7 COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY. nnp in ab ——— he Centre Democrat PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY E———— —— 14 a —— SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR VOLUME 60. NUMBER 22. A ———— TO BEGIN Rev. GG. E. Householder to Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday MANUAL TRAINING EXHIBIT TO OPEN Love Auman, Anthony Boscaino Win Junior Oratorical Contest Plans for the 58th Commencement of the Bellefonte High school releas- ed by the school authorities indicate the largest graduating class in the history of the school with 158 names on the senlor list. The first function of the senior class in its program of activities will be the Baccalaureate service which will be held in the Presbyter- lan church on Sunday evening, June 1. at 7 o'clock, with the Reverend G. E. Householder of the United Brethren church, Baccalaureate sermon Commencement exercises will be heid In the Plaza theatre on Thurs- day, June 5, at 8 o'clock, at which time. Dr. John W. Long. president of Willlamsport Dickinson Junior College, will deliver the address The program is as follows: Music—Orchestra Processional—Graduating Class Invocation—Rev, H. C. Stenger Introductory Remarks—O. F. Sol- leriberger, principal. Musio—Violin Trio. Address—Dr. John W. Long Music—Senior Chorus. Presentation of Diplomas—Eari K Stock, supervising principal. Award of Prizes and Honors—Earl K. Stock. Alma Mater—8enior Chorus Postlude—Orchestra Musie for the occasion is under the direction of Mrs. Louis B. Schad. The senior chorus will be conducted by Mrs. Ermest Martin, (Continued on Page 4) i. Carpenter Here Dies at Work Heart Aftack Fatal to Abram Bailey; Was Highway Con- struction Foreman Abram Miller Bailey, of Belle- fonte, native of Centre county, and for many years a well known local carpenter, died suddenly and unex- 158 In Seqior Class; | Exercises ‘une 5th: preaching the! Control Forest Fire | In Snow Shoe Area | A forest fire in the Snow Shoe {area burned over about five miles {of brush land early this week be- [fore it was put under control by! | crews which launched a backfire {early Tuesday morning | The fire reached alarming pro- {portions Monday afternoon when {men from the wolf Rock and Ren- jovo CCC camps and a number of | imen from the Snow Shoe-Clarence jarea were called out, The flames | {had crossed Beech Creek and head- ed toward Wallace Run. After the! blaze was under control Tuesday {patrols were established in the area to prevent a fresh outbreak | While there was some timber in ithe burned-over area, most of the igrowth consisted of brush about three four feet high. A barn on | the Kech farm was burned, but no! other bufldings were lost, according | to reports ce MP sac in 2 Injured In Crossing Crash Distict Commander of Le- gion, State Nurse ir Ac- cident at Wingate William J. McMullin, of Mill- heim, and Miss Mary Slegal, of Spring Mills, Centre County stale health nurse. were injured early last Thursday morning when their car | struck a freight train on the grade crossing near the Kofman wrecking | station at Wingate, Miss Siegal suffering from a se- to bel Vere laceration of the right arm, 2 | furnished by the Alumni Orchestra | Dad bruise of the forehead, and culs | about the face, was admitted to the Centre County Hispital, where yes- | terday she was reported to be re- covering nicely | Mr. McMullin, dis'rict command- i er of the American Legion, suffered (Continued on page seven) a EE, ly Escapes Narrow | Serious Injury Ford Henry, of Milesburg, employ- ied by the Titan Metal Company { here, narrowly escaped serious in- { jury at the plant Thursday morning when a piece of hot meta] lodged in his neck near the jugular vein After receiving first aid treatment at the plant he was tagen to the Centre County Hospital dispensary | | | i AUCTIONEER (above) of recruit Lo James Gilliland, Jr Oak Hall, is the newest the ranks of Centre County's tioneers Gilliland is a son of Mr James Gilliland of Oak YOArs and da ! education in the schools of and Harris townships H was gradusted from the C Reppert School of Auctions Decatur, Indiana May “10, he made his debut. as a Centre county auctioneer when he cried Mrs. Ilda McClellan sale at Linden Hall In addition to auctioneering, Gil- land also is a livestock dealer, be- ing engaged in the purchase and sole of all kinds of farm stock ane. and Hall : old receive the Vole Saturday Referendum Will Decide Action on Wheat Quotas for 1941 Centre county wheat growers will vole Saturday on the question of whether they want wheat market- (ing quotas to be effective for the 11041 crop. The referendum is being held throughout the nation on that date and will be conducted in Cen-| BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941, - ——— ON NEW SCHOOL WORK rr building, plans were immediately sion with proper ground-breaking hands of the Bullding Committee, committee, following an invocation Jauthsian church, K. Stock, Supervising Principal, School Principal Corporation, will occupy seats of cordially invited and urged by the affair which has finally material uous and discouraging effort on ti In case of inclement weather ~'unds NowAvailable; Contracts Approved until the game hour on Tuesday School Ground-Breaking C eremony Here Monday Following the action of the School Board at ils special meet ing Tuesday evening, at which time a decision was made to pro- ceed with the construction of the long-awaited new high school Arrangements for the affair had previously been placed in the DeHaas, working with the Supervising Principal and faculty The time sét for the ceremony 1:45. All high school and elementary pupils will parade to the site led by the High school band and accompanied Legion Junior Band, and Pifer’s Banjo Band The program will be in charge of Mr. Blaney, chairman of the Brief remarks will be made by the Committee Chairman; Earl A short address will be delivered by Judge Ivan Walker, fol lowing which the actual ground-breaking will take place with Hor- ace J. Hartranft, president of the Board, Miss Mary Grace Hart- sock, president of the Senior class: apd James Thompson dent of the Student Senate as principal participants Members of the School Board and of the Bellefonte Building The citizens of Bellefonte and murounding communities are securing & new and sdequate school bullding 3 started for observing the occa- exercises, Ralph C. Blaney and J. Bossart is Monday afternoon, June 2, at by the American by Rev. C. E. Arnold of 8t. John's and O. F. Sollenberger, High presi honor, committee to be present for this gd after several years of stren- we part of the community toward the ceremony will be postponed Only One Civil War Veferanin (Centre County Cyrus M. Walker, 98, of | State College, Last Sur- viving “Boy in Blue” PREDICTS U. S. WILL . ENTER WAR ON AXIS ‘Aged Warrior Escaped Enemy Bullets; Had Horse Killed in Battle As Centre County approaches Memorial Day, 1941, only one of | the hundreds of Centre County boys who answered Lineolin’s call for vol- | unteers during the Civil War, sur- | vives, | He ls Cyrus Meyer Walker, 98, of | State College. Mr, Walker went to war at the age of 18 years. He fought in many of the wars major conflicts; because inured to the sound of bullets whizzing past his head, and during a fierce battle had | | | | | | | | | | J BULLETIN The Governor's office In Har. risburg last night reported that the Bellefonte school aid bill, which was scheduled to have been finally acted upon by the Senate and signed by the Gov. | ertnor yesterday afternoon, had not made its appearmnes on the | i . Building Corporation's decision Tuesday night to go ahead with the $400,000 school construction program, the bill has lost much of the importance it lad before it became known that fimaneial arrangements could be complet. ed regardless of the bill's fate in the Legislature. Its final pass- age, however, would be looked upon as 3 further approval of the Bellefonte schoel financial set-up. Bellefonte’s two-year battle to ob-!$30,000 in the total cost of the build. undergo rigorous U February 13, 1939, was won al a ispecial joint meeting of the School | Board and Bellefonte Corporation, Tuesday night, when tentative contracts awarded two months ago were made final, Ground for the structure, which i to coat a total of $451,000 will be broken Monday with appropriate oh Building Sah only three days remaining | Of a 80-day period of grace granted by contractors when fnagcial are rangements could not te completed at the opening of bids, March 25. the Bchool Board and Bullding Corporation, Tuesday had reached a point where inaction probably would have meant that new bids on the work would have had to be sought and awarded i In addition 10 consuming many weeks more of valuable time, adver- [June 10 and 20 under the Selective | |tising for new bids probably would |Bervice Act, 102 Oentre county men have resulted in an increase up © tre county by the State Agriculture|tain a new high school building toling | Conservation Commiltes, a branch of the Department of Agriculture, with offices in the postoffice build- ing here } { Approximately 350 {armers are] replace the one destroyed by fire! (Continued on Page 4) ] his horse shot from under him But he came through the war un- scathed In recent years taps have sounded for scores of Civil War veterans! un tl today Mr. Walker is the only one remaining in the county A descendant of one of the Coun- i¥'s early pioneer families, his an- cestors were among the first set- tiers of lower Nittany Valley. Walk- er township was named in their honor Mr, Walker is a son of the late | Philip and Judith Mever Walker | and was born near Lamar, Clinton (Continued on page seven) EE ENP AD 102 Exami | For Army Duty 77 Centre County Men Pass Rigid Physical Tests, Monday ————— 1] ! | i ' " | i In preparation for calls between! weni to Willlamsport, Monday, to) 8. Army phy-| {sical examinations. Of the total, 77! passed Lhe tests Following the day's trip to Wil. | llamsport, the cotinly contingent re- turned home, to settle their civilian affairs in readiness for calls to ser- [vice next month | May Develop New Lime Industry Here I homasville Concern Buys 157 Acres in Buf- falo Run Valley ADJOINS PROPERTY OF GYPSUM COMPANY Final Action Depends on Results of Exploration Now Under Way The Thomasville Stone and Lim= Company with headquarters Thomasville, Pa, last week pur- chased from Mr, and Mrs. Howard Watson, a 157 acre tract of land ir Buffalo Run Valley west of holdings of the National Gypsum Company, with the expectation of opening & lime industry here H. D. Brigstocke, vice president of the Thomasville concern, and who al one Lime was connected with the former Chemical Lime Company of Bellefonte, confirmed the purchas? af the tract bui indicated that no plans devejopment have been made since exploration of the prop erty has noi been completed Th Thomasville ha been in the lime and limestone busi- ness al Thomesville for more thar 35 years. Officers of the company in adgditon to Mr Brigstocke are D. List Warner president and treasurer: E E Cooke, vice presi- dent and general manager. and C. H. Trone, assistant treasurer, The involved is located roughly. between the Valley Vien road end the right-of-way of the Bellefonte Central Raliroad. The same vein of limesione in which the National Gypsum Company is how working is believed to undedlie the property. - The consideration ine voived in the real estate transaction waz $11.300, according to records a: the County Recorder's offiors. i li | New Sunoco Dealer | the [#1 [) or es 3 ot e indu Ty KENNETH G. HAINES Kenneth G. Haines ty's representative in the Assembly the years a member faculty the State College High school, Mon- day lendered his resignation from the teaching post oo become Oper- ator of the new Bun Oil Compan) super-service station, on the site of the former Brandt Hotel, corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets, Bellefonte Haines, for four years head coach of the Btate Coliege High school football team, has been on leave of | absence from his school duties sinoe Inst fall, He will continue in his) post as Assemblyman gradunte of Penn State in the | class of 1928, Haines taught for a} (Continued on page three) Pledges Lag In Welfare Fund $6000 Short of Goal as Campaign Enters Fifth Week Perturbed over tive lag in return of pledge cards in the 1841 Bellefonte Community Welfare Centre ¢ in- General and for seven of past of the tract Memorial Concert By Legion Band Annual Event to be Held Sun- day; Acrobatic Baton Twirl- er to be Featured The annual Memorial Day con- cert of the Stale Champion Ameri- can Legion Junior Band of Belle- fonte will be presented Sunday at 4 p. m. al the Community Athletic Field A varied program has been ar- ranged by the Director. Olin P. Butt, and will include marches novelty the numbers, pectedly about 1:30 o'clock Monday | sacred afternoon, May 26, 1941, while en- selections, and a v “ eligible to ¥ ir ferendum | | ) Is » day i d for further treatment. eligible to vote in the re Local Board No. 2. Bellefonte, sent | O8mpaign, officials yesterday 18004 neqies of World War songs This | According to reports, Henry, em- Which will, become effective only if hom fv “ a strong plea to all captains and . : gage in Tairing a porch nthe ployed he oi department, was it is approved by two-thirds of the 15 eg ‘ hy hodoig oun solicitors to return all cards issued uogiam ot a ged with the Howard street. Death resulted n- | injured When a rod about four inch. eligible voters, In order to be per- nine others were rejected | to them immediately [iO the, AT. ae stantan Iy f ey ttack |e in length broke from a coil while mitted a vole a farmer must have | | Local Board No. 1. State Oollege.| The drive nearly a month ola, | © ae Rts mace by this Mr Bailey had been her oi {it was being drawn to a smaller wheat acreage exceeding 15 acres [sent 45 men, of whom four were ~ s resulted ‘in pledges totaling only J ton of this go ye onoert \ Pat- | A { (« . i " i ly -1 8 | 1 . I's © 2g ment for some time for a heart Size. Henry and a fellow workman | Continued on page seven) | Fairb k Branch to be, Loc al Priest Honored (Continued on page six) 1 | | about, $13,500 to date. leaving about [will be an exhibition of acrobatic condition. bot apparently Was in his | Suffered burns of the hands when | - : . | $6.000 more to be subscribed until baton twirling by Edward Anderson. (Continued on page thresy | 1°Y attembled to remove the piece | Abandoned; Rails to be | Upon Elevation to Do- Sreefun Salvaged mestic Prelate i | the goal of $19,500 is reached. lof the class of 1044 of Pennsylvania bi of hot metal. A third workman fin- Firemen To Hold | Residents of the area served by [State oof SY oC aylvaiia Permission to abandon ils Pair-| In two impressive ceremonies held | | brook Branch between State Col- | within the week, the Rt. Rev. Wil-| p Booster Da Here! { the Community Fund are urged 0 first freshman drum major ever to Ha a ig ar A | Er — y { bear in mind that a pledge to he ‘pe gelected for the Biue Band. He will| lege and Ztover Station, near Ty- (liam E. Downes, rector of St. John's | | H i : ! { i | i | | | i | ] Academy Alumni In Reunion Here At a recent mepting of the Fire- {men’s Convention" committee it decided that both companies out a lost-accident, for Henry re.| turned to work the following morn- Lightning Hits | B | r ellefonte Man i som jot, om, Si ™ “tien on sae so As the support of the town's charitable | Escapes Serious Injury Vote Unanimously to Hold 1942 Event in Bellefonte; Nearly 150 Present A spontaneous vote to hold the | 1942" annual Bellefonte Academy Alumni reunion and dinner in Bellefonte was a highlight of an in- formal program at the second an- | nual reunion held at the Brocker- | hoff - Hotel Baturday night. when approximately 150 former students, professors, coaches, ang friends of the Academy came here from all parts of the east to recall their student days in Bellefonte, The motion to hold the event here next year was made as informally as the other features on the pro- gram. An enthusiastic alumnus broke in on a series of reminiscences to offer the motion, which was promptly seconded. The oral vote taken by Toastmaster John G. Love (Continued on Page 4) Elks To Conduct Flag Day Service The annual Flag Day services conducted by the Bellefonte Elks lodge will be held on Saturday, June 14, at the Community Athletic Field, it was announced yesterday. Richard Heverly, chairman of the committee in charge, indicated that a complete program will be released All patriotic organizations, , and groups In Belle- are to be invited to partici- pate, and prominent speakers will be present, . > Accepis N Position Miss Ruth WwW , of Miles- burg, has been accepted for a U. 8. government nursing position, and is to leave late this week for Camp Forrest, Tenn, ing. ——— ——— ———— 'Boalsburg Child | Injured In Crash A Boalsburg child was injured { Thursday night when two cars col- {lided on route 322 In Boalsburg Damage to the cars totaled about $50. The injured child was Raymond |E. Musser, aged 9, son of George {| C. Musser. He suffered a slight con- {eussion when his héad went through ithe rear window of his father’s se- idan. | A car operated by William C {Greene of Tipton, struck the back {of the Mussér cdr as the two ma- chines were traveling west, motor police reported. It was raining and visibility was poor, it was said. Mrs. Musser, a daughter, and Paul Coipetzer, passengers in the Musser car, were uninjured Postpone Civil Court Until September Term Because only one minor case was i listed for trial the May civil court has been postponed until September, {In accordance with a court order by | Judge Ivan Walker, i Civil court was scheduled to have | begun on Monday, but since only a | single case was scheduled for trial, {the court ruled that the amount | involved would not warrant the ex. pense attendant upon holding court. {The case is a trespass action of | Theodore D. Ishler vs, Nevin Stru- Y. P. H. Meeting, Monday The meeting of the Centre Coun- | ty Young Patrons of Husbandry, { which was to have been held Mon- day, May 26, will be held at 8 p. m. (DST) on Monday, June 2, at Ball- eyville, it was announced yesterday. sponsor a citizens’ booster day here every Saturday, as 8&8 means of se-| {curing additional money for conven | tion prizes, | Plans have been completed and [ this Saturday will be the first of | | the booster days. Boys will be sta {tioned throughout town with boxes | {trimmed in red and blue-—the con-| { vention colors. Each rson Con- | tribtiting to the fund will receive a | suitable souvenic bearing the ine | {scription “I Am a Booster for the! 40th Central District Firemen's| | Convention, August 18 to 23.” i A large percentage of the funds! {to be collected In this way have] ibeen assigned to a worthy oatne; |aside from the convention, aceord- | {ing to an announcement by the| {committee in charge, consisting of | Edward L. Keichline, Arthur Boob) and Frank Sloan. ! MP — cai i : § : i i Truck Plows Into House at Snow Shoe After a collision with another truck at a stop light in Bpow Bhoe, Monday afternoon, a truck driven by James Hunter, of Williamsport, left the road, went over an embank- ment and rammed through the sum- mer kitchen of the J. M. Gilland home. Although no one was In the Gil- land house at the time, a caller left the summer kitchen only a short time before the truck turned the room into a shambles. Hunter es caped with bruises of the neck and arms, The other machine involved in the crash at the stop light was driven by William Metcalf, of Snow Bhoe, who was uninjured. Damage to Hunter's truck was placed at rone, was granted the Bellefonte Central Raliroad Company this | week by the Interstate Commerce | Commission. The Company made application in March for permission to aban- don the line, Heavy rails salvaged from the road will be used in rebuilding the present road between Bellefonte and State College, officials of the rail- road announced. Work on relaying (Continued on page three) ->. Milk Producers ciect Officers 400 Attend Session at Spring Mills; Harry A. Corman Named President Wednesday evening of last week members of the Eastern Cooperative Milk Producers of Penn's Valley and their families, met at the gymnas- ium in Spring Mills for their an. nual get-together and for election of officers for the coming year. The interest taken by the pro- (Continued on page seven) Fire Destroys Barn Near Potters Mills Fire, believed to have been start. ed by children playing with match- es. destroved a barn on the Mrs Mary McCool farm near the Red Mill west of Potters Mills, late Mon. Catholic church, Beliefonte, formal- iy was elevated to the rank of Do. mestie Prelate, with the title of The first of the ceremonies was held Sunday night in the Court Hause, when the Undine Fire Com- pany presented with the ecciestical robes of his new office. The cofirt root was filled to capacity for the brief ceremony, and scores of others crowded the aisles and corridors. The presentation of the robes was made in behalf of the company by Harold D. Cowher, president of the Central Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen's Association. Henry A. Brockerhoff, who presided during the program, presented Monsignor (Continued on page six) Approve Pilots’ Training School Ground Course to be Given Here; Best Students Will Receive Flight Training A Civilian Pilots’ Training course Monsignor Downes | | | ! | Joseph Herman of East ourtin} Street, of Bellefonte, employe of the | Nationa] Oypsum Company, nar-| rosly escaped sefious injury or | death during a severe thunder) storm last Thursday afternoon ! which brought an end to a period | of yhusually warm weather in the | county. Lightning caused other damage in the County. | Herman, Bayard Magee, superin- tendent of the National Company here, and other employes | including James Kelley, Martin Ar. dery, Sampeel. Clarence | Gherrity, Davig Bathurst, Robert | Cressiey and Samuel Zerby were | holding a safety meeting in a smal | Bolt Enters National Gypsum Co. Building | office bu at Plant No 3 in Buffalo Run Valley, when lightning Woman's Bemocrotic Club Rally, June 2nd i ———— the | Admission will be 25 cents for chil- | be | institutions. Before the fund =v Cor Tears Off Porch tem began some years ago, each of | (Continued on page eight) | of Beech Creek Home " . {| The porch at the home of M- Circus Coming uc Hard ¢. Carter who ilive across the street from the To Bellefonte | Beech Creek school, was completely {torn off shortly aller noon by a car which left the road nar- rowly missed a tree and Beech Creek (school childrén returning to their | classes before smashing the porch. | As a result of the crash, John meron | Packer, Orviston, was arrested hy The circus is coming ! {the State Motor Police and will Monday, June 2, is the date, Mills | face charges before Justice of the Bros. combined 3-ring Show is the | Peace George F. Hess at a hearing circus and Hughes Athletic Field | Neither Packer nor his brother, W East Bishop Street, Bellefonte, is H Packer, who was with him. were the place { injured, The circus is being brought 0! The Motor Police reported the Bellefonte by the Central District | damage to the porch was estimated PFiremen's Convention. The fire- at $300 and $125 to the car. men will receive a 50 per cent share | - of the advance sale of tickets. The -——— Mills Bros. 3-Ring Show to Exhibit Here Monday, June 2 dren and 50 oents for adults. | Through special arrangements made by the firemen, school students may | purchase tickets from their teacher {Continued on page three) Mammoth Trout Is | Caught at ‘Paradise’ Charley Baney, Horse and Wagon, Enjoy Holiday Charles Baney, Bellefonte street i gErieils i i ; # 2
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