Bellefonte, Pa,, January 10, 1930.
ns
P GRAY MEEK, - - - Editer
Te Cerrespondents.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real
mame of the writer.
Terms of Subscription.—Until further
motice at the following rates:
Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50
Paid before expiration of year - 1.75
Paid after expiration of year - 200
Published weekly, every Friday morn-
ing. Entered at the postoffice, Bellefonte,
Pa., as second class matter.
In ordering change of address always
give the old as well as the new address.
It is important that the publisher be no-
tified when a subscriber wishes the paper
discontinued. In all such cases the sub-
ecription must be paid up to date of can-
cellation.
A sample copy of the “Watchman” will
te sent without cost to applicants.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY
Items taken from the Watchman issue of
January 9, 1880.
The success that attended the
thirty-third annual session of the
Centre County Teacher's Institute,
which was held in Bellefonte during
the holidays, was a matter that
Supt. Meyer had every reason for
gratification over. While a full re-
port of the proceedings is published
on page 2 of this issue we make
comment here on a playlet that was
drilled and presented on the instant
by Miss Crane, Calling the teachers,
wholly unaware from the auditorium
she told them what to do when their
cue came and that was all the in-
formation they got. Dr. Shaffer
was given the role of “the wicked
boy.” C. L. Gramley was “the good
little boy” and was placed in the
center of the stage and told to sing
tenor. And Sallie A. Meek, Rosa A,
Wood and Mary L. Nesbit were his
supporting chorus. Well, it was a
grand affair and convulsed the audi-
ence, but you ought to have heard
Mr. Gramley’'s tenor. The result
brought out, wonderfuly, the point
Miss Crane was trying to impress
on the assembled teachers. Incident-
ally, those teaching in the Bellefonte
schools are: Misses Rosa Wood,
Nannie McGinley, Lizzie Campbell,
M. L, Nesbit, Bella Rankin, Annie
McAffrey, Mary Shrom and D. M.
Leib, J. H.. Wetzel and John Brooks,
Dr. R. L, Dart and Miss Lida Lieb
were united in man and wife by Rev.
A. D. Yocum on Wednesday evening
last at the Lieb residence, corner of
Spring and Bishop streets,
Married—At the Bush house in
Bellefonte by Rev. J. M, King, John
C. Bathurst, of Roland, and Miss
Kate Lingle, of Eagleville.
On the 25th of Dec. 1879, at the
Ward house, Tyrone, Pa., by Rev. G.
W. Bouse, John W. Hartsock and
Miss Marian E. McDivitt, both of
Halfmoon, Pa.
At the residence of J. A. Hunter,
on the 24th of December, 1879, by
Rev. G. W. Bouse, E. W, McAfee and
Miss Sarah E. ‘Cross. both of Storms-
town, Pa.
Wheat is $1.45, rye 50c, corn 50c,
potatoes 30c, eggs 20c, butter 25c,
ham 12c¢c and lard 6c.
At a meeting of Logan Fire Co,
held Thursday, January 1, the fol-
lowing officials were elected to serve
during the ensuing year. President,
H. D. Yerger; vice president, Wil-
liam Long; treasurer, Chas. M, Heis-
ler; secretary Wiliam -T. Hillibish;
chief, John D. Sourbeck; 1st Asst,
John Dawson; 2nd Ass’t. Daniel
Witzoskey; 3rd Asst, William Mc-
Quillan; 4th Asst, George Dolan;
plugmen J. C. Brachbill Richard
Haupt.
The sleighing is all gone again, the
snow having disappeared as sudden-
ly as it came,
Miss ‘Amanda Tomb, one of Jersey
Shore's: most admirable and respect-
ed young ladies, has returned home
after a. visit of ten days with her
sister, Mrs. D. G. Bush, in this place.
Mr. J; Miles Kephart, of the firm
of Bennett, Pennewill and Co., Mar-
ket street, Philadelphia, will arrive
here tomorrow, Our merchants
should be on the lookout for him.
It was rain, rain, rain on Tuesday.
One incessant, dreary downpour, but
the water was badly needed to re-
plenish falling cisterns, wells and
streams. »
Elmer C. Green, of this place, is
quite an artist and has recently been
illustrating the Sunday school les-
sons on the blackboard of the Meth-
odist Sunday school here, In fact he
does it -, well and it is proving such
a help to the teachers that he has
beer unanimously chosen artist for
the school. Elmer is a son of our
fellow townsman Mr. F. P, Green.
: Br
———Along about ten o'clock, Tues-
day night, a box car loaded with
lime and standing on a siding in the
P. R. R, yards, north of town, caught
fire and the Logan fire company went
down to render assstance in extin-
guishing’' the flames. Railroad peo-
ple, however, wanted to save the
lime and decided to smother the fire.
The car was hauled out of the yard
and up onto the old glass works sid-
ing. About six o'clock, Wednesday
morning, the car again broke into
flames and the firemen were called
out, but it was then too late and
the car was destroyed.
fhe venerable A. Brittain
Steele has been confined to his home,
on Bedver street, for some days past,
with an attack of the flu and with
Mrs. Steele an invalid and practical-
ly blind neighbors and friends have
been looking after their needs and
comfort.
tn teers Qa eee. eee
———The oath of office for his sec-
ond term was administered to dis-
trict attorney John G. Love, by
prothonotary, 8. Claude . Herr, in
open court, at an ve Mo
day morning. Only & few peop
BAILEY.—The unexpected death
of Warren R. Bailey, at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Esther Gregory,
in Juniata, last Wednesday after-
noon, was quite a shock to his
many home friends in the western
end of Centre county. Mr. Bailey
had not been in good health for
some time but was no worse than
usual. On Tuesday he got a bad
fall which caused complications re-
sulting in his death.
Warren Richard Bailey was a
son of John and Mary Goheen Bai-
ley and was born at Baileyville on
July 4th, 1854, hence was in his
76th year. His boyhood days were
spent on the home farm and in at-
tending the public school and Pine
Grove Academy, but when he reach-
ed the age of twenty-three years he
married Miss Catherine Steely, of
Lewistown, and shortly thereafter
they went to Illinois and located in
Springfield. Mr. Bailey became a
traveling salesman and became
quite successful. Later he establish-
ed a real estate and insurance of-
fice in Springfield and did a good
business. During the years he lived
in Illinois he made a number of trips
back to Centre county.
Mrs. Bailey died in 1924, and hav-
ing no children Mr. Bailey disposed
of his business two years later and
returned to Centre county, making
his home with his nephew, John H,
Bailey, at Pine Grove Mills. Early
in the fall he went to Juniata to
spend the winter with his sister. Mrs. |
Gregory. He was a ruling elder in
the Presbyterian church and a teach-
er in the Sunday school. He was
also president of the Ferguson
| township Brotherhood. In politics he
{was a Republican but liberal in his
| views.
He was one of a family of eight
| brothers and was the last to go, but
is survived by two sisters, Mrs,
John Hewitt, of Kansas City, Mo.,
and Mrs. Gregory, of Juniata,
The remains were taken to Pine
Grove Mills where funeral services
were held at 10 o'clock on Saturday
morning, at the John H. Bailey
home. Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick was
in charge and was assisted by Rev.
John S. English and Rev. J. O. C.
McCracken. Burial was made in the
new cemetery at Pine Grove Mills,
six nephews of the deceased acting
as pallbearers.
HARRINGTON. —Arthur Har-
rington, a native of Centre county,
died at his ‘home in Altoona, last
Friday morning, following an ill-
ness of six months with a compli-
cation of diseases,
He was a son of Peter and Mary
Swisher Harrington and was born
at Julian on March 10th, 1883, hence
was in his 47th year. As a young
man he learned the trade of a black-
smith, working at Julian for a
number of years. Almost eight
years ago .he went to Altoona,
where he was employed in the P.
R. R. blacksmith shop, He was a
member of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics. In 1910 he
married Miss Hannah Fink, at
Julian, who survives with one
daughter, Miss Ada Harrington, at
home, He also leaves his step-
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Cyrus W. Hunter, of Stormstown, and
the following brothers and sisters:
Charles Harrington, of Julian; Mrs,
Nancy Mattern, Fred D. Hunter,
Mrs. Bertha Wagner and John D.
Hunter, of Altoona, and James C.
C. Hunter, of Stormstown.
Brief funeral services were held
at his late home in Altoona, at
8:30 o'clock on Sunday morning,
by Rev. W. L. McClure, after which
the remains were taken to Julian
where final services were held in
the Methodist church at 10:30
o'clock. Burial was made in the
Julian cemetery.
i
SHILLINGS.—George M. Shillings,
for many years a well known resi-
dent of Bellefonte, died at 1:20
o'clock last Thursday afternoon, at
the borough home, following four
days serious illness. He had suffer-
ed with kidney trouble for some
time but his condition had not been
regarded as serious until Monday
of last week. From that time he
grew rapidly worse until the end.
He was a son of Daniel T. and
Nancy McElhattan Shillings and was
born in Centre county, his age at
death being 69 years, 7 months and
14 days. The greater part of his
life was spent in Bellefonte and for
many years he was employed at the
Crider lumber yard. When the lum-
ber yard was disposed of he went to
Butler county and spent a few years
at the home of his son, finally re-
; turning to Bellefonte, As a young
Il i ‘man he married Miss Sarah Loder,
REED.—Miss Margaret Reed, a of Howard, who died fifteen years
well known resident of Pine Grove ' ago but surviving him are two chil-
Mills, died on Tuesday afternoon, dren, Mrs. Albert Rhoads, of Belle-
at 3:30 o'clock as the result of a fonte, and Daniel LeRoy Shillings, of
stroke of paralysis sustained some |Sarver, Butler county, He was the
time on Sunday morning. Some ten last to go of his father’s family.
years ago she was injured in an| Funeral services were held at 10
auto accident from which she nev- , o'clock, last Saturday morning, by
er fully recovered, although she was, Rev. Homer C. Knox, burial being
able to do her own housework, She | made in the Union cemetery.
was unfailingly regular in her! 3 il : Il
church attendance but was not in | .SOWERS.—Mrs. Mary E. Sowers,
her accustomed place on Sunday wife of William Sowers, of State
morning. Toward noon a boy look- {College,; died -at the Centre County
ed through a window of her
i
1
!
1
unable to move. Neighbors forced | She was a daughter of John and
an entrance and found her com-!gSarah Biddle and was born in Buf-
pletely paralyzed. She remained in falo Run valley 62 years ago. Thir-
that condition until her deth. i
She was a daughter of Daniel Sowers and most of their married
and Jane Sparks Reed and Was |ife had been spent at State College.
born near Pine Grove Mills 77 Years | in addition to her husband she is
ago. A good part of her early life gyrvived by the following brothers
was spent with the Spahr family but 554 sisters: Lewis and Charles Bid-
later she made her home with her "dle and Mrs. Cecelia Stover, of Belle-
brother Jacob, in Pine Grove Mills, ' fonte; Wesley, of State College; Mrs,
Since his death she had lived alone, | mgther Solt, of Axe Mann; Mrs. Jane
being the last of the family. She was gtine of Fleming; Mrs. Nora Spicer,
one of those motherly women who |,¢ upper Bald Eagle valley and Mrs.
was a friend to everybody and ajice Morrison, of Canton, Ohio,
could always be relied upon to! myneral services will be held at
help in time of need. A number per jate home at State College, at
ly survivors. : 1 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, burial to
The funeral will be held at two.p, made in the Pine Hall cemetery.
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, burial
to be made in the Pine Grove Mills |
I I
; SAYLOR.—Robert S. Saylor, a
cemetery.
native of Centre county, died at his
: ; il J : home at Grazierville, Blair county
MARTIN.—Th Watchman regrets !on Monday, following a prolonged
to note the death of Mrs. Ida Sny- illness with complications.
der Martin, wife of John H.Martin! He was a son. .-of Benjamin and
which occurred at her home in Martha Gates Saylor and was born at
Clearfield on Wednesday morning of , Curtin, Centre county, on March
last week. following a lingering ill- 30th, 1853, hence ‘was in his 77th
ness. Mr, Martin is a native of Belle- year. In ‘December, 1882, he married
fonte, having been born and raised Sarah Ellen Bryan, of Curtin, who
on Thomas street, and though he survives with the following children:
went to Clearfield while yet a young Mrs, Emma Fobel, of Tipton; James
man he always came back to Belle- ' G. Saylor, of Bellefonte, and William
fonte several times a year to visit Saylor, of GQGrazierville. Funeral
his home folks. The death of his services were held in the Methodist
wie Js a Petius affichion ahi oe. | church, at Grazierville yesterday
artin, as he, himself, is confined to morning, by Rev. Henry Harshber-
his home as the result of a stroke | ger, the remains being taken to Cur-
of paralysis sustained about a year tin for interment.
ago. Ld il
Mrs. Martin, who was not quite | - PARLEY yr Catherine Farley
sixty-four years old, was a native of i died on Tuesday of last week, at the
Clearfield, 8 Jagghiee of George W. | Danville State hospital, where she
and Ella Irvin Snyder. She was a h b t t :
graduate of ey Clearfield High ! me ity 2 Dr or a
school and took an active part in the | Eliza Farley and was born in Belle-
social life of Clearfield. She was a fonte 83 years ago. Her only sur-
member of St. Andrew’s church and vivor is one brother, John Farley,
one of the most active workers in living near Bellefonte. Funeral
the congregation. ri | services were held in the Catholic
In addition to her husband she is church on Saturday morning, follow-
survived ey Su Ssuguter 2, Swe ed by burial in the Zot cemetery.
y | | :
and two sisters. Burial was made YOUNG.\Goorge R. Young, a res-
in the Clearfield cemetery on Friday ident’ ‘of. Port Matilda, . was brought
afternoon. to ‘the ‘Centre - County hospital on
fl Il | Monday evening, -gerfously ill with
SHAD SM Mary Jane Shamp: 2 Somblication of diseases, and died
w of T. W. amp, ed on on Tuesday night. ‘He was a son of
Wednesday morning, at the home of , William and Mary Young, was-45
her grand-daughter, Mrs, J. E. Al- years old, and is survived by three
ters, in Altoona, as the result of daughters and several brothers and
general evry. he ag Wo Ly "sisters. Burial will be made at Port
ecla park on Augus , Matilda tomorrow morning.
hence was in her 92nd year. Her Ii Il
husband died in 1919 but surviving | ECKEL.—Mrs. Anne Shernon
her are three daughters, Mrs. Kate Eckel, wife of Willard Eckel, of
Dunkle, of Homer's Gap; Mrs. Wil- | Bellefonte, died at Binghamton, N.
Pa ee Fn ay ae
‘Mattie er, ewark, . J. ition. was years old and in
Funeral services will be held at the | addition to her husband is survived
Alters home, in Altoona, this even-|by one daughter, Genevieve . Eckel,
ing, and tomorrow morning the re-|ome brother and three sisters, all of
mains will'be taken to Zion for bur- | Binghamton. - Burial was made at
fal.’ : i Binghamton on Wednesday morning.
ty-six years ago she married Mr.
half ‘a century a weil known resident
of Bellefonte, died at the Centre
County hospital, at-11:40 o'clock on
i Wednesday night, as the result of
kidney trouble and other complica-
tions. In September,
Marks developed gangrene in his
right foot and the result was the
amputation of his right leg at the
Lock Haven hospital. He was in the
hospital about six months and when
he returned to Bellefonte took up his
residence at the Garman house.
During last summer he developed
kidney trouble that became so ser-
ious that he was taken to the hos-
pital on December 29th,
Mr. Marks was a native of Rus-
sia and his real name was Jacob
Podolski, He was 73 years old and
came to this country as a young
man and located in New York.
About the year 1882 he came to
Bellefonte at solicitation of members
of the firm of Lyon & Co. to become
a clerk in their store, a position he
held for about twenty-five years. He
was frugal in his habits and thus
had acquired considerable property,
so that he quit his job twenty years
or more ago and had since lived a
retired life.
It was while working for Lyon
& Co. that he went into the Centre
county court and had his name leg-
ally changed from Podolski to
Marks. His only survivors are a
number of nephews and nieces.
When the Watchman went to press
yesterday no arrangements had been
made for the funeral, but it will be
held either .Sunday or Monday.
| Lh
SCHENDACHL.- Byron C. Achen-
bach, for almost a third of a century
a well known baker and caterer of
MARKS-—Jacob Marks, for almost
1928, Mr, .
Lock Haven, died at his home in that
place, on Sunday night following a
lingering illness of three years or
longer. He was aged 73 years,
Prior to locating in Lock Haven
Mr. Achenbach lived in Bellefonte
and operated a bakery on Bishop
street. He was a member of St.
Luke’s Reformed church, Lock Hav-
en, and an elder for thirty years.
He was also a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity in most of its
branches. Surviving him are his
wife and three sons, Guy H., of Lock
Haven; Clarence H,, of Philadelphia,
and V. Earl, of Narberth, He also
leaves one brother and two sisters
Hiram R., of Wichita, Kan.; Mrs.
Regina Sheets, of Ashland Ky., and
Mrs. Grace B. Miller, of Johnstown,
The funeral was held on Wednesday,
burial being made at Lock Haven.
rr ee 8
——Upwards of a year ago the
Centre county commissioners
tion to the Centre county jail so that
everybody who deliberately headed
that way could be accommodated,
and they were quite numerous dur-
ing 1929, But when the plans were
Public © Welfare - they’ were - rejected
and suggestions offered along an en- Uncle Andy Mellon is growing rest-
PATIENTS TREATED AT ©
7" CENTRE COUNTY HOSPIT
wife and son of A, Wilson. Stewart,’
of State College, were discharged on
Tuesday of last week.
Jeanette Gjesdahl and infant wife’
and daughter of Maurice S. Gjesdahl,
of State College, was discharged on
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Susan Lyons, of Spring town-
ship, was admitted as a medical pa-
tient on Wednesday of last week.
Robert Burrell, five-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs, Willard Burrell of
Patton township, who had been a
surgical patient for two weeks, was
discharged on last Thursday.
Mrs, Lloyd Fry, of Bellefonte, who
had been a medical patient for
twelve weeks, was discharged Fri-
day.
Mrs. Ma:tha Tressler, wife of
Charles Tressler, of State College,
was readmitted on last Friday for
surgical treatment.
Mrs. Martha Wilson, of Beech
Creek, was admitted on Friday for
medical treatment.
Loft Thompson, of Bellefonte, was
discharged on Saturday after being
a surgical patient for three weeks.
Mrs. Mary Harkins, wife of Rev.
J. F. Harkins, of State College, was
admitted on Saturday as a surgical
patient.
Joseph Toner, of Bellefonte, was
admitted on Sunday morning for
surgical treatment and discharged
the same day.
Mrs. Alice Johnstonbaugh, of
State College, was admitted on Sun-
day as a surgical patient.
There were twenty-six patients in
the hospital at the beginning of this
week.
The State pays five cents per
acre per year as tax on forests lands
‘owned by it which would have been
subject to taxes when it was under
private ownership. Under the pres-
ent plan of allocation the township
school board gets 2 cts, the town-
ship road supervisors get 2 cts and
the county treasury lct. The school
and road districts in Centre county
each received $1,853.70 as their share
of such taxes due Centre county for
1929. The county received one-half
that amount,
——Benjamin Bradley has pur-
chased the Harris home on Alle-
gheny street, expecting to take pos-
session on the first of April. Ac-
cording to the present plans, changes
. will be made, as soon as possible, to
‘ convert it into a tea room and room-
had
plans prepared for building an addi-
home posptal, on Tuesday afternoon, fol: Submitted tothe. Department of
-{ and saw her lying on the floor and lowing a prolonged fliness.
ing house.
-——The condition of Mrs. Robert
Morris, who had a throat operation
at the Centre county hospital Tues-:
day, and suffered a stroke Wednes.-
day, is unchanged. ; :
orgy Sd Cod dg
————— petit hd ify
. Mrs. Myrtle Stewart’ and infant, !
This column is to be an open forum.
Everybody is invited to make use of it to
express whatever opinion they may have
on any subject. Nothing libelous will be
published, though we will give the public
{the widest latitude in invective when the
subject is this paper or its editor. Con-
tributions will be signed or initialed, as
, the contributor may desire.—ED.
The Homans Write from California,
Following is a letter from Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Homan, of State
College, who are wintering in Cali-
fornia. It was received here a day
too late for insertion in our last
issue of the old year so is published
this week because it will still be of
interest to those who enjoy trav-
eling, even if it is only by proxy.
Mr. and Mrs. Homan spend much
of their time traveling, In fact
they are getting to be regular gad-
abouts. But what's the use in
staying at home when one has
plenty to travel on and nothing to
jworry about while away.
On board the Steamship
“Pennsylvania” Panama Pacific
Line, December 11, 1929.
Dear Editor of The Watchman:
Before leaving State College I
promised I would send you an oc-
casional letter so as to give our
friends in Centre county little
glimpses into what we are doing on
our trip to California via the water
route and the comfortable vessels of
the Panama Pacific Line.
We left home Nov, 29 for New
York where we boarded this good
ship and sailed next day for Havana
Cuba. Arrived at Havana on De-
cember 3rd and spent a most in-
teresting day of sightseeing in that
old Spanish city. We visited the
spot where Columbus held first mass
on the island, the cathedral in which
his ashes rested until they were
removed to Spain in 1878 and the
cemetery which is said to be the
largest the oldest and the most
beautiful on the western hemisphere.
The spot where the “Maine” was
sunk and raised, the great tobacco
factories and the University al-
so claimed a part of our time.
. The thing most striking to me
is the type of architecture em-
ployed in the city. It is so foreign
looking everywhere and they love
their own languages so much that
very little English is heard any-
where,
We were aboard shi ain
5:30 and cast off for es 41
6. Three days later, on Friday
morning, Dec. 6, we arrived off
Colon and steamed slowly through
the: canal for about seven miles
where we reached the locks that
lifted us into the Gatum dam. The.
mechanical operation of the locks
seem simple yet one could not help
but marvel at the great engineer-
ing feat that so quietly and surely
lifts great ships to ..the height of
‘85 feet ‘so that they can continue
through the canal on a new level.
The Gatum lake is formed by the
great ‘Gatum: dam that pens up the
- ____And the indications are that Waters of the Chagres river. It is
tirely diffrent line. A second set of Jess over his own job,
plans were drawn which met with
the department's approval but by
that time so much of the county’s
i
!
‘money had been used up in meeting
‘State highway - expenses that there
was none left to improve the jail.
‘The project has not been abandoned,
however, and as soon as county
funds will justify it the jail will be
remodeled and increased in size, so
that all candidates for admission
there, both male and female, can be
accommodated.
oe —
'——There is one less German po-
lice dog in Bellefonte, humane offi-
cer George Glenn having shot the one
‘belonging to the Volynch family, on
north Spring street, on Monday
“morning. The canine had been act-
BOALSBURG. |
Foster Charles recently purchased
a new Pierce Arrow sedan.
Robert Reitz, of . Tipton,
his wife and son last week.
Clement G. Dale, of Pleasant Gap,
was a caller in town on Monday.
Frank Wieland, of Linden Hall,
was in town on business on Mon-
day.
Mrs. Knarr and brother, of the
visited
. Branch, transacted business in town
‘on Wednesday,
ing rather queer, of late, and mem-
bers of the family became fearful
lest he become mad and bite some
one, and it was: at: their request that
the dog was shot. When Mr. Glenn
went to ‘the Volynch home prepared
for dog extermination he found the
animal down in the back yard walk-
ing around in a circle and refusing
‘to pay heed when called. One. bul-
let put him to the ground and a sec-
ond finished his earthly career.
——Every motorist is considerably
perplexed in endeavoring to under-
stand the numbering of the motor
tags for 1930, and it must be admit-
ted that some queer coincidences in
letters. and figures are seen. The
other day an old battered automo-
bile traversed the streets of Belle-
fonte bearing tags numbered BC2846,
and it looked the part. nother one
had tags BS23, while down in Cham-
persburg an undertaker has tags on
his auto hearse numbered U2.
rr em eee
——Some unknown hunter, shot
a wild turkey, about ten days ago,
as it was in flight near Pleasant
View, which must have been an un-
usually large , bird. Whoever shot
it was evidently afraid to take the
turkey ‘and when it was discovered
dogs had eaten most .of the body.
The wings, however, were not dam-
aged and were recovered by game
protector Thomas G. Mosier.
turkey had a wing
five feet.
spread of over
~——Wandering around the neigh-
borhood of the Pennsylvania rail-
road passenger station Saturday
night, or in fact about four o'clock
on Sunday morning, Joe Toner fell
into the race in the rear of the
wholesale grocery. He was pulled
‘out by two unknown men who took
him to the Centre County hospital.
| There he was cleaned up and thaw- (000
ed out and was discharged on Sun-
day afternoon.
The
“ily, of State: College,
John Hess, of Alwoona,
enjoyed a few day's visit
friends in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Grove, of
Buffalo Run, were visitors in this
vicinity on Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Rine, of Altoona, is
visiting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs, George Fisher.
Mrs, - Israel - Reitz has returned
from a month’s visit with her sister
recently
among
in Youngstown, Ohio.
Prof. ‘William ‘Heffman and fam-
: spent ° some
time in town last week. f
Mrs. Catherine Saunders, of State
College, is spending some time with
her sister, Miss Anna M. Dale.
Communion services will be con-
ducted in the Lutheran church, on
Sunday at 10:30 Preparatory serv-
ices on Friday evening at 7:30.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dornsife and
sons, Chester and Samuel, of Wil-
liamsport, were visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reitz, on
Sunday. :
Mrs. John B. Goheen and family
of Rock Springs, and R. E. Tussey
and family were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Goheen, at dinner on
Saturday.
Members of the Rebekah lodge
enjoyed a masquerade party, on
Games and re-
features of the
New Year's eve,
freshments were
evening’s enjoyment.
Mr, and Mrs. William Rockey en-
tertained their children at a tur-
key dinner, on New Year's day. The
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Rockey, daughter’ Gladys and ' son"
Harold; Mr. and Mrs. John Wright,
son ‘Charles ‘and ~ daughter Marie;
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Rockey and
daughters, Geraldine and Genevive,
of Petersburg, and = Mrs, Rockey’s
nephew, Willis Grove.
r——— A ————————
TO SPEND 41 MILLION aid
FOR DRY ENFORCEMENT
Although the budget transmitted
to Congress called for only $15,000,-
000 for the Prohibition Bureau, actu-
ally some $41,000,000 will be spent in
enforcing Volsteadism this year.
The estimate is made up as fol-
lows:
Prohibition Bureau—$15,000 000.
Department of Justice—$15,000,-
Customs—$2,000.000,
Coast Guard—$14,000,000.
thirty-two “miles ‘long and extends
to the locks on the Pacific
that again lower the passing
to the level of the Pacific,
In ten hours from the time we
entered the Canal we were in the
Pacific ocean, yet the trip ordinari-
ly takes only from six to eight
hours. From Balboa, which is the
American side of the City of Pana-
ma, we made trips through the lat-
ter and thence to the ruins of the
ancient city of Panama, seven miles
distant, which was founded in 1519
and destroyed by Henry Morgan and
his raiders in 1671.
The tourist is greeted by ruins
only, but they are of such historic
interest as to make the trip out to
the old city quite worth while, Our
drive through the new city wasin-
teresting, also. It was started about
1672 following the destruction of
the old city and has many large
stores, business places and hotels
very much like the ones we have at
home. The Cathedral, located on
Cathedral Plaza, holds the golden
altar that was- missed when Morgan
sacked and burned the old city.
As wehave said Balboa is the
American part of. . the City . of
Panama. - It is in what ‘we control,
the Canal Zone, ‘and there:are locat-
ed all our government's administra-
tion buildings and many of the Ca-
nal employees live there.
We sailed from Panama at 2 a. m.
December 7 and have been gone now
eleven days from New York, We are
approaching the parallel of Lower
California * and hope to reach San
Diego on Friday and then on to Los
Angeles by Saturday, December 13.
Going down the Atlantic Coast we
had some pretty rough seas, but
through the Caribbean sea and on
the Pacific we have had fine sailing
conditions, with weather quite mild,
Mail will reach us at 213 W. Am-
erige Ave, Fullerton, California.
Sincerely, :
THE HOMANS.
side
ships
-——A new type of aeroplane isto
be put into service on the airmail
route between New York and
Chicago by the National Air Trans.
port in the near future. It is a
Curtis No. 2, equipped with a more
powerful - motor than the = present
Boering ships now in use, and has a
three." bladed propeller, -The ship
will have a carrying capacity of
2500 pounds. One of the ships was
in Bellefonte, on Sunday, and the
pilot circled low over the town
several times in testing it out.
-——Paul Dubbs, who for several
years past has been connected with
the Bellefonte Republican as local
editor, severed his connection with
that paper, on Saturday, and Mon.
day morning . went to work in the
offices of the Bellefonte Central
Railroad company as a clerk with
the intention of thoroughly fa:
miliarizing himself with tarff rates
and schedules. to all points in the
United States,