Bemorvatic alc
Bellefonte, Pa., May 16, 1919.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
— The machine gun troop will
give a big dance in the armory this
(Friday) evening to which the public
is invited.
— We omitted to mention the fact
last week that Hard P. Harris had
purchased the McDermott property
on Bishop street, at the recent public
sale.
— You can give to the hospital
and get your money back in fun and
music by attending the Academy min-
strels next Thursday and Friday
nights.
— Fred Bryan moved his family
to Philipsburg in the beginning of
the week, where he has been employ-
‘ed in the Ledger office for scme
months.
——Our Girls band of Milesburg
has been invited to go to Lock Haven
on July 4th to help furnish the music
for the big welcome home to the Clin-,
ton county soldiers to be given at that
time.
The Academy minstrels are be-
ing given this year for the benefit of
the hospital. They are worth going
to see any time, but more so when by
paying admission you contribute to
such a worthy institution as the Belle-
fonte hospital.
The P. O. S. of A., of Pleasant
Gap, will hold a big flag raising and
festival at the Gap tomorrow evening.
. There will be splendid music and good
speakers. The festival will be held in
Noll’s grove, weather permitting. The
public is invited to attend.
— The big maple tree on High
street, in front of the Centre County
bank building was cut down on Mon-
day. The tree was partly decayed
and fear of its falling against the
buildings in that section was one of
the reasons for its removal.
— It not only rained tranquilly
but the utmost tranquility reigned on
the streets of Bellefonte last Satur-
day night. So far as the writer has
been able to learn there was not a
fight or a disturbance of any kind to
cause a diversion among either ladies
or gentlemen.
——Gehret & Lambert have bought
the old Curtin house on the corner of
Allegheny and Howard str2ets. The
price paid was $4,500. No change
will be made in the building this year
and just what they will do with it ul-
timately depends upon conditions pre-
vailing a year from now.
While attending the anniversary
exercises of the Reformed Theologic-
al Seminary, at Lancaster, last week,
the Rev. Dr. Schmidt was elected
president of the Alumni association,
and was toast-master at the annual
alumni banquet, which vas atiended
by nearly three hundred alumni and
their friends.
——The State Highway Depart-
ment last Thursday awarded the con-
tract‘ for the building of tae state
highway from Bellefonte to Pieasant
Gap, in Spring township, to the Gay-
lord International Engineering and
Construction company, of Scranton,
at their bid of $249,332.33, it being
the lowest bid submitted for ‘hz work,
which is to be begun in the very near
future.
——The big crovds at the Lyric
night after night is evidence that the
kind of pictures manager Brandman
is now offering the public are the kind
that please the people. They include
the best work of the foremost film
producers in the country today. New
pictures and quick releases make up
the Lyric programs and every even-
ing you stay away means missing
something good.
— Some time ago the Bellefonte
High school nine journeyed to Altoo-
na whero they were defeated by the
High. school team of that place. To-
morrow (Saturday) Altoona High
comes to Bellefonte. The game is to
be played cn Hughes fieid at 10 a. m.
If you wish to see the Bellefonte boys
avenge themselves go to the game.
Your support is solicited and will be
greatly appreciated.
Memorial day is just two weeks
away, but no special celebration of
the day will be held in Bellefonte ow-
ing to the fact that every energy will
be devoted to preparation for the big
welcome home on June 26th and 27th.
But the old soldiers will not be forgot-
ten as the customary exercises will be
held under the auspices of Gregg
Post, as has been done for many years
past, and the complete program for
the day will be published next week.
—— The. weather conditions which
made it impossible to continue indi-
vidual work in cleaning the town last
week, may be the reason for the re-
maining unsightly spots. While
many are still in evidence, and to
those who seem lacking in civic pride
we make another appeal, to not only
‘do their bit, but their duty by Belle-
fonte. No resident of the town is ex-
cusabie for ignoring unsightly condi-
tions, for which he is responsible,
about his property. Clean up before
you are personally asked to do so.
The new state highway out
Willowbank street will be a great im-
provement when completed, but owing
to the big fill from the bridge over
Logan’s branch to Holmes street it
will be necessary for automobilists
and others to stick to traveling the
straight road. The fill at some places
is over three feet deep and a machine
that gets off the edge of the brick
road is liable to have 2 bad spill. And
just how the residents along the north
side of that particular stretch of high-
way are going to get their coal in
without having it carried is a ques-
tion that is puzzling most of them.
WELCOME TO THE SOLDIERS.
Centre County Planning to Make the
Big Time a Memorable One.
Another meeting of the executive
committee of the Centre county wel-
come home association was held on
Monday evening. In the absence of
Judge Henry C. Quigley, chairman of
the association, vice chairman W.
Harrison Walker presided.
J. Will Conley, chairman of the Fi-
nance committee, reported that so far
he had received voluntary contribu-
tions amounting to fifty dollars and
that he had his sub-committees all
lined up ready to begin work at once
on raising the necessary money to pay
the expense of the celebration.
Edmund Blanchard, of the amuse-
ment committee, reported that while
he has no definite engagements
scheduled he has been in communica-
tion with the Sam Spencer carnival
company which is exhibiting in Du-
Bois this week and he has hopes of
securing it.-
On Tuseday Mr. Blanchard closed
a contract with the Carnival company
above mentioned to appear in Belle-
fonte the week of June 23-28. The
company carries eight separate shows
and is said to be high-class in every
particular. As to the free attractions
Mr. Brady has offered to furnish Mr.
Blanchard is of the opinion that the
cost, $600, is too much for two days
and he will likely report against
booking them.
On Wednesday Mr. Blanchard re-
ceived word from the War Depart-
ment at Washington assuring him
that the Department will send two ar-
my planes to Bellefonte for special
evolutions during the two days of the
celebration, and while this may not be
such a wonderful sight to the return-
ed soldiers, it will afford the people
of Centre county an opportunity to
see the kind of planes our army used
against the Germans. Mr. Blanchard
has also written Otto Praeger, second
assistant postmaster general, asking
if the Postoffice Department will de-
tail two or more planes to give exhi-
bition flights, but so far he has re-
ceived no reply to his communication.
John J. Bower, of the decoration
committee, reported that he had been
in consultation during the day with
Mr. J. M. Nichols, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
regarding the street decorations, and
that gentleman submitted a plan of
decorations for High street from the
denot to the Diamond and including
the open space about the court house;
Allegheny from Bishop to Howard;
Bishop from Spring to Penn; How-
ard from Spring to Penn, and Spring
from Bishop to Howard, all of the
latest design, and with floodlights to
show the decorations at night, at an
estimated cost of $1500, which will
a'so include the decorations in the ar-
ory for the reception and dance.
Mr. Nichols was present and submit-
ted his plans to the committes which
were carefully examined. Mr. Bower
further stated that Mr. Nichols was
the only professional decorator he
has been in communication with that
can give Bellefonte that date. After
discussing the matter briefly a motion
was passed empowering the commit-
toe to use its discretion in making a
contract with Mr. Nichols for the dec-
orations.
Mr. Bower furtl.er reported that
the State-Centre Electric company
has agreed to furnish free all electric-
ity used in the street decorations.
Robert F. Hunter, of the Parade
committee, had nothing special to re-
port so far as the parade was con-
cerned, as that will have to be work-
ed out definitely when there is more
certainty as to the number of Centre
county soldiers who will be at home
at that time and the units they be-
longed to in service. He did say, how-
ever, that it was his idea to make the
military end of the parade the pre-
dominating feature.
At this juncture Mr. Hunter called
attention to one very iniportant fact
that so far had been overlooked in
arranging the program for the big
time, and that is a memorial meeting
for those Centre county soldiers who
gave their life in the great cause.
The question was deemed a very im-
portant one and aside from a memor-
ial meeting, which it was decided
shall be held at ten o’clock on Fri-
day morning, various members ex-
pressed the sentiment that there
ought to be something in the street
decorations to symbolize the sacrifice
made by Centre county boys. It was
also the sentiment of the committee
that inasmuch as the celebration is a
county affair, and the memorial meet-
ing for the fallen heroes will also be
a county affair, that it will be render-
ing only due reverence to the memory
of these noble boys by suspending all
business while the memorial services
are being held. not only in Bellefonte
but in every village in the county and
through the country districts as well.
In this connection it was decided that
the burgess of every borough in the
county be requested to issue a procla-
mation to the above effect. Chairman
Walker also stated that he would ve-
quest Mr. Quigley, association chair-
man, to appoint a committee to ar-
range for the memorial meeting and
do any other work in connection
therewith that may be deemed neces-
sary.
George R. Meek, chairman of the
Publicity and Printing committee,
asked for the executive committee’s
idea as to the publicity campaign, ex-
pressing the fact that he did not be-
lieve it necessary to spend money for
the printing of large bills, etc, as the
gathering has already been widely ad-
vertised through the newspapers and
he felt that newspaper publicity
would be sufficient to acquaint every-
body with all the facts. The commit-
tee agreed with him and left the pub-
licity part of the affair up to that
committee.
Chairman Yarnell, of the invitation
: committee, stated that the copy for
his invitations was in the hand of the
printers and he hoped to have a proof
to submit in a day or two.
Mr. Holmes, of the Speaker’s com-
mittee, asked for an expression from
the members of the executive com-
mittee relative to the speakers desir-
ed, and the general opinion was that
inasmuch as this is to be strictly a
county affair it would be entirely
proper to confine the speakers to lo-
cal men.
The committee adjourned to meet
on Monday evening, May 26th.
Additions to Finance Committee.
J. Will Conley, chairman of the Fi-
nance committee of the welcome home
association, has announced the fol-
lowing additions to his committee:
Snow Shoe.—W. A. Sickel, L. A. McDow-
ell, O. J. Harm, Lawrence Redding.
Howard.—Matthew Rodgers.
Coleville—Harry Garbrick.
Julian.—George Bullock.
Port Matilda.—E. Williams, Haary Wood-
ring.
Orviston.—J. Ellis Harvey, C. W. Keller.
Pine Grove Mills.—James Reed.
Curtin.—Orin Brown, Herbert Bathurst.
Arthur Grauer, of Altoona, but
who is well known in Bellefonte, has
given up his position as assistant
manager in the Simon shoe store in
that city and will enter the motion
picture field. He has accepted the
position of distributor of the picture,
“Fit to Win,” put out by the Public
Health films, of New York city. Mr.
Grauer’s territory will be Texas, Ok-
lahoma and Arkansas, and his head-
quarters will be at Dallas, Texas, for
which place he left the latter part of
last week.
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Many interesting subjects are
covered these days in the motion pic-
tures and the educational feature has
come to be regarded of inestimable
value. The scenarios presented are
also of a higher class than those of a
few years ago, while there is just
enough of the comedy to make a well-
balanced program, znd it is this kind
of a program that can be seen at the
Scenic every evening in the week.
Only the best is good enough for
Scenic patrons, and that is the only
kind manager Brown puts on.
The necessary slight remodel-
ing to convert the Blanchard home
on Linn street into a two apartment
house was begun this week. The first
floor apartment is. to be occupied by
Dr. and Mrs. Beach and Miss Blanch-
ard and the second floor apartment by
Mrs. Wilson A. Norris, of Harrisburg,
who will spend the summer, as has
been her custom for a number of
years, on Curtin street, taking perma-
nent possession of her new home in
the fall. After some necessary
changes in the dye house the entire
Basket Shop will be moved from its
present location in the Blanchard
home to this building on another part
of the ground.
Pop, Pop, come quick,
Maude’s dead!” was the cry that
greeted the ears of residents of Bun-
ker Hill on Sunday morning, and
quite naturally everybody who heard
it became more or less excited. The
cry was raised by the sons of Jimmy
Matthews, who came on the run to
their home on Ridge street. “Who's
Maude?” inquired a bystander, and
the boys promptly responded “our old
horse.” In the meantime Jimmy call-
ed out “oh she’s not dead, she’s only
got another fit.” But it happened that
it wasn’t either one. The old gray
mare was out pasturing in a ploughed
field and got down in a mud hole and
couldn’t get up. But Jimmy got her
up, curried the mud off her hide and
was around on Monday as usual haul-
ing ashes at fifty ‘cents per load. And
whether it was because he thinks
Maude is nearing her end or not he
hauled from the Y. M. C. A.
———
— Thursday and Friday of next
week are the dates for the Bellefonte
Academy minstrels and this will be
the last opportunity the “Watchman”
will have to make an appeal for a lib-
eral patronage. And this appeal is
not made to the people of Bellefonte
alone, but to the people of the sur-
rounding community. In these days
of motor cars it is an easy matter for
out of town people to come to Belle-
fonte to see a show and return home
at a seasonable hour. And the min-
strels will be a show worth seeing.
Then the fact that they are being giv-
en for the benefit of the Bellefonte
hospital should appeal to the public
generally, because that institution is
worthy the support of every individ-
ual in Centre county. The Academy
minstrels have always given a good
performance and this year they prom-
ise to be better than ever before. Don’t
forget the big street parade at five
o’clock in the evening, which will be
led by Our Girls band of Milesburg.
— Sheriff W. E. Hurley and G.
Fred Musser figured in an automobile
accident in the Diamond on Tuesday
evening and while both cars were
pretty badly damaged it was extreme-
ly fortunate that no one was injured.
Mr. Musser had been down to the
iron spring for a jug of water and
was on his way home. As he ap-
proached the triangle of dummy po-
licemen in the Diamond he was on the
right-hand side of the street, which
naturally was the place for him to be.
Mr. Hurley had been out in the car
with his little grandson and was run-
ning north on Allegheny street. When
he reached the dummy policemen he
tried to cut in ahead of Mr. Musser
to turn down High street to his home
with the result that the two cars col-
lided. Mr. Hurley’s grandchild was
thrown from the car onto the brick-
paved street, but miraculously, as it
seems, was not injured worth men-
tioning. Neither of the drivers of the
cars were unseated and both escaped
injury. A- '
AIRPLANE SWAMPED IN MUD.
Machines Going Through Bellefonte
Daily. Big Marker to be Put
Down on Point McCoy.
Shortly before six -o’clock on
Thursday evening aviator G. G. Bud-
wig arrived at the Bellefonte aviation
field with another DeHaviland plane
he had driven here from New York.
Budwig, with pilot John L. Miller in
another plane, left New York Thurs-
day afternoon and both men got out
of their course far enough to reach
Hollidaysburg. At that place Bud-
wig got his bearings and flew to Belle-
fonte making one of the nicest land-
ings that has been made on the Belle-
fonte field.
Miller was compelled to land near
Hollidaysburg on account of a short-
age of oil and gas, and unfortunately
the field he came down in was low
and soft. But at that he thought the
ground solid enough to make a flight
from. After he had secured a supply
of oil and gas he made an attempt to
fly but unfortunately got onto softer
ground and his machine turned on its
nose, breaking a propeller. A call
was sent to the Bellefonte aviation
field and mechanicians and repairs
were sent to Hollidaysburg and the
machine repaired. But in the mean-
time Friday and Saturday’s rain had
literally swamped the airplane in a
sea of mud and water so that it was
impossible to start from where it lay
and just as impossible to get to it to
haul it out. The only thing to do was
to put a guard over it and pilot Mil-
ler was ordered to come to Bellefonte
to take the machine brought here on
Thursday on through to Cleveland,
Ohio, Mr. Budwig having returned to
New York in the evening of the same
day he arrived here. On Sunday pilot
Max Miller came to Bellefonte by
train to take the machine he fell with
two weeks ago through to Cleveland.
Pilot John L. Miller left for Cleveland
on Monday afternoon but pilot Max
Miller did not go until Tuesday.
Two additional planes reached
Bellefonte about three o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon from New York,
having left that city after dinner that
day. Both came through without
mishap, and the two of them left for
Cleveland on Wednesday. Ten more
planes are to be taken through for
the service between Cleveland and
Chicago, which was inaugurated yes-
terday.
As evidence that the service will be
inaugurated on this end of the route
in the near future is the fact that this
week the Postoffice Department made
the request that a conspicuous marker
be placed on one of the mountain tops
near Bellefonte as a guide for the air-
men. Permission has been given to
place the marker on Point McCoy and
at frst it was the intention to put
down a monster white cross of lime,
but as this was not deemed permanent
enough it has now been decided to put
down a marker that will endure for
all time. It will be in the shape of a
cross two hundred feet long each way
and the legs will be twenty feet in
width. Ditches will be dug of the
‘above dimensions and the same filled
in with big flat stone. The stone will
then be heavily coated with white en-
amel paint, which will make a sign
that can be seen for many miles.
Point McCoy is one of the highest
points in the Bald Eagle mountain
range and from its peak, where the
big white cross will be placed, a per-
son with the aid of a glass can see
Lock Haven on a clear day, and that
city is almost thirty miles away. So
to a birdman a mile in the air this
mountain guide post should be visible
many miles away and will stand out
as a signal to the landing field.
Call for Threshermen’s Meeting.
A special meeting of the Centre
county Threshermen and Farmer's
Protective association will be held at
the court house, Bellefonte, Saturday,
May 17th, at 10 a. m., to protest
against the passage of House bill No.
1374, now in committee, which prohib-
its traction engines with cleats going
over improved highways and bridges,
and largely increases the license fee.
Every thresherman, saw mill man
and farmer, who must hire his thresh-
ing done whether he is a member of
the association or not, should attend
this meeting and sign the petition to
the Legislature now in session remon-
strating against the passage of this
bill.
Bill No. 1374 will authorize officials
of every township, borough or city
having improved roadways or bridges
to arrest every driver of a traction
engine with cleats. - The detachable
cleat suggested in this bill will cost
every owner of a traction engine $150
to $200, and be a nuisance to handle.
It practically means the confisca-
tion of from four to five thousand
traction engines in the State as the
enactment of this bill into a law will
render them useless and threshing the
crops impossible, as ninety per cent.
of the grain in Pennsylvania is
threshed by these rigs.
If you want the hill killed it will
take prompt and vigorous action.
ISAAC UNDERWOOD, Secr’y.
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Penn State Will Admit 800 Freshmen
Next Fall.
Next year’s Freshman class at The
Pennsylvania State College will be
limited to 800 new students. No ap-
plicants will be admitted with en-
trance conditions. This announce-
ment was made on Tuesday.
The limitation will be imposed be-
cause of the crowded conditions in all
parts of the institution. With more
than 1,100 Freshmen this year and a
Sophomore class numbering well over
500, the college authorities believe the
classrooms will be filled to their ca-
pacity next year by the hundreds of
former students returning from mili-
tary service.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
— Mrs. W. H. Page is spending the week
in Williamsport, having gone down Mon-
day.
— Dr. and Mrs. Maloy are spending the
week at their former home in Philfadel-
phia.
— Mrs. David Steele, of Tyrone, is in
Bellefonte visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Shook.
—8. O. Malin, of Baltimore, visited the
fore part of the week with his brother, W.
L. Malin and family.
—Miss Helen Schaeffer is spending sev-
eral days in Philadelphia, a guest of Dr.
and Mrs. George Rishel.
—Leo Toner was in Bellefonte to spend
the week-end with his mother, Mrs. James
Toner, of Spring street.
—Mrs. Ulrich, of Montoursville, is a
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Earl Musser,
at her home on Academy Hill.
—A. J. Cook and his daughter, Miss
Margaret attended the funeral of the late
James K. Boak, at Hughesville, Sunday.
. —Orin Ishler, of Tacony, Pa., was a
guest of his sister, Mrs. Paul Forney,
while making a short visit to Bellefonte a
week ago.
—Mrs. H. L. Baldwin, who had been vis-
iting with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daggett for
two months, left Tuesday to return to her
home in Tioga.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Seel, of Paxtang,
left the early part of the week on a drive
to the Pacific coast. Mrs. Seer 1s a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Martin Fauble.
—Mrs. Sara Satterfield left Tuesday for
a visit in Philadelphia, going down to at-
tend a wedding and to be present at the
reception of the 28th Division.
—Mrs. W. C. Cassidy and her sister,
Miss Anderson, were in Tyrone Wednes-
day, going over to attend the funeral of
Mr. Cassidy’s cousin, W. F. Hiller.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris and their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, went to N. 8.
Pittsburgh, Monday, to attend the ied-
ding of Mrs. Morris’ cousin, Lyon Logan.
—Prothonotary D. R. Foreman was sum-
moned to Franklin, Venango county, on
Monday to give evidence in a case being
heard in the courts there in which some
Bellefonte parties are interested.
-—Isaie Mitehell and his daughter, Mrs.
John Porter Lyon, started Tuesday after-
noon for Greenwood, Miss, for a three
week’s visit with Mr. Mitchell's youngest
son, Malcolm A. Mitchell and his family.
—Mrs. F. W. Topelt came to Bellefonte
Sunday from Brooklyn. Leaving the train
at Lewistown, Mrs. Topelt motored over
the mountain with her mother, Mrs. R. 8S.
Brouse, who with a party had driven over
to meet her.
—Mrs. Della Miller will go to Washing-
ten next week for a visit with her daugh-
ter, Miss Lucy Miller, in the government
telephone service. Mrs. Miller will be her
daughter's guest from the time she leaves
Bellefonte until her return.
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Plymire, of
York, Pa., are here for a week's visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sa-
ger, on east High street. Mrs. Plymire be-
fore her recent marriage was Miss Helen
Jury, a sister of Mrs. Sager.
—W. PP. Humes, his sister, Miss Mira
Humes and Miss Sadie Caldwell will leave
Bellefonte the middle of the week for At-
lantic City, where they will be at Galen
Hall for a month or more. Mr. Humes’
health is the reason for their visit to the
shore at this time.
—Mrs. A. G. Archey, with Mrs. Randall
Dunlap, of Cherry Tree, and her two chil-
dren and Mrs. Katherine Dunlap, of Pine
Grove Mills, as driving guests, motored to
Bellefonte Wednesday, spending the day
here in the shops, visiting and looking
after some business.
—Mrs. W. L. Daggett went to Elmira
yesterday and from there intends going to
New York to join Mrs. Maynard Murch,
of Cleveand, for a visit with Miss Georgia
Daggett. Before returning to Bellefonte
it is probable that Mrs. Daggett will spend
some time at the Shore.
—Miss Sarah Stevenson, of the U. 8. ar-
my, doing service as a nurse at East View,
N. Y., is home on a furlough, visiting with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ste-
venson, of Waddle. The hospital in which
she is working has eight hundred patients,
with a capacity of one thousand beds.
—Mrs. C. K. Hicklen, who has been the
guest of Mrs. W. D. Zerby for the past
ten days, at her home on Curtin street,
drove to Bellefonte with Mr. Zerby upon
his return from a business trip to Phila-
delphia the early part of last week. Mrs.
Hicklen expects to return home this week.
—Mr. W. M. Grove left Spring Mills
Monday for Berwick and accompanied by
his grand-daughter went on from there
to North Carolina, where he had been
summoned on account of the very critical
illness of Mrs. Grove, who is with her
daughter, Mrs. M. P. Cummings, at Reids-
ville.
—Mrs. A. Frank, of Nashville, Tenn., ar-
rived in Altoona Sunday, coming on to
Bellefonte Monday for a visit with her
sister, Miss Hannah Newman. During her
stay here Mrs. I'rank, who will be remem-
bered as Miss Josephine Newman, has
been a house guest of her aunt, Mrs. Mar-
tin Fauble.
—Mprs. Thomas Shoemaker and her
daughter, Miss Martha Shoemaker came to
Bellefonte the early part of the week from
Atlantic City, where they had been, owing
to Miss Martha's ill health, due to over-
work in her profession as a nurse. Mrs.
H. E. Fenlon, who accompanicd Mrs.
Shoemaker to the Shore, remained east for
a visit.
—A. G. Morris with his daughter, Miss
Lida Morris and Mrs. Samuel Sheffer, ex-
pect to leave Tuesday on a motor trip
throught the western part of the State.
The first stop will be made at Franklin,
from there they will go to Freeport, Pa.,
for Memorial day, then to Pittsburgh and
to Coshocton. Ohio, leaving from the lat-
ter place for the return drive.
—Mrs. D. G. Bush and her daughter,
Mrs. E. B. Callaway, will leave Atlantic
City the early part of the week, Mrs. Bush
going to Philadelphia for a visit with her
sisters, while Mrs. Callaway will spend a
week or ten days with her daughter, Mrs.
Garber, on Long Island. Arrangements
have been made for their return to Belle-
fonte the first of June, when they will
open their home on Spring street for the
summer.
—Mrs. Harold
Thompson and her two
children, Lewis Frederick and Margery
Belle, arrived in Bellefonte Wednesday
night, from Cleveland, Ohlo, to spend the
summer with Mrs. Thompson's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McGinley. Mrs. Thomp-
son was met in Tyrone by her sister, Miss
Eleanor McGinley, and Mrs, Charles Keich-
line, having made the first part of her jour-
ney alone. Mr. Thompson will join his
family here during the summer, to spend
his vacation in Bellefonte.
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I. W. Crider is spending the week at
Atlantic City.
—Arthur L. Youlick, of Orwigsburg, will
spend Sunday with friends in Bellefonte.
—Arthur Wall, of Curwensville, is here
for an indefinite visit with his grandfath-
er, Mr. V. U. Spencer, on east Linn street.
—John Dunlap is among those from
Bellefonte who went to Philadelphia to
join in the welcome given the 28th divis-
ion, this week.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Thomas joined the
great crowd of Pennsylvanians in Phila-
delphia this week, leaving here Wedne#-
day for the east.
—Mrs. W. A. Lyon left Saturday to
spend an indefinite time with Robert V.
Lyon at Rochester, N. Y., and with Mrs.
C. B. Williams, at Bayonne, N. J.
—Mrs. George L. Goodhart. of Centre
Hall, is spending the week with her
daughter, Mrs. D. Wagner Geiss and fami-
ly, at their home on Thomas street.
—The Misses Cooney, of Bishop street,
are entertaining Mrs. Walter Cusick, of
Boston, who has been visiting in Belle-
fonte since the early part of last week.
—Mrs. F. F. Dinn, who had been in
Bellefonte for two weeks, a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Clevenstine, returned
Monday to her home at Crawford, N. J.
—Mrs. Thomas Moore, of Philadelphia,
has been in Bellefonte visiting with her
mother, Mrs. William Dawson, called hére
by the illness of both Mrs. Dawson and
Mrs. T. Clayton Brown.
—Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hoy returned the
early part of the week from a short visit
with their sons, Christian, of Johnstown,
and Robert, of Wilkinsburg. While at the
latter place they were guests of Mr. Hoy's
sister, Mrs. Grant Pifer.
—Charles Valentine, of New York city,
who is now president of the Continental
Transportation company with offices in
the Woolworth building, and his brother
Arthur, of Crafton, were guests at the
Bush house two days this week.
—DMrs. Edward Gehret is chaperoning
Miss Helen Love and Miss Rachel Lam-
bert on a trip to Philadephia this week
The party left Bellefonte Tuesday and
while in the city will be guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. McSuley and their family.
—Miss Mary Rosenhoover, who came
east two months ago on account of illness,
will leave next week to resume her work
at the Mayo sanitarium at Rochester,
Minn. Miss Rosenhoover has been in
training for a nurse for three years, and
will graduate with the class of 1919.
—Charles Kelley, of Philadelphia, who
has accepted a position at the Wian gar-
age, drove up to Linden Hall last week
with Mrs. Kelley and their young son, Al-
bert Thompson, and will make their home
with Mrs. Kelley's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Campbell, until finding a suitable
place for going to housekeeping in Belle-
fonte.
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Reception for Miss Bertha Laurie.
Miss Bertha Laurie has returned
from France and Germany and will
spend a few days in Bellefonte. In
order that her many friends and nu-
merous acquaintances—to say mnoth-
ing of the grateful hearts—may
have an opportunity to greet
her, the Woman’s Missionary soci-
ety of the Presbyterian church will
hold an informal reception in her
honor at the chapel this (Friday)
evening, May 16th, at 7:30 o’clock,
and a- cordial invitation to attend is
extended to all who are interested in
her work “over there.” It will also
be an opportunity to bid her a “God
speed,” for she expects to continue
her sacrificial service on the “field of
mercy and honor.”
Makes Jack a Dull Boy.
So many fathers forget their boy-
hood days. The delight they took in
the old swimming pool, the baseball
games and other sports. Some par-
ents forget how easy it used to be to
add up a column of figures and can’t
understand why they must have the
light just so or the figures look blur-
red and indistinct. Too much work
without help makes strong eyes weak
and weak eyes weaker. CASEBEER
(registered optometrist) glasses will
relieve all eyestrain and make weak
eyes strong. Price moderate. Satis-
faction guaranteed. Brockerhoff
House block, Bellefonte. 20-1t
——Effective may 15th fifteen per
cent. reduction on all United States
tires and tubes.
McGarvey.
Buy now.—P. H.
20-1t
—— Don’t fail to attend the Belle-
fonte Academy minstrels next Thurs-
day and Friday, May 22nd and 23rd.
Wanted.—Girl for cooking or gen-
eral house work; small family and
good wages. Address X—Care of
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