Demooralic Wad,
Bellefonte, Pa., January 2, 1925.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY,
— There will be communion serv-
ices in the Bellefonte Presbyterian
church Sunday morning.
—— Mrs. Roberta Smith-Bucher has
moved to Bellefonte from Lock Haven
and will conduct a vapor bath on the
second floor of the Decker Bros. build-
ing.
——The Thimble Bee of the ladies
of the Reformed church will meet to-
morrow (Friday) afternoon, at the
home of Mrs. Jacob Hoy, on Thomas
street, as the guests of Mrs. Hoy and
her daughters, Mrs. Eberhart and
Mrs. Stevens.
——A burning flue at the Bush
house, Wednesday afternoon of last
week, called out the entire fire depart-
ment, but aside from giving the
crowds of Holiday shoppers on the
streets an unexpected thrill, no dam-
age was done.
President John M. Thomas, of
The Pennsylvania State College, was
recently commisisoned a major in the
O. R. C., by the War Department. Dr.
‘Thomas had held the rank of captain
because of service as a chaplain dur-
ing the Mexican border trouble.
——The First National bank of
Howard is evidently thriving under
its present management. At the last
meeting of its directors they found
the institution’s” earnings to be such as
to warrant them in increasing the
«dividend to 6 per cent. semi-annually.
——Christmas cards received in
Bellefonte from Mr. and Mrs. Paul
W. Rumberger, of Williamsburg, was
‘the first intimation that friends of the
bridegroom had of his marriage. He
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rum-
berger and spent most of his boyhood
.days in Bellefonte.
——The new year is here and one
way to start it right is to resolve to
become a regular attendant at the
Scenic and thus see all the motion pic-
tures of quality sure to be shown at
that popular movie house. If not an
every evening patron now is the time
to get the habit.
——Word has been received in
Bellefonte by the friends of the Hen-
ry Lowery family, that their two
daughters, Miss Belle and Mrs. Ed-
win Beers, both of Moundsville, W.
Va., have been very ill with scarlet
fever. Miss Lowery was taken to
her home in McKeesport.
Announcement was made last
week of the engagement of Vance C.
McCormick and Mrs. Gertrude How-
ard Olmstead, widow of the late Con-
gressman Marlin E. Olmsted, both of
Harrisburg. Mr. McCormick is a
member. of. the. board of trustees of
The Pennsylvania State College, and
is quite well known to many Centre
county people.
——O0n Tuesday of last week one of
the heavy trucks of the Centre Coun-
ty Building and Supply company got
away from the driver as he turned the
corner from Bishop onto Spring street
and running onto the pavement struck
the Dr. Brockerhoff residence with
sufficient force to dislodge some of the
brick in the wall and badly damage a
fireplace in the sitting room.
A belated wedding announce-
ment is that of Miss Ellen Ishler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ish-
ler, of Linden Hall, and Philip Collins
Shoemaker, eldest son of Mrs. Thom-
as A. Shoemaker, which took place
Tuesday, August 26th. Mr. Shoemak-
er is one of the business men of Penns
valley, being at the head of a general
ANOTHER BIG FIRE
AT STATE COLLEGE.
A Number of Buildings Destroyed
with Loss Estimated at from
$100,000 to $125,000.
Early Wednesday morning the third
big fire in two months broke out at
State College and for a while threat-
ened destruction of an entire square
lin the heart of the town. Starting in
the Leitzel building, on College ave-
nue, it ate its way west to the corner
of Allen and thence south along the
east side of Allen street, until it reach-
ed the Metzger building where it was
finally checked. ,
The general alarm was sounded at
2:30 in the morning. The indications
then were that the fire had started in
the back end of Leitzel’s second floor
restaurant and dropped through into
the rear of Kline’s shoe store. All of
the buildings were frame except a por-
tion of the Graham place on the cor-
ner of College avenue and Allen
streets. It was the old Joseph Mitch-
ell home, with a brick front and frame
addition, but there was so much frame
construction in the path of the flames
that they burned furiously and the
firemen found it an almost hopeless
undertaking to stop them.
The firemen were also handicapped
by the condition of the water plugs in
the vicinity of the conflagration. One
of them was either broken or frozen so
that it could not be used and some de-
lay was necessitated in stringing hose
lines to more distant plugs. And the
attempts to connect with plugs on the
campus were fruitless, because the
firemen did not know that they had
‘left hand valves and undertook to open
them to the right, rendering them use-
less.
Both of the State College pumpers
got in action promptly, but the Un-
dines, who were called from this place
and made a quick response, could not.
get into service with their machine
because of the plug condition. They
rendered valuable assistance, however,
by aiding the State firemen.
Ten stores, a number of offices
and apartments are ruined. Fronting
on College avenue Wilbur Leitzel’s
three-story building with drug store
on the first floor, restaurant on the
second and apartments on the third,
is gone. Smith’s barber shop next to
it is in ruins. The Graham stand
on the corner is almost a total
loss. His cigar and confection store
Judge Dale Disposes of Six Pleas of ROAD SUPERVISORS HOLD
Guilty. 7 i ANNUAL CONVENTION.
{| At his first and brief session of Various Questions of Interest to Ru-
court, at ten o’clock on Tuesday morn- ral Communities Discussed by
ing, Judge Arthur C. Dale disposed | Interested Members.
i of six offenders who entered pleas of | es
guilty to the indictments againsti The fourteenth annual convention
them, discharging a man who stole of the road supervisors and auditors
sixty dollars of church money and of Centre county was held in the court
sending another man to jail for sixty house last Friday. Milford F. Pletch-
days for failure to pay a thirty-four er, Dresidesi of the association, in his
dollar board bill. | opening address, outlined the need for
The first victim to face the new improved byways as well as highways,
court was Fred Lutz, who escaped and told of the various propositions
from the Rockview penitentiary on the supervisors had to contend with,
‘August 16th and was later caught at one of the greatest being the lack of
his home in Clearfield county. He sufficient money to put all township
was given a duplicate of his original roads in good shape. As the farmer is
! sentence of eighteen months to three now taxed up to the limit it is impos-
years.
The second man was Charles Cain, |
i who escaped from the penitentiary on
the afternoon of December 19th, leav-
ing behind a note that he “would be
back after Christmas.” But he did
not get an opportunity to go back as
he was caught down near Coburn the
following Tuesday and spent his
Christmas in the Centre county jail.
Cain was sent up from Allegheny
county for one to two years for break-
ing and entering and was given a new
sentence of like duration. Both he
and Lutz were taken back to the Pitts-
burgh institution the same afternoon
by sheriff E. R. Taylor.
i Third on the list to come up for
sentence was Thomas Williams, who
gave his home as Reading, but admit-
ted that he was tramping about the
country “looking for work.” On a
walking trip from Lock Haven to
Bellefonte, on December 22nd, he
stopped at the home of G. W. Smith,
this side of Zion, to beg something to
eat. None of the family being at
‘home he broke into the house and
stole a bag of church money, about
sixty dollars. He took several dollars
from the bag and hid the balance un-
der an old tie pile found along the
| right-of-way of the old Central Rail-
road of Pennsylvania. He was later
arrested by policeman Harry Duke-
| man and went with him and sheriff
; Taylor to the tie pile, dug up the mon-
ley and surrendered it. The judge
| suspended sentence on Smith on con-
dition that he leave the county at
once, and standing not upon ceremony
he grabbed his hat and left the court
room.
John Carroll, of Hawk Run, plead
guilty to assault and battery, Herbert
I. Watson, of Philipsburg, being the
is damaged more by water than the | prosecutor. He was given a fine of
fire as when the flames swept around | fifteen dollars and costs and thirty
the corner they seemed to swing above | days in jail.
the first floor of his building. The| George Allen plead guilty to the
dental offices of Dr. Fred Robinson, non-payment of a board bill of $34 to
above Graham’s, were licked up, as ! Miss Martha McKnight, of Bellefonte.
were also the apartments on the third He told the court that he had been
floor.
On Allen street the Cal Kline shoe
store, Jim Morrell’s shoe-shine shop,
Walter Hoy’s green grocery and the
twb store rooms occupied by Mont-
gomery and Co. are total losses.
The total loss is variously estimated
at from $100,000 to $125,000. While
all of the buildings destroyed were
either old structures remodeled or one-
story frames of the cheapest construc-
tion they were very profitable as to
income because of their location and
under the State College building code
can never be replaced as they were.
New and expensive structures are the
only kind that will be permissible on
the sites of the ruins.
The losses, estimated, and insur-
ance, are reported as follows: Wil-
bur Leitzel on drug store and restau-
rant above, from $20,000 to $30,000.
Insurance in force $22,000.
George Smith, barber shop fixtures
and apartment furniture on third floor,
loss $8,000, covered by insurance.
store and coal yard at Linden Hall,
where they are now living.
——Many people in Centre county ;
will be interested in the announcement
of the arrival of a little daughter in’
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Lloyd |
Tyson, of Detroit, Mich., who has been !
«christened Virginia Lloyd Tyson. Mr. !
“Tyson is a son of W. E. Tyson, of Ty-
rone, while Mrs. Tyson, prior to her
marriage, was Miss Katherine Luk-
enbach, daughter of Mr. Frank Luk-
-enbach, of Tyrone, but formerly of
Bellefonte.
The Brockerhoff house dining
roori has been thoroughly overhauled
and fixed up and is now equal to that
«of any hotel in the central part of the
State. Landlord Landsy is also in-
stalling a new range in the kitchen
and some idea of its size and capac-
ity may be had from the fact that one
piece of it weighs over seven hundred
pounds. When this is installed he will
have no trouble in furnishing the ex-
cellent meals for which his hotel is
noted.
We wonder what has become
George Graham, tobacco and con-
fections, loss principally through wa-
ter damage, $12,000 to $14,000. In-
surance in force $12,000.
Jim Morrell, shoe-shine shop, loss
$2,200. Probably covered.
Cal. Kline, shoe repair shop, sever-
al very expensive machines lately in-
stalled, loss $2,000. No insurance.
Walter Hoy, green grocery, one-
story building owned by Smith the
barber, loss $8,000 to $10,000. Insur-
ance not known.
H. N, Leitzel, owner of corner build-
ings, loss $15,000 to $20,000. Covered
by insurance.
Montgomery and Co., one-story
building. Loss total both as to build-
ing and stock of clothing and furnish-
ings. No estimate as to value of
either, though both are covered by in-
surance if fair adjustment is made.
Dr. Fox, chiropractor, above Mor-
rell’s shoe-shine shop, loss of X-ray
machine and office equipment valued
at $3,000. Covered by insurance.
Dr. Fred Robinson, above the Gra-
ham store, loss X-ray machine and
modern dental equipment valued at
=of the weather prophets who predict-
ved a mild winter, because up to this
time it has been about everything but
mild. During the holiday season zero
weather was reached several morn-
ings, with from two to five below one
morning, and not any decided rise in
temperature during the day. The
snow fall in this section of the State,
however, has been away below normal,
though considerable snow has been re-
ported from other sections.
——The residence of the late Clem-
ent Dale Esq. on north Alleghe-
ny street sold at orphan’s court
sale on December 20th, was purchased
by the Bellefonte school board for
$9,160. For the present it will be con-
verted into a school building to ac-
commodste the primary grades now
housed .in the High school building,
which will relieve the present conges-
tion. The lot is large enough to per-
mit the erection of a good-sized build-
ing when necessity requires it.
$4,000. Insurance $1.000.
The fire came near resulting in a fa-
“tality. Miss May Deppen, who leased
‘and ran the Leitzel restaurant, was
asleep in her apartments above it and
' was rescued by the heroism of Walter
‘Buck, a life insurance agent, who
‘rushed up the burning stairway and
{ carried her unconscious to safety.
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Total Eclipse of Sun on Saturday,
January 24, 1925.
For the first time in 120 years the
northeastern section of the United
| States will witness the total eclipse
of the sun. The phenomenon which
is attracting the attention of world
| astronomers and scientists will occur
January 24, 1925. It will not be seen
again until 2024.
The beginning of the partial phase
will take place at 7:59 a. m., eastern
standard time, the mid totality occur-
ring at 9:07 a. mi The end of the
partial phase comes at 10:22 a. m.
employed at the Bellefonte silk mill
‘and when it closed down last fall he
| was unable to get work here and went
to Williamsport with the full knewl-
edge of Miss McKnight. He adinitted
| that he could have sent her the money
but just didn’t do it. He was sentenc-
ed to pay a fine of ten dollars and
serve sixty days in the county jail.
The last prisoner to face the court
was Herman M. Guthrie, the young
man who issued a number of worth-
less checks at State College while pos-
ing as a student at that institution.
The young man has been wanted in
Detroit, Mich., his home city, on sev-
eral charges of forgery and chief of
police W. C. Allen, of Detroit, being
present with extradition papers the
court agreed to suspend sentence up-
on the payment of costs and instruct-
ed the sheriff to turn the prisoner over
to officer Allen to be taken back to
Detroit.
The Three Walker Brothers Purchase
the Centre Democrat.
A deal was closed yesterday morn-
ing whereby Ivan, Milan and Cecil
Walker purchased the Centre Demo-
crat from Mrs. Charles R. Kurtz, con-
sideration not made public. The new
owners, who are sons of ex-sheriff W.
Miles Walker, will not take charge
until the first of April.
The Centre Democrat has been in
the Kurtz name since 1888 when the
late Charles R. Kurtz came to Belle-
fonte and took charge as manager of
the paper. In 1895 he purchased the
plant and was in personal charge of
same until has death last May. Since
that time the paper has been run by
his widow. Her reasons for selling
have not been divulged.
Political significance is undoubtedly
attached to the purchase of the plant
by the Walker Bros. Ivan, a law part-
ner of Newton B. Spangler, was only
recently appointed district attorney
by Judge Arthur C. Dale. Milan has
for some years past held a position
with the Beatty Motor company but
prior to going there was local editor
of the Democrat, and while no an-
nouncement of the fact has yet been
made, will probably take charge of the
paper when it passes into their hands
on April first. Cecil Walker, the
younger of the brothers ,is employed
by McCalmont & Co.
Women’s Minstrel Show.
Get set for the Green and White Re-
vue. In it will appear eighty girls
full of pep, the prettiest of home tal-
ent, singing and dancing in the clev-
erest production ever presented by
amateurs on a Bellefonte stage.
The tickets will be on sale next
week and they can be exchanged for
reserved seats at the Mott Drug Co,
on the morning of the 14th.
Remember, there will be only two
nights of this dazzling show: Wed-
nesday and Thursday, January 14-15.
sible to assess more taxes for road
work.
A representative of the State Board
of Agriculture was present and ex-
plained the law covering damage done
to sheep and other live stock by dogs,
but his explanation did not appeal to
the convention. His statement that
the State ordinarily allows five dollars
a head for sheep killed and twenty
dollars for a cow did not create much
enthusiasm. Several of the farmers
present, who are also sheep owners,
wanted to know how the State arrived
at an equitable valuation of the ani-
mals. If a man owned all blooded
stock for which he had paid $20 a
head, on what basis did the State fix
the valuation at five dollars? The
speaker said that the valuation was
fixed according to the ruling price in
the Pittsburgh markets for sheep for
butchering purposes.
Following the above discussion the
roll was called by the secretary, John !
S. Condo, about fifty supervisors and :
twenty-five auditors answering to
their names. Committees on the nom-
ination of officers for the ensuing year
and on resolutions were appointed by
the president, after which adjourn-
ment was made for luncheon.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion the committee on nominations re-
ported as follows: For president,
Milford F. Pletcher, of Howard; vice
president, John S. Condo, of Nittany;
secretary and treasurer, Harry E.
Breon, of Bellefonte. For delegates
to the State convention, M. F. Pletch-
er, Charles H. Meyer and James Wea-
ver, all of whom were elected by ac-
clamation. The president appointed
as alternates to the State convention
J. S. Condo, J. J. Fisher and C. C.
Bumgardner.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
Resolved, That the President Judge of
the county, the County Commissioners and
Representative to Harrisburg from our
county be made honorary members of the
association.
Resolved, That the convention elect
three members to attend the State con-
vention, one for three years, one for two
years and one for one year, effective 1925,
and thereafter elect one delegate each year
for a term of three years.
Resolved, That we insist upon all del-
egates to the State convention opposing all
attempts at centralization of power, either
at Harrisburg or in county affairs.
All the resolutions were adopted
without opposition.
Mr. Brown, of the State Highway
Department, made a brief talk and ex-
plained the State-aid appropriations
for township roads. Centre county’s
share this year is a little over $12,000,
but. the unfortunate part of this law
is that it goes principally to those dis-
tricts which have an ample fund to
match the State allotment dollar for
dollar, while the poorer districts reap
no benefit therefrom.
In the past the secretary and the
treasurer of the township board of su-
pervisors was not necessarily a mem-
ber of the board, but the convention
went on record as favoring their be-
ing members. Among the other ques-
tions discussed were the following:
Should a township pay interest on
a debt when the uncollected taxes
would retire said debt? The general
sentiment was against doing so, but
no solution was offered as to how to
collect the taxes.
What course can be persued when
the limit of available taxes have been
spent and the roads are still in bad
shape? No solution of this perplex-
ing question was offered.
Following a short talk by county
commissioner Harry P. Austin certifi-
cates of attendance were distributed
and the convention adjourned.
Music Notes.
At her residence-studio on west
Howard street, at three o’clock Tues-
day afternoon, December 30th, Miss
Rebecca Pugh Lyon held a music con-
test in which the youngest pupils of
her class took part, answering ques-
tions and playing piano solos and du-
ets. All performed excellently, To
Ross Beatty, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Beatty, of east Curtin street,
was awarded the prize, a book enti-
tled: “A Guide to Music,” by Daniel
Gregory Mason. :
Dr. Kurtz Home and Recovering.
Dr. Walter Kurtz, of Howard, who
underwent a very delicate and serious
operation in the University hospital,
Philadelphia, several weeks ago, ar-
rived home Monday night, and is in
splendid way of permanent recovery.
His condition was so serious, with a
tumor at the base of the brain, that
little hope of coming through an op-
eration was held out. He did it, how-
ever, and if no new involvments ap-
pear will be back in his practice in a
very short time.
Vi, J. Emerick has made appli-
cation to the Public Service Commis-
sion for a certificate of public conven-
The proceeds will be given to the
community nurse fund.
ience to operate a motor bus line be-
tween Harrishurg and Reading.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. and Mrs. William M. Schmidt, of
Johnstown, were Christmas guests in the
home of their parents, the Rev. Dr. and
Mrs. ‘A. M. Schmidt.
—Virginia Cruse, who has been making
her home here with her grandmother and
aunt, Mrs. A. J. Cruse and Mrs. S. Kline
| Woodring, spent the Christmas vacation
! with her father, T. G. Cruse, in Pitts-
burgh.
—The J. W. Gephart and F. H. Thomas
families celebrated their Christmas togeth-
er, the guests of honor being Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Gephart, of Bronxville, N. Y.,
and their two children, and Francis H.
Thomas.
—Mrs. George P. Bible, of Bellefonte;
Miss Mary Bradley and Mrs. J. A. Riley,
of Bradford, will comprise a party sailing
from Philadelphia, January 4th, for Flor-
ida, with plans for spending two months
at Miami.
© —Mrs. John 8. Gray and her daughter,
Miss Florence, both of Altoona, have been
here during the Holidays, guests of Mrs.
Gray’s son, G. Oscar Gray and his family.
Miss Gray is an instructor in the schools
of Altoona.
—Drs. Nannie and William 8. Glenn will
leave tomorrow to spend the remainder of
the winter in Florida and Cuba, going
this time by train with the intention of
securing a car after reaching there, as the
greater part of their time while south is
spent in motoring.
—Arthur and Anthony Brown, of New
York city, were back home on Monday
looking after some business relative to the
Brown estate. They remained only a day
but were so impressed with their old home
that they expressed intention of returning
oftener in the future.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith are prepar-
ing to join the Centre county colony in
I'lorida, going down with the view of mak-
ing their home there should conditions
prove auspicious. Their plans are for sell-
ing a part of their household goods and
giving up their home on Curtin street the
first of February.
—Miss Miriam Smith, whose plans for
the winter had included an after Christmas
: visit to Florida, has been compelled to
abandon the trip owing to her physical
condition, which requires her to be in bed
again for a month. Miss Smith is recov-
ering from a serious spinal operation, per-
formed more than a year ago.
—J. H. Heberling, of Warriorsmark, who
! has been making a mid-winter visit with
his daughter, Mrs. Edgar T. Bechdel, at
Eagleville, was in Bellefonte between
trains, Monday, looking after some busi-
ness. Mr. Heberling, who has been a read-
er of the “Watchman” since the late fifties,
spent a part of his time while here with
us, a visit which was greatly appreciated.
—Park Weaver, who will be remembered
as having been a member of the firm of
Weaver Bros., former grocers in this place,
was a pre-Christmas visitor to Bellefonte.
He arrived Tuesday night and left the day
before Christmas. Mr. Weaver hadn't been
i here since 1921. He is covering the New
England States for an Ohio manufacturer
of “premium” china, likes his job well,
| and looks it.
—William McFarlane, of Boston, who
“had been home with his mother, Mrs. J. K.
. McFarlane, of Lock Haven, for a Christ-
, mas visit, was in Bellefonte Monday morn-
ing for several hours, on his way back
from a week-end visit With his aunt, Mrs.
! John Mitchell, at Lemont, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McFarlane; at Boalsburg. Mr.
Frank MecFarlane is again seriously ill,
suffering from the effects of a stroke of
paralysis.
—Mr. and Mrs. George M. Sellers, of
Williamsport, are anticipating spending
the month of January in Florida, with
Mrs. Sellers’ sister and her husband, Drs.
Mary and O. H. Schaffer, who recently
went south from Altoona to make their
home in Florida. Mrs. Sellers, who is well
known in Centre county as Miss Helen
Thompson, has resigned her position as
inspector for women and children of this
district, in the Labor and Industry de-
partment.
—Among those here for the funeral of
the late Mrs. J. A. Aikens were her daugh-
ters, Miss Emma J. Aikens, of Cleveland;
Mrs. George T. Johnson, of Beaver Falls,
Mr. Johnson and their six children ehil-
dren; Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Aikens, of Se-
linsgrove; Mrs. W. F. Bradford, Mr. and
Mrs. William Bradford and Miss Grace
Smith, of Centre Hall, and Claude Aikens,
of State College. Miss Aikens, who has
been a guest at the John 8. Walker home
since coming to Bellefonte, has been ill
during the entire time,
—One of the really delightful Christmas
house parties in Bellefonte was that at the
home of Mrs. David Haines and her grand-
daughter, Miss Peggy, on north Water
street. As usual, her son Charles eame in
from McKeesport, bringing with him Mrs.
Rose Newcomer and her son Duane. They
were joined here by Charles Jr., who came
up from Sunbury, and together they had
a very happy party. The Newcomers are
friends of Mr. Charles Haines, but he sings
the charms of Bellefonte so continuously
out in McKeesport, where he is located,
that they have been coming in for visits
for several years and are about convinced
that there is reason for Charles’ praises
of his old home town.
—Charles Jordan, of State College, was
in Bellefonte the Monday before Christmas
and judged by the number of bundles he
lugged with him to the afternoon bus they
must have had a glorious time in the Jor-
dan home Christmas morning. Charley
was eold when we saw him, cold every-
where but in his heart and that kept pump-
ing Holiday cheer into his head so that
he wouldn't stop anywhere long enough to
get the rest of him warmed up; he was so
busy getting ready for the big day. He
doesn’t come to town often, even though
he lived here some years age, when the
Nittany and Bellefonte furnaces were in
blast and he was regarded as one of the
reliable employees about those gone iron
industries.
—Mrs. George M. Glenn and her sister,
Miss Esther Gray, left the latter’s farm in
Halfmoon valley, this week, expecting to
spend several months with other members
of the family. Miss Gray went direct to
Princeton, N. J., to visit for the remainder
of the winter with her son John and his
family, Mr. Glenn being there doing post-
graduate work. Miss Gray having gone to
Kingston to be with her sister, Mrs. Hart-
sock, for the grepter part of the time she
will be absent from the farm. Mrs. Glenn
and Miss Gray have been entertaining the
former's daughter and son, Miss Esther
and George Glenn, both of whom were
home for the Christmas holiday week, and
who upon leaving the county, went to
Princeton for a visit of several days with
their brother John.
CE EE SEVERE TR OARS,
—Judge and Mrs. Arthur Dale have been
entertaining Mrs. Dale's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John O'Neil, of Johnstown. =
—Creighton Way, son of Mrs. J. R. Dri-
ver, was here from Reading for a Holiday
visit with his mother and sister at their
home on Lamb street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Griffith have gone
to Philadelphia to spend the remainder of
the winter with Mrs. Griffith’s children, J.
C. Dawson and Mrs. Greene.
—Mr. and Mrs. Elliot, of Pittsburgh,
were among the Holiday house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Beatty; Mrs. El-
liot being Mr, Beatty’s mother.
—Dr. Edith Schad came in from Pitts-
burgh, Saturday, for a New Year's visit
with her father, John P. Harris, expecting
to be in Bellefonte for an indefinite time.
—Mrs. William B. Wallis returned tc
Pittsburgh, Monday morning, following a
week's visit here with her mother and
grandmother, Mrs. Conley and Mrs. Meese.
—Harry Keller Esq, spent Tuesday
night in Philipsburg, where he was thc
guest of M. Ward Fleming Esq., at a ban-
quet and meeting of the Rotary ciub of
that place.
—Mr, and Mrs. Gordon I. Montgomery,
of Philadelphia, were week-end visitors at
the Brockerhoff house during the Holidays,
stopping off here several days on their way
to Chicago.
-—Mrs. Elsie Rankin Helliwell came up
from Atlantic City last week, to be g
Christmas guest of her father, William B.
Rankin and the family, at their home on
Curtin street,
—Col. and Mrs. James A. McClain and
their daughter Emily, of Spangler, and
Miss Margaret Brisbin, of Philadelphia.
were the Christmas guests of Col. and Mrs
J. L. Spangler.
—William Dorworth was among those
back home last week, coming to Bellefonte
to be with his mother, Mrs. E. 8. Dor-
worth, and his two children, over the
the Christmas day.
—Mr. and Mrs. N. BE. Robb’s family
house party last week included thei1
daughter, Miss Leila Robb, an instructor
in the schools at Ardmore, and their two
sons, Nevin and Mahlon.
—Trood D. Parker came over from
Clearfield on Christmas to visit his moth-
er, Mrs Alice Parker, but owing to the
train being late in arriving in Bellefonte
had only a half hour to spend here.
—Miss Helen Shellenberger, a college-
mate at Cornell of Miss Anne W. Keich-
line, who has been a house guest at the
Keichline home for a part of the Holiday
vacation, will return to her home in Phil-
adelphia this week.
—Sister Oliva and Mother Damascene.
of Mt. Carmel, were arrivals in Bellefonte
yesterday and will be guests until Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Mec-
Gowan, Sister Oliva being a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. McGowan.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keller, of New
Brunswick, N. J., were among those back
home for the Holidays, spending their
time while here with Mr. Keller's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller, and with the
Schofield and Parker families.
—After spending the month-of December
in Bellefonte visiting with relatives and
friends, Miss Mary Hill left just before
Christmas to return to her home in Atlan:
tic City. During her stay Miss Hill was
a house guest at the Humes home,
—Mrs. John Harter, a native of Centre
county, but now of Bellevue, Pa., and Dal.
las, Texas, went south this week, expect:
ing to be in Texas until summer. Mrs
Harter divides her time between her twc
daughters, living in the above mentioned
places.
—Miss Anna M. Miller, who is now ai
Emporium with her uncle and aunt, Mr
and Mrs. J. J. Lingle, for an indefinit¢
stay, spent a short time in Bellefonte last
week, coming up from Salona, where she
had been for Christmas with her mothe:
and sister.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton eame
from New York to join the Hamilton fam.
ily at Mrs. Broderick‘s, at State College
for a Christmas family party. Clarenes
Hamilton, also of New Yerk, whe has beer
with his sister for some time, is very muck
improved in health.
—James R. Hughes, accompanied by Miss
Daisy Graham and Virginia Hughes
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes
left Tuesday morning for Pittsburgh. Mr
Hughes to look after some business rela.
tive to the Academy, while Miss Graham anc
her niece expected to spemd the time vis.
iting and sight-seeing.
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wrigley, of Penn.
sylvania Furnace, with Mrs. Wrigley’s twc
sisters, the Misses Maude and Mary Drei
blebis, of State College, as motor guests
drove to Bellefonte Tuesday. The womer
while here devoted their time to afte:
Christmas buying and te looking afte
some business for 1925.
—Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Stevens and Mr
and Mrs. Vincent H. Stevens have been en
tertaining Miss Maudleen Stevens, of Mc
Connellsburg, who has been here with he:
brothers since Saturday. The object ©
Miss Stevens’ visit at this time was to b
with Dr. and Mrs, Stevens at the celebra
tion of the seventh anniversary of thei
wedding.
—Miss Augusta Shoemaker, who ha
been home from Pittsburgh for the pas
ten days has prolonged her stay in Belle
fonte, owing to the illness of her mother
Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker. Although it wa
feared Mrs. Shoemaker was critically il
last week, her condition has been slowl
improving since being taken to the hos
pital Sunday.
—Mr. Reginald Fiedler, of Seattle, Wash
ington, special investigator U. S. Burea
of Fisheries, spent Christmas with his un
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. Clayto
Brown. He is the youngest son of the lat
James A. Fiedler, one time editor of th
Keystone Gazette, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Washington, and has been eas
for the past six months working on som
special problems regarding the disappeax
ance of crabs from the Virginia and Mary
land coasts. His recommendations hav
been accepted by the Governors of bot
States so, maybe, crab meat will soon nc
be so scarce. Mr. Fiedler left Tuesday fo
New York to continue his investigation
there.
Additional personal news on page 4, Col. |
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & C
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Rye « = = - « a ea 1:
Oats - - - - - - £
Barley - - - - - - 1(
Buckwheat - A ey 11