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Bellefonte, Pa., March 3, 1916.
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P- GRAY MEEK, - EDITOR.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
GREAT MusiCAL EVENT FOR BELLE-
FONTE.—Old Home Week association for-
tunate indeed to secure famous artists to
make up the final deficit. Concert to be
given at the court house Tuesday even-
ing, March 14th, under the direction of
Clara Bowen Shepard, of New York city.
In order to make a financial success of
this undertaking it is necessary to raise
a large guarantee through the sale of
tickets and the citizens of Bellefonte are
asked and expected to take great pride
in liberally subscribing for the tickets.
You are urged to secure your seats at
once owing to the fact that the seating
capacity of the court house is limited.
Miss Marie Stoddart, soprano; Miss
Mary Wildermann, pianist; Miss Corde-
lia Lee, violinist. Miss Stoddart has
many friends in Bellefonte who will wel-
come her appearance with delight. She
is well known throughout the country
and has maintained an artistic position
in the world of music for the past half
dozen years, during which time she
has appeared with all the great oratorio
societies and musical clubs and Sympho-
ny Orchestras—such as the New York
Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch,
conductor; the Russian, Symphony Or-
chestra; the Mendelssohn choir, of To-
ronto; New York Oratorio society; Bos-
ton Festival orchestra; Minn=apolis Chor-
al society; the Arion aud Liederkrans
societies, of New York city; the Orpheus
club, of Philadelphia; the Columbia Uni-
versity Festival, eight appearances. Song
recitals at Columbia University, Vassar
College, Williams College, Hood College,
Md. ; and others too numerous to men-
tion.
Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Stoddart’s manager,
has just closed a contract for Mrs. Stod-
dart’s appearance at the Bach Festival
in South Bethlehem, Pa., May 26th. Mrs.
Stoddart is to be the soprano soloist in
Bach’s Christmas oratorio.
Miss Wildermann is an American girl
of Austrian and Swiss parentage. This
is her first American season as she only
recently returned to this country, after
winning laurels in most of the principal
cities in Europe, and to have played for
members of one of the most exclusive
courts of the old world, is the record of
Mary Wildermann. At Miss Wilder-
‘mann’s recent New York recital at the
Biltmore Hotel she scored a triumph,
and her audience was made up of New
York’s most exclusive society and music
lovers. Anna Gould was one of the pa-
tronesses.
Miss Cordelia Lee is an American girl
of Norwegian parentage. = She spent
many years in Europe studying under
Thibault-Ysaye, and Leopold Auer and
played before distinguished audiences in
Germany, Austria and Russia, where she
was decorated by the Czarina. Miss Lee
is unusually beautiful, of the Norse blonde
type peculiar to the land of the Vikings.
In her every American appearance she
has been accorded an ovation. Miss
Lee has appeared with many of the great
orchestras in this country and Europe,
Recently Miss Lee appeared in Minne-
apolis, Minn, and to quote the Minne-
apolis Daily News: “Well over two
thousand people gathered to listen to the
finished art of Miss Cordelia Lee. She
played “Lalos Splendid Concerto Sym-
phonic Espagnole” with the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra. It was a perform-
ance of wonderful intelligence and
smoothness and she was at her best giv- ;
ing an almost flawless performance.”
Tickets on sale at Parrish’s drug store
and at Blair’s jewelry store.
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AMERICAN SCENERY IN MOTION Pic-
TURES.—Americans are the most restless
race in the world, with the possible ex-
ception of the Bedouins, and yet few
realize that within their own country
there exists a grandeur of mountain
scenery that surpasses anything Switzer-
land or any other land offers. It is lo-
cated in north-western Montana on the
, Continental Divide. A few years ago Con-
gress set aside this portion of our nation-
al domain and termed it Glacier National
Park—thus preserving for all time one
of the grandest of nature’s wonderlands
undefaced by the advance of civilization.
It is this splendid heritage of the Ameri-
-can people that for the first time has
been filmed adequately, and will be pre-
sented by Lyman H. Howe at Garman'’s,
on Monday, March 6. Prices, 25, 35
and 50 cents.
—]J. Harvey McClure, of Oil City, is
one of the incorporators of the National
Concrete Sign and Post company, which
operates a factory at Grove City, Mercer
county. The company is seeking a loca-
tion in a more central part of the State
and Mr. McClure is using his influence
for Bellefonte. This is the only com-
pany of the kind in the United States
and has already quite a number of
orders.
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—The condition of Cheney K. Hick-
len has been quite serious the past week,
though he was slightly improved yester-
day.
ARMSTRONG.—Mrs. Catharine Carson
CRUSHED TO DEATH—Samuel Nearhoof, |
Armstrong died at her home in Potters a well known farmer of Taylor town- | and family will move from the McClure
Mills on Wednesday morning, as a result ship, was crushed to death under a load | property on Bishop street to their new
of a stroke of paralysis, though she had of prop timber on Monday morning. Mr. | home on Spring street, recently purchas-
been ailing for some time with dropsy Nearhoof lived on a farm .near the !|ed from the Potter estate, and vacated
and other complications.
Mount Pleasant church at the foot of the
: by Frank Crawford, who with his family
She was a daughter of William and Allegheny mountains. He went out on will go to the Gardner house on Spring
Margaret Carson and was born in Potter: Monday morning to haul some prop street.
township on April 18th, 1838, making her | timber from his mountain land to the i
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bennett from the
age at death 77 years, 10 months and 13 . railroad station. Along about noontime i Gardner house to east Curtin street, to
days... When a young woman she was he was found dead under part of a load | the house vacated by John D. Miller,
united in marriage to James Armstrong
of timber.
Nobody saw the accident, | who will return to his home at Hublers-
and her entire life.with the exception of | but from the surroundings it was evident | burg.
two years was ‘spent near the place of | the end-gate in the wagon gave way, |
Millard Hartswick from Phoenix Ave.
her birth. She was a member of the ; throwing Mr. Nearhoof to the ground to the McClure house vacated by Henry
Methodist church from girlhood and a | and part of the load of props falling upon Taylor, James Falls into the house the
woman of many splendid qualities which
won her many friends who sincerely
mourn her death.
! him.
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He was a son of John and Mary Near-
hoof and was about forty-three years old.
: Hartswicks leave.
i Edward Harper from the Curtin house
‘on Allegheny street to his new house on
Mr. Armstrong died a number of years ' He is survived by his wife, who before | Bishop street, bought from Jacob Marks.
ago but surviving her are two children,
. her marriage was Miss Mida Cowher, |
Mrs. Wesley Gray and her son Her-
John and Miss Bertha, both at home. and a number of brothers and sisters. ! bert from Crider’s Exchange to the Mec-
She also leaves one brother, James Car- | The funeral was held yesterday morn- | Quistion home on west High street, now
son, of Bellefonte. The funeral will be | ing, burial being made in the Mount i occupied by Mrs. Earle Tuten.
held from her late home at 9.30 o'clock | Pleasant cemetery.
tomorrow morning. Rev. Williams will | | |
officiate and burial will be made in the |
| about two miles west of Tusseyville, suf-
fered a stroke of paralysis while sitting.
| at the supper table on Sunday evening
Sprucetown(cemetery.
LINGLE.—Clarence H. Lingle, a well
TAYLOR—]John H. Taylor, who lived
known young farmer of Gregg township, | and after lingering in an unconscious
died at his home near Spring Mills on
Wednesday afternoon of last week fol-
lowing an illness of some weeks with
diabetes.
He was a son of John (deceased) and
Lydia A. Lingle and was born at Spring
Mills on October 2nd, 1896, being at his
death 19 years, 4 months and 21 days
old. He was a farmer by occupation and
an energetic and industrious young man
whose death is deplored by a large circle
of friends.
-He was unmarried but is survived by
his mother and the following brothers
and sisters: C. W. Lingle, Edward L. and
Albert S,, of Spring Mills; Mrs. J. B,
Ripka, of Gregg township, and Miss
Mary, at home.
Funeral services were held at the Cross
Roads church in Gregg township at 9.30
o'clock on Sunday morning by Rey. J.
M. Price, following which burial was
made in the cemetery adjoining the
church. .
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GANOE.—Mrs. Sophia Ganoe, wife of
Rev. Martin L. Ganoe, D. D., a well
known minister in the Central Pennsyl-
vania M. E. conference, died at the fam-
ily home in Chambersburg last Thursday
morning following an illness of two
weeks.
She was a daughter of Joseph and
Mary Jones and was born in Philipsburg
on January 17th, 1848, making her age
67 years, 1 month and 7 days. Surviv-
ing her are her husband, who has been
in poor. health for several years; two
children, Harry; -of Chambersburg; and
Mrs. Walter Stephens, of near Carlisle,
and the following brothers and sisters:
Owen Jones, of Windber; George E., of
Osceola Mills; Harry, of Philipsburg;
Mrs. Clara Moyer, of Pittsburgh, and
Miss Ella Jones, of Harrisburg. The
funeral was held at 2.30 o'clock on Sat-
urday afternoon, burial being made at
Chambersburg.
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MILLER.—Mrs. Edith Miller, for many
years a well known resident of Belle-
fonte, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Fredericks, at Point Lookout,
near Philipsburg, on Monday of last
week, following an illness of several
months with a complication of diseases.
She was sixty-five years old and practic-
ally all her life was spent in this vicinity
until she went to Point Lookout two
years ago. For a number of years past
she had been a soldier in the Salvation
Army, having joined in Bellefonte and
continued as a member of the Philips-
burg corps during her residence in that
vicinity. The funeral was held from the
Salvation Army hall in Philipsburg on
Wednesday of last week, burial being
made in the Philipsburg cemetery.
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Borest.—Mrs. Mary Borest, widow of
the late George Borest, was found dead
in bed on Saturday morning. She re-
tired in her usual health and her death
was discovered when she failed to re-
spond to a call for breakfast. Most of
her life was spent in the neighborhood
of Pennsylvania Furnace, and since the
death of her husband she had lived with
her daughters, Mrs. John Hilliard and
Mrs. James Hilliard. She was a mem-
ber of the M. E. church from youth.
Rev. R. M. Campbell had charge of the
funeral services which were held at one
o’clock Monday afternoon, burial being
made in the Ross church cemetery.
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MCKEE.—Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Mec-
Kee, wife of A. S. McKee, died -on Febru-
ary 17th, 1916, in the Clearfield hospital,
as the result of an operation. She was
aged 33 years and 6 months. She
leaves her husband and six children
her father, David Otto, three broth-
ers, John, Benner, and Robert, and
one sister, Mrs. Mary Goodman, of Man-
or, Pa,, to mourn their loss. She was a
good mother, a faithful wife and will be
much missed by those who mourn. “The
Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken
away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”*
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DUNKLE.--Lewis G. Dunkle, a brother
of John Dunkle, of State College, died at
his home near Asbury church, Blair coun-
ty, on Sunday morning, as the result of
cancer on the liver, aged 76 years and 27
days. He was a life-long resident of
Blair county. Burial was made in the
Rose Hill cemetery, Altoona, on Tuesday
afternoon.
{ condition two days died on Tuesday even-
ing.
! He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah
| Taylor and was born at Colyer about
| fifty-five years ago. He followed farming
{ and did butchering during the winter. He
| was married to Miss Effie Fye who died
i last August. Surviving him, however,
are three sons, Theodore, George and
Charles, all at home. He also leaves one
brother, William, of Boalsburg.
The funeral will be held this morning,
burial to be made in the Zion cemetery,
near Tusseyville.
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SLOAN.—Thomas F. Sloan, father of
Miss Mary Jane Sloan, who has frequent-
ly visited in Bellefonte as a guest of Mrs.
J. A. Woodcock, died at his home in Mc-
Connelisburg on February 16th. Mr.
Sloan was one of the oldest employees of
the Western Union Telegraph company,
having taken charge of the McConnells-
burg office on September 1st, 1864, serv-
ing for a period of 51 years and 4 months.
During the past thirteen years he had
been in charge of the testing station at
McConnellsburg, and never missed a day
from sickness until he met with an ac-
cident on New Year's day. His death,
He is survived by his wife and seven
children.
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VIEHDORFER.—Orlando Viehdorfer died
at his home at Clarence between nine
and ten o'clock on Tuesday night as the
result of an attack of acute indigestion,
.,aged 38 years. He was born at Snow
Shoe and was a miner by occupation.
Surviving him are his wife, mother and
the following brothers and sisters: John
Viehdorfer, of Burnside township; Hen-
ry, Oscar, Mrs. James Uzzle, Mrs. T.
Miller and Mrs. John Kioska, all of Snow
Shoe. The funeral was held at one
o’clock vesterday afternoon. Rev. Hod-
son officiated and burial was made at
Snow Shoe.
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CRIDER. —Mrs. Martha Jane Crider,
wife of J. W. Crider, died at her home in
Altoona last Friday afternoon, of con-
gestion of the lungs, aged seventy-one
years. She was a native of Halfmoon
township and in addition to her husband
is survived by six children. The re-
mains were taken to Lock Haven where
burial was made in Crider’s cemetery on
Sunday afternoon.
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——The County Auditors expect to
finish their work of auditing the county
accounts this week.
——On his visit to Bellefonte on Wed-
nesday game protector Charles Batche-
lor, of Philipsburg, issued bounty certifi-
cates for 49 foxes, 28 weasels and 3
minks.
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——The Christian Endeavor society,
of St. John’s Reformed church, will hold
a social in the chapel Friday evening of
this week. All are cordially invited. Re-
freshments will be served at a moderate
price.
——NMrs. Jonathan Miller, who fractur-
ed her cheek bone and otherwise injured
herself by a fall on the cement pavement
at her home on Reynolds avenue a short
time ago, is recovering slowly from her
serious injuries.
——
——The Superior court sitting at Wil-
liamsport on Tuesday quashed the ap-
peal of Jacob Steele from the decision of
the court of Centre county on the matter
of opening a private road through Spring
and Benner townships.
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——The Rt. Rev. James H. Darlington,
D.D, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
Harrisburg, will administer the right of
confirmation and preach in St. John's
Episcopal church on Sunday March the
5th, at three o'clock. The general public
is cordially invited.
——The Lock Haven Daily Express en-
tered upon its thirty-fifth year on Wed-
nesday and it is one of the real things of
which Lock Haven has reason to be proud.
It not only covers the local field com-
pletely, but gives breezy happenings from
surrounding towns and carries a special
telegraph service sufficient to embrace
all the important happenings up to the
hour of going to press. In fact it grows
better ever year and merits the heartiest
support of not only Lock Haven but all
of Clinton county.
however, was caused by heart failure.
L. H. Gettig from the Thomas house
| on north Thomas street, to the Jared
Harper house on west High street, re-
cently occupied by Irvin Gettig, who will
make his home with his brother.
W. A. Stahlsmith from the Gust Armor
property on High street, to the house on
east Curtin street just vacated by Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Keep, who have stored
their furniture and gone to ‘l'oronto,
Canada.
M. L. Altenderfer to the Stickler house
on east Bishop street, from the John P.
Harris property on Howard street pur-
chased and to be occupied by Harry Full-
comer and Mitchell Garbrick.
Dr. Sebring and his family to their new
home on Linn street, purchased from
the Jonathan Harper heirs, and occupied
at present by Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas
‘Mitchell, who will store their furniture.
The home on Spring street, which the
Sebrings leave will be occupied by its
new owner, W. J. Emerick and family, of
east Bishop street.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McCafferty go
from the Brockerhoff building on Bishop
street to Renovo, where Mr. McCafferty
will work in the P. R. R. shops.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Musser have
gone to housekeeping in the apartments
recently occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Keichline, in the Curtin building
on High street. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Montgomery to have the other apart-
ment in the same building, which will be
vacated by Mrs. R. A. Beck, who intends
leaving Bellefonte.
William Huffman, of Williamsport, the
expert baker in charge of Mrs. Ceader’s
new bakery, has rented the McDermott
house on Bishop street, Miss Julia Mc-
Dermott reserving one room for herself.
Edward Brown Jr. and family will
move to Tennessee, Joseph Kelleher to
take their house.
‘Mr. anid Mrs. Wayne D. Meyer will go
from the Brockerhoff house to their new
house purchased from William Garman
and at present occupied by E. E. Davis.
William Hollinshead and family will
move from the McSuley house to the
Mrs. Furey house on Reservoir hill late-
ly occupied by William Shope and fam-
ily. : :
Mrs. S. R. Smith, of Clearfield, has
moved into the Shoemaker apartment-
house on Spring street, expecting to take
charge of the house which will include
the renting of the apartments.
Dr. E. S. Malloy has rented the apart-
ments now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. G.
Edward Harper in the Curtin house, on
Allegheny street.
J. E. Beck and family have moved
from Spring township into the Mrs. Ga-
ler Morrison home on east Bishop street.
John Thomas is now occupying his
new home on Reynolds avenue, recently
purchased from the S. H. Williams es-
tate. Mr. Thomas and his family moved
this week to Be'lefonte, from their farm
near Stormstown.
Mrs. Jack Norris and her sons are pre-
paring to leave Bellefonte, moving from
Halfmoon hill to their former home at
Coatesville, where Mr. Norris has been
working for the past two months.
——On Wednesday T. A. Auman, J. A.
Meyer, N. G. Kreider and J. W. Zeigler,
residents of Miles township, filed an
answer to Clarence E. Long’s petition for
a rehearing of his application for a
license at his hotel at Rebersburg for the
year beginning April 1st, 1916, in which
they state that the petitioner had a fair
hearing before the court on two differ-
ent occasions; that he was refused for
good and sufficient reasons; that had he
desired to enter a petition for a re-hear-
ing he should have filed his petition
within four days after refusal by court,
as required by law in all such legal
proceedings, and last that the present
Judge has no premises to act in the mat-
ter in question, and therefore the request
should be dismissed at the cost of the
petitioner. The matter is now up to
argument, but no date has yet been
set.
——Word was received in Bellefonte
yesterday afternoon that John Guise-
white had been badly burned in an ex-
plosionin the foundry at Meadville on
Tuesday. Just how the accident occur-
red was not learned, nor the full extent
of Mr. Guisewhite’s injuries. It is to be
hoped, however, that they are not as
serious as his friends here fear.
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——Last Friday afternoon two freight
trains backed together near the old wat.
er tank with the result that a flat car
was badly wrecked anda caboose dump-
ed into Spring creek. Nobody was in-
jured.
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THE SPRING MovINGs.—Henry Taylor
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STRAUSSER—OTT.—A wedding of inter-
est to many people in Bellefonte was that
on Wednesday evening of James Straus-
ser, of Philadelphia, and Miss Sarah
Catharine Ott, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James Ott, of this place. The
ceremony took place at the home of the
bride’s brother, William H. Ott, on Bish-
op street, and was performed by Rev. W.
M. B. Glanding, of the Lutheran church.
Only immediate friends were present for
the ceremony. Mr. and ‘Mrs. Strausser
expect to reach Philadelphia by Saturday
evening when a big reception will be
tendered them in their own home, where
Mr. Strausser and his mother have lived
since leaving Centre county a number of
years ago.
A miscellaneous shower was given
i Miss Ott on Saturday evening, when
: gifts of all sorts were showered upon her.
. The party, at which between forty and
i fifty guests were present, was originated
by Mrs. Hiram Fetterhoff and Mrs. How-
i ard Barnes, both near neighbers. The
| fore-part of the evening was spent at the
| Ott home the party going later to the
home of Mrs. Barnes, where the house
. was most elaborately decorated and re-
freshments served, four tables seating
| the entire party.
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| WOODWARD—MILLER.—Miss Lyda Mil-
| ler, only daughter of Robert Miller, of
| this place, and Harold H. Woodward, of
{ Reading, were married at the parsonage
| of the First Presbyterian church, Altoo-
| na, on Saturday, February 19th, by the
| pastor, Rev. Miller. Miss Miller has
made her home in Philadelphia since
' leaving Bellefonte several years ago and
jon the day of her marriage she went
from that city to Altoona, coming to
Bellefonte immediately after the ceremo-
! ny, her husband being unable to accom.
‘pany her for business reasons. Mr.
| Woodward is a graduate of State College
| class of 1912, in the mining and metallur-
| gical engineering course and now holds
| a good position with the Raymond Con-
struction company, of Chicago. Mrs.
Woodward will leave Bellefonte next
week to join her husband in that city,
where they will make their future home.
Cook—HAWORTH.—Theodore A. Cook,
| of Tyrone, and Miss Margaret E. Ha-
worth, of West Chester, but formerly of
Philipsburg, eloped to Philadelphia last
| Saturday where they were united in mar
riage then notified their friends by tele-
graph. The bride is a daughter of Rich-
ard (deceased) and Mrs. Rose Haworth,
and lived in Philipsburg until going to
West Chester several years ago. The
| bridegroom is a son of Mrs. Catharine
Cook, of Philipsburg, is a ‘graduate of
State College class of 1909, and is now in
I charge of the chemical laboratories at
| the New York and West Virginia paper
| mill in Tyrone. The young couple are
‘now on an extended wedding trip.
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| DETTRE—KERSTETTER.—A Norristown
| wedding yesterday was that of Linn A.
Dettre, of that place, and Miss Jessica
Kerstetter, a former Millheim young
lady. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Angles, at the parsonage of the
Baptist church. The bride is a graduate
nurse of the Bellefonte hospital and is
quite well known in Bellefonte. The
bridegroom conducts a successful insur-
ance business in Norristown, and it is in
that city the young couple will make
their home.
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JuDY—KLINE.—Scott Judy and Miss
Irene Neuretta Kline, both of Pennsylva-
nia Furnace, were married at Cumber-
land, Md, on February 17th. They
spent several days on a honeymoon trip,
returning home the forepart of last week
to receive the parental blessing. Both
young people are well known in west
Ferguson township and their many
friends wish them a long and happy life.
For the present they will reside at the
Kline home.
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——MTr. Hezekiah Hoy, of Willowbank
street, was tendered a very pleasant sur-
prise by his children on Monday, Febru-
ary 28th, the occasion being his eighty-
first birthday. Those present were the
sons, Henry N., Jacob F., and Sinie H.,
with their wives, and the daughters, Mrs.
Clayton E. Royer, of near town; Mrs. W.
J. Wagner, wife of Rev. W. J. Wagner, of
Pottsgrove; and Mrs. George B. Ely,
wife of Rev. George B. Ely, of Turbot-
ville. The principal feature was the
sumptuous table furnished from the poul-
try yards and well-filled cellars of the,
farmer sons and daughter. Mrs. Hoy
will celebrate her eighty-first birthday in
May, and both old people are exception-
ally strong and able for this good old
age.
——A family gathering at the home of
Captain and Mrs. James A. Quigley, at
Blanchard, on Sunday, included Judge
and Mrs. Henry C. Quigley and daughter
Mary, of Bellefonte; Mrs. William D.
Horne, of Yonkers, N. Y.; Miss Gertrude
Quigley, of Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs.
Richard S. Quigley and daughter Ida, of
Lock Haven, and Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Hess and daughters Mary and Anne,
of Beech Creek. A big turkey dinner
was the principal feature of the gather-
ing.
——Governor Brumbaugh has signed
the death warrants of Martin Eristant
who will be electrocuted the week begin-
ning March 20th, and Henry J. H. Webb,
who will be electrocuted the week of
March 27th. Both men are from Alle-
gheny county.
——We will have a chance to see, on
June 7, how a steam roller operates with-
out an administration behind it.
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With the Churches of the
County.
Notes of Interest to Church. People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 11:00 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 94 E. High street.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE.
The midyear conference of the Centre
county Sunday school association was
held in the Presbyterian chapel last Fri-
day, there being two sessions, at 10 a. m.
and 2.00 p. m. As evidence of the in-
terest shown there were in attendance
the State secretary, W.G. Landes, of
Philadelphia, and the following county
officers: I L. Harvey, William Tressler,
L. W. Nuttall, C. C. Shuey, A. C. Thomp-
son, W. E. McWilliams R. R. Jones, H.
R. Kraybill, Mrs. C. E. McGirk and Dar-
ius Waite; district chairmen A. C.
Thompson, W. T. Hoover, N. M. Corman,
C. C. Shuey, Laird Holmes and W.E.
McWilliams, as well as a number of
superintendents and co-workers. Rev.
R. R. Jones conducted the devotional
exercises in the morning and a number
of officers made very interesting reports.
At the afternoon session Rev. C.C.
Shuey conducted the devotional exercis-
es. The treasurer reported a balance of
$27.60 in the treasury. State secretary
Landes, in a brief talk, gave many help-
ful suggestions on different phases of
Sunday school work. Efforts are being
made to bring the county up to the front-
line standard. Much interest was mani-
fested by all present, and they now look
forward to a very successful county con-
vention which will be held at Howard in
May.
The evangelistic campaign in the U.
B. church is continuing with increasing
interest. Rev. W. A. Wissinger, who is
assisting Rev. MacLeod, has won the
hearts of the people by his forceful
preaching of the gospel and his kindly
attitude towards all. Several persons
have already decided for Christ and there
are new seekers every night. Next Sun-
day afternoon at 2.30 Rev. Wissinger
will speak to men only, his subject being,
“The 20th Century Dragon.” Last Sun-
day’s meeting for women was one of the
best of the present campaign, and was
well attended in spite of the storm.
In the absence of Rev. E. Fulcomer,
who is attending the annual conference
at York, Rev. C. C. Shuey will fill the
pulpit of the United Evangelical church
on Sunday, both morning and evening.
The public is invited to hear him.
Beginning with Ash-Wednesday, March
8th and continuing through the Lenten
season, services will be held in the chap-
el of St. John’s Reformed church every
Wednesday and Friday evening.
——Baby week, which is being obsery-
ed at present by-Federai, State and city
officials, Woman’s clubs and specialists
in civic activities everywhere, is for the
betterment of conditions relating to the
babies of every community. A million
stamps, bearing the slogan, “Baby Health
—Civic Wealth,” have been printed and
are being sold for one cent each, the
proceeds to be held in trust until sum-
mer, and then to be used for special
work among the babies. A movement,
in which the business men are co-operat-
ing, has been started in Bellefonte to aid
this campaign, and every one who has
not become interested is asked to famil-
iarize themselves with the movement that
they may become active in the work of
the campaign when called upon.
——A birthday surprise party was giv-
en at the home of the Misses Lambert,
on south Allegheny street, on Tuesday
evening, in honor of Miss Sarah’s birth-
day anniversary. Inasmuch as she was
born on the twenty-ninth of February
and has a birtl.day only every leap year,
her friends took advantage of this occa-
sion to pleasantly celebrate the event.
Two dozen or more friends were present
and refreshments of ice cream, cake and
coffee were served.
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——Since the Pennsylvania Match
company has shifted its sales agency
from Philadelphia to Ohio their sales
have increased to such an extent that
they are away behind in their orders.
The only trouble now is the scarcity of
potash. Some very important improve-
ments to the machinery are to be made
in the near future, which will increase
the output of the plant.
—Just fifty-four Odd Fellows from
Bellefonte and sixteen along the line
went to State College on Wednesday
evening for the degree work in the State
College Lodge.
Killed by His Father-in-Law.
Daniel Bell, an Old Forge (near
Scranton, Pa.) policeman, was shot and
killed by John Zota, his father-in-law.
The shooting is said to have followed
a quarrel between the men over some
domestic troubles.
Took Poison for Medicine.
Carbolic acid taken in mistake for
cough medicine is said, by physicians,
to have caused the death of Austin
W. Shurtz, fifty-seven years old, of
‘White House, N. J., who died under
peculiar circumstances.
Baby Smothers in Bedclothes.
Entangled in the bedclothes, six-
weeks-old Edith Goodman was found
smothered to death beside her sleep-
ing mother at Palo Alto, near Potts-
ville, Pa.
Red Hot Steel Crushes Workman,
Crushed under six thousand pounds
of red hot steel at the Ivy Rock plant,
Igovce Nalus, of Conshohocken, died
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