The Bristol Daily Courier from Bristol, Pennsylvania • Page 1

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180 r.v. sa i i i i i Price: 3o a Copy I a Week DESCRIBES SCHOOL ROOM INCIDENT A Resolution Calling For End Of Corporal Punishment Is Tabled NEW HOPE DISTRICT Outgrowth of Alleged of Pupil With Book NEW HOPE, Jan. Described as a "tempest in a by the New Hope-Solebury school principal, is the resultant after a teacher is said to have "tapped" a pupil on the side of the head with a book Today supervising principal Clyde Davis decried the ere ated over the incident and result ant resolution calling for an end to corporal punishment in the lass rooms, which resolution was tabled by the New Hope-Solebury board of school directors. "This case is no different than hundreds of such cases occurring throughout the I'nited States. Sim ilar instances of teachers punishing pupils are no doubt occurring in some school somewhere this minute A teacher lias the same right to punish a pupil who misbehaves as a parent or guardian has, according to the school Davis quoted a portion of Section 1410 of the school law as follows: teacher in the public schools of this Commonwealth shall have the right to exercise the same authority as to the conduct and haviour over the pupils attending his school during the time they are in attendance, including the time required in going to and from their home, as the parents, guardian or persons in parental relation to such pupils may exercise over He added that this law has oftimes been interpreted to permit corporal punishment.

The resolution was introduced to the board by Robert Augenblick, after the incident occurred in a local class-room, "The teacher merely that was all tapped the pupil on the side of the head with a book. And I opposed the resolution because I intend to back up my teachers in such continued the supervising principal. Several directors are also said to have opposed the resolution calling for an end of corpora) punishment. resolution would be an unfair reflection on our teachers," Davis added. Divorce WRAPPED in a luxurious Persian lamb coat, Ingrid Bergman is shown in this latest photo leaving a Home restaurant after dining with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini.

The glamorous film star is reported ready to fly to Chihuahua City, Mexico, if her doctors permit, when her suit for divorce against Dr. Peter Lindstrom, Hollywood physician, is heard there. International) LOST $552 BY LOSING SOCIAL SECURITY CARD Elmer Smith Has Unfortunate Experience, Reports Local Office WARNING TO OTHERS S. L. Horst Discusses Safety On The Farm WOODSIDE, Jan.

2X An address by Samuel L. Horst, some years ago supervisor of vocational agriculture in the schools of Bucks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties and now head of the safety division of the Department of Public Instruction, regarding safety on the farm, was heard by so and guests at the meeting of Middletown Grange in the Makefield Community House, Wednesday evening. With the use of a large number of photographs, Mr. Horst, explained how accidents on the farms are caused. Most accidents, he said, are caused by the use of power machinery, but many of these, he said, can be avoided if the proper precautions are taken.

Farm fires, said Mr. Ilorst, often result in large losses and death and injury. These, too, he said, can be avoided. Carelessness, he said is often the cause of farm fires. He commented upon the Importance of seeing that wiring is not defective, and explained that care should be used in discarding cigar and cigarette butts.

Members were told by Mr. Horst that farmers should never attempt to oil machinery while it is in operation. Following his comments, Mr. Horst showed a motion picture, "Carless- ness on the Farm." Prior to the program, which was in charge of the lecturer, Miss Marie Adams, a pork and sauer kraut Bupper was served. CANDIDATE FOR DKt.KKK Because Elmer Smith went to the local Social Security Administration Field Office at Kensington Avenue, Phiia.

to get a social security card, he learned that he should be getting a social security payment of $2.5 each month. He could have been getting these monthly payments for the past two years; he had no home, nor any address to which his checks could be sent. When we found the record of his social security number and previous said Harry W. Pease, manager of the office, "we had difficulty in locating Smith to tell him about his payment of $23 a month. Elmer Smith is of course a fictitious name, but this man now gets his check every month." "We have at least five persons over sixty-five every Pease Continued on Two i.llil.

FO i MDEKS Mr. and Mrs. Glen Krider, Bristol Terrace II, are being congratulated upon the birth of a daughter in Frankford Hospital, on Sunday. The baby weighed lbs. Mis.

Krider is the former Miss Antonie Seemuller. The girl was born on her wedding anniversary. The Community Clearing house Courier Want Ad columns. Linens Are Showered Upon Marguerite McGee A surprise linen shower was i. n- dered Miss Marguerite McGee.

ashington streit. on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs War ren Armstrong, Tull street white bell was suspended fi.un center of the hway and rifts attached to yellow hanging 1rom it Rei were served, table decorations tiling in yellow and liite cake was topped with a bride and groom Those attending Mrs Neill Me 1 Gee, Germantown; Joseph Cavanaugh, Miss Mary augh, Sharon Hill, Mrs- ByTon .1 Hopkins, Mrs Raymond McGee, Mrs John Fletcher. Mrs Fdward MeIIvain, Mrs James Gee. tin Misses Mary McGee, Agnes Viro stek. Anil McGee, Rose Mary Vic Gee and Alice Mcllvain, Bristol PENNDEL BOARD APPEALS FOR AID Requests Organizations To Raise Fund 1 Reduce The Deficit ABOUT $2,000 NEEDED PENNDFL, Jan 28 'I lie Peiiiulel Recreation Hoard ha appealed to each organization in the community to help raise fundi- toward reducing; ia deficit on the War Memorial Playground.

To date the Memorial has cost in the neighborhood of of which has been from contributors. It, has been suggested that organization-, help raise the required $2,000 by dances, dinners and similar events. The letter, sent to individuals and organizations as a report on progress of the Memorial, speaks with pride of its accomplishments It is especially pleased that the area football league chose the local gridiron as the "finest in the cir and played last season's championship game there. The letter gives much of the credit for the progress to (committee members Russell Brown and Charles O'Brien. The appeal concludes on an opti mistic note for I he tut ure, Ith visions of still greater and the belief that before long the project should be self sustaining.

To Hold Public Hearing On Pollution of River A public hearing to obtain the views of interested parties, wit.ii a view of determining the measures necessary to provide relief from oil pollution in the Delaware river, will be held in the Customs House, Philadelphia, Feb IT.tli, at 10 a. In order that the report may show as clearly as possible the problem and the justification which exists for the improvement sought, the following information should be furnished: (a) Data on existing oil pollution conditions, (hi Information on possible sources of oil pol lution. Damages resulting from oil pollution, id) Effect of oil pol lution on fish and wildlife PI BMC SI EDGELY, Jan. 28 The Auxiliary announces the menu to be served at the public supper in Edgely File Co. station between three and seven tomorrow Tomato juice, fresh ham, mashed potatoes, peas, carrots, cole slaw, apple sauce, rolls, butter, tea coffee, home-made apple pie COUNTERFEIT RING BROKEN UP Mollov Re-Elected 1 lead ot Doy lest own Country Club DOYLESTtrfWN.

Jan roll Molloy. Jr. pi ideili Bui 'ount Reai I Wils le elected presideul Hovlestown Corniti Club second stralght and tuo I Blasts UMW Chief FOUR MEN, held in connection with the operation of "one of the biggest counterfeit leave New York Police Headquarters where they were booked. Below, Secret Service agent A. Whitaker wears gloves to avoid smudging some of the $200,000 in spurious ten and twenty dollar banknotes.

Looking on are Police Captain Raymond McGuire and Police Commissioner William (right). International MASSACHUSETTS MAN I SCOUT CAMPAIGN IS SLIGHTLY INJURED TO OPEN MONDAY J. V. Sullivan Believed To Drive Will Get Under Way A SUMMARY OF THE NEWS SYRACUSE. Jan.

28- Jacob L. Hellings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hellings, Locust street, Bristol, is a candidate for a baccalaureate degree at Syracuse 92nd commencement Jan. 29.

Dr. Eugene G. Bewkes, president of St. Lawrence University, will be the main speaker at the winter commencement exercises, Hellings is scheduled to receive his degree from the College of Liberal Arts where he has majored in political science. He is a graduate of Central High School, Syracuse.

TIDES AT BRISTOL High water Luw waiter 10.53 a. m. 11 I m. 1C a. 55 p.

in. The flow of arms from this country to its European associates under the North Atlantic Treaty may start about March 1st following the signing of bilateral agreements yesterday by eight nations that had requested such assistance. President Truman proclaimed as effective the mutual defense plan formulated in Paris last month by the Defense Committee set tip under the pact. The military position of France, and therefore of Western Europe, was seen as weakened by the continuing drain upon her resources because of the civil war in Indochina. This result was considered a signal triumph for communism.

Despite the Western Allied plea for a relaxation of the curbs on traffic from Berlin to Western Germany, more than 300 freight trucks were stalled for miles on both sides of the Helmstedt check-point of the Berlin Autobahn. They inched forward at a rate of less than a mile an hour. Eastern German authorities announced that henceforth pedestrians as well as trucks would need permits to cross from one zone to another. The press spokesman for Chancellor Adenauer of the W'estern German regime resigned. He said he objected to making repeated de- nials of statements ascribed to officials.

Prime Minister Attlee, named the I British Labor candidate lor 'Parliament from the West jthamstow district, will be opposed i bv candidates of three other groups. Reports circulated in United tions circles that two additional members of the Security Council, may withdraw next month from the Nationalist thus making it. possible to seat a I delegation representing the Corn- I munist regime. President Truman said he had not made up his mind on whether country should go ahead with the attempt to make a hydrogen atomic bomb. The Chief Executive also made known that he intended to give his steadfast support to his civil rights program despite Congressional objections.

'Falk of a possible compromise with Southern Democrats over the proposal to establish a permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission persisted in the House There was a lessening of ure on the White for action in i the coal situation as a result of an (agreement between John Lewis and Northern and Western oper- i on I ni on I'agt- I hrre Have Fallen Asleep; Car Hits A Truck NEAR MORRISVILLE MORB1SVILLR, Jan 28 A resident of Auburndale, was slightly hurt yesterday afternoon at 3.30 when he is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel of his sedan and struck the back section of a lruck. The injured: James V. Sullivan treated at Mercer Hospital, Trenton, N. and discharged According to state police of Lang borne barracks, Sullivan and Ar (onlinuftl on Four Mass Burial for Five To Be in Cemetery Plans are made for a mass funeral for Horace Morrow, his wife, Claire, 41, and their three children, Patricia, 9, Virginia, 14, and Loletta, 2, Monday morning. The five lost their lives when their house at Lacey Park, a Fed eral housing project, near Hatboro, was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning.

The son, John, IS, sta tioned aboard a submarine, arrived from Florida yesterday afternoon to complete plans for the rites The funeral will be from 1119 W. Lehigh avenue, Philadelphia (a funeral home), at 8.30 Monday morning, with mass at 10 a. in St R. Church, Hatboro Interment for the five will be in the National Cemetery at Beverly, .1 Horace Morrow, one of the vie tints, was a veteran of the I Navy service. There will be a viewing of Mrs Morrow at the funeral home Sunday evening, but not of other members of he family.

GIRL FOR WIANS Announcement is made or the birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs. Theodore Wian, Bath Addition, in llarriman Hospital, this morning. To Raise $45,000 For 15-Month Period ANNOUNCE BUDGET Men and women solicitors in all 1 parts of the Buck County council, Boy Scout Area are readv to step I off into the campaign on Monday The needs of the Council have been explained by the finance com jnittej at eat district committee; meeting and the annual council meeting and are recognized as, necessary if boy scouting is to con untie to surge forward in the next year The campaign tot ifl.VOOO is for a. I month period with $8,000 alloted for the three months Immediately ahead Fehruary, March and April The budgetary year begins on May 1st The finance committee of the council has broken down the budget for Information of the people in the council area showing the1 following allotments out of mi Two k. to io sPLi i Members of Knights of quested to meet pliy fute ning at 8 30 to memory of Kdgar 1 licke fourth a Solemn i be rillii in Salem, 0.M tei ment iu Jra Salem i i I Council, olumbus, are re- at tlie Win.

I Mur- home this eve pay respects to ist Grand Knight Members of the sted to Requiem Mass will Church, 'I ncMlay, wit hin 1 mi lew 'emetery, ous year in the history The club has plans for lion of a new clubhou special meeting will be March for the purpose of a method of tlnaneinr tlo it it is approved her oil leers lecled include Paul Horn, Chalfont vice pieni dent A Russell Thomas Doyles tow secretai George li Smith, I eastli er Elected to the executive commit tee are Arthur Eastburn, Charles F. Kadeliff, Donald Bean. Stanley llaldeman. Dr Fred erick Lutz, Howard Gulick and A Sienkiewicz club sional is ics FAIL TO FIND CAUSE FOR TRAGIC BLAZE Investigators i it Flimsy Construction Materials Used On Interior PARTITIONS 1 II An Inspection of the tire ruins of the home of the Morrow family at Lacey Park, where i and Mrs Horace David Morrow and three children met death Wednesday morning, has failed to reveal the exact cause of I he blaze The llotlte luol been abode of Horace David Morrow, an av i ation ordnaueeman at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station; his wife, Claire Murphy Morrow, II, and their daughters, Virginia Claire, 12, Patricia and Loletta, 2't County Detective William Stack of Doylestown, and Trooper Jay Milligan, fire marshal for the Pennsylvania State Police, attached to the Troop headquarters at Bethlehem, spenl Wednesday afternoon at the scene of the lire, and returned again Thursday is no evidence we have been able to obtain that would indicate fire was anything but a very unfortunate Slack- house fold a reporter Morrow home in the Fed eral Housing development at Lacey Park was a comfortable affair, but was constructed with materials on Continued on hk wo Reception Is In The Form of Dinner-Party A reception In the form of a din ner party was tendered Mr and Mrs. Horace Hutchison, Morris vllle, on Thursday evening In Bristol Presbyterian Church Mr.

Hutchison is the recently-appointed organist and choir director at the church The tables were decorated w'Hh Ivy a setting of candlelight Those attending: Mr and Mrs Fred Herman, Newport vllle; Mi: Blanche Savage. Edgely: the Rev Edward Yeomans, Mt and Mrs Charles I Bowen, Mi and Mrs Barton Brown, Mr and Mrs Charles Brodie, Mi and Mr. George me re i Mr and Mr. Thomas Jenkins, Mi and Mat ion Whlpps. Mrs David rtzler Mrs.

Fred Hall, the Mi Marian Schwartz, Elizahet.lt Thompson, Ruth Ellen Cox, Jeanne Goodwill, Mary Vetter, Elizabeth Jane Hall, and Richard Updike A MINER, Joseph Dickmon (above), of Library, reads some of the mail he has received since Issuing a blast against United Mine president John L. Lewis. In a letter to a Pittsburgh newspaper, Dickmon said that Lewis is a who is permitting 450,000 miners to One letter to Dickmon brought him an offer of a job as a machinist. International) 24 ARE LISTED ON THE GRAND JURY, FEBRUARY TERM Two From Bristol Are Blanche Riggs and Henry Butler A. li If I Al.

it F.NSKN William 11 Campbell, Tyburn road, Morrlsville, and Anna Kass (Kasperski), of Hayes, Bristol. Bruce Phillips, of Swain and Virginia Rose Kehler, of 253 McKinley st both of Bristol. .1 llihliH Luff, and Dolores M. Bloom, both of Newtown. MISS GARGARELLA IS BRIDE OF PETT Sacred Heart Ceremony Is Solemnized This Morning In St.

Church AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP At a sacred heart ceremony, with the traditional colors of red and white used, the marriage of Miss Itlta Gargarella, 428 Jefferson ave tine, and Mr. Robert Pett, Trenton. was solemnized in St. Ann's Church at 10 this morning. 1 he bride was costumed In white satin entrain; wore a lace and net veil, and carried white roses with a lavendar orchid at the center.

Her bridesmaids, the Misses Lena Genco, Pond street, and Muriel Welsh, Mayfair, were attired in white i'nwtis Bed roses appeared on their hair, and also formed their net Nicholas Gargarell.i, Jr Jefferson avenue, brother of the bride, was best man; and tin- usher was Mi Merrill Williams, Lafayette street, brother in law of the bride The former Miss Gargarella, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Gai'Karclla, was escorted to the altar by her father. The parents Mr. and Mrs Charles Pett, reside in Iowa. Arrangements were made for a breakfast to follow the ceremony at. the Gargarella home, with a dinner and reception planned there later in the day.

Mr and Mrs Pett have planned a 10 days automobile trip They will re dde in an apartment at Pond and Lafayette streets. 2 IN CROYDON ARFA Traverse Jury Listed Also For Criminal Court Term, Feb. 20th DOYLESTOWN, Jan. list of those who will serve on the Grand Jury at Doylestown, starting Feb. 14th.

is herewith made public: Henry Butler, Bristol; Benedict Bcstler, Doylestown; Henry J. Behrends, Neshamlny; Russell Beer, Doylesto Lillian Broome, Croydon Harry A. Blgley, Doylestown; Cornelia C. Currier, Point Pleasant; Harry Cope, Doylestown Francis J. Christensen, Trevose; Emerson W.

Clark, Langhorne; Miriam S. Usand, Holicong; Dallas John, Lahaska, Edward Matthews, New Hope, Charles Bristol R. D. Robert Oughton, Jamison; Sarah ltonig, Langhorne D. William C.

Heed, Langhorne; A. Blanche Biggs, Bristol; James Harry Smith, Croydon; Minerva Schaaf, I pper Black Eddy; Glenn G. Stake, Tullytown; Charles W. Shive, Quakertown; Edith Weitz, ihm i NN ri rni CROYDON, Jan 2.s meeting of the Mothers Auxiliary of Troop 7, Girl Scouts was held at the home of Mrs Thomas Roberts, Monday ev en I Current Scout were dl CU. fifteen were pees iineiim member, Howard I Robinson, was admitted Mrs I Borsch, River road, war.

a guest I Ra mond ('lark was acting1 I hostes- Refreshments were served LATEST NEWS BULLETINS Edith Quakertown U. D. Florence Weber, Morrlsville. One hundred women and men have been chosen to serve on the traverse Jury at the first week of February rlminal court, beginning Feb 20th. The list: John Allen, Albert A Bliss, Monroe Bethman, Esther L.

A. Goss, Louis Hammer, William S. Mason, F. Earle Watson, all of Doylestown; Helen Axenroth, Quaker town; Howard Ashton, Yardley; Clara Abrams, Bristol; Robert Anderson, Wrightstown; Jackson Bauer, Croydon; Ida Baringer, Quakertown; Margaret Bennett, Woodslde; Hiram D. Beer, Tinicum; Rosemary Bralley.

Bristol; Robert Honsel, Bristol, and Marie Biegen I vy laud, RD. Marguerita Baker, Jolmsvllle; Ira C. Brown, Bristol, RD 2, Julia C. Clark, Lahaska; Helen A. Chambers, Morrlsvlllo; William M.

Cobb, Newtown; William A Christman, I Doylestown. RD; Harvey Cliver, I Bristol; Thomas J. Dean, Lacey Park; Llewelyn Dellinger, Newtown; Alice P. Dawson, Newtown; Elizabeth Bristol, RD and Estelle Enslg, Bristol RI t. Mattie Ellis, Edith Elliott, Wycombe; Louise M.

Flynn, i Wycombe; Margaret 11 Feakes, (Yardiey; Paul Frank, Perkasie; Mabel Bristol; Ernest Gunenst, Sellersville, RD; William L. Croft, Morrlsville, RD Bessie Taylor Gilmore, Buckingham; Joseph C. Gerbron, Doylestown, RD; Olive Henry, Quakertown; Frederick W. Hammett. Rushland, and Elthea L.

Huber, Warrington, Jane Hellberg, Chalfont; Howard A. lielrnbuch, Quakertown, RD 2, William Heucheroth, Quakertown, RD 2, Arthur Hottle, Richlandtown; Franklin Horn, Perkasie; Charles Hoffman, Penns Park; Urcilla Haskey, Doylestown, RD; Matthew Keek, Trumbauersville; Ja met. Kling, Carversville; Mildred Ketterer, Perkasie, RD Emma Landis, Pipersvi 11e; Fred Long, Gardenville; Herman E. Lerch mil (I on News of Schools In Area--- St. Francis School FDDINGTON.

Jan. 2H It has- recently come to our notice that a for ner student has been more or less distinguishing himself way down in Bolivia. South America. The person is a Maryknoll Missioner, Brother Gonzaga, known in his days at St Francis as Charles Chilutti. His exploits have come to light, through the book Maryknoll by the famous newspaper man, Bob Considine, author of the Ruth Story" and co-author of Seconds Over According to Mr Considine Gonzaga does everything from assisting the bishop at confirmation to repairing a leaky roof lie is skipper, crew and dock man CoBtloufd on Two Neshaminy High School Mrs Mack, instructor of girls' health and physical education and director of athletics, has organized a clan of more than 50 children in social dancing The class meets after hool hour and includes pupils from jun or high school grades The request came from the pupils and the interest is continuing on an exceptionally high level Already the group has reached a number which can scarcely be I accommodated in one class room.

Mrs Mack believes that young people should be taught the social gracen rhythm and poise of body and mind, as well a- tin- academic learnings To this point of view she is giving a practical expression in her aftei school Hass in dancing Report Low Bid on Highway Project llurrlHhurg The State Highways Department today reported the following unofficial low highway bid Bucks County Eckman, of Atglen, for widening and surfacing 4 16 miles of I Route in Chalfont, New Britain and Doylestown Boroughs, and town Township, and extension of a bridge over Cooks Run Suggests Government Collect on Tipping A Republican Congressman today gave the Government a tip on how to solve part of its financial woes find out how much money it could collect through a tax on tipping. Rep. Jonas, of Illmoi declared the practice of tipping has reached the proportions of a with "more than three fourths of the income derived by means of lips nev; i reported Calls for End to Race to Raise Wages and Prices Atlantic I ify J. Commeree Secretary Sawyer today called for an end to the race between and labor to raise prices and wages, warning it may result in a He urged both sides to undertake a realistic approach to the price- wage situation, keeping in mind that it is the consumer who must be ultimately served. PTC Reported Seeking Transfer Rise Philadelphia The Philadelphia Transportation Co, was reported today to be planning to ask for permission to boost its cent transfers to five cents.

The company is reported seeking the Increased fares to pay for a wage increase recently granted to its employes. Clarifies Purpose of The Soroptimist Club DOYLESTOWN, Jan. 28 Fifty members of Doylestown Junior Club heard Miss Grace 1 Chandler, editor of the National Soroptimist magazine, and members of Bucks Co. Soroptimists Club, here on Wednesday evening. Miss Chandler clarified the purpose of the service club, which she said, is not charitable organization doling out aid to individuals, but rather one to select a service to better an entire community.

Of the half dozen service clubs, she added that the mist is the largest, with 115 clubs in countries. In reviewing a number of books, she placed sex and religion as the two sure-fire to shoot a novel onto the best seller list, although only two per cent of the annual 10,000 a year output ever make the list, Big by Llovd Douglas, Miss Chandler said she considered trashy as a novel, but fine as a sermon. Too many readers, she said, expect to find the same magic in a second book. Never before do so many owe so much to those little ant Ads..