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Bellefonte, Pa, January 23, 1931.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman issue
of January 28, 1881.
—D. F. Fortney has retired as
District Attorney and William C.
Heinle has been sworn in to fill the
office.
Christ's Reformed church at
Madisonburg was dedicated on Sun-
day. It cost $4500 and was entire-
ly free of debt when it was conse-
crated to the service of Christ,
How John Anderson has been
able to keep it away from us so
long we don't know. We see John
every day and only yesterday he
admitted that a new son had come
to brighten his home three weeks
ago— (This one must have been
“Birdie” Editor's Note.)
Joe Ross and John Griffith
are carrying on high out at Pleas-
ant Gap, Joe is the father of a
new boy and John is celebrating the
arrival of a dear little girl in his
home.
—A two horse sled load of pretty
girls and married ladies will leave
here this afternoon for the concert
at Boalsburg tonight. Other parties
are going, also, but by more private
conveyances.
— Harry Kephart, Harry Sayres
and Charley McClure were up to
Unionville on Sunday to see their
sweethearts.
~The weight of the snow last
Friday, after the rain, caused the
roofs of several barns about here to
cave in.
Six weeks of first class sleigh-
ing ought to be enough to satisfy
lovers of the bufralo robes and
sleigh bells, so we're for hastening
spring.
-—~Abe Weber, of Howard, got
caught on the grand jury last week.
If all the members of the grand in-
quest were as good looking as Abe
that side of the court room would
be resplendent.
—Daniel Hall, master blacksmith
at Unionville, put 101 shoes on
horses in one day last week.
--A very serious accident happen-
ed to Miss Lucy Barnhart, daughter
of P, W. Barnhart, on Wednesday
of last week, in which she had one
of her arms broken and was injur-
ed otherwise. With her brother
Harry she was coming to town lo
attend the funeral of a child of their
sister, Mrs. J C.,, Weaver, when
their horse became unmanageable,
ran away and threw them both out
of the sleigh.
—Richard Miles Esq., an old and
respected resident of this county,
died at the Curtin House, in Miles-
burg, last Saturday, at the age of
85 years.
—Burglars played the devil with
the store of John Diehl in Howard
last Thursday night. They broke
in and relieved him of about the
weight of $130 in cash.
Shannon McCormick Esq., Demo-
crat of Democrats, and one of the best
friends the Watchman ever had or
hopes to have, dropped in on Monday
to cheer us a bit with his kindly
and encouraging words.
~Buildings broken down by last
Friday's heavy snow were: Monroe
Armor’'s barn, Robert MecKnight's
coal shed, the H. L. Harvey barn
on this side of Curtin, the Austin
Iddings barn in Central City and the
barn of W. G. Leathers near Mt.
Eagle.
A sledding party of little folks
made a trip to Unionville last Sat-
urday afternoon and had supper at
Mr. Thomas Taylor's temperance
hotel. Ben Barnes furnished the
team and sled and a comical little
colored boy, Charley Powell, went
along to cut capers for their amuse-
ment. In the party were Master
Willie Garman and Miss Annie Gar-
brick, Master Jerome Harper and
Miss Minnie Garman, Master James,
Joe and Miss Kate Cheesman, Mas-
ter George and Misses Carrie and
Ursula Bayard, Master George Meek
and Miss Bessie Evans. At Union-
ville Masters Charley and Harry
Griest and Eugene Hall added much
to their pleasure by loaning them
sleds to coast with while the big
supper they had was in preparation.
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BELLEFONTE MAN'S ARM
CUT HALF OFF BY SAW.
While at work sawiig !umbe¥ to
build the porch at his new home, on
east Lamb street, shortly before
noon on Monday, Lester Musser got
his right arm caught in a swiftly
revolving electric circular saw and
before he could pull away the arm
was cut half off just a short dis-
tance below the elbow. He was
rushed to the Centre County hospi-
tal where every effort will be made
to save the member. While both
bones were sawed nearly off and
the flesh and tendons mutilated it
is possible the arm can be saved.
Just how he came to get caught in
the saw Mr. Musser has not been
able to reveal.
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HUTCHISON.—It was with ex-
treme regret that residents of
Bellefonte learned the passing
away of Mrs. Margarei Hutchison,
last
of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nettie
Hutchison, in Warren, where she
and her daughter, Miss Fannie, had
gone to spend the winter. Being in
her 92nd year Mrs. Hutchison was
naturally in frail health and the
breakdown came about three weeks
ago, From that time she gradually
grew worse until the end.
Mrs. Hutchison was a daughter of
Elijah and Frances Pearce Hewes,
and was born at Potters Mills on
July 12th, 1839, hence was 91 years,
6 months and 3 days old. She was
educated in the public schools of
her home community and at the age
of twenty years married Dr. James
F. Hutchison. The latter served as
Oo:
" a surgeon during the Civil war and
at the close of the war located in
Harrisburg. Dr. Hutchison died in
1879 and the following year Mrs.
Hutchison and children moved to
Bellefonte and this had been her
home ever since. She was a mem-
ber of the Methodist church from
childhood and during her active life
a regular attendant. A great read-
er she kept herself informed on all
important issues of the day and
could converse intelligently on most
any topic. A good friend and a
splendid neighbor she will be sadly
missed in the many homes in Belle-
fonte where she was always a most
welcome guest,
She was the mother of three chil-
dren, Harry L. Hutchison, who died
in December, 1929; Thomas, who
died a number of years ago, and
Miss Fannie, the only survivor, who
was with her mother when she
passed away. She also leaves one
brother and a sister, Charles P.
Hewes Esq. of Erie, and Mrs. John
T. McCormick, of State College.
Funeral services were held at the
Hutchison home in Warren at three
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, after
which the remains were placedin a
receiving vault there and later will be
brought to Bellefonte for interment
in the family plot in the Union
, cemetery,
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DECKER. Maurice J. Decker, a
native of Centre county, died at
Knoxville, Tennessee, last Friday,
following an illness of several weeks
with stomach trouble.
He was a son of Michael J. and
Elizabeth Decker and was born at
Potters Mills about fifty years ago.
His early life was spent on the farm
but when he grew to manhood he
left Centre county for the West and
during the past twenty-five years
had been in many States and had
engaged in various occupations.
During the past few years he had
sold roofing for Sears, Roebuck &
Co., and superintended the work
of putting the roofs on the build-
{ings. He had been working in Ohio
for the past five years and went to
Knoxville only about five weeks ago.
He was a member of the Lutheran
church and the Masonic fraternity,
He never married but is survived
by two brothers and a sister, Fran-
cis W. and James L. Decker, both
living near Centre Hall, and Mrs.
W. O. Rearick, of Milroy. The re-
mains were brought to Centre coun-
ty, on Monday, and taken to the
home of his brother, F. W. Decker,
where funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon, burial being made
in the Sprucetown cemetery.
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BEATTY.—Mrs, Mary Beatty,
wife of J. O, Beatty, died at her
home at Avis, on Sunday, following
an illness of nineteen months with a
complication of diseases.
She was a daughter »f Mr. and
Mrs. John Wolfe and was born at
Spring Mills 53 years ago. Most of
her married life had been spent at
Avis. She was a member of the
Trinity Lutheran church, the Ladies
Aid and Community club and prior
to her illness was for ten years
treasurer of the Rehekahs.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter, Mrs. Carl Thorson, at
home, and a son, Glenn Beatty, of
Avis. She also leaves her father
and step-mother, living at State Col-
lege, and the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Elmer Jones, of Kla-
math Falls, Oregon; Mrs J. K.
Mortsen, of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs.
Jennie Shope, of State College;
Mrs. Gilbert Dietzel, Mrs. Charles
Hoffman, William Orvis and Charles
Wolfe, all of Avis, and John Wolfe,
of State College.
Funeral services were held in the
Lutheran church, at Jersey Shore,
at two o'clock Wednesday after-
noon, by Rev. H. F. Shoaf, burial
being made in the Jersey Shore
cemetery.
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THOMPSON. Mrs. Laura E.
Thompson, a native of Centre coun-
ty, died on Tuesday of last week, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Cisney, at Brooklyn, N. Y,,
following an illness of some weeks.
She was a daughter of John H. and
Mary Biddle and was born at Wad-
die, in Buffalo Run valley, 74 years
ago. A good part of her married
life was spent in Tyrone, In addi-
tion to the daughter mentioned |
above she is survived by two broth-
ers and a sister, Rev, Edward J.
Biddle, of Tyrone; H. W. Biddle, of |
Osceola Mills, and Mrs. Samuel M. |
Coulter, of Homestead. The remains |
were taken to Tyrone where burial
was made in the Grandview ceme- |
tery, on Thursday.
-We will do your job work right.
Thursday evening, at the home!
daughters, Mrs. Helen Thomas,
| McLaughlin, of Wingate.
leaves one brother and three sisters,
MORRIS.—Word was received in
Bellefonte, yesterday morning, of the
death of Miss Eliza Igbert Morris,
at the home of her brother, Charles
Morris, at Searcy, Arkansas, on
Wednesday evening. She had been
in delicate health for several years.
The oldest child of Alexander and
Elizabeth Swartz Morris, she was
born at Apollo Pa., where her girl-
hood life was spent. The family
later moved to Tyrone and that was
her home until she came to Belle-
fonte twenty-three years ago. Fol-
lowing the death of her father, or
about six years ago, she went south
to make her home with her broth-
er, later going to Searcy, Arkansas,
She was a member of the Presby-
terian church and the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Her
survivors include four brothers,
Thomas K, Morris, of Sheffield, Ala.;
Charles A., of Searcy, Ark.; Rob-
ert, of Bellefonte, and Alexander
Jr., of Pittsburgh.
The remains will be brought east
to Tyrone, and will arrive there at
10:42 o'clock tomorrow (Saturday)
morning. They will be taken direct
from the train to Grandview ceme-
tery, for burial in the Morris lot.
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SHANNON.—Merrill Shannon, a
native of Middleburg but who had
been making his home in Bellefonte
since March, 1930, with his sister,
Mrs. D. H. Heim, on Reynolds ave-
nue, died at the Centre County hos-
pital, on Tuesday evening, as the
result of dropsy and heart trouble.
He had been a patient at the hospi-
tal about a month.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Shannon and was born at
Middleburg a little over fifty years
ago. He was a cement contractor,
He married Miss Florence Stecht, of
Middleburg, who survives with three
of
Wilkes-Barre, Nellie and Margaret,
who with their mother are now mak-
ing their home with Mrs. Thomas.
He also- leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Heim and Mrs. Alice Spaide, of
Reedsville. Funeral services will be
‘held at the Heim home at noon to-
day after which the remains will be
taken .to Middleburg where further
services will be held in the church,
purial to be made at that place.
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BECHDEL.—Albert O. Bechdel,
passenger conductor on the Pitts-
burgh division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, died quite suddenly of a
heart attack, at his home in Altoona,
at 8:30 o'clock on Monday morning,
He and Mrs. Bechdel had been up
most of Sunday night owing to the
illness of one of their daughters.
Mr. Bechdel went tu bed at 4:30
and got up at 8:30. As he got out
of bed he fell to the ficor and a
physician was summoned. He stated
that death had been instantaneous,
Deceased was a son of James and
CRISSMAN-— Announcement of the
sudden and unexpected death of
Luther Hendricks Crissman, at his
home in Altoona at 7:25 o'clock on
Monday evening, was a distinct
shock to his many friends in Belle-
fonte, who had not known of his ill-
ess. In fact he had been illbut a
few days. A heavy cold with which
he had been suffering last week
developed into pneumonia on Satur-
day night and resulted in his death.
He was a son of W. Homer and
Sarah Bright Crissman and was
born in Bellefonte on September 6th,
1894, hence was in his 37th year.
He was educated in the public
schools here and when the United
States entered the World war in
1917 he went to Camp Hancock,
Ga., for training as a corporal in
Troop L. He went overseas early in
1918 and was there attached to the
108th field artillery, an organization
that was in service on the front
during the long campaign which re-
sulted in ending the war. Return-
.ing home in 1919 he worked for a
time for the Bellefonte Central Rail-
road company and ran the Bush
House cigar store for some
time. About five years ago
he went to Altoona and accepted
employment with the Pennsylvania
Railroad company where he had re-
mained ever since. He was a mem-
ber of Bellefonte lodge, No. 258,
Free and Accepted Masons, Royal
Arch chapter No, 241, of Bellefonte,
and the P. R. R. Relief Association.
He married Mrs. Ella Deeters
Bathurst who survives with two
step-children, Herbert and Alma
Bathurst, his father, living in Belle-
fonte, and two sisters, Mrs. A. B.
Cromer, of New York, but who is
now at the family home here, and
Mrs. M. F. Broderick, also at home.
An only brother, Frank W., Criss-
man, was killed in France during
the World war.
Funeral services were held at the
Grace Methodist church, in Altoona,
at two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
by Rev. E. F. Ilgenfritz, burial be-
ing made in the Rose Hill cemetery,
, Altoona.
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HUGAR.— Relatives and friends of
Edmund J. Hugar were shocked to
learn of his sudden death which oc-
curred at his home in Renovo, Pa.
on the morning of January 6th,
11931.
The deceased was the youngest
son of James J. and Henrietta Hugar,
and was born near Keewaydin, Pa.
‘in August, 1877. At the time of
‘his death he was in his fifty-fourth
‘year, His boyhood days were spent
on the farm = Later the family
moved to Karthaus and for a time
he was engaged in the milling
business there.
! About 1906 Mr. Hugar was united
in marriage to Miss Nellie Fowler,
Lock Haven, Pa, and for a time
,was employed by a mercantile firm
Catherine Bechdel and was born at, n that town. Later he moved to
Howard, Centre county, on January
3rd, 1880, hence was 50 years and
16 days old. When but twenty years
‘of age he went to Altoona and en-
tered the employ of the Pennsylva-
nia Railrcad company as a passen-
ger brakeman and twelve years later
was promoted to a conductor. For
a number of years the family lived
in Pittsburgh but twelve years ago
were transferred to Altoona. He
was a member of the Baum Boule-
vard Presbyterian church, of Pitts-
burgh; Howard lodge Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, the Williamsport
consistory and Jaffa Shrine temple,
of Altoona. He was also a mem-
ber of the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors.
He married Miss Mary E. Hum-
mell, of Tyrone, who survives with
two daughters, Audrey and Janet,
both at home. He also leaves two
sisters and a brother, Mrs. Jose-
phine Mingle, of State College; Mrs.
Walter Leonard, of Pittsburgh, and
Earl Bechdel, of Kittanning.
Funeral services were held in the
Broad Avenue Methodist church at
two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
burial being made at Tyrone.
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FISHER.—Mrs. Katherine G. Fish-
er, widow of the late W. E. Fisher,
died at her home at Wingate, at
eleven o'clock last Friday night, as
the result of a heart attack. She
had not been feeling well for some
days but was able to be up and
around and assist with her house-
hold work. On Friday eevning she
complained of a pain in her left
side and a physician was summoned
but she was past medical aid,
She was a daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth Glossner and was born in
Marion township on October 3rd,
1854, making her age 76 years and
4 months. She married Mr. Fisher
about fifty-five years ago and all
their married life was spent near
Wingate. Her husband died in the
fall of 1928 but surviving her are
the following children: Henry
Roy Fisher, at home; Edgar and
Joseph, of Milesburg; John, of Bald
Eagle; Mrs. Clayton Lucas, of Miles-
burg; Toner, of Curtin; Mrs. Maggie
Tice, of Bald Eagle, and Mrs. Ralph
John H. and Miss Jennie Glossner,
of Jacksonville; Mrs. William White,
of Dix Run, and Mrs. James Fisher,
of Warriorsmark.
Mrs. Fisher was a member of the
Methodist church, a good mother
and neighbor and will be missed in
her home community, Funeral serv-
ices were held at her late home, at
one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
by Revs. M. H. Crawford and M. C.
Piper, burial being made in the
Stover cemetery.
She also
¥ vo, where for many years he
‘was in the employ of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company.
Deceased is survived by his wife
and three daughters; also a brother
and three sisters. Funeral services
were conducted from the Roman
Catholic church, Renovo, of which
faith he was a lifelong member.
During the last few years of his
life Mr. Hugar had suffered much
from physical debility which requir-
ed numerous surgical operations
‘and consequent suffering. Looking
back through the years his boyhood
friends will remember the deceased
for his good comradeship and pleas-
ing personality, though saddened by
thought of his sudden passing.
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
The 44th annual convention of the
‘School Directors’ Association of
Centre county will be held in the
rcourt house, Bellefonte, on Thursday,
Jan 29th. Two sessions will be
held, at 9:30 o'cleck in the morning
‘and 1:30 in the afternoon.
Devotional services at the opening
session will be conducted by Rev.
A. G. Herr, of Milesburg, to be fol-
lowed by the reading of the minutes
by the secretary. The first ad-
dress will be on “A Child Account-
ing Program,” by J. Y, Shambach,
of Harrisburg. This will be follow-
ed by the roll call and an address
by Dr. Henry T. Colestock, of
Bucknell University. T. H. Rote, of
Spring Mills, will give a report of
the proceedings of the State con-
‘vention of school directors.
Dr, Colestock will be the first
speaker at the afternoon session and
following him county superintendent
F. G. Rogers will make a few re-
marks. He will be followed with
another talk by Mr, Shambach and
then an opportunity will be given
the directors to ask any question on
which they may desire information.
Reports of committees will then be
in order after which officers will be
elected and the convention adjourn.
Officers at present are S. W. Gram-
and joy Millheim, president; Miss Besse
Miles, Milesburg, and George H. Mc-
Cormick, Spring Mills, vice presi-
dents; Guy W. Stearns, Lemont,
secretary, and F. P. Geary, Centre
Hall, treasurer.
The standing committees are:
Reorganization.-M. O. Stover,
Millheim, chairman; Denton S, Peter-
son, Ferguson township; C. A.
Spyker, Centre Hall, Sherman H.
Confer, Curtin township; Joseph
Goss, Taylor township; E.E. Vonada,
Marion township; J. W. Orr, Howard.
Resolutions.—R. H. Shook, Gregg
| township, chairman; Rev. J, F. Har-
kins, State College; Charles Hipple,
Burnside township; John M. Kachik,
Snow Shoe township;
Ross, Harris township: George Hazel,
Bellefonte; J. 8S. Williams, Liberty
township.
Charles M.
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Voices from the South
Hartsville, N. C., Jan. 1-31
Mr. Geo, Meek,
Dear Sir:—
Find enclosed order for Watch-
man for 1931. We have received
the paper very promptly and cer-
tainly enjoy it. In fact, we all
look with much pleasurable antici-
pation on the day it arrives here
and there are about a dozen fami-
lies to whom it is later passed. They
all seem to be as anxious to read it
as we are.
Respectfully
JAMES A. McCAFFERTY
Mr. McCafferty is the foimer well
known Bellefonte stone mason. He
has been living in North Carolina
for some years and, we understand,
is getting along splendidly. We
never knew just what took Jim
d wn south, but we always had a
aspicion that a desire to be some-
where where Democrats win once in
awhile might have had something to
do with the move, And, because
of that, we thought of him in No-
vember, 1928, and wondered what he
thought of the political acrobatics
his adopted State went through
then. In any event we'll bet Jim
didn't pour any water on old Furni-
fold McL. Simmons’ mill after that
campaign.
Knoxville, Tenn, 1-13-31 |
Dear Mr. Meek:
Among the things noted in the
strong weekly editorials of those who
are supposed, ultimately to inherit
the world—that's either Shakespeare
or Bible for meek--is something
about those who read the paper too
it to |
much and their labels too little.
sent you a check on November
1930, +++
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18,
Very Sincerely yours
H. W. MAC INTIRE
Mr. MaclIntire's trouble has been
a--ad up. He did remit, but his
check (ame just after we had cor-
| rected our list in November and as
| we did not coric:t it again until
last week our records showed that
| he had paid in advance, but the list,
which is a copy of the label, could not
reflect the payment until it was
changed again.
i As we have a great many in-
| quiries just like that of Mr. Mac-
Intire it might be well for others
{ who read this to note that any pay-
i ments sent this office after Satur-
| day, Jan. 10, last, will be credited
| on our books at once, but they will
not be noted on paper labels until
| Friday, March 20th. In other words,
last week we corrected the list and
tock enough copies to use for mail-
ing for nine weeks ahead.
Mr. Maclntire's reference to the
possibility of our inheriting some-
thing reminds us of the fact that
ever since our first lisping of the
, Beatitudes we have had a peculiar
little reaction every time we go over
that third one, that promises
that the meek are to inherit the
earth.
Inasmuch as we haven't, we con-
clude that it isn't our kind of meek
that the promise was made to.
Incidentally, we call Mr, Mac-
Intire's attention to the fact that
we knew the number of the Beati-
tude he referred to and that's some-
thing he didn't know.
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ENJOY THESE WINTER NIGHTS,
Maids, Uncle Wiggley, Lotte
Euchre, J Tiddlee
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Tennis, Ping Pong and many others.
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