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Demorvalic alan,
Bellefonte, Pa., December 12, 1930.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman issue
of December 17, 1880.
TRAY—Came to the residence of the
S subscriber in Huston township on or
about the first of October a red
mooley bull about one and a half years
old, with a round hole in the right ear
and some white spots on its sides and
belly. The owner is requested to come
forward, rove property, pay _charges
and take him away, otherwise he will
be disposed of as the law directs.
H. G. CHRONISTER
—The snow came down thick and
fast on Tuesday morning.
—Mr. J.B. Crissman, “Squire
Hud,” has moved from this place to
Philipsburg where he intends to
make his future home,
—Prof. John Heston, of State
College, will lead the services of the
Baptist congregation on Sunday eve-
ning next, in their hall in Bush's
Arcade.
— Mrs. Sarah Bender, mother of
E. C. Bender, editor of the Philips-
burg Journal, died in York on last
Sunday morning at the age of 70
years.
—The sleigh bells are ringing and
the snow birds are singing all be-
cause Santa Claus is soon coming.
—In another place in this column
will be found the advertisement of
the Etna Furnace for which Mr,
Bond Valentine is agent. Mr. Val-
entine knows he has a- good thing
and we know it too, because we
have been in homes that the Etna
is heating and they're a durned
sight warmer than our own.
—The nicest display of holiday
goods is at’ Hoffers.
—C. A. Faulkner, proprietor of the
Potter House in Philipsburg, is one
of the best landlords and keeps one
of the best ‘hotels in the whole
country.
—The coasting on Bellefonte’s hills
is excellent. ;, Eyery night lively
crowds of males and females are
out enjoying it.
Married—On the 14th inst. at the
Reformed parsonage, Jacksonville,
Pa. by the Rev. George P. Hartzell,
Mr. M. L. Beck, of Walker town.
ship, and Miss Agnes A. F. Beck, of
Prairie Home, Shelby county, Illi-
nois.
—Three of the children of George
W. Jackson Esq., of this place, are
down with the scarlet fever. They
were resting easier yesterday and
the doctor thought the symptoms
were a little more favorable.
—From Curtin township comes
the report that things flourish well
there because John W. Cook is em-
ploying fifteen or twenty men on
little Marsh creek and John T.
Fowler has put a portable saw mill
on big Marsh creek.
IRENE BEWLEY TO GIVE
CHARACTER SKETCHES.
Miss Irene Bewley, of Tennessee,
will appear in Bellefonte on January
29th, 1931, through an urgent in-
vitation of the Woman's club, to
give her character sketches of life
in the Tennessee hills. She is a
native of the foothills of that moun-
tainous region, and is able to present
the quaint philosophy and humor of
the people as she sees and knows
them. Her unusual ability and rare
charm and power are felt wherever
her portrayals are presented. Miss
Bewley will come to Bellefonte en.
dorsed by press and pulpit and every-
body who can do so should plan to
hear her.
— See our window for Christmas
suggestions of furniture at prices,
ranging from $1.00 to $10.00.—W.
R. Brachbill’s Furniture Store, 49-1t
— Mrs. Heilhecker and her
daughter, Elsie, who for a number
of years have lived in the cottage
at the Mapleshade, recently moved
to the Galaida apartment on Penn
street. The Shaws, who left there,
went to the Johnston property on
Spring street.
— The office of the Singer Sew-
ing Machine Co., Earl L. McCloskey,
agent, has been moved from No. 120
Bishop St. to High St. next door
to the Cooney Hat Shop. 47-3t
—Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Jones, of
Lamb street, are receiving congrat.-
ulations on the arrival of a fine
boy baby at their home on Tuesday
morning.
——Lack of water is a new men-
ace in the anthracite coal regions.
“One woe upon another's heels doth
tread, so fast they follow.”
——Governor Pinchot serves no-
tice on amateur cabinet builders
that they are wasting time and
energy.
THREE M. E. MINISTERS
DIE WITHIN THE WEEK.
Three ministers, members of the
Central Pennsylvania conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, died
within the week. They were:
Rev. Lyons M. Brady, who died
at the home of his daughter, Maud,
(Mrs. Ira H. Yoke), 1725 Berry
street, Harrisburg, at 3.30 a. m,
Sunday, after a lingering illness. He
was born at Mackeyville, in Nittany
valley, on January 9th, 1853, hence
was in his 78th year. He entered
the Methodist itinerancy on March
17th, 1885, and filled twelve appoint-
ments until his retirement in 1925.
May 16th, 1888, he married Sallie
Gwynn who died January 13th, 1927.
Funeral services were held yester-
day morning in Stevens Memorial
church, Harrisburg, by the district
superintendent, J. Howard - Ake, who
paid a fitting tribute to the charac-
ter and ministry of Rev. Brady. In-
terment was made in the Cedar
Hill cemetery, in Nittany valley.
Following a long and distressing
illness of several years Rev. J.
Franklin Smith died, on Monday
morning, at the Methodist parsonage
in Howard. He was born in 1884,
hence was only 46 years old. After
serving as a supply he was admit-
ted on trial in the Central Pennsyl-
vania conference in 1922, and had
served charges at Beach Haven,
Elysburg and Howard. He is sur-
vived by his wife but no children.
The funeral service v.as held in the
Howard church, on Wednesday eve-
ning, by district superintendent A.
L. Miller, the remains being taken
to Hazleton, yesterday, for inter-
ment.
Rev. William Picken died, late
Monday night, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs, Edith Picken Camp-
bell, at Penn’s Cave. He was born
at Shropshire, Eng., on January 15th,
1856, hence was almost 75 years old.
He was admitted to the Central
Pennsylvania conference in 1885, and
served twelve appointments until his
retirement in 1918. Funeral serv-
ices were held yesterday morning,
at the home of his daughter.
In addition to the above deaths
Rev. David G. Felker, 55 years old,
pastor of Emanuel church, Clearfield,
was instantly killed, Tuesday, by a
stray bullet, while hunting in the
woods of Clearfield county.
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McMONIGAL.—James B. McMoni-
gal, of Altoona, died at the Altoona
hospital, early last Thursday morn-
ing, following several month’s ill-
ness with heart trouble.
He was a son of William E. and
Jeannette Jodon McMonigal and was
born at Unionville on August 1st,
1875, hence was in his 56th year.
During the Spanish-American war
he served in the U. S. navy, on the
cruiser Nashville, After his dis-
charge he went to Altoona and be-
came a fireman on the Pennsylvania
railroad, later being promoted to
an engineer on the Pittsburgh di-
vision, a job he held until his late
illness. He was a member of the
Methodist church and the association
of P. R. R. Locomotive Engineers.
He married Miss Lena Blake, of
Altoona, who survives with eight
children. He also leaves one sister,
a half-brother and two half-sisters.
Burial was made in the Oak Ridge
cemetery, Altoona, on Saturday af-
ternoon.
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GRENINGER.—George Greninger,
a retired farmer of Nittany valley,
died on Thursday of last week, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Luther Hunter, at Mill Hall, as the
result of general infirmities. He
was 84 years old and spent most
of his life in the vicinity of Hublers-
burg, where for more than thirty
years he was an active member in
the Evangelical church.
ago he went to Mill Hall to make
his home with his daughter. His
survivors include two sons and two
daughters, H. A. Greninger, of Wat-
sontown; C. S. Greninger, of Renovo;
Mrs. Harry Miller and Mrs, Luther
Hunter, of Mill Hall; also one broth-
er, Israel Greninger, of Howard.
Funeral services were held at tne
Hunter home at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, by Rev. J. A. Farrar, and
burial made in the Cedar Hall cem-
etery.
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MOONEY.—Mark Mooney, a na-
tive of Centre county, died at his
home in Altoona, on Friday, follow-
ing an illness of several months. He
was born at Snow Shoe 74 years
ago and lived there all his life un-
til going to Altoona two years ago. |
He had been employed by the Le-| Cow Testing association No. 1,
high Valley Coal company and the
Pennsylvania Railroad company. He
was a member of the Snow Shoe in milk and 65 dry.
| producing over
tribe of Red Men. He was twice
married and is survived by his sec-
ond wife and nine children, one of
the latter being Mrs. Ruth Houtz, of
State College. Funeral services
were held on Monday, the remains
being taken to Snow Shoe for inter-
ment.
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POTTER. "Ms, Emma B. Emerick
Potter, widow of the late W. B.
Potter, died quite saddenly at her
home at Karthaus, on November
28th, following a brief illness. She
was 66 years old, was born at Kar.
thaus and spent all her life there.
Her husband died a few years ago
but surviving her are the. following
children: Frances E., Grace O., Mary
A. J. W,, Dudley G., George R. and
H. B. Potter. Funeral services were
held at the St. James Lutheran
Two years,
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‘wide and as
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church, us, on December 1st,
by Rev. Milo Lacrome, assisted by
Rev. Mr. Russel, burial being made
in the Keewadin cemetery.
WALKER Mrs,
wife of John H. Walker, of Wingate,
who had been quite ill for some
time, grew suddenly worse on Sun-
day morning, and evidently realiz-
mg that the end was near bade
goodbye to all the members of her
family and died within an hour.
She was a daughter of William
B. and Elizabeth Tolbert and was
born in Union township on March
14th, 1854, making her age 76 years,
8 months and 23 days. She mar-
ried Mr. Walker 48 years ago and
most of their married life was spent
in Boggs township. She was a
member of the Evangelical church
and until her health failed a regular
attendant. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by five children,
Mrs. Levi Fye and Mrs. Charles Nor-
ton, of Moshannon; Ellsworth, Cora
and Edward Walker, at honie,
Funeral services were held in the
Evangelical church at 10 o'clock on
Wednesday morning by Rev. Ying-
ling, interment being made in the
Stover cemetery:
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CONCERNING THE DEATH
OF WILLIAM A. MAGEE.
The article the Watchman publish-
ed on November 7th concerning the
tragic death of the late William A.
Magee, of Philadelphia, was incor.
rect in some of the details, due to
the fact that they were taken from
the first editions of one of the Phil-
adelphia papers, that had evidently
gone to press with the story before
the scene had been carefully studied
by investigators eager to ascertain
just how he had met death. !
Will was so well known in his old
home here and so generally liked
that many will be interested in the
facts that have been revealed by
searching investigations still going
on.
He left the Fifth street customs
house about 3 o'clock on the fateful |
afternoon to go to the . Second
street office where he remained: for
an hour. When he left there it
was knwn that he wasgoing to a!
barber shop, The fact that he had .
just been shaved when he was later |
admitted to the hospital proves that
he reached the barber’s in safety. It |
was 6:40 p. m. when he was ad- |
mitted to the hospital and from his
condition and traces on the streetit
appears that he must have been in-
jured two hours before that.
The accident did not occur on a;
“blind street.” It happened on San-
som St. just three feet inside the’
building line of the west side of
Second, and he was evidently drag-.
ged twenty-six feet west. The side--
walk there is.
Sansom is an “east-;
bound” street one theory is that he.
was struck by an automobile going |
the wrong way. Others are that
there was an attempted hold-up and |
his assailants frightened off by the]
extremes they had gone to in overs
coming his resistance and later a |
machine passed over him accidental- !
ly or purposely, or that he might |
have been mistaken for an official
concerned in some liquor, narcotic or
emigrant customs seizure and at-'
tacked on that account.
STATE COLLEGE MAN SUED
FOR HEAVY DAMAGES,
Melvin Greenaway, of Tyrone, on
Monday entered a trespass suit in
the Blair county courts against H. |
M. Myers, of Stata College, in which’'
damages for $3,586.15 are asked, as |
the result of a motor accident in|
which the parties figure, !
Greenaway alleges that on Sep-!
tember 2, at 3 p. m., he was law-.
fully operating his motorcycle on |
Pennsylvania avenue, Tyrone, and |
when at the intersection with Herald
street a car owed by the defendant
and operated by Robert J. Smith,
of State College, on the left side of
the road in a careless manner, and
at a high rate of speed, struck the
plaintiff’s motorcycle, destroying it,
and injuring him, his left leg being
broken; ribs fractured and internal
injury sustained, it is alleged.
The total amount of damages sued
for is divided as follows: For damage
to motorcycle, $175; for hospital and
medical service, $11.15; loss of
wages $300; injury to person and’
pain and suffering, $3,000.
COW TESTING REPORT FOR
MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
Ira Whiteman, « cow tester for the
re-
ports 25 herds tested during the
| month of November, with 332 cows
64 cows were
40 pounds of fat
and 25 cows over 50 pounds. 89
cows producing over 1000 pounds of
milk and 6 cows over 1200 pounds.
Following is a list of the ten highest
COWS:
Fat
Peters Bros. Juliet... ......... .2340 84.2
Shoemaker Bros. 958156 . 79.8
Western Pen. 677 ............ 71.0
Peters Bros. Sunbeam . 99 66.4
Geo. H. Wilson's Pet 64.4
S. 1. Corl, 08S .coooe 632 63.8
8. I. Corl, Grace ... 766 63.1
8. I. Corl, Beets ... 1917 61.3
Peters Bros. Butterboy 1947 60.3
Peters Bros. Nana 1827 60.2
— English lounging chair to be
given away for the best solution of
Franklin rebus is shown in the win-
dow of W. R. Brachbill’'s Furniture
Store. 49-1t
—We will do your job work right
|
Sain Walker,
just twenty-twp inches For
MERCHANTS » » »
Make your Yuletide decorations more
effective by the use of colored Christmas
lights, attractively arranged.
You'll find shoppers enjoying your
colorfully lighted displays . . . and their
increased interest more than paying the
cost of providing your decorations.
See your Electrical Dealer today.
YOUR COMMUNITY ELECTRICAL
MERCHANTS and CONTRACTORS
In Cooperation with The Electric Leagues of Pittsburgh
Make the New Year an Interesting
One for Some Friend
If you have a friend to whom
you would like to ‘send a grist
of good news every week in the
year 1931 we have a suggestion
to make.
Why not send him or her the
Democratic Watchman ¢
Anybody will appreciate such
CENTRE COUNTIANS IN
STATE-WIDE CONTEST
Centre county will be represented,
in January, at the State Farm Pro-
ducts Show, which will be held in
Harrisburg, 1n the amateur play
contest, according to county agent
R. C. Blaney. This will be a new
feature of the show under the coun-
try life activities department.
The local contest to select the
group to represent the county will
be held in the Grange hall, at Cen-
tre Hall, on Monday evening of
next week at eight o'clock. Three
groups will present one act plays of
not over 40 minutes each. They
will be judged by three competent
judges, and the winners will be se-
lected and the winning group will
compete in the State-wide contest
as a part of the farm show pro-
gram. The three groups competing
are: Logan Grange, Pleasant Gap;
Victor Grange, Boalsburg, and Wash.
ington Grange, Pine Hall. The
groups competing have had consid-
erable experience in amateur play
production, They have all com-
peted several different times in the
county contest, which is held at the
Centre Hall fair every year, and the
contest on Monday evening should
prove very interesting.
The contest will be open to any-
one who wishes to attend.
and the committee is anxious that
the plays be presented to a full
house.
It will
be an evening of free entertainment
I 0. 0. F, PAST GRANDS
TO MEET AT BLANCHARD.
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The December meeting of the:
Past Grands association, I. O. O. F., |
will be held at Blanchard on Mon- |
day evening next, at 8 o'clock, in |
the Disciple church. Among the’
regular business will be the elec- |
tion of officers for the ensuing year. !
A special feature of the meeting
will be the association’s first annual
Christmas party. Gifts for the boys
and girls at the Sunbury home will
be taken to the party and placed
about a Christmas tree. |
Roy D. Beman, superintendent of
the Sunbury home, will be present
and address the meeting, and will
accept the gifts on behalf of the
children. {
All Odd Fellows are invited to be
present and welcome Mr. Beman.
J. M. Hartswick is president of the
association and Chester A. Spyker,
secretary.
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—-—Bellefonte appears to be pol- |
luted with chicken pox. Nineteen
pupils in the first and second grades
of the North ward schools are at
home with the disease and there
are a number out of school at the
brick building. There is one case
of scarletina.
etre eee.
—Steel ferneries complete with
glazed jardiniere for standing ferns
to the window, at 1.75.— W.R.
Brachbill’s Furniture Store. 49-1t
| to their im ) i
' | not sent ; to. jail but will be . placed . ..-
WEST PENN AUTO BURNED
: WHEN FIRE GUTS GARAGE.
Fire ir the garage of the West
Penn Power company, connected
with the sub-station on west Lamb
street, at an early hour Saturday
morning, completely destroyed a Ford
coupe, badly damaged the tops of
two other cars, burned through the
‘wooden ceiling into the emergency
room above, which was almost com-
pletely gutted before the flames
{ were extinguished. The loss is es-
timated at from $3500 to $4000,
mostly covered by insurance. ?
The fire was discovered about five
o'clock by persons going to workat
the lime quarries, who gave the
alarm. Two employees of the West
‘Penn, who live nearby, got to the
building as quickly as possible and
~on opening the door found the Ford
(coupe a mass of flames while the
fire had already communicated to
the wooden ceiling. The men suc-
ceeded in pulling the burning car
‘from the garage and got out four
other cars and two trucks. In the
meantime an alarm had been turn-
ed in and it was not long until the
. firemen were on the scene. By the
application of both chemicals and wa-
ter they overcame the fire before
it burned through the roof, but all
the glass in the skylight were brok-
en by the heat.
| How the fire originated is not def-
initely known. One theory advanc-
ed is that of a short circuit in the
wires of the car that was burned.
‘ Another is overheating of the wires
connected with the windshield wiper
.on the car. It is also possible that
. the fire originated in the emergéncy
room over the garage and hot em-
| bers falling through a burned hole
"in the ceiling set fire to the car.
The car burned was one used by
the meter reader in covering outly-
ing districts, and as it was render-
ed entirely useless Arthur Dubbs
went to Connellsville, on Sunday,
and drove back a new Ford.
| ——Upholstered seat radio benches,
+ X-mas special at $3.90.—W. R.
Brachbill’s Furniture Store. 49-1t.
{ THREE SMALL SCHOOL BOYS
ROB HARDWARE STORE.
The robbery of the till in the
Schaeffer hardware store, on Wed-
'nesday night of last week, as told
{in the Watchman, was done by
three small school boys, LeRoy
| Gehret, 8 years old; Kenneth Baney,
9, and Joseph McCulley, about the
isame age. The boys took $2.30
from the till of the cash register
but so far as could be seen made
'no effort to take anything else. All
{of them are second grade children
| at the brick school building. Owing
immature age they were.
in
{on probation charge of the
"i juvenile court officer.
{ On Monday morning Walter Barn.
{ hart, 26 years old, of Boggs town-
| ship, was arrested on the charge of
| Stealing a gun from Toner Fisher,
{of Snow Shoe Intersection, last
{ March. After considerable ques-
| tioning he finally admitted the
{ theft and told where the gun can
| be found.
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tee sme fp eee
| ——27x50 inch novelty Axmin-
i ster scatter rugs, a real value at
1 $2.90.—W. R. Brachbill’s Furniture
| Store. 49-1t
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A Warner Brothers Theatic
STATE COLLEGE
| FRIDAY—
Matinee Daily at 1:30
| Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan
4 in
| “PRINCESS AND THE PLUMBER”
| SATURDAY
| Eddie Quillan, Sally Starr in
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“NIGHT WORK”
{ MONDAY AND TUESDAY—
{ Matinee Daily at 1:30
Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery in
“MIN AND BILL”
WEDNESDAY—
First National and “Oitaphone present
Joe E. Brown, Ona Munson in
“GOING WILD”
THURSDAY ——
Harry Langdon, Slim Summerville in
“SEE AMERICA THIRST”
NITTANY THEATRE
FRIDAY—
Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny,
Marjorie White in
“OH, FOR A MAN”
SATURDAY —
“PRINCESS AND THE PLUMBER”
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY-—
Warner Bros. and Ottaphone present
Grant Mitchell, George Marion in
“MAN TO MAN”
THURSDAY —
“GOING WILD”
WE GIVE GOLD COUPONS
Qur line of Christmas Goods in
great variety: Wagons, Dump Trucks,
otor Cycles, Trench Diggers, Trac-
tors, Road Rollers, Cement Mixers,
Mine Cars, Trailers, Plows, Thresh-
ers. In fact miniatures of leaders i
all lines. .
GARMANS