Bellefonte, Pa., August 10, 1923.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND NQUNTY.
— Candidates for the fall prima-
vies have only eleven more days in
which to file their nomination papers,
the last day being Tuesday, August
21st.
— 7. L. Smith, of Centre Hall, was
elected conductor at the fourth annu-
-al meeting of the Central Pennsylva-
nia association, P. O. S. of A., held at
Lewistown last Friday.
Miss Alice Tate, who had spent
‘two months at home, after being a pa-
tient in the Bellefonte hospital for
seventeen weeks, was obliged to return
.to the hospital a week ago.
— Owing to the impaired health
.of Philip L. Beezer his son and daugh-
ter, Arthur and Helen Beezer, will
take over his interest in the Beezer
-meat market on August 15th and con-
«duct the same in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Coll are now
specupying the apartments in the Furst
‘building, on High street, opposite the
.court house, having gone there from
.the home of Mrs. Coll’s mother, Mrs.
‘Richard Lutz, on east Howard street.
The Sunday school of Gray’s
«church, in Halfmoon valley, will hold
their annual picnic tomorroy in
the Hartsock grove, just above Par-
adise. It is hoped that it will develop
inte a community affair, as every one
in the valley is invited, regardless of
«church affiliations.
Miss Theressa’ Shields, who is
now taking a post graduate course in
nursing at Columbia University, New
York city, has resigned her position
.as directress of nurses at the Cottage
.State hospital, Philipsburg. It is un-
.derstood that Miss Shields has a bet-
ter position in view.
— Harry A. Thompson, editor of
‘the Tyrone Times, has been appointed
“postmaster of Tyrone to succeed Al.
.S. Garman. Mr. Thompson’s strong-
«est competitor for the appointment
was assistant postmaster Fred C.
Buck, who will likely be retained in
his position when the office changes
~hands.
— Gordon Amend, an instructor
“in English at The Pennsylvania State
College, is mourning the death of his
mother, Mrs. J. H. Amend, who died
at her home at Wilkinsburg on Sun-
day. Her maiden name was Hagerty
. and she was born near Houtzdale.
Burial was made at Williamsburg on
Wednesday.
— The evenings have grown decid-
edly longer and there is no better
place in Bellefonte to spend them than
at the Scenic. There you are assured
of two hours of motion picture enter-
tainment, and the fact that the Scenic
4s crowded is evidence that the pic-
tures are appreciated. Get the habit
and become a regular, thus being as-
sured of seeing all the good ones.
— A very beautiful memorial
-service in tribute to President Hard-
ing was held Sunday morning in St.
John’s Lutheran church, Bellefonte. It
was featured by special music and an
address by Rev. Wilson P. Ard in
swhich he spoke feelingly of the great
‘heart, the sterling character, the ex-
«ecutive ability, and other character-
istics of America’s martyred chief-
tain, that made him loved and esteem-
«2d by all men alike.
— James R. Downes, brother of
Rev. Father William E. Downes, of
Bellefonte, has been promoted to su-
perintendent of freight transportation
of the Central division of the Penn-
sylvania railroad, with headquarters
in Pittsburgh. Mr. Downes began his
.railread career in Tyrone but has been
"located in Pittsburgh for some years.
‘He is quite well known in railroad cir-
«cles in ‘the central part of the State
:and ‘his many friends will be glad to
know of his advancement.
At the last regular meeting of
the Penn-Centre chapter Order of De-
Molay sixteen petitioners were elect-
wd for degrees and membership. The
fourth week in August has been set
as the time for the next big ceremo-
nial, when the indications are that a
class of about forty will take the de-
grees. The DeMolay band now num-
bers twenty-two and the young men
are practicing diligently for their in-
itial appearance at the Masonic pic-
nic to be held at Curwensville on Au-
gust 23rd.
——Apiarists all over the county re-
port this as being a poor year for hon-
-ey. The excessive dry weather dur-
ing May and June and the most of Ju-
ly was extremely hard on the various
flowers and literally dried up the red
clover blossoms before they came out
in full bloom. The latter are one of
#he main sources of the early crop of
“honey and because of the dry season
the bees ‘were unable to work with
good results. Throughout Bald Eagle
valley, where buckwheat is a staple
crop, the bees will have more profita-
ble work during the season it is in
blossom. But at that, the honey crop
avill be short this year.
—— Metaphorically speaking, pas-
:senger agent Harry L. Hutchison was
yup in the air on Wednesday morning
-gvhen he discovered that some un-
“known individual, during the previous
might, had literally smashed to smith-
«@reens the glass covering the face of
the ‘penny in the slot weighing ma-
chime standing in front of the station.
“This is the second time that the glass
has been broken and the first time the
individual who committed the vandal-
sm went so far as to steal the hands
4 of the face of the machine. While
Mr. Hutchison does not know the
Fdentity of the individual he gave him
= mame that seems to fit the deed.
CONVICTS MAKE SECOND TRY
AT BREAKING JAIL.
But Now Safely Housed in Concrete
Cells in Death House at
Rockview.
Clair Jamison, Arthur Price and
Edward Fiddell, the three escaped con-
victs who staged a daring escape from
the Centre county jail® at noon last
Thursday, but were foiled in their act
through the bravery and cool headed-
ness of Miss Marion Dukeman, who
clung to Jamison after he had gotten
out into the hallway of the sheriff’s
residence until her father appeared,
and the thoughtfulness of Mrs. Duke-
man in hurriedly locking the jail door
to keep others from getting out, are
now in a safe place for keeping, hav-
ing been transferred on Saturday
night to the western penitentiary at
Rockview and placed in three of the
concrete cells in the death house.
The men have proven to be three
desperate characters. Not content with
their attempt at escape last Thursday
they made an effort on Friday night
to wreck the steel cell in which they
were incarcerated. Immediately fol-
lowing the thrilling incident of Thurs-
day noon the three men were locked
in a steel cell from which the iron bed
and everything that could be convert-
ed into a weapon of destruction had
been removed. Or, at least, so the
sheriff believed. But the men had se-
creted behind the window casing a steel
dinner knife which they nicked to re-
semble a saw and with this rude in-
strument sawed the heads off of a
number of rivets that held the top of
their steel cell in place. When dis-
covered they had succeeded in push-
ing up the heavy slabs of steel and
had a hole almost large enough to
crawl through.
On Friday night, at the request of
the sheriff, two state policemen were
sent here to act as guards and a con-
tinuous watch was placed over the
men. On Saturday district attorney
James C. Furst got into communica-
tion with the warden, John M. Egan,
of the western penitentiary, and asked
that the men be taken back to the pen-
itentiary. Warden Egan was loath to
grant the request, owing to the crowd-
ed condition of the old penitentiary at
Pittsburgh and because of the effect
it might have on the other inmates if
sent back to Rockview. On Saturday
afternoon, however, at the suggestion
of Judge Quigley, warden Egan con-
sented to have the three men taken to
Rockview and imprisoned in the con-
crete cells in the death house, and a
court order was issued by the judge
for a transfer of the men and pro-
viding for their appearance before the
court of Centre county on the fourth
Monday of September to answer to
any and all charges which may at that
time be lodged against them. The
convicts were taken to Rockview be-
tween ten and eleven o’clock on Satur-
day night, all heavily guarded.
While the three men will have to
answer to the Centre county court for
breaking and escaping from the Rock-
view penitentiary and attempted es-
cape from the Centre county jail,
Jamison and Price will have addition-
al charges to face. The former is the
man who hit the sheriff with an iron
bar, cutting a gash on his head, frac-
turing three ribs and seriously injur-
ing his right hand. Price is the man
who brutally beat up Timpco Capella,
the trusty, so that he had to be sent
to the hospital for treatment. Both
men are liable to charges of assault
and aggravated assault with intent to
kill. Itis understood that one or two
of the men have made threats against
the life of the sheriff as well as
against some of the officials at the
penitentiary and this fact will likely
be taken into consideration when they
come before the court in September.
The original sentences of the three
men were from three to five years but
they have enough coming to them now
to send them up for long terms.
Since the removal of the three men
to Rockview things have quieted down
to normal at the jail. The sheriff is
slowly recovering from his injuries,
and Timpco Capella is also getting
along as well as can be expected.
Both he and George Tarbay, the other
trusty who faced the desperate pris-
oners on Thursday, were discharged
from the custody of the sheriff on
Tuesday. The sentences of both men
had almost expired and after their
faithfulness on Thursday the court or-
dered their discharge forthwith.
It is understood that Jamison and
Price have finally decided to plead
guilty to any and all charges to be
made against them and throw them-
selves upon the mercy of the court.
This action on their part will proba-
bly take place early next week. Fid-
dell, however, has so far remained
firm in his decision to stand pat and
not enter a plea of guilty.
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Price of Tents Remain the Same.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
costly improvements are being added
to the picnic grounds at Grange park
! there will be no increase in the price
of tents. The fees will be $6.00 for
12x12 tents and $7.00 for 14x14 feet
in size. A fifty cent admission ticket
will admit the holder to the grounds
during the entire week. Pay admis-
sion will begin on Saturday, Septem-
ber 1st, but Sunday will be free to
everybody. The Grange pageant on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
September 4th and 5th, will be some-
thing worth seeing.
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— Mr. Russell C. Miller, well
known in the western part of the
county, has removed from Wooster,
Ohio, to Ithaca, N. Y:., where he will
be connected with the animal hus-
bandry department of Cornell Univer-
! sity.
All Stores to Close at Noon Today.
Out of respect to the memory of
the late President Harding all stores
and business places in Bellefonte will
close today at noon, to remain closed
the balance of the day.
Banks Will be Closed Today.
The Bellefonte Trust company and
‘the First National bank of Bellefonte
will be closed today as a memorial to
the late President, Warren G. Hard-
‘ing, whose funeral will take place at
Marion this afternoon.
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Services for
Harding.
Community memorial services for
the late President Harding will be
held in the court house at three o’clock
this (Friday) afternoon. Judge Hen-
ry C. Quigley will preside and the fol-
lowing program will be observed:
National Anthem—(1st and last
verses).
Prayer—The Rev. Dr. Ambrose M.
Schmidt.
Address—Col. J. L. Spangler.
Address—Dr. John M. Thomas,
president of The Pennsylvania State
College.
Hymn—*“Lead Kindly Light.”
Closing Prayer—Rev. David R.
Evans.
Chant—“Lord, Lettest Now Thy
Servant Depart in Peace.”
Memorial President
Camp Grounds to be Dedicated.
Official dedication of the tri-county
and State Sunday school training
camp grounds, in Huntingdon county,
will take place at 2:30 p. m. on Sun-
day, August 12th. The grounds are
located about two miles east of Spruce
Creek and about a mile north of the
state highway running from Spruce
Creek to Pennsylvania Furnace, not
far from Franklinville. The girls’
camp closed on August 5th and the
leaders’ camp is now in session. The
boys’ camp will open August 21st.
Bill Taylor's Horse Likes Roasting
Ears.
On Tuesday morning H. J. Mar-
kle, of Pleasant Gap, drove to Belle-
fonte with a supply of golden bantam
sweet corn, the first of the home
grown variety offered in the Belle- |
fonte market. Jimmy Caldwell, the
enterprising proprietor of the Bon
Mot, purchased enough ears to make a
good mess and threw them in the rear
‘of his truck to take home later. Now it
just happened that Bill Taylor’s horse |
was standing nearby and the smell of
the green corn evidently appealed to
his taste for he walked right up to the
truck and devoured about one-third
of the corn before he was detected and
led away. The corn was evidently just .
right for eating as one man bought"
half dozen ears, had it cooked’ and até
all of it at one sitting. * 2
Two Hurt in" Auto Accidént.
Driving from Baltimore to Belle-
fonte last Thursday night, or rather
at an early hour on Friday morning,
Albert Jones and two sisters, Miss
Margaret Jones and Mrs. C. C. Work-
man, the latter of Hecla park, met
with an accident in the public square
of the town of Mifflin, in which both
women were painfully injured and the
car was ‘considerably damaged.
It was not only a dark night but an
almost impenetrable fog hung low
over the Juniata valley. A permanent
silent policeman stands in the centre
of the public square of Mifflin. It
stands almost directly beneath an arc
light but no red light tops it as a
warning to travelers. In the dense
fog Mr. Jones was unable to see the
silent majesty of the law and ran up
on the concrete base, his car toppling
over on the side. Miss Margaret sus-
tained a bad cut on the shoulder from
broken glass and Mrs. Workman re-
ceived a cut on the head. Help was
summoned and the women taken to a
physician who rendered the necessary
treatment. The party was obliged to
stay in Mifflin until Saturday, in or-
der to have necessary repairs made to
the car, then continued their drive to
Bellefonte.
Diphtheria Immunization Program to
be Inaugurated this Month
in Bellefonte.
Tuesday evening at 8 p. m. there
will be a meeting in the Red Cross
room of the committee to complete ar-
rangements for the diphtheria immun-
ization program to be inaugurated
this month in Bellefonte under the su-
pervision of the division of communi-
cable diseases, State Department of
Health, Harrisburg. Dr. Seibert,
county medical director, and Miss
Daise Keichline will have charge of
the work. At the March meeting of
the Parent-Teachers association, Dr,
Bruce McCreary, chief of the division
of communicable diseases, gave an ad-
dress on “Diphtheria and Immuniza-
tion,” and urged the advisability of
community effort to wipe out this dis-
ease and offered the help of free se-
rum, physicians and nurses from the
State department. The suggestion
was endorsed by the association but
was not carried into execution before
June, after which time free serum for
children of school age was not availa-
ble as it must now be purchased, at
low cost, by the board of education in
communities taking up the program.
The campaign to be organized this
month is for children of pre-school
age but it is hoped that our communi-
ty will follow the good example of
Huntingdon and other towns and do
all that is possible to insure our chil-
dren against the dread disease of
diphtheria. '
| BUSINESS MEN’S PICNIC.
Expect Next Thursday’s Gathering at
; Hecla Park to be Biggest
of the Season.
| If none of their plans miscarry the
| fourth annual picnic of the Associated
| Busines Men of Bellefonte to be held
at Hecla park on Thursday of next
week will be the biggest gathering of
the season at that place. In these
days of automobiles galore it is an
easy matter for anybody living in Cen-
tre county to take a day off and join
the Bellefonte business men in this an-
nual affair. It will be a day of rest
and recreation from business cares
and afford a good opportunity for a
co-mingling of business men from all
the towns and villages with the men,
women and children from the farms
and countryside. No formal invita-
tions will be sent out but this article
is notice to every individual who reads
it that he or she is invited.
Every arrangement will be made to
take care of all who may attend, re-
gardless of the size of the crowd.
Special arrangements will be made for
the parking of cars and responsible
persons will look after the safety of
every car. Both dinner and supper
will be served on the ground but all
who wish to do so can take their own
basket.
In addition to the regular program
a big Midway of various concessions
will lend itself to the entertainment of
the crowd. Motor busses will leave
Bellefonte promptly on the minute
every hour during the day, starting
at 8 o'clock. The complete program
for the day is as follows:
; 9—10:30—Concert by the I. O. O. F. band
of “Bellefonte. Quoit pitching contests.
(Register on the grounds).
10:30—Baseball game, State College vs.
Millheim.
10:30—12—Boating, swimming, etc.
12—1:30—Big picnic dinner served by
Jerles, the well known Lock Haven caterer.
2 p. m.—Dancing; music by Penn State
orchestra.
2-3 p. m.—Band concert, with special
singing.
3:00—Baseball game, Centre Hall vs.
Bellefonte.
4:30—5 :30—Quoit pitching contests,
| semi-finals and finals.
; 5:30—7 :00—Supper by Jerles.
! 7.30—11:00—Dancing, music by Penn
State orchestra.
Ferguson Township Child Creates
Excitement by Wandering
from Home.
A two year old, curly haired boy
| created more excitement in Ferguson
| township, on Tuesday, than that com-
munity has witnessed for many a day.
The little lad, Wilmer Andrews, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Andrews, who
occupy the tenant house on the A. C.
Kepler farm in the Glades, wandered
away from home between 8:30 and 9
o'clock in the morning and it was
after six o’clock in the evening when
a party of searchers found him in the
| underbrush. at the foot of Tussey
| mountain, almost a mile from home.
While Mrs. Andrews was busy with
| the family wash, in the rear of their
home the child was allowed to play in
the yard. Naturally the mother
watched him as much as possible but
j at nine o'clock when she looked for
i him he was gone. A thorough search
‘failed in finding him anywhere and
thoroughly alarmed Mrs. Andrews
| summoned help to assist in the search.
‘In less than an hour the entire coun-
tryside was aroused and everybody in
that section was hunting for the lost
child. :
Finally some one called district at-
‘torney James C. Furst by telephone
and asked him to have a detail of state
police sent to the scene as the gener-
al impression was that the child had
been kidnapped. The Andrews home
is located right along the state high-
way where hundreds of cars pass dai-
ly. The kidnapping belief was
strengthened by a report that some
cherry pickers along the highway had
heard a child crying “Mother! Moth-
er!” as a car sped by. Motoring gyp-
sies had also been seen in that locali-
ty the previous day. Of course the
situation was desperate and with the
mother frantic over the disappearance
of her child the district attorney call-
ed up state police headquarters in
Harrisburg and asked for two state
policemen. Some men advised secur-
ing blood hounds in an attempt to
trail the child.
The search continued throughout
the afternoon. Several large sink
holes were thoroughly inspected and
practically every foot of ground with-
in reasonable proximity of the An-
drews’ home was searched. It was
well after six o’clock, when the shades
of dusk were beginning to gather,
that a shout went up from a party of
searchers at the foot of Tussey moun-
tain which heralded the fact that the
child had been found. . Tired and al-
‘most famished, his face and hands
scratched by briars through which he
had wandered the boy was located in
the underbrush trying to find his way
home.
The news of the finding of the child,
little the worse for his experience,
spread rapidly and it was only a
question of minutes until he was safe
again in his mother’s arms. :
Williams Reunion to be Held at Port
Matilda This Year.
The old-time Williams family reun-
ion, which has been held in the John
Q. Miles grove at Martha ever since
the association was organized, will
change locations this year and be held
at the park in Port Matilda. The date
will be Saturday, August 18th. Mem-
bers of this prominent and widely
scattered family, as well as the gen-
eral. public who: always make their
plans to attend this reunion; should
make a note as to the change of place.
S PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Agnes Shields has gone to Altoona
to spend her vacation with her cousin, Miss
Anne Snyder.
— Elmer E. Davis, of Olean, N. Y., now a
shoe traveling salesman, was a Bellefonte
visitor on Wednesday.
— Mrs. Mattie Evey has planned to leave
tomorrow for New York city, for an in-
definite stay with her son Richard and his
family.
—Misses Thelma Gates and Helen Lucas,
of Lewistown, have been guests this week
of Miss Ella A. Gates, at her apartment in
Crider’s Exchange.
—Miss Christine Klessius returned to her
home in Altoona on Saturday after spend-
ing two weeks in Bellefonte as the guest
of Miss Elizabeth Hazel.
—Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds’ house
guests during the past week have includ-
ed the Countess Santa Eulalia and Miss
Thamozine Potter, both of Ashbourne, Pa.
—Miss Ellen Hayes is home from Syra-
cuse to spend the month of August with
her mother, Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes. Miss
Hayes is one of the physical directors at
the Syracuse University.
—Mrs. N. F. Wagner, of Watsontown,
has been making a visit home this week
with her father, W. R. Brachbill, having
come to Bellefonte for the funeral of her
cousin, Capt. George P. Runkle.
—Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gamble went
to Paxtang Saturday of last week, for a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Ostertag and
their son, George Gamble Ostertag. Mrs.
Ostertag is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gamble.
—Miss Louise Carpeneto took all the
children of the family to Danville, Sun-
day, for a day with their mother, Mrs.
Louise Carpeneto, who has been a surgic-
al patient in the Geisinger hospital for
three weeks.
—Dr. Melvin J. Locke, who recently re-
turned from a three week's stay in Balti-
more, will leave shortly, with Mrs. Locke,
for a visit at the latter's home, Willow
Hill, in the Cumberland valley, before re-
suming his practice.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young. of Al-
toona, with their children, Sylvester, Mary
and Nellie Musser and Martha Young, mo-
tored to Centre county on Sunday morn-
ing and spent the day with friends at
Pleasant Gap and in Bellefonte.
— Mrs. Joseph Hogentogler left on Sun-
day for a week's visit with her sister, Mrs.
W. A. Fulton and family, in Pittsburgh.
From there she will go to Harrisburg and
York to spend a few days with Mr. Hogen-
togler’s relatives before returning home.
—Charles A. McClure, of Wayne, Pa., and
J. Harvey McClure, with the Chicago &
Elgin R. R. Co., of Aurora, Ill, were both
in Bellefonte over Sunday, here spending
a short time with their mother, Mrs. James
McClure, who has been in ill health dur-
ing the greater part of the summer.
—Mrs. Ernest Culver, of DuBois, is vis-
iting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Johnstonbaugh,
at Axe Mann. She came over on Monday
and will spend several weeks. Mrs. Frank
Barron, another of Mrs. Johnstonbaugh's
sisters, who had been visiting her for some
time, returned to her home in Altoona on
Tuesday afternoon.
—The family of W. R. Phillips, the new
general manager of the American Lime
and Stone company, arrived in Bellefonte
this week and have taken pessession of the
Hugh N. Crider home, on east Linn street,
which they have leased and expect to occu-
py. Mr. Phillips’ family consists of him-
self, Mrs. Phillips and three children.
— Miss Sara Graham and her niece, Miss
Helen Harper, have postponed indefinitely
their trip to Cooperstown, North Dakota,
which they had planned for the vacation
time. Miss Graham has now decided to re-
main in Bellefonte and resume her piano
teaching, which she has carried on so suc-
cessfully both here and at Lewistown, for
a number of years.
Mrs. James Noonan entertained a mo-
tor party, Sunday, which included Dr. and
Mrs. DeLaney and their daughter, Miss
Lucille, of Williamsport, and Mrs. Melvin
and her daughter, Miss Mary Louise, of
Corning, N. Y.; Miss Melvin remaining
here for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Noo-
nan. Mrs. Noonan, Mrs. DeLaney and
Mrs. Melvin are sisters.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton and
Mrs. Hamilton's niece arrived here Monday,
from Jersey City, to spend Mr. Hamilton's
vacation with his father and sister, Thad-
deus Hamilton, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. E.
M. Broderick, of State College. On the
drive home they will be accompanied by
Mr. Hamilton’s brother Clarence, who ow-
ing to ill health, has spent the past three
months in Centre county.
—Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beezer, their
daughters, Rose and Helen, Miss Agnes
Gherrity and George Carpeneto motored to
Danville on Wednesday morning, Mr. Car-
peneto to visit his wife, who is a patient
in the Geisinger hospital, and Mr. Beezer,
who has not been in good health for some
time, to undergo a complete physical ex-
amination, the result of which will natur-
ally determine whether he will enter the
hospital for treatment.
— Mrs. Hassell Montgomery, with Mrs.
McClure Gamble, Mrs. Lewis Daggett and
Miss Elizabeth Cooney as guests, left ear-
ly Tuesday morning on a drive to Phila-
delphia, where Mrs. Montgomery has been
looking after some business interests and
Miss Cooney has been attending several
early fall showings of millinery. The par-
ty will return home today, accompanied
by Jane Daggett, who, since leaving Sted-
dartville has been with her grandmother,
Mrs. Canfield, at Wyncote.
—Taking advantage of the afternoon
holiday John B. Griffin and family motored
to Bellefonte last Thursday afternoon and
during their brief stay in town Mr. Grif-
fin made a brief call at the “Watchman”
office. He is a son of the late J. Hile
Griffin for years the Democratic war horse
in Halfmoon township, and the political
instincts of his father still stick to the
son like cockleburrs in sheep’s clothing.
It is thirty-four years since he broke
away from the home roof and went to Ty-
rone where he is now very comfortably
located and quite a successful business
man.
— Mrs. Hugh Taylor Sr. returned home
in the beginning of the week from an ex-
tended visit among: her children in Pitts-
burgh and vicinity, Considerable of her
time while away was spent with her son
Gladstone and wife, at Taylorstown, Wash-
ington county, owing to Mr. Taylor's ill-
ness with an insidious disease that has
rendered him almost entirely helpless. An
injury he received -while serving in the
world war caused a4 hardening of the spi-
nal column, which has now progressed al-
most to his neck. The result is that his
body 1s almost entirely inert but his brain
| is just as active as ever.
—Robert W. Osman and his son William
left Sunday on a ten day's vacation, ex-
pecting to divide the time between Wash-
ington and Atlantic City.
—Miss Catherine Conaghan, of the office
force of the Bell telephone company, is
away on her summer vacation; a guest of
friends in Columbus, Ohio.
—Miss Alberta Bryan, of Altoona, has
been a house guest for the past week of
‘the John Love family, on Reynolds ave-
nue, and will
another week.
—Mr .and Mrs. Fred Hollobaugh are
planning for a visit to Austin, next week,
where they will be guests of Mrs. Hollo-
baugh’s uncle, W. W. Thomas and his fam-
ily during their stay of several days.
—Miss Ruby Eberhart, a registered
nurse, of Washington, D. C., is spending
a part of her vacation with her father, J.
H. Eberhart and the family. The remain-
der of Miss Eberhart’s time will be given
to friends in Punxsutawney and Brook-
ville.
—Miss Margaret Brockerhoff is home
from Philadelphia for her summer vaca-
tion, a guest at the home of her uncle, Dr.
Joseph Brockerhoff. With Miss Brocker-
hoff is Miss Margery Lanard, who will
spend a part of the month of August in
Bellefonte.
—Miss Evelyn Irvin, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Irvin, of Akron, Ohio, is
here for a two week's visit with her two
grandmothers, Mrs. Washington Irvin, of
Reynolds avente, and Mrs. Florey, of
Pleasant Gap. tvelyn arrived in Belle-
fonte Sunday.
—Miss Augusta Murray and Miss Auna
Sweeney were guests of the Misses Kath-
erine and Ellen Dale on a drive to Belle-
fonte Tuesday afternoon. Aside from a lit-
tle business and a few calls the party was
on pleasure bent, which they seemed to be
finding while here.
—Mrs. J. O. Brewer and her two chil-
dren, Ruth and Orville, left yesterday for
Mrs. Brewer's former home at Kirkville,
N. Y., with plans for visiting there during
the entire month of August. Mr. Brewer
will join them for his vacation on the 18th
of the month, remaining with them until
their return home.
—John H. Wagner, among the best
known citizens of Potter township, spent
a part of Tuesday in Bellefonte, looking
after some business and doing some buy-
ing. Mr. Wagner farmed for twenty-eight
years, retiring eight years ago and is now
in that well-earned and enviable position,
of much play and little work, and carries
with it such a bright outlook on all mat-
ters, that his short visit was most refresh-
ing.
—Miss Verna Chambers was hostess on
a driving party to Pittsburgh Saturday,
her guests being J. Frank Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Smith and Swengle Smith.
The object of the visit at this time was to
see Miss Nellie Smith before she left, Mon-
day, for Wyoming, where she has accepted
the position of superintendent in the hos-
pital at Casper. Miss Smith had been
night superintendent of the Columbia hos-
pital at Wilkinsburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. G. Oscar Gray, with their
two sons, Carl and Richard, and Mrs.
Gray’s father, Dominic Judge, left Thurs-
day morning for the drive to Hazleton, ex-
pecting to visit over Sunday with Mr,
Judge's sister, Mrs. E. J. Harrington. Mr
and Mrs. Gray had been entertaining Mr.
Gray's mother and sister, Mrs. Ella M.
Gray, and her daughter, Miss Florence,
who are leaving State College to make their
home in Altoona, where Miss Gray is an
instructor in the schools of the city."
—Mrs. George P. Runkle, of Bridgeport,
Conn. ; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Runkle and Mrs.
Duncan Runkle, of Shamokin; John Run-
kle, of Middleburg; the Rev. and Mrs.
James Runkle, of Altoona; James Runkle
and his daughters, Miss Laura, of Centre
Hall, and Mrs. J. R. G. Allison, of Mill-
heim; Mr. and Mrs. John Runkle, of Cen-
tre Hall, and Mrs. Robert Musser and hér
son, of Spring Mills, were among the many
from out of town here Wednesday, for the
funeral of the late Capt. George P. Runkle.
—Two driving parties in contemplation
by the younger young men of the town,
will be John Curtin and James Lane, of
McKeesport, in the former's car; their
week's drive being now planned for the
latter part of the month, will take them to
Harrisburg, Overbrook and Atlantic City.
The second, composed of Charles Mensch,
Rill Potter and James Lindsay, of Pitts-
burgh, a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Beatty, in
the Mensch car, will cover Philadelphia,
Delaware Water Gap, and an Atlantic
coast drive.
remain in Bellefonte for
—We had a very interesting caller Wed-
nesday morning. He was J. W. Corl, of
McKeesport. Mr. Corl, as you might infer
from the name, is one of the well known
Corl family that for years has held such
a prominent place in the life of Ferguson
and College townships. He left that com-
munity forty years ago and has made his
home in McKeesport practically ever since.
He is what is called McKeesport’s commer-
cial messenger and for thirty-four years
has been serving that city in an unique
field. Residents who have business in
Pittsburgh, and are unable to attend to it
themselves, “call Corl,” give him the com-
mission and as he personally makes one
trip every day to Pittsburgh they get the
same results as if they had gone them-
selves. Everything from marriage licenses
to groceries, dry goods and theatre tick-
ets is in his line and the fact that he has
been at it so long is the best testimonial
of his integrity and judgment. Mr. Corl
came in Sunday for a week’s vacation, the
first in fifteen years. Mrs. Corl is with
him, also their daughter, Mrs. Naomi
Payne, and her daughter, Dorris. The par-
ty motored in with Mr. Roland Davis, a
friend of the family. >
Additional personal uews on page 4, Col. 5.
— Miss Sara Graham, who last
spring returned to Bellefonte, from
Lewistown, wishes to announce that
she is about to organize a class in
piano playing, expecting to begin her
work at once. Children: wishing to
join the class can see Miss Graham at
Mrs. J. C. Harpers, 111 east Howard
street. 31-3t
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Wanted.—A good home for a boy of
eleven years. Apply to Mrs. Mary
Waddle, president Children’s Aid so-
ciety, Brant House, Bellefonte.
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Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
‘Wheat - - - - - - $1.00
Corn - - - - - - 90
Rya™ =~ =~ a - 90
ORT "'= = = ‘= Tw’ = 50
Barley - - - - - - 60
Buckwheat = ws Sight