Odd and Curious News A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. SECOND SECTION he Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 68. BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939. a ws Random [tems NUMBER 45. Home After 2 Years Although every resource—radio, newspaper and the police-—was used to find thelr snow-white Eskimo spitz, who disappeared from the home, the family of Robert L Hunter of Louisville, concluded that the dog had been killed ot stolen. Two years later Mrs. Hun- ter opened the kitchen door to find the long-lost dog sitting outside, waiting to be admitted. He was none the worse of his long absence —gxcept that he needed a bath Cow Goes Berserk A cow consigned to the livestock sale at Troy on Wednesday went stark mad at the sales barn, broke away from her quarters, leaped through a window of the sales pa- vililon, cavorted through town, ap- pearing several times on Main street. Finally he went out of town, leaping over fences and elud- ing men from the sales barn to las- so her. She was finally dispatched by a shot from a service revolver of a motor policeman Mail Must Move Peter F. Ferguson, a carrier at the Columbus, Ohio, postoflice, was given a registered letter for deliv- ery at a nearby church. Getting no response to his knock, he opened the door and walked in after hear- ing voices down a dark corridor Following the voices, Ferguson came to a door in the dark, opened it —and fell headlong into the bap- tismal pool. But he climbed out and delivered the letter—just a trifle damp Wasn't Appreciated Young Roy Fisher, of Lewisburg was taken aback when State Game officials arrested him on a charge of hunting skunks out of season He had captured 10 skunks and put themm in a pen near his home. Ev- erything was straightened out, how- ever. when Justice of the Peace A Paul Kline ruled t the yak had been a nuisance and therefore could be caught and killed A Turkey Gift Snyder hat an Benjamin dian't plan to hunt on the first day of the season but when some men on the moun- tain about a quarter of a mile {rom the Snyder home at White Deer, shot at a wild turkey, the fowl sailed down into the yard at his home. Snyder ran into the house, secured his gun, and killed the 18- pound bird The Wrong Jug Farmer Austin L. Burd, of Ickes- burg. Perry county, complained of feeling ill Saturday allerncom and told his wife he was going to the basement kitchen to get a drink of wine. Instead of getting the wine jug. he grabbed a gasoline jug by mistake and took a drink. He was instantly covered with flames and died an hour later from severe burns. | Hard Winter Ahead? Twenty-eight snowstorms will punctuate this Winter's galety if a method prognosticating in use at Philipsburg half a century ago is) correct. A resident delving through | old archives found a paper claim- ing the number of snows during! that Winter would be the same as the date of the first snowfall. The first fall this year was October 28. Kill 21-Pound ‘Coon An unusually large and handsome ‘coon was killed Thursday night by Clyde Yoxheimer and George A Brown, of Lock Haven, on Scootac Creek. The animal weighed 21, pounds and was treed by the men's dogs. Racroons seldom get as large as 21 pounds, Mr. Yoxheimer re- ports "“Sncezer’” Contest On October 31, Galveston, Texas, staged ig second annual hay fever | contest to defermine the hand somest pair in the refugees from | hay<fever colony. Each entrant | received a hanky as a gift and the | winner a week's free board at a hotel. | Courtesy Rewarded Traffic iceman Howard Brew. | er, of Rockford, Ill. who several! months ago had courteously repri- | manded a motorist for traveling too fast, was surprised to receive a ship- | mest of 600 tulip buibs from the | motorist, i Cured The little boy was careless about | letting his shirt-tall hang out so his mother, Mrs. Margaret Reed, of | Cleveland, devised a oure. She! sewed bits of lace and embroidery | on the tails. Now he keeps them | | radistor grille | denied the charge and said hos! Victim Thought To Have Fallen Asleep When | 'CLEARFIELD MAN HITS TRUCK AT SKYTOP, HAS | HEAD NEARLY SEVERED He Crashed Into Rear of Loaded Coal Truck Early Saturday Morning His head smashed against the! Rowland Harris, of Leola windshield of his car when it ram- med into the rear end of a loaded coal truck at Skytop, near State College, Raymond Shirley, 42, of Clearfield, died Saturday morning | enroute to the Philipsburg State Hospital Authorities aid from a fractured skull, R. Healon, coroner of Centre coun- ty, disclosed that the victim was severely gashed on the face and nearly decapitated when his head erashed against the windshield. It is believed that Shirley may have fallen asleep while driving Driver Held On Hit-Run Charge Posts $300 Cash Bail After Machine Demaolishes Car atl State College Shirley died and Dr. W Eptering a plea of guilty to a his and run charge befdre State Col- lege Burgess Wilbur P. Lettzell, last Thursday, Otto Vincent, of Ashia- bula, Ohio, was released under $300 cash bail for his appearance at the December term of Centre County Court According to testimony given by Officer Harold Hand, of State Caol- the prosecutor, a truck driven crashed Thom into a Car own- which was Thompson's ith Atherton Street shout | morting ™ ar Was sad incemnt pson parked of ] om» a! 108 Son tate College lock last Wednesday rtunlly demnlizshen Hand reportec alter the ack H truck to Potters stopped the wehicle and the driver's credentials. Since the officer had no jurisdiction outside State College borough, he permitied the truck to proceed, but Motor Po- lice officer Roy Balley, of Lewis- town, notified of the accident ar- rested the track driver in the Dew- istown area The truck was owned by the Ward Trucking Company of Altoona, and it is reported that the company has settled damages to the car to Mr Thompson's satBfadtion immediately followed the where he examined a A —— — Beaver Youth To Accompany Byrd Will Be Youngest Member of Expedition to South Polar Region The youngest member of Admiral | Richard E Byrd's Iatest expedition | to Antarctica will be 20-year-old | Harrison Holt Richardson, energetic | Bexver county youth who proved | | his worth during months of prep- aration for the South Polar ex- | ploration. ! He didnt know until three weeks ago that he would make the trip. ! Application for a berth on the! | cruise was made shortly after young | Richardson completed his sopho- | more yes: at Genevy College last | June, but Admiral Byrd advised he | would have to prove his merit for six weeks underwent training in handling dog tem: Now he 15 awaiting sailing orders, expected in about a week, “Tt's going to be a long trip,” sai Mrs, H B. Richardson, mother the youth, “but it's just what wants.” — Questioned in Hit-Run Death Higie W. Tobin, 4, former fool~ ball coach at Penn State College, was held for questioning at Deiroit last week in the hit-run death of Isadore Merrow. 53, which occurred | outside the city limits. Tobin's au- tomobile was found parked a mile from the scene of the accident, ita damaged. Tobin | grille was smashed a month ago. i ea————————— | Expect Large Crops This was a recent realty brans- | action at Cleveland (not a grain | market deal): James B. Hay sold a house to Mrs. Bess Wheat Attorney | James FP. Corn made out the papers. | {held in Bellefonte Lan- caster county, sald his truck. load- ed with conl, was traveling at ca- pacity speed of nine miles an hour up the mountain road when Shirley rammed into his truck. Harris sald Shirley was unconscious when he reached him that the seat of the had to be pulled out before could be taken from and car the man's body the car the only oe of the upant I regained consciousness iver of truck, described 1 semi-traller stated the car to the rear end of the the impact of the collision tha! he pulled the highway ec the was locked truck by Har his truck off with the truck by er ry alrmmo god along aid when coupled Was drag with it Courter-Clark Nuptials Mr Henry H. Clas have issued invita ons Marriage their daughter Miss Dorothy Jane Franklin T. Courter, of Blanchard The ceremony will be performed in the Blanchard Church of 10 o'clock the morning of ber 23. Thanksgiving Day and Creek fr wr the of 10 Novem Christ atl, ~ Armistice Day — 1939 (WHY SERVICE) Cuil . A > i 7 j WARNING TO HUNTERS Don't touch & fence f ed carrving a Nichola sgricultyr the Pent The shock if ise might disc! with disastrous results cause you to nt Pi your gun Inexpericnced persons will have ttle difficulty Mdentiiying = farm fence carrying an electric charge (9 8T, barbed wire attached to Posts white about 30 1 i= most commot tric fenicor mn! insulated porcelain supe above the ly used. The CAIrTivs the current a2 100-watt bulb on 110-vait shold light circuit inche or ole only two per cent caused by with no casa ities mn far ers coming (Continued on Page 6) comiact YOUTH KILLED, THREE HURT; CARS CRASH ON LOCK HAVEN STREET Student In Teachers College Dies In Hospital; Accident Occurs In Front of School at Street Intersection ale Teacher student was killed, one student Injured seriously and two young women were ies seriously hurt last Friday morning in the collision of two automobile in front of the school Ernest Richey, 21 Mrs. D. D Richey a freshman and varsity football fractured skull and diec later in the Lock Heaven Hospital Miss Frances Merrill, 22, of Clear field, & junior, suffered head in les and a deep cut was taker fous condition Richey two Belly, 18 admitied where attaches of One Lock Haven Bt College woman of hn mewn ber »OT of Mr. and nnslow? of he sung suflered a few hour i Bhe 4 OT of the neck to the hospital in a and were ot - the seanin 7 § pu arte ’ rR : Betly, body bruises arcident oecurred about 750 Miss Evel Riche taking her brother, Emme L Merrill to the college for fot The eo ¥ while Wa Miss morning clas The driver of the other G. Huines, Mil all, R D uninjured. He was going sou! Susquehanna Avenue, intending car, ¥4. ward Hu war on “OLD-TIME HUNTING ADVENTURES The ushering in of the hmting SPRI0N good few with the prospects of { ! bear hunting but a weeks away. every Centre County nimrod looking forward to spend- ing a ] in his favorite deer and the wrt iom time wore! game The ing will cination, allowed seareh time-honored sport of hunt. lose its fas- wild game perhaps 80 long as to exist The protection thrown about deer and bear has kept these animals from becoming extinet, and fo some extent has made hunting les thrilling than it was in the days when the law of “survival of fhe ftlesl” prevailed throughout our forests. Many stories of thrilling adven- tures have been told by the old- time hunters who prided themselves on their skill with the rifle. Of these men of the past one was Tom Delong Curtin township ho for many years taught school in his community. Mr. Delong was de- voted Lo hunting and during his ac- tive life had met with many unt sual hunting incidents, some of which were related to the writer more than forty years ago. One of his interesting yarns referred to the bagging of a monster bear that never of | established a local record for size Smoking Out Largest Bear Killed in County. Shoot Two Deer Locked in Combat. day of of hunter or Ral 1 FA 1BO8 a vicinity Dwcem DAILY from of Romola, composed ¢ David McCloskey, Jr. Jacob Mo- Closke W. N. Fisher and his som started ‘for a bear hunt. During the previous season bear had been plentiful in that section and quite a number Fey fle OD had been killed decided to smoke brug fire was quickly and they walled Jor The jonger Oe) he impatient 3 the smoke did n seem Lo the desired effect, except animal to pufl and biow annoyance, but refused WI built at o nents > Fe m Lhe 0 it, knots pine vere secured and lighted and these Finally some pitch Snow having fallen that MOD. vown into the mouth of the cave Ing. they 3008 Chine tracks of a bruin that startled them The impression of the feet in the ADOW Were unusuady large and mistake as to the animal they vere the forest They were |} known as Coal Hill northwest Romoia. After fol lowing the tracks for a consider. able distance they came to a rocky ledge in which there was an open- ing and into this retreat the tracks led. This made the location their game certain, but the method of securing the ize somewhat doudtiul, 1408 on i» about five miles of ot upon the... as far as possible. This In- creased the smoke and angered ithe brute, who growled more Dercely and den Finally # Mr 3 became too thick Bear came out of his When he emerged. his size startied but thelr trusted rifle unerring aim and he ra pierced bY wnlets 00 with animal was taken to Romoia was quite a uriosity cleaned the bear tipped the of 430 pouncs and his pelt in fine condition This was likely the largest bear killed in Centre County. Eighty - Year-Old Hunters The old-time hunter: their skill with the gur age 10 interfere with Here is an During the Ri never lost nor allowed rRambpie ap Ore: Ung the Arges Dear he wuinty, David McCloskey and James Gardner, both of Curlin township, decided a Ullle Deal hunting trip of their own. The re- kKabie thing aboul the men was ; fact that while each wa; markably active and sure ghots =n the woods, both were about eighty years old They tvamped $hrough the brush and over the rocks for some dis- tance when Mr MoCloskey came upon the object of his search—a bear. He took careful aim and fired. The bear jeaped in and started a Circle ally made for Mr. Gardner who ha to do some quick thinking ing his gun Mr. Gardner fired ino the bears shoulder ¢ g within a 16% feet. Bo close was Mr Gardner that the flash burned the bear's hair In Deadly Combat, Mr. Delong related hunting incident in which (Continued on page six) on re- in dropping hir of his gun another he 00k Fall Institute of County W.C.T.U. Sessions at Martha Furnace Attended by New State Vice President Miss Beth Searns, of Harrisburg, gave an interesting talk on “Mush- rooms and Toadstool” on Thurs- jday, November 2. fo a well filled POMONA GRA NGE NEWS he regular quarterly Pomona meeting will be held Saturday, No- vember 25. with Progress Grange as hosts. That luscious fruit, the apple. will be the center of Interest during the day and special features of the program will be an apple pie contest, an apple exhibit, and the | crowning of the Apple Pie Queen at the evening session E ubordinate grange is hold- ing an apple pie baking contest to determine thelr first, second and third winners who in tum. wil take an apple ple to Pomona, No- vember 35. and enter the contest on that day. First, second and third Hy = — » "winners will be declared the Apple with , : es, of State College. She gave out information and inspiration Seven young folks engaged in » most interesting gold medal con- test, and Eleanor 8moke, of Mo- | shannon, won with a reading given in a very enthusiastic way. Her plea was for “The Right to Grow Up De- cent.” Every chapter in the county was represented. There were eight who attended from Philipsburg. The Institute was sponsored by Lhe Women's Christian Temperance Un | be | jon. The spring institute will Hotel Balcony Gives Way Two women, Mrs. Ash Parsons Pie Queens of our Pomona and will be appropriately crowned as such and receive a gift from Pomona at TWO WOUNDED IN BLAIR COUNTY RABBIT HUNTERS Lillian Bauldauf, 11, of Tyrone R D. No. 1, was accidentally shot In the forchead last Thursday while walking along the road on her way home from school near Arch Spring. W. B. Carabough, of Altoona, said he had ghot at a rabbit near the road and the ghiot hit the girl. The injured girl was given treatment at the Mercy hospital where her con- | dition was not considered serious Ralph Chapman, 26, of Dunoans- ville, R. D. 1, the second victim, bb a patient at the Mercy hospital | where he was admitted suffering | | from gun shot wounds of the left) pies the evening session. All to be entered in this Pomona contest must be on display by 11 o'clock of that day, November 25, as Miss Helen 8 Butler, co-Extension Economics leader, will judge this contest from 11 to 12 o'clock noon The apple exhibit is to consist of a display from all interested granges; this display to contain as many varieties as desired by the grange. the only requirement being that all apples must be those grown by members of that particular grange. A guitable prize will be pre- sented the grange displaying the best exhibit of apples according to number of varielies, quality of same, ete A detailed program will appess {In next week's issue leg between the knee and hip Hospital attendants said Chap- man was accidentally shot by hus brother-in-law, John Toth, while the two huniers were through a thicket near Knob Run, Newry Released Under 55000 Bail Frank Ventre, 75, of Altoona, who | is charged with the murder of his neighbor, Jespes Benton, 26, has been released under $5000 bail | Ventre is charged with shooting his neighbor with a shotgun in a seuf- fle in Ventre's barn after the aged farmer had seized his shotgun and run to the beun when he heard what he thought was a prowler. passing | (mated at 30 cetits per hour. | cows on |studied shows that the average re. Profits Are Low For Dairy Farmer Penn State Survey Shows Net Returns Per Animal 79% a Year Returns from the production of milk affect the Pennsylvania farm- ers economic condition more than those from any other farm enter. prise, W. L. Barr, essistant in agri- cultural economics st the Pennevl. vania State Onllege, said az a result of a survey of seventiv-nine dairy farms in four areas of the State “Thirty-five per cent of the total cash income of Pennsylvania farm- ers in 1938 was derived from the sale of wholesale ahd retail milk and fluid cream.” be sald. “Of these re- ceipts, 62 per cent was derived from milk sold al wholesale prices” The survey revealed that the av- erage Pennsylvania dairyman has an investment of approximately $178 per cow in his business. The gross cost of keeping a cow for one year was $157.08. Manual labor was esti-| The average cost of prod neing | 100 pounds of milk studied was $1.89 | [But on individual farms, according | to Barr. the cost of milk production | ranged from as little as $1.16 per! hundredweight to $3.40 i i The summary of the costs and re- | turns per cow for the 1197 dairy! the seventy-nine farms i a | Lock Haven and a seaan North Fair the Richey west mm to continue view street, whe coach, being driven i ran through the In- The Haines Ls wo ~ CAI, A West sires Busquehaniy Ri y oa (Continued on Pun page High School Boys Wounded by Shot Two Philipsburg Students Hurt IM EL ix) on First-Dav's Hunting Pe Be il accidentally PE els ack several entered heart with five his nose tHree str lace ide of hi Part of Bp was sl struck Hoth head Robert Jolt ced open when in the mouth were tregied gave { Et Ba 1) 5 Vo! Sud em bos jan who ) preven wm Sell ever Supina is the son of Mr Jack Bupina while son of Mr. ahd Mrs Johnston In other accidents on the first day of small game season Cartiebough of Mahafley accident ally shot himself in the left foot Mike Pachula of Morann remain- ed the first hus in this sect ww be on ihe He was treated for the left leg FEA ah A —————— Lemont Man's Car Damaged in Crash Collides With Another Ve- hicle at Lock Haven ant Ys wu alu Jahnston William a B a5 wounded opening w gunshot Intersection In a collision between a coach operated by Charlies ¥. Hartman of riven Homer J. Saxion of Lemont las Wednesday evening at the intersec- tion of Clinton and East Park street, Lock Haven, no one was seriously hurt, but considerabie “iui | damages resulted to the cars George Coleman, Jr, aged one ' year, and Mrs. Hartman both of whom were riding in the car owned and operated by Mr. Hartman, re- ceived minor injuries The Hartman sutomobile was damaged to the extent of $75, while it was estimated $100 would be rex quired to repair the other machine, owned by Wilbur Savion, also of Lemont Police Officer Slack By Car X-ray examination Sunday nt the Lock Haven Hospital revealed that Patrolman Ross B. Boltorf, of that city, suffered a orack of the fourth vertebra on Saturday night when he was struck by 8 car on East Main street, Lock Haven. The patrolman’s neck has been placed in a cast Jack Kelley, of Flemington, was released on his own recognizance after his identity as driver of the | car was established. i Two passengers in the Kelley car, | Blair Powell and Charles Kramer, both of Fleminglon, are reported to | have said they thought the accident | was unavoidable, -». A smart man never abuses smart | er men; he unitates them. turn per cow was $157.85, an average net profit of per cow leaving | cents | »> BEAVER GOES GUNNING eRe werE MRGe Beaver {eet new § Fagen Lawrence | Thomas Beaver, president Congr houeht A Iw Iorong ward in the triterest UAT imeny fats meet ir ore Were ¢ belie! that some and after RAMON S00 presented the W conferred wit official rit outline of the stor MOTE nl meeling wy mig that na rele rere PE ery won the charg: OO 1 + os give ed bull rt ne ty Y martyr In = he mtretebiod 8) We'r the rach the thumbs. placed thrilled tr wall until GREEN FEATHER mscience.-st this deg paper tell given! GADGET FOR HOSPITAL The Ladies” Auxiliary of the Cen tre County Hospital this week pur thased pn Dew gad ght sround corners, for t stafl members at gevice consists of socket with buh. In front of the bulb glass about thickne "a light travels glass and yery t which bends the ho ® fitted of and chalk The gh uk ‘a special 1560 length pier rag thre the shines ¢ ht of u at the end essen. ing slong gla There are two other glass section both of them curved making examinstions of the mouth and throat. The rays foliow the curves and thro end just as little the sides e for use Joerg and agh case with the straight section he effect is al- most uncanny, for the glass is or- dinary to all appearances and there is nothing to keep the coming through sides—exoept the special quality which gives th glass its unique properties THEY'VE COUNTED TEN Now thet the election is over, we can again regsle our readers with choice and expert opinion upon the war. We herewith predict the war es it now lines up between Germany vs. England and Prance, will not amount $0 much. Since war was de- clared in Beptember, hostilities have beens of a prefunctory nature and both sides have had smple oppor tunity to count ten. This we reco! lect from our bhorhood in school yards, doesnt make for an earnest sincere, or hard fought battle THANKS This department take: this mean of thanking the Electric Supply Company, ei al for an evening of good food and good entertainment with practically nothing for a re- porier © do but to enjoy himself It came 0 pass that we were as- signed to cover a dinner of em- pioyes Of all Electric Supply Co stores al the Penn Bell Hotel, last Thursday night. Figuring this was the standard type of dinner, Where there would be many speakers who talked much. we stufied a sheal of note paper in an already bulging pocket, and went After eating & full course turkey dinper, with ail the side dishes you oan think of we settled down to what we thought! was going to be two hours of nolp- (Continued on page sx) shine the hop _ Fp rays irom the e ik eS sy ak a " out of sight i : | and Mrs. Joseph lLouches were fer-| — *{ Jously injured Wednesday evening By POP MOMAND $29,728.47 is Cost of Transporting School Children in Centre County Payment of $2072847 for the transportation of school children in Centre county has been authorized by Auditor General Warren R. Rob- erts. This amount is $3304.19 more than paid to Clinton county and $1T77327 less than required by Clearfield county. A total amount of $193270692 will be paid to the 1267 school districts of the State. Twenty-seven fewer districts are to receive the transportation appro- priations than last year, the subsi- dies being allowed for the transpor- tation of pupils where schools have been consolidated, closed on account of a small enrollinent of pupils. or where children reside more than two miles from the school building. The maximum amount paid to any district is $4000 per year for districts receiving 50 per cent, de- termined on the basis of teacher valuation. Bradford county, which is to re- ceive $104606.23, will be paid the greatest amount of any county in | the State, while Philadelphia, which receives only $3,000, sreallest amount. is paid the i when the balcony on the Ward Ho- tel at Towanda gave way, dropping them to the sidewalk about 15 feet below, and were taken to the Rob- {ert Packer hospital in Bayre. Both i suffered fractures of the pelvis, and ‘other injuries. The accident hap- | pened as the Hallowe'en parade had igotten under way, when several | women went to the baleony to watch | the parade. The others were not on ! the section that fell. ; Cars Collide at Aloomn i Two cars, operated by Oscar ‘Shellman, of Philipsburg, and George Burkholder, of Plank Road, | Blair county, were damaged to the {extent of $55 in a collision at Al- | toona, Sunday. No one was injured. ’ i ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Perfect, Dolan! —
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