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TWO MOTOR BUS LINES MASONIC GATHERING . HOSPITAL AUXILIARY REPORT. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. February Meeting of the Bellefonte
Chapter D. A. R.
Demormaiic;iaty
Bellefonte: Pa., February 24, 1928
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—John T. Harnish is reported as
‘being quite ill at his home near Snow
Shoe Intersection.
—DMiss Marie Doll has been ap-
pointed clerk to business manager W.
‘'H. Brown, at the Centre County hos-
pital, entering upon her duties there
-on Monday morning.
—The annual concert of the Belle-
fonte community orchestra, under the
direction of Mrs. Louis Schad, will be
given in the court house Wednesday
evening, April 11th.
—A Lester Sheffer, of Milroy, is
out for a third term in the Legisla-
ture from Mifflin county, and Amos
‘G. Cole, of Lewistown, has also
thrown his hat into the ring as a can-
didate. Both men were former resi-
dents of Bellefonte.
—A meeting of the board of con-
trol of the Central Pennsylvania's
Volunteer Firemen’s association was
held at Clearfield, last Friday after-
noon, and August 1st and 2nd select-
ed as the dates for the holding of the
1928 convention in Clearefild.
—On her way to Graysville from
‘Hollidaysburg, last Friday, to attend
the funeral of her brother, the late
«Cyrus B. McWilliams, Miss Mary Me-
Williams, a guest at the Presbyterian
home, fell at the Tyrone station and
fractured a bone in her left arm. She
went on to the funeral, however, and
returned home on Monday.
—>Sam Gordon who had been sen-
tenced to pay $25 per month towards
the support of his wife and family,
failed to keep faith with the Court
.and was brought in vesterday and
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary. The sentence was suspended,
however, for as long a time as he
continues to pay the $25 monthly.
+ —L J. Dreese, of Lemont, is rather
a plunger when it comes to buying
autemobiles. Within the week he
bought an Erskine sport coupe for
his. daughter, Miss Miriam, and then,
so that she would have nothing or
her pater, ordered a Studebaker Pres-
ident straight-eight state sedan for
himself. Both cars were bought
through the Beezer agency.
—Now that the new State theatre
is open and the people of Bellefonte
have had an opportunity to see what
a wonderful place of amusement it is,
it has been drawing crowds every
evening. The pictures being shown
there are all the best that can be
procured and well worth the price of
admission. Down at the Scenic pie-
tures are shown at popular prices and
meeting with the approval of all who
see them,
~—While working at the Port Ma-
tilda brick works, on Friday after-
moon of last week, George Gummo
‘was painfully injured and will prob-
ably be laid up for some time. He
was working on the end of a tram-
“way when a small dump car ran down
‘the track wild. Before Gummo could
get out of the way the ear hit him
2nd pinned him against a bumping
post at the end of the track. Deep
gashes were cut in both thighs. He
was taken home where his injuries
were dressed by a physician.
——Shortly after eleven o'clock, on
‘Wednesday, Russell Hosterman, hard-
ware dealer of Millheim, found it
‘necessary to be in Altoona on short
notice to meet a business engagement.
‘There’ were no trains at that time
‘and an auto would not get him there
quick enough, so he called up Henry
‘Noll and engaged him to taxi him up
by airplane. Henry was Johnny on
the spot. He flew to Millheim, took
Mr. Hosterman aboard and landed
him in the Mountain city in time to
meet his engagement. He also had
luncheon there and Henry flew him
home early in the afternoon. The
‘moral is, if you are in a hurry to go
anywhere talk to Henry.
—J. D. Mitchell, caretaker of the
airmail beacon on Point McCoy, had
a narrow escape from carbon mon-
oxide poisoning, one night last week,
and can still feel the effects of the
poison gas. While sitting in the
small cabin which houses the gaso-
line motor and other lighting equip-
ment Mr. Mitchell experienced a sud-
den dizziness and other peculiar sen-
sations and lost no time in getting
out of doors into the air. He grad-
ually recovered sufficiently to continue
on the job but the fumes from the
gasoline motor had been dense enough
that he would probably have been
overcome in a few minutes had he
not gone out into the air when he
did. As it was he was slightly ill
for several days.
—Dr. Ernest Smith, of Spanish
"Guinea, West Africa, who has been
telling to crowded houses all over the
"United States, the thrilling story of
+ his experience as physician and sur-
.geon in the jungles, is to speak in
the Presbyterian chapel, Bellefonte,
on Tuesday evening, February 28th,
at 7.830 Dr. Smith will have with
him a number of fascinating African
curios, one of them a four pound
brass ring, worn as an ornament for
many years by an African woman
and taken from her neck by Dr. Smith
after it had cut deep into her throat.
Hand painted slides will illustrate the
strange life and customs of the West
African people. The general public
is very cordially invited to come to
hear Dr. Smith who is spoken of as
one of the most interesting speakers
on the American platform. A silver
offering will be lifted.
MERGED INTO ONE.
Glenn M. Johnston, of Woolrich, Buys
Emerick Motor Bus Line.
A deal was closed last Thursday
evening whereby Glenn M. Johnston,
of Woolrich, president of the John-
ston Motor Bus Line, became the
purchaser of all the equipment of the
Emerick Motor Bus Line, operating
between Bellefonte and State College,
Milesburg and Lock Haven. The
Johnston Motor Bus Line at present.
operates motor busses between Lock
Haven, Jersey Shore and Williams-
port, and application has been made
to the Public Service Commission for
its approval of the Johnston line tak-
ing over and operating the lines now
covered by the Emerick company.
Mr. Johnston did not purchase the
real estate but has leased the same
and it is his intention to move hers
as soon after the approval of the sale
has been given as possible, which will
probably be early in March. He will
occupy the Emerick residence, on
Spring street, adjoining the garage, |
now occupied by J. T. Storch and
family, The purchase price was not :
made public.
It is understood that Mr. Johnston
will retain the employees of the Em-
erick Motor Bus Line with the ex-
ception of J. T. Storch, who will
continue in business with Mr. Emer-
ick. Mr. Johnston has been operating
bus lines since 1918, and has been
quite suceessful, and under his su-
pervision the traveling public will be
given as good accommodation as it
has received in the past.
Bill Emerick, president of the Em-
erick Motor Bus Line, started opera-
tions in Wilkes-Barre in 1912. In
June, 1913, he came to Bellefonte and
started the line here. In 1914 he was
irstrumental in starting lines between
Altoona and Hollidaysburg and Phil-
ipsburg and Osceola Mills. In Jan-
uary, 1915, a line was started at
Clearfield which was later sold to the
Fullington Auto Bus Co. In June,
1915, a line was started between Ha-
gerstown and Sharpsburg, Md., and
he also assisted in starting a line be-
tween Honesdale and Hawley, in
Wayne county. He also operated a
line between Barnesboro and Cherry
Tree, but all these lines were disposed
of prior to 1920, since which time
most of his efforts have been devoted
to the Bellefonte line.
In 1924 he filed an application with
the Public Service Commission for
permission to operate a line between
Harrisburg and Reading, but protests
were filed by the Reading Railroad
company and the application was re-
fused.
Mr. Emerick represents the White
company in the counties of Centre,
Clearfield, Clinton, Union and Sny-
der and will continue the sale and
service of White trucks in that ter-
ritory. In this business he will be
assisted by J. T. Storch.
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A Merchandise Fair Propesed.
The asscciated business men of
Bellefonte met, on. Wednesday night,
to consider holding a merchandise
fair here during’ the last week in
March or early in April.
If the project is carried through it
will be held in the Armory, which will
be divided into booths, thirty-four be-
ing the approximate number that can
be laid out on the floor space there.
The plans contemplate an exhibit
every night, except Saturday, during
the week. A good orchestra is to be
engaged and numerous merchandise
prizes offered so that there will be
drawings for them every hour every
evening.
The idea is not so much a sales en-
deavor as it is a desire to promote
contact and good-will between the
buyers and sellers of the community. |
Each exhibitor will make a display of
the specially seasonable articles he has
to offer for the spring and summer
trade and with all grouped together
the public will have opportunity to
do its window shopping very thoi-
oughly in an hour or so, as well as
be nicely entertained while doing it.
The fair, of course, is contingent
on securing enough exhibitors to bear
the cost of it, which is estimated at
about $1500.00.
Recent Births,
Another little son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Storch, at the Centre
County hospital, last Thursday even-
ing. The little fellow has been named
Donald Richard and in due time will
make a fine playmate for Jackie.
If any mistakes were made at the
P. R. R. freight depot in Bellefonte,
last Friday, they should be over-
looked, because on that morning chief
clerk Harry Smith became the father
of a little daughter. Ordinarily this
is not an unusual event, as such
events are expected with due regular-
ity in all households, but when the
fact is considered that Mr. and Mrs.
Smith have been married twenty-two |
years and this is their first child it is
more than unusual, it’s remarkable.
The little girl has been named Bar-
bara Ann.
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—Last Friday afternoon two of the
big Fokker monoplanes were set down
on the Bellefonte landing field long
enough to be replenished with gas
and oil. The ships were piloted by
Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen, two
of the fliers who accompanied Rich-
ard E. Byrd on his flight to the North
Pole, and also over the Atlantic last
summer. The planes were being tak-
en to Winnipeg, Canada, for Cana-
dian purchasers, and it was Balchen’s
second trip west with one of them.
A CELEBRATION
OF 60th ANNIVERSARY.
A brief item in the Watchman last
week, made mention of the winter con-
‘clave of the Knights Templar of this
district held here on Wednesday, but
the gathering was one of the greatest
in Masonic circles held in Bellefonte
in many years, and was attended with
peculiar significance inasmuch as it,
was, also in celebration of the sixtieth
anniversary of the constitution of
Constans Commandery, No. 33,
Knights Templar. Because of this
fact Boyd A. Musser, of Scranton,
grand commander of the Grand Lodge |
of Pennsylvania, was present in per-
| son and had his entire staff here,
which included John A. Murphy, of
| Pittsburgh, deputy grand commander;
B. Frank Myers, of Wilkes-Barre,
generalissimo; James H. Chickering,
of Oil City, grand captain general;
Clyde P. Love, of Harrisburg, grand
senior warden; Maurice E. White, of
Norristown, grand junior warden;
Milton S. McDowell, State College,
grand standard bearer; William §.
Conwell, of Brownsville, grand sword
bearer; Charles I. Derick, of Bell-
1 wood, grand warden; Roswell S. Me-
' Mullen, of Carbondale, grand captain
of the guard; Louis U. Strassberger,
, of Philadelphia, grand marshal; Ben-
jamin F. Seiger, of Erie, grand her-
"ald, and George Benner, of Curwens-
ville, division commander.
| District No. 10 is composed of Lew-
"istown No. 26, Bellefonte No. 33,
. Huntingdon No. 65 and Moshannon
‘No. 74, of Philipsburg. The cere-
monies began at two o'clock on
| Wednesday afternoon. The full form
| opening was impressively exemplified
| by Constans Comamndery. The Or-
{der of the Red Cross was put on by
| Huntingdon, and the Order of Malta
in full’ form by Moshannon Com-
| mandery, Philipsburg.
| At 5.30 o'clock a Virginia ham
| (baked) repast was served in the
I banquetting hall of Masonic temple,
| the ceremonies being resumed at 7.30
| when Lewistown Commandery exem-
i plified the work of the Order of the
Temple. Among the candidates was
Milton S. McDowell J r., of State Col-
lege, who received all the orders,
which had special significance be -
cause of the fact that his father is a
member of the Grand Commander’s
staff. :
Upwards of one hundred visiting
Knights were present, quite a number
being here from outside the district,
and all were lavish in their expression
of appreciation for the entertainment
given.
Constans Commandery was consti-
tuted in 1868 by Constance Curtin
and D. G. Bush. It has had sixty
years of unqualified success and quite
a number of men on its rolls have at-
tained prominence in the life of ithe
State and nation. The committee
who had charge of last Wednesday’s
gathering was composed of Louis S.
Schad, John J. Light, Lief Olsen, W.
B. Rankin and George T. Bush.
——e eee to
|
{ Cathclic Fair and Bazaar a Great
Success,
| The big fair and bazaar held by the
ladies of the Catholic church in the
Knights of Columbus hall, four days
{last week, was one of the most suc-
| cessful events of the kind ever pulled
[off in Bellefonte. Notwithstanding
the fact that articles valued at sev-
eral hundred dollars were given away
| the net proceeds of the bazaar were.
[ $2600. The leading prize winners
were as follows:
First prize, a gold watch, John
iJ urkovie; second prize, davenport
(table, Andy Sinco; third prize, im-
perted tea set, John Kushwara; ton of
| coal each to Miss Alice Dorworth,
Mrs. Alfred Beezer and Mr. McGhee;
fitted suit case, Mrs. Fred Vogt;
man’s traveling bag, Henry Kohl-
becker; silk kimono, Mrs. Fred Vogt;
hall light, burgess Hard P. Harris;
shawl, Col. W. Fred Reynolds; $10
worth gas, Miss Anne Fox; fifty gal-
lons gas, A. Fauble; motor oil, John
Garis; auto reel light, Miss Louise
Carpeneto; auto tire, Joe Cushing; oc-
casional chair, Miss Mae Toner; hat
box, Mrs. Lide Toner; linen table
cloth and napkins, Mrs. Catherine
Garbrick; child’s rain coat and cap, M.
C. Hansen. Of course, there were a lot
of smaller presents given away but
the above are the principal ones,
The ladies of St. John’s Catholic
parish wish to thank all the friends
who helped to make their bazaar so
wonderfully successful. They wish,
especially, to thank the business
houses for the beautiful donations,
and they remember with deep grati-
tude the non-Catholic friends who at-
tended and patronized the bazaar.
Concert at Milesburg Tonight.
Mrs. F. C. McClure, of Indiana,
Pa., who has attained quite a reputa-
tion as a soloist and reader, will give
an entertainment in the Presbyterian
| church, at Milesburg, this (Friday)
' evening, at 8 o’clock. The admission
will be 35 and 15 cents. Mrs. Me-
i Clure is no stranger in Mileshurg. As
| Miss Elizabeth Stroop, before her
' marriage, she was, the primary teach-
ler in the Milesburg schools, and be-
| cause of this fact all her friends
should go and hear her. In this way
{they will also be helping the cause
{of the church.
—Lester L. Meek, of this place, who
| is now with the Prudential Insurance
| company, was one of a number who
took examinations in Williamsport
last Saturday with the hope of qual-
ifying for a license as agent.
Annual Report of the Woman’s Aux-
iliary of the Centre County Hos-
pital for 1927.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Cen-
tre County hospital is composed of
members from the different towns of
Centre county, nct including Rush
township or Philipsburg. There are
two kinds of members, active mem-
{bers who pay a membership fee of
$1.00 and associate members who pay
a fee of 50c. We have now a mem-
bership, including both classes, of ap-
proximately 900 members.
The Auxiliary is a very important
branch of the hospital. It supplies
all linens used at the hospital and
nurses’ home.
From January 1st, 1927, to January
1st, 1928, the following linens were
delivered to the hospital and nurses’
home:
283 Sheets
72 Pillow Cases
3 Counterpanes
12 Ether Squares
48 Abdominal Bands
2 Delivery Jackets
§4 Blankets 6 Covers for Car-
riers
18 Yards Pillow 12 Covers for Wheeij
Ticking Chairs
2 Leather Pillows 120 Diapers
108 Bed Shirts 4S Baby Dresses
10 Doctor's Gowns 24 Baby Shirts
6 Nurse's Gowns SO Tea Cloths
140 Wash Cloths 9 Table Cloths
60 Huck Towels 60 Napkins
56 Turkish Towels 82 Dresser Scarfs
120 Operating Towels 3 Pairs Scrim Cur-
10 Operating Points tains
We have on hand the following lin-
ens to be delivered to the hospital as
needed:
4 Operating Points ST Sheets
4) Ether Squares 72 Pillow Cases
3 Abdominal Bands 335 Bed Shirts
2 Delivery Jackets 4 Doctor's Gowns
56 Diapers 4 Nurse's Gowns
92 Tea Cloths 216 Wash Cloths
5 Table Cloths 143 Huck Towels
76 Napkins 75 Operating Towels
The Auxiliary furnishes the pins
for the nurses of the graduating” class
each year, and also takes care of the
commencement and reception for the
graduates and friends. The nurses
are all remembered at Christmas time
by the Auxiliary. .
The Auxiliary finished the .room
known as the “Doctor’s Room?” at the
hospital. Installed the electric lights,
purchased curtains and furnished
more than half of the amount of mon-
ey necessary for the furniture for
said room.
The treasurer reported the follow-
ing for the year:
Balance Jan. 1st, 1927..% 694.53
Total rec’pts during year 1905.80 $2600.33
Cost of Limens........... $ 652.78
Nurses Commencement and
Christmas .............. 52.95
Cost of two Rumamge
Sules,............00 re. 18.95
lug for Nurse's Home... 24.00
Furniture for Doctor's
A PRE 617.28
Donations to Hospital. .... 738.18 $2000.44
Balance on hand, - January
Ist, A028, $ 500.89
The sewing for the hospital has
been done by women from the fol-
lowing towns: Aaronsbur , Millheim,
Spring Mills, Centre Hall, Boalshurg,
State College, Lemont, Unionville, Zi-
cn, Pleasant Gap, Rockview and Belle-
fonte.
The mending is done at the hospital
each week during the year by mem-
bers from the different churches in
Bellefonte.
Respectfully sumbitted,
Mrs. W. HARRISON WALKER.
Secretary.
ef eee.
Two Young Men Injured When Train
Hits Auto.
Herman Fye, aged 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Fye, of Boggs town-
ship, was very seriously injured and
Walter Jacobs, aged 21, was also
painfully hurt when the automobile
in which they were riding was run
down by a fast freight train on the
Bald Eagle Valley railroad crossing
at the Milesburg station. The car in
which the young men were riding,
which belonged to and was being
driven by Fye, was rolled along the
track for some distance and literally
smashed to pieces. How either man
escaped instant death is little short
of a miracle.
The accident happened about seven
o'clock in the morning, and as it was
plenty light enough to see at that
time, it is inexplicable why the driv-
er of the car did not see the moving
train in time to stop his car. It is
just’ possible that he failed to look
for a train at that time in the morn-
ing. Both young men were brought
to the Centre County hospital for
treatment,
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State College to Get Sunday Mail at
Last.
For the first time in the history of
the Pennsylvania State College, stu-
dents and residents of the town are
to have Sunday mail service begin-
ning February 26, postmaster George
Glenn, of that place, has announced.
At present there are no mails in or
lout of State College from Saturday
evening to Monday morning, and the
new arrangement follows a petition
from the student council and college
officials. Mail will arrive on Sunday
| morning and be made available to
box holders, and there will be an out-
| going mail closing at 5:45 in the af-
ternoon, the same as week days. The
| action is regarded as a great conven-
ience to students and residents.
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—A Union prayer service for
Missions, will be observed Friday
evening, at 7.30 in St. John’s Re-
formed church. Everybody welcome.
AREER
—DMiss Stella Cooney is with Miss Louise
McMullen, who has been ill at her home
at Hecla for several weeks.
—J. P. Fretz, manager of the new State
theatre, was an overnight business visitor
to Towanda, the early Dart of the week.
—Miss Janet Potter spent yesterday in
Williamsport, having gone down to con-
sult Dr. Haskins with regard to her
eyes.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Furey were in
from Pittsburgh, for an over Sunday vis-
it with Mr. Furey’s mother, Mrs. Mor-
ris Furey.
—George Ingram, manager of the Belle-
fonte Fuel and Supply plant, bas been ill
at his home on east Lamb street for the
past ten days.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Sommerville ar-
rived home, Tuesday, from their motor trip
to Florida, the most southern point vis-
ited being Miami.
—DMiss Ella Young, of Phoenix avenue,
is entertaining Mrs. James O'Bryan, of
Pittsburgh. Mrs. O'Bryan was in Belle-
fonte for the week.
—James H. Potter left Monday, to
spend several weeks at Atlantic City, ex-
pecting this visit to the shore to be of
benefit to his health.
—DMiss Harley Simmonds, of Beech
Creek, is in Bellefonte spending the week-
end with her sister, Miss Verna Smith, at
the D. Paul Fortney home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie and their son,
who spent the past week-end in Belle-
fonte, were here as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Fretz, at their home on east Bishop
street.
—Miss Mary Cooney has been in Tyrone
this week, called there by the death of
her cousin, John McDonnell, whose body
will be brought to Bellefonte tomorrow
for burial.
—Mrs. Louis Grauer is. spending the af-
terpart of the winter with her son, Ed-
ward and her two sisters, in Philadelphia,
having gone east a month ago expecting
to be there until spring.
—Mrs. Richard Lutz; has had as a
house guest during the week, Mrs. Laura
Holderman, Mr. Uriah H. Housel and
John F. Ferguson, all of Altoona. Mrs.
Lutz, who has been ill at-her east Howard
street home, is slowly growing better.
—DMrs. Albert E. Blackburn is here from
Philadelphia visiting with her mother,
Mrs. J. L. Spangler and Col. Spangler, at
their home on Allegheny street. Mrs.
Hastings, who had been a house guest of
the Spanglers for several weeks, returned
to Harrisburg, Saturday.
—Mrs. Miller is here from Hagerstown
for a visit with her brother, William
Stewart and the family, at the Stewart
home on West Linn street. Her coming
to Bellefonte at this time was that she
might be with Mr. Stewart for a while
before he leaves next week to return to
Seattle, :
~—Henry 8. Linn went to Philadelphia,
Tuesday, for the annual meeting and
luncheon of the Society of Cincinnati held
at the Bellevue. Mr, Linn has spent the
week in Philadelphia and will spent Sun-
day with his sisters in Williamsport, ex-
pecting to return to Bellefonte the early
part of next week.
—Miss Sue Garner was a guest of
friends on a drive from Philadelphia on
Wednesday, the other members of the
party going on to Centre Hall, where they
will be with friends until Sunday. Miss
Garner is spending the time in Bellefonte
with her sister, Mrs. Bottorf, at the Bot-
torf home on Spring street.
~—Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Young and
their three children. will leave Harrisburg
next week, to return to Meadville to make
their home, the change carrying with it a
promotion for Mr. Young, it being their
second time in Meadville as well as Har-
risburg. Mrs. Young is known better here
prokably, as Miss Lois Kirk.
—Mrs. Kline, wife of the well known
shoe man, Earl L. Kline, of State College,
spent a part of Saturday afternoon trans-
acting business and doing some buying in
Bellefonte. Mrs. Kline is now entertain-
ing her mother, Mrs. W. H. Roush, of
Altoona, who will be at State College for
the greater part of the late winter.
—Miss Anna Cook went out to Pitts-
burgh, Friday, taking with her her niece,
Barbara McDowell. Barbara, who had
been in Bellefonte with her grandfather
and aunt, Chas. ¥. Cook and Miss Anna,
since last fall, will remain there with her
mother, while Miss Cook will visit with
her sister for several weeks, before re-
turning home,
—Mrs. Grant Pifer came in from Wil-
kinsburg, Monday, for a ten days’ visit
with her sisters and brothers here, with
Mrs. Wagner, at Boalsburg, and with rel.
atives of her husband, the late Grant Pi-
fer, at Howard. Mrs. Pifer being an ac-
tive member of (he Eastern Star, was
among the out-of-town guests at the ban-
i quet last night.
—Mrs. Emery Woomer and her grand
daughter, Dolores Weaver, were over from
Tyrone last week, for a day’s visit with
the child's paternal grand-parents, Mr.
“nd Mrs. George Weaver and with Mrs,
Woomer's daughter, Mrs. Furman Byers,
of Burrows street. The child which is
less than a year old, is Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver's only grandchild.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Grove drove
to Bellefonte Tuesday from Pittston, to
spend a week or more here with Mr,
Grove's parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. A. Grove,
and his two small daughters, who have
made their home with their grandparents,
since the death of their mother several
years ago. Mr. Grove is now superin.
tendent of one of the big construction
companies working on the State highway
in Luzerne county, following a period of
SIX years service with the Highway de-
partment.
—Among the Watchman office callers,
on Wednesday, was John B. Griffin, a well
known business man, of Tyrone, who, with
Mrs. Griffin, took advantage of the Wash-
ington birthday holiday to take an auto-
mobile ride to Bellefonte sand through
Buffalo, Run and Halfmoon valleys,
Mr. Griffin is a son of the late J. Hile
Griffin, of Stormstown, who during his
life was the Democratic leader in Half-
moon township, and the son has inherited
many of the political and business traits
of his revered father.
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—With president John S. Walker
confined to his home with illness, and
several other members indisposed in
various ways, not enough borough
councilmen reported for the regular
meeting on Monday evening.
It was illustrative of the harmony
“within the ranks” that this unit,
the Bellefonte chapter D. A. R., had
for the entertainment feature of its
February program an address on
“National Defense,” the address was
delivered by Capt. Weeks, the officer
in command of our local cavalrymen
—for it is fully twelve years since
the national society D. A. R. took a
stand for national defense, not for
militarism, so-called, but for
protection through armament or rea-
sonable preparation. The D, A, R.
believe that we are much more in
the way of having peace if it is
known that we are in a position to
protect our own, to equip our defend-
ers in an emergency.
During the business part of the
meeting the regent, Mrs. William
Frear, of State College, presiding,
Miss Helen E. Overton, an ex-regent
of the chapter and an honorary State
regent, reported a proffer of a num-
ber of volumes of Civil war records
—the offer was accepted; Miss Kate
D. Shugert, an ex-regent (chapter)
reported for the magazine committee
several new subscriptions to the So-
ciety’s monthly publication; Mrs. John
I. Olewine, historian, announced gifts
of books, and delegates were elected
to the Continental Congress to be
held in Washington, D. C., in April.
The hostesses who entertained so
pleasantly on this occasion, at the
Brockerhoff house, were Mrs. John
Curtin, Mrs. David Dale, Mrs. A. O.
Furst, Mrs. J. C. Furst, Mrs. W. F.
Reynolds and Mrs. W, Wayne Rogers,
the two latter in absentia,
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Centre County Library Extension
Committee Meets at Court House.
At a meeting of the county li-
brary extension committee, held in
the library of the court house, Tues-
day afternoon, the commissioners and
county superintendent were both
there to hear Julia Wright Merrill, of
Chicago, executive assistant in li-
brary extension, in the United States
and Canada, and Anna McDonald,
head of library extension in Pennsyl-
vania, discuss the question of a rural
public library for Centre county,
The members of the committee
present were Mrs. Arthur W. Cowell,
chairman, Mrs. J. Ben Hill, Mrs. F.
W. Haller, Mrs. David Duncan, of
State College; Mrs, Harm, of Boals-
burg; Mrs. Randolph Miller, of Mill-
heim, Mrs. Julia Parsons, of Union-
ville; Mrs, George W, Magargel, of
Pleansant Gap; Mrs. J. Will Mayes,
of Howard; Mrs. Beach and Mrs. John
S. Walker, of Bellefonte.
From here Miss Merrill and Miss
McDonald went to State College to
continue their talk before the Wom-
an’s club in open meeting, the same
evening. Thirty-one women from
Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap were
guests of the State College club and
were very deeply interested in the
subject as presented concerning the
rural public library service.
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Eastern Star Banqueted at the Bush
House Last Night.
The ladies of Bellefonte chapter,
Eastern Star, held their annual ban-
quet at the Bush house last night. It
was purely a social affair, so that
rone of the district or State officers
were present.
Covers were laid for one hundred
members and their friends and after
the various courses of the elaborate
menu had been served George H. Ha-
zel, who had been selected by the la-
dies to act as toast master, called for
order and introduced the several post-
prandial speakers who were on the
program. John Knapik’s “Imperial”
orcestra played during the hours the
party lingered at the tables and the
later part of the evening was devoted
to cards; the spacious halls of the
hotel having been given over to pro-
vide room for the many tables that
were in play. :
The committee in charge comprised
Mrs. Earl Hoffer, Mrs. Ebon Bower,
Mrs, J. - 1. Barlett, Mrs. Millard
Hartswick, Mrs. Fred Hollobaugh and
Miss Caroline McClure.
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Irvin—Deitrick—Miss Mary Dei-
trick, of 1214 Memorial Ave., Wil-
liamsport, and Mr. Charles Arthur
Irvin, of Julian, were married at the
parsonage of St. John’s Lutheran
church, in Williamsport, by the pas-
tor, Rev. A. W. Smith, on Tuesday,
February 14.
Immediately after the ceremony the
bride and groom departed for a wed-
ding trip to eastern cities after which
they will return to Julian to reside.
The groom is agent of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at that point and is
the youngest brother of Dr. W. U.
and E. P. Irvin, of this place.
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SALE REGISTER.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3.—Matthew W.
Goheen, executor of estate of Wil-
liam M. Goheen, decd will sell at
bis late home in Boalsburg, a full line of
household furniture, including one New
Iistate heatrola, one Dockash range, two
bedroom suites, carpets, rugs, etc. Sale
at 12.30 p. m.
MARCH 20, Tuesday, at the home of
Mrs. Leah H. Smith, on the McFarlane
farm, 1 mile east of Boalsburg, 5 horses,
24 head of cattle, 10 hogs, barred-rock
chickens and a full line of farm im le
ments. Also some household goods. ale
at 10 a. m, L. PF. Mayes, auctioneer.
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Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Oerrected Weekly by 0. Y. Wagner & Ce.
Wheat
Oats
Corn
Rye
Barley
Buckwheat - - - .