OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week. Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and In Centre County. adhe Centre Democraf Economical Selling Medium, — — VOLUME 59. NUMBER 27. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940, —— SUBSCRIPTION—$150 PER YEAR COUNTY TOWNS PREPARE FOR 4TH Many Celebrations Listed For Holiday Fireworks Display in Bellefonte; Full Pro- gram at Hecla Park ALPHAS HOLD FETE AT STATE COLLEGE Mammoth Parades Are Planned in Philips- burg, Altoona Centre countians will have trouble in finding plenty of sions and excilement on Fourth, a survey revealed A full day of activities at Hecla Park will swell the coffers of the Bellefonte Chapter Red Cross war relief fund, for the management has agreed to turn over 12% per cent of the day's gross receipts to the fund A mammoth fireworks display sponsored by the Bellefonte Cham- ber of Commerce, will be held at the Community Athletic Field, Bellefonte, at 8:30 o'clock Thursday night, July 4 The display will be preceded by an hour's concert by the American Legion and Auxiliary Junior Band, of Bellefonte. During the concert members of a young peoples’ volunteer committee will take up a collection far the Red Cross fund Elsewhere throughout the and in neighboring counties "will be much. to attract local ens. no diver- July county there citi Activities at College The annual July Fourth celebra- tion of the Alpha Fire Company State College, will be held on South Allen street, where a midway is be- ing prepared. Hummel Fishburn will have charge of an amateur hour contest which will begin at 11 2. m. on the Fourth The Lemont band will give a eon! cert on the midway at 2 p. m., after which the pet show. outstanding event for youngsters, will get un- derway. A league game between Bellefonte and State College teams will begin at 3 p. m. on dhe new community field, State College Prizes totaling $175 will be award- ed in a parade which will move at 6 p. m. through the business area of State College, and as as darkness descends, R. Y. Sigworth and a crew of aides will 8 colorful fireworks display, visible from the midway Philipsburg Program Philipsburg firemen are holding their annual celebration this week with the climax scheduled for the Fourth At 6:30 o'clock this Wednesday night a fire fighting drill will be staged at the Moshannon Bank {Continued on page five) - Seek Man Who Fled Rockview Harry Castor Makes While Driving Prison Farm Spraying Outfit RO0N touch off easily Harry Castor, serving from 7 to 15 years at Rockview penitentairy om a robbery charge in Washington county, escaped from the jocal pris- on at noon, Friday, and up until yesterday had not been apprehend- ed. Castar, a coal miner by occupa- ion, was employed at the prison as driver of a specially-built spraying truck. He was engaged in spraying potatoes on one of the prison farms about 12 o'clock noon, when he left the truck and walked away. His escape was discovered about 12:16 and the far-flung organization for the apprehension of fugitives was put in motion Castors minimum sentence would have expired on January 8, 1945, Prison officials sald that they re- ceived a report that a man believ- eq to have been Castor stopped a’ a filling station between State Col- lege and Skytop, Saturday night for a meal. Although officers sur- rounded the area, no trace of the man could be located, Castor is 24 years old, is 5 feet 5% inches tall and weighs 152 pounds He has blonde halr, blue eyes and is of medium fair complexion. Spring Mills To Celebrate Fourth Because rain marred the festival which was to have been held last weekend in Spring Mills by the Gregg Township Civic Club, the or- ganization has completed plans to hold the event on Thursday even- ing. July 4, It was announced yes- terday. Entertainment will include popu- lar entertainers from the radio Escape | — 'Undines, Legion Band Win Four Prizes in 194) Two prominent Bellefonte organ- izations captured a total of Tow prizes at the Fireman's day parade held Thursday night in Ty- rone The las AWArds are nificant because the parade was - hibition of fire-fighting equipment seen in Tyrone in many years. A total of 37 fire companies and many drum cory bands, and marching unis appeared in the line of marct The Undine Fire Company three prizes, as follows: first for best appearing pumper: first fo: Dest appearing company, and sec ond for the largest company. Firs honors for the best band went the Brooks-Dall Post American Le- gion and Auxiliary Junior Band First prize for the largest com- pany went to Hope Fire Company of Philipsbur Philipsburg als won the award for the best men's drum corps. particul of wan Truck Spills Load of Kraut 500 Cases of Canned Food Scattered on Road as Big Machine Overturns Five hundred cases of Silver § ier kraut were scattered over Nittany Valley Highway Fishing Creek school he 3 miles east of Bellefonte at 2 clock Friday afternoon when a large 10-wheel truck skidded on the nea; TOL 4 Lt i rain-sonked road and overturned The truck. owned by George Smith, of Baltimore, Md, wa Lester C. Randall, of Bal- and was enroute to Belle- the time. On rounding a top of a hill the truck went out of control forth on the and finally ts load of kraut Ww driven by timore forte at curve at the apparently dithered high «crowned overturned, spi road and road back oy Hing over the The damage to the truck was ¢ at more thai One-way traf past the accident scene untill a crew of workmen piled up undamaged CASES kraut and shoveled hun- dreds of damaged cans off the road A wrecking truck from Bellefonte was unable to right the six<ton ma- chine until a score or more of by- standers volunteered to aid the wrecking crew in lifting the truck to its wheels t required five trips by a small truck to haul the damaged canned goods to Bellefonte. —— Class Hears Talks on Duties of Parents Miss Mary Struble, of Zion, open- ed her spacious home on Friday evening to entertain the Ladies’ Bible class of the Zion Union Sun- day school, of which Miss Struble is an active member The newly-elected president. Mrs ! Lyman White, selected as the even- ing’s topic “Parents Are People, | Too.” and all members gave a read- ing relative to the topic. Mrs. Ward Krape had chosen a passage from Ephesians as a Bible reference to associate with her comments on the topic, Mrs. Krape declared that the level of a community is no higher than its homes, and that homes are no higher than the co-operative training and rearing of children by the parents. Mrs. Krape reminded the group that the husband is the head of the house, even as Christ is the head of (Continued on page eight) driver jured and imated was maintained of OIL LABORATORY AT PENN STATE ENLARGED The petroleum refining laboratory of the Pennsylvania State College, which has made the best known chemically in the nation. has been enlarged by ap- proximately 1.000 square feet of new floor space. The added space ment. Now rounding out its tenth year of continuous research, the Penn {routine analysis, and many of iis | procedures have been adopted by laboratories in other regions. A stall of more than 30 members is | busy in the laboratory. | Dr. M. R. Penske, professor of ! chemical engineering in charge of ! industrial research, recently gave a Pennsylvania oil! was needed to accommodate a grow- | ing amount of heavy testing equip-| State laboratory has won a nation- gl reputation Tor its methods of kept | stations at Willlamsport and Sun-! ten-year report of Penn State's pe- Leaves Penn State DR. E. L. NIXON Dr. Nixon Resigns Penn State Post Will Devote Time to Improv- ing Farm Marketing Practices Sixon for Years Dr. E. 1 twent we member the faculty Pennsylvania College, has resigned that pos! Monday began his duties as Ag- cultural Counsel for the Pennsyl- van Chain Store Council ) ement of Dr. Nixon ment was made terday Johnson the Council Dr. Nixon's improve distribution y-three a of an nw LE executive ( chief task marketing practice of farm product iu the (Continued on page eight) FIREMEN'S CARNIVAL PLANNED AT CENTRE HAL Centre Hall big summe Centre Hall Firemen Friday 13, an the tion, will be held urday, July 12 and Park, Centre Hall The celebration will begin : parade at 6 po mammaot gLreed move promptly In the of mar iodges, bangs companies hing clubs and other orga The parade s Orange Park where nding games of ol pion 1 refreshment get under A m une fy are f i ing conee ant Wal ealure oe ving ailract aerial act will ] demor adder Three grand prize be awarded Dale Clan Holds Annual Reunion 95 Present at Family Gather- ing at Grange Park, Centre Hall The fourt descendants h annual reunion of the of John and Catherine Dale was held at Grange Park Centre Hall, June The officers elected for the com- ing year are: president J A Dale; vice president. J. R. Dale; record- ing secretary, Hilda Corman urer, Jared Eminhizer, and ian, Jean Dale Those in attendance were as fol lows: J. H M. Stover and daugh- ter Sara, Mr. and Mrs, Roy Houtz and children, Mrs. Roy Wirtz, Mr and Mrs. Grant Coble, Dorothy Coble. Charles Coble, Suzy and An- thony Broskley, Rev. and Mrs. Hom- mer E. CGauntt and children, Ruth Tressler and daughter Helen, Mr and Mrs. John White, Mr, and Mrs Eugene White, Dale and Elwood (Continued on page eight) — ——— TUCK IN LAR POTTERS MILLS ny ot treas- histor CAR AN. CRASH Damage estimated at nearly $50 resulted in an accident on route 322, 1 mile west of Potters Mills at 2:10 o'clock Monday afternoon when a truck driven by Robert C. Shirk, of Millmont, R. D. 2, and a sedan op- erated by Mary J. Charters, Altoona, met at an intersection According to reports, both ma- chines were traveling in the same direction with the truck in the lead When the truck turned left into a side road, the Charters car attempt- ed to pass. No one was injured, and damage to the truck was placed at $15, and to the car 835 An information was sworn before Justice of the Peace K W. Carson, at Potters Mills, charging Miss Char- ters with improper passing, it is re- - Senior Recovering Homer Senior aged 27, of Yarnell, | who was seriously injured on June | 15 when his car was struck gf the brickyard crossing in Milesburg by a passenger train, is reported to be recovering slowly at the Centre County hospital where he has been undergoing treatment since the ac cident. Senior sufferad a fractured verte- Lightning Gets Credit for Landing Largest Trout In Season of 1940 Pictured above is the largest trout | adm nistration this inches pounds county 29 10% seen killed In Centre The fish measured length and weighed I'he trou firey -halred season in roud youth did not YOU holding the fish. He Is a bicycle catch the rete] on photo. to hold a came along when our pher needed someone froin the cheated of it ved 1 Wis in life. It 8 mammoth angler dreams omeday. It grew large was placed In main “lshermen’s Paradise for ey see. There it rev received anc to be trout—-the of catch- #0 Lhe eled In Lhe rom elie f ry anglers and angier Wednesda: A storm alternoon the skies darkened broke There was a flash of lightning over spring and Our Herp died a sudden death. 80 did several smaller in the pond Sorenson the Le trout superintendent the Paradise, and several of his fished the carcass of the fish { the ponti. They loaded it in} and took it to a taxidermy es. tablishment When properly t will Dewey A CAl hide has been and mount. the “Para- f the the troul’ red staf " " pt an 0 be returned to on wall «¢ Airmail Pickup Uncerfain Here Decision to Be Announced Later By Civil Aeronau- tics Authority Officials of the Olell Aarons Authority rmine whether ae Ww CAA was act upon American rillicatle of the ol grant- the Aviatior conven - I Vice Ont A will Lock Haven and one of which Caliege Howing Congressional on giving CAA jurisdiction oral arguments have been heard. At CAA it was stated no official prediction joould be made as to when a deci- will be reached. but it was un- stated it probably will not be before the middie of July Robert J. Bartoe, CAA examiner in a report filed May 21, recom- mended that CAA had no power to issue a certificate of public con- venience and necessity authorizing the transportation of mail by air when such transportation would re- quire the use of patented pick-up and delivery equipment He also recommended that the Authority find that the public con- venience and necessity do not re- quire the transportation of persons and property only over the pro- posed routes TE AuLor 0 officially wm Miss Farrar Is Honored at Dinner Bellefonte Woman Cited as ‘Most Valuable Sales Person in Thrift Organization’ H. R. Hickox of the Thrift In- vestment Corporation gave a testi- monial dinner to a few of his friends and some stock-holders in the din- ing-room of the Penn Belle Hotel last Thursday night, to Miss Helen | I. Parrar, who has so successfully placed stock for the Centre County Thrift, Philipsburg Thrift, Williams- port Thrift and the Thrift Invest. ment Corporation. Mr. Hickox an- nounced there was no stock sale in any of the first three mentioned companies—that all were on a divi- | dend paying basit from 6 per cent to 10 per cent | Morris Plan banks, which ploneered | ! here Thursday nigint building. Under gn reading wher peria mig Crandpa) at } : A Name Malfern School Officer Succeeds Charles Cook as Treasurer; Stock Given Purchasing Power t meeting of the Women wa treasurer's office 3 pos 00mMing as important and arduous few years it would be n 0 ask Mr. Cook, who it in hi hiiez, to assume suc’ responsibil The accounting ng bookkeeping which will be en- i proposed building pro- gram will be an involved and trying process, board members contented The vole was 8 10 1 in favor of Mr. Mattern, Mr. Hartran{i casting a dissenting ballot as a mark of tribute to Mr Cook he treas- {Continued on page three) i PIR ie $v th il he a———— List Contributors To Fireworks Fund The following organizations and individuals have comtributed to the Chamber of Commerce fund for the Fourth of July fireworks display July 4, at v.30 @'clock Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff, White Rock Quarries, Colonel Pred Reynolds I. O O. F., No. 153, American Lime & Bione Co. Sulton Engineering Co. Bellefonte Trust Company, Logan Fire Company, V. F WW, Max Herr, First Notional Bank, Elke Club, Penn Belle Hotel, Loyal Order of Moose, C. C. Brown. Bellefonte Central R. R. Employes, E. M. Cart- wright, Glenn Zong. J. A. Rounsiey, {C. C. Bryan, G. E. McClellan, Eliza- | beth Bamhart; West Penn Power Co. Commercial Department Employes, Court House | Employes, Bond C. White, Virginia He gave a brief history of the] industrial banking in the United|tjg pdward R. Miller, Lewis R. Len- Miller. Ceraldine Bilger, Pred Hi fer, John 1. Wetzler, Musser Get- States. He explained that Arhuring:t Russel Beeser, Verna Claim- Morris gave all credit of the found- {101s BR BR Hartsock, H M. Hostor- ing of the Morris Plan banks to his i mother who insisted that he follow {this line of business instead of fol! {lowing his father’s advice who want- ed him to become a merchant of a | banker. | Fifteen { plained, Thrift Investment Corpor- {ation founded the first industrial ‘bank In Western Pennsylvania, of {which there are now 43 successful [units. He pointed out that the | wholly owned companies have sahwn years ago, Mr. Hickox ex- man, Lemer Woodring, Swiigsl E 8mith Walter Armstrong, Gien | Rogers, Helen Geer. Artnur Sloop, Judge Ivan Walker, Mary L. Harti, Harry Keeler, Chas F. Hiop's, F.| C. Mensch; i Post Office Employes, M. Smith, F. Bmith, A. J. Saylor, H. Meese, J. M. Hartswick, T. R. Cowen, Post- | master Ceorge R. Meek, W. C.| Rowe, R. 1. Toner, C. W. Corman, J. M. Waite, R. 8. Rider, P. J, Al-] ters, ¥. Schlegel, J. Harry Garbrick, | For Theft of Steam Engine Elwood Wolfe, of Spring Mills, Admits Larceny of 6-Ton Machine TELLS COURT HE WAS IN NEED OF MONEY Service Station Owner Fined for Maintaining 5-Cent Slot Machine Pleading guilty a 6-Lon y the larceny of steam engine, Elwood Wolfe 24, Bpring Mills junk dealer sentenced by Judge Ivan Walker Monday morning to pay the of prosecution, make restitu- tion of the value of the engine, and to undergo probation for period of two years According to rt by the prosec aged wax here cots a statement made in Pvt. 8. R f Motor Po- lice at Rockview, the steam engine was owned by the Pennsylvania De- partment of Property and Supplies 4d wis st 20 {rom Stover’: east a oO itor Richardson, of the Stats en on February quarry, five mies WOMEN OF MOOSE HOLD INSTALLATION CEREMONIES xr cise featured a af the Moose Inztallation bop wid June Mrs Renior ¥ pi Nellie Regent Mrs. Ruth fill the Graduate Pa Mrs Ward Hull newly clected v r accepled the } ory a ver Regent's ft Graduale pin was Weaver by Forme; Fleming. She filled with honor and credit ang increased he membership. Mrs. Weaver has a delegate to the next gavel who will chair, A sented to pre Judge the chair been named stional convention ling officers were Miss Edna Luse Mrs. Lillian Miles wl guides Mrs Grace and Mrs. Bessie Hassinger meeting will be held July granc grand and Bil- The 0 lain ger next a t——— Prominent State College Man Dies Iliness Fatal te C. B. Steel; Was Active in Veterans’ and Civic Affairs Charles Benschof! Steel aged 52 assistant professor of highway en- gineering at the Pennsylvania State College and prominent State Ool- lege civic worker, died at 1 o'clock gurday morning. June 29, 1940 in the Williamsport Hospital of a oom plication of diseases. He had been ailing for several years Mr. Steel was a charter member of the State College American 1e- gion, Nittany Post No. 245, ang 2 former past commander of the or- ganization, He was a delegate 10 one of the national conventions ang always took an active part in the Legion activities He wag a member of the plan- ning board for the State College Legion park and had charge of the (Continued on page four) Milesburg Man Is injured In Crash Carl Jodun, of Milesburg. an em- ploye of the Lock Haven Silk Mill, suffered a laceration of the right side of the head and brush bums of the knees and <hin shortly be- fore 1 o'clock last Wednesday noon when his light roadster, which he was backing onto the road in Mill | Hall, was struck by another car traveling west, i Jodun, who said he was alone in [the car at the time, was removed | to the Look Haven Hospital treatment and later discharged. He | {had gone to Mill Hall to get a fel- | low silk mill worker when the crash | 3 i | at hig Summer | Jost his! dent from the post in» SentenceMan Former Co. Official Injured In Collision Balser Weber, of Howard, Suffers Fractured Arm, Other Injuries 3 CARS IN CRASH: TOTAL DAMAGE $700 Weber Sedan Hurled Against Shed on Farm Near Mill Hall Three persons, one of them a for- mer Centre County official, were sent Ww the Lock Haven Hospita | early Priday afternoon with pain. ful Injuries suffered in a three-car sccident on Route 64, a mile and 2 hall! west of Mill Mall at the Spotts-Hanns farm The accifert occurred when 2 car operated by John M. Miller Howard, R. D. attempted to pass a truck driven by Harold Hendricks of Blanchard doth west-bound and collided with anolher car going east, operated by Edward W. Gallas gher, pf Howrd, in which the owner, Balser Weber, of Howard former Centre County ocommis- sioner, was a passenger According 10 a report Molar Police, Miller's car skidded into the truck passing befors colliding head-on with the Weber automobile. The impact threw the Weber machine against a tobacen 12-30 o'- | Shed, resulting damage of $25 home on South | 0 the bullding. Damages estimat- personal prop- | ed ai $500 were listed for the Mil- real an- | Jer vehicle, while #1 was estimated to be 3200 would be required to repair th Weber cay. Only Sight damage estimated at $l, was done to the truck Mr Weber wag the moss severely injured. He received a fracture of | the jeff arm and nese, lacerations below the left eye and at the nose | contusions of the face and brush | burns of the body. Mrs. Beatrice Desenberger, 50 Bellefonte avenue, a passenger in the Miller cur. had lacerations of the {ace and bodv and dragh burn: Council Considers Succes- Mi Blanche Young. of Beech ca . Creek, another passenger in the sor to Dr. Nissley; Dis- Miller automobile, suffered a frac- cuss Traffic Problems BALSER WEBER Injured in Head-on Crash orough Home and Goods to Be Sold of Borough originally Saturday Wa Baturday this week, July when the personal property at 4 home also will be he Bellefonte : Slate by auction of he QISPOseC in Lhe The number them of will Health Officer May be Chosen | tured wight arm ang brush bums and abraisons of the chest face and Discussions a Borough Hea Dr. 8 NM. Nissiey current traffic the attention during most the Logs upon the selection of Officer to replace resigned, and upon | problems occupied Bellefonte Council & regular session at House, Monday night matter successor to Dr floor bs The hospital daughter injured were taken : BY T MM Kunes and Miss Jean Kunes of Blanchard who passed the soene soon after the crash Cars operated by Jasper Bierly of Salona, anf FP. 1. Winner Sr. of Lock Haven were damaged at 7 o'clock Saturday morning when thel collided at the intersection of Main and Grove Streets, Lock Ha- ven. Bierly was driving east on Main while Winner was traveling south on Grove. Damages wer? $25 10 the Bierly car and $5 to the Winner machine. There were no injuries to the + of of The of a selection of a Nisley was brought bo Councilman H. A. Brockerhoff, who declared that since Dr. Nistley. who is serving as health officer until a permanent ap- pointment is made, Is now a tesi- dent of State College, there is no reason to keep some Bellefonte resi- the Various other Councilmen sug- gested that present borough em- ployes could fill the position. or that a2 board of health, consisting of Read . Council members and laymen, could Wp in 0 =. Shean be appointed 0 do the work with- 4 the other evening for Oul salary. As a result the matler peng of the left hand suffered when (Continued on page six) # paper book of matches caught fire as he lit a cigaret. Mr. Reed i= for- merly of Philipsburg, the son of AGRONOMISTS 70 MEET Mrs. Margaret Reed He is gelling AT STATE COLLEGE ine’ nicely. tion of the American Society of Ag- STORES OPEN WEDNESDAY ronomy will meet at the Pennsyl- Because of the July Fourth holi- vania State College. July 11 and day, all stores in Bellefonte, inciud- 12 ing food stores, will remain open The program will include inspec- this Wednestay afisrnotn and une tion of ihe expriments of the Re- ti 8 p. m. gional Laboratory for Pasture Re- All stores will be closed Thurs. search and of the department of day, July 4. Chamber of Commerce agronomy at the College. officials report — Hand Bumed By Matches - Members of the Northeastern Sec Trucker Selfs Shoulder For Ham; Short Weights on Meat, Potatoes You may think you're getting a ‘bargain when some trucker fron a distance sells you fruits meats or furniture at unusually low prices, Bul chances are you're not, A Bellefonte man, the Rev. C. C Shuey. of East Bishop Street, who earned that he'd been “taken for a ride” by a trucker, last week took matters into his own hands and | what was soid to be a “country | cured ham” at 26 cents a pound. The ham, the trucker said. weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, but he gave it to her for $2. When Mrs. Shuey and her daugh- ter checked over their purchases after the trucker had left, they found that instead of 30 pounds of bury, and music will be furnished |troleum discoveries before the au- bra in the neck in addition to other | their operation to be more profit- by the Junior and Senior Band of nual meeting of the Penn Grade injuries. Reports are to the effect| able and the outstanding loan bal- Spring Mills. All kinds of refresh-| Crude Oil Association, which spon- | that he will be compelled to wear CL hid has grown more rapidly under ments and entertainment will be'sors much of the Penn State pPro- | cast for some time after he Is able | heir management than when di- svarkiable on dhe grounds. gram, to leave the hospital, | (Continued on page six) — sar] Deitrich, W. W. Gherrity, Sam« | & uel Barnhart, Federal Match Com-| pany, John McCoy. Titan Metall Manufacturing Company. L. ©. us, and “Heineman, and Fred Witmer, | d wasnt ham but shoulder, which sells © practically anywhere for around 14 cents a pound. The “ham” didn’t weigh 8 poungs. she hat paid for a » wound,
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