Fare Four RE GOV. GOV. ARTHUR JAMES WILL ~ ABOLISH 1000 STATE JOBS ». State Institutions May Take 1 Per Cent Slash; Sccks to Balance Budget Exclusive of Relief Governor Arthur HH. James esti- mated yesterday that his drive for | fconomy In government would pro- | duet an outright saving of $1,750, | 000 in the next four months, | The Governor sald this saving | would be accomplished largely | through abolition of approximately 1000 State jobs and corresponding curtaliment of administrative ex- penses. The announcement was made at a press conference after Cabinet | members had reported how many jobs they believed could be elimin- | ated in thelr departments without | impairing eficlency. 227 Already on Way Oul James sald he had been informe | ed by the department heads thus | far confirmed by the Senate that a total of 927 employes were on the wav out or had already been dis- | missed. | Through & companion move to] conserve department funds already appropriated but for which he be- | lleves there Is no immediate need, | the Governor sald he hoped to bal- | ance the budget, exclusive of the relief deficij, at the end of the bi- | - ennium, May 31 | A deficit of between $40,000,000 | ¢ and $50000000, of which $34,000, | 000 can be attributed to the State's | mounting relief burden, is forseen | by fiscal experts. Cuts for Institutions | | The Governor sald he felt confi- | dent his Administration could make | yp the difference between $45.000,- 000 and $34,000,000 by actuil savings and conservation of funds now on hand. As part of the economy move | mént, the Governor sald he would ask State education:l Institutions to make a 1 per cent reduction In their appropriations, either through | salary cuts or other economies, “One item.” he said, “may be the $56.000.000 allocated by the 1937 Leg- islature for flood control. We don't intend to spend that for the next five months at least, and it may be used to make up some of the defic- fency appropriations.” Few Jobs to Be Revived Asked Mf the economy movement was to continue through the next biennium, the Governor answéred firmly: “Yes.” He sald many being done away revived, while others considered “abolished” betn demonstrated thal not indispensible Secretary of Highways 1. Lamont Hughes. reported the greatest per- sonnel reduction. He told the Gov- enor he could save approximately $633.240 through the elimination of | 323 workers. Fifty other positions can be eliminated temporarily, he said Of the 323 jobs, 77 are atl quarters and 246 in the fleid Governor sald Other Department Promises “Those positions are abolished.” he declared. Other economics promised by de- partment heads: Agriculture, between 50 and 75; Forests and Waters, 68 already dropped and more reductions proms | lsed; Health, 81 lated as definile 26 others being considered, Insurance, from 37 to Justice, 10; Labor and Industry, Military Affairs, 18; Property and Supplies, Welfare, 7; Public Assistance, 41 Others Consider Cals The Governor sald reorganiza- tion economies also were being cone YEAGERS ¢®¢¢eeee WOMEN'S SUEDE SHOES ALL STYLES Nothing Over $1.39 BELLEFONTE. PA Lassa jobs now not be will not be until it has they are of the with will head- the and 90. 190 “oa Ld { tary of Public Instruction | highways, | ette, | serles of the 19390 Nash | sensational | yearly i Mr | Ler, i White and children sidered by Miss Sophie M. R. O'- Hara, Secretary of the Conmumon- wealth, but that no figures had yet been fsythcoming, The same was true of Secretary of Mines, John Ira Thomas, who recently an- nounced the abolition of a deputy | secretaryship. Secre- Ade, an Earle appointee, also estimated that he could save about $140,000 by the end of the biennium in his depart- ment One department which the new Governor has no Intention of pre- | serving is the Bureau of Civil Lib- | erties, formerly headed by “John The Governor sald that | sullivan. “Out,” sald the Governor — NASH LAFAYETTE PROVES ALL-WEATHER COMFORT ( AR “Weather Eve” condi- tem for winter driv- ing was given a rigid test by the { element recently at Yosemite, Calif, during the famous annual “Glimore-Yosemite Economy Run” —and the car in which it was oper- | ating emerged with two victories, according to word received by J C Houck, of Bellefonte, local Nash dealer Fighting blizzard the car, which is in The Nash tioned air sys and lce-coated a Naish LaFay- the lowest-priced line, won for comfortable adverse carried laurels the most and the unofficial motoring under weather conditions away officially the economy honors in its price class. It chalked up the mark of 2125 miles to the gallon of gasoline “The car,” sald Mr this winning mark of traction, and therefore increased gasoline consumption p= ping wheels on the ice-covered mountain highways, according to in- formation Charles W. Nash man of the board of Nash-Kelkin- ator Corporation, received {rom Earl B. Gilmore, president Gl- more Oil Compan) ponsors of the run Nash's fan car comfort s) ly, it was repdrt observer they would have been making the mer Ir telegram “This run on record with all car having to fight blizzards and fee-covered highways. Congratulations.” pw HOWARD WOMAN Is HONORED ON BIRTHDAY Houck, “made spite of loss due to chair of the June-in-January” worked perfect and driver and comfortable a: been If they had in mid-sum- em rd ners trip commenting on the rin his Gilmore the most in sald gruelling to h Na wa Claude home birth- Mr atiained her chick- ivighlight of the Mr. and Mrs their On Sunday Confer entertained al in Howard in honor day of Mr. Confers Rachel Confer Tist anniversary #n wr LL day The of mother the = hin A a delicious following idren, grand- children and guests were present and Mrs. Russell Confer and two daughters. Virginia and Stella Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Har- Mr. and Mrs. Serge Confer and children. Helen, Lola, Blair, and Laird, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ruth and Rus- Mrz. Claude Confer and daughter. Stella Rachel, and Antls Confer and his sister, Mrs Charles Wallzer. Mr sell, and Surplus Foods Distributed Almost 600.000 unemployed sons In Pennsylvania received a lo- tal of 8371714 pounds surplus food commodities, worth $6852.464, during December 1038. This raised the free distribution to the unemployed in Pennsylvania during 1938 to 75861.721 pounds, with a re- tall value of approximately 83.- 500.000, as aginst a distribution of 30000000 pounds, having a value of approximately $1.160000 during! 1997 The Installation of Our Automatic After-Hour Has been completed and we extend our sincere thanks to the friends and pat- rons of the Bank who have contrib- uted in making its operation possible. Depository The users of the depository will be without ex- ception fully satisfied with the facilities afford- ed in caring for money and checks accumulated after banking hours, or days. over Sundays or holi- Detailed information will be cheerfully given to any one who could and should use this new saf- ety equipment. Bellefonte Trust Co. of BELLEFONTE, PA. (Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) Allee | per- | of Federal | attending and much THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BY LEFONTE, PA. January 26, 1939. nd a oid Tombstone Reported Missing rker of First Man to Die in Clearfield County Believed to be Here —————— Centre and Clearfield have on their hands a strange case of a missing tombstone. The stone, erected on the grave of Tohas Auxe, found on the farm ol Nestor Mignot in Covington towns ship, Clearfield County, In 1806, bears an ingeription in French, which transl ited reads: "1771, September 1 to 8. Priend, Googbye. In the life eternal we hope to meet agrin, Re- voir." On the reverse the Inveription: “In memor) has Auxe, 35, R. J." The unexplained absence of the stone is recounted in last week's Is- sue of the Clearfield Times by W. J McGovern, Clearfield historian, who recently completed exhaustive re- search on the first deaths in Clear field County, Mr. Brown report that Auxe was unquesticnably the first man to die in Clearfield county Auxe's tombstone, Mr. McGovern says, was In his possession for some years, but disappeared and is be- lieved to be in Ceifire County. Be- fore its disappearance it was on di piay many times and in many owns and was viewed by many thousands cf people before “iL suddenly disap- peared.” The missing marker ls of sandstone, apparently taken from the bed of a small creek in the vi- cinity of Auxe’s last resting place MoGovern's comments upon Auxe’ life follow "This man, Tohas AUXe, Was a NA- tive of France who had been exiled along with others for politica] or o her reasons, by the government of France, to New France, some years before his death At this time and s0me previous, England had been strivin to drive the French out alled by Prance, “New {which had been under the go ment of France for many years Buglish had partly succeeded were stil] driving the Prench ahead of their forces three French companion plied and receive SPOTS Orleans, under yminion They had two India: ides to pliot them over the jong ugh Lakes Champlain and through the dense wilder. l is now Northern New o the North uehanna, thence camping place the North Branch report--Auxe cont cribed as ponkies svone 1s of To side of the for pa ae Ar caus-d sumably they had camd- or more than a week, and time he died and was buried The remaining members and guide likely made the gtlempt to continue the journey, and were swallowed up in the dense wilderness, or lost thelr lives 10 the prowling redskins, or the 'retiegade whites, who were more dangerous “At this the West Branch Valley wa uneettied ax a state of war existed belween the Nor ! Injlans and the settlers. Ind from y cou d farther were time Rd pillaging and harassing tiers everve here These never heard of alter leaving grave and headstone beliing them “There is no question but the dea and burial of this man was the first authentic death and burial the confines of Clearfield iy. an firs, four deaths In county 1 have placed In the following First deaily, French las Auxe, Sepiember, Second death than; July 172 Third death, native, Nancy C 1604, Fourth Cresswell; July, 1807 “Scme authorities have claimed the Cresswell death as being the first That is a mistake, recognized by nearly everyone who has taken the time to become [nformed Ie Revival Campaign A revival campzign has in progress al the Grange Hall in Spring Mills for the last two weeks and will continue over next day or longer. The meeting is ducted by Rev. Alonzo Horn and i wife, of Reading. Good crowds are interest is be- a very men th n in * hye the order traveller To- 1771 Moravian boy lover, death native, Robert - heen sun- con- ing shown. Rev. Hom is | forceful speaker and also prays for | the sick. Many wonderful cases of | healing are testified to in the meet- | ings. Rev. Horn has conducted re- { vivals in Huntingdon and in Sha- | mokin about 14 years where hun- dreds were converted and healed | The meetings are interdenomina- { tional in spirit. Services are con- ducted every night In the week at | 7:30 except Mondays. Also Sunday | afternoons at 2:30 and Sunday eve- {ning at 7:30. Everybody welcome {TELEVISION TESTS PROVED SUCCESSFUL | One of the most ambitious lele- | vision tests ever attempled was made | recently when a cafe variety show 'was televised for the first time in f the Restaurant Francals at Rocke- | feller Center by the National Broad- | casting Company. | The program consisted of a flcor show In the restaurant and an ex- { hibition by ice-skating experts on i the Rockefeller Plaza Skating Pond, | adjacent to the Cafe. i ©. B. Hansen, a vice-president of | | the National Broadcasting Company. | | pronounced the show a success, and | { It 1s believed that this test is a fore { runner of similar programs that will {eventually be presented from other sections of the city. Aviator Lands in Snow Bank. Charles Benson, 20, an amateur { alrplane pliot of Lock Haven, suffer- | | ed concussion of the brain and lacer- {ations of face Monday in a forced (landing at Millville, near Blooms | burg. He sald his motor failed soon after a takeoff and he had to land | | in a snow bank. The plane's under- | smashed. th milk, 3 ron whine woman stumbled into the side of ing a lingering iliness. Prof Pol- Lee Preston Hill... counties | | "RUINS OF FIRE he Logan Fie Company, of Bellefonte, had just arrived on cene this of Clarence last In the large Frank Jurchik general store were three the when view the fire Glsas~ Tue the f{ore- building and w hn the npr Lrow ant way ternoon was taken ground stood owned by housed his second floor ! [} Heh tment Lamb Club Wins Honors At Show Competing 1-H Members Re- ceive Awards For Best Exhibits Compeiing in the Farm weik in Harrisburg, Ce 4-H Lamb Club member compelicd wilh from a n hie Stale Li: Mille AWA! A Wal Olher wi as were WINN _— f " HNDOCr Of Our ul GcQ d onl hi Oo he pris tum An mb fecal ¥. provided a { a ciub members for U project According Blaney, this is that Centre Cou nty bers | bited Fam ' A e C 3 “ y County Agent R. C 4-H club mem. ambe he Grand Chamy Raetye d have hamy members Recent Weddings Barpr~Fekert o'clock in fe Dar vmbia Avent Meth ter } and Tyre ye, became the bride of Robert Hoffman Barr, pon of Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd 8. Barr Galesburg, Centre county ] ceremony was performed b the bride's pastor, Rev. Edgar A. Henry. The couple was attended by Miss Marjorie 8Shoa, Tyrone, and Boyd Hutchiingon, Tyrone ac mald of honor and} best man. respectively. The ceremony was withessed by members the Immedizis familic The bridegroom Bb a graduate of Tyrone High schodl, being prominently tified in football and basketbal attended Mercersburg Academs bride ls also = graduate of T High school and had been em; ed as secretary to the principal of the high school. The couple will reside at Oatesburg where the bridegroom is engaged in agrisuliural work Peei—{ohen Josephine Cohen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Waller Cohen, of North Spring Street, Bellefonte, be. came the bride of Samuel Peet, pro- prietor of the Smart Shop, Belle fonte, at a ceremony performed in Altoona Bunday morning by Rabbi {Henry Goldberger in the presence of members of the immediate fami- lies. For the ceremony the bride wore a traveling dress of gold and brown with brown accessories, Her shottlder corsage was of brown strip. ed orchids and gardenias. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the Penn Allo Hotel Al- toona, after which the newlyweds left for a two weeks' wedding trip to Florida. They will reside in Lock Mrs. Peet attended the Bellefonte High School and was graduated from the Western High School in Baltimore, Md. Lat. Lou daug! gg Ec keri of den The rone NOY Miss er she received a diploma from, {Btrayers Business College In that! jeity. Mr, Peet. a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Peet, of Punxsutawney, i: a graduate of th: Punxsutawney High School and of the DuBois Business | College. About a year and a half {ago he opened the Smart Shop in {Bellefonte which he conducts in conjunction with a similar store in| Lock Haven Pedestrian Struck on Highway Julia Banas, 47, of Morann, suf. | fered a dislocated shoulder when {struck by a car driven by William | i Phelen, Houtzdale, as she was walk. | ing along the highway three miles | south of Houtedale Saturday after. | {noon. She was picked up by the | driver and taken to the hospital for | treatment. According to reports she | car, the fourteenth yest) and’ | letter said. * AT CLARENCE To the extreme left of the photo are the remains of the New York Cen- tral freight and passenger station while at the rear of the store tl building housing the Young eratic Club headquarters was cated. All the bullding: were stroved Loss has beer estimated al nearly $40,000 about half of which Is covered by Insurance lo de- Clinton Exhibitors Receive Awards Home Economics Entries Car- ry Off Imposing List of Prizes latest report being ] ck Haven, and t= at 1} lace their é Pigs eile Chester While competitic Raiph Dolierer John Yearick and Paul Dotlerer, all Mill Hall paced eighth in the 4- H C 1 t noe rex the of ORIN ol ws i PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR NEW VETS HOSPITAL wilt fre Wik i B DOW 190-aN0«000- ROK Eyivar 1itiee ¢ ital a, it wa : { Belle veterans aticnded wi Lhe proposal at Wash- Wednesday which was aw members of Congress in addition to representa tives of velerans' groups all oo1.- irred that there is need for addi- tional veterans’ hospital facilities m Pennsylvania. The requirements cf neighboring states, It was pointed out, are filled to the extent of from 100 to 115 per cent, whil been made for only cent of Pennsylvania bed hos » D M the ed by ast hearing about 15 Provisions about 60 veterans have per need If the hospital ix hill providing for a new passed, the next step will be to decide upon ils location, com- mittee members said. Central Penn- sylvania is to make a strong bid for the Institution, in view of the faci that facilities are already avalleble in tae eastern and western parts of the state while the central portion witnout hospital facilities. A bill calling for the erection of the pro- posed hospital in the 23rd Congres- siona! Distrirt including Centre, Clearfield and Blair counties, is be- ing considered ihe matter of location is largely | a process of elimination. Var‘ous probable sites will be chosen, and a cix ice will be made from those a- vailakle. Bince the establishment of a hospital will mean an annual in- eome of about half a million dollnrs 1 the community in which it is lo- coled, scores of towns and cllies are ¢xpected to “bid” for the insti- futtin. Tne tended were: from Bellefonte who at!- last Wednesday's hearing Aaron Leitzell, Muicolm Wetzier, Walter 8. Zahniser, Alex | aterginkis and Harrison G. Kline There were 22 delegates from the pongressional District. Makes Long Overdue Storekeeper Ray OG. nnsyl of | Bloomsburg, received [fifty cents] Monday in payment, an accompany- ing letter said, for candy stolen | fourteen years ago. The writer often | visited Pennsyl’s store, accompan- ied by school girls “and to my shame | | we would always take some candy | that would be sitting nearby.” the | ‘Now the Lord has saved | the letter added. | ment my soul,” Noted Band Leader Dies Prof. John P. Potteiger, for many | years identified with the Tyrone P {R. R. 8hop band as director, and | well known in musical circles | throughout the eastern part of the | United States, died In St. Joseph's | hospital, Reading, Saturday foliow- o teiger was 80 years old. Demo- | - Edison ‘again | Barley | Corn Andrews Would Merge Counties Program Calls For Larger Judicial Districts; Would Abolish Coroner's Joh A rest tion of “econ lution providing for more than a dozen my” cammiltees cf Stale and local and recommend reduc sented in the House Monday Representative H. G. An- ambria County Democrat Placing concrete mate that ts of government cou $°0.000000 Andrews he Legislature consi tion of counties, merger districts aboli of oounty He CIeia~ special vie Ww govern. tion Conls ment Was pre night by drew ( form as ¢ Blau be cut in oO ( Wa tion coroner and © DrOPOSEC } be created for Sugrests Fewer Judges SELL FIRST LIGHT PLANT FOR 52100 A. BEdigon's first mw light plant—in Sunbury nearls fifty has been sold to Franklin stitute, Philadelphia, for $2100 i § bids for the tyra ra ta y Apparasu kind Moma al electric ry stalled Ye 180. ere were no other the first Proceeds of the auction « estate of P. B. Shaw, Williamsport Pa.. businessman, who financed “Wizard of Menlo Park venture The plant has heen on display the Institute since 1933 When Edison, yielding to the persuasion of Shaw, arrived In Sunbury to put his “flameless light” to its official test. he was openly scoffed as an eccentric Undismayed, the inventor he wired {the rooms of the old City Hotel and installed generators and an engine The switch was thrown but nothing happened With characteristic persistence, tried again and found the The switch was thrown and this time light flooded room trouble the Te Talk en “Pennsylvania” The scenic and historic advan- tages of Pennsylvania will be siress- ied in an address of Orson N. Ritz- the the man, Executive Sccretary of State Publicity Commission, at rannual banquet of the Pennsylvania Society of New Jersey. The dinner {meeting will be held at the Newark { «asiiletic Club, Newark, N. J. on Sai {urday evening, February 4. In addi ition to Mr, Ritzman's address, the Commission's 23-minute program of motion pictures, in color and with isound, will be shown. MARKET QUOTATIONS Wheat Oats | Buckwheat | Rye 72 35 »0 50 50 80 Provisions, groceries, etc. as cor. | | rected weekly by Herr & Heventy. Eggs, per dozen 20 Lard, per pound ee. 08) Avis | | Martha B. Oasher.......Snow Shoe ' ELECTIONS BUREAU ISSUES 1939 POLITICAL CALENDAR Events of Current Year Start With Circulation the each of Nomination Petitions; Primaries To Be Held September 12 tals Flectio 1 ‘ i} ared the loliowil rela {131 ¢ > Cys tember wember Nomination Petition commonweaill county board f P Ore a y I} ITRATIY Lion Flew be I Fr (General : rimary Return PURE WEIS 2505 STORES | Food Shopping Problems ! Are most economically solved neighborhood Weis Pure Food Quality, Economy by Sore patronizing Shop and Service Your today fon JOAN OF ARC RED KIDNEY BEANS 3. 25 ed College TOMATO JUICE FIG BARS Fresh Baked BULK RICE Tomato Paste can 5¢ Red Ripe Tomatoes Weis Best Pastry Flour '*-™ baz 27¢ Bon Ton Substitute Weis Vanilla 8-01. bol. 25¢ | Mayonnaise pt. jor 27¢ ECONOMY EGGS 2+ 47¢ Candied and Graded and Packed in Safely Cartons RINSO 19: LUX soar = Acske 230 Lifebuoy Soap 3 cox 17¢ LOX large pke 23¢ For Fine undering FANCY APPLE SAUCE 4 - 25. 19¢ 17¢ S5¢ 18¢ TH hex 17¢ or Halves 2 big cans 2%9¢ 2 Fancy Weis Leader Coffee Feel Crackers Weis Peaches Sevela 2 via cans 23¢ Siiced SAFETY MATCHES 3-25. WAX PAPER roll poe FOOD go S¢ > 25¢ mical WelHES s All jar Silver Cream i-ib 19¢ ARGO STARCH yA 15¢ “GARDEN FRESH” PRODUCE TOMATOES ®»21c SPINACH 2»15: Pascal California CELERY 3:25: ORANGES 4:19: LETTUCE 2w15: Grapefruit « 5 Grapefruit 3 for 10¢ New Florida CABBAGE 3510 A Petar Tema Institution — Pennsylvania Owned and | Operated QUALITY MEATS! CENTER CUT CHUCK ROAST {NONE PRICED HIGHER» Ib 21¢ PORK LOIN ROAST - Ib 19¢ VEAL RUMP ROAST 1b 23c LEGS OF LAMB - Ib 29¢
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