Bellefonte, Pa., March 23, 1928. | — NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. —The girls of the U. B. church, will hold a bake sale at the Oriole store, on High street, tomorrow, March 24. —Wednesday was the first day of spring and now let us hope that win- ter does not persist in lingering in the lap thereof. —The Watchman was in error last week in stating that the Hines fam- ily would vacate the Louis Hill prop- erty, on east Bishop street, as they do not intend moving this spring. —George Carpeneto, young son of Mr. and Mrs. George Carpeneto, is ill with a severe attack of scarlet fe- ver, and their home on Curtin street has been placed under quarantine. —All days services will be held in St. John’s Episcopal church on Sun- day. Holy communion at 8 o’clock and at 11 o’clock with sermon. Evensong and sermon at 7.30 p. m. Rev. Stuart Franklin Gast, of Mechanicsburg, will be in charge. -—This (Friday) evening is the date for the public meeting of farmers to be held in the court house in the in- terest of the several cooperative as- sociations in the county. The meet- ing will be public and any one inter- ested is invited to attend. —Residents of Mackeyville and Clintoendale have signed up with the West Penin Power company for elec- tric service and officials of the com- pany are now engaged in securing the right-of-way for a service line from Salona to the two towns above named. —The Epworth League of the local Methodist church sponsored a recep- tion that was tendered the pastor, Rev. Homer Charles Knox, and his family last night. It was an expres- sion of the general satisfaction be- eause of Rev. Knox’s return to the Bellefonte charge. —Announcements have been re- ceived in Bellefonte of the arrival of a 9% pound son in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald U. Gettig, at Wash- ington, Pa., the boy having been born on March 15th. The new arrival is No. 4, two boys and two girls mak- ing up the little family. —Harvey S. Hoy, whose home near Hublersburg was recently destroyed by fire, received a total of $1700 from the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance company, of Centre county, $1200 of which amount represented the insur- ance on his house and $500 on the household goods burned. —Rosean Brachbill, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brachbill, of west High street, has been quite ill with measles and chicken-pox com- bined. For 2 few days it was thought that pneumonia was also developing, but yesterday her condition was re- ported as more encouraging. —The Philathea class of the Miles- burg Baptist church are going to pre- sent the comedy “The Clodhopper” in the church there next Thursday even- ing. It is said to have a very amus- ing plot and if you enjoy amateur theatricals here’s a chance for an en- joyable eveninz. Tickets are 25 and 35 cents. —On Tuesday Jonathan F. Sallada and Harvey Berry, both of Fleming- ton, were conveying coke in a boab across the canal from the Campbell . siding when the boat capsized and Sallada was drowned. Berry saved himself by clinging to the overturned boat. Sallada was 45 years old, un- married and made his home with Mrs. Ida Griffith, at Flemington. The body was recovered. —William Lyons, who was injured while at work at the American Lime and Stone Co. plant several weeks ago, has about recovered from his injuries. He fell ‘against a pan conveyor while taking a sample at the rotary kiln plant. Two days later he spit so much blood that he decided it best to go to the hospital. There it was found he had fractured a rib, and one end of it had punctured his lung. —The entire fire department was : called out early Tuesday morning by a fire in an upstairs closet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Musser, on west Curtin street. Once on the scene the firemen had no trouble ex- tinguishing the flames with chemicals. The fire originated on a shelf in the closet but how is a mystery. The flames were confined to the closet and the damage will not exceed forty or fifty dollars. —At a regular meeting of the Lo- gan Fire company, on Monday even- ing, it was decided to purchase a new Studebaker chassis for the company squad ‘ruck. It will be recalled that the present squad truck was rebuilt out of an old White car and it has become so worn or out of date that the members always have consider- able trouble getting it started. The purpose is to purchase a new Stude- baker chassis and use the body and equipment on the old squad truck. —On Tuesday it was announced that a number of the employees at the Bellefonte silk mill had been laid off for what it -was then believed would be for a few days only. The layoff was made necessary by failure to receive the company’s usual supply of raw silk. On Wednesday, howev- er, the management found it neces- sary to close down the mill entirely. The shutdown will be for a week or two, and while the machinery is at a standstill some much-needed repairs will be made. WILFRED I. MILLER KILLED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Head Almost Severed in Twain by Falling Pole. Struck on the top of the head by a falling pole, shortly after the noon hour, last Friday afternoon, Wilfred I. Miller was instantly killed. His thoughtfulness in rushing his men out of danger may have caused the few seconds delay which resulted in his own death. j The accident happened at the Miller limestone quarries on the Knox farm, west of Valley View, in Buffalo Run valley. Mr. Miller, who was in charge at the plant, was overseeing the work of extending the tipple. They had suc- cessfully hoisted a thirty-foot pole by using a block and tackle fastened around a square piece of timber at the top of the trestle work, and with pinch bars were prying the butt of the pole into position. While so do- ing the pole swung toward the trestle enough to permit the tackle to slack- en and slip off the timber, and thus released, it fell to the ground. When Mr. Miller realized that the : pole was falling he hesitated just long enough to call tq all the men to get out of the way then started to run himself. But the top of the pole caught him on the top of his head, cutting it open and crushing the en-' tire left side. Fatally injured, al- though he was, he got to his feet, but at once collapsed to the ground and died on the spot. When the pole fell one of the guy vopes used to steady it, also caught Elmer Watkins and threw him on a cinder pile badly cutting and bruising the right side of his face and head. | Had the men stood in their tracks as the pole fell neither one would have been hurt. to Bellefonte in the ambulance and taken to the Harris undertaking es- tablishment to be prepared for burial. Watkius was brought to a Bellefonte physician and after his injuries were dressed walked home. : Mr. Miller was the eldest son of Conrad and Mary H. Miller and was born in Bellefonte in July, 1888, hence wag not yet 40 years old. His entire life was spent here and he was his father’s able assistant in his various limestone operations. He was a mem- ber of the Catholic church, the 4th degree camp Knights of Columbus, of Altoona, and the Bellefonte Lodge of Elks, Sixteen years ago he married Miss Edna Williams who survives with two children, Rachel and Anthony. He al- so leaves his parents and one brother, Martin J. Miller, at home. The latter also works at the limestone quarries and witnessed the accident which re- sulted in his brother’s death. Funeral services were held in St. John’s Catholic church, at ten o’clock cn Tuesday morning, by Rev. Father Downes, burial being made in the Catholic cemetery. ANOTHER QUARRY ACCIDENT. On Friday morning William Breon was injured in a premature explosion of a dynamite charge at the plant of the Centre County Lime company, in Buffalo Run valley. His lower jaw was broken and he suffered a num- ber of bad cuts on the face, head and arms. At first it was feared that his eyesight might have been destroyed, but fortunately such is not the case. Breon was taken to the Centre Coun- ty hospital where he is getting along very satisfactorily. Russell Jodon Injured When Motor- cycle Collides with Car. On Saturday evening Russell Jodon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jodon, rode into town on his brother Joe’s motor- cycle. He started home about 10:30 o’clock, when the snow was falling rapidly, and in front of the C. Y. Wagner residence, on Willowbank street, ran headon into the rear of an automobile. The machine belongs to a man named Eckley, of State Col- lege, who, on starting home on south Water street, discovered he had a flat tire. In order to get out of the heavy traffic and have the advantage of the | arc light on the bridge he drove over in front of the Wagner home, pulled as far as possible to the right of the road and changed tires. He had just replaced the bad tire in the hanger on the rear of his car and stepped away when Jodon crashed into the car. The impact threw the young man from the motorcycle and he was thrown head first against Mr. Eckley, sinking to the ground unconscious. Mr. Eckley picked him up and managed to get him into his car, then took him to the hospital It was over an hour before he re- gained consciousness. He sustained a good-sized cut on the head and suf- fered from shock so that it was neces- sary to keep him in the hospital sev- eral days. Had he not collided with Mr. Eckley and had his head struck the brick pavement his injuries might have been far more serious. Penn State to be Host to High School Athletes. With the annual state High school basketball championship contests to be held at the Pennsylvania State Col- lege tomorrow, students of the college are taking opportunity to entertain High school athletes from all parts of the State at the first annual “Var- sity S Banquet” which is to be held Saturday night. “Bill” Roper, pop- ular Princeton football coach, Law- rence Perry, well known sports writ- er, president Ralph D. Hetzel and coach Hugo Bezdek will be among the { speakers, Miller’s body was brought Bellefonte Knights Templar to Attend Brief Meeting of Borough Council on Grand Conclave at Reading. A special conclave of Constans | Commandery, Knights Templar, No. | 33, of Bellefonte, was held last Fri- day evening, when the beautful Order of the Temple was conferred upon eight candidates from various parts of the county. | Definite plans were also completed for attending the grand conclave to be held in Reading May 21st, 22nd and 23rd. As the presiding officer on that occasion will be Right Eminent Sir Boyd A. Musser, of Scranton, but formerly of Bellefonte and a member of Constans Commandery, consider- able local interest is already manifest in that gathering. Commander Musser has signified his desire to have his home Command- ery act as his escort and also lead the big parade, which is always a feature of the conclave. Because of the lat- ter fact Constans Commandery will go to Reading some forty or fifty strong. As planned now the mem- bers will charter two Pullman cars for the trip and will live in them {while in Reading. They have en- gaged the Penn State military band of ' seventy-five pieces to lead them in the ‘parade and will arrange to have the band taken to Reading and back in motor busses. As a compliment to Commander Musser large delegations will also ‘attend the conclave from Lewistown, Huntingdon and Philipsburg, where the other Commanderies in this divi- sion are located. The Pennsylvania conclave is the largest in the United States, includ- ing about 45,000 members. Because of this fact Reading Knights are pre- paring to entertain a large crowd on a magnificent scale. The conclave was held there twenty years ago and the present generation are all set to outdo their fathers. Anent Constans Commandery, it has been unusually active this year, having taken in over thirty new mem- bers and now having on its roll al- most three hundred Knights. Natur- ally it is their ambition to make an impressive showing at the May con- clave and thus convince their fellow Knights from other parts of the State that Bellefonte continues to shine in the limelight. Hungarian Partridges Put Out by Philipsburg Sportsmen. Game protector Thomas G. Mosier, of Bellefonte, last week received a consignment of Hungarian partridges which he secured especially for the State Centre Fish and Forestry as- sociation, of Philipsburg, the mem- bers of which are anxious to try out the propagation of these game birds in the mountainous sections of Rush township. The birds came direct from Holland and were forty-three days making the journey. There were forty-three in the crates but two of them were dead. Mr. Mosier received the birds on Friday and on Saturday Elmer Pill- ings, gamekeeper in Rush township, motored to Bellefonte and took the partridges to Philipsburg. Notwith- standing the deep fall of snow they were released in well covered wooded sections on Sunday, in four coveys. Boxes of feed sufficient to last two or three weeks were placed with each covey, and by the time that has been consumed the birds ought to be able to shift for themselves. Deserts College to Join the Army. A letter to one of his fraternity brothers at State College, received yesterday morning, revealed that Richard Detwiler, of Smullton, this county, has enlisted for service in finance service of the regular army. He enlisted at Ft. Slocum, N. Y., on Wednesday. Young Detwiler was a Freshman at State, a member of the glee club and Inter-Collegiate two-mile Freshman champion. On March 15th he left College to go home because of a bad cold. On Monday he had sufficiently recovered to return to his studies and started for State, so his mother thought. He did not turn up there and some alarm was felt as to his non-appearance. A hunt was instituted without results until the letter from him came yes- terday morning. His mother knew nothing of his whereabouts after leaving home and was still in ignorance of his having deserted a college career yesterday morning. Chest Clinic to be Held on April 4th in Bellefonte. The Pennsylvania Department of Health appreciates the co-operation which has been manifested by the medical profession at large in the en- forcement of its program of prevent- ive medicine and is desirous of estab- lishing a still more intimate contact with physicians threughout the State. To further this end it is the De- partment’s purpose to hold an all day chest clinic in the Red Cross rooms, Bellefonte, on Wednesday, April 4th, from 10 o’clock a. m. to 4 p. m. The clinie will be conducted by Dr. Thom- as H. A. Stites, medical director of the free State sanitorium, at Cresson, and Dr. A. S. Koch, of Altoona. A number of interesting and unusual cases will be brought to the clinic for examination. A general invita- tion is extended to the physicians of Centre and neighboring counties to attend. \ —Fisherman, Attention. Hood { brand hip boots, $4.85, Yeager’s, 12-1t | Monday Evening. Just six members of borough coun- cil were present at the regular meet- ing, on Monday evening, the ab- sentees being Messrs: J. M. Cunning- ham, John Mignot and Robert E. Kline, and with visions of that big St. Patrick’s day banquet awaiting them at the Undine fire company the six members present made short shift of the business at hand. Secretary Kelly presented a bill from pronthonotary S. Claude Herr for the court costs and witness fees in the case of Mrs. Laura E. Wright vs. Bellefonte borough, which was ap- proved and ordered paid. The Street committee reported var- ious minor repairs on several streets and receipt of $30 for a sewer per- mit. Regarding the request of J. C. Jodon for the opening of an alley at the rear of his property on east High street, and extending east to Wilson street, the committee reported that the present alley in that section is a private one, and there is no provision on the map of the borough for a pub- lic alley in that locality. The Water committee reported that repairs have been completed on the gravity pump at the Phoenix station, and that it is now pumping approx- imately a million gallons daily, which will be a great saving in the expense of operating the electric pumps. The cornmittee also reported the collection of $16.00 on the 1926 water duplicate and $1184.00 on the 1927. The Fire and Police committee pre- sented the estimate of R. C. Witmer of the cost of stringing an extra wire from the telephone exchange to the fire alarm, which was between $90 and $100, and the committee was authoxr- ized to have the work done. The Finance committee presented the report of the borough treasurer which showed a balance on hand of $8000.33. The committee also asked for the renewal of notes totalling $11,- 750, which was authorized. Report was made that the treasurer had re- ceived a warrant from the United States treasurer for $212.50, six month’s interest on a $10,000 bond held by the borough. The committee asked that an order be drawn for $1651.90 as payment of six months’ interest on the borough bonds, and the same was authorized. President Walker appointed A. Miles Barr an auditor for the Pruner orphanage accounts after which bills aggregating $2822.10 were approved for payment and council adjourned. P. R. R. Wants the Fairbrook Branch Back. Having abandoned the Fairbrook branch and accepted the offer of the Bellefonte Central Railroad company for its purchase, the Pennsylvania railroad company has evidently rued its bargain and is anxious to get the line back; or at least to get it out of possession of the Bellefonte Cen- tral, according to an announcement in the Traffic World, this week, which contains a notice of a hearing to be held in the court house, Bellefonte, on Wednesday, April 4th, at 9.30 o’clock in the morning. The hearing will be before repre- sentatives of both the Public Service Commission and the Interstate Com- merce Commission. According to the report, after the Bellefonte Central had made its offer of purchase and the same had been accepted by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, the purpose of the Bellefonte Central to construct a connecting link between its present line at. State College and the Fairbrook branch became known. As this would give them a line from Bellefonte to within a few miles of Tyrone, and afford them the advan- tage of a long haul on all freight shipments originating on its line, as well as incoming freight to State Col- lege, it would naturally be in compe- tition with the P. R. R. To prevent this, if possible, the P. R. R. instituted an action before the Public Service Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission to recover possession of the Fairbrook branch, and it is in the interest of this action that the hearing will be held. What the P. R. R. would do with the road, should it recover possession, has not been intimated. HELE PER Thelma Williams’ Manager found in Detroit, Mich. A man who gave his name as Ros- coe Grimm, and age thirty-five years, surrendered to the authorities at De- troit, Mich., last week, admitting that he was the manager of Thelma Wil- liams, the “Miss Pittsburgh” of 1926, in her various beauty contests. Mr. Grimm, however, plead not guilty to the charge of conducting fake con- tests. He was released under $3,500 bail while Miss Williams was released cn her own personal bond of $1000. Both Mr. Grimm and Miss Williams are also wanted in Buffalo, N. Y. —Hood brand hip. fishing boots, $4.85, Yeager’s Tiny Boot Shop. 12-1t | John F. Marks Sells Restaurant, Buys The Bon Mot. Colonial restaurant, in the McClain block, to J. H. Bicketts, who operates the pool room next door to the res- taurant, and this week closed the deal for the purchase of the Bon Mot from James Caldwell. Mr Marks will con- tinue to operate The Governor, his restaurant in Crider’s Exchange, and after a few improvements will open the Bon Mot as an up-to-date ice cream parlor and confectionery store. Catt NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schad, of east . Curtin street, were with friends in Punx- sutawney for the week-end. | Mrs. James D. Robinson, of Norris- town, has been a guest for the week, of Mrs. James G. Walters, of the Rogers apartments. ] —Miss Anna Miller has left Salona and gone to Emporium, where she will be for an indefinite time wilh her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lingle. | —Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mallory are home i from Baltimore, to spend several weeks | with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lyons and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mallory. —Paul Foreman, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Foreman, went to Chicago a week ago, expecting to locate there permanent- ly, to be with his elder brother, Mahlon. —George Miller has been able to re- sume his work, following an illness of several weeks, during which time he was confined to his home on north Spring street. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cruse, two of the State highway employees at Clearfield, motored over to Bellefonte, on ¥riday, and were guests until Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Guldin. —Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larimer drive to Rockview from Jersey Shore twice a week, to spend a part of the day with Mr. Larimer’s mother, who is critically ill at the Larimer home. —Mrs. William J. Sager is recovering from a severe attack of indigestion suffered Monday at her home on north Thomas street. Her illness was such as to be con- siderably alarming for a day or more. —N. A. Staples, now holding the posi- tion of assistant division engineer of the Philadelphia district, State Highway De- partment, motored to Bellefonte, last Thursday, and remained until Sunday. —Mrs. Nelson E. Robb and Mrs. John Fisher went out to Saint Petersburg, Clar- ion county, Monday, to attend the funcr- al of their aunt, Mrs. Margaret Fisher Weirbach, whose funeral was held there Tuesday. —P. W. Hartsock, traffic manager of the American Lime and Stone Co. attended the meeting of Allegheny regional ad- visory board of shippers, which was held at the William Penn hotel, in Pittsburgh, Thursday of last week. —Mr. and Mrs. William Brouse, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Morris Jr, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith, drove to Al- toona yesterday in the Smith car, to at- tend the Potentate’s reception given there at six o'clock last evening. —Mrs. Rachel Williams has been here from Atlantic City this week, with her daughter, Mrs. Wilfred I. Miller, called to Bellefonte by the death of Mr. Miller, which occurred, Friday, at the Miller lime operation, at Valley View. —Mrs. M. Ward Fleming was over from Philipsburg the early part of the week to join Judge Fleming for ‘“Ladies’ night” at the Kiwanis, Tuesday evening. Mrs. Fleming's visit was also to see Mrs. W. I. Fleming, who has been ill at her home on Spring street for several weeks. —Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Beach left Monday morning for Reading, to spend several days there as guests of Mrs, Beach’s cousin, Mrs. J. Norman Sherer and Mr. Sherer. Their plans are for stop- ping enroute home, with Mrs. Sherer’s sister, Mrs. George Green, in Lock Haven, where they will also spend several days. —Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gardner were up from Mackeyville, Saturday, for an all day visit with the George Miller family and upon their return home were accom- panied by Mrs. Gardner's mother, Mrs. Robert Irwin, who had been a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Miller, for some time. Mrs. Irwin divides the time between her two children, Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Mil- ler. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yeager enter- tained a party from New Jersey, Sunday, which included their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Yeager and Lee Stern, of Perth Amboy, and Miss Helen Cant- field, of Metuchen. Having come up on an excursion to Tyrone, they were able to come on to Bellefonte in the morning and thus spend the greater part of the day at the Yeager home. —Mrs. Wilson, of Halfmoon township, wife of commissioner Newton I. Wilson, Mrs. Robert J. P. Gray and her sister, Mrs. Florence Truby Pittman, both of Stormstown, were driving guests of Mr. Wilson on his semi-weekly trip to Belle- fonte Friday. While Mr. Wilson was oc- cupied with his court house duties, the women spent the time with their friends in Bellefonte. For lunch, they were guests of Miss Mary H. Linn and her brother, Henry, at their home on Allegheny street. —Andrew Curtin Thompson, of Philips- burg, Democratic candidate for the Leg- islature, was in Bellefonte on Friday eof last week getting encouragement from some of the party workers for the in- tensive campaign he expects to carry on later. As Mr. Thompson is the only can- 'didate for the nomination, and was only recently bereaved in the loss of his wile, he will not cover the county during the primary campaign, but that should not deter every good Democrat from voting for him. —Mrs. Joseph’ R. Hogentogler accom- panied her husband to Clearfield, the lat- ter part of the week, on a house hunting expedition. Being so close to April first they did not have much of a selection to choose from but finally secured a house which they concluded will be fairly com- fortable, although it is not in the class with the home they will leave in Belle- fonte. They expect to move to Clearfield | this week and will be accompanied by | Mrs. Hogentogler’s father and brother, | William and Edward Daley. | | —A Bellefonte visitor, last Friday, was | Daniel ‘Beck, of Centre Line, who came | here with county commissioner Newton IL Wilson to look after a few business mat- ters, see how his neighbor is sizing up in the commissioner's office and visit among his frends and acquaintances in town. Mr. Beck is a farmer and occupies {the old homestead purchased from the | Amish by his grandfather three quarters of a century ago, and he still clings to some of the old ideas about farming, which is probably one of the reasons why his farm is one of the best in that valley. While he has all the up-to-date farm equipment—tractors, sulkey plows and cultivators, most of his ploughing is done with the old-fashioned handle plow, be- cause he is confident that he can get his ground in better condition that way. And the crops he raises every year would seem to justify his contention. —John P. Fretz, lessee of the State and Scenic theatres, returned, on Wednesday, from a business trip to South Dakota. —Misses Loretta Kane and Sarah Bech- tel went down to Williamsport, on Wed- nesday, for a several days’ visit with friends. —Miss Mary Katz, of the Ohio State university, of Columbus, is spending her senior vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Katz, of the Heverly apart- ments. —Mrs. Sol Auerbach, with her little daughter, wera arrivals from New York, yesterday, for an Easter visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cohen, of Spring street. —8. M. Campbell, head of Millheim's big furniture house, drove over to Belle- fonte, Wednesday, with Mrs. Campbell, to spend the afternoon with friends and in looking after some business interests. —DMrs. Taylor, wife of Maj. James Tay- .lor, of the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, was home a week ago, having come in for the funeral of the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donovan, of Axe Mann. —Mrs. Mary Haines, who had been a guest of her sister, Mrs. George Ingram and Mr. Ingram at their home on east Lamb street, for a part of last week re- turned to her home in Clearfield, Sunday. —Mrs. M. A. Kirk is spending several days in Clearfield, having gone over yes- terday to be with her sister, Mrs. Dan- iel Rhinesmith, until Sunday, when Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kirk will drive over for her. —Dr. A. M. Schmidt, now of Philadel- phia, made a week-end visit to Bellefonte, spending his time while here with some of his former parishioners and many friends. Dr. Schmidt, during his stay, was a house guest of Mrs. Jared Harper, ‘of Thomas street. —NMiss Lilly Markey, of Loysburg, is a house guest of her niece, Mrs. George F. Reiter and Mr. Reiter, at their apartment at the Academy. Miss Markey has been in Bellefonte for a month or more and will continue her visit probably until some time in April. —Mrs. J. Irvin Underwood stopped in Bellefonte last week, with Mr. Under- wood’s father and sisters, Isaac Under- wood and the Misses Blanche and Mary, at their home on north Spring street. The visit was made enroute home to Erie from Johnstown, where Mrs. Underwood had been to visit her mother, Mrs. Kinkead. —George Sherry, retired railroad man, who has been ill most of the winter, made the first trip down town in several months, Wednesday. For part of the time he was confined to his home on Quaker Hill he was really very seriously ill and while he is still far from being as strong as usual the bright sunshine of the first day of spring was too much of a lure for him to resist. When we told him that he didn’t look like an invalid he laughingly replied: “Yes, that’s what some of my visitors said when I was flat on my back in bed and really didn’t know whether I'd last more than a day longer.” rr ——— eters. St. Patrick’s Day Parties. Mrs. R. C. Blaney entertained three tables at bridge, on Saturday night, as a St. Patrick’s day party for a few of her intimate friends. Mrs. M. A. Landsay gave a St. Patrick’s day party, Saturday even- ing, which was attended by fifteen guests. Cards were in play. —The J. F. Storch family moved, cn Monday, from the Emerick house, on Spring street, to the home of Mrs. Storch’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kline, on Bishop street, where they expect to be for the summer, at least. On Tuesday a force of carpenters be- gan work making repairs on the Em- erick property in order to have it in shape, by April 1st, for Glenn John- ston, who will move here from Wool- rich at that time to take personal charge of the motor bus line when it passes into control of the Johnston Motor Bus company. —The Federal Match company closed one department of its Belle- fonte plant, on Tuesday, laying off about one hundred employees. Offi- cials of the company stated that the department will be closed probably two weeks. With a hundred people thrown idle at the match factory and the entire force laid off at the silk mill for two weeks or longer there will be no pay roll with which to pur- chase Easter finery. eee eee. —A salesman making the rounds of Bellefonte, last week, visited forty homes and at all but six of them he was turned away with the dishearten- ing information that the woman was unable to buy because her husband had no work at present. This is a condition which prevails generally throughout Central Pennsylvania and the many idle men are living in the hope that conditions will improve be- fore many weeks. W. C. McClintic, The $22.50 Suit Man. Showing Richman Bros, new spring line. Our suits and topcoats for spring are winning new friends for us by the thousand. Styles, woolen lux- ury and tailoring quality you are not likely to see matched at less than $50.00—all top-coats are rainproefed. You society chaps call and see the Richman tuxedo, by all odds the best buy in America today, including black silk vest, $22.50. Samples on display this, Friday, afternoon and evening at the Bush house. 73-12-1t. —Light and heavy weight Hood hip boots, $4.85, Yeager’s Tiny Boot Shop. 12-1t Bellefonte Grain Markets. Corrected Weekly by OC. ¥. Wagner & Wheat Ce. 1.60