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Thoroughly Every Town and Village
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VOLUME 59. NUMBER 8.
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he Cenire
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BELL LEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
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LANDOWNERS
OKGANIZE:
HINT AT (OMPENSATION
Claim Majority of Ow re
Behind Move To
Close Stream
LETTER T0 0 FRENCH
OUTLINES POSITION
Move Seen As Possible
State-Wide Threat To
Fishing Streams
Most of Spring Creek, site of the
nationally known “Fishermen's Par-
adise” and favorite retreat for thou- |
sands of sportsmen from this and |
neighboring counties, is to be posted
against all forms of fishing,
This information was given in a
letter from “The Spring Creek Prop-
erty Owners’ Association,” to C. A. |
French, State Fish Commissioner, it
became known here yesterday.
The letter, written by J. K. Thomn-
ton, secretary, informs the Commis-
sioner that the Spring Creek Prop-
erly Owners’ Association was organ- |
ized February 9, 1040, at a meeting
of a majority of the property own- |
ers along Spring Creek |
“Members of this organization!
have decided to post their lands and
forbid any form. of fishing in the
stream flowing through or along
their properties,” the letter sets)
forth.
The statement to Commissioner
Prench continues: “On account of |
the publicity given to Spring Creek |
by the Pennsylvania Fish Commis-
sion, unusual numbers of fishermen
ure attracted to this district. Al-|
though the majority of fishermen |
belave in a sportsmaniike fashion, |
a minority cause trouble and ex- |
pense for land owners along the
stream.”
“For this reason” the statement |
goes on, “these land owners believe
{Continued on Page ®
Rhinesmith Heads
Legion Band Auxiliary
Organization of a Parents’ Aux-!
fliary to the American Megan Jung |
for Band was effected al 8 meeting |
in the Legion Home, East Howard
street, Priday night, with the clee- |
tion of Samuel D. Rhineamith, of!
East Bishop street, as president
Other officers chosen were:
Sue Eckenroth, vice president;
Aaron D. Leitzell, secretary
Francis Crawford, treasurer |
A discussion was held on ways,
and means of securing funds for the
support of the band, whose member-
ship includes sons and daughters
of Bellefonte Legionnaires, ranging
in age from 8 to 18 years. All far-|
ents of band members are urged to
attend the next meeting which will |
be held at the Legion Home on|
March 1
State Colle
Receives
Mrs
Mrs. |!
and |
5
Girl
Ruth Ann Marshall, daughter of |
Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Marshall, |
of East Beaver street, Btate College, |
has been awarded the scholarship!
given by the Centre County Penn
State Alumnae Club,
The scholarship of approximately |
$50 is awarded to a Centre county
sophomore girl, in memory of Mrs. |
Elizabeth Olewine, "88, Bellefonte, |
who was a special student at the|
college. Mrs. Olewine originated the |
scholarship, and the Alumnae Club!
hay continued to give the award
Since het death.
| into
E
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BEGINS DRIVE FOR MEMBERS
TAR
The annual membership campaign
| of the Bellefonte Chamber of Com-
merce is now in progress, under the
dire¢tion of 8. H. Poorman, the
chairman, who, with his committee
1
hopes to contact every business firm |
| and professional man in Bellefonte
who are not
ization
The
members of the organ-
committee follows: Paul
! Hartsock, Horad¢e Hartranft, Edward
! Kofman,
| White,
Bond
Malcolm
Corman
Plumb,
Yeager, Clyde Stewart,
Wetzler. Robert Woodring, and pres-
jednt Armstrong Francis
Prompt Aid
Grover
E. Leroy
Saves Home
Motorists Warn Family
of Fire; Notify Fire
Department
The farm home of Bernard H
Williams, one mile east of Port Ma-
tilda along the Bald Eagle Valley
Highway, was saved from destruc- |
tion about 11 o'clock Saturdey mom-
ing when a passing motorist rushed
the home and informed the
family that flames
from the attic
While neighbors hastily formed al
bucket brigade to battle the blaze
in the attic and second floor, an-
other motorist drove to Port Ma-
tilda to summon the fire depart-
ment. Prompt action saved
{Continued on DAEs seven)
Robb Heads Alumni
Dance Committee
Mahlon K Robb, assistant to the
sident of the Bellefonte Trus:
was named at chairman
charge of
Company.
of the committee in
forte High Bchool Alemni dance, at
a meeting of the association st th
SiFxing Street ochool, Monday
night
Other members of the
tee are: Mrs. J H Hartswick.
"
commit-
Mrs
| 0. A. Kline, T. H. Mensch and P
M Dubbs, all of Bellefonte
A feature of this 3 dance for
| the graduating class at the local
high school will be a reunion of
the classes of 1915 and 1930 Mrs
{ Philip Witeraft is in charge of ar-
VOR 's
| ranging for the reunion
A feature of the next
meeting of the Alumni group on
Mareh 25 will be the preparation
of tentative plans for the ofganiza-
tion of a Parent-Teachers’ Associ-
talon for Bellefonte. Such
group has been suggested by nu-
merous parents and teachers and
| all persons interested in the move
| are cordially invited to attend the
holarship |
| the Alumni membership committee
meeting.
Miss Kathryn Coble, chairman of
is preparing a complete roster OF
Alumni members,
6 Criminal Cases
Malcolm !
| corporation
Hold Hearing
On Proposed
Airmail Route
du Pont Asks for Permit
For Pick-up Station
In Bellefonte
SEES PASSENG ER
SERVICE IN FUTURE
Airport May Give Town
Emergency Landing
Field Status
cfonte’s chances
a on the airmail pickup ile
hang in the balance this week as
hearings continue on the application
of the All American Aviation, Inc,
of Wilmington, for a certificate of
convenience for mail,
passengers on six new air
{routes including this communit;
Monday in Washington before the |
civil Aeronautics Authority Richard
C. du Pont, glider pilot and aviator
and head of the airmail pickup
of obtaining
Bell
spot ¥ ro
pickup |
permit his firm to operate on the
new routes which will include Phil.
ipsburg and State College, as well as
Bellefonte Clearfield, Tyrone and
{ DuBois are already part of the orig-
inal pickup service
were spurting | !
the
!
{
are
| rangements for the annual Belle-
regular |
{ Unionville,
‘tages,
Al
try,
In his plea du Pont told an ex-
aminer that
(Continued on Page 3)
No Decision
On Hospifal
Bellefonte still in Run-
ning as Site For New
Vets’ Hospital
rance thal Belisefonte will not
Assy
be forgotten when the location for|
a proposed new Veterans Hospital
to be established In Pennsylvania
is chosen, was given thi
Hines. head of the Veter.
Wa
Frank T
ans’ Administration at
DC
The assurance was conveyed in a
letter from Mr. Hines to W. 8. Zah-
niser, service officer of Brooks-Doll
Post American legion. The Post
has been actively engaged in an at.
tempt to bring the proposed new
hospital to this county
Some time ago the Bellefonte Le-
gion informed the Veterans’
istration that
supply and many natural advan-
has been offered free of
charge as a location for the con-
templated building.
In his letter this week Mr
states: “After study of
data which have been accumulated
with reference to the needs of the
several areas throughout the coun-
the Veterans’ Administration
has recommended to the Pederal
| Board of Hospitalisation that a Fa-
| cility
be established in Pennsyl-
{ vania. In the event it is decided to
i
construct a new Facility in Pennsyi-
vania, T shall be glad to consider]
Listed For Trial the advantages of Bellefonte
Only six cases are ET sted for trial | is expected to have much
Criminal! to the Joeation of any hospi
at the rejular February
i
In his official capacity Mr. Hines
tal which
Court which will convene here on may be built.
Monday morning, it was announced |
yesterday by District Attorney Mus- |
ser W. Gettig.
The list prepared by Mr. Getlig
| follows:
PAPERS DAY LATE
Most readers of The Centre Dem
offat will receive this issue later
then usual because Thursday was
Washington's birthday and the post-
office observed a holiday. No deliv-
efiés were made and consequently
in’the Bellefonte area papers will be
received one day later than the us
ul time. In more distant areas, Iit-
tie or no delay will be occasioned
by the holiday.
pe et N. Tate, Lock Haven, f & |
Frank Passell, Lock Haven, public
ndecency.
Victor Simons, Great Neck, N. Y,,
drunken driving.
Samuel Moallica, Clearfield, sta-
tutory rape.
Lewis A. Stuckey, Altoona, re~
moving goods to defrand a creditor,
Charles L. Robison, Bellefonte, R.
D3 ay arrest.
$
a
tgs ssn otis
Young men employed
tional Youth Adminis
to solve Beliefonie’s snow removal
problem last week under the super
vision of George Carpeneto and
Philip Saylor.
“This “emergency projest was are
“through Thomas
the Na-
helped
“The ofily cost to the forouch was
in providing tools and equipment,
Labor charges, by far the major
expense, are met by the NYA.
“Bast Beaver street, West Curtin
street, and various streets on Half-
moon ‘Terrace were closed to traf-
fic until late in the week when snow
plows and crews of ‘shovelels were
TY PROJECTS
South Water street banks of snow
lined the curbs and deep puddles of
water covered the street causing
pedestrians to be showered by pass-
ing cars, Saturday afternoon the
snow was washed Into the creek
with a fire hose dnd the drains were |
opened, dllowing the sseumulated
walter 10 drain away.
After all streets had heen opened
to traffic, the NYA crews directed
their attention to removing the
heaps of snow which had accumu- |
lated at the sides of the streets.
Gutters were opehed to permit
ready dralhage, and ‘despite a rain
snow of several Ihches during the
weekend, the town is getting back to
The NYA work program and its
able to break through the deep
duit’s of waler-sonked spow. On)
accompanying vocational guidance
(Continued op page taser)
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|
| ing. st,
Centre Reporter To
Discontinue Paper
The Centre Reporter, Centre Hall,
one of the oldest weekly newspapers
fn Centre county, will discontinue
publication the end of this month.
Presses and other usable equipment
will be sold separately or in bulk,
and the remainder will be sold to
Max Herr, it is reported.
The Reporter was first published
in Aaronsburg, this county. in the
German language. Por a few years
after being moved to Centre Hall it
continued In German, and for the
past seventy years it has been print
ed in English, It was first establish.
ed by Fred Kurtz, the first, and con-
tinued in the Kurtz family through
three generations when the late 8.
W. Smith purchased the plant and
continued as managing editor until
his death several weeks ago.
Lock Haven Pastor
Dr. Curvin H. Stein, pastor of St.
John's Lutheran churgh, Lock Ha-
ven, is ill at his home with a heart
condition. Retaming from an auto-
mobile Saturday evening, Dr
Stein collapeed éarly Sunday morh-
a heart attack. Hs
tonditi is somewhat improved, a
though still serious.
Named Rockview Guard
baa ii. ween h the Tabor ami
this week in the Labor and | fire
Industry and Welfare Departments
was one appointment in Centre
county, as follows: Philip ¥. Yarnell,
of Hu prison labor divie
sion guard, Jestern Penitentiary
(Rockview), salary $1620.
express and |
the six routes planned |
week by |
Admin. |
an B5-acre site near |
with an adequate water!
Hines |
statistical |
IN SPRING CREEK
| ing
Daylight Say
Poll Is Tie,
But “No's or Give More Reasons
The Centre Democrat's poll
whether ar not the
Belltfonte to'go on a Daylight Save
he Time basis during the coming
simmer is as close to being a nu-
mereinl tie as it is possible to have.
| Plgures last night showed a total
of 201 voles In favor of setting the
locks ehead one hour during the
| summer, and 198 against the “fast’
time
on
(
Judged by another
“no's” have it by
for In the space on the ballots re-
served for remarks, those against
tampering with the time were much
| more emphatic and gave more reas-
ons for objecting to Daylight Bav-
ing than those the pro-
! posal
Here
thos
standard, the
8 heavy margin
who favor
are
a
some of the comments
or of Daylight Saving
of it.”
get out and
of © fav
Very n
es
| uch In favor
It gly 10
fish."
“y
A
me lime
could work an extra hour; save
List 15 Cases
For Civil Court
All But Two Were Continued
From December
urged the authority to]
|
Fifteen cases have been listed for
trial at the regular February Civil
Court which will conivene herg ol
| Monday, March 4
All but the last two cases in the
{| Hse
regular
which
trial
suits
The docket is as follows:
H. O Smith, vs. BE M Pearce and
December term of court
was devoted entirely to
several automobile accident
’
of
| 8. N. Rosenberry, a co-partnership,
trading and doing business as the
| Pe Ro Ice Cream Co;
| afidavit of défense filed.
| Harry A, Pogel 8r.,
| key & Company, a corporation; as-
(Continued on Page 6)
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12500 View Two-Day
Boy Scout Exhibit
A two-day exhibition held by t
Bellefonte Boy Scout troop in !
Brockerhoff Hotel early this mont
in observance of National Boy Seout
Week drew no less than 2500 per-
sons, according to a report made at
a meeting of the exéeutive commit
tee of the Muncy district af
| Brockerhoff Hotel here Monday
W. W. Bieg. president of Muncy
District, was in charge of the mect-
ing. O. FP. Sollenberger submitied
a report covering the organization
of a Cub Pack in this area, adding
the |
he |
that the group is to be sponsored by |
with the Rev. |
| the Reformed church,
C. Nevin Btamm and J. M. Harts- |
wick acting as leaders
Lloyd Cummings reported that al
first ald contest is to be held In
Bellefonte in the near future, and
anpounged that a “friend of Scout-
ing” has donated a cup as a prize
| Kenyon Woody, Scout exectitive!
f
f(t
|
roops are to be organized at How-
ard and Jacksonville
| In closing the sesison,
{tive committee voted to aid in the!
| {are Drive in every way possible;
Man Denied Plea For
Relief From Costs
A Philipsburg man who appealed
to: court for release from paying
the plea were added to his bill
Lucas, who last year went on trial
; body
equally between Lucas and
the prosecutor, Aaron G. Donnelly.
Lucas later sought release from
his share of costs, claiming that the
that all considerations of any kind
were withdrawn from the jury
te Court asked for a @irected |
jet.
In the Court's ruling, filed yesters
avenue and Bowth Atherton street,
State College, about 6:40 o'clock
Saturday morning. The blaze was
mde when members of the
Alpha Pire
scene.
public wants!
below were continued [rom the
he
rom Lewistown, declared that new |
the execu- :
costs of a court trig] yesterday was |
denied the appeal and the costs of |
THe Gefendant 11 the case is Louis |
at The Anchorage, West Dehver |
arrived on tie)
(light; all progressive towns have It."
“Most cities have it, why not
Bellefonte? We need the extra hour |
of daylight.”
The extra hour could
good advantage.”
“Yes, but I refuse to get up any
earlier”
Why
saving.”
be used to|
Against these reasons assigned by
those who voted in favor of Day-
light Baving, we have a pile of salty
irate, anxious reasons why Daylight |
Baving is not wanted by those who
favor standard time
Here are some of them. (Note the
strong tones, the variety of reasons)
“Let ‘em go
“Farmers
A
“If some people want to
hour earlier, no one is going to
them.”
(Continued on Page 6)
to work at 6 o'clock!
are against it
lot of hooey
work an
stop
Real Employment
Service Is Offered
Single Phone Call Will Bring!
Any Type of Worker to
Your Door
you ready to meet this
of unemployment,
Are
Crisis
triple
way that it ean be mel ix by
patien In the Renoviee
recenily innovated, stated
Ray C. Noll woday
Participation the Renovize
Campaign is not difficult It is as
simple a8 A B C. for all that peed be!
idone is call Bellefonte 1021 and
make known the type job you have
and the kind of person vou want to
do it. You may. i you wish, specify |
partici-
Campaign
Chairman
in
VE. Meas. 19 any forms, you need do nothing
(Contited ~ page Tour)
Leg
Brooks Doll Post Alnerican
Bellielonte, will EpoTsOr
Snangled Banner Ball” at
“ion Homé, Howard street, on Wed-
nexday night, March 27, for the di-
rect benefit of ill and disabled vet-
erans of Bellefonte and vicinity, it
was announced yesterday
The dante. which will be open to
the public, will begin at ® p. m. and
jeontinue to 1 a m. Tickets will be
one dollar a couple
i it
COUNTY ADVERTISES FOR
YEAR'S SUPPLY OF COAL
In this issue of The Centre Demo.
j erat the County Commissioners ad- |
| vertise for bids for coal to be used
[at the Court House, County Jail and
County Home during the remainder!
of the calendar year 1940
Bidders are required to post an
approved bond for $500 with the
{| Commissioners to guarantee fulfill
ment of contract
—
ion Here to Hold
leg-
a "Star
the Leg-
Sess
i
|
| LOCAL BANKS TO RECEIVE
FUNDS FOR FINLAND
Announcement was made
i the Bellefonte Trust Company, and
wie Parmers' National Bank are
| now receiving contributions for Pin-
i nish relief
| Ald to the stricken people is vital.
{ly needed and it is imperative that
| any contributions be made immed.
| lately, it was pointed out,
{
Bellefonte Has
Namesake ‘Living’
In Western State
i
Bellefonité is one of 6.138 Ccity
names which complicate the job of
the postoffice department by desig-
nating more than one postoffice,
In addition to Bellefonte, Penn-
sylvania, a postoffice is located at
Bellefonte, Arkansas, & survey ‘of
postoffice department records shaw-
ed today.
Of the Bellefonte “twins” Belle-
fonte Pennsylvania is the larger, on
i the basis of its 1030 census popula-
tion of 4804, ‘
Postoffice department officials
fo Said only a few letters for Belle.
forte, Pennsylvania’ are ever tisde-
livered to the other Bellefonte, and
that nearly all cases of such misde-
livering are the fault of the sender,
through illegible handwriting, im-
proper abbreviation of the state
wy) or other irregularities in the
-
Guernseys Are Sold to Cross
not? It would mean a big!
or filling out |
ance; Benefit Vets
yester- |
to say as coming Bellefonte Community Wel-| day that the First National Bank,
Council Votes FOUR HELD IN ROBBERY AND
To Confinue
Tax Schedule -
Proposed 1- Mill Reduction
Is Defeated by 4 to 3
Majority
|
'BROCKERHOFF LED
FIGHT AGAINST CUT
Lower Taxes Seen as Safe
Move in 1941; Zoning
Discussed
Overriding a suggestion by W. W
Sieg, chairman of the Water Com-
mitiee, that the 1940 tax rate in
Bellefonte borough be reduced one
mill, Couneil at a regular meeting
Monday night by a vole of 4 to 3
decided to maintain the tax rate at
the present level of 15 mills
The battle against tax reduction
was led by H. A. Brockerhofl, chair.
man of the committee. who
ielaimed thal even with a 15-mill
levy the borough would have a
working eapital” of only about §1.-
| 300 with which (0 meet any possible
emergencies. He added that any un-
forseen major expenditures would
the entire borough budget
Mr. Brockerhoff added that reduc-
finance
upse
{ing the rate to 14 mills would mean | 27"
urtaliment of about $1800 in the |
sorough's ual rere vd that
relief costs, | PO! wigh's annual revenue, and
and taxation in Pennsylvania? One|
LW
with only a $1200 margin on the
mill rate,
faced with an estimated deficit
(Continued from page 7)
sama —————
Gels Share of
Large Estate
of
assumpsit, | the person you want 10 do the i)
«me There is no Ted ape,
|
|
|
|
the borough would be |
‘Nephew of Local Man Re-!
ceives Large Bequest
From Employ er
Among the beneficiarie
three million dollar estate
{inte Harvey Oravell, president an
owner of the American hemical
LE Paint Corporation, Ambler, and
90 per cent owner of the Delaware
River Ferry Company. Chester, was
Hoy K. Rishel, of Philadeiphia
treasurer of the paint industry and
nephew of A. M. Rishel of East
High street, Bellefonte
i Mr. Rishel was given 240 shares
‘of stock in the Paint Corporation
Tt is estimaled that each share will
yield from $100 to $200 annually. In
(Continued on page 1 four)
ard
LL8)
{ is
[|
Father-Son Banquet
|
Reservation for the
Pather and Bon banquet to be held
| at the Bellefonte Y. M, C. A on}
| Thursday evening, Pebruary 29, will
| close on Tuesday, February 27, it
{was announced yesterday. Reser-
vations oan be made by calling the |
YY.
The dinner is to be served by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the “Y." and
| the Hoosier Ooin Huskers, of radio!
| station WRAK, Williamsport, will
provide entertainment,
ner, and speaking will be limited
to a brief program.
more than 200 persons present.
PAYS BALANCE OF $100 FINE
After serving half of his 100-day!
shannon, on Saturday
fine.
Viehdorfer was sentenced to pay
a fine of $100 last fall when he
ing a bear out of season.
Woman Injured; Baby Unhurt
Mrs. Cashmir Polachek, of Morris
dale, was struck by an automobile
Saturday afternoon at a streei cor-
ner in Philipsburg. She is & patient
in the Philipsburg State Hospital
with a fractured left knee. The baby
she had in her arms at the time of
the wotident was not injured.
pleaded guilty to a charge of shoot- |
Reservations To Close
en —— ! jean Association of School Adminis~)
annual | trators. From 8000 to 10.000 of the
George |
Purnell, Sr, will preside at the din-|
ASSAULT Al p
—— —
PASTOR INVITED TO PENN
VALLEY Lv THERAN CHU 5.0 H
Clarence c Otto, a student
at REY aren Beminary has been |
given a call by the Penn's Valley
Lutheran parish, The parish has
churches in Centre Hall, Bpring
Mills, Tusseyville Farmer's Mills
and Georges Valley
! Reavy ling the pul-
it i churches for
veral months as a supply minis-
ter Ab a recent meeting of the)
Joint Council of the five churches a
call was extended him. Rev. Oto
a native of Milton, Pa and will
graduate in May
fed on May 22
od atl
Synod
these variou
ih
Johnstown
——— —————
Snow (auses
5 Mishaps Attributed to
Road Conditions; 3
Persons Injured
all atirib-
the high-
nearly
minor
Fiv
uted
¢ motor accident:
10 show
ays, have claimed
$600 in damages and
injuries 10 Lhree person:
urday, &¢
the Pleasant Gap
State Motor Police
Because of “WAY
thro
and joe
or
a toll of
caused
pording to reports from
hy-5
traffic exist
the Nit-
ane
igh
Valley road a
Linker, of Lock
by a car driven
of New York Cit) short
of Zion about 3:30 o'-
afternoon. The truck!
before the crash |
njured, |
deep snow on
truck driven
Haven, was
by Prank 8
ing
tans
C. E
ruck
Larkin
distance west
ciock Monday
had come 10 a halt
joni While no one was
(Convoaed on page ax
E. K. Stock to Speak
' at School Convention
Earl 8toek Supervising
cipal of the Bellefonte seho
be one of the speakers al on yo
nt convention of the Inlemation-
al Council for Exceptional Children
being held at Pitts burgh this week
is 3 ashequied wo give ar
C in Reading Read!
rr ded Ci iid
before a Frou conference at
convention. Other sectional
will deal! with
K
1A;
ren
the
meetings
mical deformities; and
hearing. speech and
pered by phy
| hand: caps in
sight, w hile another section will deal!
“gifted” chiid- |
{with
| ven
From Pittsburgh Mr
continue west to St. Louis to attend
the annual convention of the Amer
the handling of
nation's school leaders are expected |
10 be present ai that convention
Centre Hall P. O.
Plans Postponed
|
Two Years Before Town Can |
Expect New Govern-
meni Building
Any one who still hopes he wil
{ least two years more.
from the county jail upon payment Minitstration, under an
of the remaining $50 balance of his! cost of $76,000.
|
Tt will be the spring of 1942 al
| the earliest. before any earth will}
TO GET RELEASE FROM am be turned for a new postoffice in|
| Juil sentence for failure to pay a Hall postoffice sull is
$100 fine, Oscar Viehdorfer, of Mo-| ject list™ of the public
was released | Branch of the Federal Works Ad- |
| Centre Hall,
Construction of a new Centre|
on the “pro- |
estimated |
However, this agency now is en-
tering the third year of the three |
year program, involving $130,000,
(Continued on page seven)
He will be ordain-|
by the
| burg followed by a manhunt along
| the
them 20 years
since Bat-|
abirun af i
tation of the
, Pri]
problems |
presented by children who are ham. |
Stock will}
HILIPSBURG
Garageman Ia Is Attacked
While on Way Home
From Work
ARRESTS FOLLOW
CHASE BY POLICE
Two Suspects Are From
Cleveland; All Held In
County Jail
& running chase
streets and alleys of
throug
Philips-
Aller
1he
snowy road so Utahville, Clear-
field County, Philipsburg police
| early Friday morning arrested lour
| youths on charges of atlacking and
| robbing a garageman
Auto Crashes
Late the same afternoon in com-
mitting the four men 10 the coun
Jail 0 await appearance in court
| here, Justice of the Peace E R
Hancock, of Philipsburg id ‘hem
that if he had the
ee
power Lo pass
sentence on them
in
he woull give
solitary confine
ment
of
of i
behind the
other marks be
repuied wviciim
George Bezilia
burg. exhibiting bruises
ear and lips and
said resulted from a beating he re-
ceived, claimed he was knocked
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Legion Social Club
Guests at Dinner
byl
Nearly 200 members of
club of Brooks-Doll Post
Legion, were guests of the post at a
| turkey dinner held last Thursday
evening at the Legion Home on
Howard street
| During the evening Edmund Blan-
chard introduced the following
Fepeskers: W. W_ Sieg. the Rev. Palh-
[er William E. Downes, Buwgpess
{ Hardman P. Harris, former Judge
M. Ward Fleming, Dr. Richards H
| Hoffman Edward Kofman, Albert
Rhoads and Jesse Dunisp
Entertainment before the dinner
| was provided by the Milesburg Bas
After dinner the Covered Wagor
Boye entertained. The dinner was
prepared by Legionnaire Alex Ster-
giakis, of the Diamond restaurant,
and was served by the Ladies’ Aux-
iliary of the Legion post
Sheriff Names 3
County | Deputies
Sheriff Bdward R. 1 R. Mil yvester«
day announced the apd ment of
{ three deputies in the county
They are: C. C. Rhoads. deputy
warden at Rockview penitentiary;
H. R. Johnson, Mr. Rhoads’ assist
ant at Rockview: and Albert W.
Gilliland, 35, of State College, gen~
eral delivery.
Deputy Sheriffs are on call and
receive remuneration only for such
[ services they perform at the Shere
{ IT's instruction.
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Week's Relief SHghtly Higher
Direct relief payments to needy
Centre countians during the week
i ended yesterday show an increase of
3133 over those of the previous week,
land oné more check required to
{make the payments, according to
| State Treasurer F. Clair Ross. Pay-
the social
American
1
Admission 10 the dirser will db! jive to see the government build a | ments for the week totaled $4504
50 cents each, and preliminary in-| new postoffice in Centre Hall now which wis $1,127 ower than those
dications afe that there wil b2| can resign himself to wafting at] of the comparable week of last year
{ Current payments required 99 fewer
| checks than these of a year ago
i -—
Price Adjustment Announced
Pennsylvania wheat farmers who
plant within their 1940 wheat acre-
| age allotments as set by their Coun-
ty Agricultural Conservation Com-
| mittee, will be eligible for a price
| adjustment or parity payment of
{ 10 cents per bushel, secording to an
| announcement by the Centre Ooun-
{ty Agricultural Conservation Com-
mittee.
:
The fifty-third annual ng of
the Centre County School 4
Association will be held in the Court
House tomorrow, Friday, with mom-
ing and afternoon sessions,
According 18 reports, the petitions
.| George KH. Harel, Bellefonte, suditor
Officers of the association are:
Following is the program for the
annual meeting:
10:00 to 10:15--Devotional Exercises
bY Rev. L. E. Kline, of the Evan-
gelioal church, Howard
10:18 to 10:20--Reading of Minutes, |
by R. D. Shoemaker, secretary,
10:20 to 10:80--"An Accounting of
the State Association and Its Leg- |
COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORS
TO CONVENE HERE TOMORROW
10:50 to 11:00--Roll Call.
11:00 to 11:45—"Recent