NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. — A marriage liceuse was grant- ‘2d at Cumberland, Md. last week, to Kenneth Jacob Zong, of Oak Hall, and Louise Anna Barlett, of State “College. -——The Ladies Aid society of the Bellefonte Lutheran church will hold ‘a bake sale at Olewine's hardware store on Saturday, Feb. 20th. All kinds of baked foods will be offered. -——A 500 party entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lyons, at their home in Bush Addition, Thursday ‘evening of last week, at which five tables were in play, was among the social events of the week. — The grand jury, of which E. KE. Ardery, of Bellefonte, is chair- i | i xnan, has been in session this week, | struggling with one of the largest list of Commonwealth cases ever presented at one session of court. -——Rev. John E. Arblaster, of Washington, Pa., will preach in the Baptist church at Eagleville next Sunday morning and in that at Milesburg at evening service at 7:30. Everybody is cordially invited to at- tend these services. ——A twenty-five year old claim for $25.00 in costs was paid, on Monday afternoon, by the County Commissioners, to a Centre county woman. The woman made no ex- planation as to her delay in applying for the costs due her. ——Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh will tell of her experiences, while ‘working with her distinguished hus- ‘band in the flooded areas of China, aver a nation-wide hook-up on Sun- day afternoon at 2:30. This will yprebably be something quite worth “while tuning in on. — Mrs. Sue Dawson was mar- “wied to J. H. Copley, of Huntingdon, | W. Va.,, on Wednesday evening at 7 “o'clock. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. G. E. House- “holder at the bride's apartment, off “north Spring street, in the presence of her mother and her daughter, Miss Marie. ——An inmate of the western penitentiary has just completed his forty-second of the free correspond- ‘ence courses offered by the Pennsyl- vania State College. In fact he has done all of the work offered except one in home economics, which, for obvious reasons, it was impossible for him to take. -—JIn the account of the Feb- ruary meeting of the Bellefonte ‘chapter, D. A. R. published in the Watchman last week the names of Mrs. D. H. Hastings and Mrs. Frank McFarlane did not appear among the hostesses, should have been included in the list, but were ‘inadvertently omitted. +i ——TFhe remains of Mrs. Mary Rankin, who died, last week, at her ‘HMiome in Wheeling, W. Va.,, were brought to Centre county on Satur- slay morning and funeral services held at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Gingher, in Milesburg, by Rev. M. C. Piper, burial being made ‘in the Askey cemetery, in Snow Shoe township. -——Blaine Loveland, of Mansfield, Pa., father of Fred Loveland, who recently left Bellefonte for parts un- kno vn, purchased the latter's house- "hold goods sold at constable's sale, ‘last Saturday, on an unpaid rent ‘wlaim. Mr. Loveland made the pur- chase for his daughter-in-law and her ®we children, whom his son left be- "hind when he departed so suddenly ‘and unexpectedly from Bellefonte. ——The Penn State glee club won | “the intercollegiate contest at the | Academy of Music, in Philadelphia, "3a¥t week, in competition with La- | “fayette, Juniata and the West Ches- ter State Teacher's college. By ‘winning the State contest the Penn State club will go to St. Louis, Mo., | March 12, to compete with the winners in thirteen other regional ®roups of the intercollegiate council Yor national honors. ——Last Friday evening Mrs. ‘Samuel Clevenstine, of east Bishop | ‘dtreet, gave a surprise party in| Honor of her husband's birthday an- miversary. Cards were in play and wefreshments, which included a large “birthday cake, served. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cleven- stine, Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn, Mr. | and Mrs. John Garbrick, Mr. and Mrs. George Hazel, Mr. and Mrs. PD. F. Houser, Mr. and Mrs. S. H Hoy, Mr and Mrs. M. B. Runkle, Mr and Mrs. Clayton Royer, Mr ‘and Mrs. A. D. Smeltzer, Mr. and ‘Mrs. W. ‘C. Smeltzer, Mrs. H P {Sehaeffer, Miss Catherine Cleven- stine and Miss Jean Clevenstine ——-As chief of police Harry Duke- man was making his rounds, about 3 o'clock Sunday morning, he found ‘Mrs. Alvie Fetters and six children "huddled together in the hallway of ‘the Heverly building, on Allegheny street, trying to keep warm. The Fetters live in a small house, on ‘the side of the Schad mountain and Mrs. Fetters told chief Dukeman that mer husband came home intoxicated and chased her and their nine chil- «dren away from home. Later the ‘Znree Other children were found in “&he hallway of the Decker-Chevrolet “Wuilding, clad in their night clothes, only. Fetters was arrested and put OVERTON.—While it was not all unexpected the passing away Miss Helen E. Canfield Overton, at the Jewish hospital, Philadelphia, at five o'clock on Tuesday morning, was cause for deep regret among her many friends in Bellefonte. Through her many years as a teach- er at the Bellefonte Academy, her active membership in the Woman's club and the D. A. R, her interest in the Y. M. C. A. and the economic life, generally, of Bellefonte, she was so well known by the people of the town that her going has created a void in its social and welfare life which will be hard to fill. Miss Overton's illness dates hack to the latter part of last September. She taught two weeks at the Acad- emy after it opened for the fall ses- sion and her work proved so much of a physical trial that she was importuned to go to Wilkes-Barre for a rest. She was there for some time and failing to improve her niece, Mrs. Bolton, went to Wilkes-Barre and took her to her home in Atlantic City in the hope that the sea air would prove bene- ficial. Several weeks ago Mrs. Bol- ton moved to Philadelphia and later | placed Miss Overton in the Jewish hospital but she was already past all human aid. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Overton she was born at Howard, Centre county, Pa. Her father, a soldier in the Civil war, was killed in the battle of Gettys- (hurg and later her mother was ap- | pointed a matron in one of the sol- diers’ orphans’ schools established | in the State at the urgent request {of Governor Andrew G. Curtin. Miss Overton, then a young girl, was tak-. jen by her grandmother, her father's | mother, to Wilkes-Barre where she | was educated in the public schools of that city. She proved a remark- | ably brilliant scholar and when she completed her course of study | was offered a position as teacher, | which she accepted. She taught ‘several years in that city and her ability as an instructor became so widely known that she was induced to go te Minneapolis, Minn. as a teacher there. , It was while teaching in the lat-| [ter city that her mother’s health | failed and she was compelled to give up her position and return to How- (ard to care for her parent. It was | while there that some one told James R. Hughes that he ought to secure | ‘her as a teacher in the Academy and he at once inaugurated negotia- | tions which resulted in securing her to take charge of the primary de- partment. That was thirty-six years ‘ago, and she had been connected with the Academy ever since--head (of the primary department until it | was abandoned and later as one of the general instructors. She was a member of the Presby- terian church, and in her work in the church, her associations in the Woman's club, the woman's auxili- ary of the Y. M. C. A, the D. A.R. and other organizations she display- ed the same measure of zeal and enthusiasm she did in her education- al work. While the greater part of her time was devoted to her life's work her brilliant mind and gracious demeanor made her a social favorite at many a ga Miss Overton stood high in the ranks of the D. A. R. She served as regent of the Bellefonte chapter 1907-11, and was an honorary regent of the chapter and an honorary regent of the State organization. She was a member of the board of directors of the local chapter and also served on the budget commit- tee. She was chairman of the county conference of Women's Clubs from the time of it's organization until a year ago when she resigned on account of failing health. Her work in selling the tuberculosis Christmas seals is responsible for the good that has been accomplished in this community by the money secu-r ed from the yearly sales, as she was the first to sponsor and do the work of selling the seals, and was chair- man of the tuberculosis committee of the Woman's Club until she re- signed in 1923. She was also a at of i | | quired to give up her work HELEN E, CANFIELD OVERTON. at 2 o'clock this afternoon, by Rev. W. C. Thompson, burial to be made in the Humes lot in the Union cem- etery. The following tribue is from the pen of one who knew Miss Overton most intimately and bears testimony to her remarkable ability and pleas- ing personality: Tuesday of this week was a sad day in the Bellefonte Academy household, for the sorrowful news had been given out that Miss Helen E. C. Overton had passed to her final reward while receiving the kindly and tender ministries of physicians and nurses in the Jewish hospital, Philadelphia. While Miss Overton has gone, the sweet memory of hei wonderful life will ever remain, for she really lived S0 as to be missed. Miss Overton proved herself a talented and most thorough teacher in the primary work and in the later years, when the primary and intermediate departments had been abolished, she proved herself just as competent and thorough as a teach- er of American history, civics, prob- lems of democracy and commercial law. It was a severe shock to all at the | Academy to learn, in early October | last, that Miss Overton's health was | failing and that she would be re- | and to Wilkes-Barre, to receive the “id ical care and attention she needed | and deserved. once writer's father, Rev. James P.| Hughes always paid a high tribute! to the excellence of the departed as a teacher and friend, and gave her | the credit of being most helpful in keeping the scholastic standard of | the Academy up toa very high level. | There is just one word that fit - | ly describes Miss Overton's charac-| ter and achievements and that werd is wonderful, for she was, indeed, wonderful in her appearance, in her personality, in her dignity; in her ability to teach and interest her pupils. Ske was wonderful im her magnetic ability to win the esteem and affection of ail with whom she! came in contact. She was wonder- | Academy, in the church, in the com- munity. She manifested a wonder- ful interest in the cause of the needy | and distressed, so that many have been inspired to call her blessed: Her loyalty and devotion to the principles upon which the nation | | was founded was atways standing out in bold relief and her patriotism was of the Mghest character. It) will be a difficult task to find a woman who will be her worthy suc- cessor. She was a hard worker all through life and has richly earned the crown that awaits her. JAMES R. HUGHES It Il BURD.—David Burd, a lifelong resident of Haines township, died at his home near Wolf's chapel, on February 4th, following an illness of some months as the result of a gen- eral breakdown in health. He was a son of Levi and Cath erine Guisewite Burd and was born on September 15th, 1850, hence was 81 years, 4 months and 19 days eld. He followed farming all his life un- til failing health compelled his re- tirement. He was a member of the Lutheran church for many years. As a young man he married Miss Sarah Garrett who died in December, 1930, but surviving him are two sons a daughter, W. J. Burd, of Rebers- burg; C. H. Burd and Mrs. M. J. Guiser, of Aaronsburg. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Emanuel fer, of Penn township. Funeral! services were held in the Lutheran church at Aaronsburg, on Monday morning of last week, by Rev. L. V. Lesher, burial being made in the cemetery at Wolf's chapel. Rothrock, for more than forty years a well known business man of Lock Haven, died in the hospital at that place, on Sunday night, following a few day's illness with pneumonia. A son of Dr. HL. HO and Lydia Ann Canan Rothrock he was born in Bellefonte about 635 years ago. He grew to manhood here and re- ceived his education in the Belle- member of the library committee at the ¥. M. C. A. Miss Overton was one of a family of four children and the last to pass away, so that her only - survivors are her niece, Mrs. Bolton, and a number of cousins in - Shickshinny and Wilkes-Barre. The ‘remains will be brought to Bellefonte this (Friday) morning and funeral serv- fw jail and the family sent home. ices held in the Presbyterian church fonte schools. Forty years ago he {went to Lock Haven and with his | brother James embarked in the Bre | Friday morning of last oh 'cery business. He was a member 'of the Methodist church, the Citi- zens Hose company, Bald Eagle lodge Knights of Pythias, a Rotarian | ev’s shop. the result of general She was a daughter of Joseph Eliza McAfee and was born in | September 5th, 1847, hence was in her 85th year. At the age of six- | teen years she became a member of the John Hartsock family, at War- riorsmark, and in January, 1866, she married James S. Cox. Their: entire married life was spent at Warriorsmark, but since the death of her husband she had made her home among her children, six of whom survive, namely: Walter E. and Por- ter J. Cox, of Warriorsmark; Vinton ' LL, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Nellie Ritchey, of Alexandria; Rev. Charles L. Cox, (of Claysburg, and Ralph H., of Mansfield, Ohio. She also leaves one brother, Emory W. McAfee, of Stormstown, twenty-eight grand- children and twenty-one great grand- . children. Funeral services were held in the Church of the Brethren, at Warriors- | mark, at two o'clock on Tuesday af- ‘ternoon, by Rev. W. S. Long, pastor, 'burial being made in the church cemetery. li ii BRANDON.—Mrs. Lucy Brandon, widow of George B. Brandon, up- wards of forty years ago landlord 'of the Brockerhoff house, passed away quite suddenly, on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, at her home in Scranton. She had been a suf- ferer with diabetes for several years and her death was the result of a collapse. She was a daughter of John and Lucy Shank and was born at War- riorsmark over seveniy years ago. She was twice married, her first husband having been a Mr, Patter- son: Following his «eath she came to Bellefonte about i890 and in 1892 married Mr. Brandon. Several years later they lest Bellefonte and located in Honesdale where Mr. Brandon died. She then went to Scranton to make her home. Sheis survived by two children. Robert and Winifred Patterson. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. F. E. Nag- | iney, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Edward Rowe, in New Mexico. i The remains will be brought to! Bellefonte by auto hearse, this morn- | Substitutes were at | ine, and taken direct to the Umiom | time among his children, consequently found for her work. The cemetery for burial beside the body his visit to Altoona during the winter has of her husband. I! I TWITMYER.—Jeremiah V. Twit- myer, member of an old-time family in Centre county, and the last of his generation, died at his home in Rockford, Ill, last Friday, as the re- sult of general debility. He was a son of Emanuel and Lucy Gephart Twitmyer and was’ born at Zion 81 years ago. As a young man he learned the wagon trade and for a number of years he and his brother Henry con- ducted a wagonmaker’'s shop at Zion. Later he went to Illinois and in | i {ful in her fund of general informa- 1881 married Miss Gertrude Mc- | | tion, in her emthusiastic co-operation | Calmont, of Dakota, Ill. He finally with every enterprise that tended to settled at Rockford where for many un valley, where he had been visiting | they returmed ameliorate: the conditions in the | years he conducted a cabinet mak- wor his daughter, Mrs, Harry Ebbs. At | vy to His wife died eighteen years ago. They had no children but had raised two boys and a girl, nephews and niece of Mrs. Twit- It was with the latter, Mrs. Burton Brogren, that he had made his home since the death of his wife. Burial was made at Rockford. l GEISWITS. Mm. Ciisstiana Geis- | wite, a mative of Centre county, died | on February Tth, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Mowery, in West Buffalo township, Union coun- | ty, as the result of general debility. Rebecca Bressler and was born in Penn township, this county, on Sep- tember 27th, 1856, hence was 75 4 months and 9 days old. A 1H $8EE — : 8 township on July 31, 1865, making her age 66 years, 6 months and 7 Mary Braucht and Andrew J. Beahm, of Coburn; Henry O. and Mrs. Ida S. Bower, of Aaronsburg, and Mrs. Viola S. Boyer, of Millheim. Fu- neral services were held in the Co- burn Lutheran church, on Wednes- day morning of last week, by Rev. L. V. Lesher, burial being made in the Aaronsburg cemetery. i il CALDERWOCD.—Donald Calder- wood, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Calderwood, of Runville, | died at the Centre County hospital, the result of complications. In ad- dition to the parents four brothers and a sister survive. Funeral serv- ices were held on Saturday morning, and Mason in high standing. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Burial was made in Highland ceme- tery on Tuesday afternoon. | the remains being taken to Altoona | fa» hnrial in Wairview cemetery. ‘from Wyomissing, NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. | —James Dawson has been here from Mrs, T. Clayton Brown. —Mrs. Joseph Baker came in from Pittsburgh, a week ago, for an over- night stay to supervise some work being ' done at her summer home at Wingate. —Among the residents of State College, | in Florida for the after part of the win- ter, are Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Miller, who left Saturday for a month in the, South. —Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Harper drove up Saturday, bringing home Mrs. Harper's mother, Mrs, J. W. Barnhart, who spent the past month at the Harper home. —Mr., and Mrs. Howard Miller were over from Lewistown, Sunday, for an all day visit with Mr. Miller's mother, Mrs. Samuel Miller, who has been ill at her daughter's home at Coleville, —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eberhart, of Cur- tin street, are entertaining Mr. Eber- hart's son, Doyle Eberhart, of New York | city, who arrived home last week, for a vacation visit with relatives and friends in Centre county. —Mrs. David Dale and Mrs. George R. | Meek were guests of Mrs, John M. Shugert on a drive to Altoona, Tuesday; Mrs. Shugert having gone up for an ex- amination by the occulist under whose care she has been for some time. ~-Mrs. John J. Bower and her son James motored to Arlington, N. J., last week, where Mrs. Bower remained fora visit with her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Woche and her family. James returned to Bellefonte after a short visit with his sister. —Dr, Richard H. Hoffman took his mother to Philadelphia, Wednesday of last week, where she visited over Sunday, driving home Monday with another son, Sheldon Hoffman, who after a short stay here returned to Albany, N. Y., where he is located. Mr. and Mrs, R. Russel Blair, with Mrs. Wilbur Baney as a driving guest, motored to Philadelphia, oun Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Balir enroute to New York city on a buying trip while Mrs. Baney will visit her sister, Mrs. Frank God- shall, in Camden, N. J. —Dr. R. D. Hetzel, president of Penn- sylvania State College and Mrs. Hetzel, left State College Thursday of last week, for a five week's stay in Florida. The greater part of Dr. and Mrs, Hetzel's time will be spent on the west coast, Tampa being their objective point. J, C. Condo is again in Bellefonte, | | following a visit of three weeks with his | 4 of the daughter, Altoona, Miss Clara Louise Condo, in Mr. Condo, who is no longer engaged in active business, divides his become a custom. —Mrs. C. C. Shuey accompanied her daughter, Mrs. L. D. Whiting to Altoona, Sunday afternoon, from where Mrs, Whiting left for her home in Louis- ville, Ky., after a. month's visit here with the Shuey family. Mrs. Shuey then re- mained in Altoona for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Rachel! Mulbolland Rilling. —Dayid Hemphill, who recently came to Bellefonte from State College to open a saddler shop in the old Schofield store room, on Spring street, and Durbin Ful- ler, a former resident of Williamsport but now an employee of the George Young barber shop in Bellefonte, are both: temants of Mrs, T. Clayton Brown. —J,. H. Heberling was in Bellefonte for several hours, a week ago, stopping here enroute to Blanchard from Half Blanchard Mr. Heberling will be a guest | of his daughter, Mrs, Edgar T. Bechtol | and the Bechtol family, for a month or —George Geiss his aunt Mrs. Virginia Miller and Mrs. Claude Stahl, came up| from Philadelphia Monday with the body | of Mrs. Miller's sister, Miss Elsie Geiss, which was buried in Centre Hall the same day. The party spemt a short time in Bellefonte with the D. Wagner Geiss family, before making the return trip to Philadelphia. —Mrs. James R. Driver, a former res- ident of Bellefonte, made one of her oc- | casional’ visits back from Lock Haven, | She was a daughter of John and Friday, to spend the afternoon here with | tional agriculture some of her many friends. Mrs. Driver | is now contemplating leaving Lock Hav- | en to join her husband in Osceola Mills, | to which place he was transferred by the | P. R. R: Co. some time ago. —Gerald Wise, son of Mr. and Mrs. | Joseph H. Wise, of Spring Grove, for- mer residents of Bellefonte, made a visit back here, last week, being im town from Tuesday until Friday. Although it was a business trip and he was a guest at the Penn Belle, a part of Gerald's time was spent with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Leary and the O'Leary family, at their home on Thomas street. —Cyril Moerschbacher and his sister, Mrs. Bertha Austin, drove to Pittsburgh the early part of last week to bring their sister, Miss Cecelia Moerschbacher to the Centre County hospital, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis Wednesday. Monday of this week, anoth- er sister, Mrs. R. 8. Brouse Jr. also entered the hospital as a surgical pa- tient, and was operated on Tuesday morning. Both women, however, are re- covering rapidly. —Mr., and Mrs. Ward Showers, of Pleasant Gap, and Miss Kathyrn Wian, of Bellefonte, motored to Lewistown, Sunday morning, where they were join- ed by Mr. and Mrs. John Shaughnessy and daughter, Molly Ann, and continued the trip to Harrisburg for a little visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs, H. M. Wood and family, Mrs. Showers, Miss Wian, Mrs. Shaughnessy and Mrs. Wood are all sisters, daughters of the late Lunger H. and Mrs. Wian. —Charles P. Long, of Spring Mills, was in Bellefonte on Monday circulating a petition for district delegate to the Republican national convention which will meet in Chicago in June. So far only candidate from Centre county ask- ing for the honor from this, the Twenty- third Congressional district, and will probebly be the only one. Clearfield county has a candidate and there's a possibility Blair county will also have one but both counties ought to yleld something to Centre, in lieu of their de- | (Additional Deaths on page 4, Col. 6.) as it can be learned Mr. Long will be the | ~—~While here for a day's visit last week, Clifford Thomas, of Spring Mills, a na- tive of | DuBols, since last Friday, having come his stay, of his sister and niece, Miss over for a week's visit with his sister, Eliza M. Thomas and Mrs. Lyon, at the The corn borer, the worst enemy of our corn crop, has gained a foot hold in Centre county corn fields according to county agent R. C Blaney. State inspectors report that they find Centre county stands second of all the counties In the State in the number of borers found per 10C stalks. Last year the report shows that for every 389 stalks one bore: was found. 627 acres were scoutec on 55 farms taken in various sec- tions of the county. In fact the number of borers have increasec from 066% in 1930 to 21,9 in 1931 The borer can be controlled. Meth- ods of control will be explained ir an illustrated talk given by H. E Hedgkiss, of State College, accord: ing to the following schedule in five sections of the county: Monday, February 22, at 8 P.M. vocational school building, Spring Mills. Wednesday, February 24, at 9:3( A. M., Odd Fellow’s hall, Port Matil- da. Wednesday, February 24, at 1:3¢ P. M., vocational school building Boalsburg. Friday, February 26, at 9:30 A M., old high school building, ard. Friday, February 26, at 1:30 P M., new Logan Grange hall, Pleas ant Gap, Pa. These meetings have been arrang- ed for your convenience. You car probably arrange to attend ome of them and should do so, as they wil be important from the standpoint of growing corn in Centre county. How: BELLEFONTE-MILLHEIM GIRLS AND BOYS EVEN Tuesday night was east Pennsyl- vania-— Bellefonte night on the local Y basket ball court. The girls of the tri-high Y of the Millheim High school met their sis. Bellefonte High in an ex: citing game and went back to the metropolis of Penn township witk the scalps of the county seat play- ers dangling on a belt that saic Millheim 13, Bellefonte 11. Avis: Railroad company. This ond matrimonial venture, wife having died several ———Senior students in the depart schools in the State. assignments are Bond L. Bible, o Aaronsburg, this county, to th school at Schwenksville and Jeffre; I. Payne, of Girard, Pa. to th | school at Spring Mills. ——The Dauphin county court ha declared constitutional the Talbo bill passed by the last Legislatur appropriating ten million dollars t: State-aid hospitals. The Centr County hospital's apportionment o the apropriation is given as $9,20¢ ——Have you seen the new] painted service truck of the W. F Miller Hardware store? We nee not advise you to watch for it, be cause watching will be unnecessar; When that gay boat floats by a ma | with two glass eyes would see it. mands in the Congressional fight.