Belefonte, Pa., May 30, 1924.
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“NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
© —— Rev. Wilson P. Ard will deliver
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the memorial ‘day address at Millheim:
this afternoon and at Pleasant ‘Gap
this evening.
— John Garman, who for the past
year or two has been working for the
Pennsylvania railroad company at
Grampian, has been transferred to
Bellefonte and went to work at the
freight depot yesterday.
— When you see a Girl Scout
coming toward you today with a bunch
of tags in her hand don’t scoot. This
is the second annual tag day for the
Girl Scout campaign fund, and we’ll
all have to help the girls.
A little son arrived in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Barlett, of
east Curtin street, last Friday morn-
ing, and if he eventually develops into
a “chip off the old block” he will make
other lads sit up and take notice.
M. E. Madden, of Johnstown,
has been in Bellefonte the past three
weeks introducing Counts’ Kill Germ,
and the window display he arranged
in Runkle’s drugstore, last week, was
conspicuous enough to drive away all
the germs in that neighborhood.
The Pleasant Gap baseball
team will hold their first annual fes-
tival in Noll’s grove, on the evening
of Saturday, June 14th. Every one is
invited to join these people in their
get-together festival. Ice cream,
cake, candy and a good time can be
had.
——Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Dale
and Miss Rachel Hunter, of State Col-
lege, have requested us to express
their deep appreciation of the kind-
ness of friends who rendered them
service during the illness and burial
of their father, the late J. Craig
Hunter.
Work has been started on the
excavation of the foundation for a
new oil and gasoline station in the
triangle beyond the aviation field.
The triangle was recently purchased
by Frank M. Crawford and the sta-
tion is being erected to handle the
Texico products.
— Members of the Christian En-
deavor society in Centre county should
keep in mind the county convention to
be held in Philipsburg next Tuesday,
June 3rd. While every society in the
county is expected to send accredited
representatives all young people are
invited to attend.
Chicks are coming down in
price. From now on the Hecla Poul-
try farm will make shipments at $10
per hundred instead of $12 as hereto-
fore. Notice of the reduction was re-
ceived too late this week to make the
change in price in their advertisement
in another column of this paper.
Members of the Bellefonte Ki-
wanis have contributed two dollars
each for the purpose of retaining the
services of the community nurse dur-
ing the month of June, as it was
deemed unwise to dispense with her
work at this time owing to the ty-
phoid fever epidemic at Coleville.
The Logan fire company will
have charge of the Thursday evening
dances at Hecla park during the sum-
mer season, the opening dance to be
held this (Friday) evening owing to
it being Memorial day. The Key-
stone Sirens orchestra, of Williams-
port, has been engaged to furnish the
music for the opening dance, and this
assures a good time for all who may
attend.
——Never before, in its many years
of use as a burying ground, has the
Union cemetery in this place looked
as beautiful as it will today. Under
the impetus given it several years ago
by Mrs. Joseph L. Montgomery the
movement to make it a beautiful city
of the dead has kept steadily at work
until it is really a very great credit
to the Association having it in charge
and a splendid tribute to the devotion
of those who have loved ones waiting
there a little while.
— Because the two upper floors of
#Qld Main,” that historic old build-
ing at State College, are deemed un-
safe for further use as living quarters
for students, the college authorities
have issued an edict that the rooms
be vacated by commencement and
hereafter closed to roomers. During
the past year 155 students have been
housed there. “Old Main” was built
in 1863 and for many years it was the
only college building, and during the
entire sixty-one years of its existence
it has been used for dormitory, class
room and office purposes.
——The marriage of Lawrence
Thal and Miss Marie Smead, at the
Catholic church on Wednesday morn-
ing, was to have been a double event,
as Thomas Miller, of Erie, and Miss
Rose Derstine, of Bellefonte, were to
have been married at the same time.
But the bridegroom to be failed to ar-
rive in Bellefonte on Monday evening,
as expected and on Tuesday Miss
Derstine was notified that he was a
patient in the Davis hospital, at Erie,
as the result of an accident on Mon-
day morning. Mr. Miller, who is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, of
Lock Haven, is employed by the
Homewife bakery in Erie, and while
engaged in unloading flour, on Mon-
day morning, the rope of the flour-
hoisting apparatus broke, the cargo
of flour falling on Mr. Miller, knock-
ing him unconscious and inflicting in-
juries which necessitated his removal
to the hospital. He is recovering nice-
1y, however, and hopes to be able to
come to Bellefonte tomorrow, the
wedding to take place next Wednes-
day morning.
sented te Public Service
Commission.
James C. Furst Esq.; local counsel
for the Bellefonte Central Railroad
company, on Monday received an or-
der from Robert Frazier, chairman of
‘ the board and majority stockholder in
the company, to proceed at once with
the preparation of a petition to be
presented to the Public Service Com-
mission asking for the immediate
abandonment of that railroad as a
common carrier. Of course, the rail-
road company, being a corporate com-
pany, it will be .iecessary that cor-
porate action be taken, so that it will
be several weeks, possibly, before the
petition can be legally presented to
the Commission. Lack of patronage
is the reason for the stockholders
seeking the road’s abandonment.
In fact it is another case of the au-
tomobile and the motor bus rivalling
the railroad to the latter’s detriment.
It has not been so many years ago
since the Bellefonte Central showed a
good surplus in net earnings but the
motor busses took practically all the
passenger traffic between Bellefonte
and State College and the greater por-
tion of light freight is now being
transported by trucks, so that the only
revenue-deriving business left for the
railroad company is carload shipments
to the College, such as coal, lumber,
ete. Of course the heavy freight traf-
fic to and from the various lime and
stone industries on the Bellefonte end
of the line is a paying proposition but
not enough to absorb the expense of
operation through to the College.
It is an old saw that “we never miss
the water ’till the well goes dry.” Six
years or more ago, when the order
was given for the scrapping of the
old Central Railroad of Pennsylvania,
many residents through Nittany vai-
ley hooted the idea of the stockhold-
ers voting to do such a thing. But
they did it, anc the road went on the
scrap pile, and since then everything
that is grown by the farmers in that
rich and fertile valley has to be haul-
ed out, and everything they buy has
to be hauled in. Such will be the case
through the valley now traversed by
the Bellefonte Central, if it is aban-
doned. It will also apply to the bor-
ough of State College, which will
practically be marooned three miles
from a railway.
Suggestions have been made that
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
might be induced to take over the
road, if not by purchase, possibly by
lease for operation. But to operate it
with their up-to-date rolling stock
would probably necessitate rebuilding
of the entire line. Of course it is vi-
tally more important to State College
shippers that the road be retained in
service than it is to Bellefonte peo-
ple, and it is quite likely that active
steps will be taken by the Chamber
of Commerce of that town to at least
postpone the abandonment of the
road.
So far as the lime and stone ship-
ments are concerned, if the road is
abandoned the various companies op-
erating along the road would proba-
bly arrange to purchase outright the
four or five miles of track they would
need to connect their plants with the
Pennsylvania system.
Bellefonte Academy Minstrels Stage
Two Performances.
When the curtain rose for the open-
ing chorus of the Bellefonte Academy
minstrels, last Thursday night, every
man and woman in the audience gasp-
ed in astonishment at the brilliance of
the stage setting. Elaborate electrie-
al effects intermingled with festoons
of gold and blue ribbon, the Academy
colors, on a scale never before at-
tempted. Catchy songs and music,
clever jokes and dialogues ran through
the entire first part, while the danc-
ing of the end men was also a pleas-
ing feature. :
The second part opened with banjo
and guitar selections followed by Pete
Ryan in his famous juggling act.
Then came the carnival of song and
dance which was something new and
the best part of any minstrel perform-
ance given by Academy students. The
singing and dancing of six year old
Huberta May Bernhardt, of Pitts-
burgh, was so pleasing a feature that
she was encored after each of her
three appearances. Miss Ruth My-
ford, of Bellevernon, captivated the
audience with her delightful rendition
of several catchy songs. Miss Myford
is a singer of marked ability. During
the past winter she has attended a
musical school in New York city and
in June will sail for Italy to complete
her studies.
In accordance with his usual cus-
tom Mr. James R. Hughes took the
minstrels to Rockview penitentiary on
Monday evening and gave a perform-
ance for the benefit of the inmates at
that institution. Under a new ruling
put into effect by warden Stutzman
the ladies were permitted to accom-
pany the young men and so delighted
was the audience at the penitentiary
that they gave four of the ladies pres-
ents of purses and beads of their own
manufacture.
Bellefonte Academy athletes
are having a busy time of it during
the last month of school. Last Fri-
day they defeated the Pitt Freshmen
baseball team by the score of 5 to 2.
Yesterday they played Harrisburg
Tech, on Hughes field, and this after-
noon at 8 o'clock the Dickinson Sem-
inary nine will be their opponents.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock the
Pitt Freshmen-Academy track and
field meet will be held on Hughes
field. :
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Five More New Cases of Typhoid
Fever, No Other Deaths.
_ Five additional cases of typhoid fe-
ver developed during the week as the
result of the epidemic at Coleville and
vicinity, but fortunately no more
deaths have occurred, although four
of the patients are in a serious condi-
tion. Those developing the disease
during the past few days are Laura,
Merle and Harry Davis, Thomas
Leathers and Paul Justice. The four
whose condition is quite serious are
Mrs. Evoch, John Rossman, Thurman
Davis and Clarence Young. Miss
Pearl Leathers, whose condition was
so critical for several weeks, is now so
much improved that there is every
hope of her recovery. There are now
twenty-three fever patients in the
hospital, and with two deaths and two
who have been discharged makes
twenty-seven afflicted ones as the re-
sult of the epidemic.
If ever an institution proved a
blessing in any community the Belle-
fonte hospital has at the present time.
The entire fourth floor has been given
over to the fever patients, so that they
are practically isolated from the other
sick. This, naturally, has overcrowd-
ed the capacity of the institution and
placed a heavy burden upon the en-
tire supervision and nursing staff,
but they have all responded most no-
bly and are doing their work willing-
ly and cheerfully. In addition to the
fever patients Sanford Kalin, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Kalin, of
Bellefonte, was admitted for a sur-
gical operation last Friday and on
Wednesday afternoon of this week
just fifty-six beds were occupied.
The record in number of patients ut
the hospital was made last week when
fifty-seven were in the institution,
seven more than its supposed capac-
ity of fifty. That they are being won-
derfully cared for is accepted here as
a matter of course, but the exception-
al work of the superintendent, her as-
sistants and nurses,
strain, has drawn the attention of the
State Department of Welfare and on
May 20th Dr. Ellen Potter sent the
following congratulatory letter to
Miss Eckert, the superintendent:
Harrisburg, May 20, 1924.
Miss A. Ellen Eckert,
Bellefonte Hospital.
My dear Miss Eckert:
We have just received word through
the health department of the very fine
care you are giving an unusually large
number of typhoid cases.
May we express our appreciation of
that service.
Very sincerely
ELLEN C. POTTER.
Nittany Golfers Win from Philips-
burg.
The first inter-club tournament of
the Central Counties Golf association
was held on the links of the Nittany
Country club, at Hecla last Saturday,
between the Philipsburg golfing team
and Nittany club players. Though
the visitors went down in defeat they
showed remarkable ability consider-
ing that most of their players have
taken up the game within the past
year. The most interesting match of
all was the one between W. F. Rey-
nolds Jr., of Belefonte, and F. Todd,
of Philipsburg, the former winning
out on the twentieth hole. The indi-
vidual scores follow:
Quigley defeated Rowland - 6 and 8
Keller defeated Barnes - - band 4
Downes defeated Lee - - 2and 1
Mensch defeated Jackson - 5 and 3
Andrews defeated H. Todd Jr. 8 and 7
Curtin defeated Phelps - - Hand 3
Brockerhoff defeated Emery - 5 and 3
Morris defeated Cole - - 9 and 7
Reynolds defeated ¥. Todd 1 up on 20th
Mann defeated H. Todd Sr. - 8and 7
Totals, Nittany 10; Philipsburg 0
One of the Activities of the Woman's
Club.
The benefit card party given by the
Woman’s club last Saturday night
netted $39.00. This will finish the
rent of $100.00 for room used for
State chest clinic every Tuesday after-
noon. In order to have a clinic, room
and janitor service must be guaran-
teed by the community to the State
Bureau of Health, the latter furnish-
ing physician, nurse and supplies.
The Woman’s elub made itself respon-
sible for the room and in October,
1922, a clinic was opened here with
Dr. David Dale in charge, assisted by
Miss Campbell, State nurse with
headquarters in Tyrone. One hun-
dred patients attended the clinic dur-
ing the first year and the number is
constantly increasing which fact in-
dicates the usefulness of this work of
the Woman’s club. The Bellefonte
clinic is open to all patients outside
the Philipsburg district since there is
also a chest clinic in Philipsburg.
Ar — pnt
All Set for Big Show.
The Harry Copping shows will ex-
hibit in Bellefonte for one solid week
starting Monday, June 9th. The big
exposition travels in its own special
train of fifteen cars, carrying an ar-
ray of high-class feature attractions
catering to ladies and children, includ-
ing four sensational riding devices.
Ten big novelty shows and free acts.
Every evening throughout the entire
week the exposition will open with a
grand musical concert featuring Sis-
coe’s All American band, one of the
foremost musical organizations trav-
eling. Besides many other attractions
are offered of unusual merit, to enter-
tain and amuse the entire family. Ad-
mission to the grounds free.
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—— The ladies of the Reformed
church at Pine Hall will serve a chick-
en and noodle supper in the church
this (Friday) evening. Everybody
invited.
HONORING THE SOLDIERS.
Memorial Day Exercises will be Held
in Bellefonte This (Friday)
Afternoon.
The ranks of the old soldiers of the
days of ’61-’65 have been so thinned !
by death that the younger veterans |
of the world war are now “carrying
on” in the time-honored custom of re-
ligiously observing the annual Memor-
ial day. In Bellefonte the Brooks-
Doll Post of the American Legion has
assumed the burden of this obligation
in connection with the few surviving
soldiers of the Civil war and the vet-
erans of the Spanish-American war.
The initial service was held on Sun-
day when the veterans attended di-
vine service at the Episcopal church
where Rev Malcolm DePui Maynard
preached a most appropriate sermon.
During the day details visited Snyder-
town, Hublersburg, Zion and the Mey-
ers’ cemeteries, where brief services
were held and the graves of deceased
soldiers decorated.
Memorial exercises proper will be
held in Bellefonte this (Friday) after-
noon. As usual, the parade will form
in the Diamond at 1:30 o’clock and
will include the Odd Fellows band, the
Civil war veterans in automobiles,
Spanish-American war veterans, the
American Legion, Troop B, P. O. S. of
A., civic societies and school children.
It will move promptly at two o’clock
and march to the Union cemetery
where the regular services will be held
and graves strewn with flowers, fol-
lowing which the memorial address
will be delivered by Rev. W. C.
Thompson, pastor of the Presbyter-
ian“¢hurch.
Following the exercises at the cem-
etery the old soldiers will be guests
for luncheon at the Bellefonte Lodge
of Elks.
MEMORIAL DAY AT BOALSBURG.
An interesting relic of the world
! war recently arrived at the Officers’
under such a
Club, at Boalsburg, and is now being
erected to the memory of Brigadier
General Edward Sigerfoos, who com-
manded the Fifty-sixth infantry bri-
gade of the Twenty-eighth division.
The relic, sent by the Mayor of Mount
Blainville to Colonel Theodore Davis
Boal, consists of the village cross in
wrought iron before which General
Sigerfoos was killed. It is now being
erected at a picturesque spot along
the stream near the officers’ club.
The simple ceremony of laying the
corner stone will take place at 4:30
o’clock this afternoon, and to which
the public is invited. The formal ded-
ication will take place at the club
meeting next September. Among the
distinguished men and women who
will be present at this afternoon’s cer-
emony will be Major General Charles
H. Muir, Lieutenant Governor and
Mrs. David J. Davis; Major General
Asher Miner, Brigadier General and
Mrs. E. C. Shannon, Dr. Reinhart and
Mary Roberts Reinhart, Col. and Mrs.
Robert M. Vail, Col. and Mrs. War-
ner, and Col. and Mrs. Samuel Flem-
ing. During their stay they will all
be guests of Col. Boal. The French
Envoy will be unable to attend on ac-
count of illness but has promised to
represent his government at the exer-
cises in September.
The corner stone will be laid by
General Muir and Lieutenant Gover-
nor Davis will make the address.
Prayer will be offered by Dr. John M.
Thomas, president of The Pennsylva-
nia State College, who served as a
chaplain during the war. The cere-
mony will be followed by a joint me-
morial service conducted by the vet-
erans of the troop and the present or-
ganization, at the monument erected
to the dead of Boal Troop. The year-
ly memorial services at the Bolasburg
cemetery will be held immediately
after the exercises at the monument.
Dr. Thomas will offer prayer and the
address will be made by John Clay-
comb, of Altoona. Music will be fur-
nished by the Lemont band, which
will give a concert in the Diamond
immediately following the services.
Boys Camp to Open August 5th.
The board of directors of the Belle-
fonte Y. M. C. A. have secured the
use of the 3806 acre site of Camp
Kanesatake, situated near Franklin-
ville, Huntingdon county, for conduct-
ing a boys’ camp this year. The Sun-
day school training camp will close
on August 2nd and the boys’ camp will
open on August 5th and continue for
three weeks, until August 26th.
A number of improvements have
been made at the camp, the most at-
tractive of which is the construction
of a temporary dam, at a cost of $500,
which will assure a large and safe
bathing place for the boys on the
camp property. Twelve cabins 14x16
feet, have been built this year and
other improvements made which will
add greatly to the convenience and at-
tractiveness of the camp.
It has been decided to extend the
camp registration to boys 10 to 16
years of age who are members of Y.
M. C. A. in the three counties of
Huntingdon, Blair and Centre, also to
boys of these ages who are attending
Sunday school. The registrations of
the camp will be limited to 100 boys,
and can be made for two or three
weeks. The committee has set the
price at $6.00 per week, which covers
all expenses except transportation.
Registration should be mailed to the
Y. M. C. A. by July 1st.
The camp will be conducted by S. S.
Aplin, general secretary of the Belle-
fonte Y. M. C. A., who is quite ex-
perienced in handling boys and camps,
having conducted fourteen boys’
camps. A strong corps of leaders and
assistants will comprise the staff
which will have charge of the boys
and make the outing beneficial to
them in every way.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Philip D. Waddle left on Wednesday
for Sunbury where he has accepted a po-
sition in the Neff hotel.
—Mrs. John Ardell has been visiting at
Curtin with her daughter, Mrs. Harry H.
Curtin, and with friends in Bellefonte.
—Bellefonters in attendance at the
Knights Templar conclave at Wilkes-Bar-
re, this week, include W. I. Fleming,
Thomas Hazel and George T. Bush.
—Miss Kate Gummo, who has been with
the Dunlap family in Pine Grove Mills,
since coming here from Germany, is now
visiting with relatives in Pittsburgh.
—Dr. Eloise Meek will arrive home from
Baltimore the latter part of next week, in-
tending to leave again Sunday for Buffalo,
N. Y., where she will be located indefinite-
ly.
—Frank M. Derstine, of Juniata, was
among those who came back home for a
Memorial day visit, spending the time
while here with his mother, Mrs. William
Derstine.
—After a fifteen day’s furlough, which
was spent here with the H. E. Clevenstine
family, Harry Peters returned a week ago
to the U. 8. battleship “Wyoming,” where
he is in training.
—Mrs. Paul Irvin Jr, of Canton, Ohio,
has been a guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Musser, during the
past week, having come east at this time
for the Academy commencement.
—Mrs Ella Williams, of Massilon, Ohio,
has been a house guest of her sister, Mrs.
Harry Badger, while in Bellefcnte for a
visit with her father, Daniel Eberhart.
Mrs. Williams arrived here Saturday.
—Mrs. Charles Heisler returned to Belle-
fonte from Erie, Saturday of last week,
and has been the house guest of Mrs. John
Knisely, while here looking after some
business and for a visit with her many
friends.
—Judge Donald McPherson, of Gettys-
burg, arrived in Bellefonte Wednesday
evening, stopping here for a visit with his
sister, Mrs. David Dale, on his way home
from Pittsburgh, where he had been hold-
ing court.
—Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey F. York and
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rowe with their small
son, arrived in Bellefonte this week,
terminating a drive from Port Richie,
Florida, where they all have been spend-
ing the winter.
—Mrs. T. B. Budinger and her daughter,
Miss Blanche, of Snow Shoe, were in Belle-
fonte a week ago for several hours, on
their way to Johnstown, for a week-end
visit with Mrs. Budinger’s daughter, Mrs.
Vorhis and her family.
—Miss Emily Crider and Miss Elizabeth
Walker left here Wednesday on a drive to
Cleveland, where they will visit for sev-
eral days with Miss Thelma Corts, well
known in Bellefonte through her frequent
visits with Miss Walker.
—Mrs. W. I. Fleming and her sister,
Mrs. Curt Johnson, went over to Altoona
Monday, to spend several days together
with their sister, Mrs. Frank McCumpsey.
Mrs. Fleming returned Wednesday, while
Mrs. Johnson remained for a visit with
her son.
—Richard J. Lane and his family drove
in from McKeesport this week for their
annual Memorial day visit with Mr. Lane's
mother, Mrs James B. Lane. Mr. Lane
will return home tomorrow, leaving Mrs.
Lane and the children here to continue
their visit until some time next week.
—Miss Jeannette Cooke and Miss Dix
will come here from Washington, Sunday,
where both are in training at the Chil-
dren's hospital of that city. Miss Cooke
anticipates spending three weeks with her
parents and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Cooke and Miss Snyder, while Miss Dix
will be her guest for two weeks of the
time.
—Miss Daise Keichline will leave the
early part of next week to participate in
the fortieth anniversary of the nursing
school of Battle Creek sanitorium, Battle
Creek, Michigan, of which she is a gradu-
ate. She will stop in Pittsburgh to at-
tend a meeting of the Board of the West-
ern Pennsylvania Children’s Aid society, as
she is Secretary of the Centre county so-
ciety and has been actively interested the
past year in the work of the society in
this county.
—Mrs. James Schofield left yesterday
afternoon for Allentown, where she will
spend, several days with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. McGinness at
the Allen House. From there Mr. and Mrs.
McGinness and Mrs. Schofield will drive to
Philadelphia, to be guests of Mrs. Scho-
field’s sister, Mrs. Rapsher, for a short
visit then go on to New Brunswick, where
Mrs. Schofield will spend a part of the
month of June with the Mrs. G. Ross Par-
ker and family.
—Dorie Adams, of Worth township, was
in Bellefonte on business on Monday and
during a brief call at this office stated
that if he hadn’t been compelled to come
to town that day he would have finished
his corn planting, and we are inclined to
think that he would have been the first
farmer in the county to get his corn all
in the ground. Of course his farm lies on
the high ground near the Reese Settlement
and dries out quicker than the farms ly-
ing in the low lands.
—Among the out of town guests here for
the Academy minstrels and dance last
week were: Mr. and Mrs. George My-
ford, Miss Ruth and Samuel, of Bellever-
non; Miss Mary McCleary, of Donora ; Mau-
rice Janevitz, of Monessen; Miss Margaret
Hutchinson and Miss Thelma Hubert, Ju-
niata; Miss Louise Derstine, State Col-
lege; Clair Kaufmann, York; Samuel Di-
bert, Johnstown; Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mc-
Call, Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Kemp and
Miss Adella Kemp, of Derry; Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Anderson, Edgewater; F. P.
McAdams and W. W. McAdams, Cynwyd,
all of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. How-
ard R. Pratt, of Baltimore; Mrs. F. H.
Warner, Jamestown, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll C. Cheney, Miss Gertrude Cheney,
Mrs. Harold Van Dusen and Edwin Van-
Dusen, of Corning, N. Y.; John Bolton Jr,
Emory Rigdon and Frank Reynolds, of
Elmira, N. Y.; Mrs. Walter P. Jones Jr.
and Mrs. Addison K. Parsons, of Bing-
hamton, N. Y.; Mrs, C. N. Long, Elmira,
N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blinn and Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Norris, of Trenton, N. J.
——The P. O. S. of A. will stage a
big initiation conclave in the Belle-
fonte armory on Saturday evening,
June 14th. It is claimed that several
hundred candidates will be present to
receive the degree. Prominent mem-
bers of the order from various parts
of the State will be present and a big
street parade will be a feature.
Big Farm Gathering at State College.
A delegation of Centre county boys
will go to State College for the an-
nual young farmer’s week which is to
be held June 9th to 13th, under the au-
spices of The Pennsylvania State
College. Several of the boys will comi-
pete in state-wide judging contests
which will be held on Thursday, June
12th. Dairy cattle, general livestock,
including beef cattle, horses, sheep,
swine, poultry and crops, will be judg-
ed by the juniors in these contests and
prizes will be awarded the individual
winners and the team champions.
The first three days of the week will
be devoted to instruction on agricul-
ture, organized recreation and play,
and special entertainment. Arrange-
ments have been made to house the
boys free of charge in one of the col-
lege buildings and reservations will
be made for the girls at rooming
houses at $1.00 per day. Thursday
has been designated as farmer's day,
and at least two thousand farmers
are expected to visit the college farms
and view the experimental work be-
ing done in crops and live stock.
Thirty demonstrations and lectures
have been arranged fer various hours
throughout the day, and a farmer’s
dairy judging contest, an hour devot-
ed to field events, and an auction sale
of pure-bred dairy calves have been
scheduled as added attractions. A
program has also been arranged for
the women.
Farmers and their families are urg-
ed to arrive at State College by the
evening of June 11th, when the big
meeting has been scheduled with spe-
cial talks, community singing, and
educational moving pictures. Frank
P. Willits, Secretary of Agriculture,
and Dr. John M. Thomas, president of
the College, will talk at this gather-
ing.
Boys and girls interested in young
farmer’s week or adults planning to
attend farmer’s day are urged to get
in touch with county agent R. C. Bla-
ney for detailed information.
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Kiwanis Entertain Old Soldiers.
The Kiwanis club held their weekly
meeting at the Bush house on Tues-
day noon, and had as their guests the
following members of the Grand Ar-
my post: Samuel B. Miller, Rev.
Emenhizer, George Fox, A. H. Rice,
S. H. Guisewhite, James Alters, Sam-
uer Shirk, James Miller, William
Flack and John Reed. Fifty-three
members of the club were present.
The speakers for the occasion were
Messrs. Stock, Hazel, Mallory and
Love, while Samuel B. Miller repre-
sented the old soldiers in an address.
The prize, a box of Havana cigars,
was awarded to George Hazel, who
provided smokes for all.
The next meeting will be held at the
Brockerhoff house, Tuesday evening
of next week, which will be recogniz-
ed as “stunt nite.”
Thal — Smead. — The wedding of
Lawrence Thal, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Thal, and Miss Marie C.
Smead, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Smead, took place at the
Catholic church at seven o’clock on
Wednesday morning, Rev. Father
Downes performing the ceremony.
The Harry Copping shows
which were to have been in Bellefonte
this week cancelled but the Scenic
never cancels. It is open to the
amusement-loving public every night
in the week, except Sunday, and al-
ways with an offering of big programs
of the best and most up to the minute
motion pictures obtainable. The big
crowds which flock to the Scenic every
evening are evidence that manager
Brown’s efforts to give his patrons
good entertainment are appreciated.
Be a regular and see all the good pic-
tures.
Another carload of prisoners
were brought from the eastern peni-
tentiary to Rockview the latter part
of last week, and on Monday six re-
belious inmates were sent back to
Pittsburgh.
New Issue of Building & Loan Series.
The Centre Building & Loan Asso-
ciation, with authorized capital of
$1,000,000.00, will issue Series No. 18
in June. Books will be open for sub-
scription June 1st. This institution
has been doing business for 27 years
and in all that time not a dollar has
been lost by stockholders. Safely and
conservatively managed it has proven
to be a good investment both for bor-
rower and lender.
A. C. MINGLE,
CHAS. F. COOK, President.
Secretary. 69-22-tf
Public Sale.
At the residence of John P. Lyon,
at the corner of Spring and Curtin
streets, at one o’clock on Thursday,
June 5th, 1924, at 1 p. m.,, a full line
of household goods, consisting of
Golden Oak Dining Table and eight
leather-seated chairs to match, Wal-
nut Book Case, Sideboard and Sofa,
Mission Oak Sectional Book Case, 3
Double Beds, 13 Brass Bed with Box
Spring Mattress, Single Bed, Bureaus,
Wash Stands, Tables, Chairs, Chif-
fonier, Roll-top Desk, Dock Ash
Range, Books, Rugs, and other arti-
cles too numerous to mention. IL.
Frank Mayes, Auct. 22-1t
——TFire and Lightning insurance
at a reduced rate.—J. M. Keichline.
69-7-12t*
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - $1.05
Shelled Corn = = = = = 90
Bye. = =» i» = =; = 90
Oats. = =: = = = = = 55
Barley. =» = ov = iw. w -60
Buckwheat « = = = = 90