dg oe OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week. Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County, — Covers he Centre Democraf MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and Economical Selling Medium, VOLUME 58. NUMBER 4. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939, " — SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR VOTERS ELECTION TUESDAY, WILL CLIMAX USUAL CAMPAIGN KILLED WHEN Absence of f Mud-Slinging Sets Precedent In County Politics COUNTY HOME CHIEF SUBJECT OF DEBATE State, Borough and Town- ship Offices Also to Be Filled As the climax of a paign which has been “quiet,” Centre county voters will march to the polls next Tuesday November 7, to elect a new staff of Court House and Jail official Many of the county newspapers which heretofore indulged in various forms of mud-slinging and muck- raking. have adhered strictly lo a presentation of fact and opinion in their conduct of the campaign, and as a result, the electorate has not been whetted to a white heal for the kill. On the other hand, the voters have been well informed as to the capabilities and qualities of the candidates and their platforms. But the more rabid forms of propagan- da, which create strong feeling and often cause lifetime injury to the persons involved, have spicuous by thelr The chief issue rounds the conduct of the Commis- sioners’ office, with the axis of timent being the new County Home Many false statement have been made in defense of the Home but the real facts are presented in an- other column of this issue of The Centre Democrat. The polls will open at 7 a. m. and will close at 8 p. m., as has been the case for several years. Voters are Continued on page seven) T 7 Observes ir Scout Week In eelehsation “of National Girl Scouts’ Week, members of Troop No y Catholic Girl Scouts of Bellefonte attended mass in a body Sunday, October 29, in St. John's Catholic church. Following the mass the troop and committee members, Mrs Winfield Love, Mrs Martin Miller and Mrs. Harry Dunlap, were enter- tained at breakfast at the Markland Hotel During the breakia tee members were ent appropriate song Following is the roster of Troop 7: Matilda Chick, Theressa Pike, Jane CGenua, Margaret Ann Jean McCulley, Rose Marie Nek Elizabeth Mayer, Mildred Win Agnes Rackoski, Molly Gherrity Rosalie Miller, Gertrude Thal, Jane Kellerman, Susan and Jane Scia- bica, Helen Nylund, Mary O'Hara Theressa Kane, Margaret Flynn, and Mary Augusta Shoemaker. Miss Mary Ellen Cunningham is Pirst Troop Leader, while Mary Louise Nelo is Second Troop Leader Post Office Closed November 11 Please keep in mind the fact that all Post Offices will be ciosed on Saturday. November 11, Armistice Day. Notice is being given early so that there will be as little incon- venience as possible to patrons of the Postal Service. There will be no city or rural deliveries from the Bellefonte office; no window service of any kind. The early morning and evening collections will be made from the street boxes in the business political cam- singularly been coun absence raised to date en- t the commit- tained with section of town and outgoing mail, dropped in them or at the office will be dispatched as usual The lobby will be open from 7 a m. to 7:30 p. m. for the convenience of! ne Fo and depositing mail in the drops. : ———— TAUBS OPEN FURNITURE STORE IN BELLEFONTE | aa] Taub's Second-Hand Furniture! Exchange of Lewistown, is opening | the Farmers National a store in Bank building, West High street, on | November 3rd. This 1s a branch of the Lewistown store which Is recog- nized as the largest second-hand furniture stores in Central Pennsyl- | vania, They not only carry every- thing in the used line. bul new fur- niture as well. The store will be t thelr outgoing | Wins Title of Harvest Queen Polling a total of the Bellefonte Elks contest which closed Mr. and Mrs, Albert Kni Bishop street, Bellefonte, title of Miss Centre county $60 cash award the title carried. She was crowned Harvest Queen last night at the Hallowe'en celebra- tion which thmpxed the contest Miss Ethel Ho and Miss Beu- lah Smith both of Be liefo nte, placed and had places of honor on the float in which Miss Knisely rode at the head of the parade last night. They won prizes of $25 and $10 kK Other who also part In Centre County Edna Stine, Betty Bellefonte tate College. PLAN PEACE eeond and { nectivel Harvest Queen contestants were awaradeq the were priaes wlection © { Hazel Reed Chandler, all of SERVICE HERE Rev. Williamsport, To Be Guest Speaker The tenth annual Peace of St John's Episcopal Bellefonte, will be held on Sunday, November 5, with the Rev B. Schofield, of Williamsport, assist | ant to the chaplain of the A. E F | in Frapce during the as the speaker Invitations have been {the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the auxiliary units; Battiery E, Field Artillery. P. N. G., Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts All « ions will front of the Legion Home on East street at 10:30 o'clock Sun. 166th TERN zat H ward | day the ch irch head the the The Legion procession. As m in past years rch will be } organizations Annual Peace Servic es. held the Sunday before Armistice Day, were (Continued on Page 6) —————— a ——————— « Glenn Miller to Play At Hecla, Nov. 13th Band will has been use of guest 12.500 votes In Harvest Queen Monday night, Miss Charlotte Knisely, daughter of sely, of East won the and the offered by the for Miss and Margaret Weller, of | after Squire B. Schofield, Services church, Squire World War, | jssued . Local Couple junior and and the meet In to march in a body to a section . tondition at reserved for | Pie ] | brain, ‘and back LOCAL YOUTH | AUTO UPSETS ———— Alfred Mader, 17, Fatally Injured On Centre Hall Mountain LOSES CONTROL IN BACKING DOWN HILL Companion Escapes In- jury; Funeral For Victim, Yesterday Backing his Ford roadster down the Centre Hall mountain road w converse with fatally injured about Sunday went pinned He 12:30 him in the wreckage. J died at 2:10 o'clock the same | noon in the broken State Motor Police from Pleasant | Gap sub-station, who the accident reported that had stopped his car near the Bilger cabins a short distance north of the crest of the mountain began backing down “w AF with i“ Kr were walkh The car gal poet derneath Tressler and that he the ip of people road ned momentum, swer porbei the youth un A companion Harrison of Bellefonte, R. D. 1. who also in the car, escaped unin- grade who ng slong the #0 ang Was jured Mader was brought to the hospital by Private J. M. Amick, of the Pleasant Gap detail Stale Motor (Continued on Page ©) i Hurt In Crash John K. Hoy, 21, in Serious Condition After Car Leaves Road, Overturns John K. Hoy, aged 21, of 122 East High street, Bellefonte, is in serious the Centre County Hose | the result of injuries he re- ceived early Sunday morning when his ear overturned on the Jackson- ville road about 6 miles east of Jack- onville, on the Clinton county end { that highwey Miss Virginia Thomas, of 148 North Thomas street, Bellefonte Hoy's companion at the time, suffer- scalp lacerations and bruises She received treatment at the local ed : hospital Hoy is reported to be suffering | from lacerations of the face involv- ing a eye: serious injury to the right a possible concussion of the and Injuries about the hip According to State Motor Police at Pleasant Gap who investigated the accident, Hoy and Miss Thomas were motoring toward Bellefonte about 12:25 o'clock Sunday morning when the car, a Ford roadster, left the road and overturned, skidding along on its top before coming to | rest Hoy was brought to the hospital | by Gerald Sunday, of Bishop street, | ! Bellefonte, while Miss Thomas was | | brought here | Howard. The Hoy car was damaged | by W. T. Gates, of | to the extent of about $75. Private | | Hancock, of the Pleasant Gap sub- Gienn Miller. who brings his nat- | station, was in charge of the inves. | jonally famous orchestra to Hes | tigation into the mishap. Park, Monday night, November 13, is one of the greatest arrangers of | popular music to be found in America. In addition to that, he! is known as a trcmbine artist per | | excellence, one who need take a { back seat to Do other, It was a combination of his two i outstanding talents that is respon- { gible for the birth of “Moonlight | Serenade.” among the current new hits. Glenn wrote jt one of the most popular | first as a trom- | Penalty Period On Local Taxes Extended Announcement was made yester-! day that the tax rebate period for! | Bellefonte Borough taxpayers has’ been extended from November 1 to | December 1. Under the extension, the 5 pir} cent penalty on Bellefonte Borough | bone exercise and purposely made | taxes will not become effective until | it a difficult one. The boys in the | band liked the melody so well that they persuaded him to adopt it at | a broadcast theme song. It caught on immediately and hundreds of | December | i | PASSMORE HEADS CENTRE COUNTY SCHOOL CONTESTS W. H. Passmore, high school prin- | The FACTS About The County Home some pedestrians he | had passed, Alfred Mader, aged 17, | lof Blanchard street, Bellefonte, was | o'clock | afternoon when the machine | out of control, overturned and | Centre County ! Hospital, death being attributed to a | neck and internal injuries, | investigated Mader | Bo far in this campaign for cOURLY offices, the Centre Democrat has refrained from the usual forms of political exploitation We had hoped that the campalgn would remain free of the bitterness, the heart-ache. and the misstatements that commonly characterize local political battles In a measure our efforts have been mud-slinglug, at least, has been elimmnated agencies in the county to invite—¥6€8 demand-criticismm through the publishing of large advertisements, Which while free of personalities and the usual objectionable material, are doubly Insidious because they set forth as facts informatica Wi 5 misleading to the coun- y's voters . Bearing in mind our decisich not 10 engage In any form of mud- slinging, we nevertheless, on the eve of election, take issue with many of the statements widely published si week in advertisements entit- led: “The Pacts About the County Home Those advertisements were signee by board of Commissioners. The third member of the Board. who did not sign the advertisement, is the only one running for re-election. Why he didn't sign the statement is not ki 10 us The advertisements were published in and for the sake of keeping the ¥ manner uccessful, and most of the But it remained for other two members of the present question-and-answer form we'll answer In like Q What is the amount of the new present Board of Commissioners? A.~$127,000, Q-—~Who will have to pay this debt? A~The taxpayers of Centrs County Q Who has charge of the County In A. ~The Centre County Commissioners, Q.—Doean't the Department of Welfare Institution District? A~Not if the proper persons are elected as Commissioners, Q What does titution District? A~Nol a cent. Q --How has the past A~Without the County Home, and by use of the Bellefonte Bor. ough Home and the Rush Township Home Q Did Clinton County bulld & new A.~No. The Commissioners purchased a tract of land with that intention, but further action was held up by an injunction. In the meanwhile, a county election took place. The old Board of Commis sioners was voted out of office and the incoming Board conducted an investigation, and found that a new home was nel necessary. The Commissioners secured the Lock Haven City Home and found i ample to the needs of the kostitation District, Q Doesn't the Department oF Welfare Commissioners? A~Evidently not Q—Couldn't the Centre County Commissioners the present Bellefonte Borough Home which they for the last two years? A~Yes, for about $5000 Q-1s it true that some persons needing care hmve heen maintain. od in private homes in the communities where they resided? A~Yes. These persons seem to be happier in their home environ. ment and those who are paid to take care of them are aided by the receipt of the money. created by the titution District? have charge of the County the Department of Welfare pay to the County In- the County Institu Wo years’ t been operated during Home? run the Clinton County have purchased have been using Q 1s there any responsibility on the County Commissioners (o look alter these unfortunate people? A~Yes, by providing a comfortable habitation and proper care. Luxurious surroundings are neither required, necessary, nor desirable. Q Will the it of the debt be the only expense the taxpay- ers will have? A~No. The large building must be maintained and there will have to be janitors, firemen, nurses, cooks, a dietitian, matron, super. intendent and a physician. In addition, the interest on the debt will have to be met, and fuel, power and light must be provided. Q ~Will the County furnish food and clothing? A~Yes, bul this would be a necessary expenditure regardless of whether or not there was a County Home. Q Have we had all these ‘obs during the past two years? A~No. The total expense of running the Bellefonte Borough Home was $1200.08, insofar as wages were concerned for 188 Q-~How much was spent in 1938 for the care of such persons, exclusive of children’s maintenance, appropriations, burial expenses and non-county institutions? A~$17 53245. Q That is less than the annual payments on principal and in- terest for the new Home will be, isnt it? A~~Yes, Q Then if the County Home had not been built, and the present system had been continued. the money which must be spent to pay on the principal and interest for the new Home, would have taken care of those who are entitled to care? A~Yes. Q-~Then there would have been no payment of principal interest on the County Home debt? A~No, Q And there would have been no need to have created a new debt for $127.0007 A =Nao, Q-~Will insane persons be Kept at the County Home? A~If they are it wili require guards, which will mean more ex- pense, Q What was the cost of administering the Centre County Insti- tution District in 1938? A~More than 12 per cent of all expenditures of the District. Q-Aren’t the taxpayers interested in an efficient administration of the affairs of the County and the Institution Distriet? A~They should be. They have to pay the bills Q-~How can the county taxpayers obtain an efficient adminis tration? A~RBy placing in office men who will honestly strive to give an efficient administration, and by remeving from office those whe have paiymer and | times { to residents of | Cenitre county among the | In county i than 10 | the United States have { and in Penns | out of 61 TO CHOOSE NEW OFFICERS MANY VISIT KEROSENE EXPLOSION IS FATAL TO FATHER AND SON LIBRARY ON OPENING DAY Children’s Department Is Swamped by Enthusi- astic Readers COUNTY PROGRAM GETS UNDER WAY Extra Reading Room Pro- vided; Miss May Taylor Gets First Book Wind and rain falled to dampen the in with which two hundred adults and children visited erest Over | the new Centre County Library and Historical Corporation Wednes- day and Saturday of last week when its doors were opened for the first for the circulation of books Centre county This history-making even! places pioneers library service, since less per cent of the counties of this service vivania only 14 counties To date the of Walker township HOGES were exaclyy ricuium The chiidren brary were most are 10 bw whe visited the li- enthusiastic, and | commended upon the quiet | {and orderly way in which they se { lscted thelr books in spite of the fact that on Wednestiay no tables or chalrs were avaliable for the child. ren 's section The youngest tal on the floor and were so obli- vious Ww ‘the passing of time that ree worried parents had to come out In the main after 6 o'clock to (Continued ou Page 6) Rev. Paullin to Be C. E. Speaker Noted Religious Leader Will Address Convention Saturday Rev. Norman Paullin (above), well | known conference leader and minis- ter, will be the Saturday night | speaker at the 47th annual Centre | County Christian Endeavor conven- {tion which meets this Friday and | Saturday, November 3 and 4, at | Bellefonte Evangelical church, | In 1937 he accepted the call to the Rosedale Baptist church in Camden, |N J. of which he is pastor at the | present time. He is a graduate of | the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary of Philadeiphia. From 1928 to 1920 he served as pastor of the (Continued on Page 7) County Men Opening Clay Bank in Barrens Rober. 8. Walker, of Bellefonte, and Russell Blair, of State College, are engaged in opening up a clay bank in the Barrens not far from the Bellefonte Central Railroad right-of-way. The bank is being op- ened with the ald of a steam shovel, and some shipments of clay have | day, children | | the | hunters had not returned woods and fields and only a few re- | | of the Bellefonte Central Railroad Local Group Attends Bridge Dedication Bellefonte men delegation from the dedication oOere- new stale highway Busquehanna river Monday afternoon The delegation consisted of: Mayor Hardman P Harris, A L. Prancis, president of the Chamber of Com- merce; Karl E Kusse, Chamber secretary; Thomas B. Beaver, presi- den it of Bo rough Council, and W. J Five prominent made up an official Bellefonte at monies for the bridge over the at Lock Haven, The ceremony he fourth day of th Cewbralion DRAW JURORS FOR DECEMBER Grand Jury Meets Nov. 28 Criminal Court Will Open December 11 Comrmiss.ai - week OO for WD werk: later, on Monday, December 11 Civil Court is scheduled oo meet on Mon- December 18 The jury lists follow ORARD JURY Monday, Nevember 27) Acton, Catherine, hukps. Philipsburg Bross, Charlies, farmer Viesni ng Byron, Thomas, retired. Philipsburg Dunkie, L J stem fitter Boglaburg Menta Ry Pasi P Huntingdon, Ralph, miner Snow Shoe Twp Erone Madge IL. hukpr.... Clarence Rurte, lode C. h user Beliefonte Lukens, Arthur W., carpenter (Continued on page two) -— Season Opens For Small Game Several Hunters Get Turkeys, Many Bag Rabbits First Day Clear skies and crisp cool weather | greeted hunters on the opening of yesterday | | morning. but in the afternoon heavy | clouds threatening rain or snow ap- | {peared to give Nimrods variety in| weather conditions | small game season Yesterday afternoon most ports were obtained. A number of turkeys were bagged, were reported to be quite plentiful, Only a few ringnecks were taken. Game Warden Thomas Mosier shot a 10-pound turkey gobbler yes- terday morning; Bord Alkey, Burnside street, out hunting for the first time in his life, brought home a turkey: 3 turkeys were killed by a group of hunters in the vicinity of Holter's Crossing, Bald Bagle Val- ley, while a party of Lock Haven men hunting in the same area got a number of rabbits Among other game reporis are the following: Chief of Police Harry Walter Eberhart, 1 4 rabbits; ney, 4 rabbits; rabbii; Russell Witmer, Paul Miller, 4 rabbits. D. 8. Cryvder, of State College, got | | who attended the funeral Tuesday, an 1l-pound turkey while hunting in Stone Valley Republican Chairmon Gets $4,200 State Job Ray 8. Meiroy, of Pleasant Gap, 10 a Centre Jaborer. State College | Philipsburg | months ago, they found local | from the | while rabbits | of | Blast Results As Man At- tempts to Prime Fire In Stove BOTH VICTIMS DIE IN LOCAL HOSPITAL Mother and Another Son Escape as Home Burns To Ground The common practice of hagtening a fire with kerosene brought death county father and his when Willard E. Baer WPA worker and his son, Wiisrd E., Jr. fatally burned atl thelr home near the George's Valley church, south of Spring Mills The two other members of the family, Mrs. Baer and an elder son, Charles A. escaped {rom the Inferno created in the small home when Mr Baer used kerosene to prime the fire in 8 room stove, about 9:30 o'clock Buncay morning Mr. Baer died at the Centre County Hospital at 1:30 o'clock Sun. day aflernoon, one-hall hour after his son succumbed at the same nsli- tution According to reports from the area all members of the family were in the room when gas generated by the kerosene om the hot copls ex- ploded, showering the room with guid flame. The parents and ti older son dashed out of the room, and Mr. and Mrs. Baer then turned to get thelr infant son Mrs. Baer reached the little boy nd carried h outside. Meanwhile not knowing that his wife had found the tot. Mr. Baer searched vainly in the smoke-and-fire-filled room, (Continued on page six) on, Sunday 38-year-old \8-month-old Were re- AD RESTORES VAGABOND TO FORMER HOME There was a story behind a “Found” afvertisement appearing in the classified advertisements ol The Centre Democrat last week. Here was the Ad “Found: A stray female dog, color brown and white. Owner can have by calling any bome in Moshannon, i Pa” When Mr, and Mrs. G. Earle Hof- fer and family moved from a house on East High Street to an apari~ ment on West High Street some d that it was impractical to keep the family pet { dog, “Bkippr.” So sboui a month | ago they gave the aged pet to 4 | woman residing in Clarence The dog hud a good home, but ap- parently longed for Tis old haunts {Continued on page seven) Ce m— A i —— Bellefonte Central President Succumbs Charles 8. Wesley, prominent Philadelphia attorney and president Company, died Seturday ai his home in Philadelphia after a several months’ illness with a complication of diseases. He was 61 years of age and had been active in the local railroad for the past ten years. Mr. Wesley. a member of the law firm of Wesley, Wagoner, Troui- man & McWilliams with offices in the Packard buliding, Philadelphia, was a member of a socially-promin- ent Philadelphia family. During the World War he served as an adviser to the government in matters reiat- ing to the selective drafl. Since 1833 {he had been counsel to the U. 8. Dukeman, 4 rabbits; T. N. McAlar- | Railroad for several years. Local Bellefonte Central officials shown disregard for the interests of the taxpayers. The area is reported to be rich in Be eg oo aa OWENS APPLIANCE STORE | (Continued on Page 6) {cipal at State College, has been re- —.— | appointed director of speech and | | Roy Wilkinson, Jr. | music contests in Centre county for the season of 1940, a to an Gets $3000 State Job announcement from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr, Passmore has According to reports from Harris- | been Centre county director since burg, two more Centre countians have been named to State jobs 1934. The Centre county program is a Roy Wilkinson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, of North Spring managed by Herbert. Taub, | Your pa Tickets Void2 3 Months of Grace Is Left Although the back of the inspec part of the state-wide organization known ag the Pennsylvania Porensic | West and Music League, now in its thir. rien Dian of the res oremsbonh. Eg = | ; [s i : I : i : £ g ! ; ¥ i : i Hii fl it 2Fg ¥ Ld § ® i Ea i f Scranton, Bg, : ¥ £ : §
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