ers and not only made a most of-lg
| ficient clerk but was so courteous
Good Men and True
For the County Offices.
In order that the voters of Centre county may know a bit
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of the biography of the men who are running for the vari Biated x with Sue J etnodia 30d ist church,
ous county offices on the Democratic ticket we herewith ber. He has been a director of the
submit brief sketches of them. We mention none of their| LM C- A for the pad 1g
many claims for your support, but we are convinced that County Building and Loan Associa:
oyu tion.
each and everyone of them merits it. The Watchman can
scarcely be accused of seeking party advantage in suggest-|
ing that you vote for these gentlemen, since two of them, |
with the public that when he ran
for Prothonotary in 1927 he won the |
| nomination easily
by a satisfactory majority.
Mr. Herr is married, his wife be-
ing the former Nell Krape, daugh-
| ter of the late Benjamin Krape
| They have three children.
In his youth Mr. Herr became af-
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FOR RECORDER
Mr. McDowell
ter Twp. Clinton county, Nov. 26,
1871. His early life is a story of
hard work with small remuneration;
of a struggle for existence on a
farm, in various business enterprises,
and as an assistant on different
farms in Marion township to which
| locality his parents, William E, and
Susan McDowell moved in 1872.
In 1898 he suffered an affliction
that has left him permanently crip-
pled and only capable of doing cer-
tain kinds of labor. He has run a
clock and watch repair shop in
Milesburg, managed truck gardens
at Nittany and Axe Mann, run a
general store at Axe Mann, been
| agent for the J. R. Watkins’ rem-
| edies and is now tax collector of
Spring township, a position he is
Dr, Kurtz and J. Thompson Henry, are Republicans.
was born in Por-| |
| Creamery Company was formed Mr. |
Meyer became one of the organiz- |
ers, and remained with it when the!
business was incorporated under the
firm name of Coburn Products com- |
pany. He relinquished his interest
in the concern when it later be-
came absorbed by the Sheffield com-
pany.
summer school under C. L. Gramley. |
who at that time was County Su-
perintendent of Schools.
At the age of 20 he had com-|
pleted his education and in 1900 he
successfully passed the teachers’ ex-
amination, following the teaching
profession for the next three years,
the first year in the Potter township
schools, and the second in the Hoy
school in Benner township.
In June 1904, he was united in
marriage with Lida B. Yearick.
Following a brief honeymoon, Mr.
and Mrs. Brungart moved to Kent,
Ohio, where for a year he was em-
ployed by the Metropolitan Life In-
surance Company. Receiving a pro-
| It is important, therefore, tha
| someone who will keep such cost
at a minimum be chosen to fill th
| office and because Dr. Kurtz willd
|that very thing we commend hir
FOR SHERIFF
JOHN M. BOOB
Mr. Boob is a native of Haines
township, and is a son of Edward
W. and Rheuie Boob. His mother,
swvho was remarried some years after
the death of his father, is now Mrs.
Harry H. Leitzell, of Millheim.
The schools of Potter and Miles
townships and of Millheim borough
were the scenes of his early school
days. Following the completion of
his studies at the Millheim High
school, he assisted his grandfather,
John Bubb, on the latter's farm in
Potter township near the old Red
Mill for eight years, or until this
country’s entrance into the War de-
manded his services overseas.
On May 28, 1918, he first donned
the uniform of his country, and af-
ter the usual period of training, he
was sent overseas with Company H,
315th Infantry, 79th Division. It
was with this outfit that he served
until the close of the war. On
November 7, four days before the
si of the Armistice, he was
in the Argonne. Removed
to a hospital in southern France,
he slowly recoveréd from the effects
of the poison until, just one month
later, he was taken to a casual camp
at St. Aignan to convalesce. He
remained there until the latter part
of February, 1919.
From there he was transferred to
Camp Dix, N. J, remaining at that
base until March 22, when he re-
ceived an honorable discharge from
the service. . = rtly'. afterwards,
however, he returned to the St.
Agnes Hospital, in Philadelphia, for
an operation made necessary from
an injury received in service.
Some months later Mr. Boob en-
tered the Pierce Business School, at
Philadelphia, receiving his diploma
from that institution on April 5,
1922.
On Christmas day, 1921, he was
united in marriage with Mary M.
‘Weaver, of Madisonburg, and fol-
Yowing his graduation from the
Pierce School the next spring, he
established himself in business in
Millheim, in a meat market, which
he has since conducted in that town.
In addition to his business, Mr.
Boob takes a prominent part in
many of the social and fraternal
activities of his home community.
He is a member of the American
Legion, the I. O. O. F.,, Millheim
Camp, the Knights of the Golden
Eagle, L. 0. 0. M., and the Modern
Woodmen of America. He was
Commander of the Legion at Mill.
heim in 1922 and again in 1928. He
was Adjutant of the post in 1923
and in 1928, and in 1930 was Chef
de Gare of the Forty and Eighth,
Bellefonte Voiture. Just this year he
was elevated to the office of Sous
Grand Cheminot for the Northern
Central District of Pennsylvania,
Forty and Eight.
Since 1928 Mr. Boob has been 3
Justice of the Peace at Millheim,
and has been secretary of the Bor-
ough council since 1928. He has
Been a loyal member of the St.
John's Reformed church at Mill-
heim since he was thirteen years of
age.
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FOR TREASURER
ROBERT F. HUNTER
‘Mr. Hunter was born at what is
now known as Hunter's Park, five
miles west of Bellefonte, on Decem-
ber 1, 1863, while the Civil War was
mt its height. His father, Benja-
min F. Hunter, was a member of
the Legislature. His mother was
Nancy Corl Hunter, who came from
a prominent family in Benner town-
ship.
Mr. Hunter received his early
education in the public schools of
Benner township, and at the age of
16 was admitted to the Pennsylva-
nia State College. Leaving Penn
State in his Junior year, he became
a teacher in the schools of his na-
tive township. The death of his
father in 1889 necessitated his
resignation from that position to as-
sist his mother on the Hunter home-
stead. In 1890 he was chosen Com-
snissioner’s clerk, a post he capably
filled until 1896.
Shortly before the turn of the cen-
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tury, he was united in marriage
with Miss Emma G. Butts, of Belle-
fonte, and at the expiration of the
Commissioners term in 1906, he se
cured the Central Pennsylvania
Agency for the New England Mu- |
tual Life Insurance Company, of
Boston, previously held by Wilson I
Fleming. He also became active as
a real estate broker, and in this
capacity handled a great deal of
real estate in all parts of the coun. |
ty. |
Yi the 1890's he joined the Na.
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, was a
private and non-commissioned of:
ficer in Company B, 5th Regiment, | |
| went into service during the Home- |
stead riots in Pittsburgh, and for,
meritorious service was promoted to
Staff Sergeant on the Division staff
of the State. When Colonel H. S.
Taylor was made Colonel of the 5th!
Regiment, Sergeant Hunter was [
| made Captain of the same unit. |
| Some years later, upon the reorgan-
| ization of the National Guard and
the disbanding of the 5th Regiment,
Captain Hunter became quarter-
master of the 12th Regiment, with
headquarters in Williamsport. When
he reached the age limit for mem-
bership in the National Guard, he
was retired with the rank of Cap-
Jum; after 21 years of active serv-
ce.
Mr. Hunter is a member of the
Bellefonte Presbyterian churchanda
Mason.
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S. CLAUDE HERR.
Mr. Herr was born at Salona in|
1877, a son of Martin Wilson Herr
and Lydia Agnes Burrell Herr, his
mother being a native of Penn's
Valley. His early education was
acquired in the public schools of Sa-
lona. When he was but thirteen
years of age his father fell from an |
apple tree and broke his back. Un- |
daunted by this stroke of misfor-
tune, Claude and his brother went
to work on the farm, which they con- |
ducted seven years, . In the mean-
time Claude found that by increas- |
ing his labor on the farm in extra |
hours, he could find time to attend
the Lock Haven Normal School, |
where he became a student in 1894.
In 1900, the elder Mr. Herr died
from his injury, and Claude and his |
brother sold the farm and accepted
positions in the stone quarries at Sa-
Jona, as laborers. One year later,
officials of that company discovered
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holding for the second term be- motion at the end of the year, he
was transferred to Akron, and later
to Braddock, Pa.
Mr. Brungart’s early association
with the soil finally overcame his
desire to remain in the insurance
business, and he finally answered
the call and returned to Rebersburg,
where he became a tenant farmer
on his father's farm. In the spring
of 1910 he purchased another farm
nearby, and he and his family have
resided there since that time. The
Brungart family consists of three
sons: Harold, Randall and Malcolm.
Mr. Brungart has been township
auditor of Miles township for a] i ll]
‘number of years; he has been
school director of the district FOR COUNTY AUDITOR
CLARENCE A. YEARICK
cause he has made one of the most
capable collectors the township has
ever had.
Mr. Meyer is married and has one
son. He is now living retired ex-
cept for filling the office of justice
of the peace of Penn township. In
this capacity he is apparently hand-
ling the law business in that section
for ths past six years, his term in|
| the latter office expiring this fall;
| he served six years on the board of
|tual Fire Insurance Co. P. of H.; he |g, of Charles E. and Emma Year-
is the present Master of the Rebers- j,, His father died a number of
| burg Grange, and he is completing
| his fourth year on the Grange Fair | Jo" ta 3H: but Hs eed mothe Fis
| Association as supervisor of the | 2%" 8 .
i 4 Mr. Yearick attended the grade
(committee in charge of farm ma: gopools of Marion township unth
|chinery and tractor displays. | 1906, when he became a student al
| He is a member of the Lutheran yp, pejlefonte Academy. He receiv-
| church and has served in an official .4 5 diploma from the Bastman
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In 1895 he married Miss Carrie capacity De the church board for a puginess College, in Poughkeepsie,
Dolan, of Marion township. They Rumber of years. IN. Y., in 1908, after which he work-
have four children and are members ed for a time for the Reading Rail-
of the Methodist church. | Il Il ‘road company, in Philadelphia. In
| vom county commissioner 1000, 1b SSE LL Rp Centre
| JOHN S. SPEARLY. | county, ST edit] with
his father in the cultivation of the
| Mr, Spearly, is a son of Charles yon, Holmes farm in Nittany Valley.
and Anna Spearly, and was born in| Aster twelve years, spent as a
| Snow Shoe on Christmas Day, 1871. | jor 8 tugive Soars, spuil, 108 on
| | His mother died when he Was 8 5,4 where he purchased the Howard
1 Mere 20%: and at a Sally ae ae | hotd, conducting that hostelry for
| of lite. | the past seven years.
| With the firm determination char-|
. | acteristic of him, Mr. Spearly se-
“| cured a position on a farm to pro-
| vide board while he was attending
|school. For fifteen years he toiled
|on farms in Buffalo Run valley and
| made many friends through his
| pleasing personality, honesty, and
frankness of speech. |
After he completed his education, |
he spent three years at hard man- |
ual labor in the Taylor ore mines,
at eighty cents a day. Resigning |
his position there, he secured em-
FOR REGISTER
JOHN L. WETZLER
He was born in Milesburg on
January 19, 1874, a son of L. F.|
and Leah Wetzler, both of whom |
died a number of ago. He]
was educated in the public schools
of Boggs township, and when his |
education was completed, he helped |
his father at the carpentering trade |
for some time, and then farmed in | |
Boggs, Union and College townships | |
for twelve years.
| Meanwhile, however, on October
12, 1910, he was united in marriage
| with Miss Josephine Henderson, ol
Howard. The family consists of a
son and three daughters: Charity,
‘Robert, Mary Louise and Nancy:
| The hotel business in Howard hav-
{ing become a very unprofitable en-
|terprise within the past few years,
| Mr. Yearick on September 1 of this
| year secured a location in State
| College, and has just finished re-
| moving his household good to their
new home.
Mr. Yearick is a member of the I
0. O. F., Howard Encampment and
Past Grand's Association. He be-
longs to the Bellefonte order of Elks.
He had been a member of the How-
ard Borough Council, and was com-
pleting his eighth year in that ca-
pacity when he removed to State
College. He was overseer of the
poor of Marion township for four
years, and has been an active mem-
ber of the Reformed church, of
Howard, during most of his resi
dence in that community.
In 1918 Mr ||
Wetzler sold his farming equipment |
and moved back |
to Milesburg. In the fall of that]
year the entire family was stricken |
with flu, the after effect of which |
became so serious that both Mr. and |
Mrs. Wetzler were forced to go west | |
in the fall of 1922 with the hope of
regaining their health. They re-
mained there until the fall of 1923 ployment in the quarries of the
when they returned. Mrs. Wetzle: | American Lime and Stone company,
however, died in Milesburg in Jan- | where the wage was ten cents an
uary following. {hour. He worked for the latter
In 192¢ he went to work for company for eighteen months, and
his brother, Frank Wetzler, in the then was offered a position at the
merchandising and undertaking busi- C. Y. Wagner flour mill. After four
ness at Milesburg, a position he now | years of milling work he rented one
holds. His home having been brok- of the Reynolds farms, and ten
en up upon the death of his wife, | years later purchased it, living there
Mr. Wetzler has been residing with | until he became a resident of Spring
his son, Lewis, in Milesburg. | township, on the outskirts of Belle-
Although serving for the past ten | fonte, some years ago.
his adeptness and made him book- |
keeper and weighmaster, a position
he held until 1906 when the quarries
were closed down. He then became
timekeeper and shipping clerk for |
the American Lime and Stone com-|
pany in Bellefonte, where his ability
recognized, he received promotions
that finally made him superinten-
dent at the Armor Gap operations,
a post he held for four years.
In April, 1915, desiring to get into
business for himself, he and A. J.
Heverly purchased the Robert Mor-
ris grocery store, which is still one
of Bellefonte's successful business
establishments, known as Herr and
Heverly.
In 1923 Mr.
clerk to the County Commission-
Herr was appointed |
years as secretary and treasurer of Mr. Spearly has served asa school
the Boggs township road supervis-' director, registration assessor, and |
ors, Mr. Wetzler has never hereto- assessor and tax collector of Ben- |
fore sought public office. (ner township, having held the lat-|
Like his brother, he is an accom. ter office for fifteen years.
plished musician, Su Plays in bands | an 3 TerEher of the Byatgeli.
that were organ and are being cal church and is the father of five
directed by his talented brother. "8 | Children. | Dr. Walter J. Kurtz, of Howard,
I I I " |is so well known in Centre county
that it scarcely seems necessary to
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER | FOR COUNTY: ADDIE tay anything about him other than
J. VICTOR BRUNGART. R
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FOR CORONER
Dr. WALTER J. KURTZ
|that he would make a competent
i and faithful official.
Mr. Brungart was born at Rebers- | The office of Coroner has come to
burg on February 24, 1882, a son of Irvin A. Meyer, of Coburn, was | be one of much more importance to
Newton and Lucy Shaffer Brungart, born and reared in Penn township, the taxpayers of the County than it
both now deceased. He v Time was
received | Mr. Meyer has made that his place was in years gone by.
‘his education in the public schools of residence ever since he first saw | when a Coroner was elected merely
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|of Miles township, and successfully the light of day in 1880. He is a to conform with the law. Ome or
underwent what then amounted to son of Daniel and Sarah Stover two cases a year were all he was
|a high school education by attending | Meyer, deceased, both honored citi- called to hold inquests on. Condi-
to the satisfaction of all concerned. '
Clarence A. Yearick, was born at
directors of the Centre County Mu- jacksonville, 43 years ago, and is a
|as a candidate on our ticket.
|
|THE REAL INVENTOR
RARELY REAPS REWARI
The fame and world-wide recogni
| tion which have come to Thomas A
| Edison during his lifetime recall
the fate of other pioneers in scienc
who died in poverty or obscurity.
The world but rarely acclaims it
‘men of genius while they are alive
And too often it forgets about then
after their death.
For example. In 1928 a mal
named Nathan Stubblefield died in:
brokendown little shack in Murray
Ky. He was penniless.
| ‘Stubblefield is credited today wit
| being the first man to broadcas
| the human voice by radio.
In 1902, after ten years of experi
| ments, Stubblefield sat down at :
table and talked into a rickety
looking little contraption, construct
ed largely of bent wires. Hi
voice carried off into ce—wa
picked up, amplified. nheralded
unpublicized, a new science, radi
telegraphy, came into existence.
Last a monument to Stubble
field was dedicated on the campu
of the State Teachers college a
Murray.
Howe is credited with being th
inventor of the sewing machine. Hi
perfected the first practicable ma
chine in 1846.
But fourteen years earlier, ¢
Brooklynite, Walter Hunt, made i
similar instrument. Hunt, who wa:
| never recognized by his contempo
raries, made a machine with an
in the point of an agitating e
and a shuttle beneath. These tw
devices made possible the mechani
cal lock-stitch, which is the funda
mental function of the sewing ma
| chine.
| To Robert Fulton has gone tht
‘lion's share of the credit for the
invention of the steamboat. Fultor
perfected his first steamboat in 1793
| Yet eleven years earlier John Fitch
a Kentuckian, turned the same trick
| Fitek aie ignorant of the extento
| contribution to world
| In 1893 Edison invented the mo
| tion picture machine. Seven year:
| earlier the first true motion picture:
| taken on film were photographed, i
is said. They were taken by Dr
| Jules E. Marey on the Champs Ely
sees in Paris.
In 1847 a man named Moses G
| Farmer invented an electric moto
|and car, the forerunner of the auto
| | mobile.
How many men have becom
martyrs to invention will never br
|
| | known. The cases of only a few
are cited above. And these havea
| least received credit for their con
| tributions to science after thei
| death. There must be hundreds o
| others who were never acclaimed
| never recognized, either before deat}
or after.—Albert B. Levinthal ir
Brooklyn Times.
| POINTS OF INTEREST
IN NEW FIREARMS LAW
Pennsylvania hunters are not af
fected by the Uniform Firearm:
Act. Heclders of resident hunters
licenses may carry their shotgun!
and rifles in automobiles, as in for
mer years, without special licensing
under the new law, which becami
effective September 1.
Any hunter who desires to carr}
on his person or in an automobile &
revolver or other weapon coming
within the definition here quote
| will be required to make applica
tion to sheriff or police chief of ¢
city for a permit under the new
law. He will be required to show
cause why suck permit should be is
sued, the same as any other citizen
but if the license is granted he wil
not be obligated to pay the 50 cen!
fee, provided he exhibits a resident
hunter's license for the current li:
cense year.
Another question that has giver
some concern to sporstmen is the
| status of members of incorporatec
| organizations engaged in targel
| shooting with rifle, pistol or revol.
|ver. The act exempts such mem:
| bers from license to carry or trans
port their weapons, provided they
| “are at or are going to or from
| their places of assembly for targel
| practice.”
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| Lawyer—“Can't you two settle
| this thing out of court?”
| Client—"“We've tried to, but the
| police always stop us.”
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