Odd and Curious News | | The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION Che Cenfre Democvaf NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME BELLEFONTE, PA THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 1939. NUMBER 24. Random [tems * Saved Own Life Bitten by a deadly copperhead snake, while picking blackberries near his home on the Treverion road, near Shamokin, Dr. George D Kohlbracker wielded his own scapel to treat the wound, and thereby probably saved his life. Twice later whea affected portions of the body showed evidence of the spread of the surgeons at the Sha- mokin State Hospital, performed operations and administered anti venom serum, Dr. Kohlbracker as- sisting and directing the treatment He had insisted that he be no sedative What Is Tt E A mysle animal hich prowled around the hillsides in the Wellsburg and Bentley Creek tions, ne ow nda sited “a Grover Becke leavin three times as i as those dog leading from t farm into the woods. The depth the prints indicate that the animal weighs around 200 pounds, It is be- lieved that panthe The head of the sheep was crushed Cows on an adjoining farm were chased from their pasture by the anima: . Catching Up Stephen G. Steiner, town, R. D. 2, has that he has for 32 years been brating his birthday four days soon. His mother died when he wa young and relatives him his birthday was March 16. Recently he ed a copy of his baptismal certificate which signed by Rev T. O. Stern, pas of the Turbot- ville Reformed church, and gives his birth date as March 20, 1907 - Surprised? Mrs. Anna Mallonee, of Compton Cal. went to Independence Hall Philadelphia, to look at » Liberty Bell. Arriving she was greatly surprised when a welcoming com- mitiee swept her off her feet with elaborate ceremonies. She was the $00.000th visitor to the hall this year and received a piece of wood taken from the room where § Declaration of Indepelidence was signed. POISOon, e given rou has a Yh al fee) on the farm tracks of a he of it a Wal wvered ol Oo li= Just disc cele- “wo Loic secur is he Strangely | Beaten For the second time onths Minnie Vedemocki, of Bos- ton, has been strangely beaten She was found tied naked in her bed by curtains and sheets, terribly beaten and unconscious. The 5- year-old victim blamed two girls for her former Deating but they were never captured. in nine - Ancient Mammals Skulls weighing 400 pounds and tusks seven :o nine feet long have been found in rock-bed banks, near Beeville, Texas, indicating zat All- thropologists have located the buri- al grounds of the elephant’s fore- runner which roamed Texas jungle 1.000000 years ago Rabies After 9 Months Nine months being bitten by a rabid dog, and alter taking anti-rables vaceil Wwbert Tubb, 4. of Memphis Te , died of rabie The vaccine was when boy was bitten effect: 23,028 Miles To Class Making a daily trip © 4 mi Aline McCowan, of F Svockdale, Texas, San Marcos Teachers Col- jege freshman, travelled 23.028 miles to her classes during the pas’ term without being tardy . 10-Foot Tires The largest tires ever tured, measuring ten feet and weighing 1800 pounds, are being made at Chicago for the jce cruiser that be used on the govern- ment’s coming Anarctic expedition 300-Pound Sea Cow Sighting a 300-pound sea cow feeding in shallow water, Wilson Baker and his companions clubed the mammal in the head with and towed it a shore at Oak Orch- ard, Del alter death or absent manufac- 411 ad 100: No Advice One hundred-year-old Margaret DeVault of Audubon, N. J. has no recipe for long life and no advice for modern girls, who, in her opin- fon, “don't need it." Ea panhandler can he Almost any you a good reason why make a living. give can’ | OSCEOLA MILLS TRUCK DRIVER FOUND GUILTY BY CORONER'S JURY Tofield Gravish Held For Contributory Negli- gence in Deaths of Four Persons— Eleven Witnesses Heard of Ose - truck four nea: turday. mtributory Jr. 2, river of the death of {1 21 other: < ofield Gravish Coroner burg. 2 accide Ji jured bound Ridge picnickers one side occupants truck 11 upset homeward from near Sandy with ad of returning when ick careened t of the throwing the bed the The road the onto fou OW Howard Couple In Automobile Crash Owner of Car in Hospital With Possible Dislocation of Neck Kriedler, 44 housekee has a disiocated ver- wck., while Mrs ing jes and shock Their companions, Mr E. H. Bockus, of Howard, county, escaped with br shock The group New- from head and Mrs Clinton uises and were an their way Ww New York state when the car skid- ded on @ sharp curve and overturn. ed in the highway, after the brakes had been applied. The automobile it is reported, was completely de- molished in the accident which oc- curred about 8 o'clock Sunday morning Boyd Kreldier, of Lock Haven brother of Mr. Kreidier, drove to Blossburg Sunday evening and brought Mr. and Mrs. Bockus to their home in Howard —————. A ——— Team Awarded State Laurels County Swine Judging Unit Takes 1st Place at Annual {-H Club Event The team ’ Centre coumty won the swine judging championshit the 18th annual 4-H Club Week State College last week Inez Luse, David Noll, and Delaney, all of Centre Hall prised the winning team which scored 991.3 points. Delaney won a blue ribbon vidual score 3508, Miss Luse ribbon, 3205 points, and N a whi ribbon 320 points The Cen county ing team, conlssti state at Ray com- for indi a red ia te itr we 3 pot Y judg- ng of Joseph Da- vidson, Warriors Mark: Elwood Homan, Pennsylvania Furnace, and John Greeniand, State College, R D.. placed fourth with a score of 11903 points. Davidson won a red ribbon for individual score, 4224 points, and Homan a white ribbon, score 3005 points In livestock Judging the Centre county team placed tenth with a score of 1376 points. The members were James Gilliland, Oak Hall: Harold Rockey, Boalsburg, and Donald 8mith, Centre Hall. Rockey (Continued on pege three) nM i —— Two Days in Woods Showing only a few scratches, alter being lost for two davs in rain drenched mountain woods, David Ellett, 2 years old. was found bv | CCC volunteer searchers at Livihg- stonville, N. Y ROCKVIEW BLOODHOUNDS FAIL TO LOCATE MISSING WOMAN { farmer would undergo a series of Following the failure of Rockview penitentiary bloodhounds to find any trace of Mrs. Alois SBteinhauser, missing Tyrone R. D. woman who has been missing since last week, state police in the Tyrone district have practically given up hope of ever finding the woman An inten- sive search throughout the moun- tains had been conducted all last week by Boy Bcouts, farmers, state police and many other volunteers with no clue to her whereabouts discovered Stile police from the Hollidays- burg detail obtained bloodhounds the Kettle reservoir territory by Pennsylvania Raliroad Fire Marshal A. H Knelle and foreman of the company, last week covered nothing A rumor that Mrs, Steinhauser had been seen Bunday a week ago in the graveyard, near Mount Olive church, in Sinking Valley, was also investigated by state motor police C. 8B. Webster, | | without avail, from Rockview Friday but nothing came of the search as the trail was that might have aided the hounds, Stolen Car Recovered The sedan of Frederick Morgret, of Farrandsville, reported stolen in Lock Haven Saturday evening, was | recovered on Route 64, near How- too old and the light showers dur- ard. Sunday evening by the State ing the week washed out any trail| Motor Police. It had been adindon- | od along the highway and was not | A thorough search was made of damaged. . Blair Gap water | but they dis.’ Vincent fils, died Hospi 8 the fourth cident Willlam Va Bosu Oseeoln in the aturany victim il, Of Philipsburg State ftermoon, He Is of the fatal ac whn who ved di irom where ned Vie i Hi truck QO Niee ro wi “Beer evi. the driver He down just pienick- the them to slow when the and hear seemed crash inging not said ore the ceased Mo SKOY pital atten dants The Oldtimer PLAYIN INDIAN EH, THAT REMINDS OF THE TIME Wi $# [| WAS YOUR AGE, THERE WERE ROVING AROUND THESE PARTS WAS AREAL INDIAN - WHAT A gl AE (OULD FELL A DEER AND ARROW AT THREE HUNDRE LET ME TELL YOU THEY NEVER REAL INDI THEN- MY BEST F& Z ( FLIGHT WITH A NA gD PACES AND by HARME D ANY WHITE ANS HUNTER HE WAS BOW say FOLKS N OUR COMMUNITY ~ SHU (KN N'NOW A-DavS ———— PT 16 PALE DRUNKS (THE RATS) PROVE LIQUOR’S A HABIT Hird » been on On May 15 technician Jacobson rodent experiment prove that ing. They a Max Webb and Miss Fr paychologiat attempti was habil- as proof RIC talnaed joined liquor cited GL THUGS ATTACK AND ROB GRASSFLAT MAN ON VISIT TO CITY = William Larson Arrives Home With Bruised © Face as Evidence of Beating Received at Hands of Attackers Thres t ins We aiempted ras ¥h nesday w I flat Ladelphia whit William as the C nt 00K A MI 0 Lake oa Larson, learfie on ] WRK wailing Oy 1 Wiig Dm hots thumped fore bel He sad( wa HE fied himsel! ‘n then Wii Truck Damaged in Crash Wt Wi D sO ipe driven liam Wis LUICAaYy <a Sat by B N EW CAVE MAY Extension of an ancient Hmestone | quarry near the historic town of Jacksonville, Céntre county, disclos- ed the existente of a cavern which may be the largest in the "oou of caves” as Dr. R. W. Stone Gove James’ geological survey Centre county at a banguet Blalr Country Club of Har- held recently Mor ha with no further in- Much of h water, and an undergron and lake will probably be encountered after 500 fest but old timers say the existence of this ave was known to the earliest settlers in the Jacksonville district but forgotten when shar d the newly discovered cave been tore for 200 feet indication of how much to the earth it extends the flo covered r is wit vast quarrying cavern mn 0s ’ demand excavations very of the joned used as a a fresh Jacksons i at the of ancient cave, but regr that many of the legends which clustered about the chasm were never written down and kely fargotien The late John rf. well-known breeder of around prised retted are to be Wome 1013 Tradition Styles “Lost Cavice! Most “LOST CAVERN’ : Sikatorl Spot in All Centre Couniy. farme wr 8 Durieg in to create humanity ful of clay he took and tried a NEW ‘FROZEN SLEEP’ TO BE TRIED AS CURE FOR CANCER An Towa farmer arrived in Phil- adeliphia Sunday to assume the winter-time role of a bear in a cave as a “hopeful experimemt™ in seci- ence’s new cancer treatment, The farmer, Max Harlan, 42, of Old Stockport, Ia, is suffering from cancer of the pancreas Reclining in a wheel chair, Har- lan reached Philadelphia on a morning train and wag taken at once to Temple Univetsily hospital There he has volunteered to un- { dergo the treatment developed by Dr. Temple Fay and Dr. Lawrence W. 8mith, Since they informed a surprised medical world two months ago they had relieved certain types of can- cer by a period of suspended anima- tion induced by chipped ice packed closely around the bodies of human subjects, the treatment has become popularly known as “frozen gleep.” Hospital attendants sald the Towa tests. If they show he is a qualified subject, the ice treatment will be- i gin. That, the experithenters hope will | slow up growth of the cancer cells | that have carried Harlan toward | death's door, ] The treatment normally tinues for five days, Through that Jength of time, the | patient les In a dreamiess sleep much like the winter Hibernation of | animals. The temperature drops! ! pnd i ‘ from the normal of 988 to around 90, sometime as low as 85. Breath- | ing slackens. The heart slows down. | No food is required. i The condition of “suspended ani- | mation” is brought about with | cracked ice closely about the naked A mild anaesthe- | | He prevents the usu pain Of Frees. ing. A warm drink awakeng Lhe pati- | duced Harlan ent and functions at days Harlans wife and Dr FP. L son of Ottumwa, Ia. his physicia: accompanied the farmer to Phils deiphin. I was Dr. Nelson who in to volunteer for Lhe the end of experiment aa. a — Twa Injured in Crash Two persons were injured accident near Hawk Run, a few miles from Philipsburg, Sunda’ morning in a collision of two cars The injured were Mrs Rose 8in- cavage of Munson, and Andy Shiro- ke of Morrisdale, Mrs. Sincavage received a fractured jaw, lacers- tons of the chix and face and Shiroke suffered deep lacerations of the forbhead. Damage to both cars was estimated at $350. Albert Marcinko, of Winburne, operating the second car, was not injured in an restores normal bodily the five Nel- i ie ied Jews mostly by This legend Adel! Hitler's rise to power.) Forcible feeding was : Desides unknosn in an Indian is an In- them was fLYE, riners es lifted the alter life and tu their descendants € ron med them as OO t Belle- fonts with gres H allegedly n scalp tre anc once - 4 “ oF ¥ \ + probeem of feelin an nd demanded labor of eg RLY and harvest When the girl whom Br short the ady had was allotted rinkled old Covenanter, lhe ahd 1 work with i me CA fs Lo Ulster face said much made a wry be abie bigger than The old man acres of its primeval shellbarks and had 22 “Pat sho had been Shavwnees and a pelled ite, never. lke most Indian worked, and her hands and were small. During wheal har- three or four hours sleep wa {Continued oh page three) no cleared oaks acres wheat the of the CLINTON COUNTY CONSIDERS CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE obsery « Clinton a prelims commitiee ive plans for the the centennial j« were discussed ol meeting the d cartier this week by the Clin. y¥ Historical Society. Miss H Peale was elected 1 by vole of the commitiee, members which are Beek, Rebecca C. M. Bullivan Webeg of of Miss and Dr Essay And Other Contests gestions memoers advanced by the va- were an essay cons for original source material on storieal background of the and its individual commun- picture contest calling for togt the hi county ities, o the identification of scenes connect. | ed with early history of the county. 4 combined Centennial, miglice Day and Hallowe'en celebra- the Har- | Ar- | i i tion to be staged with the coopera- tion of the civie and patriotic or- ganizations, a Qisplay of furniture, relics and other articles associated with the pioneer days in Clinton oounty, and a pligrimage to his torical spots, worked out for a gen- eral caravan or for individual ex- ploring of scenes associated with local history. It was also suggested that a big joint luncheon or dinner gathering might be sponsored by the service | clubs, to hear talks on Clinton county history and related subjects, good health uel and and that the Sunday afler Armie- | tice Day might be devoled to a massed band concert and a patriotic | historical address in the college field house or athletic field General Meeting These suggestions. with others (Continued on page three) } to they About Lid de wie! No Inquest Held In Death Of Man Held Friday For Asphyxiated by Funeral ‘ainter Fumes at College and m the College worked revive for nears m. His VAS mors of Murphy painting cone Slate Col- Nn at Bellwood on was & son of Borst Weber 4 these bro (Continued oni page three) i mm thers County Woman Is 85 Years Of Age | Native of Teémont Receives Many Tokens of Congratu- lation on Event veg on Holt burthday from her ived Caras f vs MNT ¥ iH numer - i the event the iy Joumal refers to pheasant woman who and laugh She re. s duties and ther church and Philip shu t Dai Mrs. Holt as a enjoys to talk Cait) ie 3 y ianihgul in he is Riou never misses; ‘Ying Sway school Mrs. Holt nest and a lives her son Rachel, enjoys with daughter Thomas Loft She and she can get arot well but ot able to read uch of her time is spent in the summer months sitting on the porch She wears 3 sunbonnet and pair of dark glasses to protect her eves. She was born August 21, 1854 at Lemont. is is Mary Dewey, After her marriage to Percival Hoit, of Snow Shoe, she made her home at Snow Shoe, Lemont, Chester Hill, and Osceola Mills, before Philipsburg, She lived in Chester Hill for more than 80 yesrs when | her husband was a foreman at the brick yard there and the Chester Hill plant was moved, she went to Oscedla with her son and daughter, In more re- cent years they have made their: home in Philipsburg Gels Stale Job Robert T. White, of Philipsburg, | has been appointed to a position as | buyer in the Property and Supplies | | department of the state i wag an- nounced Friday. The job pays a | salary of $1860 swing. |e Her parents were Eman | moving to cil After his death | _—_ ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVED This has been vaguely troubled for some UUme over fhe milous of tons of slag io 8 moun Wipous ple just south of the Titan Metal pianten bangover from the gay of the old Veieatine Iron That much of anything some us it seems it was with a feeling that we noose In our yeRIS Bg0 an item indie lag may be of some use dal such may be jhe friend W. W. Bieg of Ww read Lhe last Years Ago cols Wis tip play first «Third corner Ns . i A pm hope Li wrge Ina Fifi in Ie In high a We Lig : OMT for hun Wo Rocsevell-{or wun ad La Ge Whe Kon CLERGYMAN'S VIEW FARMERS GET BREAK ) years Lo pay the } CIOS Are the pay- ngly larger be extend- nous in- a home? wished wme in 40 years wement, If he yments wou a good year ‘ ¥ Poot HEALTH INSURANCE gv has ap QICR. BeTYIOP a low which 2 $25 a all the medi- they require, from 1 they choose, For fee is $450 a of three the end for each monthly is of four the therefore You can medical siten- and { wealth is good, you in for that proved vaniar £ an wo I a mordh, member §1 For a family ly ments would be $6.50 $78 2 year } bit Le £8 AA 4, 3 aGCilionad rw BOOSC marth ray month pay or te of 8 a ves * Ot #7 4 r if the h q “a + ¥ Lhrowm SUGGESTION TO CANDIDATES i If you want an impressive closing statement for your campaign speeches and yet don"t want to say anything that will commit you too deeply, you might roll off in an earnest and convincing tone “And In closing I must repeat Bellefonte is the County Seat!” THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH You may complain about the Inited States mall service, but on the whole it is a success and prob- ably is here to stay. Corporal Les- le XN. Shaw, of the State Motor Police at Pleasant Gap, fells this A couple of midwestern boys, h-hiking to the World's Fair in York recently, stopped in a Valley service station to a bit. While in the wash voomn one of the boys <hauged shirt and on leaving, forgot to shirt he had removed. Sev- days later he, proprietor of vice station ceived a letler n the boys ied as follows: “To whom if may concern between Lewisburg and Millhelm Pa, on route 54, with a roof over the gas pumps.” The station owner forward- ed the shirt as directad in the let- ter TSK! TSK! TSK! In the past ¢ecade we have at- tended many a session of Counell, but never, never have we withessed {8 more shameful exhibition of poor government than on Mobday night when Council backed down on the nforcement of its two-week-oid dog law enforcement program. Council- {man Henry Brockerhoff advocated putting a stop to the age-old dog nuisance by putting teeth in the en- forcement code. Council president Beaver feared that such measur:s were 100 severe. The other Coun- yciimen sat by. It is good that Coun- has few really important matters 10 decide tale is Ahk Nes Yo Penn freshen up We b ma Obstraction On Track Stale Troopers have joined Penn- sylvania Railroad policemen in a (search for the person who wedged a 14-inch iron bar in a Joint be- | tween rails of the Elmirs-Williams- {port ine, near Canton. Charles {Grantier, 72, who was pelired two years ago after 48 years’ service (with the rajirond as a clerk, report ed be found the obstruction about 1.000 feet north of the station, as {he was returning home from a visit fwith a son ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Money Has Its Disadvanta
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