Bellefonte, Pa., November 2, 1917.
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LOST IN THE CLOUDS.
Elliot Morris Pilotted His Machine to
Ground When Motor Stops 9,000
Feet High.
Somewhere in France,
October 4, 1917.
Dear Mother:
I have not written to you for near-
ly two weeks because I was lost and
away from camp four days. I am on
my brevet now and with luck and
good weather I will finish in three or
four days. I will have three days
leave in Paris and from there will be
sent to another school for perfection
in either factor—machine or bomb-
ers. I don’t know yet which I will
get. I will cable you all for a little
money for my leave in Paris. Three
of our bunch have already finished.
It is just a matter of luck when you
finish as all depends on how many are
in the class when you are. We don’t
know when we will get our commis-
sions. It may be three weeks or it
may be three months. We are now on
the same status as the West Point ca-
dets.
Now to tell you my experience. 1
was sent up on a rather cloudy day
and told to go up ten thousand feet
and stay there for one hour and then
come down. That is one of our brev-
et tests. Well, I went up all right,
but I got away above the clouds
where I could only get a glimpse of
the earth once in a while. I knew I
was lost and decided to stay up and
come down slowly and see where I
was. To make matters worse my
watch broke and I had to stay up
much longer than an hour to be sure
I made my hour. It was very cold
up there and I nearly froze to death.
When I thought I had stayed my
hour I slowed down my motor and
started to come down but my motor
stopped at nine thousand feet and I
had to come all the way without any
motor. When I saw that it had stop-
ped I dived for the earth and when I
came through the clouds, I saw that I
was falling right in the middle of a
big city. I then flattened out a little
and took a long glide for the out-
skirts of the city. I passed over a lit-
tle field and turned and shot for it. I
was going at one hundred and twen-
ty miles an hour as I was falling and,
as God was with me, I made a fine
landing and didn’t even break a wire
on my machine. I looked over my
machine and found I had no more
gasoline.
By that time hundreds of people
were coming, expecting to pick up the
pieces of my machine and me. I
found I had landed in a little suburb
of Orleans, called St. Denis en Val,
three miles from Orleans. I then re-
membered Joan of Are, the Maid of
Orleans, but I never expected to visit
her old town as I did.
I had no identification and the May-
or of the town wouldn’t let me tele-
phone back to school as he was not
sure I was not a German. You may
not believe it but this is absolutely
true. The Mayor sent me with some
French soldiers to the hospital for
the night. I forgot to tell you I land-
ed at four o’clock in the evening.
Well in the morning the Mayor tele-
phoned the school and found I was all
right. The chief pilot told me to vis-
it until a mechanician came to look
over my machine.
I went back to my machine and
thought I would have to spend the
night in it as I had no money. I had
four French soldiers guarding it. But
in the afternoon a big car drove up
and a fine looking old Frenchman
with his two young daughters arriv-
ed, who asked for the young Ameri-
can aviator. I told them I was “it,”
and one daughter, a peach of a look-
ing girl who had been in England and
could speak English, told me her
father wanted me to come to their
Chateau and spend the night. You
can just bet I said I would be delight-
ed, so I got in the machine and rode
for about a mile to the most beautiful
Chateau I have ever seen. They cer-
tainly were wonderful to me and gave
a dinner in my honor. I was quite
the hero. I stayed there two nights
before a machinist came and I cer-
tainly had the time of my life. The
father’s name is—— and one daugh-
ter’s name is —— and she is a won-
derful looking French girl. She has
written to me twice since I came back.
I may go to visit her instead of going
to Paris.
I drove back to Orleans the third
morning and started out again in the
afternoon. I was seventy-five miles
from school and had to fly home in
the clouds all the way. Our chief pi-
lot, who is a French lieutenant and
runs the school, told me I had done
very well indeed and he was very
much pleased and surprised that I had
not broken the machine or my neck,
I don’t see how I didn’t kill myself.
I thought sure I was a goner.
Ge BUDD.
The Bush house on Tuesday
inaugurated a beefless day at the ho-
tel. It is the purpose of proprietor
Daggett to have one beefless day a
week, in order to help along as far as
he can in the conservation movement,
No beef or pork was served at any of
the meals; fowl and fish being the
substitutes.
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HERR.—Joel A. Herr, of Salona,
died on Wednesday night of last week
at the Lock Haven hospital as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis sustain-
‘| ed last March. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Bressler Herr and
was born in Lamar township, Clinton
county, on March 1st, 1838, hence had
reached the advanced age of 79 years,
7 months and 23 days. When a young
man he entered Dickinson Seminary
at Williamsport but after attending
two years the Civil war broke out and
he promptly enlisted in Company C,
137th Penna. Vols. At the expiration
of his first enlistment he re-enlisted
in a New Jersey regiment and at the
close of the war settled in that State.
On the death of his father in 1871 he
returned to Clinton county and locat-
ed on the old homestead.
All his life since had been devoted
to agriculture and in this work he
proved so successful that forty years
ago he was elected a member of the
State Board of Agriculture and had
been on the board continuously ever
since. He had also served as a trus-
tee of State College and had lectured
at farmers’ institutes in nearly every
county in the State. He was a mem-
ber of the Finance committee of the
State Grange and the John S. Bitner
Post, G. A. R., of Lock Haven. He
never married and is the last surviv-
ing member of his family. Funeral
services were held at the home of his
cousin, Wesley Herr, at Salona, at
two o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
after which burial was made in the
Salona cemetery.
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BLAIR.—Charles W. Blair died at
his home at Warriorsmark on Satur-
day, October 20th, after an illness of
some weeks. He was a son of Wil-
liam and Sarah Blair and was born in
Patton township, this county, on
April 11th, 1873. He was a laborer
by occupation and most of his mar-
ried life had been spent in the vicini-
ty of Warriorsmark. He was a mem-
ber of the Methodist church and
Washington Camp No. 735, P. O. S.
of A. Surviving him are his wife and
the following children: Alvin, Bea-
trice, Clarence, Francis and Adier.
He also leaves his mother living at
Scotia and the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Martha Shope, of Al-
toona; John and James, of Tyrone;
Jacob and Lemuel, of Patton; George
and Miss Nancy, at the family home
at Scotia. Burial was made at War-
riorsmark on October 23rd.
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RAYMOND.—Miss Stella Ray-
mond, of Oak Hall, who was badly
hurt in an automobile accident on
Sunday, October 14th, when she had
one leg broken and sustained a bad
cut on the head, died at the Bellefonte
hospital on Monday evening, of teta-
nus, which developed as the result of
her injuries.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Raymond and was nine-
teen years old on October 9th. Her
mother is dead but surviving her are
her father, one brother, Roy Ray-
mond, now with an engineering corps
in France; and a sister, Esther, at
home. She was a member of the
Evangelical church at Linden Hall.
The funeral was held at ten o’clock
yesterday morning, Rev. S. C. Sto-
ver had charge of the services and
burial was made in the Reformed
cemetery at Boalsburg.
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MECKLEY. — Lawrence Everett
Meckley died at the home of his par-
ents in Altoona on Sunday morning,
after two days’ illness as the result of
uraemic poisoning. Deceased was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Meck-
ley, former residents of Buffalo Run,
and was born on August 14th, 1904,
hence was 13 years, 2 months and 14
days old. He is survived by his par-
ents and six brothers, namely: Clar-
ence, of Juniata Gap; J. S., of Mill-
heim; Leslie, of Snow Shoe; Claire,
James and Lemuel, at home. Brief
funeral services were conducted at the
Meckley home at ten o’clock on Wed-
nesday morning and the same after-
noon the remains were brought to
Bellefonte on the Pennsylvania-Le-
high train and taken to Meyer’s cem-
etery where final services were held
and interment made. :
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GOODWIN.—William C. Goodwin,
who died at his home at Pennsylvania
Furnace on Wednesday night of last
week after a long illness as the result
of a paralytic stroke, was born at Mec-
Veytown on September 138th, 1844,
hence was 73 years, 1 month and 11
days old. During the Civil war he
served four years in the Ninth Penn-
sylvania cavalry. In July, 1868, he
married Miss Margaret Ann Work,
of Rock Springs, who died seventeen
years ago but surviving him are the
following children: Mrs. E. B. Wea-
ver, of Pennsylvania Furnace; Henry,
of Boalsburg; W. C. Jr., Margery and
Nancy Jane, at home. The funeral
was held on Saturday afternoon, bur-
ial being made at Pennsylvania Fur-
nace.
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FORCE.—Following an illness of
almost eight weeks Mrs. Susan L.
Force, widow of Jefferson Force,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Askey, at Pine Glenn, on
October 17th. She was the youngest
daughter of John and Emily Mulhol-
land, among the earliest settlers of
Burnside township, where she was
born on July 17th, 1841, making her
age 76 years and 4 months, she hav-
ing died on the anniversary of her
Mr. Force died on October
20th, 1910, but surviving her are
eight children, sixty-four grand-chil-
dren and sixty great grand-children.
Funeral services were held in the Ad-
vent church on October 21st by Rev.
Shannon, burial being made in the
Advent cemetery.
RIPKA.—Last week’s “Watchman”
contained an announcement of the
death of William Henry Ripka, at his
home in Middleburg, and on Wednes-
day of last week, his brother, John Z.
Ripka, of Spring Mills, passed away
as the result of shaking palsy, an ail-
ment brought on by a hack wreck in
which he was injured some six years
ago. .
Deceased was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ripka, and was born in
Georges valley on December 20th,
1844, hence at his death was 72 years,
10 months and 4 days old. Mr. Rip-
ka followed farming and carpenter-
ing during his life and was a quiet,
unassuming citizen. He was a mem-
ber of the Evangelical church and in
politics a staunch Democrat.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Annie Neff, of Potters Mills, who sur-
vives with seven children, namely:
Stewart W., of Pleasant Gap; Charles
J., Jared B., Mrs. William B. Musser,
Ezra C., and Irvin H., all of Spring
Mills, and Lloyd E., of Pine Grove
Mills. He also leaves two brothers
and four sisters, namely: Adam C.
and Mrs. J. L. Tressler, of Centre
Hall; Samuel and Mrs. J. H. Maize,
of Millheim; Mrs. E. S. Crater, of
Spring Mills, and Mrs. T. L. Decker,
of Milroy.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 10 o’clock last Saturday
morning by Rev. Miller, of the Evan-
gelical church, after which burial was
made in the Mountain cemetery in
Gregg township. !
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BAUMGARDNER.—William An-
drew Baumgardner, a well known res-
ident of Spring township, died at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Catharine
Baumgardner at Pleasant Gap, on
Wednesday morning of last week,
after an illness of over two years
with a tumor on the right kidney.
He was a son of Christian and
Catharine Baumgardner and was born
on September 5th, 1851, hence was
66 years, 1 month and 19 days old.
During his life he followed lumbering
and in the fall of the year ran a
threshing outfit.
1852, he was united in marriage to
Miss Ruth Demoss who died in No-
vember, 1899. He leaves no children
but is survived by his mother and the
following brothers and sisters:
George, Allport and John, of Jersey
Shore; Mrs. W. C. Kline, of State
College; Mrs. Alice Herman, Collins
and Miss Ella, of Pleasant Gap.
Rev. J. H. McKetchnie had charge
of the funeral which was held at his
late home at ten o'clock Saturday
morning, after which the remains
were taken to Boalsburg for inter-
ment.
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HOFFMAN.—Mrs. Clara Hoffman,
widow of the late Alvah A. Hoffman,
died at her home in Lockport, N. Y.,
on Sunday, following an illness of
some months with progressive paral-
ysis. She was a daughter of William
and Angeline Saph and was born at
Lockport, being at her death 73 years,
7 months and 5 days old. She was a
member of the Presbyterian church
all her life. Surviving her are one
son, Clarence E. Hoffman, of Rich-
mond, Ind., and two brothers, Albert
Saph, of Erie, and Edward H., of
Bradford. The remains were brought
to Bellefonte on Wednesday morning
and taken to the home of W. Harri-
son Walker, on east Linn street,
where funeral services were held the
same afternoon at two o’clock by Rev.
W. K. McKinney, after which burial
was made in the Union cemetery be-
side the bodies of her husband and
daughter. :
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HIRSH.—Dora Sussman Hirsh
died at her home in Philadelphia on
Thursday of last week following a
lingering illness. Deceased will be
remembered by many Bellefonters as
having lived here many years ago
when she was the wife of Abraham
Sussman, at that time one of the
leading dry, goods merchants of the
town. Following Mr. Sussman’s death
she married Mr. Hirsh and he, too,
preceded her to the grave. She is
survived, however, by one sister, Mrs.
Isaac Guggenheimer, who was also a
resident of Bellefonte many years
ago. Burial was made in Mt. Sinai
cemetery at Philadelphia on Sunday
afternoon.
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ANDERSON.—Mrs. Rachael An-
derson died quite suddenly on Sun-
day morning at her home in Lewis-
burg, aged 80 years. She had been a
resident of Buffalo valley for many
years and is survived by one son, liv-
ing in Philadelphia.. She also leaves
the following brothers and sisters:
Mrs. Barbara Corl, Mrs. J. Calvin
Struble and Isaac Reish, all living
near State College; Mrs. Kate Shaf-
fer, of Lock Haven, and Samuel Reish,
of Axe Mann. The funeral was held
on Wednesday afternoon, burial be-
ing made near Mifflinburg.
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HARSHBARGER.—Bertha Harsh-
berger, the thirteen year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harshber-
ger, of Potter township, died at the
Bellefonte hospital early last Satur-
day morning of diabetes, with which
she had suffered for some time. She
was brought to the hospital on Friday
but her condition was such that noth-
ing could be done to save her life. In
addition to her parents she is surviv-
ed by two brothers. The funeral was
held on Tuesday morning, burial be-
ing made in the Tusseyville cemetery.
——The ladies of the Lutheran
church are going to give a sauer
kraut supper, Wednesday evening,
November 7th, from five to seven, at
the parsonage. If you do not eat
kraut, go and enjoy a plate of good
baked beans. Price for supper, fifty
cents, dessert included.
On, March 30th,
. MORE NATIONAL ARMY MEN.
i Two Colored Recruits Sent On Mon-
| * day. Thirty-five More Men to Go
| Next Monday.
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cruits for the new national army,
; William Thomas Johnson, of Belle-
| fonte, and Robert Lytle, of Philips-
{ burg, were sent to Camp Meade on
{ Monday. In order that no favoritism
should be shown Sheriff Yarnell gave
the two men a banquet at Blackford’s
cafe on Saturday night. In addition
to the two men above named members
of their own race included their
preacher, Rev. L. V. Jones, the pre-
siding elder of the Centre district A.
M. E. church, and Abram Jackson.
The others present were the sheriff,
Col. H. S. Taylor, Hon. John Noll, E.
F. Gehret and a press representative.
The feast was a substantial one and
much enjoyed by everybody. A num-
ber of speeches were also made.
Pursuant to orders issued last Sat-
urday the sheriff summoned the fol-
lowing thirty-eight men to appear in
Bellefonte tomorrow and be ready to
depart for Camp Meade on Monday
morning to make Centre county’s ad-
ditional thirty per cent. of its total
quota:
Andy Koblichik, Clarence.
John Coldren Lingle, Spring Mills.
Carl Max Furst, Port Matilda, R. F. D
John Henry Kelley, Howard.
Emil Joswick, Munson.
Jacob Ralph Lee, New Orleans.
Claude L. Whitehill, Oak Hall.
Ralph Lester Rachau. Centre Hall.
Clifford A. Heltman, Hublersburg.
John Elliott Smith, Centre Hall.
Herman Benson Eves, Warriors Mark.
Gilbert James Shope, Howard.
Samuel B. Barnhart, Curtin.
Harrison M. Crain, Port Matilda.
Steere Jaricic, Bellefonte.
James E. Gehret, Bellefonte.
Nick Deanck, Pleasant Gap.
Arthur M. Kerin, Moshannon.
James Moody, Clarence.
Ernest Forrest Bathgate, Lemont.
Ammon G. Zimmerman, Pine Glenn.
William A. Marshall, Bellefonte.
Samuel Ratz, Munson.
Charles A. Shearer, Bellefonte, R. F. D.
Thomas Hurley, Philipsburg.
Harold Sawtelle, Philipsburg.
LeRoy Bertram Love, Woolrich.
John Calvin Hockman, Zion.
George Gedraitis, Osceola Mills.
John Bland, Howard.
John H. Stevenson, Waddle.
Alvin A. Bohn, Oak Hall.
Ernest Patke, Philipsburg.
Roland A. Bryan, Milesburg.
John Arthur Waite, Bellefonte.
Arthur G. Custer, Fleming.
Charles H. Bubb, Centre Hall.
George E. Vonada, Zion.
Pursuant to a call of the sheriff a
meeting was held at the Elk’s Lodge
on Monday evening of this week
and it was decided to give the thirty-
five men who will be sent away on
Monday a fitting reception tomorrow
(Saturday) evening. There will be a
big parade from the armory through
the main streets of the town to the
Diamond where the speaking will take
place. Immediately after the speak-
ing a luncheon will be served to the
national army men. Inasmuch as it
is the desire to have the parade move
promptly at eight o’clock all persons
taking part in the same are urged to
be on hand promptly.
As an organization to prepare for
the big gathering Burgess Edmund
Blanchard was appointed chairman of
the general committee and the fol-
lowing gentlemep were named as
chairmen of the sub-committees and
empowered to select their own com-
mitteemen:
Drill and Parade—Col. H. 8. Taylor.
Finance—J. Will Conley.
¢ Arrangements—Robt. F. Hunter.
Reception—Hard P. Harris. ~
Schools—Jonas E. Wagner.
Publicity—Edward IL. Gates.
Civilians—John IL. Knisely.
Luncheon—William "Burnside.
G. A. R.—Samuel B. Miller.
Fire Companies—E. M. Gehret.
Decorations—J. M. Decker.
In connection with the above Mr.
Miller requests all members of the G.
A. R. as well as all old soldiers will-
ing to take part in the parade to
meet at Gregg Post rooms at eight
o'clock sharp, and Mr. Knisely re-
quests all patriotic citizens not affili-
ated with any of the lodges or organ-
izations that will be in line, who are
willing to take part in the parade, to
assemble at the High school building
promptly at eight o’clock.
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Community Music.
The war stanza of “America” is as
follows:
“God bless our splendid men.
Send them safe home again.
God save ‘our men.
Happy and glorious,
Dauntless and chivalrous,
Winners of freedom.
God save our men.”
Since it expresses just what our
hearts desire, let us sing it whenever
the national air “America” is sung.
, The idea of Community singing is
not a new one, but Bellefonte has not
adopted the plan. If some of our fine
musicians would follow up the sug-
gestion, it is likely the public will ap-
preciate not only the singing of our
national airs, but also the novel op-
portunity to tell our soldier boys that
they are in the minds of the home
folks. Christmas carols would add
variety to the scheme.
The term “Community” includes all
ages, races, color and nationalities
from the town and country. “Patri-
otic singing in a massed form ought
to be an easy problem,” so why should
we not try it?
BY ONE WHO CARES.
STEINER.—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Steiner, wife of Harry H. Steiner, of
Tyrone, went to Altoona on Monday
on a shopping trip, returned home in
the evening, had an attack of hcart
trouble at 10:30 o'clock and died be-
fore midnight.
She was a daughter of Edward M.
and Adaline Boyd Hess and was born
at Axe Mann, this county, on June
8th, 1864. When a girl her parents
‘moved to Philipsburg and there she
grew to womanhood and married Mr.
Steiner. Five years ago the family
moved to Tyrone. The remains were
taken to Philipsburg yesterday for
burial.
Contre county's only colored ro ; Miss Lillian Dale Musser, became the
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McCormick — Musser. — A pretty
twilight wedding took place last
Thursday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer C. Musser, on the
Branch, when their only daughter,
bride of Charles Munson McCormick,
of near State College. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. L. N. Fleck in
the presence of a few invited guests.
The attendants were Miss Vida Corl
and Foster Musser, while Mrs. Anna
Fry played the wedding march.
Immediately following the ceremo-
ny a delicious wedding dinner was
served. Owing to the recent death of !
the bridegroom’s aunt, the customary |
wedding trip was deferred for the
present, ihe young couple merely com-
ing to Bellefonte for a day. Mr.
McCormick is an enterprising young
farmer and is located on the C. B.
McCormick farm.
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Kanour—Jehnston.—Gilbert E. Ka-
nour, a member of Troop B, (Sheri-
dan Troop) First Pennsylvania cav-
alry, and Miss Jessie Kilgore John-
ston, youngest daughter of Supt. and
Mrs. J. K. Johnston, of Tyrone, were
married at Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Ga., last Thursd#y. During the past
two years the bride has been a stu-
dent at the School of Industrial Arts,
Philadelphia, going direct from there
to Camp Hancock for her wedding.
Mr. Johnston also went to Augusta
for his daughter’s wedding. Before
joining the Troop Mr. Kanour held a!
position as clerk in the offices of the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper com-
pany, at Tyrone.
Rishel—Bailey.—Paul W. Rishel,
son of Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Rishel, of
Howard, and Miss Edith Bailey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bai-
ley, of Muncy, were married in the
Lutheran church at Muncy at noon on
Saturday. The ceremony was per-
formed by the bridegroom’s father,
Rev. Rishel, assisted by Rev. W. S.
Steck. The young couple were attend-
ed by Miss Blanche Bailey, a sister of |
the bride, and Fred T. Leinbach, of |
Williamsport. After a brief wedding |
trip they will make their home at!
Worcester, Mass., where Mr. Rishel |
holds a good position.
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Rosenhoover—Fisher.—Frank Ro- |
senhoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Rosenhoover, and Miss Violet
Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |
Adam Fisher, both of Bellefonte, |
slipped away to Cumberland, Md.,
last Saturday and were married at |
the parsonage of St. Patrick's Cath- |
olic church by Rev. Father Conley. |
They returned home on Sunday even- |
ing and on Monday evening were giv- |
en a reception at the Rosenhoover |
home, where they will live for the |
present. |
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Wetzel —Robison.—Nevin Y. Wet- |
zel, son of Mrs. J. Henry Wetzel, of |
this place, and Miss Mary Robison, of
Bellington, W. Va., were married at !
the home of the bride’s parents on !
Monday evening. They arrived in |
Bellefonte on Wednesday and will |
spend a few days of their honeymoon !
among Mr. Wetzel’s relatives. Later |
they will take up their residence at
Akron, Ohio, where Mr. Wetzel is as- |
sociated with the Honkie Konkie Con- '
struction company.
Behe—Ott.—William Behe, of Hom- |
er’s Gap, Blair county, and Miss Sa- |
rah Jane Ott, of Mineral Springs, |
Iowa, were married at Dayton, Ohio,
last Friday. Following a wedding
trip through the west Mr. and Mrs. |
Behe will take up their residence at!
Milesburg, this county. |
Swartz — Smith. — William Dale
Swartz, of Snow Shoe, and Miss Eliz-
abeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Smith, of near Philipsburg,
were married in the First Baptist
church at Warren, on Thursday of
last week: They will likely make
their future home at Warren. -
Denny—Moist.—Nathan R. Denny
and Mrs. Viola E. Moist, both of
Ryde, Mifflin county, were married on
Wednesday of last week at the M. E.
parsonage in Milesburg, by the pas-
tor, Rev. W. A. Lepley. They will
make their home at Ryde.
Hassinger—Grassmyer.—Robert G.
Hassinger and Miss Louisa V. Grass-
myer, both of Bellefonte, were mar-
ried in Williamsport on Friday of last
week, by Rev, W. I. Miller. The
young couple will reside in Bellefonte.
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State Fire Marshall Ryan Not Dead. |
“Specials” from Danville appearing
in the daily papers last week an-
nounced that Thomas G. Ryan, a dep- !
uty state fire marshall had been killed !
in an automobile accident near that
city the Friday previous, and inas- |
much as Ryan was fairly well known
in Bellefonte the “Watchman” repub- !
lished the item.
Now it develops that Ryan is not
dead at all. In fact wasn’t even in |
an automobile accident and at the
time of his supposed funeral was sit-
ting at his desk in Danville making
out his report to the state fire mar-
shall. An investigation disclosed the |
fact that the fake story was the work |
of a practical joker and Ryan is now '
endeavoring to discover his identity.
If he does so it is highly probable he |
will endeavor to convince him of the |
mistake he made in selecting him as |
the dead man, and as Ryan is a man :
weighing over two hundred pounds
and built like an athlete he is likely
to put up a rather persuasive argu-
ment. : |
So far as the “Watchman” is con- .
cerned it never made a correction :
with a greater feeling of satisfaction
than now in stating that from the best '
of evidence obtainable Mr. Ryan is
not yet dead. i
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‘State College. The
A NEW COURT ORDER.
Hereafter Regular Terms of Court
Will be for One Week Only.
On Monday Judge Henry C. Quigley
promulgated the following order for
the holding of courts in Centre coun-
ty: :
Until further order the regular terms of
court are fixed for the fourth Monday of
February, third Monday of May, fourth
Monday of September and the second
Monday of December of each year, at 10
o'clock a. m., and shall continue one or
more weeks as the business of the Ceurt
may require.
The present arrangement of having two
separate weeks is hereby discontinued,
and the jurors summoned for the regular
term will serve until the business of the
Court is finished.
License court shall be held on Saturday
of the December term.
By the Court,
HENRY C. QUIGLEY, P. J.
October 29th, 1917.
The above order in itself is -very
simple, but it is of greater import
than appears on a first reading. It
means doing away with one week of
court at every regular session, and
this means that the expense of bring-
ing a panel of forty-eight jurors, with
tipstaffs and court messengers to
Bellefonte on four occasions during
the year will be saved. It will also
mean that when the Jury Commis-
sioners fill the jury wheel instead of
putting in names of 650 citizens only
400 names will be required.
For some time past about all the
business that was brought up at a
regular session of court could have
‘been heard in one week very: easily,
and as now ordered this will be the
case. Both ciyil and criminal cases
will be disposed of in the one week,
or if the list is an unusually long one
and will necessitate more than a
week’s time, the one panel of jurors
will remain until the business is all
disposed of. As will be seen from
the order license court will be held on
Saturday of December term, which
this year will be December 15th.
Hallowe’en Celebrations.
The time for goblins, ghosts and
eerie folks, was celebrated:
By Miss Ethel Wetzel Friday night,
her guests in mask including friends
from both Bellefonte and State Col-
lege.
By many of the young married set,
at a masquerade dance given Monday
night in the town hall, the proceeds
of which ($35) were contributed to
the Bellefonte Red Cross fund.
By Miss Pearl Royer, who enter-
tained informally a number of her
girl friends- Monday night at the home
of her grand-mother, Mrs." Harrison
Kline, with whom Miss Royer makes
her home.
By Mrs. Maurice Yeager, who en-
tertained Monday night, at the hotel
at Pleasant Gap, in honor of her
daughter, Miss Margaret Yeager.
With the seventy guests, from Belle-
fonte, State College and Pleasant
Gap, dancing was the feature of the
evening.
By Miss Edrie Walker, at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miles
Walker, where the younger set in
mask joined in merrymaking, Hallow-
e’en night.
By a number of our men and wom-
en, Wednesday night, who joined the
mask party for a drive to State Col-
lege in one of the Emerick machines,
where they were guests of the I. O.
O. F., at a box social, given for the
benefit of their new hall.
By the K. Q. K. club, who with their
friends were entertained at a taffy
party Wednesday night, by Miss Es-
telle Grauer, at the home of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grauer.
By Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Cairns, who
were host and hostess Thursday night
when apples were bobbed for, nuts
burned and midnight games indulg-
ed in.
And at a mask carnival for the stu-
dents of the High school only, given
tonight in the school building, which
has been elaborately decorated for the
occasion. Dancing, fortune-telling
and games have been arranged for by
the committee in charge of this mer-
ry-making. :
A jitney party for the benefit of
the Red Cross of State College, will
be given today from four-thirty to
nine-thirty, by Mrs. E. E. Sparks, at
dancing for
which the Penn State orchestra will
furnish musie, will be in the armory,
the guests going from there to the
president’s home for refreshments, to
consult the fortune teller and to pur-
chase trinkets and fancy work, from
booths in charge of local Red Cross
members.
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Among the Sick.
Mrs. Harry C. Taylor is critically
ill in the Bellefonte hospital. She
was operated on on Wednesday for a
trouble of long standing and her con-
dition was such yesterday as to give
her friends great concern.
Morgan Reynolds, of Bishop street,
who was stricken Wednesday with
paralysis, is still in a very serious
condition. 8
Thomas Donachy and Joseph Thom-
as both have been very ill for the past
ten days. :
Lemuel Bierly, of Milesburg, is
quite ill with an attack of pneumonia.
—
——Announc¢ement was made in Al-
toona last Friday evening of the en-
gagement of Miss Mary Snyder, of
that city, to Edward M. Murphy, of
Omaha, Neb. The bride to be is a
niece of Michael Hazel, Mrs. Harry
Jackson and Mrs. Michael Shields, of
this place, and has frequently visited
in Bellefonte. Although the exact
date for the wedding has not been set
it is understood it will not be long
after Christmas.
——For ‘high class job work come
to the “Watchman” office.
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