SNEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
— Thaddeus Cross, the well
Xnown Spring township farmer, cele-
drated his eightieth birthday an-
piversary last Friday.
—Keep in mind the Academy min-
strel dance, to be held in the audi-
torium at Hecla park, next Friday
evening, 9 to 2 o'clock. The public
is invited.
KRAPE SENTENCED
PENITENTIARY
Harry Rhule Draws Costs and Three
Year's Probation.
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~ | C. A. Krape, convicted at the Feb-
|ruary term of court on the charge
of arson for being implicated in the
burning of his shoe store at Spring
| Mills, in January, 1929, and who was
refused a new trial two weeks ago,
was sentenced by Judge Fleming,
i morning, to pay the costs
'of prosecution, $1000 fine and serve
| from one to ten years in the peni-
| tentiary. While visibly affected Mr.
| Krape did not break down when sen-
— Albert G,'Coffman died sud- tence was pronounced, neither did
denly at his home in Altoona yester- his wife, who was in court at the
day morning at 6:30. He was born time.
in Bellefonte Nov. 14, 1809. Obitu- When called before the bar Mr,
ary next week. 'Krape's attorney, former Judge
——A very interesting writeup of Arthur C. Dale, made a brief but
the meeting of the Garden Club, on eloquent plea for leniency, emphasiz- |
Wednesday, was received too late for ing the fact that his client had just
ublication this week but will appear turned 70 years of age.
n next week's issue. In pronouncing sentence Judge
Reward will be paid finder of | Fleming stated that it was the most
pocketbook containing sum of money Painful duty he had been called up-
d driver's license, lost Sunday eve- on to perform since his elevation to
I in front of McClain block, if the bench. He also stated that what-
returned to Penn Belle hotel. ever his personal inclination might
possi be the crime of arson is one of the
fleet poy as Bility shat 8 few on the statute books of Pennsyl-
usan pass over | Vania not subject to parole and the
Posen stig, wont on their court had no choice in the matter.
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way from the west to New York and | He also expressed the hope that
Boston.
‘after he had paid his debt Mr. Krape
——S8ix hundred thousand tree
| would be able to spend many more
and + plants were ship- | YeATS of happy life in his home
community.
from the nursery at Rockview — o
| ppeal will be taken from the
during March. One-third of them |g... 4o500 Mr. Krape will likely be
were for reforestation of State wa- ‘taken to Pittsburgh within the next
{er-sheds. few days.
—The Ladies Aid of the Luth- i Rhule, of Lewistown,
a bake sale on Saturday, May 23rd, to having caused a motor accident
# the H. P, Schaeffer hardware on Nittany mountain on Nov. 3,
store. All kinds’ of baked foods 1930, in which Richard Matthews, of
will be for sale. | Altoona was killed. He was sen-
—Nearly all the farmers in the | tenced to pay a fine of $500.60, all
gounty have their oats planted, but costs and damages and put on proba-
there is not much corn in the ground tion for three years,
yet. Most of that would have been
done this week had it not been for |
the wet weather. |
A DRAMATIC SERVICE
you to go to see George Arliss in The congregation gathered at the
“The Millionaire,” All that we deem Methodist Episcopal church last Sun-
it necessary tosay is that he will be day morning were deeply moved by
st the Richelieu Friday and Satur- the address of Dr. George W. Reese,
day nights of next week. (of Shamokin, and the singing of a
——The grand jury, with B. F.|
Bowersox, of Millheim, as foreman, The program was dedicated to the
Bas been at work this week on the! mothers and told the story inter-
various bills of indictment prepared mingled with song.
district attorney John G. Love. Dr. Reese is the surgeon in chief
list of cases is quite large. |and superintendent at the Shamokin
— The attraction all next week |Seneral hospital. He has collected
at the State will be Richard Barthle-
mess in “The Finger Points.” It is
same compelling interest py
Caesar” and “Dawn Patrol.”
enjoyed them you will enjoy
———Tony Ficarro, who on April
¥st went into business for himself
$2 Shoe pest in She Rive 203, {vou
on west High street, has in- :
vested in an electric stitcher to sew
soles onto shoes, evidence that he
is getting more work to do than he’
@an do by hand (dren born.
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His subject Sunday morning
| became greatly effective after he
(stated he had zeen two-thousand
people die and two thousand chil-
and
eran church of Bellefonte will hold ‘former Bellefonte barber, plead guilty
——There isno need of our urging i
quartette of anthracite coal miners,
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and trained the quartette and each |
Sunday they drive from town to!
ANNUAL CONVENTION TWO SUITS OF CLOTHES
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
| In the neighborhood of one hun- |
‘dred and fifty delegates attended the over proofs of the advertisements
' 30th annual convention of the Wo- | that appear in the Watchman this
‘men’s Missionary Society of the week. Comment on one of them is
‘West Susquehanna Classis of the Re- made in a paragraph elsewhere. The
‘formed church, held in the Reformed
church at Centre Hall, last Thursday. of a truth stated by Ad Fauble, the
Mrs. M. H. Brouse, of Bellefonte, men's furnishing dealer. He speaks
——Just accidentally we looked
‘president of the society, presided. of “price lines” in clothes buying
‘Devotional service was held by Mrs. and suggests that there is dissatis-
'E. H. Zechman while Miss Verna faction when one ventures below it.
'Rowe made the address of welcome That statement has more truth than
to which Mrs. N. D. Custer respond- poetry in it.
'ed. The morning session was de-| On Tuesday a suit that we bought
‘voted to hearing reports, appointment at Faubles six years ago was re-
of committees. Etc. ‘turned from the dry cleaner looking
At the afternoon session the com- like a new ome. It has been worn
mittee on the nomination of officers hard, yet there is not a break in the
for the ensuing year reported in fabric and when we don it again
favor of re-electing all the old of- there are few who would suspect
'ficers, which was done. that it has escaped a
‘that on “Thank Offerings” by Mrs. comfortable and cost only what we
Lelia Cole, of Bellefonte. The treas- have been accustomed to paying for
urer's report showed total offerings the moderate priced clothing we
and collections for the year of $2,- wear.
24055, with a balance on hand on| On our back right now is a suit
April 1, 1931, of $4049. Of the that was our first and last venture
total amount contributed the Aarons- below what Mr. Fauble speaks of as
burg church was credited with $60.- | “the price line.” We were not bam-
193; Bellefonte, $194.00; Boaisburg, boozled into buying it. It was the
$106.26; Centre Hall, $118.40; How- pattern, rather than the price, or
ard, $55.55, and Hublersburg, $63.60. the high pressure salesmanship, or
At the evening session the principal the fact that it was made to order,
speaker was Miss Mary Gerhardt, of that lured us. We have worn it far
Sendai, Japan, a church missionary. less than a year and already the
The women of Centre Hall Grange sleeves and trouser legs are frayed
furnished both the noon luncheon at the ends, four of the pockets had
and the dinner in the evening to the holes in them before we had used
delegates, (them two months and buttons come
: |off with such frequency that most of
MANY PATRIOTIC SONS the time we have been in fear that
TTEND NTY MEET ‘the whole ensemble would slide off
4 Cov ‘lus any moment. It has been the
A large number of representatives most unsatisfactory suit that we
of the various P. O. 8. of A. camps have ever owned.
in Centre county attended a county| It cost $7.50 less than the one
meet, held in the hall of the Belle- that is now six years old, but so far
fonte camp, on Wednesday evening
of last week, It was the final rally
of a succession of meetings held
| throughout this district during the
past two months.
| Raymond Brooks, of Bellefonte, There is a ‘price line” in clothes
district president, presided, and the values under which it is dangerous
‘address of welcome was made by J. to venture.
Kennedy Johnston Esq., E.J. Thomp-
| The speakers of the evening were bind. ¥
| CT THE MARKLAND,
Arthur R, B. Fox, State president, and U E .
| Charles Brumm Helms, State secre- Eyer since the sudden death of the
been concerned it should have cost
$750.00 less.
This one experience proves to us,
at least, that
'son Esq. of Philipsburg, responded.
/tary, both of Philadelphia. Music ate M. A. Landsy there has been
| for the evening was furnished by the more or less speculation as to the
| Bailey orchestra. [future of The Markland, the splendid
Camps represented were as fol- )ittle hotel on Spring street standing
| lows: Pine Grove Mills, 10 members; a5 a monument to the aims and de-
‘Lemont, 14; Hublersburg, 1; Wood- sires of the deceased landlord, and
ward, 5; Centre Hall, 15; Spring the Watchman has it on good au-
Mills, 4; Sandy Ridge, 5; Blue Ball, thority that Mrs. Landsy will con-
13; Bellefonte, 45; scattering and duct it in the future, and do so along
other visitors, 50. All the camps in the ideal lines of comfort and con-
by
camp is pest of
has resulted in an increase of mem-
‘bership. Tha Bellefonte
management of the hotel. As a
girl
Rev. Stuart F. Gast, rector of St. Mrs. Landsy had considerable b
| ——Tonight the young people in
We Bellefonte group of Methodist {COLD TABLETS KILL
ghurches will hold their last study
ting for the year in the Metho- planche Ba
Sat church at Stormstown. The 4 daughter of Pe
gfoung people -of the Half Moon '
three year
| Baumgardner, of Burnham, died at
the Centre County hospital at 8.30
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a of. tab-
——Luke Russell, William Bogan lets a ier ay
and William Ball, all of Rush town- About a month ago the child's
ship, were committed to the Centre father, who was laid off from his job
sounty jail, Thursday of last week, at Burnham, came over the mountain
in lieu of bail, by 'Squire E. R. Han- to the home of his parents, Mr, and
@ock, of Philipsburg, on the charge Mrs. John Baumgardner, near Centre
of demolishing outbuildings on the Hall, to help with the farm work. He
rty of Casper Kassab. near brought his little daughter along. On
y Ridge, and stealing the lum-, Sunday evening the child got hold of
© «= wwe a hox of cold tablets and ate a num- |
——About a month ago the agri- | ber of them. In a short time she be-
gultural editor of the Watchman 'came violently ill and was rushed to
Wea bemoaning the fact that Centre the Centre County hospital. But the
eountty was so far short of it's nor- poison in the tablets had already
mal rainfhll for the past year that it permeated her system and she died
grave question if enough rain at 8.30.
fall this spring to make it up: | In addition to the parents a young-
now the trout editor is down in | brother survives. The remains were
mouth because there is so much | taken to Burnham for burial yester-
that it has spoiled the fishing. | day morning.
—M. Bennett and Sons, con
tors of Indiana, Pa. began work, on
Monday on almost a six mile stretch
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FOUR NURSES GRADUATE
Four nurses won their diplomas at
{the 20th annual graduating exercises
. burg,
~==»~The Cook Academy baseball of Altoona.
team; from Montour Falls, N. Y.,
will play the Bellefonte Academy on the board, presided. Music was fur-
Hughes field this (Friday) afternoon nished by Mrs. Louis Schad. R. Rus- |
The ad- highway
Academy played the Bellefonte team dress was delivered by Rev. Horace down to the concrete road
at 3 o'clock. Last Saturday the sel Blair and Jack Yeager.
of the Centre County league and won Lincoln Jacobs and the , diplomas
4 to 0. The Cock Academy nine presented by Mr. Henry.
is reported as being unusually strong Lo
but they will find a worthy foe in ——On the H. S. Moore lot, on
the Bellefonte lads. north Spring street, purchased sev-
—Last Thursday evening George W. eral years ago at the public sale of
Sperring, of Lock Haven, State fish ‘the Longwell property, stands an un-
protector, while patroling Eddy Lick usually large apple tree. One of
run, arrested John A. Mihalik, of | the branches is covered with blos-
Mildred, Sullivan county, who had in | Soms while not a single blossom is
nis possession fourteen trout less in evidence on the others, and much
than six inches in length. He was larger portion of the tree.
drought to Bellefonte and given a
hearing before justice of the peace ——In the appropriation bill for
8. Xline Woodring who imposed a State aid to hospitals, reported for
fine of $140 and costs, or a assage by the House, at Harrisburg,
$144. Not having the money Centre County hospital is aliott-
pay the fine he was sent to $58,300, whi:h is an increase of
144 days.
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Laura Johnson and Miss Clara Love, | ule this week
J. Thompson Henry. president of,
John’s Episcopal church, is a patient ness experience and since her mar-
left ankle sustained while playing as landlord of the Brocherhoff house
Mrs. Harry ball on Saturday afternoon. He was and also The Markland, hence is George S. Denithorne, and Chas.
playing first base with the Bellefonte well equipped to take charge of the
team of the Centre County league in latter hotel.
a practice game with the Bellefonte
Academy. One of the Academy play-
ers lined out a hit to second base and WANDSY FUNERAL SERVICES
was making a hard effort to reach
the first bag in safety. Rev. Gast had
his left foot on the bag and was
waiting for the ball. On nearing the
Funeral services for the late M, A.
Landsy, wo Iu passed away so sudden-
ly on W y night of last week
bag the runner jumped. The field was 5 the result of a stroke of paralysis,
wet and muddy, he slipped and land- ore peld at The Markland at 9.30
down. Both leg bones were broken cpgries Maintanband, of Williams-
wholly involuntary no one | ,.4n,qox Hebrew funeral service,
than the Academy | wale extemporary tribute was
paid by Rev. Harace Lincoln Jacobs,
pastor of the Bellefonte Methodist
church.
The remains were taken to Phila-
delphia, on Friday, and final funeral
services held in the Memorial chapel
of Morris Rosenberg and Son, at
two o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
Rabbi Feldman had there.
Interment followed in the Mount
Sinai cemetery.
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THE CIRCUS WILL BE HERE
TOMORROW, RAIN OR SHINE.
HIGHWAY OILING IN
week, oiling the roud from .Hairy | Bellefonte and young and old, alike,
John's park to Millheim. The sched- will get ail the thrills that come
is from the Mifflin with the great white tented amuse-
| county line, in the Seven mountains, ment enterprises that annually travel
to Potters Mills, and from State over the country, bringing a gala
College to Dale's Summit. Next day to each community they visit.
week the crew will work on State Barnett Bros. circus is a new one
routes in Bellefonte and to Bellefonte, This will be it's first
at theold visit here and from reports it is
fair grounds. The following week quite worthy a great reception. Itis
the road will be oiled from Snow not the largest circus in the world.
Shoe to the Clearfield county line, It is only a darned good little show,
and also the short stretch of high- |packed full of interesting features
way near Moshannon. |that entertain and thrill.
| This truly big circus hasan array
| ———As a result of the hard rain of talent this season that is second
last Thursday night all the streams to none. Several extraordinary acts
in this section have been muddy offer divertisement to an already
since. Spring creek rose about a large program. These acts are unique
{foot. ‘There was a flood of 6 ft. 2 in that it is their first American
!in. on Bald Eagle. According to appearance. The clown colony has
| John Scholl, who keeps an official been added to as well, so that you
record of the water in that stream may be certain that you are in for
only once before, in the past seven many laughs,
years, has it reached that mark.| Remember, the show will be here
AND THEIR “PRICE LINE.
‘other arrested our attention because
‘rummage
Among the reports submitted was sale” so long. It fits well, is most
as satisfaction in wearing it has
Mr. Fauble is right.
Tomorrow will be circus day in
over from Latrobe, Sunday, has been in
Bellefonte for the week, visiting with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Thomp-
son.
—Mrs. Sid Bernstine is home, entirely
recovered from her recent tonsil opera-
tion and more enthusiastic than ever in
making the Bernstine store the most
popular buying place in the county.
—Mr. and Mrs. Caire B. Williams have
been here from Westfield, N. J., since
last week, house guests of Mr. Williams’
sister, Miss Helene, at her home on east
Curtin street. Mr. and Mrs. Williams
came expecting to spend two weeks in
Bellefonte.
—Mrs. J. C. Butterworth, who has
been here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Knisely, for two weeks, came in
from Wilkinsburg with plans for an in-
definite stay in Bellefonte or until recov-
ered from a several month's attack of ill
health.
—Mrs. E. E. Sager was in Bellefonte
during the week, having come up f-om
Philadelphia to see the family and look
after some Thomas estate business. Her
niece, Miss Helen Thomas, has been oblig-
ed to enter a sanitarium again and is
now under treatment at Mount Alto.
—Rev, Clarence E. Arnold and Frank
M. Crawford, representing St. John's
Lutheran church, are in attendance this
week at the annual convention of the
Susquehanna Synod of Central Pennsyl-
vania of the United Lutheran church,
which is being held in Northumberland.
—The G. Oscar Gray and J. M. Ward
families are entertaining Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Gray who have been east from De-
troit for two weeks, with no definite
plans for returning. Carl's vacation at
this time is owing to the economic de-
pression which the country is feeling so
keenly at present.
—Miss Elizabeth Gephart, who has been
home since before Easter, spent the great.
er part of the winter with her two broth-
ers, Wallace and Wilson, in New York,
‘and will now be here for much of the
summer. When in Bellefonte, during the
past several years, Miss Gephart has
made her home with Mrs. Gregg Curtin.
~—Mrs., James A. McClain and her
daughter, Emily Eliza McClain, will go
on to their home at Spangler, the early
part of the week, following a ten day's
visit here with Mrs. McClain's mother,
Mrs. J. L. Spangler and Col. Spangler, at
their home on Allegheny street. Mrs, Mc-
Clain and her daughter stopped in Belle-
| fonte enroute home from Washington,
| where they had been fof the winter.
| ~—The children of Mr. and Mrs. T. N.
Shaughnessy, who celebrated Mothers
day by coming home to spend it to-
gether with their mother, included Miss
Anne, of White Plains, N, Y.; Miss Helen,
of Philadelphia, and Frank, of Pittsburgh.
William Heinle, a member of the Shaugh-
nessy family was obliged to forego the
pleasure of the week-end house party,
having been called to Richmond, Va., on
business,
—Mrs. R. 8. Brouse had the privilege
of entertaining Miss Mary Gerhardt, of
| Sendai,
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{| Curtin, her entire family being with
| for the day's celebration. The plans of
‘Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Curtin for coming
to Bellefonte for the summer, as has
THREE YEAR OLD CHILD, In the Centre County hospital, suffer- riage to Mr. Landsy had given him been their custom for a number of years,
|ing with a compound fracture of the considerable assistance in his work are at present very uncertain.
—Chas. McCurdy Esq., Mr. and Mrs.
| Scott spent last Sunday on a motor
to Gettysburg, where they spent
!on the battlefield.
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| authentic and intimate information
| historic engagement than they would be
lable to get from any recorded descrip-
| tion.
| —Miss Mary Dale, dietitian at Allege-
eny college, Meadville, was among those
back home for a Mothers's day visit. Driv-
ing in, Friday, Miss Dale was a guest of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dale,
until Sunday afternoon. On her return
to Meadville she was accompanied by
Mrs. Mary Cox, of Altoona, and David
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| —G. W. Ward, of Pittsburgh, who |
| vacationing at his old home at Pin
| Grove Mills, was in Bellefonte transact
ing business on Wednesday.
~Miss Witmer is here from Philadelphit
| visiting with her sister, Mrs. John C
Love Jr., who entertained for her
| The Talleyrand yesterday afternoon.
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‘day, was her mother, Mrs. Hughes, ¢
Laurelton, who came to Bellefonte to b
| with her daughter for Mother's day.
| —Mrs. Eyer and her daughter arrive
in Bellefonte from St. Petersburg, Flo:
‘ida, during the wsek, stopping here fc
‘a little visit with Mrs. Benjamin Bradle
on their way to East Aurora, N. Y., fc
the summer.
—Dr, and Mrs. 8S. M. Nissley drove t
McKeesport for the week-end, spendin
'it there with Mrs, Nissley's sister, Mn:
R. L. McCarthy and her husband. M
| Keesport was Mrs. Nissley's girlhoo
home.
—Miss Mary Parrish is on one of he
frequent driving trips to Philadelphi:
having gone down on some business fc
her father, C. M. Parrish, and to visit fc
several days with her brother, Dr. Josep
! Parrish.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Glenn's honc
guest, Sunday, was their daughter, Mis
Ruth, who holds a very responsible pos
tion, with the Farquahar manufacturin
company, of York, Pa. Miss Glenn
i work permits her to make only occasion:
visits home.
—James H. Potter went east, late la
| week, to see Mrs, Potter, who has bee
a patient, for the past three weeks, |
the Jefferson hospital, going on fro
Philadelphia to Atlantic City, where I
has been spending the week at “Ti
| Plaza.”
| =Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Gardner drov
‘over from Clearfield for the Mother
day service in the Methodist -chure
Sunday morning, remaining in Bellefon!
, as dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. Hora
Lincoln Jacobs, whose guest of honor wi
Dr. Reese, of the Shamokin State ho
pital, the speaker at the morning servi
in the Methodist church.
—-—Joseph McCullough will n
longer sell peanuts on the street
'of Beilefonte or try to bum nickel
from friend and stranger. He wa
taken to the Catholic Protectorat
|for Boys, at Phoenixville, on Tue:
‘day. Joe's pal, LeRoy Gherrity, wa
'M. Ward Fleming, issued on Mor
Iday. Joe's pal, LeRoy Gherrity, wa
sent to Glenn Mills. The McCu
lough lad is but six years old whil
the Gherrity boy is nine, but bot
Bellefonte, and other members of tl
John P. Harris family.
dispose of a cargo of “gold watches
They had 120 of them in a gr
number natural
——Much information is to be go
from the Garden Club note
which will be found this week in t}