1% J MR. AND MRS. EPHRIAM GARDNER Well known and lifelong of Blanchard, who observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home, Rovember 18th Faculty Shifts At Penn State Board of Trustees Announces Approval of Seven Appointments The Pennsylvania State College board of has announced approval of seven appointments to the faculty. They are F. P. Ferguson, ant professor of trustees assist agricultural jour- nalism; J. R. Fredlund, instructor in English composition; Harold Westlake, instructor in speech: Le- onidas Alaoglu, part-time instructor in mathematics; Marjorie H. Flem- ing, sssistant extension representa- tive in home economics, beginning January 15; Victor Conrad, assistant professor of geophysics, effective January 1; and Miss Marion L Creaser, assistant professor of art education, effective February 1 Resignations of three members were accepted. They were Laura Belle McCormick, extension representative in home economics; A-QG. Sandhoff, research assistant in fuel technology: and Aline H Frink, part-time instructor in math- ematics. Mrs. Willa W. Taylor, as- sistant professor of music education, was given a leave of absence for the second semester of the current aca- demic year to do graduate study. [WES Og bd sti 1b wo faculty SAVE ON FOODS! Foods of Quality at lower prices! Super-H residents PURE FOOD ighway | Work Started ‘Plans Call For Four-Lane Highway Over 162- Mile Route | With the receiving of bids this week for the second section of the All-weather super-highway from Carlisle to Irwin, Walter A. Jones, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Turmn- plke Commission, announced that wo k will be under way on 50 miles | This | is approximately one-third of the) of the highway by January 1. 162-mile route, The first contract for work on the super-highway was awarded on Oc- tober 26 to L. H. Union, in the amount of $458,000 for congstruaction of ten miles of road- way in Cumberland County near | Newville. The second ten-mile section to be constructed is in Bedford County. Construction of way was financed by the Tumnpike Commission through an RFC loan of $35.000,000 and an outright PWA grant of $26,100,000. Turnpike bonds bearing 3% percent interest were issued by the Commission to the RFC to cover joan. When the road ls completed and opened to traffic, revenues from tolls will be used to maintain and operate the highway and retire the bonds. Plans for the super-highway call for a four-lane highway, two lanes for westbound traffic and two for eastbound with a grass plot between the two. Maximum grades will be three percent and the maximum curvature will be six degrees. The super-highway will bypass towns and sities and, following the route of the abandoned South Penn Railroad, will utilize the tunnels constructed for the proposed railroad ling which was never used. The rallroad right-of way was purchased by the Turnpike Commission it bw rs So ——— ———— Elks Lodge To Hold Memorial Services (Continued from Page 1) Bellefonte's Lodge of Elks now has a roster of 71 deceased members, the first of whom died in 1909 following “passed away durimg 1938 L. Wetzler, E. M. Huyett, John 1 rrt E. Schad, Chas. D Bartholomew, J. Linn Harris, Past Exalted Ruler; John J. Bower, Past ted Ruler; Henry Kline, P. Brachbiil. —Classifled ads a The are thrifty. (IL Buy now-—save Nowe at your neighborhood Weis Pure Food Store! 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Nine Families Made Homeless in $100,000 Con- flagration | day at noon by { Cowher, at his office on West Bishop | street, Bellefonte, | make thelr home in Mechanicsburg, | Tottering brick walls and the : 8 | charred and lee-coated ruing are all | {that are left of two business bulld- | | ings that were destroyed at Hunting - {don earl Sunday morning in the most disastrous fire to visit that town In years, Nine families were made homeless and two firemen injured and overs {come by smoke during the five-hour battle with the flames which caused a loss estimated at more than $100,000. Hampered by 10-degree weather [which froze hae connections, fire companies from Huntingdon, Mount Union, Alexandria, and Tyrone, fought added hazards of broken nat- ural gas pipes that helped spread the flames, The buildings, a three-story brick {and a two-story frame, were owned by Mrs. Lola Steel and housed the Penn Koffee Shop, Steel's diug store, McNitt Auto Supply, a dry cleaning shop, Studebaker sales agency and upper story apartments, FIREMEN HURT Thoburn Fields, Mount Union vol- unteer fireman, blinded by smoke, fell between the narrow area way be- tween the bulldings and suffered a broken ankle. He and Robert Zim- merman, of Huntingdon, who was overcome by smoke while fighting the blaze, are patients in Blalr Me- morial hospital. Said to have had {ts inception in the fumace room of the auto sales agency conducied by W. Pred Gtraile, the fire spread quickly to the ad- joining brick building where 14 per- sons in seven apartments escaped by way of the stairway with only the clothing they wore. TENANTS FLEE The fwnace room, located basement of the 100-year-oid [rame structure in which J, C. Blair com- pany got iis initial start in business burst Into flames about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Seven tenants in apartments over the store rooms fled down stairaays while five more made thelr way to safety down icy ladders Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miles, both sald 10 be over 89 years of age, were led and carried {rom thelr daughter's apariment over the McNitt auto supply. W. Emmert @wigart, owner of the building, adjacent the ruined Steel bullding, and which houses & num- ber of business establishments an his own insurance firm, reported that the rool of the structure was dam- aged by the flames bul was unabie (0 give an estimate of his joss A two-story brick home occupied by Mrs. Mary Leister, of which prac tically touched the MeNitt auto sup- ply, was apparently unharmed. Mrs Leister was alone at the time the fire was discovered Huntingdon’s Chie! of Police D. L Rupert said low water pressure lLke- wise hampered the fire companies in thelr long battle with the flames. He also reported streets surrounding the area were pammed with spectators during the early morning. Victor Morder, his wife and daugh- ter, living over the Studebaker agen. v, and Mrs. Ella Poster with her son and parents, in the next apartment, 10st all thelr possessions as the walls of the frame building collapsed in- wardly. Flame; =U smcidered there the next evening. Those who fled to dalety from the Btee] building included the families of Charles Ziegler, Mrs. Nettle Grac- ey, proprietor of the Koffee shop, her son and his wife, F, Blair Isen- berg, Howard Shilling, Lawrence Schuliz, Walter Miller and Mrs. Lola Bteel, the owner. Moet of the apartments in the Bileel bullding were equipped with gas cooking ranges and as the floors ¢ol- lapsed the broken gas pipes added to the fire and hazards, The dry cleaning shop conducted by Joseph Kidd had been in opera- tion only a few days and with the other establishments was completely gutted and all equipment and mer- chandise destroyed. One display automoblle way saved at the Studebaker agency. Highway Worker Dies After Mishap Sugar Valley Asst. Superin- tendent Succumbs to Heart Ailment § the J LAE | Walter 8. Rockey, of Sugar Val- {lev, assistant superintendent of the | county office of the State Depari- ment of Highways, died at the Lock | Haven Private Hospital Saturday | morning of traumatic m He had been injured last Saturday in an automobile accident, in which he suffered serious cuts. He had been a patient in the hospital since Nov. p< | | The accident in which Mr. Rockey was injured happened near the Thompson farm near the bridge at the school near Salona, He suffered a fracture of the right elbow. He i also suffered lacerations of the right thumb and bruises of the body, all of ‘a serious nature, Already suffer- ' ing with a heart condition, he was in a precarious state, due to the shock | Smith, daughter of Mr Charles L THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA I —— me - Ke » December 1, 1938. Laman-—Patishnock Frederick Laman, of Mechanics. | burg, and Anna Patishnock of Snow | Shoe, were united in marriage Mon. | '‘Bquire Harold D. | The couple will | Houdeshell—Lncas George Houdeshell, of Howard, R D. and Olive Josephine Lucas, of the same address, were united in marriage, November 19, by the Rev, M. C. Piper at his residence in Miles- burg, using the ring service bride is the step-daughter of Wil. tam Etters, and an amiable young lady. The groom 15 a son of Emma May Houdeshell, a farmer. ‘They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Mc. Dowell Walker, of Orviston, Mrs Walker being a sister of the bride Other attendants Included Annie Houdeshell, a sister of thie groom They ate accompanioned on life's Journey by the best wishes of many friends. he at Cox~Smith Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Dorothy Viola and Mrs Smith, of State College to Everett Charles Cox, son of Mr and Mrs. Willlam Cox, of Pitts burgh. The ceremony took place at § o'clock Thanksgiving morning in the Presbyterian manse at Centre Hall, with Rev. Edward H. Jones, of State College, officiating. He wa assisted by Rev. J. M. Kirkpatrick of Centre Hall. The ring ceremony was used. After a dinner at the home of the bride's parents, the couple left for a trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, retuming to State College Sunday evening tw open thelr home in the Heatherbloom apartments Crawshaw—Bryan Miss Louise Bryan, gaughter o Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bryan, former] of Bellefonte, now residents of Phil ipsburg and Roland Crawshaw, son f i ¥ [1, was Instantly killed Albert Stine, Killed By Bullet From Cousin’s Gun Albert Stine, 32, of Elysburg, R. D, about 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon near Car- roll, Clinton county, when a bullet from the gun of his cousin, Sylves- ter Shoup, Catawissa, R. D. 3, en- tered his heart, The death, the first of the deer season in that area, was declared unavoidable by the coroner's jury at an inquest held later In the af- ternoon at the home of Donald Wwelshans, headquarters for the par ty of hunters which included Stine and Shoup At the inquest held by Dr. W. J Shoemaker, Clinton county coroner, the hunters testified they had been hunting on Locust Ridge, near Car- roll. At the time of the accident they sald, they were driving a deer they had wounded earlier Shoup fired, the men reported the animal bounded into view at which time Btine was out of positibn In the drive, in some bush- es between Shoup and the deer Shoup claimed that he did not see his cousin In the bushes as he fired Stine is survived by his wife and two children and his parents, Mr and Mrs. Willlam P. Stine, Elys- burg, R. D tj 5 and Lo tn Annual Meeting Ag. Extension County Association to Present Program at Court House, Dec, 9 of Mrs. Doll Crawshaw, were united 9 in marriage Wednesday nigl vember 23. &¢ ten o'clock, The ceremony took place in the office of Alderman Harry T. Carns, DuBois, while Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Maloney of DuBois, served as attendants Mr. Crawshaw is employed by the L Stein Construction Company ang is at present working at State College while Mrs. Crawshaw {8 working in a clerical capacity in the WPA ol- fice, DuBois. After December 1st they will be at home to thelr friends in the Dunsmore apartment Tenth street, Philipsburg Wilson—White. At a ceremony performed al ine parsonags of the Preabylerian church, Centre Hall by he pasion the Rev. J. M. Kirkpairick ai 7 o'clock Saturday evening, November 19. Mrs. Margaret Coble Waite, of West Bishop Street, Bellefonte and Prank T. filson, of Huntingdon were united in marriage. Attend. ants were Mrs. Wilson's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charies/ Coble, of North Penn Street, Belle. fonte., For the past several yean M's. Wilson has been employed in the Hazel & Company dry goods sore in Bellefonte. Mr. Wilson 3 employed at the Slate Industrial School in Huntingdon. After a brie! wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Wilson returned to Bellefonte, expecting Ww occupy the apartment: on West Bish op Street uml subtable quarters have been jocated in Huntingdon. Klne—Yearick. Miss Martha K. Yearick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wellingion E Year- feck, of Mili Hall, R. D.. and Hamill B. Kline, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- Ham BE. Kline, of Stale College. R D.. were married Saturday evening by the bride's pastor, the Rev. J. A Cotle, at the parsonage of the Evan. gelical Mission Church in Lock Ha- vei. The couples was attended bY Mr. and Mrs. John Kline of Clinton- date, brother of the bridegroom and sister of the bride. The brides gown was of blue chiffon velvet. Mr. and Mrs. Klinewill lve tor Lhe pres- ent with the bride's parents. Mrs Kline is a graduate of the Centre Hall High School, attended the Lock Haven Teachers College and is 23 teacher in Centre Hall and an active worker in the Evangelical church at Climondale. Mr. Kline = a gradu- ate of the Boalsburg High School and is employed in the poultry de- | partment, at the Pennsylvania Stale { Moon Valley, College, at State Callege. “Davidson-<Walte | The Friends Meeting Home, Half was the scene of a | pretty wedding Thanksgiving after. | noon when Miss Ruth A. Waite, | daughter of Mra. Della Walle, and | Pred OG. Davidson, son of Mrs. Ber. | tha Davidson, both of Half Moon, | were united in marriage by Friends’ ceremony in the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends. | The meeting house was aitractively decorated with yellow and white | | chrysanthemums and evergreen. Miss Marion Smith of Howard, and | Darius A. Waite, brother of the bride, attended the couple. The | bride wore a steel blue dress with matching accessories, Her corsage! was of yellow and white roses. Miss | 8mith wore teal blue with black | accessories and her corsage was of | yellow and white pom poms. Mrs. | Davidson 15 a graduate of the Belle. | fonte High school and of Lock Ha- | it, No. & ring the yp annual meeting of the Centre Coun- ty Aghcultural Extens i be held In the Court House fonte on Friday, December president of the Association, ter Muweser, State College, states thal the meeting wil prompily al 10.00 a. m. and the pro- gram will continue throughout thi day In the forenoon, mussen, Specialist in Ormamental Holicuiture from State College, will Contintied on page 2--8econa Be EE ———————— EEK YOUTH ATTACKED BY INFURIATED MALE DEER Kline Cohick, 16. s0n of Mr. and Mrs J. Lester Cohilck, Salladasburg, wis attacked and gored about the iegs Sunday evening by sn eight point buck near hig home. The lad, accompanied by his 11- Seer in the woods before, made his weekly tour around the fence which enclones the deer reserve owned and operated by his grandfather, W. B Cohick, Balladasburg The boys went to the cabin to feed several tame deer, among them being two large bucks. Without any warning, one of the bucks at- tacked young Cohick, first pinning him to a post and then chasing him to the cabin porch, goring his legs to such an extent that several stitches were required to close the wounds. The other youngster was grtharmed Young Cohick Is a student at Jer wey Bhore High school sand a mem- ber of the school band. He will be unable to attend school for several Gays 32, Instantly | ch Ip being planned for Lhe | Committees To Be Elected In County : (Continued from page one) | tends to participate in the 1039 Ag- | rleultuwral Conservation Program is {eligible to vote at these meetings. | In each community a chalrman {and two other members of a come munity committee will be elected, together with two alternate mem- bers of the committee, The farmers also will elect a delegate to the county eonvention which will ehoose the County Agricultural Conservi- tion Committee for next year, These committees, past, county this wili handle and year local community as in the idministra- | nd A RE —— ses for administration of the pro- gram in the county will, as usual, be deducted from payments earned by farmers of the county who take | part In the program The schedule for the community meetings follow: Bellefonte-—Court House, at 8 p. m. Harry M. Bmith, man Howard-1. O aL 8.00 p.m chairman Bpring Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m chalrman Boalsburg--High School Building, Dec. 7. at 7:30 p. m. Bamuel Ever- hart, chairman Centre Hall—High School Bulld- Dec. §, chalr- ©. F. Hall, Dec, 6 Blair M. Pletcher Ww Buliding, F. Rishel, ” ———— {ton of the farm program. Expen- | —— ing, at 7:30 p. m. John M. Blauser, chairman Port Matllda-8chool Bullding, Dec. 8, at 8:00 p. m. E. T. SBpotts, chairman Reberasburg—High School ing, Dec. 8, at 730 p.m Brungart, chairman. Millheim-—~East Penns Valley High School, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p. m. Milton E. Blover, chairman. SS ———— One Hunter Disappointed Dean Sweitzer, of Danville, an employe of the Northeastern Peni tentiary near Lewisburg, hunting in Bulld- J. Victor {a wheat ficld near Montandon, lev- eled his 3030 army rifle at four does, but returned empty handed By mistake had been sold 30.00 shells, and the gun refused to work he T/T WAS We ETT ET AE v i ni Ba wi wi a4 nd wit %i Fr oi cousin, James Eagan, of | ton, who never had seen a! LAPIAPIA NDING) Ls yr » Wy wi 1) Instant, Electric Push - Button Tuning They're here! The startling 1939 Philcos that set a new pace in radio design, performance and enjoyment. Come in and see how Philco has out- done anything and everything ever before produced in radio — in these sensational new models. 41 Models 167° to *400" Buy a PHILCO = The World's Most PHILCOSXF a tnetest, tronhlefres Flew. trie Pash Botien Tuning (8 feverite tench of rene Sager.) Forvign Becoprion, erm design. American sod Famons Phileas feos. tures. Wolnwt Cabinet of sttractive mod. stations the $64.9 -t Popular Radio! 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Lucille, | ter which the couple will make their Small Hams Sugar Cured Ib 25¢ throughout | home in Half Moon Valley. Shoulder Lamb - Ib 2]c ae on wioe | . . H. H. Heintzelman, of Sunbury, | ity can certainly claim credit to be- | Smoked Picnics «Ib 19¢ Squares svemcneo Jb 6c shot an albino doe while hunting |ing breeders of large porkers. On | Fresh Fish and Oysters WLLL Don’t Forget the Closing Out Sale of Our Gift Shop A 25 TO 50% REDUCTION ON ALL ARTICLES H Come in early and select your Christmas gifts and have them laid aside for Christmas delivery. BRACHBILL’S 25 SOUTH SPRING ST. BELLEFONTE, PA. in Sullivan county Monday, with a Thanksgiving Day Grover Spearly | party of local sportsmen. The doe, butchered three hogs that dressed | pure white and a rare type weighed 1480 pounds. Not to be outdone by | 126 pounds. a younger member of the family, | | his father, John BSpearly killed two | 3s shout me for the hatiohs of | porters on Tuesduy that Hpped the | ithe world to give China something beam at 1050 pounds . We're besides sympathy in her fight with waiting lo hear from anyone who Japan. I beg‘ that record. fs &
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