F ———— eT ET COPIES EAC LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY, 1,000 ———— H WEEK; adhe Centre Democraf EE —— AND FOR 16 — PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS WEEKLY FEATURES THE ENTIRE FAMILY — BELLEFONTE, PA, THU RSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR VOLUME 60. NUMBER 26. DRMER LOCAL GIRL Former Bellefonte Youth In Sex“2us Condition | From Sx'all Fracture Ts & | Miss Dorothy Peters, 15, Lock Haven, Waylaid on Main Street SUFFERS CUTS AND BRUISES OF HEAD Father Formerly Conduc- ted Peters Auto Wreck- ing Service Near Here The condition of Miss Peters, 15, daughter of Mr Albert Peters, of Lock Haven mer well known residents Bellefonte area, who was brutally attacked on a Lock Haven late Monday night, late yesterday was reported to be “very serious he girl, suffering from a fi tured skull and cuts and bruise about the head and face, remains in a semi-conscious condition at the Lock Haven Hospital. She has been unable to give a coherent account of the attack The victim is well known in the Bellefonte, Pleasant Gap, and Mill- brook areas. For a number of years her father conducted an auto wrecking plant near the fish hatch- ery between Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap, and the family resided in home near the car plot Later they lived In Millbrook where Mr. Peters was engaged in (Continued on page six) Alpha Firemen Plan Celebration Many Attractions Scheduled For Annual 3-Day July Dorothy and Mrs for- of the street ac- oot. AL CACHYHL The Alpha Fire Company has promised State College its biggest Four.h of July celebration in yea with release of a three-day program of activities The program will open Thurs evening, July 3, on the South Allen street midway, continue all day Pri- day, the Fourth of July, an Saturday night. Ordinarily, yo celebration ends on the Fourth bu with July 5 a SBaurday, the celebr tion will be continued an extra day As usual, the Fourth is t day. This year, activities will start with the Soapbox Derby for boys 8 to 12 years of age, inclusive. Rules stipulate that the racers must built by the boys and must not ¢ (Continued on page three) ay {i Close A= he big De —————— Milesburg Grocer Gets Bogus Check V. O. High, Milesburg grocer, was victimized by a bogus check passer who left a series of worthless checks in central Pennsylvania during May end early in June Mr. High cashed a check for $3655 on June 6 Rockview State Police report. Like similar checks passed in Greensburg, Lewistown and Mt Union, the check bore the name of the Mellon National Bank as the depository, and the Standard Oil Company as the payee The check was made payable to John Walters and was signed J W. Mil- son The min cashing the checks is described as between 35 and 40 years Truck-Trailer Upsets On Coleville Road A large truck-traller outh by the Ward Trucking C Alt loaded with mpany ix road it 10 ona, and about " groceries, ran off the tons of and upset near ‘oleville alx yelock Friday mor iman men W. Blain Por Seriously Hurt “e tor ok Festival Queen MARY GRACE HARTSOCK i f Ay f East . FAREWELL DANCE TONIGHT FOR HOWARD COC MEMBERS College | Aboard lll-Fated Submar Among the crew of 33 men aboard the obsolete U. 8. Navy submarine 0-9 which plunged to the bottom of the sea off Portsmouth, N. H., dur- ing a t last Friday, which as given up as lost when its hull was found resting 440 Che Lee Mil- well known 1 dive and w feet of water, wa ster of a forme; woman known in Bellefonte it his vouth, and where December and again year, had a number the Bellefontie-Miles- ler, 24, son Bellefonte Miller, widely where he sper visited In April thls relatives in he in of Area mother was the former Eliza- daughter of the ate McMullin. Ehe marriage with Lee r Some wa Mrs inited and Oscar Years Bellefonte aged about and Mrs married R. C raliroad Har- equently Harrist f irg I'he Tre a » Nat year fest FO mothe ti protests of hi gn his papers because He was stationed U. 8 8. Pensacola transferred y last Christmas His mothe hes! the news of the ¢ Was under t Hawall on m Whi h age the {1 ub- he w marine dut J father first submarine’s and the He ey later Navy Mg Wicaaon Board Chooses Three Teachers Decide to Employ Full Time Teacher Instru- mental Music Ver Three new teachers were elected ior the Bellefonte schools at : inl meeting of the school Monday night Jean pe bourd Elizabeth chard, wa her. Mrs liams of teacher Kunes, of first grade named ad Coon Margaret ey Wil- Bellefonte, was . elementary Beatrice Masteller elected to a bertl n the ial department Miss Kunes was educated in Blanchard schools: graduated from the Lock Haven High school in class of 1934. and from Lock Haven State Teachers College in 1838 She Was interested in the Y. W. C A nature study and musi hers’ college, and wath a Sigma Sigma Sigma sor- the past three years sh first and chosen 4 in the grades Sarah WAS » f and Mi ’ stain f P Ville Mmere the iE the dramatics the ten al member of rity. For been - has teaching the Ee] i) (Continued on Page a Local Firemen Win Awards In Parades The Undine Fire Company, Belle- fonte, won first prize for the best- appearing equipment in the Dia- mond Jubilee Celebration parade at Emporium, Friday, The company, which was accompanied by the Bellefonte Banjo Band, received a prize of $20. The Undine's equip- ment was rated by judges at 100 per cent, according to reports In ile Volunteer Firemen's parade at Tyrone, held in connection with the Moose convention in that city inst week, Bellefonte's two fire com- panies captured major honors The Logan Fire Company was awarded the prige for the best-ap- pearing company and the Undines won the award for the largest com- pany in line and also for the best- appearing truck, All awards were for 810 The American Legion Band, Belle fonte, led the Undines at the head of the parade, while the Logans were accompanied by the Bellefonte High 8chool Band. —— cs MP — Gregg Carnival To Be Held July 4 & 5 i iupon the school grade and the num- | { Plans have been completed for the {fourth annual Gregg Township Civ- { ie Club carnival to be held at Spring Mills, Friday and Baturday, July 4| and 5 | The 73-«piece Spring Millis Band will be present each evening while itwo troupes of radio entertainers have been booked as added attrac- tions. The Tyronne Sisters, of ra- dio station WRAK will be present; Friday night, and on Saturday the] {Royal Entertainers, of station! | Alberta Sager. daughter of Mr and WKOK, Sunbury, are scheduled to! {appear ] | Refreshments of all kinds will be {available on the grounds and aj inumber of gifts are to be distrib-| uted among the crowd each night! the czmijval committee announces. | They left immediately | tember ine for the SORT of the accident There w { trouble bout the old submarine As an aura 0-8 a:mont (Continued on page three) CHESTER LEE MILLER Morton Smith Will Retire J. Millard Hartswick Will Be Elevated to Assist- ant Postmastership Morton Smith, of North Alle- $i ny street, aoudsiant postmaster at the Bellefonte postoffice, is expect ed to voluntarily retire from the postal service within the next few months, after more { de- * hase n San Tour cades in the Service it was an nounced yesterday Because postal regulations do not permit him while he Is position of assistant post- Mr now voluntar- seeking reduction in standing to the next lower rank, which prob- ably will be Grade A-1 clerk When Mr. Smith receives his reduction in rank. J Millard Harts- wick, of Reynolds avenue, will be advanced to the position of assist. ant postmaster As clerk. Mr. Smith plans to im- mediately apply for retirement. and estimates last night were to the ef- fect that the jeilirement may be. come effecfive on August or Sep- tember 1. He may relinquish his duties some time before the retire ment date because of the fact that he has an accumulation of vacation time to his credit Ms — to retire © in the master tly Smith is Close Library During August Move Necessitated By Redue- tion in Staff; Open New Stations The Centre County Library head- quarters at Bellefonte will be closed for service to the public from Aug- ust 4 to September 3 due to reduc. tion of staff. Beginning July 28 adult borrowers may draw eight books returnable during the week of September 3. The number of books jssued to children will depend ber of books available al the time Regular service on Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Saturdays from § a. m to 8 p m will be resumed on Sep- 3. This closing will in no way effect the circulation of books at branch libraries Three new book been opened for the summer months as part of the county library service for the benefit of both adults and children. At Nittany the collection has been placed in the Peck store (Continued on Page 6) A ———— A ————— Barn Shingles Are Tough, Thinks This Port Matilda Youth Eugene Orwick, 14, of Port Ma- tilda, R. D., is willing to vouch that shingles from the Beckwith stable at Hannah Furnace are mighty tough articles. Sunday afternoon Eugene pulled out of a side road and was almost stations have] IS ATTACKED Bills Outline Hundreds Witness Opening of Road Procedure for Birth Records Expect Early Enactment of Law to Aid In Estab- lishing Facts of Births WOULD ELIMINATE PRESENT CONFUSION Orphans’ Courts Would Pass on Merits of Peti- tions; Fee Fixed $2.50 Eithey enti ne of tw of bills aimost al nature now wending their way Llhrough in Harrisburg fixed recording ! sons whose births records, or whose or inaccurate The two bills are: House Bij] No 1543, and Senate Bill No. 8. Legis- lators clahm there ls little difference between the wo The advent of age pensions, and the nation fense program have made birth re almost a prime necessity to every tabi H) ang the " Puc record ineorrect social secur ords citizen. Older persons often find It practically impossible ish with the | pirths Prior to 1883 records were Kept the Orphans counties kept birth records 1906 U Bureau of Vital Stalistics atl Harrisburg has been in charge of wore Under either of the two new bills proposed, a person whose birth the public records, or whose record is incomplete or inaccurate. may have the information entered or corrected on the records only through petition to the Orphans’ Court of the coutity in which he Was "born If the court is satisfied with the truth and accuracy of the informa- tion st forth in the petition record of the birth of the t petitioner (Continued on page 10 es certainty acts of thelr no public birth From 1883 to 1806 Courts Lhe various Rin Sin ! a oP 1 the ye is not In the the six) Find Child Lost Near Altoona Rockview Penitentiary Blood- hound Aids Search. ing Parties Parties of searchers hunting through the heavy underbrush and along the streams of Brush Moun- tain, Blair county, yesterday, found three-year-old Betty Jean Bossler, of West View, near Pittsburgh, who disappeared Tuesday reports the little girl was safe and unharmed A Dblood-hound from Rockview Penitentiary at Bellefonte, was tak- en to the soene by a prison guard in the hope of picking up the trail of the child if she had wandered off into the dense woods A pair of overalls worn recently (Continued on Page 7) St ———— A College Girls Report “Mysterious Hand" Three State College High school girls were frightened about 11:20 o'clock Friday night when “a mys- terious white hand” reached out from a hedge as they passed, ac- cording to reports led that the hand clawed out at them. They fled from the scene. Boalsburg Chef Held On Charge of Sodomy | Russell L. Campbell, of State Col- {lege, employed as a chef at Boals- burg, was lodged in the Centre coun- ty jail, Thursday, on a sodomy charge. The prosecutor is Pvt, Paul T. Ruda, of the State Police at | Rockview, | Arraigned before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher at his of- fices on East Bishop street, Thurs day afternoon, Campbell pleaded innocent and was remanded without | {bail to the county jail to await ac-| tion of court. COLLEGE DRUM CORPS WINS IN TYRONE MOOSE PARADE Another first prize went to the State College American Legion and | Auxiliary Jimior Drum and Bugle | Corps, at the largest parade in the history of the Western Pennsylvania According to | The girls are said to have report. | | Army Nurse Large Delegations From Two Towns Attend Ceremonies JUDGES NAME NEW "ROAD ‘BENNER PIKE’ LT. AMELIA COPENHAVER L nat Amelia if Centr officer the Aberdeen Provin Maryland Lt. Copenhaver, daughter of Mr H E Faust Potters Mills, and ! sister of Russell Copenhaver, of Lo- gan Street, Bellefonte, was gradu- | ated from the Centre Hall High | School in the class of 1831. Pive | years jater she was graduated from the nurses’ training school of the Philipsburg Hospital, She then served one night superin- at PpEbDUrg d in 1940 entered the Chambersburg ve in a. 4 r ol year tendent Hi institt an ‘ Man Struck By Rock In Mine Stone Hurls Lime Work- er Aside; Escapes With Fractured Pelvis Struck a glancing blow by a 900- pound limestone boulder in the mine of the National Gypsum Company in Buffalo Run Valley, Monday morning, Doris “Ike” Eckley, 33. of | Valley View, owes his life to the! fact that the blow hurled his body out of the rock's path Eckley, a patient County Hospital, escaped with a slight fracture of the pelvic bone and minor lacerations and bruises about the head and face. His con- dition is described as being “good.” Although there were no eyvewit- nesses to the accident, it is believed (Continued on Page 7) 1.0.0.F. to March In Community Parade The Bellefonte Lodge, 1. O. O. F., at a meeting Monday night aban- jdoned a long-standing “unwritten law” and voted in favor of enter- ing 1. O. O. F. marching delegations in parades sponsored by other or- ganizations, The move was made in the belief that it will foster a! better spirit of understanding smong the various lodges and organiza- tiong of the town : The organization also voted to change the regular meeting time | from 8 p. m. (DST) to 8:30 p. m. | (DST) so members living in areas’ where Standard Time js in force will suffer no inconvenience because | {of the difference in time i at the Centre {of band members for Julian Man Elected Teacher The Philipsburg school board at i Monday night's meeting elected W.| IH. Alexander of Julian, industrial arts teacher for the high school. | Mr. Alexander succeeds Robert] Barto. industrial arts teacher for! {the past three years, who will be- (come affiliated with special work for | [the defense industry. Mr. Alexander | is a graduate of the Williamson {Trade School and of the Pennsyl- {went Speaker Asserts Highway Makes Two Towns Sub- urbs of Each Other Lhe { Gi of {rom the Belle- lege areas a Opening Lhe College High- o'clock Dale's midway be- owns presence citizens Sta C ndreas anc na riooon hed new Bellefontle-Btate Way to traffic was afternoon We Mola) 4 reg 3 hie Judges in 1 announced : Benner } the title of new road Claudy, superintendent of prison, cl the board judges an- ounceinent iat the per- on submitting winning name acd remained anonymous and that hal name should go the Red the Dr Rockview man of ¢ . of who made Lhe Geciarec that tt ’ WE that ’ ind Hau Midas a all 0 win walled the $10 prize ty Chapie { declared that the that the name should significance ang Was because ued on page three) Claudy JECI0eg istorical chosen t $4 wali (Con ———— A r——————— Man Burned While Repairing Fuel Line A Circleville man was painfully burned about the left arrand right hand early last Thursdsy m®TGlE when & lantern exploded as he was cleaning the gas line of a friend's automobile Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Parker and Mrs. Tom Wilson, all of Circieville had neared their homes when Wilson's car stopped. The men, with the aid of a lantern, were allem ing to clean the gas line when the biast occurred Parker suflered second while the others were un- touched by the flames which de- stroyed the car. State College police were summoned and Officers Grant Kough and Donald Hay took the injured man 10 a State College phy- sician for treatment B. H. S. Band Clears Over $400 aot Carnival At a two-day carnival held on the school playground last weekend, the faust A degree EF eer ari ! Bellefonte High school tand cleared more than $400, it was announced yesterday by members of the com- mittee. Total receipts at the carni- val were $661.80 The ground prize Friday night was awarded to Margaret Kustan- bauter, while Saturday night's award to Arthur Houck, of East Bishop street. Mrs, C. WW. Showers of Beaver street, wag recipient of a quilt which was given away The carnival was sponsored joint- ly by the band and the Woman's Auxiliary of the band. They take this means of expressing their | thanks to the public for the splen- did patronage, and to the mothers their dona tions of cakes and for their help during the carnival A ———— Board Cracks Down On Collection of Per Capita Taxes The Bellefonte School Board at a special meeting Monday night { brought to bear the full force of laws compelling the collection of delinquent per capa taxes for school purposes. A motion calling upon the tax collector to use all legal processes available to collect the outstanding per capita taxes wis unanimously | approved by the board. Thig action | makes it mandatory for (he tax col- lector to “crack down" on collect~ fons, and directs him to use distress warrants or wage attachments Necessary. For some years many persons re- garded per capita taxes as being a tax Sieh h Shey could Jay, oF ignore, as it being general belie! thai collections could not be enforoed. Association of the Loyal Order of vania State College. Car Passenger Injured Moose at the association's fifth an- | Ruth Benson, of the State College nual convention in Tyrone on Sat- | Recvives Law Degree | Hotel, suffered & deep laceration of L. D. Fye announced his candidacy! A round and square dance will Child Gets Corn in Nose | struck by a car operated by Lucian for tax collector at the meeting. | be held at the Howard Nursery Side | Louise Kerr'etter, aged 2, daugh-| G. Dale, of Grandview, Pittsburgn. A committee appointed to select| Camp, Howard, this Thursday even- ter of Mr. and Mrs, Guy W. Ker-' FBugene thought he had a nar- | candidates to run for the positions] ing, June 26, as a farewell party for stetter, of Coburn, was brought to) row escape when Dale swerved and |urday afternoon. | Thomas H. Moore, son of Mrs the forehead Friday when the car of burgess, councilman, and school | the boys who are going to be dis- the Centre County Hospital, Fri-| avokied hitting him but--Daie| The State College unit, sponsored | Thomas H. Moore, of State College, in which she was riding struck a director is made up of William | charged at the end of June, day, for removal of a grain of corn struck a barn in his avoiding effor:s by the Beflefonte Moose, took top was graduated with the degree of bump near Lemont, throwing her | Litke, Mrs. E. M. Grove, William | Dancing from 8:00 p. m. to 12:00 ' from each of her nostrils, The ker-| and one of the shingles from the awards in the drum and bugle corps | bachelor of laws at the 97th annual against the roof. She was brought {M. Garner, John N. Krumrine, Dr. | p. m. Refreshments will be served. nels were inhaled while she was barn struck Eugene in the body divition of the Hospital seven division pa- commencement of the University of (to the Oentre County |A. A. Donahue, and "A. L. Bowersox, No admission. Everybody welcome | playing in corn, it was reported. ' and broke one of his ribs. [race The prize amounted to $50, Michigan on Saturday. {where the wound was sutured, — The station was broken into last Thursday night between 10:30 and 11:30 o'clock. Entrance was gained by removing a window. Cigarettes, tobacco and eandy valued at about $3 were stolen. The theft was dis- covered by persons Jiving nearby, police said.