! Odd and | Curious News | ~ A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each WeeR. ™ The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. SECOND SECTION he Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 58, RA Liked Home Best A female mink, from her pen at the Magee Mink Ranch near New Albany, January 2, returned seven weeks later. The owner had set traps in the vicinity in the hope of catching the mink, which was valued at more than $150, but she was too wary to en- ter them. However, last week @ scratching noise at the wire fence attracted attention while the ani- mals at the ranch were being fed, and the missing mink was discover- ed trying to get back in her pen She was much thinner than when she went away. She seems very con- tented to be back home, making a noise similar to the purring of a cat when her meals appear A New Caddy Willlam Woodin, manager of the Towanda theatre, who with Mrs, waoedin is spending several weeks in Florida, lost two golf balls on a re- cent day, while playing at a tricky Fleetwood course at Miami The following day, as a third ball “land- ed” in the water, he saw a small alli- gator dart from under an overhang- ing bank, snap at the ball, and start to swim away. Siriking the 'gator with his driver, Mr. Woodin killed it When the alligator was cut open, Mr. Woodin found all three which he is keeping as souvenir balls, Rat Round-up ‘Between 2,000 and 8.000 rats were slaughtered in the of the borough dump at Towanda, during the peak of the recent high water. The rats, forced from thelr holes, swarmed up to the top of the dump and were shot by walting marks- men. When the number became too great for the gunuers, boys and men armed with clubs aided in the slaughter, and dogs joined in the killing of the rodents, some of which were almost as largé as cats. vicinity Not Cavemen Police Judge James Devin, of Se- attle fined a woman $25 for disord- erly conduct following a family row, then explained: “In olden days It was all right for a man and.wile to hold a family squabble. They lived gn several acres and the nearest neighbor couldn't hear them. Times have changed. We have befome cliff dwellers and often dozens of people are disturbed when a husband and wife squabble.” Back Scratcher For 2 man to scrape the back of his neck with an axe would seem impossible but that's just what hap- pened to John Kuhar, a farm hand of Beaver township, Columbia county. Slipping on ice while cut- ting wood, the man suffered a cut oh the buck of his neck from his axe. Two stitches were required to close the wound. . Between Two Fires Pupils at Shelly's school, located midway between two other rural schools, at Quakertown, are keeping cloge to their own domain these days The reason: At one of the neighbor- ing schools most of the students are absent because of chickenpox. At the other school. half of the stu- dents are down with mumps » . Picking Up Charlie Cline of Knoxville, Tenn is doing better with his legs, Sev- eral months ago 28-year old Knoxville man broke both legs in an automobile accident. Almost well he fell, broke both them again Tuesday night, Charlie walked into the side of a moving automobile but this time only one leg was fractured +3 he Dog Carries On Although’ his master was burned to death when his clothing caught fire from a tree stump he had fired for warmth, a sheep dog brought a fiock of sheep safely to a ranch yard at Condon, Ore, and then Jed searchers to the body of his master Joe Peters. 40 under a mound of ENOwW. Own Death Chamber Robert West, 22, of St; Louis, con- victed of the murder of Mrs. Vivian Davidson, 20, has been sentenced to dis on June 8th in the l«thal gas chamber which he helped to build while a prisoner in the State Peni- tentiary at Jefferson City in 1934, Lives 109 Years Mrs. Mary Adelman, of Chicago achieved her wish 10 “live long and right.” She recently died at the age of 109 years. Although she spent much of her time sewing, she wore po. Slase, not even to thread a ne L Six-Year Job After six years’ work, Charles C. Reynolds of South Pasadena, Calif, recently completed a directors’ table, which consisted of 1,110,000 different pieces of inlaid wood. i Auto Thieves in Toils Clever sleuthing on the part of State Motor police and the Clear- | field chief of police resulted in two youths, W. A. Brickley, 20, and Or- vis Borst, 19, gracing the county jail charged with larceny of an auto and holdup of a Curwensville R. D. man last week. What was first | considered a wild goose chase end- | ¢d successfully when the youths were persuaded to waive extradition from Ohio. A “Sinless” Town i Read the story of a town in the United States that has no crime, | liquor, police or jail, not even a di- vorce. One of many in il~ Justrated articles in the March 12th issue of The American Weekly, dis- | tributed with the Baltimore Sunday American. On sale at all progres. | sive newsstands, a Davis, Sr. set ALTOONA CHILD SLAYE R CREDITS PRAYER WITH STAY OF EXECUTION “The Lord Told Me Something Was Going to Save Me,” Declared Condemned Man When Told of Last-Minute Respite Scheduled to die early Monday morning Ior the spike-killing of the 3-yvear-old Karmendi boy, Roy Lock- ard, while spending what apparently was his last hour with relatives, was notified Friday that he had been granted a month's reprieve, It was the 16th respit granted the con- demned man within 33 months Lockard, confined in the Blair county jail awaiting his removal to the death chamber at Rockview, re- ceived the news with satisfaction “The Lord told me scmething was going to happen to save me at the last h Governor Jame a month’ } further medica the man’ ard had Lockard to allow into K M1 1 examination ndition. 1. ted with mental o« Deven conve Two Injured As Receive Serious Cuts and Bruises in Highway Mis- hap Friday Night Thrown against the windshield of a car in a collision with a truck near Flat Rock early Friday ni } Port Matlida—Philipsburg road, Samuel J. Parsons 46, West Decatur and Amanda Stone Clearfield, are in the Philipsburg wpital in critical condition. Parson: i Tab chest injuries and Miss cuts, fractured jaw and juries w 1 the car in which were driving the rear end a truck ’ by Dean English 3B Woodland, R. D The car and the true traveling up the mountain the car smashed into driver evidently preceding car with such he front of the car was demolished and shov ed into the rear gection of the car Parsons and Miss Stone were un- conscious when taken from the car by passing motorists and English They were taken to the Philipshurg State Hospital where Mis condition was reported as good and the condition of Parsons as {alr ——— — Jury Exonerates Death Car Driver Blair Hubler, Morrisdale, is Freed of Negligence in Allport Wreck Hubler, 24 Morrisdale D., driver of the death car in which two Morrisdale R. DD. men were killed last November 18 near All- port, was exonerated of criminal negligence Friday and then art by motor police for driving death car while his license wag re. voked Hubler did not testify at oner's inquest concerning the acci- dent which happened near the All- port cutoff! four months ago when the car in which Hubler was one of the motorists left the road and rolled over killing Riley Carr, 30, and Roy Crowell, 38, both singie, whose lifeless bodies were found ly- ing side by side, tossed 75 feet from the wrecked car The probe of the fatal crash had been postponed for some time bee cause of the critical condition of Hubler as well as sickness of Coun- ty Coroner E. E. Erhard, of Cur- wensville. Hubler appeared at the inquest with an injured leg still in a cast % A coroner's jury composed of Ed- ward Densham, Elijah Jenkinson, Frank Howe, W. H. Hill, Wiliam and William Davis, Jr. of Morrisdale, where the jury met, found Hubler not guilty of criminal negligence in the accident, When arraigned before ‘Squire Adolph Johnson of Winburne, Hub ler, who stated he was the driver of the car, pleaded guilty to driving during revocation of his license and also misstatement of facts in ob- taining another driver's license. He was released on bond for his ap- pearance at court. t+ An the I oh We 39, uffered fa trunk ¢ Siruck un k were both where the Ir & P wee falling to The force that the tr truck st and Stone's not R SALT ct org the cor- CHILD RECOVERING FROM BAD SCALDING ACCIDENT A four-year-old Drifting boy who | was critically scalded when he spill ed a pail of hot water over himself is recovering at the Philipsburg State hospital after being in a dan- | gerous condition, The child, LeRoy Kephart, son of Mr. and Mrs. “Bud” Kephart, while | running to open the door for his mother who was entering the Kep- hart house spilled the contents of a pail of hot water down his head when he bumped the pail He was rushed to the Philips- | burg hospital where for a time he was not expected to recover. -. Undoubtedly most newspapers in the United States are honest but’ journalism has its black sheep, > A farmer grows food and feed for himself; a planter buys both and | speculates upon the price of a crop, Karmendi of causin b witli | We latler on dead Karmendl BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1929, — —————————— Just Like a Woman to Keep aFel low Waiting b Ww ud] Slayer Calmly Walks to Death Chair William McKink B Ww $ yy iil NUMEER 9. Random [tems SISTER AND BROTHER, LAST OF THEIR FAMILY, EXPIRE ON SAME DAY Mrs. Amanda C. Holmes, 81, of Salona, Suc- cumbs Shortly Afte 72, Dies at Ea fler the deat! Amanda Slightly Injured In Wreck aries | Pittsburg THE CONRAD HOUSE FIRE OF 1894 An Event of Old ‘Steam Engine’ Days in Belle- fonte’s History t fire which left ita dis Discovered in Stairway tien Way 4 ; the un Alle- y str Brocker - Hou The building, comn the Conrad House, was structure and one of buildings in the town scorched a number of times by fire but never badly damaged. Thi: time, however, the old landmark was ghen : hofl FEL ly known as a solid stone the oldest It had been of the old Cx * of the outstand adequate Wan quick particular (ifaw CONC pornible Therelore morning ine Was «experienced in reaching tion + n Lon 10 have the whistle AlTayr IMSDOnEs Bot Nevertheless the Clover Farm Holds Store Merchants and Com- pany Officials Meet and Dine in Tyrone The Mid-Penn Clover Parm “Fel- lowship Banquet,” held Tuesday | night, February 21st. in the Moose Hall, Tyrone, was a marked suc- cess with 275 Clover Parm mer- chants, their wives, sweethearts and friends, officials and forces of the Bayer-Gillam Company, and high officials of the Clover Farm organ- zation gathered about the festive board for mutual fellowship and furtherance of goodwill existing among the 125 stores over nine Central Pennsylvania counties. Maynard Meckes, of The Bayer- Gillam headquarters, Tyrone, acted as master of ceremonies, bringing the greetings, and stating sone- Suing of the purpose of the gather- | ing. | A full course turkey banquet was | served by the members of the Moose | Degree Team, headed by Ernest An- jderson, on attractively decorated {and arranged tables. The evening | was interspersed with hearty group singing. headed by John K. Miller, of Bayer-Gillam headquarters, as- sisted by Joe Dickson and Walt Hamor. The invocation was made by Rev. William T. Sherwood. rec of Tyrone, Following the dinner, the toact. master called on Grant Mason, Mer- chandise Manager of Clover Farm headquarters, Cleveland, Ohio, Mr Mason, a young man of long exper- I merchandising and in all allied tor of the Trinity Episcopal church i lence in the fleld of chain store | Conrad House Once Used as a Hotel. Fyo i 332 % radio looking SON str acthire CR RNG namea | Luling « Alieghieny years 1854 box events of forty-five # I { Undines Wreck Engine anes responded fire alarm. The on L? 0 strong g. The a RENL Whik cene which might wa ath OCR eG several the buildin branches subject of his for Mr Mason spoke of wave means of better merchandising, gave valuable Spoke at length on the Merchandising, giving much valuable | and practice a idiot audience cod thought and and aid to merchants for Increasing their business. He stress ed the personal contact with the customer, giving illustration and ex- ample of how this could be suce cessfully accomplizhed He spoke on sales methods, sales | psychology giving copious exam- ples of the selling of the individual article bore weight with his { hearers, Proper arrangement of the store, attention to the customer how to attract the customer when | enlering the store. etc. were salient Points dwelt upon. Closing his | Splendid talk, Mr. Mason spoke on the matter of produce und meat (Continued on Puge 6) that LOCK HAVEN STORE DAMAGED BY FIRE In Lock Haven's first fire of the yeas good-sized : , the meal marke! and store of George F. Wurster 638 E Church were gulled and the second floor apartment and smoka house in the rear were damaged by smoke and water shortly after noon Sunday The blaze was discovered by Mr Wurster's son, Fred. who smalled smoke on the second floor. He came downstairs to the store to find the refrigerator in flames. Tt was thought later that the cork insula. tion of the refrigerator caught fire from the adjoining chimney. os The blaze was under control after an hour's hard fight, and the fire- men returned fo their stations | shortly after 3 o'clock. The store was badly damaged, and most of the | Undines Figure in Ac- cident While Respon- ding to Alarm TT OAamage was Newspaper Office Damaged The George firct BIEL B floor wa Crawford’; ! ard room, which next to the Reynolds Crawford had just purchased the business from J. 8 MoCarger, the (Continued on Page 6) occupied by tobaocen was and Jocated building. Mr stock will probably be lost. No es- timate of the damage could be made, but it is partly covered by Insurance Both Mr. and Mrs, Wurster were absent at the time. Mrs. Wurster was visiting her mother, Mrs. Robert Barr, of Williamsport, who has been sick Lad Finds Father's Body A 6G-year-old son's shout “Come here, something has happened to daddy.” led the parents of Russell Bowman bullet He was found slumped on the floor, a 32 rifle bullet having pierced his chest, The self<inflicted wound may cause the young man's death as his condition is very serious. He was in poor health - Just a reminder that might save your life; drive carefully. 26, of Curwensville to the | peppered body of their son. | r Jacob Slatterbeck, gleville Station leaves one other son and [8 The annual Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. Teather and son banguet at the “¥ lust Thursday night was a most enjoyable affalr. In fact the only unpleasant feature of the entire evening came when it was noticed thut the puper hats placed at each {plate bore the legend “Made In Jae pan” Mayor I. T. Parsons, of Lock Haven, chided BeBefonte for not calling upon Lock Haven's fire des partment for assistance during the two recent major fires, He declared that Lock Haven is “Itching” to re- turn some of the favors Bellefonte has done for that city in times of floods. Lock Haven residents have hers. G Malcolm Holmes Dot forgotten the lood, milk, water, n, Mich, Mrs. Edward Bmith of Salona and Mrs. Helen Mil- er of Pittsburgh; 16 grandchildren grandchildren conducted Holmes Marcus made reat "Were inday at the by Rev Interment was r HR] cemetery for her brother, Mr held Saturday at t church Blan- the oPMe- Rev. A officiated “2 1 ‘1 tl Ar ian Neighbors Rescue Husband and Wife Altoona Man Rushes Into!; Blazing Home to Save Screaming Wife trucker re- ue, Altoona afternoon Teddy same floor to check the flames clothes onfined Voltz had her cries for ought £04 g smoke where sighbors bark because of and rapidly movin ha o anes and smoke was ebbing f: vice upper part of the dwelling A ladder, rushed to the front porch by neighbors, was thrown up the pair scampered down to safety | Teddy, the six-year-old son, ceived treatment for in the {in the Samet thal he had Deen matches. “1 clothes burned. ™ ned by plaring said he Tyrone Couple Wedded 50 Years Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Smith Began Housekeeping at Marengo, This County wiations are in order for Waller M. Smith, of on Sunday quietly and happily celebrated thelr fiftieth wedding anniverzary. The day was marked with the visits of relatives and friends bringing flowers, fis and warm congratulations Walter M. Smith and Phoebe Tay- | lor were united in marriage Febru- ary 27 1880 at the Presbyierian manse, Pennsylvania Purnace, the late Rev. J. C. Kelly, officiating. Following marriage they took up housekeeping at Marengo, remaining there until 1891 when they went Tyrone residing there noe. Mr. Emith followed the profession of istore mason unill a few years ago | when he retired. Five children blessed this happy union, of whom three are living: (Mrs. William Benford, Bellefonte Mrs. James Shea Tyrone and Her- man Smith, Akron Ohio. ‘There are also fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. The occasion was marked with an anniversary dinner, graced with the | preserice of their Miss Alice Shea. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are en- Joving fair health, and were very happy in the anniversary oelebra- tion, granddaughter, Kindness Leads to Death No more will John Wargo, 50, of Spangler, stop to pet dogs. He was struck and killed by a oar as he affectionately stooped to stroke a dog which was standing in the road. . | Spending money on battleships seems foolish to people who live one thousand miles from the coasts, | ~ ¥ ir =i oy i he was hall bad job of runn and clothing and stoves sent there from Bellefonte, nor have they forgotten that Bellefonte's firemen helped to pump the city dry after the flood waters receded, Mayor Parsons ade ded ’ 10 hear some Bellefonte people complain about the money we're going to have fo spend to get 5 new High schoo! building, you'd imagine town had been struck by a ma- jor disaster. Our neighboring city, Lock Haven, is quite frequently vis ited by destructive floods. The high bullding several years ago iflered tremendous damage and in addition most business places and individuals suffered heavy And yet Lock Haven rebuilt school; cleaned up and repaired and homes, &nd complaint was heard rom them. The difference between the two towns is that Lock Haven has learned to take misfortunes gracefully. Lhe Choo! o_o 108508 the business ECAIORlY 2 places Centre county plumbers are sleep- ing on a gold mine Btatistics re- veal that of a wial of 2,105 farms n the county only 200 of them have bathrooms. With a Uttle sales talk, it seems thet baths could be in. stalled In at least several hundred of the other farm homes. After all the upsets Governor James has had in refteni attempts 0 economize in the State govern- , this department bets when he bed at night he admits to that Governor Earle and his band of “brigands” didn't do a the Siate, all depends upon whether you're outside looking in, or inside looking put. We feel a little sorry for Are } He was 50 cock-sure that costs of government could be materially reduced, and now at every turn he finds 11 practically impossible to shave even a few dollars here and there {rom expenses. ut | himself Tt it | Time was when every proud fae ther hoped that his son would some ve- day become President of these slight face | United States. We've heard of » hair was also slightly few local fathers during the past He confessed | week who in punishing their unruly with 1t 8 mateh and the your ways I'll run you for Presi- | sons, threaten: “If you dont mend dent! A number of Centre couniians may Jearn a lesson through & case itried here in court this week A man living in a small tomununity went 10 a storekeeper and borrowed $2. leaving a gun with the merchant as security. Sometime later the man | went to the store, offered the mer- chant $2 and asked for the gun. The merchant declared he wouldnt release the gun until a $18.70 store bill owed by the man was paid. The | owner of the gun preferred tharges of larceny by baflee, and in oo | Monday & jury found the merchan guilty. Similar methods of obtain ling payment of attounts are °On- doned by officials of a certain Cen- During the week this department has heard much dissent among Re- publicans and Democrats alike over | the unsatisfactory ashing of streets {and highways during the recent treacherous snowfall. Ashes were | plated only on curves, and the re- | mainder of the county's roads were | sheets of snow and . In line with | Governor James” economy program, | many ‘Highway maintenance em~ | ploves hive been aid off, and Rt Is [reported that ashing crews cant {leave the local barns without ore | ders from the Clearfield office. Un- {der the former system. ashing | crews went to work after each snow {reached & certain depth, | wafting for orders from officials | distant cities who had no knowledge of jocal conditions. The people vot ed for economy, and ecofidimy means doing without things we've become sccustomed fo. So if your car goes When Crime Poses | A trueslife story iconscienceless’ racketeers ivantage of the grief and fu {those who seek So {their joved ones. American [tributed in this territory | Balitmore Sunday Ame abi ; i shi gEFEs ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Safety—At a Price I'M Sune GLAD YOU'RE SrayvinGg HERE WITH ME THESE DAYS, Orsicar DOLANY i FEEL A LOT SAFER. § Freer THEY HAVENT Fy i Ovi WE'LL GBT Hit WaT I My GUESS IS THAT HE'S A HUMAN PULLED ORR A FiiW JOBS WHEN WE'VE HAD GUARDS POST ED AT THE FRONT AND BACK DOO OF TH BUILDING J ROBBE WHY, HE'S
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