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Bellefonte Pa., August 9, 1929.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——A Litz No. 26 racing automo-
bile was brought to Bellefonte on a
big truck, on Tuesday, as one way of
advertising the auto races to be held
in Altoona on Labor day.
——Centre county's share of the
two per. cent tax on foreign fire in-
surance is $3208, which will be divid-
ed between the firemen’s relief asso-
ciations in Bellefonte and Philipsburg.
——The Woman's Civic club, of
Pleasant Gap, are making arrange-
ments to construct a community ten-
nis court. Mrs. Ward Hile and Mrs.
George McGargel are taking a lead-
ing part in the movement.
——The EIk’s band, of Altoona, was
the attraction at Hecla park, on
Sunday afternoon. Prior to going
down to the park the band played
four selections on the porch of the
Elk’s home, on High street, which
proved a real treat for the few peo-
ple who heard them.
——Prof. W. D. Crockett, of State
College, sailed from New York, on
Saturday, on the Swedish-American
liner “Drottningholm” to gather ma-
terial for his forthcoming book on
“How to Do Finland in Crockett
Satchel Guide Fashion.” He will re-
turn home in time for the opening of
College in September.
——The Centre County Banker's
Association will make their annual
trip into the hinterland on Thursday,
September 5. The communities to be
visited are Bellefonte, Hublersburg,
Rebersburg, Millheim, Spring Mills
and Centre Hall. Key banker, H. L.
Ebright, of Centre Hall, will be in
charge of the pilgrimage.
At the very delightful marsh-
mallow roast, given by the social set
at Pleasant View, Wednesday night
of last week, and which was chap-
eroned by Mrs. Charles Mulbarger,
the guests included, Anna Cain, Ruth
Mulbarger, Olive McGinley, Betty
Barrett, Eva Leathers, Ben Sheetz,
Pete Cain, Hassel Young, Robert
Stanley and Carl McKinley.
Watchman readers in the west-
ern end of the county will, no doubt,
miss the always breezy Pine Grove
Mills letter this week, but the writer,
Capt. W. H. Fry, has a good excuse
for his delinquency. He is under the
weather and confined to bed, and we
know that his many friends will join
with us in the hope that his illness
will ‘not prove serious and that he
will soon be up and around as usual.
——On Monday Harry A. Rossman
installed a new gasoline pump at his
garage on the corner of Allegheny
and Howard streets. The old pump
had been thoroughly drained but still
dripped gasoline. In moving it from
the curb back to the building the
Scratching of the metal on the con-
crete pavement struck a. spark and
the pump was quickly enveloped in
flames. While the fire did not com-
municate to the building it spoiled a
perfectly good pump.
——The next sale of pure bred
rams will be held in the stock pavil-
don at the Pennsylvania State Col-
. lege, on Tuesday, September 10. I
O. Campbell, of Fairbrook, chairman
of the sale committee of the county
: wool growers association, says they
* will offer ten Hampshires and eight
Shropshires. At the same time any
.pure bred rams that local sheep
. raisers might want to sell can be put
up if arrangements are made with
county agent Blaney, Mr. Campbell
or any member of the following com-
mittee: W. C. Smeltzer, Bellefonte;
P. C. McKenzie, State College; P. H.
Luse, Centre Hall; J. K. Alexander,
Unionville; C. F. Sellers, Waddle, or
W. A. Hoy, Bellefonte.
—One evening last week two
gaily dressed girls, accompanied by
‘male escorts, tripped daintly out of
2 Bellefonte store to their waiting
automobile parked atthe curb. Just
.as they reached the outer edge of
‘the pavement the little bit of silk
gauze one of the maidens wore as a
dress lost its fastenings and dropped
to her feet, revealing what passersby
declared were a very fetching pair of
legs clad only in silk bloomers, but
no two eye witnesses could agree on
‘the color of the latter, but they all
knew the legs were pink. One of
the young men hastily pulled the re-
calcitrant ‘dress up into its proper
position where it was quickly secured
and the quartette of young people
made haste to enter their car and de-
part for State College, whence they
came.
——George E. Reiter, who the past
sixteen years has been instructor in
physics and chemistry at the Belle-
fonte Academy, and for a number of
years past assistant headmaster, has
resigned his position to become su-
perintendent of the Senior High
school, at Cumberland, Md., at a
rather enticing increase in salary,
Mr. Reiter, with his wife and three
sons, will leave Bellefonte next Wed-
nesday for their new home in Cum-
berland where they will occupy a
brick residence built a few years
ago especially for the school super-
intendent. Their household goods
will be taken ‘to. Cumberland by M.
R. Johnson, in his motor truck. The
Reiters, during their residence in
Bellefonte. have been prominently
identified with the Methodist church
‘and the men’s Bible class will give
them a farewell reception at the
church this (Friday) evening.
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| BELLEFONTE MILK SHOWS Bellefonte’s postoffice building, and
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he would like to inform them that
REDUCTION IN BACTERIA {the houses will be numbered. The
matter was referred back to the
Milk Inspector's Report to Borough ' i106 to confer with the bor
Council, Monday Night, Indicates | ough Sopher regarding a plan for
numbering.
Decided Improvement. The uy presented three cop-
The July analysis of the milk be-, ies of the agreement and lease of the
ing served to the people of Bellefonte Gamble mill property from the Belle-
showed a decided improvement, so fonte Realty company to the bor-
far as bacteria count is concerned, ‘ough, and a resolution was passed
over the analysis made early in May. |
The samples of only two of the ten tary of council to execute the same.
dealers disclosed more bacteria, while! Mr. Brouse, of the Street commit-
there was a pronounced decline in 'tee, requested permission to purchase
those of the other eight dealers, ac- 200 feet of corrugated iron pipe for
cording to the report submitted to use under street crossings and the
borough council, on Monday evening, . Same was authorized.
by milk inspector S. M. Nissley. The | Mr. Cunningham again called at-
average of bacteria count of the May | tention to the condition of the road
analysis was 135,000, while the July | leading up to Halfmoon hill, where,
analysis showed an average of 67,- in times of a hard rain, the water
000. And July is considered the; Wahes down and floods the Shope
worst month in the year for bacteria lumber yard as well as his property.
in milk. The inspector reported that
all dealers have their milk supply ferred to the Street committee and
stations in a clean and sanitary con- | President Walker suggested that
dition and that the dealers, them- | Something be done soon.
selves, have been issued health cer-! Mr. Cunningham stated to council
tificates. that he had received a proposition
Monday evening’s meeting of coun- | from the Dairyman’s League and
cil was the longest held in some Farmer's Cooperative Association for
years, and every member was pres- | either the _ purchase or rent of the
ent with the exception of Robert brick building at the Phoenix mill
erick Reynolds, who is in Canada. To ; tion, particulars of which were given
start the ball rolling secretary W. T.|in the Watchman last week. The
Kelly read the official notice from | Station is to furnish an outlet for the
borough solicitor N. B. Spangler that | members of the league in Nittany
an action had been brought against | Valley and Guy Nolan, of Nittany,
the borough for $10,000 by Mrs. Sarah | 8nd Mr. Fairchild, of Susquehanna,
M. Schaeffer and Harvey P. Schaeffer, | Were present and explained their prop-
for damages claimed for injur-|OSition in detail, stating that they
ies sustained by Mrs. Schaeffer last | Preferred purchasing the building. to
August in a fall over some gas pipe j renting it. As all of the members of
lying on the street. The solicitor | COUncil are not entirely fainiliur with
stated that all notices have been ' Conditions there they decided to visit
served and every precaution taken to At Wednesday evening before giving
protect the borough. a final decision.
A written communication was ze] Mr. Cunningham informed council
ceived from the State Highway De- | that the Water committee had re-
partment notifying council that un- | ceived estimates from both the Lef-
der the present highway laws it is fel Turbine Wheel company and the
not necessary to pass an ordinance | General Electric company, after rep-
designating streets and alleys where FéSentatives had been here and made
stop signs can be placed along a |? through Investigation of the pro-
through traffic thoroughfare, as a posed plan of installing an electricity
resolution of council is all that is 8enerating plant at the Gamble mill
necessary. Consequently a resolu- | Property. The best price for an elec-
tion introduced by Mr. Emerick was | trical installation is $25,000, which
passed authorizing the department
to erect signs wherever they deemed
them necessary.
George A. Beezer presented a re-
quest for permission to put down a
500 gallon gas tank and erect a pump
at his garage, on south Water street,
feels should be spent right now. He
stated that they are now considering
the installation of a hydraulic pump
which he believes will be just as
satisfactory and should not cost
over half as much as the electric in-
"authorizing the president and secre-
The matter had previously been re-.
Kline, of the South ward, and Fred- : for a milk receiving and shipping sta- |
is more money than the committee |
FARM MACHINERY DISPLAY
TO FEATURE GRANGE FAIR.
' A big display of farm machinery
will be an important feature of the
coming Grange fair at Centre Hall.
A number of nctionally known firms
are planning a larger exhibit than
ever before. And this will go a long
way toward making a fair of inter-
est and real value to those coming
for information along these lines.
The International Harvester com-
pany has on the way three car loads
of machinery which will be shown—
much of it in actual operation—and
a thorough demonstration of the
newest in machinery fitted for every
purpose on a thoroughly equipped
farm, both for a general and special-
ized use will be made on the grounds.
In addition, this company is bring-
ing a motion picture machine and
from time to time pictures will be
shown on the screen which will bring
clearly to the eye agricultural activ-
ities from all over the world, begin-
ning with the most primitive methods
jand showing the development by
stages until the modern and exact
science of today has been reached.
These will be free and combined
with the machinery display are alone
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, of this
place; Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Lynn; Dr. and
Mrs. Norman Grauer and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Flegal, all of Philipsburg, have
just returned from a motor trip through
eastern Canada.
——Bellefonte was represented at the
landing of the Graf Zeppelin, on Sunday
evening, Mr. and Mrs. John Garman leav-
ing here on Sunday morning and motor-
ing to Lakehurst in time to see the big
airship coming to land. They returned
home Monday.
—Mrs. Ida M. Rothrock, with her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Norris and the
latter's charming little daughter Mabel,
motored over from Philipsburg, on Tues-
day morning, and spent the day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hoy, on
south Thomas street.
—Miss Blanche Haagan is off on her
annual summer visit, spending the time
with her brother and his family at Oil
City. During her absence Mrs. Jennie
Parsons is here from Chestnut Hill for a
visit in the Humes home, expecting to be
in Bellefonte for a part of August.
—Charles Wagner, A. C. Heverly, J.
| Fred Herman and Harvey Shaeffer make
up a quartet of local sportsmen who will
| head for Canada tomorrow for a week's
| fishing. Their destination is Neboro lake
rand we imagine the bass and pike in that
; body of water are already beginning to
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—Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fisher drov
Atlantic City, Sunday, intending to s;
Mr. Fisher's ten day’s vacation at
shore.
—MTrs. Eva Snyder, of Jersey Shore,
a Bellefonte visitor most of last v
and an interesting caller at the Watch
office on Friday.
. —Dr. David Dale and former J
James C. Furst expect to leave for C
fee’s Locks, Canada, next Tuesday, f
ten day's fishing trip.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Wa
and their two daughters, left, Wednes
, morning, on 2 week's motor trip «
| Washington, D. C., being their objec
point.
—Miss Jean Hausel and Miss H
, Hayes, both of Altoona, spent the
| Week of July in Bellefonte, guests of I
; John D. Love and her family, at the I
home on Reynolds avenue.
—Miss Mary Voris, who had been 1
, from Washington, D. C., spending a w
| With Mrs. John G. Love Jr., left Mon
, morning for a visit at her former h
in Lewisburg, before going on east.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O’Brien and tl
family, are here from Phillipi, W. Va.,
(2 month’s visit with Mrs. O’Brien’s m¢
, er, Mrs. George M. Gamble, and at
O'Brien's former home at Snow Shoe
—The Misses Miriam and Jessie Ds:
were guests of Mr. and Mrs, J
Sommerville, for the drive to Lewisbt
worth the price of admission to the | 100k on life with considerable misgiving. 1 week ago, following a two week's v
fair.
One more State Department than
| mentioned last week has signified its
‘intention to be at the fair—the De-
| partment of Labor and Industry—and
from present plans its exhibit will be
highly interesting and instructive to |
{ the house-wife, or home-maker, as it
| will have largely to do with mattress-
‘es and bedding in general.
The unfavorable season will have to
be considered in making plans for
the success of the horticultural de-
partment, an important part of the
fair and one in which many people
are vitally interested. Both vegetables
‘and fruit have been handicapped
, from blossoming and planting time to
the present, and in order that this
: department measure up to past suc-
| cessful achievement those interested
(in building up a good display must
{make a consistent effort months in
; advance of the fair. And the man-
{agement is sure this has been the
{case so that the public may be as-
;Sured tiere will be nothing wanting
in quantity, quality and variety when
it comes to the products of garden,
orchard and farm grown in Centre
county.
The management is proud of the
1929 Premium book which is now be-
ing distributed to the public. In ev-
and the matter was referred to the
Street committee.
The health officer, S. M. Nissley,
reported that he had notified Walter
Dunklebarger to quit pouring salt
water in the gutters on Bishop street,
and has had no further complaints
from residents of that section. He
also reported an unsightly dump of
old rubbish in the rear of the Mingle
property, on Spring street, and N. E.
Robb, who has charge of the prop-
erty, was notified to abate the nui-
sance.
‘The Street committee reported
that the oiling of streets has been
completed and a number of gutters
repaired. The committee also re-
ported the collection of $30.00 for a
sewer permit and a refund of $16.29
from the American Lime and Stone
company as a discount on a payment
for stone.
The Water committee reported
that the drinking fountains to be in-
stalled in front of the court house
and at the High street bridge have
been ordered and will be erected as
soon as they arrive. Collections
included $22.00 on the 1926 water
the 1928, $25.00 rent from the Beat-
ty Motor company, $5.00 from a
carnival company and $3.50 from the
sale of junk.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes totaling $19,300,
and a new note for $6,000 to meet
current bills. The committee also re-
ported that an investigation of the
various insurance policies held on
borough properties revealed the fact
that about half of them are for only
80 per cent. of the loss while the
others are for full coverage. The mat-
ter was referred back to the com-
mittee to have all the policies chang-
tax, $105. on the 1927, $794.00 on .
ery detail it is a work showing im-
provement and compares very favor-
ably with much larger fairs in its
classification and amount of prizes,
reaching a sum of no mean propor-
tions. And it is deserved by exhibi-
tors who have responded to the ap-
peal for better things. ’
It is filled with information about
Bills aggregating $8112.64 were ap-
proved for payment and council ad- | the fair and its work. The program
Journed after being in session almost | 1S Quite complete and promises a
three hours. week of pleasure, instruction and
| entertainment. Music, ball games,
i Plays, and speakers are all of the
best, and the public may look for-
ward to a week of enjoyment.
stallation. The matter was left in
the hands of the committee to get
prices and all details on a hydraulic
pump.
A permit was granted Lyman L.
Smith for the erection of a house, on
east Curtin street, according to plans
submitted to council. :
BELLEFONTE NURSES COURSE
ENDED ON WEDNESDAY.
The six weeks nurse’s course of
lectures, held in Petrikin hall under
the auspices of the American Red
RELEASING FELLOW INMATE
SEALS DOOM OF BOTH.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Derstine and their
, Son, Stanley, drove over from Juniata,
, Saturday, for the funeral of Mr. Der-
stine’s aunt, Mrs. John Klinger. Mr.
Derstine remained for an overnight visit
| with his mother, Mrs. William Derstine.
| Mrs. Derstine and her two sons return-
ed, Sunday, the family spending the day
i here with relatives.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Cunningham,
| of Halfmoon Terrace, with their son Wil-
{lam Jr., drove out to Beaver Falls and
visited there with friends until Sunday
when they returned home, bringing their
| daughters, the Misses Sara and Mary El-
i len, back with them. The young ladies
. had been visiting friends in Beaver Falls
for two weeks. The Cunninghams lived in
that place for some years.
—John Bradley was up from Philadel-
phia, Sunday, making one of his frequent
visits to Bellefonte with his brother, Ben-
jamin Bradley Jr., and his two sisters,
Mrs. Bible and Miss Mary Bradley, the
latter of whom came over from Bradford
last week to spend several weeks with the
family here. Miss Bradley has made her
home with her sister, Mrs. Riley, since
leaving Bellefonte several years ago.
—Mrs. Robert Wray and her daughter,
little Miss Jane, came in from Cleveland,
a week ago: Mrs. Wray visiting here un-
til Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Sara
Brown, who is occupying one of the
Baum apartments for the summer and
leaving the child to spend a part of August
with her grandmother. Mrs. Wray is
now with friends in Philadelphia, but be-
fore coming to Bellefonte she and Jane
had been at Ocean City.
—Mrs. Fred Garner and Mrs. Willis
Poorman, of State College, were among
the Saturday evening crowds in Belle-
fonte. They didn’t have any special mis-
sion here. Just motored down to wander
through the stores and streets of the
town greeting those whom they knew and
have a night off. Because of the threat-
ening weather the Lutheran festival that
had been scheduled for Pine Hall that
night was called off and as there wasn’t
much doing in the neighborhood of their
homes the ladies decided to honor Belle-
_ fonte with their presence.
—Mrs. Thomas Patterson, who is here
from Seattle for a three month's visit
with her aunt, Miss Margaret Stewart,
at the Stewart home on west Linn street,
was the former Miss Margaret Stewart
Cross, by Miss Brinkerhoff, head of
home hygienics in the schools of New
York city, came to an end on Wed-
nesday. The course dealt primarily
with communicable diseases, their
James H. Kamerling, an Allegheny
county prisoner, made his escape
from Rockview penitentiary at seven
o'clock on Tuesday morning, just af- |
ter the men had been sent out to :
prevention and treatment, dietetics ‘
and care of cases of the most com- work. Prison guards scoured the
mon illnesses. Only four young wo- | countryside and Nittany mountain :
men took the course in Bellefonte. for the man but were unable to find
The same course was given at Pine | 20Y trace of him. Subsequent events
Grove Mills, where there was a class ‘proved that he must have been in
of sixteen, and at State College, | hiding near the prison all of Tuesday.
where the class was quite large. Toe | At 1:30 o'clock on Wednesday .
College class was accounted for by ; MOrning he rele to the Poniten-
the fact that quite a number of | tg; isle h is way 2 Je boiler :
nurses are there taking the summer 1OUSe Where George D. Y onners,
course and also took advantage of ; 2150 of Allegheny county and a trus-
the nurse’s course under Miss Brink- | t¥» Was at work firing the boilers.
The two men then stole the car of
erhoff. It is now the intention to re-
peat the course next summer, O. C. Smith, a guard, cut a hole in
the wire stockade large enough to
drive the car through and beat it for,
western Pennsylvania. They got as
far as Ebensburg where they were
captured at 8 o'clock by Sergeant :
Gleason, of the State highway pa- |
trol, and were brought back to Cen- '
tre county to answer to the charge of
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COUNTY LAMB CLUB
ORGANIZED FOR YEAR.
The Centre County boys and girls
4H Lamb Club was organized last
week. The officers of the club elect-
II, a resident of Bellefonte for a number
of years. Mrs. Patterson left here eight
years ago to join her father, the late
William Stewart, in Seattle, where she has
since made her home. Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Shaw, maternal relatives of the
Stewart family, were also guests at the
Stewart home over Sunday, having driven
up from Maryland for the visit.
—Harry K. Hoy, wife and daughter
Madeline, arrived in Bellefonte, last Sat-
urday, for a two week’s visit at the pa-
rental home of Mr. and Mrs. Sinie H. Hoy
on Thomas street. Harry has become well
set in his position with the Bell Telephone
company, in Pittsburgh, and likes his
work very much. Yesterday Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. Hoy, with their son, his wife and
daughter, left on a four day's motor trip
to Hershey, Lebanon and Lancaster, where
they will visit the Robert Behney and
Moyer families, expecting to return home
on Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Johnson and
Miss Harriet Kline were in Bellefonte for
an hour or more on Tuesday. For years
Mr. Johnson has been connected with the
Pennsylvania railroad in Pittsburgh. In
fact so many years that it won't be long
until his retirement. This is his vacation
ed at the time of the round-up last
fall were: Fred Luse, Centre Hall,
president; Alice Foust, Centre Hall,
secretary. There are 14 members in
the club this year, of which the fol-
lowing four are new members: Leroy
Bechdel, Howard; William Campbell,
Spring Mills; Margaret Ross, Centre
Hall; Richard Ross,
Centre county last year was fortu-
nate in having the grand champion
pen in the farm products show at
ed to full coverage.
The Fire and Police committee
presented two bids for furnishing
coal to the fire company houses, one
from W. W. Bickett for $4.50 per
gross ton and one from O. G. Mor-
gan for Cherry Run coal at $3.90 per
net ton. It was suggested to the
committee that a trial load of each
kind of coal be bought before the
winter’s supply is purchased.
Mr. Cobb, of the Special commit-
breaking and escaping.
When the men were brought to
Bellefonte, on Wednesday afternoon,
officers told of another daring at-
tempt to escape the Cambria county
jail. When arrested by the highway
patrol in the morning they were
| searched but no weapons found. Af- |
Centre Hall. |
i ter they were placed in jail, however,
| Kamerling jerked a gun out of his
! sock and ordered the turnkey to open
!the doors. Other prisoners called for
| season and he and Mrs. Johnson are
, Spending part of it in Altoona; expecting
"later to motor on for a week or more at
| Atlantic City. The jaunt on Tuesday was
‘Just a run down the Bald Eagle, a
, short stop here and return by the
way of State College and Spruce Creek.
i ‘Tang’ is the same genial fellow we re-
{ member in our common school days away
: back in the eighties when every after-
noon after school was out the boys gath-
ered on the commons back of the school
- house and played ball until dark.
Harrisburg and the members are:
help and the sheriff and two police- , ‘Corncob’” Martin was the idol of all we
tee brought up the matter of the
erection of an illuminated sign for
aviators, as suggested by Robert F.
Hunter some time ago. He stated
that Postmaster John L. Knisley had,
on Monday, received a communication
from the manager of the National Air
Transport asking what is being done
in the matter of erecting such a sign,
as it would be a great help to pilots
at night. He stated that Mr. Knise-
ly said if the borough will agree to
pay a maximum of $208 a year for
the light, that is all council will be
asked to do. After some discussion
the matter was left in the hands of
the committee to secure a more def-
inite statement of the entire proposi-
tion. Mr. Cobb also stated that post-
master Knisely is very anxious that
something be done in the matter of
numbering houses, as postoffice in-
spectors are likely to visit Bellefonte
most any time to look up a site for
anxious to repeat again this year,
The club is divided into the follow-
ing classes: 2 pens of Southdowns; 2
pens of Shropshires; 4 pens of Chev-
iots and 6 pens of Hampshire. Each
member purchased a pen of three
lambs. George Luse, of Centre Hall,
will again act as club leader.
men who happened to be there ran!
in and caught Kamerling before he
could get away. When he was
brought to the Centre county jail and
searched several safety razor blades
were found concealed in the lining of :
his coat.
DEDICATION OF GRANGE
MEMORIAL DORMITORY.
J. Grove Shook, master of the Cen- ;
tre county Pomona Grange, an-
nounces that the Grange memorial .
dormitory, at State College, will be ,
dedicated Wednesday, August 14th, :
at 1:30 p. m. The ceremonial will
be interesting and beautiful and will
include a short pageant in which rep- ;
resentatives from every county in the '
State will take part. It is desired ,
are urged that all Patrons in Centre
——The remains of Mrs. Margaret
A. Eadon, who died in Philadelphia
on Wednesday of last week, were
brought to Bellefonte, last Friday
morning, and taken direct to the
Catholic cemetery for burial. Mrs.
Eadon was the widow of the late
Thomas Eadon, at one time coach-
man for Col. W. F. Reynolds.
A —— A ————
——1If you are a candidate for any
borough or township office don’t wait
until the last day but get your nomi-
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nation petition filed at once. county be present on his occasion.
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younger boys, for he was the only fellow
who had ever batted a ball clear from the
batter’s box near the wigwam, over the
top of the school house, out onto Alle-
gheny street. ‘‘Babe’’ Ruth is a good one
today, but he is no greater in the eyes of
modern youth than ‘‘Corncob’’ was in ours
forty years ago. Another thing ‘‘Tang’s’
call brought to memory: His older broth-
er, Finley, played the snare drum in
the Bellefonte band. He was also his
father’s assistant in the postoffice. Fin
loved to play the drum far more than he
did answering the eternal question: “Is
there any mail for us.’ One day a trav-
eling theatrical attraction came to town
and when it came time to make its noon-
day parade it. was. discovered that the
drummer of the band had vamoosed.
Someone suggested’ Fin Johnson as a sup-
ply. And Fin’s father, the post-master,
being away at the time, the enthusiastic
assistant ‘promptly locked up the post-of-
fice, slung his drum over his shoulder and
left Bellefonte to wait for her mail until
he had helped the itinerant thespians out.
in Bellefonte at the Sommerville he
| east of town. The Misses Davis
| sisters of Mrs. Sommerville.
—Mrs. Theresa Hibler Sears, who
been at her summer home in Milesh
i for several months, is entertaining
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and N
| Claude Ray and their son, and
| Ray’s mother, all of New York city. N
Sears guests will spend a part of
month of August in Milesburg.
—Charles P. Hewes HEsq., with
{ daughter, Miss Rebecca, and his s
| Cresswell, were arrivals in town Sund
| They were out on a motor trip and st
ped here until Tuesday for a visit w
| Mr. Hewe’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Hut
, inson, of Howard street. When leav:
; here they expected to make the rett
{ drive to their home in Erie by way
points in New York State.
| —Mrs. Cc. B. Williams, of Westfield,
(Jo accompanied by her sister, Mrs. J.
Maginniss and son James, of Atlanta, G
; motored to Bellefonte on Wednesday
last week, went over to Ridgway,
Thursday, to spend a day among frier
| of Mrs. Maginniss and returned to Bel
fonte on Friday. On Monday they retu:
ea to Westfield, accompanied by Mr. W
| llams, who spent the past three mont
| in Bellefonte and at Beech Creek for t
benefit of his health.
—The John Strouse family of Fergus
township made a party of it Saturd
night and all came to town. Mr. and M
Strouse, their son Roy and his wife a
the latter's little son, John William, mor
tored down for an evening off and wh
the others busied themselves elsewhe
John spent most of the time at this offic
We had a delightful evening reminisci:
over the days when State College w
only a village, and the Strouses were
the Foster farm which is now complete
obliterated by handsome homes, pav
streets and all the changes wrought |
towns growing as rapidly as State ‘Colle
is. . :
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—Mrs. L. D. Whiting and her two ch
dren are here from Louisville, Ky., f
the month of August, Mrs. Charles .
Donachy and her two children, Sara wu
Charles Jr., coming over from Kingsto
to join the family home party at the
C. Shuey home, Mr. Donachy spendit
Sunday with the party and his siste
Mrs. Derstine who was here from Juni
ta. The Shueys and their guests, wi
Mrs. Shuey’s two sisters, Mrs. Reiley,
Altoona, and Mrs. W. T. Twitmire ar
their husbands, thirteen in all, spe:
Tuesday with friends and relatives
Philipsburg and that part of the count
on a picnic drive. Mr. and Mrs .Donach:
will leave shortly on a trip to Denver, M
Donachy going out on business relative -
his work.
—Mrs. Annie Saucerman, of Altoon
was in Bellefonte last Friday afternoc
on her way home from a visit with tt
J. L. Peters family at Pleasant Gap. Mr
Saucerman came down to Centre count
two weeks ago for the reunion of tr
students of the old Pine Grove Mil
academy. She and our ubiquitous corre:
pondent, at Pine Grove, Capt. W. H. Fr:
must have had a fine time for after flast
ing on him a merit card he had given he
because of excellent scholarship awa
back in 1864 she stood right up and tol
him he was ‘the meanest teacher I eve
had.” Of course Mrs. Saucerman was or
ly “rigging” the Captain, for he couldn’
have been such a bad teacher in the six
ties or she wouldn't have gotten tha
highly prized merit card.
—During a brief call at the Watchma
office, on Friday, Mrs. Maurice Yeage
informed us that her son, Frederick Yea
ger, who will be remembered as a sta
player on the State College football tear
during his college days, is expected hom
from South America the last of thi
month or beginning of September. Fol
lowing Fred's graduation at State Col
lege he went to Detroit, Mich., and go
a job with the Ford Motor company. H
made good from the start and after win
ning a number of promotions at the par
ent plant he was sent to Sao Paula, Brazil
to establish a Ford assembling plan
there. That the Brazilians took to th:
Fords as a means of travel is evidence
by the fact that now, at the end of thre
years, Fred has a force of one thousanc
men working at the Sao Paula plant an¢
they are always busy putting cars togeth:
er for the natives and furnishing supplie:
to the various sales stations. Sao Paul¢
is an inland city, located in themountain.
ous region about one hundred miles fron
the sea coast, and while there is no rea
winter season and the summers are hot
the health rate of the city is very good
Mr. Yeager is married but has no chil-
dren, and his wife will accompany him t¢
the States.
Additional personals on page 4, column 4.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat $1.20
Corn 1.10
Rye 1.10
Oats 50
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