| Swans:
[| hie
subpoena
r~
State Police Say:
The misguided confidence that
prompts a driver to handle an auto-
mobile alter drinking is a factor in
thousanas of traffic deaths each year.
DON'T DRIVE AFTER DRINKING.
of
Airport Authority tiould
wilefonte wan an
experts I'iwey seem to be landing
almost everywhere
wt
@he Centre Democral
1951
14 PAGES THIS ISSUE
BELLEFONTE, P THURSDAY, APRIL 5,
Whiterock To Reopen Its (CONSOLIDATION
Suany Near otonville CONTRACT TO BE
DISCUSSED HERE
Representatives of Seven Dis-
In Area
Meet
70. NUMBER 11
Airport Authority
Hears Dr.l.eonard
Transportation Specialist Cites Need For Air
Travel Facilities and Points Out Require-
rw 19 MEN 10 BE
Convicted Slayers INDUCTED HERE
Get Second Stay NEXT THURSDAY o.com ives wai
Group to Leave From YMCA
As April Draft Con-
tingent
Executions of Philadelphia Men octooiiy
Darcy to Appear in Scranton Court This
tricts 10
Moning 4 on Writ Issued Tuesday Night,
me doubt thi
mace
mel
Hat
Should rey ple I fused r xecution at Rockview
execut
Mee
101
5 PLEAD GUILTY
AT COURT SESSION
of
wa
appeal
Students Fined For Use
Slugs in Automatic
Telephones
MAN DIES OF
BULLET WOUND
of Suicide Was Des-
Was to Enter
Hospital
John J. McoCamles
Victim
pondent ;
Payroll Figures
In Local Area Up
From Last Year
I was $808 880
$200.70. Compar
the felony occurred in Marion town- | | 1950, an increase § :
ea TT an lof $178208 or 41 per cent is noted
ship March 10 | There were 205 more persons
Lewis Reese, 25, of Sandy Ridge.’ ploved thIX vear—an increase
charged with f and b. received a per cem:
sentence of paym
of $25, lving-in
week f
Year
order
¢
rvou ndition reces
r ve pAITANEEMEN Is were bein mas “0 |
&f il} have hin admittee sy veterans |
“TWO GARAGES TO
en -
hospital
M:
to
Dan Grove
H. Poorman
Present
Occupy
Location
tinued on Page Eight)
Is Candidate
Fire Damages
Centre Hall
Reformed Church
83-YEAR-OLD MAN
IS FIRE VICTIM
Tragedy Caused Bs
When Vietim Fell
Asleep
Cigar
Complete Plans For
K. of &., CDA Bazaar
W. Williams Dtoject. were smoked adi. New who Bead alobs Sh Retles :
have bee mplete
Mark V w mn 127 E. Hig wig dos pith 28 \ resu f injury ve A | for t) nt bazaar beir he :
Street Hefont ! it man. hig ng f hon turday eve . t K { nd t {
Announce } ! : nha AVE DOL ¢ NL 4 i" y ighbor : ‘ llefont " :
Republi
rer
Mr
mani
1892, !
and Annis
: : i irg
deceased k4 1 ’ ty fre +} -
y definit
wa
itth
Milesh
ug!
found, it
had beer
King and reading
fell asleep
ald the fire pr
it 6:45 pm. They
the house to reach
He received
a con chool
ship and spent ty ye t the Iphas
Bellefonte Academy the
From 1944 ! ved The
clerk in the Centre County Com- | addit
Cont
afternoon fire was
Mr Hoy
chair, smu
|
| apparently
+ Hall
from
alled in the
State College and
Mills Fire Comp
large ime of made Neighbor
onal gas mask Ary. | started abo
(Continued on Page Bix) | break
body
Alpha
to the house
| chats
rome
intry fireme:
EK in ar
Spring any
Bellefont
ded each
merchant
evening and
will be held
the new St. John
be built
vol bably
had to
to smoke AWAT
nterta
the
neces
inments
ceeds will be
Parochial School
Bellefonte thi
nued on Page Eight) into the for
io
firemen estimated damage summer
only $150. An easy |
a window blind and
dama ged
at
curtains
woodwork were
John Calvin Hoy was born Aug
1867, In Lemont, the son of Ben. |
(Continued on Page Three |
Three Cars Collide
On Sharp Curve
BHS Driver Training Pupils
Practice All Safety Rules
The gray
erated by
Undine Firemen
‘Answer Alarm
Undine firemen of Bellefonte re.
iponded to an alarm at the Mike |
Teaman home at Egypt Hollow at
10 am. Tuesday
Firemen reported the fire had been
confined to partition by efforts of
Three cars collided on the sharp {members of the household. They
curve on W. Linn Street, Belle | were forced to remove a partition
fonte, at 8:15 am. Thursday, block - [ to extinguish the flames, Water from
ing traffic an hour. No one was In- | a booster tank was used
Jured
A car operated by Lowell T Howard Backs Civil
Defense Program
Krape, Beliefonte RD 2. driving
west on Linn Street skidded and
Howard Borough Council announ.
ced that It would do everything
struck a car driven in the opposite
direction by George L. Andrews Jr,
possible to back the civil defense
program in the borough at a meet.
[10
driving practice. Here
become acquainted
the car's Instruments as
forth in the ve.
dual control sedan op- | struction on
Bellefonte: High School | the students
and Keckler Chevrolet, Inc. as al with all
driver training car Is a common | well as rules set
sight on Bellefonte streets and, in| hicle code
the interests of highway safety]! Actual driving comes
some of the principles of the course | 50-minute school period is divided
are enlightening between two students. A minimum
John Weber, the instructor, has a | °F five hours actual driving is nee-
essary before the student takes his
rule for every operation. For in test before state police
stance, the first operation of the ‘
Early In the course, driving I»
student driver is to adjust the seat : : !
© o
and rear view mirror for his per. onfined mainly to a course laid out
sonal height. In a car that has only on E. Lamb street, near Wilson
one driver. this practice is not fol Here the road Is level and compara
lowed: in the driver training car, tively free of traffic. With progress
of the students, some driving
the adjustments are important for .
both comfort and safety done on downtown streets
next. Each
of Lock Haven,
A car operated by Mrs. Philip
Some 66 students enrolled In the | Andrews car struck it from the rear. | ing Monday night. President Jo-
Members of the junior class may | course this year, On completion Police Chief Charles H. DeWitt | seph Allison presided. A civil de-
enroll in the course but need the
the school who have completed the considerably In the front; the An-!gchool Tuesday at 8 pm. T. El
They begin the school year with 16 | course in earlier years. This is the drews ear In front and rear, and wood Sones, County coordinator,
pO-minute periods of classroom in.
Emel, of Milesburg, following the
they will join the 205 students of [sald the Krape ear was damaged | fonse meeting was held at the High
written permission of their parents
fourth year of its operation. the Emel car in the front, wad the speaker,
RETURN BALLOTS
IN EQUALIZATION
Hundred’ Votes
Cast For Assessment
Committees
‘Several Are
(0. ASSESSORS
MOVE IN APRIL’ ELECT OFFICERS
Tax Collectors Invited to Join
Permanent Organi-
zation
e Mar
Vi
|
Leitzell Speaks
- To Boroughs’
. Representatives
Ce met nd borough ome
of Centre
the third
wiruction
Bellefonte Council
rsday night heard
ntendent of Highways
Leitzell explain Many
lems highway nstruction
and mal: an
Other instructor:
were Lee E. Corter, m
resentative of Public
Institute and David Cowell
assistant for the Institu
Government
The class for
n
§ imbet
nding
weeks
n a
toe
perioa
CHhAN
County 8
Aaron D
»r
per
pr of
ter or
the session
inicipal rep-
Service
research
at
the
i Centre county
| ough officials, sponsored by the
Public Service Institute, meets here
| every Thursday night with Mr. Cor-
| ber presiding
In his informal talk. Mr. Leitsell
te of Loeal |
| Was
bor- |
ning
| Ebon
¢
Lo nsider deta
’
Warner Plans
‘Inventory’ Of
Stone Holdings
JEFFERSON DAY
‘
ments of an All-Weather Terminal.
eee COUNCIL T0 HIRE
BORO ENGINEER
Street Authorized
to Recommend New
Committee
Personnel
MAN KILLED BY
CAR NEAR HOME
Albert W. Bolduc. 12
Struck Near State
Is
College
DINNER AT GAP.
Richardson Dilworth Is Main
Speaker; Savs Penn State
Due For Thin Diet
i Pleasant
250 Democrat
Clearfield Blair
ded
Ca
and
gram
wants
Continued on Page Three)
Pat Hartswick Is
Honored At Dinner
Pat. Hartswick, who retired Feb |
as assistant postmaster at Bellefonte
after 37 vears In the postal service
honored at a dinner at the
Nittany Country Club Tuesday eve-
He was presented with a traveling
i bag by the group and received from
Bower, postmaster, a scroll
signed by his former co-workers at
sketched standard highway depart | the Bellefonte office
ment practices In maintaining
(Continned on Page Eight)
W. F. Kessinger Buys
Spring Street Property
W. PF Kessinger, Bellefonte auto
| parts dealer, has purchased the |
| property at the corner of Spring and
Bishop streets, at one time owned
by the Bellefonte Academy
Mr. Kessinger sald his plans for
the property are not definite but he
will eventually move his business to
that location
The purchase includes a two-story
stone house and the lot which has
63 feet frontage on 8. Spring street.
Harry Tanney was the seller, Tax
stamps indicated a purchase price
of $13,000,
| were Mr
Samuel Barnhart was toastmaster
and the dinner committee members |
power and James Kane
Twenty-four postal employes were
| present including two other retirees
Morton Smith and Perry Alters
Concert Is Planned
Here Monday Night
Michael Rhoads, baritone, is
scheduled to appear at the Belle
fonte High School auditorium at 8
p. m. Monday as the final presen
tation of the Bellefonte Community
Concert Association's current pro-
gram. Mr. Rhoads’ appearance is
postponed from Feb. §
Association officials have announ-
ced the annual membership came
paign will open April 16,
| Smith
yd int
ag
Baltim
whic
Mas 4]
the
He
re
A week
the
about
ed by
the f
rm
Retail Division
Meeting Set Friday
The 3 51
Belle nite Chan
Retail
3
’ ~r
MOOSE RUN TOT
DROWNS IN WELL
Was Play
| ost
ing Around Well.
Balance and
Fell
Harry R
Bellefonte's Swans Are in
Trouble; Now
Bellefonte are in trouble
Again
Only they are not officially Belle.
fonte's swans, Burgess Hugh M
Quigley sald yesterday Nevin R
Council president, and
chairman of Councils Town
committee, all
SWans
Grove
Improvement
| claimed ownership
i
AL any rate, as of yesterday
ternoon, the swans were camped on
Milesburg's old brick pond, now the
property of Luther McCartney of
ML Eagle
The brick pond was converted into
a frog pond about five years ago by
Mr. McCartney who planned to sell
the frongs on the market as frog
legs.
However, It seems that the swans
consider the frogs as much a deli
as humans do and were busy
depleting the sthek at the farm
The frog stock at the pond repre.
| Cartnes
Dan |
dis- |
| Twain's celebrated Jumping Frog
af |
Eating Frogs
izeable investment to Me-
mofMicially estimated at
the Jumbo frogs
Missoury
sents a
$140. He purchase
and imported them
al a cost of 310 each. Chservers say
native frogs do not begin to ap-
proach the jumbo frogs In size and
they are rivaled only by Mark
from
Mr MceCartney unsuccessfully
stoned the swans Tuesday night
and ast night planned to take his
motor boat to the scene. If the
swans were caught, he indicated he
would release them to Bald Eagle
Bellefonte's swan history is one
of sadness. The first pair migrated
once to a pond near Mill Hall and
required the efforts of lasso throw.
ers to recapture them. At least one
has been shot and another met its
demise while flying on High street.
The present swans were brought
here from the Lock Haven paper
mill,