Odd and Curious News -> ¢ A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. dhe Centre Democral NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME B58. } Long Lost Ticket A 17 jewel gold Waltham watch, lost while he was plowing in 1895, is back in the possession of Joseph Couteret, of Drifting. Couteret dis- covered his loss 44 vears ago while plowing a field on the Lewis Pifer farm at Drifting. Mr. Pifer, now deceased, joined him in the search for the watch and they turned the furroughs over and over but met with no success. The watch was, at that time, less than a vear old and had cost $37. The farm is now owned by Joseph Schubert, Last Wednesday morning when Mr Schubert was plowing he unearthed the long lost watch. The stem, hands and crystal were missing and the face was slightly damaged Water had gotten into the workings and rusted them but the gold case was In perfect condition > Circus Loses 21 The Russell Brothers circus left 21 of its employes in jail at Butler, Friday, but the show proceeded on schetinle. The 21 were drivers jailed by Justice of the Peace P. A. Eber- hart of Lyndora in default of $12.50 fines on charges of driving without proper permits. The drivers claim- ed they had receipts from the state of Missouri showing they hud ap- lied for drivers’ permits, Manager auline Russell sald the fines would not be paid because the show had enough licensed drivers to move to the next stand without them, A Triple Play Tuesday was a very auspicious and busy day for Mary Elizabeth Hallman, of Sunbury. She not only became 18 years of age on that day, but also graduated from high school and-—was married. An hour before she received her diploma at the Sunbury High school commence- ment she became the bride of Les- ter E. Zeiders of Harrisburg, in a ceremony at which her father, the Rev. George W. Hallman, United Brethren minister, officiated Long Distance Speaking into a telephone at Mt. | Carmel Thursday night, the Rev. E M. Strickler performed the wed- ding ceremony for his son and bride standing before the altar of a Los Angeles church 3000 miles away The United Brethren clergyman re- cited the vows to Guy D Strickler his son, and Miss Dorothy Grannis, The ceremony took four minutes, Shoots Self Desperate when he overturned wrecked a borrowed automobile, Alvin Ogle, 17-year-old high school Boy, of Denver, Colo, took the ser- vite revolver of his stepfather ani shot himself in the stomach. He left the following note: “I hope this will pay for the car because my life is all I have to give” While he 1s in a critical condition, he may recover Old Lovers Marry Meeting for the first time in fifty- two years, two childhood sweet. hearts, Mrs. Cornelia Harris Rogers and Thomas Reed patched up the quarrel which separated them and were married at Greenboro, N. © Both had been married but their mates had died. The bride was 69 And the groom 78 Cat Adopts Rat Farmer Ernest Sprague, of Ham- lin, N Y. owns a dat that has fdopted a rat. Maternal instinct got the better of Dixie's predatory urges after she had found a rat's nest and destroyed three of the four L] young. She picked up the fourth, | @eposited it with her litter of kit- | tens, and is nursing it impartially | Eternal Feminine An automebile crashed through the =all of Paul Stumpf's Pittsburgh heme and into the living root, nar- rowly missing a 12-vear-old- boy gl: ting in a chair. As a crowd gasped insastonishment, one woman specta- tor observed “Doesnt she have lovely curtains.” corn MP s———. CCC Camp Youth Pleads Not Guilty Negro Boy Claims He Had No Intention of Killing Op- ponent in Fight Claiming he had no intention of kiting Thomas Benjamin of Altoo- OR In a street brawl there Baturday hight, May 27. William Patrick. member of CCC Camp at Wolf Rock, near Philipsburg, pleaded not gullty to charges of murder when arraigned before an Altoona alder- man last week Patrick who was without counsel was held without bond Detained as accessories, three other Philipsburg CCC Camp mem- bers were held under 2000 bond each. They were Lacy Blackstone, John Royster and John Payne, all of Philadelphia. A squad of police immediately rushed the youths and Patrick to the Bialr county Jail at Hollidaysburg where they will await trial Testifying at the hearing were Lieutenant IL. W. Haberstroth, Al- toons, who seized Patrick after the slaying of the Altoona High school athlete, and Dr. Charles Shope, Blair county coroner. The street brawl in which Ben- jamin was killed is been the result of jealousy over an Altoona girl whom both youths knew. Benjamin died of wounds he received when shot with a 22 cal- three | sald to have | | CCC VETERAN KILLED WHEN THROWN FROM TRUCK NEAR MILL HALL 45-Year-Old Camp Enrolice of Livonia, Fat- ally Injured In Three-Car Highway Col- lision Saturday Afternoon i Herbert Earl Stout, 45, a World War veteran and member of Half- Way CCC Camp at Livonia, near Mifflinburg, was [fatally injured {Saturday afternoon when he was ‘thrown from the back of the CCC truck in which he was riding as it lerashed with two automobiles a short distance east of Mill Hall The load contained in the truck Is said to have shifted, forcing the victim out over the tall-gate Stout was rushed to the Lock Ha- ven Hospital but was dead on ar- rival. Thomas Lamadue, a CCC en- rollee from Altoona, driver of the truck. and John Greenwood, whose home is in Philadelphia, were injured as they rode in the cab The occupants of two passenger cars which were involved In the mishap were unhurt except Lee Overdorfl, 13, of Lock Haven, who bruised on the head and cut in the mouth when he was thrown from the rear seat against the rear view mirror of the car driven by his uncle, Harry Barnard, of Beech Creek Mr Barnard's daughter Bernadine, was riding in the front seat with him Beech Creek Man Solves Theft Case 14-Year-Old Boy is Alleged to Have Confessed After Being Accused un- truck was Over a period of several weeks the service station of William B. Cook at Beech Creek has been mysterious. ly robbed of cash and of cigarettes tobacco and confections. Entrance apparently was gained by use of a Key The losses have been estimat- ed as at least $50 Only part of the cash left in th | register at night would be taken i Thursday night Mr, Cook's right hamd man, “Doc” Conoway, who had been watching nights for some time caught a 14 year old boy hid- ing In a nearby hedge where “Doc” saw him seek for cover Confronted, the lad confessed and named two boys as accom- plices, one whom had the key, an extra one that had hung in the station and disappeared. Mr. Cook hag not announced what action he take other of will Another £4 a breaking into the property Pet. terolf and Sons at their saw mill along the road to Monument Sunday while the men were at their home in Madisonburg. The thief took con- siderable fuel ofl which likely was considered of use in a tractor. This matter is under investigation lor which a clue is the impression made by the tread of tires of the thiefl's automobile case that of of — Disposal Plant Half Completed Resident Engineer Reports Satisfactory Progress on Local Project The Public Works Administration £12400000 financed posal Plant project Sewage Dis- at Bellefonte has reached the halfway completion | mark and the general inspection of the progress of all work to date was | made by federal and local officials IPWA Resident Engineer Inspector | Howard F. Meixner announced The inspection revealed that pro- gress on the Sewage Disposal Plant Resident Engineer Inspector How- ard FP. Meixner reported; that the contractor had met the high stand- ards set forth in the specifications drawn up by local officials Federal engineers complimented local officials and the contractor for the fine way in which this work is y in Bellefonte should be proud of the way that work is going on their new project, (which will be ready for use before many months have passed. Your i officials here have shown a fine i spirit of cooperation in meeting the | Government's recovery program un- | Public Works Administra. | der the tion. This project compares favor- iably with the hundreds of others that are being carried on in this {state and the thousands throughout the nation being carried on with {Public Works Administration funds | Planned by your citizens, and built by your craftsmen, you have shown a fine selection in your project A Shocked Thief tubes from the automobile of Natur- alist Lawrence F. Evans at Birming- ham, Al4., certainly received a shock. The tubes contaified a rat. tiesnake, a coral snake und a oot- Yamin moccasin-all very much ve. le Cuts ‘Gossip’ {| A new telphone dial system, which | buzzes a warning after five minutes { of conversation and then cuts the connection at six minutes hus been installed Johnstown, at The thief who stole three long James B. Wilson, Salona, driving along In the other sedan, was un- injured, escaping uncut when a gal- lon glass jug of poultry remedy flew from the rear seat and broke against his right shoulder The Barnard car was proceeding west on the highway when a truck passed it. The CCC truek followed also trying the pass, but erashed into the Wilson automobile, turned bout and collided with the Bam ard car The Wilson automobile remained on the highway but the CCC truck with the other car stick- ing to its side crashed into a tele phone pole and a fence The Wilson automobile was bad- ly smashed about the left front fender, wheel and axle. The other sedan was damaged about the right front fender and had its frame bent. The truck's huge drive shaft was snapped In two and other me- chanical part were broken al- though the body was not seriously damaged Trainman Severely Injured George Mull, of Bunbury, a Penn- svivania Rallroad Company Wil- Hamsport Division brakeman, is in the Altoona Hospital, with severe injuries of the legs, arms and body suffered in an accident in the Al- toona yard. The rear truck wheel {of the tank car on which he wa riding went over a bank, Into a mud hole and he was pinned by one leg in the muck, with his head above water level s———— — Classified ads are thrifty. | i | i BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939. —And Live Happily Everafter ] | LEADERS START ry eT | i | | { | | i FATHER SENTENCED TO "yr ") NUMBER SI ———— Random Items DIE AT ROCKVIEW SAVES BOY WHO ACCUSED HIM A " After All, He's My Son,” Says Condemned Man As He Signs Paper In Jail Which * Permits Operation On Youth William Yeager, of Danville con- demned to die in the electric chalr at Rockview for the murder of a State motor policeman, was called {| upon recently 10 choose between pa rental affection and resentment for a son whose testimony convicted {him | undertaker SURVEY OF FALL ELECTION PLANS Closing the books on 1939 session of Legislature, leaders of bot! Republican and Democratic partie started surveving the politieal out- look In preparation for the Fall pri- mary and municipal elections While interest largely will be cen in local political regard elrc- important ballot state Inst the contests the the “off year” as the first ince ve returned the government to tte Republicans Year tered chiefs tions ers Judges Elected justice of the Supreme Court and three judges of the Buperion Court will be elected In the only state-wide contests One Fifty-five of the 87 ng Philadelphia county officials, exclusive of Philadelphia and third cities will elect mayors The primary will be Bept the general election counties, in- will elect some judges 22 class 12 Nov, 7 ping interest in the mayoralty will be the fight in Phila to se Jeet "n 7 8. Davis Wilson on Republican ticket yenrs He defeated John Kelly cratic city chairman and on oO iests deiphia Maver th ny Demy Democrats in A that fal EUOCPSROT elected four B the Legislature en of the Repub- Oeneral Assembly (Continued on Page Eight) ire ontrnlie 4 | The 54-year-old father was in the Danville jail, waiting action on his The son, 19 WAL in a 0 Near aeatd appeal for a new ria year-old Charles McKeesport that hospital atten frets Yeager nospiLa ants wheewed in her body a lay hoth ished ndet cot we falling u The their mangieq offered Mve hl But he wa onsen. w with " fs ”) a Weigh » nital ¥ wepital ph ds dubious Je the ¢ iif nea ES ANG Sa only chance minor th and | a needed ” Nould operation Ww the elder n vor a son who had started } ward the chalr by accu him of beating the DOY's mother Parental Jove conquered ing of resentment held by the agreement remark electric the fee] the father to Lhe After and he signed operation 1 he's all Young ies that with the my son Yeager told a stor brought him 1 death and, Must ar his life He was { one of elev ther has deen for fatally policeman who ¢ PERILOUS WAYS OF MAKING LIVING With arrival of the summer eason comes the ever-present wg to the circuses carmival other outdoor stirac- tions that offer entertainment and thrills—especially the latter. From the death-deiying performance on the high-swung trapese bars to the lowly net of throwing knives around a human target, there is ever pres ent an awesome thrill to the behold- er Who hasn't wondered at some time or other, after marveling at ome stunt involving the perform- er's risk of life, why men choose such methods to make a living? In a few instances it may be for high premium they command their services, but this type of per- former is largely in the minority The true producer of “hair-ralsing thrills” does it for the love of the work--it gives him an outlet for an overabundance of inborn cour age. And courage ls someilhing no stunt performer can lack One the old-time wandering showmen was “Carl Clifford,” who was familiarly known throughout every county in Pennsylvania. One {who recalls the old showman refers to him in this fashion One Juns evening, many years ago. a tent was being put up In a eornér of the shady lawn back of the ancient inn at Steinsville, Le- {high county. A traveling showman was going to give a wild west per- formance which included cuftihg a pack of cards In two with a 20-foot stable whip while they were held in his wife's hands At the supper table, the narrator and his wife became acquainted with the showman, a pleasant fel- { low. who wen! by the name of “Carl the attend fairs and all the for of ie show. ¥ '" pretly being down to an infant had mings Clifford mans wife wa as wer the three of them arms, the parts in the sh Being a Baturday night and one of the longest days of the year, the performance was sel for 8.30 o's and his family exceptionally " children, there in twa older ones w ple off the nemoer ag of § OUng firing of the OOMmpansy der, jo wing Ir ree his sh hal ] crowded and the captains nerve was perfect he peer drank or smoked while on tour, nor dissipated. consequently cinck io give the mowers & chanoesgieh 8 michap as followed weemed to get in from the fields, get “wash and be present There was a goodly turnout when the opening hour arrived The showman and his wife were dressed in trae wild west style, Hike pictures of Wild Bill and his pretty Calamity Jane. The program of songs, dances, trick shooting. lar- throwing. iusgling slight of hand was a long one for a fif- teen: oent admission and the crown. the cutting of the playing performed suscessiully the card cutting act was over, the showman's helpmate came and sat down with the narrator and his wife and she was asked if an aocident had ever occurred Never,” she sald, “if 1 thought for an instant a thing could happen I would not have the moral Cirage to stand up there facing having my band slithered in two After the performance “Clifford” came up and the same question Was put to him. He sald he was thank- ful he had never figured in an ac- cident. but, unfortunately, they did happen Ones.” he said, “1 was playing in Cincinnati, as a member of the Captain Prank Frayne's wild west troupe. The great stunt was when the captain, whe zame from Bed ford county, in Pennsylvania, shot ed up” iat els ing act cards Alt HER or on that night when bullet went through top of girl's forehead kill- ing her instantly. I happened oo be tanding nearest the curtain and Jed immediately Capiain Frayne he impossible. Yet he fired. the the the own WAS overcome Lhe® 4 AY A giri whe had womewhers ¢ claimed the body he had old home in Bedford and buried there Recently a young knife when a knife he nightly threw at a girl and penetrated her arm during performance in a8 downstown Pitts burgh night club. The knife throw- blamed the mishap on the am- light which illuminaled the explaining that he needed a bright spot to see ciearly enough Ww take aim During a performance not long ago in London, by a team of Amer- ican cowhoy impersonators, a pret ty 22-year-old girl was flicked by the lash of a 20-foot cattle whip much like the one used by "Carl Clifford ™ The trick was to snap a lighted cigarette out of the girl's mouth To the horror of the vast audience, oe his county thrower came to grief which slipped a or ber seene as the great whip shot out like snake, the Lip seemed to curl arous She drop; the stage Ore Blage and ip her wings 3 in & few minutes plucky girl was back and the coupic finished the act “It was just tough luck boy impersonator told reporters "This trick is done tO 8 spit hsdr a fraction of an inch oul makes Uniuck i of fier head wd 0 Ee a her picked and carried inlo thr n the il Lhe the oow- the difference and the las! A man i strength In around the girl's knocked her out around again. 1 mistake before make another Greal oOUrage was shown by Miss Sonia, a young Russian lio tamer. when she was clawed by of her three lions during a formance at Waolverhamplon land While putting the through an act, one of them cha, knocked a shield out her grasp and struck her hand Miss Sonia thrust a pedestal between herself and the lion, which quirted the monster She then put her hand, streaming with blood, &! the bars of the cage and bandaged, then the act A few days later al the Bristol hippodrome Trudy Borah, a fifteen year-old Austrian was mauled for the second time in a month by an infuriated leopard the whip half U blow forehead in e wWrapp she soon Can never mace a and hope 1 shan’ recently one per- Eng Hon Pa- of rough nag A she went on with on the stage in view of her large | English audlence. Bhe screamed tried to carry on, but collapsed (Continued on Page Eight) | KARTHAUS MINER JAILED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT Charged with disorderly conduct, O. P. Hopkins, 39, of Karthaus, was placed in the Clearfield county jail for allegedly firing several ghots and making threats at the Gonzale mine near Karthaus where he had been working | Hopking was arrested last Thurs- day when police were informed he had fired three shols at the mine | shanty where men were standing | He had been operating a machine at | the mine but was recently switched to regular mining duty. He is said to have gone on a bender because of his unhappy feelings over the i change. - Happy When Money is Returned, Last Friday started out gloomily bue ended up happily. Mr. Turic, | that morning lost his wallet contain- ing $258 somewhere in Philipsburg A little while later the wallet was found by Gordon Fenton, of Pleas- {ant Hill, an employe of the Morn- ngstar Bakery. He immediately turned the purse. Stork Wins The trial gi Painesville, Ohio, of Prank Orabowsk), 4, on a charge of Hit-Ruy Driver Hurt | of an automobile accident which he collided with another automobile. for William Turic, Munson, R. D., | INJURED WHEN CAR GOES OVER EMBANKMENT In plunging 55 i=et down a slight hill near Osreolas last Thursday morning Charles Garber, of Phillips- burg. was badly shaken up when his car skidded on the wet highway and left the road Garber's unconscious body was taken from the car by Adam Emest and Frank Adar: =f Osceola, who were hear the scene of the accident The injured man was taken 10 8 physician and was later admitied to the Philipsburg hospital for examin- ation, The car was lying on its top with the wheels in the air when the driver was exiricated from the wreckage. The car turned over several times in ts dash over the rdugh ground. As a general rule, it is more tire- some to write these paragraphs than | it is 10 read them. i EE (Hanna, Jack Godsey, Nelson Naller, BIRTHDAY PARTY HELD FOR DIX RUN YOUTH A party was held at the home of Mrs Anne Witherite at Dix Run on Wednesday evening, May 31 in honor of her son, Lester's 18th birthday Those present were: Mr. and Mrs Elmer Witherite and children, Marie, Lynn and "Mickey," Mr. and Mrs. Toner Heaton, Mr. and Mrs Guy Witherite and baby, Carol Jean, Mrs. Cora Godsey, Marie Wil- son, Eleanor Snook, Mary E. Wil- | liams, Bessie Witherite, Pearl Hall, | Marie Switzer, Marian Witherite, Millie Heaton, Aletha Fetzer, Phyl- | lis Lamen, Bill Parsons, Alfred Mader, Clair Hall, Max Leathers, Albert Hall, Yester Witherite, Ed Moore, Charles Wilson, Kenneth Don Wilson, and Mrs, Anne Wither ite. The evening was spent in playing 'epeeding to a rapidly games and music. At a late hour re- | freshments were served and all de- parted for their homes wishing Let’ many more happy birthdays Rain Puts Out Engine and Fire When a heavy rain drowned oul the motor of a fire engine as it was spreading grass fire at Fort Pierce, Fa, a second fire truck was dispatched This one bogged down in the mud It didnt matter mitch however, be- cause the rain put out the fire Frozen Sleep detalls ah w— Reporting concerning |science’s new weapon against dis- ease, In which sufferers from can- cer are enveloped in iced alr, lulled | by subnormal body temperatures into painless suspended animation {One of many features in the June { 18th issue of The American Weekly, | distributed with the Baltimore 8un- day American. On sale at all news- i stands. circus performer, ! | rest him after he had abused ti} | thother Following the father's mother had been supporting | seven unmarried children on “monthly pension To lighten { burden, young Yeager said he start ed for Bellevue, Ohlo, to take a jot in a cannery at "$2.50 and two mea a day.” arrest, Lhe th he her wer les Steward Is Held In Death of Man Clearfield County Man Dies After Scuffle in Harris- burg Legion Home Camphe wk od that intier kod 2 De Wa NArgeg 4d ¢ dind A ft of injuries su in an automobile socident, was a former regent of Pennsylvania Daughier of the American Revoluls nres ent of the Patton a Andover Academy ¢ Y i surviveo who The during victim's mother the last mh resul ered gc Yor A R Phillips National gragunis Aang Woman Burned by Explosion of Gas Bathroom of Altoona Resi- dance Wrecked, Badly In- juring Occupant Mr Mildred Probst. 25. is a Da- Altoona Hospital suf- fering with severe burns as the re. sult of a gas explosion which wrecked the bathroom of her home on Hudson avenue, Altoona, last hursday night Frank Probst husband of the woman, stated that he and his wife had been out during the evening but had returned home about 8:40 o'clock and that he waz listening the radio when the blast Thrown to the floor by the concus- gion, Probst revealed that wife came running down the stairs, her clothing aflame Frank, I'm on her as screaming He used a parior rug co amother the flames and neighbors attract. ed by the noise, ran 0 their assist- ance. Mr. Probst sastained burns of both hands when he smothered his wife's flaming clothing by roil- ing her in a rug An immediate investigation by gas company employes disclosed no indication of a leakage. It iz be- lieved, however, the valve of the regnor heater had become partially turned on and thal a switch which was reported defective, threw a spark as Mrs. Probst attempited to turn on a light li tient the toy let go his fire,” he quoted Hoard U. 8. Paper Money More than 300000000 of United States paper money is being hoard. ed by Europeans since the begin ning of the first Crecho-Slovakian crisis last fall, according to Secre- i tary of Commeroe Harry Hopkins WANT TO WRITE A COLUMN? This is in § This xt week 1 let the nat wmriment and this ire of an ai 0 Art I ome how oom Nnarke We KENOw wi \ wrylt 4 p we'll omit the name if our or five week: SOON THEY'LL INSTALL HEATERS corner has often 1 speeds HOPE HFS BETTER ON ELECTIONS ! ast B er al mea cking he Max ‘ LL that Bil TALE OF TAILORS There are ntics and who were the fundamental refinement of trained and that make from the , Nowadays they don't make tajlors that way, for they'd starve to death. Most modern cloth. | except the highest priced gar- were to overcoats ground ug and material MISCELLANEOUS Hardman ollege abos excur his eye: Central fire tackling college officials he students y pay for Flag Day damaged by coliege a Saturday ni out~ Loule Bell, of passing out Monday conventional the stogies bore bands the following legend Erminia Bell June 2 1830, seven pounds. nine ounces” The youngster 18 doing nicely at the 16cal hospital Movie makers can stick to promabilities In Pacific” after a speeding runs through flames from 3 buming trestle, cordeocod in the tender iz seen to be burning mer. rily. The train would be in the heat and Names for approximately one second. “Union Pacific” starts out as a tremendous historical spectacia, but before long the director appar. ently became more interested In the love triangle feature than he did about the darned old rallroad EE A reo, ntpLé tions IE on liefonte ght Ci afier- eT cigar band carrving “Christiana fund “Union train Suffers Fracture of leg Harry Hamer, 52 of Wallacrton, received a fractured right leg while working at the General Refractor jes plant at Blue Ball last Wednes- day morning when hiz leg became pinched in changing a press. He was taken to the Philipsburg State Hospital for treatment msn AA —— sa Drug Firm Buys Another Store The firm of Widmann & Teah, with stores in Bellefonte and Lock Haven, last week purchased the fixtures and stock of drugs and merchandise of the defunct Heffner drug store al Lock Haven: The consideration was £2.00 | “KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Well Dolan's Gone, but— NTN I i got in contact with Turic and re- was postponed for several | | Fleeing, unhurt, from the scene | : | caused, David Walker, 28, of Detroit, 14 ¥ He was taken to a hospital, eritieally | f go4 MOVED IN HERE TO BY GOLLY! BmCcE LAN By POP MOMAND plat May At a, Bowens! “A WORD WITH Nou WN Private! STEP wos
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