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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The Penn State baseball
team will open the season tomorrow
with a game with Juniata College, at
State College.
— If April showers bring May
flowers there ought to be an abundant
crop, as it has rained about every
other day this week.
—--The Ladies Aid society of the
Bellefonte Evangelical church will
hold a bake sale at the “Variety Shop,”
tomorrow, Saturday, April 10.
——Remember that the ladies of
the auxiliary of the Centre county
hospital will conduct their food sale
at the Mott Drug Co’s store tomorrow.
——The women of the Reformed
church will hold a “thimble bee”
Thursday afternoon, April 15th, at
the home of the Rev. Thena, at the
church parsonage on Spring street.
——A fire in the storage depart-
ment of The Federal Match Co., plant
in this place yesterday afternoon
looked rather threatening for awhile,
but was finally subdued with only
a slight loss.
A play entitled “Sewing for the
Heathen” will be given in the Sunday
school room of the Evangelical church,
in this place, this evening, at 7:45.
Admission 35 and 25 cts. Refresh-
ments will be served.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beaver
are arranging to move from their
farm just east of town, into the Beav-
er family home on Allegheny and
Curtin streets. The house at present
is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
A. Beaver, who expect to return to
New York, within a few days. ;
The Curtin Sand Co., with
mines, crusher and washing plant at
Curtin, reports a very promising out-
look for a busy season. Manager
Gregg Curtin has added materially to
development and machinery during
the winter so that he is prepared to
ship sand in much greater volume
than heretofore.
The Treasury Department has
authorized an issue of two million
new one dollar bills which are to be
printed on a new kind of paper so
they will last longer. We hope that
some of them will come floating
around our way pretty soon, as we
have never been able to make the old
kind last long at all.
The epidemic of grippe and
pneumonia in Lock Haven has been
very general and quite serious. Many
of the church choirs were so deplet-
ed that elaborate Easter musical pro-
grams had to be abandoned and the
monthly bridge tournament of the
Lock Haven and Bellefonte Clubs has
been postponed on account of it.
——Get the movie habit and be a
regular at the Scenic if you want to
see all the good motion pictures
shown there every night in the week
except : Sunday: - Not a picture is
shown that isn’t worth seeing. They
are all late and up-to-date, some of
them first releases, and not an old,
worn-out picture is ever presented.
The Scenic is the best place in Belle-
fonte for an evening of delightful en-
tertainment.
Bellefonte firemen were call-
ed out again between ten and eleven
o’clock on Saturday night by a flue
fire on the Jacob Barlet house, on
Valentine street. Their services,
however, were not needed, as the fire
burned out without doing any dam-
age. Owing to the cold weather and
high winds of last week the firemen
were kept on the jump, responding
to four calls on Thursday, one on Fri-
day and one on Saturday, but none of
the fires did any great amount of
damage,
The old toll gate in the Brush
valley narrows, on the road leading
from Millheim into Brush valley, has
been torn down and the old turnpike
is no longer a toll road. This leaves
as the only remaining toll road in
Centre county the turnpike between
Millheim and Coburn, The Turnpike
company refused to accept the ver-
dict of the jury of $4,250 in condem-
nation proceedings and have applied
for a new trial, and until the case is
finally disposed of the company will
continue to collect toll,
Next Tuesday will be the day
for the meeting of the school direc-
tors im Bellefonte for the election of a
county superintendent to succeed
Prof. David O. Etters. The six can-
didates have been quite active for
some weeks and will have only a few
days more in which to present their
claims to the school directors. At
this writing there is no predicting
who the successful man will be, and
inasmuch as each one of the candi-
dates will have a certain following it
is likely to be a long drawn out con-
test.
——Some thermometers in Belle-
fonte registered as low as eighteen
degrees above zero on Sunday morn-
ing, which was rather chilly for Eas-
ter, but it warmed up considerably
during the day and the weather was
ideal for displaying new dresses,
hats, etc. The cold weather of the
morning was no record for Easter,
by any means. Just three years ago
Easter fell on April 1st and ther-
mometers in Bellefonte that morning
registered at zero. Of course it
warmed up some during the day but
not as much .as it did on Sunday.
That was the day of the burning of
the Gamill Rice home, on Pine street.
{ LESS SPEED, MORE SAFETY
Many Miscellaneous Matters
cussed by Borough Council.
Burgess Hard P. Harris was pres-
i borough council and called attention
{to the fact that there should be a
speed limit of not over twenty-five
miles an hour on clear streets for fire-
men going to a fire and not over fif-
teen miles around corners and on
congested streets. The suggestion was
made purely for “safety first” rea-
sons, as there is too much danger
connected with speeding to fires at the
rate of 35 or 40 miles an hour. Less
than two weeks ago two volunteer
firemen were killed in the eastern part
of the State by being thrown from the
fire truck on rounding a corner and
Bellefonte should not run the risk of
killing or injuring any of its firemen.
The matter was referred to the Fire
and Police committee and burgess to
take up with the officials of each fire
company.
Dr. J. L. Seibert was present and
stated to council that from the con-
stant noise in the water pipes in his
residence he is convinced there is
quite a leak in the service pipe under-
ground. Also that both his home and
i that of Dr. Irwin are connected on the
same service pipe and every time a
spigot is opened in cne house it can
be heard in the other, and the noise
! is rather distracting, and to overcome
Lit he asked for a separate connection
| With the water main. He also called
attention to the bad condition of the
crossing over the alley between his
property and that of Dr. Irwin.
The water trouble was referred
to the Water committee and the
crossing to the Street committee.
A communication was received from
W. R. Shope calling attention to the
bad condition of south Potter street.
A communication was received from
the State Highway Department call-
ing attention to the fact that they are
making up their estimates of repairs
needed this spring on highway routes
through boroughs, specifying the
! probable cost in Bellefonte. As the
{ borough pays only ten per cent. of
i the cost a resolution was passed au-
, thorizing the payment of the bor-
! ough’s share as soon as the work is
done.
| A communication was received from
: division engineer Barrett, of the State
| Board of Health, setting forth in de-
tail what the department would like
to have in connection with a map of
! the town showing the complete water
‘ system and the sewer system. Presi-
dent Walker authorized the Water
and Street committees to get in touch
with the borough engineer for the
purpose of having the plans execut-
ed.
The Street: committee reported a
few minor repairs and general clean-
{up of the streets.
The Water committee reported
various repairs made and the collec-
tion of $31.50 on the 1924 water du-
plicate. J
Mr. Flack; of the Fire and Police
committee, recommended that the
Undine squad wagon be equipped with
chemical apparatus—two tanks at a
cost of $55.00. Council authorized the
equipment.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes totaling $8,700,
which was authorized.
Mr. Reynolds reported that he had
interviewed landlord Rhinesmith, of
the Bush house, regarding the broken
china in Spring screek, and he said
it was there when he took charge. He
stated, however, that if the stream
is cleaned out he will see that nothing
is thrown in while he is in charge.
The borough manager was instructed |
to make a cleanup.
Regarding the request of Charles
Schad for the opening of east Beaver
| street and his offer to sell the borough
i land for that purpose, the Street com-
. mittee reported that the borough engi-
neer recommended against the pur-
chase of land for street purposes. It
is the general custom in all towns in
the State where property owners want
a street opened to donate the land for
that purpose. The committee there-
foré recommended that no action be
| taken toward opening the street un-
less the land is donated,
{= The Street committee further re-
ported that the borough engineer had
, made an inspection of south Thomas
| street and gave it as his opinion that
! the building of a wall along there and
filling up the street would simply
make a bad condition worse, and the
committee presented a negative rec-
| ommendation to the request of citi-
, zens of that street that a wall be built
and the street filled up.
Referring to Mr. Shope’s request
for the fixing up of south Potter
! street Mr. Cunningham stated that
the street is badly in need of repair
but it will be simply a waste of money
to put crushed stone on it without an
oil binder. This opened up a general
discussion as to the street repairs
needed this spring and the Street
committee was requested to prepare
an estimate of the work to be done
and the quantity of ugite which will
be needed and report at next meeting-
ing of council. It is the intention to
get this work done as early this
spring as possible and not wait until
the summer season is half over.
Mr. Brouse stated that residents of
south Spring street would like a
stronger light at the alley at Scho-
field’s store. The matter was refer-
red to the Street committee.
Bills amounting to almost $4200
i were approved for payment after
" which council adjourned.
FOR BELLEFONTE FIREMEN,
! State Highway News.
' The State Highway Department
last Thursday awarded the Edwards
Dis- _Dunn company, of Greensburg, the |
‘contract for grading and draining
142,019 feet of roadway between Snow
i Shoe and Kylertown, at their bid of
ent at Monday evening's meeting of $116,747. The work is to be started .
as soon as possible and when the con-
i tract is completed the road will be
: macadamized by the department em-
ployees. This will give a practically
complete improved highway between
i Bellefonte and Philipsburg and Clear-
: field by way of Snow Shoe.
The Lod Construction company,
, which was awarded the contract for
, building the highway from Milroy to
the Centre-Mifflin county line, are
getting their equipment along the
roadway with the expectation of be-
ginning work in the near future. Dur-
ing the building of the road that
stretch will be closed to traffic but a
detour will be opened by way of Sig-
lerville, Havice valley, across the big
flat on the old stage road, thence by
the old tram road to the Foust place
on top of the Seven mountains. The
sum of $10,000 has been appropriated
to put the detour in shape for auto-
mobile travel and state highway em-
ployees are already at work on the
roadway. :
Valuable Lincoln Letter Owned by
Curtin Family Sold at Auction.
Any of the letters of the late Abra-
ham Lincoln are of great value to
museums and private collectors of
historic documents. Several of un-
usual value have been in possession
of members of the Curtin family for
a long time. Andrew Gregg Curtin
was the “War Governor” of Pennsyl-
vania and President Lincoln leaned
heavily on him during the Civil war,
both for men and money. It is natur-
al that there should have been consid-
erable correspondence between them.
At the Anderson galleries in New
York, on Monday, one of these let-
ters was sold at public auction. It
was in the martyred Presidents’ own
hand writing and was written to Gov-
ernor Curtin just four days before Ft.
Sumter was fired on. The letter in-
dicates that Lincoln regarded the war
as inevitable. It is dated at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, April 8, 1861, and
says:
“lI think the necessity of being
ready increases—look to it.” The
word “ready” is underscored. The
letter has been in the possession of
the Curtin family since its receipt.
Trout Fishing Season will Open Next
Thursday.
Winter has lingered so long in the
lap of spring that it hardly seems
possible that the opening of the trout
fishing season is less than a week
away, but such is the fact. Next
Thursday will be the fifteenth and if
the weather is at all auspicious there
is sure to be a general exodus of
Bellefonte fishermen to their favorite
trout streams. Fishing creek will,
of course, be the Mecca of many
piscatorialists who pin their faith on
that fishing rendezvous, while the
men who stay nearer home and angle
for the wily trout on Logan’s Branch
or Spring creek generally bring home
the largest baskets. Of course there's
no predicting the success of the first
day’s catch. While the winter weath-
er was severe none of the streams
were frozen dry so that the trout were
killed, and there is every likelihood
that there are plenty of them in the
streams if the fishermen can entice
them out.
Nine Sisters Gather About a Quilting
Frame.
Ten sisters is rather an unusual
occurrence in any family, but when
they have survived to grow up, marry
and have homes of their own it is
more than a passing progenial inci-
dent.
Last week nine of this family of
ten girls, who were born and raised
at Lamar, gathered at the home of
one of them, Mrs. C. B. Grieb, in that
place, and surrounding a quilting
frame completed the bed-spread in
one afternoon.
They were Mrs. Lula Burnell, Mrs.
Nettie Pennington, Mrs. Ida Berry,
of Lock Haven, Mrs. S. C. Markle,
Mrs. George Moore, Mill Hall; Mrs.
J. F. Moore, Flemington; Mrs. D.
H. Nihart, Castanea, and Mrs. W. D.
Kunes, Altoona. The other sister,
Mrs. M. C. Reeder, of Lock Haven,
was the only absentee having been
detained by illness.
Penn State Jersey Cow Joins Select
Class.
Susquehanna County Golden, 552,-
793, a senior two-year-old Jersey cow,
owned by The Pennsylvania State
College, has completed an official 365
day test in which she produced 572..-
30 pounds of fat and 106556 pounds
of milk. Her milk averaged 5.837%
butterfat for the test. With this rec-
ord she qualified for the register of
merit of the American Jersey Cattle
Club.
April Eggs are the Best for Packing.
The April egg is usually the lowest
in price and also the best for preserv-
ing in waterglass. Eggs produced the
first part of spring are better than
those produced late in the season
when the weather is hot. Many house-
wives of Centre county preserve
similarly low-priced eggs in water-
glass (sodium silicate) every year.
MAGNIFICENT NEW THEATRE
| AT STATE COLLEGE OPENED
LAST NIGHT.
“The Cathaum,” certainly the hand-
somest theatre building in Centre
' county and probably without a super-
‘ior in beauty and perfection of ap-
i pointments in Central Pennsylvania,
| was dedicated to the entertainment of
i the people of State College and viein-
| ity last evening at 6 o’clock.
The dedicatory was rather an im-
pressive ceremony and preceded the
first cinema showing in the theatre.
Gathered on the stage with Maurice
of the new enterprise, were: Hon. J.
i Laird Holmes, who made the speech
! of presentation. Following him Dean
the class of 1927, responded for the
student body and burgess Wm. P.
Rothrock accepted for the borough.
Of course the great audience dem-
onstrated its approval and apprecia-
tion of the beautiful new play house
so genuinely that the cloak of
modesty, which is Mr. Baum’s hab-
itual investiture, was rent so far that
it was impossible for him to evade
recognition of the splendid ovation
and in a graceful little speech he as-
sured his friends that the Theatre
was born of his gratitude to them for
their support in the past and his
earnest purpose to merit their contin-
ued good will and co-operation.
Immediately after the dedicatory
the first showing in Pennsylvania or
New York was made of “Beverly of
Graustark.”
We reveal more or less of a secret
and answer many inquiries that have
come to us when we state that “The
Cathaum” got its name from an ac-
cidental combination of letters in the
names of Mr. Baum’s immediate fami-
ly. It has been the cause of much
conjecture as to its origin and in the
light of the high plane to which he
has brought amusement enterprises at
State College it is fitting that the
name be a memorial to his efforts.
Mr. Baum located at the College in
1912 and was engaged in haber dash-
ery. In 1914 he leased the Nittany
theatre from James P. Aikens. It
proved a success from the start and in
franchise in the Pastime theatre, later
buying this property, and continuing
the operation of both. He retired
from the mercantile business in 1921
to devote all of his time to his thea-
tres. The purchase of the Anna Mary
Hunter property on College avenue
followed and the magnificent show
place sprang up on it as realization
of his dream to give State College
something of the best.
A MODEL OF COMFORT AND BEAUTY.
feet fronting on College Avenue and
running through to an alley at the
rear. (
ary 10th, 1920, from Anna Hunter and
the contract let on June 1st, 1925, to
F. D. Beyer and Co., general contract-
ors of Tyrone. The excavation was
completed on August 1st and last
night’s dedication celebrated the com-
pletion of the building.
The building is of red brick with
Indiana limestone trimmings, three !
stories high and almost entirely de- !
voted to the purpose for which it was !
designed. With the exception of two |
small store rooms on the first floor, '
three suites of offices on the front of |
the second and Mr. Baum’s office and |
the projection room on the third it is
all theatre, but the basement which |
provides room for a spacious billiard ;
saloon. There are 1089 comfortably
cushioned seats on the first floor and |
balcony and while the stage has been |
built purely for cinema productions |
it is designed so that it can be given
sufficient depth to accommodate the |
largest traveling legitimate produc- |
tions without seriously interfering '
with its continued use for movies.
It is of steel frame construction
throughout, with 880 tons of rein- |
forced concrete. The ventilating sys-
tem is concealed and capable of blow-
ing five tons of filtered, freshly heat-
ed air into the auditorium every hour
in the winter time and two hundred
tons of cooled air every hour in the
summer. The lighting is as perfect
so far as blending of color effects are
concerned as is known to the art. The
exit space is four times as great as
the building codes require, even
though the building is fire proof
throughout.
Air channels and grilles are all in
place for an organ though one will
not be installed at this time. Also
the steel is on hand for the marquise
that is to extend over the sidewalk
at the entrance to the lobby.
The interior and lobby wood-work
is all in solid walnut with white
marble base. The decorations and
lighting fixtures were designed es-
pecially for the Cathaum. The balcony
is in coliseum style, as will be seen
by illustration on page 2, so designed
as to afford a perfect view of the
stage from every seat.
CATHAUM WILL CLOSE PASTIME.
The opening of the Cathaum marked
the closing of the Pastime theatre on
Allen St. The new building seats
more than the Pastime and Nittany
theatres combined. Mr. Baum will
retain the Nittany for second night
showings, but the Pastime will be re-
modeled and converted into store
rooms.
See page 2 for illustrations of “The
Cathaum.”
——Don’t miss the big thrill drama
of 1926, “The Johnstown Flood,” at !
the Moose theatre next Tuesday, Wed- |
nesday, Thursday. 15-1t
Baum, managing director and owner |
i R. L. Watts made acceptance on the '
| part of the College; G. L. Setman, of !
1916 he took over the Dunn and Wood |
The Cathaum occupies a lot 70x135 |
Ground was purchased Febru- '
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. David Dale and her daughter,
! Miss Ann Dodd Dale, spent Monday in
| Altoona.
—John Alexander Knox, eldest son of
the Rev. and Mrs. Homer C. Knox, was
here from Harrisburg, for an Easter visit
" with {he family at the parsonage.
—J. A. Dunkle was here from Altoona
to spend the week-end with Mrs. Dunkle,
who has been with her brother, James R.
Hughes, at the Academy for the winter.
—Mrs. F. K. Stevens, of Connellsville, is
spending two weeks in Bellefonte, a guest
{ of her two sons, Dr. R. L. Stevens, of
. Curtin street, and Vincent, of north
i Thomas street.
| —Mrs. James MeClain, came over from
Spangler, Wednesday, for one of her fre-
quent visits with her mother, Mrs. J. L.
Spangler, and Col. Spangler at their home
on Allegheny street.
—W. R. Brackbill made one of his fre-
quent over Sunday visits with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. N. F. Wagner, at Watsontown,
during the week, having gone down to be
her guest for Easter. :
—Mark Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Hunter, and a senior at Penn State,
spent a part of his Easter vacation in
Pittsburgh, looking over the posibilities of
locating there permanently.
—Carrol Chipley, who is here with her
mother, Mrs. Gregg Curtin, during the
school year, went to Philadelphia last
week, to spend the Easter vacation with
her aunt, with whom she lives when out
: of school.
—Miss Margaret Brockerhoff, of Phila-
| delphia, spent Sunday in Bellefonte, with
| her uncle, Dr. Joseph Brockerhoff, The
' visit being made as a farewell one, prior
to her sailing Saturday, on a four months
trip to Europe.
—~Capt. John W. Weeks brought his
family to Bellefonte Monday, following a
| months visit they had made at Mrs. Weeks
. girlhood home in Selinsgrove. Capt. and
I Mrs. Weeks are occupying the H. C. Val-
entine home on west Curtin sctreet,
—Virginia Hughes, the elder daughter
| of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes, was
| among the missionary delegates from the
: Presbyterian church of Bellefonte, who at-
, tended the general meeting held at Holli-
‘ daysburg, Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, will
come to Bellefonte next week, to make
their first visit with their daughter, Mrs.
Hugh M. Quigley, since their return from
Honolulu. During their stay, they will be
house guests of Col. and Mrs. W. F. Rey-
nolds.
—Mrs. George Hazel, of Greensburg, bet-
ter known here as Mrs. Mattie Evey, came
to Bellefonte a week ago, for a visit with
some of her relatives in this locality. Mrs.
Hazel, who was but recently married, is at
present a guest of her sister, Mrs. Ayers,
of Bush Addition.
—Dr. William 8. Glenn, his wife Dr.
Nannie Glenn and Miss Emma Gillen will
return to State College, next week from
i West Palm Beach, where they have been
for five months. Wintering in Florida has
been the custom followed by Dr. W. S. and
! Dr. Nannie Glenn, for a number of years.
; —Mrs. John McCoy, who is now with
her sister, Mrs. John VanPelt, in Johns-
town, is’expected in Bellefonte next week.
Mrs. McCoy is on her way home from a
two months stay in Detroit, where she
had been a surgical patient in one of the
| city’s hospitals, having gone there to be
{ with her brother, Joseph and his family,
- while convalescing.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lambert, of Johns-
town, with Mr. Lambert’s son, Charles,
stopped in Bellefonte several hours, Fri-
day, on a drive to Mifflinburg, to spend
Easter with Mr. Lambert's daughter, Miss
Alice, who is there at school. While in
ji Miflinburg the party were guests of Mrs.
Lambert's father, Mr. at the
Shontz family home,
—Mr. and Mrs. Myron M. Cobb’s Easter
guests included their two sons, Arnold
of Conneaut, Ohio, and Warren, a student
at the University of Pennsylvania. The
former of the class of ’24, mechanical engi-
neering, Penn State, is now with the
Nickel Plate R. R., while his younger
brother, is a Sophomore in the Wharton
School of Finance, U. P.
Shontz,
— Mrs. Morris I'urey, of Bellefonte; Mrs.
J. G. King, of Centre Hall; Mr. and Mrs.
Hiram Lee, of State College and Mr. and
Mrs. 8S. W. Kerstetter, of Curwensville,
were among those from this section of the
State, who attended the funeral of the late
H. D. W. English, in Pittsburgh Tuesday
of last week. Mrs. Furey and Mrs. King,
were sisters of Mr. English.
—Mr. and Mrs. Gail Chaney with their
small son and Mrs. Chaney’s mother, Dr.
Edith Schad, left East Orange, N. J. Wed-
nesday, to make their home in Toledo,
Ohio. The move being another step in
Mr. Chaney’s rapid advancement, which
has been a continuous one for him, since
leaving Bellefonte several years ago for
Pittsburgh. Mr. Chaney goes to Toledo
with the General Outdoor Advertising Co.
—Miss Roberta Noll will return to
Cheltenham this week, following a months
visit in Bellefonte, during which time she
sold her household goods and rented the
Noll home on Bishop street; Miss Noll's
plans for the future are indefinite for the
present. However she will be with her sis-
ter, Mrs. George VanDyke, at Cheltenham,
until going to Columbia, N, C, to spend
some time with Mrs. VanDyke's daughter.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles HE. Garbrick and
their small son, who are leaving this week
for Pittsburgh, are going out in anticipa-
tion of making their home there. Mr.
Garbrick had been superintendent of cor -
struction on the new buildings recently
completed at Rockviev and will now con-
tinue his work with the same contracting
firm on a big contract to be begun at once
in Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Garbrick
have bought a new home in the city’s
suburb, into which they will move imme-
diately upon going there.
—Among the school set home for the
Easter vacation were: Elizabeth Hunter,
from Syracuse; Isabelle Ward, from Dick-
inson; Louise Barnhart, from Oberlin;
Marion Kane and Evelyn Troup, from
Harrisburg; Mary Katz from the Sergent
school, Boston; Hugh and Phil Johnston,
from Dickinson Law school; Charles E.
Dorworth Jr.,, from Roxbury; Mahlon
Robb, from U. P.; John Emel and Basil
Martin, Susquehanna University, Selins-
grove, and Marion Harm, from Philadel-
phia, who was with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. J. Harm at Snow Shoe.
——Mrs. John Porter Lyon was in Al-
toona, on Tuesday attending the mid-state
assembly of the Delphian society, being
the representative from the Bellefonte
chapter.
—Jobn McCoy was one of the deeply in-
terested of the delegation of the Bellefonte
Presbyterians who attended the mission-
ary meeting of the Huntingdon Presby-
tery on Wednesday.
—DBoth Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cook were
called to Washington, D. C., this week, by
the serious illness of their daughter,
Miss Jeannette, who is suffering from an
attack of pleuro-pneumonia.
—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Valentine and
their son Richard, were here from Lancas-
ter, for a week-end Easter visit with Mr.
Valentine’s mother and aunt, Mrs. Harry
C. and Miss Mary Valentine, at their home
on west Curtin street.
—Miss Grace Downing Mitchell is home
for the week, spending the Easter vacation
with her sister, Mrs. John P. Lyon, and
incidentally, completing her arrangements
for going abroad this summer. Miss
Mitchell expects to spend two months
traveling in Europe.
—George M. Glenn, a member of the
faculty of the Harrisburg academy, spent
his Easter vacation with his aunt and
brother, Miss Ester Gray and Randolph F.
Glenn, on their farms up Buffalo Run,
having brought his mother up, when she
returned to the Valley for the summer.
—Mr. and Mrs. Hassel Montgomery and
their youngest child, spent a few days re-
cently at Mrs. Montgomery's girlhood
home, at New Brighton, Mass. The visit
at this time being made, that Mrs. Mont-
gomery might consult her family physi-
cian, concerning a slight indisposition
from which she is now slowly recovering.
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——“The Johnstown Flood,” a
thrilling, epic drama, at the Moose
theatre next Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday. 15-1
Premier of “Minstrel Chuckles” Was
a Hit.
“Minstrel Chuckles,” a melange of
music, comedy and dancing, staged by
the John B. Rodgers Producing Co.,
for the Brooks-Doll Post, American
Legion, and acted by amateurs, had
its premier at the Richelieu, Wednes-
day evening, and scored.
A splendid house greeted the local
Thespians and from rise to final fall
of the curtain it was delightfully en-
tertained.
The show opened with a minstrel
“first part” setting in which there
were ninteen mixed voices. Roy
Wilkinson, Nevin Noll, Clarence Wil-
liams, John Smith, Harry Keeler and
James Morrison were the ends and
as black-face comedians fairly bub-
bled with fresh patter and sparkling
songs. The ballads were all effectively
sung and the choruses were strong in
volume and close in harmony.
The olio comprised two playlets in
which there was clever action, a lot of
the “Charleston” and pleasing stage
pictures.
The show was repeated last night
to another appreciative house.
——Who wouldn't give a quarter to
see the Johnstown Flood at the Moose
theatre next Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. 15-1¢
“Pickles”
Not only does the High school play,
“Pickles,” a musical version of “Just
Out of College” by the noted author
and humorist, George Ade, to be given
at the Richelieu, Thursday evening,
April 15, promise to be an excellent
entertainment, but the new scenery,
the equipment of Bellefonte’s new
theatre, the Richelieu, will be shown
to the public for the first time. Beau-
tiful lighting effects, such as the
house is equipped with, will add to the
beauty of the costumes and settings
of the performance.
The Heinz Company has supplied
one of the booths to be used in the
food exposition setting of the second
act with wonderfully attractive ma-
terial and the chorus, “57 Varieties”
will be dressed in material furnished
by the Heinz Company.
Rehearsals are pointing toward one
of the nicest, most entertaining shows
the High school glee club has ever
given,
The price is 75c to everyone, any
where in the house. Do not forget
the date, Thursday, 8:15, at the Riche-
lieu.
——Word of the death on April
first, of Mrs. L. Norman Brounnell, of
Germantown, wife of Dr. Brounnell,
dean of the Russell Conwell dental
school, was received in Bellefonte
with great regret. Mrs. Brounnell,
being well known here through her
frequent visits at Edgefonte, as a
guest of the Ira D. Garman family.
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W. C. McClintic $22.50 Suit Man.
Representing Richman Brothers,
Cleveland, O., at Garman house, Belle-
fonte, April 16, afternoon and even-
ing. Lots of new samples. 71-15-2t
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Public Sale.—Household goods of
Miss Ella A. Gates, at No. 112 N.
Spring St., Saturday, April 17, at 1
p. m. See bills. 15-2¢
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——Coming to the Moose theatre
next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
“The Johnstown Flood,” and only 25c.
to see it. 15-1¢
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
‘Wheat - - - - - $1.60
Oats « = « « « = 35
Bye = = = ss « = 80
Corn - - - low - Jq0
Barley w wee der sie - 70
Buckwheat = “ ww - 80