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“Bellefonte, Pa., January 22, 1926.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
Don’t forget the High school
dance Saturday evening, January
23rd. The library needs your support.
—John Bower, of Aaronsburg,
was temporarily paralyzed when a
tree fell on him one day last week. He
is said to be recovering from the ef-
fects of the accident.
— John F. Smith Jr., has resigned
his position with the State Highway
department, to go with Montgomery
and Co., as accountant. Mr. Smith’s
work will include all the Montgomery
& Co., interests.
The English department of the
Bellefonte High school will give a
dance for the benefit of the library
fund on Saturday evening, January
23rd. The Academy orchestra will
furnish the music.
The Rev. George J. McCormack,
of Steelton, will conduct the services
in St. John’s Episcopal church next
Sunday, January 24th. Early Euchar-
ist at 8 o’clock and morning prayer
and sermon at eleven o’clock.
Walter W. Gherrity has re-
signed his position in the Mott drug
store and about February 1st will
enter the University of Pittsburgh for
a special commercial course prepara-
tory to- selling life insurance.
——Guy Coll moved his barber shop
from the Gazette building, on Monday
night, .and ‘was open for business in
his new location, in the Bush house,
Tuesday. His shop is located in the
room formerly occupied by the Coffee
shop and has a very nifty appearance.
* ——An exciting basket ball game
will be held in the Y. M. C. A. gym-
nasitn ithis' (Friday) evening, when
the strong Indiana Normal quintette
will play the Bellefonte Academy
five. The game will be called at 9:15
o'clock, and you don’t want to miss
if
——The regular quarterly meeting
of Centre county Pomona Grange will
be held at Centre Hall Saturday, Jan-
uary 23rd, morning and afternoon.
Installation of officers will take place.
A good attendance is desired and
members are asked to take lunch with
them.
——There were 291 prisoners in the
county jail during various periods of
1925. Seven white women one colored
and 283 white men made up the host
of boarders the sheriff had to feed and
it will cost the county in the neigh-
borhood of $5,000 to reimburse him at
the legal rate of fifty a day for keep-
ing prisoners.
A fair representation of real
estate investors was present at the
offering at public sale of the A. G.
Morris property, on east Linn street,
last Saturday afternoon. While the
bidding for a few minutes was quite
spirited the best bid received was
$7,500, and inasmuch as this was
deemed so much below the value of
the property the sale was continued
until the afternoon of January 30th.
——Don’t spend your evenings at
home brooding over household wor-
ries or business cares, but go to the
Scenic and be cheered up by watch-
ing thie motion pictures. You may not
know it but manager T. Clayton
Browit is now giving the people of
Bellefonte a class of pictures that
ranks ‘with those shown in leading
picture houses in the large cities. Be-
cause of this fact it pays to be a reg-
ular and see them all.
—Miss Audrey Dale, only daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. Frederick A.
Dale, of Brooklyn, has joined Flo
Ziegfeld’s Follies organization. Miss
Dale’s dancing attracted attention in
New "York a year or more ago and
Ziegfeld is then supposed to have of-
fered her an engagement, but she did
not accept it. However, last fall cer-
tain conditions were made more agree-
able to her and she joined the com-
pany that is now playing in Miami,
Miss Dale does solo and specialty
dancing.
On Tuesday of last week police-
man J..C. Wedekind, of Philipsburg,
went’ to’ the home of George -Mothers-
baugh, near the Gardner club house,
in Rush township, to serve a warrant
for that man’s arrest on the charge
-0f larceny, information having been
made that he was cutting timber on
the land of W. P. Kennedy, of Brisbin.
Mothersbaugh resisted arrest and was
supported by his wife and daughter.
‘A general fight ensued in which the
policeman and Mothersbaugh were
both badly pummeled. Wedekind
finally got his man and in default of
~one thousand dollars bail he was com-
«mitted to the Centre county jail.
——John McCoy is progressing with
his hydro-electric plant at the McCoy-
Linn iron works property. It is a
great deal larger undertaking than
those who have not been over it real-
ize. The dam is entirely completed
amd it is the best looking structure of
its kind in this part of the State. At
present the concrete for the wheel pit
is being poured. The floor on it is 2ft.
thick of solid concrete, tied with 1 in.
square steel bars, and reinforced by
32 in.soncrete beams. When this is
completed all that will remain to be
done ds to run the sides on up and
erect dhe -generator house. Mr. Me-
Coy expected to have the plant in
operation by the middle of February,
‘but has been delayed by bad weather
and other deterrents until he has little
hope now of getting it going before
the middle of March.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
Robert E. Kline Re-Elected Borough
Fire Marshall.
On the convening of borough council,
in regular session on Monday evening,
president John S. Walker announced
the appointment of standing commit-
tees for the ensuing year as follows:
Street.—W. H. Brouse, Harry Badger,
W. J. Emerick.
Water—J. M. Cunningham, W. H. Brouse,
Thomas Hazel.
Finance—W. J. Emerick, W. I. Reynolds
Jr., John P. Eckel.
Fire and Police—Harry
Cunningham, Thomas Hazel.
Market—John P. Eckel, W. J. Emerick,
Harry Flack.
Sanitary—Harry Badger, Thomas Hazel,
John P. Eckel.
Village Improvement—W. F. Reynolds,
Jr., Harry Flack, Harry Badger.
Special—Thomas Hazel, W. J. Emerick,
W. H. Brouse, W. F. Reynolds Jr., J. M.
Cunningham.
A written application was received
from O. B. Malin for appointment as
fire marshall, and his appointment
was unanimously endorsed by the
Logan fire eompany, of which he is a
member.
A communication was received from
John J. Bower, secretary of the Fire-
men’s Relief association, requesting
council to pay over to the association
the apportionments due for the years
1923 and 1924.
The Street committee reported
hauling snow off the streets and the
collection of $32.25 for sewer pipes,
$4.61 for old pipe and 75 cents for
cleaning snow from pavement.
The Water committee reported the
collection of $50 on the 1923 duplicate
and $378 on the 1924.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes totaling $4,800
and reported that the treasurer has an
opportunity to borrow $2500 at five
per: cent. and the committee recom-
mended that he be authorized to do so
and pay off a note of like amount
drawing six per cent. Council ap-
proved the transaction.
The Fire and Police committee re-
commended the re-election of Robert
E. Kline as fire marshall and J. T.
Storch, G. Max Gamble, Robert Gar-
man and Ellis Hines, as drivers for
the Logan fire sompany, and the elec-
tion of Charles Saxion, Ralph
Moerschbacher, Basil Doll and Walter
Smith as drivers for the Undines. All
were duly elected.
The question of asking an increase
in rental from the G. F. Musser Co.
for the Phoenix mill building was
pretty thoroughly discussed. The
borough is receiving $750 a year and
some members of council think the
amount should be increased to $1000.
Others were of the opinion that the
present rental is about all the business
will stand. It was finally decided
to execute a new lease with the tenant
for one year from April 1st, 1926, to
April 1st, 1927, at $750 per year, pay-
able monthly, and a resolution was
passed to that effect.
Several members of council took
issue with Burgess Harris’ order to
sound the fire alarm for the curfew
notice at 8.30 o’clock, being of the
opinion that it is liable to confuse
firemen in the event there should be a
real alarm sent in at or about that
time. The matter was finally refer-
red to the Fire and Police committee
to consult with the burgess relative to
some other way of announcing the
curfew hour.
Bills were approved to the amount
of $2257 after which council adjourn-
ed. ~ :
Flack, J. M.
Bellefonters Survive Burgess Harris’
"Closed-Tight Sunday.
“About the only things in Bellefonte
wide open and running as usual, on
Sunday, were the big spring and
Spring creek. Burgess Harris’ edict
last week not only closed the lid on
all -unnecessary business but clamped
it down good and tight. He is start-
ing his administration on a reform
platform and with this end in view
gave notice, through the police last
week, to all cigar stores, green grocer-
ies and fruit stores, that no more
Sunday selling will be permitted. The
hotels can sell cigars to bonafide
guests, but none other. Restaurants
may serve meals to the hungry but
not soft drinks to the thirsty. Drug-
stores must cut out the Sunday sun-
daes and other drinks and confine
their sales to drugs and medicine.
The result was everybody who had
heretofore kept open on Sunday was
closed tight and more than one smok-
er who failed to lay in a supply on
Saturday night went smokeless on
Sunday while the regular soda foun-
tain habitues did not habit as hereto-
fore. But nobody dropped dead or
suffered any unusual pain because of
the deprivations, and business picked
up on Monday morning just where
it laid down on Saturday night.
Burgess Harris has also issued an
order closing pool rooms and restau-
rants at twelve o’clock at night dur-
ing week days. This order was the re-
sult of a disgraceful scene on High
street in the small hours of the morn-
ing, one night last week. Several
young men who participated were
fined five dollars by the burgess and
given until February 1st to settle.
It might also be mentioned that the
burgess has already imposed fines in
some four or five cases for reckless
driving.
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——The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Centre County hospital will hold a
card party at the Elk’s home, Thurs-
day evening, February 11th.
FIRST CULPRITS
FACE JUDGE KELLER.
Judge Harry Keller had his first
experience in dealing with violators
of the criminal code, at special ses-
sion of court, on Saturday, and sev-
eral of the young men who appeared
before the bar got off very luckily.
The first case called was that
against Floyd St. Clair, of Centre
Hall, and Ray Dean, of Bellefonte,
charged with forgery. St. Clair is 20
years old and Dean only 15. On or
about December 28th they cashed a
forged check at the Beezer meat mar-
ket for $26.29. Naturally their arrest
followed and both entered pleas of
guilty, Both St. Clair’s and Dean’s
father were in court and volunteered
to make good the forged check and
pay the costs in the case. District
attorney John G. Love stated to the
court that Miss Beezer would be satis-
fied with a suspended sentence if the
money she advanced on the check was
returned to her. Judge Keller told the
boys that they were bad pickers, as
they could not have picked a more
serious way of getting money than by
forging a check. He also told them
that he could impose a fine of $1,000
and send them to the penitentiary for
five years, but in view of the fact that
it was their first offense and their
parents were willing to make good
the money they obtained unlawfully
and pay the costs in the case, -he
would suspend sentence on condition
that St. Clair return home and go to
work and Dean also go to work and
quit loafing in the pool rooms.
The next man was Oscar Ostrander,
who passed a worthless check for $3.00
at State College. Attorney W. G.
Runkle represented Mr. Ostrander and
stated to the court that while he was
not condoning the crime, Ostrander
really deserved some sympathy. That
he was a good workman when he
didn’t drink, and was up against a
little hard luck when he gave the
worthless check. Only a few months
ago his wife ran away from home
with another man leaving him with
a family of nine children. Three of
the eldest are self supporting but he
has the care of the other six. Judge
Keller told Ostrander that while he
sympathized with him he couldn’t con-
done his offense entirely, and sen-
tenced him to pay a fine of one dollar,
costs of prosecution and serve thirty
days in the county jail.
Ray Stone, of State College, plead
guilty to the charge of operating a
motor vehicle while under the influ-
ence of liquor. In explanation the
the young man stated that he is a
member of Troop B, of Bellefonte, and
came here on the evening of January
bth to attend drill. He drew his drill
checks and in company with several
other young men proceeded to have
a good time. Though intoxicated he
drove back to State College without
mishap but was arrested by chief of
police Yougel on his arrival in:that
town. Stone is only 19 years old and
Judge Keller asked him which place
he would prefer, the Huntingdon: re-
formatory or the Centre county jail.
Stone said the jail so the court gave
him from one to six months, a dollar
fine and the costs.
Wilson M. Cramer and Paul Gross,
two State College youths, were haled
before the court for stealing about
$200 worth of students’ clothing from
the Delta Upsilon fraternity on the
morning of December 31st. The court
told the boys that they, also, were
poor pickers, and gave them an inde-
terminate sentence in the Huntingdon
reformatory. ai
The “Merry Widow” a Great Photo-
play.
One of the finest pictures the peo-
ple of Bellefonte will ever have an
opportunity of seeing will be’ pre-
sented at the Scenic theatre, where the
better elass photoplays are shown on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 25th, 26th and 27th, with
matinees daily at 2:30 p. m.
It is entilted “The Merry Widow,”
and shows Mae Murray and John Gil-
bert as co-stars. Laid in a mythical
Balkan kingdom the picture reflects
all the glamor, fascination and beauty
of the continent. The settings are
exquisite, some of them done in
natural color, while the story is re-
plete with surprises and moves at a
pace that keeps the audience en-
thralled. It is brimful of surprises
and thrills and its climaxes lead from
one to another with refreshing swift-
ness. The pieture was staged by that
master director, Enrick Von Stroheim.
Admission for all engagements, child-
ren 20 cents, adults 35. Don’t miss it.
Women’s Missionary Society Celebrat-
ed Golden Jubilee.
The Women’s Missionary society of
the Presbyterian church, at Graysville,
celebrated its golden jubilee last
Thursday. A luncheon was served at
noon and the afternoon was featured
by an excellent program. Three
charter members were present, name-
ly, Mrs. Cyrus Goss, Miss Belle Go-
heen and Mrs. Frank Gardner, the
latter two being sisters of Rev. Mil-
liken Goheen, who for many years
was a missionary in India. The
speaker of the afternoon was Rev. J.
0. C. McCracken, of Juniata, a native
of that valley. Others who were fea-
tured on the program were Mrs. H.
D. Fleming and Mrs. R. J. Hillis, with
brief talks; Miss Isabel Musser and
Miss Elizabeth Goheen in a duet, and
Mrs. Cyrus Goss in a very good his-
torical paper on the organization and
work of the society during its fifty
years of existance.
YOUNG FORGER GYPS ?
. BELLEFONTE MERCHANTS.
Three Bellefonte business men are
out just $157.00 through their will-
ingness to cash checks for a man
whom they knew little about, except
that he was a workman on the new
addition to the hydrating plant of the
‘American Lime and Stone company.
The young man, only 19 years of
age, was known here as Clyde C.
Childers, though his right name, ac-
cording to police officials is Zackery
Justice, and his home in Regina, Ky.
According to the police he came to
Bellefonte two months or more ago
and secured employment at the hy-
drating plant of the American Lime
and Stone Company. He boarded at
Mike Torsells, and police aver that
he had not been at work for several
weeks, though he took his digner
bucket every day and spent the day
away from the Torsell home.
On Friday evening he went to the
clothing store of Harold Cowher, on
Allegheny street, purchased a suit
of clothes and tendered in payment a
check drawn to the order of Henry
Fetzer and signed by C. L. Cliff, ex-
plaining that Cliff was the man in
charge of the work at the new hy-
drating plant and he had received the
check too late to get it cashed at the
bank. The check was for $61.00, and
Mr. Cowher took out the price of the
suit of clothes and gave the man the
change.
Later in the evening Justice went
to Schofields and got a check cashed
for $36.00, and early Friday morning
he went to the cigar store of Robert
Roan, purchased a package of cigar-
cttes and tendered a check for $60.00
in payment. The check was cashed
and, according to police information,
Justice went direct to the train from
Roan’s store and went west on the
9:17.
On Friday morning a First Nation-
-al bank note for $61.00 was found at
the Pennsylvania railroad crossing
on High street. It bore the names of
C. L. Cliff and Henry Fetzer and was
signed by W. A. Justice and J. F. Jus-
tice. The note evidently had been
drawn by the same man, although the
writing of all the names on the face
of the note did not appear to be in
the same hand writing. There is no
likelihood that any money was
realized on the note, however. ;
The forgeries were discovered when
the checks were presented for pay-
ment at the First National bank on
Saturday morning. That institution
has no account in the name of “C. L.
Cliff,” and the Mr. Cliff who is in
charge at the American Lime and
Stone Company plant is Walter R.
Cliff. All the checks passed were
First National bank counter checks,
and this in itself ought to have arous-
ed suspicion in the minds of those to
whom they were presented.
Big Contest for Borough Offices at
Port Matilda.
Just seventy-six freeholders signed
the application presented to Judge
Dale to have Port:Matilda incorporat-
ed into a borough and the petition
having been granted just forty men
and one woman are now candidates for
the various borough offices to be filled
at a special election to be held on
Tuesday, January 26th. The men and
the offices are as follows:
Judge of Election—Grace R. Wil-
liams and O. A. Williams.
Inspector—S. R. Williams and H. J.
Fakor. -
" Assessor—D. S. Ross, A. Quay Wil-
liams and H. S. Williams.
Councilmen—C. W. Crain, H. M.
Crain, H. H. Laird, W. W. Shultz, J.
N. Richards, - 8. S. Leitzell, W G.
Hoover, J. S. Williams, Max Reden-
berger, A. J. Johnson, E. T. Spotts, B.
D. McCracken, H. C. Woodring, W E.
Williams ,William Spotts and W. S.
Crain.
Burgess—D. G. A. Harshbarger and
E. M. Woodring.
Tax Collector—J. H. Patton, W. H.
Artz, Porter Woodring.
Auditors—W. D. Lytle, H. H. Crain,
S. C. Hoover and J. O. Williams
Justice of the Peace—J. W. Williams
and ‘A. W. Reese.
High Constable—J. R. Patton and
Harry - Marshall.
. Constable—P. P.
George Shipley.
Overseer of the Poor—A. Cowher,
S. S. Osman and George Reese.
Woodring and
John S. Ginter Credited With Bank’s
Growth.
In connection with the recent elec-
tion of officers for the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank of Tyrone
the Herald, of that place, made the
following complimentary reference to
John S. Ginter, vice president and
cashier of the institution.
“John S. Ginter, who, in assuming
office as a vice president still retains
the office of cashier, is to be congratu-
lated upon his new associations. To
him, whose ability in recent years has
gained recognition in the calls made
upon it by many interests outside Ty-
rone, is due in great measure the
steady progress of the bank.”
Mr. Ginter is one of the receivers
whom Judge Dale recently appointed
for the defunct Centre County Bank-
ing company, of Bellefonte.
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——Rev. Robert Thena, of Dayton,
Ohio, has accepted ' the call to the
pastorate of the Bellefonte Reformed
church and expects to come here on or
about the first of February. In the
meantime the church parsonage is
being repaired and brightened up for
the new pastor and his family.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—John Payne has been in Harrisburg
this week attending the State Farm Pro-
ducts Show.
—Mrs. Gail Cheney, of East Orange, N.
J., is expected here shortly for a visit with
her aunt, Mrs. Frank Warfield.
—Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walker, were in
Chester during the week. called there by
the death of a niece of Mr. Walker.
Miss Helen Beezer has been on a busi-
ness trip east this week, most of which
time has been spent in New York city.
—Mrs. Burd, of Millheim, has been a
guest this week of her sister, Mrs. Ebon
Bower, at her home on Howard street.
—Miss Katherine Bailey, one of the
operators of the Bell Telephone exchange,
was a week-end visitor with friends in Al-
toona.
—Roy Grove with the Bell Tel. Co. at
Ridgway, was in Bellefonte the early part
of the week looking after some business
for the Company.
—DMrs. A. Howard Tarbert, of York, is
expected in town next week for a short
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Coxey, of east Bishop St.
—DMiss Eckert, Superintendent of the
Centre county. hospital, and Miss Mec-
Cauley, public health nurse in Bellefonte,
attended the district nurse's meeting in
Altoona on Tuesday.
—Mr. Willard Brown was here from
Lock Haven, a house guest of Mrs. Dinges
and Miss Emma Wistar Green, having
visited in Bellefonte from Thursday, until
Tuesday of this week.
—Dr. and Mrs. 8. S. Frank, of Millheim,
were among the county yisitors to Belle-
fonte Wednesday, coming over to spend
several hours at the January sales being
held now, and to look after some new
years business.
—Mrs. Murdock Chaney was here from
Narberth last week, on one of her frequent
short visits home with her mother, Mrs.
William McClure and family. Mrs. Claney
came up Thursday returning to Philadel-
phia Saturday. :
—Miss Dorothy Coxey, who has been in
Dr. David Dale’s office for the past two
vears, has resigned her position and,
early in February, will go to York, Pa.,
where she will enter a Business college for
a course in Commerce.
—Mrs. Herbert Kerlin has returned
from New York, expecting to be in Belle-
fonte temporarily, or while she is looking
after the sale of her Howard street prop-
erty and some legal matters relative to the
final settlement of Mr. Kerlin's estate.
—Mrs. Frank McFarlane who spent
the late fall in Philadelphia has returned
to her home near Boalsburg. As she ex-
pects to make sale of her household goods
on March 6th it was necessary for her to
shorten her visit in the city in order to
make preparations for the sale.
—Miss Daise Keichline, who is now
school nurse in Galeton and actuary of the
Childrens Aid Society in Potter county,
stopped off for Wednesday night with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. John Keichline and
Thursday, attended a regional conference
of school nurses in Lewistown.
—Martin L. Altenderfer; of Jersey Shore,
was in town on Tuesday, having come up
for the annual meeting and dinner of the
stock-holders of the Bellefonte Trust Co.
Mr. Altenderfer has - been taking it easy
since he moved from here and his ap-
pearance shows it, for we have never seen
him looking better.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Whalley, who had
been in Bellefonte for several days with
Mrs. Whalley’s mother, Mrs. D. I. Wil-
lard, left Tuesday for their home at Allen-
town. Mr. and Mrs. Whalley had been
for a visit with friends at Wilkinsburg
and through the western part of the State,
stopping over here on their way east.
—Miss Helene Williams, last Saturday,
left for a two-weeks vacation in Phila-
delphia and New York during which she
attended the State Tuberculosis Con-
vention held, Tuesday and Wednesday, in
the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia. Miss
Williams is treasurer of the tuberculosis
committee of the Bellefonte Woman's
Club.
—George T. Bush returned home on
Wednesday afternoon from a weeks trip
through eastern cities of the State, having
visited Danville, Bloomsburg, Scranton,
Wilkes-Barree, Allentown and Shamokin.
He and Dr. 8. M. Nissley were the local
representatives at the annual assembly of
the grand Council Royal and Select Mas-
ter Masons, held at Allentown during the
week.
—Mrs. Martin Fauble and her daughter,
Mrs. Schloss, were called to Harrisburg
last week by the serious illness of Mrs.
Fauble's daughter, Mrs. William Seel, who
is suffering from an attack of angina
pectoris. Mus. Seel’s condition, has com-
pelled Mr. Seel, to abandon the present
plans for their trip abroad, where they
expected to spend much of the year in
travel.
—M. E. Griffith, of Miami, Fla. has
been a Bellefonte visitor the past week
or two, stopping at the Brockerhoff house.
He is a son of S. H. Griffith and a man-
ufacturer of septic tanks at Miami. It
has been quite a number of years since
he visited the home of his early life and
there have been so many changes in the
meantime that he hardly knows the old
town.
—Theodore Haupt, accompanied by his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Herbert Haupt,
went to Philadelphia on Wednesday to
visit the latter's husband who is employ-
ed in that city. After spending a few
days there Mrs. Haupt, will journey to
Trenton, N. J. to visit her sisters while
Mr. Haupt Sr. will consult with archi-
tects in regard to the remodeling of the
Moose theatre building, which is to be done
during ‘the coming summer in order to
have it in shape for the opening of the
theatrical season next fall.
——In what is said to have been the
largest and most representative body
of churchmen ever assembled in that
section the leaders of the West Sus-
quehanna Classis, of the Reformed
church, met at Selinsgrove last Sat-
urday. Under direction of J. F, Wet-
zel, of Centre Hall, the meeting dis-
cussed plans for making a signal suc-
cess of the greatest church-wide effort
that denomination has ever undertak-
en to adequately take care of its aged
and disabled ministers and their
widows.
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Ladies Undie Found in Waste Paper
Receptacle.
A very serviceable ladies undie
garment was found on Monday morn-
ing by Charles Baney in the waste
paper receptacle at the corner of the
Brockerhoff house block on the Dia-
mond. The garment was mixed up
with a copy of a Sunday paper and
when Mr. Baney found it he was
somewhat non-plussed, as he wasn’t
sure whether it had been put there
with purpose intent, deposited by
mistake or was a supplement issued
in connection with the Sunday paper.
But after opening it out full length,
squinting at it from all angles and
satisfying himself that it was a per-
fectly good undie he declared he’d
take it home to the “old woman” and
she could wear it.
The query now is, where did the
undie come from? The waste paper
receptacle stands close to the post-
office but there isn’t anybody in there
who wears that kind of garment,
And lady or no lady we can’t con-
ceive of anyone shedding their undies
during the kind of weather we have
had recently and casting aside a per-
fectly good garment. In this case
“finders are keepers,” and Mrs. Baney
will profit through somebody’s care-
lessness.
Two One-Act Plays by Woman’s Club.
Next Monday night, January 25th,
the Woman's club, of Bellefonte, will
present two one-act plays in the par-
ish house of St. John’s Episcopal
church. The admission to club mem-
bers and public alike will be only 25
cents. Tickets are on sale and it is
urged that every one who wishes to
see these plays buy a ticket. That is
the only way by which the committee
can check up on the number of per-
sons for whom to prepare seating
Tickets may be bought at
Blair's store or from individual mem-
bers of the club, Mrs. regg Curtin,
Mrs. S. M. Shalleross, Mrs. H. M.
Quigley, Mrs. Russel Blair, all of
whom may be reached by telephone.
As it is the desire that all the club
members be sure to get in and get
seats, not only for themselves but also
for their husbands and relatives, it is
urged that they do not delay getting
their tickets now. The time is short.
The girls in the cast are working
hard to make the evening’s entertain-
ment a success, and hope that the
public will be pleased with their ef-
forts. The plays are light and enter-
taining, with plenty of humorous situ-
ations, calling for a variety of his-
trionic ability.
——Max Kalin expects to retire
from business in this place on April
1st. Before that time he will dispose
of his entire stock at knock-down
prices because he has rented his room
on Allegheny St., to the B. F. Fleisher
Chain Store Corp., of Lewistown,
which will open there on April 1. It
will be conducted as a Dollar store-—
Nothing to cost more than a dollar will
be handled. Mr. Kalin has no present
plans for occupation after he closes
out.
——aAll the old officers and directors
were elected at the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Bellefonte
Trust company, held in their banking
house on Tuesday morning. Treasurer
N. E. Robb submitted a report of the
past year’s business which showed a
healthy growth and very satisfactory
increase in all departments. Following
the meeting the stockholders, eighty-
four in number, enjoyed their annual
banquet at the Bush house.
——There has been a rumor on the
streets here for several days to the
effect that the Viscose Co., of Lewis-
town, has taken a ninety-nine year
lease on the old Centre county fair
grounds with a view to erecting an
immense silk mill there. Evidently
there is nothing to it, for on Wednes-
day Mr. John McCoy, who controls the
site, said that no overtures for it have
been made to him.
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——Mrs. B. C. Stine, who for a
number of years lived on north
Thomas street, Bellefonte, but who is
now a resident of Juniata, Blair coun-
ty, recently suffered a stroke of par-
alysis and while her condition is not
regarded as critical her right side is
considerably affected. Mrs. Stine’s
Juniata address is 731 Fifth avenue.
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——Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Brackbill
are mourning the death of their only
child, Wilbur Walter, who died recent-
ly at the home of his parent, at
Lititz, Pa., aged eight months.
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Closing Hours for Ice Cream Parlors
and Candy Stands.
Effective Sunday, January 24th, all
soda fountains, ice cream parlors and
candy stands will close from 10 a. m.
to 12 noon, and from 7 to 8.30 p. m.,
and close at 10.30 p. m.
HARD P. HARRIS,
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Sale Register.
MARCH 6—At the residence of Mrs. Frank
McFarlane, 1 mile east of Boalsburg, all
kinds of household goods, furniture,
carpets, rugs, stoves, kitchen utensils,
etc. Sale at 1 o'clock, p. m. Frank Mayes,
auctioneer.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Burgess.
Wheat $1.80
Oats « « « « « 35
Bye = = =v ‘«' «= $0
Corn 135
Barley « « « « « 80
Buckwheat - - - - = 80