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Bellefonte, Pa., November 23, 1928.
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STATE PREPARES FOR GAME
Preparation for the Pitt game
Thanksgiving day at Pittsburgh
now marks the daily practices
of the Penn State football team as it
works out under the careful eyes of
coach Bezdek and his assistants.
Higgins, former All-American end,
who in the 1919 Pitt game caught
a 25-yard pass, tossed by Hess from
behind his own goal line, and dashed
85 yards for a touchdown. Higgins
has been acting as end coach this
season.
The sophmore material, which com-
poses a good portion of the squad, is
being carefully worked over by the
coaches in order that the inexperienc-
ed men may know their lessons to
i Canal Zone.
PITTS.—Mrs. Sabra D. Faxon
Pitts, wife of M. P. Pitts, of Alexan-
dria, Va., died very unexpectedly, at
a hospital in Alexandria, about noon
on Sunday, as the result of an attack
of apolexy. She was stricken while
attending church services with her
husband, on Sunday morning, passing
away two hours later without regain-
ing consciousness.
She was a daughter of Thomas and
Laura Bulleck Faxon and was born in
Bellefonte over forty years ago. She
was educated in the public schools and
after graduating at the High school
was chosen as one of the teachers in
the grade schools. After teaching
several years she resigned and went
to Panama where she spent several
years in the U. S. commissary depart-
ment. It was there that she met her
future husband, Mr. Pitts, who was
also a government employee on the
Returning to the States
{about eighteen years ago they came
WITH THE PITT PANTHERS.
: bride’s brother-in-law, Rev. J. Victor
to Bellefonte and were married by the
Royer, going direct to Alexandria,Va.,
where they have lived ever since. Mrs.
Pitts was one of the most active mem-
bers of the Baptist church in Alex-
.andria, and an untiring worker in the
: 4 i Sunday school.
Aiding the Nittany coach is Bob
,age, and Helen, 8.
She is survived by her husband and
two daughters, Margaret, 16 years of
She also leaves
her mother, at Rockview, and the fol-
‘lowing brother and sisters: Mrs. Mary
Anderson, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Warren
Wood, of Rockview; Mrs. J. Victor
: Royer, of Woolrich; Mrs. E. S. Bul-
lock and Mrs. C. E. Whipple, of Wil-
liamsport; Mrs. H. P. Diehl, of Mifflin-
burg; Charles Faxon, of Boalsburg;
! Mrs. D. F. Audsley, of Bellefonte, and
perfection by the time the game rolls |
around.
Joe Miller, varsity quarterback who
starred at Wilkinsburg High school
before entering Penn State, is shap-
ing into form and should be at the
peak cf his game by the time Thanks-
giving day arrives. McCrackin, an un- |
derstudy, is following up his sudden
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Mrs. W. E. Grau, of Williamsport.
Funeral services were held at 3
o'clock on Wednesday, at her late
home in Alexandria, by her pastor,
burial being made in the cemetery in
that city.
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LANE.—J. Harry Lane died at his
home at Aaronsburg, on Monday
rise in the Nittany grid ranks and al- { morning, as the result of infection
so is preparing for a good showing following an illness of four weeks
before his home folks. with a carbuncle.
Since 1919, and the game in which | 1 Was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
Higgins made his famous run, the | 5€Ph Lane and was born at Concord,
Ties have been unable to beat ? the Franklin county, on July 17th, 1862,
Panthers. In 1920 and 1921 the game For a good portion of his life he was
resulted, a tie, but Pitt has won every | employed in the shops of the Penn-
year since then. i sylvania Railroad company, at Al-
The famous “blue band” of Penn | toona, and following his retirement
State will broadcast a program from jmoved to Aaronsburg.
KDKA the night before the game.
The band also will play at the annual
Penn State club smeker that night Men
and at the game on Thanksgiving
Day.
Child Conservation League.
The members of the local circle of
the Child Conservation League of
America met in the High school audi-
torium, Tuesday evening, in their
regular monthly meeting. The sub-
ject under discussion was, “Health
of the School Child,” which was very
appropriate at this time, when so
many children of the community are
suffering from contagious diseases.
The first paper was read by Mrs.
R. L. Capers, entitled, “Relaxation
periods; proper seating; adjustment
of light to avoid eyestrain, conditions
vital to the child’s well-being.”
Miss Rachael Shuey then favored
the audience with three beautiful
piano selections, all of which were hy
American composers.
The second paper was entitled,
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who survives with one son, Thomas
: Lane.
i Mrs. Frances Bell, of Toledo, Olio,
He was a
member of the Methodist church and
the Brotherhood of Railway Train-
On April 14th, 1897, he married
Miss Bertha Leitzell, of Aaronsburg,
He also leaves two sisters
and Mrs. Margaret Widney, of Ty-!
rone.
Funeral services were held at his
late home in Aaronsburg at 7:30
o'clock on Wednesday evening, and
yesterday morning the remains were
taken to Tyrone for interment in the
Grandview cemetery.
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MARSHALL.—Jospeh Lewis Mar-
shall died at his home on Buffalo Run,
last Friday, following an illness which |
resulted from an attack of paralysis
sustained last January.
He was a son of Joseph and Jane
Allen Marshall and was born in Buf-'
falo Run valley 72 years ago. He
followed farming all his life. Forty- :
eight years ago he married Miss Rose :
“Heating requirements in the school
room; nose and throat diseases and
their cause; dust dangers; value of
daily inspection to exclude contagious
disease,” and was read by Mrs. Leif
A. Olsen.
Mrs. G. A. Robinson discussed “Co-
operation with boards of health and
State departments necessary to se-
Bell who survives with the following
children: Allen Marshall, of Niagara !
Falls; Mrs. Howard Shuey, of Belle- |
fonte; Mrs. Robert Walters, of Shi-!
loh; Mrs. Ben Fry and James, of |
Bellefonte; Fred and Lester, at home,
‘and Mrs. George Norris, of Juniata. |
cure proper sanitation and adjust-
1of Thomasville, Ga., and James, of
ment.”
The club received one new member
in the persons of Miss Daise Keichline,
who will no doubt be a great help and
inspiration to the League.
The December meeting will be held
in the High school at the regular
time, the third Tuesday of the month,
and it is hoped that more women will
become interested in the work and |
lend their encouragement by attend-
ing, and if possible, joining the circle.
Centre County Merchants Organizing
Against Dead-Beats.
A Centre county branch of the
Commercial Protective Association
was organized at a meeting held in
the court house on Monday evening.
Some sixty or more merchants from
Bellefonte, Philipsburg, State Col-
lege and other towns in the county
were present. The principal speaker
was J. S. Neely, of Kittanning, sec-
retary of the state organization. The
principal object of organization is to
influence the enactment of a bill by
the next Legislature authorizing the
garnisheeing of wages for the payment
of accounts, and thus beat the pro-
verbial dead-beat. Such a bill was
passed by the last Legislature but
was vetoed by the Governor.
Officers elected for the Centre coun-
ty association are George Hazel,
president; R. Russell Blair, vice pres-
ident; G. Oscar Gray, secretary and
Earl S. Orr, treasurer. Practically
every merchant present at the meeting
on Monday evening signed up as a
member.
——Dr. George Morris Smith is
being inaugurated as President of
Susquehanna University at Selins-
grove, today, and it is to be hoped
that his administration will be as suc-
cessful as its beginning is auspicious.
brother, Mrs. Harry Shivery, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. William Alexander, |
of Unionville; Mrs. George Musser, |
He also leaves three sisters and oe)
Niagara Falls. |
Mr. Marshall was a member of the |
Presbyterian church and Rev. Osborne |
had charge of the funeral services
which were held on Monday after-
noon, burial being made in the Meyers |
cemetery. |
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SAYLOR.—Mrs. Mary Saylor, wife
of Peter Saylor, died very suddenly at
her home on Penn street, Bellefonte, |
on Tuesday afternoon, as the result of |
a heart attack.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Lakor and was born in |
HALL.—Alem Brittain Hall, a re-
tired farmer of Union township, died
last Wednesday night, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. E. T. Irwin, in Al-
toona, as the result of general debil-
ity.
He was a son of Aaron J. and
Sarah Hall and was born in Union
township, Centre
29th, 1858, hence was 70 years, 6
months and 16 days old. He followed
farming most of his life but with ad-
vancing age retired from the farm
and moved to Unionville where he liv-
ed until the death of his wife a few
years ago, since which time he has
made his home with his children. He
was a lifelong member of the Metho-
dist church, at Unionville, and a good
citizen.
He is survived by two sons and two
daughters, Mrs. Irwin, of Altoona;
Mrs. Lloyd Spotts and Harry Hall, of
Unionville, and M. E. Hall, of Juni-
ata. He also leaves four brothers and
two sisters, Charles, Miles, Aaron and
John Hall, and Mrs. Mattie Resides,
of Unionville, and Mrs. Mary Cald-
well, of Curtin.
Funeral services were held at the
Irwin home, in Altoona, on Thursday
evening, and on Friday the remains
were taken to the Harry Hall home, at
Unionville, where final services were
held on Saturday afternoon, burial be-
ing made in the Unionville cemetery.
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BARNES.—Mrs. Eliza Barnes,
widow of the late Howard I. Barnes,
passed away at her home on east
High street, about eight o’clock on
Monday morning, following two
month’s illness
of diseases.
and Sallie Stimmel and was born at
Port Royal, Perry county, on De-
cember 28th, 1849, hence was al-
most 79 years old.
Barnes in 1872 and the early years
of their married life were spent at
Pleasant Gap. The family moved to
years ago and this had been her home
ever since. She was a charter mem-
ber of the White Shrine and the oldest
member of the Bellefonte chapter of
the Eastern Star.
Her husband died in 1900 but sur-
viving her are the following children:
Homer P. Barnes, of Bellefonte; Har-
ry, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Daisy Hen-
derson, at home; Charles, of Keota,
Iowa, and Chester, at Sheffield, Pa.
Funeral services were held at her |
late home at two o’clock yesterday |
afternoon by Rev. W. C. Thompson,
interment being made in the Union
cemetery. :
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KLINE.—Following an illness of
several years with an affection of the
heart George Henry Kline died at his
home at State College, on Wednesday
of last week. 5
He was a son of George and Eliza-
i beth Houtz Kline and was born in
College township on August 25th,
1853, being aged 75 years, 2 months
and 19 days. His wife, who prior {o
her marriage was Miss Anna Fulton,
died three years ago but surviving him
are one daughter, Mrs. Edward S.
Erb, of State College, with whom he
made his home, and the following
i brothers and sisters: John A. Kline,
of Centre Hall; Simon L., of Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio; C. H. and William, of
State College; James O., of Philips-
i burg; Mrs. Mary Bohn, of Oak Hall;
Mrs. Lizzie Weibly, of Altoona, and
Miss Annie Kline, of Scranton. He
was a member of the Methodigt
church and the I. O. O. F.
Rev. Mackie had charge of the fun-
eral services which were held at 2:30
o’clock on Saturday afternoon, burial
being made in the Pine Hall cemetery.
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DAWSON.—Mrs. Susan Dawson,
widow of the late Isaac Dawson, died
at her home on Halfmoon hill, on
Saturday, following an illness of two
weeks. y
She was a daughter of Jesse and
Martha Fulton and was born in Col-
lege township on November 8th, 1846,
hence was 82 years and 9 days old.
She married Mr. Dawson on Novem-
ber 27th, 1866, and all their married .
life was spent in Bellefonte. Her
husband died seventeen years ago and
one son, Jesse Dawson, also preceded
her to the grave, but surviving her .
are three sons, John, of Bellefonte,
William and Frank Dawson, of Al-
toona. She also leaves eleven grand-
children and ten great grand-children.
She had been a member of the
county, on April |
with a complication |
She was a daughter of Benjamin
She married Mr, :
Bellefonte, however, forty or more |
Everybody is invited to make use of it to
express whatever opinion they muy have
ton any subjeet. Nothing libelous will be
i published, though we will give the public
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tributions will be signed or initialed, as
the contributor may desire.—ED.
New Smyrna, Florida.
To the Editor of the Watchman:
in the year 1513. He named it “River
of the Four Crosses” for there the
Indian river meets the Halifax and
the Atlantic ocean.
The place for peace, for happiness,
ure is here in this section of Florida,
| where one escapes the dirt and tu-
| mult of cities and finds such home-
| like atmosphere as The Ocean House
(in which I am staying affords. To
! me it all seems the key that opens the
i door of paradise.
{ In such surroundings the air is pure
!
and exhilerating. The scent of flow-
lers, the soft twittering of the birds,
i the lulling breezes soothe the jaded
| nerves.
i The damp, fragrant soil seems
! charged with some magic touch-stone
I that produces so prolifically that
* Jack’s famous bean stock and Cinder-
.ella’s pumpkin coach must have had
. their origin here.
' to be the quest for vacation lands that
‘ charted for those who seek rest and
| recreation. Here in our own America
rare more of these elysian spots than
are to be found any where else on the
globe. Because of the nomadic spirit
of we Americans the country has been
cross-sectioned with highways lead-
ing to vacation lands where millions
have been spent to charm them. Not-
withstanding that fabulous sums are
i spent in foreign travel by our tour-
ists they are coming to know, year by
. year, that foreign lands have noth-
ling to offer that is comparable with
what they are finding at their own
front doors.
i At this season of the year, when MH
the air is crisp and cold in the north, ‘ §
{when snow is beginning to fly up
i there and furnaces have to be stoked,
i more faces are turned toward the
' Southland and the urge to be on the
way becomes irresistible. :
From the Canadian border to the .
Gulf coast of Florida are great na-
tional highways on which thousands
will come to the land of the rising
{sun to spend the winter months. Let
me say to them and others, as well,
that in no place can they live more
comfortably and be happier than
right here at New Smyrna. In no
part of this great Commonwealth, &
with its wealth of natural beauty and
resources, is there more to interest
one than here. Here, where fruits
"and vegetables don’t come from cold B
storage houses and cans, i
The orange and citrus fruit devel-
opment in Florida is amazing. Thous-
ands of newly planted acres attest
the growing demand. Only yesterday
they were looking on an eighteen mil-
lion box production as something to
be desired. Today, they are predict-
ing forty-five million boxes for next
year. The value of the crop this year
is $51,424,100, at $1.34 a box of three
hundred, and rising. The net profit
of the crops from 1910 to 1927 have
been $585,162,000. The total acreage
to citrus fruits is 314,668 and they
grow 22,026,715 trees. Production
cost per box on the tree is as follows.
Oranges 72 cts, grape fruit 54 ects,
tangerines 61 cts. Picking, hauling,
all packing house charges, selling, ad-
vertising and other overhead average
e2bout $1.30 per box. :
Young farmers of Pennsylvania
come to Florida. Buy a farm here
while land is cheap. It will pay won-
derful dividends some time—and that
day might not be as far off as some
would say.
A GUEST OF THE OCEAN HOUSE.
New Smyrna, Fla., Nov. 7, 1928.
The End of the Orange Episode.
Lake Helen, Fla.
Nove. 12, 1928.
The Democratic Watchman,
Bellefonte, Pa.
Dear Sir:
I am sending you today a small
box of Satsuma oranges, they are not
large, but think they will make up in
quality. They are not grown very ex-
tensively, as the tangarine orange is
the best for shipping, they come much
later. I surely do sympathize will
a,
ing very willing to share that which
you do not have your self.
I hope this is only temporary,
and, that your Democracy will be
your controlling influence when those
. Florida oranges arrive.
This column is to be an open forum. am going to share it with you. :
a post-election editorial the twenty- |
six Scripps-Howard papers, all pro-
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Ponce De Leon, in his serach for to lose, and I will
the elixir of life, was right when he guesses, no more, to
said he found it when he landed in guess of the three I
the harbor of New Smyrna, Florida, .
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‘principal of the
health, content, rest and genuine leis- '
I have found some comfort and 1
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Hoover, have this to say: “We believe
; the widest latitude in invective when the the barnacles that attached themselves
to Hoover’s candidacy during the cam-
paign will be scraped off.”
Is it not a comfort to know that
you are not one of the “barnacles”
that will have to be scraped off?
have in mind three “barnacles” that
Hoover is going to South America
give you three
make a mental
have in mind.
Yours respectfully,
J. C. DUNLAP.
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——Dr. Charles Lose, formerly
schools of Philips-
burg, was elected a member of the
General Assembly from Lycoming
county at the recent election. Since
losing his eye-sight Dr. Lose has been
living at Montoursville. His election
will give to the State, for the first
time in its history, both a blind Mem-
ber of the House and a blind Senator.
The latter is Senator Henry F. Lanius,
of York county, who was also an edu-
cator before loss of sight forced his
retirement from teaching.
A meeting of the Christian En-
deavor society, of Centre county, will
be held in the Presbyterian church, at
State College, next Monday evening.
So intense, so widespread has come
the entire civilized world has been |
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THE CHURCHES ON SUNDAY.
BELLEFONTE M. E. CHURCH.
Corner Spring & Howard Streets.
i 9:30 A. M. Sunday School.
| 10.45 A. M. Morning Worship, Ser-
mon Subject, “False Phophets and
Church Levity Denounced.”
6:30 P. M. Epworth League,
7:30 P. M. Evening Worship, Ser-
mon Text, “Jeremiah 6:16, “Ask For
The Old Paths.”
REV. HOMER C. KNOX, Pastor
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ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
9:30 A. M. Bible School. 10:45 A.
M. Morning Service; Sermon: “An.
Unworthy Love.” 7:30 P. M.—Even-
ing Service; Sermon: “Father, We
Thank Thee.”
i CLARENCE E. ARNOLD, Pastor.
| EVANGELICAL CHURCH,
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Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.; morn-
ing worship, 10:30; evening services,
7:30 p. m,
This is our semi-annual rally day.
Rev. S. E. Koontz, of Lewistown, will
be the speaker of the day. We are
: counting on the members and friends:
of our church to join in making this
a great day. A cordial welcome awaits:
you.
Rev. Koontz will preach at Hub-
_lersburg at 2.30 p. m.
Rev. 8. S. MUMEY, Pastor.
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Austria, Hungary, 63 years ago. She | United Brethren church all her life
married Mr. Saylor in Centre county 2nd Rev. William Snyder had charge
and he survives with the following Of the funeral services, which were
children: Mary and Fred, at home; held on Monday afternoon, burial be-
Mrs. Harry E. Dunlap, Andrew and |
Philip, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Elmer
Bertschey, of Wheeling, W. Va. She
also leaves one brother, Andrew La- |
kor, of Ebensburg. Funeral services '
will be held in St. John’s Catholic
church at ten o’clock tomorrow morn- |
ing, burial to be made in the Catholic |
cemetery.
Mrs. Saylor was essentially a home
woman; her life having been devoted
to the idea that a happy home pays |
large dividends in the character of the
children raised therein and her de-
votion was not in vain.
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BELL.—Mrs. Martha Archey Bell, |
widow of Thomas Bell, died at her!
home in Huntingdon county, on Mon-
day of last week, following several
year’s illness as the result of a stroke
of paralysis. She was a daughter of
John and Elizabeth Emerick Archey
and was born at Pine Grove Mills on
January 20th, 1862, hence was in her
67th year. Her husband died last
March but surviving her are eight
children and two brothers. Burial was
made at Mooresville on Wednesday of |
last week.
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WEAVER.—Mrs. Maggie R. Weav- |
er, wife of Daniel Weaver, died at her |
home at State College, on Tuesday of
last week, after several years illness
with heart trouble. She was a daugh-
ter of William and Lega Shuey Wolf
and was born at Boalsburg on No- |
vember 10th, 1861, hence had reached i
the age of 67 years and 3 days. She !
was a member of the Lutheran church
all her life. Three children preceded |
ther to the grave and her only sur-'
vivors are her husband and one grand- |
daughter. Rev. J. F. Harkins had |
charge of the funeral services which |
were held at two o’clock on Friday
afternoon, burial being made in the
Boalsburg cemetery.
——The directors of the Centre:
i County Association, in Philadelphia, |
held a meeting on Monday, in the of- |
fice of William S. Furst Esq., in that
city, and decided to hold their annual i
mid-winter dinner at the Bellevue- |
Stratford hotel on Thursday evening, '
February 7th, 1929. It will be the |
25th annual affair.
, four years.
all of you for losing out at the elec-
tion, but I believe we will have a bet-
ter Democratic party than ever in
Soncerely,
ELIZABETH B. JAMES
The oranges arrived, were all that
Mrs. James promised they would be,
every hand in the office had his or
her share and all join the editor in this
expression of gratitude and admission
that the lady is a good sport.
Can You Guess the Barnacles?
Indiana, Pa., November 18, 1928
Editor Watchman,
Dear Sir:
When I read the issue of the
Watchman following the election 1
was surprised, and not a little dis-
appointed, at your meek (not Meek)
attitude in the face of our party’s
temporary defeat, and I was tempted
to write to and give you a prodding.
However, I am glad that I did not;
for had I done so, no doubt, I would
not have had my vanity tickled, as
it was when I read last week’s issue
of the Watchman, and found that you
had included in the same paraglarh
my name and that of Governor John
Fisher.
In the paragraph referred to you
exhibit a very socialistic trend by be-
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