CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER sm Fe —— he Centre Democraf MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS —————— — " — VOLUME 58. NUMBER 20. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR 132 MAY RECEIVE DIPLOMAS CRIMINAL COURT CONVICTS 2; ACQUITTED MUST PAY COSTS Rev. William C. Thomp- son Chosen to Deliver Baccalaureate GRADE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ON JUNE 8 Junior Contest Will Be Held in Church Chapel June 6 The annual Bellefonte High sehool commencement exercises will be held on Thursday evening, June it was announced yesterday by Earl K. Stock, supervising principal of schools. The commencement date is two weeks later than usual, ow- ing to the loss of time resulting fram the destruction of schoo! bullding by fire in _ry. School officials declared that the graduating clad: this year will be larger than ever before, exceeding even 1a8t yeat's record of 124 mem- 3} in Febru- the high | bers. There were 132 students in the senior class, most of whom are ex- pected to qualify for diplomas Commencement week will begin with the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday night, June 18, at the Pres- byterian church, with the Hev. Wil Ham C. Thompson, pastor of the church speaker. The ammual high school Alumni dance Will be held a tHecla Park on Tuesday (Continued on Page 8 I —— Boy Falls 12 Feet; Escapes Serious Injury -s Lesier Bryss, aged 8 son of Mr and Mrs. C. E. Bruss, of Fleminz suffered painful but not sericus in juries last Wednesday afternoon when he fell 12-feet through the rotted floor of an unused loft in the Joseph Alexander barn near Flem- ing The sccident happened about 4 o'clock while the boy was exploring the Joft. The floor appeared sound but while he was walking across it the supports gave way and he drop- ped, landing on a pile of odds and ends below. He did not Jose conaci- ou:ness an was able (0 climb unas- sisted from a shallow pit beneath the level of the barn fcor. His father, who was working near the barn at the time, brought him to the offices of a Bellefonte physician for treatment, and on Friday morn. ing a further examination was made at th® Centre County Hospital. N» bones were broken, and the lads in- Juries were found to consist of lac- erations and bruises of the face, head and grms, and various other bruises and sprains mA — Millheim Man Is Seriously Injured Ernest Day, aged 38, of Miliheim, yesterday was reported to be show lng some slight improvement at the Centre County Hospital where he iB undergoing treatment for injure les recelved last Thursday serving as a straw boss of a West Penn Power Company line crew Day, a resident of Milltheim since last Pebruary, was struck on the head when 1 four-pin arm which was being placed on a pole on the line between Coburn and Millheim fell a distance of about 25 feet The man is suffering from & pos- gible fracture of the skull and his condition, while improved, is re- ported to be serfous. He formerly resided at Emporium EA. ——— ae Osceola Man Heads K. of C. Delegates to the 42nd annual state convention of Knights of Col- umbus closed their three-day session at Beranton, Tuesday. by electing John A. Redding. burgess of Osce- ola Mills, the distriet deputy. and selecting Bethlehem as the 1940 convention city while | Purchase i Killed In New York Buckingham { New Rochelle, N. Y., well known in Beile- fonte through her frequent visits with the EE Widdowson family on Nor Allegheny Street, was almost i antly killed in New York Ciiy Weinesday ev when she was thrown from a train Miss Buckingham was 30 old, was hurled path when a lurch of the train caused the foor to open and threw her off bal- ance as Was pass Irom one car to another in search of a he shortly afte the Haven 0 Miss Doris ening who years to her she ing boo LA New Hartford train } ! boarded ms: Grand Central Station had left station, and before had reached the ground level Miss Buckingham was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York Clty, and was returning nome at accident ™he victim Is survived by her par- ents: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buck- ingham, and a sister, Miss Lorraine all of New Rochelle, Mrs. Widdow- son attended (he funeral in New York, Saturday night Interment wit made at Waverly N Y MINISTER IS 91 YEARS OLD Rev. M. C, Piper, Miles- burg, Was “Horse and waent happened York, New and which she had Lhe {x known retired Methodist minister of Milesburg served his 81st birthday at his home enjoying the comparionshty of hi Iwo Dr. Charles Piper and family, of Hartford, Conn. and the Rev. Poster Piper, of Mamaroneck N. ¥Y. who came here in honor of their father's anniversary Rev. Piper might well be termed i “Horse and Buggy Pastor.” for 35 years of his 40 years in the ministry were in sbout through rural charges by horse buggy OTS a 8 BoRIve spent traveiing way and In memoirs pamphlet f venerable rm Loree Years ' recall kind pastor traveled over sometimes al break) ecoflect s he tht Was not in the earlier upplied with good (Continued on page even) Band Invited To N. Y. World Fair of New Uniforms May Prevent Banjo Bam From Making Trip The Bellefonte Banjo Band, only ganization of fits kind in the country, has received an invitation to give a concert the World's Falr in New York The invitation from the executive assistant to the fairs musical di- rector, in a letter to V. H. Pifer. di- rector of the Banjo Band, suggest dates on which it would be possible for the band to abpest at the Fair, and gives assurance that all band members would be admitted to the Fair without charge Expenses of the trip, which would require about three days, wodld have to be met by the band, Mr (Continued on page seven) at HIGH SPEED ‘TEST’ FREIGHT TRAIN TO BE RUN OVER B. E. V. BRANCH Beginning in June and conhtinu- ing indefinitely a high speed “fest” freight train will shuttle baek and’ forth between Alloona and Lock Haven, over the Bald Eagle Valley Ridlroad, while the Association of American Rallroads test®8 out a freight car truck-and-wheel-ns- sembly being developed for high speed freight runs In preparation for the inaugura- tion of the high speed test train's riins through Bald Eagle Valley, the right-of-way from Tyrone to Lock cars will be equipped with the new wheel-and-axle assemblies being tested, and periodically, perhaps af- ter each run, the trucks wili be taken apart in the Altoona shops and examined for s:gns of breakage or other damage caused by excess ive speed. The train will make no! between Altoona | stops on its run cand Lock Haven, except, of course, Haven iz being gone over with a fine-tooth comb, to put it in shape for the stress and strain of hereto fore unheard-of speeds road. Ralls showing signs of wear or de- fects are being replaced with new rallas curves are being banked to sccommodute high speeds & the roadbed is being otherwise Improved to fake care of the tet runs. According to authentic the test train will consist probably of & locomotive and two cars, The over that ' i i where such stops become necessary because of traflie conditions standard steam locomotive The developmént of the new un- dercarriage for high speed freight service Is being sponsored by the Association of Americ:n Railroads and is being conducted with the aid of Pennsylvania Railroad facilities in Altoona. The Bald Eagle Valley branch road was probably chosen for the test runs Soceise of its water-level route a'most on a straight line between Tyrone and Lock Haven, and Decmise the reports, | Branch schedules can better accom | modate the test run than can the main line. thé time of the last Thursday quietly ob-} {| mission The test train will be drawn by a! gating the source Heads Coal Office | 4 DON GINGERY Former C man Don Ging- ery of Clemrfield, on Monday took aver the position of manager of the national bituminous coal commis gion district office at Altoona. He received oficial notification of he appointment from the commission last Saturday The former representative of the Twenty-first Congressional District succeeds W. F. Copp. who resigned as manager of the Altoona office Bottorf To Play For Alumni Dance nre Ong ng Bottorf and his orchest lo ra of play High to be held at June meet - Gllege : er annual Bellefonte Alumni dance y Park on Tue yunoed Altmnd School He aay nigit fter a : Association the Academy, Monday night A fed the this ven: 141 under ban. at intervals dance floor class al ure of dance Clans to we sor Lie Ba to accommodate all es from 1980 to the present day will be provided Another innovation this year is that ticketz will be 50 cents to all In prior years it had been the cus tom 10 make an extra charge fo those who had not attended Bellefonte High school reunion snpended sides of the Ww De nner T # ————— — School Tax Rate Is Unchanged Board Votes to Continue 24- Mill, $4 Per Capita Tax in 1939 F ur-doilar per capita an age rate of 24 mills for scl purposes was levied for 1938 by Bellefonte School Board at a the Masters’ House at the Academy, Monday night. The rate is the same as jast years The board Approved a pro posed budget submitted by the school administration for the com- ny year The motion retaining the tax rate at the same Jevel gs for 1908 was Board member Charles onded by member Bowgax and wus carried unahi- the pein meeting ia al made b Cook, DeHaas mousiy In tentatively approving the btid- get the Board Indicated that changes may be made at tine before its final adoption. The pro- posed budget will be open to public inspection at the Supervising Pring (Continued on page seven) ar — ——non DRUGGED FISH SCOOPED OUT OF LOGAN'S BRANCH Residents along Logan Braneh. one of this vicinity's most famous trout streams, last night reported that hundreds of trout were taken from the stream from about 4°30 to 7:30 o'clock last night They claimed that the fish sluggish condition from of some foreign water, blundered and could be with nets, rakes or sticks This condition prevailed Axemann to near the Forge, just outside Bellefonte, it wa: reported All sizes of fish were affected the largest reporied to this office being 20 inches in length. They ranged in size down to fingerlings. Some fam. ilies were ‘sald to have secured a many as two buckets of fish Repeated efforts to get in touth with local officials of the Pish Com- bist night failed, but it is understood that they were investi- of the foreign substance, which was described by residents of the area as being “an oily substance which could be seen on top of the water.” A strong odor of gas was reported to prevail in the Axemann vicinity during the time! the fish were being taken from the! stream i Several weeks ago Buffals Ran. another fishing stream near Belle fonte, was cleaned of fish life when | hydrated lime poured into the! stream through a break In a storage | bin at the Chemical Lime Compaty plant. any in sibstance in the into the shores ea®ily scooped out from the effects | LOCAL LIME STONE MINERS ACCEPT JOBS IN GOLD MINE of North Spring street, and four or five other min. who for the ; tires Years been here developing the New mine al Chemical Lime Com- pany, have signed for two years’ of vice in a gold-mine development America, and arrangements to sall on New York that Henry Auvenin #1 Mist Have the ey in Venezuela, South making June 16 Nn country The men, all ure om fon tives of Finland and all experts in the development mine shafts, are ig taken the South American country 10 help in a mine which known as the rich the world. The 1 iH Of pv i ) ‘ unk shaf 70 year a dee aro wh ext gold mine 1 CGoldiield Co. 1ad., an miners, hw the Longveas APOiis Minn charge of Lime aml Stone some 18 year mine i» mine In Development vyndicate The employed by Minne which had American mine American English wever are Company the firm developing the Company Bit cated In ol southi- the now being developed by the | teustern Bits point part of Venezuela and the reached overland from =a on the Orinoco River, Some 1500 men are now employed at the mins which although near the Equator enjoys a delightful climate BY virtue of being located high in a mountainou region i Bellefonte men will not ! Ww the Venezuela Living quarters wt Hmited, and since the the Job only two weeording to present Wl considered practical vast trouble and ex- Mrs Auvinen, well through her out- musical ability, may Join it this new location plan to move goods 10 the miry men who ill go to be Jost vin ding band But they do not nse hold South | 5 are leaving Michigan for LE restive ang before departing for thelr {Continued on Page €) with DIRECT ROUTE TO WORLD'S FAIR PASSES THRU CENTRE COUNTY Bellefonte are being Pennsylvania Depart Centre county of OY Lhe of High and one the direct routes et up tourists vania it ment way : glide the west x» Pen World n New York Ki here yesterday Highway mainten- headed by Superinten- Aaron DD. Letizell, & reported making preparations to place ely 50 directional signs New York alo } wh from to the "CAT rie fisy ent we 0 approxim rea t fa § aie : IE thy U De preci thor RADIO BILL be in dou as 10 the correct Ww " a miy wil Fair begin trail through Philips Port Ma Bellefonte, 10 1 fron award at nd wild extend t Milesbus to # Hall Millheim an through the Wo fi TORS will hrousgh the entire ta 1 they will ie Ne | 8 i. greater vol of n HIFAE bw of real ben- FIX PROGRAM BECOMES LAW FOR FLAG DAY Council Discusses Dust Control, Lamb Street Closing of t} Pinal passage ference ordin pon the Ld 1* radio inter and discussions control of lime dust snd { proposed closing a part of Lamb featured a regular meeting of Bellefonte Borough Council the Logan Houses Mon- Fate od : of street at day night The law providing penalties for wie maintenance of devices causing preventable radio interference waa unanimously passed upon motion by W. W. Sieg, seconded by W. J Emerick Borough Solicitor M. Ward Flem- ing and Councilman Henry Brock- erhoff reported that they had been in conference with Bamuel M Shalleross ih regard to the control of lime dust from the American Lime and Btone Company plant, and that Mr. Shallcross had agreed (Continued on pag seven) —— STUDENT CHARGED WITH THEFT OF AUTO Charged with taking an sutomo- bile without the owner's permis- ion, Norm:n E Blankman, Lan- caster, Penn State sophomore, was | released under $300 bafl for his ap- pearance in court following a hear- ing before Burgess Wilber ¥. Leit- (211, of Btate College last week Blankman is said to have admit- ted having duplicate keys made for a fellow student's machine, and taking a weekend trip to Lancaster in the car Trustees Confirmed The Senate har: confirmed these trustees of Lock Haven State { Teachers College: Dr. D. W. Thom- Helen MeEntire, Lock Akeley, Coudersport; as and Mr: Haven, A P M. Ward Fleming, Bellefonte; Dr. W. M. Pierce, Ridgway; Harty C Smith, Altoona; Harry D. Wool- ridge. Clearfield; George P Hess, Beech Creek, and Sgott R. McKean, Williamsport ————— Announces For Co. Commissioner Clyde M. Lee, of East Bishop street, announces in The Centre Democrat this week that he is a candidate for County Commissioner on the Republican ticket, Mr. Lee is a native of Walker township where he resided for filty-one years be- fore moving to Bellefonte CENTRE COUNTY BASEBALL LEAGUE GAMES Saturday, May 20: Snow Shoe at State College Milesburg at Miltheim Bellefonte at Bellefonte Moose Boalsburg at Howard Wednesday, May 24° Bellefonte at Bo Snow Shoe at Milesburg Millhéim at State College Howard at Bellefont= <“foose) Lime Plan Circus Acts, Dances, Other Entertainment for Holiday Crowd an Legion promises spectacular event Wednesday, June From indications the District Convention and Flag Das Celebration will exceed all expec- tations Activities will begin early Wednesday moming with the ar- rival of veterans, auxiliaries and firemen from parts of Central Pennsylvania A compicte program has been ar- ged to keep the visitors busily engaged from the moment of their arrival until departure At 10.30 a m. the children fram all schools will asremble on the Academy campu (Continued on Page ® for 4 ) 2rd brilliant Belisfonte for present ad r Lauer To Speak Memorial Day Plans Local mony; Captain Herbert Beezer to Head Parade Legion the Diamond will be highlights of the observance of Memorial Day in | it was announced yes- | D. Rhinesmith, | beltefonte terday by Samuel commander of Brooks-Dall Post, American Legion, day's program The parade, Howard street at 10:30 a. m, with Captain Herbert M. Beezer, of Machine Gun Troop, as marshal, will move through the principal Streels of town before going to the (Continued on page #ix) Free Wasserman Tests Free Wasserman tests are being given to all Centre coufily persons unable to pay for the tests at the (clinic which is being held from 4 to 5 o'clock every Tuesday after noon during May at the COentre j County Hospital, Bellefonte. The (tests, to determine presence of {syphills, are held through the co- | Pperation of the state department of health i 5 on i Two Young Hitch Hikers | Two six-year-old hitch-hikers, [Anna May Orr and Shirley Yarnell, {Who told police they were from | State College, were found in a Lock | Haven drug store on Monday. They {sald they had walked to Lock Ha- {ven from Mill Hall Chief of Police Martin J. Peters got in touch with {thelr uncle, Clyde Mauch, of Mill Han, with whom they had been i left ET a — County Takes Appeal The Centre County Commissioners ‘have taken an appeal to the State Supreme Court in the case larising from the disposition of | money remaining in the hands of | Bellefonte Borough overseers when | the local poor districts were dis solved January 1, 1698, Cere- | Snow Shoe To Get Dial Telephones Former Bank Building to House New Central Office Quarters EXPECT CHANGE TO DIAL BY JULY 15 Will Retain Present Magneto Svstem Until All Work is Completed Rapid progress is being made on the Installation of a dial telephone ystem throughout the Shoe urea it was yesterday by Jesse HH. ( ager for the Bell Company of Pennsyivania transfer to dial in thi heduled for the middie Telephone engineer begin 10 install the dialing mech soChaled equipment in central the the reel Bnow exchange announced sin Telephone The area man here otf will July hortly AEN and as he new ated in cuplie by Live office quarters formerly ox Bank on Wo bullding Bunow Shoe In the meantime, Bell will start 0 connect the telephone Instruments in establishment the hom explained Oy the the neces tion. 4, plant fa ier the direction rainer distinct aaa Hitless Appointed to West Point MacMullin, Jr and Mr Ceorge M. Mac of West Falrmount avenue College, has been appointed Bt 2 cadet at the United Slater Nu ney Academy, West Point. Mac- Gllin, a graduate of State College High school last year now a iudent at Stanton Pre; to West Point on July 1 sea ——————— Award Contracts For Furnishings ' M George son of Mas 01 Muir Slate and will go Two Local Firms Among Suc- cessful Bidders on Poor Home Supplies The Centre County Commiss ers, acting as the County Institu District, last week approved elever bids for equipment and furnishing: for the Centre County Poor Home now being constructed at the corner of Howard and Wilson Streets. The total of the eleven bids is $22.00247 Two Bellefonte firms were among those awarded contracts Successful bidders amounts of their bids are Wood Purniture: Breslau & Lynd- wood Supply Co, Plymouth, $1,458 - 10 Metal Hospital Purniture; Buffal School Bguipment Co, Buffaio, N Y. $5268.53. Sewing Machines: Buffalo School Equipment Oo, $21452 Hospital Equipment and the Buffal | Bgquipment Co, $21482 A parade followed by services on | sponsors of the | Shop Buffalo $439 32 Laboratory Tadies The Max Wocher & Son Co. Cincinnati, O $457 Laundry Machiney Corp. $5 550.00 Refrigeration Equipment New York City Electric Supply | Company, Bellefonte, $2.25 scheduled to form | | i : i i i i i Window Shades & Beliefonte $266. Sterilizer: The Max Wocher Co Cincinnati, $639 Kitchen: Bouthern Bguipment Co St. Louis, Mo, $6219, Haze] Co | Piano Recital Wins Acclaim for Artiste An appreciative audience listened to a delightful piano recital given by Mrs. Marguerite Weidman in the | Town Hall at Hublersburg on Fri- | day evening The well balanced program in- cluded compositions of Beethoven, Schubert, Rubenstein, Liszt, Chopin. Debrussy and others, the piece de resistance being the Sonata Opus 27 No. 1 of Beethoven. Mrs. Weid- man gave a most effective and ex- pert interpretation of a program which excited the Interest of those not acquainted with the best litera. ture as well as winning the applause of experienced concert patrons Mrs. Weldman is a native of Lit- fiz, Pa. and studied under a con- {rere of Paderewski $150 Damage in Crash A parked car owned by Blair Brooks, Plaisant Gap, was damag- ed to the extent of $125 Sunday morning in a collision with a truck operated by Russell Grove, Lewis town. The Brooks car was parked on Route 322 one-half mile west of Tussevville. Loss to the truck was about $25. Co. | United States Hoffman | Daughter of School Official Is Injured ne Roger Whter of Buperintend Roger Collision at Gap i $15 damage resul Kuru GROUP SEEKS BETTER ROAD Asks State for New Belle- fonte-State College Highway Armed with petition: signed by more than 50 residents of Belle fone and State College a delega- on of prominent citizen: Wo communities Viewed Friday inter Highways 1 rrisburg reia- on Lamont tive i ! road between towns a result Hughes i ti engineers ine pr nity terview Bec- grouj nat will make & posed road in Lhe { the wid be place in the (Continued op Page 7) - COMMENCEMENT AT ROCKVIEW, SUNDAY fpeaKer at exercises for schools at Rockview was gnhounced gram will be held morning auditorium Other speakers will include Sherwood, for the college ahd Thomas J Reilly, | { school. Music will be {the Nittany Nine orche College { There are four grades ion school with more than Of courses commence - { ment he itentiarnry The § it 8 o'clock Bun- May 21. in the per vesterday w GAY Drisot W. H Classes ‘ ft ima a —e,erosnrrd.dti.ILs Shiloh Will Hold Memorial Exercises Memorial Day exercises under the i direction of the State College Amer jican Legion, will be held at Shiloh jon Bunday afternoon, May 28, at 3 o'clock. The speaker for the occa- {sion will be Rev. Arthur L. Wagner pastor of the Centre Hall Lutheran i church, | A feature of the exercises will be { the appearance of the State College Dram and Bugle Corps, in com- i pletely new uniforms, who will put jon a new drill. The Pine Grove Mills Chorus will be present to sing. The general public is invited to atiend this patriotic service ; lh Altoona Man Held In Thefts at College In default of $300 bail Robert ¥ MeGinley, 18, of Altoona, was com- mitted to the Centre County jail inst week after a hearing before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cow. her, of Bellefonte. MeGinley plead. ed guilty to the theft of money from a purse in Dr. H R. Glenn's | office and stamps from the office of Rev. Bdward H. Jones Miss Gladys Bodle, assistant to Dr. Glenn, saw McGinley leaving thé building and on investigating found money had been taken from her purse. Police apprehended him a short time later Sl — —_— I — JOHN R. MEESE DIES John R. Meese, 74, died suddenly at 7:30 o'clock last night at the John Rice home, 8. Spring street, of a heart attack. The funeral will be held at the Rice home Saturday afternoon. For many years Mr Meese was a well known liveryman hare, from the Defendant to Seek New Trial in Manslaoghter Action HIT-RUN CHARGE IGNORED BY JURY Philipsburg Taproomw Owner Freed in Lot- tery Case tant | res LB IAIOe Ot ~ ontinued on Page Eight) GAP BROTHERHOOD T0 HOLD PIONIC MEETING ft The Pleasinl Gap Community Brotherhood will hold an outing and meeting this Thupday atiernoon at the Bong While summer home Howard township he in community vent are and are to me at the Pleasant Hall as after the Transportation from the White ALG Camp will be speaker May Day Fete To Be Held Here Saturday ¢ second annual May { Day « ele - ation 10 be held Bellefont Seoul aftern the will begir the ceren Cyrene will crowned a parade begin- and passing stieets of line of the fire and other rogram Prior 1 Miss High $ Queen of the May ning on How treet through the cipal town will be hel in march will be Boy Scout mys several nirmtions Approvimately 150 Girl Scouts (Continued oh Page oun Women's Clubs Meet At Howard County Federation Group Hear Address by Hon. Sara M. Soffel tn which Fast reed Brg Prin hie s1ies na Will A most appreciative audience of nearly one hundred women, mem- bers of the Centre County Feders- tion of Women's Clubs, heard the Hon. Sara M. Soffel, Judge of Al- legheny County Court, deliver a very timely addoess on “Youth aud Their Future,” si the spring meet ing of the Federation in Howard, ast Saturday ' This subject 1s one on which she speaks with authority both from her duties on the bench and the many vouth conferences she has been privileged to attend She said this topsy-turvy world of today has pre- maturely aged our youth. They choose security and jobs rather than liberty, their sttitude toward War (Continued on Page Eight) WL AP ——— "LAD, LOSY AT OAK HALL. FOUND AS SEARCH BEGINS | Just a5 an organised search was petting under way for George Lodk- (herd, aged 7. son of Mr. and Mrs Ray lockhart, ol Oak Hall Mone | day evening ‘he lad was found safe (and sound about one-fourth of. a imile from his home. He had been | missing one and a hall hours. | The father spread the alarm im- | mediately upon noticing his ab- sence because of the fear that the [boy might have fallen Into a nearby { fishing hole. A call for aid had been {sent to State College and the Alpha {Fire Company had just arrived jo launth a search when Robert ! Bloom, of Onk Hall, found the boy (on the Lowder farm.
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