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Bellefonte, Pa., May 25, 1917.
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SEAR.
Took Her Own Life.
Residents of Pine Grove Mills were
considerably shocked on Saturday
morning when the fact became known
that Mrs. Ida Bowersox Long had
committed suicide by hanging herself
to the bedpost with a trunk strap. She
had not been in good health for some
time and spent the last three years in
New York State. Early in the win-
ter she had a severe attack of the
grip from which she never fully re-
covered. In February she returned to
Centre county and since then had
spent the time among her numerous
relatives, and of late had been with
her parents. She retired on Friday
evening feeling no worse than usual.
Some time toward Saturday morning |-
she was heard moving about her room
but the family thought nothing of it.
When she failed to respond to a call
for breakfast her mother went to her
room and found her body already
cold in death. The shock of the dis-
covery was a severe blow to her par-
ents, who are both past eighty years
of age. Melancholy caused by poor
health was undoubtedly the cause for
her committing the deed.
The unfortunate woman was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Bowersox and was born at Millheim
on March 10th, 1865, hence at her
death was 52 years, 2 months and 9
days old. Practically all of her life
was spent in Centre county. When a
girl she became a member of the
Methodist church but later was trans-
ferred to the Lutheran church. In ad-
dition to her aged parents she is sur-
vived by the following brothers and
sisters: Harry and Oscar Bowersox
and Mrs. J. B. Rockey, of State Col-
lege; Mrs. Thomas D. Gray, of Wat-
sontown; Elmer, of Fort Worth, Tex-
as; Dr. Frank Bowersox, of Millheim;
Mrs. G. S. Harper, of White Hall; Ed-
ward, of Altoona; A. L., of Pine Grove
Mills; John, of Baileyville, and Mrs.
Charles W. Weaver, of Millmont.
Funeral services were held at the
Bowersox home at ten o'clock on
Tuesday morning by Rev. L. N. Fleck,
assisted by Rev. S. C. Stover, after
which burial was made in the Meek’s
cemetery.
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Crushed to Death Under Ford Truck.
Sergt. Albert J. Mattern, a former
member of Sheridan Troop, of Tyrone,
was crushed to death under a Ford
truck about four miles from Black
Lick, Indiana county, on Sunday
night. During the past eighteen
months Mattern had conducted a gen-
eral mercantile store and meat mar-
ket at Black Lick. On Sunday he
drove to Spruce Creek to see his wife,
who has been at her old home since
the death of her father. Accompanied
by his brother Milton he left Spruce
Creek at six o'clock in the evening.
When within four miles of his home
Mr. Mattern lost control of the wheel
for an instant and the machine plung-.
ed over an embankment crushing him
beneath it. His skull was fractured
and he lived until 8:40 Monday morn-
ing.
The unfortunate young man was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mattern
and was born at the Seven Stars,
Huntingdon county, twenty-five years
ago. His parents are well known
through the western section of Centre
county. Two years ago he married
Miss May Miller, of Spruce Creek, and
she survives with one daughter, Char-
lotte. He also leaves his aged parents
residing at the Seven Stars and these
brothers and sisters: Frank, of Al-
toona; Milton, of Spruce Creek; Sam-
uel, of Seven Stars; George, of Bell-
wood; Mrs. Charlotte Bailey, of Tren-
ton, N. J.; Mrs. Hattie Bush, of Al-
toona, and Mrs. Jane Waite, of Seven
Stars. The remains were buried at
the Seven Stars yesterday morning.
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Burns Prove Fatal to Former Centre
Countian.
Edward N. Neyhart, a native of
Milesburg but for a number of years
employed as a brakeman by the Cam-
bria Steel company, died at the Cam-
bria hospital at three o’clock last
Thursday morning of burns received
on Sunday evening when he was
struck by a falling piece of hot coke
at the Franklin coke plant. He was
badly burned about the lower part of
the body.
Deceased was born at Milesburg,
this county, on March 27th, 1874, be-
ing a son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Ney-
hart. His early life was spent at
Milesburg but when he grew to man-
hood he went to Johnstown and has
lived in that vicinity ever since. Of
late he made his home at Oakhurst
and was well and favorably known
there. He was a constable in Cam-
bria county, a member of the P. O. S.
of A. and the Maccabees.
He is survived by his wife, who be-
fore her marriage was Miss Cora Sin-
gleton, of Oil City, and two children,
Esther and Edward. He also leaves
his aged parents who by his death,
were left childless, as he was the last
of a family of five children. Rev. J.
0. C. McCracken had charge of the
funeral services which were held at
two o’clock last Saturday afternoon,
burial being made in the Grandview
cemetery, Johnstown.
—e APA ess.
——Ladies’ Russia Calf Oxfords
regular price $7.00 now $4.40,—Yea-
ger’s, 62.21
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WIGTON.—A beautiful life
to an end when Mrs. Mary Bailey
Wigton, wife of Theodore H. Wigton,
died at her home at 1108 south Forty-
sixth street, Philadelphia, on Sunday
morning, May 13th. She had been an
invalid the past six years, at times
suffering intensely, but she bore her
affliction with christian fortitude and
with a calm confidence passed to her
reward.
Mrs. Wigton was a daughter of
William and Nancy Gardner Bailey
and was born at Baileyville, this coun-
ty, being the youngest of a family of
eight children, all of whom preceded
her to the grave except one, Mrs.
Nannie B. Morrison, of Portland, Or-
egon. When but a girl she united
with the Graysville Presbyterian
church, under the pastorate of Rev.
Oscar A. Hills, D. D., and throughout
all her life was an active leader in all
kinds of church work. She was a
woman of high character and pleas-
ing personality, and had a wide circle
of friends who not only mourn her
death but who will cherish her mem-
ory with love and honor for years to
come, consoling themselves, however,
with the knowledge that “she rests
from her labors but her works do fol-
low her.”
On January 15th, 1868, she was
united in marriage to Theodore H.
Wigton at the home of her sister, Mrs.
George W. McWilliams, in Philadel-
phia, by Rev. Thomas M. Cunningham
D. D., who survives with four chil-
dren, namely: Samuel H. Wigton, of
Philipsburg; William B., Richard C.
and Miss Mary B,, all of Philadelphia.
Burial was made in Philadelphia on
Thursday of last week.
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WOLFENDEN.—Mrs. Eliza Wolf-
enden, widow of the late Jomes Wolf-
enden, died at her home at Lamar at
11:30 o'clock last Thursday morning
following an illness of several months,
the result of a general breakdown in
health. Her maiden name was Eliza
Martin and she was born in England,
eighty years ago on April 2nd. She
came to this country when a girl and
for many years was a resident of
Lock Haven. Twenty years or more
ago Mr. Wolfenden built a beautiful
home at Lamar and there they both
rounded out the eventide of their lives.
Mrs. Wolfenden was a member of
the Methodist church and a woman of
beautiful christian character. Of a
somewhat retiring disposition she
was a devoted wife and mother and a
kind and open-hearted neighbor. She
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
W,. A. Locke, at home, and Mrs. A. H.
Kaufman, of Lock Haven. She also
leaves one brother, H. W. Martin, of
New Haven, Conn. Funeral services
were held at her late home at ten
o'clock on Monday morning after
which the remains were conveyed to
Lock Haven for interment in the
Highland cemetery.
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KREAMER.—Following a long bat-
tle feirlife against that dread disease,
tabeteulokis, “John W. Kreamer died
at his home on east Lamb street at
3:30 o'clock last Thursday afternoon.
During his illness he spent almost a
year in the southwest and later was at
Mont Alto, but all with no avail.
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. R. Kreamer and was born at
Aaronsburg thirty-three years ago.
He was a pattern maker by occupa-
tien and before he became ill worked
at the Bellefonte foundry and later at
Trafford City. On September 18th,
1904, he was united .in marriage to
Miss Ida Sharp, who survives with
four children, Helen, Ruth, Jack and
Eleanor, all at home. He also leaves
his father, living at Warren, Ohio,
and two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Hammell,
of Warren, Ohio, and Mrs. Walter
Roop, of Aaronsburg.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at two o’clock on Sunday
afternoon by Dr. E. H. Yocum, after
which burial was made in the Union
cemetery under the auspices of the
Bellefonte Lodge of Odd Fellows, he
being a member of the Trafford City
Lodge.
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LINN.—Mrs.: Barbara Linn, widow
of the late Henry Linn, died at her
home near Beech Creek on Wednesday
of last week following an illness of
several years with a fatal malady.
She was in her sixtieth year and had
been a member of the Methodist
church all her life. Surviving her are
the following children: Mrs. Lewis
E. Mapes, of Clinton county; Mrs.
Morton C. DeHass, of Beech Creek;
George Linn, of Lock Haven, and Miss
Elizabeth, at home. She also leaves
one sister and three brothers, namely:
Mrs. Isabelle Bowes, of J ersey Shore;
James Whamond, of Dagus Mines;
George W., of Helvetia, and David,
living near Beech Creek. Funeral
services were held at her late home at
two o'clock Saturday afternoon by
Rev. Charles W. Rishel, after which
burial was made in the Clark ceme-
tery.
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KUSTABORDER. — Miss Adaline
Kustaborder died at her home in Bell-
wood on Sunday morning following an
illness of four years as the result of
a stroke of paralysis. She was a
daughter of John and Amelia Kusta-
border and was born in Ferguson
township, this county, on September
17th, 1861, hence was in her fifty-
sixth year. She is survived by five
brothers and four sisters, as follows:
William A., Jonas E., G. C., Wesley
C., Mrs. George Decker, of Bellwood;
Mrs. F. P. Miller, of Youngstown,
Ohio; Harry, of Pitcairn; Miss Emma
and Mrs, Elizabeth Vaughn, at home.
Rev. Charles Embrey had charge of
the funeral which was held at two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, burial
being made in the Logan Valley cem-
etery. a :
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STUART.—Harry Scott Stuart, the
well known merchant of Sandy Ridge,
died rather unexpectedly on Monday
evening from a complication of dis-
eases. He had been in bad health for
some weeks but his condition was not
considered serious up until a short
time before his death.
Deceased was a son of David and
Martha Stuart and was born at Lin-
den Hall on July 21st, 1852, making
his age 64 years and 10 months.
When a boy his parents moved to
Boalsburg and it was there his early
life was spent and he received his cd-
ucation. In 1882 he went to Philips-
burg and engaged in the undertaking
business but several years later he
was compelled to sell out on account
of poor health. He then returned to
Boalsburg and spent a number of!
years at his old home there. In 1897
he located at Sandy Ridge where he
{engaged in the mercantile business
which he conducted up until the time |
of his death. He was appointed post-
master at Sandy Ridge by President
McKinley and served for sixteen
years. He was an active member of
the Presbyterian church for many
yars. In politics he was a Republi-
can and in the campaign of 1915 he
ran for County Commissioner but was
beaten at the primaries. :
Funeral services were held at his
late home at Sandy Ridge at six
o’clock on Wednesday evening by Rev.
S. T. Lewis, of Osceola Mills and yes-
terday morning the remains were tak-
en to Lemont where funeral services
were held in the Presbyterian church
after which burial was made in the
cemetery at that place.
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EVANS.—James Wells Evans, a
well known resident of Gregg town-
ship, died at his home near Spring
Mills at four o'clock Monday after-
noon, following an illness of eighteen
months with a complication of diseas-
es.
He was a son of James G. and Re-
becca Kryder Evans and was born in
Georges valley on March 4th 1843,
hence at his death was 74 years, 2
months and 17 days old. He followed
farming all his life and was an enter-
prising and progressive citizen in
every way. His wife, who before her
marriage was Miss Sarah M. Hess,
died in 1900 but surviving him are’
three children, Irene, Catharine and
James, all at home. He also leaves
two brothers, Rev. L. H. Evans, of
Pottstown, and Rev. J. M. Evans, in
Butler county.
Mr. Evans was a life-long member
of the Salem Reformed church at
Penn Hall and for many years an el-
der in the same. The funeral will be
held from his late home at 9:30
o’clock this morning. Rev. W. D. Do-
nat will officiate and burial will be
made in the Salem Reformed ceme-
tery.
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FOWLER.—William T. Fowler, for
many years a well known resident of
Blanchard, died at his home in that
place last Friday afternoon following
an illness of about a week with pleu-
risy and other complications. He was
born in Philadelphia seventy-four
years ago. He served during the Civil
war ard shortly after it ended came
to Centre county and located at
Blanchard, engaging in the lumbering
business. He followed lumbering for
many years but for the past few years
had lived a retired life. Surviving
him are his wife and three children,
namely: John, of Pittsburgh; Mrs.
Ruth Strunk, of Howard, and James,
of Blanchard. Funeral services were
held at his late home on Sunday af-
ternoon, after which burial was made
in the Baptist cemetery at Blanchard.
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GINGRICH.—Sarah Gingrich, the
eleven year old daughter of Mrs. El-
la Gingrich, of Boalsburg, died on
Monday morning following an illness
of several months with a complication’
of ailments. Her father died only a
few weeks ago but she is survived by
her mother, four sisters and one
brother, namely:
services were conducted at the Ging-
rich home at ten o’clock yesterday
morning by Rev. S. C. Stover, after
which burial was made in the Union
cemetery at Boalsburg.
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McARDLE.—Word has been received
in Bellefonte of the death in Boston,
Mass., of John McArdle, who died on
May 13th and was buried on the 16th.
He was forty-five years old and his
death is of interest here because his
wife prior to her marriage was Miss
Anna Bartley, a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. David Bartley, of this
place. Catarrh of the stomach was
the cause of his death.
Send In Your Contribution.
Harry C. Valentine, treasurer of the
fund for the purchase of the auto
truck for Troop L, soon to be called
to the service, reports some additions
to the funds since our last issue.
A full list of the subscribers to this
fund will be published in next week’s
paper, and it is to be hoped that a
general response from all sections of
the county will be received. It is
hoped that everybody—men, women
and children will feel a personal in-
terest in this laudable fund and will
contribute promptly to the amount of
their ability. As Troop L is a county
unit everybody in the whole county
should centribute something.
Receipts for such remittances will
be promptly acknowledged by Mr.
Harry C. Valentine.
——DMemorial day speaking at
State College will be from a platform
to be erected on the school house
grounds. The College band, old vet-
erans, civic organizations and school
children will participate in the exer-
cises. . i ;
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Mildred, Margaret,
Catharine, Marie and Harry. Funeral
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‘Miscellaneous Business Transacted
4 by Council.
Just seven members were present
at the regular meeting of the borough
council on Monday ' evening, the ab-
sentees being W. A. Lyon and W. R.
| Burgess Blanchard was present and
i once more urged council to do some-
i thing definite regarding the installa-
. tion of a fire alarm. He also inform-
'ed council that the newspapers were
j criticising the burgess and police for
| dereliction in enforcing the traffic or-
! dinance and in order to do so it is al-
i most imperative that some kind of a
‘mond. He further stated that M. R.
| Johnson has prepared a design which
{ would be very appropriate.
Regarding the fire alarm president
| Walker stated that the sirene recent-
ly ‘received thas not been given the
proper kind. of a test as requested by
Mr. Stiles, and until that is done,
council cannot reject it. After the
matter was threshed out pretty thor-
| oughly the president instructed the
‘Fire and Police committee to erect
|a temporary support on some high
; point and then give the alarm a prop-
ler test. ;
| Mrs. R. S. Brouse was present and
| complained about the bad condition of
| St. Paul street, it being almost im-
| possible to get up and around there
+ with a car. The matter was referred
i to the Street committee with power to
i act.
| Col. Emanuel Noll was present in
i the interest of Gregg Post and asked
i for an appropriation to help pay the
| Memoriai day expenses. He asked
' for $30.00 this year, owing to the in-
| crease in the price of flags and the
| amount was granted.
Chairman Harris, of the Street
‘committee had nothing to report.
Mr. Seibert, of the Water commit-
tee, reported that the pump at the
Phoenix pumping station stopped run-
i ning on Sunday and when he examin-
ed it he found that all that was re-
quired was a tightning of the belt.
He further stated that on two occa-
sions during the past week the State-
Centre Electric company had the res-
ervoir full of water and running over
for some time, something which
ought not to occur, as it endangers
the wall of the reservoir and increas-
ed the cost of pumping.
The Fire and Police committee pre-
sented the burgess’ check for $12.50
for fines and licenses collected, and re-
ported a fire out near the old Nittany
furnace on the 15th, to which one fire
company responded.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of a note for $2,000 for
six months from May 22nd, which was
authorized.
Mr. Harris, of the Street commit-
tee, recommended an increase in the
pay of street employees to 22% and
19 cents an hour respectively, effec-
tive May 7th, and council so voted.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported that they were not. ready to
‘recommend an increase-in the salary
of policeman Yerger, as requested at
last meeting.
On motion of Dr. Brockerhoff coun-
cil voted to dispense with a watchman
at the reservoir for the present.
Mr. Seibert called the attention of
council to the fact that some of the
plumbers of Bellefonte are wilfully
disregarding the ordinance which
makes it mandatory upon them to
make a report of any and all increas-
ed water facilities installed in any
house in the town, and declared that
something ought to be done about it.
Borough solicitor J. Thomas Mitchell
stated that the ordinance covering the
matter provides a penalty of $25 for
each and every instance where a
plumber fails to report such an instal-
lation, and if Mr. Seibert or any mem-
ber of the council will present such a
case to him, backed up by the proper
evidence, he will immediately proceed
to bring action against the plumber
for the recovery of the penalty. So
that from now on all such cases will
be dealt with according to the law
and the ordinance.
On recommendation of the Water
committee council fixed this (Friday)
evening, at 7 o'clock, as the time for
hearing appeals on water taxes, same
to be held in the council chamber.
The Pruner property ordinance was
taken up but was continued until next
meeting night in order to have all
members of council present to place
themselves on record either for or
against the sale of the property.
M. R..Johnson appeared at this op-
portune time and displayed to coun-
cil the drawings he had made for a
proposed marker in the Diamond. The
plans called for granite similar to that
in the soldiers’ monument. The price
for a marker 21x23} feet in size and
4 feet high would be $175.00, and for
(one 3x3 feet and 4 feet high $200.00,
| which does not include the cost of wir-
ing, etc. President Walker stated
that the borough solicitor advised
against the erection of anything per-
manent in the Diamond, owing to the
danger of accident and the liability of
the borough for damages. Mr. Walk-
er further stated that during the past
two weeks he had visited a number of
towns through the central part of the
State and the most of the markers he
saw were temporary structures which,
if run against, would simply be knock-
ed over without doing any injury, and
when stood erect would be in service
again:
The Special committee was in-
structed to hold a meeting with the
State-Centre Electric company offi-
cials and make some kind of a settle-
ment of the various questions now at
issue between them and the borough.
Bills to the amount of $405.96 were
approved and council adjourned.
——Ladies’ $6.00 white kid pumps
now $4.40 at—Yeager’s 62-21
——86.00' and $7.00 low shoes on
sale at §$4.40.—Yeager’s. 62-21
——On Monday a change was made
in the wholesale grocery firm of the
Lauderbach-Barber Co., the Barber
interests retiring and Mr. Zerby, of
Philipsburg, going in as a member,
the firm name being changed to the
Lauderbach-Zerby Co.
Ladies’ $6.00 champagne kid
oxfords now $4.40 at—Yeager’s. 62-21
W. S. Johns, of Tyrone, official-
ly known as supervisor No. 21, in
gle Valley railroad and the Lewisburg
& Tyrone branch from Tyrone to Be-
nore, has been transferred to the
Southwest Penn branch with head-
| quarters at Uniontown. He will be
| succeeded at Tyrome by R. P. Koons,
{of Osceola Mills. The transfer be-
{ came effective May 25th.
! Ladies’ $6.00 Gray kid Colonials
62-21
now $4.40 at—Yeager’s.
{ ——Tony Gerardi, an Italian em-
i ployed in the Kelley Coal company
| mine at Cato, was fatally injured by a
| fall of rock on Tuesday fcrenoon, dy-
ling in the Lock Haven hospital at six
| o'clock the same evening. He was
| thirty-one years old and is survived
i by his wife and two small children,
one brother in Pittsburgh and three
brothers and. four sisters in Italy.
Burial will be made at Cato this
morning.
——Miss Edith Hancock Gibbs, eld-
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
J. Gibbs, of Tyrone, was married on
Tuesday afternoon to Joseph Adams
Dickson, second lieutenant of Troop
B, of Tyrone. Mrs. Dickson has fre-
quently vi.:'ted in Bellefonte and her
friends here extend congratulations.
Owing to Lieut. Dickson expecting to
be called to the front shortly no defi-
nite plans have been arranged for the
future by the young couple.
——W. E. Tyson and Harry Al-
bright, two representative citizens of
Tyrone, spent last Thursday on Fish-
ing creek trying their luck for trout
and it must certainly have been their
very luckiest day, because on their
way home they displayed to Belle-
fonte friends just two full baskets and
a third one half full of as fine trout
as any fisherman would want to see.
The biggest one was over fifteen inch-
es in length and most of them eight
to twelve inches long.
——The Bellefonte Academy min-
strels will be the big attraction’ in
Bellefonte this evening. They will
hold the stage at Garman’s opera
house from 8:30 o’clock to the finish,
and the latter part will be the best of
the show. Don’t fail to see them, and
be sure to watch for the big street pa-
rade at five o’clock this evening. The
State College band of twenty-five
pieces will lead the parade. School
tickets for the gallery can be purchas-
ed for 25 cents, and pevfect order is
guaranteed. :
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——Dr. Guy C. Given, whose article
on “Balanced Rations” was in last
week’s “Watchman,” has been grant-
ed indefinite leave by The Pennsylva-
nia State College and will go, next
week, to Tamaqua, Pa., to engage in
research work in connection with the
production of explosives for the Atlas
Powder company. Inclusive of the
time spent in study in Germany, Dr.
Given has been a member of the Ex-
periment Station force for ten years
many friends. They have given up
their apartment in State College to
take one in Tamaqua.
. ——Red tag reduction sale on all
colored hats at Miss Marvin’s, Thurs-
day, Friday, Saturday. 21-1t
—— GP men
——Thomas Hanley and Fred Bry-
an met with an automobile accident
while on their way home from Fishing
creek about 9:30 o’clock on Saturday
night. They were in the former's
Grant car and in coming around a
curve near Truckenmiller’s new farm
the front axle bent causing the right
front wheel to drop flat to the ground.
The result was the car was ditched at
the side of the road and turned over
on its side. Both young men were
thrown about fifteen feet but aside
from a bad shaking up were unhurt.
Chester Barnes and John VanPelt
were a short distance ahead of them
and hearing the crash went back to
see what haa happened. When they
found Bryan and Hanley all right
they towed the car to the side of the
road and brought the men home.
Wrecked on the Lewisburg.
Assistant supervisor Betz, of the
Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad, was in
Bellefonte Tuesday to see how the
work was getting along on the build-
ing of the foundations for the new
iron bridge south of the passenger
station. He came here in his own mo-
tor railroad car and started on the re-
turn trip some time about the noon
hour. He was speeding up at a pretty
lively clip and when in the vicinity of
the Axe Mann station one of the axles
on his car broke and the machine lit-
erally broke itself to pieces. Of
course Mr. Betz was thrown along the
track with considerable force but
aside from a number of superficial
cuts and bruises he suffered no seri-
ous injury. The worst casualty of
the accident happened to his clothes,
his trousers being so badly ripped and
torn that he had to hold them togeth-
er while he went to a farm house for
a needle and thread to sew them up
and down and crosswise, otherwise
he might have been compelled to go
home wearing a barrel. Mr. Betz
went home on the afternoon train and
the section gang gathered up the
pieces of his motor car.
i | charge of the tracks on the Bald Ea- |
' traffic marker be erected in the Dia-
and both he and Mrs. Given have made’
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Constables at the Country Club.
A few over half the constables in
Centre county accepted Judge Henry
C. Quigley’s invitation to spend Mon-
day evening at the Nittany Country
club. Accompanied by the Judge,
sheriff George H. Yarnell and just a
few others they went to the club in
automobiles, arriving there about 5:30
o'clock. Of course they had supper
and after that the crowd had an in-
formal meeting in which various
questions regarding the duties of a
constable were discussed.
Among them was the duty that
will devolve upon these officers of
the. law on the conscriptive registra-
tion day, and Judge Quigley explain-
ed it to them in a very lucid manner.
Another thing brought up by the con-
stables was their obligation to kill all
unlicensed dogs. One of the officers
stated that last year he received a list
of dogs to be killed from the county
commissioners and he was compelled
to drive ten miles to get a certain dog,
and when he got there he found the
mangy cur tagged with a tag gotten
from the county treasurer after the
list had been returned by the asses-
sor. Had he found the dog untagged
and killed it he would have gotten on-
ly one dollar, but as it was he had his
ten miles drive and the time spent all
for nothing, and naturally it is inci-
dents of this kind which serve to make
the constables seem just a little dere-
lict in their duties.
However, the evening spent togeth-
er not only proved a pleasant one so-
cially but will undoubtedly prove a
benefit to all.
Memorial Day Parade.
Gregg Post No. 95, G. A. R.
Bellefonte, Pa., May 22, 1917.
The following alignment for Me-
morial day parade next Wednesday
has been: decided upon: . =. :
Our Boys band of Milesburg, Troop
L, fire companies, P.O. S. of A,
Spanish war veterans, and veterans
of the Civil war.
School children will meet at High
school building, under the direction of
commander Thomas Donachy and
Mrs. Thomas Morgan, and will join
the parade at corner of Howard and
Allegheny streets.
Returning from the cemetery to the
court house the line of march will be
reversed.
At the close of the services G. A. R.
veterans will be tendered the annual
reception by the B. P. O. E. Lodge No.
1094, at their home on High street.
EMANUEL NOLL, AMOS GARBRICK,
Adjutant. Commander.
Proclamation!
In pursuance of the proclamation of
Governor Brumbaugh, I hereby re-
quest that on. Memorial day, May
30th, 1917, all bells be tolled from
twelve noon until 12:05, that flags be
placed at half mast and all people
stand with heads bared and in solemn
silence during this period.
EDMUND BLANCHARD,
Burgess.
Centre County Y. W. C. A. Notes.
Through the generosity of Mrs. W.
C. Snyder the Snow Shoe branch of
the Y. W. C. A. will soon be in posses-
sion of the entire list of books recom-
mended for the girls’ reading course.
Mrs. Snyder is the county board rep-
resentative in Snow Shoe and she has
ordered the entire list of books and
hopes to have them in the near future
for the use of all club members. Snow
Shoe has sent in $52.00 toward the
support of the county work this year.
In the neighborhood of one hun-
dred and thirty babies were on exhi-
bition at the baby show held at State
College last week.
The girls of Bellefonte are planning
the organization of a class in “first
aid,” in view of the present demand
for such training in the line of pre-
paredness. 2
Y. W. C. A. members are urged to
plan now to attend the summer con-
ference at Eagle’s Mere June 26th to
July 6th inclusive. This conference
will offer the best kind of an opportu-
nity to spend a summer vacation to-
gether with a chance to hear some
very able speakers.
Farmers’ Institutes.
The county board of farmers’ insti-
tute managers will meet at the Coun-
ty Commissioners’ office on the second
Tuesday of June, the 12th inst., to
arrange for the place where institutes
are to be held this season. All of our
people who desire institutes, ought to
attend this meeting and present their
claims. This board is composed of
the local member of the State Board
of Agriculture, and one representa-
tive from each county agricultural
society, the Pomona Grange, County
Alliance, and other kindred organiza-
tions. If you find that you cannot at-
tend this meeting, address a letter
with your request to the chairman of
board of institute managers, care of
County Commissioners.
Twenty Years Ago This Week.
A man who gave the name of
George McCormick was arrested in
Williamsport for robbing Charles Mec-
Clellan’s tailor shop. When caught
he was wearing John M. Dale’s trous-
ers and J. L. Montgomery’s coat and
vest.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to burn the armory of Company B.
Among the deaths were David Lohr,
of Benner township; Michael Gorman,
of Howard, and Andrew C. Howley, of
Bellefonte.
District engineer W. D. Meyer
will put a forze of men to work next
Monday resurfacing th state road be-
tween Bellefonte and Lock Haven
with a preparation of tar. The work
will be started at the Lock Haven end.
A similar force of men were put to
work this week near Lewistown to re-
surface the road to this place.
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