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BELLEFONTE, PA, TH URSDAY, JULY 11, 1940, Expect Complete Plans in Few Days | Several Sites Under Con-| To Discuss Dramatics sideration For New Exchange Building PREDICT WORK TO BEGIN IN 2 MONTHS Change Necessitates Numbering System, New Directories For Area Bellefonte is slated ta get dial telephones in the near future Announcement of plans to install dialing equipment in Bellefonte and surrounding areas is expected to be made within the next week or so by the Bell Telephone Company, it was reliably rumored last night While telephone officials could not be reached for verification, us- ually authoritative sources had it that the Bell Telephone Company has inspected “two or three” bulld- ing sites in Bellefonte, and is ready to proceed with the erection of a building to house the new exchange equipment Actual work on the changeover from manual to dial operation is, said to be slated to “two months.” Installation of the new system would entail virtually a rebuilding of telephone facilities in this area begin within Entirely new and extremely intri- cate machinery Is required in the central exchange, while every tele- phone must be equipped with dial- ing equipment. The change would necessitate a new numbering sys- tem and the issuance of new direc- tories. Despite the tremendous (Continued on page six) —— Titan President New | | discuss dramatics i particular play selections, character At Public Meeting A meeting will be held in the Court House at Bellefonte on Mon- day evening, July 15, at 7:30 o'clock which will be of interest to al] folks in Centre county interested in dra- matics, according to County Agent R. C. Blaney willis Kerns, Extension Rural Sociologist of State College, will emphasizing In selection, make-up and many other phases of play production that will be beneficial particularly to folks either taking part In or directing plays Mr. Blaney urges all who expect to have an interest in dramatic in Centre county this year to try to be out on Monday cvening BE a i,m (Grant Habeas CorpusHearing Action Brought in Effort to Have Millinder Re- leased Under Bail Richard Millinder, 22-year-old confessed slayer of his wife's cousin Faye Gates, of Mt. Eagle. is sched- uled to appear in Court here Mon- day morning in connection with a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by his attorney in an effort to se- cure his release under bail At the hearing, the date for which wis fixed by Judge Ivan Walker upon petition by the defense attor- ney Lewis Orvis Harvey fonte, the Commonwealth will be Buys Florida Home { required to reveal sufficient evidence The rambling style home of Mr. | to lend credence to that the defendant is the man who its contention and Mrs. Ralph Dewberry, on Red- slugged his 24-year-old neighbor to ington Beach, Petersburg, Florida, has been sold for a cash considera- tion of $14.000 to Willlam P. Sieg, of Bellefonte, president of the Titan Metal Manufacturing Company The house, located In the Lone Palm Beach subdivision, has four rooms, three baths, seawall and dock. It is white stucco with red tile roof and has screened porches, ad- jacent garage and all modern con- veniences. Mr. Sieg will spend the mid-winter months there | A house opposite the one pur- chased by Mr. Sieg was bought by Harold 8. Lake, of Hartford, Conn, for $8500 ————— A —-———— Cyclist, Pedestrian Hurt in Accident Elwood Robb, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Robb, of Coleville, {liam Faux, who may be suffered bruises about the head and fece about 7:30 o'clock Monday night when he lost control of his bicycle and ran into two pedestrians at Coleville One of the pedestrians, Hazel! Justice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Dewey Justice, of Coleville, was pushed against a nearby fence and suffered a head injury. Bhe was under treatment at her parental home. The accident happened while the cyclist was rounding a sharp curve, Robb was brought to the Centre County Hospital where he remained under treatment until the following day. Society Holds Picnic The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Pleasant Gap Meth- | pdist ebwerch held an outing at the Fish Hatchery yesterday afternoon and evening, with Mrs. Dewey Sor- enson as hostess. Wins 1040 Buick Mrs. Alice Henry, of Sandy Ridge, feature of the Philipsburg Firemen’s bazaar last week. ON FIREMEN'S Watch the Undine Fire Company, | Bellefonte, during the months! next few death pearing equipment with a rock on the "Spook Hollow™ road, May 5, after she re- sisted his advances The defense is not produce any evidence at a hearing of this kind. It is the Common- (Continued on page two) required to Group Hospital Plan Is Growing Representative of Capital Ser- vice to be in Bellefonte Every Thursday Capital Hospital Service, central Pennsylvania's non-profit commun- (ity plan for hospital care. is now represented in Bellefonte by Wil- reached each Thursday through the Centre County Hospital. New groups ready enrolled by Mr. Faux include Worth’s Dress Shop and the Weis Pure Food Store Record enrollments during the ispring in Capital Hospital] Service, with concentration on a newly- opened office In Reading, have (Continued on page 5-second sec.) Logan Firemen To Hold 2-Day Carnival Invitations have been sent to 28) fire companies throughout the cen- tral part of the stale to take part in the parade which will open the annual carnival to be held in Belle- | fonte by the Logan Fire Company, July 19 and 20. Many other organi zations in addition to fire companies | will take part in the parade The carnival will be held on the! Spring and | Lamb streets and a variety of en-| |tertainment is being planned. The | radio station | won a 1940 Buick given away as a | WRAK, Williamsport, will be among | school commons at Triona Sisters from the entertainers, Refreshments will PARADE PRIZES best ap- A reporter dropped around got second prize for the at In two days’ appearances at fire- | the Undine House the other day to men's celebrations in Centre and Blair counties, the Undines find out how they do it. One fire. have man said, “Listen, Mack, we've been been awarded a total of eight prizes, drilling several nights a week since 6 firsts and 2 seconds. gan June 27 when the Undines took two firsts and ong second prize in eye at the reporter's baggy trousers! Tyrone. On July 4 the Undines, in the face of stiff competition celebrations in Philipsburg and Os- ceola Mills, added more prizes to their list. largest uniformed company first honors for the best a company. In Osceola Mills, ing company and for the * | last summer, and when I say drill. The prize-winning blitzkrieg be- | ing, that's what I mean” Another Undine, casting a billous and hap-hazard tie, commented: at “Take you, for example. You'd never Before we! a string of 5 start marching we go through an and led Undines in both events, inspection that makes an army re. | At Philipsburg the local firemen | view look like play.” Warming up Jacksonville this Saturday night were awarded first honors for the to the subject, he added: “They and members are requested to be and even measure the bulge in your tie|in uniform ready to leave the band {to see that It isn't too large or too hall at 7:30 p. m. they small!” captured first prize for best appear-| Peeling that such rigid regime at | pear in Centre Hall largest a firemen's gonvention might sumber in Hee, The organization be allowed to parade! (Contimucd on page six) of Baelle- | al | | he and his brother, James, Jr. parade call | Friday night. The bus will leave James F. Uzzelll Dies Suddenly Was Retired Coal Operator; | nesday | peared while the mother was absent | for a moment tending to some Peeps Prominent Resident of Snow Shoe Area Death came mddenly and unex- pectedly to James F. Uzzell, retired operator and one of Snow Shoe's best known citizens, who died at his home In Snow Shoe at 8 o'- clock last Wednesday morning, June 3, 1940, after a ten days’ ill “ with a heart condition. He was 74 8 months, and 17 coal ne aged day: Mr Uzzell has not been in good health since early last winter when he underwent treatment at the Philipsburg Stale Hospital For a number of years Mr. Uzzell wns engaged in the operation of » large col mine at Snow Shoe He Continued on page 5—second sec.) AM A— AA Couple Observes 40th Wedding Anniversary The four John Cross Years, sons of Mr. and Mrs of Valentine street, Bellefonie, last Wednesday enter tained their parents at a family dinner at the Flelsher Tea Room al Julian in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary The dinner came as a complete surprise to Mr and Mrs. Gross Among those present son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gross, of Los Angeles, Cal, who came here especially for the occasion. Harold Hugh Gross, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cross were thelr and and Robert Gross and friend, all of | Bellefonte. Others included John Gross’ brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gross, of Bellefonte The honored couple were united in marriage in Altoona on July 3 1900, and have spent all their mar- | ried life in Bellefonte. Mr. Gross is 64 years old and his wife is near- ing her 66th birthday. Both are in excellent health, Mr. Gross person- ally conducting the affairs of his grocery on South Bpring street Local Youth Suffers Bullet Wound in Knee Jackie Kerschner, aged #0, son of Mr. and Mrs, James Kerschner, of East High street, is recovering from a gunshot injury suffered about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening while aged 15, were examining a 22-calibre rifle near their home While the boys were inspecting! “the weapon, the trigger was acci- | bullet | { passed through the fleshy part of dentally tripped and the one of the younger boy's knees. He was taken to the Centre County Hospital where a physician removed | the bullet, after which the youth — BELLEFONTE TO HAVE NEW SERVICE STATION Announcement Is made elsewhere in this issue of the opening of the! Bellefonte Motor Sales in the for-| mer Dave Hughes Bervice station at the Intersection of Water and Linn streets. The new establishment, which will be conductsd by Harry “Had” McClellan. “Dick” Waite and Frank | Sasserman, will offer complete sales and service for International trucks; | Mobilgas and Mobilgas Special; Mo- | biloll and complete one-stop lubri- | cation and service for all makes of ears. A full line of accessories also has been stocked. The public Is cordially invited to stop at the sta- tion to get acquainted. BANJO BAND ACTIVITIES The Beliefonte Banjo Band ap- peared in both Osceola Mills and Philizsburg parades July 4. and was paid $125 for its services as hired band. The band was not in compe- | tition for prizes in either parade, The Band will play at a festival at The popular organization will ap~ this | small | Bald Eagle {| City, below what was permitted to return home | man a, or Bt ps {& son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank son, of Waynesburg, promptly at 5 o'clogk. BELLEFONTE TO GET DIAL He Was Lost—But Not Scared Business Men “Jackie” Tate, aged 2 years, only son of Mr, and Mrs. John Tate, of near Milesburg, had the Milesburg- Bellefonte area in a nervous felts last Wednesday night The youth, who months'-ald Police peared somewhat strangely from his home about 6:30 o'clock thal evening, and who was the object ol a widespread search most of the night, was found early the follow- ing morning in a clover field more than a mile from his home, Aside en a number of mosquito bites and some scratches he had suffered in walking through heavy brush, he was unharmed. “Jackie's” parents reside cabin in the woods Creek from Central is known as “Ten Acre.” A mountain road leading from ‘“Tanglétown” seltlement along the creek opposite Milesburg is the chief means of access to Lhe home. According to the child's mother “Jackie” was engaged In picking flowers near the house early Wed. evening when he disap- his six~ puppy, disap with in a ROTOSN a short distance away. Upon her return to the home she called to him, and receiving no re- (Continued on page 72nd sec. Kiwanis Meel At Grange Hall School Changes Members of Pleasant Gap Groups Are Guests; Hear Interesting Program Members of the Pleasant Gap Decision to postpone the selection Inter-organisation Council were of an English teacher for the Belle- guests of the Bellefonte Kiwanis fonte High school was postponed at Club at a joint dinner and meeting regular meeting of the School held Tuesday night at the Logwn Board here Monday night The Orange Hall In Pleasant Ley Citloe of a leader is (0 be made Approximately 70 persons were #t a special meeting called for next present for the roast chicken din- Monday ner served by the jadies of the The meeting adjourned at 12:30 Grange m. after the board had discusses The entertainment program in- far nearly a several of We cludeq group singing led by Cech! more than half a hundred candi- A. Walker, of Bellefonte; gleight-of- dates for the vacant } Some hang acts by Roy Adams, of Pleas. members favored narrowing down ant Uap. and acrobatic danops by ithe field 10 those applicants who Betty Moyer of Pleasant Gap’ had teaching experience and ad- Piano accompargments were played vanced degrees while another mem- by Mrs. Earl K Stock ber expressed the belief that a An interesting feature of the en- male teacher with children should leriainment was a concert by th Pleasant: Gap Band, which is an unusual organization. Among members are five or six men who have been playing with the since its founding more than 4 hall century ago. Other member: include young boys ang girls, some only 10 years old, while women of (Continued on page three) Teachers Attend School Meeting Three-Day Session For Edu- cators Being Held at Penn State bana Between "300 and 500 school teachers and principals, most of them from central Pennsylvania, took part in a three-session Confer- ence on Instruction opening at the Pennsylvania * State College on Tuesday, July 9 The conference was spotisored by Penn State's School of Education Three¢ main topics were covered Dr. Carroll D. Champlin, professor of education at the college, was (Continued on page 72nd sec. Woman, 84, in Plane Ride With Grandson While student pilots at Waynes- for private pilots’ licenses by taking their sweethearts as their first pas- sengers, Prank Jamison, Jr, of Waynesburg his B4-yeqr-old grandmother, Mrs. Clara M. Jami- son, as his initial flight companion. Bhe sald: “I'm ready to go right back up.” Mrs. Jamison is a sister of the late Bamuel Meals, former president of the Natural Gas Com-~ pany at Pi formerly of Bellefonte. Howard Woman Breaks Arm Mrs. Pietta 8. Harter, of Howard, widow of former county commis- Monument and Howard will begin sloner George M. Harter, fell last Tuesday evening at her home and broke her right arm at the wrist opening session | h. Pliot Jam Is | ami- | LITTLE JACKIE Who simply doesn't TATE understand why grown-ups should make such a fuss over his one-night leave of absence, Board Studies Defer Election of Teach- er; To Bring Suit to Re- cover Tuition Accounts be chosen. No vole was taken any candidate on County Buperintendent of 8choois F. Glenn Rogers was present outline to board the changes which will result from the eleva- of the Bellefonte school dis- trict from a 4th class rating to a ard class district The change lakes (Continued on page eight) 3 Men Charged With Killing Deer * to the tion McElhattan Man Goes to Jail { Three residents of Clinton county | were arrested Monday for violating {the game laws, afler Game Pro- |tectors and Fish Wardens raided | farms at Tylersville and McFElhat. | tan and discovered | deer freshly killed Tylersvilie, Game Protector Miles | W. Reeder and Fish Warden George Cross are reported to have found {the carcass of a whole deer which | they later learned had been killed Mills early i near Logan Monday | morning | ard Orieb, son of the owner of the farm, Carnival at Howard Will Begin Tonight burg College celebrated passing tests! the Howard Pire Company today and will continue th Saturday, with a varied program each day. pear. ‘The parade will move at 6:30 o'clock. Tomorrow there will be a baseball game between Mill Hall and How- ard at 5:30 p. m_and the Hope Hose Company Band of Lock Haven will furnish music. Saturday the Wetz- ler Band of Milesburg will play and a league baseball game between ay 2:30 p. m. Lands Mammoth Catfish, Clifford Gardner of Orviston which stove and while standing on top ad jus thy pipe she made a mis- | step and fell Her injury was treai- ed at the Centre County Hospital! after which she became a guest at the Glen home on Rast Bishop steeet for a few weeks, i “be | urday night, July 18, through ar- | for many years and his | York: Meadowbrook Country Club | | At the George Grieb farm fear! | Hotel, 8t. Paul; St. Francis Hotel | | room, Los Angeles. Pool At Pleasant As a result of their search. Rich- | | | paid a $100 fine and $186.50 (Continued on page three) The annual three-day carnival of | ns The opening tonight will include! it is located. The work is being done a parade in which more than a { dozen visiting companies and num- | dustries during their spare time, | arous musical organizations will ap- | - | Hamilton Buys Boro Poor Home for $1900 "Willowbank."” for many years the Bellefonte Borough Poor Home, was Public in Bellefonte And Vicinity Invited to At- tend Community Picnic {sold at public sale Saturday after- —— noon to Clarence Hamilton, of 2 FREE SHOWS, MANY North Allegheny street, Bellefonte the purchase price being $1900 Personal property disposed of at the sale totaled $19425. The sale CONTESTS BOOKED . 9 held by Bellefonte Borough Baseball Game, 3 Bands clude the affairs of the Bellefonte on Program for C. of C, [Borough poor district which went out of operation two years ago when all borough and township poor units were combined into 2 oounty-wide poor distriet The poor home property on South Potter street has not been In use since early last winter when the Sponsored Event The business men's piniec being planned by the Retail Division of the Bellefonte Chamber of Com- merce shows every indication of be- ing one of the largest and best or- ganized outings of its kind held cally In recent years The picnic, 10 which all business men and residents of the central part of the county are cordiaily In- vited, will be held on Wednesday, August 7. at Hecla Park The pro- gram will begin at 10 a and will eontinue until] late that night All organizations in Bellefonte and vicinity are urged to partici- pate in a booster parade which will the night before the The commities is bending every effort toward making the pic. was completed Mr plans for the large stone building have not been revealed Man Ends Life With Shotgun 10- et m held here Pace an annual red-letier day for ” . business men and residents of Found Dead in Lonely Area " ¢ i wii Home at Rock tivities at Hecla will begin at 10 a. m. with a variety of races —— \ for bove and girls be A Coroner's Jury probing the and contests | At 1:30 o'clexck a free iasting one hour ree De tinued on page six) will Ll tween lege —— RED NORVO Ssturday night by his own hands | Puneral Home State ! and former well-known blacksmith from a 12-gauge shotgun his heart Death is believed | have been instantaneous The tragedy wag discovered about midnight Priday (Continued on page 6--2nd section) Airport Opening Date Postponed Erection Building Will Determine Decision Red Norvo, “the world’s greatest xylophonist” and his orchestra will appear at Hecla Park, on 8Sat- | Black Moshannon rangement with Music Corporation of America. The dance wil] be from 10 to 2 o'clock and tickets will be 78 cents. including tax Norvo haz been rated among the big “name” bands of the country engage - ments at many of the outstanding night clubs, theatres and hotels | this summer, Tuesday exception of the administration building. it waz stated. The WPA work of excavating the foundation A few of his best known bookings | is understood the State has not yet have been. Benjamin Hotel, Philadelphia; Southland Night Club, Boston; Murray's Tuck- | building Consequently, the opening of the ahoe, N. ¥.; Blackhawk Restaurant| field, which was at first slated for | grang Chicago: Pennsylvania Hotel, New (Continued on page three) Cedargrove, N. J; Famous Door | pom MIX APPEARS AT Astor Hotel New York: Lowry! wmonicrpAl THEATRE. JULY 18 Tom Mix and his horse Tony Il. {and (Western Company) will appear {in person on the stage of the Mu- | nicipal Theatre, Millheim, Thursday evening, July 18. This will be Tom's | first personal appearance in Centre | county. Mix and his company will arrive in Miliheim early Thursday after. {noon to be ready for the 7 p. m. San Prancisco and Palomar Ball- | Gap Being Repaired Reconditioning of the Pleasant ing dredged and will be put into] West With the Peppers,” with Edith service as 800n as possible. It is Fellows, There will be two complete {planed to build a new concrete stage and picture shows beginning bridge between the pool and the at 7 and 9 p. m. For an evening of highway. | first-class entertainment see this at« The work is under the direction | traction. of Ray ©. Noll. sponsor of the pool | con- | some “amazing” {girl was thrown {evidence resulting from ition and tracing of Robert A. Hendershot, 56, The Jury, impanelied at the Koch | College, by! | Deputy Corpner Frank Baird, of | Milesburg. in the absence of Coro | ner Charles Sheckler, found that | Hendershot, a World War veteran had ended his life by firing a charge | through 0 by Hendershot's of Administration Due to unexpected difficulties, the | airport near { Philipsburg, will not open until late | it was learned on | All work on the field, one of the {largest and best-constructed in the | State, has been completed with the and laying the cement for the base have been tremendously successful | js now practically finished, but it Frankiin | eompleted its specifications for the stage show. On the screen, “Ou PHONES Report ‘Amazing’ PlanOutingAt Find in Taylor Case ~ Hecla, Aug.7 nd 1 —— ‘Bloody Handkerchief Is Said to Have Revealed Important Lead SOLUTION OF CASE ‘MAY BE “FANTASTIC” Police Admit Prospects Brightest Since Inves- tigation Began The Centre Democrat has learned jon unimpeachable authority that | Blate Police investigating the slay- ing of Rachel Taylor, Penn Btale joo-ed, on March 28, have turned up information blood-stained man's re. garding the County Home on East Howard street | handperehief f $ Hamilton's | ound om the road at Shilah church near where the per- {sonal belongings of the murdered presumably by her | slayer | "The source indicated that the new examins- the handker- chief constitutes a highly valuable clue pointing toward the identity {of the person who battered the 17- {year-old eo-ed to death sometime between 1:30 and 6 a. m momrming of March 28 For some time it has been whis- pered about that State Police had {not received final reports from lab- oratory experts to whom Miss Tay- lor's clothing and other bils of evi. on the idence were submitted for examina- {tion. Por this reason it is believed {lay those in close contact with the death of Rober. A “Diddie’ Hen- | robe that the “amazing” develop- dershot, aged 56, at his Jonely home | one regarding the near Rock, along Spring Creek be- | might have been contained in the Bellefonte and Btate Ooi | hathologist’s report returned | verdict that the man hag met dealh | oged to the handkerchief Police, questioned closely in re- handkerchief angle, { declined to comment other than to (Continued on page three) | Officials Doubt | Whether Street Lights Are Practical i There are some people in high places in Bellefonte who are begin- {ning to wonder whether street | lighting is practical And you cant blame them a whole jot Last week while borough em- ployes were driving iron posts along ithe curb on Allegheny and Linn sreels to carry speed limit signs, the posts cut the heavy under- igound cable supplying current to | street lights. There were three or | four breaks, entailing replacement (Continued on page eight) | Carnival To Open at Centre Hall Friday and Saturday of this week are set aside for the annual Centre Hall firemen's carnival, to be held on the Grange Park. The festivities will begin at 6 p . Friday with a street parade in demonstrations, and stunts. Three prizes are to be awarded. § Hi Ah §2578 me ol and owner of the land on which | by employes of Pleasant Gap in- KATZ CLEARANCE SALE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW The annual July Clearance of the Katz Store, Bellefonte, will most popular annual merchandis- ing eventg in Bellefonte, will be no exception this year, for again every item in the large stock of the store reduced hay been Bk j H : Bellefonte Has Safe, (Pardon Us) Tame Fourth of July £ Sane, And
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