Bemorcaic Wald " Bellefonte, Pa., March 15, 1929. er ‘NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. © ___The Undine Fire company will hold its annual St. Patrick’s day ban- quet Monday evening, March 18. ——Due, presumably, © to the in- fluenza epidemic the infant mortality rate in Pennsylvania increased dur- ing 1928. Tt is rumored that Roy Clem- ents, of Bellefonte, has purchased the Millheim Inn, and will take charge in the near future. ; Thomas Fleming has reopened his shoe repair shop, on west High street, which has been closed since December owing to Mr. Fleming's ill- ness. “ ____Herbert Heaton, alias Lloyd Klobe, of Centre Hall, was arrested, on Monday, by county detective Leo Boden on two charges, desertion from the army and forgery. ——Word has been received by the Dunlap family, that their sister, Mrs. Ramsey, of Altoona is now making a rapid recovery from her recent acute attack of pleurisy. ——The members of St. Mary's Guild of the Episcopal church wiil hold a food sale at the Variety Shop this (Saturday) afternoon, March 16th, beginning at 2 o'clock. — George Johnston, for the past six years an employee in the Potter- Hoy hardware store, has purchased the Charles Cupple general store, at Centre Hall, and will take charge to- day. ——Superintendent E. C. Musser, of the West Penn Power Co., who has been housed up the past month with a bad attack of rheumatism, is now on the mend and if his condition con- tinues to improve it will not be long until he will be able to be around as usual. ——The annual conference of the Central Pennsylvania Evangelical church closed at Wrightsville, York county, on Monday, with the announcement of the appointments. There are only three changes in Cen- tre county. Rev. C. H. Lover has been assigned to Bellefonte; Rev. L. W. Bartges to Rebersburg, and Rev. J. R. Schechterly to State College. — The Bellefonte banks have adopted a rule which they hope will help solve the past due note prob- lem. The failure to arrange paper when due has grown to such propor- tions that some action was necessary. Hereafter, they will enforce a service charge on all notes not arranged on or before the due date. This is a move in the interest of proper busi- ness methods. ——Norman Kirk, who for the past several years has given such great satisfaction in his work of rug weav- ing, chair caning and re-seating porch chairs, is now soliciting your patronage for this kind of spring work. Color schemes in the rug weaving will be given special atten- tion Mail or telephone orders will receive special attention and Norman will collect and deliver all work. Those who missed seeing and hearing “The Wolf of Wall St” at the Cathaum theatre, at State Col- lege, early in the week missed a very entertaining screen play. Today and tomorrow another, even better, if possible, is being shown there. - “In ©Old Arizona” is one of the real fea- ture films of the year and when shown by Cathaum’s superior sound @quipment it will be worth motoring far to see. : . ———Three Lock Haven women whose ages total 249 years, celebrat- ed their birthday anniversaries to- gether during the week. They are Mrs. Annie Lohssmer, aged 80; Mrs. Sarah Smith, 84, and Mrs. G. Watson Fredericks, 89. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Fredericks cooked the dinner for twenty-five relatives while Mrs. Lohssmer gave an exhibition of square dancing. All the ladies are in excellent health. : A belated birth announcement is that of Dolores Daly, the only chiid of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daly, of San Francisco, who was born there early in February. The baby’s mother be- fore her marriage eighteen months ago, was Miss Jeannette Cooke, of Bellefonte, whose childhood life was spent here. Mr. and Mrs. Daly went to the coast from Washington D. C,, last fall, intending to make their home in California. ——The special committee appoint- ed at the last meeting of borough council, in company with a commit- tee of the Undine fire company, made a trip to Danville and Northumber- land, early in the week, and inspected the new quadruple combination fire fighting apparatus owned by the fire departments of those cities. From all reports the joint committee was fav- orably impressed with the apparatus, especially the one at Danville. — “Forty Hour’s Devotion,” a seasonal service of prayer in Cath- olic churches all over the world, be- gan Sunday morning at ten o'clock and closed Tuesday evening at 7:30, with the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. During this very solemn gervice the ‘Sacrament’ is exposed from the celebration of the early mass at 5:30 in the morning to the close of the evening service and good Catholics visit the church as often as they ‘can during the “Forty Hours” for a period of devotion. WETZLER'S BAND ENTERTAINS PARENTS. Monday night will be remembered as an epoch making one in the his- | tory of Wetzler's juvenile band of Milesburg and Bellefonte. The or- ganization turned out to the number of 101 to entertain their parents and friends in the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. It was really a pre-hearing of the repertoire which #Mr. Wetzler and his youthful musicians have been pre- paring, during the winter months, for the concerts they might be en- gaged to play during the coming season. While it was natural that it should be gwen to only the par- ents and other friends most intimate- ly interested there were other rea- sons for its not having been made the occasion of a public gathering. In the first place the Y gym was comfortably filled as it was. In the second, the hundred per cent. turn out of members and friends afforded the opportunity of having a business meeting with full representation. The performance of the band was, indeed a surprise. Considering that many of its members are only sev- en years old and that it was gotten together for the first time in October, 1927, and made its first appearance only last Memorial day there was real season for surprise. The best school teachers in the land have dif- ficulty making little folks do more than learn their letters in one year— and they have them for six hour stretches five days a week. Here were numbers of them, scarcely out of the primary grades, playing Grade III music and doing it well. Their sensitiveness to the director’s baton was so acute as to give us the im- pression that Mr. Wetzler is nothing more nor less than a modern “Pied Piper of Hamlin.” Their attack was forceful, pianissimo movements were smooth and nicely sustained ‘and cres- cendos and diminuendos shaded quite effectively. We don’t know how their parents reacted to it. If they didn’t thrill with pride and pleasure they lost the sensation we got from it. At the completion of the first half of the program there were brief talks by Judge M. Ward Fleming, George R. Meek and Secretary Heineman of the Y. The speakers were introduced by Earl Hoffer who was substitut- ing for William Ridge, chairman of the committee on arrangements. The latter's associates on the committee were Harry Alters and Miss Ella Mil- ler, of Bellefonte; James Oswalt and Mrs. L. R. Woodring, of Milesburg, and Mrs. Eminhizer, of Coleville. After the final number on the pro- gram had been played the business meeting was held. Director Wetzler presided at the business meeting and read a financial statement which showed that the band has a small credit balance in two open accounts and $1800.00 in- vested against the day that we hope will be soon coming when it can build or permanently secure a hall large enough to accommodate it for rehears- als. The fact of the matter is that it has grown so large that it is dif- ficult to find a place with sufficient room to seat the organization in such a way as to afford the director prop- er audition. The matter of uniforming the band was then taken up. Naturally that is a problem, for with little fellows growing like bad weeds an outfit that would fit neatly in the spring would bust if they blew hard in the fall. : The difficulty was solved by Mr. Wetzler, himself, when he suggested capes. They are relatively inexpen- sive, give a good effect and are not easily out grown. Accordingly it was unanimously decided to clothe the band in navy blue over seas caps, with gold cording, a musician's wreath on one side in gold and the name “Wetzler’s” on the other. The capes are to be navy blue lined with gold cloth and the knickers navy- blue plus-fours. It does not take much of an im- agination to picture what the band will look like when it turns out in that regalia and a sensation is cer- tainly in store for the community when it makes its first public ap- pearance. a—————————————————— Interesting Questions Ably Discussed by Kiwanians. The Kiwanians had a very lively and interesting time on Tuesday. The meeting was in charge of the com- mittee on Kiwanis education. J. R. Hughes acted as chairman and gave a brief talk on the relation of educa- tion and Christianity to success in professional and business life. He al- so emphasized the fact that educa- tional standards and requirements are increasing so rapidly that noth- ing less than our best efforts can properly prepare our young people for their future positions. Arthur Sloop made a short address on “The Meaning pf Citizenship.” The keynote of his talk was, that real citizenship begins when leader- ship is transferred from the hands of Kings to the hands of the people. Among the visitors were the fol- lowing persons:—Messrs. A. C. Graz- ier, of State College, and the three county auditors, Robert Musser, of Spring Mills; Samuel B. Holter, of Howard, and O. J. Stover, of Blanch- ard. The meeting adjourned to meet next Tuesday night, when the la- dies will be invited to join them. ‘on July 28th, 1927. | a short distance to the town where | you. Here is the opportunity to have . cause as well. | CONCLUDING CASES TRIED IN FEBRUARY COURT. When the Watchman went to press, last week, the case on trial in com- mon pleas court was that of Harry Resides vs. J. D. Neidigh and M. W. Neidigh, trading and doing business as Neidigh Bros., an action in tres- pass to recover alleged damages as the result of a collision between plaintiff's taxi and defendant's truck The accident happened at or about the intersection of south’ Allen street and Hamilton avenue, State College. The jury re- turned a verdict for the defendant. Jennie L. Burt vs. J. W. Henszev. This case was from State College and was the result of the purchase of a lot by the plaintiff from the defend- ant, and misunderstanding as to com- pliance with covenants in the deed and agreement by the defendant to repurchase the lot from the plaintiff. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1400, without interest, being the price alleged by the plaintiff that de- fendant had agreed to pay. Plummer Flick vs. C. J. Decker, trading and doing business as Decker Chevrolet company, an action in re- plevin to recover possession of a-Pon- tiac automobile, alleged to have been given as part pay on the purchase of a new automobile. At the close of the plaintiff's testimony defendant made a motion for a compulsory non-suit, which was granted. On Thursday Judge Marion D. Pat- terson, of Blair countv, presided over the case of S. D. Stine Inc. vs. Stine Coal Mining company, being an ac- tion to recover an alleged balance on a hoist. Verdict in favor of the plain- | tiff for $1059.84. The following cases were continu- ed: W. G. Carr vs. Thomas Reid. Bs- ing an action in trespass. Anne W. Keichline vs. Horatio S. Moore, being an action in assumpsit. Lucy A. Smith vs. Bellefonte Trust company, Executors of the last will and testament of Ellis E. Irwin, late . unusually plentiful is in Sugar val- of Spring township, deceased. Martha H. Hoover vs. Grant Hoov- er, being an action in trespass. William Flack, by Jerry Flack his ' father and next friend, vs. A. L. Hill, trading and doing business as Hill's Auto Station. Being an action in as- sumpsit. THREE MEN SENTENCED. At a session of court, on Wednes- day morning, Lee Cowher, who was placed on probation several weeks ago after pleading guilty to posses- sion, and overstepped the bounds by being caught intoxicated, was brought before the court and sentenc- ed to pay a fine and spend 60 days in jail. Lewis Daggett plead guilty to pos- PLENTY OF GAME STILL IN MOUNTAINS. Several weeks ago the Watchman published a story of the apparent scarcity of deer in the Seven moun- tains, based on the report of a Belle- fonte man who had made a trip into the mountains several days after a deep fall of snow and saw only two tracks, but according to the claim of game protector Thomas G. Mosier, this week, there is still plenty of game in the mountains. At least it is plentiful enough to eat up one hundred bushels of corn on the ear that he has put out and he sent in a requisition, on Monday, for twenty- five more bushels. Mr. Mosier explains the absence of tracks in the Seven mountains at the time the Bellefonte man was there by the fact that deer do not travel much for some days after a deep snow, espe- cially if they arelyingin a thicket where there is plenty of food. Last week he made a trip through the Seven mountains, down the valley from Walter Gherrity’s and through Decker valley, and while he saw only five deer he avers there were plenty of tracks and every evidence of some ' goodsized herds. Of course, considering the number of deer killed in that locality, last fall, it goes without saying that they are not as plentiful as they were a year ago. This is manifest by the fact that the deer have not been trespassing on farms along the moun- tains this winter as they did last, al- though Mr. Mosier has had one com- plaint from a resident of Decker val- ley. Out on the Allegheny mountains, | | he avers, there is every evidence that deer are more plentiful than they have been in many years. Feed put out out there for wild turkeys and other birds was eaten by deer before the turkeys got a chance at it, and the feeding ground was tramped down as if a flock of sheep had been harbored there. Another place where the deer are ley and on Nittany and Brush moun- tains. Trapper Dearmit, of Hecla Park, who has a line of fox traps out in the valley, avers that there are ten deer there this winter to every one last year, and from the number of trails leading in all directions it looks as if the deer from other sections in the county have gone into winter quarters there. ; Centre: county hunters will be glad to know that last season’s kill has not resulted in depleting the deer popula- tion to a point where hunting will be no good next fall, and game protector Moiser’s forecast should at least be regarded as fairly accurate. session and was sentenced to pay a LOCAL BOARD OF TRADE fine of $50 and placed on probation for two years. Wilbur Miller, who some time ago’ HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING. The Board of Trade of Bellefonte was arrested for robbing the Forge held its annual meeting in the coun- house, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $3 and placed on probation for three years. cil chambers, on Howard street, on o Monday evening, and in the absence of the president, Frederick Reynolds, | Horatio S. Moore was chosen to pre- | side. tr ——— A ra ns BIG FROLIC AT SNOW SHOE TOMORROW NIGHT. | Charles R. Beatty; ' John L. Knisely; treasurer, Chas. M. The election of officers for the new year resulted as follows: President, vice president, St. Patrick will have his inning at’ McCurdy; secretary, Wm. T. Kelly. Snow Shoe tomorrow night if the la- | mpis action automatically makes the | dies of St. Mary's parrish of that retiring president, Mr. Reynolds, a place carry out the plans they have | jemper of the Board's executive com- been working on for weeks. mittee, which is comprised of past They are going to serve a fine | presidents. Irish supper from 5:15 until 7:15 in| Some general business pertaining the evening and after that dance all {, the industrial welfare of the town the dances that Terpsichore has cob- | wag discussed and, upon motion, the jured up since the reels and jigs of president was directed to give notice, the good old Saints’ day went out to py publication, of an invitation to all vogue. They always do such things right in Snow Shoe and while it may be “A Long Way to Tipperary” it’s only a good time awaits everyone tomor- row night. You are cordially invited. A splen- did supper and a jolly dance await a good time and help along a good “The Royal Five” will furnish the music and that’s guarantee enough that you can make “whoopee” at the frolic in Snow Shoe. Methodist Conference Now in Session at Clearfield. The annual Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist church convened in the First church, Clear- field, on Wednesday, with Bishop Mec- Dowell presiding. Two charges will be merged at this session of Confer- ence, the Catawissa circuit and the Buckhorn-Rupert . charge. Eleven candidates for the ministry ‘will be examined and passed upon during the Conference. This is considered an unusually large class, in these days when the average young man has a greater hankering after the weekly pay envelope than he has after a life vocation. — This is the night for the last home boxing meet of the Bellefonte Academy. The Bucknell University Freshmen will be their opponents and the meet will be held in the ar- mory at 8:30 o'clock. Only one price admission, one dollar to all. The Academy boxers have made an unusually good record this year, hav- ing won all but one meet on their schedule, and the boys will put forth their best efforts to win tonight. All lovers of the manly art should be on hand early and see every bout. { persons interested to take member- ship in the Board. Applicationsshould be made to W. T. Kelly, secretary. Four Townships Granted Permission to Increase Road Taxes. A brief session of court was held at two o'clock on Monday afternoon to consider petitions from taxpayers of four townships for permission to increase the millage for road pur- poses. The petitions were as follows: Gregg township, for an increase of two mills; Howard township, five mills; Huston township, five mills, and Union township, three mills. No objections being made to any of the above petitions the court grant- ed all of them and promptly adjourn- ed out of respect to the late Col. H. S. Taylor, a member of the bar. After adjournment a resident from upper Bald Eagle valley made his ap- pearance and on learning that the petitions had all been granted re- marked: “Well ,it will mean more tax for the farmers to pay and more money for the supervisiors to spend, but unless they change their way of fixing up the roads we'll still be in the mud.” One Third of Your Life. Is spent in bed. Sound sleep means health. A quantity purchase enables us to offer the Imperial 1009, pure layer cotton felt’ mattress, two parts, woven ticking, four rows wide stitch- ing, at $12.90, (regular price $17.50) Friday and Saturday.— W. R. Brach- bill's Furniture Store. Mail or phone orders filled. Send size of bed. 11-1t W. C. McCLINTIC. $22.50 Suit Man. Sales agent The Richman Brothers company, Cleveland, O., will be at the Bush House, Bellefonte, Friday March 15th—day and evening. 10-2t. EE RCE SI TR SIR, NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —The Misses Blanche and Mary Mec- Garvey spent the week-end at Spring Mills, guests of Miss Mabel Allison. —Miss Margaret A. Stewart has return- ed home from a month's visit with her brother, Dr. Walter Stewart, at Wilkes- Barre. —Mrs. Harry Curtin arrived home with- in the week from a month's visit with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Hodges, at Bala Cynwyd. —Among Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Miller's —Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cassidy were called to Canton, Ohio, Sunday, by the illness of Mr. Cassidy's mother, Mrs. Rob- ert Cassidy. —Mrs. W. E. Hurley was over to Clear- field Tuesday seeing Dr. Waterworth, un- der whose care she has been since her ill- ness of a year or more ago. —Mrs. Hugh M. Quigley, of east Linn | street, departed, last Saturday, for a visit of two weeks with friends and relatives in Lancaster, Germantown and New York City. : —Mrs. Clyde Smith and her daughter, recent guests was Mrs. Robert P. Mil- Miriam, were overnight guests of friends ler, of Carlisle, who was here for an over | in Altoona, Saturday, having gone up that Sunday visit. —Mrs. Charles R. Kurtz, who returned to Bellefonte, Tuesday night, had been on a two month's visit with her sister in Buffalo, N. Y. —Francis Crawford went out to Pitts- burgh last week to drive in the Centre Oil and Gas Co’s. new truck. The third they now have in use. —Mrs. John Garthoff was discharged and returned home Tuesday from the Clearfield hospital, where she had been a surgical patient, for a month or more. —Mrs. J. McM. Curtin came in from Pittsburgh, Wednesday evening, for a vis- it of several days with her sister, Mrs. John M. Shugert, and other friends here. —Former Judge Ellis L. Orvis was in Philadelphia, the early part of the week, where he appeared before the circuit court of appeals in the argument of a case. —Mrs. Richard Mabus, who has been so very ill at the Centre County hosiptal, since the birth of her daughter, Jean Louise, on Monday, is now thought to be getting better. —Mrs. Eva Simpson Strong and Mrs. _Dravo have been guests at the Brocker- hoff home on Bishop street during the week, stopping here enroute home to Sewickley from Atlantic City. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klinger and Mr. and Mrs. John Klinger, were among the relatives from Bellefonte who at- tended the funeral of Mrs. Amanda Koon, in Tyrone, Sunday afternoon. —The Misses Agnes and Theresa Shields will return home this week from Reading, where they have been since the first of March, visiting with their brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shields. —Mr. and Mrs. John Sommerville have returned to Bellefonte, after making their customary winter visit in the east, the greater part of the two months they were away having been spent in New York City. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brachhbill and their two children, Wililam and Rose- Mary, went over to Clearfield, Monday, Mrs. Brachbill and the children having gone over to be under the care of Dr. Wa- terworth. | —Dr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Glenn, cf Bradford, who motored to Florida the middle of February, expected to make a leisurely trip through the State, and then visit with Dr. William 8. and Dr. Nannie Glenn, at West Palm Beach. | —The Hon. John T. McCormick, Capt. W. H. Fry, Hon. Robert M. Foster and William H. Noll Esq., were among the prominent older Democrats of the county who were in town, Wednesday, to attend the funeral of the late Col. Hugh S. Tay- ! lor. | —Mrs. Earl C. Tuten and her son John, were motor guests of Mr. and Mrs. War- ren Else, on the drive to Bellefonte from Harrisburg, Wednesday, the party having come up for the funeral of Col. H. S. Taylor. Mrs. Else is a sister of Col. Tay- lor. —Mrs. Joseph Baker was in from Pitts- burgh, Thursday, looking for some fur- nishings for her summer home at Win- gate, which they occupied last summer. The place was formerly the John Harnish home and until Mr. Harnish’s death was occupied by his family. —John Brachbill, of Williamsport, spent | Wednesday in Bellefonte with his mother, ! Mrs. W. T. Twitmire, having come up to help her celebrate her birthday anniver- i sary. John is a native of Bellefonte, but has been in the postal service at Wil- liamsport for twenty-six years. —Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Johnson and C. ' C. Shuey, Miss Bella Johnson, Mrs. Van Jodon and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roberts will be among those of the Methodist church of Bellefonte, who will drive to Clearfield during the week, to attend some : of the sessions of conference. | —Mrs. John W. Harper and her two children, Elizabeth and John, arrived here | Wednesday night from Schenectady, N. | Y., to be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Barn- hart and Mrs. Jared Harper, for the re- mainder of March. They were guests of friends from State College for the drive to Bellefonte. | Henry S. Linn went to Wiliamsport, | Saturday afternoon, where he visited with ‘his sisters, the Misses Sara and Bessie Linn before going on to Scranton, to serve , as a juror in the district federal court in | session there this week. Under the cir- | cumstances, it is uncertain as to how long ! he will be in Scranton. —Sam Hamilton and J. Warren Chase, of Clearfield; A. C. Thompson and son, Jack Thompson Esq., of Philipsburg; Dr. L. B. Crawford, Frank Lukenbach, J. McC. Davis and Roger F. Bayard, of Ty- rone, were among the old friends of the late Col. H. S. Taylor who were here for his funeral on Wednesday. —John C. Bair has resumed his work in the Bellefonte post office, following his recent two month's illness, a part of which time he spent at his former home in Philadelphia. With Mr. Bair over Sun- day, were his daughter, Mrs, Walter Mec- Kinley and Mr. McKinley, who came up from Philadelphia for a day’s visit. —Mrs. Odille Mott is home again from Detroit, Mich., where she had been spend- ing the winter with her daughter, Mrs. A. G. McMillan. Mrs. McMillan accompanied her mother as far as Altoona, later join- ing her in Bellefonte. Immediately upon her return Mrs. Mott went to Williams. port to see her sister, Mrs. James Bay- ard, who has been among the sick of that community. Miss Ruth Hockenberry, of State Col- lege, has been spending the week in Belle- fonte, a guest at the Andrew Thal home on south Allegheny street. Miss Hockenber- ry, who is employed in the mailing de- partment of the College, is now recover- ing from a six week's illness and hopes to resume her work next week. The Hockenberry family went to the college several years ago from Bellefonte. afternoon, remaining there until Sunday evening. —Mr. and Mrs. James H. Potter are in Atlantic City; having gone down several days ago in the hope that the change would be beneficial to Mrs. Potter, who has not been in her usual good health. —Mrs. Albert E. Blackburn, of Phila- delphia, came to Bellefonte late last week, to join her sister, Mrs. James McClain, for a visit with their mother, Mrs. J. L. Spangler and Col. Spangler, at their home on Allegheny street. . —Hon. Thomas Beaver was the only Bellefonte guest at a dinner given hy Governor Fisher, at the executive man- sion in Harrisburg on Monday evening, to members of the Superior court and oth- er distinguished guests. : —Mrs. Harry Garber, who returned to Bellefonte two weeks ago, will be here un- til the first of April, expecting then to go to Long Island to take charge of the home of friends, during their absence on a two months trip to South America. eet mee fp feet ete. “IN OLD ARIZONA” IS BEST TALKING PICTURE. The greatest talking picture that has yet been produced, and the first natural, out-of-doors picture made entirely in sound and dialogue, “In Old Arizona” will be the attraction at the Cathaum Theatre, State Col- lege, on Friday and Saturday of this week. This picture comes with the per- sonal endorsement of the manage- ment as the best entertainment ever presented via sound and talking pic- tures. It comes to the Cathaum while still running at advanced prices at the Fox-Locust theatre, Philadelphia, and in other large cities. The story of “In Old Arizona” is of the romantic southwest. Its cen- tral figures are a notorious bandit and killer who had eluded all at- tempts to capture him, a fiery girl whom he loved, and a United States cavalry sergeant who was assigned to capture the bandit who fell in love with the girl. The sergeant persuad- ed