Dewar ata
Bellefonte, Pa., December 7, 1923.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
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Don’t fail to start reading
“Diamonds of Malopo” which begins
in this issue. It is a story that will
interest you very much.
— The Presbyterian and Reformed
Christian Endeavor societies will hold
a “Get-together” social in the chapel
of the Reformed church this (Fri-
day) evening.
— Dr. and Mrs. John Keichline, of
‘Huntingdon, are receiving congratula-
tions on the birth of their eighth
«child, a little daughter, who has been
mamed Nancy Jane.
——At their cafeteria supper in the
Presbyterian chapel, on Tuesday
evening, the Boy Scouts cleared over
one hundred dollars for their camp-
ing fund for next year.
——There will be services in the
Presbyterian church in this place,
morning and evening, next Sunday,
December 9th. Rev. Harry Fulton
'Coft, of Baltimore, Md., will preach.
——The thimble bee of the ladies
of the Reformed church will be held
in the chapel this (Friday) after-
moon, as the guests of Mrs. M. H.
Brouse and Miss Carolyn Harper.
——The Keystone Power corpora-
tion will in the near future launch a
drive for the sale of a new issue of
stock and some valuable information
about the corporation may be obtain-
ed by reading the advertisement on
page six of this issue of the “Watch-
aan.”
-——December 17th next will be the
‘twentieth birthday anniversary of the
airplane. It was at Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina, December 17th, 1903,
that Wilbur Wright, now deceased,
and his brother Orville successfully
flew the first heavier than air ma-
«chine.
-——1In announcing the generous do-
‘nation given by the people of Buffa-
le Run valley to the Bellefonte hos-
pital the “Watchman,” last week
‘made a mistake. Miss Elizabeth
(Green was credited with giving two
cgquarts of fruit when it should have
been eighteen quarts.
_ ——A surprise shower was given
-Miss Florence Lamb, at the Cooney
“home on Bishop street, last evening,
“in honor of her approaching marriage
“to Frank Godshall, of Camden, N. J.,
“the happy event to take place shortly
cafter Christmas. Mr. Godshall taught
«one session in the Bellefonte High
school about six years ago and is now
“teaching in Camden.
The Penn State football team
“was completely outgeneraled and out-
played in their Thanksgiving day
‘game with Pitt, at Pittsburgh, losing
“by the score of 20 to 3. The Pitt
;players knew practically every play
«of Bezdek’s warriors as soon as the
:signals were called and concentrated
their efforts in checkmating it. It
was a rather disappointing ending
%o an otherwise glorious season.
When your brain is in a whirl
:and you are all fagged with Christmas
shopping go to the Scenic and watch
‘the motion pictures. Forget your
roubles for the time being and enjoy
yourself. Manager Brown is putting
splendid programs on the screen every
might and the Scenic is the only place
‘that offers entertainment every even-
ang during the week. If you are not
:a regular attendant get the habit
NOW.
The movement for a big sesqui-
«entennial in Philadelphia has almost
gone a glimmerin’. The temporary
igrganization was reduced on Monday
thy the discharge of forty clerks and
workers, as well as the centennial di-
rector, Col. John Price Jackson, for
many years a resident of State Col-
fege, but late of Washington, D. C.
Col. Jackson was appointed some time
during the summer at a salary of
$10,000 per year.
Beautiful and impressive exer-
«gises characterized the annual memor-
ial services held by the Bellefonte
Ledge of Elks, in Petrikin hall, on
«Sunday. The address by Hon. James
4A. ‘Gleason, of DuBois, was a beauti-
ful tribute to the deceased members
and a plea for devotion to the high
ideals of faith, hope and charity, es-
* tablished fundamentals of the order.
' The music furnished by the Choral
Society was exceptionally appropri-
e.
A freight wreck on the Bald
Eagle Valley railroad, between How-
cgwh and Eagleville, on Monday morn-
ing, fied up traffic so that it was nec-
:pgsary for the morning trains to
“transfer passengers, mail and express
rat the scene of the wreck, and the
“westbound train did not reach Belle-
ifombe until almost twelve o’clock. The
road was opened for traffic, however,
fz time for the Pennsylvania-Lehigh
¥rain east. None of the trainmen
were injured in the wreck but a car-
foad of dishes in transit were smash-
ed and chinaware was scattered
around in profusion.
After two months’ treatment
for a badly broken ankle, at the Med-
ieo-Chi hospital in Philadelphia, R.
Allen Hoy was brought back to Belle-
foute on Wednesday of last week and
iis mow undergoing further treatment
:at the Bellefonte hospital. Mr. Hoy
ig a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry N.
Hoy, of Benner township, and was
taking a last year’s course at State
«College. On September 26th he went
rtp ‘this father’s farm to help pick ap-
les, a limb broke and he fell to the
:gvonmd crushing every bone in his
aight ankle. He has now recovered
«fw that extent that he is able to get
=rvound on crutches.
MANY DEER SLAUGHTERED.
The
Seven Mountains Again the
Favorite Hunting Grounds.
The first legally killed deer of the
season to be brought into Bellefonte
was hauled in on a Ford fliver short-
ly after two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon by James Hillard and his
two sons, Herbert and Reuben. The
three men left Bellefonte about day-
light and drove to Scotia where they
left their truck and started west
through the Barrens. They had pro-
ceeded about a mile and were walk-
ing on the old roadbed of the Scotia
branch of the Lewisburg and Tyrone
railroad when a big buck stepped out
of the woods some distance ahead of
them and stopped broadside. Mr. Hil-
lard took a crack at it and his son
Herbert shot a second or two later,
both shots taking effect and bringing
the buck to earth. By ten o’clock
they had the deer hanging up and
dressed. On reaching Bellefonte in
the afternoon they took the carcass to
Eckel’s meat market to be skinned
and cut up. It was a fine, four prong-
ed back and weighed 147 pounds.
The first hunting party to get the
limit was the Modocks, of Boalsburg,
in camp at the old Ross place in the
Seven mountains. They got six deer
before dinner time on Saturday.
Of course many more deer were
killed in that vast mountainous sec-
tion on the opening day, and the
greatest wonder is that any escaped
the vast Horde of hunters who literal-
ly overran that famous hunting
ground. Incident thereto might be
mentioned the fact that last Friday
just seventy-five hunters by actual
count came to Bellefonte on the
Pennsylvania-Lehigh train from points
in the western part of the State and
went out on the Lewisburg train, all
bound for the Seven mountains. On
Thursday there were fifty-four while
about two dozen went over on Wed-
nesday and a dozen or more went
over on Saturday and Sunday. Add
this big influx of hunters to the hun-
dreds from Centre county and it
makes an army of gunmen almost
large enough to cover every square
rod in the Seven mountains.
Last year’s reports showed that
over two hundred bucks were killed
in the Seven mountain region, and
notwithstanding this woeful slaughter
the bucks seem to be as plentiful this
year as last. In fact it is just possi-
ble that the count at the end of the
season will show more deer killed this
year than last, and it is only natural
to wonder where they all come from.
True it is, that the protection of does
has a lot to do with the natural in-
crease in the deer family, but even
that will hardly account for the
many bucks, as bucks with three and
four point antlers do not grow in one
year.
But it matters little to the Centre
county hunter whether they are grown
in the mountains of this section or
migrate, so long as they are here to
afford him sport during the fifteen
days of the hunting season.
Among the early kills, last Satur-
day morning, was a nice buck shot in
a meadow near the Frank Carson
store at Potter’s Mills by Ira Auman.
The animal had likely been frightened
out of the mountain by hunters mak-
ing an early drive and Mr. Auman got
his venison without going to the
woods for it.
The Woodward Rod and Gun club,
with which Judge Quigley and editor
T. H. Harter were hunting, got two
bucks on their first drive Saturday
morning then quit for the day.
The Shuey party, of Bellefonte and
vicinity, in camp at the old Nevill
place back of Colyer, got one buck on
Saturday but should have had four.
With the party were W. J. Emerick,
of Bellefonte, and his cousin, and ac-
cording to reports both missed easy
shots at big bucks, and for so doing
they were sent to the woodpile to cut
enough wood to last over Sunday.
Of course with so many hunters in
the woods and every man anxious to
get his deer it was a foregone conclu-
sion that mistakes would be made
which would result in illegal killings,
but considering everything the num-
ber has really been small so far. Up
to Tuesday evening five such deer,
two spike bucks with horns less than
six inches in length, and three does,
were brought into Bellefonte by game
protector Thomas A. Mosier and tak-
en to Gettig’s meat market to be cut
up for use at the Bellefonte hospital.
A spike buck and a doe were brought
in from Musser’s gap, the buck hav-
ing been shot by Frank Rice, of Cam-
bria county, and the doe killed by
some party unknown. A spike buck
was shot at Woodward by A. M. Hoy,
of Millersburg, and a doe at Ingleby
by Dewey Hatfield, of Girardsville,
while another doe was sent in by G.
A. Reed, of Pine Grove Mills. In each
instance the man who did the killing
paid his fine.
On Wednesday six more does were
brought to Bellefonte, which makes
eleven up to Wednesday evening.
Seven hunters have paid their fines of
$100 each and game warden Mosier ex-
pects settlement from at least two
others who are known. As the meat
of so many deer is more than the
Bellefonte hospital can use some of it
will be given to the borough home
while two deer were sent to an insti-
tution in Lebanon and two to Free-
port, Pa.
Last reports from the Modock hunt-
ing club comes the information that
they have added a bear to their six
deer, the lucky shot being Robert Bai-
ley. Mr. Bailey, by the way, killed
one of the deer, got a wild turkey
during the open season and shot his
limit of pheasants.
On Tuesday a party of day hunters
from Centre Hall, with whom Albert
Rush, of Waynesburg, was hunting,
got a fine buck on the mountain above i
Potters Mills. The deer was shot by
Mr. Rush and was taken to the home
of forester William McKinney where
it was hung up in the yard and dress-
ed. Between seven and eight o’clock
in the evening, while the men were in
Mr. McKinny’s house, some persons
unknown entered the yard, cut down
the deer and carried it away. A re-
ward of $25.00 has been offered for in-
formation that will lead to the arrest
and conviction of the thief.
Following is the list of deer kill-
ed in the Seven mountain section up
to Wednesday evening, as reported by
forester McKinney:
The Spring Mills party 2.
Brown hunting club 3.
Lewistown hunters 1.
The Williams crowd 3.
The Decker party 1.
The Selinsgrove club 1.
The Latrobe hunters 3.
The Sweetwood gang 6.
The Yeagertown regulars 6.
The Union club 3.
The regulars 4.
The Beck party, from Jacksonville 1
The White Pine club, of Bellefonte 1
The John Miller crowd 1.
The Antlers, from Yeagertown, 3,
The Shelly party, Juniata county, 1.
The Underwood camp, from Lewis-
town, 3.
The Lost Creek club 4.
The Sassafras club 3.
The Lakemont Rod and Gun club 6,
broke camp.
The Slack party, Stone creek, 4.
The Bradford party 5.
The Penn Marr party 5.
State College club 3.
Union Hunting club 3.
The Pottsville club 2.
The Reading club 1.
The Shuey party 2 and a
horn.
The Heaton club 2.
The McKees Rocks club 1.
The Kohler party 1.
Potters Mills day hunters 5.
The Edward Brown crowd of day
hunters 4.
Other day hunters 3.
The Fisher party 1. :
The Coleville hunters 2.
Pleasant Gap day hunters got two
in Greensvalley.
Among the day hunters up in Fer-
guson township who got their deer
were Samuel Fleming, Irvin Keller,
Harry Gearhart, Lester Harpster,
Lloyd Ripka, Will Gummo, Will Fos-
ter, who killed his on the way to
camp; Ralph Heberling and Albert
Rossman. Rev. McAlarney wounded
one that was later brought to earths
by Ernest Dreiblebis.
The Wilson club have 2.
The Fleetfoots 4.
The Bailey club 2.
The Sholl’s gap crowd 2 deer and 2
foxes.
The Shoemaker party 3 deer and a
bear.
Down in the lower end of the coun-
ty thirty or more deer have been kill-
ed, the Woodward party having four
to their credit.
The Riley party in the Bear Mead-
ows have 4.
The Foster crowd, of State College,
got two the first day and no report
has been received since.
A HUNTING ACCIDENT.
The first hunting accident in this
section of the State occurred on Tues-
day when Charles Heimer, of lower
Bald Eagle valley, was shot through
the leg below the hip by Roy Heverly,
of Beech Creek. Both men are mem-
bers of the Bullock hunting party
composed of the above two men and
Willis Bullock and Harry Park. Their
camp is located sixteen miles from
Beech Creek, away back in the Alle-
ghenies. In moving through the thick
underbrush Heimer was mistaken for
a deer by his fellow hunter. The
wounded man was carried in on a
stretcher and sent to the Lock Haven
hospital.
short
tates fs.
Make mother remember X-mas
every day of the year by saving her
miles of footsteps with a Hoosier
kitchen cabinet.—W. R. Brachbill, li-
censed agent. 48-1t
Y. M. C. A. Notes.
The Hi-Y. club will meet at 2:30.
The discussion will be led by Mr. Hor-
ace Hartranft, leader. The class will
meet in the community room, as the
county Sunday school executive com-
mittee will meet in the lobby next
Sunday. Come early.
The business men’s class opened for
the season last Tuesday evening. The
class promises to have a large and en-
thusiastic attendance. Doc. Williams
will lead it and volley-ball will be the
prevailing sport.
Bowling records have been broken
again, Boots Jones, of the Academy,
making 276 in open bowling. Secre-
tary Craig, of the League, promises
some startling records at the close of
the first series, December 10th.
——Nothing over $5.85—Yeager’s.
48-1t
Lutheran Bazaar and Bake Sale.
The Ladies’ Aid society of the
Lutheran church will conduct a ba-
zaar and bake sale in the church base-
ment Thursday, December 13th, from
1 to 9 p. m. They will have on sale a
line of fancy work, household articles,
aprons, dressed dolls, Japanese art
goods of all kinds, home-made bread,
pies and cakes. Sandwiches and co-
coa will be served during the sale.
suede
48-1t
——All colors in ladies’
pumps now $5.85—Yeager’s.
—Don’t fail to start reading
“Diamonds of Malopo” which begins
in this issue. It is a story that will
interest you very much.
Brief Meeting of Borough Council.
Only five members were present at
the regular meeting of borough coun-
cil, on Monday evening. A commu-
nication was received from Bottorf
Bros., electricians and dealers in auto
supplies, requesting permission to
erect a sign seven feet long and thir-
ty-four inches wide across the pave-
ment in front of their store on Bishop
street. The matter was referred to
the Street committee.
The Street committee reported the
collection of $53.23 from the State
Highway Department for the use of
the road roller and $2.50 from the
sale of old material.
The Water committee reported the
collection by the borough manager of
$1100.00 on the 1922 water duplicate
turned over to him at the last meet-
ing of borough council. Also $21.50
from the Bellefonte Lumber company
and $9.75 from W. C. Witmer for fit-
tings, ete. The committee also rec-
ommended that the 1923 water dupli-
cate totalling $10,121.50, and the me-
ter bills for the quarter ending July
1st, 1928, totalling $1,329.61, be turn-
ed over to the Keystone Power cor-
poration for collection. The commit-
tee presented checks for $206.25 which
had already been paid in on the 1923
duplicate.
President Walker suggested that
the Fire and Police committee have
all the fire plugs in town thoroughly
tested to see that they are in proper
condition before winter sets in.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported that one battery of the gaso-
line tanks on south Potter street has
been fenced in since the last meeting
of council and arrangements have
been made to fence in the others with-
in a few days.
Borough manager Seibert suggest-
ed to council the advisability of plac-
ing insurance on the borough dump
truck, and he was instructed to se-
cure rates and report at the next
meeting of council.
Mr. Flack called attention to the
good work of the firemen in extin-
guishing the fire in the D. A. Barlett
home, on east Curtin street, on Tues-
day evening of last week, and sug-
gested that because of the town’s effi-
cient equipment an effort should be
made to obtain a reduction in insur-
ance rates. The matter was referred
to the Fire and Police committee to
take up with the various agents and
have them take the matter up with
the authorized underwriter for this
district. .
Bills amounting to $2827.91 were
approved for payment, after which
council adjourned.
Pardons Recommended for Centre
County Boys.
The board of pardons has recom-
mended pardons for Joseph Schimco
and Sandy Fedora, two sixteen year
old boys of Munson, convicted at the
May term of court of assault on two
young girls and now serving time in
the Huntingdon reformatory.
A pardon was also recommended
for Michael McGaffin, serving a term
in the western penitentiary for bat-
tery, breaking and escaping. McGaf-
fin was sent to the penitentiary from
Potter county in 1917 for from four
to five years for stealing a box of to-
matoes. In due course of time he was
transferrel to Rockview and with
four others escaped in the latter part
of 1919. He made his way to West
Virginia, where he worked in a lum-
ber camp, but was finally located,
captured and brought back to Centre
county. In March, 1920, he plead
guilty to breaking and escaping and
was given the usual sentence pre-
scribed in such cases. And now, after
six years behind prison doors he is to
be pardoned.
Tyrone Division Freight Brakeman
Killed.
Joseph C. Welch, a freight brake-
man on the Tyrone division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, with a run be-
tween Altoona and Lock Haven, was
instantly killed at his home at Orch-
ard Crossing, near Tyrone, about 7:45
o'clock on Saturday evening. Welch
had gone from his home to a tower a
short distance away to telephone for
orders. Leaving the tower to return
home he was forced to wait until a
freight train passed. While standing
on the track a shifting engine ap-
proached unnoticed and ran over him,
killing him instantly.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Welch and was born at Vail thir-
ty-six years ago. Surviving him are
his wife and seven children; his fath-
er, three brothers and two sisters. He
was a member of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the Relief as-
sociation. Burial was made at Bald
Eagle on Monday afternoon.
Condemned Murderer Sent Back to
Franklin County.
On Tuesday of last week Judge
George S. Crisswell, of Franklin
county, pronounced sentence of death
on Lawrence Roberts, a negro, con-
victed the week previous of killing his
father-in-law, and on Wednesday
sheriff Voorhies and a deputy brought
Roberts to the Rockview penitentiary
for admission to the death house to
await the day for his electrocution.
The officers were unaware of the fict
that condemned men are not kept
there any length of time and inas-
much as the date of electrocution had
not been set by the Governor the pen-
itentiary officials could not receive the
man and the officers were compelled
to take him back to Franklin county
and keep him in the jail there until
ordered to bring him to Rockview.
—Yeager’s $5.85 shoe sale now
going on. 48-1t
EE A RS AE RR ER a SE RET ra Smal,
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
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—Miss Anne Confer was a week-end
guest of Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Scott,
in Williamsport.
—Miss Eleanor McGrath, of Altoona, has
been spending the week at Hecla; a guest
of her cousin, Miss McMullen.
—Miss Martha Beezer, who had been
home for a visit of several days, left Mon-
day to do hospital work in Philadelphia.
—Mr. and Mrs. McClure Gamble are
making their annual visit at the hunting
camp of the Gamble family near Jersey
Shore.
—William Garman went east Tuesday
and has been spending a part of the week
with the Ira D. Garman family in Phila-
delphia.
—Miss Elizabeth Morris spent a part of
the week in Harrisburg, a Thanksgiving
and over Sunday guest of Mrs. Samuel
Fleming. 2
—Miss Della Cross came to Bellefonte
Saturday from Atlantic City and has been
visiting since that time with her sister,
Mrs. Hugh S. Taylor.
—Mrs. George Harpster and her grand-
son, Bruce Harpster, went to Mill Hall
Saturday, where they have been visiting
with Mrs. Harpster’'s sister.
—Mrs. Sara Brown, who has been in
Bellefonte for a month or more, will re-
main here indefinitely with Mrs. Louisa
Harris, at her home on Allegheny street.
—Frank Tubridy, of Moshannon, was a
guest over Saturday and Sunday of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Mordecai Miller, at their home south of
Bellefonte. !
—Mrs. Benjamin Bradley has returned
to Bellefonte from Buffalo, very much im-
proved in health and with every assur-
ance of a complete recovery from her re-
cent long, serious illness.
—W. L. Antrim, of the firm of Antrim
& Landsy, portrait artists, of Philadelphia,
was a guest of landlord M. A. Landsy, at
the Brockerhoff house over Sunday and
the fore part of the week.
—Mrs. Chestnut, who had been spending
some time in Bellefonte and State College
with her brothers and sisters, members of
the Baum family, left Friday to return to
her home in Trenton, Ky.
—Miss Miriam Smith is under the care
of Dr. Waterworth in the Clearfield hos-
pital; suffering from a spine curvature.
Miss Smith has been one of the American
Lime and Stone stenographers.
—Miss Alice Tate returned home Satur-
day from a five week’s visit with relatives
near Jersey Shore, so much improved in
health that she is now hopeful of a com-
plete recovery from her recent long ill-
ness.
—Miss Daise Keichline went to Pitts-
burgh Tuesday, as a representative from
Centre county at the board meeting of the
Western Pennsylvania Children’s Aid so-
ciety. Miss Keichline is secretary of the
Centre county organization.
—Oscar Sherry, who spent ten days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Sherry,
of this place, returned to his work in
Pittsburgh during the fore part of the
week. Oscar has been with the Booth and
Flynn, contractors, organization in the
Smoky city, for some time and, as might
be expected, is making good.
—Miss Ursula Bayard, a one time resi-
dent of Bellefonte, and well known to
many here, is in a private hospital in Wil-
liamsport, suffering from a broken leg.
Miss Bayard had only recovered from the
effects of a fall and a broken arm when
the second fall occurred, the result of her
crutch slipping on a wet floor.
—Mary Staples Chambers, the elder
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cham-
bers, of Bellefonte, was one of the repre-
sentatives of Penn State at St. Martins,
last Saturday, to see the Hockey meet be-
tween the British overseas eleven and that
of the All-American team, played at the
Philadelphia Cricket Club. Mary is pres-
ident of the Sophomore hockey team at
State and is recognized as among its fore-
most players.
—Col. John T. Axton, a chaplain in the
U. 8S. army who served with such distinc-
tion during the world war that he was
awarded the distinguished service cross
and raised to the rank of a colonel, was
a guest on Sunday night and Monday of
Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads and Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Weston; having come to Bellefonte
from State College, where he addressed a
student meeting on Sunday afternoon.
Col. Axton is a warm sympathizer of the
W. C. T. U. and is in hearty co-operation
with the work of that organization among
the soldiers.
—Thomas Moore, of Philadelphia; Cum-
mings MecNitt, of Tennessee; Lowry So-
ber and William Merryman, of Canton,
Ohio, are all members of the party in
camp at the Yarnell-McMullen hunting
lodge in Sugar valley. It has been Mr.
Moore's custom for years to come back
home to spend the big game hunting sea-
son in the mountains of Centre county;
the two weeks being the limit of his stay.
Mr. MceNitt and his family are north
spending some time with the McNitt fam-
ily here and at Milroy; while Mr. Sober
and Mr. Merryman are W. C. Cassidy’s
guests who have been here on a two week's
visit.
—Mrs. H. K. Hoy, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Grant Pifer, arrived home
last Saturday from a fourteen weeks’ visit
with Mrs. Pifer, in Wilkinsburg; another
daughter, Mrs. Shuey, at Prospect, Ohio,
and a grand-daughter, Mrs. Rider, at Ak-
ron, Ohio. Both Mrs. Hoy and Mrs. Pi-
fer are at present guests of Mrs. Clayton
Royer, though according to plans will go
to Boalsburg Tuesday, to be with Mrs. W.
J. Wagner until Christmas; expecting
then to return to Bellefonte. Notwith-
standing her eighty-eight years, Mrs. Hoy
is active and alert; deeply interested in
the interests of her family and all the
worth while questions of the day, making
her one of the very remarkable women of
this section. Mrs. Pifer will be with the
family in Centre county for an indefinite
time. '
Boy Drowned in Well.
Donald William Zettle, two year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Zet-
tle, of Georges valley, fell into a well
on Monday afternoon and was drown-
ed, his lifeless body being found a
half hour later. His parents and two
small sisters survive. Burial was
made yesterday morning in the
Georges Valley cemetery.
—Henry Vogel, of State College,
is under arrest on five serious charg-
es, preferred against him by residents
of that town.
I. O. O. F. Jewels Awarded Many
Members.
A memorable session of Lemont
Lodge No. 717, I. O. O. F., was held
on Thanksgiving evening because of
the fact that twenty-five and thirty
year jewels were awarded to seven-
teen members. Good sized delegations
were present from State College and
Pine Grove Mills. Rev. H. F. Bab-
cock, of State College, was the pre-
siding genius and George Glenn held
the goat to prevent it buttin’ in on
the exercises. The only original
charter member living is George
Martz, who was the first man to be
presented with a thirty year jewel.
Other thirty year jewel recipients
were George Roan, M. M. Woomer,
William Shreck, J. C. Hoy, W. E.
Grove, John Grove, Clayton Etters,
Jas. Grove, Frank Fishburn, William
Hoy, Thomas Houtz, Henry Evey, J.
C. Etters and Thomas Fishburn.
Twenty-five year jewels went to Geo.
W. Williams and G. W. Smith. Ac-
cording to the records two others are
entitled to the jewel, and being over-
looked at this time will be given them
later.
Following the presentation refresh-
ments were served and a number of
interesting talks made by visitors
present.
About Time for Motorists to Rebel.
Owners of automobiles are certain-
ly being played for all they will stand
by the State Highway Department.
After raising the license fees sev-
eral years ago and then compelling
all owners to pay for a certificate of
ownership they are coming through
with another scheme to mulet more
from the owner of the machine.
The 1924 tags are being sent out,
but when you get yours you won’t re-
ceive a license card that will permit
you to drive your own car. There is
the joker that nobody seems to have
discovered. For the last year’s fee
you get a license to own your car, but
none to drive it. After January 1st
you will get another blank to fill out
and then you pay a dollar more to get
a card that will permit you to drive
your own car.
Talking about getting the motor-
ists, going and coming, this seems to
be a fine little example of it.
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Philippine Quartette Concert.
A rare musical treat will be given
the people of Bellefonte on Wednes-
day evening, December 12th, in the
court house, when Mr. Gragorio Ne
Pomuceno, a native Filipino, presents
his musicians. The company of four
play fourteen different instruments,
native as well as American, and they
render a fascinating and varied pro-
grom.
The concert will begin at 8:15. No
reserved seats. The price of the
course tickets for adults is $2.50, and
for minors and students, $1.00 for the
remaining five numbers of the course.
Single admissions, 75 cents.
Members of the musical club of the
High school are selling tickets for the
course in an effort to have the young
people of the town enjoy these first-
class musical programs, as well as
the older folk, who love good music.
Neff—Royer.—Robert Neff, a son
of Mrs. Calvin Neff, and Miss Marion
Royer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Elmer Royer, of near Centre Hall,
motored to Muncy on Thanksgiving
day where they were united in mar-
riage by Rev. Bieber, a former minis-
ter at Centre Hall. Returning home
the same day they went to housekeep-
ing the home of the late Mrs. James
Alexander, the bride’s grandmother.
For the present the bride will contin-
ue her work as an operator in the
Bell telephone exchange at Centre
Hall. Mr. Neff is teacher of the
grammar school at Axe Mann, motor-
ing over from Centre Hall in the
morning and back in the evening.
Samuel Heverly Killed in Explosion
Yesterday Afternoon.
Samuel Heverly was killed by an
after explosion in the mine of the
American Lime and Stone company,
shortly after resuming work for the
afternoon shift yesterday. !
He met his death by returning fo
his place before all of the blasts that
had been fired went off; one delayed
shot going off just as he reached it.
Deceased lived in Milesburg, was
about fifty years old. His widow sur-
vives.
——Any pair of shoes in my store
$5.85—Yeager’s. 48-1t
W. R. Quick is still in jail and
as two more serious charges were
lodged against him on Wednesday he
is likely to remain there indefinitely;
or at least until two more bail bonds
are executed and approved.
— The Last Resort Tea room has
attractive and unusual gifts for the
Holiday = season. Come and see
them. 48-1t
——The ideal X-mas gift for the
family—a Globe-Wernicke sectional
bookecase.—W. R. Brachbill, licensed
agent. 48-1t
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——Mens® $9 Moccasin hunting
shoes reduced to $5.85—Yeagers.
48-1t
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Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected Weekly by C. XY. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - - - - - - $1.00
Shelled Corn - - - - « 1.00
Rye - = - - = - 90
Oats = - - - - 45
Barley - - - - - - 60
Buckwheat - - - - - 90