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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - May 19, 1927, Smethport, Pennsylvania Mckean Democrat volume 52. Jj1c3iochat i Uhli skiing oo., inc. Hussell Blind slice Bdl tit Smethport pa., thursday May 19. 1927. Terms-42.00 per year. No. 26 big crowd at May carnival night Don t you want to help great features at veterans Benefit ends to the co Worful annual May carnival of Bucktail Post american legion i opened auspiciously at the Smout Poi t lesion lyceum last even intr with a huge crowd in attendance. The car Nival which is part of the final drive of local world War veterans to Clear the remaining indebtedness on a Mph Poi t s theater will be in full Swincer As Ain Toni rat. The carnival opened with a color Ful Street Parade which traversed the business Section at o clock. Trio Jovo cession was headed by the Smith band and in line were Lite Smith port fire department apparatus and i procession of automobiles some tastefully decorated. The program at the lyceum opened at with a i Ottine of splendid professional vaudeville acts present 1 de by the Elzor Boyce comedy com Pany a Well known Tourlos Organiza Tion which included a Clever team of italian string musicians a captivating vocalist and comedy skits Fred to Elzor a Well known comedian Haven Clark. Coudersport mental Wiz Ard astounded the audience with his wonderful feats of memory and rapid calculation. The Coudersport Man developed his wonderful ability after lie had been accidentally shot in the head when a lad. Axelson the according King of Smethport also made a hit with the Large audience. Following the vaudeville program Tho floor of the Large auditorium was Given Over to the dancers music be ing furnished by Irma Cather boys a new orchestra Fea Turing gifted vocalist and pianist in song numbers the orchestra also presents a brass sextet. Tho personal includes Irma Cather. Pianist and vocalist. E h. Southwick violin and trim hone Tony she Ito Banjo and trombone Frank Turtle trombone and Euphony Lurn tired Anderson and Russell Lind Sley trumpets a. K. Quirk Sousa phone and Francis quirk traps Cather and her mus winians will Ajaino Buffalo Mas Fen Park i Defeated by Smethport i track athletes furnish music no Alt. For the dancing to the lyceum Interior has been Beau Way. Sideshows barkers fur nos hiring a blood tingling carnival atmosphere. The Booths and concessions All enjoyed Gool patronage. Feature sideshow attractions i been it Nile of Romaniac e. Continued on Page 5, col. 3 Here is a typical group of Mississippi flood family of White to the levee from the they Are awaiting Tho arrival of a red Cross Relief boat to take them to a Camp on tha Highlands. The red Cross is still asking for funds. he sri school s Star trifle and Field team finished the Home season n a a glorious manner last saturday at he fair by defend Tito mrk High school of Buffalo by a score f 64 to 53. This Victory mails a until red per cent1 average for tie Range and Black of far this Frei meets were held Here and in All free Smau port triumphed. Besides Masten Sirtl Jewett Hiffa school and Ille n. T., High school went marked the second flown to defeat. This contest meeting of the two schools. Exist year Smethport Defeated Masten Here. Next fall they will play each other on Tho i equipped at required by in in oth Harrisburg May decrepit and worn out passenger be hides arid trucks May Digap Pravir fron Pennsylvania highways through the enforcement of Section 411 it the tie motor code which provides Liat to Secretary of highways May sits pen the registration of any vehicle the Etna unsafe or unfit to be operated or n toot Hall Gridiron in Buffalo. Old Tun Pluvus did his worst sat urday by pouring gallon s and. Gallons water Down upon the scene of act s dirt track was . Grid was my ctr finish. It even effected the Field events once in a while one of the participants would do a. Fancy rating big High school class tvs year 21 will receive diplomas at commencement june 10 a class of Twenty one will be Bra cd from Smethport Llight Soli at e annual exercises be held at the legion lyceum iday even los to. The pro is not yet completed but will to mount re Iti the Uear future following is the Raster of this year s Lynn Abney Clarissa Backus Eimm Capwell Ada Downey Helen i Lynh cask in Clarence Alice Hall Mertz Margaret Hull Audrey Hyde Johnson Umil Johnson Kinery Kohn tary Lillibridge Mundy i Arguerite Stickles Ada Sztul Homo Thomas Sulla inn Margaret Swanson Ola Clys Tanner clas3 Day exercises the 1027 class Day exercises will e held thursday. June 0 at the Teum. The following seniors been selected in accordance with the custom historian Frank Spadafore. T poet Johnson. Prophetess Alice Kanmore. Donor Audrey Hyde. Artist Swanson. Advice to Ada studholme. Margaret Hull class growler Clarissa Backus. Local flood Relief contributions growing yesterday afternoon we. Of Joscht chairman of Smethport chapter reel Cross informed the Democrat that the sum of had been collected in the District composed of this Borough. Cole Vitle Coryville Farmers Valley anal Hazelhurst for Tho Relief of Mississippi flood sufferers. Very Day brings news of worse havoc wrought by the father of Waters in bursting hip Tho red Cross is working unceasingly to mitigate the suffering and the local drive will continue. Local mum us to Ehrk league port Alleg imy reporter Arnidis Icv. Meet Iier held at the place inn on tuesday evening for the purpose of a base bal league from a in imbed of towns in this sect inn. As planned there wll be six teams in the Len put Eldred Nix Ford Austin. Emporium Smith port and a combined team of Coudersport and port aug Ginny Tho season is to open on Dundas Jay 22ml. The Are to cd miss of All local players in Ench Towi the name of the league has not be been decided upon. To Conr Colon with the above hem manager Fred of the local baseball team is undecided is Yot act with the we grits in spite Heberaj amount of however three new records of a words the Highway department i a refuse registration to a cm1 mechanically unfit. The same Section provides that registration May be suspended when unlawful use of any kind is Mado state Aid Money for county roads atari a Surg May Yoji Stuart Secretary of highways yester Day announced the allocation of state Aid appropriations to the various counties of whether Smethport will enter the proposed league or not. This town s experience in league baseball has not been pleasant. A memory of two years Airo when Snith port entered the ill fated Moke an Elk league Nurt found that instead of playing games with individual towns of the circuit it was playing Tho entire a lat Over town it played local pitchers be ing faced generally by Tho same All Star Lino up recruited from All other teams of the for the court results in jail influx prisoners plead guilty and receive jail sentences a number of offenders against Tia code Befoi-6 Cudgo w. Boulon at a term of Mckean arc finont court hold in Thea rough last thursday pleaded a guilty got James she Lvcy daring navigator who stole i boat in outboard motor and propelling outfit a locomotive ight a rllk1, tools Anil a Hutto " of provisions from Tho Metz Gnu construction company at Eldred ind set sail Down the Allegheny River or , Clu Illy travelling a a stance of nearly 50 Miles on his i Motorboat lilt some rocks in the Elvor near Seneca Junction and Sank with to. Cargo. A described. In Tho Dom o crat two creeks ago pleaded Gully to1 entry larceny. She Lvov b Mother who resides in wrist present in court and pleaded for Ivy son. In View of Tho fact that the Young Man s past reputation to fore he became homesick Hantl been Good and in Mueh is Tho Young Man wis ills Mck Lior s sole support judge Konton oled Holvey for a period of two years. Articles taken by Shelvey on the Start of Hla ill fated voyage were ail i Oro Vered. Past Halo Capulupa Kane shoo mid. Ont repair expert who extended Hla Lite of activity to the bootlegging1 Al cart itty was arrested by county pet Ellva. Allison in a recent raid pleaded guilty to violation of the liquor Law Haideman. President of Pennsylvania motor federation declared that while the really important sections of Tho code signed by governor Fisher to Tarj week shout Are those uniform which traffic will bring regulation new factory for Marvel specially h. L. Fry Ralph Herzog we. I Kerr owners of the Marvel specially factory a growing local Industry Are preparing to move that concern from its present location in the rear of the. Grand Central Block into the Large tile building on Fulton Street formerly occupied by the boys publishing company which was Pur chased by Fry and Herzog some time ago. The Marvel company manufacturer an electric toy Magnet with a Man nmn attachment which enjoys a dig Sale with popular Price store Syndi Cates throughout the nation the a Hung up. Mundy of Smethport. Com through the adoption of the so called v in. In a n a last Lime at Homo for h. A. Cleared the bar at 11 feet four inches in the pole vault break in the previous record of 11 feet 1 Inch held jointly by himself and Scott of Smethport. Has been a Bis Point getter for his learn during the past years saturday he also won first place in the Hundred Yard dash and Hiiro jump. Peruzzi of in Fth unit Shotter exl the record in the bred Jun with a leap of 20 feet anal Hoover code there Are other sections with which owners operators of motor cars should begin to familiar ize then elves. The new Law be comes effective january . Section 605 of the code Nonkes it tin lawful for the Driver of any school bus to be under 18 years of age. N o persons less than 21 years old May of continued on last pase. Col. 1 was sentenced to n. Lino of and still being fresh cans. Siae Ruport now in no Nils of promises Independent Amateur organization and the attitude of the local manage ment la to go jeopardizing chances of Baso hah locally Ticle being the invention of or. Kerr. The company is now preparing to manufacture another of or. Kerr s toy inventions a disc color spinning top which promises to be even a bigger seller in the popular Price toy Field Ihan the electric magnets. The new article will mean in in crease in working Force and machinery of the local factory which promises 1 to to valuable Industrial adjunct to Smethport. In its new the Marvel company who have a Model manufacturing Plant Jne half indies. of Mas ten Park threw the shot forty two feet to better the record made years ago by Josephson of Smethport. The time made on the track in spite of its bad condition was uniformly Good and most of the events would have been up to the average if made on dry ground lost a heart breaking mile by a matter of a few feet at the finish after running neck and neck with a irn Nten Man. Each fighting every Inch of the Way. Van Dunsen copped the hurdles and 220-Yarij dish. Both being through the mud. Mccoy. Scott and Petruzzi made it unanimous for Smethport in the discus throw is did Mundy and Scott in the no toxin anti toxin for Smethport school pupils owing to illness of the local District state nurse it has been necessary to abandon the Campaign to inoculate pupils of the Smethport schools with toxin anti toxin As a Prevc Natl be As Aln St diphtheria despite the fact that parents in the majority of instances had signed consent cards. The inoculation program part of the state health department s crusade to eradicate diphtheria proceeded successfully in the majority of nearby towns and considerable disappointment i expressed that it has become Neces sary to abandon the local Campaign. Broad jump and Mundy Scott and in the pole . Three Isten men teamed Well in the two be. And took Ali places. The Buffalo is also showed up strongly in shot ant 440-Varil . Tourso. Studholme in l f continued on Pike 0. Col. I s. H. S. Senior class will present play and movies the senior class of the Smith inn High school is planning to present two interesting entertainment events proceeds from which will go to help defray expenses of the class trip to Washington. Commencement. Wednesday and thursday. May 25 and 26. The screen epic of the rest men. The vanishing american shown it the Star theater Smoth port. This motion picture is one of the Ever filmed and is provid ing entertainment for thousands All Riner the country at the present time. Admission be very and 30c. The senior class is hard at work rehearsing for a i Olti King to by by governor Fisher appropriations Are Janado from the motor License fund in the sum of for state Aid construction. This appropriation is allocated to the several counties of the Commonwealth on a mileage basis. The amounts allocated the counties from the state Aid appropriation represent the state s Money and when matched by the local authorities with a like amount will permit of construction being undertaken with a contract value of twice the amount of the allocation to cac of county. The allocations for Mckenn and adjoining counties follow of clean. 530 Miles. Elk county. -113 Miles. J26.205.5s Potter county d3c Miles Warren county the and Servo six months in Tho county jail. Michael Vilno and wife known As Mary round who were arrested in a recent mid by county detective Jack Allison their spank easy in Haezl when a of Hootch War seized pleaded guilty. Vnln6, sentenced to a Fine of ?500 Nind Coats to serve fix months in to jail. Here. Mary round who in past co years of nge n Yll Attr sentence on a former charge on which she forfeited Hall and was for several months a Fitjar Lelyo from Tho county. To wag on. A Bench Sottirou by detective Allison when he. Learned that the woman had pc Hub Summers lf., nop Vin ced thai Iho props Rel Loa sri if huh a of hence of being successful there is no but snap Tho it will enter Othen Ylse no. So the matter stands to Hazelhurst that comedy entitled the hurry up Brido to be presented at the Steth port lyceum. Or. Scott has close Call from an infected hand Merle Scott local drilling contractor Fri been in a serious condition at the Kane Hospital during the week suffering from a severe Kitaek of blood poisoning resulting from an injury to i right hand suffered last week. While working on a Well he has thursday. June 1 and 2. Mrs. in thru is coach intr the , mrs. H. To. Hocken Terry has charge of the and mrs. Lillian Clark in be comr twist til ability of the mentioned ladies Natl the Lii int being developed gun Nofe that the will be a Winner. Local men now interested in Chase Glass specially co. At a meeting of the Chase specially co. Held last night several local business men became members of the company by purchasing the sur plus Stock Anil the company now adequately capitalized will proceed manufacture and Market its product coloured Glass masks for electric Light bulbs an in Jenius Artl clo what Chi la Tho invention of r. O. Chase of the demand for the Artl clo in 1he National Ticlad is Bouncil to be brisk As big illumination companies and advertising concerns Are interested in the possibilities of the masks for Cal Dor orations and rotary project is up in the air at Hie Noonday luncheon meeting of the Smethport con polls club held at the grand Central Hote monday noon. County agent w. A. Ross won admitted to . President w. A. Ostrander or. Rob Ert Hamilton. Secretary if. .1. Rlc5 and quirk canopus member. Who recently were Honor guests of Bradford rotary club gave enthusiastic reports of rotary is they were privileged to observe it first Huml All the members were emphatic in declaring that changing the orphaned Oono Pua club into a Organ Viz Ion would be a splendid thing for Smethport however it was Plain to to seen that the attitude of canopus members to the project remains Apa thetic and no action was taken on the matter of bringing the recently pro posed can nip to a head. To via decided not to collect the membership due pledged in i lie recent drive for in the Roosevelt Highway association in this Borough until time As the i Sooin lion s for advertising the i a i. To Jar St. Hil Zivny across the Northern tier n or Sylvan la counties a finally in in n secret cellar under a. Ohl Ken o oct Demorat rating that most any thing can be expected to be hath cd under of this volstead big. Daniel Bernard charged with Deser Tion Ami non support testified that when he and his wife separated two Venus ago he had assigned Tiro Perty and real estate to her valued at which Hart been spent further stating that he was willing to provide for Hla children s support. Judge Bouton fixed the amount to be paid by or. to Hla children at j13 Pel week. O. Reed of Colo Creek charged with non support ordered to per week for the support of his family. Local car hit Road Barrier returning from Bradford sunday evening b. Colo of Marvin Street thin Boron try lost sense of direction in a blinding rain storm and drove his Dodge Coupon into the intersection of hip new Highway of under course of construction at Farmers Vii Ley near the top of Tho Hill at that place. The car crashed into the harrier erected it the scene of the Highway operation and the heart end of the. Vehicle was quite badly damaged Neces site Tirck its Helm to the Smith port enrage for repairs. N o one was injured. Will improve Star theater c. C. . Owner of he Star theater this Borough is to work of remodelling and ing sign the new members of the company Are pry. quirk. J. C. Pai d. I. . Ralli of. K. Munn Ami or. Robert . Zigun ivors of the company who still i lain their Stock Iii i rest Are k. C. my Sis ire of Metli port Anil Lotin Ruffalo of . Ohio. H. J. N of trl hit Ham. Ineil by icings a to Farn and member Tio died in Buffalo recently from the of Init Rita received in. Ai Mirtoni Oman Accident near Ter. Which a adopted in the form of a Resolution and will he to the j family of the g Rading progresses on Colegrove Road contractor d. Dennis of eld Rex was a Al alter in Iown monday. 1-Xiklng Over his it Mcadam a riving jobs Tho ing the Interior of that popular mov tin executive ing picture playhouse in the near fun o in bloc. Tho Jou. Which will he an sex contract for drilling in the nearby Oil i Tensive one. Will be Alfred local contractor. And Wien us local will be one in on monday. The Well j known Man fell in such a Man nor that a in so Spike Pron Idiner i or. Lof the most attractive to he found pm record divorce court puts completely Nihro Urh t county in class with Reno is described in the Dom of argument court him j Hou a Hoard lying on the ground of Nett this so Cimon of the a intr. Of i right hand and the Ary will Tell of . Escape from China at j m. E. Church Sun Oak f morning at tiie Olean. County at a term at Tho county court Houv. Mil or. In a Tisha Little o morning at tiie this Borough last Friday judge j. Rontino a his Rhineh. Tiv. J. Illick. Of Bouton heard 37 divorce cases a until companions on number which Indian of s him to to train ,-r.-oli.lii.n to n flin that it is not necessary for Ivi i dents or the Ini Vireil hand Iho pub int o la of ibis county to go is pm Hospital or a. For a change of scenery or in the meeting of Roosevelt Assn in port Allegany tomorrow a in Etlor a of the Roosevelt committee Wlsh be inn ill port Al Gany Friday after noon it which Hiis i import Insp will ii u with the Prog atm of in Iii pirating a National Cam Paifon of bring the Scenic a route across North Ern Penns Al vent i to the a sonic thl on will no in by a a Clintion Good i ids it Retior. D of Lett undesirable Arp Jmc its were re cases it last week s session. M rummage Sale Ednirl or. Scott tin knee civil to spill int treatment a turd in i. Condition ? most lit Rinor ing by Ifill a thread. The a he miss pundit Lon took a turn for the Belle More Scarlet fever cases do Irani the Ivill .1 of or net fever has ported locally to the or Alth aut Iorli Llen. Lack Peeler son of or. Nud mrs. John per apr. And a mint bar of the local team in stricken with or it potato Creek Witch Smith part Crosby and Cole when completed this sum inf a. A Yarpe Force of men wit i much is now Rushing grading operations on this important and rapid Progress being made All along the. Line. In conversation with the writer my. Or uni mat Frt that work it laying the. Plone surface on the Road which will ii Macadam Type of construction Wilt be so noted the first of june ban Muir Vicented delays from unfavourable weather. The Well known contractor this Type of Road construction is mow upon Wilry weather Cyndi St take s build will hold n rum the prs of the week and is now Immi be Sale , May 20th at Proi Lite steadily with the re suit that o clock p. M. At St. Luke a the Well known contractor s Complete adv2tlo-20 Reo Overy is expected. Ian unusual Lamb crop on nearby farm red linux i 1 Arifi Imp in Inin i this 1 l Ove to ii let j. Is had twins i triples and 2 sinful Larnus. Louse. Buha Cribe for tha to moral. County lawyers will play j on local links Satu Roay electricity will. Be turned members of us me Kean Hir off sunday afternoon a or Ilion will engage in a Polf. So port country sni urday of. I Sirlet Maori a i of has of Hrire of the event. Catch As pm Titi Oan rules will pre Vail. In attack of the Milady t week. A Insp to Ekener Rev. Fop of an-1 or of 1 of intr .1 of the he sri of Jooi. Suft Ord in of the work of Cunt rate i-.i1-1 latter Priorf of last pavement for the reason that it is in in hire been j in the Crup lir a and i m Preci and properly Roll it when ground i lie Are oth up ported to Boj. Is . To. Of a tract end Witti Trio in the Ston and Shig. The fun in top

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