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Bellefonte, Pa., April 1, 1921.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——This is All Fool’s day.
——A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ogden Malin, last week, at the Belle-
fonte hospital.
——The ladies of the Lutheran
church will continue their bake sale at
Olewine’s hardware store tomorrow
(Saturday).
——“Slim” Lewis is back in the
government airmail service and made
his first flight from New York to
Cleveland on Monday.
——Harvey’s. greater minstrels
drew a fair crowd at the opera house
on Monday evening and gave a very
creditable performance.
——Among the marriage licenses
issued at Hagerstown, Md., last week
was one to Theodore Lindquist and
Miss Lavera Hockenberry, both of
Bellefonte.
Brown and Toner have booked
“Way Down East” for appearance at
the opera house on Monday and Tues-
day, April 18th and 19th, for both
night and matinee performances.
.——At a meeting of the State-Cen-
tre Electric company held in this place
last Saturday the stockholders decid-
ed to accept Mr. H. J. Thompson's
resignation as general superintendent. '
——Judge Ellis L. Orvis last week
purchased the Mrs. Frank Warfield
house on the corner of Allegheny and
Curtin streets. The price paid was
$9,000, Mrs. Warfield reserving in her
own right the vacant lot to the east of
the residence.
If you are interested in an
electric sewing machine visit the Elec-
tric Supply company’s store (State-
Centre company building) tomorrow
afternoon at two o'clock. See partic-
ulars in big advertisement on page
five of this issue of the “Watchman.” |
——Wilbur W. Tibbens, who farms
the Shugert farm at the fish hatchery
' the work done.
What Will the Poor Horse Do?
From away out in Downs, Kansas,
comes a wail of lament from the far-
mers because the last livery stable
was nailed up several weeks ago and
now the farmers driving to town have
not a single place wherein to stable a
horse or get a feed for the animal.
But conditions in Downs are not un-
like those in nine tenths of the cities
and towns in the United States. The
automobile has driven the horse to the
wall, as it were, and livery stables
have been turned into garages. Twen-
ty years ago, or even fifteen, for that
matter, almost every alley in the bus-
iness section of Bellefonte housed two
or three livery stables, with probably
a total equipment of upwards of a
hundred horses and all kinds of rigs.
Today the only stable in town is Geiss’
livery and its capacity is quite limited.
There are also other phases of the
question that are already perplexing
to the owner of horses. Last Satur-
day a boy brought two horses to Belle-
fonte from out in the country to have
them shod and when seen by the writ-
er about the middle of the afternoon
he was still hunting a place to have
There was a day not
many years ago when Bellefonte had
half a dozen blacksmith shops where
horseshoeing was done, and the smith-
ies were all eager for the work. To-
day there are only two shops in the
town where horseshoeing is a regular
part of the work, all the others having
-——April 15th is the day when the
fishing season opens. Get your fish-
ing boots here. Big assortment at
special prices, $5.50 ‘and $6.95.—
Cohen & Co. 13-1t
——Dr. and Mrs. John C. C. Beale,
of Overbrook, Philadelphia, are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the birth
of a daughter, Laura Lacy Beale, on
March 22nd. Dr. Beale is the son of
Mrs. Mary Moore Beale, formerly of
Zion, Centre county, and the late Rev.
David J. Beale, D. D.
——The Frank Clemson family left
Bellefonte Wednesday to return to
their farm up Buffalo Run valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemson have been oc-
cupying the L. H. Musser home on
Howard street, while Mr. and Mrs.
Musser have been on their farm near
Eagleville. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Stine
have leased one of the C. E. Cooke
apartments on Bishop street, and will
vacate the McDermot house now own-
ed by T. R. Hamilton, the first of
April.
——A remittance which we have
just received from Mrs. John Spang-
ler, of Centre Hall, covers a period of
sixty years during which she and her
lamented husband have been continu-
ous subscribers and readers of the
“Watchman.” When it is considered
that this paper is only a little over
sixty-five years old Mrs. Spangler has
been turned into automobile repair
shops. And that condition prevails
not only in Bellefonte but in many of
the smaller towns. And the deplora-
ble fact is that most of the smithies
today who do horseshoeing are men
well past the middle age and whose
days of active work are drawing near
the end. Young men these days are
not learning the trade. In fact they
are not learning any trade that pre-
cludes them from drawing big wages
from the day they start in work, and
; the result will be that horse owners :
will soon be compelled to do their own
shoeing.
It is just about the same with hai- |
ness making. The James Schofield
'known it from infancy and the fact
| that she writes that she hopes to read
! it as long as she lives we regard as a
(rather unusual compliment. Mrs.
| Spangler is now ninety-three years
| old, well and hearty, and we trust that
i she will be spared and retain all of her
| faculties for many years to come.
| ——In a week or so the “Watch-
!man” will begin the new serial “Bull
' Dog Drummond.” If you like a story
with real thrills, clever detective work
‘and just a bit of love, don’t fail to
! start this one. We have read all of
| Openheim’s stories and our candid
opinion is that this story is quite as
i interesting as any of that master hand
‘shop in Bellefonte and the D. A.!at mystery making. We want to know
distinguished himself and celebrated | Boozer shop in Centre Hall are the Whether readers of the “Watchman”
|
Easter Sunday by eating twenty-eight
eggs. Nine for breakfast, eleven for |
dinner and eight for supper was the |
champion laid them away.
—From 86 degrees above zero on |
Sunday to 22 above on Tuesday morn- !
ing, a drop of 64 degrees, is a most de-
cided variation in climatic conditions,
but that’s what the tail end of March
gave us. Fortunately the fruit trees
are hardly far enough along to be hurt
by Tuesday morning’s freeze, and
perhaps that will be the last ieal cold
wave..
While the dates are yet some
time in the future keep in mind the
fact that the Bellefonte Academy min-
strels this year are booked for May
19th and 20th, and that their benefit
will be the firemen of Bellefonte. All
organizations should keep the dates
in mind and not book anything that
will interfere with the Academy min-
strels.
The theatrical season is draw-
ing to a close but motion pictures can
be seen at the Scenic every evening
during the week. The Scenic has an
all-the-year-around season, with the
newest and best pictures obtainable,
so that the people of this community
will always have a place where they
can enjoy good entertainment and
amusement.
Coal has taken another decided
drop in Bellefonte and if the fall in!
price continues often enough it will
get down to pre-war prices. Of
course, to do that the miners will also
have to come down to pre-war wages.
See the advertisement of the Belle-
fonte Fuel & Supply company in’
another column for new prices on all |
kinds of coal.
A meeting of the Seventh dis-
trict Sunday school association will be
held in the Pleasant Gap Lutheran |
church on Thursday, April 7th. There |
will be two sessions, afternoon and
evening. Two state workers will be
present, namely: Miss Lemon and
Mrs. McGirk, both of whom will ad-
dress the meeting. A full attendance
of Sunday school workers from the
district is desired.
There was no scarcity of Eas-
ter eggs in Bellefonte this year, and !
the price was within the reach of all.
In the stores of Bellefonte the price
asked Saturday morning was 33 cents
but by evening it had dropped to 28
cents. On the street, however, eggs
were offered by farmers for 25 and
even as low as 20 cents. Large sup-
plies of eggs were laid in and a num-
ber of dealers had crates of them left
over.
Capt. William H. Fry, of Pine
Grove Mills, received the unwelcome
news yesterday that his son, William
H. Fry, Jr., of Tacoma, Wash., had
met with quite a serious accident with
the result that he is in the hospital
with a broken arm and badly injured
back. No information was received
as to how the accident occurred. The
information received, however, did not
convey the impression that his condi-
tion is considered critical.
A number of prizes are in store
for those school children of Centre
county who take an interest in outdoor
life. The Centre County Conserva-
tion Association is anxious to find out
how much the children know about
the woods and the fields, birds, etc.,
and is offering prizes for essays, exhib-
its, etc. Turn to page six of this issue
of the “Watchman” and read the com-
plete list of what is wanted, then
make up your mind to capture one or
more of the prizes. Fuller details as
to prizes, etc, will be announced
later.
| main here and survive the winter they |
only two in the county, outside of
sively to supplying the farmer’s needs | >
order in which this gastronomical in gears, harness and all manner of | son we would like all of You to start,
{ horse equipment, and when Mr. Scho- | “Bull Dog Drummond.” We know if
field retires from active work, which
he is liable to do in a year or so, will |
there be anybody qualified to take his !
place?
Of course the universal use of the
automobile is excuse for the disap-
pearance of the livery stable, and the!
big wages paid to ordinary labor is the .
reason young men do not learn such
trades as blacksmithing and harness- |
making, and as it looks now the time
is not far distant when the poor horse
will be in a woeful predicament. :
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'of farm labor
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. the Edward Wolf family. Sitting on
"er occupants of the porch were injur-
, really appreciate a good serial, for if .
Philipsburg, perhaps, devoted exclu- | they do not we shall devote the space
to other reading matter. For this rea-
you start it you’ll finish it, then let us
have your opinion as to whether you !
would rather have had the same space
devoted to the service of miscellane-
ous reading.
——The learned men at the head of
the agricultural department at The
Pennsylvania State College announce
that there is no evidence of a shortage
this spring, judging
from the very few applications they
have had for agricultural students.
As a matter of fact, judging from re-
Centre County Being Stocked With perts from various sections of the
Texas Quail, |
A consignment of two hundred
Texas quail arrived in Bellefonte on
Tuesday afternoon in charge of game
protector Charles Batchelor, of Phil-
ipsburg, for stocking purposes in this’
part of the county. One of the birds
got out of a crate at the depot and to |
keep it company another one was re- |
leased. Fifteen of the birds were tak- |
en to Unionville by Dr. Van Valin and
released there. The others were tak- |
en out into the country adjacent to: tories may shut down and railroads re- | Virginia.
Bellefonte and released at different | duce their functioning power but old place at six o’clock, was performed by
places. The consignment was valued ; Mother Earth will always furnish grub ' the bride’s pastor, Dr. W. K. McKin-
at four hundred dollars.
The importation of Texas quail into |
Pennsylvania is an experiment being |
tried by the State Game Commission |
in an effort to restock Pennsylvania |
with this well known game bird.
Whether the Texas species can become
acclimated to this northern region re-
mains to be seen. The birds have been
brought here at the right time for
nesting and hatching out young and
if they survive the change in climatie
conditions will likely stay here during
the season. If their hatching season
proves fruitful of results bird hunt-
ers next fall ought to refrain from
shooting the birds. Then if they re-
will form the nucleus of a future;
quail supply in this section of the
State.
Bellefonte Trust Company in New
Location.
The Bellefonte Trust company took
advantage of the Good Friday holiday
last Friday to move into their new
quarters in the Harter building on the
north side of the court house yard,
and were all fixed up for business at
the opening of the bank at nine
o'clock on Saturday morning. While
a little bit crowded they are in shape
to do business just as usual. The con-
tractors who will have charge of the
work of remodeling their old building,
will begin work immediately.
Up to this time George Carpeneto
has not been able to secure a suitable
place to move his pool room, and as he
will have to vacate his present room
next Monday he may be compelled to
store his stuff. As soon as he vacates
the room it will be put in shape for
The Index stationery store, but it will
probably be several weeks before that
can be moved.
Doll’s Ice Plant to Change Owners.
George A. Kelley, who the past year
has operated the ice plant along the
state highway under an article of
agreement with the owner, George
Doll, has purchased the plant outright.
The price paid was ten thousand dol-
lars. It is just possible that Mr. Kel-
ley will improve, and possibly enlarge
the plant to meet any and all demands
made for his product.
county, there is a decided back to the
(farm movement this spring on the
part of young men and middle aged
men who quit the farm several years
‘ago and flocked to the industrial cen-
tres to get a slice of the big money
passed out in the pay envelopes every
two weeks. Now that the shut-downs
' science in vocational schools,
~ex-sheriff and Mrs. W. Miles Walker,
and weeding out process have thrown |
many of these men out of work what
is more natural than that they should
return to the farms, where they are
at least certain of a good living. Fac-
Mary, was united in marriage to Mr.
to the man willing to‘earn it by the
sweat of his brow.
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In Society.
Miss Estelle Grauer was hostess at
a dinner of eight covers, given Friday
night at her home on Linn street.
Miss Grauer, who was home from Ce-
dar Crest for the spring vacation, re-
turned to college Tuesday.
Announcement has been made that
daughter of Mr. and Mrs A. Carson
Stamm, to Alan Prescott Tappan, of
Mansfield, Ohio, will take place April
22nd, in Grace Methodist church, Har-
risburg.
An evening party given by Miss
Thelma Hazel, Monday, in compliment
to her house guest, Miss Lois Porter,
of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was one of
the after Lenten social events. Miss
Porter is a college friend of Miss Ha-
zel and was here for her Easter vaca-
tion, a guest of Miss Hazel and Miss
Mildred Wagner.
Vintena Stock Transferred.
Some months ago when the proper-
ty of the late Miss Mary Ammerman
was offered at public sale the “Watch-
man” recorded the fact that among
the personal property was a large
quantity of Vintena, a patent medi-
cine at one time manufactured in
Bellefonte out of port wine and a
slight percentage of various ingredi-
ents. The Bellefonte Trust company
was appointed administrator of the
estate and when the properties were
sold at public sale the Vintena was
held over, as there is no provision un-
der the Volstead act whereby it can
be sold.
The “medicine” has been stored in
the basement of the Ammerman block
purchased by C. E. Cooke but on Wed-
nesday the stuff was moved to the
room in the Bellefonte Trust compa-
ny building formerly occupied by
Smith’s tailor shop. There were over
fifteen hundred loose bottles of it and
a large number of cases, or approxi-
mately two thousand bottles in all. As
they are pint bottles this would mean
in the neighborhood of two hundred
and fifty gallons of Vintena in the
stock, the principal part of which is
port wine,
the wedding of Miss Maude Stamm, |
of Bloomsburg. Miss Hunter, who
Bad Automobile Mixup.
Shortly before three o’clock on Sun-
day afternoon Dr. W. U. Irwin was |
driving out Pine street in his car and
Edward G. Gfrerer, of Axe Mann, was ;
coming into town. Both drivers were
on their side of the highway but at-
tempted to pass each other without |
sufficient margin with the result that !
the wheels of the machines bumped
together and the Gfrerer car was
thrown across the road and ran up on-
to the porch of the house occupied by
the porch were Mrs. Wolf and chil-
dren, and Misses Carrie Anderson and
Blanche Houser, or eight people in all.
The car not only broke off one of
the posts supporting the porch roof
but ran into the side of the house. The
chair on which Miss Anderson was
sitting was smashed into kindling
wood and that young lady was thrown
off the porch. She sustained a badly
bruised and contused arm and a num-
ber of body bruises but fortunately
no serious injuries. None of the oth-
ed but how they escaped is one of
those miraculous occurrences beyond
the ken of man.
Of course, the women screamed and
that, with the crash of cars, was easi-
ly heard over at the hospital and in
the belief that there was a serious ac-
cident three nurses hurried to the
scene, but fortunately there was little
demand for their services.
While the crowd which quickly |
gathered was still there a stranger |
came along in a Ford car in which
there were two men, a woman and sev- ;
eral children and the driver was so oc- !
cupied watching the crowd that he
failed to see where he was going and
drove his car up onto the curbing in,
front of the Blaine Mabus residence.
Several men caught the car and kept |
it from falling over on its side until |
the occupants got out when it was |
backed onto the street again. |
Both the Dr. Irwin and the Gfrerer
cars were pretty badly damaged and
had to be hauled in for repairs.
Foye—Hunter.—Bellefonte friends
of Miss Nancy D. Hunter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hunter, of
Bellefonte, will be interested in learn-
ing that she was married in Williams-
port on Monday to Mr. Edward Foye,
has been located in Bloomsburg the
past year as supervisor of domestic
spent
Easter in Bellefonte, being accompan-
ied by Mr. Foye. They left here on
the 1:27 p. m. train Monday afternoon
and proceeded to Williamsport where
the marriage ceremony was perform-
ed. The first knowledge her parents
had of her marriage was on Wednes-
day afternoon, when they received a
telephone message announcing the |
fact.
Mr. Foye is connected with the Cat-
awissa Shoe Manufcturing compa-
ny located in Bloomsburg, and it is
there they will make their future
home, Mrs. Foye, however, intending
to complete her year’s work in the
Bloomsburg vocational school.
Numbers—Walker.—The home of
on east Linn street, was the scene of
a quiet wedding on Monday evening
when their daughter, Miss Lillian
Albert Numbers, of Charleston, West
The ceremony, which took
ney, of the Presbyterian church, in the
presence of only the immediate mem-
bers of the two families. A wedding
dinner followed the ceremony and lat-
er Mr. and Mrs. Numbers left on the
8:10 p. m. train for Washington and
other points of interest enroute to
their home in Charleston, West Vir-
ginia, where the bridegroom is gener-
al manager for the Virginian Rubber
company. Out of town guests includ-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Numbers, father and
mother of the bridegroom; Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Decker and little daughter
Jean, all of Woodbridge, N. J.
Blair—Hartman.—Paul M. Blair, a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blair, of
Fillmore, and Miss Sarah E. Hartman,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. B.
Hartman, of Bellefonte, were united
in marriage at the Methodist parson-
age on east Linn street, Bellefonte, at
two o’clock last Saturday afternoon
by the pastor, Rev. Alexander Scott.
Both young people are well known
and highly esteemed in their respec-
tive communities and have many
friends who extend best wishes for
their future happiness.
Smith—Reese.—M. J. Smith, of Ty-
rone, and Miss Emma Reese. of Port
Matilda, were married at the home
of the bride’s parents at Port Matil-
da on Wednesday of last week. Miss
Reese has for several years been one
of Tyrone’s most successful school
teachers. The young couple will be
at home to their friends at Mount
Union on and after June first.
Emel—Spicer.—James S. Emel and
Miss Nellie E. Spicer, both of Belle-
fonte, were married at the United
Brethren parsonage on Saturday
afternoon by the pastor, Rev. George
E. Smith.
——Easter Sunday in Bellefonte
was an ideal day in every respect; in
fact it was probably the warmest
27th day of March experienced in this
section in years. The result was a
general display of new feminine ap-
parel—spring styles in all shapes and
colors, and probably every woman
who had a new hat or gown managed
to get out some time during the day
to show it.
: sition of librarian at the Normal
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Margaret Nighthart has return-
ed home from a visit with relatives in
Philadelphia. :
—Miss Thora Shaffer,
spent the week-end in Bellefonte as a guest
of Miss Rachel Shuey.
—Dr. Elois Meek will come from Cornell
next week to spend her Easter vacation of
a week with the family in Bellefonte,
—Mrs. Harvey Hoy, of Niagara Falls,
and her son Harold are visiting with Mr.
Hoy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hoy, of
Allegheny street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Lochrie, of Wind- |
ber, were guests over Easter of Mrs. Loch-
rie’s mother and aunt, Mrs. Helen Malin
Shugert and Miss Sara Malin.
—Judge Henry C. Quigley, who is hold- :
ing court in Philadelphia, spent Easter at
his home in this place, returning to the
Quakes city on Sunday evening.
—DMiss Russie Cole has been in
fonte for her Easter vacation, coming
from Philadelphia, where she has been
studying voice culture during the winter.
—DMichael Hazel and Joseph McGowan
went to Pittsburgh the early part of the
week, to spend the greater part of the
month of April on some plumbing work in
the western penitentiary.
—Mrs. James W. Herron, accompanied
by her mother, returned to Bellefonte a
week ago from Pittsburgh,
Herron had been a surgical patient in one
of the Pittsburgh hospitals for a month.
Belle-
—DMrs. 8. Cameron Burnside was in Belle-
fonte for several days the early part of the
week, stopping here on her way home to
Philadelphia, after a visit of three months ‘
with her sister, Mrs. Comerford, in Canton, |
Ohio.
—Robert Wray will come to Bellefonte
this week, expecting to spend a day or
mere here with his family, who are visit-
Mrs. Sara
then return with them to Balti-
ing with Mrs. Wray’s mother,
Brown,
{ more, Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Herman, of Phila-
delphia, are visiting with Mrs. Herman's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weaver, and
her sisters, Mrs. Edward Gehret and Mrs.
Love. Mr. and Mrs. Herman came to
Bellefonte a week ago for a ten day’s stay.
—The Hon, and Mrs. J. Will Kepler, of
Pine Grove Mills, were among the visitors
to Bellefonte Wednesday. Mr. Kepler had
been home for his customary week-end vis-
it and was returning to Johnstown, while
Mrs. Kepler had accompanied him on the
drive to Bellefonte.
—Helen and Jane Boyle, the two daugh-
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Boyle, of Ha-
zleton, were Easter guests of their grand-
mother, Mrs. C. D. Tanncor, at her apart-
ments in Petrikin hall. Helen and Jane
came to Bellefonte Thursday, remaining
here until Tuesday.
—Mrs. John Meese
Mrs. J. Will Conley are expected in Belle-
fonte this week to open their house on
Logan street. Mrs. Meese and Mrs. Couley
have spent the greater part of the winter
i in Pittsburgh with Mrs. Conley’'s daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Wallis.
—Mrs. George T. Brew and her daugh-
ter Janet were Ilaster guests of relatives
in Bellefonte, coming here Thursday from
Indiana, where Mrs. Brew has held the po-
school
during the past year, Miss Janet being a
Junior in the household arts department.
—Miss Jennie Reifsnyder, who has been i
{ with friends in Califcrnia for the winter,
will return to her home in Millheim before
the middle of April. Leaving for the east
the early part of this week, Miss Reifsny-
der will stop in Indianapolis and Pitts- |
burgh, making short visits at both places.
—Thomas RR. Hayes has been spending
his Easter vacation in Dellefonte with his
mother, Mrs. RR. G. H. Hayes, who has heen
in the Bellefonte hospital since her arrival
home a week ago. Thomas accompanied
his mother home from Atlantic City, going
there from Lafayette, where he is at col-
lege.
—Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hughes went
to New York last week, Mr. Hughes being
called there to look after some business
interests, while Mrs. Hughes was on a
pleasure trip, expecting to join her sister,
Mrs. Dinges, who is there with friends.
Charles Hughes has also been east, going
to Philadelphia Monday on a business trip.
—Mrs. M. H. Brouse, Mrs. Ambrose M.
Schmidt, Mrs. George C. Butz and Mrs.
Jacob ¥. Hoy are in Williamsport this
week attending the annual meeting of the
Women’s Missionary society of the Re-
formed churches of West Susquehanna
Classis. The first three named ladies are
on the program for addresses during the
sessions of the society.
—Walter Rice and his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. "Amos Rice, both of Johnstown, and
his daughter, Mrs. Charles House, of Ak-
ron, Ohio, were over night guests early in
the week of Mr. Rice’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harper Rice and their son William.
Mr. Rice was on a business trip to Dix, in
the interest of the big sand plant which
is to be located there shortly.
—Mrs. W. H. Weaver and her small
daughter, Ruth Elizabeth, came here from
New Castle a week ago for a two week's
visit with Mrs. Weaver's mother, Mrs.
George Hockenberry, of State College.
Stopping for a day with her sister, Mrs.
Earl Gheret, at Axe Mann, Mrs. Weaver
was joined in Bellefonte Saturday by her
mother, accompanying her to State College
that day.
—Mr. David Bohn, of Linden Hall, spent
part of Friday in Bellefonte looking after
some business needing his attention. Mr.
Bohn is a “Watchman” semi-centenarian.
We were surprised when he said he had
been reading the paper for over fifty years
for he looked so young that we thought he
must have learned to read at a very early
age. He is 71 years old, however, and still
gets in a good day’s work on the highway,
where he is now employed.
—Mrs. James H. Potter, Mrs, William
K. McKinney, Mrs. A. B. Sutherland, Miss
Overton, Miss Mary H. Linn, Miss Annie
Shortlidge, Miss Anna McCoy, Miss Janet
Potter and Miss Edna Mallory, represent-
ed the Presbyterian church of Bellefonte
at the forty-seventh annual meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society of
the Huntingdon Presbytery, held in the
Second Presbyterian church at Altoona,
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
—Miss Mary Bradley returned from
Bradford last week for a short visit in
Bellefonte, the trip home at this time be-
ing made that she might take charge of the
choir and organ in the Episcopal church
for the Easter service. Miss Bradley's
health is not sufficiently improved to jus-
tify her in resuming her work, consequent-
ly she will go back to Bradford to remain
with her sister, Mrs. Riley, for an indefi-
nite time, .
of Emporium,
where Mrs. ;
and her daughter, |
—Miss Mary Quigley has been visiting =~
in Pittsburgh.
—Miss Carrie Neiman was in Bellefonte
yesterday doing some buying for her farm
on Dix run. Dany z =
—Miss Helen Stull, of Wyncote, visited
early in the week at the Bush house, a
' guest of Mrs. Lewis Daggett. =n
—Miss Mary Parker has been in Clear-
field during the past week visiting with
her aunt, Mrs. M. A. McGinness. g
—Mrs. Martin Hogan opened her home
at Unionville this week, going there from
Tyrone, where she had been with relatives
for the winter. ig
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—George Wolfe left Monday for Phila-
delphia, intending to spend a few days ,
there, before going to Florida for a visi
with his brother. ¥
—Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gardner, who have
been spending the winter with Mr. Gard-
ner’s sister, at Howard, have returned to
their farm at Mackeyville for the summer.
| —Mrs. Shultz, of Philadelphia, passed
through Bellefonte Tuesday, going down
; Nittany valley for a short visit with her
son, Leslie Gordon, on his farm near
Hecla.
—Mzr. and Mrs. Joseph Lose, of Philadel-
i phia, were in Bellefonte during the past
week spending a few days with Mrs. Lose’s
sisters, the Misses Curry and Mrs. Gross,
and with Mr. Lose’s mother, Mrs. George
Lose.
—DMrs. Rachel Harris will leave tomor-
row for a visit with her son George, in
; Baltimore, going from there to Hagers-
| town to spend some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Harris, before returning to
Bellefonte.
—DMrs. Mary Payne returned Friday from
;& two month's visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Paul Seanor, in Roanoke. Va. Mrs.
{ Payne was accompanied to Bellefonte by
. her grand-daughter, Jane Seanor and Miss
Margaret Jett.
—Mrs. Charles Moerschbacher returned
a week ago from Philadelphia, where she
had been under the care of eye specialists
{ for a month or more. The condition of
| Mrs. Moerschbacher's eyes, which had
been considered serious is very much im-
proved.
—Miss Mary Rankin, of Harrisburg ;
Miss Leila Robb, of Doylestown; Miss
Grace Showalter, of Johnsonburg; Fergu-
son Parker, of Pittsburgh; Jack Montgom-
ery, of Philadelphia, and Mahlon Eber-
hart, of Williamsport; Samuel Rhinesmith,
of Johnstown; John McNichol, at school at
Temple University, Philadelphia; Miss Bet-
ty Lockington, from Juniata College, and
Miss Ethel Dale, of Philadelphia, all spent
the Easter day with their parents in
Bellefonte.
Wetzler’s Band Gave Concert at the
Western Penitentiary.
The five hundred or more prisoners
at the western penitentiary at Rock-
. view had an unexpected treat on Sun-
day in the shape of a concert by I.
Frank Wetzler’s famous band, of
Milesburg. The band was taken up to
' Rockview in two big busses furnished
by Bellefonte citizens, the trip having
"been arranged for by Dr. W. K. Mec-
‘Kinney, who has been holding reli-
' gious services at the penitentiary dur-
| ing the absence of Chaplain T. W.
Young.
The services were held in the big
dormitory and the prisoners almost to
,@ man listened with close attention to
i Dr. McKinney’s sermon. At the close
i of the religious services Mr. Wetzler
i marshalled his band and proceeded to
fill the big dormitory with some of
that organization’s choicest music.
Mr. Wetzler selected as his closing
piece a beautiful medley and as the
last strains of the music died away
the prisoners almost raised the roof of
the building with their applause and
the result was the band was compelled
to respond with several encores be-
fore the inmates were satisfied to
leave them go, and then only on the
promise that they would return again
some time. :
Easter Donations to the Bellefonte
Hospital.
The Bellefonte hospital authorities
acknowledge with many thanks very
liberal donations from St. John’s
Episcopal church parish guild, of
which Mrs. Mary Cole Heverly is
president, and from the public schools
of Bellefonte. The donation of the
parish guild was as follows:
dozen infants slips.
dozen infants petticoats.
dozen infants shirts. ;
dozen infants bands. ~
65 diapers. :
6 dozen safety pins (large).
4 dozen safety pins (small).
2 infants kimonas.
2 pairs infants socks.
The donation from the public
schools included the following:
1135 bushels potatoes; 1 bushel apples;
41 dozen eggs; 30 jars canned fruit; 13 jars
canned vegetables; 120 glasses jelly; 9
pounds rice; 3 boxes jello; 6 pounds co-
coa; 1 pound raisins; 1 pound tapioca; 1
jar peanut butter; 9 boxes post toasties;
2 boxes puffed wheat; 1 box shredded
wheat; 1 box cream of wheat; 8 pounds
rolled oats; 1 pound hominy; 9 pounds
sugar; 1 pound prunes; 1 pound coffee; 3
pounds beans; 1 jar relish.
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A flue fire at the home of R.
Russell Blair, on east Linn street, re-
sulted in calling out the fire depart-
ment on Monday evening but fortu-
nately the firemen’s services were not
needed. Earlier in the afternoon there
was a flue fire on the building occu-
pied by Peter Mangino on High street,
but no damage resulted.
——Special for Saturday, April
2nd only, yard wide rag carpet, heavy
quality, 89 c. yd.—Cohen & Co. 13-1t
Sale Register.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5.—The sale and ex-
change at Geiss’ livery was a decided
success on March 21st. Everything was
sold at good prices. Another one will be
held on Tuesday, April 5th. Any person
having horses, cows, shoats, apples, po-
tatoes, furniture or other articles to sell
is urged to have them there early on
that date. 66-12-2¢
APRIL 9th.—At the residence of Mrs.
Frank Warfield, corner of Allegheny and
Curtin streets, Bellefonte, all kinds of
household goods. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m.
L. F, Mayes, auctioneer. : :
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