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Bellefonte, Pa., September 20, 1929.
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A ————
FIFTY YEARS AGO
. IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman, issue
of September 19, 1879.
The Democratic county convention
was held in the court house, on
Tuesday, the 16th inst. Chester
Munson, of Philipsburg, was unani-
mously elected president. William
Kerlin, of Gregg, and Geo. D. Dannley,
of Ferguson, were the vice presi-
dents and Frank E. Bible, of Miles-
burg, L. A. Schaeffer, of Walker, and
berger, a native of Centre county
and member of a well known family,
diea at his home in Dubois, on Tues-
day night of last week, following
| four months illness with arthritis.
He was a son of the late George
'W. and Margaret Rumberger. and
was born in Buffalo Run valley on
| September 25th, 1872, hence was not
quite 57 years of age. Thirty or
more years ago he went to DuBois
to work for the Platt, Barber and
Co. wholesale grocery (now the
' Lauderbach-Griest Co.,) where he re-
i mained a number of years then in
company with W. C. Atherton em-
| barked in the ice cream business.
| Mr. Rumberger was the active mana-
ger in charge and the success of the
enterprise was largely due to his ef-
forts. Two years ago he disposed of
his interest in the company and for
some months was associateed with
the DuBois Overall factory and later
the DuBois Spring company until
failing health compelled him to quit
work.
He was a member of the Presby-
' field Lodge, No. 559, F. & A. M., a
past master of Bethany Command-
ery No. 83 Knights Templar, Jefter-
son Chapter R. A. M., Brookville,
rand of the Jaffa Shrine at Altoona.
| He was active in the affairs of the
. DuBois Country club, serving on the
terian church. past master of Gar-
CONFER.—Jerome A. Confer, for
more than fifty years a resident of
Boggs township, died on’ Tuesday of
last week; at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harty Haagen, at Yarnell,
following an illness of ten-days. as
the result of a general breakdown.
He was 89 years old on August 31st
and a family gathering had been ar-
ranged to celebrate the event, but he
became ill the night previous and
was unable to be present at the
gathering. = While his health had
been fairly good up until his last
illness he had been blind for about
three years.
Mr. Confer was a son of Richard
and Margaret Packer Confer and
was born at Julian on August 31st,
1840. His father died when he was
six years old and Jerome remained
at home with his mother until he
reached the age of twenty years
when he went to the woods as a
lumberman. He worked for some
years for John Ardell and later for
P. B. Crider and Son. In 1875 he quit
the woods and rented the Adam
Walker farm, at Yarnell. One year
later he bought the farm and that
had been his home ever since. Living
in the days when game of all kinds
were plentiful in the mountains he
naturally became an expert hunter
and had many deer and bear to his
credit.
In 1860 he married Miss Margaret
John H. Reifsnyder, of Millheim, the | poard of control for a number of | Elizabeth Walker, who passed away
secretaries.
ticket to be nominated so the busi- |
ness was easily transacted. Seven
gentlemen were placed in nomination
for jury commissioner and after the
Second ballot L. A. Schaeffer wita-
drew that of Daniel
third ballot William Marks withdrew
and on the fourth John Shannon, of
north Potter, was named as the par-
ty’s candidate. Dr. P. S. Fisher, of
Zion, and Dr. Joseph Adams, of Miles-
burg, were placed in nomination for
toroner, but as Dr. Fisher promptly
declined Dr. Adams was nominated
by acclamation. J. L. Spangler was
chosen county chairman without Jp-
position and made a brief and point-
ed speech expressing his gratitude
for the honor and urging keeping the
fires eternally glowing on the ram-
parts of Democracy. The convention
declared for Tilden for President in
1880, threw bouquets at U. S. Sena-
tor William A. Wallace, State Sena-
tor Cyrus T. Alexander and Repre-
sentatives J. P. Gephart and W. A.
Murray. (It is interesting to note
that of all the men who attended
that gathering only three are living
today: Col. J. L. Spangler, L. A.
Schaeffer and D. A. Grove. Another
interesting sidelight is the fact that
Harry Curtin was a delegate from
Boggs.—ED.
The market clerk reports the fees
for the past two weeks to have been
$10.50.
The “Willow Bank” residence has
been leased by Mr. Bayard, overseer
of the poor, for the space of one year
with the privilege of holding .it for
five years, at an annual rental of
$210.00. The house has about 20
! members of the DuBois Rotary club
| and active in the affairs of the Acorn
| club.
In 1899 he married Miss Euphrasia
Lesh. On the | Means, of DuBois, who survives with fer, of Milesburg,
itwo children, Mrs. John Travers
Moore, of Dayton, Ohio, and George.
at home. He also leaves the follow-
ing brothers and sisters: William H.
Rumberger, of Pittsburgh; Allan E.,
of Tyrone; John C., of DuBois; Har-
ry D., of Scranton; Miss Laura E.
Rumberger, of Unionville; Mrs. Ed-
ward Griest. of Philipsburg; Mrs. A.
Holderman, of Huntingdon, and Mrs.
Joseph Brugger, of Unionvile.
Funeral services were held at his
late home in DuBois, at 2:30 o’clock
‘last Friday afternoon, by Rev. A.
| C. Wilson, burial being made in the
Rumberger cemetery at that place.
I
ha Smith, said to
be the oldest man in the eastern end
of the county, died on Monday of
last week, at the home of his son,
W. J. Smith, at Aaronsburg, follow-
ing a brief illness.
He was a‘son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Smith and was born at
{ Laurelton on November 8th, 1834,
| hence was in his 95th year. When he
1 was eight years of age his parents
moved to Centre county and settled
ion a farm in Haines township. and
that was his home for eighty-three
years. When his father passed away
he took over the management of the
There was only a light | years. He was also one of the charter a number of years ago but surviv-'
ing him are the following children:
Mrs. Mary Heaton, of Milesburg; R.
{Seymour Confer and Mrs. Edith
, Burd, of Moose Run; J. Edward Con-
and Mrs. Harry
i Haagen, of Yarnell. y
The funeral was held last Friday
afternoon, burial being made in the
Advent cemetery. ?
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HOY.—Mrs. Catherine Hoy, widow
of the late Harvey S. Hoy, died at
her home at Hublersburg, on Monday
evening, as the result of a heart at-
tack. She was a daughter of Samuel
and Sarah Gettig and was almost
75 years old. Her husband has been
dead for some years but surviving
her are the following children: Wil-
liam Hoy, at home; Harvey S. Jr., of
Pleasant Gap; John, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. Bertha Becker, Mrs, Letha Crust
and Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, all of Ni-
agara Falls, She also leaves these
brothers and sisters, George and
Clayton Gettig, of Pleasant Gap;
Frank, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Frank
Weaver ,of Bellefonte; Mrs. William
Sampsell, of Turtle Creek, and Mrs.
Emma Uhl, of Pleasant Gap. Bur-
(ial will be made at Pleasant Gap
| this (Friday) morning.
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LEECH.—Mrs. Eliza H. Leech,
widow of the. late John Leech, died
Lat her home at Shingletown, on Sat-
-yrday, following an illness of sever:
| al weeks as the result of a cerebral
rooms, which will be ample space to farm and lived there until three hemorrhage. ‘She was a daughter of
make very comfortable quarters for
all the poor and needy.
~ At the residence of the bride's par-
ents, on Allegheny street, on Tues-
day evening last the 16th inst., by the
Rev. John Hewitt, of the Episcopal
church, J. C. Harper Esq., was mar-
ried to Miss Laura Graham.
Hi Henry's premium minstrels and
military band at Reynold’s hall Tues-
day evening, September 28.
Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Unionville,
has - been appointed to the chair of
Latin" and ‘History at The Pennsyl-
varia State College, :
¥ The Centre Hall Reporter relates
that eels collected in the water
wheel of the stone mill in Pennsval-
ley in such numbers, recently, as to
stop the mill,
«On Bunday last Adami Vonada, of
Bion, met With what might have
proven a very serious accident. He
had been over in Brush valley and
when near Tylersville, on his way
home, the neck-yoke slipped off the
pole of his rig. This frightened the
team into running away. The tongue
of the carriage broke off short and ;
the stub ran into the ground causing
the carriage to turn a foreward som-
ersault. All its ocupants were
thrown out and not one of them hurt
badly. J i
John D. Lieb, well known citizen
-and successful lumberman of this
‘place, died very suddenly about mid-
‘night last Monday. Physicians say
paralysis of the pneumogastric nerve
‘was the cause.
The night train for Lock Haven
was wrecked just this side of Miles-
burg, last Friday. The engine struck
a cow, derailing the cars and upset-
ting the stove in the one nearest the
engine. The interior caught fire and
there was a wild scramble of the
passengers to get out. One of the
car doors being locked added to the
confusion. R. M. Magee Esq., was the
only passenger from this place aboard
the train and he was not hurt.
BALLET CLASSES OPEN.
Enroll your children now for the
fall term beginning Saturday, Sep-
tember 21st. Advanced pupils re-
port to Mrs. Krader for classification
and lesson No. 1 at 9:30 in the High
school building. Beginners report
at 10:30.
——XKing George has sufficiently
recovered his health to entertain
friends at Sandringham house and
the people of the whole world are
gratified.
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——Even the stupidest farmer
ought to see that a ten per cent
tariff on hides will not afford rec-
ompense for a sixty per cent tariff
on leather.
—Read the Watchman for the news
years ago. At the age of ninety
years Mr. Smith made a hand in corn
husking time and also did other
work.
He was a member of the Reform-
ed church for more than seventy-five
years. He married Miss Ellen Stov-
er who passed away some years
ago but surviving him are three
sons, William R., Warren Jr. and
O Perry Smith, all of Aarons-
burg. Funeral services were held on
Thursday morning of last week,
burial being made in the Aaronsburg
, cemetery, -
he coment
Armstrong and Hannah Fox Jacobs
'and was born at Shingletown over
74 years ago. Her husband died a
| number of years ago but surviving
' her are four children, William Leech,
at home; Mrs. William Stuart, of
! Boalsburg; Mrs. Harry Musser, of
State College, and Mrs. Lyman Gra-
'ham, living in California. Funeral
services were held at her late home,
“on Tuesday morning, by Rev. W. W.
{ Moyer, burial being made in the
Boalsburg cemetery.
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KERIN.—William Kerin, for years
| a well known farmer of Snow Shoe
CONCLUDING CASES IN
QUARTER SESSIONS COURT.
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Men Who' Robbed Huiititig ' Camps '
Given Severe Sentences.
When the Watchman went to
press, last week, the case of the
Commonwealth vs. John Sayer,
charged with assault and battery, and
indecent assault, was on trial. Pros-
ecutrix Mrs. Merrill Heverly. The
jury returned a verdict of not guilty
and divided the costs between the
prosecutor and defendant.
Mrs. Minnie Crawshaw, of Philips-
burg, convicted last Thursday of a
violation of the liquor laws, was
sentenced to pay a fine of $200, costs
of prosecution and imprisonment in
the Allegheny county work house
for not less than three months nor
more than six.
Commonwealth vs. George H.
Meyers, violation of the liquor laws.
Prosecutor, Leo Boden, county de-
tective. Defendant was convicted
and was sentenced to pay the costs,
$200 fine and go to jail for a period
of three to six months.
Commonwealth vs. Leonard Bry-
an, charged with operating an auto-
mobile after his license had been re-
voked. Prosecutor B. F. Meckley,
highway patrolman. Defendant
plead guilty and was sentenced to
pay the costs; $100 fine and placed
on probation.
Commonwealth vs. McKinley Cor-
rigan, assault and battery. Pros-
ecutor, Viola Corrigan. Verdict of
not guilty and costs divided between
rosecutor and defendant.
Commonwealth vs. John Garner,
charged with the larceny of a har-
row. Prosecutor Leonard Griffin.
Verdict of not guilty returned.
Commonwealth vs. Ralph Rote,
Edward Finkle, Perry Hoover, Al-
bert Auman, charged with being ac-
cessories after the fact in the rob-
bery of hunting camps in the Seven
mountains. All of them entered
pleas of nolle contendre. The defen-
dants admitted that they had remov-
ed the stolen stuff from the Mode
Auman home but had done so at
the request of Mrs. Auman. Mode
Auman and Newton Lingle, who had
previously plead guilty to robbing
one camp, were called up and each
one sentenced to pay the costs of |
prosecution, one dollar fine and im-
prisonment in the western peniten-
tiary for not less than five nor more
than ten years. Edward Finkle,’
Wilbur Confer and Perry Hoover
were sentenced to pay $100 fine,
costs and one to two years in the
county jail. Ralph Rote and Albert
Auman were sentenced to pay $25
fine, the costs and placed on proba-
tion for three years.
Commonwealth vs. Albert Frank,
violation of the liquor laws. Defend-
ant plead guilty and was sentenced
‘to pay a fine of $50, ‘costs and plac-
ed on probation for three years.
Fourteen cases in which true
bills were returned by the grand
jury were not called for trial at this
term of court.
CIVIL COURT THIS WEEK.
Court convened on Monday morn-
ing at ten o’clock, and after hearing
motions and petitions and calling the
roll of jurors, the trial list was gone
over and the following cases dispos-
ed of: : i
Lucy A. Smith vs. Bellefonte Trust
company, executors of the last will
and testament of Ellis E. Irvin, de-
‘ceased, being an action of assumpsit.
When the list was gone over counsel
for the plaintiff moved to amend the
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"NEW BUILDINGS IN USE
ALL P. R. R. ATHLETES ~~ =
TO MEET IN ALTOONA.
Officials of the Pennsylvania Rail-
: | road in Altoona are making arrange-
ments for the accommodation of
thousands of visitors who will be at-
tracted to Altoona on Saturday,
September 21, in connection with
the Pennsylvania Railroad System
athletic meet.
This is an outstanding athletic
event that is held annually by the
Pennsylvania Railroad and in which
hundreds of athletes from every
nook and corner of the Pennsylvania |
System will take part.
The event will be held at the
cricket field at Chestnut Avenue and
Seventh street, Altoona. and the gen-
eral public is cordially invited to at.
tend. Everyone who cares for ath-
letics will be interested in the splen-
did program that has been arranged
for this big affair. The events are
scheduled to start at 10 o’clock in
the morning and will continue
throughout the day, the program be-
ing brought to an end with a game
of baseball between the eastern and
western divisions of the Pennsyl-
vania System. Other events on the
program, include running races, hur-
dle races and other events of inter-
est to those who are inclined to
athletics.
The visiting delegations of em-
ployees will be accompanied by bands |
of music and it is expected that there |
will be at least twenty-five bands
and drum corps on the grounds dur-
| ing the day.
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ESCAPED PRISONERS |
BEAT UP POLICE CHIEF.
Farley Jennings, aged 26, and
John Williams, 27 years old, the two
negroes who made their escape from
Rockview penitentiary on Wednes-
day of last week, were discovered in
the neighborhood of Mount Union,
on Monday morning, and when po-
lice chief Claude Cramer undertook
to place them under arrest they re-
sisted and attacked him with pieces
of iron pipe which they were carry-
ing as weapons. Cramer's skull was
factured and one cheek crushed,
and he was taken to the Huntingdon |
hospital. i
Deputy warden W. J. McFarland
and took a force of guards over to,
that place in an attempt to capture
them. The men were chased into a
cornfield but managed to elude the
guards and escaped to the moun.
tains. Prior to appearing at Mount
Union the negroes burglarized two
residences at Ardenheim, where they
got $22 in cash, a wrist watch and
clothing. The men had donned the
stolen clothing and left their prison
garb behind, and it was through the
discarded clothing that their identity
was revealed. :
Jennings was finally captured near
Mapleton, late on Tuesday, by sher-
iff Samuel H. Beaver, of Huntingdon
county, and was locked up in the
Huntingdon jail pending the out-
come of the injuries inflicted on po-
lice chief Cramer. Williams is still
at large. i
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AT PENNA. STATE COLLEGE.
When the Pennsylvania State Col- !
lege opens for its 7ist year on Wed-
nesday, September 25, three new
buildings will be ready for use by
. the stud d 2
GRAFMYER.— W. B. Grafmyer, 'township. died at his home near ' [)aintiff's statement and the cause’ e student body of more than 4000
: Civil war veteran and well known
| resident of Milesburg, died on Mon-
(day of last week as the result of
! general debility.
| He was a son of Charles and
Margaret Furl Grafiyer and was
born in township on
| August 27th, 1844, hence was
| years and 13 days old. During the
Civil war he served over three years
ias a member of Company E, 1st
Pennsylvania cavalry. Returning
from the war he located in Miles.
,burg where he worked as a carpen-'
ter for many years. He married
Marietta Armstrong who died four |
years ago but surviving him are the
following children: R. B. Grafmyer
i of Champaign, Ill.; W. B., of Duluth,
Minn.; James G., of Denver, Col,
and Mrs. E. W. Kreamer, of Orange-
burg, S. C. na
Funeral services were held at his
late home in Milesburg at 2 o'clock
last Thursday afternoon, burial be-
ing made in the Treziyulny ceme-
tery.
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HOLLICK.—Mrs. Sarah E. Hol-
lick, wife of John Hollick, of Philips-
burg, died on Monday morning as
although she had been an invalid for
almost four years.
She was a daughter of William
and Jane Stiver and was born near
Martha Furnace on September 3rd, .
1861, hence was 68 years and 13
days old. She married Mr. = Hollick
in 1879 and all their married life had
been spent in Philipsburg. She is
survived by her husband and two
daughters, three brothers and a
sister. Burial was made in the
Philipsburg cemetery on Wednes-
day afternoon.
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STORM.—William C. Storm, who
for a number of years conducted a
barber shop in Bellefonte, died at his
the result of a stroke of paralysis,
, Moshannon, on Monday of last week,
as the result of general infirmities, |
'aged 78 years. He i8 survived by his,
'wife and four children, Mrs. Frank
Culver and Mrs. Thomas Ward, - of
‘Coalport; Michael Kerin, of Port Ma-
tilda, and Thomas, at home. He al-
so leaves one sister, Miss Susan
Kerin, on the home farm. Funeral
services - were held in St. Mary's
Catholic church. at Snow Shoe, at
ten o'clock last Thursday morning,
by Rev. Joseph Hesser, burial being
made in the church cemetery.
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LUDICK Sidosstn Ludick, seven
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Ludick, of Prossertown, died at the
Centre County hospital, on Monday of
last week, following an operation for
| appendicitis. In addition to the par-
"ents one brother and a sister survive,
Donald and Mary. both at home.’
Another sister, Agnes, died in May
as the result of injuries sustained
in an auto accident. Burial was
| made in the Catholic cemetery last |
| Thursday morning.
STATE COLLEGE WOMAN |
SHOOTS SELF IN HEAD.
hospital at State College with a bul-
was continued at the cost of the'
plaintiff. i
Fred B. Hicks vs. O. J. Harm, be-
ing an 46tion in trespass. Continued
on application of counsel for the
plaintiff. .
The first case called was Toner A.
Hugg Vs. Toner A. Hugg, individual-
ly, a8 administrator of the estate of
Emaline Hugg, late of Milesburg
borough, deceased, Mrs. Annie With-
erite, Jennie Davidson, Mrs. Walter
Smith, Harris Hugg and heirs and
legal representatives of Jennie Dav-
idsoh, ‘deceased, to-wit: Alexander D.
Davidson, Andrew B. Davidson, Clara
M. Guyer, Dora M. Swafford, William
T. Davidson, Raymond E. Davidson,
Helen V. Ehrenfeld, Robert E. Burns,
minor,
Joseph A. Burns, being a proceeding
to revive and continue the lien of a
judgment. There was no defense and
a verdict was rendered in favor of the
plaintiff for $1183.12, with interest
from March 4, 1929.
The Centre Building & Loan As-
sociation vs. A. W. Stine, individual-
ly, and A. W. Stine, administrator of
the estate of Dora Stine, deceased,
| Dora Benner, Charles T. Stine, Clar-
: — rence A. Stine, May Pauline Stine, the
Mrs. Edwin S. Banford is in the last two by their guardian, Charles Presyterian church have already de-
T. Stine, appointed by the orphans’,
let would in her head; believed to'court of Centre county, being the
have been the result of an attempt at
self-destruction. The shooting occur-
red about three o'clock on Wednesday |
morning. Mrs. Banford, whose hus-
band is professor of economics at
the College, got out of bed and went
into another room. Shortly after- |
wards her husband heard the report
of, a revolver and running to the
room where his wife had gone found
her lying on the floor with a bullet
wound in the temple. At latest re-
ports she was still unconscious.
She is about 28 years old and the
heirs and legal representatives of
i Dora Stine, deceased, There was no
defense and a verdict was rendered
in favor of the plaintiff for $944.32,
| together with an attorney's commis-
sion of $50.
Samuel A. Reitz vs. Amanda
Rhoad, Edward L. Rhoad, John C.
.Rhoad, Fannie Edmiston, Mabel
Harshbarger, Maude Emenhizer,
Irene Rhoad and Fred Rhoad, a min-
ior who has for his guardian, Roy
| Wilkinson, a scire facias to continue
a lien. There was no defense and a
home in Seattle, Wash. early last mother of a six year old daugliter, | verdict was rendered in favor of the
week, following an illness of about
three years. He was 69 years old
and is survived by his wife and sev-
en children. Burial was made at
Seattle last Thursday.
Jean. The only reason Prof. Banford
can assign for his wife’s action was
!fear of approaching motherhood.
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plaintiff for $636.44.
Th last case called was Edward
Craft vs. William Biddle, owner or
reputed owner, being a scire facias
to revive and continue in force a
who has for his guardian
. A new botany building will be finish-
A new engineering administration !
building stands just inside the ne
| campus gateway on the site of the
old building destroyed by fire eleven |
years ago. It is designed to accom-
modate the Aa@ministrative offices
'and many faculty members of the
school of engineering, and its upper
floors will be devoted to classrooms |
and the work of the department of i
architecture. It fills a long-felt need !
in this school. |
Relief for some of the overcrowd-
ed conditions that have existed for
years in the school of chemistry and
physics is given in the completion of |
a second wing of the G. G. Pond!
chemistry laboratory. This new
structure is modernly fitted in every
respect.
A third building to be opened is !
the new Grange Memorial dormitory |
for girls. It is the headhouse in a
projected dormitory group but will
not be ready until later in the fall.
‘ed in December or January. All
these buildings have been provided
through gift funds and the 1927
state legislative appropriation.
The Ladies Aid society of the
cided on Thursday, December ' 12th,
as the date for holding their annual
bazaar in the chapel .
—President Hoover is having great
wek-ends at his fishing camp and
they don't cost as much as Cool-
idge's vacations. :
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mechanics lien. This case went to
trial Monday morning and was not
completed at the adjournment of
court on Monday evening. The case
grows out of a fire on Spruce street,
in the borough of Philipsburg, and
the repair of the house after the fire
by Edward Craft.
No court was held on Tuesday ow-
ing to the primaries.
Mrs. W. A. Broyles,
This column is to be an open forum.
Everybody is invited to make use of it to
express whatever opinion they may have
on any subject. Nothing libelous will be
published, though we will give the public
the widest latitude in invective when the
subject is this paper or its editor. Con-
tributions will be signed or initialed, as
the contributor may desire.—ED.
Music to The Watchman’s Ears
York, Pa., Sept. 12, '29
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My dear Mr. Editor:
This is to notify you of our change
of address. We moved into our new
home in ‘Elmwood” several months
ago and I should have written you
ere this, but since we have not mis-
sed one copy of our very welcome
weekly visitor the matter just slip-
ped my mind until the present mo-
ment.
Inasmuch as I cannot afford to
take chances on losing a copy will
you please make the change as per
directions enclosed. It is an arrival
from the home teeming with news
of the persons and places dear to the
heart of an absentee. I watch, eager-
ly for its advent, Friday mornings,
and fairly devour its contents.
Hoping for the continued success
of our good friend “The Watchman,”
I am
Sincerely yours
Mrs. A. HOWARD TARBERT.
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W. C. T. U. CONVENTION
HELD IN BELLEFONTE.
The 44th annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Centre county. was held in
the Methodist church, Bellefonte,
on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. N. H.
Bell, of State College, the county
president, was in the chair, and six-.
teen out of the nineteen Unions in
the county were represented. Mrs.
Ebon Bower, president of the Belle-
fonte Union, made the address of
welcome which was responded to by
of State Col-
lege. Mrs. Edith Karns, of Tyrene,
directed the singing with Mrs. Wil-
bur Leitzell, of State College, as
soloist.
At the morning session Mrs. Broy-
les, who the past year has served as
second vice president of the county
‘was notified of the presence of the , Union, spoke of the work that is
iescaped prisoners at Mount Union needed to keep beautiful the garden
that had been planted by the labor
of those who have passed.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Rob-
ert Mills Beach, of Bellefonte, di-
rector of international relations,
gave a resume of the growth of the
movement - for world peace in the
years since the World war.
. The speaker of . the evening was
Rev. Dr. J. W. Long, president of
Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport.
who discussed the topic, “How. to
Live Together.” TESLA :
The report of the treasurer show-
ed that there are over seven hun-
dred dues-paying members .in the
county.
A box luncheon - was enjoyed at
noontime and in the evening the 60
or more delegates present were:
guests at a supper served in the
Sunday school room of the church.
by members of the Bellefonte:
Union.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows: President, Mrs.
W. A. Broyles, State College; vice:
president, Mrs. M. H. Hall, State
College; treasurer, Mrs. F. P. Knoll,
State College; recording secretary;
Mrs. V. C. Ridge. Blanchard; corres-
ponding secretary, Mrs. Frank Kel-
ler, Pleasant Gap. s Ese]
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100 TONS OF AIR MAIL 1
CARRIED IN ONE MONTH.
Residents of Bellefonte and Centre:
county have become so used to see-- ,
ing the airmail ships flying east and.
west over the transcontinental route.
that they never give a thought. to:
the real work the intrepid men: are-
doing who pilot these winged mail
carriers. So it will probably be a:
bit of surprising information to know~
that during the month of August the
ships of the National Air Transport
carried over one hundred tons of mail
matter and four tons and a half of
express. To be exact the total
| weight of the air mail was 205,134
pounds and the express 8,881 pounds.
Of the above total 168,478 pounds
of mail, almost 82 tons, was carried’
over the route between. New York,
Cleveland and Chicago, which would
mean almost three - tons a day for
every day in the month. In carrying
this amount of mail N: A. T. ships:
flew a total of 265.228 miles, 141,-
025 of which were flown during the
night and 115,203 during daylight
hours. Truly the air mail is growing-
into a big business proposition.
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GOVERNOR FISHER VISITS.
PENN STATE AND STATE PEN.:
Governor John 8. Fisher, accom...
panied by Hubert C. Work, former
chairman of the National Republican
committee, were Centre county vis-
itors. on Monday, on their way to
Indiana, Pa., for the primary elec-
tion on Tuesday. They stopped .in.
the county long enough to make an
unofficial inspection of the building
operations at State College, and the:
Governor expressed satisfaction with
the construction program outlined and’
in progress of the work.
The Governor and Mr. Work also:
visited Rockview penitentiary, spent
half an hour in. looking over the:
buildings then had luncheon at the:
warden’s residence.