My husband remembers going to Tuffy's bike shop and buying things, but not his real name. I'm asking around with the relatives. My sister remembers Butch, because he worked at a gas station our Dad bought the Sunday paper at (and she'd ride along). I'll let you know if I find out more... Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 5:07 PM Subject: [PACENTRE] Questions of a more contemporary time > List -- > > I've been thinking of some folks I knew of (did not know them intimately) > when I was growing up in the State College area ca 1939-1959. If we > have any > KRUMRINE or LOWER reseachers among us, perhaps they can answer my > questions -- > > 1 - First, concerns a man I simply knew of as "Tuffy" Krumrine who ran > a > bicycle shop in State College. His shop was located on the Ferguson Twp. > end > of the borough of State College, perhaps a block or so off of West > College > Avenue. If I knew what "Tuffy's" real name was, perhaps I could find > out > more about him and his family. Although I do not have Krumrine direct > blood-line ancestry, a lot of Krumrines are kin to me through > marriage(s). > > 2 - I'm also wondering if anyone knows who "Butch" Lower was. > "Butch" > was what we today might refer to as one of "The Little People." I doubt > that > he was much more than 3' tall. This surname was not pronounced as we > think > of the word "lower" being pronounced -- rather it rhymed with Flower, > Bower > or Cower. The earlier German spelling for this surname was probably > Lauer. > Butch, too, lived on the Ferguson Twp. end of the town of State College, > though I am thinking his home was probably actually in College Township > somewhere not far from the present-day Autoport Motel & Restaurant. My > birth > family lived on a rental farm one winter (1944-45) not far from Butch's > family and > "our" farm was just off W. Whitehall Road. > > 3 - As mentioned in question 2, my parents and our family lived on a > rental farm just off W. Whitehall Rd. As I look at a current map of the > area, > I'm guessing "our" farm was at the end of what is marked Oakhurst Ln. > near the > YMCA. Our landlord for that one brief winter was a John McCoy who owned > McCoy's Dam just N. of Bellefonte near Pleasant View or Red Roost. I > should > modify that statement to say "as far as I know" he owned "our" farm. At > least that's where my Dad would hand deliver the rent checks each month. > Can > anyone give me more details on our old landlord McCoy? "Off the top of > my > head," I'd guess he was the John McCoy who m. Mary Harris 3-8-1911 > (Centre Co. > mar. Bk 16, p 596) but, if so, he must have moved to the "dam site" > sometime > after 1930 as on that census he appears to be residing on W. Curtin St. > in > Bellefonte. > > As you can imagine, the answers to these questions are mostly to satisfy > my > curiosity about some people and not because I NEED to know, > genealogically. > > Thanks for your help. > > Fred Houts > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >