Where t
A HEAVY BOMBER
cruising at a speed of 250
m.p.h.
lons of gasoline an hour,
he Fuel Goes
may use 200 gal-
@he Centre Democraf
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Trans-
port burns 33.000
gallons of fuel oil
un day.
\ ar
VOLUME 62. NUMBER 18.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
1943,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR.
3 Men
ounded
As Sei ®n Opens ft
Port Matilda Man in Seltous Condition Af-
ter
Accident in Woods;
Few Hunters and
Light Deer Kill Mark First Two Days.
Three
them serio
son in Centre
this week
Reports fi
of )
that
The season © Mond
COUNTY SOLDIER
KILLED IN
Pfe. Willis G. Martin,
‘Moshannon, Is County's
26th Reported Fatality
29,
horged
Weaver
hilipsburg
v 1 1
reported
being
though they
vement
he Was 1
impros
condait
said
The a
Bud Daniel
A bull
ged truck
wm Page Two)
COUNTY GRL IN
county
Centre County's twentv-gixth re-
ported casualty of World War
Pic. Willis GO. Martin, 29, son of Mr
and Mrs Milford Martin, of Mo-
shannon
His parents
sage from the i
NoOUunCcing that had beer killed §
action in Italy .on October 10
details were given in the messag
Pfc. Martin, who participated
the battles for Casabla Biser
and Tunis, was seriously wounded
August 14 at Salerno, Italy. Por
more than a m I is believed
to have undergont
ment before
vice
Pvt. Martin
Moshannon area as
ducted into the Army on June 20
1942. He was sent Ft. George
Meade, Md., for training before em-
barking for ov Verseas duty. He ar-
rived with U. 8. forces in Casablanca
(Continged om page Siz)
Railroad Worker Bags
18/2-Pound Gobbler
Gilbert A McKinley. 37
Curtin, employe of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, interrupted his work FPri-
dny morning long enough to bag an
18%; -pound turkey gobbler-—the first
turkey he's ever shot
McKinley and several fellow em-
ployes on the Runvill-Clarence sec-
tion of the Snow Shoe Branch, were
traveling up the mountain on a
handcar, on their way to work, when
McKinley. who had taken his gun
along in the hope of getting a turkey,
spied the large gobbler near the
tracks. He stopped the handcar,
yale a short distance into tHe
w s and soon returned with the
large bird
Sunday was a festive day at the
McKinley home with the hunters
mother, Mrs. Isabelle McKinley. and
brother. Carl both of Milesburg. be-
ing invited to the turkey dinner
have recely ed a
War Depar
me
he
returning t
better kr
Eddie” was in
WWHn In
to
of near
il is!
IPRTNENT FRE
Ruth Hoffer Climbs Down
Firemen’'s Ladder From
Third Floor
Mid-city fires rout score: 2 saved
by ladder ends a banner headiine
in Monday's Philadeiphia papers. Of
interest is the fact that a
Philipsburg girl was one of the score
apartment aig Me
damsels sa
0 fire fight
ried
her
(als ved
5 car
we dashix
buildit
artiment
whom wa
Wg COMPAN)
caped
Judy
been
Mis
has
er Erad-
with
Hoffer
ramp’;
‘ontinged om Page Three)
down the lad
Lougee
he
emplove ince
————— ——
Dean Phipps Store
In New Location:
The Dean Phipps Auto Supply
store during the weekend was moved
into the room in the Owens building
at the corner of Allegheny and Bish-
op Streets formerly occupied by the
Bellefonte Hardware Company
The new quarters provide more
than twice the floor space available
in the former room further north on |
Allegheny Street
Edgar Weaver, manager of the
store, announced yesterday that a
number of new lines of merchandise
have been added to the stoek, and
that additional departments have
been opened, including household
items, electrical supplies, hardware
!sporting goods toys and others
Some remodeling of the store has
been compieted and further improve-
ments are planned as soon as neces-
sary materials are available Weaver
| said
J. Thomas Mitchell, Local Attorney,
Completes History of County Bar
A most interesting and
addition to the written history of
Centre county, just completed by J
Thomas Mitchell,
fonte attorney and historian
published serially In The
Democrat, with the first
beginning this week
The history is entitled “A Review!
of the History of the Bar of Centre
County.”
Centre
installment
| uicable | ployed
well known Belle- |
will be
in the Willian ¥. Reynolds
i Bank, which later became the Belle
fonte Trust Company. The author's
mother was born at Howard, a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs
{Jacob V. Thomas, but was au resident |
of Bellefonte from infancy all dur-
ing her lifetime
Upon completion of his studies at]
the Bellefonte Academy.
LLWG.
iSchfol at Rebe. sburg,
PORTED SAFE
N'3. PACIFIC
Survivor of Torpedoed De-
stroyer McKean Writes
to Wife Here
MAY HAVE SUFFERED
INJURIES IN SINKING
Was Aboard Ship in Many
Major Engagements in
Solomons Area
Bloomquist
telephon all
% Page Three)
(Continned
Student Injured As
Chemicals Explode
Daye .
LeRoy Daye
in the Miles
Lien
M: 5
dent
id on of Mr
{ Smuliton, stu.
Township High
suffered pain-
the face ang one
fie wis Struck IN
worging
in the
and
o
ful lacerations of
eye Fridoy when
flying while
BCHoo]
He
Count
gins
DOT al
was br
Hoapl
eaterday
Elks Lodge to Hold
Memorial Service
annual memorial
» Beliefonte Elks 1s
will be held at 2:30 0
ary
iVernoon
1094
; Bun.
Elks Home on
The speaker
E14
COCK |
day a
West High
be Rev. Francis P. Davis
8t. John's Episcopal church
Officers of the lodge
harge of the memorial
while special music will be furnish
ed by Titan Male Chorus. The
public is invited to attend the ser-
| vice
a
atl the
street
recid
"
wi
Le I
ceremonies
the
cn —
54 MEN CALLED
i
BY DRAFT BOARD :
31 Go to Army; 20
Navy, 3 to Marines in
Month's Quota
Fifty-four men from the area
served by Local Draft Board No
of Bellefonte, passed examinations
for military service in the Novem.
officials announced this
oS
“
ber call
week
Of that number 31 will be taken
by the Army, 20 by the Navy, and
3 by the Marine Corps. The Army
contingent will leave for the recep-
{tion center at New Cumberland on
| December 15, and the ones accept-
ed by the Navy and Marine Corps
will leave this week to begin train
(Continued on page Three)
n—————— ED ————————
POLICE SEEK GUN SOLD
BY BEECH CREEK YOUTH
An 18-year-old youth
an automobile in Lock Haven and
sold a shotgun for $3 on a Belle-!
| fonte street wag apprehended early
J. Thomas! |lnst week by State Police from the!
but it is far more than Mitchell entered Haverford College, Pleasant Gap substation. The youth |
to:
who stole!
that. For Mr. Mitchell's account of and upon graduation from that in-|is Edward L. Rupert of near Beech!
the activities of members of the bar stitution entered the law offices of | Oreek.
includes many a fact and anecdote | Blanchard and Blanchard, where he
of general history, much of it here- | studied law. He was admitted to the
tofore unrecorded. { Centre County Bar in 1804 and prac-|
The work represents the fruits of | ticed here until 1918 when he went
two years of research and composi- {to Mississippi. He remained in that
tion on the part of Mr. Mitchell, who State for 12 years, returning to
since early Youth has been interest. | Bellefonte about ten years ago
ed in local history as a hobby
The author, son of the late Isaac | him in close touch with historical
Mr. Mitchell's practice has brought |
and Deborah Thomas Mitchell, was
born in Bellefonte and received his!
early education at the Bellefonte
Academy. His father, a lieutenant in!
the Civil war, was a native of Phil-|
adelphia, but came to Bellefonte
upon completion of his college edu-
cation, and for many years was em- |
.
| Gata, for he specializes In land title
work and legal matters of similar
nature.
Mr. Mitchell and the late Gov-
ernor James A Beaver were largely
{instrumental in founding the His-
torical Society of Centre County,
(Continued on Page Siz)
Police said be stole a car owned
| by J. Earl Nyman of Howard, R. D..|
{ November 21, and drove it until he
was caught the following day near!
the Centre County Hospital, Police |
stated that the youth sold a 12-:
‘gauge double-barrel shotgun he
found in the car 0 an unknown man |
he met on West High street. Police!
the gun is returned.
Rupert was returned to Lock Hav!
en where charges against him will!
be brought by Clinton county auth-
orities
are interested in obtaining the gun |
to return it to its owner snd stated!
that no prosecution will be made if
{pointed Mrs. Mary Cole Heverly,
SON [ Thar's Gold in That Thar Bar !
nd bear wa
mountains
two men had killed it with a couple
of well-aimed bullets. November 17 ir : on : wher : —_— "
the mountains near Yarnell Thet the ct ey af A druggia AS
while skin: he ’ Ey he 2s JOT: hag
the Andrew Jeune lism sid joints. sore
falo Run muscles, and the lke Oldsters will
Sea Bix Bg sou there's nothing like bear oli
Ls " rabbad on well to relieve such oon.
sharp knife AEH Erase a
But
ger
| & £3 5 SANE
get tit of the alter the
Vitis a Pro
Bear ofl §
Mig 4
f al in Bul-
Valley Sha wiey nearly
Fen “Chin Fhe
he was using sip
Shivers
wh wb)
es
reported
18 cents
MRS. B. HEALY FOUR TRUE BILS
IES SUDDENLY
County Jury Commission- Grand Jury Ignores One
er Succumbs at Home Jill; Reports on Inspec-
After Heart Attack tion of Co. Property
{ 1a id
ine
Distr
the Grand Jurs
December
t bill
Cents
ang
B. Heals
four
afi one
sone erie
L3¢
presenta -
was with
Lt vas reach
ved the case
{ Lock Haven
Heals
at Rockviey
death
follows
lipsburg. f. & b
Lemont, morals
8] Phi
3 Weaver
Walter
Ji Walker P .
Healy to sers out § ol I
Jury Commis. CHAIRS
held at
tre dg ine
named
oirad term as
sioner, a pos
of her death
Deceased was a daughté
and Mary Landers Farley
born in Cincinnati, Ohi
7. 1871. Surviving is a daugh
ginia C., at home, Mrs. Heals
graduate of Notre Dame Ac
Cincinnati, O. and was the
family of seven children
member of St
church, Bellefonte
Funeral services
Steward Ro Woodverest, State
(Continued on Pape Thres)
SCOUTS TO HOLD
ANNUAL DINNER
Entertainment is Planned
For Event at School
Cafeteria, Dec. 14
it she
ang
Oa
To,
adems
were held
o'clock yesterday morning
John's church, with the Rt
Filliam BE. Downes officiating. Inter-
ment was made in the church ceme-
tprvy
oy Preliminary plans are in progress
for the annual dinner of the Muncy
District of Boy
'Woodycrest Man In
Jail on Morals Charge
Steward Ross, aged 70, of Woody -
crest, near State College. Is in the
Courity jail under $1,000 bail on a
icharge of having illicit relation
with a daughter, officials report
Ross was arrested by Pvt. John L |
| Bisenhooth, of the Rockview sub-
i station State Police and at a hear-
{ing before Justice of the Peace
Harold D. Cowher, of West Bishop
| Btreet, Bellefonte, last Wednesday. |
{ he is said to have pleaded guilty to
ithe charge. In default of ball he
i was committed to jall
———
cember 14. The dinner will be serv.
ed by the high school home econo-
mics class under the direction of
Miss Verna Ardery
Robert Smith, of Lewistown, new
executive director of the Juniata
Council, will be introduced to the
| Cates of State College, chairman of
‘the Juniata Council, will be one of
the speagers. Officers of the district
i will be nominated and elected at the
meeting following the dinner,
Entertainment will include songs
i picture of scouting. Tickels ok
y \ (ER each and persons are to
NAMED JURY COMMISSIONER | reservation with E. Keith Anderson,
Judge Ivan Walker yesterday ap- chairman of the committee, or one |
of of the committee members before
| East High street, Bellefonte, as Cen- December 10. All parents of Scouts |
fre County Jury Commissioner in in the district, members of troop:
the post made vacant by the death committees and the district com-
of Mrs Fred B. Healy d {Continsed on page Six)
$
ARE RETURNED -
Scouts of America |
‘to be held in the cafereria of the
Bellefonte High School Tuesday, De |
(district at the meeting fonte phy who has been in the
‘U. 8
‘March this year, has been promoted
Hrom Lieutenant to Captain, accord.
by the Kiwanis singers and a motion |
WRITES
MS, |
ININDIA
Former Bellefonte West
Penn Employe Finds
Country Interesting
MANY RELIGIONS
COMPLICATE
DIER
N GUST
Ft, IN
ves
LIFE
4 ”
S. Soldiers learning
How to Barter With
Native Tradesmen
flowing letter was rece
} I John ( Louise
Tingue, of Unionvil from her hus-
bang Corporal John C who is
al nt somewhere in India. Cor-
poral Stere, before enlisting in De-
cember, 1942, was employed by the
West Penn Power Company of Belle
fonte and he and his wife reside
Bishop
making her
Unionville
dated
ved
Blere
lle
FL |
Blere
a on
’
Street Mrs. Blere now
home with }
Corporal
er mother in
Stere's
1943. and bs
letter
October 30 As
id you
will tre
f are = ira act
I 85 1 Am alowed
India is truly ¢
and enchantment
10 the life of medi.
few of the people
clothes, that is any-
re: oramiilon a
The men
old
a loin cloth
seem to follow a
pattern. The
seems 1o be a saree
a long flowing robe
shoulders and
the ground
remote ls
A Gress
from a
Dem
clothes
or
iin shee!
about 10
The women's
little defini
standard costume
which contists
thrown about
very nearly jralling
The saree is most ma
feria] from coarse muslin the
(Continue on Prge Theol
thrown
more is
of 3
their
on
4
ade of ars
in
Everitt Drug Store
Is Sold Yesterday
The Ev
Allegheny
4
store o South
ior the
operated
pe
eritt drug
street, Bellefonte
bE Ed Hven YOR
by Donald R. Everitt
terday to Charles L. Scheibley, who
cones Bellefonte from Lancaster
The new owner will take charge to-
i
Ts]
was sold
to
Mr. Bcheibiey is a graduate of the
Medico-Chi College in Philadelphia,
in 1911 began Career as a
pharmacist. For the past two years
he had been Owner Of a drug
in Lancaster. He and his wife
rented Mingle home on
High street and will move thei:
sessions here Immediately
Mr. and Mrs, Everitt and <daugh
ter, who came to Bellefonte seven
years ago, will continue to reside in
their present apartment above the
store. Mr. Bveritt haz accepted a
position as service representative of
the Smith, Kline and French Drug
Company. His territory will include
most of central Pennsylvania
During his residence here Mr. Ev-
eritt established an enviable repu-
tation as an able and dependable
business man
Dan Grove Leases
Cadillac Garage
Dan Grove, of “the Grove garage 8n
8 : ule
ang EAE
store
have
East
POs-
the
fe
coi
North Thomas Street, Bellefonte, has |
leased the Cudillac garage formerly
occupied by the County Chevrolet
Company at the corner of Allegheny
and Bishop Streets, and yesterday
* the establishment was opened for
business under the new management.
Mr. Grove, who expects to continue
with the Plymouth and DeSoto
agency, announced that the entire
second floor of the garage will be de-
voted to general car and truck main
tenance and repair service, while the
first floor will be used for storage
Purposes
All equipment and furnishings
have been removed from the former
location on North Thomas Street,
into the new quarters
said
The Grove garage had been locat-
ed in the Thomas Street building
formerly the Haagen Garage, since
January 1842 The stock .and fur.
nishings of the County Chevrolet re-
cently was disposed of at public sale.
Local Physician
Becomes Captain
WAC ———.
William J. Schwartz, former Belle
Army Medical Corps since
ing to word received Monday by
Mrs. Schwartz, of East Curlin street,
Captain Schwartz has been sta-
inotied at a base hospital in Panama
since August, Prior
{was located for a t
leans, La.
i Schwarte and
with him there. a
‘a transfer to the Canal Zone, t
family returned their
Bellefonte.
i reaching
goal
Mr Grove
Lands Damaged
Plane in E ngland
Ut. Eugene Shultz, Former Centre Democrat
Employe, Brings Crippled Fortress Home
After Raid on Germany; Crew Listed As
‘Missing’ After Parachuting to Earth in
Enemy Territory.
Eugen
Shultz ol
Democrat
lot of a Flyin
England
after
Lt
Ala
ontre
nere
iamaged
1r
PHILIPSBURG BOY
FATALLY WOUNDED
Native of County Acci-
dentally Shot and Killed
at Clearfield
England
Shultz enli
18 mont}
WAR FUND HERE
NEARING QUOTA -
Expect Final Reports Will
Put Total Over $20.-
00 Goal
Bellefonte 1» within faacie
ts quota for the Belle. JAM
fonte Community War Fund With Jr Bellet
ohiy partial reporis received from al from Ee
number of indugtries the campaign ibis home early Friday mor
how totale $196B252 of tx £20000 found the same alternoo:
the OF
Car Stolen Here
Found Same Day
of Penn
paris
street
ils Rg
™ v
iv BB EX}
™ '
ony will
‘several hundred
report:
C. Brown
palgn
The
Welfare
tion. i
guota
¥
$12.200
National
na
Official
returns had been 1
from the Bell Telep!
West Penn Power © Wa
Continued on pape Siz)
reported that or
mpan:
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