Clearfield County PA Archives - Area History - Sesquicentennial Program Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ellis Michaels, , Sep 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ ________________________________________________ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/history/sesquicentennial.txt Clearfield County Sesquicentennial 1804-1954 Souvenir Program images of original project can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/sesquicentennial.htm **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/cover.htm Cover Clearfield County Sesquicentennial 1804-1954 Souvenir Program Price 50 Cents **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/inside-cover.htm Inside Cover 1936-1954 [image] HEADQUARTERS BUILDING JUST OUR 18th YEAR! ! Young in comparison to many companies in Clearfield County —but fast growing. Yes, Clearfield Electric Cooperative, Inc., was incorporated in 1936 by the farm and rural residents of Clearfield County, and those counties bordering it, to supply central station electric service to themselves. Particularly for the farmer the need for electricity was great. Among many of the chores the farmer does by electricity are milking, refrigeration, cooking, hay drying, pumping water, heating water, lighting, automatic feeding of livestock, brooding and hundreds of other tasks which he used to have to do by hand. Now 3524 formers and rural residents are operating their own electric system in the service area of Clearfield Electric Cooperative. They are borrowing funds from the Rural Electrification Administration for new line construction. Then, through their own efficient operation of their system they are paying back those funds they have borrowed in both principal and interest. [image] BOARD OF DIRECTORS The members annually elect from their number Directors to operate their electric system. Through these Directors and the General Manager, power is purchased, lines are built, right of way cut, bills for service are issued and collected, increased capacity is made available and loans for capital expenditures are paid back on regular schedules. Efficient operation is very important as loan funds are available only for new construction and it must be paid back. Proud—yes, the 3524 members can be proud that they now operate their own system valued at over S1,500,000.00. They have done this by themselves and paid their own way DEPENDABLE SERVICE AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES AND SERVICE FOR ALL are the primary goals of the Clearfield Electric Cooperative —being done as a port of our free enterprise system in America. CLEARFIELD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. 1120 - 1122 S. Second St. CLEARFIELD, PA. Office Phone 5-6565 Outage Phone 5-6566 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/001.htm Page 001 Dedication With a profound sense of gratitude for those inspired men and women who founded this County in eighteen hundred and four . . . With a spirit of intense veneration with the countless scores of Clearfield citizens who left their marks along the road of community progress while unleashing by their individual and collective efforts a boundless force for common good . . . With fierce pride in our County and its citizens as it marks its 150th milestone . . . And with a deep seated faith that a County must be concentrated, must and will continue to progress . . . We humbly dedicate this brief history of Clearfield County to all those persons who ever have, do now, or ever state with pride, "Clearfield County is my home." **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/002.htm Page 002 We are proud to have a part in this Sesqui-centennial Celebration. During the seventy-four years this bank has been doing business, we have strived to aid the growth and development of Clearfield County, and it will be our policy to continue to aid in this growth and development. DUBOIS DEPOSIT NATIONAL BANK DUBOIS, Clearfield Co., PENNA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/003.htm Page 003 [image] "Pioneers of Clearfield County" Introduction By REV. R. R. CROYLE Much of the history of Clearfield County has been chronicled elsewhere, so that no attempt is made here to present a complete or exhaustive study of the struggles, the occasional defeats, the more frequent achievements of folks who pioneered and developed this mid area of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Rather, it is the purpose of this Sesquicentennial Booklet to offer a brief but living picture of the present, to take a daring look into the future and to gain prospective for that by hurriedly glancing into the past. Yesterday's tale is told by the reproductions of some remarkable lithographs, woodcuts and photos, as well as a short text of our comings and goings through the past one hundred and fifty years. The enterprising present of Clearfield County is depicted through the program and adver tising pages. Here is to be found the outline of each day's activity for this Sesqui week. And how magnificently these activities will turn back the pages of yesterday and bid us look into our glorious past! And how realistically other presentations will bid us see the present, what the present day offers and what the future may hold. Moreover, in the advertising pages is to be found the brave story of the industry, the services, and the organizations which create a living bridge from yesteryear to the present and on into the future. These words of appreciation are extended to the many folks who have assisted in the preparation of this Program Booklet,—those who offered pictures, provided stories, wrote text, and purchased shares of good will space in the advertising pages. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/.htm Page 004 [image] Outline Map of Clearfield County, Penna. 1878 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/005.htm Page 005 Beginnings REV. R. R. CROYLE The phrase, "The Indians are coming" is known to most of us through our acquaintance with the moving pictures. In the year 1750 such an expression would never have been heard. For the Indians were the only inhabitants of hills and valleys which became the county of Clearfield. But a few years later there may have been no end of excitement as the cry went from hilltop to hilltop, "the whites are coming". Centuries before the coming of the white man, the Indians recognized the natural advantages of the area which was known by various spellings as Chink-la-ca-moose Indian Village. The word means "Large laughing moose", but came later to mean "no one would willingly tarry here", a saying derived from a legend about an outlaw Indian who donned terrifying costumes for the express purpose of frightening hunters so that they would drop their game, at the sight of the hideous figure, and then would take the game and valuable pelts into his own cave. The Secena Indians of the Cornplanter's Tribe were the occupants of the area, which was maintained as a hunting preserve. Even before the earliest white settlers arrived in this hunting paradise, the word Chink-la-ca-moose was shortened so that one of the streams was named Moose Creek and the land area was called Clearfield because large tracts of undergrowth had been chewed off by the constant browsing of buffalo so that it leaked like a field completely cleared by the hand of man. Old Town was another name which the early settlers found was given to the village, a name applied possibly because of the long centuries in which the area had been inhabited by the red man who used this cleared field as a center of his hunting and fishing expeditions. Probably as early as 1755 the white man made his invasion in these cleared fields. But it was anything but a powerful one. Legend has it that a little girl and her mother were whisked across the hills, as prisoners, on a forced march to some fortress in the western part of the state, but for some reason the little girl was left behind in the region of the Muhs or Moose Creek for a period of three and a half years. This little white girl's presence would not likely disturb the confidence of the red man. But their confidence must have changed to concern and trepidation when a few years later, perhaps 1757, an expedition of English soldiers and American frontiersmen was sent into these mountains from the Sunbury or Shamokin region, apparently to try to discover if the French had any intention of making raids on their settlements from their strongholds in the west. But whatever the intent of these early foraging parties, the actual results were that some of the members of this group, and later others, liked what they saw in and around this Old Town Village and within a few years, a number of families had been moved into this forest primeval with its giant oaks and pines, to hew out for themselves and their families, homes in this wildly beautiful mountainous plateau. As paths or so-called roads became more clearly marked and transportation by mountain trail and river raft eased up a bit, more and more people from "down East" moved into this new development and soon the beginnings of a number of new settlements were under way: Curwensville, Peewees Nest, Bells Landing, Moshannon, Grampian, Woodland, Luthersburg, Brady Township, Karthaus, Frenchville, New Millport, Utahville, Bigler and others. With the growing importance of the lumbering industry, railroading and mining, other towns and communities came into being. The most important of these and now the largest community in the county, DuBois was not founded until after the civil war, when the importance of that strategic spot was discovered. Villages sprang up in the upper Moshannon Valley region: Houtzdale, Madera, Glen Hope, Chester Hill, Osceola Mills, Coalport, Irvona, Beccaria; Smith Mills, Ramey and Ginter. However the formation of the county could (Continued on Page 6:) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CURWENSVILLE FLORIST Fresh Flowers For All Occasions Potted Plants Member Of Telegraph Delivery Service 549 State St. Curwensville - 403 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of H. H. ROLLINS AND SONS Clearfield, Pennsylvania **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/006.htm Page 006 (Continued from Page 5) not wait until these later towns came into being. Machinery was set in motion, presumably by leaders in other counties and the area which nearly corresponds to the present Clearfield County Boundary was designated as a separate county to be known as Clearfield and the place for holding courts of justice in and for said county, was to be fixed by the state legislature at any place most beneficial. By order of the court of the Quarter Sessions of Centre County in August 1804, Clearfield County was made an election district. The State Legislature ordered that separate records should be kept in Centre County for the new County of Clearfield. Justices of the Peace were later appointed, a county seat was selected and court house erected. Thus the limited organization of the county started in 1804, was extended in 1812, the year of the beginning of our second war with Great Britain, and was mode full and complete in January 1822, so that it now had all the rights and privileges of any and every other county in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The records were transferred from Centre county and our political or governmental life came into being approximately one half century after the settlement of the county began. The stage is now set for real growth. If life begins at forty, or fifty, or sixty it makes little difference. At a half century Clearfield was now ready to take its place. The hardy settlers who came into these hills and valleys could not be content to sit and admire the beautiful scenery of hill and sky. Homes were to be built and families provided for. The scream of the panther and the howl of the wolf called them to early industry, not only for the sake of protection, but also some means of livelihood. So they early adopted and adapted the way of the earlier settlers, the Indian, in their hunting, fishing and planting. Fields were cleared and crops of buckwheat, corn and hay were harvested. Here and there grist mills were built to grind the crops into meal and flour. From these humble beginnings, Clearfield County has extended itself until it has attained a place of eminence in the state as producer of hay, grain, potatoes, dairy products, fruit, and beef cattle. The forests of the County have always provided one of the front line activities for the residents here. Lumbering became one of the first industries to spring into existence. When the system of timber rafting was devised, it offered a quick way for lumber products to be marketed in the populous East so that the cutting and sawing of lumber soon rose to primacy in the county and continued as a leading industry for nearly three quarters of a century. Log floating also made it possible to send large quantities of lumber to market. It is impossible to estimate the number of feet of lumber cut and sent to market from Clearfield County. It seems safe to say that literally billions of feet of pine hemlock and oak from our county went into the building of America. Todays forests present an entirely different aspect. The virgin timber is gone, except for a very few private preserves. But a vast program of reforestation is under way. Some timber is of course, being cut for coal mining activities and for paper, and a limited amount is being cut for building purposes. However Clearfield County offers a mecca for hunters and fishermen who find in our mountainous forests a truly happy hunting ground. Then, too, we have two large state parks which offer wholesome outdoor recreational facilities, as well as minds' and eyes delight. Although Clearfield County has been somewhat removed from centers of population, there has always been extensive manufacturing carried on. Among the earliest in the county was the tanning of leather. Almost every section of the county was represented in this industry as it offered a ready market for the bark from the lumbering industry as well as ready cash for those who supplied the tanneries with bark. Brick and mineral products have formed one of the bulwarks of the county's econconomy. The distilling and brewing of malt and spiritous liquors have occupied a place in the county's manufacturing although it is limited to one community at the present time. The march of time has had its effect on the County's manufacturing. The machine has, of course, long since come into its own. Important machine shops, connected with railroads and mines, as well as privately owned and operated shops, have been turning out fabrications to fill specific needs. Numerous textile and clothing manufacturing plants are located throughout the county. Great amounts of school and office supplies are shipped from here annually. In more recent years a cheese processing plant has been erected and now ships its products to every state in the Union. Situated in a number of communities around the county are plants supplying the fast growing electronics industry. Probably the most recent additions to our manufacturing family are the giant electrical generating plant which has been placed in operation near Shawville, and the tube mill in Houtzdale. Some residents in larger and more populous counties may ask a question which was asked, in a similar way, a long time ago. "Can any good(man) come out of Clearfield County?" While it is impossible to write history of any kind without mentioning people, this brief sketch has tried to ovoid the use of names for most obvious reasons. Our limited space would be completely filled with names of really important people who have helped to make our county great and good. And in this section of our text, we must likewise ovoid the use of names even though there is a strong temptation to do otherwise. For, indeed. we have sent some very outstanding men and women into the world from this section of the (Continued on page 7) **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/007.htm Page 007 (Continued from page 6) country, folks who filled important positions in politics, literature, entertainment, in industry and education, in law and medicine and dentistry, and indeed in most of the business and professional areas. Not only have we sent them into the world, but many have stayed here and others have come here to render professional and business services to their neighbors. Few political units in our state and perhaps in our nation have been as fortunate as we in having men of outstanding ability and moral character represent us in the halls of legislature and before the bars of justice. From these hills went those who were to be Governor of our Commonwealth, United States Senator, State Senator, high federal authorities, Justice of Supreme Courts of our land. To read the names of the members of the Clearfield County Bar, present as well as past, is to be impressed with the high caliber of the men who have filled this professional field since our earliest days. Because of relative sparseness of our population, we cannot lay claim to any great medical centers such as we know in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland and many other great cities in our land. However, Clearfield County can name among its distinguished doctors and dentists of the past and present some of the most outstanding and foremost men in their field of specialties as well as general practitioners. One cannot resist a feeling of pride, justifiable pride, as he enters any of our well ordered hospitals. There is a sense of confidence and assurance as he sees doctors, nurses and staff members move about their work in a kindly and efficient manner, serving their fellow man with intelligence and understanding. Clergymen, representing the faiths of the people who came to the County, have served God and His people with devotion and consecration. The writer of some of this text is proud to belong, however unmerited, to this group of men who have sought, with no little success, to keep first things first in the mind and heart of Clearfield Countians. What a change has come about in the field of merchandising! Within the memory span of many who may read these lines, there is to be noted most unusual signs of progress. How amazed would be some housewife of yesteryear who stepped into one of our modern stores. From the trading posts of that early day when one traded pelts for sugar and thread, to our modern super self service groceries, sparkling drug stores and delicatessens, palatial house furnishings and department stores, clothing and shoe stores with their attractive clothes and boots (which boots may weigh as much as a quarter of a pound). Here again we must admit that we are off the beaten path of the world's great population centers. But the miracle of transportation and communication, which will be mentioned later, has brought the world right into our communities and into our homes. There are no longer any "hayseeds from the back woods". We eat the same kind of breakfasts as our sisters and brothers eat in the metropolitan districts; and we buy the food in surroundings which are as attractive or more so as they do. Moreover, we buy it as economically or more so than do our friends in far away places. The same can be written about the clothes and shoes we wear, the cars we drive, the houses we build, and the appliances we place in them. For years, or since sometime before World War II, there has been what we have called a sellers market: one has been able to sell, so the theory ran, anything he had to sell. But now, we are advised, we are coming into a buyers market. In other words, we must be sold. It is encouraging to note that the merchants of Clearfield County have not been ushered into this present situation unawares, but have kept abreast of the times, even pushing the times in order that their trade might be supplied with the best merchandise at the most reasonable costs. Local chambers of commerce have given invaluable assistance in the field of merchandising as well as in the area of securing valuable economic assets for their communities. (Continued on page 56) **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/008.htm Page 008 Clearfield County Court House [image] **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/009.htm Page 009 To the hundreds of people whose generous work has accomplished this celebration of Clearfield County's splendid past, we express thanks and congratulations. And we join in the hope that through all the County's future, its people will keep high the standards of freedom and justice brought here by the founders. THE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK AT CLEARFIELD with Offices at Osceola Mills and Madera **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/010.htm Page 010 Cultural WILLIAM W. BETTS, JR. The history of any modern society's culture is largely the record of its schools and churches. In these institutions are created and shared the values which are fundamental to human development. The fact that Clearfield County had no educational and no church history between the period of its first settlement and 1804 does not, however, indicate the absence of culture. Early settlers had their own books, their own Bibles, and a faith in the strength of the family as the institution. But as a society takes on additional members it feels more and more the need for collective education and worship, and for Clearfield County the period of transition occurred during the years 1804-1830. Most of the early schools were taught in log-cabin structures not expressly erected for the purpose and situated where the number of potential pupils made it practicable. Some schools were kept in the house of the master, others in abandoned log cabins. In fact, the primary test of a building's fitness for school purposes was its inadequacy for habitation or anything else. Like the teachers themselves, the school buildings were the discarded remnants of society. Indeed, reports of early authorities indicate that at least one half of the places in which the early schools were taught were not suitable for any purpose except perhaps "pig pens or chicken coops." All of these early schools were supported by private contributions or subscriptions and their teachers "boarded 'round." Schoolmarms and masters were picturesque if inefficient, and substantially, if not exclusively, accurate is the description given of the pioneers in the profession: "While many were strictly moral and well qualified for teaching in that day, yet many locked all the essential elements of the teacher—they were profane, illiterate and tyrannical. The bottle, in some instances, was kept concealed about the schoolroom. Many, on account of being old or crippled, were supposed to be fit for nothing else, and hence were recommended to teach school. The qualities most pleasing to the patrons were a good ability for flogging unruly boys and a good knowledge of spelling and writing." From a curious array of textbooks—the Testament, biographies of Washington, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and Webster's Speller—these extraordinary teachers directed at their charges a course of study in spelling, reading, and writing. The emphasis in those days was on spelling, and typical of the schools was the Amos Reed cabin (built about 1830 near where the Pine Grove schoolhouse later stood), which was described as "a kind of resort for all youngsters to go to spell." The students themselves have been praised as "better spellers three times over then than now (1887)." It is told how they assembled there "every Saturday and Sunday night, and would have spelling school and singing school combined. They spelled out of a dictionary and some of them could not be downed." Although the early settlers of the county were not themselves an educated people, they desired as a rule to see their children properly instructed in the "arts." A notable exception was one candid and captious man who entertained some unusual views upon this subject. He. steadfastly refused to educate his children because he "was afraid it would make fools and rascals of them, and he was desirous that they should live honest and upright lives." Of the early institutions of learning apparently the first in Clearfield County was that taught in 1804 in a log cabin in Pike Township about two miles south of the present site of Curwensville. Little is known about the success of **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/011.htm Page 011 [image] First school house in Clearfield County. Built in 1803. Hugh Hall, teacher. Located on the land now occupied by McClure's Graveyard in Pike Twp. this school or about that of the second schoolhouse, which was reputed to have been built about "one mile northeast of where Clearfield town is now situated." In Curwensville the first school was taught in 1812 "in a one-room dwelling house, a division being put in the room, thus forming two rooms, one of which served as a bachelor's hall for the master." This situation was improved sometime during the next two years when "the people of Curwensville and vicinity collected together, and by their united and voluntary effort put up a log house for school purposes." Called the "old log schoolhouse," it was located on what is now Filbert Street. More imposing quarters accommodated the scholars of the first school held in Clearfield town, and it is to be hoped that none of those first pupils were in later life summoned to return to those particular halls. From the grand jury room of the courthouse the school was moved in 1826 to a log cabin used by Martin Nichols as a temporary residence while he built a more commodious house. Just across the river from the present site of the jail is where this early schoolhouse stood. Among the other early schoolhouses which were then offering formal instruction in the county were those at Grampian Hills and Luthersburg. During the years 1830 to 1834 there occurred great advancement in the condition of county schools. Moreover, they began very rapidly to increase in numbers, especially in the immediate vicinity surrounding the town of Clearfield. Typical of the greatest proportion of the schoolhouses in use during this period and before the Civil War were the "Tom Hainey School," erected by public expense on the Penfield Road, and the log cabin which then stood on the river bank in Reedsville (now a part of Clearfield borough). One teacher in the former a nticipated progressive education by teaching her pupils to spell and read backwards, all the time soberly operating her spinning-wheel and commanding an awesome presence over the hapless scholars' recitals. Of this same school it is told us that upon one occasion a huge rattlesnake assumed his place in the doorway there, contemplating with vast indifference the terrified teacher huddled with her students in the corner of most extreme distance. The inquisitive reptile was only dispatched by the courageous action of a young maid, who had not apparently been taught to leap backwards, and who followed some careless boasting with an agile hurdle of the doorsill. Her return was made in the company of an effective lethal weapon in the form of a heavy stick, which, when delivered to her schoolmistress, was promptly given adequate employment. The latter of these two schools, the Reedsville building, also retains some claim to fame. Because its logs were rotten and alive with extraordinarily active arthropods, the school was not ineptly named "Bed Bud Seminary." When **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/012.htm Page 012 DIMELING & SCHROT, INC. 18 North Second Street CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA CASUALTY COMPANIES Great American Indemnity Company American Casualty Company Coal Operators Casualty Company American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company FIRE COMPANIES National Union Fire Insurance Company Great American Insurance Company Old Colony Insurance Company Connecticut Fire Insurance Company Star Insurance Company of America (Royal-Liverpool Group) Niagara Fire Insurance Company (American Fore Companies) Philadelphia Fire & Marine (Insurance Company of North America) Gulf Insurance Company American Aviation & General Insurance Company INSURE STAY INSURED AND REST ASSURED with DIMELING & SCHROT, INC. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 1954 MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE TRACK-TYPE TRAC- TOR AND 47 YEARS OF BECKWITH SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS TO CLEARFIELD ON ITS SESQUI-CENTENNIAL While 1954 is an important year to the general public of Clearfield, it is also of unusual interest to contractors, coal strippers, road-builders, farmers and other users of track type tractors in this area. It was in 1904 that the first Caterpillar track-type tractor, was built and tested. Beckwith is proud to represent productive Caterpillar earth-moving products and pleased to be a member of the Clearfield Community. BECKWITH MACHINERY COMPANY OLD TOWN ROAD CLEARFIELD, PA. PHONE: 5-9635 PITTSBURGH, PA. BRADFORD, PA. ERIE, PA FARRELL, PA. CLARKSBURG, W. VA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/013.htm Page 013 the rooms approached comfort in temperature, these ungainly creatures would come forth and feast upon the scholars, accomplishing generally a painful diversion from studies. The history of the public school properly begins with the approval of an act of legislature dated February 12, 1827, providing for the establishing of an academy in the town of Clearfield. In 1830 the building was completed which was for forty-four years to house the Clearfield Academy, and the first school sessions were held during that winter. Constructed of red brick and two stories high, it faced Witmer Park from Front Street at the site of the present junior high school. Until 1874 the Clearfield Academy was the highest school in the county. In the very next year, on November 4, 1831, through donation by John Irvin of a lot to the trustees, the Curwensville Academy also entered the service of public education. Remarkable progress has followed the inauguration on April 1, 1834 of the "general system of education by common schools." The first of the public elementary schools of the town of Clearfield were taught under the management of the school directors of Lawrence Township in 1834-1835 or 1835-1836, and were held in the Academy until 1852. From 1852 to 1874 the common schools of the borough were held first in the Town Hall, which stood on East Pine Street, and later in the old Methodist Church building on Cherry Street. In 1868 there was also established in Clearfield, by Miss H. S. Swan, a school for girls. Called Miss Swan's School, it occupied a place in the Keystone Building on Second Street where it continued with great success until 1873, when it was transferred to the Academy. Upon the organization of the Leonard Grade School in 1874 it was abandoned altogether. With the passage of a special act of legislature to "establish graded schools in Clearfield" and the provision of lots, moneys, and enthusiasm by James T. Leonard, the building of Leonard Grade School was accomplished. For many years after its dedication in 1874 this building housed the elementary and high schools of Clearfield, receiving as it did the students of the Academy and Town Hall. Today it continues to serve a large proportion of the community's elementary-age youngsters. The cornerstone of the new high school building, which was to take the place of the old academy, and which is the present junior high school, was laid May 5, 1902, and classes began the following year. In 1917 it was relieved of the high school classes by the opening of the new yellow-brick Clearfield Senior High School. In Curwensville the first schoolhouse built by the borough was erected in 1854, the Patton Grade School in 1885. In DuBois the first school, called the "Central Schoolhouse," was built in the summer of 1876. A one-story building of two large rooms, it was replaced in 1879 by two two-story structures, one each in East and West DuBois. Since that time the growth of the schools in both of these communities has been rapid and similar to the experience of Clearfield borough. Today, there are several fine and beautiful township and consolidated schools, as well as the modern buildings of the larger communities and the parochial schools of DuBois and Clearfield, offering extensive and varied programs of education to the youth of the county. Even these, however, have been found insufficient to accommodate adequately the increased enrollment of the public schools, and plans for the new Curwensville Jointure, to be ready in 1955, and Clearfield Jointure schools are indications that progress in the county school system is not at an end. Nothing has been done to alter the truth of Thomas Carlyle's definition: "The true university is a collection of books." It is still necessary to measure the culture of communities in part by the literature they make available to their members. Clearfield County today boasts of three such "universities": The DuBois Public Library, opened in 1920; the more recent Joseph and Elizabeth Shaw Public Library in Clearfield; and the travelling bookmobile sponsored by the latter and servicing the most remote corners of the county. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/014.htm Page 014 [image] Interior view of "Raftsman's Journal" printing office, Clearfield. Penna. Another of the vital organs of any community is its religion. A society in which no place is made for the cultivation of an active spiritual life exists but half alive, and its culture is dead altogether. Just as important as the school, which readies its charges for the pursuits of the outer life, is the church, which enlarges one's capacity for realizing fully the inner life as well. In the fostering of values which make possible an intense and abundant life, religion and the study of the arts and sciences are equally material, nor must they be divorced one from the other. The history of Clearfield County testifies to the essential truth of this. The earliest settlements were attended by serious religious activity and spiritual enthusiasm. Some fourteen separate faiths now share in the shaping of the county's cultural and moral life. Of these fourteen, the very earliest to take root in the area were the Baptists and the Presbyterians. As early as 1800 apparently families of the Baptist faith had located on the banks of the Susquehanna, opposite what is now known as Irvin Park, while some settled farther to the south on the Bloomington Hills. Until about 1824, when formal organization was accomplished and a meeting-house erected, these people assembled in homes and barns of Bloomington and Curwensville. Active today in the spiritual life of the county are the Curwensville Baptist Church, the First Baptist Church of Clearfield, and the St. John's Baptist Church of Clearfield. Presbyterianism entered the county at least as early as 1803, when there is some evidence of preaching in the town of Clearfield, and by 1810 circuit riders were attending to the spiritual needs of the widely scattered settlers. Attempts at organization were made almost at once, but it was not until March 31, 1937 that the Clearfield Presbyterian Church was incorporated. Completed in 1869, the church at Pine and North Second Streets is the only one of the older church buildings in the county that has survived to the present day. Fifteen Presbyterian churches are now active in Clearfield County. The only representative of the Society of Friends in the county, indeed in this area of Pennsylvania, is the group now located at Grampian; and for their origins one must go back to 1811, when the first meetings were held in the home of James Moore. An interesting chapter in the history of these early Quaker settlers is the account of their role in the success of the underground railroad. Out of sincere sympathy for the cause of the runaway slave they contributed however and whenever they could to the shelter and transportation of the fugitive Negroes. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/015.htm Page 015 [image] CLEARFIELD FOOTBALL TEAM 1896 Standing, Left to Right: Bill McLaughlin, Wetzel, Hilery Coudriet, Dr. John Gordon, Scott Reed, Bill Thompkins, Ward Logan, George Kennard. Sitting, Left to Right: Clifford Adams, Hazzard Murray, Dr. Frank Leipold, Captain, Charley Gaulin, Manager, John Fulford, Albert Bigler, Hunt Hughes, Bowman Bigler, Coach, Princeton (Not Pictured). = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Although the church was not regularly organized until 1830, the Roman Catholics were also among the earliest settlers, and masses and occasional sermons were held in the community of Clearfield for Catholic families as early as 1815 or 1818. Of the nineteen Catholic churches today located in fourteen communities of the county, the oldest is the St. Francis Roman Catholic Church of Clearfield, which was first built of brick during the years 1830-1832. Other early Catholic churches were those at Grampian Hills, 1840 (dedicated 1844), and Frenchville, 1837. Methodists arrived in Clearfield County, particularly in the area near Philipsburg, at about the same time as the Roman Catholics, and, like the Catholics and Presbyterians, were served irregularly by itinerant ministers. Probably the first Methodist appointment in the county was the Centre Church, built in 1834 and located near Hyde. From inauspicious beginnings the Methodist Church has grown rapidly in the Clearfield area and is in 1954 probably the denomination of greatest membership. Lutheranism in Clearfield County is also the story of quiet and inconspicuous beginnings followed by gradual emergence as one of the principal faiths of the area. Introduced in 1811, the denomination left few records of its progress until 1845 when the first church was built in Luthersburg. By 1847 Clearfield had become a part of the Luthersburg charge and within four years had completed a church building of its own, St. John's. Regularly expanding in membership, the Lutheran Church now supports a number of congregations with churches, in addition to those in Clearfield and Luthersburg, at Curwensville, DuBois, New Millport, Olanta, Karthaus, Troutville, and Rockton. The county's Evangelical United Brethren Church is the result of the union of the former United Brethren in Christ denomination with the Evangelical Church, both of which existed in Clearfield County before the merger. Although religious services were held in the area as early as 1830, the first United Brethren churches established were those in Woodland in 1844, Big- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [image] CLEARFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. 1897 BASEBALL TEAM First Row: *R. Cameron, D. Woodward, *J. Conklin. Second Row: F. Conklin, *R. Conklin, J. Gearhart, *J. McGill, *C Adams, Lex Browne. Third Row: *A. Coulter, *P. Gulich, *A. Heath. * Deceased. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/016.htm Page 016 ler in 1847, and Houserville in 1853. Today, in addition to the larger Clearfield and DuBois Evangelical United Brethren Churches, charges are maintained at Bigler, West Decatur, Woodland, Mahaffey, and Mt. Hope. Episcopal services were first held in Clearfield in October, 1836; but efforts at organizing a church did not bear fruit until 1851 when a building was erected on the corner of Cherry and Front Streets. One hundred years later membership had so increased that it became possible to maintain churches at Clearfield, DuBois, Osceola Mills, Houtzdale, Hawk Run, and Gearhartville. Recent contributions to the spiritual needs of the county have been made by the Salvation Army, which opened its post in Clearfield in 1904 and is this year observing its 50th anniversary, by the Glad Tidings Tabernacle, which held its first services in the new church in Clearfield in March, 1949, by the Christian Scientists, whose congregation began meeting in homes in 1922 and are now located in the County National Bank Building, and by the Christian and Missionary Alliance whose congregation was in Clearfield formally organized in 1922 and who today maintain churches in Clearfield and Curwensville as well as in a number of smaller communities. The oldest Negro congregation in Clearfield is the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was organized in 1884 and preceded the founding of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopc Church by two years. The Clearfield Jewish Council, active since 1910, has recently established on Locust Street its new Jewish Community Center, in which the first meetings were helc in 1950. The guarantee of the fruitful use of leisure time is also an indication of cultural progress. In Clearfield County very often the wise use of leisure time has come to mean participation in organized recreation. The change in recent years has been from heated spelling matches and enthusiastic group hymn singing to organized sports programs sponsored by schools and communities. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD COUNTY MOTOR CLUB Telephone 5-4971 105 S. Second St. Clearfield, Pa. CONGRATULATIONS CLEARFIELD COUNTY! Fifty-two of these 150 years the AAA has been the "WATCH DOG" for the Motorist. Wise use of Automobile Tax monies has resulted in better and safer highways. YOUR TRAVEL AGENT CLEARFIELD COUNTY MOTOR CLUB 105 S. Second Street Coll 5-4971 YOUR AIRLINES RESERVATION OFFICE = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS OF EGGERS MARKETS 213 Nichols St. 900 Turnpike Ave. CLEARFIELD, PENNA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/017.htm Page 017 LAUDERBACH-GRIEST CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS Philipsburg, Pa. Main Office: PHILIPSBURG, PA. PHILIPSBURG CLEARFIELD BELLEFONTE SERVICING THE INDEPENDENT RETAIL GROCERS FOR SIXTY-SIX YEARS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = JOHNSON MACHINE COMPANY SILICA MOLDS WELDING DRY PRESS OUTFITS GENERAL MACHINE WORK Phone 5-3171 Clearfield, Pa. SERVING THE REFRACTORIES INDUSTRY SINCE 1930 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [image] DOROTHY CUSHARD JOHNSTON Candidate for the General Assembly from the First District of Clearfield County subject to the rules of the Republican Party. Your vote and influence solicited. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BROWNCREST FARM REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE SADDLE HORSES FRED J. BROWN, Owner ROBERT C. BROWN, Manager CLEARFIELD, PA., R. D. 3 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/018.htm Page 018 1915 - 1954 Clearfield Furs PROUDLY POINTS TO 39 YEARS OF PROGRESS On this occasion for celebration, we are all striving for a continued progress recognizing Clearfield County as the place to live, the place to work, the place we proudly call home. In Clearfield, in the heart of Clearfield County, a small business, unpretentious but ambitious, has grown to a recognized institution in the realm of fashion. Thirty-nine years ago two young Clearfielders embarked on a business adventure that has carried the name of Clearfield around the globe. Then operating under the name of Clearfield Taxidermy Co. (now a division of Clearfield Furs, Inc.) the reputation for fine workmanship spread until today this reputation brings to Clearfield interesting and unusual trophies from for places—from Africa to Alaska— to be mounted for individuals and for museums. Shortly, another idea became a reality...to carry over into the fur business our reputation for integrity and quality ... to bring to the smaller shopping centers a collection of quality furs, metropolitan in its scope. The emergence of Clearfield Furs, Inc. from the original organization is a colorful illustration of the pioneering spirit that puts American business head and shoulder above the remainder of the world. Our policy of FAIR DEALINGS, FINE QUALITY AND NEWEST FASHIONS have become almost tangible attributes that fashion-conscious women everywhere talk about to their friends. Various channels of publicity word of mouth, newspaper, radio, TV ... have made the name CLEARFIELD familiar to millions of people, and so we are obligated to both our customers and to the citizenry of our community and our country to keep our standards high. Today, we can proudly say, "Clearfield Furs is the largest and best equipped establishment of its kind in the Country". Our services include: FINE QUALITY NEW FURS - Coats, Capes, Jackets, Stoles, Scarfs GUARANTEED COLD FUR STORAGE SCIENTIFIC FUR CLEANING EXPERT FUR REPAIRING AND FUR RESTYLING DRESSING OF SKINS MOUNTING OF ALL KINDS OF TROPHIES MANUFACTURE OF FINE BUCKSKIN APPAREL - Jackets, Gloves, Handbags Fur Factory, Show Room & Offices, Nichols St. Cold Storage and Cleaning Plant, Bigler Avenue Tannery and Taxidermy Studio, Hannah St. Fine Quality Newest Styles Correct Fit Reasonable Prices [image] This Label in your Furs stands for "Guaranteed Satisfaction" SYLVAN IC. WILLIAMS, President-Treasurer, PAUL R. MAURER, Vice-President, THOMPSON B. WILLIAMS, Secretary **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/019.htm Page 019 [image] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LIFE FIRE CASUALTY BONDS H. R. WOOLRIDGE COMPANY GENERAL INSURANCE 26 So. Second St. Telephone 5-4471 CLEARFIELD, PENNA. WM. R. HOOVER, H. R. WOOLRIDGE, JOSEPH E. LOGAN **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/020.htm Page 020 [image] The Open Pit Mining Industry hails Clearfield County as the greatest repository and producer of excellent grade bituminous coal in Pennsylvania. Last year (1953) Clearfield County Open Pit Producers, most of whom are listed here-in-under, produced 3,601,171 tons of Pennsylvania's total production of 19, 538,037 tons, or 18 plus per cent of the total Pennsylvania production. Only one other county produced even half as much (Clarion). What does this mean to you, Mr. Worker, Mr. Business Man, Mr. Professional Man? It means millions of dollars in wages and salaries, millions of dollars spent in the stores and markets. Millions of dollars spent in the area repair shops and equipment and parts depots. Millions of dollars to bolster bank deposits and bank clearings. Millions of dollars with which to pay the professional man and the tradesman in every category. And, despite generally poor conditions in the coal industry, Clearfield County open pit industry producers hold their position. Here are the figures:—Production in tons in 1949 was 3,113, 856; in 1950-3,783,772; in 1951-3,355,842; in 1952-3,808,433 and now, in 1953-3,601,171 tons. In appreciation of Clearfield County the following open pit producers of Clearfield County are proud to participate in the Sesqui-Centennial and contribute to the Clearfield County Open Pit Mining Industry Sesqui Fund. AUGHENBAUGH COAL CO., Clearfield ROBERT BAILEY, Morrisdale BANNER COAL COMPANY, Philipsburg BELFAST COAL COMPANY, Clearfield BORON BROTHERS COAL COMPANY, Philipsburg BOOKWALTER BROS., Clearfield GEORGE BOWERS, JR., Coalport BRADFORD COAL COMPANY, Bigler BROOKWOOD SHAFT, INC., Houtzdale EARL M. BROWN COMPANY, Clearfield R. S. CARLIN, INC., Snow Shoe CLYDE COAL COMPANY, Philipsburg MILFORD CARSON, Osceola Mills DuBOIS COAL MINING COMPANY, Clearfield EDMUNDS CONTRACTING & SUPPLY CO., Bigler ELBA COAL COMPANY, INC., Madera ELLIOT COAL MINING COMPANY, Philipsburg, Pa. ELDER COAL COMPANY, Osceola Mills C. V. FINK & SON, Woodland GREEN MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY, Shawville JOE HALEY, Grampian S. R. HANSEL COAL MINING CO., Houtzdale HAWK RUN COAL MINING COMPANY, Hawk Run HILL BROTHERS, Morrisdale HOWARD COAL MINING COMPANY, Philipsburg HYLAND COAL COMPANY, Clearfield KRISTIANSON & JOHNSON, Lanse ABBIE E. LANSBERRY & SON, Woodland LOBB COAL MINING COMPANY, Brisbin ROY H. LUTZ COAL COMPANY, Clearfield R. J. McINTOSH, DuBois J. BRUCE MEYER, Clearfield ELMER MILLIRON, Ramey MINNS COAL COMPANY, DuBois W. G. MOORE & SON, Philipsburg MOSHANNON FALLS MINING COMPANY, Clearfield MAX MOTTER, Kylertown PENBROOK CONTRACTING COMPANY, Clearfield D. C PENOYER & COMPANY, Clearfield PENN STATE COAL COMPANY, DuBois CHARLES E. AND ANNIE POWELL, Blandburg PUTMAN & GREENE, INC., Philipsburg RIVER HILL COAL COMPANY, Kylertown ROUGEUX & TRIMPEY, Karthous RYAN BROS. COAL COMPANY, Clearfield SECKINGER COAL COMPANY, Madera SMITH & ZINDEL, LeContes Mills SPENCER BROS. COAL COMPANY, Clearfield STINARD COAL COMPANY, Grampian STRIPPING CONTRACTORS, INC., Clearfield THOMAS BROS., Grampian CLARENCE W THOMAS, Grampian H. S. THOMAS COMPANY, Grampian C. G. THOMPSON, Clearfield THOMPSON COAL COMPANY, Philipsburg W. K. TURNER & SON, Philipsburg WAROQUIER COAL COMPANY, Clearfield JOHN WILSON, Woodland MELVIN WILKINSON, Philipsburg WILKS BROS. STRIPPING COMPANY, Osceola Mills WOOLRIDGE COAL COMPANY, Clearfield **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/021.htm Page 021 BEST WISHES TO CLEARFIELD COUNTY 150th ANNIVERSARY CLEARFIELD TEXTILE WORKERS LOCAL 2555 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [image] Residence, Drug Store and Ware Room of C. D. Wood, Penfield, Clearfield Co., Pa. Dealer in drugs and medicines, fancy goods, patent medicines, paints, oils, dye stuffs, glass, dry goods and groceries.—Proprietor of the Universal Liniment. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/022.htm Page 022 CONGRATULATIONS TO CLEARFIELD COUNTY ON ITS SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY COMPLIMENTS OF THE HOUTZALE BANK HOUTZDALE, PA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/023.htm Page 023 CONGRATULATIONS CLEARFIELD COUNTY ON 150 YEARS OF PROGRESS ED. L. SHIREY AND SON RETAIL LUMBER AND BUILDERS SUPPLIES West Second Avenue Clearfield, Pennsylvania ESTABLISHED 1906 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [image] Residence, Mill, Fair Grounds and Farm of R. Shaw Jr., Clearfield, Clearfield Co., Penna. Fair Grounds in upper left of picture, in approximate present day location. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/024.htm Page 024 [image] ASHLEY E. WOOLRIDGE Founder CONGRATULATIONS CLEARFIELD COUNTY WOOLRIDGE COALS MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF BITUMINOUS COAL CONTINUOUSLY FOR 66 YEARS 1888 1954 WOOLRIDGE COAL COMPANY **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/025.htm Page 025 [image] Although we deal primarily in money and credit, our banking business is one of human relationship and our biggest aim is to serve the community and its people. Our policy is and has been since January 15th, 1902, to render the best possible service in banking and to extend to our customers every service and accommodation consistent with prudent banking and business ideals and we have a keen awareness of our responsibility to our stockholders, our customers, and the community. The success of this institution and progress of the community, we believe, have been interdependent one upon the other. On this anniversary occasion, all those connected with the bank desire to express their warm appreciation for the confidence and good will with which our bank has been favored. THE CLEARFIELD TRUST COMPANY has been a constructive force in the business and personal life of the community for 52 years because it has developed its facilities and shaped its service in recognition of the fact that banking is a vital factor in community advancement. We look forward to continued progress for Clearfield County and THE CLEARFIELD TRUST COMPANY in the years ahead. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve Bank **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/026.htm Page 026 [image} Flouring Mills and Lumbering establishments in Curwensville, Penna. Distant view of town in background **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/027.htm Page 027 CONGRATULATIONS Clearfield County on the 150th Anniversary of the founding of our great County. from the CURWENSVILLE STATE BANK on its 30th Anniversary - A Financial Institution that has had the privilege of serving the Curwensville area for the past 30 years . . . which have been years of progress and cordial relations. May this happy association continue. Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/028.htm Page 028 EVANS VENDING SERVICE Clearfield, Pa. Cigarettes, Candy and Coffee Machines 492 9th Street Phone 5-9337 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BLANKFIELD'S Your Jeweler 7 W. Long Ave. DuBois, Pa. Serving the county for the past 32 years = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best Wishes From J. B. CAMPALONG, INC and the J. B. C. COMPANY, INC. Manufacturers of Clothing 819 Daisy St. Clearfield, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = OGDEN'S WELDING SERVICE 510 9th St. Phone 5-3452 Gas and Electric Welding Iron Railings and Ornamental Iron Work Welding Supplies = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS OF DUBOIS ACADEMY OF PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD TELEVISION, INC. 101 N. Third St. Phone 5-5617 Clearfield, Penno. PHILCO SERVICE All Makes and Models Guaranteed Service = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., INC. 313 Reed Street Clearfield Penna. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/029.htm Page 029 [image] CLEARFIELD CHEESE CO., INC. The Clearfield Cheese Co., Inc. was organized and began operations in Curwensville, Pennsylvania in July 1941. The milk receiving plant then owned by the Sheffield Farms Co. of New York was rented and remodeled for the manufacture of process cheese and cheese products. Within a year, the building was purchased from Sheffield Farms and alterations, additions and improvements were made. The owners of the company became residents and home owners in Curwensville, Pennsylvania. The market for the company's products was considered primarily to be Pennsylvania. However, the company is now distributing its products from Coast to Coast and from the Gulf to the Canadian border. This has been made possible by the establishment of a second manufacturing plant at Clinton, Missouri which is about 75 miles southeast of Kansas City, Missouri, and another plant at Marathon, Wisconsin which is about 200 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The Curwensville plant originally had a floor space totaling about 5400 square feet. This has been increased to approximately 100,000 square feet or about 18 times the original size. The combined capacities of all plants will produce approximately 200,000 pounds of cheese per day. All products are packed in 1/2 /b, 2 lb, 5 /b packages as well as in other odd size packages. These products are marketed under the brand names of "Clearfield" and "Blue Ridge". Clearfield Cheese Co., Inc. is now recognized as the 4th largest processing cheese company in America. Special products which have found exceptional favor are Chee Zee and Ole-N-Sharpe. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/030.htm Page 030 MURPHY'S DRUG STORE Prescriptions A Specialty State Street Curwensville, Pa. Phone 59 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LADY HILLS REBEKAH LODGE No. 520 Clearfield, Pa. Officers Mrs. June Livingston - Noble Grand Mrs. Verda Lingle - Vice Grand Mrs. Hannah H. Read - Secretary Miss Dello Ogden - Treasurer = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = L. D. SAUNDERS PUBLIC MARKET Meats, Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Lard Groceries, Frozen Foods Fresh Produce 225 Market St. Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-4131 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DEAN R. LONG Norge & Philco Appliances Youngstown Kitchens Furniture & Floor-Covering 221 Nichols St. Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = PROM GAS SERVICE INC. Automatic Gas Hot Water Heaters Bottled Gas Ranges Phone 99-J Curwensville, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Used Cars Used Trucks ELLIS NAREHOOD AUTO WRECKING 1831 Woodland Road Clearfield, Pa. Used Parts Used Tires Open Every Day 8:30 to 10:00 Phone 54181 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = THORN'S Inc. Since 1897 HEATING - PLUMBING AIR CONDITIONING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES "Hot or Cold— We Serve You Best." 312 E. Market St. Phone 5-9061 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/031.htm Page 031 [image] OWEN K. MURPHY, President Former Clearfield Resident Congratulations! Clearfield County in your 150th Year from the Niagara Manufacturing & Distributing Corp. ADAMSVILLE, PA. Manufacturers of world famous NIAGARA DEEP MASSAGE TRY THE FAMOUS NIAGARA PORTABLE MASSAGE SET TODAY WHAT WILL NIAGARA DO? The DEEPLY penetrating Niagara action will help to relax muscles and ease tension. It will help sooth sore muscles and joints caused by overwork and exhaustion —your body will be helped to function more freely and naturally. Niagara helps aid circulation locally and helps relieve fatigue and tension, encouraging complete relaxation. WHEN CAN YOU USE NIAGARA? Niagara can be used on a regular schedule or during leisure moments. Some people use Niagara regular!), before retiring for about a half hour. Actually Niagara may be used at any time. You'll find it always pleasant, soothing and beneficial. No matter how busy your day, be sure to work in a Niagara session—while you read, rest, sew, etc. WHO CAN USE NIAGARA? Niagara can be used by all members of the family. Dad will enjoy Niagara while reading the evening paper especially after an exhaustive day of work. Daughter can "freshen up" with Niagara after a tough day at the office and be more than refreshed for the "big dote" thot evening. Mother will enjoy pleasant, relaxing moments with Niagara while she waits for her family to return from school or work. The old folks too, will add "a spring to their step" with Niagara. HOW CAN YOU TRY NIAGARA? You may try Niagara DEEP Massage at any time with no obligation. Just contact the Niagara representative in your city for a demonstration. If you wish additional information send o post card today for Niagara's free booklet that tells all Address your post card to NIAGARA, DEPT. C. ADAMSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. [image] New thousands every month give thanks for the wonderful relief this amazing, new invention has brought them. Now they can work, ploy, dance—enjoy life to its fullest—feel years younger. Write for free booklet that tells all—no cost or obligation. [image] Niagara Mfg. 8 Distributing Corp. National Offices, Adamsville, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/032.htm Page 032 PBA Shows You How to Balance Your Budget You Have Charge Account Privileges with Budget Payments By Using A GABLE PERMANENT BUDGET ACCOUNT No Down Payment . . . Your Credit Just Keeps Rolling! The perfect credit service for you who want the convenience of a charge account ... but want to keep your spending within your budget! You set your own credit limit—if you can pay $5.00 a month, you may have credit up to $30.00; $10.00 a month, your credit is $60.00. As soon as you make your monthly payment you may charge that much more to your account. You really have all the advantages of a time payment plan with no down payment! The William F. Gable Company, Altoona, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = NORTH .. EAST .. SOUTH .. WEST You can't name another beer that carries a city's name so far! In Buffalo, N. Y.; Lancaster, Pa.; Cumberland, Md.; Canton, 0.; tell them you're from DuBois—they'll say, "that's where they make that wonderful beer. We buy it all the time''. We at the DuBois Brewing Company are proud to produce a truly finer beer ... even more proud to share this honor with everyone here in DuBois, our home town—in Clearfield County, which ancestors of many of our employees helped to settle. Du BOIS BEERS DU BOIS BREWING COMPANY, DU BOIS, PENNSYLVANIA DuBois BEERS DUBOIS BREWING COMPANY DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA "brewers of fine beers since 1894" **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/033.htm Page 033 GREETINGS OF THE JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB Clearfield Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = MITCHELL. MILLING CO. Formerly SMITH'S MILL GEO. W. SMITH & SONS ALBERT P. & JOHN W. SMITH 1884 - 1908 JOHN W. SMITH & BROS. 1908 - 1919 MITCHELL MILLING CO. J. CLARK AND DONALD G. MITCHELL 1919 - 1954 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of SECOND STREET KENDALL SERVICE STATION CLAIR JURY, Proprietor Corner of Second and Bridge Streets Clearfield Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of MORNINGSTAR BAKERIES INCORPORATED QUALITY BAKERS FOR OVER 65 YEARS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of BLOOM INSURANCE AGENCY Complete Insurance and Bonding Service 108 N. Second St. Clearfield, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = JOHNSTON CONTRACTING AND PAVING Blacktop Paving and Repairing Gas Stations - Driveways - Sidewalks Any Size Job—Free Estimates JAMES H. JOHNSTON RAYMOND W. JOHNSTON 312 Ogden Ave., Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-3484 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RHONE MOTOR COMPANY Clearfield Penna. PONTIAC New and Used Cars General Repairing Established 1928 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = HOTEL LOGAN Your Banquet and Meeting Headquarters DuBois Penna. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/034.htm Page 034 60 YEARS . . . In the Clothing Business in Clearfield County To Men, Women and Children—Is the Record of . . . ROBINSON'S DEPARTMENT STORE THE STYLE CENTER AT LOW COST 239 Market St. Clearfield, Pa. It was 60 years ago that Mr. Abe Robinson started in the mercantile business in Clearfield County. From his first venture, traveling from town to town in Clearfield County with a pack on his back, Mr. Robinson progressed rapidly and opened his first store in Karthaus. His next store was in Snow Shoe and then come his Curwensville shop. In a few years he decided to expand further and journeyed to Clearfield in 1910 to open another clothing store . . Years later a three story building was erected in the center of town and today is owned and operated by Maurice D. Robinson. It is one of the leading department stores serving thousands of people throughout Clearfield County with mens clothing, women's apparel, and childrens fashions. We Salute the progress of this great County. A century and a half contains all kinds of years—years of peace and plenty; years of famine, war and grief...but every one of those hundred and fifty years of Clearfield County history was one of achievement. We are proud to have had a part in the advancement of Clearfield County story, serving you with the finest high quality, famous make clothing for a long time. We pledge our support also in the story of Clearfield County's future, a story of true success, a story of making Clearfield County a better place in which to work—and play—story of continuing achievement for the years to come. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CHAS. BUMBARGER & SONS Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Phone 5-3981 311 S. 4th St. Clearfield, Pa. Brody's "Where Fashion is First" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SESQUI GREETINGS COMMERCIAL PRINTING CO. 15-17 South Third Street Clearfield, Pa. Dial 5-4731 PRINTERS, STATIONERS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COWDRICK'S DRUG STORES . CLEARFIELD, PHILIPSBURG, DUBOIS **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/035.htm Page 035 Clearfield, Philipsburg Bellefonte, State College 1911 - 1954 ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY, INC. Electrical Supplies and Furniture 125 East Market Street Clearfield Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LANGS STORE GENERAL MERCHANDISE and ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Phone 31 R 3 Coalport, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD HOSPITAL NURSES' ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 1954 Pres. Mrs. Margaret J. Gates First Vice Pres. Mrs. Eva Jane S. Bolents Second Vice Pres. Mrs. Elizabeth S. Fox Sec'y .. Mrs. Helen E. Shillenn Ass't Sec'y Mrs. Marvel J. Cowder Treas. Irene W. Rougeux Directors: Mrs. Ethel F. Graham Miss Agnes Kost Miss Jeannette Stewart Miss Hazel Caylor Editors of News Letter: Miss Hazel Caylor Miss Caroline Stevens A Homecoming Tea will be held at the Clearfield Hospital Nurses' Home on Thursday, June 17 starting at 2:00 p. m. Graduates of The Clearfield Hospital School of Nursing and all Clearfield County Nurses are invited to attend. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD TEXTILE COMPANY SILK VELVET MANUFACTURERS Clearfield, Penna. 1913 - 1954 MR. ALLISON 0. BRANTNER Manager MISS ELVA M. WALKER Secretary-Treasurer = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = J. A. KOHLHEPP SONS Dealers in BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, Concrete Blocks, Coal, Lumber Ready Mixed Concrete Office and Yard: 650 DuBois Street DuBois, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Glass and Paints Hardware Wall Paper HOLDEN PAINT & HARDWARE CO. Distributors of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Products Wholesale CLEARFIELD, PA. Retail **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/036.htm Page 036 CLEARFIELD EQUIPMENT COMPANY International Trucks & Farm Implements Packard Sales & Service Industrial Equipment & Wire Rope OLD TOWN ROAD PHONE 5-5559 Clearfield, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CONSERVATION PLEDGE I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully to defend from waste the natural resources of my country—its soil and minerals—its Forests, Waters and Wildlife. OLD TOWN SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC. Clearfield Penna. Ford K. Johnston President Clair A. Gulich Vice President Maurice B. Hartsock Corresponding Secretary Lynn J. Stewart Treasurer Albert R. Hinkle, Jr. Recording Secretary = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = GRAY STORAGE BATTERY CO. Rear 112 North Third St. Clearfield Penna. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Wholesale - Retail Phone 5-9692 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Every Good Wish For Clearfield County MARK MOTOR COMPANY PONTIAC MOTOR SALES AND SERVICE Phone 360-J - Philipsburg Penna. Repairs on all makes of Automobiles Body Work a Specialty Frame and Wheel Alignment by Factory Trained Men = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES TO OLD ACQUAINTANCES AND ALL GUESTS ATTENDING OUR SESQUICENTENNIAL RITZ, LYRIC, ROXY THEATERS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD SPORTSWEAR CO., INC. 216 W. Fourth Ave. Clearfield, Pa. MEN'S & BOY'S SPORTSWEAR Factories at CLEARFIELD, COALPORT CURWENSVILLE, PHILIPSBURG H. A. TRICHON, Pres. E. N. TRICHON, Sec'y = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CURTIS PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. P. 0. Box 165 PHILIPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Lumber Flooring Millwork Windows **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/037.htm Page 037 CONGRATULATIONS CLEARFIELD COUNTY ON 150 YEARS OF PROGRESS FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD A & P CLEARFIELD, COALPORT, DUBOIS HOUTZDALE, WINBURNE, CURWENSVILLE OSCEOLA MILLS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BENNINGTON ELECTRIC COMPANY 25 YEARS OF SERVICE 1929 - 1954 ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES HOME APPLIANCES D. CHESTER FRANKHOUSER, Owner Curwensville, Pa. Phone 77 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = THE RITZ GRILL SERVING HOME COOKED MEALS FOR QUARTER OF A CENTURY . . . We extend our heartiest congratulations to Clearfield County in celebrating its Sesqui-Centennial. NEXT DOOR TO RITZ THEATRE **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/038.htm Page 038 BUCKS RAINBOW ROOM AND STAG BAR 8-10 Nichols St. Clearfield, Penna. Welcomes you to the CLEARFIELD COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL To celebrate our 150 years of progress. To Relax and Refresh Yourself, Be Sure to Stop at BUCK'S At the Second Street Bridge. Steaks, Lunches, Sandwiches, Meals and Your Favorite Beverage. FRANK C. BUCK, Prop. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 1904 - 1954 50TH ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 23-29 Commemorating 50 Years of Fraternal Brotherhood In Clearfield and Vicinity CLEARFIELD AERIE NO. 812 FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SAMUEL P. BRESSLER, Pres. GEORGE A. McBRIDE, Vice Pres. BERNARD T. MYRTER, Sec.-Treas. THE CARPENTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF CURWENSVILLE, PENNA. SECURITY, SERVICE Inc. June 15, 1893, Charter Perpetual Coverages written: Fire, Extended Cover, Automobile Fire, Theft, Comprehensive, and Collisions. Exceptionally good agency contracts for good agents Substantial Savings for Policyholders = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = THE RORABAUGH AGENCY INSURANCE Curwensville, Penna. Phone 424 & 425 SAMUEL P. BRESSLER, Mgr., BERNARD T. MYRTER, Asst. Mgr. CHARLES (CHICK) YOUNG - Phone 5-5981 Our office hours are now from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. with the exception of Saturdays 8 A. M. to 12 Noon. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/039.htm Page 039 ADAMS PAINT AND BODY SHOP "PAINT THAT STAYS ON" Clearfield Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BREMAN'S EXPRESS CO. Daily Fast Express Service Pittsburgh & Allegheny County Clearfield - Philipsburg - Curwensville Tyrone - State College - Bellefonte - Terminal - PLEASANT HILL CLEARFIELD 5-7110 PHILIPSBURG 1546 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of J. C. PENNEY & COMPANY = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DR. C. D. LEWIS, D. S. C. Foot Specialist and Chiropodist Arches Corrected Special Attention To Children Special Shoes from 12 to 15EEEE also Oxfords From 12 to 15AAAA by Special Order Office Hours: 9 am until 5 pm 7 pm until 9 pm 228 N. Second St. Philipsburg, Pa. Phone 1287 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SMITH'S CAMERA SHOP 21 N. Third St. Clearfield, Penna. Photo Finishing and Studio Portraits Children's Clothing Established March 1946 by Ward L. Smith = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = AVENUE MARKET DAVID E. YOCUM FINE FOODS Turnpike Avenue Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DAISHER GMC GARAGE 233 Leavy Ave. Telephone 5-9891 Clearfield, Pa. SALES AND SERVICE Complete Auto Electric Service Generators, Starters, Carburetors and Magnetos Electrical Repairs on Industrial Equipment = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SHULL STUDIO 111 N. Third St. Clearfield, Penna. Photo Finishing - Portraits All Photographic Supplies Photographers Since 1901 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/040.htm Page 040 1894 - 1954 SIXTY YEARS AT KURTZ BROS. Kurtz Bros., was founded by Charles T. Kurtz and his brother, William N. on June 21, 1894. This partnership, which lasted less than a year, when Mr. C. T. Kurtz took over the whole business, began in a one room building on Third Street, Clearfield, Po. Since that small beginning Kurtz Bros. moved to increasingly larger quarters four times before finally arriving of our present location. The beginning of our present building was constructed in 1912 and port was used for storage. The whole School Supply and Printing operation, however, was moved to its present site in 1914 at the time the business was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and we began to do our own paper converting. During the succeeding forty years there have been over twenty separate additions and changes to our building construction, till today the plant comprises over 120,000 sq. ft. of floor space. Present construction is underway to enlarge the Clearfield Plant and we hope to occupy some of this construction before the end of the year. A branch office and warehouse was established in the spring of 1936 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and our own office and warehouse building was constructed at 8033 Bennett Street, Pittsburgh 21, Po. in 1947 with occupancy taking place early in 1948. We are proud of our business which through the years has grown and prospered. It has provided a livelihood for many, a lifetime employment for some and we think has been of overall benefit to Clearfield and our county. A fire in 1929, the 1936 flood and depression periods have all been survived. At the time they were disheartening, but now we can look back of them os health giving experiences for the business. It is recognized by all of us here at Kurtz Bros. that our business could not have grown without first earning the confidence of our customers. Our only reason for being here is to serve them. A slogan "Our Word Is Our Bond", first adopted in 1894 has been our constant guide. It is our hope that we may continue to grow and that all about us may continue to prosper. We believe it essential to our well being to follow sound, ethical principles in the conduct of our business and to put every transaction on the highest plane of business honor. We believe no enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but others; or failing therein it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist. In this, our sixth decade, we look forward, with hope, to another six and many more. KURTZ BROS. Pennsylvania's Largest School Supply House Manufacturing Stationers - Commercial Printers CLEARFIELD, PA., PITTSBURGH 21, PA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/041.htm Page 041 WALTHER BROS. GARAGE 24 Hour Wrecker Service We Service and Repair All Makes of Cors Official Inspection Station No. 2209 301 Nichols Street Phone 5-4271 COE AND GEORGE WALTHERS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY CLYDE N. BARTLEY, Agent Second and Cherry Sts. Clearfield, Pa. Phone: 5-4481 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of PRAVE'S FOR LADIES READY TO WEAR Cosmetics, Beauty Service 23 So. Second St. Clearfield, Pa. Sacony, Serbin = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SEALTEST ICE CREAM Filbert St. Curwensville, Pa. Phone 21 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! ! ! THE GAY 90'S Across from Bus Terminal—DuBois, Pa. Is the place to go during the Sesqui-Centennial or ANYTIME for 1. A Fine Dinner (served 5:30 P. M. to 1 A. M.) 2. Your next banquet-party 3. Pizza Pie. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 0. J. SHUGERTS GARAGE General Repairing, Accessories, Wheel Alignment and Balancing, Paint and Body Shop, Wrecker Service. Authorized Sales and Service Clinton 4-cycle Gasoline Engine. Glass Cut and Installed. 418 Park Ave. Clearfield, Pa. Phone: 5-4512 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Greetings From Officers and Members of LADIES AUXILIARY to the VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS F. MICHAEL SICKS POST NO. 1785 Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DEALER'S FINANCE SERVICE, INC. BRADFORD, ALTOONA, DUBOIS Sponsors of the Bank Dealer Plan. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/042.htm Page 042 Prophesy Clearfield County has progressed steadfastly through 150 years but we know that this is really only the beginning. The very aspect of our community is transitory. In Agriculture as we pass through the machine age with many new methods still to be developed and with education and resource in the science of farming we know that the years of test tube agriculture lie ahead. Our forests, depleted of virgin timber, are constantly being replanted. Here, also research is guiding our destiny; as the uses of cellulose and other by-products augment its normal production; we prophesy for lumber a steady future. With mechanized mining, more efficient combustion; and the equally important progress being made in the complete utilization of its chemical properties, coal may reign as king for many years. Oil and gas have recently been discovered in the county and undoubtedly uranium and atomic energy will greatly effect our mineral prospects. Manufacturing always an important factor in our economy will become more prominent as our population increases; with the enhanced value of our locally manufactured products; and with the addition of synthetics and electronics. Merchandising is a constant modernization. Notice the main streets in all of our county communities; not only are the store facades altered from a century ago but so too are the products. Our merchants are always marching ahead with the times. At our centennial most of us arrived by horse and buggy or if from a distance by train; today, you have come by automobile, train and airplane. Who is to say how we will come to our Bicentenary by the rocket or wingless planes perhaps? Our cultural development will also be an important factor to our future. Witness our new and improved churches, schools and recreation centers and the increasing use of our natural resources soul, mind, and body. Indeed our future is bright, Clearfield County if we but keep the faith of our earliest settlers. We salute our fore-bearers; we honor those present, and we present to our youth this prophesy, Clearfield County has and always will be a splendid locality in which to work, play, and live. [images] Brothers of the Brush **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/043.htm Page 043 150 YEARS OF PROGRESS KANTAR'S SINCE 1916 Kantar's In 1916 Isaac Kantor purchased George Kaplan's recoil store known as the Boston Department Store located in the Spencer Building on State and Filbert Streets. Isaac Kantar then leased from Fred J. Dyer one half of the first floor and basement in the Dyer Building locoted on Filbert and Meadow Streets. Shortly thereafter he stocked his store and set up business. Two years later business warranted leasing half of the second floor. In 1922 Isaac Kantar purchased the Fritz Graff property on State Street and converted part of the building into a retail establishment. He then formed a partnership with his sons, Jacob, Hyman and Leonard, known as Kantar & Sons. As patronage increased additional floor space was added. In 1933 Kantar & Sons organized Kantar's Inc. . . . and ... Today . . GREATER KANTAR'S Newer . . . Bigger . . . Better A Progressive Store that occupies 18,000 square feet of store and warehouse space and serves a radius of nearly all Clearfield County. In the field of merchandising and service Greater Kantar's ore day in and day out making their contribution to area wide shoppers. A streamlined one stop shopping center of 6 great stores in one—Fashion - Dry Goods - Hardware - Home Furnishings - Variety - Appliances and Television--and adding new departments from time to time to cover the area's growing needs. CURWENSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Patron's BLAIN CITY Rutkowski, Jean (Cafe), Blain City, Pa. CLEARFIELD Boyce, W. C., Mr. & Mrs., 1204 Turnpike Ave., Clearfield, Pa. Davidson's, Robert, 40 N. Second St., Clearfield, Pa. DUBOIS Skinner, Burt C. & Son 209 E. Washington DuBois, Pa. DuBois Furniture, 36 W. Long Ave. DuBois, Pa. McGarney Motor Sales DuBois, Pa. Klewans Dept. Store DuBois, Pa. Schneider Motor Sales, Inc., 324 So. Brady St., DuBois, Pa. DuBois Floor Co. 327 W. Long Ave. DuBois, Pa. Royers Wallpaper Store 219 W. Long Ave., DuBois, Po. Shaffer, Edgar L., 8 S. Brady St., DuBois, Pa. Paris Cleaners, 114 N. Brady St., DuBois, Pa. Western Auto, 325 W. Long Ave., DuBois, Pa. Keller Bros., 9 Park Ave., DuBois, Pa. East Side Garage, DuBois & 1st Ave., DuBois, Pa. Webers, 25 W. Long Ave., DuBois, Pa. Nelson Furs, 17 W. Long Ave., DuBois, Pa. Burns Motor Sales, 501 Liberty Blvd., DuBois, Pa. Ross, W. L., Hospital St., DuBois, Pa. Clark's Florist, 26 S. Brady St., DuBois, Pa. M. I. Merritt Edner & Son, 10 S. Franklin St., DuBois, Pa. Fennell & Heberling, 22 E. Long Ave., DuBois, Pa. PHILIPSBURG Hurwitz Hardware 121 N. Front St. Philipsburg, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/044.htm Page 044 Bituminous Coal The earliest history of the coal industry in Clearfield County indicates that 2,000 tons was mined in 1828 with shipments then and in subsequent years to Harrisburg by ark. Here the record fades until 1867 when mining and shipping began in earnest. 169,000 tons was produced in 1867. 1,219,000 tons in 1876. 2,402,000 tons in 1881. 3,173,000 tons in 1884, 5,372,000 tons in 1888. In 1890 through 1893 production was over 6,000,000 tons annually but dropped to between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 tons annually until 1899. In 1900 production was 2,820,000 tons but 1902 and 1903 witnessed production to 6,000,000 tons per year again. The foregoing are excerpts from the Centennial Souvenir Book published in 1904. At that time and for many years later coal was produced exclusively by deep mining and this industry was a principal one in all of the Moshannon Valley and in the DuBois area for decades. In 1925 total coal production in Clearfield County was 5,441,000 tons. In 1931 it had dropped to 3,002,000 tons and up until 1941 production hovered around the 3,000,000 figure but jumped to 4,702,000 tons in 1942, to 5,873,000 tons in 1943 and to well over 6,000,000 tons for 1944, 1945 and 1946. The peak production came in 1947 and 1948 with over 8,000,000 tons in each year. The last five years has witnessed a total production of between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 tons annually. Last year (1953) total production in the county was 5,207,520 tons by both deep and pit mining, a figure slightly in excess of 1949 but about a million tons less than for the intervening years. During the past fifteen years the deep mine industry in the county has faded at a distressing rate, partly because of the exhaustion of available deep mine coal and partly because of market conditions and steadily rising production costs. Deep mining has practically disappeared from the Moshannon area. The only sizeable operations left being one at Coalport and one at Morrisdale. Two or three operations are still going in the DuBois area. However, as deep mining passed out of the picture, mining by the surface stripping method came in and for the past several years strip mining has been in the ascendency and far exceeds the production by deep mine methods. Last year (1953) Clearfield County open pit producers, most of whom are listed hereinunder, produced 3,601,171 tons of Pennsylvania's total production of 19,538,037 tons, or 18 plus per cent of the total Pennsylvania production. Only one other county produced even half as much (Clarion). And, despite generally poor conditions in the coal industry, Clearfield County open pit industry producers hold their position. Here are the figures:—Production in tons in 1949 was 3,113,856; in 1950, 3,783,772; in 1951, 3,355,842; in 1952, 3,808, 433 and in 1953, 3,601,171 tons. In terms of economics this huge Clearfield County production of 3,601,000 tons of coal by strip mining means millions of dollars in wages and salaries and millions of dollars to be spent in stores and markets, and in area repair shops and equipment and repair depots. Market conditions during the past four or five years have been such that owners and operators of coal have enjoyed little or no profit so that the entire realization of money on the sale of all this coal has gone into the hands of the workers and those who service the industry. In point of the number of employees actually working in the pits, on the equipment and at the loading ramps, the number is relatively small, probably about 1800 men, but this number and more are employed as a direct result of the industry in Clearfield County. A considerable proportion of these extra men work independently as truck operators on a tonnage contract basis and are not listed as industry employees. Stripping operations are to be found in all parts of the county and approximately seventy firms and individuals are in the business of mining coal by the stripping method in the county, all of these being either residents of the county or residents of the immediate adjacent counties such as Centre, Jefferson and Indiana. Clay and Brick A combination of brawn, brains and mineral resources in the form of various grades of clay and coal has made Clearfield County outstanding in the production of all manner of refractories. Back as early as 1833 the manufacture of fire brick began near Coalport when Richardson and Campbell built a 20,000 capacity brickyard in Beccaria Township. The real start in brick-making was made about 1867 when the No. 1 Works at Woodland was built by Isaac and Benjamin Reese, Thomas Hammond and John McMath. Later in 1870 the No. 2 works at Woodland was built by Wyle and Richards. In 1873 No. 1 Clearfield Fire Brick Works was built by the Clearfield Fire Brick Company and this was followed in 1880 by the building of the Wallareton Fire Brick Works by the Wallaceton Fire Brick Company. In 1882 the Philipsburg Fire Brick Works was built by R. B. Wiglin and Sons and in 1895 the Widemire Works near Grampian was built by the Harbison-Walker Co. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/045.htm Page 045 All of the foregoing were later brought into the Harbison-Walker Refractories empire although the Philipsburg Works was dismantled in 1928 and the Widemire Works was dismantled in 1931. Between 1900 and 1904 what was known as the Clearfield Works at Clearfield was erected by Harbison-Walker and No. 2 Clearfield Fire Brick Works by the Clearfield Fire Brick Company, this latter being absorbed later by Harbison-Walker. In later years the Hope Works at Woodland was erected by Harbison-Walker but this was dismantled in 1931. Also, between 1900 and 1904 the Blue Ball Works at West Decatur was erected by W. H. Wynn and Co. This plant later was acquired by the General Refractories Co. General Refractories also had a plant at Karthaus but this plant was dismantled shortly after World War I. The Curwensville Fire Brick Works at Curwensville was built about 1901 by the Reese Hammond Fire Brick Company. It was acquired by Bickford Fire Brick Co. in 1907. It later was taken over by the Crescent Fire Brick Co. in 1918 and is now the property of the North American Refractories Co. which also acquired the Good Plant near Lumber City which was changed to Crescent Refractories in 1917 and acquired by North American Refractories in 1929. The Patterson Brick Works at Clearfield was erected about 1908, owners and incorporators being Alexander Paterson, Judge Allison 0. Smith, and Reuben H. Thompson. About 1951 this plant was acquired by the Laclede Christy interests of St. Louis, Missouri. The Laclede Christy interests also acquired the Osceola Fire Brick Works which was built by the Osceola Fire Brick Company about 1900. The Riverview Plant west of Clearfield was built in 1902 by Allen Wrigley and operated under the name Clearfield Tile Company, incorporated in 1936 under the name of Clearfield Clay Products Company, this plant was acquired in 1947 by P. S. Kelsey and S. M. Ferguson and is still operated under the firm name of Clearfield Clay Products Company. The Barrett Works of the Harbison-Walker Refractories Company was built in 1920 by the Mt. Union Refractories Co., later the U. S. Refractories Co. and passed to Harbison-Walker ownership in 1929. The varieties of available clays in Clearfield County were such that foreseeing people interested in the manufacture of sewer pipe constructed a huge plant at Clearfield in 1912 under the name of the Clearfield Sewer Pipe Co., the incorporators being George S. Good, President, Henry C. Mills, Secretary, and George E. Prindible. In 1923 this plant passed to the ownership of the Robinson Clay Products Co., of Akron, Ohio. The quality of the product has been such that periods of unemployment have been practically unknown. [images] SUGARING TIME **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/046.htm Page 046 The Clearfield Sesqui Centennial Association, Incorporated Presents "THE SESQUI STORY" a John B. Rogers Production RALEIGH TOZER Managing Director WALT F. WILLIAMS Producer-Director DRIVING PARK STADIUM, CLEARFIELD, PA. June 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1954 - 9 P. M. "THE SESQUI STORY" Synopsis of scenes PROLOGUE: A brilliant and colorful spectacle in which the Sesquicentennial Queen welcomes visitors from every corner of the Nation. Surrounded by the beautiful ladies of her Court, the Queen's Cadets, Sailorettes, Antebellum Ladies, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Attendants, and United Nations Riders, she greets representatives from each of the forty-eight states and commands that the story of Clearfield County be told. SCENE ONE: THIS IS THE SESQUI STORY This is the Sesqui Story: An epic of a tidal wave of freedom loving men and women sweeping on to a new world rich with natural resources beyond the dreams of the ages; rolling back the great unknown of darkness and wilderness they came, across the trackless ocean seeking the right to worship according to their light, to win sustenance and fortune, to live their lives untouched by tyrants' rule. SCENE TWO: MEN OF DESTINY Where today communities stretch their streets and homes, their civic buildings, industries and busy offices and stores and weave their daily life into a fabric of on energized nation, there once stood a virgin wilderness peopled by a branch of the Algonquin Indians known as the "Leni-Lenape Tribes". In this sequence we see enacted in ballet form, the legend of Susquehanna. This is the story of a young brave, Susque, who while paddling his canoe, comes upon an oar in the water and an Indian maiden drifting helplessly in her canoe. He returns the oar to her and becomes her hero. Later they married and Susque and the maiden, whose name was Hanna, roamed the hills and valleys. When Susque become chief, he gave the name of "Susquehanna" to the river. SCENE THREE: THE MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES As early as the year 1758, Moravian Missionaries were reported to have been in this area. Frederick Post, distinguished preacher and teacher, was the first of the Moravians to set foot in this region, and he was shortly followed by Reverend John Ettwein, who led a party of Indian Converts from Wyalusing Town to Western Pennsylvania. SCENE FOUR: A HOME IN THE WILDERNESS In 1784 Captain Edward Ricketts and his family built a cabin in Clearfield County and returned home. When they returned to their cabin the following year they found it inhabited by the family of Joseph Leonard. The two families lived together that first winter, then Joseph Leonard went on to establish his own home on what is known as the Thomas Lord Property, below the Oxbow. SCENE FIVE: THE EARLY SETTLERS An influx of settlers, slowly but surely found their way to the land of Clearfield County. Many came in canoes by the hazardous river route, but many more came overland, following the Indian Trails, their possessions strapped to the backs of horses or piled high in ox carts. Through the unbroken forests they made their way, searching for a home on the new frontier, beating a pathway through the wilderness. SCENE SIX: THE TOLL OF BELLS When the settlers came, they brought not only their determination, courage and fortitude, but another priceless gift—their faith in God. It is an oddity of history that some of the first church services held in the county took place in the tavern of Lebbeus Luther in Karthaus. But, despite the fact that they gathered in a tavern, the emotion was deep and the religious feeling was sincere. SCENE SEVEN: HERE COMES THE BRIDE All was not solemn in the lives of the people. They had their joyous occasions, such as the marriage of Elizabeth Bloom to Matthew **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/047.htm Page 047 Ogden . . the first marriage ceremony performed in the county!—in Philipsburg! SCENE EIGHT: DAWN OF EDUCATION As the area started to grow in population, education became a problem to the people of Clearfield County. In the beginning schools were held wherever possible in private homes, barns or makeshift buildings, but in 1803, the first schoolhouse in the county was built in Curwensville! SCENE NINE: ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO By an act of Legislature passed March 26, 1804, the County of Clearfield was organized and formed from parts of Lycoming and Huntingdon Counties. SCENE TEN: LUMBERING IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY As the settlers labored in the forest to clear the land and raise crops, it was natural that a number of sawmills should spring up along the river, and by 1800 the settler-farmer was coming to realize that the great stands of timber along the Susquehanna represented a vast source of wealth. Naturally, legends sprang up about the men who were port and parcel of the River raftsmen, and the best known was the ballad of Joe McCreery. SCENE ELEVEN: THE FRENCHVILLE PICNIC In August of 1870, the Catholic church of "St. Mary's" was dedicated in Frenchville. To celebrate its completion, a picnic was held which has become an annual affair. One of the features of the picnic was authentic folk dances from France. SCENE TWELVE: THE KARTHAUS FURNACE One of the most interesting of the early industries was the iron trade which is now nonexistent in the county. It was started in the little village of Karthaus which was named for the owner of the first iron furnace, Peter Arnold Karthaus. SCENE THIRTEEN: REBELLION The cataclysm of Civil Wcr descends upon the nation over the question of States' rights. Clearfield County soldiers march to Armageddon. SCENE FOURTEEN: THE UNDERGROUND AT CURWENSVILLE Many of the residents of the County maintained "stations" on the underground railroad to smuggle slaves to safety ... these people directed their efforts toward aiding the slaves in escaping from the south. SCENE FIFTEEN: ABRAHAM LINCOLN Out of this terrible conflict, came one of the greatest figures in our history. SCENE SIXTEEN: WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN The first railroad to enter the county was the "Tyrone and Clearfield". Let's join the happy crowds in 1874 as they gather to welcome the first train. SCENE SEVENTEEN: THE FIRE AT DUBOIS The happy time known as the Gay 90's was ushered in tragically in DuBois when they had their big fire on June 18, 1888, which destroyed most of the town. SCENE EIGHTEEN: CLEARFIELD'S CENTENNIAL In 1904, Clearfield celebrated its Centennial with a big program of events. Everyone turned out for it! It was the period of the telephone, the bicycle built for two and the "Horse-less Carriage". Women adopted gay and fantastic fashions; it was the day of the hour-glass figure and the Merry Widow hat. It was the period of the bustle and "every girl was a Gibson Girl". It was the day of the tintype, the handlebar moustache, the bathing beauties, the Sunday band concert, and the very naughty "Can-Can". We see them all, but wait, there's a fight developing! Look! Here comes the Grampian Band! Those Were The Days! SCENE NINETEEN: TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM The year was 1914 and again the people of Clearfield County heard the troubling sounds of war in the making. President Wilson protested "unrestricted submarine warfare". The climax came in 1917 when the Lusitania was sunk and the United States entered the war. SCENE TWENTY: THE ROARING TWENTIES It was the golden age of "Yes, We Have No Bananas," hip flasks, plus fours and the flappers. A dance sensation hit the nation and everyone in Clearfield County was doing the "Charleston". Movie stars became the rage and an evening at the cinema was always an anticipated event—especially when Clearfield County's own Tom Mix hit the silver screen! SCENE TWENTY-ONE: SIEGE FOR FREEDOM With startling suddenness on the quiet afternoon of December 7, 1941, the news of war came to the United States for the second time in a generation. The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor! Places like Anzio, Guadalcanal, Mt. Suribachi, the Battle of the Bulge, and the South Pacific, were just a few of the historic sites in which many Clearfield County boys fought, struggled and died. SCENE TWENTY-TWO: CITIZENS OF TOMORROW Again, in a threatening half-peace, half-war atmosphere, America turns to her youth—the spiritual descendants of those who were the Spirit of '76. Youth, upon whom the destiny of America depends! Youth, the citizens of tomorrow! In these faces we see a promise—a promise to us today of greater things to come! **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/048.htm Page 048 SCENE TWENTY-THREE: THE ATOMIC AGE Now man has the knowledge necessary to split the atom. In the forties he used this for a defensive measure—a weapon of destruction that heretofore had been unknown or unequaled. Today he is striving to use the atom for peace-time progress. Will it be the beginning of a new advanced civilization—or the destructive end? SCENE TWENTY-FOUR: THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS A "Hall of Fame" salute to the famous historical greats who have made Clearfield County great! There are no bounds or limits to the fron tiers of our Freedom. We have built our schools, hospitals, libraries, laboratories—we have brought forth symphonies and written great literature. Now the darkness and the wilderness are far behind. Ahead lie new boundaries, widening, expanding—certain to roll back before the same unquenchable spirit of which we are the heirs. As descendants and progeny of a pioneer people, it is ours to go forward . . . to surmount obstacles . . . to keep the faith. So proudly we hail —Clearfield County's One Hundred and Fiftieth Birthday! MASS SINGING OF THE "STAR SPANGLED BANNER" Schedule of Events SUNDAY - June 13 RELIGIOUS PARTICIPATION DAY A. M. Religious Commemoration Day. All Churches Individual Church Home Coming 2:00 P. M. District Elks Flag Day Ceremony, Lyric Theater, Clearfield. Speaker, Herb Sorg Early Evening Mammoth Union Religious Service, Grandstand Clearfield Driving Park. Congressman Walter H. Judd, Speaker. Choir of 400 county voices MONDAY - June 14 LABOR AND MANAGEMENT DAY Homecoming Day for B. C. I. Area 12:00 Noon Invitation Lions Club Luncheon 12:00 Noon Picnic at Lower Witmer Park — Public Invited 2:00 P. M. Raft Christening 2:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. Raft River Tours 2:30 P.M. Opening of Midway 3:30 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. Vaudeville Show (Admission) 7:00 P.M. Marching Parade — Reviews at Grandstand 8:30 P. M. Preliminary Exercises at Driving Park 9:00 P. M. Coronation of Her Majesty — Miss Clearfield County 9:00 P. M. 1st. Presentation of Historic Pageant — "The Sesqui Story" 10:15 P. M. Coronation Balls: Hotel Dimeling, Clearfield; Exposition Building, Clearfield; , DuBois TUESDAY - June 15 DUBOIS DAY 12:00 Noon Invitation Kiwanis Club Luncheon 1:00 P. M. Historic Tours 2:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. Raft River Tours 2:30 P. M. Midway Opens 3:30 P. M. Vaudeville Show 5:30 P. M. Special Train leaves DuBois for Clearfield 6:00 P. M. Historic Mobile Parade 8:30 P. M. Preliminary Program — prior to Pageant; Presentation of Old Family Representatives 9:00 P. M. 2nd. Performance — Historic Pageant 10:00 P. M. Reception Dance — Hotel Dimeling, Clearfield 10:00 P. M. Street Dancing WEDNESDAY June 16 GOVERNOR FINE and VETERANS DAY 12:00 Noon Combined Women's Club Luncheon — Hotel Dimeling; Governor John S. Fine, Speaker 12:00 Noon American Legion Luncheon — DuBois; Speaker, State Commander, Paul R. Selecky 1:00 P.M. Historic Tours 2:00 P. M. Raft River Tours **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/049.htm Page 049 Schedule of Events 2:00 P. M. Presentation of Clearfield County Highway Building 2:30 P. M. Midway Opens 2:30 P. M. Ground Breaking — Clearfield Area Joint High School 2:30 P. M. Push Mobile Race P. M. Pet Parade 3:30 P. M. Vaudeville Show 6:00 P. M. Legion Banquet — Clearfield; Speaker, State Commander Paul Selecky 7:00 P. M. Band Concert — Clearfield Firemen's Band — Grandstand 8:45 P. M. Address by Legion Commander 9:00 P. M. 3rd. Performance — Historic Pageant 10:00 P. M. Award Dance — Exposition Building, Clearfield Driving Park 10:30 P. M. Street Dancing THURSDAY June 17 AGRICULTURE DAY All Day Osceola Homecoming Day All Day DuBois Homecoming Day — Historic Parade in DuBois 10:00 A. M. Grassland Day at Browncrest Farm. Complete Program continuing to 4:00 P. M. 12:00 Noon Invitation Rotary Club Luncheon 1:00 P. M. Historic Tours 2:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. River Raft Tours 2:30 P. M. Midway Opens 2:45 P. M. Bicycle Race 3:30 P. M. Vaudeville Show 4:00 P. M. Grampian — Homecoming Reception — Lt. Gov. Wood Old Fashioned Chicken Barbecue Dinner — Band Concert, Clearfield Firemen's Band 6:30 P. M. Knights of Columbus Dinner 8:30 P. M. Preliminary Program — prior to Pageant, Lt. Gov. Wood, Speaker 9:00 P. M. 4th. Performance — Historic Pageant 9:00 P.M. 1946 Class Reunion — American Legion Home 10:00 P. M. Street Dancing — Clearfield 10:00 P. M. Public Square Dance at Eagles Ballroom — Clearfield FRIDAY - June 18 GOOD NEIGHBORS DAY 12:00 Noon 1:00 P. M. Historic Tours 1:30 P. M. Army Field Band Concert (Free) — Driving Park 2:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. River Raft Tours 2:30 P. M. Midway Opens 3:30 P. M. Vaudeville Show 5:00 P. M. Basket Picnic — Elliot State Park 6:30 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. Army Field Band Concert — Elliot State Park 6:30 P. M. High School Class 1929 Dinner — Hotel Dimeling 7:00 P. M. Good Neighbor Field Day Contests 8:30 P. M. Final Judging of "Brothers of the Brush" 9:00 P. M. 5th. Performance — Historic Pageant 9:00 P. M. High School Class 1929 Dance — American Legion Home 10:00 P. M. Street Dancing SATURDAY - June 19 AUCTION DAY Shooting Fest — DuBois Rifle Range 10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Auction Sale — Clearfield Driving Park 10:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M. River Raft Tours 2:30 P. M. Midway Opens 3:30 P. M. Vaudeville Show — Lyric Theatre — Clearfield 4:00 P. M. Antique Automobile Club of America — Parade to Driving Park 4:30 P. M. Band Concert and Showing of Antique Automobiles — Driving Park 6:30 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. First Aid Meet — Bituminous Mine Safety Teams 9:00 P. M. Final Performance — Historic Pageant 9:00 P. M. Army Field Band Concert (Free) — DuBois After Pageant Sesqui Week Finale **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/050.htm Page 050 Sesqui Queen Contestants [images of each contestant] Mary Lou SCHALK Leta Elizabeth BROTHERS Audrey A. BEISH Lucille WRIGLESWORTH Joanne R. AXELSON Shirley McNEIL Connie ROLLEY Delores BERGEY Thelma UNCLES Phyllis BARRETT Ruth MORRISON Margaret Ann DUNLAP Barbara JORDEN Patty KEPHART Marianna REITZ Patricia Anne HUBLER Mary Ellen REDDING Doris Jean WEBB Patricia Ann WILLIAMS Dorothy JOHNSON Virginia Anne SYKES Carietta SWALES **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/051.htm Page 051 28 Years After The Declaration of Independence - - - A great County was Born We SALUTE OUR FOREFATHERS ... AND CONGRATULATE THE CITIZENS OF TODAY The ELKS NO. 540 — CLEARFIELD Pay Tribute To those who had a part in the founding of Clearfield County and to those who made the progress down through the years. 54 YEARS ... of Elkdom in Clearfield ...of which we are proud of the part that Elks has played in the progress of this great county ... We look to the future. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A Byword Of Quality And Dependability .. . JACOBSON & ETZWEILER 16 N. 2ND ST. CLEARFIELD, PA. from 1927 to 19541 Serving Clearfield County Men With The Finest Men's Wear! NATIONALLY KNOWN MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR! **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/052.htm Page 052 LEONARDSONS Fashion Corner DuBois, Pa. Specialists in High Grade Attire For Women = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = V. T. SMITH DAIRY DuBois, Pa. Phone 484 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = For quality and economy — buy ROYAL CROWN COLA PAR-T-PAK - Flavors (King size bottle) NEHI - flavors UPPER 10 The Most COMPLETE LINE IN THE SOFT DRINK field. There ore NO better beverages mode. Try them and be convinced. NEHI BOTTLING CO., DUBOIS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD FIRE COMPANY NO. 1 CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA Instituted 1881 Incorporated 1895 OFFICERS 1954 President William H. Stewart Vice President William Hite Secretary Paul A. Moore Sr. Treasurer W. Hayes Sutton Foreman Donald Urban 1st. Assistant Foreman Robert Shope 2nd. Assistant Foreman Donald Dornemon = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = To Millions of Motorists it's the Dealer Sign of Quality It's a sign that says HERE ARE QUALITY PRODUCTS At Your Neighborhood Kendall Dealer **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/053.htm Page 053 COMPLIMENTS OF GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 110 BROCKWAY, PA. It's Always First Class . . . If It's Packed In Glass UNION G.B.B.A. MADE = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of MEYER BROTHERS Electrical Contractors Industrial Equipment Electric, Machine and Welding Shops Phone 701 Philipsburg, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS THE NAME "GATES" HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CLEARFIELD COUNTY'S BUSINESS. GATES HARDWARE This Business was established over 100 years ago first as Blacksmith Shop — Later Wagons — Buggies— Form Machinery Harness — Hardware in 1875. Four Generations Of Successful Business. S. JEFFERSON GATES - WILLIAM D. GATES HARRY G. GATES - JAMES K. GATES IF IT'S HARDWARE—WE HAVE IT. Quality Merchandise Plus Low Prices Satisfied Customers Curwensville Phone 83 Grampian Phone 724R2 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = It has been a privilege to participate in the 150th Anniversary of Clearfield County. THE OSCEOLA LEADER Serving the Osceola Mills area since 1872. MRS. E. S. WITMER, Publisher BERTHA J. JOHNSTON, Editor **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/054.htm Page 054 [image] JOHN H. WOODS SINCE 1912 A Great Name In A Great County . . . It is with a sense of pride that we have traced the growth of our firm in this Great County . . . we look forward to the future . . . CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITIZENS OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY UPON THIS 150TH BIRTHDAY . . . KEYSTONE ICE CREAM CO. BRIDGE ST., CLEARFIELD Phone 5-3561 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD MACHINE COMPANY This Company was organized originally in 1868, as Bigler, Reed and Company by Gov. Bigler who hod secured a contract to build light houses. Within a few years the local lumber industry developed and required saw mill machinery. This Company produced such equipment including steam engines. The Kennards, English boilermakers and blacksmiths, were among the early employees. Two descendants of this family are now employed in the plant. In the 1890s, fireclay deposits prompted the building of fire brick plants locally. At this time, the Company started building Wet and Dry Pans for grinding fire cloy. At about this time Mr. Frank B. Reed became manager of the business and in 1901 sole proprietor with William Mulholland as his assistant. These men were insistent on high grade workmanship first and cost secondly; as a result built up an excellent reputation for quality products. Two steam engines built over fifty years ago are still in service in the brick plants of Osceola Mills, Po., and Beech Creek, Pa. The first potent owned by the firm was purchased by Mr. Frank B. Reed from Mr. John Wynn. It is a mechanical device for unloading Wet Pans and is still being supplied as a part of Wet Pans built by the Company. In 1910, Philip B. Reed became active in the business. He brought Ernest L. Petersen into the organization as an Engineer and General Superintendent. In 1913, Walter E. McMurray, a Mechanical Engineer, became connected with the Company. In 1917, the firm was incorporated as Clearfield Machine Company, with Mr. Frank B. Reed, President and Treasurer, Fred B. Reed, Vice-President, and Philip B. Reed, Secretary. Early in 1919, Mr. J. M. Gallaher joined the organization as salesman. Mulholland had died in 1918, and Petersen resigned in 1919. Gallaher, an accountant, was promoted to Works Manager and became Treasurer in 1924. In the early thirties, Mr. Frank B. Reed secured patents for a machine to prepare foundry sands and assigned them to the Company. These mixers are now being used in North and South America, Africa, and Europe. Mr. Ross K. Quigley came with the Company in the twenties. Mr. Frank B. Reed died in 1934 and Philip B. Reed became the controlling stock owner and President. McMurray was made Vice-President and Gallaher became Secretary-Treasurer. In 1946, Philip B. Reed retired from the business. McMurray become President, Gallaher remained Secretary-Treasurer, and Quigley was made Vice-President. During these eighty odd years of existence, the Clearfield Machine Company has gained on enviable reputation in the industries it serves, the Clay working industry, the steel making industry, and the foundry industry. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/055.htm Page 055 COMPLIMENTS CLEARFIELD ROTARY CLUB No. 821 Organized December 20, 1920 MEETING MONDAY, 6 P. M. HOTEL DIMELING OFFICERS President Lawrence L. Howe 1st Vice President J. Lynn McPherson 2nd Vice President John M. Troxell Secretory-Treasurer W. Howard Mead DIRECTORS Lex R. Browne Lawrence L. Howe Alex Munro Howard L. Kuhns Joseph J. Lee James K. Nevling J. Lynn McPherson Edwin R. Shirey John M. Troxell = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WOLF'S A Central Pennsylvania "BUY WORD" for over 108 Years Over 108 years of Furniture merchandising ... a lot of experience—a chance to have made a lot of friends. And Wolf's is proud that this is what they have truly accomplished—made loyal customers who make true friends! A Wolf Store has been a part of the history of Clearfield since 1940, yet hundreds of area residents, in the years before this, made trips to Wolf's in Altoona to make their furniture purchases. Wolf's received a friendly welcome when they came to Clearfield—and today Wolf's is proud of the fine relations it has fostered in this area of friendly folks. It is with heartfelt humbleness that the Wolf Furniture Company today, during the celebration of Clearfield County's 150th year, thanks the residents of Clearfield and Clearfield County for always making it "feel at home." And Wolf's hopes that in the years to come, it will be privileged in continuing to add, in some small way, to the growth of Clearfield County. Sincerely, WALLACE A. RILEY Clearfield Store Manager Wolf's Clearfield Store, 12-18 South Third Street Wolf's salutes Clearfield County and every resident—Each one a part of the County's Progress! ! ! WOLF FURNITURE CO. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/056.htm Page 056 (Continued from page 7, One need never make apologies when he introduces on outsider to our communities. A people's economy is so readily reflected in the banking institutions which they maintain. Along with everything and everybody, the banks had their difficult times in the "thirsty" thirties and the fluttering early forties. An examination of the history of the banks of the county would reveal an amazing comeback. In the hands of capable, intelligent, and helpful men and women, our banking facilities offer to the people of our County a stabilizing influence, sound counsel, and eager helpfulness. The buildings and appointments and furnishings are in the best of condition and the finest taste. If you are a visitor, or an old timer returned to the old home town for this Sesquicentennial week, you will be agreeably surprised when you visit your favorite bank. Roadside signs have been inviting motorists to travel that extra mile to spend the night in one of our hotels. It is advice well given and certainly well received. Dotted around our county are found some of the finest hotels, very comfortable motels, and most excellent restaurant and coffee shops to be found anywhere in the country. In fact, there does not seem to be any need of our modern living which cannot be amply provided for. If there is need for servicing heavy road building or farming machinery, or automobiles, if it is plumbing or refrigeration, if it is library or diaper service, Clearfield County agencies are prepared to care for our needs. Really, with all the good people as our neighbors, ready and able to extend the least or the last service, with the fine mountain air to breathe and wholesome food to eat and the delicious water to drink,—what a place to live! What a place! But wonderful as the place was and is, the yearning of man to come and go set up the need which resulted in another step in the progress made within the county. The first travel utility was "Shank's Mare", pack animal and horseback, or Indian canoe. But the rich resources of the community demanded better means of transportation and communication. To take iron from the Karthaus region and lumber and logs from all over the county, the river became a very important artery of transportation. Pikes and state roads soon appeared and with them stage coach lines which, through connections with other lines and on other pikes, brought the outside world into our mountain domain. As early as 1830 a railroad was in the dream of some men, but this did not come to realization until about 1870 when a grade was pushed over the mountain from Tyrone and extended as far as Grampian in the early 1890s. Other railroad lines were put into operation until in 1900 there was rail transportation to nearly every community. With the development of paved roads, our mode of transportation has changed greatly. In 1925, there were approximately 90 miles of paved roads in the county. Today, there is over 800 miles. In 1902, one automobile scared the wits out of man and beast in these parts. In 1925, less than 15,000 cars and trucks were on our roads. World War I and more dramatically World War II made the airplane. It is, of course, growing rapidly in favor for commercial travel. Many planes operate from private fields within our county and until very recently, we had a commercial airport making daily flights to far away places. Today, Clearfield Countians must travel just across the county line to the Moshannon Airport where they can secure airline transportation direct to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York and where connections can be made for every city on earth. The writer of this brief sketch remembers a telephone call from California made a few years ago. It took a few minutes to make the connections across the nation. The voice was as clear as if it were only a few feet away. Now, one can sit in one's office and dial a phone across the country and get his party in a matter of seconds. Electricity has opened a new day in communications as it has in industry. In our county alone, there are nearly 20,000 telephone subscribers. We have been advised that there are 22,660 radio families in our county operating over 55,000 sets. When we observed our centennial radio was known, of course, but even a few years ago, radio programs so far as our reception was concerned consisted of cracks and snaps. Today, we have two sending stations in our county, and the powerful metropolitan stations beam their programs to us from high wattage stations. Television has recently added to the delight and the information of thousands in the county. Not as many newspaper groups are active in the county today as have been in years gone by. These newspapers were and still are splendid means of communication and information as well as powerful means for the formation of public opinion. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = TROUTMAN'S DuBois' Finest Department Store Phone 1300 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Greetings From HAY DRUG CO. Long Ave. & Brady St. DuBois, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/057.htm Page 057 FREEBURG POST NO. 591 AMERICAN LEGION AND AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY HOUTZDALE, PENNA. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS OF THE LION'S CLUB CLEARFIELD = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CONGRATULATIONS, CLEARFIELD COUNTY ON 150 YEARS OF PROGRESS LACLEDE-CHRISTY CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IS PROUD TO WORK, LIVE, AND DO BUSINESS IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY LACLEDE-CHRISTY COMPANY OF PENNA. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = HOTEL GENERAL PERSHING HOME OF THREE FAMOUS RESTAURANTS RENOWNED FOR FINE FOOD Coffee Shop Dining Room Stagecoach Bar & Lounge **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/058.htm Page 058 [image] JAMES L. LEAVY [image] FRED B. LEAVY, SR. LEAVY'S FUNERAL HOME Established 1873 CLEARFIELD, PENNA. 81 Years of Continuous Service [image] ROBERT G. LEAVY [image] FRED B. LEAVY, JR. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/059.htm Page 059 KREBS BROS. TRANSFER CO. 111 Merrill St. CLEARFIELD PENNSYLVANIA 1924 - 1954 Local and Long Distance Moving in the United States, Canada, and Alaska = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVERYTHING IN MUSIC Instruments, Pianos, Records, Tuning and Repairs BEER'S MUSIC STORE CLEARFIELD, DUBOIS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of MOORE, WILSON AND ESHELMAN, INC. Snyder Building Clearfield, Pa. Phone: 5-9695 ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE THE AGENCY OF SERVICE = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WORKMAN'S Not 150 years, nor even 100 years, but we have had 32 years actual manufacturing experience producing work clothing that is bound to please you. A new garment free if you find any faulty materials or workmanship. Know them by this Workman's Ball Trademark. WORKMAN'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY CLEARFIELD, PENNA. Consult your local dealer. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/060.htm Page 060 Compliments of BROAD'S GROCERY Phone 5-5012 11 S. Fourth St. Open Week Days 9 Till 9 Clearfield, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of KIRK BROS. OLDSMOBILE WHITE TRUCKS Parts - Sales - Service Phone 1141 Philipsburg, Pa. Winburne 3121 Kylertown, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of WRIGHT'S HARDWARE Serving Clearfield County 15 years PHONE 28 Curwensville, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of CLEARFIELD HARDWARE COMPANY, INC. 17 S. Second St., Dial 5-9625 Clearfield, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = HALEY LUMBER COMPANY CURWENSVILLE, PENNA. MANUFACTURER & WHOLESALER HEMLOCK - PINE AND HARDWOOD Since 1885 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ROCKWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY DUBOIS DIVISION WISHES TO EXTEND TO THE SESQUICENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION, TO EVERY RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY AND THEIR GUESTS OUR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS FOR MAKING THE CELEBRATION A HUGE SUCCESS. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/061.htm Page 061 COMPLIMENTS OF D. W. HUMMEL [image] EMPLOYEES OF D. W. HUMMEL AND NUMBER OF YEARS IN HIS SERVICE Front Row, left to right—Leonard Wain 21 yrs., Harold Wilson 15 yrs., Harry Carney 3 mo., Daniel Hummel Jr. 1 yr., Carl McMaster 8 yrs., Leon Sheeder 3 mo. Second Row—Joseph Smith 16 yrs., Clair Oswalt 3 yrs., Lyman Haney 10 yrs., D. W. Hummel, John Kline 6 yrs. Third Row—Robert Wise 3 yrs., Ed. Wheeler 8 yrs., Benjamin Hummel 8 yrs., Clair Ross 20 yrs. Top Row—Harry Hummel 16 yrs., John Henderson 12 yrs., Lloyd Hummel 9 yrs. —Eighteen Reasons Why You Should Have D. W. HUMMEL Do Your Painting, Papering, Linoleum Work, Cleaning, and Carpet Laying. After working for D. W. Speck from 1920 to 1933 I formed a partnership with Lewis Goylor, known as GAYLOR & HUMMEL, which extended from 1933 to 1938 at which time the partnership was dissolved and I continued business under the name of D. W. HUMMEL. In the spring of 1939, I opened the present retail store, along with my contracting business. CONGRATULATIONS TO CLEARFIELD COUNTY ON THEIR 150TH ANNIVERSARY AND MANY THANKS FOR THEIR PATRONAGE D. W. HUMMEL CLEARFIELD, PA. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = MCCRORY'S 5-10-25 cent STORE 211 - 213 East Market Street, Clearfield, Penna. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/062.htm Page 062 Compliments of DUBOIS DAIRY COMPANY = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of JOSEPH S. REITZ & SON REALTOR INSURANCE DuBois, Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of DUBOIS APPLIANCE CENTER Electrical Appliances Sales & Service Phone 992 101 N. Brady St. DuBois, Penna. You Can Be Sure If It's Westinghouse JACK & HARRY SYKTICH, Proprietors = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CON ALLEN SHOE STORE 3 West Long Avenue DuBois, Pa. 1894 - 1954 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of J. J. NEWBERRY COMPANY 41 - 51 W. Long Avenue DuBois Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ALEXANDER MOTOR PARTS CO., INC. Parts for All Cars. Shop for Reconditioning Motors - Brake Relining - Spark Plugs - Bonney Tools - Sealed Power Piston Rings - DuBois Batteries - Timken and New Departure Bearings - Fram Filters -Gates All Purpose Belts - Trico Wipers. 11 - 13 East Park Ave. DuBois, Penna. Phone 775 - 776 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Serving Clearfield County Twenty-five Years With Dependable Insurance R. C. ANDERSON AGENCY 1929 - 1954 Silver Anniversary DuBois Deposit Bank Bldg. Telephone—DuBois, Penna.-1304 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of LEWIS DEMI & SONS Plumbing - Heating - Tinning 208 N. Third St. Dial 5-9862 Clearfield, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/063.htm Page 063 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PHILIPSBURG The First National Bank of Philipsburg is the successor to a private bank owned and operated by the original stockholders of the national institution. The Moshonnon Banking Company, the private bank, was organized in February 1881 with an authorized capital of $100,000.00 and a cosh capital of $60,000.00. The banking house was on Front Street near the corner of Pine. William P. Duncan was the first president and William H. Sanford, the cashier. The stockholders were John Nuttall, George W. McGaffey, Robert Loyd, Jacob F. Steiner, William P. Duncan and E. W. Hale. On December 29, 1892, a National Charter was applied for and approved, under the name of the Philipsburg National Bank. On March 20, 1893, by approval of the Comptroller of the Currency, the corporate title of the bank was changed to the First National Bank of Philipsburg. The present site, corner of Front and Presqueisle Streets, has been occupied by the First National continuously since its organization. The National Bank has been served by the following presidents: William P. Duncan, George W. McGaffey, L. W. Nuttall, John E. Fryberger, Thomas J. Lee, Henry W. Todd and George McG. Fryberger, who assumed the presidency in January 1948. The capital and surplus of the bank has been increased from its original sum to $400,000.00 and additional accumulation of earnings has brought the capital funds to $1,384,583.01 including reserves. It is the oldest continuous service maintained for banking in the entire area and has kept pace with the changing times to this date. Twenty-six people are employed including officers and deposits according to the last report to the Comptroller of the Currency are $10,445,011.84 with a total balance sheet of $11,829,594.85. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/064.htm Page 064 HOWES LEATHER COMPANY, INC. FRANKLIN TANNING COMPANY CURWENSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS OF SOLE LEATHER AT ITS BEST Science had proven Sole Leather Is Best, Have You? **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/065.htm Page 065 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Clearfield Lodge No. 97 216 North Second Street CLEARFIELD, PENNA. Harris G. Breth Governor Ardell P. Carr Junior Governor Orvis C. Boal Prelate Elisha W. Davis Treasurer Leo T. Eggers Secretary Trustees Roy L. Brady R. L. Robison William J. Davis **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/066.htm Page 066 McPHERSON TIRE SERVICE Clearfield County's Oldest Recapping Service Complete Line of New and Used Tires Rear 208 Walnut St. Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-5941 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = MILLIGAN'S SHOPPE Women's Apparel of Quality Coats - Suits - Dresses Blouses and Skirts Sportswear - Hosiery - Lingerie Costume Jewelry Evening Appointments Layaway Plan 448 State St., Curwensville, Pa. Phone 237-R = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = McNEEL & SMITH CASH MARKET Monarch Brands Complete Line of Baby Foods Leading National Brands Wilson Meats Fresh Produce Frozen Foods Filbert St. Curwensville 15 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = J. E. HIPPS AUTO BODY SHOP Complete Refinishing Phone 5-6862 304 Park Ave. Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SMITH'S FURNITURE & APPLIANCE CO. Congratulations Clearfield County on your 150th Birthday "Smiths for 35 years has meant Quality at a Savings" 19 S. Third St., 108 Bigler Ave. Clearfield = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments CARL A. ANDERSON Justice of the Peace & General Insurance Keystone Building Clearfield, Pa. Phone Keystone Bldg. 5-7021 219 Turnpike Ave. 5-3891 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WEAVER'S RESTAURANT & GRILLE For a pleasant evening visit our modern Bar & Restaurant Home Cooked Foods Friendly Atmosphere Wine - Beer - Liquor R. C. WEAVER Curwensville 9478 229 Filbert St. Curwensville, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = MANN'S ATLANTIC SERVICE Firestone Tires and Tubes Batteries - Lee Phone 5-9966 Second & Locust Sts. Clearfield, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/067.htm Page 067 DOTTS MOTOR CO., INC. 316-318 E. Market St. CLEARFIELD, PENNA. WHEN IN CLEARFIELD DURING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL WEEK, YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT OUR SHOWROOM CARS TRUCKS "NEW CAR DEALER IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY SINCE 1922" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS OF CLEARFIELD OIL & GAS COMPANY DISTRIBUTOR SERVING CLEARFIELD COUNTY FOR MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITH PENNZOIL PRODUCTS **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/068.htm Page 068 GENERAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY General Refractories Co. West Decatur, Clearfield County, Penna. Main Office Philadelphia, Penna. TWENTY-NINE PLANTS IN UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES A COMPLETE REFRACTORIES SERVICE = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W. T. GRANT CO. "KNOWN FOR VALUE" Four Stores in One Variety Fashions Dry Goods Hardware and Home Furnishings A streamlined "one" stop shopping center W. T. GRANT CO. CLEARFIELD, PA. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLAIR S. ZIMMERMAN CONCRETE CONTRACTOR FOUNDATIONS - SIDEWALKS CELLAR AND GARAGE FLOORS READY-MIXED CONCRETE For Estimate Without Obligation PHONE CLEARFIELD 5-6538 313 Merrill St. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/069.htm Page 069 Radios, Private Baths, Telephone In Every Room, Hot Water Heat NEW AND MODERN RIVERSIDE MOTEL Your Home at Our Home Open Year Round West on Route 322 Clearfield, Penna. For Reservations Phone 5-9232 or 5-9940 MR. & MRS. E. C. LEE, Owners = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ST. CHARLES CAFE Third and Reed Streets Clearfield Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WILDWOOD PARK Tap Room VERNA & TONY MUNCHAK Sandwiches Beer - Wine - Liquor Television A Pleasant Place To Stop Located on New Highway 322 Curwensville—Phone 9473-J-1 Grampian Highway Curwensville = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of ANNA H. HALL, Proprietor AT THE GIFT BOX 118 E. Market Street Clearfield Penna. Across from the Ritz Theater = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = MOUNT PLEASANT GRANGE NO. 975 UTAHVILLE, PENNA. OFFICERS 1954 Master Alvah J. Williams Overseer Clair Semple Lecturer Rheubena W. Doyle Steward Robert Newton Asst. Steward Elliot Glass Chaplain Ellen Miller Treasurer Frank Diehl Secretary Olga W. Hegerty Gate Keeper Fred Burchill Ceres Iva Dillen Pomona Oneida O'Donnell Flora Venetta Marshall Lady Asst. Steward Dessie Semple Pianists Ruthann Williams, Hazel Newton MEMBERS 1954 William E. Bolinger, Catherine Bolinger, Jesse Bolinger Jr., Fred Burchill, George L. Bennett, Verna Bennett, Courtland Copenhaver, Russell Cowen, Samuel W. Davis, Fronk Diehl, Iva Dillen, Anna Dillen, Ellen Dillen, Loraine Dillen, Rheubena W. Doyle, Russell Doyle, Edna C. Fry, Foster Gates, Iva Gathagan, Elliott Glass, Alcesta Glass, Olga W. Hegarty, John Kohler, Clifford Marshall, Venetta Marshall, Elizabeth Marshall, David L. McCoy, Edna McCoy, Ellen Miller, George Mullen, Joseph Neibauer, Peter Nemish, Edgar Neveling, Martha Neveling, Sarah Newton, Robert Newton, Hazel Newton, Oneida O'Donnell, Michael Opolisky, Minnie W. Price, Fay Ross, Donald Ross, Clair Semple, Dessie Semple, Josephine Shoff, Eleanor C. Stiles, William J. Twigg, Jack Twigg, Virginia R. Twigg, Alvah J. Williams, Gordon M. Williams, Vernon A. Williams, Vera V. Williams, Ruthann Williams, Gertrude Wingert. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = P. M. BURNS FARM SUPPLY 9 W. Second Ave. Clearfield, Pa. Serving Clearfield County Farmers with Ford Tractors and Dearborn Farm Equipment, Marietta Silos, McCullough Chain Saws, and other leading lines of farm equipment. Phone 5-7072 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DAISY THORN BUTLER GRADUATE CORSETIERE Thorn Building Clearfield Penna. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/070.htm Page 070 BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN On September 11, 1898, fourteen employees of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Co., and the Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad, organized the Clearfield Lodge Number 561, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Ira L. Small, retired and now residing in Clearfield is the only surviving Charter Member. Clearfield County's system of railroads was manned mostly by Clearfield men. They are justly proud of the large part they hove played in the development of the County. During both World Wars, working under emergency conditions which called for many extra hours of day and night, often working short handed under all kinds of weather, they never foiled in giving vital support to the boys "up fronton the battle lines. From 1902 through 1930, passenger, road, and yard service called for seventy-five Clearfield yard crews daily. With the passing of passenger service, these crews have been cut to ten or twelve working o five day week. The pioneering has gone from the railroads. The oldtimers still :ong for the excitement and whistle of the old "Iron Horse", but even with the changeover to diesels the pride in their work goes on. If offered a chance to live their lives over; it would still be proudly said, "We'll take railroading!" At present, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Lodge 561 has nearly one hundred members, thirty retired and seventy actively employed by the New York Central. The Lodge's officers are—W. F. Dixon, president; James W. Starr, secretory-treasurer; and D. B. Potts, Legislative Representative. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS FULLINGTON AUTO BUS COMPANY DEPENDABLE SERVICE BETWEEN CLEARFIELD & TYRONE ALTOONA Personally conducted tours anywhere in U.S.A. or Canada = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SMEAL BROTHERS GARAGE 1917-43 Rautch & Swartzle 1943-54 Smeal Bros. 112 E. LOCUST ST. PHONE 5-5891 Reo Power Lawn Mowers Willys Cars, Jeeps, Pick-ups & Station Wagons Reo Trucks & Buses Corduroy Tires = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SPIKE'S BAR & GRILLE 315 E. Market St. CLEARFIELD, PA. Welcomes you to Clearfield County's 150th anniversary. We hope you will enjoy the complete program that has been planned for you. In your leisure moments stop at SPIKE'S BAR & GRILL and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of our Stag Bar and Grill. We have your favorite Beverage and Good Food. WILLIAM H. BUCK, Prop. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/071.htm Page 071 OUR BEST WISHES TO Clearfield County's One Hundped-fiftieth Birthday Clearfield Clay Products Company MANUFACTURERS OF LADLE FIRE BRICK RIVERVIEW CLEARFIELD, PENNA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/072.htm Page 072 DUFTON HARDWARE COMPANY SHOP WITH EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL IN THE HARDWARE FIELD 1901 to 1954 AT THE SAME LOCATION = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD SPORTING GOODS COMPANY "Everything for the Sportsman" Guns & Ammunition Fishing Equipment Athletic Supplies Reloading Equipment Gunsmithing Boats & Johnson Outboard Motors Archery - Tennis - Golf Equipment 13-17 North Third St. Clearfield, Penna. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/073.htm Page 073 [image] INTERIOR OF THE "BOSS" DRY GOODS STORE Enterprise Block, DuBois City, Pa., headquarters for dry goods, notions, clothing, boots and shoes. Carpets, groceries, wall poper and blinds, all at sand rock prices. New goods constantly received. Our prices tell and everybody tells our prices at P. S. Weber & Co. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = To CLEARFIELD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 150TH ANNIVERSARY From an Industrial Member of the Community Since 1884 HARBISON-WALKER REFRACTORIES CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES World's Largest Producer of Refractories OPERATIONS IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY PLANTS: Clearfield Nos. 1, 2, and 3, and Shop; Barrett; Wallaceton MINES: Woodland District Mines **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/074.htm Page 074 CLEARFIELD LODGE NO. 198 I. O. O. F. CLEARFIELD COUNTY'S FIRST AND OLDEST FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION Chartered August 1846 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = MILLER DAIRY COMPANY DAIRY PRODUCTS Corner West Cherry & West Second Streets CLEARFIELD, PA. Dial 5-9211 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = C. M. RHINE & SON WHOLESALE & RETAIL CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDY, SUNDRIES Serving The Public For Over A Half Century **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/075.htm Page 075 CONGRATULATIONS TO CLEARFIELD COUNTY ON ITS 150TH BIRTHDAY We have enjoyed serving you for the past 51 years consecutively, and are anticipating continued progress in the years ahead. . . FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COALPORT Founded 1903 COALPORT, PENNSYLVANIA **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/076.htm Page 076 GILBERT I. TOZER INSURANCE PHONE 757 638 State St. Curwensville, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLEARFIELD WHOLESALE PAPER AND NOTION CO., INC. Paper, Twine, and Notions Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = McGARVEY CHEVROLET Telephone 21R12 Dorsey Ave. IRVONA, PENNA. 1922 - 1954 Sales and Service Body Repair = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = McCLURE'S BOOT SHOP 38 No. 2nd St. Clearfield, Pa. Extends Best Wishes to CLEARFIELD COUNTY And Its Residents on the occasion of its 150th Birthday. We're Proud to have been a part of its Retail Economy for the past 20 years! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = KARTHAUS GARAGE Gas, Oil, and Accessories State Auto Inspection Exide Batteries, Tires L. A. RENAUD, Karthaus, Pa., Owner Phone: Frenchville 2379 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SHUGARTS SHOES Familiar in the business section of downtown Clearfield is the beautiful shoe store of SHUGARTS Shoes . . . For 19 years serving the people in this area, featuring world famous names in quality shoes. Air Step, Life Stride, Roblee, Pedwin, Buster Brown, Buskens, P. F. Canvas Shoes, and many other world famous names. Clearfield DuBois = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WILLIAM S. GILLILAND STUDEBAKER SALES and SERVICE Cars and Trucks 111 Turnpike Ave. Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-3821 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = HUNTER AND LLOYD FUNERAL HOME 1904 - 1954 Phone 161-R-4 Irvona, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/077.htm Page 077 The Chamber of Commerce of Clearfield CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA An organization of forward looking citizens—principally businessmen and women— and others who share their viewpoint, organized for the purpose of improving conditions under which trade and industry are conducted and to improve the general welfare of the Clearfield Area WHERE good schools, a modern hospital and churches of all denominations meet the need of its people . . . WHERE labor leaders and bank presidents stand ready to lend their cooperation and efforts to make the area an economical and profitable location for new industries . . WHERE friendly merchants, modern well stocked stores and aggressive cooperative leadership made the community an outstanding trading center extending for beyond the boundaries of Clearfield County . . . WHERE the working people with deep pride in their hometown, their homes and jobs participate in local government and civic activities . . . WHERE nearby mountain streams, state parks and game lands, swimming pools and theatres, plus many organized sports contribute much to the general happiness of its people . . . THIS is Clearfield. A PROGRESSIVE, INDUSTRIOUS COMMUNITY NEAR THE NATION'S GREATEST MARKETS INVITES YOU TO CONSIDER THE MANY ADVANTAGES TO INDUSTRY FOUND IN THE CLEARFIELD AREA OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CLEARFIELD A Local Institution—Serving The Area Since 1887 CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/078.htm Page 078 SERVING CLEARFIELD COUNTY Since 1931 WARD TRUCKING CORP. Ward Tower Altoona, Pa. SHIP the WARD way = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = JUNIOR BOARD OF TRADE Clearfield, Pa. Synonymous with Civic Interest and Effort since 1922 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SANDRI SUPPLY COMPANY Curwensville, Pa. Phone 178 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Fifty-four Years of Floral Service BLACKER FLORAL SHOP 304 E. Market Street 615 Nichols Street = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CHESTER "CHET" A. OWENS Groceries - Gas - Oil Telephone 59913 Open Evenings and Sundays Turnpike Avenue Extension Route 153 Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = REED BROTHERS Contractor and Builder New Construction Remodeling and Repairs Phone 5-9202 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BROWN BROTHERS CONTRACT CARRIERS P. 0. Box 59 Curwensville Penna. Phone 587 HOWARD G BROWN, BLAKE R. BROWN = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LININGER FUNERAL HOME Since 1926 R. H. LININGER Funeral Director Curwensville, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/079.htm Page 079 BROWN'S BOOT SHOPS Congratulate The Citizens Of Clearfield County On This Memorable Occasion 150 years [image] The Original Store . . back in 1907 Brown's Boot Shops was founded in DuBois, Pa. and like the progress of this great county of ours . . . Brown's expanded in 47 years to 24 Great Stores in the area. In the picture, left to right: Mr. Fred Brown, owner, man seated unidentified, and Mr. Arthur Senard, warehouse manager. BROWN'S BOOT SHOPS 24 Shoe Stores Located In Bellefonte, Pa. Bradford, Pa. Brookville, Pa. Blairsville, Pa. Clarion, Pa. Clearfield, Pa. DuBois, Pa. Emporium, Pa. Franklin, Pa. Greenville, Pa. New Bethlehem, Pa. Olean, N. Y. Oil City, Pa. Philipsburg, Pa. Punxsutawney, Pa. Salamanca, N. Y. St. Marys, Pa. Warren, Pa. Washington, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/080.htm Page 080 Happy 150th Birthday To The Citizens of Clearfield County [image] GRACIOUS DINING . . . a toast to the pleasures of yesteryear and to all your beautiful tomorrows. FOR 10 YEARS . . . A wonderful eating spot that everyone favors—"home cooked" flavor of tasty dishes and hearty home-sized portions, too . . . Dining room available for parties, receptions and banquets . . . seating facilities for 50 persons. You'll always find gracious hospitality in pleasant surroundings at . . . THE CLEARFIELD DINER "Clearfield's Popular Eating Establishment" **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/081.htm Page 081 JURY'S SERVICE STATION Corner Third and Market Streets Clearfield Penna. KENDALL GAS AND OIL Dial 5-3731 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments TRIANGLE AUTO SPRING CORPORATION DuBois Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = PAUL J. SHORT Funeral Home Ambulance Service Phone 787 DuBois Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = FRED R. SHIVELY The Jeweler Gifts That Last 34 W. Long Ave. DuBois Phone 16 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BOB'S A. & N. STORE "Workman's Paradise" Paints and Camping Equipment Dress Shoes - Clothing Souvenir Sesqui-T-Shirts = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Congratulations on Clearfield County's 150th Birthday 1804 - Progress Marches On Harry says: For today's fashions in mens and boys wear—it will pay you to give us some of your shopping time. YOUNG MEN'S SHOP DuBois, Pa. Not Affiliated With Any Other Store = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = STRATTAN MOTOR CO., INC. OLDS AND CADILLAC SALES and SERVICE Fourth and Pine Streets Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-5041 R. B. STRATTAN, JESS MANN = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = M. GUY STEWART, INC. LINCOLN and MERCURY SALES and SERVICE 500 River Rd. Clearfield, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/082.htm Page 082 [image] Your daily newspaper The Progress salutes Clearfield County and its citizenry on this 150th birthday **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/083.htm Page 083 COMPLIMENTS OF NORTH AMERICAN REFRACTORIES COMPANY = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [image] Hotel and Storeroom of Leonard Kyler, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries—Kylertown, Clearfield County, Pa. [image] Insurance, Shipping and Real Estate Office of James Kerr, Clearfield, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/084.htm Page 084 DORSE ALBERT MOTORS CLEARFIELD'S OLDEST DEALER With the Million Dollar Ride Service Above All 313 Cherry St., CLEARFIELD Phone 5-5555 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = HENRY J. BROWN EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERING HYDE, PENNA. Phone 5-6625 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of HOWE'S JEWELRY STORE Established 1903 OVER 50 YEARS OF SERVICE 117 Market St. Clearfield, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/085.htm Page 085 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT CLUB OF CLEARFIELD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 21 North Second St. Clearfield Pennsylvania Provides supervising male employees of Industrial Organizations in the Clearfield area, an opportunity for the exchange of ideas on Industrial Management with particular emphasis on the human element in industry. Organized February 1953 Present membership of 99 includes supervisors from 15 organizations in the Clearfield area. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = J. M. (JACK) CALLAHAN Supplier of Sinclair Products 77 Philipsburg = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = JOHN R. CRAGO, INC. Clearfield, Pa. 2 Latimer St. Phone 5-6052 Distributors Esso Petroleum Products Goodyear Tires and Tubes = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = GROWING WITH CLEARFIELD We are proud to be a part of your thriving community and to contribute our share to your progress and growth. Recent improvements and the substantial enlargement of our shopping facilities enable us to serve you better. MURPHY'S The Store for Values! 243-45 Market Street, Clearfield = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LEE METAL PRODUCTS CO., INC. J. MUNSON LEE, Pres. & Treas. GEO. H. TAY, V. Pres. & Gen. Mgr. THOS. J. LEE, Secy. Manufacturers of Corrosion Resisting Equipment, Tanks, Steam Jacketed Kettles, Special Processing Equipment, Stainless Steel, Pure Nickel, Monel Metal. Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Phone 676-677 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ENJOY PURITY MILK ANDICE CREAM PURITY MILK CORP. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/086.htm Page 086 "We've Been Friends For Years" 30 Of 'Em - - "To Be Exact ! ! [image] Yes, it's 30 years since the first BEARD Service Station, seen at the left, began serving the motorists of Clearfield County . . And We're Proud of the many customers and friends that have been coming all these years! [image] OUR STATION TODAY! Growth of business and expansion of services have necessitated the enlargement of our quarters several times in the past and our present station, seen at the right, is equipped to offer every service to the motoring public. [image] OUR MODERN TIRE RECAPPING PLANT One of the County's pioneer recapping firms, we can recap all size tires, to the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. Specifications, in our Recapping Plant, located at the rear of our Service Station, and seen in the picture at the left. [image] STORAGE TANKS FOR STERLING GAS ... OILS! A Sterling Station since we opened, we have been associated with the Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation for 30 years. One of our fleet of trucks is seen loading from a storage tank, in the picture at the right ... We Extend Congratulations To Clearfield County On Its 150th Birthday! L. F. & J. B. BEARD Quaker State Petroleum Products — B. F. Goodrich Rubber Products OLD TOWN ROAD CLEARFIELD **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/087.htm Page 087 CARNS BROTHERS INC. GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS CARNS, CARNS Specializing in New Construction, Repairing and Remodeling LUMBER MILLWORK 1238 S. 2nd St. CALL Office CLEARFIELD 5-6721 Mill CLEARFIELD 5-3580 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The New RIVERVIEW INN OLD TOWN ROAD CLEARFIELD, PA. Drinks, Dining and Dancing Phone 5-9956 GEORGE W. FOX, JR., Proprietor = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS OF CLEARFIELD DAIRY COMPANY, INC. MILK, ICE CREAM Clearfield Penna. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SANDY AND SONS Established in 1923 By C. C. Sandy SELF-SERVICE SUPER MARKET 135 Race Street Clearfield, Pa. Now Owned and Operated By CARMEN P. TONEY **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/088.htm Page 088 MILLER CLEANING AND DYE WORKS 118 Presqueisle St. Phone 424-J Philipsburg, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = J. J. BRIEL Hardware Auto Supplies Karthaus, Pa. Phone: Frenchville 2466 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BOB BROWN BROWN CREST FARMS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LEITZINGERS DEPARTMENT STORE 72 YEARS 1882 1954 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = TURNPIKE KENDALL SERVICE STATION Lubrication by Appointment WM. PETERS, Prop. Turnpike Ave., Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-5091 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = F. W. WISE GAS CO., INC. 212 Bridge St. Clearfield, Pa. BOTTLED GAS SALES AND SERVICE Born in Clearfield County Reared in Clearfield County Happy in Clearfield County and Proud of Clearfield County Founded 1937, Incorporated 1947 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/089.htm Page 089 Residence and timber farm of David Reams, practical surveyor, Luthersburg, Brady Twp., Clearfield Co., Penna. Manufacturer of all kinds of sawed lumber and all grades of shingles, loth, and pickets. 320 acres of choice pine and hemlock timber. [image] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = STEVENS ECONOMY MARKET Groceries, Meat and Produce 419 Ogden Ave., Clearfield, Pa. Phone 5-3252 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Compliments of T. J. NORRIS DRY CLEANING 110-112 Cherry Street e 5-3831, Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = IDDINGS SERVICE STATION Open 6:00 A. M. to 12:00 P. M. Washing, Lubrication Pennzoil Products Corner 2nd and Locust Sts. Clearfield, Pa. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CYRUS A. BROWN Electrical Contractor No Job Too Small No Job Too Large All Work Guaranteed Phone 5-3757 Free Estimates **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/090.htm Page 090 Welcome To The Clearfield County Sesqui-Centennial Celebration We, at this bank, are proud to be identified as one of the participants in this huge celebration. Our own golden anniversary was celebrated four years ago and we therefore consider our institution to be one of the old well-established banks of Clearfield County. We extend our heartiest congratulations for a job well done to all of those who devoted so much of their time and effort to make this celebration such a huge success. The Union Banking and Trust Company of DuBois, Pennsylvania MEMBER OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/091.htm Page 091 CLEARFIELD KIWANIS CLUB Organized June 1926 "We Build" 1954 Members working for a greater Clearfield County Bair, N. Robert Banks, Rev. W. W. Barnes, Geo. W. ***Beard, Lewis F. Bigley, Harold G. Brown ,Earl P. Coldren, Walter W. *Conrad, Donald R. *Croyle, Rev. Robert R. Crum, John F., Jr. Davidson, Robert **Davis, E. Clair* Derrick, Albert L. *Fulmer, J. Riley, Jr. Gearhart, Kenneth M. Gordon, Eldon E. ***Houser, Rev. E. Roy* ***Hershey, Robert M. Hinklemon, Rev. Ralph D. Hoover, William R. Johnson, Royce 0. Koons, Martin Kuhns, Harold E. Kurtz, Robert M. *Lee, Asbury W., III Leipold, Richard B. *Lyon, Jess W. Malyn, Irving McLaughlin, James *Mann, Harry E ***Mann, Harvey S.* ***Mitchell, William 0.* *Mohr, J. Howard *Morrison, S. F. W. *Nicholson, Kenneth J. Quigley, Ross K. *Rabe, David F. ***Ramey, W. Albert* *Rees, Haydn Scott, George A. Schrot, Rudolph F. ***Shuck, E. S. Silberblatt, Paul Sloppy, Guy *Smeal, Lester I. *Stratton, Ronald B. Stewart, Irvin Toney, Carmen P. Unger, Herbert E. *Vogelsong, Charles A., Jr. Winslow, Gerald M. Weiss, Arthur J. Woolridge, H. Rembrandt Young, Charles E. * Post Presidents ** Past Lt. Governor *** Charter Members = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = COMPLIMENTS OF PATTERSON-EMERSON-COMSTOCK, INC. ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS 313 East Carson Street PITTSBURGH 19, PA. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/092.htm Page 092 HELMBOLD & STEWART INSURANCE In 1868, James Kerr established a Fire Insurance Agency in Clearfield. Ever since this Agency has served the insuring public their needs, be it Fire Insurance, Casualty and Automobile, or Life Insurance. Following Mr. Kerr came Carroll L. Biddle, William C. Helmbold, Leslie Stewart, Arnold Helmbold, J. Leslie Hoover, L. W. Spencer, J. Lynn Stewart, W. Howard Stewart, William D. Reading, Alex H. Hynd, and Wilbert J. (Foxy) Kerr, all of whom remained firm to the tradition of Sound, Solid and Reliable Insurance. 129 E. MARKET STREET CLEARFIELD, PA. Eighty-six Years Serving the Folks of Clearfield County Insurance Wise = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = JOHN LEWIS SHADE POST No. 6 AMERICAN LEGION MEETING NIGHT 2ND MONDAY EACH MONTH CLEARFIELD, PA. HOME - SOUTH SECOND STREET AT LEAVY AVE. Commander Henry A. Peterson 1st Vice Commander William Thomson 2nd Vice Commander John Kerr Adjutant Robert Shucker Sergeant-at-Arms Zeke Buck Historian Joseph R. Hogentogler Chaplain Robert Cowder Finance Officer Francis R. McGoey Commander of Firing Squad Isaac Robinson LADIES AUXILIARY of JOHN LEWIS SHADE UNIT No. 6 President Mrs. Walter Gearhart 1st Vice President Mrs. Hazel Shillen 2nd Vice President .... Mrs. Jane Johnson Recording Secretary Mrs. Arlene Barger Treasurer Miss Helene Lytle Chaplain Mrs. Esther Ann Kyler Historian Mrs. Delia Krebs Sergeant-at-Arms Mrs. Abagail Hess Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Anne Young MEETING NIGHT 3RD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT POST HOME For God And Country **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/093.htm Page 093 [image] SHAWVILLE... Symbol of Progress It is fitting that Penelec's new 275,000 kilowatt generating station should be placed in service during Clearfield County's 150th anniversary—and the 75th anniversary of the invention of the electric light bulb. Low cost electricity has played an important part in the progress of this community. We use it to run the giant motors of our industries, to light our streets and businesses, to bring comfort, entertainment and convenience to our homes, to make farming so much easier and more productive. The completion of the Shawville station marks another step in Penelec's postwar expansion program designed to meet the future needs of the Clearfield area and all the Pennsylvania communities served—to provide BETTER LIVING for all. Light For Freedom...Power For Progress PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/094.htm Page 094 STERLING ROOFING COMPANY CONTRACTORS ROOFING, SIDING ESTABLISHED 1927 610 Nichols Street, Clearfield, Penna. Phone 5-9581 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SOULT WHOLESALE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1940 522 Williams Street, Clearfield, Penna. Phone 5-5591 **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/095.htm Page 095 Working together .. . Through the years .. For Greater Clearfield Your Home . . and Ours . . . For 150 years, civic leaders, citizens and businessmen have worked together for the good and growth of Clearfield County. Today, those who claim it as their home and those who have chosen to live in Clearfield share the pride and honor of Clearfield County's Sesquicentennial. We at SEARS, are proud of Clearfield and the part our Company plays in the economy of the county. No Stranger in the County . . . The Mail Order Catalogs first introduced SEARS to Clearfield, and SEARS was "No stranger in the county" when our Catalog Order Office opened on Market Street in April 1939 ... The following May our Retail Store was opened at 235 Market Street and we moved to our present location in November of 1950. Clearfield County 150 Years Young . . . Today, we join our friends in celebrating Clearfield County's Sesquicentennial . . . Tomorrow and through the years, SEARS will serve Clearfield County by furnishing the needs for modern, comfortable living at money-saving prices! SEARS extends congratulations to Clearfield County and its residents and will continue to work for the good and growth of the county . . . Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" SEARS 240 E. Market Street Clearfield, Pa. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/096.htm Page 096 Clearfield Count Sesquicentennial Association, Inc. June 13-19, 1954 18O4 - 1954, Clearfield, Pa. In Appreciation The members of the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors and members of the various committees of the six divisions of the Sesqui-Centennial Organization have earned my gratitude for the loyal and efficient cooperation they have extended. Many thanks, too, go to the members of the great cast of our stage-spectacle, "The Sesqui Story" for their excellent performances. We are grateful also to all of those who so faithfully supported by "shares of participation" in this Souvenir Program. Special recognition is given to Caldwells Atlas of Clearfield County and numerous individuals without whose pictures this publication would not be possible. J. Riley Fulmer, Jr. GENERAL CHAIRMAN J. Riley Fulmer, Jr. VICE CHAIRMEN Haydn W. Rees George M. Dimeling SECRETARY J. H. Richards TREASURER Andrew J. Sutika DIVISION CHAIRMEN Finance W. Howard Stewart Publicity Mrs. W. K. Ulerich Spectacle Jesse W. Lyon Spectacle Ticket Mrs. Dorothy Johnston Special Events S. K. Williams L. E. Soult Hospitality L. F. Beard ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS George Goylor Nelson Lewis Richard Bell S. F. W. Morrison R. I. Fulton J. Rex Bloom **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/097.htm Page 097 [image] CURWENSVILLE JOINT HIGH SCHOOL, Curwensville, Penna. [image] HARMONY JOINT HIGH SCHOOL, Westover, R. D., Penna. [image] CLEARFIELD AREA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Clearfield, Penna. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/098.htm Page 098 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Roy I. Fulton, Pres. Howard Stewart, Vice Pres. Andrew Sutika, Treas. James H. Richards, Sec'y Nelson Lewis Frank Morrison J. Riley Fulmer, Jr. George Dimeling Haydn Rees Jesse Lyon Mrs. W. K. Ulerich Mrs. Dorothy Johnston L. E. Soult Sylvan Williams L. F. Beard Richard Bell, Counsel Rex Bloom George Gaylor HONORARY CHAIRMEN Hon. John C. Arnold Hon. John J. Pentz GENERAL CHAIRMAN J. Riley Fulmer, Jr. VICE-CHAIRMEN Haydn Rees George Dimeling FINANCE DIVISION Howard Stewart, Chairman Joseph McMurray, Vice Chairman SPECIAL EVENTS DIVISION L. E. Soult, Co-chairman Sylvan Williams, Co-chairman PUBLICITY DIVISION Mrs. W. K. Ulerich, Chairman SPECTACLE-TICKET DIVISION Mrs. Dorothy Johnston, Chairman SPECTACLE DIVISION Jesse Lyon, Chairman HOSPITALITY DIVISION L. F. Beard, Chairman William Stewart, Vice Chairman AREA CHAIRMEN DuBois Ben Mercer Grampian Oscar Anderson Coalport John F. Smith Houtzdale LeRoy Lloyd Osceola Mills John McNeish Karthaus Paul M. Woodling SPECTACLE SUB-CHAIRMEN Cast Mrs. Dorothy Smith Scenario and Title Miss Betty Hamilton Costume and Make-Up Rebecca Welsh Properties Jack Norris Construction Cecil Rishel Music (Spectacle) Mrs. Raymond Schucker FINANCE SUB-CHAIRMEN Concessions Richard E. Kerr Historical Programs Richard Leipold and Haydn Rees Official Hats Norman Bloom Brothers of the Brush Robert A. Carlson Bonnets Mrs. Hallie Beausigneur Wooden Nickels Mrs. A. W. Lee III Decorations John T. McDermitt Souvenir Plates Mrs. Olive Highfield SPECIAL EVENTS SUB-COMMITTEE Historical Windows Mrs. Paul Ruch and Mrs. John Crago Celebration Balls John B. Kerr Special Days Rev. George Clarke Sunday Chairman Samuel P. Bressler Monday Chairman William Eshelman Tuesday Chairman Donald Wolfe Wednesday Chairman Fred Diehl Thursday Chairman Dick Adams Friday Chairman Roy Wise Saturday Chairman Jack Lytle Agricultural Chairman ... William Mitchell HOSPITALITY DIVISION SUB-CHAIRMEN Homecoming R. I. Fulton Traffic 8 Safety Roy McMullen Housing Janet Mullen Transportation Robert Dotts SPECTACLE-TICKET SUB-CHAIRMEN Advance Tickets Mrs. Ruth Waite Queen Contest Margaret Nemeth Box Office Robert Mitchell Gate and Ushers Clifford Mann PUBLICITY SUB-CHAIRMEN Press and Radio Mrs. W. K. Ulerich Distributive Mrs. Merle C. Wigfield Speakers Mrs. Rembrandt Woolridge The individual members of committees by far and large come from service clubs, social clubs, labor organizations, industries, granges, etc., involving several thousand persons. Space does not physically present itself nor does the staff time permit the accumulation of so many names. Therefore, acknowledgment is hereby made of the helpful service provided by those persons on the various committees who so freely gave of their time in the interest of the Sesquicentennial. **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/program-front.htm Page Pageant Program Front The Clearfield County Sesqui-Centennial Corporation presents An Historical Pageant-Spectacle "The Sesqui Story" A John B. Rogers Production SESQUI CHOIR Directed by Mrs. Raymond Schucker Stated Under the Direction of WALT WILLIAMS FIREMEN'S BAND Directed by Al Rockwell Costumes, Scenery and Lighting by the John B. Rogers Producing Company, Fostoria, Ohio CAST OF CHARACTERS (Not complete at time of going to press) NARRATORS Barbara Lee Saunders George Dietzel Robert Shawley Hazel Thorn Wallace Robert S. Kepner Robert R. Croyle SCENES INTRODUCTION Old Timer Joe Young PROLOGUE TRUMPETERS: Linda Undercoffer, Linda Crissman, Marlene Wrigley, Sandra Cannon, Gweneth Corr, Shirley Gisewhite, Margaret Gintzer, Nancy Sneddon, Barbara Lippart, Judy Harasti, Janice Hollopeter, Pauline Maloni, Demmy McLaughlin COLOR GUARDS: Courtesy of the American Legion UNITED NATIONS RIDERS: Karen Johnston, Barbara Betz, Pat Dickson, Evon Schlemmer, Jackie Hipps, Ginny Adams, Patty Peoples, Bonnie Rafferty, Joyce Tate, Vonda Lee Rowles, Richard Dickson MISS COLUMBIA: Valerie Peterson CUB SCOUTS: Bill Franson, Graydon Leach,Tom Cavalla, Jan Hubble, John Palmgren, Dennis Main Welsh, Jackie Selfridge, Ronald Horton, Roger Buchann, Bill McKindrick, Arden Hallback, Wesley Young, Charles Mays, Lee Lykens, Dennis Kenyon, David Gallagher, Rick Snyder, Bob Wrigley, Bill Reed, John Potts, Jack Bees, Bill Hamm, Dean Long, Sidney Narhood, Robert Zibbens, Ronald Schulte, Bob Tibbens BROWNIES: Gail Long, Joon Shaffner, Vickie Merle, Susie Robbins, Martha Potts GIRL SCOUTS: Joyce Schultz, Connie Selfridge, Mary Moines, Judy Wilson, Connie Hamm, Patricia Wolters, Margaret Luzier, Florence O'Day ATTENDANTS: Norma McLoughlin, Gretchen Webb, Patty Boyd, Thelma Graham, Helen Johnston, Mona Hainsey, Evelyn Ogden, Marge Coon, Lorraine Huger, Carol Graffius, Orvis Wiser, Mildred Brown, Grace Green, Carolyn Parks, Ruby Binger, Shirley Corns, Martha Show, Dorothy Hoover, Evelyn Kennedy, Janet Mainer, Isabel Rowles, Patty Smith, Pat Corns CADETS: Penny Hile, Pat Eodie, Judy Bell, Grace Gormont, Vivian Muerphy, Betty Sharisky, Emma Hoke, Joyce Billotte, Joan Brother, Bonnie Keirn, Jeannie Louis, Nancy Johnson, Marlene Fetters, Barbara Merritt, Rose Mary Ranch, Barbara Read, Von Adams STATES: Sally Lonsberry, Bernice Murphy, Ruth Lyda, Peggy Condran, Mitzie Robbins, Ann Read, Sandy Peters, Kay Dole, Mimi Dimeling, Judy Corns, Catherine McLaughlin, Carolyn Peterson, Pat Mullen, Louise Conner, Nancy Lynn, Barbara Milligan, Althea Luzier, Songa Nelson, Nadine Parks, Sandy Barr, Dorothy Wesly, Bonnie Henchbarger NATIONS: Nancy Densham, Lucy Wadsworth, Marlene Baron, Sara Ann Nelson, Betsy Jane Stanley, Lillian Lyda, Barbara Turza, Sandra Brown, Korot Ann Smith, Nancy Selmer, Dixie Flood, Gene McIntire SAILORETTES: Rita lanaro, Betty Lou Welsh, Mary Snyder, Rosalie Hall, Connie McCornich, Beverly Caldwell, Karen Kenyon, Rosemary Mendolo, Jackie Cole, Sara Lyons, Joanne Sheuimel, Cecilia Hoover, Joyce Shugarts, Lou Stephenson, Theresa McGovern, Nanette Lischereili, Virginia Yokabosky, Christina Lukens, Janice Bagent, Betsy Diehl, Peggy Lumadue, Peggy Jo Knepp, Jane Gintzer, Carol Evans, Ivadeen Murray SCENE TWO: MEN OF DESTINY INDIAN MEN: Dave Schucker, Neil Buckley, Bill Corns, Dean Learish, Bob Robbins, Ken Jay, Ronnie Stevens, Bob Joy, Don Show, Ted Peoples INDIAN WOMEN: Julia Loubris, Betty Rauch, Joan Burns, Judy Fulling ton, Helen Adam, Mary McGinnis, Mary Ellen Knepp, Patricia Patrick, Norma Stewart, Violet Jury, Bertie Rogers, Rosie Moore, Patty Smith, Barbara Shaw BOYS AND GIRLS: Deanna Foor, Linda Brummert, Regina Moore, Linda Smith, Janet McCullough, Pat Rummings, Karen Diehl, Joy Broad, Cynthia Smith, Jimmy Shugert, Richard Hall, Richard Weimer, Robert Poole, Donald Bowman, James McKenrick SCENE THREE: THE MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES Frederick Post Raymond C. Ogden His Companions Jesse Lyon, Steward Straw --and the personnel from Scene Two SCENE FOUR: A HOME IN THE WILDERNESS Captain Rickett Clark Gould His sons Richard Dickson, Sam Lonsberry Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leonard SCENE FIVE: THE EARLY SETTLERS THE SETTLERS: Glenn Yeager, Tim Owens, Bill Owens, Connie Henchbarger, Theresa McGovern, Barbara Read, Edith Rothrock, Mary Snyder, Carol Evans, Rosemary Mendolia, Beverly Caldwell, Donna McCormick, Bonnie Keirn-and the personnel from Scene Four SCENE SIX: THE TOLL OF BELLS (Sponsored by 1.0.0.F. and Lady Hill's Rebekah) Minister Andy Nelson CONGREGATION: Robert Fehl, William Daisher, Charles Livingston, Dick Hipps, Lynn Harrier, Leslie Smith, Dick Merritt, Kenneth Read, B. Wheeler, W. Lingle, Olive Owens, Jane Johnston, Louise Loney, Jane Livingston, E. Mullen, Dot Hartzfeld, Ellen Keirn, Mary Wilson, Isabelle Fisher, Mrs. Theeseley, Marguerite Wilson, Edith Hertlein, Rolley Farewell SCENE SEVEN: HERE COMES THE BRIDE The Bride Patty Peoples The Groom Richard Dickson Justice of the Peace Andy Nelson Buggy Driver Joe Young -and the personnel from Scene Six **************************************************************** digital image of original page can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/sesquicentennial/program-back.htm Page Pageant Program back SCENE EIGHT: DAWN OF EDUCATION Teacher Jesse Lyon PUPILS: Virginia Logan, Cynthia Breth, Dixie Lee Davis, Betty Kendall, Katherine McGarvey, Kathy Plummer, Suzie Wise, Billie Mellott, Thomas Covalla, Bill Franson, John Palmgren, Dennis Welsh, Jan Hubler, Graydon Leech SCENE NINE: ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO The Governor.. Robert Fehl —and men from Scene Six SCENE TEN: LUMBERING IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY Not cast at time of going to press SCENE ELEVEN: THE FRENCHVILLE PICNIC (Sponsored by Frenchville) Priest Carl Welsh DANCERS: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hugney, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Picard, Mr. and Mrs. Florence Billotte, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Nose, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Schmoke, Marcella Billotte, Ward Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hugney, Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Hugney TOWNSPEOPLE: Dolores Hugney, Shirley Ann Dunlap, Henrietta Picard, Mercelle Billotte, Arvella Picard, Ward Welch, Melvin Hugney, Blaine Hughney, Gabriel Picard, Robert Hugney, Marvin Finney, Charles Viard, Barbara Hugney, Lorraine Rankin, Joezetta Viard, Montroe Viard, Pot Renaud, Gretchen Hugney, Bernadine Billotte, Joyce Mroz, Yvonne Hugney, Jean Hugney, Geraldine Roussey. Arlene Donlan. Joan Welch, Carolyn Viard, Connie Hugney, Joan Dunkle SCENE TWELVE: IN ANSWER TO THE CALL SOLDIERS: Sponsored by the American Legion TOWNSPEOPLE: Personnel from Scene Six SCENE THIRTEEN: THE UNDERGROUND AT GRAMPIAN Not cast at time of going to press; SCENE FOURTEEN: ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln Paul Salvatore Carriage Driver Rolley Farewell —and the personnel from Scene Six SCENE FIFTEEN: WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN Farm Couple Paul Bloom, Yvonne Schlernme- Buckboard Driver Delano Neal Train Driver Urban Leigey —and the personnel from Scene Six SCENE SIXTEEN: THE FIRE AT DUBOIS (Sponsored by DuBois) FIREMEN: Ben Mercer, Jr., Don Miller, David Schaffer, Bec Rieg MAN ON HORSE: Ted Peoples TOWNSPEOPLE: Sandie Rieg, Linda Johnston, Peggy Mercer, Richard Flick, Lenny Caramella, Joe Shields, Peggy Palmer, Leo Dalton, Bobby Hopkins, Ruthie Liddle, Jack Clark, Irene Krach, Gloria Kriner, Roberta Jean McIntosh, Barbara Jean Hochron, Lee Rae Neon, Burrell Morris, Nancy Stiteler SCENE SEVENTEEN: THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY CENTENNIAL (Sponsored by DuBois and Frenchville) POLICE GAZETTE GIRLS: Connie Henchbcrger, Donna Reid, Mary Louise Lyons, Peggy Lumodue CAN CAN GIRLS: Mary Lou Thompson, Nancy Reed, Judy Duckett, Kay Skinner, Margaret Borsh, Mary Clare Bronson THE BAND: BATHING BEAUTIES: Olga Sedor, Carole MacDonald, Potty Dalton, Marlene Ross, Janis Rogers, Susan Gaffney, Pat De Cuio VEHICLE DRIVERS: Joe Ruttier, Rolley Farewell, Joe Young, Doc Thorpe, Fred Campbell TOWNSPEOPLE: The personnel from Scene Eleven and Scene Sixteen SCENE EIGHTEEN: TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM Nurse Eileen Yarger Doughboys Luther Baughman, Charles Billon, Ernest Kline SCENE NINETEEN: THE GOLDEN TWENTIES THE FLAPPERS AND SHEIKS: Erdna Walk, Peggy Smith, Roger Gorton, Patty Boyd, Jo Marano, Tilly Marano, Duane McBride, Larrian Hubler, Dean Leorish, Ron Stevens SCENE TWENTY: THE DAY OF INFAMY THE FAMILY: Mrs. Roy Schucker, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jay, Betsy Schucker, Jimmy Schucker THE SERGEANT: Sponsored by the American Legion THE SUITCASE BRIGADE: Dove Schucker, Neil Buckley, Bill Corns, Dean Learish, Bob Robbins, Ken Jay, Ronnie Stevens, Bob Jay, Don Show PASSERSBY: Shirley Harrier, Marlene Gearhart, Dorothy Smith, Sonya McDowell, Marguerite Reese, MaybeIle Wisor, Elinor Stegener SCENE TWENTY-ONE: THE BEGINNING OR THE END? IWO JIMA: Sponsored by the American Legion SOLDIERS: Sponsored by the American Legion SCENE TWENTY-TWO: CITIZENS OF TOMORROW The Sailorettes SCENE TWENTY-THREE: THE HALL OF FAME Not cast at time of going to press, SCENE TWENTY-FOUR: THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS Entire Company = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Plan to Attend the great Clearfield County Fair August 2nd to 7th, 1954