"VOL, XOV. **A PINE STUMP GHOST.” Elias S. Garver Recalls Thrilling Ex- perience During His Early School Days in Pine Stump District. - A few weeks ago there appeared in these columns an interesting article from the facile pen of Elias S. Garver, a for- mer , Potter township native, now of Grant City, Missouri, concerning the Pine Stump school district, west of Cen- tre Hall, where Mr. Garver, as a lad, at- tended school. For many years past Mr. Garver has been a resident of the West, where he has met with success in the newspaper field. As a newspaper man, Mr. Garver has the happy faculty of putting into readable reminis- cences of his youth, and when he volun- teered the first article, the Reporter pre- form vailed upon him to write others for the Reporter readers, knowing full well ti out of his storé-house of knowledge o the early history of Penns Valley there might be brought forth ing stories and legends of the many interest- long ago Consequently the Reporter i Ss permitted to give its readers this week another of Mr. this Pine Stur p. rec ’ Tae Garver's stories, one mp Ghost.” UMP GHOST," *“The Hollow" were never more interesting to the peop 5 t Legends of Sleepy le among whom the scenes are | would the legends of Pine School District be were they put able form, in reac Legends come down to from the early ages and afford interest- 7 5 ing reading when compared with sir : g I events in In endary days the people were more this enlightened day, ceptible and su attiral jaturail than lieved in ghosts goblins. Storti things were told our grandfa and they strongly on t will cite an illustratior When I was a boy : of age, I She believed could tell ject. One her died. seer in th take the h mercial pu the fore.leg a d Doses, liconvered + Giscovered ru 1 ta the aimost to the krife Lie standers tc and call anda cal and solemnly shot the h body beli As I see it 1an been pre ed it a case of blz ly affecis cattle, I must re ant about three-fourths of a mil children Mountain attended school there would ce al "or r. oar along Nittany as our place and then turn south the Gregg woods fence between farms on to the school house. Close to the line fence on the Gregg side distant about a stone's throw from school house, was a grave. An old by the name of Ream, who lived or Gregg X suicide hanging herself to an apple was the custom then not to bury a sui cide in a regular body was buried at above, grave was haunted, afloat about different persons hs ving seen a nocturnal visitor about the grave, hese stories farm, nitted tree, It was current rumor naturally alarmed the school children who had that way. This was particularly true at night when spelling the Stump, ble near our place and then proce.d to the school house in a body, to pass schools were had at The children would assem- One night a spelling school was announced and as usual the children assembled place to attend the spelling. I was with the crowd and as we neared the grave, near our many jests were made concerning the probability of seeing the ghost. We were all care-free and never dreaming of what was in store for us. Just as we were passing the grave, a white clad figure arose in the corner of the fence and began reproaching us in a sepulchral voice for using the name of the dead. If a German shrapuel had burst near the crowd, it would not have caused greater consternation, With a yell from every voice, the race for the school house was on. It was d* case of **devil take the hindmost one,” A Kanp- sas jack rabbit, with 211 of its reputed speed, would have had no show in that crowd. Indeed if one of the little long- eared animals had been in ihe race, he would have been kicked aside in order to givé runners a chance who knew how to run. Breathlessly we rushed into the school house and did not feel safe’ until the door was closed. Quite a number had gathered, among them being older residents of the district. They inquired the cause of our agitation and we began happy, (Coutinued on next column) MILLHEIM NARROWS SCENE OF FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT Wilbur Diehl, of Rebersburg, Meets Instant Death When Car Drops Over Embankment.—Narrow Es- cape for Wife and Small Children. Wilbur L., Diehl, a young man of Rebersburg, met instant death, and his wife and three children made a miracu lous escape from meeting a similar fate, on Sunday evening at 6:30, in the Mill- heim Narrows, when the Overland car, driven by Mr, Diehl, left the road and dropped over a five-foot enbankment, landing in the creek. Mr. Diehl's néck was broken. Mr. Diehl was driving an old model Overland car, belonging to his brother- in-law, S. L. Gephart, of Rebersburg. The automobile party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Gepbart, and three other occu- Mr. and Mrs, children, aged pants in his car, and Diehl and three of 10 their and and a baby of six months, hey were on t from a trip through Narrows and while passi through the Millheim Narrows, Mr hi, who was to see wh ther Mr, Gephart was following ahead, looked back He was an in- h was been engaged tath- and Mrs. Robe » the follow tO). Clarence, of yn, of Camden, New Raymont of , and Mrs. of He was a very unassuming Jowersox, Bender, man, a regular \ and church you be held in the ned church on Thursday morning, ‘uly and Rev. Maneval officiating. in the Tuneral services will Union cemetery, Rebers. a —- issorare as a day in Well, v nigats we have been having ? poet. how about [Continued from previous column.) telling it, i Those who could speak Eng- lish the better declared it was a ghost, wh ie those of us who could speak Dutch the better, declared it was a spook After hearing us, Henry Geistwite, an old resident, solemnly declared : *'By Gott, des vor de olt frau.” After spells ing was over the boys and girls who lived along the mountain and had to pass the grave, assembled in a group and made a wide detour through the field to avoid the possibility of again seeing the ghost, I should have stated above that the grave was surrounded by a neat fence made of white pine pickets about three feet in length. For a time this fence remained intact, but finally it was torn down by school boys who wanted the pickets out of which to make “paddies” to play ball. This episode revived the talk about the grave being haunted. A year or two later it develop- ed that a mischievous young man in the neighborhood had secured a sheet and repaired to the grave and acted as a ghost for the sake of having fun with the boys and girls. Poor Mrs. Ream! Her name was re- viled and made the subject for jest and jibe, May it not be possible that the kind and forgiving hand of Deity guid. ed her restless spirit into the Heavenly choir where even now she is singing and shouting Glory. ELIAS 8. GARVER, Grant City, Missouri, ATTEMPT TO BURN HOME OF HEADMASTER HUGHES. Are Work Bellefonte. — Making Thoro Investigation. at in A fire attended by in the residence of Charles Hughes, business manager of the Bellefonte aca- demy., The structure stands a short distance from the ruins of the old aca- demy building, which was destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening of last week. The fire originated in the attic of the Hughes residence. When it first noticed huge volumes of black smoke were issuing from the building. It believed that this indicated the presence of oil. Firemen found the flames about the chimney. The fire sh extinguish. was 15 was a short fight, ed after the several hundreds of dollars, Damage from flames and from water will reach t was stated thatthe door leadin the attic was kept locked. When fire was discovered it was found that the lock was broken, The cause of the fire the academy bui a small blaze the academy week ago unexplained. The afternoon leads to the opin: fi may have origin and a thorou 5 . 3 Is be made, It is of the acaden that some loor was when firemen Borough Favors Bond Issue of $14,000 To Improve Roads. improve the ¥ ; Kk. Le LS WRITTEN BY E. guard thy soul. of i cradle ture, tomorrow, in marshes, iy and the mosquito, VL Is @ town known for good or Ill VIL thy door yards clean and cheerful, VIII. Thou shalt mon welfare, art not put. and thy friendships shall multiply, IX. _Whether they be rich er poor, of God, there, JUNE 9, Financial Statement of Memorial Day Committee. 4 SCHOOL TEACHERS ELECTED. Receipts — Cash balance, May 30, 20 $15.81 215 adult tickets for min- strel, nly One Change in Personnel of Local Teaching Corps. at §sc 118.25 The election of teachers for the schools fL35C ~ - ~~ =-110.25 40 junior tickets, at goc - 16.00 Flags sold to Tusseyville and Sprucetown - - of Centre Hall borough for the term 19 21-22 was the principal item of business transacted at the regular monthly meet- ing of the local board of school directors on Friday evening, was made in the personnel of the teaching corps of last year, hamely, Miss Sara M. Neff being elected to teach the gramma grade, instead of Miss Mary A. Hess, The teachers elected were 4.60 Cash contributions— Jas, Stahl - $ .s0 Thomas Delaney .so J. Elmer Noll .25 + Geo 235 .25 Cyrus Brungart 1.00 Wm. O, Only one change Potter Edward Durst N. L. Bartges, supervising principal, Miss Isabel Rowe, assistant Miss Sara M. Neff, grammar gr Expenses— T. Pedestal for “Unknown Dead,” made by Aaron Thomas - - - $12.00 Paint, let- tering by oldron and jreon 1.00 princi L. Moore, intermediate grade, Miss Helen Bartholomew, prim: grade, sons olf nt Barn Destroyed By Lightning. and painting contributed The barn on the Jerry east of Rebersburg stroyed Goodhart, ( { Zs alley - - - . . by fire on of » * , 1 War tax on 215 adult tick- + through a b y Oil ckets, at sc horses of the tenant, War 1ax on 40 jur and three head of cattle, t large lot of Mr. Kreamer and Mr, build a new barn farm impli carried* Weber $2200 as 80010 As Contributed Flowers. The follow hild contributed flowe tor the graves of the de Fm Lorraine Brungart, J 15.06 $20.35 ttee wishes to commend all evieve Ruble, Donald Smith o wish to state Miriam Mitterlin Muth Bailey, Paul Smith, ents made by some peo- ct that $20.00 has been Year Margaret re- Beula) " eulah and this year EY) or State and appropri il undoubt- chance to mplete the con Dg Spring Mills Wins, 13 to 0. The Spring Mills f state road between now beiog under way of road and Woodward one of and on see or By ugn le will i fs oO 15 ! be t state § expected. v Do You Want Boys to Help on Farm ? Your The Department of Labor and try. Harrisburg, this week s porter the following letter the farmers of this explapatory section. Editor, Centre Reporter Centre Hall, Pa. Dear Sir At this time when the public schools and high schools throughout the are closing, there are released boys whose serviced can wéll be used upon the farms, Will you please, fore, call the attention your county to the fact many abl bodied and energetic boys and are available for suitable work upon the farms during June, July and August, I am sure there are many farmers ir county who can use the services o boys and | am sure that der proper guidance and encouragement can perform excellent work, Please inform the farmers county that they can secure the services of such boys through Mr. Walter S. Greevy.Superintendent of the State Em- ployment Office, Commerce Building, Altoona, Pa. Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter, I am with much Very truly yours, Roper J. Peters, Director. —————— Se ———— Bees Must Be Fed to Save Honey fndustry. Unless the bee-keepers and farmers of the state provide food for their bees, dur. ing the next few weeks, thousands of hives of bees will be lost. These bees are now literally starving to death. This warning to the bee-keepers has been sent broad-cast throughout the state by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Pennsylvania Department of Agri- culture, which has general supervision over the bee industry in the state, The freezing weather of the spring which destroyed the blossoms,on the fruit trees in many sections of the state, destroyed the food supply of thousands of colonies of bees. The clover in many sections of the state was also a complete loss as a result of the late spring freezes, Bee keepers are urged to see to it that their charges are properly nourished. Advice on the feeding of bees will be furnished vy the Bureau of Plant In- dustry of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture at Harrisburg, State many ere- Thou shalt be . of the farmers in hat bl You And gupport, and encourage these boys un. in your Thou shalt exverminate the The tubercle respect For by her roads State The hills, the trees, Thou shalt keep thy homes and institutions. Thou shalt play Thou shalt serve on | CHAUTAUQUA-JUNE 20-22 em Lo NO. 23 AND COUNTY REWS, TOWH HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL FROM ALL PARTS CHAUTAUQUA--J1 TN “ avi jumped a the horse was unsuccessful Fry, to give old age of Pine Grove Mills. the merry ending the annual G this and being a good Odd Fellow, will take in linkers at Philadelphia and Atlantic City ution at Allentown the big celebration of the Besides those mentioned in the porter last week, the following fr Centre county are attending the 1 convention of the State Odd Fellows at Philadelphia, this week : Dale Musser, Bellefonte Odd Fellows ;: Curtis “White, Axeman, Bellefonte Canton : Mrs Ed. ward Gehret, Bellefonte Rebekabs Mrs. Braucht, Spring Mills Rebekabs, and Mrs, Bartholomew, Millheim Rebe- kahs, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Berger, newly- weds, enjoyed a few days the past week at the Lutheran parsonage in Centre Hall, Mrs, Berger and Mrs. Drumm be- ing sisters. The marriage took place last Friday evening at Treverton, the home of the bride, and was solemnized by the bride's brother-in-law, Rev. M. C. Drumm, The bridegroom is an ex- service man with an overseas record. He is engaged in trucking in his home’ town,
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