fr— Odd and CURIOUS in the \ NEWS LUCKY ESCAPE Saturday morning James Welch of Philadelphia, jumped off a passenger train at Benington Curve, near Horseshoe, and a fruitless search by railroad police that went on for hours failed to find any trace of the man or his whereabouts. About eight hours later Welch, uninjured and ap- parently none the worse for his experience, dropped into the home of his brother in Pitts. burgh from where he had start ed on the eventful journey. TWINS DIE TOGETHER Edgar and HNdward Wilson, 40-year-old identical twins, of Cambridge, Mass, died within five minutes of each other. Ed- gar, a milkman, was visiting at the home of Edward, a postal clerk. Edward fell dead of a heart attack. Five minutes later Edgar succumbed to the disease same ROUGH RATIONING A motorist who purchased six gallons of gasoline at a Green ville, 8S. C. filling station insisted that one unit on his “A” card equalled six gallons, not three, Said the station operator today “I punched the two units on his card, but puched me Lhe fwse hie Lin TOO REALISTIC It was impossible for Miss Florence Vincent, of Belvidere, Ill, to appear for her final ex amination in a Red Cross First Aid Class Her leg had been broken in getting off the floor after acting as a victim for sev- eral other class members to prac- tice on. DOUBLE TROUBLE Mrs. Mary Ellen Lammey, 42, of Coatesville, thought her dau- ghter’s plan to get a divorce was such a good idea she joined her in court to try to get one, too. Mother and daughter, the latter, Mrs. Mary Ellen Snow, 24, filed petitions simultaneously, both charging desertion. WALLS YIEL D FORT! NE Walls in the home of Dr. F. Kinsolving, who died May 5th at Hornersville, Mo., at the age of 79, have yielded up a fortune between $200,000 and $250,000 and seachers believe further treasure will be found. He is survived by a son and daughter. HOW'S THIS Listed among the selectees at the Fort Lavenworth army post is Private Oscar Hollow Horn, son of Mary Lame Dog, of Bro- ken Knee, Nebraska. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT PLEASANT VIEW CHAPEL The Union Chapel at Pleasant View, a short distance north of Bellefonte, will hold its annual Va- eation Bible School this year, June 8 to 19 A splendid course has been pre- pared, and all the parents of the community are urged to encourage their children to avail themselves of this wonderful opportunity cure Bible instruction in a way tha can be readily grasped LAP IE aaa ud the plots . Among are the wood Wonaer hatched up in The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat ———————————————————— A —— — — NEWS, FEATURES "VOLUME 61 BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1942, NUMBER 22 Ascension Day Active Group Club Still As Fiftieth Anniversary Rolls ‘Round Brief Biography of Little Organization of Jack- sonville Maids Which Has Remained in Close Fellowship for a Half Century The observance of Ascension Day several weeks ficance for a little group of who met at the home of Mrs. Rose Yearick in Hublersburg. It was the fiftieth organiza- tion formed fifty years kept alive through all the close associations and annual meeting Mi Mabel Bennl Mill Hall the history of thi ion Day ladies anniversary of an ago, ana vears by on of Year-Old Infant Killed In Crash Meets Instant Death in Fath Near Philip burg, Saturday ers Gar midnight Satur right sia and plunged heador reatori car. Libreatori and two other members of his family were also in- jured, and were removed to the Phil- ipsburg State Hospital . p——— Veterinarians to Protect Herds Every graduate vets Pennsyly and cla armed inarian In been re We Ernest W Holliday Lewistown Mitteriing Peteraor Gun-less Sheriff Leaves Allen, Wichita " 3-Year-Old Child Has False Teeth Price three and a half years solid food for the time in her life—but mis tle a bit. She now set of false upper second youngest dental to be denture Due to a mineral deficlency Rosemary's upper teeth decayed a fast as they erupted, Bhe was a bot- tie baby, even bringing her bottle in visits to Dr Norman Chanaud Et =» Little Rosemary of Centre- ville, Md is chewing old first #8 her bot- has a complete teeth, and i child in Ame fitted with a Nican records little Centreville dentist. On advice of a teeth were ex- diet deficiency was false teeth stocked by mall 0 Dn lower ertedd her and the No anufacturers were Rosemat mouth id took a set of cut them down, and he physician upper tracted rrected enougn Chan teeth then mailey inv plate made to allow for changes later, Dr. Chanaud sald x- rays show some of her second, per manent teeth will be missing, but at the 12 Rosemary will have a full eth, only a few of tiem {alse age of set of t Here You Are, Fellows! Hurry! Hurry! Baby Betty, the 850-pound fat girl with the side show of the Ringling Brothers Circus, wants a husband Bétty has expressed her desire for a mate, but announces he must meet three requirements j-—Heé must be a grocer he can give me enough to eat 2-<Me must have a truck so he can take me riding ~-He must be able to bot on his knee, Baby Betty is in her early twen- ties. She was born in New York City and until twelve years ago tipped that HicCe me 115 potnds when she the scale at Betty said pick up weight she felt persotis looked at her disappointed i they Betty said her weight gets her all sorts of started to peeved whan Now she | don’t into difficulties Several weeks ago, she was getting out of 2 taxi and when she leaned on the door the door flew off into the street During an engagement in New York there was a crash as she step- ped on the running board of a taxi, and the board parted from the ve- hicle. explained she Hunters’ Tags to Be of Oiled Paper The war l& going to hit Penns yl varia hunters squarely in the back Metal tags will no longer be made for the hunting license, custorharil worn between the shoulders on the hunter's back. Instead, 1942 licenses will be printed on Olted paper due RR = to the restrictions on metal The Stote Wellare Department also disclosed that approximately i.- 200 prisoners are being given train- ing employment in preparation for prison labor turning out the tags and other products vital to the war effort. et en Rooster Saves Life of C hild A rooster is dead, but it saved the [ing | life of a child near Milton. The two- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Troy Rishel, of White Hall, playing upstairs while her mother was clean- ing house fell from a window, be- neath which a chicken happened to be roosting on a pipe. The child struck the rooster, crushing it to { death, but it broke her fall, and say ed her life, ago had special signi- | customers to trade with you. correct May 14 1642, brate o Memorial Day Altoona Youth And Girl - ".. They gave the last full nweasure of devetion” Fatally Injured In Crash of Auto And Street Car Victim Reported to Have Passed Another Car But Failed to Turn Out of Path of Oncom- ing Street Car; Dies in Hospital Car Wrecked by Train at Tyrone Passengers Escape to Safety After Auto Stalls on Crossing Henry newspaper editor, piv recollection in his historical col Tribune. Mr quotes W. H. Hem erly few remaining old-t} who relatex some almost- teresting days, Altoona long th member T In the winter bout th months ountry om country store-keeper whol ored mule the : ie sale solely, a small H which reminded many of colored mustang’ ridden great yilar leave immense f font y 3 4 leader n color Port Matilda Graduates 18 Play Written by Facutly Mem- ber Feature of Exercises, Tuesday Night Commencement exercise at the Port Matilda High School were held Tuesday night in the fethodist church with Jane Woodring as vale dictorian and George Rhile as Sal utatorian A feature of the exercises was the presentation of a play, "King Ar- th and His Court,” written by Miss Kathleen MeCollum, member of the faculty Music was furnished by the high school orchestra direct- ed by Phillip Prutzman music teack- er Prof. H. A. Alshouse of Altoona, former principal of the Port Matilda High School, was speaker at bac calaureale services held Sunday night in the Baptist church, Com- mencement week exercises began last Thursday with the presentation in the high school of a play, “Stardust, in which every member of the sen- ior class took part. The graduating class was com- | posed of the following members Dorothy Beckwith, Kathryn Blaz- osky, Kenneth Ghaner, Joan Lane, Ned Lytle, Betty Peters, Wilma Pet- ers, June Maner, Thelma Reese, Dean Richards, George H. Rhule, Jr. Arlene Rider, Edith Seigel, Betty | Stiver, Joseph Way, James Williams, ' Beatrice Wiser, and Jane Woodring a Beech Creek Student Cuts Hand Samuel Driver, 17, of Beech Creek, | a student at the Lock Haven High School, received a eut on his hand between the thumb and forefinger | last Thursday at noon when he threw | out his arm, catching his hand on { the handle of a door of an automo- | | bile parked there. The wound was dressed by a physician, Er ———— Advertisers will get the dollars that are spent during the next twelve | i months; you might as well persuade | Elderly Man Is Killed by Auto Edgar A. Wiley Fatally Walking Home Struck night home mont he in distance front of his The victim in the and had been on P.R dry about two weeks William Wiley, his one he Was 24, driver of following the Cashman was accompanied by his sister-in-law, Mrs and her small daughter of the car said he had just turned highway the armory and had gone but a when Wiley car and he struck him the S500, made 5 he Edgar Altoona upon arrival at taken by eral years Die in Philippines George J. Kerr, Elizabeth this A. Corcoran, was killed in action or died of juries in the Philippines, Department has revealed. Also from section was Edgar B. Congdon son of Bert Congdon To of Lakemont, To Serve Injured While ing Pris hin sentend an automobile Frida was walking toward hi Allen Wiley, 63, Lake- | years in was pronounced dead (On an a Mercy Hospital where | 8 Wallace Cashman, | court the fatal car, shortly Myers accident sauit and Naoma Cashman The driver (of a Lock March aff from short | the ¢ stepped out in ation { quently State Hoe normal the road urt was emploved by the | South Altoona foun- | sick leave for i He is survived by with whom for the past sev GRE home oh Enjoy {and comics a brother of Mrs. | color of Dushore, | in-| the War Life Gillett | what we Lock Haven Myers the alt pecial se Saturday wh the April court battery broken a bottle of beer over thé head Sentencing had been pending a which underwent at the Danviil pital, and FUN AND THRILLS IN TWO AT COMIC America’s comic supplements, printed in bright A regular Baltimore Sunday American. On sale at all newsstands would not try to make people think we are are £. £ . Camp Closed at Wyre May Camp 8-75 at Hj 1 He elght State Cami ween Renovo and Run, near West- Hyner and two IWaAY bel Cooks called mi Snow Shoe Farrs Youth Sentenced Plans Completed Penitentiary For Air Maneuver generate gas for rus — Random [tems TRUE PREDICTION he late General James A. Bea of Belleto Gover ¢ Aud com ACK ie and NC DVO COOK and gnt how ARTIN PROGRESS ¢ WATCH THIS OTS CAITY offices he has Are IX of better urope wood is uses ining automo- Lilies HE QUIT Latest n » whose ‘membership 1 ever has n smirched by the use of cigars n Page Four) {Continued Approximately 100 Pilots and Planes Expected at Black Moshannon Assault- Taxi Jottle Term For er With ding Wo announcems Willian ATi vivania civil air rangements have 1 coms for mobilization of 400 pilot and their planes at Black Moshan- 0 had pleaded guilty at (non, near Philipsburg May 30 to a charge of as- | Commander Anderson plso declared admitted he had that “this will be no air circus to bamuse the spectators but strictly a business proposition.” Anderson's band of airmen who flew for fuss in peace time, will de- vote this event to an exhibition of we progress they have made in Uh several months of {raining art of the military wing Five ‘flights from all parts | State will bring their two place planes into Centre soenic mountain section and land on Black Moshannon airport ready for the day's work Flights will arrive over a stretch of two hours, start. in? at 730 a. m a Ac Commander the Penns Haven three i838, of Lock ed to 18 months o Western Penitentiary nd battery charge at ssion of Cl county en neted ton some Haven taxi driver last erred by mental exam- defendant subse- UY i past def the was pronounced Wt of he El : - ana ioux county SECTIONS greatest thrills! 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