7 . : FRANK.—James P. Frank died at
4 the home of his son in New Castle,
eutectic Pa., on January 1, 1926. Deceased
0 was a son of Samuel and Sara Brun-
" Bellefonte, Pa., January 8, 1926.
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Six Young Men Figure in Serious |
Auto Wreck.
Six young men of Bellefonte figur-
ed in a serious auto wreck last Thurs-
day night and all of them have cause
to be thankful that they escaped as
luckily as they did. The young men
in question are Basil Martin, Philip
Ray, Jack Yeager, Paul Dubbs,
William Keller and James Bower.
Martin is a son of W. H. Martin and
on Thursday evening he took his
father’s Hudson coach and with the
other five young men as his guests
drove to Snow Shoe to attend a public
dance.
The young men left Snow Shoe
after midnight and got over the
mountain all right and down to the
curve in the State highway near the
Dim Lantern, at Runville. Martin
was at the wheel and he alleges that
as he undertook to negotiate the curve
the machine skidded on a patch of ice
on the highway and struck the posts
and wire cable alongside of the road.
It rebounded to the roadway but again
ran into the fence, knocking off sev-
eral posts and finally landing head on
against the concrete abutment of a
small bridge. Ray was thrown
through the windshield and landed
on the ice in the creek, sustaining a
bad gash on his head. All the young
men sustained cuts and bruises but
none of them were seriously injured.
The accident happened close to the
home of Milligan Lucas and he
brought the young men to Bellefonte !
and a physician attended to their in- |
juries. The car was completely
wrecked and was trailed in the same
night.
WILLIAM WAITE ALSO HAD WRECK
ON MOUNTAIN.
The new highway over the moun-
tain is a vast improvement over the
old roadway and a delightful drive in
fair weather, but very treacherous
when covered with ice. On Sunday
evening William Waite drove to
Snow Shoe in his sister’s Ford coupe
and spent the evening with friends.
Between ten and eleven o’clock there
was quite a hard rain and the atmos-
phere on the mountain was so cold
that it froze as it fell, so that the
road was covered with a hard coating
of ice. Mr. Waite left Snow Shoe
about twelve o’clock, and having no
chains along, he drove very carefully.
He got to the top of the mountain all
right but in the neighborhood of the
Beech Creek trestle the car began to
skid and finally turned around in the
road once or twice and slid down the
mountain and landed against the con-
crete abutment of the bridge at that
place. The young man was nonpluss-
ed as to what to do next. He realized
that without chains it would be fool-
hardy to attempt to come down the
mountain and it was no place to spend
the night. While deliberating he
heard the hum of a motor and Wil-
liam Harm came along on his way
home to Snow Shoe.
He invited Waite to go along with
him and spend the night, which he
did. The next morning when mem-
bers of the Waite family got out of
bed they discovered that William had
not been at home during the night,
and knowing that he had driven to
Snow Shoe, had visions of his having
met with an accident and probably
lying somewhere on the mountain
badly hurt. His brother, Samuel
Waite, in Sim Baum’s runabout, start-
ed to Snow Shoe to find out what had
happened and when he reached the
Beech Creek trestle he found the car
but not the driver. A short time later,
however, he learned that his brother
was safe in Snow Shoe. The car had
one fender broken and otherwise
damaged, but it can easily be repaired.
1925 Bad Matrimonial Year in Centre
County.
The year 1925 was not a very good
one matrimonially in Centre county.
The number of marriage license
granted last year was the lowest in
four years, being only 250. In 1924
there were 318, in 1923, 293, and in
1922, 281. From the above it will be
seen that just sixty-eight fewer coup-
les were married in 1925 than in 1924,
Four couples were granted licenses
during the past week, as follows:
William E. Dreiblebis, of Pennsyl-
vania Furnace, and Mildred A. Bot-
torf, of State College.
Lewis C. Mitchell, of Clearfield, and
Sarah E. Douglas, of Tyrone.
Charles America Orndorf, of Centre
Hall, and Minnie Lucetta Bowersox,
of Rebersburg.
Raymond Hudson Snyder and Cor-
inda Bell Wagner, both of Mosh-
amon.
BELLEFONTE ACADEMY FOOTBALL
VICTORIOUS ACADEMY TEAM
WELCOMED HOME.
Band and Pyrotechnics Greet Winners :
of Great Intersectional Game.
Burgess Harris Makes His
Maiden Speech.
Returning from the longest trip
ever taken by a Prep. school foot-ball
team the Bellefonte Academy grid-
iron gladiators were given a rousing
welcome when they returned here
Tuesday night.
Headed by the Burgess, a delegation
of Kiwanians, and the Odd Fellows
band a thousand or more enthusiasts
met the returning players at the
Penna. station and escorted them, with
flaming red torches, up High street to
the Diamond. There the parade halt-
ed and Harrison Walker Esq.
just retired as Chief Burgess, intro-
duced his successor, Hardman Petrikin
Harris. Mr. Harris made the address
of welcome. It was also his maiden
speech as head of the municipal gov-
ernment and at its conclusion he was
chéered to the echo. Following him
headmaster James R. Hughes, of the
Academy, recounted some of the ex-
periences of the trip and spoke pleas-
antly of the lavish hospitality and
courtesy of the Texan hosts of the old
Bellefonte educational institutions
representatives.
Having been without an equal
among eastern preparatory school
foot-ball teams the Academy players
were invited to make the long trip to
Texas, where the team of the Sher-
man High school was thought to be
one with a claim to championship
honors in the country. The Academy
boys had broken training and scatter-
ed to their homes for the Christmas
vacation, but they were called back
and nineteen players, with head-mas-
ter Hughes, Chas. S. Hughs, coach
Carl G. Snavely, manager Feit and F.
A. Grizette, sports writer of the Pitts-
burg Gazette Times, made up the
party that started the long journey
to bring home some bacon from the
great south west. They had their
own Pullman car for the entire trip
and when the great classic was stag-
ed on New Year’s day the boys were
right on their toes to show the 10,000
Texans a brand of foetball they had
never seen before. They over-whelm-
ed their opponents 47 to 6.
The Academy outweighed the Sher-
man boys but the latter put up a
plucky, defensive game, and it was the
sensational passing of Capt. Hood
that enabled the Academy to pile up
the big one-sided score.
The trip was the longest ever taken
by an Academy or any other prepar-
atory school team in the country and
proved most enjoyable throughout.
The Academy contingent were ban-
quetted and entertained in a royal
manner and cannot speak too highly of
the hospitality of the Texans. The
game was staged as being for the
prep school championship of the
United States.
Bellefonte Academy Defeats Sherman
High School.
The Bellefonte Academy football
team defeated the Sherman High
school team, at Sherman, Texas, on
New Year’s day, by the score of 47 to
6. The Academy outweighed the
Sherman boys but the latter put up
a plucky defensive game, and it was
the sensational passing of Capt. Hood
that enabled the Academy to pile up
the big one-sided score.
The trip was the longest ever tak-
en by an Academy or any other pre-
paratory school team in the country
and proved most enjoyable throughout.
The Academy contingent were ban-
quetted and entertained in a royal
manner and cannot speak too highly
of the hospitality of the Texans. The
game was staged as being for the
prep school championship of the
United States. The Academy boys
made the trip to and from Texas in
their own specially chartered Pullman
car.
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——The Rev. S. S. Aplin, formerly
secretary of the local. Y. M. C. A,,
writes hopefully of his work in the
ministry at Barnesboro. He has a
thriving church of one hundred mem-
bers, a very comfortable parsonage
and an encouraging outlook for 1926.
TEAM, CHAMPION PREP. SCHOOL AGGREGATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Judge Dale Creates Borough of Port
Matilda.
It didn’t take Judge Arthur C. Dale
{ long to make a borough out of the
| village of Port Matilda. As stated
{in the Watchman last week argu-
| ment for and against the application
i for it’s incorporation was made last
| Saturday morning. N. B. Spangles
represented the petitioners and John
G. Love the remonstrants, while Hon.
Ellis L. Orvis was special counsel
for the Superior Silica Brick Co.,
which was also opposed to the incorp-
oration because the survey of the bor-
ough limits as presented to the court
extended up the north side of Muncy
mountain a sufficient distance to take
in the plant and holdings of that com-
pany. Two land owners who own
farms adjacent to the village, also
presented special petitions to have
the proposed line of the borough
changed, as it takes in a small por-
tion of the farm of each.
Port Matilda has 545 residents and
105 freeholders, or property owners.
The petition for incorporation into
a borough was signed by 76 of the
latter, which is more than the nec-
essary number. The remonstrance
was numerously signed, but mostly by
people living in the township. Argu-
ment in the case lasted until almost
noon, an Saturday, and at 1:30 Judge
Dale rendered his decision granting
the application of the petitioners and
thus creating the borough of Port
Matilda. : :
In his decree the court ordered that
an election be held on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 26th, for the selection of a full
complement of borough officers, which
will include a burgess, tax collector,
overseer of the poor, assessor, coun-
cilmen, auditors, etc. For the pur-
pose of holding the election he ap-
pointed D. L. Ross, judge of election;
S. S. Osman, majority inspector, and
0. A. Williams, minority inspector.
He also instructed P. B. Woodring to
give notice of the election by the
ten or more days before the date
thereof. The creation of a borough
out of Port Matilda will naturally
make another election district
Centre county, the total now being
sixty-five.
Radio Sale and Supply Co. to Change
Location.
The Radio Sale and Supply Co., R.
J. Green, manager, which has been
located on south Water street, has
leased new quarters and will soon
street, at present occupied by the
Misses Powers.
The Radio company is a new under-
taking in Bellefonte, but Mr. Green
is encouraged with its outlook and
is moving to a more central location
with a view to better demonstrating
the pleasure and benefit to be derived
from Radio installation. He is es-
pecially hopeful that within a short
time a general broadcasting station
will be located at some point nearer
to us than Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
for in that event, he says, everyone
who has a radio here would be able
to pick entertainment out of the air
at any hour in the day. It is Mr.
Green's contention that picking up
any station more than one hundred
miles distant is wholly a matter of
air conditions, whereas within a cir-
cuit of one hundred miles or less there
would be little if any difficulty in tun-
ing in satisfactorily at any time.
J. C. Wilkie Buys Model Laundry
Building.
The deal was closed on Monday
whereby J. C. Wilkie, proprietor of
the Model laundry, became the pur-
chaser of the building on south Water
street, in which the laundry has been
located since its establishment sev-
eral years ago. The building was
owned by Mrs. Annie R. Miller, wife
of N. A. Miller, of Detroit Mich., but
formerly of Bellefonte. It was built
originally as a garage but is also well
adapted for a laundry. Mr. Wilkie
contemplates making a number of
alterations and improvements to the
building and also the dwelling house
adjoining.
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posting of not less than six bills,
in |
move into the Doll room, on Bishop
Presbyterian Home, at Hollidays-
burg, Formally Opened.
Because of the fact that five Centre
countians are included among the
fourteen guests at the new Presby-
terian Home, at Hollidaysburg,
Watchman readers will be interested
in knowing something of their sur-
roundings. While the guests went to
the Home on Thursday the formal
opening did not take place until New
Year’s day, when an elaborate turkey
dinner was served.
There was open house that day and
a reception committee from the Pres-
byterian church of Hollidaysburg
warmly welcomed all guests. Mrs.
Annie C. Witherow, superintendent
of the Home, pleasantly greeted each
guest and a great feeling of fellow-
ship prevailed, the guests being de-
lighted with the heartfelt welcome
extended to them, and delighted with
the Home with its colonial architec-
ture, elegance and general comfort.
and gave every evidence that they
will form a splendid Presbyterian
family, and that they have seen that
the Lord will provide.
The beautiful dining room with its
china, and decorations, presented a
merry feasters. Each table contain-
ed a centre decoration of flowering
ed and the dinner was highly enjoyed
by all.
| Fourteen of the bed rooms are oc-
| cupied by the guests, there being
eight furnished bed rooms not oc-
{ cupied at the present time, pending
i the next unit of guests who are ex-
pected to arrive soon. There are
thirty bed rooms all told, but so far
only twenty-two are furnished. The :
guests who went Thursday were giv-
en their choice of rooms and select-
ed them on both the first and second
floors.
——DMilton Sills, Leatrice Joy,
Robert Ames and Anne Pennington
all at the Moose theatre next week. 1t
A Pathetic Christmas Letter.
Some of the persons in this com-
munity who entertained “fresh air”
children last summer, have kept in
touch with their little guests.
In reply to a Christmas remem-
brance sent to New York a Bellefonte
lad has just received the pathetic
acknowledgment published below. The
grateful little lad in the big city,
where thousands are whom Santa
Claus never finds, probably unhesi-
tatingly put the only treasure he had
in his letter when he enclosed the used
fountain pen he mentions. Needless
to say it was returned.
New York, Dec. 29, 25.
Dear Friend Geo. Reuben Meek.
As I came home from school my
mother gave me a package.
I was so happy that I got a Christ-
mas present. That was the only
present I got. We didn’t have a tree
in our house, other people had but I
didn’t. With the box of candy and the
game you sent me I surprised my
brothers and sisters.
My mother was very sick and we
didn’t have a Merry Christmas.
I am thanking you for your present
and wish you a happy New Year. I
am sending you my picture and my
fountain pen for remembrance. I am
again wishing you and your whole
family a very happy New Year.
I remain, your friend,
Michael Bernaski.
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——Raymond Novarro’s latest pic-
ture, “The Midshipman,” at the
Scenic next Tuesday and Wednes-
day. 2-1
————— A eet aes.
Lecture Postponed.
The first Current Events’ lecture
has been postponed to Wednesday
evening, January 13th, because of
the illness of Mrs. Swartz. The re-
maining lectures will be as arranged
for. That is the first Wednesdays of
the months, February 3rd, March 3rd,
and April 7th. The lectures will be
held in the Presbyterian chapel at
half-past eight. The price of the
course ticket is $1.00. Single en-
trance, fifty cents.
Mrs. ROBERT MILLS BEACH,
Chairman.
Y. M. C. A. Basket Ball Schedule.
The Bellefonte Y. M. C A. has en-
tered the West Branch Valley Y. M.
C. A. basketball league together with
Williamsport, Jersey Shore, Lock
Haven and Renovo. There will be six-
teen games played by each team in the
league, eight at home and eight away.
Bellefonte will open it’s season at
Williamsport on Friday evening,
January 8th, and will play their first
home game on Wednesday evening,
January 13th, when they will have as
opponents Jersey Shore. All home
games will be played on Wednesday
nights starting at 8:30, to allow the
largest number of fans to see the
games.
If basketball becomes a paying
proposition at the “Y” the manage-
ment will book some of the best trav-
eling clubs in this district to give the
fans a chance to see them in action.
The local “Y” team will play some
teams not in the league to see how
The guests soon became acquainted, !
hard wood tables, fine silverware and °
very pleasing sight filled with the
plants. All the food was home cook- °
they compare with the teams playing
these parts. The “Y” team will be
composed of Kline, Malone, Thomp-
son, Herman, Mensch, Katz, and a
. number of other ex-High school play-
ers.
The league schedule follows:
January S—Bellefonte at Willilamsport.
January 13—Jersey Shore at Bellefonte.
i January 22—Bellefonte at Jersey Shore.
' January 27—Williamsport at Bellefonte.
February 3—Renovo at Bellefonte.
February 10—Lock Haven at Bellefonte.
February 11—Bellefonte at Renovo.
February 16—Bellefonte at Lock Haven.
February 24—Jersey Shore at Bellefonte.
February 26—Bellefonte at Williamsport.
March 5—Bellefonte at Jersey Shore.
March 10—Williamsport at Bellefonte,
March 17—Renovo at Bellefonte.
March 24—Lock Haven at Bellefonte.
March 25—Bellefonte at Renovo.
March 30—Bellefonte at Lock Haven.
Judge Dale Has Joined the Firm of
Orvis and Zerby.
With his retirement from the bench,
on Monday, former Judge Arthur C.
Dale was generally supposed to have
had plans for merely taking a desk in
the offices of Orvis and Zerby until he
could find permanent quarters of his
own. The scarcity of office rooms in
town made such a step necessary.
On Tuesday morning the announce-
ment was made that he has joined the
firm of Orvis and Zerby, which will
hereafter be known as Orvis, Zerby
and Dale. The entrance of Judge
Dale into this old and very prominent
law firm will doubtless be one of
mutual advantage, both to its mem-
bers and their clientele.
——The January meeting of the
Bellefonte Chapter of the D. A. R.
was held at the Brockerhoff house last
night, the hostesses being, Mrs. James
A. Beaver, Mrs. A. O. Furst, Mrs.
Evelyn Rogers, Mrs. David Dale, Mrs.
James C. Furst and Mrs. John Curtin.
McMANUS.—William McManus, a
veteran of the Civil war, died at his
home at Manor Hill, Huntingdon
county, on Saturday, as the result of
a heart affection. He was born on
July 14, 1846, and had been a resident
of Manor Hill most of his life. Dur-
ing the Civil war he served as a mem-
ber of Company D, 5th Penna. in-
fantry. He was a member of the
Methodist church and a staunch Dem-
ocrat. His wife died less than a year
ago but surviving him are two sons
and three daughters, John and Guy,
of Manor Hill; Mrs. Effie Ramey, of
Altoona; Mrs. Maude Goss, at home,
and Mrs. George R. Dunlop, of Pine
Grove Mills. Burial was made at
Manor Hill on Tuesday morning.
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MITCHELL.—Myrs. Sarah Eliza-
beth Mitchell, widow of Capt. Alex-
ander H. Mitchell, died on Tuesday
morning of last week at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Wieland, at
State College, as the result of an af-
fection of the heart. She was eighty
years old and is survived by three
children, Mrs. Wieland, of State Col-
lege; Mrs. Fred M. Parkhill, of Me-
chanicsburg, and Ross I. Mitchell, of
New Castle. Funeral services were
held at the Wieland home on Friday
afternoon after which the remains
were taken to Washington, D. C,,
where burial was made on Saturday
beside the body of her husband in
Arlington cemetery.
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gart Frank and was born in Centre
county February 24, 1849, making his
age 76 years, 10 months and 7 days.
He was a very generally esteemed
resident of Rebersburg and it was
there, as a young man, that he became
a member of the Lutheran church and
to its teachings remained devoted and
consistent until death ended his mor-
tal career. He was a kind neighbor,
loved and respected by everyone and
for years a most conscientious official
in the capacity of Justice of the
Peace.
Mr. Frank was married to Margaret
Spangler, who died in 1905. To their
union were born two sons: Samuel
S. Frank, who died in 1913 and Chas.
O., present minister of the Lutheran
church at New Castle, Pa. His one
son, four grand children and his
brother, Dr. G. S. Frank, of Millheim,
survive.
The body was brought home to
Rebersburg, where services were held
in the Lutheran church and interment
made in the Union cemetery on Jan-
uary 4. Rev. Stephen Franer officiat-
ed, assisted by Rev. W. A. McClellan.
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PARDO.—Mrs. Magdaline Pardo,
who had been housekeeper for Mrs.
H. Holz, in Bellefonte for twenty-five
years or longer, died at the
home of her son Henry, at Penn's
Cave, on Sunday night as the result
of a stroke of paralysis. She went to
the home of her son to spend Christ-
mas, contracted puenmonia while
there and later was stricken with par-
alysis.
She was a daughter of John and
Mary White and was born in Penn
township a little over seventy-five
years ago. She was a member of the
Bellefonte Methodist church and a reg-
ular attendant. Her husband died
many years ago but surviving her
are two sons, Henry, of Penn’s Cave,
and Adam, of Rebersburg. She also
leaves four brothers and two sisters,
Wallace S. White, of Axe Mann;
John, of Bellefonte; Emanuel, of
Linden Hall; Samuel, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. Benjamin Kauffman, of Zion,
and Mrs. David Deitrick, of Hublers-
burg.
Funeral services were held at her
son’s home at ten o’clock on Tuesday
morning, after which the remains.
were taken to Zion for interment in
the cemetery at that place.
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BARR.—Elmer Barr, a well known
resident of Pennsvalley, died on New
Year’s evening. Several months ago
he had a leg amputated at the Centre
County hospital and recovered to that
extent that he was able to be around
but several weeks ago other compli-
cations arouse and he gradually grew
worse until his death. He was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Barr and
was born near Pine Grove Mills on
February 5th, 1863. When a young
man he went to Colorado, where he
worked in the silver mines, spending
a number of years in that and other
western States. His health becoming
impaired he returned to Centre county
a few years ago. His only survivors.
are one brother and a sister, post-
master David Barr and Miss Isabella,
both of Pine Grove Mills. Funeral
services were held at 1.30 o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. Max
Kirkpatrick, assisted by Rev. W. K.
Harnish, and burial was made in the
Pine Grove Mills cemetery.
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MORRISON.—Mrs. Sarah Morrison,
wife of Robert Morrison, died at her
home on east Howard street on Sun-
day morning following a year’s illness
with a complication of diseases.
She was a daughter of John and
Mary Toner and was born at Axe
Mann fifty-five years ago. All her
married life was spent in Bellefonte.
In addition to her husband she is sur-
vived by one son, John Morrison. She
also leaves two brothers and two sis-
ters, James Toner, Mrs. Mary Curry
and Thomas Toner, of Bellefonte, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Gingery, of Browns-
ville, Pa.
She was a life-long member of St.
John’s Catholic church and funeral
services were held in the church at
ten o'clock on Wednesday morning,
burial being made in the Catholic
cemetery.
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RAGER.—Mrs. Sarah Rager, widow
of John M. Rager, died on Monday of
last week at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Thomas D. Decker, at State Col-
lege, following three day’s illness
with heart trouble. She was 78 years,
10 months and 9 days old, was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
McBath, was born and spent her en-
tire life in College township. Her
husband died in July, 1918, but sur-
viving her are three children, W. E.
Rager, of State College; Mrs. Bertha
Cramer, of Altoona, and Mrs. Thomas
D. Decker, of State College. She also
leaves two brothers and one sister,
William McBath and Mrs. Harriet
Corl, of State College, and Francis
McBath, of Tyrone. Burial was made
in the Pine Hall cemetery last Thurs-
day morning.
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COBLE.—George F. Coble, a native
of Centre county, died at his home.
near Morrisdale on December 22nd
following a brief illness. He was al-
most 71 years of age and was born
at Houserville. The greater part of
his life was spent in Clearfield county
where he worked for a number of
years as a plasterer then engaged in
farming. His wife has been dead for
twenty years but surviving him are
eleven children. Burial was made at
Morrisdale the day after Christmas.