"Bellefonte, Pa., March 20, 1925.
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Battle Royal Saves the Show. |
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Launching into a game that even
experienced managers in the cities
find difficult to keep on the level the :
Bellefonte Amusement Association
staged a boxing show at the Moose
Temple theatre Tuesday night. Twen-
ty-eight rounds of boxing had been
advertised and while no one can tell
how long a given match will go the
meet furnished actually less than six
rounds. :
The gentlemen who arranged the
affair are not to be held responsible |
for the failure of the mitt-men to give
any kind of a run for the money.
More experienced fight promoters
" STEWART.—Robert Finley Stew-
art, for the past several years chief
clerk at the Brockerhoff house, Belle-
fonte, passed away at the Centre
County hospital at seven o’clock on
Monday morning following three
weeks illness with ulceration of the
stomach.
He was a son of Dr. Miller and
Patsy Shaw Stewart and was born on
the old Stewart homestead at Pine
Glenn, in Burnside township, on Feb-
i ruary 5th, 1867, making his age 58
years, 1 month and 11 days. His boy-
hood days were spent on the home
farm and in attending the public
schools. Later he took a course at’
the Lock Haven Normal and attended
Lafayette College, but when twenty
years old the lure of the great west |
BRUNGART. — Mrs. R. Emeline ' Brief Meeting of Borough Council on Rockview Penitentiary Favored by
Brungart, widow of the late Thomas |
F. Brungart, of Miles township, died
on March 12th, of atheroma of the
Monday Evening. |
Only six members were present at
Legislators.
Advices from Harrisburg state that
heart and blood vessels following an | the regular meeting of borough coun- no appropriation will be made by the
illness of two weeks.
She was a cil on Monday evening. Charles F.: Legislature for the construction of a
daughter of Henry and Rachael Cor- | Cook appeared in person and asked new eastern penitentiary, legislators
man and was born on December 23rd, ' for an extension of a sewer on Ridge being in favor of completing the
1849, making her age 75 years, 2 street to a new house he is building ' Rockview penitentiary in Centre coun-
months and 19 days. Her husband on the corner of Ridge and High. The ty.
died some years ago but surviving her extension will require the laying of |
are the following children: Mrs. Al- | approximately three hundred feet of
bert I. Doerr, of North Springfield, ' sewer and four or five new taps will
Pa.; S. C. Brungart, of Centre Hall;
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Elda R. Mus-
ser, of Rebersburg. She also leaves |
five grand-children and one sister, :
Miss Ellen J. Corman, of Millheim. |
Funeral services were held at ten
be made. The matter was referred
manager. :
A communication was received from
G. Edward Haupt requesting a rebate
on his water taxes at his home north
of Bellefonte because of a leaking
ot into his blood and he went to: o'clock on Monday morning by Rev. pipe. The Water committee reported 3
Satie, Wash., and engaged in the McClellan, f the Reforn.ed church, of | that the leak referred to was on Mr. ' and make habitable about 250 cells.
lumbering business with his elder , which she was a member, burial being Haupt’s own premises and that it had | He has asked for estimates on the
brother, William Stewart. After a made in the Union cemetery, at Re- been located by the borough manager : probable cost of this work. The bud-
few years he quit lumbering and went
into the insurance business. Later he
went to Oakland, Cal., where he con-
ducted an insurance and real estate
agency. In the meantime his brother
William had embarked in the Salmon
business, with large fisheries and can-
ning establishments in Alaska and
disposing of hi. interests in Oakland
Finley joined his brother and spent
several summers in Alaska, returning
to Seattle for the winter months.
Tiring of life on the Pacific coast
he came east about ten years ago
and later accepted a clerical position
with the Jones—Laughlin Steel com-
pany, at Woodlawn, Beaver county.
He remained there a number of years,
or until the indoor work threatened
his health when he resigned and re-
turned to Bellefonte. When M. A.
Landsy took charge of the Brocker-
bersburg.
and Mr. Haupt notified but he ne-
William J. McCaig, chairman of
the House appropriations committee,
and a number of other members, vis-
ited Rockview last week and made
' Celia V., of Rebersburg; Tacie H., of , to the Street committee and borough an inspection of the work done there
during the past ten years and from
what he saw and learned the chairman
expressed the belief that one of the
best things the Legislature can do is
to provide immediately sufficient
funds to finish one of the buildings
| get sets aside $205,000, but this may
glected to have it repaired for several °
not be enough. In a statement Mr.
WAY.—John Benjamin Way, a na- months and the committee declined to ' McCaig is quoted as saying:
tive of Centre county, died at his
home in Altoona last Thursday fol-
lowing a two week’s illness with a
complication of diseases. He was a
son of John and Elizabeth Way and
was born in Halfmoon valley on June
16th, 1855, hence was in his seventieth
year. In 1885 he married Miss Mary
B. Furst, of Buffalo Run valley, who
survives with three children, Mrs. |
Charles Rangdale, of * Altoona; Mrs.
Calvin Whitsel, of Eldorado, ‘and
Lloyd I. Way, of Altoona. He was
the last of a family of six children.
He was a member of the Methodist |
church at Williamsburg and Halfmoon
Funeral services were held at ten!
o'clock on Saturday morning, burial
than they are frequently disappointed hoff Louse several years ago he se- being made at Williamsburg, Blair
in the same way, but some of the
bouts were so “phony” as to border
on the ridiculous.
The first bout was between Trooper |
Fanning, of Bellefonte, and Bobby :
cured the services of Mr. Stewart as
chief clerk, a position he held until
taken ill three weeks ago. He was a
member of the Episcopal church and
the Bellefonte Lodge of Masons.
Clarke, of Trenton. Clarke had little Suave and courteous at all Gmes he
opportunity to show what he has, if |
he has anything, for the reason that !
the local boy is just starting in the |
squared-ring. They really did mix it!
up a bit in the third round, but the
Trooper forgot all about science in his
eagerness and spread himself wide
open so that Clarke stepped in with a
straight to the chin and Fanning was
still on the floor when the referee fin-
ished counting “Ten.”
Lewis Haupt, another local boy was
to have met “Knockout” Dresher, of |
the Academy, but Dresher failed to
appear and. Haupt, another beginner,
went into the ring with: an unknown. ,
It wasn’t even an exhibition and in the
middle of the second round Lew slip-
ped to the floor and stayed there until
he had been counted out.
was a congenial gentleman both in a
business and social way.
county.
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WELLS.—Joseph Wells, who came
in from Clearfield county about two
weeks ago to visit his son, William
sick shortly after his arrival and died
on Saturday. He was 58 years, 8
recommend a rebate. i
A communication was also received
from Ross A. Hickok asking a rebate
on the water taxes on the Hastings
residence because of the fact that it
is unoccupied nine months in the year.
The matter was referred to the Water
committee for investigation and re-
port.
The Undine fire company extended
merhbers of council an invitation to
attend- a St. Patrick’s- day banquet .
held at their building on Tuesday
evening.
The Street committee reported a
general cleaning up of the various
ilodge I. 0. O. F., of Stormstown. streets of the town.
The Water committee reported the
collection of $454.25 on the 1923 |
water duplicate and $4.80 for repairs
to a water tap. Also, that the Shef-
field Farms company has asked that '
a four inch water pipe be laid as soon
as possible to its milk receiving sta-
tion on north Thomas street, and the
: Wells, at Pleasant Gap, was taken :
Water committee was authorized to
have the work done at once.
Mr. Cunningham, chairman of the
“I believe there is urgent need of a
new penitentiary in the eastern part
of the State, and the present institu-
tion ought to be taken from Phila-
delphia. But sound business principles
would seem to call for finishing what
already has been started before we
tackle anything more. Otherwise we
are apt to find ourselves in the posi-
tion of having both Rockview and the
eastern penitentiary tied up, both de-
manding--funds and both suffering.
If the money were available I would
be heartily in favor of carrying on
both programs, but it is not. There-
fore let us finish Rockview and then
‘work out the eastern penitentiary on
the broad scale it demands.”
Bald Eagle Valley Road to be Closed
i to Traffic.
Every farmer and other residents of
Bald Eagle valley have been rooting
for several years past for the con- |
struction of a state highway through
: that valley, and now when their am-
bitions are about to be realized they
He was the youngest of a family | months and 24 days old and was born ; Water committee, reported that sev- | are somewhat aghast over the reports
of eight children, the
surviving | in Philipsburg, having spent all his eral bids have been received in con- ithat the entire valley road, from
. brothers and sisters being as follows: j life in that section and in Clearfield nection with the proposed remodeling Snow Shoe Intersection to Bald Eagle,
| William Stewart, of Seattle, Wash.; | county. His wife has been dead a, of the pump house at the big spring, | will be closed to all traffic when the
‘Dr. Walter S., of Wilkes-Barre, but number of years and since her passing | but as no decision had yet been reach- | contractors begin work, which will
who is now in Egypt on a trip around : 8Way he made his home among his ed the figures were not reported. It likely be within a. month. In fact
the world; Mrs. J. B. Miller, of children. Burial was made at Pleas- is understood, however, that all bids |
Hagerstown, Md.; David, Dr. D. G.
and Miss Margaret Stewart, of Belle-
fonte, ;
Funeral services were held at his
late home at eleven o’clock yesterday
morning by Rev. Dr. A. M. Schmidt,
after which burial was made in the
Union cemetery. The pall-bearers
were Edgar Burnside, John McCoy,
James C. Furst, Gregg Curtin, Frank
Kern and John M. Bullock.
The semi-windup was between p
young McCoy, of Sunbury, and “Cy- |
clone” Ray, of Pittsburgh. It was
Shes Jo oigh 4 Jounds wt heart failure on Monday while attend-
lad claimed he had hurt his hand and 10g a public sale at the Hartsock home
quit. This looked as though it might in Patton township. He was a native
have been a good scrap had it not been of Haines township, having been born
for the announced injury. at Aaronsburg on July 18th, 1854,
The wind-up of ten rounds between hence was 70 years, 7 months and 28
Johnny Burns, of Pittsburgh, and Kid days old. His parents were Daniel
Lavang, of Sunbury, lasted less than a and Rebecca Korman.
KORMAN.—Charles Wesley Kor-_.
man; of Bellefonte, dropped dead of::
' stranger in Bellefonte, as he has vis-
ant Gap on Tuesday..
G. R. Miller, of Tyrone, Elected Sec-
retary of Bellefonte Y. M. C. A.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A, on
Tuesday evening, G. R. Miller, of Ty-
rone, was elected general secretary of
the Association. He is a young man, |
only twenty-six years old, stands over
six feet in height, weighs 230 pounds
and his nick name is “Tiny.”
r. Miller is a product of the Pitts-
h Y. M. C. A. He was born and |
grew to manhood in that city and dur-
ing his school days was a constant at-
tendant at the Y. M. C. A. and took a
leading part in its athletic’ depart-
ment. The result was he: attained
quite a reputation in that city for his |
athletic prowess. He is not an entire |
are within the original estimated cost
of eight thousand dollars. :
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported that owing to the fact that one
of their drivers expects to be out of
town for some time the Logan fire
company requested the election of
council so voted.
The Keystone filling station re-
farmers living up the valley who have
been bringing butter, eggs and other
produce into Bellefonte, have antic-
ipated the closing of the road and
notified their customers that while
construction work is in progress they
will be unable to make their regular
trips to town, as they will have no
i Arthur Boob to take his place, and way of getting out.
In fact the only outlets from the
valley will be to cross Bald Eagle
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IMPRESSIONS OF FLORIDA.
West Palm Beach, Fla. 3-13-25.
Dear Watchman: -
Another typical Florida day. Wed-
nesday morning at 9 we started over
the Conners highway for Okeechobee
City, 78 miles from here. It is situat-
ed on the northern end of the lake
and as the road is as good, all the
way, as that from State College to
Bellefonte, and level and straight as
the crow flies it would be a monoton-
ous ride were it not for the constantly
changing scenes. Most of the way is
right through the everglades. The
soil is a black muck that has been
drained and will grow anything plant-
ed. For over thirty miles it is close to
the lake on one side and on the other
mostly truck gardens, with here and
there a good sized grove of large cy-
preess trees. Hundreds of acres of this
rich land is only waiting the hands
that will stir it into production.
At one place near Canal Point they
have a small sugar mill where they
are grinding 4500 tons of cane a day.
As visitors are welcome the superin-
tendent took us through explaining
referred to the Street committee.
mittee and borough manager with are rough, and in bad weather well
quested permission to. erect an iron mountain into Buffalo Run valley and
sign over the pavement at its plant come down to Bellefonte that way.
on Bishop street and the matter was But there are less than a half dozen
| reads crossing over the mountain and
William Nighthart asked for an ex- ; these are all miles apart, so that they
tension of the sewer on Logan street, ' don’t offer very good outlets. Farmers
a distance of seventy-five feet, to ac- living in the foothills of the Alleghe-
commodate four new taps. The mat- nies might travel the mountain roads,
ter was referred to the Street com- ' down to Runville but at the best they
power. nigh impassable.” However, the con-
The Finance committee requested tracts call for the building of the
the renewal of notes aggregating road within a specified time and resi-
round. If Burns is a fighter he has a! He married Mary Jane Witmer,
ited here on various occasions, and it $14,500, which was authorized.
| dents of the valley can take consola-
uliar style. He kept continually , Who died in February, 1910, but sur-
falling Hee stiches and endeavoring : Viving him are the following chil-
to punish Lavang with short arm jabs dreen: Mrs. Margaret Kelley, Clay-
to the body. It had all the ear marks ton, Mrs. Ira Wright and William, all
of a hugging match until Lavang of Bellefonte; Charles, of Milesburg,
broke loose and caught Burns with a and Verda, of State College. His sec-
straight right to the jaw that sent him ond wife was Miss Elizabeth Beck,
dreaming about the light weight Who survives with two children, Les-
champion of the A. E. F., which he ter and Emma, both at home. He also
; was his good impression of the town
-and its people that was the influenc-
_ing factor in his deciding to accept the
: ope: to become secretary of the Y. M.
. A.
| During the past eighteen months
Mr. Miller has been located in Tyrone
where he made his headquarters at the
Y. M. C. A. He was engaged in sell-
The secretary presented a revised tion in the fact that when completed
{copy of the borough laws sent coun- they will have one of the best high-
‘cil on opproval, and the price being ways in the county.
i but $6.00, council authorized the pur-
chase of same.
Bil's were approved to the amount
of $2,798.60, after which council ad-
_ journed.
| Basket Ball Season Closed for Local
High.
The 1925 basket ball season is end-
was advertised to be. |
The best thing of the show was the
battle royal and that was all local.
Mac Hendershot, Ed. Koffman, Har-
ry Tierny, Leman Lyons and Buck
Johnson provided it. They were all
blind-folded, had 2a tin cup tied to one
wrist and only one hand gloved. Hay
makers were flying all around the
ring and every once in a while one of |
the contestants would blunder into one
of them. No one could see the other ata, died in the Altoona hospital last ceed,
ed for both the boys and girls’ teams
{leaves eighteen grand-children and
ing oil and gas for the Sinclair Oil’
company, giving as much of his time ,
as possible to the athletic division of
‘the Tyrone Y. M. C. A. When he
comes to Bellefonte, which will be be- |
tween April 5th and 10th, he will give '
all his time to the Y. M. C. A. work. !
He will room at the Association and
: undertake the job of putting the Asso-
‘ciation on its feet physieally .and fi-
‘nancially. Here’s hoping he will suc-
four brothers, Lynn Korman, of Co-
burn; John, of Curtin; Ira, of Oak
Hall, and Lyman, of State College.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at two o’clock yesterday
afternoon by Rev. Reed O. Steely, '
after which burial was made in the
Meyers’ cemetery.
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LEWIS.—Sanford Lewis, of Juni-
Sunday School Workers of the State of i oral High school. : Te Boys
: played eighteen games out of whic
Meet ia-Loek Haven, they won ten. They had the makings
For three days last week Sabbath ; of a good team, but lacking team spir-
school workers from every part of the it and morale they were unable to play
State met in one of the best, most en- | consistently. 3
thusiastic and helpful mid-year con- The girls’ team played eight games,
ferences that the State Sabbath school , winning six of them. They lost only
Association has ever held. | to Renovo and Lock Haven High, but
Every member of the State staff as they also won a game from each of
was present, headed by general secre- | these teams their season was quite as
and when they happened into a bunch Saturday, following an illness of some |
there was a melee that was a melee. | Weeks. He was a son of Samuel and
Ed. Kofman was the one who con- Eleanor Lewis and was born in Bald
tributed gore to the scene and when | Eagle valley a little over fifty-seven
he was down on his knees with four years ago. He lived in Clearfield for
gloves flying wildly about his head it twenty-three years during which time
looked as though a slaughter house he served as a conductor on the New
was to be made of the field of battle. York Central railroad. Several years
He got to his feet later and may not ' ago he gave up railroading and went
know it, but got revenge when one of ; to Juniata. He was a member of the
——————r yr —————— %
——A staid and respectable busi-
ness man of Bellefonte was caught in |
the act of driving a chicken down town '
on Monday evening, but he is guilt- |
less of breaking any moral law be-
cause the chicken was a real one.
While the gentleman in question was
eating his supper the fowl went to
roost on his spare tire. He failed to
see it when he left home and dreve
his wallops landed on somebody’s jaw Odd Fellows, Knights of Mata and
and hung the owner up on the ropes.
It was a great bout, all in good hu-
mor because no one could see who was
punching him nor whom he was giv-
ing it back to and there was no in- |
centive for bad blood. Disappointing
as were the rest of the bouts the bat-
tle royal was quite worth the price.
Teachers’ Training Class Present Gold
to Teacher.
The teachers’ training class of the
Methodist church finished their third
book for the year and held a very in-
teresting program in the church last
Wednesday, in which they all took
some part. The last book was “Great
Characters in the New Testament”,
Fine papers were read on the differ-
ent characters. At the close of the
program they enjoyed a feast in the
parsonage and elected officers for the
coming year. Their appreciation of
their teacher was marked by a pleas-
ant surprise in the gift of $27.50 in
gold to Rev. E. E. McKelvey. The fol-
lowing are members: Mrs. M. R. John-
son, Mrs. Charles Harrison, Miss Ada
Marshall, Miss Ann Confer, Miss Ida
Green, John Keeler, Donald Conrad,
Frances and Rachel McKelvey. Mrs.
M. E. Olewine is the president. Their
next book will be “Great Characters
in the Old Testament.”
the Order of Railway Conductors.
Surviving him are his wife and one |
! son; also four brothers and two sis- | front of his office. A half hour or so
ters. Burial was made at Bald Eagle :
on Wednetr” morning. ’
BAIRD.—Smith Baird, the vener-
able father of Lawshe Baird, of Phil- |
ipsburg, died on Sunday evening at '
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carrie !
McGaughney, in Clearfield, following
two weeks illness. He was a native
of Port Jervis, N. Y., and was almost
ninety-five years old. He had been a
resident of Pennsylvania since he was |
three years old. He located at Osce-
ola Mills in 1864, living there until
1918 when he went to Philipsburg to
live with his son. His survivors in-'
clude two sons and two daughters.
Burial was made at Osceeola Mills on
Wednesday afternoon.
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CAMPBELL. — Dr. William" H.'
Campbell, son of Rev. R. M. Campbell,
a retired Presbyterian minister of Al- |
toona, but who for many years lived
at Pennsylvania Furnace where the
doctor spent most of his earlier life,
died at his home in Pittsburgh last
Thursday morning following a brief
illness with pneumonia. He is sur-
vived by his wife and two children;
also his aged father and three sisters.
Burial was made in Pittsburgh. i
‘will hold a bazaar and food sale on
' 11th, in the Legion home on Howard
{around town ten or fifteen minutes
before he finally parked his car in
later he looked out of the window and
was very much surprised to see the
chicken placidly roosting on the spare
tire. “A few minutes later the hen was
discovered by others and Harry Mann
caught it and put it inside the car
where it continued its sleep until tak-
en home by the owner. Any person
desiring further particulars can ob-
tain them by inquiring of Earl C.
Musser, at the Keystone Power cor-
poration office.
——The American Legion auxiliary
Friday and Saturday, April 10th and
street. All members are requested to
send in their donation with the price
attached. Any and all donations to
the bazaar will be greatly appreciated.
——Mrs. John S. Walker was hos-
tess at a card party last night, given
in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Love. Thirty invitations were is-
sued, the young married set being the
guests.
~———Spring will begin tomorrow and
let us all hope that it will not be the
lingering transition it was in 1924.
Woman Killed When Ford Turned
Turtle.
On Saturday evening Mrs. Vernon
Rothrock and son-in-law, Walter Val-
limont, left Kylertown in a Ferd car
to drive to Winburne where they ex-
pected to meet Mr. Rothrock. They
had gone only about half a mile when
the car skidded and turned turtle,
Mrs. Rothrock being caught beneath
it and her neck broken. She was
dead when removed. The unfortunate
i woman was thirty-three years old and
in addition to her husband leaves five
children. Burial was made at Kyler-
town on Wednesday.
—Get your job york done heere.
, tary Walter E. Myers, members of the successful as was that of last year.
‘board of directors and the presidents |
and secretaries from forty counties.
The State Sabbath School associa-
tion felt the need of changing condi-
tions and of keeping abreast with
these conditions and a year ago or-
ganized an educational committee con-
sisting of one official representative
from every denomination in the State
to meet twice a year and work out the
educational policy of the State asso-
ciation. This committee met just pri-
or to the general sessions of the con-
ference at Lock Haven and among the
denominational representatives pres-
ent were: Dr. Harold McAfee Rob-
inson, Dr. A. J. Murphy, Rev. John
Elliott, Rev. E. C. Keboch, Dr. Conrad
Hauser, Rev. Dr. E. P. Wiles, Dr. D.
Bard Craig, Rev. C. H. Hamilton, Dr.
E. V. Andrews and others.
The conference accepted an invita-
tion to go to Williamsport next year
and agreed to have every county rep-
resented.
——The Supreme court has sustain-
ed the decision of the Centre county
+ court in the case of Mary G. Gates vs.
John M. Keichline, an action brought
to determine the title to the Gardner
farm in Ferguson township. The de-
cision of the Centre county court was
in favor of Mrs. Gates and the case
was appealed to the Supreme court
by the defendant, J. M. Keichline.
——An examination for positions in
the postal service at Bellefonte is
scheduled for an early holding. Those
desiring to take it must file applica-
tion and procure cards from postmas-
ter John L. Knisely on or before April
1st. Examinations will be held for
both clerk and carrier positions.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G. Swartz
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a daughter, Mary Almetta,
who was born Monday. This being
their first child, the little Miss is a
very welcome guest.
——LE. S. Bullock, of Julian, has fil-
ed a bill in equity in Lycoming county
against the Reese-Sheriff Lumber
company demanding an accounting on
ia claim of $55,000 he avers is due and
owing to him.
The only thing especially note-
worthy about St. Patrick’s day this
year was the snow storm in the morn-
ing, which later turned to rain, and by
evening the snow was all gone.
——Eleanor, the only child of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Wood, of Rockview,
died yesterday at noon.
the various processes and machinery.
After the juice is all squeezed out of
the cane, the dried residue goes under
the boilers providing ninety per cent
! of the fuel consumed in the plant. It
| produces about 45 tons of sugar a day
i from cane grown within sight of the
mill. Really it looked to us as though
; they had enough land to supply all
i the world with sugar, but, of course,
, we know that production there is only
a drop in the bucket.
Lake Okeechobee (Indian for Big
Water) is 34 miles long, 32 miles wide
and averages 20 ft. in depth. “A mil-
i lion dollars worth of fish are caught
| from it and sold every year. The city
i of the same name has about 3000 of
a permanent population. The rich
muck land about it can be had from
[$5 to $100 per acre. Only the most
imaginative mind can visualize what
i this wonderfully rich land will some
day mean to the State of Florida.
Almost all of it can be used, it will
grow crops all the year round and as
the rain fall averages 55 inches an-
nually it would seem that there should
be little chances of failure of erops.
Many are leaving for the nerth
‘every day, but as others are constant-
ly arriving we have noticed little
changes in the crowds here even
though spring is near and milder
weather to be expected at home. The
season here is getting to be more and
more an all year one and just now
tourists are buying houses, lots and
acreage faster than ever. They come.
spend the season while looking around
and then decide they want a piece of
Florida before starting home. I don’t
blame them because I know of nc
place finer to spend the winters anc
anyone who can should come here fo:
at least two weeks in the winter fo:
. it will take that time before the beau
ty and comfort of it all begins to im.
press.
Washington and the Giants playec
two great games here this week
‘ There were great crowds out to se
them and the Giants won by an inch
: Cordially Yours,
pho LER WESGLENN
This is the fifth of the series of letter
Dr. W. 8. Glenn, of State College, is writ
ing for the Watchman while sojournin;
in Florida.
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—When you see it in the “Watch
man” you know it’s true.
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Proposed Memorial to Dr, Sparks.
To create a memorial to the lat
Dr. Edwin Erle Sparks, president o
the Pennsylvania State College fron
1908 to 1920, students of the colleg.
have launched a campaign for fund
for the establishment of a collectio
of American history works in the col
lege library.
tudent committees have worke
for several months upon the selectio:
of a suitable memorial within thei
means. Half a dozen suggestion
were considered. The library collec
tion was finally decided upon as nc
only being the most logical and need
ful for the college, but as the mos
appropriate befitting the memory o
Dr. Sparks who was one of the fore
most authorities on American histor
at the time of his death last June.
Catherine Cotton Sparks, the wido
WLS
of the former Penn State presiden’
has voiced her hearty approval of th
student movement to create “Th
Edwin Erle Sparks Memorial Co
lection” for the library, and alread
old friends of Dr. Sparks have offere
to contribute to the fund which it :
expected will reach the amount
$10,000 or more, part of which will t
used for the endowment of the alcov
W. C. Calhoun, president of ti
student Y. M. C. A., has been electc
chairman of the student committe
directing the movement, and will rc
ceive contributions from Penn Stai
alumni and students and other frienc
of the former president who desire 1
assist with the memorial.
CENTRE HALL.
Mrs. Belle Whiteman was called
the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Grov
at Berwick, who is quite ill.
The Rebekahs served a fine chic
en and waffle supper to the Odd Fe
lows, on Wednesday evening.
“Flittings” have begun. On We
nesday, St. Clair’s moved from 1
Kennedy farm and John Rudy imm
Sistly moved to the farm thus vaca
ed.
Capt. George M. Boal celebrz+
his 86th birthday on St. Patrick’s da
His daughter, Mrs. Gross Mingle,
Philadelphia, was here to help hi
celebrate the event.
Miss Ann Osler, our popular Hi;
school teacher, entertained her fath
and mother and Mrs. Lytle, a frier
from Harrisburg, for nearly a week
the Gardner Grove home, where s
boards. They came up primarily
see the Juniors play “Engaged
Wednesday.” Mrs. Grove prevail
upon them to remain for St. Patric]
day, on which evening she entertain
at dinner the faculty and Seniors
the Gregg township vocational scho
Her nephew, James Brungard, w
makes his home"with the Groves,
president of the Senior class.