A The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. Odd and Curious News SECOND SECTION * A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. he Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 69 BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940, Door Bars Rescue The stout door which he had | built and kept barred in order to “live alone away from the world" d the cause of the death of} wton Shipley, 73-year-old recluse, of Uniontown. A kerosene 1 set the house on fire and a would-be | rescuer tried in vain to budge the door. Shipley's charred body was | found in the ruins close to the door House Torn F rom which he, too, apparently was un- | able to open. | Needed Interpreter | When Miss Hulda Sund, 30, of! The home of E. W. Peters, 1800 Rarlsbad, Sweden, met her sister, | Pirst avenue, Altoona was torn from Mrs. Helen Keck, 42, of San Diego. | its foundations Saturday afternoon Calif, for the first time recently at| when a large soft drink {ruck skid- the home of their aunt, Mrs. Ed-| ded into an automobile and then ward Mahoney of Rensseler, N. Y..| crashed into the front of the house, they couldn't talk to each other—|gammging it to the extent of av- they needed an interpreter. Mrs. praximately $1,000. Keck, born in Sweden, came to peter Steinbaver, 20, of Altoona this country two years before Miss | driver of the truck, suffered brush Sund was borh. [burns of the left leg and a sprained | ankle. Killed As Driver Dies | Mrs. Peters, who was sitting in { the living room of her home at the ‘When her chauffer collapsed be- | time of the crash talking to a neigh- hind the wheel of the automobile ,.. .qiq they saw the truck coming in which she and her daughter werc directly for their house and crash Cora | mg wr riding, in New Yok Js fTeyr | Into the corner of the wall and a Killed pings he fbi \ col-| front steps. were S 5 a a her| The impact of the crash sMghtly lion il ae phone hey was | Stunned Mrs. Peters and her neign- severely injured. Biggest Kick [WPA Worker Must An Oil City Civil War cavairy- | man, celebrating his 99th birthday, | ———— Saturday, declared “I'm getting my | . 2 4 J biggest kick right now out of the | New Trial Refused For North way Pinland is licking the Rus-| umberland Man Whe sans.” He is Capt. Daniel Fisher, | H former mayor, councilman and Otl | Killed Boss The State Supreme Court last City's first fire chief. | week ruled that Andrew Schurz, « Some Cake Northumberland county WPA work- Sheriff John Heinz, of Pittsburgh | er, must die in the electric chair bad a birthday last week, so his| for the muraer of Edward C. Fisher, staff thought something ought $0 b2 | his WPA foreman. done in a big way. The boys pitech-| Counsel for Sochurts had appeal- ed in and ordered the largest birth-| ed to the higher court with the re- day cake ever made in Pittsburgh, quest that the conviction be set at least the largest In recent years. aside on the grounds that the jury It's 4 feet high, has 22 layers and | had been improperly charged and cost $100. | had heard “improper remarks” by ive Sets of Twins For the fifth time in six years, A Bd Ce attorney. The State Court refused t0 grant a new trial tol while they worked on a Lower Augus.a township project. On April 20 the foreman handed Schurtz a notice that unless he “gave more alseRtion to his om he would be dropped from pro- | The next Sehuns fe packages, When she returned, she found the watchdog Bad been stolen but the packages were un- touched. ToRobL.0.0. M. Doubtful Samaritan | Baek Up to Rear of Club Harley Toland, 60, of Lincoln! ilding and Steal 5 Neb., isn't 30 sure he will play the Bu ¥ St role of good Samaritan again. Slot Machines When he attempted to cadtion al — Slot machines valued at ied a truck up to the rear of the club bullding and loaded the five machines on the truck. A rat trap which Eugene Ramsey, The thieves drove away while the Rant, pu 1 gor Boel or The janitor in an adjoining building was fingers, Whereupon Ramsey angrily at ‘work. threw the trap under fhe kitchen| Thinking it was a garbage col- stove. The trap hit a mouse and lector, the janitor failed to send In killed it. an alarm and the thieves made good their get-away. prints on a window ledge the Northumberland county district] Schurtz wes convicted et the May term of Northumberland county) phlents of twins. The! court of kiling Fisher with a pis- SKIDDING TRUCK WRECKS FIRST AVE. HOME AT ALTOONA Foundation By Impact as | Vehicle Plunges Into Coal Cellar After | Collision With Auto bor, Mrs. Latherow, knocked pice { tures off the walls, upset the refrig- erator in the dining room and sent the plaster flying through the hous The (wo women were imprisoned in the house for a short time du: to the doors being jammed shui when the house was knocked six inches from Is foundation Much difficulty was “xperienced by wrecking crews in removing the Inge truck from under the corned” of the building as the engine had been jarred loose from its mount- ings and pushed back into the cab, falling to the pavement, a compiete vreck. The front frame of the truck had pushed into the coal cellar af- ter going over a seven-inch curb and knocking down a fence Police sald damage to the truck was estimated at approximately $500. A cargo of soft drinks was only slightly damaged In the crash, only three bottles being broken | WOMAN RECEIVES TREATMENT AFTER ACCIDENT AT PORT | Injured when the car she was riding In crashed against a bridge ! abutment at Port Matilda last Wed- nesday afternoon Mrs. G. E. Potter of Pittsburgh was treated for In- juries at the Philipsburg State hos- pital where she was taken, Mrs. Potter, who suffered a lp injury, was riding in the front sea! of a car operated by her husband when the oar left the road and struck the abutment. Moor police sald Potler’s car and a truck operated by Walter Hol- lopeter of Luthefsburg were travel. ing in the same direction at the time of the wreck. Potter, agoord- Ing to motor police, may have been crowded off the road. a sh— — s—— NUMBER 2. | OY Survie Relatives Gather To Attend Funeral; Find ‘Corpse’ Alive They came in sorrow and left with joy In their hearts because the man whose funeral they expected to attend was alive, in good health and in fact out feeding the chickens, Such was the case of relatives of LeRoy R. Bixler, Linden, Lycoming county, who on Sunday were in- volved In one of the strangest se- ries of events recorded for years Flowers sent to his home for the services were placed on the grave of Mrs. Bixler, who died just a year ago Monday Thursday, Dr. O. E. Salter, Sha- mokin, Mr. Bixier's brother-in-law, received what appeared to be a form announcement from an undertaker saying: "Roy is dead Notify rela- tives. Services 2 p. m. SBunday.” Dr. Salter, who has been more or less the hub for the large group of relatives in all sections of the stale, notified each member of the family ant Sunday morning (hey began ar- riving In Williamsport, and drove to Linden only to find Mr. Bixler out feeding his chickens Mr. Bixler had been puzzled by the many floral pleces delivered to his home, not realizing they were for his “funeral” The relatives, who came from all sections of the state, stayed during the afternoon, and the family en- joyed an unannounced reunion Dr. Salter states that the mark on the letter was blurred post Me —— A —————————— To Enlist In Army Service Two young men from Philipsburg area were acteépted for army ser- vice last week. They are Richard son Mrs. Della Phillips Houtzdale, und Philbert , 8tn of Mrs Anna Myers D. Oscetla Mills. They are exXpecied to br sent to Fort Zrage. North Carmina, and assigned to the 36th Field Artillers rd L& ALLEGED SLAYER OF "STATE COP FOUND IN FULTON COUNTY BARN I ——————_— ‘Surrenders Without Resistance After Blood Hounds From Rockview Penitentiary Are Employed to Track Him Down 1 — After a twenty-six hour search through Fulton county's snow-clad hills with bloodhounds Irom Rock- Penitentiary, the trall ended ¢ o'clock Thursday night Brice Tann, 65-year-old live- dealer, accused of slaying a motor policeman, was cap- view about when stock State tured Hann was found huddled on the firs: floor of a barn near Andover eighteen miles south of MeCon- nelisburg, by a State trooper and a warden. The hunted man made no resistance, they reported ing up an automatic pistol and telling them he had "enjoye watching the lights” of thelr flagh- Lights ! Hann, married, father of six, and possessor of a good reputation among his neighbors of that rugged rural countryside, was accused of killing Criminal Investigator Sul ton last week Button, about 24 years old and a member of the force since 1837, was dhol outside a reseurant while talking with Hann and Constable John Regl. The trooper had been assigned to help the constable who had been in office only since the previous Monday-—-Serve a war- rant charging Hann wilh passing a worthless $50 check. The pistol bullet, apparently fired through an overcoat pocket plerced Button’s abdomen Requiem mass was sald Saturda) morning at the All Baints® Calholic Church, Mercer, Burial was made in Harrisville, near there. Sutton is survived, in addition to his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs J. K Sutton, by three brothers, Thomas and John at home, and James, Jr. of Langley Field, Va. two sisters, Miss Rose, al home, and Mrs. Joseph Golia, of Eddystone Last rites were administered But. fist giv { There are probably very few lv.! ing in Centre county today who can ‘recall the ©. A. R Encampment held in Bellefonte in August of 1834 | The Encampment was held on {what was then known as the oid | fair grounds, a location afterwards { acquired by the Bellefonte Furnace Company near Coleville. Bix hun- dread tents were erceted on the grotinds which furnished free ac- }eotamodation for the visiting Civil {| Whar veterans. If was estimated thal 10000 persoms were in attendance Gregg Post, No. 85, of Bellefonte, ling into town. fvable vehicle (exept automobiles, | pourse) from the “one-hoss shay” to the beautiful and elegant bicycle, brought its load to town; every in- train groaned beneath its | coming of fonte burden of crowded coaches, until al ity for all humanity, Veterans of jeast 10000 strangers thronged gully decorated streets. All day long the rattle of the drum. the music of the bands, the bawl of hackman, and the shrill piping of the lemonade and peanut vendor, lent variety to the sounds that confused and deafened the ears of the swellering crowds At about five o'clock Saturday eve ning the different Posts were al the position assigned them and at six the parade began to move. Over one thousand velerans were in line ex- clusive of bands At the Diamond they comed by ex~Covernor the following words “1 am assigned the very welcome duty of welcoming you $0 Belle- I welcome you for Centre county, 1 welcome you for Pennsyl- vania, I welcome you. veterans of the war, for the great government you have saved to liberty and equal thirsty were wel- Curtin in war, we have mel before, some twenty years since. I gave you the blue uniform and the classic eagle of Uberty. I handed the regiments of Pennsylvania the flag of the Blate and sent you (0 service to serve liberty to humanity in this country and teach liberty to all the world, Early In the war the govern- ment of Pennsyivania determined that the flag should have the coat of-arms of this great loyal Btate in the field and st unded by stars and the thirteen stripes of the Na- tonal Government. I gave that flag to over three hundred thousand men myself. Two hundred and seventeen fngs and only two were lost in the the flag of the nation was taken and borne by strong stalwart and patriotic men of Pennsylvania, who preserved the flag of this great State, brought it back and it remains in the archives of this State at Harrisburg now. I at nro struoel fur WUEEIR in | Saw you ail. once before and you G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT IN 1884 saw me. 1 gave you the flag, the emblem of our nationality end power of liberty, and thanks be fo God it was never stained by coward- ice. And when Pennsylvania decided | that the orphans of the soidiers thould be maintained and educated, my heart went cut in thanks for the great benevolence ™ On Bunday the camping ground was visited by throngs of people The most important feature of the day was a sermon delivered bv the Rev. J. W. 8Bayer, Chaplain of the Department Commander's staff. The Weocacoe band of Philadelphia fur. nished appropriate music The first Dress Parade Look place at 6 p. m., and was withessed by a large crowd. The hill, sloping grad- ually from the race track was one mass of spectators. Hundreds of Indies dressed In white with lovely | plumes swaying gently to the zeph- yrs, the bands in their elegant cos- tumes with bright shining buttons, Continued on Page 6 Rey. Anderson Quarter Grows to $100 Archie Harty, Jr., of Culbertson, Mont. recently found a quarter in a rubbish heap. It was dated 1876 and was found to be worth $100. | He's Got ‘Ligion A thief broke Into a Methodist ehureh, at Dallas, Texas. All he a Application For st gs i mnspnts a > © Should Be Made At This Time Calling attention to the familiar quotation, “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Mr. Oakley 8. Havens, Supervisor of the Farm, Security Administration here, is In- tli — EE a A SR I Pinger jand tire Dies at Age of 90 | Bronchial Attack Fatal to who | Lo Mm { We have no idea who It will be, Well Known Retired but some automobile driver who E. Minister reads this paragraph will be in-| smm——— | {jured or killed withifi the next The Rev. Joseph Perguson An-| twelve months. Without ohat®e aon 1D. of Bellwood, for many for our advice, may we Suggest, a" ed” in the “Drive castionsly always.” tracks in the show were photographed by police, lewistown officers and State motor police. A arm Loans Alton Twas a mative of] Bedford county, born March 17. 1850, the of two children | of David and Eizsbeth Anderson | and was the last of his family. At the age of 17 he was converted and | shortly thereafter dedicated his life | to the Christian ministry. He was | admitted to the Central Pennsylva- | agement plans for the year. That is! why we wge any farmer who feels that he will need a rehabilitation joan to come in as soon as possible and talk over his problems.” mong ed were Patton, Emporium wood and ‘Thefts In Clinton County Numerous Authorities Making Investi- gation of Various Burg- laries 307 Camp Sites In Sproul Forest District Forester Reveals Cab- Private M. L. Woodring, of the | Williamsport Motor Police, 18 8513.0. i; the Sproul sisting Sheriff D. Edward Grenoble Logan | the sew mill of John Walle, fare at Renovo. The camps should! : (have plenty of elbow TOOIN, Bays | merit has been stolen, It wag report- | Hogeland. Mills. About $17 worth of equip- ed. A oast fron stove and a ong cable chain were taken from A WPA shanty at Greenburr, Almond Showers told police, They were ins Have Total Value of $181,000 | There are 307 camp sites under | Btate Forest! which embraces an area Of 215,000 | Loony, acres in the western part of Centre | according to a report re-| | cently prepared by District Forester | Larges: of the thefts occurred at’ Chas. Hogeland, whose headquarters | as theoretically each] should have 700 acres, or more than | {a square mile. It Is estimated that the cabins on these sites have an average value of $425 each, or a to. | i ital value of over $131.000. During the last big game season | 2.346 names appeared on the rosters) of these leaded camps. Tn addition | | Woman Charged { the thoro ton by a Chambersburg priest a he was taken 10 the operating room The dead trooper had joined the foree in 1987 and had previously been stationed at Chambersburg The bullet which caused his death emerged from his hip near he spine and was found In Regl's amto- mobile, Hospital officials sald Sut~ ton's clothes showed no marks ( (Continued on Dage IX) Not Responsible For Fatal Crash Clinton County Coroner's Jury Exonerates Both Drivers Both drivers in the automobile crash in front of the Lock Haven Teachers’ College, November 3, 1980 that resulted in the @eath of Ernest Richey, 21, son of Mr. and Mme DD. D Richey, Dunnstown were exonerated of blame Thursday afternoon bw « Clinton county oor- oners jury After deliberating for more then one hour, the jury ruled thet “from thie evidence stibmitied we can hot place blame or negligent driving on the part of either Mins Evelyn Richey or Edward O. Haines, driv- ers of the cars” Witnesses called by Dr. W. J Shoemaker, Clinion county coroner in the action held at City Ball in Lock Haven were: Dr. Edward Hob- erman, Bdward OC Haines, Mil Hall R D.; the Misses Evelyn and Betiy Richey, sisters of the de- ceased: Miss Frances Merrill pas- senger in the car, Chief M. J Pet- ers, City Bogineer Warren H Ol Robert MoGill, sssistant engineer Dr. Kenion Vickery, State Teachers Callege faculty member, and Miss Geraldine 8ishmen, Teachers Col- lege student Members of the jury were 8. M Bickiord, Brady A. Beck J. | Johnson, LeRoy Mader, A. J. Vir- gills and Miss Elizabeth McCloskey CENTRE COUNTY MAN ORDERED TO PAY Slo W. 8. Irvine, Belicfonte, R. D. 2, was ordered to pay fines and costs totaling $110 last Thursday morn- ning at Lock Haven police court conducted by Alderman Allen Stern er Irwine, an elderly man was charged with drunkermess and dis- orderly conduct and also with driv ing through a red Hght Irvine was arrested following an accident Wednesday evening at the corner of Main and Grove streets His oar collided with that of Harry R. Stevenson, Woolrich, whose atio- mobile was damaged to the extent of $25. The amount of the damages to the Irvine car were not estimated | but were more serjious than to the! ! other vehicle No one was hurt. Taken before Dr. George D. Oreen, he was declared intoxicated Irvine was traveling west on Main Joseph G. Lesher, B4, former post | | Item Huntingdon Newspaperman Diez | S — OVERHEARD Woman passing Plaza Theatre: “Well, now thet they have a hew marguee 1 hope they get the titles of the features spelled right!” CHRISTMAS PRESENT Belatedly this department reports that Harry Menold instructor of the manual training department of the Bellefonte High school belteves In Banta Claus, For a n ber of months Mr. Menold has been teaching a group of older men the art of wosdworking. He volun- teered to do the work, and gives un- stintingly his time und ski? YO help his class to perfection. Came Christmas time and members of the class presented thelr teacher with an envelope bearing a hice, ore new fifty-dollar bill CALENDAR Either Grif really in of Teller, artist who an- ually prints the scene for the Pennsylvania Railroad calendar wrong, or this departments early training in reflroading he: gone sour, but the fact remains that the 1840 P. RR. calendsr showing a section of the main line, pictures passenger train approaching on of the inside tracks, and a train disappecring on the other in- side track. Unless we're wrong, the inside tracks of Pennsyl vania's main line are exclusive! passenger traffic. The two tracks are for freight use only. The apparent mistake makes no differ- ence to anyone but persons Who gre slightly balmy sbout railroad- ing PROFESSIONAL MENTION Dr. Richards H. Hoflman of Belle. fonte, is hobbying an infant m tache these He deciared Cam Heverly s.arted same time but couldn't stand gaff and has shaved it Dr. Richard P. Nol wy a one freight wo the outside US that the Aa BYE ne ne Bellefonte dent during the Wait cast Sunda in plugging th ram, declared Tergen pood cond war 301 NEWSPAPER GOSS'J Reports that the 2 ant Centre Hall are denied to know RECOVERY NOTE This department Police Officer R again afler suffering of the measies, HAIRCUTS | One prominent Bellefonte business man, unusually finicky about the appearance of his hair, goes Lo his barber every Tuesdsy and Friday as regular as clockwork, for a halr trim. Because of his penchant for well-trimmed hair. the barber has given the super-super customer special mie of 30 cents a ct stead of the regular 40-vent rate 2 CHECK Have you heard the interesting little tale about a $2 check which going the rounds of Centre county officisldom? The version we hesrd has to do with forged endorsements police investigations, men high in county government, and such things Maybe we'll have a compiete report later. STRAY DOGS With January 15-—the dale When all dogs must wear 1940 licenses— approaching rapidly, resid of rural areas report tha! many dog owners are taking their pets to the country and turning them loose sold tion is glad to see aiph Eyer about a siizht atiack a n= is ts | street when Stevensan turned into! > ” " uphiare on bh then buy a new license. One Boggs township woman reports that to date she has befriended Three stray dogs, and has found good homes for all of them. Dog owners With Desertion' Jersey Shore Mother Arrested | Last Week at State College Mrz. Loretta Saar, 20, resident of Jersey Shore, was arrestad In State College Just week at the home of an aunt after she allegedly left her two children, both tinder four years | of age, at her Jersey @hore home. | Charges were filed allegedly by her husband, Elmer Saar, i Mrz, Saar, wag taken back to Jersey Shove for a hearing. Justice | Crane placed the bail at $300 and | in default of the amount Mrs. Baar was committed to the Lycoming county jail. The justior sald be understood the obe child is aboul’ 18 months of age and the other about three years, i i Well, Jet's suggest that 1040 is a. good year in which to read a book. What a ‘person gets for nothing [to be slightly over 5100, and the State Forest during the past season, fishermen #3273. The rangers re- and 53 bears. | is rarely appreciated, master of Huntingdon and for the who no longer value their dogs past 20 years publisher and editor! ahove the price of a license would of the Huniingdon Monitor, died do well to Gestroy the animals rath- Friday morning at Orlando, Florida, | er than turn them loose tn the dead where he had Joen spending the | of winter to ghift for themselves winter season ef TemEine: ‘were! brought to Huntingdon where bur. SCHOOL BOARD tal war made Monday. Actording to! We ean’ get over the admirable 8 fiews dispatch Mr. Lesher was self-control this department ise fount Beat! 1h hix oom in Orlando, | plased during the stormy early das Piorida. Chas ts in his room were of the hew school board. We didn't fount opened ‘when Mis bofly was say 8 Shing out of the way, al discovered though we often felt Mike 58. And now we're glad we didn't, for wiih leach meeting we gel an increasing respect for the new board. There is State College, and Harry M. Stine, |® Dbealthy representation of al of Port Matilde. R. D., oollided at | 30hools of thought. snd when a mat an alley Dilersection on West Bea. | ter comes before the board Is iocked wpon Som every possibie Cars driven by Jolm Garner, of | | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES'— And You, T Elmore!
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