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Bellefonte, Pa,, January 3, 1930
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY
Items taken from the Watchman, issue
of January 2nd, 1880.
Among the advertisements ap-
pearing in this paper fifty years
ago we notice the following which
will probably be of interest to some
of our readers:
C. H. Struble and Sons were of-
fering their 200 acre farm, one
mile west of State College, at pri-
vate sale,
Mrs. Elizabeth Roller was
ing her 160 acre farm near
more at private sale.
J. P. Kephart was offering his
home on Allegheny St. Bellefonte,
for sale. This was a frame house
that stood where the property of
the late Dr. W, U. Irwin now
stands.
Mrs. M. A. Hastings was offering
the house and lot on Spring street,
now owned and occupied by D. R.
Foreman, for sale,
Dr, C. P. W. Fisher, of Boals-
burg, advertised that he could re-
move cancer without knife and in
most instances without pain.
John Meese advertised that he
and William B. Miles had dissolved
offer-
Fill-
partnership,
Geo. L. Potter, secretary, noti-
fied stockholders of the Bellefonte
B. and L. Association of the annual
meeting: : si 2
—Court will convene on January
26 and jurors have been drawn for
a three week's session,
—A light snow: on Christmas day
made considerable sleighing, but
the cutter business was much im-
proved by a heavier fall of “the
beautiful” on Wednesday last.
—Three , weeks ago it was thought
the scourge of diphtheria in Catawis-
sa had passed and the schools were
reopened. It has broken out again,
however, and in so virulent a form
that they are averaging four funer-
als a day there.
—The ball of the Logan hose
company on -Wednesday night went
off very pleasantly. There was a
good attendance and everyone be-
haved well.’ The music was fur-
nished by' Smith’s orchestra made
up of Smith Sr., and Smith Jr. and
Frank Galbraith. John Sourbeck
was door keeper and general super-
intendent. | ;
—Mrs. .Lide Holliday left for
Philadelphia on New .Year’s morn-
ing for a visit of a week or ten
days, :
'—Jacob Neese, a respected citi-
zen of Gregg township, died on
Friday last from . paralysis. He
was about 65 years old.
’
Jack L. Spangler entered upon
the duties. of county chairman
yesterday morning. The names of
the committeemen appointed by him
will be found ' elsewhere. Mr.
Spangler will make an efficient
chairman and we predict that he will
build up an organization that will
give the Democrats 2000 majority
in the county in the fall.
In looking over the list of 35
committeemen appointed by Col,
Spangler fifty years ago we believe
that all are gone but G. W. Spang-
ler, Tusseyville, G. R. Williams, of
Port Matilda, and Col. Spangler
himself. Incidentally, we have turn-
ed to the November 12 issue to see
how the Watchman predictions of
majorities turned out. Hancock
carried the county over Garfield by
996 for President and W, C. Heinle
was elected district attorney over
S. D. Ray by 977—ED.
—“Holiday Greeting” is the
of a new paper issued from “the
Republican” office. It suggests in
its salutatory that our “City Fath-
ers” be impounded in the borough
pound and all the dogs and cows
there now be released and put in
‘charge of the borough's business.
It, also, is authority for the shock-
ing statement that no less than six
of the teachers in atttendance at
county institute wound up in the
lock-up on Chrismas night,
—On Tuesday evening last an
event occurred at the residence of
Jesse Klinger Esq., in the West
ward, of a most happy nature, We
allude of course, to the marriage
of his daughter, Miss Maggie, to
Mr. Simon Harper, of the firm of
Harper Bros., this place. The wed-
ding was quiet and modest like the
fair bride, herself.
—Mr. Joe Brockerhoff will o to
Philadelphia next week to be absent
a couple of months.
—The Methodist church steeple
here is being bolstered up because
it had been showing signs of wob-
bling.
—Edward McGinley, eldest son of
Daniel McGinley Esq., of this place,
is home from West Union, Iowa,
for a visit after an absence of sev-
en years.
“Mr, Daniel Garman made
thirty Bellefonte families very hap-
by just before Christmas by pre-
senting them with turkeys, All of
the preachers in town got one and
a lot of other who might
not have had one otherwise, Among
the latter being the writer.
‘son and Rev.
gar Moore,
name |
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THOMPSON,—Mrs, Jame Irvin
Shaw Thompson, wife of James I.
Thompson, of Centre Furnace, pass-
ed away at the Centre County hos-
pital, at an early hour on Monday
morning, following an operation for
gall duct trouble the night previous.
Peritonitis was the direct cause of
her death.
Mrs. Thompson was a member of
a prominent Clearfield family where
she was born 72 years ago. As a
young woman she took a partial
course in training for a nurse but
gave it up before graduating. Later
she married Mr. Thompson and all
their married life had been spent at
Centre Furnace. She was a member
of the Presbyterian church, at State
College and one of its most active
workers in all departments. She
was a charter member of the Belle-
fonte chapter D. A. R,, and a mem-
ber of the board of managers of the
Presbyterian home, at Hollidaysburg.
She was quite active in her home
community work in general, as well
as in various charitable organiza-
tions.
Her survivors include her husband
and three daughters, Mrs, C. L.
Stahle, of Bast Lansing, Mich. and
Misses Hilda Patton and Alice Irvin
Thompson, at home. Funeral serv-
ices were held at her late home, at
four o'clock yesterday afternoon, by
her pastor, Rev. Samuel Martin, af-
ter which the remains were taken
to Pittsburgh for cremation, the
ashes to be brought back for inter-
ment in the Pine Hall cemetery.
Friends from a distance who were
at the Thompson home for the fun-
eral were Mrs, Wiliam C. Thomp-
Jay Woodcock, of
Syracuse, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs, Ed-
of Pittsburgh; Elliot
Thompson and wife, of Cambridge,
Ohio; Irvin P. Thompson, of Pitts-
field, Mass, and Wayne B. Thomp-
son, of Boston.
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SMITH—Ulysses Grant Smith, for
many years a resident of Chester,
Hill, near Philipsburg, died at the |
Philipsburg State hospital, last Sat- |
urday morning, as the result of al
heart collapse following an opera- |
tion.
He was a son of John and Susan!
Smith and was born near Hunter's
park, in Buffalo Run Valley, on Jan-
uary 8th, 1869, making his age 60 .
years, 11 months and 20 days. When |
thirteen years of age his parents
moved to Chester Hill and that had |
been his home ever since. He fol-
lowed farming up to five years ago
when he quit the farm and had since |
been employed as night fireman at |
the Philipsburg hospital. In 1894 he
married Miss Mary Slaitz, of Wells-
boro, who survives with no children.
He was a member of St. Paul's
‘Episcopal church, the Men's Bible :
class, P. O. S. of A. Junior Ameri-
can Mechanics and Chester Hill fire
company. Funeral services were held
at his late home. at 2:30.0'clock on
Monday afternoon, by Rev. F. T.
Bastment, burial being made in the
Philipsburg cemetery.
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WILSON. John Wilson died at
his home on Logan street, last Tues-
day, following an illness of some
months with a complication of dis-
eases. He was a son of William P.
and Lucinda Wilson, was born in
Centre county and was a little past
69 years old. The greater part of
his life was spent in Bellefonte and
for a number of years he had worked
for A. E. Schad, in the plumbing
business.
He was twice married, his first
wife having been Miss Nora Brown.
Following her death he married
Miss Annie Mayes, who survives.
He also leaves one daughter to his
first wife, Mrs. Emory Cole, of
Emporium, and two brothers, W.
M. Wilson, of Danville, and P. H.
Wilson, of Berwick. Funeral serv-
ices were held at two o'clock
on Friday afternoon, at the Ev-
angelical church, by the pastor,
Rev. A. Ward Campbell, burial be-
ing made in the Union cemetery.
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MILLS. Quinn Mills, well known
negro barber of Bellefonte, died at
9:30 o'clock on Tuesday evening of
last week, following six month's ill-
ness with a complication of diseases.
He was a son of William and Cece-
lia Mills and was born in Belle-
fonte 61 years ago, all his life hav-
ing been spent here. He learned
his trade as a barber with his
father and worked with him until
overtaken by illness, |
He never married but is survived
by his father and the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Helen
Duffan, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Carrie
Thompson and Miss Harriet, of
Bellefonte; Lewis,
D. C.; William, of Harrisburg;
John and Harry at home. Funeral
services were held at the Mills
home, on Penn street, at two
o'clock Friday afternon, by Rev.
Gibbons, pastor of the A, M E.
church, burial being made in the
Union cemetery.
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BENNISON,—Miss Jane C. Ben-
nison, one of the oldest residents of
Howard, died on December 19th, as
the result of general debility. She
was the eldest of a family of eight
children of Jonathan and Margaret
Bennison and was born at Mill
Hall on September 16th, 1840, hence
had reached the age of 89 years, 8
months and 3 days. The greater
part of her life had been spent at
Howard where, of late years, she
had made her home with her sis-
ter, Mrs, Gertrude Gardner, her on-
ly immediate survivor. Funeral serv-
fces were held at the Gardner
home on Saturday morning, Decem-
ber 21st, by Rev. Osborne, burial
being made at Mill Hall
! schools and later
of ~ Washington, |
JOHNSTONBAUGH.—In the last
issue of the Watchman brief notice
was made of the death of Mrs.
Margaret L. Johnstonbaugh, widow
of the late Alpheus Johnstonbaugh,
who passed away on December
19th as the result of a stroke of
paralysis.
She was a daughter of David
and Hannah Hoy and was born in
Centre county on May 10th, 1848,
hence was in her 82nd year. When
a young woman she married Al-
pheus Johnstonbaugh and the greater
part of their married life was
spent. on a farm in Benner town-
ship, Her husband died eight
years ago but surviving her are
eleven children as follows: Mrs, E.
M. Steppy, of Jersey Shore, with
whom she had been making her
home; Mrs. J. Willard Barnhart, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. O. F. Thomas, of
Allentown; J. A. Williams, Phil-
adelphia; Mrs. H. E. Anderson,
of Elk View, W. Va.; Mrs. C. W.
Showalter, of Wilkinsburg; O. G.
Johnstonbaugh of Avis; W. H., of
Axe Mann; A. G., of Sonyea, N. Y.;
C. G. and Bruce C, of Akron, Ohio. |
She also leaves three brothers, |
Harvey Hoy, of near Zion; William |
and Benjamin F., of Lemont. |
The remains were brought to,
Bellefonte and buried in the Union ' chicken to stuff and roast and a dinner to
cemetery on December 21st.
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wii some is mourning
the passing away of one of its
oldest residents in the person of
Mrs. Susanna Ishler, widow of
Samuel Ishler, who died at two
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, She
had been confined to bed the past
nine months and at times suffered
considerably.
She was a daughter of Peter and
Mary Hoy and was born on Nov-
ember 8th 1841, hence had passed
her 88th year. She married Sam-'
uel Ishler when a young girl
spent in Harris township. Mr.
Ishler died a number of years ago
but surviving her are four sons and
one daughter, George and P. 8.
Ishler, of Boalsburg; Frank, of Oak,
Hall; Harry, of State College, and
Miss Della. at home.
She was a member of the Re-
formed church and her pastor,
Rev. W. W. Moyer, was in charge
of the funeral services which were
held at one o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon, He was assisted by
Rev. W. J. Wagner. Burial was
made in the family lot in the
Boalsburg cemetery.
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SNYDER.—Miss Flora K. Snyder
died at the Jersey Shore hospital
at 10 o'clock on December 24th
. following an illness of a few
weeks.
She was a daughter of David and
Blanche Keller Snyder and was
born in Potter township on May
5th, 1908, hence was in her 22nd
year. Her mother died when she
was twenty months old and later
the
She was educated in the Boalsburg
took a business
In addition
survived by
course in Williamsport.
to her father she is
four sisters and one brother, Mrs.
Claudia Stamm of Erie; Mrs.
Verna Houtz, of Lemont; Mrs, Mary
Korman, of Oak Hall; Mrs. Mar-
garet Rishel, of Boalsburg, and
Keller Snyder, of Bellefonte.
Funeral services were held in
the Reformed church, in Boalsburg,
at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning,
by Rev. W. W. Moyer, burial being
made in the Boalsburg cemetery.
Six young men, former school
mates of the deceased, acted as
pallbearers,
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WALKER, _ Sninickson Smith
Walker died at 3:30 o'clock on Wed-
nesday afternoon, at his home at the
Triangle filling station, east of Belle-
fonte, following an illness which
dates back to Thanksgiving day.
Five years ago, while working for
the Bellefonte Central railroad, he
had ‘a bad fall and suffered injuries
from which he never completely re- |
covered, i
family moved to Boalsburg. =
WESLEY’S NEW HOUSE ON FIFTH AVE. BELLEFONTE.
The above picture was taken by Sager on the afternoon before Christmas. The
buildings on the right back ground are homes on Curtin street. Wesley's coun-
tenance reflects the
Watchman representative who had
ceries to do him almost a month.
leave his home at all on Christmas day.
has
was nothing of it left when he rolled
just handed him
It was all
since told us that he broke up a Your
put in a hunk of butter and stuffed the chicken full.
of bread,
world it would be if every day were Christmas.
There were a number who remembered him aside from those who sent their
included Mrs, H. C. Q
Miss Rachel Shuey, H. S.
A. Schaeffer, W.
Meek, The Watchman office, W. I.
ohn Mignot, Miss Helene Williams
all of Bellef. ate; Logan Long, of Port Matilda; M. I.
of Pittsburgh.
gifts to this office. The latter
Mrs. Harry C. Yeager, Mrs. Russell Blair,
Paul Fortney, L.
Fred Hollabaugh, Elizabeth B. Meek, uy Gra;
Carrie Harper, Butch Beezer, D.
Fleming, Chas. McC. Scott, James McN?
and Miss Louise Valentine,
Gardner, of Clearfield and Mrs. Winifred Meek-Morris,
From someone in Washington, D. C., came a beautiful Christmas envelope in
which a crisp new $10 bill snuggled. We are sorr
was doing
her left hand to know what the right
can’t express his feelings in words, but
cheeks,
also unto me,
oll,
the
when the tears
uigley,
joy he had just experienced for he is saying good-bye to the
$24.50 in cash and enough
so wonderful to him that he
Instead he holed up and reveled, for he had
repare that he will long remember. He
salted and peppered it and
It was so good that there
into bed Christmas night to think what a
donor didn’t want
or we know Wesley well enough
to assure all those who are kind to him that he feels such things very deeply. He
; e down over his
is voice quavers and he drops his head we know his heart is bursting with
gratitude for those who remember t at what ye do unto the least of these ye do
tric!
and her
T0-
dnt
son Hugh,
Linn, Ss
. C. Coxey, Mrs.
his or
fe
and piorsmark. Funeral services were held |
most of their married life was gt her parental home at Storms- |
town, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday
morning, burial being made in the
Ross cemetery.
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LANTZ Rev. “J. Max Lantz,
former pastor on the Pennsvalley
' chhrge of the Methodist church, died
in. the ‘State hospital, at Hazleton,
on Tuesday night, as the result of
septic: poisoning which he developed
after injuring his knee in a fall at
his home inthat city several days
previous. Rev. Lantz was admitted
to the Central Pennsylvania Metho-
dist Episcopal conference in 1925,
and was serving his second year as
pastor of St. Paul's church, in Hazle-
ton.
ea ——- ores
——On Wednesday afternoon a
young man spent half an hour fish-
ing a watch out of Spring creek,
‘just above the High street bridge,
A TRIBUTE
of long ago.
Lillian’s dead. God give her rest;
At her dear name what memories wake
Of long ago, so let me writ
few short lin
These
sake,
The years gone by have marked ine white
But she was ever yolung and fair.
Bright were her eyes, her ste
And the red-gol
IN THE CHURCHES ON SUNDAY.
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
9:30 A. M. Bible school.
10:45 A. M. Morning service;
Sermon: “Numbering Our Days.”
7:30 P. M. Vesper service;
By Will Truckenmiller in memor; f
Lilljan Hellinger Baker his child friend
shone in her hair.
And now you tell me she is dead,
The fair young girl of yesterday,
And that the time when she was young
Was long ago and far away.
Ah well; perhaps my memory fades
But this I surely, Sry TOW .
To me she always will be young
My dear child friend of long ago.
e
es for old time's
was light
Ser-
We take the followin,
! And she le!
| But now i
+ I sit and rest
MY MOTHER'S CHAIR
Memorial verse
from the Philadelphia Ledger of De-
cember 17, because it was written by
Mrs. Isabel Given Muench, who is the
Junge daughter of the late ”
attie Weaver Given, a native of Belle-
fonte. Mrs. Given was a frequent con-
tributor to the Watchman and those
who remember her poetic offerings will
be interested in the fact that her
daughter has inherited the talent to
g3pross herself in well metered verse.
| She left her chair when she went away
On that journey all must take,
t her children skies of gray,
With a motherless way to make.
For long it was so hard to see
That empty easy-chair,
seems to comfort me
To dream she still rests there.
There are days when I know that, clad
in blue
So small in her big chair’s space,
She comes again as all mothers do,
With a smile upcen her face.
When daily trials are hard to bear,
With hopes and prayers gone wrong,
in her easy-chair
And it helps to make me strong;
| I rest where her small form would rest,
My hands where her hands lay,
And it seems my head lies on her breast,
While darkness turns to day.
Still in my life she keeps her place,
Fast locked is the door to another,
And in my heart I wear her face—
Sleep sweet, my little mother.
—Isabel Given Muench.
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———Mayor Mackey wants more
music and dancing in that town next
year and he may get more than
enough,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TATE COLLEGE PROPERTY FOR
SALE.—One half of a double house,
centrally located in State College.
Eight rooms, five bed rooms, 2 car
gage. A good business proposition.
ALSO a lot 60x160, with sidewalk, on
Park Ave. near athletic fleld, in good
residential section.
Phone 16W or write 216, south Ather-
ton St., S.ate College. 74-49-3t
XECUTOR’'S NOTICE. — Notice is °
hereby given that letters testament-
ary in the estate of RITE
Hutchison, late of the Borough of e-
fonte, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned by th te
Centre County, All
the said estate are requested to make
payment of the same and those having
claims against the estate to present them
duly proven for adjustment and payment,
" FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Executor,
75-1-6t Bellefonte, Penna.
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE— Let-
ters of administration on the es-
tate of Esther K. Gray, late of
Patton township, Centre county, Pennsyl- |
vania, dec y havihig been granted to
the undersi 1 rsons knowing
themselves indebted toF ona estate are
requested
to make immediate payment of
such indebtedness and those having
claims should present them, properly au-
thenticated, to
GEORGE M. GLENN, Administrator
Harris
burg Acad
74-50-6t Harrisburg,
A JOTICE IN DIVORCE.—Carrie KE.
Armstron, Winfred B. Arm-
, VS.
strong. a the court of common
leas of entre county, Pennsylvania. No.
fo Sept. T. 1929, in Divorce A. V. M.
To infred B. Armstrong.
Sir:—Take notice I have been appoint-
ed master to take testimony in the above
case, and that I shall hold a meeting for
the purposes of my appointment on Sat-
January 4th, 1 at 3 o'clock
: : “A Victorious Life.” urday, ;
and then discovered that it was a men : P. M.. in my offices, 16-17 Temple Court
; 5 n account of sickness the page- | Building Bellefonte, Penna., at which
nickel case “Tiptop” watch that |ant which had been scheduled for | time and place you are requested to at-
somebody had probably thrown | Sunday evening cannot be given. tend. W. D. ZERBY, Master
away, : Clarence E. Arnold, Pastor. a | 74-49-3t
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See the new Ford
bodies at our
I showrooms
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He was a son of James and Mag- |
daline Walker and was born at
Snow Shoe on January 21st, 1864,
hence was not quite 66 years old.
As a young man he went to work
on the Snow Shoe railroad but later
went with the Bellefonte Central and
for thirty-seven years was in the
employ of the latter.
He married |
Miss Mary J. Lockard who survives |"
with one son, Vincent Walker. |
Funeral services will be held at’
his late home on Sunday afternoon
at two o'clock, by Rev. W, C, Thomp-
son, of the Presbyterian church, of
which he was a member, burial to be
made in the Union cemetery.
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SWARTZ Ethel Alma Swartz, 21-
year old daughter of Mrs. Ida M.
Swartz, of Beech Creek died on'
Sunday, at the Lock Haven hospital,
following three months illness with
a complication of diseases, She was
a member of the Senior class at’
State College when she became ill
In addition to her mother she is
survived ‘by two brothers and five
sisters. Funeral services were held
in the Disciple church, at Blanchard !
at two o'clock on Wednesday after-
noon, by Rev. David Nelson, burial
being made in the Disciple cemetery. '
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ELLENBERGER— Mrs. Beatrice Ww.
Ellenberger, wife of George Ellen-
berger, of Marengo, died at the
Clearfield hospital, on Sunday, fol- |
lowing a prolonged illness with a
complication of diseases, She was
a daughter of Blair and Anne Eves
Waite and was born at Stormstown
26 years ago, In addition to her
husband she is survived by her fath-
er and two brothers, Gilbert Waite,
of Stormstown, and Earl, of War-
Phone 155
From the new deep radiator to
the curving tip of the rear fender
there is an unbroken sweep of line
--a flowing grace of contour here-
tofore thought possible only in an
expensive automobile.
than ever,
“value far above the price.”
BEATTY MOTOR CO.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
the new Ford
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