rage Two THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. December 7, 1939, - Echoes From the Past Fifty Years Ago Clearfield county offers a reward Of $150 for the wrest of a Jail breaker. Centre county offers a like amount for the conviction of a mur- derer. Centre county, evidently, has a small set of Commissioners, The big trout in the aquarium at | pattie Foster, Green's Pharmacy is a great attrac- tien to the people; but just at tl time attraction at his well known establishment is two-fold; by reason of the fine line of has opened up 1 the holiday t Thursday night th Centre Hall was broken in nbination was smashed ledge but they Nothing was } Benner's above, 8 it open building GOOrs Years tated 4 ia or 8 her mmend mena- recom hye $2 fruit nree Lo our the 1920 season ered i butch weighed 439, 502 and One of th gest hogs butch during the season was one William Taylor purcaased fro A. C. Har- tle. The a purebred Poland- China, hed 760 pounds live weight, a dressed 632 poun The first carload of material for the erection of the new steel hang- the government aerial mail arrived in Bellefonte, sub- al proof that building will be erected 1 4 e IAr mn hog ¥ M 1414 Gs st ar at station rH stanti the soon Nicodemus Lose, of Coburn, but- chered two fat hogs, the combined weight of which was 1008 pounds. The larger weighed 537 pounds.... Harry Emery, Philipsburg confec- tioner, was exhibiting a lemon tree bearing a good quality of fruit, The tree was fourteen years old and had yielded a number of crops in previous years... Work on the State road between Bellefonte and Pleas ant Gap was halted for the winter, except for what was necessary to keep the road passable. The de- tour, much berated by motorists, was to be abandoned until work re- sumed in the spring... Fred Hart- sock and Fred Roan, Fillmore youths, went to Akron, Ohio, where they secured positions with the Whiman and Barnes Machine a - Boa. #86, 00 : : such a position that his body stop- ped the whole machinery. When re- leased he was more dead than alive | but as no bones were broken he soon | recovered Today, Thursday, at 4 p. m., Miss State College, and James A. Leyden, Washing- married in the Presby- terian church at Lemont, by Dr { Hamil. They expect to take the eve- ning train for a trip to some of the easter Lieut | | ton, were n cities On last at 10 o'clock community was startled by the meement the terrible death ank Gallagher and Joseph in Morris’ stone quarries operation CRUSHED TO DEATH f iday fore about TOON of about a quar- of Bellefonte, to Milesburg ds into the The down- 45 de- has a side, are a mile north the pike leadin excavation exte iderable g n oon one strata ha aimost excavation OF ne an 200 ace on wall of rock over on the opposite side he a Yrs oye y TK were Kind 1] ir he wor in the he quarry, up about against of rocks nk Gallagher, Josepn m. At the time 4 "un ander and { 1CArly ¥ {ine holding it 37 years an He was married and 3 ns NAST NG al wife and seven children t 34 years about a wife ve NEL Ago when a Christmas dis- indows caught of the blaze in the to portray but prompt employes confined of the = » origin was ore y the window the exiensive the Bygate estate of Pittsburgh, on Monongahela, for a consider- of $347000. The vein was the Pittsburgh seam and } and of good wag reported 0 {f from 600 to the " atior mine outot 4 Ivy of is © a day. of Bellefonte, was by a slide of rock and dirt working the Buffalo Run of the Chemical Lime Com- His le leg was torn off be- tween the knee and ankle, and his other leg was badly bruised. Rush- ed to the hospital, surgeons found it necessary to amputate the left leg at the knee. The man was pre- paring to tamp a dynamite hole when the de occurred. While ha ne Dominic Palace in pany ft w sli their mother was calling home of a neighbor, two hi of Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Baer, of Castanea, Clinton county, obtained a bottle of bichloride of mercury tablets, and each child ate one, They became {ll and when their mother discovered what had happened she rushed them to the offices of Dr. A. B. Painter at Mill Hall, where emetics were given. No permanent ill-effects were expected to result. Air mail pilot Fred 5. Robillard narrowly escaped injury or death one night when, while flying the mail from New York to Bellefonle, his auxiliary gasoline tank became clogged with ice and he was forced to land, Picking out a cleared field which was dimly nt children plane down along the Susquehanna at Medix Run, leaped two barbed wire fences, then nosed over and broke the propellor of the plane. He escaped Injury. He landed in the midst of a good deer hunting area, illuminated by | moonlight, Robillard brought the and hunters attracted by the crash | soon arrived at the scene and help- | ed him back to elvilization, | ©. A. Johnson, farmer living near | State College, has his left arm torn | off above the elbow corn-husking machine, Fellow i“ workmen who stopped the machine | and extricated the mangled arm from the gears summoned a phy- sician, but in the 16-minute inter- val Mr. Johnson lost much blood and suffered greatly, He was rush- ed to the Glenn sanitarium at State College where the arm was ampu- tated about four inches below the shoulder W. C. Heinle, Esq., expects to oc- cupy the room on the first floor of the Conrad bullding. It is being re- paired and when finished will be a most desirable location , Ac~ cording to an exchange Mr. George VanTries, of Bellefonte, was mar- ried to Miss Etta Mattern, of Ty- rone, on Wednesday of this week The new M. E. church at Le- mont will be dedicated Sunday, December 15, B. B. Hamliton, D. D,, of Tyrone, will preach the dedica- Lory sermon 2741 vil liam Resides, of Bellefonte, seriously Injured when he fell a fArst story window ne was about ten The man, suffered nature wa 4 f f he Lop « ise In which of his years of age, numerous injuries, the exact of which had not been determined wned while he of Bert Poorman tor, on the for WOrK- feet, side The accident Pi was in the employ Coleville contrac struction home Baney HOSPITAL NEWS Monday of Last Week Harvey H. Hess, Mile Master Richard A. Walker Mrs. Lloyd E. Gardner nte, R. D Miss Mabe! Woodward Mr WwW. E Milesburg Discharged indler, Milesburg; John Coburn; Petta Lee King RD 1 ry ed Walker John H. 8cl M. Barker Bellefonte Tuesday of Last Week Admitted: Mrs. Paul eim; Mrs. John lege: Dean Runk 4 ted ] R. Byers J hein Bowersox State Col : A Ha W. Clarence i 2: a daughter tw George J. Dolan Miss Dorothy Pearce H. Espen- : Discharged: Ralph W ver, State Col- Miss Martha Hassenplug, Co- St ted: Mrs college: Lloyd 8picer R. D. }; rged H. Barger, Spring Mills, R Yerson Brown and in- Bellefonte: Daniel Hen- Snow 8hoe. Admitted ri dischar Saturday: Mrs, C Haugh, Slate Laura Kuhn w Dischy ged College. a daughter to Mr. and Mrs W. Humphrey, Stale Col- lege: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Meek, State College, R. D. 1 Saturday Admitted Milesburg Ae it erwin Mrs. Emma Smith Sunday. Admitted: Master Glenn Y. Shearer, Bellefonte, R. D. 1; Jen- nie E. Fleisher, Julian, R. D.; Miss Isabel Myers, State College; Basti) udrey Stover, Bellefonte, R. D. 2 Discharged: Miss Alda M. Gill Bellefonie, R. D. 2; Richard Hueh- nergarth, Lancaster; George A. Klinefelter, Centre Hall Births: A son Mr. and George C. Blair, Bellefonte There were 48 patients hospital at the beginning of week Contributions '—From Bellefonte Minis.erial Association, Thanks- giving donation, $25 cash; From Union Thanksgiving services at Howard, cash $4.25; Union Thanks- giving service at Centre Hall caan $6.81 to Mrs in the this rf A —— Farewell Party. The neighbors and friends of Miss Lottie Hettinger surprised he~ with a farewell party at her home near Spring Millis on Friday even- ing Dec. 1st. Those presenti were: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frazier and fam- fly, Mrs. Annie Frazier, Mrs, Char- lle Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Brown Hackett children, Hackett, Mr. and Mrs, George Mrs. Katie Tressler, Mrs, Jimmie Reish, Mrs. Charlie Miller and family, Mr, and Mrs, John Decker and family, and grandchil- dren, Mr. and Mrs. John Blauser and family, and Mrs. Herman Long of Liverpool. The evening was spent playing Chinese checkers and caitting. At a late hour refresh. ments were served which were en- | joyed by all. The friends all joinea in wishing Miss Lottie lots of hap- piness in her new home, Centre County Engineers Meet The first winter meeting of the while feeding! and family and grand-| A Over The County News Governor Arthur H. James last Wednesday appointed James ww Beals, of Moshannon, as justice of the peace In Snow .8hoe township | succeeding John A. Balash, who re. signed Dr. H. R. White, Centre Hall dep. tist, returned to his home the latter part of last week, after undergoing an operation at the Burleson Hos. pital in Grand Rapids, Mich, Doc. tor White was gone for more than three weeks. Blood-thirsty dogs raided the flocks of sheep on the farms of J Foster Musser and Frank Homa in west Ferguson township, during last week, killing a number in both flocks and badly maiming othe; Whose dogs they were, where they came from or where they went Uu unknown Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hosterma of Millheim, last Sunday served a chicken and waffle dinner at t} newly acquired bungalow, the R. | Mullen the Poe V road following guests and Mrs, Claybum of Lock Haver Ella Breon We cotlage on The Mr and family Pressier and present reon d CGC. H Millheim Dr. W. A. Btewart, of Wil Jarre, recently was honored on 73rd birthday. Co-workers in profession, friends, former pat) the press, in editorial comms joined In a gesture of appreciat) His house is filied with flowers all through the day they go to Franklin street hone with gift measages, making his day an Dr. Btewart, a county, wig and 18} 144 standing event tive of Centre Pine Glen DOr Bome fat porker hig 1 +) fall in the ed 6964 1 : ne that dr his butchering at Sn of Miilheim five hur Stover near the } probably others In er 3 having TE Valleys Markle 3 a1 and the milk stolen ove Blaine Liester of Centre H damaged his car last Monday «+ ning when he crashed into the rear end of a Btate highway truck while sscending NRtany mountain ‘wih puplis from the Centre Hall grade schools whom he was convey- ing to their homes. The glare of the setting sun striking the windshield of his car made visibility so poor that he falled to see the truck he was ug The blow was a swipe, resulting in fenders and door: of the car taking the bumps. Dam. age is estimated at abot $35 four S120 Eee «iA dde- + it i ib of = Centre in a Canadian gave the sg A party oounty hunters, successiu deer and bear hunt of home hunters a boost when they returned with seven fine bucks and a bear. The largest of the Canadian deer weighed 225 pounds hree deer were 12-pointers, Members of the party saw 16 moose on the trip Those who made up the group were Jo and Carey Shoemaker, Forest Struble and Jud Neldigh. of State College: Ken Mayes, of lLe- mont, and “Bike” OBrien, of Snow Shoe. The party left State College on thelr 1800-mile trip on Friday November 10 Dr. George W. Hartman, formerly on the staff at State College and now associate professor of educa. tional psychology a! Teachers’ Col. lege before the ix ul Tet BIL all au Dies comittmees on un- American activities, Washington dispatches say. Dr. Hartman fered a picture of the way Commun- ist members of teachers’ organiza. tions work to obtain control while in the minority. He testified that the party was “attempting to use the American Student Union” and that the students in it were usually “Charlie MeCarthies manipuated by an unseen hand.” Benton D. Tate, retired employee of the Bell Telephotie Company, of Pennsylvania, celebrated his 75th birthday anniversary on Tuesday st his home on south Spring street Bellefonte, and received a regular shower of useful gifts from present employees in both the plant and pommercial departments of the company. He was an honor guest a! a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs Clyde Love and partook of a big birthday cake baked by his sister, | Mrs. George A. Beéezer. In the eve. ning a party was given in his honor {in the 1. O. O. F. Hall. “Bent,” as his friends all call him, went to iwork for the telephone company when it was in swaddling clothes, 80 to speak, and during the many {years he was with it was one of its most dependable employees. The Centré Hall Volunteer Pire Company held an enthusiastic of - meeting last Tuesday night, with a' {large turnout of citizens, at which {time officers were elected for the next year, The election resulted as | follows: president, George W. Bwee. Centre County Engineers’ Society | is arranged for Monday evening, | December 11. 6:30 p. m., dinner in the Sandwich Shop at Old Main for 60 cents, starts the evening, At 8 p. m, there will be moving pic. tures, slides and lecture In the Home Economics auditorium. Speak- lurer, D, W. Bradford; trustees, w W. Kerlin, D. W. Bradford, ©. Ww | i Booger, and J. W, Bradford. James ID. Searson was named fire chief, with four assistants. A relief asso. er, W. G. Theisinger, B. 8, D, 8c, | Welding and Metallurgical Engineer, | Lukens Steel Co. Subject, “Welding | ‘and Heat Stresses in Welding.” All| those interested are cordially In< | ivited to attend this lecture, Columbia University, appeared In closing their books for the day and counting the cash on hand, last Saturday, the Centre Hall postoffice discovered some one had passed over the counter a counterfeit half dol- lar. The coin was a rank imitation, containing more base metal than is found in the usual run of counter- felt coins. A community Christmas tree on the diamond will be one of the holiday projects sponsored by the Centre Hall Women's Club, it was decided at the November meeting of that organization, Mrs. Paul Fet- terolf will be chairman of the tree committee and Mrs, D. R. Keener, of an committee to arrange for a choral sing Thursday before Christ. mas, December 21. At this meeting Mrs. E. W. Miller gave a report on rent events, national and for- and Mrs. Roy Jamison review. he book, “Wilderness Wife,” Pinkerton. Baskets sions for needy families will be ributed at Christmas time, and decided that each person a contribution to the Decem- meeting to be held December 6:30 o'clock, at the Bartholo- home. This meeting will be In sture of dish cur of brin ber 18 mew wu f y reread 15 a covered 1p per REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Clara A. Bechdel ireh of Christ, Blanc Liberty Twp. 87 L. Gulich, et Motor iipsburg, tract In 00 Beech Creek w Ww Philips- Lu Philipsburg, Bales oO. National Bank, to lam FP. Kessinger, of Blanchard $l w 1 Liberty Twp. Cathren Stott william , of Philipsburg, ur 3! E. Bchreffler, et ux, 0 lie C. Schrefller, el bar, of Pleas- Gap. tract in Spring Twp; $l illiam A et ux, to Elsie n, e bar Patt Twp in Patton Twp.; $40 rah G 8B Berardis ot 1 Belief Ina Loy Altoona $l H. Riegal, ot right, et ux, of Divi Firat " 1 Philipsburg “harles Strouse ~ “mn Oa Fil bar Bellefon South ie v el ux, 0 Alber! of Centre Hall a8) Nall el ux in Spring Twp.. Nan Houser Thompson, et al { Mildred Houser Metzger, et bar, 18tate College, tract in Ferguson T=p.: 81 Crmmissioners ol of ¥ Centre Coun’ Howard of of Bellefonte, R Benner Twp. $1,250 prence H. Dall, el ux to Augus- Pulton, et ux, of Philipsburg, Philipsburg; $5,900 Fiedler, to 8. Ward GramieY of Miilheim, tract in Haine: LP el ux et ux, to W. Charles ux, of Centre Hall traci ng Twp... $300 Hoover, et ux. Pleasant Gap, P: 8 Olle Hoover, to M. Clair ux, of Pleasant Gap, pring Twp.: $850. Steve Seprich, et Oswalt, of Clarence, Shoe Twp.; $300 Katherine J Strouse, of bar, 10 Edwin Gill, et ux, of State College, 4 in Patton Twp. $135 W. Weaver, et ux, to Deibert £ 8, ot ux, of State College, tract State College; $1 Bertha C. Tavior, Tay Noil indsey, et 8pri neent ‘ (tH to Olle tract in el 8 to Hugh B ior, of Bellefonte, tract in Burn- side Twp. $1 Austen E 8mith, ot 5] to George H_ Ashcroft, of Philipsburg, R. D., traet jn Philipsburg; $360. Union Joint Btock Land Bank 19 i | | i | ==%YOCUM GRAMMAR SCHOOL NEWS | Many of the boys and girls of the Yocum Grammar school have registered at the County Library for reference work, and reading enjoyment Alter possibly we will have required reading from the room 1 10 awhiie The grades in spelling are ing right along in obtaining marks." Jameg McClellan, oom ~ nead- | Clalr | | Young, Myra Schlegel, Clara Reese Pierce E. Pelers et ux, of Fleming, tract in Unionville; $1 Walter Milewski, et al, to I. M Mohnkern, et ux, of State College, tract in Potter Twp.: $500 Mary C. Colvin, of Bedford, tract In State College, $1,168 W. B. Rook, et al, t0 Prank E Colvin, of Bedford tract in State jallege. $817.64. George Ellis Smouse, to Frank E Studebaker, 10 Frank E Colvin, Bedford, tract in State Col- | lege; $1697. Charles B. Croyle, et al, to Prank | | BE. Colvin, of Bedford, tract in State | $2,226.60, Croyle, College; Thomas A. to ef ux, Frank E. Colvin, of Bedford, tract | in State College; $1,113.30. Nell G. Gephart to Prank E Col- | vin, of Bedford tract in State Col- | lege: $1,810.50, John 8. Brice, et ux, to Frank E. | | Colvin, Bedford, tract in State Coi- | lege; $2362.84. | Ada BE Smith, et al’ to Prank E. | Colvin, of Bedford, tract in State | College; $500. | ©. Arthur Thomas to Edward A. | Kline, et ux, of Bellefonte, tract in Bellefonte, West Ward; $1. Margaret Kane Caskey, et al to James Kane, of Bellefonte, R. D. 2, tract in Howard Boro; $1. When the dinner bell rings even lazy men stir themselves, - To help you over these IFFICULT DAYS Bi ve Laura Young, Lucretia Calin, Gerald | Miller, Margie Zell, Martha Baugh- | man all have at this time, | The puplls of this room decided | write songs f« the Chrisunas Program Lo be given in Lhe ¢ of December w them part practice and as Chol credils 0 ir vening vl 22 as a an aa been ms mater Wie Some compiain nave wid month's ! tractive drawings been completed for Already de Names hav Christma Got His Buck Early Tory af Washing LEN Ol Wa ingt International Sunday Jesus — Sunday School Lesson -— would Folks 80 satisfy their lack of then now, were busy with accumulating seeking pleasure that lacking in spiritual de- velopment, uninterested, and more concerned with worldly things--we should consider the doom utlered against them thing nowhing [alt) REACTIONS TO THE GOOD NEWS an simply money they and vere School Lesson for December 10, 15939 unto ure GOLDEN TEX] me all that labor heavily laden, and I you rest Take my you and of me meek lowly in ye find rest wr m YOK& Ii8 ¢8 “Come and will yoke for ve of the Falher re. 0 simple-hearted, seekers and denied it wise and proud for thanks him, but hose he should Jar vealed Lr conscientious the wholly learn ana w wh All t and heart shall Wo { For th h Jesus expressed } HINES were revealed 0 ng upon the nan for Lesson Text: Matt, 11:16-30 warned PENN STATE ARCHITECT HAS LAERNYX REMOVED had been foretold bn man who prophesy declared least been greater added that the , new kingdom would be Rather Indefinite wever. not in malenial things but Asking a clerk at Valpariso » license oer- im Was i remems- exXar Aug- wa No had the grealer Terr adil, she the Nas Fas IH BETTER FEATURES (Go tell you 15 BUY CHEVROLET! = — ii ih ih | It's the only RUE LESS fin NEW “ROYAL MEW EXCLUSIVE CUPPER™ STYLING low-priced car with i e car features: VACUUM-POWER SHIFT Cian The Special De Luse Spore Sedan, S802* any Frerybody knows, it takes fine fea- tures to make fine cars! . .. And Chevrolet for '40 is the only car in the low-price field that has all the fine car features pictured at the left! . . . Small wonder, then, that it is also out- selling all other new cars “THE LONGEST OF THE LOT™ From front of grille to rear of body (1B! inches) Chev. redet for 19.50 in the longest of oll lowest-priced cord Eye It. Try It .- Buy It! Chovrolots are Shipped to Dealers — NOT DRIVEN OVERLAND | for "40. . . . Eye it, try it, buy it, and you'll be thor- oughly convinced that “Chevrolet's FIRST Again!" 85-H.P. VALVE-IN-HEAD SIX AND UP, “of Flint, Michigan. Trongpartotion bowed on roll refer, vete ond love! towes [# ony), 699 @uorde—artre on Moser §5 Series COUNTY CHEVROLET CO. Corner Allegheny and Bishop Streets “We Do Care” Bellefonte, Pa.
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