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Bellefonte, Pa.,, November 13, 1925.
Editor
P. GRAY MEEK,
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ARE YOU SURE YOU
HAVEN'T A JIMMY ?
$1.50
“Jimmy’s just plain no account. He
goes to school every day. His papa
whips him and I whips him, and still
he don’t learn nothing. We've just
about given him up.”
This is the way a well-meaning
mother diagnosed the case of her son
to a Red Cross public health nurse.
The nurse had discovered Jimmy in
one of her periodic school inspections
and had called on the mother to con-
vince her that Jimmy was near-sight-
ed, had adenoids, was slightly deaf,
and apparently was suffering from
malnutrition.
It was a difficult task to convince
Jimmy’s mother that he wasn’t “just
plain no account,” but she finally pro-
cured the mother’s consent to have
Jimmy examined by a doctor. The
doctor gave him a thorough overhaul-
ing. The mother reluctantly followed
his advice. Jimmy’s adenoids were
removed; he was taken to an ear and
eye specialist and one morning he
showed up at his school wearing a
pair of tortoise-shell glasses that made
him look infinitely wise.
Time went on and from a dull, stu-
pid “no account” boy, Jimmy develop-
ed into a promising student, mentally
and physically alert. Even his moth-
er admitted that he “sure had picked
up.”
716 school inspections of school
children have been conducted during
two months by our local Red Cross
public health nurse, Miss Anna Mec-
Cauley, who is always watching for
just such cases as that of Jimmy. Her
monthly report shows that 9 children
have had their defects corrected as a
result partly of these school inspec-
tions and the follow-up work that the
nurse does in the children’s homes.
The report stresses the importance
of the work in the schools because mi-
nor defects in children can be correct-
ed easily in youth while if they are al-
lowed to run their course they often
prove serious hazards to good health
in later years. Sometimes they pro-
duce conditions which can never be
corrected. By a periodic inspection of
school children, the danger from ser-
ious epidemics is decreased. In co-
operation with the local doctors and
the health authorities, children with
communicable diseases are kept from
the class-rooms, thus preventing fur-
ther contagion.
Forty-three health lectures and
demonstrations have been given by
the nurse in her efforts to teach the
children healthy habits of living.
In addition to the school work one
hundred visits have been made to
homes in this community where sick-
ness and disease required the skillful
care of the nurse to supplement the !
doctor’s knowledge.
' The health work of the nurse is
partly financed through the Roll Call
in which members for the ensuing
year are enrolled. The membership
campaign will be conducted here from
November 14 to November 21.
The money derived from member-
ships goes for local work in the com-
munity with the exception of fifty
cents from each membership fee,
which finances the national and inter-
national work of the organization.
a —— ce
—It is a good deal easier for a
million dollar income man to pay the |
present tax levy than it is for the
three dollar a day man to pay the tar-
i at Warriorsmark on March 21st, 1839,
i hence had reached the advanced age
iff tax on a thirty dollar suit of
clothes.
District Attorney Rotan would
confer a great favor on Congressman
Vare if he would resign at the end of |
his present term. This is no secret.
em — etme.
——At the same time a too severe
sentence on Colonel Mitchell by the
court martial might do more harm to
the army than to him.
Now that the Governor has de-
cided to settle the coal strike let us
hope it will not be altogether at the
expense of the public.
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——About ten years ago Kaiser
William made an engagement to eat
Thanksgiving dinner in Paris but he ;
has not done so yet.
——No machine Republican in this
broad Commonwealth can see any ne-
cessity for an extra session of the
Legislature,
tr St a fp fp ————
—-It is a safe guess that the Ku
Klux Klan will not ask for an exten-
sion of General Butler's leave of ab-
sence.
{ funeral services which were held at
i of Rebersburg, with whom she had
‘ made her home for a number of years.
MEYER.—Hon. Henry Meyer, one |
of the best known residents of Brush
valley, passed away at his home at
Rebersburg on Sunday night as the re-
sult of a general breakdown in health. |
He was a son of Henry and Hannah |
Bierly Meyer and was born near Re- |
bersburg on December 8th, 1840, hence |
was almost eighty-five years old. The
Meyer family was one of the oldest
and best known in that section of the
county and Mr. Meyer's entire life
bore out the tradition of his forebears.
Mr. Meyer was brought up on his
father’s farm, which meant from two
to three month’s schooling a year. In
1860, however, he left home and went
to Potters Mills to learn the mill-
wright trade with John Todd. Every
spare minute he had he devoted to
reading and the study of mathematics.
When the war broke out he enlisted as |
a member of Company A, 148th regi-
ment, serving under Gen. James A.
Beaver in the Second army corps. He
served in the battles of Chancellors-
ville, Gettysburg, Auburn Mills, Mine
Run, the Wilderness and Laurel Hill.
At the latter place a minnie ball pass-
ed through his left wrist, necessitat-
ing the amputation of his arm below
the elbow. This resulted in his dis-
charge in September, 1864.
On returning home he took a short
course in a select school at Rebers-
burg and later taught school several
terms. In 1886 he took a term at the
Union Seminary, New Berlin, and
later took a course at the Keystone
State Normal, at Kutztown. During
the ensuing five years he taught school
and assisted the late Reuben M. Ma-
gee, county superintendent. In May,
1875, he was elected county superin-
tendent and re-elected in 1878. In
1882 he was elected a member of the
Legislature from Centre county.
At the expiration of his term in the
Legislature he retired to a less active
life, devoting part of his time to re-
search work and writing a history of
the Meyer family which he had pub-
lished. Some years later he was pre-
vailed upon to accept the principal-
ship of the Rebersburg public schools,
a position he filled several years.
Later he was elected a justice of the
peace and held the office for twenty-
five years.
In 1874 he joined the Evangelical
church and had been an active mem-
ber of the same ever since, filling the
office of elder for many years. Mr.
Meyer was a consistent Democrat all
his life, a man of sterling character
and always ready to do his part in any
movement for the upbuilding of the
community in which he lived and for
the advancement of society in general.
He has always by deed as well as by
word shown his abiding faith in the
teachings of his Creator, an inspira-
tion based on the hope of a life eter-
nal. In his death Centre county has
lost a citizen admired by all who had
the good fortune to know him.
Mr. Meyer married Martha J. Tay-
lor, a daughter of Thomas J. Taylor,
of Benner township, who survives with
the following children: Mrs. Stewart
M. Weber, of Washington, D. C.;
Henry T. Meyer, of Lewisburg; Mrs.
Mary M. Abbott, of Rebersburg; Mrs.
William C. Kelly, of State College,
and Robert W. Meyer, of Rebersburg.
He also leaves six grand-children.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at Rebersburg on Wednes-
day afternoon (Armistice day) by his
pastor, after which burial was made
in the Rebersburg cemetery.
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McKINNEY.—Mrs. Susan E. Mc-
Kinney, widow of William W. McKin-
ney, died on Saturday night at the
home of her son, H. A. McKinney, in
Altoona, as the result of general de-
bility. She was a daughter of Harry
and Margaret Spanogle and was born
of 86 years, 7 months and 17 days. In
1862 she married William McKinney,
of Centre county, and the greater
part of her married life had been
spent in Blair county. Her husband
died a number of years ago but sur-
viving her are three children. Funer-
al services were held in Altoona on
Wednesday afternoon, after which the
remains were taken to Gray’s ceme-
tery, in Buffalo Run valley, for inter-
ment.
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GROVE.—Earl B. Grove died at his
home in Bush’s Addition at 7:15
o’clock last Thursday following several
months illness. He was a son of
Michael and Ida Poorman Grove and
was born near Jacksonville on Sep-
tember 10th, 1893, making his age 32
years, 1 month and 26 days. He
married Miss Florence Beezer who
survives with two children, Leonard
and Paul. He also leaves his mother,
one brother and a sister, Willis, of
Bellefonte, and Verna, at home. He
was a member of the Lutheran church
and the Bellefonte Lodge of Elks.
Rev. C. L. Arnold had charge of the
two o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
burial being made in the Union Ceme-
tery.
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GEPHART.—Mrs. Emma Gephart,
widow of Jacob Gephart, died at her
home at Rebersburg yesterday morn-
ing following an illness of six weeks, ;
aged over seventy years. Her maiden
name was Emma Kreamer and she
was thrice married. Her first hus-
band was Ammon Wolfe, by whom she
had one daughter, Mrs. Nevin Moyer,
Her second husband was Harvey Mil-
ler, and her third Jacob Gephart, all
‘of whom preceded her to the grave.
She was a member of the Reformed
church all her life. Burial will te
made in the Rebersburg cemetery to-
morrow (Saturday.)
PENEPACKER.—Mrs. Hanetta W.
Penepacker, widow of the Rev. George
D. Penepacker, for years a well known
minister in the Central Pennsylvania
Methodist conference, died at the |
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Cur-
tin, in Philipsburg, on Wednesday of
last week, as the result of a cerebral
hemorrhage. She was a native of
Huntingdon county and was in her
eighty-first year. Rev. Penepacker
died in 1911 but surviving her are
three children and two sisters. The
remains were taken to Huntingdon
where burial was made on Saturday
afternoon.
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DICKSON.—Mrs. Alma C. Dickson,
wife of B. F. Dickson, died at her
home in Tyrone on Thursday of last
week, of pernicious anemia, following
an illness of almost a year. She was
! a daughter of Hezekiah and Mary
! Hutchinson Blair and was born at Oak
Hall, Centre county, upwards of sev-:
enty years ago. Most of her married
life, however, had been spent in Ty-
rone. In addition to her husband she
is survived by two sons, two daugh-
ters, one brother and two sisters. Bur-
ial was made in Tyrone on Monday |
afternoon. i
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SMOYER.—Harry G. Smoyer, in-
fant son of Forrest and Pearl King '
Smoyer, of Bellefonte, died on Wed-
nesday of last week of broncho pneu-
monia, aged 4 months and 4 days. Fu-
neral services were held last Friday,
burial being made in the Advent cem-
etery.
Complimentary to Academy
Foot-Ball Team.
A pleasant aftermath of Bellefonte
Academy’s recent victory over the
New York University Freshmen is a
letter coming from the Director of the
Day Division in the New York insti-
tution. It is as follows:
Dear Sir:
May I take this occasion in a very
humble way to compliment you, your
school and your football team upon
the wonderful exhibition which the
team gave in their game with our
Freshman team on Friday, October
23rd.
Very
As an undergraduate at Phillips Keller and Walker are less the for- rine Trone Schmidt and was born at
Exeter Academy and at Yale I have!
had the opportunity of watching many |
preparatory school games, but I have |
never seen a better preparatory school |
team than the one which represented
your school on our field last Friday.
Their showing spoke volumes for the
coaching, for the natural ability of the
boys, and for the spirit of the school.
I was particularly impressed with !
their cool and composed behavior on
the field, and the coolness with which
they played the game.
1 suppose you have received many
letters of congratulation at one time
or another, but I assure you that in
this instance mere repetition of ‘what
you may have heard over and o in
no way lessens its sincerity.
May Bellefonte teams come to see
us again.
Cordially yours, i
PHILIP O. BADGER. |
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Praise That is Deserved. |
Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 11, "25. |
Mr. Editor: !
Will you allow me to say a word of |
commendation for our firemen in your |
paper? For a number of years I have
thought they deserved our praise and
thanks for the marvelous way they
have prevented the spread of fires. |
Monday night’s work was little short |
of miraculous. The buildings on!
either side of the fire must have been
standing for fifty years, and as dry as |
punk. That they were saved was |
most remarkable. i
Miss E. M. THOMAS. |
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—The State College football team |
is off for Morgantown, W. Va., where |
tomorrow they will play the West |
Virginia University eleven, the dedi- |
catory game in the costly new stadi- |
um erected at that place. It will also ,
be State’s last game before the gigan-
tic struggle with Pitt, on Thanksgiv-
ing day, and many of the blue and
white’s followers are anxiously watch- |
ing the outcome of this game, as it
will doubtless show whether the form ;
displayed by State in the game with |
Notre Dame last Saturday was the re-
sult of continued development or
merely the fortunes of chance. The |
State team is about due to give Pitt a |
wallop and this is the year we would
like to see them do it for various rea- :
sons. |
——By degrees the Decker Bros. |
are adding the outside improvements |
to their garage property, on Spring
street. The gasoline pump which |
SIXTEEN WOMEN
ELECTED TO OFFICE.
Official Vote and Other Interesting
Election facts.
In making the official count of the
vote cast at the November 3rd elec-
tion, last Thursday, Judge Arthur C.
Dale and prothonotary Roy Wilkinson,
with D. R. Foreman and Miss Rachel
Lambert, as clerks, discovered a dis-
crepancy in the returns from the West
division of State College borough.
More votes were returned on the trip-
licate return sheets than were shown
‘on the tally sheets, and the judge or-
dered sheriff Taylor to bring the bal-
lot box into court. On the original re-
turn the vote on Judge was given as
follows:
Keller - - - - - 342
Walker - - - - - 122
Dale, Socialist - - - - 58
Dale, Prohibitionist 162
The recount of the ballots showed
that Keller lost three votes, Walker
five and Dale twenty-four, the correct
vote being as follows:
Keller - - - - - 339
Walker - - - - - 117
Dale, Socialist - - - 37
Dale, Prohibitionist - - - 159
The total official votes for all can-
didates is as follows:
Judge of Superior Court:
J. E. B. Cunningham, R.
W. A. McGuire, D.
Judge of Common Pleas Court:
Harry Keller, R.
W. Harrison Walker, D. -
Arthur C. Dale, Soc. and Pro.
7144
4694
5860
3065
: District Attorney:
John G. Love, R.
W. Groh Runkle, D. -
Jury Commissioner:
John Decker, R. - 7036
J. C. Condo, D. 5322
The largest discrepancy between
the official vote published above and
the totals published last week is in the
Keller and Walker vote, both of which
T07
4914
totals given last week, and which can
| be accounted for only in one way, and
‘and that is in the adding up of the
columns, as there are only a few mi- |
nor changes in less than half a dozen
districts. But while the totals of both |
mer’s majority stands exactly the
same, 1337.
It might be interesting to note that
sixteen women were elected to office in
the county and less than half a dozen
defeated. In Bellefonte Mrs. M. H.
Brouse and Mrs. Caroline Gilmour
were elected for their fourth term as
school directors. They have served
fourteen years continuously and at the
completion of the term to which they
“have been elected will have twenty
' years to their credit. Miss Sarah Love
was also elected assessor in the West
ward, Bellefonte, the first time a wom-
an has been elected to this important
: office.
In Centre Hall Dora Odenkirk was
elected as inspector.
Down at Milesburg Mary Campbell
was elected tax collector.
Mrs. Margaret Peters was re-elect-
ed judge of election in the Second
ward of Philipsburg, and Tressa
Vaughn was elected overseer of the
poor in South Philipsburg.
At State College Carolyn Dale was
elected justice of the peace, an office
she formerly held through appoint-
ment of Governor Pinchot.
Out in Snow Shoe Miss Ella Quirk
was elected an auditor.
Up in Unionville Ruth Parsons was
elected tax collector over Mrs. Anna
Finch, and Clara Bullock was elected
a school director.
Lola Krader was elected an inspec-
tor in the North precinct of Gregg
township.
Over in the West precinct of Harris
township Anna Sweeney and Gussie
Murray were both elected inspectors.
Down in Liberty township Mrs. W.
H. Vonada was elected an inspector.
Mary Moore was elected an inspec-
tor in the South precinct of Rush
township and Adeline Woodring was
also chosen an inspector in the West
precinct.
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The Percentage of the Vote that was
Out in Pennsvalley.
Last week we referred to the hope- :
ful sign of an awakened interest on
the part of the voters of lower Penns-
valley. For years there has been an
unaccountable indifference as to exer-
cising the franchise over there, and
often times not fifty per cent. of the
vote has been out at elections that
have been of real importance to the
tax payer.
Just why it has been so is a matter
Rev. Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D., to
End Long Pastorate Sunday
Night.
With the sermon to be preached in
St. John’s Reformed church, this
RE-OPENING AND ANNIVERSA-
RY SERVICES OF REFORMED
After remodeling and thoroughly
i renovating their church edifice at an
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i CHURCH AT PINE HALL.
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expenditure of $2600.00, St. Peter’s
| Reformed congregation at Pine Hall
appropriately commemorated the 756th
‘ anniversary of the organization of the
congregation and the 40th of the
building of the present church struec-
ture in conjunction with their re-
opening event over the week-end. At
i the Thursday evening service the Rev.
J. S. English brought greetings from
the neighboring Lutheran congrega-
tion and the Rev. E. H. Romig con-
veyed the greetings from Faith Re-
formed church, State College. The
two congregations sustain the rela-
tionship to St. Peter’s church of sis~
ter and daughter, respectively.
On Friday night the Rev. John K.
Wetzel, pastor of St. Paul’s Reformed
church, Juniata, spoke on the theme,
“The Honor of the Church,” basing:
his discourse upon Acts 8:3 and I Cov-
!inthians 14:12. On Sunday morning,
. the immediate predecessor of pastor
Moyer and the only surviving ex-pas-
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place, on Sunday night, the Rev. Am- tor of the congregation, Rev. S.
brose M. Schmidt, D. D., will close a Charles Stover, pastor of Zion's
long and useful service in the minis- | charge, Berlin, preached the histor-
try. It will mark the completion of ical sermon for the celebration. His.
twenty-four years as pastor of St. theme was, “The Historical Progres-
John’s and the end of his active min- ' sion of Christianity,” and his text was:
istry. His resignation will not be- | Matthew 26:39, “And He Went a Lit-
come effective until Monday, the 16th, tle Farther.” He showed how the
but that date was fixed merely be- ' great Head of the church has been ad-
cause it will be the anniversary of the | vancing the religious life of His.
, one on which Dr. and Mrs. Schmidt church, and how each succeeding gen-
i came to take up their work here. | eration progresses beyond the prev-
Dr. Schmidt is the Dean of the iousone. He cited various steps in the:
. Bellefonte Ministerium. In the long ! progress of the local congregation
! years he has labored in the fields of
. laborers come and go and for this rea-
“only in his own church, but in all oth-
: are almost two hundred less than the
a |
burg churches. The ordination ser- | District
stood in on the pavement, has been re- | of conjecture. One of the reasons
moved to the curb line and a new con- | given that seems to have most foun-
crete pavement and driveway put | dation in fact is that the women of
down along three-fourths of the Pennsvalley, many of whom were op- !
Spring street side. There yet remains | posed to the franchise in the first in-
some twenty or thirty feet of pave- stance, are still timid about exercis-
ment to be built to reach to the High ing it.
street line. i They must be breaking the ice,
| however, for at the recent election the
At a special meeting of the | total vote polled in the seven boroughs
Huntingdon Presbytery, in Tyrone on | and townships in Pennsvalley, east of
Tuesday, elder Howard A. Oakwood | Harris, jumped to about 68 per cent.
was ordained into the ministry of the | of the total registration.
Presbyterian church to enable him to, The relation of the vote polled to
accept a call to the pastorate of the | the total registration in the precincts
Port Matilda, Snow Shoe and Miles- referred to is as follows: |
Registered Voted |
mon was preached by Rev. Francis | Centre Hall Boro.......... 407 293 |
Shunk Downs, a former pastor of the {| Millheim BOro .......co0es 386 272 |
Tyrone church. | Potter TWD. ....coovnenns 694 365
{Gregg TWP. sevevsenvsvan,s 758 405
= I Penn TWD. ........0v0i00s 431 235
——About half-past eight o’clock on Miles Twp. ............... 609 455
Wednesday evening the Logan fire Haines TWD. ............. 566 320
company was called out for a flue fire | : ae sly
3851 2405
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George |
Kelly, on Spring street. There serv-
ices were not needed but they remain- ! —Tt looks as if a fine, smoothe
ed on the spot until all danger of the toboggan slide is being prepared for
fire was over. contractor boss Vare, of Philadelphia.
‘ the United States, and the only place
be a regular and see them all.
the Master here he has seen many co-
son has become so much a part of the
community that his departure tears |!
deep into the roots of sentiment, not
ers as well. For nearly a quarter of
a century his presence and his voice
have daily spoken for God among us,
the manner of the man preaching
wordless sermons in every contact
with the life about him.
He is a son of A. Gable and Cathe-
Hanover, Pa., where he received his
early education in the public schools
and at Baugher’s Academy. At the
age of fifteen he learned telegraphy
and a year later was given charge of
the office of the Northern Central R.
R., at Dauphin, having been the
youngest operator on the line. In the
fall of 1877 he entered Franklin and |
Marshall College from which he wis |
graduated in 1881. Upon leaving col-
lege he entered his father’s drug store
because of the latters’ failing health, !
bought it a few years later and ran it |
until 1886 when he gave up pharmacy
to study for the ministry in the Theo-
logical Seminary in Lancaster.
While pursuing his theological
studies he was appointed a tutor in the
college and proctor in charge of Har-
; baugh hall, having charge of college
Freshmen for three years. He was
ordained in 1889 and made missionary
in charge of a station in Baltimore.
Remaining there three years he was
called to the pastorate of St. Mark’s,
East End, Pittsburgh, where he served
until 1896 when he was persuaded to
“accept the position of financial secre-
tary of Franklin and Marshall. He
continued in that position until a call
brought him to Bellefonte on Novem-
ber 16, 1901.
I During his ministry Dr. Schmidt
has served the Reformed church on a
‘number of important committees of
' the general and district Synods. He
was chairman of the committee that
: prepared the “Sunday School Hymn-
al” in 1900 and the “Church School
Hymnal” in 1923, and secretary to the
: joint committee that, prepared the
{ “New Church Hymnal” in 1920. He
; was president of the eastern Synod of
‘ the Reformed church in the United
States which sat in Philadelphia in
$1923. >
{ Dr. Schmidt is leaving the active
| ministry without any particular ob-
jective in view. He and Mrs. Schmidt
{will go to Washington, D. C., * here
| they expect to reside permanent. / and
! it may be that he will devote his time
to literature and any other congenial
work that presents itself. They have
given the best years of their lives to
. Bellefonte and the fruit of their work
here will be a rich blessing however
far they may be removed from the
scenes of its harvest.
On Tuesday evening, November
17th at 8 o’clock, the members of St.
John’s church will tender Dr. and Mrs.
Schmidt a farewell reception in the
chapel of the church. All of their
friends are cordially invited to attend.
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——It is only two weeks until
Thanksgiving and while very few of
us may be able to enjoy turkey that
day all of us can go to the Scenic any
evening in the week and see the splen-
did motion pictures shown there.
These pictures include the best pro-
ductions of the leading film makers in
in Bellefonte where they can be seen
is at the Scenic. The best plan is to
——Wednesday was Armistice day,
the seventh anniversary of the sign- |
ing of the armistice which led to the
ending of the world war. All the
stores and banks in Bellefonte were '
closed, but there was no celebration of
any kind. The blowing of whistles at
the zero hour, 11 o’clock, was the only
demonstration. Bellefonte was prob-
' ably the only town of its size in the
State that did not have a celebratio
of some character.
throughout the past year, praised the:
congregation for its present achieve-
ment, and pointed forward prospect-
.ively to the upward ascents whence
Christ will ever continue to lead a lit-
tle farther. At the conclusion of the
timely and heartening sermon, he con--
tinued to assist the present pastor in
soliciting the necessary funds. The
required amount was practically met.
and in the evening before the final
service opened was over-subscribed.
The Rev. Ray H. Dotterer, Ph. D.,
State College, delivered the final dis--
course at the evening service. He
spoke on the theme, “Religion—Past
and Future.” He traced the develop-
ment of religion from its crude, prim-
itive stage through its various inter-
mediate aspects and anticipated om
the basis of the present trend of de-
velopment what its organic growth
will approximate in the future.
The committee on repairs consisted.
of Samuel I. Corl, Edward P. Houser,
J. D. Dreibelbis, M. W. Neidigh and
Paul I. Wrigley. The Consistory, con—
sisting of elders E. P. Houser, N. O.
Dreibelbis and Paul I. Wrigley; dea-
cons, E. N. Trostle, George Dreibelbis:
and C. L. Corl, together with the pas-
tor, Rev. W. W. Moyer, had charge of
the anniversary program and events.
HISTORICAL SKETCH.
Before the erection of the first
church building in the locality of Pine
Hall, the early settlers, most of them
of the Reformed and Lutheran faiths,
held divine worship in the Swartzville
school house, in Strouse’s Lane, about
a quarter of a mile distant. Here the
nuclei of these present congregations.
engaged the services of the Rev.
Peter S. Fisher and the Rev. Daniel
Moser, respectively. Pastor Fisher
organized the Reformed contingent
into St. Peter’s Reformed church im
the year 1850.
About this time, co-jointly with the
Lutheran congregation, they purchas-
ed ground from Mr. Thomas Strouse
for a church and cemetery site. Here
a Union church, characteristic of
those days was established. It was a
primitive log structure, weather-
boarded on the outside and with plain
plastered walls and a wooden ceiling
on the inside. It had a seating capaci-
ty of about 150, and was heated by an
antique ten-plate stove in the middle
of the single aisle. The structure was
severely plain and remained unpaint-
ed throughout.
In 1875 the Lutheran congregation
purchased a lot across the road from
the old church and proceeded to erect
a building of their own. In 1884 the
Reformed congregation decided to
provide a new house of worship.
A building committee consisting of
Daniel Dreibelbis, Daniel Neidigh and
Henry Hartswick was appointed. Dur-
ing the pastorate of the Rev. William
H. Groh, in 1885, the corner-stone was.
laid, and in the summer of 1887 the
present building was dedicated. The
sainted Rev. C. U. Heilman preached
the dedicatory sermon on Haggai 2:9.
During the pastorate of Rev. Albert
A. Black, in 1906, the church was re-
modeled, the vestibule annex added,
and the auditorium renovated. In
1909 a contingent of fifty members
withdrew to start a new Reformed
congregation in State College. Faith
' Reformed church was organized and
constituted a part of the Boalsburg
charge, being served by Rev. A. A.
Black and then by his successor, Rev.
S. Charles Stover, until April 15th,
1912, when it was constituted a sepa-
rate congregation with Rev. N. L.
Horn as first pastor. During Rev.
Stover’s pastorate the growth in ac-
cessions in St. Peter’s more than off-
set the loss sustained through the out-
growth of Faith congregation.
The following pastors served St.
Peter’s Reformed church from its or-
igin:
Rev. Peter S. Fisher, organization,
1850-September 27, 1857. Rev. Wil-
liam H. Groh, December 20, 1857-
April 1, 1889. Rev. Albert A. Black,
July 5, 1889-July 19, 1910. Rev. S.
Charles Stover, December 1, 1910-
June 1, 1924. Rev. Wilbur W. Moy-
er, December 1, 1924—