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Every
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Most of our public schools will close
this week.
The Joe Harpster family flitted te
Mill Hall last week.
Roy Wieland, of Spruce Creek, was
a Saturday visitor in town.
Mrs. Curtin Roop, of Groton, N. Y.,
is visiting her son and family.
Mrs. Ruth Goss Little is a medical
patient in the Clearfield hospital.
John Erb, of Altoona, is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed S. Erb.
A force of men are now at work
widening the road over Tussey moun-
tain.
Wilson Royer and son Harry are
|away on a business trip to Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. A. P. Wieland is visiting
friends in Harrisburg and Philadel-
phia.
E. G. Peters and wife visited
friends in Altoona the latter end of
the week.
C. M. Wieland and family are now
occupying their new home on south
Church street.
Walter Woods, wife and daughter
left, last week, on a motor trip to
the Pacific coast.
Mr. and Mrs. David Campbell are
taking in the sights at Washington,
D. C., this week.
Miss Loretta Foster was taken to
a Philadelphia hospital, last week, as
a medical patient.
J. Foster Musser and wife and Mrs.
Etta Corl spent the week-end with
friends in Altoona.
Lloyd Frank, of Williamsburg, was
here last week in the interest of his
insurance. business.
Melvin Barto will help Charles
Graham on his farm, near Boalsburg,
during the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kennedy and
Mrs. Robert Brennan made a trip to
Altoona, on Friday.
Dr. Corl Houser, of Philadelphia,
js visiting his mother, Mrs. Anna
Houser, at Baileyville.
Mrs. Emma Calvert, of Altoona,
will spend the summer at the S. A.
Homan home, at Baileyville.
Royal Kline was in Bellefonte, Sat-
urday, visiting his wife, a patient ip
the Centre County hospital.
W. Brooks Fry and wife are now
residents of Pine Grove Mills, being
located on west Main street.
Mrs. Frank Wieland was a recent
visitor at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Sadie Lemon, at State College.
Mrs. Frank Goodhart, of Centre
Hall, spent Friday with her father,
W. E. McWilliams, at Rock Springs
Charles Gates and family, of Ty-
rone, were recent guests at the pa-
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conform with the Daylight |
Saving Time now being ob-
served in many sections of
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«THE DESERT SONG”
— Last Saturday Charles Lock-
ington started on a motor trip to |
Mauch Chunk to visit his daughter |
Betty, taking with him Miss Elizabeth !
Bartholomew, a student nurse at the
Centre County hospital, who was to
go as far as Lewisburg. A mile west
of Millheim a tire blew out and the car
turned a complete somersault. Both |
Mr, Lockington and Miss Bartholo-
mew sustained some minor cuts and
bruises but no serious injuries. A |
Millheim physician dressed their in-
juries and they then returned fo,
Bellefonte.
rental home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cal
Gates.
A. B. Corl and A. S. Bailey repre-
sented Pennsvalley lodge at the Odd
Fellows gathering, at Lewisburg, last
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Meek had as
their guests, last week, Mrs. John
Tyson and daughter Marjorie, of
Lewistown.
Don't fail to attend the entertain-
ment to be given in the I O. oO. F
hall tomorrow evening. Admission,
15 and 35 cents.
John C. Dunlap was here from
Cherrytree for a few days and took
home with him a nice mess of Cen-
tre county trout. :
Farmer Sam Homan is nursing a
sore finger on his left hand, the result
of getting caught in a piece of ma-
chinery, on Friday.
Ralph Musser, Who is operating
'a wholesale gas business with head-
quarters at Mill Hall, spent Sunday
with his family at Rock Springs.
Miss Elizabeth Sankey, who is con-
valescing from an attack of scarlet
fever, has been a guest, during the
week, of her aunt, Miss Edith Sankey.
Dr. 1. L. Foster and wife made 2
trip last week to Washington, D. Cc.
and College Park, Md. where they
visited the Harry Patterson family.
Owing to ill health Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Hoover have closed their
home at State College and taken
rooms with the Milton Garver fam-
ily.
A. J. Musser and son Fred motored
in from Indiana, Tuesday, to make
sure that Dr. R. M. Krebs is getting
along all right, and found him much
improved.
G. W. Ward has returned to his
home in Pittsburgh, after a two
weeks stay here, looking after some
business matters and trying his hand
at trout fishing.
A regular meeting of the Ferguson
township Brotherhood will be held in
the Lutheran church next Wednesday
evening. Prof. Frizzell, of State Col
lege, will be the speaker.
The Calithumpians visited the Park
Poorman home, on one of Col. Boal’s
farms near Boalsburg, last Friday ev-
ening, and gave Mr. Poorman and
bride a real, old-fashioned serenade.
The young people are well known and
have the best wishes of many friends
for their future success.
On Tuesday Charles Ream, an em-
ployee of Shoemaker Bros., on the
farm, was
team of mules out of the barn floor
with a wagon load of fertilizer, when
the wagon upset and the mules ran
away. Ream sustained a fractured
collar bone, cuts and bruises and pos-
. winter.
HOWARD.
A. B. Yearick, of Altoona, spent
Sunday with his mother.
Mrs. Ward Confer, of Tyrone, vis-
ited the home of William Confer, Sun-
day.
George T. Williams has returned
from the South, where he spent the
R. H. Lauth, of Lock Haven, was a
Sunday visitor at the home of A.A.
Pletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Stoltz and Idel-
la Williams motored to Williamsport,
Saturday.
Buddy Wolf, while playing in the
barn, fell from the hay loft and broke
his left arm.
Next Sunday night Rev. Shibli will
will conduct Presbyterian services in
the First Reformed church.
C. W. Wildes motored down from
Altoona to spend the week-end with
C. A. Walheizer and family.
Friday afternoon the Howard
grammar school gave a pleasing en-
tertainment for their parents and
friends.
Clyde Lucas, of Tyrone, spent the
week-end with his sister, Mrs. Wil-
liam Confer, who has been ill for
some time.
Miss Aley, clerk at the Oriole store,
fell from a stepladder, while clean-
ing windows, and sustained a badly
bruised foot.
Due to the Williamsport division of
P. R. R. taking over the Valley to
Vail, there will be some changes ir
the personnel here.
Rev. Chas. Robb, of Toms Brook,
Va., and Prof. Albert Robb and wife,
of Mechanicsburg, were home for
their father’s funeral.
Celia Lucas and Sarah Wiseman, |
students at Lock Haven Normal |
school, spent the week-end with Miss
Lucas’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
a
liam Lucas.
Friday of last week Erne Gardner |
was successful in catching twenty |
fine fall fish. Over the week-end
Bald Eagle creek was visited by fish- |
ermen from Pleasant Gap, Lock Hav-
en, Altoona and Lewistown.
Saturday evening, as Frank Kunes,
of Beech Creek, was driving toward |
home in his car the steering gear be- |
came disabled and the car ran up one |
of the supports of the Marsh Creek |
bridge, then turned over into the |
stream. Mr. Kunes was thrown clear |
and was not hurt.
Saturday night Geo. Waite started |
to crank his car preparatory to 1
ing home, but unfortunately he had |
left it standing in reverse gear, and
the car shot backwards, side swiping |
a car in the rear then shearing across |
the street and crushing the side of
Frank Kline's automobile. |
P. C. Holter is donating, as a mém-
orial to his wife, Edith Weber Holter,
a pipe organ complete with all stops
and chimes, built by the M. P. Moller
Co., of Maryland, to the First Metho-
dist church of Howard. There will
have to be some altérations at the
church to make room for the organ.
The dedication” will ‘be héld “on Sun:
day, September first, and there will
be a recital given by a company rep-
resentative.
The officials of the First National
bank have decided to make their lawn
more attractive and have given the
contract for the work to the Orchard
Hills nursery, of Mill Hall. There is
to be a hedge along the street and
flower beds on the lawn, which ought
to add to it’s appearance. Keeping
in step, the lot at the I. O. O. F. home
has been graded and sown to grass.
Keep up the good work; there is no
better way of showing pride in our
town than by beautifying it.
Howard had its first taste of 1929
baseball, last Wednesday, when the
High school started their league play
against Centre Hall High school, both
girls and boys playing. The Centre |
Hall girls were too much for Howard,
taking the game sixteen to nothing.
The boys turned the tables and de-
feated Centre Hall eight to one. The '
Howard defense was airtight behind
the fine pitching of Cummings, who
only gave two hits until the ninth in- |
ning. Captain Lucas lead at bat with !
three hits out of four times at bat.
T. Pletcher contributed the fielding
feature getting a man coming home |
after catching a fly ball in deep Cen- |
ter field. Friday the girls and boys
journeyed to Centre Hall for return |
games and again the Howard girls
were defeated sixteen to six. The |
score of the boys game was Howard
12 Centre Hall 6. Weber did the
pitching for Howard. R. Pletcher was |
batting star of the game, getting 2]
singles, a double and a triple out of
five times at bat.
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WINGATE.
in the act of backing a.
Mrs. Florence Lucas, Mabel Burns
and Roy Fisher made a shopping trip
to Bellefonte on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Witherite and
daughter Ruth, of Osceola Mills,
spent Sunday with friends here and
at Runville.
The cold weather has apparently
not injured the fruit in this section
and from the blossoms there should
be a good crop.
Last Saturday L. J. Heaton, of
Runville, made public sale of his per-
sonal property and will go to Greens-
burg to make his home with his
brother George.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hackenberg,
un-
sibly internal injuries. He was taken
to the Centre County hospital for
of Runville, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Reese and three children, of Wingate,
treatment. motored to Smullton, Sunday, and
spent the day at the Hackenberg pa-
SHINGLETOWN. rental home.
Now that springtime is here the
stray dogs are proving a pest to
some of the residents of Wingate, and
the proper officers should see that the
law prohibiting dogs running at large
should be enforced. ;
On Monday night some person
broke open the outside cellar door
at the Lew Davidson home, but as
nothing was disturbed in the cellar
the would-be robbers were evidently
frightened away before they could
Mrs. Lawrence Fox is visiting her
mother and sisters, at Lily.
LeRoy Klinger was back in schoo)
for the past week after a brief per-
jod of sickness.
Mrs. Ella Jordan has returned
home from a short visit with her
sons, at Struble Station.
A picnic was held here for the
school the end of the term. The
school closes today and the picnic
was held yesterday. make a haul.
the worry of
cooking with
< BELLEFONTE
member to adjust the oven
heat at just the right moment
. « . the bother of having to
keep turning and basting the
food. The oven, itself, takes all
the responsibility of producing
deliciously cooked meals.
When you set the clock and
thermostat on the electric
oven, you automatically solve
the problem of the correct
time and temperature for
whatever dish you are cook-
ing. And because you are
Good results are certain
. . . when you cook electrically
Electric cooking saves you all
having to re-
roast.
real scientific
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COOKS ELECTRICALLY
. . here is why!
precision, you can always
duplicate your fluffiest cake
or most beautifully browned
Flavor is enhanced too! For
electric ovens are so thor-
oughly insulated that very
little evaporation takes place.
Meats retain their rich juices
and vegetables their valuable
mineral contents. Everything
goes much farther than in
the days when the most
nourishing and healthful part
of the food went up the chim-
ney in steam.
cally for economy.
has al
Cook electri=
AARONSBURG.
Mrs. J. G. Eisenhauer is at present
with her son, Harry and family, in
Millheim.
Mrs. Russell Sylvis has gone to
New York where she will spend some
time among her relatives.
Mrs. A. J. Irey came up from Dan-
ville, and has opened the Musser
homestead for the summer.
Harry Bower has built a porch to
his house, which adds to the appear-
ance and pleasure of the family.
Bright Orwig is at present with his
mother, Mrs. W. E. Orwig. Bright
intends entering the aviation service.
Mrs. Sumner Burd was taken to
again regain her health and strength.
Mrs. C. G. Bright has been ill for
‘the past few days, but is muchim- c
proved and hopes to soon be about as
usual.
Mrs. John M. Otto had as callers
a party of Williamsport relatives,
among whom were Mrs. Reese and
son, Mr. Paul Reese.
J. H. Crouse has gone to visit his
son, Harry Crouse, in Akron, Ohio.
While in that city he will also see
other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Shem Aurand, of Mil-
roy, were guests, Sunday, at the
home of Mrs. Aurand’s uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Stover.
Mrs. George McKay and daughter,
Miss Florence, and Miss Jones, of
Philadelphia, were recent guests of
Mrs. McKay's mother, Mrs. W. H.
Phillips.
Recent guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Hull were their
cousins, Mrs. J. C. Rote, her son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Rote, of
Axe Mann. ’
Miss Tammie Stover, after a long
seige of illness, due to a number of
carbuncles, is again able to be about
as usual. She is able to take her ac-
customed place in Sunday school as
one of its most efficient and faithful
teachers.
Charles Smith Sr. our oldest citi:
zen, has been ill for the past Neg young men’s Bible class of the Re-
I. Sm formed Sunday school entertained
Though | their friends at a social on Thursday
: evening. A program of music by lo-
extremely deaf his sight is such that !cq) talent, the Rebersburg quartette,
suffering from lumbago,
is almost ninety-five years
and has been quite active.
old
he has been able to read fairly well.
We trust he may soon recover.
Frank Burd has been a surgical
patient in the Centre County hospi-
tal for the past ten weeks.
are favorable to his recovery to
health. Mrs. Burd is the guest of her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Bower, in that town. We trust Mr.
Burd will be able to return home soon.
Friday evening, May 3rd, Edward
W. Mills will speak in the local Evan-
gelical church. His work is largely
with the young people of school age
and older. Mr. Mills comes to us
highly recommended as an advocate
of good health habits. He was at
one time a candidate for Governor
orchestra will furnish music.
BOALSBURG
at State College.
in town on Monday.
port home on Thursday.
| | Mrs. Arthur Burwell, of Pine Grove
Camp Devitt, where she hopes te Mills, visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. U. F. Tennis, last week.
/itors at the Ishler-Coxey home.
| The Harris township High school
baseball team won 15-0, in a game
with the Rebersburg, High team on
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Poorman, new-
lyweds, were treated to a serenade
and truck ride to nearby towns on
Friday evening.
Nancy, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Ishler, had the mis-
fortune to break her collar bone, the
result of a fall.
Work on Earl Philips’ new resi-
dence, on west Main street, is pro-
gressing rapidly, and when completed
will be quite an addition to the town.
Mother's day will be observed in
the Lutheran church, Sunday, May
will
preach a sermon suitable for the oc-
casion and the choir will render spe-
5th, at 10:30. Rev Wagner
cial music.
| Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hazel
of West Virginia. Everybody is urg-
ed to attend this meeting. The school
Elmer Bloom spent some time at
Lewistown, in quest of employment.
Mrs. John Jacobs is visiting at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Kidder,
Ward Tate, of Salona, representing
The Straus Co., of Pittsburgh, was
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Herman, of
Philipsburg, visited at the John Kim-
{ Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coxey and
hildren, of Altoona were Sunday vis-
and
daughter Jane left, Friday morning,
to drive to Slingerland, N. Y., to vis-
JACKSONVILLE.
The school children are again free,
as the last of their school days for
this term was on Friday.
Mrs. Weaver, son Willard and
daughter Pearl, and Josephine Deitz,
! called on Mrs. Fred Haines, last Tues-
day evening. Mrs. Haines is getting
along as good as can be expected.
Mrs. Mary Deitz returned to her
home, on Sunday, after being with
Mrs. Glenn McCloskey for two weeks
helping her with her housework. She
left on Tuesday morning to help Mrs.
Fred Haines.
Miss Maude Longee passed away
at the home of her sister, in Lewis-
town, on Wednesday morning, and
was buried in Jacksonville Sunday
afternoon, with services in the Re-
formed church.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OR RENT.—Furnished apartment in
Petrikin hall. Three rooms and bath
Apply to Mrs. C. D. Tanner. 17-1t
OR RENT.—Garage near P. R. R.
F station. Cement floor, drain, light
and available water. Inquire at this
office. Possession first of June.
OR SALE.—Great bargain. Buick
sport Roadster, 1928 model, good
condition. Good reasons for sell-
ing. Inquire at Hafer Garage, State Col-
lege or Beatty Garage, Bellefonte. 74-15-tf
OR SALE.—Barn and two sheds. Lum-
ber and galvanized roofing in good
condition. Purchaser to dismantle
and remove buildings from premises. Mrs.
E. J. Tibbens, Beech Creek. 74-18-2t.
ESK.—Walnut, period design flat top.
double pedestal house desk, practi=
cally new. Excellent condition. Suit=
able for office or home. Inquire of Mrs.
A. C. Mingle, east High St., Bellefonte.
74-17-3¢
XECUTOR’S NOTICE.—The under-
signed executor of the last wilk
i and testament of Hannah E. Green,
it Mrs. Charles Maxwell. Mr. Hazel |jate of Milesburg borough, Centre eoun-
has secured a position in New York |ty, Pennsylvania, decd., hereby notifies:
for the summer. Mrs. Haze
a week's visit.
and
daughter expect to return home after
The first organized class and the
all persons knowing themselves indebted
to said decedent to make immediate
payment of such indebtedness and those
having claims to present the same, prop-
erly authenticated for settlement.
GEORGE C. JOHNSON, Executor
6316 Germantown Ave
W. Harrison Walker, Philadelphia, Pa.
Atty. for Estate 73-13-6t
mo crema
Reports
a playlet by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smeltz-
er, of Pleasant Gap; an address by
Prof. Gordon, of State College, stunts
for the children and refreshments
comprised the evening's entertain-
ment.
Marriage Licenses
Leonard F. Kerstetter and Mary
Helen Vonada, both of Spring Mills.
Andrew Rokosky and Josephine
Ruell, both of Madera.
Peter Socie, of Hawk Run, and
Laura Clark, of Philipsburg.
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