— — PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY — COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY, 7,000 he Centre Democraf BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR MP Landmark 136 Yrs. '(ounly Jail Birthday Parties Old, Being Removed Is Unfit for Scheduled Tonight ¥ Federal Use Half of Proceeds Retained yi Locally to Fight 71 Per Cent of Nation's ” Uh Local Jails Fail to Pass r ll Inspection DANCES LEAD LIST = TA OF CELEBRATIONS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS ioointmen: he a VOLUME 60. NUMBER 5. LOCAL TROOPERS LEAVE FOR CA o % Vanguar “Begins 1150-Mile’ Journey Remainder of Unit to Fol- low by Rail, Sat- urday WILL BE IN CAMP AT SHELBY, MISS. 21-Car Train Will Carry 577 Soldiers From This Area f With the departure of an motor caravan of Battery B Feld Artillery Bellefonte Camp Shelby, Mississirpl, Monday night, remainder of the loca Battery began preparation: leave by rall for this Saturday afternoon The advance contingent of departed at 7 p, m, Monday for the 1.150 mile journey ward, taking with them the hi¢les in the Battery. Alter ing the night in the Fran Armory, Altoona, the local was joined by Altoona headquarter unit with 20 men and officers, and 10 vehicles; DuBois Battery of thw Name Rector For Episcopal Church County Physicians Called To Service te College an physi r United H. Thom: Robert i All Larger Towns in County to Aid in Nation wide Movement Factors Taken Into Consideration in Rat- ing Prisons 11 aavance 190th MINIng ir Bellefonte I's, are Call Lo he color They ar | Richards Hoffman, Dr Harold B | Harris, Dr. Paul M. Corman and Dr Former County Joseph A Parrish * » . Official Dies be retained West ve ’ Lh hill Dale » ci uu ' th ANA ! , 6 4 Ey g Ce . . ‘ Sad ‘ v ; ALE We Jdiseates al whie the 17 nal wii pe forwarded spend- ayer n ers John Only Man ‘ Upset Third-Term Tra. Prison Today Second Battalion with 20 men and the National Infant Paralysis town for use throughout the convoy a 0e county hedule is on i 10 vehicles, and 14 men of med- Garfield Gardner To Be 102] Goins ed a Altooma Taken to Pittsburgh to he trip to Mississippi . . i stopped at Begin Life Term nation. ° re = Theatre Labor =: which Bhd The combined caravan n Add ' t: Cha } pat = dete Oley prepared OL Saturda prison b Sheriff Edward R. MH ! ! January 25 1041. dealh be- Jails nounced that he will take Garfield ) tirit 1 WO a heart aliack 0 S d en 0(a ou S {0a 1 Gardner, 60-year-oid Edendal 1in- Wit} Ih } nw been | . ion . ’ . rr . for nt Fo reserve office JONUN SPEARLY the ~ the same Cie vent wil combat - mele Vee : emalrdig Spearly ‘ae sundatior dition Here ATE BRO the Ml on page six) tanocga, Tenn. lasg scheduled to arrive at Miss, Thursday night Camp helby is scheduled at er. to the Western penitentiar it val { me time, Mr early o'otlock tomorrow morning Pittsburgh y to begin his life had worked dally as supervisor of h i In the group which left Monday [term for the slaying { his neigh- construction at the Pleasant Cap in 0 night were the following officers bor, Mrs. Jane Miller, aged # Fishy Hatchery and was in his usua and members of Battery B.: Cap! Cardner, sentenced Frederick L. Shope Sgt. Guy Sym. day afternoon by Judge Ivan Walk- yrday afternoon when h monds, Corp. Ralph Schenck, Corp. (er after a hearing in which the hear: Medical ald was sum Dunklebarger, Privates Albert court fixed the Sogres of ja oi | moned but he failed to Mhpond to ‘Knisely, Harry Shaffer, Lynn Blaz- first degree murder, is reported 10, greaument. On Christmas Day Mr : 1 i plage Rr {be calmly facing the prospect of | gnearly sheerved his 60th birthday spending the remainder of his life Ir 1027 3p ssa Ml ——— in prison io Ist National Installs r sheriff Miller declared that OWING | cn Night Depository i» ue to the harardous condition of road A : hy i celebrations wer atin Fed ® The ’ Lavitie 4 4 ===: Ruling Upheld === a DOoard CA —- “ gs and equ Board Holds Firm on Or- liness, 4) conditions of employment am fe 0 un eers and Indust discipline, (6) ed- ucalion and recreation afforded pment } clean. Relatior against How- Elizabeth B State College pus Owl ard J State College der Against Owners of Plaza, State Theatres A Pennsylvania 1s Board last vear T and medical ser- Thompson srwensville, owners Will fumish music for a dance at hygiene practices the Plaza and State theatres We Elks Club with the dance be. (10) personnel, and (11) religious | Bellefonte, was made fina] in a de- | iN8 scheduled from § to 1 o'clock instruction provided cree filed last Wednesday by the A card party, being held in oon- Centre county jail was rated as Board after its consideration of ex. Declion With the dance will begin (Contined on page eight) orptions filed to the original decree. '81 8 p m Bw RAR The Thompsons, charged with un THe fir show wi" bectn af 11 labor practices in the dismis- (Conilinued on page three) sal of projection machine operator! Miller Bellefonte Minister Dies Clifford of At Port Matilda >>: tor union activities, are di- ected affirma- - w {129% prisoners Li) vice, (3) personal ock Sat {ood (8 1 , " iiered a 14 on List for Placement Three From “Town Offer in April Quota; Enrollees Services For Call on Now at Coburn February 5 His last Wednes- health until about 3:30 o * 8 of Ra Gk Si ev; 4 — - ¥ oral n the Coun’y Centre county filled broke CCC Camp at ent as 4 an Fn i fair Cer from quotas of Beven the Guar- hem eld on Januay ‘ ' applied and were AoOna, and thes ‘ eli } { induction int . CO] wilh bo . 1 were transported {rom Poe Valley Camp No for physical examina formal entry inte th C. Williams, execu. and Milton WwW. Etter: ire comnlians th have ta of 12 nts A — Light Expert Is Kiwanis Speaker ————— New Fluorescent Lighting is Particularly Adapted to Some Uses , interesting address on Lighting” was given of the Bellefonte Ki- the regul meeting the Penn Belle Hotel vids A. L. Rozelle, an ululhination engine" West Peal Power Company a: ber of the local club Fluorescent NEhting, he stated i all Bellefonte Commis gun sup. i i for the qu wosiemn drive My ne and Garaner bound train n ain leaves at the jail. His elderly wie bs ro Of Heavy Snow ive directa part of Stats r boy Wh I, Was tive Pastor in County Churches A night depository now being in- vot stalled in the Pirst National Bank bullding. Bellefonte, will be ready for use on Pebruary 1, bank officials snnouhwed yesterday he night depository of a basement sault with an open- ing on the street will enable pat- rons of the bank to deposit money after banking hour The feature is especially desirable ince local banks recently adopted 2 p mine stead of 3 p. m. as their closing hour Persons wishing to Selves ol Lhe service fal bag and key from the Rev. John C. Young, 8 in page seven) bs atiy . q .) Continued on Mrs. Ida Witmer Is Honored on Birthday Prevents ~..n: tment of 15. Dioyed by the Centre County Board | Ht! Mellogist mises Gied 1 RJ : , iy his home in Port Mati al 12:10 The family Mrs. 1da Witmer A Monday morning, J IY | well known resident of Wingate gathered her home, 8unday o" nonQr of her 79h. birt “ Mie Witmer, for many years proprietor Grove |, a general store at Wingate, re- tired from active life last April She is a leader in the Centre Count; W. C. T U. organization, and {: at active church worker. Despite her only about three years old in usage years, Mrs. Wilmer cnjoys the best! It was brought out of the laborator- of health ez Wile iv Bad been Inlly devel. Those who attended the anniver- [oped and all objectionable feat es sary gathering were: Mr. and Mrs had been ocoffected. because of the Forden Walker, Miesburg: Mrs | demand for something of the future Mabe! Lucas and son, Mr..and Mr Continued on Page ©) LeMoyne Lucas, of Snow Shoe: a il Mrs. C. E Walker. Youngstown Ohio; Mr, and Mrs. C. K. Poorman and granddaughter, Beverly Jessop of Bellefonte; Mrs. Bar] Kauffman and children Kay and Dean, of Runville, Mrs. James Snyder, Mrs Ralph McLaughlin, Mrs. Merrill in! Fisher and children Barbara and Merrill, Jr, and Mr. and Mrs Ar. thur McMillen, of Wingate ro Failed to Give Water Service State College Borough is respon. 3:15 a and tu During Active Life at the t {reer CONSIST Campbell Y¢ ol Wind Major Tie-up From More | Sstance. Liiienast L ralley | in the lie Hotel buliding 100k 12-inch Fall : Caldwell igri lh The Rev. Mr. Young, pastor of t Methodist churches at Pine Mills, State College, Port Mstilda and Pleasant Gap at various times during his 45 years in the ministry retired from active life 12 years age His last charge was at Riverside church, Harrisburg * Wat a son of Nelson Camptell Young Bells Landing Pebruaary 19 A age at Lig death 84 1} months and 8 days, le was (Continued on page six) Absence Fluor- bats before of a - nyt escent al death af bur Rebekah Lodge 5 webiunee of_tEwal ier 81 pri is 35 Years Old i oc wr bused under:more than} gy Troopers Express Beinn Vedi : ha de i Ten Charter Members to Re- Lining intermittent ; Thanks For Gifts Ten Charter Members to Re ince. ayer pon To Hold Tests - ceive 35-Year Jewels at . For Annapolis ar Than State fhe avail obtain o { bank Dr. Herwy h Wis In chars ¢ (Ollege education af- We & ale rving his year in Uncle Sam’ (Continued on page six) Sm ———— A o—————— Eleven Countians Receive Degrees President Ralph D. Hetzel Presents Diplomas to Class at Penn State (EL Continued on Page 6 and La. and war Clearfield 186, mak. Officers and members of Battery B. 190th Field Artillery, of Belle. fonte, take this means of expr their thanks to Bellefonte organiza. Mombe sind thei tions and business men for heir cecal Soring gifts of toflet articles, cigarettes and | 25° Bellefonte, will cf other items In recent weeks 35th anniversary at Some members of the Battery de i 15 be at the Pe Belle Hi parted Monday for Camp Shelby. tel Priday evening January 3 : The remaining members will leave Ty. Rebekah lodge was instituted Girl Injured In 35 yea . . Coasting Accident Banquet on of Additional To ———— Academy Member of Congress Appointment Ladd lebrate Hebekah | Pays $.24 Weekly | To Get His Centre Democrat on Time BE a Sandy Ridge Tot Dies After Burns Given Each a banguet which Continued on page seven held - Eleven Centre county students res ceived degrees atl the 28th mid-year commencement exercises at Penn Hiate College last night. Seven were awarded bachelor of arts and bach- ielor of sclence degrees for comple- | hes Under a pending bill, which jsition of regular four-year courses East | expected to become a law by the [While four received advanced de- suffered a end of the week, each member of [BT¢fS. ft ankle Congress is given an additional ap-| President Ralph D. Hetzel pre-) Tie intment to the Naval Academy |®ehied a total of 135 degrees at the . 2, for entrance this coming July j ceremonies. Commencement speaker for a yehrs und "ho wil Representative Van Zandt sald | ¥2 In Charles Love Durham, head i Jer ewes Are. Mrs. Jesse my with a group of other | he would follow his usual custom of | the classics department at Cor- brick, Mrs. Eva Alter and I irls, ran her sled int5 a pole to| submitting all applicants to a com- | H University Meriam Garbrick Hier DATO (OR Pr EA ET CATtS 0 4 COM: Tihe. Gente 4 Approximately 150 members tp Cent I He es I , toi highest | follows Lu A v yer fy & 54% ub JED, hts dt | sil fas - y . que. gommitee, - Guclared hat (rience, cluding members of Phil ranking boys as principal and ai |p, Dolcionte: Helen 0. Yaroel brief speaking program will be held jlodees will aftend the banquet aig ternate nominees, he sadd. Only a ura tiop y etm , {John R. Miller, arts and letters. Le- after the dinner, while the evening sy qualification he will expect from | Pas | 3 y ——————— ’ aco J. Zang. arts « | Ope a ’ borough file an answer withi 5 will conclude with a dance at the COUNTY C. E. UNION { those taking the examination, | Jacob W. Zang, arts and let- oped pneumonia pecently wroug’ Ie answe thin 15 | mont ters, State College: John W. Buek,! She was born in idee on days for later hearing hotel TO HOLD CONFERENCE De sald, will be bona fide residence | magter of sclence in mining: Law-| June 29. 1039 She mid pv Bind Jurisdiction was claimed by the Mr. Owens froin St. Petersburg in his district rence D. Darrah, master of science of Lee and Thelma Vaughn Cori. COMMission over a borough-owned (Florida. He sald, in part: “7 re i in agricultural economics; Ruby OG. gan. | water works serving customers be. (ceived The Centre Domocrst at 1:30 (Eder. arts and letters; Edward G.] Surviving her are her parents and | Yond borough limits in College town- iP. mM, Friday (22 hours after lesy- {Fochr, master of science in chemi- | the following sisters and brothers: | Ship. Korman applied for service Ing Bellefonte). Enclosed find $1.00 {eal engineering; Charles R. Her-| Anna, Mary, James, Russell, Dor. !ast July but was refused. The com- | 10 continue sending it afrmadl.” iman, dairy husbandry; George N.{othy, Gary Samuel, and Violet | mission charges thir to have been| Mr. Oweng closes his note with iP Leetch, master of education inl! Fuenral services were held Wed. | unfair in view of the fact that athe offhard remark: “I's 80 in the Post, | psychology; Thomas G. Patterson, | nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the | borough |. main passes Rorman's | shade today.” Its hard to realise Belle- [arts and letters: Dorothy 8. Tisch | home of the parents. The Rev. Light, | property and furnishes water to/there’s only 22 hours between sum- Representative James E Vane. | andt sald yesterday that Pebrualy y he this Saturday. Gifts contributing to jyenuary 30. 1906 makine it the welfare and comfort of the 4 (his month, Charter member troopers are deeply appreciated belonging to thi lode a fy Jh-year jewels at the bangiet ar : Pete:s, 15, d Mrs. Elizabeth Hazel, Mr toxie ' Mr. and Mrs Smith Mrs. Harry Badger Mrs Cora Williams, Mrs. Anna Shower bro her Mahlon Peter Mrs. Anna Leitzell, Mrs. Mollie Hoy Bellefonte Mrs. Edward Young. Mrs. Lela Col 'y aceration of : and Ida Kochler Members belonging Succumbs to Pneumonia Hospital Four Weeks After Accident Severe body burns she received New Year's day when she pulled a pan of boiling water on herself weakened twosyear-old Virginia Corrigan, of Sandy Ridge, so much “#0 in a complaint filed by the that she died of pneumonia Sunday Public Utility Commission, charging evening at the Philipsburg Hospi. | the borough to have been arbitrary tal and discriminatory and to have viol. : The girl, who was badly burned | ated PUC law in refusing water ser-| at the home of her parents on Jan- | Vice (0 Jolm A. Korman, Whitehall uary 1 had been a patient at the | R0ad, College township hospital since that time, She devel- | The commission directed that the 21 ia the date tentatively set by Civil SBervice Commission on which to conduct an examination for An- napolis appointments A Bellefonte resident, vacation. ing in sunny Florida, ts having his weekly copy Of The Centre Demo- crat sent 0 Rim by sirrsail—even [if the extra postoge {5 24 cents a week, The reader i Bdward 2. Owens of Holmes avenue, who went south two weeks ago to escape the rigors of winter. He left instructions for us 10 try airmail the first week, and i the arrangement was satisfac ‘tory, he'd give us further instruc. tions Bo, las! Thursday his paper was dispatched as directed being post. marked at the Bellefonte postoffice al 3:3 p.m Tuesday we Meceived a letter from ta recely Dinner, Dance For Marching Unit The annual banquet of the Une dine Pire Company Marching unit will be held at the Penn Belle Ho- tel on Thursday evening, February 6, It was anhounced yesterday.! Members of the unit, their wives and friends, will attend Harzy Beck, chairman of the ban- aSughier « Malcolm Peters of Addition who live with treed, the Ik ident AY 1 to the county graduntes ATELY ¥ t slr are companions ook re County Hospital at 11 p. m and terday afternoon wane Wn “w and was admitted vas discharged ve Owners Responsible For Snow Removal —— Symmonds Promoted To First Lieutenant Lt. Harry Bymmonds, of Reynolds | avenue, Bellefonte, has been com- | missioned a first lieutenant, accord- ing to an announcement by Captain The Centre County Christian En- dea Union will hold Fifth Annual officers’ conference at the State College Evangelical Church Saturday afternoon February 1 be ginning at 2 o'clock. There will be conferences for all society officers, ! led by State. District and County Troopers Receive VFW Farewell Gift Jackson - Crissman - Saylor Veterans of Foreign Wars, fonts, Monday to Borough police have been issu strict orders to check all sidewalks after every fall of snow. For every sidewalk which has not been clean. ed, the properly owners will be jnotified and given a limited time in {which to remove all ice and snow v1 a its "» Prederick L. Shope, of Batiery B.| upcy failure to do so. borough 190th Field Artillery. | workmen have been instructed to Lt. Symmonds recently took €x-|cjean the sidewalks and the charges amination at Altoona for the Pro- aps tg he billed to the owner These motion in rank. Other officers of | charges are not based on actual the battery are Lt. George Curtin oe due to the fact that the bor- and Lt. Willlam Cox. ough must neglect other work —- clean them. These charges amount Rebersburg Native Promoted ito 96 cents per hour per man. for Eugene T. Bierly, a native of Reb- [in addition to wages, other costs ersburg, and during past six enter into this, such as depreciation years employed by Woolworth on tosls, the use of calcium chloride Btores, wns last week promoted tothe fire gun, and In some cases the manager and placed in charge of use of a truck. thelr Ambridge store in the Pitis-| It is an expensive proposition for burgh district, He spent last Sun- day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs C. M. Bierly enroute from the Phila- delphias Chestnut street store to tae above named place. ‘ te clean his walks, Police also wish to remind the public to be careful not 10 block a fire hydrant with snow (Continued on page thres) any property-owner to neglect to leaders presented There will be recreation following | the conference perinds, followed by | a fellowship banquet. The even- ing sessile, beginning at 7:30, will! be » District Rally. Christian En- | aeavors from seven counties are ex | pected to be present and take a pare in the service. The main speaker will be Arch MceQuilkin, a State leader. Other leaders will be | | Lester Case, another State leader: ! “Ernie” Leitzell, the District Presi- dent, and other District officers i -———— a — New Daughter For Nols Mr. and Mrs. Pred Noll of Miles- | burg. became the parents of a (daughter, born Monday evening at Lock Haven Private Hospital, officer and member of Battery BI 190th field artillery, Bellefonte, a toilet set consisting of a large turke ish towel, a cake of washeloth, The gift. presented by Command. er J. J. Leitzell, at the noon lunch | c hour of Baitery members iE {Cox Restaurant, West High street, was in the nature of a farewell sy 1941 token to the ninety officers 1 men from the V. PF. W. Post Mrs, Centre Hall Townsend Meeting A Townsend meeting will be held in the i. O. OF. Hall at Centre Hall on Friday evening, January 31. i The meeting is scheduled to open {at 7:30 o'clock and the public is in. jvited to attend, Btere is i wedding. each ler, education Engagement Anneunced Ruth soap And 8 pnionville, has announced the en-| Clearfield Civil Court Postponed. | jEagement of her daughter, Dorothy Louise Tingue, to John Cecil Stere,| Clearfield, has revealed that since of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stere, of | only four civil cases remained to at the Onichvitie The announcement was! be heard, the court will postpone the i made t and | friends had Miss Tingue is a graduate of Belle-| ruary fonte High school, class of 1989, Mr. | High schonl and a graduate of Penn. | sylvania State Oollege, class of 1040, pany, State College, were called to! lision with a skidding and is now emploted by the West! Penn Power Company of Bellefonte. | Woodycrest about 12:30 o'clock Mon-{ 10-year-old girl In the car was un- No plans have been made for the! dey morning fo extinguish a slight | S———— | Brethren church, officiated at the | tablishment | services i of | - Parsons Tingue, | GIRL INJURED WHEN CAR Judge W. Wallace Smith, of | Friday evening, January cases probably until May. All civil | hl by her brother, Harold Henry, of her home where her court witnesses will be advised they | Bpruce Creek. skidded into a cul- gathered on invitation. | need not appear for court in Feb- | vert and came to rest in a ditch on route 322 two miles east of Boals- | burg. a graduate of Bellsfonte| { The accident happened when Hen. | ry applied his brakes to avoid a col- car traveling opposite direction. Another Fire at W Members of the Alpha Fire Com. the Morris Whitehill home in|in the injured, Damage to the machine flue fire. Damage was negligible, was estimated at $25. SKIDS OFF ROAD INTO DITCH { Evelyn Henry, aged 10, suffered a severe bruise on the forehead Sune | day afternoon when a car operated {family reported that Mi {now showing steady rand is able to sit up in bed for a ifew hours each day. | county official is widely known and {is held in high regard throughout | is area. {pastor of the West Decatur United | consumers on each side of his es ‘mer comfort and a foot or two of mow Howard M. Miles Is «Ill At Unionville Howard M. Miles. of near Union- | ville, former Oentre ogunty commis. (sioner; is undergoing treatment at jthe Forrest M. Lucas home in Un- {lonville. for a heart attack suffered | Saturday, Jebuary 18. Yesterday members of the Licas Miles is improvement The former 5 ay - so —-—
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