Odd and Curious News l { VOLUME B58. The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION he Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Vo hy 1939. aw ow NUMBER 25, | Random [tems > Receive Old Flag An old {lag of the United States, patched in two places and torn in a dogen others, was presented to the Lycoming Historical Society by Cyrus H. Casner Warrensville, for his half-sister, Mrs. Anna C. Wi son, who with her sister, Mrs. Cath- | erine Fessler, now deceased, made the flag in 1868. Mr Willson, who will be 101 years old next fall, lives at Warrensville where she was born and reared. The two sisters made the flag for the Eldred Township Republicans to carry in the election parades for General Grant which were held Williamsport time that Was runni President United . Hi Finally Got Him Rattlesnake finally Lee Mooney, 77 year old mountaineer ol Logan, W. Va. who awed more tim- orous citizens for 15 years by stroi ing through wn wi {les in bosom. He often tained charming” newly captur tying them in knots hem about his body belore fl at in Cirant of the got vith the rej 3 + LET - S107 en DY winding performance a at first paid li to the wound, placin dence in a home remecy it just wasn't mixed rigai mountaineer on enterin al where he dled last week ‘On Me,” As Usual Dr. William P, Rot! tucket, R. I., who check at ies was bh bearing t me,” which he snake Mooney vell, of Paw- rays paid the ast week and » huge boulder This is on had set up in a cem- etery 10 vears ago. Dr. Rothwell who practiced medicine here years, gained a rej ial fellow to his paying the freight at ings in an exciusi booming comment became a byword Jolting Bolt | ing into half eled on into Went there to house and stunned Gladys who was operating a separatl Started a fire in the Anna Koop, 16 placed bucket of milk Froze To Dea th thousands tru driv uffocated or froz from Unnoticed passed the Louis Bolter to death partment of 1e who £ which No Funeral There was no Abram Me k. 685 caster 11 for death no flower no f{ strictly private. He wa 8 jay OQuUL ceremony Sun Too Much Excite Arriving at the home son to take his wife 10 a maternily hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. C. Eps of Omaha. Neb, were notified telephone that their house wa fire. They rushed to the hospital | where Mrs. Robert PF. Epson gave birth to twing and then sped to thelr burning home ment on Drowns In Tub Leaving the water running in the tub where she had megun to bathe ber l-year-old son, Mrs. Buchanan, | of Philadelphia, went to answer the telephone. When she returned, af- | ter a 20-minute conversation, the child was dead and the tub filled to | overflowing ! Rr Stole Engine’s Gas The Chetham, Va. volunteer fire | departn lost valuable time in answering a call to extinguish the blaze on a store because someone had stolen all the gasoline out of the fire engine's tank. The store was a complete loss Breaks Neck When a pain in her jieck con- tinued for three weeks after ghe had stumbled over a pile of wood in her basement, Mrs. Albert Karl, of La- Salle, Ill, went to a doctor, who told her she had broken her neck —————— MOTHER i + I — li gr A 22-year-old mother, Mrs. Nellie | Kozie, clambered 22 feet down the slippery stone walls of a well on her Curtissville farm, Allegheny County, | last Thursday to rescu, her three- | year-old son who had toppled into | the water i Mrs. Kozic wag washing when a five-year-old daughter, Joan, ran to her screaming: i “Brother's down the well, er's down the well” | The mother found little Joe lash- | ing In the water, his head bobbing above the surface. i “Help, Mommy save me” he shouted, : As Mrs, Kozic climbed down the | well, Joan stood at the top and! | broth- shouted encouragement, | The woman gathered the son un- i | { | her left leg Priday morning about 10 CLAMBERS DOWN WELL TO RESCUE YOUNG SON FORMER RESIDENT OF | COUNTY IS KILLED IN | AUTOMOBILE MISHAP Mrs. Suella Morrison and Cor) Lux Die of Fractured Skulls Suffered In a Four- | Car Accident Saturday Pp Morrison who tant manager of a ka st died in 1934. During killed 1938 she resided in Philipsburg. She crash is survived by two daughters windber and Scalp Level Carl Lux born in Germany Carl Lux, 49 involved in the and came to this country in 1912 collision, died in the Windber working as an electrician t Hospital of a kull, while Altoona hops. He was married four serious in- Miss Irene Davis and in 1920 went jurie to Windber where he was in charge Mr Ire 45, wile of Berwind-White Coal Mining the dead admitted company he Windber in a criti- condition sible Ifrac- of the group was returning from where nded band Charle served a wssd Phil- | Eure resident year A Centre county Mrs Morrison ved at the Philips ipsburg, was almost instantly last Saturday in a four-car formes Suella who last Hotel In ne between also later fractured iit others sustained ne (Davi the driver Ho ——————— TRUCKERS MUST SHOW ALL CONDITIONS ARE MET pital a POs The Johnstown Americanism ture i they atie an R ey g operat nave not Publi Deen Comm is- meeting It Teil Ly Lie ' applica e certifi 1 DY Well 4 wha q ale Jecdiord « Morrison number 1922 resided in Al- Years, going w whe her hus- go, Mr toona a Windber v Nie ie Lock Haven Boy “the co Seriously Hurt Struck by Car as He starts Across Street in Front tris 0 Operate un- out prox Hability of Home Howard Man Joins Artillery id Hart Robert FP. McCaleb, Ls artman, sentre county. last rank Hartman Martha, arted their home of Howard week enlisted In Wie Md Da Summer Is Here Sad § iat Ji WEY RVR r JAMES SIGNS 35 BILLS BUT STILL HAS LONG WAY TO GO Govern AN E sighed 3 enlarging ni but he BO WW Car t ETE RRTH TH power to cut still has a his desk of behind The James ppropriations long work legislature left fur Vo I Off In revenue ft two-year period The Republican legislature the foreign slate be bill permits vit [4 rialions ial H time during i Jot on the might The tax stitutional court. The ha: declared declared uncon Dauphin iwenith's MW Was by COmImnl the oounty appeal ivil service n the dole t projects when ver ‘ (Continued on Page 6) NEGLECT TO PROVIDE MAIL BOXES MAY CUT RURAL MAIL SERVICE Delivery Cost So Heavy, Postoffice Depart ment Threatens to Refuse Service to Resi- dents Who Will Not Co-operate he Postoffice igurate a “Ru- rovement Week’ made by ¢ + ar- Declor to de. } Lo? : WOMAN AWARDED DAMAGES FOR FALL ON SIDEWALK sport ret t last Wedne i Orebe Bet verdi Maw “A sald Thursday to buy nald is now fractures of f incidents when 1 was at w redial Th wee My at Cent: 1 owned bert L president of liday Bank T nia t * hin by Gii- the Hol- | hie house wa Of this 1 will later Aingest home, 209 South Hanna Street, when the car came around the turn and mounted the sidewalk, tearing the boy from hi ¢ i Mrs rl escaped being speak m burg ited mother's gras; Motor Policeman Solves Problem ‘Breaks’ Traffic Regulation While on Duty, But ‘Gels donned His Man’ net, cloak and ve . ping down the hill, walked _— - the school » door and gentle rap-rap-rap. But the bows also smelled a rat | they too that hat house smelled a good size 1 ried to a ruse and cams ot up t gave a Motor Policeman Bob Crozier of Philipsburg sub-station, broke law Sunday afternoon on the Matilda highway with his one- armed driving But the abject ing was a all in the the and told him that smart to be + wie Port were fooled way Your can’t come in here t day ir Lord,” they velled | ardused the “risibility” of y teacher. He threw off his mask Seeing the pony running up the gent across the road. took a heavy road he coralled it and Was | rail off the fence and came with al in a quandary what to do with it with the end of the rail He solved his difficulty by taking | aoainst the panel of the door and the problem pony by the halter proke it in. Before the boys had with his left hand and driving With | time to recover their senses, he his right slipped into the school room The car and pony made slow pro- law-break- and was of his runaway pony une of dut then force Recollections of “When | Was a Boy” | 4 More than 35 reminiscences were related vears ago the hovhood Democrat foregoing to The Centre by the late George W. Rumberger, resident of Union ville and this newspaper's It had to do with vicinity, that the correspondent from the recollections of writer during the early years of his life, and spoke particularly of “the haunted house” in which his family lived, Its repetition at this time will at least revive memories of one of Centre county's cleverest news writers and story reminding oming « Line 3 hool was pected there would but Mr. Stage » incident. Suffice to 5 their “treat i bw nes get The Haunated House referred to lived stood sbout 40 rods Centre and Hunti line, on the Hunti side. It was a large. hig! I boarded house With a high unroof- ed porch in front, with perhaps twenty steps at the end leading 0 The we the Nouse ithe floor tellers, One night 1 f ster with the « iy to held at wey A the fs iddenly My mot thinking playing but she 3 no person. This so frightened her that she never could stay alone in the house aft 8 nearly ten yelock the family returned One other "Jo by ae ace of any » wae fn Bil Were a heard in night wi home a great the cellar under kitchen floor as If tule were being rolled about and wash boards being dropped in the tubs as If someone was getting ready to do a week's washing. But on investigation nothing had been disturbed A number of DOINe Was the times unnatural AN OLD-TIME “HAUNTED HOUSE” to investigate frightened, she and She foun wernt fastened and She went back to bed. resolved not to get up again whatever noises she might hear Secarcely had she lain down when she heard’ another noise coming from the kitchen, as if someone was walking about. Then che heard the lower stair door leading directly to the room in which she slept, open and footsteps coming softly up the stairs, step by step Finally she saw the figure of a ghost-like person with a long white (Continued on Page 6) gress until the owner appeared and | claimed the pony. | H. 0. Yearick Has Unique Method of Killing His Hogs Woman Falls Out of Tree Mrs. Catherine A. Roffe fractured | o'clock when she fell from a cherry tree while picking cherries at her | home in Mill Hall She was re- moved to the Lock Haven Hospital | where the fracture, a compound one near the ankle was reduced. She will be a patient at the hospital for some time What started out as a quiet af- ternoon reunion on Sunday a week (ago for the H. O. Yearick family {at their Parvin farm, ended in a! | butchering party Mr. and Mrs. David Bixel and son, of Milesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Reish and two children and Mr | and Mrs. Pranklin Best, of Lock { Haven, had gone there to spend the afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Year- { ick, parents of the ladies. | During the severe electrical storm | iwhich passed over that section ome | {of Mr. Yearick's hogs became en- | itangled in an electric fence | {was killed, necessitating { promptu butchering. ! The whole party fell to with a | will, and the porker was soon ready | der her arms worked her way 10 4, he put fn cold storage. | the top, laid the boy on the aroupl and then collapsed. When she re- | . vived, she went calmly back to her | Birds Couldn't Be Eaten washing. | What normally would Jive been Joe. a bakery truck | 8 good chicken dinner at the Clear- a —e: in the well was field County Home turned out to be 18 feet deep, adding that he had not | & complete fizzle when the home learned how the lad fell into it, | Was notified that the chickens seized | at the recent Irvona cockfight would | not be edible, the reason being that | arsenic was used as a stimulant to speed up the fighting birds’ hearts | The cocks were originally planned to be used for food but this was im- mediately dropped when the arsen- ic dosage was reported. Philipsburg Man Gets Job Among the appointments to high- way jobs announced on Saturday was that of Spencer J. Gray, Phil- ipeburg, junior draftsman, at a sal- ary of $1380, __. and | an im- | pr Retirement Came Too Late Retirement day for George B. March of Williamsport, came Thurs- day--one day late. For 20 years the engineer for the Wililamsport Water Company had worked without a mishap. On Wednesday he toppled | i seven feet from a ladder. He died! Fly-swatting has about the same | of a fractured back at the age of potgmial opportunity for skill as! 2 golf, LE FOUR FINED $400 FOR Mildred A. Hetzel Maxwell D Hetzel, of Lock Haven, Ezra J. Ban ey. of Rote, and Harry L. Crissinger, address unknown, found jt an ex- pensive proposition to violate 8 hunting law The four were fined $100 each and costs last week by Alderman T. Mark Brungard of Lock Haven, for killing and possessing a deer out of season The party went hunting Monday in Colebrook Township. Miss Het- zel shot the deer which was divided among the four. Tuesday Game Protector Miles Reeder investigated and found the [ meat in the homes of the hunters Any citizen can be “ouststanding” in his own imagination, TWO PROMINENT CHURCHMEN ILLEGMAY KILLING DEER TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE The Rev, Kenneth O. Bouton of Highland Park, N. J. and Dr. Her- bert Lockyer from the State of Cali- fornia have been chosen to address the first annual Tyrone Bible Oon- ference, which will be held at Re- servoir Park, Tyrone, July 8 to 16 The interdenominational associa- tion who sponsers the conference is particularly fortunate to secure two internationally known speakers at a time when world troubles are upper- most in the minds of gveryone. Pa- cilities, including the new pavilion, at Reservoir Park have been made ready to accommodate an overflow crowd of Central Pennsylvanians, { who will fake advaulage of the af- ternoon and evening meetings. The | park, which is municipally owned, maintaing complete equipment tables, outdoor fireplaces, childrens’ | beautiful | | playground and many | wooded trails for the benefit of con- | ference guests. These natural sur- | roundings, together with the time- | liness of the Conference subjects mark it as a privilege for the people of our district, Shocked While Connecting Pump Arthur Fowler, 23, ‘lowing the noon hour a OXA — Seek Church Wreckers roan > All the News from Hollywood ¢ Group of Mutual Insurance Meets Frank Fisher of Centre Hall, Chosen Secretary at An- nual Election Stover Families Hold 6th Reunion Descendants Well Represent- ed at Outdoor Gathering in Grange Park The sixth descend during his lifetime cinity of Centre Grange Park, Centre Hall day, June 17 Mrs. Superia Sharer, the only child of Daniel Stover now lHving was the coldest member present, and David Hartsock, son Mrs. John Hartsork Qollege, was the youngest member present At the noon hour the meal was served when all present sure rounded one large table well filled | with many good things to eat. Fol- program | of the who Vi- held at Satur. annual reunion Stover lived Hall, was ants of Daniel in the 4 of £ oe Oi OuaLE usual | consisting of recitations, songs, ete. erick {an ofl company employe, was shock~ | led on Priday afternoon caught hoid of a live wire when he | while | {connecting 4 gasoline pump at the | Underwood seryice station at the Woolrich cross roads. He received treatment at the Lock Haven Hos- pital. | ~The most news for $1.50. |died at her home in Look Haven on | cemetery, teacher {church for over half a century | | was rendered by ter Loi of Mill Hah, [Saughier lols various members | of the clan i Although the day was gweltering | hot a general good time was enjoy- ed by all. The next reunion will be | held on the third Saturday of next June The following persons were Dpres- ent: Mrs. Superia Sharer, Mrs. John Hockman, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Em- | and children, JoAnn and Mrs. Nevin Gilmore and Miss Cora Stover Horace Kauffman, Mahlon Kaufl- | (Con%pued on page six) Kay, Sunday School Teacher 50 Years | Mrs. Mary Allen Kern, 83, who! Friday and was buried in Highland | Sunday, had been a in St John's Lutheran | 17h {side his nothing 3 i radishes, WHEREAS WE GET “CLIPPED” (By Paul) Did ever wonder what those Li nanging caver: Lasncti of Lhe A SERIOUSLY SPEAKING, RGERY IMPROVES ¢ Ww st ’ € we were at the while =a ormed, and highly dis- we were to it age hetic Lites TAG the have 16 vear: Process moved RE TO STAY well give up fight- us tune entitied is evidently here wwe every indication much a part of the 1 3 5 the IT'S HE We no it for the Beer Ba It = MUNE as American Nalio as hot dog. the air, freedom of the press, and day movies Anvone who spends an evening out- home will practically else in the line of music, hile if at home he has to be extraordinarily quick on the dial to prevent having a symphony con- cert interrupted by a short session of “The Beer Barrel” ing. 0K The $4 rrel of be " " PCiure Ld h] 4 » a hear w he stays RINGER FOR GROUCHO MARX George Cohen, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Walter Cohen, is a dead ring- Mars when made moustache, er for Groucho up with a burnt-cork | horn-rimmed spectacles, and a big cigar. The likeness was discovered the other day when someone stuck cigar in George's mouth and no- ticed a similarity to Groucho. The spectacles and moustache finished the picture | WILD GARLIC IS NICE, TOO District Attorney Musser W. Get- tig never posed as being much of a gardener, but he's always willing [to learn. This spring, when an odd- looking plant appeared among his Musser decided that it was some vegetable, 0 he nurtured (Continued on Page © ‘KEEPING '" \ pe, CHIEF «- iG STORY DOESN'T RING TRUE TO ME --= SOUNDS FisHy!!! WHAT FOR A 3 : : UP WITH THE JONESES’ — The Chief Thinks for Dolan FIND OUT All. YOU CAN ABOUT HIM, DOLANY DOES HE DO LIVING T-* Dogs HE HAVE AN INCOMEBT = EVERYTHING YO CAN FIND OUT =e» —— —— By POP MOMAND AND WATCH HIM LIKE HAWK “* BITHER HE'S A A THEM'S
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