Where the Fuel Goes
-
A HEAVY BOMBER
cruising at a speed of 250
mph, may use 200 gal-
fons of gasoline an hour,
be Centre Democraf
——————— 4
FUEL GOES
—_- i
WHERE THE
An Army Trans
port burns 331.000
gallons of fuel of)
s day.
VOLUME 63. NUMBER 31.
BELLEFONTE, PA,, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1944,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR.
ounty War Toll For Week [RE
d And 5Wounded |
- > %
/ %
Is 4 K Ive
“
3. om Bellefonte Area, 1
From Spring Mills,
Lose Lives
ALL FALL IN BATTLE
IN FRENCH INVASION
Casualty List Compiled
From War Department
Messages, Letters
is re
telegrams
relative t
during ne
"n dis
nave lost
ince ti lose
men their
Have been
PYOC, HAROLD WW. WAITYF
Killed July
5, near Cherbourg.
Cars Collide Near pie. P
College; Damage $40
ONNCLED
TR EXANATON =
4
Group to Go to Harris-
burg Monday in Spec-
ally Chartered Bus
YPal i¥ oe i x
| mont} al Benning, Ga 3
months at Camp Blanding, Fila. and
| underwent other training at Camp
Porrest, Tenn, and Camp Atterbury.
Ind
For
pen
Nineteen
men ¥
v 100] Pwalt Board
¢ been notified
i Wf Bells
ime he was assigned to the
that
1944
el
Hoe and was In
M
slinged
Drug Addict Is
Arrested at College
al Waite in Medical Unit
tc on Page SMa,
band of tu
a medical
battle f
employe
ir Cherbourg
Titan
Jette re
Frank
Belle
elved
me ’
ney 0 Ww
ote
Mrs
ishop street
Company, he to
hi
+
wi
wife and nother
f Wie
)
on July 2 letters, re
19
ie
t } not taken
but
hat
D-Day
now Near a
It Is believed he may
assisting In transporting
evacuation
ald e
naa
invasion
large city
he
wa ’
France
tt have been
A
Me- | pi
learned
om
notified
Beler of
been res
will be |
and will be taken
by a United States
m Bcranton
inded men to hos-
near Cherbourg
Waite entered the
20. 1942, and New
Cumberland was gent Camp
Blanding, Fla. for basic training in
the Medical Corps. On March 1
19043 he was transferred to Nash
ville, Tenn, and on August 12. 1943
* to Los Angeles, Cal, Later
Continued on Page Four)
tals
Pi
October
- 8
he nrobation
Kentuck: ition
his probation office
Philadel w
reived th
im
Army
from
tn
on
od the
instit at
L.C
v 0
fin rd Ns
ant
’ ) {
i eg
Warr
nat
n
AEA
into
Marshal
is sent
© SGT. JON G. DROGAN
Wounded in Normandy Fighting
PVT, JOSEPH BENZIE
Wounded in European War Area
i
PFC. NELSON ©
Loses Life In Invasion
LUCAS
Action
22 In August Call
For State College
State College
ad
:
q
0
groun
Yan #4
ation
COUNTY MAN SEES
SAIPAN BATTLE
Coast Guardsman's Ship
in 2 Air Raids With-
in 72 Hours
hey watched the bloody
m ringside
hat.
Saipan fre seal
a
I. CGreer
McKinje
raf
day 'e
Mr
He
Wade
5 Ma
1
8 Coast Gua:
shipmats
the contr
najor stryw
y 1300 miles from
(Continned om Page Four)
3-Year-Oid Child
Swallows Safety Pin
(i ” er
Re
of Howard
ne Stet
¢
aked 3
VOArs
Mrs
D
10
a
Edwin
Satur
the Wil.
wallow
her home
daughter
Stet
day nig!
Hamsport
ed
and
R
was admitted
pital
safety pin at
believed that pin first
lodged in the girl's throat, but since
her admission to the hospital it has
gone into her stomach. according to
reports. It is not known at this time
whether it will be necessary to pers
form an operation to remove the
object Her condition is described
being satisfactory
The child's father Rev. Stetser, is
pastor of the Pligrim Holiness
church at Summit Hill, and is em-
ployed at the Sylvania Electric Pro
{ducts plant In Mill Hall
1
:
ho after she
an pen
It th
“ie
ns
pr
iI TEN
Jr ANN
GRANGE FAIR
Association Completes All
Plans For Event at
Centre Hal
PROGRAM INCLUDES
NEW FEATURES
rn
A 13800.acre tract
in Centre and Clinton
cluding virtually all of far-famed
Fishing Creek gap and 18 of the
cottages situated in that picturesque
fishing area, was sold by
the Roche Pittsburgh Coal
Company, of Indiana Pa. to Byen
& Rugh., lumbermen from western
Pennsylvania
Included in the purchase is
Witmer Steel sawmill near Lamar,
which has been operated by the for
‘mer owners to turn out as high as
12.000 board feet of lumber a day
Purchasers of the tract which
ajual to more than 21 square miles
in area, are J W. Byers, of Ligon-
ier, and Kenneth Rugh, of Bolivar
Mr. Byers entered the lumbering
Business in 1920 and has been ac-
tively engaged in that work ever
since. He will be charge of the
lumbering operations in the Fish-
ing reek area. Rugh is engaged in
the brick industry at Bolivar
The tremendous area one of
Wreest lumbering operations in the
fecent history of Centre and Clinton
gopnties sprawls over a consider-
able section of the eastern part of
this county. The tract extends along
both sides of the Madisonburg road
Crosses the mountain vorth to
point near Nittany, extends east
near Lamar and passes through
both sides of Pishing Creek gap from
the west end of Federal Fish
Hatchery at Lamar to Booneville
In the area are the following val-
evs and landmarks known to hun-
dreds of hunters and fishermen who
have combed the region in quest of
game and fish Big Kettle, Little
Kettle, Big Rag Valley. Little Rag
Valiey, Bear Run Ve Little Bear
Run Valley, Mosgui Hollow and
Cherry Run
The fate of the
BELLEFONTE MAN
REPORTED MISSING
of timberland
cotinties, In-
recently
r and
3
Lo
Wide Variety of Amuse-
ment and Entertainment
to be Provided
the
He
Tents for Grange Falr camp are
being erected this week at Crange
Park. The camp this year promises
to be one of the best in recent
Years
M. A. Burkholder, superintendent
gates announces that the park
will be open to campers Al noon on
Thursday, August 24 New campers
who wish choose from available
locations, may do so on Tuesday and
Wednesday, August 22 and 23 from
2:00 to 8:00 m., when the secre-
tary will be at headquarters on the
f grounds
alr
is
of
in
tn
P
wish to have
ap should ar-
and delivery of
Nefl, fore-
Mr. Nell
who
set
locations
tents with Harry
of the ground crew
Grange Park every week day
m. to § m. or may be
reached by telephone at Centre Hall
179 -R-40
Campers
Individuals
their own tents
range
their
man
at
frye
for
A
to
from 7 A » P
the
visitors will
provided
V.A
busy
and daily
ample entertainment
them Concession MANARET
AUMAn promises gay and
(Continued on Page Four)
’
for
n
Paralysis Case Is
Reported at College
tr
18 cottages built
Richard Lee four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs Eugene F. lee of
Adams avenue, State College, the
reported Centre county person
" infantile paralysis dur-
epidemic in the
in Gelsinger hospital, Dan-
His case is said to be of a mild
type and no permanent lll SSe0ts
[are anticipated
il on
Tom Vane
ays ater Waa
and three oO
the hospital None of the fam.
ily had been away from State Col
lege and the source of the infec.
unknown
first
tn ¢
Ing current
tate, ia
vilie
Believed to be Casualty
of French Invasion
to
’ ss
wr is
Fred Philip Bonchack, motor ma
chinist mate, third class U 8 N R
son of Mrs Mary Madruski Bon-
chack of Bellefonte. R D 3 He
missing fn action following per-
formance of his duty in the service
of his country.”
gram from the Navy
received mother
Salvage Collection
Nets Paper, Rags, Tin
ted
16.
of
of «
The salvage coliection condu
} Beliefonte last Friday netted
B00 { 000 pound
oof
of rags
Department
ast Thurs
1
i
pounds paper yy
morning
indication of
mentioned In
believed that
participating
invasior
The seaman
service in July, 1943
the Great Lakes Naval Training
in Illinois where he quali-
fied as a naval machinist and was
assigned sea duty immediatels
following his boot training. The last
jetter received by his mother
written on June 10
Machinist Mate Bonchack attend-
his
and 150 pounds
reported
in can day
No
wa
it
WHA
ficiais his whereabouts
the teiegram but
young man
the Normandy
Local salvage leaders ask house.
make a special effort dur-
ming few weeks to save all
cans. On a siding near the Gam-
bie mill is a railroad car half full of
cans and officials hope to collect suf.
to All the car in the near
holders t is
noaers is the
ing the ¢
in
tin
the
vt
sen
entered
Ald yas
eounty
Asien
ficient to
ratte
ture
CELEBRATE BOND
SALES VICTORY
Local West Penn Em-
ployes Win Contest in
5th War Loan Drive
Station
to
he played football during the 1041-
1042 seasons Two brothers are in
the service. They are Mike, station-
ed In France, and Joe, in Virginia
County Native Dies
After Fall at Butler
A fall] from a buliding he was
painting in Butler, Monday. proved
fatal to Cameron Stover, of Butler,
native of Unionville, who died in a
Butier hospital at 2 a. mm Tuesday
as the result of his injuries
Deceased, a brother of Scott Sto
ver, Mrs. Alice O'Leary,
Nora Btover, all of Bellefonte, was
aged 50 years And was a son of the
late J. Pall and Anna Stover, Sur-
viving are his wife: three daughters,
Oletha, of Indianapolis, Ind ; Fran-
ces, of Butler, and Nora, at home;
and a son, Cameron, Jr. who Is now
in a hospital In Italy recovering
Mitchell, president of the West con serious wounds received In
Penn Company. The Nittany district paste. Another son. Russell Stover,
includes Bellefonte and State Colsf wa, killed while serving with the
lege and the areas served by these ned forces in Africa in June,
offices 1043
Al Lois, head of all war bond sales, Additional survivors in addition
in the West Penn System, explained ¢, the two local sisters and brother,
that although the quotas were sel) .aude a brother, John Stover, of
unusually high, the local district awa pPuneral services will be held
bought 167 pet cent of its allotment today in Butler, with interment in
J. E. Fife, of Ridgway MADAKer | hat ity :
of the Keystone division, congratu >
Altoona Girls Are
In celebration of winning op
place in the West Penn Power Com-
pany contest in the 5th War Loan
drive, approximately 55 empioyes of
the State College-Bellefonte district
and thelr guests from neighboring
areas banqueted at Nittany Country |
Club last Wednesday evening
A framed plaque commending the
employes for their Industry and
satrifices in purchasing war bonds
and signed by General Dwight D
Eisenhower, was presented to Jo-
seph Forster, who had charge of the
contest in the Nittany district. The
presentation was made by H L
:
(Continued on Page Three)
Miss Dalsy Keichline, nurse in Saturda
the Bellefonte public scheol system, | who afer
iand Mrs. Victor Watson, teacher of | y
Hfonte
iclared that no definite decision as
the
(dw 22 Fwed Philip Bonchack 1s]
[introduced A. L
according to a tele- |
was
ed the Bellefonte High School where |
nnd originally leased from the
and Pittsburgh Compan)
according to
the
all the
on
Rochester
Is uncertain
The ol
transfer of
and Rugh The camps Include
“Hatetoleaveit large and modern-
ly equipped establishment owned by
the Titan Metal Company of Belle
and others, owned principally
ts of Bellefonte and Lock
reports
cluded the
Byers
f r
sale tract In
en ne to
by reside:
Haven
The
t
new owners of the tract de
tr
)
the future status of the cottages has
been made at this Ume but
where there a belief that
3 GFT DPLOMA
ROM FRE SCH
Presentation of Diplomas
and Awards Made by
Undine Company
Thirty-six ‘members Bellefonte
and Snow Shoe fire schools who re.
cently compieted an 18-weekcourse
were with certificates at
graduation exercises and a banquet
sponsored by the Undine Fire Com-
pany Bellefonte, Saturday
ing at the Brockerhofl Hotel
bers of both classes
friends were present
Charles 8 Saxion., president
Undine fire company, was
structor of both classes, He was as
sisted by B. A Doll, chief of the
same company. Both men were pre
sented with two war bonds from
members of each class in apprecia-
tion for their efforts and time spent
during the courses. The Bellefonte
course was held Monday nights and
the Snow Shoe course every Pride)
night. Arthur Boob, chief the
Logan company. who aided with the
Snow Shoe class, received a war
bond in appreciation for his ser.
vices
Undine smsrtainment “committee
Francis
ter, who in tum introduced Rt
William E Downes speaker of
evening
In presenting the diplomas Mr
Saxion thanked all those who took
the courses and announced that ter
members reached perfect marks and
else
is the
of
presented
of even.
Mem.
their wives and
of
the in-
of
the
Home from Invasion
Joseph A. Spritzer. EM 2 c, of the
U. 8 Coast Guard, has arrived in
$13,600 Acres in Fishing
reek Gap Region Sold 8
Largest Lumbering Operation In Recent History of County Be-
gins on Tract Comprising 21 Square Miles; 18 Summer Cottage
Sites, Sawmill at Lamar Included in Purchase
(0
BY $125,000
Centre Is One of Only
in State to Exceed E
bond Assignment
ut four “BEST RECORD TO
DATE” AIKENS SAYS
Nearly All of 9 Local Dis-
tricts Meet Big
Quotas
>
YJ
ease in 'h
continued as
The
an area
David ¥
miles
Creek
tals
ained
sale {
residence al
Lama
cf
rs!
The
1
sould
Gag hl ¢
PORSCHE
including
bulldings and
tivation
Mr. Bixel
YEArs has
Rochester
and who Know
and every
cluded
the rangers
SOmMe an
who for
been
and
cCarelager
Pittsburg! )
boundary
every
acre of 4
'
I
and acviso
ire
As
~
ie
E54
>
in
retained hy
Ager
ing operations
}
Ld §
Estimates
of time it
will
timber
| years
be required
|
Grand Ju
toastmas. |
Rev. |
i
Crimina
{later
Bellefonte after spending 17 months |
in overseas duty. having participated
in the D-Day invasion during which
his ship was lost. He has been on
active duty in North Africa and saw
action in the invasion of Bicily
Italy. and France. He is a guest
of his sister, Mrs. Melvin Williams
of the Penn Belle apartments
The Spritzer family is well rep-
resented in the armed forces. Thom.
as, EM 2 ¢, Wok part in the invasion
of the Marshall Islands and of Rol
| Island in the South Pacific and re.
|
:
and Miss |
]
|
COUNTY 0
mains on active duty
Plc
in that area
Stephen saw action in Sicily
Italy and the Anzio beachhead
At the expiration of his present
30-day leave, Joseph will receive
assignment to & new post
LMEN
FLECT OFFICERS
Group Seeks to Have Mo-
tor Fund Monies Reserved
For Road Use Only
The Centre County Division, As- man wrote to his wife
sociated Petroleum
Pennsylvania, mat
Industries
Friday
of the county
The oll men of this county have |gekiey, continued
been solidly organised for several
years as a unit of the state-wide
organisation.” stated OG. DD. Krum.
rine, chairman of the county group,
“We have always acted in the inter.
est of our automotive customers who
bring
!
|
|
|
of Hublersburg, that due to censorship
at the no information could be given
Nittany Lion Inn, State College, to! put it
elect officers and discuss problems ng need for his family
of special interest to highway users | The Hublersburg private, who was
]
|
the
task
Others
will
f ‘
timat
Still olhers
the area is large enough 1
jumberir
the time iF
ed of marketable timber
timber in another
RTOwT markets
Mr. Byer
bering operatio
a “clean sweepn
words. the
area is not
th
Ig operations ino
one section ha
1 VO
de
general
»
of (Conlinued on pape Fig)
Young
far
for
trees
So
ing Port Matilda Girl
Hit By Batted Ball
1#
as possibl
future
to be denuded
Three princip
are available
valleys
WE
we
M gl
ol wa
4 a
ter
and
hemlock
i
and
tall olhe
(Continued on page Four
RRS DRY =e
wa
noe
ide Miss
game be
i” Ww me
oark A foul
ard
Bundas
nm
baad
% net
on™
FOR SEPTEMBER -
Her condition yesterday was sald
by her mother to be excellent and
ry-to-Meet -Aug-+IE salen oul of danger. seed
ing 0 Ih am physicia dad
‘
the face
-
] 5
he Pvt Jan
Meade MA
f 3
we "5
ust 28: Criminal Court
September 11
Lad
|
Aline
"8
vera a wit
Just .
September court
were drawn
rors
-
Pvt. Martin L. Solt
Wounded In Action
Commissioners
,
400
Grand ry
convene ! Monday
wi
Mond
1 ie
Civil
Monday. September
Following are the
chosen 0 serve
yet
r
nl
18
name ine to
Frid
teh
{rom
Maz
street
Hity
he va ow
vi Ww
GRAND JURORS
(Meet Monday, August 2%
C. W. Bauder
Boob. Aaronsburg
Bellefonte: Pred
burg. Lawrence |
J. Arthur Du
ter P. Feller
h Philipst
Powelton
H. E Heberling Late
Johnson, Bellefonte. R
Kalin, State College
Chester Lighine
2 William C
Mattern
Burrowe State (
H
nfinyed
ther re
El streel Bells.
£ on pape Two
© 17YEARAOLES MAY
ENTER AR FORCES
Enlistments Being Ac-
cepted for Combat Crews,
Legion Head Reports
AITO
Mon}
D
Stat
MAape
Philipst
(Continged on Pape Four)
———
Sgt. Malcolm Eckley
Believed Safe in France
Staff Sgt. Mal
of 1
£
Bos
i Max
20
joward
D
Harm
IR. Dk
Headquarters
roes at Washingt
reopened an exilim
fone
fon
of th Armes Ase
ARE.
Belief that
Eckley, 22
Commissioner and Mrs
Eckiey of Valley View
though reported missing in action
was contained in a letter received
recently from a Hublersburg soldier rook
Mr. and Mrs. Eckley were notified |.
y the War Department on July 8
that their son, a Jeft walst gunnes
aboard a B-17 Flying Portress had
been missing since June 25
Late last week Pvt Russell Heck
who lives
im E
County
Paul N
safe al-
nr
.
boys for
r
»
I 8)
iv Wh
{ve tty
som OTmer
17-year-old
Combat Crews
ist, American
been
t drive
the Air Fore
Brooks-Doll
Re Aung :
add In the program, Charles A. Eck.
} commander
yer
and
Legion
ES
is
i P
lefonte, ha pon to
post said ves.
Forces is the onlj
he which =
cat of his
he passes the gqual-
ifoation is placed Ar
Force E ted Reserve, subject to
ra upon feaching his birth
aay If he is attending school =f
time of Nis 18th birthday, be will
be given a deferment to finish the
semmesler
Upon receiving eall to active duty,
the reservist js sent to an Army Arr
{Foroe Basic Traini Center for
that even if he hasnt Written 1 be | asic training eS eclaion will be
leve his family have no cause OF | cnnde as to whether he will become
worry. 1 know he cant write ‘a gunner, navigator, pilot, bombard-
a ra as # Tbe a ler or trained for some other posi
Chum?” an expression English chil Eanfinta - Hass Sours
dren use in seeking chewing gum .
from American men in the aimed) Red Cross Nwwe on Vacation
forces. He 18 believed to be down, Mis Bertha Rimmey, looal Red
over France since he was reported Cross purse, will begin her annual
missing over that country vacation August Sth expecting to be
I. away from her duties until Septem
BRICK PLANT WORKER ber Sth. During her absence, Mrs
INJURED BY vEWICLE Merri Hagen, a former Red Cross
nurse, will take her place, main-
Smith Richards, 17. son of Mr | taining the same office hours, § to
Mrs. Boyd Richards of Julian, 7:30 a m and 102 p.m
slightly injured last Wednesday toll
The Arm)
specific unit
17-year-old man
own volition If
Alr
N
is
Arm
enler
3
he the
in nls
Po.
vt pf
is underftood that there is
to worry
same air base as
1 am unable to
tell very much about Mac except
stationed at the