The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. Odd and Curious News SECOND SECTION A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. he Cenfre Democraf NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME B58. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939. NUMEER 35. Random [tems - 4 Just ‘Little Drink’ | George Harry Smith, 73-year-old | bewhiskered tinker, told Judge M. | A. Musmanno in court at Pitts. burgh, he struck a companion with | a soldering iron because he wasn't feeling well and had taken a "little" | drink. Asked by ihe judge how much he drank. Smith replied “Twelve double headers of whiskey, 12 glasses of wine and some bottles of beer” Ferdinand The Second A timid bull with the disposition | of the famous Ferdinand is at large of the employes of the old Tyrone in Frosty Valley, near Bloomsburg. | Division of the Pennsylvania Rail- Those who've seen it say it's Deen road company was held Saturday roaming tbe woods since ADL arternoon and evening at Reservoir coming down into fields of wild- Park, Tyrone, with a rousing gath- flowers in early Inorning or evel. ..i,o that certainly made history ing. No ohe has tried to catch Fer | 14 employes past, present and dinand Ind retired, with their families and friends, came from far and near, and spent the afternoon contented- Reporting before the National ly exchanging old rallroad exper- Temperance School in England, Dr lences and living again the days R. Cove-Smith described the six When the Tyrone Division was un- stages of drunkenness as fcllows: |Questionably the greatest single- Dry and decent: delightful and track railroad In the world devilish; delinquent and disgusting, Present, too, were practically all dizzy and delirious; dazed and de- members of the official staff of the jected; dead drunk. division, included among whom were J. K Johnston, superinten- dent; H. M. Sausser, chief clerk: W. T. Charles, train master: C. B Get The Hook! High Finance B. H. Ladd served the customer at his filling station in Nashville Tenn., accepted a $10 bill and cheerfully handed over $740 in change. A few mniutes later he dis- covered the bill was one of two tens stolen from his desk while he was putting in the gas. Townsend Outing A Huge Success Record Crowd in Attendance at Lakemont Park, Last Rain Ends Sit-Down Thursday Sitting on top of a 100-foot smokestack, a prisoner at the King- ston Ont, penitentiary threatened to jump if a guard came near him but when a heavy rainstorm drench ed him, decided to come down Swordfish Vs. Ship A 400-pound swordfish cut inch gash below (Contributed) Townsend coherts from the most eastern tp of Centre county to the western reaches of Blair and Clear- field counties gathered at beautiful Lakemont Park Altoona, last Thursday, August listened to an array of forcelul speakers, en- joved the beauties of the park and the games and sports planned for able commit'ee, and bountiful din- 1 the many tables scattered through the park. The day was { ideal, seemingly planned for the event, cool and pleasant an 8- the wa'er-line of picais before and supposedly dead 30-Year Old Butter Cleaning a well at Mayfield, Ky. What most impressed the visitors workmen discovered a jar of butter | was the large crowd present I which Mrs, Sarah Weller says was was conservatively estimated to be dropped in the well thirty years ago. belween four and five thousand It was in good condition, with no Parking space was hard to find, rancid taste or odor. | tables for lunch were all filled, I many ate in their cars. Aud an- Ld - Wins And Dies (Continues op page seven) George Moore, 38, ¢f Mt Vernon, IR — endurance comer sraooed a ron WNdertaker Buys Tibbens Property on the bottom of stream. He held Beech Creek Residence To Be on too long, and drowned in three! feet of water Converted Into Funeral Home Wrong Man Rubin Harvey met a man on the street, at Little Rock, Ark, who slashed him several times on the arm, then stepped back and sald “Excuse me. 1 thought you were somebody else” rn I — TWO INJURED AS CARS COLLIDE IN CENTRE HALL Negotiations were concluded las week by Clautle H Bechde!l acting | for the Bechdel Puneral Home, suc- cessor to E. T. Bechdel & Son dertakers, for the purchase of the property of the late Dr. P. MeDow- ell Tibbons, in Beech Creek The property located at the southeast corner of Main street and Maple Avenue, and is one of the finest residences (n Beech Creek surrounded by a large lawn It will be used as a residence for Bechde! and his family in the near future, moving from their farm home in Beech Creek Towne n= Two persons were injured and two cars were damaged to the ex- tent of about 875 in a colilsion at the Centre Hall diamond Friday The injured were John Rines, of Centre Hall, driver of one car. who suffered a severe laceration of the! Mr right wrist, and Chester Thomas, f passenger in a car driven Ly R TYRONE DIVISION R.R. EMPLOYES HOLD BIG GATHERING AT PARK Over 500 Railroaders, Past and Present, in First Reunion—-Welcomed in Warm Ad- dress by Tyrone Burgess The first gathering and reunion! Wingate, division operitor, and W v I. Laird, assistant road foreman of engines. These former officials are all retired Old pletures and relics enhanced the pleasure of the afternoon, and brought many discussions of this and that. There is no doubt but thit among this gathering was rep- resented some of the best informe ed and most practical railroad men in the world The Little German Band of Ose ceoa Mills added greatly to the en- Joyment of the afternoon with their playing of melodies, past and pres. ent. This band was under the lead- ership of George Demchak As each employe came on the grounds wis met by George C Wilt, one of the committee, present - ed with a buttonhole flag emblem and asked to register in the guest book The evening session was held in the spacious pavilion and got under way at 7:30 o'clock, with H. Clay Hall, of Osceola Mills, acting as chairman, and George C. Wilt as assistant Harry L. Budd, of Tyrone, retired conductor, opened the meeting with a fervent prayer, followed by which spirited martial music was heard from the Little German Band. Mr Wilt estimated there were over 6800 present, and stated that 472 had registered in the Book in the after. noon Burgess Raymond A. Hagerman made a warm address of welcome Continued on page seven) he Labor Day J OWNU SERVICE) a. a —— gi — Compulsory pee my 5) i Fo 1 Ai NX) | Pler's School Attendance From 6 To 17 Years Required School officihes need for parents Lo scan Pennayl- vania's compulsory school alien dance laws. An Act of the 1639 Legislature placed the compulsory attendance age limit at 17 instead emphasize the of 18 as had been previously pian-| ned All children between the ages gix and 17 years, come under the compulsory attendance laws unless (1) a child has a'tained the age of 16 years and holds a general em- ployment certificate, or (2) any child who hag eompieted a course of equivalent to six yeas grades of public school amd attain. ed the age of 15 years and who is regularly engaged in farm work domestic service in a private home of study I him be one who al ge and has com-- ¢ highest elementary grads particular elementary school tion prevailing in the d his child resides pro- Vided | the working permit for hag been recommended by his superintendent and Is approved by intendent of public or least | niess | he ar of pie Led in Gregan the Za 5 0 waere t t tt % id tr if Bale super Penalty is Arrest wnpulsory attendance jaw upon (Continued on Page T | against William Poust | Lakemont Blate | injury YOUTH HELD IN DEATH OF MAN AFTER FIGHT | NEAR DANCE RESORT ‘William Foust, 18, Arrested on Murder Charge | After Brawl in Which Harry Filer, 50, of Altoona, Was Fatally Injured A charge of murder has been filed 18, of South county, by the oonnection Filer, of Blair Motor Police with the death of Harry Altoona, who was fatally injured in a brawl at Sandy Run grill near East Altoona, last Thursday morn- ing According the i geath was the resul i during a fight. Foust, it sald was employed as a4 musician in an orchestra the grill Thursday morning, Filer came by orchestra and aliegedly sulted him the course dance Alter musi Lie n n 10 police motor j§ a fall ' is at when stand cGuiing ne several of of Filer the two men and a fight resulted between them, Following the fight, Filer was taken to the Altoona Hospllal by Foster Miller of Tyrone RD, where was pronounced dead al 36am An examination injunes at Altoona hospital disclosed tha! Filer suffered a deep laceration of the back of the head, running from the top of the scalp down the back of the neck to the left side, a lacer- | ation of the top of the forehead and five small cuts close to the larger I+ was also found that the suffered a cul on the nose which was probably (ractured. The many brush burns oh his face an scratches the back the lef ] and right forearm indi juries were in fio a fight demancs to apologize elt «Aan thi ait}d insu He gi] he a § ol the man i on of ! aed received the Altoona police were notified RECOLLECTIONS of an OLD INDUSTRY The Bellefonte Nall Works was established November 16, 1881, the company consisting of General James A, Beaver, of Bellefonte, Wil- lam A. Emery and 8. Achenbach, of Willlanmaport. GCenersl Beaver was chalroian, Mr. Emery, secretary and treasurer. and Mr. Achenbach, a thorough mechanic of long and varied experience. wis general sue perintandent The plant waz erected below town on the west side of the rallroad leading from Bellefonte to Miles. burg. about opposite the former Tair grounds now being used as the bor. ough sewage disposal plant The works were built in the most approved manner, and being locat- ed close to the railroad had excel- lent shipping facilities. There were three large bulldings, each taking care of its particular class of work K. Alexander, of Jullan, R. D. 2, ship adjacent to the Borough line | 4 armer. THe interior of the resi- The Rines car was crossing the dence will be re-arranged to afford main highway wheh it was struck | ® funeral home and up-to-date fu- by Alexander's sedan. which was Dera equipment. The new set-up traveling down the mountain, ac- il be conducted by Claude HB cording to reports. Alexander and Bechtlel who will later have assd- tw other passengers In his car ciated with him his brother, Robert were not injured. Bechdel. ‘The latter will leave in — the immediate future to take a year's course in an accredited em- es ¥ Named Legion Delegate Notification has been received by Col. Eugene Lederer of State Col- lege, that he has been elected a balming college New Kind of Swap. An delegate to represent the 23rd dis- peichbo : rs trict of the American Legion at its hog) ok 21st annual national be held in Chicago. September 25-' com who suffered from shock and Bruis- | Rick will be operated by a tenant: unusual story telling how | only exchanged their | but also divided up their 14 | convention to children with a cow thrown in to! plete the deal. Read it in the | 28. He was elected at the state con- September 10th issue of the Ameri- | vention recently held In Williams- can Weekly, the big magazifie dis- | cident happened when the driver of port by the district delegates from tributed with the Baltimore Sun- Clearfield, Bedford, Cameron, Mec- day American. On sale by all news- Kean. and Centre counties, dealers. EE RS Fe er mes ere I FORTY-FIVE APPLY FOR JOBS The task of selecting a new ex-!riors Mark, Tyrone, Wilkes Barre, ecutioner for Pennsylvania should Parrell and Punxsutawney, all in the stricken Robert Elliott be Un- | Pennsylvania, and from Elmira, N. able to resume his duties with the Y. Tacoma Wash, Cumberland, State, has been left by the State Md. and Covington, Ky Deparment of Welfare up to Stan- | ‘The applicant is Ned ley P. Western State Penitentiary, [R. F. 1, of this city. His name is WL have been SO aD-| not in the eity directory. ications from twenty. Penn-| Excerpts from the applicants’ let- sylvania communities five otit- | : w of-the-State cities received by Department to date, The Department releated por- tions of the applicants’ letters they received, i Bight of the applicants were from | Philadelphia. Three came Altoona, two from Erie, two from Pittsburgh and two from Butler, Other applicants were received, via | the Governor's office and the Attor. | ney General, fram: West Grove, Chester county; Delano; Meyers | dale, Sunbury, Harrisburg, Arendts. ¢ : one should pay for what they take” 1 “I need a job very bad and want to apply {or the job of State's Exect- tioner. 1 could fill the las any man, except kill. I am an expert at electric afd kept in Peninayivania.” stitious about anything and think Tie: | electrical , Webster, Milton, Mim- | vioe fan invifle, Danville, Norristown, War- of 24 and I need the job.” (Continued an phe seven) Harrisburg Ash, veteran warden of the | Grunden. who gave his address as | ob as well | w | bird perched on a tree near the From Altoona—“1 am not super- owt six lott four incies, Bll | 1 could do the job, I have studied | engineering by corres- | ..."T am a former ser- | The rolling mill was the larger of the group of buildings, being a square structure 125 by 125 feet The nail factory in which were housed the machinery, was 75 by 40 and the warehouse 125 by 40 feet, the whole covered with a slate roof Each department was provided with the most approved appliances of that day for successful and ra- pid work. The rolling mill was fant foal a Bellefonte Nail Works Was Flourishing Seat of Employ. ment For Many Prosperous Years quipped with eleven all the iron for made there the nail mil The capacity of the works at the glared under one set of 1 | beginning of ta existenre was § fv 10 tons of bar iron and 12 to toma 5000 kegs of nals were shipped per month the of nails cut and one under Stott, who depart. direction of H was head of chipping ment for many yearn John Stott, formerly of Reading. was foreman of the factory. He wis a thorough and a most com petent mechanic. The motive power tha! operated the plant plied by five separate steam engines under the supervision of George Rogers, ane of Bellefonle's 4 worthy engineers Charles Kase was foreman of the rolling mill, and George Kase, chief roller. The mill was supplied with a muck train, nail plate train and a fifteen-inch bar train. Large In- gots of red-hot fron were rushed from the furnaces to the huge fois where they were started In at ore end as an unshaped mass and pulls ed out at the other end in long flat James the naer Was sur sg ad a Escape Injury As Truck Overturns Driver and Helper Thrown From Cab When Trailer Tank Overturns When a large trailer oil truck left the road and overturned in a field about 2'% miles east of Boalsburg on Route 332. early Saturday. two persons escgped injury but total damage was placed at more than $400 Motor police report that the ace ithe truck, C. N. Barton, of Brad- ford, fell asleep at about 12:10 o'clock the wheel at The machine iran off the left side of the road. {grazed a culvert but did not dam- age it. and plunged through a fence into a field. The truck, which was headed to- ‘ward State College, turned over on i i | te! Prom Philadelphia: —"1 am sure | | 1 could fill the fob. 1 believe every- | brought down by an East Athens 12- | its right side and swung around in | the opposite direction before com- ,.a...q o deep laceration of the rcalp and a possible fracture of the | ing to rest helper, Winfield Bumgard, niso of Bradford, were not injured although Barton was thrown from the éab | onto the highway. is Boy Shoots Large Eagle One of the largest birds known in | The driver and his | Father Backs Car Over 5-Year Son Lad Taken to Altoona Hospi- tal With Possible Skull Fracture Seriously injured Monday nigh i when he fell under the wheels of | his fathers car, Ronald Seymour. i 5, of Coupon, Cambria county, was admitted to Altoona hospital for treatment According to the boy's father, Bu- gene Seymour, the accident happen ied about 6 o'clock. in the family driveway when he was atiempting to back his car out of the garage Not noticing the boy In front o | the car, he backed until he heard a { thump, stopped and found hig son under the wheels of the car. It & thought the boy had jumped up on | the bumper of the ear in some way furnaces, and bag wag row Albert Stott ert The work of molling out the the desired thickness was eresting sight. The ingot was 15, and y nother thick iveled ai i A Irom one LL eos me attensed roll desired fay FOR Tena til the ts and each atend Meo the roller k train, and 8. B. Wyland calcher on the piate train. The beaters in that depari- ment were George Rowan and Adam Gingher John Peaster ran the nail plate glitter The nail mill was bedlam noises, where the thirty or hore nail cutting machines clattered lke present-day machine gun: Each machine was manned by an opera« tor, mostly boys, whose WE to keep feeding plates into the hop- pers. The machines cut nails of all siwes from a three-penny fine to six-inch spikes The employes who were exper wrienced nallers al that time were R. Cain, L. H Gump- James Stott. John Bair, John ied by i and John Grindley respectively snd catcher on were y the mu a of 4 auty O'Conner 1. Lonacre James A. Tavior. George foreman of the nail de. and WT Pitagersid here from Cresson. wa the hlacksmith shop The cooper shop the keg: were made fo chip the nails, was operated under the divection of Or rin Atwood About 150 men during itz early which in later years became enlarged BY. eral hundred emploves Hol sien and Lam- bert was partment who came foreman of | | where were emploved existence E75) Nearby stood a large frame bulld- ing in which the offices were local. ed. These were in charge of Samuel Achenbach with 8 M. Buck as bookkeeper. This building wes alo Heed as a company store where the employes could purchase whatever needed in food and clothing and the - amount deducted their pay checks they from The nail works was one of Belle. fonte's chief industries 8 half cen- fury ago, and when it bacame ab- sorbed and dismantied by the Nail Trust its Jost was keenly fell in business circles European humor: Beven little na- tons, issuing a call for peace! and then was thrown under the! | wheels, Hospital attendants said the lad | skull His condition was listed as “fair L Boy Loses Legs Beneath Train Gallitzin Youth Terribly In- jured While Crawling Under Car A Gaiiiizin boy, Prank Halery, 11.] had both legs amputated Sunday afternoon when the train under whith he was crawling ran over aim, According to Altoona Mercy hos- pital records, the Halery boy, along | with two other lads, crawled under the cars of a train which had stop- ped to adjust brakes near Gallitain, and was caught under the wheels of a car before he wag able to get clear Frank was immediately taken to the Mercy hospital where his con- dition is listed as “fair” Several ing transfusions were given the His two conmpanons succeeded in getting away from under the train and were not injured. Wise Remarks: “The stock market glass. He was able lo return to his! saying he had seen #¢ fall fromh the is something you can’t figure out” "KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Well, Ed MAJOR BOWES GIVES TO FIFTH AVENUE TREES CHURCH Pour huge 40-foot cling n-fool Bchwedleri maple be planted this fall on the lawm surrounding 8t. Patrick's Cathed- iral, as companions to the elms planted earlier this year directly] acroes Fifth Avenue in front of Rockefelier Center The trees, presented to the Oath- edral by Major Edward Bowes, not- ed radio artist, were accepted On behalf of the Cathedral by Mgr. J.| {Lavelle with the approval of Arch-| bishop Francis J. Speliman The Cathedral trees, chosen by Major Bowes after a considerable (search for trees that would comple ment the treeg in Rockefeller Cen-| ter, are growing on a8 Westchester | estate and will probably be trans. | planted late in October : C—O i Falls Through Window Clyde H. OCounsil, of Flemington, | {was taken suddenly {ll one evening in front i [last week while standing fof the Mason Drug Store in Lock Haven and fell over against one of the large windows, breaking the ‘home Inter. i and eight trees will victim was dispensary a5 fol- alter the he hospital) Bix persons were arrested lows: Kenneth Birley, 22, 110 Lo- gan avenue, South Lakemont; Clara Lutr, 30, 6810 Third street; Margaret Higham, 21, 327 Lexinglon avenue and Clarence Welsrick, 37, of Al- toona, R. D., and William Foust All of these persons were released with the exreption of Foust who 1s being held in the Blair county ai Bergeant Siroehman the Fate police, said it is believed that Filer received the cu's on his head from a fall oh a rock pile when he fell for- ward on his face during the brawl Harry F ive of Al- toona, born July a son of late Oeorge and Catherine (Schiimmér) Plier. He was one of a family of 14 chiidren few minutes admitted t 10 of ” : Py na 1886 nA ier was a 16 the Lock Haven Girl Missing 4 Weeks Left Home July 29 and is) Thought To Have Visited Williamsport Mary Louise davghilter of Mr. and Mrs Fa ing of Lock Haven f i Miss Fahringer, 17 ¢ Hired har been the past four er misting from home werk Live ag vir a aren 4 Fahringer left hom it known in have any mt ihe mornin avid Wil Pr word from hes rked Bunbury tated that ry she had been mar Md. Inquiry atl at no marriage there to of that name. The Bun. | gave no inkling of the dence of the married Hagerstown (3) i rind fy place reveals been that Heense } ad issued Any person bury letter intended res couble Miss HE Fahringer is 5 4 inches | weighs between and 108} pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair, and is of slender build Her parenis have no description of the dress she was wearing at the time she disappeared, but said the was wearing a tght-fitted turban Anyene knowing the whereabouts of Mise Fahringer Is asked to noti. fy the Lock Haven police author. line feet ta 102 or her narents ——— ———————. —— Woman Struck By Car Friday Morrisdale Resident Suffers Broken Arm and Other Possible Injuries While crossing the Oak Grove, near Morrisdale, last Friday night, Mrs. Joseph Pedmo, 24, of Morrisdale, was seriously in- jured when she was knocked down by 8 car operated by Lewis Palmieri | of Allport : Mrs, Pedmo was' immediately | picked up by Palmieri and rushed | to the Philipsburg Btate Hospital where she was treated for miuries She suffered a broken right arm ant posgible other injuries Mra. Pedmo, sctording to motor polite, stepped from the rear of a passing car directly in front of Palmieri's car Palmieri was traveling toward Philipsburg when a car approached from the opposite direction. The actident occurred as the approach. | ing vehicle pnysed Palmieri Mrs. Pedmo was adrhitted to the { hospital at 8:45 p. m. Her condition has since been termed “fair” Curse of Tutankhamer's Tomb A scientim explains how poison | may have been seattered In the! tomb of King Tut which caused the deaths of explorers who unearthed | the body of the oid ruler. An edu- | cational article of interest in the | September 10th issue of the Ameri. | can Weekly distributed with the | Baltimore Sunday American. On sale al all newsstands highway at i Finds His Hat, Tipp Watts, flying over farms in Oklahoma, to take pictures lost his | hat when it blew out of the window | of his plane. days later a | farmer brought ft to the airport,’ { plane, | mer | newspapermen {the rate of | Reduced i | GETS | twelve > SOCIAL REGISTER APPEARS: The nearest approach to a social register Bellefonte hag ever seen was circulated privately last week when a local taproom proprietor in vited certain selected persons 16 attend an informal party at his place of business Accompanying each invitation was & list of all other persons who had been invited On the list were the names of per- sons high in the town's legal cir. cles: officials of the borough, for county officers, and many others, including, even, several We have been 1oy- the idea of publishing the have refrained bhrough since our OWH DAME Wal We didn't get to the party, but we hear those who at- tended had a4 pleasant evening, while some of those who didn't at- tend are somewhal put oul, since their private snifter-laking has be- come more or less public knowledge through the invitations. Ah, me! , aways something ! ing with list, but modesty, included MUCH TOO FAST: John R. Cobb, London fur broker who set a new world’s land speed re- cord last week when he sent hi Railton Red Lion racer over the Booneville Salt, Flats at 30885 miles per hour, was traveling al 6.1475 miles & minute to still smaller units he was going 54088 feet a second. Tn other words, while you could say One hundred and one” Cobb car would have traveled from the Diamond to the railroad station in Bellefonte. If placed end io end- ut what the heck? This isn that kind of a sory ! NEW HOBBY: Another Bellefonte man who lke | hobbies and plenty of them is Ed- gar R. Mallory. Bd was one of Beliefonte's pioneer amateur radio fans back in the days when radios were wireless sels. He still tink- ers around with radio. an has added a side line of public address syetems. He spent some lime at mode] railroading but has deseried fascinating hobby for a new one-aviation. To date he has hours of flying instruction Pilot Sherm Lutz, of Stats College. and un compdietely won over fo the sport. While many of us are “ga-ga” over photography, Lhat hobby leaves Bd, who 5 the son of Beliefonte’'s well known photo- grapher R. L. Mallory, unimpressed 8S. 0. 8. Isnt there any way to escape this blithering tune, “The Beer Barrel?” Mus: we go on hearing it dinned in our ears forever? Do we have to live this way, or are we mice? Now ths! you think of it, the darn- ed tune is kind of catchy. 3 ol i hat yd ow CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITES, (IF ANY.) This department, being some- thing of an idealist, can't ge siraightened out in this European situation. In any controversy we like to pick out what we consider to be the side of honesty and falr- nest, and then hold that side up saving: ‘Here, folks is a real ex- ample of the virtues. Fight for tv But as we look at Europe our eyes automatically cross and blur, and we hear a roaring in our ears. Good Old Engiand, which always stood in our minds as a solid and substantial bull, now impresses us as ing nothing but a purebred sire who has iost his registration papers. France, “yes-man” for England, is no better We don™ ike Hitler, never did and neve will. Jusl as we were beginning 10 grow fond of Russia for showing in- dications ! joining the anti-B¥ - ier bioe, Russlg did a complete and surprising Somerssuit. Taly would like to be on the rest of — ou v - H think, «ill join anyone who gu anteeg that country's independente The Balkan states are like the tall of a kite. The remainder of the European countries including the Becandinavian, are not immediately affected So we're rapidly becom- ing neutral. All of them are partly right, party wrong, in varying de- grees. You can pick out no county, or group of cour'iries and say "Here is the Right. Fight for it!" As a result we're all in favor of let€ing Burope fight its own battles If they send their own ships over here and pay oash for what they get. give them anything they want Let's stay home and tend 10 our own worries. LIKES OUR FOLDERS: Josephine Foster Bright, ant general manager of the Penn. | sylvania Worlds Fair Commission, which oconfucis the Pennsylvania building at the Fair in New York. writes Karl E Kusse, secretary of the Bellefonte Chamber of Com- merce, fo thank him for a num of scenic folders lSsued by the ko Chamber, In her letter Miss says, in part: “The is the Sullivan Counly area, was | | year-old, William Chandier, when he shot an American eagle ai the | | “As T have been a member of many | secret societies, 1 am not afraid to think all the money ought to be | : : heme of his grandfather, Herbert VanGord. When the boy saw the | dairy barn on the farm he thought | it v85 a hawk, and went to the | house for a 22 caliber rifle. When he returned the bird started to- wards him and the boy shot It. The eagle, which hadi a 3 £ eight pounds. woo : 4 spread of more § | | i ET — - die Was Desperate (Continued
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