Bellefonte, Pa., January 13, 1928.
EES
WEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
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—A little son arrived in the home
«of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kellerman,
.on Monday night.
—John-P. Fretz, the new proprietor
«of the Scenic theatre, on Tuesday, ex-
ecuted a lease for that popular place
©of amusement good until 1931.
—The new store room in the Ritz
‘theatre building has been leased by
John Junios, of Lewistown, who will
install a quick lunch restaurant.
—Following the Jextreme cold of
last week the weather this week has
been almost spring-like, so far as
temperature has been concerned.
—A marriage license was granted
at Cumberland, Md., last Saturday, to
Miles Eugene Hoy, of State College,
and Miss Louise Mildred McMullen, |
of Milesburg.
—The Misses Harriet and Elizabeth
Hart are ararnging to move from the
Sim Baum house on north Allegheny
street, to the Burnside duplex house
«on Spring street.
—The barn on the Daniel Klinger
farm, near Tusseyville, was totally
destroyed by fire, early last week,
entailing a loss of $3,000 on which
there was some insurance.
—The Ladies’ Aid society of the
Lutheran church, Bellefonte, will hold
a roast chicken supper Thursday,
January 26th, in the church basement,
from 5 to 7 o'clock. Price 75, cents.
—Coach Hugo Bezdek, of State
College, is in Johns Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore, where he underwent a
minor operation a few days ago, but
as it was not serious he hopes to be
discharged soon.
—The Eastern Star will give a
card: party, Monday night, in the I
0. O. F. hall, at which both bridge
and five hundred will be in play, an
innovation being the offering of from
ten to fifteen prizes. Admission fif-
ty cents. Playing to begin at half
after eight.
—On Tuesday evening Clyde
Peters, a son of Bruce Peters, lost
control of his car when nearing the
McCoy electric station, on the way to
Milesburg, and ran into the ditch at
the side of the road. It was not a
‘bad accident, but Mrs. Peters was
pretty badly shaken up.
—Miss Christine Gillen, who on De-
cember 31st ended her term of service
as deputy prothonotary, has accepted
the position of bookkeeper in Hazel
& Co's dry goods store, a vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss
Hazel Shawley, who went to the Co-
hen department store in a similar
capacity. a
—~Carpenters are now at work put-
ting down new floors and making
other badly needed improvements at
the county jail. The County Com-
missioners have also decided to get
a new safe for ‘the sheriff’s office, as
the old one has a good-sized hole in
‘the door, the result of its having been
‘burglarized a year or so ago.
—Miss Gertrude Ederle, the young
woman who about a year ago won
‘woman, who, about a year ago won
fame by swimming the English chan-
mel, arrived in Bellefonte yesterday
afternoon for a three day’s stay. She
‘was accompanied by Misses Ethel and
Marian Baker, of California. The
three young ladies are stopoing at
the Brockerhoff house.
—Last Friday Sheriff Harry Dun-
lap received a telegram from Syra-
cuse, N. Y. to arrest one Betty
Burns, who was wanted in that city
on the charge of shop-lifting. The |
young woman was arrested late the
same evening, at the Bush house, and
after spending the night and Satur-
«day forenoon in the Centre county
jail was turned over to New York
officers to be taken back to Syracuse.
It is understood that the girl will
have several other serious charges to
face when she returns to New York.
—The Watchman last week had
such a grist of news to cover that we
overlooked mentioning the fact that
John P. Fretz is now in Bellefonte
and in charge of the Scenic theatre,
which he took over from the T. Clay-
ton Brown estate on January 2nd.
Mr. Fretz has retained the services
of Leo Toner as his assistant, and
in this he has made no mistake. Mr.
Toner had been connected with
T. Clayton Brown for so many years
that he knows motion pictures from
{op to bottom and in the future the
Scenic will continue to show the same
‘high-class line which has character-
ized its entertainment programs for
many years.
—Pilot H. G. Smith, who was forced
«down near Medix Run, during a hard
: storm on Saturday night, December
“€1st, spending the night in a hunter's
+cabin, is back on his ship on the
‘airmail between New York and Cleve-
‘land. He spent Sunday night in
Bellefonte and stated that the report
sent out from DuBois about him al-
most freezing to death was wholly a
child of the newspaper writer's fer-
tile brain. He brought his ship down
not far from the hunting camp and
had no trouble getting into the cabin.
There he found food and bedclothing
and he had plenty of matches so he
built a fire and was as comfortable
as could be until the trappers came
along next morning. Of course he
was twelve miles from the nearest
telephone and being at night and un-
certain which way to go he had no
means of letting the outside world
know where he was and that he was
all right.
NEW RAILROAD RUMORS
NOW FILL THE AIR.
What Might Happen in Railroad Af-
fairs Hereabouts.
Last week the Interstate Commerce
Commission handed down a decision
on the petition of various shippers
here and at State College who use
the line of the Bellefonte Central
Railroad. It was to the effect that
all inter-State freight shipments to
points on the local railroad shall take
the Bellefonte rate. That is, for ex-
ample, a car of machinery shipped
from Chicago or any other point out-
side of Pennsylvania shall not cost
more freight if it goes to any point
on the Bellefonte Central than it
would if it were consigned to Belle-
fonte.
In other words, what has been
scheduled as “the Bellefonte rate”
will now be the rate to all points on
the Bellefonte Central, as well.
This means that the various lines
on which the freight originates and
over which it travels will have to ab-
sorb what the Bellefonte Central has
been charging for hauling such
freight from Bellefonte to State Col-
lege and intermediate points and the
IL C. C., has ruled that these railroads
must allow the Bellefonte Central a
living share of the freight charges.
On Monday the Public Service com-
mission of Pennsylvania handed down
a more sweeping decision. This was
to the effect that “the Bellefonte
rate” shall apply to all points on the
Bellefonte Central to and from all
points in Pennsylvania within eigh-
teen miles of Bellefonte.
This means that coal, for instance,
will be delivered at State College
with exactly the same freight charges
that prevail for delivery to Belle-
fonte.
It also means that those lime and
stone industries along the Bellefonte
Central will no longer have to pay
40 cents a ton for the haul from their
plants to the junction with the P. R.
R. lines here.
Naturally the decisions will not on-
ly be very beneficial to State College
and intermediate points, but will
probably prove the salvation of the
Bellefonte Central.
Already rumors of every nature are
afloat as to what it will eventually
lead to.
We know that the Pennsylvania is
to abandon that portion of its Fair-
brook branch of the L. and. T. from
a bridge beyond Stover Station to
its terminus at Fairbrook. This will
be done on the night of January 28.
We know that the Bellefonte Cen-
tral has applied for permission to
take over and operate this abandoned
section.
We have heard that the Bellefonte
Central would like to get the entire
upper end of the L. and T., for then
it could operate passenger trains
right into State College.
We have heard, also, that the
Bellefonte Central is planning to
build a line clear through little Nit-
tany valley from Bellefonte to Salona
where it would connect with the re-
maining: operated section of the
abandoned C. R. R. of Pa. and thus
eet into Mill Hall and connect with the
New York Central. The idea of go-
ing through little Nittany valley is
because it has greater potential
freight prospects than the larger side
of the valley which the C. R. R. of
Pa., traversed. This is possible be-
cause the immense limestone fields in
and about Jacksonville, owned by
Whiterock Quarries and the Amer-
ican Lime & Stone Co., must devel-
oped ere long.
Remember, we have given vou this
latter information only as rumor.
But we believe vou will soon come
to learn that it is far more than
that.
BELLEFONTE CENTRAL SUBMITS BID
TOR FAIRBROOK BRANCH.
Cfficials of the Bellefonte Central
Railroad company, last Thursday sub-
mitted a bid for that portion of the
Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad, from
Fairbrook to Stover Station, which
the Public Service Commission has
granted the Pennsylvania Railroad
company the right to abandon be-
cause it has not been a paying prop-
osition to operate. The salvage price
placed on the road by the Commission
was $52,129, and the bid submitted
by the Bellefonte Central was $52,-
130. As this was the only bid sub-
mitted it will probably be accepted,
though no official notification of that
fact has yet been made public.
As the acquisition of the Fairbrook
branch by the Bellefonte Central now
seems an assured fact interest will
centre in the company’s proposition
to build the connecting link between
the terminus of their present line at
State College and the Fairbrook
branch, at Fairbrook, between five
and a half and six miles, and for
which they have requested the sanc-
tion of the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission. It is understood that the
company is planning to start build-
ing operation, if they get permission,
as soon as possible after the red tape
has all been enrolled and have hopes
pf completing the job within six
months. This would then give them
a line from Bellefonte, by way of
State College and Fairbrook, as well
as the fertile Warriorsmark valley,
to Stover Station, a little less than
three miles from Tyrone.
The various developments have had
a lifting effect on the market price
of the Bellefonte Central. Last Fri-
day forty shares sold in Philadelphia
at $18. On Monday six shares
changed hands at $21.
Local people have been buying up
the stock for several years.
When |
| they started accumulating the price
was down around $6 so that some of
them have already very handsome
profits on their purchase. :
That the Bellefonte Central is plan-
legal requirements have been met
was evidenced through a visit in
Bellefonte, on Wednesday, by Robert
Frazier, of Philadelphia, president of
the company, and T. D. Geoghegan,
the new traffic manager. While they
did not disclose the nature of their
business there is little doubt that it
had to do with the acquisition of the
Fairbrook branch and the building of
the new line from State College to
Fairbrook. Mr. Geoghegan was the
commerce expert who figured largely
in the hearing almost three years ago
between the Chemical Lime company
and the Pennsylvania Railroad com-
pany before the Interstate Commerce
Commission which resulted in the fa-
vorable decision for the Lime com-
pany being handed down last week.
He has a reputation for building up
railroads into paying propositions
and the fact that he has become af-
filiated with the Bellefonte Central
augurs well for its future.
It is reported that the gentlemen
visited State College and made tenta-
tive plans for removing the railroad
station at that place from its pres-
ent location and rebuilding a more
| commodious one further west on the
! line,
Recurring to the possible devel-
opment of the lime-stone fields in and
about Jacksonville this might have
been done years ago had it not been
for a squabble between the American
Co., and Whiterock. The latter un-
dertook to procure a right of way
through the Howard gap for a three
mile branch to the Bald Eagle valley.
Favorable arrangements: were made
every place but at the two ends. At
Howard the late William Long de-
manded a rather prohibitive price for
the right of way through his property
and at the Jacksonville opening of
gap the American Co. procured a
little strip of land which blocked the
project effectively at the time and
brought about the abandonment of
all thought of development then.
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Blaine Port’s Tailor Shop Robbed of
Cleaned Clothing.
The tailor shop of Blaine Port, in
the basement of the Bellefonte Hard-
ware company building, was broken
into, sometime during Friday night,
and seven whole suits of clothing two
coats and two pairs of knickers,
which had been cleaned and pressed,
were removed from the clothes horse
and carried off, hangers and all.
: Nothing else was disturbed, although
quite a quantity of clothing was piled
on the tables ready to be cleaned and
two new suits were there awaiting al-
teration. : Sa
| The robbers gained entrance to the
| shop by cutting a hole in the glass
right at the window fastener, thus
| enabling them to unlock and hoist the
i window. From the appearance of
‘the hole in the window glass a dia-
mond cutter had been used, and this
gives credence to the belief that who-
ever pulled the trick were profession-
als. :
The clothing taken included two
brown suits belonging to M. A. Land-
say, of the Brockerhoff house; a 3-
piece light gray suit belonging to
Mark Williams; a dark coat belong-
ing to P. Shope; a 8-piece dark suit
of W. A. Slick; a 3-piece dark blue
suit of Frank Sasserman; a 3-piece
light gray suit belonging to H. Turn-
ey; a sport coat, the property of
Frederick Kurtz; two light knickers
belonging to Mr. Witeraft and a 3-
piece dark gray suit, the property of
Mr. Brooks.
Not a clue of any kind could be
found to indicate who the robbers
were and up to this time police of-
ficers have failed to find a lead to
work on. Police officials and second-
hand clothing dealers in surrounding
towns have been notified, but no trail
has so far been uncovered.
Golden Wedding Celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. William Tressler cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary on January 3rd by entertaining
their children and a number of
friends at their home on Howard
street, Bellefonte. The guests pres-
ent included the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tressler, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Tressler, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Tressler and Gray Tress-
ler, all of Bellefonte; Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Burket, Kathryn and Billy Bur-
ket, of Warriorsmark; Mr. and Mrs.
Newton Tressler, of Pittsburgh; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Tressler, of Roches.
ter, N. Y.; Mr. and: Mrs. Ralph Tea-
man and Philip Teaman, of Akron,
Ohio; Leona Tressler, of Rochester,
N. Y.; Mrs. Walter Kaufman, of At-
lantic City; Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Re-
| sides, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tressler
rand Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tressler, of
Bellefonte. :
Rumania Has Paid Keller $100,000.
On Tuesday the Rumanian govern-
ment paid Capt. Wilfred N. Keller
$100,000.00 as indemnification for in-
| juries he received during the student
! riots last December.
He is a son of Mrs. H. J. Keller,
of Milesburg, and was in Y. M. C. A.
work overseas during the war. He
remained over there and was in the
business of importing typewriters
when fallen upon by fanatical stu-
dents and badly injured.
The Rumanian government apolo-
gized to this country at once and has
‘now made substantial reparation.
The gentleman is reported as be-
ing on the way home.
ning to begin activities as soon as all |
AN INTERESTING VOLUME.
Dr. Colfelt’s Biography Will be On
Sale Here.
The Biography of Dr. Lawrence M.
Colfelt, which was published serially
by the Watchman during the early
months of 1927, has been published in
book form in Philadelphia. The vol-
ume has created more or less of a
sensation, it appears.
The reaction from its perusal has
been very enthusiastic, especially on
the part of lawyers and judges. One
distinguished judge, an utter strang-
er to the author, in a closely typed
two-page panegyric states that the
boyhood and war-time chapters, so
stirred his own memories he could not
sleep when he retired; that he en-
joyed all immensely but the “best”
was the experimental delineation of
professional man, nor student can es-
cape because of the absolute contra-
diction of dogmatic religion by the
accepted science of our age and the
tentative reconciliation. One of the
most distinguished corporation law-
vers in the United States intimates
that he has “read the argument
against coercive Prohibition to a
number of his friends and all agreed
with himself that it was not only nov-
el but convincing.” Many have signi-
fied that the characterization of the
Ku-Klux was a wholesome admonition
to those who have thoughtlessly iden-
tified themselves with that un-Amer-
ican order.
Another lawyer writes “I enjoyed
every word of your travelogues. You
have a marvelous diction and style.
Call them what you may they are
beautiful.” Some stress the boyhood
scenes, the war-time sketches, the
naturalness, the descriptive power,
the literary flavor dubbing the book a
rara avis in this particular. Another,
a cultured reader ‘writes “You use a
scimetar in describing the corruption
of politics in Pennsylvania, uncover-
ing a conviction which few have had
the temerity to syllable.” Such is the
prevailing tenor of a vast number of
felicitations™ received from every
point of the compass.
But the Doctor assures us that the
criticism which gave him the greatest
pleasure was from a California
stranger and it was the briefest. “It
took courage!” It did. :
A limited number of copies of Dr.
Colfelt’s biography will probably be
on sale at Hunter’s book store in the
Bellefonte Trust Company building
soon.
Bellefonte Academy Football Team
Guests at Kiwanis Luncheon.
Over one hundred people sat down
to the Kiwanis luncheon at the
Brockerhoff house, on Tuesday, the
large number being accounted for by
the fact that the Bellefonte Academy
football team were guests at the
table—that is joint guests of the Ki-
wanis and Mine Host Landsy, the
latter furnishing free plates for the
players and the Kiwanis the enter-
tainment. : fol
Announcement was made that Ki-
wanian Beatty has donated a car for
one month for the use of the com-
munity nurse for visits and examina-
tion of the under-privileged and
crippled children of the county.
A letter received from Homer
Sweeney, district governor of the
State clubs, congratulated Bellefonte
Kiwanis on its activities during the
year 1927, which, he said, exceeded
that of many of the larger clubs.
President W. Harrison Walker had
with him as his guest Judge M. Ward
Fleming, who upon being introduced,
spoke briefly of his boyhood days here
and related some of his football ex-
periences while a student at the Belle-
fonte Academy.
J. P. Ishler Celebrated Birthday With
Family Reunion.
J. P. Ishler, one of the well known
and substantial citizens of State Col-
lege, was 78 years old on Thursday
of last week and celebrated the day
with a family reunion at his very
comfortable home al 122 north Gill
street. Naturally the prominent fea-
ture of the gathering was a big din-
ner. and the manner in which it dis-
appeared was visible evidence of its
epicurean quality. The centre piece
on the table was a mammoth birthday
cake adorned with 78 lighted candles.
Guests present included Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Kerstetter, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. W. R. Gentzel and Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Bouse, of State College, Mr.
and Mrs. J. G, Ishler, of Boalsburg;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ishler, of Pleas-
ant Gap; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dale;
Mr. and Mrs. William Ishler and Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Ishler, of Bellefonte,
and Mrs. Katie Saunders, of State
College.
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Young Girl Saves Little Brother
From Drowning.
Late last Friday afternoon Susie
and Victor Fleck, aged 12 and 7 years
respectively, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Fleck, of Point Lookout, near
Philipsburg, went skating on the ice
on Moshannon creek. The ice was
not very strong and the boy broke
through. His sister was near enough
to grab him by the hand and lying
down on the ice clung to her brother’s
arm and screamed for help. In that
position they were found a few min-
utes later by James Lupton, of Mun-
son, on his way home from his work
near Philipsburg, and he succeeded
in rescuing both the children. Though
the boy was in the icy water about
five minutes he suffered no ill ef-
rects.
AIR
the mental struggle from which no |
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. P. H. Gherrity is spending this
week with her daughter, Mrs. J. McC.
Davis, in Tyrone.
—Bellefonte friends of George Ross
Parker will be glad to know that his
vision has become so much better that
—Miss Laura 8. Runkle, of Centre Hall,
was a pleasant caller at the Watchman
office, last Friday, being on her way
home from spending the Christmas and
—Mrs. Thomas McCafferty entertained
a niece over the week-end, then accom-
panied her to Pittsburgh, Monday, expect-
ing to spend the remainder of the win-
ter there. ;
—Edward McGarvey returned to Beaver
Falls, Tuesday, following a new year's
visit home with his mother, Mrs. Ella
McGarvey and the family, at their home
on north Spring street.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Clark will leave
to-morrow for Miami, Florida, hoping
that by the change of climate, Mr. Clark’s
health may be benefitted. Mr. Clark’s
condition is now thought to be improv-
ing.
—Mrs. John Stuart has left State Col-
lege for the winter, having gone south
as has been her custom for a number of
years. Mrs. Stuart is now with her son,
William and his family, at Fort Worth
Texas.
—Mrs. Elmer E. Sager, of Philadelphia,
was in Bellefonte for .an over Sunday
business trip, preparatory to leaving with
Mr. Sager on a visit to Florida. Mrs.
Sager during her stay, was a guest at the
Bush House.
holiday season with her nephew, Gross
Allison and family, at New Castle, Ky.
She was away three weeks and had a de-
lightful time in Dixie land, but natur-
ally, was anxious to get back to her own
home in Centre Hall,
—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Musser left the lat-
ter part of last week, to spend an indefin-
ite time in the eastern part of the State,
Their house on Logan street has been
leased and is now occupied by Mrs.
Frank Mayer and her son.
—Mrs. Elsie Rankin Helliwell, who
changed her permanent location from At-
latic City to Los Angeles, Cal, a short
time ago, has decided not to remain on
the Coast. She writes that “it is all
very nice out here, but too far away from
Pennsylvania and all my folks.”
—Harry Badger motored to Mifflinburg,
on Wednesday, to attend the funeral of
William L. Hoffman, who died on Mon-
day at the age of 67 years. Mr. Hoffman
was a tinner by trade and it was with
him that Mr. Badger, forty years ago,
served his apprenticeship of three years.
he has been permitted to return to his
studies at- Mt. Herman school, Mt. Her-
man, Mass. George is a son of Mrs. G.
Ross Parker, of New Brunswick, N. J.,
a former resident of Bellefonte. Because
of affected eyes he was compelled to with-
daw from school soon after his entrance
last fall.
—Miss Helen Thomas, who came up
from Lyndhurst, N. J. last week, will be
here for an indefinite time with her aunt,
Mrs. Martin Howard, of Fairview street.
Miss Thomas went to New Jersey in the
early fall to make her home there with
her mother’s family, this being her first
visit back home, 2h, ‘a
—Among the Centre county agents, who
were in Williamsport, last Saturday to
take examinations under the Insurance
Federation of Pennsylvania, were William
F. Colyer, of Centre Hall, and Mrs. H. L.
Stuart, of State College, beth of. whom
are in the life section, and Hugh M.
Quigley, of Bellefonte, who is in the fire
section.
—John Fretz, the new proprietor of the
Scenic, with Mrs. Fretz their small daugh-
ter and a maid came to Bellefonte Tues
day and were guests at the Brockerhoff
house until the arrival of their household
goods on Wednesday. Having leased the
Louis Hill property on east Bishop street
Mr. and Mrs. Fretz took possession of
their new home at once.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Beezer, with
their niece and nephew, Mary and Fer-
dinand Beezer Jr., motored over from
Philipsburg, on Saturday, for the funeral
of the late Henry Beezer. They all have
s0 many friends here that it proved a
busy day for them in attempting to see
as nuny of them as they could in the
vhort time they had to stay.
.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Morris, form-
er residents of Bellefonte, arrived here a
week ago from Searcy, Arkansas, for an
overnight visit at the Bush House, en
route to New York, on a short trip. Mr.
and Mrs. Morries, who with Mr. and Mrs.
Elliot Lyon Morris went west from Ma-
con, Ga., less than a year ago, will spend
several days in several of the larger At-
lantic coast cities while east.
—Mrs. Frank E. Naginey is arranging
to leave shortly on a trip to the Pacific
coast expecting to visit in the southwest
and in California until late spring. Mrs.
Naginey will go out over the Sante Fe,
stopping in New Mexico with her sister
and daughter, Miss Rowe and Miss Edua,
then go from theie to Long Beech,
California, for a visit with other relatives.
Her return trip east will be made over a
northern route, as she has already made
plans for stopping at a number places of
interest enroute home.
—Among the relatives who gathered
here Saturday for the funeral of the late
Henry Beezer was John H. Beezer, who
came down from his home in Punxsu-
tawney. John doesn’t get back to his old
home often so it was very gratifying to
see him looking so well and learn that he
is getting on splendidly. He is still stick-
ing to the business that so many of the
Beezers seem to be so notably adapted
for: that of dealing in meat products.
He is a buyer for several markets up there
and specializes in sausages.
—Our old and greatly esteemed friend,
George Ertley, of little Nittany valley,
was in town on Tuesday. He motored up
with Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver and
and a party comprising Edward Vonada
and Frank Waite. Incidentally, Mrs.
Waite is in the hospital here and is very
ill. While the others were attending to
the affairs they came to look after, (ieorge
visited around, ard, happily for us,
dropped in for a chat. Last December 11
he and Mrs. BErtley celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. They didn’t make a
splurge about it, he said, but at that
twenty of their close friends gathered to
spend the day with them and Mrs. Flora
Stanley, of Yorkville, Ill, who was a
girlhood friend of George's and whom he
hadn't seen for forty years, was one of
them. Bero.> leaving he enrolled his
name for the forty-eighth consecutive
year on the Watchman's list.
—Horatio 8. Moore has been spending
a part of the week on a business trip
through the eastern part of the State.
—Mr. and Mrs. Allan 8. Garman, of Ty-
rone, left last week in their car for Flor-
ida, where they expect to spend the re-
mainder of the winter.
—Grace Cohen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cohen, returned home, Sun-
day, after a visit of several weeks with
friends in Baltimore and Reading.
—Miss Caroline Barnhart, whe had been
with her sister, Mrs. William McClure,
since the day after Christmas, left Tues-
day to return to her home in New Jersey.
—“Billy” Brown and his mother, Mrs.
Benjamin Brown, will go to Philadelphia
tonight, that Billy may be under the
care of specialists while having his braces
readjusted.
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Weaver, of Cole-
ville, are entertaining Mr. Weaver's sis-
ter, Mrs. Alice Reber, of Doylestown, who
arrived here Wednesday, expecting to be
their guest for several weeks.
—Miss Winifred M. Gates, chief clerk
in the Bellefonte offices of the West Penn
Power company, went out to Johnstown,
on Wednesday, to visit until Sunday with
her brother, Edward L. Gates and fam-
ily.
—Alexander G. Morris was home from
Chicago recently for a visit with Mrs.
Morris, having had a vacation .of several
days which he spent in Bellefonte, Alec
is now taking a course in electricity in
Chicago.
—Mrs. Roberts, who has been a guest
of Mrs. H. E. Fenlon at her home on
north Allegheny street during the week,
is the mother of Mrs. Thomas Brew, with
whom she makes her home at Lansford,
Pennsylvania.
—Mollie, the younger daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gideon Payne is a patient in
the Polyclinic hospital, Philadelphia, hav-
ing been taken down last week, by her
mother and her paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Payne, to be under medical
observation for a time.
—Francis BE. Thomas, an instructor at
the Montclair academy, Montclair, N. J.
an only son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
F. H. Thomas, was a guest at the Bush
house for a part of last week, while here
for a New Year's visit with some of his
many friends in Bellefonte.
—Mr. and Mrs. William J. Carroll were
back home last Saturday, having driven
over from Clearfield for the funeral of
the late Henry Beezer. Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll were among those who left Belle-
fonte recently, when the offices of the
State Highway department were moved.
—-Mrs. Irwin, widow of the late Lewis
Irwin, of Erie, was a recent visitor of
Dr. and Mrs. W. U. Irwin, of north Alle-
gheny street. Mrs. Irwin and the family
were - residents of Bellefonte for many
years, so that she was here seeing some
of her friends and relatives over the
county.
Mrs. Albert Fravel and her brother,
Lester B. Crispen, of Detroit, Mich., and
Mrs. E. C. Bitner, of Williamsport, were
among the near relatives in Bellefonte
Wednesday, for the funeral of the late
Mrs. Irvin Crispen, held from the home
of her daughter, Mrs. O. J. Morgan, on
west High street.
~The Hon. John T.. McCormick, of
State College, was in Bellefonte on bus-
iness yesterday. Mr. McCormick. was re-
cently honored by being made president
of the First National bank of that place.
He has been on the board of directors of
the institution ever since it opened its
doors for business, was its president
some years ago and its vice president at
the time he was again chosen as its pre-
siding officer. The bank has had amaz-
ing growth and is generally regarded as
a Gibraltar of financial strength. This
condition has been brought about large-
ly by the wisdom of selecting men of
the McCormick type to guide its affairs.
Roy Wilkinson Appointed Probation
and Parole Officer.
Roy Wilkinson, who recently com-
pleted eight years in the prothono-
tary’s office, has landed in a newly-
created job to be known as proba-
tion and parole officer at the very
comfortable salary of $2,500 a year
“and necessary expenses in the prose-
cution of his work.” The appoint-
ment was made on Monday by Judge
M. Ward Fleming, and Mr. Wilkinson
is responsible only to the court and
district attorney.
The appointment was made under
an act of the Legislature approved
June 21st, 1919, which provides for
such an appointment upon request of
the district attorney. As the office
is an entirely new one in Centre
county it will naturally take time to
determine justification for it.
Working on the “Y” Pool.
Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the Y. M. C. A. swimming pool.
All of the white tile lining of the
mammoth tank has been taken out
and a cement lining put on in its
stead. .
The pool leaked badly because of
the disintegration of the tile and it
is thought that the cement, blown on
by compressed air, will form such a
perfect bond that no further trouble
from this cause will be encountered.
The floor coating will be four
inches thick and the sides and ends
somewhat lighter, but reinforced by
heavy 2-inch mesh wire.
The pool has not been reduced in
size and is one of the largest indoor
“Y” pools in the State.
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—Little daughters were born dur-
ing the week, to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. George Tate
and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tierny and a
son to Mr, and Mrs. Charles Keller-
man, the latter was Mr. and Mus.
Kellerman’s second son and third
child.
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Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by O. Y. Wagner & Ce.
Wheat - - - - - - $1.35
Rye - - - - - - - $1.00
Corn - - - ms 300
Oate wie lw Tee
Barley - - - - - - - 80
Buckwheat . - - - - 80