Where the Fuel Goes A HEAVY BOMBER cruising at a speed of 250 mph, may use 200 gal- lons of gasoline an hour, enfre Memocraf WHERE THE FUEL GOES An Army Trans port burns 33,000 gallons of fuel oll u day. VOLUME 62. NUMBER 47. BELLEFONTE, PA., THU RSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1943, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. Christmas Funds | Show p Drop 1943 Total in County , ks $38,600 Under 1942 Figure; War Bona J chases Assign- ed as Chief Reason. “har *% Centre county's Christmas 8av- responsible for the decrease in the WOMAN PILOT | aval Lt. Homer F. Yearick ville, on Permanen LAPS TOAVOID ANE WRECK Bails Out Before Crash- County Man Is , Native of Jackson- Training Station, Sampson, N. Y. totaling appioxi- abotit £38.600 less ing fund this year mately $117,050, is than the total for 1942, in- creased earnings through war in dustries, a survey here vesterday in- dicated. Bankers throughout were unanimous that purchase ing toe MILESBURG MEN Gespite the county in their opinion War Bonds dur- slmost entirely of vear were BAG HUGE BEAR: One of Nimrods Later Suffers Severe Laceration While Skinning Prize One he biggest black bear shot in Centre county \n many years was bagged Wednesday of last week by Ode Coakley and Donald Shaw i Miles while th hunting near what is known Wat r Rock” near Yarnell The huge bear, a male, weighed 450 pounds after being “hog dress- ed.” and was seven feet in length The men were together when they saw the bear crossing an adjoin'ng ridge. Both of them fired at the ani- mal and it diopped in its tracks, shot through the shoulder and heart with the aid of a horse, the hunt-rs dragged the bear to the road, loaded it in an opened automobile trunk and brought it to Belleforte where it was on display at te Hipple im- plement store on North Water street. Hundreds of persons, including many school children, visited the Hipple store to see the huge beast. An unfortunate aftermath of the prize kill came Saturday when the of t LTH FY were fhe "W 1 Ay total of h week residents savings deposited en year by the Christmas of the general bank or during the [01 A while the ward, some maintained Christmas funds former although these were ception rather than the rule In Bellefonte the three bank reported a total of $34,200 with this year total of £35,200 In State College UU crease was much more pronounced There two banks last total of $27500. Thi tal is only $14,000 Philipsburg’s First National Bank, always reporting the largest Christ- mas Fund of any bank in the coun- ty, this vear showed the results of war Bond purchases, although ihe bank retained its customary lead over other banks, The total for this year is about $60,000 compared with $85500 last year Most banks will mall ot mas Savings checks the in December. One bank National COenifre Hall has mualied it cks. The National at State College fund a Thrift Fund which can paid out at any time during year, but most accounts are scheduled Christmas payment the fund always included In the annual Christmas Savings survey All the banks conducting Christ mas Savings funds this plan to continue the practice during 1944, insofar could be learned yester- day Following is a table showing Christmas Savings Punds in all banks for 1943 and 1942 Bellefonte 1943 Ist National $ 6.600 Trust Co 15.600 Farmers Nat'l 13.000 State Cellege count SEASON figures na in t 18) even survey v that down- unty tre Ws we { exceeded the oO! yea! the CAses eX Inst year La] compared we dee the vear had year the to- a t Christ- week ¥ already IM frst at Peonles it be the Ci calls since for is year Aas the 4 he county 1942 $ 5.000 16.000 13 200 ing Near Top of Tus- sey Mountain FERRYING PLANE TO MIDDEETOWN FIELD Escapes Unhurt Except For 3 Injured Fingers on Left Hand Bernice Batten, 30, of Love's Field, | Dallas, Texas a member of the Wom | en's Auxiliary Pilot Service late Sun- | day afternoon jumped to safety when | the single-engined Army plane she was ferrying from Pittsburgh to! Midditeown, was buffeted by high winds Centre county Her plane crashed near the top of Tus- sey Mountain a mile above the Cole- rain state park and two miles soutn of Spruce Creek. Pllot Batten land. ed uninjured, 20 miles south Bellefonte, and the plane crashed and burned nearby Pilot Batten, realizing she altitude enough to go over the moun- | over of 1 ry't in h ul tain peak and ing. leaped safety and (Continued on Page Five) that a crash of uninjured Was com - out WAS the plane to Hunt Howard Residents Injured in Crash John T. Yarrison, Howard R D 1. and his sister, Ruth suffered cuts which required stitches sion at Bellefonte Spring Street night other in a coll'- Avenue Lock Haven, at mid Saturday. The driver of the Clair E. Munro, 406 S Jones Street, was unhurt Mr. Yarrison had a out right eye necessitating four and one on ai about the stitches either cheek each taking one stitch, Miss Yarrison had two! cuts on the forehead requiring one! and two stitches two culz on the iy Homey tl iu ¥ It. ick far i Known " Vent eo a Naval H¢ Chaplain 1] mitre county Cc of yor peiveaq native to become lain in the nh ommission U Naval 1043, at Hip ~ present war i in the April 17 Mee 8 Reserve on im of Naval O the cilice Lt. Homer F. Yearick TITAN GIVEN Chaplain IND RENEWAL FAR Pennant With Two Stars Being Sent to Local War Industry ADMIRAL PRAISES PLANT PERSONNEL t Duty at U. S. Naval Proc Ph Had Qauly ment iphia. Hi on June reported to the Naval 101 Chaplains Hlilam and Mary in Upon completion training course orereg 1943 Training the C Will'amebury of t at 25 when | Shop nt Ww Va months ord U. § Simpson Lage Of thre to pe manent Ty n rec auty at 3 Station aining » y hg | ceives Notification of New Honor native of Ruby A ung on and i n K grandas former Bellefor Cot I ( War ord K Hi in Bellefonte Comps of 1 ¥ N prod Titan Metal plant have resul the y being awarded renewal the Army-Navy “"E” Award, Ad. the Howard High Echool, He miral C. C. Blo of th a member of the Emanuel Evan Board for Award and Reform ire} t announced this ile In | the i John Yearick Ion on ru ot th well resident ’ “1 Tw ang one unty known ie time Commissioner of Chanlain Yearick at Jacksonville, and graduated QO =a ur tre of © ¥ © bam from LE Et {icy Jack ch, chairman Produ week nf rd ¢ Lior Ld | H] Of! reg ution tl renewal of Lime ion > award for the new pennant wil of the two renewals | the Titan plant In his of second a each Chaplain K married the for. il Yean | mer Lorraine Kline of Rev. L. } wa at LES sic letter to W Howard Caroly dent ral Bloch in anne Alt 1s The text of follows Atl Lhe ww Bene Theos) ast nr LIST 3 GASES FOR GRAND JURY Cases Involve Morals Charges: Jury to Meet Here Monday Five bills of indictment are listed for presentation to the Orand Jury 9 2 two men were engaged in skinning the bear at the Andrew Shivery farm in Buffalo Run Valley. While Shawley, an employe of the Hipple Implement store, was engaged in cutting the hide the knife slipped 4.000 10.000 15.000 12,500 Peoples’ Nat'l 1st National Port Matilda Community Howard 1.400 2,100 . + nose each taking a stitch and suffer- | for the regular December Court when ed leg bruises. They wore treated] that body meets here Monday morn- at the Lock Haven Hospital { ing November 20. it was announced Mr. Munro wos traveling east on by the District Attorney's office yes- [the avenne.and, he said, he stopped | terday Board of question ANPAny £3 : Lhe Pri TT] was taken up whether you would be granted a renewal Army-Navy “E” Award with pleas affir Case of the 1tan weturing Company. Ace there is being forwarded pennant with two which hould re- the near future “The men and women tan Metal Manufact r Company have achieved a signal hy conitinuing thejr splendid production in such volume as to justify this re- newal of their award. In the first instance it was difficult to win the Army-Navy “E” and by meriling a (second renewal, the management jaid employes have indicated their "abil determination and ability to STUDENT SAFETY GROUP INSTALLED Rafety Patrol Formed in Pine Grove Mills Centralized School great ire that 1 malive action 1 the Pal Metal Manu ooraing ] new affixed oelive In you ’ the Ti- honor John T. Tavior. Secretary of the Centre County Motor Club, In operation Petinsylvania Biate Police, represented by Core poral] G. E Shannon and Pvt. Wil. lam C. Moran, on Friday Nov. 5th, pied the Student Satety Pa- Hi the Perfusn Township Cen- CO with the Former Countian Heads Peace Now Geo. W. Hartmann, 39, Chairman Pro Tem of Group Seeking Armistice. Legion Recom- mends Investigation. Hartmann Ran For President W. P. Sieg Re- Congress in 1936; Studied in Berlin. The Peace Now Movement ad- vertised locally in Paper a group w an armistioe Now ar a pice with the existing governments of wart nations is being scr ized veterans’ gre ag county HE ach a negotiated by ocal iw yy others who are not conving the advisability of the mu Ques the Hons are ing asked oup which defi bel EL f any oF $ 10 wally Ol any gr tye ' LL i of ks the « policy i surrencoel being Ap ’ N } 3 Te demanded of the Axis by ! bed Nations no lated pence m ¢ wiv lave Lhe r ang oe ie groups + FARMER KOCHER {former Penn Btate Colles tinea oi " veula ional hology profe | candida 1938 tic de aot A A CONCERT TOBE HELD DECEMBER Silver Offering to Go to Fund For Organ Chimes at Lutheran Church WINS CORN CROWN Penna. Furnace Leads in Hybrid Corn Growing Contest A crop of bush won the corn growing’ « of Centre county In the 102.81 Grower _ Dreamer DeHaa Triumphal tional DeKalb hybrid of growing an -—Orehes- contest, It was learned this week John H. Kocher, of Pennsylvania Clarinet Quartette, “Song Without Furnace, is the corn Brower who Words” Mendelssohn--Mary Alice has made this outstanding yield || Hartmbit, Richird Alters, Bille vor and struck him on the right thumb, nearly severing the member. He was taken to the Centre County Hospital where h remained until Sunday Because of ; will not be able to ree uritil the wound heal Piece of Wood Taken From Infant's Lung eo late tha i Edward, 10-month-old son of Mr and Mrs. Robert Grace of State Col- lege. is recovering in Jefferson Hos- pital, Philadelphia, following re- moval of a one-inch piece of wood from his lung Armistice Day. He is believed to have swallowed the fragment about November 1 when he began to have difficulties in breathing while visiting with rela- tives in Newtown. Pirst x-rays re- vealed nothing but as the child's condition became worse, his mother and a State College physician took him to Phliadelphia, Purther x-rays revealed a foreign object near the lung entrance. The wood was removed with a broncho scope and a tube inserted in the lung to permit breathing until thednflam- mation subsided. The child's con- dition is good but he will be kept in the hospital for at least another week, 4 Engined Bomber Down in Alleghenies The Air Transport Command Monday said a four-engined army bombing plane crashed in Maryland after its crew of 5 had baled out in the Allegheny mountains near Cherry Tree, Indiana county. All members of the crew were re- ported safe Lieutenant Jack Clay, of the Air Transport Command said Lieuten- ant Donald Grist of the Dayton, Ohio, airbase, the pilot, told him he had left the plane flying by the auto- matic pilot, after {t had developed mechanical difficulties in “exceed- ingly rough weather” He said the four other crew mem- bers who landed safely, all from the Dayton airbase, were a Lieutenant Grubbs, Staff Sergeant Kenney, Sergeant Jansen and Corporal Vie- tor Fugamalli. ainsi ao MI ———— 15 SW COUNTY WOMAN NOW SERVING IN ENGLAND Mrs. Allene Brown Haberfeld, for- of Pennsylvania Furnace and graduate of State College High has arrived in England where field director for . Ha- i National 4.450 Centre Hall Ist National Philinsburg at 2.000 1.900 . National 80.000 85.500 - : 3 a CURTIN CHURCH 10 DEDICATE FLAG County's Oldest Methodist Church to Honor Com- munity’s Soldiers $117.050 $155,650 i Historie Curtin Church, oldest , Methodist chureh in this part of the state, will mark the Thanksgiving senson with a special service on the fternoon of Sunday. October 28, 2:00 P. M. at which time the Church Honor Roll, Service Flag and an American Flag will be dedicated in honor of those of the church and community who have gone into the armed forces of the Nation The Honor Boll and Service Flag will be presented by Mrs. Stella King. and other women of the church who are preparing the Roll, and who are making the Service Flag, from materials used in the making of Service Flag of the church from the first World War, as ‘a symbol of the spiritual unity and unity of purpose for which the sol- {Continued on Page Right) LA —— State College WAC Arrives in Italy The first WAC to put foot on the continent of Europe was Private Lora O. Howieson, Pittsburgh, who thinks it is “pretty wonderful” to be among the first contingent of WACS to arrive in Italy. Private Howieson with 54 other | WACS, two officers and one Arab! arrived while a buzz of excitement ran through the ranks of lonely | males around Fifty Army head~| quarters, i | Officers who led the WAC con ant waited UNL three cars passed him out did not see the Yarrison oa approach he turned it Spring St The Yarris ear front was con-| iderably damared ang the left side | of Mr. Munro's automobile was badly | hit with t broken r i tows rd i RE n all the glass being | Mill Hall Resident Succumbs To Injuries Morris C injured 72 Smith, 72. of Mill Hall, an automobile accident on Nov. 15 died in the Williamsport | Hospital at 3:55 o'clock Sunday morning as the result of a fractur- | ed skull The deceased was one of five Clinton County hunters involved in a crash while returning from a hunting trip near Canton. Their automobile left the highway and crashed over an embankment. Mr. Smith's son, Bruce, a pas senger in the car, escaped with a fractured shoulder blade aad lacer- | ations. The other occupants suf. | fered only minor injuries ————— in Blanchard Woman Must Post Peace Bond Pauline Waite, of Blanchard, was | placed under suspended sentence for! two years and was required to post) a peace bond of $500 in court here Monday morning when she pleaded | guilty to charges of assaul* and bat- tery and threats i The prosecutor in ile Case Wasi {Anna May Rupert, also of Blanch] (ard, who sald the Walte girl attack | ied her and inflicted injuries which required medical attention and! which caused her to lose several! days’ work, The defendant in al statement to court, said the prose-) cutor had called her vile names, | which led to the attack. The sentence included restitution of $20 to Anna Rupert-—the amount | she claimed hecause of a doctor bill! and through loss of work. TWO COUNTY GIRLS SCORE HIGH IN COLLEGE TEST Miss Mary E. Swartz, Bellefonte, and Miss Mary Eldred Anderson of State College. are among eleven freshmen at Penn State who have | false statements to obtain money port day, November 25 at § a. m., ik was tingent are Pirst Lieut. Cora Fos-| been excused from taking English ter, State College, Pa, and Second | Composition 1 as a result of high Lieut. Miriam Butler, Reno, Nev. | scores made in an English placement Lieut. Foster, a school teacher at test Gouverneur, N. Y., at the time of | The 11 highest ranking students { her enlistment, is a daughter of the were in the 80 and 100 percentile late Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Poster. Her | groups, iif contrast with the average father was a State College busi- | percentile of 50, The 240 items in nessman. After graduation fromthe test were divided as follows: { Pennsylvania State College in 1928 spelling 50, vocabulary 100, punctua- ishe taught in Williamsport, Pa. tion 40, grammar and diction 50. schools. | fraternity, E. Beaver Avenue, College, about § 4. m. Saturday. around the fuse box were ened by the blaze, which was almost immediately. embers of the Alpha Pire Company ered the alarm. Three of the five cases involve | morals cases, one is an arson charge and the fifth is a charge of making or relief Next Wednesday the usual post Grand Jury session of summary cases will be held before Judge Ivan Walker, the docket for the session in- cluding fourcases Bills 10 be presented to the Grand Jury, Monday, are Walter Stine, Philipsburg f & b Joseph Smith Lock Haven, f & b Paul B. Weaver, Lemont. morals charge Henry Edward Burg, arson Helen M. Grove, (Shuey) Belle fonte, RB. D. Palse statements to ob- tain money or relief Summary cases listed for hearing Wednesday are Mary WWaite, Blanchard, Surety of the Peace F. B. Auman, Coburn, surety of the peace Carl Markle, Bellefonte, R. D., ap- pr Roy Crater Schindler Asronsburg, nonsup- Thanksgiving Day Service at Church Here A Thanksgiving Day Community Service will be held in the Belle- fonte Methodist church on Thur- law announced yesterday The service will te in charge of Rev. Harry C. Stenger, Jr, pastor of the church. The sermon will b>} delivered by the Rev, William C.} Thompson, pastor of the Presbyter- ian church, and the Rev, Clarence E. Arnold, pastor of the Lutheran! church. will offer prayer. The pub- He ig invited to attend. ——————— A A———— BHS Student Finds Wallet With $156 In Local Theat:ie A 17-year-old Bellefonte High School student, Tony Masullo, son of Mr, and Mrs. Louis Masullo, of North Spring Street, qualify as the honest man Diogenes might have been lapking for. Masullo, employed at the Plaza theatre, was walking through the theatre late one night last week’ when he spied a wallet on the floor. Opening 1t, he found $156 in cur rency, other negotiable papers and | identification cards. The youth immediately carried his find to Manager Fred pants could well Mr. Leta, who was in Bellefonte on a business mission, wag located at the Penn Belle Hotel, and didnt know he had Jost the wallet until it was called to his attention by Mr, Fisher He received the wallet with its contents intact, i 3 i i i i g § ¥ tralivsed School at Pine Grove Mills, | support our Nghting forces by sup- bility on each student to co-operate jwith their chosen lenders this that the boys and girls of our) [community learn to know the mem- {because the person fears the conse {throughout the county, all of whom | employes are doing a very effective piece of $350,000 ‘accident by automobile snd other! Chemical Company at imotor vehicles. ‘Stone Quarry To Company will suspend operation of | + its quarry in Buffalo Run Valley, tinea) ang that X-rays disclosed that | | with fluxing stone. The company's: plying the equipment which is nec- essary for ultimate victory “The Navy Department to each and every man and woman of your company hearty ocon- gratulations oh thelr accomplish. ment ang desires to express a fer- ven! hope that future production will be even more oliistagiding.” Professor James R. Prye, Principal of the school, introduced Mr. Tar. lor. at which time he asked the rep- resentative students who had been act Salety Parols 0 come front of the assembly rootn, af whith Mr. Taylor ex- plained the desire of the Centre County Motor Club to foster and en- courage student patrols in order that accident rate could be lowered in this vicinity. He then presented the belts and badges 10 the partol Corporal G. E Shan was then presented to the stude and ex- plained the duties of the Bafety Pa- trol and made clear to these young people the imporiance of preveging accidents. He also stated that the success of the patrol not only rest ed on the shoulders of the members but that it was an equal responsi- extends 4a a $A 0 to th chosen as ter ————— a Give $192.35 to War Fund A total of $183.35 has been raised by the Solicitors of Port Matilda for the National War Pund Drive, Mrs Edna R Shultz, chairman reported jast week Bolicltors were Mrs Mrs. George Sunday, Mrs, Clifford Kelly, Mrs. H 8. Williams, Miss Madaiene Daughenbaugh, Miss Alice {Orwick, and Mrs, Ellis Auman PHILPSBURG GRL INJURED IN FRE Mary Kolosky in $350,000 In- dustrial Blaze at Cleveland Mary Helen Kolosky, 18-year-old The Centre County Motor Club is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ko- also encouraging Student Safety|losky, of Cold Stream; near Phil- Patrols in a number of other schools | ipsburg, was one of the seventeen injured recently in the explosion and fire which work in reducing the number of wrecked the Warren Refining and Cleveland, | { Ohio. ; | Four other women were killed in ithe fire. Mary was one of eight {whose condition was serious enough | {to confine her to a hospital. She suffered from burns and the effects) Alle Li of smoke | The Thomasville Stone ond Lime] gi, nas written home that she) has been discharged from the hos- | the is It is through experience such as '] bers of the Pennsylvania State Po-| lice and to learn that they are the! best friends they could have, Obed-| fence to the law should spring from] a desire to be helpful to others and | should not be complied with solely! violate the! quences if he should Close For Duration was announced this week by Ralph everything is all right. She stated | Champagne of Bellefonte, superin-iyp.¢ oe is nervous and that her tendent of the company’s Bellefonte | pains her some when plant. The quarry will close in about, .aine. two weeks as 5000 as loose stone! ap. wag eraployed as a stenog- | this locality in competition in which] over 10000 farmers from 17 prin cipal corn producing states partici- pated cording to officials of biggest corn yield competition Other made by Calvin W. Shawley Matilda, 8540, and John M shall. Pine Grove Mills, 6370 Mr. Kocher and several farmers this county procuced mone he nation’s record y of more than 3.085.000.0000 bushels of corn in the food front battle, The champs yield i= several times that th estimated average yield United States of 32.7 bushels The county winner's oom grown {rom Hybrid No. 422, and his vield calculated from the best five acres of corn on his farm. In recog- nition of his achievement the win- ner is being presented with an ap- propriate plague by the DeKalb Ag- ricultural Association. —————————— Concert Nets About $500 For Hospital ac { tis yields recorded were Port Mar. bor iW in certainly th share of thell ere an Nl [1 of fa ts the was Nearly 1000 persons attended the benefit concert of the Titan Male Chorus of Bellefonte at the Belle. | fonte High School auditorium last Thursday night Ticket sales netted about $500 for the Centre County Hospital, it is re ported. ! The chorus was directed by Mrs. | Ernest Martin and George Sheckler | was accompanist. Thomas MaPar- | lane, of Pittsburgh, guest soloist, | wag heard in two groups of semi- classical and light operatic selec. tions, and also sang several encores Woodring, Robert Alters Gloria From Mass in B. Fiat Farmer--Orchestra H al Duet Mrs “The Holy City Lawrence Me- othet | 200 , by Perry (Continued on pape Four) Would Open Schools For Service Officers A move schools to establish training for service officers for the American Legion was launched by members of Brooks-Doll Post No. 3 of Bellefonte and endorsed last week by the bi-county commitiee at a meeting at Philipsburg. The action seeks to provide schoo's to train men to look after veterans and their dependents with relation to the Pederal government Copies of the resolution will be sent to all posts in the state as weld as to members of the department executive committee and the depart. ment headquarters in Harrisburg It is expected that the resolution will be considered at the annual conven tion in Uniontown in August of next | year The move to establish the schools was presented in the same manner in which the proposal to move depart- ment headquarters from Philadel phia to Harrisburg was made, Brooks-Doll Post was also the origin. ator of that action. Scotia Man Contin ues Interesting History of County ‘Ghost Town’ The second installment of the hise: tory of Scotia being written by In this installment, Mr. Williams Miller, Dick Delige. Lowery Biddle, George Biddle, Charles Johnson- she | Harty M. Williams of Scotia, for- baugh, David Behrer, Sr. John Has- imerly of Bellefonte, appears below. singer, Lewis Hassinger, Solomon Bariett, COoleman Wynn, foreman, is removed, and will remain closed |,, her in the company's office. She tells of prospecting operations in the and John McKivison, water boy for the duration. The reasons given for the action are shortages in manpower, mater. ials and hauling equipment. The piant has been in operation for ,.q 0 trafic over the Erle railroad {left last spring, the second day af-| ter graduation | High “School. area, of the building of the first’ tells how ore was transported and’ This crew prospected until fall of from Philipsburg washers and “company” houses, and the same year and they had sunk many shafts all around and through | The fire, one of Cleveland's worst,| how mail was taken to and from the what is now the Scotia cre bank then-growing community {Some of these shafts were to a depth about two years supplying steel ys, [OF two and a half hours and was! After the deal was closed between of 84 feet and revealed wash ore main office is in Thomasville, near York. — Saxion flected To - Head Undine Firemen Gap Quarry Blasts | Heard in Bellefonte * retary, Ned Ray succeeding sent into the Bairens to what was fought by nearly all the city’s fire Andrew Carnegie and Moses Thorap- | and solid ore rock all the way down. ison in 1880 a crew of five men were A hand bank was started in the fall of 1880 at what formerly was known as the Irwin Cut (this we have the proof of for the writer haz a picture
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