Belletonte, Pa., May 18, 1917.
’ To “Correspondents.—No ‘communications
published unless accompanied by the rea:
name of the writer.
Re ———
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
When the wind bloweth and the
dust soareth we all longeth for well
oiled streets.
The price of wheat dropped in
Chicago on Monday but nobody no-
ticed any tumble in flour hereabouts.
———An Italian by the name of
Frank Tozolak was arrested yester-
day on the charge of assault and bat-
tery.
——The Central Railroad of Penn-
sylvania has announced an increase in
wages for all its trainmen, effective
May first.
——The rains of the past two weeks
have improved the appearance of the
wheat fields throughout the county
eonsiderably.
——Ex-Sheriff W. E. Hurley is now
engaged with a force of men in build-
ing the state highway between Hunt-
ingdon and Tyrone.
——Spring must sure be here at
last, because the first street piano of
the season made its appearance on the
streets of Bellefonte on Monday.
A sergeant and five privates of
the Eighteenth Regt. of Pittsburgh,
‘replaced the civilian guards at the Ti-
tan Metal company on Saturday.
——John R. Herd was last week ap-
pointed assessor of the Third ward of
Philipsburg by Judge Henry C. Quig-
ley to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of the late C. U. Hoffer.
——The many Bellefonte friends of
Mrs. Earle Dawson will be glad to
hear that she is recovering nicely
from an operation for appendicitis, in
the Meadville hospital, last week.
——F. J. Green has resigned as sec-
retary of the Philipsburg Chamber of
Commerce to take effect June 1st. He
will be succeeded by R. C. Breth, for
five years city editor of the DuBois
Courier. :
The board of road and bridge
viewers held a meeting in the grand
jury room on Monday to hear testimo-
ny on two applications. Their recom-
mendation will be made to the court
next week.
——The W. C. T. U., of Bellefonte
has offered its large room in Petrikin
hall tothe Red Cross, free of charge,
for a place to meet and do the work
of the Chapter or Auxiliary, which-
ever shall be formed.
——The Bellefonte High school
alumni: association will hold a meet-
ing in the director’s room in the High
school building on Tuesday evening,
May 22nd, at 7:30 o’clock. A good
attendance is desired.
: Governor Brumbaugh on Mon-
day appointed Wilbur F. Leitzell, of
State College, first lientenant of the
Boal machine gun troop, of Boalsburg,
to take the place of Theodore Davis
Boal, recently promoted to the cap-
taincy. -
——The Indiana Normal baseball
team defeated the Bellefonte Acade-
my nine on Hughes field last Friday
afternoen by the score of 8 to 0. On
Saturday afternoon Penn State de-
feated the W. & J. team on Beaver
field at State College by the score of
5 to 0.
——The State-Center Electric com-
pany is kind of rushing the season
with that big display of electric fans
* in their window on High street. The
trouble so far has been too much air
in general and entirely too cool to
even suggest a fan as a necessary
requisite to comfort.
——The Pitt Freshmen will be the
Academy’s opponents on Hughes field
this (Friday) afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. All lovers of base ball are
urged to go out and see this game. It
will make little difference which team
wins, it is sure to be a good game of
ball, and that is the main object.
——Twenty-two members of the
Hospitaller =~ Commandery Knights
Templar, of Lock Haven, motored to
Bellefonte last Friday evening and
were fraternal guests of Constans
Commandery of this place at the con-
-ferring of degrees upon three candi-
dates and at the banquet which fol-
lowed.
——Frank L. Wetzler, the well
known cornetist, organizer and leader
of Our Boys band, of Milesburg, and
Walter A. Hugg, clarinetist in the
same splendid musical organization,
played with the Shriner’s band of the
Altoona Order of Masons in the big
patriotic parade in Altoona last Sat-
urday, when twenty thousand people
were in line. .
——Forty-two members of the
alumni association of the Liberty
township High school held their an-
nual banquet on Saturday evening.
Norris Harter, president of the asso-
ciation, acted as toastmaster and a
most interesting talk was made by
Rev. Walter L. Dudley. Miss Myra
Boone recited “How the Old Horse
Won the Bet” and Mrs. Vonada and
Miss Helen DeLong entertained the
assemblage with a duet.
. ——It really doesn’t seem possible
but it is a fact nevertheless that Me-
morial day will be here in less than
two, weeks; in fact a week from next
Wednesday. “Already the few old sol-
diers yet remaining in Centre county
are making their plans for a proper
observance of the day and the very
fact that this country is now in a state
of war with Germany will give the
day greater significance this year than
it has had for many years.
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RED CROSS DRIVE YIELDS BIG)
RESULTS.
Almost 900° Members Enrolled in|
Week's Campaign. Temporary |
Organization Perfected.
Almost nine hundred members of
the Red Cross, or to be exact just 889,
were enrolled as the result of the first
week of the campaign, according to re-
ports submitted at the meeting held in
ing. The ten captains appointed at
the meeting on Friday evening, May
4th, to solicit members reported as
follows:
Mrs. John Curtin.................. 127
Miss Mary Miles Blanchard....... 175
Mrs. R.'S. Brouse,....:...........: 19
Mrs. D. H. Hastings.........::.... 209
Mrs. Odillie Mott. ..........5....5.4 125
Mrs. Mollie Valentine....... le 15 5
Jamies BR, Hughes.................. 35
Edmund -Blanchard................ 46
Jonas BE. wWagmer........cc....000 7
Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell.......... 66
Obadiah dete 889
When the reports had all been
handed in Col. Spangler, who presid-
ed, congratulated all the captains on
the good work done and urged them
to keep it up. The meeting was then
thrown open to discussion as to the
kind of organization to perfect. The
matter was threshed out pretty thor-
oughly and it was finally decided to
organize an Auxiliary at Large, and
the same was done by electing the fol-
lowing officers: President, John
Blanchard; secretary, J. Thomas
Mitchell; treasurer, Charles M. Mec-
Curdy.
A name for the Auxiliary has not yet
been determined upon as permission
must first be secured from the Na-
tional Red Cross Chapter but if that
can be secured it will either be called
the Bellefonte Auxiliary or the Centre
county Auxiliary. The latter will de-
pend entirely on the response from
other sections of the county. The
members so far enrolled are mostly
from Bellefonte and immediate vicini-
ty, but Col. Spangler, who is chair-
county, will push the work in every
section of the county and if the peo-
ple in other sections prefer it the lo-
cal organization will be made a coun-
ty unit. If other sections of the coun-
ty respond as liberally as Bellefonte
has done an organization with at least
five thousand members can be per-
fected.
Who Will Be the Next.
Harry C. Valentine authorizes the
announcement that he has received
the first subscription of five dollars
in cash toward purchasing a truck for
the use of Troop L in the field, a laud-
able project launched by Mr. James R.
Hughes at the flag raising at the
Academy on Sunday, May 6th. Mr.
Valentine consulted Capt. Curtin and
the latter unhesitatingly stated that
they were considerably handicapped
in their transportation facilities while
stationed on the border last summer,
and would have been in a worse condi-
tion had it not been for the kindness
of Lieut. Boal, who granted them the
use of the machine gun troop truck.
Realizing the advantage it would be
to Troop L to have a truck Mr. Valen-
tine therefore announces that he will
cheerfully act as treasurer of the fund
and will gladly accept any and all
contributions. As soon as enough
has been received to warrant it the
names of the donors and amount giv-
en will be published in the papers.
Now that the fund has been started
who will be the next to help it along.
Forest Fires On the Mountains,
Fierce forest fires have been rag-
ing on the mountains in Centre coun-
ty this week but most of them were
either extinguished or under control
yesterday. In the Snow Shoe section
twenty-five acres of woodland joining
the Gunsallus farm were burned over,
the fire originating from burning dry
grass in a field. A second fire broke
out on the Lehigh Valley Coal compa-
ny’s land and between five and six
hundred acres of exceptionally fine
young timber was destroyed. This
fire is thought to have originated
frora a spark from a locomotive.
Down in the lower end of Pennsval-
ley, in the neighborhood of Paddy
Mountain, there was also a bad fire.
When: the passenger train west on the
Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad passed
through on Wednesday afternoon it
virtually ran a gauntlet of fire, hot
cinders and ashes raining down upon
the roofs of the cars. Another big fire
was reported in the vicinity of the
Bear Meadows while still another
raged in the Barrens back of State
College.
For Belgian Relief.
The Belgian relief committee of
Pennsylvania has promised in the
name of the State to feed the starving
children of the Province of Antwerp
for six months. The committee counts
1on the co-operation of every city and
town in Pennsylvania. $6.00 will pro-
vide the “supplemental meal” to one
child for six months. There are 185,-
000 children in the Province of Ant-
werp, and Mr. Hoover, who has done
so much for the Belgian relief consid-
ers this supplement meal vital for the
health of these children.
Mrs. Robert M. Beach, Bellefonte,
Pa., will receive subscriptions from
individuals or from organizations, to
be forwarded to the Philadelphia
committee.
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Red Cross Meeting.
A meeting of the Centre county
members of the American Red Cross
will be held on Thursday evening,
May 24th, at eight o’clock, in the court
house. The meeting will be addressed
by Mr. Edward A. Woods, a promi-
nent member of the Pittsburgh Chap-
ter of the Red Cross, and every local
member as well as all persons inter-
ested in the work are earnestly re-
quested to attend.
J. THOMAS MITCHELL, Secy.
the court house last Saturday even- |
man of the committee to organize the '
——Fifty or more High school su-
perintendents and principals attend-
ed the annual conference held at State
College on Friday and Saturday of
last week, among the number being
several from Pittsburgh. The ses-
sions were made very interesting ow-
ing to the timely topics discussed. On
Saturday afternoon the visitors were
guests of the College at the interscho-
lastic track and field meet on Beaver
field.
At the W. C. T. U. “Thimble
Bee” held at Mrs. Carson’s last Wed-
nesday fifty comfort bags were com-
| pleted for the-new members of Troop
the others were given last summer.
: Next Wednesday. afternoon at 2:30
the women will meet at Mrs. E. J.
Ward’s, on Curtin street, and continue
making comfort bags for the soldiers
; and sailors. All women are cordially
invited to attend these social “Thim-
' ble Bees.”
i ——Rev. Ralph H. Bergstresser has
, tendered his resignation as pastor of
‘the Bethany Lutheran church, Altoo-
na, to accept a call from the Luther-
an church at Hanover, Pa., expecting
to make the change about the first of
June. Rev. Bergstresser formerly
. preached on the Pine Grove Mills
‘charge and in the nine years he has
been in Altoona the congregation of
: Bethany Lutheran church has been in-
‘creased by five hundred members.
{| ——Beginning May 25th the Scenic
will present Mollie King, in the new
Pathe serial, “The Mystery of the
Cross.” It is considered one of the
greatest mystery stories ever present-
ed in motion pictures. But patrons of
, this popular moving picture theatre
do not need wait for the opening
i chapters of the above picture to see
' something good, as the Scenic is pre-
! senting high-class attractions every
night. The Hearst-Pathe news film
; tomorrow night will be worth seeing.
The Pennsylvania Fire Brick
company had a flag raising at their
plant at Beéch Creek on Sunday after- '
noon which was attended by over one
| thousand people. One of the interest-!
ling features of the occasion was the
| raising of the flag to the top of a thir-
ty foot pole by Uriah Kitchen, Beech
{ Creek’s ninety-three year old citizen
{-and who is a veteran of the Mexican
| and Civil wars. Addresses were made
'by Revs. Alexander D. Bateman and
| Walter L. Dudley while music was
: furnished by the Howard band.
{ ——C. A. Wilson, the Allegheny
| county convict who escaped from the
| new penitentiary three weeks ago has
not as yet been apprehended by the
| prison authorities. Immediately after
i his escape guards followed what they
| believed was his trail to Mt. Union
‘ where all inquiries in regard to ‘the
. man failed to bring to light any fur-
{ ther trace of him. On Saturday resi-
| dents of Yarnell and vicinity were
more or less excited over the fact that
. a strange man had been seen in that
“section for several days and the same
day, it was claimed, had been recog-
. nized by a ‘man who saw his picture
ion a poster in the postoffice. The au-
‘ thorities were notified but failed to
find a man that proved to be the es-
caped prisoner.
| Dr. H. F. Whiting on Tuesday
i resigned his position as principal of
i the Bellefonte High school to accept
, the appointment of superintendent of
' state highways in Beaver county. He
ieft Bellefonte on Wednesday to take
, up the work of his new position. Dr.
‘ Whiting has been connected with the
i Bellefonte High school the past five
‘ years and has proven a very satisfac-
tory instructor. He and his family
{ have also made many friends in Belle-
| fonte who will regret their departure
from the town, but Dr. Whiting’s de-
cision to give up teaching for some-
thing more lucrative is one more illus-
; tration of the fact that the education-
al field is not such an attractive one,
owing to the remuneration being less
than the same men can get in most
any other lines of business.
——Another Bellefonte boy who is
fast forging to the front in his chos-
en calling is A. Trood Bidwell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bidwell, of south
Allegheny street. When a young man
he secured an appointment to the U.
S. naval academy at Annapolis and
graduated with high standing. Dur-
ing the past year he has been attach-
ed to the United States cruiser Bir-
mingham, of the Atlantic fleet. Re-
cently he received notice of his pro-
motion to the office of senior lieuten-
ant to date from August, 1916, and
now is in line for a speedy promotion
to the office of lieutenant commander.
In fact, if the United States navy
takes any very active participation in
the war he stands a good chance of
other promotions before another year
is over.
——A handsome loving cup on an
ebony pedestal is now on exhibition
in the windows of Montgomery & Co’s
store. It is the property of the Balle-
fonte Academy and was won by the
Academy athletes at the interscholas-
tic track and field meet at State Col-
lege last Saturday. The Academy did
not have a full team in attendance
but did have three athletes who are
pretty fast sprinters. In fact they
took one first event and enough sec-
onds to score seven points. The State
Freshmen ran up a score of 76 points,
but as they are not eligible as prize
winners the cup went to the next
highest and the Academy was it.
When the Academy boys left the Col-
lege on Saturday evening it was with
no thought of having won a trophy,
consequently when the loving cup was
sent down on Monday it was a com-
plete surprise to all.
L, who have joined the Troop since
after taking the four years’ course”
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. J. H. Crissman, of DuBois, spent
several days last week with his brother,
[Homes W. Crissman.
|
— Darius and Miss Sara Waite went up
i to Warriorsmark last Friday to attend the
| funeral of their uncle, the late Mr. Chris-
| tian Eyer,
—After spending but one week in Belle-
| fonte Miss Clara Cole returned to Hyde
| City on Friday and on Saturday left for
| her home in Chicago, Ill.
—Mrs. Daniel Rhinesmith came over
| from Clearfield and spent Sunday with her
{ husband, who was discharged from the
i Bellefonte hospital last week.
! —Miss Irma Stevenson, who had been
with Mr. and Mrs. Van S. Jodon since ear-
: ly in April, returned to. her home at Wad-
dle the early part of last week.
—Nevin Cole has been spending the week
in York, having gone down Monday to
represent the I. O. O. F,, of Bellefonte, at
the Grand Lodge in session this week.
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| —Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Jenkins, of Ty-
| rone, with their son, Raymond Jenkins, of
t Philadelphia, were Bellefonte visitors on
+ Sunday, the latter going from here to the
| Quaker city.
—Mrs. Clevan Dinges will go to Centre
i Hall next week to attend the Centre coun-
! ty Sunday school convention and for a vis-
it with her mother-in-law apd at the home
tof Dr. and Mrs. Leib.
i —Mrs. Collins Johnston and her daugh-
ter. Miss Maude Johnston, returned last
Friday evening from spending the great-
er part of the winter with relatives in
Clearfield county. :
—Miss K. H. Hoover returned the fore-
part of last week from a nine week’s visit
with Mrs. Hayes, at Atlantic City, and
with friends in Philadelphia and the east-
! ern part of the State.
—Miss Agnes McGowan departed on
Tuesday to resume her engagement as a
nursé at the Mayo sanitorium at Roches-
ter, Minn., after spending four months at
' the home of her parents on Spring creek.
i —Miss Nellie McClellan is spending a
| month or six weeks with her sister, Mrs.
George James, at Grampian. Mr. and Mrs.
| James expect to make their home in Ty-
rone, contemplating moving there in the
near future, .
—Rev. Wardner Willard and his son
i Willis have been in Bellefonte since Tues-
day. Mr. Willard, who is in charge of the
: Warriorsmark Methodist church, came here
: to attend the centennial exercises, but will
return to his work today.
—Mrs. Harry Keller left- Saturday morn-
ing for Lancaster expecting to spend a
short time there with Dept. Attorney Gen-
eral and Mrs. Keller, before going on to
Wyncote for a week’s visit with her sis-
| ters, Mrs. Canfield and Mrs. Stoddart.
—Major and Mrs. R. A. Cassidy, of Can-
ton, Ohio, have been in Bellefonte this
week attending the centennial celebration
services at the Methodist church. During
their stay they have been guests of Major
Cassidy’s son, W. C. Cassidy and wife.
—Paul Johnson, with the Goodrich Rub-
ber Co., of Akron, Ohio, was a guest last
week of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Johnson. Upon leaving the beginning of
the week for Ohio he was accompanied by
Claudé Johnson and Hugene Coxey, both
having secured work with the same com-
pany. >
—Lawrence Cooney, of Sault St. Marie,
Canada, was in Bellefonte for a day last
week visiting with his sister, Mrs. Fox,
and his brother, Martin Cooney, having
stopped here on a business trip to New
York. Although Mr. Cooney is a native of
Centre county, it is his first visit back in
seventeen years.
—Mrs. Isaac B. Maitland with her two
children, Sara and “Bobby,” and Miss Le-
ona Maitland, came here from Williams-
port Saturday. Mrs. Maitland and her
children, who were guests of Mrs, Charles
Cruse, returned home Monday, while Miss
Maitland, who is visiting with Miss Jennie
| Irwin, will spend a week in Bellefonte.
—Included among the guests whom Mrs.
Alice Parker and her daughter, Mrs. W.
Galer Morrison entertained within the past
week were Mrs. Parker's sister, Mrs. Anna
Johnson, with Miss Hazel Sallada and Paul
Parker, of Jersey Shore; Mr. and Mrs.
George Hile, of Lewistown, and Mr. and
Mrs. Trood Parker and son, of Clearfield.
—Miss Ruth Howley went to Altoona a
week ago to continue treatment for rheu-
matism, which she had been taking at the
Bellefonte hospital for the past three
weeks. Miss Howley was accompanied by
Miss Bella Johnson, both being guests
while in Altoona, of Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Mallory, from whom Miss Howley will take
electrical treatment while away.
—A motor party including Mrs. Robert
S. Seibert, her brother, Byron Woodcock,
Mr. Philips and Dr. Lee Woodcock, drove
from Scranton Sunday and spent the night
‘here with Mrs. John Woodcock. Dr.
Woodcock returned to Scranton early
Monday morning the remainder of the par-
ty going on to Altoona to spend several
weeks looking after some of the Woodcock
land interests.
—Hon. William M. Allison and daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel, of Spring Mills; Edward
Allison, of Potters Mills, and Mrs. D. J.
Meyer, of Centre Hall, composed a quar-
tette of well known residents of Penns-
valley who spent Tuesday in Bellefonte.
Though living. just over the mountain this
was the first time either of them had been
in Bellefonte in months and their friends
were naturally glad to see them.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Budinger,
their two daughters, Blanche and Sara, and
their son Karl are expected to arrive at
their home in Snow Shoe on Sunday from
their winter's sojourn in Florida. They
left St. Petersburg on Wednesday morn-
ing of last week in their car, coming by
way of Gainesville, Lake City, Macon, Au-
gusta, Columbia, Pinehurst, Raleigh,
Richmond and Washington, D. C. From
there they motored by way of the Lincoln
highway to Bedford and will complete
their journey by way of Altoona and Ty-
rone. The entire family is in excellent
health and enjoyed their tay in the south.
—Col. H. 8, Taylor went to Altoona on
Saturday where he was one of the leading
speakers at the big patriotic meeting held
at that place. ¥rom Altoona he came to
Tyrone where he was met by a car and
taken to Pine Grove Mills where he also
spoke at the big flag raising at that place.
The Colonel, by the way, is not only a lu-
cid and fluent talker but when he has pa-
triotism as his theme his whole heart is
in the message he sends forth to his coun-
trymen, and as evidence that he is willing
to back up everything he preaches he has
offered his services to the government and
also volunteered to go with Roosevelt's
division, if it is finally authorized.
—Mr. Hawkins, of Canton, Pa., is a guest
at the Rosenhoover home on Spring creek.
—Mrs. John Musser has been spending
the week at Tusseyville with her sister,
Mrs. John Slack.
—Miss Ruby Eberhart, a nurse in train-
ing at the Punxsutawney hospital, came
home on Monday on a week’s vacation.
—Mrs. D. G. Bush was accompanied by
her niece, Mrs. Foresman, of Philadelphia,
upon her return to Bellefonte Tuesday.
—Mrs. Harry Curtin is visiting with her
son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cur-
tin, of Pittsburgh, having left here Tues-
day.
—Mrs. R. Winfield Davis is with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gettig, hav-
ing come to Bellefonte Saturday of last
week.
—Henry Lowery, of McKeesport. was in
Bellefonte the after part of the week, spend-
ing a short time looking after some busi-
ness interests.
—Mrs. Archibald. Allison went to Jersey
Shore Wednesday, to spend the remainder
of the week visiting with her cousin, Mrs.
William IIepburn.
—Mrs. Asher J. Adams, of Sunbury, was
in Bellefonte between trains the early part
of the week for a short visit with her
mother, Mrs. Shrefiler.
—William Chamberlin Esq., of Milton,
was an arrival in Bellefonte on Wednes-
day evening for a visit with his sister, Mrs.
A. O. Furst, on Linn street.
—Rev. and Mrs. William Schoch, of Lil-
ly, Pa., returned to Bellefonte on Tuesday
aftér spending three weeks among friends
at Jersey Shore and New Berlin.
—Mrs. T. F. Connery and her little son,
Thomas F. Connery Jr., returned to their
home in Tyrone on Monday after spending
several weeks with friends in Bellefonte.
—The “Watchman” office was favored on
Wednesday afternoon with a visit by Mr.
C. D. Moore, of State College, who was in
town looking after some business matters.
—Rev. W. K. McKinney went to Newark,
N. J., on Wednesday to bring home Mrs.
McKinney, who has been at the home of
her parents recovering from the effects of
a recent operation.
—Col. W. R. Teller has been at the Bush
house since coming to Bellefonte last week,
and expects to remain there until the re-
turn of Mrs. J. M. Dale, who is at present
with Mrs. Magargle, on Long Island.
—Mrs. Thomas Hazel, Mrs. Edward
Gehret and Mrs. Harry Smith have been in
York this week representing the Bellefonte
Lodge of the Rebekahs at the annual ses-
sion of the I. O. O. F. and the Assembly
of the Rebekahs.
—Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes came to Belle-
fonte Tuesday with Mrs. Beaver, who had
been her guest in Atlantic City fer sev-
eral weeks. Mrs. Hayes will visit here with
Mrs. Beaver and Dr. R. G. H. Hayes be-
fore returning to New Jersey.
—Mrs. M. R. Johnson spent the greater
part of last week in Allentown attending
the twenty-third annual convention ef the
Grand session of the Ladies of the Golden
Eagle. Mrs. Johnson represented The
Temple, the Bellefonte branch of the Gold-
en Eagle.
—Mrs. D. I. Willard has been in Union
City this week, going there Monday for the
funeral of her niece, Mrs. Paul Kunkle,
who died at her home in that place Sun-
day. Mrs. Kunkle was known to many in
Bellefonte, having visited. here as Miss Im-
ogene Hayes.
—John Q. Miles was in Bellefonte Wed-
nesday on his way to Centre Hall, to spend
the remainder of the month with his
daughter, Mrs. George Benner. Mr. Miles’
object in going at this time was to at-
tend the Sunday school convention which
will be in session there next week.
—Mrs. R. Harold Smith, of Goldsboro,
N. C., came to Bellefonte from Philadel-
phia last week, with her mother, Mrs. S.
D. Ray, and will be here with her parents,
for an indefinite time. Mr. Smith having
enrolled as an engineer, Mrs. Smith will
be in Bellefonte during his absence.
—Mrs. Edward Struble went to Akron,
Ohio, Tuesday, called there by the illness
of her son Willis, who has developed pneu-
monia within the past week. Mrs. Willis
Struble had been in Bellefonte visiting,
but returned at once to Akron upon re-
ceiving word of Mr. Struble’s illness.
—Mrs Hemmelwright, who has been a
guest of her daughter, Mrs. H. M. Wetzel,
during the winter, left Wednesday, accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs. William
Schneller, to return to their home at Beth-
lehem. Mrs. Schneller had been visiting
in Bellefonte with Mrs. Wetzel for two
weeks.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hayes, of Montreal,
and their two children, were in Bellefonte
Friday and Saturday, stopping here for a
short visit with Mr. Hayes’ sister, Mrs. D.
I. Willard. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were re-
turning to Canada from Annville, Pa.
where they had been for a visit with Mrs.
Hayes’ relatives.
—John L. VanPelt retufned home on
Monday from a three week’s trip through
the cities of eastern Pennsylvania in the
interest of the Trading Stamp company.
Inasmuch as he brought-his trunk along
home with him it is but. natural to con-
clude that he has decided to continue mak-
ing Bellefonte his residence, at least for
the present.
—Dr. Joseph Helfrich coming here from
Philadelphia Friday for his car, spent a
short time .visiting with his friends in
Bellefonte. He remained until Sunday.
Dr. Helfrich left for Harrisburg with Ray-
mond R. Jenkins as his motor guest, con-
tinuing his drive to Philadelphia with =a
few short stops. Mr. Jenkins had been
visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Jenkins, in Tyrone,
—Mrs. John I. Olewine will leave the
early part of the week for Champaign, IIL,
for a visit with her son Harris, and with
her sister, Mrs. Robert Reed. Mr. Olewine,
who will take his degree from the Univer-
sity of Illinois in June, is among the
chemists enrolled by U. 8. for war serv-
jce and expects to be called for duty very
shortly. Mrs. Olewine, however, antici-
pates remaining in Illinois until Mr. and
Mrs. Reed and their family come to Penn-
sylvania for the summer.
—Among those who were in town on
Saturday for the funeral of the late Fath-
er McArdle were Mother M, DeSales, of
West Chester; Sister M. Euphrasia, of
Philadelphia; Sister M. Flavia, ef Holli-
daysburg; Sister M. Leonard, of Altoona;
Mrs. Win Love, of State College; John
Pacini, of Lewistown; Mrs. M. D. Keller,
Snow Shoe; Arthur Haupt, Lock Haven;
Mrs. James Davis and. Miss Fleming, Ty-
rone; Miss J. Kohlbecker, of Jeanette, and
Mr. M. F, Kelley, of Juniata. Mrs. Green,
of Philadelphia, a niece of the dead Priest,
was also here.
—Miss Emily Valentine, of Baltimore, is
a guest of her aunt, Miss Emily Natt.
—Miss Helen Peaslee, of Williamsport,
was a guest of Miss Mary Warfield during
the past week.
—Ferguson Parker left yesterday for
Essington Heights in anticipation of en-
tering the U. 8. aviation school.
—Mrs. James Davis, of Tyrone, and her
small son, were week-end guests of Mrs.
Davis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Gher-
rity.
—Mrs. C. B. Williams, of Bayonne, N. J.
arrived in Bellefonte on Wednesday even-
ing to spend a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lyon.
—Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Wright are
entertaining Mr. Wright's mother and sis-
ter, Mrs. A. B. Wright and Miss Lena M.
Wright, both of Newport, Pa.
—Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Malin, of Balti-
more, will be week-end guests of Mr. Ma-
lin’s brother, W. LI. Malin. Until last fall
when he was retired. Mr. Malin was with
the P. R. R. Co.
—Mrs. Brinton, of Philadelphia, is a
guest of her sister, Mrs. Edmund Blanch-
ard. Mr. Brinton accompanied Mrs. Brin-
ton to Bellefonte a week ago, returning to
the city Saturday.
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——See us before you see anybody
else for shoes. We know we can save
you money.—Cohen & Co. 20-1t
Bellefonte Academy Minstrels.
The Bellefonte Academy minstrels
will be in the spotlight at Garman’s
opera house on Friday night of next
week in their seventh annual appear-
ance, and it is going to be some show,
according to all reports. The stage
setting for the first part will be some-
hing entirely new and original com-
bining many startling electrical ef-
fects. Quite a number of specialties
will be introduced during the perfor-
mance among them being the kings
of the silver clog. Remember to re-
serve your seat early as there is cer-
Yin to be a rush for tickets the last
ay. .
Persons in a position to judge de-
clare that the second part of the per-
formance will even excel that of the
widely known Coburn minstrels, Who
appeared in Bellefonte only recently,
and this fact alone should prove suf-
ficient to draw a large crowd.
The chart for the minstrels will
open promptly at ten o'clock on
Thursday morning, May 24th, and
positively no tickets will be reserved
or laid aside beforehand.
President Sparks’ Ninth Year.
Marking the ninth anniversary of
Dr. Edwin E. Sparks as president of
The Pennsylvania State College, a pa-
triotic rally was held in the Schwab
auditorium last Wednesday night.
More than 2000 students and faculty
members attended.
Following an enthusiastic reception
to Presidént Sparks by the assem-
blage he outlined the war situation
from the standpoint of the college stu-
dent. He reported that Secretary of
War Baker urged students in scien-
tific and engineering courses to re-
main at their textbooks, for the pres-
ent.
Since Dr. Sparks was made the
State College executive, the enrolment
has increased from 1151 to 3728 stu-
dents, and the teaching staff from 125
to 403.
_ —Our price on clothing for men
is the same as last year. No advance.
—Cohen & Co. 20-1t
Patriotic Work at Snow Shoe.
A big patriotic parade will be held
at Snow Shoe this (Friday) evening
at seven o'clock sharp. Joseph Wade
will be chief marshall of the parade
and he has completed arrangements
for a big time.
Immediately following the parade a
meeting will be held in the Communi-
ty hall for the purpose of organizing
for Red Cross work. Mrs. W. Corliss
Snyder is at the head of this branch
of the work and has already aroused
considerable enthusiasm among the
people of that vicinity. A cordial in-
vitation is extended to the public to
view the parade and attend the Red
Cross meeting.
Dr. Nissley Located.—Dr. Nissley,
the veterinarian, has permanently lo-
cated in the stables at the rear of the
Bush house, formerly occupied by the
late James Toner. There he has his
office, with both phones, and ample
room for horses during treatment as
well as stable room for persons driv-
ing to town who want a safe place to
leave their horses.
——The State College gun club will
hold a registered shoot on May 24th.
——We are saving the community
lots of money on our groceries. Get
next.—Cohen & Co. 20-1t
Architect.—Anna W. Keichline,
Bellefonte, Pa. 62-4-6m
——They are all good enough, but
the “Watchman” is always the best.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel................... arserseras crsnensee $3.50
Guions o 1.50
28s, per dozen....
Lard, per pound.
Butter per pound..
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o’cloc
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press
Red Wheat.........
White Wheat.. X
Rye, per bushel. 1.25
Corn, shelled, per bushel 1.50
Corn, ears, per bushel.............. 1.50
Qats, old and new, per bi 70
Barley, perbushel.................c.c.cccenne. 1.00
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
0. 1...
o. 1........ 15.
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