some rea-
fice last Saturday and pointed Son - over the tax plan, or
out that women have two en-| Whether he was inferring that!
tirely different kinds of min- | those who dared to oppose the
utes. “There's the regular sixty tax plan were a bunch of ani-
second minute,” he explained, mals.
“and then there's the more Supposedly that of course can
common “just-wait-a-minute’ | Pe left largely to conjecture -
type.” 3 and there a few people bet-
ter equipped to indulge in con-
eo jecture of this nature than poli-!
Another thing the married themselves.
man remembers at this time of we should insrpose here;
» ic : and / ; z
year is that the first fall wrap) hd now that pis 1s pat
was a fig leaf. question of : mis-understanding
la quote. It will be found in the
o =» written transcript of the press
3 ; conference
Here's a poem we received Well hit]
= on p ell anyway, with e anu-
that was postmarked from Flor-| : A ty wie many
in: facturers. excise tax the ad-
: : {ministration has no . se
My health is good, my vision| § now proposed
ine and currently is in the process
ud : | of being chewed up in the g-
My wife is worth a diamond |, Latur > tH i 1 the Leg
{islature, the ‘‘animal’ wails, or
mine: os ae ig wails, ol
ee > . € protests trom those aftecte
Tis true I have some griefs| = : ose affected
J)
this levy
should be considerably
{inasmuch as
new proposal,
and fears
But nothing
beers.
confined
I can’t drown
Pennsylvan-
in| 3
fewer
{iasn will be hit - directly that
° ® ° | is.
{ Or, as the Governor said i
5 s S n
Philosopher Enck says: “The. . . $
; 5a; speaking of the excise tax
only thing wrong with the dol-| <yere
- ere, I hope, we will suc-
lar that used to buy three times reed i ing
ceed in getting ourselves con-
as much was that you didn't! fined to a smaller ar 1
a s I area « Je
in Janel c area and we
{won't have everybody beating
| ;
jour brains out.”
(Again we interpose the
This is the time of year thought that this cannot be
when evening gowns show construed as a mis-quote at the
where bathings suits left off. conference - for as in the case
eo of the previous quote, this has
been lifted from the press con-
And another thought which | ference transcript.)
just flipped through the old | Unquestionably with this
noggin is that the man of the newest tax proposal opposition
hour is the guy who makes ev-|from throughout the state -
ery minute of the day count. [from an individual or personal
"oe standpoint should be almost
nil
We just read that statisticians! The tax is not being levied
find that nine out of ten wom-!directly on the masses, although
en are knock-kneed . and |it is a “hidden” tax - and there-!
for years we've been thinking|fore opposition will be limited]
that statisticians never had any. | for the most part to manufact-'
fun. | urers. And although Republic
ans controlling the Senate keep
oo a close ear to this group, it is
Carl Germer was explaining| doubtful if it will be sufficient]
to the fellows up at Chets that|to kill the tax.
“Middle Age is when you don’t mt ff
care where you go. just so you PRINT 1000 ELVELOPES
are home by 9 p.m. | Like Last Time.
Co.» Got A Sample? |
Did you hear about the screw- |
ball who went into the Lincoln
and ordered three scoops of!
different colored ice cream on |
his mince pie and hoped he |
would dream in colors. i
Phone Us for Your
PRINTING
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A WISE OWL
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Hard To Convince
Procedure For Fire Police
When Directing Gig
« At Fires—Emergencie
Control of pedestrians is
as much a responsibility of
the point control officer as is
directing vehicular move-
ment. Pedestrians have rights
which must be upheld and
responsibilities which they
must observe. At iIntersec-
tions where there are heavy
pedestrian movements con-
gestion results when pedes-
trians interfere with motor
vehicle movement. Pedes-
trians often cross against
traffic, surge into the street
while waiting for a signal or
cross in places other than at
crosswalks, Interference wilh
pedestrian movement results
when turning vehicles al
tempt to complete a turn
through a stream of pedes-
trians in the crosswalk mov-
ing on the “Go” signal
To deal with this problem
the point control officer must
first pedestrian obed
1ence to
Pedestrian
discouraged
obtain
control directions
violations must be
Barriers can be
used to restrict some undes
irable pedestrian movements.
Other
such as
engineering devices,
safety islands, cross-
(
{
4 from the center of
walks. and “walk” signals
are helpful. However,
still must be placed
upon voluntary obedience on
the part of pedestrians. To
improve this many education-
much
reliance
al means are used. Police
cars equippéd with public
*
address speakers can be used
pedestrians and
the correct
to caution
instruct them in
use of the streets
The police officer at the
contral ped®
intersection can
estrians by signalling them
when and where to walk, He
control pedestrians
the inter-
section at first. He must
build up voluntary pedestrian
by taking a
crosswalks. To
obtain voluntary pedestrian |
obedience the officer
convince pedestrians that he
cannot
obedience posi -
tion in the
must
is upholding their rights as
well as requiring them to ob-
serve regulations. He must
therefore direct vehicle op-
erators to yield the right-of
way to pedestrians who are
crossing The offi-
cer's rnanner is important.
He must be friendly but firm
properly
Hand signal to designate turning movement.
(Illustration 3)
Approach of Emergency
Vehicle
an emergency
intersection
provide an
passage
When vehic-
12 approaches an
the officer should
uninterrupted safe
through the
the direction the driver
es to go. To do this the offic
er should determine the
type of vehicle and the direc-
tion from which it is coming.
He should prevent all traffic
from entering the intersection
intersection in
wish-
first
except that which must be
moved to clear a safe pas-
sage for the emergency veh-
icle,
If the emergency vehicle
is following a pre-arranged
route such as a fire truck
route or an ambulance route
to a hospital, the officer
knows the direction which
the vehicle will take in leav-
ing the intersection. If he
does not know he should try
to clear all the exits for the
! safe passage of the vehicle.
He
ing
der
for an
car. The officer
for a from
tor of the
le as to which
wishes to go at
The officer
and
must provide more
space for an aerial
ambulance or police
signal
emergency
direction he
tion.
rect curious
pedestrians to safety. He
should watch for more
one emergency vehicle
hold traffic until he
tain another is
closely.
not
If two emergency
approach from different
rections, priority
given to one and the
should bé slowed or
as necessary. If there
doubt in the officer's
both vehicles should be slow-
ed or stopped. The officer
must keep calm, make quick
decisions and give deliberate
directions.
is any
TELL’EM: SELL’EM
THROUGH THESE AD COLUMNS
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§
furn-
lad-
truck making a run then
should watch
the opera-
vehic-
the intersec-
should di-
confused
than
and
is cer-
following
vehicles
di-
should be
other
halted
mind,
' BENEFITS AVAILABLE
TO THOSE 65 WITH
' LOW EARNINGS
| Persons past age 65 who have
| sufficient coverage to be eligib-
AT CARD PARTY
Earl Catherine first
prize playing pinochle at the |
turkey card party sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary
won
[A AWARD PRIZES
|
| le for old-age insurance bene-| night Other prize
| fits, but have not filed applica-|{ winners were Mrs. Clarence
tion for benefits because they Witmer. James Zink, R. J. Far-
| are still working, were remind- mer, Mrs. Edith Boltz, J. Haus-
{ed today by M.S. Gleaton, | er, Mary K. Kelly and Edythe
| manager of the social security Myers, pinochle and Mrs, John
| office at 1024 Harrisburg Ave,| Nissley, bridge. Door prizes
Wi of it ni si} 955 |
| that if their earnings in 1955| were awarded to Grace Benner
are sufficiently low they may | and Mrs. Bessie Snyder and
receive full or partial benefits’ chance-off turkeys were award-
{ for the year. Ba to Mr. Catherine, Pauline
“We are inclined to believe,” |] a and Agnes Houseal.
Mr. Gleaton said, “that there oun een
are people who could receive | declared.
benefits for 1955 who have so| January, 1956, is the latest
far not taken advantage of their | time at which a person can file
rights, because of misunder- | an application which could
| standing or confusion as to the make him entitled to benefits
new retirement test in the law” for the full year of 1955.
‘In brief, an individual who|{ Persons who do not earn ov-
was past 65 years of age the, er $2080 in 1955, and who meet
| entire year of 1955, and who! the other conditions for eligibi-
has had sufficient covered em-| lity may secure further infor-
ployment or self-employment mation and assistance in filing
can!
entire
earnings
{ to be eligible for benefits
| receive benefits for the
1955 if his total
{ for the year do exceed
181,200.00. He can receive par-'
| tial benefits if his total earnings
{do not exceed $1,080,00 even
though he works throughout
{the entire year.” |
| In the case of self-employed
| person, the profit from the
trade’ or business is what is
considered
application for benefits, by con-
tacting the Social Security Ad-
ministration office at 1024 Har-|
Avenue.
vear
not risburg
net
Commenorating
“earnings.”
harvest
“Regardless of the amount of
| his earnings in certain months i
4 ; the Pilgrims we give
of the year, a beneficiary can
get benefit payments for those thanks for the blessing
months in which he neither
| earns more than $80 in wages of Loving in this country
nor renders substantial services
today. and take this
| in self-employment,” Gleaton
nies |
opportunity to
our
friends
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