} 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST C TION IN COUNTY. IRCULA- ERRm— @he Centre Democrat E(t ee— RR —_—_« FOR 123 Se ES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES THE ENTIRE FAMILY N VOLUME 60. NUMBER 36. BELLEFONTE A THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1041, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR May Be Socation of || xeers Tons of bust From | No New Cases 'Millheim Girl Is Lime Dust Nuisance Device is Gathering From] 21 to 32 Tons of Ma- terial Daily PLAN INSTALLATION Man, Truck Busy 8 Hours Daily in Keeping Bin Cleared We've just come from a visit to the American Lime and Stone Com- panys plant west Bellefonte, where a new lime-dust collector has been in operation for about a week They're running tests on the col- lector now, and officials declared they'd rather wait until the are completed before releasing official report as to the success the installation of tests an of But you citizens of Bellefonte who! have been complaining about the flour-like gray dust—a mixture of lime dust and coal ashes—which has permeated every crack and crevice in Bellefonte for some time, will be able to form your own conclusions from what is to be seen at the plant There are three kilns at the Ar erican Lime plant and the collector was installed on one of them as a kind of experiment. If it is success- ful the company plans to install similar collectors on the other two Here's what we saw on our visit to the plant. The cbllector is es tially a large steel bin, suspen some 20 feet from the ground be tween a framework of steel girders It is placed at the upper end of the kiln structure, where smoke and fumes from the kiln pass into th smoke stack. With the collector in operation, the smoke pefore . being permitted to enter «the stack, is drawn into the collector by a motor Plant Opening Is Postpone CE ~ on Inability to Obtain Steel Reason for Delay in Start- ing Barrel Factory Inability to obtain because of the national defense gram will indefinitely postpone the opening of the proposed new barrel factory which is to be located in the McCoy building north of Bellefonte, steel sheets Oro. pI by the International Cooperage Company, of Niagara Falls, it wa reported yesterday Cloyd W. Sowers, gefietal man- ager of the company, in Bellefonte during the weekend, said.an OPM ruling on sheet steel makes it possible for the company fo qbtain the materials from which barrels are manufactured Mr. Sowers added that the locd] plant will be placed in production as soon as the present emergency has passed, or when steel is once more available Early in July tHe "Niagara Falls concern purchased the machinery of the barrel factory operated for years at the American Lime & Stone Company plant and announcement was made that some of the machin. {Conlinged on Page Four) ai pain fi ‘ Hospital Patient Is Not a Fugitive Je a Reports received here last night | to the effect that Thomas Hoster- man, of Aaronsburg, had escaped from the Danville State Hospital where he is a patient, were found to be partly true A telephone interview with hos- pital officials last night revealed that Hosterman, who has the freedom of the grounds, was reported missing yesterday afternoon, Relatives and others interested were notified ac- cording to the policy of the insti- tution. 8pokesmen sald, however, that nurses saw the man ig the down- town section of Danville late In the afternoon. Attendants went fo the area and Hosterman was returned to the institution about 8 o'clock, Youth Loses Finger as Result of Mishap Harold Brooks, aged 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks, of the Pleasant Gap-Zion road, had the first finger of his right hand am- putated at the Centre County Hos- pital, Priday. The finger was badly mangled Fainting Spell | Leads to Report of Knife Attack The Law in Centre county had a run for its money, Tuesday after- noon There came from the top of Cen- tre Hall mountain a report that a woman there had been attacked and that she was in a cottage acs the road from the Nitty Mou Koffee Shop, with fe in he back Officialdom in all its power t scene here were 5 }dward R. Mill and Distri Fy. torney Musser W. Gettig, both Bellefonte: Pvt James H. Griffit Taylor murde investigate Pvt. Charles J a, State detective { State College; and another carload of State Motor Police and Andrew Rolk of the Rockview 1b-station Among the who foregath- ered at the sce an assort- ment of newspapermen, and Di Charles H. Light, of Centre Hall who was called as medical attend- ant Officers dashed to he ttle cabin ats | mountain to fin : j0-year-old woman nu Alacer. were 1 police { woman Ll The 1 th was said ted whe upon visi he cabin woman ubconsci 0 with blood about her {ace. The in the back proved to be the product of an over-active Runagination 1 The woman's injuries serious. and police and the physie- ! fan departed after the little house. hold had returned once more to its usuaj serenity ma Kniie ‘ Begin New Home for HH. H. Reeder Jodon | Construction began this week on a new home at t f Linn and Monroe Street n { H H. Reeder Jix Bellefonte garagen The home wil v-and-a half Cape Cod ire with eve rooms It ed for : Jo- n and re fxX- = th home about February 1. For the past 20 years the Jodonsg have lived near the Fish Hatcherv between Belle fonte and Pleasant Gag The new bullding will be located on the southwest comer of the Ann-Monroe Street intersection, in an area which in recent years has seen the construction of a number of modern homes, Contractor Lewis | Smith, of Bellefonte, has the con- | tract | - SR — Three Injured In - Car-Truck Crash H. A. Orwig, 52, Aaronsbhurg, Admitted to Hospital i After Collision Three men were injured, none ser- | { Jously in an automobile-truck crash on the south side of Centre Hall i mountain shortly before noon Tues- day H A Orwig, 52, of Aaronsburg manager of a roller skating rink near State College, suffered cuts on the left side of his forehead and on { the bridge of his nose. After receiv | ing treatment from a Centre Hall | physician, he was taken tp the hos- pital where he remained unti] yes- terday | Abe Klewansky, 58, of Lock Ha- | ven, and E. J. Shilling of M11 Half {| R. D., received slight scratches of the head and body up the mountain attempted to pass another vehicle about to turn off Continued on Page Siz) ———— ‘Prizes Awa rded In Milesburg Parade Prizes awarded to variqus organ- { izations appearing in the parade | Friday night which opened | pire Company were as follows: Largest number of men in line, I Centre Hall Fire Company, $10; i best appearing company, Pleasant Gap, $10; best appearing apparatus, | Undine Comany, Bellefonte, $10; were nob) A oar driven by Orwig, traveling | the | | two-day festival by the Milesbyrg| BELLEFONTE’S AIR Large photo shows new lime-Jus collector placed In operation Ia woek on on of thres kilns a the American Lime and Stone C pany plant, near Bellefonts The collecto nit fs the structure o cupying the left half of the phot including square steel framework porting large siege] bi with biower unit and fTunne ord stack ( top. Trucks drive r Ul bir to | away lime ash dust wi ormerly went out the sis tc ¥ Bellefonte with a fine powder. Similar collectors are placed on the other two kilns The unit above is visible from the Belle fonte-Coleville road In photo at right is geen a truck Inad of lime dust which ¢ ged blown over Bellefonte, Approximate- ly 18 truck loads of dust, or from 24 to 32 tons, are hauled away from the collector each day. Dust $0 fine it ripples and moves aboul in truck bed like soupy mud Election Day Next Tuesday Polls Open 7 A. M. to 8 PP. M, ESTor 8 A.M. to 9 P. M. Daylight Saving The Centre County Registration Commission vesterday voters of the county two things They are 1. The primaries will be hele Tuesday, September 0 2. The polls will be open from 7 a m to 8.p. m Eastern Blandard Time. or fromg a. m. to 9 p. m. Day- Hight Saving Time As as county offices the primaries will be a mere formality For District Attorney, William w Litke, of Btate College, is unop- posed for the Democratic nomina- (Continued on Page Four) urged the to yemember 1 next fas HE gO i a. Freeland Editor W. E. Pasnacht, of Razleton, edi- | tor of the Freeland Press Freeland, and campaign manager for Samuel E. Shull, of Stroudsburg, Democrat. ic candidate for Judge of the Su- prerme Court, was a visitor in Belle. fonte yesterday in tha interests of Judge Shull’s campaign. | eriean Legion clreles in the state | for many years, gave his active sup! {port to the Centre County Legion { delegations successful move at the | recent state convention in Altoona {to have the State Legion headquar- when caught in the cogs of a drill | best band, American Legion Junior! ters transferred from Philadelphia on the Brooks farm. After the oper- ation the youth was permitted to return home, ~To the Voters of Boggs Twp.: If you want better roads, vote for Elmer Pownell for Supervisor, . | Band, Bellefonte, $10; {traveling longest distance, Fire Company, $5. Judges for the parade were Rev Harry Kline, Maicolm L. Wetzler, | Leamer Woodring and George New- company | man, Milroy | to Harrisburg. ————— i Vole for Charles P. M Smith { for the Democratic nomination for Tax Collector of Bellefonte Bor-| ough. First name on Democratic) ing and reaping by Samuel Lyons, sists of Jean Y. Bauer, chairman, y who resides in the Stormstown ares.| Ruth Ossper and Marie Adams, ballot, Mr. Fasnacht, prominent in Am-' 1 L # » Club Meets At Port Matilda B. F. Nicodemus, General Manager of McFeely Company Entertains Kiwanians Members of the Bellefonte Ki- wanis Club were guests of BF Nicodemus, of Poyt Matilda, general manager of the McFeely Brick Co in that community, at a dinner meeting held Tuesday night at the MeFeely Company club house at Port Matilda Dinner was served by the ladies of the Port Matilda Presbyterian church Mr. Nicodemus, member of Local Draft Board, No. 2, Bellefonte, spoke on the classification of selectees une Continued on Page Four) MD i —— Farmer Harvests ‘Moonlight Oats’ William Workman, Stormstosn farmer, recently harvested a crop of what might be termed “moonlight oats.” The seed was sown last spring by moonlight, and much of the crop | was hauled into the barn last week by the lieht of the moon, i It was no whim on the farmer's part that he worked overtime in the fields, nor did he have in mind that | maybe oats grown in such roman! He circumstances might promote; better harmony among his livestock. | It was simply that he wanted to get | {the sowing done while the ground {was right, and decided to haul in the crop before rains damaged it. | Workman was assisted in the sow. | { Daughters of America, Bellefonte, | of Paralysis’ 14th Attack Victim In This County Wild Rumors Discounted Miss Elaine Brungart, 22,'2600 Attend Titan Struck by Mysterious Picnic at Hecla Park Assailant, Friday ' ' The af 11a] y aT wi cx + The annual by Official Reports; State — of the Tttms TETRIS . ' r ny i i“ Avail ' . 4 . a : N “THM am ilies College Girl Improved | SUFFERS INJURIES, | iheir families ' OYE FIPALD QIrCW a crowd « . TR IFET UL " GLASSES BROKEN men. women § COUNTY SCHOOLS ere reported by a OPEN ON SCHEDULE Man Flees Into Darkness 91 Clurles Carly i | Pp . . Adams, and J. Y. Sieg LB J . Le Ruth Mac} Mi When Girl's Sereams Winners of the various contests uth Mackey, 6, Mill Hall oi were as follows 3 3 . 2 « « . Vo a dN ol dough dh J Attract Neighbors Horseshoe 3 r: John Biliekl Only Victim Reported in and Ethan Vas . Centre county's ph 7 arsnil- mat ' v : mniy Miaaiom RAaR Amateur he Marcin Garbrick Clinton ( ounty ant struck for the 14th time early | Hermine © Jue M L : A : vid - Friday night Boy: rte wta oBeR De ( numerab me The attack diflered from previous | 10 years y 3-leg yea! leg throughout © 0 dur elones only in that it happened at ged race Pa Hi } week reg ng posed] w | Miliheim, an area so far untouched ' animus rkle: bag cases of infant si a - | by the mysterious assallant who | race ¢ Let ou check of ree ‘ brutally strikes down women pedes- d 11 terda reveale tha OW CAM trians and then flees into the dark- | vons He of the mala have nes ? G “in* : a and tha he sok Victim of the most recent OULIage | 10 ven 1.]¢ county, Mary Esther Is Miss Elaine Brungart, aged 22, of | oo 4 Eleant daughter of Mr. ar | V h Penn street, Millheim, who Hire nus: bag race § 10 yes Mason of 711 8u i ir mu ig y Mason, of 711 Sun ! red jacerations and bruises Rosetta Barcla bya] box blowing " oe ~ © iy w yo -t ’ 3 . BS 4 k 4 i" College, is getting along alisfac abou the face and one shoulder! 11 to 18 vear Clara Belle Barcla tory when an unknown man attacked her Lacie ¢ est an bie R Information from (he Mason | near the Paul Myefs home on North ! 1a years and ove M1 w ANT Home yesterday was to the ef- | Penn street about 9:45 p. m. Fri- Lucas fe pr) the little gir CON day. One of the blows broke Miss 4 Me's onrtest ge Ne 7, is whi 3 " ’ H FHL y Ld 9 : Si ell Willie OLDEr sources also | Brungart’s glasses and caused 8 wey A. Beck dic I that her condition jx “good severe bruise about eye Soft ball game Met B Officials and nr she ft} fam According tn rennrte t oir » it ah ’ : ny Al reports ML an. ployed at the J LL. Watson five and Worthwhile ps Were 2% ‘ other child in the Mason family | ten cent store in Millheim divis . ¢ bad become : are entirel he we after working p wi ¢ m 1 founded was of *1 ofl Bant f entre County Health Officer W. a man il 3 gon op ¢ ai ¢ y 8 wert W. Bicketis, of the Cadillac apart- in the same rection ’ , nS : ments Belirfonlr has asked Centre After walking ahead of her for a or sis ay" sg on . countians to warn friends and rel time, the man turned and began Hives living out of the county not! walking toward the girl. who was Li G idd Hy : i n 4 H vi Eils Ho “a fo bring children into this DY, earrying a bag of peanuts As he ion ri ers as a safeguard to this area neared her, he made a Junge for the Bicketis added that a 14-day ob- | girl, who thought that he was some Begin Practi in P i servation card was placed on a Ju- 9 n ce Han home when four children from Pie York county arrived at the home | J iw oriid, The oideen will rose in f unider observation for 14 dayr Sim- {liar action was taken at a home near Curtin whim guests from York county arrived there, Bicketls said some senti- acquaintance who Was grabbing for | the peanuls in a playful mood. Alter making the lunge the man (Sowrtnsed on ‘Pade Four) a Wins "41 Golf Higgins to Revamp Line For | Coming Season; 10 Report For First Workout ough there was Lion in favor of keeping the sch ported to Coach Bo Bellefonte closed for sever ® Y IR as nn weeks longer. the school board I am ions | preparati » 55th season on the absence of any paralysis cases the gridiror in the Bellefonte area did n With the toughes 1 ge the Bschool schedule and ———— years with Colgate at only began yesterday. No other! Don Montgomery Defeats » month away, Higgins faces the n nere mve changed sched- . . task of revamping his forward we les betause of {ear of an epidem.- Mahlon K. Robb In Title from end io : nt at Tt t 8 sollege | rs e i tamed Sey ie. The case at State College is; Match at Nittany Club | famed “Ses considered be an isolated one iw i i and officials believe there is no im- Donald Montgomers "a * 13% wi danger of a spread of the 18 mediate Mr. and Mrs W. Hassall Mo Confinged on Page Four ery, of Bast Linn street, Bellefonte -- 0 became 1941 Nittamy Country Club on oll . | gots champion on Labor Day when ng. Dass ShRueinng, TEe. apt Maurice Kelley he defeated Mahlon K. Robb in the | {Tom Rochester, Pa Diminutive finals, 8 and 4 Montgomery, a newcomer among the Nittany Club's golf top-notchers also won the distinction of being medal of the annual] Labor Day tournament, turfling in a qualify- ing score of 160. In the title match with Robb he went over the par 36 nM ss County Firemen Win at DuBois In the Labor Day parade at Du- Bois. Monday, the Undine Fire Com- Dies Suddenly Was Former Western Union Manager and Manager of Bellefonte Airport fat ist course in 38, and at the tum held pany of Bellefonte, and the Pleas Maurice J Kelley. 85. former man. 2 five-up efge over Robb. He made ant Gap Fire Company each won ager of the local Western Union of- it six-up on the tenth and the first prizes of $40 each fice and for some time manager of Match endell on the 14th green The Undines were awarded the the Bellefonte airport, died sudden- The old-time Nittany champions, ' top prize for the best appearing ly and unexpectedly at his home on! © ©. Alexander, of Bellefonte, and | marching unit in line of march. The ‘Bquire J. Rand Miller, of Millheim, were participating in a tournament (Continged on Page Siz unit consisls of 28 iformed men and the company's new emergencs truck was entered in the parade The Pleasant Gap Company won the prize for the largest number of men in line. In the parade were marching units and apparatus from 115 companies Penn street at 5:30 o'clock Sunday u afternoon, August 31, 1941. death be- | ing attributed to a heart attack Although Mr. Kelley had not been in good health for a number of years he had been about his home as usual until the time of the fatal attack A native of Bellefonte, Mr. Kelley attended the local schools and was graduated from thi Bellefonte High } School in the class of 1804 As a Young man he entered the Western (Continued on Pape Biz) | Register Now Aiding With Birth Records Persons born prior ta 19068 may ob- tain birth certificates, or have their birth records corrected, by apply- ing at the offices of Centre County Register Hafry A. Corman, in the | ——— — Court House, Bellefonte Forms [or recording the necessary - C.D.A. In First Information are NOW on hand in| The 68th annual Centre County | the Registers office and may be ob. | Fall Meeting | tained for the asking. When the forms have been filled out properly isin they are returned io the Register, Plan Toureen Supper Seplem- ber 15; Grand Regent Cath- | who presents them to Court for final action. erine Hartle, Presides In most cases the simple questions on the forms san be answered read- | The first regular fall meeting of Court Patrick MecArdle, Catholic | Grange Encampment and Fair con- cluded last Thursday night and on Friday the more than 500 campers and exhibitors began the task of dismantling their tents and moving home Grange officers report that the av- erage daily attendance at the Fair was larger than last year; the num- ber of campers was about equal to the 1040 total, and that the week, as a whole, was enhanced by favor- | able weather with the exception of two days Prize winners in the many exhib- | ts and contests were | lly by any appileant, it is pointed out. The procedure as outlined by a recent act of the State Legislature | is simple and in most cases the re- cords can be approved with little de- was held Monday night in the ja, Knights of Columbus meeting rooms | in 4 Farmers’ National Bank | a building. Grand Regent, Catherine | A. Hartle, presided. Summary Cases PF In addition to routine business it | Meard by Court Vocational Agricultural Junior was decided to hold a toureen sup- | —— | Project Books per in the rooms Monday evening! At a regu summary’ Jesse Worall, Hublersburg, 1 first; September 15, to which ail mem- | court held aaa, of a with Ralph Watts, Spring Mills, 1 first; bers are invited. The evening will | Judge Ivan Walker presiding, three Philip Confer. Boalsburg, 1 second; be spent in sewing for the Belle- | qefendants were declared not guilty; | Paul Coder. Hublersburg, 1 first; fonte Chapter Red Cross. Individual | two were found guilty: two cases Melvin Miller, Spring Mills, 1 sec- members have volunteered to sew | were one was continued, ond: Leslie Deithich, Hublersburg, 1 and knit garments for the Red | and one defendant failed to appear. first; Raymond Swabb, Spring Mills, | Cross. | Those found not guilty were: 1 second: David Deitrich, Hublers- Members of the Court will attend | Matthew Frants, of Port Matilda, vi- burg, 1 first; Donald Deitrich, one the 8 o'clock Mass in a body Bun- glation of vehitle code; Harry Kerr, second; John Deitrich, Hublersburg, | Ng og vein LR was appoint | Osceola Mills, threats; and Ray As- 1 first. sa - : psburg : - : ed local chairman for the annual | Kae Molation of ve-| Livestock “Judging Contests : Lester Giadfelter, Harris Town- | Day of Recollection to be held at| pq charged do- | Cresson, Sunday, September 38. | sertion sud non siopore was direct. | Ship, first; Guy Korman, Bellefonte, | The Activities Committee appoint | aq to pay the costs and to pay $20 (Second. Joe Way, Port Matilda, | ed for the next three months con- |, month for the support of his | third; Charles McKinley, Bellefonte, | (Continued from pope four) fifth; Jensen Mingle, Diliheim, sixth. + J GOLLECTOR NOW OPERATING Report Blast Preceded Fire In Farm Home House Destroyed in Fourth Fire at Same Site in Recent Years OWNER BURNED: IS HOSPITAL PATIENT Barn Burned in Feb. 1910 —Cause of Yesterday's Blaze Undetermined } at i ‘ of lle w » ¥ [4 rie ¥ f f y 4 r f ’ f fi { deters f f nme a e J ¥ Li b 4 mile « f ef f Bellefonte fire estore five . ww 1 HACE the five On ws rey » ¢ ’ Wag on fire ‘ Barn burns © 8 Xie 3 iwWo veal £ 1 ar ’ & f Crt 4 Io vy Hos ore ratine wa we Ie mie y De fx wel Gi f ' q Ar ng ¢ nn Mi He (3¢ ¢ wy A 18 mm hs 8 Mrs. L Bi Newman, w re es Ww Lu fami ere i ie rea ’ 4 ! > ’ Eber rs Fai LR clock vesterda mornir Mr. 1 e io the house to get a | na his driver's license { Shortly after be entered the house {there was a rending explosion and | flames seemed to shoot from all batts, of lhe house, it Was reported. { Dean Cettig, aged 11, son of Mr, | and Mrs. Harry Gettig whose house is across the road from the Lucas place, was standing out in front when the biast occurred He said there was a roar “like thunder wilich seemed » in the wa % {inued y ¢ Flks Win $125 At Convention W. G. Warner, Lehighton, New State President, Well Known Locally Two priges totaling $125 + Bellefonte Elks by the club in the mammoth parade held last Thursday in Potistown as the ciosing event of the 35th annual convention of the Pennsylvania Eiks State Association The jocal organization was award- ed the $100 first prize for the best appearing club, and an additional $25 for the lodge traveling the greatest distance to the convention city The 60-man marching unit + was escorted by the 75-piece Bellefonte High School Band in the parade, the two units making the trip in chartered buses Highlight of the convention bus- iness session was the election of (Continued on Pape Siz) PRIZES AWARDED AT ANNUAL GRANGE FAIR Winners of Education on Vocational Agricultural Project Books Dale Miller, 1 first. Sam Holubec, 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 fourth. 1 fifth: Nevin Deitrich, 1 first, 1 third. Paci fic Serttl, 1 fourth: Budd M. Cari, 2 firsts, 1 fourth; William R. Gates, 1 second: E R. Heckman, 1 third; Ar- thur E. Nelson, 1 fourth; Dean R Zettle, 1 second; Winton Callahan, 1 third: George Zimmerman. 1 fifth; Mylan E. Grave, 1 first; Earl Zellers, 1 second: Kenneth Tennis, 1 third; Eugene Rossman, 1 fifth: Frank E Homan, 1 first; E William Hess, 1 second; Oletin Wolfe, | second, 1 fourth; Charles McKinley, 1 first 1 third; Thomas Hines, 1 fourth: Ma- lon Bowen. 1 fifth; Glenn Rhine, 1 second: William Weber, 1 first; Warren Lute, 1 second: Lester Glad- feiter, 1 third: Harry Bailey, one | fourth: Robert Burrnell 1 fifth: H. | Boyd Spicer, 1 first; N. Naylor, 1 second; Lawrence Zellers, 1 third; J. Walter Albright 1 first: Irvin Eisenhauer, 1 third: Ivan Wasson, 1 fifth, Grange Floats Class 1-Orange Symbolism, one Marion. Class II--Agricultural, one Spring Mills: two Logan. Grange Exhibits Baileyvilie, first; Hall Moon, sec- ond: Walker, third; East Penns Val- {Contimued on Page Pour)
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