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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942 SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR, Count § Votes Republican, LEGION artinand Entire GOP ARMISTIC State Ticket is Elected PROGRAM HERE VanZandt Le: ds Ek icket in County; Loses Assembly Seat by Margin of 733 Votes; Letzler Defeats Thompson for Sen- | ate; Only 50 Per Cent of Voters Turn Out | | center | and physical examinations State-w ide trend, Centre County went solidly Repub- lican in Tuesday's general election and gave GOP candidates majori- ties ranging from 733 to 2168, ac- cording to the unofficial newspaper tabulation of returns, Prom the first block on the ballot —for Judge of the Supreme Court down to the last one—for Represen- tative in the General Assembly-—-the county's voters favored Republican candidates without exception The returns tickets, most voters casting party ballots Among all the Democratic candi- dates, William W. Litke made the best showing in his race for General Assembly. He lost to J of Philipsburg, his Republican op- ponent by 733 votes, the smallest ma jority recorded for any office James E. VanZandt of Altoona, proved to be the Republican party's strong man in the county, for he led the ticket with a total vote of 7908, or a majority of 2168 over his Dem- ocratic opponent Harry E. Diehl, of Blair county. A. H. Letzler, Rep- ublican was re-elected State Senator over Howard J. Thompson, Democrat Following the indicated but few split straight ee Large vof ol le arfie ld County H. Wallin, Litke | | | | } by a majority f 1902 The county offices follow Judge of Supreme Court: Grover C. Ladner, D., 5725, and Allen M Stearne, R., 7661. Majority 1936 Judge of Superior Court: Michael A. Musmanno, D. 5673, and Joseph Stadtfeld, R., 7648. Majority 1975 Governor: F. Clair Ross, D., 5791, and Edward Martin, R., 7753. Ma- jority 1062 Lieutenant Governor: Elmer roy, D., 5631, and John C. Bell, 7206. Majority 1575 Secretary Internal Affairs: War- ren Hess, D., 5610, and William 8S Livengood, Jr., R, 7682. Majority 2072 Congres Hels 7697 | ing | women were called to Harrisburg | Seouts, Other (:roups In- totals in the various Kil- R B. Peel froutman at Large: Inez and Willlam 1 Ma jority 2078 W. W. Litke, D H. Wallin, R.. 7185. Ma- D R., General Assembly 6452, and J jority 733 The County Representative State Senator and district votes for in Congress and are shown below (Conti inned on Page Two) C. E. Convention In Bellefonte This Weekend REV. MEADOWS C. E. SPEAKER The Golden Jubilee Convention of the Centre County Christian En- deavor Union will be held in the Methodist church, Bellefonte, thi Priday evening and Saturday all day. This convention celebrates a half century of Christian Endeavor activities within the borders of Cen- tre county. A history of the organi- zation will be given by Mrs Ida Witmer of Wingate, who is the old- est Christian Endeavorer in the county. A splendid program has been pre- pared. The outstanding feature for the Priday evening session will be the address by Rev. Clyde W. Mea- dows, of Chambersburg, who will speak on the convention theme Interesting Talks at Club Meeting Pleasant Gap Woman's Club Hear Nazi Atrocities Discussed A long and most interesting meet- | ing of the Woman's Club of Pleas- ant Gap attracted a large number of visitors at 8:30 Tuesday evening. The subject was a forum, “Nazi! Terrorism in Conquered Countries,” presented by a guest panel consist ing of W. J. Tucker, Musser Gettig, Lewis Lenhart, Roy. Adams and Mr McDonald. Mr. Tucker acted as chairman. Various phases were discussed at the opening by the different men. Mr. Gettig spoke on what might happen here if we were conquered, and listed the liberties that we would lose. Mr. Lenhart gave a description of life in a German prison camp, basing his talk on his own exper- fences during his seven-months cap- ! World War. tivity during the first {Continued on Page Two) Local Woman Hurt When Car Hits Truck Mrs. Dora Meyer, of Bellefonte, | R. D. 3, suffered lacerations of the | head, knees and body about 5:30 o'- | clock Friday afternoon when car crashed into a truck parked along the road near Old Fort, The truck driver, R. E. Keller, of Pleasant Gap, was fixing a tire at the time of the accident. Mrs, Mey - er, who is believed to have been! blinded by the sun directly ahead, Grove, Dewey Sorenson, Paul Par-!ing to me to rea was treated by a Pleasant Gap phy- sician. mage was estimated at $125 to the car and $5 to the truck. | Buy Defense Bonds now! her | “Youth Follows a Living Christ” Rev. Meadows, who Is pastor of the | King Street United Brethren church | | join the | Moines | First STATE COLLEGE WOMEN AC PUEFTED IN WAACS The first State College women to WAACs, Mrs. Rebecca Par- | nell and Miss Hallye Lawrence took oaths at the Harrisburg induction Friday after passing mental Applying at the Bellefonte recruit station three weeks ago, the two They have yot been noti- fied concerning the date of their de- parture, but they will given two weeks' notice in the near future If they are called before Decem- ber 1 they will be ent to Des [owa, and if after that date, Beach, Fila Lawrence, whose h Virginia, has department of dalry husbandry the College for some year: Mrs. Parnell is employed by the National Bank of State Col- lege. She is a graduate of the St College High School taken work at the College ANE CRASHES NEAR COLLEGE Cessna Training Ship Overturns When Pilot Applies Brakes | last week be to Daytona Miss West in M he at ne worked n ile ana na One of three Cessna two-motored U. 8. Army training ships was con- siderably damaged late Friday morn ing when its pilot applied the brakes sharply in landing at the State Col- {lege Air Depot and the machine {nosed over on its back. The pilot was uninjured. The other (two YOF | planes landed safely. - Meadows’ wddress will be fol union communion ser- The outstanding features for the! Saturday session are the ences led by Warren G general secretary of the vania State C. E. Union, D. A. Downin of Pleasant Gap Hoopes’ conferences will be on “Per- scnal Christian Living,” and those by Rev. Downin on “Your Bible and Finding Its Message” There will be a business session in the morning at which time an election for county C. E. officers be served at the church At the afternoon session, ferences by Mr. Hoopes will be re- peated. A junior conference will con- vene in the Presbyterian chapel at 1:30. in charge of Mics Rhoda Sheetz of Milesburg. the junior superint dent of the Central district. All jun- lors and junior superintendents of the county ate requested to attend The outstanding feature of afternon session will be the Christ- ian Endeavor parade which will form on North Spring street between West Howard and East Lamb, at 3:30, and start to move at 4:00 Young people's groups, 8 unday (Continued on Page Siz) State College Man Ne tonced James A. Kuhn, 32, Gets 30 Days, $100 Fine For Drunken Driving confer- Hoopes, Pennsyl- and Rev Mr 50 cents the con- for en- fine of $100, and undergo impris- | lonment in the County jail for 30 (days, at a special session of court | Monday morning when he pleaded Siliity to a charge of drunken driv- | ng Kuhn, operating a car owned by | William R. Hickey, of State College, | figured in a three-car accident near | the residence of Deputy Warden C C. Rhoads, at Rockview penitentiary Saturday night, October 24. He was (Continued on Pape Siz) Lerian Fetterolf Is Elected Head of FFA The local chapter of the Future i Farmers of America met in the new {high school building, Bellefonte, Tuesday, October 27. There — { twenty-one boys present { Election of officers resulted as fol- lows: Lerian Fetterolf, president: | Prank Musser, vice president: Kresovich, secretary; Charles Spotts, reporter; Dewey Sorenson, assistant reporter; Donald Justice, treasurer. The following boys attended the meeting: Leriap Fetterolf, Robert | Houtz, John Spearly, Frank Musser, | William Ritchey, James Sampsel, Budd Smith, Lewis Kresovich, Paul sons, Charles Spotts, Thomas Fetzer, | Donald Justice, William Evey, Jos- eph Ross, Carl Corman, Willis Yar- nell, Eimer Kessling, Ralph Tice and Sherman Lutz, manager of alr field declared the the acckient was! “another one direckly fact that the airport is entirely in- will be held. Lunch will} the | James A. Kuhn, 32. State College | pool room proprietor, was sentenced | to pay the costs of prosecution, a | Lewis | {along party lines, it Is very gratify. adequate for planes of this type.” Lutz said he had received & call from the CCA asking if he had fuel for an Army flight coming through and he replied in the affirmative but reported that the fleld was too small however, he was Informed that none of the other fields in the area had sufficient gasoline and that the flight would land at State College Lutz and Wayne Showers took up (Cromtinged on Page Threa) a, i... Small ‘Game Season Off to Slow Start The small game season which op- ened Saturday hasn't been any great success so far, according to reports received from the fleld. Rabbits, which seemed plentiful | during the summer are reported to be quite scarce, wille only a few | turkeys have been bagged, according to Game Warden Thomas Mosier, of Bellefonte. Game generally is not as plentiful as had been anticipated While the woods and mountains | have been quite well covered by hun- ters, there is nothing like the crowds which enjoyed the sport in previous years, With hundreds of men call- ed to the service and additional hundreds working overtime in de- fense plants, many hunters have been unable to find time to hunt {it is claimed mi —— Pd ————— Two Slightly Injured In Hunting Mishaps Two Centre county hunters were slightly injured by stray shots Sat. jurday as the small game season opened Fred “Jocko” Pletcher of Howard, was struck in one hand with stray pellets while hunting in Howard | township Peggy Quick, 11, was struck by a | stray B-B shot while hunting with her father, Clifford Quick, of Cen- {tral City, and her brothers. The shot | entered her thigh. Bhe was treated | {by a physician, ———— Jacob Kofman Suffers | Injury in Accident | Jacob Kofman, proprietor of the! | Wallrun service station, at ‘Wingate, {suffered a painful knee injury Mon- day when he fell off a truck while loading junk at Oréistdh. A physician who examined his in- | Juries found that he had torn a| on | ligament and ad a Festiit Mr. Kofman | is confined to his home at Wingate, | WILLIAM LITKE THANKS VOTERS FOR SUPPORT| | 1 want to take this opportunity to thank the many f , both Dem- | ocratic and Republican, ‘who so loy-| ally supported me in my candidacy | for Representative in the Oenera)! Assembly. In view of the fact that entire trend of the balloting was 80 many Republican voters supported me. i 1 want to extend my congratula- tions and best wishes to my success. | Budd Brooks. ful opponent, Jack Wallin, WILLIAM W. LITEE, Esq. COREGTION OF LIME NUISANCE . : | . » > a Annual Peace Service To! American Lime Officials Be Held Sunday at Episcopal Church PARADE TO FEATURE LOCAL CEREMONY Service Org. anizations, vited to Participate SAMUEL D. RHINESMITH Plans for the annual observance of Armistice Day by Brooks-Doll Post American Legion, Bellefonte, were announced by Samuel D Rhinesmith, head of the committee in. charge, following a meeting at the Legion home Monday night, The observance this year will honor those men who ourrelitly are serving in| | the nation’s armed forces in World | caused by the tds Sunday when the 130 8 Peace Services will be held at St] John's Episcopei church, Bellefonte, with the rectdhr, the Rev. Francis Davis, as the spelker Members of the Legion and Vet- erans of Foreign Wa and Boy (Confinued [rom page four) dust from escaping [company's Place New Collector in Operation COUNCIL REPASSES STREET ORDINANCE "To Seek Bids on Remodel- ing of Big Spring Build- ing for Borough [Use A notice able improvement lime dust nuisance should be ¢ to Belicfonte resider today cording to a report subinitted Borough Council Monday night Councilman Walter Eberhart man of the special committee Mr. Everhart declared that Fred- erick Warner, American Lime and Stone Co. superintendent, had noti led him that a new collector on kiln No. 1 was to have been com- pleted Tuesday of this week and was in the vident ac- to by chair. 10 be placed In operation yesterday or today to prevent This enllector | AR large expected portion of lime into the air 3 Is the only one of the three kilns on which is no collector at this time, Mr. Everhart sald, but a test unit Is here and Is to be tried out next week This test unit will receive only a portion of the smoke and dust from the kiln, the purpose being to determine what percentage of dust the unit will remove from the smoke, before a full-sized purchased Mr. Everhart also reported that arrangements are being made for a Joint meeting of the Citizens Com- mittee on Lime Dust with members of Council and officials of the lime company Because Burgess Hardman P. Har- ris declined to sign the ordinance vacating the portion of Lamb street at the Bellefonte High School site {Council put the question up to ano- {ther vole and made the ordinance law without the Burgess’ signature nde Was un@nimons, Before notion was taken Council. men conducted a brief discussion in {which it was brought to light that only one Council member had re- ceived a complaint on the closing of the street. Mr. Harris’ refusal to sign the bill was reported to have (Comtinwed om Page Siz) Kiln No there unit is PREDICT EARLY Two Hunters Die; NAME 73 FOR Badies are Found NOVEMBER |] John W. Bruss, 78, Unionville, and Harvey Huff, 49, Pleasant Gap, Succumb to Heart Attacks While Hun Heart attack: fatal wo two Centre small game season John W. Brus: far from his home Gap, was found dead in ternoon. Centre County men, who been hunting County hunters yesterday a wooded haa aone belleved to have time 1 he small game the the season Satur- ved fatal to Harvey E. Huff asant Gap whose lifeles nd that afteimoon ui the Sta ite House In south of Pleasant Gap attack | red a short hunting day of for a Woods near Cire n Valle very of the fatall y Kerk. of North Allegheny llefonte, and Lester Jones rg, who were attracted to ny Lhe ima ls his Ly was mace victim two QO was sitting on master’s body P the an i close to Be le fonte, be gan E hunting about 8:00 o'clock Saturday norming belie uffered ved Lo the heart atta short time His body was covered about 2 Harvey E. Huff o'clock that aft noon Kerk i Jones said that they approached the man's form the dog standing watch growled but scon became friendly when it understood they intended Do harm to its mas r When they jeft the scene 10 re- port the matter to State Motor Po- lice at Pleasant Gap they had Ww drag the dog with them, bul the AN as i» iother dog had taken its place by the | tne police arrived, Mr. Huff's body, face d0Wn, Was found aboui 25 yards off the road a short distance from the State House, His car was parked along the road. His shotgun was clutched in one hand and in his hunting coat was found one rabbit which he had Cleaned (Continued om Page Four) TABULATION OF VOTES CAST ON TUESDAY, NOV. 3. VOTING DISTRICTS Bellefonte Boro--N, W Bellefonte Boro—8, W Bellefonte Boro-W. W Centre Hall Boro Howard Boro Milesburg Boro Millheim Boro Port Matilda Boro Philipsburg—-1st Ward Philipshurg—2nd Ward Philipsburg 3rd Ward South Philipsburg Snow Shoe Borough State College —East Div State College-—West Div State College North Div Unionville Boro Benner Twp.—N. P Benner Twp —8. P. Boggs Twp--N. P Boggs Twp—E. P. Boggs Twp. —-W. P. Burnside Twp College Twp.. Curtin Twp—N. P Curtin Twp—-8. P..... Ferguson Twp.-—N. P Ferguson Twp —E. P, Ferguson Twp.—W. P, Gregg Twp -—N. P. Gregg Twp —E. P. Gregg Twp —-W. P... Haines Twp —E. P... Haines Twp. —W. P Halfmoon Twp... .. Harris Twp. —E. P Harris Twp —-W. P Howard Twp. Huston Twp. . Liberty Twp —E. P Liberty Twp. —W. P. Marion Twp...... Miles Twp —E. P. Miles Twp-—-.M, P. Miles Twp. —-W. P.. Patton Twp......... Rush Twp.--N. P ashy Rush Twp —E. P.. | Supr. | Gover. | A 2 a Assem- bly State Sen. WI —1994 Wa(—Iupe] day —surens doy —upre EEE 2LERIBERYS oly PELRBEERLEREREY 5E8Y Basse 2 HII Ir ErT I 2283s 382 iss sufuazannsy asgESsBianisa 8 Bass 70 sn msi ashi 1062 2078) 1988 1975 yepesElErgEssateazcRE Teen suzy AR ERS ITER EN RRR E RNR Y: a w Suefsayns BER3sc8Y ! t _IIME-1YNQ WAIN] day —uiiiv wa(—uosduroy i ‘doy —puvzue y «3 a2 0 tT 8EY sBuEnunagB88cs BEBCERREE 285583888 er — vefsaynsten -_ » -— on s2333238sE8 — re sdgsad Z8g83u8es 2 88s Ean SEE d2sssenea 2168 wed | suffered under almost identical circum 78, of near Unionville, morning, and Harvey E section of Green Valley Coroner Che died of heart at jer, chairman, Dewey Sorenson and «DRAFT QUOTA Total of 113 Scheduled To Go to Army From Draft Board 2 RECORD OCTOBER QUOTA NOW IN CAMP ting Small Game rr stances during the first few days of proved the 1942 was found dead in a wood Hufl, 48, of Pleasan Batu h Sheckler of Milesbhurg tack: arie; | The lifeless body of John W. Bruss Local Bands Escort Four was found about §:15 o'clock yest ' . . . day moning (™ Rev. Lawrence ( ontingents to Station During Week Barton, of Williamsport, who hunting near the Ba r the Unionville-Moshannon about two miles north The aged man had fallen back and his gun was k his chest, There ) . the names shells in the gun, and a packag iWois men calied for November 17 containing his lunch was nd Ye gourd had announced opened in one pocket ol 40 men who are sched. Mr. Bruss had indergo final physical ex- his son, Charles, nor 1 t Altoona on November where he made his home, about 30 16 0 make a total quota for the o'clock Tuesday morning small game When turn home that night the family be antingent jeft in g fous came alarmed and began Thursday, Priday and Sgtar- and continued until the discovery day of last week and Monday of this of the body by Rev. Barton It week. Members of each group, thelr believed that death Tus a and friend met before morning YMCA where cof - begun to hunt refreshments were ved rion Oct weekend Local ie Draft Board No. released rest ere Bellefon ww 144 the hom th of Un October series of he didn't re- hi Bele] “ board £Carchi oMeurred Oris The on page Four) aller point where aay (Conlin Belle. band escorted the station; Saturday Drum Corps nd Friday the of £ fonte High School VFW Pile and Monday the NAVY GARAVAN EE! SEE INBELLEFONTE | === Judge V Walker Speaker At Service, Sunday Walker will be the speaker at services in hon- the 33 men from the Belle- fonte Evangelical church in the U. 8. armed forces, it was snnounoed will be held here 0 welcome . : the Navy Recruliing Caravan which | Yesterday bY Rev. H HH Jecobs, pas- will be Bellefonte reds vor n rile Thursday and "Tne service Will be bila. of ‘the Priday of this week. y "church ul 7.50 o'clock Sundsy eve- caravan which will be sta- ol, Sis oe, Gi in, i, i, a char will be manned by a crew of Navy men who know al the snewers about | "yo in chaTPe of mule recruiting and will help anyone wish. | ing information about that branch on Prelude—Onward Christian of the service ' James R. Hughes of Bellefonte will Cat to Worship be the principal speaker at the pro- Gx gram to be held at the Diamond." tonight. Cecil Walker is in charge of arrangements for the speaking program and the parzde to be held before the program One of the speakers will be En- {sign H W. Altman, Jr, who is in charge of the “Cruiser” which ar- rives in Bellefonte sometime Thurs- day. The American Legion Junior Band will furnish music for the parade and will give a concert on (Continued om age 5 Six) — the q ng are to report for page two) Parade and Speaking Pro- gram Tonight; To Aec- cept Recruits Judge Ivan princi or of al A parade and speaking program Minister ia Patri-—Congregation wvocation-—Minister Hymn Lod, For Al M Pray.’ Scripture Reading Selection—Tian Men’ Martin, directing Pastoral] Prayer Announcements Selection-—-Titan Chorus Offering and Offertory Solo—“Stand By America Z. Campbell Address: “Our Responsibility,” — Hon. Ivan Walker Selection-—-Titan Chorus Service of Dedication Presentation of “Bond of Honor.’ National Anthem--Congregation sing first verse Benediction and moment of silence Postiude Miss Evelyn Hollobaugh at the or- gan ankind We Chorus, Mrs "Mr. E The New Victory Club | Meets at Hospital {| Approximately 20 members newly-organized Victory Club at- tended a regular meeting of the {group at the Centre County Hos- {pital Monday evening The club's membership includes nurses and other hospital employes Those present, aside from {bers of the staff, were Mrs. Louvena | Witmer, Mrs. Mary Beezer, Miss { Pear] Houtz, and Dr. E. H. Adams { After the regular business session i Mrs. Nellie Geary, hospital superin tendent, outlined various phases of hospital routine for the benefit of girls recently employed there. Because Mrs. Geary had submit. ted the winning name suggestion for! {the club, she was presented with a silver Victory pin Dr. Charles Light of Centre Hall spoke interestingly on the history and uses of sulfa drugs, explaining some of the successes achieved with use of these drugs in treatment of war wounds and infections The meeting closed with a social hour during which refreshments | were served to of the Defense Workers To be Sworn In Popson Announces That Spec- ial Notice of Raids Will Not Be Given mer - i Scores of Civilian Defense works ers in the Bellefonte area will be sworn into office at ceremonies to be beld at the Court House tomorrow (Friday) night, John Popson, chair- man of this defense district said yes- terday Popson said that many Civilian Defense workers will not be given special warming during test air raid drills and that they will have to de- pend upon air raid signals sounded when such tests begin. If these sig- ! a | nals For gt gg by everyone 4 | additional 1s i have to | Boy Scout Troop | installed, Popson commented * | Following are the workers sched. Organized at Gap [uled to be inducted tomorrow night: Air Raid Wardens: W. C. Witmer, Fred B. Yorks, Christ D Young, | Charles C. Brown, Margaret M. Bea- ver, Melvin C. Alkey, Philip L. Wii craft, Robert K. Thomas, Clifford Jodon, George W. Jodon, Philip H. | Johnston, Harry P. Kelley, Dean A. | Shope, James E. Mackey, Robert J. Houser, William T. Gingher, John I. Cain, Cyrus C. Bailey, Orville ¥. (Continued on Page Three) SIX COUNTY PHYSICIANS ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Six Centre county physicians have been accepted by national headquar- ters as the official executive com- miftes of thie Women's Field Army for the Control of Cancer in the A Boy Scout troop at Pleasant Gap was organized last week with the following charter members: Dewey Sorenson, Ray Noll, Jr. Wil- liam Tate, Richard lair, Donald | Hile, Roy Britz and Robert Krum- | rine. The Scoutmaster is James Bid- | dle and the assistant Scoutmaster is | Ororge Magargel. The troop will feet in the Fire House every Thurs. day evening at 7 o'clock and addi- tibnal members are (0 be accepted into the organization. OfMoers of the troop are: Ray Noll, Jr. scribe, and Dewey Sorenson, Jr, sehior patrol leader. Members of the troop committee are: William Tuck.
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