CENTRE HALL, PA. THURSDAY, JUNE
MISSION OF LOVE ENDS IN
TRAGEDY AT R. R. CROSSING,
1924.
wow!
_VOL. XOv1Il
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
BUILYLS BEST ROADS.
NO. 23
’
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
DEATHS, Commencement Exercises To-Night of | ALL
Gregg Townwhip Vocational School |
LOST THREE,
Beeause National Government Stand.
Morg Permanency.
“In what way can the National Gov-
ernment build a better road than u
It can't. But it does! It can build
ng better road than any other central
authority, but it
roads. as it builds better bulldings and
does build better
better public works, because the stand-
ards of a National Government are
of
of smaller
sideration immediate than
those
bodies.
The United States
for many years followed
expense
are appropriating
Government has
the
policy of building anything to
invariable
last for
a long period of tfme. Its public budld.
ings are not constructed to be replaced
in ten or twenty but built
the
years,
withstand of time fi
When
was constructed,
ravages ’
many hundreds of years the
Panama Canal money
well
No
the
was not stinted, and so. built
as
as engineering skill could build
effort
best
it
half-hearted was made
The had of
brains and effort went into it.
When the
ment begins
in
war. Wer money
United States
the
nanceof national highways, it will
in the due
the future.
Govern-
building and
build
same way-—with regard
Too
to-day only for the immediate present;
many roads are
them
that
to
tion;
than
struction
Building
of road
to pieces; bYnilt too crooked, =o
they
local
waste time while pandering
prejudices against
built on existing grades rather
economical grades, t, save con-
0
money,
the finest and highest
SIM
engineering science
stands, is one of the many
with
good road enthusiasts vision
working for the day when real nation
al highways begin
roads everywhere,
to produce i
I A Rr.
Civil War Veteran Disperses Klansmen
8. Black.
United States mursha)
Foster former
and a f
the Civil war. using a cane made
of
persed a domen Ku
regalia.
in
Prison, «i
Andersonville
Khix
unmasked
timbers
but whio
Courthouse
N. Y.
wreath
Square. inghamp
Memonial Day to
the
in
ton, early on
place a on Soldiers’
Sailors’ Monument.
pl
kneeling
Black
the
The wreath was in and th
Ce
klanfmen were about the
monument when Mr.
letters “K. K. K.” on
demanded
SW
flowers
- . .
to know the men's authori
for placing the decoration on the mon
the ki
him.
ument. and when de
clined to
wreath and
insmen
enlighten removed the
locked it in the Courthouse
basement.
The klansmen sher
who questioned Mr,
appealed tH the
Black. The
tones informed
of the
hold a perpetual lease upon ths
ment and
stands. In
tered the
cane, stood guard in front of the mon-
ument,
“This cane.”
from timbers taken from
1
made my escape.
ty
veier-
Lhe
an in
sheriff that
no uncertain
veterans civ war
the ground which
the
klansmen
upon
meantime he had scat-
and. armed with a
he declared. “was made
Andersonville
Prison. wns prisoner there and I
I know this is migh-
If anyone doubts It.
let him try to put that wreath back on
the monument.”
Mr. Black stood guard until night
and the only flowers on the monument
by the
Se
good wool,
were placed there
themselves,
I ———— PS ——
Back to the Old Church.
Let us take a lesson from
pened in Womeladorf, and be
lke they, not to destroy
marks. Here are two brief paragraphs
that will be interesting
many:
A community religious service in the
abandoned Zion Lutheran and Reform.
ed Union Church edifice at Womelsdorf,
was held Sunday afternoon. This
church, which was erected in 1793-94.
was abandoned eight years ago after
two new stone churches had
erected dn the heart of the town, where
the two congregations are holding ser-
vices. Recently the old edifice was re-
stored
It was agreed that once a year,
the Bunday nearest Memorial Day, a
union community service shall be held
in it. to which the old worshipers who
survive, or descendants of such as were
former members will be Invited to
join with the citizens of Womelsdorf in
a memorial service. The local pastors
arranged a full and varied program for
Sunday's service, when two addresses
were delivered, One by the Rev, P. C.
Croll, representing the Lutherans and
another by the Rev. Dr. Wolff, Myers-
town, representing the Reformed cone
gregation. The Rev. H. 8, Kidd and
the Rev, 1.. R. Miller and a Joint cholr
participated.
veterans
what hap-
careful,
the old land-
reading to
been
on
of
died
Jefferson
Mrs.
Avenue,
Claude K. Stahl,
Philadelphia.
the
folowing sev-
STAHL
4951
early
Hazel
Friday morning at
Philaddélphia,
after
complication
the
Ww.
Memorial
Hosgrital,
fliness of six
of
home
operations, an
of
ery
months a diseases.
Satur-
Skeath,
M. E.
Kerschner, of
of
was shipped
Services were held at
| day evening by tev,
of
assisted
pastor Fletcher
church, Rev.
the
Philadelphia.
Bellefonte,
by
teformed church, both
The
arriving
First
body
there
Undertaker
to of Mr. Stahl's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James 8. Stahl
Hall
m
to
Sunday
ind conveyed by
the
morning
Goodhart home
from where inter-
the
near Centre
made local
of the
held hy
ment
nt
wis cemetery
Serv-
M
the request deceased,
ices here were Rev. £
Mrs Rev
Al
hus-
of
of
Stahy was a daughter
Thomas and Catherine Sherlock -
both deceased. Besides her
band
Miss
she survived two sisters
Mary
Mrs, OC
is by
Sherlock. of
KE
Phitadelphia,
and Shull, of Lewistown, and
Two
and
sisten
Mrs, Ray
Skeath., preceded her in
of Harvisburg
larence
Mrs. Lottie Sherfock F
death
which te
day 1914
her marriage
place on Thanksgiving
ahl
in
{ Mrs
St was employed
the
in
as stenog
it
rapher the offices of Pennsylva-
in
tailroad Altoona, a
the
n coanpany
it ig here couple met. Mr. Stahl
80 having been employed there. Early
Mr.
in 1920
2 Stahl ransferred
of
they
was
and in the fall the
to Philadelphia. where
While
ittended a Presbyterian church,
the
ir
nee lived. in that city they
but re-
ined their membership in
Lutheran church, Altoona.
FELDING
widow
Mra Nancy
Inte
Centre
Kl
John Feld-
ounty.
Mrs
Hall.
Ean-
tHe
of
a native of
home of her
of
last
had
recent!
he
White,
evening
daughter,
west Centre
Tuesday of week, of
gbrene poisoning. She been in the
health when she
of hers
until ¥
account
tO
She
Wil
was the ter
daug
any Witmer and was
Mills 77
years
m
Felding who
prrecodsd
several gO Nhortly
ny
children. She
Grove
ind leaves a
who deeply mourn
fo
Mrs
and
re the low
Ww
Wil
it home;
Hall;
¥
of Centre
Centre
wh N
Thomas,
One sist
Hall
urvives Funeral services weie
church 3
the
id from the Lutheran
%
Wagner officiating Interment
fn the Boalsburg cemetery Decen sedd
was a life long member of the Luther
an church,
B—
SNYDER ~—8amuel C. Snyder,'a for.
of
mer Haines
F
wising from a
resident township. died
at his home at Antes Fort. from
a
plications fallen stom-
ach. aged about 50
Mr
Mm,
home
years,
of Mr.
deceased,
Snyder and
ira
was
He
children
was a
xnth
High valley, below Wood-
som
Snyder, whose
in
ward
is survived by his wife and
five (two of the daughters be
the
Charles,
ing married) and
and sisters:
of High
township;
ors Daniel and
Thomas, of
Mrs, William
teuben Eisen-
Edward, valley;
and
Mrs
of Coburn
Haines
Stonehreaker
both
Interment
Fort cemetery,
HAYES. Mrs, Sarah McAllister
Hayes. of late Dr.
tenfck Hayes. and a native of. Belle-
fonte, died at
City of
aml
buth,
was made In the Antes
widow the Thomas
Atlantic
the
home at
complications. She
of Hon. Hugh N.
(Orbison) McAllister, and was
in Bellefonte where she spent the
of her life,
by
her
was
daughter
ett
born
greater part
Decensed
Mary A.
James A.
Curtin street,
is survived one ‘sister,
of the late Governor
a resident of West
Bellefonte, Her remains
were brought to Bellefonte and private
interment followed in the family plot
in the Union cemetery. the Rev, W. C,
pastor of the Presbyterian
church, offiviating at the grave.
ca ————
widow
Beaver,
Thompson,
The movement on foot in the Elev
enth 8. 8. district in Centre county to
hold a pienie on Grange Park at some
time not yet decided on will likely be
brought to a successful conclusion.
This gathering will include all the Sun-
day schools In the district. It is pro-
posed to secure some of the Btate
Sunday-school workers to come here at
that time and by addresses and pers
sonal work try to get this district
back into the good standing it held
SOME yours ago.
————
On the Way to Place Tokens of Love
on the Graves of Her Childrens
Mrs, Charles Price Meets Death
A Companion Badly Injured.
Om Mi Charles Price
Hel
| E
little
Memorial Day
of
former
Bitumen, started for her
snd
efonte,
home, to
of
lgrimage
the grave
who died
Today
died Sunday
children,
0
from eating water hemlock.
she lies benenth the sod, having
morning in the Bellefonte
hospital,
The mother injured while
Mile
ful
was ©en-
Her
she
route to the fhe cemetery.
MIms wer so
which
wis her loved
ones that
automobile
unable to
Pennsylvand
i
ns ——— os AA Ap
William Mualbarger Heturns,
f
sn MS
Farewell Surprise Party,
at
presented
bredia.
wo
MP
Kiddies’
Bellefont
Pay, Jane 12,
Th
making
© 0 fonds
prow
sand kiddies a
12
should be «
June Registry and
POs
gible to ald commitice in making
final arrangements for refs
and entertainment Registration
may
be accomplished any time at Elks
Ww
the
ub, OG Reese having the regis
in charge
A parade will be held on night
preceding the plenic
AAP ————
Ol Station and Park,
Workmen
foundation
for
gasoline
of
at
have excavated the
of a new ofl and
filling station on the triasgle tract
land just of the field
the fork
cently
ost
of the
purchased
aviation
amd new roads. re
Frank
atarted
the
month
oie
by Crawford
The wulls were weak and
is hoped to
pleted within
Tons
building com-
Texlon
F. Mc-
of State
fifteen-day
have
two,
Ww
mlesman,
a
ber
automobile
Or
gasoline will handled,
Coy, an
College,
leave from his work, G8 supervising the
It
to erect a dance pavilion there and lay
summer
who has secured a
construction work is also planned
out a beautiful park. where
tourists may rest,
———————
Pomona Grange Mecsts at Stormstown.
A regular quarterly of the
Centre County Pomona Grange will be
held at Stormstown. Satupiny, June 7.
Forenoon and afternoon’ sessions will
be held Come bring lunch with
you. A good attendance is desired J.
Gross Shook, sec'y,
Lr ————— A ——————————
meeting
and
There was much corn planted begin-
ning of this week by farmers who had
a long way to think back to a time
when the crop was put in in June,
and many of them never had had that
experience.
The fifth ex.
ercises of the Gregg Township
School Spring Mills will
held this (Thursday) evening, The fol-
the
annual commencement
tional at
flowing is
March,
Invocation,
program:
Graduation Day
H, H. Bherman.
Smith.
“The Education of Yesterday and To-
Winkleblech,
Hope—orchestra,
Orchestra,
lev.
Salutatory—Tacy
day” Anna
Waltz.
“The
ney.
The
by
Bweet
Political Situntion”—Harry
Violin—Guy Vonada (accompanied
Janet Campbell)
Valedictory-—Eugene Lee.
Overture, Milady-—orchestra,
Dr. W, 8B.
Guard of
of
president school board
Rev. H. E,
March, Happy Days— orchestra,
Address Dye,
Honmor—orchestra,
Presentation diplomas—-C. H, Eun-
gard,
lenediotion Haney
a ————————.——
Stork Busy About Town.
That
wonderful bird,
Hird
most
been busy about
the
tio of
i town dur-
| ing past month. Girls, in
three to one, were delivered
Virginia
Mrs
A girl.
Mr ahd
Loraynne, was born
i
!
1 Gr
Guyer Grove. on the
¢
we Le
| Mary
homestead, east town. Later
Josephene was delivered at the
Delaney the east -
in
off
Steryl
farm home. on
boundary of the borough the
Proper dropped
Mrs
Alice
a ind
Mr
named
was to
wired for by
and
ver and is Louise
atest arrival was Thursday morn
ins week, Glenn
the
Ishler
when Stanley
it in his appearance at home of
i
{ Mr. and Mrs. Domer 8
Teachers Elected In Gregg Twp.
Annound of
teachers
emnt has been made the
“lection of the following {ovr
ogre township public schools for the
torn
Migs
: Ye
1924
i M Noma
M isn
Miss
Wagner
Roads
Mills
Dw ker se Mins
Hill—Mins
Milis
Crosse Isabelle Lee
Ethel
v
CRarmers Musser
Lavin mndia,
Poke Tacy Bmith
Primary—Miss Mabel
Mills A. L
Intermediate
Mins Grammar Russell
A ————I— A AP AB
Cat Mothers Baby Chicks,
wi Odd
by Mr
ipted
and
it
and Mrs
a brood of baby
fom « well kept
Shann }
n Dooz
hicks
nothers them in fine style. He
i= very
1
1 #
proud of his tin feathery wards
the
1
es
¥ ar
{when I%ing in his box
re gently stroked with paws
Pe
un
i»
{ nosed about while they king
keep
and
continues
the hairy nest-warmer
Ir
Mr. Rogzer olans to
about him he
Ix
good mother ‘sot’
thim and let him hatch his own brood
———————————— a
Aaronshiarg Named After Jew,
The
unusually wide streets in Aa-
{ronsburg, in lower Penns Valiey. have
atiracted
old
that the place was laid out by a
i long
| greater
attention and few
travel the “Youngmanstown”
Know
Aaron
he
importance than the village
J oy Levy. and that he had in
mind t nying out of a place of much
at
rom a Jewish encyclopedia, publish-
1991, the following contribution
made by Abram 8. Woll Rosen
Philadedph.a
i
in
:
i was
ibach, a attorney:
village situated
| in Haines township, Centre county, Pa.
in 1786, and
1779,
Aasronsburgg. « post
{ founded by Aaron Levy,
in June Aaron
Mr. Wetzel tract
Centre county known as the Alex-
ander Grant Upon this he
lafd out and planned the town of Aa-
ronsburg. the town plan being recorded
at Sunbury on October 4, 1786. A plot
of ground known as Aaron's Square
was reserved by the founder for public
use, and one of the streets was named
Rachel's Way, in honor of his wife.
On November 16. 1879, Levy gave to
the trustees of the Balem Evangelical
church fof upon which to erect a
church and school house. Aaronsburg
is the first town in Pennsylvania (and
probably in the United States) that
was laid out and named after a Jew.
IM APR ATI.
Among the improvements being made
by the Bell Telephone company in this
region is the stringing of a additional
copper circuit between here and Lew-
istown to be used as a “through” or
toll line. Additional circuits have al-
ready been strung between Bellefonte
and State College and between the lat-
ter place and Boalsburg.
ms ——— —————
A large force of workmen are en-
gaged in the construction of the new
post office bullding at State College.
Much of the steel work is in position.
Among the carpenters from Centre
Hall who are employed on the building
are Lawrence Runkle, Cyde Dutrow,
Roy Dutrow and Harry McoClenahan.
Lester and Lewis Garbrick are also
working on the building as laborers.
named or him
Levy bought of a a
in
warranty.
a
Centre Hall Suffers. Defeat
of Millhelm Twlee
College.
Mihelm
Hands
State
nt
and from
basse ball
Day
took both games of
Hud
the
Centre on Memori
Centre (
The
at Cents
opened ounty
League season,
morning
the
16-5.
the
game
and afternoon gains
in
pitched
mov
BUperiny
five hits
when Centre
inning
ignominy
runs wh
biases on bal
hit. and with
A BOTH
CENTRE HALL
HK H
8S Ross
Dale, ss
(rime
A
rf
Emery
I.
_Es
his curs
but Ave
Viste
the hits
portur
nicked
1k] not
ely, mans
base when
not materialize
was fhe =tar
lecting soven
morning game
He
departments
noon. is a me
al
shortstop and
ity
hard
Centre
“Doe™
the
standing
displayin
sword to none
Ke “S Dade
the
workers horty™
Hall
Crawford's 1
1 1 a F
lead len ,
would
wrformanoce at
in afternoon was one of the
features of the gan
George Rimmey, right fielder
locals, fell going to second
Miltheim
He was
in
the game at
his shoulder
office
and
taken to a
wician's where ether was admin-
fstered and the dislocated shoulder ad-
justed. He
time.
The second game
looks Gike
suffered great pain for a
reduced to figures
thie:
MILLHEIM
i
Bierly,
Halines.
Musser,
Rutherford, ©
Cable. of
8 Miller, ==
R Miller, 3b
Smith. of
W Gramiey, p
rf
“
Totals 12
HALL
R H
CENTRE
Ld
| oom
-
| amos wen
A
|] ccs suwossnwn
Totals .............5 15 84 11 B
2-bmme hite, Dale. Cable, Rutherford,
(Continued on inside page)
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
ras the coldest Decoration
day
Motte Gregg, who is
engaged
Lv rooming house in State
’
in town for a brief period
Wee)
Miss Mollie M. Hoffer
friends
of State
Cole
in Centre
Ng
Dr
hav been brought
P. H. Dale
NEPHEW,
of Altoona, was Vis.
day,
that
a
on Memorial having
the
proper
ee testa-~
Ada J
borough,
published in
des an adver-
public sale seven
alfalfa
why it
Mr
ghter
and
1d-
Henney,
J
to Centre !
Hall
for
on
ests a
$
home In
members
orchestra
program
WHS mu-
refresh-
son of
of that
Heading
grand-
Centre
Lee. from
week.
new Star
the
past
ing
H
yan and
man
els em-
©
grainhouss
Hall
station
ost in
and on
shout un-
made
a then
fonte aviation
wo I that
w
plane was eas-
of
ghter
of Centre
the
spilled
of
adds
Philadelphia,
Memorial day to vis-
id friends fe few days
Sandoe, of Ingram. is also
tell
daughter
J.
of the things they
Wt
are
Phot
nid
i# the tie
Mrs
the mother being Helen Sandoe
a Kyivester
MBton
and Mrs
| Ono,
Kerlin, the
Walter
eldest son of Mr.
Kerlin, of Cincinnati,
has been in Bellefonte and Cen-
{tre Hall
| W hile
during the past two weeks
here he
A E Ie rit
Farm M
was entertained by his
nese,
at the Grand View
to
n,
Poultry nday he went
until
return
clerical
will remain
then
doing
the Union Central
ie
week and
Kerlin
of
de Insurance Company.
of the
Mr
Offices
{the end
{ home i=
3
work in
the fu-
in Bellefonte, on
Aaron Harter, formerly
Mr. Harter has long
of Harrisburg. where
he was finst employed in the city light-
who attended
Kurtz.
those
R
was
Hall.
resident
Among
ners of C
Saturday.
of
been
Centre
a
| ing plant, and for some years past has
chief in one of the departments
of the capitol lighting plant. On pass-
| through with Aaronsburg
| friends, Mr. Harter stopped jong en-
ough to say good words to the Re
porter, )
bosons
town
The Bradford hunting camp was 0¢«
cupid by Mr. and Me. W. F. Brad-
ford and Mr. and * Mrs. Chester A.
Spyker and the six Spyker children, on
{ Saturday and Sunday. The men spent
Saturday fishing for trout. catching
some twenty, while the ladies kept
the camp in order and the children had
a glogious time in the wilds, The camp
fe located on Stone creek, well out in
an uninhabitated section of the Beven
Mountains south of Colyer. The Spy-
ker children were by no means ready
to leave the mountains on Sunday eves
ning and wished a happening well nigh
a calamity to befall Mr. Bradford so
that the stay would have to be pro-
longed.