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Bellefonte, Pa., February 29, 1924.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——DMany farmers have taken ad-
vantage of the good sledding the past
week to haul their grain, corn and
hay to market.
——The Bellefonte Academy bas-
ket ball team defeated the Pitt Fresh-
men, in the armory on Saturday night,
by the score of 44 to 18.
Mrs. Rash Williams has been
housed up this week as the result of
injuries sustained in a fall on the ice,
the latter part of last week.
Miss Winifred Gates’ Sunday
school class will hold a candy and
cake sale for the benefit of Near East
relief, at Spigelmyer’s store, on Sat-
urday, March 1st, at 10 o’clock in the
morning.
Rev. William C. Thompson, the
pastor-elect, will be in Bellefonte on
Sunday and preach in the Presbyter-
ian church both morning and evening.
A full congregation should turn out to
hear him.
Prof. Crockett, of State Col-
lege, will give an illustrated talk on
“Sicily” at the March meeting of the
D. A. R. The members in Bellefonte
are urged to make an effort to attend
this meeting.
——George Ware, colored, of Phil-
adelphia county, was electrocuted at
the Rockview penitentiary on Monday
morning for the murder of Mary
Schwenck. He was buried in the pen-
itentiary cemetery.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Lutheran church will hold a bake sale
at Hazel’s grocery, Saturday, and will
continue each week until further no-
tice. Home-made bread, rolls, pies,
cakes, and other delicious foodstuffs.
If all reports are correct Belle-
fonte is due for a small sized build-
ing boom as soon 1s the weather
opens up in the spring, east Bishop
and east Curtin street being given
as the locations where a number of
houses are to be erected.
Keep in mind the fact that Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan is to make his
first public address in Bellefonte
some time in April. He will be here
under the auspices of the Brother-
hood of the Lutheran church. The
date will be announced later.
The members of the postoffice
clerks’ and carriers’ auxiliary were
. entertained on Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. William Bilger, on north
Spring street. Ten lady guests were
present, and the evening proved a
most delightful occasion for all.
The Dickinson Seminary bas-
ket ball team will play the Academy
quintette in the armory tomorrow
(Saturday) evening. Game «will be
called at 7:30 o’clock. Not a fan in
Bellefonte should miss this game, as
it promises to be very interesting.
—The county auditors expect to
complete their work of auditing the
county accounts this week. Messrs.
Stover and Holter are compiling the
statement in the absence of Robert
D. Musser, who has been unable to be
in Bellefonte this week owing to the
illness of his wife.
Ralph L. Struble, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. O. Struble, of Bellefonte,
who the past three years has been
railway mail clerk on the Cresson-
Indiana branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad, with headquarters at Cres-
son, has been transferred to the Bell-
wood-Punxsutawney run, effective
March first, with headquarters at
Bellwood, to which place he will move
his family.
——A free lecture will be given in
the Scenic theatre, Bellefonte, on Sun-
day, March 2nd, at 3 p. m.,, by M. C.
Harbeck, of New York. The subject
will be, “Transfer of World Domin-
ion to Rightful Ruler—Millions Now
Living Will Never Die!” These lec-
tures have created wide-spread inter-
est in bible subjects relating to our
day. Auspices International Bible
students’ association.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the evenings are growing noticeably
shorter they are still long enough to
enjoy an hour or two watching the
motion pictures at the Scenic. Melo-
drama, comedy and current events
make up the various programs so that
there is ample variation to suit the
tastes of everybody. In fact, few
places in Pennsylvania offer a better
evening’s entertainment than the
Scenic, and that’s why you should be
a regular attendant.
—If this kind of weather contin-
ues much longer it will be hard on the
birds and Kansas rabbits brought
here during the winter for propaga-
tion purposes. The snow in the moun-
tains is from fifteen to eighteen inch-
es in depth, which makes it almost
impossible for pheasants and wild
turkeys to find anything to eat. Hence
it would be the right thing for sports-
men and farmers to play the part of
the good samaritan and put out some
feed at places where the birds and
rabbits are most likely to find it.
'——The management of the Belle-
fonte armory has adopted a new rul-
ing which will go into effect this even-
ing, on the occasion of the big foot-
ball dance of the Bellefonte Academy.
It is to the effect that no persons will
be permitted to enter the lobby with-
out presenting a ticket at the outer
door. Heretofore tickets were lifted
at the inner door and the lobby was
invariably crowded with persons who
were not ticket holders to the discom-
fort of those in attendance at the
dance. The new ruling, which will be
enforced at all dances hereafter, will
prevent making the lobby a public
gathering place.
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| General Jail Delivery Frustrated by
COURT DOLES OUT SOME SALTY
SENTENCES.
Three Sent to Penitentiary and One
to Jail. Other Court Proceedings.
Not since the famous murder trial
lof Alfred Andrew has the Centre
county court room been so crowded as
it has been this week, most of those
in attendance having been drawn
there through morbid curiosity to
witness the outcome of several cases
of questionable character. It was
district attorney Arthur C. Dale’s first
regular session of court, and the gen-
eral opinion is that he handled his
cases very well.
At the opening of court on Monday
morning George H. Yarnell was ap-
pointed foreman of the grand jury.
Following the customary reports of
constables and the disposition of var-
ious motions and petitions the civil
list was gone over and a number of
cases continued for various reasons.
The first Commonwealth case dis-
posed of was that against James E.
Allen, charged with forgery. He
waived the finding of the grand jury
and entered a plea of guilty, the court
suspending Sentence upon the pay-
ment of costs and restitution.
Commonwealth ex-relations W.
Harrison Walker guardian for Ruth
N. and Frank A. Hubler, vs. Ellen E.
Bower and John J. Bower, Admrs.,
being an action to revive a judgment;
verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$4942.56.
J. Irvin Wagner vs. James Leath-
ers, an action in trespass; verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for $200.
W. H. Sortman vs. Charles O. Wal-
ters, an action for damages for tres-
pass. Verdict in favor of the plain-
tiff for $25.
In the case of Commonwealth vs.
W. R. Quick, charged with adu'tery,
etc., the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty. This was the case from
Snow Shoe that was the cause of so
many bitter charges and counter
charges last fall.
Commonwealth vs. Thomas Smeal,
adultery. Verdict of guilty and sen-
tenced to pay a fine of $500 and serve
one year in the county jail.
Considerable interest was attached
to the case of the Commonwealth vs.
George P. Gable, an ex-convict,
charged with impersonating a State
welfare officer. Gable, who hails from
McKean county, served time in the
western penitentiary for forgery and
some time after his discharge, or on
January 7th, he came to Bellefonte
and posing as a State welfare officer,
stated that he came here to investi-
gate the fires that had occurred dur-
ing the past year at the Rockview in-
stitution. He even made so bold as to
write Governor Pinchot and State
welfare officials in Harrisburg. The
result was Major Simpson was sent
here to investigate the man’s conduct
' and finding him an impostor had him
arrested. He was convicted and sent
to the penitentiary for from one to
two years.
Commonwealth vs. Wayne Cobb, an
escaped Florida convict, was convict-
ed of robbing fraternity houses at
State College and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for not less than five
years nor more than ten, and at the
expiration of his sentence he is to be
sent back to Florida to complete his
sentence there.
Another interesting case was that
of the Commonwealth vs. Frank Cam-
pos, the Spaniard who escaped from
the Rockview penitentiary on Janu-
ary 23rd and sawed his way out of
the Centre county jail last Saturday
evening. He was convicted on both
charges and the court sentenced him
to serve out his old term at the pen-
itentiary and from five to ten years
for escaping from Rockview and five
to ten years for sawing his way out
of the county jail, a total of approx-
imately twenty-two years.
The case which attracted the most
attention during the week was that
of “Doe” Leslie Jacobs, of Centre
Hall, charged with a eriminal opera-
tion on a young girl. The testimony
was of a nature better left unpublish-
ed, but just before the “Watchman”
went to press yesterday afternoon the
jury returned a verdict of guilty. His
attorneys promptly made a motion for
a new trial and the court announced
that pending the disposition of the
motion Mr. Jacobs would be held in
the custody of the sheriff, unless he
could furnish bail in the sum of twen-
ty thousand dollars. When his attor-
neys considered the question of rais-
ing such a large bail bond they con-
sulted with their client then withdrew
the application for a new trial and
the court promptly disposed of the
case by sentencing Mr. Jacobs to pay
a fine of five hundred dollars and un-
dergo imprisonment in the western
penitentiary for not less than eigh-
teen months nor more than 3 years.
Hotel Range Blows Up at Philipsburg.
Between eight and nine o’clock on
Sunday morning Kondrat Juscik,
landlord of the Ramsdale house, in
Philipsburg, went into the kitchen
and started the fire in the big range.
A few minutes later there was a ter-
rific explosion which painfully injur-
ed the landlord and almost complete-
ly wrecked the kitchen. The cold
weather of the night previous had
frozen the water pipe connected with
the range which was the cause of the
explosion.
Juscik was hit on the neck by a
chunk of burning coal and painfully
burned. Pieces of the range hit him
on the legs and lower part of the body
inflicting numerous lacerations and
bruises, while his clothing was com-
pletely ruined. The kitchen looked as
if it had been struck by a cyclone.
The big range was reduced to junk,
the windows were broken and doors
t jammed. :
Sheriff Taylor. !
Sheriff “Dick” Taylor had his first
experience, on Saturday night, with an
attempt at general jail delivery in
which one prisoner got outside the
jail but the sheriff beat him in a foot '
race and landed him safe in one of the
steel cells, though he was pretty well
exhausted in the tussle.
The man who escaped “was Frank
Campos, a Spanish Mexican from Erie |
county, awaiting trial for escaping
from the Rockview penitentiary about
the middle of January. Campos got
out by sawing off two of the seven-
eighth inch iron bars in the small win-
dows along-side of the main door
leading from the sheriff’s residence
into the jail. Both bars were sawed
off at the top and bottom, so that the
work must have been done at differ-
ent periods during the day when the
sheriff and his family were busy and
failed to hear the men at work. It
was in the neighborhood of eight
o'clock when the work was completed
and Campos crawled through. To get
outside, however, he had to pass
through the sheriff’s residence, or go
through the small hallway past the
office and out the side door.
It just happened that Mrs. Taylor
was in the big pantry next the kitch-
en, with the door open, and she saw
the Mexican in his attempt to sneak
out unnoticed. She promptly called
“Dick,” who was in his office, and
Campos just as quickly ran through
the main hall and out the front door.
Hatless and coatless the sheriff fol-
lowed and it was a foot race down jail
hill with the sheriff gaining at every
jump. Above the court house Cam-
pos ran out into the street and just
opposite the Garman house he slipped
on the ice and fell just as the sheriff
was about to grab him. The result
was the sheriff fell on top of him and
the two men had quite a lively tussle
in the snow.
Chief of police Harry Dukeman was
standing on the corner at the Belle-
fonte Trust company and he quickly
went to the sheriff’s assistance with
the result that Campos promptly sub-
sided and was taken back to jail and
locked in a steel cell. When search-
ed three small, fine saws were found
upon him, and how he got them is a
mystery. The sheriff, naturally, has
his suspicions and believes some of
the other prisoners are implicated,
and had Campos gotten outside the
jail without being discovered others
would have also made the attempt.
Kiwanis Club Permanently Organ-
ized in Bellefonte.
At a dinner held at the Brockerhoff
house, on Monday evening, the Kiwa-
nis club, of Bellefonte, was perma-
nently organized with the election of
the following officers: President, Rev.
Wilson P. Ard; vice president, Frank
M. Crawford; ‘secretary, ‘John "B.
Payne; treasurer, Harry A. Rossman;
board of directors, the above officers
and George Hazel, W. J. Emerick,
John M. Bullock, Father Downes, Ed-
ward R. Owens and G. Oscar Gray.
The club starts off on its career
with fifty-five members and adhering
to the high ideals of the Kiwanis In-
ternational should prove one of the
best organizations in Bellefonte. It
is the only organization known that
does not countenance any drones in
its hive or high privates in the rear
ranks. Every member is placed upon
a working committee of some charac-
ter and it will be up to each individ-
ual to show results. The object of the
club is to boom the city or town in
which it is located and at the same
time cultivate a spirit of co-operation
among all its members. Let us all
hope that the Kiwanis will prove a
good thing for Bellefonte and vi-
cinity. ;
Old Age Pension Board Appointed.
At the last session of the Legisla-
ture an act was passed providing for
pensions for the aged and infirm and
on Wednesday the county commission-
ers appointed the following: Mrs.
R. S. Brouse, Bellefonte; Mrs. Annie
Fisher, Centre Hall, and Mrs. Rebec-
ca C. Tuten, of Philipsburg, as mem-
bers of the old age pension board for
Centre county. According to the pro-
visions of the act applicants for a
pension must have attained the age of
seventy years or more and be without
any means of subsistence. The max-
imum allotment stipulated is one dol-
lar per day, but as the act providing
for the system carried an appropria-
tion of only $25,000 very little, if any,
money is available to pay pensions at
the present time, and the perpetuity
of the act will depend to a great ex-
tent on the amount of money appro-
priated by the next Legislature.
Y. M. C. A. Basket Ball.
On Wednesday, March 5th, the Pi
Kappa Alpha team from State Col-
lege will play a return engagement
with the Y senior team in the gym-
nasium. This team will be remember-
ed as the one which gave the Y such
a hard game at the beginning of the
season and the game Wednesday
night promises to be a good fast one.
The Y team has not lost a game this
season. Go and see them work.
As a preliminary game the Hi-Y
team will play the Sophomore team
of the Lock Haven High school. Pre-
liminary game at 7:30. Big game at
8:30. Admission to both games 35
cents. Don’t miss this chance to see
two fast games for the price of one.
A nine pound daughter was
! born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evey, on
Sunday, the first arrival in the fami-
ly in thirteen years. Both mother and
babe are doing splendidly.
THE COVERED WAGON COMING.
The Wonderful Screen Portrayal of
Pioneer Life in America Com-
ing to the Opera House i
March 7th.
All great American dramas of semi-
historical origin seem to hit the times
just at the right period and no fuller
illustration of this can be shown than
the phenomenal success of “The Cov-
ered Wagon,” which comes to the
Bellefonte opera house for a special
engagement of matinee and night,
Friday, March 7th.
This story is the picturization of
the great Saturday Evening Post ser-
ial of the same title by Emerson
Hough, which is now in its sixth edi- !
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Among Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Foreman's
house guests this week was Mrs. W. M.
Way, of Altoona.
—Miss Violet Clements, a nurse of the
Altoona General hospital, was home over
Sunday on a short vacation.
—Fred Johnson left Bellefonte early in :
the week for Charleston, South Carolina,
to visit his brother Claude and wife.
—G. Murray Andrews will sail the first
of March from England, where he has been
visiting with relatives since be. ore Christ-
mas. .
—Mrs. Morris Furey has r turned home
from her winter visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Kerstetter and her family, in Cur-
wensville.
—Charles Noll, of Altoona, was a week-
end visitor in Bellefonte, here for a visit
—The M. I. Gardners have moved from
Johnstown and are again living in Clear-
field, to which place it will be remembered
they moved after breaking up their home
here.
Social Affairs.
At the 1924 football dance to be
given at the armory tonight the
presence of the Gypsy Girls Quintet,
as guests of Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Hughes, will be a feature of the even-
ing. Several dance numbers rendered
by them will be added to the pro-
gram, increasing greatly its attrac-
tion.
Mrs. R. L. Capers and Mrs. Ogden
‘ Malin were hostesses at a card party
given at Mrs. Malin’s, Monday; and
tion as a book and which was made with his mother, Mrs. John Noll, who has | Mrs. Daisy Barnes Henderson at one
for Famous Players-Lasky under the
able direction of James Cruze.
Emerson Hough, as every one fa-
miliar with his works knows, was one
of the foremost writers of the west
and he said just before his death that !
he had reached the height of his
dreams when he witnessed the screen ;
success of his greatest endeavor. The
timeliness of his theme in this partic-
ular is that it made its appearance !
when the country was satiated with |
war alarms and the radicalism which
came in the back-wash of the war.
Contrasted with that ill timed move-
ment of aggression, the story of how
these men and women of great cour-
age and high resolution set forth up-
on their perilous trip of 2,000 miles
across the uncharted plains and desert
is inspiring. In the covered wagons
drawn by oxen and reeling off an av-
erage of twelve miles a day they
laughed and sang, and loved and suf-
fered and fought to build what is now
the great western heart of this great-
est of all countries. Its appeal is the
personal one of courage to do and
hearts to serve that an unknown land
might be opened up and the rich
stream of wealth come pouring
forth each year in crops that reach to
the ends of the world. There is ro-
mance and adventure in every for-
ward move of the winding trains as
they trek onward and onward toward
the end of the trail and the golden
west which was no mere rainbow or
chimera but something that will live
forever in our minds and hearts.
The production has been success-
fully presented in all the principal
cities of the country and in London
and Paris. A symphony orchestra of
twenty artists will play the score
managed by Hugo Reisenfeld for “The
Covered Wagon.”
Centre County Auto Show Will be
Attractive Exhibition.
‘Gideon Payne, manager of the Cen-
tre county automobile show, which
will be held in the armory, Bellefonte,
March 12th to 15th, announces that
fifteen exhibitors have taken space
and twenty-five makes of cars with
forty-eight different types of body
will be shown. It will be the most
varied display of machines ever lined
up in a Centre county show. Every
new model will be shown and any one
interested can see them all and make
comparisons.
‘Aside from the show itself Mr.
Payne has secured as a free amuse-
ment feature the Beaver sisters, who
are in a class by themselves as enter-
tainers. There are four of them and
they sing, dance, recite and play many
kinds of musical instruments. The
best orchestras in this section have
been engaged to furnish music dur-
ing the day and evening.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Belle-
fonte hospital and the Y. M. C. A.
auxiliary will be on hand to serve
refreshments, candy, etc. The inter-
ior decorations will be equal if not
superior to those of former shows
held. Doors will be open from 10
o'clock a. m. to 10 p. m. each day.
Make your plans now to attend.
Reserve Officers Organize.
A number of reserve officers met in
State College on the evening of Feb-
ruary 25th for the purpose of organ-
izing a Centre county branch of the
Reserve Officers association. The
following officers were elected: Pres-
ident, Lieut. Col. E. D. Walker, of
State College; vice president, 1st Lt.
B. K. Jacobs, of Philipsburg; secre-
tary, 1st Lt. W. R. Young, of State
College; treasurer, 2nd Lt. J. F.
Shigley, of State College; council-
ors, Lt. Col. David Dale, of Belle-
fonte, and 2nd Lt. C. E. Freeman, of
Philipsburg.
It was decided to apply to the State
organization for a charter and to in-
clude as charter members all those
reserve officers who signify their in-
tention of joining the association by
the first of April, 1924.
The purpose of organizing this
branch is to bring the members of the
reserve corps closer together and to
enable them to co-operate with each
other in the discussion of things per-
taining to their own duties as reserve
officers and to the national defense.
It is planned to hold meetings from
time to time in the various towns of
the county where a number of the re-
serve officers reside.
——Major Lynn Adams, superin-
tendent of the Pennsylvania State
constabulary, will be the principal
speaker at the mass meeting to be
held in the court house, Bellefonte, on
Friday evening, March 14th. The
subject of his talk will be law en-
forcement, and as he has had a good
opportunity during the past year or
so in making a study of the problem
while running down bootleggers what
he has to say will without doubt be
interesting. Keep the date of the
meeting in mind and go hear Major
Adams.
been ill for some time.
—DMiss Thelma Corts, who spent last
week in Bellefonte as a guest of Miss Eliz-
abeth Walker, left for her home in Cleve-
land, Ohio, on Sunday.
—George Lyon, with the State Highway
Department at Brockwayville, was home"
over Sunday with his parents, Mr.
Mrs. John Porter Lyon.
—Mrs. McClure Gamble and Mrs. Donald
Potter will have the first meeting of their
and
dancing class this afternoon, at the Logan |
| hose house, from 2 until 6 o'clock.
—Mrs. Harry E. Garbrick and her
daughter Alice, of Coleville, are in Pitts-
burgh, visiting with Mrs. Garbirck’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crissman,
—George W. Confer came up from How-
ard on Wednesday to look after some bus-
iness matters and favored this office with
a brief call during his stay in town.
—Dr. J. J. Kilpatrick went out to Johns-
town on Tuesday to attend the annual
convention of the Central Pennsylvania
dental association which will close its ses-
sions today.
—Mrs. John Harter, who divides
time between her two daughters, in Belle-
vue, Pa., and in Texas, has been south
since December, but is now arranging to
return north in April.
—Miss Marie Royer, of the staff of
nurses of the Altoona hospital, spent a
two day’s vacation in Bellefonte during the
week, as a guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Royer, of Water street.
—Mr. Daniel Meyer, of Boalsburg, was
in town on Monday between trains while
on his way to Altoona to attend the fun-
eral of his son-in-law, John Pickard Wag-
ner, who was buried in that city Tuesday
afternoon.
—John P. Lyon has been in Philipsburg
this week, in the interest of the Centre |
county automobile show to be held in
Bellefonte the week of March 12th, and
looking after the Beezer. garage exhibit at
the show in that place.
—Mrs. Hugh N. Boyle, of Hazleton, was
an over night guest of her mother, Mrs.
C. D. Tanner, Thursday of last week, com-
ing on here from Lock Haven for the vis-
it, when on her way to Renovo to see her
aunts, the Misses Tanner.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wieland, of Lin-
den Hall, and their daughter, Miss Wie-
land, of the staff of instructors of the vo-
cational school at Spring Mills, were in
Bellefonte yesterday, called here as wit-
nesses at court on an automobile accident
case. 3 Be A
—Miss E. M. Thomas and Mrs. K. R.
Breese left Bellefonte a week ago to go to !
Downingtown, where Migs Thomas will be
Mrs. Breese's guest for an indefinite time.
Mrs. Breese was returning home from a
visit of several months with her sister,
Mrs. George F. Harris.
—Mrs. John M. Keichline returned to
Bellefonte Wednesday night, from Hunt-
ingdon, where she had been for a part of
the week. Mrs. Keichline had accompa-
nied her grand-daughter, Susanne, home,
following a two week’s visit the child had
made here with her grand-parents.
—Miss Marilla Williams is now in Har-
risburg, having recently gone there from
Philadelphia, to accept a position with the
State Highway. Miss Williams is in
charge of the stenographic work of the
department. The position being a very re-
sponsible one, the appointment is a de-
cided testimonial to her ability in her line.
—Mrs. George N. Van Dyke came in
from Wilkinsburg, on Tuesday evening, to
see her mother, Mrs. John Noll, who has
not been in good health for some time, so
that her condition is always such as to
cause her children more or less concern.
Finding her no worse than usual Mrs.
Van Dyke will spend only a few days in
Bellefonte.
—Miss Gertrude Kane, of Lamb street,
left yesterday afternoon, on the Lehigh,
for Oil City. She expects to be there a
week or more with her aunt, Miss Maggie
Kane, who is in a critical condition as the
result of a fall several weeks ago which
broke her hip The injured lady is a sis-
ter of the late James Kane, of this place,
and as she is now eighty-one years old
her injury is regarded as very serious.
—George Ertley, of Worth township,
was in Bellefonte serving as a juror at
court this week, having completely recov-
ered from his long and serious illness of
the fall. Mr. Ertley was one of the pio-
neers of Scotia, going there when it first
opened and remaining five years. From
there he returned to the neighborhood of
Jacksonville, where he has since lived.
The past six years have been spent on one
of the American Lime and Stone Co's
farms.
—Miss Miriam Smith was taken on her
bed, to the Clearfield hospital, Tuesday,
where she will be operated on and under
observation by Dr. Waterworth, Miss
Smith has been suffering from a spine
curvature, the treatment requiring her to
be on her back for three months. That
time now having expired, it is hoped that
the looked for recovery following her op-
eration, will be very rapid. Miss Miriam's
mother, Mrs. A. C. Smith, accompanied her
to Clearfield and will remain there with
her daughter.
—One of the traverse jurors this week is
A. A. Frank, senior member of the large
merchandising firm of A. A. Frank and
Son, of Millheim. Mr. Frank doesn’t get
over to Bellefonte often and we thought
he would be glad of the enforced chance
to “lay off” a few days and renew old ac-
quaintances in the county seat. Not so.
Millheim is where his business is and that's
where he wants to be so, naturally, he
chafed a bit under the long court session.
According to his account of it the new
community theatre down there is a beau-
ty. It is what the capital of Penn town-
ship has needed for a long time: A place
that would seat half a thousand people
comfortably and equipped with good stage
and other facilities for presenting any
kind of home talent or traveling shows.
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| of six tables given at her home on
‘east High street, Friday of last week,
both being of the round of benefits
now being played in Bellefonte.
: Some of Miss Helen Beezer’s most
‘intimate friends were the originators
of a surprise party given her Monday
evening, while Wednesday evening
Mrs. Philip Beezer entertained with
five hundred.
Mrs. John Garbrick, of east Bishop
| Street, was among Tuesday night’s
' hostesses of five hundred.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yeager enter-
tained Wednesday night, the members
of the Island camping party being
guests.
Mrs. Sim Baum was hostess at a
benefit conversational party, Friday
night, given for the Ladies Aid of the
Methodist church. Sixty-eight of the
women of the church were present and
sixteen dollars was realized. The
affair was among the most successful
benefits given during the winter. Mrs.
Baum will entertain with cards Friday
night of next week.
Last night Mrs. L. H. and Mrs.
Donald Gettig gave a card party at
. their home on north Thomas street;
! invitations for fifty guests having
(been issued. Eleven tables of five
hundred were in play.
Mrs. Augustus Heverly’s series of
parties included one Saturday of last
week, and Wednesday and Saturday
of this week.
Mrs. Harry Meyer gave the second
of her series of cards Monday night
of this week. Mrs. Meyer's first was
| given last week.
Mrs. Eben Bower was among the
card hostesses of the week, having en-
tertained at her home on Howard
street Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Jerome Harper's invitations for
five hundred will include two card
suppers, to be given at her home on
east Bishop street; one tonight and
the second Monday night of next
week.
Miss Mary Woods’ guests Wednes-
| day night was the bridge club of which
i she is a member. Mrs. Wilbur Baney
will entertain the club Tuesday night,
at its last meeing before Lent.
| © Miss Louise Carpeneto, among * the
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| pre-Lenton hostesses, will give a five
hundred party Monday evening.
The round of benefit card parties
for the hospital, of which Mrs. H. E.
Fenlon is the originator, has been for
the past two weeks a prominent fea-
tures of the social life of Bellefonte.
Any organization or person interest-
ed, who has not been seen relative to
the giving of one of these delightful
affairs, it is hoped will feel at liberty
to join in the concerted effort of the
community, in making it a great suc-
cess.
The three Sabbath schools at
Lemont, in conjunction with those at
Houserville and Shiloh, will hold a
rally on Sunday, March 2nd, with
services in the Evangelical church at
Lemont at 2:30 o’clock in the after-
noon and in the Presbyterian church
at the same place at 7:30 o’clock in
the evening. Speakers from the Y.
M. C. A, at State College, will be
present and good musical programs
Me rendered. The public is in-
vited.
Mahaffey—Gans.—The Altoona Tri-
bune states that Ernest H. Mahaffey,
of Bellefonte, and Miss Etta A. Gans,
of Williamsport, were married at the
parsonage of the Baptist church in
Hollidaysburg, on Saturday afternoon,
by the pastor, Rev. J. S. Bromley.
Following a brief wedding trip the
young couple will go to housekeeping
in Bellefonte.
——The Easter bunny and candies
are already on the market, notwith-
standing the fact that Easter does
not come until April 20th this year.
The Bellefonte Fuel & Supply
Co., under the new management, have
now in stock a full line of all sizes of
hard coal, as well as Pittsburgh,
Punxsutawney, cannel and Cherry
Run bituminous coal. Orders for any
amount promptly filled. 9-1t
For Sale.—Chiffioner, dresser, large
rockers, book-case, dining-room set,
whole or separate pieces. At apast-
ments over Lyon & Co’s store. 9-1t*
For Sale—One Show Case and
Electric Light Fixtures.—Sim, the
Clothier. 69-7-3t
Sale Register.
Friday, March 21.—At residence of Lee R.
Markle, (old Colyer farm) one-half mile
east of Old Fort, horses, cattle, farm im-
[lements general clean-up sale. Also
ot of household goods. Sale at 9 a. m.
L. Frank Mayes, .
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Soarented Weekly by C. Y. Wagner by
uc.
Shelled Corn - - - - - 90
Rye - - - - = - 90
Oats - - - - - 30
Barley - - - - - 60
Buckwheat - - 90