COPIES EAC H WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY, he Confre Democral [i PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY VOLUME 60. NUMBER 8. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941 SUBSCRIPTION—£1.50 PER YEAR — T0c ny Many New | | | | | Buildings Scheduled This Year Re, LH EL Pleasant G a p, Paradise, Bass Project, Included in Program WARDENS’ SCHOOL TO BE CONSTRUCTED C. Ross Buller, Dewey Sorenson Announce De- tails of Plans Extensive major additions and improvements at the Pleasant Gap hatchery, the Fishermen's Paradise, and the bass nursery above the Par- adise are scheduled to begin early this spring, it was revealed yester- Cay by officials of the Bellefonte Hatchery. under which all local units of the State Fish Commission are included. Additions slated for construction this year, according to C. Ross Bul- College Jewelry Store Is Robbed For the third time in seven year: thieves broke H. 8 Shom- berg jewelry store East College av College last Thursday night, 1 val. ued at approximately The robbery midnight by the proprietor returned to t we evening check-up. He t door pried open and two night lights in the store turned off. All watches had been removed from the board in the repair d i many showcases ha AC- pens jew- int and gift State i) vag on or and took loot £1.800 vered Harry when { his Was al hort- ly before { Shomberg I 8 4] f fra ion 4 10% 1" i de d irtment And been disturbed cording watches elry, was State and 4 vestigating the robbery other occasions thieves reach the inside of the to reports clocks and articl not molested boro Wf ot nolice ar Police are two On failed ore « ler, fish culturist, and Dewey Soren- |... = son, supervisor, At Fishermen's Paradise 1. New stone building at entrance, for checking-in and checking-out fishermen. 2. Construction are; of a large stone building, immediately above the big spring at the Paradise, to provide living quarters and class rooms for a Fish Warden's school, The school will be able to accomodate and shel- ter 60 student wardens 3. Construction of a stone hatch- ery building near the present wood- en hatchery building near the “low- er” (vehicle) entrance to the Para- dise. This building will be at least 110 by 32 feet in size and will be one story in height. At Pleasant Gap Hatchery 1. Construction of a large two- story brick building to be used as & and for storage of mater- ... ..i.om of the bin, carving him fals. This building is to be located | slong the road at the south of the! (Cuntinuea vn Page 4) } Child Injured In Runville Mishap Three Other Persons Suffer Injuries in Series of Week- end Accidents : A child suffered slight injuries Saturday afternoon when he was struck by a car near Runville, and three persons suffered minor injur- jes in a crash near early Sunday morning. Dean Kauffman, 5. son of Earl Kauffman, of near Runville, was injured slightly when he was hit by a car operated by Walter J. Her- roid of Bellefonte, R. D. The child ran from behind another car in the path of the Herrold machine He was knocked down by the car, which was moving slowly, according to in- vestigating police. The child bit his! tongue and was bleeding from the mouth when picked up. Gerald Park. of West College ave- (Continued on page six) Brotherhood Meeting Here Next Tuesday The second annual Brotherhood Week program sponsored by the Un- dine Fire Company, Bellefonte, will be held in the court room here at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night, Febru- ary 25, officials announced yester- day. Former Judge M. Ward Fleming is to preside at the meeting and speak- ers will include the Rev. Father William E. Downes, rector of St John's Catholic church, Bellefonte: the Rev. G. E. Householder, pastor of the Bellefonte United Brethren church; and a speaker representing the Jewish faith. The American Legion Junior band, Bellefonte, will provide music. The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting, whose purpose is to promote a better understanding among persons of religious faiths and to insure cooperation of Protest. ants, Catholics, and Jews in work- ing together on projects of common concern to them as citizens of a free land. P.T. A. To Present Bellefonte Movie The Belleforite Parent-Teachers’ Association will present the movie entitled “See Yourself in the Mov- ! Potters Mills | Buried Alive Williamsport D. Miles Bender, 42, Dies of Carbon Monoxide; Death Termed Suicide BODY DISCOVERED AT MEMORIAL PARK Identification Established Through Letters: Leaves Wife, 2 Children or the ’ ' 5 found Py Wi Memorial 14 o'clock Dr. Thomas C ming county coroner 4¢ i ark vestor- Bran- terme day mornin don, Lye ed the death a suicl nose ading through a a NG ) he car | Calvin Dann Falls Into [* Coal Bin at Chemical Plant; Rescued Unhurt Hill the Calvin Dann, of Halfmoor employed a kiln helper at Chemical Lime plant in Buffalo Run Valley, was buried alive, yesterday (and lived to tell the tale i Dann was engaged in barring-out frozen coal in a bin when the coal {jet loose suddenly and dropped to as with it ang burying him complete. | A driver of a coal truck, who was in the iy nearby. saw him disappear col and went to his rescue { In a few minutes he had removed enough coal to grasp hold of the man and draw him to safety. Al- though he was not injured he was badly frightened his first fear upon plunging into the bin was that 2 mechanically operated elevator at the bottom of the bin d snare his feet ar he could be rescu for woul edd ‘Peeping Tom’ Fined At State College A Penn State student allegedly a “peeping tom.” discovered at the rear of the Pastime building on Al- len street, tween Beaver and Col- lege avenues, Slate College, about 10:15 o'clock last Thursday night fell into police hands when he slip- ped while running through the ice- covered alley suffering a laceration of the head when struck the corner of a bullding { Police took him to the College in- firmary where the wound was closed { At a hearing before Burgess Wilbur Ip Leitzell, State College, Saturday afternoon, the student was fined $25 and costs on a disorderly conduct charge According to reports, police visit- ed the Pastime building on com- plaints that a man was prowling about that vicinity. They found the student on a fire escape. Upon being discovered, it is reported, he dashed down the fire escape and through the alley, with police in pursuit. His { fall resulted in his capture severe he Fathers, Sons To Dine Next Week Turkey Dinner, Magician, Mu- sie, and Other Features at Annual Event Final arrangements for the annual father and son banquet to be held 2t the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. on Thursday, February 27. were an- nounced yesterday by the commit- tee in charge A turkey dinner will be served by the Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. and entertainment will Include a magician, selections by the High School Boys’ Glee Club, group sing- ing led by Cecil A. Walker, and {other features Mrs. E. K. Stock will ‘be pianist and Ralston Derr will be | toastmaster, | Only those who have made reser- (Continued on page four) may e . person For some years Bender has been circulation manager for the Harris- burg newspaper Centre and part of Clinton counties Mr. Bender was born at Kistler, (Perry county, om April 36, 1868, [making his age at time of death bd years. § months, and 23 days. Fe is survived by his wife, who has not been in good health for some time and two children Lois, aged 13 and Herbert, aged 10, both at home Mr. Bender, a member of B8t John's Lutheran churth, Beliefonte was widely known throughout the county. He wag of a quiet, genial disposition and authorities were unable to learn any reason why he wished to end his arrangements had last night 4 Lh 4] ve Funeral been Made CDA Celebrates 21st Anniversary . Many Charter Members At- tend Event; Father Downes Speaks on World Affairs Members Court Patrick Mc- Ardle, Catholic Daughters of Amer- ica of Bellefonte, celebrated the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Bellefonte court at a party hele Sunday night in the court room on West High street Rev. William E. Downes, chaplain, and pastor of 8t. John's Catholic church, Bellefonte, and Miss Elsie Beymore, district deputy of Tyrone, were among the more than 50 members and guests present at the affair at which the following charter members were present: Mrs Mary Shaughnessy, Mrs. Mary J Gray, Mrs. Rose Pearl, Miss Ella Howley, Miss Catherine Shaughnes- §¥. Mrs. John Mignot, Mrs. Christ. opher Beezer, Mrs. H. P. Hassinger, Mrs. Catherine Garbrick, Mrs. J {C. Rogers, Mrs. John Garis, Mrs Elizabeth Dunlap, Miss Alice Fox, Miss Louise Carpeneto, Miss Adeline Anderson, all of Bellefonte, and Mrs Joseph Ross, of Pleasant Gap (Continued on page seven) — ms — > Unionville Youth Is Advancing In Navy A Unionville youth who enlisted in the U. 8. Navy on January 8, is rapidly gaining recognition in that branch of the armed forces He is SBamuel Lucas, son of Mr and Mrs. Boyd Lucas, of Unionville | Ten days after his enlistment Lucas became a petty officer. Then he qualified as an expert marksman. He took a competitive examination | for entrance into a training school | for aviation mechanics and was the | only member of his company to “i {Lucas is now a chief petty officer) of court Installation of parking meters in the business district of Bellefonte i almost a certainty Adoj I meter of i Wis ' al th » 3] n sclve cussed Ig of Cour- and the meet! il Monday na ctio the prooiem > 1 a regu ight y parking al iength at Ar meeti f4 nday ng night 1 Nay ibility | at business at once with made at Coun tallation of the Allegheny and High the number ranged from most area ith of i Wn ¢ streets In the } ! blanketed SURRE for may meters Lions riions Spring Estimates of 1 W { { South 4 i ed he manufac meters ap- demonsirats claimed that DecalUuse | 5 Unusua.y i Change Gives County Towns Connections With West Coast Stratoliners New air Pick-up ) are expected to materially improve local alr mall and air express ser- vice will go into effect here on Mon- day, Feliruary 24 a schedules which Beginning on that date, the morn the PLL Ing esstbound fight burgh-Williamsport rou this community will depart Pittsburgh at 10:30 o'clock of 8 o'clock as at present Corresponding with th schedule on te serving from instead is change be two at all this route Penne will later on hours 14 points all of which are located s¥lvania The n bound from Willlamsport to Pitts. of in allernonn schedule west. the { morning fight here will be at 11 (Continued on page seven) nes 54 65 B.H.S. Pupils On Honor Rell (rirls Lead Boys 48 to 17 in Scholastic Ratings for Third Report Period A total of 65 pupils 17 boys and 48 girls, are on the honor roll of the Bellefonte High School for the third report period just ending. it was reported by school officials yes- terday Freshmen girls had the best sch- altic record. 18 of on the roll listed, while there are nine junior girls and six sophomore girls, (Continued on page seven) Potters Mills Woman Injured in Accident Miss Mildred M. Brown, 40, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown, of Potters Mills, is a patient at St. | Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, where she received treatment for injuries received about 11:30 Monday morn- {ing when her car skidded on a turn | near Lancaster, and was struck by! an approaching car The accident happened while Miss Brown, teacher in the Prospect Park schools, was on her way io Potters Mills to see her father who has been {quite ill for several weeks. Her car them being! Fifteen senior girls are | local Manls Council to Decide 4 i parking tim the slot a Five Rive of in 24 minute Ww. ma will give 12 minutes Two cents drog time will provide cents In the pr hour's time accumodate ing the m It is claimed cannot be jarring and cold weath Under the representat. ve cost $65. plus not exceeds ufactt A of all receipts the borough 26 machines were pald for Lhe machines wouic propetty of the ye er slot d the y nickle t two } al ty Wi Oris cheated 11 A posal offered by} each machine wot installation Th per machines ti unt pr an ig $150 each € man uld collect { from per oent Arey 5 ) anda the ch ter wh "wit Pra of + meters col- Confinue WPA Sewing Projed Anticipated Shut-Down Order Fails to Arrive; 12 Women Employed The Bellefonte WPA sewing pro- oR in the basement of the County yesterday in the abeence of antici- pated orders to cione-down until she ratus of sewin jects in Penne “Tory hag bon Th Art erain or The State has $250 per worker 3% eent of joc! WPA contrib WPA lately has State contribute 25 cordance with Federal statutls passed at the instanc Repubii- can leaders. Governor James refused Finally a compromise of Was agreed upon But somethir coinprotnite ix in been Copp eT contributing about Pre rest Pe moni per the cost of She » the that hal iy aa ited trsalabma : insisted the per oent BC~ 2 e of 15 per cent ) pet n happened ihe § All were | and we entire matter in confusion Rate se Wing projects expected to be (Pontinued on Page ens A sans a— the Building Here Shows Progress Work Proceeds Steadily on Telephone Exchange; Crider Exchange Remodeling Construction of the new telephone building on the former Talleyrand site, North Allegheny street, and re- modeling of rooms in the Crider {Exchange building to accomodate the A. C. Turner store, are proceed. ing steadily The telephone building being erected under a tent of bullding- paper and canvas for the purpose of preventing cement and | mortar from freezing and to protect ithe work and workmen from the |elements, has reached the stage {where steel supports for the roof {are now being placed Brickwork is {up to the second floor level and soon {the canvas roof is to be extended upward to the position it will occupy until the permanent roof is finish- (Continued on page eight) Capt. F. L. Shope Is Named To New Post Captain Frederick 1. 8hope, com- mander of Battery B., 190th Field i Artillery, which left for Camp Shei- by, Miss, recently has been named adjutant of the 166th Regiment and i i i | ! | 3 | : H i double | {was demolished {is in charge of the regimental of- fice Upon his transfer from the 190th Field Artillery the captain was giv. gn a farewell celebration by mem-| about one ankle. Her condition is¥hers of his former regiment, The not regarded as being serious, int passed in review, the colo- H | nel of the regiinant made a speech | rand Captain » was guest at’ erbert J. Stover i mess, siting With the colonel and’ Uninjured in Crash nis stan | Battery B Is now being command- | Herbert 5. Stover, of Coburn, welled by First Lieutenant Harry Sym- | The woman is reported to be suf- | fering from several injured verte- | brae, cuts ang bruises, and njuries | Centre countians during the PAND LOCAL FISH HATCHERIES Six Criminal Plan to Begin Work FoundDeadln On Parking Meters (ases To 60 on NewSchool April 1 OnTrialHere oes Iie on schon Building Port Matilda Hunting Fa- tality Heads Docket Court Opens Monday 1 ENTER GUILTY ’ Liquor Law Violators Fined; Relief Chiselers Must Repay Aid { defendants nist the ARAB were fou 1 week er 1 J nd by u tering pleas idige Ivan Walker the tL ty before morning % K terda xt for list for court cases, the District \tiomey’s office announced Heading the list of cases trial court convenes at of Ralph 1 - to go m trial when here th ly] . of { Pitts he killing game » charged wit} ich Instant HH W. Dunlap i others were tilda las struck in A only od that morning da k Dunlag happened in g ! nist accident Fest where 1s trees. It Wa H & listed for ial are Russell Dixon and Charles Litten of West Decatur, burglar Joseph Rushnock, Clarence tion of liquor laws Fred G. Johnson Snow Shoe, vi- olation ol liquor aws JH Shultz, DuBois, bad check William Noonan, Bellefonte, ur ny Cases disposed of by pleas (Continued on page seven) Other « tr Vioia~ : { 8 of Scouts Receive Promotions Here Members of Bellefonte, Union- ville Troops Advanced in Rank ~Judge Walker Speaker Last 7 day night Bay Scouts from Troop ville and Troops 2 and 5 of Belie- fonte met at the Court House 10 re- ceive promotions They marched in as a group and remained standing un C. Nevin Stamm had invocation, Foster Augustine iead the group singing "God Bless America” B. RB. Tingue in- troduced Jesse H. Caum, newly- elected president of the Muncy Dis. frict,. who imiroduoed the main speaker of the evening, Judge Ivan Walker, Awards for Star, Life, Eagle, and (Continued on page eight) Catholic Bazaar Will Open Tonight Plans have been compleled the annual three-day bazaar spon- sored by members of Bt John's { Catholic church, Bellefonte, which Thurs February 13 I, Union- then re begins this Thursday night in the imaking practical demonstrations to : school hall on East Bishop street A feature of this year's bazaar is a supper beginning at 5 o'clock italian spaghetti with meat lis salad, bread, butler and coffee will !be served each evening at 35 cents per plate. Crab meal cakes, Friday night in addition to spaghetti at the same price. Sandwiches of all | Kinds, ice cream and cake also will be for sale There will be fancy work, cake grocery, ice cream and candy booths trimmed in variofis colors. A door prize will be awarded each evening in addition to other valuable prizes Entertainment is scheduled to be | held. The public is cordially invited {to attend. a No Change in Relief relief payments to needy week show little change from those of the previous week according to State Treasurer FF. Clair Ross. Pay- ments for the week amounted to $2,127 which was $2377 lower than those for the comparable week of Direct As Gasoline Ignites a LA f Caught by a tongue of me w gasoline being used 10 clean a m at the Dunlap Motor Co. garag West High street ignited about 5 o'clock last Thursday afterno Laird Corman Mt. Eagle employe at the garage, suffered ond degree hn of the left am He received treatment a ph! fan's office fron work Harry Hay, employes were cleaning motor in Conman was away. Members of Company were fore they } age employes control. Damage h timated at about $40 Net Over $780 In Celebrations Mrs. Balser Weber, Coun- ty Chairman, Seeks Local Infantile Paralysis Unit 3 3 of ” ire 18 aut but lost Lime and Clara the garage $050 Raymond of the mnjured to the car itre Cet Birthday January ported Weber of the of H rd celebration The total danoes snd parties and through coin cards distributed In schools, was $877.10. The difference [between the gross and net amounts represents expenses involved tn hold. ‘Ing the parties Mrs Weber explain. ed wa 38 amount card taken * years are not lieved th 8 #4 ava Bt Lhe net great previous ye rst year that th under a © net county were as tha 1 Any the fi were he the total $450 and Weber Arar t ar rer evy ie eouniy commit ween 2A oe HH tion to the National PFoundatios (Continued on page six) ——————- Extension Work Great Farm Aid Kiwanis Speaker Sketches Growth of Service From Beginning in 1914 Members of the executive com- mittee of the Centre County Agri- cultural Association met with the Kiwanis Club at the weekly lunch- eon at the Penn Belle Hotel Tues- day noon J. Martin Fry. assistant director of the Agricultural Extension Ser- vice at Pennsylvania State College | Wag the speaker, taking as his sub- for | ject “Education Through Agricul. tural Extension Service.” The work being done all over the nation was sel up, Mr. Pry stated, through the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. Congress specified that the service should consist in giving instruction and in persons not going to college in the 0 be served each evening fried | and stewed oysters will be served | fields of agriculture and home eco- | (Condnued on Page 7) a — Name Committee To Aid In Defense County Superintendent of Schools |F. Glenn Rogers, head of the Cen- {tre County National Defense Edu- {cation Program. and W | | | | 3 i | Forest Benford, Pleasant Gap J. Tucker supervisor in charge of courses, yes. terday announced the appointment of a county advisory committee as follows: Charles Martin, Bellefonte, chairman, and Orvis W. Reed, Belle. fonte; Harry Confer, Howard, and Further information regarding the | work of the county unit is expected | to be announced in the near future, | Mr. Rogers sald last night | sn ————, Truck and Trailer Collide A truck driven by D. L. Lowe of State College, Monday afternoon skidded on the slippery road one- half mile west of West Decatur and | i {er {public ir invited 10 aitend No To Be Opened Here on March 25 CONTRACT CALLS FOR COMPLETION IN YEAR School Board and Build- ing Corporation Approve Plans, Specifications TE f Local Man Charged With Drunken Driving wr Re r d efor iH of Be D. 3, was placed under $500 bond his appearance in court en charges of Grunken driving Tuesday maom- ing when arraigned before Justice of the Pearce Herold 1 Cowher his office on Bust Bishop street Lucas was arrested late Mo afternoon by borough officer b after cent Lucas te. | or 4 2% Wie man had stuck and brok & EEN ; at service sta Defense Reports Work in Production Centers Will be Dramatized in Sat- urday Night Programs Defense fc America theme of a8 new weekly radic to the nation on national defense productic: m to be presented by Broadeasting Com cooperation with the Nati sociation Manufactur We! NBC's nationwide Red Network ev. ery Saturday night, 7 to 30 p EST, beginning on Washington's Birthday, February As now scheduled, cludes 13 broadcasts to originate Bs many of the country’s key defense production centers. Unique in many iealures, the programs will (Continued on page eight) w + 1 ihe progres gra tional ation of era ' under- ‘ ——— —y OYSTER SUPPER AT SPRING MILLS TONIGHT The Spring Mills Pish Association will hold a: per at the 8pring Mills school gym- nasium this Thursday evening, Feb- Tuary 20, from 6 to 8 o'clock Tickels for the supper are 25 cents each Al the conclusion of the meal a fwo-hour program ©f sporiz movies taken in Union and Contre counties will be presented. Another feat will include a Snyder county sp ak- who has been successful grafting chestnuts on oak trees * and Game re ar 80 mission will be charged for the ove- nisg: ontertainment. Pilot Flies Down Close Enough To Ask Way To Town [and is stationed in Rhode Island. fes” on Friday, February 21, at 7 p. - i —— — rammed into the traller-truck «rive. m,, in the gymnasium of the Spring street school. Price of admission is 10 cents for children and 20 cents for adults, The entire proceeds resulting from this show will be used by the Par- ent-Teachers’ Association 'Undines To Hold | Pre-Lenten Dance : i for im- hold a pre-Lenten dance at the Un- | driven by Centre countians | CARS SIDESWIPE ON | Damage was estimated at $50 but | no personal injuries resulted about 6 The Undine Fire Company will o'clock Friday night when two cars truck on the Penns Valley highway | side | proving the health of the children dine club rooms on East Bishop swiped on a curve on Centre Halll attending the Bellefonte schools. The movie is loaned to the P. T./25. All firemen and their friends Gap A. by courtesy of the Bellefonte |street, Tuesday evening, February Mountain a mile south of Pleasant were traveling west, the cinder truck who escaped ‘are invited to attend. i Lloyd Yeager of near Pleasant noon when his car upset while he of first lieutenant. wag attem to a cinder | ETE Pring rr Fugitive is Captured ! near the Tibbens Zubler farm. { A Centre county youth, Alfred! According to reports both vehicles Catherman, 16, of near Bellefonte, | from Kisslyn a state boys in Luzerne coun | 3 moving at a slow speed. In attempt- institution for ing to pass, Stover's car skidded, ty, was captured, according to word Chamber of Commerce, The pictures, The program will include dancing | Oap, and Kenneth W. Baird of Cen- | ran partly up an embankment and received Friday morning. The boy, were taken in and around Bellefonte to am orchestra from State College, |tre Hall, were drivers of the cars! toppled over, and show school, community, busi- and entertainment by members of which were going ness, and industrial activities, | State College Dramatic Club, in opposite direc- tions at the time, striking the truck.|sent to the institution Jast summer, | Both machines were slightly dam! escaped Wednesday, it was learned {by Sheriff Edward R. Miller, | known member of the auctioneering monds, it is understood. It. George | jast year. Current payments required MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY firin of Mayes & Stover, escaped in- P. Curtin is second in command and 257 fewer checks than those of a | jury about 5 o'clock Monday after- Is expected to be raised to the rank | year ago. Minister Joins the Army Rev. Harold A. Pruyn, former Methodist pastor at Morrisdale, near Philipsburg, has relinquished his pastorage at the Altoona Fairview Methodist church to accompany his regiment into a years military ser- vice. Rev. Mr. Pruyn lieutenant’s commission in the 110th infantry and will be stationed at Indiantown Cap 88 a chaplain, en by Willlam G. Yoder of Jersey, Amazed residents of the little Shore. No one was injured. Dam- Centre county village of Sandy ages to the truck were estimated ati Ridge are convinced direction find. $200 while the traller-truck’s dam- ing is no more of 4 problem to the ages were placed at $75. {small plane pilot than 0 the aver- - age automobile driver. Trucks Collide in Lane | They report the pilot of a small Light trucks operated by Orrin 8. craft from Lock Haven simply flew Weaver of Howard R. D., and James | close enough to the ground to open C. Crawford of Williamsport, figured a window of his plane, Jean oul and holds a first in a crash Monday afternoon on the shout “which way to DuBois?" Res. road 10 the Country Club near Lock idents pointed their arms in the Haven. No one was injured and the direction of the city and the plane damages were light to both vehicles.| roared AWAY.
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