Organization For
Defense Needs
Is Explained
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Several
State Planning
sylvania Department
have dealt with the
which individual
might participate
effort
In a State in
of the manufac
ments employ
and over 80
than 100, both
munity effort
stabilize these
the difficult time
a peacetime to a
To this end
Pennsylvania hiladelphia,
burgh, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and
the Wyoming Valley York, t
mention a minufacturers are
finding it irable to
efforts local
In other
large and
merce or
tions are
the produ
area AS A
government busine
the Plant Registrat
ities Inventory For
able upon
sylvania Deans !
are proving useful f
When informati
tive s eompiled
local agency {i distributed
prime tract and gover
purchas
a basis
qualified
Many | have made
arrangements to receive the Con-
solidated Syi
formation
Department
formation on
Contract Awar
mate 1 on prioriti
cing, t
issued by
Authority
local busine
bulletins
calls
In order t
the
previous releases of
Board of the Per
of Commerce
manner
manufwcturer
the defen
per
tabl
persor
which 57
toring e
th 20
empl
less an
per cent
individual and «¢
must be
maller
of transi
defense
in some
indus
tion
eC
tries
from
nomy
area
Pitts-
and
thro organizs
comm
Chambers «
Manufa
those
iit
I MANY case
and Facil-
now avail-
the Penn-
Jommerce
is purpose
produc-
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reque
resources
mer
will provide
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selection of
This
to Bid an
together
, finan-
stitutes
Produetion
of
Department
pared to off
mobilizatior
requested
Cites Work Of
Safety Patrol
Fatality Figures
Cut in 20 Years
the achieve-
he School Safety Patrol
past two decades, the ex-
of this movement to pre-
limbs of school
sylvania ,
road
for an expanded
Oo review
over the
ponents
serve the Hves and
children Peni
laid plans recently
program in future
A comparison of child
20 year when the
recognized
safety edu
recent year
reduction
ages of
or killed by
Secretary
Messner
ing and
in the school
vealed that
ves were
only 113
a-days
The death toll |
the chairman
Highway Safety
committee commented
improvement of 57
enchuraging. An
that there
more vehicles
then, the
Many factor
rable
gree that
serving
played a
The y«
Sam Br
symbol of
their way
Ivan J
vision of highway
Departs of M
took occasion t
teacher Scho
ministrator and i
safety-minded organizat
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between
were
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one, of
nore
per cel
when you
65
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pet 01
nere
ider are
were
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than
rema
now
reduction
trend
the t
on
leading
wuthful rm with
become
children
chi
wne
safetl
to and
for
fron
Stehman, chief
safety
1bli i
acknowledge help
director
educatic
ent nstru
ons
i York
THE MOST, WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN CENTRE COUNTY
A VISITOR IN OVER 8,000
HOMES EACH WEEK
SECOND
SECTIO
dhe Cenire
Democraf
NEWS
FEATURES
VOLUME 70
Gets Pastorate
Reuben A. Houseal
Rev. Reuben A. Houseal
Louis, Mi has been named
of tife Central Baptist l
Mr. Houseal
ha conducted
and Bible
Rav.
"he of
pastor
{ Erie
campaign
Opposition To
Firearms Law
Is Powerful
} urn wi De ee
take ballistic
and get evidence
applicant's knowledge of safe
handling and fish aud game
before suance of a regi
permit
of
gun
laws
tration
Penn State To Train
Air Force Personnel
ree rere
Pony
nees
threes
ther
nrog:
expected
to taper off 1th] the am end
v nid-September
Theme Of Children
ommand
ate April |
ol of Home Ex
the theme
En
iidren will
light at Penn St
The Sche
hosen a
Spring War)
indreds of
Children
omes
Master TV Antenna Setup
Causes Towns Legal Tangle pefense Bond Sales
The Carbon County towns of
Lansford and Summit Hall are fuss.
ing over an 80-foot TV tower, erec- |
ted on Summit Hill about a mile |
from Lansford The tower permits |
some 200 Lansford families to re- |
reive TV from Philadelphia, 70 air
miles away |
The Reception is good so Lans-
ford businessmen organized a cor.
poration called the Panther Valley
TV and bulit the tower there
A similar project has been
cussed for the Bellefonte ares
The Panther Valley company has
piped the telecasts Into Lansford
by stringing a series of cables along
utility poles from the tower. Set
owners tap off the line after paying
$100 installation fee and a $3 mon-
thly rental service
The company, headed by Robert
J. Tarlton, agreed to pay the Sum-
mit Hill Council $100 plus 20 per
cent of its profits for the right to
set up and operate the tower, A
clause in the agreement pgovided
for abrogating the deal in case the
fee and “amusement” tax turned
out to be illegal. The Bummit Hill
Council complained it handn’t re-
ceived any money yet, and has told
the TV company to pay up or take
he the tower.
Tarlton says the company has de.
7’
dis
| Summit
| interested TV
| Include five cities
| Gullo,
posited the $100 in escrow for the
Hill Council pending de-
termination of the legality of the
proposition, The Lansford Council
got into the act by meeting with
the Summit Hill Council and the
owners. The argu-
ment now Is, should Summit Hill or
(Continued on Page Right)
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Glee Club Plans
Concert Appearances
The Penn State Glee Club will
on its annual
tour next month, Prank
director, announces, During
the week beginning Avril 9 the Club
will sing In Reading, Allentown
Potteville, Wilmington, Del, and
Philadelphia
Glee Club tours at Penn State
date from 1888 the year after the
Club was founded, and the first
tour tour included concerts in Belle.
fonte, Huntingdon, Tyrone, Phil«
ipsburg and Clearfield. In contrast
to the horse and buggy tour, the
Glee Club in 1913 made a const«to-
coast tour and In 1928 went to
Europe, singing In London, Oxford, '
Paris, Brusdels, Antwerp and the
Hague,
spring
BT Arrests Farringlon Sr.
= In Florida Raid Last Week
"1 Held For Violating
Federal Liquor Law
|
na the Stats
agents and Federal Reve:
§ A still valued at $10.00
125 gallons of =
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AY 4
tied
Fred Waring To.
Visit Penn State
Will Hold Summer
Music Fest There
directed in a
Discussior
with toe!
building, rehearsal
problems of ba Arrange.
howmanship and
the dally
isle period
horal nique
Jroce-
proce
related
director
information
and requirement
be obtained by addressing the musi
departments, the Pennsyl ania State
State College, State College. Pa
to
choral
De
dates
tailed
{per
neerning
‘Listed For February
The purchase of Def
Pennsylvania is ho
well
Arthur Kauffman advisory
chairman Pennsylvania Savings
Bonds Division, announced that the
overall state sales of Series E FP
and (3 Defense Bonds for the month
of February totaled $32,756.065, and
of this amount $25857464 was ine
vested in the popular Series E Bond
which is purchased mostly through
the Payroll Savings Plan which Is
in operation In many planta and
Industries in this state
In Centre county total sales were
$126353 of which $79031 were E
Bond sales
“Your dollar invested in Defense
Bonds.” sald Kauffman, “is your
part of the Defense Program to pre.
serve your home, property and lib.
erty just as truly as the soldier's
obligation is to keep the aggressor
from our shores.”
To Study In Australia
Dr. A. Bruce Sutherland, profes.
sor of English literature at Penn
State, has been named a Pullbright
, Research Scholar for work In Aus-
tralia during 1061452. His assign
ment will take him to the Rivet.
sity of Bydney,
nse Bonds in
Ng up very
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BELLEFONTE, PA
THURSDAY,
MARCH 22, 1951
Prayers for Another Resurrection
Relief ‘Chiseiers’ Cost
“Pa. Taxpayers $7,935,000
The Geners
Police Chief
Showdown Sef
Was Fired Feb. 19
By Town Council
Bor unc!
Feb while he was ¢
cation trip to Plorida
0 be decided In the near
nie! Slifer returned
ig!
19
future
expt ted
vas intimat
iI group
{ citizens
selves i
ti2ens "Pe
that
roes } Nee
point
require
men or more
service. The
depart
of
Are
reguiati
police |
hall come
Council «¢
| ment has only one chief
jane two patroimen who
on a month«<to-month b
|
inder civil
ntends the local
poli
nel
‘Farmers’ Market
Planned At College
At a meeting held Thursday
ning at the OO. W. Houts Lumber
Co. In State College, the farmer
decided 10 open a farmers market
on or about May 1 in the Houts
parking lot
The market will be open twice »
week, on Tuesday morning from #
to 12, and Friday evening from 7 U
10 o'clock
The group in attendance elected
Rex Ganoe of State College, R. D
as their temporary chairman, with
Mrs. Elmer Kessling of Stormstown
As publicity and advertising repre
sentative, and Harrison Tressler of
Pleasant Gap as the secretary -treas-
urer
During the meeting, reports were
given by farmers who had partici.
pated In the Christmas market, and
also by townspeople. The concensus
of those attending seemed to be that
the Christmas market was advan.
tageous both to the farmer and tc
the consumer
It is anticipated that for the opens
ing day there will be asparagus, veg:
etable plants, meats, and poultry
produce, In addition to home-made
baked goods and fancy needlework
eve
IS exponted
| Ce
| f
of
| Was ans
jae
wa wlan
The ndisstia
posed th
Spontaneous
Combustion
Destroys Straw
The Ho w
ren
Oarn
Auto Salesmen
‘Get Selling Awards
M'wo m dealerships In
qualified for
a sales organisation
Motor Division, it
V. White, man-
Harrisburg Zone
H. Butler, of Keckler
Chevrolet, Inc.. Bellefonte, a mem-
ber of the 100-Car Club, and Wil- |
Ham Reese. of the Miller Motor Co.,
Centre Hall, a member or the 50-
Car Club
A lapel pin awarded to each |
club member the first year he qual-
fies and a diamond is added to the |
pin each year thereafter
Col. Eugene Lederer
Speaks To Reserves
Col. Eugene Lederer of State Col.
lege addressed the Naval Reserve
Research Unit at the College Wed:
nesday evening: The subject of his
talk was “Convoys and Military Sea |
Transportation ”
Col. Lederer has had extensive
experience in the field of Military
Sea Transport in both World Wars,
and ix a noted authority on the sub-
ject. He is also the author of a book
on Port Embarkation which is used
today throughout the armed forces
As the basic guide for that kind of
ales
tre Cour
membership
men Ire
iy have
i
the Chevrolet
wunced by J
ager of the
They are J
is
hd
military operation,
Gas Official Sees Three-Year
Future For Leidy Production
Renovo Reports Show
Drop in Well Output Lock Haven Group
Plans Television
Reception There
‘
or
izeable
traight
In la
Altoona Pilot
Killed Sunday
Caught By Whirl
Propeller at Stu tz
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rhead
ecidle
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ng
a wT oe
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County Cited As
Vacation Land
Group Promotes
Vacation Facili
ities wa
recently
facil
College
AL the meeting of the "
publicity burenn of the State *
#6 Commerce Club in the State
Hotel, It was ided to Ir
resentatiy
convent
~ Be
College de
te ot
: ’
ant area
WIT
Rent Increases To
Landlords Leads
Control Picture
Manning Selected
* By Gap Rotary Club
Manning wa
ent of the Pleasant Gag R
lub st the reorgani-
meee directors
Walter F
resi
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held
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July 1
electet
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trea
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assume the office
Dewey Sorensor wh
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and Earl
(1
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secretan Gente!
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Directors of the
Beightol, Mr. Cr
Earl Burd and J
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KNOW YOUR HEIRLOOMS
A Century of Sheffield Plate
| and made a few pieces in this new
material. One of his apprentices
John Hancock, carried on where he
left off and soon had an important
industry. Called Sheffield Plate after
the town of its origin, factories for
producing it were also opened ir
' Birmingham, London, and
The first satisfactory substitute for
silver was the result of an accident
In the year 1742 a mechanic by the |
name of Thomas Boulsover was at
work in a garret of a house in Shef.
{ fleld, England, mending the blade of |
| a knife Puring the process he aecci-
| dentally fused sider and copper
He also discovered the two metals | continent
were inseparable when heated to a There was considerable labor in-
proper degree, experimented further volved in preparing Sheffield Plate
A PAIR OF SHEFFIELD PLATE ENTREE DISHES
Without maker's touch mark but produced in Sheffield, England,
about 1800, they show Georgian influence in the decorative detail of
their removable cover handles and shaping of feet of their two-
handled hot water stands, J
on the |
| An neot of conper was cleaned and
smoothed. Then a thin plate of silver
was laid over it, the two wired to-
gether and put into a charcoal fur.
nace to stay until the silver began to
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and treated like silver, using the reg.
ular silversmithing methods. The
earliest Sheffield plate had silver only
{on one side with tin on the reverse
{ butt during the second half of the 18th
{ Century the more desirable form of
pilver coating on both sides was
| perfected and the plate became a
metal sandwich with copper for the
| Alling
Being a relatively inexpensive
substitute for solid silver, Sheffield
plate pieces closely followed