Bellefonte, Pa., December 16, 1921.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— Coon hunting will continue a
legal sport until January 31st, 1922.
— The state police on Saturday
put a crimp on raffling off turkeys and
chickens in Bellefonte.
The Bellefonte public schools
will close on Wednesday of next week
for the two week’s holiday vacation.
Don’t forget the tuberculosis
Christmas Seal on your letter or
package! It will make it look more
Christmassy.
——H. M. Bentz, the sterling cen-
tre of the 1921 Penn State football
team, has been selected as captain for
the 1922 team.
——At Wednesday’s meeting of the
State Grange, at York, Pa., John S.
Dale, of State College, was nominated
as a member of the Finance commit-
tee.
——Judge Quigley has received a
request from Philadelphia to go there
for several weeks during January to
preside over a court of common pleas,
and has accepted.
——=St. John’s Lutheran
hood will meet tonight in the social
rooms of the church at 8 o'clock. The
speaker will be Mr. Charles Schlow.
Refreshments served.
——Dr. Kaup, of Boalsburg, has
been quite ill with pneumonia and on
Tuesday his condition was so serious
that members of the family were sum-
moned home. Yesterday, however, he
was reported as slightly improved.
day for The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege. Special trains will carry the
3000 students and many faculty mem-
bers to their homes. The recess will
last until Tuesday morning, January
3rd.
Cornelius Garman, better
known here as “Corney” Garman, is
critically ill at his home at Wechaw-
Brother- !
Christmas vacation starts to- |
Game Hunting Season Ended Yester-
day, December 15th.
The hunting season for all kinds of
game with the exception of raccoon
ended yesterday, but the majority of
deer hunters returned to their homes
last week, many of them because the
hunting parties of which they were
members having killed their limit of
six deer and others because they had
exhausted the time they had at their
disposal. The “Watchman” last week
published a list of most of the hunt-
ing parties from Centre county and
other parts of the State who hunted
in Centre county mountains, with the
number of deer they killed, and while
it is impossible to get the exact num-
ber of animals slain, it is generally
believed that the total will exceed
that of last year. In fact, various es-
timates place the number at from 225
to 250.
One of the peculiar circumstances
of the hunt was the killing of seven
bucks by the Sunday-Rossman crowd
of Ferguson township. They had kill-
led five bucks but decided to make one
| more drive before breaking camp. In
i doing so 2 five pronged buck was driv-
en out to one of the watchers who
brought it down in its tracks. Hard-
{ly had the report of his gun been
heard when a four pronged buck ran
out to the watcher a little further
along and he naturally supposed it
was the deer the other man had shot
at and he took a crack at it, bringing
it to earth. When the hunters discov-
| ered what had happened they dressed
“the last deer killed and promptly no-
: tified the nearest warden, turning the
deer over to him to send to a hospital.
"In so doing they met the requirements
of the law and were not subject to a
| fine.
| The White Pine hunting club re-
turned home last Saturday with their
four deer and hung them up in front
of Gettig’s meat market, where they
attracted considerable attention all
afternoon.
| From the number of spike bucks
killed many people are of the opinion
that these form the greater part of
i the kill. The writer took occasion to
— Ladies’ felt slippers, all colors,
$2.00 at Yeager’s. 49-1t
— By the time you are through
reading - this edition of the “Watch-
man” you are mighty tired hear-
ing about Christmas Seals, aren’t
you? But you'd be a mighty sight
more tired if you were a young per-
son just ready to begin life and yet
were condemned to sit patiently for
hours in an invalid’s chair trying to
fight tuberculosis. That is why you
are asked to buy seals and help pre-
vent such tragedies.
ee
— Splendid new style, mahogany
finished pedestal floor lamps. Double
lined silk shades. Two lights, pull
chain sockets. Special, $17.76 at
Brachbill’s. 48-2
i eb
— Some of the merchants of
Bellefonte aver that the holiday trade
so far is not up to expectations, while
others declare that their business is
almost up to that of last year. Last
year, by the way, was an exceptional
year. Every person who wanted work
ken Heights, N.J. Mr. Garmon lived ; figure up the kill of 2 number of hunt-
all his earlier life in Bellefonte, being , ing parties picked at random and out
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel | of fifty-two deer killed 14 of them
Garman.
——The Festival of Christmas will
be kept this year at St. John’s Epis-
copal church with a beautiful service
on Christmas Eve beginning just be-
fore midnight. The choir has been
practicing for some weeks and the
music will be especially excellent.
The public is cordially invited to at-
tend.
——Homer Barr, a member of the!
Riley hunting party, of Boalsburg,
was stricken with paralysis in the
hunting camp on Wednesday night
and yesterday morning was taken to
his home in Boalsburg by automobile.
The stroke is quite a severe one and
Mr. Barr is unable to talk, although
conscious.
Mildred Jane, ten month’s old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Johnstonbaugh, died at the family
home in Altoona on Wednesday even-
ing after a brief illness with pneu-
monia. The remains will be buried in
the Pine Hall cemetery at 10:30
o’clock this morning, Rev. Harkness
officiating.
——Shopping naturally is very tire-
some, and why allow yourselves to
grow weary in well doing. Take an
hour or two off each evening and go!
to the Scenic and see the motion pic-
tures. You'll find them so interesting
that you will forget you ever were
tired. A big show of high-class pic-
tures every evening during the week
A general appeal is made to
Bellefonte for contributions for the
“kiddies treat” for Christmas. While
you are busy planning for yourselves
give a thought to the fact that there
are quite a number of children in
Bellefonte who are not situated as
you are and who will have a cheerless
Christmas if a generous response is
not made to this appeal. All contri-
butions should be sent to either Miss
were spike bucks, 4 had two prongs, '
112 had three prongs, 12 four prongs,
, 7 five prongs and one each with seven,
! eight and ten prongs, so it will be seen
that almost as many four and five
' pronged bucks were killed as spike
i bucks. Practically all the deer were
in good condition, evidence that they
have had splendid pasture, and the
, does and fawns ought to be in good
i shape for wintering.
Mrs. Frank J. Miller, of Julian, is,
so far as known, the only Centre coun-
ty woman to kill her deer this year,
she having bagged a twelve pronged
buck on Smay’s run, in the Alleghe-'
nies, last Friday. Mrs. Miller is quite
proud of her feat.
In our regular
Grove Mills mention is made of the
buck with snow white antlers shot by
Newton E. Hess, a member of the
Fleetfoot hunting club, which camped
in Shingletown gap. in addition to its
peculiarity in bearing white horns
the buck was the largest deer ever
brought off Tussey mountain, its dead
weight being 250 pounds. Scores of
hunters and others visited the Fleet-
! foot camp to take a look at the ma-
jestic stag.
George T. Bush Again Honored.
cient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, an organization of thirty-five
hundred members, held in Altoona
last Friday, George T. Bush, of Belle-
fonte, was chosen one of four repre-
sentatives to the Imperial Council of
the order which will meet in San
: Francisco next June. Following so
close upon the honor conferred upon
him last summer when he was ap-
‘pointed grand standard bearer of the
Grand Commandery of the Knights
, Templar of Pennsylvania makes this
mark of esteem all the more appreci-
ated.
letter from Pine
At a meeting of Jaffa Temple, An-
Mary H. Linn or Mrs. R. S. Brouse. | Ip this connection it might be stat-
The reorganization meeting of ed that Mr. Bush’s Masonic affiliations
the Mother's Pension committee of i are rather extensive. He is a life
Centre county was held at the home member, past commander, recorder
of Mrs. John S. Walker, Thursday, and trustee of Constans Commandery
morning, with all the members pres- No. 33 Knights Templar; past high
Mrs. | priest and trustee of Bellefonte Chap-
ent. The committee includes, |
Charles E. McGirk and Mrs. W. L. [ter No. 241 Reyal Arch Masons;
Nuttall, of Philipsburg; Mrs. G. S. member of Beliefonte Lodge No. 268
Frank, of Millheim; Mrs. Frank D.|Free and Accepted Masons; member
Gardner, of State College; Mrs. John | of Andoniram Council No. 26 Royal
S. Walker, Mrs. W. F. Reynolds and (and Select Masons, of Williamsport;
Miss Mary H. Linn,
state supervisor of the work in Penn- | liamsport Council Princes of Jerusa-
sylvania, was there to try to answer ‘lem 16th degree; Williamsport Chap- |
some of the perplexing questions that : ter of Rose Croix 18th degree; Wil- |
have been continually confronting . liamsport Consistory S. P. R. S. 32nd
these women, regarding the distribu- degree; life and charter member of |
tion of the appropriation made for Jaffa Temple Nobles of the Mystic
the work, | Shrine, Altoona; charter member of
~——James 1. Thompson, of Mead- | the National Masonic Research Asso-
owbrook farm, near Lemont, was 1 - Aeact
struck with an auto truck on the state Poon State Chapter of the cacy
of Bellefonte. | charter applicant of the Williamsport |
Miss Mary F. Bogue, of Harrisburg, | Lodge of Perfection 14th degree; Wil- |
, ciation, of Iowa, and life member of |
highway near the State College sewage ez the national college Masonic fra- |
disposal plant about eleven o’clock on
Monday morning, knocked down and |
injured somewhat about the head, but :
fortunately not seriously. Mr. Thomp- !
son was walking along the roadway,
which at that point was wet and slip-
pery. Ile made a misstep, slipped and
fell down just as a Boalsburg truck
came along. The driver of the truck
was traveling at slow speed and while
he could not avoid hitting Mr. Thomp-
son, he was able to stop the truck
without running over him. As it was
he sustained one or more abrasions
on the head but no broken bones, and
inquiry at the Thompson home yester-
day brought the comforting informa-
tion that he is now all right, save for
a little stiffness.
Fraternity, of State College, a branch
ternity degree.
——On Tuesday, December 6th, the
ing in their new club room in the Cri-
der stone building on High street. The
‘growing interest was quite marked,
las there was a large attendance and
‘a number of new members added to
! the roll. The club room is open each
| evening for several hours, and it is
hoped that the girls will make use of
that opportunity to get together. Any
girls wishing to join the club may do
so by communicating with either of
the following captains: Nora Stover,
| Kathryn Hoy, Elizabeth Xckenroth
and Mary Chambers.
Y. W.C. A. club held their first meet-'
(had been employed at top notch
| wages, and while the black clouds of
hard times were lowering in the dis-
‘ tance they had not then reached Belle-
i fonte and everybody spent money lav-
“ishly at Christmas time. But condi-
tions are different this year. Work
has not been so plentiful and wages
have been considerably reduced. Far-
mers throughout the county have not
‘made the money this year they did
. during several years previous, and it
stands to reason that holiday pur-
chases will be limited to the condition
of the purchaser’s purse. There is no
gainsaying the fact that everybody
“would like to see all the stores do a
' record holiday trade, because that
would mean easy money all around,
but conditions have not been such the
past year as to justify it.
| te cms ders ee mt.
| ——Ladies, ask to see the famous
, “Marcelle” underwear-—envelope che-
mise, combination suits, drawers and
corset covers. These will make useful
as well as dainty X-mas presents.—-
Cchen & Co.
eran tees ms mee ET
High School Party.
On Friday, December 9th, the Jun-
iors gave a party for the benefit of
the Athletic association.
the dance in the Bush Arcade the
crowd was not as large as it might
have been. However, it was one of
the most enjoyable parties ever given,
and the Juniors are to be congratulat-
ed on their ability as hosts. Candy,
cakes and peanuts were sold. They
! cl2ared about $20.00.
49-1¢
EE — a
——Men’s $10.00 dress shoes reduc-
ied to $6.00 at Yeager's. 49-1t
at———
Clearfield Girl a Suicide
Last Friday night Miss Maude
Wrigley, eldest daughter of Mrs. J. E.
Wrigley, of Clearfield, cut off her long
hair and placed the shorn tresses on
a shelf in her wardrobe, put on men’s
clothing, slipped out of the house and
going to the Susquehanna river plung- |
ed in and was drowned. Her body
was recovered about three o’clock Sat-
urday afternoon. Several months ago
Miss Wrigley suffered a nervous
breakdown as the result of toxic poi-
soning and her continued ill health
was undoubtedly the cause of her
; drowning herself.
|
——D. Wagner Geiss will hold his
sale and exchange Saturday, Decem-
ber 17, at 10 a. m. Stock, produce
and various desirable thiings will be |
offered. Also, new and used victrola
records for sale cheap. 49-11
Blues Defeat Reds.
During the past week the annual
“Red” and “Blue” contest for the ben-
efit of the Athletic association was
held by the Bellefonte High school.
The blues won the hard fought con-
test by a margin of 116 points, the to-
tal amount of money raised being
$384.50.
The High school faculty and stu-
dents wish to thank the business men
who so generously subscribed to the
fund and also those individuals who
bought tags.
Don’t forget the basket ball game
between Bellefonte and Philipsburg
this (Friday) evening, December
16th, at 8 o'clock. Go to the armory
and see it. It will be a good game.
——Are you in on the FORD
TOURING CAR that Beafty Motor
i Co. is giving away on New Year's
Eve? 49-1t
Christmas Cantatas.
Music-lovers, attention! A treat is
in store for you if you will attend the
Christmas oratorio “The Light of the
World,” which will be given in the
Reformed church on Sunday evening,
December 25th, at 7:30 o’clock. This
oratorio will be rendered by some
' mixed voices under the direction of
| Mrs. Krader. No admission will be
| charged, but a silver offering will be
| lifted to help defray expenses.
| Another entertaining attraction will
| be held on Monday evening, December
26th, at the same hour, when the reg-
| ular Christmas festival of the Sunday
; school, including a children’s cantata
"entitled, “A Secret for Christmas,”
| will be given. An offering for the
| Bethany’s Orphan’s Home will be lift-
led during this entertainment.
“and enjoy these services.
galore, 98¢c to $5.98. What could be
| better for the baby.—Cohen & Co.
49-1¢
W. C. Rowe Buys Hecla Park from |
George Smith.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—W. A. Cassidy returned to Canton late
last week called there by the serious ill-
A deal was closed through the ness of his mother, Mrs. Robert A. Cas-
Robert F. Hunter real estate agency | siqy.
the past week whereby Hecla park | — Mrs. Thomas Hodges, of Syracuse, N.
has again changed hands, W. C. Rowe y_ will spend a week with her mother,
having purchased the same from |Mrs. Harry Curtin, at Curtin, before
i George Smith. Mr. Smith purchased | Christmas.
the park grounds, including the old! —Miss Nina Lamb was among the ex-
mill, from George H. Yarnell last |cursionists to Washington last week, going
summer and has since erected there- | down for a short visit with members of
on a comfortable bungalow which, her father’s family in Baltimore.
however, he has never occupied. —Mrs. Harriet Ray Smith and her
Mr. Rowe, the new owner, contem- daughter Dorothy will leave Sanday for
plates making some very decided im- | 2 two week’s visit with Mr. Smith’s par-
. . : ents, at Shoemakersville, Berks county.
provements which will make it one
of the best amusement parks in this| —Raiph Smith, of Sandy Ridge, presi.
. dent of the Centre county Conservation
part of the State. These Improve. Association, spent Tuesday here at court
ments include electrification of the and looking after some other interests of
entire grounds; the installation of ice | equal importance.
cooled drinking fountains at various —Mrs. Howard Tarbert came up from
i points of convenience throughout the | her home in York on Wednesday and will
| grounds, and greatly enlarging the |spend Christmas wifh ber parents, Mr. and
| dancing pavillion. In fact the pavil- | Mrs. W. C. Coxey, of Bishop street. Mr.
i lion will be just doubled in length and | Tarbert will join her here for the holi-
| the width increased one-half over its
days.
| present size, while a band stand will | —Mrs. Max Gamble, who went to New-
| be erected in the center.
ark, N. J., ten days ago, will spend the
i An enclosure twelve foot in width Holiday season there with her mother and
"will be built entirely around the pa- Lronner, Mrs. Joseph Ceader, and Joseph
villion, and almost level with the ditto,
i ground. This space will be furnished
| with chairs, including rockers, and ta-
: bles, where those who do not care to
! dance but want to hear the music can
i sit and enjoy themselves; and where | to looking after some business at the
| they can open their baskets and par- | “Watchman” office.
i take of their dinner or lunch, if they! ->rs. Henry Armagast, one of Buffalo
"prefer it in the open air. This space | Run valley's representative women, was
will of course be under roof and will Jonite ine Souy eins Yigjiens 1s Dols
3 : 53 . | fonte Saturday, spending a part o e day
ybe equipped with movable windows, | here looking after some of Mr. Armagast’s
iso that it can be closed entirely in Locinoss, and doing some buying.
—Mrs. Rown, wife of engineer A.
Rown, of the Snow Shoe R. R,,
{among the many Christmas shoppers last
| Saturday, giving a short part of her time
rcase of storms br hard rain. Mr, | — ir. and Mrs. Milo Campbell stopped in
Rowe has other improvements nm | Beliefonte Monday for a few hours on their
mind which he will doubtless make in | ..tuvn drive from Clinton county, where
due time. { Mr. Campbell, as overseer of the poor of
i As to the bungalow he does not in- | Ferguson township, had been looking after
tend occupying that during the com- a family belonging to his district.
ing year but will lease it to parties; Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, of Atlantic
Mr. Gamble will join her there for .
H. i
was |
| desiring to spend a week or two at
{the park during the summer. As
there are sure to be many applicants
all applications will be booked as re-
ceived, and any one desiring to engage
the bungalow should make reservo-
tions at once,
ay aT
| City, has gone to California, where she
will spend the winter at Alta Loma. Be-
make their home in Atlantic City, they al-
| ways spent the winter months on the Pa-
[ cific coast,
! John Bergin, one of the leading eiti-
| gens of Munson, spent Monday in Belle-
fore Dr. and Mrs. Hayes left Bellefonte to |
Owing to
ee fonte, having come over on court business.
A good, comfortable fiber reed | Although a resident of Munson for thirty
| rocker, spring seat, with upholstered | years, Mr. Bergin cold readily count the
'back in a good grade of cretonne, spe- | visits he has made to the county seat of
"cial $12.90, at Brachbill’s. 48.0; | Contre county, :
| —Murs. McGinness, wife of M. A. McGin-
i
i | Ress, proprietor of the Dimeling hotel,
| Contest for Tax Collector. | Clearfield, was a week-end guest of her
|
i 5 o ; | parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Schofield.
| Judge Quigley on Saturday heard | While here Mrs. McGinness was the honor
| the testimony in a contest between D. | guest at a family dinner given by Mr. and
Porter Woodring, Republican, and D. Mrs. Schofield.
F. Spotts, Democrat, to decide which | Mrs. Charles McGirk, of Philipsburg,
‘one was elected tax collector of Worth was a guest of Mrs. John S. Walker, when
! township at November's election. The here this week attending the reorganiza-
i returns showed 84 votes for Wood- i tion meeting of the Mother's Assistance '
But 8 votes | committee; while Miss Mary Bogue, state
supervisor of the work, was entertained by
"ring and 88 for Spotts.
, were cast on the Prohibition ticket for Mice Mary Linn
“P, W.” Woodring, and Mr, Woodring | y on i
{ claimed those votes were meant for —J. B. Spangler, of Tusseyvillé, Wiis in
Be 5 : | Bellefonte between trains a week ago, on
jai He had with him one man who his way to Juniata for a ten day's visit
{ voted the Prohibition ticket and who | with his daughter. Although not having
, testified that he had intended his vote ' made any definite plans for a longer stay
for D. Porter Woodring, but that away from home, he was considering going
| made only 86 votes. The court asked on to Chicago for a visit with his son.
—Miss Margaret Brockerhoff has resign-
Mr. Woodring why he didn’t produce |
the other men whe voted the Prohibi- ed her position with Dr. Furbush, in Phil- |
tion ticket in order te get their testi- | adelphia, and will come to Bellefonte this
‘mony as to whom their vote was in- | week, to be with her uncle and brother,
tended for, but he was compelled to | Dr. Joseph and Henry Brockerhoff, until
’
. v wl leaving for New York, from where she will
admit that th oy declined to come. | sail I"ebruary 5th, on the Clark Mediter-
Under the circumstances
0 the only : ranean cruise.
thing the court could do was to decide { —Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bloom, of Centre
in favor of Mr. Spotts.
| Hall, and their family, motored to Belle-
| fonte Saturday and were joined here by
Buy him a nice dress shirt for Mr. Bloom's brother, B. C. Bloom, of Be-
, X-mas. We have the largest assort- i nore. The men spent the day looking after
ment anywhere.—Cohen & Co. 49-1t ! some accumulated business while the wom-
| end and yeunger members of the family
! did their Christmas buying.
—The name of John I. Thompson II, the
| ! oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George B.
-_ James F. Woodward, Secretary of | Thompson, of Alto, was emitted last week
Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, an-'gron Mrs. Callaways list for the Clark
nounced on Monday that Wilson L | cruise to the Orient. The young man,
| Fleming, of Bellefonte, would be re- | who is now doing preparatory work at the
| tired on Thursday of this week and | State College High school, will make the
i be succeeded
| Mount Union, as chief of the industrial , guest.
division of the bureau of statistics| Katherine Gross, the twelve year old
and information of the Department of daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gross,
| Internal Affairs. Mr. Fleming
| probably one of the oldest employees ! ih
!in point of service on Capitol Hill. He | ms :
i . Sos s : pedic hospital,
was appointed to a position in the ! in Philadelphia, was brought home recent-
| State Department by the late Gover- | ly, her condition being considerably im-
i nor Daniel H. Hastings in 1895, twen- | jrovea. :
ty-six years ago, a position he filled | Mrs. A. G. McMillan received a cable-
mo st acceptably for eighteen years. | gram from her husband on Monday that
| Eight years ago he was transferred ! he is returning from Europe and will
| to the Department of Internal Af-| ropably be home by Christmas. Mr. Me-
| fairs where he has been until his re- | Millan has been in Europe the past six
!tirement yesterday. months during which time Mrs. McMillan
| | and little daughter have spent a portion
| vans i | Millan's mother, Mrs. Odillie Mott.
2 —Miss Annie Gray, of Benore, spent
| Monday in Bellefonte in the shops and
| looking after some business affairs rela-
|
. | tive to her farms in Halfmoon valley. Miss
The report of the Red Cross ecom- Gray expects to have everything so ar-
| munity nurse, Miss Mary Royer, for | yanged that she will be able to close her
| Wilson I Fleming Retired.
and who since that time has been un-
Report of Red Cross Nurse.
the month of November is as follows: | house in January and go to Evanston, IIL, |
{ Nursing visits - - - - 79 |! where she will spend the remainder of the
! Infant & Site Yisite - - a { winter with her sister, Mrs. Thompson, as
| ES fies. 2. 5 | has been her custom for several years. |
| Other Soils aver $n m BT 4 —Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rossman, of Penn-
| —— | sylvania Furnace, were in Bellefonte on a
i Total - - - 116
J business trip on Saturday and were pleas-
| Miss Royer also brought one pa- | ant callers at the “Watchman” office. Mr.
by W. H. Harrison, of {trip as his grandmother, Mrs. Callaway’s |
is who was injured by a fall in the High |
school building, Bellefonte, almost a year |
i of the time in Bellefonte with Mrs. Me- !
Go :
——Crib blankets and cart yobes |
| tient from the Harrisburg hospital
and took another to the Pennsylvania
Village for Feeble Minded at Laurel- |
The greater part of her time!
ton.
| during the past month was spent as
"assistant to Dr. Barlett in the med-
‘ical inspection of four hundred and
seventeen school children in rural
schools outside the borough of Belle- |
fonte, several of which were not aux- '
iliaries of the Bellefonte Chapter of
the Red Cross.
N. B. C. soda and oyster crack-
"ers, 10c per pound.—Cohen & Co 49-1t
——Just thirty-eight tickets were
sold at the Bellefonte station for the
. excursion to Washington, D. C., Sat-
urday night.
{ Rossman is a member of the Sunday-
| Rossman hunting club which brought
| down seven bucks during the first week of
the hunting season, the last two having
been shot almost at the same time, which
accounts for the way they happened to
| kill seven. The last one shot, however,
| was turned over to a game warden to be
sent to a hospital.
—Mrs. James Noonan returned Tuesday
night from a ten week’s visit with her two
sisters and her daughter, Miss Margaret,
in New York city. Mrs. Noonan was ac-
| companied by her younger daughter, Miss
| Geraldine, who is now in Williamsport,
convalescing from a tonsil operation, ex-
pecting to come to Bellefonte before Christ-
mas. During her stay in New York, Mrs.
Noonan was joined by her sisters from
Rochester and Corning, N. Y., and from
Williamsport, the six sisters being honor
guests at a big family Thanksgiving party.
— Robert V. Miller will leave tomorrow
for a Christmas visit with his daughter,
Mrs. Harold Woodring, of Reading.
—S8. Kline Woodring will return home
Saturday from Philadelphia, where he has
been for the week under treatment for his
eyes.
—DMiss Esther Stewart, of Oakland, Cal,
who had been visiting with her grand-
mother, Mrs. Miller Stewart, and the fam-
ily for the past three weeks, left Monday
to go on to New York, where she will
spend the winter with her sister.
—Dr. R. M. Krebs, of Pine Grove Mills,
was a “Watchman” office visitor on Tues-
day while in Bellefonte on a business trip.
He was “feeling his oats,” as the saying
goes, because his hunting party (the Sun-
day-Rossman club) got their limit and he
had the good fortune to bring down one
of the nicest ones of the seven shot by the
crew.
—A big Cadillac touring car stopped in
fron of this office last Saturday morning.
A big Cadillac is not an unusual sight in
Bellefonte, but this one was because fast-
ened behind the head lights on either side
were the heads of two fine bucks. In the
car were Samuel McWilliams Hess, of
College township, and his uncle, John
Hess, of Altoona, and their wives and
| some of the children. The men had just
returned from their hunting camp and the
heads were those of the deer they had
: shot. The party was on a motoring trip
| to Williamsport.
| Wertz—Fike.—A pretty wedding
. took place at the Methodist parson-
| age on east Linn street at two o’clock
i on Wednesday afternoon when Roy C.
i Wertz, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
| Wertz, of Houserville, was united in
, marriage to Miss Rebecca U. Fike, a
‘daughter of Mrs. Mary C. Fike, of
{ Bellefonte R. F. D. The ceremony
was performed by the bride’s pastor,
i Rev. Alexander Scott, in the presence
‘of a few intimate friends. The young
couple were attended by Miss Ada
i Marshall, of Bellefonte, and Emanuel
| Fike, a brother of the bride. Mr. and
Mrs. Wertz will go to housekeeping
ron a farm near Houserville.
| Ray—Ruble.—Walter E. Ray, of
Bellefonte, and Miss Pearl G. Ruble,
lof Centre Hall, were married in Lock
{ Haven last Saturday afternoon by
Rev. Oliver S. Metzler, of the Trinity
| Methodist church. They will reside in
| Bellefonte. i
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To the Mothers of Bellefonte.
’
Perhaps you have sons who are far
away from home, or perhaps one or
i more brought back from France cold
'in death. My mother sleeps beneath
the sod of the Keystone State, and the
{ last resting place of one of her sisters
is near Bellefonte. When the breeze
blows from the north it seems to say
“where is nity wandering boy to-
night?” He is here in failing health,
; with a wife almost blind and helpless.
, Now if any mother can brighten the
writer’s Christmas with a little as-
sistance their reward will be from
i Him who was once a babe in the man-
gér: The writer feels the poet’s lay:
"Over iy heart in the days that have flown,
| No love lik# mother love ever was known,
: To all 4 Merry Christmas.
{ J. B. CROWELL, Mountain Falls, Va.
Two More Soldier Dead.
The bodies of two méré of Centre
county’s soldiers who died dcross the
i seas were brought home this’ week.
' The remains of George M. Kachic, a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kakchic,
: of Clarence, and who died of pneumo-
' nia in October, 1918, arrived on Mon-
. day and were buried at Snow Shoe oi’
i Wednesday, a detail of the Brooks-
: Doll Post attending the funeral.
! The remains of Frank A. Weaver,
foster son of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
| Weaver, of Pleasant Gap, reached
Bellefonte on Wednesday morning.
‘The funeral will be held on Sunday
. afternoon and will be in charge of the
American Legion.
— ty nie
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i ——Ladies’ good quality black
| dress shoes, $3.00 at Yeager’s. 49-1t
ree reer feet
, ——An application has been made
: to the Bucks county court by William
| L. Ferguson, trustee, of Philadelphia,
‘to cut up into building lots the four
hundred acres of ground of the de-
| funct Philadelphia Motor Speedway
| association at Hatboro. Reflecting back
| it occurs to the writer that a number
of Bellefonters bought stock in the
' association with visions of big divi-
i dends, but the speedway never was
' built and now the land will be sold.
Henceforth and forever they
i will be known as the “Bear” Mead-
| ows. The State Forestry Commission,
I at its meeting on Monday, having ap-
. proved the report and recommenda-
! tion: of the committee which recently
| investigated that tract of land in the
| Seven mountains, and it will be pre-
| served to posterity as a native plant
‘ preserve, under the direct supervision
(of the botanical department of The
Pennsylvania State College.
——A. meeting of insurance men
will be held in the grand jury room
in the court house at two o’clock this
(Friday) afternoon. State Insurance
Commissioner Donaldson will be pres-
| ent and address the meeting.
——What more acceptable gift
| could you send a relative or friend
| who once lived in Centre county and
is now in distant parts than a good
“home paper like the “Watchman.”
| —— Best double mesh hair nets,
'79¢c. per dozen.—Cohen & Co. 49-1t
— The Bellefonte Academy will
close today for the holiday vacation
and students in the western part of
the State have engaged a chair car to
carry them to their destinations.