Beno
Belletonte, Pa., March 29, 1918.
To Correspondents.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Easter eve on going to bed,
Set your clock one hour ahead.
Remember next Monday will
be All Fool’s day.
The Bellefonte Academy closed
yesterday for the Easter vacation
which will last until Wednesday, April
10th, one of the longest Easter vaca-
tions ever given by that institution.
Don’t forget to turn your clock
ahead one hour before you go to bed
tomorrow night, or when you get up
Sunday morning you will be just one
hour behind standard time as it will
then be counted in this section.
The court has granted a ha-
beas corpus hearing to Bill Lucasav-
age, now in the Centre county jail on
the charge of killing Joe Berbitska,
in a riot at Clarence on Monday even-
ing of last week. The hearing will be
held next Tuesday, April 2nd.
—— The local exemption board re-
ceived word on Tuesday that Dr.
Helfrich had passed a successful ex-
amination and had been enlisted in
the medical service at Fortress Mon-
roe, Va., the board being given credit
for his induction into the service.
— John Dubbs Jr. has resigned his
position as agent of the Adams Ex-
press company in this place, effective
April first. After that he will give
all his time to the implement and
seed business in which he has been
interested since the death of his fath-
er. Up to this time it is not known
who the company will install as suc-
cessor to Mr. Dubbs.
The Providence R. I. Journal
of last Wednesday contained the an-
nouncement of the engagement of
Edward Greenslade Lyon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Lyon, of Bellefonte,
and who is now a member of the 31st
engineers in training at Camp Lee,
Va., and Miss Dorothy Barton Allen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis O.
Allen, of Providence. >
Capt. H. Laird Curtin, who wa
discharged from the regular service
at Camp Hancock in January, has
been appointed a major of cavalry in
the provisional National Guard of
Pennsylvania. With his knowledge
and experience Major Curtin will be
of inestimable worth in completing
the organization and in up-to-date
drilling of the new members of the
Guard.
—Dr. J.-M. Brockerhoff last week
received a Frick tractor for use on
his farms and so far almost a dozen
tractors. of different makes have been
purchased by Centre county agricul-
turalists to help out with the spring
crops. Two more tractors were re-
ceived at the western penitentiary re-
cently which will help out considera-
bly with the spring work on the peni-
tentiary farms.
The Milesburg Camp No. 893
P. O. S. of A., have secured the serv-
ices of a blind man from the State
Camp to give a musical entertainment
in the moving picture hall at that
place on Thursday evening, April 4th.
The small admission of 5 and 10 cents
will be charged and the public is as-
sured that the entertainment will be
worth hearing. Go and help along
the P. O. S. of A.
: The Central Juniata Valley
Chapter of the Red Cross will hold a
benefit dance in Market hall, Lewis-
town, next Monday evening, April 1st,
beginning at eight o’clock. Music for
the dance will be furnished by Hall’s
orchestra, of Columbus, Ohio, a fa-
mous musical organization. The price
per couple will be $2.50, and an invi-
tation has been extended to Bellefonte
people to motor over the mountain
and enjoy the dance.
Mrs. Margaret Smith, of Cen-
tre Hall, mother of W. Witmer and
Clyde A. Smith, of Bellefonte, is a re-
markable woman. She is eighty-six
years old and last Friday morning she
got up, did her baking and made prep-
arations to go alone to Ardmore, Pa.,
to attend the funeral of the late Mrs.
J. Witmer Wolf. They objected, how-
ever, to her going alone and she was
accompanied by her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Clyde A. Smith. They expect to
remain in Ardmore for a week.
——The public sale season virtual-
ly ended on Saturday, although a few
belated ones will be held this week.
But of all the sales held this spring
that of George Searson, on the old
Potter farm west of Linden Hall, last
Friday, seems to have been the banner
one. The sale amounted to over
$9,000. His farm implements alone
brought over $3,400, his cows and
young cattle brought him almost $2,-
000, and his horses, including a team
he sold at private sale over $3,000.
The sale was largely attended.
On Monday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh N. Crider motored down
town and parking their car on the op-
posite side of the street from the
Scenic walked across and took in the
picture show. When the show was
over and they were walking back
across the street Mrs. Crider happen-
ed to see something bright lying in
the street and stooping down picked
up her own ruby brooch which up to
that time she did not know she had
lost. Unfortunately, however, the
brooch had been run over by a car
and three of the rubies broken out,
but luckily all three stones were found
and the brooch can easily be repaired.
Mrs. Crider lost the brooch once be-
fore and was fortunate enough to get
it back from the finder.
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A BU ARO SA ITY,
HELP TO WIN THE WAR.
Noted French Officer, Hero and Ora-
tor to Tell How at a Meeting
Here Next Wednesday Night.
A big public meeting will be held
in the court house, Bellefonte, next
Wednesday evening, at 8 o’clock, when
that noted French officer, hero and or-
ator, Lieut. Paul Perigord, will be the
principal speaker and tell the people
of Centre county just what we must
do to win the war.
A number of Bellefonters have
heard Lieut Perigord talk and they
can vouch for the fact that he will be
worth hearing. During the month of
December Lieut. Perigord made a
talk before the Speaker’s Bureau
meeting at the Union League, Phila-
delphia, which the “Watchman” pub-
lished in full in its issue of January
11th, and we feel sure that anyone
who read his message given to the
American people at that time will
want to hear him next Wednesday
evening.
Lieut. Perigord will be accompanied
to Bellefonte by Senator Tustin, of
Philadelphia, who will also have a
nessage to give the people of Centre
county. Inasmuch as there is only a
{ limited time in which to bring notice
of this meeting to the attention of the
people of Centre county, ministers are
requested to announce the fact from
their pulpits on Sunday.
Lieut Perigord was a young French-
Canadian priest at the time of the
outbreak of the war. He immediate-
ly resigned his parish, sailed for
France and, as he expressed it, is one
of the few of the original Frenchmen
who withstood the German avalanche
alive today.
He has been decorated six times for
valor on the field of battle and is fre-
quently referred to as the Hero of the
Marne. He has been severely wound-
ed four times and is in this country
for a short period, invalided from the
front.
Remember the time, Wednesday
evening, April 3rd, at 8 o’clock in the
court house, Bellefonte.
——
Rounding Up Suspicious Characters.
Ten days or more ago a young man
made his appearance in Bellefonte
and while his actions were not exact-
ly those of a spy he made himself
very objectionable on several occa-
sions. The result was he was inter-
viewed by the sheriff and promptly
produced what he purported to be a
discharge from military service. The
sheriff did not detain him but warn-
ed him to leave: the town and the
county. Instead of doing so he went
to State College and was also chased
out of that place. He then went to
Snow Shoe and his actions there were
not what they ought to have been so
the sheriff was notified and the man
was arrested and brought to Belle-
fonte and lodged in jail.
On Wednesday two strangers ar-
rived in Bellefonte one of whom car-
ried:with him five hats which he used
in his profession as a juggler. In the
evening they started to make the
rounds of the hotel bar rooms and at
one of the hotels the juggler became
very impertinent when the dispenser
of liquid refreshments declined to
stand for the drinks in exchange for
an exhibition of the juggler’s art.
When the barkeeper demanded the
pay the juggler pulled out a roll of
the long green big enough to choke a
horse, and this with one or two other
suspicious moves he made resulted in
both men being arrested .and put to
jail as suspicious characters.
With work as plentiful as it is and
laborers so scarce every able bodied
man should do his share and that is
one of the reasons suspicious looking
characters who attempt to ply a skin
game in Bellefonte or surrounding lo-
cality will not be tolerated.
A Woman to Deliver High School
Commencement Address.
Mrs. Kathryn Sifson McLean, dean
of women at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni-
versity, has been secured to deliver
the. commencement address at the an-
nual commencement of the Bellefonte
High school this year. Mrs. McLean’s
talk before the Atlantic City educa-
tional convention two weeks ago was
one of the features on the program
and she was roundly cheered by the
delegates present, sixty-five of whom
were women. Supervising principal
Jonas E. Wagner attended the conven-
tion and he was so much pleased with
Mrs. McLean’s talk that he was strong
in his advocacy in securing her to de-
liver the commencement address here.
Bellefonte people are so used to
taking everything as a matter of
course that they rarely take time to
think of their home institutions in
anything but a general way, and yet
it is a fact that the Bellefonte High
school stands at the head of all the
High schools in the eastern district of
Pennsylvania (the cities of Philadel-
phia and Scranton not included in the
district) in its household arts and
manual training departments. The
household arts department is in
charge of Miss Dashiel and she has
accomplished wonders. In the manual
training department the boys have
completed ten tables, with a checker
board at each end, making twenty
checker boards, which they intend
sending to Prof. Wike at the train.
ing camp.
Some Changes of This Spring.
Mrs. Edward Woods to the Armor
house on Bishop street, vacated by
Wesley Bickett’s family, who have
moved to their new home on reservoir
hill, bought from Blands; John Dun-
lap and his family taking the Keich-
line house, on Thomas street, the
Woods’ are leaving, while Mark Wil-
liams will move from Water street to
his own house vacated by the Dun-
laps; Paul F. Wagner having rented
the Stover house the Williams’ are
leaving.
A. J. Bricker from east Bishop
street to the penitentiary, Mr. . and
Mrs. T. L. Romick going from Bush’s
Addition to occupy the house vacated
by the Brickers.
Vincent Bauer and his family will
move from the Stewart property at
Pleasant Gap to his own house on
Bishop street; McCulloughs, who
will vacate the house he will oe-
cupy, go into the one vacated by Wil-
liam Ott, the Otts taking the Corman
house, while Corman will move to one
of Deitrick’s new houses out along the
old pike.
Mrs. James B. Lane has gone to
her new home on Linn street, recently
bought from Norman Wright.
Daniel Houser and his family will
come here from Houserville to occupy
their home on the corner of Willow-
bank street and Reynold’s avenue.
Miss Annie Taylor will move from
one of Schad’s houses on Lamb street
to the McQuistion house on the corner
of High and Thomas streets; Mr. and
Mrs. Cyril Moerschbacher, who va-
cate this heuse will go to one of
Schad’s double houses on Lamb street;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dukeman going
into the other side from the Sebring
house across the street.
Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker is arranging
to move to Wilkinsburg, where she
will be joined by her daughter, Miss
Martha Shoemaker, and her son Col-
lins. :
Dr. and Mrs. Thornley go from Cri-
der’s exchange to the Wallace proper-
ty on Curtin street.
Clyde Shutt and his family from
Runville to one of the Conrad Miller
houses on Wilson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pennington
to the Julia Kelley house on Logan
street.
Nathan Ichkowitz and his family
from the Peter Mendes house on east
High street to the McDermott prop-
erty on Bishop street.
Carl A. Olsen from east Bishop
street, to the apartments in Petrikin
hall, vacated by Mrs. H. W. Tate.
Lief Olsen, who will be married next
month, has rented the house Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Olsen are leaving.
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Heverley from
the Sebring house on Howard street,
to one of the Schad houses on Spring
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Witmer Smith from
their farm to the Ellis Bierly proper-
ty in Milesburg. :
W. W. Witmers, who have stored
their furniture, will spend the time
visiting until their new house, which
they propose building on east Bishop
street, is completed.
Harry Irvin and family will move
to Clearfield, Jacob Knisely taking the
house on Water street vacated by the
Irvins.
Gammil Rice and his family will
return to Bellefonte from Niagara
Falls.
John J. Bower and his family will
go from the Hayes property on Cur-
tin street to the Bower house on east
Linn street, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas tak-
ing the Hayes house.
Horace Musser’s will store their
furniture, Wilbur Baney and his fam-
ily going into the Shower’s property
the Mussers vacate.
Mrs. Rachel Harris, in leaving the
brick house of Mrs. Bush on Spring
street, will go to Mrs. John Lane’s
house on Allegheny street, vacated by
Mrs. James B. Lane.
Nurses Alumni Association Organized
Graduate nurses of tile Bellefonte
hospital held a meeting at that insti-
tution on Tuesday and organized a
nurses alumni association by electing
the following officers:
President—Mrs. Margaret Bottorf.
Vice President-—Mrs. Artie Wash-
burn.
Secretary—Miss Minna Gerginska.
Treasurer—Mrs. Margaret Shaffer.
About twenty-five nurses are on the
roll of membership and of this num-
ber the following were present: Mrs.
Margaret Leggett, Mrs. Margaret
Bottorf, Mrs. Margaret Shaffer, Mrs.
the Misses Minna Gerginska, Vida
Wetzle, Bess Hoy, Betty Stevenson
land Pauline Clements.
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Non-Alco Warehouse Located.
Louis Daggett has leased the brick
building of Forrest Bullock on south
Water street and will take possession
of same on Monday for the purpose
of putting it in shape as the ware-
house for the storage of the non-al-
coholic drinks for which he has taken
the agency. The company will be
known as the Non-Alco Beverage com-
pany and Mr. Daggett’s territory will
include Centre, Clinton, Clearfield,
Blair, Huntingdon, Bedford, Mifflin
and Union counties. He has a carload
of non-alcoholic drinks now on the
way and expects to be open for the
wholesale trade in the very near fu-
ture.
——Warmer weather is sure to pre-
vail before long but you don't need to
wait for that to attend the Scenic. It
can always be found at the same place
and there is never any question about
the moving pictures, as they are al-
ways the best that manager T. Clay-
ton Brown can secure. Out-of-town
people cannot pass an evening more
fonte for an hour or two at the Scenic.
Artie Washburn, Mrs. Stella Smith, |
pleasantly than in motoring to Belle- |
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| BIG BARN BURNED.
{Fire a Mystery but Circumstances
Suspicious.
| The big barn on the John Thomas ,
(farm just this side of Stormstown
was totally destroyed by fire at an
iearly hour last Friday morning and
there are enough suspicious circum-
stances in connection therewith to
make it look as if it had been set on
fire.
Mr. Thomas had a public sale on
March 16th, and early last week mov-
ed to Tyrone. When he left the farm
he left about 150 bushels of corn ears
in the crib and from sixty to seventy-
five bushels of oats in the granary.
On Thursday evening he came back
from Tyrone to the home of his broth-
er-in-law, Thomas Gray, on the other
side of Stormstown, intending to go to
the farm on Friday morning to see
the new tenant, Albert Griffin, move
in and also make disposition of his
corn and oats.
About four o’clock Friday morning
neighbors discovered the Thomas barn
to be on fire and the report soon
spread, but there being no adequate
fire protection, and the flames already
having gotten a good start, nothing
could be done to save the barn or any
of the outbuildings, and they all went
up in smoke.
During the time the fire was burn-
ing there was no odor of burning corn
or oats and after the fire had died
down a search failed to disclose any
evidence of either the corn or oats
having been burned. Naturally the
question arises, did some person or
persons steal the grain and then on
the very morning when the new ten-
ant was to move in set fire to the
buildings to hide the theft? Other-
wise, how did the fire start? So far
as known no person had been about
the buildings for two or three days,
hence the fire could not have been by
accident.
Mr. Thomas had some insurance on
the buildings but how much, or just
what his loss is could not be learned.
Destructive Forest Fires in Centre
County.
During the past week considerable
damage was done by forest fires in
Centre county. Last Thursday a fire
started in the woods near Alto, pre-
sumably from a spark from a passing
locomotive, and a large force of men
worked most of the day and part of
the night before they succeeded in
checking the flames.
On Sunday a fire was discovered on
Purdue mountain and as it was in the
vicinity of the Burnside cabin a dozen
or more Bellefonters went up to help
fight the flames. They succeeded in
overcoming it to a certain extent, in
fact believed it to be about out, but
Monday’s high wind started it burn-
ing again and Monday evening anoth-
er crowd of fire-fighters went up to
help put it out.
On Sunday a fire also broke out on
the ridge south of Roopsburg and did
considerable damage, while on Mon-
day another fire raged on Nittany
mountain, near Hecla. How the va-
rious fires started is, of course, a mys-
tery, but it is presumed that they
were the result of criminal careless-
ness on the part of some one or else
wilfully started.
The dinkey engine house of the
American Lime and Stone company
was burned down on Monday, the
building having caught fire from a
spark from the engine.
Methodist Conference Closes.
The fiftieth annual session of the
Central Pennsylvania M. E. confer-
ence came to a close at Newberry on
Tuesday night with the announce-
ment of the appointments. Sunbury
was selected as the place for holding
the conference next year. During the
conference sessions Rev. George
Glenn was placed on the retired list
and Rev. Robert Tressler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Tressler, of this
place, was advanced to deacon’s or-
ders. Rev. Simpson B. Evans, former
district superintendent of the Altoona
district, was assigned to the Shamokin
church and Rev. Edgar R. Heckman
was appointed as his successor. Dr.
E. H. Yocum was returned to the
Bellefonte church, and the only chang-
es in the Altoona district were the fol-
lowing:
Allegheny—Ralph R. Miller.
Altoona—
Broad Avenue—Clair J. Switzer.
First Church—J. B. Stein.
Bakerton—A. I. Row.
Blandburg—G. B. M. Reidell.
Clearfield—West Side—C. C. Snavely.
Glen Hope—Charles Griffin.
Howard—W. G. Steel.
Lumber City—W. R. Jones.
Pleasant Gap—M. C. Piper, supply.
Port Matilda—G. H. Keller.
Ramey—F. E. Hartern.
Snow Shoe—M. J. Runyan.
Wallaceton—M. C. Flegal.
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New P. O. S. of A. Camp to be In-
stituted.
The Runville Camp P. O. S. of A.
will be instituted by Washington
Camp of Bellefonte, in the hall of
Gregg Post G. A. R., over the Potter-
Hoy hardware store in this place, this
(Friday) evening. Members of the
order throughout the county are in-
vited to be present and take part in
the ceremonies incident to the insti-
tution.
General Notice.
In accordance with the Daylight
Saving law, the court house clock will
be advanced one hour next Sunday at
2 o’clock a. m. That is, instead of the
clock striking two o’clock on the old
time it will strike three o’clock on the
new time. .
F. P. BLAIR & SON.
——The brick work on the Kelley
and Wion garage will be completed
this week, and work will then be rush-
"ed on the interior of the building.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. |
—Mr. and Mrs. G. Murray Andrews have
returned to Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Blair Hall is in DuBois for a two
week’s visit with her parents.
—Mrs. George VanDyke is visiting with
Mr. VanDyke at Clarksville, W. Va.
—Mrs. Hiller, of Chester, and her two
daughters, are in Bellefonte for Easter.
—Miss Bertha Campbell was a week-end
guest of her sister, Mrs. John Hoffman, in
Tyrone.
—Joseph Ceader, of the Naval Reserves,
stationed in Philadelphia, was home on a
short furlough last week.
—Miss Katherine Hoover went to Wil-
liamsport yesterday to be an Easter guest
of her cousin, Miss Mary Shorkley.
—Mrs. Satterfield will leave this week
for a visit with friends in Lykens, expect-
ing to go from there to Atlantic City.
——Miss Mary H. Linn will go from Mif-
flintown to Robertsdale, to spend the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John Som-
merville.
—Dr. Ezra Yocum came home from New-
berry Tuesday, called here from confer-
ence by the death of Thomas V. Donachy
and Benjamin F. Blair.
—Mrs. Elizabeth B. Callaway returned
yesterday from a five week’s visit with
friends in New York, New Jersey and the
eastern part of Pennsylvania.
—Miss Helen Lyons, of Mount Carmel,
was the guest for several days the latter
part of last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Lyons, at Lyontown.
—Forrest Tanner, in service as an avia-
tor, will come to Bellefonte this week from
New York, to visit during his furlough
with his mother, Mrs. C. D. Tanner.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn, accompanied
by a lady friend, motored to Bellefonte
from Pennsylvania Furnace on Monday
and spent the day attending to some busi-
ness and shopping.
—Miss Esther Undercoffer left on Sun-
day for Pittsburgh to spend a few days
with friends there then go to Carnegie
and spend Easter with her brother, Wil-
liam Undercoffer and family.
—Mrs. Mary Heaton, of Runville, was in
Bellefonte Wednesday, coming in on busi-
ness and to meet her sister, Mrs. Lucas,
of Altoona, who is now visiting with Mrs.
Heaton and her father, Charles Lucas.
—The Misses Anna and Eleanor Taylor,
both students at Goucher College, Balti-
more, are spending their Easter vacation
here with their father, R. B. Taylor. Miss
Anna Taylor is a member of the class of
1918.
—J. J. Gramley, of Rebersburg, was in
Bellefonte Wednesday between trains, on
his way to Freeport, Ill, where he will
make his home with his sons, Ellis and
Joseph. Mr. Gramley will stop on his
way west for a visit at Mansfield, Ohio,
and at Elrain, Ill.
—Mrs. Waterman, of Providence, = sis-
ter of Col. W. F. Reynolds, and’ their
niece, Miss Nora Reynolds, of Florida, are
both guests of Col. and Mrs. Reynolds.
Miss Reynolds, who is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, came here from
school to sbend the Easter vacation.
—Mr. and Mrs. Irvin O. Noll came to
Bellefonte from their home in Lansdowne
in the beginning of the week to spend Mr.
Noll’'s Easter vacation among Bellefonte
and Centre county relatives. Mr. Noll is
a teacher in the West Philadelphia High
school for boys and is pleased with the
work.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Blair and Mrs.
Rice and her two children, of Wilkins-
burg; John Blair and. his family, of Buf-
falo Run; Mrs. Christ Evey, of State Col-
lege, and Herbert Kerlin, of New York
city, were among those who came to Belle-
fonte yesterday for the funeral of the late
Benjamin F. Blair.
—Ensign William Bell, a son of Dr. and
Mrs. Finley Bell, of Englewood, N. J.
spent Monday in Bellefonte with his grand-
mother, Mrs. William Bell, and other rel-
atives. Mr. Bell who has entered the na-
vy as an aviator, will leave this week for
foreign service, Monday's visit being the
farewell to his relatives in Centre county.
—Mrs. J. P. Rockey and daughter Della,
of State College, left last Thursday on the
Lehigh-Pennsylvania flier for East Peru,
Iowa, to see the former’s son, Franklin
Rockey, who was lying critically ill with
tuberculosis. They arrived on Saturday,
just in time for a final farewell as word
was received of his death on Sunday morn-
ing.
—Miss Daise Keichline, in charge of the
infirmary at Wilson College, is spending
her vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Keichline. Mr. and Mrs. Keich-
line have also had as guests their daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. John Keichline, of Peters-
burg, and two of her daughters, the chil-
dren visiting here while their mother spent
several days at conference.
—Mr. O. J. Stover and ‘Squire George
W. Eaton, of Blanchard, were business
visitors in Bellefonte last Thursday and
callers at the “Watchman” office. Mr.
Stover is the executor of Henry Heaton’s
estate and is offering for sale the latter's
property near Yarnell, a full description
of which can be found in the advertising
columns of this week’s paper.
—Mrs. James H. Potter, Misses Mary
Hunter Linn, Winifred M. Gates, Janet
Potter, Anna McCoy and Hester McGinley,
representing the missionary societies of
the Presbyterian church of Bellefonte,
were in Mifllintown Wednesday and yes-
terday attending the annual meeting of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the Huntingdon Presbytery.
—Charles 8. Glenn, in training for avia-
tion service at Wichita Falls, Texas, is
home on a furlough this week, spending
the time with relatives at State College.
Having enlisted and left college in May of
last year, he went south at once, this be-
ing his first visit home in that time. Mr.
Glenn, with his sister, Miss Edna, and his
brother, Joseph, drove to Bellefonte Wed-
nesday to meet their uncle, Dr. Thomas
O. Glenn, who came here from Bradford
to spend a few days with his nephew, dur-
ing his visit home.
—Rev. Andrew Shuman Zimmerman, of
Newark, N. J., with Mrs. Zimmerman and
their two daughters, the Misses Mary and
Helen, were guests Monday of Mr. Zim-
merman’s cousins, John 8., Cline, William
and Shuman Zimmerman, of Mingoville,
going there from State College, where Mr.
and Mrs. Zimmerman had been visiting
with their daughters, who are both stu-
dents at Penn State. The visit to Mingo-
ville was made that the two young women
might see the birthplace of their grand-
father, David Zimmerman, now owned by
Shuman Zimmerman. Rev. Shuman Zim-
merman, who preached in the Presbyter-
ian church in Bellefonte only a short time
ago, is pastor of the Memorial Presbyter-
ian church at Newark, N. J.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gheen and two lit-
tle boys spent the fore part of the week
at Mr. Gheen’s former home at Jersey
Shore.
—William Chambers went to Washing-
ton Sunday, to attend the fulieral of Mrs.
Chamber's uncle, Joseph Sankey, formerly
of Potter township. Mr. Sankey had spent
the last few years of his life in a soldiers’
home in Washington, where he was buried
Monday.
—E. C. Fourney, who for some time has
been located at Logansport, Louisiana, ar-
rived in Bellefonte very unexpectedly on
Monday to visit his mother, Mrs. Anna
Fourney, who makes her home with her
daughter, Mrs. C. E. Gheen. The young
man is expecting a call to the colors most
any day, hence his present visit with his
mother.
—Among the out-of-town people im
Bellefonte for the funeral of the late Thom-
as Donachy yesterday were Christ Schrock,
of Beaver Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Johm
Schrock, of Altoona; George Schrock, of
Akron, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ders-
tine, of Altoona; Mrs. M. J. Tucker, of
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Mrs. Ray Lumley,
of Beavertown, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. James
Schrock, of Lock Haven, and Mrs. Albert
Schrock, of Akron, Ohio. :
Academy Minstrels for Red Cross
Benefit.
Don’t forget the Red Cross benefit
at the opera house on Thursday and
Friday evenings, April 18th and 19th.
The Bellefonte Academy minstrels al-
ways afford evenings of pleasure to
the large audiences which always
greet them, and this year’s perform-
ance is expected to excel all their for-
mer efforts. Everybody is urged to
attend and enjoy the music, the jokes
and the specialties. It will do you all
good and best of all help along a
worthy cause. The spectacular scene
of eighteen popular young ladies of
Bellefonte, dressed in costumes of the
allied countries, and officiating = as
nurses, as well as the coterie of Red
Cross nurses, will in itself be worth
the price of admission. The closing
military sketch will be very realistic,
introducing the American headquar-
ters in France and the Red Cross
nurses at the hospital tent caring for
the daring aviator who has just fall-
en seemingly wounded behind the
lines, and also the escaped darkey
prisoner from the German prison
camp who will render sweet plantation
melodies they used to sing down on
the old Mississippi.
Meeting of Public Safety Committee.
A meeting of the Public Safety
committee for Centre county has been
called for Wednesday afternoon,
April 3rd, at 4 o'clock.
This meeting will be held in the
court house in Bellefonte and in ad-
dition to considering important busi-
ness to be brought before it the mem-
bers will have the opportunity of
meeting and hearing Lieut. Paul Peri-
gord, of the French army, who will
be here to address the public meeting
in the evening.
Centre county is indeed fortunate
in having an opportunity to hear this
gallant French officer, who wears
many decorations for heroism and
carries a number of wounds. The
writer heard him speak from the same
platform with Secretary McAdoo in
the Union League in Philadelphia and
his immense audience there was thrill-
ed by his story.
Lieutenant Perigord was a French
Priest in Canada when his beloved
France was invaded by the Huns and
at once he returned to defend her.
——Lock Haven had a fire scare
last Friday night when fire broke out
in the boiler room of the Fallon house
and did about $1,500 dollars’ worth of
damage before the flames were ex-
tinguished. The fifty or more guests
in the hotel at the time were driven
from their rooms, some of them in
their night clothes, by the stifling
smoke. How the fire originated is a
mystery.
For Sale.—A house of nine rooms
and a bath, all modern conveniences,
including stationary wash tubs in
kitchen; everything in perfect repair.
Large lot with fruit trees, garden and
good stable, can be used as a garage.
Property desirably located on east
Logan street. Inquire of Mrs. C. K.
Hicklen. 63-14-4t
For Rent.—Mrs. J. A. Aiken is of-
fering for rent, her own very desira-
ble flat in the Aiken block. Seven
rooms, a bath and all modern conven-
iences. After this week address the
“Watchman” office. 63-12-tf
Lost—Between Beezer’s butcher
shop and Fauble’s store, on Saturday
afternoon, $2.00. Finder please re-
turn to Malcolm Young, or leave at
“Watchman” office.
For Sale.—6 quart ice cream freez-
er, dining room table, sideboard, bread
mixer, camera.—Mrs. Mary M. Tate.
13-1t
—Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected wee’ ly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel 90
Onions i
30
25
40
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheal.......c......oihiiviinisimitions $2.10
White Wheat... v.00
Rye, per bushel.......... 1.50
Corn, shelled, per bush
Corn, ears, per bushel... 1.75
Qats, old and new, per bushel.. 75
Barley, perbushelk..........cc.cinniesitnniveinnniion 1.10
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening:
BAL=REM, ..ccrireiriiiiiinnsivisisrsnrioniliod $217@ 2.19
* =—No. .. 215@ 2.17
Corn —Yellow 1.95@ 1.98
* —Mixe 1.94@ 1.95
OBES isis nis 1.03@ 1.04
Flour—Winter, pe 0.75@11.50
Rye Flour, ber barrel. ... 14.00@15.00
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 17.00@31.00
En ‘ Mixed No. l....... 24.50@29.00
SLYBW, .croitiiitersiiorivsssimusrrmsessssssinrmsiiry 18.00@21.50
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