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Bellefonte, Pa., February 1, 1929.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
F. W. Warner Jr., of Philips-
burg, a student at The Pennsylvania
State College, has won one of the
John W. White scholarships at that
institution.
— The weather of the past week
has been more seasonable and win-
ter-like, and it is highly probable
that we will all get enough of it e-
fore the bluebirds come again.
~The Logan fire company was
called down to Milesburg, yesterday
morning by a slight fire on the roof
of the Milesburg hotel, but it was ex-
tinguished before much damage was
done.
— The women of the Presbyter-
jan Missionary Auxiliary will hold a
food sale in the Variety Shop on Sat-
urday, February 2nd, beginning at 2
Dm Al kinds of home-made pies,
cakes, etc., will be on sale.
—Bishop Hughes, who will give his
stirring lecture on “The Biography
of a Boy,” here on Monday evening,
March 4th, will broadcast from sta-
tion WENR, Chicago, on Sunday ev-
ening next at 9:30 o'clock eastern
standard time.
— Burgess Hard P. Harris has
not yet put his seal of approval on
the voluminous milk ordinance pass-
ed at the last meeting of borough
council, but will likely approve it,
since no good purpose would be serv-
ed by failure to do so.
Ernest Leitsch, of Lock Hav-
en, arrested in that city last week on
the charge of stealing one hundred
chickens from the coop of William
Yearick, at Jacksonville, was this
week turned over to Centre county
authorities and will be tried at the
February term of court.
Dr. William J. Lentz, pro-
fessor of veterinary anatomy and
director of the small animal clinic cf
the University of Pennsylvania, will
lecture before the Mahoning Valley
veterinary club, at Tyrone, on Feb-
ruary 5. Veterinarians of all of the
central counties of the State will he
there.
—The Catholic Daughters of
America, will give a sauer-kraut
dinner in their club room, in the Ly-
on building, Wednesday of next week,
served from 12 until one o'clock.
Dumplings, mashed potatoes and ev-
erything good, that is usually served
with a sauer-kraut dinner, will be in-
cluded. Price 65 cents.
Daniel LeRoy Snavely, an in-
mate of the psychopathic ward for
the criminal insane at Rockview pen-
itentiary, eluded the watchfulness of
the guards, about 10:30 o'clock on
Tuesday morning, and made his es-
cape. He was found about two
o'clock within the prison grounds
and not far from the prison build-
ings. The man was suffering consid-
erably from cold and exposure.
Snavely was sent up from Blair coun-
ty for five to ten years for an attack
on a crippled child. :
——J. O. Brewer, registrar of vital
statistics, ,has record of thirty-nine
deaths which occurred during the
month of January in his district,
which includes Bellefonte borough,
Benner and Spring townships. This
is the largest number ever recorded
since 1906, the year the registration
law went into effect. The next high-
est record was during the flu epidem-
jc of 1918 when there were thirty-
eight deaths. Of course the number
last month included the five men
electrocuted at Rockview - Peniten-
tiary.
— Lovers of the light fantastic
are requested to bear in mind the
Academy football dance, which will
be held in the pavilion at Hecla park
on Friday evening, February 8th. So
far there have been comparatively
few dances this winter and this will
afford an opportunity for real enjoy-
ment. The dance will not be cofined to
Academy students, and as no invita-
tions will be issued anyone desiring
to do so can attend. Good music
is guaranteed. Ladies unaccompa-
nied by a partner and who wish to
watch the dance will be admitted
free.
—-——Ladies and gentlemen are
again urged to go to the armory this
(Friday) evening and see the Acad-
emy boxers in a return bout with the
fistic battlers of Cook Academy, of
Monroe Falls, N. Y. The latter de-
feated the Academy on their home
floor but the Bellefonte boys hope to
return the compliment tonight. Last
Friday evening they defeated the
Coal Township High school team,
from Shamokin, 5 to 2, and are now
in better shape for Cook Academy.
In the visitor's team will be Halaiko,
the great Hawaiian boxer. The bout
will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock.
——The hard crust on the snow,
which fell last week, will be hard on
the game birds in the woods, as they
will be unable to get at their natural
feed on the ground. The only means
of sustenance they will have is from
buds on the trees and underbrush, if
they can find any. Inasmuch as it
is uncertain how long the snow may
lie on the ground it would be a hu-
mane act if sportsmen’s asociations
and farmers living near woodlands
inhabited by the birds would put out
feed for them. So far there is no oc-
casion to worry about the deer, they
will be able to take care of them-
selves.
| even school children,
passing along the state road over-
| head.
BIG FIRE AT SPRING MILLS
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
State College Also Had Disastrous
Fire Tuesday Morning.
The village of Spring Mills had a
big tire, at an early hour on Tuesday
morning, which completely destroyed
two stores, one dwelling house, the
top of another house and caused
damage to adjoining properties. The
properties destroyed were the shoe
store of Charles A. Krape, the store
and dwelling of J. H. Rishel, and a
portion of the farm house of Harry
Allison. Most of the window glass
in the John Rossman home and one
or two other nearby properties were
broken by the intense heat, while the
main lines of the Bell Telephone com-
pany were burned off completely sev-
ering all telephone communication
with that part of the county.
The fire started in the basement of
Krape's shoe store, but the nature of
its origin is unknown. It was discov-
ered by Mrs. John Rossman, who
lives nearby, just as the flames were
eating through the floor into the
main storeroom. She wakened her
husband and he gave the alarm. By
that time the flames had spread
throughout the store and it was at
once apparent that a bucket brigade
would not be adequate to fight the
fire. Mr. Rossman then telephoned
to Bellefonte for help and the Lo-
gans responded making the run down
in 38 minutes. It took only a few
minutes to put two streams into
service but by that time the fire had
gained such headway that the Krape
and Rishel buildings were doomed
but the Harry Allison home was sav-
ed from complete destruction, not-
withstanding the fact that the roof
and upper portion were burned. The
firemen also prevented the flames
from spreading to other buildings.
Mr. Krape's loss on his building
and stock has been estimated at
from $5000 to $6000. Mr. Rishel’s
loss is placed at about $18,000, while
the Harry Allison home was damag-
ed to the extent of $2,000. All of
them were insured but to what
amount could not be ascertained.
The loss on other damaged properties
was only nominal.
The Bellefonte firemen remained on
the scene for two hours and a half,
pouring water on the ruins until they
were thoroughly saturated. And
when they were through a number of
Spring Mills men helped them roll up
and load their frozen hose, an act
that was much appreciated by the
chilled firemen.
ANOTHER FIRE AT STATE COLLEGE.
About nine o'clock on Tuesday
morning fire was discovered in the
Penn State cafe, at State College,
which is located in the Gentzel build-
ing, and though the firemen were
able to save the building after aimost
two hours of strenuous work, the in-
terior was badly burned and the cafe
as well as The Vogue Shop, also lo-
cated in the building, was almost com-
pletely ruined. Above the business
places were four apartments and
these were badly damaged by fire,
smoke and water. A mother and
several days old baby had to be re-
moved from one of the apartments.
L. L. Saltzer, a Freshman from
Sacramento, Cal.,, who roomed in the
building, was in class when the fire
started and on learning where it was
ran headlong to the scene and dashed
into the burning structure in an ef-
fort to save his belongings. He threw
most of his stuff out of the window
only to find that his escape by the
stairway. had been cut off by the
flames but he was rescued by the use
of a rope ladder.
The fire, which is the third in the
same building within ten years, start-
ed in the basement, but the cause is
undetermined. The exact loss could
not be obtained but it is partly cov-
ered by insurance.
Snow Stops Work On Ed Haupt’s
Veiled Lady Cavern.
The recent fall of snow, which is
deeper out through the county than
it is in Bellefonte, has stopped work
on G. Edward Haupt's “Veiled Lady
Cavern,” in Brush valley. The clean-
ing out of the main portion of the
cave has progressed to a considerable
distance and Mr. Haupt figures that
a spring flood might complete the
job.
About four hundred feet from the
entrance to the cave a fair siz&d
stream of water has been found. Be-
yond the stream and to a depth of
two thousand feet outside noises are
plainly audible. Automobiles, and
can be heard
Five large side caverns have
been opened up, several of them ex-
tending off of the main cavern for a
distance of 150 feet. There are pools
of water and wonderful rock forma-
tions.
Mr. Haupt recently purchased the
Alva Duck farm, just north of his
cavern, and the men on his two farms
will also take care of the cave.
———Reese Rhoads, an Altoona
trapper who spent a month in the
Snow Shoe region trapping fur bear-
ing animals, went home last Thurs-
day with the pelts of two wild cats,
seven foxes, two minks and two
weasels. The wild cats were unusu-
ally large and fine specimens. The
bounty alone on the above bag of
pelts will amount to about fifty dol-
lars, while the pelts, themselves, will
be worth at least twice that amount.
——
VERY REV. Wm. E. DOWNES
SIGNALLY HONORED.
Catholic churchmen of high and
low degree gathered in Bellefonte on
Wednesday to pay homage to Very
Reverend William EE. Downes, pastor
of St. John’s Catholic church, in cele-
bration of the twenty-fifth aniversary
of his ordination to the priesthood.
All told twenty-three gentlemen of
the cloth were present, including the
Right Reverend J. J. McCort, Bishop
of the Altoona diocese. In addition
quite a number of personal friends of
Father Downes were here from a dis-
tance.
High mass was celebrated in the
church at 10 o'clock in the morning,
which was attended by a large con-
gregation. At 12:30 Father Downes
entertained the visiting priests, fam-
ily cenections and visiting friends at
a dinner at his residence. The din-
ner was served by Mine Host
Landsy, of the Brockerhoff house,
and covers were laid for fifty-nine.
As a preliminary to the formal
celebration members of St. John's
parish gave Father Downes a sur-
prise reception in the Knights of Col-
umbus hall, on Tuesday evening. This
affair was largely attended, not only
by members of the church but per-
sonal friends of Father Downes from
other churches. During the evening
Thomas B. Hamilton, one of the old-
est members of St. John's parish,
presented him with a magnificent
bouquet. In the top of it was an en-
top of the bouquet was an enveinp2 |
velope addressed to the beloved pas-
tor but, if he saw it, he evinced no
curiosity as to the message it might
contain until some one suggested it
might be well to take a look at the
contents, which proved to be a check
for $913.00, the gift of his parishion-
ers, and realizing the true spirit of
such giving Father Downes was
much affected by the unexpected act
of kindness. Contributions have been
added since so that
gift had amounted to well over a
thousand dollars. While the recep-
tion was an informal affair it assum-
ed the atmosphere of a public cere-
monial when both the Hon. M. Ward
Fleming, Judge of the county Courts,
vesterday the |
RAEI
CENTRE COUNTY GIRL WINS
P. R. BR. Co. Buys County Lambs to
Convert Into Chops.
A Centre county girl, Miss Alice
grand champion of the 4-H lamb
cluh at the State farm products
show, in Harrisburg, last Thursday.
Her exhibition was a pen of wonder-
fully well fitted Southdowns.
Another Centre countian won the
grand championship on a pen of
Hampshires, the select group of this
hreed. Clarence Hoy, Bellefonte, was
the exhibitor.
By breeds the winning pens were
Foust, Centre Hall, first; Edward Bit-
ner, Centre Hall, second; Donald
! campbell, Pennsylvania Furnace,
i third; George Smith,
! sixth.
Hampshires—Clarence Hoy, Belle-
fonte; James Campbell, Pennsylvania
| Furnace; Harold Homan, State Col-
lege, and Lee Homan, State College,
in the order named.
Shropshires— Fred Luce, Centre
Hall; Alvin Shaw, Washington; Wil-
bur Shaw, Washington; Charles
| Harter, Nittany; Floyd Weight,
| Bellefonte, and James Martin, Wash-
ington.
| Dorsets— Luke Pasco, Hickory:
| Robert Vance, Burgettstown, ana
Howard Vance, Burgettstown.
In the Centre county round-up the
six showings were in the following
order: Alice Foust, Clarence Hoy,
Fred Luce, Edward Bitner, James
| Campbell.
Sixty-one head were shown by the
| nineteen exhibitors who divided a
prize fund of $200, contributed by
wool merchants, the Pennsylvania
Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers
| Association and prominent breeders
of the State.
| P. C. MacKenzie, superintendent of
livestock at the Pennsylvania State |
College, who judged the lambs shown
“by the boys and girls, declared the
exhibit the best ever presented at a
State show.
The sixty-one
lambs exhibited,
LAMB HONORS AT STATE SHOW. |
T'oust, of Centre Hall, was crowned
shown as follows: Southdowns: Alice |
Spring Mills, |
‘fourth; Florence Brooks, Centre Hall, |
| fifth, and Philip Smith, Spring Mills,
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i NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. Charles R. Kurtz, went to Buf-
falo a week ago, where she is visiting
relatives.
—Mr. and Mrs. Myron M. Cobb, had as
' week-end guests, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Ball,
of Clark's Summit, near Scranton.
—Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stover, left the
early part of last week for Florida where
they have spent their winter for a number
of years.
having gone over Wednesday, for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. A. C. Harper and
the family.
i —Mrs. J. Will Conley, who has been in
Pittsburgh and Alantic City, since leav-
ing here in the fall, returned to Bellefonte
this week.
| —Miss Mary H. Linn, a member of the
board of missions of the Huntingdon
: presbytery, attended an executive meet-
ing held in Tyrons, Tuesday.
—DMrs. George D. Green, of Lock Haven,
was in Bellefonte this week, having come
up Sunday for an over night visit, beinz
a house guest while here of Mrs, W. FI.
' Reynolds.
—Mizs Janet Potter, a ficld worker at
Polk, was home from Friday until Tues-
day, visiting with the family, most of
whom had been ill during the recent
epidemic of ‘fu’ in Bellefonte.
—DMpr. and Mrs. Irving Warner were up
, from Wilmington, Saturday, for the Amer-
ican Lim2 and Stone dinner given at the
Nittany Country club, for its officers and
| office employees, Saturday night, {or
; which seventy covers were laid.
| —Miss Margaret Stewart will go to
| Wilkes-Barre next week, for a visit with
brother, Dr. Walter Stewart and
friends there, with no definite plans as
to when she will return to Bellefonte.
her
|
| —DMiss
Daise Xeichline went over to
| Huntingdon, Saturday, to be with her
brother, Dr. John ZXeichline's family,
i that Mrs. Keichline might devote more
| time to her mother, who is critically ili
at the Keichline home.
|
{| —Howard Struble, of Zion, and his sis-
| their annual trip to Florida, where they,
| according to custom, will spend the late
i winter. Indeilnite plans had included Dr
, and Mrs. Schmidt, of Philadelphia, in the
drive scuth. *
—The Ceorge Young family have rent-
j ed their new home on west Lamb street
jand gone to Pleasant Gap to live, Mr.
| Young having taken over a barber shop
in that place, last fall, Mrs. Young with
| their two children joined him there
and Hardman P. Harris, burgess of most of which were from Centre shortly after Christmas.
the town, addressed the gathering
and conveyed expressions of general
felicitation.
Pr smd. on
en Apert ee
Fleming Reversed in Laura
Wright Case.
Judge
Among decisions handed down by
the Superior court, the latter part of
last week, was that in the case of |
Laura Wright against Bellefonte
borough, in which the decision of
Judge Fleming was reversed and the
verdict of a Centre county jury
awarding the plaintiff $2500 damages |
for injuries sustained in a fall on am
icy pavement sustained.
Readers of the Watchman will re-
call that two years ago, while on her
way down Bishop street, Miss Wright
slipped and fell on the ice on the
pavement in front of the Mrs. Charles
Smith home.
she sustained injuries which prevent-
ed her working for some time and lat-
er brought an action for damages
against Bellefonte borough through
her attorneys, Orvis, Zerby & Dale.
The case was tried at the February
term of court, 1928, Spangler
Walker representing the borough. At
that time the jury returned a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff for $2500.
A motion was promptly made for
a new trial and in due time the case
was argued.
handed down his decision in which he
stated that the verdict was not war-
ranted by the evidence and he de-
cided in favor of the borough by set- |
ting aside the verdict of the jury.
Miss Wright's attorneys
appealed the case to the
prompt!y
Superior
court and the decision of that tribun-
al, last week, reverses the judgment
of the learned court of Centre coun- |
ty and orders the verdict to stand as
rendered by the jury. Just what ac-
tion will now be taken remains to be
seen. :
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———James S. Meyer,
and Mrs. Harry N. Meyer, of Belle-
fonte, who since his graduation at
State College two years ago has been
with the American LaFrance Engi-
neering company, at Elmira, N. Y.,
has accepted a position with the
American Cyanamid company, af
Warners, N. J. The
started the manufacture of a new
heat treating (carbonizing) product,
and a large portion of James’ work
for the present will be on the road,
installing and demonstrating the pro- :
duct. When not on the road he will
devote his time to research work in
the technical laboratory.
me etree Qe eee.
—— Announcements were received
in Bellefonte this week, of the mar-
riage of Mrs. Marjorie Blakeley Hoy
and Albert Daniel Beers, which took
place at Chester,” Penna. Monday,
December thirty-first. Mrs. Beers
was formerly Mrs. Albert Hoy and |
well known in Bellefonte, through
her frequent visits here with Mr.
Hoy's sisters, the Misses Anna and
Mary Hoy and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds.
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— The ladies auxiliary of the
Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. will meet in
the association buildinz Monday
evening at seven-thirly. In addition
to consideration of the regular busi-
ness of the auxiliary the ladies will
listen to an address by physical di-
rector Singer.
According to her claim '
& |
son of Mr.
company has ;
county, were sold on Friday,
netted for their
and
owners a total of
| head. Forty-three of the lambs were
"exhibited by thirteen Centre county
| boys and girls, and assuming that
they received the average price they
. came home with over a thousand dol-
lars, including their prize money.
In this connection it might be said
i that the lambs exhibited by Clarence
Hoy, of Bellefonte; James Campbell,
j of Pennsylvania Furnace; Philip
| Smith, of Spring Mills; Florence
Brooks, of Centre Hall, and Harold
| Homan, State College, were all pur-
! chased at auction by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company to convert into
blue ribbon meat for serving in the
dining cars of the crack Broadway
Limited and other trains on that line.
In the Hoy pen there were four lambs
, which weighed a total of 484 pounds.
. The three lambs in the James Camp-
bell pen weighed 348 pounds. The
railroad company also bought some
of the prize steers exhibited at the
show.
H. E. Hennigh, of Spring Mills,
was one of the prize winners at the
show for his exhibition of white Ply-
mouth Rock chickens. and Beiber
'Rishel and Guy Beahm, hoth of
| Spring Mills, took third and fourth
prizes respectively on their exhibits
of white-capped yellow dent corns.
Later Judge Fleming ,
Vocational Course Established in the
Boalsburg High School.
A request of the Boalsburg school
al agriculture in connection with
ed by the State Department of Ed-
ucation and the course was establish-
ed at the beginning of the second
semester, on Monday of last week.
' All pupils will continue their aca-
demic work as started and in addi-
tion the boys will have a half day in
agriculture each day.
Edwin Dale, who for four years
was teacher of agriculture in the
Gregg township vocational school at
Spring Mills, has been elected super-
visor of agriculture. He is well fitted
for the position and under his in-
struction the department should
“make rapid progress.
|
i ——Governor Fisher, last Thurs-
!
|
day, appointed Attorney General
{ Thomas J. Baldridge, of Blair county,
| as a member of the Superior court
to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
l cent death of Judge John J. Hender-
{son, of Pittsburgh. At the same
| time Hon. Cyrus E. Woods, of Greens-
| burg, was named as Attorney Gener-
'al to succeed Judge Baldridge in the
| Fisher cabinet. A cabinet position
! will be nothing anew to Mr. Woods, as
he was Secretary of the Common-
| wealth under Governor Martin Bram-
. baugh.
A i
— The Ladies Auxiliary of the
| Centre County hospital held a meet-
ing at the hospital, on Monday, and
| elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Miss Mary
! Blanchard; first vice president, Mrs.
J. Laird Holmes; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Jacob Hoy; secretary, Mrs.
W. Harrison Walker; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Charles Kurtz; treas-
urer, Miss Margaret Stewart. Mem-
bers of the auxiliary were entertain-
ed at dinner by manager Brown.
*
1 $1373.80, or an average of $22.89 a
poard for a department of vocation- :
their High school was recently. grani-
—Those from out of town, who were
; here Monday, for the fnueral of Mrs.
Frank McCoy, included her niece and
nephews, Miss Mabel Allison, of Spring
Mills; Charles Allison, of Toronto, Cana-
da; William and Frank Allison, of New
York City, and Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Kelly,
of Greer, W. Va.,, and Mrs. David Meyer,
of Tyrone.
—Leo J. Toner, having with him his
| small daughter, arrived here Tuesday,
from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, for a visit
back home with Mr. Toner's mother, Mrs.
James Toner, Since leaving Bellefonte,
Leo, who was formerly manager of tha
, Scenic and State theatre, of Bellefonte,
i has been in charge of a theatre in Cuy-
ahoga Falla.
—Louise Harris Hoy, the younger
daughter of Mrs. Albert Daniel Beers and
| the late Albert C. Hoy, is with her aunts,
| the Misses Anna and Mary Hoy for an
| indefinite time, expecting to be in Belle-
| fonte, until her mother returns from a
| trip abroad. Louise was brought here
| from Chester a week ago, by her cousin,
{ Robert Bartholomew, who was here only
ji a very short time.
{ —Mrs. Jenks came up from Philadei-
| phia, Tuesday, called to Bellefonte by the
i serious illness of ner mother, Mrs. George
i Lose, who was found unconscious in bed
{ Tuesday morning, at the home of Wil-
| liam T. Kelly, suffering from general
i paralysis. Mrs, Jenks had been here hut
ja short time ago, for a visit with her
| mother and sister, Boyer, whose
guest she has been since her retura
Bellefonte, Tuesday.
Apa
Lars,
—Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Campbell, of
Linden Hall, who are koth at Bingham-
ton, N. Y., were taken there by their
daughter, Mrs. Kelley, two wezsks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had both been
so ill, that it was necessary for neigh-
| bors to look after them and in as much
{as Mrs. Kelley could not leave her fam-
ily to come to them, she and Mr. Kelley
| drove to Linden Hall, and took them to
i their home in Binghampton.
—Robert C. Meyer and young son, of
i Altoona, were among the Watchman of-
| fice visitors on Saturday, having come tc
| Bellefonte on the 1:20 p. m. train and re-
{ turned home on the 3.08. As one of a
{ party among whom were N. E. Hess, of
| State College; his brother, J. W. Hess,
{of Altoona, and several other Mountain
City sportsmen, Mr. Meyer returned home
on Friday irom Boston, where the entire
party attended the New England sports-
| men’s show. They also visited other
places of interest in the New England
States. Mr. Meyer, by the way, is a son
of the late Philip D. Meyer, of Centre
fall, a former commisioner of Centre
county.
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— The Watchman is in receipt of
an invitation to attend the silver anni-
versary banquet of the Centre Coun-
ty Association of Philadelphia, whicn
will be held at the Bellevue-Stratford
hotel Thursday evening, February
7th. It is with regret that we are
compelled to confess inability to at-
tend, as a most enticing program is
offered, starting with dinner at 7
o'clock. After the eats a feast of
good things in the way of speeches,
vocal and instrumental music, danc-
ing and games, is promised. And
Centre countians who happen to be
in Philadephia that evening will pe
made welcome at the banquet.
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Toner A. Hugg, deputy collec-
tor of internal revenue, announces
that he will sit at the court house,
Bellefonte, for the purpose of impart-
ing information to income taxpayers
and receiving returns, for four days,
during the latter part of February or
beginning of March. The exact dates
will be announced later.
Mrs. Violet B. Morris is in New York, |
. ter, Miss Mary are leaving this week, on!
| “oLD MAIN” AT STATE
TO BE ENTIRELY REBUILT.
|
i
Decision of college trustees to com-
| pletely tear down “Old Main” and re-
build with the weathered limestone
of the 70-year old structure has been
} announced by Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel,
‘ president of Pennsylvania State col-
loge,
| Preliminary plans of the college
! architect, Charles Z. Klauder, Phila-
: delphia, for the reconstruction of the
; condemned and now almost empty
| structure, have been approved by
trustees, and working plans are be-
ing drawn up. It has been found in-
advisable to attempt reconstruction
of the ancient land-mark through in-
, terior reinforcement of the present
walls. They have many gaping
cracks due to foundation settlings,
and entire reconstruction along lines
of the old building will be necessary.
Considerable sentiment is attached
to the old building and retention of
its general lines and a 150-foot high
clock tower will keep it the most nut-
standing land-mark in this entire
section of the Nittany Valley. 1t
some years ago passed oul of the
| picture as a men’s dormitory, and
the rebuilt Old Main will econ the
| center of student activities and the
| college administration. Spacious
j lounges, student union hendquarters,
student publication and other activie
ties room, large lobby, cafeteria,
health service dispensary, campus so-
cieties meeting room, religious ac-
tivities center and theatrical rehears-
al hall are some of the features plan-
ned for the reconstructed building.
All but the first two floors of the
present building have been vacated.
Funds for the reconstruction will Le
provided partly by state appropria-
tion and through pledges to the col-
lege emergency building fund of
1922-23. It is expected that the re-
construction work will be started
after commencement in June, when
space can be provided elsewhere on
the campus for the administrative
offices still housed in the building.
Trustees have also let the contract
for a new dormitory for men to bz a
duplicate of the present Watts hall.
Grading Work On Bellefonte Central
Nearing Completion.
To date about four miles and a half
of the connecting link of the Belie-
fonte Central railroad, in College and
Ferguson townships, have heen com-
pleted, but the snow, cold weather
and frozen ground will prevent the
laying of ties and rails. The contrac-
tor is still at work on grading the
incompleted portion and this work
will probably be finished by the time
the weather settles in the spring
sufficient to start laying track.
A temporary track was laid from
Struble station west to the public
road where an overhead bridge is be-
ing built. This bridge is now far ad-
vanced and will also be completed in
time to prevent any delay when it
comes to laying track. All the ties
and rails are on hand and the lay-
ing of the track, once started, will be
pushed as fast as possible. As it
looks now the road will be completed
in time for hauling material to State
College when the building boom
starts there during the summer.
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Red Cross Meeting.
A meeting of the Bellefonte chap-
ter American Red Cross will be held
in the W. C. T. U. room, in Petriken
hall, on Thursday afternoon, Febru-
ary Tth, at 4 o'clock. Miss Wood,
field representative of Harrisburg,
will be present and make an address.
Election of officers and other busi-
ness to transact. A good turnout is
desired.
HARD P. HARRIS, Pres.
On account of prolonged ill-
ness in the James Craig family, on
west Curtin street, the little school
originated and conducted by Mrs.
Craig, whose pupils included the
youngest members of many of the
families in that part of town, has
been temporarily moved to the
Charles Hughes home and is in
charge of Miss Virginia Hughes. Miss
Hughes has been assisting Mrs. Craig
in her work, and will continue the
school until Mrs. Craig is able to re-
sume charge.
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——The Bellefonte Woman's club
met in the High school auditorium,
Monday evening. Mrs. Broyles, of
State College, was the scheduled
speaker and gave a most interesting
talk on the problems of “World
Peace.” The attendance was not
nearly as large as it would have been
had there not been so much sickness
in the town.
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Mrs. Harrison Kline and Mrs.
George Lose are both seriously ill,
Mrs. Kline at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clark Carson and Mrs. Lose
at the home of William T. Kelly,
where she has lived since before th=2
death of Mr. Kelly’s mother, a num-
ber of years ago.
Contributions to the Bellefonte
armory site now total $2422.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
WHE: .iioiiisi ini imam 31.40
COP ionising aes .90
Oats 50
Rye 1.10
Barley: |... aden 80
BucRWNHeEDt |... nnn canarias 90