COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY. PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY 1,000 — Rel —————— ghe Centre Democrat -. — — VOLUME 60. NUMBER 42. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR TRAIN SERVICE MAY BE CURTAILED PRR May Vithdraw 2 Passenger Trains Move Would Leave Tow With Only Lehigh And ‘Milk’ Train n 150 Girard College Boys Here Tonight tudents wie— Approximately 150 of {| Girard College, Philadelphia, on a LOCAL OFFICIALS three-day scenic and industrial tour M AY FII E PROTEST of Pennsylvania, are scheduled for NJ} Fe Fl VI ’ IN an overnight stop in Bellefonte to- . + . night (Thursday) Chamber of Railroad Now ( onducting Commerce reported yesterday The group, traveling in five Grey- Check on Passenger { hound , Ain] is expected to 3 » in Bellefonte at 6:30 p Demand in Area Dor . be given lodging the Penn Bel Markland Hotels, whom no qt will be taken Company cott along Fishing Creek Leaving Bell 1! ing the group Paradise, the fi ant and Rockview penitentiary {on to Tyrone for a trip thr West Virginia Pulp ¢ in that city Arrangements tion of the boys handled through the Commerce offices RE ——— the as ——— , f 14%) Brockerhofl and Passenger train service in Belle- fonte may Le curtailed to one train east and one west, dally, according to unofficial reports surrent in this area yesterday The reports, seemingly well found- ed are to the effect that the Penn- | sylvania Railroad is now conduct- ing a traffic check in this vicinity presumably in an effort to gather statistics to show why passenger service should be curtailed Usually reliable sources said last night that the railroad is seeking to discontinue the eastbound train No. 500, which arrives in Bellefonte | at 8:42 a. m. and leaves at 8:50 a m., and the corresponding west- bound train, No. 501, which arrives here at 7:55 p. m. and leaves at 8:04 p. m Under the present schedule morning train brings to Bellefonte several baggage cars which are loaded during the day and dispatch- ed on the evening train. The only other passenger train For Execution service into Bellefonte is provided e———— by the Lehigh Express. The east- Member of : Philadelphia bound Lehigh arrives here at 1:03 : . o . and leaves at 1:07 p. m. The west- | Arsenic Ring Slated to Die bound train arrives at 3:51 and . . " at Rockview, Monday arters are aval the age for Gap, for the accomods n Bellefonte Chamber the leaves at 4 DP. m. One other passenger train serves Bellefonte, but it is the combination | freight-passenger run on the L. & T. | tervenes today, three condemned branch which is seldom recom-| murderers will die next Monde) mended for speédy travel That train | morning on the state's electric chair arrives in Bellefonte at 8:25 6. m. | at Rockview. The executions will be and leaves here on the return trip | the first in state since last at 10 a. m. It is commonly referred March to as “the milk train.” Two years ago, local officials re- | call, the Pennsylvania Railroad con- templated discontinuing the same trains that are now threatened, but no further action resulted. At that time. local officials claim, the rail- road contended that the from the passenger service Continued on Page Seven) Unless the state pardon board in- the The Herman atti ett of Philadel who was r his part in the Phil Paul Pet: best known the Petrill slayer: m 0 wila salesman BE oC Le cted of th ! slaying ar Ackerson, McKeesport, Jones 8 granted two Arthur H. James rd man heduled is Harold n sentenced to die in the electric chair July 28 for the g of Edward Business House Ends 103. “s.ivan i bal oh Years in Ownership of | According to court Prisbie : went to Towanda to rob a store. Lee Montgomery Family |... vi F 1K h been Clothing Store Here Is Sold = respit Tt cu d Frisbie I siayin county records gave him a ride in his car and Fris- bie fatally shot his benefactor while attempting robbery ———————— Car Runs Wild; Rams Fence, Pole After more than a century of op- eration under the management of three successive generations of the same family, the Montgomery Cloth- ing Store. Bellefbrite, last week was gold to Robert D. “Bob” Davis, of Lewistown. Today the store; which has been — in the same location in Crider's Ex- (Centre Hall Man Escapes Ser- change building for the past 53 . . . years, will re-open as Bob Davis ious Injury; Faces Mo- Men's and Young Men's Wear. Has- tor Law Charge sall Montgomery, owner of the store | ua since 1909, will be manager of the] Although his car $ hi - ap : has been employed in the " Davis phone pole and plunged over an . py y ¢ the past embankment before coming to rest store at 12wistown itd on its top, Robert C. Horner, of near ree jour yearn been in the Centre Hall was not seriously in- clothing business for the past 24/ jured years. and the Bellefonte store, like| Homer, traveling toward Spring the one which Mr. Davis has con-| Mills about 10:30 o'clock Saturday ducted successfully at Lewistown for | mignt. Jo Soi Fol oo jis car neay 0 CG Fo sidents o € area ran (Continued on Page Three) | to the scene and earried Horner. | unconscious, to a where he remained until] the E ripped up six SCHOOL TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK CCOKING E i p t - For i The DeHaas Electire store, Belie-| to the Cen re County Hospital fonte will sponsor a free cooking] The injured man, who suffered school at the Episcopal Parish| only bruises of the shoulders and House, West Lamb street, on Thurs. | neck. was discharged from the in- day, October 23. | stitution, Tuesday. Miss Joyce O'Neil, home econom-| Damage to the car was estimated ist of the Westinghouse Electric! at $400, and property damage to the and Manufacturing Company, will guard fence and pole was placed at be present to demonstrate new cook- | $75. Motor police who investigated ing methods developed to protect] the accident said they would file an the health-giving vitamin qualities| information charging the driver of in foods. | the car with reckless driving. At the conclusion of the class | ——— which will begin at 7:30 p. m.. the) foods prepared at the school will be | distributed among the spectators.’ The public is cordially invited. | Arthur Roan, of Bellefonte, R. D underweni treatment at the Centre Knights of Columbus H H County H ital d " : { n= Entertain at Dinner Sie’ repe Foam por im AP pms. Limeworker Injured ries received Friday of Columbus attended a turkey din-| Run Valley, ner in their rooms in the Farmers’ Mr. Roan received a possible frac- National Bank building, Monday ture and crush injuries of the mid- night. dle finger of his left hand while he Mser. William E. Downes, rector and fellow employes were cleaning nf St. John's Catholle church, was scale out of a rotary kiln. A 75- the principal speaker, While brief pound piece of scale inadvertently talks also were given by various! dropped by another worker fel] on members of the organization, | Roan's hand it was reported, nearby house | | Widdowson ambulance brought him | While Cleaning Kiln | recently. | Crack Marksman now at Ft. Sam Ho And - Owner Fined After Dogs Kill Sheep Penn State nrofe : O 8 i George ers, of Philipsburg, Centre dog law enforcement officer The prosecution Wag made Tues day by Mz. Poters after © tucted investigation een most - mt The officer of the the sl 4 day spent n Barren $i iH Wiles b a Elect Local Men Legion Officers Zahniser Named Commander of Bi-County Group; Rhine- smith Also Honored Two past commanders of Brooks- Doll Post, American Legion, Beille- fonte, were honored last Wednesday they were elected the Clearfleld-Centr2 ity committee of the Legion at its annual organization meeting at the legion Home in Houtzdale Walter 8. Zahniser was named commander of the bi-countiy group and Samuel D. Rhinesmith wa elected second vice-commander and tht when to offices in Zahniser was commander Brooks Doll Post in 1838 h adjutant of the Brd. Legic trict for the past two years, and was { chairman of the Post Athletic com- mittee several years ago when the ‘omtinued on Page Two) Auto Mechanics Course to Open Here 18} An Out-of-8chool-Youth course in automobile mechanics has beep ap- proved for Bellefonte, and instruc- tion is to begin at the Jodon Motor | Company garage, South Water street, as soon as sufficient students | have enrolled, it was reported yes- terday. Instruction will be in charge of Morris Larimer Any person, 25 years old or less, who is not in school, is eligible for the course. There {8 no tuition fee, i and registrations aré now being re- | ceived by Supervising Principal E | K. 8tock and Floyd C. Hill at tele- phones 289-R and 85-J, respective. ly | Injured in Motoreycle Accident | Albert Puhalla, { is reported to be convalescing satis. | factory at the Harrisburg Hospital | from extensive Injuries suffered on morning | Monday when he was thrown from! | while at work at the National Gyp- | Members of the Bellefonte Knights sum Company's plant in Buffalo machine struck a stone. Puhalla was | his motorcycle dt Middletown, The {| unconscious for several hours, A aA ; Passe; Examination { Hayes T. Darby, Jr, son of Mr { and Mrs. Hayes T, Darby, of Ridge : Avenue, State College, passed his | ' examinations for entrance to the | Flying Cadets Corps at Pittsburgh ie had gon. Heat | building, South iB, of Cilarence,| i PLANNED F Tentative plans for an impressive cornerstone laying ceremony al Bellefonte's new $400,000 high school bullding were announced a reg- war meeting of the boar Monday night The ceremony is to be Wednesd Thursday, bh or 6 Masonie ¢ of the program ans, State Superint Instruction at school d held either November be - Di ay oO! with the lodge ing In charg Francis BE. H dent Publi cepted an invitation er for the occasion 0! has ac~ O be the Speak- the treet entrance, will space which sealed box contain [ items pertaining Ww 1 particular to into will be { ing a variet the tee and Bu K. Stock were special com- arrangement commitice n matllers suitable building g Principal F members visin named of mitted compiele for the ceremony wis given securing other and o the further he Bellefonte High to the when expenditure $400 for U organiza- the board of approxi- we purchase of in- Prominent Buffalo CORNERSTONE LAYING OR SCHOOL struments for use in both organiza- tions, It is expected that Band Auxiliary will contribute to the fund for new instruments R2conditioned inst:um purchased Immediately are bass Dute, 3 and a bass viol additional funds become avail- the fie ents to be " aorm violas As able hia pH if Lil Rel it i» WOON and a hase of ol ne usElon Noped 0 add an obos a PIiCCOi0 inst upon Lhe present DANG 10s which are gifts purchased by the purchased by the commities ments led ownership trument Gis ome of dons; and some ry. The diucted the owner of ocrganiza- board Auxil- Was In- understanding struments i a ade- some Music reach an upon { the at anted for al commilice been f ’ buliding priorilie tleel necessary for t new ing and that sufficient metal and reinforcing compiete the first All Ka buliding is structural reported have RI he steel is on floor h needed pow on Lhe includ and beams steel steel Ng coiumns livered by heayy material before constru is Ww January 1 8in will not be * fos ON Run Valley Couple Married More Than 55 Years MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR C. THOMAS prominent residents o n Valley are Mr. and Mrs Thomas who reside n a small which contains the sp ting the headwaters of th which the broad and receives its name Time was when the Thomas prop- erty =as a focal point for the farm- of the valley, for Mr. Thomas for number of years conducted the tract in from valley ers a blacksmith was only He also times as empl at various Rockview Peni- tentiary un retirement six years ago because of ill health Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were united marriage fifty-five years ag> las! July 28. They lived Hallmoon and Benner townships—always Buffalo Run Valley—until 37 years ago when they purchased what was nd Section) a gu Win LAS in in in ir in (Continued on page Five—Sece Ralph L. Mallory Dies Suddenly While at Work in Photo Studio xs Hors Prominent Local Photograph- er Succumbs to Heart Attack Ralph 1. Mallory, for 43 years a prominent Belleionte photographer,’ was found dead in his studio in the Crider's Exchange bullding about 9 o'clock last night | Discovery of his death was made by Mrs. Mallory, who, unable to get a response to telephone calls, wen! to the studio where her husband had gone to work earlier in the even- ing Mr. Mailory's’ death was attrib- uted to a heart condition from which | he had suffered for the past sev eral years. | Mr. Mallory was a native and life- | long resident of Bellefonte, having | been born here on July 31, 1879, | making his age at time of death 62 years, fle was a son of George and Emma Jane Wion Mallory. | At the age of 17 years he and Samuel Taylor, formerly of Belle- fonte, pooled thelr resources and purchased the H. B. Shaffer studio | on ihe second floor of the Lyons Allegheny street,’ Shortly after they purchased the {Continued on Page Seven) ! i - Sportsmen To Dine | ‘BRUNO’ TYSON SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM INJURIES Carlos M. “Bruno” Tyson, of | Rebersburg, a patient in the Harris- burg Hospital since Septémber 12, is reported to be recovering siowly from injuries received in a 41-foot fall while working in a steel mill at Steelton Tyson was in critical condition for several days, and at present both his legs are paralysed, He is wide- ly known to hundreds of Oentre county baseball fans, having been a | member of Rebersburg’s Tri-Valley League team Mt. Union Downs Bellefonte 34-7 Red and Whites’ Lone Score Results From Pass Into End Zone Iu the second decisive defeat in as many weekends, Bellefonte High School lost to a heavier and strong- er Mt. Union High team at Mt. Un- worst 8c _| Millbrook Youth Is Killed By Car MRS, RICHARD E. ROBB 'r Peggy ne E Robb Edward Robb rried Septem- DA of Beliefonts ber 20 at mother in Ensign Academy Annapolis the Hon Robb Prioe student is now $a rn $y a 4 1 Navy the Pacific COUNTY WOMAN'S CLUBS TO MEET AT PLEASANT GAP ArKeC Roy R-3 tober Members Clu 10 2 are reservations Ww. J. Dorworth Gets Promotion "Becomes Assistan{ District Manager For General Elec- tric; Is Bellefonte Native ¢ SIT A Will The appointment { Dorworth of Bellefonte and Adelphia, as ¢ of the Gener pany’'s Atlantic district has been ans od bY C. K West, G-E com- mercial vice president at Philadel. ! Mr. Dorwort} med new duties October Born in Bellefonte, Mr. Dorwort} was graduated from Pennsylvani State College in 1904 with a B degree In mechanical engineering He immediately entered General Electric's test course at Schenectads and 1008 he was Lansferred to the Philadelphia works as foreman of the construction In 1912 he was assigned to the company's industrial sales force in Baltimore, and 11 years later was appointed manager of the Industrial depart- ment of the Atlantic district at Philadelphia In his new position Mr. Dorworth will continue to be responsible for the Industrial department sales of Atlantic district TT? am . Phiia- man- cr Com- asnisty Ager Ass aa force Defense Courses To Be Offered Registratjon for Classes in Bellefonte to be Received Monday and Tuesday Tuition-free evening courses will be offered in Bellefonte this fall under the new engineering defense training program of the Pennsyl- vania Slate College, according to the announcement of J Ewing Ken- nedy, extension representative this distriet. Registration for the Beliefonte classes, which are sponsored by the United States Office of Education will be held on October 20 and 21 from 7 to 10 p. m. in the Spring street school building. Classes, which will be held in the same building, will start on October 27. They are a part of the nation-wide Engin (Continued om Page 8iz) BEAUTY PLEADS ion, Saturday afternoon by a score | of 34 to 7 Bellefonte's lone score was made | in the third quarter on a fumble Eva a hic : ot Gap, October 29 5 coeswn whith Hate Rioads A meeting of the Bellefonte | Sportsmen's Association will be held {at the YMCA at 7:30 o'clock this Thursday night, according to an an- nouncement yesterday. Fred Witmer is president of the organization, All members and others interests ed in hunting and fishing are cor. dially Invited to attend tonight's Lo eting | recovered for the Red and White ton the Mt. Union B-yard line. Belle- | appearing group for units of under! { fonte had received the opening kick- | off and drove to the Mt. Union nine! before losing the ball on downs, Af- ter Rhoads recovered the Mt Union fumbis Woody Johnson threw a pass to Whitey Davis In the end gone for the score. Kustanbauter plunged for the extra point, Presenting Twila Tweet of Goose | Egg Hollow, who has been looking an employe of the National Gypsum large as & forward to becoming this year's Har- | Company, Buffalo Run Valley, was | flight §t had the appearance of a for Oakwood Named to Presbytery Office it of the au of Ivy tumn meeting Huntingdon, held the Lewistown church on October and 7, Rev. Howard E Oakwood pastor of the Milesburg church, elected Moderator of U 3 take office in April 1942 for year term The tery in Centre At Presbytery ty He ar served Blair H area ludes ointment Oakwood County ¢ Directors Hear Year's Report Corporate Meeting of Hospital Held at Court House 13 SS A total of 1 a them Centre Urealment at Hospital durl: ended, it was reported by Superin- tendent Mis Nellie Geary at the annual corporate meeting of the hospital at the Court House, Mone (day night During the year there births, and ulation of patients Hammill ETEOT rset of ocountians received the Centre County ig the fiscal year just the average dally the institution was Mrs. Geary reported Bathgate, of Lemont pop- “sh OQ pre. recent A meeting Hussey ana "w Coleville Man Is Struck by Car George Cushion 25 of Coleville well known former baseball piicher was injured about 7 o'clock Friday night when he was struck by a car while walking on the road near the American Lime & Stone Company plant between Bellefonte and Cole- ville. The car was operateg by Jo- seph Reed, 19, of Halfmoon Hill Bellefonte Motor Police who investigated the . accident said Cushion was knocked | down by Reed's car as Reed was ( passing a machine driven by Charles Rossman, of Bush Addition When Reed attempted to avoid the pedestrian his car narrowly missed plunging over a 20-foot embank- ment, and it came to a halt “hang- ing “over the edge of the bank ac- cording to reports Philip Leathers, of fonte, took Cushion to the Centre County Hospital dispensary where he received treatmeng for lacera- tions of the back of the head and forehead, bruises of both shoulders and of the left knee. After the in- juries were treated he was taken {0 his home. Damage to the slight, police said near Belle- Reed car was —-—— County Firemen Win at Greensburg | Two Centre County fire com- | panies were among the prize win-| | ners at the annua] State Firemen’s | Convention parade held in Greens- | burg, Friday morning. | The marching unit of the Un-| dine Fire Company, Bellefonte, re-| | ceived a second prize of §75 for the | best appearing marching club in ! line, There were 72 Undines in the! | group. The Bellefonte American | Legion Junior Band, runner-up fo! { the national Legion championship marched with the Undines. Parade | rules prohibited the awarding of { more than one prize 10 a marching unit-band combination, { The Pleasant Gap Fire Company | won first prize of $50 for the best | | 40 men without a band, - i Suffers Leg Fracture | Wash Benzie, of Bellefonte, R. D., were 380 | | Richard D. Hoy Dies In- stantly; Was Walking on Road TRAGEDY HAPPENS ON 17TH BIRTHDAY Driver Blinded by Ap- proaching Car Lights During Rainstorm andpar 5 gn ens Coliseum Roller of Slate College pened east yet virtually upon them Miss Bloom said she swerved her car, which was traveling State College, to avoid the two pe- destriar but was unable to Hoy. She estimated the speed of her car ati 35 miles an hour. White was uninjured and the only damage to the Bloom car was (0 one fender and a headlight The youth was rushed in the Al- pha Fire Company ambulance State College, 10 the office of a Stale College physician who declared t Continued on Pope Seven) toward nbs A mis ihe VBA Nearly 100 At (. of C. Dinner Raymond Smith Urges Small Communities to Be- come Self-Sufficient Nearly 100 members i guests the Bellefonte Chamber of Com. merce assembled at the Penn Belle Hotel last Thursday night for the fifth annual dinner of that organi. zation. A. L. Prancis presided as toastmaster, Raymond Smith, of Boalsburg, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce at Harrisburg, guest speaker of the evening spoke on “Where Do We Go From Here Looking into the future. Mr Smith {declared that the nine million per- sons in the United States now en- gaged in national defense indus. tries will increase to 45 million by 1944. He declared that thiz increase will result in major dislocations in the living habits of the nation. in (Continued on pape siz Second Section) . and of ¥ ’ a Club to Attend Church A special community church ser- vice will be conducted for the Wom- an's Club of Pleasant Gap in the Lutheran church, Sunday, October 19, at 7:30 p. m. All members of the club are urged to attend in a body meeting in the Sunday school room at 7:15 p. m. ———— Giant Hawk Shot In Benner Township Taken to Museum Benner township's giant chicken hawk is dead The mammoth bird, the largest ever seen in this vicinity in the {memory of oldest inhabitants, was | shot and killed about 8 o'clock Fri- day morning by Mrs. Ira Benner, of Forge, who ended the hawks career with a well-aimed charge {from a 12-gauge shotgun { The bird has been in the Benner | township area all summer, and has taken an uncounted toll of chickens {and other fowl. Many farmers have | been gunning for it but it appeared | unusually quick in its movements (and made a most elusive target. Statistics taken on the hawk after jit was shot confirmed farmers’ be- i lief that 1 was an unusually large {one, It weighed 11 pounds, had a | wingspread of 72 inches, and was as good-sized goose. In vest Queen, This candid snapshot admitted to the Centre County Hos- | young eagle jof Twila shows her registering ter- | pital at 8:45 o'clock yesterday morn. | rible disappointment over the fail. jure of some organization to ane {ing fo undergo treatment for a | fractured leg. It was reported that | Mrs. Benner sold the bird's care cass for 85 to George R. Fields, who is reported to have taken the ree Mt. Union scored two touchdowns nounce a celebration in Bellefonte | the injury was suffered while he was mains to the museum in Philadel. (Continued oh Page Seven) | on Hallowe'en. at work. | phia, —
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