SE ———— CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER ————— dhe Cenfre emoctaf MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS ==, VOLUME 58. NUMBER &. . BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939. pn SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR FIRE LOSS PLACED AT $63,500 | : | | | | | i | LYONS BUILDING GUTTED: THOMAS HOME DAMAGED Levine Store, Winner Mark. % Suffer Heavy Losses; Barber Shop, 3 Apa’. wents Are Ruined; 4 Families Made }*% aeless By Blaze In Old Stone Mai Zion Bellefonte’ 000 Saturday 1 Allegheny mansion i disastrous $150,000 high The fire at the Ly Sunday morning. brou tablishments wiped oul a third a wiroyed m f 1 opel of Lh t of three apartment apartment, were hi dow. In the Thon ire, which broke out sl after 7 day night, four famil were made homed I her a the stone building i MAR The origin ] n wen d I Five Bellefonte {lremen we njured. none of them serious in action during the = tend ! \ in than & it was necessary to summon fire panies [rom State Colie Gap and Milesburg t 4] wt reed house on Noi » tenan Pee indder 10 ¢ lock Satur- artment of. Lhe while week Pleasant op 5 Firemen In At the. Lyons buildir were fated with t 1:10 o'tlock by ficalt tasks they ha strian, who enced. The blaze origin i in the noticed si ising from the roof boiler recom, roared u rd through near the n ive brick chimney partitions, and rapidly spr t i rd notified the Robinson family parts of the gecond and joors n ti first floor, and member : Reaching the top of ng t 4 y went to the Thomas ser- fire was balked by of Lamb metal roof. Confined by on the sides, and the roof flames roared inside, eentering first in one part, and a moment another part of the Because they wire the bullding and becau not reach the interior with of water from the outside, were forced 10 settle down t cess of drowning out the ir streams of Thousands of gallons of water pour r were t played on the roof ed into the structure {rom i han | with g a dozen hoses through nearly avaliable window. By 4 o'ci fire was well under control A survey of the ruins revealed that the Priedman and Levine clothing Rore, occupying the northern first jure en d Thomas Loss $3500 men The fire at the Thomas property = — ne Tenants of ments Mrs, A the first floor Apart Pe gnes Robinson and five chide che apartment; Mr Malcom Reed and two of whom occupy and Mr floor room in the bullding, had been | children. and Mr. and Mrs. Richard | The | badly damaged by water oven in a gas range, flames to have swept all round room. breaking through in places, and then way. Most of ment will be usable alth tgaim- ‘Thomas. The Robinson and Alterio aged by waler and smok ypar mel n the first floor were The Winner Market sout} escaped damage, (Continued on pege three) Like an semed Alterio ww and three children i floor apartments were 1 wed by Mr Myra Knisely and 1ghie Ru aid! Mrs. Knisely's her, Wayne Alkey: Mr. and Mrs man, and Mr. and Mrs OO ne gaining Lhe stox Ty iH ¥ yrs Kk and ju nes that (Continued on page three) Snydertown Couple Honored By Friends On Fiftieth Anniversary “Not in passing days ang years Can happiness be measured, But in the golden memories The heart alone has treasured ™ On Tuesday. February 14, 1939 Mr. Harvey N. and Annie Fisher Lutz, of SBnydertown celobrated | Mr. and Mrs. Lute have been life their golden wedding anniversary, long residents of the Snyderfown commemorating fifty years of hap-| fommunity. Both are in quite good py married life. ‘health. Mr. Lutz was 80 in Novems In the afternoon about 40 close ber and Mrs. Luts will be 68 in relatives and friends of the esteem- PPril. They are faithivl members od couple gathered at thelr home of the St. Mark's Lutheran church. in honor of the occasion. The time Mr. Lutz was for many years & was spent in recailing old times and | church councilman and has served renewing friendships. The bride In the capacity of church janitor and groom were recipients of many for about twenty-five years. lovely gifts and cards. The refresh-| They are the parents of one son, ments. served about 4 o'clock, were | Benjamin J, who holds a position beautifully appropriate with the in the offices of the Pennsylvania color gold and white predominai-| Railroad at Pittsburgh, i ing. Mrs. Benjamin Lutz acted as hostess. Mr. Lute bad the dissing tion of being the oldest person present. while Joseph, month-old son of Rev. and Mrs. P. J. Keller, was the youngest, if the Thomas property are: | dren and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lose, all | Begin Move For New High School Site Seek To Have Juilding Located on Oul- skirts of Bellefonte Some WOULD NECESSITATE EXTENSION OF BORO Advocates Claim Plan Would Free Present Property For Residential Use Are Belielonte with the present legher i New A citizen satisfied ite on North Al- the location for high school bullding? This question may have to be de- ided in the future, for auth- oritative reports it that ters tain groups are seeking support for a move locate any high school which may be built to replace the one destroved by last Monday's fire the outskirts of town rather on the present school prop- treet as near have to on than arty Sites sugpested include the Beaver holdings on East Bishop street, near the Community Athletic Field and a ir near Fifth avenue, extend- ing from North Allegheny street The act east reason: igned by per (Continued on Page 7) ons Officials Praise Altoona Firemen Claim ‘Paid Department Could Have Done No Betler’ High praise for the manner in which local firemen battled the re- | cent fires at the high school bulic- ing and at the Lyons building was ficlals of the Altoona Fire Depart ment who came here to Inspect the ruins of the two bulldings fire chief; O. E. Morrison, fire in- spector, and Jacob Weber, director of public safety. Particularly inter- ested in the sohool fire becaury seve eral Altoona schools are equipped with the same type of ventilating the three officials of Al toona’s paid fire department had | nothing but words of praise for the work of local firemen After inspecting the ruins of the school fire and viewing all avail- !able photographs, Mr. Weber, di- (Continued on page seven) vets yS5vem Car Plunges From Bridge Into Creek Although his car crashed through ta guard rail, vaulted trees and bush- es and fell 12 feet from a bridge over Ixgan Branch before coming to resi lin two feet of water 30 [eet below the bridge early Saturday morning, {James Strait, who lives near Rock. | iview penitentiary, escaped wilh slight lacerations of the face and I bruises about the body | The accideny. happened at 7:30 lociosk ab the bridge leading from the Beliefonile-Pleasant Gap high- way {about midway between Oriffh™ turn and Rote’s store at Axe Mann | Strait was driving his two-door sedan to Bellefonte when he lost i control of the Machine as he neared | the bridge. After the car came to la hail in the creek, Birait managed {10 open a window and crawled to the {highway The car was damaged to ithe extent of about 85¢. The acci- | dent was investigated by ©. G. Cou- | jahan, of the State Motor Police, i Pleasant Gap. - Named Assistant To President Local Bank ———— day that Mahlon Robb, Trust Of. ficer at the Bellefonte Trust Com- { pany, has been elected assistant to i | Announcement was made yester- | i : the president of that institution { Mr. Robb's promotion last week is { retroactive to the time of the an- {nual organization meeting last January 17. i Mr. Robb's father, N. KE. Robb, | president of the bank, has been off {duly for some time because of iii- iness. The son éame to Bellefonte inst summer after a number of years of banking experience in New York City. He 8 a graduate of the Bellefonte High school and of the Wharton School of Finance, Uni. versity of Pennsylvania, Philadel- phia. y Remodeling Wolf Store When remodeling now under way is at the Woil Purniture store on West High street, 3t wii! be the only business piace in Belles fonte having a messanine floor. The second floor 18 being constructed in’ the rear half of the building. and will provide approximately one. third more floor space than has tion, attractive stalreays and niture will add to the appearance of the establishment. given Monday morning by three of- | The officials were: Paul Amheiser, | to the Benner Shuey home, | been available in the past. In addi | al more spacious arrangement of fur! op——— New H The Lyons building, South An The roof is caved in, and the secon the Winner store on the right HOWARD MEN ARE INJURED J. Calvin Pletcher in Serious Condition After Crash Near Clearfield J. Ca How srcl, ins ious condit Hospital as stiflered morning ol : and her How riding crashed ints near the tie Clearfield Pletcher ing from { the brain {thal surgeor I MOve him eno examination a when AWD Of WOrKs roms a PYPTY His i fay The other #u Rr were WOT | Paul “Tony™ | fered a I sealnp but i after Biabh” Bryant “letcher. Bryant e laceration Ver was able receiving He was alter return hon tn hospital treatment unoonscious for two the crash apedg vit Piet ped wai In (Continued on Page 7 Paul her © ‘Three Escape Injury When Car Crashes Three persons escaped injurs the ear in which they were nding was badly damaged Tuesday {noon when a flat Sire caused mace to swerve from the road and overturn a distance of Port Matilda The three were W Belle short W. Bickett, of llefonte 2 salesman for the { County Chevrolet Company and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Myers. of Milesburg. Mr. Meyers had arrangements to purchase the and the group were enroute to Ty- rone to arrange for financing the deal al the time. Meyers was al the wheel when one of the front tires falled, and the car swung off the right side of the road. Swinging left, the car recrossed the road and ran down a slight embankment before overturning. A (Continued on pags seven) a, Sale at Bellefonte Nardware To clear the counters and shelves Cal i for incoming merchandise Mark W.i. { Williams, who recentiy became pro- | prietor of the Bellefonte Hardware | Company. announces a dissolution sale, beginning tomorrow. Turn 0 | the Bellefonte Hardware advertises iment for a few of the many bare | gains listed for this sale. Fire At Clarence The John Parnay residence nt Clarence was slightly damaged BY fire, yesterday morning, : Fire Sweeps Through Bellefonte Business Building cay sitret. ac it looked several hours after the blaze wan poder cantrel, and third floors were gutied by flames. The Levine store is on the left; | SPARKS AND EMBERS 15 they fell by the wayside He had expen- With Et. He Bunday morn. of them severed swrartically it i 2 18 0 300 obligingly apartment timbers na finally ap in hand IAIN AL™ g the wrecked ng charred frurnit al the A re and windo hie ai lass w thir ~i After the Lire under oon to the door heard WARK well danger building next a spectator was Well if Sig smoke and threatened Ber: passed remark doesn’t a fire on he's titled to a close-shave sale tein sale, east en Bellefonte citizens are fire-jittery People at bridge parties, at work, in their homes, imagine they hear the fire siren. They smell smoke where } smoke exists. Many are dusting the insurance policies to find t whether they have enough cove erage. Others are checking on their furnace pipes and flues. There are rumblings that maybe a fire-bug is oh the loose, but there is absolutely no evidence to support such a fear, ir il When Jim Bailey's barber red i took with # not only his chief means of livelihood, but also what was to have been 8 directory! of Centre gouniy. Three or four years ago a8 Mr. Glenn ome to Bellefonte and began collecting ma- terial for a county directory. When | the job was weil under way he suf- fered financial reverses, and the records were left with Mr. Bailey as security for a board bill due. The directory project never was revived | and now the records--all that re-| mained of a good idea, gone wrong are only memories Jim Bailey's oollection of sheel music was beginning to pay him dividends, Music houses in Chicago | frequently wrote to him asking him for the scores and words of once | popular numbers which are no long- | er available except through col- | lector's files. Jim would make Copies of the desired songs, keeping the | originals in his collections. All his | (Continued on page four) shop be James Bailey's barber shop was under the Levine store HIGH SCHOOL 10 RE-OPEN All Classes Will Be Resumed Monday After Assembly atl State Thealre ne trae ie ~ after Lhe Boek he Bellefonte r an assembly meet- State Theatre, at # Monday morning. Students directly to Avademy theatre afier announoe- have been n and alter high schon] set-up has been i mandatory that all student the ng Mr. Bib 8-1, 8.2 oonducied in the i wk Wii Lhe from the mens the new explained hool de it high x attend sembly declared and 7.2, formerly gh school bulld- seq ab 9 o'clock basement three) Cirades ing. will resume cine Monda morning in the (Continued on —————————» Ordered To Support Mother Now On Relief | Public Assist page The Centre County Board last week conducted a hearing before Judge Ivan Walker in the case of a Centre county man charged with failure to support his mother, who was on the relief roils Evidence produced at the hearing | showed that the man had an in- come far in excess of his own needs As a result the Court issued an ore der directing the son 10 make reg- ular monthiy payments for the sup- | port of his mother ! The first case of its kind in Oen- | tre county. the action indicates the course the County Assistance Board expects to follow in a number of other cases now under Investiga- | tion ! mms | ance } SEES DELAY AS SE nl —— pp ————— RIOUS THREAT TO SEWAGE PLANT LET'S DEMAND A GUARANTEE $48,000 for from the sewage: a digéstion tank 4 ¥ A o 1al als NSVERLLA WUT on of two State College tuation citizen: protest seem immin- remedies taken the OD- we correcl- Fe are ellefonte Ct bait, Bellefon (Conlinusd on Dage seven) ———— A —————— Hear Testimony In School Case Witnesses Tell of Overcrowd- HCH, i Po ing in One-Room School at Runville, Boggs Twp. Walker has under consideration a mass of testimony presented at a hearing Friday in the case of a Bogs township peti tion for a new school st Runville | The petition, Judge Ivan neal ocburt to lsste a mandamus directing the nchool directors of Lhe lownship to provide additional fa. cilities at Runville As the hearing progressed, it de veloped that the Boge: township school board concurred with Lhe pe titioners In lheir contention thal the Runville one-room school is seriously rowded, but Lol H er: (Continued on Page 7) i over To Distribute Coats to | High School Students Conte provided by the Bellefonte Wamans Club for Bellefonte High School students who 108i garments in the high schoo] fire Monday of last week, will be distributed at 2 o'ciock Friday afternoon at the Li- brary id , corner of Allegheny and Howard Streets, Mrs. E. E. Wod- dowsan. president of the club ane nounoed yesterday All pupils needing coats are re~| quested 10 report to the library at that time. Mrs. Widdowson reports! that (he response {or coal Jonalions has been most satisfactory, and that present indications are that all who ned outer garments to replace ones lost In the fire, Can be apcommodat- | ed. The club take Lhis opportunity | to thank all persons who ooblributed | coats or who in other wavs answer. | ed the Club's appeal for ald. { bul Mrs. Jean Noll Harris | Resigns as State Nurse Mrs. Jean Noll Harmis, of Pleas- | ant Gap, has submitted her resigna~ | tion as State Nurse, effective April | 1. it was announced yesterday. i Mrs. Harris entered the employ | Department of Health on December 10, 1928, and has been employed | in the Court House. In an area in- | cluding all of Centre county with the exception of Philipsburg Bor- ough and Rush township, she has | earvied on the school, child health, tuberculosis and venereal disease programs of the Slate Department Mrs. Harris has been contempisting resigning since her marriage to Ed- ward H. Harrls in June, 1937. AY this time her successor has not been | named sighed by some 300 | {taxpayers of the lowmbhip asks the | PWA Threatens to Withdraw Project Unless Construc- tion is Pushed CARPENETO NAMED TO NEW BORO OFFICE of Philip Saylor, Increased By Council Salaries Police Officers, A y L wai that the Publi might withd Sewage Disposal project inaclvity on the part of ontraclor, was voiced al a reg« Lar meeting of Councli at the Lo- gai House Monday night by Bor ough Solicitor M. Ward Fieming ile progress is made In e future, he declared, Bellefonte may lose the entire pro- | og At the meeting Council created a new borough Carpenelo 0 serve THLE Al Bellefon because of Hninisiralion AW Fs Wie i def the immediat office, elected Oeurp in the post, an of both ice officers as well as of Philip Baylor, waler depariment employe Judge Fleming declared th the threat to the sewage plant i a : A representative of the PWA interviewed him earlier in the day snd declared 1 officials in Harrisburg are fering closing two project: ale because of the inactivity contractors The local project is one of the two, (Continued on page seven) Elks Lodge Offers Prizes For Essays ” a increased the salaries at serious one be 1 AL Belielonie Elks lodge yesier- ay announced that two prises, one of $5 and the other of $2.50 will be awarded to pupils of local schools who submit the best esshys on “Americanism ” The essay: are limited to 1000 words each, and must be In the Te hands of Kiks officials not later than midnight on Wednesday, March & A board of judges will be appoint ied to determine the winner, Essays should be mailed or taken {0 William Yales at the Elks Home, West High street, Bellefonte The essay contest is being held n conjunction with National Amer- icanism Week, March 1 to 8, spon sored by the Nationa! Elks lodge. Fleming Man Injured When Car Hits Truck In a sideswiping collision on the Snow Shoe mountain road hear Run- ville at 12:50 o'clock Battirday morn- ing. George F. Connelly. of Fieming, driver of ane of the machines involv. ed suflered lacerations of the Tace ahd 11% hand Connelly was down the mountain road and afber rounding a curve his car skidded ori the icy highway and sideswiped a truck driven by Wilbur Quick, of Moshan- non, which was proceeding in the opposite direction. One side of lhe truck was damaged and the tar Was Qriving ivirtually demolished. The accident was investigated by Jolin Amick, of the Biate Motor Police at Pleaiani Gap. Milesburg Firemen to Organize Fire School The Milesburg Fire Company, re- organized aboul a year ago, has purchased a quantity of new eqilip- ment and members have arranged to hold a fire school, with compet- ent instructors, to teach them the principles of scientific fire-fighting. Drills are to. be held regularly dur- ing the coming spring and summer months. The company i in excellent con- lof the Nursing Bureau of the State { dition, and with the continues sup- port of the citigsens of that odm- munity, Milesburg can rest assured | steadily since that time with offices that their fire protection is of the highest type available In any com- munity of comparable sige. H-E-L-P {very loud) Deer, Oh Deer! Perplexity has the question and answer department in a Ught grip 2 Passenger Trains | 410.0 der Dropped {this week | The blame lies with an i now operating daily into Bellefonte | {19:30 a. m. daily. and No. 501, arrive May Be Discontinued | Railroad passenger facilities into | | Beliefonte--at the low ebb for the | past number of years--promises to reach a new low in the near future | if reports current in town prove to! be correct Two of the five passenger trains may be discontinued by the Penns! svivania Raflroad. it is reported They are No. 500, arriving here al ing here at 8:31 p.m The evening train is a particulars ly important one, for on it all bus. iness mail posted after 5 o'clotk is sent on its way. Cancellation of that train might mean that the mall (Continued on page seven) inquisitive reader who propounds Kyle M. Alexander. of Stale Col- This particular goal-gelter wints , for several years market an- [10 nts at what seat, of the year alyst for the State Bureau of Mar- | r; lowes iver. . kets, Department of Agriculture, | It could be the hunting season, was dropped from the payroll on | but that evidently isa't the solution, Pebruary 16. The post catried an | for our questioner declares thal » annual salary of $3,000. | deer actually does lose its liver ech Mr. Alexander's duties included | Y°87. In the same manner as a blick statewide supervision of Agricultur- loses its hofhs. i al Co-operative groups, State and | And furthermore, he hes twegty- Farm Markets, and radio publicity | five dollars to pit against our skep- for the Department of Agriculture. |ticism that he is correct. ; During his term of service he wrote |. We admit to being “stumped and delivered more than 200 radio must appeal to the old broadcasts, and conducted 170 con- hunters to help us out. -
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