OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week, Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County, —— —" he Centre Democraf —— RR i MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Lsae Than AN Other Centre yay y Newspapers Combined. A Quick Feonowical Belling Medium, v I ME 59. NUMBER 47. — VOLU BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1940, SUBSC —— RIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR LOCA! “y J 08% Rating Is Given By Veterans’ Bureau Carlisle is Second With Listing of 95%; Sites Viewed FREE LAND HERE INCREASES RATING Central Location of Belle-| fonte is Added Natural Advantage Although official information from the Veterans Administration is lack- ing, it was learned today in Con- gressional circles that Bellefonte is favored as the spot for a proposed new veterans’ hospital. According to information ured on Capitol Hill, it is believed that Bellefonte was given a 98 per cent rating by Major Walter R. Metz, Veterans Administration engineer, who surveyed over 100 possible sites and recommended six oo Bellefonte's rating was the high- | est given any area, with Carlisle second with a rating of 95 per cent According to unofficial informa- tion available, Carlisle said to have a preferable site, but Belle- fonte interests offered free land, which accounted for the higher rat- ing. Identity of other sites included in the six recommended by Major Metz could not be learned Members of the Board of Hospi- | talization were scheduled to meet last week at which time, according to custom, a sub-committee Was 1D have been appointed to study the Metz report. However several mem- bers were not present and it is now reported the board may take direct action. In addition to the highest site rating in the State, Bellefonte pos- Court House, Banks | i 100 To Have Two Holidays| = the Centre County! three observe year Employes of Court House, and the fonte banks will Thanksgiving Days thi came khown yesterday two it be- be closed on the National Thanks- giving Day, November 21, and on {Governor James’ Thanksgiving Day, {November 28. The Bellefonte post- | office will observe the national holi- | § the James date throughout the | day but will ignore Much confusion state is resulting from Governor James’ decision to have Thanksgiv-| ing on November 28 in disregard of a Presidential proclamation setting { November 21 as the national date | for the holiday Sania To Visit In Bellefonte Will Arrive Here by Train at 3:51 P. M., November 29; Treat for Kiddies Santa Ciaus in per will vis | Bellefonte on Friday, November 20 a pre-view of the Christmas of Belle and n : { yesterday by Karl m io ge need it wa E fe fonte as anpounc Kusse, i e¢ Chamber anta } cn the 3 I *Aay ere xm make appearances : platform of the train Howard and Milesburg. At Bellefonte he will be greeted ni S 21 nn Ih [4 : from at the rear stops senses the natural advantage of be- | o oo, cation by the American Le- ine located in the geographical cen- | ter of the state and In the center of the district the new hospital is tO serve. Congressman James E. VanZandt last week gave assurance that the hospital would be located in Central Pennsylvania, and if that is correct Bellefonte’s chances of becoming the home of the new institution are immeasurably improved To Interview Vets And Their Dependents L. M. Peters, contact representa- tive from the Veterans’ Administra. tion offices at Pittsburgh, will be in Bellefonte on Wednesday, Nov- ember 27, to interview ex-service men and their dependents, it was announced yesterday by W. W Hampton, service officer for the lo- cal American Legion snd Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts. The representative will be at the American Legion home, East How- ard street, from 1:30 to 4:30 p. m,, Hampton sald. a — Bear Kill in County Reported To Be Heavy Game Warden Thomas Mosier, of North Spring street, Bellefonte, yes- terday reported that bear hunters in Centre county are having con- siderable success, although no de- tailed reports were available. The season opened Monday and continues through today (Thurs- day). Mosier sald the kill seemed especially heavy in the Allegheny mountain area north of Snow Bhoe, | IMPORTANT. Once again we approach the Thanksgiving season, which will be properly observ- ed next Thursday by closing all business places here. As has been the custotn in the pas. The Centre Democrat will be issued Tuesday noon. This early edition is pian- ned in order to give olir read- ers an opportunity to com- plete their shopping from the advertising columns. By ge'- ting the into the homes en Tuesday and early Wed- nesday forenoon, housewives will find it a convenient guide for the Thanksgiving holiday buying, which must be done on tha: day as all stores will be closed on Thursday. In order to take advantage of this early edition it will be necessary for all advertisers and correspondents to ge’ their copy in by the first of next week, and positively nol later than Tuesday morning. Otherwise, disappointment will result, We kindly ask the co-opera- tion of gli patrons in making this early edition a possibil- ity. gion and Auxiliary Junior Band and’ a committee from the Retail Divis i} of the Chamber of Commerce | Led by the band, cars bearing San- ta and his eccort will pass through tt business area f town while e of distribules treats the m 1 «t ¢ or st fot Santa Kiddie: The procession will halt at t Diamond where Mayor Harris o officially greet the [amous visitor and where Santa may speak briefl; to the youngsters and grown-ups the ceremony Santa will leave car to continue his pre-Christ ip through the land € Alter | by . # § Ww 4-H Clubs To Be | Dinner Guests Bellefonte Kiwanis Will En- tertain More Than 50 Boys at Penn Belle, Tuesday | $1 14 The Bellefonte Kiwanis Club will be host to more than 50 4-H club members and guests at 2 dinner ! and meeting to be held at the Penn Belle Hotel, Bellefonte, at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, November 26, Club officers said yesterday Roast capon will head the menu and six members of the 4-H Clubs who specialized in capon growing { during the past year will exhibit | two dressed capons each at the din- | ner. The program will include the presentation of a motion picture, “The Middieton Family,” and special music. The following 4-H Club members and their local leaders from Mill- ' heim. Centre Hall, Unionville and Howard will be guests of the Belle. fonte Kiwanis: Millheim Club: —W, N. Duck (Continued on Page 4) - lo- Gideons To Dedicate 410 Bibles In County Officers of the Pennsylvania Gid- eon Society reported yesterday that plans are underway for the formal presentation of a total of 410 free Bibles in Centre county | | Of the total, 375 are to be dis. tributed through Centre county | schools, while the remaining 35 will | ibe given to the Bellefonte Y. M. C. | {A. The dedication ceremonies are { scheduled to be held bn Sunday, De- jcember |, at a time and place to be 3 ded upon later, | CLARK N. AIKEY NAMED TO STATE COMMITTEE Clark N. Alkey, of North Spring | street, Bellefonte, a past exalted rul- | ler and trustee of the Bellefonte Elks! { lodge, recently was honored by ap-. pointment as a member of the Penn- | sylvania State Elks Association Flag! Day commitiee, i Mr. Alkey received the appoints! Belle | The Court House and banks will} Goose Hunters Kill Big Swans; Can’t Duck Fines | | | assign | previous | retary to ask the Pennsylvania Mo- | tor enforce | | cussed | traps | other | of | tion | streets has failed to control speed. :Controllo Council, in regular session at the Logan House, Monday night, di the establishment of speed in the borough but took no action in the matter. A number of routine subjects were disposed comparatively brief SK at sion Faced by of speed the that along fact signs the ere borough the some reason loath to the enforcement of speed to local police, Council at a session instructed the sec ing, and for laws Police to come here to the laws | officer ot mber of Centre ¢ J the two of Thom- {iy in dam Creek In (Cot near Penn's tinued on page seven) W. W. Litke Speaks To Insurance Men Litke, Bellefonte peaker at Centre 3° As Belle Hotel in B F Mr. Li who discussed insurance [rom iegal standpoint. traced iis history and pointed out sone of the dull i ents Mia 1 VE Lhe ing of the Underwriter the Penn Priday OC.» held at ellefonte Ke the £ jiabilitieg of The speaker that the first insurance probably was Ts i an ag listeners maritime oegun told ay gained a of development in lHowed Hose ural maritime Bellefonte, vice- the group, presided at meeting. The minutes of ious meeting were read by retary of Win- Mr also introduced (Contined on page eight) Traffic Lights In Operation Two of Bellefonte’s Bus- iest Intersections Now Protected by Signals Traffic lights at the intersections of High and Spring streets and at Bishop and Allegheny streets were placed in regular operation yester. ay after workmen from the bor. ough and from the West Penn Pow. er Company had completed the in- stallation and adjusted the control devices Motorists approaching the tected crossings are guided by light visible on the right, Broad] white lines have been painted across the streets to indicate where cars should stop on receiving the red signal. Borough authorities caution motorists not to cross the lines, which were spacaa ty give pedes- trians plenty of room to cross on the yellow signals. When a car is halted on the red’ signal, the red remains on while the | (Continued on Page 4) Dr. Hunt Reopens Bellefonte Office Dr. William T. Hunt, Jr., Hunting- | don eye, ear, nose and throat special- ist, Saturday reonened his Bellefonte offices in the rooms on West High street formerly occupied by the Dr D. L. Flegal dental offices. i Dr. Hunt, who closed his Belie- | fonte offices some months ago, will} retain his offices at Huntingdon and | State College. His hours here will be from 0 a. me. 0 1 p. m. every, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. | Robert J president « the prev £4 g the George Snyder Snyder gate pro. the v Y M Arrested For Killing Deer Regls J. Berkheimer, of Hollidays- burg, and his brother, Harvey, of Petersburg, RB, D., were arrested on ment through Wade K. Newell, of | Bunday near Water street by State Uniontown, president of the State motor police and State game offi- Association, Mr. Alkey hag charge cers, charged with possession of of memorial services to be held by| parts of deer in closed season. They the Bellefonte Elks lodge at the|later plead guilty and agreed to pay Lie theatre on December 1 fine and costs. i In reply read Monday, State police stated that organization cans not take over the control of speed laws in boroughs but may send an to ald local officers College borough offered Council the of ils telephone system, stop watches and other equipment needs ed In operating a speed trap The operation of a speed trap, it was brought out, requires three of ficers. Two of them are stationed 600 feet apart, each other by telephone officer pursues speeding makes arrests After the ¢ a nae The third Cars 4 ik Woman Dies As Home Burns Members of Family Leap From Second Floor Win- dows as Fire Rages CUSSION nDNeWsDADer- 3 suffered when she use ene Lo prime a fire at her home in Wingate early Saturday morning proved fatal to Mr: Mabel Estriak! Burns, aged 0. who died at Centre County Hospi‘al here 10:20 the same morning In which leveled ry home to the gro i ner member: : family suffered ng and injuries require Ng nspial reatment ner i wilh Mr ; iff (Continued on Page 62nd Sec.) N Xmas Programs 4* o'clock ha fis the ire 3 tWo-5t0 ar of small » Lhe DU while | “rd Pa Tres minor njurie ered first degree Public Provide Music, Entertain ment Throughout Town The Retail Division of the Cham- ber of Commerce yesterday an- nounced that a Poltstown firm has been retained to install a public address sytsem In the business area of Bellefonte in preparation for the Christmas season The system, similar to the one used effectively here last year, will consist of batteries of speakers lo- cated at intervals along the streets s0 that programs may be heard in every section of the downtown area In addition, mammoth speakers will be placed atop the jail to carry programs to the residential dis tricts Programs will be presented every | afternoon and evening, with one of the local churches serving as a studio. Special nights will be set aside for groups from nearby towns to present programs, Organizations: in surrounding towns wishing to participate in the evening programs are instructed to get In touch with Karl E. Kusse, secretary of the Chamber as d— ll —— Remove Detours On New Highway Major Portion of Bellefonte- State College Road Open- ed For Winter Use Within the next few days detours between Bellefonte and State Col- {lege will be removed, and the major | portion of the new Bellefonte-State | College highway will be thrown open | ito regular traffic, it was announced | ,¢ General Philip Benner, was dug | yesterday. Contractor Sam Azzara, in charge of the western half of the road, re- ports that paving is being completed between the Houserville intersection and Dale's Summit and that traffic Bellefonte link to the Roc State Motor Police barracks, where it joins the old road leading to Axe- mann. The section from Dale's Sum. mit to the concrete road of Rockview penitentiare will be Siinhed ae soon as poscible, Argara sald. Two cuts on the new route be- ported to have cireulated counter 'is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. [of Warrior tween Millbrook and the ¥ {Continued on page four) wi in front Council Discusses { Speeding were pective men re asked t paper report in at Council although no a 0 tl | sDeed trap operate tion ¢f that kind was taken of believed that the threat tings nn t have 16c ght hav speeding report of Liu some ¢! trolling The commitie tery of the . ve 1 > ed fiv ime Fii ind Police bat- eo naicatled new ince fail- mio The va police car ha Lhe cAr went month ve compar a hout neo tment Council the defective payment pe $583 of the car condition ntil ot Fyre Fas Administratior that act r Btate a and are in touch with ¢ and g the best mean (Continued on page seven) May Shorten Banking Hours County Banks Consider (losing at 2 p. m.; Group Elects Officers Tie feasibility pounty banks F iSlead of 3 pp. Mm. was Giscussed at a meeting of the Contre County Bank. ete’ AmatCiation Bellefonte Trt Company ia ht New ciation yea ale National f i ins officers n LF TY Earl R I K mi 3 resident: 1 y ] Four Escape As Building Burns unk House For Student Pil- ots at Pleasant Gap is Destroved ot Ir Tay Four persons escaped injury ea Monday moming in a fire which badly damaged a student bunk house at the rear of the Henry Noll home in Pleasant Gap The blaze, dizcovered o'clock Monday morning to have resulted from a defective coal oil room heater which was in operation at the time. Occupants of the bungalow reported that the stove “exploded” and they fled from the bullding immediately. Three of them lost all their clothing and other possessions, while the fourth saved some of his clothing The Pleasant Gap fire company answered an alarm and upon their arrival found the entire inside of the one-story structure In flames (Continued on Page 4 —- 5 about 15 iz believed non os Ws Girl Is Struck By Car at State College Marjery Polley, of Bquirral Hill Fittsbutgh, escapes serious amy at § o'clock Satu day nigut ahen whe was struck ty an aulomovile {while crossing Ea College aver State College. She was {r=a‘sd hy ia physician for head bruises and a | sprained right wrist Miss Polley apparently failed to [see a car driven by Charles Bloom, iof Pine Grove Mills, traveling in an i {easterly direction. She was struck | {a glancing blow as she stepped from behind a parked vehicle | - Find Ancient Kettle An old charcoal-iron kettle, be- lieved to have been the possession { up Saturday by two Penn State stu. dents, who were hunting near the ruins of the generals old home at | Rock. The general was a Centre [county pioneer and ironmaster of if century and a quarter ago, and it {is now being routed over the Rew 'is believed that he made the kettle {| himself ————— MP ——— —. Watch Your Hall Dollars State Motor Police are looking for a sandy-haired man, five feet 10 inches tall, 160 pounds, wearing a ight brown overcoat. who is re- i fel. hall dollars of 1036 and 1930 ates In Bloomsburg. HOSPITAL SITE RANKS FIRST New Airmail Christmas Savings More Than $147,000 Service Will Begin Dec. 2 Three Centre County Towns Provided With Pick-up Facilities EAST, WEST FLIGHT DAILY ARE PLANNED Fast Schedule Offers Overnight Service to West Coast Osceola Child Struck By Car’ 0 Ve Wilke R D. ina it the Philipsburg State pital where she was rushed after being struck down by automo. bile Monday afternoon while play- ing along the highway on the Ah: land - Brisbin home The child and Cap Try of « LY £4 bE EH an he her a fraciured road nea: received wy darted from Injured in Accident treatment {or nd iaceration of the f{ iffered Sunday morning wutomobile struck warrior Ridge him at near Hunt foot odon gaon the fr in School Changes Are Suggested Building Committee Re- ports After Study of Buildings The building commiltee of the Bellefonte Bechool Board, consisting of RC. Blaney, chairman. and Bos- sart DeHaas, working with Super vising Principal E. K. Stock, recent- | ly surveyed the building facilities in the borough school system and came to several conclusions which! have been recommended to the School Board The committee recommends that the present manual training depart. ment, located In the Spring street building, North Spring street, be! transferred to the proposed new high school building The space thus made available in’ the Spring street building is to be] devoted to four additional elemen-! tary rooms, as follows: one room for the fourth grade now temporarily; located in the inner corridor, 2nd (Continued on Page 4) Hunters Escape As | Car Leaves Highway Five hunters escaped injury Sune | day afternoon when their car went lover an 8-foot embankment about! | one-half mile west of Howard. Dam. | age to the machine was estimated at $150. Andrew P. Kellbwick, of Patton, | driver of the car, told State motor | {police at Pleasant Gap that an. {other car crowded him off the road, | and that his machine struck a roll lof guard fence on the berm before (going over the bank. The men were ion their way to hunt bear tr iss MP —— —. Typhoid Fever Patient | Evelyn Rhinesmith. daughter of | { Mr. and Mrs, M, L. Rhinesmith of | | Mill Hall, is 8 patient at tis Uni- | Aumiller Named Basketball Coach basketball anon at chool’s 1946-41 ellefonte school y Tig Aumilier en year High quintet resignation was completed s foothall other ni by the Bellefonte Red” Derr Aumilier will ald th Aumiller Wn in county hit day ht afte a:ler on ' menor One oul ant to eiso Milley B Kno in , ! A | weball A So A Grand Jury To Meet Monday Murder Charge Against Gardner Among 10 Listed For Action murder indictment $9ys mureer noacutmens in EH a of ned Gardner fryr "Hh field D of Osceola death his Mrs Miller. Mrs. Milier died from eflects of a bullet wound allegedly fired by Gardner who be. came enraged when Mrs. Miller spurned his attentions The lst for presentation hae hry also inchudes two cases of as 4 and battery: two of burglary and one each of hit and run, viola. tion of labor act. removal of levied on audulent f Jane the : he $ es] AFH the good check and drunken drivin Owing 1 day ov f1 " the Ranks; November 28. summary convic. wt held on Thurs. to vz ner } 1% Vili DOL- usually Jersey Shore Hi Last-Half Attack Nets Red And White Two Touch- downs; Score 13 to 0 Unleashing a surprisingly power. ful attack in the last half of game, Bellefonte High school wres:. ed a well deserved victory from a strong Jersey Shore High team at the Community Athletic Field here! Saturday afternoon. Bellefonte turn. ed a 0 to 0 score at the end of the, half into a 13 to 0 victory in two brilliant touchdowns The victory—the last home game of the 1940 season-—is the fifth one for the Red and White this year. The team suffered two defeats and one scoreless tie. All the home games were won. Remaining on the sched. ule is the traditional Thanksgiving Day classic with State College High on November 28 Bellefonte'’s first truchdown, Sat- (Continued on page seven) nn I —— SHEFFIELD PRODUCERS MEET AT SPRING MILLS Nearly 400 Centre Countians at tended a meeting at the Spring Mills Community Hall Tuesday evening of last week, sponsored bv | the Spring Mills local of the Shef- field Farms Producers’ Association A number of speakers were pres- ent and refreshments were served. | The meeting was one of the larges: held by Sheflield Producers for sometime, i — A ————— Deer Lands in Driver's Lap Two Pennsylvania Railroad men from Tyrone while driving to work at Altoona one recent foggy morning had a thrilling and unusual - the hood. Immediately following it another came out on its back in the laps of the two! occupants. Before the two men could throw the furious out, it tore out the top of the car. Jack Fry, ing detained at J. © Hospital, Hun the! ial back injury and fored Sunday automobile struck him | versity of Pennsylvania Hospital, | Philadaiphta, receiving treatment | for typhoid fever. Rhinesmith | William Rhinssmith, of ] | Street, Bellefonte. Bishop | The driver of Earl Mierley A 10 County Banks to Dis- tribute Record Amount Early in December BELLEFONTE BANKS HAVE $31.500 TOTAL More Than 3.500 Centre Countians to Share in Distribution oy the era iy Wo Centre sal are preparing isimasses this ¥ One of them Deoember neither Presid of ¢ #1 JLANDe LIT. December drp0d pp REESE & Yer waen even self witha nd of $§77000 and 1800 ACOOUnD ear $60,000 OL&: Was Jeremiah Alters Dies Suddenly Succumbs While Visiting His Daughter And New Grand- son at Altoona Hospital E. Alters of Perry {Jerry Jerry of died 2:40 o'clock Tuesdas November 10, 1940 th hospital while visiting hi Mrs. Ernest Baker an old son who are patients iy nital Mr. Alters county, was a Diana Balley Alters and was at Spring Mills on November 5. } making his age at time of death 68 years and 14 days. On November 2 1901, he was united in marriage with Miss Lizrie Shamp Mingoville, this county. For many vears Mr. Alters worked for the Adams and American Rail- way Express agencies on the old Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, at Bellefonte, Hecla, and lamar, re- maining with that railroad until it wag abandoned in 1918, He then went to Altoona and worked for the i express agency there until his ree | tirement on May 27, 1938 Survivors include his wife: three ‘daughters, Mrs, Marion Mever, of Lamar; and Mrs. Edna Frantz and Mrs, Mildred Baker. both of Al- toona;: a son. Joseph, of Hunting- don; two brothers. Perry and Harry Alters. both of Bellefonte, and thaee grandchildren. Mr. Alters was a member of the {Fifth Avenue Methodist church, Al- itoona, and the Knights of the Gold- en Eagle, No. 406, Lamar Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Mt, Bethel ¢hurch, near Lamar, and in. [terment will be made in the ceme- tery adjoining the church Wh —————— LOCAL YOUTH MAIL: FIRST LETTER TO SANTA fonte a “te al a of The first letier {0 Santa mailed in Bellefonte to date was writien by Kenneth Corl. of Bellefonte, R. D. 1. Kenneth writes as foliows “1 am nine years old and in sixth grade, | I was a good boy since 1 saw you last iyear, Please bring me a watch with a luminous dial a set of {wheels for my Highway Streak wagon, and a Wool OWest coat. | size 10, blue plaid. I will keep my {dog in ihe barn again so don't os | afraid to come to my house.” | The Jeiter has been forwarded to experience. First, one deer darted Sania at the North Pole {from the side of the road and over - CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK The tuberculosis commitiee, affi« liated with the Woman's Club, will meet this Thursday night to pre-
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