FE Belicionte, Pa., January 29, 1926.
SENDA.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Willis Reed Bierly, lawyer and
publisher, and well known in Centre
county, his former home, has changed
his location from York to Philadel-
phia, |
~— Marian, the eleven year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Emil,
of Howard street, was taken to the
hospital on Monday for an operation
for appendicitis.
——The members of Crystal Springs
Rebekah lodge will hold a card party
Monday evening, February 1st, in the
I. O. O. F. hall, to which the public is
cordially invited.
——The second lecture of the Cur-
rent Event’s course will be given on.
Wednesday evening, February 3rd, in
the Presbyterian chapel, at eight-
thirty. = Tickets for the remaining
lectures can be procured at the en-
trance for 75 cents.
At noon yesterday, the ther-
mometer stood at just 10 degrees
above zero. There was a high wind
blowing the light snow that fell Wed-
nesday night so that by this morning
many sections of the county will
probably be drifted in.
—John M. Garman has resigned
his position at the freight office of the
Pennsylvania railroad in Bellefonte to
accept a position in the transportation
department of the American Lime &
Stone company. He had been with
the railroad company eight years.
' ——Three prisoners were taken
from Rockview back to Pittsburgh, on
Monday morning, by assistant deputy
warden C..C. Rhoads. Two of the
‘men were being returned to the peni-
tentiary hospital, in Pittsburg, on ad-
vice of the prison physician, ‘while
the other man was sent back because
of being detected in planning to es-
cape from Rockview. .
. —The St. Joseph High school
basket ball team, of Williamsport, will
play the Bellefonte Academy quintette
in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium Satur-
day evening, at 8.00 o'clock. The
Academy downed the strong Indiana
Normal team last week and expect to
add another notch on their victory pole
this evening. All lovers of the game
should be on hand promptly on the
hour.
\ ——Thus far three of the Ford com-
‘mercial air ships have stopped at the
‘Bellefonte field for oil and gas. The
one that landed here Monday carried
none but the pilot though it had seats
for four passengers and a large bag-
2age compartment that would seat six
others. The ships are all aluminum,
have toilet and lavatory facilities and
otherwise quite comfortably arranged.
They are of the monotype having only
one plane on the wings.
——Edward Feltenberger, who lives
near State College, is anxious to find
his mother, if she is still living. Mr.
Feltenberger and his brother Samuel,
when quite small, were adopted by a
Blair county family and only at rare
intervals saw their real mother and
«of late years had lost all trace of her.
Samuel died near Buffalo N. Y., two
weeks ‘ago and now Edward is anx-
ious to find his rel mother, whom,
he believes, lives in or near Altoona.
-—E. J. Gentzel, who manages their
homestead farm adjacent to the avia-
tion field was in town yesterday and
had some doubt as to whether he could
get back home becouse the road was
drifted badly when he came in. Mr.
Gentzel will leave this morning for
Danville where he will enter the Geis-
singer hospital for treatment. His
‘teeth have heen troubling him for
some time and he. left not knowing
how many of them will have tobere-
moved.
calls the Watchman went to
!
press\last Thursday evening it was so
mild ahd spring-like that we had hopes
that the worst of the winter was over.
But Friday morning brought another
snow to shovel and the temperature |!
since has been too far toward the zero
‘mark to be comfortable. And the
Weather man offers no promise of any
immediate change. But next Tuesday
will be groundhog day and probably
the little animal will be snowed in
and won't be able to come out and see
“its shadow.
——After a recent meeting of the
“Clearfield County Agricultural Society
~ new officers were elected for the com-
ing year. Among them we note that
Mitchell I. Gardner, formerly of this
place, was chosen secretary. The
society closed the old year with a small
-balance on hand after having expended
822,000 on its grounds and fair last
rseason. The Clearfield fair has beau-
-tiful grounds and splendid buildings.
It has been successful, as such enter-
prises go, and if there is anything an
activé secretary can add to that the
election of Mr. Gardner was a wise
one, .
——Regular patrons of the Scenic
have a two-fold pleasure in attend-
ing that popular movie show. One
is that they are always sure of see-
ing the best and latest pictures made
and the other is to hear the splendid
music’ of that wonderful pipe organ
as manipulated by Miss Crouse. Now
that she has become gacsusiomed »
handling the instrument she can do
wonders with it, in fact about every-
thing but make it talk. Music lovers
appreciate her performances and the
combination of good pictures and
splendid music is enough to delight
every one who goes to the Scenic.
PORT MATILDA ELECTION
CONTINUED INDEFINITELY.
' Judge Keller Orders Election Held Up
| Pending Appeal to the Superior
Court.
With the ballots printed and the
recently appointed election board all
ready to hold a special election on
: Tuesday, for the selection of officers
{for the newly constituted borough of
| Port Matilda the entire proceeding
was halted at the eleventh hour when
Judge Harry Keller, on Monday morn.
| ing, granted a supersedeas for a hear.
i ing of the opponents to the incorpora-
[tion before the Superior court, and
also issued an order setting aside the
| election on Tuesday and continuing
| the same until such time as the case is
{ disposed of by the Superior court.
[ This action was taken following an
argument before Judge Keller, on
Monday morning, in which the'legality
of the nomination of the men to be
| voted for on Tuesday was questioned,
{ At the time of the hearing before
‘Judge Dale on the application for
| incorporation, attorneys for the appli-
cants presented a petition signed by
| seventy-six alleged free-holders,
which, it was claimed, was a big ma-
| jority of the property owners in the
| borough. The exact number of free-
holders, however, was not definitely
| set forth, and now, it is alleged, quite
| a number of those who signed the
petition did so on the spur of the
moment and would be willing to with-
draw their names.
In carrying the case to the Superior
court attorneys for the opponents to
the incorporation, contend that the ap-
plication was granted by the court
without proper judicial investigation
as to the necessity or expediency of
such a move, and that the incorpora-
tion of the town into a borough would
be prejudicial to the best interests of
that community.
‘Regarding the nominations of the
men and one woman placed upon the
ticket to be voted for at Tuesday’s
election attorneys for the opponents
contended that they were not nominat.
ed at primaries as provided by the
election laws of Pennsylvania, but
put on the ticket as the result of party
caucuses, which was illegal and could
not be sustained by the courts. Judge
Keller coincided with this view and
issued the order setting aside the
election.
Planning for Apartments on Third
Floor, Bush Arcade.
In order to secure greater returis
from the Bush Arcade building the
Bellefonte Trust Co., executors of the
estate of the late Mrs. Louisa Bush,
are considering the advisability of
turning the entire third floor into
apartments. At no time Since the
present building was erected over
thirty years ago has there been a
steady income from the third floor.
Laid out as it was in two big halls
and several smaller rooms it was
suitable only for lodges, danees and
public gatherings of one kind or an-
other. The result was it never had.a
not much of an income was derived
therefrom. ;
The continuous demand for living
quarters in Bellefonte will doubtless
justify converting -the upper floor of
the Arcade into apartments. Archi-
tects are now. preparing plans for the
changes that will be necessary to re-
construct the upper floor without de-
stroying the architectural design of
the building. The present: window
space on the third floor is not suitable
for apartment uses, and this will
naturally mean the entire reconstrue-
tion of the walls from the second floor
| up. 4
But there is ample space on the
third floor for from four to six good
sized apartments, and as they would
all be pleasantly located they would
likely be in demand and furnish a very
profitable return. J
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Two Coasting Accidents.
Richard Robb, ten year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Robb, had a
narrow escape with his life on Sat-
urday evening, when he coasted into
an automobile at the intersection of
Bishop and Allegheny streets. He
and another boy were up on Logan
street doing some repair work on their
sleds. When the job was completed
Richard started for home and boy like
decided to coast down Allegheny
street hill from Logan to Bishop, be-
lieving he could keep his sled under
control. But the sled went faster
than he anticipated and on Bishop
street he ran into the rear wheel of a
Dodge car driven by Mr. Smith. He
sustained a bad cut on the forehead
and several severe bruises. Persons
who saw the accident picked the boy
up and took him to the office of Dr.
Rogers where first aid was rendered
after which he was taken to the hos-
pital and the cut on his head stitched
when he was taken home. He is now
getting along all right.
At noontime on Tuesday Elizabeth
Ann Taylor, the youngest daughter of
sheriff and Mrs. E. R. Taylor, coasted
down Penn street from High to How-
ard and ran into the automobile of
Van Jodon as he was driving along
that street. She sustained quite a cut
on the head but not large enough to
require stitching. She also” received
several body bruises but fortunately
escaped serious injury,
——The Central Pennsylvania con-
ference of the Evangelical church will
be held at Jersey Shore in March. >
permanent - tenant and consequently |.
| Spring Township Squabble
School Location.
At the election last fall the tax-
payers of Spring township voted in
favor of a township bond issue in the
amount of $64,400.00 for the purpose
of building a new school house at
Pleasant Gap. The plan was to pro-
vide for a High school and, possibly
consolidate the five other schools now
being conducted in two township
buildings and one rented hall in that
place. : i ;
At present in Pleasant Gap there
are five schools. Two in the township
building on Main St., the High and
grammar schools in a rented building
formerly used by the knitting mill
and the primary school in a building
on the “Horntown” road. The bond
issue proposed and endorsed was for
the purpose of providing a suitable
High school building and also T001n
for consolidation of all these schools.
At the election the South Precinct
of Spring in which Pleasant Gap is
located the vote was 289 for and 54
against, The ' north précinct, “which
is the territory just around Bellefonte
voted 54 for and 45 against. The West
precinct, which takes in the territory
around Coleville, voted 55 for and 30
against. Altogether the Proposal
carried by a vote of 898 to 129.
It is rather an unusual condition.
While the entire township voted to
Over
the West precincts will derive much
benefit from it because of the topog-
raphy of the township. It entirely
surrounds Bellefonte so that the High
school here is much nearer for schol-
ars living in the North and West pre-
cincts than is their own located at
Pleasant Gap, so that it would seem
posed new building will be derived hy
residents of the South. precinct. , They
town is growing so rapidly that facili-
ties are entirely . inadequate . to the
demand. = rin ad roe es
But Pleasant Gap is divided against
itself. There are “up town” and “down
town” erowds out there. Some want
the new building located on the site of
the present township school house on
“the . Pike” or Main street. Others
think that location is too far up to-
ward the mountain and ‘away from the
natural - further development of the
village. ‘In other words they want it
located somewhere on the road lead-
ing to “State College or: that to the
Aviatioif field, >‘ ~via
“Altogether ‘there is quite a commo-
tion ‘over the project and everybody is
excited.
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What Becomes of the Kansas Rabbits?
++ During the past three or. four win-
ter seasons thousands’ of Kansas rab-
bits have been shipped into, Pennsyl-
vania for distribution by the- State
Game Commission. Several hundred
of these animals have annually been
distributed ' in Centre - county, . but
‘among the many rabbits killed during
the recent hunting season’ did any
hunter recognize among the animals
in his game bag a rabbit with a Kan-
sas pedigree? Pag wu
We have beén constrained to ask
this question because a well known
Bellefonte hunter informed us this
week that most, if not all, of the Kau-
sas rabbits turned out in the Ten
Acre territory late in December have
either perished with the cold or died
of starvation. The Kansas rabbit, on
its native heath burrows in . the
ground and has no trouble getting
something to eat when it is hungry.
Transported to Pennsylvania, a sec-
tion of country entirely different in
temperature . and - environment, it
stands within reason that it- would: be
like a fish out of water. : :It has no
ground burrows to pop into, and no
succulent grasses and herbs to feed
on. Our northern rabbits, being to
the manor born, have no trouble
shifting for themselves during the
most rigid winters, but it would seem
as if the most propitious time to im-
port Kansas rabbits into Pennsylvania
would be in the spring of the year,
when they can find plenty to eat and a
hole to hide in.
Centre County Naval Officer in
- Divorce Proceedings. - f
A rather interesting divorce. suit
has been attracting legal attention. in
this place for the past two days. It is
the proceeding of Lieutenant Com-
mander Joseph F. Hoffman, U, S.
Navy, against his wife, © Francis G.
Hoffman and is being heard before
John J. Bower Esq. master.
The libellant is represented by
James C. Furst Esq., and Mrs. Hoff-
man’s attorneys are W. Gwynn
Gardner, a rather noted Washington
lawyer, and John G. Lave Esq., of this
place.
The case is of interest to Centre
countians because of the fact that the
libellant is a son of Joseph F. Hoft-
man, who was associated with Wil-
liam Shelton in the Millheim knitting
mills. The respondent, his wife, is a
Washington woman. .
Both sides offered the testimony of
detectives and others from Washing-
ton who had knowledge of the ease.
The metropolitan papers have been
making more or less of a sensation out
of it.
Mr. Hoffman, father of the libellant
in the above case, was stricken with
paralysis just: after he had finished
on Allegheny St. yesterday. His con-
dition is said to be serious.:
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NEW YORK SYNDICATE
BUYS WALTER COHEN LOT.
Also Leases Vacant Lot from Morris
From, at State College.
Walter C. Cohen this week sold his
‘vacant lot between the Richelieu
‘theatre and the former W. S. Katz
| property to a New York syndicate,
| and now everybody is wondering what
, the purchasers are going to do with
(it. Although the price’ paid was not
given out for publication it is under-
| stood to have been a very good sale on
| the part of Mr. Cohen. The deal was
made through A. I, Bradley, of Flush-
| ing, Long Island, and while he admit-
ted that he represented a syndicate he
' refused to disclose the nature of the
| business they are engaged in, or ex-
| pect to develop, but he did volunteer
| the information that. the people he
| represents expect to spend a quarter
"of a million dollars in the purchase of
| properties in Pennsylvania alone,
!and intend to carry their .operations
into other States, SPL
| . In.support of the above statement
'is the fact that late Wednesday after-
noon. Mr. Bradley executed a lease
' with Morris From, of. State College,
for a fifteen foot vacant lot alongside
| his clothing store. at.a monthly: rental
, of $100.. The lease was executed after
‘attempts to purchase a property in
| State. College failed of success. :
Mr. Cohen stated positively te a re-
. porter’ of the Watchman that he -has
(not the least idea as to ‘what the
' syndicate intends doing with the lot
| purchased from him. And the fact
| that they can utilize a lot with such a
‘narrow frontage as the one leased at
State College makes their intentions
, more mystifying: : :
of Centre County Bank Affairs,
Judge Johnson of the Federal Dis-
trict court having issued. his .decree
discharging Ivan Walker Esq. from
any further responsibility as tempor-
ary: receiver for the Centre. County
Banking Co., all of the Papers, securi-
ties, ete, in his. possession are now to
be turned over to the new custodians.
. Messrs. Ginter, Steely and Dale met
here on Tuesday expecting the trans-
fer to be made then, after they had
executed the proper receipts, but Mr.
Walker was: net :ready to make the
transfer and set yesterday as the time
for them to ‘return. And yesterday
Mr. Walker asked for another post-
ponement until today. Until this
transfer is made of course the new
receivers can do nothing, yon
The receivers. have given no infor-
mation as to what they intend doing
further: than to declare that that
just as soon :as the Property and
effects are in their possession they
will get. busy at. ence in an effort to
make. an early distribution. -. Hite
‘There is no telling what complica
tions might arise.. A well founded.
| rumor has been ‘on the streets: for
several days: to: the effect that some
creditors are moving, individually, to
throw the whole proceedings’ back in
to the federal bankruptcy courts. A!
| petition was presented to Judge John-
| son praying for such an adjudication,
| but because of a misunderstanding of
the amount of the necessary filing fee
it was returned. Of ‘course the costs
of a proceeding of this character
would have to be borne by the indi-
viduals instituting it, unless the cred-
itors assent to sharing in the burden.
If the petition should be filed anew
and granted there is no’ telling what
will happen further than the certainty
of more long drawn out and expensive
litigation. Bina Ee
It is only rumor, but we have heard
that there were at least five individual
signers to the attempted new action.
Whiterock Quarries Dinkey Knocked
from Track by Auto.
About eleven o’clock last Friday
morning the dinkey engine and three
cars loaded with stone were knocked
from the track on ‘the state highway
crossing at Pleasant Gap by a Buick
automobile driven by Clifford Warner,
of Lemont. Warner: suffered a nuym-
ber of slight bruises and cuts from the
broken glass of the windshield while
the front portion of his car was badly
damaged. The dinkey engine was put
out of service: for the day through
bent and broken pipes, ete. Vast
‘ The stone ‘train was on its way
west to the kilns from the quarries
east of Pleasant Gap and the engineer
avers that he sounded the customary
crossing signal by blowing the whistle.
It is quite possible that Warner, who
was on his way to Centre Hall, failed
to hear the whistle and the result was
he ran head on into the dinkey just as
it got on the crossing. The engine was
knoeked from the track and before it
could be stopped three cars of stone
also went off.
A Special Deputy Attorney General.
The recent appointment of former
Judge Arthur C. Dale as attarney to
the Sanatary Water Board of Penn-
sylvania seems to have carried with
it a broader import than was generally
supposed at the time of announcement,
It appears that Judge Dale has
been made a Special Deputy Attorney
General of the State, with commis-
sion “to serve notices, file information
and institute and carry suits into any
| of the courts of Pennsylvania and the
United States.” :
Judge Dale received this appoint-
ment at the hands of Atty. Gen. Geo.
by the Governor,
| Mrs. John Sebring,
Woodruff and it has been approved
| NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Herbert Beezer, of the Lancaster In-
! telligencer staff, was in Bellefonte during
i the week, for a visit of several days.
—Miss Margaret Stewart left a week ago
‘for her annual winter visit with her broth-
er, Dr. Walter Stewart, at Wilkes-Barre.
| i —Henry 8. Linn went down te Philadel-
! phia, Tuesday, to attend a business meet-
ing of the Society of Cincinnatus, returning
{ home Yesterday.
—Miss Charlotte Appel of Lancaster, has
been here for the past week, visiting with
Mr, and Mrs. H. N. Quigly at their home
on east Linn street,
—Mrs. Elsie Rankin Helliwell has re-
turned to her apartments in Atlantic City,
where"she his been located for some tine
| 48 a prefessional nurse. :
|
| —DMrs. Albert E. Blackburn came up
| from Philadelphia on Saturday, and has
{ been a guest for {he past week, of her
| mother, Mrs. ‘TL. Spangler and (ol,
| Spangler, at their home on Allegheny
| street. - 2
| —Miss Cathleen Moerschbacher, of Shen-
| andoah, has been spending the week in
| Bellefonte, - a guest of her aunt, Mrs.
‘harles Moerschbacher, and her two
daughters, Miss Celia and Mrs. Austin, on
| Thomas street.
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—Mrs. John Lambert Jr, was up from
Mill: ¥all over Sunday, for one of her
frequent short visits with her husband.
Mrs. Lambert is home with her parents,
until, the new home Mr. Lambert is build-
ing here, is completed.
t - —John R. Bartruff, a former resident and
well known in Bellefonte, writes that they
have left New Bloomfield and “are floating
around in New Jersey for the winter” with
no intention of returning to New Bloom-
field until after Haster.
—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strouse, of State Col-
lege, were down a week ago, to spend a
part of tlie day here, Mr. Strouse devot-
ing his. time to: business, while Mrs,
Strouse was looking over some of the big
dry goods clearance sales, on at the time.
—Mrs. Mann, after spending ‘the greater
part of the winter here with her sister,
went: to her home in
Philadelphia on Monday for a visit of
several weeks. It is probable that she will
return to Bellefonte later to spend the sum-
mer with the Sebring family.
—Miss Augusta Shoemaker and a friend,
Miss McDermott, were -here from Pitts-
burg, over Sunday, and Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Shoemaker from Linden Hall, Jhay-
ing come to. Bellefonte to join Mr, and Mrs.
Collins Shoemaker and John Shoemaker,
in celebrating their mother’s birthday.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Johnson with ‘the
Rev. Homer C. Knox, Mrs. Knox and Mrs.
Jacobs as driving quests, motored to
‘Altoona Monday. _ The party having driv-
el over to take Mrs. Jacobs home after
the closing of “the: series of meetings, in
which she so’ successfully conducted the
musie. 3 of Er Bin
—Frank 0." Moyer, of Cleveland, ‘Ohio,
who usually spends his summers in and
about Centre Hall, is: evidently thinking
of Centre county for he writes that he will
be here by the middle of March and thinks
that he might fit in to most any job there
is open about here for a willing and intel-
ligent worker, EE
—Dr. M. A. Kirk expects to leave Sun-
day for Texas, where he will spend some
time with his two brothers af Corpus
Christi. His present plans ‘include quite
a bit of travel through the Southwest and
a’ visit to many of the places’ of “interest
in the State of Texas, with no definite date
for his return ‘heme.
—Miss ‘Anne Keichline went ‘east two
weeks ago for her annual mid-winter visit
in Philadelphia, where she will spend six
weeks as a guest of Miss Shellenberger, her
time while: there to be devoted mostly to
business pertaining to her work. On the
drive down Miss Keichline was accom-
panied as far as Harrisburg, by her cousin,
Miss Nell Wagner, of Milesburg.
—Miss Janet Potter, with Miss Mary I.
Lien and Miss Anna McCoy as motor
guests, drove over to Tyrone, Tuesday, to
attend an executive board meeting of the
missionary = societies of the Huntingdon
Presbytery. At Tyrone they were met by
Mrs. James H. Potter, who had been at
Winburne for an over Sunday visit and
who also attended the meeting driving
home later with the Bellefonte party.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cromer left Roan-
oke, Va., this week, to locate for the pres-
ent at Jacksomville, Florida. Mr, Cramer,
who is with the James Stewart Co., well
known American contractors, is going
south, to loek after the construction of a
big hotel, the Stewart people will build ai
Jacksonville, where he and Mrs. Cromer
will make their home until the work is
completed. Mrs. Cromer is well known
here, as Miss Eva Crissman.
—Mrs. Etta Shuey, widow of the late
Dr. Shuey, of Prospect, Ohio, is spending
several months in Centre county with her
mother, Mrs. H. K. Hoy and her family.
At present Mrs. Shuey is with the Rev. Ww.
J. ‘Wagner and Mrs. Wagner, at Boalsburg,
but before going there had been in Belle.
fonte with’ other members of the family
since before Christmas. Her plans are for
visiting in Central Pennsylvania until
some time in Mareh. :
—Mr. and Mrs. George Swartz and their
son Harold, whe have been here from Illi-
nois since before Christmas, called to Cen-
tre county by the illness of Mrs. Swartz's
father, B. W. Royer, at Madisonburg, are
at present visiting with the John Royer
family at Pleasant Gap. Mr. and Mrs.
Swartz had been in Bellefonte with Mr. and
Mrs. Claytem Royer but left on Tuesday
morning fer Pleasant Gap, expecting to
return from there to Madisonburg to re-
main until leaving for their home in Illi-
nois abeut the middle of February.
—Among our callers on Friday was B.
F. Heman, of State College, whom we
hadn't seen for a long time. Mr. Homan
is mot so busy since he has retired, but
now that he comes to town in an automo-
bile it ism’t like it used to be when the
trip was made with a horse and bugggy
or on the train. Then he had to kill time
while the horse was being fed or wait un-
til the train got ready to start back and
it usually meant a day. Now the trip is
made in an hour or two and there is very
little calling around the town. He and his
son George were here so that the latter
could make some arrangements for the
sale he is going to have in the Spring. He
expects to quit farming and go into the
grain business with his father-in-law at
Oak Hall, where he has bought Dr. Kid-
der’s interest in the well known firm of
' Raymond and Kidder. :
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| —Dr. and Mrs. David Dale went east
yesterday to spend several days in Phila-
delphia.
—Mrs. J. B. Scott will leave today for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs, George S.
Dennithorne, in Pittsburgh.
—Miss Edna Kilpatrick is in Philadel-
phia, having gone down on Tuesday for a
visit of several weeks with relatives and
friends.
—Mrs. John Hartswick is at Baden, Pa.,
having gone out on Sunday, called there
by the death of Mrs. Harold Hartswick’s
mother.
—Mrs. O..B. Malin and her son Robert
are planning to leave next Monday for
Spring Lake, N. J., for a visit with Mrs.
Malin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H, S. Meyer.
—George Harpster, © of Mill Hall, but
until recently a resident of Bellefonte, was
back Saturday afternoon between trains,
to spend several hours with frignds about
here, : :
—Mrs. Charles Cruse returned. on. Tues-
day from a week's stay in Harrisburg,
where she had been called by the illness
of her son Allen, whose condition js now
very much improved, = sh :
—Mr, and Mrs, J. 8. Elliott drove in from
Pittsburgh, last week, with Mrs. Elliott's
son, Charles R. Beatty. Mrs. Elliott re-
mained in" Bellefonte while Mr, Biliott is
jon a‘trip to Buffalo, N, Y.
| "—John P. Kckel returned, on Sunday,
from his tour of Florida. He says he saw
every inch of ground witfin 150 miles of
Miami and while he’ Was not bubbling
with enthusiasm we got the impression
| that he liked it and would not fight very
| hard against - going back to stay. He
| owns part of the State now, for he bought
a furnished house in Miami and before he
started home could have resold at a right
nice profit. .
De
A. L. andS. Co. Dinner Dance a
Pleasing Social Function,
- The fourth annual dinner dance of
the American Lime and Stone Co.,
officers and their wives, which was
given at the Nittany Country Club,
last Saturday night, proved a most
charming social function for those
directly responsible for the manage-
ment of Bellefonte’s greatest indus-
trial enterprise. : Fal
There were eighty covers laid. Mr.
Chas. Warner, “president of the Com-
pany, presided at the dinner, which
was served ‘at seven o'clock, and
proved an inimitable toast-master by
making it just as Jolly an affair as it
could be. It was really a dinner dance
for between courses Channing Smith’s
orchestra lured the diners across the
hall into the club parlors so that there
was something doing always and only
when Mr. Warner began his, felicitous
talk to his lieutenants was there any
respect shown for stilted formality.
In addition to the men and women
of -the local offices of the company,
many of the general salesmen were
present and the home office at Wil-
mington, Del. was represented by
president Charles Warner, vice presi-
dent A. D. Warner Jr. secretary Chas,
C. Bye and Fred A. DuBall.
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~ Noah H. Swayne II on the Air.
‘Radio fans in this seetion ‘will be
interested in the announcement that
Noah H. Swayne II, has been invited
to participate in the radio broadcast-
ing concert from station W-0-0,
Wanamaker’s store * in Philadelphia,
on the night of February 5. Mr.
Swayne will be on the air three times
that evening, about 8.15, 8.45 and 9
pom, ae .
He is well remembered in musical
circles here, for when a resident of
Bellefonte and president of the Nit-
tany Iron Co., a concert or other
musical program was thought net
complete without several Swayne
numbers. Since going to Philadel-
phia, where he is head of the Ark
Coal Co, operating both mines and
retail yards, he has taken a promi-
nent place in the activities of musical
circles there.
If Mr. Swayne were to sing “Boola”
and tell his © “Columbus” and: that
“Riding to the Hounds” story he could
make an entire evening’s program
that the air wouldn’t forget—ever.
Injured in Auto Accident.
On Sunday afternoon Mrs. John
Dahl, of Lock Haven, with her son
Carl and daughter, Mrs. John Keller,
and the latter's two children, Cather-
ine and Helen, decided to take an auto
run up Nittany valley. On the straight
stretch of highway just below Zion the
car skidded, turned completely around
then upset. The occupants were
forced to crawl through the windows
of the car, a sedan. Mrs. Dahl suffered
from shock and lacerations about the
face and head while the children were
also painfully cut. The car was only
slightly damaged.
SR ———— i itt——
——A chicken and waffle supper for
the public has been planned by the
Brotherhood of St. John’s Lutheran
church. The supper will be served in
the social rooms of the church on next
Thursday night, Fehruary 4th.
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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, car-
pets, rugs, stoves, kitchen utensils, ete.
Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. Frank Mayes,
auctioneer.
MARCH 24—On the Dempster L. Meek Est,
farm, at Waddle, a very large line of
farm steck and equipment. An especial-
ly fine herd of grade Guernsey cows, all
t. b. tested. This will be a clean-up sale
as owner is to quit farming. Sale begins
at 10.30 a. m. L. Frank Mayes, Auc.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat $1.75
Oats = oo « a - 235
Rye liam mi - 90
Corn a5
Bare} « « .v «. . _ «80
Buckwheat - . . 80