Boman Bellefonte, Pa., February 6, 1931. Sn P. GRAY MEEK - Editor ee] To Correspondents.—No communications unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. —— - - - TE T——— notice The following rates: ri in advance - Paid strictly 48 Paid before expiration of year Paid after expiration of year morn- onte, orderi change of address always - a. as the new address. t is | rtant that the publisher be aon et a ber wishes the discontinued. In all such cases the Depacription must be paid up to date of cancellation. vi A of the Watchman" sample cop 9 tue be sent withou FIFTY YEARS AGO 7 IN CENTRE COUNTY. Items taken from the Watchman issue February 11, 1881. --All ward caucuses will be held tomorrow (Saturday) evening. Let good men be nominated. ——Lock Haven isto have atown clock that will cost $800. It will be placed in the steeple of the court house. —The Bellefonte public schools were dismissed on Monday morning last on account of the difficulty in getting the rooms warm enough to be habitable. —William Ishler, of Benner town- ship, slaughtered a hog one day last week that dressed 561 lbs. This is one of the largest we have heard of. J. H. Hicklen, of Unionville, who is lumbering at Alexandria, is home and limping. His horse fell down and one of Jack's feet happened to be under it. There is a big flood on Spring creek, caused by the melting snow and late rains. As this item is being written the water is rising rapidly. It is close to the floor of our press- room. Later--Thursday evening — the water in the Watchman press room is now a foot deep and we are taking our forms over to be run on the press of the Belllefonte Republican which has been offered us for the purpose by Mr, Tuten. —William Brown, brother of this place, died at Houtzdale, on Sunday last, at the age of 68 years. —On Monday last death invaded the home of Alois Kohlbecker, at Milesburg, and took away Richard George the infant son of the family. Mr, George P. Bible, who is becoming somewhat noted as an elocutionist, will give an entertain- ment in Humes hall, on Friday night, the 18th and Governor Cur- tin is expected to preside. Mr. Bible has studied under James E. Murdock and Prof. Shoemaker and others. Reports from the entertain- ments he has given in other places in the county are very much to his credit. -The deadlock for U. S, Senator is still on in the Legislature at Harrisburg. Henry W. Oliver has dropped out and his men are going to Gen. Beaver whose vote has reached 65. Now if the General can capture the Grow men Belle- fonte might have a United States Senator that it didn't expect. —From Pleasant Gap we gather these terse truths: Butter is scarce. Scarlet fever is on the increase. Haag's distillery has suspended op- eration. Abe Miller has been of- fered $1000.00 for Hambletonian mares. -An article on the tendency of ladies to drink lager beer, furnished by our temperance contributor is on file for publication next week, It is said that the earthquake shock felt at Lewisburg and Sun- bury was also noticed by some per- sons at Aaronsburg, this county. Lewis S. Grimm has been ap- pointed postmaster at Madisonburg and Budd Thompson at Martha. Irvin Williams, a little colored boy was found nearly frozen to death in a wagon in Isaac Haupt's shed on Sunday morning. His side and legs were badly frosted. On Saturday morning some playmate told him his mother was going to whip him when he went home, so he climbed into the wagon to hide and must have fallen asleep there for he was still asleep when found the next morning. Wheat is $1.00, corn 40c, pota- toes 50c, eggs 25¢, bacon 8c, hams 8c. his team of NEWS NOTES OF THE BELLEFONTE ACADEMY. In an exciting cage contest in the Bellefonte armory, Monday eve- ning, the Jersey Shore basket ball team defeated the Bellefonte Acad- emy five 34 to 31. Today the Academy boxing team will go to New York where, tomor- row afternoon, they will engage in a combat with the New York Uni- versity freshmen, The annual football dance of the Academy will be held ac the Nittany Country club on Friday evening, February 27th, 9 to 2 o'clock. Mu- sic will be furnished by Joe Frabutt's orchestra, State College. These dances are always delightful social affairs. State-owned forest land in Centre county totals 107,396 acres and 106 perches, or about one- seventh of the total acreage in the county... The Department of For- ests and Waters is also considering the purchase of another large tract in Rush and Taylor townships. ANDERSON--Funeral services for Prof. Clarence R. Anderson, forestry extension worker of the Pennsylva- nia State College, were held at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, State College, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The Rev. A. L. Bixler conducted the services. Burial was made in the Pine Hall cemetery. He is survivd by his wife and two sons, Russell and Robert. Professor Anderson, who was 45 years old, died in the Blair Memori- al hospital, at Huntingdon, on Fri- day following an operation. Prior to the operation he had been ill for some time, and lately had suf- fered an attack of influenza. He was taken to the hospital on Jan- uary 20th. The forestry extension pioneer for Penn State, and possibly the first man in the United States to engage in this activity, he was a member of the State College faculty for 17 years. He came to the college in 1914 after spending a year on U.S. forest reserves in the west. He taught in the department of forestry and conducted extension work among the farmers of the State un- til 1921 when he turned all of his attention to the extension field. Through his efforts to improve the handling of small forest holdings and farm woodlots Prof. Anderson became acquainted with the rural population in every part of Penn- sylvania, and was of material as- sistance to the farmers in putting their woodlands on a paying basis. He was born on a farm in Cecil county, Maryland. He was a graduate of Dickinson College, class of 1908, and taught school for a few years in Savanna, Ill., before en- tering the Yale forest school from which he was graduated in 1913 to take up his life work. He was a member of the Metho- dist church, and also a member of the Society of American Foresters, the Theta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Pi fraternity. Il I HARPSTER.--Daniel Harpster, a well known farmer of Gatesburg, passed away quite suddenly on Mon- day of last week. He had not been feeling well for some time and that day took a motor trip to Tyrone with his brother Ira. Returning home they stopped at Marengo for a short visit with their niece, Mrs. Johnson. They had been there only a few minutes when Mr. Harpster suffered a heart attack and died before he could be removed from the chair in which he was sitting. He was a son of Samuel and Mar- garet Gales Harpster and was born at Gatesburg on February 9th, 1863, hence was not quite 68 years old. He was one of a family of eleven children and his only survivors are two brothers, Samuel and Ira. He never married and his entire life was spent on the old homestead at Gatesburg where he and the two brothers mentioned above lived to- gether since the death of their par- nts. He was a member of the Luth- eran church at Gatesburg and a good, substantial citizen. The three brothers were noted for their hospi- tality and their home was always open to friends or stranger, Funeral services were held at the church, at two o'clock last Wednes- day afternoon, by Rev J. 8S. Eng- lish, burial being made in the Gatesburg cemetery. ii It TRESSEL.— Realizing that death was near Mrs. Esther Mabel Tressel, wife of 'Squire J. L. Tressel, of Spring township, before she passed away at the Centre County hospital, on Tuesday morning, gave explicit directions in regard to her funeral, especially that her body be cremated and the ashes brought back to Cen- tre county and scattered to the four winds along Spring creek where she spent her happy girlhood days. Fu- neral services, last evening, by Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick and this morn- ing the remains were shipped to Pittsburgh for cremation. Mrs. Tressel died as the result of unexpected complications following an operation performed several weeks ago. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Mong and was born at Warriorsmark 35 years ago. On October 11, 1919, she married Mr. Tressel, who survives with no chil- dren. She leaves, however, her par- ents, living at Pleasant Gap, two brothers and a sister, Luther and Charles Mong, of State College, and Mrs. N. A. Miller, of Pitcairn. i li TRESSLER.- On Sunday morning, January 25th, John Wesley Tressler, well known resident of Centre Hall arose and sat down on the side of his bed, yawned, gasped and fell over dead. He had not been in good health for several years as the result of a stroke of paralysis, but the direct cause of his death was a heart attack, He was a son of Isaac and Sarah Dauberman Tressler and was born at Oak Hall 73 years ago. He fol- lowed farming all his life until ill health compelled his retirement. He married Miss Catherine Reifsnyder who survives with eight children, Thurman Tressler, of Centre Hall; Roy, of New York; Mrs. James M. Reish, of Spring Mills; Mrs. Charles Miller, of Centre Hill; Mrs. George Reed, of Pine Grove Mills; Ralph, Mrs. Roy Searson and Glenn, all of Centre Hall; he also leaves one brother, Calvin Tressler, in the West. Funeral services were held on Wednesday of last week by Rev. W. E. Smith, burial being made in the Centre Hall cemetery, | CENTRE COUNTIANS ON | LIST OF GRADUATES. The annual mid-winter commence- ment exercises at the Pennsylvania State College were held last Friday eve and among the list of grad- uates who completed their course and were awarded diplomas were the following from Centre county: Miss Sarah F. Wentzel, State College, education, school of educa- tion. Miss Wentzel finished the pre- scribed four-year course in three and a half years and also was class treasurer in her sophomore year and vice-president of the class in her junior year. She is a mem- ber of the Delta Gamma and Kap- pa Delta Pi fraternities, the Louisa Homer club, glee club, and college choir, and was on the Froth editori- al board for three years. Paul M. Blanchet, State College, arts and letters, school of liberal arts. He attended the University of Delaware for one year. Harold A. Hubler, State College, landscape architecture, school of agriculture, Hubler was captain of the wrestling team last year and won the intercollegiate champion- ship at 135 pounds for two seasons. He is a member of Scarab and Skull and Bones honor societies, and was secretary of the athletic asssociation last year. Raymond Wenger, State College, agricultural biochemistry, school of agriculture. Walter Herring, Spring Mills, arts and letters, school of liberal arts. Herring attended Susquehanna University for two years. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha fraterni- ty. William G. Walker, Spring Mills, pre-legal, school of liberal arts. Walker finished the regulation course in three and a half years and was awarded first honors. He was cir- culation manager of the Old Main Bell magazine, and member of the student council, Pi Lambda Sigma, Pi Gamma Mu, and Pi Delta Epsilon fraternities. Hewitt B, McCloskey, Philips- burg, dairy husbandry, school of agriculture. He served on the Fathers Day and Senior Ball mittees. . Andrew com- V. Wetzel, Bellefonte, metallurgy, school of mineral in- dustries. He is a member of Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity. Frederic H. Ross, Linden Hall, dairy manufacturing, school of agri- culture. Samuel J. Kern, Madisonburg, forestry, school of agriculture. — ere fs “MOROCCO” TO BE SHOWN AT THE STATE NEXT WEEK. intervals the mo- tion picture industry produces a super-picture! One achieving the rare combination of power, sweep, artistry and universal appeal that marks every big production in screen history. Paramount has pro- duced such a picture. It is “Moroc- co.” “Morocco” is the story of a turbu- lent, fierce, all consuming love; the story of a man and a woman. There is another man in the story, a polished sophisticate. For these three characters Para- mount has picked three outstanding actors. Gary Cooper, happy-go- lucky-soldier of fortune, private in the Foreign Legion where every man's past is his own secret. Mar- lene Dietrich, ravishingly beautiful, the toast of the continent, playing her first American screen role. And Adolphe Menjou, known and admir- ed by screen fans everywhere. We recall the thrilling adventures of “Beau Geste,” and we accord praise to this magnificent love drama, “Morocco,” It is stunning- ly real; compellingly human; beau- tiful in its setting. It is a story of ruthless, unreasoning, magnificent fervor, dwarfing all other emotions. At infrequent ——Nobody has yet told what great harm will come from an extra session of Congress to others than the favored monopolies. LOSCH.-—Mrs. Mary Jane Losch, widow of William S. Losch, died on Sunday morning, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eva G. Steininger, in Altoona, following an illness of some weeks with complications. She was a daughter of George and Mary Teats Bierly and was bornin Centre county on December 24th, 1843, hence was past 87 years of age. She was twice married, the first time to Henry Snyder and the second to William Losch. Both hus- bands preceded her to the grave but she is survived by four children, Mrs. Celia S, Bierly, Mrs. Eva Steininger, Charles W. and George S. Snyder, all of Altoona. She was a member of the First Evangelical church, of Altoona, and Rev. Carey S. Thomas had charge of the funeral services which were held at one o'clock Tuesday after- noon, the remains being brought to Bellefonte for interment. PARSONS. William erry Par- sons, well known retired farmer of Julian, died at the Centre County hospital, last Thursday, as the re- sult of & complication of diseases. He had been in poor health for some time and his condition becoming quite serious he was brought to the | | hospital just one week prior to his | | death. He was 78 years old and is survived by two brothers and one sister, all living at Parsons, Kan. Burial was made on Saturday at Julian. LOYAL BACKING MAKES FIGHTING ATHLETES. BY JOHN M. FLEMING The score was 70-0 in favor of the opposing team, yet eleven small, but determined lads fought with an unquenchable spirit until the final whistle blew. No, this isn't the be- ginning of a thrilling football story or an adventure of Tom Swift at Squedunk, its a truth that the ma- jority of the Bellefonte people have failed to recognize. The Bellefonte High school team didn’t win a game but in not one single instance did they give up until the last shot was fired from the timer’'s gun and the fourth quarter had come to a close. And all they got was a handful of raspberries. There's something wrong somewhere and we have made an effort to discover the cause. Last Tuesday night we saw a fighting basketball team from the same school go down to defeat at the hands of a larger and more ex- perienced Hollidaysburg five. There wasn't a minute that the boys from Bellefonte weren't giving all they had and doing their level best but the odds of size were against them and they lost 29-19. A better brand of basketball could not be found in high school circles but the number of spectators present would lead one to believe they had broken in on an invitation banquet exclu- sively for Eskimos residing in the Sahara desert, If it had not been for the fact that Hollidaysburg fans had accompanied their team in a goodly number the gate receipts would have resembled a free will offering at a Scotch picric. Three years ago Bellefonte and Philips- burg played in the Y. M. C. A. and people were turned away from the doors; the capacity of the building had been reached a number of min- utes before the game began. A contrast of this kind should not be, and it is up to the sport fans of the community to remedy this condition. The athletic policy of the majority of high schools is entirely different from the system followed in colleges. A certain set period is provided for physical education, and sports are not a part of this program. Teams of various natures are given a part in the scheme only as a means of allowing those boys who are inter- ested in football, basketball etc, to have an outlet for these desires, Arthur Sloop, superintendent of the Bellefonte Schools, in explaining his attitude on the subject said: “Ath- letics are not to give the crowd a thrill but to give the boys training.” He explained how through the me- dium of inter-class basketball many of the students were afforded an op- portunity to enter into this form of recreation. The primary purpose of high school sports is not to pro- duce championship teams but to give the individual boy something that may aiu« him in his combat on the battlefield of life. Thus from a commercial stand- point we cannot consider the ques- tion at all except to make a passing remark. It takes money to equip a team and send it onto the field of play. A high school team does not ask for something for nothing. A small sum in comparison to the price charged for other sporting at- tractions, is the amount demanded and a pleasant, wholesome recrea- tion in reach of any pocketbook is provided. Depression and hard times may serve as an excuse for a portion of the lack of attendance but the main cause certainly must lie elsewhere. The question that naturally arises is, “then why? The answer is simple. The Bellefonte High School has hit a slump and they are not producing winning teams. A slump of this nature is natural, It is im- possible to win all the games and a championship team cannot be pro- duced every year. If these things were easily overcome the thrill of sport would be removed and there would be no use in having teams of any sort. You are perhaps think- ing “this may be so but why does it continue so long?" This is where the student body of the local high school and the general sporting pub- lic play their part in the come-back of athletics in Bellefonte. The mere knowledge that a crowd of loyal rooters are urging you by means of shouts and cheers, plays a large part in keeping up the morale of any team. At the game the other night the high school students were conspicuous by their absence, with the exception of a few; not enough to even make up a cheering section. The sporting population of the town in general were not there. We are convinced that if the team could play as good a brand of basketball as they did on their home floor with the rooters for the opposing team outnumbering their home supporters, that certainly with the proper encouragement from the people of their own community and the sincere backing of their fellow students the result would have been at the least much less than ten points difference. It is only natural in boys of high schocl age to respond to support and we feel that we are right when we say that better teams could be produced if the people would rally to the cause. The boys are learn- ing lessons of good sportsmanship and fair dealing when they play the clean brand of basketball that they do. They are deserving of your support and the mere fact that they have lost does not necessarily mean that they are to be deserted. Mit is not possible to attend the games or if you feel that they are not worth bothering about then bear one fact in mind; don't razz the lads when they have done their level best, Get behind the boys and do a little pushing and if you can’t push give them a pat on the back and send them home feeling asif their efforts have been appreciated. May- be if the students and the towns- people would take this little diagno- sis to heart the scores woud be a different story, the boys would still be reaping the benefits tobe derived from organized sport and the people would have a team that they could well be proud of. Turn the rasp- berries into a slap on the back and help the lads along. PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO MEET AT STATE COLLEGE. A convention for men only of the Presbyterian churches in the Hunt- igdon, Presbytery will be held at State College on Friday, February 13th, afternoon and evening, witha followship dinner at 6:15 o'clock. Cloyd B., Ewing is chairman of the committee of arrangements. Among the speakers will be Rev. Lewis D. | Mudge, D. D., LL. D. stated clerk of the general assembly; John A. Campbell, M. D., of Williamsport; Rev, W. M. Cleaveland, Rev. Robert J. Black and Rev. William Ralph :all. All men are invited. OSECOLA MILLS BANK CLOSED ON MONDAY. The Peoples National bank, of Osceola Mills, was closed on Mon- day, due to the alleged defalcations of $90,000 by C. Bruce Gardner, vice president and cashier. Gardner was arrested and is being held in the Clearfield county jail pending an in- vestigation, According to report the money was lost in stock spec- ulation. The bank is capitalized at $100,000 and has a book surplus of $35,000. Its total assets are given as $501,387.51. Deposits ag- gregated $287,990.49. IN MEMORIAM. DR. WILLIAM S. GLENN, SR. The passing of Dr, William 8. Glenn, Sr. is not only a great loss to those of us who knew and loved him: it is an equally great loss to the medical profession and to our community. For many years he enjoyed the distinction of being listed in “Who's Who,” was one of those rare prac- titioners who combined spiritual in- sight with professional skill, in his daily contacts. i We are indeed grateful to have been among those fortunate enough to enrich our life by having known him, and by virtue of his deeds he will be cherished in our memory. The world will seldom look upon his like again. “I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you, oh you, who the wildest yearn For the old time step and the glad re- turn, Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here. - Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead; he is just away.” E. M., State College, Pa. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR SHERIFF We are authorized to announce that Elmer Breon, of Bellefonte borough, will be an candidate for the nomination , on the Democratic ticket for the office of Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the | decision of the voters as expressed at ! the primaries to be held on Tuesday, . September 15th, 1831. | COUNTY TREASURER hereby announce myuelt a candidate the nomination of Treasurer of Cen- tre County, subject to the decision of the Democratic Voters at the Pri Election, to be held September 15, 1881. ROBERT F. HUNTER | We are authorized to announce '0. G. Morgan, of Bellefonte | will be a candidate for nomination on | the Republican ticket for the office of Treasurer of Centre County, subject to the decision of the voters as exp { at the primaries to be held on Tuesday, | September 15, 1931, | 1 ! for that borough, FO SMOOTHNESS The new Ford twenty ball and roller bearings has more than EVIDENCE of the high quality built into the new Ford is the extensive use of ball are more than twenty in all and roller bearings. There — an unusually large num- ber. Each bearing is adequate in size and carefully selected for the work it has to do. At some points in the Ford chassis you will find ball bearings. At others, roller bearings are used regardless of their higher cost. The formance of the car. deciding factor is the per- The extensive use of ball and roller bearings in the new Ford insures smoother operation, saves gasoline, increases speed and power, gives quicker pick-up, de- creases noise, and gives greater reliability and longer life to vital moving parts. Other outstanding features that make the new Ford a value far above the price are the Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield, silent, fully enclosed four-wheel brakes, four Houdaille double-acting hydraulic shock absorb- ers, aluminum pistons, chrome silicon alloy valves, three-quarter floating rear axle, Rustless Steel, the ex- tensive use of fine steel forgings, and unusual accuracy in manufacturing, Tue New Forp Town SEDAN LOW PRICES OF FORD CARS *430 to "630 F. 0. B. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumpers and spare tire extra at small cost. You can purchase a Ford on economicel terms through the Authorized Ford Finance Plans of the Universal Credit Company. SRI.
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