I SEES EE CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER he Centre Democrat a —— MEET YOUR FRIENDS IN OUR COLUMNS - — VOLUME 58. NUMBER 5, 1939. — rr SUBSCRIPTION-—$1.50 PER YEAR 10,0 19 MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS | complete: COMPETE FOR MANY PRIZES State College Drum Corps Wins First Place in Competition as Record Crowd Throngs Town for Legion Celebration; Titan and County Chevrolet Co. Win First Prizes Bellefonte was h tral Pennsylt glonnaires, musicial ina §j tators Legion Conv It as the mo least two decades, and Doll Ps American Gaining noon 3 The town noticable because all for the day About i the Drum and Bugle Corps comp« letic field. Legion members began to | able bleacher it at the From 4 «¢ ania late yesterday afte enti Ww momentum will esterday shove ever treets of were 1 normal parkl by a police order noon. visitor began arr se field was 0« lock until 6 p. m. whet Judge: Diamond, a ste surrounding and cities, px 2 8-mile Toute of the parade vilk homes and buildings were used a Held oer stand on the of towns . Flag Day Servic The Flag Day servic began at 4 o'clock: the the Diamond. A public ried the program to The principal speakers at town, president of the Pennsyiy of the important part Star and development of the nation, ar mander of the Legion who declared worth fighting for in the past is in the future. He called upon the eit true freedom for which the Bta: beware the false claims of ism A brass quartet from the Ameri Members of the local Elks Lodge { ritual of that order, climaxed by were: Musser W. Gettig., Theodore William Yates, Edward Miller the mass singing of es listeners a 10a and dd F the Parade a Colorful Event The parade was probably the lar sten in Bellefonte. It began t« and just one hour late: march once again passed befor 8 move the | In the parade were drum uniforms. There were 11 pieces of fire “ROTgeOus i k | of Prossertown Fire Company auxiliaries in line; 16 floats he floats fudges pane yearatu ranging A hia i} ream ail and were particul rly isting of George of Fleming Daniel A Prizes for Best Floats In the Industrial COPY. io float Mrs CGirove B. Thomps were hard 1 divisiem, the represented a (Continued on page four) ———————— 4 PORT MATILDA RESIDENTS Endod A an SERIOUSLY HURT IN CRASH nocd At College: forms of residents were at Re- The unconscious Port Matilda, R. D taken from a demolished car tort, near Sandy Ridge day afternoon and rushe Philipsburg State Hospita ing an accident th curve The injured were ban, driver of the from 2 brain concussion and a | sible fracture of the skull; Paul Urban, brother of the driver, back injuries Arirew and Michael Strasick, brothers, both suffering from injuries to right arms While the four men were travel. ing towards Osceola the car skidded on the curve, ran up a five-foot bank where it traveled for seventy- five feet, lurched over a on Wiliam Ur- car, suffering WIE = gulley Dale-Thompson Wedding June 17 Local Girl to of State College Physitian; Ceremony at 8 P. M, Become Bride Another June wedding of special interest in Bellefonte and State College will be solemnized in the Bellefonte Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock Baturday night, Jusme 17 when Miss Elizabeth ‘Mitchell Thompson, of Bellefonte and Har- risburg, will become the bride of Dr. H Thompson Dale, of State College The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. William C. Thompson, pastor of the church, and father of the bride-to-be. Miss Thompson will be given in marriage by her (Continued on Pages ®) is V. F. W. Collecting Magazines Wihillam Hampton, of Bellefonte, commander of the local post, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, yesterday | announced that the post is collect. ing magazines to be distributed in veterans’ hospitals. Any persons having magazines to contribute are asked to phone 9484. and arrange- ments will be made to have them collected. t to fully 10.000 moon and vii won areaths cupled adi y vantage ‘rank E and Ralph Auld Lang Syne ™ fires { Heaton held no Inguwest. A machin- {ist by trade, Bodley had not been | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1 - - 0 SEE FLAG DAY PARADE LIGHTNING BOLT STUNS MAN; BURNS HOME AT TYLERSVILLE Parade Prizes Bands--1st., $75. to John L. S8hade Pe 2nd, $50. to Lemont Band, pt 3rd , $25. to Philipsburg High Company Drum and Bugle Corp ond, $35 Jrd., £25 1st, $50, Mil Hand-in-Hand Fire State College Legi Bugle Corp Drum and Bugle C for Floats 2 aad I a, to eee : 2nd §75. to AM Hrd. $50 Firemen's P ey = ps Competition £100 to State College Le \ Milton Junior Dr all visitos from evelnung gathered here f rizes | Company With Ag n Fire Con f t1 iii to Brookly to Alpha Fire Compat ¢ ID 1 Compan) to Has Coming Longe Fire Co ded equally Blazing Arrow Hook Fire Company, all of town, and at lock when 4 ' | Best Appearing Ut Alpha Fire $15 ot itag Yl Cw EN 4) Tyre 12 in wiormed Compan began at t ommunitly / . 1st od on Company, B51 Arrow Hook more easily od Blazing Ladies Auxiliary In Uniform Largest parade began to move from All along many the g ap Brookilyt strearn Of yYisiion into Bel were thronged red efonts and in ing Motor Apparatu ). Fame $15. Hope Hose C point Fire Compan ann ——— A — Float Prizes vice were Edward Smith. of Lewis Elks A tion, who told brief] YO 4 »” Stripe p 1] : have played in the building Gwynne, Department Com- if this nation's integrity was - Individual Award: N fiohtine ” ig | Sa 8 : a wr worth fighting for now and Fail in Attempt to Escape Rou trv ty Drecerve t) ¢ Rockview; Surrender Elwood Without Resistance Bellet loals Commercial Division 1st 225 to County Chevrolet 2nd. 815. 20 ©. A Kline To Walter Scher ryan Lote that ao ibis ¢ tri alles Pp all Pp { the COW Ie ripes have alway Milesbur as Hberal governmental systen nix can Legion Band furnished impre erection © floral ush, Guy O. Bitner, Jerry Toner. The service closed with music ive Flag Di) liberty bell, Galaida resented the f a Pe untalns th Ne three ty resulted in re of ners sho left the in- pring weekend apprefiiended all the furl nunger this week Lh Earls number a iarger be grad- High before whet $ Kes ute int n marching elaborate and attr Judge Ivan when 1. past shylerian i the baccalaur esrmon (o the gradusiin er} Arcs Metal Joseph the Titan wl prize went to Prynak (Continued on Page Eight) all boat. Trimmed in red te and g cla oo — o 1d £3 ~ moan £415 will begir the Alu Memix wearing at a b of cia w, H and Academ the Ling owns will the dy meet will march in to } +] Bill Bottor! and hur Resident Engineer Announces Neag Completion of Project struck a tree and was finally over- turned on its right side and His Orchestra, of am knocked unconscious by we taken from the the car cugh- CG. A Rigkett ummoned and gave treatment to the men. All of the injured with the exception of Wil- liam Urban, gained consciousness at scene the accident Urban rushed to the hospital by ambu- ance while the other three were taken to hospital er being treated by Dr. Ricketts The men the impact car and placed ions on the road. Dr of Osceola re Kiwanis Hears Patriotic Talk Former Department mander of Legion is Guest Speaker Here The last pour of concrete was made on the $5000 000 Public Works Administration project at State Col- Howard F. Meixner. resident Fngineer announced yes- terday Located in the center of the State of Pennsvivania with a student body of 6.000, State College through this new building program will be able accommodate 650 more scholars New niral on was ege inspector Com- the of was aft #54 ne ai to Flag Day and the vention of the 23rd American Legion in were reflected in the meeting of the Bellefonte Kiwanis Club at the meeting Tuesday in the Penn Belle Hotel. The guest speaker was Mr W. F. Smith, of Punxsutawney. Mr Bmith was ocommander of the Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion during 1038, and now chairman of the National Rehabilitation Commitlier of the Legion. He was introduced to the club by Commander Rhinesmith, of Brooks-Doll Post of Bellefonte In opening his address the speak- contrasted the American Legion (Continued on Page 7) annual con- District of the ne on we 50 f ou 18 } The met re so tazed following Pennayivania their narrow escape that they were unable to identify themselves or fell investigating motor police the full details of the accident eomsiruction embodies tech. utility and poultry buildings, service tunnels, water (Continued on Page Eight) rancrete ———————— A—— LOST: ONE BOG, This is no ordinary advertisement for a lost dog, for the circumstances under which this pup became lost are different. In the first place he's in strange territory and will not know where to turn for advice { and friendship. In the second place he's a gift to a Jacksonville woman who has never laid on her er present.” Monday afiernoon a box contain ing the small black and white gpott- ied dog arrived in Jacksonville from Pitdaburgh. It had been sent by O | P. Bmith to Floyd Yearick, of Jack- o'clock Monday afternoon, follow. somville, who had structions to de- ing an eight years’ {liness | liver it to Miss Pauline Haagen. Mr Bodley was admitted to the hos- | Yearick, upcn receiving the box de. pital on May 29 when he shot him- | cided to open it immediately to give self through the abdomen. His the dog a chance to stretch after ita wound healed quickly and hospital long trip. The dog not understand. authorities and Coroner Dr. W. R. | ing the idea, jumped out as soon as Heaton stated his death was not a the exit was large enough. and when result of the shooting but of heart | last seen was headed west through trouble and additional aliments. ‘Dr. | Jacksonville, leaving nothing but 2 pentre County are cordially invited blur of dust {n his trail [to attend. If you see 4 dog answering the | description of the Jacksonville fugi- The deceased was born at Phil- | tive, collar it and get In touch with ipsburg on February 25, 1878, a son | Floyd Yearick, ai Jacksonville. He's | - of the late Thomas and Melissa | offering a reward for its return, | Roy Chambers, of Clarence, on Bodley. He was 61 vears old. Sur- | A ———_ | Friday assumed the duiles of his viving are his wife, the former | Logans Planning Carnival {new position as Centre County Myrtle Berg, and these children: | The Logan Fire Company are! Health Officer, replacing Homer P Chester, of Lewistown, Roy Bodley making plans for holding their an- | Barnes, of Bellefonle, sho was drop- Former Officer Succumbs Here E. H. Bodleyv, 61, Dies From Natural Causes, Coroner Heaton Reports 4 is 5 eyes Everet H. Bodley, native of Phil- | ipsburg and former policeman there, but more recently a resident of Un- lon township, died at the Centre County Hospital, Bellefonte, at | DEMOCRATIC WOMEN TO MEET TUESDAY, JUNE 20 The Demceratic women of Centre County will meet on the Glade farm west of Pine Grove Mills, home of | pounty vice chairman Miss Maude Miller and her sisters, at 2 o'clock on Tuesiay afternoon, June 20. A number of prominent spesker: are scheduled to address the meet- ing and all interested persons in -. CHAMBERS BEGINS DUTIES able to work for a number of years jand Mrs. Samuel Fowler, Youmgs- | nual outdoor carnival on Friday and | ped from the Siate payroll last town, Ohlo; Mrs. Wallace Matha, | Saturday, July 14 and 15. The loca- | week. Mr, Chambers, a son of the Ridgway, and Drew Bodiey, of |tion and program will be announced | late David Chambers, operates a coal (Continued ob Page 7) at 2 later date, | mine near Clarence, suis | $800 IN PRIZES AWARDE Sch to Philipsburg Leglor and Lad Fire Compa Blazing Arrow Hook Floats Industrial Division Ist £25 to Titan Metal Comg 2nd . $15 To City Bakery, Ol Carnet D wt, No. 8, Clearfield arading with Alpha Fire Co | Band, parading with Hope Fire ton Co Iunjor Drum Corps, Milton Corps, Lock Haven Junior Drum pans Auxiliary on and gon and Auxiliary Junior Drum and Milton and Bugle (8 rs ™ pars Lewistown tate College 1 Apparatus np £303 Ha Linge Citizen er Company Fire Company, the and the Neptune ne wit Apparatus ats an loge adder Company, Tyrone [3 1 prurdnt rv n wn a udder Company, Tyrone MRI Y ary jo. Tyme 8 k. Bellefonte, a radio tk World's Fair to the Street, Lock Haven Headle High Bireet, ¢ New Church Mars COMPLETE PLANS FOR GRADUATION tate College provide music roved by fire will be held Thursdas Dr. Ellis, presi liege, Hunting speaker at the Commencement he Plaza June Jut don. as the Dr. Elli 1932 commencement exercises because of the Nine accorded him at that time that his cr were again secured «'ontinued on page seven) Nomed Clerk In Supreme Court Roy Wilkinson, Jr., Receives Appointment on Eve of Graduation in theatre even. with Ce mencement ata on was Lhe speaker and it Ie reception vices TM Roy Wilkinson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, of North Spring Street, Bellefonte, who last night received 5 degree of bachelor of laws at commencement exercises at the University of Pennsylvania, Phila- deiphia, has accepted an appoint- ment as a clerk in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, it became known yesterday Wilkinson, who stood fourth highest in his class, has been named as clerk to Justioe Horace Stern, of the Bupreme Court. His duties will include law reference work, and preparing opinions, He will ac company the Court as {t moves {rom place to place in Pennsylvania. Since the appointment does not become effective until next fall, Mr. | Wilkinson will go ahead with his plans for taking the State bar ex- aminations and probably will be a full-fledged attorney before he joins the clerical staff of the Supreme Court Those who attended the ocom- | mencement exercises at the Univer. sity last night included Mr, Wiikin- | Son's parents and his gister, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson and Miss Doro- thy Wilkinson, of North Spring Street Milesburg Boy Injured | Leland Lutz, 14, received treat. iment at the Centre County Hospi- ital for injuries to his arm reosived when he fell during the weekend {while working with hie father on a service station which they are ton- structing along Bald Eagle Creek at Milesbarg. X-ray examination ‘was being made at the hospital to determine the extent of Injuries, ithe result of a soaffold breaking. The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. |A 1. Lute, of Milesburg. 3 WPA Worker Has Part Of Foot Cut Off Stepped in Path of Locomo- tive at Local Railroad Yards VICTIM ON WAY TO ATTEND CHURCH RITES Railroad Employees Render First Aid and Summon Ambulance Ng 10comollve Vi in nia Rallr RL YARras man was to attend Va Catholic churc} wccident took place fell AdiCA apparenids re "no aller DEing incomotive, {or ne ral DOWe0 ON wien infired the Ye Wopped rawled om tween tender rier Weis L& ng nis el before the wheel: Lhe the heed struck mem a part o iaceration 10 the knet road men the injured leg, placed 5 f iocommotl MeAr of ; off A VWs exiting iL way applied a tournique BDICA A ve happened at 9 ive of the | in had gone 10 be turned around trip to Sunbury tarting back 10 the local freight reached the As to th for the and was just station when a leaving Bellefonte yard Sctabica. walk ing along the track on witch the jocal frajight was leaving Bellefonte saw the train approach and st i the track adn » hear the approach of iocomot Betare return i rs dr % N > off onto the ning ng t senger ve AREY had a 4 3» 8g. The the waler 0 just bel Reynolds wa Yocum was engineman motive which struck ti Both are residents of Sunbury ————— rendurior a1 of the one ie Ian Remove Jack From Throat of Infant Bwallowing a jack three-year-old brother her, Joan daughter whicl Paul Hartzell of Mr. and Mn Hartzell, of Boalsburg nearly choked to death Sunday night before a physician sucopeded in removing the object from throat When efforts of the parents to re- move the jack proved fruitiess the little girl was rushed to the offices of a State College physician who sucoeedad in grasping the jack with his fingers. The child is pected to suffer no ill effects from her hand- Aad fed aged 8 oO months Stanley her lacerations of the throat caused by the sharp edges of the jack EL — MOTHER OF CHAIRMAN MELROY FRACTURES HIP Mrz. J. R Melroy, of White Ha- ven, Pa mother of Republican County Chairman Ray 8. Melroy of Pleasant Gap, suffered a frac. tured hip, Friday, when fell from a chair. Bhe is now undergo- ing treatment at the Palmerton Hospital Both Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Melroy have been bedfast since last tember, although Mrs. Melroy has been able to spend part of each day in an easy chair in ‘her bedroom Her injury resulted when in some ‘manner she fell out of with sufficient force to fracture the hip. The Ray Melroys visited the lelderly woman in the hotpital on {Tuesday and folind her as comfort - fable ax oan be | circumstances. she # “-. Beech Creek Man Injured Said to have been blinded by the lights of an auto Sun- day night, Charles G. Toles, of Ly- jeoming county, struck Forrest | Vaughn, 56, of Beech Creek, as the {iatter was walking along the con- crete between Fifmington and Mill Hall. The injured man received Heatmant at the Lock Haven Hos- pital, DATE FOR MILLHEIM ROSE FESTIVAL TO BE JUNE 24 The date for the Rose Pestival, to ibe held In Millheim on the grade schoo] grounds by the Y. P M. C of the Evangelical church, which was previously announced for June 22, has been changed to Saturday evening, June 24. ex- | Sep- | the chair | expected under the | Howard Youngsters In Parents’ Absence Start "World Tour’ TOWNTOHAVE ATH DISPLAY Plans Progressing For Dazzling Pyrotechnic Show in Bellefonte year's dis NG inaivicw t contr ng bile to the ward purchasing in touch Kusse, of Com- be pub- {firework Mmmediately wecretary meree. A list lished later fie, under Chamber of donors will Sinoe new use the general pub- state law, cannot purchase or fireworks any kind, it i& believed that many per- sone who ordinarily stage quite ex- tensive private fireworks displays will contribute instead to the com- munity display this vear ' —— re ——- Ss —— " of Buick, Vintage of 1905, Chugs On Its Way to N. Y. Fair With the humorous from a policeman about the speed limit still ringing in their ears, Mr land Mrs John Cowan, of Broek- ville, R. D., mpped out of Philips- burg on Monday for the New York {World's Fair in their 1905 Buick (open job that will make 30 miles iper down hill, if the hill {enough The Batiok, ifield, stopped over at {Bumtay night for a tune-up while {the Cowans, ten<galion hated and {riding booted, remal overnight | 30x3% tires, has a two-gylinder en- jgine under the front seat and has | ia two-speed transmission and oa- {hin drive The Cowans had to have eleciric lights put on the car to pass in- spection. It was the only change in the original makeup of the car, THREE TO GET HEARINGS ON BAD CHECK CHARGES James Thomas Raymond Dellz {and Arthur Hill, all of Bellefonte, | were scheduled for a hearing this morning before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher on charges of passing worthless checks. The men were arrested Tuesday by Chief of Police Harry Dukeman, and were held at the County jall pending the hearing and attempted to pass a $12 check man, suspected of being implicated in the matter, has not been arrested at this time. warming | is steep { shades of Barney Old- | Philipsburg The car has artiliify wheels with | Destruction Left in Wake of Sunday's Storm in Centre County Area NITTANY VALLEY PROPERTY DAMAGED Trees and Shrubbery Bowled Over by On- slaught of Elements One Centre Cx ot A imnes ES (Continued 1 LS on Page 8) - OSCEOLA RESIDENT HELD FOR THREATENING TO KILL going beserk Frida; alleged Osceola resident Alter and threatening tr a1 t the boarding wi house ere he had been twents Veal Brown. 48. Osceola was the Clearfield county with assault and batters 0 kill Chie! of Osoeoln £4 § five jail tent t Police William Delansky the arest there 3 . the steps of when he boldly i nd floor of the boardir ie where Bro him fared the sec laying pelzeC | RB: Lior a hearing before Peace Charles Gill Squire Gill held Brown at following yet 0! the { Osceola pert aid to have fired a shot sholgun at a member of where been stave have the wold Bi ae hag aldeged to NR thre nother m ing tened pers atiem whing & mi 89 IN COUNTY GET DEGREES Penn State Graduates Re- ceive Diplomas at Com- mencement, Monday Sixteen State College students received advanced degrees and T3 from the central of Centre County received baccalaureate 8i- plomas at the annual spring com- mencement exercises held at the College Monday morning. The Stale Oollege residents who | received advanced degrees are Albri 8, Asndorf. m. a. history; Earle IL. Edwards m. a. physical education; Richard M. Porbes m. 3. agricultural and biological chemis- try. William H Garman Ph. D., agronomy; Norman H. Isher. ms, fuel technology; Mary E K. Kerns (Continued on Page 6) BROWARD FIREMEN'S CARNIVAL TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND The annual camival sponsored by the Howard Fire Company will be {held on the lot opposite the fire hall in Howard on Friday and Saturday { June 16 and 17 : riday night the prise-winning | East Centre, County Band will pro- | Vide music and negrd boxing bouts {Will be featured. On Saturday the | rao entertainers, Tumblewood and | Rawhide and Dixie, the Golden. Voiced Gil from the South, will be present. Toe cream. soft drinks, [| weiners and other refreshments will | be 50id on the grounds vi gf Undine Carnival Augest 9 to 12 The annual carnival of the Une Chief Dukeman reported the trio | passed a worthless check for $10 at | | the Widmann and Teah Drug Store, at the Sid Bernstein store. A fourth | { :
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