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Bemorvaiy Wad
Bellefonte, Pa., February 20, 1920.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—Washington’s birthday falling
on Sunday this year Monday will be
observed as a legal holiday.
——Arthur Thomas purchased the
R. B. Taylor property on north Thom-
as street on Saturday for $5,000.
——A. C. Derr, business manager
of the Centre Democrat, is confined
to his home on east Lamb street with
a serious attack of pneumonia, the re- |
sult of a case of grip.
——Mrs. George C. Rhoads is ill at
her home in Coleville, suffering from
the effects of a broken knee cap, the
result of a fall last week, while re-
turning from the home of a neighbor.
——John J. Curry, author,
lecturer and soldier will be in Belle- |
fonte on February 24th, and deliver
his celebrated lecture entitled, “Un-
written History of the War,” in the
court house, at 8 o’clock p. m. No
poet, |
admission will be charged but a col-
lection will be taken to defray expens- |
es. Mr. Curry comes to Bellefonte |
under the auspices of Washington
Camp No. 887, P. O. S. of A.
——Everybody wants to see a big
boom in Bellefonte this spring and it
might also be added that everybody
should see the motion pictures shown
at the Scenic every evening. They
will boom your spirits and help you
‘forget your daily worries and trou- |
bles. Big programs every evening, |
with pictures always up to date, and |
no old-timers or repeaters. If you are |
not a regular get in with the big
bunch and pass your evenings at the
movies.
——The friends of Bellefonte Chap-
ter Daughters of the American Revo- |
lution, and the public in general, who
desire to enjoy a rich treat should be
present at an entertainment of pic-
tures of Washington’s times, on Mon-
day evening, February 23rd, at 7
o'clock, in the High school assembly
room. There will be no charge; the
Daughters desire to give this pleasure
to their guests as a means of observ-
ing the anniversary of Washington’s
Birthday.
——For the good work he has done
at State College Henry Keller has |
been recommended for post graduate
work at the University of Wisconsin,
at Madison, Wis., as an agricultural
economist, the vocational board for
wounded soldiers to pay all costs but
current expenses. Mr. Keller was one
of the recent 112 graduates at State’
College but will be accredited as hav-
ing graduated with his original class
of 1917. He will leave for Madison
either tomorrow or on Sunday.
~~ ——Having served two years as
farm agent for Centre county R. H.
Olmstead has tendered his resignation
to take effect on or before the first of
April. In his capacity as the official
head of the farm bureau in Centre
-county he has been able to make a
close study of agriculture in general
and he has evidently become impress-
ed with the life in general and the
financial results in particular that he
anticipates engaging in farming in
Dauphin county after April first.
of Tyrone, will play the Bellefonte
Academy five on the armory floor to-
morrow (Saturday) evening at 8:30
o’cleck. ‘I'he Big Five is composed of
semi-professionals which assures a
splendid contest. In this connection
it might be said that on Monday even- |
ing the Academy defeated the Altoona
Triangles by the score of 45 to 22,
which shows that the locals are now
finding their stride. Go down and see
this game, it will be well worth the
25 cents admission charged.
The Krader Motor compar, of
Bellefonte, which has opened offices
in the old Curtin building on the cor-
ner of Allegheny and Howard streets
with Harry N. Meyer, former clerk to
the County Commissioners, in charge,
on Wednesday received a car load of
Cletrac tractors manufactured by the
Cleveland Tractor company. This
tractor is of the baby tank type with
caterpillar drive and they were quite
an attraction while being driven
through the streets from the P. R. R.
station to the garage on Pike alley
now used by the Krader company.
—The man who flattered himself
last Saturday that winter was about |
over and we were due for a general
breakup got an unlooked for jolt on!
Sunday morning when he found the
mercury running zeroward and a reg-
ular winter gale in full swing. The
rain of Saturday evening turned to
snow during the night and enough of '
it fell in the country to again drift’
shut many of the roads. The result |
was the motor busses could not get!
through to Lock Haven on account of |
the drifted condition of the roads be- |
tow Zion and were able to get only as |
far as Lemont on the way to State |
College. The cold snap continued |
through the early part of the week.
-——Qn the last sheet rating put
our by the Ford Motor company of
their various agencies in District No.
3, which includes the entire western
central part of Pennsylvania, the
Beatty Motor company of Bellefonte
has a rating of seventy-eight per
cent., out of a total of one hundred.
It stands second best, the highest rat-
ing, seventy-nine per cent, being giv-
en to the Ford agency in Johnstown.
Other agencies run as low as twenty-
four per cent. Considering the fact
that there are over twenty agencies in
“the district it is a flattering commen-
dation of the salesmanship, service
and efficiency of the Beatty Motor
The Big Five basket ball team,
company to be given so high a rating.
IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE DEAL
Lyric Theatre to be Converted Into
an Up-to-Date Hardware Store.
Announcement was made this week
that the Lyruc theatre and the build-
ing adjoining where the Workmen’s
Bargain store is located have been
purchased from Ray Brandman by
Mrs. Sarah J. Owens, the considera-
tion being $12,000. Possession of the
Lyric theatre building will be given
immediately, and the other building
just as soon as Mr. Brandman closes
out his stock of merchandise, which
he hopes to do in the near future.
The property was purchased pri-
marily to secure the Lyric building | 2 4
. caution than criticism, and it might
for a new hardware store to be estab-
lished in the near future by Edward
R. Owens, Harry M. Murtorff and
Mark W. Williams, three of the oldest
employees of the Potter-Hoy Hard-
ware company. Right here it might
be stated that Mr. Owens has been in
the employ of the Potter-Hoy compa-
ny the past eighteen years as pur-
chasing agent. Mr. Murtorff has been
connected with the company for fif-
teen years, the past seven years be-
ing manager of the retail sales de-
partment, and Mr. Williams has been
connected with the company for
twelve years as a clerk in the retail
department, so that the three men
have had ample experience to justify
{ them in starting in business for them-
selves.
i The new company will be known as
| the Bellefonte Hardware Co., and al-
i ready much of the stock for the equip-
| ment of the store has been ordered.
The Lyric building is admirably lo-
cated for a store. It is on the corner
of Allegheny and Bishop streets, on
the direct line of travel from Nittany
i valley to Bellefonte. The building,
{ which is 30x80 feet in size, will re-
i quire some remodeling, of course, and
! contractor W. S. Scholl will start
| work on the same on Monday. The
i floor, of course, will be leveled and
| big glass show windows and a glass
| door put in the front of the building.
| It is the expectation of the men inter-
{ested in the new company to have
| their store open for business by March
15th. They will start out with a full
i line of hardware for the retail trade,
| builder’s supplies, stoves and ranges
| and all kinds of household and cook-
{ing nteusils. Their motto will be
i “Quality and Service.” All the base-
i ment under the Lyric will be used for
| storage purposes with the exception
! of the room’ occupied by Port’s tailor-
"ing establishment, it will remain there
‘for the present.
| Mrs. Owens has already rented the
i adjoining building now occupied by
: Workmen’s Bargain store to P. Man-
gino, the Italian shoemaker now lo-
cated on High street’ who, with oth-
ers of his countrymen, will put a shoe
store in the front of the building and
use the rear portion as a factory for
making new shoes and repair’ work.
They figure that at the start they will
be able to turn out twenty-five pairs
of shoes a day and if the manufactur-
ing business proves successful it will
be increased as the sales warrant.
Many business have been started in
just sueh a small way, and who can
tell? It may eventually grow into a
big shoe factory for Bellefonte.
i. Clayton Brown Takes Lease on
Garman Opera House.
T. Clayton Brown, who has very
‘successfully managed the Scenic thea-
tre in this place for a number of years
past has, within the week, taken a
lease on the Garman opera house for
a term of years and will thus extend
his interest in the show business in
Bellefonte, combining the legitimate
drama with his already large patron-
age at the Scenic motion pictures.
Mr. Brown will take charge of the
opera house within the coming month
land will keep faith with all the book-
ings that have been made by manager
, Garman for the opera house until the
close of the season. The fact will be
recalled that last summer Mr. Brown
| took a lease on the Lyric theatre and
in doing so purchased outright the
"motion picture machine and all the
equipment of that house. The sale of
the Lyric building naturally releases
i the equipment and Mr. Brown antici-
| pates installing the motion picture
{ machine in the opera house and other-
wise equipping that place for motion
‘pictures as well as legitimate shows.
Just what changes and improve-
ments Mr. Brown contemplates mak-
ing on. the interior of the building
cannot be definitely stated this week,
as he probably will not decide defi-
nitely on that until the building pass-
es into his possession, but with a gen-
eral knowledge of the way he has ca-
tered to the comfort and welfare of
his patrons at the Scenic there is rea-
son to believe that he will do likewise
at the opera house.
The Garman opera house was built
about thirty-five years ago and has
been conducted by members of the
family ever since, E. F. Garman hav-
ing had charge of the same for a num-
ber of years past. He has always en-
deavored to give Bellefonte a good
line of entertainments during the the-
atrical season, and if some of the of-
ferings did not ‘come up to expecta-
tions, it was not his fault. So far as
the new manager, Mr. Brown, is con-
cerned, he will be able to devote his
entire time to the business of looking
after the Scenic and the opera house,
hence should be able to cater to the
tastes of the people of Bellefonte and
community.
Fred Showers has bought the
three story brick house, on north
Spring street, now occupied by Mrs.
James Toner. The property was
owned by Mr. Claude Cook. Mr.
Showers’ mother will take possession
on April 1st.
——See “The Miracle Man.”
—The high cost of everything
these days is being submitted to by
the general public with such a toler-
ant patience that it is really difficult
to draw a line between legitimate
profit and profiteering. Far be it
from the “Watchman” to charge any
merchant in Bellefonte with profit-
eering for the simple reason that the
fluctuations in prices of staples are
so varied from day to day that it is
‘ impossible for any ordinary purchaser
to keep track of them. But a story
is current on the street of a little in-
| cident that happened in a Bellefonte
store a few days ago which we are
prone to tell, more in the nature of
be a good thing for merchants every-
where to consider. As the story goes
a well dressed stranger strolled into
a certain store in town and was just
I
8-1t Centre County Boys and Girls to Get
Vocational Training.
The boys and girls of Centre coun-
ty are to be given the advantage of
. vocational training without the ex-
pense of going to college or a regular
vocational school. This county has
| been selected as one of seven in the
' State in which this new form of edu-
- cation will be introduced and given a
thorough try-out. The state board of
vocational training in conjunction
| with the federal board will place a
‘man in each of seven already seleci-
ed counties to act as county vocation-
al supervisors.
ried on mainly through the rural high
schools, a certain number throughout
the county being selected to receive
the special instruction in vocational
work. The new service will be insti-
tuted at once in Centre county and
| the rural high schools to be offered
The work will be car-
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
i
|
| —Mrs. Geissinger is visiting with her
| sister, Mrs. Kerstetter, in Harrisburg.
| Miss Marian Roseberry, of Clearfield.
{ was a guest of Miss Lois Kirk from Fri-
‘ day until Sunday.
| Mrs. J. Will Conley is visiting in
| Washington, Pa., a guest of her daughter,
i Mrs. W. B. Wallis.
| —Mrs. Luther Hughes went to Philadel-
| phia a week dgo, called there by the death
i of her mother, Mrs. Herron.
| —Miss Mary McGarvey spent Wednesday
| and Thursday of last week attending a
church meeting in Harrisburg.
' Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Derstine had as
week-end guests their son Jesse Derstine,
of Juniata, and his daughter Betty.
—Mrs. Edmund Blanchard has been in
| Bellefonte during the past week and will
leave from here to. join Mr. Blanchard at
Fort Worth, Texas." :
| —Frank A. Carson, of Potters Mills, was
, in Bellefonte on Tuesday looking after the
casually looking around when a child | this special advantage selected at an | future welfare of the little family of the
entered and asked for a pound of su-
gar. The sugar was weighed out and
| early date.
| John B. Payne, a former resident of
late Harry Wilkinson. .
—Mrs. Frank Compani, who had been
the little one charged 24 cents for it. ' Bellefonte, a graduate of State Col- , visiting in Philadelphia with her broth-
Promptly the man became alert and
told the clerk to give the child the
right change. When the clerk stated
that he had done so the man asked for
the proprietor, and to make a long
story short he proved to be a govern-
ment detective on the hunt for prof-
iteers. It is also rumored that sugar
took a sudden drop of a few cents a
pound in the store in question.:
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Milk Station Now Assured.
Several weeks ago the “Watchman”
told of the strong probabilities of a
milk pasteurizing and shipping sta-
tion being built in Bellefonte and the
movement has now progressed to that
stage where the new enterprise seems |
actually assured. Mr. J. A. Collins,
representing the Western Maryland
dairy; J. H. Port, assistant milk agent
of the Pennsylvania railroad compa-
ny, and Mr. McCullough, of the P. R.
R. Tyrone force, were in Bellefonte on
Wednesday and stated that the plant
will be built in the near future. Op-
tion was taken on the Thomas proper-
ty lying just south of the old Thomas
homestead on Thomas street, and it is
just possible that the deal for the
property will be closed before this is-
sue of the “Watchman” reaches its
readers.
The Western Maryland dairy peo-
ple are not asking the people of Belle-
fonte to contribute a cent toward the
location of the plant. All they want
is the good will of the people of the
town and the community. Mr. Col-
lins stated on Wednesday that the
plant will be one of the most modern
it is possible to erect and that his
company will accord fair treatment to
everybody.
- ——See “The Miracle Man.”
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The “Sunny South.”
The amusement loving public, will
be glad to hear that the J. C. %ock-
well “Sunny South” company,
show that leaves you laughing when
they say “good night,” will be the at-
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traction at the Garman opera house’
‘Wednesday evening, February 25th.
This is a colored show out of the or-
dinary, inasmuch as it is clean to a
fault and during the entire perform-
ance there is not a line, an action nor
an insinuation to which exception can
be taken. It contains more real hu-
mor, wit, novelties, surprises’ ‘and
original ideas than any similar attrac-
tion. The management wish to give
the public a run for their money and
have gotten together one of the
strongest and most capable colored
organizations of the day. There is
snap and ginger from beginning to
ead. The music is all new, bright and
catchy and of that popular variety
that can be whistled after one hear-
ing. The performance, from the rise
to the fall of the curtain, is intensely
humorous and utterly devoid of wul-
garity or indelicacy of any sort. Itis
bright, snappy, wholly enjoyable and
free from objectional word or act.
The organization is accompanied by
an excellent solo concert band and a
superb orchestra. The “Koontown”
parade, being a decided novelty, takes
place at 4 p. m. :
Three Octogenarians.
Ordinarily when a man has passed
the four score mark in years he is re-
garded as being physically fit for
swaddling clothes and the cosy com-
fort of a big arm chair in front of a
crackling fire, but itis not thusly that
some of the Bellefonte octogenarians
spent the anniversary of their natal
day. Take for instance, one of the
town’s best known citizens, Thaddeus
R. Hamilton. He was eighty-four
years old on Tuesday and far from
toasting his shins before a crackling
fire spent the day about as usual,
braving the blustery cold weather and
going around the town about as spry
as the average fifty-year-old. Mr.
Hamilton is the youngest-looking old
man living in Bellefonte. He is not
only spry of foot, healthy and rugged
in appearance but has a head of black
hair that is only lightly sprinkled
with gray and which is really the en-
vy of many of the young baldheads of
Bellefonte. Mr. Hamilton’s brother
William, living on north Allegheny |
street, is just about two years young-
er, or in the neighborhood of eighty-
two.
While writing about octogenarians
it might also be mentioned that Amos |
Garbrick, of Coleville, celebrated his !
eighty-third anniversary last Satur-
day, but he is not nearly so spry-
looking as either of the Hamiltons.
In fact Mr. Garbrick is showing the
weight of his years very pronounced-
ly, although he was able to come into
Bellefonte on a business trip one day
last week.
——See “The
Miracle Man.”
lege and who since his discharge from
service less than a year ago has been
connected with the State Board of Ed-
ucation, has been assigned to Centre
county as the supervisor. He will
, work with county superintendent D.
0. Etters and together they will se-
‘er, Albert Ammerman, returned to Belle-
fonte early in the week.
{ —Martin Cooney is convalescing from
"an operation performed in the Clearfield
hospital three weeks ago. Mr. Cooney re-
, turned to Bellefonte Sunday.
| street, are entertaining Mr. Ott's
—Mr. and Mrs. William Ott, of Bishop |
sister, |
lect the districts and schools in the yg Ripka, of Williamsport, who will be
the!
county to receive the benefit of this
: valuable instruction. During the past
| six months Mr. Payne has been locat-
‘ed at Fredonia, Mercer county, and
. before coming to Bellefonte on Tues-
day spent a few days in Harris-
| burg, where he and Supt. Etters at-
| tended a conference with the State
| board relative to the work in Centre
| county.
| Mr. Payne will have his headquar-
; ters in the county superintendent’s of-
{fice in the court house and work out
i from Bellefonte. For the present he
and his wife, who prior to her mar-
| riage was Miss Hester McGinley, will
| stay with his mother on High street.
Twenty-three Licenses Granted.
In ye olden time license court in
ward to with a great deal of anxiety,
not only on the part of the applicants
but by a large percentage of the peo-
ple generally—some for one reason
and some for another. And after
court had been held there was even
greater interest felt until the presid-
ing judge had handed down his deci-
sion on the various applications. But
it is different now.
License court in Centre county was
held the second Saturday in December
and the only proceeding was the hand-
ing of twenty-four applications to the
court by the prothonotary. The court
took them in hand and so far as the
general public was concerned that
ended the proceeding, as no further
interest has apparently been mani-
cants. In fact it is not yet generally
that twenty-three of the licenses were
granted ten days or more ago and one
application, that for Spring Mills, re-
fused. All licenses, however, were
granted subject to the federal law.
And now that the applicants can
get their license the question arises
will they lift them, and what will they
do with them when they get them?
| After war-time prohibition went into
effect on July 1, 1919, practically all
the licensees in Centre county renew-
ed their licenses by the month for
several months but as time passed
they dropped off one by one until now
there is. not over a half dozen who
have had the courage to keep theirs
good. -
And the present status of the courts
in Pennsylvania is so chaotic and con-
tradictory on the necessity of a li-
cense that an ordinary man has a hard
time trying to find out where he is at.
Some judges aver that a license is
necessary to sell near beer and soft
drinks while others insist that it isn’t
and have refused all licenses on those
grounds. Hence it is a safe conclu-
sion that if the Supreme court finally
affirms the constitutionality of the
Volstead act very few landlords in
Centre county will pay out good mon-
ey to lift what might prove to be only
a worthless serap of paper to them.
Among the Sick.
William W. Keichline was able to be
out yesterday after ten days of very
serious illness with influenza. Mrs.
Keichline was taken sick at the same
time ‘he went down and later develop-
ed pneumonia. Reports yesterday
were to the effect that she has passed
the crisis and is convalescing slowly.
Alfred and Florence Jane Cohen,
two of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Cohen, of Spring street, are
quite ill with influenza. In fact the
little girl was so sick Wednesday
night that it was feared she wouldn’t
survive.
BIRTHS.
Alice Jane is the name of the
daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Gettig, at the Bellefonte hospital,
Thursday of last week. Mrs. Gettig,
bafore her marriage, was Miss Roxy
Crosthwaite, of Altoona. :
Mabus—On February 17th, to Mr.
and Mrs. Blaine Mabus, of Bellefonte,
| a son, it being Mr. and Mrs. Mabus’
fifth son.
: hart and Miss Relda Shawley, a
| daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
| Shawley, both of Curtin township,
were married at Orviston last Satur-
| day evening by Rev. Walter T. Mer-
rick. Both young people are especial-
ly well known in and about Orviston
and have many friends there who
{ wish for them only a rose-strewn
8-1t | pathway in their matrimonial career.
Centre county was always looked for- |
fested by anybody, even the .appli- |
known, but it is a fact nevertheless, |
| in Bellefonte for a month or more.
| —Mrs. Kennedy, of Tyrone, spent the
Katherine Moore, at the home of Miss
| Moore's grandfather, Isaac Miller at the
! toll gate.
—Mrs. Charles Garis, of State College,
i was in Bellefonte between trains on Thurs-
! day of last week, being on her way to
Williamsport to spend some time with her
son and his family.
| —Mrs. Odillie Mott is in New York with
, her daughter, Mrs. A. (0. McMillan, called
; there Wednesday by the serious illness of !
| Mrs. McMillan, who is suffering from an
| acute attack of appendicitis.
—Miss Mabel Allison, of Spring Mills,
departed last Friday on a trip east, ex-
pecting to spend ten days or two weeks
with her brother, William Allison, in New
York city, and with friends in Philadel-
| phia.
—Dr. Melvin J. Locke is contemplating
spending several weeks at Rochester,
Minn., having planned to take a much
needed rest while attending the clinics at
the sanitorium of the famous Mayo sur-
geons.
—Mrs. Julia Connelly is entertaining her
daughter, Mrs. George McKee, of Pitts-
burgh. Mrs. McKee came to Bellefonte
with her sister,’ Miss Mary Connelly, who
had been visiting in East Liberty for two
weeks. : !
—Mrs. O. D. Eberts, of Martha Furnace,
and her sister, Mrs. G. O. Benner, of Cen-
tre Hall, spent Saturday visiting togeth-
i er in Bellefonte, while looking after some
business and doing several week’s accu-
mulated shopping. :
—Elliott Lyon Morris is home from
Philadelphia, where he completed a course
at the Pierce Business college. Having
accepted a position in the paper mills of
| Johnsonburg, he will leave to begin his
work on the first of March,
—Miss Olive Marks, of Derry, Pa., ar-
rived in Dellefonte Saturday evening, com-
ing here to see how her brother, John
Marks and family, who have all been ill
with the grip, were getting along. When
she found them all improving she left for
her home on Sunday. :
—Wallace H. Gephart, of Bronxville, N.
Y., and his daughter Ellen, arrived in
Bellefonte Saturday. Mr. Gephart came
for a short visit with’ his mother, Mrs. J.
W. Gephart, while the child will remain
for an indefinite time with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Thomas.
—Mrs. Oscar Gray spent a part of last
week in Philipsburg, going over to see her
uncle, Carl Smith, who was thought at
that time to be seriously ill. Mr. Smith's
condition at present is very much improv-
ed. Miss Shaughnessy was in charge of
Mrs: Gray’s home during her absence.
—Miss Elizabeth Cooney left Wednesday
to go directly to New York city, where she
will spend ten days or mire in the whole-
sale houses and exclusive retail shops, se-
lecting her millinery goods for the early
spring trade. During Miss Cooney’s ab-
sence her shop will be in charge of her
most competent trimmers.
—-Augustus Gillen, of Williamsport, was
a Bellefonte visitor over Sunday, coming
here to see his mother, who has not been
in the best of health of late. He also
spent a few hours with his brother, E. I.
Gillen, at Milesburg. Gus is in the hotel
business in the Lumber city and expects
to continue catering to the public during
the coming year.
—Samuel Rhinesmith, one of the old
Troop L boys who saw service in France
and who is now holding down a good job
at the Nickel-Alloy plant at Hyde City,
was a Saturday and Sunday visitor at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Rhinesmith. A younger son, Malcolm, who
is working in Tyrone, has also been a vis-
itor at the parental home during the week.
—D. W. Orr, of Jacksonville, braved the
weather conditions Wednesday and came
to Bellefonte, partly because he had some
business to look after, and partly because
he could not otherwise find out what the
outside world was doing, no mail having
reached them this week. He says work-
men are busy cleaning out the roads, but
it will be some time before the rural mail
is again regularly distributed.
—A “Watchman” office visitor on Wed-
nesday morning was Mr. C. D. Young, of
Kerrmoor, Clearfield county, but who hus
been down at Lyontown the past six
weeks or two months assisting in the care
of his sister, Mrs. Shuman Lyon, who is in
very feeble health. Inasmuch as Mrs. Ly-
on is about eighty years of age, there is
little hope of her recovery and Mr. Young
is doing all he can to make the evening of
her life as comfortable as possible.
—Mrs. Henry Armagast and her son
John drove to Bellefonte yesterday from
Hunter's Park, compelled to make the trip
to do some necessary buying. As only a
part of the road up the valley has been
opened, they drove for most of the way
through the fields, then seeking a more
comfortable return left to go by the moun-
tain road. There are some of us who feel
sometimes that our small allotment of
sugar is very small, but should we have
the experience of Mrs. Armagast and then
be able to get only two pounds, we per-
haps might think ours came easy.
| week-end in Bellefonte, as a guest of Miss |
—Mrs. Samuel Hazel and her daughter
Grace, who returned to Bellefonte last fall,
after spending two years in Pittsburgh,
i have taken apartments in the Brockerhoff
building on Bishop street.
—Miss Alice Wilson, who has been at
the Bush house since closing her apart-
ments in the Harris home on Allegheny
street, will leave this week for an indefi-
nite stay with relatives in Milton.
Pe
Irvin G. Gray Will be Retried Next
Week.
Armed with a bench warrant issued
by prothonotary Roy Wilkinson on
' Tuesday sheriff Harry Dukeman went
to Pittsburgh on Wednesday and yes-
.terday brought to Bellefonte from the
western penitentiary Irvin G. Gray
who next week will be retried in the
two cases in which retrials were or-
dered by the Supreme court. The.
i Gray cases have figured so much in
| the courts of Centre county and the
| State during the past eighteen months :
that the public is conversant with’ all
| the facts. And as considerable time
' has now elapsed much of #he sensa-
tionalism that attached to the cases
! when they were first brought before
the public has worn away and the tri-
, als next week will be devoid of the in-
| terest manifest when Mr. Gray and
his two sons were first tried.
The Gray cases, by the way, will be
the only quarter sessions cases to be
tried next week. Only about eight
‘minor cases had been listed for the
February term of court and they have
men summoned for next week have
been notified not to appear. This will
be the first regular session of court
ever held in Centre county at which
there was nothing requiring the serv-
ices of a grand jury. The traverse
jurors, however, will be needed for
the trial of the Gray cases and any
civil cases ready for trial.
— meets A ranma me mtmm——
Two Slight Aviation Accidents.
On Sunday pilot Stevens, com-
ing from Heller's field, Newark, to
Bellefonte, was compelled to come
down at Hartleton owing to low oil
pressure and in landing broke one of
the runners on his plank. After re-
plenishing his oil supply the pilot
managed to take off and get on. his
way but in doing so he tore the broken
runner loose all but one end and with
it dangling from the machine and
swaying back and forth in the air he
flew to Bellefonte, but the broken run-
ner interfered with his making a good
landing and the result was he tipped
up and broke one of his propellers.
ed the Bellefonte field pilot Krader
came in from Cleveland and in mak-
ing a landing got to one side of the
runway; plunged into a snow drift
Neither of the pilots were injured and
the damage to the machines was not
great, but it was necessary to get a
runner here from Newark to réplace.
the one broken on pilot Stevens’ plane.
Central District P. O. S. of A. Organ-
ized at Altoona.
The Central Pennsylvania district P.
0. S. of A. was organized at Altoona
on Wednesday night by representa-
tives from Camps in the following
eleven counties which will be included
in the district: Blair, Cambria, Cen-
tre, Clearfield, Somerset, Bedford,
Huntingdon, Mifflin, Union, Snyder
and Clinton. The officers elected are
as follows: First past president, E.
S. Ripka, of Centre Hall; president,
C. L. Nonemaker, past State presi-
dent of the P. O. S. of A.; vice presi-
dent, W. L. Holter, Morrisdale; secre-
tary, Clarence Silknitter, Huntingdon;
treasurer, M. R. Johnson, Bellefonte;
assistant secretary, Charles Shore,
Mapleton. The first convention of the
association will be held in Altoona on
July 22nd.
Try This to Prevent Flu.
One of our readers has handed us a
very simple concoction which she says
has worked like magic in the commu-
nity in which it is being used for
preventing influenza and grip.
It is not a remedy or a cure. It
merely acts as a preventive of the
malady. And it is so simple to make
and easy to take that it certainly is
worthy of trial.
Take half a pint of vinegar and
half a pint of water, mix together and
into it stir one teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper. Put it in a bottle and take a
teaspoonful two or three times a day.
Martha Washington Party.
To all patriotic members and those
who took part in the “Feast of the
Red Corn:”
There will be a Martha Washing-
ton dress party at the Logan hose
house; Friday, February 20th, at 8
o'clock. Everybody attend and take
a friend and a box containing enough
eats for two. Dancing. No admis-
sion. For further particulars see Sal-
lie Fitzgerald.
——See “The Miracle Man.” 8-1t
Sale Register.
Friday, March 5, Robert Rudy will sell at
his residence ,west of McAlevy's Fort,
two ponies, one bay mare, one bull,
farm implements and household furni-
ture. Sale at 12 o'clock noon.
Monday, March 8th, 1920,—At the residence
of Charles C. Mesmer, 2 miles northwest
of State College, on the Holmes farm.
Live stock and full line of farm imple-
ments. Sale at 10 a. m. IL. F. Mayes,
auctioneer.
eel
Grain Markets.
Corrected by Geo. M. Gamble.
Red Wheat, No 1 & 2......000000 $2.35—2.40
White or Mixed No. 1 & 2....... 225-230
>. 5
1.05
1.40
1.25
practically all been disposed of, and
because of this fact the grand jury-
Within two hours after Stevens reach-
and also nosed-up his machine, break- 3
ing the radiator and a propeller.
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