wana CENTRE COUNTY'S : FAMILY NEWSPAPER VIAL - TAs i Thifl FHIHIVIAVAMAMASAMAIIAAAAAM AL AMAA, he Cenire Democrat wwssvae THOUSANDS READ wawwsvaans + THE CLASSIFIED ADS AWWW VOLUME 57. NUMBER 50. es BELL EFONT E, PA, THURSDAY, DEC EMBER 16, 1937, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR CHE! NM <, Creditors Seek Hel p Of Ban kruptey Laws Hearing to be Held in Scranton, December 9 9. Ed | Armstrong F Plant Continues Normal Op- eration Under Management of Receivers R.F.C. EXTENDS ‘OLIVE BRANCH AT HEARING dicticn present La: Hugh Francis immed ALE Saturday M. Quigle ¢ mn ol Bell font all Co: nto ime Olle obligations, 2. Judge Fleming annourced that he would appoint two appraise: (Continued on page four) WILL OBSERVE AVIATION DAY Centre Countians Invited to Visit I. S, Weather Station at Kvlertown., Friday unit Frida nationwi Aviation Wright a power-dris earrving nen Bley bureats Partinerts wough ae gooperating to give programs David Brue the Kyleriown sting the {nvit en ledera out the obs to the ned atiendan 1 be on hand he Kyle on page eight) - Stores Open at Night Beginning last nigh ’ Bellcfcnte, with food { cyenine nil slopes will be o only, unless made later | a. a 14 fore the holiday ancl Local Court Names Hugh M. Quigley, s as Appraisers | Boalsburg Hunter | { | Outruns Buck and Maintains Laurels | FIRE DESTROYS EMEL RE: SIDENCE NEAR TOWN ils One oi | discovered. 1 Belief OIE. Ws Ae blade was visi PROPERTY OWNERS MUST KEEP SIDEWALKS CLEAN man P. Harri property {fered Antes entar suit inst property : ’ ket ew ZION FARMER HAS FINGER INJURED IN MEAT GRINDER finger was quite 1. a Bellefonte 410% ¥ expres not De TN art of il effect f th it will ampoule any I Nai Report Shows Football is Big Business Proposition That all the money into the coffers of elation is not clear ed by the report fon ball scason ju leased by tl Bellefonte High School Athleul Council, and included herein Receipis reached the rather ase tonighing total of $3 424.43. but ex- penditures of $3.10081 cut the bal- ance for the season 0 $23362. The classified expenditures listed In the report give an indication of how obligations accumulate during a scason far beyond the realization of the casual obwrver A brief analysis of any home gums shows even more clearly what bee comes of the money. The total re- ceipts for the Btate College game wire 8135040. Forty per cent of this amount went to State College and ten per cent to the Community Athletie Association, thus cutting the High Schools share to half the receipts, or $696.00, Expenses fo officials, . tickeis, advertising, gate service, work on fleld ete. reduced ‘his amount to a little over $500.00 Recelpis for the Lock Haven game which flows an athletic asso profit is evidence the recent {ool- totaled $681.52 of which ffty per cent went to Lock Haven and ten t to Lhe Community Athlete OLher expense OOIN~ the game left a prof} ely $200.00 he d however. tha the balance in the association treas- ury was considerably reduced by two xtraordinary expenditures One was the purchase of a coarging ma- chine, th? us { wish had much to do with the develv:wnt of the Belleforte bova' fine blocking and tackling. The other item was the injury to John Martin which cost the counc!] approximately $200.00 Almost $350.00 was thus spent for two items The practice of paying the Faculs ty Manager a respectable fee for his xtensive and onerous duties and faithful service was resumed. This practice together with that of pay Ing a8 moderate fee for gate servic ny discomriinued In 1932 on account Of a depleted tronsury and poor re- 3 ipts The Council desires to announce that Dr. Rogers has continued his tong years of free service to athletic teams the high school band fund. Tony (Continued on pepe three) A nected with approxima It is MOCIALION to turning his check over (0 the campaign. The biggest expen HUNTING INJURY ISFATAL TO SNOW SHOE MAN Fractured Skull Causes Death of John Caldana, 49, Two Weeks After Mishap NOTICE TO PATRONS. In order (0 give advertisers the full benefit of advertising in next week's issue of The Centre Democrat, this news- paper will go to press Tuesday night of next week, instead of at the usual hour Wednesday night, Papers will be distrib- uted throughout the Belle- fonte areca and through the rural areas of the county in — the Wednesday morning mail FELL TO GROUND WHILE Be plan was ied at / an Pw aL Gua hanksgiving time and prov- ( LIMBING IN TO | REE ed LW be so popular among acl- vertisers and readers alike that we have arranged to re- peat It during Christmas week The entre Democrat will ! readers one day ear- than u and will give advertises ample time ittention of pat gift sugges- Injury Was Minor Is Survived by Widow Thought One; And Five Children wl lo : ¥ mute dents, advertiser s submitting ne®s ext week's ssue are have their copy in earlier than to avold disap- C. OF C. WILL AID IN DEDICATION Hope to Have ‘Open House’ at Af- fat PLA J. B. CAMPBELL DIES IN TYRONE Township Nalive Ac- New Highway Garage ter Christmas Boszart DeHass, chalr- » Retall Division of the Chamber of Commerce unable 0 asitend a division ng at the Logan House, Mone y he meeting was tun- a general discussion of general interest tO mer townmeople Ferguson Was Prominent Farmer, tive in Church Work ing sll of Tyrone 4d over to dieq Problems of his resi hants and . 12.05 Cussions were led by L. E Plumb resident of the Chamber, and Karl er five 25, 1868, he E. Kuse, secretary of Henry ©. and Mr. Plumb reported that the Campbell of Fair. Chamber of Commerce has offers! ’ to co-operate fully with the State Highway Department (n a contem- a was of Os n Novembes 0" ¢ Gites son Jane Anne Bailey brook, Pa Wng man Penns Mr State eae of > . 5 Se Campbell Coll Busi- ed wd Ens Ivania tman Coll keepsie, N rh wr in PFerguson ( i AE ALY vith the Ames mo { ‘the dod! hori ¢ be the Christmas sea and Plumb also reported thai a LODGE TO HONOR FA a be CONSTITUTION Centre County being pre- ared and that it will be for P. 0. S. of A, Head Calls on Citizens of State to Pay wid 2 read ¢ he of listribution by the opening 1938 tourist season Mr. Kusse slaved ners of the $500 iT by the will be ani that the win cash awards being Chamber of Com- ced Christma the two Bellefont Definite arrangements have not been completed at thi time. He also reported that grea ntere is being shown in the 87 cash awards to be given away, and urged merchants to instruct their not to forget to give custo one coupon with each 5 cen purchase ed merce Eve LU thealres Homage, Sunday one of this great hould pause briefly t homage on Sunday the 150th anniversary vania's ratification of the ed States Constitution.” Charle St Secretary, Patriotic America lerks mera Als PP. 14 / f declared FIRE DESTROYS GRADE SCHOOL Defective Flue Assigned as Pupils Get Extra Long Xmas Vacation fith every tenet terv yoven of the order in the Ianda- nental] law of the United States, Mr. Helms, in an official announce- ment to the 75000 members of the P 0. 8 of A, throughout the State called for widespread Constitution (Continued on page 8 ————— B. KS. GRID TEAM IS ENTERTAINED Members of the “Bel lefonte High championship football coaches, cheer leaders and others affiliated with the team bout 60 in number, were enter. tained at a roast turkey dinner at Elks Home on West High Tuesda« syening : John G. Love, acting as toastinas- ter at the dinner, introduced as the prineipal speaker F. J. “Joe” Bedenk, former All American foot ball player, and present line coach at Penn State, Mr. Bedenk spoke the permanent value of foot. ball training (h high school, declar- ing that the discipline and strict | habits formed while in training be- | come lifelong assets. He pointed out | HOWARD MAN, ATTACKED that the spirit of fighting hard and BY HOG, PAINFULLY HURY fair, developed on the gridiron, is equally useful In fighting the came While attempting to clean a pig of life | pe one day last week, Blair Plot- Other speakers ab the bangust | She, well known resident of How- included Couch Miller, yor | ard, sustained ul Injuries about Hardman P. Harris, and Ab Mayas on | the arm when he was bitten by one fer, captain of the oi ning bE the hogs. team The arm wis badly torn and stit- The dinner was prepared by Oy- | ches were . required to close the rl Moerschbacher, steward at the | wound, Mr, Pletcher returned “Elks Chub | home after undergoing treatment E—_— "in the Lock Haven Hospital wy 108€ 13 -and section) Cause; The dream of almost every school- boy came true at the Bush Addition school, just southwest of Bellefonte Friday morning, when the frame schoolhouse was badly damaged by fire. October 25, this year broke out in the same building, bu pupils who might have hoped for the “best” were disappointed when Bellefonte firemen soon routed the Names Friday's fire was different howe ever. Although both biases are be jjeved to have originated from » | defective flue, the one which finally gutted the buliding had a much (Continued on page 62nd section) ' SCHOO) quad the Street, er ——— Fleming Spent $605.79 According to his expense socount filed in the offices of the County! Commissioners Juflge M. Ward College. w Kiana. who jest month was o can- | Jali at ate for re.election as Judge of | days, was taken to the Dany Centre County, spent $608.79 during State i [diture was ho w | Courty Comm He Satie an ining oom: {ison acted this week, The dis fire) : : — Botatome To a 174 panda Dew BE in| AE Callie Bary Ver Te Sa ken 1 FI i : — ICAL MAY REORGANIZE SCHOOL BOARD POURS KEROSENE Deer Kill Exceeds PROVIDES EXTRA SEVENTH GRADE Class to be Divided to Elimi- nite Overcrowding; Teach- er Resigns TEACHER AT MEETING SUBSTITUTE CHOSEN Newly Elected Members Share in Committee Posts For Coming Year the Board orable effec? in the seventil 52 pupil Th h w Repalrs Come —condit fon the old dress for use as a classroom pPro- will not exceed bud unfas red ¢ oCst ho FROCSE : planned to i(ransfer punlls from (he Bishop enih which Dumb: the Alley eny Si wating the sev an average of 22 netion vrai nth Ps ades will DOT ETaae the 44 hour law ak # appiles to janitors was Posi- ped until ‘he coustiuticnality of th law and provisions for its ene Piament have been determined Commiticss Yo 2erve for one year vere established as follows: Binkin Fund: George Hazel, x -offici Chas. F. Cock and Horace Hart ranft; Supplies: J. R. Hughes and Bosrart DeHanr Repairs Hora Hartranft an DeHaa Contrary lief no Yacancy « tori afl and one ordered clative | CIV M fee reind was —— L EMONT Ww OM AN 80 YEARS YOUNG! Emma C. Bathgate, of mont, is celebrating her 80th birth day today. She ls the widow of 8 C. Bathgate, who passed away Janu 10. 19017. Be was one of Centre County's best known school teachers, having taught in Benner Spring and Oollege Townships Mrs. Bathgate is the mother of seven children, all of whom are liv. jug: Dr. Eva B. Roan, of State Col- lege; Mrs. Cora Heffelfinger, of Aarisburg: Willis, of Jacksonville: Emmett, of Snow Shoe; Mrs liam Sirasbaugh. of Cedar Crest, Maryviand: Mrs. Ora Seely, of Phil- adelphia, and Mrs, George Hout: of Detroit, Michigan twenty-two grandchildren, three great-grandohifidren, and two sis- ters, Mrs. Alice Wasson, of Mer- | chantsville, N. J. and Mrs. John | nnett, of York, Pa. She I§ a member of the Lemont Presbyterian church and has been an active member for many years. Consifler- ing her age, Mrs. Bathgate enjoys excellent health ——— DESTITUTE FAMILIES IN NEED OF CLOTHING Mrs, Jean Noll Harris. State Nurse for this area, yesterday made an appeal to Centre Courty citizens not to hoard bedding, coats, swealers shoes and underwear that they no longer need Instead of storing such articles away for ime or moths to render useless. Mrs. Harris suggested that they be ated to the scares of needy families | in Bellefonte and vicinity. Anyohe | having such items, particuia:ly bed ding, is requested to call Mrs. Har. Mra, als wil | She also has! athered together and dons | IN RANGE; SIX PERSONS BURNED Two Beech Creek Families i Made Homeless, Third House Damaged by Flames EFFORT TO KINDLE FIRE CAUSES BLAST Members of Family, Trapped on Second Floor, Leap From Upstairs Windows ons were burned ser. two families were made exploding keronsend which destroyed two Six pet and homeless when started a fire hous and damaged =» Beech Creek, about € o'clock Thursday morning The blaze originated in Lhe of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Baney when Mr. Baney alt tod to start a fire li. the kitchen range. Both he and wife, three children and Mi: brother, Delbert, who re. sided in thelr home, were oon pelled to seek | treatment at the Lock (Cot on page six) BOYS SENTENCED Olu tential t AUUBLY, rd " iii some IN AUTO THEFTS Harold Gentzel, 16, Sent to Industrial School; Brother to Glen Mills chapter in the long series of car thefts which had po- lice officers In Centre County on edge for more than a month, was written at a special session of Court here SBalurday morning when Judge M. Ward Fleming sentenced Harold Goes The final Genizel, aged 16. of near Bellefonte, | to a [ihe Industrial Behool at Hunting. don Gentes] sentenced upon his pleas of guilty 10 the theft of three cars, together with the theft of ac- esorits from a garege. His youns. Contim ed on page 8 section MUSSER T0 HEAD EXTENSION UNIT = Members of County Agricul- tural Service Hold Annual Meeting at Court House was ry A wi ill Lee | Officers for 1938 ted Ia | Thurstiay at the annual meeting the Centre Cotinty Agricultural Ex- tension Service held at Beliefonite were: J. Foster Musser, Pine Grove Mills. president: James J Markie | State College, vice-president: Mal- {oolm Musser, Bellefonte, seCreiary. jand W. C. Smeltzer. Bellefonte tredsurer Speakers at the morning Session | emphasived the importance of the | Agricultural Extension Service to {the people of Centre County and elev past 20 yeass, the Extension Agents have played an important part in | the changing condition of agricul- {ture W.C, Smeltper, who has been {a member of the County Board ever since its organization in the county gave an interesting talk on agricul- tial conditions over a twenty-year iperiod. H. O. Nietley. Assistant Di- rector of Agricuitvral Fxtension emphasized importance of the Extension Ser? as an educational agency The afferncoh progam consisied {of a series of moving pictures and {slides presented by Miss Eleanor J { @mith, Home Beonomics Extension Representative, and R. C. Blaney {County Agricultural Agent. These | pictures jllustrated the program of Extension Service as being carried | out in Centre County. The follow Ing subjects were covered: kitchen Sa tupetiteth bome fumnishings, boys’ and girly’ club work, farm garden, wool marketing ete. Ap proximately half of the pictures shown had been taken of Centre| ris at her office in the Court House, | County people duting the past year and ashe will arrange to have them | collected. The telephone number 4 Bellefonte 304. Two Held tor Court Atl a heating before Justice of the Peace John M. Kelchline in Belle. Joseph Haynes and Boyd Young, both of Cedar Springs. were held for court under $1000 ball each on charges of stealing lumber from a building owned by Philip Lentz of Rlanchard, to bulld a hunt- New The pe, ay display room in er, The new rp, Ie bitract SEASON. close of the meelinny people presen: erogion 11785 ve an indelerminaie tern in | brought out the fact that during the | During the hoon hour and at the [ast Year's Total Reports From County | Game Officers Show Comparatively Few Violations NEARLY EVERY OPEN DURING Milesburg Girl Recovers Lost Watch Thru Ad CAMP tt SEASON Centre ement Claus enu C fren Barta working Season Brings Two Fatal Ac- cidents: Size of Deer Be- ing Studied by State the 1927 Acer officials | that fHrot close of Centre a % " ali Wie vas been 10s wr pleasant ree Of scriber the if advertisement Like the Miles reds of others Classified Adve a tremendous oppor our needs to Lhe sands of Centre . (Contin: ued on page six) —— co—— GOLDEN WEDDING AT AARONSBURG Mr. and Mrs. ‘William Guise- wite Have Lived in Same House 50 Years Yesterday marked wedding anniversary Mrs. Willis Guisewite esident Misemes att n Countia: HIGHWAYS SECRETARY VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Oxygen was administered to High- {ways Secretary Warren Van Dyke fil of poumonia. to mule him ‘more comforiable” attending phy sicians said yestreday when they re his condition “satisfactory Van Dyke was given oxygen every ported the of fiftiet) Mr. and promine "wh oember Ler nde for niortabl Yearick 97 vears old Dyke 010 was treated ti Yi YOAls c sind Bethlehem Yau Ad makes nis Hom the wedding there were no Mrs. Guisewite tenancy unbrok of the same } to which 1! groom {Continued Al Aho Open Penn's Valley the Although route 4 be § 1 Jia Fort and Millheim pent to traffic this week, oon is not ye! comp necessary to recondidd burg and . 0n OF es ete and it ma close iL at a later or fill near Spring which is repo to be sett] ing. A bridge at we Mills wil na be constructed next epring s reported on page four road br date Milk a Chemical Creditors to Meet Wied Sprin mtd] iting of creditors f th I Lime Company will bx the offices of the compan” Norih Water Street at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. December 16. 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