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“Bellefonte, Pa., February 11, 1927.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
Miss Margaret Mignot was hos-
tess at a bridge party Thursday night
of last week, at her home on east High
street, two tables being in play.
——Boynton Daggett is now able
to be about the house, convalescing
from a six weeks illness at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Wells L. Daggett,
on east Linn street.
Dr. S. S. McCormick, of Hub-
lersburg, who had been confined to his
room for two weeks, has so far recov-
ered that he was able to be down stairs
for the first time on Tuesday.
——The public is invited to attend
the musicale to be given in the Presby-
terian church at 8 o’clock on Sunday
afternoon. At that time members of
the choir will be arrayed for the first
time in their new vestments.
——The annual football dance of
the Bellefonte Academy will be held in
the armory on Friday evening, Febru-
ary 18th, from 9 to 2 o’clock. Music
will be furnished by Joe Buck’s orches-
tra, of State College. All lovers of the
dance are cordially invited.
The Presbyterian choir will give
a. musicale in the church on Sunday
afternoon, February 13th, at 3 o’clock,
at which time members of the choir
will appear for the first time in the
new vestments presented by a member
of the church. The public is invited
to attend.
Harry Jodon is critically ill at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Foster
Jodon, near Nigh Bank. Mr. Jodon
returned to the farm seven years ago
in ill health and has been rgarded an
invalid since that time, his condition
developing a serious nature within the :
last few months.
The ladies of the Methodist
Episcopal church will hold a measur-
ing social in the lecture room of the
church next Monday (Valentine day)
at 7.30 p. m. Everybody is invited to
go and have their measure taken.
Entertainment and refreshments will
feature the evening.
Some unknown person broke
into the garage of Frank Bozini, near
where the old Central Railroad of
Pennsylvania crossed the Nittany val-
ley highway, about eleven o’clock on
Saturday night, and stole his auto-
mobile. The car was found in a lane
just this side of Hecla, on Sunday,
where it had been abandoned by the
person who stole it.
—-—A number of farmers living
east of Centre Hall, along the Brush
valley road, have opened negotiations |
with the Keystone Power corporation
for an extension of the electric serv-
ice down Brush valley, a distance of
several miles from Centre Hall. While
no definite agreement has yet been
entered into it is quite probable that
tHe line will be built some time dur-
ing the year.
‘——FEvery person interested in out-
door life and the natural beauties of
the United States should go to the
High school auditorium next Tuesday
fering February 15th, and hear Mr.
nry Warren Poor A. M., of Boston, |
lecture on “Our National Parks.”
Beautiful colored slides and motion |
pictures will illustrate the lecture
which vill begin at 8 o'clock. No ad-
ndission will be charged.
'——1J. Clair McCormick, son of Mr.
and Mis. J. Frank McCormick, of Lock
Haven, a lineman in the employ of
the Nittany Telephone company, fell
from a ladder at Mill Hall, on Monday,
systaining a bad gash on the right
knee and cuts and bruises on his face
ahd chin. The ladder on which he was
working slipped on the ice and he fell
from a height of twelve feet. His
egndition is not considered serious.
——Group Six of the Pennsylvania
Bankers Association will meet in Al-
toona tomorrow for their thirty-second
annual gathering. The meeting will
be held in the Elks home and luncheon
will be served at the Penn-Alto, G. A.
@’Reilly, vice president American Ex-
change Irving Trust Co., of New York,
and M. A. Kendall, vice president
Farmer’s Deposit National of Pitts-
burgh, will be the speakers. The ladies
of the party will be entertained at
bridge and “500” while the men are in
session.
: =——A dispatch from Lewistown,
last; Friday, stated that police of that
city were searching for Miss Adaline
Rockey, sixteen years old, five feet
six inches tall, weight 120 pounds,
dark brown hair and boyish bob; and
Miss Lauretta Meyers, sixteen years
old, five feet eight inches tall, weight
150 pounds; light brown hair and boy-
ish. bob, both girls being State Col-
lege High schoel students who left
home on Monday of last week and had
not been located. The girls were hik-
ing: eastward,
———The regular meeting of the hos-
pital board was held on Tuesday even-
img. The principal matter under dis-
qussion was the unpaid pledges and it
was: decided that since every effort has
been made to collect them without
process of law nothing remains for the
board to do but bring suit to enforce
payment. There are approximately
$20,000 in unpaid pledges which
amount would: pay for the reconstruc-
tion work- not yet completed. The
board will exhaust every legal means
to collect these pledges because they
were presumably made in good faith
and plans for the building program
were made in consequence of that be-
lef.
BOROUGH COUNCIL RUES
Action to Rescind Order May be Taken
at Next Meeting.
Six members were present at the
regular meeting of borough council, on
Monday evening, the absentees being
Messrs. W. J. Emerick and W. H.
Brouse. Secretary Kelly read the
minutes of the last meeting and at
the conclusion of the reading Mr.
Cunningham addressed president
Walker and asked that approval of
the minutes be deferred, stating as his
reason that he desired a reconsidera-
tion of the motion passed at the last
meeting authorizing the purchase of a
snow scraper. Mr. Cunningham stated
that he had always been opposed to
the purchase of the scraper because
he felt that it would mean paying out
$2200 for a piece of machinery that
could be used only a few times a
year, while that amount of money
would go a long ways towards making
the extensions to sewers that council
will probably be compelled to make
this year. And it was because he
felt that the approval of the minutes
would more definitely bind council to
the action of the last meeting that he
asked that approval be deferred. Sec-
retary Kelly and one or two other
members differed with Mr. Cunning-
ham’s contention but in order to be on
the safe side the president ruled that
approval of the minutes be held over
for the time being.
Mz. Cunningham then stated that
he would not ask for a reconsidera-
tion of the motion to purchase the
scraper at this meeting because he be-
lieved a full council, and especially
the member who made the motion for
its purchase at the last meeting of
council (Mr. Emerick) should be pres-
ent when any further action is taken.
by Mr. Emerick that the Street com-
which has since been denied by
at least one member of the committee.
Under the circumstances it was de-
cided to postpone any further action
on the scraper until next meeting.
At this stage of the proceedings
president Walker called attention of
council to the fact that they have
been functioning with only eight mem-
bers since the death of the late
Thomas S. Hazel, while the law spe-
cifically states that there must be nine.
He therefore suggested that the two
members of the South ward come to
the next meeting with a recommenda-
tion of a man to fill the vacancy in
that ward.
The Street committee reported
cleaning of streets and the collection
of $40 for a sewer extension and
$106.50 from Spring township for oil-
ing Mill street.
collection of $11.00 on the 1924 water
duplicate; $165.75 on the 1925 dupli-
cate, and $2676.75 on the 1926 dupli-
cate, a total of $2853.50.
The Finance committee reported
that there was a balance in the bor-
ough treasury of over $6400, and re-
quested renewal of notes aggregating
$11,500.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported that in accordance with power
granted the committee at the last
meeting of council the interior of the
public building had been done over—-
all but the meeting rocm of the Logan
fire company and the company will do
that at its own expense. The com-
mittee also reported
check for $46.75 from the citizens of
Centre Hill and vicinity for the ser-
vices of the Undine fire company on
the occasion of a recent fire, and also
2 refund check for $3.71.
The Sanitary committee reported
that a new dumping place is badly
ed within a reasonable distance of the
town.
Mr. Styles, connected with the Scran-
ton Electric company, had been in
Bellefonte recently and stated that if
the fire alarm on the jail was elevated
about ten feet higher in the air it
would prove far more satisfactory, and
also that an attachment can be se-
cured at a cost of one hundred dollars
which would enable the operator giv-
ing the ward signals. He suggested
that it might be well to elevate the
if council desired the signal attach-
ment, it could be purchased.
Mr. Cunningham called the atten-
tion of council to the fact that the old
Gamble mill property will likely be
on the market again within the next
six months and suggested that mem-
bers of council consider the advisabil-
ity of its purchase as a future supply
of power. He made it plain that he
was not recommending or advocating
its purchase but simply bringing the
matter before council at this time so
the members could consider it froin
all points in the event the borough
would be offered another opportunity
to purchase it.
Bills approximating $3455 were ap-
proved for payment, after which coun-
cil adjourned.
——Dr. Waterworth, of Clearfield,
was in Bellefonte on Sunday to see
Henry Kline, who has been confined
to the Centre County hospital for two
months as the result of injuries sus-
tained in an accident at the Chemical
Lime company’s plant. Mr. Kline’s
condition was regarded as worse last
week but Dr. Waterworth failed to
find any alarming symptoms and gave
the family every encouragement of a
complete recovery.
SNOW SCRAPER PURCHASE. |
A statement was made at that time |
mittee was unanimously in favor of |
the purchase of the scraper, a fact
The Water committee reported the
receipt of a
needed but so far none has been locat-
Mr. Walker stated to council that
alarm and then at some future time, !
i John D. Meyer, of Tyrone, Chosen
Bank Preisdent.
i At a meeting of the board of di-
i rectors of the First National bank, of
| Tyrone, last week, John D. Meyer,
! who has been vice president of thea
! institution the past six years, was
i elected president as successor to ths
late John G. Anderson. Dr. John B,
Nason was chosen vice president.
Mr. Meyer is a native of Centre
Hall and for eleven years was super-
intendent of the Bellefonte schools.
He gave up teaching in 1909 and start-
ed his banking career in Altoona. Lat-
| er he became vice president of the
First National bank of Tyrone and his
election to the presidency is evidence
that the stockholders and directors of
the bank have confidence in his ability
as a banker.
| True Story of Lee Filmed Tomorrow
Night.
The remarkable motion picture,
“The Man They Could Not Hang,”
depicting the life story of John Lee,
will be shown at the Moose theatre
for one show only at 8 o’clock tomor-
| row night. It took a trip of 25,000
' miles by water and many thousands '
| by land to prepare this feature, New
| Zealand, Australia, South Africa,
| England, Ireland and Canada being
| some of the countries visited.
| The company which presents this
{ remarkable attraction here is exactly
the same as appeared at many of the
| largest theatres in America and in-
! cludes the well known actor, W. Leon-
‘ard Howe, who relates the salient
| features of the case, and Miss Doreen
| Thompson, a Canadian prima donna,
| who sings the music alloted the special
| prologue and elsewhere.
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{ Three Deer Crushed to Death in Ice
Floe.
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| One day during the January thaw,
several weeks ago, dogs chased three
| deer off of Bald Eagle mountain down
into the valley. At the time the ice
was going out of Bald Eagle creek and
the stream was not only full to over-
flowing but the water clogged with
huge cakes of floating ice. The three
deer attempted to cross the stream in
order to get away from the dogs but
evidently missed their footing and fell
between the floating ice with the re-
sult that all were crushed to death.
They were then thrown out onto the
south bank of the stream, near the
Sycamore club, and caught between
cakes of ice they stood there in an
| upright position until frozen stiff when
| the next cold spell came along. The
| deer were still there up to a few days
ago, according to last reports.
A ——— fp ee ———
Some people hate flats but you
will all be tickled to death when you
see “McFaddin’s Flats” at the Scenic
next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day. Matinees daily at 2 p. m. 6-1t.
Boy Shoots Self Through Hand.
Bobbie Conrad, two and a half
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
, Conrad, of Blanchard street, Belle-
{ fonte, is suffering with a bullet hole
‘through the heart of his left hand,
self-inflicted last Friday morning.
Shortly after eleven o'clock, that
morning, Mrs. Conrad asked Bobbie
to go upstairs and bring down her
apron. The lad willingly complied but
failed to return at once. Mrs. Conrad
: went to the foot of the stairs and call-
ed to him to hurry and he answered
ves. As she turned away from the
stairway a revolver shot rang out up-
stairs, and running up the steps Murs.
‘ Conrad found her little boy with a bul-
{let hele through his left hand. The
child had evidently found the revolver
and was curiously examining the
weapon when it was discharged. For-
tunately the bullet missed the bones of
the hand and it is hoped that the
wound will heal without leaving the
i child a eripple.
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| Bald Eagle Train Wrecked, but No-
body Hurt.
The night train on the Bald Eagle
Valley railroad, due at the Bellefonte
station at 8.16, was wrecked on Mon-
day evening just as it was entering the
: borough limits. Nobody was hurt but
i about one hundred feet of track was
torn up and it was exactly 7.26 o’clock
on Tuesday morning when all the
track damage had been repaired and
the road opened to traffic.
been given out as to the cause of the
wreck it is pretty generally conceded
that it was the sesult of a falling
brake beam on the tender. The loco-
motive was not derailed and the engi-
neer was able to stop the train within
a hundred feet, or thereabouts. When
stopped the locomotive just cleared
the bridge over Buffalo run, with the
tender on the bridge. The front truck
of the tender was still on the rails but
the rear truck was off. Every car was
derailed back to the last truck on the
rear car. While the passengers and
trainmen were somewhat shaken up
from the jarring of the cars in being
hauled over the ties none of them
needed the attention of a physician.
It was necessary, however, to send
another train from Tyrone to continue
the run to Lock Haven.
——Wanted!
carpenters and 500 laborers to help
build “McFaddin’s Flats,” next Mon-
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, at the
Scenic. Call Charles Murray, the
Irish hod carrier, or Chester Conklin,
the Scotch financier. 6-1t
50 bricklayers, 1000
Two Meetings of Bellefonte Chapter
D. A. R.
Contrary to its usage of holding its
meetings alternately in Bellefonte and
State College both of the last two
regular monthly meetings of Belle-
at State College.
The evening of January 5 one Le-
mont member, Mrs. Charles M.
Thompson, and four State College,
Mrs. J. Wilmer Henszey, Miss Mary
Foster, Mrs. T. E. Gravatt and
Mrs. W. G. Chambers, at the home
of the latter on Park avenue, re-
ceived the more than fifty
zealots(!) who had braved the ele-
ments that wintry night. The evening
of February fourth Mrs. James I.
Thompson, Mrs. William Frear, Mrs.
David Allen Anderson, Mrs. Charles
W. Stoddart, Miss Sabra Vought and
Miss Chloe Haughenberry welcomed
seventy-eight attendants at the Uni-
versity club.
Interesting features of the January
program came in the response to the
roll call with sayings of Benjamin
Franklin, in the announcement, read
by the chairman of the Music commit-
tee, Mrs. H. H. Havner, of a contest,
nation-wide, for a suitable music-set-
ting for the words of “America, the
Beautiful,” in the paper dealing with
the comparative accomplishments of
various D. A. R. chapters prepared by
! Miss Helen E. C. Overton, and read
in her absence by Mrs. John I. Ole-
wine.
“Wasn’t it excellent!”—this on the
| lips of every one leaving the Univer-
sity club last Friday evening. A play
entitled, “To be Dealt with According-
ly,” enacted by a cast—a star caste,
was the unanimous opinion—of five of
the local State College membership,
"Miss Lucretia Van Tuyl Simmons,
W. Vought, was one written by a
student of drama at the University of
Wisconsin, which presents in a
sprightly, true-to-life way an evident
i phase of the immigrant problem.
The chapter’s material possessions
are being added to. Recently the sur-
iously pictured tree of thirty-six indi-
vidual State seals given from the col-
lection of antiques in their late home
on north Spring street, Bellefonte, by
Miss Elizabeth Longwell and Miss
Rachel Marshall, was fittingly and
preservingly framed by Miss Mira
Humes.
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Farmer’s Meetings to be Held in Cen-
tre County.
A series of farmer’s meetings have
| been arranged by county agent R. C.
| Blaney to be held in twelve different
| communities throughout Centre coun-
ty.
The European corn borer is coming
this way. In fact, Centre county is
‘under quarantine. One of the main
topics of discussion will be the
i “Borer,” by G. F. McLeod, of State
| Collage, If the corn borer is checked
it will mean the saving of thousands
of dollars to the farmers in Centre
county.
“How to Mix Feeds for the Dairy
Cow to Get the Best Results,” will be
| discussed by R. R. Welch, of the dairy
extension department. Mr. Welch will
‘also talk on the “Value of Better
Sires.”
| The sessions will start at 10:30 a.
~m. and 1.30 p. m., in all but two com-
munities. There will be an after-
noon session only at Spring Mills and
"afternoon and evening sessions at
| Rebersburg. The meetings as arrang-
‘ed for Bellefonte have been cancelled.
The following is a list of the dates and
| places of meetings:
| Spring Mills, Iebruary 14, 1.30, school
| building.
i Stormstown, February 15, 10.30, Grange
{ hall.
| Howard, February 16, 10.30, old school
building.
| Rebersburg, February ¥7, 1.30,
|
Hublersburg, February 18, 10.30, Com-
munity hall.
| Aaronsburg, February 19, 10.30, school
i building.
i Unionville, February 21, 10.30, Grange
| hall.
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Port Matilda,
Fellows hall.
Centre Hall, February 23, 10.30, Grange
| Aarcadia.
| State College, February 24, 10.30, dairy
: building.
i Yarnell, February 26, 10.30, school build-
! ing.
| These meetings are open to anyone
| who desires to attend, so pass the
i word along to your neighbor. Go and
take a box lunch and spend the day,
February 10.30, Odd
‘in charge.
i move. Charles Murray and Chester
! Conklin in “McFaddin’s Flats,” at the
. Scenic next Monday, Tuesday, Wed-
'nesday. Don’t phone. Go in person.
6-1t
i ——No motion picture show in this
| part of the State shows a better class
‘of pictures than the Scenic in Belle-
fonte. It is the old, reliable and de-
, pendable place of amusement. Open
every evening during the week, except
Sunday, patrons are always sure of a
"good evening's entertainment. No
“old-timers” are found on the program,
every picture being new and up-to-
date. The result is, people have con-
fidence in the Scenic management to
| give the best to be had.
——Flats for rent. Go to the
| Scenic next Monday, Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, and look over “McFaddin’s
Flats.” Charles Murray and Chester
Conklin will escort you, matinee or
night. 6-1t.
fonte chapter D. A. R. have been held ,
i Mrs. T. E. Gravatt, Mrs. Edward M. i
Frear, Miss Louise Moss, Miss Sabra !
——Don’t wait until April first to
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
|
| —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rhoads had as
| guests for the week-end, Mr. and Mrs. Hall
! and their two children, of 'I'yrone.
| —Mrs. George D. Green, of Lock Haven,
{ has been in Bellefonte for the week, visit-
ing at the home of the Misses Anna and
Mary Hoy, on Spring street.
—Mrs. Charles Lose, of east High street,
has been in East Pittsburgh during the
week, called there Sunday by the illness of
her daughter, Mrs. Carter Thornberg.
~-Mrs. Joseph L. Runkle returned home,
| Sunday, from Clearfield, where she had
been with friends for a part of last week,
having gone over to attend a funeral.
—Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Witmer, with Miss
Alice Waite as a driving guest, were at
Pittsburgh on a motor trip the early part
of the week, having gone out on busi-
ness.
—Mrs. Hiram Hiller accompanied Mrs.
W. F. Reynolds upon her return from
Philadelphia, and has been Mrs. Reynolds’
guest this week, at her home on Linn
street.
—Miss Bertha Laurie arrived here from
New York, Saturday, and during her four
days visit was a house guest of Mrs.
George R. Meek, at her home on Spring
street.
—Mrs. Hugh J. Boyle
. Hazleton for several days during the week,
| visiting with her mother, Mrs. C. D. Tan-
! ner, and with her daughter, a student at
| Penn State.
was here from
—Mrs. E. C. Carpenter, who had been in
{ Bellefonte with her mother, Mrs. Eckenroth,
| since the death of her father, the late Bd-
; ward Eckenroth, has returned to her
I home in Reading, Pa.
| —DMr. and Mrs. J M Laurie drove over
| from Houtzdale, Sunday, spending several |
i hours in Bellefonte with Mr. Laurie's cous-
in, Miss Bertha Laurie, who was here from
| New York for the week-end.
| —Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker
i spent the early part of the week at Dan-
; ville, where Mr. Walker had his tonsils
| removed and was under treatment for
; several days at the Geisinger hospital.
| —Mr. and Mrs. Earl Houck, who recently
! moved from Spring street to the Jodon
: bungalow on east High street, have been
| entertaining Mr. Houck’s parent’s; Mr. and
i Mrs. Houck Sr. being residents of Warriors
| Mark.
—Mrs. Jared Harper returned home last
week from her Christmas visit with her son
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Harper, at Schenectady, N. Y.; her home on
Thomas street having been closed during
her absence. :
—Mrs. Odillie Mott was a driving guest
of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Curtis, of the Mott
apartment, on a week-end motor trip to
Gettysburg. The party drove over to see
Mrs. Mott's sister, Mrs. Adam Redding,
who is at present very ill.
—At the Central Pennsylvania dental as-
sociation, which will be held at the Pean
Alto hotel, in Altoona next week, Bellefonte
will be represented by Doctors J. J. Kil-
patrick, R. L. Stevens, G. A. Robinson,
Richard P. Noll and Dr. Hummer.
—Mr. and Mrs. John I. Thompson 3rd,
will arrive here tomorrow from Elizabeth,
N. J, for their first visit with Mrs. Thomp-
son's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B.
Thompson, of the Bush Arcade, since their
marriage at Red Bank, N. J., on January
24th.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. €. Houck, accompanied
: by Mrs. Houck’s mother, Mrs. Jacob Hoy,
i drove to Pittsburgh the fore part of the
{ week where Mr. Houek looked after some
{| business interests, while Mrs. Hoy and Mrs.
Houck spent the time visiting and in the
i shops.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Holt, of
{ Elrama, Pa., were guests for several days
"of the week, of Mr. Holt's sister, Mrs. J.
K. Johnston and the family, at the John-
ston home on Bishop street. Mr. Holt is a
! native of Snow Shoe township, where he
spent his boyhood life.
| —~Charles Warren, an instruetor at the
Staikey Seminary, Lakemont, N. J., was an
over Sunday guest of Miss Isabelle Ward
at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. E.
, Ward, on Curtin street. A Sunday even-
ing dinner, at whieh Mr. Warren was the
honor guest, was given by Miss Ward.
| —Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barnhart went
i over to Hazelton two weeks ago, where Mr.
Barnhart has been under medical observa-
: tion in one of the city hospitals, while Mrs.
. Barnhart is visiting with her daughter,
{ Mrs. Fred R. Seidel and will remain there
until Mr. Barnhart is able to return home.
i — F. L. Richards, manager of the local
| Bell telephone, the ehief operator, Miss
| Hilda L. Haupt, Miss Marion Hartsock,
{ representing the employes council and Miss
, Coldren, of Centre Hall, were the Bell
| representatives from Centre county, in Al-
, toona Wednesday for the district meeting.
| —Mrs. Albert BE. Blackburn and Miss
| Hattie Hart went over te Spangler, Sun-
‘day, where they have heen spending the
week with Mrs. Blackburn's sister, Mrs.
James A. MeClain. Mrs. Blackburn has
, been making one of her frequent visits to
{ Bellefonte with her mother, Mrs. J. L.
. Spangler.
| -—Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Blair, who are oc-
cupying the east side of the Myron M.
Cobb house, on High and Thomas streets,
came to Bellefonte a short time ago from
| Pittsburgh. Mr. Blair has been in the au-
While ne official announcement has "is the wish of the various committees tomobile business since coming east, and
iis now with the Dodge
| section.
—Mrs. M. Ward Fleming, who has been
i in Bellefonte for the past two weeks, was
; called here from Philipsburg owing to the
{ illness of Mr. Fleming’s mother, Mrs. W. I.
| Fleming. While here Mr. Fleming has
i joined her for several short visits. Mrs.
| Wilson Fleming is now rapidly recovering
{ from her illness.
agency in this
! —Miss Sterret, who had been here from
| Minneapolis, left Bellefonte yesterday
| morning, following a visit of several days
| with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. John 8,
. Walker and Miss Shortlidge, at their home
on north Allegheny street. Miss Sterrett is
contemplating spending the summer abroad,
as has been her custom for a number of
years.
—~Cashier Jas. K. Barnhart, Asst. cashier
| C. BE. Robb and Linn Krape, one of the
' tellers, will represent the First National
| bank of Bellefonte at the thirty-second
annual conference of group 6 of the Penn-
sylvania Banker's Association, which will
be held in Altoona tomorrow. Headed by
Nelson E. Robb, who is a member of the
Executive Committee of the Association,
the entire personnel of the Trust Company
will attend. There will be nine in the
latter party.
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i —Mrs. Clinton R. Owens, of Traer, Iowa,
a sister of 8. D. Gettig, and her three
brothers, Henry C., Andrew and George I.
Gettig, of Braddock, Pa., were all in Belle-
| fonte last week for the funeral of Mrs.
Gettig.
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Mrs. Cleveland and Son Agree to Set-
tle Accounts.
Last week the Watchman told of
Sheriff E. R. Taylor going to New
York State with extradition papers
for Mrs. Leonore Cleveland, wanted in
Bellefonte for skipping a board bill at
the Garman house and also taking a
car out of the State which had not
been paid for.
Last summer four members of the
Cleveland family spent considerable
time at the Garman house, Mr. Cleve-
land and son being engaged in smooth-
ing and polishing floors and also sell-
ing the machines with which the work
was done. They did considerable work
in Bellefonte and at State College and
disposed of a number of machines.
They also bought Miss Mary Justice’s
car and finally left without clearing up
their board bili or paying in full for
the car.
Learning that Mrs. Cleveland was in
Elmira, N. Y., Sheriff Taylor went
there with the necessary legal papers
and brought her to Bellefonte accom-
panied by a daughter who, however,
was not one of the party who were
in Bellefonte last summer. But on
Friday evening a son, Lewis Cleve-
land, who was here with the party,
came to Bellefonte alone and he, also,
was placed under arrest.
At a hearing before ’Squire J. M.
Keichline, on Saturday morning, the
Clevelands admitted their indebted-
ness to Mr. Bartley and an amicable
arrangement was made whereby they
paid a portion of the indebtedness
{down and the son was given his
i liberty to return to his work and earn
{money to clear up the obligation, but
| until that is done Mrs. Cleveland must
| remain in Bellefonte as a guest at the
Garman house.
adn gd ed a
New Rest Room Being Equipped for
Telephone Operators.
A new and larger retiring room is
being fixed up and equipped in the
Bush Arcade for the comfort and con-
venience of the seventeen young
women who handle the telephone calls
for Bellefonte and vicinity, according
to Miss Hilda Haupt, chief operator.
The room adjoins the central office and
after it is completely overhauled will
be equipped with new and comfortable
furniture. A lavatory and wash room
will also be among the conveniences.
In speaking of the work of the
Bellefonte exchange Miss Haupt said
that about 10,000 calls are handled
daily. Of this number 8,000 are local
calls, 1,800 out-of-town calls and the
remainder special, the latter including
information, repair clerk, chief opera-
tor, ete.
To handle these thousands of daily
conversations, a switchboard contain-
ing eleven positions for operators is
usd. Of this number, four are re-
quired for handling local calls, six for
taking care of the out-of-town calls,
and one for making connections for
rural telephones. The number of
calls handled daily shows an increase
over the number of last vear, and in-
i dicates that Bellefonte is continuing
to develop and progress as it has in
i the past.
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Paul H. McGarvey Seriously Injured
in Nasty Fall.
Paul H. McGarvey, the auto supply
dealer of Bishop street, was seriously
injured in a nasty fall between five
and six o’clock on Sunday afternoon.
He had driven his car into the Beezer
garage for a supply of oil and while the
man in charge was filling the order
Mr. McGarvey stepped into the office.
When the garage attendant had sup-
plied the oil he called Mr. McGarvey
and receiving no response went into
the office to look for him. Not finding
him in the front office he walked
through the rear room and finally dis-
covered him lying unconscious in the
boiler room.
A physician was summoned as
quickly as possible and Mr. McGarvey
removed to the Centre County hos-
pital. He had a nasty cut on the head
just over the right temple and it was
at first feared that he had sustained a
fracture of the skull. He was only
partially conscious at brief spells dur-
ing all of Monday, but an X-ray Mon-
day night failed to reveal a fracture
of the skull. While he has improved
somewhat, his injury being entirely to
the head, it may be some days before
he recovers completely.
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Discount Sale at Millheim.
20% off on all cash sales on furni-
ture, rugs and linoleums, Kitchen cabi-
nets excluded. No extra charge for
delivery. Bell phone 8-R-11
S. M. CAMPBELL,
72-5-3t Millheim, Pa.
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Work has begun on the con-
struction of the new steel pavilion
which Frank Hockman expects to have
completed for the opening of summer
season at his popular Hecla Park re-
sort. The building will be almost en-
tirely of steel and glass, very com-
modious and quite ornate.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat = = = = = = «$130
Bye = = « « =.= i=. 80
Oats - ew wal eA
Corn ww iw rae ee el
Barley wl ew - J0
Buckwheat - - - = 50