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VOLUME 64. NUMBER
fa.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 15, 1945 SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
11 County Men on BA
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War
Al
Thrice-Wounded Madw
1alty ast
urg Soldier Now
. oO . . .
Prisoner of Germans; . o Missing in Ac-
Two n
another is
War in German!
wounded, acces
ment c ]
Centre
men are
The miss
Pic Theodor
Bellefonte
missing in
Pfe. Orvi
fonte, missin
also sinet
The prisone:
8S Sgt. Je
Madison
missing i
1944, and
prison «
partment
parent
municat
I'he wou
Januar
Pi
ville
Pvt
Mill
France
Ishler Missing
dore W
Mrs. Lut
ville ro
Ishi
wl 133 1
al MM Bellefor
in Francs
Ww
partment message received bj
parents Tuesday afternoon.
Pfc. Tshier was first wounded
the leg by shrapnel Italy
iast year, ang ot June 5 was wound-
ed In the same leg. again oy shrap-
nel. On September 280 in France he
received his third 14
have hee
int
Cary
wd, believed to
nin Us int =n
Ple, Theodore W. Ishler
Missing in Action
tion, Eight Wounded.
Orndorf
Wounded
Pie. Orren S
Slightly
Plc. Tierney Missing
’
plant a ibiamsport | ab
before entering the segvi
Continued on page Four:
A — —
ONLY TWO GASES
w
Vy b
LISTED FOR TRIAL AUTO ACCIDENTS
(Grand Jury Reports on In-
spection of County
Property
Complete ‘Holiday’ For
Dot bot
the
er rapping it »
atriotiec citizer
as an Intensive
paper age wl
material will open
throughout the county on Monda:
Plans {or the conservation drive
or "paper holiday” were announced
today by R. J Kennard, chairman
of Vie Centre County Salvage com-
mittee, In an cfort to combat the
critical shortage In wrapping paper
supplies. Merchants In the county
will ask their customers to accept
packages unwrapped or without bags
whenever possible
The “holiday” plan, expected to
relieve the paper shortage, will re-
main in effect throughout the coun-
ty for at least a month, Mr. Ken-
nard sald, and Is being staged in
response to an urgent request from
the War Production Board. No paper
will be used In any retall store, ex-
cept for articles that require wrap-
ping for sanitary and protective pur-
poses, he stated.
Working with Mr. Kennard are
the local paper salvage chairmen
Who call upon all patriotic citizens
be
of Centre
cam;
other
for
ount
ve
oan
aign to
wrapping
"
Wrapping Paper Planned
: i
riod
of State
of Belle.
Springer. of Philios-
Curtis Watts, of Spring Mills;
Balser Weber, of Howard, Margaret
Stere, of Unionville, James Frye, of
Pine Grove Mills; Scott Crane, of
Port Matilda, and Ira Hall, of Snow
Shoe
During the paper holiday shoppers
are asked to take baskets, carry-alls
and other conveniences with them
#0 they can handle unwrapped pars
eels easily Baby carriages, bicycle
baskets, sleds, tov express carts, and
shopping carts hould be put into
use: in handling unwrapped pack.
ages, the chalrman suggested
To send more paper to the fight
ing front, citizens must use less
| wrapping paper and
| waste paper on the heme front, the
{chairman stated, He sald “hat “from
the day a soldier goes to war, he Is
(dependent on paper, From his draft
{card to his honorable discharge, his
records are kept on it,
‘Continued on page Two)
Beott
salvage more |
MARKS
VEROA
OF SCHOOL FIRE
Slight Fire in Yoca-
tional Shop Recalls
Disastrous Event
in 1939
ANN
Car and Wrecker
Collide on Water
he mine Richard A. Woodring, 18. DuPont
Chief
Bellefonte
Lie wrecker be
Police Harry Duikeman
investigated the mishap
qe ng
of oi
sci ot I Sis i
SNOW, IGE CAUSE
Describe
yerma
“You Can Give Red Cross Any Amount of My
Money You Wish,”
Writes. Says Food
Lacks Variety.
e Hu
s Life In
“FAVRWINET0 Mother, Children
n Prison H)SPTALHERE EscapeSlowDeath
AS MEMORIAL
County-Wide Meeting
on Project Planned
Sometime This
Month
lliness of State College Family Found Caused
by Carbon Monoxide Gas in Apartment;
All Recover at Local Hospital.
Lt. Eugene Shultz
Provided by Germans
.
German Prisoner
SERVE MAN DIES CHEMISTRY MAKES ==
OF SDARLET FEVER VAST PROGRESS
Succumbs at Great Lakes
Training Center
Fel 1945 a the A
Training Centre, Great Lakes II
of comuplications following an atleck
LH ae vel
Private funeral
at Wetzler
JRIry "aR
service: were held
Memon Chay»
Tuesday afternoon, with
wu Jr. of Mileabuis
g. Interment was made
ee al
Milesburg
Rev. DA
”
NETS
Part M
’
of
Presbyterian cemetery
L
a {f the nature e
lating
ga. Des
¥ wy ¢ 3 n : .h
i wich RES death
vices were privale and
One Injured in Seven Mis- ©
haps in County Dur-
ing Weekend
COA of
WEenoers 41
fe
Ari
ited
A SNON
vhich had 1} lid down
¢
y embai
kment into the
L
Damage to the
Car «
ick 20 dam-
Al
causing
ICK
{10 tr
of
Olney, 40 Detroit, Mich.. and
ar owned by Clair Flick of Julian
Continued on page Bix)
Centre Hall Girl
Training In WA
Pvi. Dorotiiy V
Mrs. Ruth Blazer
ls taking basic training at the Third
WAC Training Center. Fort Ogle-
Gna On completion of the
pix-weeks' basic course she will be
assigned to the Army Air Forces
PyL Blazer's brother, Technician
(5th grade), Is with a field artilicry
unit in Germany
Prior to enlistment in “ye Women's
Army Corps, Pvt. Blazer was em-
ployed at the Army Reception Cen-
ter, New Cumberland, Pa
—. —
Former Local Man
Killed in Action
Calvin Miller, youngest son of Mr
and Mrs. Harry Miller, of Niagara
Falls, N. Y. former Bellel nte resi.
dents, was killed In action In Luxe
embourg on January 14.
The young man’s father is a bro-
ther of Daniel Miller,
C
Blazer, daughter
of
thoroe
of Centre Hall |
{bone proved fruitless he was taken
{to Huntingdon where a throat spec-
{ lalist
{is still quite sore tHe Injury is heal-
poe satisfactorily, it Is reported
(in the offices in the Decker bulld-
Wounded Veteran
Visiting Home Here
wound,
amputated near
expiration of hi
27. he will veport
Hospital AtL-
where he Is schedul
th an no
soldier Ser
«
artifi
and
five
ial
n
CGermal
ing them
he VAs
walking
had captured
were escot
line when
Stover was
page Three
Chicken Bone
Lodges in Throat
wounded. Pi
Conlinued on
of
Ceorge Shugert, the Furst
apartments on East Linn street
plant superintendent for the Warner
Company here, has been off duty
this week recovering from the ef-
fects of a chicken bone which lodged
in his throat while he was eating
dinner, Sunday
When local efforts to remove the
succeeded In removing the
bone. Although Mr. S8hugert’s throat
- wrsn WF —
HAZEL RE-, “ECTED
HEAD OF THRIFT COMPANY
George H. Hazel was re-elected
president of the Centre County
Thrift Corporation at the annual
reorganization meeting held recently
Belle-
Others re-elected were Martin
ing on South Spring street,
Mrs. Robert | fonte
[Klinger and Mrs. Marie Wilson, all|
of Bellefonte, while his mother, the Miller, vice-president: F. L. Strudle,
former Olive Marshall, is a sister of | 2nd vice-president;
Mrs. Fred Haupt of Bellefgnte, and
B. J. Oryctko,
secretary; and W, H. Brouse, troas-
Mn Guy Brooks of near Centrelurer. The one new director
was P. A Frost of State College.
stated taal a letter would follow
Sgt, William S. |
SIRY MAKES
Executive Tells *
Kiwanis of Recent De-
velopments
npetruclion a
soldiers’ memorial would resul
additional maintenance expense, The
Litwary. Mrs. Beach said, vould pre-)
‘
i
CEE ETDACHER RESIONS, EEE
SUCCESSOR NAMED ~~
heartily endorsed the Goepital pro-
poss]
K § ’ 3
RIOPposed
mg oa cur -
— Ix
Ig Le years. LL. PF. Living-
: "4
Lo manage; of he cexisnsion
ou of E.1 gu Pot de Nemours
raic a1 Lt
not ifie
Et
E31 1 Ine 3
Department i her
NR sis!
by fi here TUeldsy y ]
Addressing the Bellefonte Kiwanis
b and gues! pumbering more
y 100 persons in all. at the Penn
Belle Hote! Livingston observed
only
min BOCA
on la Ine
af
C ¢
H
County
Caum, secrelan
Hoenits
tal
page
Jen
trp
Cents
i proportion of he Continued of I'v
ie Shoemaker To Enter
Dunlap Sales Group
Frank Bennett Goes to In-
gram; Mrs. Harry Fraser
to Fill Vacancy
prof
ive
transportatio ouinaker
1942. 1}
Nefonte Bw
{ Alleghe
HAS TeRRnhieC
Bi sales departmers
{rom du
Clear Over $100
At Benefit Game
ved the ¢ wa beet
treatment
"8
West
For
Shoemaker wa
rd products
gcoessor 10 Mr
15 Bune
named yesterdas
GR BRD
SOE BOLISIN
Men
been
ome
were displayed by
i the
the speaker
was nylon. He dic
a complete pair of n
OMI Par
onte
most
He
igh
show
the audience
i
on page 2
Bulldozer Operator
Painfully Burned
R I
operator of a bulid
G. Moore & Son of Philipsburg and
leased by th State Highway De-
artment for road clearing purpose
was badly burned about the face and
about 4 o'clock Tuesday morn- |
while engaged In plowing snow
on the road between Pleasant Gap
and Zion
Fye, It &s
} 80 how
ert yi of Port Matilde
wer owned by W
1
wi
.
New First Aid
Chairman
PDOs
« Ave ailerea at
the garments 1
H
combined His
Legion Band
conoert
ium
25
Flames From Range En-
velop Geraldine Hol
| derman, 11
Geraldine, aged 11, daughtes
Mrs. Earl Holderman, of Woodycrest
State College, suffered first and sec-
ond degree burns of the face and
neck sbout 11:30 p. m. Saturday
when an sccumulation of coal gas
in the kitchen range at the family
home exploded and enveloped her in!
flames
Jurtains and drapes at two double
windows in the Kitchen were burned
and the woodwork around the win
dows was georched. Members of the
family and neighbors extinguished
the blaze, Smoke and water caused
some damage 10 the home
Geraldine was the only one neal
the stove at the time of the explo-
sion. Her mother sald the Names
billowed out of the range, engulfing
the girl for a moment. Her hair and
{eyebrows were burned and one éye
{was badly swollen as the result of
repaired
hands
ing
Sund
at 3 o'clock
request
reported, struck a match of
much fuel oll remained
in the fuel tank of the machine
wien the oll exploded. ihe flame
ing him in the face
While his condition at the hospital
is reported to be satisfactory, he is
understood to be quite severely
burned about the eyes
Husband of State
College Woman Killed
Word was received in State Cole
lege last Thursday that Capt 8
Bruce Gilliard, a former member of
the Pean State Military Department, |
was killed in action in France on
November 7. Capt, Gillard had pre-
viously been reported missing In sc
ton on that date
The telegram from the War De-
partment received by Capt. Gilliard's
A by th
ciation change
regarding teachers !
work was referred to the person
committee with instructions
mit a report at the next
Supervising Principal E
for
absences f1
trik
«
meetin cate
K. Stock 2318
Three conceming
Continued oh page
Library Continues To
Grow, Report Reveals
At the HOW annual meeting of eral us
the board of directors of the Centre esx Wally
County Library February 1, the An it
librarian, Mrs. Carl Ifversen, report people between the ages
{ed an increase In the circulation of 21 are visiting the library for hool
ns {books of more than 14000 volumes reference work, reading the 85 per
Geraldine was taken to the office over 1944 lodicals received reguiard by the
wife, the former Althea Butt of | of a State College physician where| Of the P4000 volumes circulated library and borrowing 'ooks for
State College, gave no detalls onl ie received treatment, returning/in all parts of the county, 65 per home use Books on hobbies careers
detalls on how he met his death bul home afterwards, cent were read by children, (49 per adventure and personal reminiscence
jeent by pupils In the township of the war are the subjects most
{s00ls) and 35 per cent by adults. sought after by this age group
This large increase in the circula-' The Hbrary has been designated
tion was made possible by the co- as headquarters for Boy Scout read.
operation of the teachers of the ing material There is on file a com-
county and by the regular visits of plete collection merit badge
the bookmobile during the first six pamphlets which are nn constant
montis of the year. The bookmobile | use. Boy Scouts In all parts of the
driver, Chandler M. Walk, who vol- county are welcome to use this ma-
unteered much of his time for this terial
ministry | The Uroasurer, Miss A Bianche
bookmo- | Underwood, reported (mt the tots!
ble since | expendittrg for the year was $6.-
| 831.48, or average of about $14
Library now owns & a year for each person in the coun
over 15,000 volumes, In (ty, The American Library Associa
: C a minimum of $10
yeat for each person ‘or libran
(Continued on page Five)
abd 141 ©» _ 0 Dect
requested by borer !
creaming numb
Following four years as a member
of the College staff, Capt Ollliard
was transferred to Missourl about!
two and one-half years ago. About|
SEDAN AND TRUCK
COLLIDE NEAR CURTIN
of
with the
George Patton,
Mrs, Gilliard, daughter of Prof.
and Mrs, W. E. Butt of East Hamil
ton avenue, with their two children,
and Lindalee, are residing
Ohlo. Capt. Gilliard
only child. His mother died
his father two and
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