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Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1927.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
You get free porch rocker
tickets with each fifty cents spent with
the Bellefonte merchants. 15-1t
——The American Legion minstrels
are practicing hard every night for the
performance to be given two nights
next week, April 28th and 29th.
Nineteen Centre county young
men have already enrolled as candi-
dates from Centre county to the cili-
zens military training camus in July.
The counsy'c quota is twenty-eight.
——We have a very useful Auto-
Strop Safety razor all done up in a
neat little velvet lined metallic case, to
give to everyone who sends or brings
a new subscription to the Watchman.
Next week will be “American
forest week” when every owner of
waste land should plant seedling trees
and extra care should be exercised by
fishermen and others to prevent the
starting of forest fires.
On Wednesday evening of last
week Rev. Homer C. Knox baptized
five children and two adults and on
Sunday he had the pleasure of taking
twenty-six people into full member-
ship in the Methodist church of Belle-
fonte.
Edward R. Owen is a patient
in the Centre County hospital, having
been taken violently ill on Sunday
night with congestion of the bowels.
While his condition yesterday was
slightly improved his case is still re-
garded as serious.
The Bellefonte Academy base-
ball team will play the Bucknell
Freshmen, on Hughes field, tomorrow
afternon at three o’clock. Admission,
50 eents. * Last Saturday the Academy
in their opening game, defeated the
Juniata P. R. R. team 8 to 1. If you
want to see some good ball players in
action go out to Hughes field tomorrow
afternoon.
George Windemaker, a twenty
year old York county prisoner, made
his escape from Rockview peniten-
tiary, late Wednesday afternoon. He
was a farm hand employed at one of
the barns and managed to get away
when nobody was looking in his direc-
tion. ‘He is five feet six inches tall
and weighes 147 pounds. He is of
slender build and walks with a limp.
——And now it is announced that
Samuel H. Wigton has been appointed
postmaster at Philipsburg. In the
eivil service examination for the ap-
pointment Roy R. Rowles, former
postmaster, had the highest rating,
Mr. Wigton next and Wayne Kirk
third. But Rowles and Kirk are Demo- |
erats which likely put them out of the |
running and Wigton in.
Several weeks ago word was
received in Bellefonte of the death
of James S. Krape, at his home
in Seattle, Washington, and naturally
it was supposed that the deceased was
the Mr Krape who had gone west
from Spring Mills. A few days ago,
however, word was received that the |
Centre county Krape is alive and well |
and that the man who died is another
Mr. Krape. |
A dinner will be given at the
Brockerhoff house Monday evening, |
April twenty-fifth, by the Adelphia
zlub of Bellefonte in honor of the la-
dies from State College, who will ap-
pear in the play, “To Be Dealt With
Accordingly,” in the Episcopal parish
house; the president of the Woman’s
efub, Mis. Gregg Curtin, and the
ehairman of the program committee,
Miss Isabella Hill to be invited guests.
Now that the trout fishing sea-
son has been duly opened and spring
is evidently here to stay there is mo
reason why you should not enjoy
yourselves by taking in the motion
pictures at the Scenic every evening
during the week. There you will see
pictures the like of which you never
saw before and will have no opportun-
ity of seeing again in Bellefonte.
They are the cream skimmed from
the output of all the leading film mak-
ers in this country and abroad. Every
evening has its own big program.
Almost one hundred instructors
from various Universities and col-
leges, Normal and private schools, will
be included in the two hundred men
and women who will constitute the
faculty at the eighteenth annual sum-
mer session for teachers at State Col-
Tege this year. In the number will
be prominent instructors from Europe
and the institute of French education
wil? have native French men and wo-
men instructors. Dean W. G. Cham-
bers states that more inquiries have
been received so far about the summer
course than in any previous year.
“To be Dealt with Accordingly”
and “About Face” are two interesting
plays to be presented by women of
State College and Bellefonte in the
Episcopal parish house Monday even-
ing, April twenty-fifth, at eight
afelock, under the auspices of the Wo-
man’s club. The former, which deals
with the Americanization of foreign-
ers, is both humorous and instructive
and will be enacted by Mrs. W. G.
Chambers, Mrs. T. E. Gravatt, Sabra
W. Vought, Jean D. Amberson, Louise
Moss and Lucretia V. T. Simmons, all
of State College; the latter, also a
very clever and unique play, will be
presented by local talent. Do not fail
to take advantage of this delightful
entertainment. Tickets may be ob-
tained from Mrs. W. Harrison Walker,
east Linn street, for fifty cents.
ONE MAN KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Stephen Georges, of State College, a
Victim of High Speed Driving.
Stephen Georges, an employee at
the Nittany Quick Lunch restaurant,
at State College, was so badly injured
in an automobile accident on the state
highway, near Rock Springs, last Sat-
urday evening, that he died before he
could be taken to a hospital; Furgys
Buyers, a companion, was cut and
bruised to that extent that he is still
confined to his home, while James
Harris, the driver of the car, escaped
without a scratch.
The three men had left State Col-
lege shortly after noon for a run to
Tyrone. Returning about seven p. m.
they flashed past “Tenny” Kocher on
the Wigton hill. When they passed
him he remarked to his companion
“Ill overtake them before they get
very far.” Whether that prophesy
was his opinion that they would meet
up with an accident because of their
speed or whether he intended to speed
up some himself we know not, but it
came true. After he had reached a
point just east of the Rock Springs
garage he saw the Jordan roadster on
its side. He and his companion were
the first on the scene and when they
got there Georges was lying under the
car, crosswise, and the two other men
were at either side of it. One pulling
at his shoulders, the other pulling at
his legs in théir effort to get him out,
so excited that they did not seem to
realize that they were tugging against
one another.
Kocher and his companion, and
others who had arrived by that time,
succeeded in lifting the car so that
Georges could be taken out. He was
living, but unconscious and a truck
occupied by a lone fisherman stopped
and offered to take the injured man
to a hospital.
blankets and cushions which were
used to make Georges as comfortable
as possible and the race to a physician
began.
Dr. Woods, at Pine Grove Mills,
was the first one visited. He examin-
ed the victim, advised hurrying on to
a hospital, but expressed the fear that
there was no hope and that death
would come very shortly. It did just
a mile or so out of Pine Grove Mills.
Both Buyers and Harris were so
dazed and excited that neither one
could give a coherent explanation of
just how the accident occurred. Ob-
servation on the ground indicates that
the men were going at high speed.
They successfully negotiated the
sharp curves east of Rock Springs
garage and were on a straight-awiy
when a blow-out probably threw them
to the left. The machine shot be-
tween a telephone pole and a new wire
fence, pulling a fence post clear out
of the ground and shooting it thirty
feet into the field while the right side
of the car lifted the telephone pole out
of the ground and dragged it some dis- |
tance, splitting it from butt to top.
Even after this the car raced on com-
pletely destroying four panels of fence
and then turning over on its side.
The front end of the car was scarce-
ly damaged at all, but the body, evi-
dently where the telephone pole crush-
ed the right side, and the rear end
were badly damaged.
Georges’ dead body was taken to
the College where a thorough examin-
ation showed that his left side had
been crushed and his abdomen punc-
| tured so that he was almost disem- |
i boweled. The latter injury was prob- !
ably caused by the broken handle on
the door of the car. Georges, who
was about thirty years old, had lived
at State College three yars. He was
unmarried and the only relatives in
this country live at Homestead. The
remains were taken there on Monday
for burial, being accomapnied by Har-
ris, the driver of the car.
Buyers is also an employee at the
Quick Lunch restaurant while Harris
operates a shoe shining parlor at the
College.
Four Juniata Residents Injured in Au-
to Accident.
Four residents of Juniata, John
Beichler, Harry T. Brungard, Herbert
C. Ranck and James W. Funk, all
members of Alexander camp No. 46,
P. O. S. of A., on their way to Belle-
fonte to attend the Commandery meet-
ing on Saturday night, were injured
in an auto accident just west of Port
Matilda, shortiy before six o’clock on
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Funk was
driving the car, and owing to the slip-
pery condition of the concrete road be-
cause of rain, he lost control of the
steering wheel and the car crashed
into a concrete culvert and hung there
a mass of wreckage.
Ranck, who was sitting in front
with the driver, was thrown clear of
the wreck. Funk was pinned fast be-
hind the steering whiil, while Beichler
and Brungard, on the rear seat, got
the full force of the impact. Passing
motorists brought the injured to Belle-
fonte, three of the men being taken
to the Centre County hospital. There
it was found that Beichler had sustain-
ed a fracture of the skull, severe lac-
erations of the head and face and his
condition is regarded as very serious.
Brungard sustained lacerations of
the head and face but his condition is
not serious. Ranck had cuts on the
face but after being treated he was
able to leave the hospital. Funk had
cuts on the face but a physician fixed
him up without going to the hospital.
It will probably be several days be-
fore the seriousness of Beichler’s in-
juries can be fully determined.
Motorists contributed
Explosion.
Lloyd E. Grubb, of Coleville, an
o’clock last Friday morning, that he
pital shortly after being brought to
that institution the same afternoon.
The Rhoads brothers had the job of
a channel through the solid rock at the
eastern end of Penns cave to connect
the underground lake with the one
constructed on Penns creek. The work
was about completed; in fact the bat-
tery of three shots to be put off on
Friday morning was the last of that
kind of work to be done. After the
holes had been drilled, loaded, fuses
laid and properly tamped three of the
men were picked to light the fuses.
Lloyd was given the shot nearest the
outside. The other two men lit their
fuses and past out just as Lloyd ap-
plied the match to his, and the three
men walked away to a safe distance.
Two of the shots went off but the
tone lit by Lloyd did not. All three
employee of George Rhoads’ Sons, was |
so badly injured in a delayed blast ex-
plosion at Penns cave, about ten
passed away at the Centre County hos- |
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Lloyd Grubb Killed by Delayed Blast FEW LARGE CATCHES
ON SEASON’S OPENING.
No record catches of speckled beau-
ties marked the opening day of the
trout fishing season, and naturally
every man who went out blamed it
on the cold weather, the high water
or the almost full moon. As usual
quite a lot of Bellefonte fishermen
went to Fishing creek hugging to their
bosom the fond hope that by getting
building an outside lake and blasting lon the stream early they would reap
a rich reward but even they were
doomed to disappointment. The trout
editor of the Watchman was among
the number and he was persistent
enough to stay on the job until Sat-
urday evening, but had to confess
when he returned that the best he
could do was eight, which included
what he had to throw back as under-
sized. And that was a sample of the
luck the fishermen had who whipped
the waters of Fishing creek. After
writing the above, however, we learned
that postmaster John L. Knisely
caught twenty trout in two days,
ranging in size from 8% to 11 inches,
which is the best record heard of.
Spring creek fishermen did not fare
much better. A number of Bellefonte
"men walked closer and looked but
! neither one could detect any sign of
: smoke and the natural conclusion was
that the fuse had gone out. Lloyd
walked up to the plugged hole and
"was in the act of stooping down to ex- i
, amine the fuse when the explosion !
occurred and he got the full force of |
iit on his face, head and breast.
| He was a son of Nelson I. and
Bessie Henry Grubb and was born in |
: Spring township on September 7th,
11905, hence was 21 years, 8 months
‘and 8 days old. His entire life was !
‘spent at Coleville and vicinity. He
had worked with the Rhoads brothers |
since early last December and was a!
steady, industrious young man. In!
addition to his parents he is survived
by three brothers and three sisters, |
‘namely: Mrs. Henry Muirhead, of,
Coleville; Norman, Melvin, Elmer,
; Dorothy and Lois, all at home.
i Rev. J. A. Mills had charge of the
{ fneral services which were held at his
| late home at two o’clock on Monday
afternoon, burial being made in the
| Union cemetery.
~C. L. Goodling to Leave State College
in June.
| C. L. Goodling, who the past twen-
ity years has been superintendent of
farms, at State College, has been
Slected president of the Boys’ Farm
! School, ag Doylestown, Bucks county,
, and will leave the College to take
charge of his new position shortly
after the June commencement exer-
“cises. Mr. Goodling’s services at the
College have been for so long a per-
i iod that he has almost become identi-
| fied as an integral part of the insti-
“tution but the offer of the trustees of
ithe Farm School was too enticing to
. be turned down. »
i While he will leave the College in
June Mrs. Goodling will remain there
, with the family and continue to re-
“side at the College until her children
i have completed their education.
The Doylestown Farm School was
; established over twenty years ago and
"has made rapid strides every year.
Just now there is a campaign on to
raise for it a five million dollar en-
dowment fund, and if it is successful
the school will be put on a sound fi-
naacial basis for years to come.
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——Be sure : to save your porch
rocker tickets. 15-1t
| re earurarateis
. The Misses Hines Injured in Auto Ac-
i cident.
| Misses Esther and Julia Hines were
_injured, though not seriously, in an
“auto accident on Bishop street, on
| Sunday evening. With their brother
Lawrence they had driven down the
. Nittany valley highway and were on
their way home when the accident
happened. As they were coming down
Bishop street Norris W. Graybill, an
instructor at the Bellefonte Academy,
was going up. Just beyond the Undine
engine house Graybill cut across the
road in front of the Hines car to the
Keystone filling station. The result
was a collision between the two cars,
both of which were considerably dam-
aged. :
The two young ladies were the only
ones injured to any extent and they
were taken to the Centre County hos-
pital where it was found that their in-
juries consisted of cuts and bruises
and after these were dressed they
were taken to their home on Linn
street.
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Impressive Services at St. John’s
Episcopal.
On Good Friday evening, in St.
John’s Episcopal church, “The Seven
Last Words of Christ,” by Dubois, was
sung by an augmented choir.
The service was most impressive
and the dignity and solemnity of the
entire evening was felt by all who at-
tended.
The chorus was splendidly balanced
and the work of the soloists, as they
pictured the grief of our Christ, and
his Mother Mary, was most impres-
sive.
The entire cantata was accompanied
by Mrs. Louis Schad, on the violin,
and Mrs. Russel Blair, at the organ.
At the offertory, “Ava Maria”—Schu-
bert, was played by Mrs. Schad.
The silence and attention of the
large audience which filled the church
was proof that people are still eager
for the better type of music.
| stream without getting a rise.
men spent four to five hours on this
of
course there were a few who fared
better. Joseph Thal, one of the best
fishermen in Bellefonte, put in almost
the entire day on Spring creek and the
admits that he never fished harder in
his life. While the trout he caught
were nice he had no unusually large
ones, eleven to twelve inches being the
biggest.
On Logan’s branch the trainmen on
two miles. John Nighthart was one
was successful in landing seven. A
voung man by the name of Hoy went
‘home with ten, while county treasurer
J. O. Heverly and Harry Monsell each
landed eight.
Probably the best beginning of the
day was made by Eddie Brown. He
and Edward Owens had made arrange-
ments to go up Spring creek and
:Brown, while waiting on Mr. Owens
to get ready, decided to try his luck
in the tail race leading from the
Phoenix mill. Inside of twenty min-
utes he landed three trout, measuring
14, 16 and 18 inches. But when he
went with Mr. Owens he didn’t get a
nibble.
And that is the kind of luck that
attended the fishermen on the opening
day in Centre county.
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Lyon & Co. Store Closing Out Large |
Stock of Merchandise.
The Lyon & Co. store, the oldest
‘mercantile establishment in Belle-
fonte, announces a closing out sale of
its entire stock of merchandise and
many rare bargains can be obtained
there during the process of winding
up the affairs of the store. This will
be a bonafide closing out and not sim-
ply a means to catch unwary buyers.
Mrs. Grauer, who since the death of
her husband, the late Louis Grauer,
has been in personal charge of the
business, does not feel equal to contin-
uing the management, hence the
sale.
As stated above the Lyon & Co.
store is the oldest in Bellefonte. It
was started in the early seventies by
Bernard C. Lyon and two sons, Augus-
tus and Moyer. Augustus eventually
went to Philadelphia and engaged in
and following the
business there
death of the senior Lyon forty years
ago the management devolved upon
Moyer who had charge until his death
and since that time Mrs. Grauer and °
her husband have been at the helm.
Other stores have come and gone,
builded bigger and added departments, !
but the Lyon & Co. store has gone
along on the even tenor of its way,
carried up to date merchandise and
enjoyed a clientelle of customers year
after year. That the time has come
when the management feels it neces-
sary to close out is a matter of deep
regret, as it will mean the passing
away of another of the town’s land-
marks.
_ When the closing out sale has been
completed the room will be rented if
a satisfactory tenant can be secured.
Community Orchestra Concert This
Evening.
This Friday evening, April 22nd, at
eight o’clock, the Bellefonte Commun-
ity orchestra will give its first public
concert in the court house. The or-
chestra, under the direction of Mrs.
Louis Schad, is composed of twenty-
six musicians of Bellefonte and vicin-
ity.
An added feature of the program
will be a number given by the Kin-
dersymphony orchestra, a junior or-
chestra composed of twenty children
from the age of seven to thirteen.
The Kindersymphony originated in
Europe among the great musicians
who conceived the idea of teaching
children the best forms of orchestra
music by writing symphonies and
other compositions in which specially
constructed and tuned instruments
could be used.
Soloists of the evening will be mem-
bers of the Community orchestra.
The orchestra has already been en-
gaged to furnish the music at the
annual commencement of the Boals-
burg High school.
——Look for the stores in Belle-
fonte that given away free porch
rockers. 15-1t
! NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
- —R. C. Witmer and Mrs. Witmer, drove
to Danville Sunday, to consult specialists
| regarding Mr. Witmer’s health.
—Joseph DeLallo returned Tuesday from
ian over Sunday visit with his brother,
| George DeLallo and his family, at Hazle-
: ton,
—Lawrence Brown was home for Easter
with his mother, Mrs. Pearl Brown. Law-
rence is a student at Girard college, at
Philadelphia.
—Mr. and Mrs. Luther Crissman came
down from Altoona, on Monday morning,
and spent the day here greeting ‘heir
friends generally.
a goiter. Miss Anderson was accompanied
to Altoona by her two sisters, Mrs. Cassidy
and Mrs. Decker. Paul Daley, having
driven the party over.
—Donald Quimby, with Goddard & Co., of
New York city, was with friends in Belle-
fonte for his Easter week-end vacation,
having come over Good Friday.
—Miss Carolyn Anderson went to Al-
toona, on Wednesday and entered the Al-
toona hospital where yesterday she sub-
mitted to an operation for the removal af
-—Mrs. Harry Curtin, of Curtin, has had
as guests within the week her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hodges, of Cynwyd, and their two chil-
' dren.
—Miss Pearl Evey and Miss Katherine
[ Yiop were Easter guests of the Misses
Verna and Pearl Chambers, on the drive
I to Clarence, and for the day spent there
"at the Chambers howe.
—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Valentine and
| best he could do was eleven, and he their son Richard were over Easter guests
! »
tof the former's mother, Mrs. Henry Clay
| Valentine, on Curtin street. They returned
Ha their home in Lancaster on Monday.
+ Remsberg, then drove to New (Castle to be
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne I.
| Stitzinger, Mrs. Stitzinger completing the
| Johnston family party. The boys and
ithe Lewisburg railroad counted eigh- | Miss Remsberg returned on Tuesday to
| ty-two fishermen in a stretch of about Carlisle.
i
| —DMiss Margaret Brockerhofi came up
of the Logan branch fishermen and from Philadelpbia on Good Friday, and
will be in Bellefont2 with her uncle and
{ brother, Dr. Joseph and Henry Lrockerhofi
"until recovered from a slignt indisposition
i of several weeks stauding.
—Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Cook and
! their daughter, Miss Margaret, will return
| from Colorado the first week in May, to
1 open their home on Linn street. The
| Cook family have been with James Cook at
, Manitou, Colorado, for the winter.
—Charles F. Cook and his daughter,
i Miss Anna are anticipating a summer visit
from Mr. Cook’s daughter, Mrs. R. H. Mec-
Dowell and her daughter Barbara, who are
mow on their way home from Europe, ex-
| peeting to come direct to Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Walter Cohen has returned to
Bellefonte from a two week's stay at
Atlantic City. Her daughter, Miss Grace,
a student at Drexel, has been at the
Cohen home within the week for one of
her short but . frequent with the
! familly.
visits
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Love have had as
guests within the week, Mrs. Love's sisters
and brother, the Misses Rachel aud Ellen
Witmer and Robert IF. Witmer Jr., of
Philadelphia, all having been house guests
of the Loves at their apartment in the
Landsy Annex.
—Hugh and Phil Johnston, both law
, students at Dickinson college, accompanied
by Miss Remsberg, of Carlisle, came to
i Bellefonte on Good Friday, te spend
Easter Sunday with the J. KX. Johnston
family. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, with their
two daughters, their two sons and” Miss
The Misses Anne and Caroline Valentine
arrived in Bellefonte, yesterday, to open
their house just south of town for the
i summer. The Misses Valeatine spent the
winter in the Bermudas, returning to the
States several weeks ago. the time since
; landing having been spent in Philadelphia.
| —Arnold and Warren Cobb, the two
| elder sons of Mr. and Mrs. Myron M. Cobb,
were here over Sunday to complete the
| family party at the Cebb home on west
High street. Arneld is permanently locat-
ed at Conneaut, Ohio, while Warren is a
student at the University of Pennsylvaniu,
at Philadelphia.
—Mrs. George M. Gamble, her daughter,
Elizabeth, her son McClure and grandson,
Tommy O'Brien, drove te West Virginia
on Good Friday to spend Faster with the
childs parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. O'Brien,
at Phillipi. Tominy, whe had been with
‘his grandmother for some time, remained
with his parents.
—Mr.. and Mrs. John Furst were here
from Philadelphia for the opening of the
fishing season, remaining in Bellefonte over
Easter with: Mrs. A. O. Furst. John Curtin
Jr, a student at Lebigh, was also a mem-
ber of the week-end party, being home to
spend. his shert Easter vacation with his
parents; Mr. and Mrs. John Curtin,
—Ldward T. Hall and his daughter, Mrs.
R. C. Williams, ef Port Matilda, spent sev-
eral hours in Bellefonte, Saturday, market-
ing for the Hall family Easier party en-
tertained Sunday at the Hall home on
the farm near Unionville. Included in the
party were Mr. and Mrs. Hall's eight sons,
one daughter and two grand-children.
—Mrs. Henry Wetzel has been at Ocean
City, N. J., for two weeks and expects to,
remain there until June. Mrs. Wetzel
spent three months of the winter with her
son Nevin and his family, at Belington, W.
Va., then returned to Bellefonte for a three
weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Earl
Hoffer, and other members of the family,
leaving from here for Ocean City.
—John Frederick Noll, the eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Noll, who was in
Bellefonte for an aster visit with bis
mother and brothers, at their home on
Howard street, is now located in New
York city, with the Reuben H. Donnelley
Corporation, publishers of “Donnelley’s
Red Book. Mr. Noll left Bellefonte twelve
years ago and since then has been home
for short periods of time only.
-—Relatives and friends from a distance
who were here, Saturday, for the funeral
of the late Mrs. George F. Harris, included
her brother, William Wilson Curtin and
Mrs. Curtin, of Philadelphia; her two
nieces, Mrs, Gilbert McIlvain, of Downing-
town, and Mrs. George Spencer, of New
York; Mrs. George D. Green, of Lock
Haven; Miss Anne McCormick, Harry Me-
Cormick and Mrs. Ross Hickok, of Harris-
burg. Mrs. Harris’ younger daughter and
sister, Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh,
and Mrs. M. C. Breese, of Downingtown,
were in Bellefonte almost the entire time
of Mrs. Harris’ three months illness.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Catalina, Mr. and
Mrs. Reuben Hillard with Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Kane as guests, motored to Al-
toona, Tuesday of last week, to see the
Passion play, which was shown at the
Mishler theatre that evening.
—After a six month's stay with cousins
and friends on the racific coast, Miss Mary
McQuistion will leave there the latter part
of April for Longmont, Colo,, for a month’s
visit before returning east. According to
Miss McQuistion’s present plans she will
arrive in Bellefont> late in May to open
her home, which bas been closed during
her absence.
—Miss May Crider, here from Philadel-
phia; Miss Elizabeth Hunter, a student at
the University of Syracuse; Miss Betty
Lockington, an instructor in the schoois
of Wellsboro; Miss Augusta Shoemaker,
with the P. R. R. Co., at Pittshurgh; Miss
Marion Kane at school at Beckley College,
Harrisburg; Miss Lila Robb, an instructor
in the schools of Ardmore; Miss Edna
Kilpatrick and Miss Clayton, of Philadel-
phia; Miss Mary Raymond a student at the
Lock Haven Normal; Miss Mary Hull, of
Philadelphia; Miss Cecelia Hood from
Renovo; Fred Lane from Johnstown;
James Meyer, from Elmira; James MeCul-
lough, from the University of Pittsburgh
and Clayton Kilpatrick, from Philadelphia,
were among those bome to spend Easter
with their parents.
——Yellow signs in the windows of
Bellefonte merchants indicate that
they give away free porch rockers.
15-1t
Mrs. Margaret Parker Painfully
Burned in Gasoline Explosion.
Mrs. Margaret Parker, mother of
Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, of Bellefonte,
was painfully injured in an explosion
of gasoline, last Wednesday afternoon,
and only her quick action and rare
presence of mind prevented what
might have resulted in a tragedy.
The Wilkinson family was away
from home, having motored over to
Philipsburg, and Mrs. Parker, who is
seventy-two years of age, decided she
would clean one of her little grand-
daughter’s woolen dresses. Going out
under the grape arbor in the yard
she emptied gasoline from a can into
two buckets. Af‘er thoroughly soak-
ing the dress ‘in gasoline she was in
the act of rubbing the collar of the
dress between her hands when there
was an explosion and the fire burned
both hands severely, her arms almost
to the elbows and her hair on the fore
part of her head. She was wearing a
woolen sweater and the sleeves of it
caught fire.
With her burned hands she smoth-
ered the burning sweater, then kicked
over the can of gasoline and with a
stick carried the burning bucket of
liquid down into the garden where she
left it burn itself out. She then
went into the house and applied Iccal
remedies. Her fingers and portions
of her hands were blistered from the
fire and quite painful for forty-eight
hours but she is now recovering.
State College Bill Passes F.egislature.
The Scott bill providing a total ap-
propriation of $4,234,500, including
one million dollars for new buildings
and plant repairs for the Pennsylvania
State College, was given full approval
by the Legislature in the closing days
of its session last week. It is now on
the desk of Governor Fisher awaiting
his action within thirty days of the
closing of the Legislative session.
The funds provided in the bill, in
addition to the building item, include
$2,181,000 for general college main-
tenance, $403,500 for agricultural re-
search and $650,000 for agricultural
and home economics extension. These
are the figures originally asked by the
trustees in the Scott bill, and repre-
sent the bare minimum with which the
work of the college can be continued
for the next two years. They do not
anticipate the addition of any new ac-
tivities.
The building: situation at the college
is quite serious, as was seen at first
hand by members of the house appro-
priations committee on a recent visit
to the campus.
——F'tee porch rocker tickets given
with each 50 eent purchase. 15-1t
——Three Centre county reads are
included in the omnibus read bill
which passed the Legislature last week
and: is: now up to the Governor for his
signature. They ave the roads from
Hublersburg to Howard, Millheim to
Nittany and Moshannon to Karthaus.
——Free porch rocker given away
by the Bellefonte merchants. 15-1t
——You get free porch rocker
tickets with each fifty cent purchase
in all lines of business when you pur-
chase your goods in Bellefonte. 15-1t
W. C. McCLINTIC.
$22.50 Suit Man.
Repesenting Richman Bros. Co.,
Cleveland, O., will be at State College
April 26, 27, 28.
At Garman house, Bellefonte, Fri-
day April 29. 16-1t
——It will not take long to save
enough tickets to get one of the free
porch rockers given away by the
Bellefonte merchants. 15-1t
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. X¥. Wagner & Co.
‘Wheat - - - - - - $1.20
Bye =» = = J a a ‘w Uil0M
Oats” + a 'wlic a iilleinl ge
Corn - - - - - - - 5
Barley - = =« « 2 = 70
Buckwheat = - - (- = 20