Eo] Jesse ADLER J Looks at the NEWS Rimi — CHIEF Warrant Officer Charles B Tyler of the 18th Field Artillery won a citation for his contribution te high morale. Which took the form of training over 1.000 army buglers At least he taught some us to wake up, there's a wae on! HEADLINE: “75.000 Nagi Troops Trapped By Russians, Ordered By Hitler to Hold.” They'll “hold” al- right, there's no place else to bu six feet down! of go t A FLYING “Ham on Rye” its base though again, probably under “Ham-on-Toast!" A SCHOOL in NY shortly Which address first lesson LATEST FORTRESS returned safely to aflame It'n n the name named for Taxpaye! opel at Libert: undoubtedly + street the is yall indicate 84%: of the citizens want to remain a Monarchy: 6 want a Republic and 10°C can’t make up their mind Amazing how congressmen get around A HOLLYWOOD ‘wiseguy 1s in trouble for dodging the draft by list. ing Mary Jane, a female born Sep- tember 12, 1941, as a depéndent. Not that there isn't ga Mary Jane; not that she isn't a female; not that she isn't a dependent. It's just that the draft board knows its oats and doesn't recognize a horse as a de- pendent. SPEAKING of Hollywood, all the movie fans are frantically trying to be first with a fiction picture based on the prisoner atrocities. We hope they don't turn out to be atrocities themselves REPUBLICAN 80 this is Feb- ruary, 28 days huh? Democrat “Not this year, this year February has 29 days.” Repulgican: “Oh—in- flation, huh?’ HEADLINE: “France May Break With Axis.” he U. 8. finally tired of not only giving all that oil to Spain but having to listen umch of it in return TCJO might be interested that the army uses one stove exclusively — trade name Sun FASHION NOTE scarcer. And if the; scarce 1 expect to on the outside ONE Jap prisoner shalls, interrogated by Intelligence officers admitled we took that land, ut" he grinned, “you'll never take Pearl! Harbor!” GERMAN soldiers coming hous on furlough not only find it dim- cuit finding their homes but also the streets they used to live on.' Seems the RAF got there frst! GAG OF THE WEEK: Two wis diers were whout how 10 dig a foxhole. Suddenly a veteran of Bataan came along and settled the argument “I dug my foxhole so deep.” he explained, “that my cap- tain warned me if 1 dug it any er I'd be held desertion! REASON Americans make better cowboys and get better milk from their cows than the Japs is because ont good Yank worth hundred Jerks! HAVE Swedish our got to so to learn polish Rising Girdles getting set ANY more see them worn in the Mar- 5 i deep- ¥ for i is a signed Our Dame the Declaration of Independence yet? It's easy. All you nave Buy Another War Bond! Receives Gold Medal For 50 Years’ Service A half century of service wit New York Central Rallroad was celebrated last week by William 7T Vall, 318 Washington avenue, Je sey Shore “Bill” started his career at lentown station at the early age « 14 and served 26 years al that post Iraving as stallon agent. He served 20 years as an operator at the “Y A” lower prior to going to Avis you 0 do i the a Gil- ’ i where he has served as freight agent v and paymaster for the years Mr. Vall was presented with a gold pass in recognition of his long ser- vice past five — FIREMAN HURT Bayard Baxter, 31, of Tyrone, R D. 2, a fireman on the Middle divi- sion, was treated at Altoona hospital on Friday for injuries received at work. An x-ray was ordered | vision was | | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County | | | | | | SECOND SECTION A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week dhe Cenlre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES | | VOLUME 63. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944. ~ NUMBER 17. Random [tems Two Four-Yea r-Old Blair County Girls Lose Lives | By Falling In Ore Mine Bodies of Ann Tierney and Susan Carol Porter Found in Water-Filled Pit After . Wandering Thu tate police and scores bod les were Following earch last i aay {termcon Of citizen he of two fours taken water-filled Blair county ore pit le than 1000 vards from the rear of th Seville apartments whe both little tots lived Susan Carol Porter the victims, had probably been racing over the lice hand-in-hand several hours earlier, When taken from the water their hands still re- mained clasped together. The face of the blonde and dark-haired chil- dren were calm, and only the water- soaked snow suits gave testimony of the tragedy that had struck so soon The children were seen playing together at 5:15 p. m. The mother of Ann called her to dinner at 5:30 and upon getting no response called the Porter apartment and finding that the children were not there, cstlled the Pennsylvania state police barracks at Hollidaysburg. Corporal from 14 1 ear-old girls a 1 } © and Ann Tier- ney, Tvio i Hospital : After Auto Wreck Mrs. Blair Welker Injured Friday in Head-on Collision Mrs. Blair L. Welker of Lock Hav- en, is in the Wililamsport Hospital with a possible concussion of the brain, injured left knee result of a head-on collision us the near Linden on Friday occurred as the two The actiden cars operated by Mr. Welker and D. A. Younkin, 68 of Linden, crash- ed head-on on Route 220, just east Younkin told state of Lin Mr police evidently drifted on the H road when his wrong side of the hindered by blinding lights against a driving snow. Dam- age totaled $300 Injured in addition to Mrs. Welk- er, was Miss Mary Hillyard, of Lin- den, riding with Mr. Younkin, who was treated at the Williamsport Hospital for face acerations and. multiple abrasions and then dis! charged. and shock » Pry n } ae Baby Born in New York Funeral Parlor Graffeo will have an in- story to tell children some day. She was born in a New York funeral parlor Monday--with an undertaker officiating at her de- livery Elizabeth teresting her This unusual contrast of life and death occurred when the baby's mother, Mrs. Josephine Grafleo, 24 visited a funeral chapel where the body of her father Frank Loverso,! 53. lay. She intended to go to the | hospital immediately after paying h refinal respects, but she tarried too long | Ottavio Caratozollo, the 65-year- old undertaker, who served as mid- wife, was as casual about bringing a life into the world as he usually is about taking alifeout “T was he said | there That's all | ! I helped rr MP a —— ! GAS WELL BLOWS IN A gas well about four miles south Kane which blew in unexpected- and caught fire, burning down the rig and some other drilling equip- ment, has been capped and the gas turned into lines of the United Nat- ural Gas company. The well was re- ported to have blown in at a half- million feet or more but reduced considerably before the fire was ex- tinguished. Reports indicated the sudden blast of gas became ignited | from a forge, used in dressing tools. | Damage to the equipment has not | been estimated | ¢ i Centre County To Juvenile Delinquency Discussion Juvenile delinquency and crime prevention, as affecting the north-| central section of the state, will be discussed by county and state of- ficlals and citizens at meeting to be held In the Court House at Williamsport on Tuesday, February 22, at 2 p. Mm. courts in are a regional’ will be Chief of Police Good of Wil-| | Take Part In | : meetings will be held in Scranton, | Harrisburg, Allentown, Butler and] Erie, The summarized account of these meetings, made by the report- er, will be transmitted from meet- Ing to meeting in order that people | throughout the State may be able {to think together on the crime pre- | that face com- ! The Council of Social Agencles of Williamsport, the host city, has as- sumed responsibility for local ar- rangements. The general topic of the meeting is “What Are We Do- Ing About Juvenile Delinquency and Crime Prevention?” The chairman will be Judge Don M. Larrabee, president judge of the Lycoming county courts; the discussion leader Bar, will act as meeting reporter, Experience has shown that in war, time Juvenile delinquency tends to increase at an alarming rate. These from Home « thes : 31} L. N meri } Of tute Plea Carciiing joined by Fire C and bur Fire Compan) 1 Police fOr- of the ant Gap barracks, parties and members the mpany the organized ’ wees [3 V ese I't ci Lakemont Holliday Arriving 4 ia the old ore pit, Craw- ford Se 1, a member the Lake-| mont F Company, searching with Officer Ott of the state police, threw | a ght on the water and the bodies the children could be seen, Sell braced OtL as be put one foot down into the water and drew the bodies of the little girls out There was! some jee on the water and the chil-| dren apparently had been walking on the when it gave way and dragged them down into the water! that was only about four feet deep They had their hands clasped to- gether as they were taken from the water and were still holding hands | when admitted to the dispensary of Mercy hospital The little tots were found shortly after 8 Pp. m. and were admitted to Mercy hospital at 8:30. Dr. Joseph Mattas and Officer Ot began im- mediately to give artificial respira-| tion to both children When the clothing of the children was re- moved, both little bodies were cold there was no pulsatioh and ho breathing. it was reported at the hospital I'he resuscitator the and one brought along by the sta police were both brought into service as was the oxygen apparatus of hospital. But all efforts failed Dr. Matlas pronounced both girls dead at 9:15 m Ann was the daughter of Mrs. Joseph Tierney, the fa (Continued on Page 6) Bank Official of yr i "| of 4 i ice hes t HOS f i of te the and Fig he i 4) Mir ther Drops Over Dead Viee President lock Haven Trust Company Dies Suddenly Feuton H.. Fredericks, 70 president of the Lock Haven Trust’ member of the vicinity and had been {in the banking business since 1900 His wife and two sons survive! One son, Wynn, is a captain in the! South Pacific and before he was called service was head of the! Health Education Program of the State. The other son, H. E. Fred-| ericks, is ong of the Trust Company official Service lo were held at his home 100 West Main sireel, at 3 p.m Monday with the Rev. James F Neill officiating. Burial was made in Highland cemetery ar PS — ODD AND CURIOUS Saved His Pennies Steve Buyak brought three boxes weighing approximately 40 pounds to the war bond counter of a fac- tory at West Hartford, Conn, and] ordered a $100 E bond. The boxes contained 7.500 pennies No Points Needed William Bradford was watching {the polar bears eat at Central Park Zoo, New York. It was entertaining until a keeper, trying to pitch = |five-pound chunk of meat into the I will make someone a enclosure, missed-the meat strik- ing Bradford on the head, knocking him out Bradford in settlement, Chief Gels His, Too I'o Mrs. Annie Cronie, 68, of Phil-! delphia, President Roosevelt is no| different from any other American “boy” fighting for victory, After knitting 175 pairs of socks and 50 | sweaters for other boys In the ser-| vice, she set her nexdles clicking) and turned out a white wool set for| the Commander-in-Chief. “Many thanks,” sald a note from the White | House Sorry, Not in This Hotel A girl wearing slacks entered a | hotel ballroom In Kansas City with | her escort. Cal Gebert, assistant manager, politely explained slacks weren't considered visible, Then she danesd all evening «her trousers rolled ‘1p under her coat, a —— Joins Zoo Chorus Ack-Ack, the stowaway crow, the Har- adelphia Zoo now, : ; | : 131 Es i] § : | successfully His Favorite Volume -—— A \ Ain / / v I) 1 ry Brakeman Dies In Fall from Car er in Altoona Railroad Yard wd Willan Sta ol ' H tarts wa sili ursday morning in Tuniata t Cir Altoona He 3 Hr i ATER y draft of n the rear 7 1 Car re no Witnesses 53 O'clock D. Baker ridden F | He 5 unknown a His body th WM wa 8 ame morning vy H brakeman Lier Clifford Huntingdon 1902 Hannah the drall of ! w wil was born Pa. April Charles and He foliowed plasterer until he entered the s brakeman. He the first Union we Rhodes i in death Juniata Groee, who Clifford at home On at 10, the Anna pation a 1942. when wLrvice on Stale OC of 16 n as twice married being with Miss Certs Tyrone He later ur Jr He of who preceded im married with t and Betly Anna alo survived by wo children both five ik ay. Pour brothers survive, Alfred |Company, dropped dead at 8:45 0'- States of Altoona, Fred and Carl of {clock last Priday. He was a lifelong ‘Tyrone, and Thomas of Warriors Mark A ca— Father of Seven Accepted by Navy Pre<Pear] Harbor families among fathers with big those who have their pre-induc- at the Altooha and been accepted Two such Cambria count) ar passed examination tion ers Hon induc for Cane last week Paul T. Jenkin seven children youngest 4 the navy. His a month from the of the family Francis McTavish father of six children was also ace cepted for the navy. The oldest Is 11 and the youngest one year old station in Uw from wr navy "i county Callu of Pation, father the oldest 15 and was accepted for will receive $200 for support of the ’ wile 3 navy of of Gallitziis nnn - MANCHESTER PEELS SPUDS, CUTS BUTTER PATTIES Hughie Manchester, son of Mrs Louise Taylor Manchester, of Belle- fonte, who conducted what amount- ed to a one-man war to get Into the Army after repealed rejections because of faulty vision, postcards us from New Cumberland, as fol- lows. “1 leave here tonight at 9 o'clock good wile after this is over. I can really make a bed now. 1 just got off of K. Ph killed 3 11 brake- children to the first union, Beulah and Robert | vice A, Slates. lp the liniled States The city controller's office was on from 8 p.m. to 6 a. m. I cut Mas announced payment of $250 to up 130 pounds of butter into liitie| father, C. E Fetterman being drog- | rq Zinunerman, Frederick Shaffer, [patties and helped peel 4 barrels of ged through a field near his Dome wine Tate, Joseph Ross, Earl Fire Burns, House, 12 Tons of Coal ———— Bod) Found By Fellow-Work- Avis and Lock Haven Hose Companies Fight Blaze With Well Water ground the f Mr. and McElhattan Wednesday 1 in toe oud y irame home « Bower atl ast 1] burned wilar Starting first noticed mediate ’ on the ire % by a neighbor who im- notified Mrs, power who home with three children and Lock Haven Home Come wed to the but except that from the blaze could All vicinity in the at- Ix the 1 as Avi Pie Qa pon call 10x walter wells avaliable noi extinguished wells were pumped dry tempt 10 curb the fire The bang and olher buliding: the region were unharmed as were a large numbe; house fur- nishing Canned goods from the cellar were salvaged, but some bed- furniture x VA bw fn wa of the 0 room 1 SACT fogd Be i : AVES steel mills house recently ¢ i yer. W at had bought the He has 8 family of oO vin eg ily with a son. Richard, Jr, in Cas tanea, and furniture was stored In the neighboring Ladies’ Ald home Richard Heverly Guard at Rockview Richard Heverly, of strecl, for the past year or more em- ployed as a clerk at the Bellefonte oe | Fire Destroys Parsonage With Most of : Methodist Goods At Roaring Spring Pastor and Wife Succeed in Saving Books on Firemen Battle Flames | First Floor. In Icy Weather started In Method ist Spring last the parti- completely destroying BUD POA : room Roaring thi ily ( of th ©" i 3 184] at raced parsonage Saturda: tom gutiing the roof Firemen emergency from the battled valle JUKE of 4} and onto the house an v were calle 10 Liu flame; leaping bullding and in the icy weather IStreams of water from the hose turned to ice on the and coated the ¢lothes of the fire- men. They fought the flames for {five hours in the afternoon, only to to return again at midnight hen fire broke out for the second time, finally leaving nothing but the walls standing. The resident wife, Rev, and Mr: key, with the aid of neighbor were able of Rey of the furniture from the first floor The rest was a complete loss Dumage 10 the parsonage was es- ithnated at $8000 and Fire Chief J. E. Mclinay of Roaring Spring stated that by a continuous play of water on the stone church, building was saved. 0 d { 4 J0UNG parsonage have Ww minister and Dis Nevin MceClos- firemen and to save a few wil Fire Chief Mclinay reported that! the fire must have smoldered dur- ing the forenoon, for when they were called at 12:35 flames were al- ready darting throughout the cellar and quickly spread upwards through the partitions Rev. McCloskey sald called firemen as 500n as he and bh wife discovered smoke. The Martins burg Volunteer Fire Company came to the aid of the Roaring Spring volunteer firemen and throughout that they Boy Scouts Get Awards of Meri Many Advanced in Rank Court of Honor Held in Bellefonte t at " Boy Scouls of the Muncy District | family jell 10 live tenpue «| were advanced in snk ahd $iven) awards At a court of honor held last | Wednesday afternoon at an sssem- { bly program in the auditorium of {the Bellefonte High School build- ing. The programn was held in cejee | Died to the front of the room wher and lamtion of {Week | E the district advancement committee, National Boy Scout Blanchard | wa, 11 charge of the program. Judge | Dearly severed Ivan Walker talked briefly and with Scouters of the district, ocongrat- brick siding! McCloskey's books and some | that wWinh the allernoon firemen from companies battled the flames heat becoming more intense by hour Two tanks of chemicals were used ana 1500 feet of hose were laid, the Roaring Spring company taking wa- ter from the water plugs the Martinsburg firemen the Spring dam. R The church was the closest build {ADE and a hose stream was used on | throughout afternoon. loc was jeverywhere, on the home that was shooting flames and the evergreen {trees In the vicinity of the house | which were turned io veritable {trees of Firemen were sald to {have looked lke icicles, the water {freezing on thelr clothes, | ‘The parsonage, which jcased, was about 50 ithe standing walls {broke out at midnight Rev, and Mrs. McCloskey ilaken up residence at Alton nn both the [#1 and using 4 v the fret 4 ior brick In again was old flames Years » i ave a Has Leg Cut In Odd Accident Tendon Almost Severed When Clerk Falls With Sharp Knife Jack Moriarty of Reno . bo ng iy LA] con noen in his an left leg Thursday unusual ac ! Maxwell Purniture where he is employed by his in-law, C. P. Maxwell. ! Jack had gone to the warehouse {to ups ; a roll of linoleum for a {customer and was in the act of cut- {tng the outside wrapping from the Toll when it toppled over on him {He was caught under the roll pin- his left leg to the floor. The Nnoleumn knife, which he was using Hor cutting the wrapping. had fallen |*2 the floor. His leg was caught in such a Way thal the kulle, which hos | ty rite a penetrated the back of his leg. He wis unable to extioate limsell bur which heid him. Unable to walk, he lay for som: minutes waiting for help. then hob- (he was noticed by Thamas Bissman {as he passed in the truck, He was Keith Anderson. chairman of taken to the office of Dr. R. A. Werts' {where it was found the tendon was The wound wa idressed and he was taken the | Williamsport Hospital where he was : ¢ vo State Store, has accepted a position! uy the boys upon receiving ad-|OPeraled on later that night as a guard at Rockview penitentiary and began his new duties Wednes- day of last week Prior to being employed al ard at the Bellefonte Elks Club THREE ARMY CHAPLAINS GRADUATE AT HARVARD Presbyterian and Two a Jewish chaplain from Altoona and Tyrone also assisted with investiture cere- to Jan. 25, 1842, plus a penalty of | have graduated from the Harvard University army chaplain school Graduation ceremonies were held ir Sanders theatre on the campus and were preceded by a drill and review on Cambridge Commons The new Presbyterian chaplains are Bloyd D. Shaler, of Altoona, and James P. McGuguin of Tyrone The Jewish chaplain was Samuel Cook, of Altoona wl — HURT AS HORSES BOLT A Nescopeck man and his daugh- ter were injured by being thrown by bolting horses, the daughter, Miss Evelyn Petterman being unh- conscious for a hall hour after the accident in North Berwick, and the vancements and awards A tableau on Boouting given by members of the Pleasant Gap troop Wie was a feature of the program. The filed suit i State Store, Mr. Heverly Was a stew. tableau was under the direction of ton f Jame master of Bellefonte, vas the reader. Miss Marilyn Shope played plano inter- ludes for the tableau The Scouts from Pleasant Gap monies for Tenderfoot Scouts The list of advances in rank and hin, and double damages totaling |g, awards follows: Tenderfoot Scouts Troop No. 88, Pleasant Gap: Wil- bur Decker, Gerald Bllger, Luther | Brooks Troop No. 34. Belicfonte: Will i Woodring, Donald Orr, LeRoy Loy, {Robert Gordon. Troop No. 35. Bellefonte: Philip Sinith, Richard T. Chandler, Robert ID. 8mith, wWilllam T. Gingher, Jr | Troop No. § Miesburg: Richard Long, Richard Lambert, James |Bents, Robert McMullen Second Clags Boouts: Pleasant Gap: Robert Ross, Richi potatoes, When I climbed into bed) when thrown while exercising *| May. Prank Lockhart, Robert Jus- 1 was dragging low to the ground!” | horse | BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (By J. TRUMAS MITCHELL) OF THE LIVES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR OF CENTRE COUNTY WILLIAM HH. BLAIR Born 1821 at Mlesburg He wag educated at the Belle fonte Academy and at Allegheny College. He taught school and, In 1845, became part owner and editor of the “Centre Democrat” until 1852. In 1851 he was elected to the legis lature whitre he took quite a prom ‘Inent part. He then read law with James T. Hale and was admitted here In 1854. Blair started a private practice was made captain of Co. 51st Pennsylvania stil] later colonel of the 1 He extremely part. He wag connected with the or- ganization of the first raflroad start. ed between Tyrone and Lock Haven, and acted as ita secretary-treasurer. He died in 1888. EDMUND BLANCHARD tice, David Lewis, John Zeleznick, Elwood O Lynn Brooks. Milesburg: Poorman, Wil- liam Gentzel, Richard Baird Troop No. 71, te: Herbert Corman, Marlin Haupt, “Joh! Walker. First Class: Pleasant Gap: Donald Hie, Fred er. Efi Sr —— i, FEDERAL SUIT FlILED The U. 8. government last week 1 federal court at Scran- or a $3599 judgment against ‘duties as a senior educational lead- jer for the WPA. The judgment con- {sists of 861260 of alleged unearned pay given Bossert from June 2, 1041, 182000 for each of 17 checks issued 181.320 ——————— ELECTION INNOVATION Dr. Emily R. Shipman, Mount {Carmel, will head the Northumber- : ! : {the current year, having been elect- {ed at the annual meeting in the ad- {ministration offices of the Sunbury |Community Hospital. The new pres- {ident is the first woman ever to head the society. { | ithe managed to get his fool out of the) | VALENTINE: By thie first ng, we dinarily lenuse of tered Monday Valer y vit l + nenlon i post received a we wouldn't course up every February 14 oodles of then We mention thi because iL came Hirst and there didn't w be other malls. It bi back ories romantic days school day with Orie mai any metn- of our i you please, It It back memories of viclet-scented meadows oool green trees and the gra aroma of new-mown hay It Wrought back fond recollections of the pierced. heart Valentines with flower-border. ed edges that The Wolf of Elgh Grade used to display Why the current Valentine should cause such reflections we can't explain, for it reads: You've got a monstrous intellect, at least that t you think But those who know you claim your brain would fit the ni ing Unk." Touching, isn’ trouble we don't know who it, although we do recall that Ir Jesse Caum showed considerable in- terest in a pile of penny Valentine down atl Roy Uhl's e last week MIMELLANEOLUS: Lewis BR. Lenhart, a superintendent of sur breakfast LET wi in the mecm rought of the youth our broug! of 75 | C3 h proudly, ¢ i wii a ul Piss wlant count: school ke t “ b a le hit wy IK oom last weed 0 know, morning Uwe Peters Passed Angie rogin, same Re man mented about In here {Only Lew would Hike how the fellow get paper delivered on Une Teup of coffer Mrs. Earl of Milesburg, chides: “You up Groundhog Day without a reference 0 the wealthier!” Comes a letler from a 14-year-old {girl In Ohio. “My mother used to be LITA Te Mi School.” she o~ fur t BOONY NOTE: To Bellefonte Kiwanis Club vhom Song Leader Cece Walke: vited this department BING meeling at the Penn Belle last Tuesdas fru Hu for BL wr 1€E, uy Tiles. vidd ng in public 3 at the back he Harding We recall with amount of feeling the polite applause that followed that number Then too, just as we were about to break down and comply with the re. quest. we noticed Kivanian Jagk | Yeager, who has heard us in a few more of less private renditions of a ballad entitled “Sweet Adeline.” ing significantly with an for pick | SUGGESTION: | Chief of Police ad rye wil Stats acmu LA Lweatre stration certain Harry Dukeman a razor edge and pointed upward, (like he has a $008 argument he claims freests In gutters and has to be dug out. piled up, he alleges, could be easily shoveled Into trucks for removal the gutters would be free for drainage and for the parking of Cars. : REPORT: Some weeks ago we invited Witcrail to submit a column for {publication here. We learn that the column was written, but that Phi when through with the task, filed the result carefully away 1 his wastebasket. “It was too rough,” Phi declared. “Anyhow, why should 1 d your work for you?” Maybe he Py Fl frye that hat Biddle, Pleasant Gap Scoul- iw Brown Bossert, Lock Haven, on Something there, but we'd still like snd Rev. Francis P. Davis|grounds that he did not perform the |%0 see the column. WEEK'S BEST: Most significant statement of the week, In our opinion, was the re- mark credited to the Admiral in charge of the Marshall Islands ine vasion. He was quoted as saying e had to0 many men on 100 many {ships.” What a delightful condi- (tion! Back in the grim days of the learly part of the war tt was always “Too litte, tog late.” and there were {always disheartening defeats. The ] am | 180d County Medical Society during | Marshall Islands campaign was a {great victory, and while the Jape {lost 8122 men, we lost only 286 jor a ratio of about 29 to 1. We hop {we can continue to have too many men on 100 many ships for all fu- Continued on pope Siz) EEE — a — HISTORY OF SCOTIA By Harry M. Williams A Correction Just recently we read a letter from Rev. Ralph J. Harrity, pastor of the Grace Reformed ohwrch of few weeks ago he visited J. Frank Bible, of Aaronsburg, and while there Rev. Harrity spoke Scotia. Rev. Harrity spoke of his father, Daniel Harrity, working at Scotia a number of years ago, which is true. In the installment of in : : i 320ss | E34 £ 44 Lh it about | jof the great Valentine Iron Com- pany of Bellefonte. His ore washer Altoona, Rev. Harrity stated that althis i li I fond
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