Dorada
Bellefonte, Pa., August 24, 1917.
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To Correspondents.—No communications
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TOWN AND COUNTY
THINGS ABOUT
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EXEMPTION BOARD STILL BUSY.
Two Hundred More Men Call-
ed for Examination.
Almost
The exemption board of Centre
county on Tuesday sent out the last of
198 additional notices for registered
men to appear for examination to fill
= up Centre county's quota of 116 men
for the first draft under the selective
conscription act. Of the above num- !
Only three members reporting | ber forty were summoned to appear |
there was no meeting of borough | on Wednesday and the same number
council on Monday evening.
county has been harvested and the
farmers are ready for their fall seed-
ing.
Hugo Deimer, of State College,
has gone to Philadelphia and entered
the government service with the rank
of major.
The Street committee has a
force of men at work this week resur-
to the Union cemetery.
Chaplain T. W. Young, of the
western penitentiary, was the princi-
pal speaker at the flag raising at
Houserville last Saturday evening.
Quit naturally many people in
Bellefonte would like to see some ma-
terial indications that the steam heat-
ing plant will be operated the coninyg
winter.
Tomorrow will be the day for
the big Williams family reunion near |
Martha. All trains on the Bald Ea-
gle Valley railroad will stop at the
grounds.
The Bellefonte Chapter of the
D. A. R. has contributed seven dollars
to the State College Red Cross fund,
for comfort bags for the Boal machine
gun troop. .
No. 10 district composed of
Ferguson township, will hold & Sun-
day school convention at Pine Grove
Mills on September 16th, afternoon
and evening.
An infermal reception was giv-
en Mrs. John Spangler at Centre Hall,
Wednesday, by her near relatives and
most intimate friends, in celebration
of her eighty-ninth birthday.
In less than three weeks the
public schools and colleges through-
out the country will ali be in full
swing, regardless of the war in which
this country has become embroiled.
The Ladies Aid society of the
United Evangelical church will hold a
food sale, Saturday afternoon and
evening, August 25th, in Bush Arcade.
Ice cream, cakes and bread for sale.
Mrs. Harry Curtin, her mother,
Mrs. MeMinn, and Miss Katherine
Curtin are planning to close their
house at Curtin and spend the winter
in Bellefonte with Mrs. John 1. Curtin,
on Linn street.
According to present plans,
Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker and her two
younger children, Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes
and her son Thomas, and Miss Mary
S. Thomas will spend the winter to-
gether in Mrs. Hayes’ house on Alle-
gheny street.
Announcements have reached
Bellefonte of the birth of little Miss
Ernestine Kistner, born to Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Kistner, of Milton,
Thursday, August 16th. Mrs. Kistner
is known to many persons here as
Miss Mildred Grimm.
Dr. G. P. Ard, of the U. S. ar-
my medical corps, has been detailed
to John’s Hopkins hospital, Baltimore,
for a period of six weeks. He is a son
of Dr. W. P. Ard, of Woodward, and
had been located in New York city for
the past several years.
The Pennsylvania Match com-
pany is building an addition® to its
warehouse on the north wing of the
main plant. The extension will not
only afford more storage room but
will extend cut to the railroad siding,
* affording better loading facilities.
Preserved in alcohol and on dis-
play in the window of the “Watch- !
man” office, is a fully developed ear
of corn and ten perfectly formed
smaller ones all attached to the cob.
This freak growth of corn was found
by Miss Lida Morris in her garden on
Monday afternoon.
On Tuesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Ardery entertained a num-
ber of guests at their home on Rey-
nolds avenue, at which time they an-
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Lela E., to Nevin E. Cole,
of Bellefonte. The wedding will take
place in the early fall.
The residents of Pine Hall and
vicinity are arranging for a big flag
raising to be held at that place tomor-
row evening, August 25th, at 6:30
o’clock. The Citizens band of Fergu-
son township will furnish the music
and prominent speakers will be pres-
ent. The public iz invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yerger
will spend the winter at State College,
where Mr. Yerger has accepted a po-
sition as an instructor in the Agricul-
tural department. Since graduating
from Penn State Mr. Yerger has been
assodated with the forces of instruct-
ors of the University of Iowa.
On Wednesday of last week a
stone about the size of a field pump-
kin was hurled over a quarter of a
mile by a blast at the American Lime
& Stone quarries and crashed down
through the roof of ii. S. Moore’s new
structural plant, missing Mr. Moore
and several workmen by the narrow
margin of threc feet.
In turning out for a team when
nearing Merion, last week, James
Johnson’s car skidded and turned
completely over, pinning beneath it
M=s. Johnson, who has since been in
the hospital with a badly injured back.
Miss McMullen and Miss Martha
Johnson, who were on the back seat of
the cer escaped injury.
Most of the oats throughout the |
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vesterday, today and tomorrew, with
thirty-eight for Monday.
Since the examination closed Wead-
nesday of last week the board has re-
ceived twenty-six additional claims
for exemption out of the sixty-nine
who had passed the physical examina-
tion, but up to the present writing the
board has not announced a final deci-
sion on all the claims, so that it is im-
possible to give the exact number of
i eligible men gotten out of the first
facing Howard street from Allegheny
call of 152 registrants. In fact it is
| a question if 116 available men will be
secured out of the first and second call
combined, which totals 350 men as
summoned for examination.
An incident occurred on Tuesday
which shows the importance of every
man summoned presenting himself for
examination. Tuaesday afternoon a
certain man from Snow Shoe town-
ship presented himself before the
board for examination. Investigation
disclosed the fact that the man was
one of the five of the 152 first sum-
moned fcr examination who failed to
apvear before the board on the date
named. When asked by the sheriff
why he failed to appear the man, not
knowing he was talking to that offi-
cial, stated that it was “all the sher-
iff’s fault, as he sent his notice to Mo-
shannon when he should have sent it
to Snow Shoe.” It developed, how-
ever, that the man had been away on
a trip and for that reason had not got-
ten his, notice. Inasmuch as the law
specifically states that any man who
fails to present himself for examina-
tion on the day summoned automatic-
ally enters into the service of the
United States, and the name of the
man above referred to had already
been certified to the district board, the
sheriff told him that he could do noth-
ing for him. The mar then claimed
that he was physically unfit for serv-
ice and an examining physician was
called in who examined him and pro-
nounced him all right, and thus he has
to stand for service without even the
right to claim exemption. Therefore,
any man summoned for examination
should be prompt to present himself
on the day summoned if he wants to
claim any of the exemntion rights the
law allows him.
The board on Wednesday morning
passed upon twenty-four claims for
exemption, twenty of them being
granted because of dz2pendents and
one on account of being a divinity
student, and three were refused. Those
granted were Thomas Earl Shaffer,
Eric Marks, Mike J. Klapik, Frank
Gabuoski, Harry Rayson, David A.
Deitrich, William H. Holter, Clarence
W. Kifer, John Ellis, Lytle R. Parks,
Boyd L. Lucas, Willian R. Stoner,
Malcolm L. Spicer, George Henry Sa-
ger, William David Guyer, Fred E.
Meyer, Martin Seprick, Paul Pielock,
Harry I. Kerchner, J. Lee Vonada, Or-
lando Beals.
Those refused were Douglas L.
Brooks, William John Bowen and Neil
Shaw.
Thirty-seven men out cf the forty
summoned for exemption on Wednes-
day presented themselves and were
examined. as follows:
982 Tate, Paul J. In U. S. Mail Service.
1763 Stover, Cyrus M. Accepted.
868 Hibschman, Edw. K. Accepted.
972 Shirk, A. Edw. Accepted.
1441 Frank, Chas. E. Asks for exemption.
$57 Lebkicker, Edwin A. Asks for ex-
emption.
Wolf, George W. Discharged.
Mitchell, Claude L. Accepted.
Friday, Boyd LeRoy. Asks for ex-
emption.
Ertle, John E.
1636
1292
2441
2066
2628
1955
602
2749
280
390
2990
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1818
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72
2330
2939
721
1456
86
1419
1476
2730
2322
966
322
2456
290
Asks for exemption.
Koshko, John. Asks for exemption.
Wolf, Albert E. Discharged.
Agan, John B. INscharged.
McNish, Thomas. Ac’epted.
Righter, Fred B. Dis: harged.
Watson, Harry B. Accepted.
Riehard, Thos. A. Accepted.
Port, Wm. Blaine. Discharged.
Bowes, M. Thomas. ‘Accepted.
Robinson, Samuel A. Discharged.
Nelson, John. Asks exemption.
Kellerman, Geo. S. Discharged.
Musser, Olin Biddle. Discharged.
Laird, Archey J. Asks exemption.
Shaw, James P. Asks exemption.
Shuey, Lloyd C. Asks exemption.
Jackson, Geo. F. Asks exemption.
Carlson, Oscar. Discharged.
Laich, Adolph C. Asks exemption.
Swimmer, Hamry. Discharged.
Pletcher, Samuel H. Discharged.
Garman, James R, Accepted.
Shawver, Oliver B. Asks for ex-
emption.
Wetzel, D. Paul. Discharged.
Prentice, George. Minister. Exempt.
Yarnell, Harry O. Discharged.
Sheerer, John B., New Hampshire.
Accepted.
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Farm House Burned.
The house on what is known as the
old James P. Coburn farm near Spring
Mills, now owned by John M. Otto, of
Aaronsburg, was struck by lightning
on Tuesday evening and burned to the
ground, so far as the woodwork of the
house is concerned, all that remains
being a portion of the stone walls.
The house was occupied by Harry
Confer and family and trey were for-
tunate in saving most of their house-
hold goods. A partial insurance was
carried on both the house and con-
tents.
——A freight wreck on the Bald
Eagle Valley railroad above Snow
Shoe Intersection on Sunday morning
delayed traffic about three quarters
of an hour, but it did not prove as
serious as at first reported.
Bellefonte motorists who took
ia spin up the Bald Eagle valley on
{Sunday afternoon came across aa au-
| tomobile down over the bank along-
i side of the road in the neighborhoo .
‘of Martha. Later reports gave it as a
Lock Haven party who had the acci-
dent and that no one was hurt. The
car was gotten on the road some time
in the evening.
During the past week Dr. E. S.
Malloy purchased the dental office of
Dr. D. K. Musser in Petrikin hall and
will take charge in September. During
the past year or more Dr. Malloy has
been assistant to Dr. Kilpatrick and
new decided to establish a practice of
his own. Dr. Musser will then spend a
and may then decide to locate some-
where else.
——Snow Shoe now has a Sunday
train service. Trains leave Snow
Shoe at 8 and 11:40 a. m., arriving a
the Intersection at 9:25 a. m. and 1 p.
m. Returning they leave the Inter-
section at 9:45 a. m. and 1:25 p. m.,
arriving in Snow Shoe at 11:05 a. m.
and 2:45 p. m., thus making connec-
tion with the morning trains on the
Bald Eagle Valley and with the Penn-
sylvania-Lehigh eastbound.
Having been placed in a perma-
nent position on top of the tower on
the jail the electrical sirene fire alarm
was tested on Saturday evening, and,
while it could be heard fairly distinct
throughout the town it does nok
make that nerve-racking noise made
by the old steam fire alarm, and there
is little danger of it waking up any of
the sleeping multitude in the city of
the dead just back of the jail.
Nobody in Bellefonte and Cen-
tre county should miss the big war
pictures of the Battle of the Somme,
which will be shown at the Scenic
next Wednesday evening, March 29,
for the benefit of the Red Cross socie-
ty. The pictures are authentic in every
particular and will be the first of the
kind to be shown in Bellefonte. Other
good pictures are being shown at the
Scenic every evening in the week ex-
cept Sunday.
—-M. A. Landsy. of the firm of
Antrim & Landsy, portrait painters
of Philadelphia, spent Friday and Sat-
urday in Philipsburg on a business
trip and secured a commission to paint
an oil portrait of the late George W.
MecGaffey, during his life a prominent
and well known citizen of Philipsburg.
Quite a number of paintings have been
placed by this firm throughout Penn-
sylvania and their work has always
ranked as high class in every particu-
lar.
—Jesse K. Derstine, one of the
clerks at the Pennsylvania railroad
freight station in this place, has been
granted a leave of absence and will
leave today with Recorder William H.
Brown for the second officers training
camp at Fort Niagara. During his
absence his position will be filled by
David Bartlet Jr., while the latter’s
father, David Bartlet Sr. will go back
into the harness and help out in a
general way with the work at the
station.
Lock Haven but the past two years
circulating manager. of the Altoona
Tribune, received a commission last
Thursday as a director of the Y. M.
C. A. to be established at Fort Han-
cock, Augusta, Ga., where the Nation-
al Guard units of Pennsylvania, in-
cluding Troop L will be sent to train
for service in France. Mr. Probyn is
an old Y. M. C. A. man and is said to
be well fitted for the work for which
he has been chosen.
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Milan P. Walker and Robert S.
Walker, who went to Washington two
weeks ago to accept positions in the
storeskeeping department of the engi-
neering corps, have enlisted in the na-
val coast reserve service and on Tues-
day were transferred to the League
Island navy yard where they will be
stationed for the present. Two other
members of the class of young men
who took the course at State College
under Hugo Deimer have also enlist-
ed in the naval coast defense service
and have been assigned to League
Island.
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———With his customary aiertness
to see that the big Wheling, W. Va.,
fair loses nothing by not being prop-
erly advertised Harry Ulmer Tibbens,
a former resident of Bellefonte, writes
the “Watchman” that the fair this
vear will begin on Labo: day and will
be “one of the biggest things of the
year in West Virginia.” Purses ag-
gregating almost ten thousand dollars
have been hung up and Pennsylvania
horse owners are welcome to any por-
tion of that amount they can catch.
Anybody who knows anything about
fairs knows that the Wheeling fair is
always an event worth going to see.
——The following list of women to
whom the soldiers lunch boxes are to
be delivered, is again given to the
public, that there may be no misun-
derstanding at the last minute: Mrs.
John P. Lyon, Mrs. E. J. Ward, Miss
Elizabeth Gephart, Miss Annie Short-
lidge, Miss Lucy Potter, Mrs. Charles
Mensch, Mrs. Gust Heverly, Dr. Edith
Schad, Miss Emma Aiken, Miss Daise
Keichline, Miss Lillian Smith, Mrs.
Thomas Hazel, Mrs. Harry Yeager,
Mrs. George Hazel, Mrs. R. S. Brouse
and Mrs. D. I. Willard. Each box is
to contain enough non-perishable food
for one man for one meal, all fruits,
magazines and tobacco being packed
separately by the committee in a way
to avoid any confusion in distribution.
Individuals not seen personally are
asked to join these women when the
peall comes, that an abundance of food
may be provided.
| Ellis L. Orvis
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Joseph Harris and his family left yes-
terday to motor to their home in Detroit,
Mich.
—Dr. H. W. Hiller, of Chester, spent the
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—Alfred Mallory, of Altoona, was an over
—Mr. and Mrs. Luther Smith are spend-
| Sunday visitor with friends in Bellefonte. | ing the week with friends in Nippenose
early part of the week with his family in |
i this place.
—Mrs. John Tonner, of Philadelphia,
visiting with her mother and
her former home at Millheim.
—Miss Margaret Haupt will leave today ,
to spend two weeks with friends in Snow |
Shoe.
—William Winton went out to Punxsu-
tawney on Friday to spend a week among !
" his relatives.
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sisters, at | ton, of Brownsville, Pa., has been a guest !
{ of Mrs. Louise Harris.
—Miss Mary Taylor is arranging to go!
to West Point, to be present at the gradu-
ation of her brother, Vincent Taylor.
—Mrs. Margery Lyon is visiting in Belle-
fonte, coming here to be with Mr. and Mrs.
during Mrs. Harvey's ab-
sence in New York.
—Miss Kate Schnell has been a guest at
. . ! the home of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Lentz
month at his old home in Aaronsburg |
while in Bellefonte for the past week. Miss
| Schnell will return to Lock Haven tonight.
: liamsport Tuesday,
—Ambrose Sloteman, of Lock Haven,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
Monday, bringing home with him John |
Tuten, who spent Sunday at the Sloteman |
home.
—Mrs. John Englebaugh, of Sharon, and
her four children, are spending two weeks
in Bellefonte, guests of Mrs. Englebaugh’s
mother and sister, Mrs. Shreffler and Miss
Katherine Shrefiier.
—Miss Mary Shorkley returned to Wil-
accompanied by Miss
Katherine Allison, who will remain there
for several days in order to take her
teachers examination.
—M. L. Emerick, of Centre Hall, one of
the best known and few remaining blatk-
smiths of Centre county, spent Saturday
afternoon here, doing some buying and
calling on his many friends.
—Robert D. Meyer, of Altoona, passed
through Bellefonte Saturday, called home
to Centre Hall by the serious illness of his
father, Philip H. Meyer, who is now slow-
ly recovering from the recent attack.
—Mrs. Bigler, of Clearfield, and her
daughter, Miss Virginia Bigler, stopped
here Saturday between trains, on their way
to Williamsport. While in Bellefonte Miss
Bigler and her mother were guests of Miss
Mary Thomas.
-—Mary Parker and Elizabeth Larimer
will go to Somerset today to spend a week
or more with Mary's grandmother and
aunts, before returning to Bellefonte with
Emily Parker, who has been there the
greater part of the summer.
—Miss Blanche Underwood left last Fri-
day to spend her two week's vacation at
the home of her brother, Irvin Underwood
and family, at Erie; taking with her her
two little nieces who spent a fortnight in
Bellefonte with their grandparents.
--Dr. 8S. Gray Mattern, of Philadelphia,
who has been visiting with relatives in
Centre county for the past two weeks,
spent last Saturday in Bellefonte. Mon-
day Dr. Mattern joined a party of friends,
motoring with them back to Philadelphia.
—Mrs. Hamilton Otto, of Williamsville,
N. Y.. came to Bellefonte Monday, leaving
again Wednesday for Johnstown, where
she is visiting with her son, Harry Otto,
and with two of her granddaughters. Mrs.
Otto will return here later to continue her
visit.
—Mrs. Stewart Pearce Jr., of Conneaut,
Ohio, came to Bellefonte Tuesday and will
spend several weeks visiting with Mr.
Pearce’s cousin, Miss Margery McGinley.
During Miss MecGinley’'s recent visit to
Ohio she spent much of the time with Mrs.
Pearce.
—Miss Berenice Bickford, of Pueblo, Col.,
is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. L. A. Schaef-
fer, stopping here on her way west after
spending a month in New York, Atlantic
City and with relatives in Pennsylvania.
Miss Bickford will leave for Colorado with-
in a few days.
—Mrs. Henry McCormick, of Harrisburg,
is a guest of Miss Alice Wilson, while Miss
McCormick and Miss Robinson, who came
to Bellefonte with Mrs. McCormick the
early part of the week, have been spending
the time with Miss Linn. Miss McCor-
mick, who is an ardent Red Cross worker,
gave na most interesting and practical talk
at the Red Cross work rooms, before our
women at their regular meeting Tuesday
afternoon.
—Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Jaycox, of Chi-
cago, are expected in Bellefonte today as
week-ond guests of Mrs. J. A. Aiken and
her daughter, Miss Emma Aiken. Next
week Mrs. Aiken and Miss Aiken will have
as guests Mr. and Mrs. Harry Odenkirk,
of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Homer
D. Odenkirk, of Wooster, Ohio, and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Odenkirk, of Alliance,
Ohio, all of whom are expected in Belle-
fonte on Monday.
—Among the recent guests whom Mrs.
Forrest Bullock has been entertaining was
Miss Martha Simler, of Philadelphia, who
spent the after part of last week in Belle-
fonte; Charles Carnahan, of Oakmont, Mrs.
Bullock’s brother-in-law, who was her
guest for the week-end, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Baldridge, of Pittsburgh. Mrs.
Baldridge, Mrs. Bullock's sister, came here
two weeks ago, being joined last Thursday
by Mr. Baldridge, both leaving for home
Monday, accompanied by their niece, Miss
Rosamary Simler, who had been spending
the summer in Bellefonte.
—Among the callers at the “Watchman”
office last Saturday was Mr. J. H. Esk-
ridge, of Philipsburg, special agent for
the Germania Life Insuranee company, of
New York. Mr. Eskridge was in Belle-
fonte on business and incidentally he or-
dered the “Watchman” sent to his home
regularly. About two years ago he decid-
ed to go to California to live, as he had
heard so much about that wonderful State.
Hardly had a year elapsed until he was
called east on business and the old long-
ing for Centre county welled up so strong-
ly that he telegraphed Mrs. Eskridge to
sell off everything and come back home,
and now they are in Philipsburg for good.
—Among ‘“Watchman” office callers on
Saturday was Joseph A. Emerick, of Nit-
tany, one of Centre county’s very efficient
Jury Commissioners, who was in Belle-
fonte assisting in the drawing of the jury
for the September term of court. Having
served but one term Mr. Emerick is a can-
didate for a renomination at the Septem-
ber primaries and his claims are worfhy
the careful consideration of the Democrat-
ic voters of the county. Speaking about
the crops grown in Nittany valley this year
Mr. Emerick stated that a few of the farm-
ers in lower Walker township had thresh-
ed out their entire crop of wheat and al-
ready disposed of their surplus at $2.25 a
bushel. The . yield in that section so far
has been averaging a little over twenty
bushels to the acre, which is very good
considering the fact that the normal aver-
age is a little less than sixteen. The wheat
is also of an unusually high quality.
—While visiting in Bellefonte, Mrs. War-
—Mrs.
her sister, Mrs. McLain, of Massillon, Ohio,
Mrs. McLain came to Bellefonte Monday.
—Mrs. Hugh Taylor Sr. left last week
for Pittsburgh to spend several
visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
Else.
—Mrs. Melissa Bing, of Unionville,
Warren
with
her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Lever, of Phila-
delphia. with Bellefonte
friends.
—Harry Walkey left Bellefonte on Sat-
urday afternoon for Mt. Clemens, Mich., to
spent Monday
take a two week's course of precautionary |
treatment against rheumatism.
—After spending a week or ten days in
Bellefonte Mr. and Mrs. William Cunning-
ham and three children left on Saturday
for their home in Beaver Falls.
—George Mallory and sister, Mrs.
Charles Heverly, went to Altoona on Sun-
day where they attended the funeral on
Monday of Mrs. Catharine Mallory.
—W. A. Reed and C. L. Corl, two repre-
sentative citizens of Pine Hall, were busi-
ness visitors in Bellefonte on Monday and
brief callers at the “Watchman” office.
—Miss Edna Mallory departed on Satur-
day to spend her vacation with Mr. anc
Mrs. Edwerd Murphy and family, in Phil-
adelphia, expecting to be away ten days or
two weeks.
—Mrs. Edwin F. Gehret took a two
day’s outing the latter part of last week
by accompanying Mr. Gehret on a motor
trip to Hyde City, where the latter went
on business.
—Second Lieutenant John C. Lawrence,
of State College, spent Sunday with Belle-
fonte friends prior to leaving for Harris-
burg to receive his orders assigning him
to duty at Fort Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
—Miss Nancy Burrows, of Tyrone, was
a guest over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. H.
N. Crider, having come down with Mrs.
Crider on Saturday evening after the lat-
ter's two day’s visit in Tyrone with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Freeman.
—Mrs. Charles Shaffner, of Philadelphia,
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. James B.
Lane. Mrs. Lane's son, Richard, of Mec-
Keesport, spent Sunday with her mother,
coming in to go home with his son James
B. Lane Jr., who had been in Bellefonte
for seven weeks.
—Herbert Gray came over from Burn-
ham on Saturday evening on his motorey-
cle to spend a brief time with Bellefonte
friends then continued his trip to Jersey
Shore to see his aunt. On the way over
Nittany mountain he had a puncture and
other tire trouble that delayed him almost
two hours.
—Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral of the late Claire M.
Seibert, last Thursday afternoon were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank R. Kessler, of Altoona,
Mr. Seibert having been best man at their
wedding which took place several months
ago at the home of Col. Emanuel Noll, on
north Allegheny street.
—Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Leightley returned
Saturday to their home in Lewistown after
a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. William
Hoover, at Pleasant Gap. Mr. Leightley 1s
well known and has many friends among
the older residents of the county, having
spent much of his life in the vicinity of
Milesburg and is an original member of
the 148th regiment, Penna volunteers.
—@Gapt. James G. Taylor arrived in Belle-
fonte quite unexpectedly on Sunday after
serving in the regular army in the Philip-
pines the past eighteen months. It was
known here that the Captain had been or
dered to the United States but the date of
his arrival was unknown. After spending
several days here he left on Welnesday for
West Point where he will spend a few days
and then report at Gettysburg on August
29th for further orders.
—Mr. and Mrs. Collins Johnston Jr.
came in from Pittsburgh on Thursday to
visit Mr. Collins’ mother and sister, Mrs.
Collins Johnston Sr., and Miss Maude
Johnston. Mr. Johnston left on Saturday
for Grampian to visit relatives for a few
days before returning to Pittsburgh where
he will enter the plant of the Westinghouse
people where secret work is being done for
the United States government, and from
which he will not be able to emerge or
communicate with any one for a period of
ten months. -
—Hayes and Frank K. Mattern, of Ty-
rone, were business visitors in Bellefonte
last I'riday and while here had the pleas-
ure of greeting a number of their old col-
lege classmates, the former graduating at
State in 1893 and the latter in 1894. For a
number of years Hayes was in the grocery
business in Johnstown and Frank kept a
general store at Warriorsmark but they
both sold out and located in Tyrone where
they have engaged in the lumbering busi-
nes. Their mission to Centre county was
to look over a tract of timber in Marion
nrownship.
—Mr. and Mrs. DD. A. Boozer, with their
son Shannon, of Centre Hall, and Mrs.
Boozer’s sister, Mrs. G. E. Park, of New
Milford, Pa., motored to Bellefonte on
Tuesday evening and spent several hours
with friends. Mrs. Park, by the way, will
spend some time at Cemtre Hall, her nus-
band, Dr. Park, having left over two
weeks ago for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to en-
ter the U. S. military service. On Monday
of next week Mrs. W. Gross Mingle and
son Philip, of Philadelphia, will arrive in
Centre Hall for a visit with her father,
Capt. George M. Boal, who is making hig
home with the Boozer family.
—Isaac W. and Miss TIelen Chambers,
son and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Edward R. Chambers, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Andrews, motored to Bellefonte
from Philadelphia last Friday in Mr.
Chambers’ Ford car, arriving in Bellefonte
about five o'clock in the evening. They en-
countered no trouble of any kind on the
way but hardly had they landed in Belle-
fonte when a brakeband broke. Mr. Cham-
bers is now head clerk in the office of the
Sharpless cream separator company, at
West Chester, and this was his first trip
to Bellefonte in four years. Mr. Andrews
is the advertising manager of the firm and
as he and Mrs. Andrews are both natives
of Iowa they were very much delighted
with the magnficent scenery of Penasylva-
nia. The party left for Philadelphia on
Monday, going by way of Bedford Springs
and Gettysburg, intending to make a two
days’ trip of it.
Henry P. Harris is entertaining |
weeks |
valley.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Taylor have as
! guests their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
| Charles Taylor, of Huntingdon.
—The Misses Frances and Stella
becker, of Jeannette, are spending
| time with friends in Centre county.
—D. Paul Wetzel came home from Erie
! Wednesday to undergo his examination
before the draft board.
| —Lioutenant John M. Dale, stationed at
| Fort Madison, is home on a furlough, vis-
[tng with his mother, Mrs. John M. Dale.
|
Kohl-
some
i —Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fay and their
| daughter Patty, were guests Sunday of
{ Mrs. Fay’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John
Lane, having motored over from Altoona.
{ —Mrs. Frank Barnes, of Washington,
| has been in Bellefonte since Tuesday, and
| during her stay will be a guest of Miss
Humes.
| —Dr. and Mrs. 8S. M. Nissley had as
week-end guests Dr. Nissley’s brother, Ed-
{ win S. Nissley, of Harrisburg, and his fam-
ily, who motored here with friends from
Lock Haven.
—Miss Sara Bogle, of Pittsburgh, amd
Mrs. Howard Brinton, of Philadelphia,
who has frequently visited in Bellefonte,
were both with Mrs. Bogle at the Forge
House last week, summoned there by the
critical illness and death of Miss Norris.
—Those who were in Bellefonte
week for the funeral of the late Claire
Seibert included, Miss Marguerite Leitz-
inger, of Akron, Ohio, and the families of
W. H. Markle and E. L. Markle with Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Weaver, all of Hublersburg.
—Chaplain and Mrs. T. W. Young have
as their guests this week their daughter,
Mrs. W. B. Epley, with her husband and
daughter Isabel, of Pittsburgh, and Miss
Helen Minton, a very dear friend of the
family, of Washington, Pa. On Wednes-
day they made up 2 family party and vis-
ited Penn's Cave, one of Centre county's
natural curiosities.
—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Snodgrass left
yesterday in their Studebaker 6 for the re-
turn drive to Chicago. after a week’s visit
with Mrs. Snodgrass’ sister, Mrs. J. Dorsey
Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are now en-
tertaining Mrs. Owen, who came here from
Iowa Monday, to visit for an indefinite
time with relatives in Centre county. Les-
ter Yearick, a nephew, from Niagara Falls,
has also been their guest.
—Jacob Lyon, the butcher, arrayed him-
self in his best garb on Monday and de-
parted for Shamokin as one of the repre-
sentatives from the Bellefonte lodge to the
annual state convention of the Elks being
held there this week. But by the time he
reached Danville a sort of homesick feel-
ing came stealing over Jake and it grew
so strong that he just turned around and
came home on Wednesday without even
going to Shamokin.
last
Continued on page 4 col. 6.
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Notice to the Public.
On and after September 1st there
will be an advance of ten per cent. in
the price for flat work, family washes
and laundry work at the Bellefonte
Steam laundry and the City Steam
laundry. This advance has been made
compulsory owing to the big increase
in the cost of all kinds of material and
supplies entering into the laundry
work. ’
JOHN NOLL, Bellefonte Steam Laundry.
F. L. KERN, City Steam Laundry. 33-2t
Asthma Curable.
Write Dr. Hair, Newark, O., regard-
ing his old, reliable, radical constitu-
tional remedy. Treatise and informa-
tion free. 33-1t*
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SALE REGISTER.
Saturday, Sept. 8.—Miss Bella Confer, of
No. 142 Penn St., will sell a full line of
household furniture. Sale will begin at
1 oclock p. m,
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for prodige
Potatoes per bushel... .80
onions.........cc...is 1.50
Eggs, per dozen. 35
Lard, per pound.... 22
Butter per pound.. 35
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o’clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat .00
White Wheat... 1.95
Rye, per bushel........... 1.90
Corn, shelled, per bushel.. 1.90
Corn, ears, per bushel.... 1.90
Oats, old and new, per 75
Barley, per bushel.. 1.80
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Corn —Yellow 1.90@ 1.92
“ —Mixed new.. . 1.89@ 1.91
.76@ 77
10.00@10.50
. 12.80@13.10
Rye Flour per barrel... 9.00@ 9.75
Baled Hay—Choice Ti 11.00@21.00
st xe ke M . 14.50@18.50
SETAW. hh Sirs 10.00@14.50
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