{ Odd and | Curious News The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION he Cenfre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 69 . BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940, NUMBER 18, Recover Old Loot The nearly forgotten, unsolved Cross Fork Postoffice robbery of Hin rocketed from the files of the post- | office department over the weekend with the discovery of a cache of four | jars of pennies and one~cent stamps | and several pads of loose stamps. | Three of the jars and the loose! stamps were found by H. J. Shep- hard under a rock he had selected for a rock garden at his home at Cross Fork. The fourth jar found after an inspector and Post- master Luke Binder, Renovo, were called. The belief is that was hidden on the Cross Fork prop- ery, which was not then owned by Mr. Shephard, for later recovery. Stamps in the jars were in a fair state of preservation but those un- protected were believed to have been eaten by mice. Boy Meets Bear There's still bears in the Drilling hills, 6-year-old Ronald Hudish, of Drifting, is willing to admit after coming in close quarters with a 500- | pound black bear on the Hudish {arm one morning last week. While playing in the fields near his home the youngster heard his dogs bark Running to investigate he saw a shining black bear reared on its legs ready to meet the attack of the dogs When the dogs were called oft the bear ambled slowly into the woods. Hen Under Hood When V. G. Wallace, a mechanic, | of Houston, Texas, started to grease the automobile of Mrs, Warren Car- mack, he was startled to feel some- thing peck him on the shoulder and t0 see two small eyes looking out of a hole in the drip pan. Upon loosening the bolts holding the drip pan, out came a small white Ban- tam hen and out rolled a small egg. How the hen got into ils un- usual perch is not known, Bullfrog In Rock Henry Brown, a farmer, of near Richmond, Ky., picked up a round, light rock and was surprised to find it rattled when shaken. He broke open the rock and found it con- ained a small bullfrog in a hollow he row inside. The only explanation Brown could offer was that a tad- pole entered the rock through a small hole and developed into a {frog inside. “Good Turn” Pays Six years ago Mrs. Albert Thrash- er. of Detroit, befriended a begger' who had been hurt in an alley! fight. Recently she was notified that the beggar had died and left her $11000. The man was Nathan Kanover. Mrs, Thrasher is a prac- tical nurse and has eight children, Wrong Destination Three hoboes who went to sleep in a boxcar enroute to Salem, Ore- gon, awoke with exclamation of de- cided surprise. During the night the car was switched into the grounds of the state penitentiary — Pastor Will Retire The Rev. Willlam M. Long, for nearly fifty years a pastor of the Church of Christ. concluded his long pastorate Sunday, April 14, by closing his ninth year with the Mil Hall Church of Christ. The Rev Mr, Long retired from the active ministry, Sunday, April 28. A duet sung at his birthday service by his daughter, Miss Virginia Long and H, A. Harchner, was dedicated to the pastor. $5,600 For Beautifioation A total of $5,600 has been allocated | to maintenance forces of the De- partment of Highways for forestry work on main highways and rural roads of this bi-county area during the year beginning July 1. Centre county will get $2400, Clearfield county, $3200; Clinton, $1000; Cam- eron, $800; Elk, $800; McKean, 81. 800; Poller, $1900. These counties comprise District 2 " Convicted of Outragsous Crime Oran Butler, 25, of Lock Haven, charged with being the father of his 13-year-old sister's infant son. was convicted by an all-male jury in the Clinton county court on Fri- day and later sentenced to serve from two and a half to five years in the Western Penitentiary at Pitts- burgh. The girl residing at Vivian Rosetta Butle:, Sugar Run, Clinton county, is the mother of an infant | son born in February. The paren- tage of the child was the matter of | dispute when the trial opened. Dr, Painter told of attending the lt —— a ——— ———— Ln Student injured By Explosion Nestor G. Koclubinsky, a junior at! Penn State and former varsity box- er, suffered the loss of the middle finger of his left hand and received | severe burns and lacerations about; both hands about 3:30 o'clock last the accident happened in Recreation Thursday afternoon when a dyna-| Hall while the student was prepar- mite cap he was handling exploded | on West College avenue, State Col- circus which was held the following | | night. loge. Was | the loot | "YOUTH STRUCK BY CAR | APPARENT LY LEFTTO DIE UNDER EMPTY CABIN, Believed That Huntingdon County Boy Was| Carried or Crawled to Where Body Was Found — Had Been Hitch-Hiking The victim of an apparently bru- | tal death. the lifeless body of 13- years-old Kenneth Putt, of Dudley, near Huntingdon was found near two empty summer cabins in the vicinity of Stoystown, last Thurs- day. Investigation revealed that the boy had evidently been struck by an automobile and left by the frightened motorist at the cabin some 100 feet off Lincoln high- way A the the made hours found is an Leah Putt nearly M4 body was Lena Pull Mi ication alter boy’ His mu Mi invalld widow Coroner FP, E. Sa: youth had been mobile and left ened motorist Truck Kills Lod Near Houtzdale Victim Mangled in View of Sister While on Way to School ster identi Ww ther theorized the hoolmates, in- clud 3-year-old sister, who were on * way to school, Ron- ald Lindenberger of Moran, nea. Houtzdale was killed instantly when struck by a truck Friday. The iad's head wa mashed and other bodily injuries inflicted, The children were play a small stream that flowed beneath the road. on their way 10 school after lunch. A number of them | had rubber balls which they drop- ped in the water al one er nd of the roadside abutment and would dash across to the other side 10 retrieve them. The Lindenberger boy had dropped his in, ran part way across the road, but saw the approachini truck which was loaded with coal and darted back The boy was 100 late as the right front fender struck his head. His sister was walking toward the group about 100 feet away when he was hit. Driver of the truck, Or- ville Shugar, 30. of Houtzdsle R D 1 said he swerved his vehicle to miss the lad The small his parents and two sisters, four, ing ing near vi inti Howard Boy Hurt In Bicycle Mishap Ankle Fractured in Collision With Auto at Mill Hall Biair Barnhart, ll-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barnhart of Howard R. D., became a patient in the Lock Haven Hospital evening, following a collisio tween the bicycle he was riding an automobile driven by an ur known motorist The accident occurred at the first railroad crossing in Mill Hall. The boy. who has been staying with his | i uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A R. | Bradley, at Mill Brook Farm, was riding from Mill Hall to the farm a the time Young Barnhart is reported to have suffered a fracture of the right ankle and a slight laceration about the head ——ic——— German soldiers, drowned when thelr transports sank in the Katle- | know who rules the waves gat, Butler girl when her son was born | and said that on the second trip to see her after the birth, she named | a OCC enrollee in the Clinton coun. | ty area, as the rather of the child | The man, he sald is no longer with | the camp. The parents, he testifi- | od, would not tell who the father | was in answer to repeated questions from him, before and after the | birth, The decision of the fury was| readhed after 23 and a half hours | deliberation. The defendant was also ordered to pay a $1 fine and | the costs. College officials said he was ex- | perimenting with the cap without ‘their knowledge when the accident happened. They denied reports that ing for his part”in the all-College | pe BT TR rare eine Aree i Sen ER Coal Prices. Not In Effect for 2 Months Minimum prices on soft coal in ducers Association in Altoona, said | sis Philipsbing aren wii sot 0 jae the recommended soft coal - | back | Banner" of the cottages, the boy revived suf- ficiently to crawl into the open be- fore dying of ghock and exposure Kenneth left the home of his widowed mother Tuesday after- noon and sald he was going to hitch-hike to visit a sister, Mr Esther McCormick, at Duquesn Pittsburgh He stopped later Hooverville home me and ther ward Stovstown he is ki The boy lay In dred f molorist until a ite road dep ove noticed Aves day at ang begged a tarted walking to That is the last have ony full view of hun who drove pa artment something” ang wen tigate. it 13 estimated youth had been dead eight found Near Death From Gas fhe as bare own to wen 0 em ‘0 that the waen to install baths uneconsciou overcome during it was four hour : were found before efforu vive them were ct Houtzdale Contractor Bankrupt. heal Baker, Jr in Houtadale of successful & genera. con- flied a volun- tary bankruptcy last week, Liabilities were estimated at $13825150 and assets at $6821.80 pelition Flowers That Bloom in the Spring Tra- La WX OWN JST Thar ONE PRALTT FY L¥ SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO MEET tate College » Penns » Nationa] Associ- School Princl- educa- auring non- will The Pen: been nia branch MOCO! yiva~ wary administer a project this & the CIALSI00r high school ation ol pals t tional which college” gel at By per novel jmmer n needs of students FOURh airing the 80 more stu now In not planning Coliege amd who some staying in school only Pennsylvania's Many educats 100] courses ar? much the needs of tive coliegians, and not is meant Le ryt agen non-coliege’ cent or high school who are ene: cases, becau BOTY ARC law feit that high geared too Wie pros are “ { compul- rs have scl 0 enough to the need | who will go directly into sk ed pation take the Secondary graduate sem students and faculty cooperation withou straints of MANY €xa or 100 teachers and ad- the stale bo the Work oor ol! Educa~ ne es form vpe of ClO ms Wx Between and will ily Pit Depar tne} of are cooperating (Continuea on Page 6) Pu bi i ie $129,000.00 MINE SEAL PROJECT SCHEDULED TO START ABOUT JUNE 30 Forty Abandoned Mines in Centre County Will be Sealed, According to Announcement by Centre County Sportsmen’s Association Work on the sealing project river pollution and will get under way In burg territory June 30 the Centre County Fish Forestry Association Monday Abandon sealed ighboring C ximately $120000 WPA mine designed ww prevent save fish life the Phil members of Game and d on HPE~ r ince anno will no x if arfield 40) counts mine en led Abandoned mine gral Coid Suream Black A Rau chec Tm 4 Bix Mile fr Moshannon al will m Ont wea It fa ¢ Counly HE #1 Ji AANA fw nen - men’ mine sport tre, Lycom- 4 was de- tributiar- the Bus- Iric aca have the In by in Clearfield, Cer 1 Tioga counties 0 purify Branch of where sulph n abandoned mines is washea struction rive to mched an primarily West nna river of the amount ( i! ts cl earfle learfield county scribed $4000, whil commissioners pr » remaining $1100 of | ners sic GRANDMA BARGER LIVED TO BE 106 At one boast wit time Centre county could h pri ¥ having the old- in the State he lot of a little “reached the re- 108 years and 1 est living This honor fell old lady who had. markable age of month. Keen of mind and unusu- ally active for one who had weath- ered the storm of 80 many years, her span of life might have been considerably lengthened had it no been for an unfortunsie accident which befell her. This woman wa Mrs. Nancy J. Barger, who died November 1st 1888, in the humbie log house at Curtin which had been her home for 55 years Grandma Barger, as she was af- fectionately known, fell and broke a limb and owing to her advanced age. the injury would not heal, finslly resuliing in her death. Her son, Samuel! Barger, 80 years of age, wag her only companion, and was able to attend to all the wants of his mother. The log house In which they lived sas filled with old furniture which bad been co: lected during their Jong lives The inside history of the life of Grandma Barger reads very much likt a fairy tale She was born on in Cumberiand count to Miadi ¢ Ridge a short dis- yw Harr Her fal nd Rebbe Lt setiiers isburg, on ner and moth- a Tate, were {f the com- lance bei Septem were wont to do. Nancy was he fourth born of & family of ten. Bhe had five sisters and four brothers, all of hy married and reared large families wa arcely twenty she fell love with a foreman by of as a handsome and posstistd many but for some un- Nanc's parents ob match, and so the young were geparated. George was drafted and served iv the War of 1812, ang Nanc’s par- ent posed the childish love affair of their daughter was forever & thing of the past. Nancy how- ever, bided time, and although she had many suitors for her hand remained single, for she had prom- ised George to remain true to him and her promise she determined to years in George Barger pation. George stalwart man excellent traits known reason jected (Oo the ot- WVETR wal her was over and home. He was { the war reiurned they would their handsome young office oer not give their consent deugiter’'s Marriage Finally George and Nar run away and they did the being Nancy's 2+] decid. married day, the at the Perr a 4 ge This ceremony home of counts next performed sister, 4 elopement SNEEr In Thr deepen 1 her parenis Nancy, alter appeal lor her husbar He forgiveness remove the Valenth vh Chester county the yr d where ¢] had come Oo embark in built rE Te Tle rk OUnLy ip from nen good workmen With Samuel a babe swadd! her husband in a wagon weeks later stination, fi - hay her born, then hes, and overland Three tir de- bul ir for Bellefon reached UU town thes ding the al ather Governor him work at the new Eagle works which had just been bullt hear the site of the ola forge al Curlin’s During her stay Mra Barger saw many a pack trains stars to Pittsburgh with ils load of iron, and the product thal was no disposed of al that market was shipped in arks down Spring creek to Bald Eagle, thence to the Bus- quehanna River and Havre Grace. She was al the old Waash- ington Furnace the day Jame: fonks, the second murderer 10 be amesied in Centre oounty, wa hanged, and up wr the time of ber death well remer cidemts of the event. After residing at Curtin's Works for a while, they decided to move to Mill Hall where they re- mained for a time and then came back to Curtin in 1832. From thal time until the day she died. Nancy had been an ococupant of the ltt hwuge in Centre county (Continued on Page 6) a rin hired 10 in fe short o~ Swastika Flies Over School ROO Angry Jersey Shore Pu- pils Refuse to Enter Building A Napping Swastika flag was rip- ped from a top the Jersey Bhore High school staff Jjast Thursday setting off a spontaneous patriotic demonstration by 800 nupils. Then they enjoyed a holiday. The young voices, unaccompani- | ed, lustily sang the “Star Spangled | and then recited the; pledge of allegiance {0 the starg and stripes as the school janitor, Theo- | dore Greenaway, slid down the pole with the emblem crumpled in his! hand, | The janitor had to shinny alofi to tear down the Swastika because the flagstaff rope had been cut by those who hoisted the emblem dur- | ing the night. | Police took the banner. There | were no clues to those responsible. | Neither was there an exfflanation | for its appearance. William Murray. Jr. district com- | mander of the American Legion, | said he had a report that 33 similar | flags had been distributed for plac- | ing on public buildings in the state | but no others appeared. The students discovered the flag | when they arrived for classes Thursday morning. They refused to enter the school but stayed on the grounds until it was lowered. Then the school principal applaud. oo his charges and declared a holi- y. Dog Wins Top Honors Remenham Derrie of Orchard Hil a swaggering little Pe Episcopal Rector Gets Hero Medal Williamsport Pastor Given Carnegie Award For Res- cue of Woman The Rev. 8L. Clair Hathaway, rec. tor of All Saints’ Episcopal church, Williamsport, has been awarded a bronze medal for bravery by the { Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for fa aving Mrs. Scott R. Wolford of that city Irom drowning in Pine Creek near Waterville, July 23, 1939. Swimming in Pine Creek with a group of friends. members of the Dramatic Club of the Episcopal { church, Mrs. Wolford had gone un- der for the third time, having lost | consciousness, when the Rev, Mr, Hathaway plunged into the stream, {fully clothed and saved her. The | rector swam approximately 50 feet before reaching her, pulled off her swimming cap and grabbed her by | the hair. Through artificial respira- tion Mrs. Wolford was revived. The Carnegie Hero Fund Come, mission convened Friday at Pitts-| burgh and awarded 13 medals, The { Rev. Mr. Hathaway was one of the! three Pennsylvanians so honored. i ~Classified ads pay. | College Class To Build ‘Lion Shrine’ £5,000 Memorial to Be Erect- ed on College Campus of 1940 at Pennsyivania | Siate College voted to build a | lion shrine” on the campus as its memorial project. The shrine, to cost £5.000, 3 ent The class has will be erecled at a promin- | place on the campus to serve! as a center for pep rallies and other student gatherings. A carved Nit-| tany lion. traditional Penn State] symbol, will be its central adorn-| ment A $4.000 fresco mural has just been started in Old Main Building | as a memorial to the class of 1932. Henry Varnum Poor. noted Ameri- | ean muralist, is at work on the pro- ject. a Young at 84. | Mrs. Sarah Waters, of Mansfield, | who recently celebrated her 94th birthday anniversary, isn't going to take a back seat for the younger woman of the community. Recent-! ly, Mrs, Walters motored from he: | River Road home to a local beauty parior ang had a permanent wave | 8he says she believes “one 1s only as | old as one feels, and I don’t feel; 94 years old.” | package he had forgotten, | tive, are conducting an Phili psburg Man Frustrates Thief Surprises Robber in Act of Rifling Drawers in Florist Shop Paul Harper, of Philipsburg, who went to Chester about 18 months ago to clerk in the Messmer Florist | Shop, had an unusual experience a the | few nights ago. Returning to store after it had been closed for a he sur- prised a young man in the act of rifling the desk drawers, The thief, flourished an automatic pistol at Harper and fled through a rear door which he had opened by smashing a pane of glass, Burgess Fines Self Burgess George 'W. Shade Shamokin, makes no when he enforces Shamokin's new ot | parking ordinance. He fined him- | self after he had giscovered thal he violated a no-parking zone in a moment of forgetfulness. Bor- ough police, backed with this de- termination of their chief execu- intensive | campaign of law enforcement. = ~The most news ror 81.50. Bellefonte, exceptions | county's $2200 share by county residents The Hon's share the counties’ sh wis raised by men who p to raise fun uals and Indu was raised of of the the $23,000 LY 0)ect sports- ized arm y Indi- were conlact- Are Williams put It On an ds for the pre ries Child, 3, Struck Down on Highway Port Matilda Tot Recovering ' After Narrowly Escaping Death Hospital head ab- Pare hg ipsburyg fc > where he wa He Lreated rasions not seriously Thomas operat car, after knockin swerved off the h rammed against No one in the g do road tree and mp of bushes Car was injured The youth was picked up Irc the highway by Hutchinson and immediaiely rushed 10 the hospital Motor police said there were okid marks for 80 feet along the high- way from Blonchord to Get Insurance Rebates Entitled to Reduced Premium Rates in Fire Protect- ed Area Due to the efficien Pr fective work accomplished bY the Beech Creek-Blanchard Vo Fire Comps during the past year, ihe citing both towns have been grant ta rebates on the fire insurance cies. The rebate is effective as of July 1, 1929, and eli the residents who have not received the reduction are reminded to taka the matter up with their insurance company It is pointed out thai as fast as policies in effect reach the expira- tion date they should be re-writ- ten on the greatly reduced rates averaging in some cases to as much as half the former rate | ‘These rebates were promised by most residents to be turned over {10 the fire company as goon as re- ceived to pay off ils indebledness, since the low rates were brought about by the existing fire fighting organization It is obvious, as is claimed. that if the fire protection now in foree is allowed to diminish rates will go up again inteer . 1 suv Stork Too Rapid The stork traveled too rapidly for automobiles last Tuesday morning in Tioga county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bennett, Westfield R. D. and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pazzaro, Elkland, were enroute to the Bloss- burg State Hospital when babies were born, a son to the former and a daughter to the latler couple. Falls With Dynamite Lester Kyle of Quiggleviile covering from an injury to a fool and ankle, received when a ledge of rock on which he was working at Cedar Run gave way. A box of ' dynamite which he had on one | shoulder fortunately falled to ex- | plode in the 25 foot drop. w——— Random [tems ‘Caum served part is re- re CONCERT PIECE: Over the rad other night the Eastman School of Music play- ed the first concert plece writen to feature the bassoon. It seemed like a high price Lo 0 picase Lhe “a ’ ' J bassoon pia yer CURSES! 0 Lhe O Fale nent! For bwe Friday we wal mber of Commerce flickie of we she riment has and the Cha 4 Bell nowhere df ur phots Since thi Now efonte, and A deva a we somewhat grum- f best Cou yy od Bl hot Pp wLIe fer taking ritdews MUCH BETTER: Thi that 3 5 corner is |} Monday's meeting Board wa CANDIDATE: Its none zens humbis H Caum. Bell Telep in the Bellefonte area, be ed when the election is held of a term on br: board some years ago upon the death of an elected member He of the same political faith as Mr Cons t Moore, and he has always shown = deep interest in Bellefonle and if welfare PREMONITION: Several hours 17-year-old Bell junior was kidnaj at Milesburg late 81 md i reported to have that she had a feel terrible was going after she ret the girl and the er KE safely called her earl TIME IS SHORT: If the Taylor murder is in the next four weeks Penn State school year corner hereby bels it will solved, unless the slayer moment and confesses. An county slayers, history indicates don't often get weak moments, FARAWAY'S PIPE: Court House janitor. John “Fara- {Continued on page three) atement POOH-POOH TO OLD BELIEFS SAY MODERN DOCS’ t of beliefs 10 be ashamed of was complieg by the Educationa Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society, meeting at Chica- EO The committee surveyed the field of home remedies and pooh-poohed the following beliefs: A coin in the lip or a coid key on the back will stop a nosebleed An amber necklace will prevent Or cure goitre A potato in ithe pockel prevents A lis | rheumatism in the legs. Frogs cause warts Whiskey antidotes snake poison Fruit seeds cause appendicitis A pinch of nutmeg in the pockel prevents stomach ache Fish and milk cannot be ealen 10- geiher, Said the committee: “All wrong. These beliefs are | picturesque, but they just aren’ so.” ‘KEEPING up WITH THE JONESES'- — “Stone Walls Do Not s n Prison Make” a iH) By POP MOMAND (Ip EE H HE Walter A. Jones, secretary-treas- | with _p ual qualit; uced urer of the Bituminous Coal Sqnd quality jos re i oe Sun] qualit §
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