Benocai Wit.
Bellefonte, Pa., March 22, 1912.
fo CORRESPONDENTS. —No -—n:
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——For high class Job Work come to
the WarcHman Office.
—C losing time for the country schools
is not very {ar distant.
——A new steel ceiling is being put in
the store room in Tempie Court occupied
by Sim, the clothier.
—The Susquehanna glee club will
give a concert in the opera house next
Tuesday evening, March 26th.
—Saturday will be the last day for
filing petitions ior county chairman and
delegate to State conventions.
—A little son was born Tuesday at
the Bellefonte hospital, to Mr. and Mrs.
S. Linn Bottorf, of Asheville, N. C.
. =—The members of the Bellefonte
Lodge of Rebekahs gave Mrs. Thomas
Hazel a delightful birthday surpriselparty
@n Monday evening.
~The Knights of Columbus held a
St. Prtrick’s day dance on Monday even-
ing, which was largely attended and
proved a pleasant event.
——Coal dealers in Belleionte are be-
ming somewhat anxious over the coal
situation, owing to the threatened strike
af the miners on April first
—Abram V. Miller has decided to
give up his residence in the Armor home
an east Linn street and will move back
€o his old farm home at Pleasant Gap.
—The annual declamatory contest
will take place at the Dellefonte Acade-
my this (Friday) afternoon at two o'clock.
All patrons and friends of the institution
are invited to be present.
——The Bellefonte Academy basket
Ball team lost both games in Pittsburg
fast Friday and Saturday nights. But it
# not to their discredit, as their oppc-
nents were stronger in every way.
——Bishop William M. Bell, of Los
Angeles, Cal, one of the best known
bishops in the United Brethren church,
will lecture in the M. XE. church, Belle-
fonte, on Monday cvening, April 15th.
——The Ladies bible class of the U. B.
church will hold a sale Saturday after-
moon and evening in the room adjoining
the church. Pies, cakes, bread and rolls
will be on sale. Ice cream and cake in!
the evening.
——Harccy Awstin, of Milesburg, was
in Bellefonte Wednesday soliciting sign-
ers to his nomination papers as a candi-
date for delegate to the Republican State
epnvention, declaring himself in favor of
Roosevelt for President.
——A masquerade dance will be given |
in the assembly room of the Logan
Engine Co, on Tuesday night. March
Z6th. Everybody will be welcome, masked
@ wunasked, and there will be both
square and round dancing.
—Special and elaborate music is De-
ing prepared by Mrs. Robb, organist and
choir master of the Presbyterian church,
for the Easter service. In addition to the
Preshyterian choir all the musical talent
of the town will take part.
~The WATCHMAN is still contemplat-
sng the completion of the lligh street
bridge and the paving of the street be-
ween the bridges; and has faith to be-
Bieve it will be dons before the paper
reaches its sixtieth volume.
——Miss Rilla Williams has piaced an
order for an automobile which she will
use in traveling from Bellefonte to State
Cbllege, where she is cmployed as a
stenographer. W. (i. Runkle is alto .con-
templating the purchase of a runabout.
—J. 8B. Heberling, the weil known
State College undertaker, has sold his
“ business at that place to a party from
Rustin, Potter county, who will conduct
it #a the future. Mr. Heberling has noth-
dng particular in view for the immed.ate
future.
——Thomas Faxon has evidently tired
«of the hotel business as he has sold out his
interests at Rebershurg to Clarence E.
Wong. Mr. Faxon and family anticipate
moving back to Bellefonte and the trans.
fer of the hotel will be made as soon as
fegal matters can be arranged.
——Louis Graver underwent an opera-
tion, in St. Joseph's hospital, Philadelphia,
on Tuesday and word received since then
is in effect that his condition is very sat-
isfactory. Mr. Grauer went to Philadel-
phia about ten days ago and was under
the care of Dr. Gordon prior to the opera-
tion.
——Mrs. Nora Sheldon has secured the
apartments in the Shoemaker house on
Spring street, vacated by Mr. and Mrs,
W.E. Burkholder, and will move there
with her aunt, Miss Curtin, on the firsy
of April. The house they leave on Linn
street will be occupied this summer by
Mrs. George F. Harris and her daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Curtin.
— =Severa! young men of Pine Grove
Mills started out recently to see if the
groundhog was still on his job. They
found a trail that looked like business
and digging through a stone pile and into
the ground they found not only aground-
hog but a skunk keeping him company.
And every young man in the party will
€estify to the fact tha! neither the
.groundhog nor the skunk was asleep.
Counci. PROCEEDINGS.—Seven mem-
of borough council on Monday night and
it took them only a few minutes over a
half hour to transact all the business
there was to do. There were no verbal
or written communications and the only
thing of importance in the reports of the
various standing committees was the fact
that the Water committee stated that the
Y. M. C. A. swimming pool had been
filled three times in the last two weeks. |
When it came to the report of the Vil- |
lage Improvernent committee Dr. Brock- |
erhoff, chairman, stated that he had been |
at a loss for some time to know what the
duties of the committee were and that
finally he asked a former chairman and
and as so far he had not been embroiled
in such an affair he would merely report
| when his committee would be called upon |
for great activity.
meant the annual town—cleaning time
there is no question about its being need-
ed this year.—ED.]
At the last meeting of council several
matters were referred to the various com-
mittees but as none of them had done
much “investigating” they all reported |
progress.
Under the head of new business secre-
tary W. T. Kelly stated that he was in |
receipt of a letter from the American La-
France Engine company stating that the
Undine engine needed a new pole and |
single trees and repairs on the suction
valve; that these had not been consider- |
ed in the contract for repairs and they |
would do the work for $75.00, though
their regular price was $125.00. The |
contract was read to council and while
the above items were not mentioned the
Fire and Police committee, who made
the contract, stated that the representa-
tive of the company agreed to make the
engine as good as new for the specified
price. The secretary was instructed to
write the company that so far as the pole
and single trees were concerned they
need not bother with them but that they
would be expected to put the suction
valve in good condition, so as to make
the engine conform with the terms of
their agreement.
Upon the request of the board of aud-
itors the secretary was empowered to
purchase a book in which to transcribe
or record the audit accounts.
| he was re-appointed by Mr. Keller, presi-
dent of council.
Old notes for $500, $2,000, $5,000, and
$1,200 were renewed; an old note for |
$500 was increased to $800 and a new
note for $800 authorized, after which
| bills to the amount of $605.53 were ap- |
proved and council Adjourned.
| A SPRING FRESHET—A hard rain on
| Thursday night of last week caused a
| freshet on Friday that for a time looked
| very threatening. Spring creek became
rather turbulent and by ten o'clock had
a six foot flood. The WATCHMAN office
as usual came in for a ducking with from
eighteen inches to two feet of water in
the press room. A pig pen with three
pigs was washed down stream but out-
side of overflowing the low lands very
little damage was done. Buffalo Run and
the Bald Eagle were naturally high but
did little damage.
Up at State College it rained so hard
that the gutters were not sufficient to
carry away the surface water and the
latter overflowed and filled the pool room
in the new Robinson building to within
fourteen inches of the ceiling. The pool
room was leased by Medes and Meek,
and was equipped with seven ta-
bles. These tables were floated around
and piled one on top of the other, the
slate so badly cracked and the wood
warped so as to render them almost
worthless. Lewis Daggett, of this place,
owned the cigar business in the room
and had a stock worth seven hundred
dollars. It was all ruined with the possi-
ble exception of some of his pipes. He
had no insurance. The pool room and
cigar store had only been opened up a
week before the flood. The pool room
equipment cost $1,900, on which amount
$300 had been paid. The balance of $1,600
is a loss that may have to be borne by
the Brunswick-Balke Callender company,
who furnished the tables, unless they can
hold the owner of the building.
CiviL SERVICE EXAMINATION.—A civil
service examination for clerks and car-
riers in the postoffice service will be held
in Bellefonte on Saturday, April 13th.
Application blanks can be secured by ap-
plying to the secretary of the board at
the Bellefonte postoffice or to the district
secretary at Philadelphia. Such applica-
tions must be filed with the district sec-
retary not later than April 9th.
BE —— TJ ——
~——Mrs. John W. McGarvey was given
a delightful birthday surprise party at her
ing. The affair was planned by her two
daughters, Misses Blanche and Mary, and
they carried it out so successfully that
their mother had not the faintest suspicion
of what was going on until her return
home from a friend's house shortly after
eight o'clock in the evening.
—— Beginning last Monday all the stores
in Bellefonte will remain open until eight
o'clock in the evening until the mid-sum-
mer closing time comes around.
bers were present at the regular meeting |
he told him it was to "fight the women,”
“progress.” The doctor was promptly |
informed that he was to “cheer up” as
the time of year would soon be here
[By that council |
inaugurated by the Woman's club, and |
* Sigmund Joseph's term as a member |
! of the board of managers of the Pruner |
| Orphanage having expired on March first !
home on Bishop street last Friday even- |
| ——1In his report for January Dr. Sam-
uel Dixon, of the State Board of Health,
| stated that there were over four thous-
| and cases of measles in Pennsylvania;
and that was before the report began to
' go in from Bellefonte.
—-. Spring began yesterday and was
ushered in with about ten inches of snow
and sleet. The weather the fore part of
' the week was ideal and it seemed as if
the long, hard winter was at an end. But
| a blizzard from the northwest struck Cen. !
| tre county Wednesday night and although |
! the temperature did not fall as low as
was predicted the fall of snow and sleet
i was sufficient to emphasize the fact that
summer is not yet here.
—(e0. T. Bush ha has for the twentieth
time just been elected as delegate from
| Pennsylvania to the National Assembly
of the League of American Wheelmen, to
be held in Boston in September. The
organization has done a great work in
| the past in bringing forward the present
agitation for good roads which is now
| spreading over the entire country, and
its hundred thousand members have now
' dwindled to a few thousand, principally
: kept up for sentiment of the past.
aha
—Spring is here and though the
| weather man says we will have more
snow and cold such weather can’t last
| very long and it will only be a few days!
i
| or weeks until we will be basking in days
of sunshine and such delightful evenings
| that the question naturally will be where
and how to spend the time most pleas- |
antly and profitably. There is probably
| | no place in Bellefonte that offers all the
{ advantages of pleasure, profit and amuse-
| ment as the Scenic. It is always clean
{ and well ventilated and the program of
{ moving pictures furnish a delightful
| hour's entertainment and relaxation for |
the small sum of five cents. Itis patron.
ized by the best people i in Bellefonte.
i
FATALLY INJURED AT AT WHITEROCK QUAR-
RIES.—Abner Gill was so fatally injured
in an accident at the Whiterock quarries
at Pleasant Gap last Saturday morning
that he died in the Bellefonte hospital at
five o'clock the same afternoon. Gill
and Abraham Houser were working on |
contract work quarrying stone. Satur-
day morning they were engaged in try-
ing to dislodge a rock weighing upwards
of a ton. Not being able to do so both
men started down the side of the quarry ,
to get some dynamite and had not gone
far when the big stone fell. Houser man-
| aged to get out of the way but Gill was
caught by the rolling stone. He was
brought to the hospital as soon as possi-
ble and an examination disclosed the
| fact that both legs were broken, the bones |
of the lower part of the body crushed
| and that he was seriously injured inter |
| nally. Death ensued the same afternoon. |
The unfortunate young man was a son
(of*Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah fill and was
born at Pleasant Gap twenty-five years
ago. In additicn to his parents he is'
survived by two brothers and twosisters, |
Merrill, of State College; Elmer G., Net- |
tie and Lizzie at home. Deceased was |
a member of the Methodist church of
Pleasant Gap and of the Bellefonte Lodge |
Loyal Order of the Moose. The funeral |
‘was held on Tuesday morning. Rev. |
Engler, of Pleasant Gap, and Rev. C. C.
Shuey, of Bellefonte, officiated and burial
was made in the Pleasant Gap cemetery.
|
HOMAN—SHUEY. —On Thursday of last
week a very pretty wedding was solemniz-
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Shuey, at Houserville, the contracting
parties being their daughter, Miss Mabel
Shuey and John C. Homan, a popular
young school teacher. It was just twelve '
o'clock when the organ, played by Mrs.
Sadie Stover, pealed forth the beautiful
strains of the wedding march from
Lohengrin and the bridal party marched
into the parlor and took their position in
front of an improvised altar, where they
were united in the holy bonds of matri-
mony by Rev. S. C. Stover, of Boalsburg,
Following close upon the ceremony a
delicious wedding breakfast was served
and at two o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Homan
left on a honeymoon trip to eastern cities.
The young couple were the recipients of
a large number of handsome and useful
presents. Among the guests present were
Mrs. Homan, mother of the bridegroom;
Samuel Homan, Miss Mae Meyers, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Meyers, Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Corl, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Mil-
ler, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Miller, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Dreiblebis and Mr. and
Mrs. Kiah Hoy.
SHOWERS—WATKINS. —On Wednesday
afternoon 'Arthur Fearon Showers and
Miss Emma N. Watkins, two well known
young people of Bellefonte, drove to Cen-
tre Hall and going to the parsonage of
the Lutheran church were united in mar-
riage by the pastor, Rev. Fred W. Barry.
The ceremony was performed at seven
o'clock in the evening and upon their
return home they were captured by
their friends and as a serenade were
hauled around the town in a spring
wagon. The bride has for a number of
years past been an operator in the Com-
mercial telephone exchange and is an |
obliging young woman. The bridgroom
is a son of the late Samuel Showers and
is a barber by trade, for a number of
years past working in Kern's barber
shop. The WATCHMAN extends con-
gratulations to the happy young couple.
CADW ION On Monday even-
ing Jack Caldwell and Mrs. Lucy Lyon,
both of this place, were united in mar-
riage by justice of the peace W. H. Mus-
ser, at his office in the Crider building.
ARRESTED FOR DYNAMITING POR Fisi.— |
John Jackson, of Lemont, was arrested '
Spring creek for suckers on or about
"last Saturday charged with dynamiting |
March 7th, and at a hearing before jus-
tice of the peace W. H. Musser on Tues-
day morning was pronounced guilty and |
a fine of one hundred dollars and costs |
imposed. Jackson refused to pay the
fine and gave notice that he would appeal |
of $500, IL. J. Dreese going his security.
The arrest was made on information
sworn to by Jacob P. Sizer, a fish warden
of Huntingdon, who got his tip through
an anonymous letter sent the fish com-
missioner at Harrisburg.
At the hearing Mrs. John Glenn testi-
| the case to court giving bail in the sum |
| ville. Pa.,
fied that on March 7th she saw Jackson
running up along Spring creek and that
his hands were very red,as if he had held
them in cold water. E. C. Tressler, who
was out fox hunting that day, saw Jack-
son but stated that he hadn't any fish in
his possession at that time. Richard Pal-
mer stated that he saw Jackson arrive at
his own home with a bag and that he
emptied the bag and he was sure he saw
mer stated that he was in the corn crib
looking through the slats and that he | | oo ors 0 oath,
saw Jackson through a window in the
Jackson kitchen. John Glenn and John |
, Lisle testified that when they were going |
stream. They were suckers and floating |
on their backs.
he saw Jackson and he didn’t have any- |
thing at that time. Charles Getz testified
[to buying a stick of dynamite from
' Darius Hite but stated that he got it for
the purpose of blowing out a stump and
+ had the explosive with him to prove that
he had not furnished Jackson with dyna-
mite.
Col. H. S. Taylor represented Jackson
and at the conclusion of the evidence he
| maintained that the game warden had
failed to make out a case, but Squire
! Musser declared he was satisfied and
sentenced Jackson as | stated above.
FAREWELL T TO CENTRE CouNTY.—At
i noon on Monday James J. Gramley, for-
mer treasurer of Centre county, gave
final farewell to friends about here and
departed for Freeport, Ill, where he ex-
pects to spend the remainder of his life
in the home of his sons, who are prosper-
| ous farmers in that locality.
The departure of Mr. Gramley is not
without its pathetic side. Born and rais-
ed in Centre county the ties of friendship
that held him here were only severed
when, with his family all scattered and
age creeping on to warn him that should
| illness befall there would be none of his
own to care for him, he realized that
| dear as are the scenes of his early strug-
gles and pleasures they count for little
_in the sunset of life unless one has his
own kin about him.
Few men within our knowledge have
| been just like Jim Gramley. We never
knew a harder worker nor abigger heart-
ed neighbor. In fact stories of his energy
and willingness to do for others will ling-
er long among the best of the folk stories
‘of Centre county. Itis told of him that
while Treasurer of the county his horse
! and buggy happened to be at his farm
near Zion when a neighbor wanted to
borrow it to go to a funeral. Of course
Jim said he could have it and there be-
ing no other way to get the conveyance
to Bellefonte the quaint old man walked
the five miles to Zion and drove the
horse up so that the neighbor would
not be disappointed.
‘RETIRED AFTER FORTY-THREE YEARS
SERVICE.—William Henderson Bing, the
oldest engineer on the Tyrone division in
point of service voluntarily retired from
! active service on March first and will be
placed on the pension roll. Bing was
born in Coatesville on November 4th,
1846, hence is in his sixty-sixth year. He
came to Bellefonte in 1868 and went to
work as a brakeman on the Bellefonte
and Snow Shoe railroad on September first,
Three years later he was promoted to a
fireman. In 1872 he was put in ‘the old
Snow Shoe shops in this place and work-
ed on repairing engines until 1880 when
he was made master mechanic. When
fhe Snow Shoe was taken over by the
Pennsylvania railroad and made a part of
the Tyrone division Mr. Bing was made
master mechanic of the Tyrone shops.
He held the position only a few months
when he was made an engineer at his
own request and has handled the throt-
tle ever since. His railroad service rec-
ord stretches over a continuous period of
forty-three years, the past * twenty-one of
which have been spent as an engineer.
Mr. Bing is well known by many resi-
dents of Bellefonte and they all hope
that he may have many years of life left
in which to recount and ruminate upon
the many incidents of his career as a
knight of the throttle.
——0On Monday morning Joseph Brown
the sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Brown, of Penn street, got on the
early Bellefonte Central railroad train
and after bantering some of the pas-
sengers proceeded to dispose of some of
his clothing and then laid down in the
aisle and went through the performance
of being in swimming. Realizing that the
young man's mind was temporarily af-
fected the train was stopped and the
services of policeman Harry Dukeman
solicited to remove him from the train:
He was taken to jail where he was kept
in confinement until Tuesday when he
had somewhat improved and he was
taken home to be properly cared for.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
'
—Thomas Faxon, of Rebersburz, was a busi- |
ness visitor in Bellefonte on Monday.
—Ex-sheriff W. M. Cronister, of Martha, was
a business visitor in Bellefonte oa Monday.
—Mrs. W. Gross Mingle, of Centre Hall, was in |
Bellefonte on a shopping expedition last Sat-
urday.
—Jerome G. Harper came home from Bitumen
and spent Sunday with Mrs. Harper at their
home on Hishop street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thompson, of Green:
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Shope, on south Allegheny street.
—Miss Catherine McQuillen returned to her
home in this place last week after a visit of two
weeks with friends in Williamsport.
—John P. Harris Jr., of Mt. Union, was in
Bellefonte Tuesday and Tuesday night, with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harris.
—Mrs. L. B. Harris has returned to her home
| at Mill Hall, after spending the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. Willis Hartsock, at Liverpool, Pa. |
three fish, ihat iooked like suckers. Pal- |
| home to dinner they saw a number of |
fish, either dead or stunned, floating down |
~Charles McClure. of Philadelphia, arrived in
—William A. Hagerty Esq. of Clearfield, spent
a day or two in Bellefonte this week on a political
mission.
—Dr. M. J. Locke went to Philadelphia on Wed-
nesday on a business trip which will keep him
there the balance of the week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Twitmire, of Sunbury,
were in Bellefoate this week visiting the former's
father, Mr. Wilbur T. Twitmire.
—J. Wesley Biddle, of Waddle, was in Belle-
fonte yesterday and expressed his belief that
Wednesday night's snow would not be the last
one.
- =Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McClure, of Philadel
phia, visited friends here a few days the past
week. They expect to move to Oil City in the
near future.
—Mrs. Louis E. Friedman and little daughter,
of New York city, arrived in Bellefonte last Fri-
day and will spend some time with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Holz.
—Harold Lichten, of Philadelphia, is in Ielle.
| fonte in charge of Lyon & Co's store while Mr.
Bellefonte on Saturday evening for a few days |
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James I. |
McClure.
|
—~Miss M. V. Joyce, of Philadelphia, arrived in |
Bellefonte recently and will be in charge of the | at her old home in Tyrone and when she return-
millinery department in Katz & Co's store dur. edom Wednesday she was accompanied by her
| mother, Mrs. R. B. Freeman, who will remain in
~Mrs. Charles Moerschbacher returned from | Bellefonte the remainder of the week.
Philadelphia last Thursday where she had been | —George A. Beezer, Dr. D. G. Stewart, A. C.
undergoing treatment in a hospital. and is very | Mingle, Ardy McNitt, Lawrence McMullen, Cur-
ing the coming season.
—Misses Mabel and Rose Fauble are contem,
plating with a great deal of pleasure a trip abroad
during the summer, expecting to leave Bellefonte
about the middle of June.
—Dr. Quimby, who lives much of his time in
| Bellefonte with his daughter, Mrs. Horatio
Moore, will go to Connecticut next week, to
Neil Shuey stated that spend the summer with his son.
—Misses Anna and Catharine McCaffrey were
in Lock Havenon Tuesday attending the funeral
of their niece, Miss Caroline Gertrude McCaffrey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. McCafirey.
—Mrs. Louis Grauer and her two children,
Edward and Estelle. are in Philadelphia, having
gone down to be with Mr. Grauer at the time of
the operrtion and while he is convalescing.
—Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker with Mr. Shoemaker
and Miss Jennie Morgan went to Philadelphia
Wednesday, while in the city will consul!
specialists th regards to Mrs. Shoemaker"
health.
—General and Mrs. James A. Beaver returned
on Saturday evening from a three week's sojourn
at Atlantic City; the former almost entirely re-
covered from the debilitating effects of an attack
of the grip.
—Mrs. Wells Daggett, of the Bush house, went
to Elmira Friday for a short visit with her cousin
Miss Carpenter. From Elmira Mrs. Daggett wil
go to Mansfield, Tioga Co., returning to Belle-
| fonte early in April.
—Samuel H. Taylor came up from Philadelphia
last Saturday to remain over Sunday with his
wife and daughter, who have been in Bellefonte
for some time visiting Mrs. Taylor's mother
Mrs. J. Mitchell Lieb.
—W. C. Meyer was down from State College on
Tuesday attending to a little business in town
and when asked about business conditions up
there he gave the answer that every inquirer has
been getting for years: “Booming.”
—Warren Wood, who since last fall has been
proprietor of a hotel in Jersey Shore, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Monday. While he likes the
location and surroundings he candidly admits
that there is no great rush of business.
—William Odenkirk, of Centre Hall, was in
Bellefonte yesterday closing the deal with Arthur
B. Kimport for the purchase of the store room
and residence at the Center Hall station recently
the property of Register J. Frank Smith.
—G. W. Ward, of Pittsburgh, was in Bellefonte
Wednesday for 2 part of the day, on the way to
make his annual spring visit with relatives in
Pine Grove, and to look after some business of
the water company, in which he is interested.
~Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Allison will entertain
Mrs. J. F. Alexander during her visit in Belle,
fonte. Mrs. Alexander comes from Potter's
Mills, where she has been for the winter with her
brother, Edward Allison, who has just recovered
from a long illness.
—~Mrs. J. R. Woodcock spent Wednesday in
Bellefonte, with Mrs. John A. Woodcock, who has
been ill at her home on Spring street, for the past
week. Mrs. Woodcock came from Centre
Furnace, where she has been for a month with
her mother, Mrs. William Thompson.
—Mrs. Harvey with her little daughter, Mary
Orvis Harvey, returned to their home in Philadel
Graver is in St. Joseph's hospital, Philadelphia,
recovering from a serious operation,
—Dr, Lee B. Woodcock, of Scranton, and Rev.
J. A. Woodcock, of Birmingham, were both in
Bellefonte Thursday, on account of the illness of
their mother, Mrs. John A. Woodcock.
—Mrs. Hugh North Crider spent Tuesday night
tis Y. Wagner, Newton Hess, Hamill Holmes and
| a few other Centre countians are attending the
| Keeler company automobile show in Williams.
port this week.
—Miss Elsie Sellers, whose home is in the
Buffalo Run valley and who has spent the past
two years in Bellefonte, as a trimmer at Miss
Snyders, has accepted a position in a wholesale
millinery store in Philadelphia, where she has
been working for three weeks.
—W. T. DeHaas, of Clearfield, who aspires to
the Republican nomination for Congress in this
district, was in Bellefonte several! days this week:
and while here astensibly to boom his political
interests, there is a fairly well defined rumor in
the air that before the primaries he will withdraw
from the contest and leave Congressman Charles
E. Patton have a clear field for a renomination.
LEE.—Mrs. George | L Lee died at her
home at Centre Hall last Friday morning
after an illness dating from February
2nd. Deceased, whose maiden name was
Miss Rosabelle McKinney, was a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William McKinney
and was born at Milroy on February 2nd,
1853, hence was 59 years, 1 month and 13
days old. Thirty years ago she was
i | united in marriage to George L. Lee and
they lived at Madisonburg until the fall
of 1899 when they moved to Centre Hall
and had resided there ever since. Mrs.
Lee was a member of the Presbyterian
church and had many friends who mourn
her death. She is survived by her hus-
band, one brother, Perry McKinney, of
Potters Mills, and three sisters, Mrs.
William Goodhart and Miss Sarah Mc-
Kinney, of Centre Hall, and Mrs. Stephen
Moyer, of Millheim. Funeral services
were held at her late home on Monday
afternoon. Dr. W. H. Schuyler officiated
assisted by Rev. Fred W. Barry. Burial
was made in the Centre Hall cemetery.
A DEDICATION. — The Olive Branch
Union chapel in Coleville will be dedicat-
ed on Palm Sunday, March 31st, 1912, at
2:30 p. m. Special parts are in prepara-
tion for the occasion. Further particulars
next week.
Sale Register.
Marc 23 At the late residence Mr. S. H.
Orvis, Ltsce in Central City, 3 1 ak
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Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
Botatoes per bushel, new for produce.
phia Wednesday after a long visit with Judge and | Tallow, per pound
Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis. With Mrs. Harvey, when
leaving Bellefonte, was her cousin, Miss Anne
Lyon, who will visit in Philadelphia for a week.
—Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, who have
been spending the winter at Thomasville,Georgia,
have come North to Atlantic City, where they
will be for a short time before returning to Belle-
fonteto open their house for the summer. Dr.
and Mrs. Hayes are in the best of health and
have greatly enjoved their winter in Georgia.
—Miss McCalmont, Mrs. George E. Hawes and
Miss Mary Hunter Linn, went to Lewistown
Wednesday, as delegates from Bellefonte to the
Foreign Missionary society of the Huntingdon
Presbytery in session there this week. Miss
McCalmont will prolong her stay, expecting to
visit with relatives after the conveption adjourns.
~—Rev. Wardner Willard, pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Riddlesburg, was the guest of his | Oats...
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Larimer
Tuesday. Mr. Willard was one his way to Wil.
liamsport, to attend the Central Pennsylvania
conference in session there, and upon his way
home will spend several days with his relatives in
Bellefonte.
~Mr. George Williams, with his two grand:
sons, Jesse Guy Klinger and Ralph Kerns, all of
Lemont, were WATCHMAN office visitors on Tues-
day. They were on their way home from Phil
ipsburg where they were guests at a surprise
party on Saturday tendered Mr. Williams’ daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. W. S, Williams. A big supper
wasone of the features.
—Mrs, Weatherly, of Omaha, Neb., who has
been with her aunt and sister. Mrs. Speer and
Mrs. Valentine, for over a month, left Bellefonte
Monday to visit at Newark, Ohio. Mrs. Weath*
erly's return to Bellefonte depends altogether
uponthe time of Mr. Weatherly's coming nerth
from Texas. where he has been for several
months looking after some business interests.
—Miss Sadie Bayard came up from Williams.
port last Saturday and was a guest over Sunday
of the Misses Underwood. On Sunday evening
she went up to Tyrone to spend several days with
her brother, Roger A. Bayard. She has resigned
her position in Williamsport and the first of April
will go to Philadelphia to enter the University of
Pennsylvania hospital training school for nurses.
~William I. Swoope Esq., of Clearfield, was a
Bellefonte visitor last Saturday. He isa candidate
for delegate to the Republican naticnal conven.
tton from this congressional district and was in
Bellefonte interviewing the politicians as’to his
chances of election, Mr. Swoope read law in
Bellefonte and was admitted to practice here and : a
when he wasn't talking politics on Saturday he
was busy greeting friends he made whilea resi
dent of this place,
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