CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER @he Cenfre Democrat MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS VOLUME NUMBER BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1939, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR . COURT CUTS RECEIVERS FEES CHEMICAL LIME OFFICERS ASK $10,150;:5ET $3,575 Receivers Granted $1,500; torneys $2,000, Ap- praiser $75 At- v OUTLINES REASONS FOR SLASH IN COMPENSATION Judge Walker “Bases Action on revious Court Rulings in Similar Cases orney Total fee receivers, att er tor Lhe Bellefonte 83575 in a decree file Judge Ivan Walker the fees asked was hel Room here Monda decree disposes of th as local courts are concerned As receivers, William Emeri ind Francis H. Crawford, ] Bellefonte, asked total fee 000. The court allows a total 500. As attorneys, John G Bellefonte, and Charles and Claude B. Wagoner delphia, asked total The court allows a As appraiser, Bellefonte : which was The c¢ were earring 1in the ald yeste Hugh 1 that the parties ac receivers, was December tQontinued on Page 6) I mw Man Shoots Self Through Head John A. Baker, Pennsylvania i‘'urnace, Reported Recov- ering From Wound Surgeons al the Centre Count: Hospital have hopes of saving the life of John A. Baker, aged 42. of Pennsylvania Furnace, who last Pri- diy morning sent a 22-calibre bullet through his head in an parent suicide He ported to be holding his ow i5 believed to be ou danger from the = Baker. a tenar Glade Far B. Miller. of All ona early Friday n 11 his usual ch ances was in good reported tn | for the past three week About 9 oc the barn, find cnscious on Li Reed §t pevy ryt aliemi oR ned Dy Arne | ore i he is loek hig ! ing his {al ie barn floor Rot and C. E (Continued on page eight) Brother of Losol Clergyman Promoted anxk, neg James R figure in ansportat werk was named sistant to the precident yivania Rail Mr Dcane widely-know? road Downe a ative f Fatl iam Downes, rector of 5. John's Catho Ne chureh Bellefon Prior September, 1935, he had served a assistant vic ident, and t had been assistant a hrother Fo re that dale president < < . he Gets wpointment | e W. HARRISON WALKER Fe 1 ne of the origina the oid Belicfonte the Centre County MANDY Vears was infitution’s treasurer He i= he Bellef 1 Bur SALE STARTS TODAY wide cleat- Belle- officials t will be- if the cur- pubii ap- Mishap Near Mochannon SEES PROPOSED LIBRARY AS GREAT AID TO The following atiswer (0 the “1 school reading problem” was pared by F Glenn Rogers. county perintendent of schools In explain. ing how the proposed Library in Bellefonte would be of material aid to school children throughout Centre County. “There are sev schools in Centre County ing about 20% of all school population 2000 pupils go schools each day teen two-room schools with nearly 000 in attendance and five three room schools with about 500 pupil “Very rarely do you find any li- brary books in any of these schools If any are there it is because rome community -spiri “individual has donated them or money has been raised by soma school func.ion and a few books have been nurchated. Very seldom do local schon boards find that they have enough fund io sup- ply these schools with proper library books, “Nearly ten years agd a rather dificult literature tes: was selected for high school entrance require- mens “The purpose was to encourage, eventually, the improvement of libra- ry facilities. A difference was notic- able in the larger elementary schools, but the one-rcom school remained quite the same as Sefore. Progres- sive teachers loaned books to pupils and they borrowed from each other but the results were not especially encouraging. pre SU ~ enty «five om represent- the elementa Approximately thege one-room There are four GHe=1 try ted RURAL SCHOOLS tite the 0 hope hancoe to read res ture both for int stite time activity. me that the being organ- to this read- is evident that read- handicaps of They find sitbjecty very would seem unty Library 0 Ww iid be a“ roblem. It is one of the major school children col and college Because” lack of good 33 ading. Many pupils have become discourared and have from schon, rather than on with this apparent as nov golution of a withdrawn continue handicap “Sehools do a rather good work under the conditionz that What an improvement there would be if each teacher had access to all kinds of appropriate books. How this type of reading would replace the cheap literature which some times finds its way into the home and school “Under the County Library plan a teacher can get a number of books for a certain period of time. At the end of this time thess may be ex- changed for others. Good books of | | treasurer; F exist. | the right kind can be supplied at all | times “I am confident the same results | faculty at the Complaint In Theatre Case Witnesses Testify Against Owners of Bellefonte Amusement Houses CHARGED WITH UNFAIR TREATMENT OF LABOR Discharged Employve Claims Due to Union Activities Dismissed Ind air anor it Howard alternoc: 1a. examiner >hiladelphia and Owen togeiher (Continued COURT HOLDS SESSION HERE of Guilt; Three Sentenced for Drunk- on page seven) Seven Enter Pleas en Driving pitas of guilty on charges of drunken heard ang disposed of by Judge Walker at a special session t here Monday morning three of driving of were sentenced ww 1 30 day ira « orve Ralph Hunting Corman, arrest officer John 3 Soe 4s wile me 11, 1988, wal physician and was (Continued ob Page T) Trust Company Elects Officers Stockholders, Directors, Em- (;uests Entertained al Dinner, Tuesday J ex A found ploves, nual Organia Mo: fe liefonte Trust bark ere 1.1 officers and dire~tors elected. Stockholders. offi- and employes of the bank. to- gether with a number of invited were entertained at a dinner at the Penn Belle Hotel in the even- ning Officers re-elected to serve during the ensuing year are: N. E. Robb, president; C. Y. Wagner, vice pres- ident; Earl 8. Orr. secretary and O. Witmer, assistant secretary and treasurer; H R. Wil- Hams, assistant treasurer and trust officer, and Mahlon Robb, trust of- ficer Directors retained for another ear were: N. E. Robb, C. Y. Wag- (Continued on Page 6) Pool Cue Strikes ‘Birdie’ Anderson Birdie” Anderson. billiard room in neet. Com- were re cers guests Charles prietor of a basement of pro- the urday night. i Anderson leaned over a pool table | preparatory to racking up the balls | when a cue in the hands of one of | the players swung around, the tip | {striking “Birdie” in the When it was determined that the injury was of some consequence he was taken to the offices of Dr. Richards Hoffman where it was found that both the upper and low- er eyelids had been severely lacer- ated, both lids requiring stitches, Although the eyeball, through some | strange quirk, was not injured, An- derson will not be able to use the eye for a time. {1080 FROM PENN STATE AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS More than Pennsylvania State could be obtained in Centre County | College attended meetings of schol- as an answer to the rural school arly and professional societies re- reading problem as in the twelve cently. Several members of the fac- other counties where this plan has | ulty delivered papers on been in operation for some years.” various subjects. Tues) the Garman Hotel! building. was painfully injured in a | mishap at his place of business Sat- | left eye. | 100 members of the! May Prove To INAUGURATION CEREMONY “5.74 "McNitt Governor Arthur H. James Sworn Into Office Description Given Over Radio Before One of Largest Inaugural Crowds In History a oe Ao ss A ——— GOVERNOR ARTHUR H. JAMES Governor Jame the ied Arth le ined have overiords The men women of Pennsyivania have voiced in no uncertain terms that political bosses have no place iabor ions.” A of in James the his moment after Cov took the oath he resigned Governor of Pennsylvania from $18.000-a-vear position as judge the Pennsylvania Superior Court Thus did Saylor Elected Fire Marshal Succeeds Late J. J. Bower; Boro Debt Cut $10.500 During 1938 ernot to il fin of Phil fire John Election marshal to the J. Bower featured a messing of Bellefonte Borough Council at the chambers on Logan street, Monday night. Council also heard a budget report for 1938 in which it wag re- vealed that the borough indebled- ness was reduced $10500 dunng the year just ended The election ip Saylor as succeed late of Saylor as fire { marshal was made by a unanimous vole when it was were no applications tion, which carries no tion. Baylor, an employe of (Continued on page seven) —— reported that there for the posi compensa~ the Buck Deer Roams Bush Hollow Areca Like ‘Mary's Lamb Residents of Bush Hollow become familiar with a good-sized buck deer that made his appearance in that section some time ago and refuses to leave. As no other deer are seen in the vicinity it is pre- seumed the buck may be a survivor of the recent doe season The animal has become of the more sympathetic citizens The pupils of Bush Hollow school, taught by Miss Eleanor Lucas, find great delight in watching the an. ties of the animal. On one occasion it is sald to have followed some of them 10 school, like Mary's proverb ial “little lamb.” It might, perhaje—~ who knows—have had a big ied | apple for tescher, the new Governor carry have | fairly | tame and is being fed by a number | g fed ba ‘present to see the installation cere- Lewis Sworn Kephart preme Court y the enclosed rose like a the foot of in Third t of the inaugural one of the largest ural throngs in the history of sylvania estimated | men {Continued on page four) Birthday Ball Plans Announced und the surged 50.000 and to be Held January 27; Other Dates Fixed Bellefonte Party Friday, weekend for President Roosevelt's Birth- Ga appre aches. local commitices roughout Centre county are mak- birthday parties communities birthday {alis on 30, some of the of plang for respective Although the Monday. January county committeemen have found advisable, because of local con- ditions, to schedule their ceiebra- tong in advance of that date Cecil A. Walker, man for Centre county and for Bellefonte, yesterday announced | that the Belicfonte celebration will be held on Friday evening, January | at the Hecla Park Pavilion. The Keystonairs Orchestra, will provide music for the event and admission will be one doliar a cou- ple. This dance will be semi-formal. The Spring Mills celebration, con- sisting of a round and square dance | will be held Monday evening, Jan- (Continued on Page 6) isis MP ——— 9 ai DISTRICT P. O. 8, OF A HEAD INSTALLS CAMP OFFICERS At a recent meeting of the P.O. 8 if A. Camp No. 887, Bellefonte, Dis- ict President H. A. Rossman, in- stalled officers for the ensuing term. A large number of members were mony. After the meeting the re- {reshment commitice served a lunch Last Friday evening District Presi- dent Rossman accompanied by seve eral members from Camp No. 887 at- tended the meeting of the Lemont Camp No. 888 at wich time the Dis trict President installed the officers | that Camp. the ceiebra- | in| birthday chair- Beliefonte, | Tallies With Long-Missing Bellefonte Resident MAN FOUND WANDERING IN MISSISSIPPI TOWN Check With Authorities Now Under Way; Would Solve Strange Disappearance cant hope that well known Bel who disappeared rious circumst 1929. may not x was raised here yesterday following the broad- ast of an appeal over a nation-wide radio hookup Tuesday night, in an effort to find relatives of a 70-year- old man who can remember nothing of his past The unidentified man, now being cared for by authorities in a Mis- jssippl town, was picked up on the streets there in 1831. He remember- ed nothing of his past, his clothing bore no iden lon marks, and he had no wallet, jewelry, or other personal belongings through which his identity could be traced The broadcast descripti man closely with Lh hel we MC Andrew lefonte lumber - myi . prin 8 inaer ances in Lhe dead tificat tallied Bellefonie (C ont nued on Page | EXPLAINS NEW BORO PLANT : Borough Engineer Hewitt Outlines Plan For Sew- age Disposal ilk Eigh “The Plant” was the subject of a timely address before members of the Ki- wanis Club st the meeting Tuesday in the Penn Bele Hotel. The speak- was Arthur C. Hewitt, borough engineer, who gave a history of mod- ern sewage digposal, the events jead- ing up to the planning of the ‘Belie- fonte disposal plant, and described the method of operation, Modern sewage 3 sposal the speak - stated, ie lesg than a century old The first step was taken in England in 1842 when the English Poor Com- mission recommended gower instal- lations, resulting in the appoinument of the Royal Commission on River Poliution. In 187 England passed a Rivers Pollution Act. In 1808 Al- anta, Ga. and Columbus, O., started the use of trickling filters. In 1827 the Pennsylvania Code was adopled (Continued on page three) —— Elect Officers For Thrift Corp. Local Business Earns 87 For Stockholders During Year; Directors Re-elected er Sixty-five stockholders of Lhe County Thrift Corporation, Beliefonte, gathered Monday night at the Penn Belle Hotel for a din- ner meeting at which directors were elected and favorable reports Centre of the past year's business were re- | | viewed. Following the stockholders’ meet- ing the directors met and re-elect- | for the ensuing year. They are: George Ha- | led all of the 1938 officers zel, president; W. J. Kurtz, Howard, 1st vice president; 2nd vice president; D. M. Kline, treasurer, and B. J. Gryctko, secre- tary. The directors who have been named for 1639. in addition to the above officers are: F. L. Struble, (Continued on page seven) Atte t Made To Jewelry Store door, Friday night, in the most re- went of a long series of burglaries in Bellefonte and vicinity. Enfrance to the Nicola Lalli shos ported was about $4.25 in cash taken from the cash register. When bore ough police investigated the Lalli robbery they found evidence that an attempt had been made to force the rear door of the Paul Spigelmyer Donald Webster, 21, of State Col- lege, was injured In An automobile accident Saturday in the Lycoming county ares. He received a minor laceretion of the nose when the car which Bellefonte Bewusge Disposal’ W. H Brouse, | A West High Street shoe repair | { shop was robbed and an attempt was | {made to enter a jewelry store next Board Hears (OLORFUL SCENES SURROUND Man InSouth FIRE DESTROYS LARGE STORE, N.Y. C. STATION AT CLARENCE General Store and Club House £40,000 BURNED OUT OF JOB - Consumed in { Rrehect of Roche Blaze SAID TO HAVE STARTED IN BASEMENT OF STORE Youth Burned About When Showered By ploding Can of Tar SIMoxe week return ph oper- ; ; al Rochester, N. Y., after as leiegra Face agreed Lo 3 ’ f » ure Ion ’e tte for Ex agent F Wedne tion IIOP max Were We housing the store and Sportsmen To Plan Program For Year preg comir ¢ ing of rismen Associal ara~ » destTov~ the meet m Approxir mailed Wola revealed oA Deen One person n aftermath {ime SiNess Ql determined v burned as fire which for wipe out the mining t was Oeorge Zimuner- man, aged son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zimmerman, of Clarence, who y was burned about the face about 8 ANRIETS SCN- | o'clock sday night. The youth sucker tishi pokir around among the smouldering r ruins of the Jurchik a can of tar, filled with the action of the heat on page eight) was gevere] of threatened neighboring communi sportmen’s g nvited to tae yi TYE ww strict of the ocom- matliers to come cussion are election of gate for the annual Fish ismen’s opinions of game Preserve local n rns pres T ut regarain TAS i class store whe special w : pay from the rank and {file sportsmen; advisability of holding a dog show In Bellefonte, and many other proposed projects Farmers and rural dwellers in the Bellefonte area are specially invited to attend. whether or ned they are members of the organization S—— —— Garman Hotel Room Dafaged By Fire A roen: orn re ga yontinued on Woman Injured In Motor Crash Painfully Drifting Resident Hurt While Returning From Husband's Funeral Returning from t} husbapd who was fatall fall Mrs. Charles Roskeily was painfully injured Friday af- ; on when the car in which she was a passenger and a truck skidded on the snow-covered 100d on a Sharp curve at the black barn between Pleasant Gap and Bellefonte, Mrs. Roskelly suffered a possibie fracture of the pelvis and lacerations of the scalp. AL the Centre County Hospital where she has been under. treatment since the gocident is reported 10 be recovering slow. The living r Wynne N HOI | Garman Hotel, was badly damaged by 3:20 o'clock Sunday mor I though the exact cause of the blaze is unknown it believed 12 have originated from defective wiring a radio Both com esponded to a general alarm, and eflective work by firemen prevented the blaze from spreading to the remainder of the spartment or through other parts of the building. Most of the furni- ture in the room, together with the walls, fioars and ceiling were bad- ly damaged by fire. smoke and chemicals. Two canaries in the apartment were smothered by smoke al am gapartment East High of £ Foo bd Win r in JANES T Mrs. Roskelly was riding in a car driven by Fred Wisosky. Jr. of Wine 'burne, enirouite from funeral services Stale College, Both the Wisosky car truck, driven by J. Stanley Eagler; of Lewistown, skidded while rounding the curve, and the front of the track gruck the rear of the sedan. Dame age in the truck was placed at $150, and to the gedan, $200, Mrs. Roskellys husband died In the Philipsburg Hospital, Tuesday of last week as the result of injuries re. ceived the day before when he fell while working on a WPA project on Moshanpon mountain. The Rase and the Continue Drive For Library Appropriation The Library and Historical Corp- oration of Centre county is asking the Counly Commissioners for an appropriation to carry on a County Library. 75 per cent of this amount will be added by the State and, in addition, 2000 volumes will be put into circulation | kellys formerly lived in Bellefonte. This will supplement the High | —- schoo! libraries and supply books to other outside schools There will be no additional taxa- tion When this help can be the County Library will be | The Library Corporation {ing everyone who has not already communicated with the Commis- jssoners, to do so at once, and ex- [res interest in this movement, -~ PIFER STORE INSTALLS RECORD-MAKING DEVICE A new device for making phono- graph records has been installed at the Pifer Music Store, West Bishop street, and recordings of many lo- cal musicians Mate been made. Said to be the most modern machine of its type it reproduces voice and mu- sic with startling fidelity Unbreakable records of various sizes are availiable for making re- cordings, and some of these records have been played hundreds of times with no appreciable loss of quality in the reproduced music. They are playable on any standard phonoe graph. A most attractive introductory of fer to get the public acquainted with the new device is made in the Pifer store advertisement on anolher page of this issue. Through the of fer you can visit the store, make a ‘recording and take the record home with you st a surprisingly low oost. assured started is ask- | GRANDDAUGHTER FORMER | GOV. HASTINGS TO WED Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Barbara Fleming, daughter of Col. and Mrs. ° 8. W. Fleming, Jr. Harrisburg, to George Wolf Reilly, III. son of George W. Relly, of that city. The wedding will be an event of the spring Miss Fleming. a granddaughter of the late Daniel H Hastings, former governor of Pennsylvania, was grad- | uated from the Seller School and | the Westover School. Middlebury. | Conn. She attended Bryn-Wawr College, and made her debut in’ 1936. Mr. Reily. who attended the Har- risburg Academy, Philips Andover, and Yale University, is an officer { of the Harrisburg Trust Company. { Student Hit by Car Keeping Up With Local History DO YOU KNOW {That during a thunder storm which William Hendrickson, of Consho- Occurred August ist, 1820, the steeple hocken. Penn State freshman, was Of the court house in Bellefonte was bruised about the legs Friday after- struck by lightning? The ecleciric noon when struck by an automobile current divided part of it making at the entrance to the College on & hole on the injerior, and another College avenue. Hendrickson was | portion punning down the outside examined at the College infirmary and killing eight sheep that were and released. ‘browsing in the yard.
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