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Bellefonte Pa., August 9, 1929.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman issue of
August 8, 1879.
Rev. William Laurie, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here will spend
his three week’s vacation at Watkins
Glen and at the seashore.
Miss Annie Dolan won the hand-
some oil painting at the Bellefonte
band festival; having received the
most votes. Misses Kate Gummo and
Theresa Hazel won the mammoth
prize cake.
Miss Sally Burnside and Miss Kate
Jackson, of this place, illuminated
the Watchman sanctum for a few
moments, on Tuesday, by their bright
presence.
Only a few months ago the tele-
phone was a mystery to most of our
people. Now Bellefonte has four
lines in successful operation.
Dr. George L. Potter No More—It
is our painful duty this week to re-
cord the death of Dr. Geo. L. Potter,
of this place, who expired at his res-
idence on Spring street, on Saturday
night last, the 2nd inst, at a quarter
past ten o'clock, aged about 56 years.
Dr. Potter was one of the ablest and
most successful physicians and sur-
geons in this section of the country.
and his death is not only a great loss
to the profession, but to the com-
munity and, especially, the money-
less poor to whose appeals the good
and kindly doctor never turned a
deaf ear.
Dr. Potter first saw the light of
day at Spring Mills, this county, in
February, 1823. He was the son of
Gen. James Potter and great-grand-
son of Gen. James Potter, one of
Washington’s confidential friends and
a noted officer of the Revolution.
Thus has ended the useful life of a
great physician and one of the most
amiable of men. (Dr. Potter was the
father of our townsman, James H.
Potter—Editor’s note.)
Yesterday was
Quite a relief.
Philipsburg, Rush, Worth, Snow
Shoe, Milesburg, Boggs, Huston,
Curtin, Walker, Gregg, Potter, Col-
rainy and cool.
lege, Spring, Benner, Patton, Fergu- |
son and Halfmoon townships have |
adopted uniform text books for their
schools. This makes 141 schools out
of 213 in the county to adopt books
in uniform series.
The Bellefonte and Snow Shoe
railroad is soon to pass into the con-
trol of the P. R. R. Co. This is a
Philadelphia company with a paid
in capital of $600,000 and first mort-
gage bond issue of $99,000. The
Pennsylvania's object in acquiring it
is to obtain a shorter route to the
east for the bituminous coal in that
field.
The trial of Peter Herdic before
the quarter sessions court of this
county for obtaining money under
fraudulent pretenses from W. F.
Reynolds and Co’s bank here will be
likely to excite a good deal of inter-
est. Mr. Herdic’'s counsel are Hon.
C. T. Alexander, Edmund Blanchard
and J. L. Spangler. The opposing
talent will be the District Attorney,
Gen. James A. Beaver and A .O.
Furst. This is an array of legal tal-
ent that ought to make things lively.
Dr. John M. Peddicord, of Harris-
burg, has arrived in town for a visit
and brought with him his fine collec-
tion of bows and arrows. Archery is
all the rage and already two clubs
have been organized here.
mt —— A rs ms,
——Roy Wilkinson county proba-
tion officer, addressed Kiwanis at
its weekly luncheon at the Penn-
Belle, on Tuesday. His subject was
the functioning of the office he fills.
At the same time W. Harrison Walk-
er, president of the club, announced
that Harold Kincaid, who accompan-
ied Commander Byrd on his Arctic
expedition and who was the last man
to look over Colonel Charles Lind-
bergh’s plane before he made his
famous trans-oceanic flight, will be
present to address the Bellefonte Ki-
wanians some time during the latter
part of this month or early in Sep-
tember.
——A stub of a cigarette thrown
under the front steps at the Sim
Baum home, on north Allegheny
street, caused a fire about twelve
o'clock Wednesday night, which par-
tially destroyed the steps before the
fire was discovered by two young
men passing by. The lawn hose was
brought into action and the flames
quickly extinguished.
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— Jt now looks as if Edgefonte
will not be headquarters for the new
unit of the State highway patrol. The
State balks on executing a lease for
longer than a year and the Garmans
won't agree to that. The probability
is the troop will not be located in
Bellefonte at all.
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LEATHERS.—Mrs. Clara Taylor
Leathers, one of the best known wo-
men of Unionville, passed away at.
the Centre County hospital, at 10:45
o'clock on Sunday night, as the re-
sult of a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs.
Taylor lived alone and was stricsen
while preparing dinner for herself
and Richard Denlinger, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Denlinger, of
Patton, who came to visit her on the
1 o'clock train. The lad was metat
the train by Basil Robison and the two
boys proceeded to the Leathers home.
On entering the house they found
Mrs. Leathers lying unconscious on
the kitchen floor. Neighbors were
called in and a doctor summoned who
had her brought to the hospital but
she died without regaining conscious-
ness.
Mrs. Leathers was a daughter of
Thomas and Susan Taylor and was
born at Unionville on September |
23rd, 1862, hence was not quite 67
years old. In the latter eighties she
married Toner Leathers and they at
once located in Washington, D. C.,
where Mr. Leathers held a govern-
ment position. He died about twen-
ty years ago and for eight years
thereafter Mrs. Leathers conducted a
lunch room in the pension building
Twelve years ago she returned to
Unionville and had since made that
place her home.
She was a member of the Metho-
dist church, superintendent of the
home department of the Sunday
school, president of the Oak Ridge
Cemetery association, president of
the Unionville Civic club, secretary
of the woman’s Bible class and sec-
retary of the Unionville Lodge of
Rebekahs. She was a woman of
pleasing personality and will be sad-
ly missed in the community in which
she spent most of her life.
She had no children and her only
immediate survivors are a half-broth-
er and half-sister, William Taylor, of
Saxton ,and Mrs. Elias Hancock, of
Runville. Funeral services were held
in the Methodist church, at Union-
ville, at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday af-
ternoon, by Rev. M. H. Crawford,
burial being made in the Oak Ridge
cemetery.
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MARTIN.— Mrs. Frances Belle
Martin, widow of Cornelius Martin,
passed away at the home of her son,
Charles E. Martin, on south Alle-
gheny street, Bellefonte, last Thurs-
day morning, following an illness of
several weeks with a complication of
diseases.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Meese and was born at
Fillmore on September 15th, 1862,
hence was not quite 67 years old.
Practically all her married life was
spent in and near Bellefonte. Mr.
Martin died some six or seven years
ago and for the past three years she
had made her home with her .son
Charles. She is survived by four
children, Charles, of Bellefonte; Mrs.
Harry Fry, Binghamton, N. Y.; Mrs
Archie Irwin, of Tyrone, and Thom-
as Martin, of Coleville. She also
leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Miss Femmie Meese, Mrs.
Elmer Sager, Scott and John Meese,
all of Bellefonte.
Funeral ervices were held at two
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in the
Presbyterian church at Milesburg,
by Rev. H. E. Oakwood, assisted by
Rev. M. C. Piper, burial being made
in the Treziyulny cemetery.
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KLINGER.— Mrs. Emma Gill
Klinger, widow of the late John
Klinger, died at her home on ‘east
Lamb street, Bellefonte, at noon last
Thursday, following only four day's
illness as the result of an attack of
pneumonia.
She was a daughter of William
and Rachel Young and was born in
Union county on March 2nd, 1843,
hence was 86 years and 5 months old,
lacking one day. When she was a
child her parents came ' to Centre
county and as a young woman she
married John Klinger -and all her
life since had been spent in Belle-
fonte. She was a member of St.
John’s Reformed church and a most
estimable woman in every way. Her
husband died thirteen years ago but
surviving her are one son and a
daughter, Edward Klinger, of Belle-
fonte, and Miss Ida, at home. She al-
so leaves one brother and a sister,
Henry Young, of Bellefonte, and Mrs.
Jennie Black, of Port Allegany. !
Funeral services were held at her
late home, on Lamb street, at 3:30
o'clock last Saturday afternoon, by
Rev. W. C. Thompson, burial being
made in the Union cemetery. :
The plant of the Sutton Engi-
neering company resumed operations
in all departments yesterday morning,
after a week’s lay off for quarterly
accounting. The community will be
pleased to learn that the quarter was
the best in the company’s history
and that there is business enough
booked to keep the plant running
full time the rest of the year.
——Bellefonte friends of Mrs. L. L.
Lambert, formerly Mrs. Robert Sech-
ler, of Bellefonte, will learn with re-
gret of her serious illness in a Johns-'
town hospital following a serious op- |
eration the latter part of the week. |
Latest reports, however, say her con-
dition is slightly improved.
— All garages and automobile
dealers in Bellefonte and most of |
Centre county will close their place
of business at 10:30 o'clock Friday
morning, August 16th, to permit the
owners and employees, to attend the’
picnic at Hecla vark. |
About: ‘the Meyers—Every one;
STOVER-MEYER REUNION
DRAWS MANY OF THE CLAN
The eighth annual reunion of the
Stover-Meyer clans was held at the
Woodward cave, near Woodward, on
Saturday of last week. Rain start-
ed falling about the time people
started from home, but even with un-
favorable weather conditions, the at-
tendance was above three hundred.
During the forenoon the Aarons-
burg band played some of their ex-
cellent musical selections, after which
a good old time German dinner was
served.
It is more than 150 years since Ja-
cob Stover Sr. visited Penns Valley,
more than 200 years since the first
Meyers migrated to Amerita and
more than 100 since they settled in
Penns Valley.
Thos. A. Meyer, president of the
association presided at the meeting
held in the afternoon and after some
interesting remarks he introduced
Mr. H. F. Meyer, of Palmyra, Pa.
who spoke on reunions and gave
some very interesting remarks of
such gatherings. Next was an ad-
dress by Mary Abbott Meyer whose
father, the late Hon. Harry Meyer,
of Rebersburg, wrote the “Genealogy
of the Meyer family. Mrs. Abbott
following her father’s example, when
faced with the necessity of speaking
in public, composed a poem. The
poem was unusually interesting and
cleverly exact concerning the Meyer
history.
Rev. J. J. Weaver gave a very ex-
cellent address on the early history
of the Stover and Meyer clans and
showed how the two clans are inter-
related.
Officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year, namely. President O. F.
Stover, Rebershurg; secretary, I. A.
Meyer, of Coburn; treasurer A. S.
Stover, of Aaronsburg.
At the suggestion of Dr. F. E.
Gutelius the following were appoint-
ed as historians; Mrs. Abbott for the
Meyers and Rev. Weaver for the
Stovers.
The meeting was informally ad-
journed and a number of people lin-
gered for the evening meal.
The date of the next reunion is the
first Saturday of August, 1930, (Aug-
ust 2, 1930) and the same place,
Woodward cave.
The Stovers and Meyers wish to
express their appreciation to the
cave management for the use of their
park facilities.
Following is the address in verse
delivered by Mrs. Mary Abbott Mey-
er:
Friends, relatives and all,
Who have come here today
Not long since, there spoke to me,
Your President, so brave and gay.
“Now Mrs. Abbott,” says he to me,
‘‘At our reunion soon to come
A speech we'll expect from you,
But I protested and begged off,
And. said speeches ‘were not my line;
That I neither spoke nor wrote
Nor had I an inch of time.
Until at last up he arose,
And with a stern commanding air
Said,” This settles it right now,
For none other I'll look elsewhere.”
Then I begged him for a topic
As to what folks would care to hear,
That I must know my subject
If before them I should appear,
Then he smiled and told me quietly
In just these words, I'll now tell you
“If Rev. Weaver talks up the Stovers
You must brag up the Meyers too.”
Now I have thought and searched and
studied
For all the good things I might say.
When there flashed from memory’s treas-
ure
A German Class of Bye gone day;
As to how my college teacher
Turned to me in “Wilhelm Tell”
And told me the story of my name,
How it had been formed so well.
A character in the play, ‘‘der Meier”
Is a Swiss, so staunch and true;
But not thus as a family name
The Middle Ages this word knew.
Then the Meier was the keeper
Of an estate so rich and vast;
The Steward of his master’s lands,
The guardian of the present and the past.
But the word goes back yet further
“ill it strikes the Latin text;
From ‘‘Magnus, Maior, Maximus,”
In English,” large, larger, largest.”
And when I gaze about and see
Some Meyers, as fat, fatter fattest,
I think my professor knew his lesson,
Since others are tall, taller, tallest.
Then as I kept on thus a thinking
There came rushing back to me
Some stories of the Meyers
That I heard at father’s knee.
How our ancestor, the first Henry
Came from Germany in 1721,
And at Muhlbach in Lebanon County
There a new life had begun.
Of their poverty and struggles
How they toiled to clear the land;
Of their fear of hostile Indians
Prowling about—a savage band.
Of their law abiding character
Their industry and thrift !
Their devotion to their Maker,
In him they placed their trust.
That among them they're religious
Worshipping God, not idols new;
That the earlier ones were musicians,
Millwrights and good farmers, too
{ Plain in dress and quiet in manners
Not swayed by each new fad;
Cherishing traditions of their fathers,
As they came down to lass and lad.
Politically they have been divided,
Half Republicans; half Democrat.
While none great wealth have hoarded
Yet none in poor houses, and that is that;
Of their loyalty, there is no question,
As the old-time words still hint: -
“That the Meyers always stick together
Dass Sic ganz vereinigt sind.
Then may we of the sixth generation,
i Or is it the seventh, or the eighth,
Since our ancestors braved the ocean,
‘And traveled across its greatest breadth—
To settle here in Pennsylvania,
To become rooted, flesh and bone,
To give us a goodly heritage,
A love of God, country and home.
May we by these pleasant gatherings
Keep alive this family tree
May we learn who are second cousins
Whether they spell Meyer with O or with
B
And if we do shake hands with a Stover,
Thinking that he was a Meyer too,
Let us remember that Rev. Weaver
Said good things about them, and true.
— The Public Service Commission
has refused the application of the
Philipsburg Motor Bus Co., for per-
mission to operate between Chest *
Springs and Philipsburg.
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL NEWS. | ——During the school term that
: ! closed last June there were 1824 stu-
—Mr. and Mrs. S. Saute Herr were at gents enrolled in the High schools of 3
Ocean, City, It ang tipngl] motored entre county. That was an increase Monday, to satisfy a landlord’s war--
down to spend & Wee $ Zane. of 100.2% over the number who had rant for rent due.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrar, of .
. passed from the grades into High
treet, returned Saturday, from a p
Spring Si» f schools in 1920.
his Ti relatives in Housaale | |. | <=Subscrite for the Wale Li
—The Rev. Clarence Arnold, with Mrs. rr m—— -
Arnold and their family, left last week on !
a month's drive through the middle At-
lantic and New England States. i
Miss Elizabeth Gamble is on one of |
her occasional visits to Lancaster, there
spending several weeks with her brother- |
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George | Special Dollar Day Progr am
Dstestas | To Be Broadcast At 8 P. M. Tuesday, August. 13
Over Station W. F. B. G.
Mrs. Harry Jackson is home from a
Be Sure to Tune in and Enjoy This Program
The pool room of David Fink--
lestine, in the Decker building, has
been billed for constable’s sale, next
spas
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two week's visit with Mrs. Edward Koke, |
and the Misses Lucas, in Williamsport, |
having returned to Bellefonte, Wednesday |
afternoon. .
—Mrs. Flora O. Bairfoot, of Centre |
Hall, well known in Bellefonte, enjered |
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Geissinger hospital in Danville last Thurs- |
day, and is still in that institution under- |
going treatment.
Altoona Booster Merchants Say :
— Mrs. Henry Resides, her daughter, | Trade in Your Home Stores First, but come to Booster stores
Maryolive, and Otto Corman, are on a : :
s : 2 or the things y 3 ;
ut Chie. whe they wit for t gs your home Merchants cannot supply
spend the greater part of the time, with
friends at Akron.
—James B. Lane, of Letonia, Ohio. has
been back home this week, for a visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John N.
Lane, the former of whom is very ill at
the Lane home on north Allegheny street.
—The Rev. Robert Reed, Mrs. Reed and
their daughter Angeline, are back from
Columbus, Ohio, to spend the month of
August in Centre county as guests of Mrs. |
John I. Olewine, Mrs. Bottorf and Mr.
Bottorf.
—Mrs. Telford Fink, with her daugh-
ter and four sons, have been over from |
Tyrone, visiting with the children’s
grandfather and aunt, Charles Osmer and
Arrange to Come to Altoona
On Wednesday
AUGUST 14!
IT WILL BE
—Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Johnson and Mr. :
and Mrs. Van Jodon, and families, drove
to Harrisburg, Sunday, to spend the day |
with the Homer C. Knox family, in camp :
at Seidel Park, a resort along the river at
Harrisburg. |
—Patty Lane Fay Jr., who is here with |
her parents from California, visiting with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John N.
Lane, went over to Altoona, Saturday, to
spend the week with her aunt, at the Fay
home in that place.
—Lawrence McClure is among those
from Bellefonte who have been in Atlan-
tic City this week, having gone down
Sunday, for a visit with his father, James
McClure, a summer shore guest of the
Charles McClure family, at Ventnor.
—Mrs. Wilcox, of Norfolk, Va., who is
among those back home for a summer
visit, is a house guest of her sister, Mrs.
Harry H. Curtin, at Curtin. Mrs. Wilcox
and Mrs. Curtin were formerly the Misses
Eleanor and Elizabeth Ardell, daughters
of the late John Ardell.
—Mr .and Mrs. S. H. Hoy, have as
house guests their daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Harry Hoy and her daughter, of Wilkins-
burg, who are in Bellefonte for a two |
weeks visit, at *he end of which time, Mr.
ALTOONA BOOSTER
STORES!
A Booster Stores’ Dollar Day
Always Means
A Day of Wonderful
Money Saving
’ Bg join them here for a short stay, | Opportunities
andh.to accompany them home. ;
“Mr. and Mrs. William Smeltzer, of |
east High street, have had as guests dur-
ing the week, their son Norman Smeltzer,
of Schenectady, N. Y., who is home for his
summer vacation, and Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Smeltzer, who were here from Phila-
delphia, on a week-end motor trip.
But this Mid-Summer event is going to be an out-
standing DOLLAR DAY. Booster Merchants have
made greater preparations than ever before and
their patrons will be agreeably surprised when they
see what splendid values will be offered in
Goods for Personal Use
Goods for the Home
Many special purchases have been made for this
event, while many lots have been taken from regu-
Jodon—Blair.—George W. Jodon, |
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jodon, |
of north Allegheny street, and Miss
Beatrice Blair, a graduate nurse of
the Centre County hospital, class of
1928, left Bellefonte at 6:30 o'clock
yesterday morning, motored to the | lar stocks
vacation camp of Rev. Homer C.
RE a All to Be Marked at Radical
the pastor. Returning home they . .
Price Reductions for the
Sensational DOLLAR DAY
Offerings
were given a wedding dinner and re-
ception at the home of the bride's
Come prepared to spend the entire day Shopping in
Booster Stores—from 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. The
mother, Mrs. Jacob McClellan, at
Stormstown, last evening. The young
more money you spend in Booster Stores the _more:
you save!
couple will live in the Fred Houser
apartment. Mr. Jodon is employed
at the Titan Metal company plant.
Breneman—Rank.—John W. Brene-
man, an instructor in mechanics at
State College, and Miss Catherine A.
Rank, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Rank, of Williamsport,
were married at the First Evangeli-
cal church, in Williamsport, on Wed-
nesday of lats week, by the pastor,
Rev. J. H. Fleckerstine. The atten-
dants were Mrs. Francis T. Woods,
of Elmira, N. Y., a sister of the
bride, as matron of honor; Howard
E. Breneman, best man, and Fran-
cis T. Woods and Robert E. Brene-
man, ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Breneman,
will reside at State College.
Look for the Stores Displaying the YELLOW DOL-
LAR DAY WINDOW CARDS—They Direct You to
the Official Beoster Stores.
Take Lunch at a Booster Hotel or Restaurant.
Attend a Booster Theatre for Entertainment Af-
ter the Day’s Shopping.
Unlimited Parking
FOR DOLLAR DAY VISITORS!
For the convenience of Dollar Day visitors, Al-
k Hall, ! toona City Officials have removed the One Hour
as i: fai Baty vl poi i Parking restrictions for the One Day, so that visit-
Willi iy Fowler, of Maitlan a Pa. | ors may park their cars anywhere on Dollar Day
for as long a period as necessary—UNLIMITED
were married at the Pregbyierian PARKING ANYWHERE IN ALTOONA FOR
parsonage, in Bellefonte, Thursday,
DOLLAR DAY!
July 25th, by the pastor, Rev. Wil-
liam C. Thompson. The young cou-
ple will go to housekeeping at the Ev-
ergreens, a mile east of State Col-
lege, where the bridegroom is em-
ployed.
Coble—Fowler.-~John Thomas Co-
ble, son of Mr .and Mrs. Calvin Co- |
Booster Stores Closed Thursday Afternoons
During August—Employees’ Summer Half Holiday
— Rev. William Snyder will be
the preacher at the Union service in
the Lutheran church, on Sunday ev-
ening.
Altoona Booster Association
nme lye
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
John W. Talbert, et al, to Over-
seers of Walker Twp., tract in Walk-
er Twp; $1.
Clayton R. Orton, et ux, to H. M.
Babcock, et ux, tract in State Col-
lege; $1200.
Jacob W. Moyer to Ralph A
Brandt, tract in Penn Typ; $40.
Harry E. Fry, et ux, to Edward E.
Weiser, tract in Bellefonte; $121.
STRAND THEATRE, ALTOONA
WEEK STARTING SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
SECOND SENSATIONAL WEEK
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