Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, May 06, 1921, Image 8

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    Demarraic Walden,
Bellefonte, Pa., May 6, 1921.
sams
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—Mr. and Mrs. A .B. Steele will cel-
ebrate their fifty-second wedding an-
niversary next Tuesday.
——The Penn State baseball team
defeated the University of Pittsburgh
nine, on Beaver field last Saturday, by
the overwhelming score of 18 to 0.
——Manager M. A. Landsy will re-
open the remodeled Brockerhoff house
on Sunday with an especially elabo-
rate dinner which will be served at a
dollar a plate.
——The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Bellefonte hospital will hold a trim-
med hat sale in Mott’s drug store Sat-
urday, May 7th. Hats are all new
stock and seasonable.
— The Bellefonte school board, at
a regular meeting on Monday evening, '
postponed action in regard to the elec-
tion of teachers for the ensuing year.
The selection will probably be made
at the next meeting of the board.
——The Potter-Hoy Hardware com-
pany realizing the present inadequacy
of our fire protection, have generous-
ly offered to meet this need by sup-
plying, during the month of May, fire
extinguishers at cost and carriage.
——Bishop Darlington will be pres-
ent Sunday afternoon at St. John’s
Episcopal church to administer confir-
mation, the service beginning at 2:30
o'clock. The Bishop will preach and
the public is cordially invited to hear
him.
- Two men were literally caught
inthe act of fishing for trout in Spring
creek with a scoop net about ten days
ago. The men were recognized and
their illegal act reported to the offi-
cers, but so far we have heard of no
arrests.
— The regular May meeting of
the Bellefonte Chapter of the D. A. R.
was held at Mrs. Evelyn Rogers, last
night, the hostesses, in addition to
Mrs. Rogers, being, Mrs. James Furst,
Mrs. John Curtin, Mrs. J. P. Lyon and
Miss Grace Mitchell.
IL Mr. and Mrs. Forest Ocker
moved last week from Rebersburg to
Bellefonte and are now snugly located
in a house on east High street. Mr.
Ocker is a traveling salesman for the
G. F. Musser Co., and his move to
Bellefonte was made as a matter of
convenience.
At their rummage sale at the
Undine fire company building on
Tuesday the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Bellefonte hospital made $190.50.
Everything was sold but the new hats,
which will be offered at another gale
at the Mott drug store tomorrow. See
notice elsewhere.
— A miscellaneous shower was
given Mrs. Malcolm Wetzler, Monday
evening, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Della Miller, on Phoenix avenue.
The shower was oiginated by several
of Mrs. Wetzler’s very intimate Belle-
fonte friends and terminated in a very
successful social function.
More than 100,413 young for-
est trees were planted on private lands
in Centre county this spring, accord-
ing to a report issued by Gifford Pin-
chot, the States chief forester.
Tress were supplied without cost to
fifty-six planters in the county by the
Pennsylvania Department of Forestry.
The Bellefonte High school
commencement this year will begin
with the baccalaureate sermon in the
Methodist church by Rev. Alexander
Scott. Dr. John W. Thomas, the new
president of The Pennsylvania State
College, will deliver the commence-
ment address on Thursday evening,
June 2nd.
— The Misses Alice Garbrick and
Doris Cobb, pupils of Jean McLain
Hess, will give a two piano recital in
the Presbyterian chapel next Thurs-
day evening, May 12th. They will be
assisted by Gilbert Cole, Musser Get-
tig, John Dubbs and Nevin Robb, who
are violin pupils of Mrs. Dorothy Bi-
ble Schad.
— Of course most of the people in
Bellefonte are figuring on attending
the big Walter L. Main show next
Monday, but for night entertainment
go to the Scenic.
comfortable as in your own home and
the varied program of motion pictures
will afford you an evening of splen-
did entertainment.
— One of the giant Lawson air-
planes designed for passenger service
between Chicago and Milwaukee was
scheduled to fly over Bellefonte from
New York to Chicago yesterday but
the weather interfered, and it is just
possible the flight will be made today.
The plane is of Italian design and built
to carry six passengers.
— The Bellefonte Fuel and Sup-
ply company is making good progress
on the erection of a new stable and
garage. A concrete retaining wall has
been erected on the line of their prop-
erty adjoining that of the silk mill
property and the concrete foundation
for the building is in place. The
building will be of brick and as near
firep- oof as it will be possible to
make it.
— Bellefonte fans will have an op-
portunity of seeing two good ball
games on Hughes field this week. The
first will take place at three o’clock
this (Friday) afternoon between the
Bellefonte Academy nine and the
University of Pittsburgh Freshmen
and the second tomorrow afternoon at
3:30 when the Dickinson Seminary
nine, of Williamsport, will cross bats
with the Academy. Lovers of the
sport should go out and see both
games as they are sure to be exciting
contests. A good crowd will also lend
encouragement to the Academy boys.
, machinery.
There you can be
| TWO MORE COSTLY FIRES.
, Titan Metal Co. Plant Damaged and
John Blanchard’s Residence Par-
tially Destroyed.
|
!
Bellefonte seems to have dropped
into an epidemic of fires and if it were
not for the fact that the origin of all
of them can practically be accounted
| for fearsome people might be led to’
! think that a ‘firebug” was abroad.
{ The Titan Metal company fire occur-
‘red between one and two o’clock last
. Friday morning, and an unsolved mys-
tery is that just about two hours pre-
| vious the firemen were called out by a
false alarm. Shortly after midnight
‘an alarm was sounded in response to
the call of a woman who stated that
| the house occupied by the George Fu-
| rey family on east Linn street was on
fire. The firemen responded and when
' they got there not only failed to find
any fire but found the family all
i asleep. Who sent in the alarm has not
yet been discovered.
Of course the firemen all went home
and to bed, and at two o’clock another
alarm was sounded. This time it
proved to be the Titan plant. The
firemen responded as quickly as pos-
sible but by the time they got there
the flames, which had originated in
the large frame building next the rail-
road, had gained such headway that it
was impossible to overcome them; es-
pecially as there was a scarcity of
water in the pipe leading from the bor-
ough plant and no place in the creek
where the engine could get a sufficient
depth of water to cover their suction
hose. The result was the building
which housed the machine shop and
warehouse was destroyed as well as
the boiler room, engine house and
blacksmith shop.
Someone telephoned the Lock Ha-
ven fire department for assistance and
they sent up their White chemical
truck and pumpers, making the run
here in forty-nine minutes, but their
services were not needed as all the
above-mentioned buildings were al-
ready in ashes and the fire was under
control.
Titan company officials estimate
their loss at from $75,000 to $100,000, !
a good part of which was in valuable
Of course the loss is
mostly covered by insurance, and as
soon as the latter is adjusted the burn-
ed buildings will be rebuilt. The
worst feature of the fire is the de-
struction of the power house which
will naturally put the main plant out
of commission until it is rebuilt, thus
throwing the workmen out of employ-
ment.
THE TIRE AT THE BLANCHARD'S,
At twenty minutes of four o’clock
on Sunday moning another alarm was
sounded and this time it proved to be
the residence of John Blanchard Esq.,
on west Linn street. The fire evident-
ly started from the grate in the room
on the west side of the house and
burned right up. between the weather-
boarding and the studding to the roof.
The flames were discovered almost at
the same time by Mrs. John Curtin
and Mrs. Sebring. John Curtin dress-
ed quickly and ran across the street
to the house but by that time both Mr.
and Mrs. Blanchard were up dressing.
Mr. Curtin secured the garden hose |
and attempted to play water on the
flames but it was at once evident that
it was a job for the firemen and an
alarm was sent in. Notwithstanding
the fact that the firemen got there
promptly they could not extinguish
the fire until the upper part of the
house was badly damaged for the rea-
son that they couldn't get at the
flames. The fire had probably been
burning for hours and had crawled not
only up to the roof but around the
sides without breaking out anywhere
and it was not until the flames burst
out in the attic that the firemen made
much headway.
Much of the furniture was carried
out and while the fire did no great
destruction on the inside of the house
below the attic the greater part of it is
thoroughly water-soaked. It is just
possible that so much damage was
done in the walls of the house, espe-
cially on the west side, that a good
‘part of it will have to be torn down in
order to repair it properly.
As regards the loss Mr. Blanchard
in a statement to the “Watchman”
said that the way the fire had eaten
through the walls of the house he con-
‘sidered it a total loss, as it would
hardly be safe to undertake to repair
it. As to the exact value, he was un-
able to give figures, but he also stated
| that the property was well insured.
| They had had a log fire on the hearth
| Saturday evening and it is presumed
| that the fire started from it as inves-
tigation since shows that the studding
'and joists were set into the fire place
with only half a brick protection from
the fire flues.
Chandelier to be Given Away.
The “Watchman” office has a good
bronze chandelier, equipped with six
lights for either gas or kerosene
lamps, which will be given without
charge to any church or school in Cen-
tre county desiring same. First to
come will get it.
We still have a number of sets of
the history, “Pennsylvania at Gettys-
burg,” which we will give to any
school in the county desiring same.
——Discouraged in trying to fight
fires with their present apparatus
members of the Logan fire company
have issued a call for a public meet-
ing to be held in the court house this
(Friday) evening for the purpose of
devising some means whereby they
can secure a triple pumper. The four
costly fires which occurred in the past
two weeks have aroused the firemen
to the need of more up-to-date equip-
ment and the Logan boys are at least
going to make an effort to get it.
sandals in black and brown patent
leather, sizes 2 to 5, at $2.25 per pair,
Cohen & Co.
——The Standard Bearers society
of the Bellefonte Methodist church
will hold an orange social at the par-
sonage on east Linn street this (Fri-
day) evening, at 7:45 o’clock. Friends
are cordially invited. Proceeds for
the work of the Foreign Missionary
society.
Lg
Mrs. George A. Miller will hold
an all day white carnation sale to-
morrow (Saturday), at the Miller
hardware store on Allegheny street,
to supply flowers to those who are
planning to observe Mother’s Day.
18-1t
——Dr. John Keichline has given up
his practice at Petersburg to take over
the X-ray work in the J. C. Blair Me-
morial hospital, at Huntingdon. For
some time past Dr. Keichline has been
' specializing in X-ray work and he has
"not only become quite expert in that
branch of the medical profession but
‘ feels that he can do a greater work
along this line than in a general prae-
tice, hence the change. A young phy-
sician from Philadelphia has taken
over his practice at Petersburg with a
view of purchasing same.
|
| — Last week the “Watchman”
. published an item from the Lewis-
‘town Gazette regarding the payment
‘of the classical apportionment by the
various charges in the West Susque-
i hanna Reformed Classis which made
it appear that only three charges had
| paid their apportionment in full up to
| March 1st. The statement probably
| was correct up to that date, but as the
— Pretty little four strap Roman
and sizes 53 to 8%, at $3.50 per pair.— !
18-1t
“meet held on Hughes field, Bellefonte, |
HIGH SCHCOLS TRACK MEET.
Scores of Boys and Girls Compete in
Athletic Events on Hughes Field.
While the lowering clouds and
threatening rain undoubtedly kept
many young athletes away from the
first annual High schools athletic
Saturday, under the auspices of the
Centre County Athletic Association,
over half of the more than two hun-
dred entries were present and the var-
ious contestants entered the events
with a vim and determination to do |!
their best to win. Of course it was
impossible for every boy and girl to
be first but they all deserve great
credit for trying to be.
The program provided for two
' classes of events, those in Class A be-
ing the High schools of Philipsburg,
! State College and Bellefonte, and the
| classical year did not end until May
| first it was unfair to assume that only
i three charges had or would pay their
| assessment in full. In fact most if not
"all the charges in Centre county that
| were given as delinquents have paid in
full and Bellefonte has overpaid.
I ——We’re willing to lay a wager
Vocational school at Spring Mills. In
Class B were the High schools of Cen-
tre Hall, Howard, Port Matilda, Mill-
heim,
Hall in Class B, but while the stu-
dents from the other schools failed to
win they at least put pep into the con-
tests and made the winners do their
very best.
Considering the fact that the con-
testants were boys and girls, ranging
in age from fourteen to eighteen years
they ave entitled to a lot of credit for
the records they made. All of them
were very good and some exceptional-
ly so. In Class A William Waite was
the biggest point maker for Belle-
fonte, having scored first in all the
dashes. Mary Katz, of Bellefonte,
won first in the fifty yard dash for
girls. In Class B, Centre Hall won
first place mainly through the good
work of its girl athletes. Members of
the Rural Life Club, of State College,
acted as officials and did it in such an
impartial and business-like way that
there was no question as to any deci-
sion made.
All in all it was a most interesting
meet and should be made an annual
affair. Following is a complete sum-
“mary of the finals in each event, the
‘first, second and third winners being
, woman, too, who has been in the hab- |
iit of staying in bed for an extra
| snooze on Sunday morning will be out
i bright and early this coming Sunday
| to see the Walter L. Main show come
‘in and unload. The only perplexing
| question at this time is the exact place
i where the unloading will be done.
! Heretofore it has always taken place |
| right on High street at the depot, but
tif the show is to be given on the old:
fair grounds it is just possible some
‘of the unloading may be done down
there, although most of it will likely
: take place in Bellefonte. The show
: people will erect their tents on Sunday
“and get everything in readiness for
i Monday’s exhibition, then take it easy
"until time for the big parade on Mon-
day. Reports from towns where the
show has already appeared this season
! speak very high of it. As this may
: be the only show in Bellefonte this
! year you had better lay off work next
! Monday and come to Bellefonte and
see the elephants.
1
Newspaper Men to be Guests of State
College.
Newspaper editors and publishers
all over Pennsylvania have been invit-
ed to spend the week-end at State Col-
lege as guests of the College. The
| gathering will be entirely informal
and will consist of a get-together
gathering this (Friday) evening at
the University club, when the news-
paper men will have an opportunity
of making each other’s acquaintance.
Tomorrow every opportunity will be
afforded the visiting editors to look
over every department of the College.
The editors will be entertained at the
various fraternity and club houses.
ie
Union Cemetery Being Put in Fine
Shape.
Work is now well under way to-
ward improving and beautifying the
Union cemetery of Bellefonte, the
final sleeping place of all our old-time
citizens, and when the work is com-
pleted as now planned it will be a
credit to any community. The entire
cemetery has been mowed and weeds
and debris removed. In the old por-
tion of the cemetery the surface is be-
ing leveled and stones reset. This
work will be continued until all the old
part has been put in good shape. The
new portions of the cemetery will also
be cleaned up and the grass mowed
often enough to keep it in condition.
Several trees that are in the way will
be removed and the driveways im-
proved.
This work is now being done under
the supervision of the cemetery board
and is entirely apart from the season-
al or perpetual care work. Ladies of
the town are now engaged in raising
a fund for the perpetual care of those
lots in which are buried members of
families who have all passed away, or
who have left this vicinity. This is
initial to the hope that in time a suf-
ficient fund can be accumulated to put
the entire cemetery under perpetual
care.
But this will naturally be some time
in the future, and until that time ar-
rives it will be necessary to make the
annual charge for the care of lots.
Quite a number of families have al-
ready paid for the care of their lot
this summer, but there are also many
who have not done so, and if they
want their lot in shape for Memorial
day they should remit to the secretary
of the board, S. Kline Woodring, at
once.
——See Cohen & Co. for your next
pair of shoes; largest assortment,
smallest prices. 18-1t
}
that many a man and boy, and likely | given in consecutive order:
CLASS A
100 yard dash—William Waite, DBelle-
fonte; Harold Witmer, State College;
Claude Koeh, State College. Time, 10 2-5
seconds.
220 yard dash—William Waite, Belle-
fonte; Harold Witmer, State College;
Claude Xoch, State College. Time, 24.4
seconds.
440 yard dash—William Waite, Belle-
fonte; Biron Decker, Spring Mills; Wil-
: liam Kline, Bellefonte. Time, 59 1-5 seec-
onds.
Half mile run—Glenn Idmiston, State
College; Otto Smith, Dellefonte; I'rank
' Brumbaugh, Philipsburg. Time, 2 min-
utes, 22 seconds.
Mile run—Otto Smith, Bellefonte; Dale
| Shope, State College.
Slagle, State College; Paul Bartges, Spring
Mills. Time, 5 minutes, 14 seconds.
80 yard dash (girls)—Mary Katz, Belle-
forte; Martha Smith, Spring Mills; DM.
Bright, Spring Mills. Time, 6.4 seconds.
Broad jump—Leslie Thomas, Bellefonte;
Norman Fouchner, Philipsburg: Eugene
Slegel, Spring Mills. Distance, 17 feet, 3
‘inches.
High jump—Harold Witmer, State Col-
lege; Bugene Slegel, Spring Mills; William
Kline, Bellefonte. Height, 5 feet.
Shot put—Otto Scott, State College;
Claude Shope, State College; George Try-
berger, Philipsburg. Distance, 42 feet, 2
inches.
Baseball throw—William Kline, Belle-
fonte; Ray Bartges, Spring Mills; Claude
Distance, 290 feet.
One mile relay—Spring Mills (Biron
Decker, Jacob Bartges, John Decker, LEu-
gene Slegel). State College (Claude Koch,
Glenn Edmiston, Harry Smith, Harold
Witmer). Time, 4 minutes, 49 seconds.
Half-mile relay (girls)—Won by Spring
Mills team; second, Bellefonte; third, State
College. Time, 2 minutes, 22 seconds.
One-fourth mile walk (girls)—Beatrice
Corl, State College; Norma Erb, Philips-
burg; Margaret Stevenson,
Time, 2 minutes, 19 1-5 seconds.
Baseball throw (girls)—Mary Chambers, :
Bellefonte; Mary Tate, State College; Ta- |
cey Smith, Spring Mills. Distance. 138.4
feet.
Total Points Scored:
Bellefonte cere ceressstrrrrranens 50
State College ue ecerrererninses . $2
Spring Mills .....ccouviininnnnn 26
Philipsburg ......cocieiveennes 8
CLASS B
100 yard dash—Newton Crawford, Cen-
tre Hall; Stanley Brooks, Centre: Hall;
Deane Johnston, Howard. Time, 11 2-5
seconds.
220 yard dash—Norman Braucht, Mill-
heim; James Royer, Centre Hall; Deane
Johnston, Howard. Time, 27.3 seconds.
44 yard dash—Norman Braucht, Mill-
heim; Heyl Wolf, Aaronsburg; James Roy-
er, Centre Hall. Time, 1 minute, 4 2-5 sec-
onds.
Half mile run—William Foust, Centre
Hall; Stanley Brooks, Centre Hall; Shel-
don Hoffman, Howard. Time, 2 minutes,
46 seconds. |
High jump—William Foust, Centre Hall;
Franklin Stover, Millheim ; Norman
Braucht, Millheim. Height, 4 feet, 8
inches.
Baseball throw—William Foust, Centre
Hall; Wendell Goodhart, Millheim ; Wil-
liam Sweetwood, Centre Hall. Distance,
246 feet.
Shot put—William Sweetwood, Centre
Hall; William Foust, Centre Hall; Norman
Braucht, Millheim. Distance, 41 feet.
440 yard walk (girls)—Gladys Garbrick,
Centre Hall; Mabelle Sharer, Centre Hall;
Ellen Meeker, Centre Hall. Time, 2 min-
utes, 32 seconds.
Baseball throw (girls)—Hazel Ripka,
Centre Hall; Sara Snyder, Centre Hall;
Marion Meyers, Millheim. Distance, 121
feet.
50 yard dash (girls)—Alice Snyder, Mill-
heim; Sara Snyder, Centre Hall; Mabelle
Sharer, Centre Hall. Time, 7.1 seconds.
Half-mile relay (girls)—First, Centre
Hall; second, Millheim. Time, 2 minutes,
24 seconds.
Mile .elay—First, Millheim; second,
Aaronsburg; third, Centre Hall. Time, §
minutes, 14 seconds.
Total Points Scored:
Centre" Hall" vio rvivevaieeesna 71
Millhelm s.iceavveensicreieannss 28
AQTONSDUTE +oveseserervssiessae 684
HOWATA “vrerrssstraisesdseress = 3
Boalsburg and Aaronsburg. |
Bellefonte won in Class A and Centre
Bellefonte.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
|
| —John Hines is home from Detroit on
a visit with his mother and the family, at
their home on east Linn street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooke returned
_ yesterday from a week’s business trip to
! their former home in Baltimore.
i —Mrs. Richard Lane, of McKeesport, is
: expected in Bellefonte Monday for a visit
{ with Mr. Lane's mother, Mrs. James B.
. Lane.
i —Miss Mary Eberhart went out to Punx-
| sutawney on Friday to spend two weeks
{ with her brother, Mr. J. B. Eberhart and
' family.
—Mrs. James B. Lane drove to Lewis-
| town Wednesday, to meet her aunt, Miss |
| Thomas, who is now in Bellefonte for the
_ Summer.
| —Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler and
‘ James MecClain motored to Philadelphia,
| Sunday, Mr. McClain joining Mr. and Mrs.
| Spangler at Harrisburg.
{ —Rev. George E. Smith went down to
' Philadelphia on Tuesday, on a short busi-
ness trip but will return home in time for
his regular church services on Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cook and their
down Monday to consult eye specialists.
—Mrs. Claude Cook accompanied Mr.
Cook home Friday, leaving Miss Grace in
Asheville with her nurse, who will bring
Miss Cook to Bellefonte as soon as her
health permits.
—Mrs. Robert J. Ioster, of Philadelphia,
has been visiting in Bellefonte, a guest of
her sister, Mrs. Chaney Hieklen, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ivan Walker.
on Linn street.
—Mrs. A. G. McMillan, of Yonkers, N. Y.,
and her small daughter, arrived in Belle-
fonte Monday night for a visit with Mrs.
McMillan’s mother and brother, Mrs. Odil-
lie Mott and her son Basil.
—Mrs. Miller, who had been in Belio- |
fonte with her brothers, Delaun, Finley
and Dave Stewart, for six weeks, while her
mother, Mrs. Stewart, was in Wilkes-Bar-
re, left yesterday to return to her home in
Hagerstown.
— Prothonotary Roy Wilkinson is attend-
ing court in Clearfield this week as a wit-
ness in an important ceal and land case
and during his absence A. A. Dale Esq, is
in charge of the prothonotary’s office in the
court house.
—James Iine went to Bellwood Wed-
nesday tto attend the funeral of Melvin
Straw, who was killed Saturday morning
by an automobile, while on the way to
market. The boy was a step-son of Mr.
line's daughter.
—Mrs. Rapp
Misses Regina
guests this week, Mrs. V. B. Temple and
her son’s wife, Mrs. Charles Temple, both !
of McKeesport, entertaining them at their
home on Halfmoon hill.
—Mrs. W. C. Snyder, of Snow Shoo,
spent yesterday afternoon and last night
in Bellefonte, coming in to attend the May
meeting of the Bellefonte Chapter of the
D. A. R., held at Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Sny-
der only recently returned from Washing-
ton, where she attended the congress of the
D. A RR.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Green left Wednes-
day to return to Camden, N. J., after vis-
iting for a part of a week with Mrs.
Green’s mother, Mrs. 8. H. Griffith. Mrs.
Green, who is known here as Miss Mina
Dawson, having lived her girlhood life in
jellefonte, while Mr. Green was on his first |
visit to the town.
—Miss Claire Shope and Miss Violet Mac-
Leod, who are in the civil service depari-
ment at Washington, D. C., are home on a
week’s vacation, visiting with Miss Shope’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Shope. Miss
MacLeod was a former resident of Belle-
fonte, the family leaving here to make their
home in Washington.
—Miss Lillian Garbrick has been in
Bellefonte since last fall, one of the two
young women who have qualified for the
work in the offices of the State Highway
Department. Miss Garbrick is a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Garbrick, of Mill
Hall, and while in Bellefonte has made her
home with her father’s relatives in Cole-
ville. *
—Mr. and Mrs. Yearick, of Howard, with
their daughter Rosella; Mrs. Christ Deck-
er and Miss Eleanor McGinley, of Belle-
fonte, as motor guests, will leave today on
a drive to Lewisburg. Miss Yearick and
‘ Miss McGinley are going down for Buck-
nell day and May day at Bucknell tomor-
row, and to attend a dance in the evening.
The party, according to present arrange-
ments will return home Monday.
i —DMr. and Mrs. John B. Wert, of Tussey-
! ville, and their six children, were among
{ the Centre county sport enthusiasts who
| motored to Bellefonte Saturday for the
| track meet on the Hughes field. Mr. and
Mrs. Wert have always been close friends
! of their children and last Saturday’s par-
: ty is only one of many this ideal family
spends together. The oldest daughter is a
student at the State College High school.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rummel who have
made their home in Kansas City for the
past six years, moved to Omaha this week,
where Mr. Rummel has accepted the posi-
tion of buyer for the J. L. Brandeise Co.
clothing house. Mr. Rummel held a sim-
ilar position with the Jones Store Co. in
Kansas City, leaving there to accept a very
flattering offer in Omaha. Mrs. Rummel is
better known in Bellefonte as Miss Maude
E. Campbell.
—Mrs. George VanDyke and her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, came here from Pitts-
burgh Monday, for an indefinite stay in
Bellefonte with Mrs. VanDyke's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Noll. Mr. VanDyke
will join his wife and daughter here im-
mediately upon the completion of his work
in Pittsburgh, intending to remain in
Bellefonte until the contracting firm, with
which he is associated, again starts work
on one of their big contracts.
—Not only is George W. Weaver, of Cur-
tin township, unique in that he is a Dem-
ocrat of the kind rarely found these days,
a hunter whose trusty rifle has brought
down many a deer and bear, a farmer who
has made much of success during his six-
ty-eight years of life, but he is the father
of a girl whose great grand nephew is old-
er than she is. We doubt if a similar fam-
ily condition exists anywhere. Mr. Wea-
ver was in town last Thursday. He came
up to attend to some business relative to
the new home he has bought near the Quay
school house. His son has taken the old
farm and Mr. Weaver has gone back and
purchased the place where he spent much
of his youth. He is the fati >r of eighteen
children, thirteen of whom are living. His
oldest daughter’s oldest daughter is mar-
ried to Edward Askey, of Liberty town-
ship and their oldest son, Charles, who is
thirteen, is just a few months older than
Mr. Weaver's youngest child, Blanche.
daughter, Miss Margaret, have been spend-
. ing the week in Philadelphia, having gone :
and her daughters, the
and Ruth, have had as |
: , SU .
+ —W. Frank Bradford, of Centre Hall,
was in Bellefonte yesterday looking after
some business interests.
—Dr. R. L. Capers, osteopath, has not
“been in his office this week for the reason
that he has been in Philadelphia attending
clinics and taking post graduate work.
—Dr. and Mrs. George Kirk, of Kyler-
town, were visitors for the day, Wednes-
day, of Mr. Kirk's uncle, Dr. M. A. Kirk
and his family. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk drove
over in their car.
—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sherry and their
small child, were guests last week of Mr.
Sherry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Sherry. Mr. and Mrs. Sherry returned to
Pittsburgh Saturday.
—Miss Sara Shuey, of Williamsport, will
spend the week-end in Bellefonte with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey. Mr.
and Mrs. Shuey entertained Gerald Whit-
ing, a student at Penn State, over last Sat-
urday.
—Mrs. Grant Pifer, of Wilkinsburg, has
been in Bellefonte for a week and will re-
main a week longer, on a visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. KX. Hoy. During
the time here, Mrs. Pifer will make a short
visit with her sister, Mrs. Eley, at Tur-
botville.
—Mrs. D. J. Kelly, of York, has been in
| Bellefonte within the past week visiting
with her son, Theodore Kelly II. While
here Mrs. Kelly was the house guest of
her brother-in-law, W. T. Kelly, with
whom Theodore has been staying since
coming here some time ago.
—M. N. Luft, of Whitaker, Allegheny
county, is spending a part of the week in
Bellefonte with his sister, Mrs. James To-
ner. Although having lived all his earlier
life here and having many relatives and
' friends in Bellefonte, this is Mr. Luft’s
first visit back home in five years.
Air Pilot Killed.
. J. T. Christensen, one of the most
reliable pilots on the air mail route
betwen New York and Chicago, was
‘killed instantly at Cleveland, Ohio,
last Friday when his motor stopped
while attempting to make a landing
and in preference to landing in the
street and endangering the life of oth-
ers he undertook to volplane to the
‘ river, but didn’t quite reach it and his
. plane collided with a railroad viaduct
and crashed to the railroad a crumpled
mass of wreckage. The gas tank also
exploded and Chirstensen’s body was
bly burned before it could be remov-
Led. :
: hristensen was of Swedish nation-
ality and was only twenty-one years
old. Up until several weeks ago he
flew the New York to Cleveland route
for six months and was quite well
. known in Bellefonte, having frequent-
ly stopped here over night, and some-
times longer. He was married two
vears ago to a young lady of Nebras-
ka and had only recently purchased a
cosy little home in the suburbs of Chi-
cago, in which city he made his head-
quarters since beeing transferred to
the Cleveland-Chicago route. The un-
fortunate pilot held three speed rec-
ords in the aera mail service, having
made the through flight of 741 miles
from Chicago to New York, in 5 hours
and 31 minutes.
| The Basket Shop announces
| that hereafter the Bellefonte baskets
i may be purchased at the Potter-Hoy
Hardware Co. All our stock of im-
ported baskets will be sold at half
| price, as in the future we will only sell
‘our own product. Scraps, market,
i fruit and flower baskets—covered
' grass lids in three sizes, regular val-
ues, $1.50, $1.00, 75c., all will be sold
"at 50c. Palm leaf knitting bags, 50c.
! At these prices the baskets should
| sell, so we advise an early selection..
18-1t
ee ee freer.
¢ Fly Facts for Fishermen,
Our enormous stock, carefully se-
lected, of imported trout and Bass
tackle, enables us to still furnish over
100 styles of Wet and Dry Trout
Flies at $1.50 to $2.20 dozen. Lines,
leaders, etc. Write for catalogue and
“Special Introductory Order” blank.
Everything guaranteed.
BALD BEAGLE CANOE HOUSE,
66-18-3% Lock Haven, Pa.
Ladies, Attention!
Simon Mass, representing his own
popular firm of Philadelphia, will be
at the Bush House, Bellefonte, on Sat-
urday of this week, May 7, at 10
o’clock a. m., with an exceptionally
fine display of ladies dress goods, em-
bracing a wonderful line of silks, to
which you are invited. 18-1¢
——See the line of men’s oxfords
we are showing at $6.50 pair; hand-
some in appearance, wonderful in
wearing qualities, all Goodyear welts.
Every pair guaranteed to give serv-
ice.—Cohen & Co. 18-1t
—— Mrs. John Blanchard offers for
sale a Red Cross Victor range, New
Perfection four burner oil stove, with
oven, and three burner oil heater, ali
in good condition. 18-1t
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
— Local stockholders of the Jer-
sey Cereal Food company received
their quarterly dividends last week
18-1t*
— Men’s mule skin work shoes,
sizes 6 to 10, at $2.60 per pair.—Cohen
& Co. 18-1t
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