Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Thursday, February 22 , 1923 -- DON'T BORROW, SUBSCRIBE--Listen to this classic print-shop fable which is going the rounds. Once upon a time a nickel-nurser Sent his kid to borrow his neighbor's paper and the kid upset a hive of bees and soon was covered with lumps. His father ran to help him and caught his chin on a clothes line and sprained his back and fell and broke a $25 watch. The clothes pole fell over on the car and smashed the windshield and mother rushed out to see what occasioned all the excitement, upset a five-gallon churn of cream into a basket of kittens, drowning them. The electric flat-iron burned through the ironing board while she was out of the kitchen setting fire to the house and the firemen broke all the windows and chopped a hole in the roof.

The baby ate a jar of pickles and got cholera morbus and the doctor's bill was $15. The daughter ran away with the hired man during the excitement, the dog bit a neighbor's leg and the calves ate the tails off night-shirts on the clothes line.

Moral—Subscribe to your own paper. Don't borrow it.

ITEMS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING -- Bill from Mrs. Roy Pollett of Livingston for bill she received in falling in manhole was read by the clerk.

The mayor reported that the homes in the vicinity of the light plant are in constant danger from the burning soot from the stacks of the light plant and something ought to be done to eliminate this.

It had been reported that the water from the slack pile at mine No. 7 was flowing into the City Reservoir.

ONLY ONE TICKET FILED FOR PRIMARY -- Since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary has there been so little interest manifested in an approaching election as there is shown in the primary election in Staunton which will be held on March 13. Yesterday was the last day for candidates to file their petitions to have their names appear upon the ballots and up to the time this went to press, only one ticket, the Farmer-Labor, had filed.

The ticket filed is as follows:

Mayor, Paul D. Weiss.

Clerk, Frank Yauornik.

Treasurer, Fred Rahm.

• Aldermen—-

Ward 1, G. A. Kaulen.

Ward 2, Henry Goehe.

Ward 3, Max Baum.

Ward 4, Philip Plano.

This lack of a desire on the part of citizens to run for office is by no means confined to Staunton and quite a number of other cities find themselves in a similar position. The great trouble with holding a municipal office is that the remuneration is not sufficient to permit a man to give the work the attention it really requires and in addition to this, public officials are always open to criticism and they get plenty of it.

If citizens in general would co-operate as heartily as they knock, many a city would be much better off.

Thursday, March 1 , 1923 -- PAIR HOLD UP SOFT DRINK PLACE -- Miners' Rest is scene of hold-up Saturday at midnight -- Saturday, just a few minutes before midnight, the soft drink parlor known as the Miners' Rest, operated by Stanley Paul at No. 5 crossing, was held up by two men.

Mr. Paul was in the place alone at the time, four men who had been playing cards having left for home just a few minutes before. Two men entered the place, both of them having drawn revolvers. Their command to "stick 'em up" was promptly complied with and the thieves took $35 from Mr. Paul's pocket and about $65 from the register.

One of the two fellows was about six feet tall and rather heavy set. He wore a mask and at the time of the hold-up had on a dark overcoat with a fur collar. His companion was a short man and was masked.

After having secured Mr. Paul's money the two ordered him to look the other way and they made their getaway. Although the police were notified and appeared on the scene promptly, it was impossible to get any trace of the two stick-up birds.

In view of the fact that the fellows entered the place immediately after its four patrons had departed indicates that they had been watching from the outside and timed their little performance so that they would be master of the situation.

DONNA POOL ROOM ENTERED -- Between 2 and 3 o'clock Sunday morning the pool room of Joe Donna in the Fritz building on West Main Street was entered. The thieves broke through a door to the rear of the building and stole a quantity of candy and some pennies and other small change from the pool room. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hopper, who live above the pool room, heard the noise.

PULLED OFF RAIDS -- On complaint of a certain mother, who stated that her son had on different occasions lost his pay in gambling games being conducted in our city, Chief of Police Safko and Patrolman Dean on Tuesday night raided three places. The establishments visited were Donna's, Blackwell's and Struck's. In each instance the operators entered a plea of guilty to the charges preferred against them.

CLINICS PROVE TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL -- Dr. C. W. East of the State Department of Public Health on Monday afternoon conducted a clinic for crippled children at the South Public School, assisted by Miss Martha Barthell, the community nurse. Eight cases were examined and it was found that the defects in these eight children were due to infantile paralysis burns and deformed bones.

After a thorough examination Dr East recommended the use of braces in some instances while in others operations or hospital care are advisable. The parents present signified a willingness to give their children the necessary attention and in those cases where the parents are unable to meet the expenses incidental to correcting the defects, it is probable that the local Red Cross chapter will render assistance.

Miss Barthell on Tuesday took three children, who are mentally defective, to Carlinville in order to secure a court order so that the children may enter the institution for Feeble Minded at Lincoln, Ill.

On Tuesday of next week a dental clinic will be conducted at the local public schools. Drs. Keenan and Stuttle of our city will give all children who attend this clinic an examination and make one correction. Miss Barthell has issued cards to the pupils of the local schools which parents who desire to have their children's teeth examined, are asked to sign and send in .

Thus step by step and almost unnoticed by our citizens in general the good work of looking after the mental and physical welfare of the rising generations is progressing. This is mighty good work and in view of the fact that the Staunton Red Cross Chapter is responsible for this work, the Star-Times believes that that organization is entitled to much more support and credit than it receives.