& at Roopsburg, following 1 than eight years. i | i { NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mrs. O. M. Bowersox, of State Col- CENTRE COUNTY MEN IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT. lege, returned, on Tuesday, from a visit| [Last Thursday morning W. W. with her sister, Mrs. F. T. Cole, at New . NJ, | Kerlin, of Centre Hall; Arthur C. ems ——The J. H. Detwiler vs. Mus- . ser E. Coldren case has been ap- pealed to the Supreme court. ——Lot E. Bechtel, of Lewisburg, is the State milk control officer for the 5th district, which includes Cen- tre county. — There were 80,742 cases of measles in Pennsylvania during 1931. Chicken pox was second with 29,- 107 cases and scarlet fever third, with 20,252 cases. ——Dr. E. W. Runkle has been given a leave of absence from the Pennsylvania State College in which to complete the history he has been writing of the institution. We regret to learn that W. H. Gardner is very seriously ill at his home at Mackeyville. He contract- ed flu last week and it has affected his heart in such a way that much alarm is felt lest he might not sur- vive the attack. — Distribution of trout by the State hatcheries has begun. Most of the streams of the State are in fine condition to receive them as the waters are high enough to furnish forage as well as protection from their natural enemies. — Edward J. Thompson Esq. of Philipsburg, has been selected to head the Democratic victory fund drive in Centre, Clearfield, Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter and Tioga counties. The quota set for the dis- trict is $5000, with Centre county's apportionment $500. Members of the Bellefonte lodge, I. O. O. F., were entertained at a leap year party, in their lodge rooms last Thursday evening, by the members of Crystal Springs Lodge «of Rebekahs. About one hundred were present. Cards were in play and prizes won by Willis Wion and B.D. Tate Refreshments were : served. ~The fire companies were call- - ed out, early Sunday morning, by a fire on the roof of the Charles Baney home, down near “Red Roost.” The fire originated from sparks from a burning flue. Sev- ~eral holes were burned in the roof and a small amount of damage done The flames ' ~on the second floor. “were extinguished with chemicals. ——Diphtheria has been prevalent .at Coleville for some time but only one death has resulted in conse- quence of it; that of Milford Confer, ‘who died Monday night. At first it was thought that Mrs. Estella ‘Stover's death had been caused by the disease, but diagnosis showed that such was not the case. There .are two cases in the village now. — After several years of study ii bas been discovered that «turkeys can be raised in confine- . ment like young chicks with better tresults than from the old fashioned . practice of letting them'roam at twill. Experiments have proved that -85 to 90% of the hatch can be rais- «2d to maturity under the new meth- ‘od as against 30 to 707; under the «old. ——Rev. Horace Lincoln Jacobs, NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. | young i CAPT. FRY.—Up at Pine Grove Mills, in Ferguson township, the sun set al one o'clock on Sunday afternoon for one of the best known men in Cen- tre county; a man who probably be- friended more people during his life than any other man in the coun- ty. He lived to a ripe old age, well onto eighty-nine years, and his going was as peaceful as his life was thrilling. The man was Capt. William H. Fry, veteran of the Civil war, pairiotic G. A. R. man, retired veterinarian and venerable news- paper correspondent for his com- munity for most of the counly papers. His death was the re- sult of a general breakdown of 2 once strong and rugged constitution, and he was conscious up until several! | hours before he entered upon his last peaceful sleep. Capt. Fry was a son of Conrad and Mary Ann Kustenbauder Fry and was born on the family home- stead, in Ferguson township, on July 18th, 1843, making his age 88 years, 7 months and 3 days. He was edu- cated at the Pine Grove Mills acad- emy and as a young man taught school during the winter seasons and worked on the homestead farm in summer. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted as a private in Company E, 45th Pennsylvania vol- ‘unteers. At the battle of South | Mountain a Confederate bullet shat- 'tered his skull and he was left ly- ing on the field as a fatality. Twen- | ty-four hours later he was discover- ‘ed alive and was at once rushed to | an emergency hospital. His wound was dressed, a silver plate put in to ‘replace the splintered skull bone and he recovered. He was honor- ably discharged at Baltimore on April 24th, 1863, and returning home resumed teaching, for several years being in charge of the grammar school at Pine Grove Mills. He later took up the study of veterinary science and in due time was licensed to practice that profession. “At the death of his parents he took over the homestead farm, near Pine Grove Mills, and that is where he made his home for many years. | Possessed of an inordinate amount WILLIAM H. FRY Fifth regiment, N. G. P., and served one enlistment. He was affiliated with the Grange and at one time was a member of the Heptasophs, Jr. O. UU A.M. and P. D. 8B. of A. In politics he was a true blue Democrat without “isms” of any kind or character. He filled various township offices and on one or more occasions was a candidate for coun- ty honors but lost out either at the primaries or the election. All in all, he was a man among men, with a standing attained by very few. Mr. Fry was twice married, first to Miss Sallie Larimer, on Septem- ber 12th, 1865. To them were born never mentaily. gs Fe § id £7 : ment in the Centre County hospital for fourteen months and recovered, physically, to a partial extent, but In April, 1925, she . was taken to the home of Mrs. | Kane where she received the best of ‘care and attention at all times. The physical break came last October and since then she had been confined to her bed. A daughter of David and Mary Solt Gates she was born at Colerain Forge, in Spruce Creek valley, on April 1st, 1870, hence was not quite 62 years of age. When a child two years old her parents moved to | gone down to attend a meeting of the . Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon, —T. King Morris Jr., drove in from to join those who came back home to Bellefonte for the week-end vacation. —Charles A. Lukenbach, formerly of Bellefonte and for some years located in Detroit, has left that city and is now lo- cated in Santa Monica, California. Miss Annie Shortlidge, who was thought to be critically ill within the past ten days, at the Walker home on north Allegheny street, is now slightly better. —Mrs, Harry Greenburg’'s Sunday guests included her brother, Lewis Levy and Max Ilver, of Philadelphia, both of whom were entertained by Mrs, Green- burg, at her home on Howard street. —County Treasurer Robert F. Hunter was in Philadelphia on Tuesday: having | Central Pennsylvania Gas. Co., voting trust, of which he is one of the three members, —Among Mrs. George M., Gambles’ Loveville where she grew to wom- anhood. About thirty-five yearsago she came to Bellefonte to make her home with her brother, Charles L. Gates and family, and later learned the trade of a seamstress, which she followed until stricken by illness. She was a member of the Lutheran church from girlhood, and for some years was a member of the Luth- eran church choir in Bellefonte and also taught a class in the Sunday school. She never married but is survived by three brothers and three sisters, namely: Charles L. Gates, of Belle fonte: Mis. Robert Kustaborder, of Warriorsmark: Mrs. Hayes Dixon, of Johnstown: Benner G. Gates, of Lewistown: Mrs. Charles Young, of Altoona, and Earl L. Gates, of Den- i parents, | to Spring Lake, | seven children. Following the death ver, Col. of his first wife, on December 25th, Funeral services were held atthe 1843, he married her sister, Miss home of her brother, Charles L. | Rebecca C. Larimer. Three chil- Gates, on north Spring street, at dren were the result of this union. The second Mrs. Fry died about fif- teen years ago but surviving the Captain are the following children: Mrs. Charles M. Dale, of State Col- lege; Mrs. J. F. Kimport, of Boals- burg; Conrad M. Fry, of Altoona; Mrs. W. K. Goss, of Tyrone; Mrs. Thomas A. Mallory, of Altoona; W. H. Fry, of Tacoma, Wash.; Dr. Hugh L., of Nashville, Tenn.; G. B. McC. Fry, of Rock Springs, and Fred R. Fry, on the old homestead farm. He also leaves one brother, Robert B. Fry, and a sister, Mrs. Polly Ward, both of Bellefonte, and twenty-four grand-children and thirteen great grand-children. Brief funeral services were held at his late home, at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and continued in the Presbyterian church, with Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick in charge. He was assisted by Revs. J. S. Eng- | lish and Samuel R. Brown, burial be- ing made in the new cemetery at Pine Grove Mills. Six of his grand- | sons acted as pallbearers. As might have been expected the | funeral was very largely attended. | Men from all parts of the county, {were there and the church was so | full that many could not obtain admittance. The ' cortege to the | cemetery was héaded by a firing squad of State College cadets, a ‘squad from the American Legion “pastor of the Bellefonte Methodist oe vitalit | | ! y Capt. Fry was not con-|and a large delegation of Odd Fel- Episcopal church, has accepted an tent with farming and doctoring | lows, representatives from most of invitation from the Masonic «of Centre Hall to deliver his ad- «dress, “Washington, the Mason," at ‘ their . Monday evening, March 21st. Bellefonte lodge, last weelk, and those “who were fortunate enough to hear counted the benefit to himself but | “it acclaimed it a masterful effort. ~The Bellefonte Academy bas- ‘ketball team has been going like a ‘house afire this season.: Up to date “they have won six games out of “nine played, and have defeated three "teams that were their conquerors in “the return games. Last Wednesday ‘night they vanquished the strong Lock Haven team by the score of “42-22. This (Friday) night at 8.30, ‘in the old armory, the Academy will * play the junior College School of *LCommerce, of Altoona. It will be ‘