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