Demorraic Wa, Bellefonte, Pa., September 2, 1927. Im— _— PINE GROVE MENTION. John Harper and wife spent several days last week in Pittsburgh. Rev. C. C. Shuey filled the pulpits on the M. E. charge last Sunday. A baby girl arrived in the James Wasson home on Sunday morning. Miss Myra Kimport is in New York laying in a supply of fall millinery. Mrs. Mary Lytle and daughter Ruth are visiting friends in Akron, Ohio. The Stork recently left a chubby little boy at the P. C. Weaver home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weaver spent the latter end of the week it Gettysburg. Mr. and Mrs. William Homan are visiting their son Mack, in Williams- port. Mrs. Susan Fry accompanied a party on a trip through Canada, last week. A. G. Hogan and family are plan- ning to flit to Altoona in the near future. Fred Corl, of Altoona, early part of the week mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and sons are on a motor trip through West Virginia. Rev. and Mrs. J. S. English return- ed last week from their motor trip vacation. Mrs. Ruth Little, of Tyrone, spent last week with her grandmother, Mrs. Sue Goss. Mrs. F. B. Holmes and daughter Evelyn are on a two week’s trip to Philadelphia. LeRoy Shoemaker was taken to the Centre County hospital, last week, for an operation. Mr. and Mrs. David Imboden, of East Orange, N. J., are spending sev- eral weeks at Camp Garver. Preaching services will be held in the Presbyterian church on Sunday, September 4th, at 7.30 DP. m. Mrs. Edith Horwitz and two sons, Leon and Kenneth, are spending their vacation at Bedford Springs. Hamill Bathgate, of Pittsburgh, was a visitor, last week, at the home of his brother John, at Millbrook. Rev. Harry N. Walker and family, of Bellwood, are spending the pastor’s vacation with relatives in town. Mrs. Alice Buckwalter, of Lanecas- ter, and son Howard, of Philadelphia, are visiting friends in the valley. Mrs. Harry Diehl, of Milesburg, was a visitor at the M. C. Wieland home the early part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pennington and daughter Ruth spent the early part of the week with friends in Juniata, Mrs. Ida Sunday is rapidly im- proving, at the Centre County hos- pital, and hopes to return home soon. We stand corrected on our item last week relative to the sale of the J. C. Gates farm. It has not yet taken place. William Dennison Jr. is recovering very nicely from an operation he re- cently underwent in a Philadelphia hospital. W. K. Goss, of Tyrone, spent the latter end of the week looking after Some necessary repairs at his moth- er’s home. Friends have spent the with his received word that Mrs. Florence Rhone Bayard, who has been touring in the far east, set sail for home on Sunday. Miss Alice Ralston, who recently underwent an operation for appendi- citis, at the Centre County hospital, is now on the road to recovery. Prof Leslie Krebs, a member of the Shippensburg Normal school faculty, has been spending a portion of his va- cation among relatives in this section. About fifty members of the clan attended the Moore reunion held at Bill’s Inn, last Thursday. John Moore, aged 83, is the dean of the family. Mrs. Annie Saucerman, of Altoona, who recently returned from a month’s trip to Kansas and Denver, Col., is visiting Ferguson township friends this week. Prof. E. B. Fitts, of State College, ‘will be judge of cattle at the Connec- ticut State fair September 6th and 7th, and later will go to Oregon to ‘officiate ‘in a like capacity. Mrs. Virginia Fry, of Tacoma, Washington, who is now visiting her home folks in Maine, expects to come to Centre county early in October to visit among her husband’s relatives. The Walker family reunion was held at Alfaretta park, last Saturday, about one hundred and fifty people being attendance. The Irvin--Keller reunion was held at the same time and place. Our ball team journeyed to War- riorsmark, last Saturday, and played ‘a wabbly game, with the nine of that place winning by the score of 16 to 2. So far this season Pine Grove has ‘won 14 out of 17 games played. A reception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Close, State College, last Friday evening, in honor of Roy E. Close and bride. About fifty guests were present and the young couple received many useful gifts. John Irvin Williams, of Lemont, $8 years of age and the dean of the fam- ily, attended a family gathering at the J. H. Williams home on Sunday. Forty members were present, which included four generations, running in age from two years to eighty-six. Mrs. Will Grove and son William motored down from Altoona for a brief visit with her father, W. B. Ward, whose condition has somewhat inproved. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Ruth Ward, who re- cently returned from a trip across the continent, having spent a month with relatives in California. The newly instituted P. O. of A. camp, No. 807, held quite an interest- ing meeting, last Thursday evening, it being the occasion of the installa-. ‘tion of the new officers. Delegations Circus Day Approaches and the Heart of Chilhood Thrills It’s the approaching visit of the Walter L. Main circus that question of the hour sixty. The billboards, barns of focus of all eyes. The kiddies are restlessly awaiting the day when they will experience their annual big holi- day event, acknowledged to be better than Christmas and the Fourth of July put together. About the time the milk man is making his rounds on the morning of Tuesday, September 13th, the big palatial special train of the Walter 1. Main circus will be pulling slowly into the railroad yards. Scores kiddies will be surprising their par- ents by jumping out of bed without even being called. They will be seen running towards the tracks and there will later be found watching intently the wonderful spectacle of the unload- ing of a mammoth circus train. The Old World has been sacked for features for the Walter L. Main ecir- is the | in Bellefonte at least for the small boys of six, and for | that matter, many of the “boys” of and | of securing new talent for the Walter fences, laden with pictorial displays i L. of the many attractions of the circus, | have for several days been the point | who take part in the big show pro- cus this year. The question of salary was not considered and booking agents spent many months watching the performances of famous circuses abroad and in the Orient in the hope Main circus program. There are hundreds of performers | gram. Every artist was selected be- I cause of some especial merit. New | acts and faces will tend to eliminate the fallacy of thinking that “all cir- Bia are alike.” Among the noted | features are the DeLong Sisters of acrobats from the Royal Circus, Brus- sells; Mille Rebras who loops the loop on a bicycle; the De Martin family | from the London Hippodrome; Miss | Lillian DeJarneette society equestri- of the | enne, and countless others. The immense menagerie, containing { lions, tigers, leopards, polar bears, | zebras, and hundreds of other wild Eats of the jungles, will be thrown | open for inspection one hour before | the big show begins. Performances will start at 2 and 8 p. m., and doors will be opened at 1 and 7 p. m. The I street pageant will be at 11 a. m. were present from Bellefonte and Ty- rone and the officers were installed by Mrs. Jessie Garbrick, of Bellefonte, district deputy, as follows: Past presidents, Mrs. Nellie Simp- son and B. Parsons. Presidents, Helen Barto and M. E. Barto. Vice presidents, Elizabeth and P. Pfoust. Treasurer, Harry Elder. Recording secretaries, Twila Peters and Sadie Elder. Financial secretary, LeRoy Bloom. Chaplain, Mary Port. Conductors, Sarah Wieland and J. Donnelly. 0. G., Thelma Barto. I. G., Sarah Parsons. Trustee, Mrs. M. C. Wieland. The constitution and by-laws wera approved and the second and fourth Thursdays in each month were fixed as the regular meeting nights. Be- fore adjourning delicious ments were served. Fish Caught With Seed Natives of Dahomey are catching fish by “doping” the swimmers with a certain seed. They scatter the seed over the river, the fish eat it, become stupefied ang rise to the surface help- Sunday less. Then the natives spear their prey. Fish weighing as much as 20 pounds are obtained. Were Not Scribes she Magna Charta, because King John could not write, Nor did Mohammed write the Koran, for he, too, was un- able to write, and was forced to diec- tate all of the Mohammedan Bible to scribes who could use a pen. Gutta Percha Valuab:. Gutta percha is prepared from the Juice of certain trees found in the Ma- lay peninsula and the adjacent islands. It hardens and decomposes more read- ily than India rubber, which is now often used as a substitute in the coat- Ing of submarine cables. Marine Knots “Knot” is the nautical name of a ge- vgraphical mile equal to 13 statute or land miles. The rate of speed of a ship is expressed in knots, as the log line is divided by knots into parts each one-one hundred and twentieth of a geographical mile. Aviation Records A German aviator in Leipzig made a world's record in aviation on July 8, 1912, by remaining in the air with four passengers for 33 minutes 42 seconds, and another record by re- maining up with two passengers for 2 hours 41 minutes. - nb refresh- | King John of England did not sign Rose Love's Messenger medieval Yrance, where much was made of the significance of colors and every emotion was thus illustrat- od, red became the color of love and the red rose became love's messenger. Could anything be more fitting? For, according to ancient tradition, was it uot Venus’ blood that stained the white rose, her foot being pricked once when she hastened to the aid of Adonis?—New York Times. In Alluring Prospect “Are you a musical comedy pro- ducer?” asked the warden. “I am.” “Welcome to our penitentiary! If you can cheer these surroundings by pro- ducing a few good tunes and some genuine laughs—" “You'll get me a pardon?’ “No. We'll secure a salary for you so large that you can't afford to quit.”—Washington Star. Theme and Technique Theme is the principal air or sub- Ject on which the musical movement 13 built; sometimes there are two or three in the same piece. Technique is the mechanical or technical side of playing as distinct from the artistic, The speed, correctness and skill with which a musical composition is per- formed. World Getting Crowded The greatest single change of the past one hundred years has been the rapid increase in the number of peo- ple inhabiting the earth, During that time the population of the world near- ly doubled. A century ago it was less than 1,000,000,000, Today it Is about 1,700,000,000,—American Magazine, POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. PRESIDENT JUDGE. We are authorized to announce that W. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte, is a can- didate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of President Judge of the courts of Centre county; subject to the decision of the voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primaries to be held on September 20th, 1927. To Democratic Voters of Centre County :— I am a candidate for the office of judge of your courts, subject to your decision at the primaries September 20, 1927. Sincerely yours, W. D. ZERBY FOR SHERIFF, We are authorized to announce that Harry E. (Dep.) Dunlap, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Cen- tre county voters as expressed at the pri- maries to be held on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. We are outhorized Elmer Breon, be a candidate Democratic tick of Centre coun to announce that of Bellefonte borough, will for the nomination on the et for the office of Sheriff ty, subject to the decision { 20th, 1927, a Ee ———— of the Centre county voters as expressed at the primaries to be held on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. FOR PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that Claude Herr, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office of Prothonotary of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the Pmary te be held Tuesday, September 20,