— aod THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, P A. 2) Former Ce Centre Hall UARY (Continued from Page 3) [ OBIT try and self respect, WILLIAM M. WITHEROW Willlam Macklin Witherow er of Mrs. Bertha Fisher and Mrs Rebecca Doerner of State died Thursday morning of last at his home in Altoona. Mr. Wither- ow, who passed away on his birthday, was a former employe of the Altoona Tribune, with a of 58 year: His wife, the forme: Miss Laura Adams, died January 8, 1043, Also urviving is daughter, Miss Marjorie at home, and a sister, Mrs. Castles, of Dillsburg, Pa. HENRY ORVILLE HARVEY Henry Orville Harvey, 40, of Lock Haven and Willlamsport, died Fri- day moming at his late home in York. His death was caused by & complication of diseases. Surviving are his wife, Elda; a daughter, Nor ma: his parents, Mr, and Mrs George C. Harvey, of Lock Haven, and five brothers, W. Channing Harvey, of Baltimore: Llovd E.. of Milesburg: J. Earl, of Boundbrook, N. J: G. Clair, Jr, Williamsport, and William Ellis, Lock Haven Funeral service conducted b: Rev, Floyd O. Ross Lock Haven on Tuesday at Howard Laura JOHN LEWIS RIPKA Louis RIpki A D. 2. died suddenly at his re at 7:15 o'clock Saturday morning He was born in Centre county, April 2, 1868, the son of John and Eliza- beth (Weaver) Ripka. He was a route manager for the Great Amer- ican Tea Company, retiring 12 years ago. He was a member of the Green- wood United Brethren church. Sur- Greenwood, R iaence John fath-| College, week 83rd | record | another morning at 5 Witherow, | phy was well known as a nurse, and 1 was going for my last physical are his wife, Mrs, Leah! and Marjory was taking her first (Flood) Ripka; one daughter, Elea- for the WWOTI. 1 had an examin- {nor Ripka, at home; two sisters, ation to pass on my phy: deal | Mrs avid Lingle, Spring Mills, and strength, endurance and cleanliness Mrs. Louise Houser, Salamanca, N. only, while Marjory hud to see if Y (the new of my going without being sad and torn by the parting. We iboth passed with flying colors, She was a soldier to be proud of and ap- parently a" specimen not to he sneezed at The nose and throat doctor I looked pale but of course that only a tecnieality so 1 made the Ish unscathed. They left me get dressed then and we all stood up at our first formation, rather ragged I'm alrald, were sworn In (we were new and still pampered civilians) then we clammered into our bus returned ww our homes |viving | MES. WILLIAM J. MURPHY Mrs. Kathryn Yerger Murphy, wife of william J. Murphy, died at ther home In Lock Haven, Friday 45 o'clock. Mrs. Mur- sald for her association with her husband as in the bakery which he formerly op- erated In Lock Haven, She was born in Howard where she resided for six years as a child belore the family imoved to Bellefonte, and later to Renovo. A graduate of the Renovo High School in the class of 1817, she attended the Potts Business College ra : : {in Williamsport, and entered the l go! off he bus, gave m | Philadelphia General Hospital as a ng Wb and a Sma student nurse in 1919, graduating Hh would meet og in 1922. For one year she was em- Lion center, ployed a a community nurse in IRGOUS ah x ‘ Philadelphia and then went to Lock th¢ door; three anxious question. Haven where she was a member of D8 looks ried painfully WELL Dr. T. E. Teah's staff. at the Pri- So 1 smiled and sald I'm in vate Hospital there. She attended Mom's and dad's faces fell to the ! Ea " Main reet Methodist flcor., and they hit the silence ) liness was a could be heard over Lhe room Red Cros then Marjory walked toward me husband and two | h a smile her face put Kathryn and El. Der arms around me and kissed me, mother. Mr and held me tight-—she had passed, Haven: a too! My face miled and my throat brother, Norris B. Yerger, of Gallup, tugged, but we had made it; and N. M. two uncles and an aunt, Pu- Our first step into Army life was be- neral services were held at the East 8uh I feel, in good Army style Main street Methodist church Mon- The week's furlough flew rapidly day afternoon with the Rev. Rey- and on May 24 I was hanging out burn L. Fritz officiating. Interment the troop train window with my was made in Schenck's cemetery, buddy. Elmer Benner, who used to Howard. sell me shoes at Nelman's Depart- ment store In Millbeim. Marjory nbd buddie till at the induce and started home, Three met me as I came in froodbye in all work of the are her daughters, Shirley sie Jane, at home; her Elsie L. Yerger, of lock on and Random Items (Continged rrom page one) That with a ture battles in the way to victory--victory imum of casualtie SPEECH: Speaking a Li at Altoona, Saturd Congressn D. Emmert Br imbaugh, is quoted having clarified h sol controver aving that the Dem- ocrats were maneuvering to delay consideration was too vote unless it nn Day dinner matter late to give the soldiers a was a federal] ballot which would mean that “all sol- diers would vote for Roosevelt” If the states rights plan was passed Brumbaugh said, the soldiers could vote for whom they pleased. How he arrives al those conclusions is anyone's guess. They certainly don't make. sense on the surface. The diers want to vote. Theyre working for what is presumbed to be the UNITED States The UNITED States better equipped to handle the task than are the 48 separate States The Constitution Is not threatened. When the soldiers coms hoe they'll resume voting wider the usual laws and the war ballot system can be scrapped. The whole thing in a nutshell seems to be that the bows down n Congre are raid Roosevelt will win Re- move that po res we bet, wouldn't soldier vote wa ’ WOl- again (Lilit ad Cong hoot give n now Lhe handled To give visual and fAtting expression to your love and regard, the medium and the form must be chosen with ¢ e. Comforting assurance of a duty well performed will be yours if you choose a genuine Rock of Ages Memorial to stand as your record for the years to come, HOWARD GRANITE WORKS FRANK WALLACE, Prop. far in fler vote ¢ mapped our pleture and the train jerked slowly out of the station Marjory, still smiling, waved gpod- we suspect the only pye and 1 made wisecracks, Many escaped alr raids SO were crying. It is very hard that war is simply because way. I'm glad we can smile, and cry enemy has not chosen to stage {ngide It's easier and not nearly as The possibility exists—else gmbarrassing, and after you are in charge of the alr raid de- ge Army you find that bitterness stem, who Knows a lot more goon blends into laughing at it than we have gun misfortune, and self-sympa med the set is destroyed by the lack of any sym- ’) pathy shown by officers or fellow men for your troubles in the army per: turned other words you get over being have been 100 per babled by family and read what happened for two hours dur- the weekend-—large parts of the without electric service, mach- inery in war plants coming to a halt, trolleys and elevators stopping, oll furnaces ceasing to operate, no light anywhere—simply because a power line broke, we hudder when we think of what could happen if a wuple of well placed bombs were to be dropped on the city’s power cen- The same thing holds true of Bellefonte and Centre county, in a smaller way CAFETERIA: A Miss someone, representing the federal government, visited the Bellefonte High Schoo] cafeteria last week and said that unless a stand- ard lunch is served dally, contain- ing specified, weighed and measured amounts of specified foods; unles menus I ent to classrooms explain just why cal the scien- the federal food BUG IN RUG: Sometimes reason we've this the them those do—would thy «up long ago held control 1 Bellefonte {" about the should cent, When we in Philadelphia a civilian friend The army, the great ogqualizer makes the ghoe salesman and Lhe customer Privates and bed-buddie in the ranks For two days we were inseparable and walked side by side lke lambs to the slgughter Piece by piece our civilian clothes and iffe were tom from us and replaced by army equipment handed out by tough army sergeants and corporals with cholee bits of sordid advice sharp. cold. cutting remarks, “till we finally reached the end of the as- sembly line and stood in front of a full length mirror with our pants dragging and with cap awry. still clutching in our trembling haixis our “civvies.” As we gazed et the charm- ing spectacle in the mirror we no- ticed the sign above reading, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BEST SOLDIER IN THE WORLD. 1 won- der From the assembly ine ne weil interviews and tests then the od- vithdrawn. We timers prepared us mercilessly for Il. enough 0 that or wal of the “Rookie” jun't like thw terrible shols. They tell you of many teat IL even lender portiong of sour anatomy vitamins, nutri that will be cruelly punctured by We know that! that terrible needle standard lunch W mer and I walked trembling plate would Ix dispensary door where we are e food left UN imet by a corporal. apparently with t children would aspiration to be a Gestapo member from the who roars, “Take that shoit! the nearest hot-dof|ihey, sping us around to walk back- ch whic h made up in ward toward our doom. AS We pass lacked In nutrition. |g.) toward the needle, the men- ttle engines, which vo) torture 1s t00 much for one will, They are i.e bespectacled Pvt. and. he A nite like crumples silently to the floor. No likes. We'd like Mj wWhatsername po... is shown. He is grabbed firm- come around to our house Some. ly by the assistant and receives the ile SPINACH | poadle while in a peaceful sleep of inconsciousness 1 am next. My has ceased beating, all my) muscles are taut, every nerve is straining; then 1 feel a little prick and say to myself That is prob- ably a practice swing. here comes next the shot” But no A bored voice says, “next!” and they shove me out the fresh air, | door to freedom and Now as I look back 1 laugh, be- cause in all of the thirteen shots 1 666 Inever received them anywhere ex- USE cept in the arm. We got our “dog tags” gervice records, a Mar- 666 TABLETS. SALVE. MOSE DROSS © “nd = oy jory made her first trip. She stayed tier ng ’ City Cx ters daily 0 teachers oa ’ 14 | houid CONCOCLIONSs, those would | i. Hi fo ( - Hie oft and * throats rt an Cah heart fit indiv- war nd seeking sacrifice for ent dem makes always an immediate relief ATFIRST SIGH OF A — = in Harrisburg but I saw her in the [visitors' quarters each night [Boy Writes Experience * your aid wo TY | | destination and not to call or talk to civilians from the was all very secret train windows. It and smacked of big lodge Initiation or playing cowboys and (and Lt, who to me, a seemed almost as great as the King of Slam, informed us {L was all ser- fous and we would treat iL as such or would recelve numerous dire pun- ishments, We believed this with all our hearts, Now after elght months of threats 1 smile at the influence that “shave«tall’ had on us The train ride had very few memes orable occurrences outside of the fact that we found that two men could sleep in a pullman berth, and We experienced eating out of mes kits forthe first time, We discov- ered the reason for the nomencla- ture of that article, 1 will take the time to describe one meal on that trip. We walked single file through the baggage car where field were sel up ang Cooks were trying to compete with the train and get the meg! I the first steaming pot, A K P. dropped one hot dog mes Kit and on K. P. weaved the hot dog ly portion of my sticky beans, 1 stag ward the next pot and thing garnished with the last pan the decorated all of it wi Did 1 it? Sure! It was a lesson but one to prove later messes. You Ipulate mess yourself dry and tdi as much as possible. You develop the courage to walk down the line and, if you don't like somet hold the plate poised until the is leaving the spoon and sailing to- ward the kit. You feint quickly and with great Inward joy but outward seriousness, listen for the resound- ing splat that follows as the {ood hits the floor, and rich specially- prepared cursing flow from the cook's mouth and off vou ike BB: Off a Mark V tank. Ah re- venge! We disgust Indians rank rookie Loves army urchin Lepped up to oli the fom another toward me my th ana co aid on with nice mon wrist ered bravely Hag every» pinach Al artistic ally alad, hard valuable In eam to man- kit =0 as 0 keep food separated cat WOOT) the chow ny RE food sweet discovyereg tt our great and discomfort that the train was taking u South-bound We prayed it would be Florida but as the train pulded to a stop and the id LL sald, “Wel we were atl Cam SOON I, this is it found We were 0 bo week, s0 that night (Saturday) sitting on our bunks ju at one another wire Marjory t wrote (Thi walling) y Stewart, Ga quarantined for found us look ing id to sal there y were very they bovs felt had place In the world and 1 could see one man had developed a cold that caused his eyes to run as well as hi nose, He was blowing and wiping frantically, The harder he tried to look as though he more he cried. He H-pily called homesickness. 1 Was anily could see this atti. tude wotild not make for a very en- Joyable evening. 1 proceeded to make a fool of myself which of course was no job, and after five minutes of strenuous foolishness they were all laughing and had nominated me for the first Section 8 of the outit They were good fellows and the clouds Hited They ined in spirit of the ti and 1 soon found that gloomy faces had hidden clown cin crazier than 1. A» 1 think bark now 1 am giad 1 got Ww laugh that night becatse there was not much laughter in the months abead We all had 0 be toughened phy- geally and mentally. There was hwo more crying. As 1 sald it Is onl pow that I can look back and see how, pitifully fupny we were as Wwe struggled daily to dislodge the civ- illan desire to be liked, pitied, and trustad being and considered But we TOT plea 4 il wi ne He them curse always & did instead of threatened potential become hardened gold brick WOODWARD Mi Bessie Plank and Gladys Plank of Camp Hill tended the wedding of het Cpl. Clair H. Kreamer and Miss Ma- bel Wolf on Tuesday afternoon of Inst week, retarted ‘0 their Home the next day On Tuesday morning of last ie mercury made a new temperature this month, it being 9 degrees above zero at 9 o'clock We've certainly been having some very pretty days this week, Theil ob Monday morning a still lower drop of 2 degrees above al 6:15 a. m. Was recorded | On last Thursday evening the calithumpians put on a short sere nade program for COpl. and Mrs Clair H. Kreamer at the Woodward Hotel niece, Mi who al- nephew werk drop in little boys | The | {bread wasn't crying the .,. } drowning in riers. The Bellefonte Youth HY Tells of Voyages by’ Germay Continued from Juat on the came from Atlantic Ocenl rough ome of the boy sick and the rails around are full of sick soldier day fried chi tatoe griavy, plekle butten LF] Not bad for tu I'he It Is about 9:30 is full and in beautiful Still nothing wmething stra baked bear wi Ken middle Ooen) ea day member breakin It looked ler rine, the cating ¢ § Hert number abou orite North Sent prise up truck mbel then on a Sp run ny Lhe about We Cringe headed for Ital I get on a sl United Stal Continged We Oh) Napie get bad thom waler be ike good Ttall To sal othe s.mg Last we could ground. It ArT NOW aid the pl far as I can ses Yesterday 1 planes Al Barly last Friday morning it start- | Two Four-Year-Old Girls Lose Lives from Doge Wanted! Men and | Women Who Are Hard of Hearing | a wry today. County to Take Part Td ' Juvenile Delinquency fe 30m WM. B. RANKIN AGENCY MAEY M COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE Building Crider's Exchange & ant HEY HI am HI Yee el A £ Setntnd 1944. a! the Cath February Cale ih {| Ann in Let Us Have Your Tires Recapped We Carande and stock of enger, Truck Fires, have a large I Pas Implement usear ROSSMAN [noms AUTO SUPPLY STORE Phone 2615 BELLEVONTE, MAKE KEYS PA Re an Lie BANKIN, Agent PA. Je an BELLEFONTE, NE ay RE ] C50 Zeer iibie, one) Wit AnNnouncs Yanetws is ne Lest g test hered Walter woba ble as complete doubtful As ever Victory Garden Seeds Burpees—Seeds that Grow ALSO S. Schells Bountiful are glad on display, replacement of many horlage ol Sine seeds, We our stork of Howe seeds now 1 plete Schaeffer Hardware Store N. Allegheny St. | On Wednesday Elmer and a lot|ed to snow and kept it up all that {of the other boys left. We knew not | gay with the temperature ranging | where they were going but began 0 reg 16 10 21 degrees all day. About | fear we would never leave New!s or 6 inches of snow fell. On Sat- [Cumberland. However, it was only | day all day there was a strong In your ATTIC? Jn your CUPBOARD? In that old CHEST? J. M. KEICHLINE INSURANCE AGENCY One of the Oldest Agencies in Centre County EDW. L. KEICHLINE In your CELLAR? = Temple Court Phone 2521 three days later that I wished never had. Thursday night my orders were Buying a H oe] "]27.Y43 Before you buy sny wid, mak about the iB Bagi Be important to you! Western Hearing Aids have |eeivers using malloy «NOT affected cold, . Other exclusive features—plus PERSONALIZED Ad fee. "We test your you select the set that is for posted to leave Friday night at 6 o'clock. Marjory had already home to walt for definite informa- tion about my permanent camp. earing Aid? RECEIVERS! Tor tp aig pout Two great Western El Aids to choose 2 o_o AUDIPHONE (CO, 451 Altoona Trust Bidg. ALTOONA, PA, Phone 9010 Bend FREE book. Rapleln PRES sess” 3 } » ee Iwind which drifted the snow. Yes, groundhog days are coming in very definitely. Cpl. and Mrs. Clair H. Kreamer BONE [made a short honeymeon ip Camp Hill and Lemoyne on Bunday and Monday. Cpl. Kreamer returned to His post of duty at Atlantic City, N. J. on Wednesday, while Mrs Kreamer is employed at Mifflin. burg on defense work for the pres- ent. Up to the present writing (Mon- day) Woodward had a total of 23 sales and an amount of $2022.50 for the Pourth War Loan drive ending Feb. 15. Woodward's quota was $3,- 000, Many thanks to the P. O. 8. of A. lodge for helping out. ZETTS QUALITY BABY CHICKS ! Here's the Need... War workers, mothers, service: men's brides are finding home. making a drudgery without. elec: tric appliances that are no longer being produced. This might mean a handicap to home responsibili- ties and the war effort. But vou can help! WEST PEN On ht HIGH PANTRY SHELF? In your overcrowded GARAGE? iy » Here's what carded appliances—the ones you o longer use. You'll find one or two . , « If you dig deep enough.’ The only way these families who sorely need appliances can have them is 10 buy your old ones.’ Dig them Git SWAP EM for STAMPS WAR WORKERS. NEED THEM You'euh"do You can dig up all your dis.’ Here's how You do it... Make a deal with your dealer. He'll pay you in War Stamps for every idle appliance you can find. Reconditioned, it will be sold to some family who would otherwise | have to do without. And we'll be
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