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Bellefonte, Pa., January 18, 1918.
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Bellefonte’s Milk Supply Not Yet
a Case for Alarm.
Last week the “Watchman” publish-
ed the fact that Mr. Luther Lansbury,
who has served a milk route in Belle-
To Correspondents.—No communications fonte for a number of years, had de-
published unless accompanied by the real cided to quit and deliver his milk in
name of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Use of the 1917 automobile
tags have been extended by the State
Highway Commissioner to January
25th, inclusive.
The Bellefonte Academy serv-
ice flag now has 120 stars, a remark-
able record for an educational insti-
tution the size of the Academy.
———Capt. H. Laird Curtin has been
confined to bed all week with a bad
cold and is endeavoring to get an ex-
tension of his furlough until he re-
covers.
The Bellefonte Academy min-
strels, fifty-seven strong, held their
first practice the past week and the
boys intend doing their best to make
this year’s performance eclipse any-
thing in past years.
About two hundred and fifty
students have withdrawn from State
College since the opening of that in-
stitution last September to enlist for
service of some kind during the war.
This number represents about ten per
cent. of the entire student body.
The Lehigh College basket ball
team was scheduled to play the State
five at State College on Saturday
evening but being on the Lehigh-
Pennsylvania train they were held up
behind the wreck at Curtin and could
not get through in time, so the game
was postponed.
Gettig & Bower, who have oc-
cupied offices in the 'Eagle block ever
since it was built, have leased the of-
fices in the Furst building formerly
occupied by Fortney & Fortney and
as soon as they are put in shape will
move there, as they deem it a more
desirable location.
This winter is surely one darn-
ed thing after another. Bellefonters
had just about gotten thawed out
after Sunday’s intense cold when
along came a foot of snow on Monday
night and it was out with the snow
shovel brigade. The only thing that
has been lacking so far is a spell of
warm weather.
A tea was given Monday after-
noon at the parish house of St. John's
Episcopal church, at which Miss New-
bold, of Lancaster, a deaconess and
missionary to Japan, gave a most in-
teresting talk on missions. The very
complimentary audience was made up
from the membership of both the
State College and Bellefonte parishes.
Malcolm J. Laurie, formerly of
Bellefonte and who for some years
has been cashier of the Bituminous
National bank at Winburne, has re-
signed ‘that position to become cash-
ier of the Houtzdale Trust company,
a new banking institution just start-
ing in business. He will be succeed-
ed at the Bituminous National bank
by Walter Stinert.
——James Krape, the genial em-
ployee at the Bellefonte hospital, ar-
ranged a reception on Tuesday night
for Miss Stevenson and Miss Clemens,
two nurses who will graduate in about
a month. Among the guests present
were Mr. Krape’s father, James
Krape, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs.
G. C. King, of Spring Mills. The oc-
casion proved a very pleasant one for
all present.
Last Saturday evening Frank
Dillen, of Julian, took a sledding par-
ty to the Philip Williams home at
Martha. When ready to return home
a passing train frightened his team
and they ran off, throwing Mr. Dillen
into a wire fence. Fortunately the
only injuries he suffered were a few
scratches on the face. The team was
caught before they ran far and re-
turned to the owner.
——It is rumored that the green
trading stamp store in Bellefonte will
be closed for good on April first, in-
asmuch as the patronage here is not
sufficient to justify keeping it open.
Miss Janet Potter, who has been in
entire charge of the store since the
resignation of John VanPelt, has been
asked to go to Philipsburg to take
charge of the branch there, but so far
has net decided on what she will do.
——0One of the boilers at the steam
heating plant sprung a leak last Fri-
day and it was necessary to draw the
fires from under all the boilers in one
battery until repairs could be made,
and the result was that the steam
pressure was not as high as it should
have been until the fires were again
started on Sunday and both batteries
of boilers put into service. The acci-
dent, while greatly deplored by those
connected ‘with the steam heating
plant, was one that could not be an-
ticipated and the one hope is that it
won't happen again.
The pavements of Bellefonte
were never in a worse condition than
they are now. They are not only
coated with ice as the result of last
Friday night’s snow and rain, but
on some of the side streets of Belle-
fonte, and not so far aside either,
Monday night’s deep snow has not
yet been removed, although there is a
borough ordinance requiring its re-
moval within twenty-four hours. Pri-
marily, ef course, it is the fault of
the property owner, as every resident
of the town ought to have enough
pride and sense of fairness'to induce
him to clean his pavement. Failing
to do so, the proper borough authori-
ties ought to make it their business
to see that the work is done, even if it
has to be done by the borough and the
cost therefore collected from the prop-
erty owner.
bulk to the Greek cheese factory at
Axe Mann, giving as a very good rea-
son for doing the same that he was
unable to secure the necessary .help
to handle his route as it should be. At
the same time it was stated that other |
milkmen were considering doing the
same thing, though up to this writing
they have not done so.
In this connection it might be in-
teresting to the public to know just
how much milk Bellefonte consumes
a day and the following information
was secured by a “Watchman” repor-
ter, which though it may not be en-
tirely accurate, is approximately cor-
rect, the figures given being quarts,
which includes both milk and cream: '
Luther Lansbury................... 100
GEOTZe ULeY. civ ise icine 250
W. CC. Baylor... .... iii in 200
de C. BARGE. vives svsirrricvnini 150
oJ Markle........-..... 0. 0, 125
Harry A. Corman.................. 90
H. N. HOV... .....ccooneciviininne, 40
W. J. Musser. 40
John Spearley 20
ea Wi CORE, ei aia 30
Daniel SIReY.....coi eid cin nie; 30
Total in guarts.......... - 1085
Thus it will be seen that Bellefonte
has been consuming 1085 quarts of
milk and cream a day, not counting
those people who get milk and cream
direct from their own farms, and
there are a number who do that.
With Mr. Lansbury abandoning his
route it will reduce the amount just
100 quarts, so that even in the mat-
ter of milk Bellefonters may be called
upon to practice economy.
So far as the Greek cheese factory
is concerned the “Watchman” has
been informed that it is not the part
or the intention of the proprietors to
encroach upon Bellefonte’s milk sup-
ply. In fact, it is said, that they have
stated that they don’t want the milk
from the dairymen. Their object is
to get the milk from the farmers who
keep a few cows and have more milk
than they need for home use and not
enough to justify peddling it to town.
Such is the trade they are after, and
eventually expect to put on their own
wagon or truck to gather the milk.
In this connection it might further
be stated that the public need not be
surprised if there is another raise in
the price of milk, as the dairymen are
considering the question very serious-
ly, putting forth the argument that
the margin of profit is so small now
that they cannot make out at the price
now charged.
Annual Meeting of Farmers’ Mutual
Fire Insurance Co.
The Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insur-
ance company of Centre county held
their annual meeting in Bellefonte on
Monday for the purpose of electing
officers for the ensuing year and to
transact any other business that
might be properly brought before the
company. An elective board consist-
ing of John Rossman, Charles U.
Decker and E. J. Jodon was appoint-
ed and upon their recommendation
the following board of directors was
chosen: H. E. Duck, Col: W. Fred
Reynolds, George Haines, Z. T.
Thompson, Robert Reed, George
Mitchell, Frank McFarlane, J. H.
Beck, G. P. Gentzel, John B. Goheen,
E. M. Huyett and Frank M. Fisher.
The board then organized by elect-
ing the following officers:
President—H. E. Duck.
Vice President—Col. W. F.
nolds.
Secretary—Frank M. Fisher.
Treasurer—Jasper R. Brungart.
The company has had a very suc-
cessful year’s business. Losses paid
during the year amounted to $82,-
221.13, most of which were on build-
ings struck by lightning. Insurance
placed during the year amounted to
$369,851.02. The total amount of in-
surance now in force amounts to
$4,125,746.717. :
The accounts of the company were
audited by a committee consisting of
Col. W. Fred Reynolds, E. M. Huyett
and George Mitchell, and the insur-
ance books were found in a very sat-
isfactory condition. The company be-
gins the new year with a clean rec-
ord and promise of a successful year’s
business.
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Annual Meeting of the Bellefonte
Board of Trade.
The annual meeting of the Belle-
fonte Board of Trade was held at the
public building on Howard street last
Thursday evening and the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President—Robert F. Hunter.
Vice Presidents—E. H. Richard and
Joseph L. Montgomery.
Secretary—W. T. Kelly.
Treasurer—Charles M. McCurdy.
Secretary Kelly made a detailed re-
port of matters brought before the
Board during the past year and the
work it had accomplished, which
showed a very satisfactory condition
of affairs~. He also reported on sev-
eral matters now under consideration
and the prospects are that a meeting
of the Board will be held in the near
future to consider several very inter-
esting propositions.
Bellefonte is surely entitled to
better weather than we have had since
early in December but when it comes
to moving picture shows it is hard to
find one better than the Scenic. Man-
ager T. Clayton Brown takes especial
pride in keeping up-to-date in all the
pictures shown and every evening
there is something worth while to be
seen. In addition, the Scenic is al-
ways comfortable and the best of or-
der maintained.
——Free, $1.50 self-filling fountain
. pen absolutely free with every sale of
$3.00 or over at Yeager’s on Satur- |
‘day, January 19th. : 3-1t
-——Eighteen inch ice has been
cut at Hecla park the past week and
shipped to Bellefonte to supply pri-
vate individuals. It is probably the
i thickest ice ever harvested in this vi-
- cinity, notwithstanding the fact that
it was mostly the product of Decem-
ber’s extreme cold weather.
——There will be three eclipses
during the year 1918, two of the sun
and one of the moon. The first will
be a total eclipse of the sun on June
8th, visible in North America. On
the night of June 24th there will oc-
cur a partial eclipse of the moon, also
visible in North America. Another
“eclipse of the sun will occur on De-
cember 3rd, which will be visible in
the United States.
If ever there was need of put-
ting out feed for the birds it is now.
. The snow and rain that fell last Fri-
day night froze so hard that it is im-
possible for a bird to dig down
through it, even if it would know
where to locate some food. It is the
same with wild turkeys and pheas-
ants, and unless farmers living adja-
cent to the mountains put out feed
ish for lack of something to eat.
——AIll chemistry students in the
Senior class at The Pennsylvania
State College have been released from
furiier college work in order to ac-
ce; ; positions in the DuPont Powder
company laboratories. Huge govern-
ment contracts for explosives and a
serious shortage in chemists prompted
the powder makers’ appeal to the col-
lege for assistants. At the expiration
of three months’ employment the
chemist students will be awarded
their diplomas.
——Booked to leave Bellefonte on
the Lehigh-Pennsylvania train Sat-
urday afternoon for their trip to
Rochester, Minn., County Treasurer
David Chambers and Judge Henry C.
Quigley did not get away until eight
o'clock in the evening and when they
reached Pittsburgh they found that
all trains west had been cancelled on
account of the big blizzard, so they
returned home Sunday evening. Traf-
fic having been opened up they will
leave again tomorrow.
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——1It may not be generally known,
but it is a fact, nevertheless, that dur-
ing the past week not a lemon was to
be had at any of the stores in Belle-
fonte, according to a report made to
this office by a young lady who tried
to buy some. Good bananas, too,
were also quite scarce. One dealer in
Bellefonte ordered several bunches of
the latter fruit from a wholesale
house in Williamsport and they were
three days on the way, being frozen
black when they reached here.
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——“Honor to whom honor is due.”
Dr. E. E. Sparks, president of The
Pennsylvania State College, writes
the “Watchman” that the little story
published last week about the absence
of drinking water on the P. R. R.
trains is all true, only it didn’t hap-
pen to him, but to Major Baylies,
military commandant at the college.
We apologize to Major Baylies. The
“Watchman’s” informant probably
heard Dr. Sparks tell the story and
naturally thought it was on himself.
——Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Miss Alice
Barnhart, a daughter of Mrs. T. M.
Barnhart, and Paul Irvin Jr, of Day-
ton, Ohio. The wedding will take
place next month at Stillwater, Flori-
da, at the home of Miss Barnhart’s
sister, Mrs. Charles Thomas. Miss
Barnhart left here several weeks ago
to join her mother in Florida, stop-
ping for a visit with Mr. Irvin’s fam-
ily at their winter home at Southern
‘Pines, where the arrangements for an
early wedding were made.
——The “Watchman” has received
a copy of the Hog Island News, being
the second number of a weekly publi-
cation issued by the American Inter-
national Shipbuilding Corporation for
the benefit of its employees. This
corporation is virtually the United
States government and Hog Island is
located just south of Philadelphia. It
is there that the United States will
undertake to show the world that a
ship can be built in a week, and ac-
cording to the plans already perfect-
too.
——Two big coal cars of a through
freight were wrecked near Curtin on
Saturday, tearing up a hundred or
more feet of track so that it was neec-
repair the track. As a consequence
of the wreck the Lehigh-Pennsylva-
nia train was held up at Curtin until
almost eight o’clock in the evening,
with the regular mail train west still
behind it. The Lehigh-Pennsylvania
on Sunday evening was almost five
hours late, being held up in the east-
ern part of the State.
——On Wednesday of last week a
stranger went to George Hurley’s liv-
ery in Philipsburg and hired a horse
and sleigh, but failed to return the
same. Monday morning when ex-
Sheriff W. E. Hurley was on his way
up Buffalo Run valley he heard of a
horse and sleigh that had been left at
the blacksmith shop at Waddle last
week by a stranger, who later disap-
peared. The ex-Sheriff took a look
as being that of his brother. Chief of
police Harry Dukeman was notified
(and took possession of the outfit,
| turning it over to its rightful owner
on Tuesday.
for the latter many of them will per-
ed they’ll come pretty near doing it, |
essary to order the work train from |
Tyrone to clear up the wreckage and |
and promptly identified the turnout |
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State College Hospital Unit May Be
i Enroute to France.
The State College hospital unit,
which trained at Allentown last sum-
mer and had been at the college since
late in the fall training other students
for hospital work, left State College
by train last Thursday and went to
Allentown where they were ordered
to send all their excess baggage home.
Nothing has been heard of them with- visiting with his mother, Mrs. Miller |
in the last few days and the impres-
'sion is pretty general that they are
now enroute to France or soon will be.
One thing that gives color to
the rumor is that the hospital unit
that was to have gone over about this
time was recently sent from Allen-
town to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for
final training and owing to a preva- |
lence of measles and mumps there the
camp has been quarantined.
The State College unit received or-
ders to leave on Monday of last week
but failed to get their transportation.
When they finally left on Thursday it
was by train and not in the big am-
bulance trucks in which they came to
the college from Allentown, so that
all things considered the impression
that they have gone seems well
founded.
Four Bellefonte Boys Transferred to
Watervliet Arsenal.
Samuel D. Rhinesmith, William L.
Musser, Charles E. Gates and Frank
R. Smith, all privates of old Troop L,
and who since the dismemberment of
that organization had been attached
to the headquarters of the 109th field
artillery at Camp Hancock, have been
transferred to the Watervliet arsenal
at Troy, N. Y., as members of an
fordnance company. Rhinesmith stop-
ped in Bellefonte two days last week
on his way to his new assignment
while Messrs. Musser and Gates ar-
rived in Bellefonte on Sunday even-
ing and remained until Tuesday even-
ing when they, too, left for the Wa-
tervliet arsenal. Smith was unable to
accompany the other boys on account
of being confined to the hospital with
a bad cold but he reached Bellefonte
Wednesday morning and will leave to-
day for Troy, N. Y.
News of the Soldier Boys.
A. Linn McGinley Jr., of the U. S.
battleship Minnesota, has been at
home this week on a brief furlough
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Linn McGinley.
Daniel Clemson, of the old First
Penna. cavalry hospital corps, arrived
home on Tuesday to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Clemson, of
Buffalo Run. The probabilities are
great that Dan will be mustered out
as the post surgeons are not satisfied
that he is strong enough for the
service.
Walter Crytzer, who went away
ten days ago to join the aviation
branch of the service, returned home
on Tuesday morning, having failed to
pass the extremely rigid examination
he had to undergo.
Joseph Knisely, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George H. Knisely, enlisted in
the military police some weeks ago
and is now stationed at Camp Sher-
man, Montgomery, Ala.
J. Mac Heinle, who went to Hamil-
ton, Canada, almost two weeks ago to
enlist in the Canadian aviation serv-
ice, returned home on Tuesday, hav-
ing failed to pass the Canadian ex-
amination.
Penna. Match Co. Gave Employees
Five Per Cent. Bonus.
At the annual meeting of the Penn-
sylvania Match company held a few
days ago it was voted to give all the
employees who have been with the
company a year or longer a bonus of
five per cent. of their years’ salary
or wages, which will mean the distri-
bution of quite a sum of money among
the employees of that company. The
old officers were re-elected for the en-
suing year, namely:
President—F. W. Crider.
Vice President—W. Fred Reynolds.
Secretary and Treasurer—J. L.
Montgomery.
The company has been at work for
some time past on the building of
their new match making machines
which are now almost completed, and
which they expect to have in readi-
ness to. put in operation on or about
February 1st. With these new ma-
chines in operation the capacity of the
i plant will be increased about fifty per
Icent. and will enable the company to
come much nearer meeting the de-
mand for their product than they have
been able to do with their present
equipment.
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John VanPelt to Quit Reid Tobacco
Company.
John VanPelt, who during the past
six or eight months has been a trav-
eling salesman for the Altoona branch
of the Reid Tobacco company, on
Monday tendered his resignation to
take effect on February 1st.
| Two weeks ago J. F. Kauffman re-
|signed as manager of the Altoona
branch. and forming a company
(bought out the W. A. Strauss Tobac-
co company in Johnstown, Mr. Van
Pelt becoming one of the stockholders
and it is with this company he will
cast his lot beginning February first.
While Mr. VanPelt’s headquarters
will thus be changed from Altoona to
! Johnstown he will not move his fami-
|ly from Bellefonte at the present, and
will be able to spend all his Sundays
rat home.
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——Another peol tournament is be-
{ing conducted at the Bellefonte Lodge
‘of Elks, the losers of which will have
ito entertain the winners with a tur-
key dinner at the Nittany Country
club.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. John M. Dale left Bellefonte yes-
| terday for an indefinite stay in Danville, ;
i Pa.
—Oscar Sherry, of Braddock, is visiting
“with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
| Sherry.
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—W. Harrison Walker has been attend-
ring United States court in Harrisburg
this week.
+ —William Stewart, of Seattle, Wash., is
Stewart, of Linn street.
i —Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Benner, of Centre
| Hall, will leave today to spend a week
| with friends in Pittsburgh. -
| —Malin Baird, of Milesburg, is home on
‘a ten days’ furlough, owing to the illness
| of his mother, Mrs. Joseph Baird.
—Mrs. ‘Boyd Vonada and little son Har-
ry spent the fore part of the week with
i Mrs. Vonada’s parents in Aaronsburg.
—Rev. M. DePue Maynard is in Wil-
' liamsport this week attending a session of
{ the arch deaconry of Central Pennsylva-
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| nia.
{| —DMiss Elizabeth Eckenroth is with her
. sister, Mrs. Stewart, at Columbus, Ohio,
| having gone out to spend the remainder
| of the winter.
| —H. W. Irwin, with the Nickel-Alloy
, company of Hyde City, spent the week-
.end in Bellefonte with his family, at their
| home on south Water street,
—Ree Florey, of Pleasant Gap, left Sun-
day for Pittsburgh, where he has accept-
ed a position. Mr. Florey is a brother of
Mrs. H. W. Irwin, of Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Robert M. Beach has been in
Philadelphia during the past week, having
| gone down to attend a board meeting of
| the Suffrage party of Pennsylvania.
{ -—Mrs. Mary Dowling, who has been
with her sister, Miss Katie Murray, since
the death of their father, Terrence Murray,
will return to Atlantic City this week.
—William Bradford, of Centre Hall, was
a caller at this office Monday morning,
having come to Bellefonte on business in
connection with the flouring mill of Brad-
ford & Son.
—Mrs. John Hinman Gibson has left for
her home in Chicago, after visiting for sey-
eral weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Cook. Miss Margaret Cook return-
ed to Bellefonte Monday.
—Mrs. Harry McManaway and her
daughter Helen left Bellefonte Wednesday
to join Mr. McManaway in Indianapolis,
where he has accepted a position with the
DuPont Powder company.
—Mrs. W, F. Reeder returned to Harris-
burg, Saturday, intending to come to
Bellefonte again about the first of March,
at which time she expects to spend two
months at the Brockerhoff house.
—Among the “Watchman” office visit-
ors on Tuesday was Mr. Joseph Grossman,
of Reynold’s avenue, and the result will
be that in the future he and his family
will be regular readers of this paper.
_—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eberhart, of Ak-
ron, Ohio, were guests during the past
week of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Eberhart, and Mr. and Mrs. Poorman. Mr.
Eberhart is with the Goodrich Rubber Co.
—Mrs. James Weaver, of Milesburg, was
a pleasant caller at this office bright and
early on Monday morning, having come to
Bellefonte to look after a few business
matters and also attend to some shopping.
—G. Ross Parker, accompanied by G.
Ross Jr., went out to Somerset on Friday
to see his aged mother who last week sus-
tained a broken arm in a bad fall. They
returned home the early part of the week.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Beezer went to
Philadelphia Monday, to spend the week
attending the automobile show. During
their absence their son Herbert has been
living with Mrs. S. A. Bell and Miss Tate.
—Mrs. Kilpatrick went to Philadelphia
Wednesday for a visit with her mother,
Mrs. Clayton. Her aunt, Mrs. Alexander,
of Philadelphia, who has been a guest of
the family, will have charge of the house
during Mrs. Kilpatrick's absence.
—DMiss Nannie Henderson and her fath-
er, Robert M. Henderson, of State College,
were in Bellefonte the early part of the
week, Miss Henderson leaving from here
for Lancaster, where she will take a six
week’s business course in a business col-
lege.
—Col. W. F. Reynolds went to Augusta
this week to spend a short time with his
son Frederick, with the 112th Infantry at
Camp Hancock. During his absence Mrs.
Reynolds visited with her brother and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoy, of New
York.
—Claire Ohl, of Nittany, was in Belle-
fonte Monday attending to some business
for his father, Ira C. Ohl, one of the lead-
ing farmers of Nittany valley. It being
an auspicious day for the bus, as the
roads were fairly well opened, Mr. Ohl
came up in the machine.
—Mrs. Stewart Pearce, of Conneaut,
Ohio, and her son, John J. Pearce, first
mate on the McGouigal, one of the Lake
line boats, have been visiting for two
weeks with Mrs. Pearce’s sisters and
brothers, Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Schaeffer, J. L.
and John McGinley. Mrs. Pearce and her
son expect to return to Ohio today.
—B. C. Bloom, of Benore, spent a part
of Friday in Bellefonte, looking after bus-
iness and doing some buying. To make
the trip in a day, it was necessary for Mr.
Bloom to go to State College and come
here in the bus, returning home in the
train after dinner. But we imagine those
round about trips are over now for we
have a suspicion that he bought an auto-
mobile while in town.
—Frank M. Fisher, of Penn Hall, and
Jasper R. Brungart, of Rebersburg, sec-
retary and treasurer respectively of the
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of
Centre county, were “Watchman” office
callers on Monday, having come to Belle-
fonte to attend a meeting of the company
of which they are both officers. Mr. Brun-
gart, by the way, enrolled his name as a
regular subscriber to this paper.
—James Waddle, of Waddle, was a bus-
iness visitor in Bellefonte yesterday and
incidentally made a brief call at this of-
fice. One of his errands in town was to
get a prescription fiilled for Mr. C. M. Sel-
lers, who is suffering with rheumatism,
but when he tried to get it at a drug store
he was told it was impossible to fill it as
one of the ingredients was alcohol, and it
was against the law to sell it unless it
was doped with poison.
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G. Wash Rees has resigned as
justice of the peace in the South and
West wards and a petition has been
sent to Governor Brumbaugh for the
appointment of John M. Keichline as
his successor.
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| Red Cross Workers to Move to Court
| House. .
| The County Commissioners yester-
jday granted the Red Cross permission
| to use the library on the second floor
tof the court house as a work room,
the W. C. T. U. room in Petrikin hall
being too small to accommodate the
number of workers that congregate
jon the afternoons and evenings the
room is open. The rugs in the library
| will be lifted and the mahogony tables
jcovered to prevent their getting
scratched or marked in any way, and
the room will then be ready for use.
Portable shelves will likely be put up
by the Red Cross, on which to store
| their supplies.
Social Doings.
The Christian Endeavor of the
Lutheran church of State College,
chaperoned by their pastor, Rev.
Traub, had a sledding party to Pleas-
ant Gap Saturday night. A chicken
and waffle supper, served by Mrs.
Maurice Yeager, being the feature of
the evening.
Wednesday evening twenty-two of
the scholars from the State College
High school, had a sledding party to
Mrs. Yeager’s hotel, the evening be-
ing spent in dancing.
Mrs. Jacob Gross, of Bishop street,
was hostess at a card party Monday
night.
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Grove—Barnhart.—David C. Grove,
a well known farmer of Benner town-
ship, and Miss Bella Barnhart, of
Bellefonte, were married at Milton on
December 31st, by the Rev. J. W. Ad-
ams, pastor of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. A brief honeymoon was
spent in Milton and Sunbury.
The bride has been a successful and
energetic school teacher in Centre
county for a number of years, and her
marriage to Mr. Grove was a great
surprise to the many friends of both
of them, who quite naturally wish
them all kinds of success and happi-
ness. They will make their home in
the future on Mr. Grove’s farm.
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Myrtle Fike Refused New Trial.
Judge Henry C. Quigley filed a de-
cision yesterday in which he refused
the application of Mrs. Myrtle Fike
for a new trial and ordered her to ap-
pear before the court for sentence.
Mrs. Fike was convicted at the May
term of court for burning her own
home at Axe Mann. Application was
at once made for a new trial and the
same has now been refused.
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——On Wednesday afternoon Wes-
ley Rider, of near Coleville, drove to
Bellefonte with a dun colored bronche
hitched to a top buggy. He tied the
animal at Olewine's store and went
across the street to Beezer’s meat
market. The horse frightened and
tearing loose plunged down street at
break-neck speed. In front of Mrs.
Tanner’s the buggy overturned, tear-
ing off the top and spilling the con-
tents. Another plunge and the horse
was loose from the balance of the
buggy, and thus unhampered it ran
home. The buggy was a complete
wreck.
——Mrs. Boyd Cummings Packer,
of Germantown, but formerly of Lock
Haven, has issued invitations for the
marriage of her daughter, Miss Ma-
rie Louise Packer, and Herbert Wal-
ton Dean. The wedding will take
place at the Delmar Morris, German-
town, Saturday evening, the second
of February. Miss Packer is well
known in Bellefonte, having visited
here frequently while living in Lock
Haven.
Miss Margaret McFarlane, of
Lock Haven, having enlisted as a Red
Cross nurse, has orders to report for
duty Tuesday of next week. Await-
ing her transportation, Miss McFar-
lane does not know whether her work
will be in this country or France.
——Dorothy May, the little daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Harter, of
Zion, was painfully scalded last Fri-
yday when she fell backwards into a
bucket of hot water standing on the
floor. Her condition, however, is not
considered critical.
——Free, $1.50 self-filling fountain
pen absolutely free with every sale of
$3.00 or over at Yeager’s on Satur-
day, January 19th. 3-1t
——Anywhere, day or night. Three
cars. Prompt service. Buy a six trip
ticket, $1.00. White Line Taxi Co.
Call Bush house, either phone. 2-4t
Sale Register.
February 28, 1918—At the residence of W.
H. Coldwell on the Aaron Hall farm, 314
miles north of Unionville, on the Rattle-
snake road, 10 head horses and colts, 6
cows, 9 young cattle, brood sows, shoats
and full line of farm implements. Sale
at 10 a. m. IL. F. Mayes, auctioneer.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel...
» Per poun
Butter, per pound
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up tosix o’clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat i
White Wheat... ¥
Rye, per bushel 1.50
Corn, shelled, per bushel 1.60
Corn, ears, per bushel............... 1.60
Oats, old and new, per bushél.. ii aD
Barley, perbushel............c..c..cinciiviiinnnn. 1.00
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening:
Wheat—Red.....ccs.e... .$217@ 2.19
* —No. 2.. wo 2:15@ 2.17
Corm —Yellow........ . 2-35@ 2.40
* —Mixed new.... . 2.30@ 2.25
i Qats A er i - Waa
Flour—Winter, per barre 10.
| “ —Favorite Brands. 11.00@11.25
| Rye Flour, ber barrel............... . 9.75@10.60
: Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 15.00@29.
{| Aes “Mixed No. 1....... 22.50@28.00
SETRW. oot spiritinsedeiiniommianetrssssiine 14.00@18.00
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