Demo litcan
Bellefonte, Pa., May 11, 1923.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND “OUNTY.
The Woman's club will hold a
food sale at the Variety shop on Sat-
urday, May 12th, at 2 p. m.
—A little son was born to Rev.
and Mrs. George E. Smith, of the
United Brethren church, on Sunday.
— There was quite a heavy frost
Monday morning. At 5:30 thermome-
ters in Bellefonte registered just 35
degrees.
— George T. Bush has been beaten
to it. Last Friday we saw the first
straw hat on the streets and it did not
adorn George’s dome.
A card party will be held at the
parish house by the ladies’ Guild of
the Episcopal church, on Friday, May
11th, at 8 p. m. Everybody invited;
admission 50 cents.
Stream Pollution to be Discussed at
Annual Meeting of the State
| Conservation Council at
| State College.
The State Conservation Council, or-
ganized over a year ago by over 20
State-wide organizations and over 80
County Conservation associations, and
County fish, game and forestry asso-
ciations, will hold its annual meeting
at State College on May 24th and
25th.
| The meetings will begin with a din-
‘ner on Thursday, May 24th, at 6 p. m,,
at which time prominent conservation-
ists have been asked to address the
, Council including Governor Gifford
| Pinchot; Hon. Seth E. Gordon, secre-
‘tary of the State Game Commission;
Hon. N. R. Buller, Commissioner of
Fisheries; Hon. R. Y. Stuart, Commis-
!sioner of Forestry; Dr. Witmer Stone,
president of the Audubon Society; Dr.
| E. Jennings, president of the Bo-
tanical society of W. Penna.; Dr. B, H.
Warren, former State Food Commis-
i sioner, and Dr. T. E. Finegan, Supt. of
——Rev. R. S. Oyler, formerly lo- | Public Instruction.
cated at Milesburg, has just had his| On Friday morning at 9 o’clock
salary raised to $3,000 by the Meth- {meetings of the various State commit-
odist congregation of Philipsburg, tees will be held to draw up resolu-
where he is now pastor. {tions to present to the meeting of the
——J. R. Hogentogler, an employee general Council at 11 a. m. These
of the State Highway department, has State committees cover the following
been promdted to chief draughtsman conservation activities: Stream pollu-
in the Bellefonte office to succeed F. tion, forestry, fish, game, wild flow-
G. Fleming, recently transferred to ers, song-birds. A Conservation din-
‘ner will be served at 1 p. m.
Reading, Pa.
— The Sutherlands are giving up' Stream pollution will be the chief
their home at Rockview and are offer- topic for discussion at the meetings.
ing at private sale some useful house- Prominent conservationists and repre-
hold articles as well as their automo- sentatives of industries responsible for
bile. If you are interested see their Stream pollution have been asked to
list of articles on page 4. | present their side of the case, among
At St. John’s Episcopal church
on Sunday, Bishop Darlington will be
present to administer confirmation and
preach his annual sermon to the con-
gregation. The service will be at 2:30
p. m. The public is cordially invited.
——Two black bear weighing about
175 pounds each, which were captur-
ed in Potter county, were liberat-
ed in the Big Kettle in the Seven
mountains, on Wednesday, by game
warden Jesse Hassinger, of Woodland.
—A little daughter was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Kline, at the
Bellefonte hospital, on Monday morn-
ing. Mrs. Kline before her marriage
was Miss Barbara Levi and she has
‘the honor of giving the first grand-
«child to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kline, of
Bellefonte.
——The auxiliary of the American
Legion will hold a meeting next Tues-
day evening, at 8 o'clock in the Le-
gion rooms. Following the business
meeting the doors will be thrown open
and members of the Legion are invit-
ed in to share in the refreshments
which will be served.
——The Music Study club’s last
meeting for the year has been post-
poned until the fourth Friday in the
month, May 25th, at 8 o’clock in the
evening, in the parish house of the
Episcopal church. In addition to a
musical program the annual election
of officers ‘will take place.
———While the Bellefonte Academy
track team did not win the interscho-
lastic track and field meet held at
Carnegie Tech, in Pittsburgh, last Sat-
urday, they won second place. Mer-
cersburg Academy led with 57 points;
Bellefonte Academy 35; Kiski 223% and
Altoona High school 123.
At the Sunday evening organ
recital from 7.30 to 7:45, at St. John’s
Lutheran church, the following well
known violin compositions specially
ranged for the organ will be played by
George A. Johnston: “The Vision,”
by Franz Drdla; “Souvenir,” also by
Drdla, and “Liebesfreud,” by Kreisler.
You are invited to go and enjoy the
service.
Two inches or more of snow
fell in Centre county on Tuesday
night, though most of it melted as fast
as it fell, except on the mountains,
which presented a covering of white
on Wednesday morning. The snow
followed the severe thunder storm and
hard rain of Tuesday afternoon. In-
asmuch as the temperature did not
drop to the freezing point it is not
likely that the snow did any damage
to the fruit crop.
Upwards of sixty boys have
already been enrolled for members in
the new Penn-Centre chapter of the
‘Order of DeMolay being organized un-
«ler the auspices of the Bellefonte
«Commandery Knights Templar. The
institution will likely take place in
the opera house on the evening of
May 31st. The paraphernalia for the
new chapter members has been pur-
«chased and invitations extended to
“Masons in various surrounding towns
=t0’be present at the institution.
———While crossing the bridge at
_Milesburg, last Friday evening, an Al-
.toona motorist, driving a Chevrolet
«par, hit Raymond Shultz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Shultz, and Ted Wal-
lace, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wal-
lace. The former was knocked from
the bridge into Bald Eagle creek but
fortunately landed in comparatively
shallow water so that he was able to
wade ashore. The Wallace boy es-
caped going into the creek but both
boys were bruised, though not serious-
ly.
— Messrs. Seig, Walker, Reynolds
and Williams will comprise the special
quartet that will sing with the Acade-
my minstrels at their coming perform-
ance. For a number of years the
Academy boys have been giving bene-
fits for various organizations in town
:and since this year the proceeds are to
go toward supplying fresh water for
the swimming pool that everybody can
use, it would seem to be only courtesy
if all the organizations the Academy
‘boys have helped were to turn in and
help them.
| them, Dr. H. S. Drinker, Merion Sta-
tion, Pa., a member of the State For-
estry commission, and formerly gen-
‘eral counsel of the Lehigh Valley Coal
;company; Hon. Frank B. Black, of
Garrett, Pa., soft coal operator; J. A.
York and Pennsylvania Paper and
Pulp company; Mr. W. B. McCaleb,
member of the State Game commis-
'sion; Dr. B. H. Warren, West Ches-
ter, Pa., former State Pure Food com-
missioner; Dr. R. J. Donaldson, State
Game commission; Col. Henry W.
Shoemaker, member of the State For-
estry commission; Harry A. McGraw,
president of the Blair County Alpine
club; S. C. Lowery, Williamsport; R.
Hayes Stewart, Island, Pa.; Dr. Chal-
mers Fulton, Philadelphia; George A.
Luekhart, DuBois; Dr. H. F. Shantz,
president Berks county Rod and Gun
club, Reading, and Lincoln G. Ruth,
president of the Bucks County conser-
| vation association.
It is believed from a full and free
discussion some plan can be worked
out to stop the present pollution of
streams, and provision made for car-
rying on investigations to render neu-
tral such materials as must naturally
flow into streams. Resolutions will be
adopted in regard to legislation to be
presented to the next Legislaure.
Pittsburgh Business Men Visited
Bellefonte Yesterday.
The golderi rule trade tour of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
‘spent an hour in Bellefonte yesterday.
| Bellefonters, however, were not con-
| tent to await their arrival but went to
| Lock Haven to meet them and brought
the majority of the men here by auto-
mobiles through the beautiful Nitta-
Iny valley. Naturally the cars became
somewhat scattered on the trip up so
that they did not all arrive at one
time. The Odd Fellows band was sta-
| tioned in the Diamond and welcomed
ithe Smoky city residents with entranc-
ing music.
The first objective point visited was
the Elk’s home, but the stay there was
short. The visitors then lined up in
front of the soldier’s monument in the
Diamond and stood at attention for
several photographs. This job com-
pleted they marched down High street
under escort of the band and took a
look at the big trout in Spring creek,
going from there to the big spring.
From the spring they marched to the
Pennsylvania railroad and entrained
for their trip to Huntingdon and hard-
ly had the last man gone aboard un-
til the train pulled out.
The party was made up of 107 men
and traveled in a special train of nine
Pullman cars, two of the number be-
ing diners. Every arrangement had
been provided to make it a trip de
luxe, and every man but the one wear-
ing the straw “Kelly” looked as if he
was enjoying the outing. The only
disadvantage of such a tour is the fact
that all stops are necessarily so lim-
ited that the visitors have no time to
form even a speaking acquaintance
with more than a very few of the bus-
iness men in each town. In fact,
though they spent an hour in Belle-
fonte it is very probable that not five
per cent. of the number actually saw
anything in Bellefonte except the stat-
ue of Governor Curtin, the big trout
and the spring. Nevertheless Belle-
fonters were pleased to have the Pitts-
burghers stop here, if for no other
reason than the opportunity afforded
the president of their organization,
Mr. W. M. Furey, to exploit the town
of his nativity.
On Sunday afternoon Walter
Brown, of Port Matilda, gathered up
a load of four young girls and took
them for a ride in his brother’s car
down Bald Eagle valley. In the vicin-
ity of Julian he was crowded off the
road by a stranger on a motorcycle and
one of the girls, Marie Artz, was
thrown out and sustained a broken leg
and some painful cuts and bruises.
She was brought to the Bellefonte hos-
pital for treatment and is getting
along as well as can be expected, with
every assurance of her early recovery.
Jobson, efficiency manager of the New |
— The Main show has come and ;“Springtime” Pronounced a Decided
{ gone but the Scenic is still doing bus-
iness at the old stand, showing big
programs of up-to-the-minute motion
pictures every night in the week ex-
cept Sunday. When in doubt about
! where to go for an evening of amuse-
ment and recreation, choose the Scen-
ic. You take no chances there, as the
pictures are always worthwhile and
‘the surroundings pleasant and com-
fortable.
— Next week will be a gala week at
the Academy; many guests will be
here from a distance, and they will be
entertained with minstrels, dances and
baseball games. The Pittsburgh Col-
legians will cross bats with the Acad-
emy on Hughes field at 2:30 p, m., on
Thursday, May 17th. This will give
the fans a chance to see an exciting
game. On Friday the Pittsburgh
Freshman play the Academy on
Hughes field at 2:30 o’clock.
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——See our special straw hats at
: $1.85.—Sim the Clothier. 19-1t
——At the regular May meeting of
| the Bellefonte Chapter of the D. A. R,,
{held at Miss Humes’ Thursday even-
ling of last week, the following officers
for the coming year were elected:
Miss Helen E. C. Overton, regent;
Mrs. William Frear, vice regent; Mrs.
Iva S. Waring, recording secretary;
Mrs. David Anderson, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Newton B. Spangler,
' treasurer; Mrs. John I. Olewine, his-
torian; Mrs. James A. Beaver, regis-
trar; Miss Virginia McCurdy, reader.
The board of directors as elected are,
| Mrs. Austin O. Furst, Mrs. Edwin E.
| Sparks, Mrs. W. Wayne Rogers, Mrs.
| Charles W. Stoddart, and Miss Eliza
IE. Morris. The recently elected pres-
{ident general of the national society,
‘is Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, of
Pennsylvania.
All shades of ladies’ Pheonix
and Holeproof silk hose, $2.50 grade
at $1.85, Friday and Saturday.—Sim,
the Clothier. 19-1t
Miss Bogle Speaks at Hot Springs.
The New Era, of Hot Springs, Ark.,
under date of April 21st, ascribes con-
siderable importance to the arrival
there of Miss Sarah C. N. Bogle. The
occasion of her visit was to address
the fifty-fourth annual convention of
the American Library association, of
which she is now secretary, and which
was in conference in that city.
Miss Bogle will go to France this
month to organize a course in methods
of library administration in that coun-
try. It will be pioneer work abroad
las their methods are rather crude as
in this country and on*which Miss Bo-
gle has come to be an authority.
Miss Bogle is well known in Belle-
fonte, their family home while here
having been “Forge house.”
~ Forest Fire in the Barrens.
A forest fire broke out in the Bar-
rens, on Monday, between Waddle and
State College and burned over consid-
erable territory before it was finally
subdued. Severa' hundred State Col-
lege students, which included those in
the forestry department, fought the
flames most of the afternoon and
evening. A crew of fire fighters from
Bellefonte, in charge of fire warden E.
T. Haines, went up on Monday even-
ing and helped fight the fire between
Waddle and Scotia. A barn on the
property of Frank P. Blair was burn-
ed to the ground and considerable
damage was done to the young timber
on the land burned over. Fire also
raged in the foothills of the Alleghe-
nies and on Bald Eagle mountain but
Tuesday afternoon’s hard rain not
only extinguished all fires but so thor-
oughly soaked the dead leaves and un-
derbrush that all danger of any fur-
ther fires, for some days at least, is
past.
——All the new shades for spring
of ladies’ Phoenix and Holeproof silk
hose, $2.50 grade at $1.85, Friday and
Saturday only.—Sim, the Clothier.
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a Frost Nor a Freeze
Wednesday Night.
Much to the surprise and certainly
to the gratification of every one in the
vicinity there was neither a frost nor
a freeze Wednesday night.
With the mountain tops, roofs and
other places white with snow Wednes-
day morning and the temperature
gradually dropping while wild snow
squalls filled the air most of the day
most of the weather-wise predicted
that Wednesday night would end the
prospect of early apples, peaches,
plums and all fruit that is now in
blossom. -
At five o'clock Wednesday evening
the murcury had gone down to 46. At
six it had dropped to 44 and by eight
it stood at 40.
the low temperature record so far as
our observation was concerned with
the thermometer reading 38. It re-
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11 it was still 38 and at 5:30 yester-
day morning was at the same mark.
It was a cloudy, windy night, with
occasional showers, so that no frost
fell and there was not a freeze, at
least in Bellefonte.
Reports from the vieinily of Pine
Grove Mills yesterday morning were
to the effect that they did have a
freeze there and at 8 o’clock yesterday
morning mercury was still standing
below 32.
From .Pleasant Gap H. O. Hile
brought the report that there was a
solid freeze and it was his opinion
that most if not all the early fruit in
that vicinity is ruined.
Ten o'clock marked:
mained stationary after that for at.
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Success.
A well filled auditorium at $1.10 per
seat with a fair sprinkling of gallery
gods and goddesses were sufficiently
‘enraptured with the opening presenta-
tion of “Springtime,” in the opera
house on Wednesday night, to vote the
rendition as given under the auspices
of the Campfire Girls of Bellefonte a
decided success.
The play deals with a blighted ro-
mance of a scion of 1868 aristocracy
and the daughter of the founder of
Brewster's pills.
ter was Priscilla Brewster, daughter
of the pill magnate, and the finished
way in which it was portrayed by Mrs.
Robert S. Walker won the plaudits of
the sympathetic audience. Her youth-
ful romance with Jack Wainwright,
(Cecil Walker) a young inventor, went
a glimmering through parental objec-
tions and both married other life-part-
ners. Twenty years later their chil-
dren met and loved only to meet the
same disappointment meted out to
their parents but finally in the year |
1921, or thereabouts, the grand-chil- |
dren were duly united in wedlock |
and happiness reigned supreme.
The portrayal of the second genera-
tion characters by Dorothy Runkle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Run-
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The leading charac-
‘for Connersville, Indiana, on Sunday.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
| . —Miss Elizabeth Morris and Miss Grace
—Mrs. Frank E. Naginey is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Brandon, in Scranton.
—Mrs. Irving G. Warner has been spend-
Cook went to Pittsburgh a week ago, for, goveral days of the week with her sis-
a visit there as house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Wallis.
|" Mr. and Mrs. Ward Showers, of Pleas-
ant Gap, were over Sunday guests of Mrs.
Showers’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wi-
on, of east High street.
— Mrs. C. U. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, spent
several days of last week in Bellefonte
with her daughter, Miss Louise, leaving
here Friday to go to Buffalo, for a visit
with her son Richard ard his family.
—Mrs. William Dillon. of Braddock, who
was called here because of the death of her
niece, Mrs. C. M. Parrish, remained for a
visit of a few days after the funeral; hav-
ing returned to her home Sunday after-
noon.
—Frank Derstine, of Juniata, and his
"eldest son, Gilbert, were all day visitors
‘Sunday, of Mr. Derstine’s mother, Mrs.
, William Derstine, having motored over
| with friends, who were on a drive to Sun-
bury.
| —Rev. W. E. Downes and J. Mitchell
. Cunningham represented Bellefonte Coun-
'¢il, K. of C., at the state convention at Eas-
| ton, Pa., on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week.
Wednesday evening.
—Col. W. F. Reynolds expects to leave
He
is going out to get a new McFarland tour-
ing car and will be accompanied by his
chauffeur, Elwood Shultz, who will drive
the Colonel back home.
—Rev. L. V. Barber, pastor of the Pres-
They returned home
“byterian church at Mill Hall, and former-
ly of the charge at Lemont, has been given
a leave of absence until October owing to
his shattered health which he hopes to re-
store by a summer of rest at Mifflinburg.
—Mr. David Bohn, of Linden Hall, was
Miss Anne Straub, as Abigail Tomp-
kins, the always susceptible; Nevin
Noll, as Bobby Brewster, and Mus. |
Sarah Hoffer, as Bobby’s wife, fur- |
nished many a laugh for the audience Lin town Tuesday, his first visit to Belle-
in the splendid manner in which they | fonte in over a year. He had been in poor
carried the comedy parts of the play. 'phealth most of the winter, but is recover-
In fact the entire cast was so well bal- 'ing nicely now and hopes with the bright
anced that credit must be given to
every one, notwithstanding the fact
that the leaders won the most ap-
plause.
One feature of the play that deserves
especial mention was the Springtime
dance by scores of children not yet in
the teen age. They performed with a
grace and rhythm remarkable for chil-
dren so young. The chorus and entire
ensemble was well balanced and the
entire production reflects great credit
on that winsome and petite directress,
Miss Maude M. Elser, of the John B.
Rogers Producing company. The mu-
sic for the play was furnished by a
picked orchestra under the direction
of Miss Miriam Smith, pianist.
The play was reproduced last night
to another good audience and while it
is impossible to give the net receipts
of the two performances at this writ-
‘growing springtime to get back to his old
time vigor.
—James B. Cook, who spent the winter
at Colorado Springs, Manatou and other
resorts in Colorado, arrived home Monday
looking and feeling quite fit again. He
‘expects to spend the summer at his home
here, but has plans to return to Colorado
in the fall.
| —Mrs. Rachel Harris expects to go to
i Detroit, Mich., next week for an indefinite
visit with her son, Joseph Harris, and his
family. Her daughter-in-law is now vis-
iting friends in Maryland and will stop
here on her way home to accompany Mrs.
| Harris west.
i —Mrs. Olmstead, executive secretary of
‘the Pennsylvania branch of the Women’s
i International League for Peace and Free-
'dom, who spoke for the cause at the home
| of Mrs. Robert Beach Tuesday evening,
[as Mrs. Beach's house guest during her
stay in Bellefonte.
—Among the hundreds of
visitors to
ing, there is every reason to ‘believe State College last Friday and Saturday, for
that the Campfire girls in addition to | the celebration of Father's day was Harry
giving Bellefonte two nights of whole- | Ulmer Tibbens, of Johnstown, whose son
some entertainment, will clean up a
tidy sum of money, one-half of which
they will give to the Y. M. C. A.
The Walter L. Main Show Proved
Good Attraction.
The Walter L. Main show proved a
good attraction in Bellefonte both on
Sunday and Monday. The train of
nineteen cars arrived: here from Phil-
ipsburg at 7:30 o’clock on Sunday
morning and hundreds of people, not
only from Bellefonte but from the sur-
rounding country districts, massed at
the Pennsylvania railroad to see the
circus paraphernalia unloaded. Noth-
ing out of the ordinary occurred in
the process of detraining but there
was one accident while the wagons
were being hauled to the show
grounds which fortunately did not
prove very serious, but might have re-
sulted with dire consequences when a!
lion cage went over the brink of the
state road out at Rhoads’ corner, turn-
ed over on its side and landed against
a tree. Had the tree not been there
the cage would have rolled down a for-
ty foot embankment into the old ca-
nal.
The lion cage, or wagon, was the
fourth in a string of six wagons being
hauled to the show grounds by a large
truck. In order to make the turn at
Rhoads’ corner the driver of the truck
kept as far to the left as possible.
The result was that the wagon bearing
the lion cage got off of the paved road
onto the soft ground, which gave way,
the tongue of the wagon broke and the
cage toppled over on its side. The
wagon in the rear of it landed upright
against a tree and this kept the lion
cage from going down the embank-
ment. The accident created considera-
ble excitement and it took the circus
crew an hour or longer to get it back
onto the solid road, but aside from the
broken tongue the wagon was not ser-
iously damaged and after being hauled
to the show grounds it was quickly re-
paired by the show blacksmith.
The show gave a very creditable pa-
rade at 10:30 o’clock on Monday morn-
ing. The stock was all in splendid
shape and the trappings, wagons, etc.,
showed the sparkle and glitter so
manifest in every show only a fort-
night out of winter quarters.
A large crowd witnessed the per-
formanee in the afternoon, which was
clean, thrilling and up to the stand-
ard advertised. The daring bareback
riding of May. Wirth, the flying trap-
eze act: of the Codona family, the
agile Arabs and the performing ele-
phants were all features of excellence.
The night performance drew a fair-
sized crowd but not as large as the
afternoon. The show went from
Bellefonte to Lewisburg.
——Earl K. Stock, supervising prin-
cipal of the Bellefonte High school,
has so far recovered from his recent
serious illness that he was able to
leave the hospital this week, although
he will not resume his school work
until next fall.
——All the newest shapes and
braids in straw hats.—Sim, the Cloth-
ier. 19-1t
is a member of the Senior class at State.
Harry thinks that State has the finest
body of boys in the world.
| —Mrs. F. A. Fink, of Altoona, was a
guest of Miss Mary Eberhart during her
week's stay in Bellefonte. Coming over the
first of May, Mrs. Fink has planned to
spend the month in Centre county, visiting
"with friends here, at Pleasant Gap and
State College during the time.
| —Mrs. D. A, Ferguson's visit home this
‘week was only for a few days, which time
'was spent with her mother, Mrs. Amanda
Houser, who has not been well for some
time. Mrs. Ferguson, better known here
as Miss Blanche Houser, returned directly
to her home in Philadelphia.
— Mrs. William Cowdrick, of Niagara
Falls, was an arrival in Bellefonte last
week and will remain with her sister, Mrs.
George Ingram, until after Memorial day.
She will be joined later by her daughter,
Mrs. Carlin and her husband, who will mo-
or here from the Falls and take Mrs. Cow-
drick home with them.
| _Those who were in Bellefonte Tuesday
for the funeral of the late Charles M. Heis-
ler included Mr. and Mrs. Gentzel, of Bea-
'ver Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Austin Bartley, of
Altoona; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bartley, of
Lock Haven; William, Herbert, Rosie and
‘Ada Smith, of Millheim, and Mr. Stoner
‘and his daughter, of Centre Hall.
—Mrs. John Harter and her two sisters,
Mrs. Houseman and Mrs. Musser, who had
_been visiting with Mrs. Harter’s daughter
Sara, in Dallas, Texas, came north early
last week. Mrs. Harter went directly to
her other daughter, at Bellevue, Pa., with
| whom she will spend the summer, while
| Mrs. Houseman and Mrs. Musser return-
ed to their homes in Altoona.
—John Claude Dawson, commercial agent
‘of the Lackawanna railroad, with offices
'in the Finance building, Philadelphia,
'spent Sunday in Bellefonte with his moth-
ler, Mrs. J. H. Griffith. Mrs. Griffith's
{ daughter, Mrs. A. H. Green, of Camden,
tand her husband were also here for the
"little family party. We accused them of
| having timed their visit to meet the circus
| here on Monday and Claude said that while
{ Ringlings is exhibiting in his town all this
i week he really got more fun out of a small
show in his old home town than he does
out of a big one in the city.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Badger and their
son Wilbur, and Mr. and Mrs. John Harts-
wick drove to Sunbury Saturday, spend-
ing the day there with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Wynn. Mrs. Wynn, before her
marriage, a short time ago, was Miss Mar-
garet Altenderfer. From Sunbury they
went on to Lewisburg, where they were
over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Lance. Tuesday Mrs. Badger and Miss An-
na drove to Lewistown in Miss Badger's
car, for a day with Mrs. Elmer Eby, bring-
ing Mrs. Badger’s grandchild, Margaret
Hby, home with them on their return to
Bellefonte the same evening.
—A visitor in town the past week was
Michael Cooney, a brother of Martin Coo-
ney, who came here on Saturday from the
western part of the State where he had
been with his sister, Mrs. Dillon, since
coming north from Tampa, Florida, where
he spent the winter. Mr. Cooney’s arrival
here almost at the same time as the Wal-
ter L. Main show was rather a coincidence,
as he was a’ member of the real Walter IL.
Main show thirty years ago when it was
wrecked coming across the mountains from
Philipsburg to Tyrone. But he gave up
the sawdust trail several years ago and
since then has been spending his winters
in the south and his summers at the north-
ern resorts. He expects to spend the sum-
mer at Asbury Park, New Jersey, where
he will help entertain the crowds that flock
to the seashore.
ter in Philadelphia.
—The Misses Parker, of Howard street,
are entertaining their sister-in-law, Mrs.
Webster B. Parker, of Somerset, who came
to Bellefonte a week ago with plans for
visiting in Bellefonte for an indefinite time.
—Mrs. Mollie L. Valentine is planning to
leave Omaha, Neb., early in the week for
Pittsburgh, intending to visit there for a
few days with Mrs. T. K. Morris before
they come to “the cabin,” at Hecla, where
they expect to spend the summer.
—Mrs. G. T. Farrow, of Beachfort, W.
Va., will come to Bellefonte very early in
June to spend the month here with her
mother and sister, Mrs. H. M. Wetzel and
Miss Mildred, at their home on north
Thomas street. It will be Mrs. Farrow’s
first visit back home in three years.
—Ira D. Garman, of Philadelphia, who
had been here since Sunday, returned to
his home in that city Wednesday. He had
been up for the opening of the trout fish-
ing season in April and had such success
that we presume the return visit was for
a repeat, but we saw him go to the train
and there was no string of trout that
could be noticed.
Robert Harris, a one time resident of
Bellefonte, and at that time one of the
best known colored men of the town, spent
several days here with relatives during the
week. Robert, who learned the tinner
trade with H. W. Miller, is in business for
himself in Pittsburgh and was east on a
short vacation following the death of his
wife three weeks ago.
—Mrs. Clara Bottorf, of Runville, was a
“Watchman” office caller bright and early
on the morning of circus day, ard we truly
hope she enjoyed seeing the elephants, the
parade and everything about the circus
because we have reason to believe she is
going to be a pretty busy woman during
the summer looking after that big garden
she already has under way.
—George Ertley, of Marion township,
was in town last Friday. George comes
rarely, but when he does it always means
a pleasant reminiscent period for us. You
see, away back in the early somethings,
further back than most of you recall,
George was the blacksmith up at Mattern-
ville and there's where all the neighbor-
hood horses were shod; among them the
faithful old mares, “Fan and Bess” that
pulled the plows over the stony hills of
the ancestral home of the late editor of the
“Watchman.” For forty-two years George
has read the “Watchman” and for forty-
two years he has remained a stalwart Re-
publican, How futile our efforts to con-
vert him have been. He is still hale and
hearty, however, and we have hopes that
there is yet a chance.
BELLEFONTE NEEDS MORE
HOUSES.
You Can Help Build Them by Taking
Stock in the Centre Building and
Loan Association.
This institution loans the funds for
house buying or building on terms
that are both favorable and practica-
ble to the borrower; also safe and se-
cure for the savers. The past several
years earnings have been ahout 7%.
This added to monthly payments soon
accumulates a tidy sum for sharehold-
ers. Withdrawals made before matu-
rity of series can be made at any time
with 6% interest. Savings banks pay
only 8%. Capital $1,000,000.00. Un-
der State banking laws. Regular ex-
aminations made. New series of
stock, No. 17, will be issued June 15.
Subscriptions for shares can be made
at any time.
The Centre Building and Loan As-
sociation is carefully and conserva-
tively managed. Not a dollar of loss
has been made in past ten years. In-
formation gladly furnished at any
time.
A. C. MINGLE,
19-1t President.
CHAS. F. COOK,
Secretary.
——An areoplane evoluting in the
sky yesterday morning, couldn’t draw
an eye of a group of our Pittsburgh
visitors from the trout in Spring
creek, urtil it made a nose dive and
didn’t straighten out again until it
barely missed the house tops. Then
they ducked and looked, but immedi-
ately started lamping the fish again.
—Josiah D. Hicks, a well known
attorney of Altoona, ex-Congressman,
Civil war veteran and for years a pil-
lar in the Methodist church, died on
Wednesday evening following an ill-
ness of several months. He was a na-
tive of Wales and was in his seventy-
ninth year. Mr. Hicks was quite well
known by many Centre countians.
Rubin and Rubin Coming.
Rubin and Rubin, Harrisburg’s lead-
ing eyesight specialists will be at the
Mott drug store, Bellefonte, on Wed-
nesday, May 23rd.
For your convenience, we are open
during the evening.
Your eyes examined free, and no
drops used. Our large practice is your
protection. Good glasses fitted as low
as $2.00. 68-19-2t
White Carnations for Mother’s Day.
Mrs. George A. Miller will have a
sale of white carnations for Mother’s
day at the Miller hardware store, on
Allegheny St., on Saturday. 19-1¢
——See our “5130” serge suit at
$27. Guaranteed for shape and color.
A new one for the one that does not
stand the wear.—Sim, the Clothier.
19-1t
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For Rent.—Furnished rooms, 19
south Spring street. 19-1¢*
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - - - - - $1.30
Rye - - - - - - - 80
Corn - - - - - - 85
Oats - - - - - - 50
Parley « = eww Le .60
Buckwheat - - «- = - a5