Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, October 07, 1921, Image 8

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Bellefonte, Pa., October 7, 1921.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
Hon. J. Will Kepler, of Pine
Grove Mills, has succeeded M. I. Gard-
ner as district revenue collector, with
headquarters at Johnstown.
The plant of the Titan Metal
company is closed at present but it is
just possible that operations may be
resumed within a week or two.
; Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads
‘brought home last Friday a new seven
passenger Cadillac car, purchased
through the Vuille agency, at Hunt-
ingdon.
Mrs. Lelah Gardner, of State
College, has been appointed a member
of the mothers’ assistance fund board
of trustees of Centre county in place
of Mrs. G. G. Pond, resigned.
—The material for completing the
interior of the Bellefonte Trust com-
pany is now arriving and work on
completing the
pushed as rapidly as possible.
turer, will speak
Presbyterian church on Monday even-
ing, October 17th, at 8 o’clock. A rare
treat. Admission free.
The Scenic is
showing good
pictures every evening, pictures that!
cannot be seen anywhere else in this
Every evening’s
part of the State.
program is a big one, giving two
hour’s amusement and entertainment
for a nominal admission fee. The only
place in Bellefonte open every even-
ing. Try ii.
A community party will be held
in the hall of the Logan fire company
Thursday night, October 20th, under
the auspices of the Woman’s Guild ot
St. John’s Episcopal church. Dancing
and cards. Refreshments will be serv-
ed. Academy orchestia will furnish
music. Dancing from 8 to 12. Ad-
mission 75 cents.
Word has been received in
Bellefonte of the arrival of a little |
daughter in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Aley, at Youngstown, Ohio.
Mrs. Aley before her marriage was
Miss Gerginski, one of the very effi-
cient nurses at the Bellefonte hos-
pital. Myr. and Mrs. Aley have christ-
ened their little daughter Ruth Louise.
Lutheran church, Mr. J. W. Stroh, of
Sunbury, will deliver an address on
“The Mission of the Sunday Schooi.”
Mr. Stroh is president of the large
Odd Fellows’ orphanage near Sunbury,
and is an active and energetic Sunday
school worker. He is quite a vigorous
speaker and should be greeted with a
large attendance.
— “The ¥mpress of
chartered by I'. C. Clark for the Med-
iterranean cruise and the Orient, sail-
ing February 4th, for which Hrs. Cal-
laway has booked over fifty persons,’
has been fuliy booked, and Mr. Clark
has chartered the S. S. “Empress of
France” to take care of the cverflow.
Mrs. Callaway will answer any inqui- |
ries pertaining to the cruise.
——Neither the Bellefonte Acade-
my nor the Bucknell Freshmen foot-
ball team were able to tally a point
in their clash on Hughes field last Sat-
urday afternoon. Both teams showed
considerable strength for the opening
game but they were too evenly match-
ed to get the pigskin across the goal
line. 'Tommorrow the Academy elev-
en will go to State'College for a game
with the Freshmen.
Ray W. Wakeland, who suec-
ceeded Albert W. Spengler as superin-
tendent of construction at the Rock-
view penitentiary, was marriel on
September 22nd to Miss Eva Hice, of |
Beaver, Pa., the wedding taking place
at the home of the bride’s parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Richard Hice. The young
couple returned to Bellefonte on Sep- |
tember 26th and have gone to house-
keeping in the home of Miss Giace
Mitchell.
Scholarships amounting to $90
in cash are each year awarded to the
winners of competitive examinations
held in the five Pennsylvania counties
that have the largest per capita rep- |
resentation in the student body at The
Pennsylvania State College. They are
known as the McAllister scholarships
and Centre being one of the fortunate
counties the scholarship has been
awarded to Miss Helen R. Kessinger,
of State College. The other counties
in which awards were made are Dau-
phin, Blair, Wyoming and Cameron.
——The old Bellefonte Academy
students conducted the new boys on
the customary knee pants parade on
Saturday night, and the youngsters
took the initiation in the right spirit
and seemed to be having a geod time |
doing it.
was just a little bit chilly for bare
shins and naked calves but as the
boys were kept on the move, parading
the streets and in and out of some of
the stores, they did not have time to
get greatly chilled. A number of pad-
dles were in evidence but none of the
boys were unduly mistreated.
Automobile agencies in Belle-
fonte, Lock Haven, Tyrone and Phil-
ipsburg, including owners and em-
ployees, enjoyed a dinner at the Nit-
sany Country club on Monday even-
ing, forty-eight covers being laid and
all taken. The object of the dimmer
was to hear Joseph E. Rine, a former
member of the executive board of the
Ford Motor company, in Detroit,
Mich., talk on personal efficiency. The
speaker presented his subject in a
strong and impressive manner and the
agencies responsible for securing him
will doubtless benefit+by his talk.
institution will be
Dr. Ira Landrith, a noted edu- :
cator, journalist, statesman and lec-
in the Bellefonte |
Sunday morning at 10:45 in the
Scotland” |
Unfortunately the evening i
| LUTHERAN SYNOD MEETS.
Interesting Sessions Held at Pine
Grove Mills This Week.
Approximately seventy ministers
and lay delegates representing 88 con-
gregations and 18,000 members at-
tended the sixty-eighth annual con-
vention of the Central Pennsylvania
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
church, held in the Lutheran church at
Pine Grove Mills this week. The Syn-
on opened on Monday evening with the
synodical sermon by the president,
Rev. W. M. Rearick, of Miffiinburg.
The synodical report on Tuesday
morning showed that there are within
tke bounds of the Synod 86 Sunday
schools with a membership of 15,000.
But as evidence that men are derelicts
in church work there are only eight
men’s societies with a total of 290
members, while there are 64 women’s
organizations with a membership of
2,000, and 50 young peoples societies
with a membership of 1,800. The
church property within the bounds of
the Synod is valued at $1,000,000,
while $163,000 were contributed last
year for all expenditures.
Another deplorable fact was
brought very forcibly to the attention
of Synod and that was the reluctance
of the young men of the present to
enter the ministry, as there was not a
. single candidate for ovdination or li-
censure to preach, and not a singie
student applied for synodical aid to go
to college, a condition unknown with-
in the bounds of Synod in the past fit-
ty years.
A very interesting talk on christian
education was made by Dr. Charles S.
Bauslin, of Harrisburg. Dr. Bauslin
is secretary of the board of educatien :
‘and has under his direct supervision
| twenty-six Lutheran colleges in ‘the
{ United States. Dr. I. Chantry Hoft-
board of home missions and church ex-
tension, made a splendid talk on the
missionary work of the church. On
| Tuesday evening Mr. I. F. Mellinger,
of Letonia, Ohio, spoke in the intex-
. est of the Brotherhood and urged the !
‘men to take a greater interest in
| church work in general.
WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
At Wednesday morning’s session of
Synod, in addition to the transaction
of routine church business synodical
' officers were elected as follows: Pres-
ident, Dr. W. M. Rearick, Mifflinburg;
! secretary, Rev. Charles N. Shindler,
{ Lock Haven; statistician, Rev. John
| F. Harkins, State College; treasurer,
Rev. W. P. Horton, Selinsgrove.
Considerable inteiest centered in
the election of ministerial and lay
delegates to the convention of
United Evangelical Lutheran church
of America to be held in Buffalo, N.
. Y., in October, 1922, and the balloting |
resulted as follows:
Ministerial
Rearick,
yr
delegates—Dr. W.
Mifflinburg; Rev. J. W.
, Shultz, Nittany; Dr. A. H. Spangler, !
| Yeagertown;
State College.
Rev . John F. Harkins,
Alternates—Rev. Wil-
son P. Ard, Bellefonte; Rev. M. J.
Ross, Belleville; Rev. A. M. Lutton,
. Pine Grove Mills; Dr. Charies N.
! Shindler, Lock Haven.
Lay delegates—Frank M. Crawford,
' Bellefonte; Irvin Baker, Yeagertown;
i Dr. R. M. Krebs, Pine Grove Mills;
‘Hon. C. M. Bower, Blain. Alternates
—C. A. Widle, Loysvilie; C. L. Gram-
i ley, Rebersburg; J D. Beck, West Mil-
ton; J. A. Beck, Nittany.
At the afternoon session Dr. George
Brack, of Baltimore, presented the
question of establishing theological
! seminaries in India, Japan and other
eastern countries for the purpose of
‘educating missionaries for foreign
{ work. Dr. F. P. Manhart, of Selins-
i grove, talked on the question of the
‘unification of all Lutheran churches
‘under one banner to be known as the
United Evangelical Lutheran church
of America. C. H. Brandt, of Altoo-
‘na, representing the Anti-Saioon
League, made a brief talk.
Dr. C. B. Hay, of Baltimore, repre-
senting the deacaness’ work, spoke in
behalf of the education of women for
church work, while Dr. W. H. Carney,
‘ of Bedford, representing the Luth-
eran world service, told of the move-
ment on foot to raise a fund of $1,
125,000 for relief work in eighteen for-
. eign countries still suffering as the re-
| sult of the world war.
Wednesday evening Rev. Paul IL
Morentz, a christianized Jew, lectured
on Judaism and Christianity.
The Synod as a body complimented
Rev. A. M. Lutton on his work at Pine
Grove Millis and especially on the way
the church has been fixed up; especial-
‘ly over the fact that notwithstanding
the expense was $3,516.86 all the bilis
have been paid and there are $540 in
the church treasury.
The final session of Synod was held
on Wednesday evening following the
lecture by Rev. Morentz when Dr..C. |
| L. Fry spoke briefly of His work in the
i Brotherhood.
Quite a spirited debate followed the
introduction of a resolution prohibit-
ing theological students from marry-
ing while prosecuting their studies,
and as the Synod was pretty evenly
divided on the subject it was finally
i decided to leave the matter in the
| hands of the educational committee.
Newport, Perry county, was select-
ed as the place for holding the next
convention and the time the first Mon-
day in October, 1922.
Members of the Synod expressed
| wonderful appreciation for the hospi-
| tality shown by the people of Pine
| Grove Mills in entertaining the Syn-.
od, which they did in their customary
lavish manner. The I. O. O. F. orches-
tra, of that place, assisted with the
music at several sessions of the Syn-
od. Following are the resolutions
| adopted:
We, the members
of your Resolutions
man, of Philadelphia, secretary of the |
the |
M. |
committee, beg leave to submit the fol-
lowing resolutions:
1. In view of the announcement that
this year there are no candidates for either
licensure or ordination, and ne applicants
for synodical aid, be it
Resolved, That all ministers and laymen
emphasize the call of the gospel ministry
and lay this vital question upon the hearts
of the parents of their sons, especially in
this hour when ministers are so greatly
needed.
2. Be it resolved that we deplore the
great wave of crime and lawlessness that
is sweeping over our State and nation and
that all urge every one everywhere to co-
operate most vigorously in the enforcement
of the law, and make it a matter of vital
concern that honest, God-fearing oflicials
be elected to places of public trust.
Whereas a meeting of the representa-
tives of the leading nations of the world
has been called for the consideration of
disarmament for the prevention of war, be
it resolved that we heartily endorse the
movement, and that we use every proper
influence for the furtherance of its object.
4. Whereas a general call has been sent
out for more members for the Woman's
Home and Ioreign Missionary society, be
it resolved that every pastor take an active
part in this drive for members, and that
they use every means to quicken their peo-
ple to more loyal missionary endeavor.
5. Whereas, Lutheran Brotherhoods are
not organized in all our congregations be
it resolved, that we urge the forming of
such brotherhoods as men’s clubs for the
purpose of interesting the laymen of every
church in definite christian service.
6. Whereas, the St. Paul's Lutheran
church of Pine Grove Mills has been great-
ly improved and beautified, and the mem-
bers have been most loyal in their support
of the active and energetic pastor, Rev. A.
M. Lutton, be it resolved, that we heartily
commend them for their splendid achieve-
i ment, success and fine spirit of co-opera-
tion.
7. Whereas, the kind members of St.
Paul's organization with their pastor, Rev.
i A. M. Lutton, have been most courteous in
i their hospitable entertainment of Synod.
| be it resolved, that we sincerely extend
| our thanks to all who have helped to make
i the visit of Synod so pleasant and so heip-
! ful, and also to the choir for their excel-
lent music. We further request that the
president of Synod at the last evening ses-
sion express our deep appreciation of the
‘many kindnesses and courtesies received
! from the people and pastor of this congre-
| gation.
.
3.
tespectfully submitted,
Rev. WILSON P. ARD,
Rev. G. P. HEIM,
FRANK M. CRAWFORD,
Committee,
in “The Old Nest.” Wonderful hu-
man story. Go see it. Opera house
Friday and Saturday nights. Mati-
nees at Scenic. 39-1%
reed
Academy Road Improvement Fund.
Amount previously acknowledged. .s1335.00
i Emerick Motor Bus Ce............. 35.00
IW. W. Bickett.... a4. . ooh 4 Te 10.00
Total... 4 Sighs + 04 $1338.00
i
|
| i
i The Undine fire company contribut-
i
i ming pool,
. $81.00.
|
| Menday Evening, Oct. 10th, 8 O’clock.
which was equivalent to
—
ling of the Parent-Teacher association
will be held at the High school build-
ing.
! active interest in this organization and
show your interest by your presence
at the meeting. No father nor moth-
er should fail to attend. It means as
much to you as it does to your child.
‘The executive committee has pro-
the evening.
{reshments.
Music, speaking and re-
Will you come?
Youn ¢ People Showered.
On Thursday evening of last week
a dozen or more young lady friends of
Mrs. Lawrence V. Jones gave her a
surprise miscellaneous shower at the
home of Lier parents on Spring street.
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Coxey came over from Clearfield for
a brief visit at the home of Mr. Cox-
ey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cox-
ey, on Bishop street, and that even-
ing Mrs. M. B. Garman’s Sunday
school class, of which Eugene was a
member, gave them a miscellaneous
shower.
In Society.
Miss Katherine Love entertained
with four tables of cards Monday
night in compliment to her house
guest, Mrs. Wallace Ebe, of Pitts-
burgh.
Mrs. Frank Montgomery was host-
ess Tuesday evening at supper, follow-
‘ed by an evening bridge party.
Mrs. P. H. Dale, Mrs. Frear, Mrs.
Foster and Mrs. Fessenden were hos-
tesses at the October meeting of the
Bellefonte Chapter of the D. A. R.,
held at Mrs. Dale’s, at State College,
last night. An enthusiastic business
‘session followed by a talk from Dr.
Sparks, made the meeting one of great
interest.
F. W. Topelt and John G. Murphy,
of Brooklyn, house guests of Mrs. R.
8. Brouse, were guests of honor at a
inner for men, given at the Nittany
Country club, Tuesday evening. A
supper party including both women
and men was given in compliment to
Mrs. Brouse’s guests last night, at the
Inn at Hublersburg.
Following a week-end visit with
Mr. Fauble's sisters, Mrs. Seel, Mrs.
Tausig and Mrs. Houseman, Mr. Fau-
bie and Miss McGovern were honor
guests at a reception given by his sis-
ters in Harrisburg, Monday evening.
Mrs. H. S. Taylor and Mrs. Zerby
entertained at the Country club Wed-
nesday afternoon with a dinner of
thirty covers, followed by an afternoon
with cards. Four women from Ty-
rone and one from Philipsburg were
among the guests.
——See Mary Alden as the mother
ed their services in filling the swim-
|
l 0) 1
| That's the hour that the first meet-
|
{ You, as parents, should take
vided a very interesting program for
PHILIPSBURG MURDER REDUC-
ED TO MANSLAUGHTER.
Defendant Testified in Own Behalf.
Disposition of Other Cases
of Interest.
The trial of Frank Benedict, of
Clearfield, in the Centre county court
last Friday on the charge of murder-
ing Raymond Shaw, of Blue Ball, at a
Philipsburg hotel on June 24th, ended
by the Commonwealth’s attorneys
withdrawing the charge of murder
and the defendant entering a plea of
voluntary manslaughter, after which
Benedict was sentenced to undergo
imprisonment in the western peniten-
tiary for not less than eight years nor
more than ten.
The Commonwealth proved that
Raymond Shaw died as the result of
a bullet wound in the abdomen, and
that the shot was fired by Benedict.
They also put in evidence an alleged
confession obtained from Benedict by
the state police stationed at Philips-
burg, and rested their case on that ev-
idence.
Spangler and Walker defended Ben-
edict and placed the prisoner on the
stand in his own behalf. Benedict is
a Hungarian and has been in this
country seventeen years, practically all
of which time he had worked at the
brick plant in Clearfield. He can talk
English and has a fair knowledge of
the language. He told of his trip to
Philipsburg on June 24th, when the
brick works were closed for the day.
He accounted for the revolver in his
possession by the fact that a few
nights previous two men had fired five
shots at him while he stood in his
shanty door, one of which cut a fur-
row in his arm, and he was told the
morning of the day he went to Phil-
ipsburg that the men were still
around, and so he took the gun along
for self-protection. He testified that
irom the time he arrived in Philips-
burg at 9:10 o’clock in the morning
until the time of the shooting early in
the evening he had taken twenty-one
whiskeys and four glasses of beer.
Regarding the shooting he stated that
Shaw, who was a perfect stranger to
him, came into the bar-room of the
‘hotel and asked for a drink but the
bartender refused to serve him for
the reason that he was then under the
influence of liquor. He stated that
Shaw came to him and protested be-
cause he couldn’t get a drink and when
he told him he had enough Shaw hit
him twice. He (Benedict) then made
his way through the crowd out of the
bar-room and was followed by Shaw
and several others, and fearing they
were going to assault him he pulled
his revolver and shot into the crowd,
then ran. He declared that he didn’t
know he had fatally wounded Shaw
until told by the state police the next
norning.
Attorneys for the defendant also
called five or six witnesses who declar-
ed they had known Benedict ever since
his arrival at Clearfield and he had al-
, ways been a peaceable and law-abid-
ing man.
At this juncture the court called
counsel on both sides into his cham-
bers and when they returned the dis-
‘trict attorney withdrew his charge of
.murder and Benedict plead guilty to
voluntary manslaughter, and was then
sentenced by the court as above noted.
Another case that attracted consid-
erable interest was that of the Com-
monwealth vs. Thomas Gill, of Julian,
charged with manslaughter for caus-
ing the death of Helen Shuey, of Le-
{ mont. The fact will be recalled that
' the young girl was struck by a Ford
i car driven by Gill, down near the fair
| grounds, on May 9th, just as she was
| leaving the grounds after attending
Main’s circus. After hearing all the
| evidence in the case the jury returned
a verdict of not guilty, but placed the
costs upon the plaintiff.
Harvey Walker and William Walk-
er, convicted last week of a serious of-
fense, were each sentenced to not less
than three years nor more than four
in the western penitentiary.
The civil action of Mary E. Brown
vs. Charles M. McCurdy, administra-
tor of the estate of the late Jane
Brown, being an action to recover
compensation for taking care of Jane
Brown for a period of thirteen years
or more, was tried on Thursday even-
ing and resulted in a verdict in an
amount totalling $11,284.
On Monday morning the sheriff and
several i ed took Benedict, Har-
vey and William Walker, Edward Em-
el, who had been brought to Bellefonte
from the penitentiary at Pittsburgh
as a witness against the Walkers, and
William C. Woolston, an escaped con-
vict, all to the penitentiary at Pitts-
burgh.
Y. W. Club Elect Officers.
With Miss Catherine Allison as
hostess the Y. W. club held its annual
meeting at the home of Miss Mira
Humes on Tuesday evening. Thirty-
four young women were present and
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President—Miss Winifred M. Gates.
Vice President—Miss Anna Straub.
Secretary—Miss Ruth Badger.
Treasurer—Miss Nina Lamb.
The club is constantly growing in
membership and now is large enough
that the members would like to secure
a room or two as a permanent meeting
place and a committee has been ap-
pointed to look the town over in an ef-
fort to find a suitable location.
———Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Witmer
will go to housekeeping in the house
on Spring street now occupied by
Georg R. Meek and family, after the
latter move across the street into their
new home, which will be about No-
vember first.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. Calvin Riley, of Boalsburg, was in
Bellefonte on one of his periodical trips on
Wednesday and made a brief call at this
office.
—Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes has made arrange-
ments to leave tomorrow for Clifton
Springs, N. Y., where she expects to spend
the winter.
—Mr. and Mrs. E, L. Culver and Miss
Mame Gross, of Axe Mann, spent Sunday
at Martha Furnace, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Culver.
—John P. Harris is making a visit in
Pittsburgh with his daughter, Dr. Edith
Schad, and A. Scott Harris. He left here
on Wednesday.
—Hardman P. Harris and John McCoy
drove to Johnstown Sunday, to join Mrs.
McCoy at Mr. and Mrs. John Van Pelts,
for a visit of several days.
—Deputy warden Ired B. Healy, of the
western penitentiary, went out te Cincin-
nati last Saturday to attend the funeral of
his sister, Miss Fannie Healy.
—L. H. Gettig went to Washington, Pa.,
Tuesday, on account of the illness of his
daughter, Mrs. Davis, who was operated on
in a Washington hospital the same day.
—Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hess, of State Col-
lege, drove to Dellefonte Wednesday,
bringing home Mr. Hess’ mother, Mrs.
Emeline Hess, who had been visiting with
them for the past week.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Garthoff, of this
place, spent Sunday with friends in Altoo-
na. They went Friday, Mr. Garthoflf hav-
ing returned Sunday evening, while his
wife prolonged her stay until Wednesday.
—The Misses Jessie and Miriam Davis
were in Bellefonte for a part of the week,
guests of Miss Alice Wilson, stopping here
on their way home to Milton, from a visit
with their sister, Mrs. John Sommerville,
at Robertsdale.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Foreman spent a
part of the month of September at Mr.
Foreman’s home at Oakmont, in the west-
ern part of the State, returning to Belle-
fonte last week. Mrs. Foreman, before her
marriage, was Miss Helen Love.
—Rev. Isaaz¢ Kreider, for thirty-two
years pastor of the Lutheran church at
Duncansville, Dlair county, visited old
friends at Pine Grove Mills this week and
was an interested spectator at the daily
sessions of the Lutheran Synod.
—Miss Mildred Locke has returned from
Philadelphia for an indefinite stay with her
father, Dr. M. J. Locke. Miss Locke, who
has been devoting the past several years
to the cultivation of her voice, has been
obliged to rest on account of an injury to
the voice by overwork.
—Miss Emeline Noll, with the P. R. IRR.
Co. at North Broad street, Philadelphia,
is spending her two week's vacation with
her father, William H. Noll and Mrs. Noll,
at Pleasant Gap. Miss Noll, who has been
in Philadelphia for the greater part of the
past two years, spends a week-end each
month at home with the family.
—Mrs. EB. I. Cooper, manager for Centre
county and of the Eastern Viavia company,
of Washington, D. C., is spending the fall
at State College, in the interest of the com-
pany’s work. Mrs. Cooper, who had been
in this locality for several years, has been
a resident of the Bush ‘house since intro-
ducing her work into this section.
— Mrs. Charles Young, with her small
daughter, Evalyn Virginia, will leave today
te join Mr. Young in Charleston, W. Va.
where they anticipate making their home.
Mrs. Young has been with her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. M. A. Kirk,, while Mr. Young was
finishing his college work at Penn State,
he having been a member of the class of
1921,
—Judge Henry C. Quigley went out to
Pittsburgh on Sunday where he will be
engaged in holding court for two weeks.
There is no doubt about His Honor being
a busy man. He spent three weeks in
Cambria county, came home and cleared
up the Centre county docket, is now iu
Pittsburgh and has cases scheduled for
sellefonte on October 17th.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ira Smull, of Newton,
Kansas, arrived in Bellefonte Monday for
an over night visit with Mrs, Smull’s cous-
ins, Mrs. DBrouse and Miss Caroline Har-
per, before leaving for the west. Mr. and
Mrs. Smull had been with relatives in the
east for some time, visiting in Washington,
D. C., Mrs. Smull’s former home, and
through Central Pennsylvania.
—Mrs. George O. Benner, of Centre Hall,
is contemplating a ten day's visit in Nor-
folk, Va., with friends who went south
from Martha. Mr. Benner will leave with
Mrs. Benner Monday, going with her to
Washington, D. C., with a possibility of
accompanying her the entire way. Upon
Mrs. Benner's return, Mr. Benner will
meet her in Philadelphia, going over to
New York together to buy the late winter
goods for the Benner store at Centre Hall.
— Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker, of Wil-
kinsburg, came to Bellefonte Saturday
from Paddy mountain, where she had been
for a week or more with friends. Since
coming here Mrs. Shoemaker has been a
guest of Dr. Joseph Brockerhoff, while her
daughter and grand-son, Mrs. Wallace Ebe
and Wallace Jr., who came to Bellefonte
from Pittsburgh Friday, have been visit-
ing with Mrs. John G. Love and her daugh-
ter, Miss Katherine.
—Mrs. J. Henry Weizel, of this place, is
planning to spend much of the fall and
winter on a prolonged visit with friends
and relatives in the middle west. She will
leave for Akron, Ohio, next week, where
she will visit with her sister and family,
then on to Saginaw, Mich., for a stay with
her son Paul. Krom there she will proba-
bly go to Canada to see the Lewis Wetzel
family and then conclude her trip by going
south to Bellington, West Virginia, where
her son Nevin is in business.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartsock will
leave Halfmoon valley this week, for the
return drive to Scranton and will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Hartseek's sister, Mrs.
George M. Glenn. After a visit in Scranton
with her sister, Mrs. Glenn will go to
Brooklyn, where she will spend the winter
with her son John, an instructor in Brook-
lyn Polytechnic Preparatory Day School.
Mrs. Glenn's sister, Miss Esther Gray, with
whom she had been spending the summer,
will remain on her farm until January.
—N. EK. Hess, of State College; Claude
Aikens and Mr. Decker, of Montgomery,
and John Dively, of Altoona, will leave
next week to spend the month of October
hunting moose and carabou in easiern
Canada. Going directly to Caspian Bay,
Quebec, near the mouth of the St. Law-
rence, they will go into the woods there,
anticipating an abundance of game. Al-
though classed among the most successful
hunters of this section, it will be Mr.
Hess’ first experience in the woods of
Canada.
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—Herbert Beezer has returned to Phila-
delphia to resume his studies at Pierce
Business College.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lukenbach drove
over from Tyrone yesterday, being guests
while here at the A. G. Morris home on
Linn street. igh!
—Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick are en-
tertaining Mrs. Kilpatrick’s brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Soltz, of
Philadelphia. /
—Mrs. Joseph Fox and her daughter,
Miss Alice, spent the latter part of Sep-
tember with Mrs. Fox's sister, Mrs. Dillon,
at Braddock.
—Mrs. W. H. Smith visited over Sunday
with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ricker, in
Lock Haven, with whom Mrs. Smith's son
Faxon, is now making his home.
—Mrs. Herbert Kerlin and her niece, who
with Mr. Kerlin, have occupied the Ecken-
roth home on Howard street for the great-
er part of the summer, are still in Belle-
fonte, expecting to remain here until the
early winter, hoping to benefit Mrs. Ker-
lin’s health. Mr. Kerlin, an interior deco-
rator in New York city, left Bellefonte
some time ago on account of pressing bus-
iness demands.
—Mrs. J. W. Conley, of Centre Hall, ac-
companied by her son James, left yester-
day for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where
she will make her home with her son. Mr,
Cenley arrived here Tuesday, coming east
to be with his mother on the trip to South
Dakota. Mrs. Conley has spent the great-
ter part of the past year at the Centre
Hall hotel, so that the radical change com-
ing so late in her life, meant no breaking
of home associations.
Prospetts Good for Big Hallowe’en
Carnival.
The executive committee in charge
of the Hallowe'en carnival held a
meeting on Tuesday evening and from
the reports presented everything is
shaping up fine for a big demonstra-
tion. William H. Brown has appoint-
ed his parade committee and the mem-
bers are a live, active bunch. As the
success of the carnival will depend in
a large measure on the parade the
public generally is asked to make their
plans early so that they can report in
ample time. Merchants and manufac-
turing concerns are requested to pre-
pare floats, and this is not confined to
Bellefonte alone, but Milesburg, Pleas-
ant Gap, State College, Centre Hall,
Howard, Snow Shoe, and every section
of the county within reach of Belle-
fonte. The list of prizes to be award-
ed is now in course of preparation and
will probably be ready for publication
next week.
The Harvest Queen contest is now
on and a dozen or more young ladies
of Bellefonte are already entered for
that honor. But any girl is eligible,
whether she lives in Bellefonte or
some other town. Votes cost only a
cent apiece and the ballot box stands
in front of the Elks home where any
person can vote for their favorite.
Remember the Elks will furnish the
costume for the queen and the chariot
in which she will ride in the parade.
A prize of $40 in gold will also be giv-
en the successful young lady. Every-
body should get busy at once. Pick
your girl then back her to the utmost
in the race for the Harvest Queen.
Following is the standing of the
vote on the Harvest Queen up to yes-
terday’s count:
Grace Sasserman.,.................. 2765
Ruth Teaman................7 0... 1575
Marion Bauer......cicvesscsssnes 1245
Pegoy HAINES... cosercs isnssscas 1075
Whathren: Bent... ............. 0 890
Katherine Wian................ 0 200
Bear] Byev..o. iii ivdiininnsve 5
Gwendolyn Alkey:.......0. 0.00 65
Celina Moerschbacher............... 25
Winifred Gates...................., 20
Yerna Chambers. .......... pelea i 20
Geraldine Noonan.................. 10
Sarah Barnhart.... 5
Helen Beezer.,.......: vic vaiianinn 5
Bartlett—Budinger.—A quiet and
very beautiful wedding was solemniz-
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. El-
lis Harvey, at Orviston, Pa., on Wed-
nesday, October 5th, at 10:30 a. m.,
when Miss Sara Leathers Budinger,
daughter of Mrs. Thomas Bowman
Budinger, of Snow Shoe, was united in
marriage to Mr. Frank Merril Bart-
lett, Lieut. of the air service U. S. A.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Nichols, rector of
the Episcopal church, of Lock Haven.
The bride wore a dark blue traveling
suit and was attended by her sister,
Miss Helen Budinger, and was given
in marriage by J. Ellis Harvey; the
pillow bearers being Miss Teddy Mann
and J. Ellis Harvey Jr. The groom
was assisted by Mr. Robert Budinger,
brother of the bride, as best man. The
bride is a very popular and accom-
plished young lady and has been en-
gaged in secretarial work in Wash-
ington, D. C., for the last two years.
The groom is a son of Mrs. Leila R.
Bartlett, of Port Thomas, Washington,
and has been until recently located in
Washington, D. C.
Following the ceremony the bridal
party and guests were served an in-
formal luncheon, after which the bride
and groom leit for an extended wed-
ding trip through the western States,
to sail from San Francisco, on No-
vember 5th for the Philippines, where
the groom will be located.
Houser—Markle.—Merrill E. Hous-
er, of Oak Hall, and Miss Carrie L.
Markle, of Linden Hall, were married
at the Reformed parsonage at Boals-
burg last Saturday afternoon by the
pastor, Rev. S. C. Stover. Both young
people are well known in Pennsvalley
and their many friends wish them a
long life of happiness.
——J. M. Keichline, when he was
tax collector paid the running ex-
penses of the borough, reduced the
borough debt fifty thousand dollars
and reduced the millage to 22 mills.
Why not vote for. him at the election,
November 8th, 19217? 39-4t
——=See “I want my mammy,” in
“The Old Nest,” a heart gripping
story of home, at opera house 7th and
8th. Mitinees at Scenic. 39-1t
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