—— he Cenir Democt SAVING IN WAR BONDS EVERYBODY EVERY PAYDAY VOLUME 62, NUMBER 9. BELLEFONTE, PA ow THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1943, SUBSCRIPTION-—£1.50 PER YEAR Mileshburg Suffers fem imine pf Heavy Fire Loss Borough Building V irtually estroyed By Flames: Building H Council Chambers, Boy Scou. © ough Records Believ Milesbury heavy fire loss noon when fire iginated from a borough suf fered a late Monday alter- defective chimney caused the virtual destruction of the Borough Building, located on Market street, near the Diamond fhe first floor of the {frame struc ture housed the Milesburg Fire Company, while on the second floor were two large rooms-—one used as the Milesburg Council chamber, and the other as a Boy Scout club room All the fire company's equipment was saved but the company suffer- ed the loss of some furniture. The cham- al- f of a large safe in the Council bers. are believed to be safe, though owing the condition the building no attempt has made to reach the locked at time. It is believed that some water may have seeped into the vault, but officials are confident that the rec- ords will be found good tion, : The loss includes furniture in the Council chambers and in Boy Seout room When the blaze wa di about 5 p. m. the flames alread) made considerable headway to been safe this in in condi Lie covered had Ihe stoves those meet built a Council connected floor an tom borough's valuable records, stored in | the sj first ond burn 0 the throughout ienced In flames, a water ture 30 Lat cont oused i Company, oom; Bor- ed Intact. I ire floor "Company rod were heated mn by a the first stove on the winter In the Council room were room fired only when used cheduled Lo ght, the anitor afternoon in the chamber stove, which wa with an old-fashioned extending only from the second It is believed that spark accumulation of soot the the flue, caused a fire in wee between the ceiling of the floor and the floor of the sec- story The fire is then Way drying supplied mush the structure of the difficulty ¢ reaching the source of the considerable nwo fire which were rooms were Since Council Monday ni fire that to be Was he I in of believed wo nave wed its to a tower formerly for i draft flame 15sec fire hoss by roomed he Because Lper- amount ol Lr wWaler thw cl was pumped both ributed to the damage it wa reported rr imu (Con 4 ge Four ILLNESS FATAL TO PLANE SPOTTERS THOMAS G. HAUGH State College ‘Man Was Prominent in Business, Civic Life of Town Thomas GG. Haugh, State College business man and civ- ic leader, died at his home, 116 East Nittany avenue, at 8 a. m., Tuesday, March 2. 1843, of heart diseases al- prominent plane mining airplane by sky are scheduled to begin Tuesday levening of next week, March 9, at 10 GET TRAINING which | pelieved to have or- was kept in constant operation dur- ing chambers and Scout McCGinles 130 to be Taught How to _ Identify Various Air- planes i in Flight uct Be llefonte spotters in the art of deter- the make and (ype of an its appearance in the Classes to inst alr- ter an illness of three months. He... american Legion Home on East was 57. ee Haugh had been in PLAN Hospital in Danville, re- turning to State College, Saturday He was a prominent churchman past president of the State College Board of Education, a leading Mas- on, active in State College Repubii- can cireles, and maintained a close interest in the town's busine falrs, A graduate of Penn State in in the electrical engineering riculum he went work for We at inghotse Electric in East Pittsburgh and later in Detroit. In 1021, he re- turned to State College to join his father. Jahn Haugh, and bi ther, Hubert! the wholesale retall bhugines The business had heen established by the elder Haugh in Seotia in 1883 and was moved to State College in 1917. After their (Continued on page Siz) af « 1910 Cur- to t bro- in and ssc pt Court Sentences Two In Paternity Cases Two Centre county men, defend- ants In paternity actions appeared before Judge Ivan Walker at a apec- inl session of court here Monday morning and entered pleas guilt to the charges One of the defendants, Osman, 18, of State College, received the usual sentence to provide for the support of the child. The other Leroy Hoczenberry, 19, of Pleasant view, Bellefonte, given a choice be- tween receiving sentence now, or of answering his draft board's sum- mons fo enter the army, chose duty in the army, with the understand- ine that sentence would be imposed unon his return to civilian life, Osman, who has been employad in a Niagara Falls defense plant, was pm with being the father of a child born to a Pine Hall girl. Hock- enberry was charged with {llicit rela- tions with a 15-year-old Bellefonte girl who became the mother of child. of Georee a ass A A————— Telephone Operators Volunteer For Duty Miss Harriet Showers, of Pleasant Cap, and Miss Thelma Sones, of Bellefonte, both employed in the | Bell Telephone exchange in Belle- | fonte, last week volunteered to serve | as operators on the telephone ex- change at the U. 8. Army reception center at New Cumberland, and de- parted for their new assignments this week. The exchange at New Cumberland | is located in a house just outside the army camp and the company employs a housekeeper, maids and | cooks to provide meals and to take care of the living quarters of the) girls employed on the exchange. Two more operators from the Pellefonte exchange are scheduled to go to New Cumberland in the near future, it is reported, Relief Payments $5.00 Higher State Treasurer, G. Harold Wag- | ner, reported that direct relief pay- | ments made to needy residents of | Centre county during the past week totaled $557.60, Last week payments | totaled $552. » i of Febru | Howard street, falling yesterday. b [ the | 0: the Boy 8couts | Gollar bills while taking u; i chinist, it was announced Although the general belief local hy is that observers in the Alreraft | Waraing Service are working under ‘the local Civilian Defense staff, belief is that in error. Observers are Civ. in the U. 8. Arm} regulations issued lian Volunteers and are subject to by the Army The Army, in order to tighten up the Warning Service and to be ready for any reprisals Axis nations may attempt {or recent heavy bomb- ing German and Italian citie by the United Nations, has ruled that all observers must be familiar with at least the more common types of aircraft seen in their areas For this reason the classes are ing Instituted, tt was explal truction will be given by W. Hampton (Cont of be - In- William Bellefonte Vete wud 8 page Sir wl of Submarine Fund Time Extended to March 15 Auxiliary of Brooks. ican Legion. Belle- atisfactory progres goal of $13.000 thiz county cINE made The Doll forte, Woman's Post Amer reports in the Centre County Bone the Legion ne to be yivania's Men The campaign March 15 opportunity share ase ol the undersea; Any bond buve hase for the stating when All that i » the serial n amount, the cade AR ad fle to to give to in earmark” his submarine fund by he purchases the necessary jg to umber of the bond, name and address of the purchaser, and the date of purck The seller of the bond will report it to Auxiliary officials r can 50 bond ane Theatres Collect $200 In ‘March of Dimes’ I'he March of Dimes conducted in the Plaza theatres, Bellefonte, dur ary 18 to 25, netted a total of $200 for the infantile paralysis ivnel, it was reported this w» cek by Fred Fisher, theatre manag® An interesting sidelight theatr: campaign resulted from the fact that the theatr: management offered a free movie ticket to any who received one- contribu. A keen Scouts 28 free campaign and State ing the weex to the tions from mov rivalry developed among the and as a result a total of movie tickets were claimed ———— ie patrons Machinists’ Class Now Forming Here Clyde G. Bwartz, Bellefonte ma- announces that there are several vacancies in a new class in machine tool operation now forming and that application: for entering the class will be received at once The classes are tuition-free, and most of those who complete the course go immediately into defense | work by | FARM LOAN GROUP ANNUAL MEET IN: : a ———————— Two Directors Elected; CROSS WAR FUND DRIVE 1 [ AUNCHED HERE Quota For Local Chapter is 89.200 Drive to Close March 15th LIST ROSTER OF DISTRICT WORKERS Will Benefit Service Men As Well as Maintain Regular Services the completion of it ors ation last fonte C began Tea hapler American its campaign the $125 000.000 War r the nation begs 0 hare of durir an Monday March 15 ta is $6.200 ¥ diy the ordi SL * QUO subset It iption 1 order AWVerage oon- well in average ember hit of other Belle are Lewis Orvi Jame fonte ren Pleasant Gap Collects 1500 Pounds of Cans Pieasant Cap isfactory « the night turned mat ontribu Lon salvage campaign reparied Kusse, salvage in a of tin Tuesday yesterday In chairman of ounty can A trickioad of came collected int Pleasant Cap w5f found fo contain | 1500 nig of protessed cans The pat storage at th Gam My va bty Speakers Discuss Ways of Boosting Production The Centre c ounty Nat onal Farm Loan Associat Ho fn held Meeting last hursda) the Pifer Music Hall with number members present George ¢ of I. Petterolfl. of Centre Hall and Gilbert C. Waite, of Port Ma- tilda, were re-elected to the Board of Director three-year Other board members present Elery T. Parsons of Penna. Furnace James J. Markle, of St College and president rd C Bellefonte Among the 0 for ter Were Mie visitors present Raiph C. Blaney, County Agent, led an interesting discussion on shortages brought on by the war ithe various uses of substitutes | feed. Miles H. Cubbons of the Soil Conservation Administration gave an instructive report of the work of his office and showed how increased production can be brought about by proper treatment of the soil William Rishel, Chairman of nited States Department of Crmtinnsd Was who foo! and for Ty % Page Three A ————— 120,119 Ne. 2 Ration Books Issued Here In the registration tor War Ration Book No. 2, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, a total of 5.581 declarations were received, ac- cording to figures submitted by John 8. Sommerville, chairman of Ration Board No. 2, of Bellefonte The board has jurisdiction over Bellefonte and nearby surrounding towns A total of 210.118 No. 2 Ration books were issued, Mr. Sommerville | anid Excess cans, bottles, and jars {of processed foods declared totaled 7.241, and cans, bottles and jars of foods for which stamps were not re- moved from books totaled 1206 Applicants declared a total of 282 pounds of excess coffee. Bellefonte totals, added to those from the county's three other boards at State College, Spring Mills and Philipsburg, reveal that a total of 53.175 No. 2 books were issued in the county, Consumer declarations to- taled 16.613 State College issued 18.121 ration books; Spring Mille, 6435, and Phil- ipsburg, 7.500. State College reported 17924 ex- cess cans, bottles and jars; Spring Mills had 1.791, and Philipsburg re- ported 3.270. ame i —— ROSENHOOVERS LEASE FILLING STATION HERE The Atlantic service station on North Spring Street, which for some time had been operated by Gerald Burris, last week was leased to Frank Rosenhoover and son, Thom. as, of Bellefonte Mr. Burris gave up the lease when | he was called Into the armed forces, The station is owned by the White | Brothers, Bellefonte. l handy CALL MARRIED MEN INTO ARMY State C ollege Draft Board Lists 16 in March Quota of 83 Men Local Draft Board College, reached the unmarried man pool in drawing names for the March quota of Se. lectees, and in lists of men re. leased this week for examination at Altoona, March 16, are 16 childless married men-—some of them married before Ochiober, 1940, when Selective Service became operative The Board now is reclassifying all married men without children whose present classification is 3-A in pre. paration for the April call The Boards March quota is 83 men. Forty men have been drawn for examination March 15, and 43 others for examination March 18 Those who are accepted will return home for a week to settle their af fairs before being sent to New Cum- berland The following men from Local Draft Board No. 1, State College, will take their physical examinations in Altoona on Menday, March 15, and Continued on Page Biz No, 1 bottom of State the HP snm——— Truck ‘Peels Off,’ Dives Over Pile Rodney Walker, driver for the Fyvock Brothers trucking service at Coleville, last Friday got a slow-mo- tion idea of what it must be like to pilot a dive bomber in a steep dive Walker was engaged in hauling limestone screenings from the Amer. ican Lime and Stone Company plant to the high stock pile near the Bellefonte Central shops at Coleville, and in mdnenvering the heavy ma chine into position at the top of the pile to dump the load, the trick be gan to ‘peel off’ and slide over the iedge. In an instant, Walker was sitting at the controls of a truck which was plunging down the steep | side of the bank. As an extra thrill. er the machine went into a roll and turned over at least once on its way to the bottom Seconds later the truck reached bottom, somewhat damaged but still int one piece. It went back into ser- vice after undergoing minor repairs. Walker, uninjured, commented that a parachute would have come in 2 Le . : yl foliowing were speak on conditions as WAAC On a 14 Initiated Into Women of the Moose Rut} Ww Kellerma Jol Mereci hart, Russ et that Doris Smit Weavers } 4 harg remons and 1 siuded Anns Haupt Edn i rer, And Mis nd uth inlliation or Look Crnde ise wh Part Parson Te 3 initiated Into Nell ie Boltes Bei E. Dunkie- he order Mary C Bar Sur a Rockey dns HONOR ROLL FUND NOW TOTALS $497 Board Ready to Be Erect- 1: 560 Names on List, More to Be Added 84 ALI : Work on piate moat n aE BOO As the lettering name is rogressing steadily a will Ie for pi board is cted esent list contains 580 name Chamber officials are working = Draft Board officers in going over the lists of men {rom Bellefonte R D entered the army through Board No. 1. State Coliege men from the rural included in the local nd ame Wing The and th routes who Draft all be 80 routes will Honor Roil Contributors to the the past week were fund during as follows National Gypsum Company, D. H Heim, Keystone Gazette Centre Democrat, Sution Engineering Com- pany, Maize Brouse C. Y. Wagner & Co. Penn Belle Hotel, Veterans Foreign Wars. Robert Cressles Centre Daily Times, Charles Mo- Bride. Frances Love, Leona Thomp- sdf, Dr. william Schwartz M. D, R CG. "Forsburg, C. Harman Jr. Max Kofman, Mrs. Mary Harvey Scott, ugh M. Quigley, Bellefonte Wo- man’s Club, Mrs. Lillian Eckel, Ann Badger, Lloyd A. Woomer, John G Love, Lester Meek, Blanche Under- wood, Mrs. A. 8 McCool. Hor Hartranft, W. T. O'Brien a. Le MISSIONARY TO SPEAK AT 100F MEETING HERE Rev, W. © Bre Oks who with his wife recently retumed to the United States from Palestine, where they ad been serving as will bs the principal speaker at a meeting of the Bellefonte Encamp- ment, 1. 0. ©. F. in the lodge rooms Monday evening, March Bit was announced yesterday. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev, Mr, Brooks will he found them in the Holy Land, and will ex- play somes of the effects of present war in that area PEN 0A AR VE W. W. Hampton Head of New Service In- stituted by County OFFICE LOCATED IN VFW HOME HERE i IY Named Will Serve as a Clearing All Matters Affecting Service Men House For = AGTION n RADIO NOISE HERE West Penn Checks System But Other Sources Are Untouched Altoona ; but writing known y instance where calied there lu the law has use in halting ary radio interference For the remainder of the 1 ly short session, © i parimental reports a routine matiers The police report Chie! Harry Dukeman ‘on tinned 256 Attend 15th Father-Son Banquet | fathers and and vicinit y att ed the 15th annual Father and banquet at the local YMCA Thursday night Toastmaster of the program was A. L. Fr speakers included J president of the YY tors, and L nin nto 5 Ad NUE ard de. sidered ibmitted revealed on pape Seven A total of 256 from Bellefonte end- Son ast after-dinner ancis, } K board C. Heineman of the Y. In the absence of William Tress) Bellefonte’s oldest citizen who will be 101 years old next sum- mer, Charles F. Cook, of Bellefonte the town’s second oldest man, was introduced as the oldest father pres. ent Entertainment included songs The Red-Headed Chorus,” a group consisting of Dick Brown, Merrill Flynn, Russell Flynn, Bill Rimmes Elwood Corman and Herman Sten- ger, who sang "God Bless America” end Home on tha Range.” John Popson. chaitman of the Bellefonte Civilian Defense Council, presented ceveral rolls of motion pictures, and group singing was leg by Ceci] A Walker, with Mrs. Earl K. Stock as pianist The dinner of secretars by was prepared and ‘eorved by members of the Women's , Auxiliary of the missionaries, | Y" who were given g rising vote of appreciation While the attendance waz not as large as it has been in some previous vears, officials were surprised at the turn-out becanse scores of regular attendants at the banguet are now in the armed forces. The committee had anticipated an attendance of about 200, but the number presont was not far behind the all-time high! the of 300 for & Father and Son ban- by the parents at a later date The | quet here NS Will Be Last Drill For (examinations and glasses Blackout Test to Be Held Tonight Which Time is An- nounced in Advance, New Warning Sys- tem to Get First Night Test. = STICKERS SEEN MRS. E. F. SPARKS INCOUNTRY HOMES CAL i) BY DEATH Reports Indicatae Centre Wife County Farmers Behind Food Program of F ormer Penn President Succumbs in New Jersey State {armers to] rE ~a heels of their community ooeninil. ary i pr teemen 10 determine [oods Most re. [mi y 25s doa sential In (54 WEY #ffort, according ‘ W. F. Rishe chalrman of the TULLE Spover Home in TREY: _aecoding to Bist Word received Is rena in Jury Awards $1500 In Road Damage na abilit DeHaas Electric Co. Holds Birthday Sale - s————— he DeHaa Honor Rell Additions North Allegheny celebrating its ture business which will continue 1 areh 13 The DeHaas fonte's leadi ; stores before “the war necessitated a halt in the manufacture of appii- ances, has been handling a complets line of household furniture February, 1043 Electric Street first Names Bellefonte enggested for Honor Roll BE Tle iT ET e publisher isting on th ; ‘ sale low: Charles Cushi Chester W. Thomas Woodrow J. Thomas Samuel R. McKinley, J Charles B. Mitchell Army George Frederick Behers since a Be ASSOCIATED CHARITIES Is ‘CLEARING HOUSE’ FOR RELIEF he Associated Charities one of 1 work the smallest participating in the Bellefonte Community Welfare Fund but it is one of the most important, usually comes from either school or the Red Cross nurse, and due to this service serious © {trouble has been averted by exam- inasmuch as it takes care of a great | ining children who oOtherwiw many phases of emergency relief might have gone through life great. that ars untouched by other organ- Ivy handicapped. All examinations of izations, these cases are given al cost by the The ssociated Charities was physicians handling the patients, formed in the i stages of the [2d He glasses bl Deeded, Mino are depression, before the Federal Re- furnished at no wrofit a : lief agencies had been formed. Lat. | OWher activities of this organiza- er. it became the clearing houss for ton contiste of supplying food to in. all cases digent families who have Dot re- ceived expected money, and feeding and housing of worthy transients In a word, this organisation takes care of many worthy people who otherwise might go without things vital to health and well-being This is a charity that deserves every support. It depends entirely on the Wellare Fund the For the past year or more the work of the Associated Charities has been confined principally to supply. ing funds to neady people for eye In many cages, this money has been refunded ‘information for this phase of the
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