COPIES EAC 7,000 LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY. J —_ M—-— AE H WEEK; @he Centre Democral 14; PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY = VOLUME 60. NUMBER 30. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR A BOY. DIES AS FILLMORE HOME BURNS Fireman 3 utling o Blaze is Mother and Daughter U nel able to Save Tot on Second Floor TRAGEDY CAUSED BY EXPLODING STOVE Fred Neff Family Also Loses Furniture, Cloth- ing and Car A nine-months-old Mrs. Fred Neff was burned to death late yesterday afternoon when fire destroyed the family home in Buf- falo Run Valley, south of Fillmore Albert Shilling, aged about 30, member of the Alpha Fire Com- pany, State College, overcome by heat while he and other firemen were getting the child's body out of the blazing building, was taken to the offices of a State College phy- sician for treatment The fire broke out about 5:40 o'- clock vesterday afternoon while Patsy, 11-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Neff was preparing supper | on an oil stove in the kitchen. Mrs Neff was working in the garden, and the infant son, William, was asleep on the second-floor Mr. Neff is employed in Baltimore, Md, and was absent at the time. According to reports, the oll stove exploded, showering the kitchen with blazing fuel Patsy escaped and ran outside, but as she and her mother attempted to énter to get the baby they found their way Continged on Page Four) {fered bruises son of Mr. and _. rs MP rm Injured Farmer Dies at Hospital Harvey M. Grenoble, 75, Dies at Hospital; Fell From Hayloft Harvey Milton Gren known farmer residing College, died at 8 o'clock Friday night, July 18, 1941, at the Centre County Hospital as the result of complications developing from in- juries received in a all from the hayloft of a barn near his home Monday of last week Mr. Grenoble was a son of Sam- | wel and Helena Carper Grenoble and was born in Halfmoon township on March 11, 1866, making his age 75 years, 4 months and 7 days. In 1900 he was united in marriage with Alice Cronemiller, who survives with two brothers, George, of Flem- ington, and Philip E., ¢! State Col- lege He was a member of Hall Reformed church. Funeral services were held Mon- day afternoon at the Pine Hall Re- formed church, with the Rev. T. G Jones of Boalsburg, officiating. In- terment was made in the Pine Hall cemetery ole, well near State the Pine - Local Firemen | Attend Homecoming Harold D. Cowher, president of the Central District Firemen's As- sociation, and John Gillen, member of the official family of the Undine Fire Company, were among the hon- | or guests of the Mahaffey Fire De- partment, Friday night, at the an- nual homecoming celebration spon- sored by the Mahaffey department. Mr. Cowher and Mr. Gillen were | in the leading car of the parade and the first unit in the line of march was the Undine Marching! Club, led by the famed American Legion Band of Clearfield w————" More Relief Payments Direct relief payments to needy Centre countians during the wee ended Tuesday, show an increase of $85, according to State Treasurer GG. Harold Wagner ~ Payments for the week totaled $1.444, which was $1932 lower than those for the comparable week of last year. Cur- rent payments required 245 fewer checks than those of a year ago. we | | Herbert {| Hospital here at 6:30 o'clock ari i ries when a large stone fel] from lin, {afternoon as soon as enough “home- k baseball tea lin the basement of the church by Two Escape In Ovid oui Jail - Break; 1 ls Recaplured Awaiting Sentencing, | Rockview Fugitives Force Bolts on Steel Doors LOCAL MAN NABS 1 AFTER STRUGGLE | Second Man Reaches Al-| toona in Stolen Car: Ma- | chine is Recovered L. Frank Mayes is Injured in Crash] home from the Ed- ward M. Burd estate sale in Boggs township late Saturday afternoon, L. Frank Mayes, well known Lemont auctioneer and marble dealer, suf- about the knees in an miles While enroute automobile accident about 2 north of Milesburg Mr. Mayes, passenger in a car driven by his auctioneering partner J. Stover, of Coburn, was injured when the Stover car and a machine operated by Alvin B. Smith of Lock Haven, collided on the nar- row road. Charlotte Miller i in the Smith uffered about the Total damage to was estimated at $200. Moto from the Pleasant Gap sub- filed a charge of reckless dr Injuries Fatal fo Quarryman Charles Poorman, 20, Pleasant Gap, Succumbs at Local Hospital locks on fron bolts Lhe reing thelr cel | obtaine { the cell bloek, twec | Centre county jail | Rockview fugitive Sunday wall leape car with heavy beam of the nose irom in ine “olice pounce the two mac! inmate both them re-sentencing the high Jail yard and of tation Ling Wing aled { the dom One of the men, Robert 40, was captured a few minutes | ater after a struggle with Sidney | G. Willar, of East High street, for- | mer State Policeman, and re. turned to jall The other 25 still at morning a car Purnell was rkin space in front of the Purnell hu on East Cur street. The machine | was recovered late Monday night ir Altoona, and between the two front | seats was found an bolt sim ilar to those used in the jall struc ture, giving almost positive proo! | that Trainor used the car fle ing from town Trainor the county Cooper | was man, George large. Earl) owned by from it P yy % “Un iron Injuries last Monday morning when was struck by a Whiteroc , Quarries, Pleas- proved + fatal to Charles A aged 2 of Pleasant Sap, al the Centre Coun received he h stone al ant Gap, Poorman, who died y in in and Cooper. brought t jail Sunday of last week iboth had fled Rockview peniten. tiary in the summer of 1838, ant both had served time in western prisons since leaving Rockview They had been réturned hers 4 answer the escape charges Ihe escape happened ‘lock Sunday afternoon after the conclusion of religi stitution. Cooper and | on Page Three ea i day evening, July 19, 1941, Poorman was engaged in loading stone in one of the Whiterock Quar- the face of the quarry and struck him pinning him to the ground He suffered a fractured skull, al shoulder injury and numerous other about hort! injuries id The deceased was a son of Clay- ton and Mabel Beightol Poorman and was born at Orviston on August 20 1920, making his age at lime of death 20 years, 10 months and 20 ‘ond on Page Seven vices at the in Continged i fee Scouts Receive | Honors At Camp Life Underwriters | Prepare for War, Centre ( ountians Share Heav- ily in Distribution of Ad- vanced Awards re County Boy Scout camp- ers at the Seven Mountaing Bov Scout camp shared heavily in 81 awards distributed in recognition of advancement during the week which ended Wednesday. The week, according to officers In charge of the camp, broke all re- cords for activity and honors earn- ed Boys from Bellefonte dominated elections held early in the week for {Continued on Page Three) BANJO BAND JAMBOREE NEXT FRIDAY, SATURDAY The eighth annual jamboree spon- sored by the Bellefonte Banjo Band -national champions of 19041-will be held at the rear of the Undine Fire Company building on Friday and Saturday. August | and 2, it i was announced yesterday by V. H | Pifer, band director The program for the two-day ievent includes special music each | night, rides, amusements and a wide { variety of entertainment Spring Mills Man Has Leg Fractured David Hosterman, of Spring Mills, was admitted to the Centre County Hospital, Tuesday, to undergo treat. ment for a leg fracture suffered Monday at the Moyer Gentzel farm rat Spring Mills According to reports Hosterman was assisting to unioad a binder when the machine moved, pinning him against a wall and causing the fracture. Yesterday hospital at- taches said he would be able to re- turn home in a day or two If the nation’s life insurance un. derwriters know anything about trends, the U. 8. is headed for war Yesterday George R, Snyder, jocal Equitable insurance agent, said that effective August 1, life policies writ- ten for men between the ages of 17 and 40 years will bear a war risk clause. The clause will specify that in the event the insured dies a war death his beneficiary will receive only the amount pald in on the policy up until the time of the in- sured’s death. Policies issued up until August 1 will not contain the war clause, it is reported The new regulation will be in effect for at least two years, or for the duration of hos- tilities Cent Homecoming at Fillmore Church Two-Day Program Includes Baseball Game, Business Session, Festival The eighth annual homecoming of the Fillmore Methodist church will be held Saturday and Sunday, | {July 26 and 27, it was announced | | esterday by Rev. David A. Down- , pastor i Aid program will begin Staurday icomers” have arrived to make up a m. Everyone attending the festivities is requested to regis- ter. Supper will be served at 5 o'clock the members of the Bunday school Reservations for supper should be made immediately. At 7:30 o'clock in the church, the (Continued on Page Eight) a Low-Cost Model A new low-cost model home now! nearing completion in Bellefonte, will be open for public inspection Saturday and Bunday of this week, it was announced yesterday by Con- tractor Paul Spearly, of Bellefonte. The home, located on East Logan iseveral prospective buyers are ne-| is the first model home under the $3500 price-class to | street, just east of 2% John's Cath- olic cemetery, ha shown publicly in this commun- ity. Attendants will be on duty con- wnuously from 1 to 9 p. m. both! days to show visitors through the home, Mr. Spearly said. Although the building is not a large one, it is designed to afford comfortable and modern living fa-/ cilities for a small family, Provi- include hardwood floors in the liv- sions have been made for the addi- ing room and hallways; inlaid lin- lof Bellefonte, and in recent years) Home Here to be Opened to Public tion of two rooms on the second!oleum in kitchen and bath. built. floor. fin tub and shower and tiled walls The house was built to sell at!in bathroom; spacious built-in cup- $3300, not including the lot, and it boards in the kitchen and roomy includes many features generally closets in other rooms; a modern found only in homes costing nearly hot-air heating system, with ducts twice as much. It is understood that from the furnace to each room; fully excavated cellar with concrete gotiating for the property, floor; complete bucket-a-day hot East Logan street and Shope water heating installation in base i street, now being improved by Belle- ment: spacious linen closet in the fonte borough, are in what is known hall; composition asphalt shingle as “Shope’s Addition” one of the roof, and a concrete rear porch, newest major residential districts with iron railing. The purchase price also includes | a number of modern homes have) | electric fixtures, sidewalks, and been erected in the vicinity, igrading and seeding of the lawn Outstanding features of the home ground the house, The eastern half of the house is i {Continued on Page Seven) JAIL INMATE STILL AT LARGE; LEAPED 20 FEET TO FREEDOM George Trainor, 25 (above) was still at large last night after he and Robert Cooper, 40, escaped from the County Jail, Sunday afternoon, by scaling the wall Cooper was captured later. Other photo shows northeast corner of wall surrounding exercise vard of jail. Dotted line on north wall indicates approximate point where both men jumped to freedom. Heighth of leap can be judged from size of boy (son of Sheriff and Mrs. Edward RB. Miller) and dog in foreground. Trainor was stunned for a few moments after leaping but Cooper gol up immediately and ran until S. G, Willar tackled him and subdued him after a struggle in the Wallace Markle garden on East High streei, several hundred yards from the jail Thieves Face Hundreds File New Charges For Offices Trio Sentenced in Clear! Pe Draw For Ballot Posi- | field Robbery Held in tions for Local Offices College Burglary July 29 29 Shortl fiver th enced to [4 prison terms on charges { petition: r pia a $8000 Clearfield mar) ailots for v men burglary in theft warrants in Monday charging robbery of a State ariou I three were aunts cous dreds them mpieted the College jewelry The rimaries are %& Clearfield be held Tues | store The warrenis [late mo police burg and Assistant Distri Attar William C. Chase, on Reuben R. Robinson, 58. Curwensville mer- hant; Edgar Swartz and Willi Kelley, both of Altoona Earlier in the day Judge W. Wal- lace Smith had sentenced Robinson to four to eight years in West Penitentiary and fined him $2000 The merchant had been convicted on & charge of participating in the fur robbery at the Clearfield Taxi- dermy Company last March 31 by plotting the theft Swartz had been sentenced Continned on Page Four) Curb Market Moved To Howard Street Effective Saturday of this week. | July 26, the Bellefonte Curd Mar- ket will be held on West Howard street, instead of the Diamond. This ruling was made at a meeting of Council Monday night when it was; pointed out that parking meters are to be installed along the curb at — the Diamond where the Curb Mar-! Lieut George P. Curtin has taken ket has been held every Wednesday over command of Battery B.. Belle- and Saturday for a number of fonte's National Guard troop now vears {in training with the 190th Field Ar- The Market Committee and the tillery at Camp Shelby, Miss, and Street Committee were authorized the Centre countians have received to make provisions for dealers’! their full quota of guns and tractors spaces on West Howard street, be- in preparatoin for the year's gigan- tween Allegheny and Spring streets, and to take such other steps as may iana about August 5 be necessary to provide for the! Lieut Curtin, who spent three convenience of dealers and patrons months at the Field Artillery School at the market at Fort 8ill. Okla relieved Lieut hE Wiiliam F. Cox of the command of Police Tag 150 De Concansd ge ve Mews Cars In Week Motorists Who Ignore Tickets Will be Taken Before Justice of Peace In the past week Bellefonte po- lice tagged over 150 cars for not parking in between the lines, and 18 tickets were given out for parking in prohibited zones and restricted | areas. In all cases, people who receiv ed Work with the lime company on the tickets for parking over the lines: were exonerated, However, they were lime dust problem, submitted its told that the borough is determined first report. Most of the report was in the to enforce the parking regulations! Jorm of a file of to the fullest extent, n 8 M. Shallcross, vice presi- correspondence be In most cases, violators admitted — and general manager of the that it was gross carelesshesg on! company, and the various industries thelr part with no regard for the which have orders for parts for dust other fellow and were told that if collector being installed. Were served by from Hollidays- Lor Sat withd: withdrawal day of ct 1 aw Lheir Ww ney "i in orn te Bellefon ty sOners be held a drawing determine position on the ballots of the various candi-| dates’ names Drawings are to be’ held for each office in which there is more than one candidate for each of the major parties Especiajly when there is a con- siderable number of candidates for any office, ballot position is consid- (Continued on Page Seven) the to Takes Command of Battery B cal Guard Unit; Tractors Received Four Devices to Concrete evidence that the Amer- {ican Lime and Stone Company has | been making a sincere effort to cor rect the ime dust nuisance in Belle- fonte was presented to Council, Monday night, when a committee composed of W. W. Sieg, Harold D. Cowher and John Weber named to It. George Curtin Heads Lo-| More Guns, | tic two-month maneuvers in Louis- | Local Firemen To Revamp Street Lighting System Plan for 49th Convention Committee Arranges En- tertainment for 125 Com- panies in District MAMMOTH PARADE WILL Bellefonte to be Decorated For Festivities: Prize Fund Nearly $1,600 when the fonte Pire to members panies [rom trict The Cen ferson Cambria flin and $00 member De partment N tral District includes McKean Elk Blalr, Huntingdon Lycoming, Cameron Centre counties Bellefonte firemen the Gistric t Clearfield Mi Clint haven't tained conventios 1906 the ang ever belief that thi the will be of the iargest Association ogram of ent whiged with men aft tope # maiies and of business firemen and loc are ity is being prepared osu tand thelr friends There will x band conterls, dances convesta and | many other forms of entertain go Associations Board trol meeting is be held (DST? Tuesday evening The regula vention nurd on Pope Four for od Ls lo m ¢ ut Drum Corps Wins Hershey Event State C ollege Takes First Place in State- wide Competition Rating a perfect score of 10 in inspection line and bringing out written praise from Army officer udges, the 8¢ ate College American Legion and Auxillary Junior Drum and Bugle Corps met the best junior marching units of the state and emerged victorious at Hershey on Saturday night. With 13 of its members marching in their first “big-league” competi- tion, the State College Corps scored 962 points in the third annual Ju- { nior Drum and Bugle Corps compe- tition of American Legion and V F. W. posts The State College score edged out (Continsed on Page Seven) | R—- i ‘Woman Falls, Breaks Three Ankle Bones Returning to her home at Roops- {burg from a visit with her aunt Mrs. James Burd, on Half Moon Hill, last Thursday, Mrs Victor Shaffer suffered fractures of three small bones in one ankle when she fell while taking a short-cut down an embankment. Mrs. Shaffer was taken to the Centre County Hospital for treat ment and was discharged the same {day sti is rts MP a ——————— Y. P. H to Meet, Monday The next meeting nf the Young Patrons of Husbandry will be held at 7:30 p. m. (EST), Monday, July 28, at Cia Park, Centre Hall A. L.&S. Ce. Spent $49,000; Tried Collect Lime Dust and otherwise has tried to speed up delivery, Other letters revealed that the industries, hard pressed by defense orders and priorities, are doing all in their power to complete the needed machinery. Indications at Council, Monday night, were that the first of three dust collectors needed at the plant will be in by the end of August. But this date is not defin- nite, for additional delays in deliv- ery of the paris are possible. Council's lime dust committee ex- pressed the belief that the lime they would cooperate, king and! The letters, some of which were oy conditions a be ently read in Council, revealed that Mr. | relieved. Shallcross has been bending every | In a few cases, traffic violation effort to obtain delivery of neces- tickets were completely ignored by sary parts, has made several trips {Continued on Page Four) ‘10 eastern whtisy® for thay purpose, | now being kiln at a cost of $20000 is supposed to collect 92 per cent of the dust (Continued on Page Four) BE FEATURED | Organization | Elks Parade Prizes to be Awarded Soon Reports from the Elks Home Philadelphia last night were to th the Elks Convention nol announced ners of prizes in the mammot rade which climaxed the Elks Convention Thursday. It wa An announcement made in the near | Among the scores which marched over mile in the flect Jat Committee has ’ ' national ity last hat ture of ¢ ' routs Membs 1 135 Seledees Enfer Service ~ 115 From Board 1, 20 From Board 2 Cumberland (Go to New Tuesday Local Board sent 15 men cal Board Bellefonte 2 men quota brought the 1 tenter and Locs sent y's total of dors ¢ Countians inducted to date under Selective Service 10 244 men ¥ Pour of Tuesday's contingent were ! ** 1 volunteers. Theat The list follows Local Board No, 1-—Lewis Dorward, State College; Robert Ma- haffey Stevenson, State College ne Joseph Reilly, State College | Charles Franklin Boal State Coil- | Jege, all volunteers; John rthu | Molaughlin, State College; William Winkiebleck Wance, Aaronsburg: Lawrence Frederick Bender, Stale { College: Pranz Sigmund Veith | State College Earle Cecil] Van Tries State Col- iege. Frank Leake Gardner, State { College; Leonard George Pawlson State College; Samuel Foster Crab- | tree, State College; Arth Ras | Warnock, Jr., State College; James | Edward Bruss, State College, R. D 11; and Gerald Harpster Gates, | State College | loca] Board No 2-James E | Whittaker, Joseph C. Oonfer, of Bellefonte; Lewis Hohnka, Forrest Holme: ur ur Sobal, Clarence: Bdward R. Moore, Julian; Richard G. Wallace, Miles- burg. Alfonse Unick John Shinecarick, Osceola Mills; George Socash, Munson; Ray L Emel Howard; Donald T. Renwick Powelton; Wil liam Theodore Meeker, Moshannon, Continued on Page Four) Fairlawn Picnic Next Wednesday Public Invited to Annual Out- ing at Irwin Park, Cur- wensville The Fairlawn Stores extend to! the public a cordial invitation to tend the eighth annual nic which will be held at Pask, Curwensville, Wednesday, Since the inception eight years ago, this picnic hag grown to be | one of the largest and most popular | picnics held in Central Pennsyl- | cated and is an ideal place for the | outing which usually attracts from | ten to twelve thousand people. This year a variety ghow from the Artists’ Service Bureau, EKDKA. Pitisburgh, has been engaged for special entertainment, comes verv highly recommended Continued on Pope Seven) YOUNGSTERS INVITED TO BASEBALL GAME TONIGHT port Grays, Williamsport, invites all Oentre county bove and girls be- tween the ages of 10 and 16 years, to be their guests at a game this Shusadey night between the COrays a game will be held in the Wil- park, and is sched. to begin Fo 8p m. (EST). With group ve young people, adult will be admitted free. The gate will opens at 7:20 p m A and Centre county guests | West Penn Will Johnson, Bdward G. Ammerman, | William C. Beegle, Andrew Kozak, | George William Shedlock, Philips- | burg: Andrew F. Bosak, Charles | Penn State College authorities and | for a girl | mer student, who was supposed to Pay En- tire Cost of Project; Move Approved by Council TO REBU IL D MU CH OF TOW N’ S SYSTEM Civil Service C ommission to be Named for Police Department candiepower candiepower lights (Continued on an Pai Four Plan Exhibits For Grange Fair Space Rapidly Being Reserved —New Features Included This Year at the Grange Encamp- Centre County Pair 28, promise to be according to reports superintendents the hog and shee; a8 in the poultry bus " 1. rapidly Exhibits ment and ust 23 than department in both as wel} is being breeders Practically all subordis ate Grang- es. and an increasing number of Juveniles, will place exhibits in the Grange bullding These exhibits will stress some phase home and farm activity and will be judged according to the new score card Continued on pape Five—Second Section 0 large ¥ by Space bar Tis ever reserved by tin | SEEK GIRL WHO BOARDED BUS WITH MISSING MAN State College police are searching possibly a College sum- ‘have boarded a bus for State College | han, Jr |at the same time as Thomas P. Mee- Jenkintown sophomore at { the College who has been missing | since leaving to attend College sum- {mer school on June 29. Meehan, who has not been heard of by family or friends since be [left home, has been traced to the Greyhound bus terminal in Harris- burg where he and the unknown girl who bought a ticket to State College were seen in the crowd on June 29. Police and College authorities [think that the girl may be able to |give some clues as to what became tof the 21-year-old college student | vania. Irwin Park is centrally lo-| with Williamsport rooters. Theta Kappa Phi fraternity bro- at-| thers and other persons who knew basket pic-| Meehan report that he had always Irwin! been July young man.” “a very quiet, well-mannered DEFENSE BOND QUIZ Q What happens if 1 suddenly need the money I put into a De- This troupe | fense Savings Bond? A. You can cash your Bond at any time, after 60 days, for the full amount paid, plus any interest due you. Q Do many Bond cwners cash The management of the Williams. | their Bonds? A. No. People want to help arm America against all attacks, In many cases, people are putting every cent they can spare into Des fense Bonds and Stamps. Some are doing this by asking employers or banks to withhold part of their sal- aries in order to buy these Bonds or Stamps for them. Note To purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps. go 0 the nearest post office or bank, or wrile for infor- mation to the Treasurer of the United States, Washingion, D. C.
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