“ October 19, 1944 a —— I SSOEIT] rr i NU lS la wS SB [OBI TUARY | | ANNOUNCE PROMOTIONS IN BELLEFONTE GAMS The semi-annual initiation and romotion ceremonies of the Belle fonte G M. 8. were field in the gymnasium of the Armory school TR — ——— CLYDE L, ALABRAN Funeral services for Clyde L. Ala- | bran, 58, of Pleasant Gap, Rockview | penitentiary guard who died sud- denly last Wednesday afternoon | while walking on West High street, | were held Saturday afternoon at the | home, with Rev. Donald G. Raup, | Lutheran minister of Boalsburg, of- Lclating. Fellow officers at Rockview | served as pall-bearers and interment was made in Centre County Mem- ! orial Park, Shiloh. Mr. Alabran was 2 son of Hardman and Sarah Wine- berg Alabran and was born in Punx- sutvney on November 4, 1885. Sure viving are his wife, the former Mary Smith: a daughter, Mrs. Ray Tim- blin, of Punxsutawney: a brothe: Thomas Alabran, of DuBois and a sister, Mrs. Annie Philliher of Pun sutawney MES, MAUDE WELSH PLETCHER Mrs. Maude Welsh Pletcher, 75 native of Mill Hall, died at he Chevy Chase home in Washington D. C.. on October 1, after a long ill- ness. Mrs. Pletcher, a daughter of Hepburn Welsh and Amanda Bes Welsh, was born in Mill Hall in 1868 She is survived by her husband, Ser- gius S. Pletcher, a native of Howard Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Dwight Gold- win Howerth, and a granddaughter, Shirley Claire Howerth, all of Wash- | —r—— —} Over Night Yes, it is true, there 18a safe harm- Teds medicated Mquld called Kieerex that dries u pimples ove i Those who followed simple dir tions and applied Kleerex upc tiring were amasingly » when they found thelr pimple disappeared, These users enthulas tically pralse Kleerex and claim they | are no longer embarrassed and are now happy with thelr clear complex- | fons. Don't take our word for it, use | EK leerex tonight. Only §0¢c. If one ap- plication does not satisfy, you get Sour money back, There is no risk so do not hesitate Sold and recor mended by PARRISH DRUG STORE Radionic Hearing with the new pL $ 4 0 Radionic Hearing Aid Adcepted by Ready to wear, complete American with radionic tubes, crys a tal microphone, magne lic Asli fda earphone, batteries and cidon Physica Dattery-saver circuit Therapy Liberal guarantee. One mode: Ghee price —one * wality —Zeunith's finest No extras no “decoys. , Come in for Demonstration White Brothers Ihe Rexall Drug Store BELLEFONTE, PA. {Miller of Johnstown. Mrs. Pletcher. {urge elimination of fire hazard | INE 8 to 14 | grazed | result will be some top growth for | winter protection and renewed | Tor winr and arly | leaves = | | H A | building here, Friday ngton. Her two sisters who survive . rporals are as follow: her are Mrs. A. Clark McClintock DY OnpOTR A ATE AY OWE: f Mill Hall a" Mrs harl " meltzel Martha Whipp! of Mi all, an rs. Charles 8, Gross, Margaret Olsen, Beyv- Susan Shefler, Mar) Margaret Brugge! Joan Crawford Patsy Blaney Kohlbecker, Lois | The n Mary Phyll Osley Young Catalano, ww CGarbrick Jones, Pat spent her girlhood on a large farm bordering Mill Hall, and went to... Washington .when she married Mr Marsh Pletcher in 1899. He preceded her Paye there in 1885, at which time he en- Lane Betty Dyke, Dorothy Gordon tered the service of the U. 8. Treas- |p. 10 MoKinley* Letitia Crawley. ury Department, spending 42 years'p, “\weisler Marilyn Rider Naomi in government service. For years the ‘gp, ou Ma jorie Fetzer, Rachel Nay- Pletchers spent their summers In} 1or Grace Kellerman. Shirley Kis- Centre county where the family has! _' no, Rumberger. Fyels n Shivery many friends. Mrs. Pletcher was a Rebecca Crise and Audary Bryan member of the Gunton-Temple The following were promoted to Memorial Presbyterian church in! , ~ rank ‘of sergeant: Mildred Kel- Washington. Her nephew, the Rev lermian Jo " Blaney Helen Kessling d A. Robb, pastor of Emanuels Beverly Corth ah Et) ol Pls! Mar Evangelical and Reformed church of | oc Marv lane Webster. Mar- Pa.. delivered the funeral] =." uniote a0 n Roush. Isabel Burial was in Rock Creek y P te Wi Vol 1 Washington, D. © Mar Lo Brym ( " lyn k. Phyllis Br rma Pifer na Mae Bresky, virginia Larimer n Ke Marie Roberts ty McElwal Hormine Corl, Faye Betty Holte Joan Hart Mary 1 chman Mvrabelle Sheaf- leg CGirace Brook NMoma Sira Kustanbau! Martin and Barbara Price en master sergeant are Jean Tucker Jose Louise Hockenberp Annabelle M Mary Bett Jane "ow; or Foonoy rev rmon al : 20) nson rie) metey in FARM CALENDAR limely Reminders from The Penn- sylvania State College School of Agriculture an, Ni erman Fight Farm Fires The best wav to fight any farm fire is to prevent it, say agricultural extension engineers of the Pennsylvania State College Many of the 40,000 barns burned last year could have been saved by a simple preventive practices ter Hat few hey aur- wlio October y y Ann Ww Huth White, Kath Jo Ann Daviso Helen Mix McGroarty, Mildred Margaret Alexanders Rogers, Py Fire Prevention Week ike] Ba rvin Keller B Ardi Hockma ord Let Pastures Recover short during the hot, dry weather should be given a rest this fall, remind extension agronomist the Pennsylvania State College Pasture Jal Petey Fut) Od Thi - 1 Mis vn ni Ch root system stored with ncssary nurin Pring Control Grape Disease should be removed troyed as soon as grapes harvested rol the disease, say Penn State pathologists Then next with 8-8-1000 bordeaux mixture Dry storage hould crop i Penn All disease and White A des- Norma Hopp the are black plant VEeor to help cont rot pray Potatoes place Storage—Special ised for dary potatoes befor fall be thoroughly them t v ulldine + 1 1000 1 bullding will help circu- Ruy Defense Bonas now! late air fr— DR. 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Also, in 1805, an Act of Assembly established the Bellefonte Academy. The ground for this bullding had been dedicated on the original plan of the town. It is tradition that a wooden schoolhouse was first bullt on the Academy lots during that year, but no dafinjte record exists thereof, The Act of March 28, 1806, erect ed the Borough of Bellefonte, This was done particularly to enakls (ts inhabitants to establish and control a water system. By grants of both James Smith and James Harris the citizens were enabled to use a cer- tain quantity of the water from the (“Big Spring.” A pump was placed at the "Spring,” which was then outside of the borough limits, and a reservoir built on the Academy hill I'his reservoir | now under the north wing of the building, The first water mains were of wood. They ran from the main supply west on Bish- op street to Allegheny, and north along both Spring and Allegheny to Howard well as from the Diamond” to Spring street. Public hydrants were placed at the inter- tection of Bishop and Allegheny Spring and High, and one the courthouse. Outside were placed the lot along the water mains wherever the owners of these properties were will. for thelr installation, Of those days there was no treet, Os na at in froit of nydrant Ng 10 pay in plumbing course interior st meetings of the nave ordi- was probably most nec at that time only We know of FUNwWAay thi were always at least damp small spring the town. On from a point east Bish- and Perry Alley across Brockerhoff and Roger creek about the rear of Arcade. Another down the wthern side of High street, and a third from south of the corner of Burrow and Allegheny through the lots to the west down Lamb sireet to the Garbage } dumped street since open three nature existed wage rineipal of extended ol treet + present ) the the Bush ley treet anda Cree been the edge waterways trustin ) hard £ wis ng Joos: nded the sit. tep in | members re Thomas Burn. Elisha Moore Israel Pennington Pennsylvania our he Pe oF of dee (ippt (or thet ts of 1810 gave the of 33 persons, {ree negroes fre town includ- These negroes nder th wails ‘ He began rekeeper, left bu becam: in the Howard ntere A one 1811 a the ne fost SO In sociation and a of Assocint long felt wan! plied tc town by th lishment of an undertaking irfal service by Samuel Harr newromers of that was started in the occupied bv hi Preirtkin Harri having been conti ’ rotent Eran ol ER | Land ied a ges. In » our er of tw year lant now Hardman 1188 ame place erandsm the b ot! hy bot! oy War will England 1812, made ime mountain regions of although It was a for the iron trade in of making cannon and musket NUNES and bayonets Me Belielonte citine who enlisted during first year were Armor maker, and William Armor, land- lot of the “Red Lion Dr. AW Bayard who was entered as a sur eon), Samuel Harris, the undertak- Isaac Mallory, a carpenter, and Samuel Hunter Wilson, farmer and landowner. In the following year ad- ditional local names appear af en- tered in the country’s service, who were William H. Blair, later a law. yer and a general in the Owl War James Haggerty, John Hall Jr Hugh McClelland, David Mitchell, James Mitchell and John Sttham- mer. Siihammer was killed in the battle of Lake Erie, Some of the guns for Perry's ibs which won {that maval victory were sald to have’ been manufactured from Bellefonte iron ! In 1813 the first bank in this sec- tion of the state was established in Bellefonte. This was the “Centre Bank of Pa.” which was located In a stone buliding at the northwest corner of He present postoffice lot. | On the pavement commer in front {of the bank Was a watch-box from | which Ell Cadwallader, a cooper by | | trade, umd to call the hours of the | night. In those days there was very | little cash In central Pennsylvania {and all bank notes, except those of {the Bank of the United States atl Philadelphia, were taken only at a | discount. It was a truly wonderful | experience for: the local trader to {get pald with a note on the Centre| | Bank and receive its full amount In | eash, However, our citizens haa not | learned how 0 tse a bank account. ong an in ittle y on 1 sy ivania boom 4 » the James ol Ww Wa the cabinet ~ irs ally LPR. of Its aff without 1 wourand Lhe country underwent ence but thei; capital were event capital early banks of the the same exper em EE eded most of t intied circulation “¥% cause thelr I'he fonte's Patrio paper on Feb Alexi our great American first ts first Is wis started by a nephew of the Treasury of the bank pap®r for it red nan new Le nael Hi i M1 Lnree on } Hamilton Car iit CORY Republ) Petrikin trol t count 2 hatier nog ern Narn maxe; yers Moe sadder store four produ hoemaker m two where read were for il tall net yard nae lishment, a Ult-mill maker In addi carpenter MAN. among The ready Limes lowin tombstone carve taki na man: were listed Own Was of the ab Rago on builder and 1a itiren for the boom twenty yam — mass MP ————————— BURNING BRUSH OFTEN THREATENS WOODLAND Several thousands of acres of woodland and forests are destroyed each year by fire resulting from burning brush and leaves in the fall W. Simonds, extension forester at the Pennsylvania State College sald as he urged greater care in burning brush Pires should never be started to dispose of brush on dry, windy days he says. Waiting until rain or snow dampens fields and woods will per. mit better control. Many woods fires are started by fires running across grassfields to enter woodlots He suggests having ample help on hand to keep any fire within bounds, and never leaving an outdoor fire un- attended while it is still burning RECAPPING AND VULCANIZING WHEELS AND RIMS KEYSTONE TIRE SERVICE 8. Potter Street Bellefonte, Pa, Home Owned and Operated FT, | «ai Literally | —— MEN! WORK IN BELLEFONTE AT TITAN HOURS WORK-68 HOURS PAY-PLUS BONUS We Hire Ouly Upon Referral by The United States Employment Service Titan Metal Manufacturing Co. BELLEFONTE, PA Rem hE ——— ———— WEATHER DETRACTS FROM LEAF COLOR THIS FALL C 1 Preparations os directed YOU SLEEP SERENELY ALL NIGHT UNDER AN ' Yo re sways soo'lingly warm under a soft, genie electric , blanket ‘ owen though the temperature lakes & nose dive ding » the night.’ oun! on the electric blanke! to keep tab Alter the war you can hanges in your bedroom while you sheep on the temperature a tomatically adjusts itself to just the cory warmth you like Simply at the little bedside temperature control fo your liking and you slumber serenely all night No heavy covers to push around and tire you oul there's just this one blanket! on your bed. No waking in the middie of the night with cold feet. . the warmth is distributed evealy ower the ents bed chifty,” restless mights are out.’ Here is real sleeping luxury. From it you wake with that TU conquer the world feeling refreshed and selaxed. - The electric blanket is just one of the electri. cal industry's many inspiring products for your more comfortable postwar living. Today, fer sighted people are saving to buy the liner comforts that tomorrow's would will ole:
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