| ALFARATA CHORUS
| INSURANCE RATES ARE
WILL SING ON SUNDAY | FINALLY REDUCED IN
' the Philipsburg Daily Journal, spent the
shortly, for a visit with the family |
Bellefonte and elsewhere in Pennsylv:
_—eerTtr | NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —J. Thomas Mitchell iz expected he:
n ' DEATHS OF THE WEEK
Besoin, |” ov
— | ZIMMERMAN.—William Zimmer-'
| man died at the home of his son
em
Bellefonte, Pa. May 20, 1982.
eee Harry, on Reynclds avenue, Belle-
ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
fonte, at 6:45 o'clock on Monday
evening, of a complication of dis-
Now that State Colleges has eases. He had not been in good
‘legally obtained Lytle's Addition we health for a year or more and had
wonder what it is going to ao with been confined to the house for sev-
it | eral months. Cath
——The Catholic He was a son of Lewis an
IN REFORMED CHURCH | BELLEFONTE BOROUGH
Deficiency Charge Reduced From 22
Those who enjoyed the visit of the
| mers chorus of Trinity Reformed !0 12 Cents Will Affect All Busi-
church, of Lewistown, last month, ness Places.
will be interested to know that the
| St. John's Reformed church, Belle- The long expected reduction in
| ‘fire insurance rates on business
fonte, will have as its guests the
| Alfarata children's chorus next Puildings in Bellefonte borough be-
. . | came effective on May 13th. The
Li day, May 22nd, 7:30 p. m.
chorus is the only one of the
| borough council, with the advice of |
Doughters of
America will hold a card party in
their rooms, in the Lyon building,
tonight, (Friday) May 20. Souvnirs
for everyone. Refreshments. Admis-
sion 25 cents.
——Among a large number of
new appointments made at Harris- He lived at Hecla Park many years, members in the chorus, ranging in
burg, on Tuesday, was that of Wil- until coming to Beliefonte about six age from nine to seventeen, mar-
of Centre Hull, years ago. Though he was a hard velously well trained with all music
bur H, McClellan,
as an examiner in the insurance de-
partment at a yearly salary of
32160.
——Word was received in Belle-
‘fonte, on Wednesday, of the death
of Mrs. William Gilbert, mother of
Mrs, W. J. Emerick, at the home ot
relatives in Milton. Mrs. Gilbert
spent a good part of the winter with
her daughter in Bellefonte.
——Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Copley and
‘and the latter's daughter, Marie
‘Chandler, have leased the Baum-
. gardner house, on east Curtin street,
and will move there this month
from the apartment in the Tate
building #2djoining the post office,
. just off Spring street.
——-Hood College, at Frederick,
-Md., had an elaborate May day
«celebration, on Saturday, and we
-notice that one member of the stu-
dent committee in charge of the af-
fair was Miss Mary Louise Meyer,
youngest daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
-H. N. Meyer, of Bellefonte.
——Mrs. George A. Miller will
erine Zimmerman and was born at
Hecla Park on February 27th, 1860,
hence had reached the age of 72
years, 2 months and 19 days. As a
| young man he learned the trade of
'a painter and paperhanger and fol-
lowed that occupation all his life.
| working and industrious man all
| his life he found time for various
| diversions which added to the zest
| of living, For a number of years he
| was a member of the old Zion band,
'in its day the banner musical or-
ganization in Centre county. He
played the solo alto and was also an
expert on the snare drum. He was
| an enthusiastic hunter, not so much
| for the spoils of the chase as for
love of the outdoors and the thrill of
| season garnered a harvest of honey
| from the wild bees in the woodlands.
He was a member of the Evanglical
church all his life.
In 1888 he married Miss Blanche
Robb, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Robb, of Nittany, who died
in 1907, but surviving him are the
following children: Mrs. Della Stern-
| er, of Mt. Holly, N, J.; Harry L., of
Bellefonte; Mrs. C. H. Hockman, of
| Centre Hall; John and B. R. Zim-
| merman, of Lamar. He also leaves
| one sister and a brother, Mrs. Kate
bee tree hunter and every summer
matching wits with the denizens of
the forest. He was also an expert This program will be the same as
‘kind touring Central Pennsylvania
out of Lewistown, filling forty-five
engagements during the last twen-!
, ty-three weeks. At several places
the people were turned away from
the churches because of the large
audiences. There are twenty-seven
| memorized, attractively uniformed in!
red and white. The engagements of
the chorus have taken them over a
radius of two hundred and fifty
miles, The public is cordially invit-
ed. A silver offering will be taken.
This chorus is under the direction |
of Prof. Raynard Von Wisenpluh,
who studied in Europe and played
the violin there. He will be accom- |
panied at the piano by Mr. Edward |
Clark, a graduate of the Conserva-
tory of Music, at Syracuse, N. Y|
given last Lord's Day in Berwick,
before eleven hundred people.
-—Invitations have been received |
in Bellefonte, for the marriage of
Miss Virginia Harper and William |
Cordis Snyder Jr. which will take
the Underwriters Association, and,
| work, for
| places Bellefonte in the forefront of |
| there are few, if any,
| tion,
Xposure to other buildings,
through a committee composed of
members of council, the fire depart-
ment, and local insurance agents,
have been working on the proposi-
tion for several years and have been
bringing the town fire defenses, step
ciency charge has been reduced
from 22 cents to 12 cents. The coun-
cil, the fire department, and the
| agents on the committee are to be!
| congratulated on the results of their |
this 10 cents reduction
towns throughout the State
that are
|
|
|
| early part of
‘called here as a wi
ris family.
| —Mrs. Elsie Rankin Helliwell returned
to Bellefonte, Tuesday, from an over
| Sunday visit at her former home in At-
| lantic City, having gone down by train
Thursday.
—Miss Helen Tanner, the younger
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Tan-
ner, went to State College, last week,
to accept a position in Mrs. Witcraft's
shop, The Band Box.
—Mrs. M. C. Breese, of Downingtown,
| by step, up to the required standards, is arranging to come to Bellefonte, about
| with the result that the town defi- the first of June, to be with Miss Anna
H. Hoy, at her home on north. Spring
street, for the summer,
—Mrs. Newton Haupt who, since leave
ing here several years ago, has made ner
home in Harrisburg, was in Bellefonte,
last week, for a visit with relatives and
seeing some of her inany friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker
drove %0 Frederick, Md., last Sunday,
nia. The visit north from Mississip;
will be the first one in eight year
While here he will be a house guest «
his sister, Mrs. John Porter Lyon.
~The Rev. James B. Stein, of Harri:
burg, who will have charge of bot
morning and evening service in tt
Methodist church, Sunday, will be
house guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. (
Shuey, during his stay in Bellefont:
Dr. Stein served a long and populs
pastorate here, a number of years ago
—Mrs. John Van Pelt was called t
Williamsport from New Jersey, whe
Mr. Van Pelt became so seriously i
with pneumonia two weeks ago, and hs
been with him there since that tim:
Mr. Van Pelt, whose condition is no
thought to be improving, has been asec
ciated with one of the leading tobacc
houses of Williamsport for sever:
months,
—Jacob H. Weaver Jr., of Hubler:
burg, was in Bellefonte, Wednesday ai
ternoon. Like all the rest of us, he ha
been hit by the depression so hard ths
he hasn't had any real work since la:
fall. But unlike a great many of vu
“Jake'' wasn't “making a poor mouth
| about it. There is a reason for that i
protected by all-volunteer, =~. , ..o visit there with their daugh- | he fact that he is one of the old fast
departments. It is believed that ,.. sary Louise, a first year student at, oPed fellows who have sense enough t
towns of the
same class with as low a deficiency |
charge. !
In explanation of this rate reduc-|
tion, it should be ufidérstood hat |
|at business buildings are rated spe-
cifically on the basis of their loca-|
occupancy, and |
and
construction,
each one is charged for bad features
and given credit for good features
from a fire hazard standpoint. In!
cluded in the schedule of each build- |
Hood College.
—Dr. Walter Stewart was over from
Wilkes Barre for a part of the past
week, spending it here with his sister
and brother, Miss Margaret and David,
at the Stewart home, on west Linn
street.
—John Bair had as guests, during the
week, his daughter, Mrs, Walter Me-
Kinley, of Philadelphia who, with Mr.
McKinley, spent Sunday with Mr. Bair
at Mrs. Hannah Kelley's, on Spring
street,
—The Harry Whitecocks had as guests
place at Echo Point, Wheeling, W.|In8: which shows all charges and
Va., on Saturday, the 4th ne June, | credits, is a charge for lack of cer-
Mr. Snyder is a son of W. Cordis tai necessary elements of fire de-
Snyder, a former general r fense. All Bellefcnte business build-
manage
of the Lehigh Co. coal mines, at | ings were charged 22 cents under
Snow Shoe, and very well knows jm [his item, and now that new and
Central Pennsylvania, modern pumpers, equipment and
| at their home on Howard street, recent-
| ty. Dr. and Mrs. Spencer Hurst, of Al-
toona, and their two children, Bobby |
| and Louise. The Hurst family motored
| over for the visit.
| —Miss Harriet Sloune, a cousin of
| Mrs. John A. Woodeoek, was here from |
know that “a rainy day” may be jus
around any corner in the way of life
and the wise purpose for it, even thoug
they hope it will never come. In othe
| words, when work was plenty and wage
were big “Jake lived as he always ha
lived and stored away the surplus, Afte
our chat with him we heard that Hub
‘ersburg is going to celebrate her cen
\wnnial some time this summer, bu
since the story came from the oracle o
Wampus Run we cannot vouch for it
authenticity,
EE — A ————
CHECKS FOR TALBOT FUND
SENT TO POOR OVERSEERS
BY COUNTY TREASURES
Centré county's allotment of the
Talbot fund for the unemployed fon
the months of December, January
' adequate hose have been purchased, McConneMsburg, for several days this and February, $18,435.47, was dis
open her sale of flowers for Memor- |
‘“al day, at the Miller hardware |
sstere, on Allegheny street, on Wed-
| Funeral services will be held at
mesday, May 25. Geraniums will be
“Rhe special, but she will have an un- | the Zimmerman home, on Reynolds
susual collection of other potted | avenue, at two o'clock this aftor-
‘plants and cut flowers, as well, | 200m, by Rev. A. Ward Campbell,
burial to be made in the Hublers-
——Bellefonte merchants are com- | purg cemetery.
.plaining about the depredations of | fl I]
-shoplifters which have reached al MINEMYER.—John William Mine-
point where it is proving a serious myer died at 3.15 o'clock on Mon-
-loss, and they have so far failed to! day morning, at the home of his
take legal action because of the|son, Warren Minemyer, at Valley
-families of some of the offenders, View, as the result of a heart at-
Who have been detected in their tack. He had attended church, on
-nefarious work. Sunday, and felt as well as usual
——Information made before jus- When he retired that evening.
-tice of .the peace J. L. Tressel He was 84 years old on February
charged W. S. Brooks, of Centre 3rd and for many years was an,
-Hall, with a violation of the motor mPloyee of the American Lime and
code. The charge is based on the Stone company. One son, Ray Mine-
-fact that while driving on the wrong | myer, died two weeks ago but sur- |
side of the highway a short distance | VivVing him are the following chil-
-south of Bellefonte, last Friday, | dren: Mrs, Otto Thorn, Mrs. John
Brooks collided with a car driven Letterman and Morris Minemyer, all
‘by Oscar Zimmerman, of Bellefonte. °f Plains, Mon.; George, of Tablo
Nobody was injured and neither of MOD; Mrs. Morris Mason, Mrs.
the cars was badly damaged, | Marie Gunsallus, Robert and Ralph
| Minemyer, all of Johnstown; Mrs.
——If we ever get 80 hard
Robison, of Milesburg, and Lewis
Zimmerman, of Lamont, Okla.
RT
| and many minor improvements have
of Milesburg, died at the Dr. San- systems, alarm system, and an up-
gering illness with heart trouble. | bringing it down below that of most
He was a son of John and Mary all-velunteer towns and placing it in
Lambert and was born at Milesburg a class with many towns and cities
49 years ago. For a number of years which maintain part-paid fire depart-
he was employed by the West Penn ments:
Power company and two years ago| The district secretary of the Un-
had both feet badly frozen with the | derwriters Association called a meet-
result that he never recovered from | ing, last week, of all local fire in-
the effects of it. During most of last | surance agents, and explained to
year he worked for the Federal them how the reduction works and
Match company but was compelled what buildings are affected, in order
to give up his job im March. (that no misunderstandings might
In 1910 he married Miss Nallie occur in the application of the new
Shutt who survives with eight chil- rates. He brought out the point
dren, Ethel, Edwin, Norma, Lor- that the 10 cents reduction applies
raine, Levan, Harry, Phyllis, Rich- only to mercantile and specially
ard. He also leaves one brother rated risks in the borough which
and a sister, Tracy and Miss Ethel are now charged 22 cents under the
Lambert, both of Milesburg. | deficiency item. It does not affect
Funeral services will be held at dwellings, which have always been
two o'clock this afternoon by Rev, rated om a minimum basis, nor any
M. C. Piper, burial to be made in Other buildings which have not here-
the Curtin cemetery. | tofore paid the 22 cents charge.
| weele, a guest at the Woodcock apart-
LAMBERT.— Harry E. Lambert, been made in the water pumping ment. Mrs. Woodcoek's condition has be- same having been #ent to’ the
| come very critical,
| ter, Mes. Glenn Tearce and Mr. Pearce,
I [I | This I0 cents reduction is not re-
ROSSMAN.—Mrs. Susan Rossman | 'roactive, and applies only to fire
up Ruth Boyer, of Youngstowa, Ohio;
®hat we have to put on a sale of -
Kind in order 1s Mrs. Abner Rider and Warr:n Mine-
Ave, we're going to engug: two Anna Krape, of Altoona.
died, on Sunday evening, at the home insurance policies dated May 13th
young ladies we saw at the court
Brief funeral services were held
sult of a complication of diseases.
house on Tuesday. The American a4 the Abner Rider home at 320 She was a daughter of Henry and
Legion put on - their. poppy sale that o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Ly i Elizabeth Reed and was born at
day and inside of an hour the ladies Rey. G. E. Householder, after which Lamar on July 14th, 1852, hence
in question had raked in the sheck- the remains were taken to Johns- | Was in her 80th year. She marriad
-it so pleasantly that they made a jn the Park avenue United Brethren 880 but surviving her are the fol-
“fellow feel they were doing Him a church at 10 o'clock yesterday lowing children: Mrs. Elizabeth
Tavor by selling him a poppy. ‘morning. Burial was made in the Mrs.. Minnie Watson and
——In a statement of primary Grandview cemetery in that city. | Elmer Rossman, all of Warren;
“expenses filed at the court house " 0 | Chiarles, of Franklin; Mua. Rebecca
Mervin S. Betz, defeated by Senator GARDNER.—Joseph L. G r | Cupp, of Bellefonte; John, Isaac and
Harry B. Scott for member of the died at his home im Howard, abt James Rossman, of Coleville, She
Republican State committee, says he 11 o'clock Monday morning, of a Also leaves two Brothers ani a sis-
‘apent $252.22 in his campaign. Of heart attack. He had been in fnii- ter, Milton and William Reed, of
this amount he received one contri-
‘bution of $250.00 from J. O. Hever- up and around until the day of his
Ay, so it didn't cost Merv very much death.
personally. H. A. Rossman and John, He was a son of James and Eliza- |
~J. Bower, the two successful candi- beth Gardner and was born at
‘dates for Republican and Democrat- | Howard on May 24th, 1859, hence
‘ic county chairman, each spent less was almost 73 years old. For forty- |
Than Ary dollars. Bond C, White two years he taught school in va-
“spent $58.50. | rious sections of the county, In 1882
——The Auxiliary to the Jackson- "he married Amanda Bickle, o? Liber-
“Crissman-Saylor Post No, 1600, Vet- ty township, who survives with sev-
rans of Foreign Wars, will hold a en children, Mrs. Blanche Sigaman
meeting on Wednesday, May 25th, and Milton Gardner, of Harrisburg;
at 8:15 o'clock p. m. at the new Donald, of Dauphin county; Mrs.
Thome of the Post, the “Forge William Beacham, of Altoona; Rus-
House.” All members are requested Sel, of Berkley, Cal; Florence and |
%o be present, also all eligible per- | Pearl, at home. He also leaves one
mons who wish to become members | Sister and two brothers, Mrs. John
©f ‘the Auxiliary. Mothers, wives,
“widows, sisters and daughters of
‘soldiers, sailors, and marines who
“nave seen foreign service for the
“United States, and have reached the
‘age of 16 years; also women who
“have seen foreign service, are eligible
‘to membership.
——Solicitors for the annual drive
for ‘the Centre County hospital be-
fgan an active canvas of -all ‘the
‘towns and country districts ‘in the
county, except the Philipsburg sec-
tion, this week. One young lady who |
is making a house to house canvas on |
‘one of the streets of Belléfonte ad-
mits that she is meeting wih better
success than she anticipated when 2 months and 11 days old. He mar-
considering the way | ried Miss Minnie Evey, who died
starting out,
times are, but at that quite a num-
ber of people who have contributed
in past years are compelled to
forego a membership this year be-
cause they haven't the money
“%o do it. Under these circumstances,
‘if the drive is to culminate in the
‘Mann, of Orviston;
Thomas and
James Gardner, of Howard.
Funeral services were held in the
Highland church at two o'clock yes- |
terday afternoon by Rev. W. E.
Yingling, of Howard, burial being
made in the church cemetery.
HOUSER. Edward Up, Houser,
well known farmer of College town-
ship, died at his home near Pine
Hall, on Tuesday, as the result of a
stroke of apoplexy, although he had
not been in good health for several
years.
He was a son of John and Lydia
Decker Houser and was born on the
Branch in 1871, hence was 6- years,
thirteen years ago, but surviving
him are two daughters, Mrs. C. E.
Clouser, of Ashland, Ohio, and Mrs
Bond Brungard, of State College. He
also leaves two brothers, Thomas
and Jacob Houser, both of State
College.
mame measure of success that at- |
tended that of last year everyone
“who can give should do so, willingly
sand cheerfully.
Funeral services were held at two |
| o'clock yesterday afternoon, by Rev.
| Wink, burial being made in the
| Pine Hall cemetery.
ing health for a year but had been Bellefonte, and Mrs. Margaret Mills,
Funeral services: were held at two
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon by
Rev. G. E. Householder, burial being
made in the Treziyulny cemetery.
il I
NERHOOD.—George W. Nerhood
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Verna Dunkle, at State Col-
lege, on May 6th, as the result of
general debility, aged 80 years. He
was a son of Adam and Kathryn
Nerhood and was born in Sn
county. Many years ago he moved,
with his parents, to Centre county,
and located near Centre Hall, where
most of his life was spent. He
a member of the Reformed
-
lodge of Centre Hall.
He was twice married, His first
wife was Miss Sarah Fauber and
the second Miss Alice Meyer. The
latter survives with one daughter, |
Mrs. Dunkle. Funeral services were
| held on Monday of last week, burial
being made at Centre Hall.
li fi
PAUL.—Harry M, Paul, of State
College, died at the Centre county
hospital, on Sunday evening, follow-
ing three day's illness with pneumo-
nia.
He was a son of Jennie and
Daniel Eboch Paul and was born in
Monroe county in March 1865, hence
was in his 68th year. When he was
a boy the family located in Philips-
burg and there he grew to manhood
| and learned the trade of a carpenter.
He spent a number of years in Phil-
adelphia, working at his trade but
for some years past had been locat-
ed at State College. He was the last
of his family. The remains were
taken to Philipsburg where funeral
services were held and burial made
on Wednesday afternoon.
ge' money to myer, of Bellefonte R. D., and Mrs. Of her daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Cupp, OF later. All policies which go into
on Penn street, Bellefonte, as the re- | effect on or after the 13th are en-
| titled to the reduction in rate; and’
| those written before that date will
| get the benefit of the lower rates at
their next remewal. Figures are not
available as to the total amount of |
insurance carried on business build- |
ings and their contents, so no esti- |
mate of the total saving can be)
made, except that it will rum into!
large figures over the period of a
year. Bellefonte should be proud of
its fire department, and should give
full credit and recognition to all
those who cooperated and worked
towards the successful reduction in
fire insurance rates.
The town need bow to no place
when it comes to fire protection and
efficient, loyal firemen,
MRS. WITTER HOSTESS FOR
GARDEN CLUB LAST WEEK
Mrs. Harry G. Witter was hostess
for the May meeting of the Belle-
fonte Garden club, which was held
at her home, on east Curtin street,
Wednesday of last week, As evi-
dence of the interest being taken by
the women of Bellefonte in this ef-
fort to make beauty spots out of
yards and gardens, forty-four mem-
bers and one visitor were in attend-
ance
The president of the club,’ Mrs.
Gregg Curtin, presided and the pro-
gram committee reported that calen-
dars for the year had been furnish-
ed to each member of the club.
Mrs. G. M. Gamble, chairman of
the membership committee, submit-
ted five names for new members,
namely: Mrs. L. R. Woodring and
Mrs. L, G. Peters, of Milesburg; Mrs.
H. E, Fenlon, Mrs. Elsie Rankin
Helliwell and Mrs. Ellen G. Gray,
of Bellefonte. They were all elected.
Mrs. Curtin announced that plans
for the flower show to be held on
June 21st have been about complet-
ed and full details will be made
public in due time.
A number of seedlings were offer-
ed for exchange and distribution af-
ter which the president introduced
Manus Curran, of the Orchard Mills
nursery, Mill Hall, who gave an in-
teresting talk on the proper way to
construct and maintain rock gar-
dens.
Before leaving the members in-
spected the beautiful gardens at the
Witter home and the recently con-
structed lily pond,
| tributed this week, checks for the
poor
ovrseers in every district in the
ford private hospital, at Jersey | to-date building code adopted, that —Mrs. Frank West, wito ls home trem county by county treasirer Robert
Shore, on Tuesday, following a lin- | charge has been cut almost im half, ® Visit of several weeks with her daugh- F. Hunter in a rdance’ with a
| schedule prepared by the county
~
—Motorists entertained at the H. CO.
Yeager home, on Tuesday, were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Wilson and Miss Anna Wil-
son, of Altoona, cousins of Mrs. uUeising-
[2 Jeionorle, 406 fe 08 3, wu commissioners on the basis of the
to Butler county, Tuesday, for her. unemployed in each district as re-
—Edward R. Owens, of the Bellefonte | POTted Dy the overseers. The total
Hardware Co. will go to New York, to- | Dumber of unemployed was 2158
day, and sail from there for a five week's Rush township heads the list with
trip to Europe, his objective being | 481. Phil had 244 while
Wales. Mr. Owens is gofng over to visit | Bellefonte is third with 165. Centre
some cousins whom he has never seen. | Hall had the smallest number of un-
—Miss Kitty White, elder daughter of | employed, only 3, while Howard re-
Dr. and Mrs. F. K. White, of Philips- | ported 7 and State College 9. Fol-
burg, has just returned from the Canal | lowing is a complete list of the
Zone where she had been for six weeks, number of unem
. ployed and the
as a guest of Col. and Mrs. Walter amount of the award in each
Gray, former residents’ of PHWDSOUTE. | gigtrict in the coun poor
—While members of the Blanchard District ty:
family have made frequerit visits to | Bellefonte Boro .._ ol CPioyed Award
Danville during the week, the condition gen tre Hal Bord. 3 SMEG
of John Blanchard Esq., who was eperat- i n 8
ed on, at the Gefsinger hospital, a week | Millheim Boro ~~ 3 S508
ago, is very satisfactory, with prospects Fallipsbuig Boro om. M4 2084.46
of a speedy recovery. Port’ Matilde rs 3 907.05
—Mrs. David Dale, who was in Philadel- | Snow Shoe Boro ... 55 169.85
phin last week, for the wedding of | Dnianviie Borg 2 76.89
her cousin, John McPherson, went Benner Twp ..... 39 x
from there to Gettysburg to be a guest Boggs Twp . 30 29
over Sunday, of her brother, Judge Don | College Top a 3 a2
ald McPherson and ais wife, arriving Curtin Twp .... 14 118.60
home Monday. i eg Be 43 367.34
—Frank M. Derstine, with the Kline | Hoss Twp ... a nu
Stores of Altoona, was among the Mota- | “laifmoon wp 12 102.51
{er's Day visitors to Bellefonte whon' jjrs Tap, meee 20 170.86
we failed to mention last week. Mr. Huston Twp 3 206.03
Derstine came over, Saturday, to be Liberty Twp 65 555.
here for the night and Sunday with his JanoP TWP 10
mother, Mrs. William Derstine. P. —— 5
—Mrs. Joseph Baker and Mrs. J. M. 56
Curtin, with a party of friends, drove in| Rush -
from Pittsburgh, Tuesday, to spend the 118
remainder of the week at the Baker SPring 151
summer Home at Wingate. The visit will | ij 2
constitute the formal opening of the Walker 38
Baker place’ there for the summer. 43
er and Mrs. Yeager, and Mrs. Ella
Pomeroy, of Union Level, Virginia. The |
the |
party drove over from Altoona for
day.
—Mrs. Harry Curtin left, Monday, with
her grandson, John Curtin Jr., to drive
to Greenville, Pa., where she will be
with her daughter, Mrs. T. V. Hodges,
for an indefinite time. Mrs. Curtin re-
turned from Downingtown about a month
ago, &fter having spent the winter there
with Mrs. Breese. John Curtin Jr.,, who
is a salesman for the American Lime
& Stone Co., had been home for the
week-end, and the drive was made, Mon-
day, to resume his work in the Erie
territory, his present location.
—Mrs. James R. Hughes, who had
been a patient in the Centre County
hospital for «lever weeks, was taken to
the Green home, on Linn street, the lat-
ter part of the week, and will be there
while convalescing from her long illness.
Mrs. Richard Holmes has also left the
hospital, having been taken to her home,
on west High street, this week, in the
hope that her improvement will be fast-
er in her home environment. Mis,
Holmes has been ill for more than two
months,
—Two former members of the Legis-
lature from Centre county met in the
court house, on Monday. They were
Hons. J. W. Kepler, of Pine Grove Mills,
and Phil E. Womelsdorf, of Philipsburg.
Mr. Kepler, by the way, has been iden-
tified with rural life so long that he is
sticking close to his comfortadie home
in Ferguson township, and the only rea-
son he was in Bellefonte this week was
because he was a juror in court. Mr,
Womelsdorf was in Bellefonte on busi-
ness, but he couldn't resist the tempta-
tion to air his views on the political |
The Centre County Thrift Corp,
its board of directors meeting
on Wednesday, May 11th, reported
considerable progress in their work
in this community. While only re-
cently organized, this year they
have already started to show a fair
profit and the demands for loans
have exceeded the expectation of
all the directors.
Charles Sturm, vice president of
the Pittsburgh Thrift Corp. and a
director of the Centre County Thrift
Corp., died recently, and Henry
at
Corp., was elected as his successor.
George H. Hazel, president of the
Thrift Corporation, reports that the
demands for loans have been 30
large that they have exceeded the
supply of money on hand. Sale of
the stock, which Has been conducted
by Miss H. I, Farrar, is rapidly
running towards a close and the
directors propose to advance the
price of the stock ten points after
the initial $40,000 par value has
been issued. Miss Fararr reports
that she believes the stock will be
entirely disposed of by the end of
this month.
——L. A. Schaeffer, the oldest ex-
prothonotary in Centre county, who
suffered another attack of illness a
week or so ago, is recovering very
galistasiontly though still confined to
situation, because he is not convinced ————————
that the harmony talk in the Republicen Bellefonte Grain Markets,
ranks is going to result in a solid front | Wheat ... . 55
at the polls in November, as too many | Corn "40
Republicans are harping for a change | Oats 80
which they believe can only be achisved | Rye 40
through the election of a Democratic | Barley ssrasc—————— 40
President. | Buckwheat —— 5
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