Where the Fuel Goes
A HEAVY
cruising at a speed of 250
m.p.h. may use 200 gal-
lons of gasoline an hour,
BOMBER
@he Cenfre De
mocvaf
An Army Trans
port burns 33,000
gallons of fuel oil
a day.
| WHERE THE FUEL GOES
VOLUME 62, NUMBER 52
BI
BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30,
SUBSCRIPTION-—$1.50 PER YEAR.
Hublersburg Boy
Is Killed By Car
2
%% ds Driver and Car
Coroner's Jury Recom
Owner Be Held for
G %, 1 Jury; Vietim
Was On Way Home fro * School Christ-
mas Play.
BULLETIN
Pyvi. William K. E.
M the State Motor
Pleasant Gap, yesterday filed a
charge of involuntary man-
siaughter against Josephine
Armstrong, of Zion, in the death
of Ray Deitrick, of Hublersburg.
A hearing on the charge was
scheduled to have been held
late yesterday afternoon before
Justice of the Peace Harold D
Cowher, of Bellefonte.
Kauffman,
Police at
C.W. BOOZER DIES
AT CENTRE HAL
Postmaster Since
Funeral Services
Held Sunday
Charl
1935
at tl (op
at 1.30 p
2. 1043
with a
Boozer
hospital
A
D2rstine
Centre H
making hi
years, 1
wife, the
these chile As
William Boozer, Jr. of Mi
Florida, and Miss Dorothy
Miss Eleanor Boozer, |
He was the last n
mediate
Mr. Boozer
ity Reformed chur
and was a member
sonic Lodge, Centr
liamsport Consistor?
Shrine at Altoona
Funeral service
Goodhart Funeral
Hall, on Sunday
{Continuged on pape Four)
postmast
emoer
N 1
{AINE
LX |
i
the
sf
Booze:
i on
Mae |
Dorn at
3, 1878
son
5
His
$1 SMe
family
was Tin-
14
fall,
Ma-
member of A
of Centre }
Old Fort
Jig
th
$1)
4
wri
Veii~
t Jaffa
»
4
{ at the |
afternoon, with
»
! Training for Nurse
Miss Louelia R. Safko.
Miss Safko, daughter of Mrs. Jos- |
eph Smitchka, of Clarence, sxpects
to enter the Army Nurses Corps as
soon as she has completed training
at St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia.
Miss Safko was graduated from
the Snow Shoe High School in the
class of 1942, and in September of
that year entered the Hospital
training school, where she is now
Jocated.
New Year's Schedule
At Local Postoffice
Only one mail delivery will be
made in Bellefonte on New Year's
Day, it was announced yesterday by
Postmaster George R. Meek.
Postoffice windows will be open
only until 12 o'clock noon.
1935;
Centre |
(race
commended
wner of
$111
4
G
1
wing Ji
n ma
G. Armstrong,
been charged by
rating cal
Heense, Th
Earl Swartz
olf
bot
0
with ope a
an operator
ner of the machine
of Millheim
permitting
an unlicensed driver
1S ( police sald
The Diguest was under
direction of Coroner Charles Sheck-
ler of Milesburg, at the Neff Funeral
Home in Howard
Accord to testimony the
the school entertainmet
ncluded and children were
walking along the highway when
two cars approached them from
The first machine was driven
Blair Ingram, who lives just
Hublersburg
Ingram said
nas
a viclation in allow-
to oerate
ell been
with
Ag i
[|
held
aid
al
ing
I~
MAE in
quest had
st
the
west
west
he sg children
in the road and slowed down almost
to a complete stop with his right
being within about six inches
{Continued on Page Four)
Be
tae
wheels
Unionville Man Is
Injured in Accident
near Union-
the
Morris Mayhew. of
ille, was srought Centre
Hospital in the Widdowson
ambulance early Monday night, af-
ter a car in which he was a pas-
senger skidded from the road two
{ Unionville on the Bald
highway. The accident
vil
County
miles west ¢
Eagle Valley
happened
Mayhew
and bruise
from the Lane
he was removed from the overiur
ed cor after the arrival of the am-
bulance
The machine was driven by Paul
Benpiett Unionville, who was
driving when the car skidded
off the side the road and
overturned a ditch. Bennett and
a third occupant of the machine,
Jame of Unionville, escaped
car was esti-
y men in the
Holt
about 6 p. mn
suffered head juries
and wa unconscious
of the accident until
1
i
in
in
| oo ™
east
eft of
ft In
in
tH
are employed the SAW
Unionville
mats MR s————
“i
nal Hear
Digmond Restaurant
In Bellefonte Closed
Fhe Diamond Restaurant for
| many years a prominent eating place
House in Belle
Monday morning
the Alex Stergiakis
Sterpiakis said the restaurant is
od “temporarily.” From other
there are reports that
and reopened under
osite the Court
He, w closed
as
proprietor
sOUTCes
801 new
SO new
anagement
SEDAN CRASHES
0 HONUMENT
W. Ray Patton, Tyrone,
Injured at Milesburg
on Christmas
W. Ray Patton, of Tyrone, suffer-
ed a fracture of the jaw, lacerations
of the face and lost several teeth
about 1:30 o'clock Christmas morn-
| ing when his sedan crashed into the
| monument at Milesburg. He is a
| patient at the Centre County Hos- |
| pital here
i The car was traveling west
through Milesburg and the driver
{apparently falled to ree the monu-
iment in time to avert an accident.
{He is believed to have swung to the]
right just before the crash and the
| IBft side of the car struck the monu-|
iment and the machine overturned. |
Frank Pinge, son of Mr. and Mrs. |
James Pinge, of West Curtin Street, |
Bellefonte, who bad been at a
friend's home near the scene of the!
accident, ran to the overturned car
crawled up on the upper side and)
pulled two passengers out through a|
door
:
‘the door on the under side.
Patton was brought to the Hos-
pital in the Widdowson ambulance.
( The passengers are reported to have
lescaped with minor injuries. The |
fear was badly damaged.
-
Grandson of Local
Man Is Missing
:
:
:
i One of two men reported missing
from their homes in Williamsport
{over the Christmas holiday is Jack
{Baney, 20, gunner’s mate second
iclass in the U, 8. Navy, and grand-
ison of Charles Baney, Bellefonte
borough employe, who left his home
‘about 8 o'clock Christmas eve with
{an explanation that he was going
ito pick up presents which he had
{purchased and would return “siwort-
the
| Furst
EBON BOWER
5 NAMED AS
= —
VOLUME, 1943
POSTMASTER ¢
Will Succeed George R.
Meek, Resigned, in
Local Post
HAS BEEN ACTIVE
PARTY WORKEK
Appointee Formerly Head
of Potato Growers’
Offices
charged ty
Of
at
Mee
K
appointment
resumably effective
1
|
on
January
Mir
pointment
irmation
mended
Joseph
of Feder
He
urer
Bowel official
1" On
i
the
a
311
{ -
of Lh te, w
recom-
Senator
control
for office
F. Guffey, who
il patronage
formerly
183 Les
retarys-ires
Ivania Co-Oper-
A
of the
i Potato
win its office
Bellefonte, and at
ployed by Whiterock
Mr. Bower ha
county Democlati
late wife at
Democratic vice-chairman
a native of Aarom
ciation
been
‘
i"
one ume w
er |
Becomes Major
B cn—————— ———
Austin ©, Furst
The promotion of Captain Austin
O. Furst to the rank of major was
announced this week by Headquar-
Caribbean Defense Command
Major Furst ann Air Base Ad-
ministrative Inspector to which
position he came alter with
the Sixth Air Porce
An attorney in civil itfe, he prac-
ticed father, James C
Bellefonte, He is a grad-
Gilman Country Schonl,
Princeton University, and
School of Law at
ters
is
SETYViCe
with his
in
te of
Baltimore
the Dickinson
Carlisle
Commissioned a second lieutenant,
Field Artillery Reserve, in June, 18938
he was called to active duty with
the Air Corps in August, 1941. He
was promoted to first lieutenant in
June. 1041, and to captain in July,
1042. Major Furst arrived in the
Caribbean area as Intelligence Of-
(Continued on page Three)
-.
Baby Movie To Be
Shown At Plaza |
A short subject thet Is said to
hold the interest of audiences every-
where is “Bables by Bannister” to
be shown at the Plaza theatre on
Saturday
attraction, “I Dood It.”
:
Nothing more than a trip through |
Constance |
the portrait studio of
Bannister, famous child photograph-
er, it nevertheless packs all the hu-
man interest that cute babies and]
little children can muster,
It has been a long time
nister's fame in the baby photo field
Residents of the area soon | is the fact that hardly a Week ROS | narred the 80th wedding anniver-
jarrived and when they lifted the by without a Bannister Baby Pic-|garv on Monday, December 27. 1043,
{ overturned car, Patton fell out of}
azine cover,
ture appesring on a notional mag-
Restrict Visiting
at County Hospital
The management and the staff of
the Centre County Hospital this
week made a plea to the public to
aid in keeping the grippe epidemic
from being carried to patients in
the institution.
Toward this end, if is requested
that only members of the immed-
iate families of patients visit at the
hospital until illness in this area
las subsided. Persons with colds or
grippe are asked not to visit there.
These requests are made in the in-
terest of the welfare of patients,
and will be in force only during the
current epidemic of colds, grippe,
and “flu.” hospital suthorities said.
i (Continued on Page Siz)
Monday and Tuesday in|
connection with the regular screen!
since
there has been a film subject about
babies, Substantiation of Miss Ban-|
SPECIAL SERVICE
AT GRAYS CHURCH
To Light Candles in Hon-
or of 56 Persons Serv-
ing in Armed Forces
owship
church
Ligh
New Year
entire
The Youth {
Grace Methodist
or a special
in Grays church
December 31. for
moon charge
The Youth Fellowships of Storms.
town. Himore. and churches
will participate in this special] com-
memeorntion, Beginning st 9:30
m there will be observed a special
candie light program with the main
theme, “Loyalties.’ Brief discus-
sions will be given by the {allowing
speakers: Rev. Henry H. Shissler,
pastor: Miss Phyllis Lutz, of Grays
Mls Mary Stine Grays: Mis
Lols Peters, and Ruth Ellen.
berger of Ross
The devotion:
3)
ae
Of
will
+
BjM01 -
Servic
Eve,
Half.
~
3
Ross
Mis
will be conducted
by Youth Fellowship of the Gost
group in charge of Miss Mary Stine
president. Following the consecrat-
ing the Joyalties, candles will be
Hghted for each of the 88 men ad
; af the ong by #n
the armed
sat a friend
family wii}
light the candle of
the honor roll
The music featured at this first
service will be selections by an ine
{Continged on Pope Thee)
Od pe
3 ies
forces. It i
or a member!
br present to
ach person on
i
in
3
H
serving
hoped t
the
2
Af
al
, :
H
{iar to make a final
butts,
FIRE CHIEF HURT
ATP
Injured in Fall on Stairs
While on Duty at
Cafe Fire
the ure
Fiuberg
night
£1
ai
= GRY
chief of the Ph
ire Department, is
dent in the Philipsburg State
pital, suffering from several
tursd ribs and a possible kidney
Jury
Chic! Gionniek was injured at the
ciondng stages of the fire fighting
when he was returning to the cel-
inspection to be
al] fire wa+« extinguished
i irs
Thomas CGinnick
. te
PEDUTR 4 Pa~-
Hos-
rac-
ii
sige Lhat
He slipped on the wet steps and fell
hall way down, landing on his right
side. He was carried from the ofl.
lar and taken 10 the hospital in tie
Hope Fire Company ambulance
Howard Vall,
Fire Company.
siiyoke which flied
While there was not
wRE overcome Hy
ithe building
much fre the
reritire building, known as the Fine
block,
so Hi
of Fromt and
woke
a
LE
Bg water
Alter wvenliating the
firemen ith masks went through
the bulldl to determine the source
Corner
Bi
¥
a
It was found that four or five boxes |
dusidown,
the
¥
of sweepings,
tic. were in
that the fire stared
cigaretic
collar
Jere
Bellefonte Restaurant Owner's
Daughter Killed
A 18-year-old American-born girl:
Greek parentage. daughter of
John Stathos proprietor of the New
York Lunch West High street
Bellefonte, lies in grave No. 802 in
Synikismos Zographou cemetery,
Athens Greece, presumably the vic
tim of a German bullet
This word was contained in —
ter to the father here, Tuesday, from
the State Department at Washing.
ton, D. C.. and is base on a sum-
mary of report of her death re-
ceived by the Department through
official channels
Although no details of how the
girl, Beatrice Btathos, suffered the
gunshot wounds was contained in
the message, the heari-broken fath-
er here Is cotivinced that she died
resisting the advances of a Nazi “A!
18-year-old girl iz not a soldier. She
wouldn't be engaged ir political in-;
trigue. She would not be a menace
to the invaders” Stathos reasons.
“I believe she resisted a German]
and was hot for that act.” he de-!
iclared. “I'm proud of her!” i
| The text of the message received |
of
a
0CAL COUPLES
WEDDED 60 YEARS
‘Retired Contractor And
Wife Reach Important
Status in Life
i The regrettable illness of the wife
{was the only unpleasantness that
i
of Mr. and Mrs, Theodore B. Haupt,
of Bush Addition, Bellefonte, Be-
cause of Mrs. Haupt's condition no
celebration was held, although their
numerous friends remembered them
with well wishes and felicitations,
Mr. and Mrs. Haupt began their
imarried iife in Bellefonte and have
resided here ever since, Mr. Haupt.
known to his friends as “Dode,” was
20 years of age when he and his
bride-to-be, Mise Isabelle Confer,
on the evening of December 27, i583,
seated themselves in a buggy behind
Old Dobbin and drove to the resi-
dence of Reuben Miller in Bush Ad-
dition where they were married by
Rev. John A. Mattern, a Methodist
minister.
Mrs. Haupt is the da ter of
John Confer, a soldior of Civil
War who was killed during the last
year of the memorable struggle.
in Athens, Greece
by the restaurant owner follows
“Miss Panagiota (Beatrice) Stathos,
who was born in Winston Salem, N
C.. on March 10. 1927, died at 11:30
a July 22, 103. at First Gen-
eral Military Hospital, Athen
Greece. The cause was gun wounds,
and the remains were buried in the
cemetery of Bynkismos Zograpbou
Athens, grave No, 802. Mrs. Mary
Stathos and Alice and
bes, mother and sisters of the de-
ceased. reside at Valtinou
Athens, Greece.”
Fe
ii
HLIPSBIRG:
chief! of the Hope |
building
and |
Bessie Stat- |
FATALLY
RNED WHEN
N
J
Stephen Lee Voris, 2, Dies
Christmas Eve at Hos-
pital Here
LITTLE BROTHER
OBTAINED MATCHES
Tragedy Strikes Shortly
After Father Arrives
Home for Holidays
afternoon, a few hour
captain
home in
stat Pickett
Va a rioug
Biephen Les
burned
from
: Ld
Vori
when
tT 17e
malic
tally rib caught
fire ie
three -vear-o
The chi
Leroy
Street
Centre
5 ©
Wo hour
brother
id, son of Ca in
Vo Bou
State College, died
County Hospital here
Friday afternoon
ter he had been rust
State Colle ambulance
: ris, of
abou
lock apo
Qe
af
ai
E i
(Continued on Pope Siz)
——
Bellefonte Man to
Manufacture Pipes
EE .
% :
By
H disposed of all
diex and machinery
turing “Kroskut"
{Prank W. West, of East Linn street
proprietor of the Ideal Manufac-
turing Company of Bellefonte
preparing to begin manufacture of a
(new Lype pipe which is said to have
several unique feature:
The steak machine right
equipment were sold to the Cube.
Bleak Machine Company of Bostor
| Mass
machine
patents,
for manufac-
steak machine
ing
ang
for the past ten years
{The sale includes all forms, dies. |
(patents ang PRGLS,
Mr. West's new pipe.
of which awails only the arrival of
several machine vart features a
semi-hard mouthpiecrs place of
the ushal hard one. and a new sys-
tem of draft which, it is reported,
enables the smoker smoke the
pipe down 10 the “heel” The design
of the pipe keeps tobacco in
pow! fresh and dry unt] the last
! particle smoked
1.0. THOWS DES
Ewe
$3
Tr
SUDDENLY AT HOME
Prominent BHKuffalo Run
Valley Citizen Succumbs
to Heart Attack
street, |
The State Department letter ac!
companying the summary
notes |
that the Department can't furnish)
a verbatim copy of the report or ob-|
tain fg
death
The father came
wriificate
to the United
private use a copy of the!
States at the close of World War 1!
and after working in this country
for some years returned to Greece |
where he married the daughter of!
a fumiture factory owner, bringing
her to this country in 1824
settled in
Continued on page Pour)
—— Tr
Local Native Dies
In Naval Hospital
Apprentice Seaman Calvin Lee
Lutz, native of Bellefonte and neph-
ew of Harry Lutz of Bellefonte and
Mrs. Harry A. Cormian of Bellefonte,
R. D. died at the Nava] Hospital
at Newport, R. 1, the Navy Depart-
ment has informed relatives
He was inducted into the Navy
{last month and left for training
i November 25. He was ill one week. | Arthur Cameron Thomas, retired
guard at Rockview penitentiary, died!
Seaman Lutz was born in Belle
{ fonte February 11, 1814, g son of the
late Ray Lutz and Mrs. Nancy R.
Bathurst Lutz, who lves.in lLewis-
town, His wife, Mrs. Mae Baxter
Lutz, lives at Lewistown where the
deceased had resided for a number
of years A brother, Paul of Lewis
town, survives,
the Lewistown High School in the
class of 1932 and was employed by
the American Viscose Corporation
before being called into service, He
was a member of the First Meth-
odist church of Lewistown ans was
a member of the City Hook and
Ladder Company ang the Junction
(Continued on Pape Pour)
Seaman Lulz was a graduate of}
Winston Salem, N. C. |
|
Arthur ©. Thomas
suddenly and unexpectedly at his
home near Waddle, in Builaio Run
Valley, about $:30 o'clock Sunday
morning. December 26, 1043, death
being attributed to a heart attack,
Although he had been in failing
ihealth for many months, Mr.
{Thomas was in his usual health
Christmas Day and had been in
Bellefonte greeting his many Iriends
the day before Christmas. He was
stricken ill early Sunday moming
and died before medical aid reached
his side.
) § widely known
through the central part of the
county, was born in Worth fown-
ship on August 19, 1866, maki his
age at time of death 77 years 4
months and 7 days. He was a son
of John and Christine Frantz
Thomas and when he was about one
year old the family moved to Half-
moon township. From that time on
he continusd his residence in Buf
fulo Run , ving in Halfmoon,
townships at
RB INTES
which has manufmctured the |
production
the |
County’s
Oldest
Resident Dies
William Tressler, 101,
Fall, December 6, Believed to Have Hast-
Succumbs at Home.
ened End: Was Older than the Late T. B.
Hamilton.
Cen county
William Tressler
H Abraham Lin
ns Home
Bellefonte
Thursday
1943. Had
20 he would ha
Lie
died at on
street
alte
HvVea untiu ne
fe
ve observed hi
JArihday
Mr
exhau uiting from
his home on Decem
suffered
Up
}
Tressler
tion re
cident he
¥
£4
face and and
Was
sight and
and his mind
the time of his de
Surviving are his
Mary Meyers
united MArrs
1878: Nive chi J al
Thoms M. Tressler, both of Belle-
fonte: Mrs. Harry Burke! Na
riors Mark Newton
burgh, and Rev. Robert
Ruther Glen, Va. Also surviy
children: 3 great
3
nd one great-great
se SICARLY activ
of
phy
Nearing
ren
all
ir
Samuel CG na
of
of
Pitts .
Tressle
N
seven gran
children
child. All were here for tl
services
alternoon h
Bellefont«
with Rev, Hamm
pastor of the
C. Bhues
Interment was made in Meyers «
etery, Buffalo Run Valley
named in
ceased’s wife's
Thomas Meyer
person buried on the site
ANNUAL NEETING
MARKETING C0
Report Shows Volume of
Business Increased
Three-Fold
meetin
ar
Methodist
arch
Jellefonte,
of the
EX arn cog
bBlenger
ch anc
of
etery honor
mother
whi
The snbual of
County Agricultural
| Marketing Cooperative
held at Hall
ant Gap m
Approximately
their families assen
pate in the elect
Lear the
tary-treasurer
| busines:
In the election of directors G«
IM. Hosterman of Spring Mills, wa
jeieciag director for a term of three
| years, to succeed John H
tof Pine Grove Mills, vho
{ retiring director. Euge
(Continued on pape Four
i iy
hasing and |
Ine
an
Dey
i
Ples:s
fs
ye
the Grange
Monday
a
20
Dove
memes
oe
Le)
Marsh
wa %
ne Irvin
Two Men Injured In
Car-Truck Crash
Two persons
at 6:15 p. m. when
iby Robert Lyons
jcar operated by
Bellefonte RD 3,
220. three miles west of Howard |
Korman received lacerations of th
forehead and Charles McCawley, 18.!
i Howard, a passenger in the truck
received similar injuries Me
Caviey was treated by ward
physician
Police said damage to the
was approximately $200 and loss
the car was about $50. One of the
vehicles was attempting to pass
while the other was making a left
turn. police reported
Cars operated by I. L. Miller of
Bellefonte RD 2 and Ralph Ream of
i Bellefonte RD 2 collided on Route
550, one-fourth mile east of Belle.
fonte, Friday at 7:15 p. m
were injured
Howard
C. Korman
of
L
crashed on
H
a
iy
a
.
10
Damage
to the Miller car waz about $5 and
to Ream's sedan was about $50. No
one was injured
Mingoville Home Is
The residence of Mrs. Frank Hock |
man, at Mingoville, was somewhat
damaged by fire which broke out Fri- |
day afternoon while occupants of the |
house were absent
The blaze. believed to have started
from a short circuit, was discovered
by residents of the area who forced |
their way inside and used a fire ex- |
tinguisher taken from an automobile
to fight the flames. A call was sent
to the Bellefonte Fire Department |
and members of the Undine Fire
Company went to the scene and used |
water from a booster tank to extin-
guish the blaze. i
Damage was confined 0 a window
frame. davenport, radio and other
furniture. Smoke and water also
caused other damage to the interior
of the building.
nbs.
Car and Tractor Collide.
A car operated by Harry Dorman
of Port Matilda R. D. and a tractor]
operated by Joseph G. Ebbs of near!
Stormstown were involved in an!
accident near Stormstown on Route
550 at 6:45 last Tuesday Damage
to the car was approximately $60
and there was no damage to the!
i
i
Damaged by Fire ;
| Claster Hardware
High Street resigned that post this
{ week, and William Osmon is acting
William Tromier
OPA Penalizes Local
Curb Market Dealer
Bi 11
Price
3 .
cal Wa
hem t ¢ .
ey
Route {AR LE
—— iin MA.
SCOUT COMMITTEE
LEADERS NAMED
Juniata Council to Hold
Annual Meeting Here
January 12
mmitiee members
of ¢ Px §
been
gs
1
Cx
Distr
Dave
year,
By
- ts
CH
4
Wi
Ca
ing
day
fonte
Comn
Wis
MM
orn oi
al
chair
itteemen
Earl Cartwright
per, have ais
are bein
1 meeting of
cil »e held
Bellefonte Righ School
0. F. Sollenberger
wright are
ments
meeting will also
time and organization
tees will be completed
Appointments
Mr. Stewart are
Organisation and oxtension
(Continued on pape Siz)
-
in charge
for the meeting
ie
commite
bw
BE need
Rob-
Williams Resigns
As Hardware Head
Mark W. Williams, for the past
numbe: of months manager of the
Store on West
as manager pending the appoint-
ment of Mr. Williams’ successor,
Woman Falls From Car
Mrs. Samuel Irvin, 48. of Belle-
fonte, was admitted 10 the Centre
County Hospital Sunday night for
treatment of lacerations of the head
. Police and one fool. suffered ‘When she
» accident said fell from a car.
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