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Former Bellefonte Girl Weds Young
Movie Actor.
Last Friday’s Philadelphia Public
Ledger published the following story
of the marriage of Miss Virginia Bell
Hiller. Many of our readers will be
interested in it since the bride lived
here during most of her life.
The marriage of S. Edward Norris,
16, former Princeton student and mo-
tion-picture actor, to Miss Virginia
Bell Hiller, 18, of the Warwick ho-
tel, in the office of Justice of the
Peace Frederick T. Cooper at Media,
on December 6, was revealed to mem-
bers of both families Wednesday.
Norris, who is a member of a well-
known family, will be 17 on March
10. He gave his age as 22 and his
bride said she was 21.
Married, they motored home and
she left for Europe the next day with
her mother, Mrs. Blanche Hiller, and
her sister, Margaret Hayes Hiller, a
Smith College graduate, planning to
be gone ten months.
A rumor or two reached the Norris
home that “Eddy” was married, or
about to be, but his father, Dr. Rich-
ard C. Norris, 500 North 20th street,
had no knowledge of the wedding un-
til Wednesday, when he was told the
records in Media revealed the elope-
ment. Mrs. Hiller has not yet been
told.
When the secret came out, the
handsome young movie actor sent a
cablegram to his bride in the south
of France. It said, in effect:
“Better tell your mother.”
Dr. Norris, commenting on t he
marriage, said:
“When a young man assumes a re-
sponsibility of that sort I think he
should meet it. Let him get a job
and support his wife.”
“Eddy” would not comment on his
iinmediate plans. He has been at
home in Philadelphia for the last
three months. But the seven preced-
ing months he spent in Hollywood
where he achieved considerable suc-
cess in motion pictures.
His dark good looks, thanks to
which he could easily pass for at
least, 23, enabled him to “double” for
Charlie Rogers, who played the lead
in the aviation picture, “Wings.”
Mr. Norris also played in “Beau
Sabreur.” He will, he said, go on with
his motion-picture work and expects
to return to Hollywood in March. His
wife will remain in Europe until Sep-
tember.
"come to regard his illness as having
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i result of an attack of heart trouble.
Only one member of the two fam-
ilies was in the confidence of the
lovers. Miss Grace Norris, sister of
the bridegroom, and a recent debu- |
tante, is a close friend of Miss Hiller. !
She was aware of the friendship that
began here a year ago, but had not
been told of ths wedding.
The bride is a daughter of the late
Dr. Hiram and Blanche Hayes Hiller,
of Chester and Bellefonte. He and
Dr. Norris were close friends, Dr.
Hiller having becn one of Dr. Norris’
pupils in the University of Pennsyl-
vania Medical school. They were
closely associated in practice in Phil-
adelphia before Dr. Hiller moved to
Bellefonte, where he died a few years
ago.
The trip to Europe was planned as
one of recuperation for Mrs. Hiller,
who recently underwent a severe op-
eration. The prospect of separation,
friends say, caused the young couple
to decide upon an immediate mar-
riage.
“Babies” and Ladies Attraction at
the Kiwanis Dinner.
“Babies” bright and ladies night
brought out a large attendance at the
Kiwanis dinner, at the Brockerhoff
house, on Tuesday evening, and Mine
Host Landsy made a hit by serving
chicken. The State College quartette
contributed to the pleasure of the
gathering by their splendid rendition
of a2 number of popular songs.
Ladies prizes were awarded Mrs.
Parkhill, of Lock Haven, and Mrs.
John Rossman, while the men remem-
bered were James Wilkie and George
T. Bush. G. F. Reiter, chairman of
the January babies committee, was
selected as toast master and he in-
troduced as the speaker of the even-
ing, Mr. Parkhill, of Lock Haven, who
talked on age, his address sparkling
with wit and wisdom.
Kiwanian Caum, of the Bell Tele-
rhone Company of Pennsylvania, en-
tertained the assemblage with a
unique and educational motion picture
delineating the completion of a tele-
phone call.
Sr ———— ees.
—As the speaker for the annual
mid-year commencement exercises to
be held next week when about eighty
diplomas will be awarded, the Penn-
sylvania State College has obtained
Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, of Chi-
cago, national president of Beta Theta
Pi, college fraternity. The graduat-
ing exercises take place at a time
when the 54 fraternities at the col-
lege will hold a three-day conference
where the nationally known fraterni-
ty official will be one of the principal
CLARK.—Announcement of the
death of James W. Clark, in a hos-
pital at Miami Beach, Fla., on Tues-
day morning was quite a shock to
his many Bellefonte and Centre coun-
ty friends, very few of whom had
reached a critical stage. Mr. Clark
had not been well for the last four
or five months and a little over three
months ago was compelled to quit
work in the offices of the Bellefonte
Central Railroad company, in the
were at a loss to diagnose his ail-
ment and specialists whom he con-
sulted advised him to go to Florida.
Accompanied by his wife he left
Bellefonte on Saturday, January 14th,
going from here to Philadelphia,
where he again underwent an exam-
ination, then continued the southern
trip to Miami Beach. While he was
no doubt considerably fatigued by the
trip he stood it fairly well and for a
few days seemed to improve. Last
week, however, he suffered a collapse
and was taken to the hopsital where
he passed away on Tuesday morning.
He was a son of James and Rebecca
Ann Clark and was born at Beech
Creek about fifty-six years ago. His
boyhood life was spent in that place
where he was educated in the public
schools. Later he took a course at
the Potts Business College, Williams-
port, where he specialized in short-
hand and typewriting. At the com-
pletion of his course he accepted a
position with the Hough Manufactur-
ing company, of Williamsport, where
he remained until about the year 1900,
when he came to Bellefonte as sten-
ographer for the old Central Railroad
Company of Pennsylvania as success-
or to C. B. Williams, resigned. He
remained with that company until
the road was scrapped in 1919, when
he accepted a position with the Belle-
fonte Central and was with that com-
pany until ill health compelled him to
quit work.
Mr. Clark was a faithful and pains-
taking official and a man of pleasing
and congenial nature. Aside from his
work his one great pleasure was fol-
lowing the trail during the hunting
season and fishing for trout.
In 1902 he married Miss Dessie
Lingle, of Beech Creek, who survives.
He leaves, however, two brothers and
two sisters, Quiggle, Robert and Miss
Josephine Clark and Mrs. Ambrose
Brady, all of Beech Creek. The re-
mains were brought to Bellefonte yes-
terday and services will be held at
his late home in the Montgomery
apartments, on Allegheny St., at 2:30 -
tomorrow afternoon.
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WYNN.—Mrs. Margaret Wynn, the
widow of William H. Wynn, died at
her home in Philipsburg, at nine,
o'clock on Saturday morning, as the
‘She was a daughter of Daniel and
Margaret McClain Ross and was born
‘at Johnstown on December 15th, 1850,
hence had reached the age of 77 years,
1 month and 13 days. In April, 186%
she married Mr. Wynn, of Bolivar,
Pa., where they spent the first few
years of their married life, then!
moved to Woodland, Clearfield
county. In 1889 they located at Wal- |
laceton, where Mr. Wynn engaged in
the brick business. The family lo-
cated in Philipsburg in 1902 where
Mr. Wynn passed away in 1905.
Surviving the deceased are . five
children, Mrs. Alexander Patterson, |
of Clearfield; Mrs. J. H. France, of |
Philipsburg; D. Ross Wynn, of Or-
lando, Fla.; Mrs. Peter H. Ferguson
and Mrs. Robert Downes, of Philips-
burg. She also leaves one brother,
W. J. Ross, of Karthaus, her step-
mother, Mrs. Sarah Ross and a half-
brother, R. Grant Ross, of Clearfield.
Funeral services were held at her late
home on Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
S. B. Evans, burial being made in the
Bradford cemetery, near Woodland.
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GREGG.—Mrs. Mary Sankey
Gregg, widow of the late James
Gregg, died at her home at State Col-
lege, on Monday evening, as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis sustained
on Wednesday of last week. She was
a daughter of John G. and Sarah Neff
Sankey and was born in Georges val-
ley fifty-six years ago. During her
girlhood days her father sold the
farm in Georges valley and moved
onto another farm, near Centre Hall,
where she married Mr. Gregg. Her
husband for some years was a teacher
in the Tyrone public schools and also
an instructor at the Huntingdon re-
formatory.
He died twenty years ago and Mrs.
Gregg had made her home at State
College during the past tigelve years.
She had no children and being the
last of the Sankey family her only
survivors are three nieces and one
nephew. Funeral services were held
in the Methodist church, at State Col-
lege, yesterday morning, after which
the remains were brought to Belle-
fonte for burial in the Union ceme-
tery.
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MORGAN.—Louis Ray Morgan,
formerly of Philipsburg, died quite
suddenly at his home in Homestead,
on Sunday, of a heart attack, aged
58 years. He was a son of B. Frank
and Jane Faulkner Morgan, and was
born in Philipsburg, where his early
life was spent. At Homestead he
held a good position with the Car-
negie Steel company. When a young
man he married Miss Emma Koons,
of Centre Hall, who passed away sev-
eral years ago, but he leaves one son,
is B.,, of Crafton. The remains
were taken to Centre Hall where bur-
ial was made on Wednesday after-
noon.
speakers.
; the pastor, burial being made in the
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REED.—James Reed, for many
years a well known and highly re-
spected citizen of Boalsburg, died at
his home in that place on Wednesday
of last week, following a lingering
(illness with a complication of diseas-
| €8.
He was a son of David and Eliza- |
beth Sparr Reed and was born on the
well known Reed farm, east of Pine!
Grove Mills, on January 2nd, 1849, |
hence was 79 years and 23 days old.
As a young man he learned the trade
of a stone mason which he followed
a number of years then returned to
the farm. His first venture in this
direction was on the J. H. Mitchell
farm, where he was quite successful.
From there he moved to a small farm,
near Shingletown, where he lived un-
til the farm was purchased by J. F.
Kimport, six years ago, when he re-
tired to his home in Boalsburg. He
was a member of the Presbyterian
church, a good citizen and a kind and
obliging neighbor.
He was twice married his first wife
having been Miss Annie Sparr. Fol- |
lowing her death he married Miss
Katherine Dunklebarger, who sur-
Katherine Dunklebarger, who died,
a few years ago. He was one
of a family of twelve children and
the only survivor is Miss Margaret
Reed, of Pine Grove Mills. Funeral
services were held in the Presbyter-
ian church, at Boalsburg, on Satur-
day morning, by Rev. J. Max Kirk-
patrick, assisted by Rev. W. W. Moy-
er, burial being made in the Boals-
burg cemetery.
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WENSE}.— Laird Weinel, only
child of Gregg and Emma Wetzel
Wensel, passed away at the family
home in Howard, on Tuesday morn-
ing, following an illness of two weeks
as the result of an attack of pneu-
monia. He was born at Howard and
was 3 years, 4 months and 4 days
old. Funeral services were held in
the Reformed church at Howard, at
two o'clock yesterday afternoon, by
Schenck cemetery.
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Bellefonte Can Now Talk to Holland.
The sixth foreign nation was
brought within speaking distance of
American business and residence tel-
ephones with the extension of trans-
Atlantic radio telephone service to
Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The
Hague, in Holland, on January 30th.
Connections are made via the trans-
Atlantic telephone. link between the
two continents to London and thence
to Holland through submarine cables
under the North Sea. The rate from
Bellefonte to any of these three Dutch
cities is $78.76 for the first three
minutes and $26.25 for each minute
thereafter. This is a charge of 25
cents per minute above the rate to
Belgium. :
This latest extension to the service
makes it péssible for the American
caller to reach any one of a total of
1,836,500 telephones ®cross the At-
lantic from any of the 18,000,000 tel-
ephones in the United States.
Trial List for February Term
Twenty-seven civil cases have been
listed for trial at the February term
of court, and if all of them are called
Judge Fleming will be a very busy
man. The list is as follows:
FIRST WEEK.
George Searson vs. Boalsburg Es-
tate and A. A. Klinefelter, appeal.
George Searson vs. Boalsburg Es-
tate and J. I. Ross, appeal.
George Searson vs. Boalsburg Es-
tate and James Elliot, appeal.
George Searson vs. Boalsburg Es-
tate and Clyde Stamm, appeal.
SECOND WEEK.
Edna M. Carson vs. George W.
Weaver, feigned issue.
Andrew Thal and Bertha Thal vs.
J. V. Foster, trespass.
Harry W. Todd, vs. Homer Hess,
trespass.
Antoine H. Burke and Mary L.
Burke, his wife, a copartnership, trad-
ing as Burke Brothers vs. C. W. Hun-
ter, assumpsit.
Elrea E. Ellenberger vs. the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Co., trespass.
J. Raymond Guyer vs. P. R. R. Co.,
trespass.
‘Guy D. Rossman and Minnie B.
Rossman vs. P. R. R. Co., trespass.
Evergreen Hunting Club, a corpor-
ation, vs. P. R. R. Co., trespass.
Tyrone Mining and Manufacturing
Co., a corporation vs. P. R. R. Co.,
trespass. s
Laura E. Wright vs.
Borough, trespass.
Neil Graffius vs. Steve Sawkin,
trespass.
Minnie Graffius vs. Steve Sawkin,
trespass.
J. E. Weaver vs. B. C. Dotterer,
trespass.
J. Fred Slack vs. Paul Bradford and
W. F. Bradford, replevin.
James Starrett vs. William Auto
Parts Co., trespass.
Domer 8S. Ishler vs. James Schreck,
executor of the W. E. Tate will, as-
sumpsit.
Daniel Paul vs. O. P. McCord, as-
sumpsit.
Samuel S. Leitzell vs. Chester M.
Pringle, trespass.
R. E. Ellis vs. Otto Adamitz, as-
sumpsit.
Harry K. Resides vs. J. G. Neidigh,
M. W. Neidigh and M. C. Neidigh,
trading as Neidigh Brothers Lime &
Stone Co., trespass.
Margaret May Sowers vs. Neidigh
Brothers Lime & Stone Co., trespass.
B. Frank Davis and Fred L. Stone-
braker ve. P. R. R., trespass.
I. M. Smith vs. Milton T. Yearick
and W. D. Zorsy executors of Henry
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Bellefonte
Eby, late of lheim borough, as-
sumpsit. :
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A Former County Teacher Now in
Engineering Work.
Chicago, Ill., Jan. 18, 28
Democratic Watchman:
I suppose you still remember me
as being one of our county’s former
school teachers. Since leaving Centre
I have devoted my time entirely to
engineering and located permanently
in Chicago three years ago.
We have some city and some pol-
itics, especially with our Mayor. He
(is cleaning out all our histories for
he does not like having Washington
termed a rebel to his mother country,
|and by so doing he feels that grate-
ful Democrats should turn in and
‘make him President of the U. S. A.
Crime is going on continually and
is becoming so common that one pays
little attention to it any more. Busi-
ness is depressed and thousands of
men here are out of employment.
I am engaged as chief engineer for
the largest laundry in America. Our
business, at present, is not as large
as usual which can be accounted for
directly in the general scarcity of em-
ployment here.
Very truly yours,
EDWIN K. SMITH.
Dr. Glenn Writes of Deflation in
Florida.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Jan. 22, 1928.
. The Democratic Watchmam:
We left State College on the mo1ja-
ing of January 4, three cars in the
caravan and three persons in a car.
Had fine weather all the way here
and good roads.
We spent a day in Athens, Ga.
half a day at Macon and at Brook-
ville the party separated. Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Deal, Mrs. James
Holmes, Andrew, Howard and Miss
Mary Struble went to St. Petersburg,
on the west coast, while we headed
for our usual retreat here.
We came clear across the State
through a very large orange and
grape fruit section. The trees were
hanging full so that there is prospect
of a bountiful crop.
Arrived here on the evening of
January 13 and found our flat ready
for us, even to the Watchman in the
mail box waiting for us. Business is
quiet. The hotel men I have talked
with say they are only doing about
50% as much work as was done last
year. Many houses, apartments and
rooms are for rent. And anyone who
wants to see Florida should be told |
that now is the time, for everything
is reasonable; in fact very low as
compared with former years.
As for us we like it better since
there is not so much hustle and bus-
tle. Many tourists are driving around
but they seem to stay in their cars
and keep going, with only over night
stops where necessary.
There is no building going on here.
In fact, no work for any new people.
The barbers and dentists have cut
their prices. A shave is now 20 cents
4nd a hair cut 40 cents. The two
were $1.00 when we were here last
winter. The dentists charged $2.00
to pull a tooth. Now I observe that
they are advertising to do it for half
that price. Good meals can be had
for 50 cents, so you see they are get-
ting back to normal down here, very
much to the advantage of those who
have permanent and part time homes
in this delightful winter resort.
W. S. GLENN.
Church Cornerstone Laid at State
College, Wednesday.
The cornerstone for the new $90,-
000 church for St. Andrew’s parish,
at State College, was laid on Wednes-
day afternoon with fitting religious
services. Bishop James H. Darling-
ton, of the Harrisburg diocese, of the
Episcopal church, was in charge, and
the address was made by Bishop
John C. Ward, of Erie.
The church now under construction
was made possible through the co-
operative efforts of the five dioceses
of the State to provide a center for
religious work among the students at
the Pennsylvania State College, who
come from all over the State. Money
for the building was subscribed in a
campaign two years ago. The Rt.
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, Bishop of Beth-
lehem, directed the campaign after
being chosen by the other Bishops of
the State. Bishop Talbot was unable
to attend the services on account of
his health.
Completion of the new building will
mark the first step in the proposed
plan for a group of buildings to care
for student work in the parish. The
present structure is to be remodeled
as a parish house after the church is
ready for services.
The Rev. Edward M. Frear, rector
of the parish, has been in charge of
student work in State College since
1911.
—At a meeting of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Centre County hos-
pital, on Monday evening, the follow-
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Eben Bower; first vice president,
Miss Margaret Stewart; second vice
president, Mrs. Joseph Hogentogler;
treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Emerick; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. W. Harrison
Walker; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Charles R. Kurtz,
——The Watchman gives all the
news while it is news.
LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER
PREPARES FOR BIG SALES.
Manager Decker Attends Sales Ban-
quet in Pittsburgh to Prepare
for Biggest Campaign in
Chevrolet History.
With its production capacity 1,000
cars a day greater than a year ago,
the Chevrolet Motor company in 1928
is planning to break all production
and sales records in the history of the
company, according to Mr. C. G. Deck-
er, loco Chevrolet dealer, who recent-
ly returned from Pittsburgh, where
he attended the annual Chevrolet
meeting in Syria Mosque on January
18th. He was accompanied by his as-
sistant manager, Harry McClellan, of
Milesburg, and C. E. Robb, assist-
ant cashier of the First National
bank, Bellefonte.
Six hundred fifty Chevrolet
dealers who attended the meeting
heard R. H. Grant, vice president of
the Chevrolet Motor company in
charge of sales, sound the keynote of
the biggest campaign ever undertak-
en by Chevrolet. Applause rocked
the big auditorium repeatedly as the
Chevrolet sales chief outlined the
plans for the sale of another million
cars in 1928.
“Never before did a Chevrolet
meeting create the enthusiasm that
was displayed oyer the Chevrolet
prospects for the year,” Mr. Decker
declared. “Everywhere there was
confidence that Chevrolet would more
than reach its goal.”
High officials of the Chevrolet Mot-
or company assisted Mr, Grant in the
conduct of the meeting, which took
the form of the most comprehensive
sales presentation ever attempted by
an automobile manufacturer. Talks
were illustrated in the form of play-
lets, depicting the proper procedure
to be followed in the successful oper-
ation of a retail automobile business.
Immediately following the meeting
the dealers and 150 banker associates
were guests of the Chevrolet Motor
company at an elaborate banquet in
the William Penn hotel. W. E. Holl-
er, sales manager of the Pittsburgh
zone, served as host to the visiting
Chevrolet officials.
The Pittsburgh meeting was the |$
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SE SSSI Tont
third of a series of 43 similar sessions
that will be held from coast to coast
this winter and spring.
Real Estate Transfers.
Harry E. Harper, et ux to John S.
Askins, tract in Union Twp.; $182.48.
Daniel Daup to Daniel S. Daup,
tract in Potter Twp.; $1.
Joseph H. Wolfe, et ux, to Hugh J.
Toland, et ux, tract in Spring Twp.;
$3,200.
Patton Electric Co. to the West
Sonn Power Co, tract i. Spring Twp.;
150.
Charles E. Dukerman to W. E.
Snyder, tract in Philipsburg; $1,000.
Thomas White to Robert T. White,
tract in Philipsburg: $10.
Robert T. White, et al, to Amy D.
White, tract in Philipsburg; $10.
Lewis C. Stover, ev ux, to Rebecca
C. Hazel, tract in Madisonburg; $200.
Philipsburg Cemetery Association
io John Ciesbar, tract in Rush Twp.;
$38.40.
Andrew A. Borland, et ux, to R. L.
Watt, tract in State College; $2000.
Edward H. Laughner, e*. ux, to Jo-
seph H. Wolfe, et ux, tract in Potter
Twp.; $5000.
Bellefonte Cemetery Association to
Anna K. Wilson, tract in Bellefonte;
John L. Holmes, et al, to Martin A.
Dreibelbis Estate, tract in Ferguson
Twp.; $1000. :
M. L. Dawson, et ux, to Steve
Korolosky, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.;
$100.
Steve Korolosky, et ux, to Charles
L. Byron, tract in Rush Twp.; $1.
Charles L. Byron to Steve Korolos-
ky, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.; $1.
Samuel D. Harshberger, to Worth
Twp. School District, et al, tract in
Port Matilda, $550.
Bellefonte Cemetery Association to
Gideon C. Payne, et ux, tract in
Bellefonte; $25.
Charles F. Cook to Roy Wilkinson,
tract in Bellefonte; $4,750.
J. O. Heverly, treasurer, to Spang-
nam Walker, tract in Taylor Twp.;
Willis W. Grove, et al, to John Ray-
om Spicer, tract in Benner Twp.;
E. E. Weiser, et al, to C. J. Mec-
Quigg, et ux, tract in State College;
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