OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week. Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. he Cenfre Democraf MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and Economical Selling Medium, VOLUME 58. NUMBER 46. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939, ——— SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR — TO DISTRIBUTE CHRISTMAS FUNDS NEARLY $120,000 READY NAME HUGG FOR DISTRIBUTION BY BANKS MANAGER OF County Total Highest in Ten Years, Survey Reveals CHECKS TO GO OUT EARLY NEXT MONTH $25,500 of Total on De- posit in Bellefonte Banks A total of approximately 000 will be distributed to some Centre countians during the week of December as ten banks the county distribute Christmas Savings Funds, it revealed yesterday by officials of t various banking houses The total distribution this year will be substantially greater than has been the case for at least ten years, statistics show Exclusive of the Bank, of Philipsburg, £0 pay out $60,000 to 1434 Savings subscriber the the county is $59.900, which | by some 1267 individuals Totals for previous clusive of the First National Bank of Philipsburg, for which [figures are not available are: 1830 . 1931 1932 1833 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Last year First National which expects Christma total for held years, all ex- W) B50 57.550 59.900 the total number of subscribers, including Philipsburg, was 2.415, and the total payments were $111550, which is more than $8000 less than this year's grand total. The tunds in Bellefonte oanks | (Continued nn page four) i —. | Centre County Groups Win Prizes At Milton Centre Count) ed well at Lhe rade in ‘Milton ocal groug The Bellefonte Hi nder the direction of Har: Ad won first prize of 875 in division. The State College Am can Legion and Auxiliary th S¢ prize of $50 in the drum and bugis corps competition. First pi $50 went to the Lebanon Coty The marching unit of the Beile- fonte Elks Club won two prizes, first prize of $15 for Deing the Jargest unit of its kind in the lir of march, and a fourth prise C { $10 for the best appearing unit The Bellefonte Banjo Band which also appeared in the parade was not eligible for prizes the band was guaranteed a foe for parti ing in the event Horse Killed When Struck By Automobile A horse owned by Harry iig was killed about 10:15 o'clock Fri- day night when it was struck by a car near the Bilger farm on the Centre Hall mountain between Centre Hall and Pleasant Gap The car was driven by Ralph Ar- ney, of Centre Hall, who reported that the horse jumped into the road as the car was traveling down the mountain toward Pleasant Gap Arney’s sedan was badly damaged but he escaped injury pr i since ipat- ilger POOR HOME Ap- 5 Foot, 11 Inch Worm Reported . Philipsburg Man Is Near Nittany pointed To Key i gheny Street Position SALARY IS FIXED AT $100 A MONTH Home Is Not Yet Officially Accepted By County Centre county, long famed as the home of the giant trout, may now lay claim to being the home of giant bait with which to catch them, If reports from the Nittany-Hublers- area can be credited tic burg For worm inches © feet, th- 11 week a nh mea last wi x § ov LLC gigar ured have been seen at tl Harry Bailey residence at Nittany, just op- he Nittany Valley service by Albert Thomp- Bellefonte of the 8 office Walker Tv n which wa the glant w of Mr Bai! can posite t station conducted son, formerly of First intimation existence to tl though the Centre ( has not been formall: Centre county, the County Commis- ioners this appointed Jame Hugg, of Philipsburg, as superinten- dent of the Home, al a of $100 a month, effec of Novems ber 10 unty Home wepted by worm's the Whi | an mm came week weekly letter from ship High school, i item stating that had been found dead in front Jailey's home, “Many of Mr The ad neighbors year term the worn’ ze." the will not bx } ted, adding that Board of Ce pictures could not be taken because go into office in January. of unfavorable we conditions A the County of M irmed | by the county depend but one man port made by a board of not dead, and that while | spectors to be named by Judge indoors get | Walker, at request to cage ) County Cor ners | At this time no application such an inspection has : mi but the formal reques ted within days. Although the ready for ogcupand tails remain to be comj Bellefonte Girl Injured In Crash in ul ATY elieClive as appointment for a four. but it i& reported that it binding upos hoo cribe repot mmissioners which Hom: upon a at her ceplance o Neighbors the Worm Ww Mr. Batley r in which re- three in Ivan the report said wa the of ontaine TINISELC worm crawled away BROADCAST XMAS MUSIC Loudspeaking System to Carry Programs in | Business District Beginning De cember tinuing every weekday cember 22, Christmas programs will be broadeast at intervals throug! iness district of Bellefont vestereias the next Miss Betty Eckley Laceration When Car 3 and conh- Strikes Power Pole through De- 4 y Eckley. 20, of East daughter of Mr, and Eckley, Valley View ratio the right ear of | bt M on veel lireet al music will gent happe asleep at th Miss Eckie) not of a 4 seriou ot " rom all . TOI Ri medical interviews o ib the treatment at Centr (Continued Sn page eight) Mint Lodges i in Throat of Local High Student ‘Elmeda Ammerman of Bus} Hollow a member of the senior cats at Bellefonte High turned to her home yesterday from the Lewistown Hospital, she had been undergoing since Bunday for complications re- ulting after a piree of a mint had lodged in her throat The mishap occurred Saturday evening, and the position of the mint made it difficult for Miss Am- merman to breathe. Sunday morn- ing she was brought to the offices of a Bellefonte physician, who ad- vised her removal to Lewistown for special treatment. Thefe an exam- Whippo was taken to the home of [ination revealed that while the her son-in-law and daughter, Mr, | had melted, her throat was and Mrs. Bruce Wilson, South Alle- | much swollen and her condition was {such that she remained for freat- ment. Yesterday she was expecting to return in the next few days to th £ Cou ay and trians on the streets of the Tentative plans are regular broadcasts 7 area to from 7 to 8 ¢ and possibly noon and at 4 p (Continuad on page four) a Woman Injured. When Car Door Swings Open ne 34 Mis the srhool re. where When the she the car in| open ve a door <f was riding swung as the machine rounded a cur the corner of Linn and Armor] Streets. last Thursday, Mrs. Annie Whi PPO, of Bouth Allegheny Stent fell to the ground and suffered : vere bruises the tier and body The car was operated by her son John After receiving treatment at the offices of a physician, Mrs wi nen nf oi right int Operating Room Contains Wide Variety of ‘Tools’ islstl nt MP cn ——_—— At Hospital Bellefonte Sportsmen (By Winifred B. Shalleross) ] The mysteries of the operating room at the Centre County Hospi tal were revealcd to me fhe other afternoon. As 1 stepped gingerly in- to that awesome spot, my dusty shoes and unserubbed hfhds soem ed a desecration of the Hy white ness of the sanctum santorum The central glory of the room is the large light over the operating table, It spreads its rays to a circle of mirrors, which then cast a re- flection on the table, The surgeon, bending over his prostrate patient, Is never in his own Hght, never can cast a shadow. He leans over 3 table | that can be raised and lowered, tip- ped and tilted at his will and with the assistance of the anesthetist. A wide awake patient can have a glor- | fous time of it, riding this hobby | horse, looking at his own operation | in the mirrors above, that is, if he | absolutely resists the insidious ef] fects of the anesthetic as adminis- | tered to him from the anesthesia and suction machine. | One such machine is used almost’ | flents combined | able. | A meeting of the Bellefonte and throat { Bportamen’s Club will be held on ether compart- | priday evening, November 17. nt Un ether is forced | panublican camp at Curtin, it through a tube to the willing 7) | announced yesterday by Reeder Jo- victim. Another tube acls as a suc- lqon president of the organization tion to draw off saliva or blood Or Ajj jocal sportsmen are cordidlly in- any cbstructing fluid in the palients | yiteag to attend, regardioss of wheth- head. TL is strange, Isn't it, how full | oo or not they are members of the your head fels aller a nose OPOTa- | uh The program will begin at 7 tion, whereas it should by rights) uisok, be as empty as a discarded bottle] among the topics to be discussed after the use of the aforesaid gad-| win be the following: promotion of get? {a junior sportamen’s club: a pro- Then there is a miracle of a ma- {posal to close Spring Creck to all chine cailed the Lundy Heidbrink (fishing from 8 p.m. #0 5a m It has three large cylinders in which (daily; and the county field day and | to store the gases for anesthesia. |sportsthen’s plenle which is being | and a compartment for ether. Valves! sponsored by the County Federation control the flow of gas, and a unitof Sportsmen's Clubs. collects same to avoid waste. A set of controls with indicators allows | Rover Troop Gels Flag the anesthetist to combine gases | The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Jacksons | when certain mixtures are desired. | Crissman-SBaylor Post, Veterans of This is the pride and joy of the Foreign Wars, No. 1600, Bellefonte, surgery, the newest and most effic- | recently presented to the Bellefonte fent of anesthetic machines avail. | Rover Troop No. 2, & troop flag. The flag was publicly displayed for the Over in the far corner of the op- [first time in the Armistice Day pa- (Continued on Page 7) rade, Saturday. for re i noes an mively The ment, wher the excl pa- ce is A SRS Suffers treatment | candy | hor studies at the local high school. | To Meet Next Week Was! Bandit Who Robbed Philipsburg Hotel Clerk Is Apprehended Through the tireless efforts of two members of the State Motor Police at Rockview barracks, the man suspected of being the armed bandit who last December 7 held up and robbed the night clerk the Hotel Philips, Philipsburg, accomplices been located and identified, and ef- |i to have forts are now being made him here to answer the charge ¢, police 1 The suspect is Nathaniel Payne ] week aged about 20 colored, of Washing- [abouts wa ton, D. C. He Is at present serving few a 240-day term In the District of " m with the Columbia rkhouse on an Ass H y charge Police the spect Detroit, Mich and Harrist Mollenkof Griffith, of Ph as 1 ¢ of the armed bandit who Walked Into the hotel lobby about 30 the morning of Decem- bey 1038, Jeveled an automatic alt lerk, and scooped up $121.06 in Hh iron hotel cash draws er who are Payne In still CK Oh ol has Lhe bee the at aided to bring i nned hold-up are port when Payne's where- definitely established by a warrant armed robbery and a tn : presented to the De- +» County Grand Jury found by the jury {ll be asked LO Issue a Payne's arrest oceedings will be Lo return dim yolice charg- at filed an- who of Pi VO from then wurg, are Corporal 8 and Private James reportes Rockview barrack | inst ted | tri Anthony (Continued on page six) aphs of the suspect Hotel Philips night ‘Spring Mills Merchant Dies Gravdon Anthony, 22, are WORT Dis- Feb. in the ill expire on . oe to have been identified by Nearly 200 At Legion Banquet Stroke ison: Past State Commander Asks Fatal to Harry H. Legionnaires to Work for Was Former Post- Practical Peace master, Miller to lew al peace " piea nna . Harry H prominent mer- Allison for a pragtd aring FRE a themselves to true G8- gt his home there at 12:30 ot made by John B Me Monicds moming from the anion, past State Com- | of sly he suffered last American Legion Arm Day dinner Post Post rd ae Lore turday More AWAY lock efMects cale was Wed. et sh : Ww stioe ut wi w annual Brooks-Doll ome Sa than 200 members and 0 present the ght ents oi were mil Apparently he He cath ensued wd heal ws The dinner was held In the '% La Wedn sank sles second fi banquet hall at the Le- gion Home, which was rushed 3 wv th wd . completion for the event. Alr-con or of the Clover Par grOCETy ditioned throughout, spacious and po Mills, was & son of Arche gt ” § os 4 wing tH * | cheerful \v og a ’ the Koon and Jane Oettiy Allison and jargest and best appointed of Is ¥as born at Clintondale on Deoetn- g Hefomt It with | gs Er : ! kind Bellefonte Bui “ber 17. 1969. making his age at time ceiling and walls of sound-deaden- cath 69 4 26 aterials. the room has & quis 4 (© tious ! A: oi . here even when of raring or deorased, owneyY and oper- * a of years, 10 months a2 page sx) Four Named To Job Committee on ctical peace and Wu declared that th 1 be achieved thr f rough discarding and war-breedls ued on page four) —- ' Houser Homestead Property Is Sold Daniel P. Ho street, Bellefonte homestead farm at Rock For along Spring Creek, about 7 mile from Beliefonte, to Oley Johhson of State College, who will take pOs- session of the property on April 1 Keller Snyder, who has been ten- ant farmer for the past {wo years has purchased a farm one mie cast of Rebersburg. and will move there n the spring The sale of the Hous moves from the possession family a property which ha: been in the Houser name for more than 100 years, It was first owned by Mr Houser's grandfather; later by Dan- tie] Houser's father, the late Fred- erick Houser, and from him passed into the possession of the present generation. Houserville was named for the early members of the fam- ily Ray Noll Heads County, Group impraciiond a (Cot to Aid in Governor's State- Wide ( tn ampaign have been Arthur H y 8 Oenire ty committee in a Job Mobiliza- which of Willowbank last week sod t iSeT h 1 &. COPY 4 em Noll, of Pleasant Ga} named chairman of the coun group, and Leo Moerschbacher Philipsburg. is county vice-chal (Continued on page four) - Barn At Wingate Is Destroyed By’ Fire been er farm re- 3 of the A child playing with matches was assigned as the cause of a fire which yesterday afternoon destroyed a small barn on the John Sommers farm at Wingate. The barn and a quantity of hay was destroyed, but all livestock was saved The Milesburg Fire Company the | fonte answered appeals for ald in | Bghting the blaze, but the barn was {doomed before firemen reached the scene MP om ————— IMPORTANT Once again we approach the season for observing Thanks. giving Day which oocurs Thursday of next week, As has been the custom in the past, The Centre Democrat will be issued Tuesday noon This early edition is planned in order to give the readers an opportunity to compicte their shopping from the ad- vertising columns. By getting the paper into the homes on Tuesday and early Wednes- day forenoon, housewives will find it a convenient guide for the Thanksgiving holiday buy- ing, which must be done on that day as all stores will be closed on Thursday. In order to take advantage of this early edition it will be necessary for all advertis- ers and correspondents to get their copy in by the first of next week, and positively not Inter than Tuesday morning Otherwise, disappointment will result We kindly ask the co-opera- tion of all patrons in making this early edition a possibil- ity Court Rules Against Phil-| ipshburg Officials in Suit Against | County In decrees filed | this week Judge Ivan Walker dismissed mandamus [proceedings instituted by Lewis {Hohnka and Thomas Byron, Phil- ipsburg overseers of the poor, who sought to compe! the County Com-~ missioners to pay them each $30 a month for their services during their elected terms as overseers, The costs {6 the procvedings were placed by | {the Court on the overseers i These two cases were among 5ev- | | eral others which arose in Centre {eounty after January 1, 1938 when | | the establishment of the Oounty In- | | stitution Distriet abolished the du- | ities of the various township and | borough overseers of the poor. ! Hohnka and Byron were elected | to four-year terms as overseers In| 1935, In their claim to the Commis | ! sioners, they averred they were on- | titled to $30 a month for every thonth from January 1, 1038 to the | expiration of their terms as over- seers on January 1, 1840, Judge Walker's opinion in the and Logan Fire Company of Belle-| matter includes a careful review of | (Continued on pate seven) BOARD MEETS LAST TIMES Three Newly Elected Dir- ectors To Take Office Next Month TEACHER RESIGNS; CAUSES VACANCY Little Hope Seen for Aid In Constructing New Building Board busines in night three meel- Mon- meet present ee newly H. Brous Horatio 8B at a Academy bullding Al the December members of the be replaced by William ad and ne ICH TegUIAT ing the day ing board will elected members Franklin B. Sch Moore Th tiring membse Harel Charles Willian }. Trou} The wie Hora DeHa Beginning member Cook and memos expired al DeHaas and affairs what prome- four 9 rough road { on Page 6) i the | members Hartranit will guide the We Schon] OLN over Bes 10 be a (Continued Zoning Group to Hold Hearing Public Have Opportunity Study Proposed New Building Laws commiliee Sy Bellefonte Bor ough Coun a Zoning Ordi jie hearing on the The by eg The foun proposed Grainang use classificati in the borough; names Commercial General and First Residential ough will be poned ilu classifications. Properties (Continued on page emgnt) Ea . Lock Haven Bows To Red Raiders Visitors Swamped Under to 0 Count as BHS Shows Real Power Lock Haven High failed to show any fense Saturday as they whelmed 8370 by a Bellefonte team that soored In every period of a game at the Community Athledic field here A steady drive from midfield led ito the first quarter score; a 32-yard drive and a pass interception by 1d wi school again Jim Tate on the 27-yard line devel. | oped the 12 points in the second iperiod: an 18-yard run and a pass of similar length gave one touch- down and another pass interception | by Tate paved the way for the se- cond third-period score; and a wild | heave in the last five seconds by | (Oontinued on page sight) Employment Service To Leave Bellefonte Bellefonte is to Tose the State Em- | ployment Offices which | located in the White {North Spring street, it became | known Tuesday when the owners of | the building received notice that the | lease is cancelled, effective Decem- ber 14. The offices, which ave been lo- cated in the White building for the | past three yedis, are to be moved to | Clearfield. Although the office now | serves only Centre county, it is pre- sumed that upon being moved to Clearfield, it will serve the two- | county area. | No reason has been assigned for | | the change, and those in charge of | | the Employment Service have no of | ficial notification of any changes, | according to reports. The office pro- | vides employment for five persons, including a janitor, It is reported that the Bellefonte | lense was one of three which were, not renewed throughout the State for employment service offices, to "way offensive or de- | were overs | OLD SCHOOL COURT SUSTAINS LIQUOR “BOARD IN COLLEGE CASES Neighbors Help Striken Farmer To Harvest Corn A refreshing neighborlines i correspond ] nforn comin Monday 10 husk fodder ast the and Duck. who has Lime st Last Alvin Duck, was sistance section corm been sick VOAr given oy In addition t« who had done for Mr. Duck leer i th I wry T. F. Wise, R Rishel, H E. Milles Jesse Day Harvey Rishi Paul Wis Samuel Yearick, Mr Duck Margaret LEGION HOME IS COMPLETED £16,000 Addition Provides Spacious Grill and Banquet Rooms Finishing touches are now home of American Legion iret Bellefonte . mpl leted the Brooks-Doll Post, on Bast Howard and when the next week Lhe MOE mod. in the {Continued on DASE seven RR Two New Mambers Elected To Council Two new members of both elected from the South 3 will be meeting of Cot Januars ’ The new members Harold D. Cowher, ciected Democratic and Republican John Weber, elected on publican Ucket They will Harry Badger and William H. Doll whose terms expire this year and who were not candidates {or re- election The membership of Council after | January 1. will be as follows: Thom- as Beaver, Henry A. Brockerhof! Ear! J. Teaman, Leslie Thomas, W | W. Sieg. W. J. Emerick, Mr. Cow- her and Mr. Weber. Councilmen Sieg and Thomas last week were | re-elected for new terms sworn into office at | and Unusual Solemnity under al ie new $16.000 addition io! Upholds Revocation of Boeger and Linker Licenses HENNINGER CASE IS STILL PENDING Linker Decision Based On Only Three of Boards’ Six Charges urther consiceralior whose licenses wer Paul C Hofbrau and C. E Boeger Soutd Linker oked nrietor of the sireet the CC 31 THe { Her (Continued on DAS™ seveD) Avinistice Day Parade Is Held Marks 21st Celebration of End of World War An unusus! solemnity marked the annual Armistice Day parade held Baturday ng under the orship of s-Doll Post of here Broo the American Legion EDO the battlefields Attorney John of ast mo G. Love wat drafted at the {Continued on Dage seven) ———— eT —— Thanksgiving Dance at Hecla, Thursday {onte Bellefonte school Members of College thall is will be guests of the Bell fonte High School Alumni Associn- at a Thanksgiving dante 10 held at Hecla Park on Thursda) evening, November 23 under the sponsorship of the Alumni grom The dance, open to the public will begin at § p. m. and close at | a with J. F. Galaida and his © chestra of Bellefonte furnishing music. The program will incluc variety of entertainment and spect features. Admission 40 cenis a per- son: 75 centzx a couple. The publi is cordially invited to attend i mal dress will be in order the High tks tion tw m ™m Tidy ALOT - A VISIT TO THE LAND OF RICH ENCHANTMENT (By IDA R. WILLIAMS, Martha Furnace) (The following well-described | word picture of a motor trip through the middle west enjoyed by a Cen. [tre county group should be of inter- | est to our tourist-minded readers. have been | building on | leaving Port Matilda Monday | morning. October 186, in a well pack- {ed Packard with Raymond Reese at {the wheel, accompanied by his mo- ther, Mrs. Marian Reese and Miss Marvbell Woomer, we traveled west ward, soon leaving behind | hills of Centre county which at this time were robed in all the gorgeous colors of their autumnal beauty We enjoyed the scenic beauty of Western Pennsylvania and West firginia, then passed through the beautiful residence section of New Wheeling which is quite different from the older part of the city. We stopped for the night at the Davis tourist camp and as the night was quite cold we enjoyed a spark. {ling wood fire in an open fireplace This was an old-time type of chim- ney with its wide open throat Nara family in Delaware, Ohio. They were friends of the Reeses and | us the | reaching up toward the heavens. Next morning we visited the Moe- were very congenial people. Dela. ware is the seat of the Ohio Wesle- yan College Here many of our Methodist ministers and cohwoeh leaders gol their theological rain ing In the early afternoon we ed Greenville, Ohio where we ene joyved the cordial hospitality of your soribe’s sister, Mrs. Margery Baum- gardner, and the D. C. Karn fam- ily Our next stop was in Rockville, Indiana. with a flower friend Rev leona Stout, who is a minister in the Society of Friends. Here we had our first taste of persimmons, cone tributed by Miss Stouts aged father, We certainly enjoyed the generous basket of delicious fruit Without any adventures we cro i ed through the State of Illinois and soon after sunset we crossed the new ane miflion dollar Mark Twain | Memorial Bridge, which spans the | Mississippi River at Hannibal, Mo Hannibal was the boyhood home of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Here he wrote his famous “Tom Sawyer, “Huckieberry Flan” and several other books. The old prim- {Continued on page served) reach-
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