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Bellefonte, Pa., March 2, 1928
EE HAT ESS,
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—Though not very cold March
eame in yesterday like a lion, now let
us hope it will go out like a lamb.
—The new tariff schedule of freight
rates to State College and shipping
points on the Bellefonte Central rail-
road became effective last Saturday.
—The ladies’ Bible class of the
Bellefonte Lutheran church will hold
a bake sale at Hazel’s grocery store,
on Allegheny street, on Saturday,
March 3.
—Jean Beatty, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles F. Beatty. was twelve
years old, on Wednesday, but at that
it was only her fourth birthday an-
niversary.
—Members of the Brooks-Doll post
American Legion are now hard at
work on their second annual minstrel
show, which will be given during the
month of April.
—Having purchased the Shoenak-
er farm, between Bellefonte and
Jacksonville, former sheriff E. R.
Taylor is planning to occupy it him-
self and engage in farming.
—The Woman’s Missionary auxil-
iary of the Presbyterian church will
hold a bake sale at the Variety shop,
en Allegheny street, on Saturday,
March 3, starting at 2 o’clock.
—Announcement was made, on
Tuesd#y of the appointment of Ralph
T. Smith as captain of Troop B, 52nd
machine gun battalicn, of Bellefonte,
and Walter W. Gherrity, second lieu-
tenant of the same troop.
—This is the month of the public
sales in this section of the State and
it will be a busy season for those
farmers who want to attend them all,
as in the neighborhood of sixty are
to be held in Centre county alone.
—DMiss Virginia Robb has so far
recovered from her illness that she
expects to re-open her sulphur-vapor
baths next Wednesday morning. They
will be located in the rooms in the
Decker building, formerly ocenped by
Dr. Robinson, dentist.
—Joseph Gross, who has been ill
at the home of his sister, Mrs. J.
Mitchell Cunningham, on south Pot-
ter street, is not responding to treat-
ment; as well as friends had heped.
In faet, his condition is not at all
faverable to recovery. .
—A slight fire near the chimney cn
the roof of the home of Miss Char-
lotte: Powell, on Allegheny street,
shortly after seven o'clock on Tues-
day morning, resulted in a general
alarm but only the Undine fire com-
pany responded and they had no trou-
ble in extinguishing the flames with
their chemical apparatus.
—The Sheffield Farms Co. re-
ceived the first new Model “A” Ford
car delivered in Centre county. The
car is a sport coupe of gun metal blue
eolor, which was delivered by the
‘Beatty Motor company, local dealer.
This car will be used by H. L. Pepoon,
field manager for the company. The
motor number is A26945.
—In 1927, for the first time in the
history of Pennsylvania, cow testing
work an average butterfat production
of over 300 pounds for the whole
State was attained, says I. O. Sidel-
mann, of the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege dairy extension service. He has
just completed summarizing the rec-
ords of all associations in the State.
—DBent L. Weaver has resigned as
general manager of the Titan Metal
eompany, effective the last day of
February. Mr. Weaver came to Bellc-
fonte four years ago and during his
residence in Bellefonte has been an
active figure in all philanthropic en-
terprises. Just what his plans tor
the future are has not been divulged.
—Don’t forget that this is the night
for the big boxing bout between the
Bellefonte Academy and Cook Acad-
emy, of New York State. It will be
held on the stage in the new State
theatre where all who attend will be
able to see everv move made. The
Academy has several good boxers on
its team and the bout will be one
worth seeing. If you are a lover of
the sport be sure to attend.
—A very interesting demonstration
of the new models of Ford car: and
trucks is being made at the Beatty
Motor Co. garage in this place. Ev-
ery part of the machines, assembled
and’ knocked down, is on display.
Motion pictures of how the cars are
made: are shown and there will be
musie to entertain you while you look
it over. The display will continue all
day today and tomorrow. You are in-
vited.
—Private G. L. Bauserman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bauserman, of
Bellefonte, has just completed a four
months” course as a radio operator in
signal: corps work in the United
States-army at the Second corps area
specialist school at Fort Monmouth,
N. J., and on returning to his army
vuit, Company B, 18th infantry, will
be eligible to promotion to the rank
and responsibilities of a full-fledged
army radio operator.
—Herman Teaman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward J. Teaman, of Reynolds
avenue, had one of the bones in his
right shoulder fractured by being
thrown from his bicycle, on Sunday
afternoon. He had taken a ride out
te Roopsburg and had another boy
en the machine with him when the
latter accidentally got his foot in the
spokes: of ‘the wheel. The result was
a tumble in which Herman sustained
his injuries. The other boy escaped
with a few bruises.
A COMPLETE REPORT
OF FEBRUARY COURT.
Many Civil Cases Continued for Var-
ious Reasons.
The regular February term of
court convened at ten o’clock on Mon-
day morning with Judge M. Ward
Fleming on the bench. The list of
traverse jurors was called and those
excused from service noted. The civ-
il list for both this week and next
was then gone over and disposition
of cases noted.
On the list for this week were four
cases in which George Searson was
the plaintiff and the Boalsburg Es-
tate and A. A. Klinefelter, J. I. Ross,
James Elliott and Clyde Stamm, de-
fendants, all of which were settled.
On the list of continuances of cas-
es scheduled for next week were six
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
company in which the plaintiffs are
Elrea E. Ellenberger, J. Raymond
Guyer, George B. Lake and Jean B.
Lake, his wife; Guy Rossman and |
Minnie B. Rossman, his wife; the
Evergreen Hunting club and the Ty-
rone Mining and Manufacturing
company. They are all actions
in trespass to recover damages on ac-
count of a forest fire along the line
of the Fairbrook branch about a year
ago.
® Other dispositions were R. E. Ellis
vs. Otto Adamitz, an action in us-
sumpsit. Continued.
Harry K. Resides vs. J. G. Neidigh,
trading and doing business as Nei-
digh Brothers Lime & Stone company,
an action in trespass. Continued.
Margaret M. Sowers vs. J. C. Nei-
digh and M. W. Neidigh, trading and
doing business as Neidigh Brothers
Lime and Stone company, an action
in trespass. Continued.
B. Frank Davis and Fred L. Stone-
braker vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, an action in trespass. Con-
tinued.
George Searson vs. Boalsburg Es-
tate and P. C. Shoemaker, an action
in assumpsit. Continued.
The first cases called for trial were
two of the Commonwealth vs. G. A.
Caddan. Indicted for removing per-
sonal property from the county to
avoid levy by constable. Prosecutor
in the first case, L. K. Metzger, and
in the second case, W. R. Gentzel. Af-
ter the case was opened it was dis-
covered that some documentary evi-
dence was not presented in court and
the jury was set aside and the next
case called.
Commonwealth vs. Harry M. Hoy.
Indicted for assault and indecent pro-
posal. Prosecutrix, Olive Hendershot.
This case is from Spring township,
and the occurrence was alleged to
have taken place October 24th last.
The Commonwealth alleged the sub-
stance as contained in the indictment
and the defendant denied having been
at the home of the prosecutrix but
setting forth that he was at another
home. Verdict of not guilty and the
prosecutrix to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Andrew Kokur,
indicted for a statutory offense. Pros-
ecutrix, Julia Mulholland. Defendant
plead guilty and the usual santence
was imposed.
At this stage in the proceedings the
two cases against G. A. Caddan were
recalled. The gist of these cases was
the alleged attempt of the defendant
to get away with a Jewett roadster
which had not been entirely paid for.
In his own defense the defendant
testified that his going from State
College to Scranton was not an act
in an attempt to defraud. That he
had gone there on a visit, was taken
ill and housed up for a period of six
weeks. That later he had transferred
the car to his brother-in-law who paid
off the claim of the Finance company
holding the lease on the car. The jury
returned a verdict of not guilty in
both cases.
The next case taken up was that
against John Kelly, indicted for vol-
untary and involuntary manslaughter.
Before going to trial the first charge
was waived by the Commonwealth.
The testimony in the case showed
that on the evening of October 7th,
Kelly came to Bellefonte from his
home in Coleville with a jug of moon-
shine. On the street he met Russell
Bryan and William Mills and gave
each of the young men a drink from
the jug. Later Bryan was found ly-
ing on the street in an unconscious
condition. He was taken to. the Cen-
tre County hospital where he died the
following afternoon, and the physi-
cians pronounced the cause of death
as alcoholism. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty and Kelly was
promptly sentenced to pay the costs
of prosecution, a dollar fine and two
years in the county jail.
Commonwealth vs. William Jones,
indicted for aggravated assault and
battery. Prosecutor, W. J. McFar-
land. The defendant was a prisoner
at Rockview and during an alterca-
tion with other inmates ran amuck
with a knife and stabbed several
guards before he was subdued. De-
fendant plead guilty and was sen-
tenced to pay the costs of prosecution,
a dollar fine and from two to four
vears in the western penitentiary to
date from the expiration of his orig-
inal sentence.
In the case of the Commonwealth
vs. R. E. Ellis, indicted for fraudu-
lent conversion and embezzlement,
the court quashed the indictment on
motion of defendant’s attorneys.
Commonwealth vs. Earl E. Shaffer
and Joseph Hunt, indicted for viola-
tion of the liquor law. Prosecutor,
A. E. Yougel. ' The defendants plead
guilty and were each sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution and $100
fine.
Commonwealth vs. Grover C. Bal-
linger, indicted for attempt to de-
fraud. Prosecutor, F. L. Clemson.
Defendant plead guilty and was sen-
tenced to pay the costs of prosecu-
tion, one dollar fine and three months
in the county jail.
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Charles M. McCurdy Makes Interesi-
ing Address to Woman's Club.
The regular February meeting of
the Woman’s club of Bellefonte, held
in the High school building last Mon-
day night, excelled in interest even
‘the anticipation of the large number
of members and guests who ‘were
present. ;
| Charles M. McCurdy, president of
. the First National bank, was the
i scheduled speaker. The assigned sub-
| ject was “Banking and Business.”
{ While it was to be presumed that Mr.
McCurdy would handle it intelligent-
ly few expected such a profoundly
comprehensive address. Beginning
with the establishment of the national
banking system he followed its his-
tory down to the present day and at
each period of change or development
explained the contributory effect on
business.
It was an intensely interesting
treatment of a subject with which
women are not credited with being so
well informed as men and its devel-
opment by a banker of the experience
that even the least informed of his
auditors comprehended the relation
between banking and business as nev-
er before.
Rev. Reed O. Steely to Continue in
The Ministry.
Two weeks ago the Rev. Reed O.
Steely announced that he was an as-
pirant for the Republican nomination
for Assemblyman from Centre coun-
ty.
Since that time the gentleman has
changed his mind about taking a fling
ing tc the active ministry. Inas-
much as he has been located in Belle-
fonte as long as the assignment reg-
ulations of his church permit a min-
ister to remain on one charge it is
apparent that the decision means the
residential loss of Rev. Steely to
Bellefonte. Certainly that is a very
regrettable matter. It will also mean
that he will relinquish his active work
in the Farmer’s National bank.
While Rev. Steely has decided to
remain in the active ministry, no as-
the Central Pennsylvania conference
of his church would remove him so
far from Bellefonte that he cannot be
in frequent and intimate contact with
the Farmers National of which he is
president and expects to remain in
such position.
To Apply Original Name to “Acid
Phosphate.”
Farmers of Centre county who buy
fertilizers will be interested in learn-
ing that acid phosphate has had its
name changed, declares county agent,
R. C. Blaney.
For many years the term, acid
phosphate, has been applied to a fer-
tilizing material which is neither acid
in nature nor does it impart an acid
reaction to the secil on which it is
used. It has been felt desirable,
therefore, to get away from the mis-
nomer which is responsible for the
general impression among farmers
ial will bring about an acid condition
in their soils. :
In changing back to the original
rame, superphosphate, the fertilizer
industry, editors, agronomists, exper-
iment station directors, and others
have voiced their approval. The or-
iginal name is descriptive of the con-
tents of the fertilizer, whereas the
only excuse for the word acid is that
sulphuric acid is used on phosphate
rock to make the phosphorus avail-
able for plants, but the acid does not
remain as such in the finished fertil-
izer.
State College Woman Arrested for
Shoplifting.
Mrs. A. H. Martin, a cook at the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity, was
placed under arrest on Saturday
night on the charge of shoplifting.
A search of her room revealed fem-
inine wearing apparel stored in two
cedar chests, eight grips and bureau
drawers to an estimated value of close
to five thousand dollars. At a hear-
ing before Squire Dale, on Monday,
the woman was held in $2000 bail
for court. Unable to furnish bond
at the time she was brought to the
Centre county jail, but on Wednesday
a bond was filed and she was released.
—The Society of Friends in Centre
county is making arrangements for
a big reunion to be held at the Friends
church in Halfmoon township on
Wednesday, July 18th. Half a cen-
tury ago this religious society flour-
ished in Centre county, especially in
Bellefonte, in the neighborhood of
Unionville and in Halfmoon township.
In the latter section fifty per cent or
more of the residents were members
and they were able to build their
own church and school. But as the
years passed the younger generations,
through marriage, became allied with
other churches, and today the society
is limited to the older members.
fonte business man, has been confined
to his home on Bishop street for the
past ten days. He has been threat-
ened with an attack of pneumonia.
of Mr. McCurdy was done so plainly
at politics and has withdrawn from ;
the race with the intention of return- |
signment that might be given him in
that the continued use of this mater- |
—Joseph Beezer, well known Belle-
MANY PLEAD GUILTY
AND ARE SENTENCED
AT SPECIAL COURT.
At a special session of court, last
Thursday, the following cases were
heard and disposed of by Judge M.
Ward Fleming:
Commonwealth vs. Edward I. Sny-
der, desertion and non-support of his
two children. Prosecutrix, Teressa R.
Snyder. This case was from Penn
been offered the court made a ruling
that the defendant pay the sum of
$18 a month to the probation and
parole officer for the support of his
children. :
Commonwealth vs. George Hook,
charged with illegal possession of in-
toxicating liquor. This case was from
College township and the defendant,
pleading guilty, was sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution and a fine of
$100.
Commonwealth vs. Sylvester Jones,
desertion and non-supoprt. Prosecu-
trix, Edith Jones. The principals in
this case live near Philipsburg and
the court ordered the defendant to
pay $25 a month to the probation and
parole officer for the support of his
children.
Commonwealth vs. John Unick,
charged with assault and battery on
his mother. Prosecutor, Alexander
Unick. Defendant was sentenced to
{ pay the costs of prosecution, $50 fine
{and six months imprisonment in the
“county jail.
Commonwealth vs. Ernest Long
| and Ralph Snyder, charged with for-
‘cible entry and larceny. Prosecutor,
{Jeremiah Zettle. This case was from
| Pennsvalley, and was for the larceny
, of a lot of fur skins from the prosecu-
tor by the defendants. The defend-
, ants waived the finding of the grand
jury and plead guilty, and after pleas
lin their behalf for leniency, sentence
, was suspended upon both of the de-
fendants upon the payment of costs.
Commonwealth vs. W. A. Slick,
: Melvin Scott and Wilbur Stover,
| charged with forcible entry and lar-
ceny. Prosecutor, Harry Dukeman.
[These defendants are from Centre
‘Hall and entered the tailor shop of
i Blaine Port, in Bellefonte, sometime
ago. The defendants waived the find-
ing of the grand jury and plead guilty
| and after pleas of leniency all three
were sentenced to pay a fine of $100,
costs of prosecution and undergo im-
prisonment in the reformatory at
Huntingdon.
Commonwealth vs. Andrew Yano-
‘sky, charged with shooting a human
being in mistake for a wild deer.
Prosecutor, Thomas Mosier, game
protector. Defendant and others were
hunting during the deer season when
the defendant shot one of the party
by mistake. The defendant waived
the finding of the grand jury and
plead guilty and was sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution, $200 fine and
one year in the county jail, with an
understanding that application for
| parole may be made after thirty days.
Elias W. Ripka, charged with larceny.
These defendants are from the vicin-
ity of Spring Mills and are the per-
isons charged with stealing an auto-
mobile from J. H. Rishel. at Spring
| Mills, as well as one from I. I. Thom-
as, at Stormstown. Prosecutor, J. J.
+ Edwards, State Highway patrolman.
| The defendants plead guilty and were
each sentenced to pay the costs of
prosecution, fine of $100, and undergo
imprisonment in the county jail for
not less than one year nor more than
i two years.
Commonwealth vs. Elias W. Ripka,
;accessory to larceny. Prosecutor, J.
'J. Edwards, State Highway patrol-
man. Sentence was suspended Upon
| payment of costs.
Commonwealth vs. D. E. Ripka
i charged with larceny. Prosecutor, J.
1d. Edwards, State Highway patrol-
‘man. Defendant plead guilty and
: sentence was suspended upon the pay-
i ment of the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Luther Hartman,
charged with desertion and non-sup-
port of his wife. Prosecutrix, Anna
Hartman. This case was heard by
the court on May 11, 1927, at which
time an order was mada on the ae-
fendant to pay the prosecutrix the
sum of $22.00 per month, to com-
mence May 15, 1927, and pay the
costs within three months. The de-
fendant paid the costs and kept up
his payments until he lost his job and
has since been reporting to the pro-
bation officer every week, but the de-
i fendant was called into court and af-
|ter hearing the case the court dis-
{charged him on condition that he con-
| tinue his reports to the probation of-
{ficer and as soon as he gets a job to
| start his payments.
Commonwealth vs. Samuel Gorden,
| charged with desertion and non-sup-
i port. Prosecutrix, Ella Gordon.. This
case was heard before the court in
| February, 1927, and the defendant or-
{dered to pay the costs of prosecution
and pay to his wife Bella Gordon, the
‘sum of $25.00 per month. The case
was again called before the court on
the 12th of October, 1927, when the
‘court reduced the order to $20.00 per
month, $15.00 of which was to be paid
to his wife and $5.00 on aceount of the
costs. No payments were made and
the defendant was brought into court
on Thursday and after hearing pro-
bation officer and the defendant, the
court ordered the defendant to pay
| the costs of prosecution and pay the
'sum of $25.00 per month for the sup-
port and maintenance of his wife, and
to enter a bond of $1000, and upon
the non-compliance of this, imprison-
ment in the western penitentiary for
not less than one year.
ERR
township, and after the testimony had
Commonwealth vs. D. E. Ripka and :
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+ NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
| —Mrs. Margaret Gross is expected home
to-morrow from a visit with friends in
! Pittsburgh.
; —Charles M. Scott was in Pittsburgh
“with his sister, Mrs. George Dennithorn,
for his Washington birthday vacation.
—Mrs. Conaghan, of south Water street,
‘has had as a guest this week, her daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. L. Elder, of New Brunswick,
N.- J. ;
—Mrs. Nora Ferguson was in Bellefonte
for several hours, Monday, stopping here
to see some of her friends enroute home
| to State College.
—Mrs. R. 8. Brouse arrived home Mon-
‘day night, from a five week’s visit with
{er daughter, Mrs. F. W. Topelt and Mr.
! Topelt, in Brooklyn.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert had with
| them for an over Sunday visit, their son
"and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Lam-
. bert, of Williamsport.
: —Mrs. Abram Weber accompanied her
. son, Balser, up from Howard, Tuesday,
spending the afternoon with friends, while
Mr. Weber was transacting some business,
—Mrs. J. M. Curtin spent several days
of the past week in Bellefonte, having
come in from Pittsburgh, to be here for
| the weekend with her sister, Mrs. John
'M. Shugert. :
| —While in New York the early part of
i the week, Miss Helen Beezer was enter-
| tained by the Misses Margaret and Ger-
aldine Noonan, who are now located there
permanently.
i —Prof. C. L. Gramley, of Rebersburg,
was in Bellefonte, Wednesday, looking so
hale and hearty that almost we suspicion
that there is a fountain of youth tucked
away some where down in Miles township,
—John W. Miller, of Pine Grove, one
of the very well known men of Ferguson
i township, put aside his work, Wednesday,
"to spend a part of the day attending
court and transacting business in Belle-
—Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Undercoffer had
as guests last week, their niece, Mrs.
! Fumes McKeeman, who with Mr. McKee-
man, drove up from Philadelphia, Thurs-
day, for an over night visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Uadercoffer.
—Claude G. Aikens and family left State
i College, last week, on a motor trip to
| Florida, and James Aikens left on Wed-
nesday evening of this week for the same
‘State, all of them expecting to spend a
i
‘month in the south.
—The Misses Annie and Bridget Pearl
have given up their apartment in the Rich-
elieu building, and have gone to Wilming-
ton, Del, where they will be for an in.
definite time with their niece, Mrs. Win-
ner and the Winner family.
—Miss Charlotte Powell and her niece,
Mrs. H. W. Peabody, went to West Ches-
ter, Tuesday, to spend a week or more
with Miss Powell’s nieces, Mrs. William
Hoopes and Miss Josephine White. Mrs.
Peabody has been east from Tulsa, Okla.
since the middle of February.
—Robert C. Meyer, of Altoona, was
in Bellefonte a few hours, on Monday, on
his way home from Linden Hall, where
he attended the funeral of Mrs. James W.
Swabb. Mr. Meyer is now a fireman on
the Pennsylvania railroad, his run being
between Altoona and Pittsburgh.
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Rhinesmith,
bride and groom of two weeks, are an-
ticipating spending the week-end with
their parents in Bellefonte, expecting to
come tomorrow for their first visit back
home. Mr. and Mrs. Rhinesmith went
directly to their home in St. Marys fol-
lowing a wedding trip to New York City.
—Senator Harry B. Scott, with a party
of friends, among whom was genial Joe
Pritchard, motored over from Philipsburg,
,on Wednesday, for dinner here and sev-
eral hours of visiting with friends. The
, Senator insisted that the visit had no
I political significance and that he came
lover merely to have a look in at court
| and enjoy the wonderful weather.
{ —In the party from Bellefonte that went
‘over to New York Saturday night on the
"excursion, were Katherine Conaghan, Hel-
{en Beezer, Elizabeth Cooney, Mr. and Mrs.
| George Hazel, Mrs. Heinle, Dr. and Mrs.
J. J. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Harry Yeager, Miss
Anna Badger, William Katz and George
Gross. All told sixty-five people took ad-
vantage of the excursion for a trip to New
York.
—Our long-time friend, G. H. Fike, was
a caller on Monday. Several years ago
Mr. Fike suffered a very bad attack of
shingles ard it might be interesting to
you to know that he is firmly convinced
that a victim of shingles suffers from its
efiects long after the malady has appar-
ently disappeared. He said that in his
case the after effects were noticeable for
more than a year.
—Mrs. P. B. Abramsen, of Pittsburgh,
| who had been the house guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Lief Olesen, of Curtin street, since
the 20th, departed for her home on Mon-
day. Mrs. Olesen’s visit was most
timely for it gave good oportunity for her
to enjoy the Eastern Star banquet, the
play in which her little niece was a fea-
ture, as well as the entertaining Mrs. Ole.
sen did in her honor.
—Mrs. Duncan McAllister and Miss Anne
McCormick drove up from Harrisburg,
Monday, for a visit of several days with
Mrs. A. Wilson Norris. Upon their re-
turn home, Wednesday, Mrs. Norris ac-
companied them, expecting to be in Har-
risburg with Miss McCormick and at the
Penn-Harris, until the first of May. Dur-
her stay, Mrs. R. M. Black will join her,
for a trip to Washington, for the cherry
blossom. season.
—Dr. B. F. Bowersox, Millheim's suc.
cessful - drugglst, was in Bellefonte on
business on Wednesday and while he
told us that he was not feeling just as
well as he would like to feel we must
confess that we noted nothing in his ap-
pearance or manner that would indicate
any but the best of health. Of course,
the Doctor is naturally a cheerful, optim-
istic person and he was all of that en
Wednesday, so we conclude that he must
have been feeling betted than he thought
he was,
miediece ep weet
—Tonight, at the new State thea~
tre, the miniature automobile which
Achenbach’s, the ice cream manufac-
turer, is giving away will be present-
ed to the winner of the contest by
mayor Hardman P. Harris. The
award will be made from the stage
of the State at 9 o'clock. If you want
to see the ceremony as well as a cork-
ing good movie go to the State to-
night.
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Local League of Women Voters Ban-
quets and Hears Principles and
Policies Explained.
The Centre county League of Wom-
en Voters, beautifully gowned, re-
vived in spirit, and hopeful of the fu-
ture, gathered at the Brockerhoff ho-
tel in this place, Wednesday evening,
to banquet and listen to the revised
principles and policies of the parent
organization.
About ninety ladies were present
and a dozen or more gentlemen, who
were their guests.
It is of interest to note that when
the time for coffee and cigars and the
post prandial offerings arrived there
was not even a cigarette in evidence.
That indicated that the League has
not thought it necessary, as yet, to
hypo itself with young blood.
Mrs. Robert Mills Beach presided
and introduced Mrs. Thomas Ross, of
Doylestown, who is a director of the
State organization and came here
especially to launch the movement to
give regional representation in the
State Councils. Mrs. Ross spoke at
length on the principles and policies
‘of the League, explaining them most
carefully and emphasizing its objec-
tives as being wholly non-partisan be-
cause they should be nothing else
with an all partisan membership. She
is an exceedingly charming talker,
knows her subject and punctuated it
with just enough subtle quips to bring
her audience into thorough interest in
her subject. :
Miss Gertrude Wetzel, of Ithaca,
N. Y., a League organizer, exhibited
a model of a voting machine and ex-
plained its operation. The League
has endorsed the amendment to be
voted on next November that would
legalize but not make mandatory the
use of voting machines in Pennsylva-
nia. Other speakers were Roy Wil-
kinson, who was called upon to ex-
plain the duties of the office he has
recently been given, and Judge M.
Ward Fleming, who undoubtedly
spoke the whole truth and nothing
but the truth when he said that he
would have given anything under the
blue canopy of Heaven for voting ma-
chines, with their rapid recording of
results, during Some well remembered
anxious moments he had last fall.
: Really it was a delightful gather-
ing, interesting in every phase, care-
fully arranged and most successfully
carried out. Mrs. Adolph Fauble was
chairman of the committee in charge.
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Sutton Engineering Co. Stockholders
to Meet Next Monday.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Sutton Engineer-
ing Co., will be held at the offices of
the company, in this place, on Mon-
day, March 5, 1928, at 1:45 p. m.
All of the stockholders have been
invited to be guests of the company
at a dinner to be served at the Bush
house at noon. After it is over they
will be taken to the plant for a tour
cf inspection before going in to the
meeting.
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—Alan A. Katz, of Bellefonte, is
among the group of students at the
University of Pennsylvania whose
election to prominent fraternities has
just been announced, following the
close of the annual “rushing season”
on the University campus. He was
chosen a member of the Pi Lambda
Phi fraternity. Katz is a member of
the Freshman class of the Univers-
ity’s Wharton school of finance and
commerce, and is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Katz. He is a grad-
vate of the Bellefonte High school
where he was a member of the foot-
ball and basketball teams and cap
tain of the track team.
—The splendid programs of motion
pictures and the beautifully appointed
State theatre are drawing crowds
nightly to that delightful place of
amusement. Lessee John P. Fretz
and his manager, Leo Toner, are
showing programs that cannot fail to
please. In addition to the big fea-
tures there is just enough of comedy
introduced on different evenings to
amuse as well as entertain the pa-
trons. If you have not yet visited the
State join the crowd and see the best
movies shown in town. Remember
the Scenic is showing pictures at pop-
ular prices.
—In the list of Seniors to be given
unlimited cuts at the University of
Pennsylvania, as anrounced by the of-
ficials of the Wharton school, in the
issue of February 22, of the “Penn-
sylvanian” Warren L. Cobb, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Myron M. Cobb, of
Bellefonte, is among the seventy-five
out of forty-five hundred fortunate
young men. These seventy-five stu-
dents have been thus honored, be-
cause of their high scholastic stand-
ing and because of their interest in
outside activities.
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SALE REGISTER.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3.—Matthew W.
Goheen, executor of estate of Wil-
liam M. Goheen, dec’d will sell at
bis late home in Boalsburg, a full line of
household furniture, including one New
Estate heatrola, one Dockash range, two
bedroom suites, carpets, rugs, ete. Sale
at 12.30 p. m. :
MARCH 20, Tuesday, at the home of
Mrs. Leah HH. 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 imple-
ments. Also some household goods. Sale
at 10 a. m. L. F. Mayes, auctioneer.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Qorrected Weekly by O. Y. Wagner &
Ce.
Wheat - - - - 1.50
Oats - - - - - - H5
COIR ois iss iasanrssessssssnsenasnne .. $1.00
Rye - - - - - - 1.10
Barley . . - - - - - - 1.00
Buckwheat - - - - - 1.00