— OBITUAR" TT ar T= ORVILLE LOUCKS Orville Loucks, brother of Mrs. Joseph Gummo, of Bellelonte, died at his home in Altoona, Friday! brief illness. Born at Maytown, Lan- caster county, April 7, 1879, he was the son of John and Anna (Miller) Loucks. Survivors include his wife, eight children and five brothers and sisters. WILBER P. JACKSON Wilber P. Jackson, a well known Bellwood citizen, died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, while he was at din- ner at the home of G. P. Wels- housce, 134 Prazier street, State Col- lege, where he was visiting during the day. He was born March 20, 1850. at Fowlersville, Pa. and was the last of his immediate family Members of the family include two ons, C. F. Jackson, Bellwood busi-| ness man: Thurman Jackson, of vandergrift, and one daughter, Mn MN. E. Cronemiller, of Bellwood ROY R. CRUST Rov R. Crust, aged 55 years, 3 months, and 5 days, died at his home in Buffalo Run Valley at 7:15 o'clock Tuesday night, December 31, 1940. Death resulted from a heart condition from which he had suf- fered for some years, Mr. Crust was born on September 26, 1885, in Fill- more, a son of Reuben and Grenella Shope Crust. On July 15, 1908, he was united In marriage with Ruth Stine. In addition to his wife and father he is survived by the follow- ing children Mrs. Edna Mark Boalsburg, and Guyer R. Crust, Mrs Bettie Tressler, and Audrey Joan, all at home These brothers, Walter, and Jay, all of Buffalo Run Valley, also survive. Puneral services were held Friday afternoon, with the Rev F.. A. Babcock officiating. Interment was made in Myers cemetery HANSON S. RIEGEL Hanson Sylvester Riegel died at 1is home at 318 West Nittany ave- nue, State College, at 10 o'clock Tuesday night, December 31, 1940 Death came as the result of a heart attack. Aged 84 ¥ rs, 1 month and 24 days. Mr. Riegel was born No- vember 7. 1856 in Harrisburg, a son of Henry and Rhoda A. Potts Riegel He married Alvida Frey on Septem- ber 20, 1880. She preceded him in death on January 24. 1832. Two son floss M. Riegel of Knoxville, Tenn and James D. Riegel, of Chicago and a daughter, Margaret E. Riegel State College, survive, as well a 6 grandchildren. One brother Ham A. Riegel Harrisburg, also urvives. Mr. Riegel was a member of the Pine Street Presbyterian church in Harrisburg. Puneral ser- vices were held at the Hawking Fu. neral Home in Harrisburg Friday with Interment at Harrisburg JOHN CALVIN MARKS John Calvin Marks, a native of | Centre county, died at his home in Juniata, Thursday morning, January 2, 1941. Born at Port Matilda, Au- gust 13. 1890 he was the son of Mr and Mrs. John C. Marks. Members of the familly include his wile, Mr Amy (Kauffman) Marks; one daugh- ter, Gertrude Marie Marks, at home, gnd five sons, Elvin Clair and John Calvin Marks, Jr., both of Juniata Ernest Eugene, of Altoona, R. D. 1; Albert Mearl, of Juniata, and Wil- liam Paul Marks, at home, These brothers and sisters: Roy Marks, of State College; Thomas, of Tyrone; Charles, of Toledo, O.; Mrs. John Adams and Mrs. Cora Fink, both of Tyrone; Mrs. Roy Shade, of Toledo, O, and Mrs Anna Gunter and Mrs Harry Bathurst, both of Chicago Mr. Marks was a boiler maker in the Juniata shops and was a mem- ber of the Wesley Memorial church, the Men's Bible class and the Sun- day school and P. R. R. relief MRS. LUTHER K. DALE Mrs. Julia Ann Dale, wife of Lu- ther K. Dale, of Boalsburg, died at 4:25 o'clock Thursday morning, Jan- uary 2, 1941, as the result of a heart aliment of several] years duration Aged 62 years, 10 months, and 5 days, Mrs. Dale was born March 27, 1878 in Spring township, this coun- ty. Her parents were William and Amanda Grove Houser. She was married on November §, 1809. In ad- dition to her husband, these chil- dren, Ralph H. Dale, of Bellefonte; Margaret E. Dale and Frederick E Dale, of Boalsburg, and Mrs. George Rimmey, of Centre Hall survive One grandson, Jack Dale, and one | { brother, Harry Houser, of Monacca, Pa. also survive, She was a mem- ber of the Boalsburg Lutheran church and an active member of the | morning, January 3, 1941, after a| Grange. Funeral services were held from the late home on Saturday afternoon, with the Rev, L. J. Kaufl- man officiating. Interment was made | at Boalsburg. MRS. EDWIN M. McGILL Mrs. Edna M. McGill, 45, wife of | Edwin M. McGill, and a native of | Jacksonville, Centre county, died at | the Lock Haven Hospital, Saturday | morning, January 4, 1941, where she | iad been a patient for several days : Although born in Centre county, Mrs. McGill had lived the greater part of her life in Lock Haven She was a member of the Methodist | church. Surviving are her husband, | f one sister, Miss Jennie Leathers, ol Lock Haven, and one brother, Ira' Leathers, of Johnsonburg, Burial] was made in Dunnstown cemetery, { Monday afternoon —————— MRS, ESTHER CONSER. Mrs. Esther Conser, a native of Bellefonie. died unexpectedly Fri- day morning, January 3, 1941, at the home of Miss Mabe] Romig, In Lock Haven where she had been employed only a few days as house keeper. Mrs. Conser, who had been in good health was stricken with a heart attock before arising and died within a few minutes, She had made her home for some time with Mrs. Esther Boyce in Flem- ington until taking her position al the Romig home. She is survived bv a daughter, Mrs. R. C. Luzier, 0: Olean N. Y Historic Switch- back of Railroad (Continued from Page 1) bring down heavy coal trains sev- eral times a day, bat few fatal ac- cidents have occurred on the line First Recorded Tragedy The distance {rom Bellefonte to Snow Shoe over the highway Is about 16 miles, while the railroad is five miles longer owing the switchbacks necessary to get up and down the mountain William Temple, before the Civil War, was ane of the early conduc- tors on the road and upon his return from service in the army became engineer, and filled that posi until near the end of the nineteenth century, when he was ugh one of the very few which occurred on this what was known as Lhe trestle wreck This e trestle bullt by Rob in 1857, and withstood st of all those years of heavy coal trains passing over it | Judge Rhoads First Superintendent Judge Daniel Rhoads, who moved from Philadelphia to the Snow Shoe region in 1853, and was a member of the extensive lumbering firm of Smith, Rhoads & Smith at Pine Glen. was the first general superin- tendent of the road. Judge Rhoads Was one { the most conservative and successful business men Centre ounty ever had. He eventually lo- cated at Bellefonte, and for many years carried on a coal and lumber business. In later years he served as one of the Associtited Judges of Centre county, before it became a separate judicial district A Veteran Railroader The early history of the Snow Shoe Railroad and the recording of its many years of progress would be incomplete without referring to one of its most efficient conductors, Martin Reese Who looked after both the passenger and freight traffic passing over its lines. Mr. Reese, who has been dead for a number of years, began his career with the railroad when but a mere lad and spent his entire lifetime in trust. worthy service to his employers Road Sold to P. BR. R. On March 17, 1881, by sale, the Snow Shoe road passed into the hands of the Pennsylvania Rail. road company, which has been suc- cessiully operating the same up to this time. There is, however, but a small fraction of the coal brought across the mountain to Bellefonte and the Bald Eagle Valley, as com- pared with what used to be the cnse The reason for this is the extension of the Beech Creek and Fall Brook lines into the Snow Shoe and Clear- a at a a * 2 1 A Convenience Do not invite possible theft by carrying huge sums of money with you. Protéet yourself with a checking ac- count. Easiest way of handling finan- cial affairs—reduces errors, always protects you . . . check stubs are your best receipt. Avail yourself of this service to- day. It is too useful to be without it. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK BELLEFONTE, PA. Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation field bituminous territory, thus af- fording @ much easier grade to bring the black diamond commodity to eastern markets, rm —— ——————. — ZION (From last week) Hoping this New Year, 1941 will be the Happiest and most prosper- ous year for all our readers, Miss Virginia Irvine entertained her Sunday School class last Thurs day evening in the church. The students have resumed their studies after a very enjoyable vaca- | ton Prof, and Mrs. Lewis Fawcett and children: spent last weekend at their parental homes at Brookville. Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Emerick are the proud parents of a young son, born Dec. 22nd at the Centre County Hospital Mr, and Mrs. Paul Clevenstine end children spent Friday evening at the Bernard Crust home at Fill- more. Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Dale and daughters of State College, Mr. and Mis. Austin Hoy of Bellefonte, spent Chri mas day at the Cyrus Hoy home, Nevin Potter a student at Har- risburg Business College spent his | Christmas vacation with his moth- er ana grandfather, Mrs. Vesta Potter, and B. F. Lutz, Ned Corman a siudent at Penn State spent his Christmas vacation at his parental home Miss vean Shaffer of Williams- port, spent the Christmas holiday. with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S8ampse] M- and Mrs. Eugene Sampsel of Pleas- ant Gap, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Grove of Bellefonte speny Christmas with Roy Grove and family Joel 8, Royer spent Christmas a* the John Rishel; home at Centre Hall Sorry 10 note Philip Stover’s chil- dren are on the sick list. The Alvin S8hamp family moved from the Kline Neff farm to Lamar or — — ——— HOLTS HOLLOW Religious services will be held al the Advent church next Sunday, Jan 12 at which time C. C. Shuey will be ordained to the ministry, visiting ministers will be present and the Ping Grove Men's Chorus will sing every one welcome Mr. and Mrs. Clair Burd of Sa- lona, calied at the Edith Burd home on Saturday evening Mr, and Mrs. Roy Leathers at. tended the funeral of Cameron Bathurst at Mt. Eagle on Thursday Mr. and Mrs, Waller Sweitzer of Bellefonte, Joan and Jon Rhodes of Central City, visited home folks on Wednesday of last week Mr, and Mrs. Orvis Wati-on and family and Mrs. John Watson were visitors at the Lee Johnson home also at the Charles Lucas home on Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Art Burd and Mrs Edith Burd were recent callers at the Milford Burd home at Pleasant Gap. Lizzie Poorman and two children of Dry Top. called on Mrs. Burd. | also at the Charles Poorman home Mrs, John Kelly and family spent Wednesday at the Orvis Watson | home Mr. and Mrs William Howell of Runville called on relatives ai this place on Sunday Mr. and Mrs, James Wesley and daughter Mrz. Lee Johnson and daughter, visited relatives at Miles. burg and Pleasant Gap. recently Mrs. Roy Sheesley and children spent Sunday with home folks and atiended church, Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Lucas and family of Fairview, Mr. and Mrs Join Wation, Orvis, Nevin and Donald Watson spent Sunday even- ing with relatives at Howard Helen Brown spent the weekend with home folks at Axe Mann - Chain of Tragic Events Follows Woman Death (Continued from page one) ken right leg State motor police at Lewistown sald that Murray was driving east on route 22 at 1 p. m. and crashed headon into a westbound auto op- erated by Edward R. Rhodes, 20, of McVeytown. He and a passen- ger, Thelma Rhodes, 30, also of Me- Veytown, suffered cuts and bruises Police said they cited Murray for driving on the left side of the high- way. Front ends of both cars were damaged to the total extent of $5600 i ——— RANDOM NOTES (Continued from Page 1) SCENES: the business end of a pipe that Santa Claws might have brought him .. Newsman Jack Yeager -wecring a new hat with the bow Clyde Stew. | on the right side . art's perennially sparkling car splashed up to the windows with rich mud a ———— AP ————— Bank Lists Dividend. A dividend of 4 per cent on capi- tal gtock of the Jersey Bhore State Bank was voted Monday in a meet. | oi rode a 108 of mud. balls ing of directors. Officials repor: the bank has had a steady growth since iia organization and that the dividend is a reflection of the pro- gress being made. , escaped seri | ous injury although their car plung- ed over an embankment and crash. | ed 75 feet down a hillside, over- CENTRE COUNTY'S ORE MINES i. Hicks cement works, The Val- | (By Harry Williams, Bellefonte) in similar fashion, and all seemed to | have quite A Jot of Umestone bould- ers and ridges to content with, from which to extract their ore. In the majority of these banks where the land was low the company would always have one or more Ow culs in which to drain the surface water The north side of the bank next to the old Love home showed x very Laird good body of ore, while in the south was much ‘more lme- Galesburg Bank This mine is located about three miles easy of Bellefonte on an! elevation of esbout three hundred | | Yeet above the town. It les mid- | way batween the Hamilton and Taylor banks, of which it really forms an important part, The tract contained about five | acres of land and was first opened | up about 1830 by the Valentines but later was operated by the Cur- tins, and they were the last lo operate iv, Only about one-half acre or s0 had been distributed. The excavation consisted of a roughly oval pit about thirty feet deep, The wash at this mine showed about the general average of such mines. which was of 1:5. The surface ore here was of a very good quality as it extended north east to the Taylo bank The Gatesburg and Taylor mines were separated by about 800 feet The ore at this mine runs to a lime- stone ridge and it was here the best ore was found as it was cut off by this ridge. The ridge has been tested further west on Curtin's property, but it showed very little ore as it was about all flint and sand The ore was taken out by an in- cline plane from the washer to the bottom of the bank, Clay and limestone banks were scattered all through the bank. A shaft 20 fee! jeep was dug in the bottom of the pit which took care of all the sur face water. A small pump was sta- tioned here to pump out all the walter, The ore was of g fine grain- ed pipe ore, It was mined lor about 90 cents a ton. The Elmira Iron Company, of New York, were large consumers of this ore, some times taking from 1000 to 1500 ton per month over atid above what wa reserved for the company who oper ated the mines The plant consisted of a double washer, each shaft being 20 feel long. The shafts were of wood and octagonal shape and were armed with iron spikes or blades and turn. ed out an average of about 35 (0 40 tons of ore a day which was ten hours. No ore mine worked less than ten hours a day. There were two water wells, each 235 feet deed and they were st only five lee apart with a standing column of 38 feet of water, The water capacity of these two wells was abous 2000 barrels a day. A 35-horse power steam engine furnished all the pow- er. No Jigs were ever used at thi mine The Taylor Bank This bank was located north east of the Gatesburg bank, The ore was about the same as other banks mentioned in this seciion. A wath of 1:5. The ore was hauled out of the cut by mule: along 2 tramway around the hill wo the washer located there (0 secure good drainage into the stream in Curtin's Gap, A: this bank the ore wag of | a 870d surface ore and not laying | very deep. Some dark clay was! mixed with the ore but very little flint. The main body of ore at this mine was on the south side of the | cut. Some shafis were put down fo} 52 feet from the botiom of the mine and all in good wash ore. The tram rad had a grade of about 4 feet 10 the 100 feet which would enable the cars to return to the mine empty by gravity. Two good weels, 244 feel and 251 feet deep, with a 75 foo water column furnished the water A 40 horse power engine took care of all motive power, Nigh Bank This mine was also owned by the Valentines, and contained about 31 acres, and is situated about 3 miles eas: of Bellefonte in Spring Town- ship This tract was made historically famous as the scene of the sinking of the first artesian well in this county by Mr. Robert Valentine, which important step led 10 a re- newed life and vigor In mining throughout the whole county. Be- fore this time all ore mined in the sounty which had to be washed was transported to some Jar away stream of walter and there washed, or had to be taken to the furnaces unwashed or more often run ove a screen. which seemed (0 be very common in the early days of ore mining. Many of these oid screen ing floors can be geen today as you travel around these old ore mines Some of these screening floors had been: put through an ore washer and | produced quite a large amount of ore. This bank had been worked , some years before the ore washer was built. To take the malerial to a siream would have been quite oa | job, for it was located midway be Waiter Cohen gingerly pulling at Job 4 tween Logan's Branch and Little Fishing Creek. From its position in a hollow it was dificult to drain without pump- ing, therefore it hag to be worked from the public road (now the road | leading to the Aviation field) at the washe* in a series of trenches 80 as to make it possible to drain | At first all the ore was carted out of the culs but later on gn incline plane was bullit., In some parts of the mine there was vety tough red after it wae dumped into the wash- er. Here limestone cropped up again and made it a little incon. | venient {o work. All these mines had been worked Lemon Juice Recipe checks Rheumatic THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. January 9, 1941. " ——— down from 30 to 50 feet deep il] showed good ore from top to bottom. Only about five or six acres had been mined over at the The average wash was This ore was used at the Val furnace at Bellefonte-and records show that a ton oi pig metal could be made out of two and one half tons of ore the plant there was a double feet Jong and washed 2ND PERIOD HONOR from 35 to 40 tons a day. Two wells # ‘ yt a - ind a 2 foot siroke | power {for all work | ot llenn Hewitt Er Most of the are on this tract had known | at the base of the hill and near the entines ¢lalmed that they came upon a bed of pipe ore 6 feet thick and running back into the hill for quite a distance. Here they came upon a hard flinty bed of limestone RECENT WEDDINGS and had to do some sopping. 8lores in some places were carried nearly tw the surface. A shaft was sunk on top of the hill and they came onto excellent surface ore whi was followed down to the old drif! This tract contained about 215 en acres. Some tests had been made on the north side which showed were some fest holes trial pits were put down on the pipes from four to five feet long were removed (‘This concludes the Nittan: ley group. The Jacksonville ley group will appea: U0) ROLL PUPILS LISTED water for the ore her, one being 180 feet and the o.her 200 reet deep. A fifty horse power engine with a 15-inch cylind. furnished 1 ~PBoys: Hubert furnished boller om pson Richa * CMPIOYee, Jarbara MeGiniey Al Mary O'Hara Junior {irl Wil mat y had the ore ri Logan Bank (Cwrin mile - - Mill to Reopen ¢ Austin Paper C af30O00 R F.C lo fe the once million do industry for 40 years as the Bayles oui. by underground paper Co. which has been in re- | «ide in wo kings. and some dri! ran 4 vivership since 1633 Back Wares De Dax - Dr. Mervine & Wed r Fngagement of Mis digging any deeDer Lindsay Coats’ Tract (Valentine & Co.) we find anolhe: produced quile a great This tract ran wes mile. Here we find a little betier grade of ore than any v a drift was run into the Jumped in the ! wes. fro alley Developments Unusual A~cident one of the balloons carnival feature, RB ‘ Bioomsburg, suffers on Logan Branch, just the jaw bone under 1 Virginia Fink ter of | Lida Laird George ceremony any mixed are and cay. A few other n tendant other side of the old pike but a M1 d usual water drove them out, One® aatilda halt was put down very deep and ' gone Gummo-—Beightol Wharton-—Tussey 'D. A. R. Holds First Meeting in New Year Th anuar meeting of the Daughtsors of the American Revoli- tion was held In the Presbyterian Chapel at Bellefente on Thursday evening nuary 2. 104) Charles F salute to the if America prayer of- Love the gave an Cireen the Revo of an n- attend. rred Lo Prank r been the 17th {J F.P Weaver read al extract m the President General's article in the National Historical magazine nn Franklin Blatchford’s Amateur Hour Show 1:38 FM. EVERY SUNDAY Broadeast From W.T.8.G. Te give views! and fitting expression te your love and regard, the medium and the form must be chosen with care Comforting assurance of a duty well performed will be yours if you choose a genuine Rock of Ages Memorial to stand as yew record for Lhe yoars to some Howard Granite Works FRANK WALLACE. Pra. 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