CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER a VOLUME 58. NUMBER 21. @he Cenfre Democraf IIT MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1930. SUBSCRIPTION—$150 PER YEAR 3 » | MEM ROCKVIEW CHAPLAIN WILL BE SPEAKE". Legion, Auxiliary to Au. tend Services at Local Church ARRANGE SERVICE Will Honor War Dead in Most of County's Cemeteries at virtually cemetery in Centre county planned for Sunday and Memorial Day, in honor of the soldiers wars who lost their lives in the de- fénse of their country In Bellefonte the memorial vices are in charge of Brook Post American Legion, of Ceremonies \ are of all ser- - Doll which Samuel D. Rhinesmith is command | er At 10:30 o'clock on the morning of Memorial Day, a parade will form on Howard street, and after 4 march through the principal streets, will halt at the Diamond where the Rev. C. F. Lauer, chap- lain at Rockview penitentiary, will be the speaker The route of the parade will ds follows: north on Allegheny to Lamb: west on Lamb te Spring fouth on Spring to Bishop. éast on Bishop to Allegheny, and north on Allegheny to the Diamond Among the units which pear in the parade are: the ' (Continued On Page 6) be will ap- Legion MAY CIVIL COURT ENDS Hamilton-Dorwerth Dam- age Case Results in Com- pulsory Non-Suit The May Civil Court ended yes- ferday afternoon when a jury sit- ting jomntly In two damage suils arising from a motor accident in Potter township in March 1938, re- furned verdicts The jury awarded to Lioyd E Henry. of Reedsville, a passenger one of the two cars involved in the dccident, a verdict of $42-—-the ver- dict to be paid jointly by M. N. Mil ler. of Centre Hall, R. D., and Ken neth Knepp, of Reedsville, opera- tors the two cars in the crash Henry had asked damages $2,000 In the #cond action from the =ame accident, in which Kémnmeth Knepp sought $291.48 (Continued on page seven) in » Ok 4 for of resulting — ————. S—— KAUFFMAN GETS STATE APPOINTMENT M. L State of throughout Kauffman known Martin L College well Centre county, has tendered his resignation as Chief of Police at State College 0 accept an appoint- ment a2 senjor hearing inspector for the Bureau of Highway Safety, De- partment of Revenue. The new pos- ftion carries a salary of $1860 a year Prior to joining the State College police in April 1938, Kauffman had been with the State Highway Patrol for seven years, having been sta- tioned in Bellefonte for three years He will go to Harrisburg June 1 to begin his new duties sn —— BILL WOULD CUT FUNDS TO COUNTY HOSPITAL Under appropriation bills under consideration by the House, the Centre County Hospital appropria- tion for the coming biennium is $1,700 less than for the biennium beginning in 1937 In 1637, 820700 was allocated fo the local imstitution. The present bill sets aside only $28000 for the hospital for the coming two years lo Oe = every |! IN BELLEFONTE : \ay Seck Review of = rough Assessments he joint meéting of the Belle- i board Borough “ut Monday night, Councilman : iggested that the (wo or- the County Com- in the Tax N00 with and mee ometime review £932 I" xe periies in the aswessors should He claimed that ] owner xno Ril Oh every i RICHARD FE ask what tem the assessed anation sno 10 Be Graduated From Annapolis property ROBB he the placed on present be one third i wha Ne Prog : in if sold, Mr. Emerick Members of the schox incil concu n id it is pr Sable that Ensign Richard Robb, Belle- 20 Wal we forte, Will Be Assigned to Philadelphia he 581 Midshipmen at Lhe V Academy, An- on Thursday, ted { that Heads Senior Class four years at Annap- £11 Robb wa sward- ing it i sveral branches of school ville He received a medal CENTURY-OLD BARN BURNS Jr senior calss at the school griition for outstan acti fod Emmy Lou Craig (above: ter of Mr. and Mrs. James B of We Curtin street, will her brother, James Craig president of the High year . } senior Lightning Believed Cause of Blaze on Centre Furnace Estate Bellefonte Last of the class and Emmy | was elect 4 $ president of the (Continusd ou DAR™ seven) Ks Former Nittany Pro Wins Honors, William (Red: Prancis, forme: of the Nittany Country Club his golfing laurels on Mon t Pittsburzh by winning meda in the sectional qualifying of the national open gol championship. 95 professionals and amaieurs were entered. Francis (op ping the score with 72-7T2-144 Francis who is now pro of the Blair- mont Country Club at Hollidays burg credited with playing bril- upon noticing Bantly from start finish. His rairs is od 1 " card showed 26 par holes and five oo y birdies, while on each of the five other hole all on the back nin he took on odd swing pro that 11 bel ruck the family i inspected the home nothing ami A shart smoke, she home. At 4.30 Campbell n em- te din- spread in 5 pd ie Nompson ests in the DAD and Alpha Five Company of State ge was summoned, but so rap- (Continued on Page 8) — -w - - RETAIL DIVISION TO MEET AT YMCA TONIGHT Features of a meeting of tail Division of the Chamber of Commerce this Thursday evening program “Telephone Courtesy.” pre- ented by Jesse H. Caum, mandger of the local Bell Telephone offices, and a report by George Hazel of the 7th annual Pennsylvania Retail Association convention held ast week In Altoona The méeting will be YMCA gymnasium, and the pro- gram will begin promptly at 7:30 d'clock. After the entertainment a meeting of the directors of the di- vision will be held the Re- Bellefonte to be held will be a Is Radio Speaker held in the “My Impression of N.Y. World's Fair" (By MARIAN ETHEL DALE, Bellefonte.) To visit the New York World's Fair, visualizing the World of To- morrow, Is truly a breath-taking #dventure. Upon entering the spac- fous grounds and at various loca- tions throughout, one finds the standard system of checking, so thitt no one need be burdened with unnecessary articles, A first requisite in order to make the most of a day at the Fair is light and comfortable clothing, especially shoes, Crossing the bridge from the main entrance, one comes face to face with the Trylon and Peris- phere. Of course wishing to follow the official guide book and the ar- ticles published daily in the Phila- delphia papers, one entérs the per- isphere and is wafted on a magic cirpet through the world of tos morrow in dll its beauty and seem- ing unreality. From there, the Hall of Belence Is but a few steps dis tant where we sfe the transparent mast and heat the héart beats reg- istered in the wall above on another figure of man, In the nesrby Ra- dio Building, we have a truly won- derful demonstration of television, showing the western plains and mountaliss of owt own United States. But 4 short walk from here takes us to the Temple of Religion which affords peice and quiet and airy beauty. As we gil on the chairs and listen to the organ playing and utes observe the beautiful windows with | ne summarized i the Hfe the blue light shinfng through into | Rea 4 the spacious room, we are glad that of Jacques De Malay, the hero and this pretty temple of religion, dedi- { example of the Order of De Molay cated to “All those who worship | 1 brought out that from the We | God and Prize Freedom of Religion” jot De Molay we have int precrits hm 4 ” of tolerance and patriotism e holds such 2 Tomine} pines in Platter is taken to mean a wise and nearby, we find rest and refresh. | Just Jove for one's country. He stat- ment and can hear the strains of | ™S tht these virtues belong to no the organ at the Temple and are 1Contivped on Ade seven) rejoioed that our Jocal Y M. € A secrefary, My. I. €. Heineman, =o highly recommends thelr true hie pitality. The finest exhibit of all is that of the General Motors called | "Mighways and Horizons,” showing | tertained 328 prisoners during the {the highways of to-morrow, ds they | yéur 1988, of whom § were wom#h will be in 1960. Here again we are | Clinton county had a total i 800 (Continued on Pages 1) committments, § being women. GEORGE R. DOWDELL George BR. Dowdell, of Bellefonte, State Master Councilor, Order of De Molay of Pennsylvania, spike over WFBOQ, Gable Broadcasting Company at Altoona on Saturday, 328 Sent to Jail in 1938. Atcording to #atisties released yesterday by the Department of May 20, at 2:30 p. m. for ten min- | | Welfare, the Cefitre county jail éh- | a ——— a ———————— - on —————_. i ———_ Memorial Day “Down the long level of the street The solemn drums & MERSUre beat To tine the tread of Marching feet It was the day of mssnory “Out to the city of the dead The waving flag 8 overs led ‘Where soldiers lie, "HS 8&cred ground Each shrine their loyal eomrades found And so. each year at call of d [he veterans and heir Prod With flowers and words of To Keep the day of men nm OL come ¢ well won this broad land with the cholcest tle greens mo nation will wav, There will be volle will echo grateful hands will of early where the soldiers Mere will be martial fired in salute and from brass bugles Next gariand mnuner sleep” the and IMuesday, over hero graves Above the flag =f = Qralicns flowers AG Us he soldier's poodnight memories of wa LOO wo come n wil be years ere peace In the and prayers for It be Memorial Day-—the Ww be observed fully everyw a graterul nation can hold men of the nation's armies Dave made in trabising camps, on the seas and ideals, the cherishwd hopes, the beloved country will » Sabbath with all the holy the sacrifices the m the field of battle everywhere In defense of uberties and the freedom and it ought reverence hw ¢ Gf ow Brave men founded this nation and the heritage is ours to ever préserve the ideals 10 which it was dedicated. There- fore, on Tuesday, while pausing 10 reflect upon the glories of our arms in conflicts remember (on pledge ourselves anew to an everlasting peace between mer smong all nations and B.C. R. R. EXCURSION TO STATE COLLEGE, JUNE 7 the amazing popil- 1 kn ill Ie excursion several [Hor « at the Beilelonle Cen- fonte school from Stale College W oo close HIOUDORINETIL Was ade ! night f a similar excursion Bellefonte to State College on siternoon, June 7 Profiting from the first exour- sion, the Bellefonte Central the Jo- cal Chamber of Commerce, the State College Commerce Club and for the visit in Stale College be- the Pennsylvania State College pre ff The fain Begins the return uniting all thelr resources to pro- | Up The excursion Will arrive back ide a mont altractive program for Bellefonte al about 5.30 ¢ Cock ¢ aboard the excursion The Bellefonte High School Band For the first time In history, i full uniform will o every exhibit, every detartment and room of the College property public in wiki be lake excursionisia on oon- through college ; will tours to the engir ing department, ta the ivestock barns. to the dormitories, agricultural department—and dual may choose Which he will ¢ Na sharge of any made for the the College auth iNSpeC - Weeks ago rilies have tral Rallrosd Lin fn June 7. 00 that at make the creat Bellefonte Bll SCHON Bellefonte, a: al noun © ok TSF hildren « m - out bos of school fed v at Hate Col eaday x Won wii leave nd will arrive In § ae after a Wisely Tun of sbout au hour Two hous will be allowed in every will be thrown open ior sotion. Guide servi pre vided U well cording to stale by Dein A R State, father of wrslon ides. He Is working vis Keller, assistant to the lent of the college, In prepar (Continued on Page 6) Bellefonte P. O. To Be Repainted Lee E. Morris, of Hempstead, N. Y., Submits Low Bid For Job fucted tours ant. There the rday Penn I er i to the the Indiv OUTS lake Na ARR Council Favors Street Closing Outlines Conditions Under Which Final Approval Will Be Granted The job of renovating the Belle. + postoffice will be awarded to Morris, Hempstead, New comtractor, provided he can Pederal specifications for the Cirénling a request by the Belle- fonte School Board Bellefonte Counell uhanimousiy but condition ally agreed to the proposed closing of Lamb street bLeieeen Spring street and Locust alley, at a joint meeting of the two administrative exiles In the Council chambers Monday night The conditiohs sre: Meet » h t Morris specified the low bid of $1620 for the work, which will in- clude repairs and exterior painting M. (. Moshithes of Pittsburgh 1. That the building of a new | as second low bidder with a price school depends upon the closing of (Of $1843; and John L Lamb street Lancaster, was third low with $1.- 2. That the School Board provide | °°0. Bids ranged as high as #4.580 . It is probable that a jacods to the water and sewer lines | gh, y y in the closed portion of the street, fiward can be made within the next {and that plans for such means of Lew days, engineers a. She ihe access be presented to Council for [Wark ie - po i approval | — 3. That the School Board provide (Cofitinued On page eight) | Jailed; Police Say He's a ‘Phoney’ i —. — : ‘Welfare Fund Is $4,250 Short of Goal il campa Albert Murphy, aged 4, of no The annual campaign for pledges | ito the Bellefonte Community Wel- | particular address, is in the loeal {fare Fund will close at midnight, jail | Saturday, May 27, E. Z Campbell, | anon } who for the past week or San minager yesterday 8n- sw, hob- mobbed with red offitiak noune lof Belisfonte s ahd clubs; who | Last night the total pledges were epoke before Wages 3he Club, and | $14.250. or $4250 short of the goal | ps Sup- | Who addressed other groups of 818500 needed to maintain the |... os Bovs- town's charitabld mstitations dur-' diy ih the int As, of hy t Neb 3! ing the oming year If the goal Wa, ska, is in durance vile is not attained, the budget for each institution will have to be reduced proportionately f you have not turned in your card, do so at ohce. Every dollar ‘pledged to the fund will help to make Bellefonte a beffer commune ‘ity he is a phoney The Law, in the person of Chief of Police Harty Dukeman, caught Up with Murphy Saturday hight a short time after the Boystown “rep- resentative” check for a subseription to the Boystown Times, published in the model community founded and con- ducted by Pather Flannagan Murphy's trouble with the law came last week when persons with whom he had been hob-fobbing be- Personality Tax Yield Drops. i Levy of State tax on personal | property has had the indirect effect {of adding a considerable volume of | taxable property 16 the tax rolls of {gan to 3 fiotex and found | Pennsylvania's countied but the yield [little things which dant ring quite | declined almost $3000000 In 1998 | (fue. Finally a telegram Was Sent from the 1937 otal. Pigares for [to Pathar at Bdystown, Centre county show that the Yield and when the word came that the dropped from $36 463 in 1927 to $20.- t tried page {000 In 1988. Olintoh county from | Corti Sem pus | $24,000 to $20,000 in the same period. | Pinal | Fats $00, Straw and | Clearfield county from $82.807 10| felts, values 10 $3.98 at Worth's $41,288. | Allegheny St. Bellefonte, Pa. " Nissly, of | : contract | Boystown ‘Agent’ Police claim, frankly speaking, that HARRY C. YEAGER Yeager Attains 50th Anniversary Prominent Merchant Began Business Career Here Half- Century Ago Johnstown ¥ M ge a werk , oelved {gelve raya YI B After the 1 4 $200 a year alter he for week ana years st Mingies when resigidd 0 go into Lasines (Continued on Page 74 a———————r— EXPECT HUGE THRONG HERE Scranton Firm Awarded Contract For Flag Day Street Decorations and preparation are plete for the 23rd in rican legion Convention clebration June 14 Ace p- Are being veleran Be 1)ay be hel Wie of anesgay mvitator daily re- ™ men And a f Central from IXiiar Pennsylvania Beginning +t 10.30 a. m. with the assembling of all school chil the Academy midnight hour, there will thing going on throughost the day vention meeting, mpresdive Day efremony drum and bugle ore contests, dinners, amusements acts, entertainment ing are included, ta say nothing of the awarding of $808 in prizes and 7 allcexpense tours to the New (Continued an Page 7) fire ren on until the he CRIN DARE Some - every minuts Addresses von free ang aan nati toi MD A BUSH ADDITION STREET LIGHTS NOW IN OPERATION | Clirrent wis turned into Bush Addition’s new street lighting svs- ten last Thursday night by the Wet Penn Power Company. The luystem consists of seven lamps, gix of which are placed between the | Alkey corner and the eritrabce | Haupt's Flat at Roopsburg, and the seventh along a spur street south of the Aikey corner The only ceremofiy marking the | beginning of service was staged by igroups of small boys who gathered under the lights to celebrate with cheers and handsprings. Because the effectiveness of some of the lampe is reducad by heavy foilage lon nearby trees Hutire, to secure maximum effic- | ency - EE KEYSTONAIRS TO PLAY FOR DANCES AT HECLA The Kevstonairs orchestra of Bellefotite will play for dance: to be held every Baturday night at flecla Park, it was annhouhced yes- tetday The dances will begin at 8 p m and will conclude at 1 4 m. Admis- gion will be 25 tents a person ———————— Harris Team Wins The Pleasan{ Gap girls’ team was deféated by Harris township girls in a combination fhushball and base- ball game on Montay, May 18 The spore was 25-04 The last game of the season for the Harris township boys was played on the Boalsburg diamond on Frida¥, May 18 How- ard High school was defeated by a score of 4 to 1. | i now being reads est Perin officials | | thdicated some adjustments in lamp | {location may be made In the near | ORIAL PLANS ANNOUNCED TEN PERSONS INJURED IN WEEKEND MOTOR ACCIDENTS Motorist Sentenced In Death of Woman De - Clee Club Conese Joins Fraternity n lie italernlly maintain Kontinued on Dage seven) Farmers May Apply For Superphosphate ba The Centre Cx 1 Conservation Connmriltee announ this week that their 0 receive iperphos; on uniy county cations | to be on non-crop and land. These malerial to farmers who wish y take part 1 the 1938 Farm pid m and the cost of such materials i= to be ap- piled against paymenis earned by the farmers the progra Farmer i 1 of these materiale, the will building earn under the pry information ( of this lilhe and iperphosphate and applications for same may be secufed from the County Agyiedl- tural Commervation Office, located at the Post Office Bullding, Bellefonte, or from the community committee mén. The office and dcommitieemen likbwisg will peceive reguests for (Con\ued on page 8x) or lime and s1 ipplied under the prog: r i olation ate supplied ities m nount of which may &« ire an aot excored 1 i i *hich wm O illowanoe regarding the ‘CHAMBER OF COMMERC Ji | LAW FIRM TO OPEN pasture | After Car Em- 3 in Hospital tolls Ove hankment TOTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE HEAVY Philadelphia Couple In- jured in Collision East of Boalshurg usd on page seven) FIX BLAME IN FISH DEATHS Gas Company Deplores Accident; Pays Fine, Gives Assurances hutriveds of Aa Belle Wed- bel weer happen installing Dage sven) Lightning Sh id never a4: company is (Continued on atters severe clectrical storm oon lightning struck 3 p of Undine East street atliel pole and for half 8 a the Bishop tthe wood pale was The about 18 feet in 0 split several he bell tower on walled Several an. the poipt were jarred jury #1 bolt small rafters in ich the poi workmen not where the bolt ; but suffered no in ———————_. —. ——— PHILIPSBURG OFFICE | The law firm of Fleming and : Litke, Bellefonte, will open an of- fice in the Ibbetson building, Front street. Phillipsburg, early in June, it was announced yesterday Both the Belleionle and Philips burg offices will be open during reg- dar business Bours every day. Mem- bers of (he partnership are Pormer Judge M. Ward Fleming. a native and for many years a resident of Philipsburg, and William T. Litke, residing at State College issn A Cars Collide on Campus Cars driven by Mrs FP. C. Whit- | more, of State College, and H E Way, of Tyrone, collided on, the Penn State campus last Wednesday afternoon, resulting in tofal dam- (age of $105, No one was injured E WILL _ anne SPONSOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY Announcement wat made vester- day that the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce will again fponspr a fireworks display on July Fourth st the Community Athletic Field In view of the retent action of [ale than I8st year's for it is be- lieved that many individuals, who Iwill have no opportunity to pur- chase thelr own fireworks, will con- [tribteite 0 the Chamber's fund © Persons or organifation: wishing the legislature in banning the gon- {to contribute to the fireworks fund eral sale of firdWworks the Cham- are jsked to make checks payable ber's decision fo have a display is expected to be received with mdre thah Usual énthufiasm. for §§ will to the Chamber of Commerce. | The display will be preceded by & | { band concert. Admission to the be the only opportunity local resi- field will be free and no thatge or dents will have to enjoy the pyTo- | gollection of any kind will be made. technics which have long been 8% [ast year thousands of residents sociated with the holiday The display this year is expected 10 be even Jarger and more clabor. | crowded into the sports park to in display lasting more than { hour. see an
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