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Bellefonte, Pa., December 18, 1925.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. E. S. Moore, of Pine Grove Mills,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
Wednesday and a caller at the “Watch-
man’ office.
—Miss Mary Hill, who had been spend-
ing two weeks with her many friends in
Bellefonta, returned to her home in Atlan-
tic City, Wednesday.
—The Misses May Crider, Edrie Walker
and Sara Ray, among the business women
employed in Philadelphia, will all be home
for the Holiday vacation.
—Lester Pifer, of Wilkinsburg, a son of
Mrs. Grant Pifer, spent the week-end in
Bellefonte, visiting with his mother’s rel-
atives, the H. K. Hoy family.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Godshall will be
here from Camden, N. J., next week, guests
of Mrs. Godshall’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Lamb and the Wilbur Baney fam-
ily.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Griffith will
leave Sunday to spend the Holiday season
and the early part of the year with Mrs.
Griffith’s children, in and about Philadel-
phia.
—Edward Grauer, of New York and Phil-
adelphia, is arranging to come to Belle-
fonte to be a member of the Christmas
Holiday celebration in the Louis Grauer
family.
—Miss Roberta Noll is making tentative
plans for accompanying her sister, Mrs.
George VanDyke, to her home at Chelten-
ham, Pa., expecting to remain there until
spring.
—Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler will have
with them for their Christmas celebration,
next week, the James McClain family, of
Spangler, and Miss Margaret Brisbin, of
Philadelphia.
—Foster McGovern, of West Port, and
Thomas McGovern, of Warren, both with
the State Highway Department, will spend
their vacation in Bellefonte with their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McGovern.
—Mr. and Mrs. Winslow were over Sun-
day guests of Mrs. Winslow’s mother, Mrs.
Charles Cruse, who with her daughter,
Miss Helen, will go to Patton next week,
to be Holiday guests at the Winslow home.
—Samuel Moyer, of Camelstown, a cous-
in of Mrs. H. K. IToy, has been spending
several weeks with the Hoy family and
other relatives in Centre county. Mr. Moy-
er, who is past eighty years old, is one of
the very few left of her generation.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Thomas expect to
leave Bellefonte for their future home in
Millville, Columbia county, December 30th.
Their plans are to leave that day, but they
are contingent on the arrival of a van that
is to come to transport their furniture.
—John Waite, of Johnstown, with his
sister-in-law, Miss Nagle. will be here for
a week-end visit with Mr. Waite’s mother,
Mrs. George Waite, of Phoenix avenue. A
younger son, Gilbert, will come from Wil-
liamsport, to be a Christmas guest at the
‘Waite home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Coxey will be
here from Clearfield next week, to be with
Mr. Coxey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Coxey, Friday. Mrs. Tarbert will be un-
able to be here during the Holidays,
though anticipating coming to Bellefonte
later in the season.
—Hugh ' and Phil Johnston will come
home from Law school this week, for the
mid-winter vacation with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Johnston. Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne D. Stitzinger and their two
children will drive in from New Castle to
join the Johnston family for New Year.
—Mrs. H. K. Hoy arrived in Bellefonte
Thursday, after spending the summer and
fall in Boalsburg with her son-in-law and
daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Wag-
ner. Mrs. Shuey, of Prospect, Ohio, will
join her mother here, both to be Christ-
mas guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton E. Royer, at their new home on
Water street.
—M. D. Kelly, of Altoona, was in town
last Saturday on his way home from a
week's hunting trip at the Pine Run lodge
beyond Snow Shoe. Hunting with the par-
ty were Michael and Robert J. Kelly, of
Altoona; Tom Conaghan and Ben Shellen-
berger, of Tyrone; W. M. Clark, of Tren-
ton, N. J., and Larry Redding, P. W. Kel-
ley, and the rest of the Snow Shoe crowd.
They hadn’t succeeded in getting a deer,
but that was probably because J. K. John-
ston was unable to join the party as has
been his custom for years. He's the only
real hunter in the whole crowd.
—John Hurst was in town on Tuesday.
He had been called here as a juror, but put
up some kind of a plea to the Court and
got excused. When he told us he was on
his way home our mind flew back thirty
years to times when John would have staid
in Bellefonte for a year and let his plumb-
ing business in Philipsburg go hang if a
Republican county convention elected to
sit that long. “Them was the days.” Phil-
ipsburg and Rush delegates always came
uninstructed—both to the Democratic and
Republican conventions—and things com-
menced to move the moment the night train
got in the evening before. Mostly the con-
tests were just close enough to give the
delegation from “cover the mountain” the |
balance of power and the lights never went
out in the local hotels all that night. Oh
boy! Talk of the joys of politics. The
present generation will never know just
what fun there was in it for John Hurst
and his contemporaries. Had we the space
we could tell you of some mighty interest-
ing stuff about John and his part in mak-
ing Republican tickets several decades ago.
— Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rossman, of east
Bishop street, are entertaining Mrs. Ross-
man’s father, Harry Stevenson, who is here
for a Holiday visit.
— Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller are ex-
pected here from Pittsburgh, next week, to
be guests of Mr. Miller's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Miller, of east High street. i
__At the H. F. Miller home on east High
street, next week, there will be Mr. and
Mrs. Miller's three daughters, coming from
State College, Lewistown and York, Pa.
_D. M. Markle is in Pittsburgh for a
Christmas visit with his two daughters,
Mrs. Harry Hazel and Mrs. Lloyd Homan,
and his son, Robert Markle, of Turtle
Creek. |
—Miss Helen Monsel, a trained nurse lo-
cated for the present at Bryn Mawr, will
be home next week to celebrate Christmas
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel :
Monsel. |
— Mrs. Andrew Keith, of Petersburg, and
her daughter, were here last week for an
over Sunday visit at the Dr. R. L. Stevens
home. Mrs. Keith is a sister-in-law of Dr.
Stevens.
Miss Lida E. Morris will leave Monday
for Macon, Ga., to spend the Holiday sea- !
son with the Charles A. and Elliot Lyon
Morris families, expecting to remain south
for the winter. i
— Mrs. Donald Gettig and her three chil-
dren have been spending the week in Al-
toona, at Mrs. Gettig's former home, with
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Mallory. Mr. Gettig
will join his family here next week for the
Gettig Christmas day celebration.
— Mr. and Mrs. Barry Case came up Sun-
day from Washington, for a visit home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
McGowan, and will be joined here by Mr. !
Case next week, to be Christmas guests at |
the McGowan home west of town. |
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—C. M. Kryder, of Centre Hall, and his |
niece, Mrs. Homan, made their first trip |
over the mountain yesterday, since the |
opening of the new state road, having driv- |
en over to look after some business, and |
incidentally, do some Christmas buying. |!
— Mrs. J. A. Dunkel, of Pittsburgh, is
expected in Bellefonte shortly, to spend
the remainder of the winter with her broth-
ers, James R. and Charles Hughes, at the
Academy. Mrs. Dunkel's daughter and
family have left Pittsburgh to locate on
the Pacific coast.
Mr. and Mrs. John McCoy's guests next
week will include the following members
of Mrs. McCoy’s family: Mr. and Mrs.
John VanPelt, of Johnstown, and their
daughter Rachel; Charles Harris, of Ha-
gerstown; George Harris, of Baltimore,
and it is probable that Guy Harris, of
Washington, will also be a member of the
family party.
Where Turkey Will Not be Served on
Christmas.
If you want to eat turkey on Christ-
mas without going to the trouble of
having it at your home don’t plan to
go to the Brockerhoff house, Knisely’s
restaurant, Marks’ restaurant or Miss
Mary Derstines, as all those places
will be closed on Christmas day. The
Brockerhoff house dining room will be
closed from Thursday, December 24th,
to the following Monday or Tuesday, |
to affor®f an opportunity to make some
changes and’ improvements in the
room and kitchen. Regular boarders
a the hotel will, of course, be taken
care of.
WHERE TURKEY CAN BE HAD.
The Bush house and the Brant
house, however, will be open on
Christmas and will serve special tur-
key dinners, so that any one wishing
to go out for dinner can get it at eith-
er of the above hotels.
LOVE RESIDENCE DAMAGED BY FIRE
YESTERDAY MORNING.
Fire which evidently originated
from a defective or overheated flue
burned ‘most of the roof off the rear
portion of the Mrs. John G. Love res-
idence, on east Linn street, at an ear-
ly hour yesterday morning, while the
house and everything it contains were
considerably damaged by water. Mrs.
Love and her daughter, Miss Cathe-
rine, are in Philadelphia, and John G.
Love Esq., was in Harrisburg, but the
fire in the furnace was kept up by a
caretaker. The fire broke out near the
roof about seven o’clock in the morn-
ing, but once on the scene the firemen
did good work and quickly extinguish-
ed the blaze. While the loss will be
considerable it will be partly covered
by insurance.
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— Just imagine having bon-bons,
chocolates, chocolate covered mints,
all kinds of fondant covered nuts, and
then some delicious fruits not covered
with chocolate but with a wonderful
soft fondant that when you bite
through it the original fruit juice is
still there, and all these things in one
box at seventy cents a pound, and
made just the day before you receive
them. Can you think of anything
more wonderful for Christmas candy.
That is the way Martha Washington
candy is sold at the Russ-Bell soda
fountain. All orders to be delivered
the day before Christmas must be re-
ceived not later than this Saturday
night. We have also a complete line
of loose chocolates, hard candy and
fancy boxes at all prices. Russ-Bell
Soda Fountain, Bellefonte. 70-50-1t
——If you have procured yours,
1926 license plates may now be used
on your car or truck. A recent ruling
of the Highway Department permitted
the use of the new plates after De-
cember 15.
——A candle in your window Christ-
mas eve, is a greeting to the passer
by, be he a friend or stranger. See
to it that this custom may be univer-
sally observed in Bellefonte.
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——Show the Christmas spirit by
burning a candle in your window
Christmas eve.
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——Children’s shoes, 75c. a pair
less, at Yeager’s Tiny. Boot Shop.
50-1t.
The Bellefonte Postoffice Force as Constituted in 1890.
left to right—G. W. Rees, James A. Fiedler, Joseph Harris.
John Bair, James Bayard, Thomas Denner.
Top row,
Bottom row—John Wagner,
Postmaster Knisely and Present Personnel of the Office.
Top row, left to right.—Robert Woodring, W. S. Meese, Harry Meese.
Middle row.—Arber Everett, John P. Garthoof, John Spearley, John L. Knisely,
postmaster ; Millard Hartswick, John
liam Bilger, Daniel Showalter.
Sitting.—William C. Chambers, O. I. Morton Smith, Albert Smith, Boyd Spicher.
JOHN KNISELY RE-APPOINTED
POSTMASTER AT BELLEFONTE
Some Interesting Facts and Statistics
About the Bellefonte Office and
the Men Who Handle the U.
S. Mails.
John L. Knisely, whose four year
term as postmaster at Bellefonte ex-
pired in October, was on Tuesday ap-
pointed by President Coolidge to
another term of four years. Thefe
was no opposition to his reappoint-
ment. Robert M. Smith was also re-
appointed postmaster at Centre Hall.
And that reminds us.
Coincident with the holiday shop-
ping season and all its turmoil and
strife is the vastly augmented mail
matter handled by Uncle Sam and his
faithful employees, and the people at
the Bellefonte postoffice have their
share of the burden to bear along with
the employees at every postoffice in
the United States. If your mail car-
rier is late these days don’t blame it
on him, as he is doubtless working
harder than usual to get to you on
time. To begin with, the trains are
probably late, the mails are unusually
heavy with holiday packages and the
regular force at the postoffice is doing
its best to handle it all.
Instead of complaining reflect back
to the days when Bellefonte had no
free delivery and every family had to
go to the postoffice for their mail. And
that was not so very long ago, in the
year 1890 to be exact. At that time
four people handled the mail in the
Bellefonte office. It was in January,
1890, when James A. Fiedler took
charge as postmaster. He appointed
as his assistant G. Wash Rees, while
Joseph Harris and Miss Katherine
Stott were the only clerks. It was at
the end of postmaster Fiedler's first
quarter in office when, on figuring up
the receipts, he was surprised and
pleased to discover that they aggre-
gated about $11,000 a year. This was
sufficient to justify a carrier service
and application was promptly made to
the Postoffice Department at Wash-
ington for the institution of carrier
service in Bellefonte. An inspector
was sent here to check up on post-
master Fiedler’s report and it being
found correct the application for town
carriers was approved and the first of
July set as the date on which it was
to go into effect.
On recommendation of postmaster
Fiedler Thomas Benner, John Bair,
John Wagner and James Bayard were
appointed regular carriers, and Clell
Bamford and Edward Harris substi-
tutes. The institution of the service
was delayed some time because of the
non-arrival of the necessary office
equipment but temporary equipment
was finally installed and the carriers,
spic and span in new uniforms and
shiny leather mail pouches started out
on their first trip. It was a hot day
and in climbing jail hill carrier Thom-
as Benner suffered a slight sunstroke
but managed to get into his home on
the north side of the jail. Postmaster
Fiedler was notified and sent Mr. Rees
to the rescue. He found Mr. Benner
lying on a lounge and his mail scat-
tered all over the floor. The latter
was gathered up and the delivery
completed by the assistant postmas-
ter. Those were the days before par-
cel post and the man who took a daily
paper’ was the exception and not the
rule. The mail in those days was
hauled between the postoffice and rail-
Bair, John Hartswick, E. E. Ardery, Wil-
appointed December 1st, 1894, and he
will go on the retired list December
1st, 1926.
William C. Chambers has had over
twenty-six years of service to date,
having been appointed September 1st,
1899. He will be eligible to retire
August 1st, 1926. »
Assistant postmaster Morton Smith
has twenty-five years of service to
date, having been appointed in 1900,
but he has many years ahead of him
before he reaches the retirement age.
The top picture published in con-
nection with this article shows the
postoffice force in 1890 and the bottom
picture the personnel of the force to-
day.
Agricultural Extension Association
Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Centre
county Agricultural Extension Asso-
ciation will be held this (Friday)
afternoon, December 18th, at 1:30
o’clock, in the court house, Bellefonte.
The Extension Association was or-
ganized in 1917 under the name of the
Centre county Farm Bureau. This
name was changed at the annual
meeting last year to Agricultural Ex-
tension Association so it would not
conflict with the Farm Bureau Feder-
ation which has a paid membership
organization. The Extension Associ-
ation is financed by the funds appro-
priated according to the Smith-Lever
law, which states that the federal gov-
ernment will match all the money ap-
propriated by the State government
and giving the County Commissioners
privilege to appropriate money to pay
all local expenses of the extension
representative. :
The executive committee is made up
of sixteen members, with a represen-
tative from each community insofar
as possible. The president, vice pres-
ident, secretary and treasurer are
elected at the annual meeting. These
men select the remainder of the com-
mittee and help formulate the county
agent’s program. The work has in-
creased every year until this year in-
formation has been given out to 2360
farmers, or a few more than there are
farms in the county. This increase
will depend largely on the interest
taken by local people. Everybody in
the county interested in agriculture is
considered a member and should at-
tend this meeting, if possible. One of
the main problem is the eradication of
road station on 5 osslharrow and it | tuberculosis in cattle. A large num-
never was over.oaced. i ber of herds have been tested to date
And now, thirty-five years later, the |
mail is hauled in trucks and it will |
probably be surprising to many peo-
ple to know that the average mail in
ordinary times aggregates a ton a
day, while it is almost double that!
weight during the holiday season. An |
and the aim is to test all the cattle in
Centre county during 1926. With this
| in mind, Dr. T. E. Munce, head of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Harris-
burg, will speak on this subject. Dr.
Munce will have the latest informa-
lA tion regards Np td gin
ordinary day’s mail consists of about | n Jegarding testing, “amount of
four thousand letters, first class mail, |
3 ad
and in—addition hundreds of pieces of :
circulars, about one hundred and fifty |
daily papers and hundreds of pounds
of parcel post packages. Of course
the postoffice force is considerably
larger than it was thirty-five years
ago, but its increase has not been in !
proportion. At that time there were
eight people including the four car-
riers. Today there are seventeen, but
that includes not only the four town
carriers but the four rural carriers as |
well.
Thirty-five years ago the receipts.
were $11,000 a year, while the pres-
ent fiscal year will show receipts to-
talling $38,000, exclusive of the mon-
ey order business. And that has
grown into an enormous business it-
self. In fact the issue of money or-
ders at the postoffice for the current
year is given at $212,567. Money or-
ders cashed total $72,000, which leaves
the net sum of $140,000 taken in at the
Bellefonte office which has been sent
to the department in Washington.
Only a small percentage of the above
amount of orders issued goes to for-
eign lands, while quite a large per
cent. of it goes to mail order houses
for goods bought by residents of
Bellefonte and vicinity that might
have been bought here had the proper
inducements been given. This is some-
thing worth considering by the mer-
chants and business men of Bellefonte.
As stated above the postoffice force
now consists of seventeen people.
They are John L. Knisely, postmaster;
0. P. Morton Smith, assistant post-
master; William C. Chambers, money
order and stamp clerk; William Bil-
ger, mailing clerk; Millard Hartswick,
John Bair and Albert Smith, clerks;
Robert Woodring, E. E. Ardery, Ar-
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Foster—Swank.—A wedding of in-
terest to many Centre countians tool
place at Mahanoy City on December
first when Russell Foster, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Foster, of State Col=
lege, was united in marriage to Miss
Catherine Swank, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. P. Swank, of Mahanoy
City. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. T. Morrison, of Binghamton,
N.Y. The bride is a graduate of
State College, class of 1921, since
which time she has taught in the High
school of her home town. The bride~
groom graduated in the same class as.
his bride and for two years taught
manual training in the High school at
Mahanoy City and has since been em-
ployed as a teller in the Union Na-
tional bank of that city. During the
world war he saw service overseas as
a second lieutenant. The young peo-
ple for the present will make their
home with the bride’s parents.
—Mendel’s guaranteed silk hose
for ladies, the same kind Mr. Yeager
sold at his old store, the price is only
$1.50, at the new Yeager’s Tiny Boot
Shop. 50-1t.
G. Edward Haupt, et al, to estate of
Charles W. Corman, tract in Belle-
fonte; $200.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.—Let-
A ters testamentary on the estate of
Earl B. Grove, late of Spring town-
ship, Centre county, Pa., deceased, having
been granted to the undersigned all per-
sons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are hereby notified to make immedi-
ate payment thereof and those having
claims against the same to present them,
properly authenticated, for settlement.
FLORENCE C. GROVE, Admr.,
W. Harrison Walker, Bellefonte, Pa.
Attorney 70-45-6t
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PUBLIC SALE.
The Homestead property of the late
Alexander G. Morris, situate on the North
side of East Linn street, Bellefonte, Penna.,
will be offered for sale on the premises by
the undersigned,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16th, 1926,
At 1:30 o'clock p. m.
The lot has a frontage of 100 feet on East
Linn street, and is 200 feet in depth.
The house erected thereon, and which is
in first-class repair and condition, contains
12 rooms and 5 fully equipped bath rooms.
An up-to-date steam heating plant with
all plumbing in excellent shape.
On the rear of the lot is a large garage.
Terms of Sale: Ten per cent. in cash, to
be paid when property is knocked dowm
and declared sold; 30 per cent. in cash, to
be paid on or before April 1st, 1926, at
which time a deed will be delivered; the
balance of the consideration, to-wit, sixty
per cent. shall be paid on April 1st, 1927,
and which said deferred payment shall be:
secured by a purchase money mortgage on
the premises with interest from April 1st,
1926, at the rate of six per cent. per an-
num, payable semi-annually. Possession
will be given when deed is delivered and
the above conditions of sale are fully com-
plied with.
ELIZA EGBERT MORRIS,
L. Frank Mayes, Bellefonte,
Auctioneer.
W. Harrison Walker,
Pa.
Attorney: 70-50-4t
here are really hundreds of
many men think of them ?
sure to charm her.
men to choose the perfect gift for
on Christmas morn.
ber Everett and John Garthoof, town
carriers; Daniel Showalter, parcel post
carrier; Boyd Spicher, John Harts-
wick, W. S. Meese and John Spearly, |
rural carriers, and Harry Meese, sub- |
stitute clerk.
John Bair is the one man in the
above force who was in the postoffice
service thirty-five years ago, he being
one of the first carriers, and while he
was away from Bellefonte a few years
he has been continuously in the serv-
ice since his first appointment. Ed-
ward Harris, one of the first substi-
tute carriers is now Dr. Edward Har-
ris, of Snow Shoe, while G. Wash
Rees is almost as active as in the days
when he was assistant postmaster. |
In the present force there are a
number of veterans in the service.
John Bair reached the age of retire-
ment on September 1st, after working
thirty-five years continuously, but se-
cured an extension of two years, or
until September 1st, 1927. |
E. E. Ardery has been in the service
thirty-two years, having been appoint-
ed in November, 1893. He will reach
the retirement age August 20th, 1926,
when he will probably relinquish his
job.
Robert Woodring has thirty-one
years of service to date, having been
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Our “Silk Undie” Department is like a lovely
flower garden filled with delicious fripperies that
will go to the heart of any woman. who knows
and loves fine things.
Just unpacked is a new importatiomof exqui-
site Silk Lingerie—in Peach ar. Elesh’Crepe-de-
Chene, adorably fashioned.
Nightgowns
Chemise . .
Princess Slips . “
Suggestions for the Wife and Daugliter
{Z This store will be open in the evenings for the accommodation of
Holiday Shoppers from Monday December 14 to Xmas.
Hints to Husbands to Help hem with Their Gift Shopping
delighfful gifts for women, but how
And we wonder if men know how
much a woman admires the man who can select a gift which is
We are most heartily interested in helping
their wives.
we are able to offer the suggestions below of charming gifts for women, and
can promise that every man who profits by them will see a very happy wife
Exquisite Silk Lingerie
Knowing feminine tastes,
$3.00;, $3:00, $6.00
$3.00, $4.00
Step-Ins . $2.00, $3.50 :
Bloomers . . $2.98, $4.50: $s
.. $1.00, $1.25 $3.25. ¢'
..$6.00
Gloves Scarfs Collar Boquets Lingerie :
Leather Bags Linens Fur Trimmed Coats, Fancy Garters k
- Afternoon Frocks Hosiery Dress Materials Handkerchiefs
azel& Company
South Allegheny Street . .
BELLEFONTE, PA