Paue Richt : ” cm —— a. -_ OBITUARY REBECCA CATHERINE BARR Rebecca Catherine Barr, william Howard Barr, of Ga Centre county, died at her home| Friday night, December 13, 1940, of | complications due to advanced age. | elating. widow of | the New Union tesburg, | Unionville. was made In cemetery, near Interment RAYMOND RAY EMEL Raymond Ray Emel aged 8) Miss Engles was born at Storms. | town, December 6, 1857, a daughter lof Mr. and Mrs, Jeremiah Engles, In addition to her sister, one bro- ther, Charles Engles, of Yocum, Tex., survives. She was a member of the | {Dunkard church. Puneral services were held Saturday afternoon with burial in the Dunnstown cemetery, Lock Haven. MRS. EDWARD MOORE Mrs. Marie Moore, wife of Edward Moore, of Julian, died at the Phil. Born December 14, 1859 at Gates- months and 13 days, son of Chester | n.h,.e State Hospital last Thurse burg, she was the daughter of John | and Eleanor Bachman Emel, of | day morning, Decamber 12, 1040, af- W. and Sara Ann Cummings Rider. | Brick Row, Bellefonte, died at his| gar o several weeks’ illness with a She spent her entire life in Centre county community. Members | of the family include three sons: John, of Gatesburg; Lloyd, of State |is College, and Foster, of Tyrone. Mrs Barr was a member of the Gates- burg Lutheran church JOSEPH A ALEXANDER. Joseph A Alexander, retired Pennsylvania Rallroad employe, died at the home of his son-in-law Austin Lucas, in Bush Hollow, a 5:15 c'clock last Thursday after- noon, December 12. 1940, after a brie! lliness with a complication of diseases. Mr. Alexander was a son of Joseph B. and Jemima Calhoun Alexander and was born in Union township on January 16, 1878, making his age at time of death 02 years, 10 months and 26 days. He this | puerta} Nome gatly Frio hom, complication of diseases, She was a ’ O " y & a | daughter of Joseph and Leah Walk- fliness with pneumonia. The child|.. Sweitzer and was born at Kato survived by his parents; his | grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. George | Emel, of Bellefonte, and these bro- | thers and sisters: Melvin, Geraldine, | Mary, Helen, Chester, Jr., Martha Ann, Janet and Richard, all at| home. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the E. E Widdowson Puneral Home, North Allegheny street, with the Rev, C, Nevin Stamm, pastor of the Belle. fonte Reformed church, officiating. Interment was made in the Union cemetery MISS JENNIE ENGLES Miss Jennie Engles, for years a resident of Bellefonte, died Wednesday evening, December 11, 1940, at the home of her sister, Mrs many on June 22, 1821, making her age at time of death 19 years, 5 months and 20 days. Surviving are her hus- band, Edward Moore; her parent residing at Grassflat, and these brothers and sisters: Willlam, Eliza. beth, Lewls, Olive and Helen, all of Grassflat, Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Moshan- non Methodist chureh, with the Rey william C. Bloom officiating, Inter- ment was made in the Askey ceme- tery, Moshannon. Prisoner's Story Of Misfortunes (Continued from: page one) THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. 1940.. Ir—— He worked down Into New Mex- | lco and finally landed in Texas, where he was arrested on suspicion and was held In jail seven days Authorities took his fingerprints and he believed his identity would be- come known, but he was released with a clean bill. The fugitive then went west to Washington and tried to enter Can- ada but couldn't get by the immi- gration officials, He went south and tried to get into Mexico, but had no better luck. 80 last veur he ed to the middle west While riding a freight through Oklahoma, Hill became hungry and tired and as the train passed a sheep herders camp, the fugitive decided to get off and obatin food at the camp. When he went to drop! from a freight car his right leg slipped and caught in the iron lade der on the side of the car, The up- per portion of his body fell to the ground and he was dragged for a considerable distance before the foot released and he fell to the ground With hi right with one arm and scratched, Hill crawled miles to the camp and the sheep herder straightened the leg as best he could. The prisoner refused to go to a hospital or to have a phy- sician brought up to treat him be. cause of fear of capture, After five weeks In the camp, when did not appear any better herder brought a ve who attempted to set ken hip badly leg bre and torn two and terinars return- | as a suspicious character several | weeks ago, police took him to a hos- {pital snd had the broken leg x-ray- led. The photos revealed that the bone between the knee and ankle was broken in about eight places Is land sinee several breaks have not a cane | healed, the leg bends easily when, When he was any better COME TO US FOR HOL- IDAY HAIR STYLING that flatters and in". We offer this Christmas Special WEEK “stays pre- ALL Shampoo Finger Wave Manicure $1.00 the cast is removed Akron sald the leg would never be without Hill sald he has considerable pain in the leg most of the time, but he able to walk without erutches or able RUDEMAR BEAUTY SALON Burgeons in an operation to get around pF Du Cll WS UF lub CHRISTMAS BELLES . . . again, Hill found that was Un. able to get a job, for employers were not anxious Wo hire ¢ man who had one leg in a cast. Consequent- ly the last year of his “freedom was Lhe worst, Hill, whose home formerly was in Chambersburg, expressed the hope that “they'd do something to fix ur the at Pittsburgh I'm glad it than that he lew over, Prison 1» bet. Ley Hill concluded And you meant jt got Lhe I — ———— year 1940 is anyliing tha Year the arawing 10 a you Detier f th do u you hag stared on task Ee December 19, ——— Lemon Juice Recipe checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly ruffer from rheumatic or neuritis Dain inexpensive home r If you ritis mnie nou iendid : ihe pa a ii10 § You x will cont you nd by your ao thing druggist un INONeEY~DArk FUATALLGE ing for male and by Widmann & Tesh x7 4 BISHOP STREET BELLEFONTIH IRPNNNDDVINVNDDDNJNDDNDE | [TS TONE WILL AMAZE YOU [TS POWER WILL SURPRISE YOU [TS PERFORMANCE WILL THRILL YOU . . . is survived by his wife and these children: Edgar, Altoona; Mrs Marie Rogers, Eighty Pour, Pa; Philip, with the U. 8, Navy, at Nor- folk, Va, Mrs, Joyce Lucas, of Ju- lian; Mrs, Elizabeth Lucas, of Mc- Martha FPetteroll, of Jersey Shore, after a lingering illness with a heart jallment, Miss Engles, who had been | bedfast since suffering a fall in her sister's home flve weeks ago, was 83. While a resident of Bellefonte Keesport; Joseph B., of Fleming, | Miss Engles made her home with | and Robert and Betty Jane at home, | the Zellers and McManus family There are no surviving brothers or (in the house now occupied by the sieihrs’ NY. © KXlexander hid been | Dr. Harris family on South Alle- employed as a railroad conductor gheny street Five years ago she for thirty years, Funeral services went to live with the Samuel Rob- were held on Monday afternoon at erts family on Wilson sireet, and In the home in Unionville, with the August of this year removed to Jer- Rev. J. A Byrd, of Coleville, offi- sey Shore ter then applied a Hill still is wearing After his arrest fear that nagged at him during the time of his liberty, The fear that he'd be caught and returned to pris- on “It never leaves you," he said peaking of the fear of recapture “You can't stay anywhere for any length of time, 1 left several without collecting wages dye me be. case of some little thing which made me belleve I was found out Continuing he added ‘I was working In a lumber camp out west was getting along nieely day a stranger came to camp and 1 locked at him and thought he wa after me. 1 left the same day it colieciing my waged Hill's flight from Centre after leaving Rockview Is a story of a desperate battle agalnst na. ture, He and two other Inmates tole a guards car. cut a hole through the prison stockade and drove to Stormstown where they took a car owned by Penn State tudents and drove to near Tyrone where they abandoned the machine and continued on foot. One of hig companions Injured his leg and sur- rendered to officers. The other was caught two weeks later In Pitts. burgh. Hill continued west alone on foot Job y ’ to reside with her zi and One by re BEE ESE SB SS COME here for id wily |B elt : mifort and design in new beautiful cover—the ideal Xmas { itt 4 il IS litterent ry ~~ wilh Ci 5 county wo ve a LE 0 the entire family J HON 6D510 » A * - —— Tr Fr AAAS, 1 only $3 § for chair and stool 0M 1 Visit our store and see our complete stock of “Better Built Furniture.” WNP! Give Something for the Home - WP BRACHBILL'S ) Spring St Bellefonte "3 a ” . Lr ted a ‘1 didn't come out of the moun- tains for thirty days,” he sald, “and when I finally ventured into a town I learned that it was Joplin, Mis. sourl.” He explained that he lived { on berries, herbs, and anything ed- ible he could find in the woods Sleeping outdoors through rain and cold nights was a painful exper- lence “Once I caught a chicken” he reminisced. “I found an old can, | cleaned the chicken and bofled it and it tasted good even if 1 didn't have any salt or pepper.” Hill got his bearings in Joplin and wandered around through that { state before heading northwest to Nebraska, He then went south to Oklahoma, picking ip odd jobs en- route in order to eam enough for food. 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White sidewall EA > . * tires extra. ——————————_s pp. petitive bidding in the sale of your property. “HA " [ Past experiences have proven that public sales of real estate de- mand higher prices, A number of Farms and several Residences will be offered at pub. lie sale In the near future WATCH FOR DATES wie 2d Bellefonte | Borrow From A Bank When obliged to borrow money to meel expenses, be certain, through investigation, that your money is loaned by a reputable and approved organization. For seventy-five years, we have been meeting the needs of those who have a need for money, Our reputation is above questioning. time like the present to get back of that big FIREBALL Eight = no time like right now to start piling up gasoline mileage econo- mies that run as high as 10% or 15%. UPPOSE, come Christmas morning, you took your wife to the front door, pointed out through the holly wreath — and there let her see a brand-new Buick standing at the curb! A thrill? You bet = for the whole family! 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