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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman issue
February 25, 1881.
~The prospects are for a busi-
ness boom in Bellefonte in the
spring.
—With such brignt prospects as
the car works resuming soon the
question arises: Will the race bridge
be widened soon? (The race bridge
referred to is the bridge near the
railroad station on High street.
Fifty years ago it had not been
widened out to the point that now
constitutes the pavement infront of
the wholesale house of Lauderbach-
Griest Co. In fact neither one of
the High street bridges ran even
to the curb line on the south side
of the street—Editor’s Note.)
—Sleighing and sledding are pret-
ty nearly played owt and wagons
and buggies are beginning to put in
an appearance on the street.
—Mr. Miles, post master of Miles-
burg, who broke an arm sometime
ago, will soon have the use of the
member restored.
—W. R. Jenkins, of Bellefonte,
according to latest reports has been
granted a patent on a power ham-
mer. (If memory serves us right
this was the first mechanical ham-
mer ever invented. For years it was
a very usefu. machine in shops all
over the world and its manufacture
was the principal business of the
Jenkins and Lingle foundry in this
place.—Editor's Note.)
—Solomon Derr, late of this place,
died at the residence of his son
John, in Armstrong, Kansas, on
Monday last. He was a brother of
Daniel, Christian and Henry Derr,
all of this place.
—Our Senator, the Hon. Cyrus
T. Alexander, has introduced a bill
in the Legislature, making the sale
of adulterated liquor a penal offense,
-—Mr. Harry Kline, of Tyrone, hard-
ware dealer, placed the writer of
this item under sincere obligation
Wednesday by the gift of a very
handsome three bladed, pearl handled
knife of the finest steel, (Mr. Kline
is now living at Middletown, Pa.,
carrying his years gracefully and
visiting Bellefonte about once a year
—Editor's Note.)
—Henry Hall, a former resident
of Milesburg, died in Maryville, Mis-
souri, recently. He was one of the
masons who worked on the first
Prusbytevian church built in Miles-
rg.
-Mr. Geo. P. Bible's recital in
Humes hall last Friday night was
attended by a small but very respect-
able audience. = He was assisted by
a sister who is a very accomplished
musician and, together, they fur-
nished an entertainment that merit-
ed much greater patronage,
—The art gallery, fair and festi-
val held by Gregg Post G. A. R. in
this place on Washington's birth-
day was highly succesful and profit-
able, as well. Among the exhibits
were the yellow silk flag captured
from the British at the battle of
Monmouth, which is the property
of Capt. W. W. Potter. Also the
coat worn by Gen. Beaver when he
was shot at Chancellorsville and that
worn by Maj. R. H. Foster when
he was shot through the breast at
Petersburg,
—Charles C. Smith, who farmed
the William Keller place near Cen-
tre Hall, was found dead in the cow
stable on Friday morning the 11th,
by his wife. He went to the barn
to treat a cow that had a sore eye
and it is supposed that when he at-
tempted to put medicine into the
sore organ she threw her head
around with such violence as to
knock him unconscious and then
trampled him to death. He was ly-
ing directly under the animal when
his wife discovered him.
W.C.T.U. CONFERENCE
HELD HERE SATURDAY,
Sixteen county officers and three
State officers were present at a W.
C.T. U. conference held at the home
of Mrs. Robert Mills Beach, in
Bellefonte, last Saturday. The
speaker was Miss Rachel Armstrong,
of Bucknell University, and one of
the leading topics under discussion
was a course of scientific temper-
ance instruction to be carried on in
the various schools of the county, a
movement that has the endorsement
of county superintendent F. G.
Rogers.
It was also decided to hold a |
series of group meetings throughout
the county during the month of
March. The meetings will be held
| YARNELL.—Mrs. Sarah Nevill
| Yarnell, widow of Jacob M. Yar-
| fer, on east Bishop street, Belle-
| fonte, following an illnesss of some
| weeks as the result of a stroke of
ge a daughter of William
‘and Mary Nevill and was born at
Potters Mills 86 years ago. She
was twice married, her first husband
being a Mr,
| his death she married Jacob
| Yarnell who died eleven years ago
' Surviving her are the following chil-
M.
he
dren: Jacob N. Heaton, of Orvis-
ton; Isaac S., of Moshannon; Ed-
‘ward L. of Milesburg; Daniel J,
of Pitcairn, and Mrs. Jerome Con-
| fer, of Bellefonte.
Rev. C. C. Shuey had charge of
the funeral services which were
hold at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morn-
ing, burial being made in the Fair-
view cemetery, in Boggs township.
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FARNSLER —Miss Elizabeth
Farnsler died at the home of her |
niece, Mrs. George Pelter, in Tyrone,
at 8:45 o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing, as the result of injuries sus-
tained in a fall seven weeks ago.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Farnsler and was born
at Port Matlida on May 4th, 1842
hence was almost 89 years of age.
Her entire life was spent at Port
Matilda until she went to Tyrone
twelve years ago. She was a
member of the Methodist church and
the last to go of her family, Her
only survivors are two nephews and
two nieces, Gaynor and Joseph
Rightnour, of Tyrone; Mrs. William
Barnhart, of Bellefonte, and Mrs.
Pelter, of Tyrone.
Funeral services were held in the
Black Oak United Brethren church,
'in Worth township, on Tuesday af-
ternoon, by Rev. Welsh, burial be-
ing made in the Black Oak ceme-
tery.
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WEAVER.—John Wesley Weaver
died at his home near Port
Matilda, on Sunday, following a
lingering illness with heart trouble,
aged 72 years and 5 days. He is
survived by his wife, who prior to
her marriage was Miss Elizabeth
Walk, and the following children:
Mrs. Harry Etters, of Juniata; Mrs.
Willliam Rodkey, of Brisbin; Mrs.
Raymond DeShong, of Everett; Wil-
lard, Alvah and Warner, of Port
Matlida; George, Madalene and
Eileen, at home. He also leaves
five brothers and sisters, J. Weaver,
of Altoona; Mrs. Ellis McAllister,
of Jersey Shore; Mrs, Sarah John-
son, of Northwood; Mrs. Alice Irwin,
of Swissvale, and Samuel Weaver,
of Bellefonte.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 2:30 o'clock on Wed-
nesday afternoon, burial being made
in Mount Pleasant cemetery.
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WARNTZ.—William C. Warntz
died at his home near Wolf's
Chapel, in Brush valley, on Febru-
ary 8th, following several month's
illness with a complication of dis-
eases.
He was a son of Daniel and Susan
Warntz and was born at Woodward
on March 16th, 1851, hence was al-
most eighty years old. He follow-
ed farming most of his life. He
married Miss Catherine Stover who
survives with one son and a daugh-
ter, Harry Warntz, of Fiedler, and
Mrs. Fred Vonada, of Miles town-
ship.
Rev. G. A. Fred Greising had
charge of the funeral services, held
'last Thursday morning, burial being
made in Wolfe's Chapel cemetery.
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BILLETT.—~Mrs. Anna Billett,
wife of Latimer Billett, died at her
home at State College, Saturday
afternoon, following a few daysill-
ness with an attack of pneumonia.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Barlett and was born at
Scotia 43 years ago. She is sur-
vived by her husband and an adopt-
ed son, Robert. She also leaves
her mother, one brother and two
sisters, Vincent Barlett, Mrs. Roy
Snyder and Miss Sarah Barlett, all
of State College.
Funeral services were held at her
late home, at 2 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, by Rev. A. L. Bixler,
burial being made in the Meyers
cemetery.
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FITZMAN-—-The remains of George
Fitzman, railroad conductor who
died in Cleveland, Ohio, last Thurs-
day morning, of injuries sustained
in a railroad accident two hours
previous, were brought to Bellefonte,
nell, died on Monday, at the home
‘of her daughter, Mrs. Jerome Con-
Heaton. Following
BLONDE GUN WOMAN
LOSES PLEA FOR LIFE.
Mrs, Irene Schroeder, blonde gun
woman convicted of the murder of
Brady Paul, State highway patrol-
man, in Lawrence county on De-
cember 27th, 1929, lost her plea for
life before the Pardon Board, on
Wednesday, an. will -have to go to
the death chair at Rockview peni-
tentiary on Monday morning. With
her will go her partner in the
crime, Warren Glenn Dague. Wil-
ferd Flood, of Luzerne county, will
not be electrocuted Monday morn-
ing, for the murder of a gasoline
station attendant, Joseph Pollard, as
he was granted a respite to March
| 30th.
Mrs. Schroeder will be the first
woman electrocuted in Pennsylvania
‘and the first to be executed for
| murder since Mrs. Catherine Miller
| was hanged at Williamsport in 1881. |
Just what time Mrs. Schroeder
‘and Dague will be brought to Rock-
{view is not definitely known, as
| prison officials have not stated def-
initely when. It is their intention,
however, to avoid undue publicity.
| Many applications have been re-
‘ceived for permission to witness
the electrocution but the number
will be limited to that prescribed by |
law. It is already known that the
bodies of both Mrs. Schroeder and
|Dague will be claimed and taken
| back to West Virginia for burial.
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PENN STATE HAS 18 GAMES
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: ON BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
Penn State's 1931 baseball sched-
ule, announced on Saturday, pro-
‘vides for 18 games, which includes
8 southern trip during the Easter
vacation.
lows:
April 1—Elon College at Elon, N. C.
April 2—North Carolina State at Ra-
leigh.
April 83—Duke at Durham, N. C.
April 4—Georgetown at Washington.
April 5—Maryland at College Park.
April 18—Gettysburg at State College.
April 25—Dickinson at State College.
1—Syracuse at Syracuse.
2—-Colgate at Hamilton, N. Y.
8—Rutgers at New Brunswick,
9—Army at West Point.
14—Juniata at State College.
16—Muhlenberg at State College.
20—Susquehanna at State College.
23 Bucknell at State College.
27—Villa Nova at State College.
30--Colgate at State College.
June 6—Temple at State College.
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PRISONER RECAPTURED
AFTER TWO ESCAPES.
Steve Watters, Allegheny county,
who on August 31st, 1930, with Joe
Chali, escaped from the Rockview
| penitentiary, was captured at Spring
| Mills four days later and put in the
Centre county jail to await sentence
but dug out of thereon the night of
in
Pittsburgh, last Friday,
inadvertently came face to face
with a detective who knew him.
Watters, who was serving a term of
five to thirteen years for robbery,
has not yet been brought back to
Centre county but taken to the
penitentiary in Pittsburgh to serve
his original sentence.
WONDER WHAT THE WRITER
WOUD THINK OF IT NOW.
A letter addressed to “Farm
School,” Centre county, has just been
received at the Pennsylvania State
College, although the name was
changed 69 years ago.
Mailed from Yonkers, N. Y., the
!letter contained a newspaper clip-
ping of January 16, 1862, which
pointed out that almost all attempts
to establish agricultural colleges have
been “singular failures.”
The clipping relates that in 1862
wa “Farm School” student could meet
tuition, board and all other expenses
for $100 per session of 10 months.
—Dick Harlow's junior
boxing team of the University of
Maryland will put on the gloves
with the Bellefonte Academy fist
fighters in the Y. M. C. A. gymna-
sium tomorrow evening, at 9 o'clock,
Leo Houck, of State Colllege, will
referee the bouts.
——Traffic on the Beech Creek
| railroad was tied up twenty-four
‘hours by a wreck of twenty-three
coal cars, at Orviston, on Saturday.
Fortunately nobody was injured. It
‘was ten o'clock on Sunday morn-
| ing before the road was opened to
| traffic.
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SWISHER.—Suffering an attack
The schedule is as fol-
"Varsity
on Sunday, and taken to the Ed- of while at work in the
ward Whittaker home, on Linn street. Morrisdale Coal company’s mine, on
Funeral services were held at two Monday of last week, Morgan Swish-
o'clock on Monday afternoon by er was rushed to the Philipsburg
Rev. C. E. Arnold, burial being made | State hospital where he died the
in the Union cemetery. | same afternoon. He was 53 years
Mr. Fitzmanwas a native of Sun- old and was born at Julian where
bury and was 49 years old. He he lived until moving to Morrisdale
married Mrs. Nelle Whittaker Jack- about two years ago. He married
son, a former Bellefonte girl, who | Martha Dulan, of Hawk Run, who
survives with one sister. survives with six children. Burial
il Il was made at Morrisdale last Thurs-
ELLENBERGER.—G. Nelson EI- day.
|lenberger, a native of Centre coun- |
|ty, died at his home in Pittsburgh,
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CHASE.—John M. Chase, former
| Thursday of last week, following an
|{llness of several months. He was
at Aaronsburg, Runville or Wingate, a son of William and Cecelia Ellen-
Bellefonte and State College, the berger and was born at Marengo on
latter to be on March 23rd. Dates | May 26th, 1866, hence was not quite
for the others have not yet been 65 years old, He is survived by
fixed. Following the business meet- his wife and two daughters; also
ing members of the conference were lone brother and a sister. The re-
entertained at tea by Mrs, Beach. |mains were taken to Tyrone where
burial was made in the Grandview
| cemetery, on Sunday.
-—Read the Watchman.
burgess of Clearefield and father of
Judge A. R. Chase and Congress-
'P.R.R. STARTS ENLARGIN
YARDS BELOW TOWN.
| On Wednesday five contractors
were here bidding on the classifica
‘tion yards that the FP
‘Railroad Co, will build just
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north |
‘of Bellefonte.
The plans are for a complete
change in all the sidings that now
‘occupy the meadow just below the
| “Sunny Side” quarries of the Amer-
ican Lime and Stone Co. It is
probable that all of the flat where
the old nail works stood and what-
ever ground can be procured from
there to “the turn” at the end of
the mountain, will be utilized for
the purpose in view.
It is quite an extensive project
and will involve a considerable out-
lay, The importance of Bellefonte
as an originating freight point makes
the improvement necessary.
Facilities for expeditiously hand-
ling the many loaded cars, in and
out of this place daily, have always
been inadequate and it is the Com-
pany’'s plan to improve them as
much as possible.
SUNDAY SCHOOL GIRLS
ENTERTAIN MOTHERS.
The young lady members of the
Ruth and Naomi class of the Luth-
eran Sunday school, whose teacher
is Mrs. Nelson W. Billett, entertain-
ed their mothers and a few friends
at dinner at the Penn Belle, last
Friday evening. They had as the
principal speaker of the evening Rev.
C. F. Lauer, chaplain at Rockview
penitentiary. Rev. C. E, Arnold and
Herman Hazel, Sunday school super-
intendent, also made brief talks.
Guests present were as follows: Mrs.
William Fisher, Arline Fisher, Mrs.
David Barlett, Mary Gertrude Bar-
lett, Mrs. William Lewis, Dorothy
| Lewis, Mrs. Clyde Jodon, Leila Jodon,
{Mrs. C. F. Lauer, Lois Lauer,
‘Ray Mentzer, Ellen Mentzer, Eliza-
Mrs.
beth Lauer, Jennie Snyder, Mabel
Watson, Mrs. N. W. Billett, Rev. C.
E. Arnold, Rev. C. F. Lauer and
Herman Hazel.
A VERY CLEVER COMEDY
WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK
“Charley's Aunt,” a hilarious
comedy of student life at the pictur-
esque Oxford University, is the latest
vehicle of that famous player,
Charlie Rugles, beloved of millions
of fans.
The story centers about two Ox-
ford students, who invite their
sweethearts to luncheon at their
rooms and then find themselves
minus the chaperon they had count-!
ed on, “Babbs,” one of their college
friends, is disguised in feminine at-
tire, pressed into service and intro-
duced as “Charley's Aunt.” The
complications that result from this
are infinitely funny. . i
. Others in the cast are June Coll-
‘yer, Flora Sheffield and Doris Lloyd. |
“Charley's Aunt” can be seen at
the State every night next week. |
“MIRTH OF THE NATION”
AT CATHAUM NEXT WEEK.
Whenever either Joe E. Brownor
Winnie Lightner makes a picture it |
is invariably a comedy hit. Picture
then what awaits you when you)
| see these two famous comedy stars |
together in one tornado of laughter, |
“Sit Tight,” which will be the at-!
traction at the Cathaum theatre,
State College, on Monday and Tues-
day of next wek. |
Many will recall Winnie Lightner
in “Gold-Diggers of Broadway” and
“The Life of the Party,” while Joe
Brown will be remembered for his
work in “Top Speed,” “Going Wild" |
and with Marilyn Miller in “Sally,”
They combine their talents to make
“Sit Tight” the comedy scream of
the season, appropriately namea
“The Mirth of the Nation.”
~The card dinner of fifty cov-
ers given by the men of the “Hate- |
to-Leave It” club, at the Penn Belle,
Tuesday evening, in compliment to
the women and for which Mr. and)
Mrs. Emerick presented the four
prizes; the Legion card party at)
the Legion home and Hugh Quigley’s
benefit party at the parish house,
were the principal social events,
which ended the Bellefonte pre-len- |
ten season. Thursday night of last
week, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoffer en-
tertained with a bridge dinrer, in|
celebration of their wedding anniver- |
sary; Wednesday night Mrs. Hugh
Crumlish, of Pleasant Gap, was
hostess at bridge and Saturday night,
twenty of Mr. and Mrs. George
Bingamin's friends were their guests |
at a Valentine party, given at their |
home on east Curtin street.
Dauntless courage and hero-
ism, of the kind so often displayed
by the Coast Guard, at last gets the
recognition of the audible screen, in|
in the Fox movietone production, |
“Men On Call,” featuring Edmund |
| Lowe and Mae Clark, coming to the |
Richelieu Theatre, Monday, Tues-|
day and Wednesday of next week. |
| “Men On Call”
|of the lives of those who guard our
| storm tossed coasts, with Edmund
‘from the Blair house several doors |
RESIDENCE CHANGES | ——There will be an all day bake
IN BELLEFONTE. sale at George Bohn's store, Lemont,
— | Saturday, February 21st, under the
The Colonel Decker family are auspices of the Women's Missionary
preparing to leave the apartment society of the Presbyierian church
which they have been occupying in of that place.
the Decker garage building, to go
to their new home on east Linn
street, expecting to move sometime |
the latter part of March. i
Mr, and Mrs. W. C. Cassidy have |
rented the Henry Taylor property
on Spring street, and will go there
CATHAUM
ris Kelley, who recently bought the | ST
Blair house to be vacated by the —-——— E
Cassidys, will leave the Fred Mus- (Due to unusual length of Saturday
ser home on Logan street to take evening
possession of the new property.
G. R. Spigelmeyer, who since | Cathaum this
selling his home on Howard street | — —
has occupied a room in the Mac- | FRIDAY
Manus house, will go from there to | Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou,
the Mrs. Clayton Brown home on | Robert Montgomery in
Spring street. The MacManus home | “THE EASIEST WAY”
is to be offered for sale on Friday, 'paurel and Hardy Comedy
March 27. |
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Warner will | SATURDAY-—
move, next week, from the Hart J8ck Holt, Constance Cummings in
apartment on Spring street to the | “THE LAST PARADE”
new apartments made in the Orvis MONDAY AND TUESDAY
home at Allegheny and Curtin Sts, | Matinee Daily at 1:30
see ———— | Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Present
GREATEST MAN IN CONGRESS. Joe E. Brown, Winnie Lightner in
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When Pal'rick Henry was asked “SIT TIGHT”
ATE COLLEGE
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waom he regarded as the greatest | WEDNESDAY
man in the First Continental con- | gst SNational and Vitaphone Present
gress he answered: “If you speak of | Lewis Stone, Leon Janney in
eloquence, Mr, Rutledge, of South Booth "Tarkington's
Carolina, is by far the greatest “FATHER'S SON”
orator; but if you speak of solid .
information and sound judgment, |
Colonel Washington is unquestiona- | /
bly the greatest man on the floor.” | NI TTANY TH EA TR E
It used to be the fashion, on the | FRIDAY
recurring snuiverseries of ne birth | Bernice Clair, Edward E. Horton in
of this man, to draw from his ca- .
reer and his character lessons an ‘KISS ME AGAIN”
might be useful to citizens of the SATURDAY -
republic which Be was logy “THE EASIEST WAY” -
strumental in creating. Present-day
Americans do not relish such didac- Laurel and Hardy Comedy
tic advice, but, after all, there was TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
use in the custom, and there might Myrna Loy, Paul Page in
be today if the people were inclined in N GH FLIRT”
to heed it.
And if they were, what better THURSDAY
subject for meditation today could “FATHER'S SON”
they find than the first President,
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is an
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to own and drive
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There are, in addition, three other features of
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low first cost, low cost of operation and up-keep, and
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During the life of the car, the day-by-day economy
of owning a Ford will amount to considerably more
than the saving on the first cost. You save when you
buy the Ford and you save every mile you drive.
The reasons for this economy are simplicity of
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facturing and assembling. Many vital parts are made
to limits of one one-thousandth of an inch. Some to
three ten-thousandths of an inch. Throughout, the
new Ford is an outstanding example of fine crafts-
manship in automobile engineering.
The more you see of the new Ford—the more you
talk to Ford owners and experienced mechanics—the
more certain you become of this fact. . . . It brings
vou everything you want or need in a nuotor car at an
unusually low price.
is a dramatization |
LOW PRICES OF
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man J. Mitchell Chase, died at his Lowe adding the portrayal of a
home in Clearfield, on Friday night, | fearless, hardloving Coast Guardsman
following three days illness with to the impressive list of ssrige |
pneumonia. Ten days before his heroes he has characterized before
death he celebrated his 79th birth- |the camera. Besides the service
day anniversary. His wife and five men in the supporting cast, such
sons survive, one son having died favorites as William Harrigan,|
some years ago. His funeral was Sharon Lynn, Warren Hymer and)
held on Tuesday. George Corcoran will be seen.
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