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VOLUME 60.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER
16, 1941.
NUMBER 42.
29-CENT CEREMONY
Although H. G, Stewart, of
Brinsmade, N. D., had been a
Justice of the peace for three
years, he had never performed
a marriage ceremony. There-
fore, when a couple presented
themselves before him and asked
what he charged for a wedding,
Stewart figured he ought to give
them a special price—he did,
29 cents cash. He threw in an
hour's speech of advice on
avoiding the pitfalls of mater-
nity without charge,
NONCHALANT THIEF!
To demonstrate the durability
of a $4950 rug, Wilkinsburg
furniture store placed it on the
sidewalk and invited passersby
to walk on it. Several were do-
ing so when a man in overalls
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Bellefonte Man Gets Jail
Sentence, $2,000 Fine, In
Deaths of 3 Persons by Auto
‘Harold D. Pendleton to Serve From One and a
Half to Three Years in
Judge Scores
Harold D. Pendleton, 35, former
Bellefonte resident, who while em-
sloyed as a fraternity chef at State
College, in January became involved
n an automobile accident in which
| three persons were killed, was sen-
| tenced in the Blair county court on
Friday to serve a Jail
sentence of
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Harvest of 194]
~| 160,000 WPA
Blair County Prison;
Defendant
gravated asfault and battery ani
operating a motor vehicle while in-
toxicated, were nolle prossed
When the case was called, con-
siderable time was occupied be-
tween the attorneys and defendent
in deciding as to what course of ac-
tion to pursue, an attempt being
Pennsylvania
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Approximately 60.000 WPA work- |
ers in Pennsylvania stand to
an additional $3.744.000 a year
in wages on the basis of the pay In-
crease announced by National WPA
Administ Howard O. Hunter
last week Harrisburg
State WPA officials
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believed that
asked them to step aside, He from one and a half to three yeal made to persuade the defendant to fewer than 10000 of the 69.332 per~
rolled up the rug, hoisted it to Sentence was pronounced . DY | plead guilty. Pendleton a tall, well sons on the WPA rolls in Pennsyl-
his shoulder and walked away. |Judge George G. Patterson, aller| gregseq and distinguished looking valida would fail io benefit from the
At the store's request, police are | the defendant had placed himseil| man gat quietly during the discus- $520 a month increase granted to
hey can't | at the mercy of the court he Jall | gion compensate for the rising cost o
unting for " y | 3 n ’ : . } ing H
help laughing. | sentence carries with it a fine Ol District Attorney Chester B. Wray ving. The increase covers all pro-
ER" i 2,000. "pr ited the commonwealth with ject workers making less than $90 a
— re Killed in the accident at Tipton rney Prank B. Warfel as special month. A total of 3,153 supervisory
TOUCHDOWN on January 2, in which Pendleton | suns] who represented the in- officials and 1200 administrative
‘The High School football game | , 5 held for manslaughter, were:| yred who appeared in court with e personnel are not affected
in McClellandstown, Fayette | ;,1n O. Orbison, Altoona; Mrs. | o number of other witnesses, some In ng the B85 per cent
county, was delayed 10 minutes Dorathy Gingerich, 33, Tyrone, and | ., whom bore evidence of their in- MUS | IMPROVE ME { HODS incr ter Indicated also he
Friday night—by a skunk. As her son Carl, Jr. 15. Six others | ji.ies as working on an increase for
the game was about to start, {wo were hurt Pendleton was declared guilty and Fr. A Se TE man workers making more than $80 a
boys put the animal on the field | Opn motion of the Blair county | cantenced to serve one and one-half | Scarcity of dependable orchard I'he best way to combat the mont
as a prank. It made a beeline district attorney the charges of ag o three vears in the Blair county laborer oupled with improved de- ing costs of production faced by Among those who will benefit by
for the bleachers where 3,000 - - jail, and pay a fine of $2,000. In mand for high quality fruits as a chardists by increasing yield the increase which becomes effec
fans sat. Over and under the > bassing sentence Judge Patterson result of defense measures should |The labor available must be ap-| tive November 1, are
bleachers it ran, with spectators Mother and Chil 4 that the defendant had com- | double the interest in learning im- plied most effectively and the best 3200 unskil B"” workers, such
falling over each other in a rush ted a grave crime by operating Proved methods of fruit growing orcharding methods must be adopt-| as seamstresses, charwomen, elva-
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to get out of the way. { hrown from Car a car on the highway after partak- thi winter : ed, or profits may be slln tor operators and messengers, who
EE —,-~— ing of intoxicating liquor and that This was the observation of The short course will include! now receive from $39 to $52 a
GOOD TRICK — he was sorry that under the law he Fagan, pomologist at the ny nothing but work in fruit growing month, depending upon the county
Practicing one trick, Robert Tyrone Woman and Baby gus unable to give a more severe vania State College. A special four- and will be of esp value to! in which they live
. Seth po i sen . e sald drunken driving weeks short course is being offered young orchardists and operators of 36.405 unskilled “A” workers, suc
Benson, 18, of Akron, Ohio, un- ve Miraculous Escape se e. He sald ; 1 . :
intentionally performed another. Have : : P will t be permitted in that county. | from November 19 to December 17 commercial orchard: The weeks! as general laborer: cloth cutie
He s flipping a half dollar From Death The District torney outiined the by the department of horticulture,’ will be packed full of lectures, di housekeeping aides and watcl
into the air and catching it with —— case. stating that Pendleton was In which the most effective orchard cussions, and actual practice in who now receive ftom $4290 to
A voune Tvrone mother and her! the exist work-relief budget. IL prac for t region will be cov- handling and storage marketing, $5720 a month
his teeth. Presto, and Robert was A young Tyr mother and her | the exi f ; T %% 3 fiat
surprised to note that the coin baby had a miraculous escape from Continued on Page Eight) ered | Continued on Page Siz) 11.118 intermeciale workers ici
; sath Thursday afternoon when
had vanished. It cost him more death Thursday a \
thev fell from y automobile run- ;
than the coin was worth to visit they fell from an a 1 z :
a hospital and have a physician | ning between 40 and 45 miles ar ™) h, nN, h Y
i our on route 220 just west of Ty-
retrieve it from his stomach. hour on route 220 ju TY
sn—— rone A -
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NO Ww ON DER! Mrs. Lillian Brisbin, 18 i H
3 a . lattghte 31 _ 2 tumbled
daughter, Sonia Ieee, 2 imbied ———————— ———
Mystified by the unusual quiet from the automobile together when The tale of the cave-dwelling pa- a several aged Quakers died of fatigue
reigning in the back seat sup- |... , ther in trying to latch a rear fet of Hig! v lies which seen remained, but, generally speaking, i was on ihe (rack like Uie Diack she- ar ex oF e £ aa TT
posedly occupied by his wife and door at whic » child was stand- cifists of Ligh fal Be 1 3 Jet he world has been made better by | wolf he caught the year before, who ¥
daughter, H. Clay Gott, of ing turned handle the wrong wonderia ¢ vig ne Ar we tr - a ale her way hrough opper wire . Nowadays wese histor aves of
" n Mig. A - Lgl 11 a4 4 story which rivals no stirring babes Sabi " eh Samak igh Valley are shown to hikers bs
Springfield, TIL, investigated | Co ‘ori flung the door open. | BOY Ne so-called Orangevill ung teh thereby letting him know she had a | High Valiey are shown 10 hikers b
Py d they : “ wh te ane evenis of the S0-CalieQ ANgEViL fttle family somewhere under the mountain folks
and, to his surprise, foun 3 I'wo passing autos barely mussed| uo i boil Wr vil War 9 on 4 irl it f ¥ | under a
weren't there, He had driven off |," ° ! Kio ig Oe a Svs w W | and i v "that ee) stump During Prohibitions “noble ex-
gi ‘ >olumbia county, writes enry "aA : 3 : " a DRPirnant * the rohE Doss _
without them after stopping at Mrs. Brisbin clutched her child Tamia so : 3 4 a Ck EAS she hiding ace was only to be known Ten das later tall sant | PETADEN | AVES were somelimes
1 i | prog , | Shoemaker in a recent issue of the y GAYS ater, a a gaunt wed for monnshin or High Valley
a filling station several miies when th latter fell, and provided | Altoona Tribune to his sweethear and she would starved bearded youth staggered ud ” for mi shin 8 Wh alley
back. | her protection from more serious)“ Co LL 4eares it was a D¢ Fesponsibie for feeding him. On| into Powlersville and surrendered | ans Su al A A
Cc injuries. The young womans Sah | aay uence which mad an appointed night, just before Lhe Then the old marshal ordered a ro ne BS A On 1
y } ’ ; 5 ence nich ai aes . bosa-tnratilh " rande Charires in th urs
SEVERE CRITIC | er, Joseph Stouffer, also of Tyrone, | pe ‘hardy EO a cers of High draft board met at TFowlersville, wholesale roundup of pretty dark = by pr hy Be CY . by |
| an tly -l & rdy 1 iaineers of a v ! inh Jags . . r in th Ips, a concoction of aro-
Mildred Sessums, 16, of Dallas, | who was diving, Yoe'mem 1 Ale) Valley, a scenic region resembling iater called Ingleby, every boy Oi fis and soon ihe conspiracy was matic herte ana waa eran’ app
Texas, whipped up a cake—the |loona hospital 4 ib | Swiss upland pastures, feel that war | Dilitary age dropped out ‘of sight. anid fhe marving boys Mock= 1 ogoms. It was served to the
. | 3 oth suffere asibie | i ” Ls } { of Lis shot, all a 4 o hr
third she ever baked. She didn't | The moti vy right hoiR og and | And killing were wicked. It was draft the Haddies or clase ®d i0. Nobe of them were shot. all | op, vivania Alpine club when
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like the looks of the icing, so
she didn't take it along to the
state fair. But after one look at
the cake exhibit, she scurried
back after hers. It took the blue
ribbon. |
WINS FELLOWSHIP
FOR STUDY OF FOODS
James R. Oyler, of Gettysburg, a
graduate student at the Pennsyl-
vania State College, has been a-
warded a research fellowship to
continue his study of foods in the
College laboratories
The grant was one of five similar
fellowships established in the Unit-
ed States by General Miils, Inc. of
Minneapolis, Minn
According to Dr. R. Adams Dutch.
er. head of the department of ag-
ricultural and biological chemistry
at the College, Penn State {5 the
only eastern institution to receive
this recognition
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Cresson Woman, 80, Killed
Mrs. Mollie Hall, an 80-year-old
Cresson woman who made her home
with a sister, was almost instantly
killed Sunday night when she ran
across the highway near the Cres-|
ron borough line and was struck by
an automobile driven by Walter 8
Criste, of Altoona, Police reported
that the aged woman was on her
way. unaccompanied, to a nearby
church.
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Dads’ Day at Bucknell
Dads’ will be celebrated a)
Bucknell University on Saturday,
uv
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Day banquet will be held in Davis
| erous brush burns of
fracture of |
brush burns of the hips, face and]
hands while the baby received num- |
the body. Both |
harged after treatment
Linesman Saved
By Safety Belt
Former Bellefonte West Penn
Power Employe Narrowly
Escapes Death
were disc
his |
Saved from possible death by
safety belt, Rennie Shilk, former |
Bellefonte West Penn Power Com-
pany linesman suffered severe neck |
burns when he came in contact with
a 4000-volt cable while transferring
equipment to a new pole at East
Emporium, last Tuesday.
Shilk, it is said, was up on a pole
when his neck touched the cabie
Made unconscious by the shock, he
dangled on the pole until fellox
workers lowered him to the ground
After first ald treatment, Shilk was |
rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in an |
ambulance, |
A resident i
of Bellefonte while |
employed by the local West Penn |
office, 8hilk left here abouil ten |
years ago and at the time of the |
accident was a member of the Em- |
e's home ig in}
porium crew. His wif
Centre Hall,
Mild Winter Forecast
A moderate winter with not much
snow ls predicted by A. M. SBtiner,
Mov. 1, with the Bucknell-Western| Cameron county lumberman, Who er were parted.
Maryland football game as the prin- | bases his forecast on a study of the
cipal attraction. The annual Dads'| trees. The heavy foliage this year| would turn the children over to a
indicates, also, that the winter will
‘Mystery Kids’ |
| Children Were Abandoned on
gymnasium, Saturday evening. | be a healthy one, he says.
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His Visit Is Prolonged - In Jail
Ralph Waldo Wright of Perry, Crashed through a red light,
county drove to Harrisburg last! Went the wrong way on
week for a short visit that is be- | streets;
ing prolonged-—in jail. Made an illegal left-hand turn;
Police say their guest is Drove with a learners permit
held because he: which expired In June, 1940;
Collided with 16 other vehicles, in-| Failed to transfer his
cluding a bus and a truck; plates to the car he was
Brushed a patrolman off the run-| from one he had owned before,
ning board of his car three times, Wright will probably board at the
as he sideswiped other automobiles; | State capital for some time.
being
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Boalsburg | Produces
SEITE
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Agricultur
tural oddities in mass produc
sd ough” weigh in the neighborhood
Last Wedn y morning Rev. L. J. of 240 pounds, according to Rev,
Kauffman and Cyrus Wert went out| gayftman. Five of them are grow-
for huckleberries. They
man's garden is a pumpkin stalk—' weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces,
Here's a School-Going Family
Ms. Florence Stahl, of near Tur-| Turbotville-Lewis High School, Hil |
botville, has the distinction of hav- da, a senior; Lorraine, a junior, and | while lost for two days In a desolate,
ing all her eight children in school. Myron, 14, a sophomore, and in the area in an unoccupied section of |
and | the city near 8hamokin Creek east!
In the order of their ages, they are grades, Ruth, Melvin, Clair
studying as follows: At Susquehan- Patricia Ann, the youngest just re.
na University, Robert, a junior; at! ceived into the first grade,
returned | ing on six feet of the stalk. Not far)
with 20 quarts—some kind of a new away in the same garden a head of |
record for October 8. In Rev, Kaufl- cabbage was picked recently which]
IWO | that city. tangled at the Main and]
license hart machine which was traveling
driving | north on Hanna street collided with
e Odds
Ito everyone who has seen it. The]
Boalsburg is turning out agricul-|a single one—with 18 ple-pumpkins |
tion. | on it. Sixteen of those “pies-in-the- |
Yet, as Judge Felix Frankfurter the books” one old provost marshal
said the other day in Washington told this writer back in 1905 This
“Wars are a quick way of fixing Same oid provost marshal, who 1s
things If one walls for the wrongs still remembered not 100 pleasant.y
in High Valley, would have made a
of the world to come right by them-
selves. it may take centuries. The 800d intelligence officer, as he pick-
Civil war ended slavery in four ed out the tallest, darkest-eyed girl
| years.” in the Ingleby section and placed
War is a surgical method of cut- her under arrest
ting out human sores but some-
times like in World War No, 1, scars
She was hysteric
ical mountain
1, odd for a sto-
#0 he knew
girl, ne
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Are ldentified Succumbs at 91
Mr
ed Family, Former Belle-
fonte Resident
Grounds of Polk State
School
“Sis” and "Sonny." the “mystery Mrs. Rachel Belle Beck, who after
children” abandoned at Polk state! her marriage with W. PF. Beck in
school on October 4, have been iden- | 1872, resided for a while in Belle.
tified by a Curwensville saw mill fonte, died at her home in Lock
operator as hig grandchildren, po- Haven, Sunday morning, after a
lice report week's illness. She celebrated her
The children were found at dawn | 91st birthday last April 8
on the grounds of the Venango! Born in Mackeyville, Mrs Beck
county institution by a night watch- |
man. A slip of paper pinned to the
| girl's dress identified her only as
“Sis” and the boy
| labeled “Sonny.”
Clarence Purdue of Curwensyille
| recognized a newspaper picture of
| the three-year-old girl and four-
| year-old boy as Elinor and Clare
| Purdue, the children of his son,
i Donald Purdue of Cambria county
Purdue said their mother and fath-
was the former Rachel Belle Brady,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons
Brady of Mackeyville S8he was the
last survivor of her particular
branch of the famous Brady fam-
ily, associated with the early, pion-
| eer history of Central Pennsylvania,
Her great-great-great-grandfath-
similarly was
Brady, to whom a monument! was
erected at Muncy in 1878. Mrs. Beck
was present at the unveiling and
the vell was drawn aside by her
brother, later the Rev. Lyons Mus-
sina Brady
William Perry Brady, a hero of
the War of 1812 and Mrs. Becks
grandfather settled at Mackeyville
after his return from the crucial
battle of Fort Erie with Commodore
Oliver H, Perry, where he carried
Officials said that they probably
county welfare society.
Truck Slightly Damaged
A light truck driven by Eugene
| Bampsel of Bellefonte, R. D. 2, trav.
jeling west on Main street, Lock
i Haven, and a passenger car oper-
ated by Mrs. Harry Gearhart of
ficers of the Trippe rowed
their ship, disabled in the battle.
Mis. Beck had one brother and
three sisters, all of whom have
been dead for some years, Her bro-
ther was a Methodist minister who
served churches at Williamsport and
i other Central Pennsylvania cities,
| Hanna intersection last Wednesday.
Sampeel was passing another car
near the intersection traveling in|
| the same direction, when the Gear- |
it,
Freak Corn Stalk
E. M. Day, of Cogan Station, last
week discovered in his cornfield a|
freak cornstalk, which is a surprise |
Lockport; Miss Jennie, of Mackey-
ville, and Mrs. Joseph Allison, of
Clintondale.
8he lived at Mackeyville until her
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corn in the field was cut in 8ep- |
tember, and this one stalk has since |
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the battleship Trippe's flag to Per-|
ry in a small boat in which the of-| of Clawson, Mich; two daughters,
from Mrs. Clarence R. Weidhahn, Lock |
being absyxved by agreement
Pioneer Woman Woman Stricken
os ol
y join
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stormstayed in a High Valley cabin
Workers In
Will Receive
hly Pay Raise |
All Project Workers Making
Less Than $90 a Month; Scales Worked
ounty Population
as assistant teachers, cooks, carpen-
ters’ helpers and cloth markers, who
now receive om 852 to $6890 a
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11630 skilled workers
artists, bricklayers, cabinet
carpenters
such as
makers
anid crane operators who
now receive from $6760 to $80.70 a
month
More than
fessional and technical
as accountants
and librarian who now receive
$68.90 to $0490 a month
In
an half of the
9 Bar
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worker:
aentist dra
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from
announcing the wage increas-
es. Hunter said he did not expect
to ask Congress for any additic
money at and 1
boosts wil be take
niinged on Poge &
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Woman Saves
Pennsy Train
Flags Freight When Wind
Blows Poles Across Rail-
road Track
An alert Northumbx
housewife flagged a {reigh
train near her home T wit
ar T vise€ red flannel ign
and averted what mig have bee
a serious wreck
aster Helnbach, of Raub
ir Middleburg heard a
the track before a
z Rallr Tel al Var
due 0 pass her home nd
two telephone poles had w
at he
ied to 1 hone
the Sunbu ana
ch wa Nsyuc-
58 “d it the t
and flagged wn we freigl her-
self
Engineer E. K Price, father of
Samuel Price of the Sunbury
Item, al © Ar Crew were
able to oof : Wp ten or twelve
car lengths om the felled poles
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$65 Damage in 3-Car
Accident at College
a regiment of sharpshooters OPPO- | ubout 20 years ago, while the oid | An estimated $65 damage resuited
site Petersburg grandmother a little dark girl on from a three-car tangle in Sta
Quaker beliefs were back of the ber knee, told of the thrilling times College about 12 30 o'clock Su 2
Orangeville rebellion. A Jog fort when ghe had slipped away every TECFTL 08 when a Sai driven by wil-
was built in a field to meet the night with victuals for her pacifist ra « Jpoer. of West Beaver ay
uardsmen sent from Harrisburg lover Boomegddinidie Buia diih
but af a premature skirmish, the cave was the home of a ue, gunay Khe Tea 2 2, Tachine
rebels” were mowed down and the [a of black wolves which kept | timore ‘Md “parked on the north
survivors sent 10 unwholesome Port pet pestering the boy to get in. This | un of the street oly ii
Mifflin, near Phlladeiphia, where (Continued on Pope Seven) | From there the Bower car car-
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{struck the parked car of Criss
386 Scouts And | Guanionis of the Campus Restaur-
{ant, narrowly missed another on-
Returning Home Leaders At Camp 2% motorist and swung back
{into the traffic lane
. W. F. Beck, Last of Not- Mrs. Mary Welsh Dies After
er was the renowned Captain John!
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Attending Services at Seven Mountains Scout
Mill Hall Camp
Stricken suddenly as she was rid- Three hundred and eighty-six
Scouts and leaders attended the an-
ruai Wall-Ga-Zu of the Juniata
Valley Council, Boy Scouts of Am-
erica, held this past Priday and
Salurday at the Seven Mountains
Scout camp at State College
The majority of the Scouts are
rived in camp Friday evening and
used every building and tent avail-
ing home from the special mort.
gage-burning service Sunday after
noori at the Mill Hall Church of
Christ, Mrs. Mary Allison Welsh,
60. of Lock Haven, died before she
could be admitted to the Lock Have
en Hospital where she was taken
as soon as she became {ll
Mrs. Welsh, a native of Clinton-
dale and a resident of Lock Haven able. A heavy rain that evening
many years, was with Mrs. Emma caused the cancelling of the big
P. Hickofl and her son, Ralph J. campfire i
Hickofl, deputy county treasurer en- | gaturday morning the Scouts were
route from the largely-atiended ser- up bright and early and cooked
vice
Her death resulted from an inter.
nal hemorrhage, according to Alder-
man T. Mark Brungard, who con- |
ferred with doctors after he was
called to act as deputy coroner in
the absence from town of Dr. W. J
Shoemaker |
Mrs. Welsh had lived in Clinton |
county all her life, except for a few |
years when as a child she resided |
in Kansas. She was a member of
the First Church of Christ and of |
the Lock Haven Civic Club, |
Surviving her are a son, Jared A,
| their breakfast, At nine o'clock they
assembled at the flag pole for the!
official opening ceremonies
The morning program which fol-
lowed included a Green Bar con-
ference in the mess hall for alll
| Junior Assistant Scoutmasters, Sen.
for Patrol Leaders, Patrol Leaders,
Assistant Patrol Leaders, and Scribes
under the leadership of Charles M
Dannenberg, Scout Executive, The
rest of the campers participated In
a hare and hound chase with Phil}
lips C. Peirce, Assistant Scout Ex-
ecutive in charge. It ended in three |
trails with “Jimmy” Harmon and
Glenn Scott, both of Troop 40 Belie-
ville, and Kenneth Peoples of Troop
44 McAlevy's Fort being the wine!
Haven, and Mrs. Dennison R. Moss, |
Kendallville, Ind.; also four grand-|
children, a brother, John Allison,
ners. The “hares” whom they
and a gister, Mrs. John Nearhood, caught were: “Bud” Coble. Belle. |
of Kansas. | fonte: “Ken” Brown, Huntingdon: |
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at the
Welsh Funeral Home, with the Rev, |
Harry F. Rector officiating. Inter.
ment was made in Mount Bethel
cemetery, Nittany Valley.
to see Penn State beat Bucknell in
| their annual gridiron classic. After
| the game the Scouts went directly
| home,
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Advertising knows little modesty.
Classified Ads bring results.
Annual Wali-Ga-Zu Held at
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and “Steve” Domovich, Alexandria. |
After lunch the group left by |
| automobile for State College, there | camouflage of hail, the first snow
The crack-up was investigated by
Officer Roland Martin
FINE GROVE MILLS COUPLE
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bechiol of
Pine Grove Mills, celebrated their
| twenty-first wedding anniversary on
i Tuesday evening, October 7
| Those present were: Mr. and Mrs
G. Jones and daughter Nancy,
Boalsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grove,
Pine Hall; James Fisher, Miss Sadie
Dannley, Mrs, Roy Lauck and son|
Carl, Mrs. George Gummo and Miss
Ruth Gummo, Mr and Mrs Kelly!
Henry and H. Moffit. Bessie Gur-
dack and son, Walter, all of Pine}
Grove Mills Refreshments were
served. Mr. and Mrs. Bechtol re-|
ceived many gifts |
300 Without Water
About 300 persons in Pleasant Hill |
and along the edge of Point Look- |
out, near Philipsburg, were deprived |
of water for a day, as the result of
a break in the water main under |
Moshannon Creek. Blame for the
break is placed on the acid condi-
tion of the creek water, as a result
of mine drainage. The pipe was only
a few years old
Haul Water to Bridge
It is s0 dry in Montour county
that workmen building a bridge over
a creek, which normally has a width
of three feet, must haul water about
a mile or s0 as to mix the concrete
The bridge is on the new road link- |
ing Washingtonville and Jerseytown,
near the old Billmeyer Park.
Snow Falls i
Riding into Bradford behind a|
flakes of the season trickled down |
| Friday, turning residents’ thoughts
to overcoats, heat bills and slippery
sidewalks, There were two hail
| storms during the day.
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| JAIL
crowning blow came late
Random
EVN
TALE:
The other day a Philipsburg girl
was found asleep In the rest room
of a Philipsburg theatre, She was
sald to have been intoxicated. The
local gendarmes were summoned
and the girl vas taken before a Jus-
tice of the Peace who imposed a
fine of 85 and costs of $650. The
girl either couldn't or wouldn't pay
“ & 1.6 snr . “
50 The Law bundled her into a car
and brought her to the county Sail
here for ten days. The county will
have to pay justice's costs of $6.50;
$1565 the constable charged for
bringing the girl to ll in Belle-
fonte, and for the girl's keep in the
county jail for he
crime had been ig
about we'd have y
about the expense ;
to this corner it
harvest for The Law
payers, as usual t
UNION VOTE:
According tw
he Pittsburgh regi
he National Labor
reports
oMices
lations Board
Whiterock
early
of
neia
POYES VOL-
Jiaon
baliols
anc
endous. As to the piccolo, you can
write your own ticket. They never
mpressed us.
PROBLEM :
We've read a number of books on
child care, but they never seem 10
tell you how to answer the questions
that actually happen. For example
what do you do when child No
gd No. 2 both want to sit
same small rocking chair at
game time? Being smart we
t we had the answer. Bor
penny {rom we
ned what tossing a coin mean
impressed on both that they'd
+ 10 abide by the decision of th
The coin was Ripped
No. 2 won. Child No. I
the joss In good grace, wandered
of room, and we returned to a
al of the war feeling tha
business of being a parent js simp»
i you know how. Just as we were
tting comfortable Child No 1 re-
turned from wherever he had gone
ang chil
the
i
on
~
rowis
expiai
ang
Tei
wail
tax
$ dhe
+ ES
{ to think over the situation. He de-
clared: “Now, lel's toss the penny
again!”
SINGER:
Miriam Rhein Penn State Co-ed
who was chosen 10 represent that
college on the Hour of Charm pro-
gram in New York Sunday night
sang “The Things I Love” one of
the numbers she sang at the annual
dinner of the Bellefonte Chamber
of Commerde here last Thursday
night. Some who heard both rendi-
tions of the song think the C. of C
performance was belter. A few sald
the radio version was more ap-
pealing. This department likeg both
versions, but we always prefer the
personal appearance.
| CONCERTO:
“The Concerto in B. Flat,” origin-
ally written for the piano we're
told, has become so popular on the
radio that if will soon lie dead and
| unmourned in the same dismal pi's
into which “The Beer Barrel Polka”
| the “Hug Sut Song” and all other
overworked tunes come to sooner or
later. Over the radio jast week we
heard the Concerto which was, as
we've mentioned before, written for
the piano, played (1) on an organ;
{ (2) by an orchestra; (3) by an ac-
cordion; ang (4) by a band which is
Just two banjos away from being a
genuine hill<biily group The
in the
week, however when a careless twist
of the dial stopped the needle on a
station over which someone was
| singing words to the thing!
| TRIPE:
Bellefonte borough has on hand
10000 sets of tickets to be handed
out for parking violations... Some
motorists complain the rough sur
face of the Bellefonte-Dale: Sum-
mit link of the Benner Pike tears
(Continued on Pope Siz)
become ambitious and from the)
roots has sent forth at least a dozen |
| PETER PUB
LIC—It Just Takes Encouragement!
| sprouts, green and flourishing. No |
one appears to know whether the |
long hot period might have influ-
enced the plant.
}
i Exposure Fatal
| George Fortner Spondenburg, 74,
| veteran Sunbury motorist and re-|
{tired Pennsylvania Railroad con-
| ductor, died in the Mary M Packer |
Hospital, the result of exposure;
:
|
H
i
of the abandoned Pennsylvania
Railroad's RP yard,