“Bellefonte, Pa., September 20, 1929.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— There was a heavy frost here-
abouts yesterday morning and a real
freeze in some parts of the county.
- ——County treasurer Lyman L.
Smith has secured his first consign-
ment of hunting licenses and is pass-
ing them out to all qualified appli-
cants at $2.00 per.
——John Mitchell is so critically
ill at his home at Lemont that Ilit-
tle hope is felt for his recovery. The
illness dates from an attack of “flu”
more than a year ago, which re-
sulted in a weak heart condition.
——Joseph Kuntz, of Pittsburgh,
architect who will draw the plans for
Bellefonte’s new armory, was in
Bellefonte yesterday in consultation
with Capt. Raph T. Smith relative to
the needs and kind of an armory de-
Sired.
Residents of Bellefonte who
have clean ashes and dirt to dispose
of during the fall and winter can
find a good dumping place for them
on the north end of Hughes field. No
stones or rubbish of any kind will be
permitted, however.
Mrs. John A. Woodcock is
preparing to leave the William Tress-
ler house on Howard street, in antic-
ipation of moving into a part of
‘the McManus house, on the corner
of Allegheny and Howard streets,
by the first of October.
——Announcements of the birth of
a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Winslow, of North Tonawanda, were
received in Bellefonte this week.
Mrs. Winslow, before her marriage,
was Miss Mary Grimm, a daughter
of George S. Grimm, with whom she
lives, and the little Miss Helen
Louise is her only daughter.
——The George I. Thompson com-
pany, of Clearfield, was again low
bidder for the rebuilding of the State
highway between Milesburg and
Bellefonte their bid, last Friday, be-
ing $125,394. Their bid last month
for the same piece of work was
$128,895; and it was rejected by the
State Department as being too high.
——Centre county boys who are
fighting for positions on State’s foot-
ball team this fall are Cal. Shawley,
Steve Fletcher and Clifford Horner,
of State College, and Andy Parana,
of Philipsburg. All of them saw
service on the Varsity last season,
but they have to fight it out again
with all comers on the squad in or-
der to hold their old places. :
——Seized with a sudden faintness
Herbert Miller tumbled out of the
doorway leading to the second floor
over the Parrish drug store, about
ten o'clock on Tuesday morning,
falling on his head on the concrete
pavement. He laid on the pavement
about ten minutes and failing to re-
vive a passing automobile was com-
mandeered and he was removed to
his home on east High street.
——Harry and Geo. T. Bush, heirs
of Louise T. Bush, deceased, have
filed exceptions to the eighth annual
xeport of the Bellefonte Trust Com-
pany, trustee under the will. E. J.
‘Thompson Esq. of Philipsburg, has
been named auditor in the matter
and will sit to hear argument in the
case on October 10. N. B. Spangler
dBsq., will represent the Trust Co.,
and ‘Arthur C .Dale, John Blanchard
and Mortimer C. Rhone, of Williams-
port, will represent the plaintiffs.
At the recess period, last
Thursday morning, Donald Frazier,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Frazier, of
Reynolds avenue, and who isa pupil
in the primary school at the Brick |
building, undertook to go across |
Bishop street to a small store to
buy some cake or candy and becom-
ing bewildered in the traffic ran in
front of a car driven by Elmer
Weaver. He was knocked down but
not run over. Weaver stopped and
the boy was taken to the Centre
county hospital but by Saturday
had recovered sufficiently to be tak-
en home, :
——Down in Jersey Shore the
‘borough council and Jersey Shore
* Trolley company are at loggerheads
- over the paving of Allegheny street,
the main thoroughfare. Council
wants the trolley company to bear
it’s share of the expense of paving,
which it refuses to do. On Monday
borough employees tore up a small
. Section of the trolley track and the
company continued service to the
torn up track and no further. The
result was the Johnston Motor Bus
«company put busses in service to ac-
icommodate traffic in the town, and
just what will happen next cannot
be anticipated.
——The Cathaum, the beautiful
play house at State College, has
been reopened and is again present-
ing daily programs of high class
talking film features. The theatre
was closed for four weeks or more
while being redecorated and during
that time expert acousticians were
called in to improve the sound ef-
fects so that now it is adjusted ac-
cording to the most scientific princi-
ples known for perfect synchroniza-
tion and audition. Tonight the show-
ing at the Cathaum will be Lois Mo-
ran and Tom Patricola in “Words
and Music.” Tomorrow night Ina
Claire
comedy
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$2,000 FOR BUILDING SITE.
Council Defers Definite Action for
Another Conference with
League Officials.
The Bellefonte borough council
chamber was pretty well crowded,
at the regular meeting on Monday
evening by persons interested in se-
curing the location in Bellefonte of
a milk shipping. .. station for the
Dairyman’s League, and members of
the Bellefonte school board who
made formal application to council
for permission to close Lamb street
from Locust alley to Spring street
in order to construct an athletic field
for the Bellefonte public schools.
The dairymen appeared before
council backed by a large commit-
tee of the local Kiwanis club, with
J. Kennedy Johnston as spokesman.
The latter told how the dairymen
preferred coming to Bellefonte
providing they can get a site at a
reasonable figure; that they have
an appropriation of $30,000 in cash
for the erection and equipment of a
plant, and must get located some-
where this fall. He also presented
as an argument in favor of council
selling the League a site at the
Phoenix mill plant that it will be a
good thing for the town; bringing
farmers here who will naturally
trade with the Bellefonte merchants.
Ward Krape, of Nittany, stated to
council that the League now has a
membership in Nittany valley of 67
farmers and is growing ~ right
along. He wound up by making an
offer of $2000 for the site desired, to
include sewer and water connections.
Council had previously asked $5000
for the land, a tract 200x94 feet on
the northeast corner of the old dam.
When the matter was taken up
later in the evening the question of
the sale was thoroughly discussed
from all angles, one. of the stumbling
blocks being a right-of-way over
the road around the west and south
sides of the old mill. Mr. Emerick
finally made a motion that council
sell the site for the price offered,
$2000, and it was seconded by Mr.
Badger. The roadways were again
discussed and finally Mr. Cobb sug-
gested that council as a body meet
with the League committee on the
ground and get a definite understand-
ing as to roads, railroads sidings and
everything else desired before any
definite action be taken. Mr. Emer-
ick then withdrew his motion and
council voted to act on Mr. Cobb's
suggestion.
Dr. M. J. Locke was spekesman
for the Bellefonte school board in
presenting the request for the clos-
ing as to roads, railroad sidings and
stated that the school code now re-
quires a certain period of athletic in-
struction daily, and that the board
is compelled to get more ground
somewhere. He gave figures to show
that the attendance at the North
ward school buildings today is more
than double what it was twenty
years ago. The board presented a
petition signed by almost one thou-
sand voters in favor of closing the
street. Architect's plans and draw-
ings of the proposed athletic field
were also presented. Inasmuch as
council will have to obtain informa-
tion as to their legal right to permit
the closing of a portion of Lamb
street, and the proper procedure, the
matter was held over for further
consideration.
Secretary W. T. Kelly presented
a certificate from the county com-
missioners relative to a reduction
of $500 in the valuation of the va-
cant lot of H. 8. Moore, on Spring
street.
A written complaint was received
from Ed Swiler about a bad sewer
in the neighborhood of the Robert
Kline property, on east Bishop street.
The Street committee reported va-
rious repairs and the collection of
$30 for a sewer tap.
The Water committee reported the
erection of four drinking fountains,
installation of a meter at a Spring
township school house, the collection
of $550 on water taxes and $138.60
from other sources, and that the in-
surance policies have all been
changed from the 809% clause to
full coverage.
The Finance committee presented
the report of the borough treasurer
which showed a balance on hand of
$1489.79. "Request was made for
the renewal of notes totaling $47.-
456.40, and for a new note for $2000
to pay current bills.
The Fire and Police committee
called attention to the fact that an-
other child had been injured by be-
ing hit by a car near the Bishop
street school house, last Thursday
morning, and that George Glenn had
{been put on as a temporary traffic
policeman to control traffic at that
point. Council authorized the reten-
tion of Mr. Glenn on full time this
week.
The Sanitary committeé presented
the monthly report of Dr. S. M.
Nissley, health officer.
The Special committee reported
that Robert F. Hunter and others in-
terested in the erection of a sign for
aviators has about abandoned the
idea of erecting it on the old hangar,
on the Beaver farm, and asked per-
mission to erect it on the borough's
property adjacent to the reservoir.
On motion permission was granted
1 be seen in the all talking with certain reservations.
ama, “The Awful Truth.” |
The Village Improvement commit-
The Nittany theatre at the College tee presented plans and a request of
has been- closed until further notice. M. L. Cherry for permission to erect council adjourned.
| DAIRYMAN’S LEAGUE OFFERS BRUSH VALLEY WOMAN
ANNOYED BY BIG BEAR.
! @. Edward Haupt is now in posi-
tion to offer an extra attraction in
connection with his Veiled Lady
Cavern, over in Brush valley, but
Mrs. Daniel Richner who, with her
husband and four children, occupy
one of the Haupt farms at the foot
of Nittany mountain, is not exalted
with the new drawing card. And
this is not to be wondered at, as it is
a monster bear which is making the
farm orchard his evening feeding
grounds and has mainfested ¢onsid-
erable resentment at being molest-
ed while munching his repast of lus-
‘cious apples.
, Indications point to the fact that
the bear has been a regular visitor
at the orchard for some time. Mr.
Haupt has two or three hounds
over at the Richner farm and most
every evening they hie to the or-
chard and give tongue to the bear.
A few evenings ago bruin evidently
grew weary of the performance and
made for the hounds. The latter
showed discretion by legging it for
home with the bear in hot pursuit.
He chased the dogs right into the
the yard and is of such immense
size that he almost stuck fast in the
gateway.
Mrs. Richner saw the bear com-
ing and securing her husband’s gun
took a pot shot at the animal as he
entered the yard. This wasa recep-
tion he had not anticipated and he
hastily back-tracked for the moun-
tain. An examination of the trail dis-
closed drops of blood, which were
taken as evidence that Mrs Rich-
ner’s shot found its mark. but from
the way the bear traveled it
was not seriously hurt. Mr. Haupt
not only resents the bear taking his
apples but is somewhat fearful lest
he tackle the young pigs on the
farm.
The bear is believed to have his
den somewhere in Greeen valley and
it is highly probable he has a mate
around somewhere.
TEACHERS’ INSTIUTE
WEEK OF OCTOBER 14th.
County superintendent F. C. Rog-
ers has completed his program for
the 83rd annual session of the teach-
will convene on Monday,
14th, in the court house, Bellefonte.
As instructors tor the week he has
secured Dr. John A. H. Keith, Super-
intendent of Public Instruction; Dr.
W. D. Henderson, of the University
of Michigan; Dr. William" S. Taylor,
of the University of Kentucky; Hon.
Alpert W. Johnson, federal judge for
the Middle district of Pennsylvania;
Dr. Robert C. Shaw, William H.
Bristow and E. R. Kontner, all «of
the Department of Public Instruc-
tion, Harrisburg, and Dr. Charles R.
Foster, president of the Indiana
State teachers college. J. W. Yoder,
with Missy Rachel Shuey, of Belle-
fonte, pianist. ‘
Under the school code all teachers
are required to attend institute.
Their pay for doing so is $4.00 per
day, and failing to attend without
an adequate excuse they will forfeit
not only their pay for the week but
a like amount from their next
month’s salary.. The enrollment fee
for each teacher is $4.00, which goes
into the fund for the payment of in-
structors and other institute expens.-
es. :
No evening sessions will be held,
and as in former years all general
sessions will be held in the court
house, with sectional meetings in
the High school building on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Vice presidents of the institute are
, H. C. Rothrock, Bellefonte, and Wil-
{ liam S. Jeffries. State College; secre-
i tary, Earl K. Stock, Bellefonte, and
rgistrar, Rosalie Yearick, Bellefonte.
CENTRE COUNTY WHEAT
| FAR BELOW NORMAL YIELD.
John W. Miller, of Ferguson town-
ship, was in Bellefonte looking after
some business, on Monday morning,
and inasmuch as he is one of the
leading threshermen of the county
we were able to get some idea of the
way crops are turning out. He
threshes at sixty barns in one of the
most productive areas in the county
so that his report should be a fair
index of conditions, generally. Ac-
cording to his records wheat is run-
ning all the way from seven to twen-
ty-eight bushels per acre. However,
it has been only in a few cases
that the yield has reached the lat-
ter mark and then only on small
acreages on which abnormally fav-
orable conditions existed.
Mr. Miller said that he had actual-
ly seen no wheat that might be
graded No. 1. Where' it is not shriv-
eled the grain is small.
The oats he has threshed has
averaged about forty bushels to the
acre, though on the farm of the Hon.
J. W. Kepler he did run into a patch
that had been grown on : potato
ground that turned out something
over sixty bushels to the acre.
a garage on north Thomas street.
Granted.
The Water committee recommend-
ed that the tax rate for 1929 be the
same as for 1928, and that the reg-
ular appeal be held the first week
in October.
Bills totaling $3812.81 were ap-
proved for payment after which
ers’ institute of Centre county which
October |
Stolen Packard they evidently had
of Ivyland, will be director of music |
BEECH NATIONAL ROBBED
BY BANDITS YESTERDAY.
Three bandits slipped into the
First National bank at Beech Creek,
so quietly yesterday morning at
11:45, that cashier J. A. Haugh had
no intimation of their presence until
he was looking into the muzzle of an
automatic in the hands of one of
‘them. He was alone in the bank at
the time. As soon as he was cover-
eda second bandit scaled the grill
and plunked a revolver against -. his
back. The third made his way into
‘the vault at the rear, scooped up
about $9000.00 in: cash, together with
a lot of securities. Then they lock-
ed Haugh behind the grill to the
vault and were gone before anyone
in Beech Creek knew of the hold-up.
In fact much time might have
elapsed had not the burglar alarm
had a release in the vault. The
cashier set it off and that roused the
village to what was going on.
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning
Milton Sykes, who lives in Beech
Creek and has a business in Lock
Haven, was about midway between
the two places when he was held up
by four men in an old Studebaker
car. They forced him to leave his
Packard and enter the Studebaker.
Then they drove both cars into a
woods about 11, miles away where
they took 870 in cash from Sykes
and tied him to a tree. They kept
him there until time to pull the
Beech Creek job, then they tookboth
cars and left him where he was.’
After they had gone he was able to
free himself and spread the alarm.
His car license is Penna. 62315 and
that is the only clue there is as
no one in Beech Creek saw the men
and they would not let Sykes see
the license plate on their own Stude-
baker.
Sykes said their Studebaker was
full of machine guns and other fire
arms. i
Dr. Geo. F. Tibbens,
Creek, was in Howard at the time
(the story of the robbery reachea
there and started home at once. On
the way he met acar he supposed
‘contained the bandits.
He stopped
and demanded that it stop. He was
met with a fusillade of shots which
he returned but neither took effect
and the bandits sped on west.
They were seen going through
Howard and as they were using the
abandoned their own car or split up
into two parties going in different
directions.
ONE WOUNDED AND CAPTURED
ABOVE RUNVILLE.
. After Dr. Tibbens failed in his at-
tempted capture he turned and fol- |
lowed them. He and a man named
Frank Williams kept up the chase
and finally got ahead of the bandit
car. ‘About a mile above Runville
they stopped and blocked thé road.
This forced the bandits into a culvert
where their car was wrecked.
One of the men was so badly hurt
by the accident that he could not
escape. The other two fled to the
woods and up to the time of going
to press had not been captured.
The satchel containing all ‘the
cash and securities was recovered.
The injured bandit is now in the
Bellefonte hospital = under police
guard and gives his name as George
Williams, of Pittsburgh. i
He is about 29 years old and is
not seriously hurt. One story is to
the effect that Dr. Tibbens shot him,
but the hospital reports his wounds
as more likely to have been caused
by glass cuts.
JUDGE ELLIS L. ORVIS
TALKED ON CONSTITUTION
The Kiwanis luncheon was held
at the Penn Belle hotel on Tuesday,
President W. Harrison Walker, who
had been greatly missed during his
illness, was back in the president’s
chair with his wonted pep and en-
thusiasm. The guests of the day
were Hon. Ellis L. Orvis, Charles
Richelieu and Frederick Warner.
James R. Hughes raised his voice
in a vigorus protest against the un-
satisfactory service being rendered
by the Western Union Telegraph
company. He stated that the local
office closes at the early hour of
seven o'clock in the evenings, thereby
necessitating the dictating of mes-
sages by phone to the Western Un-
ion operators in Altoona, Tock Hav-
en and State College. He suggested
that a committee be appointed by
President Walker to draft a letter of
protest to the proper authorities.
This suggestion: will be carried out
soon. The local operator is in no
manner responsible for the present
situation.
John G. Love, Esq. introduced
Hon. EHis L. Orvis as the speaker
of the day. “The Constitution” was
the subject assigned. The same
scholarly, instructive and forceful
presentation of facts that alway:
characterizes the ex-Judge's ad-
dresses was in marked evidence in
his speech on Tuesday. He quoted
the Hon. William E. Gladstone as
saying that the Federal Constitution
was the most wonderful work ever
struck off at a given time by the
brain of man. The speaker outlined
the back-ground of the Constitution,
the establishing of the colonies, the
character and purpose of the colon-
ists, stating the purpose to be the es-
tablishment ‘of a community and
government ‘ to work out their des-
tinies and worship God as they pleas-
ed. Our ancestors fought, bled and
died for human freedom against the
tyranny of Kings and Emperors.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
'—Miss Mary Shoemaker, of west High
street, is in Washington on a visit and
is a guest at the Dodge hotel.
—Phil Reynolds arrived home, Sunday,
from a hunting trip for big game in
Africa, and a'tour of the Orient, cover-
ing a period of thirteen months. :
—Miss Jane Hopkins, of Lancaster, a
cousin of Mrs. “Hugh M. Quigley, is
spending a week in Bellefonte, a guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Quigley, at their home
on east Linn street.
—Mrs. Blanche Fauble Schloss accom-
panied her sister, Mrs. Noll, to Lans-
downe ‘last’ week, expecting to visit
there for several weeks, then ' return
home to prepare for a sale of the Fauble
household goods, which will be héld
sometime during the fall.
i —Mr. and Mrs. G. Fred Musser came
up from Philadelphia, last Friday, spent
the night with friends at State College
| and came down to Bellefonte on Saturday
morning. Mr. Musser will return home
the latter part of the week while Mrs.
| Musser will remain for several weeks.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Landsy will leave
today for Washington, D. C., to attend
a regional meeting of the National Greet-
ers’ association, of which Mr. Landsy
is a charter member. The meeting will
include hotel proprietors in New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Dis-
trict of Columbia. They will return home
on Sunday.
—Mrs. A. O. Furst and Mr. and Mrs.
John Curtin and their daughter Caroline
are on a motor trip into Virginia. They
left here Monday expecting to spend the
night in Gettysburg; thence to Waynes-
boro where Miss Caroline was entered
for her first year at Fairfax Hall. They
expected to stop for a visit with friends
in Washington on their way home.
[ —Mr. and Mrs. Levy Johnson drove ip
from Chicago, early in the week, Mrs
Johnson remaining here, at the John S.
| Walker home, while Mr. Johnson went
‘on to Harrisburg for a business engage-
ment. Mrs. Johnson, who was formerly,
Miss Stella Nolan, is a native of Belle-
‘fonte, and has kept in close touch with
her relatives and friends here, by year-
ly visits back home.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Person, of Tren-
ton, N. J., who have been visiting with
; friends at Mrs. Person’s former home in
Centre Hall, spent the after part of last
week in Bellefonte, at the Wagner Geis
home, on Thomas street. Mrs. Person,
before her marriage, was Miss Lola
Strohm. Mr. and Mrs. Geis have had
their son, David, a third year man at
Drexel, home for a week’s visit before the
opening of school.
—A pleasant visitor at the Watchman
office, on Monday afternoon, was Mrs.
W. H. Brouse, of Boalsburg, who was in
Bellefonte looking after some business
matters and doing a little shopping. Or-
dinarily Mr. Brouse looks after such mat-
ters but his health has not been very
good of late and Mrs. Brouse is proving
a very efficient assistant to her husband.
° —Dr. and Mrs. David Dale motored to
Waynesboro, Virginia, on Tuesday; taking
their daughter Anne Dodd with them to
begin her sophomore year at Fairfax Hall.
—Mr. and Mrs. Myron M. Cobb left
Tuesday on a motor trip to Waterman,
Ill.,, to attend the wedding of their old-
est son, Arnold C. Cobb and Miss Alta
Woods, which will take place at Miss
Woods’ home in that place. Saturday,
Sept. 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb will then
spend the remainder of the two weeks
they will be away, visiting with relatives
of Mrs. Cobb, at Kenosha, Milwaukee, and
Madison. Their daughter, Miss Doris, ar-
rived home from Barnegat City, N. J., the
day they left, expecting to take charge of
the Cobb home during her parents ab-
sence.
—Miss Myrtle Fiedler, of Seattle,
Wash.,, who has planned to spend a
month in the east, with her brother
Reginald, at Washington, and with rela-
tives and friends here and at Williams-
sport, is expected in Bellefonte, within
a short time. During her stay in Centre
county she will be a house guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Gable, of the Mingle family,
on east High street. Miss Fiedler is a
daughter of the late James Fiedler, a for-
mer editor of the Keystone Gazette, and
lived much of her girlhood life here,
while her parents were residents of
Bellefonte.
—Mrs. H. Fred Pantel, of Waukegan,
Ill, was an overnight visitor of Mr. and
Mrs. James D. Seibert, Monday, having
come here from Johnstown, where she
had been visiting at her former home in
that place. Mr. and Mrs. Seibert’s other
guests during the week have included,
Mr. Seibert’s sisters, Mrs. William Kirk,
of Hammond, Ind., and Mrs. Etta Seibert
Newlin, of Uniontown, her daughter, Mrs.
McGinnis and Thomas McGinnis. The
party drove in from Uniontown, Saturday,
returning Sunday, leaving Mrs. Kirk
here for an indefinite stay with her
brother and his wife.
—William H. Wolfe, captain of one of
Altoona’s leading fire companies, cele-
brated his 56th birthday anniversary, on
Sunday, by coming to Bellefonte on a
motor trip just for a little outing. The
Captain was born in Bellefonte and spent
the days of his youth here, but went to
Altoona when only sixteen years old. At:
that time the fire department of the,
Mountain city was composed of five fire |
companies with only thirteen paid fire
men, Today the city has nine motorized
companies and a force of 66 firemen on
duty all the time. Capt. Wolfe has been
connected with the department for thirty
five years.
—William H. Keller II was an arrival
in town Sunday of last week for a short
visit with his mother before leaving
for Pittsburgh where he will enter the
University of Pittsburgh to continue his
law studies. William had been working
and studying in Washington for two
years, but resigned his position there.
When asked just why he wanted to get
out of the National Capitol he broke a |
dry little smile and said: “If I had stay- |
ed there much longer I'm afraid I would
have become a Democrat.” It was a ter-
rible (?) eventuality that was confronting
the young gentleman and he has done
well in going to Pittsburgh, because if
he dreads been pried loose from his idols |
we know of no city in the world where |
there is‘less chance of that being done
than the one in which he has chosen to
locate. His brother Ellis O. Keller and
| where
| Ellis having accepted a position with the
his family are now living in Pittsburgh
they moved a month ago;
Armstrong Cork Co,
—Miss Geraldine Noonan has been
(Cleveland, spending her vacation as
guest of the Ceader family.
—Miss Rebecca N. Rhoades, of Was!
ington, D. C., was among those bac
home to vote at the primaries. p
—Miss Winifréd M. Gates went up
Buffalo, N. Y., yesterday to spend a wes
of her fortnight’s vacation as a guest
Mrs. Mary Cowdrick Carlin.
—Mrs. Earl Tuten, of Harrisburg, sto
ped in Bellefonte for a short time Monda
with ' her sister, Mrs. * Harold Kirk, «
her way home to Philipsburg to vote.
‘—Paul D. Foreman is home from Ne
York, ‘for a short visit with his paren
‘Mr. ; and Mrs. D. R. Foreman, befo:
leaving to make his home in Washingto:
—Mrs. Sides has been up from Jerse
Shore this week, visiting with Mr
George B. Thompson, whose grandmot!
er, the late Mrs. D. G. Bush, was Mr
Side’s aunt, and with whom she frequen
ly visited in Bellefonte.
, —Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Fridgen, who ha
been east from L’Anse, Mich,, for a vis
of two weeks, with Mrs. Fridgen’'s mothe
Mrs. George Waite, and the family, ©
Phoenix avenue, have arrived at the
new home in Oregon, where Mr. Fridge:
has been reassigned by his company, an
where they will be permanently locatec
—Mrs. Frederick Reynolds and her tw
children, are preparing to leave Bell¢
fonte early next month to join Mr. Rey
nolds in Canada, where they will mak
their home. Mr. Reynolds went there i
the early summer to superintend the cor
struction of a match factory, and r¢
mained as one of the heads of the plan
—Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Plumb, of New
ton, Kansas and Mr. and Mrs. Pierc
Steinkerchner, of Wichita, are east for
visit with relatives here driving on t
Philadelphia and the Atlantic coast, fo
a short stay at both places. The part
have been guests during their stay i
Bellefonte, of the Joseph Fox family, ¢
which Mrs. Plumb is a member, an
other relatives in this locality.
—Among the college set, who have al
ready left for school are, Mary Robb,
senior at Wilson, Henrietta Hunter, .
sophomore, Mary Harvey and Katherin
Irwin, both first year students at Wil
son: Catherine and Louise Meyer, re
turning to Hood college, at Frederic
Md.: Jean Blanchard to New England
Lois Kurtz to Fairfax Hall; Orvis Harve:
to Williams College and Evan Blanchar¢
to Haverford.
—Donald Potter, son of Mr. and Mrs
James H. Potter, spent several days las
week with his parents here. Mr. Potte:
left Bellefonte nine years ago, and fo:
the greater part of that time was i:
business on the Pacific coast, only re
cently returning east. Being a salesmar
and Centre county having been includec
in his district, it will be possible for hin
to make more frequent visits home
with his parents hereafter.
—Mrs. William Anthis, ' who is eas
from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, visiting wit?
relatives in Pennsylvania, was in Belle
fonte for a part of the week, a guest of
her sister, Mrs. Cora Cardon Noll. The
greater part of Mrs. Anthis’ time has
been spent at her former home in Clear:
field, and at Pittsburgh, where severa
members of the family live at the pres.
on time, and it is there the family of
nine brothers and . sisters will hold a re
union at the Field Club, in honor of Mrs.
Anthis. Mrs. Noll has already speni
two weeks with her sister in Pittsburgh,
but will go out again Friday, for the
Saturday get-together of the Cardon
family.
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PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO
SNOW SHOE DOOMED.
The Pennsylvania Railroad com-
pany has filed an application with
the Public Service Commission for
permission to discontinue the opera-
tion of mixed passenger and freight
trains on the Snow Shoe branch, on
the grounds that the passenger serv-
ice is a big money losing proposi-
tion.
‘Should the application be granted
it will mean that the once famous
switchback, the oldest railroad in
Centre county, and known through-
out the State because of the scenic
beauty along its right of way. will
become a freight carrier only.
The road was built seventy years
ago, having been opened for traffic
in 1859. The rails for the roadbed and
the rolling stock for its equipment
were brought to Bellefonte from
Lock Haven on flatboats on the old
canal. The road was built primarily
to carry to market the lumber manu-
factured and the med in the
Snow Shoe region. These products
of the mines and forests were brought
to Bellefonte over the new road and
shipped from here by canal boat to
points east. This was the only out-
let for the coal and lumber until
the construction and opening of the
Bald Eagle Valley railroad in 1864.
In the meantime Snow Shoe at-
tained some popularity as a sum-
mer resort and hundreds of travelers
went over the famous switchback
every year .with the result that the
passenger traffic became a paying
' proposition. But the automobile and
the new concrete highway to Snow
Shoe have changed all that and not
enough of tickets are now sold to
travelers over the road to pay for
'the axle grease on the cars. Freight
traffic, however, is good; in fact it
is better just now than it has been
for several years. and it is the desire
of the company to apply ail the re-
sources of the road to this branch of
service. 15
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——The first real frost of the fall
season was in evidence yesterday
morning, and established a record of
a frost every month so far for 1929.
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Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat $1.28
Corn 1.10
Rye 1.10
Oats 60
Barley J8
Buckwheat .. dmsesmirsenss +30 4