MAKE EVERY PAY JOIN THE PAY. ROLL SAVINGS BOND DAY DAY PLAN Ihe Confre PDemocraf FOR VICTORY ‘Buy vo UNITED STATES DEFENSE V¥ BONDS « STAMPS — VOLUME 61, NUMBER 18, BELLEFONTE, PA,, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. USAR RATIONING BEGINS MON Registration to Be Held in Local Schools : Ration Books May Be Used Later For | Other Foods HEAVY PENALTIES * FOR VIOLATIONS Teachers to Take Applica- tions From 1 to 6 and 7to%p m Registration for the first World War II food-rationing system will be held throughout the nation next week as citizens in all parts of the land register for sugar ration bocks which later may be extended to in- clude other foodstuffs. Persons having no need to pur- chase sugar are urged to register, regardless, since registration next week is the only way in which ticy will be able to obtain ration books for possible other rationed com- medities in the future, | The Centre County Rationing Board, of which Frederic Hoffer, of Philipsburg, is secretary, has com- pleted its plans for the registration next week. Centre countians will go to the elementary school building gerving their particular area on any of the four registration days. Regis- trations will be taken only from 4 5 Civil Cases On May Docket Only five cases are listed on the docket for the regular May civil court, which is scheduled to convene on Monday, May 19 The cases are as follows: Walter L. Bickle and Agnes H Bickle, vs. Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania and Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Highways, appeal from re- port of viewers, no affidavit of de- fense fled The Forest Garment Co., vs. Mrs Landy, individually, and trading as The Vogue Shop, assumpsit, affidavit of defense filed Lydia A. Barr, executrix of the es- tate of L. S. Barr, deceased, vs. Mary K. Stuart, assumpsit, affidavit of de- fense fiuel Eugene Irvin vs. The Marietta Concrete Corp., framed issue. affidav- it of defense fluel Julia Barendt vs. Gregg Plummer, traspass, no affidavit of defense filed Falls 30 Feet Escapes Death | Instructs Cadets | | Colorado, came to Youth Plunges From tag p. m. and from 7 to § p. m, Mon- day through Thursday, May 4 to 7 The sugar rationing system is based primarily on the family unit, {Continued on Page Siz) Mrs, Guyer Named President of P. T. A. Mrs. T. 8. Guyer, of East Linn sireet, was elected ent of the * Belle{onte Parent-"Teaéhers’ tion at the meeting held Tiesday night tn the! social rooms of the Reformed church Other officers named were: Paul Beaver, 1st vice -president; Mrs Charles P. M. Smith, 2nd vice pres- fdent: Mrs. Victor H. Plier, treas- urer; and Mrs. Charles Garbrick, secretary. : A program of estectainment by the home economics department of the high school -was- presented un- der the direction of Miss Verna Ardery. Miss O'Connor was in charge of a display of art work by students of the department The $2 award offered for the lar- gest number of parents present at the meeting from the grade schools was given to Miss Celia Lucas, teacher of the second grade, Spring street school Craig Rates High In Speech Contest James B. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Craig, of West Curtin street, Bellefonte, sophomore stu- dent at Penn State College, on Sat- urday came within an ace of becom- ing the regional freépresentative in the National Extempore Speech Contest in finals held at Cleveland, Ohio. His performance was termed “excellent.” Craig was one of six students from colleges throughout the east who met at Cleveland to compete for a free trip to South America which is to be awarded to the winners. The final contest will be held in Wash- ington, D. C., on May 14. The Belle- fante student won the right to com- pete in the regional contest by win- ning a district competition at Penn Btate recently. fed men Steelwork of New School; Injuries Not Serious Hurtling more than 30 fect from the top of the steelwork o new Bellefonte High School gym- nasium, Junior Pranklin Shawley, aged 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Shawley, of South Spring street, miraculously escaped serious injury about 7:45 o'clock Tuesday evening f » { Lhe ASSOCIR- | “pha hoy, stepping on the end of annual organization an unsecured scaffold plank, was plunged to the concrete floor of the gymnasium when the board tilted under his weight. The accident hap- pened several hours after work on the building had ceased for the day Shawley's fall was withessed by Thomas M. Tressler, of Willowbank street, who was looking over the building when he heard the youth scream. Looking up to the steelwork Mr. Tressler saw the board tilt and saw the boys body plunge to the floor (Continged on Page Five) High School Students Fight Forest Fire All available Snow Shoe High School boys together with uriemploy- in that area were drafted into forest fighting service yester- day when a fire broke out {in what is known as the Beech Creek section along the Snow Shoe-Bellefonte highway The fire was near the Half-Way house, in the general area of the large railroad trestle which carries the Snow Shoe branch of the Penn- sylvania Rallroad across a deep ra- vine Late yesterday evening there were still some traces of fire but the blaze was said to be well under con- trol. As —_— A ns - $50 Damage in Accident Total damage estimated at $50 re- sulted early Saturday morning when cars driven by Richard H. Smith, of State College, and Francis J Ballinger, of Corning, N. Y., collided at Millbrook. The crash occurred when Ballinger was attempting to pass the other car, it was reported | Flash! Septuplets Born Here A new era of wildlife at the falls! on South Water street, virtually in the heart of the business district) in Bellefonte, began Tuesday when seven Mallard ducklings broke through their shells and promptly became Bellefonte's most prominent | young ducks. The ducklings are the children of Raymond and Diane, pair of Mal- lards which were liberated on the island last year by Miss Lois Bloom- | uist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy | Joomquist, of East Bishop street. | The whole thing wes somewhat of | an experiment, for while the Mal- | lards had béen docile enough as pets of the Bloomquist family, there was | no way of knowing they would stay | in the vicinity of the Gamble Is-| land when they were released there, | The ducks soon made themselves at home, and with the ald of inter | ested residents of the area soon es-| tablished themselves on the island. | Late in the wintér Diane built sev-! eral nests and partly filled them! with eggs before abandoning the nests as being unsuitable, for rea-| sons known only to ducks. Finally, a nest was built at the very tip of the island, at its closest point to the falls. The nest and Diane were completely buried under the 27- inch snowfall of March 28 and 29, and some fears were felt that the mother duck would be either suffo- cated or starved to death. But after several days Diane broke through the snow hale and hearty, and after foraging around for a good meal, returned to the nest. The first duckling is believed to have made his entrance (or her en- trance, if you want to be that way) into the world sometime on Tues- day. Latest reports yesterday were that seven ducklings had been seen in the nest. One of them crawled outside, but was promptly halted in | its wanderings by the mother duck, | which built a “dam” of twigs and! branches around the straying young- ster. Reports vary as to the number of unhatched eggs remaining in the nest. Those in the know believed | there were about a dozen eggs to begin with, and probabilities are that additional ducklings will appear from time to time during the week. The self-appointed guardians of the duck family already havé begun plans to keep dogs off the island until the baby ducks are old enough to take care of themseives. They also are considering plans to pro- tect the ducks from rats, and from persons who might wish to harm them. In the long run, we imagine the ducks will be able to take care of tliemnselves pretty well against on- slaughts by natural enemies, ROBERT L. CHISHOLM. One the I Flying Cadets at the U Alr Corps school at Victory Fleld, Vernon, Texas, | Robert L. Chisholm, who received most of his training at the Bellefonte alrport Chisholm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar- chibald Chisholm, of Port Garland Bellefonte four years ago to take flying instruction from Pllot Henry Noll, manager of the local airport. Early this year hv completed his instruction and wa awarded certificates as a flight and commercial instructor. About March 1 he entered an Air Corps | for special training and several week ago was assigned his first class of four Flying Cadets, at Victory Field Fairchild trainers are used in in- structing Flying Cadets of wiructors of £00 a Clarence Girl Struck By Car Erma Doherty, Aged 7, Suf- fers Fracture of Skull; Is Recovering El Erma Doherty, of Mr aged 7. daughter and Mrs. Lawrence Doherty, of Clarence, suffered a fracture of the skull and other injuries about 4 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon when she was struck in front of her home by a Car driven by Eugene Krone, of Clarence The child is a patient in a ipsburg hospital, where she is ported to be recovering Motor police from Pleasant Gap sub-station sald the little girl had been to a nearby store to purchase bread and was on her way home when she ran across the road in front of the car, a short distance from the Clarence Methodist church Krone took the girl to the offces of a Snow Bhoe physician and later Mr. and Mrs. Krone took her to the McGirk sanitartum at Philipsburg In addition to the principal in- jury the little girl suffered lacera- tions of the head and about one leg Police said the car was not travel- ing fast and did not run over the child Phil re- Music Features Club Meeting Centre Hall Music Section Presents Program at Wom- an’s Club Session A program of music given by the music section of the Centre Hall Woman's Club featured a regular meeting of the Bellefonte Woman's Club at the Presbyterian chapel, Monday night, The session was in charge of Mrs, Robert Eckenrode, club president. During the business meeting Mrs M. M. Matthias was presented as a new member and Mrs. Louls Schad submitted an Interesting report on international relations, County Sup- erintendent of Schools F. Glenn Rogers, explained the sugar ration- ing regulations, The May meeting will be in the form of a banquet. Following the music program which was arranged by the music (Continued on Page Five) Historical Society To Meet, May 7 The annual meeting of the Oen- | tre County Historical Society will { be held on Thursday, May 7, at 7:30 {| p. m. in the court room, Bellefonte. | The general business of the soc! fety will be acted upon and the! | speaker will be The Honorable James | { C. Furst, whose subject will center | {around the early Indian trails of this region and the White Man's pioneer activities In Centre county. All persons interested in histori- cal subjects of this section, are urged | to attend the meeting. Gregg Gets $41.31 State Treasurer G, Harold Wagner announced yesterday the payment of $4131 to Gregg township, Cen-| tre county, as refund of 2 per cent; tax on net direct premiums of for. eign fire insurance companies, 1942 Bellefonte Community Welfare Campaign to Be Held May 1 to 10 the annual Coms- | munity Welfare Campaign, [from May 1 to 10 inclusive, were made at a dinner meeting of the Welfare Association at the Methodist church here Tuesday evening E. Keith Anderson, president in charge of the session A report of the 164] by Rev. Harry C. Stenger vealed that 85 per cent of have been paid to date 90 per cent payment u fora Cantains year's Ww pany Frederick Warne: trie E tries J. Mac Cu: officials Final plans for wa fund Jr pledge 3 and that expected be- close given re- the fiscal year named to conduct thi follows Metal arive were a W. Sleg, Titan Com- the lime Indu Keith Anderson, other ndus- tin, county and publi Johnston professional group Mrs Bras Baro Manager Here Resigns George Carpeneto Ac cepts Post as Chief of Widdowson retall DAY Former local Farmer Sentenced Man Dies Alter On Morals Charges Chicago Crash 99 tly Earl 8, Orr, miscellaneous group The goal of the drive this year will be $10,026 which is considered 0 be the absolute minimum need- ed to keep the 11 participating or- ganizations in operation during ti vear we harge College Man Raymond Snoke, 11, Gets With Annoying Girls | to 15 Years in Peni- Charged wit} “indecent assault tentiary TAX COLLECTOR DRAWS JAIL TERM Two Other Pleas of Guilty Disposed of at Session At the meeling were read by representative the agencies, as follow fs. © man, for YY M. C. A for Centre County Ho Charle Dannenberg Boy My Martin Miller, for Girl out Fey Evans D Brown for 3. MM. RB church; Samuel D. Rhinesmith Association: P. I. Holt Flea ampan Herman fy L Fire Compan M1 Ag, or aon lor Army the Asso and report Frank Rosenhoover, Succumbs Yesterday in Hospital FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD HERE of variou Heine Mr. Curtin pital for Scout Athletic for Milesbury Hazel ana Injured While Returning Home From Work; n College Car Hits Pole nade Sp Rockvi an the Baly Hon wmted Chat Lie Asad . wey rippied Winton for the campaign Fant Rosenhoover, 23, son captain Mr Frank R senh I { ¢ that Wetterau wwe a signed e fa a chil h Bpring street. Bellefonte, dled wnt admitting nnoving the ©f his daughters o'clock yesterday afternoon aged 44, Union township Pledge were di rd tributed by respective team The Woman ainner wa SOCIeL Methodist Grand Jury fo © His Trucks Collide; Man Injured Melvin Pennebaker, 20, Lew- No details were avalil- Monday for Chicago upon being Mrs Hear 9 Cases Seo ster re 3 Jurors to Convene Here Monday; Three Sum- » ee af fc ’ parents left night informed Rosen - Thoma istown, in Centre County Army Depot Fire Co. mary (Cases Listed George Carpencto three years borough of resigned mRinager 3elleforite from borough employ this week 0 accept tion as chief of the of the $15 000.000 depot now White Deer port. The change is fective immediately Aa PoOsi- fire dej Army Ordnance construction in near Willlams- Cases Lo « ; to become Jury are as follows Cearge Lockey. Allport f In his new position. Carn Well Wilbur Quick, and Lynn Quick of will be chief of the depot’s re de {Continsed on Page Five) partment which will consist of five pleces apparatus, § captains and 28 men Mr. Carpeneto, although born New York, has been a resident Bellefonte since early youth, For many he was engaged In bus ine and VOR Mirunment under { to Nimes valley me Defore ef- Two Local Youths Injured In Accident of in of Two youths, cut collision n moming Centre oy Potters } were County years il a Leh Monday the hers wwveral broug Hospital while two others (Continued on Page Five) G. B. Thompson Dies Suddenly Spanish-American War Veter- an Helped Organize Famed Boalshurg Troop treatment less serious injuries Dair Rider Bellefonte, d treated for lacerations about both eves and a small cut on the left ear His brother, Glenn Rider, 18 went treatment for a laceration near the eye and a laceration of the up- received 20, of Valentine street river of one car, was under- per lip William ( driver of the tions of the face and Mark Shuman passenger in injuries to both knees The accident happened when one of the cars pulled away from a stop niinued Jester, of Biglerville had knee Harrisburg, =a Jester car, received George Boal Thompson, Spanish- other American War veteran and well known resident of Bellefonte, died uddenly and unexpects home in Bush Arcade High street, at 8 o'clock Sunday eve- mng, April 26, 1942 Mr. Thompson, one of the organ- izers of the Boal Machine Gun Troop at Boalsburg. studied at Penn State College and later took a course in defitistry at ti University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4s studies in the dental school were interrupted by the Spanish- American War and on May 10, 1808 he enlisted and served with the well known “Sheridan Troop,” Pennsyl- vania Cavalry He served in the Puerto Rico campaign and was with the detachment which received the surrender of the first city on that island With the late Col Boalsburg, Mr Continued CAr lacera- and 0 of diy the the iCo on Page Four) E. E. Lone Purchases Sands Estate Home At = public sale of the J. H. Sands estate real estate held here Saturday afternoon the Lane home on North Allegheny Street was sold to E. E Lane for $5000 The Sands business building on West High Street was sold to Former Judge M. Ward Fleming as attorney for $3000. The sale was held under a decree of the Orphans’ Court. R Paul Campbell is attorney for the estate I T. D. Boal Thompson aided n Page Siz) of in Home Nursing Class Completes Work Shown above are graduates of the home nursing class sponsored by the Belliefohte Chapter, American Red Cross, and taught by Miss Mary Slegal. Nearly all members of the class are also members of Brooks-Doll Post American Legion Auxiliary, which planned for the class, Standing, from left to right: Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, Mrs. Sarah Eichelberger, Mrs. June Hosley, Mrs. Hazel Glenn, Mrs. Betty Hoover, Mrs, Catherine Breon, Mrs. Lena Knapp, Mrs, Clair McMurtrie, Mrs. Pauline Land, and Mrs. Margaret Miller, Front row, from left to right: Mrs. Mary McKaig, Mrs, Sue Chand- ler, Mrs. Myla Hoover, Miss Slegal, Mrs. Frances Nelo, Miss Mary Cooney, and Mrs. Pearl Nolan. Mrs. Charles Beaity and Mrs. Leo Boden, also members of the class are not pictured, MOIMe ago ¥ Axemann (Continued on Page Five) 5000 Register In Fourth Draft Hospital WES DIY County Hospital in Company conununity ambulance State College, after being given first aid treatment at the soene of the crash. He is under treatment a severe laceration of the chin and multiple lacerations of the body. He s reported to be recovering s Tabulation of Men From 45 to torily 65 Completed Quickly and Efficiently Approximately 5.000 Centre counts between the ages of 45 65 registered during the R-Day” on Mondas an official estimate bn two local dralt boards Despite the size of the task, few of the county's registration place: were overcrowded at any time. For the most part registrations proceed- ed smoothly and rapidly The first man register in the county was Toner A. Hugg. of Miles- burg, who also was the first Centre countian to register in the last draft of World War No. 1 Mr. Hugg claims to be the first Milesburg man to enlist in the Spanish-American War in which he served as a bugler His son, Walter bugler in World War 1, was not accepted for active service because of his youth The second man to register in the Draft Board No. 2 area was Earl Armstrong, of Zion Men who registered in Monday's call will not be inducted into mili- tary service, but may be called upon to perform necessary defense jobs at home men and nation’s fourth according the county's 10 to a ——— a“ Police Ban Noise By Wedding Parties Chief of Police Harry Dukeman of Bellefonte, yesterday announced that drivers of cars carrying wed- ding parties through the streets of Bellefonte will not be permitted to tie down their horns, at least for the duration of the present emer- gency For many years it has been the custom of wedding groups to carry new bridegrooms and brides about town in ears or trucks, with horns sounding oonstantly and other noise-making devices being used to attract attention, With the serious business of pos- sible air raids now on the horizon, unnecessary noise is being frowned on by officials, and in the future wedding party horn-blowers will be arrested for unnecessary sounding of horns and will be fined $10. The costs in such cases are an additional $250 Chief Dukeman said MP —— — Aikens Attends Savings Conference Claude GG. Aikens, of State Col | lege, chairman of the Centre County Defense Savings Committee, expects to go to Philadelphia today to ate | tend a conference of County Defense | chairmen from all parts of the state, The conference was called by Ben. | jamin Ludlow, stale administrator of | Defense Savings. Under the present | schedule Centre county is slated to | sell a total of $127.000 in bonds dur- | nounced yesterday, the monthly goal j= contests there is a noticeable ing May. Eventually, it was an- for the county is to be $250,000, y fort WIE ia Ross Webster sleeping bunk by Ray while McCorkle escaped eration of left hand the McCorkle truck $150, and u suffered sprains of ti with a lac- Damage to placed ’ $i Fined $25 for Killing Turkey Out of Season the was a he other le Harry Ellenberger, of Warriors Mark, paid a fine of $25 and costs of $250 Tuesday after his arrest for shooting a wild turkey out of season Came Warden Thomas Mosier of Bellefonte, reported yesterday Mosier said the man was arrested by Game Warden Samuel Reed, of Pine Grove Mills, and Thomas Bell of Huntingdon The turkey was found to be full of eggs. Wardens declared that killing of birds at this season is par- ticularly serious ctly af- fects the number of turkeys which will be in the woods during hunting season next fall. All sportsmen are asked to aid in stamping out practices by reporting immediately the since it dire g13oh Such violations To Open Bus Line Sam Capparelli of Coleville, has been granted permission to conduct a bus line from Unionville to indus- rial plants in and near Bellefonte The charter excludes the right to haul Titan Metal Co workers from Milesburg. The line will be put into operation as soon as possible for a 4 compound fracture of the right leg. { be No ne can understand such offenses Judge Fleming declared Here is a man with a wife and a nice family, even he doesn’t know why he (Continged on Page PFiiey crimes Haines Speaks To Kiwanians Assemblyman Explains Pro- cedure Followed in Making State Laws county, gave over which come a law of Pennsylvania ing of the Bellefonte Prior to 1813, Mr members of the House drafted their own bills. Since that time, however, bills are drafted under the Legisla- tive Reference Bureau, a group of technicians empioved by the state who take the idea of the bill which the member wishes to introduce and clothe it in the proper legal lang- inge. Four copies are made of the bill, one each for the member spon- soring the bill, the speaker of the House, the clerk's office and for the committee t0 which the bill will be referred for consideration There are forty-two House com- mittees and twenty-six Senate com- (Continued om Pape Five) Haines BATTLE FOREST FIRE NEAR WHIPPLE'S DAM The current season's largest for- est fire swept through Owl Gap in Huntingdon county. near Whipple's Dam. Saturday sfternoon and Sun- day morning before the flames were checked by crews from the Depart- ment of Forests and Waters and CCC Camp 8-60 The blaze was discovered by rang- ers late Saturday morning. Nohe of the cabins in the area were in the direct path of the fire | Political Pot Boils Merrily Centre county's primary campaign, running a poor second with the war for public interest, began to show increased activity in the past week as candidates began circulating throughout the county and as aspir- ants to state offices named their lo- cal chairmen Gubernatorial {are as follows: Harry Potter, Centre Hall, for Dr | Luther Harr, Democrat William W. Litke, State College, for Judge Ralph H. Smith, Demo- erat Samuel A. Bierly, Rebersburg, for F. Clair Ross, Democrat. M. Ward Fleming, Bellefonte, for James J. Davis, Repubilcan. Thomas B. Beaver, Bellefonte, for General Edward Martin, Republican On Monday, Judge Smith made a visit to Centre county and was given receptions in Bellefonte, State College and Philipsburg. Other can- | didates are expected to pay similar | vigits before the primaries For county offices in which there chairmen named increase in activity. The contests, th in the Republican ranks, are George H. Yamell, Mingoville, and Burgess Hardman P. Harris, Belle fonte, for county chairman; and Mrs. Edward R. Miller and Mrs. Lucille Ward, both of Bellefonte, for county vice chairman Russell J. Spangler, of Blanchard, is unopposed on the Democratic ticket for county chairman, while Miss Maude ‘E. Miller, of Ferguson township. has no opposition for the Democratic vice chairmanship. Other candidates, all without op- position at the primaries to be held May 18, are: Democratic: James Riley, Osceola Mills, General Assembly: Howard Thompson, Curwensville, State Sen- ator. and Harry Diehl. of Claysburg, Blair county, Congress. Republican: Kenneth G. Haines, of Rebersburg, for General Assem- bly: Al H. Letzler, Houtzdale, for State Senator, and James E. Van Zandt, Altoona, for Congress. All candidates in the latter group are seeking re-election.
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