Bellefonte, Pa., October 2, 1931. EE ——————————————————— NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ——Additional correspondence will be found on page 3 of this issue of the Watchman. ——The Catholic Daughters of America will have a bake sale at the Variety shop tomorrow (Satur- day) morning. ———Mrs. Francis Musser and son Richard have moved to Bellefonte and with Mrs. Musser's mother, Mrs. Kellerman, are occupying ah apartment in Petrikin hall. ——Earl E. Stall, of Altoona, has been awarded the contract for the construction of 950 feet of reinforc- «d concrete pavement in the bor- ough of Philipsburg at his bid of $5,700. ——Corporal M. E. Hanson and patrolman David K. Hughes, mem. ers of Troop D. State highway pa- trol, who have been stationed at Bellefonte for some time past, have resigned from the force, their resig- nation taking effect on Tuesaday. ———At the district meeting of the Eastern Star, held at Hecla, Satur- day, Mrs. William E. Hurley was unfortunate in losing a two skin mink neck piece. The fur was dropped in the pavilion and in all probability picked up by one of the visiting delegates, not knowing to "whom it belonged. + ——QOwing to the fact that three members of the Sophomore class at Bucknell University are ill with in- fantile paralysis, and one Freshman «died as the result of an attack of the disease, a quarantine has been established on the lower classes and ation is not a bank of deposit. It Freshman football does not seek or receive depositsof 3nd taken to her home, on Bishop a part of the Schedule has been cancelled. ——Alferd G. Witter, of Belle- Tonte, is one of 107 students who will graduate from the advance flying school of the United States army, at Kelly field, Texas, 04n ‘October 10th. He will receive the ‘wing insignia of the army air corps and a commission as second lieu- tenant in the air corps reserve. ——In an argument over a drink of moonshine, at State College Tues- day evening, Oscar Ostrander was shot in the left arm by “Crow” Brown. He was brought to the ‘Centre County hospital for an X-ray to locate the bullet while Brown is in the Centre county jail to await trial at the next term of court. ——William F. Colyer, the pro- duce dealer at Centre Hall, held an auction of fruit and vegetables, on Saturday evening, everything going to the highest hidder. He got rid of everything he had on hand but pumpkins, and his supply of those exceeded the demand. At that he Sold about $125.00 worth of stuff, ~———Mrs. Melvin Cherry gave a little girls’ party, at her home on morth Thomas street, from two to four o'clock Saturday afternoon, as & birthday celebration for her daugh- Rer, Mary Ann. The guests pres- ent included Jeannette McGinley, Sarah Bryan, .ean Young, Pauline Casper, Charlotte Gordon, Joyce M. Jones, Elwood Johnson Jr., Jean Hall and Shirley Thomas. —-——Roy Watt, a Beaver county Prisoner serving eight to sixteen Wears for breaking, entering and larceny, made his escape from Rock- view penitentiary last Friday eve- ming. The man was with other in- mates in the prison yard at 7.30 ©'clock, where he was seen by offi- vials in charge but when they were marshalled into the cell block at 8 o'clock he was missing. The alarm *was promptly given but he eluded the guards and made a successful escape. At this writing no trace ©f him has been found. -——We call special attention to three pictures that are on the list for showings at the Richelieu and State. “Night Nurse” at the Rich- elieu tonight is an unusually good show. “The Spider”, next Monday and Tuesday nights is another that will not disappoint those who go to mee it. In fact it is very fine. "Then “The Girl of the Golden West,” which will be shown at the State @ll next week is one we think you “would 2njoy. It was one of the greatest stage dramas we have ever seen and made Blanche Bates fa- Jnous as an actress. ———About one-half of the new road through the Fishing creek gap is completed. It is all widened to 18ft. but the macadam is only 10 ft. wide, leaving dirt shoulders of 4 ft. on either side. There is much speculation as to the durability of the paving because there are only %wo inches of stone and one appli- ation of asphaltum on it. At ‘present it looks fine. What it will be after the frost comes out of the ground next spring remains to be ‘seen. Persons using it in wet ‘weather will have to be very care- ful in passing, because of having to ‘turn off the hard center on to the soft earth at the side. In fact a light truck overturned down there on Saturday in doing that very ®thing. Friday night's rain had made the shoulder of the road soft mnd in passing a roller the driver ©f the truck had to turn onto it. "The result being that the wheels on one side sank into the soft ground mnd an upset was the result. The driver was not hurt, however. THRIFT CORPORATION WILL OPEN ON MONDAY IN BELLEFONTE. New Institution Offers to Loan Mon ey at Low Interest Rate and Ac- cept Repayment in Small Installments The Centre County poration will open its Rew public at its offices {Penn Belle hotel building, morning, October Kingsley How- been Thrift Cor- doors to the in the i Belle. fonte, on Monday B. , of selected as 5th. Mr. 8. ard, who has [manager for. tie sew corporation, has spent the past two weeks in the “thrift” work at the Pitsburgh Thrift Corporation. It is antici- pated that many applications ation. The quarters in the Penn Belle building have been completely reno- vated and make a fine appearance. There are private consultation rooms for the use of prospective borrow- ers. New paint, linoleum, etc., has completely altered the appearance of the interior. The opening of this Thrift com. pany, or bank, as it is commonly known, is regarded by those who as an important development in the life of the community. No institu- tion like it has ever operated in Bellefonte. As previously announced it is pat- terned after the “Thrift Plan” as operating in the Pittsburgh Thrift Corporation, which is supported by many of that city's outstanding cit- |izens. More than 20 Pennsylvania | towns have opened and are operat. {ing successfully such institutions. | The Centre County Thrift Corpor- money. It merely lends out its capital. Neither does it compete with the old-line banks for the larger commercial loans. It wants to lend in small sums—$300 is the limit—and arrange 56 weekly installments. There is nothing new in the idea of loans repayable in small install- ments. Companies for this purpose have existed almost since money was invented. The point of de- parture between the Centre County Thrift Corporation and most other such companies is in the matter of charge for the service. The State 1st vice president; Dr. W. J. 2nd vice president; R. F. Stein, secretary; D. M. Kline, treasurer; Hon. James C. Furst, counsel; and other directors are C. R. Anderson and H. R. Hickok, of Pittsburgh; Wm. H. Brouse, John M. Bullock, of Bellefonte; W. W. Kerlin, of Centre Hall; Forest L. Struble, of State College; and J. H. Turner, of Julian. Miss Helen Farrer has been appoint- ed as stock sales-woman. The public is cordially invited to visit the offices of the corporation, either in the interests of making a loan, or of inspecting the quarters. “ARLISS AT CATHAUM IN “ALEXANDER HAMILTON” George Arliss, without rival as the most distinguished star of Amer- ican stage or screen, comes to the Cathaum theatre, State College, on Monday and Tuesday of next week in his latest picture, “Alexander Hamilton.” This story of the fa- mous Secretary of the Treasury in George Washington's Cabinet re. veals the pages of history in vivid fashion, and the tale of intrigue, diplomacy and—scandal—with a Na- tion's life in the balance, will bring you the sort of entertainment that you liked so well in “Disraeli.” There will be daily matinees at 1.30 and the evening showing will start at 6:300 and 7:40. BIRTHS OF THE WEEK A little daughter, who is the sec- ond in the Klinger family, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Klinger, Mon- day, at their home on Pine street. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beezer, of Pine Glenn, are receiving congratu- lations on the birth of their first child, who was’ born at the Centre County hospital, Monday night. Lit- tle Mary Anne is not only an only child, but an only grandchild, mak- ing her a very popular member of the Beezer family. A son, the third of the family, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Wolf, Monday, at their home on Wil- son street. ———Capt. Ralph T. Smith has his program about completed for the Troop L horse show to be given next Thursday night, the first night show to be held in this section of the State. If the weather is fair, and not too cold, a large crowd will likely be at the new military post, east of Bellefonte, to see the va- rious events. Pittsburgh securing his training for | for | loans will be made at the corpora- tion's office on its first day in oper- are responsible for bringing it here | repayments in .|agc of 84 years, 2 months M. P. Claney, at Narberth, as result of a complication of diseases. not been in good health for a year or more and two months to her daughter's home in i to receive treatment by Phila. | delphia specialists, but her condition such that no relief could be given. | She was a daughter of John H. ‘and Martha Jane Barnhart and was (born in Spring township on Feb- |Tuuary 12th, 1866, hence was in her | 66th year. Her father was a pros- perous farmer and Mrs. McClure Ensign John Holt, of Revolutionary fame. As a young woman she taught school several years and on September 14th, 1887, married Mr. McClure. They took up their abode in the McClure home, on the corner of Bishop and Spring streets, where she had lived ever since. She was a member of the Methodist church all her life and was always regular in her church devotions. Her husband died on January 7th, 1919, but surviving her are eight | children, Mrs. Paul McGarvey, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Murdock P. Claney and Mrs. Samuel R. Waite, of Nar- berth; Miss Martha, of Pittsburgh; Mary, Thomas, William and Louise, all at home. She also leaves nine grand-children, one brother, and four sisters, of Columbus, Ohio; Harry Barnhart, of Steubenville, Ohio; Mrs. David C. Grove, Mrs. Charles Hassinger and Miss Carrie Barnhart, of Bellefonte. | The remains were brought Bellefonte, to on Monday afternoon, { street, where funeral services were {held at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning by Rev. Horace Lincoln | Jacobs, burial being made in the | Union cemetery. I I SHEFFER.—Mrs. Naomi Sheffer, widow of the late Samuel Sheffer, passed away at 1.15 o'clock last Friday afternoon, at her home in the Bingaman apartments, corner of Allegheny and Curtin streets. She had suffered with a heart ail- ment for some time past and her death was not unexpected. She was a daughter of David and Elizabeth Clawson and was born at Freeport, Venango county, on July 20th, 1847, hence had reached the and 5 days. In 1870 she married Samuel Sheffer, of Freeport, Pa, and. the first nine years of their married life were spent at that place. In 1879 they came to Bellefonte, Mr. fer to accept a position with ene of the limestone industries here, later becoming a plant superintendent for the American Lime and Stone com- pany. For fifty-three years Mrs. Sheffer had been a resident of Belle- fonte and she had naturally acquir- ed a large circle of friends. She was a lifelong member of the Pres- byterian church and during her ac- tive life was an ardent worker in the church, missionary societies and ladi2s’ aid. She was also an siastic member of the W. C. T. U. Mr. Sheffer died in April, 1915, but surviving her are two sons, A. Lester, of Milroy, and Herbert W., of Avis. She also leaves seven grand-children and eight great grand-children. She was the last of her generation of the Clawson fam- ily. Funeral services were held at the Widdowson funeral parlors at four o'clock on Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. C. Thompson and on Monday the remains were taken to Freeport for burial in the Sheffer lot in the cem- etery at that place. I i WITMER.—Mrs. Alma Witmer, wife of Edward Witmer, of Rey- nolds avenue, died of a heart 'at- tack at 9.10 o'clock, Tuesday eve- ning, while on her way to a card party at the American Legion home, on east Howard street. She had been a sufferer with heart trouble for some time but was no worse than usual on Tuesday. That eve- ning she started for the Legion home with Mrs. Rebecca ley. When they reached the G. Murray Andrews home, corner of Allegheny and Howard streets, she complained of feeling faint and sat down on the running board of a car parked there. A hurry call was sent for a physician and Dr. Sebring re- sponded. A hasty examination showed her condition to be critical and the ambulance was summoned but she passed away before it ar- rived. Mrs. Witmer was about. forty years old and a native of Chicago. She married Mr. Witmer about sev- enteen years ago and they lived in Chicago until early last summer when they came to Bellefonte and had been living at the Witmer pa- ternal home, on Reynolds avenue. In addition to her husband she is survived by four children, Ruth, 16 years old; Edward Jr, 12; Fern, 9, and Robert 6. Funeral services will be held at the Witmer home at two o'clock this afternoon by Rev. A. Ward Camp- bell, of the Evangelical church, bur- ial to be made in the Meyers cem- etery. ——Father's day at the Pennsy! I | Saturday, October 17. Mrs. A. S. Johnson, | vania State College has been set for | HELD DUQUESNE FROSH TO GOOSE-EGG SCORE. A fairly large crowd went up to Hughes field, Saturday afternoon, to tween Bellefonte Academy and the Duquesne University Freshmen, of value for their admission fee. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie, though the visitors had a little the best of the argument. Twice they Academy goal line. push the ball across but the run- ner was thrown for a loss and the danger was past. In the last minute of play visitors executed a forward pass which put the ball within five feet of the goal line but before they could line up for another play the whistie blew for the end of the | game. At no time |game was the Academy able |does not mean, however, | academy players were lacking in push or aggressiveness, as they played a splendid game. well-nigh impregnable. It was a splendid game from |start to finish. There were very | few fumbles and only two penalties Pittsburgh, and they all got full | were within scoring distance. In the second quarter they got the ball within eighteen inches of the i nnn. | —Mrs. Jared Harper returned home, | this week, from a two week's visit with | relatives in Freeburg and Northumber- land. | —Mrs. Margaret Waite, and her son, see the opening football game be- Billy, moved this week from the Poor- | ! man house, on Water street, to one of the Witmer apartments on Bishop street. | —Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sheffer were up from Jersey Shore for the last two weeks of September, called here when Mr. Scheffer's mother, Mrs. Samuel Shef- fer's condition became so extremely | critical. —J. O. Heverly has been in Harris- burg, with the duties of a district manager of | | l It was the the Workman's Compensation Board, to third down and they attempted to which he was appointed by Governor Pinchot last week. —Dr. Edith Schad is here from Pitts burgh to spend the greater part | Bellefonte, and will he 2 house guest, | during her stay, of her sister, Mrs. Frank Warfield, of the Fetrikin hall | apartments. —Miss Hazel Hurley, daughter of Mr. land Mrs. William Hurley, of Bellefonte, during the , registered nurse of the Fifth Avenue to | hospital, New York city, is spending | (get near the Duquesne goal. This some time at Milford, Pa., on a case in that the the home of Amos Pinchot, brother of | the Governor. | —Judge M. Ward Fleming went down | But the to Philadelphia, Sunday night, where he ‘has a three week's engagement for hold- | visitors had a defense that was He will come home every ©: E- Hall, of Champaign, Ill, who | Friday night, however, so as to be here | for any court work that may require his | ing | attention on Saturdays. —Mrs. Howard Spangler, this week, familiarizing himself of the October with relatives and friends in with her | —Mr. and Mrs. James Aull, who h {been in Bellefonte with Mr. Aull's s ter, Mrs. E. H. Richard, for more th ! to the | home i | | the greater part of the past year, w | leave tomorrow to return to New Yo where she will be indefinitely. —Henry Brockerhoff and Charles Brac bill returned, Tuesday morning, from buying trip to Philadelphia and N« | York, where they had been selecti floor coverings and furnishings for t Brockerhoff house. —Mrs. H. Terresta Smith, who bh | spent most of the summer at Venta IN. J., in an effort to recuperate bh | health, arrived at her home in Millhe | yesterday, where she will probably 1 { main for the winter. | —Dr. Walter Stewart, of Wilkes-Ban | his sister, Mrs. Mary Stewart Mill and her son, Walter, of Hagerstow Md., all spent last week in Bellefon! | at the Stewart home on west Li street, guests of Miss Margaret Stewa —Miss Helene Williams had as a hou guest for the week-end, her aunt, Mi east for a visit with relatives at h former home at Beech Creek. Mrs. Hi: | is an only sister of Miss William’ fat |er, the late George Williams. | inflicted during the entire contest laau ghter, Miss Anne, and son Reu- | —Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rine, wi | Toward the close of the game a Du- |quesne player was injured and had Bellefonte, last week, and spent several | days visiting friends here and at Cen- The Spanglers were resi. |the Keystone Academy and they dents of Bellefonte prior to locating in to be taken to the hospital. Tomorrow the Academy will play should win this game. BELLEFONTE HIGH WINS Having gone clear through its last year’s schedule of games with- out crossing its opponent's goal line the Bellefonte High school football team opened its 1931 season with a 6-0 victory over Mill Hall last Friday. The game was played on Hughes field here and had thrills galore There was a large crowd out to cheer the red and white defenders, for everyone remembers how val. iantly they fought last season, even three substitutions: Stover, Markle for Steele and Zimmerman for Kelley. The local line up was Stover, left end; O'Leary, tackle; Steele, guard; Ulrich, center; Boscaino, right guard; Hall, right tackle; Caldwell, right end; Kelley, full back, Whippo, right half; Gingery, left half, Knapik, quarter. BELLEFONTE HIGH PLAYS IN ALTOONA TOMORROW. Tomorrow Bellefonte High has her annual battle with the Altoona High school gridiron warriors at Altoona. As the local team looks better now than it did anytime last season itis likely that a goodly crowd of root- ters will accompany it to the Moun- tain city. Their . welcome there will be even more cordial than it has been in past years, for the Booster Association of Altoona has taken the matter up with the in- tent of making it a gala day. The game will be played on Man- sion field park, which is easy of ac- cess and has plenty of free parking space nearby. All the Altcona stores will display the colors of the contending teams. Mr. Earl K. Stock, principal of our High school, has received a cordial invitation from the business men of Altoona, in which they insure all students and their friends every courtesy while guests of that city for the game. NOTICE TO EX-SERVICE MEN OF CENTRE COUNTY. All ex-service men of the army, navy and marine corps with for- eign service, are invited to meet with Jackson-Crissman-Saylor Post, 1600, V. F. W., in their club rooms in Bush arcade building, Bellefonte, at 8:30 Friday evening, October 2. Refreshments will be served. COMMITTEE A ———— —Having disposed of her house. hold furniture at public sale, on Wednesday, Miss Fannie Hutchinson has taken a room in Mrs. Hannah Kelly's lodging house, on Spring street, and will be located there | permanently in the future. ‘| dren, ! ben, of New York city, motored | tre Hall. |New York a number of years ago. —Mrs. William Armstrong Kirby and drove up from | Baltimore, last week, and spent several | Brooklyn, a week ago, IT'S OPENING GAME days here with Mrs. Kirby's mother and Mother, Mrs. R. 8. Brouse and Mr. ar | sister, Mrs. Hammon Sechler and Miss . home | Month's visit at the Topelt summer hon | her son, William Jr., | Anna Sechler, at the Sechiler on east Linn street, the former Miss Margaret Sechler, ~—John Hess, of Altoona, who had spent much of the summer in Bellefonte, with his sister, Mrs. Harvey Schaeffer, now anticipates continuing a member of the Schaffer family during the winter. Mr. Hess was accidentally shot by a fellow | hunter in the woods, last December, and has never recovered from the injury. —Mr. and Mrs, L. C., Wetzel arrived here from Toledo, Saturday evening, fot a week's visit with the Wetzel family in and about Bellefonte, it being their first visit with Mr. Wetzel's relatives since their return from Europe. En- 4, | route they spent several days wth Mr. Wetzel's brother and his family, at Ak- : dREE Li 153 Mrs. Black and her husband and Samuel Sheffer II, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sheffer, of Jersey Shore, and their two children, Lillian and H. Fraizer Sheffer and Mrs. Sheffer, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Wynn Fredericks, of Lock Haven. ~—Miss Mary Gross is back home at Axe Mann, expecting to spend the win- ter there with her brother, Frank Gross and his family, Miss Gross had been in Pittsburgh for a year with her sis- ter, Mrs. Ira Proudfoot and her husband, who brought her to Bellefonte, early in September, when on their way for a mo- tor trip through New England. The Proudfoots spent two weeks here with relatives and friends in this locality be. fore returning to Pittsburgh. ~—Miss Anna Mary Hunter, a daugh- ter of the late Captain John A. Hunter, of Stormstown, has been east from Boulder, Colorado, since early in July. Stopping enroute for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. A. W. Smith, at Blairs- ville, Miss Hunter then came on to her former home at State College, and with the exception of a later visit with Mrs, Smith, has spent the entire time with relatives and friends at Lewistown, State College and in the Half Moon valley. She has lived with her brother, Prof. John A. Hunter, at Boulder, Col., since leaving Centre county a number of years ago .and anticipates returning there some time during October. —Charley Mauk, who runs the garage along the highway between Huston and Lamar, has leased his business for a year and is going to take a rest for that length of time, at least. Yearsof working sixteen hours a day have put Charley on “Easy Street,” but taken a heavy toll of his nerves. To get them settled he and Mrs. Mauk are going south for the winter, They are taking a camping outfit with them and while they will head for Florida they have no special destination. They expect to spend the entire winter motoring from place to place and will live in their tent most of the time. When Charley pulls out from home he'll be like the fel- low who said: “I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.” —County Commissioners John 8. Spear ly and wife, Howard M. Miles and wife and Newton I Wilson and wife, with chief clerk Fred B. Healy and wife, have been at Norristown, this week, at- tending the annual State convention of County Commissioners. The Commission ers had been invited to appear in Har- risburg, on Tuesday, by Secretary of the Commonwealth Richard J. Beamish, to be present at the award of the contract | for voting machines for Philipsburg bor- |ough but one of them doubtless express- ed the seitiment of the board when he said he was not interested in the award. Then as this will be the last year in of- fice for at least one of the Commissioners they all decided to take time off and at- tend the convention. They expect to be {home for the regular meeting of the | board today. Mrs. Kirby was | OP Long Island. to | Were among those back home for | Seek and, drove in from McKeesport f {one of their occasional visits with M | Rine's mother, Mrs. Edward Rine a | the family, at Coleville, and with b aunt, Mrs. Thomas Rishel, of Willoy bank street. —Mrs. F. W. Topelt drove over fro to bring Mrs. Richard Brouse home following Mr. Topelt will jo {her here, this week, for an ove night stay and to accompany her bac to New York. —Mrs. Maynard Murch and Mrs. Hele Ceader Gamble drove in from Clevelan: | Monday, for a visit of several days her | Mrs. Murch, accompanied by her aun Mrs. Daggett, continued the drive | Elmira and Tioga county, while Mr Gamble, who is just home from an Eure pean trip, remained here for a visit wit her friends in Bellefonte, —Members of the immediate famil and relatives of Mrs, William McClun who were here for her funeral Wedne: day included, Mr. and Mrs. Murdoe Claney and Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Wait guests during their short stay of Mr: Wyman's uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs Charles Gilmour, Mrs. Wyman, who wa —Malcolm Reber, among the recen visitors in Bellefonte, drove here from Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Mrs. Reber am their daughter, who had been guests o Malcolm's aunt, Mrs. Robert F. Hunter and the Hunter family, for five weeks Malcolm is a son of the late Mr. ane Mrs. William F. Reber, is a native o Bellefonte. and lived here with his par ents all his boyhood life. PHILIPSBURG TO STAGE THRILLING AIR CIRCUS Philipsburg is to stage a big circus on October 10 and 11. Thirty or more members of the Bellefonte chapter Eastern Star at- tended a meeting of District No. 10, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John An- derson, of Bellefonte, and Miss Edith Moltz, of Centre Hall, but who for some time past has been employed as a stenographer, at State College, were quietly married at the Methodist parsonage, at Lewistown, on Thursday evening of last week. The bridegroom is an employee at the Kelly ice plant.