Bemorvaly fata Bellefonte, Pa., September 8, 1916. > ST SAAN. P- GRAY MEEK, - - EDITOR. ‘TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.—Until further notice his paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 » —————————————— ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. Martha Methodists Will Reopen Church on Sunday. The members of the Methodist con- gregation at Martha Furnace are counting on a big time on Sunday when they will reopen their church after it has been thoroughly over- hauled and beautified intc one of the cosiest houses of worship in Centre county. Among those who will be present and participate in the serv- ices are Rev. Elmer L. Williams, D. D., the fighting parson of Chicago; Rev. Gideon P. Sarvis, of Bellwood; Rev. W. B. Cook, of Salona; Rev. H. H. McElroy and the pastor, Rev. J. Earl Jacobs. Rev. Williams, by the way,is a Martha Furnace boy, being born and raised there. When Rev. Sarvis was pastor ac Port Matilda in 1894 Rev. Williams first began to preach the gospel. He subsequently filled sever- ‘al charges in the Central Pennsylva- nia M. E. conference and was then transferred to the Rock River confer- ence, Ill. There he made himself fa- mous as a pulpit orator and a fighter against evil, a work which eventually gave him the sobriquet of “The Fighting Parson.” He will tell of his life’s work at the morning service. The church at Martha is the oldest house of worship now standing in Bald Eagle valley. In 1840 the Baptists and Methodists of that part of the valley joined in holding union services in the old Martha Meeting house of the Society of Friends. The preachers took turns in filling the pulpit. But doctrinal. ideas soon overshadowed the real religion and more and more the trend drifted to- ward individual churches. The result was that in 1845 the little band of Methodists secured a strip of land from Wilbur Wagner and began the erection of a church which was com- pleted in 1846 and they then began to worship there. At that time they became members of the old Baltimore conference and were added to the labors of the cir-' cuit rider on the Huntingdon circuit. Soon after the circuit was changed and the Martha church included the Halfmoon and Bald Eagle circuit. The next and last chenge was the | Bald Eagle charge, which remains to- day. Since the day of its first erection the Martha church has undergone several repairs but has lost none of its originality. The present repairs “have been the mest extenisve of any but the design of the building re- mains unchanged. The old wall was . torn out and a new one put in. The cellar was enlarged and a heating furnace installed. The basement was plastered, painted and papered “until now it is a cosy meeting room for any purpose. New windows were “placed in both the auditorium and , basement. A new raised floor was laid in the auditorium, which was also equipped with new seats by the * Dittmar Furniture Co., of Williams- port. The interior was then papered "and painted throughout and two coats . of paint applied to the exterior. The entire cost of the repairs will - be about $1,200, a good part of which is yet unprovided for. The congrega- “ tion now is smaller than it ever was and the repairs will amount to more than the original cost of the building, but the members have faith in God and their fellowmen, and hope that - the most of the amount will be made up at the rededication on Sunday. A ‘most cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these services. Labor Day Celebrations. Labor day (Monday) was generally utilized as a day for celebrating and as a consequence all the stores and business places in Bellefonte were closed. In fact most of the day seemed like Sunday, it was so quiet and peaceful like. Probably the biggest gathering of the day in this section was the Clinton coun- ty P. 0. S. of A. picnic at Hecla park. Between eight hundred and a thousand people from Clinton county were in at- tendance and about five hundred from Bellefonte and other portions of Centre county. It was by far the largest picnic ever held by the P. O.S. of A. The crowd was entertained by various sports during the day and in dancing, music for which was furnished by the Germa- nia orchestra, of Lock Haven. There were also big gatherings at Snow Shoe and Philipsburg while the “Snow Shoe Bunch” kept open house at the lodge of the Pine Run hunting club in L Burnside township. ——DMrs. S. Kline Woodring enter- tained from three until five o’lock Tuesday afternoon. The tea was given in complement {o Miss Helen Bair, of Philadelphia. WILSON.—Bellefonte friends of | RHODES.—Following a brief ill- John H. Wilson, for years manager of the Western Union telegraph office in Altoona, learned with sincere regret on Sunday of his death in that place at 9.45 o’clock in the morning as the result of liver trouble. Mr. Wilson had been ailing for several months and had been off duty since in June. Several weeks ago, however, he was reported improving but two weeks ago he became worse and continued so until the end. Diseased was a son of John and Emma P. Wilson and was born in Bellefonte on April 4th, 1874, hence was 42 years and 5 months old, less one day. He attended the public schools of Bellefonte until about sev- enteen years old when he accepted the position of messenger under Edward B. Rankin, in the Western Union office of Bellefonte. He not cnly performed his duties faithfully and well but ap- plied himself to the study of teleg- raphy to such an extent that he be- came quite proficient as an operator. Shortly after the late D. H. Hastings was elected Governor in 1894, Mr. Rankin resigned his position here and Mr. Wilson was made manager of the Bellefonte office. During the twelve years he served in that capacity he gave the people of Bellefonte the best kind of service, and was always cour- teous and gentlemanly in his treat- ment of everybody. When a change was made in the management of the Altoora office Mr. Wilson was offered the position and went there nine years ago. He re- mained there until his illness com- pelled him to relinquish the work, to the deep regret of all those who had had any dealings with him. About twenty years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Saylor, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harland Saylor, of this place, who survives with four children, namely: Jeannette, DeSales, Dolores and Re- gis, all at home. He also leaves two brcthers and one sister, Lloyd, of Mt. Union; Wilbur B., of Johnstown, and Mrs. Edna Derstine, of Altoona. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Catholic church and of Council No. 551, Knights of Columbus, of Altoona. Funeral mass was held in St. John’s Catholic church, Altocna, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The remains were brought to Belle- fonte on the 1.12 train the same afternoon and taken direct to the Catholic cemetery for hurial. | i McCOY.—Following an illness since last March with a complication of diseases Alexander McCoy died at his home at Potters Mills on Satur- day evening. He was a son of John and Agnes McCormick McCey and was born at Old Fort on August 8rd, 1845, hence was within one day of being seventy- one years old. His parents were of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his grand-fath- er locating in Pennsvalley in the ear- ly part of the nineteenth century, where for many years he kept the Old Fort hotel. When Mr. McCoy was only 2 boy his parents moved to Pot- ters Mills where he received his edu- cation in the public schools. When he grew to manhood he engaged in farming and in 1896 purchased part of the homestead, acquiring all the property at the death of his father. Mr. McCoy was a progressive farmer, and was an enthusiastic advocate of the best kird of improved farm ma- chinery. He was one of the few far- mers in Centre ccunty who combined stock raising with tilling of the soil. In politics he was an uncompromis- ing Republican and never wavered in his support of his party. He was a liberal supporter of the Presbyterian church and a man whose hospitality was known far and wide. When twenty-five vears old he married Miss Mary E. Wilson, of Boalsburg, who died many years ago but surviving him are ihree children, namely: Agnes, wife of Rev. A. D. Potts, of Chambersburg; Samuel W., and John F., both of Philadelphia. He also leaves one brother and two sis- ters, John, of Norristown; Mrs. J. Witmer Wolf, of Ardmore, and Miss Emma, of Centre Hall. The funeral was held at 10.30 o’clock on Wednesday morning, burial being made in the Centre Hill ceme- tery. | | HOUTZ.—After suffering a num- ber of weeks with a complication of diseases Mrs. Rebecca Jane Houtz died at her home at Centre Furnace on Tuesday, aged 77 years and 14 days. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Garbrick and was born at Zion. She was twice married, her first husband being Jacob Brian. Two children survive by this union, Mrs. E. L. Graham, of Colorado, and H. I. Brian, of Spring” Mills. After Mr. Brian’s death she married Jacob Houtz, who died a year ago. Two children also survive by this union, Mrs. John Fisher and L. L. Houtz, of emont. She also leaves five brothers and two sisters, - namely: Jacob Garbrick, of Zion; William, of Bellwood; Amos, of Pittsburgh; Jos- eph and Adam T. of Bellefonte; Mrs. William Showers, of Mingoville, and Mrs. James Rote, of State Col- lege. Burial will be made in the Shi- loh cemetery this morning. . " ness Mrs. Sarah Rhodes, widow of Michael Rhodes, died at her home at Marengo, this county, at eleven o’clock last Friday morning, aged about sev- enty-seven years. She is survived by six children, namely: William and J. Clarence Rhodes and Mrs. Samuel Miller, all of Tyrone; Mrs. Mollie Mc- Ilvaine, of Marengo; Mrs. Lydia Sea- man, of Pittsburgh. The funeral was held from the Ross M. E. ten o’clock on Monday morning, burial being made in the Ross cemetery. Soldiers’ Reunion to be Held in Belle- fonte. The annual reunion of the surviv- ors of the Forty-fifth regiment, Penn- sylvania Bellefonte on Wednesday, September 27th. The headquarters of the veter- ans will be at the Brockerhoff house. The business meetings will be held in the rooms of Gregg Post on High street while a public meeting will be held in the court house in the even- ing. Prominent spezkers will present ot this meeting. The com- mittee of arrangements is preparing enter- | a splendid program for the tainment of the old soldiers and will also arrange for their comfort and |! convenience while here. In the after- | noon an automobile trip will be taken ' to the new College. While this reunion is primarily for the old soldiers their friends are also invited. As oné€ old soldier said the other day: “Bellefonte is almost the ‘geographical centre of the Keystone State, and the birthplace of the regi- ment. It was the home of the Cur- tins, Beaver, Gregg and three Gov- ernors, as well as several gallant gen- penitentiary and State erals, and that the survivors are just- ly proud of the part they took in the great Civil war. Sixty per cent. the soldiers in the regiment were from Bellefonte and the nearby coun- try, while forty per cent. came from Huntingdon, Tioga and Columbia counties, so that logically speaking Bellefonte is the most suitable place for holding the reunion.” The officers of the association are as follows: President, James H. Meyers; vice president, W. H. Fry; secretary, T. J. Davis; treasurer, W. A. Roberts. J. B. Ewing is chair- man of the executive committee and W. H. Fry chairman of the committee of arrangements. At the Opera House. A visit to the fiery crater of the Hawaiian volcano of Kilauea with “close-ups” of the boiling lava by day’ and by night is one of the new sensa- church at ; volunteers will be held in! be of : | State College Man Drowned : Penn’s Creek. { . While on an eel fishing expedition ‘to Penn’s creek, on Tuesday night, | Willard Norris, a resident of State ; College, got into deep water and | drowned before his companions were able to rescue him. Norris with C. B. | Struble, John Spangler and Jesse | Searson dreve to Penn’s creek, near Farmer's Mills, on Tuesday evening "to fish for eels. The story told by his companions is that they were all walking along the bank of the stream when Norris slipped and slid into the creek, landing in a hole five feet deep. He was the only member of the party who could swim and just for 2 mo- | ment no apprehension ‘was felt for his in ' safety, but his call for help startled his companions and Searson, who car- ried the only lantern in the crowd jumped into the stream with the lan- , tern in his hand. This was unfortu- nate because the lantern was sub- merged and extinguished, thus leav- ing the men without a light or any . adequate means of lecating their companion. : After floundering around in the : stream for several minutes Searson | finally made his way cut and two of the men went to a farm house and se- | cured lanterns, a rope, a rake and the assistance of other men. Returning ' to the creek they dragged the bed of the stream and recovered Norris’ body in about twenty minutes. The unfcrtunate young man was about twenty-two years old and a son ; of Arthur (deceased) and Jennie Nor- (ris. He had been a resident of State | College most of his life and during | the past two years had worked for C. B. Struble, the butcher. He was ' married to Miss Catherine Weller, of Port Matilda, who survives with one son, Ross. He also leaves his mother and the following brothers and ris- ters: Zelda, Myrtle, Mabel, Margaret, | Edward and Henry, ali of State Col- lege. _ | The funeral will be held at two | o’clock this (Friday) afternoon. Rev. lJ. McK. Reiley will officiate and bur- "ial be made in the Meyers cemetery. -e Killed by Lightning. _ | Arthur Yeager, of Curtin township, | was killed by lightning during Tues- {day afternoon’s terrific electric and | rain storm. Yeager worked in the | coal mines of the Centre Brick and | Clay company, at Orviston, and when the storm came up about four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon he in company (with Charles Boone, of Orviston, and Robert Mann, of Marsh Creek, two other employees, and Robert Confer, i Program for Next Week’s Grange | Encampment. Saturday of this week is the open- ing day of the 43rd Annual Grange Encampment and Fair at Grange park, Centre Hall, and promises not only to be equal but to excel in many ways all former similar gatherings. By the time this issue of the “Watch- man” reaches its readers, Grange park will be a tented city with a very active pepulation, and by Saturday practically all the tentholders will be comfortably located in their canvas homes for a full week of out-door liv- ing and social pleasure. Saturday—Opening Day. ‘ Staurday, the formal opening of the En- campment will take place. Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clocs, there will be a moving pie- ture entertainment in the Auditorium. These pictures will be much better than in former years, owing to the fact that the machines will be run by electricity. Sunday—Harvest Home Services on Park. On the opening Sunday, st 2:30 p. m., Rev. W. H. Traub, of the Lutheran church of State College, will deliver the Harvest Home Anniversaiy =ddress. Mr. Traub is an enter- taining and able speaker. will render excellent music. Mcnday—Placing of Exhibits. Monday, accepting and placing of exhibits. | 7:30 p. m.—Moving pictures in the auditor- | ium. : Tuesday—Governor’s Day. 1 p. m.—Governor’s and State Department of Agriculture day. Address in the suditor- ium by Gov. Brumbaugh, Hon. Chas. E. Pat- ton, Secretary of Agriculture; and others who will accompany the Governor on the farm in- spection tour. 7:30.—Picture show in the auditorium. Wednesday—Many Prominent Speakers. 1:30.—Addresses by Hon. Wm. T. Creasy, President of the Dairy Union; Hon. C. A. Carothers, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Congressman Clyde Kelly, President of the Voters League of Pernsylvania; and Miss An- na McCue, of the Woman’s Suffrage Associa- tion. 7:30 p. m.—Moving picture entertainment. Thursday—Grange Day. 1:30 p. m.—Addresses by Hon. L. J. Taber, Master of the Ohio State Grange; and Hon. : Carl Vroomar, Assistant Secretary of the ‘United States Department of Agriculture. 7:30 p. m.—Closing entertainment in the auditorium. Friday—Sales Day. Sales day and closing of camp. CONGRESSMAN KELLY TO SPEAK. Hon. Clyde Kelly, Congressman from Pittsburgh, will be one of the prominent speakers at the Grangers’ picnic next week. His address will be the main fea- | Miss Helen E. C. Overton, ture of Wednesday afternoon, the 13th. Congressman Kellly’s reputation for mak- ing a good speech is so well known that everybody within a hundred mile radius of the picnic at Centre Hall should avail themselves of this opportunity to hear him. As Congressman he was conceded ! to be one of the most brilliant speakers on the floor of the House of Representa- tives at Washington, even by his oppo- nents, being also one of the youngest men to occupy that position. A large local choir ! : Building Big Garage. | George A. Beezer has started work | on rebuilding his garage on north | Water street, or to be more exact, { building a new garage, because that jis what it will be when completed. | Knisely and Rhoads are now putting down the concrete foundation for the { new building which will extend out | toward the street a distance of about i six feet over the old ore. The build- ing will be 145x50 feet in size and two stories high. It will be raised up | about three feet, so that the lower floor is above the present grade of the . street, which will give ample drain- age. The building will be of buff fire | brick, roughed on thé exterior which will give it a velvet-like line appear- ance. Heavy structural iron girders will support the second floor and roof, so that the building throughout will be entirely fireproof. A large elevator will be used to convey cars from the On the first floor will be a completely equipped ! machine shop where any and all kinds of repairing can be done. A new six { hundred gallon gasoline tank will be | first to the second floor. installed to take the place of the two | hundred and fifty gallon tank now in use. | An idea of the size of the building | can be had from the fact that it will | require one hundred thousand brick to construct the walls, and when com- { pleted Mr. Beezer will have almost | fifteen thousand square feet of fioor ! space at his command, making it the | largest garage in central Pennsylva- | nia. James Wallace has the contract for the brick work and the carpenter { work will be done by Benjamin Brad- i ley. i Bellefonte Academy Opening. | The Bellefonte Academy will open its one hundred and eleventh session ‘on Monday, September 18th. Day | pupils need not report until 9a. m. | Tuesday, September 19th. The facul- ty will be as follows: { Rev. J. P. Hughes, A. M., Mathematics. ; James R. Hughes, A. M., Latin, Greek and | Oratory. | Arthur H. Sloop, | A. M., Physics and Chem- | istry. English Gram- | mar, Physical Geography and History. | Miss Isabelle S. Hill, Ph. B., English, Rhet- oric and Literature. | Geo. F. Reiter, Ph. B., Sc. M., Biology, ! Chemistry and Mathematics. Rev. William K. McKinney, Ph. D., Bible | History. | Mitchell Hartman, Book-keeping, Stenogra- phy and Typewriting. William Arnold Alexander, A. B., History, Latin and Civies. Guy G. Hopper, A. B., Higher Mathematics. Jacob C. Hess, A. M., French, German and Spanish. Charles S. Hughes, A. B., Mathematics. tions promised in film reproduction by ’ of ‘Howard, Who was at the mines at the Lyman H. Howe Travel Festival | the time, took shelter from the storm i = coming to Garman’s Monday evening, | In the mon of Tie i September 11th. Heretofore the ven- light ne are " ore a bolt of turing photographers have been held | '80tRINg struck a nearby tree, jump. to definite limits in making pictures | ed from there to one of the steel rails of a volcano. But it has remained for running into the mine, and on which an American to brave the dangers of Yeager happened to be standing at placing his camera “over the edge” | the time, killing him instantly. Con- of the biggest “boiling pot” in the fer had one shoe torn from his foot CHILDREN MUST NOT ATTEND. The local representative of the State Board of Health requests the “Watch- | Stevens College, New York; Mr. Hop- man” to announce that all children un. Per of Williams College, Massachu- der sixteen years of age will not be per- | oe. and Mr. Hess, of Franklin and mitted to attend the Grangers’ picnic arshall and The Penna State Col- and encampment at Centre Hall next! lege. The latter has also taken work week. This is in line with the Board's |2t the Columbia University, N. Y. action in connection with all such gath- | These new men have had successful “Tr. Alexander is a graduate of St. world. Don’t fail to see it. Among the notable scenes of Wm. H. Kibble’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” which is to be at Garman’s Thursday evening, September 14th, is the St. Claire home, showing the tropical garden with ‘its fragrant magnolia and orange trees, among which nes- tles the typical Southern plantation residence, the home of Little Eva; Legree’s cotton plantation on the Red River with the cotton in full bloom; the rocky pass in Southern Ohio, and the ice choking Ohio River by moon- light. The transformation entitled “The Celestial City” is said to be the most magnificent tableau ever con- ceived. Wm. H. Kibble not only claims that the scenic effects are su- perior to any ever attempted but as- sures prospective patrons that the company is composed of the most capable talent obtainable. Prices, 25, 35 and 50 cents. ——Dr. Thomas C. VanTries re- turned home on Tuesday feeling het- ter in every way than he has for many weeks. The doctor left Belle- fonte on or about July 24th and went to Washington, Pa., where he spent four weeks in the Hill’s View sani- tarium, conducted by Dr. Mary L. Hull and her husband. This sani- tarium was built recently and is a concrete building three stories high and does not have any stairs or ele- vator in it. The ascent from one floor to another is made on an incline. After leaving Washington the doctor went to Pittsburgh and engaged pas- sage on a boat for Charleston, W. Va. The boat left Pittsburgh on Tuesday, August 22nd and Wednes- day afternoon got stuck on a sand bar in the Ohio river. They were stuck for sixteen hours and the doctor helped to pass the time by delivering his lecture, “Matters Matrimonial,” to the fifty or more passengers. They finally got off the bar Thursday noon and after sailing down the river a number of more miles were grounded again, and the captain told them that there the boat would stay until higher water. All the Passengers were kept on the boat over night and in the morning their railroad fare paid to their destination. The doctor likes that section of the State very much and may. make another visit there in the near future; - and the foot burned to a certain ex- | tent, while the other two men sus- | tained only slight shocks. Yeager, who was killed, was a son {of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yeager, of Curtin township, where he was born on June 26th, 1881, making his age 35 years, 2 months and 9 days. He was an industrious young man and had been employed ‘at Orviston a number of years. Twelve years ago on Sunday he was married to Miss Bertha Wensel, a daughter of D. P. ‘Wensel, of Curtin township, who sur- vives with three children, James, Alice and Harry, all at home. He also leaves his parents and the follow- ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Harry Council, of Beech Creek; Ward, of Orviston; Elmer, Lulu, Nellie, Leon- ard, Harold, Collins and Lloyd, at home. Funeral services werd held at his late home at Summit Hill at one o'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. Russell Gardner, after which burial was made in the Summit Hill ceme- tery. : ——Invitations have been issued by Mrs. S. H. Bennison fot the marriage of her daughter Helen and Mr. Byron Martin, of Mansfield, Ohio. The wedding to take place at Miss Benni- son’s home at Howard, Tuesday, Sep- tember nineteenth, at eleven o'clock. Only the relatives and close friends of Miss Bennison and Mr. Martin have been invited for the ceremony. Lost—Between the postoffice and the First National bank, a small brown leather coin purse, containing several dollars. Finder will please bring it to this office. ——Joseph Bertram, of Altoona, is now firing on the Bellefonte yard engine in place of Fred Hollobaugh, who is off duty recovering from an injury. ——The ladies of the U. B. church will hold one of their noted bake sales in the basement of the church on Saturday next, afternoon and evening. ——The Epworth League of the Weaver M. E. church will hold a fes- tival at the cross roads near Jackson- ville, September 16th. \ erings since infantile paralysis has be- €Xperiences in teaching. The field men report that prospects for a large attendance are very bright 61-35-2t come epidemic throughout the State. i Field Day Indefinitely Postponed. M. Hiller, secretary of the Centre | county Y. W. C. A. announces that in order to help check the spread of in- | fantile paralysis the county Field Day, which was to have been held at Grange park, Centre Hall, tomorrow, September 9th, has been indifinitely postponed. i SHUEY—KERN.—A pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Milton Kern, at noon on Monday, when Mr. Kern’s sister, Miss Elizabeth Kern, of Lemont, was united in marriage to George G. Shuey, of the same place. Members of the immediate families were present to witness the ceremony which was performed by Rev. W. M. B. Gland- ing, of the Lutheran church, the beauti- ful ring service being used. Following the wedding a delicious wedding break- fast was served the bridal party, after which Mr. and Mrs. Shuey left on a wed- ding trip to Cincinnati. Ohio. Upon their return they will reside at Lemont. ROWLAND—HEILMAN.—Edward Row- land, son of Congressman and Mrs. Charles H. Rowland, of Philipsburg, and Miss Ruth Heilman, of Madera, were married in the Episcopal church at Os- ceola Mills, on Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. Carroll N. Smith. They will reside at Houtzdale. BURGHDUFF—FISHER.—Ernest Carroll Burghduff, of Altoona, and Miss Elizabeth Fisher, of Bellefonte, were married at the Zion Lutheran parsonage in Altoona, on August 28th, by the pastor, Rev. Julius F. Seebach. They will reside in Altoona. BoAL—ApAMS.—On Thursday of last week Earl E. Boal, of State College, and Miss Nellie E. Adams, of Tyrone, were united in marriage at the Lutheran par- sonage on east Linn street by the pastor, Rev. W. M. B. Glanding. Annual Meeting of Bellefonte W. C. T. U. The annual meeting for the election of officers of the Woman's Christian Notice to Merchants. Out of town parents of boys attending the Bellefonte Academy wish to an- nounce that they will not be responsible for bills incurred by their sons at Belle- fonte stores, unless the merchants re- ceive letters of authority from the par- ents themselves. The reason is obvi- ous. The plan will be a protection both to parents and merchants. 35-2t Bellefonte Public Schools. Bellefonte, Pa., September 5, 1916. To the Teachers of the Public Schools: This is to inform you, officially, of the supplementary order issued by the State Commissioner of Health, authorizing all schools of the Commonwealth to be closed to pupils under sixteen years of age until September 29th. In accordance with this ruling I am di- rected by the Board to inform you that the public schools of Bellefonte will open October 2in all departments and will continue without vacations until June 15, 1917, save for a week during the an- nual county institute, and from Decem- ber 25-29th, inclusive. Such a term will not be quite nine months in extent, but you will be paid for nine months’ service as provided by Section 1206, School Laws of Pennsylvania, which defines the relations between school boards and teachers during the closing of schools on account of contagious diseases. You will receive your checks regularly as though the session opened September 4th, with the exception that the last payment will be withheld until the schools close in June. In the meantime you will be ex- pected to report at any time in case we should issue a call. However, unless you hear further, we shall not ask you to re- port before September 26. All of the above is subject to revision if the State Commissioner of Health sees fit to designate further changes. Very truly yours, MRgs. M. E. BROUSE, Secretary. Temperance Union of Bellefonte will be heldin the W. C. T. U. room, Petrikin hall, next Thursday afternoon, Septem- ber 14th, at 3 o'clock. All members are especially urged to attend. ——For high class Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. ——One of the most terrific rain storms that has passed over Bellefonte this summer occurred on Tuesday after- noon, when the rain fell in torrents | While the storm was general in this and ‘ adjoining counties more rain fell in Belllefonte and immediate vicinity than anywhere else.
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