THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. May 21, 1942 Page Two fo | Echoes From the Past | Fifty Years Ago Alkens & Krumrine, merchants of State College, recently purchased handsome delivery wagon that 1s said to be the finest of the kind in the county. Millheim will be strictly in it this year as they have organized a first class baseball club and are practic- ing every evening. It is their inten- tion to be the champions of Penns- valley and if possible, of the county Clinton county has an 80-year-old citizen, one Jacob Deise, ly cut sixty-three mine props twenty- eight feet long. averaging eight inches at the top, and peeled one and one-half tons of bark in three weeks, walking a distance of three miles every day There is now a curiosity at the home of Ellis Allen, in South Phil- ipsburg. An old hen has taken charge of A litter of four pupples, which she cares for just as if they were chicks. She sits on them and clucks and calls them to eat In suc ch a manner that it is indeed an inte esting sight to be hold. Last week a large dapple gray horse was stolen from the stable of 8. H Irvin In Barree township, Huntingdon county, The thiel's name is Walter Colum. He took from other parties t ts of harness, a buffalo robe, blanket and other items. He was traced over through Pennsvalley to Linden Hall and down to Spring Mills on last Sun- day. It is supposed that traveled towards Lewisburg. A reward of $70 has been offered for and conviction About four vears ago Dunwiddie, of Philipsburg, s in jured by the cars at what is known as the Maple street sing city. He brought against Pennsylvania Railroad Company recover damages in the Centre county, The jur verdict in favor $8,000. The rail an appeal to the Supreme Court ter a serious consideratibn road withdrew its appeal the $8000 damage Last Saturday evenin of George Blackford, of arrived home from Johns he met with a attempting to bo ar d the day previous and his foot wheels. He distance: the eral toes were badly cut about les to foot cripple and will remain home for Wo se he his arrest Dr Cro in suit court rendered of the plaintiff comp result smashed the face he Was injur- extent and The may to some § im m the State on 8 over accommo to attend that afternoon Mrs. T. F. Wallace urred at Milesburg on last Friday afternoon The services were held In the new Preshyterian church at that place General Hastings has out summer trip ¢ A eral mont about the first return before that Marsh Cr trout recentl: that stream eral seasor College i the Bellefonte ntral, fox AY want tertainment eral of mapped a who recent-! lieense was Issued to of Pennsylvania Bressler, of A marriage Charles L. Sunday, Furnace, and Bertha L Gatesburg Doctor D. L. Dartt bride ar- rived in Bellefonte on last Friday evening from their wedding tour. The boys of the town called on the Dr. later and tendered him the us- ual calithumpian greeting The Y. M. C. A. will hold an ice cream festival in thelr rooms dur- ing the afternoon and evening of Decoration Day. They are anxious raise money the furnishing fund and the proceeds will be de- voled to that purpose some talk of the fifth at Howard being mov- Lock Haven 18 special and to for There ls wheel factory ed away Willlamsport and other towns are offeris inducements the enterprise. If such is the can't Bellefonte make some to get this manu- factory located in our town, A few live industries of this order would be appreciated. If we had a live board of trade something of this or- der might be done James Morrison Gayle Morrison corder Centre unty, dled son on Bishop street ):30 Sunday night the 24 ye Mr. Morrison had been feeble health When he moved from Port Matilda Belle- fone about two vear ago Wiis hauled up from train the { since that time had been failing very H. C. Brew has resigned hi ition as shop clerk for the divi the Pennsylvania ke effect June 1, and will epresent he Standard and Supply Co. of Pittsburgh factory is at the His for Case move the father the present of res o'clock A iaence On For past in ars lo he + the to house, an ne ion road Scale whose Valen territory located Bellefonte Bellefonte Cent: for Conduct new blue frock bright button 5 on handsome for \Y tHe coat uniform { | thing new section The new handsome mony with of roac depot a College is a bullding and in har- Ad oundings. From is ‘1 Fret elec Earl Ear colored trocuted in Rock for the murder Philadelphia. He ment before going Health Officer Bellefonte, warned that les quarantines were not observe more closely in town, strict measures would be enforced. There were number of cases the malady this area i WAS view death } tichard Manus made no last doom 5 Ol to his George Glenn, nless meas in of graduating class High School Members of the at the Port Matilda were as follows: Misses Sarah Tur- ner, Rachel Leitzell, Pauline Near- hood, and Messrs. John Bennett Hugh Crain, Samuel Harshbarger The commencement speaker was Prof. W. V. Dennis, of State College Three black bear cubs, and starving wandered home of Mr. and Mrs. William Orn- dorf, of Woodward. probably seek- ing food and protection. The ani- mals were cared for by Mrs. Orndorf but the next morning one of them was found dead in the yard. The re- maining two were to be kept by the Orndorfs as pets A prize of 815 was Frederick Shope, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Shope, of Bellefonte for submitting the best name in a name contest sponsored by the man- ufacturer of a nationally known omnge drink. Fred was a pupil in the sixth grade of the Bellefonte schools and was much elated over his prize motherless into the + awarded to Edward Lloyd Beckwith, native of Centre county, died in the Hunting. don Hospital of burns received a week earlier when he fell asleep in a chair while smoking a cigarette The cigarette fell from his hands, igniting his clothing. Beckwith, a son of Vinton and Henrietta Par- sons Beckwith, was aged 35 years and was born in Bald Eagle Valley West of While operating a car on High street, John 8. Dubbs son John E. Dubbs, of Bellefonte, nar- rowly escaped a plunge into the mil} race near the Thomas store when the steering mechanism of the ma- chine locked and crashed into the iron railing. The operator of the car had just turned into High street from a side street, and was unable to straighten the wheels, While splitting logs in’ the woods for his father who was a lumber- man, Blanchard Holt, of Unionville, accidentally cut a deep gash in his left leg with an axe. He was brought to the Bellefonte Hospital where an examination revealed that he had severed the shin bone and that it would be necessary to remove a part of the bone so the ends would knit properly. r wenty Years Azo nown ken AND st be suffer akdown of State and had the reet home ronyOrt eported on WAS to ing a general bre Edward Royes Lt one of one in an automobile ars were involved Cras br it else was Charles Ford returned from Detroit with Lincoln automobile he 1 a demonstr of 1 taken Col- noe re- fing 1, Tr 11+ 1G Hay mail h jared A od painf accident in the injured Three no one Beatty, local agent, aA new was to The manu- ad com- which ator recently } Ford incoin cars been over bv the pany Marriage the following Maurey, Moshannon, and Florine M Thomas Pittsburgh Milford A Spotts and Roxanna M. Houtz, both of Fleming: Edward L. Miller, Belle- fonte, and Margaret M. Gray, Miles. burg Ralph T. Smith and Miss Anna M Rider, both of Bellefonte, were unit- ed in marriage by the Rev, William E. Downes at his residence on East Bishop street. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Smith departed for a wedding trip to the western part of tate to J licenses were couples issued Milton the s While assisting in decorating the Opera House for the annual Belle- fonte Academy minstrels, William Treadway, of Coraopolis, a student, suffered a deep laceration of the head when he was struck by a fall- ing picture. He underwent treatment at the Academy Infirmary, Installation of a class of 18 new members in Bellefonte branch of the Catholic Daughters of America was held here Sunday. The program in- cluded a special sermon by Rev William E. Downes in the morning. installation exercises at the K. of C hall in the afternoon, and a banquet at the Brockerhoff Hote] that eve. ning. The society, although organ ized here only two years earlier, had enjoyed a rapid growth Saturday morning Bellefonte resi! dents were startled when the news, spread about that the Centre Coun- | ty Banking Company had suspend- ed business, The bank opened as us- ual that morning but a few min- utes before 10 a. m closed and a brief notice of the sus- pension of business was posted on the door. Charles M. McCurdy, pres- ident of the Pirst National Bank of Bellefonte, Company wag organized 11868 by J, Dunlop Shugert, the doors were | had been appointed to make an inventory of assets and lia- | bilities. The Centre County Banking | January | lg The two Millhelm banks as weil ns the Rebersburg, Spring Mills and | Centre Hall banks, announced that] they would be closed at 12 o'clock | noon every Saturday from May | to November 1 An effort was being made to o- tablish a playground on the public school grounds in the north ward It was planned to equip the site with swings, slides, and other playground Amusements Officers elected at the thirty-first Sunday school convention held in the Centre Hall Presbyterian church were as follows: president, Prof, N L. Bartges; vice president George OQ. Benner: secretary, Mrs, 8 W Smith; treasurer, W. F. Rishel; partment superintendents, home de- partment, Miss Helen Bartholomew, Mrs. C, F. Catherman, assistant; ele- mentary department, Miss Orpha Gramley Mrs. F. V. Goodhart as- sistant: teacher training, Rev. M. C Drumm, Ralph Sweeney assistant missions, Mrs. F. M. Fisher; temper ance, C. E. Royer, and young ple's division, Miss Isabel Rowe REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS ank K R Ap. Peo - Vonada, Executrix, of tract in Marion Cen of Centre Twp. $1561 to Ft Howard Edwin E Eisenhauer DP. 2 Treasure: Commis tract Centre Matthew ipsburg tre Count uocners county in Gregg Commissioner of Sout} Twp F County Kelee, et tract in Gregg mner Musser Danville al harles Su Rarig. of Twp. $1 Rarig, et D&I $1 Dun Nola; Lad Rees Penn E H Anna ther hilipsbu of PI t wa third an H William Il Facer } n Patton Twp Lawrence FP. Womet ux eph E. Russell { State tract in College. $1 $85 et to Jos. 0 College State Boi College of Bellefonte Walker Twp, $1 Horace A. Kauffman binson, of Howard Boggs Twp. $1 Wood: . of Port in Ru PLEASANT VALLEY (From Last Week) Ri chner Sayers Heaton of McCartney son Mrs Summit Bed Chapt Hill, and Jaguell Valerie Ann Mrs. Lecter Centre Hall Sayers sons Mr. and Mr: and deughter , of Bummit town over Kelsey few days daughter Passel] Mr Jack LeRoy Jerry and of and Frankie Herbert Cis Janet and Hill. were the weekend Confe with h on Wednesday Sunday Harvey Mrs at the home of were Mr. and Eimer Moltz and two children, Janet and Freddie, of Jersey SB8hoie and Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Leathers of Howard; Lonnie Boone and sons. Mr. Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rudy Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hockenberiy Axemann, spent a few davs at home of Theodore Eminhizer Mrs. Anna Eminhizer, Mrs, Mary Hockenberry visited on Sunday af- ternoon at State College with Mrs Eminhizer's mother, Mrs. Rose Rudy Sunday visitors at the Ralph Me- cartney’s were Ear] Justice of Ohio Tom Confer of Fairview, and Aline Cowher of Summit Hill Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ricaner family were visitors at the Mrs, Clenna Watkins Jack Gilixrt of Bellefonte, the Weekend with his parents wisn is I —a— Buy Defense Bonds now! vicitors Eminhizor of the and home of spent AIR CORPS KA IE! Corporal Lane makes 8 provisional three-point in the rush far Kate's Rumford cookies. Send your man-<in- training home-baked delights. Assure success with Rumford Baking Powder. All - phosphate and rich in calcium. FREE: Patriotic pamphlet of sugarions recipes! Conserve supplies fot vieto- A rite Rumford Souder, ] 18. Rumford, Rhoda Islan a pa ‘has been [ Over the County News Devlin, of Bellefonte has! the managership of the Motor Bales Co. garage Water sirect, The garage and service station now being operated. It Is open Sunday and closed all day Monday More than 2,000 lcense plates, welghing 900 pounds, have been col- lected for the State College Junior Red Cross by the Gir] Scouts, Hi-Y. and other groups. Some of the plates were from foreign countries with the oldest U, 8. plate dated 1919. It is expected to have 1000 pounds with. in the near future ne of be afire Tuesday ently being A call Fire firemen extinguls that in thi Victor assumed Bellefonte on North is Paul Bressler was found t o'clock last the blaze appar by a faulty flue for the Millheim the volunteer ler tank In It i158 reported instrumental flames nd itl home of Mills eight farm east Centre 0 about morning caused was made Company used the hing steel and HOO fire Was the the roof holding down wgh the section was damaged Wood: W. Blerly and Mr M Bilerly a nl nime- Aarou the COnsic anly Ow Mr burg Md admini Cand jutant Generis completion recently sburg thie PLEASA Millheim, Is Frank had a Frank F. Weiser up and around again nasty fall last Baturday evening when he stumbled over some obstacle and fell flat on his back on the con- crete sidewalk For a time it was thought that he had broken se ribe Rey Of veral 0. E. Feeman, My A. H BSlove; attended services for the new chapel at Lutheran Theological Seminary Gettysburg last Wedne princip: ipeaker at the service was Rev Dr. ¥ rederici Knubel prominent the George H present Ma spent I which immer home, The family » is frequent weekend and Mrs dedicatory the al The Wternoon H sday uy ologlan { Turtle Creek owner of the former h farm, east Lhe weekend Frank, o he Joseph burg piace unmer and an oe onal winter Some thievery been going NT GAP (From Last mel Ker Week) ile Mountains Mrs Je hr Beever Poormar drove Wn Ville weekend State Bal timore {or M Day Mrs. John Bu sons of Niagara Falls 4 d with Mrs. John returned home with t from vitit over other's Mr. and rmett weeken who a month's Bampael's son sday from Camp De a five-day furlough The Dewey Sorensen from Friday Sunday relatives at Corry Mr and Mrs. Samuel daughter Betty. of Marstellar Sunday guests of “Doe” Stover Mr. and Mrs. John Ream of Jer- sey Shore, visited the Fred Lutz family over the weekend The Philip Barrs entertained at dinner Sundav, Jesse Kohler of Han- over, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Neff and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neff of Chi- cago. Mr. and Mrs. FE. 8troub of Tyrone, after which all went to her brother's camp near Millheim for supper Robert Kerstetter and housekeen- er, Mrs. Weaver of State Collece and Musser Gettig wife and daugh- ter Joan. of Bellefonte. sent Sune dav with Mr. and Mrs. William Ker- stetter Mr. and Mrs. Earl Vonada, of near Pittsbureh, and Mr. and Mrs. George Vangunden of Bellefonte, were Sun. day guests at the Prank Keller home Mr. W. H. Noll. who has been on the sick list for more than a month, is reported better. although not able 6 be about vet, and his wife who bedfast for the past ten davs, is also imnroving Mrs, Paul Keller of Philadelphia, spent a few days last week at the W. H. Noll home Mrs. A. H Smith attended the Mth anniversary of the founding of the ‘Nurses Training School of the Jeiterson Hospital. Philadelphia, re Samper] hem | visit yon family night with syed to Stover and Were leently. About 300 were there one lady from the class of 1802 and one {from the 1805 class, Mrs | Koch of State College [Mrs Smith's parents during her few Hubert staved with davs' absence, Mrs. H T Ramasy of Harrishurg, who hag been visiting relatives here for the past 10 davs. left todav for a few days’ visit with the Kermit | Nollg at Jersey Shore before return. {ing to her home Miss Marv Noll, who makes her | home with the 8. E. Noll family, un- derwent an operation for appendi. SCOTIA H.M. Williams) rom iat week) done v satisfa wore Reed Mr Loi visiting at Mrs. Henry a sister of thi: sit the care of by Shuey and Adolp liam and yxiom Saxinn daughter day in McKee the home nf Mr Lowery Mrs Mr. Baxion. While on gas station was taken Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Charles Sellers, Jr Mr. and Mrs Clark of Baltimore, Md. visited Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Boyd Johnson Carl Cronemiller, Sr and Budd of Bellefonte, visited Dora Ghaner on Sunday afternoon Sunday afternoon and evening visitors at the Ruth Saxion home were: Mr, WE. Saxion of Apollo Monroe Daugherty and son, and Samuel Bellers and Mr. River and son of Ford City, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Grove, Mrs, Hilda Confer and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Corl and son of Bellefonte, and Lt Charles Bush. of Fort Belvoir, Va There were forty-four guests at our home on Sunday afternoon and evening. Those to visit their moth- er were: Mr. and Mrs. James Young and four children. of Bush Addition Bellefonte, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Young and four children, of Cole- ville, to visit their mother, Mrs Dora Williams, Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Stitzer and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Johnson, Mrs. Harold Zimmerman and two children of Pleasant Gap: Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Longwell and son, of Bellefonte; Mr. and Mrs Harry Kellerman, of Coleville, 0 vigit their mother, Mrs. Johanna Williams Eva Sechrist and Madaline Noll, of Pleasant Gap: Mr. and Mrs. Roy B Johnson. of State College; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ghaner and son, of Stormstown: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ghaner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koo- ken and two children, Mrs. Forrest Davison and son. of Tyrone; and Mrs. Lawrence Ghaner and two children. of Altoona. Mr and Mrs. Gregg McGinley and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs, Moses Behrer, sport and Lowery is 0 vi Johnson son aunt Other visitors were Mrs. Mr. SNYDERTOWN Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowe and daughter Doris, of Beech Creek call ed on thelr uncle and aunt Mr an Mrs. Gust Fritz, Wednesday ing Mrs June Mi font lady: callers My fonts 4 Glenn Roger Helen and Marian and M Markle of and Stover of burg and daughis of Nitta Max elle Norman were Sunday evening L the Eimer B home Mrs. Will Fisher of Bells Bunday afternoon vi Ed Dorman home Mis Hin Cr Beech Creek were Bunday visilor H home Harr, fn Lover and were ors at Mr Haren thu and ch Luca Ww Mi miaren ARey Wek were gr and ‘ AEs §1 attended Ho { isen aorenoconm Miliheim beautiful sp family sented the sehond Saturday soaking rain of a little This certainly the more help a good than 2 inches ed to fre ip field, garden and plants Nevin Bowersox and Earl Vonada, Jr. in company with Harwood Krea- mer Camp Hill, were weekend visitors at their respective homes Mrs. Arthur Bobb is visiting ‘with her husband in Philadelphia this week Mr, and Mrs hen growth forest of Gurney Musser Mifflinburg, were Sunday guests the R. E. Musser residence Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hummel son Kenneth, his father, and Miss Shirley Jones visited at Shamokin for a few dags this week The Miliheim Charge Albright Brotherhood of the Evangelical church held their monthly meeting in the Woodward Grace Evangelical church on Monday evening NATIONAL RED « ROSS COMMENDS LOCAL (HAPTER Catherine Cameron, who is nurs- ing consultant of Western Pennsyl- vania from the National Chapter of the Red Cross, was Bellefonte Tuesday for a conference with the Home Nursing Activities committee She commended the Bellefonte Chapter on the fact that it has 16 classes in home nursing. Thirteen have completed the course and three are undergoing instruction The three continuing are taught by Mrs. Jean Noll Harris, Snow Shoe, and two new classes which began last week: one at Howard taught by Mrs. Gladys Wensel of Howard, and one in the brick schoo] at Clarence, taught by Mrs. Warren Wenrick., of S8now Shoe. in Killed by Train Stanley Tymko, Hazleton, was kill- ed when he apparently attempled to board a switching D. L. & W_ freight | train near N umberiand. Tym. | ko's mutilated body vas identified by | | his selective service registration card, {senses than i International Sunday Sunday School Lesson THURSDAY WITH THE I'HE LARY DISCIPLES DAY School Lewon for May 24, 1942 Text (Lesson Toxt Luke nme U0 BY WW.REID A story number who were Netheriar swept over 8 of Germay imatra Warnshuis of the Internati issionary Council In with terms Geneva Co tion some German from Sumatra were ed to British India attacked and sunk by shortly after 328 victims nissionaries. The Basle Mis- four five the Rhenish missionaries accordar of the of the being One of was leaving mciuge bombers The of Jost atra ber sion or Mission Jost five cluding Newkirchen Oepstgeest church lost two : two Indionesian Mission lost and the six From Kwato, on Sumarai Island on the East of New Guinea. where the New Guinea Evangelization So. ciety carrying on mission work comes story of the power of science. Dr. Berkeley Vaughan, a science instructor in a teacher train. ing school tells of his difficulty of making teachers realize the impor. tance of germs If germs Were so small that they couldnt be seen. how did 1 know there were such things, was their unspoken attitude” he saves. “1 determined I would make it nlain, 0 1 kept a piece of meat un- til it really got ‘high' When 1 brought it into the classroom it caused considerable stir in more one. 1 explained that bad milk, bad meat, and other rot. | ten things owed their trouble to elusive germs and that 1 would let them see the offenders I put some {of the meat juice under the high- | power microscope, and it was Seen | {to be a shimmering mass, Two or three of the more sophisticated girls is a ALD or RELIGION, Gt 5.000000 pris ation for mind, body ies ana Eu- without tituencies in Europe hun- of children sion from homeless in PENN STATE SOCIETY HONORS 18 SENIORS the S« of Pennsyivania initiated es Della hone ure A P. Bres Bui gess, hal te College were y Gamma Sigma ‘ the 3 agricult we Fr Wyoming: James ins; Stephen G Keesport; Grove: Bernard burgh: Paul M fles J. Perree Kennedy, Bovers ogey. Pleasantvill Pittsburgh Willard MeDo Mervin York City: John W. Schultz, Drexel Hill: Drew Schwartz, Philadelphia; Mark E. Singley, Delano. Daniel A Swope, Jr. Myerstown: Elliot Volkin, Mt. Pleasant: and Robert 8 Weit. senkorn, Pottstown - Bonds buy bombs Stamps buy bulicte! Buv U 8 Defense Bonds or Stamps every pay day! a ancis Baldauski Heg- Ji Me- Robert 8 Christ Pine A. Feidman Pitis. Felton, Kingston: Lykens, James A John 8S Kook- John F. Luts T. McAllister, H. Reines New yo - I hey 3 Riot © ald, dollar we com IS OUR QUOTA > for VICTORY with U5. WAR BONDS —. A —— ——. ——— T———". —————— I
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