Echoes . From the Past. Fifty Yours Ago Last Friday W. BE. Gheen, of Jer-| sey Shore, sold his grocery store at] this place to James MeCulley, Jr, | who will continue the business at the) former stand Mr. McCuliey has had the experience In that business | to make a success of it, The firm of Jackson & Reynolds, | millers’ has dissolved, W. Fred Rey- nolds retiring, and the business will} Dé continued by Mr. George w.! Jackson Mr. Jackson has a com-| plete and improved mill and i$ able to turn out the best guality of flour and feed Prof. W. T Meyer, the organist | and musical director of the Presby- terfan choir, has organized a sing- hg class in connection with that | coligregation. The intention is to conduct it on the old style singing class plan, to teach the puplls to read music readily The Commissioners are thinking of having the various officers and veults in the court house fitted up with steel cases and shelves manu- factured especially for that purpose by the Office Specialty Manufactur- ing Co. of Rochester, N. Y. The same system has been adopted in Clearfield and Clinton counties Mr. Frank Johnson, of this place, who several weeks ago secured a po- sition as brakeman on the railroad between here and Sunbury, had his arm mashed Tuesday while coupling Cars Thé bum play of the season was at the Opera House on Monday evening “The Electric Spark” It wis rank and disgusted a large sudi- ence Brief ordinances were read at thie last Council meeting making Linn, Lamb and Curtin Streets open from their present termini to the eastern line of the borough. Armor street was declared open from the north side of Linn Street to the south side of Beaver. A new street wag de-| dlared open 137 feet west from the eastern line of the boro and ex- tending parallel to it, to be 50 feet wide. Last Saturday an infafit child of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Nelson, of Philipsburg, died. Some embalming fluid in a small bowl used to pre- vent the @fad child's face from dis- coloring was placed near the corpse On Monday morning thefr little 2- year-old boy crept into the room and drank some of the fluid. A physi- clan was summoned at once but the little one died soon after from the effects of the deadly poison it had taken into its system While the pumps are in motion at < the water works, the pressure is considerably increased, which is due to the erection of the standpipe We can tell this by the speed of our water motor. The stand pipe is of gche use, after all—The fire alarm has been dghanget and hereafter one. two, and three blasts of the steam fire whistle will be blown for thie North, South and West wards respectively. There Is a bit of com- mon sense about this chenge.... Mr WwW. 1. Fleming has accepted the posi- tion of district manager of the Equ itable Assurance Society of New York City He has severed his con- ned tion with the Mutual Life Insur- ance Company of New York Mrs. Tamson Sellers, widow of the | late John Sellers, dled at her home | in Milesburg on Tuesday morning. | Hér age was T9 years. Two sons and two daughters survive her Last Thursday a child of Mr, T. |B Buddinger, of Snow Shoe, died The body | | was taken by hearse to Williams- | of malignant diphtheria port for interment On last Thursday Miss Ida Des- | chner, formerly of Bellefonte, but | for the last year a resident of Seats tle, Washington, and Mr. George Rothrock, son of Henry Rothwock, who lives near Bellefonte, were mar- | ried at Altoona, where Mr, Roths rock is employed Burglars made an attempt to en- ter the residence of Mrs. Ruth Ar- | mor oh Tuesday night but were dis- covered in time, and they fled A new smoke stack was erected at the steam heat works this week by W B. Maitland. The raising’ of the stack proved quite a job It Is announced that the marriage of Mr. John Olewine and Miss M Elizabeth Bottorf, will be solemnis~ ed on this Thursday noon at the re- sidence of the bride's parents near Lemont. Both parties are well known in this vicinity and this an- nouncement carries with it many hearty congratulations Father McArdle falled to return {to Bellefonte on Friday from his trip abroad and the reception was postponed. He amived on Monday and was tendered a hearty welcome by the members of the congregation who assembled in the church for the occasion. Father Maher delivered the address of welcome which was responded to by the pastor. A large congregation was present and seve eral fine selections were rendered by the choir Marriage licenses were issued to the following couples William Brown and Mary Emma’ Lee, both of Philipsburg; J. C. Vinner, Mt Eagle, and Lillian O. Gates, of Nit- tany: James Fereneck and Annie Herman both of Philipsburg; Isaac W. Baney, Bellafonte, and Mary Grenoble, Zion; I. N. Haupt and Sadie Keeler, both of Bellefonte; John Gibson and Mary Carson, both of Powelton: J. T. Shenefelt, Bir- mingham, snd Agnes M Webner, Nittany : John I. Snavely and Jen- nie V. Rover, both of Potter town- hip On Tuesday at about 6 a. m. the Pennsylvania Railroad depot at Snow Shoe was discovered to be afire indde. The alarm was given at once, but as the Interior wus all afire and no fire apparatus being in the town, it was impossible to ex- tinguish it. Some few articles of freight were taken out, but ip a very Hort time it was a mass of flames and soon Was reduced to the ground During the progress of the fire hero. ic efforts were made to save the Mountain House nearby which was afire several times. The loss of freight and building will amount to about $2.000. The cause of the fire is unknown. The old depot was but a mere pen and it is to be hoped that Supt. Blair will have a decent bullding erected at once Twenty Years Ago Mr and Mrs. Freq Witmer were, planning to begin housekeeping In the house occupied by the George Meek family as soon as the Meeks moved into the home across the street which they purchased from the Harris estate There was a probability that the State-Centre Electric Company would extend its lines to Coburn before winter. E. C. Musser, of Bellefonte, superinténdent of the company, had interviewed a number | of Coburn residents in regard to the proposition and was to place the matter before the board of directors Rev. H A. McKelvey, of Port Ma- | tilda, was owner of seventy White Leghorn hens which during the past ten months laid a total of 11580] eggs. At prevailing market prices the eggs would have brought $448.95 His feed cost him $189, showing & net profit of $4 per hen, With an average laying capacity of 166 eggs per hen, Jack Trumble, aged 2, son of Mr | and Mrs. George Trumble, of Ches- ter Hill, Philipsburg, was almost | instantly killed when he was struck by an automobile driven by a Ches-~ ter Hill garageman. The child's mother, who witnesseq the accident rushed the lad to the MoGirk Sant- tarium where he died a short tie later. A group of Philipsburg residents | returned home from a hunting $rip | in the Canadian wilds and were re- lating some thrilling stories, in- cluding one about their killing a | moose that weighed 900 pounds and | with an antler spread of 26 inches. | In the party were: Hon P. E | Womelsdorf, Dr. W. B. Henderson | R. H. Muil, W, P. Holt and George | H. Barnes. The group also killed | several deer, much small game, and | spent some time in angling. J. Cameron McKinley, of Belie- | fotite, was a patient in the local hospital as a result of injuries re- | ceived while at work at the new limestone hydrating plant, Mc | Kinley and other workmen were engaged in raging a 3800-pound Block of steel when one of the | Blocks on which it was resting slip- | ped out of piace and the metal fell, | crushing the workman's hand, Sev-| eral bones also were broken but it] wis believed the hand could be saved. Marriage licenses were Issued to] the following ssuples! George H.| Confer and Anta B. Sager, both of | Hellefonte: Cecil J. Irvin and Edna | M. Dreibelbls, both of State College | ‘After severdl years’ delay the Hartswick garage at State College was about ready to open for busi- ness. Construction of the garage began just at the outbreak of the war when building materials and labor prices soared. Work was suspended and was not resumed un- til after prices hag dropped to near their pormal level. | Mrs. Edward Cau Philipsburg, who had returted to The price of wheat which hover- | at $2. during the last three months of 1920, had showed a steady decline until in October 1921 the prevalling price’ was only $1 # bushel Rev. M. 8. Q Mellott, of Howard pastor of the Methodist church, who had been ill for the past two weeks was reported to be showing a slow but steady recovery. He suffered from an attack of pleurisy Fred Leathers formerly of How- ard but more recently a resident of Allentown, wa: in the Samaritan Hospital, Philadelphia, where he was to undergo an operation for the removal of a goitre. He had had «| similar operation sbout’ six years | eariler | Katharine Bent, of Bellefonte was heading the list of Harvest Queett contestants Other contes- | tants ard the order in which they | | ranked were: Grace Sasserman. | | Marion Bauer, Ruth Teaman Peggy | Haines, Kathryn Wian and © Moerschbacher The remains of Calvin M. B. Huss. noted musician who was fatally in- | Jured when struck by an automobile in Ilion, N, Y. were brought to Bellefonte for interment. Mr. Huss { had traveled with a number of lead- | ing minstre! shows as interlocutor | He wus a netivé of Lindén Hall. Mrs. William Selby, of Pleasant | Hill, Philipsburg, receiveq a wed- ding cake from her granddaughter | in England who récently had be- | come a bride. The grafiddaughter | ter ‘of Mr. and | eld, formerly of | was the eldest da their native land. While working in the American | Lime & Stone Co, quarries at Sun | | nyside, Pete Kushwara narrowly es- | caped serious injury when a dump car joaded with dirt upset and bu- ried him beneath the load. Work- men rushed to the man's ald and covered him in less than ten min- utes. Aside from several severe bruises, He was uphuft. The Hom, Vance MeCormick of | Harrisburg, and Dean Cross, of | Yale University, were weekend guests of Henry and Miss Mary { Linn, of Bellefonte while here for | the installation of President Thomas at Penn State. Other guests gt the Linn home included Dr, McKinney tof Westfield N. J. former pastor of the Bellefonte Presbyterian ehurch Miss Jane Thompson, - little daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Homer Thompson, of Bellefonte, ocmused considérable excitement in the vi- cinity of her home when she was reportéd lost. While neighbors gathered at the house’ to discuss plans for further search, Jane walk ed in, explaining that she had gone to Sourbecks for some candy, and had to walt until a new batch was completed. Conrad Miller of Bellefonte, was opening” Up a ile quarry on | Yearick farm near Jacksonville | The vein of limestone was sald to be | of highest quality 8. M. Campbell, Millheim under- | taker, had his hearse remodeled and mounted on a new Reo chassis, | | The hearse was painted in (wo tones | of gray Harty Harter, Homer Decker and Harry Lutz, all of Helle- | fonte, closed a deal with the Halll estate, Spring township, for over LWO | | acres of land which fronted on East | | Bishop and East High Streets, The consideration was $2,000. The men expected to build three houses fac- | ing Bishop Street. The proper | was just outside the borough line bar asea— | | | | —————————————————————— | REAL ESTATE | TRANSFERS Paul Resides, et al, 0 Otto Ebel- ing Bellefonte R. D. 1, tract in Ben- nes Twp. $1 J. K. Johnston to Van D. Meeker {et ux, Burnside T'wp., tract in Burn- side Twp: #1 Mary E Toland, et bar, to Mi- chael P. Kersavage, et ux, Bellefonte R. D 3, tract in Spring Twp. $1 First National Bank of Philips- burg to Merle C. Martin, et ux, of Philipsburg, tract in Philipsburg, $1 William J. King, et ux, to John W. Jarvi et ux Bellefonte tracy i Benner Twp., $1 William J. King, et ux, to Roy C King, et ux, Bellefonte, R. D 3 tract in Benner Twp, $l. Wendell B. Smith to Ruth L Clark, of Flemington, tract in State College; $46 Clair L. Hall, etux, to Joe 8. Jose fik. et ux, Clarence, tract in Snow Shoe Twp, #1 Harvey J. Markle et ux, to Mahlon Breon of Bellefonte R. D. 3, tract in Spring Twp.; §1 Bruce Corman, et ux, to Samuel M. Shallcross, Beliefonte, tract in Benner Twp.: $1 Forrest EB. Eckley et ux, to Bruce Corman, et ux, Bellefonte R. D. 1 tract in Benner Twp. $1 Lemuel Hipple, et ux, to Tressie Hipple of Milesburg, tract in Boggs Twp: #1 Centre County Commissioners (© Joseph Kutches of Spring Twp, tract in Bellefonte Borough, $i Joseph Kucis et ux, to Joseph Kucas et ux, of Spring Twp. tract in Bellefonte Borough; $1 Beliefonte Trust Company, execu tor, to Robert F. Pecht of Law- renceville Va, tract in Walker Twp 200 Minnie A Stuck to Maude Marke: of Pine Grove Mills tract in Per- guson Twp., $1 » Clayton P. Corman, et ux, to Pawi P. Bartges of Aasronsburg, tract Halnes Twp ; $1 Car! Litten et ux, to Mrs Olive Burkley of Wallaceton, tract in South Philipsburg; #1 Jacob H. Bechde! executor, 10 Charles N. Weaver of Howard R D, tract in Curtin Twp. ; $230 Lioyd M, Kerlin, et ux, to Margar- et Gipple of Harrisburg, tract in Potter Twp. . $1 Margaret Gipple to Liovd M. Ker- lin et ux, of New Cumberland, tract 1 Potter Twp. $l. Delbert B Myers, et ux 10 Les- ter L. Pehr. et ux, of State College tract tir State College; $1 M. P. Musser to Clifton P. Hipple et ux. of Pleasant Gap, tract in Spring Twp., §1 Harvey J. Markle, et ux, to Samu FB Noll, et ux, Pleasant Gap, tract in Spring Twp, 81 Harvey J Markle, et ux to Samusl BE. Noll, et ux of Pleasant Gap tract in Spring Twp: $1 Maude Slee Fleck et al to filina PF. Stratton, et bar, Philipsburg tract in Philipsburg. #1 Centre County Commissioners to Mabel Lucas of Snow Shoe tract in Enow Shoe Borough; $1 John 8 Waker to Elliott E Lane of Bellefonte, tract in Bellefonte North Ward; $1 han's Court of Centre County to Elliott BE Lane tract in Belle- forte North Ward: $1. Rush Township Seliool District to Harry Hagyard of Philipsburg, tract in Rush Twp.: $350 Matthew Keice, of ux, to William Boweni Sr. et ux, of South Philips- burg, tract in South Philipsburg; $1 | Horace O Williams, et ux, to Mar- garet E Moore of State College tract in State College; $1. A —— a ———" YARNELL Harvest Home Services will be {held in the church Sunday night {Oct 12, at 7:30. Anyone waning to donate anything it will be ap- | preciated very much if you can bring or send it to the ofiurch Sat- urday or Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Walker spent the weekend with friends in Ohio Mrs. Claire Shawley of this place ang Mrs. Donald S8hawley of Belie- i fonte, visited with Mrs Ellis Pow- nell ang Mrs. Clark Hile at Pleas ant Gap, last Thursday. Miss Rebecca Confer of Orviston spent Sunday p. mn. with her friend Mrs. Raymond Coakley, and Mr. | and Mrs, Clark Custer and daugh- her, { Mr, and Mry. Harry Haagen spent | Sunday at Blanchard. {| Mrs. Merle Richper and twins re-| turned to her home from the Centre County Hospital, last Tuesday, Felled by Floor A stock barn floor gave way under | the weight of 500 bushels of newly | harvested buckwheat at the same time that Mrs. Charles Lants, of near Sayre, entered the basement of the barn arid the debris and bar- ley buried her but left her without serious injury, A} Robert Packer Hospital the Little Meadows woman was said to be suffering Tron rib] Nis. fractures and by broken ankle. wa —— When the nation gets behind the defense program like baseball fans, rooting for World Series, favorites, America will be safe. | of recuperating. at home. He will ter Louise, spent the evening with JHE CENTRE a BELLEFONTE, FX. October 9, 1941, ! i | the stalks died, same as all tomato stocks do often, the crap is canned "Over the County News | ue hrvae Now the guaen and as if It had just been panied 9 | are covered with blossoms and Six weeks of drought were broken in it Ss Va ph last Wed- nesday morning by a steady showet that lasted about four hours. While: It has been beneficial to some ex-| tent to fall seeding of wheat, the precipitation was quite short of | Starting the winter springs that have long since dried up. Bug it did relieve the immediate hasard of | forest fires, George 8hook, of near Aarons- | {burg Is about again after two weeks | of hospital treatment and two week; hold sale of his farm stock and ime plements ‘some time this month or carly next month, after which he will move into the former Poster | | Bower home mv Aaronsburg, which | Ie purchased at public’ sale about six weeks ago A section of Rote 46, fn Miles township between the junction with Route 96 and the entrance to the Narrows, has been closed ag works nen started to rebullg the road (rom Millheln to the Rebersburg- Madisonburg road. ‘The new high- way wili eliminate olf hills and Larns on the road whieh parallels Elk Creek through the Narrows from Miles township to Millhedin Miss Ruth Miller daughter of Mr ana Mrs. K A Miller, of Millheim, and a recent graduate of the Jeffor- son Hospital Nursing Sohcol, Bails adelphia, left Milbeim, Tues@ay morning of last week to take up| | nursing dutlés in’ the New York | Hospital at Cornell Medical Centre New York City. Mrs. Robert 'W Boyle, the former Rosalyn Hoster- man, algo left at that time for duty Ml the same institytion Attorney David I. Baird, partner of former State Senator Edward J Thompson, in the law firm of Thompson & Baird, at Philipsburg who holds a first Jleutenant's com- mission in the U 8. Ariny reserves was called to active duty last week | He was ordered to report to Carlisia barracks Priday for assignment to] a Years active military duty Lieut Baird was president of the Philips- burg Rotary Club Mrs. Paul Musser chalrman Miliheim Red Cross sewin reports that a total of eighty-eignt garinents have been completed by workers in that comununity and have been delivered to the State College headquarters In the iE turned in were thiuly-two dresse riy-four skirts and twenty-two knitied sweater and the local! Indies were commended by heads quarter fficials for the Quality of i of their eff: Mayes, mechani Wil move to the C HNN county eal early this month The station at fendant's home wil] be occupied by Mr and Mrs Robert BE Meeker who are vacating the Fred Mensch prop- erty on Mill Street Mr Meeke: will continue as sale Man, ss well 44 taking over the tation attendants duties. for Mr Confer The good oid days of chestnut picking In Centre Couniys moubs tains are coming back-—for this at jeait Several Bellefonte dents taking trips to the hDils port finding the nuls, not as yet rij ened, on small trees which have tar escaped the disastrous bilght of recent years A few heavy [rosts and Papa and Junior, and sister and mother, 00, can hunt out the empiy alt bags and hit for the mountains as of yore. One Bellefonte resi- dent reported finding a nuwinber of trees heavily laden with green burrs along the back road bLeiween Clad ence and Renovo A bid for improvements at the Bellefonte Moose Home on North Spring Street was awarded to John CC. Yenter of Tyrone it was an- nounced by Walter Hering, secre- tary of the lige. The work oon- sists of constructing a rom one story # height at the rear of the building. The room will be used fo meetings and will supply more aviii- able rootu for social quarters. Work was expected 15 be started this week on the structure which will be 37 feet by 45 feet Work will be com- pleted in about eight weeks and is certain to be completed by Christ mas, it was said. Members of the lodge said they will hold a forme opening sometime after the new wing is completed. Rev. CO. Nevin Stamm, pastor ol St. gohn's Reformed Church, Belle fonte, was elected president of the Centre County Interdencminations) Ministerial Association at a meets | ing in the Bellefonte Y. M, C. A jast Monday. Rev, Stamm replaces Robert H. Thomas 11 of St John's Episcopal Church, on leave because of {i health, Rev, William A. Shy | der newly appointed minister of the | Milesburg Methodist Church, was named vice-president, taking the! place of Rev. M. F. Kerstetter, wha | left the Milesburg pastorate to be- come a chaplain in the Army. Rev. | H.C. Stenger Jr. elected as secre- tary-treasurer last spring continues | in that position in the ministerivn The organization, after conducting | poutine business, engaged in infor | meg discussion concerning churches in Bellefonte and the County and appointed a program committee, According to an announcement in | last week's Mifflinburg Telegraph | Miss ‘Arlene Weaver, daughter of | | Mrs, Elmer, Weaver, of that place | was chosen Miss Miffiinburg in contest held on the stage of the' Band Box Theatre, September 24 | | 8he was one of eight contestants for | the title, being judged for screening | features, poise and personality. At) the same time and » seven chil- dren competed for Miss Mifflinburg, with Gwendolyn Weaver, small daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Bruce Weaver, as the winner The . ladies are cousins, and dre now eligible to compete in state contests for (he titles of Miss Pen ayivania and Little Miss Penhsylva- Their parental grandmother is Mrs. Howard Weaver, of Millheim John H. Hames, of Aaronsipug is Miss Arlene's maternal g ather, and Mis, John Boob is theif sunt and Gwendolyn’s maternal grand. parents are Mr. sid Mrs. W. Musser of Coburn. 3, Harold Breon, ol Blate College, a baby daughter, born at the Centre Any Hospital, The mother of the in-' tend Edward Myers sale on RN NAA ee The { high that it small green tomaloes growing ame the parents of | he stalks for the second crop Bellefonte last used farming implements should ¢ nN fant was the former Betty Ross, who Bessie Green farm, Oct. 156 also b taught several township schools Jeanie Phillip, young son of Mr. and Mr Zimmerman, of Aaronsburg the stock for their feed whi | received surgical Wednesday morning at the Centre to State Collége for the County Hospital for a us | tion, The youngster was brought home ‘by ‘his: parents and It 18 X= op since he is working at th | pected that with the proper care the ng... condition will clear up promptly and satisfactorily, terms in the Penn has a line of good sbock + Witherite is caring | Comley LOCK 10 have Lhe treatment last Comely with her family ha salp infec- where she will keep roomer: Frank Wugan Is sporting company Paul Blair has Ix farm at Buffalo Run young peopie BENNER TWP. | toute ian school irom int James Cl .) J threshing through lark, John Baffalo Run this week Suttiny visitors at the home of Ir Benner wefe Russel Glasgow, ane family and two of George Spicers accomplished young daughters from Weedy Crest, Thomas Walker's fam ily froem Buffalo Run and ! man's family from Tyron The Rev. Huréld "Winters and wife from 5. Mrs. Winters nee Mis Mer is aocousing of Mrs, Benner Allenr Wolford has been travelin though Rock on 4 motorcycle saying fv true that when the hornets bolld thelr nest will be 4 hard wintes witn deep snow we can jook forward “Racky Mason New : ‘Furilies a Hard winter this hornet nhiave © ary H. Om year ior we Colon Mae Benner has A very unusual thing happened Ira Benner I'h planted 8 WCmMAlo garden ana the tomatoes, a good person wanting to buy good - Staday. Sciiool Lesson CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR iy n accordance with his WW OpuUrpONe iy International Sunday School Les- 10 trengthen redistance son for October 12, 194) i to live r GOLDEN TEX I: “For God 1 lor od. 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