~ Bellefonte, Pa, January 12, 1923.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND “QUNTY.
Dr. Melvin J. Locke was last
week appointed county physician for
1923.
Twin girls were born to Mr.
and Mrs. George Teaman, at the
Bellefonte hospital, on Tuesday morn-
ing.
Coach Hugo Bezdek on Wed-
nesday announced the appointment of
Glenn Killinger, the 1921 football star, |
as assistant coach in athletics at State
College.
——Home-made doughnuts will be
offered for sale by the Y. W. C. A.
girls at the City Cash grocery, on Al-
legheny street, on Thursday, January
18th, at twelve o’clock noon.
—The Ladies Aid society of the
United Evangelical church will hold a
chicken and waffle supper at the
church on Thursday evening, January
25th. The public is invited.
——Up to this writing there does
not seem to be any great agitation
among Bellefonte Republicans over at-
tending the inauguration of Governor
Gifford Pinchot, at Harrisburg, next
Tuesday.
St. John’s Lutheran Brother-
hood will entertain the Presbyterian
Brotherhood Friday evening, January
19th, beginning with supper at 6:45.
Dr. A. B. VanOrmer, of Huntingdon,
will be the speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Strunk, who
have been occupying a part of the
Bush home, on Spring street, since!
fall, have bought the Florey proper-
ty adjoining the Methodist church in
Pleasant Gap, and will take possession
of their new home the first of April.
Sunday’s papers carried items
about various signs for a mild winter
and Monday morning the ground was
covered with six inches of snow. Of
course the temperature has not been
below normal but with snow falling
most every day there is no argument
as to the weather being of the genu-
ine winter type.
: Miss Bertha M. Wagner, teach-
er of home economics in the Bellefonte
High school, is suffering with a broken
bone in her left wrist, the result of a
fall on the icy pavement in front of
Schaeffer's hardware store, last Sat-
urday afternoon. She had gone into
the store to purchase a pie at the food
sale being held there and fell just as
she was leaving the store.
'— Carpenters began work on
Monday morning remodeling the Har-
ter building on High street, lately va-
cated by the First National bank, to
put it in shape for general offices for
the Keystone Power company. An
entire glass front will be put in and a
new porch erected which will change
the appearance of the building very
much. The company has taken a four
year lease on the rooms.
The members of the Bellefonte
lodge Knights of the Golden Eagle
have moved their equipment from
their hall in the Eagle block to the I.
0. O. F. hall, where they will hold
regular meetings until they can se-
cure a suitable hall of their owif. The
move was made necessary because of
the fact that the owner of the Eagle
block expects to make the upper
stories into apartments.
The attention of prospective
automobile buyers is called to the ad-
vertisement of the Ford Motor com-
pany on the sixth page of today’s pa-
per. Henry Ford has always had
faith in the car he manufactures and
he also has faith in the liberal use of
printer's ink to tell the people about
it. Read the advertisement then con-
sult the Beatty Motor company, of
Bellefonte, local distributor.
At the annual congregational
meeting of the Presbyterian church,
on Tuesday evening, Horatio S. Moore
and Charles Hughes were elected
members of the board of trustees te
take the place of John S. Walker and
John McCoy, whose terms expired,
and W. B. Rankin was chosen to fill
out the unexpired term of James W.
Herron, resigned, owing to his antic-
ipated departure from Bellefonte for
Huntingdon,
——This must be a bad season for
traveling theatrical companies, as up
to this time only three shows have
been given in the opera house, by far
.#-he smallest number in any season in
the history of the town. The result is
~: thet the only amusement and enter-
~i tainment open to the people of Belle-
.- ‘Fente :are the motion picture shows.
The Scenic is, of course, open every
~~ evening, and continues to show the
«usual class of pictures,
~The public is cordially invited
to -attewk ‘the sacred recital at the
Pecdbyterian church, next Sunday
“a¥rernoon at 3:30 o'clock. The recital
will be given by Mrs. Morris Krader,
her pupils, and joint choir, and prom-
ises to be a very delightful and inspir-
ing affair. A silver offering will be
taken for the benefit of the Near East
relief. Mrs. Charles Heilhecker and
Miss Rachael Shuey will be the ac-
companists for the occasion.
Most every street in Bellefonte
now offers fine coasting for the kid-
dies and young people and while the
authorities cannot forbid their coast-
ing on any street, they are running
great risks in pursuing their sport on
the streets where traffic is heavy.
Burgess Walker, however, authorizes
the statement that Howard street has
been set aside as the best place for
coasting and police protection will be
given on that street between the hours
of four and ten o'clock p.m.
DEMOCRATIC BANQUET BIG
SUCCESS.
Large Crowd Attend Jackson Day
Gathering at Bush House
Monday Evening.
One hundred and fifty representa-
tive Democrats, men and women, from
various portions of the county attend-
ed the second annual Jackson day ban-
quet held at the Bush house, Belle-
fonte, on Monday evening. The spa-
cious dining room was appropriately
and patriotically decorated and every,
available place was taken. The Odd
Fellows orchestra discoursed delight-
i ful music while the many guests dis-
cussed the bountiful menu of appe-
tizing dishes presented by Mine Host
Lewis Daggett.
When the inner man and woman
had been thoroughly satisfied Col. J.
L. Spangler, who presided as toast-
master, made a happy little speech in
which he stated that while the object
of the gathering was primarily to cel-
ebrate the anniversary of the birth of
that staunch old Democrat, Andrew
Jackson, in reality it meant the
strengthening and solidifying of the
present day ranks of the party. In
concluding he introduced as the first
speaker of the evening Charles J.
Reilly Esq., of Williamsport. That
gentleman spoke briefly of the many
| perplexing situations facing the party
land the country today and closed
by lauding ex-President Wilson,
{the man who steered the ship of
i
| State through the most troublous sea
yin all its history to the end that his
| health broke under the terrible strain,
! but due to the prolonged rest he has
taken he is now able to walk and by
11924 will most surely be in shape to
run again.
The next speaker introduced was
Hon. Roland S. Morris, of Philadel-
phia, former Ambassador to Japan.
Mr. Morris stated that he always had
an intensely interesting feeling for
Bellefonte because of the fact that his
grandmother, Mary Burnside Morris,
was born here, being a daughter of
the elder Judge Burnside, one of the
prominent figures in the early history
of the town, and in her extensive trav-
els in various countries she never lost
an opportunity to advertise Bellefonte.
Mr. Morris spoke of the significance
of celebrating Jackson day, a custom
established many years ago, then dis-
cussed the various questions of for-
eign relations which today are agitat-
ing the greatest leaders in this coun-
try and throughout Europe. He em-
phasized the fact that it is just as es-
sential for the United States to be on
friendly relations with every country
in Europe as it is for those countries
stabilized and prosperity again be-
come general. But the chaotic condi-
tion now prevailing is anything but
encouraging and the speaker express-
ed the fear that another war might be
the outcome. Mr. Morris also paid a
glowing tribute to ex-President Wil-
son, whom he characterized as a mas-
ter statesman and at one time leader
of the world.
The last speaker of the evening was
Hon. William I. Betts, of Clearfield,
the new State Senator for this dis-
trict. Mr. Betts displayed far more
optimism than the two speakers who
.preceded him. He emphasized the
fact that while the world-wide polit-
ical horizon did not present a very
hopeful situation at the present time
he had hopes to believe that somehow
in God’s own good time the skies
will be cleared and the sunshine of
happiness and prosperity will again
blazon forth to the relief and enjoy-
ment of all the peoples of the earth.
Eastern Penitentiary Officials Want
New Institution.
An effort will be made at the forth-
coming session of the Legislature to
pass a bill providing for the purchase
of farm land and the erection of a
new eastern penitentiary near Phila-
delphia along the lines of the new
western penitentiary at Rockview,
this county. The board of inspectors
of the eastern penitentiary have com-
pleted a report to this effect includ-
ing recommendations for the enact-
ment of such a law, which will be pre-
sented to the Governor and the Legis-
lature in due time. In discussing the
action of the board E. J. Lafferty, the
chairman said:
“This action has been found neces-
sary by all the inspectors, who have
joined in recommending to the Gover-
nor and the Legislature the necessary
legislation for the establishment of a
new eastern State penitentiary.
“The act of 1911 and the act of 1915
provided that, upon the completion of
the new penitentiary in Centre county,
all inmates of the western penitentia-
1y at Pittsburgh and the eastern pen-
itentiary at Philadelphia, should | be
transferred to the mew instifution.
It is manifest to all interested in pen-
el institutions that the necessity exists
for the Centre county penitentiary,
but as well the maintenance of one in
the eastern and one in the western
portion of the State. :
“To construct the necessary build-
ings in Centre county to provide for
all inmates now in the eastern and
western penitentiaries would mean ac-
commodation, looking to the future,
for at least 5000 persons. The com-
pletion of the new penitentiary at
Centre county for such purpose is a
matter very far in the distance, and
those interested in the penal institu-
tions consider that a penitentiary
should be maintained in the western
portion of the State and one in the
castern portion, and the Centre coun-
ty penitentiary limited to accomino-
dating about 1500 persons.
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— The business lethargy that al-
ways follows in the wake of the holi-
day season is about over and trade
will soon be back to normalcy.
to be at peace, if commerce is to be
——The Nyphen Club basket ball
team, of Lock Haven, will be the
Bellefonte Academy’s opponents on
the armory floor tomorrow (Satur-
day) evening, at 8:30 o'clock. An ex-
citing contest is assured all who at-
tend.
— Postmaster John L. Knisely re-
ports that during the month of De-
cember there were sold ten $1000.00;
i seventy $100.00 and fifteen $25.00
treasury certificates, having a matu-
rity value of $17,375.00; also that ex-
changes were made of the 1918 series
of war savings stamps for twelve
$1000.00, one hundred and fifty-nine
$100.00 and one hundred and seven
$25.00 treasury savings certificates,
having a maturity value of $30,575.00,
or a total of sales and exchanges dur-
ing the past month of $47,950.00.
— Last Wednesday morning Jos-
eph DeVoir, a McKean county inmate
at the Rockview penitentiary, wheia
he was employed as a teamster, drove
his team out onto the state highway,
left it stand and made his escape. On
Thursday afternoon he was caught
over at McAlevy’s Fort by J. E. Irvin,
being brought to the Centre county
jail the same evening. DeVoir had
but two months to serve of a sentence
of from two to four years for felon-
ious entry and larceny and now he will
have to stay for another term of equal
length.
— Thomas C. Harbeson has been
appointed district forester of the
Penn State forest, with headquarters
at Milroy, according to an announce-
ment by the Pennsylvania Department
of Forestry. He succeeds W. J.
Bartschat, who has been transferred
"to Greenwood Furnace, where he will
supervise the department's forest tree
nursery. District forester Harbeson,
who is a graduate of the Mont Alto
State forest academy, has recently
been an assistant in the office of re-
search, with headquarters at Harris-
burg.
— At the January meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Bellefonte
hospital, held Wednesday afternoon, in
Petrikin hall, the following officers
were elected: Mrs. Blanche Fauble
Schloss, president; Mrs. Joseph Mas-
sey, first vice president; Mrs. Ww. Jd.
Emerick, second vice president; Mrs.
Odillie Mott, secretary; Mrs. Frank
Crawford, assistant secretary, and
Mrs. William Katz, treasurer. The
outgoing president, Mrs. Brouse, has
served the hospital and auxiliary so
| faithfully for the past ten years that
her resignation is a distinct loss to
i both. So dependable and tireless in all
‘her work, Mrs. Brouse is a difficult
person to follow in any office.
— In January, 1922, Judge Single-
ton Bell, of Clearfield, sitting in crim-
inal court in Philadelphia, sentenced
Lucius Ross, a negro, to death by
electrocution after he had plead guilty
to killing his wife. Ross was not giv-
en even the formality of a jury trial
and his attorneys managed to secure
several respites, the last one after
Ross had been brought to the death
house at Rockview. Finally the board
of pardons, at its December meeting,
commuted Ross’ sentence to imprison-
ment for life and on Saturday the
sheriff of Philadelphia county, accom-
panied by a deputy, came to Rock-
view and took Ross back to that city
for incarceration in the eastern peni-
tentiary.
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— Miss Cornelia Walter Happer-
sett, who the past eighteen years has
been the efficient superintendent at the
Lock Haven hospital, dropped dead of
heart failure at 1:20 o’clock last Sat-
urday afternoon just as she was leav-
ing the hospital to go to the nurses’
home. She was the daughter of an
army surgeon and was born at Fort
Hamilton, N. Y.,.and was a graduate
of the Presbyterian hospital, Phila-
delphia. Her only survivor is one sis-
ter, living at Mount Holly, California.
Miss Eckert, superintendent of the
Bellefonte hospital, trained under
Miss Happersett and they have been
intimate friends for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held at the
nurses’ home in Lock Haven at 7:30
o'clock this (Friday) evening, after
which the remains will be taken to
Washington, D. C., where burial will
be made in the Arlington cemetery at
eleven o'clock on Saturday morning.
— Rev. Wilson P. Ard, the beloved
pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church
in Bellefonte, is, literally speaking,
“hetween the devil and the deep sea.”
He has received a very flattering call
to become pastor of the First Luther-
an church in Norfolk, Va., a city of
150,000 inhabitants and which in the
past few years has shown remarkable
progress not only in many lines of
business and industrial activity but in
educational and church work. The ac-
ceptance of the call would mean a
handsome increase in salary but we
sincerely believe that the money will
figure only as a secondary considera-
tion in influencing Rev. Ard’s decision.
Born and raised in Centre county, he
was educated for the ministry at Sus-
quehanna University and came to
Bellefonte immediately following his
ordination. The success which has at-
tended his work here has been remark-
| able and he has endeared himself not
| only to every member of his congrega-
"tion but to the public in general in
Bellefonte. While Rev. Ard has not
“yet announced his decision in the mat-
| ter we feel confident that if he should
| decide to go it will be because he con-
scientiously believes that Norfolk will
present a greater field for his useful-
ness than his present pastorate in
Bellefonte.
COAST WEATHER IN ALASKA.
Dr. Eloise Meek Writes of the Cost
of Living in Alaska.
Anchorage, Alaska,
December 17th, 1922.
Just one week until Christmas and
the second I have spent in Alaska!
The temperature is so mild today that,
although there is about two inches of
snow on the ground, three of us wom-
en took a long walk and I scarcely
wanted my hands inside my pockets.
The inlet is full of ice chunks but each
tide washes them onto the beach and,
again, they float off leaving this har-
bor fairly clear; telling you this
that you may know this part of the
Alaskan coast is always open and only
the narrow opening below here makes
this harbor unused during the winter
months.
One is always wanting the unusual
and consequently I will be tired of
Anchorage soon. It is said to be
merely a suburb of Seattle with which
1 quite agree, although the merchants
charge enough for their wares to re-
mind us that some few miles of
freight must be paid for in addition
to th actual cost of the article. You
spoke of being cold—that ean never
be said of an Alaskan house for ever
since I came here the houses and cab-
ins I have been in have been warm as
the best steam-heated building in
Pennsylvania. In other localities they
burned wood but here many of the
house-owners are burning coal—a soft
kind that leaves a lot of ash. Of
course, the most prominent article of
furniture is the stove and somehow I
am constantly reminded of “The Nu-
temberg Stove.” No, these are not at
all ornamental; far from it but, for
efficiency, I can well recommend them.
It is mighty good to go into a warm
room from an outside of 2 degrees to
6 degrees below zero. There is no
real fluctuation like you have for,
since getting below freezing, the tem-
perature has remained down, varying
only about ten to fifteen degrees.
Thus one always knows how many
coats to put on and never to forget
galoshes. You even forget to dislike
getting up in the cold for one does it
daily and habits soon form. The
stove is always in one’s bedroom or
where one sleeps; the kindling is laid
beside the stove and it is the work of
only a few minutes to start the fire.
The rooms are small, with low ceil-
ings, and are soon heated. I seldom
get up before nine o’clock, or, just as
the sun is coming above the mountains
to the southeast and, since it is then
not dark, it doesn’t seem so uncom-
fortable as when it is dark and cold.
When I last wrote you, the frost on
the bushes and wires was very beau-
tiful but three days ago a chinook
wind came and, in a few hours, all
the frost had dropped off the bushes,
making big, black patches where it
fell and now it is once more just a,
dirty, snowy town.
Some one, in a letter, asked the cost
of living in Alaska and, perhaps, it
may also interest you to hear. To
travel with a mail-carrier by dog-
team will vary from ten to twenty
dollars a day while a private team,
hired for a trip, will vary from
twelve to eighteen dollars, according
to the number of dogs—fifty cents a
day for a dog and ten dollars per day
for the driver. Road-houses charge
one dollar and twenty-five cents per
night and one-twenty-five per meal or
about five dollars a day. I have paid"
but four dollars a day at one or two
places. The average run for a dog-
team in early winter, when the trails
are soft and the dogs not well condi-
tioned, is twenty-eight to thirty miles,
but, in the spring, when the days are
long, trails smooth and hard, and
dogs in good condition, forty to eigh-
ty miles a day is regular going. About
a year ago, Mr. Mojee and I, with
seven dogs, made but two miles one
day and were glad to stop at the end
of those. Steam boat travel is not
expensive, since one has meals and
all other necessary accommodations on
board. The portage I had early last
spring is usually done with the mail
carrier, Mr. Oscar Samuelson, who
provides all meals and a tent. You
carry only your own bedding and such
toilet things as you deem necessary;
and he charged the lump sum of twen-
ty-five dollars per passenger with fif-
ty dollars for moving a trunk. I
think that was about the cheapest
rate for the work done I have ever
had any place.
Food stuffs are very high—twenty-
five cents for a small loaf of bread;
one-fifty per dozen for fresh eggs,
seventy-five cents for cold storage
ones; sixty-five cents per pound for
butter shipped in brine from Seattle;
oranges and bananas, one dollar per
dozen. Meat does not seem to be as
expensive in proportion. All maga-
zines have ten cents added to their
regular price and, although I have
bought no dress materials, am told
they are exceedingly high. Perhaps
you will say that the fruit is just as
expensive in Pennsylvania but the or-
anges offered here at one dollar per
dozen are small, about one-half the
size we usually see in the eastern
markets and, when I remarked about
the little, unattractive things, was
told that, even in California, one sel-
dom sees big, luscious-looking oranges
at a reasonable price.
The box, with nuts and cake, sent
in November carried without a jolt
and the newspapers have all reached
me at last. Don’t think of sending
anything in the line of food as there
is everything here that one could ask
for.
Wishing you all a very Happy New
Year.
ELOISE MEEK.
—Read your own “Watchman.”
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Isabelle Saylor left Bellefonte
' Philadelphia.
—W. Harrison Walker Esq. left for Phil-
night looking after some legal business.
—Mrs. J. M. Decker joined Mr. Decker
in Lancaster the fore part of last week,
expecting to live there at the Wheatland
hotel for several months.
—Among the Bellefonters who were in
Philadelphia for the big Mummer’s parade
last Saturday night were Miss Elizabeth
Saylor and Harry Dunlap.
—Harry Dunlap returned the early part
of the week from a trip to the eastern part
of the State, where he spent his short va-
cation with overseas friends.
—John 8S. Rowe, of Centre Hall, was a
“Watchman” office visitor on Tuesday,
having come over to make his report as
assessor of that town to the county com-
missioners.
—David A. Barlett, chief clerk at the
Bellefonte freight station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, went to Trenton, N. J., on
Tuesday on a business trip, expecting to
return today.
—Roy H. Grove, of the Bell Telephone
company, of Bellefonte, is in Pittsburgh,
where he will spend a part of the month
of January, in one of the company’s effi-
ciency schools.
—Miss Josephine White went to Phil-
adelphia yesterday, expecting to spend
her winter vacation with her sister, Mrs.
Hoopes, at West Chester, and with friends
in Philadelphia.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Meek, of New York
city, will sail on the “Samaria,” January
24th, for a trip around the world, with
plans for returning to their home on Riv-
erside Drive in June.
—Mr. and Mrs. Orin Ishler, of Wilkins-
burg, were among the holiday guests to
Bellefonte, having been here for a mid-
winter visit with Mr. Ishler's sister, Mrs.
Paul D. Fortney and her family.
—NMrs. George Hockenberry, a former res-
ident of Bellefonte, but now of State Col-
lege, made one of her occasional visits to
| Bellefonte Saturday, spending the time
; while here with friends and in the shops.
|
—Mrs. Edward P. Irwin was taken to the
Bellefonte hospital Monday morning, in
{ what was thought to be a serious condi-
. tion, but has improved so rapidly during
| the week that now a speedy recovery is
' looked for.
—Mrs. David K. Hughes and her small
, son returned to their home at Ligonier, a
| week ago, following a short visit here with
| Mrs. Hughes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
i ward Klinger. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes had
| been Christmas guests at Mr. Hughes’ for-
| mer home, at Wyoming, Pa.
—Mrs. E. B. Calloway will go to New
; York next week on business with Mr. Clark,
! pertaining to the Mediterranean cruise,
{ which will leave New York early in Feb-
‘ruoary. During Mrs. Callaway’s absence,
' her cousin, Mrs. Sides, of Jersey Shore,
' will visit in Bellefonte with Mrs. Bush.
—Miss Daise Keichline has been a guest
' during the week of her brother, Dr. John
' Keichline and his family, at Huntingdon.
Miss Keichline went over Sunday, to be
! present at the Monday evening meeting of
the Chautauqua club, before which Dr.
Keichline gave his address on “Mahomet.”
—Samuel M. Hess, one of the prominent
! young farmers of College township, was
among the business visitors to Bellefonte
' Saturday, driving down to spend several
hours in doing some buying and in look-
: ing after some little business matters, that
| would square him up to start clean the
‘year 1923.
| —Mrs. George T. Brew, who came fo
Bellefonte from Indiana, Saturday, with
the body of her brother, the late Maurice
A. Jackson, was accompanied by Miss
Stewart, dean of women, of the Indiana
Normal, of which Mrs. Brew is librarian.
. During their short stay here, both women
were house guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
y Fenlon.
—Among the “Watchman” office callers
‘on Monday was Mr. Jacob Meyer, of Boals-
burg, who motored to Bellefonte for the
big Democratic banquet held at the Bush
“house that evening. Mr. Meyer is one of
the old reliables of Harris township and
_can always be counted among the depend-
ables when there is anything big doing in
the ranks of the unterrified.
—On Thursday of last week A. R. Me-
. Nit, of Bellefonte, accompanied E. M.
Huyett, of Centre Hall, to Battle Creek,
| Mich.,, where the latter entered a sanitor-
ium for treatment. Mr. Huyett has not
been in good health for some time and he
deemed it advisable to go to a sanitorium
where he could get the proper care. Mr.
McNitt returned home on Sunday evening.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. G. MacMillan, of De-
troit, made their winter visit east during
December, to be here with their small
daughter and Mrs MacMillan’s mother, Mrs.
Odillie Mott, for their Christmas celebra-
tion. Owing to her health the child had
been with her grandmother since August,
but went back to Michigan with her par-
ents upon their return home during the
holiday week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rhinesmith, of
Clearfield, have been in Centre county
during the past week, visiting with rela-
tives in Bellefonte and Spring township.
A part of Mr. Rhinesmith’s time has been
spent in looking after some business mat-
ters pertaining to their farm just outside
of town. While in Bellefonte they have
been house guests of Mrs. Rhinesmith’s
sister, Mrs. M. A. Kirk.
—Miss Sarah Jane Steel, of “Hannastown
Farm,” near Greensburg, visited in Belle-
fonte and State College last week, having
come in to confer with Mrs. Sparks with
regard to some state work for the D. A. R:
Miss Steel is the State corresponding seec-
retary and attended the meeting of the
Bellefonte Chapter held at Mrs. Olewines,
| Thursday evening. It being her first visit
| here Miss Steel displayed the same great
| enthusiasm over our country, as is charac-
teristic of all strangers upon coming to
Centre county.
| The Iiremen’s Relief associa-
tion held their annual banquet on
‘Tuesday evening at the Undine build-
ling. Over two hundred firemen and
| their friends were present and toasts
"were responded to by Father Downes,
John G. Love Esq., Roy Wilkinson, B.
' D. Tate and John J. Bower. Officers
elected for the ensuing year included
B. D. Tate, president; William Doll,
| vice president; H. J. Jackson, secreta-
ry, and Joseph Beezer, treasurer,
Friday for a week's visit with friends in
! jpsburg last evening where he spent the :
{J., the wedding having taken place in
PETTITTE IIIT,
Sparks—Sparks.—The “Watchman”
last week inadvertently omitted the
marriage of Miss Ethel Cotton
Sparks, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ed-
win Erle Sparks, of State College, to
Carvel E. Sparks, of Pedricktown, N.
the Presbyterian church at the College
at 6:30 o'clock on the evening of New
Year’s day. The marriage ceremony
was performed by Dr. John M. Thom-
as, president of State College, assist-
ed by Rev. Samuel Martin, pastor of
the church.
Miss Sparks was given in marriage
by her father and was attended by her
mother as matron of honor and four
bridesmaids, namely: Miss Mildred
Sparks, of Pedricktown, N. J.; Miss
Katherine Packer, of Germantown;
Miss Margaret Kessler, of Galesburg,
Ill, and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Schwartz, of Portsmouth, Ohio. Sher-
man E. Langdon, of Washington, D.
C., officiated as best man while the
ushers were Guy W. Grove, of York;
Seth W. Long, of Rochester N. Y.;
Gordon Amend, of Pittsburgh; George
Homer, of New York; William P.
Schwartz, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and
Raymond Tull, of Philadelphia.
Following the ceremony a bridal
dinner was served at the University
club. The young couple expect to
leave in the near future on a motor
wedding trip to Florida where they
will be joined by Dr. and Mrs. Sparks,
expecting to remain there until April
when they will come north and make
their home at Pedricktown, N. J.,
where the bridegroom is extensively
engaged in fruit culture.
Taylor — Decker. — Rev. William
Morgan Taylor, pastor of the Beaver
Memorial church, at Lewisburg, and
Miss Bernice Virginia Decker, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Decker, of Montgomery, Pa., were
married at the home of the bride’s
parents on December 30th. Among
the guests at the wedding were Mrs.
Wilson P. Ard, of Bellefonte; Mr. and
Mrs. Claude G. Aikens, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Leitzell and Miss Bernice
Swartz, all of State College.
Y. M. C. A. Entertainment.
The second number of the entertain-
ment course will be given at the “Lit-
tle Theatre,” at the Y., this (Friday)
evening, at 8:15. The artists come
highly recommended and a musical
treat is in store for the patrons. Karl
Stade is a wonderful ’cello soloist and
with Harry Kaseman, violinist, will
render the first part of the program.
The comedy “The House Across the
Way,” will be played by Linn C.
Townsend and Miss Stopper of the
Keystone Players, who appeared in
the first number.
Course tickets for the balance of
the course can be purchased at the re-
duced price of $1.25 for the four re-
maining numbers.
——A number of friends of Mrs. D.
G. Bush were her guests Friday after-
noon, at an informal tea given by her
daughter and grand-daughter, Mrs.
Callaway and Mrs. Thompson, at Mrs.
Bush’s apartments in the Arcade, in
celebration of her eighty-sixth birth-
day. The sixty or more guests in-
cluded men and women, old and young,
who went to offer personally their _
congratulations to Mrs. Bush, who is
one of Bellefonte’s few remaining
women left to represent a generation
of unusual women.
The fact that the Pennsylvania
Match company is arranging to ship
away six tons of old machinery has
given cause for the rumor that the
company has sold out. Such is abso-
lutely not the case, however, as the
company is simply getting rid of ma-
chinery that is now of no use to them
in order to make more storage room
for its finished product.
——A “Hit-and-Miss” party will be
held in the community room at the Y.
on Saturday afternoon, January 13th,
at 2 o'clock. All members of the Aux-
iliary are invited. In the evening the
annual meeting of the organization
will be held, the election of officers
will take place and plans for the new
year of work discussed. Meeting will
open at 7:30.
emt smenem—— er eeees—
Harold Bauer Coming to Williams-
port.
Harold Bauer, one of the world’s
three or four greatest pianists, will
give a recital in the Majestic Theatre,
Williamsport, Monday evening, Jan-
uary 22nd, at 8:15 o'clock. Tickets,
including tax: First floor, 8 rows,
$2.20; 6 rows $1.65; last 4 rows, $1.10.
Balcony: Three rows $1.65; 7 rows
$1.10; remainder unreserved, 83c. Box
office sale opens Friday, Jaunary 19.
Orders for reservations mailed to
Harry S. Krape, Box 144, Williams-
port, Pa., will be filled in advance of
the box office sale in the order receiv-
ed. 68-21%
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——Special, Saturday only, men’s
$3.50 buckette gloves, chamois color,
at $1.55 a pair.—Sim the Clothier. 2-1t
Sale Register.
Thursday, March 1.—At the residence of
the W. H. Beck estate, one-half mile west
of Nittany, farm stock, implements,
grain, etc.
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Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - ~~ = = =. (8125
Rye - - - - - 80
New Corn = i=: i=ifwiilis 70
Cormear =~ i= =m [aia -60
Oats - wihioe wie. 40
Barley - - - . - = «60
Buckwheat - - .iim - 5