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Demoreaii; Watcha,
Bellefonte, Pa., March 4th, 1927.
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——Blustery, variable March is now
here and while it didn’t come in ex-
actly like a roaring lion, it wasn’t
very lamb-iike, either.
‘We have been compelled to hold
over a lot of news matter and some
county correspondence because of a
last moment tax on our space this
week. .
——Dr. M. A. Kirk has purchased
a Chevrolet sedan and the hands that
elung so long to lines for driving will
now have to get accustomed to a
wheel.
-The Ladies of the Lutheran
church, Bellefonte, will have a bake-
sale every Saturday until Easter at
Hazel’s grocery store. Sale will start
at 10 o’clock.
——Just ninety-four people of
Bellefonte and vicinity took advantage
of the cheap excursion to New York,
on Saturday night, to spend a day in
the metropolis.
Manager T. Clayton Brown, of
the Scenic, who has been ill for sev-
eral months, had so far recovered as
to be able to attend the Kiwanis lunch-
eon on Tuesday. ”
——-G. Oscar Gray has been consid-
ered seriously ill during the past
week, suffering from an infection of
the jaw. Mr. Gray’s condition yester-
day was unchanged.
The Catholic Daughters of
America will give a card party in their
rooms on March 17th. Bridge and
five hundred will be in play. Admis-
sion, 50 cents. The public is invited.
—=-Students of the Senior class of
thg Bellefonte High school have start-
edswork on their year book, the La-
Bellé, and are planning to make it
equal if not superior to any former
effort.
——-The Bellefonte Missionary
Union will observe the day of prayer
for missions with a service at the
Presbyterian chapel Friday, March
4th, at 7.30 p. m. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to all to attend.
Among the marriage licenses
issued at Cumberland, Md., the latter
part pf the week were those to James
Alexander Davidson and Anna Alberta
Lucas, and Charles Wolfe and Peail
Louise Emel, all of Bellefonte.
——The Associated business men of
Bellefonte have decided to put on
another merchandising sale similar to
the opportunity day sale of last fall
except that the coming one is to
cover a period of four days, March
16, 17, 18 and 19.
——Mq. and Mrs. T. W. Shallcross,
of Wilmington, Del., with their daugh-
ter Catherine, are arranging to move
to Bellefonte this spring in order to
be: near their son, Samuel H, Shall-
eross. They will occupy the cottage
adjoining the Shallcross home, on
east Curtin street.
M. R. Johnson is getting the
material onthe ground to repair his
home, on north Spring street, which
was so badly damaged in the disas-
trous fire early in the winter. The
building will be repaired and put in
the condition it was previous to the
fire and not remodeled.
The Half Moon Gardens are
growing. Charles Tabel, the proprie-
tor, told us on Wednesday that he has
just completed the erection of his
second green house and is about to
start a third. He is determined to
supply all demands of this commniun-
ity for cut flowers and potted plants.
Crowded houses every evening
are the result of the wonderful pro-
grams of motion pictures being shown
at the Scenic night after night. Movie
fans who fail to attend every night
are missing some good ones, pictures
that they will have no other opportun-
ity of seeing, that’s why vou should
be a regular.
Kryder Rockey, son of Mis.
John Rockey, of east Bishop street,
was taken to the Lock Haven hospital,
last week, for an operation and when
the latter was performed complica-
tions were discovered which render
the young man’s condition quite ser-|
ious. Mr. Rockey has for some time
past been an employee at the Balle-
fonte freight station.
' ~——An excursion train from Phila-
delphia will be run to Bellefonte on
Sunday, reaching here at eight o’clock
im the morning. The visitors will re-
main in: Bellefonte until five o’clock in
the evening. In order to have the big
spring looking nice as possible for
visitors borough manager J. D. Sei-
bert gave it a good cleaning out on
Wednesday, removing over a truck
load of moss.
Included in the list of changes
and promotions announced by the
Pennsylvania railroad company, last
week; was: the transfer of R. W. Wray,
at present master mechanic at Renovo,
to master mechanic, West Philadel-
phia, succeeding J. B. Diven. Mr.
Wray, it will be recalled, married Miss
Bess Brown, a daughter of Mrs. Sarah
C. Brown, for many years a resident
of ‘Bellefonte.
——Ahong the six pardons reco-
mended by the State Board of Par-
dons, last week, was the application of
Buckley Dalton, of Clinton county,
serving a two and a half to five year
sentence for burglary. The pardon
was recommended .at the request of
chaplain P. M. Osborne, of Rockview
who stated that Dalton is near death
with an incurable disease and would
like to go home to die.
VARIOUS CASES TRIED
AT FEBRUARY COURT.
Nothing Very Grave or Exciting on
Criminal List.
The regular session of the February
term of court convened at ten o’clock
on Monday morning with Hon. Harry
Keller presiding. As the traverse
jurors were notified not to appear
until Tuesday morning the list of
grand jurors was called and excuses
noted. - John McCabe, a Philipsburg
newspaper reporter, was appointed
foreman after which the entire jury
was sworn, charged as to their duties
by the court and retired to the grand
juy room to consider the various bills
of indictment presented for their con-
sideration by district attorney John G.
Love.
The list of constables in the county
was called -and only three submitted
reports. There being nothing ready
for action court then adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
When court convened on Tuesday
morning the list of traverse jurors
was called and excuses allowed.
The case of the Commonwealth vs.
Harry Charles was the first taken up.
In fact there were two cases against
Mr. Charles, who was indicted on four
counts for violating the securities act
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
nia. Harry C. Fravel was the prose-
cutor in one case and William Grebe
in the other. At the start counsel for
the defendant moved to quash the in-
dictment, which was over-ruled, and
the case went to trial. In the testi-
mony it appears that on October 1ith,
1924, the defendant sold to Harry C.
Fravel a Jacob Dodd Packing company
bond in the sum of $1000.00, and on
February 11th, 1925, sold to William
Grebe a similar bond of the same
company. The Commonwealth showed
that the defendant was not registered
as an agent to sell bonds as required
by the Act of Assembly, and at the
close of the Commonwealth’s evidence
counsel for the defendant moved the
Court te compel the Commonwealth
to elect which case they would
go to the jury on. The allegations of
the defendant was that he sold his
own bonds and was acting neither as
principal nor agent in selling the
same.
When court convened on Tuesday
afternoon the court took the cases
against Harry Charles from the jury.
Commonwealth vs. G. G. Ammer-
man. Indicted for assault and bat-
tery. Prosecutrix, Sarah M. Ammer-
man. This case was from Port Ma-
tilda and was between husband and
wife. After cross-examining the
prosecutrix the matter was taken up
by attorneys on both sides and the
court and a reconciliation effected and
the case withdrawn.
Commenwealth vs. G. A. Caddan.
Indicted for removing personal proper-
ty from the county with the intent to
prevent the same frem being levied
upon, there being twe cases. Prosecu-
t rin one case, L. K. Metzker and in
1e other, W. R. Gentzel. These cases
were from State College. Judgment
was secured. against the defendant be-
fore "Squire Carolyn Dale on Septem-
ber 4, 1926, and execution issued and
placed in the hands of the constakle.
On the same day the defendant, with
his wife, left with their automobile
for Scranton, the home of the parents
of both parties, to spend the Labor
day holiday, and the defendant and
his witness alleged that they had not
removed the property from the county
with any intent at defauding and ex-
pected to return after Labor day to
State College, but after they got to
Scranton Mr. Caddan became seriously
ill and was bedfast for five or six
weeks, and that they did not return to
State College as they had expected to.
But that sometime in November the
defendant himself had been in State
College, and that during his serious
illness had transferred the automobile
to raise money for doctor’s bills and
medicine and that he did not intend to
defraud his creditors.
The case was given to the jury on
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
morning they returned a sealed verdict
which they informed the court had
been concurred in by seven of the
twelve jurymen. The court informed
them that a verdict must be the unan-
imous consent of all jurors and sent
them back for further deliberation.
Later they returned a verdict of guilty
on both counts, as indicted, and coun-
sel for the defendant promptly notified
the court that a motion would be filed
for a new trial.
Commonwealth vs. Clyde Ripka. In-
dicted for larceny by Bailee. Prose-
cutor, John Bottorf. This case grows
out of battery not returned to the
owner. It was a short case and tried
on Wednesday forenoon; verdict ren-
dered of not guilty.
The grand jury made its final re-
turn late on Tuesday afternoon, re-
porting that they had passed on 28
bills of indictment, 20 of which were
found true bills and three not true
bills.
That the exterior of the jail buiid-
ing should be painted, windows paint-
ed, puttied and repaired; the light-
ing system of the jail should be
changed so that wires would be con-
cealed and that the construction of
the exit for emergency of the prison-
ers should be made and a separate
heating plant installed in the jail.
That the commissioners should take
note of the condition of the floors,
walls, windows and general interior
of the court house, and that a gen-
eral cleaning of same should be made.
That for the convenience of the
public and the district attorney a room
should be provided for witnesses to
appear before the grand jury. That
the lavatories in the court house
should be generally repaired and
cleaned; and extend their compli--
ments to Sheriff Taylor for the clean-
liness and tidiness of the jail.
Other cases on the list for the term
not including civil cases wherein the
entire list went over and is not here-
in repeated, were as follows:
Commonwealth vs. Louis Gianopulos,
Charged with maintaining a gambling
house. Prosecutor Harold W. Pierce.
True bill.
Commonwealth vs. Perry Koons-
man. Charged with resisting an offi-
cer, and assault. Prosecutor, P. C.
Frank. True bill.
Commonwealth vs. Henry Sents, Jr.
Charged with involuntary manslaugh-
ter, and second charge operating mo-
tor vehicle while under the influence
of liquor. Prosecutor in both cases,
A. E. Yougel. True bills.
Commonwealth vs. Floyd Johnston-
baugh. Charged with statutory crime,
Prosecutor, A. C. Rockey. True bill.
Commonwealth vs. C. P. Silveus.
Charged in four cases with passing
worthless checks. Prosecutors, G. E.
Hoffer, Harry Dukeman, Wilbur
Baney and C. H. Richelieu. True bills
in each case.
Centre County Girl Found Penniless
in Harrisburg.
Last Saturday’s Harrisburg Tele-
gaph said: “Penniless, hungry and
sleepy, 18-year-old Mary Yoncovich,
of Clarence, Centre county, was pick-
ed up by police while attempting to
enter a vacant building on Chestnut
street. When taken to police head-
quarters on a suspicious person charge
the girl first refused to tell her name
or why she tried to get into the va-
cant building. Later, however, she
confessed to Mrs. Bergstresser, she
police matron, that she had spent all
of the ten dollars she had when she
arrived in Harrisburg and had no place
to sleep. She said that she ran away
from the home of her stepfather and
had gone to Harrisburg on the hunt
of a job.”
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Jacob Smith Home Slightly Damaged
by Fire.
A fire on the roof of the Jacob
Smith residence, on North Spring
street, called out the fire department
about 5:30 Wednesday afternoon.
It had gotten pretty well started
before Mrs. S. M. Nissley, a neigh-
bor, discovered it and sent in an alarm.
The department got there with its
usual dispatch and covered the roof
so thoroughly that there was no room
left for flames so they just naturally
had to go out.
No water, only chemicals, were used
so that there was little damage ex-
cept to the roof which was burned
through in several places. :
The fire is supposed to have caught
from a spark falling on the shingles
which are very old and were quite
dry. :
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Scenic Attractions.
Yes sir! Ask our patrons about the
better class photoplays we are show-
ing every day. Pick up any city pa-
per and see what pictures are being
shown at the good houses there, then
read over our program and be con-
vinced that the Scenic is giving you all
the late releases at less than half what
city folks are paying to see them.
With such big stars, directors and
producers as Paramount, First Na-
tional, Metro-Goldwyn and Cecil B.
De Mille control one could expect to.
see only the last word in screen en-
tertainment at the Scenic, for it has
all of their releases. You know we
have the greatest pictures and we
know you cant be fooled or misled in
anyway whatsoever. Turn to page
five of this newspaper and see the
program for the coming week. We
point to it with pride because we can’t
conceive of a better one. Can you?
THE SCENIC.
His Generosity to Carry On.
The will of the late John G. Ander-
son, of Tyrone, has been probated and
reveals that the generosity that was
one of his outstanding virtues in life
is to be very fittingly memorialized
through time.
To the Howard Gardner Post Amer-
ican Legion of Tyrone be left $25,-
000; $10,000 to the Altoona hospital;
$10,000 each to Grandview cemetery,
Tyrene, and Oak Ridge cemtery, Cosh-
octon, Ohio, his natal home; $10,000
to the Tyrone Boys Scouts. As-
sociation and 100 shares of the stock
of West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Co. the dividends on which are to
provide a fund to pay the membership,
annually, of three hundred minor
children of employees of the company
in the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. of Tyrone.
Mr. Anderson was the general mana-
ger of the company’s Tyrone plant.
The residue of his estate goes to
his widow and collateral heirs.
Ferguson township people will
be interested in the fact that Rev.
Ira E. Fisher, pastor of the Methodist
charge at Wallaceton, is a patient in
the Clearfield hospital where he re-
cently underwent a very serious oper-
ation. His condition is now reported
as improving and his ultimate recov-
ery is expected. Rev. Fisher was for
several years stationed on the Pine
Grove Mills charge and his many
friends in that section will be glad
to know that he is getting along all |
right.
BILLIONAIRE “BUG”
VISITS BELLEFONTE.
Buys $700 Worth of Clothing and
$1300 Worth of Jewelry Before
Captured by Sheriff.
Last Saturday morning a big, husky,
athletic looking individual walked int
the clothing store of Sim, the Clothier,
Bellefonte, and asked to look at a
suit of clothes, remarking that he
couldn’t find a suit in Altoona to fit
him. Sim got busy and in the course
cf twenty minutes or half an hour
found a suit that not only fit but
which pleased the man and he said he
would take it.
He represented himself as an athlete
going to State College to enter train-
ing and as a matter of form Sim
asked if he didn’t want a top coat.
The man said probably he'd better
have one, so he selected a stylish gar-
ment and piled that on the suit. Then
Sim suggested an overcoat and he
bought one without blinking an eye.
By that time he had the buying fever
and he said he might as well get a
whole outfit while he was at it, and
he bought seventeen shirts, three pairs
of extra trousers, two sweaters, a
slicker, two dozen suits of underwear,
half a dozen pajamas, several dozen
ties, several dozen hose, half a dozen
pair of gloves, an umbrella, two travel-
ing bags, “one for each hand,” he said,
and a wardrobe trunk. Then he asked
for the bill. Sim figured it up and it
amounted to $701.35. When told the
amount the man sat down on a stool,
‘pulled a mouth organ from his pocket
and began to play. Finally he said
he’d give a check and when Sim pro-
tested against taking a check from an
unknown man he said he was worth a
billion ' dollars, that he owned the
Mishler theatre, in Altoona, and his
check was good at any of the banks
in that city. He finally pulled out a
check, wrote it out in full and signed
“Ed Cherry, per Jack Dempsy.”
He then walked out, saying he’d be
back later for his purchases. In the
meantime it dawned on Sim that some-
thing was wrong with the man and he
telephoned to sheriff Taylor. After
leaving Sim’s the man went into
Blair’s jewelry store and told Russell
he wanted to buy some jewelry.
He selected a dozen ladies rings,
eight men’s rings, half a dozen dia-
mond rings, a dozen gold pens and
pencils, one watch, pocket books by
the dozen, portfolios, a dozen travel-
ing cases, half a dozen cigarette cases,
a dozen gold cuff links, etc. Then he
asked for the bill and when figured up
it amounted to $1300. He offered to
give a check in payment but Russell
demurred so he said he’d go out and
get a check cashed and return with
the money.
In the meantime sheriff Taylor had
appeared on the scene but after sizing
up the individual he acted with dis-
cretion and sent for policeman Duke-
man.
From Blair’s the man went to the
Mott drug store and got a drink of
soda water. ‘He then asked for some
cigars and said he'd take a dozen two
for a quarter ones. Seeing some
blank name cards in the show case he
asked the price and said he’d take six
packs and when they had them printed
he would give a check for the entire
bill. The clerk demurred, saying he
must have the money in advance, so
he gave the cigars back and told him
to keep the cards. .
He then went down to Harold Cow-
her’s and asked for a No. 12 shoe bu’
was told that they didn’t carry that
size, so he left. Going up street he
noticed 2 man trying to crank his car
over in front of Fauble’s and went
over there and offered to do the crank-
ing. He did it to perfection, too, but
while he was at it the sheriff and
Dukeman stepped up and the sheriff
invited him to take a walk with him.
| The man went along without any
trouble and the sheriff took him into
Sim’s to see if he had gotten away
with anything. As they entered the
store the man winked at one of the
| clerks and said, “I guess I am under
arrest, but it doesn’t matter, as I need
the rest, anyway.”
The sheriff took him to jail and an
investigation revealed the fact that
the man was Edward Cherry, of Bell-
wood, who had only recently been dis-
charged from a sanitorium. He had
come to Bellefonte on Saturday morn-
ing on the Altoona Tribune truck and
gone direct to the Brockerhoff house
where he registered as “Ed Cherry, per
Jack Dempsey.” He then inquired for
Miss Tillie O’Shell, the head waitress,
whose home is in Bellwood, and as
soon as she saw him she knew he Was
again “off in his head,” At her re-
quest he was given his breakfast and
she gave him money to go back to
Bellwood on the morning train, but
instead of doing so he spent most of
the money for cigars and chewing
gum then started out on his buying
spree.
He was kept in the county jail all
night and on Sunday the sheriff and
Dukeman took him to Bellwood and
turned him over to the local officers
who conveyed him to the Blair county
jail, and thus ended the “Billionaire
Bug.”
Big Boxing Exhibition at Moose Thea-
tre.
Bellefonte Academy pugilists will
meet the Bucknell Freshmen team in
a big boxing exhibition at the Moose
theatre this (Friday) evening at 8:15
o'clock. Seven bouts, or 30 rounds, of
fisticeffs are scheduled. The admis-
sion will be from 50 cents to $1.00.
| —Miss Katherine Dale was over from |
Boalsburg, Tuesday, to spend a part of the
day in care of her dentist.
—Miss Elizabeth Cooney has been in
New York during the week purchasing the
spring stock for The Hat Shop.
—Frank Lyons, a former employee of the
up-town Weis store, left on Wednesday to
go to Sunbury to locate permanently, hav-
ing been sent there to take charge of one
of the company’s stores.
—Arthur H. Sloop, supervising principal
of the Bellefonte schools, left the after-
part of last week for Dallas, Texas, where
he has been attending the national conven-
tion of superintendents of public school
work.
—Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Wagner, of Watson-
town, and their small son, William Brach-
bill Wagner, were here for one of their
occasional over Sunday visits with Mrs.
Wagner's father, William R. Brachbili, at
his home on south Spring street.
—Mrs. Jacob Grossman, who with her
daughter, Miss Ida, are now making their
home at Flemington, spent a part of last
week with her friends here. When resi-
dents of Bellefonte Mrs. Grossman and her
daughter lived on Reynolds avenue.
—Mvrs. Anna Ferguson and daughter,
Mrs. Harry Weaver, of Altoona, came to
Bellefonte on Saturday to see Mrs, Fergu-
son's son, C. A. Ferguson, who has been
quite ill the past two weeks but is now
improving. They remained until Sunday
afternoon.
—Mrs. M. Ward Fleming and her elder
daughter, Mary, were here from Philips-
burg for several days the afterpart of
last week, with Mr. Fleming's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Fleming. Mrs. W I. Flem-
ing is now slowly recovering from her
recent illness
—John Preston Smith, a salesman for the
Titan Metal Co., was in Bellefonte from
Thursday until Monday, with Mrs, Smith,
at their home on east Curtin street. Mr.
Smith, who upon leaving, went to cover a
territory through the middle west, had
not been home for two months.
—Mrs. E. E. Sager, of Philadelphia, is in
Bellefonte with her mother, Mrs. Isaac
Thomas, who is critically ill at her home
on north Thomas street. On account of
her mother’s illness. Mrs. Sager has spent
much of the winter here, having been called
to Bellefonte six weeks ago by Mrs.
Thomas’ present attack.
—Mrs. George R. Hedges, of Columbus,
Ohio, and her son Hamilton, were in Belle-
fonte last week, here for a week-end visit
with Mrs. Hedges’ older son Robert,
a student at the Bellefonte Academy.
Robert is preparing to enter the University
of Ohio in the fall, while Hamilton is a
prospective student of the Academy.
—John W. Miller, thresherman in the fall
and road builder in the spring and sum-
mer, was down from his home near Pine
Grove Mills on Wednesday. He had no
business, he said: “Just came down to af-
tend court for a few hours,” and it was
while he was looking on at the proceed-
ings that Judge Keller was stricken.
—Heary 8. Linn went to Northampton
county Wednesday to attend the funeral of
a relative, Miss Jane Horner, whose body
was laid in the old graveyard near North-
ampton, which has been used as a bury-
ing ground by her family for over two
hundred years, and near which one of her
ancestors had been killed by the Indians.
Miss. Horner was. the last of her genera-
tion.
—’'Squire E. R. Hancock, of Philipsburg,
who recently announced as a Republican
candidate for Prothonotary, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Tuesday and naturally was
doing a little handshaking in order to
tighten up his political grip. An old school
teacher, Sunday school and church man,
and an ardent prohibitionist the ’Squire
ought to be sure of a substantial following,
to say the least.
—W. E. Homan, of Oak Hall, one of the
most progressive young farmers of Col-
lege township, was among the three hun-
dred here Friday of last week for the
Beatty dinner. Mr. Homan is such a man
of affairs, that he was obliged to leave
Bellefonte early to prepare for an after
supper engagement, his time for several
days before, as well as several of those
which followed, being entirely given over
to social and business engagements.
—Among the Philipsburgers in attend-
ance at court this week sre H. C. Angell,
serving as a juror; Roy Rowles and Paul
Gearhart, interested in one of the cases on
trial. Mr. Angell continues to hold the
office of assessor in his home ward while
Mr. Rowles, former postmaster of Philips-
burg, is now making good as a traveling
salesman. Mr. Gearhart is a carpenter and
contractor and is just as successful in his
line as the other two men are in theirs.
—-Dr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Glenn and
their daughter Bettie, of Bradford, were at
State College last week, having been there
for the funeral of Dr. Glenn's brother, the
late Reuben G. Glenn. Upon receiving
word of his brother's illness, Dr. Glenn
accompanied by Mrs. Glenn, left at once
for Borger, Texas, and remaining there
until after his death, came back to Penn-
sylvania with his niece and nephew, Miss
Edna and Charles Glenn, who brought
their father’s body to State College for
burial. Miss Glenn and her brother started,
Saturday afternoon, on their journey back
home.
—A Watchman office caller on Monday
morning was Mr. Harry T. Frank, of the
firm of A. A. Frank & Sons, Millheim. He
was in Bellefonte lifting bis commission
as notary public, having recently been ap-
pointed by Governor Fisher for a four year
term. Mr. Frank has already served five
terms as notary in that town and his new
term will make twenty-four consecutive
years as such an official. Back in the days
when notaries were permitted to take in
applications for automobile licenses there
was a nice little income from the office but
local pickins’ have been pared down by
the centralization of most everything at
Harrisburg so that the office these days is
not one of much remuneration,
' —Having a little time on his hands,
while in town on Tuesday, John C. Mul-
finger, of Pleasant Gap, dropped into the
Watchman office and replenished our till to
the extent of a square meal or two. John
is apparently one of those reticent, auiet
fellows but there is a quaint drollery about
his remeniscences which makes them ex-
tremely interesting. Referring to some of
the old-time citizens of the Gap he told us
of an old blacksmith who sixty years ago
lived up in the mountain at the watering
trough, and who built himself a two-wheel-
ed countraption like a bicycle on which to
ride down the mountain to Pleasant Gap,
but he had no way of propelling it up-
grade so had to carry it back.
—Clarence Rine has been on a trip east
this week, in the interest of the Bellefonte
Lumber Co.
—Mrs. Jennie Holter Curtin, of Curtin,
is at present completing plans for a trip
south later in the month, expecting to go
to Texas, where she will visit until May,
with her son and his family.
—Norman Rothrock, who returned last
week from a business trip to Porto Rico,
as a representative of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co., has been home this week
for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Rothrock. i
—Mrs.Harrison Holmes and her sister
Miss Jean Sasserman, arrived in Belle-
fonte Saturday from Ridgway, where Miss
Sasserman had been her sister's guest for
some time. Mrs. Holmes was home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sasser-
man, for the week-end only.
—DMr. and Mrs. Adolph Fauble and Mr.
and Mrs. George Hazel, have been in New
York for the past week, doing some spring
buying for the Clothing stores and Hazel
& Co., department store. Mr. and Mrs.
Hazel left Bellefonte Saturday while Mr.
and Mrs. Fauble went east Sunday night.
—W. H. Stover, carpenter and builder of
Boalsburg, was in Bellefonte, Wednesday,
having come down to see about a bill of
lumber needed for a house he is to erect
near Lemont in the spring. Mr. Stover also
had business with Judge Keller that day,
but while enroute here learned of the
Judge's unexpected death.
Healthy Increase of Telephones in
Centre County.
A growth of 375 telephones in Belle-
fonte during 1926, bringing the total
up to 1,540, has been announced by
F. L. Richards, manager for The Bell
Telephone company of Pennsylvania.
Along with this is a total addition of
‘almost 700 telephones in Centre coun-
ty for the same period, bringing the
county’s figure up to 4,088.
Although some of the expansion can
be accounted for by the taking over
of the Penn State Telephone com-
pany’s lines, the net growth still shows
a very healthy condition for the en-
tire county, Mr. Richards stated. As
compared with the growth in recent
years, a noticeable increase has been
made in"both Bellefonte and Centre
county. :
In 1924 there were 3,202 telephones
in the county, which was a growth of
168 during that year. In 1925, the
total had risen to 3,302, making a
growth of 100 subscribers for the year.
This steady increase, Mr. Richards
thinks, indicates that Centre county is
progressing and growing in a sound
way. While no phenomenal jump in
the number of telephones has been
shown, the trend toward more ex-
tensive service upholds the assump-
tion that business in the county is
maintaining it’s upward movement,
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Beatty Motor Co. Has Big Fordson
Day Gathering.
Last Friday was Fordson tractor
day at the Beatty Motor company gar-
age and salesroom and three hundred
and seventeen Centre county
farmers were in attendance. In the
morning a motion picture illustrating
the making of tractors and their eco-
nomic value on the farm was shown at
the Moose theatre, free to all visitors.
At noon the company gave the farm-
ers a free luncheon and in the after-
noon skilled men told the farmers how
to use and take proper care of their
tractor. Mi. Beatty had on exhibition
in his show room a large map of Cen-
tre county on which was marked in
red the location of every Fordson in
Centre county, over three hundred of
them.
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Kocher—Randolph.—Guy Alexander
Kocher and Miss Gladys Catherine
Randolph, both well known young peo-
ple of Ferguson township, went to
Cumberland, Md., on Tuesday, where
they were united in marriage, return-
ing home the same evening to enjoy
a wedding supper served at the St.
Elmo, in Pine Grove Mills. The bride
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reed
R. Randolph, of Pine Grove Mills, and
just last week resigned her position
as teacher of the primary school at
Pine Grove Mills. The bridegroom
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Kocher, of Graysville and is holding
down a good job in the Pennsy shops,
at Altoona. The young couple will
make their home in Altoona.
—1In a parley recently held be-
tween the Bellefonte clerks associa-
tion and the associated business men
the matter of the Thursday half-holi-
day was under consideration. It was
decided to make the custom perman-
ent for five months each year. Be-
ginning with May stores will be closed
every Thursday afternoon until the
1st of October.
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Sale Register.
March 14, Monday, at the residence of
Frank Donovan, 1 mile east of Axe Mann,
a full line of farm implements, 4 horses,
20 cows, 22 head young cattle, 40 shbats
and pigs. 18 head of cattle are grade
Guernseys. Sale starts at 10 a. m. sharp.
L. F. Mayes, auctioneer. 72-7
March 21—Mondav—on the Dr. L. E.
Kidder farm, 2 miles east of Boalsburg, W.
E. Kline will sell farm implements, 6
horses, 1 colt, 17 cows, 18 head cattle, 22
sheep, 30 hogs, chickens, house hold goods,
etc. A clean up sale. Cattle are t. b.
tested. Sale starts at 10 a. m. L. F. Mayes,
auctioneer.
Saturday, March 26.—At residence of
Elmet BE. Rider, Gatesburg, 8 miles east of
Warriorsmark, 2 horses, 3 mules, 9 cows, 3
sows, 11 shoats and full line of farm im-
Rlements, Sale at 10 a. m. Lester Harpster,
ue.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Ce.
Wheat - =v: = tml Geig = SLB
BY = = » « = w. = 80
Oats + = « =« «= « « 40
Corn owe eee 8
Barley mew el. 70
Buckwheat - - - . 90
kai wine 20