Demoreaiic Wacom
Bellefonte, Pa., May 27, 1921.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— The weather man who last week
gave us a dose of real torid atmos-
phere slipped into reverse on Monday
night and overcoats were in evidence
on Tuesday.
——Dr. W. K. McKinney, of the
Bellefonte Presbyterian church, will
speak at the Memorial day exercises
at the Boalsburg cemetery, on Monday
evening, at 6:30 o’clock.
—— Mrs. John I. Olewine on Satur-
day closed a deal for the purchase of
the J. Thomas Mitchell residence on
Allegheny street. The consideration
is reported as being $6250.00.
——George T. Bush, of Bellefonte,
was honored at the meeting of the
Grand Commandery Knights Templar |
in Philadelphia this week by being
elected grand standard bearer.
——Have your fifteen cents ready
to buy a poppy Monday; it is the
American Legion tag day. No one
should appear on the streets of Belle-
fonte without one of these flowers.
Boyd A. Musser, fomerly a res-
ident of this place, and accredited to
Constans Commandery, No. 33, was
onz of the aides to the deputy grand
commander, in the great Templar pa-
rade in Philadelphia, on Tuesday.
The fourteenth annual reunion
of the Fifth regiment Spanish-Ameri-
can war veterans will be held in Al-
toona on Saturday, June 4th. A num-
ber of Bellefonters are members of the
association and will likely attend the
reunion.
——The thirteenth annual reunion
of the Grove family will be held at
Grange park, Centre Hall, on Satur-
day, June 4th, in the nature of a bas-
ket picnic. Members of the family
and the public is invited to attend and !
take baskets.
——The annual reunion of the Fb-
erhart family will be held at the Lew-
isburg fair grounds, Lewisburg, on
Thursday, June 2nd. All members
and friends of the family are cordially
invited to attend. A good time and
plenty to eat is assured to all.
On Saturday two dozen homing
pigeons from the lofts in Shamokin
were sent out to Snow Shoe where
they were released at two o’clock in the
afternoon, but no definite information
has been received as to how many of
the birds reached their home lofts.
——Among the five thousand sol-
dier dead that arrived in New York
from France in the early part of the
week was the body of George Mayhew,
a colored soldier from Bellefonte, who
was killed in France. The body will
be brought to Bellefonte and given a
soldier’s burial, though just when it
will arrive is not known at this writ-
ing.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Woman’s club will be held in
the director’s room of the High school
building, Monday evening, May 30th.
The annual election of officers will
take place. On account of the enter-
tainment at the school building the
meeting will be called to order at sev-
en o'clock. A good attendance is re-
quested.
——The Bellefonte Academy base-
ball team made a whirlwind finish of
the season last week, defeating the
Pittsburgh Collegians on Thursday by
the score of 7 to 5, and literally over-
whelming the State College Freshmen
nine on Saturday by the score of 13 to
38. The Academy team played good
ball all season, making a record equal
to any prep school in the State.
——The Bellefonte Academy last
Friday sent a team of three athletes
to Pittsburgh to represent it in the
interscholastic track and field meet’
held there on Saturday and with that
limited number of athletes won sec-
ond place in the meet and was only
seven points behind the winner, Pea-
body ‘Institute. Two of the Acade-
my’s team remained at home to play
in Saturday’s ball game, and as both
are point winners the Academy prob-
-ably would have won the meet with
their assistance.
Harry Badger, who works for
W. T. Twitmire, had a rather fiery ex-
perience last Thursday. He was down |
Bald Eagle valley at the Miss Anna
Hoy farm putting some spouting on
the barn. Having occasion to go to.
‘the house on an errand he omitted to
«caution some boys who were playing
on his wagon. The result was when
he returned to the barn he found his
wagon and ladders on fire, the flames
leaping from four to five feet into the
air. The boys in playing had upset
Mr. Badger’s soldering furnace and
set the wagon on fire. The entire
rear portion of the wagon was burned
and the ladders in it badly damaged
before the flames were extinguished.
Mr. Packer, the man who oper-
ates the elevator in Temple Court, had
quite a thrilling experience on last
Friday. He was just starting on a
trip up in the building and was about
half way between the first and second
floors when the small cable which con-
trols the water pressure broke and the
elevator dropped to the bottom of the
well in the basement. It hit the air
cushions with a resounding thud then
rebounded five or six feet, dropped
again and rebounded a short distance
then settled in the well. But this was
not all, as the breaking of the cable
left one of the water valves open and
in addition to being considerably shak-
en up in his drop in the elevator Mr.
Packer was drenched from head to
feet by the inrush of water, Plumb-
ers were quickly secured who turned
the water off at the main.yalve, then
put on a new cable, but the elevator
was out of commission a day or two.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
Elaborate Program Arranged for An-
nual Exercises Next Week.
|
“will graduate at the Bellefonte High
school next week, the largest class by
five ever turned out by this school.
Coincident with this fact is the an-
nouncement that the exercises of*the
week will be the most elaborate of
"any ever held, and parents and sup-
“porters of the school in general should
make it a point to attend as many of
: the offerings on the program as possi-
ble.
' baccalaureate sermon on Sunday even-
| ing, which will be delivered by Rev.
' Alexander Scott, in the Methodist
‘church. The Junior declammatory
| contest for the Col. W. F. Reynolds
| prizes will be held in the High school
' quditorium on Monday evening at
! 8:15. An admission of 15 cents will
| be charged, the proceeds to go to the
library fund. The contestants and
| their subjects will be as follows:
Tv
High School Orchestra
2. “The Second Trial”............ Kellog
|
; Lois Foreman
3. ¢The Destiny of Pompeii”..... Lytton
Joseph Parrish
I 4, “Topsy” ecivrirsesnesdesvaras Stowe
: Ella Harvey
5. “The Victor of Marengo”..Anonymous
i George P. Lyon
6. MAKIC viniviviarranirsmpsrssvennan Selected |
7. “The Death Bed of Benedict Ar-
! NOM. ccevecsinesnnansoees Lippard |
Sara Ray
of Booth the Assas-
Anonymous
|
! 8 “The Death
| SIN ee vik Senet
| Edmond C. Miller
9. Selection from “The Lion and the
: MOUSE” .coicivrcererersans Arranged
| Marjory Hill
10. “The Inmate of the Dungeon’..Meyer
Harold Wion
33, Music ...cciieinirirrcencinrian Selected
12. “If 1 Were King”........... McCarthy
Mary Chambers
13. “Our Responsibilities as a
tion”
Na-
To ION ceseersresnrnviraies Roosevelt
| Mark Hunter
| The judges will be Irving L. Foster
Ph. D., of State College; Mrs. Charles
Schlow and Mrs. Robet Mills Beach,
Bellefonte.
On Tuesday and Wednesday even-
“ings, at 8:15, the High school chorus
{ will render the beautiful
“Queen Esther.”
"al story will be given under the su-
‘ pervision of Mrs. W. C. Krader and
sixty students will appear in the <hor-
us.
to Pittsburgh to select the costumes
and we have every assurance that this
will be one of the real good offerings
of the week. An admission of fifty
cents will be charged which will be
applied to the music fund.
On Wednesday morning at ten
o’clock the grade schools at the High
school building will give a play in the
auditorium entitled “Mother Speaks,”
and on Thursday moning at ten
o’clock the grade schools of the Bish-
op street building will give a play in
the High school auditorium entitled
“Mother Goose Garden.” Encourage
these vounger pupils by going to hear
them. -
The commencement exercises prop-
er will be held on Wednesday evening.
The program includes music by the
High school orchestra; invocation by
Dr. W. K. McKinney, to be followed
with the commencement address by
Dr. John M. Thomas, the new presi-
dent of The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege. Mr. Charles F. Cook, of the
Bellefonte school board, will present
the diplomas to the graduates and
award the prizes.
Everybody in Bellefonte who is in-
terested in public school work, and all
of us should be, should visit the in-
dustrial art, manual training and
household arts exhibits which will be
open in both buildings on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
All pupils in the grade schools are
requested to return to their various
schools on Friday morning and get
their promotion cards as well as their
industrial art work from the exhibits.
The exercises of the week will close
| reception and dance for the graduates.
| Wright’s Saxaphone ochestra, of Col-
'umbus, Ohio, will furnish the music,
and tickets will be on sale at Case-
beer’s.
| Following is a complete list of the
| young men and women who will grad-
uate:
Gwendolyn Aikey, Robert Barnhart,
Clarence Baudis (Unionville), Gilbert Ben-
nett (Port Matilda), Ruth Bierly (Miles-
burg), Geraldine Bilger,
Wendell Crain (Port Matilda), Mary Dale,
Helen Decker, Helen Gettig (Pleasant
Gap), Musser Gettig, Willis Grove, Ellen
Hassinger, Frederick Herr, Richard Her-
man, Samuel Hoover (Port Matilda), Mar-
garet Jones, Esther Johnson, Charles
Keathley (Unionville), Helen Kerstetter,
Herbert Larimer, Violet Lindemuth (Un-
ionville), Beatrice Lucas (Unionville), Ha-
zel Lucas (Unionville), Foster McGovern,
Thomas Mensch, Josephine Miles (Union-
ville), Nevin Robb, Marvin Rothrock,
Grace Sasserman, Mary Sebring, George
Shugert, Gertrude Smith (Unionville), Ma-
ry Smith, Sarah Smith, Magdaline Sunday,
Margaret Swartz (Pleasant Gap), Mary E.
Thompson, Eva Tressler, Caroline Van Va-
lin (Unionville), Howard Van Valin (Un-
ionville), Charles Wagner, Emma Wetzel,
Scott Wolford, Faith Woodson, Mary
Yorks (Milesburg), Ella Young.
——The theatrical season is over,
the Bellefonte Academy minstrels are
a thing of the past and with not
another circus in sight Bellefonters
still have good entertainment every
evening in the motion pictures shown
at the Scenic and opera house. The
Scenic is open every evening during
the week except Sunday and its night-
ly programs include such a diversity
of films that screen fans of various
likes and dislikes are sure to see some-
thing ths t will please them.. If you
are not a regular attendant why not
become one and see all the good films.
! Forty-nine young men and women
The exercises will begin with the !
March, “The Zouaves”............ Huff |
oratorio,
This musical biblic- |
Mrs. Krader made a special trip
"on Friday evening with the Alumni’s
‘Warren Cobb, !
I — Several weeks ago the “Watch-
| man” told of the probable change in
ownership and management of the
Abramsen Engineering company, in
this place, a deal which has been final-
ly consummated. Bellefonters are
now interested in the plant to the ex-
tent of fifty thousand dollars and the
name will be changed to the Sutton-
Abramsen Engineering company.
While no pronounced developments
will be attempted at once it is the ex-
pectation of the new management to
gradually increase the capacity of the
plant and make it one of the best of
its kind in the State.
Speak Out for Disarmament.
The time has come for women to
act together to make war impossible.
A request has come from the “Wom-
en’s International League for Peace
and Freedom” to the women’s organ-
izations of Centre county to express
themselves, during the last week of
May, to be known as Disarmameht
week (22nd-29th), by adopting reso-
| lutions, urging President Harding to
call a conference of nations on reduc-
i tion of armaments, and asking Con-
gress to curtail appropriations for
military programs. It is to be hoped
that every organization will respond
‘to this request, if not in this month,
at least at their next regular meeting.
Mrs. ROBERT MILLS BEACH.
———— eet ee.
Conservation Day.
i The annual meeting of the Conse:-
, vation Association to be held at Belle-
fonte, June 17th, promises to be an
_ interesting occasion. Mr. N. R. Bul-
ler, fish commissioner, State Depart-
ment of Fisheries, and Mr. Seth Gou-
don, game commissioner, Sate Depart-
ment of Game, have promised to be
present. There will be other speakers
of note at the meeting to be held in
the afternoon. During the morning
there has been planned a county rifle
match with both high power rifles and
smaller rifles, and bait casting con-
tests and fly casting contests. There
will be exhibits by school children of
the county in mounted flowers and
leaves, and bird houses, and by the
Boy Scout troops.
Centre County Convention Notice.
The fifty-second annual convention
of the Centre county Sabbath School
association will be held in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Milesburg,
June 7th and 8th. This promises to be
‘a very interesting convention. Prof.
Bentley D. Ackley, of Philadelphia,
will have charge of the music. Mrs.
John Y. Boyd, of Harrisburg, will be
one of the speakers. Hon. Benjamin
F. Bonguard, chaplain of the Penn-
sylvania Senate, will also speak. Mr.
Walter E. Myers, adult superintend-
ent of the Sabbath school association,
will be at all sessions of the conven-
tion to conduct services and make ad-
dresses. Sunday schools are urged to
send names of their representatives
to Miss Anna Schroyer, of Milesburg,
so that entertainment may be pro-
vided.
Eastern Refractories Reorganization,
Some time ago Mr. Chas. W. Al-
bright, of Altoona, who had purchased
the James F. Stott interest in the
Eastern Refractories Co., sold his
holdings to the company and resign-
ed as president and general manager.
Recently Mr. Oscar J. Harm, of Snow
Shoe, purchased the holdings and at a
meeting of the directors of the East-
ern Refractories Co., on Saturday, he
was elected president of the company;
Mr. J. Ellis Harvey, of Orviston, was
elected vice president and secretary,
and Mr. Ives L. Harvey, of Bellefonte,
was elected treasurer and general
manager.
As this company owns several of the
finest fire brick plants in the State
and large deposits of high grade fire
clay and coal they are now in position
to make the organization one of the
strongest in the State.
Reformed Church Classis.
The sixty-fifth annual sessions of
West Susquehanna Classis were held
in the Reformed church at Howard this
week, opening on Monday evening
with a sermon by the retiring presi-
| dent, Rev. Ray H. Dotterer, of State
College. At the close of the sermon
! Rev. R. F. Gass, of Howard, was elect-
"ed president for the ensuing year.
i Holy communion was administered
"at the opening session on Tuesday
~morning, Rev. Dr. Ambrose M.
Schmidt, of Bellefonte, preaching the
| sermon. Mr. Cyrus Heller, of Wil-
'liamsport, was then elected vice pres-
ident of the Classis; Rev. H. H. Rupp,
. of Lewisburg, stated clerk, and Rev.
, R. Edwin Kutz, of Rebersburg, cor-
, responding secretary. The West Sus-
quehanna Classis has twenty-three
ministers and twenty-one lay dele-
| gates, representing 63 congregations
| with a total of 6,250 members. Dur-
"ing the Classical year $16,168 were
! contributed for benevolence and $42,-
000 for congregational purposes. The
| Forward Movement committee report-
ed that $180,000 had been subscribed
by the Classis, of which amount $24,-
000 had been paid, making a total for
benevolent purposes of a little over
$40,000. /
On Tuesday évening a splendid ad-
dress on social service was delivered
by Prof. Theo. F. Herman D. D., of
the Reformed Theological Seminary,
Lancaster, Pa., after which the ladies
of the congregation gave a reception
to the members of Classis.
On Wednesday evening interesting
addresses were given by Dr. C. E.
Schaeffer, general secretary of the
Board of Home Missions, and Rev. A.
V. Casselman, representing the Board
' of Foreign Missions.
Three Women in Thrilling Auto Wreck
Playing the part of the good Sa-
maritan on Sunday resulted in Miss
Rebecca N. Rhoads and two nurses
from the Bellefonte hospital, Miss
Watson and Miss Durner, being plung-
ed into an auto wreck that might be
characterized as both chilling and
thrilling, and only prompt action on
the part of persons living nearby and
passing automobilists prevented a
tragic ending. Miss Rhoads very
rarely goes out in her car on Sunday
but on this occasion she took Mrs.
Hummell, who had been a patient at
the Bellefonte hospital, to her home at
State College, the two nurses accom-
panying her for the double purpose of
seeing that the patient was comforta-
ble on the trip home and for the pleas-
ure of the auto ride.
It was a little past six o’clock when
Miss Rhoads came to the Griffith curve
near Axe Mann on her return trip
home. She was not driving fast, as a
number of autoists had passed her on
the state road but when she reached
the sharp curve the steering gear re-
fused to work and instead of taking
the curve the car ran down over the
bank and upset into Logan’s branch.
Miss Rhoads and the two nurses, the
latter occupying the rear seat in the
machine, were pinned under the car
and as the stream there is quite deep
Miss Durner’s head was under water.
Mr. Hoover, who lives quite close to
where the accident happened, quickly
ran to the upturned automobile but
single-handed was unable to release
the imprisoned women. Fortunately
the road was filled with automobilists,
and among them was E. C. Musser and
party and Melvin Cherry, of Belle-
fonte. Naturally, none of them lost
any time in getting to the scene of the
accident and plunging into the stream
succeeded in lifting the car sufficient-
ly to get the imprisoned women out of
the water and safe on dry land.
Fortunately not one of them sus-
tained any serious injuries. Of course
they were all bruised, scratched, and
suffered a little from shock, but they
are now around about as good as ever.
The car was badly damaged, however,
and had to be pulled out of the creek
and hauled in for repairs.
Dr. McKinney to Leave Bellefonie.
Dr. W. K. McKinney, pastor of the
Bellefonte Presbyterian church, last
Thursday afternoon received an offi-
cial call to the pastorate of the First
Presbyterian church of West Eliza-
beth, N. J., and on Sunday morning he
announced to his congregation here
that he had decided to accept and will
leave Bellefonte just as soon as he is
released by the Huntingdon Presby-
tery.
While the change will mean an in-
crease in salary, as the West Eliza-
beth church pays its pastor $4,000 a
year, with free parsonage, etc., and
will pay Dr. McKinney’s moving ex-
penses, there are various other consid-
erations which induced him to make
the change. Probably the most ap-
pealing is the fact that it offers a
much larger field for his work. West
Elizabeth is a city of ten thousand in-
habitants, a large percentage of whom
are commuters from New York. The
church has a membership of nine hun-
dred communicants, supports four
missions, and Dr. McKinney will have
the support of an assistant pastor.
The city is close to New York and
Princeton University, which will af-
ford him advantages in an education:
al way that he does not have in Belle-
fonte and could not have in any other
country town. In addition, West
Elizabeth is only ten miles away from
the home of his wife’s family. Dr.
McKinney will also have the use of a
car in his pastoral work.
Dr. McKinney came to Bellefonte
from Danville a little more than five
years ago, succeeding Dr. George E.
Hawes as pastor of the Bellefonte
church. During his pastorate he has
not only met with remarkable success
in his church work but he has made
hosts of friends outside of his church
who will be sorry to see him leave
Bellefonte. He is not only an able
pulpit orator and a splendid church
worker but a most genial and compan-
ionable gentleman socially. While his
congregation naturally deplore the
exigencies of fate that calls him to
another field there isn’t one who won't
wish him Godspeed in his new pastor-
ate.
Lutheran Church Conference.
The northern conference of the
Lutheran church held its annual ses-
sion from Monday to Wednesday of
last week in St. Peter’s church at Re-
bersburg, Rev. L. G. Shannon, pastor.
In addition to disposing of routine
business matters in connection with
church affairs papers were read on
various phases of church work, special
attention being given to the rural
church and its needs. The following
ministers make up the roll of mem-
bers in the northern conference:
Dr. Charles T. Aikens, Selinsgrove.
Wilson P. Ard, Bellefonte.
Dr. F. Aurand, Mifflintown.
M. C. Drumm, Centre Hall.
J. F. Harkins, State College.
0. F. Janke, West Milton.
D. 8. Kammerer, Hartleton.
A. M. Lutton, Pine Grove Mills.
G. W. McSherry, New Berlin.
J. BE. Reish, Loganton.
W. M. Rearick, D. D.,, Mifflinburg.
L. G. Shannon, Rebersburg.
W. J. Shultz, Nittany. ;
C. N. Shindler, Lock Haven.
——Mrs. John Blanchard will offer
at private sale Friday afternoon and
Saturday (this week) pictures, couch,
hammock, bedroom set, library table,
etc. Bell telephone 158. 21-1t
—1If it’s shoes you are after, then
attend the great shoe sale of Cohen
& Co’s on Saturday, May 28. 21-1t
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—A. Miles Barr, of Tyrone, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Sunday.
—Mrs. Frank McFarlane, of DBoalsburg,
was in Bellefonte on a shopping expedi-
tion last Friday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Twitmire, of Sun-
bury, were brief visitors the fore part of
the week at the W. T. Twitmire home.
—William 8. Furst Esq., of Philadelphia,
was an over Sunday guest of his mother,
Mrs. A. O. Furst, at her home on west
Linn street.
—Margaret and Virginia, the two daugh-
ters of Dr. and Mrs. Hiram Hiller, have
returned home from the Shipley school,
for their summer vacation. ?
—George T. Bush went down to Phila-
delphia on Sunday to attend the annual
conclave of the Grand Commandery
Knights Templar, held in that city this
week.
—DMiss Helen E. Overton is contemplat-
ing returning to Atlantic City in July, to
resume her work at the Seaside home for
crippled children, where she spent her
summer vacation a year ago.
—~Charles T. Noll is in Bellefonte on a
two week's vacation which he is spending
with his parents, Hon. and Mrs. John Noll.
He came here from Philadelphia, where he
has been located the past several months.
—Mrs. E. C. Tuten and sons, Tirrill and
John, of Philipsburg, will come to Belle-
fonte the latter part of the week for Me-
morial day and for a visit of ten days with
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kirk, on the farm
south of town.
—Dr. Schmidt, Harry Keller Esq., and
C. Y. Wagner were delegates attending the
65th annual sessions of the West Susque-
hanna Classis of the Reformed church.
which met in Howard during the early
part of this week.
—Editor Thomas H. Harter has taken
the week off, being a guest of Judge
Charles Witmer at his fishing camp on
Cherry Run from Monday until yesterday,
when he took the Judge to his camp on
Fishing creek, where the balance of the
week will be spent.
—E. Isaac Chambers returned to Penn-
sylvania this week, after living in Arizona
for several years. Isaac, who is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Chambers, deceased,
was born and grew up in Bellefonte, but
left here to go to West Chester, later going
south and then on west.
—Prothonotary and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson
motored over to Philipsburg on Saturday
and remained until Sunday evening, taking
with them as motor guests Mrs, C. L.
Gates and daughter, Miss Eva J. Gates,
who visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edward L.
Gates and daughter Betty.
—George T. Johnson, of Beaver Falls,
is spending a few days here, assisting
Mrs. Johnson’s mother, Mrs. J. A. Aiken,
close up her business interests in Belle-
fonte. Being a native and a resident of
the town for a number of years, Mr. John-
son has many friends here and finds much
to interest him.
—Among those who were in Bellefonte
this week for the funeral of the late Thom-
as Rishel,
ingstone, of Antes Fort, her husband and
two children; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Batt, of
McKeesport, and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gess-
nerner, of Jeannette; in addition to these
there were a number of relatives of Mrs.
Rishel from the surrounding country.
—John McKinney, a retired Pennsylva-
nia railroad employee of Altoona, was a
brief caller at the “Watchman” office on
Friday. He had been out at Snow Shoe
on a week's trout fishing expedition and
was on his way home. Mr. McKinney was
born and raised in Milesburg but left that
place in 1879, going to Altoona to work for
the railroad. He was retired two years
ago.
—EIllis D. Snyder, of Indiana, who has
been visiting in Central Pennsylvania for
several months, on account of ill health,
went to Delaware recently to open the C. E.
Cooke summer home on Lake Eden, and to
take charge of their farm, on which the
bungalow is located. Mr. Snyder's princi-
pal recreation will be in fishing, the lake
being full of many varieties of fish, which
will furnish the sport. ;
—Mrs. J. F. Garthoff left this morning
for Vicksburg, Pa., for a visit with Mr.
Garthoff’s sister, Mrs. Calvin M. Saunders,
intending to go from there to Reading. At
Reading Mrs. Garthoff will be a guest of
her nieces, Mrs. James Decker and Mrs.
Fred Hefllinger, with whom she will visit
until after the Fourth of July, Mr. Gart-
hoff joining her there for the latter part of
her visit and for [fhe return trip home.
—Mrs. Charles Cruse took possession of
her house yesterday, which has been en-
tirely restored. For the month, since the
fire, Mrs. Cruse has been a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Bullock, between whom
a close friendship has always existed. Al-
thouh differing in politics, Mrs. Bullock's
and Mrs. Cruse's admiration for each oth-
er could never be shaken, even in the bit-
terest discussion, and so absorbed have
they been in each other that even Mr. Bul-
lock’s existence has at times been forgot-
ten.
—Mrs. Robert Lapsley, of Keokuk, Iowa,
arrived in Bellefonte this week on a visit
to her brother, Dr. H. M. Hiller. Dr. Ed-
ward Martin, State Commissioner of
Health, and Robert Hiller, a nephew of
Dr. Hiller and who is a student at the
University of Pennsylvania, were in Belle-
fonte the latter part of last week paying
the doctor brief visits. While the doctor's
condition is not improving as rapidly as
his friends would like to see there is a de-
cided gain. He is stronger physically and
there is encouragement to hope for more
definite improvement.
—Roger T. Bayard, of Tyrone, has been
selected as one of the twenty delegates
from Pennsylvania to the National Council
of the 0. U. A.°M., to be held in Los An-
geles, Cal, June 14th to 20th. Mr. Bay-
ard is an old Bellefonte boy and since lo-
cating in Tyrone as editor of the Daily
Herald has taken a great interest in the
Order United American Mechanics and
should make an able representative at the
meeting of the National Council. Mrs.
Bayard, who is now visiting at her old
home at Centre Hall, will likely accompa-
ny her husband on the trip to California.
—Jsaac Mitchell, who is visiting with his
son Joseph and his family at Burnham,
left Bellefonte Wednesday of last week for
Philadelphia, where he attended the com-
mencement exercises at Girard College, of
which he is an Alumnus. Mr. Mitchell
graduated in 1857, and being the oldest
man back much of the interest of the oc-
casion centred around him. Shortly after
his graduation, Mr. Mitchell came to Belle-
fonte, entering the Reynolds & company
bank, where he spent the sixty-four years
of his business life, resigning from there
a few months ago, with a record itis given
but a few men to leave.
was his daughter, Mrs. Liv-
! —Ferguson Parker, of Pittsburgh, has
visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Ross Parker and the family, within the
week.
—Fred Lane is home from Midland, Pa.,
for an indefinite time, the steel works in
which he was employed having closed Sat-
urday.
—After spending the winter in Wash-
ington, D. C., Mrs. T. B. Budinger has re-
turned to Snow Shoe to open her home for
the summer.
—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rankin, of Har-
risburg, were guests for the week-end of
Mr. Rankin’s father, William B. Rankin,
and the family.
—Mrs. Malcolm Wetzler is substituting
at the Potter-Hoy hardware store for Mrs.
Keefer, who is out on account of the illness
of her daughter.
—DMrs. J. Y. Dale left Wednesday for her
long contemplated visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Crossman, at Norristown. Mrs, Dale's
health prevented an earlier visit.
—DMiss Pearl Powers, who had been in
Bellefonte for several months visiting with
her mother, Mrs. Edward L. Powers, left
Saturday to resume her work at Atlantic
City.
—Miss Jean Brandman will come to
Bellefonte this week for a visit with her
brother, Harry Brandman, it being her
first visit back since going with the fami-
Iy to Philadelphia a year ago.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walker with
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schad as motor guests,
left Wednesday morning on a drive to
Philadelphia, expecting to spend the re-
mainder of the week in the eastern part of
the State.
—Mrs. Mott, Mrs. John Mignot, Mrs.
Max Gamble, the Misses Mary and Eliza-
beth Cooney, Miss Bridget Pearl and Miss
Elizabeth Brown were in Lock Haven Sun-
day, attending an initiation of the Catholic
Daughters of America, who have been
known heretofore as Daughters of Isabella.
—John T. Bair, a clerk in the west Phil-
adelphia postoffice, is in Bellefonte on a
ten day's vacation, having arrived in town
on Wednesday evening. Mr. Bair and fam-
ily formerly lived in Bellefonte and he had
no hesitation in admitting that when he
got a chance for a vacation he came di-
rectly to Bellefonte.
—Mr. and Mrs. John 8. Walker and Miss
Mary G. Meek returned Tuesday evening
from a five day’s motor trip through
southern New York, going east over the
Liberty highway as far as Roscoe in the
Catskills, and returning by the way of
Ithaca, Watkins, then south from Couders-
port through the mountain to Woolrich.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Allison, of New
York city, and their small daughter, who
had been visiting at Mr. Allison’s former
home at Spring Mills, and with relatives
in Bellefonte, left Tuesday on a drive to
Toronto, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Allison
were accompanied by Mr. Allison's sister,
Miss Mabel. and by Miss Katherine Alli-
son, of Bellefonte, all of whom will be
| guests while in Toronto of Charles and
{ Frank Allison. The trip, as planned when
leaving here, will cover a week.
‘ Pennsylvania State College Receives
| Portrait of Gen. Irvin.
|
| In July, 1854, an address to the peo-
ple of Pennsylvania was published set-
| ting forth the character of a proposed
| school of agriculture to be known as
| “Farmer’s High School.” Citizens of
: different sections of the Common-
, wealth invited to offer inducements
| for the location of the school in their
{ midst. Responses were had from Erie,
| Blair, Centre and Franklin counties;
: Blair and Centre each offering pledges
of $10,000 in support of the school.
On September 12th, 1854, the com-
! mittee designated to select the site ap-
proved the location in Centre county
and accepted the offer made by Gen.
James Irvin to give the two hundred
acres which now comprise the campus
of The Pennsylvania State College, as
well as a five year preemption on two
hundred acres adjoining. In addition
to this H. M. McAllister, father-in-law
of the late Gen. Beaver, Gen. Irvin and
Governor Curtin pledged $10,000 in
cash in behalf of Centre and Hunting-
don counties.
This bit of history leads up to an
interesting incident of the present
week when Edward Kinney, of Miles-
burg, drove to the College and pre-
sented that institution with a portrait
in oil of the man whose philanthropy
probably established its location in
Centre county. Mr. Kinney and his
sister are direct descendants of Gen.
Irvin and the portrait came to them
after the death of Mrs. Wilson, who
had been its custodian for years.
The likeness is said to be exception-
al and a$ a work in oil it has every in-
dication of having been done by a
master’s hand.
The gift was a very thoughtful one
on the part of the Kinneys for in the
College gallery there should long ago
have been a portrait of Gen. Irvin.
Eastern Star Chapter Organized.
The Bellefonte Chapter of the East-
ern Star was organized in Bellefonte
on Tuesday night with a membership
of forty-three. The degree team from
the Lewistown Chapter, about thirty
strong, assisted in the degree work
and installation of officers, as follows:
Worthy matron, Mrs. Joseph Runkle;
worthy patron, George Hazel; asso-
ciate matron, Mrs Emma Hurley;
conductress, Miss Gertrude Taylor;
associate conductress, Mrs. H. S. Tay-
lor; secretary, Mrs. Eugene Weik, and
treasurer, Mrs. H. P. Schaeffer.
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——The Titan Metal company has
begun laying the foundations for the
new building that is to replace those
recently destroyed by fire. It will be
quite a large structure, sufficiently so
to house all of the units of the plant
that occupied the several smaller
buildings that were destroyed.
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——The house party of sixteen,
which Mrs. P. A. Sellers is entertain-
ing at her home on the farm in Half-
moon valley, for the week-end and
Memorial day, will include all her chil-
dren, whose home-coming at this time
has become an established custom.
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