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Bellefonte, Pa., Jane 5, 1931,
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
~The * annual Farmer-Kiwanis
picnic will be held on Grange park,
‘Centre Hall, on Thursday, June 18.
“The complete program will be pub-
lished next week.
——The Earl C, Musser family
moved from Bellefonte, last week,
down onto their farm in Little Nit-
‘tany valley, while their home
“Bellefonte has been rented by Ken-
‘meth Jones, of the operating depart-
ment of the West Penn Power con
pany.
—Acceding to many requests the
‘Misses McGarvey and Mrs. George
‘B. Thompson have decided to re-
peat thier “Living Pitcures of Fa-
mous Paintings.” and will add a few
*gxtra pictures, in St. John's Epis-
~copal parish house, Friday evening,
«June 19th, at 8 o'clock. Admission,
i835 cents.
—The Karthaus State bank was
faken over, last week, by the Clear-
‘field Trust company. The bank was
mot closed nor insolvent but the
‘board of directors decided it un-
"wise to attempt to continue business
under present conditions and there-
“fore arranged with the Clearfield
‘Trust to take it over. :
——Announcement has been made
~of
“Nuttall Fryberger, daughter of the
‘fate John E. and Mrs. Fryberger, of
"Philipsburg, to Paul Douglas Mill-
“®olland. of Washington, D, C., but
“who is now connected with the Na-
“Rional City bank, New York city.
No date for the wedding has been
“announced.
The attraction at the State
“theatre all next week will be “Mis-
“behaving Ladies” It is a clever
‘romedy production, featuring Louize
Fazenda, Ben Lyon and Lila Lee.
“If you like something in the lighter
“vein, something that will make you
‘ forget everything else for an hour
“or more “Misbehaving Ladies” will
“supply the need.
———Permission to operate an in-
‘ter-state bus line from Youngstown.
“Ohio, to New York city, by way of |
Mercer, Oil City, Clearfield, Belle- | 5 ory, Henry M. Bullock, Thomas L.|
| Caldwell, Bernard Elmer Crust, William |
J. Cunningham, Newton S. Fisher, Nor-
“fonte, Williamsport, Sunbury and
Nuzereth, with inter-state rights be-
‘tween Clearfield and the New Jersey
the engagement of Miss Alice
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young people to so fashion their
lives that that their careers may be
clean and upright at all times and
‘the world the better for their be-
ing in it.
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The annual declamatory contest
(for the Col. Reynolds prizes was
‘held in the High school auditorium
on Monday evening, There were H
eight contestants, as published in
{the Watchman last week. The
‘judges were Rev. C. E. Arnold,
{Philip H. Johnston and Miss Isa-
(bella S. Hill. Prizes were award-
‘ed to Joseph Meyers and Eleanor
| Johnson, with honorable mention for
Samuel Noll and Martha Walker.
The closing exercises of the grade
schools in both buildings were held
in the Richelieu theatre. yesterday
‘morning, and consisted of playlets,
Etc. Limited space, as well as
time, prevents any detailed report
of same.
Seniors presented a three act com-
edy in the Richelieu.
The final commencement exercises
were held at the Richelieu last
(evening, Dr. Charles C. Ellis, presi-
‘dent of Juniata College, deliverd
the commencement address while
!Dr. M. J. Locke, president of the
awarded the prizes
| school board,
and presented the diplomas to the
‘sixty-one graduates, and the school
year of 1930-31 passed into history.
; The list of graduates is as fol-
ows:
Luther Bringman Arnold, Robert G.
man B, Fisher, HKaiph Harry H
stressed as the topic of his dis-
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| Sage , Ethel Isabel
| gar Monee Charles
Donald Elmer , Jean on:
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Grade VII Katherine Beaver, Mary
ot Gordon, Nelma Louise Mus-
ser, Elizabeth Young, Miles Clevenstine,
Neil Gray, Ellis Hazzard.
| _ Grade VIII i. Jean
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Grade VII
Caum.
Grade VIII James Musser, Violet Mus-
ser. Honorable Mention Nellie Jodon.
EXCELLENCE IN ARITHMETIC
Grade 1 Betty Eyer.
Grade II Jean Clevnstine, Harold Neff,
Grade III Elizabeth Auman, Hassel
rade
! G IV James
man, Willian Kee: Al
Grade V Helen Lou Hartsock .
bert Confer, Anna Louise Thomas.
be! Caro-
Gingery, Ruth Poor-
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Grade VIII James Musser, Violet Mus-
| ser.
NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY
Grade I Louise Bottorf, Ethel Houser,
Lois Longwell, Sara
Teaman, Virginia Young,
Shuey.
e Lose, David Shope,
Beck, ances Peters, Pa
Spicer, Kenneth Baney, Lois Haag, Ed-
gar Kustanbauter, Janet Love.
Grade III Willlam Bryan, Charles
Kustanbauter, John Steele, Hassel
Thompson, th y ne
Confer, Jean Longwell, Evelyn Pownell
Pearl Elizabeth Thompson,
Arade Tv 3 Bryant, James Gi
. ery.
Hazel Hoover, James ey,
Keene, Clair Poorman
V Geraldine i Ie
Mar,
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Grade Hoy Houck, Nelson Bickel,
Herbert Shuey, Carolyn Caldwell, Caro-
‘lyn McClure
Grade Helen Gar-
VII Pearl Confer,
Hartswi
| aan Betty Ann Hazel Ker-
schner, or y nce Confer,
Joe Confer, John Eckenroth, Carl Ging-
ery, Holderman, Donald Love,
Franklin on, William Rumber-
ger, Wilson Sholl.
Grade VIII Frederick Benner, James
Decker, Dale Rhoades, William Shope,
| Cleta Beck,
Betty Eckel, Marie Hoover,
Veda Hoy.
‘HIGH SCHOOL BOYS EXHIBIT
THEIR ART IN WOODCRAFT.
| Bellefonte High school boys—Sen-
iors and Juniors—who the past year
tty Ann Hartswick, Jesse |
a valley.
‘State line, at Easton, was asked of Robert J. Heverly, Ralph P. Hoover 'have pursued the course in mechan-
“The Public Service Commission in an Harold Irwin Houtz, H. Kenneth Ishler, ical arts, have a remarkable dis-
‘mpplication filed at Harrisburg, last | Robert W. Ishler. Luther E. Kane, Don- play of their handcraft on exhibi-
“Thursday, by Lakes to Sea Stages
- C.
-——A letter Congressman
‘Chase to post-master John L. Knis-
Bey, under date of June 2, expresses
his regret at the failure to secure
‘a post-office site in Bellefonte ata |
price the government will pay. The
‘committee is coming back here
‘®0 over the situation again and if
~——A swarm of bees which set-
‘Bled on a tree, on Spring street,
Wednesday morning. were still there
‘when this item was written yes!
‘day. ‘They first settled on a tree
"#n front of the Dr. Rogers property
‘amd two young men sawed off a
Bmb In an effort to capture them
®ut they promptly settled on a tree
long the Dr. Dale property and all
‘@fforts to dislodge them have so
far proven futile.
. ——The opening of the women's
{golf tournaments was played on the
Nittany Country club course on.
“Tuesday. Four clubs were repre-
‘sented: Philipsburg won, with a,
“score of 29% points; Blairmont, Al-
"Roora, was second with 24; Clinton,
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“Bek Haven, was third with 22; Nit- |
“tany, Bellefonte, was fourth with
There were eight players rep- |
resenting each club and with them
"Xodre tweny-five
“#ifty-seven were at the club for the |
“@itnier that was served, The vis-
‘¥tors played bridge while the tour- |
mament ‘was on.
_ ——In the reorganization of the!
“State Highway Department, as an- |
‘mounced at Harrisburg last Friday, |
WN. F. Staples, who for several
years was district engineer in Belle- |
“fonte, has been made engineer in
‘charge of district No. 6, which in- 's
‘ciudes Philadelphia, Montgomery,
“Bucks, Chester and ag wiie
‘Ales. C. H. Buckius, who two years
‘mgo was located at Harrisburg as
engineer in charge of construction,
been put back to a district!
Musser
¢ Bggimeer, in charge of district No, rie
5, romposed of the counties of Le-
Tigh, Northampton, Monroe, Carbon, |
Schuylkill and Berks. i
«'f'he Bellefonte chapter Daugh-
“ters of the American Revolution, on
Memorial day, placed on the graves
of the eleven Revolutionary soldiers
"ronze Revolutionary grave mark-
‘®rs and Betsy Ross flags, including
~Jacob Houser, at Houserville; Gen-
‘eral Philip Benner. at Rock Forge;
“Jacob Keller and George Rheinhart,
at Tusseyville; John Boron and
Robert Moore, at the Branch;
George Meek, at the Glades; John
‘Molt, at Milesburg, and John Wil-
‘¥fams, at Bellefonte, They also placed
fifty Betsy Ross flags on the graves
“of Revolutionary soldiers through-
out the county. A granite boulder
will be dedicated in the near future
at the Branch cemetery in honor of
the Revolutionary soldiers buried
nell.
| _Grade IV Helen
visitors so that Lr
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ald C, Lucas, W. Mahlon Mauck, BEd-
mond K. MeCafferty, Charles Erwine
Elaine E. Alters, E. Sue Armstrong,
Mildred Louise Barnhart, Mary Baum,
Virginia B. Beatty, Sara C. Bricker,
Florence J. Cohen, Mildred L. Croft,
to Helen Vivian Crust. C. Helen Garbrick, desks,
Sara L. Grove, Marie Louise Haupt, other hard woods, are included in
Wilma E. Heineman, Mary Elizabeth
Herr, Anna R. Jannet, Lillian H. John.
Hazel Tone Keeler, Verda Virginia
{Selma Lewis, Anna G. Lindenmuth, Helen |
Margaret McGowan, Theresa Lenore
ryn Peters. Georgette Purnell, Nancy
Sheckler. ®rma H. Sloop. Erma Kath-
erine Smay, Sara E. Symmonds, Marion
Anna Mary Troup, Mary Louise Walker,
‘Sara R. Watson, Velda Arlene Zimmer-
man, Clara-Monna Darby.
Awards of merit made in the
grade schools are as follows:
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Grade 1 Love Auman, Gertrude
Baldwin, Fe Lucas, Caroline
Dann. Honorable Mention J Long
A nny Allen Hewitt, James Thomp-
Richard Vi
son,
rade III Walker. Honorable
Mention, Carl , George Pur-
Olsen, Charlotte
Weaver, Winifred Fleming, Franklin
Honorable Mention, Mary Cath.
erine
Yates, Betty Zeig-
Honorable Mention Robert Hoffer,
Betty
miston, Cecile Johnson, Jean
Janet Woomer, Honorable Mention Mary
Louise Johnson, Betty Roff.
Grade VII Ruth Brewer, Josephine
Thompson: Honorable Mention Cather
ine Ipatrick, Katherine Beaver, Louise
Musser, Mary Catherine Bottorf, Neil
y
Grade VIII Beluah Shultz, Jane Cur-
Madeline Purnell, Margaret Beaver.
e Mention Eleanor Wion, Mal
Musser, Jean
EXCELLENCE IN ARITHMETIC
Grade I Eleanor Forsburg, Laura Ann
Grade II Charlotte Gordon,
tin,
ey, Sarah Dp yant, Richard mer.
onorable Mention Budd Emel, Ruth
Olsen, Earl Musser, Jeannette McGinley.
Grade III Carl ler,
Wion, William McNichol, liam Walk-
er. Honorable Mention James Harter,
Grace Shultz, Marion Monsell, William
IV Franklin , Charlotte
Honorable Mention Alice Steltz,
Weaver.
Grade V Lorraine Yates, William
Fleck. Honorable Mention Betty Zeige
ler, Betty Smith, Frank Broderick, Rol
ert Walker.
Grade VI Betty Rolf, William Dor-
worth. Honorable Mention Betty Edmis-
ton, Jean Monsell, Elmer Musser,
McNichol.
Grade VII Neil Gray. Honorable Men-
tion Kathernie Beaver Mary Catherine
Bottorf, Ruth Brewer Betty Rhoads,
Louise Musser Josephine Thompson,
Franklin Stevens,
Grade VIII Jane Curtin Beulah Shultz,
Eleanor Wion Philip Cronemiller. Hon-
orable Mention Margaret Beaver, Jane
McCoy, Mable Musser, Madeline Purnell,
Edwin Taylor.
NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY
Orvis
Grade I Viola Love Auman,
Tierney, Leonard Cox.
Grade II Pauline Casper, Betty Chand-
ler, Jeannette McGinle Paul Fanning,
Almeda Gordon, Russe , Bari
Musser, Budd Emel, James Shillings.
Grade ITI Carl Cronemiller, 1
Nolan, George Purnell, James Hoffer,
Richard Walker, Julia Quici, Maragaret
Shreffler.
parade Iv, Sarah Emel, Janet Tate,
william Badmiston, Donal Monsell,
Gilbert Thomas.
here.
Gryetko.
Walker, Stevens, {
Jane Haupt. “Harry” Girt, Sarah Bol, |
Broderick, Smith,
GradeVl William Dorworth, Beity Ed- |
Monsell,
/tion in a room in the Heverly build-
ling. on Allegheny street. It in-
| Shank, Howard E. Smay, Francis A.
| Smith, ‘Robert Kenneth ‘cludes sixty or more pieces, among
George
| Floyd Walker, Dean Keefer Wetzler, |
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them being about twenty cedar
|Shests, some of them massive in
and
|of the finest woodworkers. Tables,
secretaries, in walnut and
| the display.
| The mechanical arts course is in Previ
charge of Harry P, Menold and the
‘ability of the instructor to fashion
Morgan. Marian L. Myers, Mary Kath- finished woodworkers out of a lot
‘of raw human material in the school
term of nine months. Naturally
the public in general might be cur-
i T=ahel Thomas, Lida Louise Thomnson. jous to know what becomes of all |
ithe stuff made by the boys. Any
‘one who makes a piece of furniture
(of any description is allowed to
claim it as’ his own by paying the
‘actual cost of the material that en-
‘ters into it's construction. If he
| does not want it himself Mr. Menold
will sell it for the best price pos-
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‘sible and all the money received
jover and above the cost of ma-
| terials is turned over to the boy.
| Of the twenty or more cedar chests
(made the past year all but one has
been claimed by the maker.
The exhibit was brought down
(town this year by the boys, them-
selves, for the reason that they
thought more people would stop in
to see it than would go to the
High school building. And they
acknowledge obligation to Mr. Hev-
erly, who gave them the room free
of all charges, and the West Penn
Power company for it’s contribution
of light.
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ELECTRIC DEMONSTRATION
AT FARM OF C. _. BECK
A field day for the demonstration
of electric utilities will be held at
the C, O. Beck farm, in Halfmoon
township, tomorrow (Saturday) at
2 o'clock p. m. The demonstration
will be held under the auspices of
the West Penn Power company,
assisted by Messrs. Blasingame and
Nichols, of the rural extension
farm work department of State Col-
lege. Grinding feed with a portable
electric motor designed for farm
use and other demonstrations will
be given. Interesting talks on grind-
ing feed and filling silos will be
made.
Mr. Beck's farm is located a short
distance west of Stormstown Watch
for the demonstration sign at the
entrance to the farm lane. Farm-
ers can Secure any other informa-
tion desired by calling West ‘Penn
Power company offices,
—The property of the Irvona Coal
iam | 30d Coke company, in which a num-
ber of Bellefonters were interested
some years ago, was sold at a spe-
cial master’s sale, on May 23rd, to
the Cambria Smokeless Coal com-
pany, of Johnstown, for $20,100.
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‘of the upper end of Howard street,
| cutting deep gulleys in the gardens
|and washing the mud down through
/the yards and over the walks and
pavements onto Howard street.
The peculiar part about the storm
'was the restricted territory to which
it was confined. No rain of any
account fell in Bald Eagle valley
‘while only a few drops fell at Axe
Mann and south of that place, Con-
siderable rain fell up Buffalo Run
valley but the storm came to an
end below Hublerhburg, in Nittany
On Saturday night there
‘was another hard storm with ter-
‘rific thunder and lightning but it
‘didn't last long and not near as
‘much rain fell as came down in the
afternoon.
CLINICS TO CORRECT
SPEECH IMPEDIMENTS,
Two speech correction clinics for
the residents of Centre county will
Korman. be established this summer by the
- division of public speech of the
Pennsylvania State College, and con-
ducted by Herbert Koepp-Baker.
The service, which is to be free of
(charge, is designed to examine and
| treat such speech defects and disor-
ders and stuttering, stammering,
|lisping, foreign accent, infantilism
‘and voice disturbances. Both chil-
dren and adults will be given per-
\sonal treatment by Mr. Koepp-Bak-
‘er, who was trained as a speech
clinician at the University of Michi-
gan and the University of Berlin,
Germany.
The clinics will be held once a
week for a period of eight weeksin
both State College and Bellefonte. |
The first clinic in State College |
will be conducted in the high school |
building at 2:30 o'clock on June 12,
and the first clinic for the residents’
of Bellefonte and its vicinity will be |
held in Bellefonte high school at
2:30 o'clock on June 13,
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Further information may be ob- |
tained by addressing Mr. J. H. Friz-
zell, head of the division of public
speech at the college.
HONEY BEE IN CAR
CAUSE OF BAD WRECK.
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A honey bee buzzing around the
head of Mrs. Mary Walker, widow
of the late Sinnickson Walker, of
Bellefonte as she was driving to
Bellefonte from Sewickley in her
car, last Thursday, caused her to
lose control of the machine, which
crashed into a telephone pole on a
juries which will keep her confined
to the Centre County hospital for
an indefinite time. She has a
fracture of the right knee left
chest injury and is suffering con-
siderably from shock.
Since the death of her husband,
several years ago, Mrs. Walker has
been making her home with one of
her children at Sewickley. Last
man brought her here.
—On Wednesday morning of last
week Judge Eugene H. Baird, of
the Clinton county court, handed
down a decision in which he re-
fused to grant a preliminary injunc-
tion against the board of commis-
sioners of Clinton county restrain-
ing them from building a county
poor home, near Hyner. Former
Judge Ellis L. Orvis, of Bellefonte,
represented the taxpayers seeking
an injunction and in his argument,
several weeks ago, claimed the law
under which the commissioners were
proceeding was unconstitutional. In
his decision Judge Baird claimed the
act to be constitutional, in his
judgment.
Howard street
—Mrs. Allen Waite went to Philadel-
phia, Sunday, with her son Samuel and
his wife, who had driven up for a visit
home with the McClure and Waite fam-
ilies. Mrs. Waite left expecting to be
gone about two weeks,
—Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Talbot,
Phillipi, W. Va., have secured their
passports for sailing, June 12th, to
spend a month or six weeks traveling in
Europe. Mrs. Talbot is well known in
Bellefonte as the former Miss Elizabeth
Gamble,
Miss Isabel Ward will leave, tomor-
row morning, to join the alumni back at
Dickinson College for commencement.
Miss Ward is a member of the class of
'26. Mrs. Robert Thena will also go to
Carlisle for the commencement, being a
graduate of Dickinson,
—Peter Meek drove over to Scranton,
| Tuesday, with a college friend, and has '
been a member of a house party there
this week, expecting to return home to-
morrow. Peter, who is now a senior at
Penn State, was recently elected presi-
dent of the Penn State Players.
—Mrs. Estelle Grauer Payne was here
from Philadelphia, from Friday until
Sunday, for a visit
mother and daughter, Mrs. Louis Grauer
and Millicent Payne. The child will
very indefinite.
Harrisburg, last week, spending several wmonroe Hansell and
‘in Bellefonte; Mrs. Wion being Mr
Shaughnessy’'s mother.
~The Memorial day guests of Mrs. I
| Mr. and Mrs. James McNichol, of east I: Miller.
of east High street, include
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr, ar
Mrs. Homer Walker and their two chi
dren,
Irvin and Helen, of Berwick.
~Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ward and the
two children, and Miss Katherine Ban
hart,
will drive in from Cleveland to !
week-end guests of Mr. Ward's mothe
Mrs. J. E. Ward,
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Harold is rqturnir
at this time to attend his class reunic
at Penn State.
~Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore were
from
Philadelphia, from Sunday unt
Tuesday, on one of their occasion
visits
their
to Bellefonte, being guests durir
stay of Mrs. Moore's sister, Mr
T. Clayton Brown, and Mr. Moore's si
ter, Mrs. Weber, at Howard.
-—Harriet Forbes, a member of
class
‘has been in Bellefonte,
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of '81' Chambersburg High schoc
this week, visi
ing with her sister, Miss Mary Forbe
at her apartment in the Baum hous
The
home
Misses
Forbes will return to the
in Chambersburg early next wee!
—Dr. and Mrs. Horace Lincoln Jaco!
have
this week, Dr. Jacobs’
wife,
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had as guests at the parsonag
brother and h
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sumner J:
of Boston, who stopped in Bell:
te on their way to Carlisle to atten
Jacobs
home with her pickingon Coll
thirty-fifth clgss reunion, ¢
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the Harry Ulrich home, for tb
Memorial day week-end vacation, wer
join her mother in the city while Mrs. |Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Davis and Mr
Grauer's plans for leaving Bellefonte are Davis’ two nieces, Ethel Ruth and Alic
Jane Gettig, daughters of Mr. and Mr
~—Mrs. Richard Crane was up from pgnglq Gettig, of Washington, Pa., an
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days with her sister and brother, Mrs. geinly, of Philadelphia.
Crane,
| =—Mrs. Frank Warfleld left Sunda
evening with Miss Kathleen Seibert t
Monsel and Paul Jones. Mrs.
who was formerly Miss Ella Jones, Is
now night nurse at the House for the
| Friendless, while Mr. Crane is with the
P. R. R. company.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley,
Coleville, and their three daughters,
Hazel, Vivian and Mrs. John Resides, of
State College, left, Tuesday morning,
on a drive to Morgantown, W. Va, to
spend the remainder of the week with
the. George Robb family. Mr. Kelley is
a brother of Mrs. Robb.
—Mr., and Mrs, Sid Bernstein
guests over Memorial Mr.
Charles Bernstein,
daughter Nancy; Mr.
Egendorf and son
and Miss Alice Bernstein, all of
delphia, the party having
Bellefonte on a motoring trip.
—Miss Thompson,
day, for an overnight visit with Mrs.
Rachel Noll and Mrs. Fetterolf,
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for the commencement at Lehigh, while g
Mrs. Dorworth will return home with her
daughter, Rebecca, who has been in
Philadelphia for a week.
—Albert H. Meyer, of Pittsburgh, and
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Bellefonte; and Mr. and Mrs.
Schooley, of South Williamsport. Mrs.
Schooley is a daughter of Mrs. Mait-
land, of Williamsport, Mr. Schooley be-
ing principal of one of the city schools.
—Brief callers at the Watchman of-
fice, Monday morning, were HREdward
Lyon, of Providence, Rhode Island, and
his mother, Mrs. W. A. Lyon, of New
York city. Edward, who {is connected
with a firm of cotton dealers in Provi-
dence, motored from there to New York
where he was joined by his mother, go-
ing from there to Danville where thay
spent Memorial day with relatives. They
came to Bellefonte on Sunday, spent the
night at The Markland and left for
home on Monday.
their son Eugene and
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her njece, Mrs.
Mary Weave
of Childs. Mrs, Warfleld and Mrs. Child
will attend commencement
Annapolis, where the latter's son Harris
exercises a
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county held an all day meeting a
the home of Miss Mary Linn, Belle
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