1,000 COPIES EACH WEEK LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY. EE — IE @he Centre Democval PAG 14 FOR AND ES OF COUNTY NEWS | WEEKLY FEATURES THE ENTIRE FAMILY VOLUME 60. NUMBER 37. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURS DAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941, SUBS( ‘RIPTION—§1 50 PER YI Y "Houck Arrest ‘Clears’ Only 8 of Legion Band [srs or Miner Prisoner Af Series; Confesses 6 in Centre Co. Ready for Trip | Local Orchestra Leader! Arrested by Lock Haven Police MOTIVE FOR CRIMES REMAINS OBSCURE Waives Hearing on| Charges Brought in Clinton County Acting with "dramatic effective- ness, Lock Haven police late last | Thursday night apprehended Hoy | Kenneth Houck, 21, well known | Bellefonte orchestra leader and elec- | triclan, within two minutes after he! had bludgeoned a Lock Haven girl near the State Teachers’ College | CRmMpuUS Bellefonte residents, stunned by news of Houck's arrest were further astounded when police reported the following day that he had con-| fessed to six of Centre county's 14 unsolved attacks on women and | girls, and two of Clinton county's four attacks Houck, confined without bail the Clinton county jail on four charges resulting from the two at- tacks in Lock Haven, was still much of a puzzle to police last night They seemingly had no satisfac- tory explanation for his actions Even Houck couldn't explain why at intervals since last December he has approached girls on streets night, struck them from beh! he with his fist or some implement, and then fled. Police apparently had no explan-| ation for the remaining eight un-! solved incidents of a similar nature still on the dockets in the county and which Houck is said to have indicated that the a, told ae Count: Bell C onv icted ‘id truth when he confessed to only s of the local attacks. Another puzzle confronting police results from Houck's confession that he attacked Miss Grace Schenck at (Continued on Page Seven) msi MP — School Building Delay Threatens | Cour Board to Act to Obtain Struc- tural Steel; Tuition Rates Cut delegation be sent to A possibility that from Bellefonte may Washington to attempt to secure priority on deliveries of structural steel for the new Bellefonte High School building was expressed at a regular meeting of the School Board here Monday night after it was re- ported that unless some action is taken deliveries of steel may be de- layed indefinitely. R. C. Blaney, building committee, declared that construction on the new building will come to a halt soon unless stee] Rn is available. Re-enforcing steel has! been shipped and is expected to ar- rive here daily, he sald, but with the structural steel, such as gird- ers Joints and beams, there is no promise of delivery, The committee reported that the {Continued on Page Siz) a — in | sitting in | session i was ordered to pay chairman of the! Admits Part in Series of Assaults To Milwaukee Will C ompele Tor Nation- | al Championship; Travel in Special Train 190 MEMBERS, AIDES HOY KENNETH HOUCK SS Criminal Court Barnhart Files Session Ended Damage Suit TO TAKE JOURNEY Physician, Nurse, Chaper- ones to Accompany | State Champions The Bellefonte Junior Band, of American Legion twice State champions Pennsylvania, will compete for national honors at the American Legion national convention to be held In Milwaukee, Wis, next week he band group, expected to con- of between 85 and 90 persons, will Jeave at § o'clock Sunday morning, September 14, in alr-con- ditioned coaches, for Chicago. The coaches and the baggage cars which will carry band equipment and lug- will form a special train as as Altoona where the cars will! altached to regular trains In Chic band will trans- fer to Pullman sleepers in which band members will live until their next Wednesday In Mil- walukee the cars will be placed two blocks from the railroad station and five blocks from the Nationa] Leg- lon headquarters. Samuel D. Rhine- smith, general chairman of the band committee, is in charge of arrange- ments and will accompany the band the trip The national band competition will be held Monday and final resulls are to be made known Mon- sint here ago the return on on Man C harged With Rape Retired Banker Seek siday night. The competition will be Despite strong nty two sex murder on women ‘months a Centre Case yughout the cou tack: James K who was sterday 8 Krause the of Osceola with verdict Krause, charged turned rape re. hol diz ily of fornicatio nr September yesterday we a iy a ir guilty or The regu Criminal t concl pite fact that because of election scheduled trial ed { observed pi Of the af the the a recess wag Tuesday six cases for whic h onen edd Mi [3 ree were tried before Jurie one fendant pleaded guilty, and other defendants failed to appear Alex Bell WPA work- er, was of i” and wounding a h for game, Bell serve a year in de- two Glassport guilty uman in : was sentenced to the county jail and $200 to the vic- prosecu- farind ound tim, as well as the costs of tion William Martin, of Long Island, N. Y.. charged with robbery with an accomplice, was tried by a jury yesterday and was found not guilty Theodore Flick, of Powelton, en- tered a plea of guilty to a charge of sodomy and was to pay the costs and serve from 2 to 4 years in Western State Peni- tentiary Russell L. Campbell, of n Page Tw sentenced the (Continued STILL UNSOLVED ! Below appears a tabulation of attacks on women whick remain un- solved after the ones to which Hoy Houck has confessed have been removed. In the ease of the attack on Miss Betty Schenck at Howard, April 19, to which Houck has confessed, it was pretty well established that two men were involved. One drove the car while the other attacked the girl as she walked toward her home, Here's the list of unsolved ‘attacks, listed from the files of the Cen- tre Democrat: March 28, 1940: Miss Rachael Taylor, Penn State co-ed, attacked and murdered somewhere in State College-Lemont area. December 10, 1940: Bellefonte, attacked on East Howard street, Miss Sarah Cunningham, attacked neaf her December 13, 1940: Mrs. Harry Miller, 70, of South Spring street, Handbag taken, home on Halfmoon Hill. Purse taken. December 26, 1940: (Same night as attack on Mary Elizabeth Sloop) Second floor apartment of Miss Agnes Seprish, East Bishop street, en- tered about 7 p. m. fiereams frightened intruder away. December 28, 1940: Miss Sarah Esther Rhoades, 15, attacked about 11 p. m. while walking near her home at Coleville. Purse taken, February 22: Mrs. Ira Sprankle, accosted by two men on Stony Battery, Bellefonte. Screams frightened men, February 25: Miss Ellen Hassinger, East Curtin street, attacked about 10:45 p. m. on East Curtin street, March 20: Mrs. Robert Waite, State College, attacked in State Col- lege about 9 p. m. August 18: Miss Arlene Lyons, 16, Lyonstown, attacked about 9 p. m., near County Home, Bellefonte. August 29: Miss Elaine Brungart, 22, Millheim, attacked about 9:45 p. m. near her home in Millheim. In addition there are at least two unsolved attacks in Lock Haven. They are: June 15: Miss Dorothy Orner, 26, of 200 Bellefonte avenue. June 23: Miss Dorothy Peters, 15, Lock Haven, attacked about 10:45 Pp. m., just off Main sireet, that city, ‘sd terday [ . ter From Lt. R. H. Hoffman, State Col- | meeting MRedress. for. Injuries When Struck by Car ———— A damage suil was by former filed here yes- Judge James C 1 behalf of James K. Bam- if West Linn street, as a an accident in which Mr was injused December 13 he was struck by a car : in P. Gryctko J. Gryctko, hea 1 b SON of has been 1 8 : the amount damages being sought was not revealed Mr. Barnhart, retired cashier of | the First National Bank, Bellefonte t fully recovered from his, it reported. He suffered the right leg below a laceration of the fore- compiession, and bruises of has nc n juries a fracture of the knee fa WM head, with and shock Mr. Barnhart was walking across Allegheny street, near Lamb, when the Gryctko cdr Struck him Gryctko and Chief of Police Harry Duke- {Continsed on Page Four) a Kiwanis Club Is Entertained Musicians Give Program; Let- in Camp, is Received A group of musicians under the direction of Mrs, Alberta Krader, | entertained the Kiwanis Club at the! Tuesday. Accordionists | were the Misses Betty Lou Herman, | They i { tanh Rose.” } ka," Beverly Kline, Betty Ritchie, Her- mine Corl, and Thelma Heaton They were accompanied on the vi-| braphone by Miss Marjorie Wehr played “Neapolitan Nights "| Medley of Popular Tunes” “Mexi-; “The Beer Barre] Pol- | “La Goladrino.” Mrs. Kra- | “The Last Time | and der sahg as a solo, |] Saw Paris” | | Markland, | cross, <lub president, Kennedy. Johnston, Walte McCor- | mick a Pritchman, William J.| (Continsed on Pape Seven) | [ Guy Long, manager of the Hotel | was Inducted into the | membership of the club. 8. M. Shall- | appointed J. | BE I ——— ‘Library Orders | New "Bookmobile Moose Contribute $150 to $1,- 000 Fund; Only $350 Re- mains Unpledged The Centre County Library's drive | for funds for a bookmobile to serve | i ! i pee band Is ena i Monday morning | among the speakers | day. | morning, afternoon, | The region includes Elk, Clearfield, scribe; Charles Schaeffer, theld in Blatz Temple of Music, The band will play a march “Brooks-Doll's Own.” written by di. rector Olin Bull, as a “warm selection. Competition numbers will be “Finlandia” by Sibelius, and First Norwegian Rbapsody Al- though 67 band members will make Continued on Page Siz Democrats fo Meet a E David Lawrence, Other Notables to Speak at 1- County Conference David Lawrence, one of Pennsyl- vanias foremost Democrats, and Ross Wagner, State Treasurer, are scheduled to address the closing session of the! Regional Conference of the Peder- ated Democratic Woman's Clubs, it was announced yesterday by Mrs E M. Grove, of State College, region- al director The conference will be held at the Court House, Bellefonte, on Satur- September 13, with sessions and evening Centre and Jefferson counties, and a large attendance is expected Other guest speakers who have arranged to be present include Mrs. | Emma Guffey Miller, sister of U 8. Senator Joseph F. Guffey; Mrs Floyd Cook, head of the Young Democratic organizations in Mis- (Continued on Pape Right) ! | Thursday, | registration of | Monday, September 22. Classes will | begin on Wednesday, September 24 McClure Nomed Head of 1.O.0.F. eo" “wei Large Apple Crop { White disposes of pract | hounced Mr Julian Bellefonte will go U to enter Institute to Miss Richards i #nd Mrs. Boyd Richards and a graduate of t Bigh 8« hoo} last June, Allentown September 18 the Alle nit wn Bible study for * minisLry Jailed for "Hunting Without License . of Cl Arence. wa mitted he Centre County here. Friday, a hearing befor: Justice of the Peace Harold D Cow her. East Bishop Street, Bellefonte on a charge of hunting without a} Sense Bolts was arres by Came Warden of Belief nte At the hearing he feaded guilty to the charge and In default of a ‘fine of $20 and the costs of prosecution was jodged in the | pounty Jail 1 iy 8oi om- ail An aftpr adel ted last Th Thomas Mosier ursda At White Orchard Harvesting of the 1041 apple crop the Liovd F. White orchard along the road between Pleasant Gap and Zion is now under way and it estimated the crop wil] tot bushels ~ Altho gh the 1941 crop is not an Uy large one, the quality excep! ionally high, according to re- from the White orchards ich are ¢ cond: icted by Mr. White's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H E Neill Baldwins, Rome Beauties Smoke- house Banam, Deliciou and Northern S8ples are now ripening and are being picked. winter varieties will not ripen for about a month. Early apples were picked about the middle of August The heavily laden trees at the White orchard present a colorful sight as the fruit begins to assume the tint of ripeness. Branches are bent toward the groupd with tke heavy burden they &fpport. Mr deadly all of hat a. TE] his annual apple crop Opening of College Postponed One Week Because of a prevalence of infan- i tile paralysis cases in various sec- tions of the state, Penn State has postponed its 1041-42 opening one week, President Ralph D. Hetzel an- | The decision which affects more than 7.000 students was reached last | Thursday morning after a confer- ence between Dr. Hetzel and other | College officials, Freshman week will begin on | Seplember 18, and the! upperclassmen on i College officials pointed out that their action was not prompted by | the two cases of infantile paralysis | existing in State College Lodge Sees Mpvieg of Fire- men's Parade; Marching Club Being Developed | Lawrence McClure "of Bellefonte, | | was chosen to succeed Dr. Nevin C.'Dr. and Mrs. Harold F. Alderfer, of | Jodon as . chief patriarch of the Bellefonte Encampment I. O. O. F., {at a mealing held in the lodge hall on West High street, Monday night. Other - officers elected for the six | month term are:. Dr, Jodon; high! | priest: ‘Martin Ardery, senior war- | den; Frederick Smith, junior war- den; Charles Musser, financial! treasur«| er, and # £: Oarbrick, trustee, | Dr..Jodon, an amateur camera fan, presented several reels of color | rural areas received great impetus motion pictures of the recent fire-| | this week with the announcement | that the Bellefonte Moose Lodge, | nea’s parade in Bellefonte. A special drill, in charge of Cap- | | through William W. Litke, Gover- | tain Martin Ardery, was held in| i A nor, and Miss Maude Miller. has | préparation for the district inspec- | on Monday, September 15. contributed $150 to the fund. The Moose donation brings the! total collected to date to $650. A minimum of $1000 is required to which will appear in events in Cen-| Mr, cover all expenses involved. Mrs. Carl Ifverson, librarian, re- | ported that Elmer Decker, proprie- | {Continued on Page Siz) {tion to be held in the near future, The organization is progressing in| its development of a marching unit tre and nearby counties. Indica- tions are that the marching club| will make its Initial appearance in| the near future, | State College Girl Injured In Fall Henrietta Alderfer, | 9, daughter of | | North Holmes street, State College, {suffered a broken collarbone and a slight fracture of the skull, Monday, | when she fell from a cherry tree in | the yard of her home, She is reported to be resting com- fortably at her home after receiving | medical treatment. Festival - Howard The Howard High Semool Athlet- ic Association will hold a festival on { Saturday. September 13 for the [benefit of the football team. The Centre Hall-Potter Township High School Band will furnish music, In case of rain the festival will be held Fractures Arm in Fall Richard Brouse, aged 10, son of and Mrs. William Brouse, of Tusseyville, underwent treatment at the Centre County Hospital dispen. sary, Sunday, for a fracture of the feft arm received in a fall {Thani of the while the {sprain and abrasion of Rockview Is Touches H i g h Voltage Wire While Repairing Telephone System HAD SE RVE D MOST OF 14-YEAR TERM Catholic Funeral Accord- ed Victim Through Ef- forts of Prison Head A Catholic buriel Catholic chu accorded here yes to Thomas Ruffner inmate itled ate f mass atl 3elle- terday 4] who Mon- CON - line hen he came In th a high vollage power Working on the prison Inmates were rison wis engaged in repair- one system working on a pole t Harrison wn he is believed a power line on ler ¢ A Bir ana at rear of hone wi} touched he 0 nave the same Ww workmen dis- Rufiner were the ney given 1 N pai i broug! prison hospit in a truck which pasted the scene just after the ac- cident was discovered Prison officials said Ruflner, a ol. indians county, was one most trigtworthy inmates ut’ that be had g Jl4-veur sen- EH) ‘the institution and served 12 years of tence He had become an expert electrician during time he was al Rotkview Although the body was not claim. ed. Dr. John W. Cisudy, superinten- dent of the prison, made arrange- ments for Ruffner’s burial off the prison grounds. The Requiem Mass yesterday morning was in charge of Msgr. W. E. Downes, and interment was made In Bt John's Catholic cemetery, Bellefonte a Coleville Man Struck by Car Hurled about 20 feet when he was struck by a car on the Diamond In front of the Bellefonte Trust Com- pany about 10:30 o'clock Saturday night Clarence Young. 28 of Cole- ville, escaped with minor injuries Young was walking across Alle- gheny Street from the Trust Com- pany toward the Brockerhoff Hotel when he wis struck by a machine | driven by John E Bechtel, Jr. of} | Lyties’ Addition, State College. The car was traveling south on Alle- | gheny Street, Bechtel stopped immediately and rushed the unconscious man to the Centre County Hospital dispensary He quickly regained consciousness the ithe tot !day afternoon when he caught and was discharged after receiving | treatment for @ small laceration at the back of the head a small lacer- | ation of the right elbow, ang a the right wrist, Borough Police Chie ATTACKS STILL UNSOLVE! Parties Nominate In Listless Primary Eledrocufed 5 Added Attraction At Falls Here A palr of Mallard and a female Lhe iat attraction In vicinity falls and “The Island’ off Water street, Bellefonte The were Miss M: and are £51 na 1 Lhe ducks tl by of 1s Week daughter Blox ag 1st wh the as had birds were young the pair when BB Decision to free in town was mace Councilmen gave th hoped that the CG a home on Th spring the s the home of t also will be known population Warning is the birds slate al are nrotect are protecte IAW molested W lice hat eral and and are Bel Wo keep { w not ob lefonte wa k inhabitants molesting have a tchiul land's new one found + Baby Iwjured n Fall From Porch Esker Watkins, seven-months-oid ison of Mr. abd Mrs. Raymond O I Watkins, of Highland Alley, State College, is undergoing treatment at the Centre County Hospital for ine juries received Baturday afternoon when he fell from a second-floor porch of his parents’ home The child, suffering injuries, yesterday was be In “fair” conditic pital The baby had been basket on the porch ar visited the porch at tervals to watch him the fall resulted Ir first attempts 1 severe reported The basket apparent fell over or porch railing to the bare gr low, near a pile bricks The voungsier was rus hospital in the car of Allen ing, of West Beaver avenue ly ug ype throug! una oe of hed t Schill- —— ——————— Injured by Tractor Harmon Bird, farmer residing near Roopsburg, was injured Mon- his right leg in the cogs of a tractor He was treated at the Centre Coun- ty Hospital for three wounds of the leg below the knee After receiving treatment he was permitted to return home Sissi ———— Coundil Favors 2-Hour Melers 120 Additional Machines Harry | Dukeman and Officer Donald John- | son investigated the accident. ——————— Injured by Corn Binder Fred Esterline, of Millheim, who! suffered injuries of the right elbow, i Saturday, on Bunday received treat- | ment at the Centre County Hospi- | tal. Esterline was injured in a corn binder, it was reported. NOMINATED | along the streets in the Will Provide 12 Minutes, 1 or 2 Hour Parking Bellefonte Council, at | meeting Monday night, voted in favor of installing meters which will give 12 minutes for one cent: one hour for a nickel, and two hours for two nickels In the vacant spaces business area, One hundred twenty of the ' machines have been ordered In adction, a block of 13 special | meters will be installed on both | sides of Allegheny street in front of the postoffice. These meters will provide 12 minutes for one cent only and are designed to afford ample | parking space for postoffice patrons. The new two-hour meters and the one-cent meters will be painted in distinguishing colors for the con-| venience of motorists, A block of two-hour meters will be installed in the vicinity of the Court House for the use of those {Continued on Page Five) I May Employ Tax Collection Agency Delinquent taxpayers in Belle- | fonte may be in for evil days, it} became knfwn at the regular meet. | ing of the Bellefonte School Board, | Monday night. The Board indicated that a firm | specializing in the collection of de- linquent taxes may be employed to | come here to clean up the tax dup- licates, unless there is a noticeable | increase in receipts from that source, a special [ Only One Fourth of Co ty’s Regis ed Vote ( ast Ballot mn ter nN HUSTON DRY? IN REFER] \ 1 | (Geiss and Brown Standard Bearer Tax ( olle LO} - y Ww ed ir Condo and Heal election vem tha puncture | ove Aaronsh’ g Boy Killed By Car Dies at Hospital Here Af- ter Being Struck While Playing Nea ir Home Struck by a a home about 4:30 nesday afternoos aged 5. son of M Homan. of Aaronshur o'clock Friday morning tre County Ho The boy suffer { lacerations and he ran In fr was driven by of 621 E. Walton according to motor vestigated the acciden Centre County Sheckler, of Milesbury gated the accident inguest would not be heoces The child was playir { group of children near hi home whens be crossed he the path of the Altoona man's Mr. Horton stopped immediate and brought him to the hospital ! Robert Homan was a son of Roy { and Marigh Winkieblech Homan | ad was rn hear Aaronsburg on April 10, hah He is survived by his parents and the following brothers i and sisters: Carl Alice, Bruce, ard. Donald, Dean, Shirley and Wayne, all at home. Also surviving are his grandharenis, Mr. and Mrs, { Al Winkleblech, of Lewisburg, and { Mrs George Homan, of Aaronsburg, Funeral services were held Mone | day afternoon at the parental home, followed by Services in the Aarons- | burg Lutheran church, with the Rev. O. E, Feeman officiating. Ine | terment was made in the Aardng- Charijes investi- formal RSAry with AC a a parents’ in Car a TOE Leone | burg cemetery.
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