History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . to Lizzie M. Bobb, Dec. 31, 1889. By thevery careful management of his parents he at-tended school regularly and at the age of fifteen BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS OF BEAVER SPRINOS became a student of the Normal school, Selins-grove, while under the excellent and executiveability of Prof. NoetlinK he was chosen as teacherfor the public schools of Snyder county at theage of sixteen, at which work he remained fornine years. Mr. Walter next located in Altoona,where he was bookkeeper under James in the machine shops; next embarking
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . to Lizzie M. Bobb, Dec. 31, 1889. By thevery careful management of his parents he at-tended school regularly and at the age of fifteen BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS OF BEAVER SPRINOS became a student of the Normal school, Selins-grove, while under the excellent and executiveability of Prof. NoetlinK he was chosen as teacherfor the public schools of Snyder county at theage of sixteen, at which work he remained fornine years. Mr. Walter next located in Altoona,where he was bookkeeper under James in the machine shops; next embarking atBrodhead, Wis., where he was in the mercantilebusiness with his uncle, E. P. Hassinger, for fiveyears, then locating near the old homestead,Middleburg, becoming an active partner of JohnRunkle in the general merchandise business un-der the firm name of Runkle & Walter, workingtogether successfully for eleven years. K. having for some time past given some ofhis attention to banking, now entered the FirstNational Bank of Selinsgrove as bookkeeper. K. C. WALTER, Cashier,where he remained until the organization of thebank at Beaver Springs going from that bankdirectly to the First National Bank of BeaverSprings where he has remained ever since ascashier. Mr. Walters great-great-grandfatherwas the original Jacob Walter of Germany whoset sail for this country Sept. , 1749, on the shipPhoenix, John Mason, master. He was rear-ed among the vine clad mountains of the king-dom of Wurtemburg. Germany, surrounded bythe picturesciue scenery of the beautiful Rhine,•lacob Walter was born Jan. 15, 1729. Learningthat in America were millions of acres to be cul-ti\ated and a free passage to all families whowould go there was offered, Jacob soon securedhis passports and with his brother and a fewpossessions left the scenes of childhood and set sail on oceans waves and after a two monthsvoyage landed at Philadelphia homeless, friend-less, penniless and as grief stricken mournersfar
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