Bellefonte, Pa., August 15, 1924.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The regular monthly meeting
of the auxiliary of the American Le-
gion will meet in the Legion rooms,
Tuesday, August 19th, at 8 o’clock.
~ ——The condition of Oliver Wit-
mer, who has been very seriously ill
for some time, at his home on north
Spring street, remains unchanged.
——MTrs. John W. Conley is critic-
ally ill at her home in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota. Mrs. Conley left Cen-
tre Hall four years ago to make her
home in the west.
——Rev. M. C. Drumm has resign-
ed his pastorate of the Centre Hall
charge of the Lutheran church to ac-
cept a call to Middleburg, the change
to take place September first.
——The Williams family reunion
will be held in the Miles grove, at
Martha Furnace, on Saturday, August
23rd. This is one of the biggest re-
unions in Centre county and always
attracts a large crowd.
——The many friends of Hon. A.
G. Morris will learn with regret that
there is no improvement in his condi-
tion. In fact he is steadily growing
weaker as the result of exhaustion
due to his long and most active life
and there is little or no hope of any
restoration of his old-time health and
vigor.
——Among promotions in the for-
eign diplomatic service under the
Rogers reorganization bill is recorded
Pierre deLagarde Boal from Class 6,
salary $4,500, to Class 5, salary $5,
000. Mr. Boal is a son of Col. Theo-
dore Davis Boal, of Boalsburg, and
has been in the diplomatic service in
France ever since the close of the
world war.
The oiling gang of the State
Highway Department have been at
work in Bald Eagle valley this week,
oiling the road from Snow Shoe Inter-
section to Bald Eagle. Motorists
traveling . from Bellefonte west and
wishing to avoid the oil should go
either by way of the Buffalo Run val-
ley or State College and Pennsylva-
nia Furnace.
——Bond Musser, who with his
family moved to Red Lion, York coun-
ty, early in the summer to go into the
garage business with his brother-in-
law, evidently tired of that locality or
did not find the change a paying prop-
osition, as he has returned to Belle-
fonte and is back on his old job as one
of the drivers for the Emerick Motor
Bus company.
Malcolm Wetzler, son of Frank
Wetzler, of Milesburg, and who as a
band man is a regular “chip off the
old block,” is out in the vrestern part
of the State this week tooting his
horn. Mac is a member of the Jaffa
Shrine band, of Altoona, and is one of
four members who are with the Erie
Shrine band on a week’s tour in the
western part of the State.
——Notwithstanding the fact that
there is always some kind of outdoor
diversion during the summer months
the Scenic is always a good drawing
card for those seeking an evening of
good entertainment and amusement.
The motion picture programs shown
there are always worth seeing and
please old and young alike. Be a reg-
ular and see all the good ones.
——The Pennsylvania railroad com-
pany has placed an old box car at
Beech Creek and equipped it as a tem-
porary station where station agent D.
A. Barlett now holds forth as the re-
sult of the destruction by fire of the
old station two weeks ago. Every in-
dication points to the fire as having’
been of incendiary origin and railroad
detectives are at work in an effort to
uncover the perpetrators.
——Members of the various I. O.
O. F. lodges in Centre county, as well
as in Clinton and portions of other
adjoining counties, are making elab-
orate preparations for their big re-
union and picnic to be held at Hecla
park Monday, September 1st, (Labor
day.) While the Grange encamp-
ment at Centre Hall will open, unof-
ficially, the Saturday previous it will
not interfere to any extent with the
big Odd Fellows gathering.
——Last week the “Watchman” de-
voted considerable space and wasted
a lot of sympathy over the alleged
fact that William Corman had lost his
pocketbook containing $67.00 in checks
and cash, even telling how the book
had fallen out of his pocket while
cranking his car at the railroad sta-
tion and that a woman had seen a
gtrange man pick it up and make way
with it. The fact of the matter is
that Mr. Corman dropped his pocket-
book in the milk station where it was
found under one of the big vats a day
or two after he lost it and returned to
him intact, and he failed to make
known its recovery.
During a severe electric storm
which passed over Philadelphia and
vicinity, last Friday afternoon, light-
‘ning struck the garage of Charles
McClure Esq., on Runnymede Ave.
Mr. McClure was in the garage tink-
ering with his car at the time and
was severely burned on the shoulder
and upper portion of the body. The
bolt also set fire to the building and
his calls for help brought a neigh-
bor, Fredesick FEleyy to his res-
cue. HE got him out of the burning
building and summoned the firemen.
The fire was extinguished after doing
about $600 damage. Mr. McClure is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. James I. Mc-
Clure, of Bellefonte, and in a letter to
his father this week he states that he
is recovering from the effeqfs of the
shock.
AUTO THIEVES BUSY IN TOWN.
Daring Attempts to Steal Cars on
Monday Night Failed, but One
Taken Tuesday Night.
Some unknown person or persons
made at least four daring and unsuec-
cessful attempts to steal Bellefonte
automobiles on Monday night. The
cars of W. D. Zerby Esq., and Cel.
James G. Taylor were removed from
in front of their respective homes but
whoever took them were evidently un-
able to get them started for both cars
were abandoned at the Lutheran
church. The car of Hugh Wagner, the
High street _confectioner, was taken
from the rear of his home on Thomas
street and found down near Frank M.
Mayer’s mill. The car of James Furst
Esq., was removed from in front of
his home on west Linn street and
found in front of Frank Sasserman’s
home on north Water street, and the
person who took it and was compelled
to abandon it because he could not get
the motor started took a bicycle be-
longing to one of Mr. Sasserman’s
younger daughters. No trace of it
has been found.
Bellefonte police are of the opinion
that the attempts to steal the cars were
made by one or more of the prisoners
who escaped from the Rockview peni-
tentiary on Sunday night, but this is
mere speculation. It is hardly possi-
ble that any one of that gang would
be loitering: in or around Bellefonte
for a period of thirty-six hours. It
is more likely that the attempts were
made by somebody who was anxious
to take a car ride, regardless of the
consequences.
About half-past four o’clock on
Tuesday morning Frank P. Hoag,
manager of the Western Maryland
Dairy, ‘was awakened by a noise on
the street in front of his home on
north Thomas street and hurrying
down stairs went out on the front
porch to see what was wrong. As he
did so a man jumped from his car and
ran north en Thomas street. While
from appearance Mr. Hoag was not
able to identify the man as one of the
escaped prisoners from the Rockview
penitentiary, he yet feels certain that
such was the case because, he argues,
no Bellefonte man would attempt to
steal a car at that hour in the morn-
ing. And the only reason he didn’t
get his was because it was locked and
he couldn’t start it.
Such was not the case, however,
with Frank Crawford’s car, as auto
thieves got away with it on Tuesday
night and at this writing no trace of
the car has been discovered. With a
tank full of gas when Mr. Crawford
drove to his home on east Curtin
street on Tuesday evening he left the
car stand on the driveway in the rear
of the house instead of running it into
the garage. On Wednesday morning
the car was gone without leaving a
trace of its disappearance. Francis
Crawford slept on the sleeping porch,
which is in the rear of the house and
not many feet from where the car was
parked and yet he failed to hear the
thief or thieves, evidence that they
are experts at getting away with a
car, especially when it is left out in
the open, full of gas and the ignition
key in place.
In addition to the above theft and
attempts at stealing cars the owner of
a private garage made the discovery
on Wednesday that the lock on the
garage door had been almost filed off,
but whoever did the job was evidently
frightened away before he could get
inside.
Naturally car owners have cause to
worry over this sudden outbreak, and
Bellefonte authorities are taking steps
to prevent, if possible, any further
stealing. On Wednesday night, owing
to the presence in town of so many
automobilists, special policemen were
put on to guard the cars, and so far
as could be learned no attempts were
made to steal anything.
Roy Chambers Injured in Mine.
Roy Chambers, son of David Cham-
bers, of Clarence, is in the Bellefonte
hospital with a broken leg, body cuts
and bruises and internal injuries as
the result of a fall of rock in mine
No. 26, near Clarence, last Friday
morning. He had put off a shot and
after waiting a reasonable length of
time went in to see whether it was
successful or not, and just as he en-
tered the chamber there was a delay-
ed fall of rock which almost buried
him beneath it. He was removed as
quickly as possible and after being
given first aid treatment was brought
to the Bellefonte hospital. There it
was found he had sustained a broken
leg, numerous cuts and bruises on the
head and body and internal injuries.
It was impossible to determine the ex-
tent of the latter for several days but
as he is now resting easier it is not
believed they will prove as sericus as
at first feared.
Diller Buck Dies at Wheel of Car.
Diller Buck, a well known farmer
of Warriorsmark township, Hunting-
don county, and who had many friends
in the western end of Centre county,
literally died at the wheel of his au-
tomobile on Saturday evening. Mr.
Buck and family were on their way
home from Huntingdon where they at-
tended the Goodman family reunion.
L Just after crossipg the bridge in the
town of Alexandria Mr, Buck stopped
his car in the middle of the highway,’
relaxed in his seat and died without
a word.
He was a son of Isaac and Lydia
Ann Buck and was born near Centre
Line seventy-four years ago. He is
survived by his wifc and four chil-
dren; also two sisters and one broth-
er. Burial was made in the Methodist
cemetery at Warriorsmark on Tues-
! No
[ day afternoon.
Murder Case.
No new developments of a startling .
~ | nature have occurred in the Musser
murder case. The three men now in
the Centre county jail, namely, Harry
Musser, Herbert Heaton and Seymore
Stover, all believed to be implicated
in one way or another with the killing
of William Musser in Little Sugar |
valley on the night of July 19th, are
‘maintaining complete silence in re-
gard to what took place on Saturday
evening and night of the above date.
While district attorney. Arthur C.
Dale and sheriff E. R. Taylor feel en-
tirely confident that they have the
right men, the exact motive for the
killing has not been cleared up unless
it is in connection with the transfer of
William Musser’s property.
As told in the “Watchman” at the
time of the murder William Musser,
when he was arrested for bootlegging
almost a year ago, deeded his proper-
ty to his nephew, Harry Musser. Said
property had been purchased by Wil-
liam Musser some two or three years
previous for approximately $900.
Following his release from the county
jail on July 12th, he naturally decid-
ed he would like the property return-
ed to him, but Harry Musser, during
the months his uncle was in jail, had
sold the property to a man named
Smith for $1500, and Smith and his
family were then and are now occu-
pying the same. It is also rumored
that William Musser came to Belle-
fonte and consulted an attorney in
regard to bringing action against his
nephew to compel the return of the
property. This was only a few days
before he was brutally murdered in
Little Sugar valley, and this may have
been the motive of the tragedy.
Harry Musser, naturally, is the man
most deeply interested and he so far
has maintained a somewhat indiffer-
ent attitude as to the outcome. No
preliminary hearing has been held up
to this time and it is just possible
none will be held, as the September
term of court is only about a month
away and it is cuite likely the men
will be brought to trial at that time.
In the meantime the attorneys inter-
ested in the case are hard at work
preparing for the legal tilt that
seems inevitable.
Milesburg the Amusement Mecca To-
morrow, Afternoon and Evening.
Thousands of Centre countians
were probably disappointed at not get-
ting the car given away at the busi-
ness men’s picnic on Thursday, but
another opportunity is offered to get
a car for nothing by attending the big
doin’s of the Wetzler band at Miles-
burg tomorrow. The car to be given
away there will be taken right out of
the sales room and has not been run
all over the county for advertising
purposes.
The first part of tomorrow’s pro-
gram will be held in the afternoon
when the Milesburg and Grass Flat
baseball teams will cross bats. From
time immemorial Milesburg has had
the reputation of producing good ball
players, and there are still enough of
them there to make things interesting
for any team going against them.
For this reason the game tomorrow is
going to be one worth seeing.
Of course the festival in the even-
ing will be the great attraction.
Wetzler’s band will be in full regalia
and will furnish the music. And we
all know the reputation this band has
all over the country. In fact it is al-
ways a prize winner wherever it ap-
pears and they will render some of
their best and latest selections tomor-
row evening.
Milesburg is easy of access, and
motoring parties from most any sec-
tion of the county can reach it over
state highways. Preparations have
been made to entertain a large crowd,
so you need have no hesitation in
going.
Trustees Hold Monthly
Meeting.
Hospital
The monthly meeting of the board
of trustees of the Centre County hos-
pital was held at the hospital on Tues-
day evening.
The Building committee submitted
plans for the excavation and founda-
tion for the new wing of the hospital,
which were approved by the board and
the committee was authorized to ad-
vertise for bids for the work. As it
will be several weeks before bids ean
be received, considered and the con-
tract awarded it will mean at least a
month before actual work can be
started.
The Finance committee reported
that a small number of subscribers to
the big drive fund have not paid their
May first installment, and all such are
urged to bring their payments up to
date without delay.
The Supplies committee reported
that contracts have been made with
several local concerns for necessary
supplies for the hospital at a figure
which will effect a considerable re-
duction in the cost of same.
President Hazel announced that the
Ladies Auxiliary will appoint the
members of the visiting committee in
the near future.
New P. O. S. of A. Camp at Boalshurg
A new Camp of the P. 0. S. of A.
will be instituted at Boalsburg on
Tuesday evening, August 19th, at
7:30 o'clock, by district president
John M. Fisher, of Bellefonte. The
initiatory work will be put on by the
degree team of Bellefonte Camp, un-
der the direction of degree master
Niles E. Davis. The speakers for the
evening will be Judge ‘Albert Johnson,
of Lewisburg; Hon. W. I. Swope, of
Clearfield, and Charles B. Helms, of
Philadelphia, State secretary.
New Developments in Musser
EIGHT PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Seven Took French Leave on Sunday,
One on Monday. Two of Them
Recaptured.
Seven more prisoners escaped from
the Rockview penitentiary on Sunday,
but one was recaptured on Monday,
leaving six unaccounted for at this
writing. The first man to make his
{ escape was William Rapolsky, of Lu-
zerne county, who got away some
time during the afternoon by scaling
the stockade. His absence was not
discovered until supper time when his
place at the table was vacant. Guards
were promptly sent out on the hunt
of him and while thus engaged six
more men got away by cutting their
way fto liberty through the wire stock-
ade. The six men were John Kelly,
of Westmoreland county; John Kel-
ley, of Philadelphia; John L. Corman,
of Erie; J. T. Johnston, of Allegheny;
Fred Lutz, of Clearfield, and Frank
Pace, of Allegheny. “ John Kelly, of
Westmoreland, was captured near Un-
ionville on Monday morning by Wil-
liam Stanley, of Milesburg, and re-
turned to the Centre county jail.
Several weeks ago four men made
their escape from Rockview and last
week another prisoner got away, none
of whom have been recaptured. Veri-
ly it is beginning to look as if “sym-
pathy for the unfortunates” is being
wasted on the prisoners at Rockview.
The second of the escaped prison-
ers was rounded up on Tuesday morn-
ing below Smith’s mills, in Little Nit-
tany valley, by two penitentiary
guards. He proved to be John Kelley,
of Philadelphia, one of the men who
escaped by cutting through the wire
stockade. He was landed in the Cen-
tre county jail without offering any
resistance.
When prison officials made a
count of the inmates on Monday even-
ing they discovered another man miss-
ing, George Brantley, of Crawford
county. He worked in the new nurs-
ery on the side of the mountain above
Peru and failed to return to the pris-
on for supper. Brantley, however,
was due for his discharge on August
20th and prison officials do not believe
he made a get away but rather that
he is lost on the mountain.
The third one of the escaped pris-
oners was recaptured at Harrisburg
on Tuesday night. He was Frank Pace,
of Allegheny, who was arrested while
trying to beg a ride east. He was
brought to the Centre county jail on
Wednesday. A squad of State police
under command of Capt. Stout, was
sent to the penitentiary on Tuesday
to keep watch for a few days and see
that no more escapes occur.
Summer Session at State College Will
Close Today.
The fifteenth annual summer school
at State College will close today, fol-
lowing the first mid-summer com-
mencement held last night. A total
of 1923 young men and women, most-
ly teachers, have taken the summer
course. Every county in Pennsylva-
nia as well as twenty-two other States
were represented. Women students
outnumbered the men two to one.
Seventy-three men and women took
the course in French and sixty de-
grees were awarded by Dr. John M.
Thomas at the -commencement last
night.
The following from Bellefonte and
vicinity were enrolled at the session:
Miss Martha J. Barnhart, Miss Hel-
en G. Brown, Miss Mildred L. Fish-
burn, Gorman L. Fisher, Paul D.
Foreman, Miss Gretta M. Frye, Miss
Martha W. Geiss, Ray C. Ishler, Ellis
0. Keller, Mrs. Sara R. McGarvey,
Miss Vema M. Peters, Ralph U. Poor-
man, Edward V. Rhoads, Miss Joyce
M. Showalter, Miss Marguerite E.
Stevenson, Miss Grace I. Ward and
Robert M. Woodring.
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Missionary Societies to Have Exhibit
at Lewistown Fair.
The Women’s Missionary societies
of most of the churches in Lewistown
have arranged for a religious and mis-
sionary display at the Mifflin county
fair at Lewistown next week. A com-
plete line of interdenominational mis-
sion study books will be shown as
well as curios from various foreign
countries. Girls in costume will have
charge of the booth all the time and
free leaflets and other literature will
be distributed. Any one attending the
fair should not fail to visit the mis-
sionary booth. ;
Painfully Hurt in Stone Crusher.
While helping to operate a stone
crusher at his home in Marion town-
ship, one day last week, Ralph Orr
had a rather thrilling experience as
well as narrow escape from very ser-
ious injury. In some way he got a
little too close to the ponderous ma-
chinery with the result that his cloth-
ing was caught and he was drawn
against the crusher. Fortunately his
garments gave way and every bit of
them were torn from his body except
his socks and shoes. Mr. Orr was badly
bruised but not seriously hurt and is
well on the way to normalcy.
Ku Kluxers Hold Meeting in Court
House.
A regularly scheduled meeting in
the interest of the Ku Klux Klan was
held in the court house on Wednesday
evening which was addressed by Dr.
Brewster, of Pittsburgh. Some three
hundred men from Bellefonte and var-
ious portions of the ebunty were pres-
ent but none of them were gowned or
hooded. Admission to the meeting
was by card only, but anybody who
wished to attend was given a card at
the door, so that it was not entirely
a secret affair.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Abner Alexander and E. M. Huyett
motored from Centre Hall Monday to spend
part of the day in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Morris Furey went to State Col-
lege, Saturday, for one of her frequent vis- |
its with her daughter, Mrs. Hiram Lee.
—E. T. Hall, the gentleman who has the
responsibility of collecting the taxes up in
Union township, was in town on business
Monday. merning.
—Miss Rebecca C. Valentine, of Curtin
street, has returned from a two week’s vis-
it with her brother, Stanley B., and his
family, in Lancaster.
—Miss Daisy Graham and her niece,
Virginia Hughes, joined James R. Hughes
in Buffalo within the week, going up to
spend several days at Niagara Falls.
—Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Ambrose M. Schmidt
returned home on Tuesday afternoon,
after making an extended visit to their
son William and his wife, at Johnstown.
—Miss Marguerite Rees, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Rees, of Indiana, arrived in
Bellefonte last Friday on a visit to her
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rees.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Shattuck, of
State College, are contemplating a trip to
Boston, expecting to leave within a few
days to spend two weeks at Mr. Shattuck’s
former home,
—Mrs. Charles Morris and her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, arrived here from Macon,
Georgia, Saturday, to join the family,
called to Bellefonte by the. critical illness
of A. G. Morris.
—Miss Caroline McClure, stenographer
at the Decker Bros. garage, spent a week
of her summer vacation with her sister,
Miss Martha McClure, at Wilkinsburg, re-
turning home Sunday.
—Mrs. William Cross and her two
younger children are spending a month
with Mrs. Cross’s mother, Mrs. Leathers,
at Mt. Eagle, having gone there from the
Cross farm, south of town, two weeks ago.
—Blake McKelvey, the elder son of the
Rev. and Mrs. E. E. McKelvey, and a Sen-
ior at the University of Syracuse, arrived
home Tuesday to spend the remainder of
his vacation in Bellefonte with his par-
ents.
—Bond Valentine, of Philadelphia, will
be among Bellefonte’s summer guests. Mr.
Valentine is expected here for the last two
weeks in August, for a visit at the home
of his aunt, Miss Mary Valentine, on Cur-
tin street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robinson arrived
home Tuesday evening from a vacation trip
which included Pittsburgh, Cleveland, De-
troit, a boat trip across the lakes to Buffa-
lo and Niagara, returning home from the
latter place.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foote, of the
Bush house, are entertaining their son,
Stuart M. Foote, who, with Mrs. Foote and
their son, Stuart Charles, motored here
Sunday from their home at Farmington,
Connecticut.
—Martha, Edith and Jean Underwood,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Under-
wood, of Erie, returned home Wednesday,
following a ten day’s visit in Bellefonte
with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Underwood. .
—Evan Blanchard and Charles Bullock
went to Eagles Mere, Thursday of last
week, to be there for a part of August with
Rev. Maynard, who is in charge of that
parish for August, during the resident rec-
tor's summer vacation. a
—Mrs. Willis Weaver, of Windber, has
been visiting in Centre county, the greater
part of her time being spent with her sis-
ter, Mrs. W. F. Ertley, at State College,
and with Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, of Willow-
bank street, Bellefonte,
* —Mrs. Samuel McClure and children, of
Erie, arrived in Bellefonte on Saturday for
a several week’s visit at the Mr. and Mrs.
James I. McClure home. The Lawrence
McClure family, of Renovo, have also been
here on their summer visit.
—Miss Ida Greene, who returned last
week from Erie, where she had been for
the funeral of her brother, the late Elmer
Greene, will leave again this week, to go
to Huntingdon to be there and with friends
in Altoona until the early part of the
month of September.
—George Geiss, accompanied by his
grandfather, David K. Geiss, came up from
Philadelphia on Saturday for a brief vis-
it with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wag-
ner Geiss, returning to the Quaker city on
Sunday. Grandfather Geiss, however, will
remain in Bellefonte until after Labor
day.
—Miss Margaret Noonan Toe home from
New York on a two week’s vacation, which
she is spending with her mother and sister,
Mrs. James Noonan and Miss Geraldine, at
their home on Logan street. Mrs. Noonan
is also entertaining her niece, Miss Mary
Louise Melvin, of Corning, N. Y., who has
been in Bellefonte since the first of August.
—Mrs. Emil Joseph, of New York city,
is at the Brockerhoff house for a part of
the month of August and according to her
present plans, will be joined later by her
two sons, Edward and Manny, both of
whom are men of affairs in the city. For
many years Mrs. Joseph was a resident of
Bellefonte, the boys having lived all their
boyhood life here.
—Miss Mary Sterrett will come here from
Bradford, tomorrow, to be a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. John 8. Walker and Miss Annie
Shortlidge. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth
Shortlidge, of Columbus, Ohio, and their
family, are among the August guests en-
tertained by the Walkers, stopping here
several days last week on a drive to the
eastern part of the State.
—Miss Mary W. Meek, of Pennsylvania
Furnace, with her house guest, Miss An-
nie Rudy, of Austinville, Va.; John Bress-
ler and Paul Leidy, motored to Bellefonte
Wednesday, spending the day here with
friends and in the shops. Miss Rudy is a
native of State College but went with her
parents to Virginia when a small child,
this being her first visit back, Having ar=
rived in Centre county two weeks ago, the
first part of the time has been given to
her uncle, Mr. Bressler, at Miss Meek’s,
her plans however, include visits of two
months or more with relatives through the
county. :
—Mrs. D. L. Goldie, of New York city,
her mother, Mrs. M. Lowther, the latter's
grand-son, William Radcliff Jr, and Miss
Margaret Clark, of Philadelphia, have been
spending two weeks at the Chauncey De
Long farm, “Brookview,” near Blanchard.
Being on a drive through. Pennsylvania,
the party, upon leaving there will return
east by way of the Pocono mountains and
Delaware Water Gap, continuing their trip
through Maine and into Canada. Mrs.
Lowther and Mrs. Goldie have many rela-
tives in this locality, the former being a
daughter of the late William Eckley, a
life Jong resident of Centre county.
! —Philip D. Waddle is home this week
‘for a short stay with friends in Bellefonte.
| —DMiss Loretta Kane is spending her two
: week’s vacation in Blairsville as a guest of
' Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Flack.
| —The Misses Linn, of Williamsport, have
' been here for the past week, guests of their
: sister ‘and brother, Miss Mary and Henty
S. Linn.
—Elmer Straub and his daughter, Miss
Anna have had among their August guests
Mr. Straub’s son James and his wife, of
Cleveland.
—Miss Vilch and Miss Shiller, both of
Cumberland, Md., have been in Bellefonte
for the past week, guests of their sister,
Mrs. John Dubbs,
—Mrs. McElvoy, of Lima, Ohio, better
known in Bellefonte as Miss Jennie Brown,
is with her brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. T. Clayton Brown.
—Charles Dorworth Jr. and his uncle,
Hugh N. Crider, of Atlantic City, are on a
drive through the west, Yellowstone Park
being their objective point.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Moore entertained
Mr. Moore's two sisters, Miss M. J. and
Miss Bess Moore, of Kingston, within the
week, both being here for the week-end.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caldwell have
had among their August guests Mr. Cald-
well’s sister, Miss Mame Caldwell, of Clear-
field, for many years a resident of Belle-
fonte.
—Included in Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bad-
ger’s guests for the past week have been
the Rev. and Mrs. Fred Drieseng, of Chi-
cora, Pa., and Mrs. Ellen Hoover and her
daughter, Miss Sarah, of Lancaster.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick have had
as house guests Mrs. Kilpatrick’s sister,
Miss Ethel Clayton, of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. Deried Kilpatrick, of Pittsburgh,
who stopped in Bellefonte for a short visit
on her way to New York.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keller are in
Bellefonte for a short visit, on their way
home to New Brunswick from Madison,
Wis., where Mr. Keller had been doing
summer work. During their stay here
they will be guests of the Schofield, Kel-
ler and Parker families.
—Howard and Irving Leopold, who have
been here for the greater part of the sum-
mer, with their uncle and aunt, Mr, and
Mrs. Charles Schlow, were joined Sunday
by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leo-
pold, of Philadelphia, who have been
guests in the Schlow family during the
‘week.
—Mrs. Fairlamb, a native of Bellefonte,
and well known to many of its older resi-
dents as Miss Ada Weaver, is here from
Philadelphia, a guest of her brother and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. George Weaver. = As
Mrs. Fairlamb left the city owing to the
intensive heat of last week, her stay in
Bellefonte will be indefinite, or until the
hot weather of the summer is past.
—Col. J. Miles Kephart has returned to
Centre county from Seaside Park, N. J.,
and is now at the hotel at Unionville, where
he expects to be indefinitely. Mr. Kephart,
who upon leaving here two years ago went
to Bath, N. Y., did not make his customary
visit home last year, though now, accord-
ing to his plans, he is back to spend the
remainder of his life among Centre county
friends.
—Mrs. Oscar Wetzel and her daughter,
Miss Ethel, spent the latter's vacation on
a drive through the eentral part of the
State, visits being made with relatives at
Jersey Shore, Williamsport, Jerseytown
and Bloomsburg. Miss Dorothy Batt, a
niece of Mrs. Wetzel, who joined them at
Jersey Shore, and Merl Wetzel, who has
been working at Sunbury during the sum-
mer, accompanied them home. Merl will
return to his work early next week, fol-
lowing a week’s visit in Bellefonte.
—In Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. Garman’s par-
ty, occupying the Garman summer home,
“Edgefonte,” at Axe Mann, for the month
are Mr. and Mrs. Garman, their son-in-
law, daughter and grand-son, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles W. Hargens and “Billy,” all
of Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
lace 8. Harlan and their daughter Anna,
of Coatesville. Mr. Garman, who arrived
here last week, is now planning to go on
to St. Louis next week to attend the con-
vention of the National Jewelers Associa-
tion.
—Miss Rachel Stutsman, who has been
spending a month’s vacation with her par-
ents at Rockview, will return to her posi-
tion next week, stopping on her way at
the Institute for Feeble-Minded, Polk, Pa.,
to make observations on a group of chil-
dren there. Miss Stutsman, a graduate of
the University of Chicago, and graduate
student of Bryn Mawr, is instructor in
psychology in Merrill Palmer school, Pe-
troit, an institute founded and endowed
with $4,000,000 by Senator and Mrs. Pal-
mer, of Michigan, for research and instruc-
tion in improved methods of rearing and
educating children. While here, Miss
Stutsman made observations on a group of
children from eighteen months to two
years as she is compiling data for stand-
ardizing mental tests for children of pre-
school age and will probably use this ma-
terial for her Ph. D. thesis from Universi
ty of Chicago.
Miss Lois Rishel in Second Enter-
tainment.
Miss Lois Rishel, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. C. W. Rishel, will give a
second entertainment in the Metho-
dist church at Pleasant Gap next
Thursday evening, August 21st. All
those who heard this versatile and
talented young . lady several weelss
ago will surely want to hear her again.
During the past three weeks she has
given recitals and musical entertain-
ments in various sections of the coun-
ty and her audiences were loud in
their praise of her talents. As a read-
er and soloist she is exceptionally
pleasing. The entertainment will be
given under the auspices of the young
ladies Sunday school class who are
taking this means toward discharging
an obligation entered into for neces-
sary repairs to the parsonage.
———Charles Baney Jr. was arrest-
ed by local officers at his home in
Spring township last Thursday night
on the charge of passing fraudulent
checks in Lewistown.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected Weekly by by C X. Wagner & Co.
‘Wheat - $1.25
Shelled Corn ~- = = = = 1.20
Rye - - - - - - - 1.00
Oats, .». =. = =. = =.= 03
Barley = = = = = = -60
Buckwheat « = = « = 90