Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, May 27, 1921, Image 8
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. i ——— A ———————_ ——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. cm——————— te. ——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. mm —————— ee ———— —Buy your own paper and read it. sm