7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY, R— QR ———— — he Centre Democra EE — 14 ANI PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS ) WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY — VOLUME 60. NUMBER 9. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941 SUBSC RIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR PURSE-SNATCHER RENEWS Local Girl Thrown Hunfer Given Battery B. Members Cound Scans to Ground, Robbed TwoYearsin Receive Promotions Ordinance For In Coll Night Attacks on Women| Here Resumed After Two-Month Lapse VICTIM'S SCREAMS FRIGHTEN PROWLER Ellen Hassinger Suffers Head and Ankle Injury; | Brief-Case Stolen | {ter a two months’ layoff, Belle- fonte's phantom purse-snatcher re- newed his gctivitles here Tuesday night with a brazen street attack on Miss Ellen Hassinger, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Charles E. Hassinger, of East Curtin Street, Bellefonte Miss Hassinger on her way home about 10:46 o'clock Tuesday night was thrown to the ground and rob- bed of a brief case by a mysterious assailant: who apparently laid In wait behind a tree for his victim to pass. Her screams frightened the man, who ran to his parked car and escaped. The attack happen- ed on East Curtin Street at the al- ley between the Mrs, Sim Baum and Lewis R. Lenhart homes Miss Hassinger suffered a sever? bruise at the back of her head when she struck the pavement in falling. One ankle also was pain- fully bruised where the atlacker stepped upon it during the scuffle Miss Hassinger, a student at Penn State and who is employed part- time in a State College business of- fice, returned to Bellefonte on the last bus, Tuesday night, and wen: to the Diamond restaurant {or a cup of coffer while awaiting her mother, who had arranged to mee! her at the restaurant and accom- pany her home. Mrs, Hassinger had canceled her plans (0 come down town and went to bed and when she failed 0 appear at the restaurant at the appointed time, (Continued on page six) —— Sit Rent Same House For Half Century Mr. and Mrs. William Boyer to Observe 50th Anniversary Saturday, March 1 in all Mr. and Mrs. William Boyer, of Bellefonte, who on Saturday, March 1 will quietly celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, might well lay claim to another record, for they | will round out fifty years of life to- gether in the same rented house on Blanchard street. William Boyer and Carrie Struble, | married in Pleasant Gap, March 1, 1891 by the Rev, Mr. 8Sarvis, im- mediately went to housekeeping in the house on Blanchard street which had just been built by the late Jer- ry Donovan. The coupie liked the house and remained there. When Mr. Donovan passed away, it be- came the property of his son, Frank Donovan, and the Boyers have con- tinued on as tenants Mr. Boyer, a retired baker who for 16 years was employed in the City Bakery here, is now 75 years old, and no celebration is planned for (Continued on page six) STATE COLLEGE GIRL NAMED CAMP HOSTESS i Miss Ruth Linn, of State College, was one of 25 persons chosen from a group of 2500 applicants for the | position of junior hostess in charge ! of entertainment at Camp Aberdeen | Army training post in Maryland Miss Linn, blonde secretary to Football Coach Robert A. Higgins, at Penn State, had few expectations when she applied as a matter of in- terest i Miss Linn, now working on her master's degree in personnel guid- ance, is a 1939 graduate of the Col- lege and is particularly delighted in being sent to Maryland, for she once attended a spring session at Maryland University and has visit. | ed Camp Aberdeen itself i She lives with her parents Mr and Mrs, Eugene H. Garbrick, at 250 South Atherton street, State College, where they have resided for the past 13 years, She hasnt ac- cepted the appointment yet but if she does she will be the first Army hostess to be sent from Centre county, in fact, one of the few from | Pennsylvania, | To Dedicate Flag | At Wingate Church ———p— A new American flag, 4 by 6 feet in size, will be dedicated with ap- propriate ceremonies at the Win- gate Evangelical church at 2 o'- clock Sunday afternoon, March 2, it was announced yesterday, A special program of music and recitation will be followed by a ser- mon by the Rev. L. E. Kline, Judge Ivan Walker, of Bellefonte, will be the speaker of the occasion, The public Is invited to attend, | 90 | been stationed in | telephone line : Exploding Furnace Damages Home in heat- Explosion of the water boiler the furnace otf the hot water ing system of the John Popson home on East Bishop street about 10 o'- clock Monday morning badly dam- aged the furnace and caused other damage in the buliding. » was NO one {injured Members of the Undine Fire Com- pany, who answered a still alarm reported that the entire back end of the furnace blew out in the ex- plosion. Investigation revealed that the water jacket had become filled with lime deposits which shut off circulation of water in the bolle: Confined in the boller, water turn- ed into steam and built vp pressure causing the Cclast In eddition to damage to the | nace, beaverboard walls in the din- ing room over the furnace were rip- ped down by the effects of concus sion and escaping walter caused some loss. The electric water healer near the furnace was not damaged Harry Clevenstine is manager of the estate of which the house a par PRR Improves Valley Branch Revamp Road to Handle Heavy Traffic of Long, Fast Freights The Pennsylvania Raliroad now engaged additions and im- provemen s on the Baii Eagle ranch, single-track line between Lock Haven and Tyrone, over which traffic has increased greatly in re- cent manths. Much of the incrépse is attributed to the nation- § i ~ i | al defense program Residents along the valley report that many trains consisiing of 80 to loaded cars, traveling at speeds from 50 to 60 miles an hour, travel the route daily. Some of them port a wendous” increase in number and size of trains, A railroad maintenance crew has Milesburg for the hile regular main- ride Wem ne past two weeks w tenance work In addition to some new construction, is under way The passing siding between Miles- burg and Wingate has been length- ened to accommodate longer trains A new standpipe for storage water for locomotives is being bulit at d the valley raliroad being overhauled ¢ 3 [+ wr Wingate an and renewed At Julian a new and long passing siding is being built and an auto- matic block station js being rees- tablished there to take care of the siding Loca] railroad officials declared that while traffic over the line has increased sharply in recent months, no figures are available by which to estimate the percentage of increase They pointed out that the siding construction at Julian and Miles- burg, and the reestablishment of the biock station at Julian all are indications of improved usiness over the branch road, which at one time was sald to be the busiest single-track railroad in the country Sn — to sn ——— County Census Totals Released Population of All Boroughs and Townships in 1940 Count Revealed Complete and official 1940 census figures for Centre county's townships and boroughs were announced yes- terday by the director of the Bureau of Census of the U. 8. Department of Commerce, The figures reveal the largest County township to be Rush with a population of 4.077. Spring town- ship Is close with 4053. Smallest township in the eounty is Burnside with 344 Figures for borough populations as released at an earlier date re- vealed State College borough to be : (Continued on page seven) CLARENCE WOMEN ARE Fatal Mishap Pittsburgh Man Also Must Pay $500 to Family of Victim MAY NOT HUNT OR TRAP FOR 10 YEARS Brief Session of Criminal Court Ends Monday; 2 Plead Guilty unywhere Penngylvania for the next len years Woodring's regular trial concluded the February criminal court dur- ing which three cases were tried and t gu verdicts returned by jur- if William Noonan, 18, of Bt. Paul treet, Bellefonte, was found guilty of the v of a $5 bill from Fred Fisher te, last October, and * ) PAY the costs and rve 80 in the county jail Noonan parcle viciator [fron the State istrial School at Hunt- ingdon and may be returned to that nst 1¢ Ler t wit TY of cigareties, candy id chewing gum valued at $5 from w Job H. Goss service station in Pt burg last June, were found guiity by a jury Costs are 0 be paid by the county The fatal hunging accident which resulted in sentence for Woodring happened ID a woods near Port Ma- tilda during "the deer season last December 5. Woodring fired the shot which resulted In instant death to his friend and hunting companion, (Continued on page eight) ———— ———— 20 Fire Police Sworn-In Here Fire Department Moves to Halt Chasing of Fire Engines, Other Evils During the past week the Belle- fonte Fire Department designated a group of men from each company to serve dual capacity of fire police and borough special ce, and Mayor Harris he oath to most of them These men will not only serve as police in time of fire but also will serve during any emergency which may arise such as the recent wave { purse-snatching, or to assist the ™ + in the v » has given = 1H ia * wi A H regular police in coping with heavy traffic conditions, in controlling large crowds One of the prime reasons for this reorganization is to eliminate the dangerous but popular outdoor sport of chasing fire engines. This prac-| tice hag reached such proportions that, in many instances, it has hampered the maneuvering of fire] engines, and consequently delayed { their arrival at fires, thereby jeo- pardizing, perhaps, a life, or an un- necessary additional fire loss. It is their firm determination to stop this practice. i Every motorist's attention is call- ed to the fact that the Pennsylvania State Vehicle Code states: (Segtion 1015A) “Upon approach of any po-| (Continued on Page 6) ——————— DROWNS | AT MONTGOMERY | The body of Mrs. Benjamin Shel- ly, 53, prominent resident of Mont- gomery, Lycoming county, was found in the river near that town early Tuesday afternoon, following a search by firemen and residents of the borough. Mrs, Shelly had been in ll health, following a nervous breakdown, and in the morning | wandered away from home, Search- (ers found footsteps leading toward | the river and later found the body. | | Mrs. Shelly had been prominent | (in civic interest, and for several | years was librarian at Montgomery. | | Burvivors include her husband and | or WOMAN Officers and members of Battery B., 190th Field Artillery, Bellefonte, now in training at Camp Shelby, Miss, were showered with promo- tions during the weekend, according to an announcement from the camp Following the assignment recently of Capt. Frederick L mander of the troop to the regi 166th Pleld Ar- mental staff of the tillery as adjutant, First Lieut, Har- ry C. Symmonds, executive officer of the battery, assumed command of the troop At the same time, Second Lieut George P. Curlin was advanced 0 the position of executive officer, va- ated by Lieut Symmonds F.Aly-seven other promotions were n smong the 85 enlisted men of the Lroop, as follow Advanced to the position of Ser- ant: Corporals Rov K. Dunkle- arger, Charl L. Sheckler, Leslie C. Shultz, Earl W. Smith and James Wilson, and Private First Class Am A. Boll Advanced to Cor: Privates First Cla Paul H ung, John F. Kusse, Kenneth F Miller and Privates Willlam B. Beckwith, Mark E. Fisher, Russell N. Gandy. David Brick-Making Co. Industry Kiwanis Club Hears Inter- esting Talk by Head of Port Matilda Plant Centre county has the most mod ern a brick plant in the Unit x Blate sccord'ng to a statement by Benjamin F. Nicodemus, superinten- dent of the plant located at Port Matilda, in an address before the members of the Bellefonte Kiwanis Club at the mecling Tuesday in the Pinn Belle Hotel. TH Speaker olut- lined the various ingredients and the prox Ey which they pass until] the i product Da been made Silica brick, Mr. Nicodemus said is essential to both peace-iime and finds large usage coke and glass indus. for open hearth The main sub- Continued on Page Eight) ————— ———————— Seven Volunteer For March Quota Local Board No. 2 Needs Only Three Men For Next Call to Army When the next 15, is made, Local Draft Board No 2, Bellefonte will be required to fur- nish ten men, It was reported yes- terday But the call will not mean much in this district, for already there are 7 volunteers fur the quota of ten The volunteers are: Stephen Nagray, Clarence. Bernard Wheeland, Bellefonte. James Thomas, Bellefonte defense needs. It n the steel and is used sleci mils Robert Crawshaw, Jr., Philipsburg. | Louis Carpeneto, Bellefonte. Arthur W. Hill, Bellefonte Russell Walton, Bellefonte Local Draft Board No. 1, of State (Continued on Page 6) Firemen At Gap Soliciting Funds District Teams Now Conduct- ing Door-to-Door Canvass in Annual Drive Pleasant Gap Fire Company, No 1 this week launched its annual to continue its worthwhile program for the ensuing year, The Pleasant Gap area has been divided into districts and solicitors have been named for each district, es follows: Harry Bliger, V. Hoover and H Noll, mountain road, Benfords to top. Ralston Derr and Elmer Noll, Mc~ (Continued on Page 4) Cars Collide, Damage $250 Cars driven by Charles Besch of school building, Pleasant Gap, last cal saw selections by Irvin Martin, | H. Keller Shope, com- { Were ens draft call, March John yons McClure, Edgar J. M Schenck and Joseph A. SBhuey Ls Nelson N Ralph 8 sie To Private First Class third class specialist: William E. Bloom, George N. Emerick, Albeit F Knisely, and Robert J. Pletcher To Private First Cl filth cia specialist: Earnest J. Emel, Edward BR. Green Donald M Goodhart Samuel L. Irvin, Bteve A. Kutches Max H. Lose, John F. Murphy, Jay 8. Behlegel and Frank C. Yeager To Private First Class, no special- ist ratings: Kenneth E. Baney, Vin. cent RR. Baney Dean H., Benne: Lyin E Blazer Harry D. Boal Charirs W Chandis Donald L Canter, James 1. Confer, Lester J Cute lewis B. Petters, Russell L Cates, James E. Hoffer, Janes P Holt. Donald L. King Har A Long. Donald R. McCormick, Gerald L. Mam 3, Charles T. Reed, Rober B. Si and Charl 3het As th Ut of recent Battery B w has a sl first licutenant, two se ants, one fst sergeant fergeant, 10 sergeants 41 first class privates yales 17 Enrolled In CCC Camps New System of Payment ang ot Will Provide Members With ‘Nest Egg’ Centre coun led in the CCC organiza- ton the Bellefon ¥.M. C. A Tuesday and it immediate- iy to came Beventleen ¢ county al e Y were sel The acceptance officer tof the enrcliment was Lt Aa Ane Poe Valley , 5 C. Wiliams, executive di- res of Centre County Board stance, and Miliorg WwW. Et. it to Mr. Willlams, also the wurk Dr. Heney N Millheim. wos the ex- sician ollment th 1 charge Lee Fox, Camn, while tne tha Lad A PAL, v Anal ' ¥ = v4 y ais an in Thissell, of aminitg phs pear) The ema Tuesday, was first of additional enrollments to be held each ar the month af- ter the regular q 1 (Cuvalinueg un Page 4) ‘Woman's Club In Monthly Session four Ve - wmrierly enroll- £532 Received From Xmas Seal Sale; Sectional Meet- ings Are Planned A regular meeting the Belle- fonte Woman's Club was well at- tended Monday evening at the Pres- byterian chapel Mrs. Robert Eckenrode, president i presided during the business session Mrs. W. J. Emerick, reporting for the Welfare Committe, announced theat all Red Cross knitting and sewing should be sent to Mrs. Har- rison Walker not later than Satur day, March 1. The new quota of yarn and material will arrive this week. All members were urged to (Continued on Page 4) - of FIRE DAMAGES SERVICE | STATION AT COLLEGE lin a pile of used tires, damaged the iroof and window frames on one side {of the O'Bryan Service Station on i Route 321 just south of State Col-| lege early yesterday morning sponded to a call about 5:15 a. m,, {with the squad truck and two | pumpers. Two booster tanks brought | the flames under control by approxi- mately 5:45 according to fire com- pany officials. | The blaze started from a pile of | {burning waste paper Which ignited campaign in that vicinity for funds: the tires, in turn causing a contain- | {er of alcohol to explode and spread ithe fire to the building, it was re- | ported to firemen, 1. D. Corman Heads | Gap Brotherhood J. D. Corman was elected presi- {dent of the Pleasant Gap Brother. ‘hood at the annual organization {meeting of that group in the high INJURED IN AUTO MISHAP two daughters, Mrs. Michael Guido, Yeagertown, and Willard ©. Lutz) Thursday. Mrs. Berth injured slightly Saturday morning when the Priedman car and a car operated by Steve Sapp. of Arcadia, Indiana county, crashed in Clarence. Mrs. Friedman received bruises about both knees and Mrs. Soltis a laceration of the left knee The two cars collided when they met on a narrow, slippery road. Damage to the Friedman coupe was $75 and loss to the Scltls car was about $15. | wife of the coach of the Montgomery |of LeRoy, N. Y., came together at! a Friedman and Mrs. Clinton schools, and Miss Dorothy | the corner of Fairmount avenue and | Brooks, vice president; L. Ward Hile, | es, of State College. Nellie Boitis, both of Clarence, vere Shelly, a member of the school fac- | Atherton street, State College, 11:35 a. m, Saurday. Loss to each treasurer, Mr. Tucker wis president TOWNSEND MEETING AT i ulty. i | i i ani —— —~—— Philipsburg Girl Honored | Miss Prances Dunkle, of Philips- burg. a student at Wilson College, {| Chambersburg, has been cited for | first semester of the current college | year. Miss Dunkle is a daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. G. FP. Dunkle and pre- pared for college in the Philipsburg High school. at car was estimated at $250. TE Fire at Millbrook An Alpha Fire Company truck ianswered a silent alarm resulting of the entertainment : |academic achievement during the|from a flue fire at the home of cluded the presentation by Dean R. o'clock. The Pine Grove Mills Male {Charles Hockman at Millbrook at L. Watts, of State College, of sever-| Chorus will provide music. 9:30 o'clock Monday night, Firemen al reels of motion pictures, in color,! The program will include installa- succeeded in checking the blaze and depicting game and fish conserva. | tion of officers, and the damage was slight, according to fire tion activities, Most of the scenes er will be William Litke, Bellefonte | attorney. The public is welcome, company officials. Other officers named are: Prank isecretary, and William J. Tucker, of the Brotherhood during the year | just ended. tended the meeting and a highlight program in- jwere taken on Kettle Creek. Fire, believed to have originated | Alpha Pire Company members re- | Approximately 75 members ate] €g Parking Meters smi cores Damaged by Fire Bill Passes First Reading; Faces Changes at Lat- Fire discovered at 2.50 o'clock lact Thursday morning damaged the east pide the E M. Bmith garage er Sessions 1000 West College avenue, State Col- lege, and threatened the apartment VIOLATIONS ENTAIL {lev unt Creaieried the apartusca FINES OF $1 TO $50 A the garage % igh winds and low temperatur hindered Alpha Fire Company mem- bers batiiing the blaze a of al an Jill Provides 18 Minutes’ Time For 1 Cent; 1! traces of fire were extinguished d 2 less than an hour H : F Nickel The fire is believed to have orig ours or NICKe he fire is believed to hav rig- inated in the wiring system in the An mance calling for the in. | basement and followed wall space at and operation of parking | up Ww the floor and porch on the Lhe busing district of #econd story, The Holiobaugh lam- ng ontroling the fire OY Ni= i } untii n | th ipally U and a revised before t seoond and third * ® ay become law cee WIL Discuss parking meter us i measure for r the ites of es for half for — y 5 mn tor two $400,000 School Issue May wt i Was report. ' 1 ord . . er salesmen the | (#0 8t 390 Interest Rate; . . nutes for a cen Meeting Friday »” for five cents a———— red parking would be in force A sibility the Bellefonte a m ) 8 m. daly except Bullding Corpo n reanization and holidays, when park- effected « 1 the nstruetio id be free. OU Baturdays he of Bellefonte's proposed new would be in effect from § a. | school building, may obtain Jess than m top m the anticipated four per cent on {is Penailes for violation would con- contemplated $400000 bond issus sist of a fine of from $1 to $50, the may become a certainty atl a meei- costs of prosecution, or 10 days In ing of the corporation in the Belle- jail fonte Trust Company bullding to- y he streets along which it Is con- morrow afternoon when brokerage lempiated to erect meters are 85 houses and other purchasers wil be follows: Allegheny, from Howard 10 present to discuss the issue Bishop, Spring. from High to Cherry When the corporation began con- Alley. Howard, from Allegheny 10 sideration of a bond issue 10 finance the east extremity of the post Of- the new school, bonding companies fice; High, from Allegheny to Dun- showed a noticeable coolness toward H stiect, and on the north side of the bonds, and expectations were the north branch of East High street! that most of the issue would have (Continued on page eight) to be sold locally In recent weeks, however, broker- age houses have been showing mark. ed interest in the issue, and many have expressed a desire to be per- mitted to bid for the bonds it is reported The financis set-un for pork 0 anancial « up or constructing the new school is Dew although it incorporates various fea- tures of other systems Rober! Klines Wed 50 Years == Prominent Couple Spent definitely as to how the bonds will 4 : : (be disposed of, but a spokesman for Most of Married Life ithe organization yesterday declared in Bellefonte that the corporation seeks primar . ily to obtain as sdvantageous a sale Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kline, well 8s possible for the bonds in order to known residents of Bishop street, save the school district unnecessary Bellefonte, yesterday quietly ob. expense. It was stated that it may served thelr golden wedding anni- De possible to sell the bonds at a versary ; {three per cent interest rate. If a The anniversary took the family three per cent instead of a four per by “surprise.” and as a result Mr cent rate is obtained. the saving to and Mrs. Kline spent the day in’ the corporation—and to the school much the same manner as they've district—will be the afference be- spent most of the other days of | (Continued on page seven) their unusually active lives, No cele- bration was beld yesterday, but there were indications of a family gathering during the weekend Mr. Kline, former Bellefonte Bor- ough Councilman, former chief of {the Undine Fire Company, former {borough fire marshal and one of the oldest members of the Undine Fire Company, has been employed for the past 46 years in the lime industry in Bellefonte, After 25. has Gryctko-Saunders Technician at Hospital Be- comes Bride at Ceremony in St. John's Church Miss Anne Marie Saunders, of (Continued on page eight) i | Bellefonte, became the bride of | Benjamin J. Oryctko, son of Mr Legion Social Club {and Mrs, Benjamin J, Gryctko, of Guests At Dinner the Brockerhoff Hotel Bellefonte, ai. a ceremony performed at § The annual dinner given to social 9°¢lock Monday morning in St members of Brooks-Doll Post Am. John's Catholic church here, with erican Legion, Bellefonte, by the he Rev. Pather William E Downes Post, wag heid at the Legion Home, Tector of the church, officiating | East Howard street, last Thursday Roses In gold vases adorned the night, with about 150 persons pres- altar. lent. The dinner was served by the! Miss Marjorie Saunders, of Nex Woman's Auxillary of the Post | Cumberland, sister of the bride, Speakers and officers introduced was bridesmaid while Pranklin by Toastmaster Edward Blanchard Oryciko, of Bellefonte, was his {were: Alex Stergiakis, commander of | brother's best man. After the cere. {the post; James Gray, president of mony a wedding breakfast was serve [the club; Malcolm Wetsler and Linn | ed at the Brockerhoff Hotel which { McGinley, directors, and William | iLambert, Captain Herbert Beeger | {and Leonard Glenn, members of the | | {house committee. 2 ‘2Y2-Month Old Boy Suffocates In Crib Gerald Lee Smith aged 2% months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus | Smith, of Pike street, Bellefonte, | (Contined on page eight) i { Other introductions were: Burgess {Hardman P. Harrls, William Doli {and Harry A. Garret, the latter of {whom is one of the founders of the jclub. Entertainment included musi- i : i ] | lwith George Sheckler as pianist, | Was found dead in his crib about 8 {and & program by The Three Stoog- | 0Clock Tuesday , death be miss, sis. Ss ——. According to reports had been fed about 13 p.m. Mon. | | A Townsend meeting will be held 9a¥, and when the mother belleved | {in the Court House, Bellefonte, Pri. | De Was sleeping too long the next | {day evening, 28, wt 7:30 Moming, she went to the crib and found him Ifeless. The child was face down and his face was in a prion leh smothered him. It is’ lieved t death occurred 3 a.m. Tuesday. Shon (Continued on page eight) i COURT HOUSE, FRIDAY | , the tafant | guest speak- i % : Nuptials, Monday ATTACKS Injunction Granted us Case | ———— State College Boro Offic- ials Named Defendants in Action HEARING SET FOR MONDAY MORNING Plaintiffs Score Ordinance Banning Buses From College Avenue A di te raging Blate Col- ege 1c he past few weeks ook a ney ay when Judge I £4 a lemporary ir wt Wie enforcement ( e abolishing a bus rner and prohibit. Wopping anywhere (7 ad or unioad baggage 4 v clon Was is- plea flled by J. C nr L. Holmes and BR. J Kennarc ho are described as resi- dents and real estate owners n Btate Colicge. The d Eurgess Wilbur F State Ooliege Coun E Clark, J. W. Hens ter, H L. Bluart Le gett, Russell W. Ads Houte Judge Walker fixed Monday morn- £. March 3 kK as th te | e Cc ne 2 difficulty arose on 20. when an amendment to a pre- vious ordinance was passed by Coun- The amendment abolished g 55- bus stop in of the State College Hotel on Co-Op comer, and ruled that no buses could stop any- where on College avenue Pennsylvania OCreyhound Lines (Continued on page eight) Catholic Church Nets $1,100 At Bazaar Almost $1.100 was three-day pre- cil * foot foryt realized at the bazaar held by : lenhten members of Bt John's Catholic church, Bellefonte, last Thursday Friday and turday nights in the school hall on East’ Bishop street Large crowds were present each night Rev. A. L. Chervenak, assistant pastor of the church was general chairman for the bazaar at which the following were awarded prizes Robert Rigiin, Anthony Riglin, Mrs Agnes Culver, Miss Louise Lucka- wich, Mrs. Joseph Kane, Miss Cath- erine Harte, Rev William E Downes, Mrs. Donald Everett, James Kane, Mrs. Charles Evock, A. C Hartle, Mrs. Nora Ebbing Mrs Helen Kucas, and Mrs. Pauline Tor- sell Charles Vogl, Patricia Long, Mrs Gertrude Ritz Elizabeth Ann Gra- ham, Betty Sullivan, Philapena Hagg, Billy and Isobel Morningred, all of Tyrone, and a unit of the (American Legion Junior Band of Bellefonte, furnished entertainment on Friday night. The following were chairmen of various committees in charge of the bazaar Martin Miller, Andrew Knapic, Frank Rackoski, Mrs. John Garis, Mrs. Albert Mayer, Mrs { Christopher Beeser, Miss Adeline | Anderson, Miss Louise Carpeneto, Mrs. John Woods, Miss Agnes Shields and Mary Ellen Cunning- ham Boal Nominated For Post In Nicaragua Pierre de L. Boal, native of Boals- burg and son of the late Col. Theo- dore Davis Boal of Boalsburg, was nominated Friday by President Roosevelt to the post of Minister to Nicaragua. Mr. Boal now is counsel lor of the Embassy at Mexico City Mr. Boal has been in the U. 8. Embassy service since the end of |the World War in 1918, serving in | Rumania, Peru, Canada, in the State Department at Washington, and in his present offiee in Mexico. Before the United States entered the World War, Boal was an avia- tor with the Lafayette Escadrille, and when this country entered the conflict, he transferred into the U. 8. Air Corps, attaining the rank of ptain. Mr. Boal visited his former home at Boalsburg Imst November His Want Veils Hospital in East Announcement was made at the annual Legion banguet in Williams- port Monday night that the State American Legion is committed to the placing of the proposed Veter. ans’ Hospital in Eastern Pennsyl- vania. Three State conventions, it was reported, had passed resolutions favoring the eastern section of the tate. Centre county has been a trong contender for the institution, 8
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