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NEWS,
FEATURES
| VOLUME 62.
PRELUDE TO SPRING
When police officer Joseph E,
Shultz saw a short-sleeved bi-
eyclist appear out of the snow
storm at Danville, he thought
he was dreaming. When the
figure appeared a few minutes
later, he was almost sure of it,
particularly when he recognized
the midnight rider as L. G. Bar-
ig, Montour County district at-
torney. “My nightly workout,”
the rider said, nodding to Shultz
staring in open mouth amaze-
ment, “It's all in the vitamins
you take,” he added disappear-
ing into the darkness. Barig is
a physical culture enthusiast,
PIONEER
They blamed this one on the
gasoline shortage, too. Joseph
Anello, 11, and Dominic Parris,
12, of Newark, N. J, started out
for Texas because, they told po-
lice, they had heard the horse
was coming back and “Texas is
the best place to learn to ride
horses.” With 15 cents in their
pockets, they got as far as New
York City.
FUSS OVER PIG
R. J. Thomas, of Hillsboro,
Texas, advertised in the Hills-
boro Mirror for a lost pig. A
man telephoned that he had
found the animal Thomas,
roused from bed, was so sleepy
he forgot the man's name and
address. Now Thomas has to in
sert another ad asking the per-
son who telephoned to call agin.
“LOVE” IN ACTION
When informed that the total
debt on his church, the North
Hill Church of Christ, at Akron,
Ohio, was $17,500, Capt. Charles
Jenkins, home on furlough from
Fort. Knox, Ky., signed a cheek
for the entire $17,500 debt, with
the statement “I love my church
and so does my wife.”
HIS FLOCK
A poultry shower honored the
Rev. and Mrs. Lelan Atkins, at
their parsonage home in Galla-
tin, Mo. Each couple brought
a live pullet.
-
Announcer Dies
The man who ten
announced in a deep bass voice to
joint sessions of Congress—"“The
President of the United States’
died Thursday after a fall down a
stairway in the capitol. Joseph J
Sinngt. 82, was the oldest Congress-
onal attache. He had witnessed
#very opening Ea
for
vears has
.
B56 years, He was a Congressional
doorkeeper in the Wilson adminis.
tration and, after the Democrats re-
turned to power in 1933. again re-
sumed his job of announcing presi-
To Serve as WAAC
Miss Josepliine L. Madera, daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Ma-
dera of St. Marys, has enlisted in the
WAACs, and in severs] weeks will
be called for active duty. Miss
dera. a teacher, was a van driver for
the American Chu in Kamloops,
British Columbia
Is Jap Prisoner.
Listed as missing in action since
the fall of Corregidor, Sgt. Ralph
Mertz, of Sunbury, is held in the
Philippines by the Japanese as a
prisoner of war, according to an of-
ficial War Department message re-
ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Rex Mertz.
Ma-
¥
rel
| could not drive further and attempt. room
a
21 New Cars and Trucks, 2
Buildings Destroyed In
Mill Hall Conflagration
Quarter Million Dollar Estimated Loss In Fire
Which Swept Valley Oil And Gas
Company Plant at Mill Hall
Loss estimated at $125,000 resulted | contained 21 new Chevrolet auto-
last Wednesday night when two mobiles and trucks. Six large gaso-
buildings and a garage at Mill Hall! line trailer-conveyor trucks, ov.ned
were destroyed by fire and other|by the gas company, also were de-
buildings were damaged stroyed. These were housed in the
The building of the Valley Oil and | rear directly back of the Mann shep
Gas Company, located on Pennsyl- Robert E. Albright one of the
vania avenue-—at the eastern en- managers of the company, sald that
trance to the new highway to Mill approximately 4.500 gallon
Hall, went up in flames, as well a stored in the room
the Samuel Sheasley home adjoin- ditional 3.000
ing it and the garage and portion of floor In drums and
the home of A. N. Wolfe, An auto- 4,000 gallons in cases
mobile repair shop, operated by of the building
Grant Mann in the center of the oline pumps
oll company's buildings, also was de- tion equipment
troyed variow
While the origin o 500 worth of tires and sever:
\ f
unaccounted
of oil
were I'eal an ac
gallons on the second
approximately
in front
Tons of grease, gas-
and conside st
used for
the
rable
res
sub-dealers, more
still is r
to containers
the
* fire
believed of anti-{reeze t
of the
Mann, An
covered
and at
neighbor:
Mill Hall
for it Is LE 4)
ore
have star ''n
building «¢
unknown
the flames
tracted
who in turn
Fire Company
The
pany
room
1144's
ted in portion bulla
all were th vw of the flame
driver r di
iis horn
i
A Gasoline Pumps Lost
blew - Tw
front
the two silor
pumps, one
me not |
were Ios Ignited
¥
i
0
t
gasoline pump
bulldings were
tanks that
directly in
lost but
yd the
1.OOU galion capacity
the attention of
notified the
“
of the
uge
ol
econd floor of the oi] «¢ because safet
when Lhe
in the
to all
rae
Co
a Si
Motor
DULIGINE used as
the Casselberr
Vaive
pump
evening
acted automatically
vere locked
I'wo cal
nent of
ol Curing
in addition
he Mann shop
destroyed One Was a
by Yearick Bro
we other belonged
there for minor re-
pairs. His name was not learned
Early
the
the equip
truck
Dairy,
man
were
the
Lycoming Jurist
Fatally Stricken wc ©
10 had
to a
aft {
eft it
1
Dies in Hospital Soon After quickly removed all
Collapsing in Snow- of furniture and
drift equipment from the Samuel
home. A garage in the rear also wa
. : a burned. The total loss on this hous
Judge Samuel H. Humes, 42, died { timated between $4.000 and $5.-
in the Williamsport hospital,
last 309
Thursday midnight after he had . : .
been found two hours earlier in a! d When firemen found that the heat
snowdrift 50 feet from the Sheridan from the oll company’s fire as well
School where he had been scheduled 85 the flames were licking at the
to speak. His automobile was park- home of A. N Wolfe across a short
ed two blocks away alley, ti all furniture re-
Judge Humes had eaten a hardy “°0' °° The Bre inter caused eon
supper Thursday and then started svivhie a Gamage the roo!
to the school about 7:40 p. m. He VOTH gasie Wal
apparently became ill while driving reach $2.000
his car on Sheriden street, a few! The building occupled by the Val-
blocks from the school, because his ley Oil and Gas Company Was bailt
automoible was later discovered on about 20 years ago for the firm of
the wrong side of the street with Sheasicy Bros. operated»
evidence that he had been ill planing mill, blacksmith shop, suto-
It is believed that he realized he mobile repair shop and new car sie
In July, 1934, Mr. Albrigit, J
Lyle Flanagan, Lorénzo Flanagan
WwW. Bosworth,
arrivals
household
Sheasley
il
wy ordered
moved
to
a rel
a loss will
with
ed to walk to the school. He col- A
lapsed in a snow drift at about the and Wilson located
edge of the school property and was there and formed the present oll
not discovered until near 10 p. m. company The building {= owned bs
when the program was completed the J C. Hayes estate
and those attending were returning DR —
home
H. Swank Phillips, walking to his Conductor Seeks
home from the meeting, discovered
$50,000 Damages
(Clearfield Railroader Claims
((
He Received Permanent
Injuries
ntinued on page Siz)
—
Lost al Sea.
Fireman second class James J
Simons. son of Mr. and Mrs, George
Simons, of Catawissa, is believed lost
in action at sea, the family has been
notified by Rear Admiral Randall
Jacobs, of the United States Navy, Arthur W. Koller, of Clearfield
The young man was attached to a county, is seeking $50,000 damages
ship which went down during ac- in the Pittsburgh Common Pleas
tion off the Solomon Islands. He court from the Pennsylvania rail-
was one of three brothers in ser- road for injuries received on June
vice. and a fourth is soon to be 25. 1941, when a PRR freight and
inducted. a New York Central freight collided
is , near Renovo.
Koller, conductor on the New
CENTRE COUNTY WOMAN
MAKES GARDEN RECORD
York Central train, said in his state-
ment of claim that he was in the
caboose of his train when the other
train struck it. As a result, he stat-
ed, his left arm was amputated and
he will have to wear a brace for life
on his injured back
i
The Parm Security Administra-|
tion today disclosed how Mrs. Ray
C. 1shler invested $1350 in a three-
fourth acre garden last year and
gained $196.02 worth of produce.
“Most families cooperating with
PSA did a fine gardening job,” com-
mented Dorothy F. Dore, home man.
agement supervisor, “With Food|
shortages looming, any number of
families in Centre County will do
well to emulate them.”
Here's how Mrs. Ray Ishler, who
lives near Pleasant Gap, recorded
her accomplishment:
Garden Record
January-—Purchase seeds, draw
garden plan, rotate each vegetable.
March Cover the garden with
COW manure.
April—About the last week
April plow and harrow garden.
Now the ground is ready, I can
sow the small seeds such as carrots,
beets, lettuce, radishes, spinach,
swiss chard, parsnips, kale and en-
dive.
The onlons we put in rows all the
way across the garden, placing the
rows about 12 inches apart to leave
plenty of room to work and mulch
with chaff, grass or straw. This
will eliminate much weeding: be-
fore August 1st I take out the on-
jons and get the ground ready for
endive. i
Next we put the peas in double
rows, so they can support them-
selves, planted from 2'¢ to 3 inches
deep dry weather wiil not be hard
on them. About June 12th we plant
the celery between the double pea
rows, never putting in a trench be-
cause that seems to get the roots
below soil level.
By setting out some early lettuce
a little later we can put in the man-
goes and by the time they need
space the lettuce will be used.
May-—For late plants to be set in
the field we sow the cabbage, toma-
in
edn about May 8th-10th.
land 1 1b of late peas at the same
(garden; 15 ibs. field.
toes, and mangoes in the open gar SS ————
They are Soldier Hurt in Crash
ready by the last week of June. Sgt. Harry Davey, 22, son of Mr.
Starting about May 10th we plant and Mrs. George Davey, of Morris.
all kinds of beans and every two dale, R. D., was taken to the Clear-
weeks after that until the middle fleld Hospital, Tuesday evening of
of August This way we always Inst week after the car he was oper-
have a supply of beans until frost, (ating hit a parked car on Second
The space used for the real early street in Clearfield. Both cars were
seeds such as lettuce and raddishes badly damaged. Davey is suffering
is cleaned off and prepared for tue from face lacerations and possible
cabbage. chest injuries. Davey was home on
June—After the peas are taken out| furlough from the U. 8. Army
the celery is well started and re-
quires little attention. When we Have Narrow Escape.
bleach it, we just tie a couple sheets! Mrs. Louise Fromma and daugh-
out of some large magazine around ter, Donna, aged 4, managed to
each stalk, this makes it easy 10 reach the first floor of their burn-
take out one stalk at a time any-|ing home in Watsontown Thursday
where in the row. To store, we take morning, but had a narrow escape
it out of the garden when the ground from being sufficated by smoke,
is wet s0 the soil stays to the roots, Piremen broke open a door to reach
and stand in tubs or wooden boxes. them and lead them to safety. The
| damage to the home is only about
$50. It is believed that hot ashes
from the furnace set fire to a pile
‘of waste paper in the basement.
Besides our garden we plant 1%
Ibs cucumbers, 4 Ib sweet corn, and
about 100 cabbage is stored for our
own use, Also, we sow 5 1b of early
Red Cross Always on the Job,
. Mothers, if your son is serving
Value of Garden, 1942 | his country in uniform or as a mer-
Vegetables Used Caned Sold chant seaman, the Red Cross is
Peas $210 $325 $8 465 ready fo serve him. No matter how
Beans 9.00 11.98 slight his needs, even if it's just
10.80 26.83 to get a letter from home, the Red
5.25 4.00 Cross will try to help. Tell your son
3.00 ‘about it. Or if you haven't heard
11.50 7491 from him in the past three months
285 let your Red Cross Chapter khow
70 the circumstance--they might be
able to help.
time, but do not mature at the same
time.
Others
i
$2520 $4490
Size of Garden, % acre.
Cost of Plowing, $3.00.
$125.02 |
Youth Loses Sight of Eye
Donald D. Spangler, 11, son of
| William L. Spangler, of Blanchard,
Cost of spray and dust, 50c, has apparently lost the sight of his
Amount sold, $125.92. right eye as the result of a sled-
Value of food used, canned, $70.10, riding accident Saturday. He was
Number of customers, 52 families. admitted to the Lock Haven Hospi-
Amount of seed planted, 15 Ibs of tal where he is ulidergoing surgical
{ment
————
i thinks about his education after the
2 A
iy
BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,
a
1943.
NUMBER 5.
Random
[tems
A Couple Ground Hogs See Shadows
pr
Pre
Rd Mr pp hs oy Pp 4
oh Lag ey “ay,
FE az
-
La
. Ji ;
Centre Hall Man Three Injured
To Head Loans When Car Wrecks
R. M. Zeigler Appointed Rep-
resentative of New Credit bell Residents Goes Over
Embankment
Program in County
R. M. Zeigler, of Centre all | I
been appointed b
USDA Wa
representative
the
ree resident
1 IT; 3
Boal
in connect
program 1
Secretary
Wickard to help
1943
who hs “wn is fn
vet CASI Sr
bell
Cowl
go
when their cas
» embankment
Howard morning
Mrs. Car Gromiey, 40
fractured knee and lacerations of
the fi Mrs. Nellie Gromley, 38
had jecerations of the lip, and Henry
Gromiey, 34. received lacerations of
the lower jaw and right eye
1 In which they were
guard
abutment
1 embankmer
was badly damaged. All
persons were able t«
pital Iate Saturday
a ~~ :
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR
GIRL SCOUT LEADERS COURSE
were admi
ty Hoapit
treatment
reatmen
a a al, 5
for
es 11,
Hew CheG) an over a ten-foot
nounced by ¢ "
! 1 at Of west of
ART
farmers
one-half mile
early that
production in 5
Mr. Zeigler
ant secretar
in suliere
To
daysburg Production Cred
tion for
his
. Be
Associa.
will
High
the past seven years,
at 13 East
have
office
wt
julre
hy
financial -
1 with
war-time
with Mir
as
INO-
food
Zeig-
post
the oncrety before
tial
in touch
ductic ing down 1
I'he machine
the Injured
leave the hoe
he it
should
ler
Becretary
Wickard
e of the
of Agriculture Claude R
recently ounced broad-
of Agricul.
farmers
He
ann ——— ——
ir
ha
mace as Food A Leaders Training
Production Administration a new the direction of Mrs
source of credit at the county level is in progress each W
the production of essential war. | entog LACIE we
time food and fiber Between S200.- at jeast six more weeks.
000.000 and $225.000.000 of additional terested is urged 10 attend
fund immediately available
Course under
Frank Hench
become Girl Scouting is needed now more
than ever. The Bellefoule Girl Boout
Council is always on the lookout for
leaders and Council members
Futureé Classes
No Rise in Cream Prices
Word from Harrisburg yesterday
changed instructions regarding the
increase in cream prices. Alth
cream was originally listed
tinued
by : po
. n . ’ No. 3 Troop © zations, Patrol
State Milk Control Commission I Pp organi ans, Patrol
jump ten cents
art. authoritie formation and the health and safe
MATL, uid 1&1 ™ “ A of int "
have notified dairymen that the fed of interest
price will stay at 52 cents per quart No. 4. For Girl Behavior and Com-
28 cents per pint, and 16 cents per Problems Met in Troops
half pint. Cream, light 19 per cent, Lecture and Dramatic Field of In.
terest
was scheduled to have jumped 62
cents per quart, 33 cents per pint, No. 5. Troop Records and Finan-
and 18 cents per half pint. Butter. Community Life Field of In-
milk, which was scheduled to jump terest ;
from 10 to 15 cents a quart, was peg-
ged at 12 cents. The new 14 cents
per quart price for milk became
effective Monday.
Topics for oon -
ough
the
10
a q
mon
ces,
No. 6, Program Planning With
Girls. Longtime Planning. Discus-
sion of Merit Badges and Carrying
Out.
No. 7. Program Building
No. 8. Special Evening Activities
Outdoor Program of Girl Scouting
- R_—_— - ——————
Thinking of Future.
Surrounded by tanks, guns, planes
and still a few Japs-—-a United
States Marine on Guadalcanal still
All Woman Jury
This week for the first time in the
history of Clinton County, a case in
court was heard by an all-woman
jury. Eleven of the 12 members were
housewives, The case tried was that
of Jesse E. Laubach, charged with
operating his automobile while un-
der the influence of intoxicating
: | liquor
right where
war, Tom Hamilton, a Western
Pennsylvaniaian, has written Penn-
sylvania State College, asking about
possibilities for future education
College officials have assured him
that plans are already being made
to see that men in America’s arm-
ed forces may continue their edu-
cation after the war
they left off.
——
Enroll as” WAAC's,
Among Centre county women {o
{enroll in the WAAC’ at Harrisburg
recently were two Philipsburg girls,
the Misses Margaret B. Gallo and
Susan Hudak, These young women
will leave shortly for one of the
three training centers at Fort Des
Moines, Towa; Daytona Beach, Fila,
or Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Navy Veteran Claims Battles
Ease the Monotony of Cruising
(Cont, from page 1, first section)
Japanese fieet came on March 1 in
Ball Straits. Commander Parker de-
scribed this as a minor tiff. Shortly
after that time he was sent to Aus-
tralia and from there to the United
States. After a brief time spent in
this country he returned on October
26, in the battle of Banta Cruz--the
iengagement in which the aircraft
{carrier “Hornet” was sunk. Parker
{saw the Hornet just after it had re-
‘ceived its first hit.
! On November 12 the Bellefonte
(man aided in the defense of a con-
(voy against an attack by Japanese
torpedo planes. The attack was a
total failure on the part of the
‘Japs, for not a ship was Jost, he re-
ated. [the Navy in a matter-of-fact way
{ The following day Commander that gives even the most rock -ribbed
| Parker's ship participated in the land-lubber a yen for the open sea.
‘third battle of Savo Island—off He likes destroyer duty because the
| Guadalcanal—a battle which the boats are fast and maneuverable,
| Commander later described to news. and because the commander of such
| papermen in Pearl Harbor as “a gi- ships is on his own-—at liberty to
| gantic barroom brawl with all lights use his own judgment in matters
| out and everybody swinging.” In the pertaining to his charge.
| thick of that engagement Com- That his judgment has been sound
| mander Parker maneuvered his and effective in crippling the Jap-
| burning destroyer. though it was al- anese fleet is amply attested in Nav-
{ most dead in the water, into posi- al dispatches and in the Navy Cross
tion to fire six torpedoes, three of and gold star which he has receiv
which smashed into a Jap battle- in recognition of his services,
Al ——
To Rent CCC Camps
All buildings of the abandoned
Cameron County CCC Camps have
been turned back to the State For-
estry Department, and have been
placed on the rental market. Pive
barracks buildings and a number of
smaller structures are included
A -
ship. Swept by gunfire from Jap-
anese ships, Parker's destroyer final-
ly was abandoned an hour after the
struggle and sank the following
morning.
After the sinking of his ship,
Parker spent 13 days on Guadal-
canal Island, and from there return-
ed to the United States. He and Mrs
Parker spent part of last week in
Maysville, Ky, with his brother-in-
law and sister, Dr. and Mrs, Harold
Parker, and Monday, after a week-
end visit at the Hunter home, de-
parted for Washington, D. C., where
Navy Department.
Auto Containing Glen Camp- verdie
"old Donald
~ rik
rid. £
and Wa
wnny §
he has been assigned to duty in the
Quiet and unassuming in manner, |
Commander Parker speaks of life in|
Father Is Awarded $5,880
Damages For Death of Son
In Automobile Accident
Clinton County Jury of 11 Women and 1 Man
Decides in Favor of Mahlon L. McCloskey
Against Cooper Transfer Company
I'he civil
of Ma: h
Transfer
of t {
Case of
I
CX, again
{ Mahlon
Cre
Company
mer
Mc- 1 Judge Hipple expls
t Lhe Figuring on
the 4
Cle
Conner
IKON
for
Jun
he young
Piper
man
Alr
ena in
Orn last thy
ame toa the Clinton 40-hou
time of
Ill Health Leads
To Man's Suicide
Ford Brilhart, ( linton County,
Dies of Self-Inflicted
Wound
: in June 2X5
ton and Mil] Hall n
the Cooper trucks in which 18-ye
McCloskey
had been |
Years g
maker !
was wound
Friday afternoon at the home of his
sister, Mrs. James Smi with whom
he resided in Upper Lockport. Mem-
bers of his family four ]
when they
Clinton Counts
self
said
~inflicted gunshot
mite on &
mansisughter
| Inst October and was
a
id him in hi
bedroom
the af
scharged
returned
He ha
Lock
home
at
erry
irom Hay
Blate Wednesday
3rilhart
ifelrmme read
ielong resi
mem
College ital
and Henry M. Hipple represented the
Cooper Transfer Compan}
At the of the
torney Lipez asked tl ju
1 for Mr. McCloskey
young McCloskey and
administrator of his estate, the
favor of the plaintify
of the young man for
e-RpeTsien of
Wf approximate]
VWAE 8 hatllve
dent of the vicinity
Luke's
and
opening Cane Re
¥
Surviving are five sisters
brother: Mrs. Smith, Mrs
iJohnson, Mrs. Pearl Walizer and
Hulbert Brilhart of Lock Haven
Miss Martha, Elizabethiown, and
[Me aie,
Hell Funeral Home with
and a
Richard
of
ions of
Tar 4
360 Harve;
n
Taft's Brother Dies
Horace D. Taft, 81
1
late President Willia
1 the time he De-
Hie expectancy
42
{ $1040 a
VORTS brother of the
1 Howard Taft
50 years
School for
Conn. died last
home near the
ill for
intending to
changed his mind
his native
devote
¥
ir
. 4 fmt 4 ” 1
and founcer s I aimost
would amour
re ten werdiets | Deadmaster of the Taft
vg EE | Boys, at Watertown
Thursday night at h
school after being
nly a day. Originally
a lawyer, Taft
after practising a year in
Cincinnati, and
ana
his life to education
5 covering !
totaled $45,000
aw
for
mid res
mane
the estate of a
B3
recover
seriously
nf
joss of
CATTLE!
entire life expeciancy of sald minor, | hy
Sandy Ridge Boy
Wins Army Wings
Harold Swope Commissioned
2nd lieutenant at
Ceremony
Harold Swope, of Sandy Ridge,
was commissioned a Second Ligu-
tenant and awarded pilot's wings in
the Army Air Corps recently at
set out
Air Rald Tests Cancelled
All blackouts and daylight air raid
tests in Pennsylvania have been
halted until further notice by the
State Defense Council
——
Bread Cuiting Casualty.
Mrs. J. Richarrd Swope, of near
Sunbury, nearly severed a finger
on her left hand, while slicing a loaf
of bread. |
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eg
\
CAFETERIA:
The prices in the Belle.
onte High Bchool cafeteria recent.
mderwent a s
charged
nary revision down
ward, » at
AL BR Warm lunch is now
Hu-
CR
auch of a much
»
ries
Pp
: Be hoo
foods
the
hocolate Pudding
Since the new schedule into
mir her f 1s avail
A Humber of pupils avalling
hemselves of the cafeteria | beer
Friday was
* history of
HH
went
effect the
JAB
tems wers
Where |
arile ans.
the bench and in sott
asked Bellefont
Oey Dill ¢
NICE GESTURE:
v Fire
The ndine Company ent
on, “Undine
If of mem-
all
belt
Undine men
EOUS:
noticed
sd Chara
MISCELLAN
Have
Privileg ter who sail
red traffic
4 don’t ex-
coesnt violate the sign:
a while but habitual
story of
iy
WOUgh they
He
Wu
aud Lhe
veterinaTIaY
E00 ERsOiing
tate OOllerr
an wow another fan
} 8 velerin-
at with ferns ’e irda
3 with Lincoln's birthday
he has
i resemblance h name
To add to resemblance
Abe Lincoln Hite uses a small lump
to copy the promi-
1 on Lincoln's cheek, bought
a g-talled black coat, old-fash-
joned button shoes, and a high hat
to complete the resemblance. Hite
somewhat resembles Lincoln in
character, for he never has smoked
drank chewed. A plan has been
suggested 10 have the 1943 Emanci-
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the
ciay
3
i
lon
or
Craig Field, Ala.
The graduation ceremonies were
attended by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 8. H. Swope, of Sandy Ridge
His parents went to Alabama sev-
eral weeks ago and expect to visit
| there for a few more weeks
Lieutenant Swope enlisted in the
| Army Signal Corps three years ago
{and last March was accepted as
an Aviation Cadet and transferred |
to the Air Corps.
He attended Air Corps School at
FARM QU
Farm Advisor
General Electric Station
ESTION BOX
ED W. MITCHELL
wGY
Greenivile, Miss, and at Maxwell
Field, Ala. before going to Craig
| Field, at Selma, Ala, from which
{his class was graduated.
Harold is a graduate of the Phil-
ipsburg High School, class of 1938
| Until the time of his enlistment in
{the army three years ago, he was
employed at the Retort brickyard.
Q. How can 1 waterproof cotton
cloth so it can be used as a light
canvass to protect various things
on the farm?
A. The cheapest and most prac-
tical method is to dip it in linseed
oil and hang it up to drain as dry
as possible. This makes a fairly
waterproof cloth but a sticky, greasy
one to handle, and it punctures,
| cuts and tears easily. So try a small
piece before you make any large
covers
New Ration Books Being Printed
War Ration Book No. 3 is ready
for printing but what it will be used
for no one knows as yet. Book No. |
12, first of the point rationing books, |
‘will be distributed this month and
(used for canned goods and meats
and possibly some other foods, such
as butter and canned milk. The]
Office of Price Administration said
Book No. 3 was prepared well ahead
of time betause of the tremendous
job of printing 150,000,000 copies,
[the number required for the first
two books.
Q. When transplanting strawber.
ries will I get better results if taken
from an old bed or a new one?
A. It makes no difference as long
as you take only the new plants just
starting from the runners. Do not
transplant old crowns or runner
plants that are either stunted or
oversized.
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| Q will burning over a pasture
Fi {where sheep and goals graze every
Former Altoona Man Dies in {summer eliminate worms?
| Alem! at hie life n'a fire that | A. Feat from such a fire is hot
| ravaged a six-story apartment build. Sufficient to kill many worms but
ling in New York City, in which he instead will injure the gre toc
I resided. Mr. Greer was a printer | & grass Is not a good prac
by trade, formerly connected with |i. spite of the fresh, Clean, green
[the Altoona Mirror, but lately em- SPPCLEIRCe of the Reid after the
‘ployed in the offices of the New “P¢
| York Times. The fire in which Mr,
Greer lost his life started on the
{fourth floor at 1:15 o'clock Wed-
| nesday morning. He was found by
| firemen, suffocated, in the apart.
| ment, in which he stayed
SN Su ,,. in,
Read the Classified Ads for bar-
gains,
>.
Q Will corrosive sublimate
iaround the roots of cabbage and
carrots, for maggots, harm the veg-
!etables for eating?
A. No, not if they are subjected
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"to remove the soil before eating, and
probably not if they were eaten
i
"to the ordinary washing customary |
without washing. The poison does
not enter the plant but poisons
only the sofl and perhaps the outside
of the skin.
Q How can I raise yellow tur-
nips so that the worms will not eat
them?
A. The worms or maggots are
the larvae of a small fly much like
the ordinary house fly. The control
is to apply a little poison around
the roots every two or three weeks
to kill the maggots as they work
their way through the soil and into
the roots. I will send you a page
on how to do that.
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Q What are the proportions of
ingredients for curing hams and
bacon?
A. This is a good recipe based oh
100 pounds of meat: 8 pounds of
salt, 2 pounds of sugar, 2 ounces of
saltpetre, 5 gallons of water. Pack
the meat in the barrel, boll and cool
the water and dissolve the ingredi-
ents in it and cover the meat and
weight it down. Al the end of the
first, second and fourth weeks, the
meat should be removed, scrubbed,
repacked and the brine boiled and
cooled or be placed with new brine,
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Q How can poultry be marked
80 as to be identified if thieves get
them?
A. Tattoo the web of the wing
with an inexpensive machine. The
process is simple and harmless but
permanent, and in most areas one
may register his mark with the State
Troopers in that area.
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