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Bellefonte, Pa., February 2, 1923.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—The official staff of the Ameri-
can Lime and Stone company moved
into their new offices on Saturday.
The Y. W. C. A. girls will give
a fancy dress party at the home of
Mrs. Beach on Tuesday evening, Feb-
ruary 6th. Every member is urged to
attend and take a friend.
— Owing to the fact that he was
recently elected assistant manager of
the Pennsylvania Match company
Capt. W. Fred Reynolds has resigned
as captain of Troop B, of Bellefonte.
——Among the first nominations
for Notaries Public in Centre county
made by Governor Pinchot were those
of W. Harrison Walker Esq., of Belle-
fonte, and Murs. Ada E. Musser, of
Millheim.
Two big moving vans from
Huntingdon on Monday moved the
household goods of Supt. James W.
Herron from Bellefonte to the official
residence of the superintendent of the
Huntingdon reformatory.
——H. I. Mentzer has severed his
connection as physical director with
the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A., effective
February 1st. He is now open for
another position and if he can secure
one will remain in Bellefonte.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Young, of
Charleston, W. Va., are receiving con-
gratulations on the birth of a daugh-
ter. The little Miss, whose mother is
well known here as Miss Lois Kirk, is
Mr. and Mrs. Young’s second daugh-
ter.
——Becoming financially tired of
conducting the restaurant in the Me-
Clain block Howard Dry quit for good
last Saturday and surrendered his in-
terest to Donald Gettig. The latter is
now the sole owner and Harry Maitin
is the man in charge.
Carl Gray was host at an
evening party given by his parents,
Mi. and Mrs. G. Oscar Gray, at their
home on west High street, Wednesday
evening. Special entertainment had
been arranged for the guests for the
entire evening, though much of it was
spent in dancing.
Next Sunday, February 4th,
will be Near East relief Sunday in
Centre county. Speakers from New
York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,
well known and well worth hearing,
will be in various ‘churches in the coun-
ty. In some of the towns union serv-
ices will be held in the morning, after-
noon and evening.
——1In anticipation of the long days
of summer, already on the way, don’t
forget the dance in the armory this
(Friday) evening. It will not only be
an enjoyable affair but will materiaily
aid in furnishing us good baseball next
summer. Admission, one dollar and
tax per couple. Tickets can be se-
cured at the armory if you are not
already supplied.
Senator Betts has already in-
troduced two bills, that if enacted, will
prove very beneficial legislation for
Pennsylvania. Both are along the line
of making good his campaign promise
to work for the passage of a “Blue-
sky Law” that will curb the fleecing
of the public through “wildcat” stocks
.and an attempt to repeal the inherit-
ance tax law of 1917.
The spring of the year is the
time when most women look over their
furniture, discard all that has become
useless and purchase vew. Anticipat-
-ing this fact W. R. Brachbill has put
oir 2 big 20% reduction sale on all
furriture, good from February 1st to
16th. See advertisement on fifth page
of today’s paper, then visit his store
and see the many bargains offered.
A marriage license was grant-
ed in Hollidaysburg on Wednesday to
Clarke Arthur Renner, of Altoona, and
Flo Ellen Bartley, of Bellefonte. Mrs.
Bartley only recently secured a di-
vorce from Frank P. Bartley, of Belle-
fonte, a guard at the western peniten-
tiary, and this will be her third matri-
monial venture, her first husband hav-
ing been Wilbur F. Henney, of Centre
Hall.
——A combined January and Feb-
Tuary meeting of the mother’s assist-
ance board of Centre county, was held
in the director’s room of the MecCal-
mont and Co. offices, Friday after-
#won, January 26th. The five of the
;seven members of the board present
were Mrs. Frank D. Gardner, of State
College, president; Mrs. C. E. McGirk,
of Philipsburg; Miss Mary H. Linn,
‘Mrs. W. F. Reynolds and Mrs. John
S. Walker,
" ——=The first death warrant signed
by Governor Pinchot was that of Da-
‘vid Disque, of Philadelphia, to which
Ye attached his signature last Thurs-
day. The date set for the electrocu-
tionis March 17th. Disque was con-
victed in January, 1922, of the mur-
der of Mrs. Sarah A. Parr in July,
1921. The erime was a most brutal
one, as the woman, eighty-five years
old, was beaten to death with a piece
of rubber hose and robbed of $310.
Centre county had another fall
of snow on Sunday, about six inches
of it. Fortunately there has been lit-
tle wind with any of the snowfalls
this winter so that travel has not been
blocked on either the public roads or
the railroads. But the snow is plenty
deep enough without drifting. There
are places in the mountains where it
is protected from the sun that the
snow is over three feet deep, but in
the open valleys it is less than two
feet.
BACK FROM THE FRIGID NORTH.
Dr. Eloise Meek Finishes Her Trip to
Alaska.
Seattle, Washington.
January 22nd, 1923.
The trip from Alaska was a de-
lightful one and, although too cold to
stay on deck continually, vet we all
walked around most of the time. My
stateroom opened upon the deck, was
steam-heated and so hot I could not
endure it without my door open both
day and night so, you see, how nice a
trip from Alaska in the middle of win-
ter may really be. There were one
hundred and fifty passengers on board
and, of course, a group of congenial
souls managed to make ourselves a
most pleasant time. We came by the
inside passage, stopping at all the
southeastern towns—Valdez being the
first; then Cordova, where one leaves
the boats to take that Copper River
trail and railroad to the Kennecott
mines. Both of these towns are beau-
tifully located but impress one with
their lack of chance to expand. Then
came Juneau. It is quite a prospei-
ous looking place and, of course, be-
ing the capital, has more people in it
than the others had. I forgot Wran-
gle, where totem poles are very much
in evidence and the only place in this
southeastern section where native life
was even indicated. Ketchikan came
next and is the nicest looking of all |
really good
buildings, several streets paved with !
these towns. Lots of
cement, make one think of the States
and being back to civilization. It has
always boasted of being the first town
in Alaska but I am told that a new
town is developing at Hyder,
good mines are being developed so
that it will claim the distinction, if
there is any, of being “the first town |
in Alaska.” These places are all new
vet are not as large now as
were some years ago, except for one or
two, have no backing, consequently
will retrograde. Alaska,
will some day come into her own but
on the’
Canadian border, where some very
they |
no doubt, |
— Twenty-five year guaranteed
Coil Bed Springs at $6.40 during Feb-
ruary furniture sale.—W. R. Brach-
bill. 5-1t
Rev. W. Chauncey Emhardt, of
the department of missions of the
Episcopal church, will preach on the
subject of Near East relief at St.
John’s Episcopal church, Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. Dr. Emhardt
has recently returned from a tour of
‘inspection of conditions in the Near
East, and consequently speaks from
personal experience. All members of
the parish, particularly, are urged to
hear him.
——1In addition to the usual grist of
county, borough and township officers
Clinton county will this year elect a
judge and two associate judges. For
judge Eugene H. Baird will be a can-
didate to succeed himself and among
the other possible candidates will be
the present district attorney, J. J.
Kintner. Mrs. Julia D. Stevenson,
wife of the present county treasurer,
John R. Stevenson, will be a candidate
for the nomination to succeed her hus-
i band.
Dr. C. J. Hollister, chief of the
dental division of the Department of
Health, has a contribution in today’s
“Watchman” on “Good Teeth” that
should be read with profit and inter-
est. Many who heard him address the
Womens club and Parent-Teachers
i meeting last October were so well en-
| tertained that they would gladly have
{listened an hour longer and we hope
i that his spoken and written message
lon the gospel of Good Teeth will not
go unheeded. ’
Twelve crates of Kansas cot-
tontails arrived in Bellefonte on Sat-
‘urday, consigned to game protector
Thomas BE. Mosier. They came from
. Hutchinson, Kan., and the shipment
|included twelve rabbits to a crate or
jone hundred and forty-four all told.
This is the second consignment of
I do not think that day will come un- eantay rabbits lo be buy out in this
til the States become crowded and {Section for propagating purpose and
people are pushed into the North for
living room.
inasmuch as they multiply very fast
[during the summer season rabbit
I must not forget to tell you of geihining ouglt to, afford geod. sport
scenery on the way down. It is truly | 2 >
not over-estimated and is superb. The |
“inside passage” is so narrow in places
that it seems as if one could throw a
stone onto either bank; the mountains
are wooded to the shore and spruce
trees look to be growing out of the
{ ——The men interested in starting
la new laundry inthe N.E. Miller
| garage have decided to install a water
filter in their plant so as to avoid
‘draining their wash water directly in-
ocean; Itis said that in the early , © Spring creek and thus avoiding all
part of nineteen hundred there were
plenty of deer to be seen any time!
along the banks but we saw none and
I can well imagine that the steam-
boat whistles would frighten away
all that the hunters’ guns spared.
I:
danger of contaminating or driving
away the many trout which have be-
come such an entrancing sight to all
strangers visiting Bellefonte. Mz.
Kern, proprietor of the City laundry,
will probably put down a cess pool to
was told that people who came ont take care of the water from his wash-
over the Canadian Pacific and went on | or
to Alaska for 2 trip did not consider
the scenery worth while but they must |
Wholesale costs are advancing.
yy + - 3 $ 7)
have gotten an “over-dose,” hence This, along with our February 20%
were sickened, for I surely
cannot
agree with them. :
I shall leave next Sunday or Mon-
day for home, stopping in Omaha and
| reduction furniture sale means a dou-
{ ble saving,—W. R. Brachbill. 5-1t
Manager T. Clayton Brown is
Chicago, and thus expect to see you offering some wonderful attractions in
soon.
ELOISE.
Former Philipsburg Policeman Jailed
for Forgery.
Peter A. Hitt, a former policeman
in Philipsburg, was brought to the
Centre county jail last Wednesday in
default of $1000 bail to await trial on!
the charge of forgery.
Hitt was appointed night policeman
in Philipsburg several years ago about
the time that the prohibition law went
into effect and the one outstanding
act during his term of service in that
town was the capture of a truck load
of whiskey. He later resigned his job
in Philipsburg to become chief of po-
lice in Clearfield. He was dismissed
from service in that town in the lat-
ter part of last year and his career
since then seems to have been punctu-
ated with the issuance of worthless
checks, according to a story published
in the Clearfield Progress, which
charged him with passing checks in
Lock Haven, Bellefonte, Tyrone and
Johnstown, with no money in the bank
to meet them. His arrest, however,
followed the discounting of a note for
$100 at the Moshannon National bank,
in Philipsburg, bearing the endorse-
ment of his wife and father-in-law,
both of whom repudiated the signa-
tures. Hitt was arrested at Wood-
land, and at a hearing before ’Squire
Byron was unable to furnish bail and
was committed to jail.
Prohibition Anniversary. Observed.
An interesting meeting celebrat-
ing the third anniversary of total pro-
hibition was held in Petrikin hall on
Sunday afternoon, January 21st, un-
der the auspices of the Bellefonte W.
C. T. U., Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads, the
president, presiding. Brief addresses
were made by Revs. T. W. Young, Da-
vid R. Evans, E. E. McKelvey, George
E. Smith and Reed O. Steely, all of
Bellefonte, and Nelson Hibsham and
Charles Dickerhoff, members of the
Penn State young people’s branch of
the W. C. T. U. Another pleasing fea-
ture of the occasion was the presence
of from twenty to thirty boys and
girls of the Loyal Temperance Legion
branch of the W. C. T. U., who sang
one of their songs and added much to
the success of the gathering. These
Loyal Temperance Legioners, number-
ing forty, under the leadership of Mrs.
Steely, were entertained with a sleigh
ride one evening recently, which was
followed by a social at Mountain
View, of west Linn street.
motion pictures for the coming week.
The big feature today and tomorrow
will be “The Old Homestead,” that
: wonderful pastoral play made famous
, by Denman Thompson, while for two
nights next week Norma Talmadge
will appear in “The Eternal Flame,”
eight reels of as fine acting as ever
was thrown upon the screen. Read
{the complete program published on
| another page of the “Watchman” and
see the many fine offerings for tke
week.
——In a letter received from
Emanuel Klepfer, long a resident of
Wildwood, N. J., he writes that he is
now staying at the home of his son
Alfred, at Eureka, Bucks county,
where the young man is engaged as a
florist. He has thirty thousand square
feet of ground in cultivation under
glass, all planted with the choicest
specimens of plants and flowers. He
owns the place and has every pros-
pect of becoming quite successful.
The item is of interest to the people
of Bellefonte because of the fact that
Emanuel Klepfer married a Bellefonte
girl, Miss Ada Haupt, a sister of Mrs.
G. Fred Musser, of this place, the
Klepfer family having originally re-
sided at Coleville.
Furniture purchased during W.
R. Brachbill’s 20% reduction Febru-
ary sale means dollars saved. 5-1t
——The Bellefonte friends of Noah
H. Swayne II, formerly president of
the Nittany Iron company, in this
place, will be interested to know that
he is still in voice and contributing to
the pleasure of music lovers. He sang
at a concert in the Metropolitan opera
i house, New York, one night last week,
and his number proved a feature of
eral times to acknowledge the expres-
sions of appreciation by an audience
that packed the great auditorium from
pit to critics gallery. The last time
we heard Mr. Swayne sing was on a
very notable occasion. It was at a
gathering of war-workers at the Un-
ion League, Philadelphia, where Wm.
G. McAdoo, then Secretary of the
Treasury, made the principal address.
He was introduced by William C.
Sproul, who was then being groomed
as a candidate for Governor. The
occasion was notable because it was
the first time a Democrat had ever
made an address in the Union League.
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The Basket Shop announces
“special” prices on baskets during the
month of February, 25c, 85¢, 50¢, 5c,
$1.00. b-4t
the program, as he was recalled sev- |
Bill Scullin—Philosopher.
Possibly some of you will recall
having read in the “Watchman” of
January 19th, the following para-
graph:
Years ago Billy Secullin was wont
to advertise his sartorial creations in
the Tyrone Herald with a quotation
that ran “The apparel oft proclaims
the man.” We thought of that idea
of Billy’s when we read of the way
that Vare delegation, the Union club,
of Philadelphia, was dolled up in the
inaugural parade. Knowing some-
thing of some of those statesmen who
wore the two-quart lids, the oxford
coats and brown spats, we are won-
dering whether their apparel did pro-
claim the men. Our idea of it is that
the two-quart lid was only a camou-
flage. The pint on the hip would have
proclaimed that delegation better.
By way of explaining what is to
follow it should be here recorded that
Bill Scullin, of Tyrone, is an old
friend. A very dear old friend, and
while we always knew him as a creator
of super-things sartorial, the pos-
sessor of a voice that on occasion had
a strange appeal to our barber-shop
tenor musical ear and a naturalist—
so far as apple trees, apple blossoms
and apple butter enter into the inves-
tigations of such scientists—who
might have made the Burbanks, Bur-
pees and Borroughs blush for their ig-
norance, we never had a suspicion that
he was a philosopher. Never, until
last Thursday, when we read the let-
ter, which we here make public, be-
cause it is really too clever to find its
way into the oblivion of the waste
basket.
Tyrone, Pa., Jan. 25th, 1922.
Mr, George R. Meek,
Bellefonte, Pa.
My very dear Sir:
Your recent reference to my old ad-
vertisement as suggestive of your al-
lusion to the inaugural parade at Har-
risburg has been called to my atten-
tion several times. Personally I have
no grievance, but I do regret to note
among my Republican friends a sug-
gestion of hurt or bruised feelings on
account of your quip—a pint on the
hip—Especially since our Exalted Rul-
er had previously decreed that old
Pennsylvania shall be as dry as the
proverbial Democrat. And naught but
bleached bones and grinning skulls
shall, in the future, indicate the lo-
cation of what was once a delightful
oasis.
Verily, perchance, if our Dear Gov-
ernor is the Dr. Munyon of execu-
tives: “There is hope!”—for bootleg-
gers.
I would suggest a more modern in-
terpretation of Poppa Polonius’ ad-
vice, thus:
“Costly thy habit as thy purse can
buy”
Expressed in Scotch, corn or rye
“But I charge ye, conceal it well
beneath thy doublet.”
Give every man thy ear, but few thy
voice for now, ‘tis the breath that
oft proclaims the man.
Well, so long, George. Hope you
are well and happy and trying to live
down your past, which recalls to my
memory the maiy happy week-ends
our Tyrone Commissions used to
spend at the dear old Nittany Country
club, discussing the nature, charac-
teristics and habits of the apple tree.
What a gorgeous, imposing specta-
cle to see one in full blossom.
Ah! The melody of the human
voice (Bill used to sing to me because
I was the only one who hadn’t the
heart to try to can him.—Ed.) chant-
ing simple ballads, like a chime of ca-
thedral bells; invisibly blending ce-
lestial harmony with the pungent per-
fume of the apple blossoms. But my
lack of descriptive powers halt my
feeble efforts to do justice to those
by-gone days of cultured recreation—-
when compacts and friendships were
made which have lasted and will last
through life.
(Here's where he becomes philosopher.)
How like the human family is the
fruit of the orchard: First the bud,
then the blossom, followed by the ju-
venile pippin, flapper, ete. Rosy cheek-
ed, with but the rouge of nature.
Some leave the parent stem before
maturity. Some after. But in either
case, when they embark on the Ship
of Destiny, they will be judged solely
by their character; and not by beau-
ty, form or complexion.
Those that are sound to the heart
need not worry about their form or
complexion. Their destiny is with the
elect. But those poor, misguided pip-
pins that depended on their attractive
forms and cheeks of various hues;
those who cultivated chic for charac-
ter or a sound core must find their
destiny in the garbage barrel; just as
the human derelict of unsound or dis-
honest character must sooner or later
find his destiny in the human garbage
barrel.
But where am I maundering? Vol-
umes couldn’t reveal my thoughts so
I will close by assuring you that my
declining years are pleasant. I am
neither gray, grave nor grouchy, I
am just enjoying the well earned con-
pensation of an example and advocate
of the simple life.
Very cordially yours,
W..H, SCULLIN.
Further comment is unnecessary.
We know Bill’s got his second sight
and’s see’in apple trees again.
——Olyphant Downs’ delightful
fantasy, “The Maker of Dreams,” will
be presented by the Keystone Players
in the little theatre at the Bellefonte
Y. this (Friday) evening. The even-
ing’s entertainment will also include
Cogswell, the sleight-of-hand artist,
and Miss Marian Fleming, reader. It
will be an evening’s diversion worth
seeing. Go and take your friends with
you.
——The Thimble Bee of the ladies
of the Reformed church will be held
at the home of Mrs. D. R. Foreman,
Spring street, this (Friday) after-
noon. A full attendance is desired.
RAS.
|
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Henry Illingworth, of College town-
ship, transacted business in Bellefonte on
Friday and made a brief call at this ofiice.
—Mrs. W. Cordiss Snyder, of Snow Shoe,
was among the out of town visitors to
Jellefonte Wednesday, having come in to
spend a part of the day in the shops.
—Mr. and Mrs. Guy Coll entertained at
dinner last night, at their home on east
Howard street, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fish-
er, of Unionville, being the guest of honor.
—J. A. Collins, of New York city, trav-
eling supervisor of the Western Maryland
dairy, was in Bellefonte this week looking
after some business relative to their local
plant.
—Christ Beezer, who has been in the
Geisinger hospital, Danville, for several
weeks, will return home today, very much
benefitted by the operation he underwent
while there.
—Mrs. T. B. Budinger, of Snow Shoe,
was a brief caller at the “Watchman” of-
fice on Friday, being on her way to Johns-
town to spend several months with her
daughter, Mrs, Robert Vorhis.
—Roy Uhl, of Pleasant Gap, joined Miss
Vivian Lutz in Altoona, a week ago, spend-
ing the week-end there as a guest of
friends. Miss Lutz, who has been visiting
for some time in Altoona, will return home
this week.
—Roy Grove, who had been spending a
part of the month of January in Pitts-
burgh, attending one of the Bell Tele-
phone's efficiency schools, returned to
Bellefonte this week to resume his work
in the local office.
—Mrs. Iidwin Irwin, who had been a pa-
tient at the hospital for the past three
weeks, was taken to the Bush house Tues-
day, and with her nurse, is now occupy-
ing the apartments in which she has lived
for a number of years.
—Mrs. Durbin 8. Gray, who came to
Bellefonte Tuesday, from West Haven,
with the body of her son, the late Durbin
Laurie Gray, remained here for a short
visit with Miss Humes, before going south.
Mrs. Gray is anticipating being the guest
of friends at Tampa, Florida, for a month.
—The Misses Parker will close their
house on Howard street next week, ex-
pecting it to remain closed until spring.
Miss Annie and Miss Emily will go from
here to Canton, Ohio, for a month's visit
with friends, and from there to Atlantic
City for an indefinite siay, while Miss
Lizzie has planned to have a room with
Mrs. II. M. Wetzel, intending to be in Beile-
fonte for the present.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kirk and their
daughter, Mary Catherine, have been
guests within the week of Mrs. Kirk's
mother, Mrs. D. I. Willard. Mrs. Kirk and
the child came in from Grindstone, Thurs-
day, Mr. Kirk, who had been east on a
business trip, joining them here for a
short visit on his way back to the west-
ern part of the State, Mrs, Kirk and
the child will leave today to return home.
—Rev, T. W. Young went out to Pitts-
burgh yesterday to be present today at
the mid-season graduating exercises of the
Pittsburgh High school, where his grand-
daughter, Miss Isabel Epley, is one of the
graduates and takes first honors in a class
of eighty-five. Rev. Young will return to
Mount Union on Saturday where he will
preach on Sunday. Mrs. Young, who has
been in Pittsburgh since before Christmas,
will make the trip east with him, com-
ing to Bellefonte from Tyrone on Satur-
day.
—Mr. and Mrs. John T. Laurie, with sev-
eral members of their family, including
! Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Laurie, Mr. and
Mrs. William Laurie, Miss Mildred and
Andrew, all of Tyrone; Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Laurie, of Houtzdale, and Miss Heil-
man, of West Haven, were all in Bellefonte
this week, owing to the death of Durbin
L. Gray, whose body was brought mere for
burial Tuesday, from West Haven, Con.
Miss Heilman is one of the nurses in
charge at the hospital where Durbin had
been ill and accompanied Mrs, Gray to
Bellefonte, as a representative of the gov-
ernment.
A ——— A re ——
Bellefonte Y. News.
In the future the Y. W. class, which
meets every Thursday evening at 7:30
o’clock, will be under the direction of
Mrs. Robert Walker, a graduate cf
Wellesley, and who has had special
training and experience in physical
work.
The junior and students classes will
be under the direction of E. B. Mal-
comson, of the Bellefonte Academy
faculty. He is a graduate of the Y.
M. C. A. college and is popular with
the boys.
A wrestling class wil be opened as
soon as a sufficient number of young
men enroll. An efficient instructor has
been secured. Those interested in this
sport should see the secretary and en-
roll at once. A small fee will be
charged for the course of ten lessons.
Dormitory rooms for six young men
are being fitted up and as soon as the
furniture and bedding can be secured
they will be ready for occupancy. The
house committee will be glad to re-
ceive donations of articles of furni-
ture and bedding, especially single
iron beds.
The members of the Women’s Aux-
iliary are asked to meet at the com-
munity room Saturday at 2 p. m., to
participate in another hit-and-miss
party. The library is being well pa-
tronized and a number of new books
added.
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Food Sale.
Home-made bread and rolls, cakes |
of all kinds, pastry, candy, ete., will
be offered for sale by the women of
the Presbyterian church, on Saturday
afternoon, February 38rd, in the store
room of Spigelmyer & Co., on Alle-
gheny street. Sale will begin prompt-
ly at 2 o'clock.
See beginning of “Around the
World in 18 Days,” Scenic, February
2 4-2t
——Paul McKelvey, son of Rev. and
Mrs. E. E. McKelvey, of Bellefonte,
went to Williamsport on Saturday and
enrolled as a student in Dickinson
Seminary,
Met, Engaged and Married Within
Five Days.
Bellefonte people will be interested
in the announcement of the marriage
! of Lieut. Melvin Bassett, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank P. Bassett, of Wash-
ington, D. C., and a grand-son of the
late Rev. James P. Hughes, of the
Bellefonte Academy. Lieut. Bassett
was married on Saturday, Jaunary
20th, and the facts in connection with
his romance were published in last
Friday’s Philadelphia North Ameri-
can, as follows:
Met on Tuseday, engaged on Friday,
married on Saturday. :
So reads the breath-taking romance
of Lieutenant Melvin Hughes Bassett,
United States navy, and his bride,
formerly Miss Eleanor Sage, of 141
west Phil-Ellena street, Germantown.
The two were married last Satur-
day, after an early morning journey
from this city to Elkton in a taxicab.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. William R. Moon. The couple
then took a cab to Wilmington and re-
turned by train.
The newlyweds were parted tem-
porarily yesterday, when Lieutenant
Bassett left with his ship, the Hanni-
bal, for southern waters. The couple
plan to meet each other in the Isle of
Pines, off Cuba, in a short time.
News of the elopement came as a
complete surprise to friends of both.
Mrs. Bassett is 21 years old and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph V.
Sage. She was graduated from the
Elmira College for women. Her hus-
band is 23 years old, son of Mr. and
Mrs, F. P. Bassett, of Washington,
Parental blessing was bestowed by
parents of both. The two met Tues-
day a week ago, when Miss Sage was
taken to lunch by a girl friend, The
girl friend knew an ensign in the res-
taurant, who introduced Lieutenant
Bassett.
Heverly—Close.—Charles W. Hevy-
erly and Miss Rebecca Close, both of
State College, were married at the
home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Jane
Close, on Monday. A few intimate
friends and relatives were present to
witness the ceremony, which was per-
formed by Rev. S. C. Stover, of the
Reformed church. Following congiat-
ulations the young couple came to
Bellefonte by automobile and left on
the train for a trip to Washington, D.
C., and other eastern cities. Both the
bride and bridegroom have for some
time past been employed in Gentzel’s
store at State College and are excel-
lent young people. They will make
their home at the College. :
Thal. — Kephart. — Announcement
has been made of the marriage on
New Year’s day of Francis Thal, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thal, of Belle-
fonte, and Miss Ethel Kephart, of Os-
ceola Mills. The bridegroom, who is
in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company at Osceola Mills, is
well known in Bellefonte and is an en-
ergetic and industrious young man.
Larimer—Welty.—Herbert E. Lari-
mer and Miss Mary Jane Welty, both
of Bellefonte, went to Williamsport
last week where they were united in
marriage by Rev. Alexander Scott, at
the parsonage of the Grace Methodist
church.
——John A. Korman, of the State
College Motor company, has gone to
Pittsburgh to take a two week’s Lin-
coln service course at the Pittsburgh
branch plant of the Ford Motor
Co. This course is being taught by
an expert from the Detroit factory
and consists of the entire disassem-
bling and reassembling of the Lincoln
car. Since the Lincoln factory has
been taken over by the Ford Motor
company many changes have been
made in regard to the servicing of
this car, and in a short time it will be
possible for owners to stop at any of
the nine thousand authorized Ford
service stations throughout the coun-
try and receive expert Lincoln sery-
ice at standard prices. Lincoln own-
ers in this section will be pleased to
learn of the arrangements being made
by the State College Motor company
to give them necessary advice and
service for the efficient and econom-
ical operation of their cars.
Rubin and Rubin Coming.
Rubin and Rubin, Harrisburg’s lead-
ing eyesight specialists, will be at the
Mott drug store, Bellefonte, on Thurs-
day, February 8th. Good glasses are
fitted for as little as $2.00. Eyes are
examined free without the use of
drops. Glasses changed free of
charge if not satisfactory. Tt pays to
wait for Rubin and Rubin. 4-2t
er ————— nase
Wanted to Rent.—Small house in
Bellefonte; preferably furnished or
partly furnished.—E. B. Fitts, State
College, Pa. 68-5
All 20% reductions during fur-
niture sale at W. R. Brachbill’s grant-
ed from the original price tags. 5-1t
oan
See “Old Homestead” February
2 and 3, opera house. 4-2¢
Sale Register.
Thursday, March 1.—At the residence of
the W. H. Beck estate, one-half mile west
of Nittany, farm stock, implements,
grain, ete.
Bellefonte Grain Market,
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - +... + wi= i» $1.25
Rye =. = = = miia 'w 80
New Corn - - - - - 0
Corn, ear = - - - - .69
Oats - - = - - - 40
Barley. = «ie iivelw iw .60
Buckwheat - - .- = - 9