Bencallion
Bellefonte, Pa., September 24, 192
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For United States Senator,
WILLIAM B. WILSON,
of Tioga County.
For Governor,
EUGENE C. BONNIWELL,
of Philadelphia.
For Lieutenaut Governor,
W. CLAYTON HACKET,
of Northampton County.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
JOHN MURPHY,
of Allegheny County.
Districc and County
Ticket.
For Congress,
CLARENCE R. KRAMER,
of Clearfield.
For State Senator,
WILLIAM I. BETTS,
of Clearfield.
For Assemblyman,
ANDREW CURTIN THOMPSON,
of Philipsburg.
Democratic
D. A. R. Celebrates Constitution Day.
At the Centre Hills Country club
this year was held the D. A. R. cele-
bration of Constitution Day—of that
epochal time, September 17th, 1787,
when the constitutional convention
which had met in Philadelphia on May
25th of that same year, a little less
than four months earlier, adjourned.
What a task had been accomplished!
The constitution, the fundamental or
organic law of the United States had
been framed. Our modern term, “do
nothing,” did not apply to this conven-
tion. Had it’s president, George
Washington, and it’s members had the
prophetic vision to see down through
the one hundred and thirty-nine in-
tervening years; had they during
these summer months in Philadelphia
the backward and the forward look—
the backward seeing how far and deep
the sources and inspiration of their ac-
complishment, and the forward to-
wards this Sesqui-Centennial of one of"
their earlier accomplishments. We
© know not what their vision was, but
we might judge of it by their deeds;
and are we not right in upholding the
justice of Philadelphia’s claim to being
the most historical city in this broad
land? Such cogitations were suggest-
ed by the after dinner speech of Dr.
Wayland Fuller Dunaway.
Dr. Charles W. Stoddart contrasted
the manifestations of the noisy, unreal
patriotism with the less roistering
ones of true love of country. He
pointed out that toleration and obedi-
ence to law, though not always ac-
companied by a loud hurrah, are part
of the patriot’s makeup.
Mrs. Edwin Erle Sparks, honorary
State regent and national committee-
woman, was present, and in the name
of the woman’s committee of the Ses-
qui-Centennial gave a cordial invita-
tion to all to attend the celebration.
Then Mrs. William Frear, toast-
mistress, introduced the last speaker
of the occasion, Miss Helen E. C.
Overton, who in a happy vein, mingled
humor with seriousness. She doubted
the patriotism of those she had just
seen despoiling the forms of flags and
liberty bells in ice cream.
After singing “America” the mem-
bers, their husbands and guests left
by motor for State College and Belle-
fonte.
The Underwood Estate Awarded $2750
Damages by Road Viewers.
In straightening the new highway
up Bald Eagle valley it was necessary
to change the route through the farm
of the late Owen Underwood, just west
of Unionville. The Underwoods made
claims for damages alleging that a
valuable field had been badly cut into
and that it would be necessary to move
both the farm house and barn.
Judge Keller appointed M. Ward
Fleming Esq., of Philipsburg; John A.
Way, of Stormstown, and John Eby,
of Zion, to view the matter and award
damages. They have found for the
complainants to the amount of $2750.
If the award is not appealed from by
either the Underwood estate or the
County Commissioners the latter will
have to pay that amount to the form-
er.
Applications were also submitted to
abandon three individual sections of
road in Miles township, in the vicinity
of Wolfe's Store. Two of the petitions
were refused, because of technicalities,
while a third was allowed.
Another application was submitted
to build a new road leading from the
Roopsburg Mill up over Half Moon
Hill, through Benner and Spring town-
ships. This petition was dismissed.
KINKEAD.—Mrs. Catherine Kin- | Cases Disposed of at Special Session
kead, widow of the late Robert Kiu-
kead, of Philipsburg, died at her home
in Williamsport last Friday morning,
following a months illness with pleu-
risy.
or maiden name was Catherine
Bottorf and she was born at State
College eighty-four years ago. Fol-
lowing her marriage to Mr. Kinkead
they took up their residence in Phil-
ipsburg and all her married life was
spent in that place. Following the
death of her husband a few years ago
Mrs. Kinkead moved to Williamsport.
She was a member of the Methodist
church and the Sheridan circle ladies
of the G. A. R., of Philipsburg.
Her surviving children are Miss
Nancy Kinkead, who conducts a candy
shop in Williamsport; Miss Priscilla,
also of Williamsport; Mrs. Clayton
Beers and Harry Kinkead, of Pitts-
burgh. She also leaves two sisters
and a brother, Mrs. Frank Ray, of
Munson; Mrs. Nancy Dewey and Geo.
Bottorf, of Pittsburgh. The remains
were taken to Philipsburg where bur-
ial was made on Monday afternoon.
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THOMPSON.—Harry Thompson, a
veteran of the world war, having
served overseas with the Buffalo di-
vision of colored troops, died at the
Danville State hospital, on Sunday
morning, where he had been undergo-
ing treatment for several months.
He was a son of James and Annie
Thompson and was born in Bellefonte
thirty-five years ago. In addition to
his parents he is survived by the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: Fred
and Edward, at home; Warner, of
Harrisburg; Albert, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Albert Stuart, of Atlantic City,
and Miss Mary, a trained nurse at
Harrisburg.
Funeral services were held at the
Thompson home at two o'clock yester-
day afternoon by Rev. H. J. Collins,
of the A. M. E. church, burial being
made in the Union cemetery where the
Brooks--Doll post of the American
Legion was in charge.
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LOHR.—Mrs. Carrie White Lohr,
wife of R. P. Lohr, died at her home
at State College on Saturday morning
following several months illness as
the result of a complication of diseas-
es. Her maiden name was Carrie
White and she was born in Reedsville,
Mifflin county, on December 14th,
1862, hence was in her sixty-fourth
year. She married Mr, Lohr in 1883
and he survives with the following
children: Mrs. B. E. Story, Mrs. J. F.
Merrits, Mrs. J. H. Ryan and Mrs C.
D. Foster, all of Altoona; Mrs. Frank
Powell, of Lewistown; James and
Charles, at home. She also leaves
nineteen grand-children and three
great grand-children. Funeral ser-
vices were held at her late home at
12:30 o’clock on Tuesday, after which
the remains were taken to Altoona
for burial in the Rose Hill cemetery.
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KELLERMAN.—Mrs, Alice Keller-
man, wife of Paul Kellerman, passed
away on Sunday at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rhoads,
at Axe Mann, following an illness of
some months. She was born in
Spring township and would have been
twenty years old on the 9th day of
November. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by a little son,
Paul Jr., less than a year old; also her
parents and the following brothers
and sisters: Edward Rhoads, of Pleas-
and Gap; Mrs. Frank Pollick, of Traf-
ford City; Charles, of Bellefonte;
Robert, Kenneth and Gladys, at home.
Funeral ‘services were held at the
family home at Axe Mann at two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
C. W. Rishell, of Pleasant Gap, burial
being made in the Union cemetery.
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LEQUE.—Mrs. Anna Laughlin Le-
que died at her home at Yeagertown
on Wednesday of last week following
three weeks illness as the result of a
general breakdown, aged 88 years.
She was born in Dublin, Ireland, and
when ten years old her parents came
to this country and located in Belle-
fonte and all her early life was spent
here. When a young woman she mar-
ried Martin Gill, of Snow Shoe, and.
some years later they moved to Yea-
gertown. Mr. Gill died upwards of
forty years ago and eight years later
she married Sim Leque, who survives.
Mrs. Leque was a member of the
Sacred Heart Catholic church, at Yea-
gertown, where funeral services were
held on Saturday morning, burial be-
ing made in the Catholic cemetery at
that place. oy
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FOUST.—Miss Ada Marie Foust,
daughter of George and Anne Harp{
ster Foust, died at her home in Al-
toona last Friday following a pro#
longed illness with tuberculosis. She
was born at Pennsylvania Furnace
and was in her thirty-first year. Her
father, two sisters and a brother sur-
vive. Burial was made on Monday.
Garman—Dimling.—Robert Bouse
Garman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
T. Garman, of Tyrone, and Miss Ruth
Dimling, a daughter of George Dim-
ling, of Pittsburgh, were married at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Carl Shultz,
in Philadelphia, on Tuesday of last
week, by Rev. C. A. Thompson. The
bridegroom is a bond salesman in
Philadelphia and it is in that city they
wll make their home.
——The partnership heretofore ex-
isting between Jodon and Summers in
conducting the Pleasant Gap garage
has been dissolved. Mr. Summers has
retired and Mr. Jodon will continue
the business alone.
of Court on Tuesday.
At a special session of court, on
Tuesday, William J. Addelman, the
Clearfield county prisoner who es-
caped from Rockview penitentiary on
Monday of last week and was caught
on Tuesday by Ellis Huey, of Waddle,
entered a plea of guilty to escaping
and was given a duplicate of his or-
iginal sentence of 4 to 8 years. Addel-
man was sent up on March 2nd, 1925,
and if he serves only his minimum
terms on both sentences he will be in
the penitentiary until March 2nd,
1933, while if he is obliged to serve
the maximum his time will not be up
until 1941. ;
John Baker, of Ingleby, plead guil-
ty to an attempt to destroy a small
reservoir and water line on property
at that place purported to be owned
by Mrs. Gertrude Rowe, of Dauphin
county, but on his promise to refrain
from any future interference with the
reservoir he was given a suspended
sentence upon the payment of costs.
John Furchl, of Philipsburg, plead
guilty to operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of liquor on
August 8th and was sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution, $200 fine and
imprisonment in the county jail for a
period of six months. The court,
however, informed Furchl that if
he could arrange to pay the fine and
costs within a reasonable time Le
would consider that in granting a pa-
role from the prison sentence.
In the case against R. J. Witmer, of
College township, charged with deser-
tion and non-support, district attor-
ney John G. Love announced that the
young man had skipped his bail and
asked that the bond be declared for-
feited. Judge Keller stated that he
preferred waiting until next Monday,
at the regular session of court, when
action will be taken if Mr. Witmer
fails to appear.
W. B. Godshall was called before the
court to defend an action in desertion
and non-support brought by his wife.
During the hearing it developed that
before coming to Centre county Mrs.
Godshall had instituted divorce pro-
ceedings in Montgomery county and
as these were still pending the court
dismissed her action for desertion and
non-support but made an order re-
quiring Mr. Godshall to pay $20 a
month for the support of his child,
putting the costs in the case on the
county.
Floyd and William St. Clair, Alfred
Boob and Ralph Zerby, all of Spring
Mills, were given a hearing on the
charge of malicious mischief, the
prosecutor being William Baxter, who .
operates a small wagon show. The
Baxter show stopped in Spring Mills
on September 6th and the four young
men not only did all they could to
break up the show but cut the tent
ropes, the electric light wire and
threw stones into the tent. Mr. Bax-
ter was in court and stated that he
did not want the boys punished se-
verely but he did want to be left alone.
The court paroled the defendants upon
the payment of costs, which amounted
to over one hundred dollars, but told
them that if he ever received any com-
plaints against them he would have
them brought to Bellefonte and put in
jail.
A three cornered case was that of
Myrtle Young, of Port Matilda, ar-
rested for making threats on the
charge of Maude Lykens. Later
Myrtle had Maude and Mrs. Frances
Woodring arrested for assault and
battery. After hearing the evidence
the court made an order that each of
the women was to pay her own costs
and give bond in the sum of $500 to
keep the peace for one year.
Another badly mixed up case was
that against Mrs. Belle Mattern and
her son Eugene, who were charged
with threats by George W. Harshberg-
er, tenant on the Miss Anna Gray
farm. To counteract the above action
Mrs. Mattern and her son had Mr.
Harshberger arrested for assault and
battery and making threats, and the
latter retaliated by bringing action
against them for assault and battery.
The trouble all grew out of Mr.
Harshberger’s right to use a lane
which runs between the two farms.
When the evidence had all been heard
the court put the costs upon the coun-
ty, made an order that Mr. Harsh-
berger was to have use of the lane
until such time as its ownership was
decided in the common pleas court,
and placed the three contestants under
$1000 bond to keep the peace for two
years.
Frank Tomazik, of Benner township,
was charged with illegal possession
and manufacturing. He was arrested
by a state policeman who testified that
when he made the search and arrest
he found two barrels of mash. The
court imposed a fine of $100 and costs
and told Frank that they must be paid
before next Monday or he will send
him to jail. :
——Last Saturday afternoon a Ford
sedan driven by H. C. Miller, of Beech
Creek, ran into a Ford coupe driven
by Miss Alice Waite, of this place, on
the highway at Axe Mann. The Waite
car was shoved off the road but the
Miller sedan turned over completely
and miraculous as it may seem none
of its occupants were hurt. In the
overturned car with Mr. Miller were
his mother, his two sons and a lady
guest. They were returning from
State College when the accident oc-
curred.
" ——Forty or more criminal cases
are on the docket for trial at next
week’s session of court.
Penn State Starts 72nd College Year
with Big Enrollment.
The seventy-second year at the
Pennsylvania State College started
last week with the capacity enroll-
ment of about 3600 students on hand.
The new freshman class numbers
about 900 men and 100 women stu-
dents, representing the limit of admis-
sions.
Registration for students in the
three upper classes was held Monday
and Tuesday and the formal opening,
with an address by Judge H. Walton
Mitchell, president of the board of
trustees, took place Wednesday. A
number of new faculty members were
on hand for the opening, and the ad-
ministration looks forward to a suc-
cessful year of service in instruction,
research and extension.
The second annual “Freshman
Week” at the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege was marked with success and the
attendance of all the 1000 members
of the new class. The special week
set aside for instruction of new stu-
dents in matters of college routine,
started on Thursday of last week and
came to a close on Tuesday, just prior
to the formal opening of college on
Wednesday.
During the week the freshmen had
opportunity to meet their deans and
department heads and heard college
administrative officers in special talks
designed to make college life agree-
able and profitable. A group of sen-
iors assisted by telling of student
traditions, honor and government, and
there were a series of mass meetings
in which the new students became
familiar with Penn State spirit and
customs.
An innovation at the college this
year was the making of an individual
photograph of each new student when
he registered. Five prints of each
will be made, one to be attached to
the student’s records in the office of
the registrar for identification pur-
poses. Other prints will be used by
the college physician, the dean of men
or the dean of women, the dean and
the head of the department in which
the student is enrolled.
Deer a Detriment to State Highway
Construction.
The Lord Construction company is
up against a peculiar condition in
their work of building the state high-
way over the Seven mountains. The
deer are so plentiful and tame in that
mountainous section that they run’
over the concrete before it is proper-
ly set and the men have to be con-
stantly on the watch. More than one
deer has literally been “shooed” away
during the day while the crew is at
work while at night carbide lamps are
kept burning along the fresh concrete |
as a means of keeping the deer away.
One hundred men are now working
on the highway job and J. A. Lord es-
timates that it will take approximate-
ly forty days of favorable weather in
which to complete the contract. He
feels confident that all the concrete
work will be completed before freez-
ing weather sets in, and after the con-
crete is on it will take twenty-one
days for it to harden before the road
is thrown open to the public.
The dangerous curve and steep
grade at the Devil’s Elbow have been
greatly modified. The grade has been
drawn out to fifteen thousand feet
which gives it an elevation very much
lower than the old road. On the curve
the road is thirty feet in width.
United Brethren Church Appoint-
ments.
The Allegheny conference of the
United Brethren church came to an
end in Johnstown, on Sunday, with 'y,emorial tablet to Col. James A.!
the announcement of the appoint-
ments by Bishop Bell. Rev. J. A.
Mills was returned to the pastorate
of the Bellefonte church and Revs.
G. W. Emenhizer and A. B. Sprague
made pastors emeritus in Bellefonte.
Rev. C. W. Winey, a former Bellefonte
pastor, was transferred from Altoona
to Johnstown. Other Centre county
appointments were as follows:
Houserville—C. A. Weaver.
Philipsburg—E. B. Learish.
Port Matilda—L. P. Culp.
Runville—A. L. Barnett.
Zion—Charles Miller.
Nineteen Year Old Driver Won Al.
toona Auto Race.
Frank Lockhart, the nineteen year
old driver from the Pacific coast, won
the Altoona auto classic on Saturday,
doing the 250 miles in 2.08 and a frac-
tion of a second, and thus winning the |
$10,000 prize. Other drivers and
money won were as follows: Kreiss,
$5,000; Duray, $2,500; Hartz, $1,750;
MecDonogh, $1,300; Comer, $1,000;
Hill, $950; Elliott, $850; Hearne, $800;
-Shattuck, Woodbury, Cooper, Gullotta,
Leckleider, DeVore, Fengler, Lewis
and Hepburn each $150.
Edgar Mallory, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Mallory, and Miss Beatrice
Lyons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Lyons, both of Bellefonte, will
be quietly married at the Methodist
parsonage, on Wednesday morning of
next week, by the pastor, Rev. Homer
C. Knox. The attendants will be Miss
Evelyn Lyons, sister of the bride, and
John Dubbs. After the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Mallory will take a wedding
trip to West Virginia where they will
visit the bride's uncle, Edward Lyons.
Returning home they will occupy an
apartment in the Stutsman property
on Curtin street.
Zion Pleases the Eyes of Tourists.
Probably no public utility has done
: so much for the beautification of the
rural districts as improved highways
and the automobile.
Touring through the more fertile
sections of Pennsylvania these days
i one has the feeling of gliding through
‘a continuous park. The road sides
have the velvety green of a well kept
. lawn and the country homes along the
way radiate the pride their occupants
{must take in keeping them attractive
{ looking. Especially do the villages
and small towns reflect the glory of
the “clean up, paint up” idea.
We marvel, often, at the changes
ten years have made in the appear-
ance of many places in Centre county.
! Some that once were drab, dingy, deso-
late looking sections, where there
! seemed to be nothing of ambition or
hope, have blossomed into spots that
add loveliness to the landscape. While
others that always have more or less
reflected the thriftiness of their resi-
dents have kept marching steadily
onward with their ideas of making
their environment more attractive.
Among the latter villages Zion has
always been outstanding in our mind.
Even in the days of the horse and
buggy we recall the well kept lawns of
summer time and the windows gor-
geous with Christmas begonias
throwing their riot of living color out
onto the snow drifted road-way in
winter. Zion has arrested the atten-
tion of others as well, as the following
taken from a recent issue of the Pitts-
burgh Post indicates.
Motorists driving along the Horse-
shoe trail from Williamsport to Belle-
fonte are attracted by the beauty and
neatness of two of the smallest com-
munities on the route. These are
Linden and Zion where well-kept
lawns and flower-boxes are covered
with blooms throughout the warmer
months of the year. Linden offers an
impressive array of hollyhocks while
many odd and interesting flower boxes
2nd hanging baskets delight the eye at
Zion.
Boalsburg Reformed Church Reopened
Last Sunday.
i
After undergoing a complete over-
hauling the Reformed church, at
Boalsburg, was reopened on Sunday.
! The sermon was preached by Rev.
. Robert Thena, of Bellefonte, and the
i dedicatory rite was performed by the
| pastor, Rev. W. W. Moyer. Rev. W.
| J. Wagner pronounced the benediction.
In connection with the reopening
services there was organized, on Fri-
day evening, a girls’ Missionary Guild, |
an auxiliary of the Woman’s Mission-
ary Society. Fourteen charter mem-
bers were enrolled. Those who offi-
ciated at the organization were Mrs.
C. F. Wagner, of McClure, Classis
iG. M. G. secretary; Miss Beulah
| Fortney, counsellor; Mrs. C. E. Kel-
{ley, of Steelton, and Mrs. W. W.
i Moyer, president of the Woman’s Mis-
| sionary Society, of Boalsburg.
The church now looks“ almost like a’
new edifice. All the interior walls,
wood work and floors were refinished.
The pipe organ, the first one in-
stalled in Centre county, was over-
hauled dnd put in splendid condition.
A new roof and spouting were put on
and the floor is covered with a new
body brussels carpet, the gift of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Fisher, of Dan-
ville, in memory of Mr. Fisher's
mother, Mrs. Amanda Fisher. At the
Sunday services a resolution of appre-
ciation was extended Mr. and Mrs.
| Fisher for their gift on motion of H.
' M. Hosterman.
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Memorial Tablet Unveiled at Boals-
! burg Camp.
!{ The unveiling and dedication of a
' Shannon, killed in service in France
| during the world war, was the leading
| feature at the annual meeting of the
Twenty-eighth division officers’ club
at. Camp Boal, Boalsburg, on Sunday.
The gathering lasted from Saturday
until Monday but the tablet dedication
took place at ten o'clock on Sunday
morning. The memorial was unveiled
by Mrs. Henry F. Sleepack, of Duluth,
Minn., a sister of the late Col. Shan-
non, while eulogies on the dead sol-
dier were pronounced by Major Gen-
eral Charles H. Muir, a former com-
mander of the Twenty-eighth division,
and General Hanson Ely, of the army
war college. Col. Shannon, a West
Point graduate, had charge of the
112th regiment of the 28th division
and was killed in action in the
Argonne on October 8th, 1918, just
three days before the armistice dec-
laration.
Upwards of one hundred division
officers were present at the meeting
while over two hundred people wit-
nessed the dedication of the memorial.
The Shannon monument is the fifth to
be erected at the officers camp.
——Representatives of the Walker
family in Ferguson township, which
included A. Stine Walker, Dora C.
Walker, Homer Walker and wife, Carl
Walker, Henry Elder, J. E. Elder and
wife, Paul Sunday, wife and son and
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Markle attended
the Walker family reunion at Heston,
Huntingdon county, last Saturday.
Henry Elder was elected secretary-
treasurer of the reunion association.
A recent inventory of the for-
est tree nurseries of Pennsylvania re-
veals that there are two and one-half
million trees at the Rockview, new
western penitentiary nursery, that
will be ready for distribution this fall
and next spring.
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL NEWS.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Benjamin and
their daughter, from West Chester, will be
guests today of Miss Sarah Benner at her
home on High street.
—F. L. Snowden and wife, and Mrs.
Snowden’s mother, Mrs. Thomas, of Phila-
delphia, are making their annual visit in
Bellefonte, guests at the Brockerhoff house.
—Miss Ethel Huston, night supervisor
of nurses in the Johnstown Homeopathic
hospital, was the guest of Miss A. E. Eck-
ert, superintendent of the Centre county
hospital, for a day during the week.
—Miss Laura W. Runkle and Mrs. 8. L.
Greenhoe, of Centre Hall, were in Belle-
fonte, Wednesday afternoon, having mo-
tored over because it was a lovely day and
they had a bit of shopping to do in town.
—Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Barnes, of Phila-
delphia, have been guests during the week
of Mrs. Louise Jones, at her honge on east
Howard street. Miss Margaret Jones, a
nurse at the Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh,
came in from the Smeky city on Monday
and remained until yesterday on one of
her periodical visits to her mother.
—Miss Humes and Miss Sadie Caldwell
left last night for their annual visit to
Atlantic City, where they will spend the
greater part of the month of October at
Haddon Hall. Mrs. Charles Gilmour, who
left at noon yesterday for Philadelphia to
visit for several days with her daughter
Miss Margaret Gilmour, will join her cous-
in, Miss Humes, to be her guest at the
Shore for ten days.
—Mrs. Morris W. Furey returned home
in the beginning of the week from a trip
to Pittsburgh and Atlantic City and a sev-
eral days visit at the Sesqui, in Phila-
delphia. In fact she covered the latter
pretty thoroughly and is quite enthusias-
tic over the bigness of the exhibition.
While there are a few buildings not com-
pleted there is enough there, she alleges
to justify anyone going to see. Mrs. Furey
was in the big stadium and saw the ring
where last night's big fight took place, but
of course had no inclination to stay to see
it.
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Sixty Seven Hours from Medford, Or-
egon, to Bellefonte.
On Saturday morning at 8:30 there
was laid on our desk a letter from
Harry P. Bush, formerly of this place,
that was mailed in Medford, Oregon,
at 7:30 Wednesday morning, Sept. 15.
It was only a greeting from the
Chamber of Commerce of Medford an-
nouncing the opening, that day, of the
first air mail flight on the Seattle,
Medford, San Francisco, Los Angeles
line. The letter left Medford at 7:30
that morning and reached San Fran-
cisco the same afternoon at 1 p. m.
There it was thrown to the trans-con-
tinental air mail route and reached
Cleveland, Ohio, Friday evening at 5
p- m. From Cleveland it was consign-
ed to Bellefonte, arriving here at 2:30
the next morning and reached this of-
fice a few hours later.
The postage required was only ten
cents to get this letter through two
days earlier than it would probably
have come by rail service.
Some Fall Movings.
Levi A. Miller, with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Atchinson, who have been with
Mr. Miller at his home at Pleasant
Gap for several years, will come to
Bellefonte sometime during the first
part of October to occupy Mrs. J.
Will Conley’s furnished home on
Logan street for the winter. Both
Mrs. Conley and Harry Gerberich
will reserve rooms in the home.
i Mr. and Mrs. Walter Armstrong
are now in their own new brick home,
'on east Bishop street, where they
| moved the first part of September
from the Rossman property on the
same street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beezer have
leased the part of the Strickland home
| occupied by Mrs. William Derstine
and will move there from the Haag
house when Mrs. Derstine vacates it
the early part of October.
——Miss Thelma Williams, who
was Pittsburgh’s entrant for the honor
of being crowned “Miss America” at
the recent beauty pageant at Atlantic
City, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Orvis Williams, at their home in Port
Matilda, for a short time last Thurs-
day. Accompanied by her manager
and chaperone she was on her way
back to Pittsburgh from the pageant
and was joined at Port Matilda by her
parents who went to Pittsburgh to
participate in the public reception
given her Saturday night.
eee eee.
——A fire in one of the recently
built W. S. Williams houses, on east
Bishop street, at nine o’clock on Wed-
nesday evening, called out the fire de-
partment but once upon the ground
the firemen made quick work of ex-
tinguishing the flames. A family by
the name of Houck had only recently
moved into the house but none of them
were at home when the fire started.
It originated in the upper portion of
the house from some cause undeter-
mined.
——One of the largest funerals that
has occurred in Milesburg in years
was that of Frank L. Wetzler, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Wetzler,
on Sunday afternoon. So many auto-
mobiles were there that the highway
passing the Wegzler residence was
closed to traffic during the funeral
services by state highway patrolmen
to minimize the danger of accidents.
1,000,000 Prints Recorded.
More than 1,000,000 fingerprints, or
nearly one per cent. of the nation’s
population, are on record in the fed-
eral bureau of identification at Wash-
ington.