“Bellefonte, Pa, February 11, 1921.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— Tomorrow will be Lincoln's
birthday and next Monday Valentine
day.
— The Lenten season began on
Wednesday and will continue for six
weeks.
——The Susquehanna University
Concert Five will appear in Bellefonte
Thursday evening, February 24th.
——The county auditors have about
completed their work of auditing the
county accounts for the year 1920, and
their report will be published in due
time.
— The spring sales of live stock
and farming machinery will soon be
in full swing, and the number this
year will be about as great as in for-
mer years.
See the big advertisement of
the Bellefonte Fuel & Supply compa-
ny on page five of today’s “Watch-
man’ announcing new prices on all
kinds of coal, effective today.
——On Saturday afternoon and
evening, February 12th, the ladies of
the W. C. T. U., of Pleasant Gap, will
hold a bazaar in the basement of the
Methodist church. Everybody is cor-
dially invited. :
——The Standard Bearer society of
the Methodist church, Bellefonte, will
give an entertainment in the lecture
room of the church Friday evening,
February 18th, at 8 o’clock. The pub-
lic is cordially invited. >
When in doubt as to where to
go to spend your evenings try the
Scenic. The motion pictures will
amuse and entertain you, help you
forget the anxieties and worries of
the day, be the right tonic for a good
night’s sleep. Try them.
——A force of men began work on
Wednesday tearing down the ruins of
Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads’ house on
west Linn street, preparatory to con-
tractors beginning work on the erec-
tion of a handsome bungalow on the
foundations of her former home.
——Perry Gentzel is seriouscly ill
at his home on the farm, a short dis-
tance east of Bellefonte. Mr. Gent-
zel’s sickness dates from November,
the greater part of three months, his
condition being such as to alarm his
family and friends concerning his re-
covery.
The regular Parent-Teachers
meeting will be held in the High
school building Monday evening, Feb-
ruary 14th, at 8 o'clock. Subject,
“Amusements for Children.” Rev.
Maynard will have charge of the
meeting. It is hoped that the parents,
and all others interested in the chil-
dren, will be present.
The 1920 collections for Cath-
olic orphanages in the Altoona dio-
cese amounted to $44,451.11, and of
this amount St. John’s church of
Bellefonte contributed $710.25; St.
Michael’s church of Clarence $192.30;
Sts. Peter and Paul, of Philipsburg
$1000.00; St. Mary’s, of Snow Shoe
$85.00, and “Our Lady of Victory”
chapel at State College $55.00.
——The congregation of the Belle-
fonte Lutheran church last Sunday
voted to install a pipe organ in their
house of worship and the official board
was empowered to sign the contract
for same. The instrument they have
selected is a Mohler organ, manufac-
tured at Hagerstown, Md., and the
cost price $3,250. The contract calls
for the installation of the organ in
September, as it will take six months
to build and get it in shape for instal-
lation.
Mir. and Mrs. Henry Armagast,
well known residents of Buffalo Run
valley, had a very unpleasant exper-
ience at their home near Hunter's
Park on Sunday night. Their sleep-
ing room is warmed by a double heat-
er from the room beneath and between
two and three o’clock in the morning
Mr. Armagast was awakened through
a sense of suffocation and discovered
the room filled with coal gas. He
managed to get out of bed and across
the room to a window which he open-
ed as high as he could to allow fresh
air to flow into the room. As soon as
he had recovered a little he went to
the bed to see if the gas had affected
Mrs. Armagast and found her uncon-
scious. In fact it was an hour or two
before she regained consciousness, but
it was several hours later before they
had come around sufficiently to go
down stairs. Had Mr. Armagast not
wakened when he did the result might
have been very tragic, as both these
good people were well along the road
towards asphyxiation.
——Constable George Glenn, who
had been housed up ten days with a
bad attack of quinsy, has entirely re-
covered and is able to be around on his
numerous jobs, as usual. In addition
to filling the office of constable Mr.
Glenn acts as extra policeman in
Bellefonte, conducts a chair and um-
brella repair shops, tends a dozen or
more furnaces, and switches the elec-
tric juice on the “Watchman’s” type-
setting machine while making his
rounds in the early hour of the morn-
ing." And he has always been so de-
pendable and faithful in the perform-
ance of every duty he has undertaken
that we have all been prone to take
him as a matter of course, and never
fully realized what a blessing in dis-
guise he is until he was taken sick
almost two weeks ago. And that is
the reason that the “Watchman” force
along with a number of others are de-
voutly thankful he has recovered
and hope he will stay well—well, for
the next twenty-five years at least.
Whiskey Stolen from Liquor Deposi-
tory in Postoffice Cellar.
Early Wednesday morning the dis-
covery was made that some person
had broken into the old wine cellar in
the Brockerhoff house, now used as a
depository by the United States gov-
ernment for the storage of confiscated
strong drinks, and had stolen there-
from a quantity of bottled whiskey,
principally Overholt and Golden Wed-
ding. When the discovery of the rob-
bery was made it was further discov-
been firing the boilers in the Brocker-
hoff building was among the missing;
at least was not at his post of duty.
The state police were notified and
two officers proceeded to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad depot just in time to
see Baney purchase two tickets for
Lock Haven. With him was Thomas
W. Johnson, a colored man, lugging a
rather nifty looking suit case. But
when Mr. Johnson saw the state police
walking his way he promptly put
down the suit case and made a hurried
departure from the depot, but he was
soon captured and in company with
Baney and the suit case taken to the
office of district attorney James C.
Furst, who proceeded to put the gen-
tlemen through the regular legal quiz.
In the meantime a state policeman
was sent out to round up “Brownie”
(Harry Brown, another colored man),
who was also believed to be implicat-
ed at least to the extent of getting
some of the liquor, and when found it
was quite evident that he had not only
gotten some whiskey somewhere but
was accumulating it inside himself
about as rapidly as possible. He was
in what in ye olden days was consid-
ered, a glorious state of intoxication,
and with him were secured the dregs
of one quart bottle and two full bot-
tles, all of which were confiscated.
When Baney and Johnson were tak-
en to the district attorney’s office the
suit case was opened and found to
contain seven or eight full quarts of
whiskey, mostly Overholt. But when
questioned Baney absolutely denied
having stolen the stuff from the post-
office cellar. He maintained that he
had purchased the liquor from an un-
known individual in a truck on the
state road out beyond the aviation
field. He averred that he had paid six
dollars a quart for it and admitted
that he had sold either two or three
bottles to Brownie for three dollars a
quart and the balance he had stored
in an old barn on east Linn street.
He further stated as Johnson was
not working now he went to his house
early on Wednesday morning and pro-
, posed that they take the whiskey to
'Lock Haven and sell it. Johnson
"agreed, and borrowing the suit case
{they went to the old barn, got the
whiskey and had just bought the tick-
ets for Lock Haven when taken into
‘custody. Such was Baney’s story, but
| whether true or not, he and Johnson
rand Brownie were all sent to jail, the
| suit case sealed and deposited in a
locked cell in the jail and the federal
authorities notified. If it turns out
| that the whiskey was stolen from the
' postoffice cellar, which is now a Unit-
ed States depository, there is no doubt
‘but that it is a case for the federal
court; and even if Baney’s story is
true that he bought the whiskey and
‘was going to Lock Haven to dispose
of it, he is at least guilty of bootleg-
| ging, which also comes under the ju-
| risdiction of the U. S. court.
i Federal officers were in Bellefonte
| yesterday checking up the liquor in
i the postoffice cellar, and so far as
they could determine about two cases
{of bottled goods are missing, mostly
Overholt, the balance Golden Wed-
ding. Whoever took the stuff got to
it by prying two boards loose from
the partition separating the wine cel-
lar from the main part of the cellar
‘under the Brockerhoff house, and not-
withstanding Baney’s denial of theft
suspicion points pretty straight to
him as the guilty party. Brownie was
discharged from custody yesterday, as
there is nothing to connect him with
the theft of the whiskey.
— At their card party at the Elk’s
lodge on Tuesday evening the mem-
{bers of the Red Cross organization
cleared between $80 and $90.
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Road Supervisors Meet.
About sixty per cent. of the road
supervisors in Centre county attend-
ed the annual convention held in the
court house on Wednesday. F. M.
Pletcher, president of the association,
presided and a number of interesting
questions relating to the improvement
of roads, especially the dirt roads
throughout the county, were discus-
sed at the two sessions. Officers elect-
ed for the ensuing year were as fol-
lows: President, F. Milford Pletcher,
of Howard; vice presidents, Joseph
Emerick, of Walker township, and J.
S. Royer, of Miles township; secreta-
ry, W. H. Austin, of Liberty; assist-
ant secretary, J. S. Condo, of Mar-
ion; treasurer, E. H. Way, of Half-
moon.
For Near East Relief.
During the recent drive for Near
East relief the following contributions
were received by the chairman for
Port Matilda and were forwarded to
the treasurer for Centre county:
Presbyterian Sunday School....... ..$ 60.12
Baptist Sunday School.............. . 10.86
Public SchooOlS....ceeurinescnniniane . 20,00
Lady Emily Rebekah Lodge......... 10.00
Red Cross Auxiliary................. 5.00
Motley srr vaensersnanaraises SH4.98
The Presbyterian Sunday school al-
so contributed $47.62 to the China
famine fund and the Red Cross $5.00
to the same cause.
Mrs. W. W. SHULTZ, Chairman.
ered that Charles W. Baney, who has"
Awarded Damages for Wrecked Auto.
J. C. Barnes, milk dealer of Pleas-
ant Gap,. recently brought action
against Prof. R. W. Blasingame, of
State College, for damages to his au-
tomobile, resulting from a collision
near Axe Mann on December 18th. A
hearing was to have been held before
Squire J. M. Keichline on Wednesday
morning but the defendant in the case
failed to appear and after hearing the
story of Mr. Barnes and his witnesses
the justice awarded him a judgment
in the sum of $208.
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County Christian Endeavor Union
Reorganized.
At a farily well attended meeting
held in Centre Hall on Monday even-
ing the Centre county Christian En-
deavor Union was reorganized by the
election of the following officers:
President, B. B. Butler Jr., State
College; vice president, G. O. Benner,
Centre Hall; secretary, Miss Miriam
Beck, Nittany; treasurer, Miss Grace
Smith, Centre Hall. It was decided
by those present af the meeting to
hold a county convention some time
during May or June, the exact time
and place to be announced later.
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Laymen’s Banquet at Williamsport.
The annual laymen’s banquet, one
of the features of the winter meetings
of the Williamsport archdeaconry of
the Episcopal church, was held in
the Trinity parish house at Williams-
port on Monday evening. Covers
were laid for over 550, and the affair
was warmed up by men from the city
churches singing popular songs. In-
vocation was pronounced by the Right
Rev. James Henry Darlington, D. D.,
Bishop of Harrisburg.
The guest of honor was the Right
Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, D. D., presid-
ing Bishop of the executive council of
the American Episcopal church, who
made an address on the subject, “The
Church at Work,” He was followed
by Bishop Darlington, chairman of the
joint commission to confer with the
eastern Orthodox churches and the
old Catholics, who spoke on the top-
ic, “Our Relations with the Eastern
Church.” Major General Charles M.
Clement, secretary of the diocese of
Harrisburg, made an address, his sub-
ject being “Recruiting for the Sacred
Ministry.”
State Police Rescued Doe Fawn from
Dogs.
Last Friday afternoon a doe fawn,
probably nine or ten months old, was
chased off of Bald Eagle mountain
down to the old fair grounds by dogs
and when the dogs were driven away
the little animal was so nearly ex-
hausted that it lay down and refused
to move. The state police were noti-
fied and securing the services of a
small truck went down to the fair
grounds, secured the fawn and
brought it to Bellefonte. They placed
it in a box stall in the D. W. Geiss liv-
ery. The deer had been slightly bit-
ten on the hind legs and about the
head by the dogs, but was not in bad
shape, aside from being run to the
point of death. It will be kept pen-
ned up until it entirely recovers then
will be given its liberty.
The fawn is probably one of a pair
which, with their mother, have spent
most of the winter on the point of the
mountain above the old McCoy works,
where they have been feeding pretty
regularly on hay and other stuff stor-
ed in the old McCoy barn on the
mountain. It is just possible that the
deer ventured too close to civilization
and were detected by the dogs that
gave chase.
Pity the Pcor Farmer.
On Friday last a gentleman handed
the writer a suspicious package with
only a word of explanation and then
went on his way. He said: “A friend
of yours asked me to hand you this
and said you tell him that this is the
kind of stuff the farmers have to live
on now-a-days and since they are re-
duced to such fare I think he ought to
stop knockin’ ’em.”
Shades of the days when Brit. Steele
used to go harvesting in Pennsvalley:
When he said the tables were piled so
high with food that he couldn’t see
the hands sitting opposite him. Vis-
ions of the old farm carry-all and the
three seated wagon faded away into
flocks of Fords, Buicks, Dodges and
Studebakers polluting the pure air of
the farms with their nasty city smell.
Then the little red hen that once
cackled the clarion call that she was
worth twenty-five cents flew by with
a tag of a dollar and a half on her tail
and we came too in a bewilderment of
concern as to what had happened to
“the poor farmer.”
The parcel felt as though it might
contain a piece of sausage, enough
flitch to garnish the top of a pot of
baked beans with or the brisket of a
toothless cow, but when we opened it
there was the biggest, thickest, juic-
iest, broadest broad sirloin steak that
has ever been lamped by a country
newspaper man who sees fresh meat
three times a week and such meat
once in a life time.
And that was the kind of stuff that
Abe Markle, of State College, says
“the poor farmers have to live on now-
adays.” Lord, it’s no wonder they
just sit around all winter. If we had
steak like that all the time we couldn't
even sit. We'd have to recline.
—~——J. Frank Lose, who has been
tenant on the J. M. Weaver farm near
Fiedler for some years past, bought
the property last week. The farm
contains fifty-three acres and the
price paid was $8500.
Centre County Men Blamed for Lock
Haven Robbery.
C. Frederic Schad, of Bellefonte,
and Robert Bullock, of State College,
were arrested in Lock Haven on Sat-
urday night on a charge of burglariz-
ing the home of Ira Nestlerode, and
have been held without bail for a hear-
ing this (Friday) afternoon. Accord-
ing to the story the above two young
men with Robert Thompson and Wil-
liam O. Lambert drove to Lock Haven
in Bullock’s car. Along during the
evening Schad and Bullock visited the
Moose home and there met Nestle-
rode, who is treasurer of the Moose
lodge. Later in the evening the three
men took a drive in young Bullock’s
car and on the return trip stopped to
leave Mr. Nestlerode out at his home.
The latter gentleman invited Schad
and Bullock in and while there as his
guests he displayed to them a large
roll of bills which he stated contained
over fifteen hundred dollars, and also
a number of Liberty bonds, all of
which he averred was the property of
the Moose.
The young men remained at the
Nestlerode home perhaps a half hour
then left. According to their story
they then drove to the Studebaker
garage where they purchased a crank
wrench and later met two girls and
went into a restaurant to get some-
thing to eat. While in there they
heard that they were wanted at the
police station and later were arrest-
ed for robbing the Nestlerode home of
money, Liberty bonds and valuables to
the amount of approximately three
thousand dollars.
The story of the robbery, as told in
the Lock Haven paper is that a son of
Mr. Nestlerode just happened to be
standing across the street from his
home when he saw a fire in one of the
upstairs rooms. He ran across, enter-
ed the house and running upstairs
smothered the fire with his overcoat.
He then discovered that his father’s
strong boxes had been broken open
and rifled of their contents. He at
once gave the alarm and the police
were notified. Mr. Nestlerode prompt-
ly blamed the robbery on Schad and
Bullock and swore out warrants for
their arrest. Learning that Thomp-
son had gone to Lock Haven with the
two other men he subsequently swore
out a warrant for his arrest, but after
being detained until Monday he was
discharged, as nothing was found to
implicate him in any way.
A peculiar thing about the robbery
is the fact that when the son Jdiscover-
ed the fire and ran across the sireet
he found the door locked and so far
as known no evidence was found as to
how the robbers, whoever they were,
got into the house.
A finger print specialist from Wil-
liamsport, took photographs of var-
ious objects in the room of the Nes-
tlerode home on Tuesday as a means
of identification, but even should he
find prints to correspond with those
of Schad and Bullock it would not in-
dicate their guilt, as both men had
been in the room with Nestlerode ear-
ly in the evening.
Schad and Bullock have retained the
services of attorney Furst, of Lock
Haven, and W. D. Zerby, of Belle-
fonte, to look after their interests at
the hearing today, if they are held for
that. Latest advices from Lock Ha-
ven are in effect that the authorities
are working on another clue and it is
possible something may develop that
will clear the Centre county men of
suspicion.
Lt. Col. Wilbur F. Leitzel Decorated
With a Distinguished Service
Cross.
The first soldier of the late war, or
to be more exact, of any war, to have
the honor of being decorated in Centre
county by a representative of the War
Department is Lt. Col. Wilbur F.
Leitzell, who distinguished himself in
France, while in command of the
Boal Machine Gun Troop. The story of
Col. Leitzell’s brilliant service is
known to all readers of the “Watch-
man.”
On Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock
the simple, though memorable cere-
mony was enacted on the plateau in
front of the officer’s club of the 28th
Division U. S. A., at Boalshurg, the
home of the old Boal troop and now
the barracks of the Boal machine gun
troop of the National Guard. The
troop was formed in a hollow square
as a back-ground and opposite was the
group of officers present. Among
them were Lt. Col. Theodore Davis
Boal, Lt. Col. Comley, Lt. Col. Ellis,
Lt. Col. W. F. Reynolds, Maj. Thomp-
son, Maj. Welty, Maj. H. Laird Cur-
tin and Capt. Frederick Reynolds, of
Bellefonte troop; Capt. McKinney, of
the Tyrone troop, and Capt. Soule, of
the Boal troop.
Col. Comley, commandant of ca-
dets at The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, had been commissioned fo per-
sonally decorate Col. Leitzell and after
making the presentation speech pin-
ned the beautiful Cross on the left
breast of the veteran. Felicitations
followed, of course, and then the en-
tire assemblage was invited to mess
in the company mess hall, where ar-
my food was served to all. Following
that a reception was held in the bar-
racks and it was well into the night
before the last of those who had gath-
ered as witnesses of the unusual cer-
emony departed.
emma freee.
——Lieut. Col. Rowland B. Ellis
was in Bellefonte on Monday and that
evening made an official inspection of
Troop L, First Pennsylvania cavalry.
The Colonel came to Bellefonte from
Boalsburg where on Saturday even-
ing he inspected the machine gun
troop of the First cavalry.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—John H. Beck, of Nittany, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Tuesday and a caller at
this office.
—Miss Ruth Coxey will be succeeded at
the Abramsen Engineering Co. by Miss
Ruth Waite.
—Miss Rachel Shuey is visiting with
friends in Emporium. Miss Shuey left
Bellefonte Wednesday.
—Judge Henry C. Quigley is again hold-
ing court in Pittsburgh, expecting to be
there until the latter part of next week.
—Mrs. Burd, of Millheim, was in Belle-
fonte for the week-end and the early part
of the week, a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Ebon Bower.
—Mrs. Laura MacNeil, of Haddonfield,
New Jersey, expects to come to Bellefonte
this week for a visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Wilkinson, at her home on Allegheny
street.
—Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler are at the
Chalfont, Atlantic City, having left Belle-
fonte Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Spangler al-
ways spend the late winter either in the
South or at the Shore.
—Mrs. Frank E. Wieland, of Linden
Hall, one of the most progressive women
of the county, spent Friday in Bellefonte,
in the interest of her club work, and look-
ing after some business.
—Messrs., William Bottorf, Edward 1.
Owens and H. P. Shaffer were in Phila-
delphia this week attending the annual
convention of the Retail Hardware Deal-
er's Association of Pennsylvania.
—Mrs. Amos Cole spent last week in
Bellefonte with Mr. Cole's sister, Mrs. Har-
old Kirk, on the farm just east of town.
Mr. Cole drove over for a day’s visit, Sun-
day, Mrs. Cole accompanying him on the
return drive to Lewistown in the evening.
—Miss Belle Lowery, of McKeesport, who
is a guest at the John M. Keichline home
on Bishop street, has been in Bellefonte
for two weeks, Miss Lowery is a former
resident of the town, leaving here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lowery sev-
eral years ago.
—Hugh N. Crider went to Atlantic City
this week, to spend a few days there with
his father, ¥. W. Crider, and to accompa-
ny him to Bellefonte Tuesday. Mr. Crider
has been greatly benefitted by his stay at
the Shore and will come home much im-
proved in health.
—Miss Jeannette Cooke has arranged to
leave Bellefonte this month to enter the
hospital for crippled children in Atlan-
tic City, to go in training as a nurse. Miss
Cooke’s greatest happiness is to be with
children, consequently intends that her
life work shall be among them.
—Miss Anna M. Miller left Bellefonte
Saturday, called to Salona by the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. James Tate, who
is now a surgical patient in the Lock Ila-
ven hospital. Miss Miller, who is in charge
of Dr. Locke's offices, wili be away from
Bellefonte for an indefinite time.
—Mrs. John M. Keichline spent the
week-end in Petersburg, with the family
of her son, Dr. John M. Keichline, who is
spending a month on special work at Bat-
tle Creek. Mrs. Keichline was accompan-
ied to Petersburg by her grand-daughter,
Susanne, who had been in Bellefonte for a
visit of three weeks.
—Frank B. Krebs, who farms what is
known as No. 3 farm on the back road to
State College, was a “Watchman” office
visitor yesterday, and about the only
trouble he has now is plowing through the
mud read a mile or two between his home
and the state road, but he generally man-
ages to get through all right.
—Mrs. Robert Denning, of Oswego, Kan-
sas, has been in Bellefonte this week speund-
ing several days with her aunt, Miss Al-
ice Wilson. Mrs, Denning, who before her
marriage was Miss Nan Elliott, is on.her
way to New York, and will leave today to
join Mr. Denning there, expecting to sail
at once on a trip to the Canal Zone and
the Southern islands.
—W. W. McCormick, of Potters Mills,
was a “Watchman” office caller on Tues-
day while in town looking after some bus-
iness matters. Considering the fact that
he does not live overly far from Belle-
fonte and right on the bus line running
past his door every day no one can accuse
Mr. McCormick of very much running to
the conuty seat, as it has been a year
within one week since his last visit here.
—M. RR. Johnson, who had been in Belle-
fonte with his family over Sunday, return-
ed to Altoona Tuesday, to resume his
treatments of static electric massage with
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Mallory. When first
going to Altoona seven weeks ago, Mr.
Johnson was thought to be in a serious
condition but has improved so rapidly
under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Mallory,
that he is now well along toward a com-
plete recovery.
—Miss Anna V. Williams, of Charles-
ton, W. Va.,, was a business visitor in
Bellefonte the early part of the week, hav-
ing come here from DuBois, where she at-
tended the funeral of her brother, John
Williams, Miss Williams was at one time
the very efficient editress of the Philips-
burg Ledger but gave it up before the
high prices of paper and help had a
chance to cause her sorrowful days and
sleepless nights.
—Mrs. J. E. Ward has had as a guest
this week Miss Margaret Foster, who came
here on Tuesday from Buffalo, N. Y.,
where she has been living with her sister,
Mrs. Bitzell, since the death of her moth-
er. Mr. Bitzell has purchased an insur-
ance business at Dillsburg, York county,
and is moving his family there. Miss Fos-
ter spent several days in Bellefonte, going
from here to Aaronsburg where she will
visit friends then go east to join her sis-
ter and family at Dillsburg.
—Miss Maude Aldrich, who spent the
early part of the week in Bellefonte, speak-
ing in the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening, in the High school and Academy
Monday, and in the High school at State
College, Tuesday, on Moral Welfare, was a
most pleasing and interesting talker, pre-
senting her subject in such a way as to
leave a pronounced impression on the
younger generation. It is altogether prob-
able that Miss Aldrich will be brought
back to this community at an early date.
—George W. Sherry, who for more than
a quarter of a century looked after the wel-
fare of the traffic on the Lewisburg and Ty-
rone railroad by seeing that the track was
kept in perfect shape on his division, until
his retirement four months ago, was a
“Watchanm” office caller on Tuesday, and
incidentally remarked that it was his first
trip down town in several weeks, he hav-
ing been housed up by an attack of rheu-
matism. But he is enjoying his relaxa-
tion from hard labor and avers that he is
now getting real pleasure out of living.
—Herbert Beezer went to Philadelphia
this week, with plans for a course at the
Pierce Business College.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bloom, Bellefonte
R. F. D., left Tuesday morning for Balti-
more to consult specialists concerning
Mrs. Bloom's health.
—J. C. Barnes, the hustling milk dealer
of Pleasant Gap, paid the “Watchman” of-
fice a visit last Saturday evening and en-
rolled as a regular subscriber to this pa-
per.
—DMr. I. M. Harvey, of State College,
spent Saturday evening in Bellefonte and
after attending to a little personal busi-
ness had time left to visit the motor show
in the armory.
—Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Huff, of Hoboken,
N. J., were called to Bellefonte last week
by the serious illness of Mrs. Huff’s fath-
er, Henry Loveland, a surgical patient at
the Bellefonte hospital.
A Modest Beginning.
A year or more ago Guy Bonfatto
opened a fruit stand in the Arcade on
Hight street. Really it could scarce-
ly be dignified with the name even of
stand, for all we recall he had was two
boxes of oranges, a bunch of bana-
nas and a few heads of lettuce. There
were no counters, no scales, no wrap-
ping paper nor anything else to indi-
cate that Guy had had a cent to invest
in fixtures.
Walk into his place today and you'll
see a well appointed fruit store.
Shelves stocked with goods and the
floors pyramided with fresh fruit and
vegetables for almost every table re-
quirement. How has he done it? He
came to Bellefonte from Renovo,
where he had been the motive power
of a push-cart ice cream enterprise up
to the time he was called into the
government service. Three of his
brothers were in the Italian army and
being a naturalized American citizen
Guy went to France to fight for Uncle
Sam. He was over there nine months
and while he was in action most of the
time he was luckier than his brothers,
for two of them were wounded. He
came home with fifty dollars in cash
and a ten thousand dollar life insur-
ance policy, which he very sensibly
declared he is going to hold onto even
though a lot of well meaning but mis-
guided friends have advised him to
drop it.
But to get back to the answer to
the query: How has he converted
that primitive fruit stand into an up to
the minute fruit and produce store?
In the revealing of that secret lies a
lesson to every boy and girl who reads
this. He has had nothing handed to
him. He has been handicapped by
partial unfamiliarity with our lan-
guage and especially when starting he
had to allay a suspicion that he was
not dealing fairly that arose out of
some mistakes in computation that
were made because he really hadn’t
learned to calculate and make change
readily. All of these liabilities he
fought against and overcame. Hust-
ling all day long he strove to make
his wares look attractive, seemingly
never tired and always cheerful. Then
when a big day’s work was done, and
others of us would think we had earn-
ed rest, he would get into a truck and
use up many of the night hours on a
trip to Lock Haven where he would
meet a car of fruit or vegetables from
the south and be back with the load
in time to open up again next morn-
ing.
It has been a killing pace that that
boy has been going but when we come
to think of how some other men in
Bellefonte, who are taking it easy
now, got theirs we recall that they
went this same killing pace in their
younger days and they are nearing
and over seventy in fairly fit condi-
tion today.
Enthusiastic; hard work, and no
magic wand, has turned Guy Bonfat-
to’s poor little stand of a year or more
ago into a very prosperous business.
And we miss our guess if that for-
eign born boy isn’t going to be a rich
man some day.
He wholesales both fruit and vege-
tables and for that reason you can al-
most count on getting anything in
those lines that are in season at his
place any time you call.
In Society.
Miss Rhoads, Mrs. Weston, Mrs.
William Gray, and her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Green, entertained the Belle-
fonte Chapter of the D. A. R., at the
Episcopal parish house last night, it
being the regular February meeting
of the Chapter.
Mrs. Benjamin Bradley Jr., will be
hostess tonight at a birthday anni-
versary party, given at her home on
Spring street.
Mrs. H. C. Yeager was among the
hostesses this week, entertaining at
her home on Spring street, Wednesday
night.
Cards will be in play at the even-
ing party to be given by Miss Ada-
line Olewine tonight, at her home on
Spring street.
Miss Martha Haines entertained a
few of her most intimate friends at a
birthday party, Friday night of last
week.
The women of the P. O. S. of A.
gave a very successful “poverty par-
ty” last night, in their lodge hall in
the Potter-Hoy building. A number
of guests were there who aided the
women greatly in their merry making.
Wanted.—Waitresses for dining
room and restaurant. Apply at Bush
House office. 6-tf
Sale Register.
MARCH 10, 1921—At the residence of D, M.
Kline on the Lewistown pike, just south
of Axe Mann, a elean-uh sale of his full
line of farm implements, horses, cattle
and hogs. Sale starts at 9
Frank Mayes, Auctioneer. *
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