The Call to Sh Is a Call For Dollars! The Colors i ghe Centre Democrat Let Your Answer To Bombs Be BONDS! VOLUME 61. NUMBER 10. — BEL LEFONTE, ¥ (FA THUR THURSDAY, MARCH 5 5, 1942, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. _— EE ——— I ——— ” - ——— REMOVE HALF OF PARKING METERS Council Yields to Every Other er Meter to Be! Taken Out; Two-Hour Machines Favored WEBER'S SEAT IS DECLARED VACANT West Penn Reports War | Conditions Delay Revamp- | ing Street Lights Yielding to pressure brought by scores of merchants and hundreds of citizens of Bellefonte and sur- rounding rural areas, Bellefonte Borough Council Monday night at a regular session sounded the death knell for approximately one-half of the 257 meters now in operation on | High and Allegheny streets. Without a dissenting vote being polled Council approved the follow- ing recommendations reached dur- ing joint conferences of the Fire and Police Committee of Council and a special] committee from the! Retail Division of the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce: 1. That every other meter on High and Allegheny streets be removed. 2. That three of the six 12-minute meters in front of the. Post Office be removed, and that two of this type of meter be Installed in front of the State Liquor Store on North Spring street. 3. That strict enforcement of the two-hour free parking laws be main- tained in the .unmetered spaces. The recommendation was approv- | ed upon motion by Councilman Paul | Walizer. Russell J, Lambert second. ed the motion. Councilman Walter Eberhart ask. ed that the meters be removed the following day, but Council President W. W. Sieg explained that the work | would be done as soon as men are available for the task. "They'll be! Bo out as S0OU as possible, of Steg The Council seat of John Weber, of the South Ward, was declared vacant by motion of Council, which has the power to vacate any seat if the incumbent misses two or more | regular sessions without reasonable | excuse. Mr. Weber has been absent for at least four sessions ang efforts to learn whether he intended to continue serving have brought no answer, it was reported. Mr, Weber some time -age. left Bellefonte to ac- cept a position in York. The other Councilmen from the South Ward, Harold D. Cowher and R. J. Lambert, were asked to make | a recommendation for, the vacancy, but they reported that while they had a candidate in view they wished to consult the solicitor before an- nouncing thelr recommendation They indicated that they would be ready with suggestions by the next regular meeting, Monday, March 16 Centre County Commissioner Har- ry V. Keeler, of Blanchard street appeared in Council in behalf of the score or more of families residing! within the borough who keeps hogs for butchering. Keeler said he's kept | (Contingyed on Page Two) 108 Sign to Make Model Airplanes Seale Models to be Turned Out by Local School Boys; Assistants Needed A total of 108 boys in the Belle- | fonte schools have volunteered to make a total of 100 model airplanes | for use by the Army and Navy In| training pilots, it was reported yes- terday by Harry C. Menold, Model Aircraft Supervisor in the Bellefonte area. The models will be made accord- ing to specifications furnished by the war department and an unusually high degree of accuracy is demanded. The models, fashioned of wood, range in size from 5 to 24 inches and are exact scale reproductions of planes currently used by the Army and Navy, the Dutch, English, Germans, Itallahs and Japanese There are in all, about 50 different models listed for construction, and the Bellefonte group expects to turn out two of each type. The finished planes must pass al inspections; one by Mr Menold, spection by government agents. Among other the planes will be used, in familiar- | izing pilots with the appearance of | various kinds of planes, so that they | know even at a distance the type, size, and Pationality of a plane. That | is the reason for high of accuracy, Mr, Menold explained, Mr, Menold has issued an appeal for men to aasist In Sokiuéting clas- ses. It is to have 20 boys in each class, and ors WH be | arranged at the convenience of in- structors insofar as possible. Inter-! ested persons are asked to get in touch immediately with Mr. Menold. Work is to begin as as sche dules have been phases of training, | Olewine Store Is | Sold to Clasters | The John I. Olewine estate hard- | | ware store on West High street, Bellefonte, [M. I. Claster & Son, proprietors of a chain of lumber, building supplies, land hardware stores in Central Pennsylvania | sociated in the business since its | purchase in 1902 by the late John 1 Olewine from the Daniel Irvin Sons, and who has been proprietor since 1910 will continue to manage the business. Since the death of the late John I. Olewine in 1910, the store has been in possession of the estate, { the heirs being Dr. Harris Olewine, of State College, and Mrs, Adeline Olewine Murray, of Bellefonte The new owners have announced that scme additional lines of mer- chandise will be added to the stock and that the interior and exterior of the store will be remodeled and re- decorated to some extent Claim Driver Was Negligent Coroner's Jury Frees Rail- road and Engine Crew of Blame in Fatality A Coroner's jury probing the grade crossing accident near Dix | Run, Tuesday of last week in which | Harry Cohen, 48-year-old Lock Ha- ven junk dealer was killed: return« ed a verdict that the accident re. sulted from Cohen's negligence James R. Hughes, of Bellefonte, foreman cf the Coroner's jury. de- clared that no evidence of carelcss- {ness on the part of the railroad, or {ol the fireman or engineer of the | P which struck the Lehigh Express truck, was produced. Witnesses who were heard at the! inquest, held Friday night in the! court room, Bellefonte by Deputy | Coroner F. L. Baird, of Milesburg, in the absence of Coroner Charles Sheckier, were: Mrs. R. M. Naylor, who resides on a farm near the scene of the accident; Amick. of the Pleaasnt Gap Motor Police; Samuel Miller, of Altoona, | {fireman on the locomotive and E. | H. Woodring, of Tyrone, engineer Witnesses related that as the east. bound express was traveling at be- tween 45 and 50 miles an hour along | a straight stretch of road parallel with the highway near Dix Run,| Cohen's truck, traveling in the same | direction as the train turned right to cross the private crossing lead- {ing to the R. M. Naylor farmhouse Just as the truck reached the cross- | ling it was struck by the locomotive and carried nearly a half-mile on the pilot fore the train was] brought to a stop {the baggage car of the train, was | | pronounced dead on arrival at the| Centre County . Hospital. At the Inquest Attorney Philip H.| | Joumatan, of Bellefonte, represented the nnsylvania Railroad, while Miss Penns Schaefler, of Bellefonte, took testimony in behalf of the rail- road tion to Mr. Hughes were: M. E. ' Rumberger, W. H. Baney, Herbert Auman, Jr., Jack Mabus and Harold | Wion, all of Bellefonte. EE EP To Collect Old License Plates At a meeting of the directors of the Bellefonte Chamber of Com- merce this week, the board voted to establish a collection center for old automobile license plates. The plates and other scrap metal are to be placed in the court in front of the Y. M, C. A. building, West High street, in a large bin to be provided for that purpose. At the close of the collection period the piates will be turned over to the Salvation Army, which will super- vise transportation to steel plants where the metal will be converted tor War use. -_ DEHAAS ELECTRIC STORE TO HANDLE FURNITURE The DeHaas Electric Company, | Bellefonte, which for nine years has been known as the Westinghouse | Store, announces this week that it will enter the retail furniture busi ness, The change Is being made because {of inability to obtain some electri {cal appliances, Bales and service of | Westinghouse products will continue | as before. | The store announces that some al- | terations will be made to the pres- ent rooms to provide additional dis- | play space, and that furniture of the better known manufacturers will be ' stocked. The opening date is to be 30d. | announced next week. | Por Victory: Buy Bonds, was sold last weekend ud SLUG’ MILL MAY BE | PYt. John M. | Cohen, brought to Bellefonte in | Members of the jury in addi- | Mileshurg Boy Complaints of Public Held for Using ‘Slugs in Phone “i: | war effort!” | Company Takes Action to, Curb Widespread Cheat- | ing of Pay Stations IN OPERATION HERE! Youth Posts $300 Bail For| Court at Hearing Before | "Squire Cowher W. M. Bottorf. who has been as- | In a drive to stamp out a wide. spread use of slugs In public tele. phones in the Milesburg area, Bell Telephone Company detectives on Tuesday arrested Leland Lutz, 17, of Milesburg, on charges of weing slugs in telephones The youth, arraigned before Jus- tice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher of East Bishop street, Bellefonte yesterday morning, pleaded guilty the charge and posted $300 bail for his appearance in court | Telephone company officials report that for a number of months an un- usually high percentage of slugs have been found In the coin boxes In public telephones in Mileshurg and warnings against the practice were broadcast through the com-| munity through merchants and pub- | lic officials. Drastic action was taken | only when the wamings went un- | heeded, a spokesman said, The prosecutor in the case against {Lutz Is G. B. Alexander, company | detective. It is reported unofficially that there is some evidence that a whole | sale “slug mill” for turning out slugs for use in telephones, parking meters, and other vending devices, | 18 in operation in the Bellefonte area, The slugs most commonly found a | thin circles of a dull grayish meta | probably steel, which show evid es fof baying be been punched out of Officials of the telephone ear | sald yesterday that additional pros- | ecutions will be brought if slugs con- | | tinue to make thelr appearance in coin boxes | 1.0.0.F. Lodge In | Annual Dinner ' W. H. Wion Announces Pur- chase by Camp of $3,400 of Defense Bonds Members of Bellefonte Encamp- | Iment, I. O. O. F., their wives and! i guests attended the lodge's annual | banquet at the lodge hall on West | | High street, last Wednesday night | Willis Wion, chairman of the ban- | quet committee, presided as toast. | master. HW. Loneberger, of State | | College, president of the Centre| County Past Grands Association, was | | ead of the committee in charge of | entertainment. The United . Brethren Sunday | school orchestra, Bellefonte, furnish. ed music and played {or group sing- | ing during the evening. | A highlight of the, event was an! announcement by Mr. Wion that the Encampment had putchased £3400 (Continued on Page Two) to | ephine Armstrong, Mrs. Clark Brew. | is resuming operations st Scotia | | License of Coal | Dealer In Jeopardy, John P. Kelley, Philipsburg, has| been called upon to present reasons why his license as a retail distributor | of coal should not be. revoked, it was learned today. Kelley is one of more than 400 coal dealers against whom the bi- tuminous coal division. of the De- partment of Interior, Washington, D. ©. has taken similar action, The Philipsburg man, and others named in the show eause order were cited because they falled to report] inventories of coal purchased and resold to the bituminous coal divi- sion last fall. Por this reason bitum- inous coal division officials doubt that they are bona-fide retailers and will move to revoke their license. Defense Meeting for Gregg Twp. Citizens A public defense fense meeting for all citizens of Gregg township will be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, March 10, in the school auditorium at Spring Mills, It was announced yesterday. The principal speaker will be Dean of the All citizens of the township are urged to be present, ; Spring Township Gels Payment State Treasurer OG. Harold Wag- ner reports that payment of $370.66| the has been made to Township School Distriot for Edu- cation for Defense. {this ernment want you to buy defense’ speaker pointed out. bonds and {help finance the war, | | Staff, Harrisburg, at a meeting of building up a reserve which [ings Committee at the Penn Belle when, it is believed, —— a ——————— ———————————— Rr S—————— A ———— ‘Defense Bonds Will Win War, Prevent 4 Inflation and Ease Post-War Slump What would be your answer to question: “Why does the gov- glectrical appliances and other are) ticles which are becoming scarce, the stamps?” { ~The reason the government Is in- Nine chances out of ten your terested in this “extra” money is be- “To finance the cause persons with extra funds will | hid high prices for what they want You'd be right, but only partly | And when any considerable group Actually there are three great of persons hegin bidding on an ar- | purposes behind the bonds ticle, the price begins to rise. That One is the one you guessed-—to is inflation. Carried to its logical conclusion, But of greater importance per-! inflation lowers the value of the dol- haps are the other two femsons:! iar. In extreme cases, such as in {to prevent inflation, and to build ' Germany after World War 1, money up a backlog of savings to cushion ean become worth less than the pa- the post-war slump. { per on which it is printed. The purposes of defense bonds! ‘The third purpose of Defense Sav- and stamps were outlined by Karl! Ings Bonds is readily understood W. Illigen, deputy state adminis. By buying bonds now when incomes trator of the Defense Savings are high, the average citizen will be may gome in good stead after the war there will be a | genieral lull while the nation is get- ting back into its peace-time stride Defense bonds are planned espec- the Centre County Defense Sav- Hotel last Thursday night. The nine county district lead. ers and the six prominent Centre countians who complete the com- | ally for the average citizen. He may mittee under the general chair-' set aside money regularly until he manship of Claude G. Alkens of has enough for a bond, or he may State College, heard Mr. Illigen ex- buy Defense Savings Stamps in de- plain a program so far-reaching that nominations as low as ten cents, un- it might well be termed the begin- ti he has enough for a bond. The ning of a new way of iife for count- stamps are merely stepping stones less Americans to bonds. if the accumulations of funds| The value of defense bonds is pro- { for the war effort was the only pur- tected throughout their life by the pose. the speaker sald, banks and Government Every precaution has | corporations would gobble up the been taken to prevent their sale at bonds as fast as they were issued.’ cut-rate prices by holders hard. | But the Series E Bonds (those ran- pressed for ready cash--as happened | ging from $25 denominations up) { with Liberty Bonds of World War 1 tan be bought only by individuals, [Defense Savings Bonds cannot be No bank or corporation is permitted transferred. sold, or given to any to purchase them other individual They must be The government wants them 10 §0 eashed in at a postoffice or other {to the average citizen because it authorized government agency. Their wants to divert into useful and pat. | redemption value at any time is riotic channels the money which in | stamped plainly upon the bonds and | normal times would go to the pur- no matter when you redeem them chase of cars, tires refrigerators, | Continged on Pape Siz) ——— pg Many Finish Scofiaite Views : Nursing ( Course, Work Af Pils Classes in Various or Harry Williams Tells of Communities Honor | First Visit to New Devel- | Instructors | opment in *Ghost’ Town Members of a number of Red Cross| Harry M. Williams, of Scotia. who {the youth wh | home nursing course classes cOm- as a young man worked the Scotia pleted their studies during last week | ore pils during the heyv-day of that and this week in Bellefonte and sur-! mining community's glory, and who | rounding towns. | recently returned to that area to Those enrolled in the two classes | liVe after a Jong period of residence | taught by Mrs. Edward Harris, which | 10 Bellefonte, visited the ore pits | finished in Bellefonte last Tuesday Saturday to see what progress is be afternoon, are as follows: Miss Jos- | Ing made by the new company which | er, Mrs. Ernest Brown, Mrs. Wilmer | Mr. Willlams writes most Interest. OrogaieY. ars Jesse Canm, Mrs. Ar-| ingly of his visit, as follows: thur e. Mrs. Harry Eckenroth.! e~vyes folks t t Mrs. Mary Heverly, Mrs. Charles gq. hy Kiwi Progh iy ore: ines | Minple, Mrs. Elwood Johnson, Mrs. | “Last Saturday morning I made cy Kerk, Mrs. Lester Meek Mrs la vialt to the mi h been | Nathan Mull, Mrs. Anna McLaugh- | nearing quite » A ad i. (lin, Mrs. Deborah Valentine, Mrs # chinery being taken up there so I! | John Widmann, Mrs. Cora Williams, | thought 1 aay 2 well investigate, | Mrs. Paul Sheffer. and upon my arrivalthere I stopped After the study for th ternoon | | was completed y oh he Altern by | tmy car and the first thing I heard | was the operation of a gas shovel [the class, at which the instructor | and commit m [My but that did seem like olden’ d tee members as follows {times to me. 1 started up through were guests: Mrs, George Thompson, | [the bank and as I wound around | | Mrs, Dave Washburn, | Blaney, Mrs, ashi HPht ny through some of the old cuts that) J. B. Beerer The class Presented | he shovel had followed to get up| Mrs. Harris with a folding clock, in| here they wanted to operate dation of her services. | (and alto to make a road for the | anpree {trucks to haul the ore out), I came The ev i *hing class. taught by Miss) 0. tre present operation. A truck Thressa Fyve, after completing its] study period, served a luncheon in| Yas being loaded with ore by about | five or six men. her honot and presented Miss Pyé "1 was just about to inquire where | with a handbag. The committee | members as guests were Mrs. J. B. this ore was going to when ong of | | Beezer and Mrs. Harold Kirk. my old friends walked up. He sald] (Continued on Page Biz) that they were shipping that load to! Huntingdon county as a test load. Aged Man, Boy Plead Guilty In Court Here “Sent | v Mail Student is Sentenced For Cast otes by al Forgery; 63-Year-Old Man, Drunken Driving BOTH DEFENDANTS FIRST OFFENDERS. Court Scores New Jersey Resident For Failure to Obey Summons Youth and age, both pleading ullty to eriminai charges, were sen- tenced al a special session of court here Monday morning Both defendants, one aged 18 and the other aged about 70, were first offenders and Lvoth showed evi- dences of better-than-average intel. ligence and opportunity Humiliation, a buman character- istic ofien lacking In court proceed- ings, was present to a marked de. gree as the two well dressed men, one beginning life and the other nearing ils end. admiteed their guilt and stood for sentence The defendants were Henry | Taxdal, 18, a Penn State freshunan, and James E. Castle, aged about 70 of Red Bank, N. J. Taxdal was charged with issuing and passing a forged check. Castle was charged with drunken driving in Boggs township on June 8 1941 Taxdal, according to the prosecu- tor, Officer Donald W. Hay, of the State College police, was charged with making and passing titlous name. The check was drawn jon the First National Pank, State College and was made payable to “cash.” The officer sald that al. though only one charge had been brought, Taxdal passed six cheeks, for a total of $33, | When he had passed the | checks, Texdal stammered: “1 be-| came Jost. I couldn't help it" The! | Court, observing that since this was | the boy's first offense he is entitled to another chiande, suspended sen tence upon payment of the costs and making restitution of the bad checks. He was placed under proba- tion for a year. The prosecilor in the case against Castle waz Pvl Clyde E 8mith, of | the Pleasant Gap Motor Police. Smith told the court that he arrest. ed Castle in Milesburg after he no- ticed the man’s Gr weaving along | the road. Castle, the officer sald, was in a dicheveiad condition and show. {ed vieible evidences of intoxication He was taken to the offices of Jus. {tice of the Peace Frank Baird | Milesburg, and later was removed to the county jail Castle, a tall, gray-haired man of distinguished appearance, told ne court that he was “much ashamed” to be in court, and that it was a new and unpleasant experience to him.! He declared that because of finan- {cial conditions he had not taken a drink for eight years prior to the | day on whith he was arrested, Judge Walker told the man that | the gieatest criticism the Court had | of his conduct was his fellure to ap- pear in court when he was: summon- ed on previous ocsations, “The bond- ing company brought you here lo- day,” Judge Welker reminded him, Castle claimed ihat on one of the | prior times he was to have appeared | here, he was ealied for civilian de- ferise duty in New York where he! said an air-raid warning had been sounded. On another occasion, he! (said, be falled fo appear in court Rr | a $6.00 i chock to which he had forged a fic- had issued and | re To in | BELLEFONTE WOMAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT Mrs. W. J. Alkey, of Burnside street, Bellefonte, was injured Tues. day in a motor accident in Reecds- ville. She is a patient In the Lewis- tow #ospital where she is suffering from severe bruises and lacerations. Mrs. Alkey was a passenger in the car operated iy her son, Harold Alkey, who was on his way to Har risburg, where he is employed. Mrs Alkey’s daughter, Peggle, was also a passenger in the car. Harold suf- fered cuts about the face and his sister received a slight injury to her head. The youhg man was able to con- tinue to Harrisburg. He makes his home with his uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Mosier, of North saw that things were satisfactory Spring street, Bellefonte. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs: George W. Hoster- 1 man, of Aaronsburg, announce the engagement of their daughter, Mamie, 824 Meade street, Williams- port, to James Gephart, son of Mr, and Mrs. Paul Gephart, 331 May- nard street, South Williamsport, The bride-clect is a graduate of the East Penns A High School, class of "30 and is at present employ ed with C. A. Reed Co. Willlams- port. Mr. Gephaft is employed with happened when one of the the Chesterfie ttempted ld Purtiiture Shops, - Inc. For Victory: Buy Bonds, “We then walked up the bank to because he was trying to make ar- where they were taking out the ore! | rangements to pay a fine. He spolo- | and to my surprise they had a small | gized to the court for his “mistakes” face of very good ore and of a Yery| He sald he was a salesman of at- good quality. They are taking out torneys' supplies. the Jump ote at the present time.| The Court imposed a senlence of After an investigation of some of | the costs. 8 fine of $200, and ten the other places they had opened | days in the county jail. up big very satisfactory Tul we | wa over where the shove Se niors to Fight Fires In In Forests operating. Here they were grading a road along the bank for the trucks! County Sportsmen Announce Plan for Replacing Men ore. I then inquired how many men | had been emploved at the present time and was told about fifteen, and that as things progressed more men would be put to work. to run inte the cut to haul out the “As we talked things over the Called to Service question arose about an ore washer. I was informed that as soon as they forest fire units taken into and the ore prospects permitted it, fghiim an ore washer would be built. “1 atked about the location and (Continued on Pape Two) $115 DAMAGE IN CRASH AT SNOW SHOE LIGHT . No one was injured, Motor police reprrted the accident | provide Service Mon May Peginning March 20 and ending April 18, the Commissioners’ office in Bellefonte will receive applira- tions from men in the service who | wish to cast their ballots in the pri- | mary election, May 19, it was an- nounced vesterday, Ballots may furnished service men only if they { apply during the specified time In applying for an absentee bal- lot, men in the armed forces should { give thelr name and home “addres: and the precinct where they are registered The Commissioners also volers who have moved recently unless they have their corrected on the voting lists will not he entitled to vote at the primaries. April 18 is the last day for correcting addresses, but it is hoped that corrections will be made ime judiv'ely sittioe voting 1 are How in th 1 Course of pre that they Fool of Snow Covers County :: ‘Heaviest Storm of Season Causes Some Damage to Power Lines The heaviest and most destructive snow storm of the entire winter struck Centre county late Monday night and continued through most of Tuesday, blanketing most areas with more than a foot of wet, heavy show, and causing some interruption to electric power and telephone ser- ! vice. West Penn Power linemen were {called on duly about 10 p. m. Mon. day and were kept busy from then jon in keeping lines open. Interrup- {tons in power occurred at Belle. | | tonte State College, Milesburg Mill- heim and in some Bald Eagle Val- ley towns Bell Telephone Company officials {reported about five failures in Belle- fonte and seven in Btate College The State Highway Department had crews totaling 110 men, 22 plows (and 30 cindering trucks on duty to (keep the highways open. In Belle fonte rough workmen using the newly purchased snow plow for the first time against a heavy fall of snow performed yeoman service in {opening all main streets. | Rising temperatures late Tuesday jand clear skies yesterday, promised {an early doom to the snow —— Gr ——— Farm Loan Unit Annual al Meeting Financial Reports, Talks on! Farm Problems Are Fea. tures of Session The Centre County National Farm Loan Association held its annual meeting last Thursday in the Pleas. ant Gap Grange Hall at 10 o'clock ja. m., with a large number of its members present James J. Markle, of State College, vas re-elected for another three- year term to serve on the board of directors, Other board members | present were: George 1. Fetterol!, of Centre Hall; Gilbert C. Waite, of | Port Matiifa and Elery T. Pursons, {of Pennsylvania Furnace. Ward C. i Krape of Bellefonte, president of the | board, was absent due to illness, and Robert I. Akers, secretary-treasurer, presided at the meeting { Mr. Akers gave a report on the {activities of the board during 1941 { and the financia] progress of the ase sociation, bringing out the fact that (Continued on on Pape Five) Tire Board ‘Offices Now In County Home The offices of Centre County Tire Rationing Board No. 2, of which John Sommerville is chairman, were moved yesterday from the Belle- Howard street, the to basement ther | TOOMs in the Centre County Home, Members of COC eamps and T | corner of Wilson and Howard streets, | formerly occupied by the WPA sew- ing project. new schedule of business hours will | oe announced in the near future, Discontinue Navy Recruiting Here L. J. Mitchell Navy recruiting of - ficer from the Altoona headquarters, reports that he has discontinued his weekly trips to Bellefonte. | He added that the Navy is still] pling enlistments of men from be | remind addresses “'™ fonte Council chambers on East| Mr. Sommerville indicated that a ‘than a Whiterock Employe Is Fatally Injured lc urtin L. Dunklebarger, 16, Believed Struck By Power Shovel DIES WHILE BEING TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Fellow Employes Unable to Explain Mishap; Fu- neral Held J uesiay rer py ¢ ne we, terook v injured about 44 3 o'clock Saturds Bseier wi believed to hay er the bucket of a hich being used dinkey cars at the guarrvies Dunklebarger, for Loved by the com perator, died en ro Hospital h injuri ET ed > POwWer W tr ite tn the Or He had su ut the pelvic we man's fello mishap t i he rece ower Q Py Tate sal } ito} Dy milet barger. 8t. Clah side of the car, was what happened. The wvictis brought to the hospital by 4d John Myers, alse the Clair an ant Gap Dunklebarger Jost part of his hands nearly 30 years ago when he was wounded by a sholg Centre Oounty Coroner Charles Sheckler, of Milesburg. after con- ducting an investigation into the {atdlity, said yesterday that he lsd not decided whelher a formal in- quest will be held The deceased, a son of Grant and Harriet Griffith Dunkiebarger was born at Peasant Gap. on September 18, 1885. Burviving a wile former Maude Lyons and five ¢ dren, namely: Grant an 8 Clasps e, of Pleasant Gap; and Pe ari Fra and Thelma, all at ‘home Surviving brothers an Mrs. Blair Rice and _— Lee Samp- sell, both of Pleasant Gap 3 and W. 1 Dunkicbar; er . Bell Mrs. L Mrs. William Sk gnst Texas. Kyle Dunklebarger vin Illinois, and Mrs. Carl Rochester N.Y Funeral services Dunklebarger home Tuesday alter | noon, with the Rev. Ivan Miller, pas- tor of the Pleasant Gap Methodist church, officiating. Inter rment was made in the Pleasant tery re hi: steers are Dehn were eid al p—. | DRIVER SAVES TRUCK FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIRE After his coal-laden truck trailer | outfit crashed with another truck Route 220 about 8 mile west of Un- lonville, Sarey Friday alternoon Lioyd E. welt tmover, of Muncy, R D., saved his machine from desirug- tion by fire by quick and effective use of an extinguishe Whitmioyer'’s tiuck caught fir ter it struck a truck-trailer loaded vitihh brick and driven by Elwood Rrown, of Castanea wh Brown pulled off the road in the belief he had a flat tire. While no one was injured in the accident, damage to Whitmoyer's truck was placed $150 and to Brown's machine, $10 en on ot ai~ en 4 ai Commissioners to Go P ‘Washington Centre County C Om m issioners Charles F. Hipple. Fred C. Mensch and Harry V. Keeler are planning to go to Washington, D. C. by rail Sunday night. to atlend a county | officers’ meeting early next week At the session it is expected to Oe- velop county needs in relation to na- tional and Jocal civilian defense There's No Fields of Clover, But Lots of Hitching Posts Hitch Old Dobbin to ths shay and drive to Bellefonte, boys! There's hitching pocts aplenty, and vou can leave your horse in one of the free parking stalls for up to two hours, and It sont cost You a cent. Because when Bellefonte lakes out every other meter they're going to leave the posts stand, for the time beihg at least. And there never was a better bitchin’ post meter stand with the meter . There's event g little hole near the top where you can hook on the feed bag and let Dobbin dine while you're business | transacting : What's hat} You don't drive
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