Demon alc,
Bollefonte. Pa. Febeuary 20, 1075,
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Nineteen tickets were sold in
Bellefonte for the Washington, D. C.,
excursion on Saturday night.
—— Mrs. A. O. Furst entertained
twenty-four of her friends at tea, at
her home on Linn street, Tuesday
afternoon.
——The American Legion auxiliary
will hold a kitchen shower in the Le-
gion rooms, on Howard street, Thurs-
day evening, February 26th. The pub-
lic is invited.
——Only four councilmen reported
for the regular meeting on Monday
evening and as this number did not
constitute a quorum no official busi-
ness was transacted.
Mrs. Mary McClellan, of Phil-
ipsburg, celebrated her one hundredth
birthday anniversary last Friday. She
was a native of Binghamton, N. Y.,
but has lived in Philipsburg for sev-
enty-nine years.
——The Bellefonte Central Rail-
road company has filed an applica-
tion with the water and power re-
sources board, in Harrisburg, to build
a bridge on its line between Bellefonte
and State College.
A conference of the Reformed
ministers of Centre and Clinton coun-
ties was held at the Reformed parson-
age, Bellefonte, yesterday morning,
under the leadership of the Rev. Dr.
F. A. Rupley, of Lewistown.
——At the annual meeting of Group
Six,. Pennsylvania Bankers’ associa-
tion, held in Altoona last Thursday,
Robert Watson, of Huntingdon, was
elected president, and John D. Meyer,
of Tyrone, secretary and treasurer.
——Looking over the list of guests
Governor Pinchot has invited to ac-
company him on the $10,000 junket to
President Coolidge’s inauguration we
failed to see the names of Miss Re-
becca Naomi Rhoads or Judge Arthur
C. Dale, of Bellefonte.
——The building committee of the
board of trustees of the Centre
County hospital announces that the
new extension to the hospital will be
constructed under the supervision of
Benj. Bradley Jr., Materials are now
being contracted for and the work will
begin immediately.
——Maurice Baum, manager of the
Nittany and Pastime theatres, at
State College, is having plans made
by architects Hodgens & Hill, of Phil-
adelphia; for the erection of a new
theatre ‘at State College which will
have a seating capacity of fifteen hun-
dred people. The building, which will
be of steel and reinforced concrete,
will have a frontage of 59 feét and a
depth of 115, and will be three stories
high, :
date for the bi-monthly meeting of
the Central Pennsylvania Greeters’
association which will be held at the
Brockerhoff house, Bellefonte. . The
Greeters are an organization of hotel
men throughout the central part of
the State. There are in the neighbor-
hood of one hundred and fifty mem-
bers but it is not likely that all of
them will be present at tonight’s
meeting... :
—The State Highway depart-
ment announced this week that all
the bids for new highway construc-
tion in Centre county, as published in
the Watchman last week, have been
accepted by the department and con-
tracts will be awarded subject to the!
legalizing of the road bond issue.
As there is every reason to believe
that this will be accomplished by the
Legislature it will mean unusual ac-
tivity in new road work in Centre
county this year.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Woman’s club will be held at
‘the High school building, at 7.30
o'clock on Monday evening of next
week. Mrs. T. H. Winters, wife of
Commander Winters, of the U. S.
Navy, who spent some time in the
Philippine Islands, will give an in-
formal talk on phases of life in
Manila. No member will want to miss
this treat. The discussion on immi-
gration by the club members will be
postponed until the March meeting.
The public is cordially invited to hear
Mrs. Winters at 8.15.
George Grove, who lives on the
Hartman farm, just south of Belle-
fonte, had a fall, last Thursday night,
that was at first thought to have
caused serious injury. The hay-bal-
ing crew was moving in to his
barn and Grovc was taking a spreader
out of the barn floor. He was at the
tongue and when he struck the ice on
the barn bridge was thrown violently.
When he didn’t get up others ran to
him to find that he could neither move
nor speak. It was some time before
he came around enough to be gotten
into the house, but had recovered
enough to get out again Friday morn-
ing.
By way of Pittsburgh comes
the announcement of the marriage at
Asheville, N. C.,, on Wednesday, of
Miss Martha McIntyre and Robert W.
Russell, both of Pittsburgh. Miss Me-
Intyre is a daughter of the late Dr.
and Mrs. James C. McIntyre, for a
number of years residents of Belle-
fonte. The bride spent her girlhood
life here and is well known by many
Bellefonte people. Among those who
went south for the wedding were the
‘bride's brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy L. McIntyre, of Wil-
liamsport; the bridegroom’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russell, and Miss
Catherine M. Patterson, of Pittsburgh.
This (Friday) evening is the!
NEW AVIATION FIELD
SELECTED FOR BELLEFONTE.
Ninety Acres Leased from Four
Property Owners Out Beyond
Nigh Bank.
All doubts as to the air-mail land-
ing field being retained in this section
were set at rest on Monday when &n-
nouncement was made that leases had
been signed on Saturday for a new
field out beyond Nigh bank. The
new field will consist of ninety acres,
the land having been secured from
Mrs. G. P. Gentzel, H. F. Garbrick, W.
C. Smeltzer and Mrs. Alice Garbrick.
It is practically a square plot of
ground and fairly level so that not a
great amount of grading will be re-
quired to put it in shape. A little
draining may be necessary along one
side to insure the field being dry and
solid at all seasons of the year and
during all kinds of weather. It is of
ample size to afford the big planes
plenty of room to come down and take
off from all points of the compass.
No trees or buildings are near enough
to the field to either obstruct the view
or the flight of the pilots from any
angle.
While the present aviation field is
nearer Bellefonte than the new field
will be it is only a two way field and
was not deemed suitable for night fly-
ing, which is to be inaugurated on or
about the first of April. Because
of this fact work will be started as
soon as possible to put the new field
in shape. An entirely new hangar
will be erected, and according to the
specifications it will be 59x100 feet in
size, much larger than the one on the
present field. It will likely be built
by the same contracting firm that
erected the hangar on Hadley field,
New Jersey, the eastern terminus of
buildings will be new and of a per-
manent character.
The field will be marked with im-
mense beacon lights and border lights
will likely be used to outline the land-
ing runways. The introduction of a
night airmail service will not elimi-
nate the present day service but will
be in addition thereto. This will
naturally means a big increase in the
force of employees at the Bellefonte
field, as there will be a day crew and
a night crew. The air mail route is
to be plainly marked with huge signal
lights erected every twenty-five miles,
and it is understood that Bellefonte
will have charge of these lights and
all emergency landing fields between
Tamauqua on the east and Clarion on
the west. This will require the ser-
vices of a repair crew whose duties
it will be to see that all signal lights
are kept in shape for continuous ser-
vice at night. i
There will be eleven of these land-
ing fields, all: of which will be under
the direct’ supervision .of: the Belle-
fonte field. ~Twe of the fields will be
located in Centre county, one at Snow
Shoe #nd one at Woodward. Each
field will have a caretaker whose bus-
iness it will be to look after the lights
and see that it is always in shape.
Each field will be marked with beacon
and border lights to guide the pilots
in the event they find it necessary at
any time to come down on any of
them. = The emergency fields will be
only about half as big as the landing
field in Bellefonte.
The leasing of the ground for the
new field is assurance that Bellefonte
is firmly established as a station on
the air-mail route, and if commercial
flying becomes an established fact
under the provisions of the Kelly bill
recently passed by Congress the pos-
sibilities of Bellefonte as an aviation
centre cannot now be foretold, but
i they are very promising.
' Philadelphia Firm Buys Spring Mills
Creamery.
The Breyer Dairy and Ice Cream
company, of Philadelphia and New
| York, has purchased the property and
| business of the Penn Milk company at
! Spring Mills, generally known as the
i Spring Mills creamery, and took pos-
| session on Monday. The company
owns and operates seven or eight milk
receiving stations in Pennsylvania,
and is reputed to be the largest ice
cream’ manufacturer in the country.
t also has two milk bottling plants of
large capacity near = Philadelphia,
where milk is bottled for distribution
in that city. Their purchase of the
Spring Mills creamery will naturally
opén a market for all the milk the
farmers of that section of Pennsvalley
can produce.
It is also rumored that the Sheffield
Farms company, of New York city,
which now operates the milk receiving
stations in Bellefonte, Howard and
Jersey Shore, is after the creameries
at Coburn and Centre Hall, and if
these deals go through it will mean
the fostering of big dairy interests in
!both Brush and Pennsvalleys. It
| might also necessitate the running of
a Sunday train over the Lewisburg
railroad in order to handle the Sun-
day milk supply.
At the present time practically all
the milk received at the Bellefonte
station is utilized in manufacturing
cream for the New York market. The
cream is separated at the plant and
a large part of the milk after the
cream has been removed is hauled to
Milton by trucks where it is used in
the manufacture of powdered milk.
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— Arthur H. Sloop, superintend-
ent of the schools of Bellefonte; N. R.
Sparks and Carl C. Saulsbury, of
State College, were the Centre coun-
tians who won prizes in the Public
Ledger's fourth cross-word puzzle
contest, They were awarded $1.00
each:
the air-mail. All the other necessary
Frank Clevenstine Has Bought the
: "Noll Store at Zion.
i The general mercantile business
which the late Boyd A. Nell had built
up at Zion, during the thirty-two
i years he conducted it, has been sold
by his administrators to Frank Clev-
enstine, who took charge on the 7th.
The new merchant is also a farmer,
being in charge of the Decker farm
adjoining Zion. He will not give up
the soil for the yard stick and scales,
however. He is fortunate in having
enough capable help in his own family
to run both enterprises and as the
i store is only one field distant from the
farm house there will be little incon-
! venience in getting from one to the
! other.
W. C. T. U. Drive for Members
. The W. C. T. U. is putting on a
| “whirlwind campaign” for member-
| ship this week all over the State of
Pennsylvania.
ing in line in her usual good style.
i The different Unions are responding
and Bellefonte inaugurated her cam-
paign with a tea at the president’s
: (Miss Rhoads) home last Friday at
‘ which much interest was aroused. On
this occasion, after the business meet-
_ing, delightful music was rendered by
| Miss Cobb on the piano and Miss
Eleanor Barnhart on the violin, ac-
' companied by Mrs. Schad. Refresh-
ments were served and a general
social hour followed. The member-
ship campaign is to be an intensive
‘one, lasting from the 12th to the 22nd,
and all good citizens, both men and
“women, are urged to give thoughtful
, consideration at this time to the ne-
cessity for enlisting on the side of
law enforcement. Membership in the
W. C. T. U. is denominated active and
honorary, the active being women and
honorary men.
involved is signing a pledge and
paying a dollar a year dues.
At the County W. C. T. U. execu-
tive meeting, recently held in Belle-
fonte, it was decided to hold the coun-
ty convention at Unionville next fall.
High School Senior Play.
On Tuesday evening, February
24th, the Senior class of the Belle-
fonte High school will present “Ming
Toy.” This play is an adaptation of
“East is West,” which ran for two
solid years in New York and which is
still on the road. Great care has been
taken in the selection of the charac-
ters, and, although only Seniors are
in the cast, it promises to be one of
the outstanding dramatic presenta-
tions of the season. Due to the fact
that no suitable scenery could be
found for the production, it was nec-
essary to have it made to order.
It has been several years since, B.
H. S. has had a play given entirely
by Seniors. These who recall the
plays given in other years by the
graduating class will remember that
each class bent every energy to give
the best play ever. This year the Sen-
iors are determined to reach a dra-
matic high point that will stand for
years to come. It is a golden oppor-
tunity for the people of Bellefonte to
see one of the most successful plays
ever written. This play is Chinese-
American in character, with far more
tension than the play “Wo Hung’s
Tea Room,” given here two years ago.
Go to the: High school auditorium
next Tuesday at 8 o’clock, prepared
to spend a pleasant evening. ’
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Why the Service Was Interrupted.
The electric service of the Keystone
Power corporation was interrupted
last Friday for about seven hours, due
to a break in the Penn Central Light
and Power company’s transmission
line. A woodsman cutting trees near
the right-of-way, felled a tree which
struck the high voltage line, tearing
down all the wires. Due to the bad
condition of the roads leading into
this section, an incorrect report was
given to the local company as to the
time that would be required to repair
the break.
Several repair crews were sent out
by the Penn Central company, as well
as one from the Keystone company,
as soon as the real source of the in-
terruption was determined.
The tree not only tore down the
power lines but the private telephone
line as well, so that it was noon be-
fore word was received that the break
could not be repaired until late in the
afternoon. Immediate steps were then
taken to put the Milesburg station in-
to operation. By one o’clock a por-
tion of the local lighting load was put
on this plant, but before the larger
generators could be started the break
was repaired and general service was
resumed at three o’clock.
This has been the longest interrup-
tion of its kind experienced by the lo-
cal power company for a number of
years. In order that interruptions of
this kind will be eliminated in the fu-
ture, steps are now being taken by the
local office of the Keystone corpora-
tion to put the Milesburg station into
service as quickly as possible, in case
of future interruptions.
——The regular February meeting
of the Woman’s club will be held in
the High school building, Monday
night, February 23rd. Instead of the
discussion on Immigration as had been
scheduled, Mrs. Winters, wife of
Lieut. T. H. Winters, of Annapolis,
will tell the club of her life in the
Philippine Islands, at Manila. The
evening promising to be a very de-
lightful one for the club, it is hoped
as many as possible will be present.
Mrs. Winters is spending a month in
Bellefonte with her uncle, James R.
Hughes, at the Academy.
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Centre county is fall- |
The only obligation |
SUICIDE OF HERBERT KREITZ.
Killed Himself Last Friday After
Quarreling with Aunt and
Assaulting Uncle.
At noon-time last Friday Herbert
Kreitz, colored, who made his home
with his uncle and aunt, Thomas
Johnson and wife, in the rear of the
Centre county jail, quarreled with his
aunt over the loss of his discharge
papers and becoming very much excit-
ed, his uncle, Walter Delige, who was
upstairs in bed, threatened to inter-
fere if he didn’t desist. This, evi-
dently, further enraged the young
man as he grabbed a stove shaker,
ran upstairs and struck Delige on the
: head above the right temple, as he lay
i in bed.
The blow cut a deep gash and blood
flowed freely, and evidently under the |
impression that he had inflicted ¢
| mortal wound Kreitz left the house.
He went out Allegheny street as far
as the school house, and evidently
went down Lamb street to Water
| street and turning about made his way
"to Roopsburg and up Spring creek. |
He went to the home of Foster Fan-
nen, above the Roopsburg school
house, and asked Mrs. Paul Fannen
to loan him a gun to shoot a skunk
that was sitting along the road.
Without a thought Mrs. Fannon gave
“him her husband’s .38 special revolver
and a small handful of cartridges.
Kreitz promptly left the Fannen home
and returning to the main road pro-
ceeded up Spring creek. Christ Beezer
saw him pass his place about 1:25
“o'clock and some five or ten minutes
later he reached the Al Hartle farm.
. Mr. Hartle noticed him because of his
peculiar actions. He ran a few steps,
stopped and looked around, then walk-
ed a short distance and again ran a
few steps.
Reaching the corner of Miss Helen
| Beezer’s bungalow he stopped and
.| after a few seconds Mr. Hartle saw
him fall to the ground. He did not,
however, hear any gunshots. As the
man did not get up he called the Rock-
view penitentiary and asked if any
prisoners had escaped, telling of the
man lying on the bank of Spring creek.
He also called the sheriff’s office and
notified the sheriff. He then went
over to where Kreitz lay and seeing a
pool of blood realized that he was
dead.
Sheriff Taylor went up Spring
creek as quickly as possible and found
assistant warden C. C. Rhoads and
Mr. Rhinesmith, of the penitentiary,
already there. They had no difficulty
in identifying the body of the dead
man as that of Herbert Kreitz. ‘Squire
acting coroner took with him as a jury
to view the body Homer P. Barnes,
Ralph Smith, Herbert Beezer, Paul
McGarvey, James Rine and Dan Ber-
nard. ‘Dr. Sebring was also summon-
ed and an éxamination revealed the
fact that the man had shot himself
five times in the breast, one of the
shots puncturing the left lung. The
above facts developed at a hearing
held before the coroner’s jury, in the
library of the court house, on Satur-
day morning, as the result of which
they returned a verdict of suicide.
Kreitz was a veteran of the world
war, having served with the army in
France where he was slightly gassed.
After returning to Bellefonte he work-
{ed for. a year or two as janitor at
Temple Court and of late had been
working part of his time at the Brock-
erhoff house. Recently he tried to en-
list in the army but could not find his
discharge papers, and it was the loss
of those that precipitated the quar-
rel which led to his suicide. He was
81 years of age and his parents being
dead his only immediate survivor is
one brother, Lewis Kreitz, of Altoo-
na. Burial was made in the Union
cemetery on Sunday.
Dental Health Week to be Observed
in Bellefonte.
The State authorities have desig-
nated February 22nd to 28th as den-
tal health week and have called upon
all cities, towns and communities to
observe the same. The object of the
campaign is to give the public proper
information on the importance of car-
ing for the teeth and mouth.. Min-
isters are requested to announce the
activities of dental health week, and
the co-operation of all schools, clubs,
civic societies and associations is
urged.
Bellefonte will observe the week
and Dr. Hummer, assistant to Dr.
Kilpatrick, will have charge of all
demonstrations and give talks on the
importance of taking proper care of
the teeth. Demonstrations will be
from 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p, m., and
from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m.
Many people in Bellefonte, es-
pecially parents of school children,
will recall the work of the dental hy-
gienist in the public schools the past
year or two when a large percentage
of school children were found pos-
sessed of defective teeth. It has be-
come an established fact that bad
teeth makes for impaired health and
the mouths of children, especially,
should be carefully looked after. Be-
cause of this fact residents of Belle-
fonte are requested to take an inter-
est in the observance of dental health
week and attend the demonstrations
which will be held".in the various
schools. a
——This (Friday) evening the Sen-
iors will give a dance at the High
school building. It will be called the
“La Belle Dance,” and whatever bal-
ance remains after the expenses arc
met will go toward the annual. The
musie.
o’clock.
Dancing will begin at eight
S. Kline Woodring was notified and as |
Penn Center Eight will furnish the |
| NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Marie Conaghan left Saturday for
New York city, with plans for spending a
month or more there visiting with friends.
—Miss Louise Carpencto and Miss Mar-
garet Mignot went over to New York the
early part of the week, visiting there for
several days with friends. :
—Mrs. John I. Smith went to Lancaster
Monday, for a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Decker. Mrs. Smith has
planned to remain east until some time in
“March.
—Mrs. J. M. Curtin, with her son Henry,
i are expected here from Pittsburgh today
‘for an over Sunday visit with Mrs. Cur-
| tin’s mother, Mrs. George F. Harris, of
Linn street.
—W. H. Smith, local division manager of
the Penn State Telephone Co., went to
| Lancaster, Tuesday to be present at a
‘ State managers convention held there on
| Wednesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Williams came
down from Altoona Sunday morning to
spend the day with friends in town. Most
of their time was spent with John Love
and his family, of Reynolds avenue.
—H. J. McCann, of Salona, was in Belle- |
fonte Tuesday morning, looking after some
business relative to his coming big sale.
{ Mr. McCann is giving up farming to go to
| state College to live, having in anticipa-
tion a position there.
! —Charles F. Cook, of Bellefonte; John
Barnhart, of Spring township and Mrs. P.
| ©. Womelsdorf, of Philipsburg, attended
; the Pennsylvania school directors conven-
{pon in Harrisburg on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week.
—Mr. and Mrs. G. H, Fike, of Bush's Ad-
; dition, were pleasant callers at this office
yesterday morning. They had been in town
marketing and dropped in here on their
‘way home to be sure of a mental feast for
another year to add to the feast of more
material things with which their basket
was bulging.
-—Miss Miriam Beck was up from Nitta-
ny Tuesday and, in addition to looking
after the usual amount of visiting and
i shopping, added to that some business for
her grand-father, John H. Beck. Mr. Beck
has arrived at that time in his life when
he does not come to town as frequently :
as he once did, a very noticeable thing to ;
his friends.
—Kermit L. Noll, of Zion, was in Belle-
fonte Monday morning looking after some
i business relative to the estate of his fath-
| er, the late Boyd A. Noll. He was return-
‘ing to Lewisburg after an over Sunday
{ visit with his mother. Mr. Noll is a Sen-
{ ior at Bucknell, where he has been special-
‘izing in music with the thought of devot-
ing his talent to the pipe organ.
—Miss Martha Van Rensselaer, of Itha-
‘ea, N. Y., was a guest at the Bush house
| for several days of the week, called to
| Bellefonte by the death of her aunt, Miss
Sarah Owen. Miss VanRensselaer is head
of the home economics department at Cor-
nell, and as a pioneer in this work was
adjudged several years “ago one of the
twelve famous women of America.
—Mrs. Clara Bottorf, of Runville, is vis-
iting at Mount Carmel with her daughter,
Mrs. Leona Thompson, and her two sons,
the latter of whom returned to their moth-
! er last September, after making their home
in Runville with their grand-parents for
| six years. Mrs. Bottorf' and her grand-
' daughter, Ruth Shope,” of Snow Shoe; ‘left
| Wednesday, expecting to be there over the
week-end.
{ —Mrs. Robert M. Beach went to Phila-
! delphia Wednesday, expecting to return
, Sunday. Monday Mrs. Beach will accom-
pany Mrs. A. Wilson Norris to Harrisburg
‘to attend some pre-Lenten social functions
| during next week and the first week in
March Mrs. Beach will go again to Phila-
delphia to attend a penal convention, be-
{ fore which she will lead a discussion on
i the Laurelton Home, of which she is a
member of the board of directors.
—Mrs. A. B. Sutherland, of Huntingdon,
was a guest the past week of Miss Wini-
fred M. Gates, in Bellefonte, and friends
at Rockview and Pleasant Gap, having
come over last Thursday to attend the an-
nual banquet of the Eastern Star at the
{ Bush house that evening and remaining
for the regular monthly meeting of the
Chapter on Monday evening. Mr. Suther-
land came over Thursday evening and re-
mained until Friday afternoon when he
was compelled to return home, as his work
as assistant superintendent of the Hunt-
ingdon reformatory necessitated his pres-
ence there.
—Mrs. James Noonan arrived home Mon-
day, from New York, where she had been
called three weeks ago by the death of her
i brother-in-law, Frank E. Seymour Sr.
! Saturday night. Miss Geraldine Noonan
{ and Miss Emily Crider went over on the
| excursion for a day in the city and to
| come home with Mrs. Noonan, all three
returning to Tyrone Sunday night. It
| being necessary for Miss Noonan and Miss
{ Crider to be in Bellefonte early Monday,
: they motored over to Bellefonte as guests
of Mr. Widowson, and when near Pine
Grove the car skidded, turning around
several times, then struck a telephone
pole, with the result that Miss Noonan is
in bed with torn ligaments in her foot, a
cut on her arm, which required sewing up
and other bruises. Nene of the other oc-
cupants were injured.
—T. R. Hamilton spent half an hour
with us Monday evening. It was the eve
of his 89th birthday anniversary and, nat-
urally, he was reminiscent. We have writ-
ten so often of Mr. Hamilton's remarkable
appearance, for one of his years, that it
would seem needless to do it now that
another milestone has rolled around. Tor,
| so far as any change in vigor is concerned
the year seems to have caused no more in
him than a minute does to some of the
rest of us. Since the death of Mr. John P.
Harris he is the town’s oldest native born
resident. He left here when he was twen-
ty years old, for Nebraska City, Neb.
There was no railroad west of Pittsburgh
then, no great cities dotting the plains of
the Middle west. It was all frontier coun-
try. He stayed at Nebraska City, logging
and building, for two years, then pushed
on to Colorado, where he was one of the
party that made the first discovery of gold
in the Central City section. After pros-
pecting a while he returned home, went to
Wilkes-Barre and bought a planing mill
He was quite successful there, but the
wander-lust got him again and with three
companions started for California. His ex-
periences on that trip would make a thrill-
ing story, for he rode through “Death
leaving his bones to bleach with these
of less fortunate adventurers who had un-
dertaken to cross that waste of 150 miles
where not an animal, reptile or insect could
live.
Valley” on horseback and barely escaped |
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A — ————.
—Miss Blanche Underwood will go to
Erie today, where she will be a “guest of
her brother Irvin and his family over Sun-
day.
—Miss Frances Geppert has been trans-
ferred from the P. R. R. freight offices in
Clearfield to a similar position in the com-
: pany’s office at this place.
{ —Dr. Franklin Bowersox, genial, whole-
souled and happy as is his nature always,
came up from Millheim, on Wednesday, to
look after some business matters in this
place.
| —Miss M. H. Snyder has been spending
the week in New York, attending some of
the special millinery showing, and in the
wholesale houses, selecting her early
spring stock. Her niece, Miss Jeannette
Cooke, has been her guest there, having
gone over from Washington, D. C., where
- she is in training for a nurse.
—Mr. and Mrs. Basil Mott, Mrs. Odillie
, Mott and the latter's niece, Mrs. Luther
{ Smith, drove to Williamsport yesterday,
‘ to be all day guests of Mr. and Mrs. James
| Bayard. Mrs. Bayard is Mrs. Mott's sis-
ter, and the trip was made as a first visit
; since Mr. Bayard’s accident, through which
i he lost the sight of one of his eyes.
—Henry S. Linn went to Williamsport
Tuesday, for a day with his sisters, going
on east from there for a week in Philadel-
phia and New York. It has been his cus-
tom for a number of years to make this
trip in February, that he may attend the
annual meeting of the Society of Cincin-
nati, of which he is a member. The So-
ciety’s meeting and luncheon will be held
Monday, at the Adelphia.
i —Among those from a distance who
were here for the funeral of the late John
P. Harris were Mrs. A. Scott Harris and
her daughter Nannie, of Pittsburgh; Wil-
liam Harris and Miss Elizabeth, of Lock
Haven; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harris, Mrs.
Charles Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Loveland, of Lamar; Mr. and Mrs. Gail I.
Chaney and Frederic Schad, of Pittsburgh;
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harris Jr., Miss Hel-
en and John H. Harris, of Newton Ham-
ilton; Dr. E. H. Harris and Edward H. Jr.,
of Snow Shoe; Mr. and Mrs. J. Linn Har-
ris, of Lock Haven; Dr. Harold L. Harris,
of Beaver; burgess H. W. Todd, of Phil-
ipsburg; John D. Meyer and F. K. Luken-
i bach, of Tyrone; Hon. John T. McCormick,
of State College.
—Last Saturday night a very unusual
: thing happened. We had an hour or so
! with nothing to do and longed for compan-
ionship. Just then two very agreeable
| gentlemen from State College dropped in
to prove that there is something in mental
telepathy. Following them came H. E.
Garbrick, so we had our wish gratified by
having an hour that offered lonely pros-
pect converted into one that was anything
but that. Mr. Garbrick, you know, farms
on the Gentzel place below Pleasant Gap,
and some of his acreage is included in the
new aviation field. Getting into the air
business isn’t. wholly a new thing to him
because he has been in it in another way
for some time. He is the artist who fur-
: nishes the air for the big Sousaphone that
Js such an important instrument in the
Odd Fellows band.
Manchester—Taylor.—Miss Louise
Jane Taylor, eldest daughter of Col.
and Mrs. H. S. Taylor, and William C.
Manchester, of Detroit, Mich., were
quietly married at the home of the
bride’s parents, on east Linn street,
at two o'clock on Wednesday after-
noon, by Rev. W. C. Thompson, pastor
jof the Presbyterian church. They
were attended by Miss Margaret Tay-
lor, a sister of the bride, and Eugene
Leonard, a school mate of the bride-
groom at the Bellefonte Academy.
The bride is a graduate of the Belle-
fonte High school class of 1924. Mr.
Manchester was in his second year at
the Academy, leaving that institution
at the end of the semester to get mar-
ried. Immediately following the cere-
mony the young couple left on a ten
day’s wedding trip east and upon their
return will occupy an apartment in
the Taylor home for the present.
——Mutt and Jeff, those two frol-
icsome and always popular comics,
are returning to their own again. At
any rate they are underlined to hold
forth at the Moose Temple theatre,
Wednesday evening, March 4th, with
the usual matinee. This will mark
their second appearance in the flesh
hereabouts and the event as a conse-
quence is of more than passing im-
portance. Mutt and Jeff are so well
known that any further reference to
their fame or standing in the commu-
nity as simon-pure exponents of gen-
uine jollity and fun would be super-
fluous. Watch next week’s paper for
further announcements.
Patriotic Memorial Services.
The Patriotic Order Sons of Amer-
ica, Washington Camp, No. 887, of
Bellefonte, will observe Washington’s
birthday Sunday, February 22nd, by
attending church services in a body.
The address will be delivered by Rev.
J. A. Mills, pastor of the United
Brethren church. All members are
respectfully requested to meet at the
P. O. S. of A. hall at 10 o’clock and
march in a body to the church.
Go, and take a brother with you.
Fraternally yours,
HARRY A. ROSSMAN, Rec. Sec.
At a hearing before the Public
Service Commission, in Harrisburg on
Monday, on the application of W. J.
Emerick, of Bellefonte, for a certifi-
cate of public convenience to operate
a motor bus line between Reading and
Harrisburg, counsel for existing car-
riers protested that there is no neces-
sity for the proposed bus line, and
that it would result in decreased rev-
enues for the trolley and railroad
companies if the permit is issued. The
Commission will give its decision at a
future date.
‘Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - - - - - $1.80
Corn - - - - - - = 120
Rye - - - - - - - 1.20
Oats - - - - . - B55
Barley - - - - - - 1.00
Buckwheat - - - - - 1.10