a ————————————————————————————————————E——==E————E———=—————— Bemorvaic atc, "Bellefonte, Pa., June 24, 1927. NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ——D. Wagner Geiss has entered the political race as a candidate for Recorder on the Democratic ticket. ——The barn on the Edgar Dunkle property, a mile east of Nittany, was burned to the ground, on Wednesday afternoon. Two pigs and a number of chickens were burned. —Geo. J. McNichol, Penn State 1927, is anticipating entering the service of the Bell Telephone Co., and expects to go to Philadelphia for a course in training for the work. -——L. C. Henaman, of Pittsburgh, has been elected general secretary of the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. to succeed John W. = Stewart, resigned. The change will become effective July 1st. ——Rev. A. J. Kilpatrick, who re- cently resigned the rectorship of St. John’s Episcopal church, of Bellefonte, has been appointed rector in charge of Trinity Episcopal church, Renovo, for a period of three months. ——Rev. C. W. Winey, a former pastor of the United Brethren church, of Bellefonte, but now of Johnstown, was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, at Otterbein col- lege, Westerville, Ohio, last week. ——A festival will be held on the lawn of the Baptist church at Miles- burg, Saturday evening, June 25th. Ice cream and cake, candies, pies and hot dogs, will be on sale. The pro- ceeds will go to the church treasury. ——E. S. Bullock, owner of a manufacturing plant in Williamsport but formerly of Centre county, last week confessed to voluntary bank- ruptey. His liabilities were placed at $368,438.66, and assets $295,739.99. Miss Agnes Matthews, of Philipsburg, has been secured as den- tal hygiene teacher in the public schools of Bellefonte for the ensuing year. Miss Matthews only recently graduated at the University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia. —At a regular meeting of Brooks- Doll post American Legion, on Mon- day evening, Russell Rider was elect- ed commander to succeed Francis Crawford, resigned, and Malcolm Wetzler finance officer as successor to Robert T. Willard. ——Getting out of his car at the side of the jail, on Monday afternoon, sheriff Taylor stepped on a loose stone and tore the ligaments in his knee. The injury is to the same leg that was broken by the kick of a horse at the outbreak of the world war, and as a result the sheriff is now confined to his bed. ——Mrs. Robert T. Garman, Mrs. Edward P. Black and Mrs. Frank Lukenbach, all of Tyrone, will be hos- tesses at a luncheon to be given this evening at Edgefonte, the Gar- man summer home at Axe Mann. One hundred and fifty invitations have been issued, the guests being from all parts of the State. Harry Stanton, of Julian, was arrested last Thursday on the charge of manufacturing and illegal posses- sion of moonshine liquor. Informa- tion against him was made by his landlord, Jeremiah Flack. ’Squire S. Kline Woodring held Stanton in $1000 bail for court, and in default of a bond he was sent to jail. William H. Garman, having given up his position as chief clerk at the Brockerhoff house, has been succeeded by Philip D. Waddle, who took his place behind the counter on Monday morning. Mr. Waddle has had considerable experience in the hotel business and will no doubt feel very much at home in his new job. ——Last Saturday evening two se- dans driven by Dr. J. Coburn Rogers and Gilbert Morgan crashed together at the intersection of Howard and Al- legheny streets, and the Morgan car getting the brunt of the blow, was overturned. The collision occurred as Morgan was driving east on Howard street and Dr. Rogers north on Alle- gheny. Neither of the men were in- jured and little damage done to the cars. : ——A belated wedding announce- ment is that of Stanley Crossman, of Tamaqua, and Miss Kathryn M. Han- na, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hanna, of State College, who were married at Mauch Chunk on January 28th. Prior to her marriage the bride was a nurse at the Norristown State hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Crossman will live in Tamaqua where the bride- groom holds a good position in a bank. ——-W. T. Twitmire, last week, re- ceived word of the death of Mrs. Al- ton A. Twitmire, at her home at Bradley Beach, N. J.,, on Tuesday. Mrs. Twitmire was the wife of W. T. Twitmire’s eldest son and sur- viving her are her husband and one daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Twit- mire, of Sunbury, and Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur Twitmire, of Lancaster, at- tended the funeral, which was held last Friday. ——Bellefonte’s Fourth of July celebration will be confined principal- ly to the big picnic of the Logan fire company, at Hecla park. The firemen are making arrangements for a large crowd. One of the attractions will be a Susquehanna league baseball game and there will also be a good program of other sports. A splendid orchestra has been secured for dancing in the new pavilion, afternoon and evening. Make your plans to spend at least a portion of the day with the firemen. JUDGE FURST DECIDES SPRING TWP. SCHOOL CASE. Declares Null and Void All Acts of School Board and Dismisses Other Proceedings. Before leaving for Bedford Springs, on Tuesday, to attend the annual meeting of the State Bar Association, Judge Furst handed down an opinion in the celebrated Spring township school case, in which he declared null and void the proceedings of the school board in its actions to float a bond issue for $64,400 to raise money to erect a new school building at Pleas- ant Gap, or some other point in the district, and which naturally resulted in the dismissal of other legal pro- ceedings instituted. It will be recalled that two years ago the school board of Spring town- ship decided that it would be an eco- nomical move to erect a new school building at Pleasant Gap, of sufficient capacity to accommodate an adequate High school and also all the grade schools in that vicinity. Accordingly the board passed a resolution provid- ing for floating a bond issue to cover the cost of the building. Plans were prepared and contracts let then came the question of the selection of a site for the building. Three locations were offered and naturally each one had its advocates. The site finally select- ed was not large enough and it was decided to take over the property of Annie Zelesnick, under the board’s right of eminent domain. Mrs. Zeles- nick, however, brought an action in equity to restrain the board from tak- ing her property, and coincident with proceedings instituted by her Thomas B. Beaver, H. E. Garbrick, Frank Beezer, L. F. White and B. A. Spicer, also instituted proceedings in equity to restrain the board from erecting a new building on the grounds that they had not proceeded according to law. Because of the intense interest the case has excited among the taxpay- ers of Spring township we herewith publish in full the court’s opinion and decree, as follows: These two cases have been in this completed form before this Court ex- actly nine days, and on account of their importance to a large commun- ity, we have given them careful and prompt attention. The one and only controlling ques- tion before us, as we see it, has been raised on a technicality and refers only to the validity of the bond issue approved at the election held Novem ber 3rd, 1925, under the provisions of the Act of April 20, 1874, P. L. 65, and its amendments. The question of location of a pro- posed new school building in Spring township, at Pleasant Gap, has noth- ing whatever to do with the question now before the Court, but the one clear-cut question to be decided is, “Did the School Board of Spring township follow the provisions of the Act of April 20th, 1874, and its amendments, when they endeavored to provide funds for the erection and equipment of a new school building and the carrying out of the School Board for grounds, ete.” The resolution of the School Board dated August 8th, 1925, reads as fol- lows: “RESOLVED: that the indebtedness of the School District of Spring Town- ship be made the sum of Sixty-four Thousand and Four Hundred Dollars. (64,400.00) for the erection and equip- ment of a suitable school building; that the same he submitted to the voters of the Twp. at the November election, 1923 That the Socretary prepare the required statement to be included in the adver- tisement to be given prior to said elee- tion, and take all necessary steps to bring about the said indebtedness, The vote was then taken. Swartz, Hile, Weaver and Barnhart voted in the affir- mative, none in the negative. The Presi- dent declared the motion earried.” The Act of April 20, 1874, P. L. 65, contains two separate provisions, the first as applied to the case at bar, re- quires the School Board to show hy a vote on a resolution that the School Board desires to increase the indebt- edness of the Township for the pur- pose of erection and equipment of a new school building, and this action by the Board is intended to express to the tax-payers of the district that they, as representatives of the tax payers, believe it is right and proper to borrow the money for the purposes stated. The Supreme court has so in- terpreted the Act of the Legislature as meaning that the tax payers are entitled to know by such resolution that they who are in the best position to know. the needs of the school dis- trict have taken this action to express their judgment on the subject, and that such action is intended to provide a guide to the voters when they come to express their views on the subject at the election. This is a statutory provision and must be followed strictly to support any other proceeding that may be taken in conformity with the law governing the creation of a bond issue; it is in fact the foundation of the whole proceeding. There has evidently been no inten- tion by the law makers to change this prescribed form of procedure, for the Legislature, in passing the Act of June 9th, 1891, P. L. 252, and again on May 1st. 1909, P. L. 317, used the same wording on the same subject. There is no discretion allowed to a municipality, but the provision is mandatory in all these Acts. Such an expression of a desire to increase the indebtedness must be clearly set forth as a desire, and can be expressed in a separate paragraph or by a motion on this particular sub- jeet, but it cannot be intervreted, con- strued nor assumed as the meaning of the School Board’s intention from the whole resolution. After this concise declaration of a resire to increase the indebtedness of the district has been adonted and re- corded in the minutes, the law then proceeds to outline how notice shall be given to the public and the various steps that must be taken before a lien can be fixed on real estate and the money actually raised to carry out the purposes of the bond issue. In our opinion the School Board of Spring township has not followed the strict course of procedure required by the law, consequently all proceedings following the resolution of August 8th, 1925, become null and void. The Supreme court has very clearly decided this same question and dis- cussed it at length in various cases. We feel that the cases are so clearly controlled by the authorities cited that it is unnecessary to discuss any other questions raised in the proceed- ings. : ga now, June 20th, 1926, this Bill in Equity having been carefully con- sidered on the whole record and after arguments and briefs filed, the in- junction is made perpetual and all proceedings pertaining to the $64,- 400.00 bond issue are declared null and void, and the Board of School Directors of Spring township is here- by restrained from issuing any bond in pursuance of said election, and any and all contracts entered into by said School Board for the construction or erection of a new school building on the credit of said loan are hereby declared null and void. Costs to be paid by the School District of Spring Township. In the case of Annie Zelesnick vs. the School Board, the decree follows: And now, June 20th, 1927, this Bill in Equity having been carefully con- sidered on the whole record, and after arguments and briefs filed, and it ap- pearing to the Court that the con- demnation of Plaintiff’s property and the payment for same was a part of the proceedings begun under the Resolution of the School Board of Spring Township, dated August 8, 1925, the said condemnation proceed- ings are declared null and void, and are dismissed without prejudice. for the reasons stated in the Opinion filed in No. 1, Sentember Term, 1925. Costs to be paid by the School Dis- trict of Spring Townshin. By the Court: TAS. C. FURST, P. J. | Two Escaped Prisoners Recaptured in Johnstown. Lee Barr and George D. Roberts, the two trusty prisoners who made their escape from Rockview peniten- tiary on June 11th in one of the prison cars, were captured in Johns- town on Sunday morning, while mak- ing a stealthy visit at the Barr home. Sent to the old peach orchard to bring in a fellow convict who was working there the two men could not resist the temptation to make a getaway and instead of going to the peach or- chard drove down the Spring Creek road then went west through the Buf- falo Run valley. Two miles west of Duncansville, in Blair county, the men abandoned the car. Following their arrest, on Sun- day, it developed that Barr’s young- er brother, William Ernest Barr, had | joined the two fugitives from justice and in stolen automobiles they had been out in Ohio and through West Virginia. Their plans were for go- ing to Mexico but Barr wanted to see his wife, who lives in Johnstown, be: fore they left the country, and that proved their undoing. Johnstown po- lice were keeping a watch on the Barr home and when the men appeared there promptly placed them under ar- | rest. Warden McFarland was notified of the arrest and going to Johnstown’ brought the men back to Bellefonte and lodged them in the Centre county jail at 11 o’clock Sunday night. Prominent Men Guests at Kiwanis Luncheon. Guests at the Kiwanis luncheon, at the Brockerhoff house, on Tuesday, included Charles Warner and A. D. Warner Jr, of Wilmington, Del., in Bellefonte on business pertaining to the American Lime and Stone com- pany, with which they are prominent- ly connected, and Maj. H. B. Hickman, superintendent of the Glen Mills re- form school, who with Mrs. Hickman was a guest of Rev. and Mrs. Reed O. Steely; George Ford, of Lancaster, and Luther Chandler of Tyrone. Mr. Hickman made a brief talk in which he told of the work of the reform school of which he is the head. Kiwanian J. O. Stutsman, who at- tended the national convention at Memphis, as a delegate, gave a brief report of what was done there. The club named July 12th as Boy Scout day, at which time every Ki- wanian is to have a scout as his guest at luncheon. The club also accepted an invitation from the Boy Scouts to meet with them at their summer camp, the time and place yet to be selected. The next meeting of the club will be ladies night and all members whose birthday is in June will be in charge of the meeting. Centre County Threshermen to Meet on Saturday. The Centre county Threshermen and Farmers’ Protective association will meet in the grand jury room in the court house Saturday, June 25th, at 10 o’clock a. m. Reports from the State convention will be made. er inspection, compensation insurance and many matters of interest to threshermen, mill men and farmers generally will be considered. Repre- sentatives from the Harrisburg office will be present. er ————y reeset. ——-Thursday, June 30th, is the last day that porch rocker tickets will be given away by the Bellefonte mer- chants, and also the last day that they will be redeemed at the Y. M. C. A. 25-1t ——The Spencer carnival, which held forth on Beaver field all of last week, left for Lock Haven on the first train on Sunday morning. Boil MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Street Markers will Cost Over Six Hundred Dollars. Charles Rockey and Peter Saylor, representing fifteen residents of north council, at a regular meeting on Mon- day evening, and requested that that street, between Howard and Lamb be repaired. The hard rains of this sum- mer have washed the top dressing off of the street and left it in such a con- dition that it is almost impossible to travel it by automobile. The matter was referred to the Street committee. The Street committee reported the grading of the street up to Halfmoon hill, other repairs done on various streets and collection of $90.00 for three sewer permits. The water committee reported mis- cellaneous repairs and the collection of $3.42 on the 1924 water duplicate, $83.50 on the 1925 and $1013.08 on the 1926. The committee also reported that the meter bills for the six months ending April first, amounting to $4474.95, have been made out and turned over to the borough manager for collection. The Finance committee asked for the renewal of a note for $2000 and { the execution of a new note for $3000 | to meet current bills, which was au- thorized. The Sanitary committee reported that ex-Judge Orvis stated that the water from the private swimming pool on his property did not drain onto the Snyder property, as reported, ;and the committee was of the opinion that it was surface water from the street that overflowed the Snyder | premises. i In the matter of street markers Mr. | Reynolds reported that the committee ; of whieh he is chairman has completed [a survey of the town and to mark | the principal streets will require 49 i posts and 89 markers. The commit- | tee has obtained designs and prices on | three markers, one of solid aluminum which will cost $6.38 a unit; a cheaper sign which will cost $2.25 and a still cheaper one at $1.15, but as the latter are both enamelled they would not be very durable. Dr. Reynolds gave as an estimate of the cost of putting up the markers, using the aluminum signs as follows: Signs, $312.00; posts, $182.77; putting up posts and signs from $75.00 to $100.- 00, or approximately $600. The mat- ter was referred back to the commit- tee to get definite prices and bids and report at next meeting. Mr. Brouse, of the Street commit- | tee, reported that Henry S. Linn’s complaint about the drainage from [the Masonic Temple had been taken | care of to his satisfaction. Mr. Cunningham reported: that an adding machine ought to be added to the equipment of the borough mana- ger’s office. That a Dalton machine had been placed there on trial and as the price of same was only $100 the Water committee recommended its purchase. A motion was passed au- thotizing the same. : Mr. Brouse preferred the request of Dr. David Dale for permission to put down a crude oil tank under the pave- ment at his property on Spring street, as a storage supply for an oil burner on the furnace in his home. As this was the first request of the kind pre- ferred to council the members were not certain as to their rights and au- thority so the matter was referred to the Street committee with power, after consulting with the borough solicitor. Mr. Brouse also reported that the committee had conferred with the Deitrick—Dunlap Cadillac company regarding the location of the new gas tank they wish to install at their gar- age on the corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets. The place is south of the tank now on Allegheny street, and some members of council objected be- cause it might result in further block- ing the crossing at that point. The matter was discussed from every standpoint and it was finally suggest- ed that if the Cadillac company will move the present pump on Allegheny street two or three feet further away from the crossing they be granted permission to put down the new tank. Mr. Brouse reported progress in the matter of securing oil for the streets. Bills to the amount of $1273.31 were approved for payment after which council adjourned. Keystone Power Corp. to Connect New Service Line on Sundy. The new service line connecting the i Keystone Power corporation with the Penn Central company, by way of Bald Eagle and Buffalo Run valleys, has been completed to the large sub- station out in Bush’s Addition and all that now remains to complete the cir- cuit is to commect the two feed lines at the substation. This, however, will be a big job and will take at least a full day to do. As now planned the work will be done next Sunday, as it will be nec- essary to turn off all the current while the men are making the connection. They plan to start work about four o’clock in the morning and hope to have everything completed and the current on by Sunday evening. While this is not an official notice, yet if you fail to find any electric juice running into your home on Sun- day you will have this information as the reason therefore. ——Tuesday was the beginning of year. Penn street, appeared before borough TRANSACTED BY COUNCIL. ! NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Miss Bernice Crouse, organist at the Scenic theatre, went over to Williamsport, Saturday, spending the week-end there with friends. —Mrs. Jay T. Storch, with her little son Jay, returned on Sunday from a two week's visit at Mr. Storch’s home, at Towanda. Pa. ——Mrs. Charles Dickinson, of East Smithfield, Pa., is a guest at the home of her nephew, J. T. Storch and family, on north Spring street. —~Charlton Valentine, of Pittsburgh, is spending his vacation with his grand- mother, Mrs. Amanda Houser and other relatives in centre County. —Jean Knox and Mauvis Furey drove to Harrisburg, Thursday afternoon of last week, remaining there until Sunday as guests of some of Jean's friends. —Miss Anne Confer has been on one of her occasional visits to Williamsprt, this week, there as a guest of the Rev. Alex- ander Scott and Mrs. Scott, former resi- dents of Bellefonte. —Mrs. W. Earl McCreedy and her small daughter are with Mrs. McCreedy’s grand- mother, Mrs. James Schofield, for a month, having come to Bellefonte from Jersey City the early part of the week. —Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walker had as house guests this week Mr. Walker's brother Julian, of Wilmington, Del, who with Mrs. Walker and their two children were driving through Pennsylvania. —Mr. and Mrs Samuel Reynolds, of Lancaster, are in Bellefonte for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Quigley, and with Mr. Reynolds’ brother and his wife, Col. and Mrs. W. F Reynolds. GisceC ,noon,s —Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haag, accompanied by Mrs. Haag's sister, Mrs. Pearl Gordon. Mrs. Beulah Brooks and Prof. I L. Colby, left on Sunday for a ten day’s motor trip to Philadelphia, Atlantic City and the New England States. —Miss Maude Flink, who was called east because of the death of her mother at Unionville, and who has been spending some time as a guest at the J. F. Stover home, on Bishop street, left on Monday for her home in Los Angeles, Cal. —Mrs. Charles Robb,of State College, and daughter, Miss Virgie, of Bellefonte, left last Friday on a motor trip to Camden. N. J., to visit Claire Robb and wife, ex- pecting to bring the latter back with them for a visit with Centre county friends. —A. B. Beck and daughter, Miss Miriam, and Mr. Beck’s son, John Beck and wife, and Robert Hoy, all of Snyder- town, motored out to Columbus, Ohio, during the week to witness the ‘graduation of Miss Mildred Beck as a prefessional nurse. —Mr. and Mrs. James ¥. Harter, of Coburn, were Bellefonte visitors on Mon- day. Mr. Harter came up to attend a meeting of the directors of the Farmer's Mutual Fire Ins. Co. and Mrs. Harter came along to spend the day with relatives in town. —Clarence MeClellan, of Fort Wayne, Ind., spent Sunday and the fore part of the week on a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClellan. Charles is still connected with the Salvation Army and is greatly interested in the work in Fort Wayne. —Miss Eleanor McKeeman left Belle- fonte, Saturday, following A two week's visit here with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Undercoffer. Miss Me- Keeman went direct to Trenton, N. J., for the week-end, before returning to her home in Philadelphia. —Mrs. 8. Durbin Gray will come here from Philadelphia, Monday, to be a guest of Miss Humes for a week. At the ex- piration of her visit in Bellefonte she will go direct to Boston and from there to Bar Harbor, expecting to be with friends for the greater part of the summer. —Mr. and Mrs. W. Cordis Snyder and their family have moved from Gray, Somerset county, to Frostburg, Maryland, in order that Mr. Snyder might be in closer touch with the operations under his direction. The Snyders are former resi- dents of Snow Shoe, this county. —Mr. and Mrs. James P. Parsons, of Toledo, Ohio, have been visiting with Mrs. Parsons’ sisters and brother the Kephart family at Fillmore. Mr. Parsons returned home Kriday after spending two weeks in Centre county, while Mrs. Par- sons is continuing her visit until the early part of July. —Mrs. Jacob Levi, and her daughter, of Birmingham, Ala., have been in Bellefonte this week, guests of Mrs. Levi's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cherry. Mr. Levi is expected to land within a few days from a business trip to Europe and will join his family for a short time, return- ing then direct to Birmingham. Mrs. Levi and their daughter intend remaining here for a part of the summer. -—Charles Haines, his brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Haines and their son, were all here from McKeesport for an over Sunday visit with their moth- er, Mrs. Martha Haines; the occasion being to celebrate the eighty-fifth anniver- sary of their mother's birthday. Charles motored in with Will and his wife but as they had to return next day he tarried until Tuesday and returned by train. —Dr. and Mrs. Geo. C Hall, accompanied by their niece, Mrs. Donahue, came up from Wilmington, Del., last week for their annual summer visit at Boalsburg. Mrs. Donahue, who had been called north by the illness of Mrs. Hall, left on Tuesday morning for a visit in Boston, before re- turning to her home in Alabama. Mrs. John Stuart, of State College, and Mrs. Hall spent Tuesday together with friends in Bellefonte. —Mrs. Orrin Miller arrived here, Sun- day evening, from Erie, where she makes her home for the greater part of the time with her son, Arthur J. Miller and his family. The few days she spent in Belle- fonte, she was a guest of her brother. Thomas Shaughnessy and his family, on Howard street, leaving there to go to State College to spend the remainder of the summer with another son, Francis, where she expects to be until September. --R. D. Bigelow and his son Charles, of Philipsburg, spent part of Monday looking after some business matters that brought them over the mountain and, incidentally, gave us the opportunity of having a pleas- ant little chat with them. The elder Bigelow added a bit to our fund of polit- ical news and confirmed rumors we have been hearing for some time concerning | the relative strength of the several candi- summer and the longest day in the | dates for office from that section of the county. —Miss Marion Dale, of Oak Hall, is spending the summer at Lock Haven, tak- ing the third year of her course at the State Normal. —Miss Mary Sebring is home for a ten day’s vacation visit with her parents, Dr. end Mrs. John Sebring, before leaving to spend the summer at a girl's camp in New England. —Mr. and Mrs. John F. Marks and their son Keith left Sunday night, on a drive to Mrs. Marks’ former home at Berlin, Pa., to spend two days there and at Derry. During their absence the Colonial restau- rant ‘was closed and redecorated. —Mrs. Pearl Brown with her daughter and son, Helen and “Billy,” left Wednes- day night to go to Philadelphia, to be present at the graduation exercises at Girard College. Mrs. Brown's elder son Lawrence, is a member of the class of ’27. —Dr. and Mrs. 8S. M. Nissley are enter- taining Mrs. Nissley’s mother and brother, who are here from McKeesport. Mrs. Mil- ler is in Bellefonte for a visit while her son is at summer school at the College, spending his week-ends in Bellefonte with his sister, Mrs. Nissley. —The Rev. M. DePue Maynard, of Ridg- way, was in Bellefonte Tuesday, having stopped off to spend a part of the day with James Cook, who is here from Col- orado for the month of June. Mr. May- nard was on his way to Williamsport to see his mother before going to New York, to join Mrs. J. K. P. Hall, whose guest he will be on a summer trip abroad. —Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tate, of Punxsu- tawney, were over Sunday guests at the home of Thomas Caldwell, having come to Bellefonte to see Mrs. Caldwell, who is a patient in the Centre County hospital as the result of a broken leg. Mrs. Cald- well has been suffering considerable pain and it was only this week that the swell- ing could be reduced sufficiently to encase her leg in a cast. —Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cherry return- ed home, on Wednesday evening, from a week’s trip to Philadelphia and the sea- shore. They were accompanied to Belle- fonte by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Griffith, who came home to open their house for the summer. Mr. Griffith has almost re- covered from the attack of illness he had a week ago at Anglesea and stood the trip, to Bellefonte very well. —Mr. and Mrs. Christian Peterson left, Monday, for the drive back to their home at Portland, Maine, after a ten day’s visit with their relatives in Pittsburgh and through Centre county. Mrs. Peterson is better known in Bellefonte as Miss Olive Steele, and while in town was the guest of members of the family According to pres- ent plans, Mr. and Mrs. Peterson will re- turn to Centre county in July. -—Mr. and Mrs. G. Oscar Gray have been, entertaining Mr. Gray's sister, Miss Flor- ence Gray, a member of the board of in- structors of the Altoona schools. Miss Gray's visit to Bellefonte was made as a, farewell, before leaving for the Pacific coast Thursday night. ixpecting to go direct to Seattle, she wiil attend a Nation-’ al convention of teachers in session there, later going to Los Angeles, where she plans to spend the summer vacation. BIRTHS. Mr. and Mrs. George I. Deni- thorn, of Pittsburgh, are receiving congratulations on the birth of their first child, a son, Charles McCurdy Denithorn, who was born in the Cen- tre County hospital Tuesday night. Mrs. Denithorn, before her marriage, was Miss Janet Scott. Mary Augusta is the name given to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Shoemaker, born Monday at the Cen- tre County hospital. The child is Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker’s first granddaugh- ter and the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker. A daughter, their first child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. S .S. Swindells, at the Centre County hospital, Sun- day. The Swindells, who occupy the third floor apartment of the William Chambers house, have lived in Belle- fonte since their marriage, Mrs. Swin- dells being a sister of Samuel M. Shallcross, Supt. of the American Lime and Stone Co., of Bellefonte. ——Talking about juvenile fisher- men little Edmund Foreman, the five year old son of Mrs. Helen Foreman, has all we have ever heard of beaten. He has been going out with B. D. Tate and that old piscatorial fanatic rigged up an outfit for the child, taught him to cast a fly and on Wed- nesday evening reaped the reward of his labors. Edmund was fishing right beside Benton and while the latter was skillfully casting for a strike the child landed a six and onehalf inch trout almost at his feet. And he wasn’t fishing bait like President Coolidge does, either. He takes ’em on fly. —————r A eee oes ——Fifteen applicants were heard at naturalization court, on Monday morning. Eleven were granted citi- zenship papers, one was continued and three dismissed. Those who received their papers were Presta Domenico, of Bellefonte, R. F. D.; Felice Maria Lallie, of Howard; John McKofke, of Philipsburg; Ignie Jacina, of Clar- ence; Felice Sorella, of Bellefonte, R. F. D., 1; Antonio Granfelice, of Belle- fonte; James Harris, of State College; Ann Sproul Bastress, of State Col- lege, and Charles D. Ebock, of Belle- fonte, R. F. D. ——Bellefonte dealers are now put- ting out their display of fireworks in anticipation of the glorious Fourth, but under an implied agreement with burgess Hard P. Harris no sales are to be made until July 2nd, which will confine the noise and turmoil to a very few days. Bellefonte Grain Markets. Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co. Wheat - - - - - - $1.36 Rye - - B - -. 1.00 Oats - - aiid rs - ~ 4b Corn - ~ - - 1.00 Barley - - - - - 80 Buckwheat - - - - - 90
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