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Bellefonte, Pa., January 15, 1926.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The Bellefonte Y. M. C. A.
basket ball team defeated the Jersey
Shore team on Wednesday night by
the score of 30 to 17.
——According to the government
statistics 15 per cent of the farms in
Centre county have silos.
316 silos in the county.
Rev. Victor Jones, of Altoona,
will preach in the Reformed church
at 10:45 o’clock on Sunday morning.
No service in the evening.
——The Catholic Daughters of
America will hold a card party in their
rooms above Lyon’s store Friday, Jan-
uary 15th. Admission, 25 cents.
The student enrollment at State
this year has been the largest in the
history of the institution. 3814 stu-
dents are enrolled in all departments,
which is a gain of 193 over last year.
St. Mary’s Guild will hold a
card party at the parish house of St.
John’s Episcopal church Tuesday ev-
ening, January 19th, at 8 o’clock. Ad-
mission, 50 cents. The public is in-
vited.
The first real snow of the win-
ter fell in Centre county last Friday
night and on Saturday morning there
were just 8% inches of “the beautiful”
on the ground. It was light, dry and
easy to shovel, however.
——A friendly little note from John
H. Martin, of Clearfield, reminds us
that it was his fortieth annual con-
tribution. We like the “annual” idea.
If all would remit annually the lot of
the country newspaper man would be
.a happy one indeed.
——Governor Pinchot, on Monday,
appointed ex-Judge Arthur C. Dale,
of BeHefonte, counsel for the State
sanitary water board. It is a special-
ly created job and it is understood
that the Governor has the power to
fix the salary, but the figure has not
been made public.
William Chambers, a state
policeman whose home is said to be
in Philipsburg, Pa., is under arrest in
Berks county for accepting a bribe of
$1,000 and tipping off proprietors of
.a brewery in Reading that a raid was
«contemplated on their plant. Cham-
bers was also dismissed from the
force.
——Why spend your evenings at
home moping around the house when
the Scenic offers two hours of splen-
did entertainment at a price any one
can afford. Go and see the wonderful
motion pictures being shown there
every. evening in the week. They are
all worth seeing and will interest you.
Get the movie habit and see them all.
Two young men, posing as
State College students are taking
subscriptions for a magazine they call
“Uplook” which they represent is to
be. published at the State College.
Nothing is.known of the magazine at
State and the men are probably im-
postors. Don’t subscribe. You’ll
probably never hear again of the price
you give them.
——The recent arrival of a cap-
tured German cannon on the campus
of the Pennsylvania State College ful-
fills a request to the War Department
made seven years. ago by Dr. E. E.
Sparks, then president of the college.
The cannon is a big one, a 155 mille-
‘meter, long range gun with high angle
of fire and is of the type used by the
Germans in their attack on Verdun.
The gun will probably be placed on the
front campus near the college armory.
Two or more Bellefonte people
are anxious to see a man representing
himself to be H. H. Lewis, of Tyrone,
a professional upholsterer. The man
came here and contracted to do cer-
tain repairs to upholstered furniture
and after doing a portion of the work
collected the money and disappeared,
and never returned to complete the
jobs. Whether he is the real Mr.
Lewis, of Tyrone, or an impostor, has
not yet been revealed, but he carried
Mr. Lewis’ business card with him.
—=Among recent shifts in the
engineering corps of the State High-
way Department we note that two
-officials recently located in Bellefonte
have been affected, D. C. Stackpole
has been transferred from Philadel-
phia to Scranton and C. H. Buckius
from ‘Scranton to Allentown. The lat-
ter, it will be recalled, is the gentle-
man who lost an election bet and had
.. to make good by rolling a peanut from
“the Diamond” to the railroad eross-
ing on High street. He had to roll
the nut with a pike pole.
This is Ford Week.
All over the country Ford dealers
-are devoting this week to a special
display of the 1926 models of the Ford
cars and the many new kinks in
equipment that have been added.
The new Ford is a long step for-
ward in development in the transition
of a “flivver” into a regular car.
Bodies are longer and lower, giving
better lines. There are new style
curtains, windshield wings and wipers
and all the little refinements that go
with the high priced car.
You are invited to call at the Beatty
Motor Co., sales rooms in Bellefonte
or those of the Nitany Motor Co., of
State Colloge, and see for yourself
the beauty and smartness of all types
of the 1926 Ford.
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| FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING. |
President Charles M. McCurdy is Op-
timistic as to Business Conditions.
The annual meeting of the share-
holders of the First National Bank, of
Bellefonte, was held in the banking
house on Tuesday morning. All the
old members of the board of directors
were elected, as follows: Charles M.
McCurdy, Col. W. Fred Reynolds,
George M. Gamble, Charles C. Shuey,
Henry S. Linn, James C. Furst,
Thomas B. Beaver and Dr. David Dale.
Mr. Furst was elected secretary of the
board and the bank’s officers were
re-elected as follows: Charles M.
McCurdy, president; W. Fred Rey-
nolds, vice president; James K. Barn-
hart, cashier; C. E. Robb, assistant
cashier. >
President McCurdy submitted a re-
port showing that the year 1925 had
been the most successful in the his-
tory of the bank, substantial gains
showing in all departments. Total
resouices increased $175,000 and are
now $2,500,000. The large increase in
local loans, from $925,000 to $1,146,-
000, is a gratifying indication of ex-
panding business in this banking dis-
trict, while the steady growth in the
savings department shows an increas-
ing spirit of thrift among the people
of Bellefonte and Centre county.
Capital for new enterprises comes
from savings alone. There is no other
source of supply. This civilization
cannot advance unless people save.
President McCurdy is quite opti-
mistic as to future business condi-
tions. Speaking of conditions in gen-
eral he said: The past year has been
noticeable in that it has witnessed a
very general recovery in business.
While some of the basic industries,
like coal and copper, have not shared
in this recovery, it has brought about
‘better conditions in almost all other
industries, including agriculture, and
the outlook for the farmer is cheerful.
In our community, largely depend-
ent as we are on the stable industry
of farming, we are not subject to the
violent changes that affect some in-
dustrial centers. Yet we share in
any general business improvement
through the advance in the price of
securities. Many thousand shares of
investment stocks are held here, and
the recent large advance in price and
increased returns has made the hold-
ers of these securities feel prosperons
and induced more liberal expenditures,
thus adding to the volume of business.
Unless politics puts its ugly im-
print on business through hostile and
impracticable legislation, which, under
present conditions is not probable, we
see no reason to doubt that the com-
ing year will show increased activity
in all branches of business.
Judge Keller Shakes the Plum Tree a
Second Time,
Judge Harry Keller shook the plum
tree again on Monday morning and
the following drew appointments az
the court attaches: Court crier, Thom-
as Fleming; court messenger, Fred
B. Healy; tipstaifs, Cyrus W. Hunter,
George J. Weaver, Harry W. Flack,
James H. Rine and William R. Houser.
411 the above are residents of Belle-
fonte with the exception of Mr. Hun-
ter, who lives at Stormstown. Mr.
Fleming, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Weaver
are reappointments. Mr. Healey
takes the place of Charles Smith; Mr.
Flack replaces George W. Eaton, of
Blanchard; Mr. Rine takes the place
of G.'W. Rees and Mr. Houser will
fill the chair heretofore occupied by
Peter F. Keichline.
The court crier draws down five
dollars a day or any portion of a day
that he appears in court while the
other officers are paid four dollars.
During the past year there were over
one hundred days of open court, so
that the pay amounts to a tidy sum in
a year.
Freight Wreck on Lewisburg.
As the Lewisburg freight, west-
bound, was rounding Griffith’s curve,
two miles south of Bellefonte, short-
ly after seven o’clock last Thursday
evening, a car load of lumber on the
rear of the train jumped the track
and pulled off the caboose, the latter
turning completely over two times and
landing almost at the bottom of the
embankment on Logan’s branch. Flag-
man Newton Rhone and breakman
Charles Cupp were riding the caboose
and both were tossed about in the gen-
eral mixup when the caboose started
rolling down the embankment. Rhone
was unconscious when removed and
both men were brought to the Centre
county hospital. At first it was fear-
ed that Rhone had sustained serious
head injuries but by Friday evening
it developed that he was not serious-
ly hurt. Cupp’s injuries were also of
a superficial character.
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Legion Auxiliary Plans Active Year.
The American Legion auxiliary
held its first meeting in the New Year
last Thursday evening. The new offi-
cers for the year are:
Mrs. J. B. Payne, president; Mus.
J. H. Rider, vice president; Mrs. Clair
Lyons, seeretary; Mrs. Robert Wil-
lard, treasurer; Mrs. W. B. Lyons,
chaplain; Miss Marguerite Lambert,
historian;
The card parties conducted by the
Auxiliary uring the past year will be
continued during 1926. The first one
of the season held Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock. Everyone who enjoys an
evening playing cards, is cordially in-
vited to attend any of the parties.
Woman’s Club to Give Plays.
The Woman’s Club of Bellefonte
will present two one-act plays on
Monday, January 25th, at 8 p. m., in
the parish house of St. John’s Episco-
pal church. These plays are being
presented not only with the desire to
entertain the club members and their
friends, but in the hope of raising a
small sum to assist in the civic work
of the club. All persons interested in
an evening’s entertainment of this
sort are invited to attend for the ad-
mission of 25 cents. Tickets can be
obtained from Mrs. Gregg Curtin,
Mrs. Samuel M. Shallcross, Mrs. Rus~
sel Blair, and Mrs. Hugh Quigley.
Through the kindness of F. P. Blair
& Son tickets may also be purchased
at that store.
Catholic Church Damaged by Fire.
About nine o'clock on Monday
morning fire was discovered in the
Christmas decorations in St. John’s.
Catholic church, and though the fire-
men responded as quickly as possible
one of the wooden altars was almost
completely burned before the flames
were extinguished. While the primary
damage done in the destruction of the
altar was not very great, the beauti-
ful frescoe work of the interior of the
church was almost ruined by the
smoke and it may be necessary to
have the interior done over entirely.
At four o’clock on Monday morn-
ing the Logan fire company received
a call from Sunnyside where a gen-
tleman of foreign birth set fire to his
clothing and bed while smoking a
cigarette in bed. Neighbors carried
the burning bed out of the house and
the fire company was not called upon
to respond.
Airmail Pilot Notes Long Distance
Visibility Last Thursday Night.
Airmail pilot L. T. Bertaud, flying
the night mail from New York to
Cleveland last Thursday night, is
authority for the declaration that in
all his flying he does not recall a night
when the visibility was as perfect as’
that night. He avers that from the
time he rose in the air at Hadley
field, N. J., until he descended for the
Bellefonte landing field he could see
the powerful revolving beacon light
on the top of the Elverson building,
in Philadelphia; and also before land-
ing in Bellefonte he could see the city
lights in Altoona, Johnstown and
Pittsburg. Twelve of the beacon
lights along the blazed trail between
New York and Bellefonte were always
in view, covering an approximate dis-
tance of one hundred and fifty miles.
Pilot Bertaud flew at a height of four
thousand feet, which was above all
the mountain tops in Pennsylvania.
Grateful Students Remember Stricken
Instructor,
Former students of Professsor Jo-
seph H. Tudor, who started teaching
mathematics at the Pennsylvania
Sate College 31 years ago, learning
of his forced retirement from active
teaching some weeks ago because of
failing health, have presented him
with a costly radio receiving set and
several hundred dollars in cash.
Penn State graduates of the late
nineties and of the classes from 1900
to 1905, were advised of Professor
Tudor’s enforced confinement to his
home at State College through Dr. J.
P. Ritenour, the college physician.
More than 100 have responded with
contributions, and in addition, Profes-
or Tudor, who is one of the oldest
faculty members in point of service
has been overjoyed by the receipt of
scores of letters from his former
students. Professor Tudor had never
expected to attend church again, yet
on the first Sunday he used his radio
he heard three sermons and was
greatly pleased with the thoughtful-
ness of his former students.
Reformed Church Campaign in Behalf
of Aged Ministers.
In accordance with a call sent out
by J. F. Metzel, chairman of the West
Susquehanna Classis of the Reformed
church, a meeting was held in the Re-
formed church at Centre Hall on
Wednesday evening in the interest of
the campaign for ministerial relief, a
nation wide effort in behalf of aged
and disabled ministers in the church
and their widows. Another meeting
will be held at Selinsgrove tomorrow
afternoon.
These meetings are being held gen-
erally throughout the United States
and are the first real, concerted effort
being made to provide for the men
who have given the best years of their
life to church work. In calling the
meetings Mr. Wetzel says the organ-
ization of the West Susquehanna
Classis will be completed this week.
Mr. Wetzel is the Classis chairman
and Rev. D. R. Keener, of Centre Hall,
assistant Classis chairman. The
church chairmen in Centre county are
as follows: George E. Moyer, Boals-
burg; Jacob D. Neidigh, State Col-
lege; Alfred L. Bowersox, Pine Grove
Mills; C. J. Stover, Woodward; M. E.
Stover, Coburn; John Boob, Millheim,
and John Winklebleck, Aaronsburg.
Centre county ministers on the com-
mittee include Rev. H. A. Hartman,
Hublersburg; Rev. W. A. MecClelian,
Rebersburg; Rev. E. H. Romig, State
College, and Rev. W. W. Moyer, Boals-
burg.
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On and after Jan. 19th, Coll’s
barber shop will be located in the
Bush House block. 3-1t
WOMAN’S BOARD OF CENTRE
COUNTY HOSPITAL ELECTS
OFFICERS.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman’s Board of the Centre County
hospital was held in the W. C. T. U.
room in Petrikin hall last Friday
afternoon, Mrs. W. J. Emerick pre-
siding. The first business of the meet-
ing was the election of the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Odillie A. Mott; first vice
president, Miss Mary Blanchard; sec-
ond vice president, Mrs. Eben Bower; !
secretary, Mrs. R. Russel Blair;
treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Emerick.
According to precedent Mrs. Harry
Keller, elected second vice president
in 1925, should have succeeded to the
first vice presidency, but due to the
present condition of her health she ex-
pressed a desire to retire from the
board and her wish was gratified, Miss
Blanchard being elected in her place.
Mrs. Mott, the incoming president, |
appointed the following committees
to serve for three months:
Visiting Committee—Mrs.
Katz, Mrs. Harry C. Yeager.
Special Committee—Mrs.
Bower, Miss Blanchard.
Purchasing Committee—Mrs. Rus-
sel Blair, Mrs. Blanche Schloss.
Cutting Committee.—Mrs.
Emerick.
There are many who do not under-
stand how the executive board of the
Woman’s Auxiliary is formed. Since
its origin there have been three or
four active workers from each church
placed on the board, and when they
fail to be active members their place
is filled by some other member of that
particular church. Any woman in the
county who pays the annual dues of
50cts. is a member of the Centre
County hospital auxiliary and entitled
to vote at the hospital meetings.
A drive for new members is now in
progress and .while many vicinities
have not yet been heard from we have
in Bellefonte, to date, at least 275
members. It will be of
many to know of a successful pglan
inaugurated by this board, by which
independent auxiliaries have been
formed in the following towns with
chairmen and vice chairmen, all eager
to assist materially in the needs of
the hospital.
Aaronsburg—Miss Irene
chairman.
Centre Hall—Mrs. Frank Fisher,
chairman; Mrs. S. W. Smith, vice
chairman.
Howard—Mrs. W. J. Kurtz, chair-
man; Mrs. Williams, vice chairman.
Milesburg—Miss Alice Rickard,
chairman; Mrs. Geo. McClellan, vice
chairman.
Oak Hall—Mrs.
chairman,
Unionville—Mrs. H. E. Holzworth,
chairman; Mrs. George Holt, vice
chairman,
Millheim—Mrs. W. 8. Shelton, chair-
man,
Miltheim so far is the only town
that has given a report of its member-
ship, which is 81. This is a great
credit to a town of its size and we
cannot allow our town in proportion
to these other towns to fall short.
Therefore, when you are approached
by the canvassers, make their work
easier by joining willingly and
promptly.
Wm.
Ebon
WwW. J.
Musser,
W. A. Ferree,
HELEN BLAIR, Secretary.
School Directors Present Supt. Etters
With Purse of Gold.
One of the unusual features at the
afternoon session of the annual meet-
ing of the school directors of Centre
county, held in Bellefonte last Thurs-
day, was the presentation to county
superintendent David O. Etters of a
purse of gold in recognition of his
faithful services during the past
quarter of a century. Superintendent
Etters, who will retire from office on
the first Monday of May because he
has reached the age limit prescribed
ir the school code, was visibly affect-
ed when Prof. M. S. McDowell made
the presentation and in a brief speech
accepting the tribute told of his work
during his long term of office and stat-
ed that many of the most trying cir-
cumstances with which the superin-
tendent was confronted years ago
have passed away. Supt. Etters stat-
ed that at the present time there are
345 school teachers in Centre county
and 10,900 pupils, a very decided in-
crease over the number when he first
became superintendent.
One hundred and forty school di-
rectors were present at the meeting
which was presided over by Prof. T. I.
Mairs, of State College. The princi-
pal speaker was Dr. Lee Driver, of the
State Department of Education, who
talked on the various duties of direct-
ors in rural communities. He also
answered various questions relating
to the consolidation of sehools, trans-
portation of pupils, ete.
I Officers elected for the ensuing year
are as follows: President, Prof.
Thomas I. Mairs, of State College;
vice presidents, Mrs. Emma W. Wom-
elsdorf, of Philipsburg, and S. W.
Gramley, of Millheim; secretary, O. F.
Smith, of Boalsburg; treasurer, J.
Will Mayes; of Howard; delegate to
State convention, O. S. Woomer, Rush
township; auditor, Charles F. Cook,
Bellefonte.
——The State Highway Depart-
ment put its big snow plows in com-
mission shortly after midnight, last
Friday night, and had the bulk of the
deep snow fall removed on all the
highways by daylight Saturday morn-
ing.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—W. Harrison Walker Esq., left Tues-
{day on a several day's business trip to
! Washington, D. C.
| —Miss Mary McSuley is home from a
visit with relatives and friends, in Phila.
delphia and Atlantic City.
! —Mrs. Elsie Rankin Helliwell is home
from Atlantic City om a visit with her
. father, William B. Rankin, of Curtin street.
| —Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Kidder, were mem-
‘bers of a party, leaving State College this
week, to join the winter visitors to
| Florida.
—Miss Grace Cook is in Philadelphia,
having left Wednesday to do some shop-
! ping and for a winter visit with friends
in that city.
| —Mrs. Burton returned to her home jin
: Philadelphia, the early part of last week,
i following a two weeks visit in Bellefonte
| with her niece, Mrs. J. Preston Smith, of
| Curtin street.
—Mrs. R. S. Brouse left on Sunday for
Brooklyn, to make her annual winter
daughter, Mrs. F. W.
Topelt, no definite time being set for her
return to Bellefonte.
| visit with her
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—David Daniels of Philipsburg, officer
in charge, of the State highway patrol
| station spent the week-end here with
i friends, while looking after some business
| relative to his work.
| —Mrs. S. Harvey Griffith, is ill with
| pneumonia, at the home of her daughter,
i Mrs. Greene, in Camden, N. J. her con-
| dition being such as to require the ser-
vices of a trained nurse.
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—Mrs. Roy Grove, who has been a sur-
| gical patient in the hospital at Ridgway.
| since the 17th. of December, has recovered
sufficiently to be taken to her home, where
she is slowly convalescing.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Sager left last
Friday for York where they visited with
Mrs. Sager's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Jury over Sunday. They returned to
Bellefonte the forepart of the week.
—Mrs. Harry N. Meyer, accompanied by
Mr. Meyer's mother and Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Shelton, of Millheim, went to New York,
on Monday for a week's visit with Mr.
Meyer's sister, Mrs. Roy H. Kreider. They
will return home tomorrow.
—Mrs. H. W. Tate, who upon leaving
Bellefonte following the death of Dr.
Tate several years ago, returned to her
former home in Philadelphia, moved last
fall to New York city, where she and her
sister, Miss Harmer, are now living.
"spMrs. Barry was here from Philadel-
phia for several days of this week, having
come to Bellefonte from Altoona, where
she had been called by the death of a rela-
tive. Mrs. Barry spent much of the fall
here with Mrs. George Waite and her
family on Phoenix Avenue.
—Mrs. Herman Swartz, who was here
from Philadelphia Wednesday night for
the first of four talks on “Current Events,”
given in the Presbyterian chapel, was a
guest of Mrs. Beach during her stay in
Bellefonte. Mrs. Swartz's subject Tuesday
night was “Our National Government.”
—Irvin Harrison, of Pleasant Gap,
dropped in for a little call last Saturday
evening. Mr. Harrison is one of the de-
pendable men at the big Whiterock opera-
tion that has transforpled the Gap from
a quiet little village into one of the busi-
est and progressive of the smaller towns
i ef the county.
—Mrs. E. J. Tibbens, of Beech Creek, with
Mrs. Frank Mann as her guest, drove to
Bellefonte Monday, to spend a short time
looking after some business for the com-
ing year. Mrs. Tibbens during the many
many years she has read the “Watchman,”
has never failed to make the visit at this
time.
—Mrs. John Curtin, went to Overbrook
last week, as the guest of her brother, Wil-
liam 8. Furst, intending to remain there
for ten day’s with the Furst family. Dur-
ing her stay, Mr. and Mrs. Furst enter-
tained in honor of their daughter, Eliza-
beth, whose engagement had been an-
nounced recently.
—Dr. William 8. Glenn Jr., of State Col-
lege, returned last week, from a ten days
trip to New Jersey, where he had been to
see Mrs. Glenn, who has been at her for.
mer home near New York city, since her
accident during the summer. Although,
Mrs. Glenn’s condition continues to im-
prove, there has been no definite time set,
for her return to State College.
—Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes, from Syracuse,
and her son Thomas frem Yale, were here
recently for several days on a business
trip. According to her present plans, Mrs.
Hayes will return to Bellefonte the first
of April, to occupy her apartments in the
Eagle block. Mrs. Quigley and her daugh-
ter, Miss Henrietta, will go from there to
thejr own home on Linn street.
—Mrs. James Jacobs, leader of the choir
of the Fifth street Methodist church, Al-
toona, is in Bellefonte for a two weeks
stay, having in charge the music at the
evangelistic services now being held by the
Rev. Homer C. Knox, of the Methodist
chureh. Mrs. Jacobs has earned for hers
self a state-wide reputation, through her
success in this work. During her stay in
Bellefonte she will be a house guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Knox.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Blanchard, of
Breckenridge, Texas, were among the hon-
or guests, at the Bellefonte Academy and
Sherman High school game, played ut
Sherman, Texas on New Years day. Mr.
and Mrs. Blanchard have been in Texas,
for six years or more and this was a rare
opportunity which was given them, for
joining in a spectacular victory of home
town people. Breckenridge is but forty
miles from Sherman.
—Those from out of town here this week
for the funeral of the late William Clair
Lyons included his sister, Mrs. Harry D.
Williams, Mr. Williams and their daugh-
ter Hazel, of Dover, Ohio; Mrs. Frank Ly-
ons and Harwood Lyons, of Mt. Carmel;
Mrs. Clair Lyons’ two sisters, Mrs. IL. H.
Horton, of Chicago, and Mrs. Sara Evans,
of Houston, Pa.; her two brothers from
Pittsburgh and one from Jeannette, and
Homer Ishler, of Boalsburg.
At Cost.
All wool sweaters and shirts at cost.
Open evenings.
T1.3-1t
SCHOFIELDS
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——The new burgess is going to
put the curfew law into force next
Monday evening at 8.30 o’clock.
PAR ETT (R,
| Bellefonte Chapter D. A. R.
Both the last and second to last D.
A. R. meetings have been very pleas-
ingly entertained at the Brockerhoff
house. Mrs. Harry Keller, Mrs. Wells
| Daggett, Mrs. W. F. Reynolds, Mrs.
{ Edward Richard and Mrs. George B.
Thompson were hostesses in Novem-
ber when the reports of the State con-
ference were given, while Mrs. A. O.
| Furst, Mrs. James A. Beaver, Mrs.
| John Curtin, Mrs. David Dale, Mrs.
James C. Furst and Mrs, Wayne
Rogers entertained the January meet-
ing last Thursday evening,
The December meeting was held at
State College, where Mrs. W. IL
Foster, Mrs. R. D. Gilliland, Mrs. L.
A. Nichols and M~»s. John Stuart of-
fered the hospitality in the warm and
original manner always exhibited at
that place.
Following business at the Decem-
ber meeting Miss Helen E. C. Overton
told of Christmas in Colonial days,
and then there was an exhibit and
sale of articles made by hand in
mountain schools—baskets, scarfs,
table covers, ete. Following business
at the January meeting Rev. W. C.
Thompson, pastor of the Bellefonte
Presbyterian church, addressed the
meeting and stirred his audience to
thrills of pride and gratitude in their
citizenship in a country founded and
settled, not by such as those who
came early to South America for lust
and greed of gold, not by such who as
conquerors came “with the roll of stir-
ring drums, and the trumpet that
sings of fame;” not as by those seek-
ing “thus afar—
Bright jewels of the mine,
But by those who “sought
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war,”
A faith’s pure shrine.”
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——W. C. Fields, Carol Dempster
and Harrison Ford all in “That Royal
Girl,” at the Scenic theatre next Tues-
day and Wednesday. 3-1t
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Football Coach, Andy Smith, Dead.
Andrew L. Smith, a native of Du-
Bois, but better known in the football
world as “Andy,” died at the Univer-
sity hospital, Philadelphia, last Fri-
day, as 2 result of an attack of pneu-
monia. He came east from California
to witness the Penn-Cornell game on
Thanksgiving, became ill ‘and was ad-
mitted to the hospital on December
24th.
Smith began his college football
career in 1901 at State College and
after playing one year there was of-
fered financial inducements to go to
the University of Pennsylvania. He
played there three years,
For some years after his graduation
he coached eastern college football
teams but six years ago went to Cali-
fornia as coach at the University of
California, at Berkeley, developing a
team that compares most favorably
with any eastern college team. The
remains were taken to Berkeley, Cal-
ifornia, where funeral services were
held and burial will be made today.
According to announcement Smith
left an estate valued at $30,000. In
his will he left $10,000 to provide two
scholarships for members of the foot-
ball squad at the University of Cali-
fornia; $2,000 to the Elks club at
Berkeley and the balance to be divided
between the “Skull and Keys,” an in-
terfraternity organization, and the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, of
which he was a member.
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Some Social Doings.
Mrs. William Kline entertained with
two tables of bridge, Monday night, at
her apartments on Allegheny street.
Mrs. Paul D. Sheffer was hostess
yesterday afternoon, for the card club
of which she is a member, entertain-
ing at her home on east Linn street.
At Miss Geraldine Noonan’s card
party last night, given at her home
on Logan street, bridge was in play.
Mrs. Edward Robb, of east Bishop
street, will entertain with cards to-
night.
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——The Women Voters League
proposes to keep close watch on the
Legislature during the special session.
It is betraying no secret to add that
“the people back home” will also keep
their eyes on the legislators.
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——At the Scenic theatre next
Tuesday and Wednesday, D. W. Grif-
fith’s latest success, “That Royal
Girl.” This is a guaranteed attrac-
tion. 3-1t
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Wanted.
A place to work for board by a
school girl of fourteen years of age.
Inquire of Mrs. Reed O. Steely, Bell
phone 206-J.
——D. W. Griffith’s latest creation,
“That Royal Girl,” with Carol Demp-
ster, W. C. Fields and Harrison Ford,
at the Scenic theatre next Tuesday
and Wednesday. 3-1t
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum an
Bailey’s circus has already been book-
ed for Altoona on May 22nd.
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Bellefonte Grain Markets,
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat $1.75
Oats - - - - - - 35
Rye - - - - - - 90
Corn a5
Barley - - - - - i. 80
Buckwheat - - - - - 80