OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. — Week. Covers dhe Cenfre Democral MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Idsue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined, A Quick and Economical Selling Medium, VOLUME 68. NUMBER 39. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939. — SUBSCRIPTION-$1.50 PER YEAR - POOR HOME NEARING COMPLETION $231,000 STRUCTURE TO BE GIVEN FINAL INSPECTION Home is Combination Ho- | tel, Hospital and Sanitarium WILL BE READY FOR | USE IN NOVEMBER Building is Model of Lux- urious, Modern Con- struction Final inspection of Centre coun- ty's $231,000 poor home, designed to care for a maximum of 70 persons, | will be made by the County Com- missioners, Public Works Adminis- tration officials, and representatives of the contractors In charge on Tuesday of next week, October 3, il became known yesterday. } Work on the lusurlous structure] began on NOvember 7. 1038, and’ constriction Is expected to be com-! pleted during this weekend. A grass plot extending for 20 feet on all sides of the building is now being, paced as the final touch on the t of the general contractor, the prwick Lumber and Supply Com- pany, of Berwick, { Bituated at the corner of Wilson | abd Howard streets, just opposite Union cemetery, Bellefonte, the building is located just outside the borough line in Spring township. The home, of brick trimmed in In- diana limestorle, faces Howard street. of hy tofal cost of $391.000, in. cluding al Fipment the county's share {S $127) ahd the remaining $104,000 was provided by the Works Progress Administration. The offic- ial completion date has been set as November 6, 1939, but it is probable | the bul will be ready for oc- clipancy well before that time, Although the normal capacity of | home is 70 persons, the County | ners believe that up to persons can be accommodated | without undue crowding. The only persons who wii } ne “e] cepted as guests of the co the new home will be ~ shysically incapacitated persons. All} other indigent persons who have the physical and mental ability to} take care of themselves, are pro- vided for through old age pensions, a spokesman for the Commission- | ers explained. | (Continued on Page 6) Office Man Burned By ‘Exploding’ Keys James Rounsley, aged 23, ac countant in the offices of the Belle-! fonte Central Rallroad Company, was painfully burned about the | face, hands and arms, Monday! morning, In a mest unusual accis | nt at the Bellefonte Central of- s on North Spring street. He is | g medical treatment at) pome of his brother-in-law and | sister, Mr. and Mrs. Patil Beaver, on | East Linn street, where he makes his home. Rounsley was engiged in operat fat Old Fort, establishment { husband | | Injured When Car Hits | | Monument at Old Fort Lester Condo, of Pemn Hall, Is | reported to be recovering at the Centre County Hospital from injur- | ies he received about 4 o'clogk last Wednesday moming when the ear in which he was monument at the road intersection near Centre Hall, riding struck the | | | The aceident happened when the | ing, of Penn Hall, fell asleep at the | | wheel, according to State Motor Po- | sub- lice [rom the station, hap Pleasant Gap who investigated the mis- { driver of the machine, Walter Herr. | i ’ The men were returning to Penn | Hall from a meéeling at when the coach erashed into he culvert, calising approximately $200 damage. Condo, owner of the car, suffered a fracture of the right leg below the knee and severe lacera- | tons of the face. Herring, an em- pioye in the offices of the Depart- ment of Public Assistance, Belle fonte, escaped with a laceration of the left knee, ————— | HEFFELFINGER TAILOR SHOP TO BE CONTINUED Mrs. G. W. Heffelfinger, the for- | mer Jean Bauer, of East Logan street, announces that the talloring conducted by up until the Mrs. Heffelfinger will manage the business and a fully qualified tailor will be employed The shop on West High street is now open for business and all per- sons having garments there [0p cleaning or repairing are requested to call for them withih thirty is to be renovated and prompt ser- vice is gssured, Mrs. Heffelfinger | announces. COUNTY DRIVE IS LAUNCHED Raymond "Ammerman is Campaign Head for Hospital Funds The annual county drive of the Centre County Hospital will be held | during the period October § to 21 { under the leadership of Raymond | Ammerman, of Bellefonte The hospital this year needs ih. ! eral contributions more than ever! before. Since the Nurses’ School was taken away three years ago, operating expenses have in- creased $400 a month alone hat source Food costs, medical supplies and | other necessities have increased be- yond all proportions of all work was charity work. While | the State accepts certain cases there hier | time of his | ‘death last week will be ocontiniied. | ys, | | otherwise they will be sold. The shop TTI | Totals of Newspaper Count), from Altoona | This is how the County's new home for indigents appears from Howard Street. the structure bs of brick, with Indiana Limestone trims. The interior, Sreproo! throughout, contains com- plete facilities and equipment to meet every contingency in the care of the County's mentally and phy- sically incapacitated dependents, CENTRE COUNTY'S NEW $231, 000 POOR HOME — ; | The exterior of Fatally Injured At Lewistown Centre County Relatives Noti- fied of Death of Hiram R. Gill, of McVeytown Mrs, Mary E. Sweitzer, sireel, Bellefonte, received Monday of the ‘death of her brother, Gill, of Lake Park, Lewistown, was run down by a car driv tJ. Allison McMullin, town. Mr. Gill was aged 64 years months and 23 days. He leaves of word Hiram R, en a, | father, Albert Gill, of Pleasant Gap f Mr Gill's mother, Alice Gill, | Jeaves {Ohlo;, Robert, of Milroy: Lester, Pleasant Oap, Ire, of Logeton: Boyd | R., of Millerstowni; Mrs. Bertha Hardy. of Huntingdon: Mrs. Mary Pike an sudden accidental who by of McVey. 5 tw mourn his sudden death his aged ‘ed away some 17 years sgo He also | the following brothers and) fatsters: Clarence, of New Lexington,’ of Nittany Caddies Three Hurt As ournament Harvey Dobson Wins Championship; Chicken Dinner Climaxes Event Winher of the annual Caddies Tournament at the Nittany Countsy | rear of Club Saturday morning was Have | aftermoor Season's | den nosifig out Harold | ger Dobson. who won the championship by Richer, runner-up. Dolson sco. ed a 73 to defeat Richner who card. ed a 0, The winner of the second Migs! was James Yamell who nosed oul hia opponent Jupior Young on the 16th. hole aller (the two (ended the 18h hole with scores, fn winning (Continued on page six) tied VERDICTS OF $2575 IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT SUIT ied minor injuries | E. Sweitzer, of Bellefonte, and Mrs | Mabe! McClellen, of Spring Mills Mr. Gill will be buried on Sate urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from {the Ralph Barchus funeral parlors, on Logan street, Lewistown. Inter.’ Verdicts amounting to. $235.78 were returned by a Clearfield county jury on Monday against the Ane chor Motor Preight Ogmpany of {Buffalo in a suit growing out | {ment will be made in the Lewistown It way accident near DuBois i cemetery, Official Count Confirms Votes i Found to be Accurate; No Change in Election ————— tallies show only minor from the totals reported in the un- Vear p The plaintifls. | were ! Helen BR Bleakley Bleakley. eagh $10.000; Mr. and MD Donald Bleakley their parents jointly awarded $2000; Willlam T McKelvey, $1239. Emma E. McKee ey, $1000, and William T. and Em- ma McKelvey, jointly, $55) | The Bleakley girls, students {Pennsylvania State College, ‘riding home for their Christmas RED all of Franklin and Jean NM ig #n adding machine on top of are many borderline ease of pa- official count published in The Cen pOLIOR ARREST TWO Bis desk and had just lighted a ci- | tients from the modest low Incame (tre Democrat immediately after the | (Continued on Page 6) Juniata Couple In Motor Crash Car Overturns W When Struck, by Another Machine; Vie tims Well Known Here enue, Juniata, suffered brush en and bruises oi the legs and Monday night when the el le in wHich she shd her hast | snd were riding was involved In an | dent in Juniata. ho City police sald the Slicker car damaged to the extent of $150 | then a machine operated by Rob- | K, Myers, also of Juniata, crash- | into the side of the Sliker mae ine at an Intersection, overturn- | it, ! Mr. and Mrs. Sliker, parents of ! Mrs. William Wagner, of East High | street, Bellefonte, are well knowm| (Continued on Page 7) Jack’ Leathers Still In Serious Condition . The condition of Harold “Jack” 32, of near Howard, who Aneta 16 has been under- t at the Centre ital for injuries receiv- : he was struck by a freight near his home, remains un- . Rods 0 reports from (Continued of page six) B. H. 8. GRID SCHEDULE TO OPEN HERE TOMORROW | Nine gimes, including the tradi-| election. In no case did the official rount change the results of jelection. Following are the cast at the Primaries: Justice of the Supreme Court the | | are | Samea, six Mrs. J. P. Slicker, of 315 Eleventh tional Thanksgiving day game With rynery: State College on the “streamiined” | Sars M. Soffel Thanksgiving date, November 23, bert pd listed on the Bellefonte High | Her : ant Punk Goodrich school grid schedule, Of the nine | RPAD 34: doth or . FD y 8 : home. The Thanksgiving game s| Marion D. Patterson 5637 ' scheduled to be played hefe. Judge of the Superior Court The schedule: Democrat ; September 20, Snow Shoe, 2044 2282 al William H. Keller... .. 373% (Continued. ob. Page T) LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED Miss Bertha Rimmey, Red Cross nurse in this ates, yesterday re. October 17, South Williamsport, at ome. October 13, Howard, at home. Qetober 21, Willlainsburg, at home. October 28, Portage, away, : November 4, Renovo, away, November 11, Lock Haven, home. November 18, Jersey Shote, away. Heyember 23, State College, at ome at Port Matilde Boy Is Badly Hurt in Wreck His head foetured and a leg bros ken when struck by a car Priday afternoon near Port Ma Sli. home: from 'oodring, seven-year-old tiga § 18 in a serioug condition | State Hospital. "rte motor police at Philipsburg | 1 stated Woodring, one of a group of | youngsters ning from school, fie Shu pass Port Ma- ported that a number of néedy fam- ilies have requested beds, mattress. es, springs and. bed clothing. Any person having such ‘items to con. | tribute are asked to telephone Miss! Rimmey at her offices between § and | 8:30 a.m. or 1 and 2 p. m. The tele Phone number is 421-W. Arrange. ments will be made to collect and discribute the ites to the needy families, GIVE $35 TO Sw ENTE Sore Bt HIGH BAND roid“ Wion, director of the fi High Sehool Band re. he has received a check from the Undine Pire Com- i se of the band. Mr, the 1 band as a HOWARD BUSINESS MEN hazard | jagninst Merrill Pistcher, owner of | la Howard billiard patior. ahd Har- | old Pleicher, owner of a store, The | | CHarges. according to reports, re- LH | of business | Harold Pletcher, arraighed befare Sicel, Bellefonte, spent $682.00 to | Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cow- [defeat J. R. Willams, of Union- { her, Bellefonte, entered a plea of |¥ile, for the Republican namina- iguilty and posted $200 bail for } court. Merrill Pletcher is reported | 40 have waived a preliminary hear ke 'Y. M. C. A. Prepa res | For 70th Birthday Invitations wilk be distributed | next. week for the birth party of the Be Y. MC A. {it was announced rday by L. | | Heineman, secretary of the organi | zation. The party is to be held at tthe ¥ M. CA. on Thursday ing, October 19, the birthday of local institution, | Phils ©. Dix, of secretary {the Y. M Cc. A. Rogan pom the event, which will a ave of pi em’ Augilingy the . G. in Orr is chairman of in charge, and been chasen gs unas, i 3 All adults in Y. C. A. will be entitled to attend birthday party. Tickets will 1939 Impact Pores Trunk of Se-|. Fhe caddies | gu ER the champions yg | sed a deep gash f downey | tant | leigh cemetery, Camden, N, J. State Police from Rockview sub Mr. Garman, brother of Edwin station early this week filed charges F. Garman ang Mrs. Rebecca Cruse, official totals of setting up games of | from punchboards police are! {sald to bave found in the places | | i By. of the West End church, Wil Truck Hits Car dan Forward to Driver's {dy i ’ Seat; Vietims in Hospital | ick crashed RE car at Julian Monday three Payette county res- | injured, two of them | They are patients at the | i Hospital, Bellefor tousdy hurt was AIS. | ge Exar, 88. sho Is suffer ing | ternal injuries 20d an in-| one of her hips, husband, Ceorge Exar, 65, red mn injury to his back. Mi- chee] Hustosky. 38. son-in-law of gimars und driver ol She et nee ks abe! x Wi were Cx Most seriol Mr: for hi Mr: Hustosky her small son jo nd Harry Mune near Lock Ha. ven, driver of the truck, sil receiv- | Mrs. Exar Hustosky were taken to the bh (Cotatin ued from page BE Death Claims | Ira D. Garman’ ang of ana | Bellefonte Native Was Prom. inent Philadelphia Mer- chant for Many Years Ira D. Garman, native of Belle- | forte and for more than a half cen- tury engaged in the jewelry busi- # | ness in Philadelphia, died at hic | WEP | home in that city at 11:30 o'clock | Friday night after a long illness | The official count of the Primary | vacation in the McKelvey oar Wheb | with 3 complication of diseases. He | [election in Centre county was come|% tfiler<truck owned by thie 8 | was aged 77 years, 11 months and | During the last year 40 per cent pleted during the weekend. and the fenflant company skidded on 88) 9 days changes | ley curve and crushed the car Funeral gervices were held Tues- day afternoon at 8: Mary's Protes- | Episcopal church Philadelphia was made in Har- and interment (Continued on page six) Sh ——_———_ Jones Spent $682 In Primary Campaign Harry ¥. Jones, of North Thomas tan for County Treasurer, accords ing an expense account filed by Mr. Jones in the County Commis. sioners’ offices. Candidates have un~ tii Friday, October 13, to fille ex- pense agcounts The largest items on Mr. Jones’ accounts were one for $150 for watchers and workers, and another for $150 for circulating petitions, The account of Harry A. Corman, of Spring Mills, Democratic nomin- ee far Register of Wills shows tatal expenses for the Primary campaign of $135. Henry M. Hosterman, of Boalsburg, ome of the twp unop- (Continued on page MX) m— na A —_ — To Lay Cernerstone James D. Steele, pastor of Christian and Missionary Pe church, announces that on Sunday, October 1, at 2:30 p. m., the corner. stone of the new church on. Howard sireet will be laid. Rev. Jarvis Con= Hamsport, will officiate. There wi Be special music, and the hile 44 invited to attend this Named Justice of the Peace Governor Atthur H. James on Monday appointed Leo ¥. Moersch~ Bhcher, of Philipsburg, as justice of peace in Worth township for} remainder of this year to fill a} bison [oR the earlery) out MP | - | Claimed IS SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN HIT BY CAR E. A. Peters, 84, Julian, Suffers Head Injury; Both Ankles Broken DRIVER RUSHES VICTIM TO HOSPITAL Aged Man Reported to Have Stepped Into Path of Automobile Peters, aged Known nt of Julian, Centre County Hospital trealmont for serious i eived shorlly before noon yester- day when he struck by a car dong the Bald Eagie Valley High- way between Julian and Unionville The aged man, who some time ago lost the sight of one eye, is suf- fering from probable fractures of both ankles, a severe laceration of the head, and from shock, Render. od unconscious at the time of the acgident, he reg:ined consciousness upon arriving at the hospital here al noon, but is reported to be in azed condition The car which struck th iven by Dorsey St Edward A £4 k undergoing injuries re- well wicked reside the in i Was a e man the | ing Philips burg at the t { hap The driver of 4 M. Amick i (Cones on page six) rmr——— a A ——- | PORT MATILDA SPORTSMEN BREAK GROUND FOR CLUB Oroutd was broken by ning for a Clg souse to be etrecind sitirts of the bor. ugh. In addition to ih clubhouse | which is to be constricted of | rifie ranges will be bu ties and nter-ciod of This club of 100 members organ- § interests of we the juste game siabli shing 8 group will provide he various "act! vities of t ang is a club ho a center to r al ub the C [Bald Eagle Boys Injured in Blast to Have Ignited Quantity of Powder Stored in Shanty Charles Osterboul, 14. and Melvin Reese, 8, both of Bald Eagle, are patients in the Slate Hospital, Philipsburg, the result of being bad- {ly burned and hurt from the explo« sion of a quantity of powder in a shanty at the Reese home on Sun- {day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Reese had some powder stor. ed in the shanty for the purpose of blowing stumps, etc. The boys gain- ed entrance to the shanty, it ix al- leged, and lighted the powder in the container. The force of the ex- plosion which followed blew away a part of the buliding. resulting in serious Anjury to Osterhott, who is reported to be in critical condition. Melvin Reese i= bummed about the arms. legs and face, and his condi- tion is reported to be the more favorable The boys were taken to the hos- pital in the Tyrone ambulance Display, Sale of Antiques, | Lemont Proceeds to be be Used in Equip- ping New School Building The Lemont Woman's Club will | nsor a display and sale of an-! ues at the home of Mrs Chatles Tuesday connected with the Oen~ the Port Madilda sportamen on Mouday eve | TITAN PARTLY COMPLIES WITH LABOR BOARD ORDER Issue Notice Company No Longer Recognizes or Aids TEPA ‘COMPANY UNION IS ‘DISESTABLISHED’ Notice Makes No Refer- ence to Reinstatement Clause | C. of C. Speaker | pr 8 ] % rl i 1 F Will an orger Labor Relations gt the Tiian op elonte, National abor matiers ompasny FP an ptember £7 mont of t the } AY Depart j* publication Personne! men: of industry notice sets forth that it is n itl ce to the rights of the to petition the Supreme the United States for a review of the decision and order of the Circuit Court of vga dy A Company Ta ’ court ol Was CAPT. A. A. NICHOLSON Capt nel Dir pany, wi at the of ai A A eClor iu be Annus ber be held at Belielonte October 6 by Ch Captain Nn back wage nd Iwo Years ago potivities on behalf of Federation of labor provision directed that 10 the dis- we they the gigned notice 1 1 News” | the C be reinstated in 1 wx: vy Ceci page seven) 4 po {Con um i" ven that pur- the National as Afrmed AVEENTRR =iimoes ELKS' CONTEST == 525 the 1 ingens! gned company will, a, end after September 7, 1938 cease and desist "{a) From dominating or n- terferihg with the administration of the Titan Employees Protective As- sociation, or with the formation of iisation of any other labor of empiovess, and niributing financial or other Empioyees or any other is employees other manner Race for Harvest Queen Opens Tomorrow ; Prize List Announced fe date [lve : Harvest Le ature of th Eirss have Queen contest Belirionie Elk Hallowe'en | for p— -T —. Jan & o self organization. ist labor organi- bargain collectively (Continued on Page 6) Fugitives Caught At Philipsburg Youthful Pair are Wanted for Stealing Two Cars, Jail break, Etc. Slipping through police dregnets ‘in Clearfield county. two youthful hermen's Para- Jughives dio¥s Loin soln ear dise, southwest of Belielonte alon through hilips ri at 8:30 o'clock Spring Creek. is a new project Monday night and were placed ub- cording tosan announcement by of- | GT &ITest by a state motor, police ficigls of the Fish Commission man from the Philipsburg detail This project, conducted under Who apprehended them 4 miles out 8 upervision of C. Ross Buller, of of town on the Port Matilda high- Bellefonte, fish culturist, ik an ex- way. ww (Continued on Page 6) fp ———————— Launch Project To Grow Food for Fish Underway Fis al th € perimental one in which an attempt is being made to grow on a whole- gale basis, natural food for fish. The project is being carrisd out on a tract of hitherto unused land at the lower end of the Paradise The Fish Commission has been experiencing considerable difficulty in stocking some streams In the state because the streams lack suf- | ficient natural food to keep the fish properly nourished. In an effort to combat the evil it is hoped to be able to raise natural foods in sufficient quantities to offset the de- ficiency in “poor” streams. The exe! periment, the only one of its kind With the gasoline supply in the stolen Buick convertible running iow. Thermon Audly Smallwood, 14, of Huston, Mo. pulled into the For- rest Morgan filling station 4 miles outside Philipsburg He wag S000m- panied by a 21-year-old colored youth from New York City After getting 17 gallons of gaso- (Continued on page seven) iti ——— Pass Drivers’ Test The following from Centre cOuh- ty were successful in passing auto- mobile drivers’ tests at Lock Ha- ben on Monday: F. E Bressler end {Edna Wilson, of Millhelm: Maude in the county. is being watched with | A. Gearhart, Pine Grove Mills; | much interest by [fish culturists David F. Smith, Boalsburg: Riche { throughout the United States jard A Bolopue, Jr. Blanchard Slain Norristown Woman Relatéd To Former Bellefonte Resident Mrs Clara Oberholtzer Buchan-| Belisfonte to make her residence in an, aged 38, brutally slain at her | in Norristown. home one mile west of Norristown,! Mrs. Buchanan is reporied to be & Manday, resided near and Is a rela- | cousin, through marriage, of Mrs, tive of Mrs. Edward H Richard, Richard, and the close proximity of now of Norristown, former well the Buchanan and Richard homes | aa—— a J os operated | KNOWN resident of North Allegheny makes the tragedy doubly heavy At the time of their marriage; which was before the buggy and (Continued ca Page 6) Monument Brick Plant Working The fire trick plant of the Har. bison- Walker Refractories Company at Monument is sharing in the im- pb 20. IC2 4 EY a four-day-a-week schedule as a align for at least six weeks street, Bellefonte, according lo r- for the former Bellefonte woman. ports reaching here yesterday. + Monigomery county authorities Ruth Behers, for many years em are reportedly inclined to the the- ployed by Mrs. Richard and who ory that an acquaintance of a for- accompanied her to her home near mer employe heyhally strangled Mrs. Norristown some months ago, has Buchanan to death ‘ been spending a brief vacation with! The victim, comely wife of a local relatives and friends, and yes- Philadelphia paper firm executive, tepday received word from Mrs. was found lying pasaly Richard to return to Norristown at) first Noor hillway by her once. She will make the trip today, | ward, 8 on his return Unionville, who was also employed | to by Mrs Richard before she jeft
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