"Bellefonte, Pa., April 25, 1919.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— The Bellefonte Academy closed
last Friday for the Easter vacation.
The Ladies Aid of the Luther-
an church will hold a food sale at Ha-
zel’s grocery store Saturday, April
26th.
— A freight wreck at Curtin on
Tuesday afternoon tied up traffic on
the Bald Eagle Valley road for sev-
eral hours.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kerk have
leased the Aiken flat and moved there
this week. Mr. Kerk has a good po-
sition with the Beatty Motor com-
pany.
The alumni association of the
Bellefonte High school will hold a
meeting in the High school building
next Thursday evening, May 1st, at 8
o’clock.
Through a misunderstanding
of names the “Watchman” last week
published a notice of the death of “Al-
len H. Brown,” at Aronsburg, when it
should have been Allen H. Bower.
Mr. William P. Humes, who
has been ill at his home on Allegheny
street, for three weeks or more, is
now able to be out and about the yard,
slowly recovering his normal health.
——Thank goodness some things
are coming down in price! We can
now get a penny box of matches by
putting one cent in the slot instead of
two cents as we have been compelled
to do during the past year or eigh-
teen months.
——The old Central Railroad of
Pennsylvania turntable was torn out
last week and the siding running in-
to the coal yard at the depot remov-
ed. And thus rail by rail, spike by
spike and tie by tie the road is being
demolished and soon will exist in
memory only.
T. S. Strawn has sold his hotel
at Brownsville and moved back to
New Kensington. In this connection
it is rumored that Philip B. Waddle,
who clerked for Mr. Strawn at
Brownsville, will return to Bellefonte
in the near future and accept a po-
sition that has been offered him here.
The regular meeting of the
Woman's club for the month of April,
will be held in the High school build-
ing Monday evening, April 28th, at
7:30 o'clock. As it nears the end of
the year there is much business to be
brought before the club, making it
necessary for all the members to be
present.
——Last Saturday morning the
weather man shoved the thermometer
down to within 22 degrees of zero and
gave us a heavy frost in addition. So
far as the gardens are concerned there
is nothing in them so far that the
frost cau injure; and as to the fruit,
there is nothing as yet to indicate
"that it has beea hurt to any apprecia-
ble extent.
Now that Easter is over and
thera is reason to expect some nice
weather, don’t forget the Scenic. It
is just the place to go and spend the
long evenings. The Scenic pictures
are always good and manager Brown
has some wonderful films in anticipa-
tion for exhibition in the near future.
In fact it is only the regular patrons
who see all the good ones, and that is |
why you should be in this class.
Wallace H. Gephart, late gen-
eral superintendent of the Central
Railroad of Pennsylvania, has been |
appointed assistant to the engineer of
the New York division of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road, with headquarters in New York
city. He left for that place the latter
part of last week but will get prop-
erly located in his new position be-
fore he moves his family there.
W. G. Emerick, of the Emerick
Transportation company, on Wednes-
day evening took his attorney, James
C. Furst Esq., I. J. Dreese, of Lemont,
and two of his drivers to Harrisburg
where they all apepared before the
Public Service Commission yesterday
in another action in support of his
exclusive right to operate motor buss-
es for passenger service between
Bellefonte and State College. Supt.
F. H. Thomas, of the Bellefonte Cen-
tral railroad, attended the hearing
and defended that company’s right to
operate motor busses over the same
route.
The big “welcome home” ban-
ner for Centre county soldiers was
floated across High street near the
Pennsylvania railroad depot on Wed-
nesday afternoon.
of the banner are the words “Welcome
Home.” The centre panel contains a
spread eagle at the top with the fig-
ure of a soldier at one side and a sail-
or at the other and the words “Men
of” In the lower panel are the words
“Centre County,” thus forming the
sentence “Welcome home, Men of Cen-
tre county.” It is not only a beautiful
but very appropriate emblem, and
will show to returning soldiers that
they have not been forgotten.
The Bellefonte High school
baseball team opened the season on
Hughes field last Saturday afternoon
in a game with the Lock Haven Nor-
mal, losing by a small score. On
Monday they journeyed to Altoona
and played the High school team of
that place, losing again, the score be-
ing 7 to 1. While the result of these
opening ‘games is a little discouraging
yet the fact that the boys have not
yet had much practice is their great-
est handicap. Next game they hope
to make a better showing, and it will
be played with the State College High
tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3
o'clock, on Hughes field. Turn out
and see it
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. THE VICTORY LOAN WILL GO!
I he Arbe: Dom | lute safety, the good interest return
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u clock, 2. ¥ and.
Loan,” and They Should Buy
the Bonds.
The success of the Victory Liberty
{ loan is assured. The terms as an-
nounced by Secretary Glass meet with
universal approval; the rate of inter-
est, the time, and the tax provisions
are such as will appeal to all classes
of investors. The allotment for this
district is $820,700, and all signs
point to an over-subscription.
The average American knows a
good thing when he sees it. This is
why it was possible to sell sixteen bil-
lian dollars of Liberty bonds, and it
is why we feel sure that the same
success will attend the sale of the
Victory loan. “Thanksgiving loan,”
it should be called, as Secretary Glass
has suggested. For we all should of-
fer a devout prayer of thanksgiving
because of peace, and because of what
we have escaped. Victory means to
us freedom from the horrors that
Germany will be called upon to en-
dure—a mountain of debt to be paid
during many years to other nations.
Crushing taxation, a lost merchant
marine, a destroyed foreign trade,
repudiation of the huge sums loaned
to the Imperial government by a de-
luded people. Financial distress pro-
longed for a generation—all these we
have escaped, and escaped through
the use of the force that we were able
to exert because of the money fur-
nished by the four Liberty loans.
Shall we hesitate to finish the
work? Shall we say that because the
war is over, because there is no dan-
ger of German domination, we have
no interest in the matter? That is
not what right thinking people with
a sense of duty and of honor will say.
Rather they will want to prove that
it does not require the stimulus of ex-
citement or fear, or the example of
other people to show them their duty.
And when duty and self-interest are
co-incident, when one can feel the
sense of duty done, and at the same
time feel that this duty was done
without sacrifice, that doing it was a
profitable act, he may congratulate
himself on having such an opportuni-
ty.
It is hardly necessary to mention
the uses to which this loan will be put.
There is still a great army to be
maintained, a million and a half men
are in France. To bring them home
will absorb a great part of the loan.
Hundreds of organizations are still in
force, winding up their affairs. Con-
tracts must be concluded, shipping
provided, a great navy maintained.
The coming of peace does not at once
end expense. We all know how long
it takes, and the money it costs to
wind up an estate. The war is like an
estate, multiplied a thousand fold.
We laid our plans in a magnificent
way, and it was these plans, known
to the enemy, our cnormous prepara-
tion that broke the German morale,
and cnded the war. These prepara-
tions cost money, but think of the
lives saved! Thousands of young
men .are returning happily from
France, who, had the war been plo-
longed, would not have come back.
Who will now say that it was extrav-
agant and wrong to spend money for
such a result? Better to spend in
money than in human lives.
There is an impression in some
quarters that the banks should take
this loan. This would be bad business
for the man who finds it necessary to
borrow. Banks have only a certain
amount to lend. Should they invest
all this amount in government secu-
rities how could they lend to keep
business going? Such a procedure
would mean a calling in of loans, and
a general curtailment of credit that
would be very bad for business. Some
people seem to think that there is no
end to the money that a bank can
control. This is the reverse of true.
A bank’s ability to loan is limited to
its resources, and to such a propor-
tion of its resources as not already in-
vested. To put all this fund into gov-
ernment securieies instead of com-
mercial paper would be very bad poli-
cy for the public, who in time of need,
look to these institutions for help.
This should be a people’s loan. It is
rour fifty or one hundred dollars mul-
tiplied millions of times that will
make it go. The responsibility to do
your share is real and apparent.
What makes a loan successful?
Many things help. Organization, pa-
triotism, all contribute. But these
things would not have availed had
there been any doubt as to the securi-
ty offered. After all it is the attrac-
tiveness of the investment, the abso-
that sells the bonds.
CHARLES M. McCURDY, Chairman.
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN MEETINGS.
All the people in the county are re-
spectfully requested to attend, with-
out fail, all the Victory Loan meet-
ings as scheduled. Make the meet-
ings worth while. See to it that there
is the largest attendance present that
is possible in every community.
In the event a number of towns or
school districts in the county, where
meetings have not as yet been sched- |
uled, desire a Victory Liberty loan
meeting their wishes will be respect-
ed if they will communicate with W..
Harrison Walker, chairman publicity
committee, Bellefonte, on or before |
May 1st. A schedule of additional
meetings will then be arranged at the |
places desired for the week beginning.
May 5th and ending May 10th. ;
will reach ‘Bellefonte from Lock Ha-
ven on Wednesday, April 30th, at 2.
until 3:30
here to Tyrone.
containing war relics captured from
the “Hun.” A number of soldiers will
accompany the train and explain in
detail everything which is contained
in the several coaches, as well as talk
to the people assembled.
Our Girls’ band of Milesburg will
be present and furnish music for the
occasion.
Every soldier boy now in Centre
county is respectfully requested to be
on hand, in uniform, when the train
arrives in Bellefonte.
DISPLAY YOUR AMERICAN FLAG.
The American flag should be dis-
played from every church, school, in-
dustrial plant, home and other places
during the Victory Liberty loan, and
they should remain out until the close
of the same.
The big posters which have been
distributed by the committee among
the business places should also be
prominently displayed.
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Women’s Committees for Victory
Loan.
Following is a complete list of the
patriotic women of Centre county
who will devote their time during the
ensuing three weeks to selling bonds
for the Victory Liberty loan. Do not
be content to merely give the ladies a
hearing, but buy the bonds they have
for sale:
i Mrs. Robert Mills Beach, County Chairman.
Bellefonte Borough.—Mrs. Roger Brouse,
Mrs. John P. Lyon, Miss Mary Hunter
Linn, Mrs. Harry Keller, Miss Grace Mec-
Curdy, Miss Mary Gray Meek. Mrs. Rob-
ert Sechler, Miss Emily Valentine, Mrs. J.
S. Walker, Miss Anna Hoy, Miss Margaret
Cook, Miss Anne Dashiel, Miss Isabelle
Hill, Bellefonte.
Centre Hall Borough.—Mrs. W. W. Ker-
lin. Miss Gladys Jones, Miss Mary Wag-
ner, Mrs. John Coldron, Mrs. Frank Fish-
er, Centre Hall.
Howard Borough.—Mrs.
ers, Mrs. Anna L. Harvey, Mrs.
Rogers, Mrs. J. L. DeHaas, Howard.
Milesburg Berough.—Mrs. Mary Mann,
Miss Kate Baldridge, Miss Lillian Miles,
Miss Besse Miles, Miss Amy Richard, Miss
Weaver, Mrs. Frank Wetzler, Miles-
urg.
Millheim Borough.—Mrs. P. H. Musser,
Mrs. W. 8S. Gramley, Mrs. F. O. Hoster-
man, Miss Jennie Reifsnyder, Millheim.
Snow Shoe Borough.—Mrs. W. Cordis
Snyder, Mrs. Anne David, Mrs. E. H. Har-
ris, Mrs. C. J. Harm, Mrs. John P. Kelley,
Miss Mary Redding, Snow Shoe.
State College Borough.—Mrs. George E.
MacMillen, Mrs. R. L. Foster, Miss Mary
Foster, Mrs. J. B. Heberling, Mrs. Joseph
jtnenr, Miss Bertha Flagg, State Col-
ege.
Unionville Borough.—Mrs. D. Buck, Mrs.
H. E. Holzworth, Miss Harriet Turner,
Miss Ruth Parsons, Fleming.
Boggs Township.—Miss Catherine Cur-
tin, Miss Charity Confer, Mrs. Ira Confer.
Benner Township.—Mrs. Jacob Hoy,
Mrs. John Spearly, Bellefonte, R. F. D.
Burnside Township.—Miss Edith Beates,
Pine Glen.
College Township.—Mrs. L. F.
Mrs. D. A. Grove, Mrs.
Lemont.
Curtin Township.—Mrs. J. Ellis Harvey,
Orviston.
Ferguson Township.—Miss Sarah Me-
Williams, Miss Helen Ward, Pennsylvania
Furnace.
‘Gregg Township.—Miss Mabel Allison,
Mrs. May Gramley, Spring Mills.
Haines Township.—Mrs. John Mohr Ot-
to, Aaronsburg; Mrs. Carl Motz, Wood-
ward; Miss Mary Guisewhite, Miss Flor-
Mayes,
John Mitchell,
ence Guisewhite, Miss Rebecca Snyder,
Mrs. Robert W. Mensch, Mrs. Edward
J. Bower, Mrs. Luther E. Stover, Mrs.
John H. Haines, Aaronsburg.
Harris Township.—Mrs. Naomi R.
Wright, Miss Anna Dale, Miss Lillian
Dale, Boalsburg.
Huston Township.—Mrs. I. DM. Alexan-
der, Mrs. George Bullock, Miss Lucy M.
Rowan, Mrs. F. W. Dillon, Mrs. William
Fink, Mrs. J. H. Turner, Julian.
Liberty Township.—Miss Katherine
Quigley, Mrs. M. F. Gardner, Mrs. W. A.
Bowes, Mrs. Harris Clark, Miss Erma Mil-
ler, Blanchard; Miss Hazel Clark, How-
ard, RB. VF. DD,
Marion Township.—Miss Mae Orr, Mrs.
George Harter, Mrs. Harry Butler, Mrs.
Clyde Swartz, Miss Alta Yearick.
Miles Township.—Mrs. Claude Haines,
Mrs. Flora Limbert, Mrs. L. G. Shannon,
Mrs. H. H. Royer, Miss Emma Moyer, Re-
bersburg.
Spring Township.—Mrs. Abner Noll, Mrs.
Harry ‘Bartlett, Pleasant Gap.
Union Toewnship.—Mrs. George Holt,
Mrs. Maude Hall, Mrs. C. C. Holzworth,
Fleming.
Walker Township.—Mrs. Charles Faust,
Mrs. 8. 8. McCormick, Mrs. G. F. Hoy,
Mrs. J. D. Miller, Hublersburg; Miss Mir-
iam Beck, Nittany.
~——W, L. Malin has been. {ll for
two weeks, at his home on Howard
street. >
So far only a few over a hun-
dred lot owners in the Union cemetery
have made arrangements for the care
of their lots this year, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the list ordinarily
runs up to four hundred. And in or-
der to insure their lots being put in
good shape by Memorial day, and
kept nice all summer, arrangements
for same should be made at once with
the secretary, Miss Mitchell. The
new caretaker, J. Edward Beck, is
anxious to begin the work now before
the lots become too much overgrown
and promptness in attending to the
matter will also be appreciated by
him. The fee for the care of lots is
$3.00 for a whole lot and $2.00 for
half a lot.
— Last Friday morning as Miss
| Kate McGowan was on her way to
Bellefonte to attend early mass at St.
| John’s Catholic church she was the
vietim of an automobile accident but
miraculously escaped serious injury.
Owing to the regular Buffalo Run
‘road being closed to traffic on account
of the state road work on Willowbank
street all traffic must go by the back
road. Miss McGowan was just round-
| ing the sharp turn in the road oppo-
site the residence of J. M. Cunning-
ham when an automobile came along,
hit her buggy, which was upset. She
was thrown out and dragged some dis-
tance before she got her horse stop-
ped. The condemnatory feature of
the accident is that the people in the
automobile never stopped to see how
badly Miss McGovern was hurt or to
J offer any assistance, but she was able
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN WAR TRAIN. |
The Victory. Liberty loan war train |
to get the number of the tag on the
car and recognized it as one used by
will remain betel oll. mensnimininmain
| a number of men employed by the
stone crusher near the Brockerhoff
Ny
James Leath-
Walter |
o’clock p. m., going from | AIRMAN’S THRILLING ESCAPE.
The train is composed of seven cars | Max Miller Brought Plane to Ground
Safely When Motor Broke 8000
i
Feet in Air.
{
{When his motor broke and caught
| fire 8000 feet in the air on Saturday
| morning, shortly after he left Belle-
! fonte for Cleveland, Ohio, Max Mil-
| ler, by rare presence of mind and a
| wonderful exhibition of aeronautic
| skill, brought his plane safely to
ground and landed in a wheat field on
the Mrs. Walter Lucas farm above
Unionville, and when brought back to
Bellefonte cooly walked into a hotel
and asked if luncheon was ready. On-
ly a few people saw the mishap and
they naturally expected a catastro-
phe but the wonderful nerve and cool
: judgment of pilot Miller not only
i saved his life but his machine from
total destruction.
The “Watchman” last week told of
Mr. Miller, T. C. Fry and L. F, Bish-
op reaching here on Monday with
three modified DeHaviland planes
which they were taking to Cleveland.
The three pilots were obliged to stay
in Bellefonte all week owing to the
rain and cloudy weather. Saturday
morning dawned fair and bright and
was an ideal day for flying and the
birdmen got ready to fly to Cleveland.
The start was made at exactly ten
o’clock and the three machines left
the aviation field in quick succession
and took to the air. They circled sever-
al times over Bellefonte until they had
attained an altitude of from six to
seven thousand feet then gradually
rising took a course due west, flying
in a V shape with Miller in the lead.
The latter was up about eight
thousand feet and had reached a point
almost over Unionville when there
was a sudden crack and his motor
stopped dead. At the same time he
saw a tongue of flame shoot out from
{his motor jacket. Realizing that
prompt action was necessary he shut
off his gasoline supply then took a
nose dive in the hope that the rush of
wind would extinguish the flames.
He dropped about two thousand feet
at an estimated speed of two hundred
miles an hour and then brought his
plane to normal again, only to discov-
er that while the fire was gone he was
se enveloped in a cloud of smoke from
the burning oil that he could not see
a thing, so he took another nose dive
of a thousand feet or more which
brought him into the clear atmosphere
and then he began to volplane and
look for a place to land. In a few
moments he espied a large field which
looked all right and he headed for it,
but when he got nearer to it he saw
it was rough but right beyond it was
a field which looked like a nice grass
field and he had momentum sufficient
to carry him into it. He reached the
ground at one end of the field but was
going at such speed that he ran al-
most the full length of the field and
finally came to a standstill ‘right in
the corner at the public road. The
wheat in the field was not damaged in
the least, only a faintly-outlined track
being discernible where the airplane
crossed through the field.
Pilot Miller was not even shaken
up by the accident or landing and
brought the plane down without
breaking a thing but a brief examina-
tion showed him that the motor was
in bad shape due to the accident up in
the air, whatever the cause. In the
meantime the two other pilots had
been witnesses of Miller’s mishap and
they circled around to see what the
outcome would be but as soon as he
was safe on land he waved his cap to
them that he was all right and they
were to go ahead, which they did,
landing all right in Cleveland Satur-
day afternoon.
As quickly as possible Miller got to
a telephone and called the Bellefonte
aviation field and told of his accident,
and also that he was safe and sound.
An automobile was sent after him and
he was brought back to Bellefonte.
He reached here about twelve o’clock
and with his grip in his hand walked
into the Brockerhoff house as uncon-
cerned as if accidents in the air were
a very ordinary thing, asked if lunch-
eon was ready and on being told that
it was calmly proceeded to the dining
room and ate a good meal, none the
worse for his adventure.
The machine was brought to Belle-
fonte Saturday afternoon in the big
truck belonging to the aviation field.
A close examination revealed the fact
that several of the support rods were
broken, the crank shaft bent and the
side knocked out of the motor jacket.
All this occurred when Miller was
8000 feet in air and it was with a to-
tally dead motor that he brought his
plane safely to ground.
Bellefonte Lodge I. O. O. F. Will At-
tend Williamsport Celebration.
The Bellefonte Lodge No. 153, I. O.
F., will attend the big gathering at
Williamsport next Tuesday celebrat-
ing the one hundredth anniversary of
the establishment of Odd Fellowship
and the thirty-fifth annual reunion of
the Central Pennsylvania organiza-
tion. Arrangements have been made
Bellefonte about seven o’clock in the
morning and arrive in Williamsport
in the neighborhood of ten o’clock.
Just how many of the Bellefonte
Lodge will go is not definitely known
at this writing but it will be sufficient
to make a splendid showing in the pa-
rade in the Lumber city. They will
also take along their own band, which
was’ organized * several months ago
and is composed entirely of old band
men. Just to show the people of
Bellefonte how they will look on pa-
rade the Lodge and the band gave a
parade on Wednesday evening and we
can assure Williamsport that they
for a special train which will leave
are |
A Worth.looking, at «mmo mmm
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—John C. Larimer, of Narberth, has
been in Bellefonte for a part of the week,
arriving here Tuesday.
—Mrs. James Curtin, of Curtin, spent
EE a BA OU SA)
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seanor arrived in
: Bellefonte Monday, from Riverside, Cali-
fornia.
—Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler have
the fore part of the week in Bellefonte, a .
guest of Mrs. Woodcock.
—Mr. Daniel W. Eberhart and daughter
Mary had as an Easter guest Mr. Eber-
hart’s sister, Mrs. S. D. Burris.
—John P. Harris is planning to go to |
Snow Shee next week for
visit with Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harris.
—Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith and little
daughter, of Tusseyville, spent a part of
Saturday in Bellefonte, looking after some
business.
—W. O. Bennett and his family left
Wednesday for their new home in DuBois.
Mr. Bennett is with the State Highway
Department.
—Miss Mary Rankin, of Harrisburg,
spent Easter with her father, William B.
Rankin and the family, at their home on
Curtin street.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bible spent Eas-
ter in Altoona with their daughter, Mrs.
Bowles and her family, going over Satur-
day afternoon.
—Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffith were in
Mill Hall for Easter, visiting for the day
with Mrs. Griffith's sister-in-law, Mrs.
Joseph Eckley.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gheen and three
children spent Easter with Mr. Gheen’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gheen, at
Bloomsburg, Pa.
—Dr. M. A. Kirk, of Bellefonte, was
among the relatives who attended the fun-
eral of Mrs. Melissa Bing, in Unionville.
vesterday afternoon.
—Mrs. Hugh J. Boyle, of Hazleton, and
her two children, came to Bellefonte for
Easter and for a week’s visit with Mrs.
Boyle’s mother, Mrs. C. D. Tanner.
—Miss Margaret Stewart returned to
Bellefonte Monday from Wilkes-Barre,
where she had been for a part of the win-
ter with her brother, Dr. Walter Stewart.
—Mrs. John I. Olewine went to Philadel-
phia Sunday, going from there to Atlan-
tic City Monday to enter Galen Hall for
treatment, expecting to be at the Shore in-
definitely.
—Dr. J. Finley Bell, of Englewood, N.
J., spent Saturday in Bellefonte, coming
here to see his mother, Mrs. William Bell,
who is ill at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. William Chambers.
—Mrs. D. L. Meek was in Bellefonte
Monday, stopping here between trains on
her way home to Waddle, after a three
week’s visit with her son, Dr. Reuben
Meek and his wife, at Avis.
—Miss Mary Johnston, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, of Beaver
Falls, is a guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
J. A. Aikens. Miss Johnston came to
Bellefonte Sunday for a two week's visit.
—Mrs. J. C. Harper and her daughter,
Miss Helen Harper, went to Centre Hall
Thursday evening, driving over with
George H. Emerick, whose guests they
were during Miss Harper's short Easter
vacation.
—Mrs. G. R. Spigelmyer went to Harris-
burg Monday, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kase, of Sunbury. Mrs.
Spigelmyer, who has been in ill health for
a year or more, will be with her daughter,
Mrs. Willard Hall, indefinitely.
—Mrs. Gray Hartsock and her two chil-
dren returned to their home in Altoona
Tuesday. Mrs. Hartsock spent Easter
with Mr. Hartsock’'s family up Buffalo
Run, stopping in Bellefonte for a day's
visit with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Kennedy Johnston.
—Miss Elizabeth Gephart will return
home this week, coming here from Wil-
liamsport, where she has been visiting
while under the care of the occulist. Miss
Gephart left here in January, spending
the greater part of the past three months
with Mrs. Hiram Hiller, in Chester.
—Miss Christine Wilkie left Bellefonte
Wednesday for Philadelphia, to secure her
transportation and make arrangements for
returning to her home in Scotland next
month. Miss Wilkie expects to make the
trip over with Mr. and Mrs. G. Murray
Andrews, with whom she has lived for a
number of years.
—The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Otto, of Johnstown, are with their
grandmother, Mrs. Jerry Nolan. Mrs. Ot-
to came to Bellefonte with the children
last week, but entered the hospital at once
as a surgical patient, Mr. Otto joining
them here the after part of the week for a
visit of several days.
—Mr. A. W. Reese, one of the enterpris-
ing merchants of Port Matilda was a bus-
iness visitor in Bellefonte on Monday and
favored the ‘“Watchman’ office with a brief
call. Mr. Reese has been a subscriber of
the “Watchman” for more than forty-five
years but as a boy he read it before it was
purchased by the present proprietor, and
that’s going back some years.
—Mrs. William Wallis came in from
Pittsburgh Monday to make her final
preparations for accompanying her hus-
band to London, where he will spend the
summer in the interest of W. B. Moore
& Co., consulting engineers, of Pittsburgh.
She received her passport on Wednesday
and expects to leave Bellefonte in time to
sail from New York on May first.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mingle and family
have had as a guest this week Loris Mec-
Creary, of Chicago, who has just been
discharged from the U. 8. naval aviation
service. Mr. McCreary, who came to
Bellefonte last week and will remain a few
days longer, only recently returned from
overseas service and naturally has a fund
of interesting experiences to relate.
—Mrs. M. B. Garman will return to
Bellefonte about May first, to take posses-
sion of her home on Curtin street for the
summer, Mrs. Garman has spent the win-
ter in Tyrone, Florida and Detroit, coming
here from the latter place. Mrs. Edward
Funk and the family, who have been oc-
cupying the Garman house, will return to
their former home in Michigan, Mr. Funk
remaining in Bellefonte.
—DMrs. T. Hugh MacLeod is preparing to
leave Bellefonte early in May to join Mr.
MacLeod in Washington. Mrs. MacLeod
will be accompanied by her three daugh-
ters, Miss Pearl, manager and cashier of
the McCrory 5 and 10c store in Bellefonte;
Miss Myrtle, in charge of the coat and suit
department at Cohen & Co., and Miss Vio-
let, teacher of the school at Peru, all of
whose resignations will take effect on the
third of May. Leaving here immediately
for Liverpool, Pa., they .will visit for a
week with the married daughter, Mrs. M.
L. Erlenmeyer, who is in Bellefonte at
present visiting with the family, going on
from there to Washington, where Mr. Mac-
Loed has secured a house for his family
and positions for his three daughters.
a two week's |
: St. Agnes school, Albany,
opened their house on Allegheny street for
the summer.
—DMrs. A. M. Singhiser and her son were
Easter guests of Mrs. Singhiser’s father,
D. W. Woodring.
—Charles F. Cook was in Aspinwall over
Sunday with his daughter, Miss Abbie
Cook, and his son-in-law, B. F. Curry.
—Miss Kate Shugert, an instructor in
N. XY, was an
Easter guest of her aunt, Mrs. Frank Mec-
Coy.
—Miss Marie Sherry has returned home
from Pittsburgh, where she had been vis-
iting with her brother and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Sherry.
—Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hughes have
been spending the greater part of the past
week in New York city, going over in the
interest of the Academy.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Seibert were in
New Bloomfield the after part of last week,
going down to attend the funeral of Dr.
Seibert’s nephew, William 8. Seibert.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Noll and their
two sons, Richard and Nevin, went to
Clearfield Sunday, called there by the
death of Mrs. Noll’'s father, ¥red M. Car-
don, who was buried from his home in
that place Monday afternoon.
—Theodore Kelly 2nd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Kelly, returned home Wednes-
day, after a week’s visit here with his
grandmother. During his stay Theodore
looked after the shipping of their house-
hold goods to their new home in Ford
City.
AR em e—
Brief Social Items.
Miss Pearl Royer entertained a
number of friends last Saturday even-
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Carson, on east Bishop street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lose, of east
High street, gave a surprise party in
the beginning of the week in honor of
Mr. Lose’s nephew, William Lose.
At a birthday surprise party given
Monday night for Mrs. Gilbert Smith,
at her home a short distance east of
town, and originated by her sister,
Mrs. Della Miller, the guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Garthoff, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Smith, Mrs. Guy Lyon and her daugh-
ter, Rebecca Fleming, Elizabeth Hart-
man, Jeannette Miller, Luella and
Blanche Breon, George Austin, Edgar
Shirk, Frances Crawford and Edward
Miller, all of Bellefonte; Mrs. Hubler
and daughter Helen, of State College;
Budd Irvin and Harold Fisher, Union-
ville.
Every Dog Has His Day
But a Dog With a Broken
Tail Has a Week-End.
A week-end has usually been con-
sidered a holiday but for the last two
years the majority of us have been so
busy that we almost forgot there was
such an animal. Now that the war is
over we should consider that weak
and tired organs should be rested.
Perhaps you have been too busy to
give your eyes a passing thought.
CASEBEER (registered optometrist)
can relieve that tired feeling with a
pair of rest glasses. Satisfaction
guaranteed. At Brockerhoff House
block. 64-17-1t
Proclamation.
Every person in Bellefonte is here-
by urgently requested to join in the
annual “clean-up” campaign, which
will start on Monday, May 5th, 1919:
Let us firmly resolve to properly
clean up our town. Let us beautify .
our town by cleaning up around our
homes and business places. Let us
make Bellefonte the healthiest and
cleanest place on earth.
Given under my hand at’ Bellefonte,
Pa., this 23rd day of April A. D.
1919.
W. HARRISON WALKER, Burgess.
Brockerhoff House Pool Room For
Sale.—Being compelled to vacate the
room on account of removal of post-
office Thomas Shaughensey offers at
private sale the entire equipment of
his pool room in Brockerhoff House
block. All tables recently overhauled
and everything in fine condition. Ap-
ply in person or by mail. 17-1t
For Sale.—Barred Plymouth Rock
chicks. Miss G. M. DUBBS. Com-
mercial phone. 17-4t
For Rent.—A four room house in
Bush Addition. Inquire of Mrs. J. G.
DUBBS. 17-1t
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