Bellefonte, Pa., April 29, 1921.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Mr. and Mrs. George A. Beezer
and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Funk were
hosts at a dinner dance given at the
Country club Thursday evening of last
week.
—Bellefonte’s summer clean-up
campaign will open the first week in
May. Join in the good work and do
YOUR share in adding to the beauty
and health of the town.
———Whooping cough and mumps
are quite prevalent in Bellefonte, fifty
per cent. of the scholars in one school
being out on account of illness with
one or the other of the ailments.
— The annual rummage sale, for
the benefit of the hospital will be held
in the Undine hose house, Tuesday,
May 3rd. All donations may be sent
to Mrs. Joseph Massey, on Bishop
street.
The State Senate on Monday
passed a bill increasing the marriage
license fee fifty cents; probably to
help raise the money to pay the in-
creased salary of job holders at Har-
rishurg.
A little daughter was born to
Mr. and Mrs. John Payne last Thurs-
day night, and on Sunday morning the
Stork also left a little daughter at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lester
Musser.
The Watchman’s” prediction
of three weeks ago that the dividend
on Pennsylvania railroad stock would
be reduced to 49 was verified by the
board of directors Wednesday, when
they took formal action to that effect.
You don’t need to wait for
Main’s circus for good entertainment,
go to the Scenic and see the motion
pictures. There you will get two
hours of real enjoyment watching the
latest productions from the best pro-
ducers in America.
A. C. Grove, the tea-salesman,
had a stroke of hard luck on Monday
evening when his horse literally drop-
ped dead in the shafts, just opposite
Beezer’s garage on north Water
street. The carcass was removed by
the Boggs township horse undertak-
ers.
Charles M. Heisler has sold his
home on north Spring street to Mau-
rice B. Runkle, for $4,200. Possession
will not be given, however, until Oc-
tober first, when Mr. and Mrs. Heisler
will move into the house on south
Spring street now occupied by the
Runkles.
——Just eighty-nine tickets were
sold at Bellefonte Saturday night for
the Pennsylvania railroad’s excursion
to Washington. Others joined the ex-
cursion down through Pennsvalley, so
that there was a good trainload of
sightseers who journeyed to Washing-
ton for the day.
The plans of Robert DeGolyer,
one of Chicago’s leading architects,
have been accepted by W. G. Souders
for his fourteen-story
proof apartment hotel, which is to be
erected within the coming year on the
ocean front at Chelsea, Atlantic City.
While Mr. DeGolyer has spent little
time in Bellefonte, Mrs. DeGolyer,
who was Miss Eleanor Harris, lived
the greater part of her earlier life
here with her mother, Mrs. Louisa V.
Harris.
Just before the fire broke out
on .the Garman dwelling on Tuesday
morning Mrs. Rebie Cruse had remov-
ed her diamond ring from her finger
and placed it on the sideboard. Inthe
excitement of the fire she forgot all
about it until the fire was over. Inas-
much as the ring was a very valuable
one, when Mrs. Cruse discovered her
loss she was almost frantic, and
promptly started a search for her jew-
elry. Others joined in and the ring
was finally found on the ground about
the middle of the street and was not
damaged in any way.
——Completely remodeled through-
out, thoroughly renovated from top to
bottom, with new carpets and new fur-
niture, the Brockerhoff house will be
reopened to the public on Sunday,
May 8th, with M. A. Landsy in charge.
This hotel has been closed since the
first of last October and so many
changes and improvements have been
made on the interior arrangements
that old patrons will hardly recognize
it as the same place. The hotel will
be conducted on the American plan
and no efforts will be spared to cater
to the comfort and convenience of its
guests.
Gray and George Rockey, of
Buffalo Run, had quite a thrilling ex-
perience on Sunday afternoon, but
fortunately escaped with little injury
to themselves and only minor damages
to their Ford touring car. They were
coming in the state highway from
Pleasant Gap and near the sharp curve
at Griffith‘s they were crowded to the
side of the road by a big touring car
passing them from the rear. In fact
their one front wheel was down over
the curb and the driver turned the
steering wheel sharply around in or-
der to get back onto the road and
when the car did climb the curb it did
it so quickly that he had no time to
right the wheels and the car ran
across the road and down a six foot
fill into Logan’s branch. Miraculous
as it may seem it did not overturn but
stopped right in the middle of the
stream standing on its four wheels.
One of the young men had his thumb
bruised and skinned and that was the
only injury aside from a shaking up.
On Monday Samuel Poorman, of the
Poorman garage, Bellefonte, went out
and pulled the car out of the creek
and towed it into Bellefonte. It was
very little damaged.
modern fire-
| Money Raised to Keep Abramsen En-
gineering Co., Plant in Bellefonte.
Last week the “Watchman” told of
the efforts being made to sell fifty
thousand dollar's worth of stock in
the Abramsen Engineering company
in order to keep the plant in Belle-
fonte, and it can now be definitely an-
nounced that the stock has all been
placed and Bellefonte has done its
part toward not only keeping the plant
here but assisting in a reorganization
which it is confidently believed will in
the course of time mean a very much
bigger industry than it is at the pres-
ent.
The Abramsen Engineering compa-
ny heretofore has heen made up of
two interests, the Abramsen and the
Sutton, both of Pittsburgh. For var-
ious reasons they decided to separate.
Mr. Blair Sutton, now assistant man-
ager of the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel
company, made the proposition to
Bellefonte people that if they would
sell fifty thousand dollar’s worth of
stock here he would raise the balance
of the money necessary, about seven-
ty-five thousand dollars, in Pitts-
burgh with which to buy out the
Abramsen interests and afford ample
working capital for the reorganized
company. The entire amount of mon-
ey could have been raised in Pitts-
burgh, but contingent on the fact that
the plant be moved to that place.
Naturally this is one thing that
Bellefonte don’t want to see happen.
Ever since the Abramsen Engineering
company has been in business they
have gone along without making much
noise or bluster but they have been
busy all the time without any shut-
downs. In fact it is one of the best
industries in Bellefonte, and that is
the big reason why the town couldn’
afford to lose it. Under the circum-
stances Robert F. Hunter and several
other gentlemen who are always will-
ing to work for the interests of the
town, got busy and with the co-opera-
tion of the Business Men’s Associa-
tion inaugurated a concerted move-
ment for the sale of the stock. On
Tuesday morning the total amount
was sold and now Bellefonte has done
its part toward keeping the plant
here and also making it in part a lo-
cal enterprise.
Man Jailed for Robbing Brother-in-
Law.
Thomas Getwalt, of Snow Shoe, was
placed under arrest on Wednesday
morning and placed in the Centre
county jail on the charge of robbing
urer David Chambers. Mr. Getwalt
| worked for Mr. Chambers and about
i six weeks ago he discovered in some
, way that the genial Republican coun-
ity chairman was keeping considerable
| cash and Liberty bonds in his home.
Along about Easter Mr. Chambers
missed some of his cash and bonds
but at the time was unable to account
for its disappearance. More of the
valuable stuff was taken until the
amount footed up to approximately
$1800.
In the meantime suspicion was di-
rected to Getwalt because of the un-
usual amount of money he was spend-
ing on a young lady of Snow Shoe and
a watch was kept upon him. On Tues-
day morning Mr. Chambers left on a
trip to Harrisburg and Getwalt prob-
ably thought that an opportune time
for disappearing, so Wednesday morn-
ing he took the train from Snow Shoe.
| Sheriff Dukeman was notified and he
went to Snow Shoe Intersection and
arrested the man on suspicion. A
search of his clothing failed to reveal
any unusual amount of money but
hidden inside the lining of his grip
were $631.92 in cash and $250 in Lib-
erty bonds. After being brought to
Bellefonte and put in jail he admitted
the theft.
Threshermen’s Meeting.
A special meeting of the Centre
County Threshermen and Farmer's
Protective association will be held in
the grand jury room at the court house
on Saturday, April 30th, at 10 a. m.
This will be an important meeting.
Reports from the state convention will
be made, and a report from the Penn-
sylvania Threshermen and Casualty
Co., of the first year’s business, in
which all employers of labor are in-
terested. This is the only company
that insures the owner ang employer.
Don’t fail to attend this meeting and
bring your neighbor along.
Christian Endeavor Rally.
The next Christian Endeavor rally
of the Bellefonte district will be held
at Centre Line on Thursday evening,
May 5th, at 8 o'clock. A strong de-
bating team will debate the question,
“Resolved, That the church of the fu-
ture should have and conduct its own
moving pictures.” Many live ques-
tions will be discussed and the Centre
Line quartette will sing. All persons
wishing to attend by going in bus
should report not later than Tuesday
evening, May 3rds to Roy H. Grove,
William J. Sager, C. D. Young or Rev.
G. E. Smith.
Big Reward for Forest Fire Incen-
diaries.
Gifford Pinchot, the State’s chief
forester has announced that the re-
ward of $250 offered by the Depart-
ment of Forestry for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of
incendiaries starting forest fires, will
be paid to any person except foresters,
rangers, and others employed by the
department on a full-time basis. For-
est fire wardens, temporary laborers
and others temporarily employed by
the hour or day, are included among
those eligible for the reward.
his brother-in-law, ex-County Treas-
New Postmaster for State College.
The first postmaster to lose his job
in Centre county under the new ad-
ministration is Robert M. Foster, at
State College, his successor being
James M. Williams, who was appoint-
ed last Friday. Mr. Williams has been
a resident of the College for twenty-
five years or longer and for some
years past has been engaged in the
tinning business. Of course he is a
stand-pat Republican and has been one
of the reliable workers in that town
for some time. Now that the political
ax has been put into commission it is
likely to be worked overtime.
First of May Movings.
When vacating the Potter house on
Linn street, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Heil-
hecker will store their furniture and
go to Mrs. Newcomer’s, on Curtin
street, expecting to take possession of
the house while Mrs. Newcomer is
away on an extended visit.
Dr. Rogers will go from High street
to his own home, which the Heilheck-
ers leave, and Mrs. Warfield with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
James Craig, will take possession of
the house vacated by the Rogers fam-
ily.
Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Nissley are pre-
paring to move into their own new
home on Spring street, which Mrs. J.
A. Woodcock left this week.
Reformed Church Classis to Meet at
Howard.
The West Susquehanna Classis of
the Reformed church will be held at
Howard during the month of May and
in connection with the announcement
of the twenty-one charges in the Clas-
sis only three have paid in full their
classical apportionment for the year
ending March 1st, 1921. The three
banner charges are Lewistown, State
the entire twenty-one charges is as
follows:
Miffiinburg 73 per cent; Lewisburg
100 per cent; Bellefonte 80 per cent;
Aaronsburg 15 per cent; Williamsport
per cent; Lewistown 100 per cent; Se-
linsgrove 46 per cent; Buffalo valley
none paid; Nittany valley 70 per cent;
Hublersburg 72 per cent; Susquehan-
na 5 per cent; Beaver Springs 60 per
cent; State College 100 per cent;
White Deer 75 per cent; Freeburg 15
. per cent; Freemont 37 per cent; Re-
cent; New Berlin
i bersburg 37 per
none paid.
i In the year 1918 the West Susque-
hanna Classis was the only Classis in
the Eastern Synod of the Reformed
{ church that paid its classical appor-
, tionment in full.
!
Much Interest Manifested
: dren’s Week.
The interest manifested in children’s
| week services in Bellefonte demon-
strates the fact that church going peo-
| ple have the welfare of the child at
heart and will co-operate in any and
| every movement for its interest and
i welfare. The meeting in Petrikin hall
i last Sunday afternoon was well at-
| tended and a very inspiring talk was
made by Rev. McClintock, of Philips-
|burg. Upwards of three hundred
| children attended the story hour at the
| Lutheran church at four o’clock on
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Louise
Hoffer entertained them with a num-
ber of interesting stories, and later
they were all treated to ice cream
cones. It took just 262 cones to go
around.
One of the interesting features of
the week will be the pageant, “The
Rights of a Child,” to be held in the
Presbyterian church this (Friday)
evening. Elaborate preparations have
been made for this pageant and the in-
dications are that a large audience
will be in attendance.
Sunday afternoon there will be a
street parade of all the Sunday
schools in Bellefonte. It will take
place at 2:30 o’clock, weather permit-
ting, and will be led by the I. O. O. F.
band. As this will be the closing
demonstration there should be a large
turnout.
Pilot Drove Plane Through Hughes
Field Fence.
A new pilot was put in service on
the aerial mail route on Tuesday to
was seriously injured at Mitchell field,
N. Y., last Friday when his plane
back-slipped and fell to the ground,
and he made his first flight from New
York to Bellefonte on Tuesday. He
got through in good time but when he
attempted to land on the field he mis-
judged the distance and failed to keep
his landing wheels in contact with the
ground sufficiently to stop the course
of the plane with the result that it
was evident he would crash into the
high board fence surrounding Hughes
field. He then attempted to take to
the air again but unfortunately he was
too close to the fence and he flew
right through it, smashing the fence
and running out to the middle of the
field before the plane stopped. Of
course the machine was badly dam-
aged but the pilot escaped with minor
injuries.
A number of men were working on
Hughes field getting it in shape for
the summer athletics and among them
were Frank Doll and Luther Hughes.
It just happened that at the time of
the accident they were sitting on the
bank along the east fence and the
plane crashed through within twenty-
five feet of them. While neither one
was injured in the least they were
both badly frightened and lost no time
in getting away from that locality.
the Lewistown Gazette states that out
College and Lewisburg. The rating of
87 per cent; Lock Haven 87 per cent;
Boalsburg 52 per cent; Centre Hall 50
in Chil-
take the place of pilot Vonnatta, who
The Week that Makes the Summer
Safe.
The State Department of Health
asked the officers and residents of
every city, borough and township of
Pennsylvania to devote a week, begin-
ning April 11th, to the interest of bet-
ter citizenship and better health by
removing and properly disposing of
the accumulated waste of the winter;
by cleaning the houses, schools, pub-
lic buildings, stores, places of amuse-
ment, waiting rooms and other places
of habitation and resort; by eliminat-
ing the breeding places of flies, and
by making provision for sanitary dis-
posal of kitchen waste, garbage and
sewage. This week to be known as
The Week that Makes the Summer
Safe.
In this community, it was found
best to postpone the opening of this
clean-up campaign until next week,
beginning May second. It will be in-
augurated by an educational feature
known as Fly Week, under the direc-
tion of the State Health Department
and, in Bellefonte, will have Mrs.
Dave Washburn in charge of the
South ward, and Elizabeth Meek, the
West ward. They will be assisted by
health crusaders from the public
| schools.
Motion pictures on the menace of
the house fly will be shown, through
the courtesy of T. Clayton Brown;
lantern slide lectures given in the
public schools and Academy; posters
displayed in prominent places and lit-
| erature distributed to every family in
| the community. A pathescope will
carry the motion pictures to rural;
. communities and every borough and
, township in the county will conduct
. Fly Week under a special committee.
The remainder of the clean-up work
in Bellefonte will be conducted as in
previous years, by the Civic commit-
tee of the Woman’s club, of which
, Mary G. Meek is chairman, and the
following members:
Mrs. Wilbur Baney, Miss Mary
. Blanchard, Mrs. T. Clayton Brown,
i Mrs. J. Theodore Cherry, Mrs. C. D.
Casebeer, Mrs. James Clark, Mrs.
Clevan Dinges, Mrs. D. Wagner Geiss,
. Mrs. Joseph Garbrick, Mrs. Oscar
Gray, Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes, Mrs. Au-
, gustus Heverley, Miss Anna Hoy,
, Miss Mary Hoy, Mrs. Jacob Hoy, Mrs.
Harry Keller, Miss Daise Keichline,
Mrs. Charles Keichline, Mrs. John G.
Love, Miss Anna McCoy, Mrs. Joseph
Massey, Miss Mary McGarvey, Mrs.
G. F. Musser, Mrs, W. Fred Reynolds,
Miss Lillian Rankin, Mrs. John Shu-
gert, Mrs. Helen Shugert, Mrs. Ed-
ward Struble, Mrs. Louis Schad, Mrs.
Alexander Scott, Mrs. James Seibert,
Mrs. C. C. Shuey Miss E. M. Thomas,
Mrs. Wilbur Twitmire, Miss Emily
Valentine, Mrs. John S. Walker, Miss
Vera Willard, Mrs. George Waite,
Mrs. Christ Young.
Aeroplane Built at Bellefonte Avia-
tion Field.
For some time past the mechanics
at the Bellefonte aviation field have
been putting in their spare moments
in building an aeroplane, a DeHavi- |
land Four, such as is used by the Post-
office Department in the aerial mail
Of course it must not be un-
service.
derstood that the local mechanics’
fashioned every part of the plane out
of the raw material, because they did
not. Neither did they merely assem-
ble the plane out of all new parts.
Some of the parts were new, some
material was secured from wrecked
planes and some parts were made by
the men in their own shop. They also
painted and finished the machine com-
plete and to give it an individuality
all its own painted it a canary color
with black trimmings. The ship was
dedicated to Slim Lewis and the word
“Slim” was painted in large black let-
ters on the fusilage.
The plane got its first tryout last
Saturday afternoon when Slim took
it up on a test flight. He made two
test flights then left for New York in
the ship. As evidence of the stabili-
ty of the ship Lewis was in the air
. three hours before landing in New
York, having been caught in a succes-
sion of hard rain storms, but he got
through and landed safely. In fact
the regular mail plane left Bellefonte
| quite a while before Lewis did and was
compelled to come to earth on account
of the storm, but Lewis stuck to his
ship and got through. He also flew
| the ship back to Bellefonte on Mon-
"day, leaving it here and continuing
_ the trip to Cleveland in another plane.
Naturally the entire force at the
Bellefonte field have cause to feel a
' certain amount of pride in their ac-
complishment. It demonstrates the
fact that they are expert mechanics
and able to handle any job that comes
their way, even to building new ships.
meee
——The Bellefonte Academy min-
strels are just three weeks away and
' according to advance tips they will
| give an entertainment worth seeing.
The minstrels this year will include
some of the best musical talent that
| has ever been enrolled at the Academy
| and they have a choice collection of
{new song and musical hits which are
| sure to prove very popular. The fif-
! teen Bellefonte young ladies who will
take part are getting along splendidly
with their part of the performance and
will surely make a big hit. Inasmuch
as the minstrels this year will be giv-
en as a benefit for the Bellefonte fire-
men they should be liberally patron-
ized both nights. Keep in mind the
dates, Thursday and Friday, May 19th
and 20th, and be sure to get your tick-
ets in advance.
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——Growing girls’ oxfords, gun
metal calf, low heel, size 2% to 7, D
and E width, at $4.50 pair.—Cohen
Co. 17-1t
North ward; Miss Daise Keichline, the :
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL,
—DMr. and Mrs. N. B. Spangler spent the
fore part of last week in Philadelphia, re-
turning to Bellefonte Thursday.
—Mrs. G. O. Benner, of Centre Hall, was
in Bellefonte Tuesday, spending the time
while here in the stores and with friends.
—Miss Eliza M. Thomas will return to
Bellefonte next week, after spending the
winter with Mrs, Wistar Morris at Over-
brook.
—Mrs. E. 8. Harrar, of Willimasport,
was in Bellefonte this week visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. James C. Furst, and
her family.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell, who
have been in Mississippi for the greater
part of the past two years, are expected
to come to Bellefonte in May, to open their
home on Allegheny street.
—Miss Elizabeth Galbraith, accompanied
by Miss Daise Keichline, went to Cresson
yesterday, where Miss Galbraith, who has
been in ill health for the past year, will
remain for an indefinite time.
—Mrs. A. B. Cromer is expected in Belle-
fonte within a short time, for a visit with
her father, Homer Crissman, and the fam-
ily. This will be Mrs. Cromer’s first visit
home since her return from Paris, where
she and Mr. Cromer spent the winter.
—Mrs. I. H. Thomas is visiting at
. Bronxville, N. Y., with her daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Gephart and the family, having gone
over last week with Mr. Thomas, who went
east for a business meeting of the board of
' directors of the B. C. R. R. Co., held in
| Philadelphia.
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—Mrs. Miller Stewart and her daughter,
‘ Miss Margaret, are expected in Bellefonte
i this week. Miss Stewart has been with
i her brother, Dr. Walter Stewart, in
| Wilkes-Barre, for the greater part of the
| winter, her mother joining her there sev-
, eral weeks ago.
—Mrs. John Lorenzo, of Houtzdale, and
her son Daniel, have been guests this week
, of Mrs. Jacob Rapp and her daughters,
| Misses Regina and Ruth Rapp, at their
home on Halfmoon hill. Mrs. Lorenzo is
"spending the time here while Mr. Lorenzo
"is on a business trip to Virginia.
|
i —Mrs. M. B. Garman and her brother,
Charles A. Lukenbach, with Dr. and Mrs.
| J. J. Kilpatrick as motor guests, left Mon-
‘day morning on a drive to Detroit, where
{ Mr. Lukenbach will remain to resume his
| work. Intending to dispose of her car
| while west, Mrs. Garman and Dr. and Mrs.
! Kilpatrick will return to Bellefonte by
train,
i —Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lance, of Lewis-
burg, were over night guests this week, of
| Mrs. Lance's brother, Harry Badger and
| his family at their home on Bishop street.
| Mr. and Mrs. George Lance came to Belle-
| fonte from Lock Haven, where they had
| been attending the I. O. O. F. convention,
| going directly from here to Lewisburg on
Wednesday.
—Among the many visiting Knights who
were here for the thirteenth anniversary
of the installation of Bellefonte Council IX.
of C., last Sunday, was our old friend,
Ferd Deezer. He motored over from his
home in Philipsburg that morning with
Mr. Johnston and between the exercises
and greeting his many friends here he was
a busy man for a day.
—(Grier Foresman, of Philadelphia, who
is spending the summer with his grand-
‘ mother, Mrs. Sides, at Jersey Shore, walk-
ed to Alto two weeks ago, for a visit with
| the George Thompson family, relatives of
i his mother. Coming to Bellefonte Satur-
day, Grier spent the week-end with Mrs.
3ush and Mrs. Callaway, hiking it back to
Jersey Shore this week. 1
—A. G. Morris and his daughter, Miss
Lida, returned home this week from the
' south, where they have been since Febru-
ary. Coming north from Florida several
weeks ago, they stopped at Columbia, N.
, C., for a visit with friends, the trip fron
, there home being made this week. Mr.
| Morris and his daughter opened their home
on Linn street immediately upon arriving
‘in Bellefonte.
—James BE. Solt, of the Solt auto garage,
. Frederick, Md., was a “Watchman” office
! caller yesterday morning, having come
: back to Centre county for a few day's
| trout fishing. Mr. Seolt is a native of Cen-
| tre county, being a son of Mr. and Mrs.
| Jacob Solt, who for years resided in Cen-
| tre Hall. Though he has been away from
| Centre county for thirty years he gener-
ally manages to get back every year or two
for a few days’ trout fishing.
—Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cook and their
daughter Miss Grace, who left here early
in February for Florida, where they were
detained on account of the serious illness
of Miss Cook, have been able to come north
as far as Asheville, the time for the re-
mainder of the journey home depending
entirely upon Miss Cook's condition.
Should the improvement continue, Mr.
Cook will leave his wife and daughter and
return home as soon as possible, expecting
them to follow him as soon as his daugh-
ter's health permits.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Krum, of Watson-
town, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. I.
Hartranft from Friday until Sunday. Mr.
Krum, who is an uncle of Mrs. Hartranft,
is a retired railroader and their trip to
Bellefonte was the beginning of an extend-
ed sight-seeing jaunt. On leaving Belle-
fonte they went to Washington, D. C., and
from there will go to California, stopping
enroute at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and other
places. The length of their stay in the
Golden State will depend entirely on how
they enjoy their visit there.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Gardner spent Mon-
day and Tuesday in Bellefonte with Mrs.
Gardner's mother, Mrs. Strickland, on their
way back to Johnstown after a week's vis-
it at Mackeyvillee Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
had been guests of Mr. Gardner's brother
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gardner,
‘on their farm, which is one of the most at-
tractive country homes between Bellefonte
and Lock Haven. Situated a short distance
off the state highway, and having a stock-
ed trout stream close by the house, the
place has a very delightful location.
—Josh Billings, the man who looks after
the newspaper advertising with the Walter
IL. Main shows, was a pleasant caller at
this office on Monday morning. Of course
we don’t want our readers to confuse this
Josh Billings with Josh, the humorist, as
they are two distinct individuals, because
the humorist, whose real name was Henry
Wheeler Shaw, has been dead these many
years, while this Josh is very much alive
and plays an important part in seeing that
the big Main show gets plenty of newspa-
per advertising to herald its wonders
broadcast throughout the country. Mr.
Billings accompanied the first advertising
car which came to Bellefonte on Sunday
morning and on Monday bill posters plas-
tered the country round about with big
posters announcing May 9th as the day it
will exhibit in Bellefonte.
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—Miss Josephine Decker left Tuesday
for a visit of several weeks with friends in
Pittsburgh.
—Herbert Gherrity, of Tyrone, was a
week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Gherrity.
—Mrs. Maher, of Lancaster, and her two
children, are visiting in Bellefonte, guests
of Mrs. Maher's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Heverly.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schlow are en-
tertaining Mrs. Stella DBrieger, of New
York. Mrs. Brieger will be in Bellefonte
for several weeks.
—Lester Mills represented the Beaver
Commandery No. 68 of the P. O. S. of A.
at the Commandery General convention
held in Huntingdon this week.
—Mrs. Charles P. Fox, of Penlyn, is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. Murray Andrews,
and will also visit with the Misses Anne
and Caroline Valentine before leaving
Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Prue Haines, a former resident of
Bellefonte, came over from Philipsburg
this week for the funeral of Mrs. John
Powers. Mrs. Haines was a guest of Miss
M. C. Snyder during her stay.
—Mr. and Mrs. Lycurgus Lingle, of Cen-
tre Hall, were ‘“Watchman’ office callers
Friday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lingle
had come to Bellefonte to attend to some
business matters and do some shopping.
—James C. Waddle, of Lock Haven, one
of the older residents of this section of the
State, and one who has always had many
friends and many interests in Bellefonte,
spent the after part of last week here with
some of his relatives.
—DMprs. Della Miller will go to Washing-
ton today, as a guest of her daughter, Miss
Lucy Miller, who has been a government
telephone employee since the opening of
the war. Mrs. Miller's visit will cover a
period of a week or ten days.
—Among the “Watchman” office visitors
yesterday morning was Mrs. J. L. Tress-
ler, of Centre Hall, and she lightened the
work of the editor and made the day much
pleasanter by telling us how much she and
her family enjoy reading this paper.
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Two Costly Fires During Week.
Just about eleven o’clock on Tues-
day morning fire was discovered on
the roof of the. double house on Jail
hill occupied by Joseph Nolan and
family and Mrs. Rebie Cruse and fam-
ily, and though the firemen responded
promptly the flames spread so rapidly
that it was impossible to overcome
them until the entire top portion of
the house had been burned away. The
roof of the Edwin F. Garman resi-
dence, standing very close to the burn-
ing building, also caught fire but the
firemen managed to extinguish the
flames before they did very much dam-
age.
As soon as the fire alarm sounded
the Bellefonte Academy was dismissed
and the students flocked to the scene
of the conflagration and mainly
through their efforts practically
everything belonging to the Nolan and
Cruse families was gotten out of the
burning building except the ranges in
the kitchens. Some of the furniture
was also carried out of the E. F. Gar-
man house when it looked as if it, also,
would become a prey to the flames.
Mr. Nolan works in Pittsburgh
and, while he was home over Sunday,
he had returned to work so was not at
home when the fire occurred. How it
originated is not definitely known, but
it is believed to have been from a de-
fective flue. The house belongs to the
Garman estate and was insured. Mrs.
Cruse also had insurance on her fur-
niture, but little of it was destroyed.
‘ Mrs. Nolan had no insurance, but aside
from what little damage may have
been done in the handling of her fur-
niture her loss will be nominal. The
worst feature will be in both families
finding some place to locate until the
house can be rebuilt, owing to the
scarcity of houses in Bellefonte.
BARN BURNED ON LINN STREET.
Last Thursday night about 10:30
o’clock the barn on the S. B. Miller
property on east Linn street was dis-
covered to be on fire and though the
fire companies responded promptly to
the alarm the entire building was in
flames when they got there and it was
impossible to save the structure. W.
J. Musser had a cultivator in the
building and Mrs. W. E. Gray had
some old dishes and other articles
stored therein, all of which were de-
stroyed. The building, of course, was
insured. Inasmuch as there was no
fire near the building and no one had
been working in or around it during
the day the origin of the fire is un-
known.
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——Beginning May 5th and ending
September 9th all the hardware stores
in Bellefonte will close Thursday
afternoon of each week, proprietors
and clerks taking a half holiday.
Special Notice.
Dr. David B. Rubin, eyesight spe-
cialist of Harrisburg, who has been
coming to Bellefonte for years, will be
at the Mott drug store on Saturday,
May 14th. Attractive offers are
made for this trip only. There is no
charge for examining your eyes and
no drops are used. See Dr. Rubin if
your eyes are giving you any trou-
ble. 66-17-2t
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——Men’s English and round toe
mahogany oxfords, Goodyear welts,
perforated warp, rubber heels, the
kind that sold for $10.00, special at
$6.50 pair.—Cohen Co. 17-1t
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
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