This Was Doylestown, 1934

American Legion home dedicated -

Major General E.C. Shannon, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Pennsylvania and commanding officer of the National Guard of the Keystone State, on Saturday dedicated the new home of the , American Legion, to the memory of Doylestown's 25 soldiers who died in the World War.

Editor's note - The post, founded in 1919, was named for Albert R. Atkinson, Jr., a member of , who was killed in France in October 1918.

Saturday's program started promptly at 2 o'clock with the arrival of General Shannon from Harrisburg. There was a short parade through the business section of town, ending at the Legion home on North Street. The parade was led by the Bristol cadet drum and bugle corps of over fifty pieces.

Several hundred persons crowded the auditorium of the Atkinson Post home and the grounds outside the building while the cornerstone was laid. Well-known Legion officers and friends paid tribute to the sacrifice laid down by those in whose memory the new home was dedicated. It was one of the most impressive ceremonies in the long military history of this community.

Facing the seven Gold Star mothers who sat in front of him in the auditorium, General Shannon said: "The war is over for most of us, but for you it is not. As mothers of soldier-dead, you are paying a continuous sacrifice through the loss of some loved ones of your family, and although you are all proud of that record, they can never be brought back.

"Let us always remember that statesmen bring on wars and then turn them over to soldiers. I hope we never again see another war, but at the same time, let us take no chances in being unprepared," said the general, who was lieutenant colonel of the old regiment of which Company G was a part when America entered the World War.

The new home was erected at a cost of approximately $5,300. No public subscription of funds took place and the entire proposition was financed under the leadership of Post Commander Andrew H. Schott and his associates. Many friends donated furniture and equipment for the club room, kitchen and auditorium.

Burgess [Mayor] George S. Hotchkiss said he was glad to welcome the honored guests to Doylestown, particularly because it afforded an opportunity to explain to them the high regard in which the veterans are held here and to testify to the high type of citizenship they have shown since the war as leaders in community service, and the excellent influence they have exerted.

Taps was sounded for the deceased veterans, after which the formal housewarming got under way.

President Roosevelt writes to Farm School official -

In a personal letter from the White House to Dr. Allen H. Moore, Doylestown physician and medical advisor of the National Farm School [now ], President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed his heartfelt appreciation of the efforts which are being made at the Farm School to rehabilitate a group of physically handicapped students.

Dr. Moore recently wrote to the President informing him of the type of work being done with the physically handicapped at the school. The President responded in a letter, copies of which have been sent to all Farm School patrons and friends.

"You letter of December 24 is of deep interest to me as it brings to my attention the program which has been instituted in the State of Pennsylvania for the care, reinstruction and vocational rehabilitation of the physically handicapped," President Roosevelt wrote.

"The work that is being accomplished in this field has demonstrated beyond possible question the practicality of a public service which is daily transforming handicapped and dependent persons into self-respecting and self-improving members of society. Such persons have learned that they can overcome their physical handicaps by training their minds and hands to do some work which the world wants done," the President continued.

"However, the practical results of your program are not to be compared with the human values which are created through the rehabilitation of morale and the re-establishment of faith in our social and governmental institutions. Naturally, those who have become disabled through factors beyond their control must face life with considerable fortitude and take advantage of whatever opportunities are offered to develop their own inherent personalities," the President stated.

At the present time, the physically handicapped students of the Farm School are progressing rapidly in one-year courses being financed by the State. They live happily in a group at the school.

Mercer Museum obtains canal boat whistle -

Horace M. Mann, curator of the Bucks County Historical Society, had added another bit of Americana to the collection now on display in the Mercer Museum, by purchasing a pneumatic canal boat whistle.

The whistle, which is made of metal and resembles a bicycle pump in appearance, is about twelve inches high and four inches in diameter, and is cylindrical in shape.

Curator Mann explained that the whistle was fastened on the deck of the canal boat near the rudder, and within reach of the captain. As the boat neared a lock, the whistle, giving forth dull notes similar to those of a fog horn on a ferry boat, warned the locktender that a boat was at hand. Thus no time was lost in going through the lock.

The whistle was unearthed along the Delaware Canal [which closed in 1931] below Morrisville. It is the first one to be added to the collection.

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Home economist demonstrates cooking -

Miss Rhandena A. Armstrong, county home economics representative, on Friday evening gave a talk and demonstration on suitable foods for small children in the cafeteria of the Doylestown High School.

The demonstration, sponsored by the Village Improvement Association, was attended by about twenty mothers. Miss Armstrong showed the mothers how to make cream soup using split peas, and a quick cream rice pudding with apricots cooked in a double boiler, which saves both time and fuel.

The feature of the demonstration was the preparation of raw spinach sandwiches. Miss Armstrong, who believes this is the best method by which to give small children their vegetables, prepared the food novelty by chopping a few leaves of spinach and mixing them with a dressing.

The dressing was made by using one teaspoon of vinegar and water, and one-half teaspoon each of sugar and salt. The mixture of the spinach and dressing is spread on buttered whole wheat bread. After having eaten some of the sandwiches as samples, many of the mothers stated they tasted like watercress sandwiches.

Miss Armstrong cautioned the mothers about feeding their children new foods in too large quantities, and in that way building up a dislike for certain foods in the child's mind. She said that new foods must be given repeatedly and in small amounts before they are liked.

Unemployed register for jobs -

Registration of unemployed persons at the Bucks county office of the National Re-Employment Service, at 18 East Court street, is continuing without interruption, according to the manager, Charles S. Kratz.

The lull in activities, occasioned by the temporary shutdown of new Civil Works Administration projects and the order not to send men out on C.W.A. work except as replacements, has provided the office an opportunity to go over the files, install a new system in exact accord with a set-up devised for universal use, and otherwise correct and adjust the records.

When a man has been assigned to a job and is sent out, his file card is placed on an inactive list. When the job he is on is finished, or he stops work for another cause, he should immediately report back to the office. This step is termed a re-registration. His card is then placed back on the active list and he again becomes eligible for employment at any task for which he is fitted.

Males from the age of sixteen years upward are eligible for registration, if unemployed, although the C.W.A. and some other sources of employment will not accept men younger than eighteen years of age owing to rulings concerning workmen's compensation.

Unemployed women are urged to register and will receive all the advantages of the employment service on an equal basis with men, according to the manager.

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Doylestown Town Notes -

Boys and girls went for "Alice in Wonderland" in a big way at the Monday afternoon matinee at the Strand Theatre. About two hundred and fifty were turned away because the theatre was crowded. To give all the children an opportunity to see the motion picture, Manager Odock decided to put on a special matinee Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bertles, of West Oakland avenue, left Tuesday morning by automobile for St. Petersburg, Florida. They expect to return some time in March.

Mrs. Paul Loux, of South Main street, was the guest of honor at a birthday surprise party given by a few friends on Saturday evening.

Miss Mary Bright, a student at West Chester State Teachers College, spent a few days at her home on Broad street during the mid-year vacation.

Lawrence Mason, of Golf View road, will make a business trip to New York City on Monday.

Mrs. Joseph K. Musselman is improving nicely at her home on East Ashland street following an attack of pneumonia.

Ladies of the Doylestown Friends Meeting will hold an all-day sewing on Thursday in the Red Cross room in the Odd Fellows Building [].

Mrs. Edward Blackfan, Miss Thelma Winger and Mrs. Emma P. Stover on Tuesday attended the conference of the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society at the Penn-Harris Hotel, Harrisburg.

Miss Gertrude E. Kolbe, a transcriber in the , is ill at her home on West Ashland street with an attack of tonsillitis.

Julian W. Gardy, of Maple avenue, on Thursday afternoon attended a performance of "Let 'Em Eat Cake" at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lear, of East Court street, announce the birth of a daughter at the Emergency Hospital on Saturday.

The new dollar whiskey at the State Liquor Store was sold out by noon Monday.

From the Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, Week of Jan. 21-27, 1934