Belefonte, Pa., March 31, 1922.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - Editer
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ON THE TRAIL IN ALASKA.
Dr. Meek Tells of Being Held Up
Two Days by Warm Weather.
Akiak, on Kuskokwim River, Alaska,
January 17th, 1922.
My dear Home-Folks:
Seems kind of strange to write
pages and pages and have no answer!
Really do not know whether or not
you have had any of the letters I have
written before this but I had started
to tell you about the drive down the
Kuskokwim river and will try to fin-
ish before the next mail moves. Of
course, that won’t be before the 12th
or 13th of next month but one has so
many interruptions that, to be ready,
one must start early.
I think I got you to Mr. Prue’s cab-
in—a French trapper who is said to
make the best “sour-dough hot cakes”
along the trail. We had some very
delicious ones, and, the daylight
growing stronger, we decided to move
on. I have told you what bedlam
these north-dogs make when a team
is being hitched and could you hear
the long-drawn howl of protest you
would think that dog dying. Multi-
ply that by thirty, for there
were thirty dogs about the cabin, and
you may imagine how it sounded that
morning.
As the sun was not up and there
was no wind we hoped for a good day.
After we had left the other trains, for
about four miles our way again fol-
lowed the wanderings of a little
stream, although we were at the base
of a mountain and going through big
timber. Only at times did we come
out into the open, so that when the
fifth mile was reached and the trail
led up a very decided hill I scrambled
out, walking ahead of the train, and
then discovered how much wind was
blowing and the sun, that had prom-
ised a fine day, had gone behind banks
of clouds, so that the day was not nice.
Up the hill, across a wind-swept open
space where huge snowdrifts com-
pletely hid the trail, a hunt to find the
way and then up we came to a “cab-
in” where the dogs had to be rested;
the humans, of course, made a fire,
had tea with crackers, cheese, frozen
canned grapes and rested also. We
were off again in an hour. A nasty
ground-wind had sprung up, whirling
the snow particles into the dogs faces
and, again and again, they turned
back, for they did not want to face it
but had to learn that they must, and
several times Mr. M., who was driv-
ing, went up and whipped the leader.
These whippings are, in some cases,
hard but, in this instance, provoked a
smile for the blows would scarcely
have hurt a fly; such treatment was
so unusual the dogs went to work with
a will. As the days were scarcely
more than six hours long, darkness
began to come before we had gotten
any place and, of all the runs I have
had, that day’s was the longest. On
and on—we would see a cabin, only to
find it half fallen in, or, rounding a
point which is a usual location for a
prospector’s place, we would see only
vast areas of timber. The team was
tired and discouraged and I, too, felt
that if the remainder of the two hun-
dred miles was as difficult, New Year's
would find me still on the way. The
trail had softened and the sled was
cutting deep into the snow. Mr. M.
had gone ahead on snow shoes and I
was running behind the sled until,
finally, after passing a third cabin
with no inhabitant, I said, “Go on and
I'll follow; if you see a light wait for
me.” Se he handed me his “bug” and
off they went—driver and team.
There are times when the world
seems large. Have you ever stood,
alone, a stranger on an eighteen inch
trail in the heart of a big country,
knowing that the nearest town is a
two-days’ travel behind and, in front,
one knew not how far nor how diffi-
cult a way before either sleep, food or
warmth might be procured. After all,
it might have been worse for on that
sled was food for ourselves, an ax that
could be used to cut spruce trees and
boughs, and both of us carried match-
es for fire making. But the dogs had
to be considered and “Siwashing” or
camping as a native means much
work! So I started after the team
and had gone only a few rods, round-
ing a curve, when I came up with the
sled. The whole atmosphere now had
changed—the dogs that twenty min-
utes ago had traveled with drooping
tails and lagging feet were straining
at their harness and all tails were
waving happily in the air. Mr. M.
called, “Come and get on,” and then,
“Look over there.” A brilliant light
shone out from a good-sized window
in a cabin, perhaps a mile and a half
| away. It certainly put heart into all |
of us and the dogs were up and away
before I had gotten rightly onto the
sled and they covered the mile and a
half on a dead run. As soon as we
left the timber we found much wind
and snow; indeed a real storm. The
dogs were chained up—all harness is
taken off, a chain snapped into the col-
lar and each dog chained to a stump,
tree or other immovable object but far
enough from each other that no fights
can take place during the night. After
resting, a dried salmon is given each
dog—the one feeding of the day. Then
I went into the cabin, the owner of
which had not come out to greet us—
a very unusual occurrence—but who
made us welcome and allowed us to
cook our two meals and sleep on his
floor, for which he would accept no
pay. The next morning the tempera-
ture had gone up to 40 degrees above
zero, a little rain and sleet were fall-
ing and a soft southern wind blowing.
As I stood gazing at a very wonderful
panoramic view of mountains and riv-
er just behind the Irishman’s cabin,
it was difficult to realize that I was in
Southwestern Alaska and could be out
doors with as few clothes on as if in
Pennsylvania and that, too, in Decem-
ber.
I was not anxious to move on but
we thought our host preferred us to
and, getting into Kakai parke with
water boots, I started out to find the
trail and Mr. M. put the dogs in har-
ness and we were off. The rain had
commenced to fall fast and at each
step I sank above my knees in soft,
wet snow. It was only a short time
until I began to feel the rain through
my clothes and the team was plung-
ing and panting in their endeavor to
make headway through the sodden
snow. Then we came in sight of
another group of cabins from which
most welcome smoke was rising and,
although we had traveled only two
miles, I begged to stop and we did.
We found a group of young prospec-
tors who welcomed us most cordially.
Their cabins were large and roomy
and they were making preparations
for Christmas—a bare week off—
down the river; so we shared the
doughnuts, cakes and pies they were
making to take along the next week.
As the mild weather continued, we
stayed there two days during which
time five teams with five men stopped
over night—not a road house as we
learned when we tried to pay; just a
welcome for any one who passed.
There is no use trying to describe
these men, for the description of man-
ly men covers all. Somehow this
country has only the fittest surviving
and should we meet them in New
York or any other place on the earth’s
surface they would be well worth
knowing.
The third day came clear, cold and
crisp and we were up early and off in
a' rush’ as the rest had proven well for
the dogs and the trail was fine. Once
more I regretted to start and leave
friends whom I should probably never
meet again! The trail was through
open country and the scenery much
more beautiful than before. We cross-
ed many small lakes, artistically bor-
dered with heavily frosted willows
and here and there a ptarmigan rose,
white and beautiful, in front of our
train. After a short time we began to
see high mountains that stretched di-
rectly across our pathway and early
in the afternoon, as we topped a little
rise, the Kuskokwim showed like a
band of white ribbon at the base of
the range and we knew our next days’
run would be on that river. We reach-
ed this roadhouse quite early and
found it kept by a Swede, a man old
only in years, who had packed merch-
andise up the Chilcoot Pass when
Dawson was the “strike.” He had a
house full of chickens, healthy all and
contented looking; from another cabin
I noticed smoke arising and upon in-
quiry found that was his stable where
he kept his horse as he needed one to
help get his garden in order when
spring came, and everything from
“outside” must have extra heat. We
had a delicious dinner and a comforta-
ble, clean bunk-house; the dogs, too,
had nice houses to stay in and, as 1
had nothing to feel sorry for even
though the temperature was nearly
twenty below, with the wonderful
moon just about full I simply reveled
in all that blue-white beauty. One
cannot put on paper the aloofness, the
whiteness and the ethereal effect of
such a night! I felt as if detached
and away from the earth or rather as
though gazing at a near view of some
other planet which I might not reach.
The warm, almost velvety sensation
of this, like night in the Tropics,
seemed to belong to another state of
being.
(Concluded next week).
Tree Nursery in Seven Mountains.
The Department of Forestry this
spring will begin operation of a large
nursery in the Seven mountains,
along the Bellefonte-Lewistown high-
way. It will be located on State for-
est land, near the headquarters of for-
est ranger McKinney.
The nursery will have a capacity of
from 12,000 to 15,000 yeung trees,
which will be grown for free distri-
bution to public institutions and mu-
nicipalities in Pennsylvania. It is ex-
pected the trees will be planted along
city streets, and on the grounds of
hospitals and school houses.
Among the kinds of trees to be
grown in the new nursery will be
Japanese cedar, Japanese larch, white
ash, sugar maple, Norway spruce, red
pine, and Scotch pine.
———When you see it in the “Watch-
man” you know its true.
PARKER.—George Ross Parker, !
for more than thirty years the well-
known conductor on the Bellefonte
Central railroad, passed away at the
winter apartment of his sisters, in|
Atlantic City, N. J., about eight!
o'clock last Thursday evening as the |
result of cardiac sclerosis. He had
been a sufferer for some months and
spent a portion of the winter at At-
lantic City. After returning home he
grew slowly worse and on March 15th
left Bellefonte to return to Atlantic
City, where his sisters were occupy-
ing apartments, but became very ill
on the way down. His condition fail-
ed to improve and he passed away at
the time above named.
Mr. Parker was a son of John and
Eleanor H. Parker and was born in
Somerset on September 10th, 1859,
hence was 62 years, 6 months and 13
days old. He was educated in the
public schools at Somerset and before
he had attained his majority went to
work for the well known Collins
Brothers, railroad contractors. He
worked for them on the South Penn
railroad in Somerset county then ac-
companied them to Bellefonte in the
spring of 1886 when they came here
to build the Bellefonte Central rail-
road. When the latter road was com-
pleted Mr. Parker was made conduc-
tor on the passenger train, a position
he filled until last fall. In the thirty
years of his service in that capacity
he hauled thousands of college stu-
dents back and forth to State College
and most of the graduates who have
gone out from that institution knew
him\personally and will share with us
the feeling that the community has
lost a man whose innate kindness was
a virtue that if more of us were to
cultivate the world would be a far
happier one than it is.
In 1894 he married Miss Mary Scho-
field, who survives with the following
children: Ferguson, of Bedford; Mrs.
Henry Keller, of Madison, Wis.; Mary
Charlotte, Emily and George Ross, at
home. He also leaves three sisters
and one brother, Misses Annie, Emily
and Elizabeth Parker, of Bellefonte,
and Neff Parker, of Des Moines, Iowa.
The body was brought to Bellefonte
on Saturday and funeral services held
at his late home at 2:30 o'clock on
Monday afternoon by Rev. David R.
Evans, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, of which he was a member,
after which burial was made in the
Union cemetery.
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HAMILTON.—Mrs. Anna Quinn
Hamilton, wife of Thaddeus R. Ham-
ilton, passed peacefully away at her
home on east Howard street at six
o'clock on Sunday evening. She had
not been in good health for some
weeks but it was not until Sunday
morning that she complained of feel-
ing so weak. Members of the family.
were promptly notified and Sone
she suffered mo pain she graduall
grew worse until passing away.
She was a daughter of Michael and
Mary Quinn and was born in Philadel-
phia, being almost seventy-five years
old. She was married to Mr. Hamil-
ton in Philadelphia on December
23rd, 1875, while the latter was in
business in that city, but two .years
later they came to Bellefonte and took
up their residence with Mr. Hamil-
ton’s mother on Howard street, which
has been their home ever since, and
which by the way, has housed five
generations of the Hamilton family.
Mrs. Hamilton was a faithful member
of St. John’s Catholic church during
her residence in Bellefonte. She is
survived by her husband, two sons
and one daughter, J. C. and Thomas
Hamilton, of Jersey City, and Mrs. E,
M. Broderick, of State College. She
also leaves one sister, Miss Ella
Quinn, of Philadelphia.
The funeral was held at ten o’clock
Wednesday morning, with high
requiem mass in the Catholic church,
after which burial was made in the
Catholic cemetery.
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WOODRING.—Aaron R. Woodring,
a lifelong resident of Worth township,
passed away on Friday morning at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Spotts, at Port Matilda, following a
prolonged illness with diabetes and
ether complications.
He was a son of Peter and Nancy
Woodring and was born near Port Ma-
tilda on October 29th, 1846, hence was
in his seventy-sixth year. He follow-
ed farming most of his life. He was
a member of the Port Matilda Grange
and the Lodge of Odd Fellows of that
place. Surviving him are his wife
and the following children: Mrs. W.
C. Rothrock, of Tyrone; Mrs. Can-
dace Mattern, of Halfmoon valley;
Wilbur J. and Estes M. Woodring and
Mrs. Ernest Spotts, all of Port Matil-
da.
He was a member of the Presby-
terian church and Rev. John T. Scott,
of Philipsburg, conducted the funeral
which was held at the Spotts home at
1:15 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, bur-
ial being made in the cemetery at
that place.
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GATES.—William Dennis Gates
died at his home at Curwensville on
March 7th following a brief illness.
He was a son of Jefferson and Rebec-
ca Gates and was born at Gatesburg,
this county, on April 12th, 1857, hence
was not quite 65 years old. Early in
life he followed the occupation of a
blacksmith but after moving to Cur-
wensville engaged in the hardware
business in which he was quite suc-
cessful. He was a member of the
Methodist church and the I. O. O. F.
He married Elizabeth Ardery who
survives with two sons, one daughter
and a brother. Burial was made at
Curwensville on March 13th.
WILKINSON. — Mrs. Evelina J.
Siles Wilkinson, widow of the late
William H. Wilkinson, passed away
at her home on north Allegheny street
at six o’clock on Sunday evening. She
had been in failing health for a year
or more and had been confined to her
home since last June, although her
condition did not become critical un-
til two weeks previous to her death.
She was a daughter of Joseph R.
and Rebecca L. Siles and was born
near Mt. Holly, N. J., where her early
life was spent. After her marriage
to Mr. Wilkinson they lived for a year
or two at Yardville, N. J., coming to
Bellefonte about fifty years ago when
Mr. Wilkinson became landlord of the
Bush house. All her life since then
had been spent in Bellefonte. She
was a faithful member of St. John’s
Episcopal church and always lived a
consistent, christian life. Mr. Wilk-
inson passed away in June, 1898, and
her only daughter, Miss Minnie Wilk-
inson, on May 11th, 1914, so that her
only survivor is one niece, Mrs. John
McNeill, whose home is in Haddon-
field, N. J., but who has been in Belle-
fonte most of the past year helping
take care of her aunt.
Funeral services were held in the
Episcopal church at three o’clock on
Wednesday afternoon by Rev. M.
DePui Maynard, after which the re-
mains were laid to rest in the Union
cemetery,
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SCHROYER.—Adam Schroyer, a
lifelong resident of Milesburg, passed
away at his home in that place on
Saturday night as the result of an af-
fection of the heart. He was seventy-
six years old and was born in the
house in which he spent his entire life.
As a young man he went to work for
the railroad company and from a!
track laborer was promoted to the po-
sition of division foreman, a position
he most faithfully filled for many
years. When the work became too
arduous for his advancing years he
was made watchman at the High
street crossing in Bellefonte, a job he
filled very acceptably until his retire-
ment six years ago. He was a faith-
ful member of the Methodist church
of Milesburg and was on the official
board for a number of years.
Surviving him are his wife and
three children: John, manager of a
large hardware store in Lewistown;
Miss Hannah, a school teacher in
Boggs township, and Miss Anna,
stenographer for J. Kennedy John-
ston. Rev. M. C. Piper conducted the
funeral services which were held at
eleven o’clock on Wednesday morning, |
burial being made in the Union ceme-
tery in Bellefonte.
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HOUCK.—Mrs. Lydia M. Houck,
wife of Rev. William A. Houck, a re-
tired Methodist minister, died at her
home at Carlisle on Sunday evening
after a few day’s illness, aged about
eighty years. She is survived by her
husband, four daughters and three
sons, as follows: Mrs. William D.
Hildrup and Mrs. Henry M. Stine, of
Harrisburg; Countess Bocchi Binan-
chi, of Florence, Italy; Mrs. William
Norris, of St. Joseph, Missouri;
Charles D. Houck, of Hazleton; Frank
D., of Philadelphia, and Herbert F., of
Carlisle.
Rev. Houck was pastor of the
Bellefonte Methodist church at two
different periods in the past thirty-
five years and Mrs. Houck was quite |
well known among her church people
here. Burial was made at Carlisle.
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AGUE.—Rev. George B. Ague, a
retired Methodist minister, died at his
home at Bellwood on Monday after-
noon. He was a native of Youngs-
town, Ohio, and was about seventy-
eight years old. He served all through
the Civil war then studied for the
ministry and was admitted to the Cen-
tral Pennsylvania conference in 1874,
his first charge being Snow Shoe. He
later served pastorates at Port Matil-
da and Pine Grove Mills. Owing to ill
health he was placed upon the super-
numerary list in 1884 and in 1888 he
located in Bellwood where he had
lived ever since.
While located in Snow Shoe he mar-
ried Miss Margaretta Loy who sur-
vives with one married daughter.
Burial was made at Bellwood yester-
day afternoon.
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GATES.—Mrs. Susan C. Gates,
widow of Thomas C. Gates, died at her
home at Mill Creek, Huntingdon coun-
ty, on Sunday evening, following a
brief illness with pneumonia. She
was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Da-
vid Barr, and was born in Ferguson
township, Centre county, seventy-sev-
en years ago. Her husband died fif-
teen years ago but she is survived by
three sons, one sister and three broth-
ers. Burial was made at Mill Creek .
on Wednesday afternoon.
TIPTONLJ. Howard I Tipton, a
well known resident of Curtin town-
ship, died last Thursday following a
prolonged illness with tuberculosis of
the bowels. He was a son of Abso-
lem and Rebecca Tipton and was fifty-
four years old. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Mrs. Helen
Sullivan, of Buffalo, N. Y. Services
were held in the Methodist church at
Howard on Sunday afternoon by Rev.
Mellott, after which burial was made
in the Schenck cemetery.
SHOPE Mrs. Agnes Utiope died
at the home of her son, Emanuel
Shope, in Milesburg, aged 82 years, 11
months and 18 days. Surviving her
are five sons, Lewis, of Valley View;
Jefferson and Oscar, of Johnstown,
and Emanuel and Robert, of Miles-
burg. Burial was made in the Ad-
| vent cemetery on Wednesday.
toona, died in that city on Sunday
morning following a year’s illness as
the result of a stroke of paralysis. She
was a daughter of George and Ellen
Walker and was born at Runville, Cen-
tre county, on April 12th, 1852, hence
was not quite seventy years old. She
was married to Sabret Ramsey in 1870
and they took up their residence at
Glenn White. Later they moved to
Johnstown where their home was
swept away in the big flood of 1889.
The family came from Johnstown to
Bellefonte, living here several years
then moving to Altoona.
Mr. Ramsey died fourteen years
ago but surviving their mother are
seven children, namely: W. C. Ram-
sey, of Pine Glenn; Ira A., of Selig-
man, Arizona; Mrs. Harry F. Stairs,
of Camden, N. J.; Mrs. Walter Con-
rad, of Martin’s Ferry, Ohio; Mrs. M.
E. Humm and Sabret, of Eldorado,
and Walter, of Roselawn. She also
leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lydia
i Hampton, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Alice
| Gill, of Pleasant Gap, and Mrs.
George Rider, in Ohio.
Burial was made in the Rose Hill
| cemetery, Altoona, on Tuesday after-
noon.
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KRIDER.—Mrs. Anna Geist Kri-
der, wife of Rev. Isaac Krider, of
Duncansville, passed away last Thurs-
day evening following several month’s
illness with a complication of diseas-
es. She was born in Warriorsmark
valley on September 28th, 1851, hence
was 70 years, 5 months and 25 days
old. In 1881 she married Rev. Kri-
der, of Gatesburg, this county, and in
1890 they located in Duncansville,
where Rev. Krider became pastor of
the Lutheran church, and that has
i been their home ever since.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. James E. Gable, of Altoona;
Mrs. Harvey Clapper, of Llyswen; G.
Edward Krider, Mrs. Ernest Hite and
Mrs. Julia Good, of Duncansville, and
H. D. Krider, of Elyria, Ohio. She
also leaves two brothers and two sis-
ters, Pierce Geist, and Mrs. Virginia
Irvin, of Warriorsmark; Mrs. Susan
Reynolds, of Chicago, and Charles
: Geist, in Oregon.
Rev. Stanley Kemp D. D., of Hol-
lidaysburg, conducted the funeral
services which were held at two
o’clock on Monday afternoon in the
Lutheran church, burial being made
in the Carson Valley cemetery.
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MOORE.—Miss Elsie Bell Moore
passed away at 11:30 o’clock on Tues-
i day night at the home of her parents,
{ Mr. and Mrs. John D. Moore, on the
Benner farm a short distance south of
| Centre Hall, following an illness of
| some months with sarcoma. Last Oc-
i tober she entered the Bellefonte hos-
pital and submitted to an operation
which relieved her temporarily but
heart complications followed which
finally caused her death.
She was born near Centre Hall on
September 2nd, 1879, hence was in her
forty-third year. All her life was
spent in that vicinity. She was a life-
long member of the Centre Hall Meth-
odist Episcopal church and active in
all kinds of church work. She was a
member of the Grange and also the
Centre Hall Lodge of Rebekahs. In
: addition to her parents she is surviv-
ed by one brother, Thomas L. Moore,
of Centre Hall.
Funeral services will be held in the
Methodist church at Centre Hall at
ten o’clock this (Friday) morning by
the pastor, Rev. C. F. Catherman,
after which burial will be made in the
Centre Hall cemetery.
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WALKER.—Burgess and Mrs. W.
Harrison Walker are mourning the
death of their youngest child, Helen,
aged two and a half years, who passed
away at 10:30 o’clock on Wednesday
morning of convulsions, the result of
teething trouble. The child had been
ailing most of the week and Tuesday
night became so bad that the family
physician remained at her bedside for
hours, but though everything possible
was done nothing availed to save the
life of the child. In addition to the
sorrowing parents two sisters survive,
Mary Louise and Charlotte. Funeral
services will be held at the Walker
home on east Linn street at 2:30
o’clock on Saturday afternoon by Rev.
David R. Evans, of the Presbyterian
church, after which burial will be
made in the Union feelers.
Rothrock—Hull.—A wedding of in-
terest to the people of Bellefonte is
that of George Rothrock and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hull, who were married in
Ohio on Monday. They left Belle-
fonte on Monday morning and return-
ed home on Tuesday, going to the
i bridegroom’s new bungalow on the
{ corner of Howard and Wilson streets
,on Wednesday where a wedding
: breakfast was served at noon that
day. The guests were Mrs. Roth-
rock’s children and sisters.
SHIDARER—Percy g Shidaker,
infant son of Lewis and Bertha Risk
Shidaker, of Altoona, died at nine
o’clock on Tuesday night, aged two
days. The remains were brought to
Bellefonte yesterday for burial in the
Union cemetery.
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LUCAS Following a lingering ill-
ness Edward M. Lucas died last Sat-
urday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. H. M. Miles, in Union township.
He was born at Milesburg on Novem-
ber 23rd, 1834, hence had reached the
advanced age of 87 years, 4 months
and 2 days. In 1859 he married Mar-
gery T. Reynolds, who died a number
of years ago, but surviving him are
RAMSEY.—Mrs. Martha A. Ram- | two children, Mrs. H. M. Miles, of
sey, widow of Sabret Ramsey, of Al- { Fleming, and Mrs. W. A. Malone, of
Harrisburg. He also leaves three
brothers and sisters: George W. Lu-
cas, of Philipsburg; O. C., in the sol-
diers’ home at Sandusky, Ohio; Mrs.
William Witmer, of Bellefonte, and
Mrs. William Peters, of Milesburg.
Burial was made in the Unionville
cemetery on Tuesday.
Mrs. J. Le Bareites. J. E.
Le Barre died very unexpectedly at
the Bellefonte hospital yesterday
afternoon at three o’clock. About ten
days ago she suffered an attack of
grip and seemed to be recovering from
it until Sunday when pneumonia
threatened. - Her condition grew worse
until yesterday morning, when she
was taken to the hospital because
uraemic poisoning had developed.
Mrs. Le Barre before her marriage,
was a Miss Wilmot, of Halstead, Pa.
She came to make her home in Belle-
fonte about seven years ago when Mr.
Le Barre entered the employ of the
Superior Silica Brick Co.
She is survived by her husband and
one little son, Louis.
No arrangements for the funeral
had been made when this issue went
to press.
Two Accidents.
Frank Confer, an employee of the
Chemical Lime company, was the vic-
tim of an accident last Friday in
which he sustained quite serious in-
juries and was fortunate to escape with
his life. He was assigned to dump a
carload of coal which had been shoved
onto the trestle over one of the deep
bins between the kilns. He walked
out on a board and with a large iron
wrench loosened tlie rachet which
holds up the hopper doors, but as he
did so the wrench flew back and hit
him alongside of the head, knocking
him from the board so that he fell
head foremost to the bottom of the
bin, a distance of ten feet or more.
Then to make matters worse the coal
from the car tumbled down on top of
him. He was quickly rescued by fel-
low workmen and rushed to the Belle-
fonte hospital where it was found
that he had sustained a bad cut where
the wrench hit him and other minor
cuts and bruises. No bones were
broken, however, and although he was
unconscious several hours he is now
getting along all right.
On Saturday Samuel Mulbarger,
who works for the American Lime &
Stone company, went to the top of one
of the quarries to knock down some
of the earth and stone which had been
loosened by the winter’s frost. He
was using a long bar and while at
work a large portion of the top slid
into the quarry, carrying him with it.
He was buried to the waist in earth
and stones and it took some time to
get him out. His legs were badly
bruised and he received a number of
small cuts and contusions but fortu-
natel escaped serious injury.
——Two reserve officers, training
corps rifle teams, composed of stu-
dents at The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, have qualified for competition in
the national intercollegiate rifle match
that starts this week. First and
fourth places were won by Penn State
teams in the Pennsylvania-Maryland-
Virginia area, in the six places award-
ed. Approximately fifty college
teams will compete for the national
championship.
——The State school retirement
board announces that up to March,
1st, 1922, just 679 school employees
had been granted allowances from the
retirement fund. Of this number 529
were placed on the superannuation
list and 150 were allowed disability
retirement allowance. The average
annuity granted is $347.34 and disa-
bility allowance $268.04. Centre coun-
id is credited with two persons on the
ist.
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——The warm weather of Sunday
and the early part of the week felt as
if spring was here at last but a thin
coating of ice on the pavements yes-
terday morning was a gentle reminder
to everybody to stick to their flannels
a while longer. Of course the fruit
buds are not far enough along to mind
any cold weather we are likely to have
now, so that ne particular damage is
likely to result.
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——On her way from Morrisdale to
Philipsburg to attend services in St.
Agnes Catholic church, on Sunday
morning, Mrs. Frank T. Shannon was
struck by an automobile driven by
George Daugherty, knocked down and
injured so badly that she died in a few
minutes. She was fifty-four years
old and is survived by her husband
and ten children. Burial was made in
Philipsburg on Wednesday morning.
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——The watch guessing contest in
the window of F. P. Blair & Son’s
jewelry store is attracting considera-
ble attention and many guesses have
been made as to the number of whole
watches in the window.
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——Alfred J. Houser, of Point
Lookout, near Philipsburg, was
brought to the Centre county jail last
Friday on the charge of the larceny
of an automobile tire from the Pan-
coast paint shop.
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Marriage Licenses.
Clair J. Houser and Carrie L. Bai-
ley, Spring Mills.
Raymond Shawver,
Sue A. Walizer, Julian.
Martha, and