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Bellefonte, Pa., August 6, 1926.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Don’t fail to shop in Bellefonte
on Opportunity Day.
——The Robert Roan family moved
into their new home on west Curtin
street on Tuesday.
The tearing down and removal
of the old steam heating plant seems
to be a slow process.
——Over $500 worth of valuable
gifts given away to those who shop in
Bellefonte on August 11. :
Every dollar you spend in
Bellefonte on Opportunity Day, Au-
gust 11, will get you an Opportunity
ticket.
——The Undines can have no quar-
rel with the weather man. He gave
them a fine day for their picnic yes-
terday.
———The big Williams family reun-
ion will be held in the John Q. Miles
grove, at Martha, on Saturday, Au-
gust 21st.
A list of wonderful gifts is
that to be given away by the Associat-
ed Business Men of Bellefonte on Op-
portunity Day.
Up to yesterday at 11 o’clock
686 children had . registered for the
Elks’ “Kiddies Day,” at Hecla park,
next Thursday.
——R. Gail Mitchell, of this place,
has been appointed to succeed the late
M. F. Broderick as chief electrician
at the new penitentiary. :
Bellefonte paid $4275 for the
oil used in repairing its streets this
summer, but it is generally conceded
that it was money well spent.
—=Sheriff E. R. Taylor got nine
new boarders Saturday and Sunday
which, with the nine already his
guests, made eighteen for Sunday din-
ner.
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Opportunity Day in Bellefonte,
August 11, means just what it says.
An opportunity to get real bargains
on a day set aside by our merchants
for that purpose.
Every store in Bellefonte will
offer special bargains on Opportunity
Day and, besides, there will be won-
derful gifts for those who come in to
get the bargains.
——The big festival held. at Run-
ville, last Saturday evening, to raise
a fund for improvement of the Advent
cemetery, proved a success, the net
receipts being $250.11.
—-—Geo. G. Fink, former Centre
County treasurer, has retired as an
owner of the Philipsburg Hardware
Co., expecting later to devote his
time to other business. ,
Owing to the low water and
over consumption of the wheel the
McCoy hydro-electric
town is able to operate only about
fourteen hours out of twenty-four.
The Charles Baney family are
moving from their present home on
Spring creek to a place nearer town.
Having purchased the Gettig slaugh-
ter house Charles expects to convert
it into a dwelling.
——A son, who has been named
Samuel Fleming Jr., was born, Sun-
day, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fleming,
of Harrisburg, at the home of Mrs.
Fleming’s mother, Mrs. D. H. Hast-
ings, in this place.
The twelve proposed amend-
ments to the constitution which will
be submitted to the voters for their
approval, a portion of them at the
election in November and the balance
in 1928, wiil be found on the seventh
page of today’s “Watchman.”
The third torrid sre'l of the
summer occurred on Monday and
Tuesday of this week, but thunder
storms Tuesday afternoon and even- |
ing resulted in lowering the tempera-
ture a few degrees. Weather proph-
ets predict one more hot wave.
Thomas Gunsallus, of Lamar,
was held up near the Kryder farm at
«Cedar Springs hill when returning
from work at the Lock Haven paper
mill, last Thursday evening. The
bandit covered him with a revolver
and took his pocket book but not his |
watch.
The first home-grown corn of
the season made its appearance at the
curb market on Wednesday morning.
Peas, beans, beets, blackberries and
huckleberries were still quite plenti-
ful, while a good supply of new ap-
ples and some cucumbers were also in
evidence.
E. E. Ardery, one of the veter-
an mail carriers of Bellefonte, will re-
tire from the service on August 19th,
when he will have completed almost
thirty-three years of continuous serv-
ice. He was appointed by postmaster
James A. Fiedler on November 30th,
1893, and has been on active duty ever
since.
All the bridges and approaches
on the thirty miles of concrete state
highway through Bald Eagle valley
having been completed Tyrone people
are advocating a celebration next
‘Thursday as an official opening of the
highway. The approaches to the big
bridge at Vail were completed last
week.
——The annual county convention
of the W. C. T. U. will be held August
12th and 13th, at Unionville, in the
community house. The speakers are
to be Mrs. Lyda Bean, State worker,
and Miss Roberta Carnes, national
superintendent of scientific instruc-
tion. It is hoped there will be a good
attendance.
plant below:
CHECK FORGER CATCHES
BELLEFONTE MERCHANTS.
Passes Four Forged Checks Saturday
Afternoon and Escapes Capture.
A slick check forger made a cleanup
in Bellefonte, on Saturday afternoon,
and got away without any of his vic-
tims being able to give a definite de-
scription of him. The merchants who
were caught were Ad Fauble, A. C.
Mingle, Montgomery & Co. and Har-
ry Yeager. Just which one of the
stores was visited first is not definite-
ly known, but at each place he made a
small purchase and present :d in pay-
ment a check for $22.50, drawn to the
order of F. M. Brown and signed by
E. J. Gehret.
The man was dressed the part of an
experienced carpenter, wearing a
light cap and blue shirt. He was
about fifty years old. This naturally
did not raise a doubt in the mind of
any of the merchants as to the man
being other than an employee of Mr.
Gehret, and when he presented a
check signed by that gentleman it was
accepted without hesitation. The
swindles would probably not have
been discovered until Monday when
the merchants went to bank with their
checks had it not been for the fact
that less than a quarter of an hour
after the man visited the Yeager shoe
store Mr. Gehret hagpened along and
Mr. Yeager asked him who his new
carpenter, F. M. Brown, was. Mr.
Gehret told him he had no one in his
employ by that name and when Mr.
Yeager produced the check he had
cashed it was discovered to be a for-
gery. ;
The police were promptly notified
and other merchants in town notified
to be on the watch for the man but
he had already completed his swindle
and decamped. At Faubles and Mont-
gomery & Co’s he purchased shirts,
at Mingles a pair of ladies’ shoes and
at Yeager’s a pair of shoes for him-
self. As the average of the purchases
was only about three dollars he clean-
ed up close to eighty dollars in cash.
When news of the swindle was nois-
ed about it was learned that earlier in
the day the man had visited the Geh-
ret home on Bishop street on the pre-
tense of hunting a job. Mr. Gehret
was not at home but he asked Mrs.
Gehret how he spelled his name.
Shortly after 2 o’clock a man walked
into Crossley’s jewelry store and
asked Claude Moore if they did busi-
ness with the bank across the street
“(the Bellefonte Trust Co.) On being
told that they did he asked if it would
be possible to give him a few blank
checks, but he was particular to stress
the fact that he didn’t want checks
with Mr. Crossley’s name on. Mr.
Moore passed him out a chéck book
kept for the accommodation of cus-
tomers who frequently ask for a blank
check, and the man counted and tore
out six. His actions attracted no
special attention at tbe time, as Mr.
Moore thought the man some one
from the country who had come into
town, wanted to pay some bills and
the bank being closed, just happened
to step in there to get the checks.
{ Just how he got hold of Mr. Gehret’s
| signature ,or how he knew he banked
at the Bellefonte Trust Co. have not
been divulged.
The fact that the man carried no
| packages from one store to the other
| leads to the belief that he either had
{ a confederate to whom the packages
were passed, or else was traveling in
an automobile and put his purchases
in the car as soon as made. Be that
as it may, however, he made his clean-
up and got away without leaving any
tangible clue which might lead to his
identity and capture.
It is the theory of officer Dukeman
that there were two men working the
scheme and that they were traveling
| in a motor. This is based on the facts
i that the one who called at Crossley’s
store for the checks wore a straw hat,
while the one who made all the check
presentations wore a cap and carried
no package from one store to another
and it wasn’t ten minutes after he left
the last place that Mr. Yeager had
three officers and two civilians on his
trail, but he was nowhere to be seen.
The latter makes it appear that he
must have gotten away in a car to
have vanished so soon.
Evidently the same swindler work-
ed Bloomsburg merchants for $200 on
Monday. He operated there exactly
on the same plan as that used here
Saturday, using the checks of a build-
ing contractor, the brother of whom is
in business there and cashed one of
them.
This makes it very evident that he
was traveling in a motor to which he
carried each purchase after purchasing
it and where he probably had a con-
federate who was following him with
the car so that he could make a quick
get-away should it be necessary.
Baby Clinics Resumed.
Miss Berenice Barnhart, the public
health nurse, who has succeeded Miss
Campbell in this district, is here and
will resume the service at once.
The baby clinics, one of the import-
ant features of the service, are sched-
uled for Wednesday afternoons from
2 until 4, The clinics will be held in
the room in Petrikin hall and all
mothers are urged to take their babies
for examination.
——Dr. David Allen Anderson, di-
rector of education and psychology at
The Pennsylvania State College, has
been elected to the presidency of Kent
State College, at Kent, Ohio, as suc-
cessor to Dr. John E. McGilvery, who
was ousted in January.
Big Community Sale in Bellefonte on FIREMEN’S INSURANCE
Wednesday, August 11th.
A big Community Sale will be held
in Bellefonte on Wednesday of next
week, August 11th, at which time
many rare bargains will be offered
the people of Centre county. The sale
has beén inaugurated by the Associ-
ated Business Men of Bellefonte, and
merchants generally have united in
the movement to give everybody an
opportunity to make some profitable
investments that day. It will be a
real profit-sharing sale, an occasion
for cheap buying that should not be
‘overlooked.
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In these days of auto traffic it is
only an hour’s travel to Bellefonte
from most points in Centre county
and it will be a paying investment to
motor here next Wednesday for the
big reduction sale.
There is now on display in a room
in the Richelieu theatre over five hun-
dred dollar’s worth of beautiful and
valuable merchandise that somebody
is going to get free next Wednesday
evening. Look it over then come to
the big sale next Wednesday and
share in the benefits of cheap buying.
For full particulars see advertise-
ment published on the 6th page of to-
day’s “Watchman.” Complete de-
tails of the sale will be found there.
For special bargains consult individu-
al advertisements.
Boalsburg Electric Co. Will . Furnish |
Light to A. H. Walker.
The Boalsburg Electric company,
largely owned and controlled by Col.
Theodore Davis Boal, has decided to
forego a hearing before the Public
Service Commission and furnish light
to A. H. Walker and others. The
Boalsburg company is an independent
organization which purchases its elec-
tricity from the Keystone Power cor-
poration and retails it to consumers
in Boalsburg and vicinity.
The main feed wire connects with
the Keystone corporation’s wires at
Oak Hall and runs direct to Boal
camp, at Boalsburg, without a break.
Living along the line are A. H. Walk-
er, R. J. Witmer and John F. Kim-
port, all of whom wanted light but the
Boalsburg Electric company refused
for various reasons to give them a tap
onto the main line, which was less
than one hundred feet from the build-
ings. The matter was then carried
up to the Public Service Commission
and a hearing was to have been held
this week, but the company on Mon-
day announced that light will be giv-
en the above three men. 4
Instead of tapping the main wire
however, which the company claims is
a private line, a new line will be erect-
ed from the nearest pole in Boals-
burg, which is about 2700 feet distant.
The line will be built at once.
Electric Light Now Assured for Zion
and Hecla Park.
Following several months of inves-
tigation and discussion an agreement
has finally been concluded between
residents of Walker township and the
Keystone Power corporation whereby
the latter will extend its line down '
Nittany valley to Hecla park. The
line will be built from the new avia-
tion field down the back road and
across to Zion, thence down the main
highway to Hecla park.
Quite a number of residents of Zi-
on are enrolled among the applicants
for electric service, and a number of
farmers along the route have signi-
fied their desire for current. At the
park the Country club will connect
with the Keystone Power current and
abandon its own plant, and Mr. Hock-
man will also be a customer for a
more adequate lighting of the park.
The Keystone Power is also figur-
ing on a proposition to extend its
service through the lower end of
‘Pennsvalley, as far down as Wood-
ward, but no decision has yet been
reached on this extension.
Children Urged to Register for
“Kiddies Day.”
All children in Bellefonte and com-
munity who wish to attend the Elks’
annual “Kiddies Day” at Hecla park,
on Thursday of next week, August
12th, must register in advance at the
Elks club and get a tag, otherwise
they will not be taken along. Last
year a large number of children fail-
ed to register then when the time
came to go the busses were crowded
with children for whom no accommo-
dations had been provided. To avoid
a recurrence of such a condition the
committee in charge decided to give
out tags to the children as they reg-
ister. This tag provides for free
transportation to and from the park,
ice cream, peanuts, boat rides and
lunch while there, but only those who
have the tags will be taken. It is be-
cause of this fact that the Elks are’
urging all children to register and get
a tag, which must be worn in plain
sight on “Kiddies Day.”
Festival at Axe Mann.
A festival for the benefit of the
Methodist church at that place will be
held on the school lawn at Axe Mann,
tomorrow, Saturday evening, August
7. All the festival specialties will be
served. Everybody is invited.
——Two cars owned by Milesburg
people figured in a sideswipe wreck
near the old pike kilns north of town,
on Saturday evening. None of the oc-
cupants were hurt and the damage to
the cars was inconsequential.
DISCUSSED IN COUNCIL.
Other Business Transacted at Monday
| Night's Meeting.
Insurance agent Harry N. Meyer
and Mr. Wian were present at the reg-
ular meeting of borough council, on
Monday evening, and presented the
| proposition of personal accident in-
demnity insurance for Bellefonte fire-
jmen. They have two propositions,
(one for a minimum of twenty-five
;men which will pay a principal of
weeks for injury or temporary disa-
bility; the premium of which is $6.50
per man. Another for a minimum of
| fifteen men which will pay a prinei-
pal of $1,000 and $15 per week; the
premium of which is $4.50 per man.
As the borough is now carrying com-
pensation insurance for the firemen
several members of council suggested
that that any further insurance should
be carried by the Firemen’s Relief
Association. However, the matter
was referred to the Fire and Police
committee for investigation and re-
port.
0. J. Morgan submitted a written
proposition to council to furnish Mo-
shannon coal for the fire company
‘houses for $5.40 per ton. The propo-
sition was referred to the Fire and
Police committee.
The secretary presented a written
statement from four residents of east
| Curtin street who agree to pay $180
toward the cost of putting down the
I new sewer extension.
The Street committee reported
minor repairs on various streets and
. the collection of $208 from the Penn-
Sylvania Railroad company for re-
Pairs to the street leading to the
| freight depot.
| The Water committee reported that
| pump, last Thursday, a flange was
| broken and it was necessary to get a
, new one, which has delayed starting
(the pump, but they hoped to get it
{connected up and in operation this
| week. The committee reported the col-
{lection of $12.00 from Dr. Irwin for
, repairs to sewer at his property on
Allegheny street and also $12.00 on
the 1923 water duplicate.
Mr. Cunningham further reported
| that the committee had taken up with
| Mr. Bailey, of the Keystone Power
| corporation, the question of a new
contract for furnishing electricity to
| prep the water and that gentleman
suggested that an accurate record be
kept for one week of the operation of
the new pump and he would use that
1 as the basis for making a proposition
‘for a new contract.
| The Fire and Police committee re-
‘ported that a new coat of varnish had |
i been applied to both pumpers. The
5. | committee also reported that the fif-
teen minute parking signs for in front
of the court house have been complet- :
ied and the new regulations went into
'effect on’ Wednesday of this week.
The committee recommended that the
‘new ruling be effective all the time
and not on Wednesday and Saturday
"evenings only. Council concurred.
| Mr. Cunningham reported that the
Civic committee of the Woman’s club
have reported that they have compiled
a list of one hundred residents of
Bellefonte who will be willing to pay
a dollar a month for the removal of
ashes and garbage. It was the gener-
al opinion of members of council that
the number could be doubled if a
proper effort is made. In fact to
justify a man giving it his entire time
and attention would require two hun-
dred or more.
tion was taken it was the sentiment of
council to co-operate in any way pos- |
sible.
| President Walker stated that
- Thomas H. Harter had made com-
plaint about the men tearing down the |
old steam heating plant blocking the
alley in the rear of his property to
that extent that he does not have ac-
cess to his garage. The matter was
| referred to the Street committee and
borough manager.
| Mr. Cunningham reported relative
to the request of residents of Beaver
and Hoy row for better fire protec-
tion, that there is a fire plug on a
three inch line within 250 feet of the
houses, and Spring creek is not over
, 800 feet away, which affords, in his
: opinion, ample protection.
Mr. Emerick stated that C. M. Par-
rish had made complaint to him about
the defective sewer on Burroughs al-
ley and was informed that iron sewer
pipe is now on the way to replace the
terra cotta pipe.
Bills were approved to the amount
of $6,338.90, after which council ad
journed.
The Palace Dining Car Co. Takes
Over Bellefonte Property.
Representatives from the Palace
Dining Car Co., of Jersey City, were
in Bellefonte on Monday and took
over the Cohen property, between the
Richelieu theatre and the Casebeer
building, on High street, on which
they had taken an option some six or
eight months ago. On Tuesday the
unsightly bill board on the front of
the property was torn down and re-
moved and men are now engaged in
cleaning up the lot. This is an indi-
cation that the Palace dining car will
be a factor in Bellefonte in the near
future.
The writer had a mess of new
golden bantam corn out of his own
garden on Sunday, which we natural-
ly consider something to brag about.
$2,000 in case of death or total disa-
bility and $25 per week for fifty-two
in connecting up the new electric
While no definite ac-
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. T. W. Cairns is visiting with rel-
atives in Williamsport, having left Belle-
fonte Tuesday.
| --Mrs. Frank Bradford, of Centre Hall,
spent part of Tuesday in Bellefonte, on
business and visiting with friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. James W. Herron, of
Huntingdon, were in Bellefonte, Monday
morning, for the funeral of the late M. F.
Broderick.
—Alfred Cohen, the elder son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Cohen, went to Balti-
more, Sunday, to spend several weeks with
one of his father’s brothers.
—O. J. Morgan and his daughter Leo-
nore have been spending the past week in
Wilkes-Barre, where Mr. Morgan has been
looking after some business interests.
—Mr. and Mrs. George L. Van Tries are
here from Pittsburgh, for a week’s visit
with Mr. Van Tries’ sister, Mrs. Louise
Van Tries Harris, of Allegheny street.
—Frank DP. Bartley, proprietor
Garman house, will leave today on a ten
day’s trip east, expecting to spend the
time in Philadelphia, New York and Atlan-
ti¢ City. ~
—Mr. and Mrs. Luther Crissman were
here from Altoona, Monday, having come
to Bellefonte to attend the funeral of Mr.
Crissman’s brother-in-law, the late Mau-
rice F'. Broderick.
—Miss Augusta Shoemaker and her
nephew, Wallace Ebe Jr., came in from
Pittsburgh the latter part of last week,
for a week-end visit with the Shoemaker
family on west High street.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Harker, Mrs. L. C.
Bitters, Elaine, Lillian and Jack
were members of a motor
party from
of the day with Miss Mona Siruble, at her
apartment on Bishop street. .
—Miss Maude Huey, of Fillmore, daugh-
ter of T. M. Huey, tax collector of Patton
township, and highway master of the Buf-
falo Run read, was in Bellefonte Monday
doing some shopping and looking after
some business for her father.
—Mrs. Harvey Griffith is in Bellefonte,
after a visit of several months with her
son, J. C. Dawson, of Philadelphia, and
, her daughter, Mrs. Green, at Anglesea, N.
J. Mr. Griffith, who had accompanied her
| east, returned home a month ago.
—Mr. and Mrs. Willis Weaver, who had
been for the greater part of the summer
at State College, guests of Mrs. Weaver's
sister, Mrs. W. F. Ertley, returned to Cam-
bria county, Friday, to make their home in
Johnstown, where Mr. Weaver will be per-
manently located.
—Miss Agnes Rhoads, lineotype opera-
tor at the Centre Democrat office, is spend-
ing her vacation at Crystal Beach, Cana-
da, a guest of Mrs. Charles R. Kurtz, at
her cottage there. Miss Rhoads drove to
Buffalo with Mr. Richelieu and his family,
who have been on a motor trip to Canada.
—Dr. Eloise Meek spent the fore-part of
the week on a motor trip to New York
State, going as a guest of Dr. Harriet
Honeywell, who was driving to her home
in Walton, N. Y., for a month's vacation.
i Dr. Honeyweil is assistant to Dr. R. Ad-
"ams Dutcher, in the animal industry lab-
| oratory, at State College.
| —Harry Wilkie, of Rosebud, Montana,
Who had been here for a week’s visit with
his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. §.
, Wilkie, of Water street, started on - his
homeward journey Tuesday evening. He
is taking a round about way for it as he
| will go to Portland, Maine, for a visit
with another uncle and from there home.
—Albert Ammerman was here from Phil-
; adelphia for one of his ocasional week-end
| Visits, having come up to see his sister,
i Mrs. Frank Compani, a patient in the Cen-
, tre County hospital. Mr. Ammerman was
accompanied to Bellefonte by his sister,
Miss Rachel Ammerman, who remained
here to be with Mrs. Compani until she is
better.
+ —Mrs. C. G, Decker and her daughter
irie, with Mrs. Thomas Cairns as their
motor guest, drove to Williamsport, Sat-
urday, for a day's shopping. Mr. and Mrs.
Decker had a week-end house guest at
their apartment in the Decker building.
Doyle Hendershot, cashier of the Trust
Dime Bank, of Shamokin, and Mrs. Hen-
dershot, who motored here Sunday.
—Louise Rine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Xdward Rine, will go to McKeesport next
week to spend the remainder of the mouth
, with her uncle and aunt,” Mr. and Mrs.
(Louis Batt. Mr. and Mrs. Batt are ar-
ranging to motor to Bellefonte for a visit
with Mrs. Batt's sisters,” Mrs. Thomas
Rishel, Miss Kate Gesner and Mrs. Rine
and it is planned that Louise will return
to Bellefonte with them.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schaeffer, their
daughter LaRue, with Mrs. Schaeffer's
brother, John Hess, of Altoona, and Miss
Beulah Fortney, of Boalsburg, as driving
guests, recently returned from an eight
day motor trip to Canada. Mueh of the
time was spent at Newborough Lake,
where the party did their fishing, but the
trip as planned took them on to Montreal,
where they spent several days.
—Mrs. R. 8, Brouse, accompanied by her
two grand-daughters, Caroline and Janet
Brouse, will leave the middle of the month
to visit the Sesqui, where Mrs. Brouse’s
daughter, Mrs. F. W. Topelt, will join
them. After spending several days in
Philadelphia, the party will go to Mrs.
Topelt’s home in Brooklyn for a visit, re-
turning to Bellefonte with Mr. and Mrs.
Topelt when they come here the latter part
of the month for Mr. Topelt’s vacation.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey P. Schaeffer's
house guests during the past week have
included Mrs. Lennox and her son Charles,
a student at the Bellefoute Academy; Mrs.
Ray Gordon and Fred Hansen, all of
Pittsburgh, who stopped in Bellefonte
Tuesday and Wednesday, while on a drive
east, Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Schatzman, also
of Pittsburgh, had come to Bellefonte on
Thursday to be Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer's
guests at their bungalow on Spring creek
for the week-end, but were called home
unexpectedly by illness on Friday.
—The three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Daggett, Wells, Orvis and Albert, are here
from Wyncote to spend two weeks with
their grandmother, Mrs. Wells L. Daggett.
At the expiration of their visit Mrs. Dag-
gett will go to Cleveland to join her niece,
Miss Georgie Daggett, who will be in
charge of the Maynard Murch home during
the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Murch in Ku-
rope. Mr. Murch is being sent to London
on a business trip and will sail Saturday,
accompanied by Mrs. Murch and their
youngest son, expecting to be gone a
month.
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Johnsonburg, here Monday, to spend a part
EEA,
; —William Troup returned Monday from
; Fort Humphries, where he had been for
six weeks in the R. O. T. C. training camp.
—Mrs. R. L. Weston expects to leave
Bellefonte this week to make her home
permanently with her daughter, Mrs. Phil-
ip Haller, at Bellevue, Pa.
—Mrs. Leonard B. Geis and Mrs. T.
Abelson, of Philadelphia, sister and niece
of Mrs. M. A. Landsy, are the latter's
guests at the Brockerhoff house.
—Mrs. G. Ross Parker arrived here Sun-
day morning from New Brunswick, N. J.
remaining until Wednesday for a visit
with ker father and mother, Hon. and Mrs.
James Schofield.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hartranft are en-
( tertaining Mrs. Hartranft’s mother, Mrs.
S. H. Johnson, who came to Bellefonte
from Hughesville, Sunday, to spend a week
with her daughter.
—Peter Gray Meek will leave Tuesday
of next week for a ten days’ visit in New
York city with Miss Bertha Laurie, ex-
pecting to stop in Philadelphia on his way
home, to see the Sesqui.
—Mrs. Stearns is expected here from
Iowa this week, to be with her aunt, Miss
Longwell and Miss Marshall, for an in-
definite stay. Mrs, Stearns was formerly
Miss Sara Longwell and lived much of
her girlhood life with the Longwell fam-
ily on Spring street.
—Mrs. R. Edwin Lohr returned to her
home in Akron, Ohio, Saturday, following
a week's visit with her father, Dr. Wil-
liam 8. Glenn and the family at State Col-
lege. Mrs. Lohr, who before her marriage
last December was Miss Annie Glenn, is
: the younger daughter of Dr. Glenn.
—-Mrs. William C. Thompson, with her
| children and Mr. Thompson's sister, left
Bellefonte Tuesday morning for Ocean
, Grove, where they will have a cottage for
{ the menth of August. Rev. Thompson will
! leave later with a party of men from Cen-
tre county, to spend his vacation in Can-
ada.
—Mr. and Mrs. Townsend S. Moran, of
Lockport, N.Y.are among the motorists
visiting in Centre county this week. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Moran are natives of Belle-
foate, later going to Philipsburg to live,
and it is to friends and relatives in these
two places they will give most of their
time,
—Bond Valentine, of Philadelphia, has
been in Bellefonte since Saturday, a guest
of his aunt, Miss Mary Valentine, of west
Curtin street. Mr. Valentine's time has
been spent mostly in motoring over the
county, on drives arranged by the Valen-
tine family especially for his entertain-
ment.
—A family party that has been stopping
at the Brockerhoff house the past ten days
includes Mr. and Mrs. T. 8. Strawn and
daughter Ellen, of Parnassus, Pa.; A. H.
Luther, of New Kensington; Lawrence §.
Monohan, a prominent attorney, of Pitts-
burgh; Mrs. N. H. Rorke and daughter,
Miss Regina Rorke, of New York city.
—Frank D. Lee, of Centre Hall, wag in
town Monday afternoon and made one of
his usual pleasant little calls. Notwith-
standing the excessive heat he was in his
customary good humor, but probably part
of that was because he is the proprietor of
a new Dodge coupe and a farm, one of the
very few in the county, that has turned
out crops this year that almost equal any
of the past. :
—Mr. and Mrs. John Kocher, with Isaac
and Katherine Laird as motor guests,
drove down from Ferguson township on
Tuesday to spend the morning in Belle-
fonte. Mr. Kocher's time was devoted to
business while Mrs. Kocher and the chil-
dren were shopping and seeing what there
was of interest about the town. Mr. and
Mrs. Kocher live on the D. G. Meek farm,
at Fairbrook.
—Miss Ella Jones came here the early
part of last week from Loysville, to spend
her vacation with relatives and girlhood
friends, as has been her custom since leav-
ing Bellefonte a number of years ago.
During the greater part of the time while
here she was a house guest of Mrs. Her-
man Miller, on east High streat, and from
there visited with other friends. Miss
Jones is a matron at the Loysville orphans’
home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Emory G. Wolfe and
the latter's father, H. C. Weaver, motored
here last week for a visit with Mr. Wea-
ver's sisters, the Misses Weaver, of How-
ard street. Visiting in Bellefonte until
Monday morning, they then left for the
eastern part of the State, where they will
spend the month of August on a Cumber-
land county farm. Mr. Wolfe being an in-
structor in the Schenley High school, they
will return to their home at Edgewood in
time for the opening of the Pittsburgh
schools.
—Mrs. Donald Gettig and her two
younger children will go to Clarksville,
Greene county, today, to join Mr. Gettig
for a three week's stay, their elder daugh-
ter, Alice Jane, having been with her
aunt, Mrs. R. Wynn Davis, at Washington,
Pa., for a month. Mrs. Gettig has been en-
tertaining her cousin, Mrs. P. W. Bennett,
and her small son, Bertin, of Altoona, for
the past two weeks, and they were joined
here yesterday by Mrs. Bennett's mother-
in-law, Mrs. D. H. Bennett, all of whom
will .leave today with Mrs. Gettig, accom-
panying her as far as Altoona.
August Furniture Sale.
Twenty per cent. (20%) cash dis-
count on all cash purchases of Funni-
ture, Rugs and Linoleums, except
Kitchen cabinets. No extra charge
for delivery. Phone 3-R-11.
71-30-4t S. M. CAMPBELL,
Millheim, Pa.
Public Sale.
at the Marshall- Longwell house, 110
N. Spring St. Bellefonte, Sat. Aug. 21,.
at 1 o’clock sharp. Household goods,
Antiques. Also the real estate.
71-31-2¢
Sale Register.
Thursday, Aug. 19, at the residence of L.
H. Musser, on Howard St., a full line of
household furniture. Sale at 10.30
o'clock a. m. 31-2t
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - - - - - --1.35
Oats te ed - 36
Ryo ''w ‘wu: wiiiiaiiiefia 80
Corn - - - - - - .85
Barley - - Heil wie - 70
Buckwheat - - - . - 70