Bellefonte, Pa., January 7, 1927.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
1926 auto license plates were
a scarce article on New Year’s day.
The county auditors are now
on the job making their yearly audit
of the financial receipts and expendi-
tures for 1926.
The Catholic Daughters of
America will start their weekly card
parties Friday evening, January Tth,
at 8.30 o'clock. ;
Miss. Mona Struble, who has
been ill at her apartment on Allegheny
street during the past week, is still
confined to bed with little improve-
ment in her condition.
Ralph Shook, of Spring Mills,
brought his daughter to the Centre
County hospital, on Monday, for un
X-ray examination, being accom-
panied by Dr. Braucht.
—~—Mr. and Mrs. Luther Crissman,
of Altoona, were both painfully burn-
ed in an explosion of gasoline, at their
home in Altoona December 23rd. Both
are recovering nicely, however.
Robert Billett, for nine years
a guard ‘at Rockview penitentiary, has
been appointed supervisor of farms
and industry to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late Ralph W.
Noll.
The ladies of the hospital aux-
iliary would be pleased if those hold-
ing books on the cedar chest to be
given away by the auxiliary would
kindly return them to Mrs. Adolph
Fauble.
When Carl G. Snavely goes to
Lewisburg as coach of the Bucknell
football team he will be near
enough Bellefonte to permit the Belie-
fonte Academy to bask in the shadow
of his greatness.
During 1926, 270 marriage li-
censes were granted in Centre coun-
ty, 24 more than in 1925. During the
same period the number of divorces
granted by the court was 17, which
was below the general average.
The New Year was ushered in,
last Friday night, with the ringing
of bells and blowing of whistles. One
man who celebrated too vociferously
landed in the borough lockup, where
he spent most of New Year's day.
——William H. Brouse was taken
home from his grocery store, Wed-
nesday, suffering with pneumonia. Al-
though his condition had somewhat
improved yesterday, it will be several
days before the seriousness of his con-
dition is known.
——Harry Jones, an employee of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
who the week before Christmas moved
his family to Bellefonte, into an apart-
ment in Crider’s Exchange, drove out
to Snow Shoe on Sunday, December
26th, and on his return trip had his
Hudson car loaded with clothing and
bed clothes. On the top of the moun-
tain his car caught fire and was com-
pletely destroyed, with all the cloth-
ing.
——A letter recently received from
W. H. Fishburn, out at Alda, Ne-
braska, informs us that in face of the
fact that he reached the eighty-sixth
milestone last August he still walks a
lot and drives his car hundreds of
miles. Mr. Fishburn is of the Centre
county family of that name and has a
number of relatives hereabouts who
will be pleased to hear of his good
health and good fortune in the golden
days of his life.
——While in town last week George
Gregory, head of the firm of Greg-
ory Bros., State College, and presi-
dent of the American Retail Confec-
_tioner’s Corporation, informed us that
his company is moving its New York
offices from that city to State College.
The change is being made so that
Mr. Gregory, who had to be in the
New York office much of the time, will
be able to keep in closer touch with
the State College business.
——-While werking on the remod-
eling of one of the Emerick motor
busses, early last week, J. T. Storch
suffered a painful injury on the ball of
his left hand. He was cutting a piece
of tin with a pair of heavy shears
when a jagged piece of the tin pune-
tured his hand, severing a small ar-
tery. The injury was not only pain-
ful but rendered his hand practically
useless for several days, although it
is now pretty well healed up.
——With the coming of the new
. year manager T. Clayton Brown has
-
his contracts in shape to continue giv-
ing the people of Bellefonte and vi-
cinity: the very best and latest mo-
“tion pictures made at the leading
: studios in this country and abroad.
“These pictures will be shown every
night during the week at the Scenic
and several nights in a week at the
Moose Temple theatre. When look-
ing for an evening of entertainment
and amusement go to the Scenic.
——State highway patrolmen are
exercising considerable vigilance in
the matter of overloaded trucks. On
Tuesday morning they stopped the
big truck of A. R. McNitt, hauling
mine props from Hecla to Bellefonte,
and took it onto the scales at the
Nathan Kofman coal yard to be
weighed. The truck was loaded to
capacity but when weighed it was just
fifty pounds under weight. Highway
patrolman have the authority to allow
a leeway of 700 pounds, if they see
fit, but the McNitt truck didn’t require
‘any leeway.
NEXT WEEK.
Local Talent to be Used and Invitation
is Given to Organizations, Sing-
ers and Specialists to Co-
operate.
“This is station WKBG of the
Moose Theatre, Bellefonte, broadcast-
ing.”
If you're any kind of a radio fan at
all, these are the words which will
come to you through the air all next
week. Bellefonte joined the success of
the radio at its inception. For years
its fans have scrambled for stations,
content to sit back and hear the ef-
forts of others. But Bellefonte is go-
ing to talk over the radio; it is going
to sing and play.
The Moose theatre has arranged for
the installation of Station WKBG here
for seven days and nights, beginning
Sunday and continuing until Saturday.
Throughout the period there will be
heard within a radius of many miles
the entertainment by residents of
Bellefonte.
ABUNDANCE OF TALENT.
The town has long known of its
abundance of theatrical talent, and
local organizations have given bud-
ding artists many opportunities to
present their wares. Surely there
must be some radio talent in this area
and realizing this and determined to
make the way clear for those who
aspire to go before the broadcasting
microphone.
In this issue will be found a cou-
pon for any artist in the Bellefonte
district and vicinity to fill out and for-
ward to the radio editor of the Watch-
man. He will arrange all programs.
Give address telephone number,
address and telephone number and
make sure to state the character of
his programs with as much variety as
possible. :
215 METER WAVE LENGTH.
The wave length will be 215 meters
and zll broadcasting will be done from
the stage of the Moose Theatre.
Arrangements are being made to
have Bellefonte choristers and musici-
ans inaugurate WKBG week here with
a sacred concert Sunday night at 8:30
Pp. m. Singers from all churches in
the town will join the chorus. This
program, conducted as a test, will be-
gin after the conclusion of Sunday
evening services in the churches,
Any local or sectional musical or-
ganization, glee club, choir, orchestra
or individual artist in the county is
welcome to appear at WKBG’s micro-
phone.
Nor will those who play exception-
ally well on the harmonica, ukelcle,
Jew’s harp and other unique instru-
ments be barred. These players should
find a ready place on WKBG’s pro-
grams.
All you need do, if you want to get
on the ‘air is fill in the coupon below
and mail, at once, to the Radio Editor
of the Watchman.
LISTEN IN.
If you are a fan tune in on the 215
wave length any night next week, be-
ginning with this Sunday, at 8:40, and
hear what Centre county talent sounds
like on the air.
FILL OUT THIS COUPON.
1 desire to broadeast from Radio Station
WHKBG some time during the week of Jan-
uary 10th, from the Moose Theatre,
Name
Telephone No.
Clip and mail this coupon to Radio Kdi-
tor, The Watchman, Bellefonte, Pa., who
will arrange for your apovearance on the
air.
New Year Ushered In With Electric
Light in Zion.
Residents at Zion ushered in the
New Year with electric light, a new
illuminant in the history of the town.
The Keystone Power corporation’s
Nittany valley line was completed as
far as Zion last week, and on Friday
evening the juice was turned into the
homes and business places of twenty
subscribers in that town.
The line will be completed to Hecla
as fast as possible and may eventu-
ally be extended to Hublersburg, as
J. Mac Davis is anxious to install the
light in the Hublersburg hotel, which
he recently purchased.
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Mercantile Appraiser Appointed.
Guy Nolan, of Nittany, a young
farmer in east Walker township, has
been appointed mercantile appraiser
for Centre county, his name appearing
on the list of appointments announced
by Auditor General Martin on Wed-
nesday. Mr. Nolan is the district
Republican chairman in his precinct
and was an ardent supporter of John
S. Fisher for Governor. He is an
energetic and progressive young man
and will without doubt make a cor-
rect and conscientious appraisement.
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On Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Katz left Bellefonte in
their automobile to take their daugh-
ter, Miss Mary and Miss Lois Har-
rington, to Tyrone to take an east-
ern train for their return to Sargent
College. Between Bellefonte and
Milesburg the car skidded and ran
into a ditch. Mr. Katz was thrown
against the windshield and sustained
several lacerations of the face. A
passing motorist volunteered to take
the young ladies to Tyrone while Mr.
and Mrs, Katz returned to Bellefonte.
your offering, so the editor may draft |
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BELLEFONTE TO BE ON THE AIR Bellefonte Aviation Field Put in Semi- BOROUGH COUNCIL
Terminal Class.
The Bellefonte aviation field has
been listed on the government airmail
route as a semi-terminal, which is
somewhere between an emergency
landing field and a regular stopping
place. When the larger and more
powerful planes were put into service
last September the schedule provided
for only one regular stop in Belle-
fonte, and that was the west-bound
plane at 11:30 o’clock in the morning;
and the mail sent out from here on
that plane was the only air-mail dis-
patched from Bellefonte.
An order of the Postoffice Depart-
ment, effective January first, abolished
the dispatch of airmail from Belle-
fonte and cut out the regular stop of
the morning plane on the schedule.
But so far no order has been issued
reducing the personnel at the Belle-
fonte field, though Forrest Tanner has
been appointed manager in charge.
Until further orders a reserve ship
or two will be kept at the Bellefonte
field for emergencies, and while tha
present schedule does not provide for
regular stops in Bellefonte quite a
number of ships do stop, as the weath-
for a non-stop flight from New York
to Cleveland.
As announced in the Watchman
ment has advertised a letting for the
carrying of all airmail on the present
government routes on January 12th,
and it is stated on fairly reliable au-
thority that a Chicago corporation has
fully investigated the route and will
| be one of the bidders. According to a
| statement issued by the Postoffice De-
! partment last Thursday the govern-
ment has airplanes, landing fields and
material valued at approximately $4.-
000,000, and the opinion was express-
ed that the successful bidder for car-
rying the mail will not only take over
all the above but also keep in serv-
ice the present landing fields and
practically the entire personnel now
in the government employ.
Of Interest to Depositors of Centre
County Banking Co.
During the past week M. Ward
Fleming, referee in bankruptey for
Centre county, has sent notices to all
depositors of record of the Centre
County Banking Company announcing
the fact that the trustee of the Mary
C. Harris estate has $80,000 for dis-
tribution and if no objections are fil-
ed within ten days ‘arrangements will
be made for the payment of that
amount on a pro rata basis. Deposi-
tors have been given until January
29th to appear and prove their claims,
and to make it as convenient as pos-
sible for them to do so Mr. ‘Fleming
will be at the law library, in the Court
house, Bellefonte, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, January 25th and 26th;
between the hours of 10 and 12 a. m,
and 1:30 and 4:00 Pp. m.,, when and
where all depositors can appear and
make ‘affidavit to their claims.
Ivan Walker, trustee of the Mary
C. Harris bankrupt estate, instituted
proceedings last week to determine the
rightful ownership of the business
block now occupied by the Potter-Hoy
Hardware store. This building was
originally the property of James Har-
ris, who by will left it to his wife,
Lavinia C. Harris, with the proviso
that at her death it was to go his
brother, Dr. George F. Harris, his
heirs and assigns. The latter at his
death left it to his widow, Mrs. Mary
C. Harris, her heirs snd assigns, and
the action just instituted is to deter-
mine under the law if the property
can be claimed as a portion of the
bankrupt estate of Mrs. Harris or
whether it can be claimed by her as-
signs, Mrs. J. Mac Curtin, of Pitts-
burgh, and Mrs. John M. Shugert, of
Bellefonte, daughters of Mrs. Harris,
who have been named as defendants
in the action.
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Children at Pruner Orphanage Feast
on Turkey. :
The eight children at the Pruner
orphanage feasted on turkey, on Sun-
day, and as evidence that they all got
plenty of it is the fact that the bird
weighed 31 pounds. The orphanage
is now in charge of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Shirk and the turkey was so
large that Mrs. Shirk had difficulty in
handling it. And what made it more
tasty and appetizing was the fact that
it was a gift to the orphanage by J.
C. Shirk, a successful contractor of
Pittsburgh. The latter is a son of
Samuel Shirk, of Bellefonte, but has
been located in Pittsburgh for some
years, long enough to have become
quite prosperous.
He comes to Bellefonte several
times a year and never fails to dis-
pense generously to those less fortu-
nate than himself. This timee it was
the children at the orphanage who
benefitted by his generosity. The
turkey was purchased from a farmer
near Juilan. Just twenty-one people
sat down at the turkey feast on
Sunday evening. They included the
Shirk family and inmates at the or-
phanage, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shirk, of
Pittsburgh, and some of the latter's
relatives from Runville.
Bake Sale Tomorrow.
The second division of the ladie’s
volunteer Bible class of the Bellefonte
Methodist church, will hold a bake
sale at Kissell’s meat market, on Alle-
gheny street, tomorrow. All are in-
vited to patronize the sale and the
baked articles will be good. That's
assumed.
er and wind must be very favorable !
some time ago the Postoffice Depart- |
HOLDS BRIEF SESSION.
Cleans Up Business for Old Year with
: Good Start in New.
Every member of borough council
with the exception of Mr. Eckel, of
the West ward, was present at the
regular meeting on Monday evening,
the first in the new year.
Harold Benner and Malcolm Young
were again in evidence to find out
what council intended doing in con-
nection with laying a sewer “exten-
sion on south Allegheny street. To
reach the two houses it would be ne-
cessary to put down about eight hun-
dred feet of sewer and the expense
would be $1500 or more. Mr. Walker
informed Mr. Benner that it was
impossible to put down a sewer this
time of year, and furthermore the ex-
pense was prohibitive for all the re-
turns the borough would receive.
John Benner was also present and
complained about lack of water at
his home, which is about on a level
with the reservoir. The matter was
referred to the Water committee.
The secretary presented the bond of
J. D. Seibert, water tax collector, in
{the sum of $5,000, which was approv-
"ed,
A communication was received from
the Miller Construction company, of
Punxsutawney, relative to a disputed
| bill for the use of the road roller dur-
ing the construction of the road
through Bald Eagle valley in 1925,
and the matter was referred to the
Street committee and borough man-
ager with power.
The Street committee reported
completion of the sewer on Pike alley,
hauling snow off the streets and the
collection of $50,00 from Mr. Binga-
man on account of the sewer exten-
sion on east Curtin street and $5.00
for clay for filling purposes.
The Water committee reported
having made a new water connection
on south Allegheny street, various re-
pairs and the collection of $361.74 on
the 1923 water duplicate. Exonera-
tions on account of errors, totalling
approximately $300, were allowed,
which cleans up the above duplicate.
The committee also reported the pay-
ment of $187.50 by the G. F. Musser
Co., for rent on the Phoenix mill
plant to January 1st, 1927.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes aggregating
$13,000, which was authorized. The
committee also reported that the bor-
ough treasurer had a balance in bank
on January 1st of $7,672.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported the burgess’ check for $150
for fines and licenses collected, which
makes a total of $550 he turned in
during the first year of his adminis-
tration.
The secretary read a notice from
the secretary of the association of
boroughs stating that the annual
meeting will be held in Harrisburg
on January 24th and 25th, and inas-
much as some very important ques-
tions will be up for discussion, such as
changes in the borough code, pay for
councilmen, new traffic laws, ete.,
council was urged to send delegates to
the meeting. Appointment of such
delegates was held over until the
next meeting of council.
Bills totalling $4416.37, which in-
cluded the $2000 appropriation to the
sinking fund and the annual appro-
priations to the two fire companies,
were approved for payment, after
which council adjourned.
Centre County Might Furnish Nation-
al Guard Encampment Site.
George Stevenson, of Waddle, is our
authority for the announcement that
the Adjutant General of the State is
looking at a large acreage at and
about Waddle with the thought that
it would provide the State with a very
satisfactory permanent encampment
ground for the National Guard.
It is said that Mt. Gretna has he-
come too small to provide all the
facilities needed for the summer en-
campments of the Guardsmen. This
is particularly the case in the matter
of artillery practice. There is not
enough room there for the big guns
to do their stuff without the danger of
blowing over a Lebanon county house
or barn. So a site is being looked for
where sufficient land can be bought at
a price that will not be prohibitive.
As we have been told options have
already been taken on a number of
farms near Waddle and on that vast
“Barrens” plateau about Alto owned
by Col. Theodore Davis Boal.
The topography of the section is
ideal for military manoeuvers. There
is plenty of flat ground for parade
formations, hills and wooded lands for
sham battling, water and everything
else needful. A contiguous territory
nine miles long is desired for the
artillery work and it can be gotten
there at a low price and so isolated as
to reduce the civilian hazard to prac-
tically nothing.
It is the plan to ask the new Legis-
lature for an appropriation for the
purchase of an encampment site and,
of course, the whole project is contin-
gent on how it acts on the request.
Some Christmas Gift,
On Christmas eve D. M. Kline went
down to the Beezer garage, bought a
new Studebaker custom sedan, drove
it out to the family home on Linn
street and then went into the house
and told his daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Witmer, to go out
and get their Christmas present.
Some present. Some father, we
should say.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—John Eckel, the well known Bellefonte
butcher, is away on a business trip to
Miami, Fla. ; :
—Logan Long, who the past year has
been located at Hecla, has transferred his |.
residence to Port Matilda.
—dJohn Knox, of Harrisburg, spent his
holiday vacation with his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Homer C. Knox.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Renner, of Altoona,
spent New Years day with Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Houser, on Pines Streat.
—William C. Chambers went over to Du-
Bois, last Friday, to attend the funeral
of his sister-in-law, Mrs. James Chambers.
—Miss Sarah Malin is at Central City,
Cambria county, for an indefinite visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus J. Lochrie.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey and daugh-
ter Miss Rachel, spent Christmas in Kings-
ton with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Donachy
and family. :
—-Prothonotary Roy Wilkinson was
summoned to Philadelphia, last Friday,
owing to the serious illness of his father,
John Wilkinson.
—Mr. and Mrs. David J. Kelly, their son
Frank and daughter Mary, of Greer, W.
Va., were Christmas and Holiday guests of
Mr. W. T. Kelly.
—Arthur Ward, who is now in business
as a coal broker in New York city, was a
Christmas and holiday guest of his moth-
er, Mrs. J. E. Ward.
—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Valentine, of
Lancaster, were over Christmas visitors
with the former’s mother, Mrs. Harry Clay
Valentine, of Curtin street.
—Paul M. Dubbs, the young man who
dishes up the local news on the Belle-
fonte Republican, spent his holiday va-
cation in Cumberland, Md.
—Mr. William Lyons, of east Bishop
street, Bellefonte, went out to Cleveland,
Ohio, on Sunday, for a few days visit with
his daughter, Mrs. Harry Williams and
family.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Stitzinger and
two children, of New Castle, were in Belle.
fonte to spend New Years with Mrs. Stitz-
inger’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy
Johnston.
—Mr. and Mrs. Chester Barnes, of Shef-
field, Pa., spent Christmas and a portion
of the Holidays in Bellefonte with Mr.
Barnes’ mother, Mrs. Howard Barnes, on
east High street.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Grove had with
them for Christmas and a portion of the
Holidays their son, Edmund Grove and
wife, of Scranton, and daughter, Miss Eva
Grove, of Harrisburgh.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eberhart, of Punx-
sutawney, and Mrs. Ella 8. Williams, of
Coshocton, Ohio, were summoned to Belle-
fonte early last week owing to the serious
condition of their father, D. W. Eber-
hart.
—Mrs. Wayne D. Stitzinger and her two
children of New Castle, will prolong their
visit with the childrens grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Johnston, owing to Mr.
Stitzinger's absence on a business trip to
Canada.
—Mrs. John J. Reginold, who has been at
her old home in Philadelphia the past
month, recovering from an operation for
appendicitis she underwent in that city,
returned to her home in Bellefonte on
Sunday. :
—Mrs. James Straub and little daugh-
ter returned to their home in Buffalo, N.
Y., on Tuesday of last week, after spend-
ing a month or more in Bellefonte at the
home of her father-in-law and sister-in-
law, Elmer C. and Miss Anne Straub.
—P. W. Hartsock, traffic representative
of the American Lime and Stone Co., at-
tended the first regular meeting of the
Allegheny Shippers Advisory Board. It
was held at the William Penn hotel, in
Pittsburgh, just prior to the Holidays.
—Mrs. M. A. Landsy spent the Ioli-
days at her old home in Philadelphia.
Mr. Landsy going down the latter part of
the week to see the big New Year's day
parade and look after some business mut-
ters, both returning to Bellefonte early
this week.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Cordis Snyder, who
had been occupying the Valentine house
oun Curtin street during the last five weeks,
departed for Gray, Somerset county, on
Tuesday. Mr. Snyder expeets to be located
permanently at Gray as a mining engineer
at large operations at that place.
—Mrs. Harry G. Ebbs, of Buffalo Run
valley, was a Watchman office caller, last
Thursday, being on her way to Beech
Creek to spend a day or two with her
sister. Mrs. Ebbs is a daughter of Mr.
J. H. Heberling, of Warriorsmark, who on
Friday celebrated his eightieth anniver-
sary.
—The heart of Mrs. David Haines was
gladdened on Christmas by having with
her her son Charles, of McKeesport, who,
though a busy man, always takes time to
pay one or two visits a year to his moth-
er in Bellefonte, and though she received
many thoughtful remembrances from kind
friends the visit of her son was the most
prized gift of all
—A Watchman office caller on the last
day of the old year was Capt. W. H. Fry,
of Pine Grove Mills, though he admitted
that he had not been home since Christ-
mas day, having spent the week among
his children and other friends. Offered an
opportunity of a motor ride to Bellefonte
he came down just to wish his many
friends a Happy New Year.
—Republican county chairman Wilson
I. Fleming and Register Harry Rossman
went down to Harrisburg to see the or-
ganization of the Legislature on Tuesday.
Senator Scott’s desk is right on the mid-
dle aisle three rows from the rear. In the
House Mr. Holmes, member from Centre
county picked out a seat in the seventh
row from the front facing the Speaker.
As both our representatives are so ad-
vantageously located we shall expect to
hear much of benefit from both of them
for the district they represent.
—Col. J. Miles Kephart who has spent
most of the winter at the Union hotel in
Unionville, was in town Tuesday attend-
ing to a little business prior to leaving
for New York where he has purchased a
cottage and expects to make his home per-
manently. He intended leaving Unionville
yesterday. The Colonel celebrated his
ninetieth birthday anniversary on Sunday
and was rather gloomy as to his chances of
ever getting back to Centre county again.
We didn’t feel that way when we wished
him God-speed, for he has been telling us,
for the last ten years, that the next time
he comes back “it will be in a box.”
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! —Miss Celia Moerschbacher spent the
{holiday week visiting with relatives in
Pittsburgh and Meadville.
—Mahlon T. Foreman left the early part
of the week to resume his school work at
the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
—Judge and Mrs. Arthur C. Dale had
among their holiday guests Mrs. Dale's
sister,” Miss Frances O'Neal, of Johns-
town.
—G. Oscar Gray and his son Carl were
at Clearfield, last week, to consult Dr.
‘Waterworth, both now being under obser-
vation and treatment.
—Arthur Beezer was among those who
went to Philadelphia, last week, to see the
Mummer’s parade New Year's day, return-
ing home Tuesday of this week.
—Sim Baum and his sister, Miss Freda,
have been in Philadelphia this week, called
there by the death of their uncle, Aaron
Baum, who died Monday, January 3rd.
—Mrs. John M. Shugert arrived home
yesterday from Fairfax, Virginia, where
she had gone with her daughter Molly,
who returned to resume her school work
at Fairfax Hall,
—Miss Margaret Brockerhoff, of Phila-
delphia, spent the Christmas week in Belle-
fonte with the uncle and brother, Dr,
Joseph and Henry Brockerhoff, at the
Brockerhoff home on Bishop street.
—Mrs. G. Ross Parker returned, Sun-
day, to her home at New Brunswick, fol-
lowing a two weeks visit here with her
mother, Mrs. James Schofield. Mrs. Parker
had been called to Bellefonte by the death
of her father,
—Miss Anne Shaughnessy, who has been
home spending the Holidays with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaughnessy,
on Howard street, has deferred her return
to her work at White Plains, N. J., owing
to an attack of the grippe.
—Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, re-
turned to Bellefonte, Wednesday evening,
having been called back because of illness
of her mother, Mrs. Geo. F. Harris, who
fell in her home on Linn St. Tuesday even-
ing and suffered severe shock.
—Mrs. William Russell, of Wheeling,
W. Va., accompanied by her son Robert
and Merle Walker, also of Wheeling, spent
the Christmas vacation in Bellefonte,
, 8uests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lockington, of east High street.
—A. R. MeNitt, Frank Hockman, Law-
rence McMullen and John Rossman left,
on Wednesday, in Mr. Hockman’s car for
Florida. Expecting to stop enroute at
several places, and with a probable visit
to Cuba in view. No definite time for their
return was set.
—John G. Dauberman, of Centre Hall,
was in town yesterday for the meeting of
the school directors of the County. Mr.
Dauberman is of the opinion that one of
the real problems of directors is the mat-
ter of taking care of township pupils in
the town schools.
—While in town, on Tuesday, D. A.
Boozer, of Centre Hall, dropped in this
office for a moment and seemed very much
surprised to find that “anybody worked”
about here. Work is all there is to the
newspaper game. As the late Congressman
Rowland said to us years ago “its all work
and darned little play.”
—Gross Shook, of Spring Mills, with
James Krape as a motor guest, drove to
Bellefonte, Tuesday, Mr. Shook having
come up to attend the meeting of the
Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co. While
here James spent the time with a few of
his many friends in Bellefonte who al-
ways enjoy these occasional visits he
makes back home.
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Falls On Icy Pavement Cause Many
Broken Bones.
Mrs. Mary XK. Bowers, of the
Keystone Power corporation, fell on
the pavement in front of the double
house occupied by Gideon Payne and
Forrest L. Bullock, on east High
street, on Saturday evening, and not
only dislocated her right ankle but
fractured two of the smaller bones
therein. She was taken to the Cen-
tre County hospital where the frac-
ture was reduced and where her moth-
er, Mrs. Keen, was already a patient.
Mrs. Bowers was coming from her
home on east Bishop street when the
accident occurred and failed to notice
a patch of newly-formed ice on the
pavement. In this connection it might
be said that so far this winter there
has been considerable laxity on the
part of property owners and ten-
ants in cleaning the snow and ice from
the pavements, as well as the borough
authorities in enforcing the ordinance
requiring pavements to be cleaned
within forty-eight hours after a fall of
Snow.
Miss Helen E. C. Overton fell on
the pavement in front of the Mrs.
W. H. Taylor property, on Spring
street, on Sunday evening, and frac-
tured her right arm a few inches be-
low the shoulder. She was taken to
the Centre County hospital where an
X-ray was taken and was then taken
to her apartment at the Bellefonte
Academy.
Mrs. Robert Fry fell on Bishop
street, the latter part of the week
and broke her leg, and Mrs. S. I.
Freed, of Bishop street, fell and
fractured the bones in her right arm.
——There was a good attendance
at the annual meeting of the Centre
county school director’s association in
the court house, yesterday, but as the
Watchman went to press before the
session ended we were unable to cover
the same.
——At their meeting, on Tuesday,
the County Commissioners decided to
reduce the millage this year from 8
to 6 mills for county purposes.
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For Rent.—Two one car garages
near the station. Inquire at this office.
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Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat - - - - - - - $1.30
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