HORTON S. RAY FOUND
DEAD IN HOME FRIDAY.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—Mrs. W. T. McCormick enter-
tained with a bridge luncheon, at
Talleyrand ‘clock house, committed suicide,
Tee ste an BO BO I eet
self in the head. His body
——The annual ball will 40.4 lying on the floor of his
be held at State College this (Fri- oo gt his home on east
day) evening. A road band, travel-' ..,...t at 12:15 o'clock by his daugh-
ing north from Florida, will furnish 4, Miss klizabeth, when she
‘the music. ‘turned home for lunch from the’
——Dorothy Cowder, ten year old Cadillac garage where she is em-
‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George ployed in the office. A physician,
h having gone up Saturday to be with
—The H. BE. Garbricks had Mrs. Gar- family of her son John, until
brick's cousin, Mrs. H. W. Reeser, of per is able to be taken home
Snow Shoe, for a guest at their home hospital. Upon leaving no ti
week. | been set for her return to Bellefonte.
that on January 20th he
the at Coleville for a
Showers and | son “Johnnie,” who has been spending
Showers’ the winter in Bellefonte.
—Miss Elizabeth D. Green returned to
“Cowder, had a bad fall, on Sunday
‘evening, breaking her left arm just
‘below the elbow.
.fire company and has purchased
old chemical truck of the Neptune
Fire company, of Tyrone, with sev-
‘eral hundred feet of hose.
—The ladies of St. John's Catholic
‘church wish to express their thanks
to the business people for their
donation to their bazaar which
helped to make it so wonderfully
successful.
——The ladies aid society of the
Lutheran church will hold a bake
sale in the Harvey Schaeffer
ware store Saturday morning begin-
ning at 9 o'clock. Everything good
“in the way of pastry will be on sale.
——Bast-bound passenger train on
the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, at
9:20 o'clock last Thursday morning, |
hit a mule, which had wandered
onto the track at Snow Shoe In-
tersection and killed it. The
animal belonged to E. Blair Fisher.
——Forstalling Valentine day Mrs.
‘8. M. Nissley gave a bridge lunch-
eon, last Friday afternoon, at her
-home on north Spring street, at
which four tables were in play. The
prize winners were Mrs. Charles
Mensch and Mrs. W. Harrison Walk-
er.
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from two to three hours.
‘bathrobe was
| revolver was found on
‘neath his right side. It was an old
| Smith & Wesson, 32 calibre, con-
tained one exploded cartridge and
three loaded ones.
| Mr, Ray had not been in good
health for some years and this,
coupled with the fact that he re-
cently lost his job with the State
Highway Department, is believed to
‘have resulted in the despondency
‘which caused him to take his own
life. That morning he was the
| first one to get awake and called
|his children. He then appeared
| about as usual. But he did not go
down for breakfast. When his
| room was searched for a note or
letter a copy of The New Yorker
i was found on his dresser.
It was open at an article about
‘furniture, which he had probably
| been reading, Judging from the
| position of the body he had stood
| before the mirror in the dresser
when he fireu the fatal shot.
| He was a son of Frank D. and
‘Sarah A. Petty Ray and was born
‘at Syracuse, N. Y. on December
who was hastily summoned, stated
that Mr. Ray had been dead for
location for the y. | Badger and
OV A | that they had made an inves
of the scene of the
, after it happened and
and | 80Y way in which the
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oward but t negligent or accountable, At
Fe large iT i tig “acquiring | point in question there are three
the Hibler property next door. | concrete steps leading from the
John Gross is willing to give his Pavement down to the alley. Gehret
property, on Spring street, but | fell when he stepped from the last
whether this will be large enough Step onto the ice covered alley, and
gion, UE | ne ice was merely the natural ac-
Outside of the present 1 | curhulation there and not the result
> ocation | ereliction on the part of borough
officials, Gehret's demand was re-
ferred to the Street committtee.
(of the postoffice the above are about
(all the available sites in the uptown
section that might be even specula-
ted upon. Secretary Kelly presented the exe-
And down town about the only cuted release of the McDermott
‘available site on the main streetis heirs for ground taken in the open-
‘the Meek estate property, if the ing of Burnside street.
‘heirs would be willing to dispose, In the matter of compensation
of it. This property is larger than for policeman Thomas Howley for
any of the suggested up-town loca- injuries sustained in the attempted
tions and has the advantage of be- | arrest of John Steele, last summer,
ing near the railroad, Another ad- Mr. Jodon reported that papers
| vantage would be ample parking been forwarded and a favorable
| space in the rear for the cars of reply was expected most any day.
‘rural carriers as well as a drive- Papers have also been executed in
way for delivery of and loading of the claim of John Anderson, alleged
mails. to have been injured at the same
time.
The Street committee reported
opening a clogged sewer on Linn
LANDLORD LANDSY TO LEAVE
THE BROCKERHOFF HOUSE.
home at Briarly, the early part ot
~The out-of-town
Scull home on east High
' day, included Mr. and Mrs.
| and their son, Richard, who drove
from Clearfield for a part of the
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tion is very much improved though she
is still under the care of her brother,
~—John M. Boob, of Millheim, was in
Bellefonte, Monday, looking up some
friends in the interest of his candidacy for
| with her sister, Mrs. A. H. Tarbert and | the Democratic nomination for Sheriff.
the family, returning to Bellefonte Tues- | Mr. Boob runs a meat market in Mill-
my, | circ tent is goin make
| i es a says going to an
| ~—Mr. and Mrs. John Burkett and their | ive can for the honor hie
, two children left here this week to re-|.o aspires
turn to Altoona, after making Bellefonte |
their home for the past seven years.
The Burketts have been living on Wil-
lowbank street,
| —G. Murray Andrews will sali from
England, the latter part of next week,
| expecting to arrive in Bellefonte early | S3led to New York on account of her
in March. Mr. Andrews has been in |p 3 TOC SRCLTTRISE 9 Sra
England for three months looking after | sn tated his being in
| busi in | hospital from that time until a month
| 20me ness interests. (ago, and his return to Bellefonte now
| | aq Mn. lye Sud their OR | is for an indefinite time, while con-
ick, t! rs. erman = | valescing from this illness.
, Clintic as a motor guest, drove over | 8
| from Lewistown, Sunday, for an all day
| visit in Bellefonte with Mrs. McClintic's |
| York, Saturday,
| —Mrs. Odille Mott and her son, Basil,
arrived here from New York Wednesday.
| Mrs. Mott left Bellefonte in October for
| Detroit, but was with her daughter,
| Mrs. McMillan only two weeks
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REFEREE LYBARGER MADE
had ' mother, Mrs. James Kellerman, in Petri- BIG CUT IN ATTORNEYS FEES.
ken Hall —
| —7.M. Huey, of Fillmore, was In Lee Francis Lybarger, Lewisburg,
town on Wednesday and while here for- referee in bankruptcy in the Centre
mally announced that he will be a can. County bank case, filed his decision,
didate for County Commissioner, Mr. last week, in the contested claim of
Huey has been active in the affairs of former Judge Arthur C. Dale, for-
| Patton township for years and Is very mer Judge Ellis L. Orvis and Mor-
(highly regarded by a large circle of timer C. Rhone for $9,500 attorneys
| friends, | fees in which he made an award of
—James E. Williams suggested as 23, 1874, hence was 56 years, 1 —_
an interesting mews item that we month and 21 days old. When a Op March 31st landlord M. A.
“call attention to the fact that there boy his parents moved to Chicago pandsy will retire from the manage-
has been enough of rain this week and after a few years there went 0 ment of the Brockerhoff house and
to muddy the water in Spring creek, Seattle, Wash. Most of his school- thereafter devote all his time to
‘and we might add, the first time ing was received at the latter place, looking after his own hotel, The
‘since the middle of last trout fish-
street, near the Lutheran church,| _p u. Peacock, of Cleveland, son-in- |
atm Dat the present tx Inch um "oto Wa Br. Be 5 ee eae eis oth
terra cotta sewer is too small and | Indianapolis, was in Centre county over ., ... receivers, John S. Ginter
ought to be replaced with an eight night last week, looking after some busl-' yp) g “nale and Rev. Reed O.
inch iron pipe. The committee ness pertaining to Dr. Smith's farms in| o, e v. .
also stated that Mr. Long, of Nor- | Pennsvalley. Mr. Peacock arrived in| Steely, for compensation in the sum
-ing season.
——Yesterday was the 82nd birth-
‘day anniversary of W. I. Gilliland,
of State College, and Wednesday
Mrs. Gilliland was 75 years old, and
in celebrating the double event the
couple were guests at a dinner given
in their honor by their daughter,
Mrs. Frank Shillings, of east How-
-ard street, on Sunday.
——The many friends of Ed
Beezer will be sorry to learn
that he is in a Philipsburg
.pital with his right hip in
a plaster-cast and likely to stay
there for weeks. While helping to
pusk a motor car out of an ice coat-
ed gutter he slipped and, in falling,
broke or injured the hip bone,
—~Toner A. Hugg, deputy reve-
‘nue ‘collector for this district,
“will be at the Moshannon bank build-
‘ing in Philipsburg on the 24th, At
‘the court house in Bellefonte on the
25, 26 and 27th. At his office in
‘Mileshburg on the 28th. These spe-
‘cial sittings will be to render as-
: sistance to any who might need it
in making out their income taxre-
. ports.
-—In spite of the stormy weath-
‘er the baby clinic, held last week in
“the W. C. T. U. room, in Petrikin
hall, was well attended. The work-
vers felt much encouraged by the
number of women who appeared
"with their small children on the
opening day. Each week these free
‘clinics will be held on Friday, at 3 School ship Saratoga, and Edward, at |, oat "
y He also leaves one brother, } Bellefonte
‘p. m., in the W. C. T. U. room. It
-is hoped that all who are interested
‘will take their babies, up to three
lyears of age, for examination.
——The annual football dance of
‘the Beliefonte Academy will be
‘meld at Hecla park on Friday eve-
ning, February 27th. It will be a
semi-formal affair, $3.00 per couple,
<and the public is invited. Refresh-
“ments can be obtained at the
“tany Country club. As there have
been very few social gatherings
“this winter this dance will afford
‘the people of Bellefonte an op-
portunity to enjoy an evening's
pleasure and relaxation. Dancing
from 9 to 2 o'clock. Good musicis
“assured.
——Sterling Ruhl, who had been
‘in charge of the A. & P. store, in
ithe McClain block, ever since it was
Nit-
‘he having graduated at the Seattle
|High school. The family later re-
| turned from Seattle to Chicago and
for some time he was employed on
| the Daily News of that city in the
“want ad” department. It was
while employed there that he be-
came acquainted with George Ade
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moved to Port Huron, Mich, where
they remained about a year then
came to Pennsylvania and located
in Altoona, the elder Ray taking
! charge of the Altamont hotel.
! In April, 1902, Mr, Ray came to
| Bellefonte to manage the Brocker-
‘hoff house, and a year later leased
the hotel. He remained there until
October, 1920, when
account of his failing health. Since
that he clerked at various hotels in
| Pennsylvania and New York and
had worked at anything he could
get to do, his last position being in
the Bellefonte office of the Highway
Department.
Though not a college graduate
few men were as well versad in the
general topics of the day,as well as
ancient and modern history as Mr.
Ray, all acquired through an in-
,satiable thirst for reading.
Twenty-six years ago he married
‘Miss Grace Armor, who passed away
on November 26th, 1926, but surviv-
ing him are five children, Miss
Sarah, in Philadelphia; Philip, a
| student at State College; Miss Eliz-
abeth at home; George, on the
home.
{ Frederick D. Ray, of Brooklyn.
| Funeral services were held at his
late home on east Linn street, at 11
,o'clock on Monday morning,
Rev. Stuart F. Gast, burial being
‘made in the Union cemetery,
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STEVE MATTIS KILLED
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| A report received here, late on
| Monday, stated that Steve Mattis
{had been killed at Norwalk, Conn,
' by being hit by a truck while walk-
|ing on the State highway. The
| first information was somewhat mix-
(ed up in transmission and it was
{not until an attorney in Norwalk
called up members of the Mattis
family by long-distance telephone
that it was definitely established
| that the dead man was Mr. Mattis.
he quit on
Markland. He took charge of the
| Brockerhoff in May, 1921, reopening
| it after it had been closed for eight
months, following the retirement of
‘the late H. 8S. Ray. Under his
. management the hotel was greatly
improved and won a good patron-
age,
ago
Bush homestead, on Spring street,
and has converted it into a modern
and up-to-date hotel, one of the
best to be found anywhere in the
| State. Looking after it in conjunc-
tion with the Brockerhoff is too
much of a physical burden, so he
has decided to quit the Brockerhoff
| at the expiration of his lease, which
is March 31st.
| Up to this time there is no in-
, formation as to who will succeeed
him at the Brockerhoff, although it
(is understood tha! the owners have
had negotiations with several parties.
consult with the Street committee
and County Commissioners relative
to plans for rebuilding the Lamb
street bridge.
The Water committee reported re-
pairs to the fire hydrant and aleak-
ing water pipe, on Bishop street,
had been made, Also the collection
MISS BEWLEY PLEASED
WITH BELLEFONTE VISIT.
Miss Bewley has come and gone.
Those privileged to hear her in her
most delightful entertainment of the
Kentucky Hill people, on January
29th, will be pleased tc know of
her appreciation of the attendance
and co paid her while here.
In a letter to Miss Hill she says:
| “In my report to Mrs. Waite (her
| representative) I paid personal nomi-
(nation for the best all round audi-
|ence of the week (tho not the
The consensus of opinion is that fine. Secretary Kelly stated
‘Miss Bewley was an artistic, intelli- there is an ordinance covering the
‘gent success, and that if she should |OTense.
return to Bellefonte a large audi-
jence would De assured. It
without saying that Miss Bewley is
| worthy of the elaborate praise
| corded her by the many who
| seen and heard her.
| jed to council that the automatic
ORGAN RECITAL TO BE HELD fire alarm at the Undine fire
| IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 'S Bot in good shape
—_— (worn-out condition o
Every Saturday evening at ten and suggested that new
‘o'clock, from station WCAU the strung from a point near
| University of Pennsylvania organ Co's store to the fire
| recitals are broadcast, and residents matter was referred to
of Bellefonte will be interested to Police committee.
know that the ome who gives these Mr, Nighthart
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| programs, Morrison C. Boyd, act- Undines had rhe go
a small siren
ing head of the department of whistle on the outside Belle-
|music at the University, has con- oe
fonte Hardware company’s building
‘sented to give an organ recital in. :
The Fire and Police committee
reported repairs completed at the
Undine fire house and practically
completed at the lockup.
Mr. Ardery, of the Special com-
mittee, reported that street com-
missioner Hurley had cleaned out
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which is sounded when there is a
ristown, will be here this week to!
+ absence, her two sons who drove with *
. the late H. S. Ray, on Monday,
Bellefonte, Saturday, leaving Sunday to Of $7,500, he cut their claim to
| return to Ohio. | $911.87. The receivers have already
| —Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Lee, of State paid themselves $1500, and under
College, who have been at West Palm | the referee's ruling will have to
in make a refund of $588.13.
We have been informed that
another distribution of 109% will be
made to creditors of the Centre
County Banking Co, within the next
six weeks. Whiterock Quarries have
also issued to Receiver Walker the
$75,000.00 worth of stock that be-
longed to the Banking Co., but had
never been issued. The distribution
to be made soon will bring the total
up to 50%. The Whiterock stock
and other possible assets might pro-
vide for a further distribution of
20% or 25g, but that will depend
entirely on whether the stock can be
disposed of ata price anywhere near
its real value.
| Beach, Florida, since the first week
| January, left that resort on
,and expect to be back home by
| 20th. From Palm Beach
| tor to Miami and then up the
| of Florida, stopping wherever
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CAPT. SMITH TO TRAIN
IN U. S. CAVALRY SCHOOL.
Capt. Ralph T. Smith, of Troop
L, 103 cavalry, has been notified of
his appointment as the one cavalry
officer from Pennsylvania to take a
three month's course of training in
the U. S. cavalry school at Fort
Riley, Kansas, The captain has
been striving for this appeintment
for ten years and as only one officer
from each State is selected the fact
| that he was chosen is not only con-
| sidered quite an honor but isa com-
| pliment to his military ability, as
| the standard on which selections are
‘made are based on the all around
Reynolds. Miss Stewart's sister, Mrs. recordsof the officers for the preced-
Mary C. Miller, came up from Hagers- ing year. Capt. Smith expects to
town a week ago to be in charge of the leave for Fort Riley on March 7th
| Stewart home during Miss Margaret's and will be accompanied by his wife.
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| —Mr. Joseph Ceader Jr., stop-
| ped in Bellefonte for several hours, Sat-
| urday, on their way home to Cleveland
| Heights from New York, where Mr.
Ceader had been for a week, inthe New
| York office of his Company. The visit
which was made with Mr. Ceader's
cousins, the Martin Cooney family, was
| their first to Bellefonte since their mar-
! riage several months ago.
~-Miss Margaret A. Stewart will leave
Tuesday of next week, for Florida, ex-
pecting to spend the month of March in
West Palm Beach, with her niece, Mrs.
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HUBLERSBURG TAVERN
IS OPENED AGAIN.
The Zimmermans, whose tea
m, “The Blue Bird,” in Bellefonte
so popular for several
e leased “Ye Olde Tavern” at
ublersburg and will conduct it in
future.
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‘Ben F. Jones and wife, of Tyrone,
! Frederick D. Ray, a brother, of B
lyn, N. Y. The latter had not
‘here for ten or twelve years but a
the only changes he noted was
| personnel of the town, quite a
of men he knew when
quent visitor here having
last long journey.
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“started, was transferred to the john Mattis, the eldest son, left on the Bellefonte Presbyterian church |
“management of a combination meat Tuesday morning for Norwalk and Friday evening, February 27th, at
(fire for the purose of notifying
‘and grocery store, in Lock Haven, win bring the body here for burial.
going there on Monday morning. The Mattis family lives on the
He will move his family to that Gray farm, in Buffalo Run val-
place just as soon as he can secure
a house. Roy Wadding, who had ey, but because he was unable to
been in charge of the green
department in the store in the
Brockerhoff house building, has suc-
“ceeded Mr. Ruhl in the management
“of the down town store.
~ —The State College school board
‘has awarded the contracts for the
‘new school building at that place.
‘The general contract went to Frank
Yenter, of Tyrone, at his bid of
"$79,400. Trout and Trauchinbaugh,
of Altoona, were awarded the con-
tract for heating and ventilating at
$15,486. William Seckinger, of
State College, will do the plumbing
for $9,730.04, and Carl Eisenhuth,
“State College, the electrical work
“for $5,433.14, The total of the bids
is $100,099.19, or just 81 cents short
“of the bond issue of $110,000.
(get any work in this section Steve
|had gone to Connecticut where he
(had been employed for some time.
| On Saturday evening he and a com-
| panion were walking on the high-
| way when both were run down and
injured by'a heavy truck. Mattis
died on the way to a hospital. Iden-
tification was made through papers
found in his pockets.
The dead man leaves a widow,
three sons and four daughters. He
will be remembered by Bellefonte
Verona hill, in the house where the
Samuel Shultz tragedy took placea
few weeks ago. At that time he
streets of Bellefonte.
people as the man who lived outon
8 o'clock. Every person who en-
(joys fine music is invited to avail |
themselves of this opportunity, An
offering for missions will be taken. |
| traffic to look out for the fire com- will spend the time with her nephew,
| State. The Walker home
‘Mrs. Walker's sister, Miss Shortlidge,
pany. The whistle is being tried Robert S. Walker and his family,
out as an experiment and if it Linn street.
proves a success in giving the fire- | —N. R. Lamoreaux, of Philipsburg,
men an open right of way will be dropped in on us Tuesday. Mr. Lam-
Mr. Boyd is not an utter stranger permanently co wi
in Bellefonte. His mother was al neatly nnected with the fire
cousin of the late Mrs. Lavinia Har- Borough bills amounting fo $904
ris and with her son had visited and water bills |
here on various occasions. He is|for 3031 Wess | APproved)
the holder of more than one
payment after which council
degree adjourned.
from Oxford College, England, hav- |
ing gone to Oxford after being |
awarded the Rhodes Fellowship.
OFFICIAL DOG CATCHER
IS WORKING IN COUNTY.
Officer Isenberg, from Harrisburg,
| started to canvass Centre county for |
| unlicensed dogs on Tuesday.
| If you own a dog and have not andirons,
owned ateam of Mexican burros and | yet gotten a license for it you had
was a familiar sight almost every better do so before Isenberg locates
day as he drove them along the your animal, for then the costs
| might be $10.00 or more,
——The MacManus property with
|all the furnishings of the house,
which includes some of the rarest
| antiques in Central Pennsylvania,
will be offered at public sale,
| Friday, March 27. Special men-
tion is given to a pair of Heppilwhite
| inlaid Mahogany tables, solid brass
mahogany sideboard, ma-
| hogany square piano, two mahogany
bureaus and numberless other pieces
which will appeal to the collector of
| antiques.
on | Bankers Association, in Altoona on Lin- |
| oreaux is a candidate for Sheriff the
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Bellefonte some time. He's upstand-
ing, impressive looking officer and is
| likely to make his many rivals for the
| nemtudtion do some stepping between
Bow "ahd September donated by Fauble's to Mrs. Thomas
| nual meeting of Group C, Pennsylvania |
| coln’'s birthday, were Mr. and Mrs.
| Nelson’ E. Robb, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. |
| Williams, Miss Rose Carpeneto, Mr. and |
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| Mrs. Newocll Long, Mrs. Robert Willard, | Wheat 50
| Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schad, Miss Nina | Corn RJ
| Lamb, Miss Rebecca Yerger, Hayes W.| Oats 40
| Mattern, Ww. C. Smehser and Dr. 8. M. Rye 0
| Nissley, of Bellefonte, and Mr. and Mrs. | Barley a semen + 8
| L.. Frank Mayes, of Lemont. Buckwheat 15