Odd and Curious News + Monkey Business Offictals of the Aububon Park Zoo at New Orleans, have a kidnaping Case on their hands they are unable to solve After two days of opers- Wons in the monkey house with ropes, handcuffs, hypodermic needles and milk bottles, they were forced to ad- mit failure in the effort to separ- ate Mrs. Lulzette, a female chim- panzee, from a baby which sh natched from her mate, Mrs Coco. The baby monkey was born Wednesday to Mrs. Coco. Papa Pete became enraged and huried the mother against the bars, causing her to drop their offs; Mrs, Lulz- ette prompily seized and has re- sisted all attempts to pry it loose The baby meanwhile is starving Mama Coco mopes around but hasn't done anything construc Papa Pete is bored with the whole busines Theory Works, But- Craig Phillips, youthful natural- Ist visiting in Florida, proved an in- teresting theory but there were scof- fers who arched eyebrows and asked “so what?” Phillips formerly of Jamestown N Y who writes science articles for the papers, be- lieved it possible behind a Skunk and pick the tail without cations. Sneaking ther skunk anc night as the; along a road alter another skunks \ arched well until h probiem of letting eventually ti in unison Cage ). LR tive and Excitement Rebecca Robbin the county cau when a red sna She yanked it up and the ed into the face of a passing motor- ist, who was 50 rprised he ost control of mto an The womar derly den was fishing along aay al Miami, Fla. r struck her line fish sail- ny al f conc and u driving for under contre But - Self Sympathy Justice Perc > i r'a~ mento was wome- an sueing he paid for a Woes Conley hair with pay $750 for a “Young woman fingering hi, $100 if 1 whve like this? replied the judge. pate I'd pay a wave like that™ ’ id would get Speedster Resou reeful On trial of property Pclice Judge Ear] Thom City: “1 saw my wile ¢ with a big knife and parior next door the back door proprietor of the when Was charge of destructi tified belor 5, at Kansa Oming al me I ran into a bee and it thu “That, oeeT on a a Nedra Le% said ATior he destrove no rear do More at Liberty There are more parolees State of New York than th prisoners in all of the State's com bined penal institutions June, 1937, for example 26.240 persons on 618 more than the 22.228 adul 1394 children in correctional tutions. probation Colt a Hero A two-year-old colt suc in tanding off an angry mule which seemed determined to trample one- year-old Dolphus Wayman Pate to death at Portales, N. M. Hearing the child's screams, Dolphus' parents rushed out to find the colt standing off the mule which vainly tried to reach the child ceeded Spirited Spirits When a truck overturned and burst into flames at Elkton, Md. passersby obligingly helped the dri- ver remove the cargo-—40 cases of liquor. After the fire was extinguish- od, the drvier turned to thank his helpers. They were gone. Bo were the 40 cases of Nawor Pleasant Penalty A Muncie. Ind, boy pledged to a Central High school club was order- ed as part of his initiation to kiss every girl who passed through the entrance fo the school building. He kissed one girl so fervently he broke her glasses. Now the club has to buy her a new pair Injured at Hospital Mrs. John Yauch, 61. patient at Bt. John's hospital nderson, Ind. suffering from a fractured hip sustained while entering the hospi- tal to visit her sister. She fell from her automobile 15 front of the build- ing. Both she and her sister are re- covering. Good Cider Firemen used several barrels of vider to extinguish the blaze on the dwelling of Henry Freeman's farm at Warren, Mass, when the supply of water ran out. Break Ground With Dynamite The ceremonies starting the con- struction of two wings for the en- gineering building of Bucknell Uni- versity at Lewisburg last Thursday, differed from the traditional method, sa | He was a friend of A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week, SECOND SECTION The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County, dhe Cenfre Democraf NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 57 BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938, NUMBER 40, Random [tems | BX TRUCK DRIVER HELD IN BROTHER'S DEATH AFTER CORONER’ S INQUEST Placed Under $1, 000 Bail for Further Inves- tigation Following Jury's Finding of “Failure of the Driver in Not Using Proper Precautions” The road Eagle tionary curve fir ury bad conditions of near the Triangle at and use Meast a mountain Bald {allure to precau res in aj blamed proaching a by a v's ie [30 i were corone bullding Cirny pending Lornes Deputy of oroner Che ner county inquiry bulk of th hath nant drinking Gray Motor F of Phi ra OF sO an completel Scout Activities Aired at Meeting Survey Shows Large Number Seeking Admission Recruits Pa and 8 recrgan paration for the or Rey aecivities 1 —— depar Bell lefonie 4 shale wa caused the accident. The Mf the truck dandy Ridge weil ave ther occupants “He ath, 60 Hoover Heath County Apple Crop a Failure Late Spring Frost Assigned as Chief Cause of Bar- ren Orchards aysed heavy {oll it is rex Year throughou OK 2 ied bumper $ Shum to last crenards In contras ie fren FeRAr are Wage Land Ahead! mig, Tum Fox Bost vd Fox. Guy R Mis J. A Bag Readings were given by Mrs. Bager Geor ge Cumiro and Mr. Have: rated by lantern sildes the men of the grange and Gummo Ferret Killed In Tumble wao th second and third place LS class, kK, Miss Kryder Mrs. Williag m0, Nl Ferree, Miss breas Ra bread 1» Rom Char Railroader From Engine by Over- head Bridge Veteran lotie Ham Mi bred Harrisburg 4 anc places. ogee Mrs Cuinmd seal orgs " Mr barley, Mr Ferree Oa aE vB] diapla LE pe o in an Angus €X- sv... hy re i me J. A Bagrr tand ¢ Penn Bt few [reaks tate auction HT and \ 4 sry sorful foothall ate Coliege Saturday y trade Jue elit wel a Trailing the By-Paths of Local History Edward Rickert, Recollections of Bellefonte 50 Years Aao Written for The Centre Democrat by Capt of San Francisco, California ntre Democrat again present a word-panorama old-time and former citi- { Bellef from the fertile memory of Edward Rickert, of San Frantisco. Mr. Rickert ex-soldier and world traveler, spent the happy of his young manhood In and writes interesii Cones onte al VERY Bellefonte of the folks cally all of the passage Bellefonte he then knew. prs whom have gone time. That ew horse and buggy” apt manner recall people and unknown the present generation. To those citizens days, who still survive, letter should bring memory bw he kn in the age evidenced bv the vents that are to of the the old following a pleasant thrill of “I well remember Thomas Pen- nington, with his deep-voiced warn- ing: “Bad boys, 1 eat up.” He was an ex-slave, servant of Major Rey- noid Dear old Tom, with his smile thas belied his words, ag he tried to scare some of us boy I ried to corner him one day by saying “T'm tender, go ahead, 1 won't mind.” He a number warts on the back my hand, and from then on 1 was Immune He said “you won't be tasty.” How- ever. he helped me swipe some appies from a wagon that was headed for Blerly's cider press near Milesburg While I can recall Carter, th all a name I can remember (James Carter was the name-—~Ed) Carter was another war relic coanchman, he said--handy man and faithful servant to “Uncle” A. G Curtin (Governor 1861-65).A. G., the ex-Governor, liked us boys, and if he did he aliowed us to eall him “uncle I surely admired him. As boy and noticed 4 f of of at's of man. I can remember. and still care | } 0 remember, a fine gentleman “The churches. back in those days. | were very ably directed by nobie men of the cloth. Bome of them 1 recall are Rev. Hewitt of the Episco- pal church, Rev. Wiley, Presbyterian minister, and Pather the Catholic church. Bach in his theological sphere attending to his | flock. Pine men that give memory a pleasant thrill. 1 knew them all. “T D. Boal I note, is gone. No | one should try to ‘gild a lly’ but | when mien like the Colonel leave, it | is a distinct loss—-one that words cannot fill him to a lily. My heart is heavy. my father's “What more could be expected of McArdle of | I am not comparing | Plu pleasan member young 4 METES peope who, unknown to ideas and ideals, and pie to follow. Othe in life's twilight, 1 3 Monitor or censor-—just maybe better now for having d in Bellefonte then. Of ¢ gave an exam a smile YOu were nirse when show came, Lamb treed furnished a long ride, usually “belly bumper ofi 8 gingle sled. or up to sixteen on a "Doxie.” Ask the Burgess now in charge of your civic affairs. I think he owned a sled shout fourteen feet ng. Some of us named our sleds. 1 wag half owner in "Bridget Donahue Max Sternberg owned the other hast Andy Lonebarger painted it green with white lettering. Those were happy days I recall Warren Burnsides i smile, and the onl sale in my memory. “Taecre was General James A Beaver, a regular human being, who jong with Irie is received honors at home and abroad | ~and he deserved them all. Col Frank Parker, of Walla Walia, Waah., told me he one time put some heads of their fine Blue Stem wheat mn General Beavers coat lapel. In re- ply 1 told the old Indian fighter, Col- onel Parker, “Yes, Colonel, you did, and when he (Beaver) returned from | his trip through the west, he stood on | a platform in our main square that | was erected in front of the Court House in honor of hig return, and (named you. and spoke of the wheat, ‘and had some in the lapel of his| _ coat. He also spoke of your good wishes to him; and afterwards he " | was, ag you know, elected Governor ‘of Pennsylvania’ |paper called “The Walls Walla Statesman.’ I also told Colonel Par~ ker that General Beaver paid me 10c. and 15¢c. each time he rode down hill {toward his office on my sled. Colon- wi Parker and I became fine friends, iall IT had said was correct. More than once the Walla Walle States- {man printed something concerning | me that was nice. And #t helped me iin business and to larger acquain- tanceship. “It's a small world, as events often | prove to us 1 met one of the Cook boys in Canenea, Mexico, at obe time while on business in that country He was associated with a Mr. Green (in the operation of a copper mine. y two-handed | | “Colonel Parker was editor of the | after he wrote back and found that | All 1 Cook ghens Bellel« He had expected Speaking of the There Andy sireet down a tree Tt w Lamb of the fence at the rear of the Jot was fell opposite where the first electrl station was bulit, Thomas Faxon pecurred long before the and at a point end of the the smelly {gas works Knight, “This was across Wam' where used to scamper over the roof. How- ever, in 1876 I had redstopped boots Mrs with copper toes and three brass but- tons, one on the outside of each top The boots were brought to me from i Philadelphia by my father who had been to see the Centennial. 1 thave one of the butions with me in a collar-button box for several {believe it or not. “1 wonder how many can remem- (Continued on Last Page) fall This lit Hn built, iG yOu re Sireet and lived tO } Was "Weil Lares a long way from All the High School present moms and 1 enjoyed the me conclude mM) 3 H 1 4 $f 1eey | e-Naif Lime 4 rOWly esc when ridi ra é hard yal at | ING bis ost elped in nol { Cook fami Andy and Charles | in a home facing Linn I remember him outting the first one 1 ever gav froom 4 wt re! from near Linn stre stieet and smashed a 0 ah (Gilet as 3 acer fell body tor vest I think, in 1878. The tree and run by avoid The tree incident station was near the east In Lamb street bridge where below tar came down from the in charge of Mr, Mec- from the “Wiz ‘us bare-footed kids EY juries still It has been hundred thousand miles from the fortably. Osceola People Plunge 24 Feet Occupants of Truck Narrowly Escape Death in Drop ging Osceola Mills ge and dived on its side to rajiroad tracks below he occupants : escaped with minor injuries, uck Baird ations Members of the Penns lice from Ebensburg who in- ligated the accident reported he swerved his machine to striking were walking close to the middle of the bridge its plunge to the tracks 24 feet the bridge, truck ripped off rail before it The accident 11383 at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Hublersburg Woman Injured Emaline Deitrich, of Hublersburg, was admitted to the Centre County Hospital last Thurs day to undergo treatment received in a fall home. Mrs, Deitrich who lives alone, suffered a fracture of the right leg and minor bruises when she fell on | the back porch of her home. Reports | the effect that she is resting com- » 28th game in a series 1887. last minute Nittany Lions the Bisons jast fall Johns k, who also proved a the Thundering Herd in away for a 25-yard run winning touchdown . ate also was the From Bridge 1836 when Patric w— opening kickoff 85 off a bridge, touchdown and then residents nar- Sunday morn- which they through the dburg rail- started In ch VICLOTS Only a th gave Ne ang wining relurned yard: 24 fest scored Previous to this game, Bucknell had won gx in a row the 27 previous contests hag won 18 to nine for burg collegians. co — —————— sped death the truck in crashed the Blan ng of of the truck driver of and | for the Kephart, 27 Florence Yarger All were treated and abrasions of nl Members of CPlunties Jack Thompeon Club {tended an enthusiastic dinner sylvania Mo- ne, | risburg, on Wednesday night, tember 28. After an exoellent dinner, said Kephart two persons who the careening 4 feet of guard side route Authority, further familiarized crashed on its occurred on struction program to date and — which will be done under Thompson School Act. also forcefully brought to mind merous worth-while points for group and individuals present {utilize during the fall campaign. for in- | Ends Life Over College. aged 78, at her Burt G. Metz, Jr. hospital yesterday were to ai: IMmady J Bucknell wil] © the Clearfieid-Centre they had been injured From Locomotive Thrown anc Penn State - Bucknell Game On Saturday down over Pat- LETTER 1986, brok« the the for a again on a line play in the third quarter however " 4) Penn Stale the Lewis- ail of Jack Thompson Club Hears State Speaker at- and [ business meeting at the West Shore Restaurant Banquet Hall in Lemoy- just acrosg the river from Har- Sep the regular business meeting was held in an inspiring address C. V. Shoup, Publicity Aide of The General State the members with the State-wide con- the pending school bulldings program, the Mr. Shoup nt- the to | Denied the privilege of attending college of his choice by his parents, 18. of Neptune {Clity, N. J. became despondent and | commitied suicide af his home bY 3 HURT IN CRASH AS CAR STRIKES LUMBER PILE NEAR MILL HALL Bellwood Couple Pinned n Automobile When Machine Overturns As Driver Fails to Negotiate Curve at Intersection Absolved of Blame In Auto Accident Osceola Mills Merchant erated in Fatal Exon- Accident to Pedestrian had been griving speed. He said O marks on the opposite oad where the par had thal the night front mie of Were I the and AX ' Mclarrer Poms eC there FWerved raf On ined how Acoory Grubutsky 84Q¢ WA ol the SRI £ Ward Soy + Cal waa {raved Injured On = College Projects William Gadd 83. colored. of Philadelphia Thomag Stevens on. 23 i] Hall were admitted to the Centre County Hospital Pri- day to observation aller in accidents at the construction ob ai the Pennsy vania State Coliege. Gaddis and of M undergo i received head laceration: when he fell from a scaffold at the Liberal Arts building about 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. There also was a possibility that he had been struck a glancing blow by an B0O- | pound cement the scaflold not to be of ever Thomas suffered a bruised back when he was giruck by a stone being unloaded by a crane. buggy which fell with His injuries were found a serious nature, hows “A Girl in Every Port” Another attractive painting in the series of delightful works of ar glorifying feminine loveliness. Pro- | duced in full color in the October 16th issue of The American Weekly, the big magazine distributed regu- larly with the Baltimore Sunday American. On sale at all stands. shooting himself through the head! Read the Classified ada news~- | future histories the summer of free of mosqui~ been past Ww Bum whatl- Let it be of Bellefonte Yes waa to This plagued by wen in that sald ingularly town the which insects for the Or more years, produced only Ww of them during the | Lo De hoped ised their scarcity contine old sway definitely inGeiin: y has past 8 hat Nn who ideas ab should DOK ang pencil m alwa When an 1id be jotted down ine times out ry to think { provide Kr Werks ago when Bel States’ noses spite thelr get many der the WPA. ile $n $7 at A faces improvements Fe can un- or PWA? Why not wn modernize it ake Fung “ld RUY Bi tract people } the town above paragraph the tlined no tics criticism above . need to the taritt pi standard other words there's d {rag President on the Roosevelt Townsend our week. the g the Legislative inve the stigation at Har discus Those it an be handied separately, and wi a provide many reams vl sburg into rg 1s sion wh 4 Ei s week's congratulations go to he West Penn Power Company. ‘he West Penn has offered to take over control and maintenance of Bellefonte's antiquated ornamental street lghting system, which costs the borough a pretty penny every year for repairs. The power come pany will install new and modern heads on the standards in the busi- ness district and eventually will re- place the ancient standards on North Allegheny and Linn streeis with modern fixtures—all at no rot to the borough. While few of us are naive enough to believe What the West Penn is motivated solely by the desire to sec liefonte's streets in shipshape condition, the utility deserves credit for calling the matter to the attention of Council; for offering an orderly plan to ime prove the lighting system, and for relieving the borough of further ex- | pense in keeping the worn-out syse tem in repairs. Unused Pianos Get Out of Tune A piano doesnt necessarily have to be used often to get out of tune, As 3 matter of fact, it does pot have to be used at all tp produce a few sour notes, according to Herman Krausser, stall plano tuner at Rock - | efeller Center, New York. Changes (of temperature which will expand and contract the strings, are much harder on a piano than playing. Temperance, be it understood, is a doubleedged sword that cuts away excesses $0 secure a balance, ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES' — Dictation” s Other Meaning By POP MOMAND, LJ AM ~ BIT ~ AHEM «- BOSTWICHE, READY FO DICTATION 7 TAKE —— A LETTER TO OUR Pav ~~ LET'S Ser ~~ REGARDING LAST SHIPMENT OF TEN GROSS PEWTER! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU NOT TO SMOKE FOUL. CIGARS IN MY HOWLSE !! NO WONDER I CAME HOME TO FIND THis PLACE SMELLING LIKE A saloon! ~~; vig san ves, pear! ver
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