1,000 COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY. SSI he Centre Democrat PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY a —————— Bu VOLUME 60, NUMBER 47. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR BAI 3,700 Dyositors to Public Hearing Get Nearly “$166,700 Fund is Largest in His- $1500 Loss In Firs tory of County, Sur- vey Shows NEARLY ALL BANKS | REPORT INCREASE | Distribution of Funds to he Made First Week of December Christmas Savings Fund distribu- tions in Centre county an all-time high of approximately | $166,700, it was revealed yesterday | in a survey of the ten county banks | handling such accounts, Approximately 3700 depositors will | share In the distribution of the funds during the first week of De- | cember, the average payment each depositor being about $45 Nearly every bank in the county showed larger Christmas Savings deposits this year than last—which | in itself was a record-breaker. The 1940 total was $147,000 The largest amount to be paid out by any single bank will be the melon to be cut by the First Na- tional Bank of Philipsburg, which | will mail out checks for about $87 - | 000, more than all the other banks combined. The total for the rest of | the county is about $79.700, which | is a substantial increase over the 1840 total of $70,000 For all banks, exclusive of Phil- ipsburg, the totals for vears prior to 1940 were 1338, $50.800; 1638 $57 500; 1937. $50650; 1936, $30,075; 1835, $36300; 1934, 838700; 1033 $40 460; 1032, $46950; 19831, $55,600; 1930, $53.921. : Bellefonte banks followed the general trend toward increased de- | posits this year. Last year's total in | the three local banks was $31500 This year the figure is $38.500, i Two county banks do not sponsor | Christmas Saving; Funds, They are the Rebersburg National Bank and the Farmers’ National, of Millheim Most of the banks now conducting funds expect to continue them next vear Payments Christmas Savings depositors are made by checks, which will be mailed out the first week in December. The sole excep- tions is the Peoples’ National Bank (Continued on Page Fight) - Historical Group To Meet Friday Sons of American Revolution Annual Dinner Scheduled at Penn Belle will reach | to | t to Juniata Chapter, Sons of the Am- erican Revolution, composed of members from Juniata, Mifflin and Centre Counties, will hold its annual dinner, Priday, November 21, at 7 P. M., at the Penn Belle Hotel in Bellefonte. The speaker of the eve- | ning will be Dr. Sylvester K. Stevens, historian of Pennsylvania Historical Commission, secretary of Pennsyl- vania Pederation of Historical So- cieties and 2 member of the execu- tive boards of Pennsylvania Histor- fcal Association and The American | Association for State and local his- tory. Centre County Historical Society is joining the 8. A. Rs on this oc- casion and an added feature of the program will be an address on some intimate history of Centre County (Continued on Pape Bight) -— Unique Public Sale at Lemont This Saturday A unique public gale will be held on the main street of Lemont be- | day afternoon when the playground | committee of the Lemont Woman's | Club will offer for public sale a long | list of items collected in an effort | to provide funds for playground | equipment at the College township | school in Lemont, The auctioneering team of Mayes | & Stover will be in charge of the | sale, and among the items to be | sold are a number of antiques, The playground committee, head- ed by Mrs, Kenneth Mayes, has launched a movement tg have phy- sical education included as a “must” | among the other required studies in | the elementary grades. But first of | all, an necessary. To date, through the sales of old newspapers and magazines, and | from other sources, the committee | has provided sufficient funds for! the purchase and installation of the | 3 swings, 3 see-saws, the volley ball | court, the basketball court, and the | gand box which for the nucleus of | (Continued on Page Seven) ginning at 12:30 o'clock this Satur- | i | the | water from { two-inch | covered by Billy | ticed the | part of the | Frank Akerson : claim this boy is innocent, | speakers, {upon the international situation and equipped playground is at Sta te College Despite | ened to spread roof of a double house at 424 West Fairmount avenue, State Col- lege Sunday afternoon brought under control in less 20 minutes The house pied by Gordon and family and 8. Krug, wag damaged to the about $1500, largely by booster tanks and a line used a brief per iod by firemen The blaze from a which threat- flames in winds the high fire re than William Dr. Ed- occ M gar extent of believed to have start- defective flue, wa: Gordon, 7, Wh playing in the ed dis- no- fire while yard Most of the loss the the occurred Ig house occup’'ed by Gordons. The Krug family | ture was removed Mrs. Ella G f Bellefon owner of the —————— a (ondemned; Held Innocent Anti-Capital Punishment Group Says Willie Jones is Not Guilty Gray o house “© nish : A photo in the contested case of Wilile Jones may be this week After more vear and a hall in Miice stations jails and prison, the young Alle- gheny county Negro, accused In June 1940, of the hoidup murder of in McKeesport, may be reaching the end of his jour- ney. He is now in the death house at Rockview. sentenced to die next Monday, November 24--unless once more fate intervenes in his struggle with the law Thousands of taking place than a and women the Am- erican League to Abolish Capital Punishment declared in publicity releases yesterday. While they neve er claimed him a saint, they insist {Continued on Page Seven) — —— men Two Holidays for Banks Bellefonte Bankers will have two Thanksgiving days, observing the Federal holiday today and the State holiday next week. The early holi- day Pederal agencies and by 20 states while Pennsylvania and 18 other i states will cling to the traditional fourth Thursday of November and serve turkey next week. a .,.,- at ‘Warns Countians of Possible War | Conflict Here Not Impossible, | Defense Institute Speak- er Says More than 400 Centre Countians | packed the Bellefonte courtroom | i last Wednesday night to attend the | Defense Institute sponsored by the { Centre County Defense Council. “Prepare while yet you may.” urged defense chairman Charles E. 'Preeman, who presided over the imeeting and introduced the guest Mr. Freeman commented pointed out that total warfare for {this country is not impossible. He {explained what has been done and what remains to be done in regards to national defense. Miss Cecilia Kennedy, liason offi- {eer of the American Red Cross; Dr. | Ross Cameron, regional medical offi- icer of the U. 8B. office of Civilian | Defense; and Sgt. Willlam Ryne, of | the Philadelphia Police Colege, who | was recently sent to London to study effects of bombs, were the speakers. Chairman Freeman, in reporting the status of the County Council, (Continued on Page Siz) Thursday. will be observed by | To Be Given Earl K. Stock School Board Sets Decem- ber 15 as Time For Airing Charges BOARD WILL SERVE AS JUDGE AND JURY Schad Wins Battle For Time to Prepare Case, Subpoena Witnesses A preliminary hearing for Earl K Stock supervising principal of the Bellefonte Public Schools, bogged down Monday night in a welter of legal-sounding talk and because School Director, Franklin B. Schad refused produce whatever evi- dence he has to support his charges that Stock has been incompetent persistently negligent, and has per- sistently and willfully violated the school code But from the maze of authentic and curbstone legal opinions expres sed at the session, called specially by Board President Horace J Hart. ranft to discuss the charges against Stock, came & UNRDIMOWS sion by the board to follow advice of the board solicitor and the Department Public Instruction, and grant Schad a full opportunity to present witnesses and other testimony In support of his charges. The public hearing is scheduled to begin Mon- jay evening, December 15, and con- tinue nightly until finished Schad’'s refusal to present his evi- dence was based on his contention that he wasn't given sufficient time to prepare his “case.” that he wasn't given the necessary blank subpoe- nas with which to summon witnes- ses; and because the board had nol otherwise followed the called for by the school code In such matters Schad contended that he has iComtinged on Pape Biz) nis A —— Nearly 100 Attend C. of C. Smoker Nearly 100 Bellefonte business men attended a smoker held in the Y M C A last Thursday night by the Bellefonte Chamber of Com- merce. The informal meeting was conducted by Mahlon K. Robb, pres ident of the Chamber A. L. Francis, former president of the Chamber, outlined the various steps taken bY the Chamber to Dave the proposed Veterans Hospital ‘brought to Bellefonte, He declared that if the hospital should be cated here it will be largely through the efforts of the Chamber, which obtained options on the site escort. ed federal representatives about the area, and otherwise maintained their interest ip the Bellefonte site Motion pictures of the burning of the Bellefonte High 8chool, taken by George McClellan; colored views of Centre county taken by Dr. E. H Adams, and air photos of Bellefonte taken by Dr. Nevin C. Jodon were presented during the evening with R. C. Blaney assisting with the pro- jection equipment At the conclusion of the program refreshments consisting of cider, pretzels and doughnuts, were served Undines Dine on Anniversary Present Purse to WwW. H. Doll; Newly Elected Of- ficers Introduced Presentation of a {William H. Doll, only living char. ter member of the { Company, Bellefonte, was a high- {light of the 50th anniversary party {of the Undine Company held Tues- | {day night at the Penn Belle Hotel, | Approximately 135 members and iguests of the company participated | in a turkey dinner at the hotel and then adjourned to the Undine home | on East Bishop street for a social | hour. Another feature of the dinner program was the introduction of the | new officers of the Undine Com- pany. elected the previous night at the annual organization meeting. The officers are: Charles Baxion, president; Paul R. Emerick, vice President; Russell P. Beezer, treas- (Continued on Page Seven) Named Chief Operator Miss Margaret J. Boyles, who from July 1934 to May 1036 was operator. in-charge of the Bell Company's ex {change in State College, has been named chief operator at the com- pany'’s central office ih Tyrone, it was announced this week. Since leaving the State post, Miss Boyles had been in the to te of a o- Altoona exchange. urse of £50 to Undine Fire | ‘Whiterock Employees To Vote Friday On Affiliation With Union of the Aqanroximately 180 employes | Whiterock Quarries will go to {| polls tomoriow (Friday) for the second time in less than 1ow months in an eflort to determine whether or not the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers Inter- national Union, an affiliate of th American Federation of Labor be thei: bargaining agent The result of the criginal election August 6 was nullified several weeks ago when the National Labog Relations Board in Washington up held a contention by Whiterock Quarries that the secrecy of the ballot had been impaired, Comnany officials stated that in opening the ballots cast by mall by employes in U. 8. Army service, representatives yf the NLRB in tallying the voles clearly identified the voter's names with the votes In any event the original election wis so close that even when chal- lenged votes had been decided, and absentee votes counted, the election W. H. DOLL OLDEST UNDINE William H. Doll, seventy-one, of Beilefonte, was honored at the 50th anniversary dinner of the Undine Pire Company at the Penn Belle Hotel last night as the only active charter member of that organiza- on hinged upon the ploye, whose eligibility in question, Had his lowed either wav (Lt Is the losing side would have filod rcuons The polling place tomorrow will be in the G.ange Hall at Plea Gap The nearony the Cimnge Hall the day, it is open at 2 open until tion of tae o ¢lock the poll close while official The vote will be ly, and unless Inritles i should be polls close In the event of the absentee voles issue, and in that case mination will not be the mailed ballots 1} ceived and counted { Vole of one em- was al- that ob to vole vole been probable € ant i» tavern located will rex to ole De ried and will held noon 6pm hour b tween 3 Wg are atl imme diat any im when PACE count wre results 0! win eq are elu- ie Kn baliot C108 may decide a election fina] deter- cettain until AVe Deen re- ing alone, for he served two terms eight years, as a member of Belle- fonte Borough Council In that body he held the important post of chairman of the fire and police committee during a period when the fire companies were in the midst of the modernization program which resulted in the department's present day high standing For many years owner-manager of the Doll bakery in Bellefonte, and in conjunction with that business he operated an ice plant and specialized in the man- wiacture of ice cream. At present his chief business activity is conduct of the ice plant, located slong the Bellefonte-Pleasant highway near the Forge William Doll is a native and life- long resident of Bellefonte His parents were Louis and Regina Doll Continned on Pope Siz) Blanchard Man Man Sentenced Is Found Dead In Gas Thefts Lifeless Body °F ound: Pleasant Gap Youth Ad- Hanging in Barn; Iliness mits Check Forgeries Cited as Reason for Act at Special Court Pranklin P Smith. 4 of Blanch- ard, was found dead in the bam of A resident of the Port Matilda aren appéared at a special session his sister's home in that community about § o'clock Tuesday night of court here Monday moming and The man’s lifeless body was sus- entered a plea of guilty to stealing gasoline from a company which had pended from a rafter of the barn by a section of hay rope. and it ap- employed him for 16 years and which befriended him when he was peared as though the man had stood a on an orange crate to affix the noose Judge Ivan Walker sentenced the Cente County Coroner Charles man, William W. Matis, 43. to pay Sheckler, of Milesburg, after con- the costs of prosecution, a fine of $1, ducting an investigation, found that make restitution for the gasoline Smith had died by his own act stolen, and serve three months in Discovery of the body was made by a member of the Frank Courter the county jail According to Pvt. Paul T Rudda, family, with whom Mr. Smith had made his home for several years of the Biate Police at Rockview, Matis had long been employed by A hasty examination revealed that heart action had ceased the McFeeley Brick Company at Port Matilda before he became {il The man had been seen by a mem- ber of the Courter family as late as and was unable to continue in his job. The company, in appreciation 3:40 p. m., it is reported, and at that time he seemed to be in his usual of his long service, gave him the post of night watchman, Pvt. Rudda health and spirits. He was known (Continued on Page Seven) “ey al Doll and Company officials that he is the only living charter member, but on the off- hance that some oldster who no onger resides in this area may have been an Undine, his honorary title for the time is being listed to the only active charter member.’ During his fifty years as sn Un- dine fireman, Mr. Doll at one time or another has held every office in the Company. {rom equipment dri- ver to president In addition, he once served as Fire Marshal of Bellefonte Mr. Doll did not confine his ser- vices to the community to fire-fight- w iieve Mr. Doll was the Cap £1 said. tice thefts from the gasoline tanks tof equipment, and a check turned | suspicion toward Matts. State Po- {lice planted a “trap,” and watched {while Matts drove up to the “plan- (Continued on Page Siz) «Santa Claus To County Sportsmen Meet at Clarence Dinner, Round and Square! { Dance Features of Entertainment The Centre County Federation of | Sportsmen Clubs held its November meeting in Clarence, on Monday, | evening. Wives and friends of the Clarence Sportsmen's Association, under the presidency of Andrew Vangor, served a delicious ham din- Santa Claus is to pay a ner | Christmas visit to Bellefonte by | After the dinner a business meet- Diane on Friday, November 28, at 4] ling was held in which president p.m, it was announced yesterday | | Derr extolled the work of the clubs | {and the fine way in which Clarence | had decorated their meeting room. | The treasurer has all bills paid and a balance of $148, it was re- ported. Each club was asked to consider | seriously a junior club and try | {Continued on Page Fight) Woman's Club To Meet, Monday {Other Christmas Plans An- nounced; Stores (lose Thanksgiving merce uished visitor at the airport and es. will greet the youngsters. Meanwhile other plans | Bhope has been given the contract | (to supply the curb Cheistmas trees chants as to their needs, { Lenore Morgan Martin directing. | Monday evening, November 24, n | the Presbyterian chapel. | The hour-long program also will The Drama department will pre- | sent a Christmas play, directed by | Mra, Luella Cheesman. Mrs. E W. Nilsson will have charge of the Christmas music. The American Home department is to be the hostess group for he | meeting. George Goodhart, 35 (above), Cen- tre HIN farmer, who lost his life last Wednesday when a raft on which he paddled into Poe Dam to retrieve ducks he had shot, upset, throwing im into the | water To Draw Loks To Decide Tie Votes Democrat publican n Cer ndidate towns? J Emen- Hall VOL Union hizer. Reput Dery at, each for road supervisor The candidates Commissioners in Ww LeRoy RO wican, and wT received appear ai but will may office the | be represented by persons chosen by ithe election bosrd or hy themselves If they Then the company began to no- | Visit Bellefonte pre- | ; A committee of Bellefonte’ lead | {ing citizens is to meet the disting- | i for the | | Yule season are under way, Cyrus i i t 24, fall to appear itis Wa Two Injured in Head-On Collision One man was admitted to the Centre County Hospital and anol! was treated there as result a motor accident Jackson- ville road. six miles east of Delle- fonte, Sunday a Damage was about Ww Wo Cars invoived er the of " on the fernoon to } $450 Care Howard Fike of H Car- srasht od hrad- te direc. operated by B. C R. D 2 and John roll williamsport on while traveling tions Kenneth Fike, 23. Howard n a passenger in the Fike car, Was taken to the hospital by Theodore 1shier of Bellefonte, R. D 2. He suffered an Injury to his Jeff knee and a small cut on the forehead Marin Craven. a passenger in the other car, was treated for a lacera- tion of the nose and injury to his left knee. He was taken to the hos. pital by Alfred 8. Kiine of Wool- rich Damage to Carroll's sedan was approximately $400. loss to the other vehicle, which was removed to a Bellefonte junk yard, was $50 EE ———— CAR OVERTURNS WHEN DRIVER NAPS AT WHEEL of in ont R . . N v Harry E. Comly, of South Atherton street. State College, escaped injury about 1140 o'clock Sunday night when his car overturned on Route two and a half miles east of State College. Motor Police reported that the accident happened when the driver fell asleep at the wheel The machine struck an embank- ment and rolled over on its side Damage was estimated at about $200 a a Grand Jury fo Hear 14 (ases [Statawry Cases Head List by the Bellefonte Chamber of Com- For Presentation Here Next Week District Attorney Musser Ww. Get- cort him to the Diamond where he tig has listed 14 bills of indictment | for presentation to the Grand Jury for the December court when the Jury meets here on Monday, Nov. ember 24. Sixteen defendants are involved in | {and is now conferring with mer- { the 13 actions. Of the 14 cases, six involve statu- | burglary: two two drunken | Y | driving: one assault and battery and | | 4 : one violation of the liquor laws. In addition, five cases are listed | or hearing at the usual session of | KS TO PAY CHRISTMAS FUNDS i —— Drowning Victim (Centre Hill Hunter Drowns in Poe Dam Penn Stote, Pitt Ready for 41st Game Penn Btatse 41st Lime Saturday in dates back to 1883 The Nittany Lion the Panthers 14 1 24. and two games a deadlock The Pitt was recorded College when the romped to 5 10-0 year an undefeate was upset, 20-7, by Pittsburgh. Th OL been abe “Smoky City Bob Higgins presen and Piu inn the ¢ will Pitt ian! the next have while downed imes losing having ended in Btlale vicu in Blue crory State Pan- last ry re 1939 over State White Last team thers Lions Pitt in when and anc vi d th at nave no the Nittany we nA t beat &iT ] 0 OE AV LY * 34-19 be upset Highway May Repave Sireels Bellefonte’s Business Dis- trict Slated For Im- provement in 1942 une xpected will Years Bellefonte came 8 steg he rebuilding through town Council passec ing the Stale Highway prepare plans for t ment of four routes through Bellefonte % While no indication as to the date of such improvements was given in Council, wher suthoritative sources indicate that the work is scheduled next summer and that the routes will be rebuilt on a perman. ent basis, possibly of concrete con- struction The four designated ording to highway map rather than by familiar rou bers. are as follows Route 346 Water streets Branch bridge nr and on High street to street Rout borough on street Route 58 (Continued on Pope Siz ————— —————_—— Would Restore Ancient Road when thoriz. Monday ur ition: au Department he improve- which pass resol H io for routes B0- ¢ codes ft num Willowbank from the rth to High Allegheny on ana Logan t reopt sireel street Ir e 107: East line to Allegheny om Linn Allegheny sireet street and to High Bishop street " ‘ n on TOM Perry County ciety Invites Centre Coun- tians to Meeting he Perry County Historical So- ciety has decided to help make his- tory as well as to record and preserve history, by inaugurating interest in the last link of a scenic highway from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, home of governors, to the Mason-Dixon Line, and even to our national capi- tal itself. This last link is from a point on the William Penn, near Mifflintown. over the Tuscarora Mountain to Ickesburg, Perry Coun- ty Pursuant to that the Historical Society will hold its quarterly meet- ing at Ickesburg on Monday night, November 24, and following the (Continued on Pape Seven) Court Allows Double Indemnity Judge Ivan Walker of Bellefonte, in the case of Sarah A. Rudy. widow [of George Albert Rudy, deceased, | v8. McCloskey & Company, yester- day in ah opinion filed in the Pro- thonotary’s office affirmed a ruling lof the Workman's Compensation | Board and directed judgment to be | entered in favor of the widow and | children of Albert Rudy in amount of $10,120.56. on an appeal from the Compensa- tion Board which found the widow jand children of Rudy entitled to | additional compensation since the man, a victim of a fatal accident { while employed by McCloskey & {Co.. at State Colicge, wag illegally | {employed because he was a minor. | Because of this factor. the heirs, (Continued on Pope Four) : Three Countiane Re-rated | ‘Three Centre county trainees were given fifth class specialists ratings Field, Texas, at the U. 8 Army Alr Corps tral g center, They were Charles Clarence; Luther E. Emel Howard, R. D. 1, and James E. Bruss, of Bellefonte, R. D. 1. Al {have been in training there since July 29, Historical So- the | The matter came before the court in recent re<ratings at Randolph’ | w— George l.. Goodhart, Dies in Attempt to Re- trieve Ducks BODY FOUND AFTER 19-HOUR SEARCH n> BON Firemen Trace Activities Through Evidence at Scene Chick Mills and some about 8:15 morning George old shotgun sedan nesday fr ry ¥ . ry iron Nas home Exactly 36 h later Goodhart's lifeless body was dragged from Poe Paddy Dam, state reservation tween Coburn and Milro who # hot 19 ¢ 30-acre Goodhart, 35- loaded his his Year Centre farmer shells into lock last Wed- drove away t of ducks o'c and C Nn ques ours by fire. had been dam { or though first-hand apparently happened Ge pa par y ode oft &» 4 tris left In h phenomenal 1 >, he Firemen from Bellefonte Centre Hall and Lewisto engaged In reh C State College who body gimme? which Goodhart's his last hou earth The man's family alarmed when it grew dark Wednes- day evening and he failed to home He had expected to be for the noon meal but his absence during the afternoon caused no alarm Wednesday night when he failed to appear his brother-in-law, A L Emery. and Blaine Leister, also of Centre Hall set out in search for ‘him. © Emery went 1 Pos Paddy Dam where Goodhart had said he might go to hunt ducks Arriving near the dam Emery (Continued on Page Siz) wn the sear for the n the ease with during were traced first became ties * or re. tum home . To Canvass For Red Cross Drive Announce Captains and Solic- itorg in Centre County Communities captaing and for the annual Roll Cal the Red Cross in Centre «¢ ommunities included College chapter have announced by the co charge. Mrs. Guy of mont. and Mrs. H A Everety Mrs. E 8 Forbes of State College Mrs. John Vandervort and Mrs F. Raymond Smith are State Col- lege co-caplains for the member ship drive, which opened Armistice Day and continues until] November 30 In Mrs Names of ere ot { recent) tie mm oF Stearns Penn and Haines L. V. Meyer, captain ed by Mrs. R N. Witmer, Mrs 8 McMullin, and Mrs. W. Swarm in Miilheim: by F. B. Malone in Co- (Continued on Popr Three) ————— town ips is assist Jailed On Game Charge Boyd Guthrie, of Bigler. Monday was committed to the Centre County jail for 25 days on a charge of vio- lating the game laws. Justice of the Peace J. Mac Pearce of Philips- burg imposed the jail sentence for an offense reportedly involving the use of a non-resident hunting li- cense 7 IMPORTANT Onte again we approach the Thanksgiving season. which will be properly obser- ved next Thursday by closing all business places here. As bas been the custom in the past. The Centre Democrat will be issued Tuesday noon This early edition is plan- ned in order to give our read- ers an opportunity to come plete their shopping from the advertising columns. By get. ting the paper into the homes Tuesda will find it a convenient guide for the Thanksgiving holiday buying, which must be done on that day as all stores will be closed on Thursday In order to take advantage of this early edition it will be
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