Demon Wald,
Bellefonte, Pa., January 6, 1928
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BIG GRIST GROUND OUT
IN DECEMBER COURT MILL.
When the last issue of the Watch-
man went to press only about half
the cases at the December term of
court had been disposed of and those
heard later were as follows:
Commonwealth vs. Leslie and Wil-
liam Molyneaux, breaking and escap-
ing from the Rockview penitentiary.
They are twins and were sent up
from Lycoming county on May 17th,
1927, for robbing the Kingsley Bros.
store at Maston. The men were two
of the four prisoners who, on the
evening of September 15th, cut
through the barbed wire stockade and
were nabbed by guards just as they
crawled through the hole. They also
made an unsuccessful attempt to es-
cape from the Centre county jail.
Both were convicted and Leslie was
given five to ten years in the pen-
itentiary and William four and a
half to nine.
Comonwealth vs. Roy Breon,
charged with malicious mischief for
setting fire to an old dump truck be-
longing to Simon Rudy, at State Col
lege. Verdict of guilty and sentenced
to pay costs, $20 fine and three
months in the county jail, the jail
sentence being suspended for a per-
iod of three months.
Commonwealth vs. George Harsh-
berger, charged with forcible entry.
Prosecutor, ' Irvin Gray. Common-
wealth alleged that defendant’s hogs
trespassed on the land of the prose-
cutor who penned them up and that
the defendant went upon the prem-
ises, broke open the barn and re-
leased the hogs. Defendant testified
that he did not go on Mr. Gray’s
land, but stood in the road and called
the hogs and they broke out of the
barn. Verdict of not guilty and costs
divided between the prosecutor and
defendant.
A second case against Mr. Harsh-
berger was on an indictment for
statutory rape, enticing a female
child for immoral purposes and adul-
tery, the jury returning a verdict
of not guilty. : Se
William Houtz, William Emenhizer
and Jacob Zong, road supervisors of
College township, were indicted for
neglect to repair public road, but the
indictment was quashed.
Commonwealth vs. Clarence New-
berry, charged with stealing chickens
from William H. Stoner, of Centre
Hall. Defendant denied that he had
anything to do with stealing the
chickens but admitted that he had
been with E. H. Leach and iwo girls
when the chickens were stolen. Ver-
dict of guilty and sentenced to pay a
fine of one dollar and imprisonment
in the western penitentiary for not
less than one year nor more than
two. Leach plead guilty to stealing
the chickens and was sent to jail for
six months.
Harold Bohn, Charles Wilson, Paul
Stoner ‘and Richard Slack were
charged with breaking into the school
house at Centre Hall. All but Slack
appeared in court and were given
suspended sentences upon the pay-
mnt of costs.
William Smith, a vagrant, was
charged with the larceny of money
and cigarettes from the store of L.
E. Davidson, at Wingate. Sentence
was suspended on condition that he
return at once to New York, his
home.
Carl Markle plead guilty to op-
erating a motor car under the influ-
ence of liquor and was sentenced to:
pay the costs and $100 fine.
Frank Crust, charged with manu-
facturing liquor and possession, was
sentenced to pay the costs, a fine of
$100 and serve five months in the
county jail; the jail sentence being
suspended pending his good behavior
for a period of three years.
Ira Stere, charged with illegal pos-
session, ; transporting liquor and op-
erating .a car while under the influ-
ence of liquor, was given a suspended
sentence upon the payment of costs.
Coach Hugo Bezdek Granted Full
- Citizenship Papers.
At a special session of naturaliza-
tion court, on Wednesday morning of
last week, Coach Hugo Bezdek, of
State College, was granted his final
papers by Judge James C. Furst, and
is now a full-fledged citizen of the
United States.
According to his papers of appli-
cation Bezdek was born in Czecho-
Slovakia almost forty-four years
ago. He came to this country thirty-
six years 'ago with his parents, locat-
ing in Chicago, where he was educat-
ed and received his athletic training.
It was not until 1921 that he decid-
ed to become an American citizen and
filed his preliminary papers in Chi-
cago. The following year he came to
State College and later filed papers
in the Centre county court. On a trip
to Philadelphia, recently, he took a
special examination and was certified
to the Centre county court for his
final papers.
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STEELY.—Spared to be with her
husband over the Christmas day, Mrs.
Emma Belle Steely, wife of Rev. Reed
O. Steely, of Bellefonte, passed away
at 2:45 o'clock on December 26th,
following a year’s illness with a com-
plication of diseases that baffled the
skill of a number of physicians and
specialists.
She was a daughter of Ambrose
and Alice Wheeland Yeagle and was
born at Pennsdale, in 1892, at her
death being 35 years, 11 months and
13 days old. A portion of her girl-
hood life was spent at Muncy where
she received a good part of her ed-
ucational training. During her almost
seven years in Bellefonte she had
been unusually active in assisting her
husband in his work in the Evangel-
ical church and was always a leader
in all charitable work in the town
and community, especially such as
had to do with the lives of children.
She married Rev. Steely seventeen
years ago, while he was engaged in
business in Williamsport, and while
living there she was a member of the
First Evangelical church. When the
Evangelical conference assigned Rev.
Steely to the Bellefonte church as his
first pastorate seven years ago and
they came to Bellefonte, she entered
wholeheartedly into the work, and
the large measure of success that at-
tended his services here was due to a
certain extent to her co-operation and
encouragement.
Mrs. Steely had no children, but in
addition to her husband is survived
by an adopted son, Charles. She also
leaves two brothers and two sisters,
E. W. and R. H. Yeagle, of Watson-
town; Mrs. Joseph Worthington and
Miss Helen A. Yeagle, of Williams-
port.
Funeral services were held in the
Evangelical church at ten o’clock last
Thursday morning. Rev. W. B. Cox,
presiding elder of the Williamsport
district, was in charge, while the ser-
mon was delivered by Rev. W. J.
Campbell, of Berwick. Final services
were held in the First Evangelical
church, Williamsport, the same af-
ternoon, in charge of Rev. C. J. Raf-
fenberger. Burial was made in the
Wildwood cemetery, Williamsport.
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DUEY.—Robert C. Duey, yard con-
ductor of the Pennsylvania railroad
at Tyrone, was instantly killed, on
Wednesday afternoon of last week,
when he was struck by a yard engine,
knocked down and run over. He was
on duty at the time of the accident.
He was a native of Centre county,
having been born at State College on
November 20th, 1863, hence was a
little past 64 years of age. He en-
tered the employ of the Pennsylvania
railroad in October, 1888, as a flag-
man and eventually was promoted to
a conductor. He was a member of the
I. O. O. F., the P. R. R. relief asso-
ciation and the order of railroad con-
ductors.
In addition to his wife he is sur-
vived by the following sons and
daughters: John Duey, of Akron,
Ohio; Jeremiah and Robert C. Jr., of
Tyrone; Mrs. Mary Wighaman, of
Akron; Mrs. O. R. Viard and Mrs.
R. M. Gummers, of Tyrone. ’
Funeral services were held at his
late home, in Tyrone, at two o’clock
on Saturday afternoon, by Rev. John
Watson, burial being made in the
Eastlawn cemetery.
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STRUBLE.—Watson Struble, for
vears a well known resident of Col-
lege township, died on Christmas day,
at the home of his son, Clyde, at
State College, following an illness of
some months with a complication of
diseases.
He was a son of Conrad and Sarah
Struble and was born at Zion on
October 16th, 1850, hence was 77
years, 2 months and 9 days old. He
followed farming until 1912 when he
retired and located in State College.
In 1871 he married Miss Elizabeth
Kramer, who died ten years ago but
surviving him are eight children, Os-
car W. Struble, of Pine Grove Mills;
Harry V., Clyde I. and J. Dorsey, of
State College; Mrs. William Fishburn
and Mrs. Harvey Benner, of Lemont;
C. Bruce and J. Fearon, of Houser-
ville. He was a member of the Grace
Lutheran church, at State College,
and the Lemont lodge I. O. O. F.
Funeral services were held at the
church on Tuesday afternoon of last
week by the pastor, Rev. J. F. Har-
kins, burial being made in the Pine
Hall cemetery.
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BUCHER.—Mrs. Emma E. Bucher,
a native of Centre county, died at her
home in Akron, Ohio, on December
19th, as the result of a stroke of par-
alysis, several days previous. Her
maiden name was Emma E. Pifer and
she was born at Pine Grove Mills on
April 4th, 1851, hence was in her
77th year. In 1878 she married Adam
Bucher and the first few years of
their married life were spent in Fer-
guson township. Later they moved to
Altoona where they lived thirty-five
years and fourteen years ago moved
to Akron. Mr. Bucher died nine years
ago but surviving her are two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Effie Krape and Miss Lillie,
both of Akron. Burial was made at
Akron on December 21st.
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DUFFERD.— Lottie M. Dufferd,
for a number of years a resident at
State College, died on Wednesday at
the Danville hospital, following an
illness of two years. She was a
daughter of James and Rebecca Duf-
ferd and was born at Pine Grove
Mills 37 years ago. She is survived by
one daughter, Lauretta, and two sis-
ters, Esther and Maude, both of
State College. Funeral services were
held at the Evangelical church at
State College, on Saturday afternoon
at two o'clock, by Rev. C. E. Hewitt,
burial being made in the Pine Hall
cemetery.
BEEZER.—Henry Beezer, well
known resident of Bellefonte, died at
his home on Penn street, Wednesday
afternoon, after an illness with pneu-
monia that developed last Thursday.
He had been a sufferer for some time,
however, with diabetes, though not to
the extent of interfering with his
daily occupation.
Deceased was a son of Allison nnd
Margaret Steinkechner Beezer and
was born on the homestead farm, now
the Hartle place, on Spring creek,
fifty-six years ago. As a boy and as a
young man he helped on the farm
until he came to Bellefonte to enter
the employ of his brother, the late
Philip L. Beezer, a position he ap-
plied himself to with faithfulness and
intelligence up to the time he was
stricken. Henry was a quiet unas-
suming person of splendid character
and likable disposition.
He married Catherine Davidson
some years ago, who survives with
their adopted daughter, Martha, at
home. His surviving brothers and sis-
ters are Alfred, Mollie, wife of Rob-
ert Hartle, Frank, Joseph, Christo-
pher, Margaret, wife of Charles Kus-
tenborder, Elizabeth, wife of John
Garis, all of Bellefonte, and Augus-
tus, of Punxsutawney.
Mass will be celebrated in St. Johns
Catholic church, of which he was a
devout member, tomorrow morning at
10 o’clock after which interment will
be made in the Catholic cemetery.
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MOORE.—Edward P. Moore, con-
ductor on the local freight train on
the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, suf-
fered a stroke of apoplexy while
walking through the railroad yard at
Tyrone on Christmas morning,
dropped to the ground and expired
before aid could be given him.
He was a son of Joseph and Nancy
Moore and was born at Bald Eagle
on July 21st, 1866, hence was in his
sixty-second year. When a boy he
began his labors for the Pennsylvania
railroad as a water boy, was later
employed in the track gang of which
he finally became foreman. He then
was made a brakeman on the train,
promoted to flagman and finally con-
ductor. During his more than forty-
five years of service he always gave
the best that was in him to his em-
ployers and was regarded as one of
the company’s most faithful em -
ployees. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church, the order of
railroad conductors and the P, R. R.
relief association.
On January 1st, 1889, he married
Miss Elizabeth Miller, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Miller, who for
years occupied the toll house south
of Bellefonte, who survives with one
daughter, Miss Katherine. He also
leaves two brothers and one sister,
Samuel Moore, of Frankport, Ind.;
Sanford and Mrs. John White, of Bald
Eagle. Burial was made in Eastlawn
cemetery, Tyrone, on December 29th.
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SHUTT.—William
burg carpenter, who was seriously in-
jured on Tuesday of last week when
he fell from a house he was working
on in Lock Haven, died at the Lock
Haven hospital on Monday night.
He was a son of William and Mary
Shutt and was born near Bellefonte
fifty-one years ago. He married Eliz-
abeth Barris, who died some years
ago, but surviving him are his moth-
er, living in Milesburg; three chil-
dren, Harry, of Bellefonte; Samuel,
of Centre Hall, and Genevieve, of
Lock Haven, and the following broth-
ers and sisters: Clyde Shutt, of Snow
Shoe Intersection, Morris and Bloom-
er, of Bellefonte; Bert, at home; Mus.
Winfield Summers, of Milesburg;
Mrs. Catherine Hallobaugh,
Bloomsburg, and Helen, at home.
Funeral services were held at his’
home at Milesburg on Wednesday af-
ternoon, burial being made in the
Bellefonte Union cemetery.
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STOVER.—J. Clayton Diieor died
at his home in DuBois, on Christmas
day following an illness of several
years with a rare malady known as
Berger's disease. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Stover and was
born at Unionville, Centre county, in
1880, being at his death 47 years, 5
months and 27 days old. As a young
man he learned the trade of a painter
and later located in Philipsburg
where he worked for a number of
years before moving to DuBois. Of
late years he had been connected in
an official capacity with the A. & R.
ice cream company.
While living in Philipsburg he mar-
ried Miss Philena Atherton, who sur-
vives with one son, James, at home.
He also leaves one brother and a
sister, Joseph Stover, of Tyrone, and
Mrs. Henry Parsons, of Unionville.
Burial was made in DuBois on De-
cember 28th. y
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WARD. Isaac Ward, a native of
Centre county, died last Friday, in a
Lancaster hospital, following an op-
eration. He had been in poor health
for a number of years and had been
a guest at the Masonic home at Eliz-
abethtown.
He was a son of Simon and Annie
Irwin Ward and was born at Bailey-
ville 75 years ago. As a young man
he left home and for many years
worked at the various oil fields in
Pennsylvania and other States. He
is survived by his second wife, who
prior to her marriage was Miss Ida
Ross, two daughters and one son. He
also leaves two brothers and a sister,
Elliott Ward, of Washington, Pa.;
Warren S., and Mrs. C. B. Hess, at
the old home at Baileyville. Burial
was made at the Masonic home on
Monday afternoon.
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Shutt, ~ Miles
Cantwell —Mignot,—A small gath-
ering of friends of the bride was
present in St. John’s Catholic church,
at 6:45 o'clock last Saturday morn-
ing, to witness the marriage of Ed-
ward Gregory Cantwell, of Ashland,
Ohio, and Miss Margaret Ann Mig-
not, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Mignot, of Bellefonte. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Father
Downes, while the young couple were
attended by Miss Margaret Rougeux,
of Williamsport, as bridesmaid, and
Philip James Mignot, the bride’s
brother, as best man.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served at the bride's
home, on east High street, and later
Mr. and Mrs. Cantwell were taken to
Tyrone by motor car whence they left
on the train for their future home at
Ashland.
The bride is a graduate of Mary
Wood college, at Scranton, and dur-
ing the past year has been employed
as sentographer and accountant in
the offices of the Sutton Engineering
company. The bridegroom is a grad-
uate of Notre Dame college and for
some time was employed in the State
highway offices in Bellefonte, leaving
here to accept a similar position with
the highway department of Ohio, at
Ashland.
Previous to the wedding, on Satur-
day morning, the bride's mother gave
a farewell party for her daughter, on
Thursday night, at which her most
intimate friends were guests. Cards
furnished the principle diversion, five
tables being in play.
Way—Troup.—George Elmer Way,
of Coatesville, and Miss Evaline
Catherine Troup, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Troup, of Bellefonte,
were married in St. John’s Reformed
church, Bellefonte, at 11 o'clock last
Saturday morning. About forty
guests were presnt to witness the cer-
emony, which was performed by the
pastor, Rev. Robert Thena. The
young couple were attended by Mr:
and Mrs. Robert Willard, The bride
wore a gown of tan georgette and
carried a bouquet of pink roses, while
Mrs. Willard was similarly attired
and carried pink roses.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served at the home of
the bride, on south Thomas street, at
which close to forty guests were pres-
ent, and at 1.25 p. m. Mr. and Mrs.
Way left on the Lehigh express for
their home in Coatesville.
The bride is a graduate of Belle-
fonte High school and later spent a
year at a Harrisburg business college.
During the past eighteen months she
has been employed in the First Na-
tional bank of Bellefonte. The bride-
groom, who is a son of Mrs. Tillie
Way, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is a grad-
uate of Penn State and now holds a
position as accountant with the
U. G. I. company, in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miles, of State
College, was the scene of a pretty
wedding, on Tuesday of last week,
when their daughter, Miss Josephine
Miles was married to Russell Dicker-
‘son, of Andover, N. J. The ceremony
| was performed by Rev. A. E. Mackie,
‘using the ring service. Miss Flora
Brugger, of Camden, N. J.,
‘New York, best man. Miss Laura
! Rumberger, of Fleming, played the
; wedding march. A wedding breakfast
and reception followed the ceremony.
The bride is a graduate nurse of Jef-
i ferson- hospital, Philadelphia, while
the bridegroom graduated at Penn
| Mr. Heverly and Miss Sallie Mal-"
{ State last June in the course in ag-
-riculture and is now in charge of the
ville, Pa.,” High school, where they
j will make their home.
Donley—Parsons-—John J. Donley
and Miss Sarah E. Parsons, both of
i Pennsylvania Furnace, were married
| last Friday,at the home of the bride’s
| parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Parsons,
, by Rev. C. W. Rishel, of the Method-
ist church. The attendants were
Blanchard Parsons and Miss Henry.
Following congratulations a wedding
' breakfast was served the wedding
party and a number of invited guests.
Just where the young couple will re-
side has not yet been divulged.
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Gross, of
Bellefonte, and Miss Ellen Meeker,
daughter of Mrs. Clara Meeker, of
Centre Hall, were married at Balti-
more, Md., on Christmas eve, return-
ing home in time for the dinner on
Christmas day. The bridegroom is
| employed in Beezer’'s méat market
and has taken apartments in the
Decker building.
of Howard, and Miss Nellie Mae Ben-
nison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
' ert H. Bennison, of Marion township,
| were married in the Reformed church
at Jacksonville, on Monday, by the
pastor, Rev. O. T. Moyer.
Charles Evoch Takes Own Life.
Tortured with intense suffering as
| the result of miner's asthma Churles
Evoch, an Austrian, 51 years old,
committed suicide at his home at
Coleville, on the day before Christ-
mas by stabbing himself ir the ab-
domen while lying in bed. He was
found my members of his family
about 1:30 p. m. and rushed to the
Centre County hospital but he died
the came evening.
He had beer a resident ot Coleviile
for a number of years and is survived
by his wife and seven children. Bur-
jal was made in the Catholic cemetery
on Wednesday morning of last week.
_ Dickerson—Miles.—The home of
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bridesmaid, and S. B. Wingard, of:
Gross—Meeker.—Philip Gross, son
Diehl—Bennison.—Joseph H. Diehl, |
Do You Remember John W. Carlton?
On Wednesday, Mr. Charles F.
Cook handed us the following clipping
which he had taken from Girard’s
“Seen and Heard” column in the Phil-
adelphia Inquirer, of that morning.
“Sixty-four years ago the Army of
the Potomac, commanded by General
Meade, was wintering at Culpepper.
From that point the following May
started the great Wilderness cam-
paign.
Thanks to my good friend Bernard
Ashby, of Baltimore, I have a copy
of the Culpepper Exponent, which
may solve a mystery sixty-five years
old.
Miss Hazel Glazier, a school teach-
er, recently found on the Kellyville
battlefield a Union Soldier’s identifi-
cation tag. Upon one side of the
metal disc is inscribed:
“John W. Carlton, Co. H. 148 P. V.”
On the other side: “War of 1861. Un-
ion Forever.”
Four men of the 148th Pennsylva-
nia Volunteers were among the
known dead at Culpepper. But of
the 1372 Boys in Blue in the Nation-
al cemetery at that place, 912 are
“unknown.”
Perhaps there dwells in Pennsylva-
nia today some kinsman of John W.
Carlton who would esteem that iden-
tification tag as a sacred relic.
Since Co. H., 148th P. V., was re-
cruited in Bellefonte and went out
to service under Capt. Geo. A. Bay-
ard, of this place, it would seem that
somebody in Centre county might re-
call some of the relatives of John
W. Carlton, who might be interested
in having the identification dise Gir-
ard writes of.
The history of the 148th reveals
that Carlton was killed at Spott-
sylvania Court House on May 12,
1865, and was buried in an unmarked
grave in “the Wilderness.”
Bellefonte Kiwanis Had Active Year
During 1927.
The first Kiwanis luncheon during
the year 1928, at the Brockerhoff
house on Tuesday, was largely at-
tended. The speakers were Kiwani-
ans Sloops and Stutsman, while Ki-
wanian Bush completed the distribu-
tion of presents to the Santa Claus
party.
* President W. Harrison Walker
gave a resume of the activities of
the club during 1927, which included
filling and caring for the flower boxes
on the street lamp posts, fostering
the farmer-Kiwanian picnic at Hecla
‘park, sending American Legion drum
corps to High school football game
at Lock Haven, entertained Civil war
veterans and widows at dinner, fin-
anced and assisted in the national air
derby, sponsored the community
Christmas tree and distributed 720
boxes of candy to children, put on
the annual membership drive for the
Y. M. C. A. and started the work of
removing the old tile from the swim-
ming pool, sponsored and maintained
Boy Scouts and their summer camp,
distributed boxes to sixty-two ecrip-
pled children and voted to maintain
an automobile for the community
nurse during 1928.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heverly Had
60th Wedding Celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heveriy
quietly celebrated their sixtieth wed-
ding anniversary, at their home on
Bishop street, on Tuesday. Whiie no
unusual effort at display was made
their children and a number
friends called during the day to ten-
der congratulations.
lory, daughter of John and Mary
of | vocational work at the East Green- | Mallory, were married on January 3,
1 1867, in the house on Spring street
i belonging to the Brockerhoff estate.
The first twenty years of their mar-
ried life were spent at Axe Mann and
other places in the county, but dur-
ing the past forty years they have
been residents of Bellefonte. Twen-
ty years ago Mr. Heverly was ser-
iously injured while working in the
quarries of the American Lime and
Stone company and has been an in-
valid ever since. Though practically
confined to the house he is of a phil-
osophic nature and generally quite
cheerful.
Mr. and Mrs. Heverly’s children are
Augustus, Alfred and Mrs. Thomas
Howley, of Bellefonte; Elmer, of
Duncansville, and Ned Heverly, of
Axe Mann.
—The condition of Mrs. Ephraim
Keller, of Pleasant Gap, who has been
ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
William Ott, on High sireet, since
the day after Thanksgiving, has be-
come very critical. Mrs. Keller's ill-
ness started the Tuesday before be-
ing brought to Bellefonte, and it is
thought to be the result of a burn
{ from an electric pad she had been us-
ing, when overcome by coal gas from
her stove. Having been found uncon-
scious, no definite knowledge of the
burn or the cause of her condition is
known.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Regenold, of north
Spring street, was taken to the Cen-
tre County hospital, yesterday morn-
ing, for treatment and a possible op-
eration. Early in December he con-
tracted at attack of pneumonia and
was housed up for several weeks. By
Christmas day he had recovered suf-
ficiently to be up and around but be-
came ill again the latter part of last
week and his condition was such yes-
terday that the attending physician
had him removed to the hospital.
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—J. H. Crouse, of Aaronsburg, has
been appointed mercantile appraiser
of Centre County for 1928.
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—Jackie Regenold, young son of!
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Fire Companies Elect Officers for
Year 1928.
At the regular meeting of the Lo-
gan fire company, on Tuesday eve-
ning, the following officers were elect--
ed for the ensuing year: President,
Thomas Morgan; vice-president,
Howard Smead; secretary, O. B. Mal-
in; treasurer, Jacob Marks; chief
John J. Bower; 1st assistant,
Philip Saylor; 2nd assistant, Andrew
Saylor; 3rd assistant, Frederick Dag--
gett; trustees, Herbert Auman,
Thomas Shaughnessy, Harry Duke--
man; board of control, Alexander:
Morrison, Homer P. Barnes and
Thomas Shaughnessy; delegate to
State convention, Thomas Shaughnes--
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The Undines elected as president;
P. H. Gherrity; vice-president, E. J..
Gehret; secretary, Albert Knisely;
treasurer, J. W. Beezer; trustees:
Robert Kline, Ralph Eyer and Harry
Haag; chief, George Carpeneto; 1st
assistant, Albert Knisely; 2nd assist-
ant, Joseph Bauer; third assistant,
Harry Haag; chief engineer, Harry
Haag; 1st assistant, Edward Kane;
2nd assistant, Gotlieb Haag; 3rd as-
sistant, George Doll.
The Bellefonte fire department has
never been in better shape than it is
now, and due credit must be given
for this condition to Robert E. Kline,
who during the past five years has
held the position of fire marshal, and
who every year has submitted to
council a comprehensive report of the
previous year, with the number of
fires, loss, property exposed and so
forth. Having been elected a mem-
ber of borough council, Mr. Kline wilk
resign as marshal at the next meet-
ing of that body, when he will sub~
mit his annual report.
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Penn State Loses Distinguished
Scientist
Loss of its dean of the School of
Chemistry and Physics, Dr. Gerald
L. Wendt, who is to become director
of the new Battelle Memorial Insti-
tute at Columbus, O., next July 1, will
be keenly felt by the Pennsylvania
State College, acording to President
Eaiph D. Hetzel. Dean Wendt tld
of Lis resignaticn early this week si-
multaneously with the announcement
of his new appointment, and college
trustees will act upon it ar an early
Tectivg,
Regret that the college could not
offer Dean Wendt the same splendid
opportunities for chemical and indus-
trial research he will have in Ohio i&
voiced by President Hetzel. Since he
became dean at Penn State in 1924
Dr. Wendt has won a name for him-
self and wide recognition for the col-
lege through establishing a divisiom
of industrial research at Penn State:
and directing the national Institute
of Chemistry in its first session at.
Penn State last July. He has written
many scientific articles and is editor
of “Chemical Reviews.”
Dean Wendt has an outstanding
record in chemical research experi-
ments, especially with his studies of
atomic structures and the immense:
amount of energy contained in atoms.
He has also conducted research on
many problems, including the chem-
{ical reactions in electrical discharges:
‘and the chemistry of petroleum refin-
ing. He holds membership in almost.
i thirty science and educational socie—
"ties and fraternities.
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Penn Staters to Feature Program:
at State Farm Show
Penn State is to be well represent-
ed in the opening convocation of the
State farm products show at Harris-
burg, Tuesday evening, January 17.
Richard W. Grant, director of mus-
ic at the Pennsylvania State College,
will lead the music and song fest.
which will open the program. Direct-
or Grant has established a fine rep-
Witation as song leader at several
state-wide affairs during recent
years. The famous Penn State male
quartet, the members of which also
belong to the Penn State Glee Club,
winner of the 1927 state champion-
ship, will entertain the audience with
a number of popular selections.
Dr. R. L. Watts, dean of the School
(of Agriculture and director of the
Agricultural Experiment Station, will
be one of the trio of speakers. Gov-
‘ernoer Fisher and C. G| oGrdon, sec-
retary of the State Department of
Agriculture, are the other speakers.
Dean Watts, is scheduled to speak
at the Young Farmers’ meeting
Wednesday evening, January 18, and
he will make the speech of presenta-
tion when the Hiester cup is awarded..
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Red Cross Meeting.
The annual meeting of the mem-
bers of the Bellefonte chapter of the
American Red Cross will be held at
the W. C. T. U. room, in Bellefonte,
Pa., on Monday, January 9, 1928, at
4 o'clock P. M.,, for the election of
officers for the ensuing year. All the
! members are urged to be present.
| ANNE M. FOX, Secretary
—Two hundred persons attended
i the first annual military ball, given
| by the National Guard at the State
Armory in Bellefonte, Monday night.
—Following last week’s warm
weather it blew up cold Saturday
night and zero weather prevailed the
fore part of the week.
—President Coolidge is to be invit- °
ed into a law firm in New York when
his term expires. He will probably
have charge of the “petty cash.”
| —Subseribe for the Watchman.