1,000 COPIES EACH WEEK; LARGEST CIRCULA- TION IN COUNTY, = —_—, — R= he Cenfre Democrat — on PAG 8 FOR AND ES OF COUNTY NEWS WEEKLY FEATURES THE ENTIRE FAMILY VOLUME 60, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURS ” 21, DAY, NOVEMBER 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR NUMBER 48, School Office Goes Counly Natives to Business Block Killed As Fast New Vault to be Built for, Re-located County Treas- urer’s Quarters COMMISSIONERS TO | TAKE EXTRA SPACE Acute Shortage of Vault Facilities Given as Rea- | son for Change | in the set-up of county offices at the Court House were announced yesterday by the Centre County Commissioners, The changes were made necessary, it was sald, because of serious over. crowding in some offices, especially in the vault facilities. Within the next few days the of- fices of Centre County Superinten- dent of Schools F. Glenn Rogers will be moved from the right rear section of the Court House to the first floor room in the Heverly build- ing, North Allegheny street, be- | tween the Halnes shoe store and the Spigelmeyer jewelry store A new brick vault will be erect- ed in the rooms vacated by the County Superintendent, and the Treasurer's office will be moved into! part of the quarters the other por- ton, a small room which has been the private office of Superintendent Rogers, being reserved for the of the County Auditors The present Treasurer's office and vault will be used by the Commis- sioners for storing valuable records for which there is no longer any available space in the Commission- ers’ quarters The Commissioners said that the vault space in the Registers and Recorder's offices is rapidly being filled to capacity and that before many more years elapse, additional storage space will have to be pro-| vided ‘for (hicee aflices. ; A spokesman for the Commis-| sioners reported that the County Bar Association called attention to the (Continued on Page Four) 4-Year-Old Girl Major changes $ v recently Struck By Car Ruth Ilgen, Spring Mills, R. D., Painfully Injured at Centre Hall Ruth ligen, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Iigen, Spring Mills, R. D., was injured on the highway in front of the C. W. Boo- zer home in Centre Hall late Satur- day afternoon. The child was crossing the road from the sale of the household goods and home of the late John Dashem when she was struck by a! car driven by Mrs. D. W. Arndt, of Lock Haven. S8he was taken to the Centre County Hospital by Harold E. Brad- ford. of Centre Hall. Her injuries included fractures of both collar bones and a head laceration, but her condition is generally improved and she may be taken home in a few - - GE OFFICES AT COURT HOUSE Pleasant Gap Man Found Along Road Found lying in a ditch at the side of the highway in Pleasant Gap about 6:30 o'clock Saturday even- ing, W. W. Kerstetter, 79, well known | retired Pleasant Gap carpenter was BODIES removed to his home where yester- day he was reported to be recover- ing nicely. Mr. Kerstetter said he was walking | from Noll's store to his home when he fell on the road and rolled into the ditch He was discovered by Forrest Benford and Ray Noll atest ——— Eight Join Drum Corps Eight new recruits were taken the State College American Legion and Auxiliary Drum and Bugle Corps last week, The new members, ranging in age from 10 to 18 years, are: Jennie Intorre, Jean Mitchell, Mary lee Ulmer, Barbara Ulmer, Alexander Rupp, David Dawson, William Ishler and Rich- ard Livingston — ————— Lime Workers Hold Eledion Whiterock Vote For Union; 92 Ballots Against 82 ng to an unofficial tabula- vote Whiterock Quarries, Friday to determine whether empioves wanted the Unit. ed Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers’ Internationa) their sole bargnining agent, 92 workers voted against the union and 82 voted for the organization Four of the votes rast were chal held i at pany, and three by the Union In votes by employes now in the U. 8 Army. These voles will be received mail and will be tabulated by the National Labor Board in Pittsburgh Friday's was the second held n the same question at Whiterock 1 recent months An election held August 6 wag declared vold by the NLRB a contention by the Whiterock company that the sec. of the ballot had been impair- by Relations vote on recy ed The were mediately after the polis 6 p.m, in the presence sentatives of the NLRB, the Union and the company. Polls were located in the Grange Hall at Pleasant Gap | and voting was in progress from 12 o'clock noon until 6 p. m im- at repre- ballots counted closed of ——— a —— BOY SCOUTS TO HEAR TALK ON HEALTH, SAFETY | A mass meeting for Nittany, Mun- cy and Karoondinha districts Boy Scouts will be held in the Spring street school gymnasium at 7:30 o'clock Priday night, December 12 William E. Lawrence, assistant di- Employes | ays rector of health and safety, will be Train Hits Car Crew of Train Traveling 70 Miles an Hour Un- aware of Crash ARE HURLED NEARLY 200 FEET Victims, Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer, Former- ly of Wolf's Store Mr mer and Mrs. William Meyer residents of Wolf's Store, met instant death at p. m. Friday 14, when their car was for- ’ November struck at Big Rock, Ill, by a Bur- lington streamlined train which was traveling at 70 miles an hour The Meyers live about twelve miles from Big Rock, and had gon there for the purpose of consi a physician who was treating Meyer ~ for a broken collar- houlder blade, whi October 4 an automobile their located suffered by from e to the doct taelr had was hit stepped Enrou awl June Grove hi left youngest cis tory EA with a married w aved he cident w discovered untij ti n reached Aurora, Ill. when ti trainmen made discovery and elephoned the operator at Big Rock pon investigation, the body of Mi: found 160 feet from the Meyer's body had {eet Their 1840 was completely dem h life. The as hot tral the been hu Buick car ed lish - Two identify law were calied fies, which were badly mangled that no other mem- sons-in- . the box Union as bers of the family could see them. : i Mr, Meyer was born and spent jearly life in Sugar Valley, so survived by two sisters, Mr. Allen Brungart of Rebersburg, and Mrs Centre | janged: one by the Whiterock Com- | Antie Deleamp of Mifflinburg Mrs. Mever was the former Susan need for gqdition. there were seven absentee Weaver, daughter of Mr. and Mr: Danie] Weaver, of Woif's Store, is surviy three brothers vin J. Jr. of Reberaburg: Ammen of Montgomery, and Orrie wis- consin, The deceased were both 57 years of age. and are survived hy three married davghters, a and daughter at home: also three grand- sOnNns Puneral services were held in Congregational church at Big Rock on Monday afternoon, with inter- ment at Kaneviile. It was one of the funerals ever held that section, the procession of cars esti- mated at three miles, which bore witness to the high regard the com- munity held them in, and the deep sympathy of all for the bereaved families. ang ed by Cal- of non the largest in > Allow Overtime To Mill Workers op JORRIAE ACT EAE MEI JUN I TEL a Cm RR CR ea Bs as ld a a a a EN his | is the Thanksgiving. an occasion for us most precious heri How fortunate snug homes, with t guarding at any p for the way of life tye Industry Locate af Mil i : ¥ Processing Plant in (Gamble Property Sunday afiermoon a commitiee from the Chamber of Commerce and a group from Bellefonte Borough Council met at the Gamble Mill West Lamb street. with Benjamin Gurks, of Rochester, N. Y.. and John Bloan, of lock Haven, who are interested In the mill as site of a soy bean processing plant Although the men reached no definite decision, Sunday, they indi- cated that they would have their engineers survey the plant and make an estimate of the cost of installing necessary machinery be- taking any further steps It is reported that the new tory, if It becomes a reality, could lemploy up to 60 persons without additional bullding facliities, The i plant would process soy beans into four, meals, and many of the other by-products of that kind of bean. frown Two Watchmen at Spring Democrat, Republican Mills Plant Receive Ad- justment in Wages — Two watchmen formerly employed Win Tied Elections lady luck smiled on a Democrat and a Republican, Priday, as the MULLS DHE & THe TBE DEES BENE ia LRH SEE THE LTTE « TTT HTT To Let Us Give Fervent Thanks! EVER before have we Americans been able to recall with more pro- found gratitude the origin of — and reason for — our observance of This Thanksgiving Day, 1941, is selves to all those ideals which the Pilgrim forefathers came to these shores in search of, and made our to observe this Thanksgiving in our simple joy is something worth safe- Today, once again, we give thanks the free and democratic way. i hy the! fac! 8] THOR ARR ORR TB to rededicate our- tage. we are, to be able hose we love. This rice. that is American Se BE gt HEE eH He DEE He SHEL HE 2 hE oT i $$ BH lL SE a ai May Santa To Visit ww Here, Friday May Establish Soy Bean! Pre-Christmas Trip to be Made by Plane; Other Yule Activities Santa's annual pre-Christmas vis- to Bellefonte is scheduled to be made tomorrow (Friday) afternoon it was announced yesterday by of- ficers of the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce, who are making arrange- ments for the trip Santa scheduled to arrive at the Bellefonte airport by plane about 3 o'clock, and will immediately board a small plane for a leisurely flight over Bellefonte as the guest of Pilot ‘Henry Noll. It is expected that Santa will wave from the plane those of his friends who are able Ww see him {rom the ground After a half-hour jaunt over town St. Nicholas will land at the airport and will climb aboard the emergency truck of the Undine Fire Company for a ride into Bellefonte. At the intersection of Bishop and Wilson streets, the caravan will be met by { the Bellefonte Junior Legion Band | which will escort Santa through the business district and to the Dia- mond where Santa will greet his little friends and may distribute a {treat to them. | Meanwhile other plans for the Christmas season are well under way ie 14 8a {and despite a threatened “blackout” at the William P. Groce Silk Mille Centre County Commissioners tos- The car went only half its length present. to speak and demonstrate | gt Spring Mills, have received $460 - sed coins to decide two tied votes and none of the wheels struck child, it was reported by police a the emergency service training health and safety in scouting Se = Moshannon Miner Has Leg Blown Off In Explosion; Ramey Miner Suffocated Logan Guneot, Seriously Injured, Is Victim of Second Accident as Car is Wrecked While | Conveying Him to Hospital [| ipsburg coal mine area, killing ome planned to put off man and seriously injuring another, shots. The first was fired success- | Edward Prosberg, 42, Ramey, was fully and Guneot was sald to have | suffocated in a slate fall at the Jor- entered the mine to attach dan and Mund mine at Ramey, and day by Frank J. GO. Dorsey regional | director for the wage and Hour Di- for burgess of Centre Hall vision, U. 8. Department of Labor, candidate had 149 votes (Continued on Page Four) State President Visits Elks Lodge Wilbur G. Warner, of Lehighton, and 05, as overtime compensation due which resulted in the general elec- | them under the Pair Labor Stand- | tion November 4. ards Act, it was announced Thurs-! Ernest Frank, Democrat, won the toss over Roy Dutrow, Republican, Each i tion. 1 crat. The official count of ballots : had given each man 80 votes. i ‘> H in the Sige. | { J. W Emenhizer, Republican, won | (tha office of Union township road | | supervisor over Leroy Hall, Demo- | i of the large community tree on the | diamond, it may be that Bellefonte | {will be as attractively decorated as {Continued on Page Four) | Hear Argument In Hoy Houck Trial | Argument in the case of Hoy K.| { Houck of Bellefonte, geeking a new | trial on charges of assault and bat- | tery and aggravated assault and | | battery and asking for an arrest of | president of the Pennsylvania Elks Car Wrecked When Tire Blows Out judgment, was heard Monday after- Association, paid an to the official visit Bellefonte lodge Monday i night After a delicious turkey dinner | prepared and served by the club | Mary Wade. Tragedy struck twice in the Phil-| with his buddy, named Boyer. They | Steward Cyril Moerschbacher, the |jeft arm; Mr. Warmer was the principal speaker Entetrainment during the dinner the | Was furnished by the Little Ger- {of the car was listed wires for the second blast. His bud- | Man Band of Lock Haven. After jospital, {the business session a social hour Logan Guneot, 28, Moshannon, was literally blown apart in a dynamite blast at the Cherry Run Coal Min- ing Company, near Moshannon. Fri- day. Guneot is a patient at the Philipsburg State Hospital A premature explosion blew Gumn- cot’s left leg off the body and near- ly tore the other leg off. Enroute to the Philipsburg hospital he was in another accident and thrown clear | of the car, Following his arrival at the hos- | pital in the Snow Shoe ambulance | sometime after 1 o'clock Saturday | morning, the amputation of his left leg was completed and he was ad- ministered two blood transfusions and placed under an oxygen tent Physicians reported his condition as “very, very gerious.” He ig con- scious. Guneot was sald to have been working at the mine Priday night dy estimated that Guneot was clear of the charge and made contact for the biast Boyer was described as dragging the injured man from the mine and {loading him into his car and start- ing for the hospital. Between the mine and Snow Shoe the car went down over a six-foot embankment and both the driver and victim were thrown out. Had the car gone a few | feet further it would have plunged down a deep ravine, The driver had to let the injured man lie there while he went four miles for help. The victim was as held in the club rooms The annual Elks memorial | vice will be held at the lodge home, | West High street, on Sunday, De- cember 7. The Elks octette will fur- nish music for the occasion. 'VFW Annual Banquet To be Held Dec. 6th The annual banquet of Jackson- |W i Foreign Wars, Bellefonte, will be held at the Brockerhoff Hotel at brought to Philipsburg in the Snow | 6:30 o'clock Saturday evening, De- Shoe ambulance Clearfield County Coroner Erhard investigated the miner's death and reported that no | inquest will be held. Frosberg ig sur- | vived by his widow and three child- | ren E. 8 {cember 6, it was announced yester- {day by the committee in Ramey | James J. Leitzell, Ray Allen and county, Wednesday of last week | Gthers in the party were Bill Con- Congressman James E. VanZandt, nell, Charles Gearhart, Harry Kauf- | crossing the road to go to charg®, | David Mumper. is scheduled to speaker. be the principal ser- | Crissman-Baylor Post, Veterans of | { with I =iree Centre county persons were { injured in the Philipsburg area Sat- iurday when their automobile bl a tire and overturned. Injured were iand Jack Conti, 5, same address, {brush burns of the mouth. Driver where they were treated, as Hershel Wade, Jr. Cars Meet Near Zion Damage totaling about $50 resul- ted at 10:50 p. m. Sunday when CATS | operated by George McAulley of | Lock Havel and W. T. Fulton, of { Btubenville, Ohio, collided on Route 220, four miles east of Zion. No! one was injured. The accident | happened when the cars sideswiped | while traveling in opposite direc- | i Sonis, | — Shoots Bear Bob Olmstead, of State College, =hot a young bear while hunting a large group in Sullivan man John Ruef, L. C. Madison, Marvin Pry, and Ed Bayard, *%¥ | counsel for Houck, and District At-| 39, Philipsburg, broken | s. Bara Conti, 40, Hawk | - two dynamite | Official meeting was held, and Mr.| Run, brush burns of the forehead, | AT8ued the case. Houck was convict. | in State College. } | at Altoona | | | {noon at a special session of argu- | ment court in Lock Haven Samuel H. Jubllirer of Altoona, | | torney Burritt L. Haag, who is pros. | ecuting charges against Houck, jed last month by jury of the two! | charges ! The court's decision is expected to be filed in the near future. Bellefonte Man Buys Picturesque Old Mill Roy T. Bloomquist, of East Bish- op street, has purchased the old Bailey estate mil] at Centre Mills, and according to reports will use the picturesque property for a sum- mer home. The mill is located along Penn's Creek about two miles west of Smuliton. Colt Struck By Truck A four-year-old colt, owned by Mrs. Charles Fox of Salona, was hit by a truck recently and injured so badly that it had to be killed The colt with the other stock was the stream for water when the accl- dent happened. Two Fuaitives ‘Woman Dies in Fall From Prison Are Sentenced ics CT Brother, Officiate Pair Begins Time For j : Break Within 5 Days Father's Wedding After Escape CAUGHT BY GUARDS AT PORT MATILDA Surrender Without Re- sistance; One is Con- victed Murderer f Pot of Bellefonte John F sey Bhore chu and Sr " Btamm rch day evening at a at the First Methodist r Bho TR Jury Refurns 9 True Bills Two Bills Found Not True As Jurors Near End of December Docket ur maining docket we. and ards, motor poll blood Disposition hounds began an immediate search | bills was but the task was hampered by rain.| True bills: Harry Adams, Youngs- During the next two days prison ilown, F, & B.; Burton Potts, Mor. officials ran down a number of risdale. assault; “ie” as fo the whereabouty of the two meh. but all proved fale About 8 o'clock Saturday night prison guards Frank Parker and Jahn Strunk. of Pleasant Gap, were standing behind passenger s'a- tion at Port Matilda along the Bald Eagle bratieh. The two fugitive: peared. walking along the tracks ward Tyrone. As they came und light of a nearby street two officers slepped in hand The prisoner without resistance Both men had been warmly dress. ed for thelr outdoor wk at prison, and in their possession were found a muimber of apples (Continued of ind i | H violation Castle, Red Bank of vehicle Katl ; tides, burglary; onsburg James E violation Furl, Bellefon liquor laws lipsburg, assault ar A Orwig of vehicle Any. ar code J the code 1 3 Lt ap 10- the hy i - we ou on urrendered return Bellelonte rt ta roti Blake Warman adulter Burton intent to ravish 1 fhe - 0 ¥. a Coffee By Two cases continu Kantoski, Osceola ‘and David Lewis Lewis, Philipsburg and battery A chse Philipsburg utory lliness Fatal To John Hartswick Retired Bellefonte Postal Em- ploye Succumbs in Hospital and "| which Robert Pelion was charged with state y¥ Tape, was Tuesday the jury was considerin these two cases: Ear] Hogencamp and Harold Ream, both of Pleasant Gap, and both charged with fraud- jient conversion ir i settied John M. Hartswick, of State Coil- lege, well known retired Bellefonte postal employe, died about 10 o'clock Tuezday morning, November 25, 1941 (at the Palley Hospital, Sewickely, ‘where he had been undergoing treatment for the past eight weeks for an iliness which began with a stroke {was relired about eight Mr. Hartswick, for 31 years a rural carrier out of the local postoffice, year ago. He was a member of the State Col- {lege I. O. O. FP. the Bellefonte En- {campment, and was an elder of the Bellefonte Reformed church Deceased was a son of Henry B and Margaret Neidigh and was born in State College 72 year ago last November 4 He is survived by his | wife, who i8 a patient in the same hospital in which he died: three sons and a daughter, J. Millard, of Belle- fonte; H. Leroy and Harold C. of Baden, and Mrs. Glenn Sutherland. {of Leetsdale, and one brother, New- ton N. Hartswick, of State College. Puneral arrangements had not been made late Tuesday morning but services are expected to be held Centre Hall Woman Injured In Accident Bare Hands Harrisburg Man Enga At County Home Mrs. Charles C. Bartges, 74, Succumbs at County Hospital LEFT BED DURING ABSENCE OF NURSE Coroner Investigates, Finds Death Was Result of Accident r nb ‘ try { kler of M ’ a tie slept much repeatedly (Continued on Pape Five) a to— to APS veo t hair at their home i os wey of Beliefont nber of Mr grandchildren and great 1 were bapti oth Mr air health considerin Le LF cing years i miit———————— Injures Hand in Shredder Basi] Frank K { State College, ations of the left day morning whe caught In 8 corn shred was brought to t { Hospital for treatment 6 Bold Hunter Gets His Bear In Lycoming County With In Bitter Fight ges In Fierce Hand-to- Hand Struggle With Wounded Animal; Had Clothes Ri bear season came rush last Wednesday Brelz of Camp Hill Harrisburg who furnishes one of the most thrilling hunting stories recorded in Many years In a hand-to-hand struggle he downed a 3IWB-pound male black bear, but only after his clothes were all ripped from his back and his 35 caliber rifie was broken and bent. Bretz battled the bear with every available weapon, first expending all {his twenty bullets, then clubbing the {animal with his gun stock until | that broke, then with rocks and itree limbs belaboring the animal The “ in with a for James juntil, at last, he straddled the for! fest giant and slashed its throat Mrs. Sadie Weaver, 74, of Colfer, with a knife. {Suffered a fractured knee cap, fa-! The battle raged in full three and cial lacerations and numerous other ia half hours and covered several bruises Monday afternoon When the | miles of mountain land in the vicin. 1823 Nash car in which she Was | ity of Haneyville, Lycoming county { riding, driven by Mrs. Foster Ripka, when found bv his companions {falled to make the turn at the Har [four and a hall miles from camp ry Goodyear store in Colyer { Bretz was sitting in triumph stop The car plunged through a fleld ithe fallen bear, a weary but happy ind upset in the nearby creek, Mrs. | hunter Ripka was uninjured. | Mrs. Weaver is being treated for {her injuries at the Centre County | { Hospital, : Shots Slow Him Down The action started shortly alter Brelz became separated from his License Suspended { North Twenty-fifth street, Camp The Liquor Control Board at Har. Hil; J. W. Gosrett. Jr. and Clark risburg Saturday announced sus. Cregor. both of Mechanicsburg, R. pension for 20 days beginning No. D. Searching the underbrush, Brets vember 28 of the taproom license Pied the bear some distance away held by C. C, Alexander, the All.|8n8d opened fire. American Rathskeller, 108 8, Pugh| The bear crashed away through street, Slate College. the woods in flight, Bretz following i fellow hunters, D. Edward Ott, 208. pped From Back and pumping shells # which seemed unfazed In lade But the bullets them, were taking ef bear was slowed ar him. Undaunted by munition, Bretz {00 Using his rifle stock Breiz belabored the bear bleeding animal mustered = strength tt shake him tree. Then the hunter full two hours nt ae waited, a before that bear tumbled from the tree wl began crawling down the mountai Chases Bruin Bret: continued his pu {thie bear so weakened by loss blood from the bullet wounds, stop- ped. That stop was just long enough for Bret to straddle the bear ang with a swipe of his hunting knife, slash itz throat The battle between man and {beast began about 11 a. m. The {bear was dead at 2:30 p. m. And it [wasn't untill 8:30 Wednesday night {that Brefe' fellow hunters falling {to find him at the hunting cabin, [found him astride the bear after a search i the woods The four men dragged the bear to the cabin. a distance of four and a half miles in the space of an hour and a hall. There they as- certained that Bret shots had | struck the bear in the jaw, the front paw, right hind leg and had . creased its back. . — | Frankiln Miller and Joseph Chiston Port pb lla LLL See Tburglary: Joseph Chistorf™ Pore Ma- Married 51 Yecrs
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