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Bellefonte, Pa., August 2, 1929.
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Items taken from the Watchman issue of
August 1st, 1879.
Miss Lizzie Shortlidge and Mrs.
Jonathan Harper are off on a trip to
Milton.
Mrs. Lydia Cherry, of Brookville,
formerly of Bellefonte, is visiting the
family of Adam Hoy Esq., in this
place. Her many friend are glad to
see her back.
Mr. Win Montgomery, with his son
Joe, took in the seashore last week,
reaching home on Monday.
Dr. Stewart, of Burnside township,
who has one of the finest places and
most delightful residences in the
county, was in town on Wednesday.
The Doctor. has retired from the
practice of his profession but will at-
tend in critical cases. He is a fine
physician and a most hospitable gen-
tleman. His house is the resort of
many visitors who are always hand- |
somely entertained by the Doctor and
Mrs. Stewart.
The police raided a house of ill
fame on Thomas street, Monday
night, and arrested three or four ne-
groes and two white women. At the
hearing next morning Squire Rankin
sent Bill and Alec Delige to jail for
trial at court and when he did so |
some negro women who were present |
at the hearing started a free-for-all
MAIRS.—Mrs. Charlotte M. Mairs, : STATE TO BE REPRESENTED
wife of Professor Thomas I Mairs, |
of State College, passed away at the
Centre County hospital, on Wednes- |
day evening of last week. She ‘had
been ill for several months but her,
"AT GRANGE ENCAMPMENT.
The premium book for the big
Grange Encampment and Fair, which
will be held at Grange Park, Centre
condition did not develop into a seri- Hall, the week of August 24th to
ous form until a week previous to 30th, will be distributed within the
her death.
Sunday, July 21st, that she
brought to the hospital.
Mrs. Mairs was a daughter of
Elijah E. and Maria Shrader Riley
and was born at Coatsburg, IIL,
on
December 4th, 1875, hence was in!
her 54th year. When she was a
young girl her parents moved to
Missouri and she was educated at
the State University, in Columbia,
graduating in 1898. The following
year she spent in preparation for
teaching and in 1899 accepted a posi-
tion as teacher in the High school at
Hermann, Mo. She taught there two
years and one at Tracy, Minn, and
on July 30th, 1902, married Thomas
I. Mairs and since then had been a
resident of State College.
While she was a woman of domes-
tic tastes and inclination she was not
negligent of her duties in the social
and economic life at State College.
She was a member of the Presby-
terian church and an active worker
in the congregation. She was a mem-
ber of the Woman’s club at the Col-
lege, and a charter member of the
Central Pennsylvania chapter Amer-
ican Association of University Wo-
men. In addition to her husband
In fact it was not until next week or ten days. From it will
was be seen that the management has
been fortunate,
this year, in secur-
ing six different State departmental
exhibits which will add to the inter-
est of the gathering.
A portion of the large and well ar- |
ranged building erected two years
ago and given to special exhibits, will
be reserved for the State, and repre-
sentatives from the various depart-
ments will be in charge and ready to
render information and service to the
public in order that this big feature
may be of the real educational value
, intended.
| The Agricultural Department nat-
she is survived by three sons, Thom- :
as I Jr., John Curtis and Edward S.
Funeral services were held at her
late home, at State College, at two
o'clock on Friday afternoon, burial
being made in the Pine Hall ceme-
tery.
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| PLETCHER.—James F. Pletcher,
‘freight agent for the Pennsylvania
‘Railroad company, at Clearfield, died
quite suddenly, on Sunday afternoon,
, while sitting in an arm chair on the
| front porch of his home, as the re-
“sult of a rupture of the large tube
which carries the blood from the
‘aorta of the heart to the blood ves-
sels of the body. He was stricken
just as he finished luncheon and died
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urally will occupy the greatest
amount of space, about 300 square
feet, and, to visitors at the Farm
Products Show last winter, some
realization of what this space may
contain in experiments, results and
benefits to the farm will be brought
to mind. It is hoped and expected
the public will hasten to take ad-
vantage of this splendid offer giving
free service to the farms of Centre
county and bringing, for the first
time, the knowledge of just what this
department means and is doing in the
interest of agriculture.
Forests and Waters will use a
space twenty-four feet long and eight
or ten feet in width, and plans a
very interesting exhibit with actual
demonstrations and views as to mod-
ern methods in forestry as applied to
Pennsylvania forests. This should, in
the knowledge of the use of State
forests and camps at the present uni-
versal rate, be a real show.
The Department of Health will
send one of their milk trucks which
contains a complete laboratory with
, scientific equipment for testing milk
and explaining its food value. Also,
the most modern and sanitary meth-
‘ods used in the care of milk and its
distribution to the public.
A most interesting exhibit is plan-
ned by the Department of Public In-
' MRS. WILLIAN KATZ HURT .
: "IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
© Mrs. William Katz suffered pain-
ful injuries, shortly after the noon
hour, 'on Tuesday, when she was hit
' and
| ing car driven by John Barnes, of
' Pleasant Gap. The accident happen-
ed on Spring street, at the intersec-
tion of Cherry alley.
Mr. and Mrs. Katz and their son
Joe came to Bellefonte, on Sunday,
from Atlantic City and were stopping
planned to drive to State College then
on to Milton. Their car was parked
in front of the Markland and having
eaten luncheon at the Brockerhoff
house they took a short cut through
Cherry alley to get to their car. On
the way Mrs. Katz stopped to speak
to a friend while Mr. Katz and Joe
went on and got into the car.
A number of cars were parked on
Spring street, one of which was close
to the alley, and as Mrs. Katz hur-
ried out of the alley onto Spring
street and started to cross that
thoroughfare she saw the Barnes car
approaching from Bishop street, and
instead of continuing on her way
started back, with the result that she
was hit by the left fender of the car
and knocked down, but fortunately
was thrown to one side and the car
did not pass over her. She was pick-
ed up and taken to the office of Dr.
Dale where a hurried examination
failed to reveal any broken bones,
although she was cut on the face and
badly bruised.
room at the Markland and although
she has been quite sore and suffered
from shock, her injuriesare all su-
perficial. Barnes was held for a hear-
ing tomorrow to determine if he is
in any way to blame for the accident.
ERRATIC BOY THREW
BABY OUT OF WINDOW.
On Monday afternoon Mrs. Angelo
Genua, of east Bishop street, Belle-
fonte, placed her two month's old
daughter Phyllis on the bed and
went down stairs on an errand. She
was out of the room only a few min-
utes and when she returned the baby
was missing. Almost frantic she
krbcked down by a Dodge tour-
at the Markland. On Tuesday they
She was taken to her |
| , — Miss Louise M.: Valentine has
: practically completed plans for pur-
chasing the John McCoy residence on
west Curtin street. While the trans
fer of the property has not been ex-
_ecuted the papers are all drawn and
ready for the signatures. The Mc-
Coys and Van Pelts will move to the
old McCoy mansion at the “Iron
Works” by September 1, if the deal
finally goes through, as the Valen-
tines agreed to vacate their present
home by that date, when they sold
it to Ray White several months ago
——The Markland has just been
equipped with a fire escape, which is
a model of its kind. It was designed.
and built by George S. Denithorne, of
the Bellefonte Engineering and Con-
struction company, and offers the
easiest possible means of escape from
the building, in case of fire. It is a
good illustration of the work that
this local establishment can turn out.
— ET TI AES EERE RT RR,
IN THE CHURCHES ON SUNDAY.
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
9:30 A. M., Bible school. .
10:45 A. M.; Morning service; Rev.
Geo. B. Ely, of Arendtsville, Pa., will
be the guest preacher.
- 7:30 P. M., Community service in
the United Brethren church.
Clarence E. Arnold, pastor.
BELLEFONTE METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. Watkins, D. D., superintend-
Rockview, will preach the Sunday"
morning sermon, at 10:45 o’clock.
STORMSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH.
~ Rev. Watkins, D. D., superintend--
ent of the Williamsport district,.
Methodist church, will address mem--
bers of the congregations on Half--
moon charge in the church at:
Stormstown at 7:45 o'clock Sunday
evening. Every member is urged to
attend this service. :
C. E. Fuller, Pastor.
—Read the Watchman for the news:
Do You Know That
Potatoes added $229,370 to the income of
Centre County Farmers last year.
The county crop in 1928 was 364,080 bush-
els.
crops of the County
by attending the
In 1926 there were 2,470 acres of Potatoes
in Centre County, producing 274,050 bushels,
worth $232.63 per farm.
Potatoes now are one of the leading field
Get acquainted with the latest information on
Potato Production, Marketing and Consumption
POTATO EXPOSITION at STATE COLLEGE
fight. When it ended the ’Squire sent | Within forty-five minutes. started a search for the infant but
them to jail, too.
There was a pleasant parlor hop at
the Bush house Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Thomas Lesh, near Zicn, had
one of her limbs fractured by a fall in
her home Tuesday evening.
The new brick building on High
street being erected by Judge Irvin,
will be quite a handsome structure
and will be occupied as a law office
by E. & E. Blanchard. The structure
in question is the present home of the
Bellefonte Republican. You can
judge for yourself the Watchman’s
conception of what constituted a
“handsome” structure fifty years ago.
‘Harry Hale went out fishing on
Monday night and reported with a
big string the next morning. Now, if
Harry would only fish for a wife, as
so many of the young ladies would
like him to do, there would be gener-
al rejoicing all around.
A petition numerously signed has
been sent to the Post Master Gener-
al to have a daily mail to Snow Shoe.
It seems a curious thing that witha
railroad running trains every day in-
to that town that they should carry
mail only every other day. .
‘Thomas Rhodes, of this place, was
out huckleberrying on the ridge back
of the Armor farm on Monday. He
had twenty quarts of berries picked
when a ten button rattle snake chal-
lenged his right to any more. Thom-
as won the resultant fight, but not
before the reptile had bitten his dog.
The animal was swollen to twice its
natural size before he brought it back
to town, but he said it wouldn't die
because rattle snake bites are not
fatal to either dogs or hogs.
Charles and George Rawley, who
say they are from Tioga county, are in
jail awaiting trial for horse stealing.
They sold an awful good horse to Eli
Baney for $20 and officer Montgom-
ery thought they wouldn't have done
that if they had come by the animal
honestly.
BIG BARN BURNED
NEAR MARTHA FURNACE.
Fire, believed to have been the re-
sult of spontan.ous combustion, com-
pletely destroyed the large barn on
the William Richards farm, near
Martha Furnace, about nine o’clock
on Sunday night. Burned, with the
' barn, were two horses, three cows,
most of the farming implements and
all the season's crops. The Richards
family were away from home at the
time and the fire had gained consid-
erable headway when discovered. The
loss is estimated at from four to five
thousand dollars, which is partially
covered with insurance.
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OLSEN.—Carl A. Olsen, quite well
known in Bellefonte through his resi-
dence here while connected with the
Abramsen Engineering company,
died at noon, on Tuesday, at St.
Joseph's hospital, Pittsburgh, as the
result of collapse following an oper-
ation.
He was a native of Norway and
was about seventy years old. He
came to this country twenty-six
years ago and lived in Pittsburgh
and Akron, Ohio, until coming to
Bellefonte twelve years ago. He re-
mained here ten years then went to
Pittsburgh. He is survived by his
wife, one son and daughter, Lief Ol-
sen, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Abram-
sen, of Pittsburgh. ‘Burial will be
made in Pittsburgh tomorrow after-
noon. :
A son of Mr. and Mrs. David
i Pletcher he was born at Howard on
| September 24th, 1873, hence was
{not quite 56 years of age. As a
| young man he went to work for the
| Pennsylvania Railroad company as a
| telegraph operator at Howard. Later
he was transferred to Bellefonte but
| was here only a year or so when he
was sent to Tyrone. Twenty-six
| years ago he was transferred to
| Clearfield and in due course of time
‘was here only a year or so when he
‘that place, a position he held until
{ his death.
In addition to” his raflroad ‘duties
. he was quite active in community af-
| fairs.
‘struction and consists of projectors
He served several terms as a
member of the borough council, be-
longed to the Clearfield Commercial
club, the Elks and I. O. O. F. He is
survived by his wife, his aged father,
two brothers and two sisters, Walter,
of Philadelphia; Howard, of Newark,
N. J.; Mrs. Pat Lowney, of Vandalia,
Mo., and Mrs. Bess Condo, of How-
ard. Funeral services were held at
2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
burial being made in the Hillcrest
cemetery, Clearfield.
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Thursday, July 18th, following a brief
illness with congestion of the brain.
He was born at Hamburg, Clinton
county, on March 23rd, 1850, hence
had reached the age of 79 years, 3
months and 25 days. As a young man
he learned the carpenter trade and,
locating at Aaronsburg, followed that
occupation all his life until advancing
years compelled his retirement... He
was a member of the Reformed
church, at Aaronsburg, for sixty
years, and was an active member of
Millheim lodge, No. 950, I. O. O. F.
On November 29th, 1879, he mar-
ried Miss Sarah V. Bell who survives
with one daughter, Miss Jennie Hull,
at home.
and a brother, Mrs. Ellen Geary, of
Millheim, and D. R. K. Hull, of
Mitchell, South Dakota.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 10:30 o’clock, on Mon-
day morning of last week, by his pas-
tor, Rev. G. A. Fred Greising, and in-
terment in the Aaronsburg cemetery
was in charge of his brother Odd Fel-
lows.
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CRONISTER—The remains of Mrs.
Nora Cronister, widow of Dallas
Cronister, former well known resi-
dents of Huston township, who died
in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday of last
week, were taken to Martha where
funeral services were held and burial
made last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Cronister’s maiden name was
Nora Kelly and she was born at Ches-
ter Hill, near Philipsburg, 71 years
ago. Most of her married life was
spent on the farm in Huston town-
ship. Her husband has been dead for
some years but surviving her are four
sons, one daughter, four brothers and
three sisters. Three of her brothers
are ministers of the gospel.
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-——Mrs. John Klinger died at her
home on Lamb street at noon yester-
day. She had been ill only four days
with pneumonia. Particulars next
week. Mrs. Neil Martin died at the
home of her son Charles, on south
Allegheny St.,. yesterday morning at
1 o'clogk. She had been in failing
health for a long time.
HULL.—Thomas Franklin Hull son of
died at his home in Aaronsburg, on of Howard, and Miss Etta Geraldine
Avenue
He also leaves one sister:
with slides, photographs, charts,
an ultra modern and other in-ter-
esting informative features in con-
nection with our schools and school
system. In addition a moving pic-
ture machine with a choice selection
of films will be used to show the ac-
tivities of Pennsylvania schools and
will be found of special interest.
The State Library will send their
book truck which is doing such splen-
did work in the rural districts in the
circulation of good literature where li-
braries can not be reached, and will
' show the ease with which the hest of prove to be has not yet been deter
books can be secured in the remotest
country sections. rE?
' Roads are of paramount import-
ance so the Department of Highways
will bring the latest in road develop-
ment for our inspection and judg-
ment, and show what has been done
since road improvement began in
this State, and plans for the future,
which include much more in road
making than was dreamed of by our
fathers to whom beauty and per-
manency had very little appeal.
Tice—Lantz.—George Dohner Tice,
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus M. Tice,
Lantz, daughter of D. F. Lantz, of
Altoona, were married at 8 o'clock
on Saturday evening, at the Broad
Presbyterian church, Al-
toona, by the pastor, Rev. Andrew
Fairchild Heltman. They were at-
tended by Miss Dora Goss and Wil-
liam Gettig. Owing to the recent
death of the bride’s mother only
members of the two families wit-
nessed the ceremony.
The bride is a professional nurse
and has for some time been secre-
tary of the Junior Auxiliary of
Mercy hospital, in Altoona. Mr. Tice
has been one of Centre county’s force
of school teachers, teaching at Jack-
sonville last year. He is now located
in Altoona and it is in that city they
will be at home to their friends after
| August 10th.
Rider—Crawford.— A quiet wed-
ding was celebrated at St. John's
parish house, at 8 o'clock on
Tuesday evening, when Miss Gertrude
Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Crawford, of Coleville, was
married to Clayton Rider, also of
Coleville. The ceremony was per-
formed by Father Downes and the
attendants were sheriff and Mrs.
Harry E. Dunlap. Mr. and Mrs.
Rider went direct from the church
to their own home in Coleville. The
bride for some time past has been
cashier in Hazel & Co's store, while
the bridegroom is head fireman at
the kilns of the Centre County Lime
company.
Emil—Summers.—George Mitchell
Emil, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Emil, and Miss Mary Edna Summers,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield
Summers, both of Bellefonte, were
married at the parsonage of the
Evangelical church, Lock Haven, at
noon last Saturday, by the pastor,
Rev. G. R. Mergenthaler. The young
couple will make their home in Belle-
fonte.
——Those Missouri endurance fly-
ers are not to blame. It was a prof-
itable enterprise for them. The fel-
lows who paid ‘ the prizes are the
culpables. .
August 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1929
was interrupted by the hasty ap-
pearance of a neighbor woman whe
stated that the baby had been thrown
out of the bedroom window into the
yard, falling a distance of almost
twenty feet. Y
An investigation disclosed the fact
that while the mother had been ouf
of the room her five year old son,
John Genua, who is more or less
erratic, had gone into the room, tak-
en the baby and thrown it out of
the window. Just how serious the
injuries suffered by the infant may
CENTRE COUNTY BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION
Used Car Values
THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ANYWHERE
Save $25 to $50
ON ANY USED CAR ON THE MARKET
Try Us-the Cars are Right
Now is the ideal time to buy a Used Car! We have an un-
usually wide selection to choose from, many have been thor-
oughly re-conditioned by our expert mechanics, and all may be
depended upon to give miles of satisfactory performance.
The Prices are Right!
The Terms are Right!
Very Small Down-payments!
Trade in your old car as part down-payment or get a dis-
count for cash. .. Ask for a Demonstration, call or phone. See
these cars before you buy elsewhere.
"mined because of its tender age. The
back part of the chil’ds head is badly
swollen and it sleeps most of the
time.
——Monday’s rain helped some
but we need a lot more to go down
to the lower roots of all vegetation.
BOALSBURG
A. E. Gingerich transacted business
in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
Mrs. James Bryson, of Derry, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. M. A.
Woods.
Mrs. Harry Houser, of the Pitts-
burgh district, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. George Markle.
Mrs. Clara Stover, of Altoona, was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chester
Kuhn, for several days.
Boal Troop left, early Saturday
morning, for Mt. Gretna, for the fif-
teen days encampment.
Miss Elizabeth Meyer is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. Rich-
ard Goheen, at Hollidaysburg. :
_ Mrs. W. J. Wagner entertained her
sister, Mrs. George Ely, and son, of
Arrandtsville, over the week-end. :
Mr. and Mrs. Bloomquist and fam-
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Bartley, of
Bellefonte, were in town on Satur-
day. |
Miss Anna Sweeny is spending’
some time in Centre Hall, at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
Jacobs. 8 . i
Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher accom- |
panied Frank Fisher, of State Col-
lege, on a drive to Harrisburg, on |
Tuesday. |
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dornsife and '
sons, Chester and Samuel, of Wil- |
liamsport, were visitors at the home !
of Henry Reitz, on Sunday.
The Kaup property offered at pub-
lic sale, on Saturday, was not sold,
the highest bid offered not being sat- |
isfactory to the parties interested. |
Fred Reitz and mother, Mrs. Hen- |
ry Reitz, Mrs. Robert and Mrs. Israel |
Reitz attended the Rager reunion at
Hunter, Northumberland county, on :
Wednesday. i
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Stuart and |
daughter left at 4 a. m., Monday, for
their return drive to Crafton, after
an enjoyable visit among frisnds in
this vicinity.
The Young Ladies class of the
Lutheran Sunday school enjoyed al
weiner roast and social time at the
home of Mrs. Edgar Hess at Shin-
gletown, on Friday evening.
Mrs. Emma Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. |
Reuben Stuart, Mrs. M. A. Woods |
and Mrs. Alice Magoffin were enter-
tained at dinner, at the home of Mrs.
Ellen Stuart, at State College, Thurs- |
day. |
Mr. and Mrs. Finn McGirk, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry McGirk and Mrs. |
Leonard, of Altoona, attended ser- |
vices in the Lutheran church, o |
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1929 Model A Ford Coach run 6000 miles.
1927 Moon Cabriolet Excellent condition 4-wheel
brakes, balloon tires, rumble seat.
1928 Chevrolet Coupe almost like new.
1927 Chevrolet 4-door Sedan Natural wood wheels.
1926 Ford Sedan Excellent condition.
1926 Ford Coupe.
1926 Nash 4-Door Sedan, all new rubber, 4-wheel
brakes. A No. 1 condition.
1921 Studebaker Touring Cash
1928 Nash “6” Cyl. Touring, Cash
1926 Overland “6” Cyl. Coach, very reasonable.
1928 Whippet Sedan. Very reasonable buy.
1922 Mitchell Touring, extra good value.
1926 Chevrolet Touring, Reconditioned thoroughly, at
very low cost.
1925 Chevrolet Coach, cannot be matched for price.
1925 Ford Coupe - - - -
1926 Chevrolet Roadster, wonderful buy.
1926 Chrysler Coupe, fully equipped.
1926 Chevrolet Coach, 4-wheel brakes, new Duco, ev-
everything “OK”.
1923 Ford Roadster
1924 Ford Coupe - - -
1928 Chevrolet 11, Ton Truck, run less than 2400
miles, 4-wheel brakes, carries a full guaran-
tee.
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Special Sale on all Goodyear Tires and Tubes
Decker Chevrolet Co.
Cor. Spring and High Sts,
BELLEFONTE; PA
Open Day and Night
Sunday morning, and spent the re-
mainder of the day at the home of
Miss Anna Dale.