The Call to The Colors Is a Call For Dollars! let Your Answer To Bombs Be BONDS! adhe Cenire Democrat BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANI LL REDUCTION IN COU Impressi\ : Ceremonies Mark Logan Flag Raising VOLUME 61. NUMBER 1. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. NTY TAX Reduced Debt Paves TARY 1942, — pha Scene at Logan Fire House, Marching Club standing Flag Raising Is Held Here Judge W alker Sees All- Out Effort Necessary to Guarantee Victory ' A stirring ap seal to the people of the United Statss to exert “every ounce” of effort ta keep. the Stars and St:ipes flying was made by Judge Tvan Walker, speaker at fag- raising ceremonies held By ine Lo- gan Fire Company i noon Nothing short and an all-out determi feat the Axis forces will to guarantee victory declared. He pointed hat though the national emblem | fallen at Pearl Harbor, at Guam Wake Island, and in the Philippine there are many some people in the still are unwilling usual pleasures and | “It depends on all speaker declared, “Whether to be a long war or a short whether we are to win or loss exhorted his audience to take of what they have done for the na- tion's success in the war He « adv them to consider whether the (Continued on hPa PTA To Hoar Air Raid Plans For Schools A description of how air-raid piarms will be handled in the Belle- fonte school system will be given at a meeting of the local Parent-Teach- ers Association in the chapel of the Reformed church on Tuesday eve- ning, January 27, it was announced yesterday Another feature of this meeting which will open at 7:45 p. m, will be an address by Eugene McDonald newly appointed supervisor of spe- cial education in Centre and Clinton Counties, Mr. McDonald will ex- plain the duties of the position, which was created by act of the Leg- {slature in 1939 Parents are urged to attend the meeting if possible, since school of- ficials are desirous that the public be informed first-hand what steps are being taken by the schools to protect children during possible air raids. of an all-out ation be indications United St stock ge Seven) rss rsa ————— Judge Walker Upheld By Supreme Court A ruling by Centre County Judge Ivan Walker in the Bechde] estate was upheld by the Pennsylvania Bu. preme Court, in a decision filed at Philadelphia, Tuesday When the estate was being settled the appellant filed a claim for ser- vices rendered during the deceased's lifetime, The Centre County Court ruléd on the claim, and the ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court The costs, according to the high court, are to be paid by the appel- lant, Elks Marching Unit To Sponsor Minstrels The annual minstrel] show spon- sored by the marching unit of the Bellefonte Elks club will be held Thursday and Friday, April 9 and 10, it was announced this week. George Sheckler, of Milesburg, will be director of music; Captain Her- bert M. Beezer, of Bellefonte, will be in charge of the minstrel, and Mrs, O. T. Lambert, will direct the Gay "90's revue which will comprise * the second part of the show, Sunday, as | at attention. Sutton To Go On 24-Hour Daily Basis T ing ~nt fers, empl “ Skaters Drown © As Ice Breaks Man loses | at i to save i ife in Effort }oy Near Penn- sylvania Furnace too near open end of the oe nd a: the ice. Spectators about Williams assistance but al We tmo s acciden of age went to his (Continned on Po GETS NEW ge Eig nt J POSITION. . SHALLCROSS of West SAMUEL M Samuel M. Shallcross, Linn street, for the past 19 years a | resident of Bellefonte and for 17 years vice-president and general manager of the American Lime and Stone Company here, a subsidiary of the Warner Company, of Phila delphia, has accepted a position as director of research in the Philadel phia offices of the latter company and will leave within the next few weeks to assume the duties of his new post The management of the Bellefonte plant will be handled from the Phil- (Continued on Page Seven) said ar sother hoy | i 1042 campaign which will come to a! A = Building Work On School Ends Until March 1 Unfavorable Weather, Lack of Key Materials, (:iven as Reasons STRUCTURAL STEEL BOTTLENECK OPENS All But 300 Pounds of Flat Stock Scheduled For Rolling in February new Bellefonte wn closed * Work whool on the bulldin the High LS down 1 i x UrtfaveraBle nd lack of key gstaff, In background Is Logan od Igried as the rea- shut-down on the buliding tandstill for the steamfitters, plum- electricians are expected t steadily as long as ermal «+ ippoinf Mew (ounciman al Walizer Succeeds H. Mauek:; Boro Work- ers (Get Increase the wean- hile much progress securing structur building, #t the Bethlehem 8 week inf 5 being al steel is reporied Steel pany th ormed Con- actor Earl all ural teel, with the exception about 300 pour scheduled and sh early in that tru J plat rolling in Pebr ild be delivered on the site March. idicntion has been given as to L regula; ¢ when the flat steel mostly small wn d in ea Tian pieces used ax bases for colmns wey r girders and beams and as supports at joints, will be available, since the ment has ordered the mills roll any tock except for needs Conlinged on P 1 Dew is paced bs Nd Ir govern a fat = not to defense ape Five List Names of Tire Purchasers Rationing Boards Release Summary of Applications (Granted to Date ames wu wy age of Centre countians grant. permission to purchase new tires tubes by the county's two tire ning boards were released this ed and ratior week Board No. 2. with offices in Council Chambers, Bellefonte ' with John 8. Sommerville as chair- man, reports that of the January quota of 18 passenger tires and 14 tubes, 7 tires and 3 tubes have been disposed of, leaving 11 tires and 11 tubes to be assigned. Of the quota of 60 truck and bus tires and 50 tubes, 22 tires and 11 tubes have been allocated, leaving 38 tire: and 9 tubes unassigned Names of applicants granted (Continued on Pape Eight) lliness Fatal To Mrs. Grether Widely Known Pleasant Gap Spiritual Reader Succumbs in Philadelphia Mrs. Etta Grether, formerly Elta Harrison, widely known Spiritualist Reader of Pleasant Gap, died on Fri- day, phia hospital of complications Special Court Clarence Miner Whe Fatally Wounded Neighbor, Pleads Guilly Matella, miner, whog on 1941 shot and killed In the and Andy ence 25-year-old De Clar- ember 1, his neighbor, mistake ts of prosecu- the amily of his vic » two years in the county wd must forego hunting and in Pennsylvania for a per- K f or a was meted out to 1 by Ivan session of court | g after Matella ded gullty to a charge of killing man in mistake for game Before passing senteinx Iker commented that unfortunate are bound by penalties it Judge Judge uch cases but that law to im- y is mandatory, Judge Walker said, that hunters be absolutely sure of their target before firing. The court indicated that the sentence given Matella is the mini- mum allowance under State laws Game Warden Thomag Mosier, of Bellefonte, the prosecutor in the case, told the court that when he intervi Matella in the county (Continued on page sir-~Second Section) Birthday Parties Planned in County are wh 2 cember 8, wag past 70 years of age. wed For the past ten years Mrs. Greth- this area as a Spiritualist Reader, { a Spiritualist Counselor by the Spir- itualist church of Oklahoma City, : where she had resided for some time | Mrs. Grether was an accomplished : : ‘ musician, i layed Infantile Paralysis G ro up: Musician, having played solo cornet Launches Annual Drive Against Disease a Centre Hall Firemen's Dance This Friday dedicated to the battle against in- | | The annual dance sponsored by Jantile paralysis is again marshal- |... Centre Hall Pire Company will ing its forces for the annual “March : of Dimes” and for the social events be held in the Centre Hall-Potter . f! Township high school buliding in which are held each year on Presi- “ alt? { : Centre Hall, this Friday, January 23 dent Roosevelt's birthday to raise : ’ funds for the humanitarian cam- with Bob Lyons and his orchestra paign. | futnithihy fe music. dated n Mrs. Balser Webs, of Howard, | una and square dancing w county chairman of the Infantile be held from 8:30 to 1 o'clock and Paralysis Foundation, yesterday in| Sfresb ments 311} he, SOFved. Wbigong announcing local chairme the | ARO nf : n for icents each, tax paid. The public is | cordially invited to attend. The Centre coumty organization (Continued on Page Siz) per-, January 16, 1942, in a Philadel. | pal 1 sulting from an operation last De. | for intestinal trouble. She | ler had been well known throughout | having been ordained and certified | j (Continued on page five--Second Section) | COUPLE ARRESTED BY JAPS THE REV. AND MRS nw A Bg serve a mission of the Evang church, have been ar by the Xue in he Phipps, acoors ding gram received during the weeke: bs Barts Ha ¥ rest agl 4 to a cabie Re The Re ¥ years graduat Her £43 cr LYBNEeLCs SLORY Leer the efere volun China wife had thi LAR been decided they were » the Rev they mission field Nescopeck, w ges Vas serving WOODROW A BARTGES Saif ePpar was held tral Oak Helghts Evangelical Camp the couple, y iweered,. for Par Ras it looked » p diiton a1 yw or JT Youu in ae were ification of the and Mrs. Ba r families by Cordell Hull fContinned AITES riges Was ti Secretary gent of State on Page Seven) Local Postoffice Prepares For War-Time Emergencies Chances may be small that enemy bombs ever will sirike Bellefonte, but if they do. the Bellefonte postoffice won't be caught off guard Acting under specific from the office of the Chief Postal Inspector, the Bellefonte postoffice has made and is maintaining ar- rangements to give the bullding it- self all possible protection and to provide for continuing mail service from ano headquarters if the postoitice should be destroyed frst aid supplies have been aug. mented, and will be kept up to date Stamp and bond stores have been divided and are being kept in sep- arate places, so that a hit in one spot would not destroy them all A survey of available space in the city has been completed, and the postmaster has chosen a temporary in Pe \ instructions ther Photos Become Aid In Banking Bank Uses Camera to Record All Transactions First National Here Although the use of movie film in everyday banking practice may seem a bit fantastie, it has an altogether practical use in new equipment re- cently instalied by the First Nation- al Bank of Bellefonte For some time Loe banking house { has saved the daily listing and re- | cording of thousands of checks by photographing each check with a | recently invented device. The sys- { tem has worked with such satisfac- tion that the bank last month began making permanent picture-records of individual monthly statements be- fore they are sent to patrons with cancelled checks. | The new system gives the bank a permanent record for its files and for the convenience of customers and eliminates the filing of bulky record sheets With the new method of recording a operation the bank is now able (Continged on Pape Four) location amd prepared for moving postal activities event of an emergency The postmaster also is gathering keeping current a list of avail. Je trucks which might be pressed nto emergency service All postoffice furniture and equip- ment has been listed and a special ntory made of items which could rushed to any nearby postoffice he event of damage to the lat- plans to it in the tnver be in ter Tentative grrangements have been made for the postoffice to occupy the rooms in the Bush Arcade buiid- ing, West High street, formerly oc- cupied by the Bell Telephone Com- pany business offices, in the even! the present postoffice building at the eorner of Allegheny and Howard (Continued on Page Seven) Bellefonte Trust Company Elects All Officers and Directors Re- tained; 1941 Report Shows Increases N. E. Robb, president of the Reile. fonte Trust Company, announces that at the annual meeting of the stockholders held on Tuesday, all of the present board of directors com- posed of Francis H. Crawford, W. J Emerick, A. IL. Francis, G. E. Mec- Clellan, N. E. Robb, J. 8. Sommer. ville, J. H. Turner, C. Y. Wagner, and M. L. Wetzler were re-elected At the organization meeting of the board held the same day, all of the officers coneisting of N. E. Robb, president; ident: M, K. Robb, assistant to the president, and trust officer; E 8 Orr, secretary-treasurer: F. O mer, and H. B. Williams, assistant treas- urer and trust officer, were re-elected for the year 1942. In the annual report made to the stockholders of the company, officers reviewed the activities of the (Continued on Pape Seven) C. ¥. Wagner, vice pres- | | fonte after Wit | assistant secretary-treasurer, | the | Way For Lower Rate Three Local Men Injured in Crash Mofor Accident Causes Death State College Woman Is First Highway Crash Victim This Year rst death from a motor ace on Cenire county highwas raed atl fi OLY 42 wh of Btate nuary 16, 1 un Pape Seven) BRIDE AND Announcement has been made by Roy C. Witmer, of West High street, Bellefonte, of the marriage of his daughter, Miss Pauline Winifred Witmer, (above), to William E. Jen- kins, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jenkins, of the Plaza apartments West High street, Bellefonte The wedding took place 23, 1941, in the Methodist age at Winchester, Va. Rev. M. Balthes officiating were no attendants Mrs. Jenkins was graduated from the Bellefonte High School in the class of 1835 and for some time has been emploved in the offices of the School of Mineral Industries at Penn State. Mr. Jenkins was graduated from the Galeton High Schoo] in the class of 1932 and of St. Bona- venture College in the class of 1838 Six weeks ago he returned to Belle gerving nearly three monthe in the U. 8. Army, having received an from service. He is now employed in the offices of the Public Assistance in the Penn Belle August parson- with the There ! Hotel building. Bellefonte Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins expect to go to housekeeping in Beliefonte in the | near future. 11:48 o'clock en honorable discharge Department of | tution District Debt 2,000 in Last Years PAY-AS-YOU-GO JASIS A POSSIBILITY Re-Rating of Council Will Entail Extra Expense Fee nsti ( ut >bH SEE in Salarie x I “ to over $112000 curd Years During County has received the Ln Tax refund from the State 1040 1841, but It wa 80 DECLESAry borrow about road PUrposes Unde . ve and to row BRIDE-TO-BE Mrs. Elsie H. Noll of State College announces the engagement of her daughier, Betty Mae (above) to Scovel 8. Swan, Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. B. Bwan of Kingston Miss Noli graduated {rom State College High School and ‘from the Altoons Commerce in 1940. She is as a secretary by State College Mr. Swan graduated Kingstoh High Schocl from the Pennsylvan lege in 1841. He is em assistant district represen the Pennsvivania State Co A June wedding is plans a w- STUDENT RAMS ARM THROUGH GLASS DOOR Thomat R. Ramsden, of Washing ton, Pa. Penn State freshman, guf- fered severe lacerations of the up- per arm between ths elbow and shoulder during the weekend when his arm rammed through a glass Goo while he was chasing a fellow Bag 4 Ramsden, Who lives in Watt's Hall men's dormitory at Penn State, was admitted to the Centre County Hos- pital where the injury is reported to {ve responding to irealment, the in 1838 School of employed the Pennsylvania ative WORE od
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