Bellefonte, Pa., September 26, 1924.
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~¢« NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Joe Thall has started work on
“the extension of his store room on
High street, next door to the Decker
~ + Bros. new garage.
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“trict Funeral Directors’ association
«held its fall meeting at the Fairbrook
. Country club, at Pennsylvania Fur-
i nace, last Thursday.
© ——“White Cargo” is now in its
second year at Daly’s theatre, New
York, and special companies are now
playing at the Playhouse, London,
Chicago and Boston.
* ~——The monthly missionary tea of
the ladies of the Reformed church will
be held at the Reformed parsonage,
Wednseday afternoon, October 1st, at
2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Schmidt requests a
full attendance of all the members.
——The Logan fire company took
their pumper to Beech Creek, on Sat-
urday, to extinguish a blaze in a cin-
der pile on the right-of-way of the
Pennsylvania railroad, which had been
burning ever since the Beech Creek
station was burned to the ground on
or about the first of August.
——The Lebanon Valley college
football team will be State’s oppo-
nents in the opening game on Beaver
field tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.
Five new men will be on State’s line-
«up this year, and tomorrow’s game
‘will afford the coaches an opportunity
to test out the various candidates.
——Miss Margaret Beezer, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beezer, of
Philipsburg, and well known here has
just been awarded a partial scholar-
ship in voice culture by the Ithaca
Conservatory of Music. She won it
by her singing in a contest with over
a hundred others seeking the honor.
——Considerable frost was noticed
by early risers in Bellefonte on Wed-
nesday morning but the heavy fog
which followed prevented any actual
damage. In various sections of the
county, however, the frost was quite
heavy. Out in the vicinity of Axe
Mann it was like a light fall of snow.
——Only one train on the Bald Ea-
gle Valley railroad will be affected
by the fall change of schedule on the
Pennsylvania railroad system, which
will go into effect on Sunday, and that
will be the Pennsylvania-Lehigh east-
bound. It will arrive in Bellefonte at
1:20 p. m. and leave at 1:25, instead
of reaching here at 1:25 and leaving
at 1:30. .. :
The first meeting of the Wom-
an’s club for the winter, will be held
Monday night, in the High school
building. Following the regular busi-
ness meeting, politics and the vote for
the coming election will be presented,
hoping to give the women a clear idea
of the viewpoint they should take in
the work before them. Every member
of the club is especially urged to be
at this meeting.
——It pays to advertise in the
“Watchman.” Just as we were about
to go to press last Thursday after-
noon a Bellefonte lady telephoned an
ad. for the sale of a range. The stove
was sold before three o’clock on F'ri-
day afternoon as the direct result of
that advertisement, and the lady was
thoughtful enough to call this office
and tell us of the virtue of advertising
in the “Watchman.”
——1In the neighborhood of eighty
school teachers were entertained at
luncheon at the Brockerhoff house, on
Saturday, by the Bellefonte Trust
company; the purpose being to inter-
est the teachers in the thrift and sav-
ings account deposits inaugurated by
that institution a year ago. Nelson
E. Robb, secretary and treasurer of
the company, acted as host to the
gatliering and explained in detail the
thrift and savings plans.
All the taxis in Bellefonte and
every available bus of the Emerick
Motor Bus company were requisition-
ed on Sunday to transport incoming
students from Bellefonte to State Col-
lege, and the stream of young men
and women continued through Mon-
day and Tuesday. As to trunks, the
Pennsylvania railroad baggage room
was deluged with an avalanche of
them, all sizes and shapes, and the
employees there will be dreaming of
trunks for some time to come.
——M. I. Gardner, well known in
Bellefonte, has been elected secretary
«of the Highland Clay Products com-
pany, of Clearfield, which owns 750
-acres of land, near Winburne, and is
already furnishing sand and gravel
for highway construction as well as
sand for building purposes. The com-
pany will also erect a new fire brick
plant, plans for which have already
been made. According to specifica-
tions a plant will be built with a ca-
pacity of thirty thousand brick daily.
——About twenty representatives
from the four counties, Centre, Clin-
ton, Lycoming and Northumberland,
attended the sectional tuberculosis
Christmas Seal conference at the Fal-
lon House, in Lock Haven, on Wed-
nesday. Miss Daise Keichline, volun-
teer nurse, and Elizabeth Meek, chair-
man, represented the tuberculosis
committee of the Bellefonte Woman's
club and Centre county as well, since
State College and Philipsburg were
not represented. The importance of
these volunteer organization confer-
ences may be appreciated when it is
stated that in 1923 the amount secur-
ed through the Christmas Seal sale in
this State was close to $350,000 and it
is a serious responsibility to spend
this money economically and effect-
ively.
——The Central Pennsylvania dis-
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THE MUSSER -
JUST STARTING.
! All week the court house has been
packed with people eager to be on
hand when the big case in this court
should be called. Day after day they
have gathered, only to hear less grave
ones disposed of, until yesterday after-
noon, when the last of them was
cleaned up and the preliminaries for
. the really big trial were begun.
|. Now Harry. Musser and Herbert
Heaton stand before the bar of jus-
tice accused of killing William Mus-
ser on the night of July 20th last, on
the road leading from Nittany to
Madisonburg.
The prosecution is being conducted
| by district attorney Dale and John G.
Love Esq. They will probably call
thirty or thirty-five witnesses.
Messrs. Spangler and Gettig are
representing the defendants and might
call as many as fifteen witnesses.
The selection of a jury is the first
big problem. There are only sixty
persons on the present panel and as
each side is permitted twenty peremp-
tory challenges and as many as they
want for cause the panel might be ex-
hausted and resort to talesmen made.
In such an event the county coroner
will have to call the talesmen as sher-
iff Taylor appears on the docket as
the prosecutor.
The case was opened at exactly 1:10
yesterday afternoon. Seated beside
the prisoner was his wife with bowed
head and their two little boys, too
young to sense the serious plight their
father is in. Musser stood while
Prothonotary Wilkinson solemnly read
the charge and when ‘asked how he
plead he replied in a strong voice
“Not Guilty.” Then the panel of six-
ty jurors was called. All but twelve
answered to their names.
Dave Washburn, of Bellefonte, was
the first one drawn. Challenged by
the defense. Following him Edward
W. Kane, of Bellefonte; J. F. Bible,
of Haines township, and W. G. Furst,
of Patton township were called in or-
der and challenged by the defense.
Next the name of Mrs. Mary C. Hev-
erly, of Bellefonte, was drawn. When
she had taken the box counsel for both
sides conferred at side bar after which
the court announced that with its
consent and agreement of counsel all
women on the panel would be excused
from service on this case.
At 3:10 yesterday afternoon five
jurors had been tentatively selected
and taken their places in the box.
The district attorney elected to try
the case against Musser ahead of the
one against Heaton.
No homicide case since the famous
tracted such county-wide interest as
the Musser trial now on. And in this
connection it might be said that while
Centre county has had a number of
killings during its century and a quar-
ter of history only seven men paid the
death penalty for their crimes. These
were as follows:
Dan Byers, who killed James Bar-
rows, a mulatto of Bellefonte, on Oc-
tober 15th, 1802. He was tried at the
November term of court the same year
and hanged in the public square on
December 13th, two days less than
two months after committing the
crime,
James Monks killed Reuben Guild
on Marsh Creek on November 16th,
1817, was tried in January, 1818, and
after a year’s delay was hanged on
January 23rd, 1819.
Seventy-one years then elapsed be-
fore the next execution, which was
William Seely Hopkins, who on Sep-
tember 20th, 1889, killed his wife and
mother-in-law in Philipsburg. He was
tried at the November session of court
and hanged on February 20th, 1890.
While the Hopkins trial was in
progress, or on November 27th, 1889,
Alfred Andrews killed Clara Price in
the woods near Pine Glen. He was
convicted at the February term of
court, 1890, and executed on April
9th, two months after his conviction.
On July 29th, 1904, five prisoners
figured in a general jail delivery from
the Centre county jail and to accom-
plish their purpose two of the men,
Ira Green and William Dillen beat
Jerry Condo, the aged turnkey, on the
head with an iron bar, inflicting in-
juries which caused his death. The
two men were captured within forty-
eight hours, were tried at the August
term of court, convicted of murder in
the first degree and executed on May
9th, 1905.
On October 16th, 1910, Bert Delige,
colored, killed Mrs. John Baudis, of
Scotia. He was convicted of murder
at the December term of court and
executed on April 25th, 1911.
Matthew A. McGinness, who for
nine years managed the Dimeling ho-
tel, at Clearfield, became assistant
manager of the Hotel Allan, at Potts-
ville, last week, going there from the
Allan hotel, in Allentown, where he
had been located the past year or
more. Twenty years or more ago Mr.
McGinness was employed at the Ho-
tel Allan in a minor capacity going
from there to the New American ho-
tel, in Indiana, Pa. Later he became
manager of the Dimeling hotel, in
Clearfield, going from there to Allen-
town and now is back in the Hotel
Allan as assistant manager. Mr. Mec-
Ginness is a son-in-law of Hon. and
Mrs. James Schofield, of Bellefonte,
and is well known here through his
frequent visits at the Schofield home.
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——While ordinarily summer ends
on September 21st it was prolonged
two days this year, so that autumn re-
ally didn’t begin until an early hour
on Tuesday morning, September 23rd.
And from now on the days will con-
tinue to grow shorter until December
21st.
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Andrews murder trial in 1890 has at-
1. Did You Miss It? © 0
- The moment the curtain raised on
“Meet the Wife,” at the Moose Temple
theatre, Tuesday evening we sensed an
! unusual prformance. The stage was
| set with such a care for detail that it
| almost foretold players accustomed to
- such environment and capable of mak-
ing it merely a setting for action even
more finished. “Meet the Wife” is a
comedy that we shudder to think of
seeing attempted: by an .incapable
caste. It is so constructed as to re-
quire the most finished action to ful-
ly interpret the subtlety of the lines.
If you missed “Meet the Wife” and
have seen “Cappy Rix,” “The Mis-
leading Lady” or “Tea for Three” you
will understand what we mean by say-
ing that the subtlety that makes the
play demands the best in acting.
In their respective roles we couldn’t
well expect to see Mr. Starling’s com-
edy more satisfactorily presented than
it was here. Miss Boylston reminded
us much of Marie Dressler, not only
in appe: ‘ance, but in the finesse of
her action. Certainly she was all the
author could have had in mind when
he undertook to hold a mirror up to
the selfish, vain, light-headed wives
who can’t see the unhappiness in their
own homes because of their desire to
make asses of themselves in public.
Every member of the company played
up to Miss Boyistan’s lead with such
intelligence as to get everything out
of the play their is in it. Donald
Campbell, Helen West, Lynn Berry,
Marvin Oreck, Messenger Bollis, Ir-
ma Zucca and Robert Garrison car-
ried roles that might easily have spoil-
splendidly done.
All in all it was an evening’s enter-
tainment so deliciously . entertaining
that we do not regret having had to
stay up until 2 a. m. to finish work
that was neglected while we were en-
joying it.
This is Membership Week at the
Y M.C. A,
Directors of the Y. M. C. A. have
planned a lively schedule for the fall
and winter months and, judging from
the interest already shown, a large
number of Bellefonte’s men and boys
will take advantage of it. An organ-
ized effort is being made this week to
push the total membership of the As-
sociation to 500, and every loyal cit-
izen of our home town is asked to
boost.
Two divisions, of five teams each,
with five men to a team, will make
the canvas. Division A is headed by
Frank M. Crawford and Division B by
Harry M. Murtorff.
Some of the many privileges offered
by the Association are: A well equip-
ped gymnasium under competent su-
pervision; four first class bowling al-
leys, with attendant in charge; bowl-
ing teams and leagues; lockers and
shower baths; boxing and wrestling;
social and game rooms; dormitory for
men; Hi-Y club for High school boys;
hikes and camps for younger boys.
At the last meeting of the board of
directors it was decided to make a re-
duction in the price of membership to
young men, bringing the rate to $5.00
a year. The purpose of this is to
bring the privileges of the Association
to the many young men of Bellefonte
who are not members at the present
time. The junior membership of $3.00
includes boys from 10 to 15 years of
age. As soon as the membership can-
vas is over a meeting will be called to
organize bowling and basket ball
teams, and their schedules will open
about the middle of October.
——45 different types of beds to
choose from at West Co. 38-1t
Stewart Takes Over the
Bush House.
James G.
Two weeks ago the “Watchman”
announced that the Bush House was
about to change hands, the Daggett
interests to be purchased by James G.
Stewart, of Tyrone. While the an-
nouncement may have been a little
premature it was correct so far as the
deal was concerned, but various con-
tingencies delayed the actual change
until Monday afternoon of this week
when the papers were all signed, the
money paid over and Mr. Stewart be-
came the new landlord, taking charge
at once.
As stated last week, Al. S. Garman,
of Tyrone, who spent all his early
life in Bellefonte, will be in direct
charge of the hotel for the present,
although he avers that his manage-
ship will be but temporary and until
Mr. Stewart can secure an experienc-
ed hotel man to take charge. It is
understood that all the old help will
be retained, even to George Freeman,
who has been a porter at the hotel for
so many years that he is almost a
part of the real estate. Eddie Zong
will continue in charge of the cafe in
the corner room for a week or two,
but may then decide to quit and go
into the automobile business. Lewis
Daggett, late proprietor of the hotel,
has not yet definitely decided where
he will locate.
——1If you want to buy a gift for
your friend go to West Co. 38-1t
ell
Now that the Decker Bros. are
cleaning up the rubbish on the street
and pavement their new garage at the
corner of High and Spring streets is
showing forth as a decided improve-
ment to that locality.
——The advance sale of seats for
“White Cargo” opens on Saturday at
Mott Drug Co., and from all indica-
tions a capacity audience will greet
the appearance here of this noted suc-
cess. :
ed the play had they mot been so.
| Brouse—Wieland—St. John’s Re-'
formed church, Boalsburg, was the
scene of a pretty wedding, at four
o’clock last Saturday afternoon, when
Miss Edwina C. Wieland, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Wieland, of
Linden, Hall, became the bride of Ed-
gar Frederick Brouse, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Brouse, of Boalsburg.
The church decorations were extreme-
ly beautiful, consisting of a screen of
evergreen and white autumn flowers,
and pink flowers across the entire
front of the church, forming a delight-
ful background for the bridal party.
The singing of “Oh, Sweet Mys-
tery,” by Rev. Kirkpatrick, and “Oh,
Promise Me,” by Mrs. Kirkpatrick was
the signal for the approach of the
wedding party in its happy march to
the altar, where the ceremony was
performed by the bride’s pastor, Rev.
J. Max Kirkpatrick, of the Presbyer-
ian church, assisted by the bride-
groom’s uncle, Rev. David Y. Brouse,
of the Methodist church. The attend-
ants were Miss Mildred Wieland, sis-
ter of the bride, as maid of honor;
Miss Elizabeth Woodbury, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and Miss Mary Powell, of
Wilkes-Barre, bridesmaids. The ush-
ers were Donald Wieland, of State
College; George Kramer, of Pitts-
burgh; Galen Roush, of Cleveland,
and Alex Wieland, of State College,
while Charles Hosterman, of Detroit,
officiated as best man.
Following the ceremony a reception
was held in the rear of the church and
| later the bridal party returned to the
flanked with jardinieres of hydrangeas’.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Jack Montgomery, who had been east
for a month, returned to Portland, Ore-
gon, last week.
—Mrs. Lewis Daggett went to Wyncote
Sunday, to look after a house, in antiei-
pation of the family’s going there to make
their home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Young, of Al-
toona, were in Bellefonte between trains on
Sunday visiting sick relatives at the Belle-
fonte hospital.
—Mrs. E. M. Broderick, of State College,
a member of the jury for the September
court, has been here for much of the week
attending court.
—Mrs. Charles Keichline, who on ac-
count of the illness of her mother, had
been at Kirkville, N. Y., for the past month
or more returned home Tuesday.
—Miss Grace Smith was in Bellefonte a
short time Tuesday, on her way from Cen-
tre Hall to Windber, where she will visit
with friends for a week or ten days.
—Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gettig returned
Tuesday from a motor trip east, having
left Tuesday of last week, with their two
older children, on a drive to Philadelphia.
—Mrs. George M. Sellers, of Williams-
port, spent a part of the week in Belle-
fonte and this vicinity, in the interest of
her work as one of the State's inspectors.
—~George T. Smith, of Detroit, Mich., was
{a week-end visitor of Mrs. Smith’s father
and sister, J. C. Showers and his daugh-
ter, of east Bishop street, being east on a
business trip.
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Reynolds came
here from Lancaster, Monday, and are now
guests of Mr. Reynolds’ brother and his
wife, Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds, at
their home on Linn street.
—George Kirk, of Luthersburg, and Da-
bride’s home at Linden Hall, leaving ' via Kirk, of Rockton, Clearfield county,
i soon afterwards on a motor trip to came to Bellefonte on Sunday and were
England States. The bride is a grad-
uate of the Bloomsburg Normal school
and for several years has been an in-
Bound Brook, New Jersey. The
bridegroom is a graduate of the Mont
Alto forestry Academy and for a num-
ber of years has been engaged in re-
search work for the Department of
Forests and Waters, at Harrisburg,
where they will make their future
home.
Among the guests present at the
wedding were Mr. and Mrs. George
Hunter, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs.
Alan B. Mingle, of Collingswood, N.
J.; Mr .and Mrs. Mitchell Garbrick, of
Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. James Watt,
of Tyrone; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Knoor, of Berwick; Mr. and Mrs.
George Hall, of Huntingdon; Misses
Lucille Ryan and Mary Powell, of
Wilkes-Barre; Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Zeigler, of Altoona; Misses Maude
and Gertrude Miller, of Pennsylvania
Furnace; Mr. and Mrs. James Tay-
William Mann, of Reedsville; Mr. and
Mrs. George Miller and daughters,
Dorothy and Ethel, of Hollidaysburg.
Sanders—Klesius.—A large num-
ber of guests were present in St. Ma-
ry’s Catholic church, Altoona, at 8
o’clock on Wednesday morning, to wit-
ness the marriage of Miss Helen Kles-
ius, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph M. Klesius, and Matthias San-
ders, both of that city. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. John Bender,
of Lock Haven, an uncle of the bride-
groom, assisted by Rev. George Bock,
rector of St. Mary’s and Rev. James
Melvin.
The attendants were Miss Marie
Sanders, bridesmaid; Violet Sanders,
ring bearer, and Charles Klesius, best
man, while Sister Caroline played the
wedding march. Following the cere-
mony a wedding breakfast was served
at the Colonial hotel after which the
young ‘couple left on a wedding trip
to New York and the Great Lakes.
The bride is quite well known in Belle-
fonte through her frequent visits with
relatives here.
Two Horses, Wagon and Load of
Coal Wrecked.
Nathan Kofman’s big team of
horses, his wagon and a load of coal
figured in a peculiar wreck early on
Monday afternoon while hauling coal
to the Edward Eckenroth home on
east Howard street. The driver of
the team drove up Cherry alley to an
alley running down to the Eckenroth
home and backed down it. In some
way the wagon got under such head-
way that the horses were unable to
stop it and the brakes refused to hold
and wagon, team and all backed down
over an embankment and landed on
Howard street. When the horses were
extricated from the mass of wreck-
age it was discovered that aside from
a good shaking up they were uninjur-
ed. The wagon, however, was some-
what smashed and the coal piled up
on the side of the street.
Before purchasing your new
rugs see our line.—West Co. 38-1t
——The Electric Supply Co. has
just installed one of the latest inai-
rect lighting fixtures in St. John’s
Lutheran church, of Bellefonte, at a
cost of $300, which is the gift of sev-
eral members of the congregation.
The bowl, or luminaire, 52 inches in
diameter, is of antique copper finish
with cathedral glass panels in the
bottom, and is artistic and dignified.
The five large bulbs, with X-ray re-
flectors inside the bowl produce an in-
direct illumination that is soft and
glareless throughout the entire
church. This luminaire was made es-
pecially by the Curtis Lighting Co., of
Chicago, to meet the architectural re-
quirements of the church, and its fine
appearance and the beautiful effect
produced have caused much favorable
comment.
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——Freshmen co-eds 2»t The Penn-
sylvania State College will not be per-
mitted to wear ear-rings.
lor, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mann and |
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structor in English in the schools at:
spend their honeymoon in the New | guests of their cousin, Dr. M. A. Kirk and’
family, until their return home on Mon-
day afternoon.
—The Misses Annie, Elizabeth and ‘Emily
Parker, of Spring street, are planning to
! close their house some time in October and
go to Battle Creek, Mich.,, expecting to
spend a part of the fall at that very pop-
ular health resort.
—E. F. Garman left for Philadelphia, on
Wednesday, to spend a few days doing
some fall buying in the city. Mrs. Gar-
; man, who has been visiting friends there
for the past three weeks, will accompany
Mr. Garman on the drive home.
—Miss Caroline Anderson, who had been
seriously ill at the home of her sister, Mrs.
W. C. Cassidy, on Bishop street, took a
sudden turn for the better last week, and
since that time a pronounced improvement
has been noted in her condition.
—Franecis Thomas has been in Bellefonte
this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. H. Thomas, on a short vacation between
summer school and the opening of the
winter session. Francis is an instructor
at Roxbury, one of the exclusive New Eng-
land schools for boys.
—Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thompson left on
Saturday morning on a visit with friends
in Waynesburg, Pa. Mr. Thompson is off
duty recuperating from an operation he
recently underwent at the Clearfield hos-’|
pital and is taking advantage of his lei-
sure by making some long-deferred visits.
—Mrs. H. M. Wetzel is entertaining her
mother, Mrs. Himelwright, who came here
from Bethlehem, Tuesday. Mrs. William
Schneller accompanied her mother to Belle-
fonte, but went directly on to Pittsburgh,
expecting to return Sunday to join Mrs.
Himelwright here at Mrs. Wetzel's for a
visit.
—Mrs. Harry Dukeman and her daugh-
ter, Miss Marion, are expecting to return
to Bellefonte within a few days, from
Clearfield, where they both have been sur-
gical patients in the Clearfield hospital.
Mrs. Dukeman’s case was completing the
treatment begun several months ago, while
Miss Dukeman’'s was a slight nose oper-
ation.
—MTrs. Elizabeth B. Callaway arrived
home Wednesday for a short visit in Belle-
fonte on her way back to New York city,
where she will be until leaving in January
for her third cruise around the world.
Since coming east the first of the month,
Mrs. Calloway has visited in Pittsburgh,
North Tonawanda, Lock Haven and Jer-
sey Shore.
—The Misses Anne McCormick and Mary
Cameron, of Harrisburg, were over night
guests of Miss Mary and Henry 8S. Linn,
Tuesday. The drive to Centre county was
made to bring Miss Maude Snowden to
Boalsburg, where she is now a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarlane, Miss Mec-
Cormick and Miss Cameron then coming
on to Bellefonte.
—The condition of Mrs. G. Ross Parker,
which was considered serious following her
recent operation at the Woman’s College
hospital, in Philadelphia, is now very
much improved and a rapid recovery is
looked for. With Mrs. Parker were her
two sisters, Mrs. Larimer, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. McGinness, of Pottsville; Mr. and Mrs.
Keller, of New Brunswick, and Ferguson
Parker, of Harrisburg.
—A motor party of three cars made the
drive to Eagles Mere, Sunday, returning
home late the same evening. The party
included Mr. and Mrs. Widdowson, Mrs.
West, Mrs. Olewine and Miss Adaline Ole-
wine, in the Widdowson car; Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Kissell, with a guest of theirs, Mr.
and Mrs. Mabee and Miss Mildred Wetzel
in the Kissell car, and Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Murtorf and their daughter in their
own car.
—Albert Ammerman, of Philadelphia,
was an arrival in town Saturday for one
of his occasional visits with his sister, Mrs.
Frank Compani, of south Allegheny street.
On Monday, when it was so .rainy and
drab, Albert thought there is a “jinx” on
his Bellefonte visits, for always his ar-
rival here has seemed to be the sign of
wet weather, We didn't see him Tuesday,
nor before he left on Wednesday, but those
two beautiful days must have convinced
him that there is nothing to this “jinx”
business.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Clevenstine, with
Mrs. Kathryn Nitchman, Bruce Wilson and
Sterret Gunsallus as motor guests, spent
last week on a drive through West Virgin-
ia and Maryland. Going direct to Oak-
land, Md., for a visit at the former home
of Mrs. Clevenstine and Mrs. Nitchman,
they went from there to Egton, W. Va.
and back into Maryland, returning home
by way of the Cumberland valley. Miss
Mazie Stahl, a cousin, accompanied them
to Bellefonte and will be a guest of the
Clevenstine family for an indefinite time.
It being the first pleasure trip Mr. Clev-
enstine has taken in the seven years he
has been in business, made the trip an es-
pecially eventful one for them.
RC I TS SEE ETN,
—Mrs. D, I. Willard, is in Lakewood, N.
J., on a visit with her new grand-son.
—Mrs. Benjamin Bradley has had as a
house guest within the week, her aunt,
Miss Cartwright, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
—Mrs. Harry Flegal and Mrs. Richard
Hoffer, of Philipsburg, have been guests
for the week, of Mrs. Roy Wilkinson. Both
women were attending court.
—Miss Lois Foreman is in New York
city for the winter, having entered Colum-
bia University as a student. Miss Fore-
man had been two years at Hood College.
© —Miss Agnes Shields, Joseph Hazel and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robinson were in Al<
toona Wednesday for the Sanders-Klesius
wedding, Miss Klessius being a cousin of
Miss Shields and Mr. Hazel.
—Mrs. James B. Lane and Mrs. John P.
Lyon were motor guests of Richard Lane,
of McKeesport, on a drive last wee: to
Summit, N. J., for a short visit with Mrs.
Lane’s sister, Mrs. Shaffner.
—Mrs. Paul Irvin Jr., Mrs. Kepel and Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Irvin left Wednesday for
the return drive to Canton, Ohio, follow-
ing a visit here with Mrs. Paul Irvin's un-
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Musser.
—Mrs. Harry Valentine accompanied
Miss Humes and her party to Bedford,
Saturday, spending much of the several
days she was there in studying the early
life of that section, one of the most histor-
ical parts of Pennsylvania.
—In anticipation of leaving shortly for
his former home in Sweden, for the win-
ter, Ivan Hansen, of Pittsburgh, is in Belle-
fonte for a farewell visit with his son and
family, M. C. Hansen, of east Linn street.
Mr. Hansen came to Bellefonte Tuesday.
In Society.
Mrs. Maurice Runkle was hostess,
Wednesday evening, at a card dinner
of thirty-five covers, given at her
home’ on Spring street.
Three tables of Mrs. Harrison
Walker’s most intimate friends were
her guests Tuesday evening for an in-
formal evening of cards, in honor of
Mrs. Leiby, of Newport, Mrs. James
Seig’s sister. :
Mrs. W. F. Reynolds will entertain
tonight with a dance at the Centre
Hills Country club, in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh M. Quigley. Mrs.
Quigley is a niece of Col. and Mrs.
Reynolds and one of the late summer
brides.
Mrs. N. B. Spangler and Mrs. James
Seig will be hostesses tonight at the
Brockerhoff house, at a dinner of six-
ty covers, followed by cards. Mrs.
Seig’s sister, Mrs. Leiby, who is vis-
iting in Bellefonte, will be the guest
of honor.
At an evening party to be given to-
night by Mrs. J. Kennedy Johnston,
for her two daughters, Catherine and
Martha, forty-two of the younger set
will be her guests.
Dr. M. A. Kirk celebrated his birth-
day yesterday with a family dinner,
Mrs. Kirk entertaining with five hun-
dred, in the evening, as a surprise to
her husband.
At the tea given by the Misses Mec-
Curdy and Mrs. Scott, at the McCur-
dy home on Linn street, Thursday of
last week, Miss McConaughy and Mrs.
William C. Thompson were the guests
of ‘honor.
Mrs. H. S. Cooper was hostess for
the afternoon card club Friday of last
week, at the home of her aunts, the
Misses Benner.
John P. Harris was host last week
at a dinner in celebration of his nine-
ty-second birthday. A number of out-
of town relatives were Mr. Harris’
guests.
Bellefonte High School
Schedule.
Ever since the opening of the Belle-
fonte public schools the High school
football squad has been in training
under coach Jay M. Riden. The team
captain is Merrill “Dutch” Waite, who
put up such a good game last year,
and as there is plenty of available
material the school should have a
winning team this season. The sched-
ule includes nine games, six of which
will be played at home. All the games
will be played on Hughes field at two
o’clock p. m., with the exception of
the game with Millheim which will
be at 10:30 o’clock in the morning.
Following is the schedule in full:
Football
October 4.—Lock Haven Normal at
Bellefonte.
October 11.—Millheim at Bellefonte.
October 18.—Altoona Catholic High
school at Bellefonte.
October 24.—Lock Haven Normal at
Lock Haven.
November 1.—Milton High at Bellefonte.
November 11.—Huntingdon at Bellefonte.
November 15.—Philipsburg at Philips-
burg.
November 22.—Mount Union at Mount
Union.
November 27 (Thanksgiving day).—Juni-
ata at Bellefonte.
— Twenty geological students,
from Princeton University, spent
most of last week in Bellefonte study-
ing the geological formations at the
various limestone quarries in this vi-
cinity. During their stay here they
were quartered at the Bush house.
——Philip D. Waddle came up from
Sunbury, yesterday, to participate in
the celebration of the 78th anniver-
sary of the birth of W. T. Twitmire.
Most of the members of the family
were here for the unusual event.
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Sale Register.
rday, September 27.—At one o'clock p.
Sr rs, Pri ©. Hooser will sell two
horses, 18 head of sheep and full line of
farm implements, on the Beezer farm
three miles east of Pleasant Gap. y
Mayes, austioneer.
Bellefonte Grain Market,
Corrected Weekly by C. ¥. Wagner & Co.
‘Wheat - - - - - - $1.25
Corn - - - - - - 1.30
Rye - - - - - - = 110
Oats = =. = ix ww iw 50
Barley - - - - - - 60
Buckwheat - = . - - 50