TD emorraiic; alg Bellefonte, Pa., February 28, 1930 Editer P. GRAY MEEK, _— —_—— To Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.76 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Published weekly, every Friday morn- ing. Entered at the postoffice, Bellefonte, Pa. as second class matter. In ordering ohahze of address always give the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher be notified when a subscriber wishes the paper discontinued. In all such cases the subscription must be paid up to date of cancellation, A sample copy of the ‘Watchman’ will be sent without cost to applicants. FIFTY YEARS AGO IN CENTRE COUNTY Items taken from the Watchman issue of February 27, 1880. —The long drawn out Curtin- Yocum contest for the seat in Con- gress that this District is entitled to is showing signs of final conclu- sion. On Monday Mr. Springer, chairman of the House committee on elections, presented the commit- tee report which declared the seat vacant and refers the matter back to the voters of the District. Mr. Calkins presented a minority report giving the seat to Mr. Yocum as the duly elected member. It is be- lieved the House will vote on the question next Tuesday. —William Furey Esq. died at his home in this place on last Thursday evening at 9 o'clock, at the age of 70 years and 29 days. Deceased had been an invalid for four years. He was twice elected a Commissioner of Centre county and in 1875 was chosen Justice of the Peace for the South and West wards of Bellefonte. He resigned this office, however, when he was taken sick and was succeeded by the present Justice, Charles Smith. —Rumor says that about four hundred miners from the mines in that section went into Philipsburg, on Tuesday, on a big drunk, and raised “Cain.” —Willis Weaver, son of James W. Weaver Esq., of Boggs township, cut his foot very seriously while chopping wood one day last week. Dr. W. C. Grove is the attending surgeon. —Charles Haupt, eight years of age, a son of P. H. Haupt Esq., of Central City, broke his playing near his home. —The Centre County School Association held its annual convention in the Lutheran church at Aaronsburg, on February 16th. Chairman Austin Curtin presided. The notable contribution to the program was Miss Puella E. Dorn- blazer’s sensational discussion of the subject: “The Field and how to cultivate it.” +Wheat is $1.35, Corn 50cts, oats 40cts, Potatoes 30cts, eggs * 15cts, butter 25cts and bacon T7cts. —John Wagner has been appoint- ed fish commissioner for this sec- tion. It is a good move because there has been flagrant violation of the fish laws. —John Wesley Glenn, a former resident of Millheim, was killed at his new home in Kansas on January 30th. He was digging a well on his farm and some how the handle of the windlass, with which he was raising dirt, slipped out of his con- trol and struck him on the head crushing his skull. —Susan B. Anthony lectured to a small audience in Potter’s hall, Philipsburg, last week. —Sunday last was the anniver- sary of the birth of George Wash- ington, a Virginia gentleman who was quite prominent in this country at one time. —OQur popular young friend Ed Humes Jr. is about to leave The First National bank to take a posi- tion with Hgover, Hughes and Co. the big lumber operators of Philips- burg. : ; » Tor sometime a literary society has been flourishing Gap. Meetings are held every Wed- nesday evening in the Harrisonville leg while Sunday school house and those who attend | was not quite 65 years old. in Pleasant | OTTO.—Mrs. Arvilla M. Otto, wid- ow of Hamilton Otto, during his life a well known business man of Bellefonte, passed away at three o'clock last Fiiday morning, at her home in Niagara Falls. For nine years she had been a sufferer with ‘ chronic nephritis with the result that her heart finally became affect- 'ed and her death followed. She had been confined to bed for four weeks ‘put had been critically ill only about a week. ! A daughter of Morris W. and Mary Ruffhead Cowdrick she was born at Jersey Shore on December 24th, 1858, hence’ was 71 years, 3 .month and 28 days old. When she was a child her parents moved to Bellefonte and here she grew to womanhood. When eighteen years of age, or on June 19th, 1878, she married Hamilton Otto and they went to housekeeping on Spring street. Later they moved into the house on the corner of Lamb and Ridge streets where Mr. Otto passed family lived in Bellefonte un- til moved to Johnstown but several years later went to Niagara Falls, and that had been her home ever since. She was a member of the Meth- odist church from girlhood, a de- voted wife and mother, and a Wwo- man possessed of an unusually sun- shiny nature, one who could al- ways see the silver lining in any cloud and refused to be bowed down by the weight of sorrow or adverse circumstances. She is survived by four children, Morris Otto, of Niagara Falls; Har- ry, of Johnstown; Mrs. Edward Hill, of Lockport, N. YX: Helen, at home. She also leaves two brothers and a sister, William J. C. Cowdrick, C. Edward and Mrs. P. E. Romeiser, all of Niagara, Falls. Brief funeral services were held at her late home, at Niagara Falls, at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, and on Monday the remains were hrought to Bellefonte on the 3:08 p. m. train and taken direct to the Union cemetery for burial, Rev. Homer C. Knox officiating. Il n BARNHART-—John Holt Barnhart, a well known resident near Belle- Wednesday night. work at was taken to the Clearfield hospital Saturday afternoon. An was the result of peritonitis. He was a son of John H. number of years past he has been Titan Metal 0), §. of A. He married Miss Clara Cole, of Bellefonte, who survives with the fol- lowing children: Mrs. Miles Wetzel, of Chicago; Mrs, Williaim Rodgers, Martha, Margaret and Mildred, at home; Mrs. Daniel Holter, of Belle- fonte; Robert, at home; John, in In- diana; Philip and Wilbur, at home. He also leaves five sisters and a brother, Mrs. William McClure, Mrs. David C. Grove, Miss Carrie Barn- hart and Mrs. Charles Hassinger, all of Bellefonte; Mrs. Abram Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, and Harry Barn- hart, of Steubenville, Ohio. Arrangements for the funeral were not completed when the Watchman went to press. Il I FULTON.—Mrs. Annie F. Fulton, | wife of George B. McClellan Fulton, {died at her home in Tyrone, on Tuesday evening of last week, fol- lowing a prolonged illness with a | complication of diseases. i She was a daughter of John and Evana Hill Wian and was born in Bellefonte on April 12th, 1865, hence In 1885 are being greatly benefited and en- ghe married Mr. Fulton and most of tertained. —At the recent election in Philips- burg Mr. D. W. Holt, Democrat, and G. B. Simler, Republican, wound up in a tie. The contest was decided by casting lots and Simler won. Somehow the Repubilcans al- ways euchre the Democrats out. For council over there they elected five Republicans, Jeremiah Sankey, Benjamin Jones, J. W. Mattern, I. Harr and B. J. Laporte. One Dem- ocrat, C. G. Hirlinger, was chosen. —John Eves, of Stormstown, is lying very ill with typhoid fever. —We are sorry to learn that Capt. John A. Hunter, of Half Moon valley, is laid up with rheu- matism. —The S. A. Brew residence, on Spring street, has been handsomely refreshed with several "coats of paint of an attractive color. —Mr. George W. Thomas has quit farming and moved to Belle- fonte, having for the present rented rooms in Reynolds bank building. —A squire up in Buffalo Run valley recently loaned two dollars to a young man oven in the Bald Eagle side. Three weeks later he had a call to go over into Bald Eagle to marry a couple. He walk- ed four miles over the mountain and found the benedict to be the fellow who owed him the two dollars. married him to his inamorata and the one dollar he received for a fee was one of the very two he had loaned him. ——@Get a radio free. See adver. tisement on page b. He | | their married life had been spent in | Tyrone. She was a member of the | First Presbyterian church, of Tyrone, the home department of the Sunday | school and the A. J. Westley mis- i sionary society. She is survived by | her husband, three daughters and one son, namely: Mrs. Charles | Johnson, John M. Fulton, Mrs. Clarence Snyder and Miss Hazel | Fulton, all of Tyrone. She also | leaves two brothers and three sis- (ters, Mrs. D. M. Kerlin, of Rudd, |Jowa; W. C. Wian, of Johnstown; Lewis Wian, of Bellefonte; Mrs. George Hughes, of Axe Mann, and | Mrs. Carrie Knisely, of Bellefonte. { Funeral services were held at her late home, at 2:30 o'clock last Fri- Joseph A. in the | day afternoon, by Rev. Speer, burial being made Grandview cemetery, Tyrone. I I | CRAWFORD.—Mrs. Mary Craw- | ford, wife of George B. Crawford, a | former deputy sheriff of Centre coun- i ty, died at her home at Barto, Mer- | cer county, last Thursday. She was | a daughter of Elias and Rachel Fet- | terolf and was born near Spring | Mills over 77 years ago. The fam- {ily lived in Gregg township until about thirty-five years ago when | they moved to Mercer county. She | is survived by her husband and two sisters, Mrs. J. K. Bitner and Mrs. C. A. Krape, both of Spring Mills. The remains were taken to Spring Mills where funeral services were held and burial made on Monday. evening train. away in May, 1904. Mrs. Ottoand the spring of 1906 when they ' children: ‘and Thomas, of Tyrone. and Miss | ‘on Friday morning, following . operation ‘mastoid trouble. | | | | fonte, died at the Clearfield hospital | active business. between twelve and one o'clock on of the He became vio- Philipsburg, a member of St. Paul's lently ill last Wednesday while at his Episcopal church and the lodge the Titan Metal Co., and Elks. operation Miss Grace Faulkner performed the same evening disclos- | with three daughters, Misses Eliza- ed a ruptured appendix and his death beth, Louise and Alice Martha Jane (Aikey) Barnhart and of Barnesboro; Harry, was born on the Barnhart farm, near George, of Philipsburg, Mrs. Bellefonte, on September 21st, 1875, ard Miller, of Zanesville, Ohio, and hence was in his 55th year. For a Mrs. ‘Hunt Hughes, of Philipsburg. employed in a clerical position at the | late home in Philipsburg, company, He was a o'clock member of the Bellefonte camp P.|Rev. tof A. SHECKLER. George W. Sheck. -~ THOMPSON. Janies I. Thompson, | ler; for.thirty-five years an employee the jlast of his generation ‘of ‘one of |' of the. Pennsylvania railroad and -the leading families in the early | who would have been. placed on the history of College township, died of retired list had he lived until next ‘a heart attack some time on Satur- | September, died quite unexpectedly day night, as he was found dead in | at the Lock Haven hospital, at bed on Sunday morning. The posi- |: 12:45 o'clock last Thursday after- tion of the body indicated that he noon. For the past eighteen years had probably passed away in sleep. Sheckler had been employed as a While he had been a sufferer for brakeman in the yards at Lock some time he was not incapacitated Haven. He spent Sunday, February and had spent Saturday evening with 16th, at his home in Milesburg, go- friends in Bellefonte, z ing down to Lock Haven on the He was a son of Moses and Mary He worked on Mon- Irvin Thompson and was born at day but was taken sick on Tuesday. Centre Furnace on August 3rd, 1854, | Wednesday he was taken to the hence was in his seventy-sixth year. hospital and died the following day. He was educated in the public An attack of acute nephritis was gchools of College township and as the cause of death. a young man went on the road as a’ He was a son of John and Mary traveling salesman for shoes, prov- Rearick Sheckler and was born in ing quite successful. After his Centre county in September, 1860, father’s death he located on the hence was in his seventieth. .year. home farm at Centre Furnace and During his long service with the engaged in agriculture and raising railroad company he had worked in blooded Jersey cattle. A number of Bellefonte, on the Bald Eagle years ago he gave up the active branch and at Lock Haven. He management of the farm and en- was a member of the Presbyterian gaged in the insurance business, church, at Milesburg, and the Broth- which he followed until his death. erhood of Railway Trainmen. On October 15th, 1890, he married He married Miss Nancy Watson, Jane Irvin Shaw, of Clearfield, who who survives with the following passed away on December 30th, 1929, Mrs. William Newman, but surviving him are three daugh- of Milesburg; John Sheckler, of ters, Mrs. C. L. Stahle, of East Lan- Bellefonte; Charles, of Milesburg; sing, Mich.; Misses Hilda Patton and Mrs. Charles Martin, of Bellefonte, Alice Irvin Thompson, at home. He also He was a member of the Presby- leaves one sister, Mrs. John Breon, terian church all his life and Rev. of State College. Samuel Martin had charge of the Funeral services were held inthe funeral services which were held at Presbyterian church, at Milesburg, two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. | at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, The body was then taken to Pitts- | by the pastor, Rev. H. E. Oak- purgh where it ‘was cremated and the | wood, burial being made in the ashes will later be brought back for Treziyulny cemetery. burial in the Branch cemetery. il 1 I : i i BARNES.—Joseph Barnes, well 5 : known retired business man of GREENHOE.—Mrs. Sallie Minerva Greenhoe, wife of Rev. S. F. Green- | hoe, of Centre Hall, pastor on the | Pennsvalley charge of the Luther- Philipsburg, died at the Hahnemann hospital, Philadelphia, at five o'clock an for 20 church, passed away on Saturday, following an illness of some months | with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of Daniel and | Elizabeth Rishel and was born in Buffalo valley, Union county. She was a woman loved by all who knew her and until her health failed a splendid co-worker with her husband | in his pastoral duties. Her only sur- | vivors are her husband, one sister, Mrs. Howard E. Butz, of Hunting- don, and a niece, Mrs. Nathaniel Grayson, of Shippensburg. Funeral services were held in the Lutheran church, at Centre Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, by Rev, Dr. Wag- ner, of Hazleton, president of the Lutheran Synod, assisted by Rev. two days previous He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes and was born in Philips- burg on February 28th, 1871, hence was not quite 59 years old. His entire life had been spent in that borough and he assisted very mater- jally in the development of the clay and coal interests in that sec- tion. Two years ago he retired from He was a director First National bank . of of Twenty-six years ago he married who survives i Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday | eldest being 16 years old. 'WILLIAMS.—Mrs. Catherine L. Williams, widow. of the. late George Williams, passed away. at her home on east Curtin street, Bellefonte, last Thursday night following an illness of almost four years. » She was a daughter of Joseph Wesley and Harriet Weaver Hubbard and was born at Mill Hall, where her early life was spent. In 1872 she married George Williams, at Beech Creek, and for twenty-four years | they made that place their home. In 1896 the family moved to Bellefonte and this had been her home ever since. She was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church and took an active part in church work until overtaken by illness. Mr. Williams died February 21st, 1913, but surviving her are four children, Clair B. Williams, of West- field, N.J.; Miss Helene A. at home Miss M. Eulalia, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mrs. V. Lorne Hummel, of Wayne, Pa. She also leaves two grandsons, Frederick Williams and V. Lorne Hummel Jr. as well as one sister and three brothers, Mrs. Pris- cilla Gunsallus, of Harrisburg; Graf- fius Hubbard, of Lock Haven; Hor- ace, of Beech Creek and Joseph W., of Pittsburgh. One step-sister and a step-brother also survive, Miss Char- lotte Hubbard, of Jersey Shore, and Morris Hubbard, of Detroit, Mich. Rev. W. C. Thompson had charge of the funeral services which were held at two o’clock on Monday after- noon, the remains being taken to Beech Creek for burial. Il I CURTIN.—Word was received in Bellefonte this week of the death of Mrs. Caroline Mann Curtin, wife of Frederick A. Curtin, at her home in evening, following an illness of several years. Mr. Curtin is a son of Mrs. Harry H. Curtin, of Curtin, Centre county, and Mrs. Curtin was a daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mann, of Lock Haven. band she In addition to her hus- leaves six children, the She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Christine Butler, of Downey, Cal.; Mrs. George D. Johnston, of Cranford, N, J., and Mrs. John R. Stevens, of Lock Hav- | en. Burial was made at Atlanta, Ga. ——Robert Minds, of Ramey, has developed a mind to get into the con- gressional race in the twenty-third district and made public announce- ment of that fact last week. As a coal operator Mr. Minds has been quite successful but as to going to Washington as a Congressman he is likely to have a Long and hard Chase to overcome. ——Subscribe for the Watchman. ——Fred G. Schwartz, of Johns- town, and H. M:.. Geist, of New Bethlehem, came to griefin front of the Luther Strouse home, west of State College when their = automo- bile hit a telephone pole that is standing at the side of the high- .way there. The men had two girly and two gallons of alleged whisky, in the car with them when the ac cident happened and neither the people nor the liquid refreshments were damaged to any extent. Geist and Schwartz were arrested by chief Yougel, of the State College police, the latter was able to furnish bail but Geist was remanded to jail in default of it. ——Coming to Bellefonte on Sun- day to visit his parents William Harter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harter, has been regaling his friends with a story of dog team races in which he won second place as a driv- er in the Pocono mountains and at Buck Hill Falls, on February 12th, 13th and 14th, Harter drove a team of five dogs and the man who best- ed him and won first place is a pro- fessional driver. Young Harter is employed at Sky Top lodge. ey ——The traffic beacon at the in- tersection of High and south Wa- ter streets was not a dumb police- man, on Monday evening, by any means. One of the small feed pipes sprung a leak with the result that flames quickly filled the interior of the beacon and two of the side plates were blown off. Passersby extin- guished the flames before any un- usual damage was done. remt———— Fighting Automobile Accidents From the Altoona Tribune. 3 It has become increasingly appar- ent during recent years that the au- tomobile accident problem will not be solved by such legislative boomer- angs as compulsory insurance, but by certain punishment of persons flagrantly guilty of causing acci- dents. So long as “cure” is subjugated to “indemnity” the accident record will continue to increase, A large percentage of our acci- dents can be attributed to outmoded, inadequate or unenforced traffic and highway driving ordinances. In many States licenses to operate a car are given to any who ask for them, ir- respective of their ability, expe- rience, or responsibility. It is no won- der that this condition results in the deaths of 21,000 persons each year. Get after the reckless driver and leave the careful one alone. When every community does that we will be successful in the war against au- tomobile accidents. renee fp pee. —Subscribe for the Watchman. May, all at Rearick, of Mifflinburg, burial being home. He also leaves three broth- made in’ the Centre Hall cemetery. and ' ers and two sisters, James Barnes, of Tyrone, 3 Rich- | Funeral services were held at his at two on Monday afternoon, by C. E. Knickle, burial being made in the Philipsburg cemetery. | | : | HEATON. George W. Heaton, a ! native of Centre county, died at his home at Greenwood, Blair county, on Sunday evening, following two week’s illness with pneumonia. : He was a son ‘of Andrew and Lydia Heaton and was born at Yar- nell on February 8th, 1859, hence was 71 years and 15 days old. Asa young man he learned the trade of a blacksmith, working at that occu- pation at Milesburg a number of years. About twenty-five years ago he moved to Greenwood and took charge of a blacksmith shop. When the automobile chased the horse oif the highway he changed his smithery into a gasoline station and auido re- pair shop. ! He is survived by his wife, Olie J. Heaton, four sons and one daughter, Willis Heaton, of Greenwood; Earl, at home; Clyde, of Altcona: Milford, in California, and Mrs. H. £. Kauff- man, of Juniata. He also leaves two brothers, Miles Heaton, of Yarnell, and Jackson, of Greenwood. He was a member and elder of the Juniata’ Presbyterian church and the P. O. S. ; BARGAINS terns at One-Half Price: 39c¢. One-Half Dozen Funeral services were held at his late home at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, by Rev. J. O. C. McCrack- en, after which the remains were’ brought to Centre County for hurial in the Advent cemetery. i Il HARPSTER. —_— George Harpster died at his home at Warriorsmark, on Saturday evening, following a long illness. He was a son of Sam- uel and Margaret Gates Harpster and was born at Gatesburg 78 years Linoleum 20% off while they last. 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