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Bellefonte, Pa., April 4, 1930.
NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Congressman
Chase’s nomination papers, filed with’
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
on Monday, contained over 7000
signatures.
— The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,
has announced that the passenger
train over the L. and T, from
Bellefonte to Sunbury, is hereafter
to be run Sundays as well as week
days. :
——D. A. Kessler, of Mt. Car-
mel, was on Saturday awarded the
contract for grading and drainage
of 31,422 feet of roadway in Haines
and Penn townships, at his bid of
$98,085.
Otto Rymer, serving a term
of two to four years for larceny,
made his escape from Rockview
penitentiary on Sunday evening and
was captured at Tyrone Wednesday
moining.
——The board of pardons, at its
meeting last week, granted a par-
don to Edward Bannon, of South
Philipsburg, who has served a term
of years in the western penitentiary
for arson. :
Eckman’s barber shop was
moved, on Sunday, from the First
National bank building to the White
Bros. building, on High street, for-
merly the Valentine residence, where
it was open for business on Monday
morning.
——Bob Higgins, a former foot-
ball star at State College, and who
the past two seasons has been as-
sistant coach, will have entire charge
of coaching the 1930 football team
at Penn State, according to an
announcement last Friday.
——Mrs. John Kienzle, a niece of
the late Miss Anna McLauglin, came
down from Tyrone, last Friday, and,
as one of the heirs, got all of Miss
McLaughlin's personal effects that
she cared for from her former rooms
in Petrikin hall, and took them with
her to her home in Tyrone.
——Miss ‘Ruth Miller gave a linen
shower, on Monday evening, at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Miller, on north Spring
street, in honor of Miss Julia Ward,
‘whose marriage to Carl Gray will
likely take place shortly after
Easter. Fifteen of Miss Ward's
friends were present and contribu-
ted to the shower.
——Among the coming attractions
gcheduled for the Cathaum and
State theatres at State College are
the following highly touted pictures:
“Under ‘a Texas Moon,” “Free and
Easy,” “Song of the Flame,” “Show
‘Girl: of Hollywood,” “The - Case of
Sergeant ' ‘Grischa,” and “Montana
Moon.” Keep a look out for the
dates for all of them; “Song of the
Flame” especially.
——Mrs. Jack Guldin entertained
with three tables of bridge, Friday
evening, in honor of her sister-in-
law, Miss Josephine Guldin, of Phil-
.adelphia, who only recently returned
from St. Augustine, Fla, where
She had been most of the past year.
The same evening Miss
"Healy gave a bridge party in honor
of Mrs. T. G. Perrine, of Sandy
Lake, Pa. at which three tables
were in play.
Jt — The Bellefonte
ment was called out, on ‘Saturday
‘ ‘morning, by billows of smoke issuing
rom the cellar of the Kellfonte.
"When the firemen gained’ entrance
to the cellar, however, they discov-
«ered that their services were not
‘needed, as the smoke was from an
over-heated motor which operated
the refrigerating plant. The day be-
fore Mr. McClellan, proprietor of the
Kellfonte, had the motor repaired
and new bearings installed.
bearings were tight the motor be-
came overheated and beiched forth
smoke like a burning flue. No
great damage was done.
R. T. Folke, of Ridgway, an
employee of the West Penn Power
company, was painfully burned on
the head and face, last Thursday
morning while at work at the
American Lime and Stone company
plant. He was engaged in rewiring
the switch board at the terminal
of 440 volt feed wires. In tight-
ening up a nut his wrench slipped,
came into contact with a live wire
and formed a short circuit. A sheet
of flame burst from the board right
int> Folke’s face, badly burning him.
Fortunately he was wearing goggles
at the time so that his eyes were
uninjured. A local physician dressed
and bandaged his face and he was
taken to his home in Ridgway the
:same afternoon.
——Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, pres-
ident of The Pennsylvania State
College, has been elected president
of the board of directors of the
Juniata Valley Realty corporation,
holding company of the Juniata.
Valley Colony club, located near
Newton Hamilton. R. H. Smith,
of State College, is one of the di-
tectors. The stockholders also voted
to increase the indebtedness of the
corporation from $42,500 to $75,000
to be covered by a bond issue. The
grounds of the Colony club include
a fine 18-hole golf course and large
swimming pool and a beautiful club
house of Spanish architecture. A
number of summer cottages have al-
ready been built on the groundsand
thirteen more are planned for the
coming season.
Virginia |
fire depart- |
As the.
REORGANIZATION OF
TWO LIME COMPANIES.
| Chemical and Centre County Merged
Under One Management.
Negotiations have been pending
for some time on reorganization of
J. Mitchell ‘the Chemical Lime and Stone com-
! pany and the Centre County Lime
| company and official announcement
was made, on Wednesday, that ten-
tative plans have been completed for
‘the merger of the two companies
into one organization to be known as
the Chemical Lime Company, Inc.
A preliminary stockholders meet-
ing was held on Monday at which a
temporary board of directors and
temporary officers were elected. As
this organization is not permanent
the names of the officers have been
‘witheld from publication.
On Tuesday the board of directors
met in Baltimore and authorized the
immediate purchase of considerable
new machinery which will mean an
enlargement of both plants. The
directors also decided to elect per-
manent officers at the next meeting
of the board, at which time the
names will be made public. For the
present there will be no change in
the management so far as the
Bellefonte force is concerned, but
both plants will be operated jointly.
While no official announcement
has been made it is rumored that
many thousands of dollars will be
spent in. bringing the plants up to
a high standard of efficiency. A rota-
ry kiln, it is rumored, is also among
the probable improvements. One
thing is certain, and that is that the
business outlook for both these
properties is better than it has been
for some time.
MRS. ANDREW SHOLTIS
DISCHARGED BY COURT.
About a month ago Mrs. Andrew
Sholtis, of Snow Shoe township,
was arrested on the charge of at-
tempting to shoot her youngest
child, and at the time there was
some question as to the woman's
mental condition. Mrs. Sholtis en-
gaged the services of W. GG.
Runkle Esq. and a habeas corpus
hearing was set for last Saturday
morning. When the case was called
district attorney John G. Love in-
formed the court that he had been
unable to obtain any evidence to
show that Mrs. Sholtis had shot at
her baby or that there is anything
wrong with her mental condition,
and she was promptly discharged by
| the court.
Another case heard was an appli-
cation of Jacob Smutzinger, of
Rush township, that guardians ap-
pointed for him be discharged and
his property interests be restored to
his own care and management, In
February, 1928, Mr. Smutzinger had
been declared mentally unfit to
manage his buisness affairs and two
guardians were appointed by the
court, one of them being Robert
Sommerville, of Winburne. Accord-
ing to the evidence presented at the
hearing Mr. Smutzinger has been
entirely well since last October,
and the court stated that when the
proper papers have been executed
and filed a rule will be granted for
| the discharge of the guardians and
Mr. Smutzinger’s property interests
restored to him.
FOUR PERSONS INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK.
Four residents of Port Matilda
were injured in an automobile wreck,
about a mile east of the Triangle,
on the Bald Eagle highway, on Sat-
urday night, at least one of whom
is in a serious condition. They are:
Charles Wentzel, aged 41, suffer-
ing with a possible fracture of the
skull, dislocation of the left hip,
numerous body contusions and lac-
erations.
Mrs. Minnie Steimer, aged 60
years, cuts on the face and a severe
laceration on the left hand by being
struck by flying glass.
Mrs. Florence Stiffler, 23 years
old, her daughter, Mary Stiffler, six
years old, cuts and lacerations.
The party were returning to Port
Matilda from a trip to Tyrone when
Wentzel, the driver, lost control of
the steering wheel and the car
crashed into a telephone pole. All
the occupants were thrown from the
car, Wentzel being hurled a consid-
erable distance and landing on the
concrete highway.
Passing motorists picked up the
victims of the accident and took
them to Tyrone where they were
given emergency treatment then
brought to the Centre County hospi-
tal in the Tyrone ambulance.
——Wilson I. Fleming was seven-
ty three years old, last Thursday,
but at that age a birthday more or
less is not a very impressive mat-
ter, but that evening he was consid-
erably surprised to find himself the
honor guest at a special birthday
dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Fred
B. Healy. A number of Mr. Flem-
ing’s close personal friends were
guests at the dinner. Mr. Fleming
is a native of Lycoming county but
has been a resident of Bellefonte
for fifty-three years,
——While at work at the plant of
the Federal Match company, last
Saturday, Sterrill Gunsallus came
into contact with a high voltage
electric wire and sustained a shock
which rendered him unconscious and
it took seven minutes of hard work
in first aid methods before he recov-
ered.
PLENTY OF VACANT HOMES
TO BE FOUND IN TOWN.
While it is difficult to find:a rea-
given -- Rev.
son therefore there are more .va-
cant .apartments and houses -in
Bellefonte right now than we: have
record of over a: period Of yamany
years.
No industry has ceased - operation
here lately and we know of nosether
cause for such a condition, . unless
it might be that the building of
homes on east Bishop street and in
other sections are gradually re-
lieving the housing scarcity that
has been evident during the past
eight or ten years.
It will be noticed from the partial
list of vacant places below, .that
there are many more apartments
empty than houses, This can prob-
ably be explained by the desire of
parents of little children to get lo-
cated somewhere where they can
have a playground.
A second floor “apartment in he
Mott building on south Allegheny
street; the Mrs. Louis Grauer sec-
ond floor apartment in the . Lyon
building; a furnished apartment in the
McGarvey home, on the corner. of
Spring and Curtin; the third , floor
apartment in the Schlow building;
two apartments, one on the .Second
and one on the third floor. of Miss
M. C. Snyder's building; a second
floor apartment in the Richelieu’
building and one over the
Ritz, to be vacated by the .Ogden'
Malin family, when they moye to
the Frederick Reynolds = house. on .
east Linn; a third floor apartment |
in the Heverly building; a. first
floor one in the Fauble house, now
owned by Dr. Newcomb; two, . one |
on the second and one on the, third |
floor of the Bingaman house, corner |
of Allegheny and Curtin; the east |
side of the John P. Lyon house on
Curtin street; the west side of the
Cook double
four apartments in the
ment house of the. late Mrs. D. I.
z ‘for
‘wishing the pastor unbounded
REV. KNOX AND FAMILY
GIVEN FAREWELL RECEPTION.
An informal farewell reception was
Homer = C. Knox and
family, in the lecture room of the
Methodist church, on Monday eve-
ning, on the eve of their departure
their new field of labor in
Barnesboro. About 175 members of
the congregation were present, a
number of whom made brief talks
suc-
cess on his incoming pastorate. They
also presented Rev. and Mrs. Knox
with ‘a handsome floor lamp and
Miss Jean Knox with a boudoir
lamp.
Homer Jr., had his own private
farewells, his school teacher, Mrs,
Paul McGarvey, entertained him and
a number of his fellow pupils at a
weiner party at five o'clock on Mon-
day evening after which he was the
central figure in a farewell given
him by members of his gym
class at the Y. M. C. A. At that
gathering twenty-three children were
present as well as Mr. Singer and
coach Watson, of the public schools.
Mr. Singer read a phantom will in
which Homer made many bequests
“to those whom he left behind. The
evening closed with the presenta-
' tion to Homer of a boy’s wrist watch.
Rev. Knox preached his farewell
sermon to the Bellefonte congrega-
tion, on Sunday, and in closing told
his flock how much they all had en-
' joyed their stay of five years ir
, Bellefonte and expressed sorrow at
leaving, but stated that he will gc
to his new assignment with a satis.
fied spirit and determination to give
10 the cause of the church the very
best that is in him.
The family left Bellefonte, on
Wednesday, for Barnesboro, M. R.
j Johnson moving their personal be-
| longings by truck.
Rev. Horace Lincoln Jacobs and
house on east . Linn; | family arrived from Bedford yester-
six ‘apart- day and the new pastor will preach
his first sermons to the Bellefonte
Willard; the McQuistion family res- | congregation on Sunday.
idence on west High, now owned by |
Mr. Holmes; one apartment in|
Petrikin Hall. ' |
A second floor apartment .-in the
Dr. Rogers house on Spring street;
the north side of the Schad double | C
house on Reynolds avenue and the [le
of the Schad double | ¢
south side
house, on the corner of Lamb and
Spring streets; Charley Dann’s new
house on Half Moon hill; the Bur-
kett house on east Curtin street;
the Joseph Runkle duplex on "east
High street; a third floor “apart-
ment in the Mark Williams house:
a second floor apartment over the
John Gross grocery store; a Brocker-
hoff property on Pine street, adjoin-
ing the Ophanage; a second floor
apartment in the Kalin building,
over the Dollar store.
In the matter of business places,
the store room in the McClain block,
vacated’ by Caldwell & Son,’ and _the
room, in the Bush Arcade so fong
occupied by W. T. Twitmire, are
both vacant, and so far thére has
not been an applicant for either of
them.
The corner room in the Bush house
block, vacated by the American Ex-
press company, is still vacant, and
another room in that block will be
vacated when the telegraph office is
moved up town about April 15th.
POULTRY MEETINGS
? TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK.
Centre county poultrymen will
have'an opportunity of attending five
poultry meetings arrranged by coun-
ty agent R. C. Blaney, on Wed-
nesday and Thursday of next week,
The poultrymen’s biggest problem
at this season of the year is the
growing of young chicks. This sub-
ject will be discussed at these meet-
ings by John Vandervort, poultry
extension specialist of State Col-
lege. Four of these meetings will
be held on poultry demonstration
farms in as many communities.
There will be a general meeting at
Port Matlida where Mr. Vandervort
will give an illustrated lecture, wus-
ing pictures showing the importance
and success of improved poultry
methods used by poultrymen
throughout the State. Following is a
list of the meetings, giving the time
and place:
Wednesday, April 9, at 10 a. m.,
at the farm of Ellis Peters, Storms-
town. 2:30 p. m., at farm of Lee
Kidder, Rebersburg. 8 p. m., at
High school building, Port Matlida.
Thursday, April 10, at 10 a. m,,
at farm of H. E, Hennigh, Spring
Mills, (Georges Valley.) At 2:30 p.
m., at farm of Stanley Fiedler,
Aaronsburg.
These meetings are arrranged for’
the benefit of anyone interested in
poultry. Attendance at meetings of
this kind often prove time well
spent as jt may save you a lot of
trouble with your young chicks.
itech dig Cit
——=S8ee the beautiful new spring
patterns in rugs. All moderately
priced at W. R. Brachbill’'s furni-
ture store. 14-1t
——Recent statistics given out by
insurance companies showed that
sixty per cent of the people dying
these days have barely enough of
money to bury them, but the rec-
ords in the register’s office, Belle-
fonte, show that more people dying
these days are leaving estates for
settlement than ever before. During
the month of March just twenty
such estates filed accounts in the
register’s office while less than five
years ago the monthly average was
about six or seven.
| slaughter in connection with
‘when summoned.
PENN STATE BOXER HELD
ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
William Struble, a Senior at State
ollege and a member of the col-
ge boxing team, has been held in
1500 bail on a charge of man-
the
death, on Saturday night, of Oliver
Horne, captain of the University of
Pennsylvania boxing team. Horne
died as the result of a blood clot on
the brain following an illness of one
week,
‘Horne and Struble were con-
testants for supremacy in the 160-
pound class in a dual meet at the
University of Pennsylvania, on March
22nd, between "the U. of P. and
Penn State teams. Struble was the
victor in the bout in which Horne
wis knocked out. He bécame serious-
ly ill shortly after and was taken
to the University hospital. An op-
eration was performed, on Monday
of last week, for the removal of the
blood clot and for a day or two he
showed some improvement, but
pneumonia developed and his death
resulted on Saturday night.
Struble was notified, on Sunday,
to appear before Philadelphia
authorities and he went to the city
at once. No hearing was given that
day but a magistrate held him in
$1500 bail to ‘appear: for a hearing
Cash bail was
furnished by the University Council
on Athletics.
—It is estimated that 386,310
bushels of wheat were grown in
Centre county last year. The value
of the crop was $467,440.
ALBRIGHT BROTHERHOOD.
Forty-one men were present at
the re-organization meeting of the
Albright Brotherhood at the Evan-
gelical church, of Bellefonte, on Tues-
day evening. Irvin Martin enter-
tained with several solos on the
saw and the Brotherhood chorus
sang a number of selections. The
speakers were Rev. William Ying-
ling, of Howard, and Rev. Reed O.
Steely, of Milton.
The following officers were elect-
ed: President, Roy Keeler; vice
president, Charles Keller; secretary,
Clyde Corman; treasurer, Fred Bil-
lett.
James Gunsallus was appoint-
ed chief usher for the month of
April. Arrangements were made
for the organization of a baseball
team. After the meeting refresh-
ments were served,
A ————— ge ————————
ACADEMY TO PLAY
14 BASEBALL GAMES.
The Bellefonte Academy baseball
schedule has been completed and
provides for fourteen games, as fol-
lows:
April 19.—Boalsburg at home.
April 26.—Pittsburgh University at
Uniontown.
April 30.—Western Penitentiary at
Rockview.
May 3.—Dickinson Seminary at home.
May 7.—St. Vincent College away.
May 10.—Bethlehem Steel at home.
May 16.—St. Vincent College at home.
May 17.—Dickinson College away.
May 21.—Curwensville at home.
May 24.—State College Frosh away.
May 28.—Juniata College at home.
May 381.—Mercersburg Academy away.
June 4.—Bucknell Frosh at home.
June 7.—Cook Academy away.
——The public sale season has
come to an end and farmers will
now have time to buckle down to
the real work of farming, as soonas
the weather is fit.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL
—Mr. and Mrs. George Swartz, of
Avis, Pa., were. guests of Mr. and. Mrs.
0. M. Bowersox, of State College, on
Sunday :
—Mrs. Iddings will return to Belle-
fonte, this week, from a three week's
visit with Miss Ruth Garman, - in
Brooklyn, and with friends in Coates-
ville. :
home several years ago.
—Mrs. Ruth Hartswick was hostess at
the monthly thimble -bee of St. John’s
Reformed church, entertaining the wo-
men, Thursday afternoon, at her home
on Reynolds avenue.
—Miss Katherine Etters, daughter of
the late D. O. Etters, .drove up from
Drexel Hill, this week, for a short
visit with her brother Hugh, . at State
College, stopping .in Bellefonte several
hours enroute back east.
—The . Rev. William C. Thompson drove
to Danville, Tuesday, going down to
take Mrs. Kalmus to the Geisinger hos-
pital, where she is now a surgical pa-
tient. Mrs. Kalmus was ‘accompanied on
the drive by Mrs. David Washburn.
—Miss Sara Cunningham, who has
completed her course in stenography at a
Williamsport business college, spent Sun-
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Cunningham, of this place. She
returned to Williamsport on Monday.
—Victor Dann will return to Bing-
hamton, N. Y., this week, hoping that
conditions will be improved to such an
extent that he will be reinstated in his
former position. Victor, with a thous-
and others, was laid off last November.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Landsy went
down to Lancaster, on Friday, where
they attended a meeting of the Greet-
ers’ association, going on to Philadel-
phia, on Sunday, to see Mrs. Geis, who
returned on Monday from spending
winter in Florida.
—Mr. ‘and Mrs. M. L. Hummer, with
their son Ralph and his wife, drove up
from Danville, Sunday, for an all day
visit at the A. L. Stine home, on east
Howard street. M. L. Hummer, who is
an uncle of the Stine children, was a
brother of their mother.
—Mrs. M. E. Sholter returned home
from New Brunswick, N. J., Monday,
to spend the week in Bellefonte, ex-
pecting to go back at the end of that
time to be with her sister, Mrs. Snavely,
until some time in the summer. Mrs.
Snavely is thought to be critically ill.
—Mrs. George Hockenberry, of State
College, came to Bellefonte the afterpart |
of last week to spend the week-end with !
members of her family and ‘some of her
many friends here. The Hockenberry
family were residents of Bellefonte until
going to State College to make their
—Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Harper, of
Brooklyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred R.
Seidel, of Hazleton, were in Bellefonte
for Sunday. The visit back home at
this time was made on account of Mr.
J. Willard Barnhart’s serious condition,
his family all having been with him
for the day. :
—Mrs. E. E. Hollobaugh and son
Richard, of Franklin, N. J., are spend-
ing several weeks with M. R. Johnson
family owning to an epidemic of scarlet
fever in the New Jersey town. Mr.
Hollobaugh brought his wife and son to
Bellefonte on Tuesday of last week. He
returned to Franklin the next day
where he is a teacher in the public
schools. :
—Mrs. Robert Morris and Mrs.
Curtin, with their sons Alexander and
William, will leave ‘today for a mofor
trip to Charlottesville, Va., where Mrs.
Morris is thinking of entering Alexander
as a student at the University of Vir-
ginia. From there they will motor on to
Waynesboro for a visit with Mrs. Cur-
tin’s daughter, Caroline, a student at
Fairfax Hall.
—Mrs. W. Frederick Reynolds
two children arrived in Bellefonte,
Monday, for a two week's visit with
her mother, Mrs. H. C. Quigley, and
her brother, Hugh M. Quigley and fam-
ily. During her stay she will supervise
the packing and shipping of their furni-
ture to St. John’s, Canada, where a
new house is awaiting them. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Reynolds like Canada very
much and at present have no desire or
John
and
on
intention of returning to the States.
—Miss Overton, Miss Anna McCoy,
Miss Kate Shugert, Miss Mary H. Linn,
Miss Helen Mallory and Miss Josephine
Oshorne drove over to Altoona, in Miss
McCoy’s car, Tuesday, representing the
Presbyterian church of Bellefonte at the
meeting of the missionary society of the
Huntingdon Presbytery. The Rev. Wm.
C. Thompson, with several members of
the Westminister League as motor
guests, drove over for the evening ses-
sion.
—Our old friend, Ira Harpster, of
Gatesburg, honored us with a short
visit, on Wednesday afternoon. He was
accompanied by his nephew, Robert
Harpster, and while Ira doesn’t expect
to do any farming on his place Robert
is preparing to dig in and get every-
thing he possibly can out of his farm;
He is a little dubious as tp what his
wheat crop will amount to because deer
have been browsing on his fields all
winter. He has seen as many as eight
there at one time.
—Randolph F. Glenn, who made sale of
his farm stock and ° implements, Iast
Monday, was very well satisfied with the
results as the amount exceeded - $3,000
He had cut his stock considerably last
fall else it would have run much higher.
On Tuesday he moved his family from
the farm at Briarly, to the Gray home-
stead, the residence of the late Esther
Gray, where they will be located at
least until the return of Mr. Glenn's
mother, Mrs. George M. Glenn, from
her winter in Florida. About April 15th
Randolph expects to leave for Gettysburg,
where he has accepted a position with a
large oil and gas distributing agency.
—John Dimeling, of Spokane, Washing-
ton, and Mr. Bloom, of Clearfield,
were in Bellefonte for a little while,
Tuesday morning, on their way to Al-
lentown. Mr. Dimeling was called to
his former home in Clearfield, because of
the death of his sister. Of course Spo-
kane can never be Clearfield to John, but
he has come to like his life there very
much and he looked as if it isn’t all th
his mind, either. John is such a placid,
pleasant gentleman that he would never
want for friends anywhere and we imag-
ine Spokane soon discovered the quali-
ties that made him one of the most
likable persons in the Clearfield region.
the |
—Prof. Lewis R. Lenhart, principa
the State College High school, wa
brief visitor at the Watchman o
Wednesday evening
—Mrs. Thomas Hull and her daugl
Miss Jennie, returned to Aaronsburg,
week, from Huntingdon, where they
been for the winter with Mrs. Pat
The Hull home in Aaronsburg was cl
during their absence.
—Mrs. J. C. Butterworth has. been
from Wilkinsburg for the past ten «
vigiting with her parents, Mr and .
John L. Knisely. On account of sl
injuries from a fall Mrs. Knisely
recently Mrs. Butterworth will pro
her stay for several days.
—Mrs. Harry Keller left Bellef
yesterday morning for a visit of sev
weeks with her sisters, Mrs. Can
and Mrs. Stoddart, in Philadelr
From there she will go to New Br
wick, N. J., to continue her stay
her son Henry and his family.
—James I. McClure has returned
Atlantic City following a three we
visit home, spent in looking after
business interests in Bellefonte.
McClure is now at The Calvert, 123
Virginia Ave., expecting to live there
til his return home in the late summn
—Mrs. E. T. Risen, of north
legheny. street, is planning a trip ab;
next month. For some time her he
has not been just as good as it m
be and it is thought that a long
will bring the desired result.
will sail for Norway early in May, t
gone for fifteen months.
—Miss Bertha Bloom, of State Coll
was in Bellefonte yesterday morn
having come down to attend to s
business matters for her father, B.
Bloom. After years on a farm
Bloom recently sold out and has mc
from the Hartswick farm into State
lege. His sale amounted to $8,390.00
that he must have been splend
equipped on the farm. Miss Bertha
pressed some concern as to her fath
contentment in town, after a life sj
in farming. He will get accustomed
the change, however, but it will not
without some longing to be back in
open with the stock, the growing ei
and the peacefulness of country life.
TAXI DRIVER MURDERER
PAYS DEATH PENAL
Ralph Russell Sloat, who on F
ruary 2nd, 1929, murdered J
| Lowry,
twenty- year-old taxi dri
in Scranton so he could steal
car to take a young woman
an auto ride, paid the penalty
‘his crime in the electric chair
'Rockview on Monday morning.
spirit of bravado he displayed o
ing the year he spent in
Lackawanna county jail forsook 1
after he reached the death ho
and he was on the verge of
lapse on Sunday. He cried as
was taken to the chair on Mon
morning and showed unmist
able evidence of a terrible nerv
strain. On the way to the cb
he recognized one of the witnes:
a newspaper man from Scrant
and in a voice which trembled w
fear he said, “Hello, Joe!” Am
the witnesses was Bert H. Low
of Scranton, father of the sl
taxi driver, who was not only pr
ent at the electrocution but visi
Sloat in the death house on S
day and again when he ate his 1
breakfast on Monday morning. °
nature of the conversation bhetw:
the two men has not been m:
public here.
Sloat was accompanied to
chair by Rev. P. N. Osborne :
only one contact was necessary
cause death. Two doctors w
present, Dr. W. B. McLaugh
prison physician, and Dr, W.
Wheland, of Philadephia. Slot
body was unclaimed and was bur
in the penitentiary cemetery.
When Sloat murdered Lowry
February, 1929, he threw the be
into a small creek near Scrant
took his taxi, drove to Camden,
J., and took Julia Fleisher for
auto ride. Several days later
car was found near Runnemede,
J., where it had been abandoned.
was three weeks after the mur:
when Lowry’s body was found. Sk
was arrested and the principal w
nesses against him at his trial
April were his sister, Lillian Slo
the Fleisher woman and a forn
pal, Edgar Saunders. He was ci
victed and the death penalty reco
mended. His attorneys made ew:
effort to save his life but withe
avail.
rm —— A Sens
Morgan—Hoy.~—James J. Morg
of Snow Shoe, and Miss Marie H
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Jac
Hoy, of Bellefonte, were married
regular mass in St. John’s Cathe
church, yesterday morning, by R
W. E. Downes. They were atte:
ed by Thomas Redding and |
bridegroom’s daughter, Miss M
garet Morgan, both of Snow Sh
A wedding breakfast at the BH
home followed the ceremony.
Mr. Morgan's health has not be
very good, of late, and he and |
bride left, yesterday morning,
Clifton Springs, N. Y,, where he v
undergo treatment. When they
turn they will make their home
Snow Shoe. The bride isa Ww
known professional nurse, of Bel
fonte, and a most delightful you
woman.
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——New designs and colorings
rugs created by Bigelow, Sanford
moderately priced on display at
R. Brachbill’s furniture store. 14
meen a—— A se
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