CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER R. — he Cenfre Democral MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS ——————————— A——— VOLUME 58. NUMBER 13. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1939. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR MISSING MAN'S BODY FOUND Chiselers On. Banker Sued Men Charged JACK B. LYON'S REMAINS OVERED IN Bellefonte Resident Alive on 1936 Former Last Seen Oct. 1, OFFICIALS FIND NO TRACES OF FOUL PLAY Is Believed To Have Become Lost in Woods; Key Case Found Near Skeleton The mysterious disappearance tw years ago of Jack Burns Lyon, age 42. of Tampa, Florida, former well known resident of Bellefonte, was solved Friday when a skeleton found the day WOO near Tampa was remains of the missing A leather key wilh leaves, gave wientiny Lyon previous in a identified as the man half «ed ciue to vered the Case the World War tive in the Mason @ppeared October 1, 1836, under strange circumstances, A widespread search for him throughout the ern United States launched by his mother, Mrs K. G. Lyon, of 212 South Boulevard Avenue, Tampa revealed no trace her missing son. Miss Helen Schaeffer, of East Curtin street Bellefonte close friend of the family, early this week received detalls of the the body Jack Mote discovered the day, searched tces and (Cousawaed veteran and ad fraternity, dis- €a of nang Tampa dsiryman, whi gels t Thu through the palmet- the small eath page gix) On ia uncovered Gli -. Eppy Toner Recovers From Fall Into Race Joseph “Eppy”’ Toner, of Belle- fonte, is high and dry on the water wagon at the Centre County Hos- pital. He's been there since noon Baturday, when people who him from the mill race belween the Clyde Swartz Machine shop and the | J. O. Brewer coil yard, thought he was dead According reports Joe down the sidewalk past the shop and wa of against a the edge race when he and plunged Fred Hayes of Power Company, of Kofman & Company, who at the time, fished “Ej 20 feet f woliied Swartz i 1 oO in the act tree af mi into judged distance trem West em the the and an nearby out aboast stream. Pulling Haves administered { (Continued ob page six) nim EE AN aN COMMUNITY SING AT MILLHEIM ON APRIL 12 The seventh annual Penn's Val ley Community Sing will be held af the Municipal theatre, Millheim, on Tursday evening, April 1, it was gnnounced yesterday. There will be no charge [or admission, In addition to group singing there will be orchestra and band numbers instrumental solos, string music, folk stume dances number by a Corps N pecial Lap drum ames in © and —— ———— fished | oy » FLORIDA L%, "HTS AT TITAN *_ ANT DAMAGED C) 3 Ey Sha v Thursa. « Detween Metal Cor they before midnight last sur of the overhead light ‘efonte and the Titan y plant were damaged Sng pul out of wo of Ope rie ‘he reflectors of four the amp broken, a globes in dest aamiage Penn Power ailing $25 by officia iat hem ved ent estimated at company A motorist neared y Bellefonte one AMP NADY was shattered and WOWer Of giass fell t iS being made [| We ‘IMA ny in r company 10 DEMOLISH HIGH SCH Bodrd Acts to Clear Site of Ruins; Stock’s Offices to be Moved Meeting in Wy ny t the S0SRI0N0 M i jeliefonte special SChood to de & fire-dam building foundations from the oard moll | aged remove site The matter of a "uildiog which may be erecled was discussed at the board did not officially act on the que tion of ITER oe tion for a At the ; Principal Earl give that official § his offices (uate quarter ing Master's property INARIMOUEly voted the remains of t! school abd to ite for any new ength, but many fack Choo hoo site singe considered In ing New fram the present in the Armory street the Aca room Master's House required to make able paperin and ger cleaning. The moving of the offic to be completed during the com- weekend on North Spring House Two the ah large vaillable at 1 3 [ al Lhal | is Te board's decision to clear the il grounds of the J after the reading (Continued on Page Eight) present of a 1 Calne A Sos — Clover Farm Address Correction In last week's Clover Farm advertisement, in a roster of Clover Farm Independent merchants in the Centre-Clinton County district. the Bhowers Clover Farm Store at Pleas. ant Gap wa ni State College ores FOL , Ade erTonid iy listed unde - School Board Explains Position In Proposed Building Program Editor's Note The Bellefonte School Board in this and subsequent articles which will appear between now and April 18 when the proposed $65000 bond issue will be voted upon, will attempt to bring essen- tial facts to the attention of the public relative to construction of a new high school building to take the place of the one destroyed by fire on Pebruary 13 The text of the first of the School Board's articles follow, the “The Board members have not ar- rived arbitrarily at any decisions relative to the type, size, or location of a new building. They earnestly seek to submit the conditions and cirenmstances to the Bellefonte citizenry in the hope that the com- bined community judgment wiil re- sit fn the most advantageous sola tion to pupils, patrons, ond fax payers of the many troublesome problems confronting them “The first matter to concern the Board shinee the insurance settle ment has been the appropriate use or disposition of the remains of the ruined building. When a verdict was gought from the Department of La- bor and Industry relative to the saf- ety of the remaining walls, the Board was directed to secure the opinion of a qualified architect or contractor, which opinion would be accepted by the above-mentioned Department “The Board accordingly engaged the services of Hunter & Caldwell Altoona architects, whose opinion condemned all remaining brick walls for possible re-use as The walls were originally laid in unsubstantisl lime and sand mor- tar, which, further weakened by fire, water, and exposure, render them unsafe for supporting loads The double construction of the walls HN they stand. | with very little binding between makes their usability doubly inad- visable As a check on Hunter & Caldwell report the opinions of Lew- is Smith, local comtractor, and Ar- thur Hewitt, borough engineer, were sought. Their verdict was virtually the sime as that of the architects “The stone foundations are Te- garded as safe for use as they stand However. to that building the would have to con- form to the existing foundations which would seriously hamper sat- isfactory planning of room and cor- idor layouts and would very like- ly result in added cost of constriec- tion rather than a saving Consequently, complete demoli- tion of the remains of the structure weems the only practical course left Since a WP. A project now would requilre the school district 10 con- tribute twenty per cent of the cost of the project and considering the slowness of such operations praposal becomes highly impracti- calle If not totally impossible Ar the best apparent means of removing, the ruins of the stracture the Board has advertised for for complete demolition, sarh ad- vertisements being In accordance with the provisions of the school | law "Meanwhile the Board awaits the verdict of the volers on the $55.000 bond issue and the action of Con- gress relative to a new P. W. A. pro- {gram. Should the latter program be approved, as seema Talrly prob { able, the financial situation of the local school district will be favor. | able, particularly if the bond issue {is approved i “P. W. A funds have been dis- | tributed on the basis of an outright [gift of 45 per cent of the building (Continued su Page 6) use them would mean | JACK B. LYON Bellefonte man whose found in Flovida woods TO IMPROVE ROAD TO PENN'S VIEW trafic former body wus ile Delage Anger i road It dss lvantage that He Gad Fry Farm Sale Totals $7,000.00 (+. Mac Fry Leases Farms to sons; Will Retire After 33 Years’ Activity One of the largest, if not the lar- gest farm sale In Centre county during the present season was held Rock Springs Ferguson own Wednesday last week dvestock and farming im I G Mac Fry were dis- 1c auction mare thar ¢ ’ OUT of f M the o>inilh wa unusHally 1 pirited were sold at from heifer withh thelr high as $110 from page 1) Windshield of Car Is Struck By Bullet About 6.45 o'clock ile Roy Spots and family Hollow, were enroute services at Coleville, a let from a 22-calibre rifle the windshield of the family car The Incident happened a short dis. tance west Walrun service station near Wingate The car was brought to a halt and an investi revealed that the bullet apparently spent when #t struck the windshield, had not penetrated the glass and had drop. ped to the bottom of the frame. One of the Spots children had been tanding about three inches from vhere the bullet struck the glass There was no indication as the direction from which the shot came no persons or cars were In gt the time - Injured in Fall Down Steps Falling down a flight of while entering a taproom on South Allen street, State College, Monday night. Daniel Sharer, aged 49, of State College, suffered severe lacer- gucti large need and went for a (Continued Sunday even- of to bul struck Hig w ash church £ #1 of Lhe ation to and sight ations of the head. He was brought | to the Centre County Hospital for | treatment A i SHUN such a | bids | 6,000 Persons... Last year nearly 6008 per- sons, or an average of more than 100 each week, availed themalves of the Classified Advertising Department of the Centre Democrat We know most of them got results in direct prgportion to the demand existing for what they offered for sale, for rent, or for exchange We know from long experience that Classified Advertising will sell anything for which there is a sale, and that it is the coun- ty's best medium for advertis- ing As the department grows in sige it grows In interest-and the more interes it creates the better an advertising medium it becomes. If you are not one of the 6000 persons who used Classified Ads last year, give them a try now, and see for yourself how emey 1 is to rent that house; ell that uhwanted furniture; secure a8 maid; sell a horse, or solve other similar problems! The cost 8 surprise ingly small! stepa | Relief Held for $102,500 With Burning Under Bail In Damages Automobile 3 Post Bonds for Court; 4th Defendant is Oul of State THREE OTHERS AGREE TO REFUND MONEYS All Charged With Accepling Relief While Having Other Incomes countians charged on reliel for thelr term of court fourth Bilal Muay Lies 7 Centre ehiselinyg bonds May three have posted appearance defendan will Grand Jury Me now ol & of the d to the out also be presets The re have restitution of the amounts they TP ETRELT from relief been discharged from custody hire who on Salurday af before Justice of the Peace DD. Cowher West Bishop Bellelome posted $200 Dongs are waning un received and Have he HNearin Harold tree! each Isaac H. Tressler, Jr Pleatan! Gap Joyd W. Richards, Julian Lena Wilson, Monument he defendant now out State, but for whom the Jury be asked for « bill of jictiment = Donald Dunklebarges (Cantioued on Page €) of the Ciranag will 8) w— Firemen Observe 25th Anniversary Seven Members of Pleasant Gap Company Awarded First Aid Certificates Beven nw be of the Pleasant Gap Fire Companys first aid team were gwarded certificates Saturday ght atl the 24h Wary ban uel H Fg aniaver heid at the Inpany Hatetoleavit The men ad ¢ Sieg Fishing made nite : 14 Ty Grins More Thi BN gues company we altendal Addresses during Ww CVeLINE Welt Kenneth G. Hale Centre county’ representative | the General Assembly, and John O Love, Eng Bellefonte Roy H Adams was toastmaster while Leon ard 8. O'Donnell, president of (he company. gave thw address of Continued on page 3--Becond Hee) made by Hon of a wel Convenience Is School Keynote Pie Baking to be Feature of One Class; Will Demonstrate Modern Equipment Have you ever groaned because your oven wasnt large enough, © because when you baked more than One pie or cake al a time, they didnt brown evenly? Most housewives have experienced these difficulties that's why they'll be especially in- terested in Mrs. Dorothy Bathgate's demonstration at the Centre Demo- {erat Cooking Bchool, showing how {four pies can be baked at one time and still have a beautiful, evenly browned crust. I can bake four ples, or four lay. (Continued on Page 7) Acts As Temporary State Nurse Here Miss Margaret Butler. of Harris. burg, is serving as State Nurse in {this area this week while Mrs. Jean | Noll Harrts, of Pleasant Gap, whose | resignation as State Nurse becomes | {effective April |, is on vacation { Miss Butler will serve in the pos {tion until the arrival of a perman- [ent appointee to replice Mrs, Har- ris During the ten years In which | she provided nursing service to all of Centre county with the exception | of Philipsburg Borough and Rush township, Mrs. Harris traveled ap proximately 200,000 miles. Efficient conscientious and a tireless worker, | Mrs. Harris is held in high esteem | by civie and charitable organization | leaders as well ag by the hundreds | of persons dircotly benefitting from the State Nursing service Plan Welfare Drive Plans are rapidly being completed for the annual Welfare Drive which | Is scheduled to start on Aoril 8th. | Orvis Harvey, president sf the As- | sociation, announced this week that | {the pledge cards were being typed {by the ComMeecial Department of [the High school from lists being HTurnished by the local industries and {from lists of pledges made in pres | vious yeas. Letters have been write {ten the various participating agen jeles for reports of their activities 80 that a true pleture of the value to the made | He Victims of Motor Crash Near Hecla Park Begin Legal Proceedings PRINCIPALS RESIDE IN LOCK HAVEN AREA Dviver of One Machine Asks $35,000 For Self: $15, 000 For Hushand clerd the wk Haven in five suit file Tied in am totaling $102 500 Nis week vietims of a x in Mr Bush Involved Hecla Park 10 potion of In machine Valley highway near the Park entrance, shortly after Vere rainstorm. According to re- iwvallable the time of the i believed that the of one or both machines lost the rain-soaked macad- mage by aed which near ALwiist egal were tute ar with oolbded ih pant tim which an the at Was in the wetion and their follows Willisggn 8 Willams Ww Haven $35 000 Tor injure ihigurement Willis Wilkisme because of Injuries 10 wife (Continued on Page €) 1.0.0.F. Conducts Joint Installation ure o all Four Encampments Meet for Ceremony Held in Bellefonte Om Monday evening (ades Pellows of in Bellefonte joint installation of all the Campane Tite This included Bellefonte Encamp ment 72. Bummit Encampment No 74 Valley Encamipanent NO 146 i Victory Encimimnent 270 The instal Frnoampment Centre ooumty mist OQ OF Hall for a the ofioe: of in the county NO mation OPremony wa onducted by Girard Altenderfer of Howard District Deputy Grand Patriarch of Oentre county, assisted by the following staff Deputy Grand High Priest, CB. Musser Deputy Grand Senjor Warden, RF Cronmemiller. Deputy Grand Scribe V. A Auman, Deputy Grind Sen- tinal, Joseph Owens, Deputy Grand (Continued on Page 7) —————— Emergency Taxes Passed By House Republican Ma jority En- dorses Same Tax Plan as Earle Administration The House of Representatives of the Slate Legislature approved Tuesday the entire $163.000000 em- ergency tax program started in 1935 for relief and sent the eight bills to the Benate The taxes are for another year period The votes were almost unanimous on all but the four-mill state tax on personal property. Thirty repre- two- sentatives voted agginst thig bill but | 154 affirmative ballots made the margin for passage more than safe New Deal Taxes Democrats took the occasion (Continued on page four) PR. LOCKE OUTLINES HIF FRACTURE TREATMENT A method of treating tures under which the hip frac. patient | Jeaves the hospital without splints {in ten days was outlined by Dr. Le- | Roy Locke at a meeting of the County Medical Society in the hos- pital last Thursday Dr Locke said that the treatment which he has been using for the last two years, endhles the patiemt to move the hip freely without pain. showed a series of x-rays of patients he has treated and detail- ed the results he has achieved na ——— OA Are You Moving? Please Do Not Fail te Give The Centre Demovrat Office Your New Address All Centre Democrat readers Who are changing thelr place of residence are asked to noti- fy this office of thelr new ad- dress, so that there may be no interruption in delivery of the paper, Please attend to this al once, f8 our mailing Hast Will be cor- rected on Monday. Promptness on your part will enable us to make any neceswry change without delay. of this annual drive may be given public. | Eltmnaded any lat | County | Humes home, Bellefonte to | made | president of the Library ! torical Society. The appointee will | take | middie of May Irvin L. Thomas, Ira J. Brown, Port Matilda, R. D., Lewistown Jail In POLICEMHOPE TO CLEAR OTHER SIMILAR CASES Destruction Car Claimed Was Stolen Arrests Follow By Fire of Brown Two Port being al Lewistown, for he J tice i Peace iI ¥i Malilda D KEifiiie men held county rive ed Oscar | Dargee « “reo FW Burning ol a car 1 hh Milrd COTQME UW ' Mountaing wu ii { J4Y nugid reper Lrwislow nL Thoma and Irs J. Brown *inpioye al hey are Irv that place mushroom plant Collnge They were arrested Sunday by of Lewis- hard Gray Con ITT Slate Motor Policfmen barracks, Corp. R James EE Kane, and 0. Landis Study Other Meanwhile Privy the Fire LAWS the town Trooper H Lilie Fires Lawrence Priar, Bureau office, ar- Wh WW DEEN Inver fire Beef Thoma: has been implicated (OOLLiLnusd ou page eis) of riveq in Mate tigation of in the that To Organize New Baseball League lellefonte, State College to Promote Two Teams Each; Boon for Young Plavers Action taken by the Tri-Valley League st & meetlhe held Tuesdsy poscitnlity of Belle folie State College, or Miltheim participating mm the Tri-Valley this year eeitatives Millheim niege and Bellelonle held a meeting following the Iti meeting and t was decided smihie a Wague would in which Biate College {wo teams Bellefonte and Millheim one team with the sixth team coming from Boalsburg, Howard some other town close at hand A meeting has been scheduled for night, April 4 at the Y which tine represents- the towns will meet ke plans State College and Beliefonte are both anxious Ww develop new baseball! material and for that rea- wom have undertaken to pro- mote two teams. All baseball play- in Bellefonte are asked 10 meet the Y. M. C. A, Monday, April 3 at 8 p.m, ai which time plans will be drawn up for two teams and date set for practice to start Organizations inlerested in base- ball, such as the Moose and the American legion, are asked to be represented atl this meeting so that Bellefonte can put on the field two strong teams and develop young baseball talent NAMED HEAD OF 1 ware Hey le { Fart fv om Valley that if Yada that if § New be fornmwd worLd enter two rane or Tuesday MC A tives from m further at Guile they eri COUNTY LIBRARY Announcement of the appoint. ment of Mrs. Carl Ifverson, of State College, as librarian at the Oentre Library in the former hag been M. Beach and His- by Mrs Robert up her duties here about the Mrs. Iverson, who has had 11 vears of experience in the Cleveland Hbrary and who was highly recom- mended to the Btate Library Ase { sociation by Librarian WP. Lewis of Penn Slate, is at present employ- | de | ed in the agricultural economics partment al Penn State Library officials report that the state appropriation for the loosl organization, which will be approsi- mately 75 per cent of the $1500 supplied by the County Commission ers, is expected about April 1 JOHN KELLEY FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON TRACKS John Kelley, of Howard and Bellefonte, spent Inst Wednesday night in the Centre County jail af- ter he had been found in a dared condition lying across the railroad tracks west of Howard The man was discovered about 9 o'clock Wednesday night by Samuel Holter, of Howard, who was walk- ing along the tracks, Deputy Sheriff Lee Tice, summoned 10 the scene brought Kelley to the Centre Coun- ty Hospital, where examination re- vealed several small bruises about his body, but no ether injuries. It was first feared he had been strugk by a train, Aller the examination he was taken to the jall for the night and was released the follow ing morning, no worse for his ex- perience, 7 FEW SPRING FLITTIN'S ARE Public Invited To Attend Anniversary CCC at Poe Valley Ximale] abou the Dam my and ne tf ng & enrollee sng hearty welod them a April 2nd TREE LORE IS CLUB TOPIC Kiwanis Speaker Save County Was Once Part of World's Greatest Forest In sor (wy [A Ed 8 iress on “Tres Rr Department gave a 1 an ac Crees cation LL umber ng facts Be weed ing Belle Hotel he greatest | Hefonte on Tw rid, he formerly t and Hunt und of which some remain. Our trees Were somarce of y uitsrral conl They form today 3 | Souroe i food nuts they fumish valuable oil the olive, they are sources of great floral beauty: have great commer gial value in lumber, paper, arti ficial silk, elo and add the pleasure of mankind because of the property of resonance which makes (Continued on Page 6) tiges still MQusirial and agn wealth beiore the advent important in and fruits uch eel CAPACITY HOUSE AT SUHAD PUPILS’ RECITAL The Presbyterian chapel Belle forte, was crowded to capacity last Thursday night when Mis. Louis Bchad, Bellefonte music teacher, di- rected a recital by fity or more of ber piano and violin students The kindersymphony, consisting of 28 children between the ages Of 7 and 12 years, and a violin ensemble of 14 pupils, were highlights of the | program - ES > - (ing, Is attracting considerable at. {tention among school officials and the public { Voting will close | Monday, April 2 " [| If you haven't cast your vote, tear joul the bali below, mark your at midnight Searcy Time | Lloastmaster , sentation of a MORE DAYS TO LISTED FOR BELLEFONTE AREA of ments Chief Reason for | dt k of Movines Homes, Apart LANDLORDS THR] INCREASES ATEN IN RENT Was When Families Moved——Just of Ores for Change of Scenery families mMmOvV- LF another Ww the Lown Le street m LE her section. It w ¢ Kind of On 1 BE NACESSaly as (Continued on Page @) —- - WARN AGAINST DAMAGE OF COUNTY PROPERTY end of as Ja The Centre County Comumission ers Ukls week boued 3 warning that persons who continiie 10 damage the hedge around the front lawn of the i with zum- i We Aeall Lae prac~ Calf ang with not well through the lamage, Lhe Ontnumnidsgione rs report stimu mim— 200 TO ATTEND ’ SPORTSMEN'S FETE the 200 printed for the annual ban- i Bellefonte Sportsmen's Association LE “Vet jast Ugt, and a capacity crowd is ex- woted 10 attend the event in the Y "C. A gymnasiugn at 6:30 o'clock (Friday) night speaker of the evening will Charlies F. Fox, of Harrisburg, whose subject will be “Taking Af- lantic Salmon on Trout Tackle Highlights of the program. with Lr. Richards Hofman acting as will include the pre- sound movie, “Let's starring Tony Acetta, A npiete sell-out of tickets quet unceg ITOW The be Go Fishing | the national casting champion, ad- | dresses by M. EE. Sherman, distriet supervisor of the Came Commission and Bert Morgan, of Hughesville who will speak on game feeding during the summer months In sddition to the sound film to be shown by Pete Hofman and Ras Conger, Ranfolph Thompson, of State College. will present films made by the Fish and Game Com- missions Music will be provided by Charles Guyer. Owners of land along the lower reaches of Spring Creek will be guests of the association at the dinner, VOTE ON CHOICE OF SCHOOL SITE { The poll being conducted by this newspaper to determine the senti- ment of Bellefonte residents in ro- {gard to the selecflon of a Me for | the proposed new high school build. preference, and bring or mail it to thiz office. Any opinions expressed on individusi ballots will be kept in strict confidence. You may sign your ball if you choOse-—or may tenve it unsighed Extrs ballots may be obtaited si this office Before matking your ballot, be «ire to read In another column of this issue whist the School Board hat to say in regard 1© s Site for the proposed bullding. SCHOOL SITE BALLOT De you faver the present school property as the site for any mew building which may be erected to replace the burned High School? RR REE REE EE EE ET TE TE SESE TET REE SEA
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