OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. Week. Covers he Centre Demociaf MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined, A Quick and Economical Selling Medium, VOLUME 58. NUMBER 42. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939, SUBSCRIPTION--$1.50 PER YEAR ——— ONLY 2.6 PER C New Registrations Seen As Chief Cause of G. 0. P. Margin MINORITY PARTIES SHOW NO ACTIVITY Other Gains Attributed to Desire to Be With Party in Power sharp swing toward the rank the Republican party could be expected since last fall when Democratic candidates receiv. ed a severe defeat in the st elections, the Registration figur date, as released yesterday by Centre County Commissioners cate that comparatively few persons have deserted the ranks of the min- ority party While Republican gains in the county since last fall total 988, only about one-third of them can be classed as having left the Democrat- fc ranks to join the G. O. P., since the Democratic forces have lost only 311 registered members in the past year. It is safe to assume that prae- tically two-thirds of the Republican gains represent persons who were not registered here last fall Total registration figures released reveal that the G. O. P. enters the coming county election with a mem- bership of 13.648 voters, while the Democratic registration 11,063 (Continued on pale six) Millheim Store Founder Dies D. J. Nieman, 68, Succumbs to Heart Ailment; Funeral Held Monday David Jacob Nieman, one of Mhl- heim’s oldest and most prominent merchants, passed away at his home in that community at 6 o'clock SBun- day morning after a severil months fliness with a heart condition Mr. Neiman, former Millheim Councilman and identified with nearly all civic enterprises in that community for many years, had not been in good health for some time but was able to be about days before his death He was a member of the Centre Hall Masonic lodge, the Alloana Shrine and the Willlamsport Con- sistory, and also was a member of B'Na-Brith of Lewistown. He was one of the oldest businessmen Miliheim (Continued on page four) Bellefonte Woman Injured In Crash Mrs. R. P. Gill, of West street, Bellefonte, suffered a severe hiceration of the head and bruises of the leg about 5:30 o'clock Satur day afternoon when the Gill family car was struck broadside by an- other machine on the Bald Eagle Valley highway near the Triangle Dmmage to the Gill machine was estimated at $230. In the ear ai the time were Mr and Mrs. Gill and their daughter, Wanda, who were returning to Bellefonte from Altoona when the other machine, driven by a Tyrone resident, pulled from a side road and struck the side of the Bellefonte car Mr. Gill, a mechanic at the Hagen garage, Bellefonte, and his daugh- ter, escaped with minor injuries, The family was brought to Bellefonte by a passing motorist and Mrs, Gill underwent medical treatment at the offices of a Bellefonte physician Although a of ale-wide 'S to the indi- is until ten uni wey in Elderly Woman Fraclures leg Miss Ella Lucas, aged 74, of How- ard, R. D., was admitted to the Cen- tre County Hospital last Thursday afternoon to undergo treatment for a triple fracture of the leg suffered in a fall near her home. Her condi- tion is reported to be satisfactory, but the injury will probably keep her bedfast for some time, | was Evon Joseph Boldin, aged 32. He | was injured about 4:45 o'clock Tues- i participate in all the services, ENT IN YEAR Three Hurt In Crash At Martha Furnace Three persons were slightly in- Jured and two cars were damaged to the extent of about $700 when they collided at the intersection at Martha Furnace late Monday. One of the cars f[alled to stop at a stop sign, police said Amos C. Newman, Port Matilda, R. D., driver of one of the cars, re- ceived lacerations of the left hand Joseph Napalitano, of Detroit, driver of the other car, suffered bruises of the forehead, left knee, and hip in- juri Nina Napalitano lac erations of rehead and neck, and injuries to the left knee and el- bow. All were trea by a Port Ma- tilda physician Damage to estimated at LIME WORKER 15 KILLED “Jack” Boldin Dies Few Hours After Birth of Daughter received the [« Led dan was Napalitan Newman's s $150; t to coupe Early last Thursday morning as a Bellefonte man toiled in the Chems- fcal Lime Company plant near Cole ville, a daughter was born at his home on Valentine Hill. Less than an hour later 8 rock loosened from the roof of the mine in which the father was working. The boulder fell and struck him, causing Injur- ies which resulted in his death in the Centre County Hospital. He never learned of the birth of his daughter. : I The victim of the mine accident day morning and died at the local hospital at 7:55 o'clock without re- gaining consciousness. The daugh- ter was born at the Boldin family (Continued on Page 8) Cm — Jacksonville To Get Electric Service The proposed construction of a new 25000-volt power line from Howard to Jacksonville b- the West Penn Power Company is expected to provide power for the development of the natural resources of the Jacksonville area as well as to upply residents of the community with electric service, West Penn icials reported yesterday Construction on the line js ex- pected to begin in the near future as soon as right-of-way matters have been adjusted. The unusually high voltage is necessary owing to the fact that Whiterock Quarries expect to use | electricity exclusively in the dewel- High | opment and operation of a series fof new quarries being opened near ! Jacksonville Sm —— ——————. =" Union Church To Be Rededicated New Stained Glass Windows Will Be Unveiled at Special Services Rededicition services at the Axe Mann Union church will be held on | Sunday, October 22 with special ser- vices at 9:30 a. m. The Rev. C. C Shuey, of Bellefonte, will be the guest speaker i Another special service will be held at 2:30 p. m.. at which time the newly-installed stained glass windows will be unveiled. A number | of visiting ministers will be present | for this service. Sunday school will convene at 9:30 a. mn. with a special dedication program. The final event of the day will be the evening service, beginning at 7:30 p. m., with a message by Dr. J. Merrill Williams, district superin- tendent, of Williamsport. A special | musical program has been arranged, | The public is cordially invited to a dns a Kiwanians How to Make a Speech Kiwanians and thelr guests heard an address on “The Art of Public Speaking” at the meeting Tuesday at the Hotel Markland. The speak- er wis H. 8. Metcalfe, of Pittsburgh, Director of Public Relations of the wanis Glub frequently wide reputation as a foreeful and informative speaker. There are many, stated Mr. Met« calfe, who envy the ability to make: public speech. There are three elements in the making | of a public speaker, the audience, | the speech, and. the speaker. i In facing an audience, he said, | you need not be afraid of it. Gener- | ally speaking audiences are sympa- will have and keep their interest un | Jess you lese it through your own fault. But to be an accomplished speaker you must study your aude fence, seek to determine their intep wsts, the age of those before yom, JOHN B. McDADE Prominent resident of S who has been chosen by Brooks-Dell Post American Legion, Bellefonte, to be the speaker at the 2Zist annual | Armistice Day services here on No- | vember 11, Captain Herbert M. Bee- zer announced yesterday The ser. vices will be held en the Bellefonte High school commons, and will be- gin immediately after a street pa- | rade. The parade will be headed by Junior Legion Band Mr. McDade in civil life is ing and civil engineer. He 1s ber of the Scranton Cily Commission: is a member Liens’ Club, the Elks Club and the Chamber of Commerce in Scranton He is actively interested in thencite | ) He hold: a position of enee in Legion clr He is a pa commander; commana thw Scranton of the which ton | ocala Mr McDade Keystone Boys’ Club and is a mem- ber of the Nations! Publication Board. For many years he has taken an ackive interest in the aclivithes of boys Marcied, he is the father of four children Captain Beeser indicated day that further detalls of the Ar- mistice Day program are now being will be announced al the a min. a mem- Planing of the the an- SLry pramin- § tals past pot Moran ex In the Stats of 154 district in resident of Uw yester- epared and late date SEEK PATENT ON MACHINES Milesburg Men Begin Pro- duction of New Type Welding Units Dewey P. Sherry and John M well known Milesburg resi- have applied for patents on alternating current welding mach- ines and have begun production of the units at the Sherry welding plant in Milesburg he devices are said to be unique in several respects. First, there are no moving paris to wear out or get out of adjustment. Second. the ma- chines are reported to weigh hun- dreds of pounds less than corres- ponding welders of other makes, and units for small welding jobs are readily portable by hand. Finally, the machines can be built to per- form heavy welding jobs which heretofore could be done only by high-powered and ponderous direct current machines. In appearance the welding units are not unlike an ordinary cabinet model radio, with the exception that (Continued on page seven) Cooking School to be Held Here Next Week A cooking school sponsored by the | DeHaas Electric Company and Golds | man's Food Market will be held] Wednesday, Thursday and Priday, | October 25 to 27, at the Y. M. C. A. | Bellefonte i Miss Hill, home economist for the | Westinghouse Electric Company, will | R dents berts be in charge of the school Westing- | house equipment fer the kitchen will | be provided by the DeHasg Electric | store, while the Goldman Food Mar. | ket will provide the foods for the | | various demonstrations. Free sam- | | ples of White Rose food products will be given away dally, and an en- | West Penn Power Executive Tells tirely different program has been arranged for each day. | THREE JAILED IN THEFT OF TRUCK AT PHILIPSRURG Arrested on charges of stealing a truck from the Galbraith garage at Philipsburg, three Philipsburg men! were confined to the Centre county jail at Bellefonte last week in de | fault of $8000 bail each. The three are George Poorman. 32, Harry MeTigue, 23, and Edward Reed, alias Ted Troy. They are chaiged with breaking into the gar age and stealing a truck which was | later found over an embankment | near the Munson rafirond station. A typewriier, robe and oversost were also missing. | Van Zandt, | mory on North Spring {erty of Hitler's ‘Reign of Terror’ Life under the Hitler regime In Austria is little more than a reign of terror, a native of that country who is temporarily located in Belle- fonte told a representative of The Centre Democrat, Monday The man is Hugo Gruber, aged 45, an employe of the Industrisi Plants Corporation, New York, pur- of the machinery of the Eagle Silk Company plant on North Water street. Mr. Gruber is engin- eer in charge of dismantling he machinery and preparing it [0 shipment. The plant properly was purchased last week by the Tian Metal Manufacturing Company Bellefonte Ciruber Austria a graduate of the University of Vi- enna, had been employed as a me- chanical and electrical engineer in chasers native of tri anc fOr twelve condilion : Congressman To | Speak Tomorrow Van Zandt to Talk on Neutral ity; Will Confer With School Board the request of Hon James EF member of Congress from the twenty-third District, the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring as meeting to be held Pri- day, October 20. at 1:30 p. m. In the High school gymnasium at the Ar- treet, This will be a public meeting and Con- gressmnan Van Zandt will discuss subjects of interest fo the coRBIUN ity Tie main purpose of Une meeting Is 10 discuss the citizens Us proposed modification or retention of the Embargo Act, ils effect upon the neutrality of the United Siates in the present European war and its effect upon the businessmen of the | community however, the Congressman will meet with the Bellefonte School Board and will, following that meeting pre- face the discussion on the Embargo Act with Information concerning the matus of furnis for the proposed bullding of the Bellefon! High school All reg ed 10 be present at the meeting to be held In the Armory and Congressman Van Zandt will answer questions bearing 1 the subject matter of his dis- Atl th vil wa PF citizens are if Bellefonte Youth ‘Runs’ Sewage Plant Mox, aged 19. of Balle- the man behind the scene al Beliefonte's new sewage disposal plant on the old fair ground prop- erty. Mox became operator of the plant several weeks ago upon receiv ing the appointment from the Beille- fonte Borough Authority The youth was graduated from the Bellefonte High school In the class of 1938; learned the technique of sewage plant operation through 2 correspondence course, ang knows the lay-out of the Bellefonte plant from beginning to end. having been employed on construction from the day the first spadeful of earth was turned until the property passed final inspection Experienced in the technical as well as the mechanical aspects of sewage plant operation, Mox is able to make most repairs and adjust- ments to all machinery on the prop- He also takes care of the Im- hof tanks and sees that all depart ments of the system are in working Charles fonte, is | order i George Carpeneto, employed by | the Borough Authority and Borough Council, conducts the regular dally tests of sewage and makes out the necessary reports for the State rec ords. He studied that branch of | plant operation at State College. MOTORCYCLE OVERTURNS; H RIDER IS IN HOSPITAL When his motorcycle overturned while be was rounding Oriffith's Turn, near Axemann, Friday after- noon, Guy Symmonds, aged 20, of | Bouth Water street, Bellefonte, suf-| fered a badly fractured right arm and a severe laceration of the head. He was brought to the Centre| County Hospital where his condition | last night was reported to be satis | factory. Symmonds is at the Federal Match Company plant here night of October 27 and early m ing of October 28. The the eclipse, which will cent total will be Prior to the meethy, became so int nis {amily d Unit y Gru ing and the lerable cided to that he move Ww live in Austria 1 couldn't call it ) priv rist nal tion, and you even have 0 haw rd from the government be! an work Thon | people are ay think of pres- ent continued, If you shop and con- nd about conditions the next table the yone--mignt turn out Ww ernment spy whose duly i person talking unfav- the government anyihing out V De pit Into a conesn- Gruber said. If you ing. some person who now y Yo HV- : fo 1 “me afraid to thelr he “off ee very ' the walle be Wo ora 1 A PO oT of the L page of dnd section) "Wali-Ga-Zu’ Is Held By Scouts 2KR2 Scouts and Leaders Take Part in Event at Seven Mountain Camp of the Juniata Valley Co been anxious'y awail- ins final ratings earned at the Wall-Ou-2u held at the Seven Mounta Boy Scont Reservation on Oct r 8 Two hundred A S and sixty-five ee 4 ered at the “"Wall-Oa- yA han doubles tL any former Scout LL & og Juniata Vale i by i» B " and 7 nts more the * i get the A line Lime woealtiwy following it a RL « Jontinusd on Dage seven) ——— Ap” 5 A Roy Wilkinson, Jr., Passes Bar Exams 8 wil vas he wi Fri re 4 @ a * Friday, October 13 rors for Ro Mr. and Mee North Spring nn that day he in 24th fio That he had the Stale Bar examination: Wilkinwon, she October | be. came @ clerk for Pennsylvania Su- reme Court Justice Horace Siem wilh headquarters in Philadelphia it an exceptional student He was A from the Bellefonte Hugh i and completed the usual college or inn 6 years, hav- graduated from Lhe Peninsyivani At that ins highest in a class For the last career was editor of the Law Review, publication of the Uni- versity law school; was an outstand- ing member of the college debating team and graduated with hobors, being made & member of several honorary scholastic societies Wilkinson expects to apply for ad- mission to the Centre County Bar in November, and about the first of the year will become the junior partp>r of Attorney John G. Love, with offices on East High street, Beliefonte sms. sass Wo S—— Claim Da s In Boy's Death Quici Family Serves Notice on Council Alleging Boro Was Negligent few ler- ep] FT, Wilkinson, Jr Roy Wilkinsor street, Bellefion fc 3 OT : y fy oUNervel $1 received 1 stioressi Udy pas rihiday, i» owed on ated Hirse ersity n June CLs Aepits Coleg: AS Al a regular meeting of the Belle- fonte Borough Council Monday night, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Quici, of North Spring street, served a no- tice upon the borough that they claim damages in the death of their | | soni, Robert Quici, aged 8, who was killed June 23 when he fell into the Gamble Mill race and was Shawn) through the turbine. The notice get forth that the boy's | OPERATING AT GIRL FOUND DEAD IN BOSTON JACKSONVILLE Present Production of 10 Cars Daily Expected to be Doubled SEAM. 70 FEET WIDE. UNUSUALLY CLEAN Modern Methods Used to Speed Output; 40 Men Now Employed Wht igs U1 Development of the rock QuUarrie vast Imeslons the Jacksonville ares YOirs ARO, | five quarries in one limestone veins in this coming into quantity The scope of the an Deus two rapiiily, and the richest Area are Now production project is trifle bewilidering., with opeartions being rushed at various sites along the nearly perpendicular 70-foot wide seam of high-calcium liz The vein itself is quite different from the Hmestone veins in the immediate Bellefonte ty. Here seams le at angle which complicates open quarry operstion: especially at Pleasant Gap where the seam is angie o degree: the Jacksonville the vein is right angles with the making the guar vertd \ verisCal roe ding of a ad pd vicil the an at from an eration The vein hat been Lghtly touct (Continped ~n page four) —————— Breaks Glasses, Cuts Eve Walter Bash Ved A JROETALON broken gissses aboul Thursday night whe! the car in which she was riding and ahother vehicle operated bw Oscar Hirm, Jr of 8now Shoe, collided st the corner of Bouth Pugh street! and Fast Col- lege avenue State College. Officer Grant Kough the Collgee Loe i damage to the (wO ma said t totaled approximately $75 “Ey wal of Lewistown, { the eye and coed Gl COCK fe fa <4 LORE RE Slate ale ——————————— — CHURCH HERE 50 YEARS OLD Evangelical Congregation Plans Week of Services, Beginning Sunday A full week of services beginning Sunday. Oclober will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Belle fonte Evangelical church, it was an- nounced yesterday by the committee in charge of the celebration The program is outlined lowe 99 ie as foi- Sunday, October 22. 9:30 a. m —8Sun- day school Speaker. George Nevin prominent and aggressive Evan- gelical layman of Danville. 10:45 Morning church service: with Holy Communion. The Rev. N. IL. Hum- mel, of Willlamsport, District Bu- perintendent, will preach the ser- mon. 7:30 p m—-Rev. A. Ward Campbell, Altoona, guest minister Monday. October 23, 7:30 p. m Rev. J. F. Hower, Milton, guest minis- ter Tuesday, October 24. 6:30 p. Mm Pellowship Night. Dinner will be served to all. Rev. Reed O. Steely, of Berwick, will bring an inspira. (Continued on page four) i Funeral Home Is Open To Public ‘Wetzler Establishment Com- pletely Remodeled: Chapel is Provided death “was entirely due to negli- | gence on the part of the borough.” Robert Lenker, also 8 years, son of with Quid near manner. The boys apparently fell or | Malcolm L. Wetsler announced Joseph Miller, of Nittany Village, ; | this week that in response $0 nu- Emerson Lenker, who was playing | merous State College, for the past four years | sendor field agent at the offices of | the Pennsylvania Department of | Justice parole supervision on West | High street, Bellefonte, wie dismis- | Workman Suspended By Spike In His Leg William Shilot it Jui Dricbhelty J | met wit Serious y "3 arc noon part-time f Pen IY Slate Cob partment at Kylertown He was we ith fence COUPLE WED 50 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Struble of Bellefonte, Near Gold- en Anniversary H double significance 1 Bellefonte couple for t of ghosts. hob-poblins MAre Lhe 2" al. Iversary On Oclobes i will Jn filly vequs ago that Miss Mary El lieth Noll, of Centre Hall, became the bride of Edwin O. Struble, of Zion, al a simple little ceremony perform. ed at the home of Mr. Struble's step. father, Jacob Shults hic farm home near the Curtin roads along ihe Jacksonvil Rev. Mr. Barvi ant Gap M ioween wl wil pra EGIGen WeQULng Iw Ba pasto Methodist churcl eT eremany in ihe presen (Continued on Page 7) New Sedan Stolen In Business District and with epeedometler front of the stor Mr. Miller Brockerhoff Hotel and remained for about five minutes returning the car fo package of cigar- He then walked to the Demo- cratic headquarters on West Bishoj street, and when he returned for Lis car ten minutes later. the machine was gone Miler sald the keys had been left the machine, but doesn't recall jess tha reported ie a AOE to ties in whether he had left them in the ig- | (Continued on Page T) Chamber Commerce Committees Named The following commiltees have been named to carry out the Belle fante Chamber of Ociumerce pro- gram for the coming vear, it was announced this week by A. 1. Pran- cis, newly-elected president of the Chamber Membership commitiee: Samuel H. Poorman, chairman; Bdward Kofman, Horace Hartranft, Paul Hartsock, and Jack Wilkinson Industria] comsnitiee: Wiliam J Emerick, chairman: William W Sieg, George Hazel Samuel Shall. cross, Calvin Towoup, and Harold Fritchhman Publicity committees: Jesse H (Continued on Dage seven) Four Men Held Under To- tal Bail of £9500 For Further Hearing DEATH CAUSED BY ILLEGAL OPERATION Miss Barbara H. Hanson, 21, State College High Graduate, is Victim P that was Miss Barbare H 21, daughter of Pred S State College Pe { : ioe reported Hanson a member of th College Sergeant Joseph B. Palion Boston homicide squad, said £& sali Penn Btate of Mi buriness School 2 book- 8 under an assumed : Al registered 2 north end hotel name Mi mst Thursdas - Hilda Hinson the victim Uved In West was interviewed by police Miss Hanson's bods bed, was hot about 2 o'clock Friday ter other guests } ming Her older sb Ler or found by a ine emar d on a bedside table (Continued on page four) C. E. Union To Hold Meetings Male Octet. Will. Appear at Series of District Gather ings in County Motion pictures and a concert Centre County Christian En- Male Octet will feature dis- meetings sponosred by the Cen- ounty Christian Endeavor Un- October 18, 20 and 24, re- i in filiheim. Lemont by aeavor pa] achievements in will be t theme pictures for which filme will be used (Continued on page four) Lee andard wlne Bellefonte Man Buys Kozy Kave Tavern Benjamin J. Gryciko, Jr. son Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gryct of the Brockerhoff Hotel this week chased from Mrs. Vivian A Schuler the Kozy Kave Tavern, jo- cated along the Bald Eagle Valley highway about one-half mile east of Milesburg. Mr. Oryetko, who sinod April 1, 1939 has been assisting his father in the management of the Brockerhof! | Hotel, will devote his entire time 0 the new establishment which will be renamed “Bencrest” He plans to remodel the 00-year-old building throughout; may eniarge the struc ture, and will convert the second floor into apartments The first floor will be entirely refinished and re- designed. The grounds asbout the building will be landscaped. a spac- jours parking jot will be provided, and a tennis court may be erected for the use of guests. LL nant a —— Collision At A truck operated by iimer E Toner, Lock Haven, and a sedan dri- ven by Martha L. MeClellan, of Oen- {tre Hall, R. D. crashed at the in- tersection at Wingate Sunday af- ternoon. Total damage to the two machines was aboul $80. No one was injured. The accident resulted when ope of the drivers stopped to dis- j ch mrge a passenger. of pur ounty Library To Open To Public, Wednesday, October 25 The executive commiilee of the Library and Historical Corporation, Mrs. Robert Mills Beach, president, and Mrs. Carl Ifversen librarian, | announce that the libmry will open | for the circulation of books on Wednesday, October 28, from 10 a m to ® p m. and thereafter every Wednesday | delay and will greatly facilitate the | Issuing of bots. | There is no registration fee and | all services are free of charge. Communities branch of the their neighborhood plication studing in communities, and will be taken care {of in the order in which the appli- | eations are received. Such applion- tions should be addressed 40 Mis
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