Bellefonte, Pa., July 18, 1919.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The Williams. family reunion
will be held in the John Q. Miles grove :
at Martha on Saturday, August 23rd.
——The bridge over Logan’s branch
at the Phoenix mill is practically
completed and will likely be opened
for traffic some time next week.
——Aside from the first five days
of the month there has been no exces-
sive heat during July, while some of
the days and nights have been unusu-
ally cool.
——The summer school at State
College is now in full swing with a
total of 993 teachers in attendance.
Dr. W. K. McKinney, of Bellefonte, is
bible lecturer for the course.
——Only one game of ball was
played in the Red Cross league dur-
ing the week, that was between the
South ward and Milesburg last Fri-
day evening, when the former won by
the score of 5 to 3.
The old Boalsburg tavern has
been reopened for the
the traveling public. It is now in its
one hundredth year, which makes it
the oldest hostlery in Centre county,
but in service it is up to date. See
advertisement elsewhere.
The annual reunion of the
Lutheran churches of Central Penn-
sylvania will be held at Lakemont
park, Altoona, on Thursday, July
31st. The Orphan’s Home band, of
Sunbury, has been secured to furnish
the music for the day. Good speak-
ers will be in attendance and the pub-
lic is cordially invited.
Just two more weeks of trout
fishing and then Fishing Creek will
lose its greatest charm for summer
campers. All in all the season has
not been a very flattering success so
far as the number of trout caught is
concerned, although all the streams
seem to be pretty well populated with
the speckled beauties.
——1In order to afford her every
care and comfort possible Mrs. Au-
gust Glinz was recently taken to the
sanitorium at Wernersville. She has
been in poor health ever since last fall
when she suffered an attack of influ-
enza. Mr. Glinz motored to Werners-
ville early in the week to spend sev-
eral days with his wife.
——1In his will probated recently
the late Henry E. Duck, of Millheim,
bequeathed $250 for foreign missions,
$250 for home missions, $250 for
church extension, and $250 to the
Loysville orphans’ home, a Lutheran
institution. Several years ago Mr.
Duck gave $1,000 for a ministerial
scholarship at the Susquehanna Uni-
versity.
——The evenings are growing ap-
preciably longer and with twilight
falling earlier than formerly it makes
a greater attraction of the motion
picture. The Scenic is open every
evening during the week and the Lyr-
ic Saturday evenings, and the public
is assured of good programs at both
places. If you have a spare hour or
two each evening you cannot spend it
more entertainingly than at the mo-
tion pictures.
The officials and clerks in the
court house and members of the Cen-
tre county bar this week presented
Mrs. Fred Craft with a small chest of
silver, including a half dozen knives
a half dozen teaspoons, a half dozen
pie knives, butter knife and sugar
shell as a wedding present. Before
her marriage Mrs. Craft was Miss
Anne Nolan and had served several
official terms in the court house as
deputy register.
——Word was received in Belle-
fonte yesterday morning of the arri-
val of private Frank Smith at Camp
Merritt, he having sailed from lar-
sellies, France, about ten days ago.
It is just possible that Samuel Rhine-
smith is with Smith. Lester Musser,
the other Bellefonte soldier who was
with Smith and Rhinesmith during
most of their service in France, is
probably on his way home also, as he
was sent to Brest some time ago.
——Last Thursday afternoon a
Pathe motion picture operator came
to Bellefonte in a small Sopwith
airplane, reaching here just before
that severe rain and thunder storm
passed over Centre county. The man
came here from Clearfield, but did
not carry his motion picture appara-
tus with him, having sent the same
to Bellefonte by express. But so far
as known he did not take any pictures
here and left for the east on Friday
morning.
Bellefonte friends of H. S. Ray
will be pleased to learn that he has
recovered his health to that extent
that he was able to leave the Blair
county hospital on Saturday, and ac-
companied by M. A. Landsy went to
Sea Girt, Long Island, where he will
spend some time at the cottage of his
brother, F. D. Ray Jr., of New York
city, while further recuperating from
what at one time threatened to be a
general breakdown, but which has
been happily averted through the
treatment he received in Blair coun-
ty.
———Miss Mary Miles Blanchard, as
chairman of the ticket committee of
the Bellefonte Chautauqua, and Miss
Helen Schaeffer, her assistant, have
begun a canvass of the town for the
sale of season tickets for the Chau-
tauqua which will begin next Thurs-
day. These ladies are prepared to
answer any and all questions relating
to the Chautauqua and you can light-
en their work considerably by being
prepared to purchase your tickets
promptly when they visit you. The
price of course tickets is $2.50; chil-
dren, $1.00.
convenience of .
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UN-
JUSTLY MISREPRESENTED.
| Charge That They Refused to Main-
I tain Detour in Rush Township
Untrue.
|
i A statement sent out from Harris-
: burg last week that the Commission-
ers of Centre county had refused to
maintain a detour in Rush township,
| where the State purposed construct-
| ing a piece of state highway, and as
| a result all state work in Centre coun-
ty had been rejected, is untrue. When
| the statement appeared in the public
| press, coming as it did from Harris-
burg, it naturally excited considera-
ble discussion and unfavorable criti-
cism of the County Commissioners,
but an investigation of the case by
the “Watchman” editor shows that
the Commissioners have not been at
fault in any way and any censure of
their actions that has been made has
been hasty and unjust.
, Last Monday evening a telegram
was received in Bellefonte from
Highway Commissioner Sadler and
addressed to the County Commission-
ers. It was in the nature of a de-
mand to know if the Commissioners
would provide and maintain a detour
for a piece of state highway it was
proposed to build in Rush township,
between Osceola Mills and Sandy
Ridge, and requesting immediate
answer as bids for same were to be
opened at ten o'clock on Tuesday
morning. Of course the Commission-
ers were not in session, two of them
not even in Bellefonte, but they were
promptly apprised of the text of the
telegram by telephone. They at once
got busy and endeavored to find out
just where the proposed highway was
to be located in Rush township and
whether it would be possible to pro-
vide and maintain a detour.
One of the supervisors in Rush
township was called up and asked
about the matter but was unable to
give the necessary information and
the only thing the Commissioners
could do was to wire Highway Com-
missioner Sadler that they would
investigate the situation and advise
him later. In the meantime the let-
ting was held on Tuesday morning
and the only bid submitted for the
piece of highway in question was one
for $125,772.85, for 12,355 feet of
highway, by George I. Thompson &
Co., of Clearfield. The bid was re-
jected and the reason given that the
Commissioners had refused to provide
and maintain a detour.
But following up their inquiry of
Monday night they finally learned
that a detour could be provided and
maintained where the state highway
is requested and they promptly sent
a letter to the Highway Commission-
er notifying him of that fact and of
, their readiness to do anything within
reason to have the road built, and this
week they received a very courteous
letter from Commissioner Sadler
thanking them for their willingness
to co-operate with the Highway De-
partment and assuring them that the
section of road in question would be
readvertised and other bids asked for
its construction. And from other
sources it has been learned that the
real reason that the bid was rejected
last week was because it was consid-
ered entirely too high, and being the
only bid the department could do
nothing else.
So far as the co-operation of the
County Commissioners with the High-
way Department is concerned the
“Watchman” calls attention to their
past record in this respect. There
has not been a single instance when
they failed to meet the Highway De-
partment in every reasonable request
made for the improvement of the
roads in Centre county, and when it
came to letting the contract for the
piece of highway between Bellefonte
and Pleasant Gap the Commissioners
very promptly agreed to provide and
maintain a detour. They did the
same for the piece of highway from
Gum Stump to Milesburg and all they
asked regarding the Rush township
road was time enough to investigate
and find out if it were possible to
provide the detour.
Just one more point: Heretofore
there has been no law providing for
the expenditure of money by the
County Commissioners for providing
and maintaining such detours, and all
such action on their part was ot their
own personal risk, but a law passed
by the last Legislature and recently
signed by the Governor gives them
the right to expend the county’s mon-
ey in providing detours so that in the
future they will be safeguarded in all
such actions.
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Barn Burned by Lightning Stroke.
During Tuesday afternoon’s severe
storm lightning struck the barn on
the J. Will Kepler farm near Pine
Grove Mills, better known as the Lou-
der farm, and burned it to the ground.
Forty tons of hay and twenty loads
of wheat also went up in smoke, as
well as various farm implements be-
longing to the tenant, Earl Smeltzer,
who also lost all his feed. The wag-
on shed adjoining the barn was burn-
ed. Mr. Kepler carried $1,600 insur-
ance on the barn, which will not near-
ly cover the loss. Mr. Smeltzer had
some insurance on his property de-
stroyed. Fortunately all the live-
stock was saved.
The storm evidently was more se-
vere in the western end of the county
than in Bellefonte and vicinity as
growing crops were knocked down in
some places and fields badly washed.
Even wheat shocks were carried some
distance by the streams of water
which coursed down every depression.
The damage done was considerable.
——Scoutmaster J. W. Adams and
a troop of twenty-six boy scouts, of
Huntingdon, have been encamped at
State College since last Thursday.
namited about three o’clock on Mon-
day morning and at 9:10 o'clock an
attempt was made to blow up the
Bituminous National bank of Win-
burne. Both houses at Munson were
badly wrecked. Edward Davis and
family, who moved to Munson from
Snow Shoe seven years ago, occupied
one of the houses and Mr. Davis is
accused of being the principal in the
dynamiting outrage. He was badly
injured by flying debris and is not ex-
pected to live. One of his daughters
was also badly hurt.
A state-wide reunion of the
alumnae society of The Pennsylvania
State College will be held at Hershey
park, near Harrisburg, on Saturday,
August 9th. An elaborate program
is being arranged and among the
speakers will be the Hon. W. Walton
Mitchell, the new orphans’ court judge
of Allegheny county and president of
the board of trustees of the College.
There will also be boating, bathing,
dancing and numerous other sports.
Members of the society are asked to
take husbands, beaux or other friends
and make this reunion the greatest
ever held.
Last Saturday John Todd, with
his son Thurlow and Joyce Bair, of
Philipsburg, motored to Bellefonte by
way of Port Matilda and as they were
driving along the mountain road they
came suddenly upon a black bear cub,
about one-third grown, which was
sportively waddling along in the road.
Mr. Todd slackened the speed of his
car and gave the baby bear time to
get off the road into the underbrush.
The mother bear was not in view but
the chances are she was not far away.
Quite a number of bear have been
seen this summer by travelers over
the Allegheny mountains.
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Charles E. Gates has complet-
ed his canvass of Bellefonte in the in-
terest of a new gas and steam heat
works but the encouragement he re-
ceived, or rather lack of encourage-
ment, will hardly justify any compa-
ny putting a plant here. The people
of Bellefonte have only realized dur-
ing the past two winters what a con-
venience steam heat and gas were,
but now, when an opportunity was
given them to have a dependable plant
established here they were reluctant
in extending even the nominal encour-
agement of signifying their willing-
ness to use the gas and steam, provid-
ing the prices were right. Of course,
there were a number of people who
were enthusiastic supporters of the
movement, but in the case of estab-
lishing a costly plant it is numbers
that count and the number was not
large enough.
The Pennsylvania Match com-
pany is taking advantage of the mid-
summer shut down on account of the
hot weather to make a number of al-
terations and changes in their large
plant in this place which, it is confi-
dently hoped, will greatly facilitate
the work of making matches in the
future as well as increase the output
of the factory. The mixing and chem-
ical rooms will be shifted to another
part of the building from which they
are now located and other’ changes
made in the different departments so
as to provide as nearly as possible an
automatic system of turning out
matches from the time the blocks of
wood are fed into the machines until
the matches are delivered to the pack-
ers. It will take some time to make
the changes now under way but the
company hopes to have everything
completed by the time cool weather
arrives.
Tuesday was a bad day for avi-
ators through this section of the coun-
try, owing to the low-hanging clouds
and succession of severe rain and
thunder storms. At noontime, how-
ever, it looked as if the worst of the
storms were over and pilots Ellis and
Lamborn left Bellefonte about 12:40
in two machines for Cleveland, Ohio.
In the neighborhood of Clearfield pi-
lot Ellis got into a wind pocket znd
before he could get out of it his ma-
chine was damaged to that extent
that he was compelled to come down.
Fortunately he escaped with only
minor injuries. When he saw the
trouble Ellis had gotten into pilot
Lamborn also came down and after
assurance that Ellis was all right
loaded the mail in his plane and re-
turned to Bellefonte, as the storm
westward was increasing in violence.
As it was he had hardly reached Belle-
fonte when the storm struck this see-
tion and proved to be one of the worst
of the season. The mail was sent
west on the 3:10 Lehigh-Pennsylva-
nia train.
Last Thursday pilot Anglin
left the Bellefonte aviation field at
eleven o’clock with a big load of west-
ern mail for New York and when he
failed to arrive on time officials of the
aero mail service naturally became
somewhat anxious, as he had been re-
ported as having left Bellefonte on
time. Ut to eleven o’clock Thursday
night no word had been received from
him or of him, but the mystery was
cleared up Friday morning when it
was learned that Anglin had been
caught in the severe storm which
swept over the northeastern section
of the State and was blown far south
of his course, finally being compelled
to land near Sellersville, Philadelphia.
Though he escaped uninjured his
plane was just enough damaged to
make it unsafe to continue his flight
to New York. To make matters
worse telegraph and telephone serv-
ice had been disrupted by the storm
so that he was unable to get word
either to New York or Bellefonte of
his whereabouts. But he got his mail
to the nearest postoffice as soon as
possible and got it on its way to New
York and the next morning was able
to get a message through explaining
his mishap.
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Two houses in Munson were dy-
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. George G. Jonhston and her
daughters returned to Beaver Falls on
Tuesday.
—Mrs. S. M. Nissley left Wednesday for
a week’s visit at her former home at Mec-
Keesport.
—Mrs. Frank Bartley is spending the
week in Lewistown, called there Tuesday |
by the sudden death of her cousin, Frank
McDonald.
—Miss Ella A. Gates is spending a por-
tion of her vacation this week at Lewis-
town with her brother, Benner G. Gates
and family.
—Rev. Dr. Schmidt went down to Phii-
adelphia on Tuesday to attend a meeting
of church representatives relative to the
new Reformed hymnal.
—Lena and Clair Bearor, children of
Mrs. Viola Bearor, of Milton, formerly of
Bellefonte, are spending their vacation
with Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McCloskey.
—Linn Saylor, of Girard, Ohio, is visit-
ing with his sister, Mrs. Harry Winton,
on south Spring street, and with his
brother, William Saylor, of Spring town-
ship.
—Mrs. William Armstrong Kirby and
her son left Wednesday for the eastern
shore of Maryland, for a visit with Mr.
Kirby's family, before returning to Balti-
more.
—Miss Witmer and her sister, Miss Ra-
chiel Witmer, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Witmer, of Philadephia, are guests
of Mrs. James B. Lane, at her home on
east Linn street.
—Milton Carver, one of College town-
ship's industrious and enterprising young
men, was a “Watchman” office caller on
Wednesday afternoon while in Bellefonte
on a business trip.
—DMiss Harriet Barton Sloan, of McCon-
nellsburg, is a guest of Mrs. John A.
Woodcock, coming here yesterday from
Pittsburgh, where she had been visiting
with her brother, I’. Morse Sloan and his
family.
—Miss Lucy Miller is home to spend an
eighteen day vacation with her mother,
Mrs. Della Miller, and the family. Miss
Miller came here a week ago from Wash-
ington, D. C., where she is in service do-
ing government telephone work.
—T. 8. Strawn, with his wife and
daughter Ellen, and accompanied by sev-
eral of Mrs. Strawn’s lady friends, motor-
ed in from New Kensington last week and
spent a few days at the Brockerhoff house,
with visits to the Nittany Country club.
—Mrs. D. W. Keller, of Philadelphia,
left I'riday for her home, after spending
two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Rice, in this place. Mrs. Keller was
accompanied by Miss Adeline Kline, who
will spend an indefinite time in Philadel-
phia.
—Henry McWilliams, one of the best
known farmers of Centre county, drove to
Bellefonte Monday, to look after some
business pertaining to his farm. Mr. Mec-
Willinms is now occupying the farm which
has been in the family name for two hun-
dred years.
—Mrs. George VanDyke and her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, returned from the west-
ern part of the State a week ago, after
having spent ten days there with Mr. Van-
Dyke. Mr. VanDyke wil join them in
Beliefonte next week, to spend his vaca-
tion at home.
—Miss Beltz, of Harrisburg, a former
superintendent of the Bellefonte hospital,
has been visiting for the past week with
her many friends in Bellefonte. Miss
Beltz bad been in ill health for a year or
more, but is now slowly regaini.g her
former health.
—Miss Elizabeth Cooney and Miss Ada-
line Olewine will leave today for a two
week's trip to the Thousand Islands, down
the St. Lawrence river and to New York
by water. Miss Cooney will then spend
some time in the eastern cities buying her
early fall millinery goods.
—The two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ir-
vin Underwood, of Erie, are visiting with
their grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Underwood. Upon the expiration of their
visit here the two young ladies will go to
spend some time with their maternal
grandparents in Johnstown.
—Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hughes went
to Pittsburgh Friday of last week. Mr,
Hughes expects to spend several weeks in
western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir-
ginia, in the interest of the Bellefonte
Academy, Mrs. Hughes having planned to
be with him the greater part of the time.
—Mrs. V. Lorne Hummel, of Harris-
burg, and her son, V. Lorne Hummel Jr.,
have been guests of Mrs. Hummel's moth-
er, Mrs. George Williams, for the past ten
days. Miss Eulalin Williams is expected
in Bellefonte this week, coming here to
spend her vacation with her mother and
sisters.
—John Harper, with the General Elec-
tric company, of Schenectady, N. Y., came
to Bellefonte Sunday, to spend his two
week's vacation at home and to be with
his father, Jared Harper, who is now con-
valescing from a minor operation, per-
formed at the Bellefonte hospital last
week.
—DMrs. J. D. P, Smithgall, of Franklin,
and her two children, Helen and Wade,
are in Centre Hall, visiting with Mrs.
Smithgall’s granmother, Mrs. John Spang-
ler. Mrs. Smithgall, who was Miss Van-
Pelt, will spend a short time with her
friends in Bellefonte before leaving Cen-
tre county.
—Mary and John Shoemaker, a daugh-
ter and son of Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemak-
er, of Wilkinsburg, came to Bellefonte a
week ago for a visit in Centre county.
Mary is a guest at the home of Dr. Joseph
Brockerhoff, while John is with his broth-
er Philip, who is general superintendent
of the Boal estate, at Boalsburg.
—Miss Minnie Collins, of Philadelphia,
was in Bellefonte Monday between trains,
on the way for a visit with her parents,
at Pine Grove Mills. Miss Collins, who
had been with the Red Cross overseas
service for almost two years, working in
both France and Germany, has just re-
cently returned to this country.
—Mrs, J. C. Harper, with her daughter
and sister, Miss Helen Harper and Mrs.
Theodore Gordon, are making their annu-
al visit with Mr. Harper's relatives in Cen-
tre Hall. Mrs. Harper and her daughter
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Emer-
ick, while Mrs. Gordon is spending the
time with Mr. and Mrs. George Benner.
—Mr. and Mrs. George W. Weaver, of
Romola, were business visitors in Belle-
fonte on Wednesday and found time to
make a brief call at this office, and just
naturally he made certain that the
“Watchman” will reach him during anoth-
er year. In this connection it might be
said, that Mr. Weaver has been a subscrib-
er to this paper for about forty ye and
it is just as much a part of his ho life
as his bible. .
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—Miss Carpenter, of Elmira, is visiting
with Mrs. Wells L. Daggett at the Bush
house.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gettig and Mr, anf |
Mrs. Clyde Smith will occupy the Mason's |
camp next week.
—Mrs. Thomas Ross came to Bellefonte |
Monday and is a guest of her sister, Mrs. !
Charles A. Morris.
—Mzes. Cunningham, of Washington, D.
C., is a guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Mec-
Kinney, at the manse.
—Miss Bertha Moerschbacher left Wed-
nesday morning for a two week's visit
with friends in Pittsburgh.
—Philip D. Reynolds returned to Delle-
fonte Tuesday, having been discharged
from service at Norfolk, last week.
—Mrs. Thomas K. Morris. of Pittsburgh,
is expected in Bellefonte next week to
spend the remainder of the summer.
—Miss Hart left yesterday morning to
spend several weeks with her brother and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hart, in
Canada.
—Miss Bertha Hoffman, of Tyrone, is
spending the summer with her grand-
mother, Mrs. Jane Campbell, in Bush's
Addition.
—Miss Augusta Robinson, of Philadel-
phia, Las been visiting with the Misses
McCurdy for the past two weeks, at their
home on east Linn street.
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—Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Heilhecker
are entertaining Mr. Heilhecker’s mother
and brother, Mrs. E. G. and Morris Heil-
hecker, both of Williamsport.
—Miss Vera Willard, doing Red Cross
work at Camp Mills, arrived home the
early part of the week on a short fur-
lough, which she will spend with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Willard.
—The Misses Anne and Rebecca Lyon,
of Downingtown, came to Bellefonte Wed-
nesday afternoon and are visiting with
their aunts, Mrs. Pugh and Miss Valen-
tine, at their home on Curtin street.
—Mary Adaline Harris, the only daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, of
Reading, is spending a part of her sum-
mer vacation in Bellefonte with her grand-
mother, Mrs. Charles Smith, of Bishop
street.
—Miss Mary Musser has accepted a po-
sition with Dannenbaum’s wholesale mil-
linery house, and will leave Monday for
Philadelphia to begin her work. Miss
Musser expects to be in Philadelphia until
September.
—A. Scott Harris, of the editorial staff
of the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, visited
for several days with his father, John I.
Harris, who accompanied him home Tues-
day, expecting to make a visit with his
son’s family.
—Mrs. Sim Baum and her daughter Ma-
ry are visiting with Mrs. Hugh J. Boyle
at Hazleton, having left Bellefonte Sat-
urday. Mrs. Baum and her daughter are
contemplating a visit to the eastern cities
and to the Shore.
—James B. Krape was an over Sunday
visitor at the home of his sister, Mrs. G.
C. King, of Spring Mills. James is now
occupying bachelor quarters in the build-
ing on High street, recently purchased by
the Superior Silica Brick company.
Mrs. William McGowan and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Case, left Monday for Rochester,
N. Y,, for a visit with Mrs. McGowan’s
brother, Joseph Steinkerchner. Before re-
turning to Bellefonte they will spend a
short time in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
in Canada.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, motored to Bellefonte and are
guests of IM. W. Crider. Mr. Jacobs came
here to meet his mother, Mrs. George Ja-
cobs, of Mifflin, who with her niece, will
accompany Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs on the re-
turn drive to Cleveland.
—Miss M. H. Snyder has gone to Mil-
ford, Delaware, where she will visit for
several weeks with her grand-nephews be-
fore going to New York to do her early fall
buying. While in Delaware, Miss Snyder
will be a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Cooke, at their bungalow.
—DMrs. Henry Meek is in Centre county
for her summer visit with relatives and
friends, being at present a guest of her
brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Keichline., Mrs. Meek will go from
here to spend a part of the time with
friends at her former home in Ferguson
township.
—Basil J. Mott is expected in Bellefonte
within a few days, having been released
from service at Camp Dix, after his arri-
val in this country last week. Mr. Mott
has been spending a short time with his
sister, Mrs. A. G. McMillan, before she and
Mr. McMillan leave for their new home in
California.
—Mrs. Ernest Weatherly, of Omaha,
Neb., who is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
M. L. Valentine, at the Bush house, came
to Bellefonte Thursday from Newark,
Ohio, where she had been spending some
time with friends. Mrs. Weatherly will
be joined here by Mr. Weatherly, who is
east on business.
—Mrs. H. F. McGirk, who had been vis-
iting with relatives in Centre county, was
in Bellefonte Tuesday, leaving in the
afternoon to return to her home at Glouces-
ter, N. J. Mrs. McGirk was accompanied
by Martha Geiss, who will spend a part of
the summer with her aunts and grandfath-
er in Philadelphia.
—Miss Margaret Brockerhoff went to
Philadelphia Sunday to look after some
business relative to the selling of her
house. When returning to Bellefonte 0-4
day, Miss Brockerhoff will be accompanied
by Miss Margery Lenard, who will be her
guest at the home of Dr. Joseph Brocker-
hoff, on Bishop street.
—Mrs, Samuel Rice left Saturday for her
home in Elwood City, after spending two
weeks with her husband's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Rice, on Pine street. She
wis accompanied to Tyrone by Gamill
tice, who was met there by his son-in-
law, Curt Gingery, and together they pro-
ceeded to Rossiter, where Mr. Rice will
spend several weeks with his daughter,
Mrs. Gingery.
—Mrs. H. 8. Cooper, of Dallas, Texas,
with her daughter and grand-daughter,
Mrs. A. T. Barclay and Saralin, will ar-
rive in Bellefonte Saturday, to spend the
remainder of the summer with their
aunts, the Misses Benner, at their home
on High street. Mrs. Barclay will be
joined here in September by Mr. Barclay,
to go for a visit at his former home in
Virginia, before returning south.
—Judge B. Frank Keller, who presides
over the United States district court at
Charleston, W. Va., is'in Bellefonte visit-
ing his nephew, Harry Keller Esq., and
family. Judge Keller is a native of Boals-
burg but has been away from Centre coun-
ty for thirty-nine years, and this is his
first visit here in ten or twelve years. He
will spend ten days in the county and will
visit friends at Boalsburg as well as in
Bellefonte.
—Miss Sara Barnetts, who has been a
patient in the Bellefonte hospital, will
leave today to return to her home in Mil-
ton.
—Miss Sara. Gilmour, who has been a
guest of her brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gilmour, has returned to her
home in Milton.
—Mrs. LeRoy Plumb, of Newton, Kan-
sas, and her two children are in Belle-
fonte, visiting with Mrs. Plumb’s mother,
Mrs. Joseph Fox.
—Mrs. Margaret Dexter, of Washington,
D. C., who is with her brother, Jerry
Glenn, at Curtin, will be in Centre county
for an indefinite time.
—Ray Johnson, «ho spent one year ip
¥rance with the Brest Casual Co., arrived
from overseas Wednesday and is now at
the home of Jacob Shirk, on Pine street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Russell Blair left Tues-
day on a drive to Philadelphia. With them
were Mr. Blair's uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Entwistle, who have been visiting in
Bellefonte.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kirk and daugh-
ter Dorothy, of Philadelphia, and Dr. and
Mrs. George Kirk, of Kylertown, were in
Bellefonte yesterday, guests of Dr. amd
Mrs. M. A. Kirk. :
—Mrs. John Slack, of Centre Hall, has
been in Bellefonte this week with her sis-
ter, Mrs. John Musser, coming here on ac-
count of ill health and hoping to be ben-
efitted by the change.
—DMiss Lillian Walker, who had been in
Boston, for the winter, is in Bellefonte
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miles
Walker, expecting to remain here until
the opening of the millinery season in the
fall.
—Miss Helen B. Waite, an instructor in
the schools of Glassboro, N. Y., has been
a guest of her aunt, Mrs. John I. Olewine,
coming here from Philadelphia a week {go
with her sister, Mrs. Dougherty, of State
College.
Harry L. Davis, of Pittsburgh, Nego-
tiating Lease of Garman Opera
House.
Harry L. Davis, the big theatrical
man of Pittsburgh, was in Bellefonte
on Tuesday and closed the prelimi-
naries for a six year lease of the
Garman opera house with a view of
converting it into an up-to-date vau-
deville and motion picture theatre. It
is expected that the final papers will
be executed within a few days and
Mr. Davis take possession on August
first.
Plans are now being prepared for
some very decided improvements in
the building which will include an en-
largement of the stage, new drop cur-
tain, new plush seats, the lowering of
the entrance so as to do away with
the present steps, and a general re-
arrangement of the interior at an es-
timated cost of from eight to ten
thousand dollars. Mr. Davis expects
to have all the improvements com-
pleted by September 15th, which he
nas in mind as the date of his big
opening, when a full orchestra will
be brought here from Pittsburgh to
furnish the music for that event.
Owning and controlling, as he does,
four theatres in Pittsburgh Mr. Davis
is well known in the theatrical world.
According to his story while in Belle-
fonte he has already leased theatres
in Johnstown, Altoona, Tyrone, Du-
Bois, Clearfield, Philipsburg, Lock
Hgven and Williamsport, and the
lease of the Garman opera house will
give him a complete circuit of thea-
tres in central Pennsylvania. His
plan is to give one night of vaude-
ville and the next night motion pic-
tures, thus alternating during the en-
tire season. - The rooms over the en-
trance to the opera house will be put
in good shape as a lodging place for
the vaudeville actors while in Belle-
fonte.
As there doesn’t seem to be any
doubt now of the deal going through
the amusement loving people of Belle-
fonte can begin to anticipate a sea-
son of splendid entertainment, as Mr.
Davis’ reputation for furnishing the
best that can be had is well known to
the theatre going public.
Steele Properties Sold at Orphans’
Court Sale.
The remaining properties belonging
to the estate of William L. Steele, de-
ceased, were sold at Orphans’ court
sale last Saturday and went as fol-
lows:
One double dwelling to J. F. Steele
for $665.
Single dwelling to H. P. Kelley,
$960.
Carpenter shop to John Steele,
$200.
Double dwelling to Vincent Boldin,
$875.
Couble dwelling to Joe Kucas, $820.
The properties which had already
been sold and the sale of which was
confirmed included the following:
Pine street house, Mrs. Julia Hol-
ter, $1,000.
Small shop, James D. Seibert, $100.
Stony Batter and corner of Water
street double and single dwelling,
Samuel B. Weaver, $1800.
Three double dwellings on Quaker
Hill, Frank Steele, $2765.
Old homestead property, J. S. Mec-
Cargar, $3500.
Thus the estate totalled $12,685,
which will be divided equally among
twelve original heirs.
——One hundred and twenty-five
dollars was the amount realized at the
lawn social held at the residence of
Hon. A. G. Morris, on east Linn street,
by the ladies of the Episcopal church
last Friday evening.
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Wanted.—Woman for companion,
Only two in family, mother and son.
No housework. Mrs. F. W. Cardon,
Clearfield. Call or write Mrs. Charles
Noll, Bellefonte. 28-2t
Roomers Wanted.—By day or week.
Central location. “W,” care ‘“Watch-
man” office. 28-1t
Lost.—Automobile crank, on or
about west Curtin St. Finder please
return to this office. 28-1t*
——Subsecribe for the “Watchman.”