Bellefonte, Pa., July 30, 1920. mms NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY — The new vault door was put in place in the First National bank this week and is a decided improvement over the old door. —_Gamble’s mill will again take grain according to the custom in vogue some years ago. See advertise- ment elsewhere in this issue. ——A big harvest home picnic will be held at Port Matiida tomorrow, the music for which will be furnished by Wetzler’s band, of Milesburg. —— To-morrow will wind up the trout fishing for this season, and hereafter fishermmen will have to take their outings after bass or that more homely fish, the sucker. — Miss Gussie Cole is making plans to go to Philadelphia in Septem- ber to spend the fall and winter sea- son with her cousin and devote her time to the study of vocal music. — Elmer C. Straub has rented half of the Charles Gilmore house on east Linn street and with his daugh- ter Mary will move there from the farm on the mountainside on or about September first. ——Mrs. A. M. Sloop underwent quite a serious operation at the Uni- versity hospital, Philadelphia, last week but she is now improving slow- ly and her many friends hope it will result in her permanent recovery. ——The picnic of the Sunday school and congregation of St. John’s Re- formed church will be held at Hecla Park on Thursday, August 12th. The members will meet that morning at the City bakery, taking their baskets to the same place. ——An army scout plane arrived in Bellefonte late Sunday afternoon and remained at the aviation field until Monday morning, and Monday fore- noon two additional army planes on a flight west stopped at the field for a supply of oil and gas. ——C. G. Decker, of Spring Mills, and G. C. Harper, of State College, but who recently has been with the Krader Motor company, of Belle- fonte, have purchased the Nittany garage at State College and will con- duct it under the firm name of Deck- er & Harper. ——Those desiring to take children into their homes from the Children’s Aid society should communicate with Miss Margaret Cook, W. Linn street, acting president. At present the so- ciety has two boys, ages 6 and 7, and two girls ages 4 and 10, for whom it would like to find good homes. ——The third annual festival of Washington Camp No. 891, P. O. S. of A., of Spring Mills, will be held on August 21st on the vocational school grounds. Band music will en- liven the evening. The best of re- freshments will be served. Everybedy is invited to attend and enjoy an ev- ening’s outing. — From all appearances Belle- fonte is to have a new place of amuse- ment in the shape of a roller skat- ing rink on the Island above the Watchman office. The rink is now be- ing erected. It is a portable affair that can be moved from town to town and the length of its stay in Belle- fonte will depend entirely upon the flow of patronage the place receives. — In the baseball game between Bellefonte and Huntingdon last Thurs- day afternoon the score stood 3 to 3 in the eighth inning. Then some- thing happened. “Hooker” Hampton walked up and slammed a homer out into the tall grass and could have rounded the bags four or five times before the Huntingdon fielders found the ball. There was no more scoring and Bellefonte won 4 to 3. — Now that the Chautauqua is a thing of the past the Scenic looms big as the one place of entertainment in Bellefonte, every evening during the week. Good programs of motion pictures are shown at the Scenic. Every picture is new, up-to-date and the best that can be obtained. If you are not a regular attendant you should become one, and thus you will see all the good pictures shown. — During the severe thunder storm which passed over this section about two o’clock last Saturday moin- ing lightning struck the house of Charles Martin, on South Allegheny street, and knocked a hole in the roof, the bolt continuing down through the house and doing some damage, but for- tunately it was a cold stroke and the building was not set on fire. Neither were any of the occupants injured. The Bellefonte Business Men’s association have invited the Lock Haven business men to join in the | picnic which will be held at Hecla park on Thursday, August 19th. In the day’s program will be a ball game between the Bellefonte and Lock Hav- en teams. A good orchestra will be secured for dancing in the pavilion and various sports will be held during the day. Reserve this day and spend it with the business men at Hecla. — Mrs. Sallie Hayes has sold her handsome home on north Allegheny street to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walk- er. Aside from the fact that the sale has been closed no arrangements have yet been made as to when Mr. and Mrs. Walker will be given possession. It is very probable, however, that the change will take place on or about the first of October and as soun as the Walkers move into their new house Mr. and Mrs. Daggett and family will move from the Bush house into the home on Linn street vacated by the Walkers, which is owned by Mr. Daggett. A Drink With a Clout in It. The secret is out at last. For some certain stages of hilarity among some of the foreign-born residents of this vicinity, but according to the testi- mony of several of them in ’Squire John Keichline’s court on Monday ev- ening the drink is one of their own concoction and it evidently has a clout in it as well as a kick. The case was one of assault and battery, Charles Sweeter, an Austrian, being the prosecutor and Wash Marshago, also an Austrian, being the defendant; the latter being represent- ed by J. K. Johnston, Esq. The prose- cutor testified that the defendant had a pair of steel knuckles and a gun and that he hit him on the nose and face. In his own behalf the defend- ant testified that Sweeter had not on- ly choked him but slapped him on the face and made his nose bleed. Wit- nesses on both sides testified that the two men were intoxicated and it was merely a drunken fight. At this juncture Justice Keichline asked the men where they got their whiskey, or beer, or whatever it was that made them drunk, and they stat- ed that they made it out of elderberry blossoms, cherries, raspberries and hops, so there’s the combination. After hearing all the evidence Jus- tice Keichline sentenced the defend- ant to pay the costs of prosecution and ordered him to stand committed to the county jail for a period equal to on= day for each dollar of the costs but right there the prosecutor inter- fered and averring that he did not want the man to go to jail paid the icy and the defendant was discharg- ed. Machine Gun Troop to be Mustered Out of Service. { The new Troop L will be officially ‘mustered into the service of the State as a unit of the new National Guard next Monday evening and two weeks later will be mustered into the federal service. Coincident with the muster- jing in of the troop next Monday even- {ing the machine gun troop will be mustered out of service and the offi- cers and men given their discharge. Most of the number, however, have already been sworn in as members of new Troop L. The machine gun troop was organ- ized as a unit of the provisional Na- tional Guard after the old Nationai Guard troops had been called for ser- vice in the world war and was official- ly mustered into service on April 25th, 11918. During their two years or more of service they had been equip- iped with machine gun trucks and all {the most modern machine guns. This . loutfit, camp equippage, etc., has al- iready been turned over to the machine igun company located at Boalsburg land commanded by Capt. Pierre Boal. | And iow the mustering out next Mon- | day will mean the passing into his- itory of the Bellefonte machine gun jtroop, but the mustering in of new {Troop L will also mean that Belle- ‘fonte will continue to have a unit in | the National Guard of the State. In 'due time a number of horses will be (furnished the troop and these will be {kept here and maintained at the ex- | pense of the State. Guaranteed for Next Year. Chautauqua The Bellefonte Chautauqua came to a close on Monday evening and the ame night the big tent was torn down and all the equipment moved from the school house grounds and packed in the car, ready for transportation to the next town on Tuesday morning. A sufficient number of guarantors were enrolled to assure the return of the Chautauqua next year, and in this connection it was officially announced that the guarantors had been secured without any exertion on the part of the Chautauqua people, owing no doubt to the fact that every ticket was sold this year and the guarantois were not obliged to make up any de- ficit. The closing attraction of the Chau- tauqua was a lecture by Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard, “The Flying Parson,” and while many of the audience en- joyed his talk, he cannot be dignified as being in the class of “stellar at- | tractions.” As an introductory he told the story of his flight to the Pacif- ‘jc and back in an aeroplane but he | told nothing that hasn’t already been | printed over and over. His lecture in | the main was devoted to women and ! the ballot and while he made some | interesting points he did not say any- | thing especially new. But a good | many in the audience enjoyed his talk ‘and seemed perfectly satisfied that he was worth hearing. Be a Booster for Bellefonte. The business men of Bellefonte through their recently organized as- sociation have already done much to advertise the town and have gotten good results. And now the associa- tion has sprung another stunt which should prove a good booster. At con- siderable trouble and expense they have secured thousands of stickers in sheets, each one containing a trite saying showing the advantages of the town and community. These stick- ers have been distributed among the merchants of the town and they wil- lingly give them out to any one who will use them on letters, packages, ete. Don‘t be afraid to ask for them. According to the Altoona pa- pers Luther Irvin Shoemaker and Miss Harriet Linn Foster, both of Belle- fonte, were married at Holidaysburg on Wednesday of last week by Rev. Stanley Kemp. The U. S. Postoffice Depart- ment is asking bids for the installa- tion of heating furnaces in the vari- time back many Bellefonters have | ous government aviation buildings in! been wondering as to the cause of | the country, including the one on the! | Bellefonte aviation field. Bids must be in by next Monday and early de- livery will count alotin securing the i contract. eee pee. — Gospel tent meetings will be held on the school grounds at Oak Hall during the week of July 31st to August 8th, inclusive. Revs. J. E. Wolfe, D. W. Dubendorf and Adlena Bahrent will be in charge. Services each week evening at eight o'clock and three services on Sunday—at 10 o'clock a. m., 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. The full gospel will be preached and the public is cordially invited. eee As evidence of the fact that contractor Grover Conrad is determin- ed to get the new milk station here up as soon as possible, he has a gang of men working on the foundation as late in the evening as possible, thus taking advantage of every hour of daylight to rush the work. In this connection it might also be said that Mr. J. A. Collins, the enthusiastic country representative of the Western the work of establishing the milk plant in this place, has already start- ed work on establishing milk routes as feeders for his plant. eee lee es ee Building a reinforced concrete Wagner and R. B. Spangler have probably discovered ere this. To be more explicit, it was quite early in the spring when these gentlemen broke ground for their new mill along the state road just south of Belle- fonte, and in the intervening time they have finally gotten the walls to the top of the fourth story and will soon be ready to put cn the roof. But at that there is a large amount of work yet to do before the mill will be in shape for the installation of the machinery. But when it is finally completed it will be one of the most substantial and up-to-date mills in the country. — Russell G. Strickler, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Strickler, of Belle- fonte, is meeting with deserved rec- cognition as an employee of the Penn- sylvania railroad company in Tyrone. Mr. Strickler has been in charge of the statistical office at the Fourteenth street building in Tyrone and was to have been removed to the new office building on Tenth street, but the car record office and the statistical office were combined and Mr. Stickler plac- od in charge at his old location. It will naturally be very gratifying to Russel’s many friends in Bellefonte to learn that his courteous manner anid efficient service have won for him the responsible position to which he has been advanced. ay — The first concert of the Belgian Veterans band, at Chautauqua, was quite a pleasing surprise to most of us. There wasn’t an Owkowsky or a Seizez on the program and as a result we had a delightful afternoon listen- ing to the music that had something more to it than an exhibition of tech- nique. The same hard-headed sense that has taken the Belgian people back to their looms and glass tanks and steel mills, while other war-torn nations of Europe are hysterically crying: “We are maimed beyond re- covery” and doing nothing, seems to be a possession of the director of this splendid organization for he played a program that the audience actually enjoyed and not one that appealed only to the critic. On Monday William Thompson put off a blast in the old furnace stone quarry, now owned by the American Lime and Stone company, which play- ed havoc in that neighborhood. The shot was placed in what is called a loose bottom hole and when the ex- plosion occurred it blew the bottom out of the hole instead of shattering the rock. The result was the concus- sion was so heavy that many of the windows were broken in the Collins row of houses recent- iy purchased by the com- pany, while flying stones knocked holes in nearby buildings. One big stone flew across the road and crash- ed down through the roof of the old fair-ground gate house, the Conroy property recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, not stopping until it landed on the lower floor. Fortunately not a soul was injured but the damage done will foot up a few hundred dollars. emer ele. — There is one boy alive and well in Bellefonte who probably owes his life to the skill of an unknown man in handling his automobile. The child is a Gallagher boy and he had the narrowest escape on Tuesday morn- ing he probably ever will have. An unknown man drove down town in an automobile and turned the corner to go out Water street. The boy had come in Water street, pulling a little wagon and just as the driver of the machine turned the corner the boy jumped from the pavement and start- ed across the street right in front of the machine. Had the man been go- ing fast he could not have helped but hit the boy but with rare presence of mind he swung his wheel sharply around and ran his machine up on the pavement in imminent danger of plunging through the railing and down over the high wall into Spring creek, and thus missed the boy, but he broke the rear end of his little wagon. When the stranger saw the boy was safe he drove on and his identity was not learned. Maryland Dairy, who has charge or | A Generous Gift from the K. K. K. to the Free Dental Fund for Children. Last week, posters appeared in var- ious conspicuous places announcing ‘that an entertainment, in the form of ‘a Japanese cabaret, would be given in Dr. Rogers yard, Monday evening, the ! nineteenth, by the “K. K. K,” a secret ‘society having the following officers: | Betty Ray, president; Molly Shugert, vice president; Mary Katz, secretary; | Virginia Hiller, treasurer. Other ‘members of this mysterious society ‘are Betty Zerby, Evelyn and Mary Rogers. The entertainment consist- ed of songs, dances and recitations (with refreshments of watermelon, punch and other goodies. As a res- ult of their enterprise the children had twelve dollars in their treasury which they generously turned over to the dental fund for school children. It is pleasing to know that children, who have never known the agony of toothache because blessed with par- ents well able to provide them the best of every sort of care, should want . to help others less fortunate and we wish this same happy thought might come to others—adults as well |as children. Can anything be more i distressing than toothache without lany means of relief? Agonizing enough is it when we have money to pay for dental care but how much worse to have to just endure it! Pleas for all sorts of charities are constantly before the public but surely no worthier one can be imagined than mill is no little job, as Messrs. C. Y. to give a child relief not only from toothache, but from the more serious diseases that are now known to fol- low abscessed teeth. A small sum of money was realized from the concert given recently in the Presbyterian chapel but as it would cost, at the i very least, five hundred dollars to est- ablish a dental clinic, it was decided to use this money at once to have the teeth of as many children as pos- sible put in order. Parents of these children are asked to pay whatever they can and the remainder is paid from the fund earned by the Tuber- culosis committee of the Woman's club. Any contribution to this fund will be delightedly received by Helene Williams, treasurer, or Elizabeth B. Meek. Ort—Ginter.—Mr. Herman Ort, of Lewistown, and Miss Nancy M. Ginter, daughter of William and Elizabeth Ginter, of Milesburg, slipped away to Hagerstown, Md., last week where on July 20th they were united in mar- riage by the Rev. Mr. Ferguson. The young couple took a brief wedding trip, returning to Milesburg on Satur- day and that evening they were ten- dered a wedding dinner and reception at the home of the bride’s parents. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McGinley, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McGinley, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bathurst, Mr. and Mrs. Bloom, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Oliger, Mr. and Mrs Russel Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Mor- ris Auman, Mrs. Levi Jones, Mrs. Newton Jones, Mrs. Hannah Flack, ‘Mrs. Robert Bloom, William Shaffer, Roy Shaffer, John Larkin and Dona- van Stringer, of Altoona. Mr. and Mrs. Ort were the recipients of quite ful presents. Croft—Smith.—Vernon D. Croft, of Berea, Ohio, and Miss Julia Maudella Smith, of Pine Grove Mills, came to Bellefonte last Thursday and after se- curing the necessary license went to the Lutheran parsonage on east Linn street where they were united in mar- riage by the pastor, Rev. Wilson P. Ard. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martz, of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Martz being a sister of the bride. Immediately following the cere- mony they motored to the Carl Osman home at State College where a deli- cious wedding dinner was served and reception held. The following day they left on a wedding trip to Chicago and other western points, expecting to be at home to their friends in Cleveland on and after August first. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith, of Pine Grove Mills, and is a most excellent young woman. Bush House to Change to European Plan. Probably beginning next Monday the Bush house will hereafter be con- ducted on the European instead of the American plan. Rooms will be $1.25 a day and upward, according to loca- tion and convenience, and there will be both dining room and restaurant service. Meals will be served from 6:30 to 9 o’clock in the morning, from 12 to 2 and 6 to 8 o'clock in the ev- ening. Some very pronounced chang- es and improvements are contemplat- ed in the near future which will put the Bush house on the same plane with the best inland hotels in the country. In excellence of the cuisine is as- sured by the recent engagement of J. K. Thomas, of Berwick, who comes to the Bush with the reputation of being a superior chef. Public Sale. The Bellefonte Trust Co., admin- istrator of the estate of Mary C. Am- merman, late of Bellefonte, will sell at public sale on the premises, Satur- day, July 381, at 1:30 p. m., a full stock of millinery, including an elabor- ate assortment of hats, trimmings and ribbons, and a full line of household furniture, dining room and bed room suites, chairs, carpets, dishes, pans, book cases and books, and many oth- er articles. L. F. Mayes, SaeHonges | NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —TFerguson Parker is home to spend the | i {summer vacation with his parents, Mr. land Mrs. G. Ross Parker. | —Mr. and Mrs. Willis Williams, of { Johnstown, have been here this week, guests of members of both their families. —Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Moore, of Pine Grove Mills, were in Bellefonte Tuesday motoring down to spend a part of the day doing some necessary buying for their farm. —The condition of John Q. Miles who has been ill at his home at Martha Fur- nace, for the greater part of the past year, has become so critical that no hope is felt for his recovery. —Dr. W. S. Glenn, Jr., of State College, will leave next week to spend his summer vacation with Mrs. Glenn, who has been visiting at her former home in New Jer- sey, for several weeks. —Mrs. M. W. Reed and her children are spending a month with Dr. Reed's parents in Alexandria. Dr. Reed drove over with his family Sunday returning to Bellefonte the same day. —Miss Margaret Forster, who had been in Aaronsburg with her cousin, Miss Mazie Forster, for the greater part of the past six months, left Bellefonte yesterday to return to her home in Buffalo. —Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hoy are anticipat- ing a visit from their daughter, Mrs. Grant Pifer, of Wilkinsburg, and Mrs. Ely, of Turbottsville. Mrs. Ely will be accom- panied by her husband and their small child. —Mrs. J. Linn Harris, who had been visiting with friends in Lock Haven, came to Bellefonte Tuesday to spend the night and for a short visit here with Dr. Edith Schad and other members of Mr. Harris’ family. — Miss Irene Gross, of Philadelphia, is home for a two week's visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gross. Miss Gross is in the millinery department of one of the larger department stores of the city. . —On account of the ill health and a much needed rest for Mr. Shaeffer, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shaeffer and their daugther Larue left here Sunday morning for a drive to Atlantic City, expecting to rve- main there for a week. —Mr. and Mrs. Parsons were in Belle- fonte the afterpart of last week, leaving from here to return to their home in Toledo, after a visit with Mrs. Parsons’ sisters and brothers, the Misses Dora and Laura and Benner and Gray Kephart, at Fillmore. —Mr. and Mrs. John Beck, of Day- ton, Ohio, and their two children, whe had been spending some time motoring through Central Pennsylvania, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wetzel last week, while stopping in Bellefonte for a short visit. — Mrs. Willis Weaver came in from | Windber Saturday, called here by the death of her cousin, J. Will Conley. Stop- ping in Bellefonte for the afternoon, Mrs. | Weaver went on to State College, where i she has been visiting for the week with her sister, Mrs. Ertley. — Mrs. E. R. Lucas, of Westmont Ter- race, a suburb of Altoona, has been at "her former home in Runville this week, i a guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary Heaton. | The two women spent the day together in Bellefonte, doing some buying and look- ing after some business. : —Richard Lane, Jr, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lane, of McKeesport, is vis. iting with his grandmother, Mrs. James B. Lane. Richard had been here and re- turned home, but the call of Bellefonte was so strong, that he is now making his second visit of the season. —Mr. and Mrs. James Caldwell left Tues- day afternoon for Cleveland, where, dur- a number of beautiful as well as use- ing their visit of a week, they will be | Mrs. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geran, and of ‘Mr. Caldwell’s aviator friend, “Jimmic” ‘Knight and his wife, Mrs. Geran is a 'sister of Mr. Caldwell’s father. | —Mrs. Robert Sechler, who has made (her home in Johnstown since the early : part of ‘last winter, came here last week to spend a part of her summer vacation. | From Bellefonte Mrs. Sechler will go to {her former home in Mifflinburg to remain "until resuming her work in September. — Mrs. Robert Fay, of Altoona, has made several short visits in Bellefonte with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lane, since her return from California. On her return to Altoona from her over Sunday visit this week, she was accom- panied by her ‘daughter, Patty Lane, Jr. who had been with her grandparents for a week or more. S. Oyler, a former Methodist pastor on the Milesburg charge, Mrs. Oyler and their seven children, was entertained this week by Mrs. Daniel Hall at her home in Unionville. Mr. Oyler and his family were motoring from their home in Williams- port to Bedford, stopping for the visit in Unionville enroute. The Misses Ethel and Mildred Wetzel, of Bellefonte and Veda and Minnie, of Stoyestown, have been in Algonquin, W. Va., for the greater part of the month of July, members of a house party entertain- ed by their cousin, Mrs Thomas Farrar. Miss Ethel returned to Bellefonte yester- day, while her cousins will continue their visit for a week or more. —The Hon. William Allison, of Spring Mills, and his daughter, Miss Mabel, are entertaining a family house party which includes ¥. I. Allison, of Toronto, Canada, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allison, of New York City and their small daughter. The party drove to Bellefonte Tuesday for a short time with Mr. Allison's sister, Mrs. Alex- ander, who is ill at the home of Mrs. Frank McCoy. — Mr. and Mrs. George Hazel and their two daughters, Mrs. Louis Grauer and her daughter, Estelle, and Daniel Houser, re- cently returned from a motor trip through eastern Pennsylvania, their objective point Pine Crest College near Allentown. The result of their visit to this well known college for girls is that Thelma Hazel. istelle Grauer and Mildred Wagner, have course, beginning in September. —Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McClintic, of Augusta, Ga., passed through Bellefonte last Friday on their way over to Centre Hall to visit Mr. MecClintic’'s relatives. Mr. McClintic left Centre county many years ago and this is his first visit to his old home in thirty years. And as it just happened he and his wife reached here on the hottest day we have had this sum- mer, and he maintained that it was even hotter than it was down in Georgia, but it is quite likely that it was cool enough for him on Sunday and Monday. —A Motor party consisting of Rev. RR. all been entered there for the full college — Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Curtin arrived in Bellefonte Wednesday night. —Mrs. Charlotte Morris is in Atlantic City, going down Sunday, for a week's visit with Mrs. Ross Wallace. —The greater part of Miss Mary Brad- i ley’s household furniture will be offered y at public sale Thursday of next week at 1:30 o'clock. —Mr. and Mrs. William Jodon, of Belle- fonte, and Claude Jodon, of Mill Hall, went to Akron this week, called there by the illness of George Jodon. —Miss Margaret Cooney for several vears a teacher in the fifth grade of the schools of Bellefonte, has accepted a posi- tion in the schools of. Bethlehem. —Mrs. Charles Vernon and her two