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Bellefonte, Pa., February 27, 1920.
RS SS SAS es.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— If every member was just like
me, what sort of a church would my
church be?
——The condition of Mrs. S. A.
Bell and Dominic Judge, both of
whom have been seriously ill within
the week, is but slightly improved.
— The University of Pennsylva-
nia wrestling team will meet the Penn
State wrestlers on the mat in the ar-
mory at State College tomorrow even-
ing.
' ——The special musical numbers at
the Methodist church, Bellefonte, on
Sunday evenings, are highly appreci-
ated. You will enjoy these services.
Go early for a good seat.
——Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walker
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son. The child, who has
been named Robert Shortlidge Walker
Jr., was born Monday, February 23rd.
— The regular meeting of the W.
C. T. U. will be held in Petrikin hall,
Friday, February 27th, at 3 p. m. As
this will be an important business
meeting all the members are urged to
attend.
— The ladies of the Lutheran
church will hold a sauer kraut and
baked bean supper Tuesday evening,
March 2nd, beginning at five o’clock.
Price of supper 65 cents, including
dessert.
——Next Sunday you can do what
you can’t do again for forty years.
The shortest month of the year has
five Sundays this year. Let Febru-
ary 29th be a “Go to Church” Sunday
for you.
——The Crabtree company, of Ty-
rone, have purchased the C. E. Shuey
jewelry store at State College and
expect to remodel it into an up-to-
date jewelry establishment. Louis
Riddles will be the manager in charge.
——The option taken on the Thom-
as property as a site for the proposed
new milk station has not yet been ex-
ercised, as the parties interested are
still figuring on an advantageous way
to get a railroad siding into the prop-
erty.
——The Senate has confirmed the
appointment of William E. Tobias as
postmaster of Clearfield and that gen-
tleman has resigned his position as
superintendent of public’ schools for
Sandy township, Clearfield county,
expecting to enter upon his new ap-
pointment March 1st, if his commis-
sion arrives.
——The Gross Bros, of Spring
street, have purchased the building on
Spring street occupied by their gro-
cery store; the Bellefonte. club and
James Schofield’s harness store from
Thomas and R. W. Pierpoint, of Phil-
adelphia, the sale having been made
through the Robert F. Hunter real es-
tate agency. The sale of the proper-
ty will mean no change in tenants at
the present time.
Pennsylvania has been re-ar-
ranged into three accounting districts
by the Postoffice Department, namely,
eastern, middle and western district.
Williamsport has been selected as the
accounting postoffice for the middle
district, effective March 15th. Here-
tofore Bellefonte and other offices in
Centre county accounted to the Har-
risburg postoffice but on and after the
above date returns will be made to
Williamsport.
The new interior decorations
and furnishings of the Schlow Quali-
ty Shop and their great and exclusive
stock of spring goods, have placed it
among the leading woman’s furnish-
ing stores of Pennsylvania. With the
recent improvements there has been
added a fitting room, which will be in
charge of Mrs. Schlow, whose exper-
ience will justify the very favorable
reputaion she has already made for
herself among people of this locality.
: Bellefonte amusement lovers
will no doubt look forward to the ap-
pearance at Garman’s opera house on
Monday, March 8th, of “Polly-Anna,”
that gladtime play which radiates
sunshine and good cheer and creates
an atmosphere of sublime content-
ment in all who see it. The produc-
ing company this year includes Miss
Lolitta Westman in the title role and
a full cast of celebrities well known
on the stage today. Don’t fail to see
this attraction.
__Bellefonte friends of Capt. E.
R. Taylor, who now holds a position
in the U. S. Department of Justice,
might be interested in knowing that
at present he is located at Valentine,
Neb., where he expects to be for six
weeks at least. The night he landed
there the mercury went down to for-
ty degrees below zero, but it is not
known for sure that his arrival
had ‘anything to do with it, but
the fact that his mission has
something to do with guarding liquor
it might have sent a chill down the
spine of some of the old regulars.
The withdrawal of Edward R.
Owens, Harry M. Murtorff and Mark
W. Williams from the Potter-Hoy
Hardware company to go into busi-
ness for themselves naturally will ne-
cessitate some changes in this well
known old firm. As now planned
George Austin, former shipping clerk
for the Potter-Hoy company, will suc-
ceed Mr. Owens as purchasing agent,
Mr. Austin’s place to be taken by his
assistant, Lester Mills. William Os-
man will go from the warehouse to
assistant shipping clerk and Harry
Gehret_ «will succeed Mr. Osman.
Ralph’ Byer will take Mark® Williams’
place and Gilbert Nolan has been pro-
moted to retail clerk.
JOHN H. HOUTZ KILLED.
tral Railroad Yards Monday
Morning.
John Henry Houtz, an employee of
the Bellefonte Central Railroad com-'
pany, was struck by an engine on |
Monday morning while walking |
through the yards at Coleville on his
way to work and instantly killed. Mr.
Houtz, who was quite hard of hearing,
had been off duty some days on ac-
count of illness and returned for work
on Monday. He was walking down
the tracks from the scales office to the
shops when the engine backed down
the track. Fireman James Nolan
was watching the track and saw Mr.
Houtz step from the main track onto
the side track and naturally supposed
he had gotten out of the way. When
he looked again Houtz was nowhere
in sight and he naturally supposed he
had gone some other way. The first
knowledge the crew had that a man
had been killed was when some of the
men on the pilot of the engine saw the
body after the engine had passed over
it. They immediately signaled the
engineer, who stopped the engine,
and going to the body found it was
that of Mr. Houtz.
After he had been seen stepping off
of the main track by fireman Nolan
he had evidently stepped back on
again and in such a position that he
could not be seen by the men in the
cab. When struck by the tender of
the engine he was knocked down, fall-
ing between the rails and was crush-
ed beneath the engine and the ice and
snow filled roadway. The remains
were taken by undertaker Hard P.
Harris to his late home in Brown Row
where they were prepared for burial.
The unfortunate man was a son of
John and Julia Houtz and was born at
Juniata on March 9th, 1846, hence was
almost seventy-four years old. In
1877 he was united in marriage to
Miss Phoebe Cox and prior to coming
to Bellefonte thirty-five years ago the
family lived in Stormstown.
Mr. Houtz had worked for the
Bellefonte Central railroad at various
times for a number of years. He was
a good workman, a quiet, inoffensive
citizen, and his tragic death was a dis-
tinct shock to his relatives and
friends.
His wife died some time ago but
surviving him are three children,
namely: Mrs. William Keeler and
Mrs. William Fetters, of Bellefonte,
and John S. Houtz, of Philadelphia.
He also leaves the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. Howard Gummo,
of Loveville; Edward Houtz, of Be-
nore; William, of Centre Furnace;
Mrs. Mary Weaver, of State College,
and Austin Houtz, of Tyrone.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 10:30 o'clock yesterday
morning after which burial was made
in the ‘Union cemetery.
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Irvin G.' Gray Re-convicted on One
Case, Acquitted on the Other.
Irvin G. Gray, who was granted re-
trials by decree of the Supreme court
on two cases in which he had been
convicted at previous trials, was giv-
en another trial in court this week and
re-convicted on one case (No. 5) and
acquitted on the other (No. 9). The
case went. on trial Tuesday morning
and was given to the jury early Wed-
nesday afternoon. The twelve “good
and lawful men” had some time
reaching a verdict, as they did not
reach a decision until after midnight
Wednesday night.
When the verdict was presented to
the court yesterday morning it creat-
ed considerable surprise, as it was the
general opinion of most of those who
heard the testimony in the case that
the verdict would carry conviction in
both cases. And no one was more
surprised at the nature of the verdict
than the court, who stated that he
reached its decision. The court
promptly sentenced Mr. Gray to pay a
fine of one dollar, costs of prosecution
and undergo imprisonment in the
western penitentiary for a period of
not less than 2 years, 11 months and 20
days, and not more than three years,
the sentence to begin at the expira-
tion of the sentence he is now serving
on case No. 8.
Following the sentence of the court
Mr. Gray, through his counsel, asked
permission of the court to visit his
father before being returned to the
penitentiary but Judge Quigley stated
that he was unable to grant the re-
quest and he was remanded into the
custody of the sheriff.
The Gray case has been so com-
pletely covered in the newspapers
during the past eighteen months that
the “Watchman” feels it a waste of
space to go into details at this time.
When the cases were called for retrial
this week it was agreed by both the
Commonwealth and defense to try
them together. This was done and
the evidence submitted was practical-
ly the same as that submitted at the
former trials. The Charge. of the
court was generally considered a fair
and impartial summing up of the ev-
idence in the case.
Whether Mr. Gray will now submit
to the findings of the jury and the
sentence of the court, or will elect to
again appeal from their judgment is
not known at this writing. In the
meantime he will be returned to the
penitentiary to complete the sentence
he is now serving.
——The moon changed yesterday
and the first of March being almost
here look out ‘for a break in the
weather. While everybody is wishing
for an early disappearance of the ice
and snow let us all hope that it will
not go fast .enough to create unduly
high and destructive floods. ;
failed to understand how the jury |
——The Inter-Church Federation is
calling for a re-consecration of all
Struck by Engine in Bellefonte Cen- church members. Will you respond
and go to church next Sunday?
——The Bell Telephone company of
ennsylvania has inaugurated an ad-
vertising. campaign to convince the
public that a raise in rates is abso-
lutely imperative in order to keep
their service up to its present high
standard. W. S. Mallalieu, of Wil-
liamsport; was in Bellefonte on Mon-
day arranging for advertising space
in the Bellefonte papers and the first
of the series of advertisements will
be found on the 6th page of today’s
“Watchman.” Read it, as well as
others to follow, then you will be able
to judge as to the attitude of the
company.
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——The country roads and lanes
may be snow-blocked to a standstill
but the pathway to the Scenic is al-
ways open. The Scenic got its start
in years gone by when the fierce wild
west and ludicrous comics were in
vogue, but it has gained its reputation
for giving the best motion pictures
extant under the management of T.
Clayton Brown. In fact it is confi-
dence in the present management that
gives it the large patronage it now
enjoys. Seeing is paramount to be-
lieving, and when you see the crowd
flock to the Scenic it is evidence
there’s something there worth seeing.
——1In remitting for her subscrip-
tion to the “Watchman” Miss Ella
Jones, one of the matrons at the I. O.
0. F. orphanage at Sunbury enclosed
a copy ‘of the “Orphanage Bugle
"Notes,” the little paper published by
the inmates of the institution. The
paper contains the biennial: report of.
the president, John W. Stroh and in
speaking of conditions in the Annex
he says: “i cannot tell why but I
| have made more visits up there than
in former terms, and have become
closely attached to those helpless lit-
tle ones under the direction of Mrs.
Chubbuck, Mrs. Ulmer and Miss
Jones, who have charge of the chil-
dren and are doing a wonderful work.
More than fifty children, ranging
from three to eight years of age, are
lovingly cared for.”
——Aside from it being a holiday
for the various banks and postoffice
no general observance of Washing-
ton’s birthday was made in Bellefonte
on Monday. Years ago Gregg Post,
No. 95 G. A. R., always featured the
day by serving a big oyster dinner to
the gemeral public and as the writer
recalls some of those dinners it oc-
curs to us that most times the weath-
er was warm and sunshiny. What
snow was left on the ground was fast
disappearing in little rivulets of
water that flowed down the gutters of
Hight street into Spring creek. But
the weather was vastly different on
Monday. In fact, so different thas!
stead of the snow going away in riv-
ulets it came down in chunks almost
as big as hen eggs, and we verily ‘be-
lieve that could the Father of his
Country look down upon us now ' he
would vividly recall the winter: he
spent at Valley Forge. 25
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Four More Octogenarians.
Last week the “Watchman” carried
a little story about three of Belle:
fonte’s octogenarians, the oldest : of
whom is eighty-four years. Since
then we have learned of four others
who will go the eldest of the former
three one better.
On last Saturday Mrs. Patsy Stew-
art, of west Linn street, celebrated
her 85th anniversary and tomorrow
Mr. Hezekiah Hoy, of Willowbank
street, will celebrate his 85th anni-
versary and on May 20th Mrs. Hoy
‘will also be 85 years old. These three
octogenarians are all enjoying very
good health, considering their remark-
able age. ’
But exceeding the three mentioned
above is Mrs. R. V. Pugh, of west
Curtin street, who, on February 12th
celebrated her 88th anniversary. Mrs.
Pugh is a woman who can be regard-
‘ed as having been blessed with two
distinctions. She was born on the an-
niversary of President Lincoln "and
was the wife of the first president of
‘The Pennsylvania State College when
it was originally started as a farm
‘school and known as The Farm
School.
Union Pacific Train Robber Not
Known Here.
Press telegrams on Tuesday con-
veyed the information that Earl Lau-
ver, aged thirty years, was under ar-
rest at Salt Lake City, Utah, on the
charge of being implicated ‘in the
hold-up robbery of an overland Union
Pacific mail train at Fremont, Neb.,
on the night of January 30th, when
upwards of $200,000 was secured by
the robbers. ;
The press telegram further stated
that the man gave Centre county as
his native home and stated that at one
time he had lived on Cemetery road,
Bellefonte. All efforts of the “Watch-
man” reporters to trace the life or the
family of the alleged robber so far as
connecting him with Centre county
have proven futile. The name is sim-
ilar to families that have lived in Cen-
tre county in years gone by, but no
trace of this special man can be found.
It is claimed that several years ago he
lived in Newberry, Lycoming county,
and when he left there took with him
the railroad service record of a room-
mate.
Centre county has sent out men who
have made big successes in various
businesses and walks of life, and
while we are not at all. anxious to
claim this alleged notorious train rob-
ber we must admit that if he gol
away with $200,000 he is no piker.
NEAR EAST RELIEF WORK.
A Former Bellefonte Woman Tells of
the Great Work Being Done.
A letter from Mrs. Elinor Cook
McDowell tells of her interesting
| work in the Erivan region, where she
| is director of education and responsi-
: ble for over 4000 children.
i Her letter dated December 21st,
speaks of the ground as white with
i snow and she says further: “Now
| that cold weather is here, many more
| refugees are coming in. They could
| get along while the weather was
warmer, but are simply helpless now
and all orphanages, refugee camps
and shelter houses are full to over-
flowing and still more keep coming.
Of course it’s nothing like it was in
April, and hope it won’t be, else all
our work will be in vain. You can
imagine the congestion when I tell
you that under normal conditions,
Erivan was a city of 30,000 and that
its population is now increased by
refugees to over 80,000.”
Elinor’s latest adventure was the
reorganizaion of an orphanage at
Kanaku, the worst orphanage in the
Erivan district and which was, she
writes, “some job.” “Imagine me
poking about looking for dirt and
bossing a gang of children making
roads, cleaning yards, etc. I love
this orphanage now and have the
deares kiddies there. I have about
arranged for the 1000 of them to go
to school. When I went there they
were dirty and ragged and did no
work. Now I have the barracks they
live in cleaned up every morning and
the yard swept. The boys have dug
ditches for the water to flow down
and are filling ‘up all'low places about
the barracks. They also help with the
tooking.~ The -girls do washing and
mending every day; so their clothing
is clean and their rags mended and I
am promised new clothing soon.
“Do you remember of my writing
at first of the listlessness of the chil-
dren? That is passing. The boys
spin tops and play a native game sim-
ilar to marbles, only using knuckle
bones instead of marbles. The girls
jump rope, knit, make lace, and next
week if I can find time to hake them,
they are to play with dolls.
, “The Armenian Christmas is Janu-
ary 6th. They have various things
for Christmas dinner, including rai-
sins, apples and fish, and we are going
to try to give that in the orphanage.
For ourselves, we shall try to have a
real American Christmas, December
25th.”
Have you given all you can to help
in this Work to which a Centre county
girl has given herself ?
Help the Near East Relief.
Regarding the situation in the Near
East the “Living Church” has this to
88Y: an 1 hil ra
“The Armenians are univer:
recognized in normal times as the
most thrifty, industrious and prosper-
ous people of the Near East. But
after four years of exile and unspeak-
able suffering, they are hopeless, des-
titute and utterly forlorn. The pres-
ent problem is to help them to begin
life anew. Only 41,000 of the 60,000
homeless, wandering, helpless little
children have been gathered in and
still they come, for there are 250,000
orphaned children in Armenia today.
“In the orphanages the girls are
trained to do housework, taught to
sew, knit, weave and make the lace
for which their country is famous,
while the boys, whenever possible, are
being taught the trades of their fath-
ers.”
This is a small part of the work of
the Near East relief in a country
from which word comes that the sit-
uation is the worst in the world.
Have you given what you can to the
Centre county committee for Near
East relief? Send money to Charles
M. McCurdy, treasurer, Bellefonte.
ee GA eee 2
Some Movings.
A. G. Morris and his daughter, Miss
Eliza Egbert Morris, are contemplat-
ing returning to their home directly
across the street from where they are
living at present. Mr. Morris pur-
chased the old Jackson property when
coming to Bellefonte and lived there
for a number of years before going to
his present home.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hazel are pre-
paring to move to their new home ad-
joining the Hazel & Co. dry goods
store, the latter part of March, Mrs.
Holz and her son Harry leaving there
to go to their new home on Spring
street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Krader are
leaving the Wallace house on Curtin
street to go to the Louis Hill proper-
ty on east Bishop street.
Rifle Club Organized.
A number of Bellefonte gentlemen
who are regarded as good shots and
some who aspire to be got together
last Friday evening and organized the
Bellefonte Rifle club with the follow-
ing officers:
President, Dr. E. S. Malloy; vice
president, J. O. Heverley; secretary
and treasurer, Joseph Wagner; ex-
ecutive officer, Roy H. Grove.
The other members of the club are
W. Harry Kissler, James C. Furst,
Al Grove, Harold Corman, Ben Gor-
don, Arthur Dale, Walter Harpster,
Toner Aikey, Thomas Mensch, H. D.
Weaver, Donald Snyder, Charles Sax-
ion, L. E. Taylor, Theodore Linquist,
Charles J. Wagner and Harry Thomp-
son.
——Another property ‘sold through
the McVey office was that of the Me-
Ginley property on east Lamb street,
‘to J. H. Hazel, who now occupies the
property. = The consideration was
$1200. :
ployed with the X mergency El
tion, ~ Mr. and -Mrs. Hile shive
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Boyd Carner, of Hublersburg, was a
business visitor in Bellefonte on Monday.
—Mrs. Georgianna Dale, of Lemont, was
in Bellefonte on a shopping expedition on
Monday.
—Miss Anna Howe, of Morrisdale, was
an over Sunday guest of her friend, Miss
Lois Kirk.
—Malcolm McSuley is visiting with has
father, John H. McSuley, having come here
from Philadelphia, Saturday.
+ —Mrs. John Van Pelt returned to Johns-
town Tuesday, her plans for going earlier
having been interfered with by sickness.
_—Mr. and Mrs. John 8S. Walker spent
the greater part of last week in Philadel-
phia, going down Wednesday on a busi-
ness trip.
—Mrs. Edmund Blanchard left Tuesday
for Fort Worth, Texas, to join Mr.
Blanchard, who has been in the oil region
of Texas since fall.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brandman and their
family have made definite arrangements to
leave Bellefonte the latter part of April,
for their new home in Philadelphia.
—W. Wilson Gephart, of New York city,
was in Bellefente over Sunday for a
short visit with his mother, Mrs. J. Wes-
ley Gephart, who is thought to be critical-
ly ill at her home on Linn street.
—Mrs. M. I. Gardner, of Clearfield, was
in Bellefonte this week on her way to
Johnstown, where she will join Mr. Gard-
ner and their son Harold, expecting to vis-
it with them until the middle of March.
—Arthur H. Sloop, supervising princi-
pal of the Bellefonte schools, has been in
Cleveland this week, going out Sunday to
attend the National convention of super-
intendents of schools in session in that
city.
—Misses Grace Miller, Thelma Fleck
and Anna Miles composed a trio of Ty-
rone young ladies who spent a few hours
in Bellefonte on Monday, coming down on
the morning train and returning home in
the afternoon. .
—Mr. and Mrs. George E. Lentz, and
Miss Mildred Lentz, of Harrisburg, were
in Bellefonte between trains Sunday, com-
ing here to see Miss Hazel Lentz, who had
been ill for ten days, at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. M. A. Kirk.
—Rev. George E. Smith, pastor of the
United Brethren church, was called to
Blair county early in the week, owing to
the death of his sister, Mrs. Edith Barr, of
McKee. Burial was made at Roaring
Springs early Monday morning.
© —Mrs. Jerry Glenn, of Curtin, and Paul
Parker, of Jersey Shore, spent "Wednesday
in Bellefonte as guests of their mother,
Mrs. Alice Parker, coming here for a short
visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Hile, be-
fore they left for their new home in New
Crleans.
—Mrs. John Helliwell left Friday night
to return to Atlantic City, where she has
been registered as a professional nurse for
several years. Mrs. Helliwell had been vis-
iting in Bellefonte with her father, Wil-
liam B. Rankin, and the family, since the
latter part of November. :
—Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hile spent
Wednesday night in Bellefonte, leaving
Thursday for New Orleans, La., where Mi
Hile will be located for & year, being
] . Corporii-
mak-
— Mrs. T. A. Hartagan, who had been
visiting for two “weeks with her mother,
Mrs. Sara Thomas, at State College, passed
through Bellefonte Friday on her way
home' to New York to spend a week with
Mr. Hartagan and their eight year old son.
On account of Mrs. Thomas’ illness, Mrs.
Hartagan will return to State College to-
morrow to remain with her mother until
she is better. Mrs. Hartagan is well
known in Bellefonte as Miss Mary Thom-
as, having lived here all her earlier life.
~_-W. H. Stover, of Boalsburg, was a
Bellefonte visitor on Saturday and while
in town placed his name on the “Watch-
man’s” list of subscribers. Mr. Stover
stated that there is at present considera-
ble sickness in and around Boalsburg,
mostly grip and flu cases, and their great-
est need there at the present time is a
physician. There is no resident physician
in the town, State College being the near-
est location, and the physicians there are
not only over-worked at present but the
snow-blocked roads make it very difficult
for them to respond to calls from Boals-
burg.
—Mrs. Charles Moerschbacher and her
daughter, Mrs. Richard Breuse, left Tues-
day for Freeland, to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Moerschbacher’s eldest brother, Jo-
seph Wadlinger. Mr. Wadlinger had been
in Bellefonte two weeks ago for the fun-
eral of his brother-in-law, Charles
Moerschbacher, leaving here Sunday to go
to Freeland and from there directly to
Philadelphia to attend the funeral of his
step-mother, who had died the morning of
Mr. Moerschbacher’s funeral. Mr. Wad-
linger is survived by four children. By
his death three members of Mrs. Moersch-
bacher’s family have passed out within
two weeks.
—Mr. H. C. Bloom,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
Friday and he certainly had some exper-
ience in getting here. He was afraid to
risk driving to the most convenient rail-
road station owing to the smow-blockaded
roads, so walked to State College, a dis-
tance of nine miles through the deep
snow. Before leaving home he made ar-
rangements with his son to drive to the
College in the afternoon in the sled and
meet him but after walking part of the
way he found the snow so deep and roads
so bad that when he reached the home of
another of his sons he sent him to War-
riorsmark to tell the other son not to at-
tempt the trip in the sled, as he could
walk it easier than the horses could get
through.
—Farmer W. W. McCormick, of Potters
Mills, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday on a
business trip and like everybody who
comes in from the country districts these
days talks snow as the main topic. Mr.
McCormick, by the way, is arranging to
move onto the old Allison homestead farm
next month and while it will be a change
of location it will not be such a
great change in system, as he has lived on
one of the Allison farms for sixty-one
years. In other words it will be sixty-one
years on March 23rd that his father moved
his family from Hublersburg to the Alli-
son farm at Potters Mills. When he pass-
ed away W. W. McCormick took charge of
the farm and has operated it ever since.
Since the death of Edward the heirs to the
estate have induced Mr. McCormick to take
the old homestead and he has decided to
do 80. ‘He will move there on March 23rd,
the anniversary of his. going to Potters
Mills from Hublersburg.
of Warriorsmark,
—Miss Mary Gray Meek will go to Pitts-
burgh today, to spend a few days with Mr.
and Mrs. T. K. Morris. :
—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cohen have had
as guests this week, Miss Julia Toser, eof
Huntingdon, and Lewis H. Smith, of Al-
toona.
—Andrew T. Sorensen, of New York city,
who spent a part of last week here with
Miss Louise Carpeneto, was a guest at the
Brant house during his stay in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. W. K. McKinney left Tuesday for
her former home in Newark, N. J., going
down to spend several weeks with her par-
ents, Dr. and Mrs. Graham. Dr. Graham
is facing an operation while Mrs. Graham
has been an invalid for some time.
—Harry D. Rumberger visited Wednes-
day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, George
W. Rumberger, at Unionville, on his way
from Philipsburg to his new home in
Scranton, where he will be in charge of the
Atlantic Refining company’s station in
that city.
—Francis Thal is back in Bellefonte,
having accepted his former position as ex-
tra man in the baggage room at the P. R.
R. station. Francis has been with the
company at Osceola and in returning here
takes the place made vacant by M. H. Ly-
ons, who has been made relief man on the
P. B. RB.
—W. M. Grove, a lifelong resident of
Gregg township, but whe is now dividing
his time between his old stamping ground
at Spring Mills and his farm at Berwick,
was in Bellefonte several days this week
on business, having stopped off here on
his way home from Greensburg, where he
attended the funeral of his brother, the
late Hiram Grove.
—Mrs. Willis Weaver and her sister,
Mrs. Schaub, stopped in Bellefonte Mon-
day for a short visit, after spending the
week-end at State College, with their sis-
ter, Mrs. Ertley. Mrs. Weaver was return-
ing to her home at Windber, while Mrs.
Schaub was leaving for her ranch nedr
Reno, Nevada, not having been west since
going into service two years ago.
—Dr. M. J. Locke has given up his con-
templated trip to Rochester, Minn., to at-
tend the clynics and lectures at the Mayo
sanitorium on account of the protracted
cold in the northwest, as he has gotten
about all that kind of weather he cares for
at the present right here in Bellefonte. In-
stead he contemplates spending a week or
ten days in Philadelphia in the near fu-
ture. .
—Mrs. Grace L. Garman, from Belle-
fonte, was a visitor on February 20th at
the big exhibit of Southern California
prodacts maintained free to the public in
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
She also attended the lectures and moving
pictures that are a part of the daily pro-
gram. The exhibit is the largest of any
in the country maintained by a commer-
cial organization. Before returning home,
Mrs. Garman expects to visit several of
the many other places of interest in the
Southland.
—James H. Straub, whe since his grad-
uation at State College has been with the
Glidden Varnish Co., at Cleveland, Ohio,
is now at his home in this place taking a
little vacation and assisting his father,
Elmer C. Straub, in the settlement of his
grandfather's estate which includes the
| sale of the old Alexander farm above
‘Sunnyside, providing a purchaser can be
secured. Mr. Straub has made so good in
hig position that he has been elevated. to
‘a vice presidency in the Cleveland compa-
ny and when he leaves Bellefonte will go
to Toronto, Canada, to take charge of the
branch store in that place.
Arthur Thomas to Operate Coal Yard.
Arthur Thomas, who two weeks ago
purchased the R. B. Taylor coal yard
on Thomas street, intends going into
the retail coal business in Bellefonte
and will operate the yard himself.
But before stocking up he will entire-
ly reconstruct the yard. His present
plans include the installation of hop-
per style bins or tanks so as to do
away with the labor of loading the
coal by hand. To install these will
mean raising the railroad siding on
trestle work or concrete piers and he
estimates that the cost of putting the
yard in the shape he has now plan-
ned will approximate ten thousand
dollars, but he hopes to have the work
all done during the coming summer.
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Anna M. Keichline vs. John P. Kelley
Case Settled for $3,300.
. The case of architect Anna M.
Keichline vs. John P. Kelley was set-
tled this week without going to trial
in court, the defendant agreeing to
pay Miss Keichline the sum of $3,300.
Miss Keichline was the architect for
the big Kelley and Wion garage built
on the corner of Bishop and Alleghe-
ny streets and when the building was
completed Mr. Kelley disputed the ac-
count. The result was an action was
brought to compel payment and the
case was settled out of court.
——How would you like to live in
a town that had no churches? Show
your loyalty by going to church next
Sunday.
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Notice.
David B. Rubin of Rubin and Ru-
bin, Harrisburg’s leading eyesight
specialists, will be at the Mott drug
store, Bellefonte, on Wednesday and
Thursday, March 10th and 11th.
He makes no charge for examining
your eyes and does not use drops.
Glasses will not be sold to you unless
you really need them. Office hours
are from 8:30 a. m. until9 p.m. 9-2t
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. L. F. Mayes,
auctioneer.
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——They are all good enough, but
the “Watchman” is always the best.
Grain Markets.
Red Wheat, No 1 & 2............82,
White or Mixed No. 1 & 2.
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