OVER 7.000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week. Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County, are “VOLUME 59. NU MBER 31. AR = dhe Cenfre Democraf — MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Fer lasue Than All Other Centres County Newspapers Combined, A Quick and Foonamiosl Belling Madlumn, a —— a HELL FFONTE, PA, Let = TT — cl Sl Sal en Te ER AES SNES SR T THURSDAY, Ags AUGU ST I, 1949, PROPOSES EXPANSION Trustee Hi «aims Lime Boalsburg Boy [5.C. RR. Adds Auto-Raiter To Maintenance, Repair Equipment Plant Is‘U nbalanced’ Court To Hear Plan For Tot Causes Scare Future Operation On By Eating Pills August Sth aged 3, GYPSUM CO. MAY zer, of Holt's Hollow, Roy yo BECOME ‘PARENT’ | Wednesday night at the Centre a Coun'y Hospital, while physicians - and nurses kept close watch over Seek $350,000 RFC Loan; her Creditors, Stockholders to be Considered Eleanor Fetzer {daughter of Mr. and Mrs Mildred | The little girl was rushed to the | institution Wednesday afternoon by ithe family physician, after her mo- i ther reported she had eaten about 70 laxative tablets which she took ganization of the Chemical Lime {YOM a jar on a cupboard shelf The n ) 5 3 had Company, Bellefonte, is to be held mother said her daughter before the United States District | Climbed up 10 the cupboard and was Court at Scranton on Thursday, | ®8ting the medicine when she found August 8, it was revealed here yes. Der terday by Clarence P. Wynne, of Surprisingly enough Scranton, trustee of the company |€d to show any serious signs of ill- and author of the plan for estab- | Ress, and when her condition Ushing the local industry on a per- | Thursday morning was normal she manent financial basis was discharged from the institu- Wynne's plan calls for an addi- tion. Physicians said the child tional R. F. C. loan of £350,000 for | might not have eaten as many of the purchase of additional equip- the pills as the Mother feared ment. Under the provisions of his | suggestion, the National Gypsum ; Ww r B Co., of Buffalo N. Y. would take over the entire management of the Chemical Lime Company. Four per Local Dry Goods Store Under Management of Joseph Wagner Hearing on a plan for the reor- the tot fall- cent interest would be paid on all the R. F. C. loans, which would to- tal about one million dollars if the | proposed new loan of $350,000 is granted, while $50 000 would be paid annually on the principal for a per- fod of 17 years to liquidate the en- | tire debt The trustee's plan further provides that the creditors other than the R fF. OC. and stockholders of the Chem- tel Lime Company, would receive (Continued on page six) ——————— po Benefit Supper At Camp Barree Parents of Girl Scouts Invited ‘to Attend; Square Dance to Follow major change in an old and well known Bellefonte business was made yesterday when CY Wagner bought out George H. Hazel's inter- est in the Hazel & Company dry goods store on South Allegheny street. The purchase includes the building, stock, and equipment Management of the store effec. tive today, is in the able hands of Joseph Wagner, son of 0. .¥. Wag- ner, while Mrs Blanthe Heinle is {in charge of the ladies’ reéady-to- wear department The new manager yesterday de- clared that many of the policies of A * A benefit supper wil be held by Camp Barree Association at Girl the gtore will be retained, but that Scout Camp thig Saturday EVENING | some changes designed to improve &t 8 o'clock. A square dance will fol- f+), pstablishment’s high record of ot 8 p. m In the lodge. There gervice will be made from time to will be a nominal charge for each gvent, Mrs L K. Metzger, State College. chairman of the finance committee of the association and in ¢harge of the plans, announced yes- térday Miss Nell Bane, Cumberland, Md, ¢amp dietition, is planning a typi- ¢al camp menu, including many of the camp favorite recipes. This will Be a grand opportunity for parents, going to camp to bring their daugh- ters Home, and for former campers (Continued on page four) rial Herr Buys Hecla Home Former Centre County Prothono- | tary 8. Claude Herr, of East Curtin | hoy Bellefonte, tus putsiianed the ployment by the National Youth fear the Nittany Country Club | Administration should register im- ’ | mediately The county office is in Bouse at Hecls Park the Logan Pire Building, a | street, Bellefonte | W. 1 Scott county supervisor for | NYA, said today that his organiza- | tion was unable to consider pro- experienced in the conduct of the business, having been employed at (Continued on page 1 four) NYA Yobs At Are Now Open To All Relief or WPA Status Not Necessary; Registration Schedule Announced Centre county youth who wish to make application for part-time em- Raked Hay for 37 Cents a Day From Sunrise to Sunset | tions of the county because 8ppar- (Continued on page three) no ——— py | GAS COMPANY EMPLOYES PICNIC ON SPRING CREEK Employes of the Central Pennsyl- | vania Cas Company, their familles | and friends met at | ternoon for a picnic There were about twenty present, including Mr. and Mrs. Seymore Holden, of Drexel Hill, who were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs C. E. Martin, East Curtin street { Others present came from Belle- fonte, Pleasant Gap, Lemont and State College After a buffet lunch employe | prizes were awarded for special achievement in sales promotion. | : | Games and dancing followed —————— ——— MRS. EMMALINE FEHL native of Rebersburg, who observed Her 95th birthday anniversary on | Thursday, July 18, while a guest in fhe home of her son, Rev. Noah' Sieg, Mayes Named To Prison Board Governor James this pointed W. P. Sieg. of Bellefonte, Fehl, pastor of Memorial Baptist and L. Frank Mayes of Lemont as church, Newberry, Lycoming county. Mrs. Pehl who Is in fairly good health, has a fund of recollections of ‘her early life spent in Centre county. She recalls that when a Manufacturing Co. tentiary at Rockview Sieg. president of the Titan Metal | succeeds Henry §irl it was perfectly proper for wom- | A. Brockerhoff, of Bellefonte. Mayes, i en to work in the harvest fields, and | suctioneer and marble dealer, sne- | shié as one was paid 37 cents a day's | ceeds J. Harris Mussina, of Harris- iAbor from sunrise to sunset, Ane | burg. other source of income was the mak- | img of hats from straw grown at! TO REPEAT BAND CARNIVAL home, which sold at from 15 cents | Because showers Friday and Sat- to 50 cents § apices, Huckleberry .ex- | yrday nights marred the annual tions, in which members of & carnival held on the school com- mily slept all night in the moun- | mons by the Bellefonte High School tains, were another source of in-| Band. arrangements have been com- come. Mrs. Fehl has made her hole | pleted to hold the event this Sat- for the past 12 years daughter, Mrs. Glen Stroble, Quiggleville, The above published by courtesy of port Sun. Waa —-— at | ment, concession and refreshment Jhoto is | stands will be in operation and mu- | sic will be provided during the eve. ning. time. Joseph Wagner Is thoroughly; i sault and battery charge, is Howard | posed useful projects in certain seéc- The Bungalow | on Spring Creek last Wednesday af- | trustees of the Western Btate Peni- | 484 with her urday night, August 3. All entertain- | Is Shot In Back While Hunting | Lester Kaufman, 13, In Serious Condition at Hospital Here CLAIM SHOT FIRED BY PARTY MEMBER Vietim’s Father, a Minis- ter, Reports Shooting Was An Accident Léster J Kaufman, Jr. 13, son of Rev. and Mrs LL. J Kaufman, of Boalsburg, was seriously wounded in an accidental shooting while hunting groundhogs near his home yesterday morning, He is a patient at the Centre County Hospital The 23-calibre bullet punctured the left lung, Injured the spinal column and continued a forward course after entering the youth's back, physiciang at the institution reported. No attempt has been made to remove the slug, they said. It is feared that the spinal cord was in- jured by the bullet Hunting with his father and a companion, Ernest McChesney, the party was spiead out along the mountain west of Boalsburg, and had killed one groundhog prior tw the time of the accident Rev Kauf- man said the shot was fired by Mc- Chesney and termed the matter ac- cidental Rev, Kaufman Is Shiloh-Boalsburg Lut! McChesney is employed College pastor of the heran Parish in Siste Foil Attempt To Break Jail Former C oburn School Teacher Scales Wall On Section of Spouting Thomas K HoMterman aged 30 former Coburn school teacher, last night made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the Centre County jail. Sheriff Edward R. Miller re- ported Hosterman, heid in jail oh an as. reports ed to have scaled the high wall swrounding the jail yard using & piece of spouting ag a pole, when | Deputy Hugg walked into the yard | If you are following a glang truck along a Centre County highway one of these days, and you see the truck leave the road and high-ball down a railroad track, don't be alarmed It's the way the truck Is built, The truck, purchased last week by the Bellefonte Central Rallroad Company. is the only auto-raller of its kind in this vicinity. I} ean run with equal ease an the highway or on railroad tracks Equipped with a 101 horsepower Storm Causes Hosterman retumed to the round] without protest, the Sheriff said The former school teacher, ex- amined by a sanity commission on Monday of this week was question. | ed several times in connection with the Rachael Taylor murder investi. (Continued on Un page | five) Grange To Make Plans For Fair Committee will Meet Satur- day to Prepare For An- nual Event | Heavy Damage Crops Flattened, Washed Out In Cloudburst at Penn Hall Heavy damage to crops property resuiled froma in the Penn Hall area about clock Monday afternoon Osts, corn and wheat on shock were washed from hillsides into, Penn's Creek, and crop: elsewhere were flattened to the ground so that it may be impossible to harvest them A goat tethered in the Ray Smith yard at Penn Hall was drowned in the deluge, while 8 goat owned by Lester Conflo was washed into the creek but was rescued when he Was csught on debris under a culvert At Green Brisr a bh mound of trees. branches and Other debiis (Continued on page 1 four) —————-— Titan May Get A. F. of l. Union ClO Group Votes to Disband and Merge With Older Organization fields and cloud burst 4 O- An American Federation of Labor union for the Titan Metal Manufsc- turing Co. plant, Bellefonte was practically assured with the an- | nouncement Thursday that the CIO affiliate will join forces with the old- fr organifation The decision Was reached at a meeting of the CIO group Wadnesday night Members voted to disband the newly-organized CIQ union and to give up the charter received a short time ago The group claimed more { The Grange Fair Committee Will meet at Grange August 3. at 1:30 p. m., to completé Park Saturday, | | arrangements for the annual camp | and fair that opens weeks—August 21 { The tent camp ls {set up, and all work on this tém- porary Centre county town will be completed within a few weeks Per. sons having their own tents have not already reserved location with Harry Neff, Centre Hall who directs the work of erecting the camp. Mr Park every week day from 7 a. m (Continued on page 5--second sec.) A. ——— Get Record Catch | In Delaware Bay A group of fishermen got the largest | taken so far tls year at Lewes, | ing a total of 584 fish. Beioy 30 sat time the largest catch at Lewes was | ar In the group headed by Pt George L. Finkbeiner of the State | Motor Police at Pleasant Gap, were: Paul “Smokey” Green, of Julian; Gerald Johnson, of Spring Mills; Mike Zabowsky of State College, and Thomas Anderson, Jesse But- terworth, Fred Love, Richard Ban. ey, Jack H, Yeager, and Paul Dubbs, all of Bellefonte The group, taken to the fAshing banks in the Delaware Bay by Cap- tain Bam Haworth, of Lewes, fished less than 4% hours te land the rec. in just three) already being | who! than 300 members from the workers at the brass plant A statement by Lioyd Cummings, (Continued on page three) sn — A —————— MILESBURG POWER PLANT READY FOR USE AUGUST 15 Reconditioning of the West Penn Power Company's auxiliary power plant at Milesburg is proceeding rapidly, according to an announces iment by officials who predicted the space, should communicate at once Neff will be at Grange | work would be completed by August 15 The plant, originally built by the | old Btate Centre Electric Co, and taken over by the West Penn in 1923, is being revamped to serve {the Bellefonte area in case of fail week &D-! Delaware, Monday morning, bring-|be fired by cosl ure of the regular sources of pow- er The 2000 kilowatt generator Is {being completely rebuilt and the ten " Oentre county | boilers overhauled. Two of the boil- catch ers are being equipped with oll- { burning stokers, while the third will Tete | during his Reo motor, the truck is capable of a top speed of betler than 50 miles an hour on tracks or on the roag It has five speeds forward and one in reverse. Despite its size and weight, the outfit gets better than 10 miles to (he galion of gasoline Designed for general majnten- ance work, the truck 8 equipped with a large cab in which seven or eight men could be crowded if ne. cessary. ‘The large steel beg at the Continued on page three) Reveal Plans For Big Picnic Business Men's Outing at Heela Park to be Held Wednesday of I'he various mmitiees the Retall Division of the loca! Chamber { Comunerce have put the finishing touches 10 their plans for the re- news! of the old time Business Mens Picnde to be held next Wed. st Hecly Park expected to have all the lo- Cal stores closed all day Wednesday to Rilow evertbody Uu aitend the outing Ax 8 convenietice to the ; abi It is : of open Tues Say e¢ ning aint when a parse of the vard marching units town, the fire companies ang three lox bands will begin The parade will form on Bithop (Continued on page three) iis WO £1) { the the Fugitive Gets Brief Liberty Two Hours of Freedom Will Cost Rockview Inmate 5 to 10 Additional Years John Flickner. aged 33. of Venan- £0 county, is in the county jail awaiting his appearance in coun Monday morning on charges of es. caping from Rockview penitentiary where he wag serving from § to 10 years on 3 burglary and charge Flickner's bid for freedom was abortive. He walked away from a wheat field on the prison lands) about 3:45 o'clock Tuesday after-| noon. Less than two hours later | prison bloodhounds and guards caught up with him in a wheat field | south of the superintendent's home | He had traveled less than a mile “liberty During the lunch hour, Tuesday, | Pliickner had changed his clothing and prison officials believe he was planning to escape then Arraigned | before ‘Squire Abram Houser at) Peru, yesterday morning, Flickner, | who is sometimes called “The Liar” claimed he attempted to escape be- cause he wag afraid of one of his| {fellow inmates The man is described as being a “faker” by _orcupstion. A ——————— i Collide Atl Axe Mann Cars operated by James J. Leit-| zell; 4 cragh in Axe Matin Tuesday morning. No one was injured when the cars collided while one of the drivers was turning left from the highway. The total loss was ap: : dH $40, INJURED CHILD DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT ‘BRAND NEW’ BROTHER In a critical condition at the Phil- | ipsburg State Hospital, 4-year-0id/ Beverly Jane Robison, of Port Ma- | tilda, doesnt Know that she has a “brand new” baby brother in the ne building, Beverly was to the hospit- | al Saturday after “after having been struck by sx automobile at the | Port Matilda intersection, She suffered concussion of the brain | fracture of the skull, ang a free H well known Porgy Matilda ventrilo- quist, Greatly worrieg about her little girl, Mrs. Ethel Robinson, 22, be- | came a patient at the hospital at | 8:30 o'clock Bunday night and am birth to a bouncing babr boy 2 hours later, Beverly was injured about 2:15 o'clock Saturday afterncosn when | after standing in front of the Clover into the 8he proaching suiomalle in larceny | Milesburg, and Harry Daw-| | son, Axe Mann, were damaged in TT SUBSCKI —— Et i —— er ———— Eg I IRN TEIN TEER PTION—$1.80 ¥ PER YEAR A a. OF CHEMICAL Will Abandon Bellefonte Woman Local Airport Sues Dinner Hostess June 30, 1941 Titan Annuol Picnic | Asks $20 000 Damages for | Radio, Field Facilities to be Taken to Black Moshannon MUNICIPAL CONTROL BEING CONSIDERED Airport Was Important Stop in Early Days of Air Mail The Bellefonte airport. one of the chief stations in the development of alr mall rervice United Slates, is in the to be abandoned Congressman James E VanZandt of Altoona, reports that he has learned on good authority that the federal airways division of the civil aeronautics authority will discon. tinue the radio station and field landing service here at the end of the present fiscal year The aeronautics authority he said, will transfer all its activities from Bellefonte to the new modern airport st Black Most non, on June 30, 1941 Black Moshannon change, will be linked United Alr Lines ang transcontinental routes was formerly, VanZandt sald The death knell port—anly regular stretch™ section Cleveland run ir air mal] service-—wag sounded by the development of large airliners Experts claim the big ships cannot ralely and an- unae; the with the the TWA up for the local air- ston top © the early use the Bellefonte field which (Continued on page three) Advance 24 In Artillery Unit Promotions in Local Guard Battery Announced by Lieut, Col. Wallace officers of Bat- 188th Field Artillery Belle- ast Thursday night an- nouncement was made of the ad- vancement in rank of 24 members fof the jocal Guard unit The advancements ordered by Laeut Co! Wallace commanding officer of the 166th. Field Artillery Regiment, were announced by It Frederick 1. Shope, newly appoint- ed commander of the Belieionte Battery The promotions follow Effective July 15. Pvt Symmonds to staff sergeant (motor | sergeant); Pvt, 1st clasg James E (Continued on page 5--second sec.) Milesbur Firemen To old Carnival The annual carnival sponsored by the Milesburg Fire Company will {have particular cignificance because this year marks the 45th anniver- sary of the founding of the volun. {teer organization in that commun- | ity The carnival is scheduled to be | held Thursday, Priday and Satur. | day, August 8 § and 10 { Music Thursday night will be pro- {vided by the Milesburg Band Fri- day night a concert will be given {by the American Legion ahd Aux- {liary Junjor Band, of Bellefonte | | Saturday's entertainment will be | provided by a Little German Band {of Lock Haven. The committee in charge of ar- | arrangements, consisting of Miles Holt, John Keeler, Ed Summers, Melvin Dunlap snd V. O. High, is Imaking plans fo award a number {of prizes. Many concessions and re- | freshment stands will be on the {grounds and record crowds are sn- {ticipated Proceeds of the carnival At a mesting of tery E fonts Guy A i will go toward the maintenance of | | All Totals Reach New Peaks the company - DeHaas Store Is Members of the DeHaag Electric as Bellefonte Cited For Progress At Hecla Tomorrow Titan workers completing nual picnic, Frid Hecla Park As In pa basses rave the Bellefonte diamond al 8:30 and 8:00 a mm. lo carry those Ling Uransportgtion Ww the park The committee has planned a full Qay lor Amusements for grown-ups and kiddies include swimining Doating roller -ska dancing, softball children’s con- | Lests The committees is also endeavor- ing to secure the Junior American Legion Band for an afternoon oon- cert One fami the Hes CRE gt are the past wil ear lack evVeEIYOne anda important change has been made thi The management has decided 10 eliminate the distri- bution of tickets to employes The only tickets given out will be to Kiddies for on the merTry-go- rounda Everything is in readiness and the committee is satisfied that the pro- gram is one of Mg best in years Jurors Drawn Year rides For Sept. Court :: Grand Jury to Convene at Bellefonte, Mon- day, August 26 Jury Commissioners John W Condo abd Merrill E Pletcher, with the aid of Sheriff Edward R Muiler | and Miss Virginia C. Healy clerk, last week drew from the jury wheel {the names of one hundred and sev- enty-four Oentre county citizens who have been chosen 10r jury Ser- vite at the next term of court The first twenty-four drawn will} serve as grand jurors and will meet in the Grand Jury room on Mon- day, August 26 One hundred citi- gens have been drawn as criminal court jurors eng are scheduled to appear at the opening of court on Monday, September § Fifty juror: have been drawn for civil court which convenes Monday September 16 Normally drawn for it is expected 50 jurors are criminal court, but since that there will be some difficulty In gelling a jw) for the Millinder case the Court puthoriged the drawing of double the usual number Sone court at-! taches hold that it may be un- possible 10 select a jury, even from the panel of 100 With the Millinder homicide case in prospect for trial and a number of other important cases On the trial docket, the next term of Cen- (Continued on page 6—second sec.) ———— py Ask Removal of State Emblem’ County W. C.T. U. Would Ban Kevstone From Liquor Store Windows only At the 55th annual Centre county a 8 of the Woman's Christ- | ian Temperance Union, held Thurs- | | day in the Centre Hall Methodist | church, a resolution asking the | Commonwealth to remove the Key- | stone emblem from the windows of | the State liguor stores, was adopted a8 one of the feature items of bus- iness by the representatives f hostess 's | Miss | Bellefonte | claim | statement { Talleyrand property {legheny street, Bellefonte was $16 500 ithe site of 8 new building (erected by the telephone Injuries Suffered In Fall CLAIMS POLISHED FLOORS DANGEROUS Roxie Mingle Defendant In Action Brought By Belle M. Ward An Invitation to dinner two years &Ro had aftermath this week when the hostess was sued for §20- 000 by the guest, who in walking from one room to another in the home, slipped on ¢ small fell, suffering a fractured other Injuries principals in the Case Roxanna Mingle, Est High the hostess, and Mrs. Belle Ware, of East Curtin street the guest According to the statement of filed st the Prothonolery's office here by Thompson and Baird, of Philipsburg, attorneys for Mrs Ward, the plaintiff accepted an lo- vitstion to dinner at Miss Mingie's home on August 4 1938 While walk- ing from the living room to the hall the claim sets forth, Mrs Wand pped on ‘negligently by the defen the floor” fell, suffering an impacted frac- ture of the jeft leg. severe bruises of the body. and severe shock to her nervous sysiem, causing great pein and suffering The defendant was negligent, the continues, in that the small rug was plsced on the highly polished swisce of the floor, with no means being used 10 keep It from Continued on page | four) Wolf Stores Employes Picnicking at Loretto Fug anc eg anda The gre: fireet M Employes from 10 stores of the Wolf Purniture company will enjoy thelr annual summer picnic and outing twdaY on the beautiful grounds of St. Francis College, Loz- etto, “The College Among the Pines’ The affair, given annually since the founding of the Wolf Furniture company, is being suranged by com- mittees including employes from the following stores: Altoona Barnes- boro, Bellefonte, Philipsburg, Ebens- burg, Lewistown, Huntingdon, Clear- field and Tyrone, and Cumberiang, Md For the past five years St. Francis Coliege hat been the site of the Wolf Furniture company get-lo- gether because of its ideal jocation and facilities for swimming, boat- ing mushball tennis, baseball, (Continued page four) Talleyrand Sale Price Was $16,500 According to reports rom vanl- ous sources, the price paid by the Bell Telephone Company for the on. North Al- i purchased a8 to be he The propersy was to house dial equijsnent for Bellefonte area FINE HECLA PARK ATTRACTIONS More than 100 members attended | { the morning, afternoon and even- | (Continued on page six) LE New Records Are As Season Ends; 18,- 750 Trout Caught Totals for attendance, for the catch and Kill of trout and for the | largest fish caught were shatlered at Fishermen's Paradise, according | M to figures released covering the sea- son Which closed Wednesday of last A festire of the past seasc was that anglers had consistent Juck from the first day, May 24, until the spason ended. Favorable water temperatures and freedom from mud were assighed as the probable (Continued on Page 62nd Sec.) for $385 you can keep cool in the hottest weather. See our new shipment of electric fans. DeHaas Electric Bellefonte. .
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