LIE * " INWAR LEI IR A * adhe Cenfre Democrat EVER EVERY SAVING IN WAR BONDS YBoDY PAYDAY VOLUME 61. NUMBER 53. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942, SUBS( se ik RIPTION—£1.50 PER YEAR rocers Report Little Hoarding Bellefonte Merch. §'s to Take Care of come Rationing As in the Bellefonte area who after hearing Sunday's an- nouncement of food-rationing to come in February, thought they'd lay in a supply of foods beforehand, got little help from Bellefonte's gro- cer a survey vesterday revealed In most local grocerie regular customers of a store can buy two cans of each type of canned food no more The “drifters"--persons who go from store to store buying MANHELDIN HOLDUP ATTEMPT Sandy Ridge Crime Be- lieved Solved With Ar- rest of Man in Erie What | claim may have been a systematic theft of cars in and Erie, was believed to have b:oken up last week with the arrest of Walter Wallheiser, 24, alias Wal- ter Walizer, who in the Erie jail after police him driving a car off the road Among man is one filed Pvt. John Eisenhooth view State Police cal information, wh with the attempted hol ember 2 of the Long Ser at Sandy Ridge, was sworn fore Justice of the Peace Har Cowher, of Belle Le Pvts. Eisenhooth and E. B. Barnie of Rockview, interviewed Waliz the Erie jall last week and re that he admitted t holdup at Sandy Ridge a having purchased gasoline at Prit- {Continged on page Five -— Persons nlip police A 1t yO ALVOVLIE been se was lodged had fore spotted ed him the charges DArracks ‘ the well as Former Local Couple Wedded 50 Years Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Dunkle, of 5220 Dearborn street, Pittsburgh, were honored at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of their mar- riage, Tuesday evening, December a2. Hosts and hostesses for the even- ing were their children, Mr. and Mrs Harry W. Dunkle and family, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. William L. Dunkle and family and Mrs. Rebecca Dunkle Repp, of Pittsburgh A delicious dinner was ter which there was open from 7:30 to 10:30 o'clock of friends and relatives pleasant evening Mr. Dunkle was a son of Mr Mrs. John T. Dunkle, of Hublers- burg, and Mrs. Dunkle was a dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Miller of Oak Hall The couple, former of Bellefonte, left here on September 18, 1904. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dunkle enjoy good health, considering their age. On April 1, 1943, they will have been constant readers of The Centre Democrat for fifty vears £ erved af- house A host enjoved a and residents . Bini Titan Worker Fractures Leg Herman Koenig, of Bellefonte, em- ploye of the Titan Metal Company, was admitted to the Centre County Hospital at 220 o'clock Wednesday morning suffering with a fracture of the left leg. Koenig was reported to have suffered injury while working, the i not enter the work room Impose Own Systems wwular Patrons; Wel- ch as they can can in most stores—and others In one store all custore. 8 are allowed to purchase only one can of any item The tendency to hoard puts gro- cers on the spot, and most of them welcome food-rationing although they maintain it will mean consid- erable extra work for them The grocer is on the spot now be cause if a regular customer come: in and asks for a dozen cans of peas, or corn, or beans, he has to be turned down, The customer doesn’t like that and neither does the grooer But if the should sell large amounts to person hs shelves would soon be empty and many oth- er regular customers wouldn't like that grocer is between the upper millstone When rationing in. all troubles of that nature will disappear The customer will know what he can buy, and the grocer will know how much he can There have been only lated a. are allowed oni, nont o grocer S50 the and lower comes sell few | fal custo a r= NOArAIng so Mostly, tne nstances ol ¥ 1 i exXpiainec came in RIoCer: mer Uno the here and there evidences of greediness called her bougnt usual usual But were some definite One woman him to and i ol food er and as ed FARMER BURNED N TOOL SHED FR Lincoln T. Witmer Injured in Effort to Get Equip- ment Out of Building gre Conting Lincoln T. Witmer, well known farmer residing slong the Branch near State College, suffered first de- gree burns of the face and hand early last Thursday morning when i fire destroyed the combination stor. age and tool shed on his farm. He when attempt to { the ment in ye sed : 4 eq the The blaze | * Galeton Volunteers Needed For Red Cross Project Yorkers for the Red Cross surgi- cal dressing project on the second floor of the Masonic building, North Allegheny street are badly needed The quota is large and only a few persons have been reporting The project is in progress every Monday Wednesday evening and Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. All workers must wear a coverall apron, otherwise they may and every i’ Pa We think this timely with conditions that face the not encouraging future a m Vers First of all, every newspaper stantial war sacrifice by sharply basic material rint paper. Th VV i deliver the full value of its prod don’t expect as many pages in getting heretofore. We are also left to understa allowed weekly newspapers will 1 in arrears. half of the newspapers to raise newspapers, has been faced with Democrat. An increase in subsc alternative left. enters into the making of a ne the price at $1.50. How long we paper. We have told you the whole WHAT THE PUBLISHERS FACE opportunity papers and magazines in the days to come the Centre Democrat it will me: dense its news and feature material into less volume in order to tion. This will mean that if your subscription is not paid up, our allowance of paper will be reduced that much: hence your name will have tc be removed from our mailing list as we will have no paper to send you. Almost any day we expect the Government will request the publishers of this paper, and all other papers as well, to furnish it with a list of subscribers who are over three months In that event we will have to furnish the information. Throughout the country rising costs have compelled more than start of the war In 1030. The Centre Democrat, of its product or increasing the price, To resort to the former pol- icy is contrary to all the ideals of the publishers of the Centre Thus far through all the increasing costs of everything that we do not know. Much will depend upon our subscribers co-oper- ating with us in keeping their subscriptions paid up. The expiration date of your subscription is printed cn the pink label of the front page of your Centre Democrat, with us in this respect we will be able to continue sending you a ] to readers the acquaint this newspaper in our iblishers of and magazine must make a sub- cutting consumption of its most is will mean less pages in news- For a newspaper like in a determined struggle to con- ict in a smaller package, In short, your newspaper as you had been nd that the amount of newsprint » based upon its paid-up circula- their subscription rate since the like many other the choice of lowering the quanty ription rates would seem the only waspaper, we have fought to keep will be able to maintain this rate By co-operating story, frankly and truthfully. it is up to each subscriber to act accordingly. {of garden CURTIN NAMED EXECUTIVE BY AMERICAN LINE re for Present Evils | Son of John Curtin, Sr., Becomes Vice-President and General Manager WARNER STILL IS PRODUCTION HEAD Change Effective January 1; New Officer is Le- high Graduate Charles Warner, president of the American Lime and Stone Company i announced that effective Jan- 1, 1043 ohn Curtin, Jr fonte, has been romoted position and general mana in 1 UATry elle the dent fonte Mr, Curtin employ of company for th twelve will generally and coordinate all department oper- ations of the American Lime and Stone Cx Bellefonte and Union Purnace, and handle all out side and other comimunity relation the Bellefonte Fred War- ner will continue as general superin. tendent of all production Mr. Curtin is a graduate of Lehigh University in the class of 1830, and during the summer months while in college, worked in the plant at Belle- fonte. After his graduation ied in the plant for a short 1 was promoted to the department and wa the Bellefonte and Pittsbu a position which he of resident vice-pre rer at Belle who has been in the the year direct mpany at in Wea he con- time COT TI Onn VOArs In March of assisted in the Bond Exte » Warner Company xd in December « 4 von this year J ff thi : Snow Shoe Coach Enters U. S. Navy [= Norman 8 Harris, for the past ten years athletic coach and teacher of social science in the Snow Shoe High School was sworn into the U 8. Naval Reserves on December J and has been commissioned a Li ant, Junior Grade : cations branch Harris, son of W Oi received the com haa as t to Noroton 1. 10 begin former Ruth on January 8 the now Shoe OSTOFFICE HAS Day Before Holiday; Re- ceipts Higher Than 1941 The Bellefonte postoffice had one of the “best” Christmas seasons in its history. Poamaster George Meek reported this week-—and Mr. Meek placed credit squarely on the should- ers of the men and women of this area who headed pleas to mail their Christmas letters and parcels early The day before Christmas-—a day when the postoffice usually resembles a cross between a madhouse and a Chinese laundry--found the work- room virtually bare of mail and par- cels. A few letters were to be seen in pigeonholes here and there, Clerks were moving at a mid-sum mer pace, because there wasn't any- thing to do except to take care of a few belated Christmas cards, which it was feared couldn't be handled until the holiday rush, had been de- livered. And yet the postoffice handlixd a greater amount of Christmas mail than last year. Stamp sales were up and total receipts exceeded those of other years. (Continued on Page Eight) A re s— Fire at Rock Causes Loss to Benner Family the | 8randsons are in the U., 8. Armed According to reports from | | | | that wo Men Held in [_»ve=od_| January Selectees Five Burglaries lice Follow Meagre Clue in Solving Crime, Nickname Proves Lead Which Halts Three-County Crime Wave. clue see TH Working from the “Nora's Boy" meagre had been | with a man who walked lame in the i Club | State { station operating i them | family, Ira Benner on Tuesday, De= | cember 22, had the misfortune to lose his smokehouse and house at Rock, by fire summer | i Philipsburg Veterans Foreign Wars December 8, the night be- the club safe containing about wi from the bullding Police from Rockview yesterday cracked a safe- combine which had been with marked succes in Clearfield Indiana September 20 the two had com- burglaries which netted £2 000 $2500 sald who aided In rounding Keith R. Dane of the Rock Charles E on fore $800 stolen Slit burglary Centre and counties Since that date sinee mitted five between and Cash police The officer up the pair are Pvis and A. A. Verbitsky view State Police Bat cy Pvt. A. R. Rice, of the and Chief of State Police R. Lamoreaux, of Philips- 11 ana Clearfield Police N burg Rockview HOUCK HOME 1 DAMAGED BY FIRE Refrigerator Short Cir- cuits; Sulphur Dioxide Adds to Fire Loss police began their in- t several ht m fire timated a ine 1) idence 2 o'clock street about unoke ¢ kitchen r ablaze urned g of the refrig- redeasing the sulphur dioxide Because the choking re at eralor refrigerant the 10 NOras vestigation with burglary December learned about “F identified the lame man Roman Caudron They soon le Her crimes of a similar Clear Philipsburg when they Bos Inter erin and 206 nea that been committed | us follow Ber My Hus 317 mio tember aepot La and removed 19 from . Supply broken safe contains taken 1. J. Briel Karthau lesrning Boy criminal a term in prison for r $800 Hardware November Woks store at After Nora's the of with ELL identity checked thi police record had served he (Continued SIROKE n Page Three) FATAL TO b. MUSSER Former District Manager ... For West Penn Power Co. in This Area Musser Earl C former district {f the manager of Penn Power Company in the Bellefonte area at 3:40 o'clock Monday December 28, 1042 three mi east of Bell the Went atl his ™~N Jacksonville road where resided adn Years ago Death was a stroke guffered Sunday, although Mr. Mus. ser had been in poor health an earlier stroke suffered last Spring The deceased became manager of the old State-Centre Electric Come ¢ his retirement eleven | 7 attributed mince gas quickly Ald the house. mers Sony when that osnpany was. or. bers of the family escaped through t floor bedroom Uni * SOP e window of a TRI Alarm oro And firemen their efforts Eas sed were hamper- soon had L1H Pd ¥ County Home Guests Get Christmas Gifts Guests Home, | announ Witmer inernos Circle umber Ed of guest from Other of Bellefonte Junior Red rh 11 SOUT a Charles Robb greeting cards. The of State College Brooks-Doll Post and Auxil- American Legion Bellefonte individual packages containing oranges, popcorn balls and candy to each guest, in addition to an extra supply of candy Bellefonte grade pupils made and contributed plate favors and pupils of rooms 3080 and 305 of the Bellefonte High School made in dividual Christmas stockings which they stuffed with home-made sweets All the gifts were greatly appre ciated by the guests, Mr. Witmer said also of chool Theodore Haupts Wedded "9 Years On Sunday, December 27, Mr, and Mrs. Theodore B. Haupt, of Bush Addition, quietly observed their 56th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their home The couple heads a family con- sisting of six children; 22 grand- children and 35 great-grandchildren, and many of the descendants called at the home during the day to pay | their respects to the honored pair. | Mr. Haupt is 78 years old and his wife is 79. Both enjoy excellent] health and look forward to many more anniversaries Four of Mr. and Mrs. Haupt's forces. Sgt. Dale Gardner is with the army in Africa; Ororge Gard- ner is in camp in Georgia; Corp. Pershing Gardner is in camp in 8. Items reportedly lost in the blage | Carolina, and Donald Haupt is in included a new Maytag washer: De. | C3MDP in Tennessee. i Laval cream separator; new Sharp- {less separator; S-burner oil stove; icoal and wood range: full set of i | butchering tools; room heater stove: | household furniture, dishes and j cooking utensils; 30 bushels of beans iin pods; clothing: 20 bushels black | walnuts; 10 bushels butternuts: 20 { bundles of asbestos shingles; 5 rolls roofing paper; Kkeg roofing nails; {erosscut saw; tool box and tools; new {lawn mower; 2 iron kettles; full line tools and other articles ng. NEW YEAR'S DANCE i A square dance will be held Thurs. day evening, New Year's eve, at the Logan Grange Hall, Pleasant Gap. | Music by Rusty an dhis Rythm Ran- i gers, of Lewistown. Dancing begins js 8p m - Claims Two Bridges Available for Scrap A reader of The Centre Democrat | reports that two unused iron or steel bridges in Centre county should be | ler. in 1913 1 manager was reorganised : Keystone Power Compan when the West Penn the Company absorbed retained the the and becan and when ganised post of industn inter i ASOT CAs became an empl the State Centre Electric Con Mr. Musser taught mathematics ar a finwnrd po To Name Liberty Ship After Gov. Curtin Three n ge Beven $41 child Pennsylvania wild. ren will pay homage Civil War governor ten a new Liberty ship as the “An- drew Oregg Curtin™ at ceremonies next month in a Baltimore shipyard Frank R. Fish, chairman of the school salvage commitiee for the State Council of Defense, sald names of the children will be announced within a week. The three Pennsyl vania schools contributing the most scrap iron per pupil in the recent school children salvage oollection campaign will be permitted to send one representative each to the launching, slated for the plant of Bethlehem Fairfield, Inc. at a date fo be fixed by U. 8. Maritime Com- mission The name of the ship was selected from recommendation made by the pupils who took part in the scrap drive, The Judges said the name of for- mer Governor Curtin, a native of Bellefonte, won out over those of Daniel Dobbins, of Erie, supposed to have built the fleet with which Oliver Hazzard Perry, fought the battle of Lake Erie. and of Conrad Weiser, one of the founders of the city of Reading. school their when they chris. to slate - Nutrition Class at Milesburg Finished The class which has been studying nutrition at Milesburg, under the di- | rection of the Bellefonte Chapter of | the American Red Cross, and taught iby Mrs. Robert Eckenrode, finished {its course on December 16. Those enrolled in the class were Miss Kathryn Baldridge, Mrs. Etta Kelley, Mrs. Mary Lucas, Mrs, Fran. ces Malone, Mrs. Anna Gill, Mrs Pearl Newman, Mrs. E. Blanche Pet. ors, Mrs. Florence Peters, Mrs. Jean- nette Wetzler, and Miss Ruth Wetz- -. Will Open Harness Shop D. A. Hemphill, who has been working in Philadelphia for some! months past, will arrive in Belie- | sted by Boards State College to Send 71 to Altoona for Phy- sicalsi; Bellefonte Board Names Half of Quota; December ( ‘'ontingents Now leav- ing For New Cumberland 1 With December the cour now © Of ception Center the counts this week for the the county Draft Board No has listed 71 men to Altoona for Monday departure | Cumberis: al Draft Bos men { New two Lox began lis -man J i 11 wy 8 of Btate Col 9 who are to be » al p fri thre ye final examinations nuary 4 Draft Boar Ta “Hl WILLIAM B, RANKIN & vi 4 1 | t SJATIUATY B 3 Ran uranoce a William Kin, well agent rithday at his street Al- not been in he 3 Exchange every ! and over- nagement the insur he has conducted here decades special cele- for 4 ne H of No bration being planned the TT As {re p tirthaa asiae trom ¢ » Parochial School In Christmas Musicale HEN Belle were Mars Pl Maria: Elizabeth Hauer, George De Samus] (Continped on Page Eight) Wingate Boy Escapes From State School ; Shskiua 6 of wi «15 ngate Test ind oe 1000 THREATENS MILESBURG AREA Traffic Halted on Route 220 by High Water; Cellars Flooded hie} Rains and i began pontinued since od conditic Wednesday morning During night waters of Bald Eagle Creek rose to flood stage but most of the damage came from Moose Run whict overflowed ite banks and spread through Central City For a time early yesterday morn- ing the section of Route 220 from Wetzler's west to the Scholl garage could be traveled only bv trucks and high” cars. Cars built low to the road stalled in the water, which reached a depth of about 16 inches on the road The cellars of many homes are flooded to a depth of several inches, and pumps maintained by most householders in the flood area were in operation that in the the The Roy L. Hall family, residing (Continued on pape Seven) tM Sl Cars Collide Near Colyer; Damage $120 Cars operated by Charles W. Jo- don and Orvis L. Horner, both of Centre Hall R. D., crashed near Col- yer shortly after noon Saturday. Damage to Horner's sedan was ap- proximately $100 and loss to the other car was about $20. The cars | were traveling in opposite directions | when one of them skidded while {rounding a curve, according to Mo- > rad No. 2, of Bellefonte, has released 685 January now preparing who will to 12 roster of men ant toons on is HO 0 compiete from the two boa All nets s month NECA of this week 67 men y passed their physicals Altoona departed from Boar Bellefonte, for New ircay, January » College Board reception cent Howing ) will be found the personnel of various groups of Selectees The 66 { Bellefonte AY, January men id JE MANN YOUTH iS STATE IZ Samuel Holubee Awarded 1st Place For Chick Pro- ject: 12th in Corn Samuel Holubec, 18, son of Mr and Mrs. John Holubec of AxeMann, High a graduate School last pet Bellefonte last week won ie state-wide 5 contest of the June a prize tional proj of nc baby been conducting Last year he won : ate contest the Axe vil Years place | 12th place Corn projects Awa records were kept Holubec's based on based the poultry prize flock of 300 chicks involved { od forts $s $x iia His “a sensi A rt — James R. Riley Now Lieutenant in Army James R. Riley, of Osceola Mills who last summer withdrew as Demo. cratic nominee for the office of semblyman from Centre counts volunteer his services in the Arms has completed his course in the Voi- unteer Officers’ Can te School and last Wednesday received commission as a second lieutenant Lt. Riley, who is home on a3 ten- day furlough. was a visitor in Belle. fonte, Monday. He has been assign- ed to the chemical warfare service and has been temporarily assigned to Edgewood Arsenal, Marviand. He expects a permanent assignment in the near future 3 0 + 1 Ake este’ Gida his COUNTY HOSPITA INVALUABLE SERVICE IN 1942 The Centre County Hospital has had a most successful year insofar as patients and service mre concerned More physicians have been added to the general staff to take care of an increase in patients, and a corres. ponding increase in costs of main. tenance and equipment The operating costs of the hospital have advanced approximately 25% {in the biennium from June 1, 1940 to June 1, 1942. This increase could be divided almost equally between costs of living, medicines and other supplies, and wages of the employes While a comparative increase in in. jcome is expected. the increase of 10-acre piot’ chosen r on Phill irg Philipsburg Port Matilda Lock Haver, State College Philipsburg | f 3 jo Bleve Kush Ji Joe D. Maguire Oscar W. Blerly Sheldon: 1. Lower) Fred ( Ammerinan ued Fii Aner D ers on 5100- Acre Tract Near State College Noted For Deer and Small Game Some of and small game open Lo hunters the Game trams wal Penns west ay were th With acquisition by Commission of 5.100. renowned Bar- {VADIA Goer a MORN a i acre tT In the Oentre « Hnmission . c from the Boal an of Boot] enter Al tate of Theodore Davis includes the ghost tow {long abandoned iron « rew Carn 0 4 of €x tract OT ve pape Four) Belle fonte H igh Student Injured Lyon, 16-year-old son Mrs, George P. Lyon. Beliefonite, suffered a {ractur the right leg above the knee in @ fall Tuesday afternoon at the Bellefonte High School gymhas- lum Lyon, who was taken to the Cone tre County Hospital for treatment ls a member of the high school bas. ketball squad and was injured when he jumped over a railing in front of the bleachers in the gym. It Lie lieved tizal his foot caught on the railing, causing the fall He was per. {mitted $0 return home from the ho day before Christmas rtheast corner of the re section was ed it i HNomMas of L of anc street Mr Pine nf i is {pital the L RENDERS 1862 patients with 17086 patient days, or an ‘average of 48 patients per day. There were also 270 births 1169 operations, 843 x-ray examing- tions and 1631 laboratory examina tions. Primarily because of the short. age of doctors and nurses, hospitals {are urging potential patients to con. serve the use of the hospital as much as possible. It is with pleasure that the hos- pital announces the following re- [Pairs ang replacements: painting a number of rooms, new furniture for two rooms, several new rugs, new rugs and repairs of furniture in the nurses” Brome, new wheel chair, new tor Police from Pleasant Gap who charity patients and necessary re- cabinet in children’s ward, new cab- imade the investigation. Fraternity House Fire Fite believed to have | pairs and replacements use up the {financial improvement. Patients Imust be fed and cared for regardless originated of costs; so the next logical ster Is|ihe dismantled and the metal contribut- | fonte the last of this week to ar- from an overheated furnace pipe to discover new sources of possible ed to the nation's scrap heap for range for the reopening of his har. caused damage estimated at about | revenue use in fighting Hitler. One of the bridges, the reader re-| ports, is located near the Orlando Nason home above Julian, and the other one ix nhroriie the J. Thomp- son Henry farm near Martha, It is suggested that the County Commis- | sioners determine w er It is for these conditions ness shop In the Schiow building on $25, at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fra- | that the hospital appeals to the peo- West Bishop street. Some months ternity house at Lewisburg. A hole ple of the county for aid ago Mr. Hemphill was compelled to was chopped in the floor of the fur. | Last year a large amount of fruit, close his shop owing to his inability | nace room, where some timbers were | vegatables, canned goods, etc. were to obtain supplies, but the WPB has | ordered the release of leather and other equipment for harness repairs, | BC ————— Stores Closed New Year's All Bellefonte stores will be closed i received from Harvest Home services (in various localities and from war ‘fous organizations. It is the hope of the so Mr. Hemphill has decided to re-|{on New Year's Day, according to an | the hospital these contributions will bridges may be abandoned, and if #0, open his shop. The opening date | announcement yesterday by the Re- | continue as they are a substantial to take whatever steps necessary 10 will he announced later through the | tail Division of the Bellefonte Cham- | help, i convert them into scrap metal tolumns of The Centre Democrat. ber of Commerce. During the past year there were {inet in Formula room. painting the | dietitians office and board room. | Contributions of equipment from Woman's Auxiliary included: {purchase and installation of coffee un, new gas range, new steamer, new brodier, rugs. painting outside of hospital, cabinets for nursery, painting and papering inside of | urges” home, and Puarniture. The Titan Metal Company gave the hospital a new refrigerator and the junior committee of the D. A. R. gave pn new bed and mattress, The hospital wishes to express its thanks to the Titan Metal Company, (Continued rom page Three)
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