Bellefonte, Pa., June 29, 1917.
To Correspondents.—No communications !
published unless accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
be closed on the Fourth of July.
——O0n Wednesday Governor Brum-
baugh commissioned Charles T. War-
ing, of Philipsburg, a captain of avi-
ation in the signal corps.
The Intermediate Christian En-
deavor society of the United Brethren |
church will hold an ice cream sociai
in the church basement, next Satur-
day night.
William H. Smith, the well
known furniture dealer, of Spring
Mills, was taken to the Jefferson hos-
pital, Philadelphia, last Friday for
treatment.
The family of the late John G.
Dubbs wish through the “Watchman”
to thank those who so kindly assisted
them during the illness ard death of
Mr. Dubbs.
The Woman’s club of Union-
ville will hold an ice cream and cake
festival to procure Red Cross funds
on July 4th, afternoon and evening,
in the Grange hall.
~Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Miss Artie M.
Keller and David Washburn, both of
Bellefonte. The wedding has been an-
nounced for the coming fall.
——The bridge building crew of the
Pennsylvania railroad company are
making good headway in putting in
the concrete abutments for the new
iron bridge south of the depot.
——The annual reunion of the
Poorman family will be held at Kohl-
becker’s grove, one mile west of Miles-
burg, tomorrow, June 30th. All con-
nections and friends of the family are
cordially invited to be present.
Helen Cruse entertained ten of
her neighborhood girl friends Tues-
day, at Edgefont, the Garman summer
home at Axe Mann, in honor of the
little Misses Tausig, of Harrisburg,
who are visiting their grandmother,
Mrs. Martin Fauble.
An urgent request for jellies
and preserves for the hospital was
made at the Woman’s club Monday
night. Owing to the constant need of
these delicacies for the sick, we beg
every woman of the county to remem-
ber this when preserving.
Treasurer Harry C. Valentine
this week received the following con-
tributions to the Troop L auto truck
fund: Mrs. S. C. Reed, of Clearfield,
$5.00; Mrs. James Noonan, $2.00, and
Mrs. Harry Walkey, $1.00, a total of
$69.00 he now has on hand or a grand
total of $394.00.
Lock Haven has organized a
Red Cross ambulance company under
the leadership of Dr. G. G. Green, but
they are short two physicians. Any
practitioner who reads this item and
wants to volunteer for service in
France can get an opportunity with
the above company.
—Just 203 tickets were sold at
the Bellefonte station for the Niaga-
ra Falls excursion last Saturday even-
ing; and this notwithstanding the
fact that the train came off of the
Lewisburg branch with six car loads.
The train left Bellefonte with eleven
cars crowded, and two locomotives.
——Grandmother Henrietta Dale,
of Ferguson township, was tendered
a birthday perty yesterday at the
home of her son, Charles Dale, on the
Branch, in honor of her seventy-
eighth anniversary. Quite a number
of guests were present for the occa-
sion and the event proved a very
delightful one.
——Miss Lida Morris has been ap-
pointed chairman of the “Red Cross”
knitting and will be very glad to have
anyone desirous of volunteering their
work to call her on the Bell phone No.
34. She also requests odds and ends
of zephyr or yarns to be sent to her to
use in making shawls for the peasant
women of France.
——Four prisoners at the western
penitentiary at Rockview who were
not living up to the rules and regula-
tions of the new institution were tak-
en back to Pittsburgh last Friday, and
by the time they reached Altoona a
wild rumor was in circulation that
they were German spies. The rumor,
of course, was groundless.
Owing to some repairs being
made at the pump at the Phoenix sta-
tion on Monday the reservoir ran dry
and the Water committee took advan-
tage of that fact to give it a thorough
cleaning. The absence of water in the
reservoir made it very inconvenient
for the people living on the high spots
in town as they had water only by
spurts. during the whole day.
——UF'red Roush, a Pine Grove Mills
young man who is a member of Troop
L, met with a bad accident at Altoo-
na on Wednesday while following his
occupation of a railroad brakeman.
In some way he lost his balance while
riding on top of a freight car and fell
over backward. His left arm was
broker: and his head and back badly
hurt. He was taken to the Altoona
hospital for treatment.
———County Commissioner D. A.
Grove, accompanied by his young son
Gilbert, brought to this office on Tues-
day a box of delicious red oxheart
cherries picked from his tree that
morning. Our appreciation of the
kindly remembrance was all the great-
er because of the fact that Commis-
sioner Grove’s crop of cherries this
year is very limited, contrary to the
expectations early in the year.
AFTER TITAN METAL CO.
Williamsport Offers Big Inducements
to Have It Locate There.
The Board of Trade of Williams-
port has offered the Titan Metal com-
pany a site of fifteen acres of land
‘and other very strong inducements to
move their plant from Milesburg to
| that place.
All the stores in Bellefonte will
One or two other towns
are also making a bid for the plant
and the question is now being serious-
ly considered by the management.
In fact here is the situation in a nut-
shell. The company has decided to
utilize its Titan metal by manufac-
turing it into marketable products.
| To this end they have already order-
ed a large amount of the machinery
they will need and to place it they
will need several new buildings of
large dimensions. For some time past
they have been dickering for more
ground north of where the present
plant is located, but so far have been
unable to reach an agrement with the
owners. The State-Centre Electric
company has offered them a site near
their plant at Milesburg but it is not
considered entirely available.
A meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the Bellefonte Board of Trade
was held on Monday evening tc con-
sider the advisability of tendering
them the glass works site and while
nothing definite had been done up to
the time the “Watchman” went to
press, it looked very hopeful for the
Titan company and the Board of
Trade reaching an agreement on the
glass works site.
One thing they do aver, however,
and that is that the matter must be
settled within a very short time so
that they can get up their new build-
ings in time for their new machirery
when it arrives.
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No Fourth of July Celebration.
Wednesday of next week will be the
Fourth of July, the one hundred and
forty-first anniversary of the declara-
tion of Independence and now we are
on the threshold of joining forces with
the allied European governments to
fight for the independence of the na-
tions now enthralled with the iron
grasp of autocracy. The glorious
Fourth has always meant a day of
special rejoicing and celebration but
this year Bellefonte has made no
plans to that end. In fact but few
towns and cities are planning any-
thing big in that line. The very fact
that we are on the verge of a big and
probably prolonged war should lead
us to conserve all our energies and re-
sources for the things that will have
to be .done, and therefore it is very
fitting that no celebration be held.
It was the hope of many Bellefont-
ers that Our Girls band recently or-
ganized by Frank L. Wetzler, of
Milesburg, and of which a number of
Bellefonte girls are members, would
be able to make its appearance on the
Fourth, but the members have been so
retarded in their practice work by the
inability to get their musical instru-
ments at the time desired, that they
will be unable to make their debut on
that day, hence the pleasure will have
to be longer delayed. But the
“Watchman” will pledge the werd of
the citizens of Bellefonte that if any
other band volunteers to give a patri-
otic concert that day, at a time to suit
the members, it will be highly appre-
ciated.
Changes in Train Schedule.
Some radical changes have been
made in the summer time table of the
Pennsylvania railroad which will go
into effect on Sunday, July 1st. Four
trains have been taken off of the mid-
dle division and several off of the P. &
E. division.
On the Bald Eagle division between
Tyrone and Lock Haven trains No.
6433 and 6434, will be withdrawn.
These are the two trains east and
west that arrive here at 1:07 and 1:12
p. m. respectively. Trains 510 and
511 (known as the Pensylvania-Le-
high express) will be continued on
practically the present time schedule,
but will make additional stops in both
directions at Port Matilda, Unionville,
Snow Shoe Intersection and Howard.
There will be no change in the twec
morning trains during the week but
on Sunday train No. 6437 will leave
Lock Haven at 8:30 instead of 8:10
and arrive in Bellefonte at 9:35 in-
stead of 9:15. The Sunday train from
Lock Haven in the afternoon will
leave at 2:35 instead of 3:15, reaching
Bellefonte about 3:25. The night train
which now leaves Tyrone at 7:15 will
leave at 7:00 o’clock and ar:ive in
Bellefonte at 8:10.
On the Snow Shoe branch train
6464 will leave Snow Shoe at 11:15 a.
m., instead of 2:30 p. m.; arriving at
Bellefonte at 2:00 p. m., instead of
4:15. Train 6463 will leave Bellefonte
at 2:45 p. m., instead of 5:00; arriv-
ing at Snow Shoe at 4:35 p. m., in-
stead of 6:40.
——At a meeting of the Tyrone
school board on Thursday evening
Miss Martha R. Barnhart, of Belle-
fonte, was elected as teacher of grade
room No. 2 in the Adams street
school. Miss Barnhart is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Barnhart,
and is a graduate of the Bellefonte
High school and one of this year’s
graduates at Mt. Holyoke. She will
also take a course in Kindergarten
work at the summer session for teach-
ers at State College before beginning
her work in Tyrone.
——The flag raising booked for Zi-
on tomorrow evening will take place
this (Friday) evening. Our Boys
band of Milesburg will be present and
Burgess Blanchard and others will de-
liver addresses.
Gms
——12c¢. loaves of bread, fresh dai-
ly, at 9c.—Cohen & Co. 26-1t
No Paper Next Week.
In accordance with the time-honor-
ed custom no paper will be issued.
from this office next week. All the
employees will be given their mid-
summer vacation, but notwithstand-'
ing this fact the office will be open
every ‘day for business and all friends
of the “Watchman” will be welcome
at any time.
soe memes
——The busiest place in town is’
Cohen & Co’s. cut price grocery de-
partment. 26-1t
——The venerable William B.
Miles, of Milesburg, celebrated his
eighty-first birthday anniversary last
Saturday.
A family reunion was held at
the home of Mrs. Angeline Kinch, at
Franklinville, last Saturday, in cele-
bration of that lady’s eightieth birth-
day anniversary. At the noon hour a |
bounteous dinner was served on a ta- |
ble set under the beautiful shade trees
on the spacious lawn surrounding the
Included in the large
number of guests present were Mr.
Kinch home.
and Mrs. E. D. Isenburg, of Bailey-
ville, and Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Irvin
and son Eugene, of Pennsylvania
Furnace.
The “Thimble Bee,” held fort-
nightly by the ladies of the Reformed
church, met last Friday at the home
of Miss Elizabeth Rhinesmith, about
two miles south of Bellefonte. The
ladies went out in the morning and
spent the day, Miss Rhinesmith serv-
ing a splendid dinner to her thirty-
seven guests. Red Cross work was
done and a splendid social time was
had by all. A number of automobiles
took the ladies to the home of Miss
Rhinesmith and brought them to
town in the evening.
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——The electric sirene fire alarm
was tried out again between ten and
eleven o'clock on Sunday night when
there was a real alarm sounded, caus-
ed by a lamp explosion in George
Knisely’s restaurant in Crider’s Ex-
change.
amount to much and was extinguish-
ed very quickly and without doing
much damage. As to the alarm, it
aroused a large number of people out
of their early sleep, while others fail-
ed to hear it. So there you are.
——Owing to the illness of Dr. E.
H. Yocum, who is still confined to the
hospital in consequence of the attack
of acute indigestion he suffered last
week, Dr. McKinney, of the Presby-
terian church, has kindly offered Dr.
Yocum to fill the pulpit in the Metho-
dist church next Sunday evening and
has invited his entire congregation to
join him in this fellowship service. In
the morning, Rev. Young, chaplain at
the penitentiary, will preach and in
the evening Dr. McKinney will preach
to the combined Presbyterian and
Methodist congregations.
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——The will of Dr. R. G. H. Hayes
filed for probate on Tuesday ~be-
queaths $500 to Miss Anna Miller, his
faithful nurse, to be paid as soon as
possible. A small bequest was made
to the Mifflinburg cemetery associa-
tion to keep the graves of his parents
in proper condition. Another stipu-
lation covers the handling of some
property of his sisters that he has had
in his care while the balance of his és-
tate is bequeathed outright to his
wife and her heirs or assigns. Mrs.
Hayes is appointed the sole executor
of the estate. The will was executed
March 16th, 1917.
Mrs. Rachel Harris, of Spring
street, met with a very painful mis-
hap at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
John McCoy, on Curtin street, at an
early hour Monday morning. Mrs.
Harris was spending the night there
and accidentally fell down the back
stair case. She was unable to save
herself from any of the shocks of the
fall, even rolling round a curve in the
stairway and landing on the kitchen
floor. She was considerably bruised
and sustained a bad cut on her face.
Painful though her injuries were it
was a miracle that she escaped with
nothing more serious.
——Chief of police Harry Duke-
man last Friday removed an outline
that had been thrown across Spring
creek from Water street to the Palace
garage. A fifteen inch eel on the line
was liberated. On Tuesday morning
some unknown fisherman was fishing
from the island above the falls in
defiance of the posted notices that
fishing there is forbidden. Whether
he caught any the writer does not
know. But from the above two in-
instances it can plainly be seen that
there are some people in this vicinity
who are not only disregarding the law
but are courting trouble for them-
selves, and the latter is liable to come
quicker and prove more costly than
they now anticipate.
——For years past Bellefonte
Academy students have won honors
at college and in after life, and now
comes one who has made a record to
be proud of in the person of G. Theron
Link, who was a student at the Acad-
emy three years ago. Link’s home is
in Binghamton, N. Y., and after com-
pleting his course at the Academy he
entered Hamilton College. He gradu-
ated this month being one of the first
six honor men. During his term there
he was a leader in every phase of col-
lege life He was the editor in chief
of the college paper, won the $250
gold prize in mathematics and twice
won the Tompkins $25.00 mathematic-
al prize. He was one of the five men
of the college recently elected to the
highest senior society, and was a
member of the debating team which
defeated the Wesleyan team during
the winter in the intercollegiate de-
bate.
Fortunately, the fire did not .
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. D. 1. Meek, of Waddle, is visiting
with her son, Dr. Reuben II. Meek, at Avis.
—Miss Celia Haupt was an over Sunday
visitor with her sister, Mrs.
in Lock Haven.
—Mrs. McGuinness returned to Clearfield
Sunday, after a two days’ visit here with
her mother, Mrs. James Schofield.
—Miss Anna Miller is at her home at
Salona, having gone down Sunday on ac-
count of the illness of her mother.
—Miss Powell went to Philadelphia
Tuesday, expecting to be there for several
days under the care of her occulist.
i —Miss Marie White, of Williamsport,
. spent the week-end here with her aunt,
Miss Powell, at the Brockerhoff house.
—Joseph Katz, of Lewistown, spent
Wednesday and yesterday with his fath-
er and brother, Aaron and William Katz.
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—Clair Grove and Miss Minnie McGow-
an, of Altoona, spent Sunday at the home
of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Grove.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman Sherer drove
here from Reading Saturday and will
spend two weeks visiting in Bellefonte and
Lock Haven.
—Miss Wright, of Newport, Pa., has been
{ a guest of her brother and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Wright, at their home
on Linn street.
—Mrs. Clayton Baney and two children,
of Niagara Falls, are in Bellefonte visit-
ing Mrs. Baney’s sister, Miss Mary Hull,
on south Allegheny street.
—Miss Genevieve Bible has returned home
from Wellesley, where she was a member
| of the class of 1917, having taken the
course in physical culture.
—William 8. Schmidt, a student at Cor-
nell University, returned home last week
to spend his summer vacation with his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Schmidt.
—Mrs. Ilizabeth B. Callaway went to
Philadelphia Tuesday to attend the funer-
al of her aunt, Mrs. Charles Stockham, who
died at her home in Camden Monday.
—Mrs. Nicholas Walsh, of Jersey City,
is a guest of her cousin, Mrs. Theodore
Kelly. Mrs. Walsh came here Monday, ex-
| pecting to spend a week in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. C. U. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, has
| spent much of the past week in Bellefonte
+ with her father, C. T. Gerberich, coming
here fcr the funeral of the late Dr. R. G.
H. Hayes.
—-James Schofield, who had been for the
past month under treatment at Mount
Clemens, Mich., returned to Bellefonte ear-
ly in the week, showing quite a decided
improvement in health.
—Mrs. Howard Spangler, her daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Brown and her children, all
of New York city, are here visiting with
Mrs. Spangler’s mother, Mrs. James Mec-
Cullough, of Bishop street.
—Gordon Montgomery, a United States
navy recruit at Newport, N. J., arrived
home on Wednesday morning on a week’s
furlough, being under orders to report for
duty next Tuesday morning.
—Rev. Dr. Schmidt spent several days
last week in York, Philadelphia and Wash-
ington. In York he attended the funeral
of a relative; in Philadelphia a committee
meeting and in Washington visited his
sisters.
—Miss Myra Sechler, of Franklin, and
her nephew, Robert Cox, came to Belle-
fonte the after part of last week and have
been guests of Miss Sechler’s father and
his. wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sechler, of
Spring street.
—Mrs. James Edward McGinness with
her three interesting boys, Robert, Billie
and Jimmie, of Atlanta, Ga., arrived in
Bellefonte on Monday and will spend some
time at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Lyon.
—Miss Naomi Dixon and Miss Barnes,
two of Johnstown’s very efficient school
teachers, spent a few hours with friends
in Bellefonte on Monday while on their
way to State College to attend the summer
session for teachers.
—Mrs. Edward Houser and two chil-
dren, of Meadville, arrived in Bellefonte
on Monday and will spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. Frank P. Bartley, in this
place, and with her mother, Mrs. C. M.
Harter, at Jacksonville.
—Mitchell I. Gardner, bookkeeper for the
Nickel-Alloy company, at Hyde City,
spent most of the week at his home in this
place. Mr. Gardner has bought a home in
Clearfield and, we regret to say expects to
make that place his permanent home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Swithin Walker, their
daughter Esther, and Mrs. Walker's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, all of Chester
county, were guests of Mr. Walker's broth-
er, John S. Walker, for several days the
latter part of last week, stopping here on
a motor drive through central Pennsylva-
nia.
—Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yerger came
here directly from Ames, Iowa, the latter
part of last week and after a short visit
with Mrs. Yerger’s mother, Mrs. John M.
Dale, went to Patton, where they have been
guests of Mr. Yerger's parents. Upon
leaving Patton they will return to Belle-
fonte to spend some time before leaving on
a business trip to Washington, D. C.
—Mr. and Mrs. Roland Wyle and Mrs.
Wyle’s brother and his wife, Rev. and Mrs.
Faust and their daughter, all of Akron,
drove from Ohio last week arriving in Cen-
tre county Sunday, expecting to visit and
motor through central Pennsylvania. After
a short stop here they went on to Aarons-
burg, where their first visit was made with
relatives. Mr. Wyle was a resident of
Bellefonte before going to Akron.
—Those from a distance who were in
Bellefonte, last Friday for the funeral of
the late Dr. R. G. H. Hayes were, Mrs.
Paul N. Reish and Mrs. Horace Glover, of
Mifflinburg; Mrs. Margaret Orwig, of Har-
risburg; Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, of Atlan-
tic City; Mrs. Thomas Norton and Dr. and
Mrs. Ralph Steans, of Lewisburg; Frank
Foster, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Wilson
and her son Robert and Mr. and Mrs.
Boeking, of Tyrone; Dr. and Mrs. P. H.
Dale and Dr. J. V. Foster, of State College,
and Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bitner, of Centre
Hall.
—George T. Bush and a number of oth-
er members of the Masonic fraternity of
this place have been in Williamsport this
week attending the annual conclave of the
Scottish Rite Consgistory Masons, of the
thirty-second degree. During the sessions
degrees ranging from the fourth to the
thirty-seecond will be conferred upon a
class of about one hundred and fifty can-
didates from all parts of the State. As
this is the fiftieth anniversary of the
northern Masonic jurisdiction some prom-
inent thirty-third degree Masons are in at-
tendaace.
LeRoy lox, ,
"cum, N. Y., for training.
—Miss Mary Hicklen left Monday to join
her mother in Philadelphia. |
—James H. Potter went to Chicago on |
Tuesday, to attend the Miller-White wed- |
ding Wednesday.
—William MeGovern, who enlisted Mon- |!
day at Williamsport, was sent to Fort Slo- |
—Mrs. M. H. Haines and her daugkter
! Martha were week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Miller, at Hublersburg.
—Miss Bertha Hayes is visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Nolan, of Tyrone, going
there Tuesday expecting to spend ten days.
—Mrs. Cyrus Strickland will return this
week from Milroy, where she has been for
three months with her daughter, Mrs. Les-
ter Sheffer.
—Philip Gross has accepted a position
in Lewistown and began his work this
week. Philip is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Gross.
—Mrs. Anna Burghdoft, of Niagara Falls,
came to Bellefonte Monday and is visiting
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Fish-
er, of High street.
—Miss Nina Lamb and Miss Verna
Chambers are among those from Bellefonte
who were in Lock Haven this week for the
Normal commencement.
—Mrs. D. J. Kelly and her children have
been in Tyrone with Mr. Kelly, being
guests while there of Mrs. Brantly, the on-
ly daughter of the late A. A. Stevens.
—Mr. and Mrs. Darton Maitland, of Bay-
onne, N. J., will come to Bellefonte to-
morrow, to spend a week with Mr. Mait-
land's mother, at Edgefont, Axe Mann.
—Mrs. Robert Tonner, of Clearfield, is a
guest of Miss Mary 8S. Thomas, having
come to Bellefonte yesterday. Mrs. Ton-
ner will be remembered as Miss Smith.
—Joseph Sourbeck, one of the younger
men who have enlisted for serivce in the
navy, has been spending his short fur-
lough with his grandfather, John D. Sour-
beck.
—Miss Martha Louisa Haines, daughter
of Mrs. Martin Haines, spent the week-end
very pleasantly at the home of ex-County
Treasurer and Mrs. John D. Miller, at
Hublersburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Chambers, of
DuBois, and their son, have been guests
of Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers and
Mrs. William Larimer while visiting in
Bellefonte for the past week.
—Cameron McGarvey accompanied by
his sister, Miss Blanche McGarvey, went
to Pittsburgh Wednesday, where Mr. Mc-
Garvey, who has been ill for some time,
will enter Mercy hospital for treatment.
—Mrs. M. I. Gardner, who came here a
week ago from Clearfield, will be in Belle-
fonte for a month, packing and shipping
the furniture from their home on Howard
street to the one recently bought in Clear-
field. .
—Mrs. Earl Musser and her small daugh-
ter went to Montoursville yesterday, in-
tending to visit there with her mother,
Mrs. Ulrich, until Sunday, when Mr. Mus-
ser will go down to bring them home in
his car.
—Col. H. 8S. Taylor left Bellefonte yes-
terday evening for New York city where
he was ordered by the War Department
for possible service in connection with the
signal department of the army to be sent
to France.
—Miss Carrie Weaver has béén in Har-
risburg for a week visiting with her broth-
er, Cyrus Weaver, and his family. From
there Miss Weaver will go to Philadelphia
to continue her visit with Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Weaver and their family.
—J. H. McClure, of Oil City, was in
Bellefonte for the week-end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James McClure, stop-
ping here on a drive to Philadelphia,
where he will join Mrs. McClure for a short
stay and to motor back to Oil City.
—Miss Helen E. C. Overton returned to
Shickshinny this week after spending a
month in Bellefonte, looking after the stor-
ing of her books and furniture, in antici-
pation of visiting for an indefinite time
with her cousins, the Misses Crary.
—Mrs. H. S. Ray went down to Sea
Gate, N. Y.,on Saturday to see her hus-
band who, since leaving Philadelphia two
weeks ago has been at Sea Gate with the
family of his brother, F. D. Ray Jr. Both
will arrive home on the 9:15 train this
morning.
—Dr. and Mrs. Rice, with Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Yocum, drove from Northumberland
early in the week to spend a few hours
with Dr. Ezra Yocum at the hospital,
where he is rapidly recovering from his
recent serious illness. Mrs. Rice and Mr.
Yocum are both children of Dr. Yocum.
—Mrs. George L. Potter, accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Bixler, arrived in Belle-
fonte Monday, coming here from Dansville,
N. Y., where Mrs. Potter had been under
treatment since coming north from Orlan-
do in the spring. Until her home on Linn
street is ready for occupancy, Mrs. Potter
will be at the hospital.
—Miss Edna Rodgers, a daughter of Mr.
Joseph Rodgers, station agent of the
Bellefonte Central railroad at State Col-
lege, left yesterday for Denver, Col, on a
visit to her brother, who is located there.
Miss Rodgers is one of Centre county’s
successful school teachers, having taught
at Curtin last season.
—Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Strawn and daugh-
ter Ellen, and Mayor H. E. Hormell and
wife, of Brownsville and O. A. Wolfson,
of New Kensington, motored to Bellefonte
in Mr. Strawn’s Twin Six Packard on
Sunday and spent several days in renew-
ing old acquaintances here and seeing
how the trout are jumping on Fishing
creek. They left here on Wednesday
morning for Harrisburg and other points
east.
~—Mrs. Martin Cooney and her daughter,
Miss Stella Cooney, came to Bellefonte a
week ago from Hazleton, where they both
had been visiting with Mrs. Cooney’s
daughter, Mrs. Ray Stauffer. Miss Cooney,
who has been spending the remainder of
her vacation with her family here, joined
her mother in Hazleton, going there from
Atlantic City, where she has been continu-
ing her work as a professional nurse at
Galen Hall.
—Misses Daise Keichline, Winifred .u.
Gates, Janet Potter and Edna Mallory left
Bellefonte yesterday morning for Cham-
bersburg where they will attend the annu-
al missionary conference to be held there
during the week. Miss Keichline, who
has already made arrangements to go to
Wilson College next school season to
take charge of the infirmary, went down
to look after the health interests of the
crowd whe will be there during the week.
After the conference is over Miss Mallory
will go to Philadelphia to visit friends,
Miss Gates will stop in Lewistown and
the others will return home.
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—Mrs. John Blanchard is spending a few
days in Philadelphia, having gone down
Thursday.
—Mrs. Carl 8S. Weaver is in Pittsfield,
Mass., where she will spend the month of
July with her parents.
—Miss Helen M. Shugert and her daugh-
| ter Elizabeth left yesterday for camp Win-
! nepau, New Hampshire.
—R. Clarence Daley, of Akron, has been
visiting this week with his family here,
and with his mother at Romola.
—Mrs. Fred Garret, of Philadelphia, and
her daughter Elizabeth, are spending this
week in Bellefonte, guests of Dr. and Mrs.
H. W, Tate.
—Mrs. George ¥. Harris with Mrs. John
Shugert and her daughter Mollie, return-
ed yesterday from a shore visit with Mrs.
J. M. Curtin, in Pittsburgh.
—Wm. H. Bordner, of Lancaster, gener-
al foreman of construction of the United
Telephone and Telegraph Co., was in
Bellefonte yesterday on business for the
company.
—Mrs. Fremont Morehead is visiting
with relatives in Bellefonte coming here
from Williamsport Wednesday. Mrs.
Morehead before her marriage was Miss
Margaret Garman.
—Mrs. John Olewine's guests within the
past week included Miss Mary Olewine and
Walter Lilly, of Lewisburg, and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Dougherty, of Fayette county;
Mrs. vougherty is a niece of Mrs. Olewine.
—Joseph Ceader Jr. is spending a short
time with his mother before leaving next
week to report for duty at the League Is-
land Navy yard. Being a graduate of
Penn State, his military training will give
him the position of a Chief Petty officer,
in charge of the military instruction of re-
cruits.
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FOR AN INDUSTRIAL ARMY.
Boys and Youth of the Land to be
Fully Organized.
The first steps have been taken by
the National Council of Defense to-
wards organizing the great army of
boys and youths in the land into a unit
of industrial workers. The first ink-
ling of this fact came to Bellefonte on
Tuesday when Col. H. S. Taylor re-
ceived ' through the Public Safety
Committee of Pennsylvania an inqui-
ry from the head of the National
Council of Defense in Washington, as
to whether he would undertake the
task of organizing the boys of Centre
county between the ages of 16 and 21
years into companies of twenty-five
each. See that each company was
properly officered and drilled at least
once a week.
Each boy will be required to take
the oath of allegiance as binding as
that of the soldier entering the army.
The purpose of so organizing the
boys is to use them on the farms and
in industrial plants wherever their
services may be desired. Whenever
so employed they are to be paid a reg-
ular wage and in this way it is hoped
to solve any shortage in the labor sit-
uation +hat may result inthe con-
scripting of men for the army.
Of course the movement has not yet
progressed far enough to give any
definite statement of how it will be
done, but that plans to such an end
have already been made is evidence
that the United States government 1s
arranging for any and every contin-
gency. And when the call comes for
such an organization let the boys of
the country respond as nobly as their
elder brothers are responding to the
call to the colors. In that way they
will be doing a very important “bit”
to carry the war to a successful issue.
Bellefonte Academy Prize Winners.
The prize winners at the Bellefonte
Academy during the school year just
closed were as follows:
Oratorical, first prize, $6.00—Fred-
erick Garfield, Jamestown, N. Y. Sec-
ond prize, $5.00—James Farrell,
Waynesburg.
Debate, first prize, $10.00—James
Farrell. Second prize, $5.00—Fred-
erick Garfield.
James R. Hughes mathematical
prize, $10.00—John Williams, Raven-
na, Ohio.
Classical prize, $5.00—Clyde Daven-
port, Binghamton, N. Y.
Historical prizes, $5.00 each—Geo.
Allen, Reading, and James Craig,
Pittsburgh.
The Renselaer Polytechnic Institute
gold medal—Edwin Thomas, Burn-
ham.
——The exemptior. board of Centre
county will meet some time next
week and organize for the work it
has to do.
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——Men’s work shoes at $2.50 and
$2.98 a pair are real bargains.—Co-
hen & Co. 26-1t
— Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
Sale Register.
Saturday, June 80.—At the residence of the
late J. H. Huston, M. D., at Clintondale,
full line of household goods, 8 room
house, stable, carriages, spring wagon,
buggies, saddles, cultivator, ladders,
etc., and five acres of land at Palealto.
Sale to begin at 10 o’clock. A. C. Mec-
Clintick, Auc., Geo. Harter, Clerk.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel...
pong vd ssensese,
g8s, per dozen. 35
ard, per pound. 22
Butter per pound 30
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o’clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red t 5
White eat... 4 223
Rye, per bushel............ 1.25
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 1.50
Corn, ears, per bushel..... 1.50
Oats, old and new, per bush .70
Barley, per bushel.............. 1.00
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Corn —Yellow 1.78@ 1.79
“ —Mixed new . 1.75@ 1.76
QOats......... Sressiiseessesets “oro J71
Flour —Winter, per barrel. . 10.75@11.25
—Favorite Brands. 12. .00
Rye Flour per barrel.......... .. 10.50@11.25
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1..... 11.00@21.00
Mixed No. 1........ 14.50@18.50
Straw ......... stamina mminans 30:00@14.50
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