PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY. 7,000 be Centre Democraf [5 SE VOLUME 60. NUMBER 1. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, oH ~y JANUARY 1941, SUBSC RIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR TITAN DISTRIBUTES $38,000 BONUS Turner Store Two Girls Molested: 62%Employes Share Board Passes In New Year “Gift” Measures For New Building ——— | Each Worker Receives 5% of Total Earnings For Year PLANT PAYROLL AT ALL-TIME PEAK Editor Succumbs | $134.31; Smallest Drawn | For $3.77 The Titan Metal Manufacturing Company's New Year's greeting to its 558 hourly and 70 salaried eins ployes consisted of a generous. stige of a $38,000 bonus mellon cut by the prominent Bellefonte industry, The amount received by each ems ploye represented 5 per cent of his earnings from December 3, 1630 to December 2, 1940. The smallest check received by an hourly Wage employe was $3.77, and the largest check to an hourly employe was for $134.31. The announcement of the bonus distribution was accompanied by a statement which noted that the fourth quarter for 1940 reached an all-time peak for Titan, with a pay- roll of approximately a quarter of a million dollars, This increase brought the yearly payroll to proximately $830,000. Hourly wages it is noted, have reached an all-time high, averaging 388 per cent higher than in 1829, “This bonus distribution,” the an- nouncement sets farth, “is in line with the company's policy of re- turning to workers in the form of dividends and higher wages the maximum yield based on past earn- ape ings. Other voluntary policies de- veloped by the company include va- cations with pay, promotion of group life, health and accident in- ly al Boe Pen be Land the t by period apd the, Soyo (Continued on page three) nnn, ap ——————— Farm Home Is Razed By Fire Centre Hall Family Makes Hazardous Escape From Bedrooms A family of ten near Centre Hall wis rendered homeless and eight of them suffered burns about 10:15 o'clock Monday night when their home on the Earlystown road was destroyed by fire. Victimng of the fire are: Mr, and Mrs. Dayton Lansberry and eight young chikiren, who escaped down | & ladder from a porch roof. Mr and Mrs. Lansberry and six of the children received treatment at the offices of a Centre Hall physician for burns about the feet and legs. None of the wounds are of a serious nature, Centre Hall firenien, using their pumper for the first time, were powerless to save the ancient house, but they successfully prevented the flames, driven by a high wind, from reaching the barn Ze other near- by outbuildings. The stone house, believed to be (Continued on page eight) Hannah Girl Reads 5684 Chapters In Bible Last Year Peter Poullos, teacher In the Methodist Sunday school at Hane nah, believes his daughter has es- tablished some kind of record for Bible study during 1940. During the year, he reported yes- terday, the girl, Dorothy Poullos, aged 15, read a total of 50684 chap- ters in the Bible, To attain that number, some chapters were read more than once. Another student in Poullos’ class, Irene Walk, also aged 15, was sec- ond high with a total of 3.754 chap- ters for the year, Poullos believes the world would improve if more people became bet- ter acquainted with the Bible Institutions Serve Turkey on Christmas Turkey dinners with all the trim- 3, at 9 o'clock, and will continue for | iten days, it was announced yester-| to 1123 persons who are in Institu- day. The store is closed all day to- | mings were served Christmas Day tions in Centre county. The penitentiary population at Rockview, 967 all told, ate gobblers, while 40 in the Centre County Hos- pital and 16 in the county jal} also had a taste of turkey. Fifty-three guests at the county home had chicken—because they pr their turkey dinner on Thanks. a wh 4 i termoon CHARLES L. GATES Bric Niness Fatal To C. L. Gates Veteran Newspaperman Dies at 77: Was Editor Here Over 35 Years { Charles Lewis Gates, veteran | Bellefonte newspaperman. an editor of the Democratic Watchman for 35 years. and for the past 18 years | Bellefonte Borough Auditor, died at ithe Centre County Hospital, Belle. Thursday . 1940 tintit fone 1:20 December Had Mr. Gates lived day. December 20 observed his 78th bir ary. For bee numbered among working newspapermen Mr. Gates had health OMe mained at work until Thursd icember 18 when the last | (Continued on page sl ai Qik 26, r the past 56 been for months ‘Local Couple Married 50 Years | Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Grove | Quietly Observe Anniver- : sary Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Grove, who reside along the old Lewistown pike just south of Bellefonte, on Decem- ber 24th quietly observed their 50th wedding anniversary at their home ! Because Mrs, Grove has not been in good health for some weeks, no cele- bration was held Mr. Grove and Elizabeth Evey, of Lemont, were united in marriage on | December 24, 1890, at Boalsburg, by {the Rev. Mr. Hawshauer, then pas- itor of the Boalsburg Lutheran jchurch. The wedding party drove | through two feet of snow to the ceremony. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Al Shuey, now deceased; the bridegroom's brother, the late Dan- iel A. Grove, of Bellefonte, and Miss i Blanche Tate, now Mrs, Blanche Petterolf, of Pleasant Gap. Immediately after the ceremony (Continued on page six) Driver Fined After | Crash Near Millheim [| | Bruce P. Zettle, | D. was fined $10 and costs at a hear- | ing before Justice of the Peace J { R. Miller, Miilheim after his car | { crashed into a coupe driven by Paul | i B. Ritter of Britton, | Route 45 between Mill i Spring Mills at 8:30 o'clock Friday { might. The cars were traveling in | oposite directions, it was said | Zettle was charged with driving on { the wrong side of the road. Dam- age to each car amounted t» about $50 Mich., on KATZ STORE JANUARY i | The annual January clearance sale at the Katz store Bellefonte, iwill open Friday morning, January {day in preparation for the sale. | According to a two-page adver- | tisement appearing fb this issue, the | January clearance this year will isurpass all others in exceptional values, Many items are marked at factory close-out prices and all win. iter merchandise 1s drastically re- {dueced, Consult the advertisement for | additional Information, of Spring Mills R. | heim and! Will Issue $17,000 Council- manic Bouas; $55,000 Issue is Tabled APPROVE SALE OF SITE FOR $25,000 Tax Levy of 34 Mills Be- ginning Next Spring Will Finance Program A new $400,000 high school build- ing Bellefonte, to replace the one destroyed by fire February 13, 1939. was given substantial im- Fetus Monday night of last week xal school board passed four measures in connection with the financing of the new structure A $55,000 bond issue approved sev- eral ago by the volers was tabled for the time being because > suitable legal way could be found (Continued on page three) ————————— Bell Announces Building Program for on viaen tne years ’ lay in 1941 to Be Spent in Bellefonte Area Present plans of the Bell Tele- phone Company of Pennsylvania call for the expenditure of nearly $30000000 throughout the State during 1941 for telephone construc fon activities, It will exceed the 1940 outlay for construction bY about . $5,000.000. Jesse H. Caum, manager for the company ssid approximately $300. | MIS CXChaugt WN Ls DELL sPehi in area [Or a nes central office bulld ing at 113 North Allegheny Stree! the installation of dial mechanisms and construction of equipment. Transfer of Bellef to dial gervice is scheduled for late in 1941 An additions! $127.00 will be pent for a new Bellefonte-Lock Ha- ven telephone cable and about $30,- 000 for a new repeater station and equipment approximately 17 miles northeas: of Bellefonte, A repeater statihn is an integral par istance telephone trans- Continued on page eight) cami A —— State College Girl Is Struck By Car Barbara L the Homer, six-year-old daughter of Bruce M. Horner, of South Allen street. State College suffered painful but not serious in- juries Saturday night when she was struck by a car at the interseciion of Beaver avenue and Allen street State College The car, driven by Carl E. Bech- del. also of State College, was trav- eling north toward College avenue and crossed the intersection with the traffic light. The child, who was ac- companied by her father, a sister and a brother, stepped in front of the machine. She suffered a small cut on the forehead and brush burns on both legs. She was treated by a State College physician and taken to her home ‘Three Cars Damaged In Mishap at College In a collision at State College last Tuesday cars driven by Burgess Wilbur PF. Leitzell and Mrs. W. E Kenworthy, Arbor Way, were dam- aged. According to the police report, the Kenworthy car pulled out from the leurb as the Leitzsll car was going by. The impact forced the Ken- worthy vehicle against a car owned {by Rev. R. A BSelby, North Patter {the curb, Total damage was about $80 Infant Resuscitator The Woman's Auxiliary { ty Hospital an Infant resuscitator. | The instrument is to be used in! | the delivery room. NOTICE TO READERS | tre Democrat last week consisted of | only eight pages. This week's edi- tion also Is an eight-page one for | the same reason. For the benefit of i readers who are uncertain whether they receive the full edition, we will {each week in the future indicate i the number of pages in the issue | in the small box at the upper right | vide of the first page. son street, which was parked along | i Curtin Street, | what wag probably Bellefonte's most Given To Hospital of the {| Centre County Medical Society this | CLEARANCE OPENS FRIDAY | Week presented to the Centre Coun- | Because of the holidays The Cen- | fh ’ A NEW YE brings with it of many Raha om ] vishes granted, good fortune. A New LY | manner of now, and w hope it will the hope that of our A Happy New Year! : ly Highway (auses (rash W. J. Deorworth, Jr., In- jured as Cars Collide on Centre Hall Mountain Jeliefonte and his sister escaped christmas ’ abonst 9 when their accident on injury night ved in an Hall mountain fie south of Pleasant both Penn State were ret to Bellefonte ym Philadelphia where they spent Christmas day with th ther, William J. Dorworth been undergoing medical treatment Jefferson Hospital the about Gap LS EF one-half 1 The two irming since Thanksgiving holidays A freak icing condition the hichway was assigned as the cause (Continued on page three) on Couple Observes 57th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Haupt Guests of Honor at Family Dinner Theodore Haupt, well known re- | tired Bellefonte contractor, and Mrs, Haupt on Friday were guests of honor at a family dinner held it their home in Bush Addition in celebration of thelr 87th. wedding anniversary Present during the day were many 51 the elderly couple's six children, 23 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren Mr. Haupt and Isabel Confer, both cf the Bellefonte area, were united in marriage on December 27, 1883. They went to housekeep- ing on West High Street, opposite the United Brethren church, and (Continued on page three) — | Bellefonte Woman Receives 8000-Mile J hopes fulfilled, ing vou ev- erything wor Surely you join with us in National will be realized, and that peace will be reborn, Lt Wo . / A y LJ | B a To Move Info AR always the promise l.ecase Two Large Adjoin- ing Rooms, Additional Space in Basement CHANGE SCHEDULED BEFORE APRIL 1 and all 8 beginning e sincerely New Fixtures, Shelving, Counters Ordered; Will be Air Conditioned thwhile. aim Defense every standing business deal of wa the A. C. 1 announced Co 4 ist closed mer th the wn E. Dorworth Building large ac- Corporation fo dg on page six) Philipsburg Man Gets NYA Post (ieorge W. Bratton, Jr. Named Interviewer; Will Receive Applications Is George W. Bratton, Jr. Phil- ipsburg, has been employed as interviewer for the Nationa] Youth Administration, it was snnounced Monday morning by W. 1. Scott, of Bellefonte During this week, Mr. Bratton is conflining his activities to the town. ships of Rush, Bumside and Bnow Home of C of £ Secre- Shoe and all boroughs lying there. s. - - in sary Damaged in Blaze | an youths between the ages on Christmas Day rages pg of an Fire Causes $2000 Loss ou ad tel Ol applications Brat. file for NYA employment with M: have been caused ton. Por their cor the wooden application offices will be establish. od damage od In variuos communi estimated at £2000 to the house On The object of these East Linn street occupied by Belle- to oblain a roster of yout fonte Chamber of Commerce secre- ing assignment Karl E. Kusse and family, development In Christmas afternoon NOW many vacancies in the gi When blaze was discovered expanded Resident Work Center about 2 o'clock by members of the the National Youth Administration family, the fire had involved a con- These work centers are siderable portion of the roof of the New Castle Shippensburg thres-story house. A general alarm port State College Harrisburg brought Logan and Undine Fire Manch Chunk, Reading California Companies to the scene and within and West Chester A! Resident Cen- a few minutes firemen had liters youth may “earn while they streams of water on the learn about machine operation Their highly effective work welding, automatic mechanics radio (Continued on page three) ground aviation mechanics and uction trucks The whole NYA program is geared with national de- Fire, believed to when a spark fell on shingles of the roof. caus ties PEAT io sid jocal tary addition the $s at iv ocated I Yilliams- KOV blaze 8O0N const Prizes Awarded Total of 1030 Aliens ~—— In County Registered At midnight December 26 when the alien registration period closed a total of 1030 aliens in Centre cotinty had complied with the Lewis Smith, contractor residing quirements of the new law at Roopsbhurg, near Bellefonte, was Philipsburg led with a total of awarded first prize in the annual 700. Bellefonte was second with 241, outdoor Christmas Lighting Contest and State College was low with only held in Bellefonte during the Yule (88, Contrary to expectations, there season {was no last-minute rush, only two Second prize went to Mrs. Harold | persons registering at Bellefonte and B. Harris, of North Allegheny street, | State College offices on the final and third prize was awarded today George Emel, of North Spring street, Nearly every nation on the face The Smith display, built along of the globe is represented in the the side of the Smith home, con- | registrations in this county. Ai State sists of a fireplace, with the figures College, women were the first and of two children hanging stockings last to register, one being from from the mantel. On the mantel] are Poland and the other from Czecho- fa clock and candles, The whole! slovakia—both nations now victims scene is effectively illuminated of German's blitzkrieg. The Harris display is confined - principally to the doorway, which is trimmed with evergreens set off in Announce Program colored lights. A wreath and bells on the door compiete the effect For Week of Prayer The George Emel display por-| The Week of Prayer will be ob- trays a model rural town, with! served among Bellefonte churches Lew Smith, Roopsburg Con- tractor, Receives First Prize in Local Contest {homes, stores and streets electrical- | with a series of union services Jan- Christmas Greeting Mrs. E N. Parker, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, J. D. Hunter, of East Bellefonte, received | unique Christmas greeting, The greeting was in the form of a telephone conversation with her husband, Lt, Commander E. N. Par ker, of the United States Navy, who is stationed In the Philippine Islands. Lt. Parker called from { Manila at 6 a. m, Christmas morn- ing, and the connection was come pleted eight minutes later, Althouigly the voices during the! three-minute conversation traveled over some 5000 miles of the Pacific | Ocean and some 3000 miles of the United States, Mrs. Hunter had no! difficulty in understanding her hus- | band. “It was as he talked | from the other side of town, instead of half-way around the world,” she | Sunday moming., Janusry 5 All | members and friends of the Congres The call was not a surprise to gation are invited to atlend the ser- told friends later. (Continued on page 6 i ly illuminated. The display also in-|yary 6 to 10, inclusive. Bach service jieludes a mill operated by water will begin at 7:30 o'clock and will power and a complete farm scene. be in charge of the pastor of the The display occupies the entire yard church in which the service is held of the Emel home Crider Bldg. of 18 venience NYA job re- | jure Burglary ME. AND MRS, BRUCE PETERS Milesburg Couple Wedded 50 Years Anniversary Celebration Is Held Christmas For Mr. And Mrs. Bruce Peters Christmas 1940 marked the fifil- oth anniversary Mr. and Mrs. B wel " ob Lion and Mr: {Continued on page three Peters have ms — i. — Car Sideswipes Bus On Road at Axemann r operated by G. Max Gam a Johnston were involved AxXemann i 10:45 o'clock . being driven by Philip Bellefonte According to reports the Gamble machine, passing the bus, sideswiped iarger vehicle. No one wag in- and damage was estimated at driven of by Thomas A Anderson Bellefonte and an- other sedan operated by Joe R. Pol- tis Clarence, collided near the brick yard at Clarence Saturday af- termoon. Damage to the car driven by Anderson was approximately $70 and loss to the other sedan was about $8 of Fire at Haag House Members of the Undine Fire Com- pany were called to the Haag House about § o'clock Tuesday morning when a flue in the building caught fire. Firenisn stood by while the blaze burned out with no damage, and inspected the flue for flaws which might have caused future trouble Married 50 Years | of the weddine of Attem pted New Offenses Credited to Mysterious Purse Snatcher 9 ’ TERRORIZES BISHOP STREET RESIDEN Assailant Flees After Striking Coleville Girl in Abdomen wlitie East Curtin in front of the home of Dr Ciipatrick beard steps be- hind but thought nothing of it Even when hands grasped her around the neck from the rear believed some friend was “surpris- ing” her. When she was forced © the sidewalk, while her assailant pounded her head with his fists, Miss Bloop realised her danger and screamed . A member of the Kilpatrick fam- Tr went te the dor amd the Wan Aider mai Hor ey she To Call 17 In County Draft 12 Volunteers Ready To Qualify For January 22 Contingent Centre county's draft quota for the Jahuary 22 call will be 17 mon it was reported by Bellefonte and State College local draft board of- ficers Local Draft Board No. 2. Belle- fonte, will send nine men, and Board No. 1. State College. will send eight men For its quota of nine Draft Board No. 2, has six volunteers at this time. They are: George Stasko, Wil- Herr and Ben Krone, all of Clarence; Robert Park, Bellefonte R. D 2; Charlies Wolesiagle, for- merly of Unionville, now of In- (Continued on page three) Wy te { lard Income Tax Forms Available January 3 Income Tax formg for the taxable year 1940 will be released on Janu- ary 3, 1841, Joseph T. McDonald Internal Revenue Collector of Scranton has announced. Corpor- atisn Returns, Forms 1120 and 1121 will be available on the same date At the presenti time the Corpora. tion Reiurns ame in the process of preparation. but the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue at Washington ex- pects (0 have them ready for re- icase 10 the public by January 3nd PLEASANT GAP WOMAN DESCRIBES LIFE IN FLORIDA Mis. George Margargel, of Pleas [treated to a tropicial downpour i Members of all the churches are! ant Gap, now sojourning in Florida, For the rast three days we have Judges ‘n the contest were Mrs. cordially invited and those who dol writes most interestingly of winter had little sunshine. much misty Robert Eckenrode, Karl Kusse and not belong to any of the local con. | life in that southern climate. Mrs | weather. some gentle showers and Jack Wilkinson. In addition to the gregations will be prize-winning displays, Bellefonte ' welcomed. has scores of other attractive outs door Christmas effects. { tion; Rev. Charles G. Link [ah fe New Pastor at Zion h Rev. Charles O. Link, of Rock. most heartily ranged by the Ministerial Associa. cal church: “The World And Its Need of Christ"—Rev. C. E. Are noid. church: “Jesus Christ Is the An. wood of the Zion-Hublersburg charge of swer”—Rev. H. H. Jacobs, the Evangelical and Reformed church, succeeding the Rev. James B. Musser, who resigned some! months ago. Instalintion services for the new pastor will be held at 10:40 o'clock dist church: "The Church And Its Thursday, January d—The Presby- terian church: * Responsibility of America”~<Rec, C. N. Stamm. church: “The Coming Kingdom” ~Rev, G. E. Householder, . i = January 6—The Evangeli. | Wednesday, January 8—The Metho- Business"-—Rev. H. W. Hartsock. | | Magargel, widely known throughout { the county through her numerous {sense of realness that gives hes | accounts of events long past a sense {of present-day timeliness We hope to have additional let- iters from Mrs. Magargel in the | coming weeks. Our winter here has were going to need assurance in | January and February that the sun is shining, somewhere. Clearwater, Fla December 23. 1940, The Centre Dembderat, | Dear Bdiltor: Friday. January 10~The Reformed! Instead of snow to make a white Chrismas as 1 suspect you are get- | ting up North, we here are being (his morning sheets of rain. From the window ii looks like old The following schedule of places, | historical writings, brings to her fashioned bead portieres of frans- | subjects and preachers has been ar-| description of Florida the same lucent gray, hung between us and the green of palm and live oak { The oak are festooned with Spanish moss, greenish gray. Scarlet poin- settas are higher than my head: (burnt orange cbiored flame vines |aiong the white trellis and a purple . Pa. has been named pastor | Tuesday, January 7—The Lutheran Deen s5 mild that we've a feeling something that resembles morning glories, open all day—all are droop ing and beaten, casting their older leaves, and apparently discouraged with Jife. Tomorrow the sun will shine—if not, it «ill next day, and we will walk out again in a clean vorld with everything blooming ang refreshed by this much ussded soaking. On Friday afternodn everybody (Continued on page six) -
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