Page Six THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. October 21, 1938. 611 OLD-AGE CLAIMS Pointing out that many eligible to receive lump-sum bene fit payments Insurance provisions Security Act clalms, the Social Security Office Williamé that 611 claims had been certified close of busi- 30 from his ser- for payment ness on September CERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT under the have not filed J. K. Jenison, Manager at 307 sport, announced this at the vice area. Thes workers or to the close relatives or represen- tatives of estates of have died, covered after December 31 amounted to 3! ceived January 1, been pal reached age ¢ claims have who have workers after receiving wages employment at some 1936 all ‘wage in covered employmen 1937 attainment ol re- to age 65 or death, The Recipients of average claim amounted Mr. Jemison announced. ployment September national total to first were payable to $8.539.739.44. Du 17.133 mounting September Pennsylvania certificates 216.568 These ring September claims . were approved, a- to $1011.65796. Of calms 1602 were They amounted since $ $106,746.40 The the am Mr office file a oping Centre, North oga and Union counties forwarded by the W to Washington for adjudication and tour, State unting to $968 580.87 is ready who may claim September brought totals approvals to 23.840 announced that advise any HE'S eligible to assist The Lycoming imberiand, Snvder Jemison to believe and in devel the claim Clinton, office serve Mon Ti- payment. SCAS0N : 1 LH i 100 0a makes a lot of people fas higher ¢ ation, du \ WHEN WINDS A Windstorm Policy Protects You From Financial Loss, John F. Gray & Son Phone 497-) | GET ROUGH Sce persons Old-Age of the Social their of Board's Field Post Office Building, week to 65 who in time Each claim rom of to $63.09 in Pennsylvania during Sep- tember, lump-sum benefits are not required to retire from em- brought the claims amounted the claims, his person to Claims aye illlamsport office General Insurance Bellefonte, Pa. a Wagner's 3 Wagner's Wagner's C. & COMPANY A Hard Wheat Pat Flour Qur Best Flour Y. WAGNER WAGNER'S Quality Flour WAGNER'S 50-50 Blend WAGNER'S Very Best Flour Winter Wheat. Dairy Feed 209% Dairy Feed Horse Feed Wagner's Pig Meal Wagner's Egg Mash Wagner's Chick § Starter and Grower. Wagner's Turkey Starter and Grower. Wagner’ 8 Scratch Feed Wagner's Medium Scratch Feed. Wagner's Chick Feed a — Rydes Cream Calf Meal Eshelman’s Dog Feed All kinds of high protein feeds for mixing with your own feed. Dealers in All Kinds BELLEFONTE, of Grains PA. There's one add eggs to derness, vo “best time” to ive a cake ten- ume, and light ness. Do you know it! Pe LL 7,000 Calls a Day (Continued from Page 1) hbk t Section) Meek, Belle- master to ther of George editor and post the Wat hman: been amusing good people Of phone solence. An operation thi and Show vthing that was sald the wire was dis- A music box playing heard here win ha the rator It and instructing Bellefonte in tek excell | Was i week b Bellefonte Shoe and at either end tinctly 1 in Snow Shoe was plainly “The fumes of a bad cigar smoked Ra public in editor were quick- { onl Al that of ‘You're Of TRE H regions tn be J remarked (E."'T. Tuten, he Republican) ‘but’ how world do you Know? . was de pr sible Smelled v9 Ie: to this but can it be breath ean bé one wi don't it!" telephone 3 1879. This Fearon Mann, manu- connecCiing ni Axel the answer a tei glence i - Anothed install built by nann wil idents in ation conunung Eleven telephones and connected to Belle! witchboard when The Ju 1879 is man ne 13 Watcl » ole ribet : Bla nw 1 | ings’ office office; First C 5 Bank, Court House; 8 CEG and Bow National Bank, Centre Brockerhoff House, heriff's office, and Alexande +} Lie i isis — Seven ccc Workers Trapped in Gully when th : {lames them had been gasse ran woodsmen was of the worst tion, wi the e wind and on they said 1 one in untains ar rub " me that the mi with second growth Many expressed doubt wind eouild bh the [first Wage to the pots in a four-mile area because of the Inter. vening mountains Hard rains swept the quenching the fires, a few minutes after the youths perished. Some of the fires had burned for 25 hours and a CCC contingent of 50 boys, aided by 70 or more volunteers, had battled flames throughout the day A party of tale cialis, led by George Wirt, chief of the division of protection in the burean of forests and waters, moved into the area from Harrisburg Wirt said the group would aitempt to de- termine if “slip-up In control” was responsible for the deaths Charles H. Taylor, acting CCC di- rector in Washington, assigned in- vestigalors to aid Capt. Alton Miller of the Indiana, Pa, district CCC headquarters in an inquiry. Taylor sald “unusual precautions” had been taken to prevent accidents and the workers had been given full instruc- in firefighting If there have been any or evasion of orders.” he said, and swift action will be taken ! with the situation.” ered bet ave spread three other area the and federal om tion irregular LOOK IN THESE BAGS FOR NEW IMPROVED CAKE METHOD — PLUS A FLOUR THAT MAKES SIMPLE CAKES TASTE AND LOOK BETTER! In simple foods = bread, biscuits, pies, plain cakes =the goodness all comes from flour! It costs only Lic more per recipe to use Pillsbury's Best Flour than to use the cheapest flour. tne’ How New Wage Law Will Affect Employers | (Continued from page one) peamen and streetoar, mos agricultural workets, employees of alriine torbus, interurban railways and of weekly or gemi-weekly newspapers with a circulation of less than 3,000; executives, professionals, outside alesme n or persons engaged in a local retalling capacity; per oop yin a tall of service establishment and in the fishing industry and in the area of production of dalry product: Who determines whether an in- dusity is In Interstate commerce? The legal staff of Elmer F. An- drew administrator of the act } decisions may be reviewed by mum higher than 25 be established during Car cent the mini hour first year? Yes. Upon industry ¢ administration ers to pay w 4 S an recommendation of tlees, wage-hour order employ~ Wage a8 NED providing 1% yment mm the may A minimum cent an hour, curtail employ y are members of industry con Wie adminis- nume- labor } equal certain indi the public minimum + permitted? of apprentice apped workers and je admitistrator may, up lower scale ation of learners, Nessa - bit RDprove a the recommend committee fi admink trator must accept the ation if & In law the nin ittee rerotnmend AOCOT- with the "an ~y POCO INT IK differentials? h differe tee oan consider cn- affected by and producti aphical prohibits sue Lied mmm ndition t Hving 4 ommitiee recommend ten Mn and a men a fell alo ] 3 Nnei prohibits classification by WOK nplovment prohibited use id labor” described of chil dren under labor det tment 10 Lew hildren under 16 parents in non- non-mining oc- employed are not jega an childre the have existence in Empioyees are exempt from the provisions who work under a ve ba:gaining agreemen by the national Iador board which calls for a miximum of 1.000 hours in 29 weeks or 2.000 hours i verkx. But, for work over 12 a day or 56 hours a week, they be paid for overtime. ih — FARM CALENDAR ctioned ours must Timely Reminders from The Penn. sylvania State College School of Agriculture Have Most Radios The Middle A'- lantic ates, cluding Pennsyiva- have the highest proportion of farmers, BR per cent. reportihg radio refed pote, pay Penn Blate agri- cultural engineers. Other sections report the following peroontagos Pac ile Coast. 83; New England, 81; East North Central. 80; Mountain, 79; Wes: North Central, 73; South Atlantic, 51; Fast South Central, 40; and West South Central, 37. Store Root Crope— Beets, turnips may be stored in the ) barrel pit. Anothe: convenient container suggested by Penn State vegetable gardeners is a discarded milk or lard can with the Hd in place to prevent joss of mois- ture. A cold place is necessary Use Deep Litler—A deep layer ol finely broken material makes the best litter for poultry houses. This is bulll up by adding clean straw when needed to keep the gur{ace dry, say Penn Slate poultrymen. Damp litter causeg soiled feet which means dirty eggs Control Soil Ertsion—Ocoasional limes of soll after heavy rains wil seriously damage land through fre moval of the soll and with R plant food. Strip cropping is a simple method of saving soll whith any farmer can use, according to Penn State agronomists. Butterfat Changes—A sudden change in the rations may cause a temporary change in the bulierfat content of milk. Petin State dairy men explain that adding feeds high in fat, such as the various ollmeals, may temporarily increase the but- terfat content. Do not Frighten Layers Fright may cause laying hens (0 moit and they usually ceases production while growing new feathers, say Penn Bats | poultrymen., ria ine He CAITOW shiioned Who, on this side of the Atlantic, [ig afraid of a je of dictators, on | the other side of fhe Atlantic Allangic? ‘The Capture of Lewis and Connelly (Conti: ued Thom Page 1) lect men to Bo by way ven, and James McGhee, coroner of Centre county, with a posse con- sisting of John Mitchell, William Armor, Paul Lebo, Peter Deisal (a one-armed man), and Joseph Bul- jer (sheriff of the county the next venr), started by way of Karthaus lo meet the other party at the home of Lewis’ mother, on Bennets Branch of the Sinnemahoning, where it was thought the robber chief would hide They proceeded as far as thaus that night, tuming out of thelr course to obtain a guide, who wits Andy Walker, as he was famil- jarly called, regarded as a great hunter in Bald Eagle. William Ham- mond joined them at Karthaus, and when they started the following moming thelr company was in- creased by the accession of John Koons, Samuel Karmel and Peler Bodey. The night they were at MeGuire, one of the re was captured near which led the rest nary their spoils, divide of Lock Ha- Kar- Karthaus, sbber band Haven part of and Ww separate n the Mel hed partly encamped The rout Run Branch meantime had lost their way for the night in the néxt morning they struck which em} into Benne Walker Karnell ted ahead to see if Lewis had made his pearance at hls mothe: {finding that he had hey od the rest of the party and crossed over the Drifiwood Branch Making their way dows for about live miles they LIne a man gigging fish, wi oid that Lewis and another man had that way. Brooks guided the poling on a veriook - valley throug the ream flowed. There they beheld Lewis and Connelly gaged In shooting mark MeGhee demi der under pet Their reply was damned We'll shoot fired ang wood ties ang and join- nome not. tl stream pon wm passed Posse ton ing " the h = het ged and DY 8 ad one Whose Philipsburg Burgess Wins First Round (Continued from page one) wiled to defend term of eH Hi Acording battery charge the 1 seizing Mason by Saturday night and against a building whe 4d to have been which was allegedly Mason testified he were walking down Front stree urday night and In passing a td ear bearing an BOS sign the sign meant “Save Our Bhiy Bave Our State” Mason testified that when these word: were posh Wallin, who was walking front of him. seized Bim by the onllar and edd him Around the cornet of Front and Pine streets and pushed him up against a window there Upon taking his oath Wallin ex- plained that as burgess of P Hips. burg it had been his poliey to pals rol the streets and that when walk- ing to the rear of Mason and Daugherty oh Front street had heard the Boys uling thes terms JOP and SOB In improper lerms, misconstraing the meaning of the words with improper language. He testified that when he walked around the boys to get in front of them one of the allegedly obseene sentences was repeated. 11 was then according to the burgess thal Mason wis ied “t sald, ‘Look here young man. youre in wrong Wallin testified. “You're going to the coup’ The Burgess explained that real- jzing the boy was young, he released Mason when the young man apolo= gized. PENNA. RB R. FIREMAN KILLED NEAR LEWISTOWN John B. Roland of Harrisbur®t, a fireman on a westbound (eight, vas found ving between the tracks on the middie division main line just east of Ryde, Mifflin county, Sunday night. Taken by ambulance to the Lewistown Hospital he wag dead up~ on arrival. “allt LlAd hing him ne disorderis and Daug " herty fan sm—— Officials of the Pennsylvania rall- [been road here sid Roland apparently fell from the engine. No official an- mouncement was given gg to the leause of his death. An unverified report said the ours tain on engine 6738 in whic Roland was at his post caught fire, It added that the clothes of Roland, who at- tempted 10 pul out the fire, became ignited. Tt 5 believed, arcording to the report, that Roland either fell or jumped from the eab in an effort to extinguish the burning clothing. E -. a | Some people don't read the BRM, because they fail to understand it They still live, however, ajthough {ey don understand themselves, (In 1900 Mr man, {ow the ‘John J. Bower Suc- cumbs at Hospital ——— {Continnen from aoe (First Section) one) a series of heart attacks. The fol- lowing Monday he was admitted to the Hospital, where he sank steadily until the end. Up until his final fliness Mr, Bower had enjoyed fair health, although a serious {lines some years ago left him gieatly weakened, physically. Funeral at 8 o'cleck yesterday the home on Bast charge of the Rev William © Thompson, Pastor of the Presby- terian hurch Belleforis Imer- ment was made In the Union ocem- otery services were held afternoon from Linn Street, in Mr. Bower grandson of Halne from Han t 1776 Fatt HET on In was a great Jacob Bower who came township, this county township, York coun- His great grand- mothe side ‘wag John Motz, who moved 10 Lhe of Woodward, from what i Snyder County, in 17868. John is eredited with being the first tier in what now the Woodward, Motz cated and was a { pesmion RVI many Callse 0 Over y, In great- present sits now Motz “ village edu- Pro- of Nighly "tor Ger- becau { his devotion to the ol bert 5 Ls John Jacob Bower the late Calvin M. B tomey Ny A fespendant this county. Hue 1875 in a home or dellefonts a Elizabeth Meyer, a of an early family in was born on May @ on East High Street just east of the nresent Btate theatre bullding. The Ws troved by fire many go. Most of John J. Bower has been sped in the Linn & or large re we on Bast Mareed built by father Bower mw ti the hOoOls wy geri Bellefonte High preparation {or ool nie Acadeiny He “« wv n nkiin 4 Mar vd pubite from ald wived Lis early Bellefonte ated School, ted hi ege at wan Lancaste iefome Was ap- H serve Oeorpe ice of the Peace to nexpyred erm ago Mr. Bower attorney for 4 mpl unt ame Workmen s Or wd SRIMON ently when Bats Justice In is area 3 ned his law offices on 1 Boor of Ceider's Wis he be Depart He hu he prem iS om m 5 IT for the mens ti exXCnNRnee Sno on * of » gl oe IrReT BB by AF une OF I Be i SJ solicitor for th Ce ower Bor aT it h Nefonte District and for nty Bullding Bower was unite riage with Anne Curtin, daugh- r of Mr d Mrs. James C. Cur- 1. of Belk route who passed away May 1836 Surviving are wo datighters and tvo sone: Mie. C. C Alexander, Belinfonte: Ms A WJ Worhe, Rutherford, NJ; John J Bower, Jr. at Home, and Janes © Bower, of Hartithurg Also sutrviv ing are thres grandchildren: Fred. erick Dagpett Bellsfonts, and Ann and Jack Woche, of Rutherford N J A member of a family inently MWentifind with the Demo fratie party In Centre Coufty, Mr Bower Held fat to he political be Hef: of his ancestors. and throogh jean years, when many a Dembotal grew weary of what seemed a hope less battle, he eling steadfastly to his convictions and was chairman of the county organization when the party swept into power throughout the slate and nation He served as Democratic county chairman from 1808 10 19068 and again from about 1825 to 1925. Always active politically, Mr Bower was x cahdidate for public office on two occasions, and in both comtests he had former Judge James C. Purst as his Republican opponent. Bower defeated Mr the post of Burgess of and 1919 he Jost 10 ciose mace for District ong prom- Purest for Bellefonte, Furst in 2 Attorney. Mr. Bower's hobbies were numer- Fe] (ous and varied. Early in life be be- (came a member of the Logan Fire Company, served in practically every office in that company. and finally was elevated to the position of chief of the Logans, retaining that office for a number of years. He has serv- ed as Fire Maghal of Bellefonte constantly gince 1920, and held that office earlier than that date having succeeded by Robart Kline for some years. He took personal pride in the record of the two local volun- tesr fire companies in reducing the fire losses in Pellefonte, and lived to see the per capita loss Crop below 50 per year in the borough. In recognition of his abilitieg as a fire he has been the local repre- sentative of the State Fire Marshal's office for a number of years As a clubman he showed the same ouvtstanding leadership that he dis- (played as director-in-chief of the town's fire fighting foroes. He was a charter member of the old Belle [fonts Chidb; was a charter Member of the old Ni Rod and Gun Club, {at one time was a member | zation Country Club, and | 4 TE — " If affalrs in the not run exact) { arickn Administrator of the cetate tate of the wove named George W, Gerdner, w shown by his first and ‘final Ac- an t filed in the Orphans’ Court of Centre County, 10 and among those begat The under- of the | Board of Governors of that organi. He was iA charter member of member the Bellefonte Elks Lodge and held the the distinction of being the first Uy elected Exalted Ruler of that He formerly was affiliated Bellefonte Masonic lodge As a young man he entered loeal Naticnal Guard unit his talents resulted in cognition, for he missioned officer Mh. Regiment Always an ardent erman, Mr. Bower 4 organization of groups In this area the first among B to realize the value fish and game telligent act) conserve Wii | tive support P movement! aimed this United States are ¥ to sult you, just re- that you are one of 120 818.000 citizens in this coun- only . a — fh WPA Roll at Peak Week lodge w—— Lv A ¢ ant off Teen H North Pennwylvanie, goth. 1088, at he Temple “B gine £2 curl . m BLreet Belltonu seplember 24 end- Wednmany Rovernber yoried Lal its « : 00 o'clock mn. for the purpose of reached another peak, 3 12 0.0% appointment, st which time and he sixth conse new Hace ofl parties fn Lnshr eat mat an g ! I : 4 {ore here. work -relief Hp oF t wd be heard or be forever " debarred from perdcipating io ago numbered ghtly said fund 1,000,000 HARRISON WALKER Ww fon Betate of George W FITS A3 COurdner | willl "Fe y ol ne ed, the WPA reg , ANd again ment his rapid re- T became a come in old Company B Vel Bellefonte nore than Woil- ~ Jil ie) hl high uLive fish. pcder in Lhe Por Nn ang aon Vie Legal Notices : ADMINITRATRIX' . ATTENTION FARMERS ! We will trade in your grain for our building supplies. Inquire ail van ¢ POT of econsery men NOTICE, ne leforte Convinced Taal f requested is area's superb hunting and fish PRYIREDty, 0G ing lands rove; thetn Ww for Althou K. MARKLE as hundred her Bellefor PRLTIX H hiens ary, Pa Ww Mr. Bowe ‘ far exoeeded Fie f hk kon oward O. W. Houts LUMBER COMPANY Phone 788, thee x ¢ MRS thout EVA ie £ not nearly « wns fund of EXECUTRIN'S Le NOTICH f New . elLivfonis 4 Or hat of older person ed bit } LE} by ye gained addi al knowiee y iC having been granisd to Wh 1 —— tireless read ROLLER SKATE est source Every FRIDAY and SUNDAY, £ il IL HECLA PARK 7 Miles East of Bellefonte State College, Pa elde from tandi LT talker outa raipyim FXEOCUTOR'S he Matter of th NOTICE ¥e fag haan ple © B Gocesapind DOORS EVERYWHERE BUY WINDOWS--NARY A ONE Hun (628 4H) ired double doors tion “nd J window This be the In Rockelt [MY ieiey sl EXECUTORS NOTH pin 1 in “He name reality Don't miss it! OPEN HOUSE AT THE BELL ... TELEPHONE BLDG. 132 W. High Street BELLEFONTE in Ce To Tn oy Tomorrow (Fri.) “ayer | mame 3 oe on Is the Last Day! GUIDES ON DUTY FROM JTOSANDGTOSP. 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