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Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1921.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Hear Rev. Bidlock at the Meth-
odist church on Sunday. A strong
speaker and always a message worth
while.
——Among the appropriations
which have received favorable recom-
mendation is one for $681,923 for the
western penitentiary.
Another cold wave Sunday
night and Monday retarded vegetation
but fortunately the mercury did not
get down to the freezing point.
——The Penn State track and field
team defeated Harvard in a close con-
test at their dual meet on Beaver field
on Tuesday by the score of 61 to 56.
———The condition of Dr. H. M. Hil-
ler, who was stricken with paralysis
two weeks ago, is slightly improved,
and everything possible known to
medical science is being done for his
relief.
Since the need for food is so
great in China, the Y. W. girls decid-
ed at a special meeting to give the fif-
ty dollars they made at their dance,
to the Chinese relief fund. Eleanor
Weston, president of the club, will
have charge of the Chinese life sav-
ing stamps for the town and county.
Any one can secure these stamps by
calling Miss Weston.
W. C. Rowe has resigned his
position as chief clerk at the Bush
house, a position he filled for a num- :
ber of years past, and W. Lester Mus-
ser has been secured by the manage-
ment as his successor. Inasmuch as
Mr. Musser was employed in a similar
capacity at the Bush house a number
of years ago the job is not new to
him and there is no question but that
he will make a good man for his em-
ployers.
The Lutheran Brotherhood will
meet tonight in the social rooms of
the church, at 6:30, when dinner will
be served. Prof. Weik’s High school
orchestra will furnish music. Captain
“Jack” Schoch, of Williamsport, who
has been intimately allied with mili-
tary life for twenty years, will speak
on “Through the Mud of France and
Still Smiling.” Chaplain Young will
tell some interesting things concern-
ing his recent trip to California.
strels are rounding into shape for
their annual entertainment on the
evenings of May 19th and 20th. The
fifteen young ladies of Bellefonte who
will take part will undoubtedly prove
a big drawing card. Many new fea-
tures will be introduced, while the
songs will all be new and the reper-
toire of: jokes and quips the best and
most appealing of and collected by the
Academy minstrels. Don’t forget the:
dates.
Work ‘on resurfacing the state
highway on Bishop, Allegheny and
Linn streets will be started by the
State Highway Department next Mon-
day morning at the corner of Alleghe-
ny and Bishop streets, working east
on Bishop street. During the work
that street will be closed to traffic.
The Department will also eliminate
that dangerous reverse curve on the
Nittany valley road beyond the avia-
tion field by cutting across the old
roadbed of the Nittany Valley railroad,
thus doing away with that dangerous
spot.
All persons who are cleaning
house and clearing out many articles
of furniture, clothing or utensils that
are of no further use to them should
keep in mind the rummage sale which
the women will have during the first
week in May. It will be held in the
Undine engine house and if you have
anything that could be used by some
one else less fortunately placed than
yourself call Mrs. Brouse or send it
to the Undine engine house, where it
will be pepared for the sale, the exact .
date of which will be announced next
week.
A convention of the county
Christian Endeavor Union will be held
in the United Brethren church, Belle-
fonte, on May 27th. Every Christian
Endeavor society in the county is urg-
ed to send one or more delegates.
Temporary officers of the Union were
elected at the reorganization meeting
held at Centre Hall in February, but
permanent officers will be: chosen at
.the convention to be held in May.
“This will be the first convention held
(Sinee 1916. E. R. Buller, a student at
«State College, is the present tempor-
ary chairman.
B ‘The “Watchman” has been in-
formed that a eall has been extended
Rev. M. DePue Maynard to become as-
sistant rector to Rev. Upton at the
Episcopal church in Germantown, but
‘whether he will accept or not remains
‘to be seen. It is also stated that a
delegation from a large Presbyterian
thurch in New York were present in
the Bellefonte Presbyterian church on
Sunday evening to hear Dr. McKinney
preach. Both gentlemen are such
able exponents of the Holy Truth that
their many friends would naturally
regret to see them leave Bellefonte.
Bellefonte and Pennsvalley will
be about as greatly isolated during
the summer as they were in the days
before railroads and automobiles.
According to an official notice pub-
lished in another column of this pa-
per the road over the mountain to
Centre Hall will be closed, at least,
until the first of August, and all traf-
fic will have to be by way of Lemont.
It is a big way around to get a short
distance but it is one of the incon-
veniences that the public must endure
if they want the public highways im-
proved, and that is one thing most
everybody wants these days.
The Bellefonte Academy min--
MANY FISH CAUGHT FIRST DAY.
Opening of Trout Season Yielded Good
Returns to Host of Fishermen.
Last Friday morning was ideal
weather for the opening of the trout
fishing season and about every man
and boy who owned a rod and line was
out trying his luck. And most of
them were out early, too, as is evi-
denced by the fact that passengers on
the Lewisburg train which left Belle-
fonte at 6:30 a. m. counted seventy-
six fishermen on Logan’s branch be-
tween the Titan Metal company’s
plant and the fish hatchery. And tak-
en as a whole that stream yielded the
poorest returns of any stream in this
section on the opening day, while
Spring creek offered up a bounteous
supply of the speckled beauties. In
fact, one fisherman told the writer
that it was literally speaking a shame
the way the trout were pulled out of
that creek on Friday.
To begin with the stream was un-
usually low and the trout had congre-
gated in the deepest pools they could
find and naturally there were many of
them in each pool, so that all a fish-
erman had to do was hunt a pool and
go to work. The trout bit freely and
a score of fishermen got the limit.
The trout ran in size from six to four-
i teen inches, but the majority were
from six to ten.
No unusually large catches were
made in the vicinity of Bellefonte, so
far as numbers are concerned, but the
banner catch of the day was made by
Frank Kern. While he got but elev-
en trout, fishing between the MecCal-
mont & Co. office and Milesburg, he
| got one which measured 23% inches
and weighed four pounds; another 18
inches long and one 16 inches. Dr.
| Kilpatrick got fourteen, his biggest
‘one being 16 inches. William Winton
| got twenty-two for his day’s work but
none of them exceedingly large.
Among those who got the limit up
Spring creek were Joseph Thal, Ray
Strunk, Ed Miller, Willis Shuey and
others whose names could not be
learned.
Of course quite a number of Belle-
fonters idealize Fishing creek as the
i dently the fame of this remarkable
stream has spread beyond the confines
of Pennsylvania, because on Thursday
evening a fully equipped fisherman ar-
rived in Bellefonte from Cumberland,
Md., and inquired how he could get to
Fishing creek. Of course that stream
was lined with fishermen on the open-
ing day and quite a number got the
limit... Among them were James C.
Furst, Charles M. McCurdy, George
R. Meek, W. C. Coxey, T. H. Harter
and others.
ILLEGAL FISHERMEN GIVEN HEAVY
: FINE.
Three fishermen from Uniontown,
namely, C. E. Cornish, Bryson Heath
and Lyman Roderick, were caught in
the act of fishing for trout in the clos-
ed portion of Spring creek just below
the falls on Monday night, and also
using’ outlines, were placed under ar-
rest on Tuesday morning and at a
hearing before ’Squire S. Kline Wood-
ring were each fined $120.00 and costs,
or a total of $385.50, which they paid.
The “Watchman” last week ex-
pressed the belief that most of the big
trout had been scooped out of the
“creek below the falls on Wednesday
"night of last week, thirty-six hours
before the opening of the trout fish-
ing season, and since then'the police
have kept a superficial watch over the
stream but failed to catch any one.
Monday night, or rather a little after
one o’clock on Tuesday morning Fred
Love, Russell Lambert and Gilbert
Waite came out of Moerschbacher’s
restaurant after eating a lunch and
noticed two men standing on the
bridge and acting in a rather suspi-
‘cious manner. Walking up onto the
bridge they discovered a man down in
the creek just below the falls.
Love and Waite walked out Water
street and just as they reached the
‘falls they saw the man pitch an out-
line out into the stream. In the mean-
| time Lambert went up town, hunted
‘up policeman Yerger and reported
| what they had seen. Mr. Yerger call-
ied the sheriff and they came down
| town just in time to see the three men
' enter the Bush house. They then went
| out to the falls and investigated, pull-
ing in the outline on which was one
sixteen inch trout.
Inquiry later developed the fact
that the three men had gone to bed at
the Bush house but a close watch was
kept until morning to see that they
didn’t get away. About six o’clock
the three men came out of the hotel
and went around to the Beatty garage
where they had their Ford car. They
were promptly recognized as the men
who were seen the night before and
the sheriff and policeman Yerger fol-
lowed them to the garage and placed
them under arrest.
They were taken to jail and later
information was made against the
three of them, charging them with
fishing in a closed stream and also
fishing with illegal devices. They
were taken for a hearing before
’Squire Woodring at ten o’clock in the
morning, but they all plead guilty to
the charge. In explanation they stat-
ed that they had been up in Lycoming
county on a fishing trip and had met
with poor luck. Coming to Bellefonte
on Monday afternoon they were at-
tracted to Spring creek by the “No
Fishing” signs and naturally walked
out along the creek. Seeing a few big
trout below the falls they decided to
stay over and run the risk of getting
some.
Of course, having plead guilty the
only thing the ’Squire could do was
impose the stipulated fine and costs,
$120.00 for each man and $25.50 costs,
or a total of $385.50. One of the fish-
ermen, by the way, Mr. Roderick,
, for the murder early in 1920 of Rosa-
| ings, but there was no evidence pro-
only place to go for trout, and evi- |
: at the various churches.
claimed to be a relative of State Sen-
ator Crow.
REWARD FOR INFORMANTS.
The members of the Sportsmen's
association of Bellefonte, are raising |
a purse which will be divided equally
between the three young men, Fred
Love, Russell Lambert and Gilbert
Waite, who detected the illegal fish-
ermen and notified the officers. :
——Don’t fail to see the demonstra- |
tion of the Westinghouse automatic
elecric range at the Electric Supply
Co., all this week. 16-1t
——That wonderful picture, “Way
Down East,” has come and gone and
most of the people in Bellefonte went
to see it. Of course all motion pic-
tures are not put out with the same
magnitude as “Way Down East” but
good pictures can be seen any night
at the Scenic. In fact they are the
best to be had and are sure to offer
two hours of entertainment every
evening.
——Antonio Insano, of Jefferson
county, was electrocuted at the Rock-
view penitentiary on Monday morning
rio Panzerello, having lain in wait in
the rear of his home and when Panze-
rello went to feed his pigs shot him.
Insanio claimed that Panzerello had
robbed him of $2,000, his life’s sav-
duced at the trial to show that his
story was correct.
——A forest fire recently burned
over 150 acres of State land and
about 100 acres of private owned land
in Gregg township, Centre county, ac-
cording to a report sent to the Penn-
sylvania Department of Forestry by
district forester Bartschat, of Milroy.
The flames were fanned by a high
wiind, and they were finally controlled
by forest rangers Smith and McKin-
ney and a crew of fifty men. The fire
started in the vicinity of Summit
road, and the damage is estimated at
$2,000.
Program for Children’s Week.
Sunday, April 24th, sermons on
“The Religious Nurture of the
Child.” The same afternoon a mass
meeting of the parents and all teach-
ers will be held in Petrikin hall at 3
o'clock. Rev. H. S. McClintock, of
Philipsburg, will address the meeting.
Mrs. Krader will have charge of the
music.
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
story hour for the children, at the
Lutheran church, to be followed by a
treat for the children. Wednesday
evening the congregational meeting
Friday night the pageant, “The
Rights of a Child,” scheduled to take
place in the Presbyterian church at 8
o'clock. No admission, but an offer-
ing will be lifted to defray expenses
of children’s treat. j
Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock all
Sunday school members are to meet
at their respective rooms and form for
parade. This parade will be headed
by the Odd Fellows band.
High School Athletics.
The plan to have more students
participate in athletics at the High
school is succeeding very well. By
means of the class baseball teams and
the track work, between sixty and
seventy-five boys take part, as against
fifteen for basket ball.
During the past week the Seniors
won their second game of class base-
ball by defeating the Juniors 3-0. On
Saturday the Varsity team went to
Centre Hall where they defeated the
strong High school team of that town
by the score of 8-7.
This week and next, with hope of
fair weather, both the track and base-
ball squads will work hard to prepare
for the coming contests. The former
are determined that the first county
track championship shall come to
Bellefonte on April 30th. The latter
are anxious to make up for the foot-
ball defeat given by State College last
fall, by winning the pair of baseball
games this spring. The first of these
will be at Bellefonte on May 4th.
c——————eeeteneeret—
State College Warmly Welcomed New
President.
Dr. John W. Thomas, the new presi-
dent of The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, arrived at that institution last
Friday, having made the trip from
Middlebury, Vt., by automobile, tak-
ing four days for the trip. The en-
tire student body lined up on the cam-
pus to greet the new president and
he made his initial speech to them
from the steps of Old Main. This
week Dr. Thomas has been busy get-
ting comfortably located in the pres-
ident’s house and making acquaint-
ance of members of the faculty and
students. He will naturally take
things a little easy at first until he
gets acquainted with the general rou-
tine of the president’s work at the
college.
While the date of his official inau-
guration as the new president has not
vet been set it will likely not be un-
til some time next fall, possibly either
on October 15th, the annual alumni
home coming day, or November bth,
Pennsylvania day. Dr. Thomas will
deliver the annual commencement ad-
dress in June and then go back to Mid-
dlebury College to deliver the annual
commencement address there.
Though Dr. Edwin Erle Sparks has
retired as president of the College he
will not be lost to that institution, but
has been assigned an honorable fac-
ulty chair as lecturer on American
history. He just recently returned to
the College - after spending several
months on a tour through southern
States.
ITALIAN STABBING AFFRAY.
Guy Bonfatto Slashed with Big Knife
by Charles Montzell.
Had it not been for the timely as-
sistance of Edward Eberhart we might
now be telling the story of a brutal
murder instead ‘of a serious stabbing
affray which took place on Tuesday
afternoon on east Lamb street. The
principals in the case were Guy Bon-
fatto, the little Italian who for the
past two years has so successfully
conducted a green gocery store in the
Bush Arcade, and Charlie Montzell,
another Italian, who was employed by
the American Lime and Stone compa-
ny until the plants were shut down
when he started a fish route in Belle-
fonte and later added fruits to his
stock in trade. This not only created
a rivalry between he and Bonfatto
but distinctly bad blood, as Montzell
blamed Bonfatto for interfering with
his trade.
Tuesday afternoon Bonfatto and
his clerk, Mike Corsica, were up on
east Lamb street making deliveries of
fruit and just as they stopped their
car in front of W. J. Musser’s house
Montzell with his old black horse and
spring wagon drove up from Linn
street. Seeing Bonfatto in the act of
taking a basket of fruit into the Mus-
ser home Montzell drew a big knife
and made for him. Bonfatto was tak-
en unawares and Montzell slashed
him before he had a chance to defend
himself. Corsica jumped out of the
car and ran to Bonfatto’s assistance
but could do very little to help him as
Montzell slashed and cut like a raving
maniac. Fortunately Edward Eber-
hart, who drives for Herr & Heverly,
drove up onto the street and he ran
to the rescue, wrenching the murder-
ous knife from Montzell’s hand and
then choking him until Bonfatto got
out of his clutches.
Corsica and Eberhart naturally
gave their first attention to Bonfatto,
who had received a bad cut on the
right side of the face down to the
point of the chin, a cut over the abdo-
men, one in the back and one on the
upper part of the right arm. Mont-
zell ran down Lamb street and up
Ridge and disappeared. In the mean-
time persons who saw the stabbing
telephoned for the sheriff and state
police and they promptly started on
the trail of the frenzied Italian. Bon-
fatto was hurriedly taken to a doc-
tor’s office and from there to the hos-
pital where his cuts were sewed up.
While serious enough they were for-
tunately found not critical and after
being given proper attention he re-
turned to his lodgings in the Bush Ar-
cade.
Montzell got away from the officers
and might still be at large had it not
been for the story of a woman living
on Reservoir hill who stated that she
had seen a man crawling into Angelo
Genna’s chicken coop.’ The sheriff
was promptly notified and he and the
state police hastened to Genna’s home
and the man proved to be Montzell.
He was hauled out of the coop and
promptly taken to jail to await trial
at the next term of court.
Hard Cider Precipitates Fight.
On Sunday evening word was tele-
phoned to Bellefonte that a murder
had been committed in the neighbor-
hood of the Advent church and sheriff
Harry Dukeman and a member of the
state police beat it out as quickly as
possible to capture the murderer, but
when they got there they found that
instead of a murder it had been a gen-
eral fight between Constance Sharp
and John Barndt, precipitated by the
too free indulgence in hard cider.
Sharp got the worst of the bargain,
as he was more or less cut and bruis-
ed about the head where Barndt had
hit him with the flat side of a double
bitted axe. Both men were placed
under arrest, brought to Bellefonte
and placed in the Centre county jail.
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S. 0. S. Call for China.
15,000,000 Chinese are face to face
with starvation. The Chinese govern-
ment, England, Australia and the
United States have sent help, but not
enough. We must save 5,000,000 men,
women and children until the middle
of June or relief will come too late
for many and those not strengthened
will be unable to reap their spring
harvest and support themselves.
No American is so poor that he can-
not save a life at the lowest rate ever
quoted—3 cents a day or $1.00 a
month; $2.00 will save a life until
harvest. Even if you have already
given, give again, that life may be
saved.
This call is to the whole of Centre
county. Is there not some one in each
community who will volunteer to co-
operate with the committee?
Life saving stamps (3 cents a piece)
can be procured from Miss Eleanor
Weston, Bellefonte.
The need is imperative. Please re-
spond to some member of the commit-
tee, or better, volunteer to raise what
you can in your own locality. What
you do, do quickly.
Committee—Mr. Charles McCurdy,
treasurer; Rev. M. DeP. - Maynard,
Mrs. Robert Mills Beach, Mrs. R. S.
Brouse, Miss Margaret H. Cook, Miss
Mary Hunter Linn and Miss Eleanor
Weston, all of Bellefonte.
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Community Party.
A community party will be given in
the Town Hall, Bellefonte, on Wednes-
day evening, May 4th, from eight un-
til twelve o'clock.
There will be dancing, cards and re-
freshments, under the direction of the
Woman's Guild of St. John’s Episco-
pal church and the music will be fur-
nished by the Academy orchestra. An
admission of 75 cents will be charg-
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A ESA
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Judge Henry C. Quigley returned home
on Sunday from a trip to Washington and
other points in the east.
—Miss Elizabeth Morris left yesterday
for Harrisburg, where she will visit as a
: house guest of Mrs, Fleming.
—Mrs. E. B. Spangler, of New York city,
is visiting in Bellefonte, a guest of her
mother, Mrs. James McCullough, on Bish-
op street.
—Clifford ¥. Thomas, of Potters Mills,
spent a short time here the early part of
the week, visiting with his sister, Mrs.
James B. Lane, and other relatives.
—Miss Catherine Derstine and Mrs. Jerry
Galaida and little son have returned from
Woodlawn and taken possession of their
home on east Lamb street for the summer.
—TI. H. Clemson, of Buffalo Run, left
Wednesday to resume his work at Allen-
town. Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Clemson's
oldest son, has been there for a year or
more.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kase and their
son came here from Sunbury a week ago
for a visit of several days with Mrs.
Kase's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spig-
elmyer. .
—Mrs. Blanche Shaughnessy Heinle re-
signed her position in the Wanamaker
store of Philadelphia and came to Belle-
fonte this week, to go into the Schlow
Quality Shop.
—Herbert Gray, who had been in Belle-
fonte with his sister, Mrs. George Furey,
since coming from Florida, went up Buf-
falo Run this week for an indefinite stay
with Mrs. F. H. Clemson.
——Mrs. Samuel Harris has returned from
Harrisburg, where she spent the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Hartswick. Mrs.
Harris has opened her home in Mill Hall,
expecting to be there for the summer.
—Dr. and Mrs. W. K. McKinney will go
east next week for a week's visit with Mrs.
McKinney's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Gra-
ham, at Newark, N. J. Mr. Graham was an
over night guest of his daughter in Belle-
: fonte this week.
—Mrs. William Dawson went to Phila-
delphia Wednesday to spend a month or
more with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Moore, and to consult Dr. Russell, the
nerve specialist, under whose care she has
been for some time.
—Mrs. F. H. Clemson was in Bellefonte
Friday on her way to Newberry, called
there by the serious illness of her aunt,
Mrs. Sarah Gray Wilson. Mrs. Wilson,
who is now past eighty years of age, is the
only remaining member of the Peter Gray
family.
—Charles F. Beatty returned Wednesday
from a business trip to Pittsburgh, going
over to look over the prospects of getting
a consignment of Ford cars, the demand
for which has been so great this spring
that it has been impossible to fill the or-
ders on time.
—Mrs. Lida Thomas Gibson has moved
to Bellefonte from Philadelphia and is now
occupying the old Thomas home on Thom-
as street. Mrs. Gibson came here early in
the month, to be a partner in the coal bus-
iness recently started by some of the Isaac
Thomas heirs, ;
—Miss Winifred M. Gates spent from
Friday until Monday in Philipsburg visit-
ing her brother, Edward L. Gates and
family. On returning home she brought
with her her niece, Betty. Gates, who will
spend two weeks in Bellefonte with her
grandparents.
—Miss Sarah Benner, who fell a week
ago over some wire on the Potter-Hoy
Hardware Co. pavement on Water street,
is rapidly recovering from her injuries.
Miss Benner was fortunate in escaping
with cuts on her face. from her broken
glasses, and some slight ‘bruises.
—Mrs, J. Y. Dale is contemplating a vis-
it with her daughter, Mrs. Crossman, at
Norristown, and will go east within a short
time. Mrs. Dale did not make her custom-
ary visit to Norristown and to Florence, N.
C., during the winter, owing to a long ill-
ness. from which she has now completely
recovered.
—Miss Jennie Reifsnyder arrived in
Bellefonte yesterday from Pittsburgh,
where she had stopped for a short time
with friends, on her way east, from a win-
ter on the Pacific coast. Miss Reifsnyder
was an over night guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. McCargar, and will go to her home in
Millheim today.
—Mrs. C. W. Smith is a guest of her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hull, having come
from Altoona early in April for an indefi-
nite stay in Bellefonte, . Mr. and Mrs. Sto-
ver, who have also been with Mrs. Stover’s
mother, Mrs. Hull, since returning from
Altoona, are preparing to go to house-
keeping in one of the Haupt flats on Thom-
as street.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. Earl Stailey and their
son Richard, who had been in Bellefonte
for a week visiting with Mrs. Stailey’s sis-
ter, Mrs. John J. Bower, left yesterday for
Los Angeles, expecting to make their home
in California. Shortly after their marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Stailey and Mr. Stailey’s par-
ents went to the Coast, but upon the death
of the father they returned to Philadel-
phia, living in that locality since. Mrs.
Stailey is well known in Bellefonte as Miss
Julia Curtin.
—J. M. Nichols, who will be pleasantly
remembered here as a professional decora-
tor who has added to the gayety of Belle-
fonte during several celebrations, spent
Tuesday night in town. He is now trav-
eling for the Red Devil Co., of Chicago,
selling grease and is meeting with such
success that he wonders whether it all is
true. “Nick” met his Waterloo as a dec-
orator while in Washington. He was there
with flags and bunting by the ton and had
orders to doll up about everything but
President Harding, himself, when the
whole thing was called off and there was
rough sledding until the happy idea of the
grease business smoothed the way again.
—William A. Carson, of Woodward, was
in Bellefonte for an hour or more Wednes-
day evening on his way out to spend the
night at the John Spearly home above
Roopsburg, Mr. Carson had just return-
ed from Altoona where he has been receiv-
ing treatment by a specialist in skin af-
fections; something of that nature having
caused him considerable uneasiness for
some time, Happily he is well on the way
to a permanent cure and expects to have
to return for only one more treatment.
Especially gratifying was the report he
gave us of his son James, who will be re-
membered as a little boy when they mov-
ed from Spring township. James is mar-
ried now, farming for himself and has be-
come greatly interested in church work.
——Don’t fail to see the demonstra-
tion of the Westinghouse automatic
electric range at the Electric Supply
Co., all this week.
ly,
; The Abramsen Engineering Co.
For some time past an effort has
been in progress in Bellefonte to dis-
pose of fifty thousand dollars stock in
the Abramsen Engineering company
in order to keep the plant in Belle-
fonte. The question of the sale of
this stock was the main thing discus-
sed at the regular meeting of the Bus-
iness Men’s Association on Wednes-
day evening. In explanation it might
be said that there is nothing financial-
ly wrong with the company. One or
more of the present members are
going to withdraw therefrom for good
and sufficient reasons, and while the
company can get plenty of other capi-
tal to go ahead on it is with the pro-
, viso that the plant be moved to Pitts-
burgh. Bellefonte, however, can keep
| the plant here by taking stock to the
| amount of $50,000. About $38,000 of
| this amount has been raised and if the
i plant is to be kept here the balance
must be taken by Saturday. It
was to urge the necessity of acting
quickly that interested the Business
Men’s association. Any person inter-
ested should see either Robert F. Hun-
ter or Charles M. McCurdy.
. Hospital Commencement, May 13th.
Plans are being completed for the
annual commencement exercises of the
Bellefonte hospital training school for
nurses, which will be held in the court
house, Friday evening, May 13th.
The following young ladies will grad-
uate: Misses Grayce Vallimont, Mary
Royer, Margaret Young, Bertha
Smith and May Mong.
In view of the coming commence-
ment the nurse’s home has been the
scene of some very pleasant social af-
fairs. Recently the Seniors tendered
a very delightful farewell party to the
underclasses and on last Saturday
evening the class of nineteen-twenty-
two gave their reception to the grad-
uating class. On both occasions the
nurse’s home was prettily decorated
with cut flowers, and class and school
colors. Guests were present from Al-
toona, State College, and other places,
and after spending the evening in
enjoying music, games, dancing and
delicious refreshments, they departed,
wishing the young ladies continued
success in their splendid profession.
To Plant Black Walnut Trees.
The Centre County Conservation
Association has received from the
State Forestry Department at Harris-
burg 3000 seedlings of the black wal-
nut tree. It is planned to have these
trees planted on the state forests. In
years to come they will furnish food
for squirrels and other forest animals.
The black walnut tree requires a
moist, rich soil for best development.
It should be planted on the bottom
land along streams and in open spots,
for black walnut will not grow in the
shade. Hunting clubs and others who
wish to plant this tree near their cab-
ins should apply to the chairman of
the forestry or game committee in
their conservation district, or to Pro-
fessor George R. Green, chairman of
the forestry committee, Forestry
building, State College, Pa.
er ———— een een seems.
Road Closed Between Pleasant Gap
and Centre Hall.
The State Highway Department.
announces that the road from Pleas-
ant Gap over the mountain to Centre
Hall was closed to all traffic on or
about April 18th. This road will be
closed until construction work is com-
pleted, which will be approximately
August 1st. All travel will have to
detour from Pleasant Gap, via Le-
mont, to Boalsburg, Centre Hall,
Lewistown and points in Penns and
Brush valleys.
Notice to Bellefonte Taxables.
ALL PROPERTY AND PERSON-
AL TAXES up to year 1921, in Belle-
fonte borough are to be paid at once-—
BY ORDER OF DEPARTMENTS.
TENANTS’ personal property is lia-
ble for taxes where they live, if not
paid by owners; they can protect same
by paying rent to COLLECTOR on
TAXES. WAGES are subject to at-
tachment for school TAX. Are
YOUR TAXES paid? If not see
after same at once. 66-16-3t
——A large delegation of Odd Fel-
lows from all over Centre county will
attend the annual meeting of the Cen-
tral Pennsylvania association to be
held in Lock Haven next Tuesday.
——Don’t forget that next week
will be children’s week in Bellefonte
when a campaign will be waged to
emphasize the necessity of religious
training of the child.
a
——Bernard’s orchestra, Wednes-
day, April 27th, Bush Arcade.
——Shoes: Oxfords, tennis, pumps,
sandals, Mary Janes, white canvas
slippers, kids, Romeos’, Juliets’ or any-
thing else in footwear, from the infant
to the grown-ups, you are sure to find
the kind you want at Cohen and Co’s
department store, where style, quality
and low prices will meet with your
approval. Let your next pair come
from Cohen's. 16-1t
——Special sale of 42 piece din-
ner sets in two patterns, for the un-
usual price of $10.50.—The Potter-
Hoy Hardware Co. 16-1t
[—
——J. J. Lejeal, expert piano tuner,
is now in Bellefonte. Orders left at
Beezer’s meat market will receive
prompt attention. 16-1t
———Bernard’s : orchestra, Wednes-
16-1t |
day, April 27th, Bush Arcade.