CENTRE COUNTY’ HOME sh adhe Cenfr Democrat MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS VOLUME 58. NUMBER 7. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1939, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR FIRE DE Loss Totals $150,000 as 900 Pupils March to Safety; Classes To Resume: Soon in Academy BOARD ACTS IN EMERGENCY ho 5 COMPANIES BATTLE BLAZE and in Alarm . tem Is Undependable, Probe Reveals the most fires the In one destructive Bellefonte chool amazing ever Wo occur a9-year- $3 building at Allegheny and Linn ed Monday treets N morning. wa Tue 1 amber bosnest #1 rumens, il ch n moKe Det ilitor 900 ma perfect “ordex panic. No fact that buliding than an With £150.000 WAS among « i £1 ¥) On pet sit of its apm A $17000 policy was carried content All that remains are the four badly twisted an intense value ¥ ahen a tire PA il fire- that with would enced v declared iepartments walls, ‘ VARIA DIS 1 dam Aare eal ey Tie busine —_ AREAL" fram nearby MNMonda bla zr the equipment (Continued on Page 6) CARKILLS BOY COASTER Aged 5. Belle- Driver nee Fire Compan? Aa pamper and Plea on duty was in the enc Over use Ares Ww dustrial firemen tiling the fire The blaze began cam manne: o'clock fire broke of the fan room ment of the Ih James Wilson and L Eri K hose on School ger sour drill, men Because which ducts ing was in (Continued on Page 6) Five True Bills Found By Jury Ir. is Victim; Bovd Kling, fonle, also aid is Exonerated ————— signifi Shortly before 9 in the ceiling the sub-base- structure in #3 out in e-story ting accident years, Boyd of East The first fatal goa in Belielonte in many Edvarg Kling, dr. aged wil, jJani- Lamb Street, was I 0 Bel Stock trailing Principal ded a call of Mayes , Monday ol { all blame } a Coroner's Jury empanelied ji Dr W. R. Heaton, of Philipsburg Widdowson Funeral home Allegheny street ng died as the result of a crush- skull. He also suffered a mangled hand and other injuries. The youth who more than a year ago miraculously escaped death in a 20- foor fall from a balcony of the IL O Q. F. building where Lhe family then resided, took his sled shortly before 9 o'clock Saturday morning and (Continued on page three) and fan some 40 the builld- smoke from the reed forced a“ on i to every operation Only Five Criminal Cases Listed For Trial at Feb- ruary Court School Fire Causes Change of Program ord Feb. than a five Yuli work Jury in 4 rior noon in re for the Completing its time the Grand ruary term of court day's time Moray bills of indictment vey of the County Of the five bills were found true bills tion of the County property jury reported the buildings in isfactory shape but recommenced that unsanitary eondifions in dil ferent parts of the jail should be corrected. William P. Campbell, of Centre Hall, R. D., was foreman of the jury True bills were found in the (Continued on page three) less of the addres Owing igh to t rhino! he des truction butiding scheduled to have been made there Ira Thomas. Connie Mack's as- sociale in big league baseball, will be The address is to begin February 24. at 1:30 po. m Mr. Thomas is coming fonte as the principal the annual father-and-son ban- quet at the Bellefonle ¥Y. M. C. A that evening High school students re particularly urged to be present at the Court House in noon an and made a property by considered, all Of its inspeg- the sal~ Friday to ; fol- I —————————— WHY WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL remaining from the schoel house ca lives were Out of t not been for the and faculty, panic surely have followed One of the bright spots phe is the realization thal the comforting thought that had | drills maintained by train of death and Many words of apprecial realize now as never before the safety of their children endved hy this newspaper from the high estimate held for the work of safe-guarding the children To the Editor of The Cenlre May I. through the and heartfeit “Thank ing who so efliciently lost well-directed fire the teachers injury would bave come from grateful parents who how important a part fire drills occupy in We are publishing one of the letters re- a Bellefonte mother which 8 typical of faculty and teachers for their splendid fon Democrat columns you and of your newspaper, say a very sincere the teachers in the High school buijld- effectively performed their duties today. to When the critical occasion arose, they were equal to the emergency and | As the mother | Free Sauer Kraut while I can never express to them or anyone, how | cooly marched those hundreds of boys and girls to safety of two of those children. and a citizen of Bellefonte, I feel that I must let them know that deeply grateful I am, I think it was a wonderfully fine plece of work | | Merrill, held in the Court House instead. | Belle- speaker at | the after-| tastro- | the ruins arises | $ {i Centre and its attendant | © He, wol clad Monday te Af une he 8400 a All the buildings, ¢ equipment desks, items the of re creditors At e now WARNS AGAINST of shoLs. danger bray nu February aaeiny Mov abs uch as chadr property clion are expected Ji, at Was N= mouth, e Nxtures laboratory and olber of a group ademy and under wa) in AIR RIFL Yon rdin be prose- to rifles PERG vidn Wl y io 0 ——— Beech Creek Boy Critically | Struck By njured Truck While Walk- ing Home From School House ill Moore, 13, Moore 0 of n of Mr. and Beech Creek in a critical condition Haven by ick Monday aft g aiong Route 64 on his om school 4 sy for some admitied with Private J. H. Sheedy Police, said Merrill school companions wer the left hand ing oncoming their way school A ant home from truck, driven by of Rlair county, dde of his projecting Weyandt had struck the child feeling the impaat. head was body of the by a passing motorist. The driver was not further investigation Hospital the pro sald he realized that rushed 0 the Lock Haven Hos after jecting body ernoon while Bay He remained un- time after being a fractured skull of the Motor and several ¢ walking on side of the road fac- traffic. They were on the Haagen Beech Creek township Mearle Wey- came along apparently, did not get far ough off the highway, struck by for the lef! the truck he only through pital held pending N.Y.A. Sup was ervisor Outlines Work | Entire Program Based on Ef- fort to Maintain Morale of Idle Boys And Girls W. 1. Scott, tional ter counties, presented fonte Kiwanis Club at Tuesday at the Penn supervisor of the Na- Youth Administration Clinton, Cameron and Pot- in the work of | that department of the federal gov- i ermmment’s activity before the Belle- | { hood in ia wa fand ef one | ornor Curt the meeting | Belle Hotel, Each Kiwanian found at his plate | sheet unlike | i any other describing several ackiv- in the dining room a | ities over the country i men and women under the care of | ithe National Youth tion, the whole showing & work of | of the young Administra- (Continued on page three) Supper At and worthy of public commendation. Por one individual to lose his or! her head at such time has caused Terrible tragedy in similar situations | people calmly evacuate a burning building with so | monthly meeting of little confusion is a remarkable situation and one which I feel the | and to have so many people of this community appreciate Although 1 am net personaily scqupinted with many of these teachers, I have come to know them, in a sense, through my children, apd shall have a very warm place in my heart for each of them for what they have done today in preventing a tragedy that would have | torn the hearts of the whole countryside We dare not let ourselves | think of that side of the matter. but with thankful hearts we should | tum to the One who is responsible for our oeing here and with His help do all we can to improve conditions so that our children can get the very best out of life. 20 Reynolds Ave. Bellefonte, Pa. Sincerely MRS. J M. HARTSWICK, Today, Thursday. hood will be held in , Gap Lutheran church {All men In the comm Meeting # regular the Brother the Pleasant at 730 p.m unity are in | vited to. attend, The group will be { addressed by Dr. J. W. Claudy. su- { perintendent of ‘he Rockview Peni- Every one Is urged t not later than 7:30, kraut dinner will be served. There will be no charge, 0 come early 85 a Sauer Important business is to be traps- acted and all committees are urged | a attend the meeting. | : : 4 M i siderably hurt | uable | ourg Flames Sweep This phote, some kiea of the speed with West Lamb Street. This scene, taken from Wes ing remains of 29. .vear-old buildi Finds Invitation 125 Years Old ‘Birth Night’ Part Recalls Pioneer Settlers hd to of Community ugh an Ole Bellefonte in sean in 22nd land © John Mitchell y M. Fox Manager 1314 thr VOR Who were this ball 125 Firs an Irish Prance probable gu REO? Roland ( for the the time of Revolut who hidden carries aboard a to America. He resident ither of Ox the man Jagers dent pre at French On aed of the Bellefonte earliest and the | in Jahn who alter Mitel oil Was A nl ocame M Fox Congres Joseph Centre admitted to County Bar nd later mos Clarion unity where the (Continued ont page throe) was to APPRECIATION NOTES OF The Bellefonte Fire Department takes this means of expressing thanks to churches, hotels and res taurants which provided hot coffee and sandwiches to firemen during Monday's blaze. The department also wishes t6 acknowledge the vals services rendered hy the fire companies of State College, Miles and Plensant Gap Welfare Commitices the Logan and Undine ¥ Companits hereby thank all individuals and organizatiog avided refresh- men: ww the bla he of ire s who Be Howard Man Hit. Unhurt William Lucas, while delivering papers al Howard recently was struck by a esr driven by Kenneth Boone, Howard. BR. D. and knoek- ed down. His papefs were scattered and Mr Lucas being deaf, was con~ dazed. bui otherwise un~ The accident happened at the intersection of Walnut and Main : nireets, snapped not more whi STROYS HIGH Through School Building tha ch gfler the View was 19 minutes fire spread first Linn street ig alter the blaze was under control flame taken the roof, works broke the through old gan gives from site, on » \ \ 3 \ a f J We. a one and one-half hours after pholo above, shows smoulder- | SPARKS AND EMBERS as they fell by the wayside eA the three. yvear-oid AL § o'clock A rooan oul of view iding when hi (0 breakfast. Hs { come now, the house A few moments er heard unusual ex- ide ang found the roof building bursting into ag in for ama- It seemed that and child id day who kind ore woman to a camera of any to take pictures ™ CAINeTraA moving picture anything that Most of the spect & regretted that bring CAIMeTas would take rest of the sas of aior had hegelect d 0 their ER Ad pie the fire died down hundreds of Pe gathered atl the south west corner of the building when i be- came apparent that the corner might collapse, Photo fans stood for a half-hour with lenses trained on the building, but nothing happened. When all of them had become dis- couraged and moved to olher places, the wall fell K E. Kusse, scoretary of the Bellefonte Chamber Commerce showed that his mind was in Rear during the fire by suggesting that the Pennsylvania Raiiroad oould bring a dogen Or 50 Passenger cars to the local yards, connect them with a steam boiler, and Hold school in the cars until a permanent buiiding has been provided. ati of The speed with which the fire Spread was amazing. This news- writer was in the fanroom a shor me alter the blase was discovered (Continued on Page © expensive candid Local Couple Wedded 50 Years Mr. .. McGinley, Both hy Natives, and Mrs. Observe Anniversary and Mrs. A Lincoln known residents of Belle- quietly obsved seir golden { anniversary at their home arner and Thomas February 7 MeGlui- he elderly coup date that were un half-century has sine Miss Ella William of Mr. and Mr. 8 H Wjl- Beliefonte, atid A. L son of Mr and Mrs. Daniel of this community troth at a ceremony home of the on Willowbank 8. Monroe, pas- Episcopal the ceremony the Lime of h marriage (Continued on Page 6) TNT An : friend: yWaAre that a clap a] dau hier tam f Ciindey Mol; tiley. also ed their ected at the Areits The Rev. D the Mell performed yodist At Mr 8 is Wanders From Home; Whitehill, aged 3 years and Mrs. Walter Whitehill Linden Hall and legs as for nearly near his home Saturda) found the child in the woods after following his foolprints in the stiow for some distance. The victim was immediately treated at the of- fices of a Stile College physician and removed to his home. He is re- ported to be recovering The boy had been playing with other children when he walked away. and was first missed about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Bee cause of the condition of the snow and the boy's light weight, Boals- burg firemen Boy Scouls and friends who joRed in the search had difficulty in finding his tracks. When found near the home of his grandfather. Charles Whitehill, the child was standing against a os | Ang | tree Cowher Restaurant Sold Thomas Cowher has sold his res taurant in the basement of the Whit, building. West High Street, © “Thomas Finch, of Howizdale. Ti is reported that Mr. Finch expects to re-open the restaurant In the bear § future, Me- | | invited Suffers From Cold | son : suffered fros- | the resuit of | four hours | i] Harold Leightley and John Gilli- SCHOOL TWO DROWN AS (AR SKIDS AND Woman's Club To Replace Coats Lost In Blaze PPLES INTO CREEK William Kline, thony of and + An- Victims 2, 11, Near lenzie, Tragedy Town STRUGGLING EDAN DIE WHILE TO ESCAPE FROM § Machine ed by in Stream Discover. Pedestrian; Reseue 13 alain Efforts Fail rected er on mEneGials iis LO Studen ing wer are requested between open thelr Dr. Corinan Buys Weiser Property wile of the property E. Weiser of in Beliefonts Blas page four) ——————— SCHOOLMEN 10 CONVENE Directors. to Hold 5 Annual Meeting at Court House, Feb. (Continued on ¢ ODER: } Quire i man's inten future ol Lhe rheen made known al Weiser tragt ad jolla: ‘home which he recently idence and office pes per Lies veral yeas One AG building. have not this time. The Richinrd aoguires ihe » 8 IC Weiser al LA BO Ko lhe County Weiser $2.60 Edwin $1 837860 ! 8608 2 $1040.57, —— $1.147 42 MOTEILNE &hic scheduled meeting of the School Directors held at Grove 99 ed afternoon po . na tos Falls Into Icy Walter. ; Rex Gordon, an empioye of est Penn Power Company had an unexpected plunge nio icy waters of 8 wg Creek at the MoCoy dam north of Bel Liefonte last Th rsday afternoon while he and eral ellow employes were justing a , splashba rd at the dam Ac cording to reports the lever being used to operate the board slipped and brushed Gordon inte the deep waser above the dam. His heavy clothing took him under the surface but when he managed to rise his fellow workers grabbed and pulled him to safety. He suffered no il effects {rom the experience, ———— N. A. STAPLES NAMED TO $6000 HIGHWAY. POST | The appointment of N. A. Staples of Harrisburg, as engineer of Dis trict No. 6. with headquarters st | Philadelphia, was announced re- { cently by Secretary of Highwawe 1! Lamont Hughes. The post pays $6.- i000 a year i Mr. Btaples, a former engineer with offices in Philadel iphia, was employed by the State prior to the Earle administration {He is a Penn State graduate and the husband of Miss Anna Straub formerly of this place. Lhe ere the das : tendent i F. Glenn announces. On the program Rogers which begins at ook gnd conclude at he following speakers are be heard: Dr. Paul L. Cressmian director, Bureau of Instruction, Harrisburg: Ivan Walker, Belle- {onte pres! dent judge of the Cen- tre County Courts, Herbert J. Stockton, of Johns former president of the State Bch wool Di- rectors’ Association and others Officers of the county organila- tion are. George L. Newman, Miles (Continued on page three) Joe Miller Presides At State Conference Joseph EB. Miller. senior invests gator at the state department of { justios offices on West High street, Bellefonte, substituted for Courts land Butler. Supervisor Paroles, State Board of Pardons. and pre- | siding officer al the 18ih anndal conference of the State Parcle Ax sociation, held at the Hotel Wil- liam Penn, Pittsburgh, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week Among the speakers al {ference were many of the leading judges, silorneys olbgists, and officials of state penal institutions ad will pal Wild stown him district of Townsend Meeting There will be a Townsend meet- | ing in the Court House Friday, Feb- | fruary 17, at 7:30 p. m. Every ane is | the con- stale 's crimin- varibus Lewis Wallace Sole Remaini Who Helped Erect High Recalling the early history of the resent fire-ravished Bellefonte High school building reveals Lewis | Wallace, a former resident, now lv- Ling at Akron. Ohio, as the only survivor of the group of contract. ors who were engaged to erect the building. Time has also removed the building commitiee, whose ef- forts were instrumental in bringing it to a successful completion. They were such well known citizens ag D F. Portney. Esq. A C. Mingle, and Homer Crissman. The architect was Robert Cole, who likewise has | been dead for a number of years. Erection of the building was started in 1909 and completed early, The were: Bessie Db in 1910. It was designed at that worth, Helen Crissman, May Thy- time to meet a demand similar to lor, Mrs. Daisy Henderson, Jennie that which exists today-—larger | Longacre. Mary Underwood, and working quarters. It replaced the Carrie Weaver former old stone building that had! The members of the school hoard been In use considerably : half century : Excavation for the 8 x 150-foot | Henry C. Quigley: secretary, James building was commenced by Lewis Barnhart. treasurer, Ross Parker; Wallace and John L. Knisely early | D. F. Fortney, W. C. Heinle, WH. in May of 1908: the same [firm put | Crissman, Milton Johnson, Dr. M. in the concrete foundations. The 'J Locke and A. G. . Mingle. Of general contract, above the founda- | these, only Mr. Bamhart and Mr, mn y -. i sg Contractor hool Building lace and Harry Miller. The light Roman brick used In the constrice tion were manufactured by the Centre Brick & Clay Co. of Drvis- ftom. The contract for installing the hot air heating system was award ea to H 8 Taylor. When the building was complebed {in 1810 the following faculty and teaching staff were the first to 9c« | cupy the new quariers: Jonas Wag- ner. supervising principal; Prof. Auman, principal High school; Miss Flla Levy, instructor in history: Irvin O. Noll, mathemalics: Miss [Rose Fauble. English, and Prof. Shultz, physics and chemistry tions, was awarded to Lewis Wal | Johnson are living today.
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