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Bellefonte, Pa., June 8, 1928.
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BELLEFONTE “Y” NOW
REAL COMMUNITY CENTER.
Its Rooms and Conveniences Used by
Many Organizations for Their
Meeting Place.
The Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. is rap-
idly becoming a real community cen-
tre, and many organizations are tak-
ing advantage of its hospitable rooms
as a meeting place for their regular
activities. The Ladies Auxiliary of
Wetzler’s Boys band have been grant-
ed the use of the rooms for the reg-
ular monthly meetings, which will he
held the second Wednesday of each
month.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Y. M.
C. A. meets on the first Monday of
each month, at 7.30 p. m. The board
of directors meets on the second Mon-
day, at 7.30 p. m. The Hi-Y club
meets every Thursday, at 7.30 p. m.
The boys’ stamp club meets every
Monday evening, and the Boy Scouts,
troop No. 1, every Tuesday evening.
The Bellefonte Ministerium holds its
monthly meeting on the second Mon-
day of the month, at 9.30 a. m. The
public library is open for the ex-
‘change of books every Tuesday from
2 until 5 o’clock p. m., and every Fri-
day from 7 to 9.
The swimming pool is proving a
" wonderful attraction, a record at-
tendance being reached last Satur-
day when 122 men and boys took a
dip. The total for the month of May
was 1700. ;
With the closing of the public
schools it will be necessary to adopt
a set schedule for the pool, which will
be strictly adhered to until the open-
ing of school in September. The
schedule is as follows:
Younger boys—Monday 11 to 12;
Wednesday 2 to 3, and Saturday,
gymnasium and pool, 9.30 to 11.30.
Young men—Mondays 2 to 3; Wed-
nesdays 3 to 4, and Saturdays 3 to 4.
Senior inen, 18 years and older —
Every Monday from 4 to 9.30; Tues-
days, 7.30 to 9.30; Wednesdays, 1 to
{.30; Fridays, 8 to 9.80, and Satur-
days, 4 to 6.50.
Every Thursday will be ladies day.
Grade school givls, 10 te 11 a. m.;
High schol girls, 2 to & p. m.; mar-
ried women, 3 => 5 p. m.; young la-
dies, 7 to 9 p. m.
Readers of the Watchman are re-
quested to preserve this schedule f-r
future use.
Beginning Friday, June 8th, there
will be a Bible class for all boys un-
der 18 years of age. The hours will
be 6.45 to 7.30 p. m. when all boys
who attend will be allowed the use of
the*swimming pool for thirty minutes.
The class will be tried for six weeks
and will: he: taught by the secretary,
Mr. Heineman. The studies will con-
sist principally of athletes in the Bi-
ble. .
Here for the Dayton-Bikle Pre-Nup-
tial House Party at Edgefonte.
Arrangements for the elaborate
out door wedding of Mrs. Louise
Maitland Dayton and Dr. Paul H.
Bikle, which was to have taken place
on the lawn at Edgefonte, the Gar-
man summer home, Wednesday af-
ternoon were abandoned on account
of the weather, the settings for the
ceremony being transferred to the
big living room of the home. The
bride, who was given in marriage by
her brother, Robert Maitland, of
Ardmore, was gowned in old ivory
chiffon with a matching picture hat
and carried a shower boquet of val-
ley lilies, while Mrs. Donaldson, her
only attendant, wore beige lace with
a picture hat in the same color and
carried an arm bouquet of ophelia
roses.
L The week-end pre-nuptial party in-
ciuded: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lovell, of
Elmira, N. Y.; Mrs. Deyo Mathewson,
of Bath, N. Y.; Mrs. Francis Bradley,
of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Maitland, of Ardmore, Pa.; Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Winslow, of Patton,
Pa.; Mrs. H. J. Donaldson, of Wil-
liamsport, Pa.; Dr. Philip M. Bikle,
dean emeritus, of Pennsylvania col-
lege, at Gettysburg, and father of the
groom; Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Bikle,
of Gettysburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry Wolf Bikle, of Philadelphia, ar-
rived in Bellefonte, Tuesday, and were
guests at the Brockerhoff until after
the wedding.
Immediately following the recep-
tion Dr. and Mrs. Bikle left on a mo-
tor trip to Lake Placid, N. Y., and on
into Canada.
—The Ladies auxiliary of Wetzler’s
Junior band will hold a bake sale and
social in the firemen’s hall, Miles-
burg, Saturday, June 9th, all day and
evening. The band will play in the
evening. All donations will be appre-.
ciated.
BURNSIDE.—Tragic in its sudden-
ness was the death of Edgar Burn-
side, on Monday evening, but withal
there is consolation in the fact that
he passed the Great Divide without a
lingering illness of pain and suffer-
ing. As late as five o'clock Monday
afternoon he drove his car to east
Curtin street, taking home Edward
Butts from the down town district.
Returning he went to his own house,
on Spring street, was the victim of a
heart attack a few minutes before
six o'clock and passed away before
medical aid could be summoned.
Thomas Edgar Burnside was a son
of Thomas and Rebecca Thomas Burn-
side and was born in Bellefonte on
February 11th, 1869, hence was 59
years, 3 months and 24 days old. His
grandfather was Judge Thomas Burn-
side, an eminent jurist and who was
prominently identified with the early
history of Bellefonte. “Burney,” as
he was familiarly known to his inti-
mate associates, spent his early boy-
hood life. in Bellefonte but in 1883
the family moved to Ironton, Missou-
ri, where they lived until 1889.
For several years he worked for
George L. Potter, in his insurance
office, then went to Chicago where he
was connected with the Fairbanks
Scale company. Returning to Belle-
fonte he worked for the Standard
Scale and Supply company until the
plant was moved to Beaver Falls in
1902. Several years later he went to
Denver, Col., where he remained sev-
en years, returning to Bellefonte in
1912. For some years past he had
been assisting John McCoy, in his
business interests at Milesburg, and
also been interested to some extent
in the real estate business. A year cr
so ago he purchased the Mrs. Barnes
house, on north Spring street, and for
months past had given most of his
time to superintend its conversion in-
to a duplex apartment.
Martha Given, widow of the late
George W. Given, who died at her
home in Philadelphia on Sunday,
day afternoon and buried in the Un-
ion cemetery.
Mrs. Given was a daughter of
George B. and Mary Rothrock Weav-
er, and was born in Bellefonte on
March 11th, 1850, hence was 78 years,
2 months and 23 days old. Her girl-
hood life was spent here and at the
early age of sixteen years she was
chosen a teacher in the public schools,
the late D. H. Hastings being super-
intendent of schools at that time.
Several years later she was elected a
teacher in the Renovo schools and it
was while teaching there that she met
her future husband, Geeorge W. Giv-
en, a member of the firm of John B.
Given & Son, lumbermen and contrac-
tors. They were married on October
30th, 1872, and went to Philadelphia
'to make their home. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that she had lived in
Philadelphia for more than half a
i century she never lost interest in
Bellefonte and during her active years
was a frequent visitor here and it was
at her expressed desire that her re-
mains were brought here for burial.
Her husband died in 1890 but sur-
viving her are the following children:
Mrs. Mary Collins, Mrs. John Brug-
ger, John A. and Joseph B. Given, all
.of Philadelphia; Mrs. William Barnes,
of Lansdowne, and Mrs. Isabella
Mench, of Drexel Hill. Her death is
the first in a family of seven children,
her surviving sisters and brother be-
ing Mrs. Fairlamb, of Philadelphia;
| Mrs. Bella Smith, of Lock Haven;
| Mrs. Joanna Beates, of Tyrone; Mrs.
: Crissman and Miss Jennie Weaver, of
{ Clearfield, and George J. Weaver, of
; Bellefonte.
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PARSONS.—John Henry Parsons,
were brought to Bellefonte on Tues- f nant week with the final commence |
This Friday Evening.
Six hundred young men with col-
lege diplomas will be turned loose
i ment exercises at State College, on
Tuesday. The commencement pro-,
gram will begin this (Friday) even- |
ing when the college musical clubs ;
will give a concert in the auditorium. !
House parties and fraternity dances’
will follow the concert.
Events for tomorrow will be a golf
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GIVEN.—The remains of Mrs. ' State College Commencement Starts : The St. Elmo at Pine Grove Mills Has |
Not Changed Management.
In our issue of May 25, appeared
a personal item in which it was stated
that Claire W. Bastian “has taken
over the management of the old St.
Elmo hotel” at Pine Grove Mills.
It was an error on our part. The
St. Elmo is still being run by Mr. R.
R. Randolph who has conducted it so
successfully a number of years.
The misstatement was due to our
own belief that there was only one
i Charles Keatley,
tournament, open to all; annual elec- “hotel at Pine Grove Mills and when
‘tion of trustees; lacrosse between My Bastian told us he had assumed
State and the Onondaga Indians inthe management of the Pine Grove
the afternoon, and the Thespians at pote] we just naturally thought he
night.
| referred to the St. Elmo. .
Rev. Hugh Thompson Kerr, D. D
It appears, however, that there i
.y
-of Pittsburgh, will preach the bac-!gnother hotel in the town and it is
calaureate sermon, on Sunday morn- | the one at which Mr. Bastian is spe-
He never married and his only sur-'a well known farmer of Union town-
vivors are one sister, Mrs. H. C. Val- | ship, died on Thursday evening of last
entine, and her children, and two week following an illness of some
cousins, Mrs. H. E. Fenlon, of Belle-
fonte, and Mrs. Frank Barnes, of
Washington, D. C.
He was a member of the Bellefonte
Masonic fraternity, the Shriners and
the Bellefonte lodge of Elks. The
Masons had charge of the funeral
services which were held at the Val-
entine home, on west Curtin street,
at 10 o’clock yesterday morning, bur-
ial being made in the Burnside lot in
the Union cemetery.
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DECKER.—John M. Decker passed
away at:the Centre County hospital,
on Saturday evening, following al-
most a year’s illness with a complica-
tion of diseases.
to Bellefonte last July from a busi-
In fact he returned’
months with cancer.
| He was born in Union township on
{ March 17th, 1861, hence was 67 years,
'2 months and 14 days old. In 1898
he served some months as a soldier
during the Spanish-American war and
i later engaged in farming in which he
| was quite successful. He was a mem-
{ber of the Bellefonte encampment,
Knights Templar and the I. O. O. F.
He married Miss Estella Stover, who
survives with one son, Clair Parsons,
{at home. He also leaves one sister
‘and two brothers, Mrs. Hannah Id-
, dings and Edward Parsons, of Union-
“ville, and Samuel Parsons, of Blue
Ball, Clearfield county.
Funeral services were held at his
late home, on Sunday afternoon, by
ness trip through the eastern part of | Rev. R. R. Lehman, of the Methodist
the State and at the time was quite | church, of which he was a member.
tO Fa obtained,
ill. While he recovered sufficiently to
be out and around his condition was
such that he was never able to leave
Bellefonte since that time. On Jan-
uary 2nd he took his bed and failing
to improve was taken to the Centre
County hospital several weeks ago, !
but nothing could be done to save his
life.
He was born in Montgomery, N. Y.,
on September 6th, 1868, hence was in
his 60th year. As a young man he
located in New York and he came to
Bellefonte in a business way abcut
thirty years ago. He made frequent
trips here during the ensuing two,
years and on September 6th, 1900, he
married Miss Nellie Anderson, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John An-
derson, and they at once took up their
residence here. Mr. Decker as a young
man was a member of the Elks lodge
No. 1, of New York, was demittted to
Chambersburg and after he located !
in Bellefonte was one of the organiz-
ers and a charter member of the
Bellefonte lodge.
He is survived by his wife, one
son and a daughter, Jack Decker, of
Bayonne, N. J., and Mrs. John F.
Smith, of Bellefonte. Funeral serv-
ices were held in the Catholic church
at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning by
Rev. Father Downes and burial in
the Union cemetery was in charge of
his brother Elks.
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DETLING.—Mrs. Katherine Haas
Detling, died at her home in Bush’s
Addition, at 4.20 o’clock on Wednes-
day morning, following a long illness
as the result of a general breakdown
in health. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Haas, and was
born at Roopsburg over seventy
years ago. As a young woman she
married Richard Detling and all their
married life had been spent in and
near Bellefonte. Mr. Detling died in
February; of this year and her only
survivor is one daughter, Miss Mabel.
The funeral will be held at 2.30
o’clock tomorrow afternoon, burial to
be made in the Bellefonte Union cem-
etery.
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SMOYER— Charles Smoyer, badly
burned at Sharon on May 27th, when
his clothing caught fire while work-
ing for the Pennsylvania Power com-
pany, died in a hospital there the
next day.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry Smoyer and was born at Wingate,
October 25th, 1875, hence was in his
53rd year. He had been a resident
of Sharon for twenty years. He is
survived by his widow, one son and
three sisters. Burial was made at
Sharon.
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TICE.— William A. Tice, who lived
on the Miles Hall farm, near the
“Rattlesnake,” in Union township,
died on Tuesday following a year’s
illness. He is survived by his wife
and a number of children. Arrange-
ments for the funeral could not be
shy fps ~~. —
{Burial in the Oak Ridge cemetery
| was in charge of the Odd Fellows and
American Legion.
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| DERSTINE.—Thomas Edward Der-
!stine died on Sunday evening, at his
home on Burrows street, Bellefonte,
as the result of a heart attack.
Shortly after he had eaten his sup-
per he decided to come down town
and had gone out onto the porch when
he was stricken and fell down. His
mother helped him into the house but
he died before medical aid could be
obtained.
He was a son of John and Elizabeth
Derstine and was horn in Bellefonte
on December 20th, 1900, hence was
27 years, 5 months and 14 days old.
He was a laborer by occupation and
. was last employed by the Titan Metal
company. He is survived by his par-
ents and one sister, Mrs. Thomas Mil-
i ler, of Lock Haven. :
Funeral services were held in the
Catholic church at ten o'clock on
Wednesday morning, by Rev. Father
Downes, burial being made in the
Catholic cemetery.
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owns and operates the Red mill, in
Potter township, died on May 26th,
as the result of bronchial pneumonia
following a slight stroke of paralysis
sustained a week previous.
She was a’ daughter of William
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ing. In the afternoon the military
band will give a concert on the cam-'
pus at 3.30. Vesper services will be |
held in front of Old Main at 6.30 and '
at 8 o'clock the choral clubs will give
a concert in the auditorium.
Monday will be alumni day, with
various class reunions, receptions, etc.
The commencement dance will be held
in the armory on Monday night.
The commencement exercises will
be held on Tuesday morning, when
the speaker will be Alexander Meikle-
john, Ph.D., LL.D., of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin.
Demonstration to Control New Pest
of White Pine.
White pine is one of the best wood-
lot trees in this section. It grows
rapidly, produces excellent lumber,
and makes a valuable crop on other-
wise waste farm land.
This ideal tree of Centre county is
threatened with an almost invisible
parasite which will destroy the tree
if precautions are not taken against
it.
Almost everyone has heard of the
“Blister Rust,” that imported disease
which is doing so much damage to
white pine in the New England
States. On the afternoon of June 22,
at 2:00 p. m., at McKinney's ranger
station, on the road from Potter's
Mills to Lewistown, in the Seven
mountains, a control demonstration
will be put on. Specialists from the
Pennsylvania State College and coun-
ty agents R. C. Blaney, of Centre
county, and J C. .Thompson, of Mif-
flin county, and district forester Har- .
bison will be on hand to show meth- |
ods of keeping out the disease. i
Owners of white pine timber should
set down the date, June 22, for a
pleasant and profitable afternoon in
the Seven mountains. In case of rain
a large barn floor will be available.
Plantations of various kinds of trees
will be visited and discussed.
Chicken Thieves Reaping Rich Har-
vest from Centre County Farmers.
According to reports received from
Ferguson township and upper Penns-
valley chicken thieves are reaping a
rich harvest from the farmers in
those sections, poultry to the esti-
mated value of more than two thou-
sand dollars having been stolen and
trucked away in wholesale lots by the
detestable midnight hucksters.
During a moter trip of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Walker, through eastern
Ohio, recently, thieves raided their
poultry yard and stole 175 chickens.
Other raids in that section were
made on the flocks of Hon. J. Will,
Kepler, Ed S. Moore, John Quinn,
Oscar Struble and D. S. Peterson.
Other farms have been visited but
the number of chickens taken was not
so large.
%' The thieves are evidently experts
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KLINGER—Mrs. Margaret Kling- |
er, wife of Abraham Klinger, who Waring’s Pennsylvanians Offered Big was released, on Monday morning, at
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as they have so far been able to es-.
cape detection. But the farmers are
‘becoming very much aroused and will
not hesitate in shooting any one who
is caught robbing their hen roosts. |
Contract. |
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Waring’s Pennsylvanians, Tyrone's |
splendid‘ musical organization now
playing in Paris, have been asked to |
prolong their engagement there and |
cializing on chicken and ham dinners
for motor parties.
Certainly we had no motive in
misrepresenting these facts. Nor did
Mr. Bastian make any statement to
us that was in any manner mislead-
ing. He knew nothing of the item
until it appeared in print and cannot
be charged with any ulterior purpose.
It was just a natural mistake on
our part and we gladly correct it.
Grange Homecoming Week will End
at Grange Park Tomorrow.
This has been an epochal week for
the Grangers of Centre county. Ev-
ery one of the twelve separate and
distinct organizations has put on a
special program at the regular month-
ly meeting held during the week.
This program had for its primary
purpose the awakening of new inter-
est in the Grange.
have been put forth to add at least a
ten per cent increase in membership,
reinstate dropped members, collect
back dues, improve Grange property
Special efforts |!
UNIONVILLE.
Don’t forget the public meeting of”
the Grange on Friday evening, in:
Grange hall.
| Miss Florence Finch, of Bellefonte,
.spent Sunday with relatives amd:
, friends here.
| Mrs. Olive Bauder visited her sis-
ter, Mrs. Dora Stonebraker, of Osce--
ola Mills, over Sunday.
of Pittsburgh,,
‘spent Memorial day with his parents, .
Mr. and Mrs. David Keatley.
Miss Leta Bissett, who recently:
graduated from Clearfield hospital, as:
‘a nurse, is visiting her mother and!
other relatives here.
Mrs. Nora Brown and daughter, of"
Trafford, spent Saturday night at:the
home of Mrs. Francis Hall, having
come to attend the funeral of Henry
Parsons, on Sunday afternoon.
_ Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Roller are vis-
iting relatives and friends in Ohio,
where they lived for a number of
years and farmed. We miss our chief
burgess, who is always looking out
for the good of our community.
The Silver Tea given at the home
of Mrs. Harry McElwain, on Thurs-
day afternoon for the benefit of the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary society
of the M. E. church, was interesting:
and enjoyed by all present. The of-
. fering was $4.30. )
Mrs. Anna Woodcock, of Bellefonte,.
came up on Tuesday morning and’
spent the day and over night with her
' friends, Mrs. Frances Hall and son,.
Eugene. They have’ entertained Mrs.
Woodcock frequently and it is always:
a great pleasure to both parties to
share each other’s friendship.
| Mrs. Frances Hall, J. E. Hall, and
{ Mrs. Anna Finch attended the funeral
of their relative, Miss Alice Tate, who
had been a guest at tae Methodist
| home in Tyrone. Impressive services:
were held in the M. E. church, Belle-
i fonte. The quartet of older mem:
from the Home sang beautifully—-
{ “Just Inside the Eastern Gate.”
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ingram,
‘and launch a Grange project of in-| of Portsville, N. Y., are visiting at
terest and benefit to each community. | the home of H. D. Lindenmuth. Mr..
The closing event of the week will Ingram is recuperating from an op--
be at Grange park, tomorrow, when
a general field day will be held. The
speakers will be Senator David H.
Agans, of New Jersey, overseer of
the National Grange; E. B. Dorsett, |
master of the State Grange, and
Howard G. Eisaman, lecturer. All
members of the order are urged to
attend tomorrow’s gathering.
Four Negroes Fight and Stab at
Pleasant Gap.
The usually placid atmosphere of
eration for appendicitis which he un-
! derwent in a hospital in Olean, N. Y.
| They were residents of our town
{some years ago and have many
{ friends here who are pleased to see
them again.
David Hall, son of E. T. Hall, of
| Union township, who recently com-
' pleted a business course at a college
in Harrisburg, has been called as
i bookkeeper for Mr. B. Fisher, who is
employed by the State Highway de-
partment, at Irvona. Congratula-
| tions, David; it pays to apply oneself
| to books and be attentive and improve
every opportunity for education.
Pleasant Gap was rudely shattered, | Union Grange again had the pleas-
late Sunday night, when four negroes, ure of the company of the degree
two men and two women, of State |team of Logan Grange, which so ably
College, engaged in a free-for-all {and interestingly put on the 3rd and
badly hurt. Woodson was arrested
fight which resulted in one of the men
being stabbed by a jealous female
companion. The negroes mixed up in
the melee were William Davidson, a
servant in the J. W. Henszey home;
Elmer Davis, a bootblack; Ella Dri-
bard and Mary Wallace, servants in
the Maurice Baum home.
Davidson was stabbed and had to
be taken to the Centre County hospit-
al to have his wound dressed, after
which he was taken to jail. Sheriff
Dunlap had been summoned to the
Gap and also brought Davis to jail
but left the women go on their prom-
ise to appear before Squire Miller, !
at State College, on Monday morning,
for a hearing. After hearing all the
evidence the Squire fined each one
ten dollars and costs.
—On Sunday night a car driven by
Arnot Woodson, negro, of State Col-
lege, and containing three other men,
enroute to Altoona from State Col-
lege, failed to make the curve at the
Grazierville bridge, near Tyrone,
crashed through the bridge rail and
rolled down a twenty foot embank-
ment toward the Pennsylvania rail-
road tracks. None of the men were
and placed in the Tyrone lockup but
after spending several hours there
the request of Frank Keller, negro,
also of State College, and owner of
the wrecked machine.
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—Children’s day services will be
held in the Evangelical church at
and Margaret McClellan Snyder and : have also been offerad dates in Berlin
was born at Halifax, Dauphin county, | and London. Just how long they will
at her death being 61 years and 4 'stay in Europe will depend on the
days old. She is survived by her hus-
band and four children, Charles F.,
of Amity; William E., of Pleasant
Gap; Mrs. Homer Young, of Belle-
fonte, and Allen H., at home. She al-
so leaves her step-mother and two
brothers, living near Harrisburg.
Burial was made in the Union ceme-
tery, at Tusseyville, on Wednesday of
last week.
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SHUNK.—Mrs. Annie B. Shunk,
wife of Samuel Shunk, died at her
home in Centre Hall, on May 26th,
following a prolonged illness with di-
abetes. She was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Snyder and was
born in Potter township. Besides
her husband she is survived by four
children, Mrs. Ellis Suloff, of Mil-
roy; Miss May Shunk, in Florida;
Mrs. Thomas Shaffer, of Potters Mills,
and Melvin M., of Sunbury. She al-
so leaves one brother and two sisters,
William Snyder, of Potters Mills;
Mrs. Mabel Erdley, of Milton, and
Mrs. Clayton Markle, of Axe Mann.
Burial was made at Centre Hall on
Tuesday of last week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Londo,
of Green Bay, Wis. are receiving con-
gratulations on the birth of their first
child, a daughter, Rosemary Ann,
who was born on the first day of
June. Mrs. Londo is better known
here, perhaps, as Miss Della Beezer.
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decision of the manager, Fred War-
ing, in regard to the acceptance or re-
jection of an offer made by George |
Choos, of New York city, who is anx-
ious to sign them for his new musical
comedy to open at the Forrest thea-
tre, Philadelphia, in September.
Mr. Choos’ offer is reported to be .
a straight salary of $3500 a week for
thirteen weeks, a radio contract for
broadcasting one night a week for 4
$2500, and a night club engagement !
after the show, making an approxi-'
mate total of $10,000 weekly.
Prison Industries at Rockview.
In a report submitted to the State
Department of Welfare by James C.
Tucker, retiring superintendent of
the bureau of restoration, on the var-
ious prison industries in the State, he
has the following about the new wes-
tern penitentiary in Centre county:
The canning industry has been suc-
cessful at Rockview, where there are
facilities for the production of 85,-
000 gallons of food for the State in-
stitutions annually. The forest nurs-
ery has been growing by leaps and
bounds ard recently has supplied
seedlings and transplants to the
States of New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wash-
ington. Shade tree stock has also
been supplied to the city of Harris-
burg and under present plans this
field of activity will he widened.
j ice.
burgh.
Howard, Sunday evening. The pro-
gram will consist of recitations, spec-
ial music, and a pageant entitled
“His living Word.” The public is
cordially invited to attend this serv-
Marriage licenses.
Paul Z. Hosterman, of Coburn, and
Luella M. Hosterman, of Aaronsburg.
Hobart E. Isenberg, of Boalsburg,
and Ethel M. Edwards, of Harrisburg.
Alvin L. Gustafson, of Jamestown,
N. Y,, and Ethel E. Eld, of Pitts-
Harry D. McCool, of Spring Mills,
and Isabel Fogleman, of Bellefonte.
Harry A. Baird, of State College,
and Elizabeth A. Hazzard, of Union-
ville.
Michael Skulish, of Trenton, N. J.,
and Anna Kushner, of Philipsburg.
Real Estate Transfers.
E. L. Files, et al, to Thomas An-
derson, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.;
$250.
Thomas Anderson, et ux, to John
Fetzek, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.;
$250.
H. Laird Curtin, et ux, to Eagle
Cemetery Association, tract in Boggs
Twp.; $1.
Jean C. Disque, et bar, to Carroll
D. Champion, et ux, tract in State
College; $18000.
{4th degree work at a special meet-
{ing Tuesday evening. After the busi-
| ness was finished refreshments were
i served and a pleasant social hour en-
joyed by all. hTe literary part of
j the program brought forth peals of ~
laughter and applause. Come: again.
| Among those who live at a distance
| from here and could not come person-
{ally to show their tribute of remem-
!brance to their friends and relatives
in the “City of the Dead,” Dak
Ridge cemetery, was Mrs. Bertha
Marshall, of Kennett Square, Pa.
She communicated her request to Mr.
rand Mrs. J. H. Finch, who carried out
i her wishes as best they could, having
i received her letter at a late hour on
Tuesday afternoon, May 29th. Mrs.
! Marshall, whose maiden name was
Miss Bertha Cleaver, spent all her
| youthful years in our town and was
1a suecessful teacher in our schools
| for several years. Also, a.. enthusias-
tic member of the Society of Friends.
The Children’s day services in the
Methodist church, on Sunday, were
excellent and much credit is due those.
who directed the program, “Summer
Gladness.” Little Georgeanna Holt,
in her modest quaint way, gave the
welcome recitation. The children all
did very well and, as usual, had a
house full of interested and apprecia-
tive listeners. Rev. Lehman, in his:
remarks said: “It is Children’s Day,
and no one expected every little one
to be just goodie, goodie, and,.if:the:
babies cried that was not out of order.
He baptized four children, and Miss:
Helen McClellan, who is superintend-
ent of the Cradle Roll, gave out a
number of certificates. Joseph Brug-
ger, the Sunday school superintend-
ent, gave a cordial invitation to every-
body who is not attending any othen
Sunday school to come to ours as we
are comfortably equipped to care for
all grades from the nursery depart-.
ment to the adults. a.
On account of the inclement. weath-
er the services on Memorial day were
not very well attended. Flowers for
bouquets were very scarce, and the:
services at the lower cemetery were
not held until evening. The commit-
tee in charge had a very interesting’
program in the afternoon in. the town:
hall. Special music by the choir, and
devotions by Miss Hannah Thompson
were very sincere and reverent. Read-
ings by Miss Julia Bullock and Sid-
ney Peters were enjoyed by all. Prof.
J. C. Fox presented the speaker for
the occasion, Judge M. Ward Flem-
ing who greeted the audience in his
pleasant, easy manner, reviewed
some war time history, recalling the
sacrifice of former patriots and he-
roes who gave us our country, the
great United States, and the obliga-
tions we should all feel towards the
support of our government. He also
gave some interesting as well as
startling facts in figures in regard
to different conditions of our States,
enicouraged law enforcement very
strongly under all circumstances.
Judge Fleming's address was very
much appreciated.
—Maybe the statement made by
one of the Hoover agents that Wall
Street has not been liberal was in-
tended to placate the corn belt.
Michael Koshko, Adm., to Thomas
Kolimo, et ux, tract in Snow Shoe |
Twp.; $350.
~The Watchman gives all the
news while it is news.