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Bellefonte, Pa., June 27, 1919.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
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——Bellefonte has had its big time |
and the Fourth of July next week will
likely pass quietly by.
— Wilbur E. Saxion has resigned as
first lieutenant of the Bellefonte ma-
chine gun troop and Roy M., Grove has
been promoted from second to first
lieutenant while Harry Cox has been
commissioned second lieutenant.
The State Highway Depart-
ment is advertising for bids for the
construction of 12,355 feet of state
highway in Rush township, this coun-
ty, to be either a bitumen surface
course, concrete foundation or rein-
forced concrete.
——A big event to look forward to
now that the victory and welcome
home celebration is over, will be the
lawn fete to be held at Mr. A. G.
Morris’ home on the evening of Fri-
day, July 11th, for the benefit of St.
John’s Episcopal parish house fund.
—Centre county’s allotment of the
cash bonus fund to townships for use
in maintaining township roads is $4,-
952.92, to be divided among those
townships which have met all the pro-
visions of the act appropriating same.
This money will be sent to the various
counties in the State in the near fu-
ture and in due time will be appor-
tioned among the townships.
The Vipond Construction com-
pany, of Altoona, has already award-
ed the contract for the stone needed
in building the state highway from
Milesburg to Gum Stump to Harry S.
Holland, of Hollidaysburg, notwith-
standing the fact that the contract
has not yet been awarded; although
the Vipond company were the lowest
bidders.
——A very important meeting of
the Chautauqua guarantors has been
called to meet at John Blanchard’s of-
fice Monday, June 30th, at 8:30 p. m.
The Chautauqua representative will
be present and the success of the
Bellefonte Chautauqua largely de-
pends upon the interest shown on the
part of the guarantors in attending
this meeting. ;
——If you are looking for amuse-
ment in the motion picture line the
remainder of the week try either the
Scenic or the Lyric. Manager T. C.
Brown has- charge of both places and
is showing extraordinary pictures.
And next week, when the big time
will be over and Bellefonte will have
settled down to normal again, you
can go to the Scenic any evening and
see the motion pictures there exhib-
ited. :
——William Bailey, a brother of
carpenter : Abram Bailey, of Belle-
fonte, had the ‘ fingers on both his
hands badly mangled on Saturday
morning by getting them caught in
the turntable at the plant of the Su-
perior Silica Brick company, at Port
Matilda, where he: is employed. The
‘bones in two fingers are broken and
the flesh on the others badly torn and
bruised. He came to Bellefonte and
had his hands dressed and the doctor
has hopes of saving both of them.
——1In the neighborhood of half a
hundred families in Centre county are
in mourning because of sons lost in
the service in the world war, and
those sons now sleep in hallowed
ground. But a case was called to the
attention of the writer a few days
ago that is even more pitiable. The
family of Dallis Cronisted, of Huston
township, was represented by one son
and two daughters in the service and
although none of them lost their life
the son is now in a state hospital for
the insane and one daughter in a sim-
ilar institution at Washington, D. C.
Dr. Edith Schad on Sunday re-
ceived word that she was grandmoth-
er to a nice little daughter that was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Schad,
at their home in New London, Conn.,
that morning. The doctor left on the
early train Monday morning for her
son’s home. Miss Mary Schad ex-
pects to go to New London in a week
or ten days to spend the month of
July with her brother and family.
During the absence of Dr. Schad her
father, John P. Harris, and sister,
Mrs. Frank Warfield, will open up the
Harris home on west Linn street for
the summer.
Car Badly Damaged By Fire.
Quite an cxcitement was caused
Wednesday afternoon about 2.30 o'clock
when the City Laundry car, owned by
Frank Kern, caught fire on the cor-
ner of Allegheny and Logan streets,
which badly damaged the front of the
car. What started the blaze no one
seems to know, but before it could
be extinguished the gas tube which
conveys the gasoline from the tank
(which is located in the dash) to the
carburator was melted off, allowing the
fluid to flow out unchecked. The blaze
struck up as high as the surrounding
houses, and nothing could be done un-
til all the gasoline had been consumed,
when patent extinguishers and a lib-
eral application of salt, soon checked
the flames.
While the fire was doing its worst,
an air machine, whose pilot had evi-
dently been attracted by the high col-
umn of smoke, swooped down on the
scene, almost touching the top of the
houses. This suggested a new idea of
getting to a fire quickly, and may be
taken advantage of by our fire laddies.
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Red Cross Base Ball League.
The two games of base ball played
by the Red Cross League of Bellefonte
since our last issue showed increased
interest—the audiences gradually in-
creasing in size.
Friday night the South Ward beat
Milesburg in a score of 3 to 2.
Tuesday night's game between the
North and West Wards resulted in a
score of 7 to 3 in favor of the North
Ward. This ties the North and South
Wards, both showing equal winnings in
the games.
Friday night the South Ward will
play the West Ward, and Tuesday
night the North Ward will play Miles-
P
burg.
CENTRE COUNTY'S WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION
Soldiers in Big Parade.
ing Feature.
roves a Big Success Notwithstanding the Uncertain Weather
Conditions. Fifteen Thousand People Here. Six Hundred
Aeronautic Stunts a Pleas-
Immense Crowd Well Satisfied.
Just twenty-one months and a half
have passed since Troop IL. marched
to the depot in the gray light of a
September morning in answer to the
call for men for the world war. A
misty fog hung over mother earth and
the faces of the thousands who gath-
ered at the depot to say farewell and
bid them Godspeed were drawn and
haggard and many a tear was shed
as the train speedily pulled out on
its journey to Camp Hancock. Fol-
loying closely on the heels of Troop L
was the Boal Machine Gun Troop,
unit after unit of national army men
and individual enlistments until Cen-
tre county’s total of men in the serv-
ice footed up about eighteen hundred.
And for each man that went away
some tearful eye was left behind.
On Wednesday the heavens opened
up and poured forth refreshing show-
ers and just at this auspicious occa-
sion they seemed like copious tears of
gladness that so many of the stalwart
young men who went forth to fight for
the glory of their country and the
peace of the world had been spared to
return from war torn Europe alive
and well and able to come to Belle-
fonte yesterday to receive the plaudits
of their fellow countrymen. And
amongst those heaven-sent tears of
gladness were surely tears of sorrow
for those boys who so bravely gave
their lives for the cause, whether it
was on the field of battle or through
that more insidious enemy, disease.
The welcome Centre county extend-
ed to these world-war heroes yester-
day was a welcome from the heart.
It was not conceived through an idea
of formal duty but because of a gen-
uine feeling of thankfulness that so
many of the boys came back—
back from the front line trenches
where they fearlessly defied the Hun
and all his devilish devices; back
from the ships that defiantly and per-
sistently braved the dangers of a U=
boat infested sea and Old Neptune's
elements day after day, week after
week and month after month in car-
rying men, munitions and supplies to
stricken France at a time when the
Hun seemed intolerably unconquera-
ble; back from: the hospitals, where
men and women fought death and dis-
ease so untiringly; back from the
training camps after spending many
days in the hot sun getting in shape
to do their part ‘when the time came,
all back to their families and friends
and to enter once more the peaceful
pursuits of life.
And yet all did not come back.
Under the sunny skies of France are
sleeping some of the noblest of those
boys who went out so fearlessly. In
various cemeteries of Centre county
others are quietly sleeping, boys who
went away just as fearlessly and who
would have fought just as valiantly
had they lived to win the opportunity,
so that no less glory attaches to them
who sleep here instead of over there.
And it was because of genuine love
for all these boys that the welcome
home was conceived and carried out
to such a successful issue. It took a
lot of hard work on the part of a num-
ber of leading citizens of Centre coun-
ty, and the hearty co-operation of the:
people in every town and country dis-
trict, but they responded nobly and
every man, woman and child who saw
those manly young men march in the
parade yesterday afternoon could not
have one feeling of regret for the part
they were called upon to take.
Week after week the “Watchman”
has told of the progress of the ar-
rangements for the big celebration so
that there is nothing to say in retro-
spect. The very appropriate decora-
tions for the occasion were put up by
Mr. J. M. Nichols, of Syracuse, N. Y,,
and were completed on time. And
then it rained on Wednesday; not on-
ly on Wednesday, but a good part of
the night and a hard shower yester-
day morning, so that it is quite prob-
able that hundreds of people were de-
terred from coming to Bellefonte on
account of the very threatening and
uncertain weather conditions, but at
that the crowd was immense. In fact
it was generally conceded to exceed
the crowd in Bellefonte on the biggest
day of Old Home week three years
ago, and was variously estimated at
from fifteen to eighteen thousand peo-
ple.
798 Men Registered.
All of the forenoon was taken up in
receiving and registering the soldiers
as they came in. Sheriff George H.
Yarnell was assistd in this work by
H. C. Valentine and Fred Lane and
the exact number of soldjers, sailors
and marines registered was 798. As
the men registered they were given
meal tickets for the two days and were
fed by caterer Gyrles, of Lock Haven,
who was established in the culinary
department of the High school build-
ing. Not only were the soldiers fed
there but all the visiting bands were
taken care of at the same place and
when a “Watchman” reporter dropped
in between one and two o'clock to see
how things were coming along there
was not a man in the place, every-
body had been fed and had gone, and
the general opinion was that the food
was good and ample.
The Parade.
The big event of the day, of course,
was, the parade, which was set for
3:15 o'clock, and as early as two
o'clock the soldiers began to gather at
the school house commons and other
units take their appointed stations.
Robert F. Hunter, who as chairman
‘of the parade committee, deserves all
the credit for the excellent display,
was naturally chief marshall and had
as his chief of staff Major H. Laird
Curtin, whose duty it was to organize
the military part of the parade. Other
active aids assisting in organizing the
parade and getting it in shape to move
with precision were Capt. William H.
Brown and Thomas Beaver. So per-
fectly had every arrangement been
made that the parade moved from in
front of the High school building
promptly on the minute of 3:15. Lead-
ing it were four mounted state con-
stabulary followed in order by Chief
Rl
Marshall Robert F. Hunter, chief of
staff H. Laird Curtin, active aides W.
H. Brown and Thomas Beaver, and
members of the executive committee
aids as follows:
Hon. H. C. Quigley, chairman of the
committee, Sheriff Geo. H. Yarnell,
Hon. Harry B. Scott, of Philipsburg;
J. Will Conley, Hardman P. Harris,
Col. W. Fred Reynolds, John J. Bow-
er, W. Harrison Walker and James P.
Aikens, of State College. As the rank-
ing officer of the county Lieut. Col.
David Dale was on the right of this
column.
Nypen Band of Lock Haven
Flags of Allied Nations
Unit of the Commissioned officers of
the county headed by Maj. Theodore Da-
vis Boal.
Unit of Sailors and Marines
642 soldiers in order of their Divisions:
The 28th, 79th, 91st, scattering, and
92nd.
Wounded soldiers and casuals in mo-
tor Lorry.
German War Trophies
Bellefonte Machine Gun Troop
Philipsburg Band
Bellefonte Red Cross
Representatives of State College Chapter
Howard Band
Knights of Columbus
Odd Fellows Band of Bellefonte
Bellefonte Lodge and Visiting Odd Fel-
lows
State College Band
Logan and Undine Fire Companies com-
bined
Wetzler's Girls Band of Milesburg
Tribe of Red Men from Snow Shoe and
visiting Red Men. :
The parade moved south on Alle-
gheny street to the Diamond where
an obelisk had been erected at the
. north side of the soldiers monument
.in honor of those soldiers who were
killed or died in service. The obelisk
about eighteen inches square and
twelve feet in height, stood on a ped-
estal four feet square by two high. It
was surmounted with a flag at half
mast and a wreath of evergreens and
roses. On the obelisk were forty-
eight gold stars, symbolic of the sol-
diers who gave their lives. At each
corner of the pedestal was mounted a
small flag and on the front of it was
the following inscription:
“To those who died that
we may live in peace.”
The head of the parade halted when.
it reached the Diamond and Dr. Mc-
Kinney, of the Presbyterian church,
offered a short prayer, the band play-
ed the “Star Spangled Banner” and
with the line and the crowd uncover-
ed and at attention a sailor, a marine
and two soldiers, J. M. Heinle, the ma-
rine; Gordon Montgomery, the stilor,
Harry Dunlap and Joseph Beezer of
the 28th division, the “soldiers,
dropped out of line and with bared
heads marched to the obelisk and
each hung a wreath of evergreen on
one of the flags on the pedestal. Re-
turning to the column the parade
moved forward going to Bishop street,
on Bishop to Spring, Spring to High,
High to the railroad where it coun-
termarched on High to the Diamond
and out Allegheny street to the High
‘school building where it all disband-
ed but the soldiers. At Lamb street
they defiled to Spring and led by the
Nypen band marched south on Spring
to High and up High to the Diamond
where they were to stand in ranks
during the speech-making but the
crowd there was so dense, and it took
so long to clear the street that many
of the soldiers had dispersed.
A number of the boys, however,
gathered in front of the speaker's
stand for the meeting which was pre-
sided over by Judge Henry C. Quig-
ley. Very briefly he told them that
| the purpose of the gathering was to
thus publicly welcome them back to
Centre county, That they had gone
forth to do their duty when the sum-
mons came and did it nobly and well.
That the people at home stood by
them to the best of their ability at all
times and that he could assure them
that the people were not only behind
this welcome home but would stand
back of them all their lives. He then
introduced Major Theodore Davis
Boal, as the next speaker.
Major Boal had just returned from
France, having arrived at New York
on Monday and at his home in Boals-
burg on Wednesday. He told the boys
that he had no intention of making a
speech; that he knew they had gotten
enough talking to while in service, and
all he asked was three cheers for the
generosity of Bellefonte and Centre
county in extending such a whote-
souled public welcome to them and the
generosity of the home people in buy-
ing liberty bonds, war savings stamps
and such like while they were at the
front. The cheers were given with a
heartiness that left no doubt as to
their genuineness. The next spaker was
Col. H. 8S. Taylor, and in his usually
eloquent way he commended the sol-
dier boys for their patriotism, endur-
ance and bravery displayed under the
trying conditions they were called up-
on to meet in the training camp and
on the battle field and implored them
to show the same determination and
spirit in any path of life they may
elect to follow.
The last speaker was Burgess W.
Harrison Walker, who officially ex-
tended to the soldiers the welcome of
the town and asked them to enjoy
themselves while here.
Thrilling Evolutions in Air.
The formal ceremonies over the sol-
diers joined the crowds in enjoying
the amusements that had been pro-
vided and those in the air were, of
course, the thrillers. Both the Pos-
tal and the War Department had de-
tailed notable fliers for the demonstra-
tion and under a leaden sky they jaz-
zed about to the delight of the strong
hearts and the consternation of the
weak. Pilots Anglin, White and Ste-
vens, of the areo mail service and Lt.
Mills, of the army, looped the loop,
went into tail spins nose dives and
flew upside down until it convinced
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MINGLED WITH ROYALTY.
Interesting Experiences of Former
Centre County Woman in London.
The “Watchman” last week pub-
lished a very interesting letter from
Mrs. Harriet Holmes Schaub and this
week we are privileged to tell of a
few of her experiences while still do-
ing night patrol duty in the interest
of the soldier boys in London. One
day, after a hard night’s work, she
and a few friends went out to Stokes
Poges, the original home of the Penn
family, ancestors of the founder of
Pennsylvania. After walking about
two miles from the station they came
to Penn Manor house, which they in-
spected as well as the quaint old Eng-
lish church in which the Penns wor-
shipped. They even stood in their
heavily curtained pews, for the Penns
would not be gazed at by the common
crowd. They were very aristocratic
over there, however democratic Wil-
liam became after he came to Ameri-
ca. The visitors stood in the quiet
country churchyard, 'neath the very
yew tree that Gray wrote about in his
Elegy. >
From Penn Manor the ladies went
to Eton and saw the boys in their
queer coats, or gowns and top hats,
and from there to Windsor Castle,
where they were shown through the
state apartments. They were taken
up into the curfew tower and climbed
the very steps the poor maiden climb-
ed the one night the curfew did not
ring. Following their inspection of
the castle, tea was served the party
of twenty by Princess Alice of Atholl.
In writing of the visit to the castle
Mrs. Schaub excuses herself for lack
of words or space to speak of the glo-
ry and splendor of it all, including St.
Georges Chapel, where kings and
queens have worshipped for ages.
February 28th was another red let-
ter day in her brief life in London.
On that day she was one of about
thirty women invited to an informal
tea at Lambreth palace, the home of
the Archbishop of Canterbury. She
was the only American present and
had the honor of a fifteen minutes’
chat with the Archbishop himself. In
writing of the wonderful event she
says: “If you were not aware of
what an august personage he is—for
it is the Archbishop of Canterbury
who crowns the kings—you would
say he is the dearest old man you
ever met.” The party was shown all
over the palace, from the wonderful
library to the dungeon in the tower,
and even the room in the basement,
where Anne Bolyn was tried and
from where she was taken to the
Tower of London to be beheaded.
While the party was standing in
the guard room having tea a very dis-
tinguished looking, middle-aged wom-
an approached Mrs. Schaub and po-
litely but very sweetly said: “May I
know your name and what uniform
you wear?” Mrs. Shaub- gave her
name and told her that the uniform
was the American Y. M. C. A.. The
lady in question proved to be the wife
of the Australian general located in
London and after the mutual intro-
duction she said: “I saw you yester-
day in Piccadilly. You and your uni-
form attracted me so much that I
turned and followed you hoping for
an excuse to speak to you, but there
was none. You can imagine my pleas-
ure when I came into the drawing
room and say you.”
The Viscountess Harcourt gave
Mrs. Schaub her card and said “If
you can find time any day to have tea
with me, will you telephone me? 1
would like so much to see you again.”
Before the party left Lambeth palace
the Archbishop put on his robes and
held a choral service for his guests in
the private chapel, which is today
just as it has been for six hundred
years, the chapel where all the Arch-
bishops are ordained. The Archbish-
op pointed out the spot near where
Mrs. Schaub sat as the place the first
Bishop sent to America knelt three
hundred years ago to receive his or-
ders. .
On another day Mrs. Schaub was a
member of a party who secured the
services of a competent guide to show
them London and he took them into
all sorts of unusual places, nooks and
corners known of and made famous
by Dickens. While doing the Tem-
ples they were even taken into the
dining hall of the Inner Temple, con-
sidered the most beautiful banquet
hall in London. They also visited all
sorts of restaurants and quaint and
queer little tea shops.
On a subsequent Saturday night,
when she was off duty, she joined a
Canadian with his sister and her hus-
band at a little luncheon then went to
hear a recital by a famous contralto,
Madame Clara Butts. “You can have
some idea of the wonder of her voice,”
writes Mrs. Schaub, “when I tell you
that she sang in Royal Albert hall,
the largest auditorium here. It was
estimated there were ten thousand
people in the hall. She was accom-
panied by massed bands, and yet her
voice, clear and sweet as a bell, filled
every nook and corner of that hall.”
Following the recital the party of
four had dinner then went to see “The
Maid of the Mountains,” characteriz-
ed as a most beautiful play.
Commenting further on other little
luncheons and sight-seeing trips just
prior to leaving London for her trip
to the army of occupation in Germa-
ny Mrs. Schaub writes: “Do you
wonder that I feel a bit sorry to leave
London? Of course I did not come
expecting any good time like this, so
have appreciated it all the more. I
am sorry, too, to say good bye to
some of the friends I have made here,
for naturally our paths will never
cross again. That is the penalty one
pays for being merely a ship that
passes in the night.”
For Sale.—Two 2-year old colts.
Inquire of Frank Dimeo, Bellstomis:
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—Mrs. Wallace Gephart, with her little
daughter, is with Mr. Gephart in New
York city.
—Mrs. Susan Peters, of Pine Grove
Mills, is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ed-
ward Decker. X
—Mrs. George Hile, of Bethlehem,
visiting with her mother, Mrs. Alice Par-
ker, of Bishop street.
—Miss Ethel Shoemaker, of Lock Ha-
ven, is a guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Miles Walker.
—Miss Mary Gross, of Axe Mann, will
leave Saturday for Pittsburgh for a wisit
of two months with her sister, Mrs. R.
Proudfoot.
—Owing to ill health, Mrs. Wilson Gard-
ner has left Altoona to spend two months
or more at her country home at Penn-
sylvania Furnace.
—James Ritzman, of Howard, was a
business visitor in DBelefonte the latter
part of last week and favored this office
with a brief call.
—Mrs. Walter Fulton and son Joseph,
of Pittsburgh, are visiting at the home
of Mrs. Fulton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Daley.
—Edward Brown, of Sheffield, Ala., and
Leo Brown, a student at St. Joseh’s Col-
lege, Latrobe, are visiting their father,
Edward Brown Jr.
—Mr. G. Ambrose Schmidt, of Wash-
ington, D. C., is a guest in the home of
his uncle, Rev. Dr. Schmidt, having driv-
en here in his Dodge car.
—Mrs. Harry Williams and little child,
of Cleveland, Ohio, are in Bellefonte,
guests of Mrs. Williams’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Lyons, of Penn street.
—Mrs. Grant Pifer, of Wilkinsburg,
came to Bellefonte Wednesday expecting
to visit for a week or more with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Hoy.
—Sam Harpster, of Gatesburg, boiling
over as usual with good will toward
everybody, was in town Thursday and
enjoying every minute of the welcome
home.
—Mrs. R. M. Beach and Mrs. R. S.
Brouse were among the suffragists at
Harrisburg Tuesday to hear the final vote
on the ratification of the suffrage amend-
ment.
—Mrs. Harry Otto, of Johnstown, and
her two children are in Bellefonte for the
welcome home celebration, visiting while
here with Mrs. Otto's mother, Mrs. Jerry
Nolan.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mayes, of
Johnstown, and their little daughter, are
among those who have returned to Belle-
fonte to join in the welcome home cele-
bration.
-—Misses Nellie Musser and Martha
Young, of Altoona, spent from Friday
evening to Sunday afternoon in Bellefonte
as guests of Miss Musser's aunt, Miss El-
la A. Gates.
—Miss Helen McKnight, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKnight, of Phil-
adelphia, is visiting at the home of her
aunts, the Misses Margaret and Martha
McKnight, on Penn street.
—Frank Wetzler, the maker of bands
for Milesburg, was in town on Tuesday.
When Frank comes to town we always
expect some music but as this was a bus-
iness visit there was nothing doing.
Mrs. Robért Copeéhhaver, of Ramey,
Clearfield county, spent a few hours with
the Misses Miller in Bellefonte on Monday
while on her way home from a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. McKee, in Snow Shoe.
—Miss Helen McCullough, of Jersey
Shore, and her nephew, McCullough Lar-
imer, came here from Jersey Shore Wed-
nesday afternoon to spend the remainder
of the week with the boys grand par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Larimer.
—Our old friend, Jack Kelley, of Cur-
tins Works, was up for the big time yes-
terday. Jack doesn’t come to town as
much as he once did but he is still the
loyal old Democrat that he was when it
took courage to be one in Boggs town-
ship.
—Mrs. Harry Curtin, of Curtin, was
with her son, J. M. Curtin and his family,
in Pittsburgh last week, going out to take
charge of the home while Mrs. Curtin was
on a motor trip east and a visit to Mid-
detown, N. J., and with relatives in Down-
ingtown.
—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ferguson and
daughter Margaret, with Mr. and Mrs.
Edward L. Gates and daughter Betty as
guests motored over from Philipsburg on
Wednesday evening so as not to miss any
part of Centre county’s big welcome home
to its soldiers.
—While in Bellefonte on Saturday Jacob
A. Deitrich, of Madisonburg, was a busi-
ness caller at the “Watchman” office and
among other things said that everything
down Brushvalley was running along ina
normal way. Everybody's busy and the
outlook for crops is good.
—Major C. G. McMillen, of Dayton, Ohio,
arrived in Bellefonte on Sunday evening
to spend a week at the Brockerhoff house
and be here for Centre county’s welcome
home to its soldier boys, This is the
Major's first visit to Bellefonte since the
Old Home week several years ago.
-—Mr .and Mrs. Joseph Shoemaker and
little daughter, Ethel Phyllis, of State
College, spent last Thursday and Friday
in Bellefonte as guests of Rev. and Mrs.
Scott, at the Methodist parsonage. Mr.
Shoemaker has just returned from I'rance
and been discharged from service.
—Miss Daisy Graham, with her niece
and nephew, Virginia and James Hughes,
left Friday morning for a three week's
visit in Brooklyn, Annapolis and Balti-
more. Miss Graham and the children were
joined Monday by Charles Hughes, who
was with them during their stay in Brook-
lyn. ?
—Messrs. John B. Goheen and RR. H.
Reed, two representative citizens of West
Ferguson township, were “Watchman” of-
fice callers on Monday while in Bellefonte
on a business trip and attending a meeting
of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance
company of Centre county, of which they
are officials. g
—Hon. M. B. Rich and wife, with their
grand-children, Robert Jr, and Margaret;
Mrs. C. H. Rich, Mrs. Karl Mette and Miss
Lillian Crawford, composed a party from
Woolrich, Clinton county, who journeyed
to Bellefonte recently and made a brief
call at the Methodist parsonage to see
Rev. and Mrs. Scott.
—Qut of town people who were in Belle-
fonte Saturday afternoon for the funeral
of the late Lewis McQuistion included
Mrs. P. H. Smith and son George and
Walter Zeigler, of Sunbury; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Meyer, of Reedsville; Elmer
Campbell, of Linden Hall; D. A. Boozer,
Charles Slack and son John, Mrs. George
Slack, Mrs. Frank Bradford and Mrs. G.
0. Benner, of Centre Hall. :
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| —Mr. and Mrs. G. Murray Andrews
! left yesterday for New York, from where
| they will sail for England.
{ —Mrs. R. A. Beck, of Hanover, and her
| two children are spending a short time
| with their friends in Bellefonte.
{| —Mrs. Joseph Undercoffer went east
| Wednesday and will spend three weeks
visiting with relatives in Philadelphia,
Norristown and other places in eastern
Pennsylvania.
—Miss Bella Confer, of Altoona, came to
Bellefonte for the big welcome home being
given to Centre county returned soldiers.
Before returning to the Mountain city she
will visit friends in Milton.
—The regular meeting of the Wom-
an’s club will be held in the directors’
room at the High school building on
Monday, June 30th, at 7:30 o'clock. All
members are urged to be present.
—Mrs. William Armstrong Kirby, of
Baltimore, and her son William Arm-
strong Jr., are in Bellefonte with Mrs.
Kirby’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hammon
Sechler, for a visit of several weeks.
—Judge Henry C. Quigley went to Bed-
ford on Monday afternoon to attend the
annual meeting of the State Bar associa-
tion but returnéd on Wednesday to be here
for the big welcome home celebration for
the returned soldiers.
—Herbert Beezer has been with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Beezer,
for the week, coming here from New
York Sunday on an eight day furlough.
Herbert was among the first of the
Bellefonte boys to enlist in the navy.
—Mr. J. L. Tressler, of Centre Hall,
was in town enjoying the big doings of
yesterday. He is enjoying retired life naw,
having quit the farm and bought the
comfortable Capt. George M. Boal home
in Centre Hall where he expects to round
out a useful life.
—Mr. and Mrs. George B. Johnston and
daughter Jean, of Beaver Falls, arrived in
Bellefonte on Saturday and will spend a
week or more at the home of Mrs. John-
ston’s mother, Mrs. J. A. Aiken, coming
here at this time to be present for the
welcome home celebration.
—L. W. Walker, of Williamsport, came
up Thursday morning to join Mrs. Walk-
er and their daughter in Bellefonte for
Centre county's two day’s celebration.
Mrs. Walker and the child visited with
relatives in Ferguson township for a
week before coming to Bellefonte.
—Dr. P. McDowell Tibbens, recently
discharged from service, after a years’
work at Fort McPherson, Ga., with his
mother, Mrs. E. J. Tibbens, and George
Furst, of Beech Creek, and Miss Mary
Lingle, of Blanchard, drove to Belle-
fonte Thursday to join in Centre coun-
ty’s great welcome home celebration.
—Richard Noll, second son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles T. Noll, came home on
Tuesday on a brief visit and to see the
big celebration. Richard for some time
past has been located at Clarksville,
Greene county, where he has been work-
ing for A. L. Anderson & Co., contractors
of Altoona, who have been engaged in
opening up some extensive coal mines.
—Dr. F. K. White, the Hon. Harry B.
Scott and Edward M. Griest made up a
motor party of distinguished Philipsbur-
gers who came over for the demonstra-
tion on Thursday. They're getting old,
like the rest of us, for the charms of the
night at the carnival and the dancing at
the armory lured them not and they went
home without even giving them . the
‘‘once over.” .
—Mr. and Mrs. John VanPelt and
daughter Rachael came in from Johns-
town last Friday evening for their first
visit to Bellefonte in almost six months.
Mrs. VanPelt and daughter will spend an
indefinite time with her mother, Mrs. Ra-
chael Harris, owing to a threatened out-
break of infantile paralysis in Cambria
county, while Mr. VanPelt returned home
early in the week. ;
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Prisoners Recaptured, Others Escape.
Last week the “Watchman” told of
the escape of Emerson Bowman and
Irving Voorhies from the western
penitentiary the week previous, and
the fact that they were not promptly
recaptured must have led others to
think they also could get away, be-
cause last Friday Andrew Senko made
a get-away and on Sunday morning
James Hazzard, who has several . ali-
ases, also escaped.
But Bowman was arrested in Al-
toona last Friday evening just as he
had entered the yard of the home now
occupied by his wife ana four chil-
dren, and Senko was captured on Sat-
urday at the Tressler farm, almost
within sight of the penitentiary. The
other two men are still at large at
this writing but the penitentiary au-
thorities have trace of them and their
recapture is only a matter of time.
According to Bowman’s story when
he and Voorhies escaped they crossed
Nittany mountain, Pennsvalley and
the Seven mountains and then made
their way to Mount Union, Bowman’s
old home. There they separated,
Bowman going to Robertsdale, Hunt-
ingdon county, to see his father, and
Voorhies averring his intention to try
to get to Michigan, his native State.
At Robertsdale Bowman learned that
his wife and children had moved to
Altoona and he went there to see
them, but was promptly recognized by
an officer and nabbed before he got a
glimpse of any of his family. He was
brought to the Centre county jail on
Saturday. Bowman was sent up in
1912 for nine years for robbing a
store at Williamsburg, Blair county,
hence had only about a year and six
months to serve. When taken before
Judge Quigley on Monday morning on
the charge of escaping he was sen-
tenced to serve out his original sen-
tence and nine more years. Senko,
who was sent up from Allegheny
county in June, 1918, for three years
for manslaughter, will have to serve
out his old sentence and a new one of
equal length.
James Hazzard, the man who es-
caped on Sunday, did not enjoy his
liberty very long, as he was captured
near Pine Grove Mills late Monday
afternoon and brought to jail here the
same evening. When recognized the
‘escaped prisoner was walking on the
state highway, headed toward Spruce
Creek. The prison authorities were
sent up who gathered him in and
brought him to Bellefonte. Owing to
the absence of Judge Quigley he has
not yet been resentenced, but when he
is it will likely be a duplicate of his
old sentence. i