THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. June 12, 1941. I — - ER — [OBITUARY MISS ANNE P. SHAFFNER. Miss Anne P, Shaffner, grand- | daughter of the late Jacob B Thomas, of Bellefonte, and well] known here through frequent visits with her cousin, Mrs. John P, Lyons, of West Curtin Street, died Friday, June 6 1941, at her home in Sum- mit, N. J. She was a daughter of Charles and Anne P, Thomas Shaf- fner and was born in Philadelphia Survivors include a sister, Mrs Howard B. Bishop, of Summit, N J; and aunt and uncle; Mrs. James B. Lane of East Linn Street, Belle- fonte, and Clifford 8S. Thomas, nf Potters Mills, and two cousins, Mrs Lyon and Miss Grace D, Mitchell both of Bellefonte, Interment wa made near Philadelphia MRS. JAMES R. IRWIN | Mrs. M. Edna Irwin, aged 63 years, 8 months, and § days, and wife of James R. Irwin, died at 9 o'clock Wednesday, June 5, 1941 af- ter a several days’ illness. Mrs. Ir- win was born September 25, 1877 in Potter township, a daughter of Adam and Sarah J. Weaver Krum- rine. She was married June 25, 1907 to James R. Irwin, who survives with one sister, Mrs. C. W. Swartz, of State College, She was a mem- ber of the Boalsburg Lutheran church and was past president of the southern district of the Rebek- ah lodge. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Koch's Pu- neral Home, State College, with Rev L. J. Kaufman officiating. Inter- ment was made in Boalsburg FRANK R. THARP Frank R. Tharp, Lemont carpen- ter, died at 7:40 o'clock Friday morning, June 6, 1941, at the Dan- ville State Hospital after a year's filness with a complication of dis- eases. He had been a patient at the hospital for two months Mr. Tharp Was a of Daniel and Isabel Rinehard Tharp and was bdrn In Snyder county April 2. 1868, making his age at time of death 72 year 2 months, and 4 days. He had been a resident of Centre county since his youth. Surviving are his wife, Regina QGettig Tharp; two sons, Paul H., of Lemont, and James W., of State College; a daughter, Mrs Clifford Jodon, Bellefonte, and a brother, Percival Tharp, of Spring Mills. Mr. Tharp was a member of the Lemont Evangelical church and of the Boalsburg I. O. O. F. lodge Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Goodhart Funeral Home, Centre Hall, with the Rev. W K. Hosterman officiating. Interment was made in Zion cemetery S00 the SAMUEL R. BENNER Samuel R. Benner, of Decatur, Ill, died in the Macon County Hos- pita] May 6, 1941, of heart trouble from which he had been suffering for more than a year. A son of Harry and Elizabeth Benner, he was born at Rock Forge, March 30, 1868, making his age at time of death 72 years, 1 month and 6 days. In Aug- ust 1894 he was married to Miss Dora Pritts, of Illinois, who died in 1918 He is survived by three daughters, Miss Laura Benner, of Decatur, Ill; Mrs. F. R. Johnston of Bethney, Ill, and Mrs. Kenneth Welson, of Rockford, Ill: also fowr ons, I. H. Benner and Fred Benner of Decatur, Ill; C. 1. of Findley Il, and Ross R. Benner, of Mt Vernon, Ind. He a leaves two fis- ters, Mrs. Cyrus Gearhart, of Miles- burg. and Mrs. Lloyd Womer, of Axemann, and a host of friends here and in Illinois. He was a member of the Methodist church. Puneral services were held Thursday after- noon in Moran and Sons Chapel. | with burial in Hamion cemetery near Kirksville, Ill HUGH C. HAYES Hugh Conley Hayes, a prominent resident of Mackeyville, died at his home Wednesday, June 4, 1041, af- ter a lingering illness. Mr. Hayes, well known throughout his commun- ity for his wide interests, had been fll for over a year and had been a patient for several months at the Lock Haven and the Geisinger Me- morial Hospitals during that per- jiod. Son of Willlam and Isabella Conley Hayes, members of two of the oldest Nittany Valley families, Mr. Hayes was born March 30, 1870, in Mackeyville where he lived all his life. As a young man he attend- ed Juniata College and Ohio North- ern at Ada. O. During his active years he was a member of the Mill Hall Presbyterian church where he served as president of the board of elders for many years. He was also | Raymond Furst, eaASes | president of the Mill Hall Cemetery Association, was a director in the | Mackeyville Water Company and a director of the Dairyman’'s Herd Improvement Association, Surviving him are his wife, May Everhart, one son, Hugh Conley, of Lock Haven, and the following daughters, Mrs Helen Hayes Nicholson, and Miss Anna, Lakeville, Conn.;, and Mrs Mackeyville: also several grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home, Saturday at 2:30 p. m., with the Rev. John 8, Lon- singer officiating Interment was made in Cedar Hill cemetery —- Pioneer Fought Convoys (Continued from page one) he showed her, with a mermaid on it, that an Irish privateersman named Moore had given him, when dying to deliver sweethear and Almeda was eternally hunting for the dark beauty The wife of one of the old Scotch pioneers was fond telling Mrs Miller of a beautiful mermaid Galloway favorite haunts were the Nith and Orr the Of SO.way fa which adjoins the mouths of these rivers. The mermaid occasionally made friends with human beings of her own sex, giving lives which cured morta] women were heir LO mermaids exempt Though possessed of these gracious qualities, yer when a serious premeditate offered her, she was awakened to the Bismark to his of i whose banks edge of the and the them recipe many dis- but jury was med.ately Sure revenge as sent the to Davy Jones’ A farm woman leanings ne Ww Vrunlrary WOCReT falt fell yel heainhen 1 Deautilul mouth of Dabeatly water eddy, was a mermaid poo [ormed Ls Run, by t beloved residence of the the old fir ome of Lar 8 worn rool block of smooth, at the brink ¢ } comb her hair, admire herself in a plece of mirror, and deliver the her ointments to he designed to herself on a prescriptions for those whom notice of take Ihe farm woman, in a {renzy of religious zeal, after neighbors gave ! otations of Pastor Knox's ser- thens heaved the Pp began barnyard filth into the stream was mermaid departed [oc a spell of mi and her family “The mermaid was do the 1r« today, of streams polluted they ut tion remarked he years of Captain Al- James Lick fir: and greatest wropist, who gave California observatory, was operal- privateer in Latin American independence off neveme the west America, ace to elderly historian: his Lebanon county. Strangely enough coat of arms is An- of Bouth ording native the Lick family dalusian and James Lick's own ap- pearance was decidedly Spanish — TWO KILLED ON WAY TO LEGION SESSION A station wagon in which six Leg- ionnaires of McKean county were riding crashed into a pole on a curve on Route 220, five miles north of Bedford, early Sunday moming, killing two and injuring the others The men were headed for a meet- ing of the Grand Cheminots, State Forty and Eight Society, at Altoo- na. All six were thrown out of the machine Fatally nor, 47 both of hurt were John J. O'Con- and Leo FP. O'Connor, 46 Bradford aaa RR | A Wins in Competition Among 27 men who scored high- est in competitive examinations for a 9-month course in the Pennsyl- vania Game Commisison Training school were the following in Division E: James A. Brown, of Renovo: Jack L. Delong. Loganton; George H Burdick, and Allen T. 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Willlam Verner Nelson and are now residing at Curtin Attending the couple were Mr. and Mrs. George Spangler of Blanch- ard, the latter ga sister of the bride Mr. Emert is employed by the Belle fonte Lime Co. Haagen—Berry Mrs. Glenn Berry, of Lock Haven, announce the wedding of their daughter, Dorothy M. Ber- to Cyrus W. Haagen, son of Mr and Mrs. W. W. Haagen, of Snyder- town. The wedding took place in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Sat urday, May 31, 184], with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Haagen, parents of the groom as attendants. The bride wore a blue lace dress with white sories and groom wore a suit. The and her attendant Wore a roses Mr. and ru ry ACCS - the gray bride corsage of Durkins—Phillips Haze! Alma Phillipe and Mrs, Philll ard, R. D, and William Durkins, Mr, and Mz: Durkins of Monument were ur in marriage Saturday, May 1941, at the home Of Mrs, De Gurtin, by the Rev. R. J, DeBoer pastor of Church of Christ They were attended by Mr Mrs. Russell MeCloskey Monument, Mr. Durking Al em of the Harbison Walker Re- I The young coupl at Monume daugh ps, How- Edward Mis ter of Mr son of the ployee LOries Il make their home Stiver—Woaods became the Stiver WOOD ece] 1 the ceremony and Stiver, following a wedding trip Niagara Falls, N. Y., and Ohlo be at home to thelr friends in the near future atl a Mal rtiment in Bellwoo ix point 0 in will treet ap PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS TO PLAY AT WILLIAMSPORT celebrated birthday annivers J clock p. m., present h ing Athle League in th ' game with the Williamsport Gray of the Eastern League Always this is a gaia event "pack- ing ‘em in" at Bowman Feld. but will have special significance interest Friday on accot the Ath 5 unique showing is season's championship race. From a lowely second division place the; forged ahead the league ition to Connie Mack local fans will greet two Grays, Al Brancato, shorts Lester MceCabb become regulars in traveling aggregation a U. 8. COAST GUARD ENLISTMENTS MODIFIED The Baltimore Recruiting Office of the U. 8 Coast Guard located in room 627, Pos: Office Bldg. Balti- more, Md. now has an unlimited quota for apprentice seaman and mess attendants, third class, for the month of June To be eligible for enlistment an applicant shall be not than | or more than 31 years of age. A person over 31 and not over 40 years of age, who has had previous ser- vice with the Coast Guard, Navy or Marine Corps, and whose dis- charge was under honorable condi- tions, may be enlisted if otherwise qualified and the length of such previous service is equal to or greater than the excess of his age over 31 years. Credit will be given in this connection, for previous ser- vice in the Navy or Marine Corpe Men of the Coast Guard discharg- | ed under honorable conditions in the rating of radio men, seaman or fireman may enlist in the same rating held at the time of discharge a Bank President Named William L. Heim was elected by the board of the First National th of th nave 10 thrpnt wired the A's less 8 {Bank of Kane to succeed W. 8. Cal- derwood as president, Calderwood had served as head of the bank for member of Howard Granite Works FRANK WALLACE, Prop, up the nation: President progress in ning Europe and even Uniteq State admitted (hat the armed power and Portugal French territ It om the the in THE WAR IN EUROPE chat While it Is entirely useles additional na tempt to predict evenly In connec- avallable North tion with military activity during The campaign of the remainder of 1941 {t might be a waste of time to survey situation and take a Jook-see al pasmnilities German success in Crete undoubledly paves for a serious effort 0 British out of the eastern ranean and will encourage the Nazis in any designs that they have | cargoes and there | point wh against British power in the areas | the [allure of these suppil ) rea around the Mediterranean mglang will am Wo a catastr The lulls that follow successiu he hon offensive efforts people to jose sight of the ceasing Battle of the Atlantic we are N inclined to believe the German had considerable the British the but lo ac to al- order to make shipping Atlantic Germany for the ’ "ni ' u f no and HpPINg of the mor gen menace Deen a the p 500 4 Lh pronout ee nan was capturing the wa drive Lh eV that will ne 1 Mediter- { the wi very ship that down means the loss of valuable RO" May Decide War cause some Anything Can Happen in 1941 never where nave course, crippled empire peanie Ship Losses Weaken British The shipping Is ga 1 more seriou continuing 131 EAST MAIN STREET navy declared eitied by Germany Ltinent Wid Va master of sea ne con v [ w fo that power now of Europe vid cores aia Or [x supreme Upon Her huge make DET inchalieng against all land ree ava.iabie Yet even German ontrol Eludes Hitler u ay leading his people The he rarren. Forest “all wars will o» Recalls Kidnap Attempt (Continued from page one) started a quick ler seized an venir, and when way back f loot led tO ry Complaints were Cenartment that been viol + stale had Gen commander-in- armies, How not revealed EE 3 reached Pershing the American wed of IL was — - w— Are in Art Exhibit ree Lock Haven »ouths have the sixih annual art #x- ants” w be at the Hit. are gard and theme of What They HB a— Beaver Trapping Excellent 1941 beaver Fa 50m he most productive since 1937, Game Commission has announ- otal catch was with most tra ine rapping mT ive counties
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