Poon Six “OBITUARY bem SAA —— —— CHARLES C. WILLOW Charles C. Willow, 89, died at his home in Lock Haven Wednesday morning after a short illness. He is surviv W. Stevenson. Mr. Willow was born in Mackeyville. He spent much of | stroke. Simon R. King, son of the late | Jesse and Sarah Diehl King, for- !mer Aaronsburg residents, died at by his daughter, Mrs. Geo. | his home in Wilkes-Barre on Dec- |ember 23. Cause of death was. a The King family formerly his life in the employ of the Kistler | lived In State College where Mr, Leather company, living for a num- King was steward at the Nittany ber of years in Johnsonburg. Fun- | Lion Inn for some time. | Laura Hazlett King, and four daugh- eral services were conducted Friday at 2 p. m. by the Rev. Homer W. | { with two brothers. of which Mr, Willow had long been | Wilkes-Barre and Thomas King of | Heisley, of the Evangelical Church His wife, Wilkes-Barre, survive John King, of ters, all of a member. Burial was made in the ! Michigan, Dunnstown cemetery. MRS. CLAIR WITMER Mrs. Helen Hillard Witmer, of Lancaster, daughter-in-law of Mr, and Mrs. A. Winn Witmer, Buffalo Run Valley, died suddenly Tuesday, December 30 1041, in a Lancaster hospital after a short fllness. Mrs. Witmer, wife of Clair Witmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Winn Witmer, was | well known in Buffalo Run Valley through visits to her parental home. Surviving are her husband; her father, living in Lan- | Betty, Clair Jr. and Kermit all at home. | caster, and three children, There are also several surviving brothers and sisters. Interment was made in Lancaster. MRS. ROBERT A. KERSTETTER Mrs. Emma L. Kerstetter, wife of Robert A. Kerstetter, died at her | home at 124 North Gill street, State College, at 350 o'clock Tuesday af- ternoon of last week, December 30, 1841, of complications after a several | years’ illness. Mrs. Kerstetter was a | daughter of John P. and Jemima | QGarbrick Ishler end was born in | Marion township on May 25, 1882, | making her age at time of death 50 years, 7 months and 5 days. On January 17, 1007, she was united in marriage with Robert A. Kerstetter, who survives with a son, Clarence; | a grandchild, and these brothers and sisters: Bellefonte R. D.; Mrs. W. R. Gent- zel, State College: John G. Lancas- ter, and Mrs. Coatesville. She was & member of the Grace Lutheran church, State College. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in Grace Lutheran | church, State College, with the pas- | tor, the Rev. J. F. Harkins officiat- ing. Interment was made in the Shiloh cemetery. SAMUEL CLAYTON BOOB Samuel Clayton Boob, World War | veteran, died at his home near How- ard at 545 o'clock on Thursday morning, January 1, 1942, after a four years’ illness with a complica- tion of diseases. son of Samuel and Sadie Harpster Boob and was born at Curtin on January 31, 1888, making his age at time of death, 53 years and 11 months. In 1922 he was united in marriage with Mary Weaver, who survives with these children; Marie, | Martha, Elsie and! home. Surviving | brothers are William, of Salona, and | Carl, Walter, Frank, all at David, of Mackeyville. Puneral ser- vices were held Bunday afternoon at the Neff & Sons funeral parlor in Howard, with the Rev. Ralph Davies, of Beech Creek, officiating. Interment was made in the Curtin cernetery. Mr. Boob enlisted in the U. 8. Army on July 28, 1917, at Loek | Haven, and was in overseas service from May 18, 1918 to May 0, 1019, when he received an honorable dis- charge. Since the war Mr. Boob had been farming in the Howard area. He was a member of the Bellefonte Post Veterans of Foreign Wars. MRS. MARTHA H. BEEZER Mrs. Martha Heckman Beezer, of Bellefonte, widow of the late Joseph W. Beezer, former well known Belle- fonte business man, died at her home on East Bishop street at 7:15 o'clock Tuesday night, December 30, 1041, after a ten days’ lilness. She had been in falling health for the past three years. Mrs. Beeger was daughter of Daniel and Jemima Bloom Heckman and was bern in Pein Hall on August 25, 1868, mak- ing: her age at time of death 73 years, 4 months and 5 days. Her husband, Joseph W. Beezer, who for many years was associated with his late brother Philip Beezer in the meat business in Bellefonte, ded on June 21, 1920. Surviving are these sons and daughters; Benedict J. and Russell P. Beezer, of Bellefonte; Mrs. H. P. Johnson, State College; Mrs Harold Londo, Green Bay, Wis, and Miss Mary Beezer, at home. Also surviving are two ssters, Mrs. J. FP. Jones and Mrs. C. E. Spicher, both | of Wilkinsburg. She was a member | of Bt, John's Catholic Church in | Bellefonte. Puneral services were | held ‘on Friday morning at the St. | John's Catholic church, with Rt. | Rev. William E. Downes officiating. | Interment was made in the Catholic | cemetery, Bellefonte. i AY WELLAR Ay Wellar, of Altoona, native of Julian, died at day morning, January 1, 1842, in the Altoona hospital after an with a complication of diseases. Mr, Wellar had not been well for some time and had been a patient in the husband's | | both of Julian; | Mrs. Paul Feathers and Mrs. Char- les Goon, all of Altoona. Mr. Wellar | was a member of the F. O. E. Lodge Lewis, Jacksonville, Harry, | Miriam Brouse, of! Mr. Boob was a | hospital for ten days. He was a son of Robert L. and Alice May Wellar and was born in Julian on May 3, 1913, making his age at time of death, 28 years, 7 months and 28 days. Surviving are his parents, living in Altoona, and these bro- thers and sisters: Mrs. Fred Haviee, Lewistown; Mrs. Edward Donley, Chester; John and Willam Wellar, Raymond, Betty, in Altoona. Funeral services were | held Sunday afternoon in the Julian | Methodist church, with the Rev. W, i H. Rissmiller officiating. Interment was made in the Julian cemetery. MRS. ANNIE E. GROVE Mrs. Annie E. Grove of Lemont, widow of the late Willlam Grove, died at 3 o'clock Priday morning, January 2, 1842, at the home of her son Willis A. Grove om Reynolds avenue, Bellefonte, where she had made her home for the past year. | Mrs. Grove suffered a fracture of the left leg in a fall at the Grove home in October. Death was attri- i buted to a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of George and Rebecca Fye Zettle and was born in this county on June 11 1861, mak- ing her age at time of death 80 years, 8 months and 21 days. Her husband William Grove, passed away in June, 11937. Prior to making their home | in Bellefonte Mr. and Mrs. Grove { had resided in Lemont. Surviving i are these children: Willis A. Grove, Bellefonte; Harry, of Norristown and Oran of Collegeville. Other sur- vivors include four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs Grove was an active member of the Lemont Evangelical church. Pun- eral services were held on Monday morning at the Grove home, {ollow- ied by services at the Lemont Evan- i gelical church, with Rev, W. K. Hos- terman of Centre Hall and Rev. H H. Jacobs, of Bellefonte officiating. Interment was made in Shiloh cem- | etery sn consent sami MP ans ———— World of Religion (Continged from page two) istream of the continent. Iceland was Catholic throughout the Middle | Ages and later shared in Luther's Reformation. Lutheransm is now the State religion. Plans are under way for the merg- ing of eight America-wide interde- nominational Protestant bodies into one organization which will proba- bly be known as “The Council of Churches of Christ in North Amer- ica.” The merger would include the | Federal Council of Churches of {Christ in America and groups es- pecially engaged in home and for- eign missionary work and in relig- ious education: the International Council of Religious Education, the Home Missions Council of North America, the Foreign Missions Coun- cil of North America, the National Council of Church Women, the Mis- sionary Education Movement, the Council of Church Boards of Edu-| cation, and the Association of Coun- cil Secretaries. All of the functions of these bodies would be carried on by the larger group-probably as departments. The proposal is now being considered by the several bod- ies involved, the executives having | favored the merger. i The Rev. Thomas Tiplady, famed as a poet and as a chaplain in the first World War, has written a num- {ber of hymns before and since the {destruction by bombs of Lambeth Mission, London, of which he was superintendent. His “Prayer in i Time of War” has this verse: i “Preserve our hearts from hateful | thought; In malice may no deed be wrought, May justice hold the balance true In all we think or speak or do; | The Years of peace may we | foresee, | And seek a vict'ry blest by Thee.” i The Confraternity of Christian SIMON R. KING | 4.50 o'clock Thurs- | {llrress | {OCRAT, BELLEFONTE. PA. A Soldier's Diary How the war came to a soldier of | the Armored Force and bis barrack- | mates at Port Knox, Ky. is vividly depicted in the following story by | Pvt. Harry Volk, former newspaper {man in New York and Cleveland. | Vouk is now in the . 6th Infantry (Armored Battalion of the 1st Are “Sirs: { mored Division and has just return» “For more than a century Ger. ed from 08 davs of war-like man- many has driven by tryranny its |cuvers in Loulslapa and the Caro- very best citizens from their Somes, |linas. : compelling them to seek homes and | (Diary of a Soldier) liberty in otherd lands. Of outstand. | Sunday, Dec, 7, 141, ing men it has produced a Bismarck, | 1 wish Adolph Hitler and his Jap- [\ithielmn and a Hitler, We know the | anese and Fascist henchmen could “Of horses, two unimportant have Step What took place In my breeds—the German coach and Og- barrack when word of the Japanese denberg coach-—-neither have gained attack on the United States inter- much recognition. Of cattle, none | THPted the bull sessions and tard |that 1 have ever read of. Of hogs, | EAMES and roused tired, maneuver. none: of dogs, the Great Danes | cary soldiers from their bunks It (the Most treacherous of large dogs), | WOU!d have given Hitler and his co- the Daschund, and the German | DOT's pause Police dog, a fine, trusty and beau- | | Milesburg, Pa., Jan. 2, 1942. I wish millions of Europeans tiful dog used by the 'SBeeing-Eye' And Chinese enslaved by the Axis Of poultry, none; of warfare, much, | could have seen what happened as we are finding out; of education, | They would now know that thelr what? Time will tell. From Italy, the | hope of freedom will be fulfilled | Leghorns (greatly improved by Eng-| I wish every American who has {lish and American breeders). From | the tinjest doubt that ultimate and | Japan (the Japanese beetle). {overwhelming victory will fall to the | From the Conquered Nations | United States and her allies could { | Prom Prance, the great Percheron [Dave been’ in my barrack today and French coach horses, Merino They would no longer doubt, sheep, the great Pyrene dogs; of! A= I watched my fellow soldiers, poultry, the Houdans, great art; the |'Wo thirds of them selectees, de- Statue of Liberty and Lafayette: Scended from every racial Strain from Belgium, the great Belgian in Europe, react to the Japanese horses; from Holland, the great Hol. | attack on thelr country, 1 was proud | stein cows, {1 was an American. 1 raw living “From England: horses, the Shire, Clydesdale, Suffolk, Cleveland bay Hackney coach, thorough-bred, Welch and Shetland ponies; cattis, the Jerseys, CGuemnseys, Aryshires, Bhorthorns (both beef and dairy), Red Polled, Hereford, Angus, Gallo- way, Devons and Highland. Hogs, the Berkshire, Essex, Cheshire and Tamworth, Sheep, the Cheviots, Cotswold, Dorsets, Hamp- shires, Oxfords, Bouthdowns, BSuf- folks and Shropshires. Dogs, Alrz-| dales, beagles, blood-hounds, collies, fox hounds, pointers, seters, span-/ jels, bull-dogs and mastiffs. Poultry, the Connish, Dorking, ~caps, Or. pingtons and Sussex, Language (English), destined to become uni- versal. Literature, the Magna Char- ta, a John Wesley, Rt. Hon, William E. Gladstone, M. P., Lloyd George and Churchill And From America “From America, a great breed of horses, the Morgans, used to improve | our great racing (both running and trotting), and saddle horses. Cattle, | none, but have greatly improved all breeds of promise. Hogs, the Chester Whites, mouth Rocks (all colors), Wyandot- te, R. I. Reds, Hampshire and Javas | Plants, the Great American corn, to- bacco, potatoes. “American ingenuity first made a steamboat, then a battleship, a gub- marine, an airplane, railroads, elec. tricity, telephones, phonographs, ra- dio. The first iron stove, then fur- |naces, sewing machines, refrigeva- [tors and all the modern comforts of ‘home life. And we gave the world the first real plow, grain drill, har- vester, mower, binders and come bines, thet automobiles; trucks and fighting tanks. “We had the first liberty ever given to any people or nation-—the great. est thing ever given if used as our founders intended. We had a Wash- ington, Jefferson, Franklin, Fulton, ! Lineoin; Howe, Bell, Edison, Wright boys and many, many others, Try to list all the things America has discovered, invented, . produced and giver to the world for civilization and advancement of mankind You will be surprised. Do we have any- thing to fight for? Shame, shame on the Axis gang!” CHARLES C. CLOUSER. So-That's the Law (Continged from page one) ing"—Don Marquis. . . . It was M- | ton who told us that “Laws can dis. cover sin, but pot remove it.” - * . » LEGAL LAUGH-—-A woman wii. ness was being cross-examined. Ask- ed the lawyer: Are you married? Said the woman: I have been un. married four times. COMICS-—Have you noticed that ithe comic books, such 4s Superman, Whiz, ete, which are read by many grown-ups as well as children all [contain a short story? The reason is a United States postal regulation, In order to come within the lower second-class postage rates these ‘magazines must contain two pages lof unbroken type in every issue, PEACE 1S WONDERFUL--May [the man disturb the peace by kiss ting his wife? Well, we've heard of the caze of the man who, while driv- ing along, bent over to Kiss his {spouse ‘As a result his car swung out of line and he was given a ticket, After hearing the s the Magistrate fined him §5 and $1040 in costs—which was pald Without Doctrine of the Roman Catholic Protest. We wonder how long they {Church in the United States pub. | *°r® married. {ished recently the first official re-| ‘vision of the New Testament for! Catholics since Dr. Challoner’s re-| Howard Granite Works FRANK WALLACE, Prop. Jas furthermore, create a i vision of the Rheims-Doual version! in 1750. The Church has launched ‘a program to put a copy into every American Catholic home. American churches are urged to | express their ideals of Christian bro- | therhood in “deeds” as well as in { “creeds” in these days of national tal Dr. George 8. Haynes, of the { Federal Council of the Churches {of Christ, makes this plea for all | minority and underprivileged groups. j "Our pronouncements must now be i supported by our practices,” he says. | “Where attacks are made upon Jews jor the sinister spirit of anti-semi. { tism appears, we must protest in the name of Christ and his church. | Where Negroes are excluded from | sharing in the defense of our coun- try, we Christians must act in the name of justice. Where any racial | minority within our borders is ex- | plotted or barred from equal oppor tunity, we Christians must take istand for the sake of our faith. W genuine . * TURNING THE TABLES-—-War- den C. A. Jacobson of a Georgia prison has been found guilty of | causing the dedth of a negro prison. ler in a “sweat-box.” He had ordered this treatment as punishment for a sit-down strike. The warden faces a three-year seritente in prison . . . There are a number of cases on irecord where wardens of prisons have been punished for mistreating prisoners. In several instances the punishment was for contempt of court. L « 0 Ld JUDICIAL, WISDOM — "A man wearing nothing but his shirt does not get into the bed of a married woman, not his wife, to say hig Pat. | ernoster.” At least so said a | Judge, A . WORDS OF THE WISE~"We are under a Constitution, but the Con- stitution is what the judges say it is."~Charles Evans Hughes, Ld Sick people often outlive well peo. ple because they have pense enough to take care of themselves. Yorkshire, | [proof that the heritage of Uberty so hard won at Valley Forge Bull Run "land Chateau Thierry had descend- led into good hands, | What took place in my barrack at Fort Knox, KY. is typical, I am sure, of the reaction of the men in tens of thousands of barracks and tent cities in the United States, Ten seconds after the import of the Japanese attack on the United [be no getting out now, 1 don't want [to get out” | discharged tomorrow, went to their bunks end started to hang their uniforms and equipment on nails {and hangars behind their bunks They had been waiting sunply sergeant to check off their {clothing so they could leave right | after being paid The rest of us began to talk about the mancuvers, the mistakes; mace, the quality of our officers, the qual. ity of the Japanese az sold er: The fact that the Japanese are {reputed to be poor rifle shots be. ‘cause of poor diet was a subject of | much discussion | Plnally the suppl, sergeant ed up. He sald he had heard the news, realized its import but in ase much nt he had received no orders not to check off the clothing, he was going to do 80, War or no War The men over 28 took the cloth- ing and equipment off the pegs, | checked It cut and then hung it up ‘again, The men then began to talk about i Hitler. All seemed to think his fine nd was directing the Japs All irealized that the Japanese-United States war was nart of the hig show (and that Germany and Italy were linked with Japan a“ainst ur A soldier of Irish descent who had repeatedly voleced his distaste for what he sald was fighting for the | British, said, when he heard British { feet units were In action alongside { American vessels in the Pacific { "Bov, those limeys wll ghow them Churchill will tel] those Japs where to get ofl.” A Roosevelt-hater acknowledged the president was right and that he'd beets wet about F. D. BR. An- other isolationist soldier told the men what Senator Wheeler had sald shout kicking the devil out of the Jape ag justification for his previous show The meh over 28, who Were to be | for the! Duroc-Jerseys, Hampshires and Poland China. Poultry, the Ply- | Btates hit the heart and brain of every man in my barrack, you could me them watching their faces, shove every personal ambition, every thought of gelf and hardship to fam- {Uy %o the bottom of their mental {ootiocker “for the duration. Little was said at first but you could feel the inner resolve of the i men, each one silently deciding that | [the little job he was now doing In the army was the most imporiant {job in Kis lifetime Each soldier realized what was go- ing on in the minds of the others, | sensed the quick victory in each love of country over self = fell proud of his buddies, was glad he was soldier ing with them, In Jess time than it took for a Japanese alrman to release 4 bomb over Pear! Harbor the ‘twp score! "riflemen in my barrack, some here- | jtofore given to cursing their fate, igriping about the army and caring {little for anything but a discoarge, | Were forged by Javanese bombs inte | the best soldiers in (he world | The transformation fiom selegiee | {to soldier wang not outwardly spec- tacular, As I listened and wat ] [1% all seemed like a scene in a poorly- | written war drama. {| I was on my bunk on the second AULD LANG SYNE: floor of the barrack. reading the! 1... mer sheds a real | Sunday paper and Ustening Without | eog00i 0 the retirement of Thomas hearing to a radio grinding away six B. Beaver William J. Emerick and bunks down the line {Henry A. Brockerhoff from Belle. | “Three acys ago, my regiment had | fonte Borough Council All in all the {returned to the fort afler three | three men did a good job of a task months of mapeuvers, We were! wiich is fraught with no éredi: and weary, on edge, sick of the army and ndt a cent of remaneration. The dead broke {three were amorig he leaders on Pay day {s tomorrow. Only a hand. | Council, and they helped to bring ful managed to scrape together, Bott many improvements in the enough Clean tlothing, military or Borough gvvemment But what this edvilian, and a few dollarg for a trip | CEDer will regret to lose most, per. to Loulstille. |S. a three stalwart Councilmen i : w epionstrated on Various oocs- | Some 30 men were in the barrack. | 50 HP on Rion Spc gambling for pennies sleeping or ey vould a Shige } ’ i paragraph In the public prints now {oiling on the bunks soriing dirty . | capil n {and then without demanding that | ng and writing letters. {the press be barred from Council | Serer bud gone to the day 700m | yet to play pool and listen to arge “ radio there, where they oould find PRESIDENT: 4 dance program because of the! The plevation of Willlam W. Sieg | {to the presidency of Council. suc. | Eversthing was arab and dull. The | 0%eding Thomas B. Beaver, was pre- | only subject of couversation was the dicted months sgo by practicaily | fact that about 20 men over 28 in |Obe hundred per cent of the news. {the company were to be discharged | PApermen who cover Council, in. | tomorrow. Selectees were speculating | cluding this corner. Judging from | hwwe gaon after thelr year was up | Past experience, Mr. Sieg can hold | they would be discharged Decisions | the position as Jong as he wants It | were being made whether Christmas | abd Judging from his sucecss In | or New Year furloughs would be the | other fields of endeavor, Bellefonte hat 15 take. | citizens probably will hope he wants attitude Slowly the men got flashes and drifted back to : bunks to take stock of themeelves and to rearrange their plans future One by tiie rifle racks, got out thelr Garands and went Lo work on them, getling them ready for action, In the washroom 8OTNe were scouring thelr mess kits the first time I've ever doti® op a Bunday thei; r the one went to the seen that Thats who had gone to Louisyi] began drifting back to the They sald they didn't f ing the town apart { told where they were and were doing new Carporal listed man tae hew {among soldiers oi | nt when thes Fibber MceGhee St. Louis, =: came of the atl Hickam go g*t thoee Ja That's how the rack fiom cas lt Field MINA ANS War ome $0 Rondom Items Continued from pepe one) tear of | greater range of stations, gram way on the only radio Suing | fn the barrack thé ohe'D’ was Us- | A" LOOK-SEE: * tening to upstairs. | This corner views the new Coun- The announcer broke in 10 say De | oy with some misgitings: much as had an important news flash. {we view the Alma Mater's football I kept reading the Sunday Paper, team just before the first game of | speculating whether the flash would | the seson. We wonder if the coach vig : to hold the office for many years 1 don’t remember what the pro- | ‘0 I ibe from Moscow, Berlin, London, Vichy or Washingfon. Then the announcer told of the attack on Pear] Harbor, I was lamdern-jawed, 1 went dewnhstairs and told the men the report, : A y at queerly. 1 had Th in a “latrine | rurhors” and the men didn’t know | Whether 1, too, had sucoumbed to that form of amusement .or Was teiiing the truth. 1 sensed their bewilderment, I sald quietly: “It's not latrine rumor. It just came over the radio, It means war {i= going to be able to keep team members from fighting among them- selves, The right tackle looks a lil tie light for the job, and the loft { end, we surmise, would be better on | the bench. The only thing we're cer. | fain of is that the scorekeeper, Marie Doll, can be expecled: todo = well. nigh-perfect job of keeping the rece oids in order. MISCELLANEOUS: Ten-year-old youngster buying de- fense bond in Pirst National Bank the other day became impatient at the delay while bank clerk filled in necessary information. Remarked he to his father: “The thing will come due before I get it!” . . . Dr. Nevin C. Jodon, of East Curtin street, isn't particularly alarmed over the im- pending scarcity of cars and tires, He's always got his bicycle to fall! back on-—or, more correctly, to fall off of . . . Many business and pro- fessional men who haven't walked more than 300 feet at one time for! severjl decades, are gingerly sally- ing forth these days to walk to the! office. Jokingly they remark: “Just. seeing what it's going to be like, when we have to do it.” . . . Along about this time of the year when some one thanks you for the Christ-' mas card you sent, you can't for the’ life of you remember whether they, sent you one or not . . . Let's realize | there's a war and do away with the | parking metets in town, for the dur.’ ation, at least . . , The signs on West Logan street allege that one. out. way tralic aly is hiiiiied on that be called back.” street, 'd never know it see gtlettes, “There'll the cars whizzing back and forth, with Japan.” They continued to look at me with- out speaking. Just then Private dohuiy Keene, who used to publish a movie maga- zine in Hollywood, came into the barrack from the day room. “The Japs just blitsed Pear! Har- bor. They're bombing our naval ves. {ts case cracked, to which lister Ang. { night. Stew them in | RECENT WEDDINGS Bodle—Hindman Miss Margie Jane Hindman, daughter of Mrs, Bertha Hindman of Btate College, became the bride jof H. Bernard Bodle of Btate Col- lege in a ceremony performed Dec- ember 22 at the Pirst Methodist church of York by Rev. Elvin C Myers Attendants were Mr,. and Mrs, Carl Sliver of York. Both Mr and Mrs. Bodle are graduates of State College high school and at- tended Penn State College Mr Bodle 1s employed by the Eisenhart Dairy Company of York. The cou- ple will reside at 105 Juckson street, York Ww Condo Rupert A pretty wedding took place Sat- urday evening, December 27. at the First Church of Christ, Blanchard when Miss Dorothy Rupert, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rupert of Beech Creek, became the bride of Walter James Condo, son of Mr and Mrs. John FP. Condo, of Howard The Rev. M. 8. Rogers performed the ceremony in the presence of rel. atives and friends. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mec- Closkey, of Beech Creek, They will live with the bridegroom's parents Mills—Hurley Miss Gladys Hurley, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hurley, of Altoona, became the bride of Harry Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs Harry Mills, of East Pike street, Bellefonte atl a wedding solemnized Christmas mormning at 11 o'clock in the home of the bride's parents with the Rev Crozier, pastor of St Bernabas church, officiating. The couple was attended by Bud Primus of Harris- burg and Miss Esther Jones, of Hol- lidaysburg. The bride is a graduate of Altoona high school and of the Hammond Beauty School The bride. groom attended Lincoln and is emploved at Tighton Mills of university Ever—Fastep On Gaturday, December Frances FEastep, daughter and Mrs. Walter Eastep of Williams. burg. and Charles Ever. of Pennsyl- vania Furnace, were united in mar- riage in the Willlamsburg Evengeli- church. The ceremony was emnized at 3 p. m. by the bride's pastor. Bridesmaids were the Misses Marjorie Leonard and Dorothy Eas- tep, while the mald of honor wa: Mary Eastep. The brides Clair Eastep. served best man and ushers were Junior Hillard. Cal- ep and Chester Eastep. Ap- imately 80 puests Mrs Ever cher in the yo “i Mis [4 fo of Mr cal } 501- brother Aas prox reno attended the 158 home econ - or mics te ke 4 , Mark Warriors Mr. Ever Por high school son of Harry Ever. of yivania Purnace, a graduate of the Warriors Mark high school and the Lock Haven State Teachers’ College is a teacher | Warriors Mark high school the wedding rn receplion was the bride's parental home Mr. and Mrs Ever are now at home in their newly furnished apartment at War- riors Mark ———————— ———————— HOUSEHOLD SCRAPBOOK Over-Night Bag Renovate the shabby over-night bag bv washing with soap and water and then rubbing over with an oiled rag. Then give it one or two coats of liquid thos polish and follow this with a coal of ciear shellac This last coat will prevent the blacking from rubbing off and will also glaze the Isather. The bag vill then jook like new the After held at Oak Stain A good ocak stain can be made by mixing obe quart of boiled linseed oil, three gills of turpentine ix tablespoonfuls of raw umber, and six tabiespoonf{uls of whiting Refrigerator Trays If a piece of wax paper is inserted under the trays in the refrigerator, they will come out much more cas- ily Perfume for the Room Fill a bowl or vase about half. full of warm water, add a few drops of violet water or violet perfume and it will give a fragrant scent to the room Unpleasant Medicine When difficulty is experienced in taking a dose of medikine, try place ing a bit of alum In the mouth for a moment before taking the medicine, and it will urually overcome any un- pleasantness. Prevent Discoloring When fruits for salads or desserts are prepared in advance of serving, they can be prevented from disool- oring if sprinkied generously with lemon juice. The lemon juice accents the flavor too. The Saucepan Never scrape a saucepan with a knife, This tends to make the pan burn quickly the next time it is used, to say nothing of injuring the knife Canvas Shower Curtain Keep the canvas shower curtain fresh looking by frequent washing. Scrub with a stiff brush and laun- | | nace Company { their works atl dry soap. Soap well and put into the | boller with plenty of suds handful of borax. Boil for a half. hour. Rinse well and hang, without and as’ wringing, in the direct sunlight un- til it 1s beautifully white. Scratched Silverware Scratches on silver can be re-| moved as follows: Purchase a small quantity of putty powder, put it in! a saucer and add just enough olive oil to make a paste. Rub this paste | on the silver wilh and the scratches will disappear, More Cream Heat the milk until lukewarm, then chill it, and it will bring more cream to the surface. Oastor Oil Substitute Prune juice is a good subsiitule for castor oll. Soak the prunes over. water in which they have been soaked, and when they are tender, them with a Jork to let out juice. Do not sweeten. a soft Cannel] cloth, then polish with a chamois! { i i Janvary 8 1942. Notes On ‘Rag Valley’ Recollections of an almost forgot- ten section of the county known as “Rag Valley,” brought to mind hy Mrs. L. Isabel Rowles in an article recently published in this paper struck a responsive chord In the memory of George Gobble of Mt Clemens, Mich, who recalls much of Interest on the subject. Mr. Gob- ble, a constant reader of the Cen tre Democrat, was born at Suyder- town 70 years ago and up until mid- die age had resided there on a farm Having been one of the farmer who drove cattle through Hecla Gap, Mr. Gobble has a rich fund of experience to relate of the reputed lost “Rag Valley Mr. Gobble writes: “I have hed the more than in written by Mrs Rag Valley and iviiege of a now fi reading article Rowles, des beg ther de spot "But 1 just want 1 witnessed one grandfather's ribing of the "ny Pt Vi ription of thi performan vocal organs as awe-inspiring all of we Kids of 15t schoo] age Peter Haunt bered by al the counts was provided by the vicinity of his camp tie would gether at bunche Mr Yocum in where the cats | intervals in 4if- +3 ae ferent at which tim grazing Cems the different lls scatlered over tones hundred sttie roamed ; t the val- rs, Rowles described it ne as M excerpt ar remember {4 during the early 80%, 1 leading from the main Valley Best's Swartz believe entrance called A 2] ae entrance ao by a road highway Henry Barth father and Elias Markle the Lee family to lees Gap road uD through the Gap led Truckenmiller farm to the right, which they occupied for many vears, or until after the parents died and the family grew up, when some of them migrated to the far west. The farm was finally aban- doned From the rast the land hed never or inhabited, to my knowledge It was a paradise for hunters in quest of deer. bear. racooon, wild turkeys foxes, etc. In the late {all one oould hear the baying of the hounds at night along the mountainsides trolling the elusive ‘coon and fox “The third entrance to Rag Val- Jey was a road leading off the turn. pike from the old “Junction House through the narrows and Crawford's Gap over Nittany Mountain to Mad- isonburg “Here the valley widened out to permit the operating of what at that time wag considered extensive lumbering. During the late 70% the Guisewhite Bros, operated a saw. mill in the heart of the valley on.a tract of timber they acquired (I pre- sume) from the Washington Pur- after they closed Lamar. Then Ellas Markle operated a mil] over a pers jod of years, followed by Raup & Sons, the last to operate over a per- iod of years. They not only manu- factured lumber for the market but did custom sawing for farmers who hauled their logs to the mill {rom adjoining tracts they had secured to side of the Gap been improved KELVINATORS PHILCO RADIOS MELROY'’S Pot wr 7a. ABC and VOSS WASHERS Bendix Home Laundry Electric Stoves by was period FL I rock cak timber the same method The lumber sawed at that time hauled largely dwing winter on tleds by local men who wd heavy equipment and teams, 1 the late spring hemlock and was cut and bark peeled and hauled during the sums mer to H the The arge limber: tannery at Lock was hauled Wo aven Mill Hall the nearest shipping point and plled there to await shipment, or Cite «Of ex a . local leamsterg who erated In later years were Billy he was familiarly called! good iriends who iz still the old tumpike near entrance of Crawford's Gap I haven't } opportunity a ong overs of ~L "Among the ne f ms mi ng any ag ‘he ng the old trails for I suppose Lhe Af acquired A new growth and dense growth of bash d be another sanct y for won ert ar thank Mrs, Rowles for interesting contribution, of this narrative the Al ed on nne - m—_— ! PRECAUTION WHEN STORING TRACTOR tar owners ny wan precautions before the winter DOW may nean Counts y react hat t} " L 10 axe storing A little doilars Agent R tea ie 1 tor few wraclor lor 3h, ractor ide a shed or bern with n some old boards If it d w rubber tires « taken off them by the cil Aller bearings supply of t dit and seal d moisture, The rburetor when the motor els d The radiator is i: rag. Remove the 31 rge re i COMPENSATION AUTOMOBILE & FIRE INSURANCE ED L. KEICHLINE BELLEFONTE Temple Court Phone 19 ’ WHEN WINDS GET ROUGH 4 Windstorm Policy Protects Tos From Fipapcial Loss. Ses John F, Gray & Son General Insurances Phone 97.) Bellefonte, Pa C. Y. WAGNER & COMPANY WAGNER'S Quality Flour A Hard Wheat Pat Fhar WAGNER'S Our Best Flour 0-50 Blend . WAGNER'S Very Best Flour Wagner's 32% Dairy Feed Wagner's 20% Dairy Feed Wagner's Horse Feed Wagner's Pig Meal Wagner's Egg Mash Wagner's Chick Starter and Grower. Wagner's Turkey Starter and Grower, Wagner's Scratch Feed Feed. Wagner's Chick Feed Wagner's Medium Scratch Rydes Cream Call Meal Eshelman’s Dog Feed All kinds of high protein feeds for mixing with ywa feed. Dealers in All Kinds of Grains SH—— %; BELLEFONTE, PA.
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