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Charley Keichline is Still Charmed
With Florida.
In the following letter from Charley
Keichline, who is still at Lake Worth,
Flovida, we fail to detect any of the
gloom about Florida that exuded from
the front page of the Pittsburgh Ga-
zette-Times on last Monday.
Dear Watchman:
“This certainly is a fine city; one of
the best along the coast. It is grow-
ing fast, notwithstanding what we
went through with last year and the
improvements that are being made in
the reconstruction work are much
more permanent.
The Florida East Coast railroad
have just completed modern freight
station and classification yards and
the Seaboard Air Line now has trains
running clear through to Miami. The
climate—always a luxurious asset—is
just the same as it was last winter
and probably always will be. Only
one bad day in all of last month, and
as I write this I can glance out the
window and see flowers in bloom and
fruit coloring on the trees. Somewhat
different up with you, is it not?
Winter tourists are coming in fast
now and houses that have been dark
since last spring are aflicker with
light. Many of them are surprised at
the change that has taken place. A
big new post-office building has been
completed at Palm Beach and lights,
50 ft. apart, are along Ocean Boule-
vard all the seven miles distance from
Palm Beach to Lake Worth.
I was -over to. West Palm beach a
few nights ago and we could scarcely
find parking room for our car. The
streets and the parks were all so
crowded. This doesn’t look like a
slump in Florida does it.
Your friend,
C. C. KEICHLINE
Prisoners Appreciated Christmas Day.
The' following communication from
the prisoners in the Centre county jail
speaks for itself:
Christmas was a day of many sur-
prises for the nine men confined in the
Centre county jail. Christmas eve
the boys on going to bed hung a sock
or two up on each cell door and were
rather astonished to wake up Christ-
mas morning and find each one filled
with nuts, candies and cigars.
The sheriff and his family then con-
tinued to furnish one surprise after
another for the boys, trying their best
to make it an enjoyable day for all,
even if they were on the wrong side |
of the wall.
Dancing was given by Wm. Reed,
accompanied by Charles Williams with
the mouth organ. Stories by the other
men were also enjoyed. The sherift’s
new victrola purchased for his family
was heard and enjoyed by all. The
prisoners want to thank the sheriff,
his wife and entire household for the
fine manner in which they treated each
and every one. ‘Also the fine meals
for the entire day.
For breakfast we had oranges,
cereal and cream, bread and butter,
coffee with cream and sugar.
For dinner roast goose and dress-
ing, mashed potatoes with gravy, cel-
ery, cranberries, bread and butter,
mince pie, coffee with cream and
sugar, and cigars.
For supper, roast goose, gravy,
mashed potatoes, pickled beets, coffee. |
New President Starts Duties at Penn
State,
Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, the new presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, has this week taken up his offi-
cial duties there. He left the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire, where he
had been president for nine years, dur-
ing the Holidays, and with Mrs, Het-
zel and their five children, is now oc-
cupying the president’s house on the
Penn State campus.
Greetings from students and alumni
of the University of New Hampshire
and of Penn State, in the form of mes-
sages and flowers, covered the presi-
dent’s desk on his first day in office.
Faculty and student receptions to
president and Mrs. Hetzel are planned
for the near future at Penn State.
New work will be taken up gradually
by Dr. Hetzel, a survey of departmen-
tal services being one of his first un-
dertakings.
The special administration com-
mittee that conducted Penn State af-
fairs since the resignation of Dr.
John M. Thomas, as president, in Sep-
tember, 1925, is now disbanded. A
vote of appreciation for its efficient
service was given this committee by
the College Senate at its last meet-
ing. On the committee were Judge
H. Walton Mitchell, president of the
board of trustees; R. H. Smith, the
college comptroller; Deans R. L.
Watts, R. L. Sackett and C. W.
Stoddart.
~The Watchman publishes news
when it is news. Read it.
EBERHART.—Bellefonte lost its
oldest resident this week in the pass-
ing away, at the Centre County hos-
pital on Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, of D. W. Eberhart. He was
taken to the hospital just five weeks
previous, or on December 1st, suffer-
ing with bladder trouble but owing to
his advanced age it was impossible to
perform an operation in order to af-
ford permanent relief and all the at-
tending physicians could do was make
his last days as comfortable as pos-
sible.
Daniel Webster Eberhart was a son
of Joseph Henry and Catherine Eliza-
beth Eberhart and was born in Berks
county on December 19th, 1833, hence
had reached the remarkable age of 93
years and 17 days. As a young man
he learned the trade of a carpenter
and coming to Centre county located
at Hublersburg where he lived a num-
ber of. years and assisted in the erec-
tion of many of the old-time buildings
in that village as well as throughout
Nittany valley. Fifty-two years ago
he came to Bellefonte and being a
master craftsman in all kinds of wood-
work he had not been here many years
‘until he was given a job in the plan-
ing mill of the old Ardell Lumber
company. For thirty-two years he
worked there and much of the finished
material turned out by that company
was the result of his handiwork. A
number of years ago he quit work
there and established a small shop at
his own home, on east High street,
illness.
He was a member of the Lutheran
church from boyhood and always a
regular attendant at divine services
as well as a contributor to the limit
of his resources. Quiet and reserved
by nature he was one of those staunch,
dependable characters which form the
bulwark of any town or country.
As a young man Mr. Eberhart
married Miss Elizabert Witmer, who
passed away many years ago but sur-
viving him are the following children:
J. B. Eberhart, of Punxsutawney;
Mrs. Ella S. Williams, of Coshocton,
Ohio; Miss Mary, at home; J. Harry
Eberhart, Mrs. Harry Badger, George
Eberhart and Mrs. Joseph Abt, all of
Bellefonte. He also leaves one broth-
er and a sister, James Eberhart, of
Lewisburg, and Mrs. Samuel Burris, of
Centre Hall.
Funeral services will be held in the
Lutheran church at two o’clock this
(Friday) afternoon, by the pastor,
Rev. Clarence E. Arnold, after which
burial will be made in the Union ceme-
tery.
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BORST.—William W. Borst, for
many years a resident of Halfmoon
township, died at the Danville State
hospital on December 22nd, where he
had been undergoing treatment for
more than a year. He was a son of
George E. and Mary E. Borst and was
born at Pennsylvania Furnace
February 21st, 1872, making his age
54 years, 10 months and 21 days. He
was a laborer by occupation and until
overcome by illness
workman.
He married Miss Emma Davis who
i survives with the following children:
i Mrs. William Hoy and Miss Margaret
Borst, of Altoona; Mrs. Robert Al-
| bright, of Pine Hall; Floyd, of Mead-
ville; Myrtle, George, Russell, Ruby
and Mahlon, all at home. He also
{leaves the following brothers and sis-
{ ters: Mrs. James Hillard, of Coleville;
i Mrs. John Hillard, of Pennsylvania
Furnace; Mrs. Thomas Weber, of Al-
| toon; Oliver, of Pine Grove Mills,
| and Samuel, of Stormstown.
Funeral services were held at his
‘late home near Stormstown on Sun-
“day afternoon, December 26th, by Rev.
| Rose, after which burial was made in
Gray’s cemetery.
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KREAMER.—Mrs. Clara Belle
Kreamer, wife of Andrew Kreamer,
of Altoona, died in the Altoona hos-
pital on December 23rd as the result
i of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was
born at Boalsburg sixty-five years ago
‘and had been a resident of Altoona
for thirty-five years. She is surviv-
ed by her husband and two
daughters, Miss Edna Kreamer
and Mrs. Agnes Spangler, both at
home, and two sisters, Mrs. Maude
Johnstonbaugh, of State College, and
Miss Annie Kreamer, of Altoona.
Funeral services were held on Sunday,
December 26th, the remains being
taken to Boalsburg for interment.
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RUBLE.—Mrs. Linda Ruble, widow
of the late James Ruble, died at Cleve-
land, Ohio, cn December 22nd, as the
result of general debility. She was
a daughter of Joseph and Eliza Shirk,
and was born at Potters Mills over
eighty years ago. For many years
the Ruble family lived on a farm near
Linden Hall. Following the death of
her husband Mrs. Ruble went to
Cleveland, Ohio, to make her home.
Her only survivor is one son, Joseph
Ruble, of Cleveland. The remains
wer2 brought to Centre county and
taken to Centre Hall where funeral
services were held ‘and burial made on
December 24th.
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WEIRICK.—Following a lingering
illness Zackariah Weirick died at his
home in Howard, on Thursday morn-
ing of last week, aged 77 years, 1
month and 5 days. He was a carpen-
ter and painter by occupation and a
skilled workman. He is survived by
his wife, one daughter and two sons,
Mrs. Sarah Carr, of Juniata; Alvin,
of Altoona, and Joseph, in Philadel-
phia. The funeral was held at two
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, burial
being made in the Schenck cemetery.
where he worked up until his last
on,
an industrious
| MUSSER.—Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
| Muser, widow of the late W. H. Mus-
ser, passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John M. Bullock, on
east Curtin street, Bellefonte, at an
early hour on Christmas morning.
The day previous she had been up and
around but had complained of not
feeling very well. After she retired
for the night Mr. and Mrs. Bullock
went to the midnight service in the
Episcopal church. They returned home
about 1:30 o’clock and Mrs. Bullock
went to her mother’s room to see how
she was and found her dead in bed.
She was ‘a daughter of John and
Mary Shiffer and was born at Pine
Grove Mills on December 8th, 1845,
making her age 81 years and 17 days.
In 1872 she married William Henry
Musser and their early married life
was spent at Pine Grove Mills. From
there they moved to Milesburg but
over thirty-five years ago located in
Bellefonte and this had been her home
ever since. She was a lifelong mem-
ber of the Methodist church and a reg-
ular attendant up to the Sunday prior
to her death.
Her husband died 2 number of years
ago and her only survivors are one
H. Woods, of Pine Grove Mills, and
Mrs. W. B. Fugate, of Joliet, Ill. Brief
funeral services were held at the Bul-
lock home on Monday evening of last
week, by Rev. Homer C. Knox, and on
Tuesday morning the remains were
taken to Pine Grove Mills where
further services were held at the Dr.
G. H. Woods home, burial being made
in the cemetery at that place.
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SHARP.—Charles R. Sharp, for the
past five years a well known resident
of Hublersburg, died at the Lock
Haven hospital, at 7.45 o'clock on
Monday evening, as the result of
uraemic poisoning. He was taken to
the hospital about a week previous
for an operation for the removal of a
growth from his face but uraemic
poisoning developed which caused his
death.
He was a son of John and Lavina
Sharp and was born on May 1st, 1864.
His father was a veteran showman but
the life evidently did not appeal to the
son who for some years past had been
on employee of the Lock Haven paper
mill. He was a man of congenial dis-
position, a kind and loving husband
and father and dependable neighbor
and friend. He is survived by his wife
and cone daughter, Miss Lajune, a
student in the Hublersburg High
school. He also leaves four sisters,
Mrs. Mary Konkle, of Lamar; Mrz.
Margaret Burd, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Alice Porter, of Jersey Shore, and
Miss Vina Sharp, of Atlantic City.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 2.30 o’clock yesterday
afternoon by Rev. Harry Hartman, of
the Reformed church, after which
burial was made in the Hublersburg
cemetery.
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GRAZIER.—Mrs. Harriet Amelia
Grazier, wife of Theodore Grazier, of
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. H.
Griffius, in Altoona, following a pro-
longed illness as the result of a com-
plication of diseases. She was a
daughter of David and Elizabeth
Harpster, and was born in Ferguson
township, Centre County, almost 64
years ago. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by three chil-
dren, George L. Grazier, of Tyrone;
C. Foster Grazier and Mrs. Graffius,
of Altoona. She also leaves one sis-
ter and a brother, Mrs. T. R. Dubbs,
of Philipsburg, and William G. Harp-
ster, of Tyrone. Funeral services
were held at her late home in Tyrone
at two o'clock on Monday afternoon,
burial being made in the Eastlawn
cemetery, in Tyrone.
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MARKLE.—John H. Markle died
at his home at Bellwood on Monday
morning, following a lingering illness
with a complication of diseases. He
was
Markle and was born near Pine Grove
Mills, Centre county, almost eighty-
two years ago. He was educated at
the old Pine Grove Mills academy.
Many years ago he moved to Beli-
wood, Blair county, where he followed
the occupation of a stone mason. He
is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J.
A. Stover, of Juniata; two brothers
and two sisters, Dr. A. R. Markle and
John C. Markle, of Tyrone; Mrs. Mary
Charlot, of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Sara
Warner, who made her home with her
! brother. Burial was made in the
! Logan Valley cemetery yesterday
afternoon.
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ROVER Lifes. Ellen 8 oven, wid-
ow of H. B. Royer, died on December
24th, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. M. R. Foutz, of Bellwood, fol-
lowing an illness of five weeks. She
was born at Wolf’s Store, Centre coun-
ty, and was in her seventy-ninth year.
Her girlhood and early married life
was spent in Centre county, but many
years ago the family moved to Johns-
town and then to Bellwood. Her
husband has been dead a number of
years and her only survivors are her
daughter, Mrs. Foutz, and two sis-
ters, Mrs. W. T. Markle and Mrs.
Eliza J. Stover, both of Bellwood.
Burial was made in the Logan valley
cemetery on Tuesday of last week.
SOLT= Eublerdbirg lost its oldest
resident, on Tuesday, in the death of
grandmother Susan Solt, who passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Elias Gentzel, as the result of
senile debility. She was 97 years and
6 months old. Burial will be made in
the Hublersburg cemetery today.
daughter, Mrs. John M. Bullock, of |
Bellefonte, and two sisters, Mrs. G. |
Tyrone, died on Saturday morning at '
a son of Jacob and Elizabeth |
THOMAS.—Mrs. Milly Milliken
Beale Thomas, wife of Dr. William
Dulany Thomas, of Ten Hills, Balti-
more, Md., and eldest child of the late
Rev. David J. Beale D. D., and Mary
Moore Beale, died at her home in
Baltimore on Thursday, December
30th. She is survived by her husband
and a daughter, Mildred Dulany
Thomas, and by five brothers and sis-
ters: Dr. John C. C. Beale, of Over-
brook, Philadelphia; Rev. Wilson T.
M. Beale D. D., of Oak Lane, Phila-
delphia; Dr. David J. Beale, Jr., Mrs.
William Foster and Miss Jennie Rit-
ner Beale, of West Philadelphia
Mrs. Thomas was an active worker
in civic and religious affairs. For a
number of years she was president of
the Woman’s Missionary society of the
Cotonsville Presbyterian Church, of
which she was ‘a member. At the
time of her death she was secretary
of the Civic League of Ten Hills and
a member of the Executive Committee
of the Woman’s Inter-denominational
Missionary Union of Baltimore, the
committee being composed of two
representatives from each of seven-
teen different religious denominations
of that city.
Funeral services were held at her
late residence, 514 Old Orchard road,
Ten Hills, on Saturday, January 1st,
at two o’clock. Interment was made
in Baltimore.
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COONEY.—Mrs. Emma Cooney,
widow of John Cooney, former resi-
dents of Centre county, died at her
home in New Castle, last Friday, of
diseases incident to her advanced age.
Her maiden name was Emma Colyer,
and she was born at Colyer, this coun-
ty. Her husband has been dead for
some years but surviving her are three
sons; Harry Cooney, of Cresson;
Cleave, of McKees Rocks, and Fred, ut
home. She also leaves four sisters
and one brother, Mrs. George Ishler,
of Centre Hall; Mrs. J. M. Spicher,
of Altoona; Mrs. Minnie Prabert, of
Charleroi; Mrs. H. J. Lambert, of Cen-
Hall, and R. W. Colyer, of Colyer. The
remains were taken to Altoona where
burial was made on Monday.
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RICHARDS.—John C. Richards, of
Bellefonte, died at the Centre County
hospital on December 24th, of a com-
plication of diseases resulting from a
stroke of paralysis. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Richards and was
born at Julian 71 years ago. He had
been a resident of Bellefonte a num-
ber of years. He married Lydia
Brown, who died five years ago but
surviving him are the following chil-
dren: Samuel and Bessie Richards, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. Abner Musser, of
Pitcairn; George W., of Swissvale,
and Charles, of Detroit, Mich. Burial
was made in the Union cemetery on
Monday of last week.
MILES.—John E. Miles, for many
years a resident of Milesburg, died on
December 24th, at the Clearfield hos-
pital, to which institution he had been
taken three days previous for treat-
ment. He was a son of the late Thom-
as and Mary Miles and was 59 years
old. He married Miss Emily Hall
who survives with three children,
Chester, Margaret and Rebecca, all
at home. He also leaves two sisters,
Mrs. Clara Adams and Mrs. Mary
Rishel, both of Philadelphia. The
funeral was held on Monday of last
week, burial being made in the Belle-
fonte Union cemetery.
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GROVE.—Mrs Ida Grove, widow of
the iate Michael Grove, died at her
home in Bush’s Addition, last Satur-
day, following a lingering illness with
a complication of diseases. Her maid-
den name was Ida Poorman and she
was 60 years, 5 months and 17 days
old. Her husband died over six years
ago and her only survivor is one son,
Willis Grove, at home. She was a
member of the Lutheran church and
Rev. C. E. Arnold had charge. of the
funeral services which were held at
two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
burial being made in the Union ceme-
tery. ?
Two Fires in Pennsvalley.
On Monday of last week the dwei-
ling house of Miles Barger, at Spring
Mills, was destroyed by fire. Most of
the furniture on the first floor was
saved but that in the upper portion
was burned. Myr. Barger carried
some insurance but not sufficient to
cover his loss.
On Wednesday morning the home
of Charles Faust, between Centre Hill
and Potters Mills, was burned to the
ground. All the furniture on the first
floor was saved but the rest went up
in smoke. The loss is fairly well cov-
ered by insurance.
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——While in the act of removing
pillars from a worked out mine of the
Lehigh Valley Coal company, in the
Snow Shoe region on Monday of last
week, George Kosko, 26 years old, was
caught by a cavein of coal and dirt
and completely buried. Fortunately
other miners were working nearby
and going to the rescue they succeed-
ed in uncovering Kosko before he
smothered to death. As it was, how-
ever, he suffered a fractured shoulder
and several ribs and was brought to
the Centre County hospital for treat-
ment.
——Miss May Crider gave a kitchen
shower at her home on east Linn
street, Saturday evening, in honor of
Miss Edrie Walker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Miles Walker, who will
be married to Mr. Smith, of Philadel-
phia, on Saturday, January 22nd.
ONE MAN KILLED
IN NEW YEAR’S PARTY.
Alleged Murderer Now
County Jail.
in Centre
Ore man was killed as a result of a
New Year’s party of three just this
side of the Centre-Clearfield county
line, near Philipsburg, on Saturday.
The dead man is Peter Jeiz, a Slavish
miner, forty years old, and the alleged
murderer George Kosut.
Jeiz, with his son and Mike Bugi,
lived in a small shack of a house and
were employed as coal miners. While
the son was away from home Kosut
visited the shack and with Jeiz and
Bugi had a New Year’s celebration
together. Along about one o’clock in
the afternoon a dispute arose between
the three men which developed into a
fight. It is reported that Jeiz bit
Kosut’s thumb and the latter grabbed
an axe and hit him on the head, cut-
ting a deep gash in the skull. Death
evidently ensued in a few minutes.
Kosut and Bugi left the shack and
the killing was not discovered until
the son returned home about five
o’clock in the evening, when he found
his father’s dead body lying on the
floor, with his head split open. He
reported the killing to the authorities
and after an investigation Kosut and
Bugi were both arrested by Philips-
burg officers and brought to the Cen-
tre county jail, Kosut charged with
the killing and Bugi as an accessory.
As district attorney John G. Love
is out of town it is not yet known what
charge will be lodged against Kosut.
ree Apacs.
Christmas Music.
The caroling on the streets of Belle-
fonte Christmas morning was more
effective than it has been for several
years. There were thirty-three voices
and the trumpets, all so nicely bal-
anced as to give impressive effect.
Two cf the carolers, J. Dorsey Hunter
and Harry E. Garbrick, were the only
ones who were out with the first
organized group some fifteen or six-
teen years ago, and haven’t missed a
Christmas morning since. L. A.
Schaeffer Esq. was one of the origi-
nals and only ill health kept him at
home, we know. But as had been the
custom for years the Schaeffer home
was open when the carolers reached
Curtin street early in the morning,
the sandwiches and hot coffee waiting
them as usual.
Special music was the feature of
all the church services held in the
town. It was impressive everywhere,
those who were fortunate enough to
hear it all say.
We regret having missed any of
them but the outstanding features of
the two we did get to hear were the
contralto solo, “The Virgin’s Lullaby,”
at the Presbyterian church and the
work of the alto seétion in Mrs.
Krader’s young peoples’ choir in the
Methodist church.
Bellefonte Academy Football Team
Won Three Games on South-
ern Trip.
The Bellefonte Academy football
team returned home this week from
their invasion of Texas with three
more scalps dangling at their belts.
On Christmas day they defeated Ran-
dolph College, at Cisco, Texas, by the
score of 55 to 0. On Wednesday of
last week the second string men play-
ed the Sherman High schooll, at Sher-
man, Texas, and won by the score ef
21 to 0. Returning to Tulsa, Okla.
the team on New Year’s day played
the Tonkawa Junior College, winning
by the decisive score of 73 to 6, mak-
ing the total of points scored on the
trip 149 to 6. Headmaster James R.
Hughes and coach Carl G. Snavely
are now fully justified in claiming title
to the champion prep school team in
the United States for the Bellefonte
Academy cougars.
rls ener.
High School Basket Ball Season will
Open This Evening.
The 1927 basketball season of Belle-
fonte High school will be inaugurated
this (Friday) evening, when the Red
and White quintet will entertain
Huntingdon High on the Y. M. C. A.
floor. After losing to Bellefonte in
the Armistice day grid battle, the
Huntingdon county tossers will be
eager to avenge the defeat by annex-
ing a cage victory.
Coach Riden has been grooming
his men for the coming fray and will
select a good combination from a
squad consisting of Captain Furey,
Emil, Katz, Watson, Heverly, Crust,
Shultz and Derstine. The local
basketeers are out for another league
triumph, having taken the measure of
Hollidaysburg before Christmas. Man-
ager Ben Koffman announces that the
game will be called at 8 o’clock.
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Births.
Jean is the name which has been
given the little daughter born to Dr.
and Mrs. Coburn Rogers, Friday, at
their home on Linn street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Knisely, Jr. are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a daughter, their first child, who
was born at their apartment in the
Watchman building, Friday, Decem-
ber 31st.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Toner, at the Centre County
hospital, Sunday morning. Mr. and
Mrs. Toner are residents of the Deck-
er Garage building, on High street.
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Procrastination! Its Apology.
The jam we got into with work and
other trouble last month added a lot to
the pile of unanswered letters that
have been accumulating on our desk
since January, 1926. Every day we
resolve to start in and clean them up
and every time we start someone drops
in for a chat or something happens to
distract and the net result is there’s
nothing done.
A hundred or more are there. All
piled in order of their receipt against
the day when we’ll have the time to at
least express the pleasure we had out
of reading them.
Their authors need not think we
have forgotten them. Far be it from
us to do that. Secretly we point to
that pile with a great deal of pride.
In it are expressions of feeling toward
the Watchman from preachers, teach-
ers, jurists, barristers, business and
professional men and women and just
plain folks, that are more of an in-
spiration and encouragement to us
than any of them could have imagined:
they were expressing.
Good manners, if nothing else, de-
manded that they be answered at once.
But good manners—lamentable as is
the fact—these days—don’t buy shoes
for the baby and between maintaining
a reputation we once imagined we had’
for strict observance of the amenities
and digging for the foot-wear we have
been forced to choose the latter. It
hurt our pride to do it, but it’s done
and all we can do now is apologize.
The only redeeming feature of our:
plight is the fact that we've treated
all alike. High and low, rich and
poor, university and grammar school,
saint and sinner are all together in
that pile of unanswered pleasantry.
We have deteriorated to the point
where, only a few days ago, a very
distinguished matron telegraphed us
at “the eleventh hour” to know
whether we had received her invita-
tion—sent two weeks before—to dine
with a notable group.
Isn’t it awful that a “regular fel-
low” should have slipped so?
We're not going to make any prom-
ises of reform in 1927. But we are
going to keep right on making the
Watchman the interesting paper so
many believe it to be and in that way,
if possible, express our gratitude to
the builders of the pile of letters that
is at once our greatest joy and the
bane of our existence.
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Brown—Shultz.—George M. Brown,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E.
Brown, and Miss Helen Shultz, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles
Shultz, both of Bellefonte, were mar-
ried on Friday evening, December
24th, at the Evangelical parsonage,
by the pastor, Rev. Reed O. Steely.
They were attended by David Brown,
a brother of the bridegroom, and Miss
Sargh “Miller. "Mr. Brown’ is” chief
clerk in the Variety Shop under
Homer P. Barnes, and ‘a steady and
industrious young man, whose many
friends wish him and his bride every
happiness and success in life.
Hoffman—Shuey.—Melvin R. Hoff-
man, of Altoona, and Miss Nellie
Shuey, of Lemont, were married on
Monday of last week, at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Shuey, at Lemont, by Rev. Samuel
Martin, of State College. The bride
was attended by Miss Helen Krause,
of Cleveland, Ohio, while the best
man was Roy Young, of Juniata. A
wedding breakfast follwed the cere-
mony and the same day the young
couple went direct to their new home:
in Altoona.
Boyles—Deckman.— Arthur F.
Boyles, an instructor of civil engin-
eering at Cornell University, and Miss.
Margaret Deckman, of Bellefonte,
were married on Monday evening of
last week, at the Presbyterian par-
sonage, by the pastor, Rev. W. C.
Thompson. . The bride for two years
past has been a teacher in the Wil-
Hamsport public schools, while the
bridegroom during his summer vaca-
tion was employed in the State high-
way offices, in Bellefonte.
Collins—Delige.—Bellefonte friends
of Rev. H. J. Collins, a former pastor
of the local A. M. E. church but now
of Jeannette, will be interested to
f know that he was married on Wed-
'nesday, December 22nd, to Miss Nora
H. Delige, a dressmaker, of Tyrone.
The ceremony took place in the A.
M. E. parsonage, Altoona, and was
performed by the pastor, Rev. E. R.
Bazer. Rev. and Mrs. Collins will be
at home in Jeannette on and after
February first.
Owens—Kaup.—William M. Owens,
an employee at the Centre County
hospital, and Miss Susanna C. Kaup,
of Mifflinburg, were married at the
Lutheran parsonage, in Mifflinburg,
on Tuesday of last week, by the pas-
tor, Rev. W. M. Rearick. In the spring
Mr. and Mrs. Owens will take charge
of the bride’s farm, near Cowan, Un-
ion county.
Wilson—Entz.—William Wilson, an
84-year-old retired farmer, and Mrs.
Mary Entz, aged 60 years, both of
Howard, Centre county, were married
in Williamsport on December 26th, at
the home of the aged bride-groom’s
son, Boyd B. Wilson, by Rev. M. S.
Derstine. They will reside at How-
ard.
——W. Harrison Walker Esq., was
installed as the new president of
Bellefonte Kiwanis, on Tuesday of
last week.