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 BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939. SUBSCRIPTION-—$1.50 PER YEAR — GRAND JURY MAY ACT IN FATALITY INQUEST REVEALS HUNTER | SLAINBY 1 OF 2 WATCHERS Ma Pine Glen Miner. 42, Vie- tim of Season’s Only Fatal Accident ONE OF WATCHERS FAILS TO TESTIFY Slaughter of Bear Out of Season Aids in In- vestigation Grand Jury action on the first fatal hunting accident in Centre County this year was suggested yes- terday by a Coroner's Jury whicn conducted an inquest into the death of Noah M. Hahn, aged 42 Pine Glen coal miner who was in- stantly killed by a bullet near Mo- shannon Friday afternoon. The Coroner's Jury retwned a verdict that the bullet which killed the Pine Glen man had been fired by either Oscar “Shefie” Viehdor- fer, or Millard Quick, both of Mo- shannon and both members of the party with which Hahn was hunt- ing. The fatality occurred about 3 o'clock Friday afterncon, just a few hours before the end of 1909 deer season. Yesterday afternoon State Police at Rockview indicated that a conference will be held with the District Attorney to determine furtiler action in the matter. No charges had been lodged either of the men yesterday after- nocn and they were not in custody The inquest, held at the Borough Building, in Snow Shoe, under the direction ¢f Dr. W. R. Heaton, ol Philipsburg. Centre County Coron- er, began Monday morning but wa adjourned until vesterday ashen Viehdorfer failed to appear as a witness. When the session was re- (Continued on page four) Incoming Mail Unusually Heavy the against , i 5ireet {rom East Howard street, driver slumped over the wheel iear, driverless. continued on, struck | i | i State College Borough To Sell Street Lights Public Util ity Commission | has set a further hearing for De- | cember 28 at State College In its] investigation to determine the reas- onableness of the proposed sale by the borough to West Penn Power Company, Pittsburgh, of certain| street lighting fixtures, the Utility Commission announced Fri. day The by citizens of vious hearing 4, 1030 The issue Is the the purchase pri 39 ormmamental price of $100 per hearing fixed company nity price MAIL TRUCK DRIVER DIES Machine Crashes When “Pete” Miller is Fatally Stricken Here The transaction is being protested the borcugh. A pre- | was held on October reasonableness of of $3900 for the lamps, An average lamp. The further to afford the borough full op- 1 the basis of the wa and to explah the pot A $100 Pe te” Miller, known former Bellefonte taxi « Y fied suddenly at the wheel his truck in fr postofiice afternoon Miller's marl hauling mail from the Pennsylvania had P— just turned Charles M ator at ine. in which he was the postoffice Railroad stati n into Allegheny al. te } ter stopping atl the sign, when The de- turn to the left and cattle truck scribed 2 wide the rear of a jowned by C. M. Long. of Nittany, Bellefonte Postmaster Re- ports Sale of Stamps is Be- low Last Year's Total Incoming mail at the postcffice is er George R. Meck to be heavie than it has been for a number of years, although the sale of stamps s0 far is considerable below lasi year's total Two extra helpers have been held in reserve for duty at the postoffice during the Christmas season, but so far only one of them has been called into service. Most of the heavier parcels, including mail or- der business, were handled earlier (Continued from page 7) Police Seek Owner of 13 Roosters State Motor Police af Rockview barracks are seeking to determine the owner of thirteen chickens, all roosters, which were found by Jos- eph Spotts near his farm in Buf- falo Run Valley last week. The roos- ters are believed to have been aban. doned by chirken thieves, Mr. Spotfs. who reported the find- ing of the chickens to police, got the assistance of neighbors in rounding them up. He is eaiing for them until the owner is found. In the group are three Barred Rocks, three White Rocks, two Brown Leg- | horns and one White Leghorn, a Black Leghorn, a mixed gray and | white, a black and gray, and a strange-looking fowl with a black collar, The owner of owners of the roos- ters are asked to get in touch im- | mediately with State Motor Police, | telephone Bellefonte 1020 i i Bellefonte i ness and professional people, { wel Il as which was parked in front of the postoflice Pedestrians rushed to Mr. Miller ide and immediately summoned Dr Leroy Locke, whose offices are near- by. After an examination Dr. Locke { pronounced him dead reported by Postmast- directed permission police borough cene., 106 Individual Xmas Greetings In This Issue More than 100 merchants busi- clubs in Belle Pleasant Gap, Milesburg and surrounding communities this week iextend Christmas greetings anc | seasonal wishes the people of Centre county through the columns The Centre Democrat sages of greeting are on pages 4 and 5 of section of this issue the first time in the history of the conmty that so many individuals and groups have united In a joint expression of Yale greet. HES and other organizations fonte, to of The to be 106 me found the Christmas It is probably Each illustration and each of the brief messages in the 106 advertise- (ments are different, and each brings its individual thought for this Yule SOA0TY. To the prominent and successful business people whose names appear in the joint Christmas message. as to those to whom their {greetings are extended, The Centre Democrat wishes a Merry Christ- | mas and A Happy and Prosperous New Year Bellefonte Well-Baby Clinic To Move Into Its Own Quarters As the well-baby clinic of Belle- | fonte completes 10 years of activ- ity, renewed interest in this project started by the Mothers’ Club is ex- pected in the appointment of a commit ec of 12 members of the club to supervise the work and by! the approaching change of head-| quarters, Since February, 1991, the | clinic has been occupying the W. C T. U. rocms, which, although used rent-free, were shared by several other crganizations. On January 1 the Red Cross and the well<baby clinic are moving across the bali into the room to be vacated by the tax collector, where they will have their own old and new equipment and can carry on thelr work with. out interruption. This room also is donated by the W. C. T. U. In the winter of 1931 the clinic opened with Miss Daise Keichline, the school nurse, Dr. R. H, Hoffman, and a member of the Mothers” Club in weekly attendance, The enroll. ment of infants was 75 by the first of April, at which time Miss Jean Noll, state nurse, added her services. Por equipment, the Needlework Guild gave sheets and baby clothes, | the American Lime and Stone! Company loaned a table, mea Surme board, and geales, the Y. M. C. A offered Lhe use of a large table, and the Deiphian Society contribute | $10. The Red Cross voted an ane | nual contribution of $10 towards! the cleaning of the room. Now the enrollment of infants | has reached 950 and the total for! Rovember was 45. By a system ot rotation instituted by Dr. Charles | H. Light, now in attendance, cer-| tain babies are brought to the clinic at certain intervals, thus lessening | the number of examinations on any | tne day, but not subtracting from the total enrollment, Emphasis is laid upon the poins | that this clinic is a well-baby clinic, | all other stores in town, will remain and is not designed for treatmont| open Thursday and Priday nights | to accomodate the Christmas trade, state nurse, weighs and measures | it was announced yesterday by officials. of the sick. Miss Mary FP. Siegal, | babies, and the doctor advises the mothers as (0 thelr infants’ diets| Stores will remain open as usual Saturday night. {Continued on page seven) Publie | the Boro Home ty Sold | Audion Property May Be Dis- posed of Without Vote, Solicitor Says NCIL HEARS ZONING REPORT Firemen From Area Attending Fire School Here Possibility that Borough Hom treet, until last Centre county as might be offered for auction was hinted ession of Bellefonte Council, Mon. day night, when it was reported | that disposition of the property made without a vote of the ough citiaens W. J. Emerick was chosen as porary president in the absence of Thomas Beaver, president The opinion npan the dispositi of the property was given by Bar. ough solicitor, former Judge M Ward Fleming, and Council indicat - ed that the Cou? 50 the Bellefonte on South Potter week rented to a County Hom sale at public at a regular Bor- 13 tem well as the auc pr and necessary keep it In I'he annual Ms furniture might go on tion » block In the meanwhile werty has been Jocked uj steps have been taken good condition organization meeting at the first (Continued on page seven) 7 Orphaned By Mother's Daath Wife of Man Killed in Quarry Accident Dies at Loeal Hospital Seven children, one of them only two years old, became orphans at 10:30 o'clock Iast Thursday night when Mrs Lucy Plosner Boldin, of Valentine's HUl, Bellefonte, died al the Centre County Hospital after an iliness with a complication diseases Her husband, Boldin, was f[atally cher while working Chemical Lime Company accident happened an hour birth of the younges: the victim died without the child's birth | who had been 2a the of Council will be held the late Evon injured on Oc- at the piant ” 12 after child, and knowing of Mrs. Boldin (Continued on Page Dr. Adams Heads County Medicos Parrish, Dale and Hoffman Also Named to Official { Positions for 1940 the Dr. E H. Adams, chief of Saft al the Centre County Hospital, was! elected president of the Centre County Medical Society at a reg | Ia meeting of that organization at the Hospital last Thursday night Other officers chosen were: Dr. Joseph Parrish, Bellefonte, 1st vice | president, and Dr. H. T. Dale, State College, 2nd. vice president. | Dr. Richards Hoffman, Belle-| fonite, was re-clected secretary- treasurer. Dr. Peter H Dale, State College, and Dr. Paul M. Corman, Continued on page seven) BE a | PENN STATE STUDENT CHARGED WITH FORGERY | Ronald F. Keene, age 19, a Penn State student, was ecommitied to the Centre county jail under $500 bail on charges of forgery after a hearing before Justice of the Peace | Harold D. Cowher, of West Bishop street, Tuesday morning Keene is charged with having forged the name of John Katana to! a 810 check cashed at the Dalry | Par, State Cbilege, and a $20 cheek | drawn to the order of Robert J Hesenpergez. © AL the hearing, the student iz sald to have admitted the forgeries i | So LAY. — Former Resident Dies, | Word has been received in Belle- | | fonte of the death of Linn Graham, | | former Bellefonte resident, who died Saturday morning at his home! in Upper Darby. Mr. Graham was | found dead in bed by members 9 his family. Mr. Graham was born in Bellefonte, a son of the late Ben- | ner and Agnes Mulla Gmham. | His wife. two children, and two sisters and one brother survive, | FOOD STORES OPEN AT NIGHT Bellefonte food stores, as well as of Commeroe { have not been made | completed within the ng | historic old property | along the banks of Spring Creek as | | Joseph {lessons In { here, it {itm by 1! | First Presbyterian, St. Pauls Meth- { Baptist churches, of State College {lowing choral selections: | carol {ed by Dickinson: to Her | Heaven” Most of New County Officials Ing leby Man PEACE REIGNS AS POWER IS Name Deputies And Assistants All the newly-elected Centre county officials, with the exception of the Board of County Commis- sioners, yesterday announced the | appointment of their deputies and assistants A spokesman for the new of Commissioners, consisting Charles ¥. Hipple, Fred C, Mensch and Haury V. Keeler, declared that the Commissioners’ appointments at this time but that a definite selection is to be next week to b filled bs ne board 4 Among the Commis chief clerk, janitor, fireman matron { the and po the post the follow registration clerk superintendent ans new « Home, the oners 0 Jounty other positions at | Home Regist Spring r-elect Harry A, Corman Mills, has announced that he will retain Miss Geraldine Bilger, Bellefonte, as Depul Miss Bliger served in that post ing the two terms of John L ler Shri (7 Sherif of of {as oa 4 dward R May Open Safe Driving School Cars With Dual Controls Would Be Used in Giv- ing Instructions A cla will in Jan- of hi HO » driving opened in efonte early uary i enough residents area show an interest posed classes, it wi in the § announced by the County Driving Training School, an organ ization operating here a a WPA project under State sponsorship YeRe terd rday Centre Sale ool v Id be conducted bn and Richard Wi- helm, of State Bow ege. Leslie N Shaw { the tate Motor Poller Bellefonte, w ould serve as Inspeciar of the classes The course would consist of 26 actual driving and 10 classroom lessons. The school fur- ps dual control car for stu- de and any person is eligible for the course in safe driving. The fee for the entire course is $4.25, whieh overs main wi all other exper The sch Intorre ‘ tenance rr ' . OF Cars a ssons in driving will be week from 1 to instruction has n arranged atl this time. Any interested in enrol in e Is requested to leave his wmme at The Centre Demo- time before January 1. At 20 persons must signify tion 0 take the lessons school ean be opened was reported tM oi —" gays each Classroom ling ng i5 to ir inten before the the Christmas Vesper Service, Sunday State College Church Choirs to Present Program in School Auditorium imas Vesper service will be presented at 4 Dm Sunday, | December 24, in Schwab suditor- w combined choirs of the A Chris odist. Faith Reformed, Grace Luth- eran, 8t John's Evangelical, 8t. An- drew's Episcopal and University The program will include the fol- “Let All French | “On | Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” carol, arranged by Butcher: 2 the Christmas Morn,” by Job: ‘Above the Saviour's Manger Hangs | {a Star.” Basque carol arranged by | Kinscella; “O Bethichem.” Basque! arranged by Henninger: “Shepherds on This Hill,” Greek folksong arranged by Dickinson; | “Bethlehem.” by Burleigh; “0 Nightingale” and “Little Child in Manger Bare.” Briss carols arrang- “Mary's Parewell | Friends at Bethlehem.” Wy! Whitehead, and “Glory to God in| by Boriniansky, arranged Wilhousky. Incidental solos will be sung by Mrs. CC. C. Wagner, Edith Burrage, Mrs, Jo Hays, sopranos: Mrs, W. D.| Calvert, contralto; H. N. Worthley, | tenor and R. BE. Minshall, bass. Pro- fersar Hummel Fishburn will be at) the organ and the chorus of some {eighty volees will be conducted by | | Mrs. John T. Taylor. The free will offering at this ser- {vice will be used to defray the ex-| penses incident to the presentation | of the program. by ron Two tracts of land of the Pearl) | Shank estate were sald by Auction- | i eer L. Prank Mayes, for the Belle- | fonte Trust Company. at the Court House, Saturday morning A 13 nese | Welz- | Pu . yelr It { from publishing all {in full, | Jean McKinley yeslerday announced that his de- PULY will be James Hugg of Phil- iprburg, who for past numbse 1 weeks has been supernitendent the new Centre County A Miller will be matron, and er family will move from thew East Bishop Street into ving q the Ol | Home \ the , 94) Vv { : Lome on We jail IArters as soon a+ ible Other J he Sheriff's Furst, Belle~ Dubbs, ol fonte turn- Eas: appointee e are: James C me, solicitor; John E villowbank Stu Bell and Mr Nellie Cole Street, Bellefonte, cook irer-ele F. Jones Mis n ot {larry named yi Bellefon e, years nas clerk the Centre WONETS, Ge~- Led esis § eione, hw ‘ {Ou to Leamer R 1 retain East Bish Woodring, ol Walter Arm- AOD 51 reed Curthr Deputy hile Whiterock Votes Wage Increase \ll Hourly Employes Receive \dditional 5 Cents an Hour: Minimum 50 Cents | porary iefonte, TY 3 t y : tor of Wr g! ft all bath Pleasant Gap “nd per he ite the fact that selling Rovio of vol- md wage Cron hourly yes at ra plant 8 cerita er lowe in history riy-twe ark-weck on I and it J thal the Ow WALe Da il be & nis per This incre Whit t Quarries, based on present bus. ws, approximately $24.000 per has been made retroactive i939. and will ef- oH plant em- T " ’ ibis mean hat the ase will Ow ‘o- December 16 fect approximately Slaves means that Whiterock vaned p= mnmcreasse wR at beens in 140 per cent, or from 20 per hour, over a fifleen- fact that lime and limes tone pproximately 35 per ame period Wunrries proximately to 50 cents year period sling despite the Wioes of have decreased a Jing the ont o Flood of Letters Swamps Wolf's Santa Claus 1] In addition to Claus printed in another sect) this sue of The Centre Democrat many other fine letler: have been received during the past week Because lack of space prevents us the best letters the Wolf Furniture store West High street, has instructod us! to list the names and addresses of the writers, with the assurance that the writers will be entitled to a free! blackbomrd, hut as though the let- | ters had been published in full If your name appears in the fol. lowing list, clip out this tem and! take it to the Wolf Furniture store! to reesive your blackboard. | Donald Peters, Fleming, Betly! and Evelyn Lane MeKinley, Milesburg; Elwood Grif- (Continued on nil seven) 3000 May Need Hospital Care Ald Possibility That Number of Centre Countians May | Require Treatment | the letters to Banta of rye on i A a—— Approximately 3.000 persons re-| siding in Centre county will require hospitalization within the next 12 months, iL is revealed in an an-| nouncernent hy the non-profit gronp | plan which has the cooperation of the Philipsburg State Haspital Figures show that one person out [of 14 finds i necessary to undergo { hospilalization each year on an av- lerage. The total number of persons in the entire United States hospital |: {ised in ope year is approximately | 8.000.000. This figure includes only [bed patients and does not take. into Kontinued on page seven) WIFE OF HOWARD "SQUIRE FRACTURES LEG IN. FALL Mrs, A A. Pletcher, wife of a well (known Howard Justice of the Peace, suffered a fracture of the leg near the ankle last Wednesday when che pped and fell on an alk at her home. Dr ued {other p | 2Re. Co. Superintendent | County Superintendent | who will take the room f room will be used by Mr, Lenhart. | 5 Named To Welfare Job = Thomas C. Williams Cho- sen as Successor to I.eon Mirbach 4 iil WILL ASSUME NEW DUTIES JANUARY 1 Public Assistance Direct- or Selected From Num- ber of Applicants REBERSBURCG UNDER week rf 1a Jal NAd nas he office on Williams wa regu meeling te Board Tuesday mber of appl OTe of om olher from residen Pennsvivania states. The not Hoe offices In Lhe pos Mirbach’s re ii board nar WwW. Filer State Colle executive director - Three Sentenced As Court Ends Jury Finds Philipsburg Man Not Guilty of Dog Theft; Costs Divided the 0b Wis OT rector has Bellefonte Upon Mr INO Ye + op the of i a ein last Thursday wa ul i Louts Lucas, of Phil |peburg a charge of iarcen’ originating from the alleged theft of a dog owned by Aaron Donley of Julian. The jury divided ihe orsis between Lhe ang the proseculor, Lucas sald that fog followed him 1 attempt 10 1 c the case ‘ aH of Ant prads geiencans Bh 3 wtaied more tha a1 C $12 ir Spicer, of Curtin, charg is wife with having fired a in the kitchen of he was released Irom custods o ¢ her court had heard the case vere divided equally between to 6 year: ¢ tert Penitentiary were meied out to Edward Reed, 28, alais Ted Troy: George Poorman, 33, and Harry McTigue, 23, all of Phil- ipsburg, after a verdict of gulity re- turned by a jury. The three were charged with larceny, burglary, and jeceiving stolen goods, the charges resulting from the theft of mer- chandise from a Philipsburg gar-| 9 EE Gets Larger Offices Two of the officers at the Centre County Court House are to trade office quarters gometime this week | The offices invoived are those of | of Schools and Desertion, Officer | F. Glenn Rogers, Probation and Parcie Swengel Smith, Mr. Rogers. his assistant, Lewis R. Lenhart, and the County Voca- tional Supervisor W. J Tucker, are to vacate the small room on the left side of the corridor and will move into the quarters at the right rear, now occupied by Mr. Smith 0 be va cated by Mr. Rogers, The new quarters of the County | Buperintendent have been enlarged | through the moving of a partition erected in the main office some years ago. The partition has been moved toward the front to provide | a small waiting room. The larger | Mr, Tucker and the office stenog- rapher, Miss Eleanor Cowher, Mr. | Rogers will have a private office in | the small room now occupied by | the registration clerk i The change is being made to al- ford the QOounty Superintendent | and his gtafl more space and more | HOWARD R. D. C0 R. D. COUPLE y HAVE NARROW ESC APE | —————— Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Robb, of How- | ! IHR ION REO RE DC HER ORT Baltimore, Md. About a mile be- | yond Mexico the right front tive | blew out, and the machine swerved from the road. Mr. Robb brought | the car to a hall at the extreme | » of a high bank, and it was on | an angle that gasoline ran out | tank and passersby hed to! stand on the running board to keep | while Mrs. | Elks Lounch $12, 000 Program Fo ne P. Lurs that pump is put iid of the borough The fonda {ond Howard Hunter Shot Viragh Rigory Heel ceived a pum nee; The Watkins was brought 10 pital i day was reported to be satis i at ais ais ai att RESTORED TO SCHOOL HEAD School Board, at Har- mony Meeting, With- draws Earlier Stand FIX POLICY FOR PUPIL RESIDENCE Stock’s Suggestions For Administrative Changes Are Approved r Building ¢ Bellefonu Elk ( Ma no) O A Ki HOTEL Is NEW MANAGEMENT WATER IS LOW AT MILESBURG Pumps at New Well to Go Into Operation Next Week ih) ect » the 8p- President, Horatio who at ast week's meel- (Continued on page six) 700 Flee Flames At Hatboro High needed su; proval of . Moore She — Lorough, when the electrically-driven to operation there be ample walter for all nec “Gi flow of the pring been rex sbad & to the paint wher fe reservoir hs Fire Catastrophe is Similar to One Suffered by Bellefonte ul Geman ty 11 1 (Continued on Page SevEm) reservols Hatbore 0 Hig part the new drove T00 pupils Friday and destroyed handsome Montgomery high school pith a loss of $100,000. Not only were the circumstances similar to the conflagration which destroyed Beliefonte’s high schoo building a little more than a yea: | ago, but bears additionml! jocal in- terest (rom the fact that the super. vising pringipal of the school is Chester H rnes of Beliefonle Caused apparently by defeclive wiring in a loft over the silage <li (Continued ob page six) and whoo! lasses #2 Ls Howard abou ut riday afternoon : 1939 deer saason-—Fred Howard re- in ball wound in se his foot happened while hunlng with a group men The man was the Centre County Hos- his condition vester- factory. tendon bot rigat of socident other where = “I'm too busy just now to think of everything” 3 I want some of you folks who are puzzling over your Chrisi- mas shopping to help me out. It will assist me and relieve you of some of your worries If youll just send a Fears subscription of the CENTRE DEMOCRAT to that friend or relative wham you've been wondering what to buy as a gift. Youll really be sending him or her fifty-two gifts—and you won't have to spend a lot of money, either.” Yes. friends, Old Santa is right. The cost is so small and the effort so easy, you will be surprised how effectually it will ease your mind of the gift problem ARE ih Had] Now is the time to arrange for your subscription gift. Heres all you need to do Cut out this blank, fill in the information for mailing, and send or bring it to this office with one dollar and a half--the price of a year's subseription We will begin sending the paper with the first issue in the new vear. In addition we will mail a yuletide gard to the recipient bearing your name and greeting, in time fo reach him or her by Christmas Day. Use this form when ordering your gift: blank spaces with the proper a J wn a in — a“ —- —" ——- — an a —-— —-— THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT. BELLEFONTE, PA. 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