* * kkk kkk INWAR BONDS LIE IE 2% 2% 2% J adhe Centre Democral VOLUME 61. NUMBER 32. BELLEFONTE, PA THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942. EVERYBODY EVERY PAYDAY SAVING IN WAR BONDS SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR TWO DIE AFTER CRASH NEAR COBURN —— [Heots Home auard'| Port Matilda Death Believed Accident Coupe SWhrves Out I Boomed for Office of Control on Curve Jacob Fryer, 18, Coburn, Lightning § Strikes and Ray Eisenhuth, 17, Woodward, Victims BOTH SUCCUMB AT COUNTY HOSPITAL | Bellefonte Home During the severe electrical storm which passed over Bellefonte about 9 o'clock Sunday morning lightning struck the duplex home on East Cur- tin street owned and occupied by the Alex Morris and Robert Morris fam- Third Pa assenger Escapes | iites With Minor Injuries: Funerals Friday Two Penn's Valley youths lost their lives as the result of an acci- dent Sunday afternoon when the car in which they were riding went out of control while rounding a curve The bolt tore a hole in the roof of the home, knocked down a quan- tity of plaster and damaged electri cal equipment in the second floor apartment occupied by the Robert Morris family, and damaged the doorbell in the first floor apartment of the Alexander Morris family The stroke of lightning was ac- and turned over several times on the companied by a deafening crash of road between Coburn and Millheim The dead are: Jacob Pryer. 18. of Coburn, and Ray Eisenhuth, 17. of Woodward. Guy R. Brindle 17 of Woodward, third occupant of the family were injured car, escaped with slight injuries Fryer died at the Centre County Hospital here at 6:30 p. m Sunday shortly after being brought to the institution in the ambulance from the Nef! Puneral Home at Millheim Eisenhuth, driver of the car, died in the hospital at 2:15 o'clock Tuesday morning. Both youths suffered head and other injuries and neither re- gained consciousness before death ensued Because of the death of the driver of the machine, Coroner Charles Sheckler, of Milesburg, who conduc- ted an investigation into the crash, ruled that an inquest would not be held The coupe was traveling toward Coburn when the driver apparently lost control of the machine while rounding a curve. The car skidded thunder and while no fire resulted the home was fllled with fumes re- sulting from the damaged electrical equipment No members of either The house is a modern brick structure erected several years ago Milesburg Man Sent To Prison Chester E. Spicer, 28, Gets 115 to 3 Years For Rob- bing Gas Station 28. of Milesburg, from 1% to stern Penitentiary a special session Chester E. Spicer Was sentenced to 3 years in the We at Pittsburgh, at Serve for about 100 yards before it rolled of court here Monday morning when on the right side of the toad and D¢ entered a plea of guilty to a landed in a small creek occupants were thrown out Treatment at the scene of the crash was given by Dr. Paul M. Cor- man. of Bellefonte, who passed the with the burglary site while on his way home from a visit with relatives at Coburn. Eisen huth was brought to the Centre County hospital in the E. E Wii- dowson ambulance, Bellefonte Jacob H. Fryer, who had come home from Philadelphia recently, and who expected to go to Altoona early this week to enlist in the U Army where three of his brothers now serve, was a son of Charles Cal- vin and Annie Hironimus Pryer, and bri (Continued nn Page Four) - Drive Here Against i 8. Chief of Police Harry All three Charge of burglary. Three other de- fendants also pleaded guilty ‘received sentence at the session Although and Spicer was charged only of the Frank J Seprish service station east of Miles- burg on June 19, he also admitted looting the James Miller service sta- tion on North Water Belle- fonte, June 27 or 28, according to a statement to the court made by Pvt Keith R. Dance, of the State Motor P Rockview sub-station Dukeman of instrumental in identity and Pvt. Dane street lice at Bellefonte, learning Was the thief's nging about his said arrest Spicer, who has a recor of at least one previous offense, clared through his court-appointed court Ae Traffic Yiolations|ttomey W. Bruce Talbott that he Acting upon orders from Council, Bellefonte Police this weekend will launch an intensive drive against violations of ‘stop sign. traffic light, and speed regulations in Bellefonte Borough, it was announced yester- day by Chief of Police Harry Duke- man Chief Dukeman said police have been instructed to make arrests for all violations. Cars must come to a complete stop at stop signs and must que observe strietly all other traffic reg- ulations in the borough, he caution ad rns RP ————— Boalsburg Minister Now Army Chaplain Rev. L J Kaufman, pastor of the Boalsburg Lutheran church has been appointed chaplain in the U 8. Army, and has been commission. ed a first lieutenant. Coming to Centre County from Westmorland County over five years ago, Rev, Kaufman hes served the Lutheran churches Shiloh, and Pleasant Gap He will leave August 13 for his station at Camp Rucker, Oa was on the ' in Boalsburg, | Petnick i couldnt understand why he com- mitted the burglary. He sald he had a good job and didn't need the things he stole, namely, a storage battery, quantity of blowout patches cigars, cigareties and other iteras valued at a total of about $60. He claimed his brother, Russell, was with him on the burglary, adding that he doesn't know where Russel is at this time. Police have been ui- able to locate him. In response to stioning by the court, Spicer said didnt know who the third man burglary expedition Continsied on Page Sig) he 3 At College Fined For Blackout Violation In State College's first use of hor- ough blackout laws, three merchants were fined $25 and costs each for during the July 22 blackout test and alr raid drill at a hearing before Burgess A. E. Yougel, Priday after- noon The three, Aronld Kalin, Charles and John Paterson, said they forgot the lights Maximum penalty under the bor- It is ough blackout ordinance is $500 or not known whether his family will 30 days in jail or both. Police Chief go with him or remain in Boalsburg J. Laird Holmes Not Candidate for Office Laird Holmes, former Centre | J County Assemblyman who had been | urged by some State College voters to seek the office vacated by Ken- neth G. Haines, is not 8 candidate In a statement released last week, Mr. Holmes said: “While I appreci- ate the honor of being considered, feel that 1 cannot be a candidate at this time ” The only candidate to announce so | far is J. H Wallin, former Burgess | of Philipsburg. Lime Worker Falls; Suffers Slight Injury William Reeder, 60, of Pleasant | View, north of Bellefonte, suffered | a dislocation of the shoulder about ! : o'clock Tuesday morning when he including the one ip H John R. Juba said that there may be penalties for drivers who violated the blackout when all information is obtained | CENTRE HALL WOMAN WINS WAR SAVINGS BONDS Mrs. Martha | Hall, won both the $25 War Bonds | given away Saturday night at the Pleasant Gap Piremen's carnival The carnival grossed $882 for the 'e two nights Mrs. Clayton Poorman of Pleasant Gap received $5 in War Stamps given Friday night, and Harold Stitzer of | Saturday night. Roy Adams, general chairman of the carnival committee, expressed | | thanks to all persons who. helped the | carnival in any way, A ————— WOLF EMPLOYES PICNIC, Wolf Purniture pany Btores, sllefonte, are fell between two box ors at the | | closed today (Thursday) while em- American Lime & Btone Co. plant’ | ployes of the company are being en- during the course of his work a! the |tertained at thelr annual picnic at plant, Reeder was taken to the Centre Bt. Francis College, Loretto, Because of transportation condi- County hospital where the injury tions and other factors arising from was treated and he was then per- | mitted to return to his home, | the war, today’s outing may be the Inst one until after the war, Coldren, of Centre | here last night from the | Pleasant Gap, won a similar amount | according $0-yeports, JOHN G. in OG. Lave nrominent yominen LOVE, Esq. yf East Linn » : Bellefonte ney, is being proposed as a candi diate for the office of Depar Hnent Commander of the American Leg it was learned vesterday. The tion will be held at the annual State Legion convention in Pittsburgh on August 20-22 Mr. Love has Bre -Doll Post, Bellefonte, and also of t comprisin Centre, Cle eron and McKean ¢ Mr. Love could ne telephone yesterday Philadelphia indergo a minor operation t tomorrow. He planned to 1 Bellefonte early week cnn Manns ros Gateshurs Residents Warned of “Racket” Albert A. Price, secretary of the Blazing Arrow Hook and Ladder Co No. 1. of Tyrone, informs this news- paper that a man reported to be sol ieiting money in the Oatesburg area in the name of that Company is not connected with the company in any WAY The in reported to telling Gatesburg residents that they contribute to the fund fo which he is collecting they will be entitied free ambulance service from the Blazing Arrow Company and that the company will answer all fire calls Mr. Price reports that the company does answer fire éalls in that area but that the ambulance is for mem- bers only The matter has been turned over to State Police. Mr. Price reports, but this warning is given to prevent any other persons {rom being victimized —————— A —— PUC Rules in State ‘College Water Case we Public U lity ( Commission tat] ay ordered the State College Borough Authority to establish the | same water service rates beyond the town's corporate limits as those which became effective January 1 1938. An August | deadline was set In the first case involving the rates of an authority, the PUC fixed a September | deadline for the refund. ing. without interest, of the excess charges reed attor- the endorsement of American Legion we 23rd Leg ok jon district ion posts in having where he next man question iz he f i w to _— SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENT INJURED IN ACCIDENT Miss Ruth E. Oaks, Penn State summer school student, suffered a fractured collarbone and shock late Friday afternoon when her car turn- ed over about a mile and a half east tof State College on Route 322 Miss Oaks, driving alone, told po- lice that she was searching for some. thing in the back of the coupe when | it went out of control and turned over at least once Brought to the Centre County hos pital in the Alpha Fire Company community ambulance from State College, Miss Oaks underwent treat- ment there until Tuesday when she was discharged. Damage to the car was hpproximatel $350 LOGANS AWAIT ARRIVAL OF NEW $8.000 STREAMLINED PUMPER The Logan Fire Company's new | $8.000 pumper, expected to arrive | Buffalo | Fire Appliance Company in Buffalo, N. Y., is the last word in modern | fire-fighting equipment of its type, | The big machine js a complete | fire-fighting unit in itself, combin- | ing features of a pumper, hose truck, | emergency truck and squad wagon. | Mounted on a Buffalo chassis, the | | machine is powered by a six-cylinder | | Hercules motor with a rating of 152 i 1 i i § : | horsepower. The motor has twi - STORE CLOSED TODAY | n 18-4 nition—two spark plugs to each ey | linder. The chassis has a wheelbase | of 210 inches with dual rear wheels, | and the entire machine, without men | and hose, weighs 12,100 pounds, or | slightly more than six tons. The elght-man cab ls equipped | with heating and defrosting elements | in conformance with modern prac- | tice. The machine also carries a sir- en, complete flood-lighting squip- | (Continued on Page Them) : JParnie County Minister _| Describes Flood Experience ————————— the the the from of were P Garrett of sufferers visited some nties recently d Mrs. GG. A Bradford. former pastor of the Free Methodist church at Unilonville. In a letter to a former neighbor In Unionville, the Rev. My ie. scribes in detall the harrowing ex lence which he and family congregat nderwent while conduct Among the flood whic) northern cot Reverend ar Garrett per nis and ] meeting Ng a» camp tt letter lows I « hope ften think of you folk along well now. All up- and sick from shot for ty preven- YOu are gettin 8 good right ars int vous not so gel and ner we had to tative Lake phoid We surely had a let in the We were at ghany camp meeting iy 254 beauti! Port Alle- flood at our 1 mle ™ i piace w the ith a creek on Allegheny River We had wenth- night, July at 1 terrible and The bridge pped ™ and on the other side er until Friday o'clock. We had a the creek overflowed up almost to the got up it had we thought It was in or it on ice 17th rain river came When we ining and No one could account the sto over Hye drive on ! y of .. Council Rents Gamble Mill Centre County Farmers Lease Bins For Storage of 1942 Wheat Crop Bellefonte Council meeting Monday rent the borough - to Centre ont at =n night regular agreed Wo owned Gamble unty farmers for wheat storage. Negotiations for rent- ing the bhullding were made by Ward Krape of near Zion, a tive of the Centre County Con tion Board Mr. Krape told farmers wil acilities to store sei Maan retire ae ta representa. va da ene wheat and said it won i advantageous to keep tl rather than sell it Storage space is 000 bushels and Gamble Mill will cis. The borough and one-quarter each month the bullding A delegation of { thelr this rw or 1842 « immediately needed bins at u an 000 bush will receive one cents a bushel for ne wheat is voar "we fo for the hoid stored In residents of Wil- lowbank street appeared at the ses. sion to request the borough to make repairs made necessary by the oon- struction of the Bellefonte State Continued on Page Three) ——‘— FIVE PENNS VALLEY MEN INJURED AT WILLIAMSPORT Seven men were injured and $500 damages resulted in a collision of two sedans at the northern end of a detour on Route 15, nine miles south of Williamsport, at 10:50 p. m_ | Tuesday Pvt. E W. 8mith, State Motor Police, reported the injured were treated at the field hospital of the Pennsylvania Ordinance Works loca. ted nearby Injured are: Paul E. Brown, onsburg. driver fractured hand, contusions and shock: Brown. a brother. brush burns, John Stover. Millheim, contusions, abras fons and shock: Leon Smith, Mill- helm, contusions, and Homer Boone, Rebersburg, contusions They were riding in the Brown Aar- right | vehicle im sap sia MI —————— Dislocates Shoulder Robert Shultz, 18, Penn State stu- dent, received treatment Tuesday night at the Centre County hospital for dislocation of the right elbow suffered in a fall. The young man, f member of the Sigma Pi Epsilon fraternity, tripped and fell while Waking Last night members of the Logan rible experience It i= a one wi Max | church and Methodist the 1 truck the Free and ith parsonage iver irmed to HE mii] and sireet camp along ied shand the me and into and led window eat ang Bartiebaugh back I was in 1 1 went 1 A three 125% my back to his the roof a whil e that it was hard to yf. We were six hours came uu 81 rex Seled Jurors For Seplember (Grand Jury Meets August 31; Criminal Court Opens Sept. 14 « Jurors for the regular Septembor | Court were drawn this week by Jury! Commissioners ol n 3 Fred B Healy { Bheriff Edward Kr Bpeariy aclied rand two 14 Onyene September eduled to oper Seplember 21 vice foll GRAND JURORS Meet Monday, Anrust 31) Harold H Howard Harvey foreman Boggs welder 80. Philipsburg wi Phi Hpsbuzy haw! Rush Twp swi State College farmer Ferguson Twp plumber, Bellefonte Mijesburg housekeeper, mech H Twp Bowan, Thomas J Brumbaugh. Olive, hs Callahan, Ruth M Doerner. Rebecca, h Dreibeibis, B. E Eberhart, Walter R.. Jos. K. lab Mra Adda on Page Two) Fisher Gardner {Continued ER WOMAN GOES TO JAIL FOR FAILURE TO PAY RENT Mrs. Zella Robb, of Woodyorest was sentenced to 30 days in jail for obtaining room under false pretenses and was ordered to pay $25 fine and costs or serve further jail sentence | for disorderly conduct in a recent hearing before "Squire J D. Hart, of State College In an information brought before ‘Squire Hart by Harry R. Weaver of State College, it was charged that Mrs. Straub refused to pay room rent and “created a disorder” when asked for it. She pleaded not guilty to the charges i Skater Breaks Arm Mrs. Lillie Schreckengast of Ty- lersville, was treated at the Centre County Hospital Tuesday night for a fracture of the left wrist received when she fell while roller skating at Hecla Park She was discharged after receiving treatment at the dis- pensary i Fire $013 of Inti vii putiiper. Photo above gives an accurate approximation although the to" the eit of Cleveland, Odo. No photos of above Belle- by ! 5 a captain in the a Res rye Ded ense Corps Miller kt reet Daode appointed and 60 men t of riers FEERA * two plat- wore Cha alinusd on Pape Four) Blair County Man Held On Two Charges a J. Clinton Hale, 32. of Nealmont, Blair County, is being held in the | y fail here under a total of $800 charges of larceny by ballee ssing 8 worthless check set by Justice 4d D Cowher Bellefonte t Thursday enters a plea of not guilty by ballee from the alleged heft of butcher equipment from J H who conducted an estab- lishment in the former Beezer butch. ering plant along Spring Creek, just with Bellefonte he stolen pment wag valued at about $500 was placed at $500 on this the West after a was of Harol wt pape Bail Peace of 03 hearing las Hale the charge of sulted larceny Snyder of i bail charge Hale worthie pleaded guilty to passing a ss check in the amount of $1431 on Arthur Nilson, of near Zion. Bail in this instance was fixed at $300 | Milesburg. Firemen To Hold Carnival The Milesburg Pire Company will hold a carnival at the school grounds Milesburg August 14 and 15. The the benefit of proceeds will be for the fire company Music will be furnished both nights by Tumbleweed and his radio team The group features hill billy music Bingo and a variety of other en. tertainment. All kinds of refresh. ments will be on sale and a number of rides will be provided. The public is urged to patronize the event. Wheat Storage Space Needed for County Centre County wheat growers may lase 20 to 25 cents per bushel on their 1842 wheat crop if available storage space cannot be provided. To date only two warehouses, those of A. J Herbster, of Spring Mills, and the Bellefonte Cambie Mill, have been approved whereby farmers through the Commodity Credit Corporation, | may store wheat, providing they have planted within their allotment (Continyed on pape Four) was made from a photo of a similar piece of the Logan pamper were available ‘home on West High street, Spring Mills Man Reaps Harvest from Forgotten Foundry A Centre county man recently dis- covered a profitable money and al the up a kind of local The man is Paul Spring Mills. Early needing some reads lowed the in law, John Spring Mills a cated by In art r ’ source of UUme & ster K SAIN my sSUgrest 8ny on the a short Ume He of rough iron what- began shoveling have-y from. The owt Snyder, } iron came land, Mr that a fo the ad had never indry once but he formation as ated site oblain any we fie us ,y the foundry ope: (Continued Acrobafic Ad At Grange Fair Book Show For Two Per- formances Daily; Com- mittee Meets Tonight The Grange Fair Oomymittee will on rape Siz) OB cesremsns— meet on Orange Park. Centre Hall, at 7.30 pm complete today, Thursday pians the Grange Encampment and County Pair The chairman of the Mm committee, George Mothersb: announces that six acrobatic have been employed perform twice dally from the bandstand These performers P wire acts, comedy and revolving ladder a playing a series of fairs in with great sucoess The Grange Players will plays in the auditorium from Satur- day evening through Thursday, and local activities are further repre- sented by programs given by the Pine Grove Mills Men's Chorus and the Spring Mills Wome Chorus Both 4-H and Vocational School girls will give demonstrations and set up exhibits of their year's work while boys in the same kind of groups are preparing the results of their projects for display The Fair opens Saturday 22. and continues through August 28 Elizabeth B. Meek Dies at Home Here Well Known Teacher And Scientist Succumbs After Long Iliness 0 for an Cen nual #4 0 who cont _, the east rene present n ns August Friday Elizabeth Breckenridge Meek third child of the late Hon, P. Gray and Susan Meek, died at the family Belle fonte, at 9 o'clock Thursday night, July 30, 1942. Burial services were conducted there Sunday afternoon by the Rev. H. C. Stenger, Jr. tor of the Bellefonte Methodist church. Interment was made in the Union cemetery, Bellefonte Miss Meek was born in Bellefonte (of ancestry that dates back to pre-| colonial days, and secured her edu- ication at the private school of the {late Marion Petrikin and the Belle | {fonte Academy She entered the Pennsylvania State College with the class of 1889 and was the first wom- an to win first honors in any class graduated from that institution up to that time While a few years of her post. graduate life were spent studying art under Rhoda Holmes Nichols in New York, specializing in the decor ation of china, she was instinctive. a scholar and teacher and dedi- | cated her life to the sciences, (Continued om Pape Two) pas. | | Police Probe Indicates Vietim Stumbled, Fir- ing Own Gun BODY FOUND AFTER SEARCH BY FRIENDS 29-Year-Old N or ristown Man Loses Life on Va- cation Trip y shooting been or a mu ten off as & State Motor sub-statior which begar morning with the fine Tot victim's body in a lonely gro farm about two miles north Port Matilda In pronouncing Cane for the time being ciear that the that the A Centre cou fatality An acc ent was lenla- aceident yes. Polic after ich could have suicide tively rder wri by ew terday trom Rocky vestigation 2 in- te Pr cay ing o the T on a the an acc police made is not final fr venst { orn tere invesligalaot dent in cision Musca’ who [¢ been n Por ‘ and spend going to the area to hunt, fish Bometimes he slaved Kelley farm home, miles north Port Ma- and other times stayed at a hunting camp of which he was a member, located in mountains some further north Muscarelll arrived in Port Matilda a visit at the Keliey home on Bunday, July 19. Last Thursday eve- ning he took his gun, a 30-caliber Remington pump action rifle and got on the milk truck with Herbert | Kelley who was about to haul the evening's milk to the Port Matilda (Continned on pape Siz) ' Wolf Store To Go To New Location cations John about twg tiga of he the distance for Company Buys the Naginey Building: Colonial Front, Remodeling, Planned The Wolf Furniture Company store, for more than six years, one of Bellefonte’s leading business houses, soon will move from its pres. ent location the Plaza theatre building, West High street, into per. manent quarters in the former Nag iney bullding,. South Allegheny street Negotiations were closed Tuesday whereby the Wolf Company purchas- ed the bullding from Mrs FE Nag- iney The consideration was not made public The entire building. consisting of | basement and three stories, will be- come the future home of the Wolf store here, and Clyde M. Stewart, who came here as manager of the store wheh it opened on Pebruary 28, 1936, will remain in charge Hunter & Caldwell, Altoona archi | tects who designed the Centre Coun- ty home and the Bellefonte High School bullding. have been retained (Continued on Page Three) Inter Ashes of Gap Spiritualist The ashes of the late Mrs. Etta Harrison Orether, well known Pleas. ant Gap spiritualist, were interred at 2 p. m. Tuesday afternoon at ser- vices held in the Pleasant Gap Luth- eran cemetery by Rev, David A Downin, pastor of the Pleasant Gap Methodist church. Interment was made in the grave of the deceased's brother, Irvin Mrs. Orether's remains were cre. mated in Philadelphia and other de- tails of the funeral were carried out | in accordance with desires expressed in her will. The ashes were accom- panied here Tuesday by Mr. and i Mrs. Thomas Harrison, of Philadel | phia, relatives of the deceased, and {others here for the interment in cluded Mrs. Lou Adams and Mrs (Myrile Sweet, of the Silver Bell | Spiritualist Camp at Ephrata. Mrs Adams and Mrs Sweet frequently (visited Mrs. Grether at her home in Pleasant Gap. TWO ESCAPE INJURY IN CAR-TRUCK COLLISION in a Bei »