COPIES LARG 1,000 EACH WEEK; ST CIRCULA. TION IN COUNTY, SEER adhe Centr emocvaf PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY 14 VOLUME 60. NUMBER 6 BELLEFONTE, , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1911, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR MAY-REBUILD NITTANY VALLEY ROAD Surveyors Working o Bellefonte Section — . “-s | Construction May Be Fin-| anced Partly By Gov- ernment EXTENT OF PROGRAM IS NOT REVEALED Report Highway is To Be Widened, Straightened; (Grades Eased that the Nittany from Bellet rebulit in the near fu- through t Possibility ley Highway ward may be frre If given credence fact that a corp WARY surveyor ive an the Bellefonte ported project The Bishop highway ha have been placed, now working east tu nofficial but reliable source hat the highway is 1 partly through f 5 AS 4 part of the fense program come a These reports Ry not ed last night While some sources naica the road may rebuilt thir fts entire length, other infor is that it will rn] improved a point a short distance ea where the proposed new Cap to Zion road will join 220. Improvements nt section « for the | street entrance « urveyed and the co been of town so-called “mili be y t of Zion Pleasant Route planned will cinde widening the road, repaving it, removing a number of curves (Continued on page six) Whiterock uarries Officers Re-Elected Col. W, Fred Reynolds was re- elected president of Whiterock Quar- ries at a stockholder's meeting last week in the firm's offices In Delle- fonte Other officers re-eledted were: A Fauble, vice-president; Ray C. Noll secretary-treasurer and general manager; P. E. Wholaver, assistant secretary and purchasing agent Directors re-elected were Col. Rey- nolds, A. Fauble, Mr. Noll, W. H. Noll, J¥., John G. Love, W. C. Smelt- zer, Roy Wilkinson, H, P. Harris and Kenneth Haines. The largest volume of business the company has had in its 36 years of existence was reported by Mana ger Noll for the year 1940 Tax Agent To Be Here Next Week C. A. Knepper, tax examiner for the Personal Property Tax div Department of Revenue, will sit at the Court House, Bellefonte, during regular business hours on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10, 11, and 12, to assist taxpayers in préparing and filing their per- sonal] property tax retumns There is no fee for consulting the; ggent. $36.32 Cleared At Pleasant Gap Parties Card parties and other features of the Pleasant Gap birthday celebra- tion last week netted ag total of $3632 for the infantile paralysis fund. it was reported yesterday. Receipts were as fo'lows: of Dimes in the schools, $13.35; coin boxes, $1.27; seven individual card riles, $17.70, and private dona- tions, $4 >. Special Court Hears 6 Pleas Liquor Law Violations in Clarence Area Result Fines The Young Democratic Club of | Clarence, and three of its émployes | received sentence at a special ses. | sion of court here Monday morning on pleas of guilty to violations of the liquor laws, In addition, Burnside township man Was sen- fenced on similar charges, The Young Democratic Club, through its directors, Millard F. | Quick. Andy Balash, Jr, John Bal- ash, Steve Zimmerman and William | Bwancer, was directed to pay the costs of prosecution and a fing of $100 on charges of having through | its agents or employes, sold liquor and beer to persons who were not bona-fide members of the club, All the prosecutions Were insti- tuted by J. W. Barefoot, agent for | the State Liquor Control Board at Harrisburg. Kazimer Swancer, Mikes Surovec (Continued on Page 8) ision. | February | March | Trooper Injured By Falling Rack Council Seeks New Revenues Parking Meters, Licenses for Vending Machines, Considered Belielonte Council, determin red i ie for sible, and at the same with the necessity of ditional revenu Monday took preliminary steps to fountains of income Suggested new sources of revenue which are to be investigated by th Special Commitioe “the: OTT two weeks 1.8 1. Instalia ie business 2. An 70 a #1 1641 ice the i94] time revvied in ovidilg are bg ball mac other Council's sea (Continuead on page 2 ¢ seven) Mrs. John S s. Dale Dies Suddenly of County Family; Justifying Pioneer Was lLead- er in Grange Work Member | Mrs. Edith Sankey Dale, widow of the late John 8, Dale, of State Col- lege, for many years one of the out- | standing leaders in Grange and W C. T. U wok in Centre County died suddenly at her home at 303 West Fairmount Avenue, State Col- lege, at 3 o'clock Friday moming January 31, 1941. Mis, Dale had bronchial infection weeks, but her pl fon was ho regarded as being serious. Death was attributed to complication which developed Although Mrs. Dale was known primarily for her long and faithful work in the County Grange, she al- 80 was an active worker County W, C. T. U. and more re- cently was made head of the coun- (Continued on page | seven) ssmmnasi sim snint WP mm ——— Grand Jury fo Hear 19 Cases yo ered from a r the past two 7 Charged With Relief ‘Chiseling;’ To Act on Hunting Fatality Nineteen criminal cases, including seven Involving alleged attempts to “chisel” on relief, are scheduled by ! District Attorney Musser W. Gettig { for presentation to the regular Feb- raary Grand Jury which will con- | vene here Monday, February 10. On the docket in addition to the | retiet cases are: 4 liquor violation | { charges; 2 bad checks: and one each for burglary, larceny, violation of vehicle code, | mistake for game, {intent to kill, and {incestuous fornication. One of the major cases on the list is that of Ralph Lee Woodring. ! 50, of Pittsburgh, who Is charged with killing a human in mistaks for game, Woodring allegedly fired the zhot! i which killed his friend, Russel] W.| { Dunlap, 48, of North Side, Pitts- | burgh, while the two men and others (Continued on page seven) Centre in the | killing a human in| | ture wound, TWO SISTERS KILLED AS FAST TRAIN CRASHESINTO AUTO ATBALD EAGLE REDUCED TO MASS OF JUNK Upper photo shows demolished automobile carried about a half Lehigh Express of the PF. RR which struck it at Bald Eagle on Tuesday afternoon, in- stantly killing Mrs. Marguerite Fisher, 17 (extreme jeft), and her sister, Jovee Ethel Rott, 15 both daughters of Mr. and Mn George E. Rott, the father pro. prietor the Triangle Inn CAR mile by of Both sisters were well known to many residents of upper Bald Eagle Valley who are shocked by the distressing accident, ° Court ARPraves Sale of Site {L580 Le 3 A a ocalon $400 000 high Wom Christian Mission To Be Held Here Sixty Petition “Against New ~ Gap-Lion Road Residents Claim Proposed Route Would Ruin 3 Fine I: SUGGEST ALTERNATE TO REDUCE DAMAGE trims Commissioners Study Plea May Oppose Highway Dept. Plan the petitioners, shoul] save county several thousand dol- ars, presumably in damage claims in view of the petition the Com- is gre reported to be con- atier carelully an in since the County aamnage portant F matier “ ONE VICTIM, 17, WAS MOTHER OF EIGHT-MONTHS OLD BABY By Hour; ar Struck Miles Per Hi-Fated ( of All Religious Organizations of th County to Participate in One.Tiay Session n cooperation with the anc 1 ‘Stat ¢ Christian Missions a one- day Christian Mission will be held in St John's Reformed church, Bellefonte, on Wednesday, Febru- ary 12 This mission includes all relig- ious organizations of Centre county and a large attendance if expected There will be devotional periods, and discussion periods following all ad- dresses during the day. The discuse sion program beging at 9 o'clock the afternoon session at 1:30, and he evening session at 7:30. The fol- lowing subjects will be presented during the morning session: “The World Christian Mission-Its Sig- {nificance and Challenge,” by Rev H. Halbert Jacobs, Bellefonte, “The Need of Prayer in the Life and Work of the Church,” by Rev. Edward H 1, State College. "How Can We (Continued on Page 4) ma —— | —— B.C.R.R. Brakeman National Jone Injured In Fall Dayne Walker, aged 32, of Howard, { brakeman for the Bellefonte Central Railroad, was painfully injured last Thursday afternoon in an accident at | ‘the State College yards. Walker slipped from the brake- | man’s platform on a freight car to a | sitting position on the couplers of | {two cars he was riding. The acci- dent happened when the cars Walker was braking coupled with the train, thin ice on the platform of the car being partially responsible for his fall He was brought County Hospital where his injuries were found to include a severe punc- and lacerations and bruises, | peeds | expenses, the officers are required to to the Centre «Ine NEW RATING WILL INCREASE COST OF OPERATING COUNTY Changes which will result fire Centre County's reclassification from a seventh clasg {0 a sixth class county because the population in the 1640 census was over the 50,000 mark, might be either good or bad for the future holders of some county offices it 2 a king of mixed-up affair for under the new system the | change will be good for the Register, Recorder, and Prothonotary when work in those offices is slow, while it will be bad for them when their offices have a busy year Under the present set-up the Reg- | isier, Recorder and Prothonotary are allowed to keep all revenues of their offices up to $4000 after all expenses of the offices paid. If the year's business ex- $4000 alter the payment of pay one-half of the surplus to the county, while they may: retain the other hail An audit of the three offices just completed by 8. H, Hoy, who was Lehigh E m have been! spress Traveling 60 Father Proprietor Triangle Inn Council Hires ‘Sleuth’ To Find Radio Noises igh Council, Mon- new sleuth It won't wear a uniform and won't have flat but it is expected to do a thorough job of detecting sources of radio interierence In town The tector {eet th the gadget. called a static will cost approximately and Will be a portable unit which can be used in a car, or which can readily be carried about In operation, a policeman or two and a borough official will drive about town wearing earphones When unauthorized noises are heard the car will be maneuvered until the noise reaches a maximum vol- ume. The officers then will start out on foot to track the noise to its lair—whether it be in a house, store business place, or on the street, The West Penn Power Company has vol- unteered to send an engineer here to instruct local officers in the use of the machine. When a noite has been traced to its source, the officials will make notes, unfold the borough ordinance providing for the elimination of ra- dio interference, and if the condi- tion is not corrected a fine or the | jail house will be called into ser. vice Go- £30 4 he wax riving time last stop was Pireman F. D was quoted by Joyo he saw the car crossing but “tho going The engi an was Harry ri also ¢ yrone. A railroad spokesman trains ) crewmen aboard approaching ight it was the asserted the were NOt reg. (Continued on Page 4 appointed auditor by the Court, re- veals that the Prothonotary’s office lazt year cleared $6572.21, or $2571 .- 21 in excess of the $4000 maximum The Register's office cleared $2450.- 16 and the Recorder's office $3918. 36, both less than the maximum Under the regulations the Pro- thonotary will turn half the $2572. 21, back to the county, retaining the other half himself, and making his earnings for the year $5288.10. Under sixth class county regula- tions, which will not go into effect until the next incumbents take of- fice, the Prothonotary will receive ! a flat salary of $4.000 and expenses The Register will receive a salary of $3,500 and expenses, and the Re. | corder $3000 and expenses All fees will be turned over to the county and the county will pay the official's salaries The differences in the salaries of the three officers arises from the fact that while the Recorder has no other office than that, the Register, is also Clerk of (Continued on page seven) Tm —— a — Alleged Driver Death Car Leaves Hospital Harold Pendleton, 48, of | fonte and State College, alleged dri- ver of the car responsible for three deaths in a five<car » ‘xup near Tip. ton, January 2, was discharged from the Altoona Hospital Tuesday morn- ing. after posting $1500 bond with Alderman H. Frank Berkstresser of | that city. The alderman said he would ar raign Pendleton on Saturday, ruary 15. Three counts of involun- tary manslaughter and charges of filed against Pendleton recently by state motor police. A coroners jury several weeks ago blamed him for the tri-fatal crash. Pendleton had been a patient at the hospital since | the accident | ticipate In a statewide aerial blitz. Belle Feb- | aggravated assault and battery were | of the State. Their duty is to spot Penn State To Train 30 Civilian Pilots | NEW RECTOR | Contracts Siz ned For (Ground Course, Flight Instruction RULES PERMIT 3 GIRL STUDENTS Will Be Paid For To Courses By Government; Begin Soon REY, ROBERT H. THOMAS lege nent a Pa Hn for ne course cannot made until these certificates have Army Service === APPROVAL CAA officials om- jphasioal, auf bhouusd of past 4.15. County Boards Send 12 ro brim via wil Rot oe . 3 f i to start snribg until Volunteers, 11 Selectees in Third Quota JOR mil rally R. M. Smith Dies At Centre Hall Postmaster Was Prominent in Political and Civie Affairs Fentor Melvin Wil. TOMA “Owen: Former Wd vicinity and 3 simaster there died at 4 oclotk’ Wedne: sday morning, Pebru- ary 5 1841, at his home in Centre Hall. He had been ill for the past 10 months and had been bedfast for most of the time Robert Miller Smith was born in Bnyder county on February 24, 1866 2 son of the late Adam and Eliza Miller Smith. He was marired twice, first wife having been Laura M. Evans. His second wife was Cora Hazel Hosterman Both preceded him in death (Continued on page eight) eet schoo] gymnasiy im ‘at ‘Squire R. C. English FY enero 21% Shows Improvement of the Bellefonte Chamber Commerce, Tickels will be and twenty cents and the proceeds _ Squire Ralph C English, 0, well will be used by the Parent-Teachers known Taylor township Justice of Association to assist needy child. | ihe Peace and game preserve own- ren fos dental work and other health | ©, who had been a patient at the matt Lewistown Hospital since January The Ways and Means committee - Add who was in serious condi- of the P. T. A. is in charge of the Won for several days, last night was showing the committee mem- 'CPOTIed by hospital attaches to be bers are: A. C. Hewitt, chairman, Showing definite improvement Mrs. Francis Crawford, vice chair- Squire English, who lives near man; Mrs. Ralph Dale, Mrs. Ruth Port Matilda, was given blood trans. Casper, Mrs. Ethel McCoy, Christian fusions at the hospital on January Harman, and R. C. Thompson 29 and January 31 vaical exam- YEAS ns i H. Casper {Continued on page four) MOVIE OF BELLEFONTE TO BE SHOWN FEBRUARY 21 Parent-Teachers the show- See Yourself in wa produced phases of Are father of Jelied will move The onte PONSOT his ARTY ¥ courtesy of ten and LEGION TO PARTICIPATE IN AIR “BLITZ” EXPERIMENT Centre county is scheduled to par-iplanes and telephone the word at onte to the War Department at Washington. Special leased wires from all parts of the State 10 Wash. ington will be kept open during the period to speed up communication. The War Department is attempting to determine the effectiveness of {such a system in detecting alr raid- ers kreig to be held in the near future as part of the War Departments program to prepare the National defenses against any possible emer gencies Announcement of the blitz, known otherwise as a “listening program.” was made Monday night at a regular meeting of Brooks-Doll Post Ameri-. A similar plan recently was con- can Legion, Bellefonte, which, with ducted in the New England states some 19 other Legion Posts in the . - 2ra district comprising Centre, Yt hv ughirbyly hl Clearfield. Cameron and McKean 23rd region District the following counties, will take an active part in| mmittee has been named: Wil. the experiment liam J. MeMullin, of Millheim, 23rd Briefly the plan follows: during District Commander; Charles J. a -hour period, possibly late in Hartle, Philipsburg, deputy district February, the War Department will commander of the 23rd distriet: send “bombers” over Pennsylvania. Walter Lamb, of Philipsburg, com- Legionnaires are to be posted dur- mander of Past 437. Philipsburg; ing the 24-hour period in all paris, Benjamin ¥. Nicodemus, Port Ma« (Continued on Page 6)
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