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Bellefonte, Pa., June 25, 1926.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Up to May 1 there had been
3230 licenses for dogs issued in Cen-
tre county. :
The small boy with the toy
pistol and other fireworks is already
in evidence, though the Fourth of
July is still ten days away.
Republican county chairman
W. I. Fleming has already opened up
headquarters and is getting his lieu-
tenants in shape for the fall cam-
‘paign.
The Dim Lantern, out at Run-
ville, may not be reopened this sum-
mer, owing to the stringent help laws
mow in force, as well as the difficulty
in securing the right kind of help.
Users of the Academy tennis
courts will please take notice that
while Mr. Hughes is glad to have peo-
ple play on the courts at the athletic
field they will not be permitted to
play without tennis shoes.
Members of St. John’s Catholic
church will hold a festival on the
church grounds tomorrow (Saturday,)
evening, beginning at five o'clock.
The public is cordially invited and is
assured of an abundance of good
things to eat.
Public sale of the household
goods of the late A. Y. Wagner will
be inade tomorrow, Saturday after-
noon, June 26, starting at one o’clock.
The sale will be held at his late home
on Willowbank street and those look-
ing for furniture, utensils and what-
not will find everything in good con-
dition at the Wagner sale.
Federal postoffice inspector H.
S. McMinn, of Altoona, was out in the
Snow Shoe region on Tuesday making
an investigation of the recent robbery
of the Clarence postoffice. It is al-
leged that two Italians are suspected
of being implicated in the robbery,
though nothing definite has been ob-
tained against them so far.
The Bellefonte Methodist Sun-
day school will picnic at Hecla park
on Thursday, July 1st. The church
bell will ring at 8 o’clock a. m., as a
signal for gathering at the church,
and automobiles and busses will leave
promptly at 8:30. An invitation is
extended to all friends of the church
to join in this summer outing.
At the first meeting of borough
council in May the Street committee
recommended oiling the streets before
the month of June so that they would
be in shape to stand the summer traf-
fie. It was a very worthy recommen-
dation and one commended general-
ly. But June is almost over and the
oil has just arrived, though it was
ordered long ago.
Miss Helene C. Williams pur-
chased the Mrs. Harriet Ray Smith
property at public sale, on Saturday,
and on Monday moved there from the
Benner building on High street. Mrs.
Williams, who has been quite ill for
several weeks, was removed to the
new Curtin street home of her daugh-
ter on Tuesday from the Mrs. Showers
‘home on Spring street.
Seven automoblies and one
horse and buggy were lined up at the
opening of the curb market, on Sat-
urday morning. Most of the farmers
complained about the backward sea-
son which has retarded all kinds of
garden truck, so that about the only
things in this line offered for sale
were new onions, radishes and lettuce.
Butter and eggs, old potatoes, a few
dressed chickens and quite a quantity
of strawberries were among the
things in evidence.
Formal re-opening of the Meth-
odist home for the aged at Tyrone
was held on Monday, on the sixth an-
niversary of its dedication. A regular
program of services was held at three
o’clock at which time Rev. James B.
Stein, secretary of the board of
philanthropies, submitted a financial
report in which he stated that more
than $500,000 had been expended on
the two homes in the past six years.
Open house was held at the home for
three days during which time scores
of people visited it on a tour of in-
spection.
: G. BE. Ardery, of Huston town-
. ship, but at one time a mail carrier in
Bellefonte, came to Bellefonte late
Monday night and swore out a war-
rant for the arrest of Clyde Wills, who
he charged with the theft of an auto-
mobile tire. The young man was
captured in Tyrone on Tuesday morn-
“ing and sheriff E. R. Taylor went to
that place and brought him to Belle-
fonte. At is the general belief that
Wills’ ‘arrest will probably result in
- clearing up a number of robberies that
have occurred in upper Bald Eagle
“valley during the past several months.
: Harry Flack, chairman of the
Fire and Police committee of Belle-
fonte council, and policeman Thomas
Howley spent most of Sunday affer-
noon on south Water street directing
automobilists to the new parking
ground on the east side of the street.
The ground has been put in good con-
dition for parking and convenient
‘driveways cut through the curb at
both ends of the ground. While auto-
mobilists offer no objection to park-
ing there only a small per cent of
them seem to realize that the park-
ing place has been especially provid-
ed to relieve the congestion on the
street, which is not wide enough for
parking and open traffic.
GERMAN CANNON
GOES TO ARMORY.
Borough Asked to Build Driveway
Around Centre County Hospital.
William H. Brown, manager of the
Centre County hospital, appeared be-
fore borough council, on Monday even-
ing, and asked that the borough build
a driveway around the Centre County
hospital as a contribution to that in-
stitution. He pointed out the fact
that there is in existence an Act of
the Legislature which permits coun-
ties, cities and boroughs to make con-
tributions to hospitals, although it is
a matter entirely within the province
of council. He stated that the build-
ing is now nearing completion and
the ground plans include a driveway
around the hospital building. A por-
tion of the driveway will have to be
graded but the most of it will be on
the old driveway. Mr. Brown said the
hospital management was short of
money and if council can see its way
clear to contructing the driveway it
will be a contribution very much ap-
preciated. The matter was referred
to the Street committee and borough
solicitor for investigation and report.
John Lambert appeared before
council and stated that he is building
a new hause on south Allegheny
street, just about one hundred feet
from the reservoir, and, though he
is outside the borough limits, would
like to have both water and sewer ex-
tensions. He explained that he was
adverse to putting down a cesspool
because of the possibility of contam-
inating Bellefonte’s water supply,
hence his request for a sewer outlet.
This matter was also referred to the
Street committee and borough solic-
itor. :
A notice was received from Charles
Miiler that he had made application
for a renewal of his certificate of pub-
lic convenience to operate a taxi ser-
vice in Bellefonte and vicinity.
The Street committee reported vari-
ous repairs on a number of streets.
The Water committee reported that
a place has been cleaned up for the
new board fence at the Phoenix mill
property. Also the borough mana-
ger’s check for $120.00 for old junk
sold and checks from the G. F. Musser
Co., for $125.00 for rent for the
Phoenix mill property for the months
of April and May. The committee
also presented a bill from the G. F.
Musser Co. for $62.14 for plumbing,
and asked that it be referred back to
the committee and borough manager
for investigation.
The Finance committee asked for a
new note for $1,000 to meet current
bills, which was authorized.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported that the new parking place on
south Water street had been complet-
ed and a policeman was there all day
on Sunday to direct motorists where
to park. As high as ten cars were
parked there at one time and the total
during the day was close to one hun-
dred and fifty. A superficial count
was made of the persons who visited
the big spring during the day and the
number was six hundred.
Mr. Cunningham called attention to
the fact that the old German cannon,
presented to the borough in 1919, oc-
cupied a rather dangerous position in
the Diamond, and the armory board
having expressed a desire to have it
placed in front of the armory, he
made a motion that it be put in posi-
tion there, though it still remains the
property of the borough. The motion
carried.
A resolution was passed accepting
the offer of Mr. Landsy for a tempor-
ary parking ground on south Water
street, and providing that the proper-
ty be turned back te him upon de-
mand. :
The question of the Pike alley
sewer was again brought up, and as
there seems to be a difference of
opinion as to its condition the presi-
dent instructed the Street committee
and borough manager to replace the
present terra cotta sewer with iron
pipe, and then the borough will have
done'its part in cleaning up the nui-
sance complained of. :
In the matter of the request of
George C. Bingaman for water and
sewer extension to a new house he is
erecting on east Curtin street, the
committees reported progress and the
matter was referred back with power.
Bills were approved to the amount
of $3,522.86, after which council ad-
journed.
Jersey Cow Qualifies for Register of
Merit.
Prince’s Jean of M. B. 515704, a
senior three-year-old Jersey cow,
owned by the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, has completed an official 365-
day test in which she produced 589.01
pounds of fat and 12168 pounds of
milk. She carried her calf for 180
days of this time. With this record
she qualified for the register of merit
of the American Jersey Cattle Club.
Prince’s Jean of M. B. was tested
once previously and in that test she
produced 540.15 pounds of fat and
11296 pounds of milk qualifying for
a silver medal in senior two-year-old
form.
——At a regular session of natural-
ization court, on Monday morning,
citizenship papers were granted to
twenty aliens, two applications were
continued and one dismissed. In the
latter case the applicant had recently
plead guilty to a violation of the li-
quor laws and he will now have to
wait five years before he can again
take out naturalization papers.
Hecla July 5th.
Members of the Logan fire company
are making arrangements for their
annual picnic which this year will be
held at Hecla park on Monday, July
5th. A good program of sports is be-
ing arranged with dancing both after-
noon and evening. Band concerts will
be held at intervals during the day.
As Bellefonte will have no general
celebration everybody who can pos-
sibly do so should go to Hecla park and
spend the day with the firemen. They
are entitled to the support of the |
public generally.
Public Health. Association to be Or-
ganized in Centre County.
A meeting will be held in the grand
jury room in the court house on Tues-
day, June 29th,attwo o’clock p. m.,
for the purpose of organizing a coun-
ty public health association. The
meeting will be in charge of Dr. J.
L. Seibert, county medical director,
and J. L. Tressell, public health of-
ficer. Dr. Charles H. Miner, secre-
tary of health; Dr. Edgar S. Everhart,
field organizer; and others from the
central office at Harrisburg will be
present and present the question of
co-operation through a health associ-
ation.
All persons interested in public
health are invited to attend this meet-
ing. Public health is pus¢hasable with-
in natural limitations and any com-!
munity can to a certain extent deter-
mine its own death rate.
Penitentiary Gardens are being Re-
planted.
Last week we mentioned the fact
that the gardens at the Rockview
penitentiary, which covered about
eleven acres of ground, had been al-
most entirely washed away by the
hard rain storms of Monday afternoon
and evening. In fact what wasn’t
washed away was buried in a sea of
mud and completely ruined.
As soon as the ground dried suffi-
ciently to permit of working it a large
gang of men was put to work, the:
gardens restored as far as possible
and this week are being replanted.
As the penitentiary had no plants of
its own left over 11,000 tomato plants
were purchased in Philipsburg and
two consignments of 10,000 each re-
ceived from New Jersey. With a
favorable season these plants will
probably come along in time that the
ripe tomatees can be used to feed the
new cannery in the fall.
——“It’s the Old Army Game,”
with W. C. Fields, at the Scenic next
Tuesday and Wednesday. : 26-1t
New Tea Room for Milesburg.
Walter A. Hugg and Martha N.
Kramer will be the proprietors of a
new tea room that will be opened at
Monument place, Milesburg, at noon
today. In connection with the tea
room will be a gas filling station, rest
room, etc. Walter Hugg is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Toner A. Hugg and will
be recalled as the leading saxophone
player in the old Boys’ band; of
Milesburg. During the past three
years he has been a member of John
Roman’s orchestra, of Reading, which
traveled all over the New England
States, but tiring of blowing his way
through life returned home some
weeks ago and has decided to go into
business in his home town. Miss
Kramer, his partner in the entei prise,
is his aunt, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cook Kramer, of Berwick, but
formerly of Milesburg, and she is well
equipped to carry her end of. the un-
dertaking. When the tea room is
opened at noon today 400 Esquimaux
pies will be given away. :
——At the Scenic this Friday and
Saturday, “Sandy” another big sereen
hit. 26-1t
State Health Car Coming to Centre
County.
The State Department of Health is
planning to bring the traveling health
and dental car to Centre county dur-
ing the month of July. :
There will be with the health car
State doctors, nurses and dental hy-
gienists. Careful and complete ex-
aminations will be given to every well
baby and little child of pre-school age,
free of cost.
Only a complete physical examina-
tion will reveal the child’s condition.
Every child entering school next fall
for the first time should have a com-
plete physical examination. It pays
to discover defects early and have
them corrected.
The invitation is given to every
mother in Centre county to take her
children to the health car and find
out whether or not her child’s eyes
are right, his nose, throat and ears
normal, his heart and lungs sound, his
bones and joints as they should be;
how fast he should grow and gain;
how heavy and tall he should be.
Days will be set apart for the car
to be in every district in the county.
Watch the papers so that you will
know just when and where to go.
Every mother is privileged to take her
child to the place most convenient for
her to reach. Let nothing stand in
your way. - You owe it to your chil-
dren. Health is the best legacy you
can bestow upon them. This is a big
opportunity, do not miss it.
——=See “Sandy” at the Scenic this
Friday and Saturday. It sure is a
knockout. 26-1t
Logan Fire Company to Picnic at
te se m—— Ee ————m——
Auto Accident on Nittany Valley
| State Highway.
| On Tuesday evening Joseph Parrish
took his sister, Miss Mary Parrish,
: Misses Alice and Anne Fox and Mrs.
LeRoy Plumb and two children for a
drive down Nittany valley in the new
i Studebaker car purchased by Dr. Par-
rish on Saturday. Down at the Earl
Yearick farm, about midway between
Zion and Hublersburg, Max Perlman,
a traveling salesman of New York
city, attempted to pass the Parrish
car.
He gave the passing signal and Joe
gave him the right of way. Thus far
all reports of the accident agree.
People who happened along right
after the accident happened aver that
Mr. Perlman pulled back on the road
too quickly and caught the Parrish car
i with the result that his own car was
thrown against the bank at the right
side of the road and upset. Others
allege that when Perlman pulled back
onto the highway the rear end of his
car skidded and it ran across the high-
way, hit the bank and upset, and was
then run into by the Parrish car.
When the collision occurred Miss
Alice Fox fainted but fortunately no
one was hurt. Naturally the wreck
caused a dispute as to the liability
and before either of the cars were
moved highway partolman Millard
Solt was summoned to the scene.
Just what conclusion he arrived at has
not been made public, and will not
be pending a settlement of the re-
' sponsibility. The Parrish car had
just been purchased last Saturday and
had run less than one hundred miles.
Last Saturday there was a collision
between two cars on the Bald Eagle
concrete highway up in the vicinity
of Fowler. In one of the cars was a
man from Syracuse, N. Y., with his
wife and child. All three were injur-
ed. In fact it was first reported that
the man’s back was broken but after
reports say such is not the case. All
three were taken to the Altoona hos-
pital for treatment.
Two young ladies, a Miss Miles and
a Miss Miller, are reported as having
been killed and three other young peo-
ple seriously injured in an automobile
wreck on the concrete highway over
the mountain from Sandy Ridge to
Bald Eagle. According to the report
six people were in a big Oldsmobile
on their way down the mountain when
the driver attempted to pass a Ford
car ahead of him. In doing so his
car skidded and plunged down over
the side of the mountain with the
above fatal results. The accident
happened late Wednesday night.
Intoxicated Driver Gets One Year in
. County Jail.
At a brief session of court held in
the library in the court house, on Sat-
arday morning, B. Frank Clewell, of
Port Matilda, plead guilty te driving
an automobile while intoxicated and
was sentenced to pay the costs and
serve one year in the county jail. In
August, 1924, Mr. Clewell was
brought before the late Judge Henry
C. Quigley on a similar charge but
the evidence at that time showed that
while he was intoxicated he was not
driving the car when it was wrecked
on the Allegheny mountain. Because
of this fact Judge Quigley placed him
on parole for a period of one year on
condition that he sign a pledge not
to take a drink. The fact that this
latter case was his second offense had
considerable to do in his drawing a
jail sentence at this time. -
Emilio Scitti, of Buffalo Run val-
ley, plead guilty to manufacturing
and possession of moonshine liquor.
He told the court that it was his first
experience in making moonshine.
That he hadn’t sold any of it but had
made it merely for his own use and
had only three and a half jugsful.
The court imposed a fine of $200 and
costs, which Scitti promptly paid.
Candidates Primary Expenses in Cen-
tre County.
Centre countians did not get a very
big slice of the $195,000 spent by the
Pinchot family in the Governor’s
primary campaign for United States
Senator. Former Judge Arthur C.
Dale’s account shows but $200 receiv-
ed and only $151.75 paid out.
Major H. Laird Curtin, who was in
charge of the Vare-Beidleman cam-
paign, did a little better. He got
$1100 and spent every cent of it, but
had no unpaid bills.
Editor Charles E. Dorworth, who
was in charge of the Pepper-Fisher
campaign, refused to file his account
in the office of the clerk of the courts
of Centre county, but sent it to Har-
risburg, and no statement has been
made of how much money was spent
here in behalf of the candidates he
represented. But it is the general
impression that the sum run into the
thousands, although at that it would
be but a drop in the bucket to the two
million and over spent in the entire
State.
——Summer began on Monday, the
longest day of the year, and while the
weather is not yet extremely warm it
is just right to spend your evenings
at the Scenic watching the motion
pictures. Every man and woman is
entitled to several hours relaxation
and entertainment every day, and no
place in Bellefonte offers a better
class of amusement than the Scenic.
All pictures shown there are the best
that can be procured, and they're all
new and up-to-date. Be a regular and
see them all.
PURELY PERSONAL.
—John (i. Bair and his son James left
on Saturday for a ten days visit with Mr.
Bair's daughter, in Philadelphia.
—Miss Lucy Potter went to Ashbourne,
Pa., Saturday, where she will spend two
weeks with her sister, Miss Thomazine
Potter.
—Mr. and Mrs. N. ¥. Wagner and their
small child, were here from Watsontown,
for an over Sunday visit with Mrs. Wag-
ner's father, W. R. Braechbill.
—Miss Louise Hoffer was over from
Philipsburg Friday, being among the out-
of-town friends, who were here for the
funeral of the late Mrs. John Meese.
NEWS
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Houser, accom-
panied by Mr, and Mrs. George Gehret,, of
this place, motored to Williamsport on
Sunday, and spent the day with friends.
—Mrs. O. M. Bowersox and her daugh-
ter Helen, of State College are in Phila-
delphia for a visit of a few days.
went down on Monday and from there
will go on over to Atlantic City for a week
at the shore.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gehret, with
Mrs. Thomas Cairns as a driving guest,
motored to Williamsport Tuesday for the
day. The trip was a business one for Mr.
Gehret, while the women spent their time
in the shops.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnes drove in
from Pittsburgh last week, for a week-end
visit with Mr. Barnes’ mother, Mrs. Lyde
Barnes and daughter and son, Mrs. Hen-
derson and Homer I'., at their home on
east High street.
Mrs. Wiliam Katz and her sister,
sidy as a motor guest, drove to Clearfield,
Monday afternoon, Miss Baum remaining
worth for several days.
—Ellis Keller,
Harry Keller, went to State College on
Monday where he began his work as aii
assistant in the engineering exiension de-
partment of which his brother, J. Orvis
Keller, is the official head.
—Mr. and Mrs. Luther Crusman drove
eral hours here with Mr. Crissman’s fath-
er and sister, W. Homer Crissman and
Mrs. Broderick, of Thomas street. Mr.
Crissman has now located permanently in
Altoona.
—Mrs. William Derstine will go to
her son Frank and his family. According
to custom, Mrs. Derstine has spent this
time with her son and his family, for a
number of years.
Mrs. H. 8. Cooper is expected here next
week from Texas, to spend the remainder
of the summer with her aunts, the Misses
Benner. Mrs. Cooper continued her visit
in Bellefonte last year until winter, leav-
ing only in time to reach home for
Christmas.
—Mr. and Mrs. Vesta Culveyhouse and
son Donald, of Bloomfield, N. J., were in
Bellefonte part of the week visiting their
friends of former years. They came here
from Utica, N. Y., where they had gone
last week to attend the wedding of their
son Vivian.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rodgers, of State
College, accompanied by Mrs. Rodgers’ sis-
, ter, Miss Mildred Barnhart, left Saturday
for Chicago, where Mr. Rodgers, an in-
structor at Penn State, will spend three
months in doing graduate work at tlie
University of Chicago.
—Mrs. Murdock Claney, who stopped
in Bellefonte Saturday to spend a short
time with her mother, Mrs. William Me-
Clure and the family, went on to her
home in Narbeth, Monday night. Mrs.
Claney had been to the western part of
the State to attend the funeral of Mr.
Claney’s brother.
—Ephriam Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Keller, of Philadelphia, has been in
Centre county during the past week, visit-
ing with his grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ephriam Keller, at Pleasant Gap, and Mr.
and Mrs. Harper Rice, of Bellefonte. The
greater part of his time however, has been
spent with Mrs. Rice, whose condition is
not improving as rapidly as it was at first
hoped it would.
——J. F. Everett, of Millheim; Edward
Winklebleck, of Coburn, and Arber Ever-
ett, mail carrier of Bellefonte, composed a
motor party which left here early Sat-
urday morning for a trip to the Yellow-
stone Park. At Akron, Ohio, they were
joined by Charles Boyer, who completed
the party. They expect to be away three
weeks. During their absence Mrs. Arber
Everett will visit friends in New York.
—Miss Mary Sebring was at Northamp-
ton, Mass., last week, attending the com-
mencement at Smith College and the re-
union of the class of 24, of which she was
a member. Her plans are for visiting a
month with schoolmates in that locality
before returning home. Mrs. Mann, who
has been spending much of her time in
Bellefonte with her sister, Mrs. Sebring,
was a guest of friends in Lewistown last
week.
——Among the Watchman office callers
on Monday afternoon was Samuel T. Reel,
of Tyrone, who was on his way home from
a brief visit among old friends in Centre
county, and stopped in to enroll his name
as a regular subscriber of the Watchman
so that he can keep informed of all that
goes on in this section. Mr. Reel is orig-
inally from the vicinity of Boalsburg and
naturally is interested in the affairs of his
old home community.
—Mrs. H. B. Mallory, of Altoona, has
been in Bellefonte for the past month,
visiting with her niece Mrs. Donald Get-
tig, at the Gettig home on North Thomas
street, and with her sister and brother,
Mrs. W. C. Coxey and M. R. Johnson and
their families. Mrs. Mallory will be in
Bellefonte until after the wedding of her
niece, Miss Esther Johnson and Ebbert
Hollobaugh, which will take place Wed-
nesday, the 30th of June.
—James R. Hughes, with his Sunday
school class, returned home Saturday night
from one of the most delightful exper-
iences the boys have ever had. A thorough
sight seeing trip of Washington, D. C.,
Alexandria, Annapolis and Philadelphia
with its Sesqui, filled the trip with his-
torical interest. The only thing to mar
their pleasure was Mr. Hughes’ illness
when at Philadelphia; while alarming, it
no doubt would have become serious but
for prompt attention and care given him by
John Furst: and Mr. and Mrs, Walter
Furst, who were housing the boys during
their stay in the city.
They |
Miss Freda Baum, with Mrs. W. C. Cas-'
there to be under the care of Dr. Water- '
son of Judge and Mrs. !
over from Altoona last week, to spend sev- !
Juniata the afterpart of next week, to be
a guest during the first week of July, of |
—Miss Anna Miller, who is spending the
suinmer with Mrs. I. G. H. Hayes, went
to her home at Salona this week, where
she will be until July.
| —Mrs. Harriet Ray Smith and her
daughter, Dorothy, are at the Willard
Dale home, on Curtin street, where they
will be until leaving Bellefonte.
1
| —Mr. and Mrs. A. Lester Sheffer were
here Sunday from Milroy, having driven
| over to spend several hours with both
i Mrs. Samuel Sheffer and Mrs. Cyrus
Strickland.
—Mr. and Mrs. Trood Parker and three
children, of Clearfield, have been spending
the week with friends in Bellefonte and
down at Curtin, Trood putting in most of
his time fishing.
—Mrs. William Weiler, of Water street
and her small son, drove to York Sunday,
with friends who had been her guests, and
who were making the return drive to their
, home in that place.
| —Mixs Ethel Dale, who has been in
educational work in Colorado during the
past school year, is here for her usual
summer vacation and is stopping at Mrs.
Showers’, on Spring street.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy Johnston and
their family, of this place, spent last week
‘visiting their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Stitzinger, in New
Castle. Mr. Stitzinger is just convales-
cent, after a very serious illness.
Miss Eulalia Williams, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., and Wilkes-Barre, was in Bellefonte
for several days of the week, on account
of the illness of her mother, Mrs. George
‘Willianis, whose condition has not im-
proved.
—Miss Isabel Epley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Epley, of Pittsburgh, has
been a guest this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hansen, on east Linn
street, having stopped in Bellefonte from
"a trip to lagles Mere.
! —Mrs. Ray Van Ingen has been spend-
ing this week here and at Wingate, look-
; ing after some business interests. Mr. and
Mrs. Van Ingen are now permanently lo-
Posted at Richmond, Va., where Mr. Van
Ingen is continuing his work as an auto-
| mobile salesman.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jerome G. Harper went
i to Philadelphia = Monday, to spend Mr.
{ Harper's vacation at Germantown visiting
| with Mrs. Harper's sister, Mrs. Seixas and
family, and at Hollis Park, Long Island,
where they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Bellringer.
—Mrs. Francis M. Musser, of Altoona,
spent Tuesday and part of Wednesday
in Bellefonte a guest of her sister Mrs.
J. M. Driver, of North Allegheny St. She
came to be here for the marriage of her
niece, Margery Anna Way, Mrs. Driver's
daughter, who was married Wednesday
morning.
—Mrs. V. Lorne Hummel, of Philadel-
phia, and her son Valentine, are in Belle-
fonte for the summer, called here by the
serious illness of Mrs. Hummel's mother,
Mrs. George Williams. Mrs. Williams and
daughters, Miss Helene and Mrs. Hum-
mel, are now occupying their new home
on Curtin streat.
—Miss Henrietta Sebring and Miss
Baynes, of Bryan, Ohio, a medical student
at the U. of P., were here from Philadel-
phia during the week, guests of Miss
Sebring’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. John
Sebring. Having driven up in Miss
Sebring’s car, they left early yesterday
morning for the return trip east.
—The Rev. E. E. McKelvey, of Hazleton,
former pastor of the local Methodist
church, with Mrs. McKelvey and their two
daughters, I'rances and Rachel, came to
‘Bellefonte Wednesday, remaining for an
over night visit. The party was on a drive
to Newton Hamilton, where the girls will
spend the summer at the Methodist camp.
Frances is now a Sophomore at Wilson col-
lege.
—A motor party, that spent enough time
in Bellefonte yesterday to greet a few
friends and havea look at the trout, was
composed of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Goss,
and Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Rentschler, of Read-
ing. They had been visiting Mr. Goss’ sister
in Altoona and on the return drove down
through Pine Grove Mills, State College
and here just so the Rentschlers, who had
never before visited Centre county, could
see what a sacrifice the Goss’ made when
they moved from here to make their home
in Berks.
——Bernard McGovern, of French-
ville, is working on an order for
twenty live copperhead snakes, which
must be from twenty-four to thirty
inches in length. The order was re-
ceived from a resident of Mahaffey
and last week McGovern delivered
an even dozen of the reptiles. Cop-
perheads are quite plentiful in the
vicinity of Frenchville and he antic-
ipates little trouble in filling the or-
der. The average price paid is about
three dollars per snake.
——“Sandy,” the 1926 model hit, at
the Scenic this Friday and Saturday.
reese ee eee.
——Just after the noon hour, last
Saturday, Miss Ella A. Gates, who
makes her home with Mrs. Mary
Kane, at Roopsburg, was sitting on
the front porch when Mrs. Kane heard
her cry out in evident alarm. Going
out to see what was wrong she was
confronted by a big blacksnake craw-
ling up onto the porch. Mrs. Kane
killed the snake, which measured five
feet in length. Some days previous
she killed a four foot rattler in the
field above her house.
——William M. Garman, who the
past two years has been chief clerk
at the Brockerhoff house, is off on a
month’s vacation and will devote part
of his time to pushing the sale of No-
Grow-In, his wonderful remedy for
ingrown nails, an advertisement of
which will be found on page five of
this issue of the Watchman.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - - - - - « 145
Oats - - - - - - 55
Rye =~ - eel - 80
COIL. + = seinmy =» Ts 0
Barley « + + «= 70
Buckwheat “wes ‘w Jq0