S———— Odd and Curious News The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County, A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat NEWS; Random FEATURES [tems VOLUME 59 . BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940, NUMBER 19. _- Snakes On Parade Two black snakes removed [rom their native haunts in the Blair county mountains by Ernest Crab- ers. of Altoona, Saturday, resenting their new home built out of a box in the Crabers back yard, crawled out in quest of better quarters Sun- day. The one snake measuring four feet. six inches, decided on a pron- enade up Eighteenth street, and upon emerging from between (WO houses, promptly terrified a lad pedestrian by slithering up besid her. The actions of the snake and the screams of lady brought neighborg out to the street That brought the snake's promenade to an unidmely end as it was promptly dispatched by Frank Smith Now Ernest and the neighbors are won- dering where the otl snake wil turn up Hawk Furnishes Fish Frederick, of Montandon, fish breakfast recently the present of a large chicken haw ke the day before. Mr, Frederick, who is a businessman and fisherman Montandon and Clayton Keller, of Lancaster, were driving along Bul- falo Creek when they saw the hawk swoop down to the water ana rise again with an object in iis laws. As the bird flew toward the oad it lost its prey, which dropped wt far from the car. The men investigated and found a large carp the 1€1 Joseph enjoyed for Oo! cla r y | Guinea Pig Hero A squealing guinea pig routed chicken thieves at the homes of Di C. L. Zimmerman ang J. Norman Rishel. in the State Hospital houses upper end of Dar l night The loc f the two of were none of the chickens was miss- The pig owned by RI and its squeals were so loud members of ti two families awakened OPS but 18 10 Several small boys sitting quietly beside ¢ Lake June spillway, at Stamps, Ark. wearing innocent expressions and dangling ¢t in the water aroused the suspicion of Game Warden Frank rke Fishing being prohibiied spillway, Burke investigated, found each lad with a line and hook tied to a submerged toe. The warden made the youngsters release their catches, then sent them home wilh a warning. - “Joined” the Jury As a Northumberland oounty grand jury was making a prison sight-seeing tour last week the of- fieer who was escorting them no- ticed Charles Bartulls, Wilkes-Barre texi driver, mingling with the jur- ors in a corrid He quirk] tied him back Bartu dicted for ing a Shan Heeman, had ed tl noticed a i block th wil " r feet het Wie the cell we Jt Pig Tale Mr. and Mrs. Alvin G Schnei of Sea Cliff, N. Y., will sell home and move to a farm rather than part with Penelope, a pet pig The village board ordered Pene- lope ousted from her backyard pen because is violates a village ordi- nance. The Bea Cliff Record then published a classified ad: “For sale bungalow. Owner forced to see because of pig.” Double or Nothing Chivalry is nol dead in Los An- geles, either. William LeDoux was in a coffee shop when a holdup man entered, robbed the til of $30 and demanded LeDoux's wallet, He found only $1 in it. “Youre as bad off as I am.” sald Robin Hood and put another dollar in the wallet ag he returned it constr MS —A————— Visit Stock Market 20 students of About livestock marketing at the Pennsylvania State it in his possession at the time of College recently made an inspection tour of the Pittsburgh livestock mar. ket and meat processing Tacilities, | an enrollee to possess a firearm { Floods geveral weeks ago impress- ed upon Miliheim borough officials the importance of owning a stone quarry, and council took action at | a meeting last week through the ap-| pointment of a commitiee purpose of acquiring one. The site decided upon is a tract owned by J. W. Reifsayder, con- taining approximately three acres lying west of the old mill race and in the rear of West Main street The hill section contains a good for the grade of limestone, outcroppings of | which are prominent along slopes. The tract, viewed by committee, borders on the Mensch farm on the south and runs west to a point in the rear of the Reif- snyder barn. Authorization of two hundred and fifty dollars. Downie Brothers Circus. for many years a delight to Centre county kiddies and grown-ups on its an- nual visits to Bellefonte, was auc- tioned off plece-meal, at Houston, Texas, last week. The reason: there was no money to buy hay for the animals or gasoline for the trucks which transported the show from nard for $160 each. The tents were | town to town. The auctioneer valued the show at horses and the trucks, $35,000 and asked for a bid of $40. 000. Nobody raised a finger. It was decided to sell the show in pleces. “We'll sell the elephants first,” the truck show in the land, tha! the | H | | was| years past has been of question- given for the purchase at a price! able ~ DOWNIE BROS. CIRCUS SOL { amputated at the Philipsburg Hos pital dent near Houtzdale Saturday night, 71-year-old William Reese of Houtlz- dale, died late Monday Reese the had been had ceased beating Wa way Houtzdale when he was hit by operated Lewisiown ped. put Blood Pressure Thief Steals Philipsburg Phy. ken about was found Monday morning in the nouse the Episcopal church rubber cotic evt In 1 vervthing e EVErylniing ei the on street rifled and the bag and remaining content this time is why anyone would Keep) eT) 441) gray inches and bears the pame plate of Dr Youth Shot In MILLHEIM TO OPEN QUARRY concrete work. AGED HOUTZDALE MAN | DIES AFTER ACCIDENT; RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED 71-Year-Old William Reese Struck By Car While Walking Along Highway — Dies Later In Philipsburg Hospital After his fractured right leg was him to Motor police said ed the Philipsourg Hospital Shore stated that Reese walked Into the path of the car at the same time machine was approaching from the opposite direction Reese was in a critical condition and motor were qu following an automobile accl- another morning hospital physician attributed death to shock as well as to Both of Reese's legs {fractured while the pulse in the leg which amputated s walking along the of a west A OAr George C. Shore, of Shore immediately stop- Reese in his and rush- A \ POLICE not fraciure ton him Clearfield Coanly Twister Accompanied by a sudden dark- “twister” v Winburne last week and crushed a garage into splinters, carried away roofs and smashed windows Winburne was the only town in the vicinity visited by the tornado, which lifted the gar- age of Dr. H. G. Jones into the air and carried it 40 feet before it drop- ped it with a Roofing was torn from the homes of August Tul- itski Morris Eisenhauer in many other homes later Reese + high- ' ¢ NES ] sited one-quarter mile of u by Car crash ow and and 1L8K1 Machine Stolen in win dows RE Ladies, Take a Bow students at t State College bested men stu- in two tests of scholarship an- nounced this week. In scholastic av- erages the past semester the co-eds scored 156 to the men's based on the coliege’'s maximum grade of 3.00. In the freshman psy- 1 chological exams, the women aver- aged 1076 to the men's 106.35 The latter were the highest marks the college in 15 years sician’s Bag as He Attends Church E. Phillips ed service Bantis his phy swrolet coupe 5 f . for tc oved hi Cl ked near the church The with its contents strewed Dag al of Parish janitor at the Mull field. back by George Lupton bro- 4 Chambersburg persons the Pennsyl- popular st ‘named chi fitter of 1326, and Hackman Richard champion reserve grand champion showman Mother's Day GOOD PYE CHILDREN 2 I waitress, STUDENTS WIN AWARDS Winner 25th tock Bhow State College { the pig derby at the re- » International Live- Schwartz, Altoona, was the champ- fon fi and he later was made the Pennsylvania » grand champion fitter of was Jean Porter Champion le showman was Approximately 1.000 John C. Falrlamb, Stoneboro in endance this iter and showman of ident exposition H. Blair, Waynes- Russell Whiting, Pulaski, was 1 filter of sheep and » grand champion Champion fitter swine, Claylon Myerstown was grand mmpion showman F. Croner, Berlin RA sheep showman cent tter re- the call of were atl al » John R sil Whiting also won first sheep shearing contest, Dutt, Bangor, placed m showman Jr ¥ amed c hot and is going to hap- worry the get and the ver : pen to world about something else the ought to In beef cattle leonard H To E Violet M_ Mackey, 37, Eleventh avenue, Alloona, died at the Altoona Hos pital Saturday morning from he effects of swallowing bichloride mercury tablets in an apparent al- tempt to end her life Notes found in her room nated that her body be taken Snow Bhoe Centre county, where woman, whose name was not re- vealed. would arrange for her buri- al She gave no reason for the suicide, police sald A waitress Mrs, Mackey had re- sided at an Altoona hotel where Thursday night police were sum- moned alter was reported she nad taken poison. Police hurried her to Altoona Hospital where she was admitted in a serious cond tion which remained virtually the game until her death Mrs Mackey was the wile of Paul ££ Mackey, and was born at Hawk Quarry Work Resumed The Bellefonte Lime Company stone quarry at Salona recentiy re- sumed operations after being closed for the winter months, Judson Con- fer is manager of the plant, which at the present time is employing 35 men with more men to be added in a few weeks The first accident this year at the plant occurred when the toes of Glenn Hackenberg's right foot were crushed when his foot was run over by a truck load of stones Mrs of | | 1101 | Examinati led t on of the bag’s contents a sphygmonanometer pressure machine), pair and box of non been removed intact (By Henry W, Shoemaker in the Altoona Tribune) wlpyves BOVE had seemed ampoules : 'y A search of th taking the bag £ Beaver street Fourth here the bag was opened and Several {tems were removed he area disclosed that person alline legends . Are recalling legendas rd from their grandparent look through thumbed, [ray- ed copies of old books for mention of this delectable region, the Great Pine Barrens of Ferguson Town- ship, Centre County. On one of his earliest vigils to the “Barrens™-—people living away) from 5 . tn people asl a vy hea Drow: 1 over the fence The thing puzzling police most at The 14x32 blood metal case pressure machine IHC Tt them will even argue that 5 the correct name, but old maps and old natives prove otherwise Grea: Pine Barrens is the name this writer was impressed by the name of Half Moon Run Co hillips ————— Blories vary he iginal] meaning while pi Barren’s man” toid an In T Hn p * ¢ CC gend of the Hall Moon maid, g hare A i ' Two Discharged From C. C. C. JRC OF the Fat tte w ters book at State Camp for Posses- of nnaylvania folk lore manj 5 Ag0 as or one old Tussle Oven Gun diary Ga ie. iven sion of Firearms : : Another legendary version was re- lated by “Granny” Walker, of Bul- falo Run, during a visit 10 George G, Hastings, the famous slayer of panthers, when the wriler was at his hospitable home in Buffalo Run with Hastings’ boyhgod [rienc Professor J H Chatflam who Elijah long. a CCC en rollee from Allegheny county, was admitieg to the Lock Haven Hos- pital last week suffering from in- jurieg received Wednesday at CCC camp S-76, State Camp, near Re- novo. Long was shot through the camp PINE BARREN LE La po Be Altham d a8 a Re- } ver where th nobleman itly in poor Lord Colo 5 sol {fo 4 . remarked who vel Chath concerning regi Min Prof searches i SLOT Am’s -, | Steps battle of 1636 According wo "CGranny” Walker's version, a Holland Dutchman ohne to the “Barrens” a year or wo before the Orays and Hartsocks and built a rough | ahack with a willow spring ef feeders of One spring moming when the streams were high and the Duich- man had made considerable prog- weit is garden. he was Dol log ed either because of his ¢ : _— T Bu Ly 2 Lie a from -sea sailor Ad £ run Forte been a deep peCiiii ead nvestigale There thes man Ind found the oid Dutch- his bunk dead, strane finger marks his evidently a lying in on } ¢ were those of sender woman mh The night Overs 1 af the get Dutchman victims managed back to Hollan probably ’ to escape and of the before eturning at a pair midni young from felt h ahi Biiv to watch the moonlight spring. now called Chimney 4he belief cond read ones siivery cast piaci oval body pure jost theif way in a terrible which rose with mysterious sudden- ond? ne SLO » Dig 4 Sprin lights f walter fog ness. their horror and amazemens, fore them rose ines of a snow-rigped ship be while of | SUICIDE LEAVES NOTE DIRECTING BURIAL BE MADE AT SNOW SHOE Altoona Waitress Dies In Hospital After Swallowing Poison Tablets In Attempt for a long desig~ | 75) then the haze pared ang 0 the gigantic out- | peering over the sides were all kinds | of faces, They an wiv Bil} woman hand infant! SAW A an 10 older et herself! down io the earth by the anchor chain. Terrified, the youn? jovers hid behind a giant oak, bul they could gee the girl, who wa bare legred and wore wooden shoes make off in the direction of ia® Duichman's cabin, The fog closed in again ang couple moved forward groping Nothing was where the vessel hal laid and they walkeg right through the spot of its former anchorage Next morning the girl was 100 (Continued on Page Eight) right thigh during a tussle with Mahoney McCoy, first cook of the camp, over the possession of a 32 revolver. The gun was the proper-| ty of another enroliee, Edwin Hall, of near Uniontown, camp truck driver. and authorities said that neither of the tussierg realized the gun was loaded. The wounded man was rushed is the hospital by Lieut. SBoskin and Dr. Brno, camp surgeon, and an examination revealed a flesh wound Following an investigation of the accident, both Hall, the owner of the weapon, and McCoy, who had Mine Caves In; Nobody at Work | Tools, Cars and Equipment Buried Beyond Re- covery A big cave-in occurred Wednes- day night of last week at the coal mine operated by Joseph Shuttle- worth a: Tangus on the south fork of Scootac Creek in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton county. Nobody was at work in the mines at the time or a different story might have to be told «as Mr, Shuttleworth says somebody might have been killed. Several hunured dollars worth of tools, cars and equipment were buried beyond recovery. Mr. Shut tleworth says the cost of reopening the mine is prohibitive. It has , been worked for 20 years and the coal Jefy is not extensive in that | hill. | It is located on lands recently! purchased by the Ceneral Refrac- tories Company from the Stowe- Fuller Refractories Company of improvement program for the bet-{ Ohio. There are valuable fire clay terment of the community deposits on the lands } The old quarry on North street, -> | which is also owned by the bor*! whay the Stars Say About Your ough, is no longer of value as such. | Birthday The diggings have been made! farther than is safe for adjoining , Horoscopes for those born De- | property, considering erosion which | tWeen April 21 and July .22, with 4 i fllustrations In full color. One uf always Is present. The quality of man ! ' ; y features in the May 19 issue | stone taken out there for some | "oo FUE LL Weekly the big | magazine distributed with the Bal- | timore American. On sale at all | newsstands, Raises Large Lemon i Mrs. C. A. Snyder, of Mill Hall, | { plucked a 23-ounce lemon from a auctioneer sald. The crowd streamed 10-year-old lemon tree at her home. | into the barn where the six ele< She sald that the tree, kept inside phants were munching hay and of her home, Is now in bloom and throwing dirt on their backs, | contains a number of small lemons. Frank Walter, of Houston, who! According to Mrs. Snyder it usually owns a fair-sized circus as a hobby, takes up to 12 months for the lem- bought the elephants for $3,300. The ons to ripen. two camels were sold to A, W. Ken- | the accident, it is were discharged, as against CCC regulations for Workmen are now engaged in clearing the brush and trees {rom the intended quarry site. The fla’ on top of the hill will probably be developed park like, with some grading and the planting of trees and shrubbery. Civic organizations ang individuals may ald in this work, it is said as part of a civid value for road building or nil The airplane may be superior to apd the the battleship but jt makes little | difference to the men on a sink- When it was over there wasn't) ing warship or the crew of a crasn- anything left of Downie prothers| ing plane. Circus, once billed as the biggest - | =—Want ads bring results offered next, then the seats Girl Bicyclist Is Fatally Injured 15-Year-Old Blair County Girl is Knocked Down By Car Reception Given Rev. W. M. Long a a. Retiring Pastor Honored at Flemington Church of Christ Martha E George, a 15-year-old Newry. Blalr county girl, was fatally injured Baturday afternoon when she was knocked from her bicycle by a car driven by Charles A. Wilt. | of Altoona. The accident occurred on the rural route leading to Puzgie- town, two miles west of Newry, about | 1:05 o'clock. The girl died in the Altoona Hospit i I so pital about six hours The occasion was marked by a later. i The viet ‘as leadi o | program, followed by a luncheon for ie viel Wis leading two Oars about 100 members and friends Mr and going westward, it was report-| , ed. The first machine passed her, it| LONE Was presented with a purse of was learned, and It was apparent) she made the mistake of believing| TAde by Mrs. George W. Ziegler. there was only one. | Robert Kelley, superintendent of The second car which was about|the Sunday school, presided and 40 feet behind the first, and oper-! musical features of the evening in- ated by Wilt, struck her with the | cluded splendid singing by the Jun- right front end, as she swerved to! ior Choir, organized some weeks ago the left of the highway. The impact | broke his headlight and hurled the! evangelistic campaign, and musical girl against the car's windshield, | presentations by Mrs. William E wilich was shattered. Fisher, vocal soloist, and Mrs. A. D e girl suffered a possible frac ture of the skull, deep lacerations of | (Continued on page eight) the right side of the head and num- erous body injuries. daughter of Thomas and Anna Born December 31, 1924, in Free- George. She was a student of the dom township, Miss George was the Hollidaysburg junior high school. The Rev ing pastor of Mill Hall and Flem- ington Chuwehes of Christ, who preached his final sermons to the {wo congregations on Sunday, was a guest of honor Friday evening at Flemington at a reception which also honored a group of new members recently taken into the church William M. Long, retir-| $10, the presentation speech being | by Mrs. Robert J. DeBoer during go. County W.C.T.U. Holds Institute ed in Petrikin Hall, Bellefonte The spring Institute of the Wom- en's Christian Temperance Union was held in Bellefonte, Thursday afternoon and evening of last week with Mrs, Della Henry, presiding Following the welcome of the members by Mrs. D. A Grove, of Bellefonte, a short talk was given by Mrs. Bertha Broyles, state vice pres- ident, on the responsibility of the county organization to further and sponsor the considered library pro- | ject, radin broadcast. movie film and safety demonstration. A report of the regional confer ‘ence at Lock Haven was given by ! Mrs. Rachel Krape, followed by a | vocal solo by Miss Dorothy Thomas, ‘a member of the Loyal Temperance Legion. i Mrs. Emily Warfield, of Belle- | fonte, spoke of how faithfully her { mother, Mrs. John P. Harris, had | worked in the Bellefonie organiza- tion for twenty-five years. | “The Glories of Our Organization” | was the subject of the speech given by Mrs. Lelia Gardner who spoke of | the progress of the Women's Christ- (Continued on Page Eight) standing by. | snd clamber over the gunwale and terrorized and horror-stricken the i | against his | ed up on wooden blocks in the soft | mud. Willlam Reflner | Springs | Blair, $7.254.08. TO PRESENT COMEDY Interesting Program Present. | jand 10, at 8 p. m.. a three-act play { entitled “Good Gracious, Grandma.” | Geo. Breckenridge, Leonard Rhoads; [Jacqueline Lucas; IN MURDER: For the murder has Nelther venge wecond time Ir weeks struck in Centre county slaying was motivated by re- lenlousy, greed Is known work Not that gibbering doit He will t» Bomeons time. He wil five or rage iw) They mag - 10 Mw Not 5 al this time BEX -CTRAIEG he'll bx he of a found by somecne you we've know I be beds y Be 4 | Hn nome oo Run, April ' he daughter of MAY BE TWO John and (Dav Marsha The : Members family her husband, one son Robert and one daughter Ethel mothe; father Marshall 1903 Te f . 4 steep of the include at home, het ang one ’ brother Hampton Mackey was a United Breth- faith Fishing Trip Ends In Death ng to cover LAST WORDS: {| Altoona Shopman Found Dead Beside Car Near River's ‘ he bogey s¢ are the last words 3 Ke of the probably exception ed her to anyone person who batt A gus Fa] ceath MINISTER SPEAKS: 7 wie inquest a 1 an car shops, ap- gied of over-exertion and a after work in 0 go fishing his shop clothes slumped knees along the running the car. Marks his the side of the car ind had fallen while leaning machine The automobile was 4 aIleTnoon f rar fy ioung in on his board hands cated of on he of for some statements * Newspapers story that morning. All the reporters knew the facts related by the one Phils deiphia sheet, and all, with t ception of the one, had the con horse sense to omit the matter it had no possible bearing on 1) murder or on the investigation the comments abo so far, the or . of the murder mu found Roaring who was passing by in hi CAT, sald he saw Mr, Hosletler about 45 In his slumpped position. Re!- ner went to mans aid ant with a number of persons adminis. tered first aid There was no indication that u dead man had met with foul 1 play NewWspas TS . tie LOTries heard by the Philadelphia paper 25 CENTS: ones objected to are the ones Src ——————— Local Townships to Get $10,978.00 Amount Alloted For Repair of | 8 paper Township Roads and oh Bridges General Warren BR. Rob- this week approved the payment of $1087797 from the motor Hoense fund to Centre county for the main- tenance and repals roads and bridges Hs is the second payment to be se irom the appropriation of $8.- 500.000, in accordance with the pro- | 4. visions of the Act of Assembly, May , 1830, which states the fund shall apporiioned among the second class townships The previous payment made March was a similar amount and the same amounts were paid to each township in March are to be made at this time The amounts due nearby counties are: Clinton, $676580: Clearfield $2184746; Hunlingdon, $13.48753: ome they ig, they bought and mbert d 25 cents, expecting 2 cenls change. The youth probabiy feeling that hay should be made when the sun shines pocketed tl quarter. mumbled “Thank you” # oF her custo murder. St Mrs veyuth Ph a rT BR Auditor erts of township : 8 “HH the State Motor Po ith a homicide vestigation of the Slate. You cant exmx specialized crime, solved by men who have | no special training or experience tracking down murderers If is pointed out that the State Police : yr me n 4 they y be iy mn ir £ anve maintain a special arson RAL ing bureau more seriou DETECTIVE: William Miller Harrisburg headquarters State Police, who was in charge of the Dewey Muirhead slaving here several years ago, arrived at Rock- view barracks Sunday, to take a hand in the Gates and Taylor mur- der investigations TOUGH JOB: District Attorney Musser W. Oet- tig can have his job Last week he was 50 busy he didnt have time to eat. That was before the Gates mur- der. Now he's right up to the neck in work and from all indications he's going to be one of the county's busiest men for some time Among the little items he has to perform are: preparing the Walker murder case for trial; helping with the Tay- lor and Gates murder investigation : interviews with newspapermen; long conferences with police. This week he had to present cases before the May Grand Jury. In addition Cettig also has a private law practice SUGGESTION: Up to this time Beilefonte borough police have not been asked to aid in the murder investigations now under way. Borough police here know the town people better than any other police. They know who is likely 10 commit certain kinds of crime. They see a lot more things than they're ever given credit with seeing. It really wouldnt hurt to (call them in for advice. We're inter- ested in solving the murders before any other young girls are sacrificed to the flend or fiends who are on for that detective Ir ravyy of SPRING TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS The sophomore class of the Spring Township High school will present on Thursday and Friday, May 9 10 be staged at Pleasant Gap Grange | Hall, The characters are Henry Breckenridge, follows Jodon; | Aas Phil | Mrs. Lennox, Hagel Dolan; Helen! Allen, Clara Gingher; Cecile Allen, Clancy, Gerald Schreflfier; Wiggins, Harry Xelly; | P-Sam, Sam Holubec; Delicia, Fieu-' rette Simpson; messenger boy, Joe Farnicola The purpose of the play is to buy | a movie projector for further use| in the school. Admission adults, 25¢; children, 15¢ . Coffee Scealds Woman When a percolator exploded, throwing boiling ooffee over her, Mrs. Philip A. Mease, of Sunbury, | was badly scalded about the left arm, and both legs. Glass from the, pot was hurled about the room, but did not inflict any wounds. Japan, like Russia and Italy, is! watching any opportunity to take i 3 i advantage of world conditions tu) get some territory for nothing. [the loose, and we don't care who { solves them. — WT Oo» Hoy MBC By POP MOMAND
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