Odd and CURIOUS in the * NEWS FEATHERED FRIENDS A contrary chicken was respon- sible for the discovery of $375 in | Miss | at Vandalia, Ill. was attempting to gold coins Lit le Lawler catch the chicken, It raced through | a flower bed. So dig Miss Lawler She stumbled against an picked it up, and opened a sack containing the $375. Authorities believe the money belonged to a former neighbor of Miss Lawler, Miss Tillle Ernst, now City, time ago. HOW ABOUT BOCK? If Mary wants her little lamb to do well at a farm show she should take him to a beer joint rather than to school, says Guy Hilton of South Hamilion, Mass, assistant editor of “Sheepmen.” He told the Connecticut Sheep Breeders’ asso- ciation last week that a bottle of beer seemed to bring out the best performance in a sheep, and re- marked “I have used the method successfully in some shows.” NO CREAM Mrs. Petricia Seinfel's affection for her husband, Samuel Seinfel cooled just like her coffee. she told Judge Cornelius J. Harrington in divorce court at Chicago, because: “On Oct, 30, 1937, just after I sel the breakfast table, my husband went out fee. 1 didn't hear until a year later” ed, from him again Divorce grant- SAVED BY DREAM Dreaming she was being choked, Mrs. John A. Young of Altoona, awoke suddenly last Thursday morning to find a cover on an iron- ing board in an adjoining room being scorched from a hot iron. The fron was turned on unknowingly by her husband at 3 a. m. when he left for work. JUST IN CASE Out in Atchison county Probate Judge Phil Shrack makes a phonographic record of all the marriage ceremonies he performs He gives them to the brides bridegrooms so they will have a per- manent record of just what they vowed. Kansas, nd and ln First March Selective. Richard Clair Bowman, of Mill Hall, R. D. 1, Lamar Township, will be Clinton County's Draft No. 1 first volunteer for the March selective man passed his physical examina- tion on Wednesday of last week and was one of 12 boys who received the examinations at the Lock Haven Hospital, and one of six who were certified as physically fit to go to Al.oona in the next induction call for examination by the U. 8, Army medical officers. 1400 Chickens Burn A fire which destroyed one of the big modern poultry houses at the Armstrong Poultry Ranch at Siz- erville, Cameron county, resulted in the loss of about 1400 chickens 900 of which were laying hens and the others pullets. The fire is believed to have staried from an overheated stove and was well underway when discovered. The loss is $3,500, with no insurance. object, | of Kansas | who reported such a loss some | to buy cream for the cof- | Board | gervice quota.” MY Bow- | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 6C BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941. NUMBER 9. ‘Congregation Interrupts Church Services To Save | Nearby House from Flames Sunday Morning Worshipers at Warriors Mark | Methodist Church Render Aid to Family When Fire Threatens Total Loss The peaceful morning worship in | the Methodist church at Warriors Mark was rudely disrupted Sunday by cries of fire, which brought the men of the congregation tumbling from the church in an effort to save an adjacent burning dwelling So quickly did they swing into action that only a bed and a kitchen stove fell prey to the flames which demolished the home of late | George Hutchinson The occupants Mr. and Charles Levy and Mr, and John O'Rourke, escaped a few min- utes after a passing motorist dis- covered flames eating along the edge of the roof of the large frame house The forty or more male members of i the ¢ chureh congregat fon went to the Mrs Mrs Fatally Burned In Shanty Fire Huntingdon County Man Viec- tim of Undetermined Con- flagration ‘Topol wk, 51. died from the effects of flames that Fri- day night mil his e-room shanty at Map Depot, Mill Creek, Hi ngdon 3 He was found unconscious on the floor of his meagre home and was pronounced dead upon arrival at J C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Hunt- ingdon, to where he was removed by Private Shreckengast of Huntingdon motor tion Private J. L is conducting as th 10 fir re that the th Nicholas Joseph on Int elon near coun the about it $2 250 dam- t Topolock, who worked at ‘Har bison refractories at Mount Unk is survived by two I Yugosiovakia Cause of the Soils In fire was unknown, police said ————h Man Struck | By Exploding Stove ' age to Frozen Water Jacket Believed To Have Been Cause of Mishap Heat and cold worked one morning last week in a North Philipsburg home where a kitchen stove exploded and hurled a big chunk of cas: fron at Martin Brower at his home there Brower. standing with towards the stove, escaped serious injuries when a section of the hurt. ling iron struck him on the legs. A mirror, hung on the opposite side of the room, was shattered when the stove exploded The stove exploded when th water jacket, believed frozen ex- panded from the heat of the stove {| fire | together His his back the Stork Stops Four Times; Leaves Baby At Farmhouse Each Trip A modest, white frame farm house near the small county seat of Leitchfield, Kentucky, should be very familiar to “Mr. Stork.” He stopped there four times Sun- day in four hours, much to the as- tonishment of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Lasley, their eight other children, their neighbors and the doctor. A farm house thronged with cur- ious folk, Dr. John C. Tucker de- cided, wasn, te most convenient place for four babies so the quad- ruplets—Beulah, Mildred and Mar- tine, and their brother, John Las- ley—were bundled into a specially- equipped ambulance and taken to the big city hospital In Louisville, 80 miles away Dr. Burt Zinnamon and three nurses, who rode in the ambulance, sald in Louisville, (Continued on page six) Farmer Hobbles Seven Miles To Determined not to pay any fine for failing to have his car inspected, a Cumberland county farmer braved the cold winds to walk seven miles despite a painful, freshly-injured toe, only to serve about an hour in the Cumberland county jail The farmer, George Marks, had been arrested by State motor police for failing to obtain the required sticker on his car last month and was scheduled to appear before a justice of the peace seven miles away. Busy making final prepasations for his prospective visit to the jus-! tice, Marks suffered a minor mishap, | injuring the great toe on one foot But Ignoring the throbbing foot, Marks walked the entire seven miles from his home to the justice | for the hearing. Much to his surprise, when the case was aired, Marks was gentenced to one day in jail, However, after only one hour's stay in prison, farm. er Marks was released and set out! to walk to his home. A kind-heart- ied motorist “gave him a lift” and | Marks was back on his farm in time to take care of the evening | chores Ci ircus Gorilla Scared at Sight of Bride, Miss Toto, at Introduction Miss Toto, the gorilla Ringling circus officials hope will soon become Mrs, Gargantua the Great, met her prospective mate (also a giant gor- ilia) at the winter quarters in Sara- gota, Florida, on Friday and pro- ceeded to scare the daylighis out of him, The introduction was staged in old-time circus fashion with circus officials and newspapermen present, but the | public was barred. The gorillas, intent upon each other, paid little attention to the audience. Toto has a black-and-white cat ~her constant companion-<4n her cage along with Keeper Jose Tomas and. bolstered by this company paid no attention at first to 600-pound Gargy when their cages were rolled to within 18 inches of each other Oargantua, alone, grabbed the bars of his air-condi- tioned, plate-glass, steel-barred {home and peered at the nine-year. {old 438-pound Toto who had just from Havana, He appeared puzzled—for it was the first time he had seen another | ster. Then his highiy-touted ugly ' disposition disappeared and he im- | (Continued on page six) their 18 pounds | of squirming passengers apparently! | 1 { address and have not notified the | Answer Sticker Neglect Charge ambled over, | arrived in her own luxurious cage | gorilla since he was just a young- | work so ‘speedily that effects and furniture the two families were damage, Fruit and stored In the cellar taken out unharmed Two fire companies from the Neptune and the Citizéns were forced to use booster tanks, their efforts being confined entirely to saving surrounding property. The dam at Warriors Mark used for fire protection was frozen over, prevent. ing firemen {from using hose streams A defective flue was given as the cause for the blaze which left only the large double flue standing Neighbors took in the Levy family while the O'Rourke's are being cared for in Tyrone where Mr, O'- Rourke is reporied to be manager of a Shaffer store A mm — New Year's Baby The jatest New Year baby yet born in Emporium arrived last week when James andrew Strycula was fn seven weeks after New Year Day, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stra- cula, arriving on the birthday annal- versary of his uncle, John Vogt. He was the recipient of numerous gifis from Emporium merchants, and a $5 bank count was siarted for ace him by the Emporium Trust Com- pany all personal belonging to saved without canned goods likewise was Tyrone Lion or Lamb? 2] IZ [a x 115 AUON : Se SS aL LODGE TO AID STUDENTS d left by the A $5300 memorial fund \ class of 1830, and a $2000 grant from the student government will be used to finance the construction of a new mountain lodge for the use of student creational groups at the Pennsylvania Btate College The lodge, to be bullt during the coming spring and summer on a five-acre tract near the Penn State ski trail, will provide a headquar . ters for hiking, outings, and winter The proposed site is about miles east of the campus Commenting on Dean re SPOorts five he 0 of Men Arthur new project, R. Warnock who is chairman of a College co- ardinating committee cn recreation, sald It would give added Impetus to & movement start here last fall to broaden the recreational oppors tunities all students. Rollers skating and ice-skating, hobby meets amateur nigh's, and a “play for fun” band have already been started on the campus under this program ed on in Bellefonte has the is going back to in 1938, f anybody that the world ns that obtained as well wake up they might Memorial Rites Planned To Spur Completion of Boal Military Shrine ‘Renewed Effort Being Made by Society of the 28th Division to Finish Memorial Altar Begun by Colonel Boal In an effort to aro for completion for the 28th Division, Pennsylvan al Guard memorial be CO Junday th se sentiment shrine of the ia Nation service will Muaich 2, at SDUrg, Centre coun a he shrine w us be- Theodore 3 oione] etired finance who died In sta af of the nd on fellow He ved on the during the Wor 863.000 of his ne shrine a3 8 memorial offi killed during the conflict military service began in 1016 n he organized and equipped the machine gun troop of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, then prepar- ing for Mexic border service After serving as captain and alde to Major General Charles BH. Muir in France, Colonel Boal was pro- moted to major of the 108th In- faniry March 25 1818. 8B: habitat. iy he served with the intelligen section, 28th Division, and on the staff of the Pourth Corps, Army of Oocupation Last year the Pennsylvania Btate Armory Board conjunction with the Boclety 28th Divisio dedicated a memorial alia; Boal at Boalsburg bulit by the Nat mistrats Siration ser ld War own money 0 re His whe ar in of the nel WARREN-“"EVERYBODY’S FRIEND” of an © known as in these life story id-time character reviewed last week, not only evoked de but a an comment from another once-familiar and long-time landmark Bell fonte be given recognition in department. This. we rightly infer- red had reference to a strangely- afflicted but harmiess old man who died In Bellefonte thirty-nine years 880. For more than three socrs years {favorable broughi suggestion reader that of ae ihe had been un familiar figure on the streets of the town, and when his death occurred through the tragic incident a fall on an icy pave- ment, it was lamented generally throughout the entire community The name of this kindly oid fel- low Was Warren Burnside, although he was more commonly known as “Warren.” After his death a modest tombstone was erected at the head of his grave in Union cemetery which bears this inscription: “War- ren—Everybody's Priend ™ This fies the esteem held for this human mental derelict by ‘townsfolk every walk in life Perhaps no ohe ever of Pee Ly Pie passed out enthusiastic | this» Hid of Wg made Judge wide because of his } in the famil where Dis mother was emn- f Servant a weaknes Hines: t his mind was intelligent spects he had a 1x VORTS or n- known rong, and many re. weakness in cular of cissping his hands in a tense ges! ture when moved by the rmobtion & either joy or anger Little need be sald readers about Warren mar woman and child Peupis might come gO. great anges were wrought but Warre ion, wll the same More character. istic than any other landmark of the town he was always interesting to either friend His life was happiness and Apr oid for every knew him our and or stranger day of one long contentment gular trails remarkable ing faces. No years an old absent from as Os oT New 1940 License Plates Soon Due Applications For Renewal Now Being Mailed to Car Owners The malling of applications for 1941 license plates of 2.553.700 motor vehicle owners of Pennsylvania be- gan on Tuesday of this week Sec retary of Revenue Wm. J. Hamii- ton, Jr, announced yesterday. The number of applications for the year 1941 is an all time high exceeding the 1940 record of 2473.- 715 by 79985 Mr. Hamilton pointed out. To avoid possible delay in re- { ceiving the 104] license tags, Becre- | tary Hamilton advised automobil: | owners ag follows, “If you have changed your Bureau of Motor Vehicles, do so im- mediately. Change of address forms i may be obtained from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Motor Clubs, No- taries Public, Justices of the Peace {and Aldermen in your own commu- | nity. 2. "If you have not received your | notify } immediately the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Department of Rev- | your name, address certificate of {thle number, 1040 license number, | and, if you have moved, beth old | and new addresses, 3 1941 expire at midnight, March 31, 1941, a background of marine blue,” Sec. retary Hamilton concluded. Hurt by Falling Tree Clarence Bdkin, of Muncy Valley. was injured while working on # wood cutting job between Beaver Lake and Lairdsville, A tree fell on him injuring his shoulder and frac- turing several ribs, He was admit- ted to the Muncy Valley Hospital satisfactory. The main trouble with life is that most people are afraid of it, 1941 application by March 3, please | | enue, Harrisburg, in writing, giving | “Promptness in returning the | registration applications will | | permit the earlier uge of 1941 license | plates which will be legal on and | after March 15th. The 1040 plates | “The 1941 license tags are made | with yellow let'ers and numerals on | where his condition was listed as’ Woman Dies As Car Hits Tree Husband Loses Control of Auto When Blinded by Cloud of Snow Annabelie Laldig, 46, of Mount Union, was killed Saturday night after her husband lost control of their car on a grade near Orblsonia when gn oncoming car stirred up a cloud of snow, sending it into a skid and crashing against a tree Mrs. Laidig suffered a broken neck and died enroute to a doctor's office Her husband, Owen C. Laldig, 46, escaped with head culs Reports showed that Laidig was driving north on route 522 about a mile and one-half from Orbisonia on what is known as Black Log road, a downhill grade, A car coming up the hill churn- ed up blinding snow from the road- bed, causing Laidig to lose control] and skid from the highway, The impact of the car against a hemlock tree threw the driver's wife against the car's steering column. The car was demolished 2H Measles Cases The epidemic of measles in Kan? and nearby sections, which has been in progress for three weeks, now numbers 214 cases, However, many of the cases are ready to be releas- ted from quaraniine, ang it ig be- { lleved that the number wil] fall rapidly now, » » , . —— wird town, Warren id he ana tenilimes th Yy one L ORE them upon their return Por many years he earned a week- iy vage by turnis printing press : publican office PRET was jssu uow known Co. Here Warren several hours in pamper and receive one y keep himself in tobmoco and cand; from onbe pas tay to another Wa Bday as IF 5s kiOWn he was’ about 78 yea AT Ot Having been born in Bellefc all of his was here it i& probable that been further life spent had nev from town than his to fri Jens up Buffalo Ru ] great many years, and Hime of his death, Warren lived Willow ‘pank the borough ht HE ndis While {1 was com- understood that wa: a charge upon Bellefon such was not the case. for early in his life- time Mrs. Harvey Mann of Axe- mann and Mrs. William E Morris of Philadelpt sgssigned a property Logan street, In this piace, to and he er serit he ie ia, on Lbganton Man Dies of Exposure Burns Received in Accident Contributes to Man's Death Exposure brought death to C. Ir- vin Hall, 71. of Loganton. R. D., who died In Lock Haven Hospital the early Monday morning, after having been admitted late Bunday after- noon. Mr. Hall was found at his Sugar Valley home Sunday, suffer ing from burns and exposure, Ap- parently he had tried to build a fire, had been burned, and had fall- en to the floor as the fire went out Dr. W. J. Shoemaker, Clinton coun- ty coroner, said his death was due to exposure, rather than to the se- verity of the burns he received. It is thought Mr. Hall is survived several brothers and sisters —~ What Do You Know About Sleep? Famous psychologist answers in- teresiing questions about sleep and explains whether or not it is a mis- take to sleep on soft beds, rock the baby or if pesple should sleep with | the window open. An informative fllustrated article in the March 8th issue of The American Weekly, the big magazine distributed with next Sunday's Baltimore American, On | Bale at all newsstands. a - first slep In by C—» Advertising is the ; salesmanship. Oichurch, a work that the college's 1840-41 | series the fu overseers of the of Belle the prooeeds from which were ) be used for Warren's support. At death. the title 0 the property inio the hands of the poor nte bor « i { his affliction and men- culiarities, Warren was above & christian, and in so far was given hi 0 comprehend he devoted to Bt John's Episcopal was most pa- thetic In 1s earnestness and sim- | plicity Full rites of the cht urch were astorded the rsithful supplicant at his burial Warren's dea Wha yused by icy pavement he § Way to tl Linn street partially paralysed and in that condition until bh Februar ¥ 12 1802 —m—————— = ——— — New Machinery Seen More than $10,000 of equip- ment, most of which was brought to the Pennsylvania State College for demonstration and display pur- poses, was used In the annual farm TY short course last week th a received of a became remained death we he He me worth Dramatic Artist At Lock Haven Cornelia Otis Skimmer to Ap- pear at Teachers’ Col- lege Tonight Halled as “the greatest single at- traction of the American Theare™ Cornelia Otis Skinner is appearing at the lock Haven Btate Teachers College this Thursday evening at 8:15 for a program of her original monologues. The famed solo artist will perform in the newly completed auditorium as the fourth number of artists course Miss Skinner Has appeared on the stage in every stale in the Union except New Mexico, Arizona and {Jdaho, and she appears in the iat. [ter on her current tour. She has | taken trips to Mexico, Central Am- lerica and South America {been to Europe so many times she and has has lost count. Her visits to London and Continental Europe have made her a welcome visitor on the Eng- lish stage Her program of modern mono- logues is usually of sketches including such hilarious | favorites as “Motoring in the 90.8" or “Homework.” the genial satire of “Being Presented” or a “SBouth- fern Girl in the Sistine Chapel.” the grim drama of “Lynch Party” or “Hotel Porch.” Because of the great demand for i ¥. Kerstetter, {ghurch. The Rev. Mr. Oakwood talk- ‘of Prancis {of this enthralling story ed by a group | the State the several stands the shrine acres or 1 which Charges Neglect Charging Btate select for thorities shrine au with Berm itting permittn “fall Into deca: past national preside ty of the 28th Divis the ground be turn sociely Of A Not one monumen Blate to honor were killed wounded Colone] cle for he sa) Boal brough n Franc numents these VArious Most bearing the n nave Gap and vandals The Btate of Pennsylvanis of eT IT i nel tinued on Page Coach Seriously Injured In Fall Random Items SWELL STORY: This department has that the story. or in Blate College Council ter of having buses di al Co-Op Corns xr reading than Councilmen and other Bl offict als as rep prints, It's aimos the bx an axe to grind PARKING METERS After attend wihere meters spicion real vrangle vada mate ttom of th ing vario were exhibited alu Suffers Spine Injury; Vietim : is Brother-in-Law of Belle- fonte Residents Max Bossert wk Haven department Bosser dith Hoy ay iy rand Mr { Bellet fonte the posterior < } The injury will cot m to th Lock Haven Hospital about week alter which he will be taken t { y his hor #% for three to six weeks in bed Levi ng the main buliding for the field use where he coaches the college Hie team. Mr, Bossert (Continued on page six) Milesburg WCTU Meets at Church Present Program in Honor of ch: Birthday of Founder, Fran- cis E. Willard A memorial service in Francis C. Willard's birthday held the form of supper at 6 o'clock last Tuesday evening in the social room of the Milesburg Methodist church, by the members of the Milesburg Woman's Christian Temperance Union The speakers of the evening were Rev. Howard Oakwood, of the Pres. byterian church: Re H. O Kline, of the Baptist chur and Rev. M of ih Methodist honor of was iy he od on the life of Francis Willard and woman's place in the world Rev. Kline expressed the wish that the churches and the local Union support and cooperate with each other, and work hand in hand to get results in all christian work of | the community. Rev. Kerstetier gave facts and figures to prove the tem- perance workers of today had a more trying time than in the days Willard Mrs. Kerstetter and Mr (the song leader at the (Continued on Page §) Ward week's New Novel of a Girl Whe Fought Fate “When a Girls in Love” is the title of a romantic new story by Helen Topping Miller, one of Amer. ica’s most popular writers of fiction, Don't miss the opening instalimen! in the March #th. issue of The American Weekly, the big magazine distribut- ed with Next Sunday's Baltimore American. On sale at all stands, | tickets, only about 200 seats at $1.00 leach are available for Miss Skin net's Lock Haven performance ne where he must spend from sl a covered-dish G future defense needs, RAMPARTS: Bellefon Cyre 23 sy th ¢ It has violated its in hand again uld be treated just like an: enen; $ whole i8eg of wrong DEPRESSIONS: the first post ym Priend 4 BEC rest Pa it other or prnalogy Mc nd as William W " by 8 « nal Associat The mmitte n is Malcolm Mui ublisher of Newsweek members, among Sieg is numbered We to read t on ¢ orn ortunity but we do know it Timely, because when ared peace for more, it's going to bined genius of th thinkers to preve: ression that will make the one which Mr Bieg’s report covers look like a per- ind of great prosperity SEQUEL: A reader submits the following sequel to the paragraph in this cor- ner last week regarding the mother who threatened a teacher because the teacher kept her child after school: . The mother so infin. noed school officials that the child was U(ransferred to another build. ing, on the assumption the family will move into that ward. where, to quote the mother, ‘ALL children get get a falr deal.” And now we hope that's settled WHAT'S NEEDED: Borough manager George Carpen- elo, asked by 8 Council member to take stock of the borough and sug- gest improvements which could be made if the money was available lists the following: move lock-up x a ff mele AS 8 WANN Ane (from Big Spring to Logan Hose House (lock-up would be converted into offices where all borough ac- tivities would be consolidated); oil and chip streets; more traffic lights; improve Phoenix mill property; and employment of another pari-time police officer. THEY'RE READY: Captain Herbert M. Beeger, who i NEWS in charge of the American Legion's registration of veterans for possible reports that there are stores of World War vet. lerans who after being mustered out (Continued on page five) ER “KEEPING Up WITH THE JONESES’ — The Doctors Beat eat Eddie to It By POP MOMAND nc aa
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