Beworsaie lata, Bellefonte, Pa., April 19, 1929. Es a A TST P. GRAY MEEK, Editor ~ —— Te Correspendents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Terms of Subscriptien~Until further motice at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 200 Published weekly, every Friday morn- ing. Entered at the postoffice, Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter. In ordering change of address always glve the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher be no- tified when a subscriber wishes the paper discontinued. In all such cases the sub- scription must be paid up to date of can- cellation. A sample copy of the “Watchman” will be sent without cost to applicants. BENNER.—John W. Benner, for some years past a well known resi- dent of Bellefonte, died at his home on Burnside street, at 5:30 o'clock last Friday morning, as the result of diabetes and other complications. He had been a sufferer for a little more than a year but had been able to be up and around and was confined to bed only four days prior to his death. He was a son of Philip Henry and Mary T. Roan Benner and was born at Rock, in Benner township, un March 31st, 1867, hence was 62 years and 12 days old. His early life was spent on the farm and after he grew to manhood he farmed for himself a number of years. Five years ago he was appointed a janitor at the court house and moving to Bellefonte locat- ed on Burnside street. He was a mem- ber of the Evangelical church and the Bellefonte lodge of Odd Fellows. On April 17th, 1892, he married Miss Mary Jane Breon who survives with eight children, namely: Mrs. Margaret Conerby, Harold and Ernest Benner, all of Bellefonte; Donald, Eleanore, Philip, Louise and Fred- erick, all at home. He also leaves three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Hezekiah Hoy, of Shiloh; Mrs. Har- vey Tressler, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Gray Hastings, of Avis, and Clarence Ben- ner, on the Valentine farm, south of Bellefonte. Funeral services were held at his late home, at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, by Rev.. Campbell, of the Evangelical church, assisted by Rev.. C. C. Shuey, while interment in the Bellefonte Union cemetery was 1m charge of the lodge of Odd Fellows. I I PRICE.—Mrs. Mildred Price, for many years a resident of Port Ma- tilda and later of Altoona, died at the Philipsburg State hospital, last Sat- urday, following a long illness. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stevens and was born at Port Matilda upwards of seventy years ago. In 1883 she married Robert Rich- ards and following his death she mar- ried A. F. Price,” who also died ten years ago. Surviving her are two daughters and a son, Mrs. E. M. Woodring, of Port Matilda; Mrs. M. J. Thompson, in Maryland, and Charles, of Altoona. She alSo leaves twelve grand-children and three both- ers and one sister, Mrs. H. H. Osman, of Altoona; John Stevens, of Atlantic City; A. P., of Houtzdale, and David R., of Altoona. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church at Port Matilda at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, bur- ial being made in the Black Oak cemetery. i Il + PHILLIPS.—Thomas Gerald Phil- lips, nationally known professional baseball pitcher, died at his home, at Philipsburg, on Friday afternoon, fol- lowing almost a year's illness with a complication of diseases. He was a son of Thomas and Re- becca Phillips, and was born near Philipsburg in 1889, making his age 40 years and 11 days. He began his baseball career at Philipsburg, and finally being drafted into the big league. He played with the Philadel- phia Athletics, Cleveland, St. Louis and Washington teams, and in several minor leagues. His father has been dead for some years but he is survived by his moth- | er, one brother and four sisters. Bur- ial was made at Philipsburg on Mon- day afternoon. ll I FRYER.—Mrs. Annie Fryer, wife of Charles C. Fryer, died at her home at Coburn on April 5th, as the result of uraemic poisoning, aged 39 years, 4 months and 8 days. She is surviv- ed by her husband and eight children, Erma, Charles, Walter, Ruth, Russel], Nancy, Jacob and Grace, all at home. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Nancy Heronomus, three brothers and one sister. Burial was made at Aaronsburg on April 9th, Rev. H. C. Kelpfel being in charge of the ser- vices. I [} CONFER.—David Confer, who for many years lived at Marengo, in Fer- guson township, died at Shirleysburg, Huntingdon county, on Sunday, as the result of general debility, aged 73 years. His survivors are two daugh- ters, one in Gettysburg, whose name could not be learned, and Mrs. Fisher, at Marengo. Rev. John S. English had charge of the funeral services which were held on Tuesday afternoon, buri- al being made in the Gatesburg ceme- tery. — curt —— Charles A. Schaeffer is out as a candidate for tax collector on the Democratic ticket. later playing with the Harrisburg Senators | . HOLTER.—-Mrs. Edith Weber Holt- ‘er, wife of Philip C. Holter, passed away at her home at Howard, at 1:40 o'clock last Thursday evening as the result of attacks of purpura hemor- rhagia. During the holiday season she suffered an attack of the flu and was quite ill for two weeks, and to that is ascribed her fatal illness. She was a daughter of Abraham and Rachel T. Moore Weber and was born at Howard on April 3rd, 1891, hence was 38 years and 8 days old. She was educated in the public schools at Howard and when she grew to womanhood became quite ac- tive in the social and community life of that place. She was a member of the Methodist church of How- ard and a member of the official board, the Ladies Aid society, the Woman’s Home Missionary society, a member of the church choir and first vice president of the Epworth League. It was principally through her efforts that a two manuel reed organ was installed in the church. She was also a member of the Belle- fonte chapter No. 350, Order of the Eastern Star, and Corinth Shrine, No. 23, of Bellefonte. Notwithstanding her outside activ- ities she was especially devoted to the members of her family and her home life. During his weeks of ill- ness before her father passed away in November, 1926, she cheerfully as- sumed. the burden of his entire care and it was through her loving min- istrations that his last days were made as comfortable as possible. She is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Abraham Weber, one brother and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Long and Balser Weber, of Howard, and Mrs. Emma Cheesman, of Wil- liamsport. Funeral services were held at the home of her mother on Monday af- ternoon by Rev. T. Franklin Smith, pastor of the Methodist church at Howard, assisted by Rev. G. I Boggs, of Williamsport, burial being made in the Schenck cemetery. Out of town friends who attended the funeral were Mrs. Clara M. Boileau, of Spokane, Wash., an aunt of deceased; Thomas Moore, of Phil- adelphia, an uncle; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moore, of Montoursville; H. P. Muf- fly, of Morgantown, W. Va.; Miss Josephine Muffly, of New Paultz, N. Y.; Miss Grace Tomb, of Abington, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holter, of Lewisburg: John Holter and Mr. and ‘Mrs. Edward Bressler, of Johnson- | burg; Mrs. Ethel Bottorf and daugh- ‘ter Helen, Mrs. James Heverly, Mrs. Jesse Leathers and Miss Nelle Holt- er, of State College; John Foultz, of Columbia, Pa.; Mrs. Twigg, of Le- mont; Mrs. J. I. Cheesman, of Wil- liamsport; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gard- ner, of Mackeyville; Rev. G. F. Boggs, of Williamsport, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker, of Belle- fonte. " 1 HURLEBUS.—Mrs. Anne Elder Hurlebus died at her home at Medina, Ohio, last Friday evening, following an illness of some weeks. She was a daughter of Franklin and Sarah Young Klder, well known residents of the White Hall section in Ferguson i township, where she was born 59 years ago. When only nineteen years old she married Mr. Hurlebus and practically all their married life has leer spent in Ohio. Surviving her are her husband, two sons and two daughters, as well as ithe following sister. and brothers; ' Mrs. Marie Thomas, William and J. ' Edward Elder, of Medina, Ohio; Hen- ry A. Elder, of Pine Grove Mills; David, of Franklinville, and Samuel, of State College. Funeral services were held at Me- dina, Ohio, on Monday morning, bur- ial being made in the cemetery at that place. Centre county friends {who went to Medina for the funeral included Henry and Samuel Elder and Henry Jr., and Mrs. R. E. Rossman. than three months Mrs. Joanna Kaup passed away, Tuesday morning, at her home at Boalsburg. She was a daughter of Samuel and Catherine Dinges Stover and was born at Rock Springs, April 24th, 1843. On March 28th, 1865, she mar- ‘ried George Kaup, who died in Decem- ! ber, 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Kaup began housekeeping in Lewistown where they resided for thirteen years, the re- ‘mainder of their married life being spent in Boalsburg. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Joseph Garbrick, Juniata, and three daughters, Mrs. John Fisher, of Bellefonte; Mrs. James Fry, of Philadelphia, and Miss Hattie, at home. A daughter and a son preceded her in death. She was a member of the Lutheran church and Rev. W. J. Wagner will noon at 2 o’clock, burial to be made in the Boalsburg cemetery. l I HARRISON.—Irvin T. Harrison, for many years a resident of Pleas place, on Tuesday, following a brief illness with pneumonia. He was a son of Thomas and Mary Harrison and was born at Pleasant Gap fifty- five years ago. His entire life wag spent there with the exception of 3 few years when he lived in PHhiladel- phia. He never married and his only survivor is one sister, Mrs. Etta Grether, of Oklahoma City, who is now at Pleasant Gap and took care of her brother during his last illness. Burial will be made at Pleasant Gap this afternoon. + small Il I KAUP.— After an illness of more of Bellefonte; one son, Samuel, of conduct the funeral service this after- | ant Gap, died at his home in that | BELLEFONTE, WHAT'S MADE IT? It is possible that because we have so many things of which we can be justly proud that Bellefonte doesn't lay the proper emphasis on any of the features, natural, cultural and personal—that have contributed to making the name of this relatively town far more familiar, throughout the length and breadth of the land, than is that of many cities we might mention. Bellefonte is unique in so many ways that we have no desire to at- tempt marshaling them for parade in public print. Suffice it to say that we doubt if there is another town in the United States that approaches the wealth of tradition, natural environ- ment, distinguished citizenship and business stability that has been our blessing for one hundred and thirty four years. © Sons of Bellefonte have written their names high on the scroll of civic fame. No roster of tHose who have risen to greatness in public life, the sciences, arts and letters is com- | plete if it does not include a few names of men who have gone out from our town to take their places among the leaders of their profes- sions. We hear much of intensive sales- manship these days, much of putting Bellefonte on the map, much of this and that from those whom the old town has welcomed and as yet haven't discovered why the finger of fate pointed them this way. New blcod is desirable always, for new blood stimulates activity but it con- tributes not an iota to fundamental values. Bellefonte, naturally endowed, as few places are, is the birth-place of men whose names will be known as long as history is read. Bellefonte, whose resourecs were here from the | beginning of time, will be known as the best paying station on the best paying single track railroad in the world, long after Jazztown has be- come as extinct as the Great Auk. As we have already said, we do not intend to marshal the Grand Army of Factors that have brought about the situation of which we justly boast, but the Report of the Tom- mission on Secondary Schools of the United States, which is before us, in- PATIENTS TREATED AT THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. Mrs. Emel Ries, of State College, was admitted on Monday of last week for surgical treatment. Fay Dixon Ries, two-year-old daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Emel Ries, of State College, was admitted on Monday of last week for surgical treatment. Miss Bertha Parker, of Mill Brook, was admitted on Monday of last week for surgical treatment. Mrs. Herr, of Bellefonte, wife of prothonotary S. Claude Herr, was ad- mitted on Wednesday for surgical treatment. Miss Carolyn Henderson, of Curtin street, was a medical patient for a day last week, having been admitted on Wednesday. Mrs. W. R. Korman, of Spring township, who had been a medical patient, was discharged on Wednes- day of last week. Mrs. Paul Spearley, of Benner township, was admitted on Thursday of last week for medical treatment. Charles Bennett, of Spring town- ship, was admitted on Thursday for surgical treatment. Miss Verna McDonald, of Belle- fonte, was admitted on Thursday for medical treatment. Harry Kessling, of Boggs township, was admitted on Friday for medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wright, of Spring township, are receiving con- gratulations over the birth of a son, on Friday. { Union township, were discharged on | Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cliffe, of | Bellefonte, who last Tuesday morning { happily announced the birth of a son at the Centre County hospital, have i decided to name the boy John Rich- lard. Both mother and son are get- {ting along fine and will likely leave | { the hospital towards the end of this | week. | | FIFTY YEARS AGO IN CENTRE COUNTY. | Items from the | April, 18, 1879. On Saturday, April 12, Walter Cur- Watchman, issue of Mrs. Helen Snoke and infant, wife | and daughter of Raymond Snoke, of | 1 i UNIONVILLE | Clarence Houtz, who is employed at ‘ State College, was home over Sun- Mrs. Harry Kerchner spent last Thursday in Altoona on a shopping | Mrs. Harold Fisher and son Don- ald are on the sick list, suffering with colds. John F. Holt went to Young Wo- mans Creek, last Friday, to cook for a fishing party. Col. J. Miles Kephart has returned to the Hotel Union from spending the winter in Florida. Mrs. Pennington, of State College, was a caller at the home of Mrs. Clara Leathers, on Sunday. ternoon visitor at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Medie Stere, last Thurs- day. Mrs. Lizzie Hogan, who spent most of the winter season with friends in Tyrone, returned to her home last Thursday. Quite a number of the members of the W. C. T. U. visited the Julian Union, last Wednesday evening, and had a very fine meeting. | Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waite, of : Stormstown, spent Sunday at the ihome of Mrs. Waite’'s parents, Mr. {and Mrs. J. E. Brugger. | Mrs. P. J. Loughrey, of Philadel- . phia, is visiting friends and relatives here, staying mostly with her aunt ; and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rowan. Harry Rumberger, of Scranton, and sister, Miss Laura, of this place, went to DuBois, on Sunday, to visit their | brother, George, who has been very : sick. | Mr. Homer Hall and nephew, An- drew Zimmerman, both of Altoona, | were Sunday afternoon visitors at the | home of their aunt, Mrs. Frances | Hall. | Mrs. J. E. Brugger, who hasn’t been {in her usual good health for some- time, was very sick on Saturday, and the doctor was called in the evening. | She is much better at this writing. Mrs. Sarah Parsons, of the town- i ship, had another fall, last Friday. { While out in the yard she tripped on | the walk. She was badly bruised and i suffered considerably, and at this | writing is in a very serious condition. | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kerchner and | daughter Dorothy, motored to Wil- | Ziamsport, on Sunday, to the home of | Dr. and Mrs. C. A. VanValin, Mrs. { VanValin has been seriously ill for cludes the Bellefonte Academy and tin Griffith, four year old son of John | several weeks, first with the flu then that brings to mind the contribution | ;,,4q Mary Griffith, died at their home rheumatism in a severe form. Her that noted old institution has made to Bellefonte’s greatness. Since 1800 it has weathered the invasions of ed- ucational competition, both from pri- vaie and public endeavor, and, today, is an accredited secondary schoo! in the United States when our own ex- cellent pubiic schools fall short in the test for such ranking. We are wondering if the Academy isn’t one of those factors in Belle- | upon which some fonte’s greatness have failed to place the proper em- phasis. Aside from the men it has sent out into the world to acclaim Bellefonte as a seat of cultural and intellectual uplift we go so far as to say that it is one of the best business enterprises the town has to be thank- ful for. takings do you know of that brings one hundred thousand dollars a year into Bellefonte and takes nothing out. Be careful now, for you will be cit- ing the payrolls of our great lime and stone corporations, but keep in mind the indubitable fact that for each dol- lar that comes in from such indus- | tries a dollar's worth of limestone, that can never be replaced, is shipped elsewhere. The Bellefonte Academy well de- serves its rating among the schools of Secondary Education in the Unit- ed States. It has been one cf the chief factors in making Bellefonte BELLEFONTE. ‘OLDER BOYS PLAN CONFERENCE FOR MAY 10. Penn State will soon be the des- tination of about 60 boys of high school age as delegates to the eighth annual older boy’s conference during the week end of May 10th to the 12th. It is part of the Y.M.C. A. program to conduct such a confer- ence in the interest of the boys of Centre county. Owing to the limit in numbers the committee promises this to be the best conference ever given since its institution in 1922. Arrangements are being made to secure Mr. R. L. “Chief” Williams, older boy’s work secretary of the | Pittsburgh district. the “Chief” know boys, but the noys "soon get to know him and they nev- er forget him. “Dad” Dennis is an- other leader, who has already found a ‘place in the hearts of the boys of Centre county. Those who attend ! cannot help but be influenced by such lives as these. Delegates will arrive belween three and five o'clock Friday and will he immediately transported tc the Andy | Lytle cabin at Shingletown. Sessions ‘will be held Friday evening, Satue- | day morning and evening, and Sun- day morning and afternoon. Satur- day afternoon a trip is planned to State College which includes a base- |pall game between Penn State and | the Navy. The conference will of- | ficially close Sunday afternoon. With the cooperation of all the | Sunday schools by sending delegates, | this should be a great event in the {lives of the boys. — The up-State Legislators seem to believe that Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ought to be able to take care of their own criminals. How many industrial under- Not only dnes {at Pleasant Gap. Mrs. N. K. Dare has just returned | from the city with an elegant stock {of millinery goods. Hats from 10 | cents to 10 dollars. Mrs. Dare’s mil- linery was located in the room in which the Keystone Gazette was pub- lished before its present new build- ing was erected—Ed. | dition into which the turnpike leading from Bellefonte to Centre Hail has fallen. Archy Bathurst found a revolution- ary button on Holt’s place, near Cur- tin, last week. It is made of copper, with an ordinary eye, and contains the legend: “Long Live the Presi- dent,” with initials “G. W.” in the ‘centre. No doubt it was once at- tached to the coat of a continental | soldier. Mr. Bathurst has heén offer- ed $20 for the souvenir. ed and that noble vessel, the ‘Mary { Jane,” and other magnificent craft, ‘are plowing the waters of the mighty deep. The name of the Half Moon post- office has been changed to Storins- town. tf . ——DBellefonte and Centre county ‘relatives and friends of Mrs. Mary Swartz, of Somerset, will be griev- ed to learn that she met with a very serious accident on the streefs of that place on Wednesday evening of i last week. She was struck by an au- tomobile and suffered a fracture of the skull and an arm and a leg brok- en, each in two places. Mrs. Swartz is seventy-seven years old and, nat- urally, is in a very critical condition as a result of the accident. She :¢ a sister of the late Col. Emanue) Noll, of this place, and in the esti- mation of the Watchman has ever been one of God's most lovable crea- tures. BOALSBURG Mrs. Susanna Ishler is quite ill. Prof. and Mrs. O. F. Smith and daughter Beatrice spent Friday in Danville. Harold Coxey and family, of Al- toona, were visitors at the Ishler-Cox- ey home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jared Zettle and baby daughter, of Pleasant Gap, were visi- tors in town on Sunday. Mr .and Mr. Lee Smeltzer, of Pleas- ant Gap, spent Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Ella Gingrich. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Stover, of Yeagertown, attended Communion services in the Reformed church, on Sunday, and spent the remainder of | the day among friends. Mr. Earl MacGuire and Miss Rachel Hunter, of Pittsburgh, were week-end ' guests of Miss Hunter's sister, Mrs. Edwin Dale, and accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Dale on a trip to Danville on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Boelin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tressler, Mr. and Mrs. , William Rimmey, of State College; Mr. and Mrs. Blaney and Miss Ann i Straub, of Bellefonte, were callers at the Edwin Dale home on Sunday. Citizens of Spring township have | filed formal protest of the bad con- ! { condition is some better now. { | | Starting Thursday afternoon, May 2, all stores in Bellefonte will be | closed Thursday afternoons during | months of May, June, July, August land September. T74-16-2t | | NEW AD VERTISEMENTS ! XECUTOR'S NOTICE.—The under- E signed executor of the last wiil and testament of Hannah E. Green. { late of Milesburg borough, Centre coun- i ty, Pennsylvania, decd., hereby notifies Hall persons knowing themselves - indebted { to said decedent to make immediate | payment of such indebtedness and those | having claims to present the same, prop- {erly authenticated for settlement. GEORGE C. JOHNSON, Executor 6316 Germantown Ave | W. Harrison Walker, Philadelphia, Pa. Atty. for Estate 73-13-6t I ectric Ranges § W% We have traded in, for new Gas | 8 Ranges, a number of electric |B ranges, many in good condi- {#8 tion. These are for sale to {® those in the outlying districts, # not reached by gas. Many of #8 these ranges originally sold for $220 to $275. Your Choice at $60.00 Each. Central Penna. Gas Co. +S Miss Florence Finch was an af- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. OR SALE.—Great bargain. Buick sport Roadster, 1928 model, ; : condition. Good reasons for sell- ing. Inquire at Hafer Garage, State Col- lege or Beatty Garage. Bellefonte. 74-15-tf IMBER LAND FOR SALE—A 50 acre tract of land, well timbered and un- . derlaid with iron ore, located in Marion Twp., Centre county, is for sale. Address inquiries to Mrs. Rebecca Mc- Caffrey, Exec., 326 West Water St., Lock Haven, Pa. 74-12-3t* Do You Know? That you can buy anything for your Garden right here in Town for less money than you ship it in. We Grow All Kinds of Shrubs Hydrangeas, Spireas, Dentzias, Etc., in different varieties. All kinds of har- dy Vines for your Porch. * ¢ Perennials (Everlasting Plants) Delphinium, 3 varieties, Sharta Daisy, Gailardis, Columbines, Sweet Williams, Canterbury" Bells, Penstemone, Pansy, But-- terfly Bush and many others Climbing and Tea ‘Roses Umbrella Irees Fruit Trees Japan, Barberry, California and Armor River North Privet at prices less than whelesale. 15000 Vegetable Plants Ready to Sell 4000 Geranium and plants for Porch Boxes and Flower Beds in many varieties. Half Moon Gardens Telephone 531 Bellefonte, Penna. 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