Benoa fan, Bellefonte, Pa., November 16, 1917. ————— P. GRAY MEEK, - » Editor. Terms of Subscription.~Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Big Job for Local Exemption Board. The local exemption board on Mon- day received instructions from Pro- vost Marshall General E. H. Crowder to make a detailed compilation of conscription data to be submitted to Congress when it convenes next month. The work had to be complet- ed within ten days, but so energetic- ally did the local board work that they finished the job yesterday noon and forwarded the data in the after- noon, making record time. To make the compilation required by the new instructions it was nec- essary to handle all registration cards a number of times. The first classifi- cation was to arrange the cards in two groups, one of which will include those of men already called for ex- amination and the other comprising those of draftees who have not yet been reached on the other list. The order contains minute instruc- tions as to the classification. Each of the two primary groups will be sub- divided with reference to married and single men, occupation, aliens, citi- zens, etc. The Provost Marshall specifies distinctive colored mark- ings for each class of cards by means of which each registrant will be index- ed. The system is thorough and will make a new individual record of the ten million registrants. While the Provost Marshall sugges- ted that the local boards and regular clerical force do the work, yet the board was authorized to draft men to assist them if it was necessary to get the work done on time. This action of the War Department, following recent demands for the ex- tension of the draft age, is rather sig- nificant and indicates that the De- partment means to be prepared with all the data necessary to give Con- gress all the information possible in regard to what may be expected from the present enrollment of men for service in the draft army. a County Y. W. C. A. Notes. ° The Snow Shoe club is busy prepar- ing an association pageant which will be given on Monday evening, Novem- ber the nineteenth. A special feature of the program will be an address by Miss Kate Logan on the war work of the Young Women’s Christian Asso- ciation. The public is hearing much these days of the work of the Y. M. C. A. in our training camps at home and among the boys at the front, but the Y. W. C. A. is also doing a great work among the young women at home and in our allied countries. This will be a public meeting. Every one is in- vited—men as well as women. Miss Kate Logan, of New York, National secretary of the county work of the Young Women’s Chris- tian Association will spend the week —November 17th to 24th—in Centre county visiting the different clubs and branches of the county association. She will address public meetings of the Association at Snow Shoe, Oak Hall, Howard and Spring Mills. Avail yourself of this opportunity of learning what young women have been doing and what can be done in serving our country in these days of war. On Tuesday evening, Novem- ber 20th, Miss Logan will present this work before the State College Wom- an’s club. The regular fall meeting of the county board of directors will be held at Bellefonte, Saturday morning, No- vember 24th. Every member of the board is urged to be present. Impor- tant business will be transacted. There will be a meeting of the Y. W. C. A. workers in the court house, Bellefonte, next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Logan, the na- tional secretary of the town and country committees, will be here and outline the work Centre county is ex- pected to do. A large attendance from the surrounding auxiliaries is desired. re GE ree To the Housewives of Pennsylvania. Apparently an organized effort is being made in several sections of the State to discredit our efforts to con- serve the food of the nation. Reports have been put into circulation that the government intends to confiscate half of whatever canned or preserved fruits and vegetables are in the cel- lars and pantries of the homes. These reports are not true. The government does not intend to do any- thing of the kind. Whether these statements have been put out by pa- cifists or by German propagandists is not yet known. We urge all persons to be on the watch for activities of this character. Trace the report to its source, if possible, and report the name of the person who is responsible to the office of the Federal Food Ad- ministrator. The guilty person will be dealt with severely. UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION, Red Cross Rally at the Penitentiary. A Red Cross rally will be held at the western penitentiary at Rockview at two o’clock next Sunday afternoon under the direction of Chaplain T. W. Young. A number of eminent speak-! ers will be present and music will be furnished by the penitentiary orches- tra. The public is invited and the of- fering will be for the benefit of the Red Cross. COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE. A Complete Report of the Seventy-first Annual Session. Just 320 Out of a Total of-322 Teachers in Attend- ance. Good Lectures and Interesting Entertainments. (Reported especially for the “Watchman” by Miss Helen Bartholomew, of Centre Hall). There are exactly 322 school teach- ers in Centre county and 320 of them have been present at the seventy-first annual session of the county teachers’ institute being held in the court house, Bellefonte, this week. The two ab- sentees are Miss Jones, whose mother is quite sick, and Miss Lansberry, who is just recovering from an attack of the measles. This in itself is evi- dence that the school teachers of to- day are applying themselves more | thoroughly to their profession than they did years ago. The writer well remembers the time when the teach- ers looked upon the county institute as an opportunity to come to Belle- fonte for the enjoyment they could have in a social way, but mow it is different. The very look on their faces shows very plainly that their work is not taken lightly and that they come to the institute to get pointers on how they can improve up- on the methods they have adopted in their own schools. Naturally the big influx of teach- ers was on Monday morning and the secretary and enrolling clerks were kept busy registering and enrolling the teachers. The first session of the institute opened at two o’clock p. m., with county superintendent David O. Etters presiding. Dr. Ezra H. Yocum led the devotional exercises while Prof. J. W. Yoder, of Southampton, Pa., had charge of the music, Miss Elizabeth H. Dorworth presiding at the piano. In his opening address to the teachers Superintendent Etters complimented them upon the good work they are doing in their various schools and urged the teachers to be present at every session of the insti- tute. The first speaker introduced was Dr. M. V. O’Shea, professor of edu- cation of the University of Wisconsin. He spoke on “Everyday Traits in Hu- man Nature,” and pictured to his au- dience how it is almost impossible to avoid doing many things we prefer not to do, showing how necessary it is at all times to keep oneself well in hand for the work there is to do. The second speaker was Hon. F. G. Blair, superintendent of public in- struction for the State of Illinois. In his preliminary remarks Mr. Blair won the admiration and respect of his hearers so that every one paid very close attention when he launched his theme of “Waste in Education.” The speaker showed various ways In which his subject was applicable and also told how to avoid the same. Monday evening's entertainment of “Song, Story and Sketch” by The Potters was very clever. Both Mr. and Mrs. Potter are renowned as sing- ers, pianists and imitators, and their entertainment proved very enjoyable to all. TUESDAY’S SESSION. Institute convened promptly at 9 o'clock on Tuesday with the singing of “Come Thou, Almighty King,” after which Rev. T. Hugh MacLeod led in the devotionl exercises. Just to show that he was here for a pur- pose Prof. Yoder had the institute sing two verses of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and one or two oth- er appropriate songs. Superintend- ent Etters made several important an- nouncements and then called on Dr. 0O’Shea. That gentleman started out by saying that the eye is the chief organ of control and by using it the teacher can exercise a wonderful in- fluence for good behavior over his or her pupils. He then followed with an excellent address on “The Trend of the Teens.” The institute then united in sing- ing “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” after which Supt. Etters in- troduced Prof. C. D. Koch, a State High school inspector, who explained to the teachers the provisions of the Act of the Legislature entitled “The Teachers Retirement Fund System,” following with a talk on teaching the essentials, advising the teachers to confine their greatest efforts to those studies which will fit the pupil for the normal walks of life. Just to ease the strain of listening Prof. Yoder had the institute again sing “The Battle Cry of Freedom,” then Dr. Blair continued. his talk on “Waste in Education,” specializing on the leaks in the great wall of the pub- lic school system. One great cause of these leaks is lack of sufficient ap- propriation to carry on the work as it should be, and another is not enough of supervision, especially in small towns and villages where each teach- er works independently of the others. Tuesday afternoon the institute was favored with the presence of the Bellefonte High school orchestra which opened the exercises with an instrumental selection and then play- ed the accompaniment for several songs. Dr. Blair followed with a talk on “The Teacher and the Communi- ty.” In his remarks he said if the parents of the school children could select their teacher they would select an individual that could see some good in every child, one that is truly sympathetic from the child's view- point. “As is the teacher, so is the school,” he said, and again, “as are the parents and the community, so is the school.” The institute was then given a five minute recess after which the High school orchestra gave a half hour’s concert which was designated by the teachers as “very fine.” The concluding talk of the after- noon was made by Dr. O’Shea on “A Teacher’s Personality,” in which he demonstrated how much surroundings and environment had to do with moulding character and giving im- pressions that may last through a lifetime. The session on Tuesday evening be- gan with several very entertaining bass solos by Prof. J. W. Yoder, the musical director, after which Judge Alden, of Boston, the lecturer of the evening, was introduced. While the Judge’s topic was “The Powder and the Match,” his theme was the health of the nation. He started out by say- ing that Supt. Etters in his manual had invited people to come and hear him pay his respects to the Kaiser, but he was wrong, as he had no re- spect for him, only contempt. The Judge’s lecture was most interesting from start to finish. WEDNESDAY’S SESSION. Wednesday morning’s session open- ed with prayer by Rev. E. B. Dunn and this was followed by the regular musical exercise. Prof. Charles Lose, of the Lock Haven Normal, was in- troduced for his initial talk which was upon the subject of “Public Educa- tion in War Times.” ‘Prof. Lose said that the profession had already lost many of its best teachers, both men and women, on account of the war. Funds will be lacking, interest will be transferred from public education to other matters and compulsory measures will be relaxed. Public school teachers will have to make up for these handicaps. All permanent reforms have begun with the young and the teachers have the young in their care and under their instruc- tion. Mr. Lose expressed the hope that they would fully meet the needs of the moment. After a short period of music Prof. Yoder gave a brief talk on the place music should occupy in the school room, saying that it comes next to reading. Speaking of the development of the will Dr. O’Shea said that people see in terms of what they have done, and that will grows stronger to do new things. After a brief recess Dr. Blair took the rostrum and said that teachers need to get out of school buildings and see what God has done in nature. They need to get out among people and see that a parent’s love in a poor hut is just as great as it is in a pal- ace. Teachers must have convic- tions of their own and stick to them. Beginning the afternoon session Dr. O’Shea spoke on heredity. He illustrated his point by calling atten- tion to a boys’ desire to scrap just to show his superiority over other boys. To overcome this he advocated organ- izing the boys into competitive plays and games. Cure crude traits by giving some substitute that will take the place of the natural instincts. _ Following a brief recess and sing- ing period Dr. Blair filled in the final period of the afternoon and among the many good things he said was this, that there is heredity in educa- tion. as well as in other traits, and that helping others is a great help to the teacher. Wednesday evening’s entertainment was by the Warwick male quartette, and it was a musical treat worth lis- tening to. THURSDAY’S SESSION. In opening Thursday morning’s ses- sion the institute sang “There's a Wideness in God’s Mercy,” which was followed with the reading of “The Parable of the Sower,” by Rev. W. K. McKinney, of the Presbyterian church, he also offering prayer. A half hour period was then taken up with singing and a talk on music by Prof. Yoder. Speaking on the subject of “Amer- ica, the Great Melting Pot,” Dr. Blair said that all are fellow citizens here. The school teacher can bring to his or her scholars a great love for their country, either their native land or the land of their adoption. His talk was followed by a brief recess and singing. Dr. O’Shea consumed the remainder of the morning session in a talk on “How Words Get Meaning.” He took the word “good” and tried to de- veiop definitions of good and goodness. He put such questions as these to the institute: “Can a man be good and smoke a cigar?” “Can he be good and smoke a cigarette?” “Can he be good and lie?” calling for a vote on each question. He then analyzed oth- er words, such as “guy,” “classey,” “prune,” “sad bird,” “mess,” “dope,” and tried to get definitions for them but couldn’t. He then advocated teaching by feeling rather than by concrete definition. The afternoon session was taken up by Dr. O’Shea in a talk on “See- ing and Believing,” and by Dr. Blair in a very entertaining talk on the subject, “Packing His Trunk.” The evening entertainment was by Strickland Gillilan, the great Ameri- can humorist, and in the language of the teachers, “It was simply great!” ~ The institute will close with the final session this morning when the reports of committees will be made and membership cards filed. All in all it has been one of the most successful and interesting insti- tutes held in years and County Su- perintendent Etters is to be congrat- ulated on the able corps of instruc- tors he brought here, while the teach- ers one and all deserve warm com- mendation for their regular attend- ance and close attention to all the talks. They are a splendid-looking body of teachers and the “Watchman” congratulates the boys and girls of Centre county on their good fortune in having such teachers. DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATION. The school directors of Centre coun- ty held their annual convention on Tuesday and Wednesday at the High school building, and heard many questions of importance discussed. Prof. C. D. Koch, of Harrisburg, ex- plained to the directors the provisions of the Teachers’ Retirement Act which will go into effect January 1st, 1919. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President—James E. Harter, Co- burn. First Vice President—Mrs. R. S. Brouse, Bellefonte. Second Vice President—Dr. W. U. Irwin, Unionville. Secretary—Charles F. Cook, Belle- fonte. Treasurer—A. C. fonte. .Delegates were also elected to the state convention of school directors. Following is a complete list of the school teachers in Centre county: BELLEFONTE BOROUGH. Jonas BE, Wagner E. H. Weik Gertrude Taylor Maude C. Baer F. C. Miller F. L. Godschall Anna E. Dashiell K. Mae Bailer H. C. Menold Katherine Allison May Y. Taylor Chester H. Barnes Carrie A. Weaver Marjorie McGinley Mary Underwood Eleanor M. Cook Hazel Lentz Mary C. Hicklen Mary M. Woods Helen J. Harper Annie McCaffrey Helen B. Crissman Alice K. Dorworth Elizabeth Dorworth CENTRE HALL BOROUGH. William O. Heckman Elmer M. Miller D. Ross Bushman Helen Bartholomew HOWARD BOROUGH, Ronald R. Welch Jane A. Kane Mary Lansberry Lulu Schenck MILLHEIM BOROUGH. D. P. Stapleton W. E. Keen Gladys Meyer Carrie Bartges MILESBURG BOROUGH. L_, L. Smith Ophelia Haupt Besse A. Miles Maude Harshberger PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH, J. T. F. Ruthrauff C. O. Frank H. O. Crain E. A. Dimmick Mary F. Schad Dorothy White Ruth E. Forry Emma Knapper Edith Shimmell Hilda M. Thomas Margaret Allen Kmily P. Cook Juanita Hoyt Bertha Brighton Nelle Goldthorpe Bessie Glover Frances W. Wythe Frieda Bauman Henrietta Kirk Ida B. Robertson Helen Forshay Myrtle Davis Mary E. Warde SNOW SHOE BOROUGH. Ezekiel B. Confer Anna J. David Flora M. Pletcher Elizabeth G. Glenn STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH. W. Grier Briner Carolyn Buckhout Laura A. Jones H. F. Wilson Cecilia Shumpp Robert P. Barnhart Mae McMahon Grace Robertson Maude H_ Bel Jennie M. Graham Ellen Johnston Margaret F. Glossner Isabella Mann Viola Harter Mary KE. Penney + ‘SOUTH PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH. Ww. D. Lacy Louise Hoffer UNIONVILLE BOROUGH. Robert A. Launen Harriet L. Turner BENNER TOWNSHIP. Anna B. Sheeder Candace Leathers Vivian Lutz Hugh Ralston Emma K. Rowe Nellie Hunsinger Vida M. Davis Anna C. Grove BOGGS TOWNSHIP, Nancy Kelley Edna J. Rodgers Ella Levy Nannie DeLaney Mary Richner Bessie Johnson Anna C. Schroyer Fred B. Tate Amber Confer Cleda Robinson Isabella Barnhart Margaret Merrett BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP, Bernice Bowes Ella ¥. Daugherty Pauline Beates COLLEGE TOWNSHIP. Lavon Ferree Margaret G. Glenn Ada Brower G. W. R, Williams Nelle Peters Mary E. Bailey Marian Whitehill Ernest Johnson CURTIN TOWNSHIP. Rosa B. Bitner Anna J. Fisher Beatrice Stere Marie Lucas Margaret Brugger FERGUSON Lawrence Heddens Mary Kepler A. L. Bowersox Ernest Trostle Claire Martz Viola Burwell Nora Powell Mingle, Belle- Florence Sliker Allen H. Brown TOWNSHIP. Geo. R. Dunlap Grace Elder Mary Dreibelbis Alice Irwin Nancy McWilliams Edna Ward Flo Henderson Esther Neidigh GREGG TOWNSHIP. W. V. Godschall W. W. Reitz Nancy Hunter E. E. Haney A. L. Duck Ruth Smith Lola M. Wolfe Russell Condo Edgar R. Miller Helen H. Finkel Carrie Heckman Walter H. Wolfe Helen Rishel Ethel Long L. A. Miller Alta Sinkabine Harold E. Stover HAINES TOWNSHIP, L. J. Bartlett Fred W. Rachau Marian Eisenhauer Meda N. Bower Henry J. Stover Mary Carson C. E. Kreamer Helen Bower A. M. Martin W. T. Winkleblech HAIFMOON TOWNSHIP. Charlotte Ryder Olive BE. Way Gilbert C. Waite Martha J. Andrews Georgiana Gage ; HARRIS TOWNSHIP. Margaretta Goheen Ruth Smith Rosalia McCormick Margaret Bingaman Arthur L. Burwell John D., Patterson G. W. Johnstonbaugh HOWARD TOWNSHIP. Clara E. Smith W. C. Thompson Clemma Lucas Albert Robb Pearl M. Pletcher Harry B. DeArment Rosetta Neff HUSTON TOWNSHIP. F. W. Dillen G. E. Ardery Lucy M.'Rowan Marian Gingery Charity Steele Emma Swope LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. i S. T. Williams Martha Bolopue Lulu Bechdel Catharine Quigiey Laura Gardner Erma Miller Myra Boone W. S. Holter Bertha Schenck Fred Hunter MARION TOWNSHIP. Eleanor Weight Anna Kyle Fred Pletcher Helen Orr Roxy Bechdel MILES TOWNSHIP, C. L. Gramley J. N. Moyer C. C. Smull T. A. Auman Alice Weber Mabel Vonada Maude R. Stover Ed R. Wolf H. C. Ziegler Jas. W. Hanselman Jessie BE. Adams PATTON TOWNSHIP. Mary Tomco Alice Thivierge Esther C. Mattern Verna Krader Hester K. Smull PENN TOWNSHIP. S. A. Bierley Edna Weaver T. A. Hosterman R. W. Bierley Adah Kreamer C. E. Royer Franklin J. Heckman POTTER TOWNSHIP. Thos, L.. Moore Edwin M. Grove Elizabeth Bitner Bertha Miller Mary C, Neff Wilbur Runkle HEsther Bitner Mary Slutterbeck Edna Neff Wm. H. Rockey Ralph F. Luse Ralph Sweeney Nellie M. Bible RUSH TOWNSHIP. Clarence A. Weaver Margaret F. Heath Mary Bidder Laura M. Cowher Minerva Cowher Alice Flegal Hilda Hagyard Violet Williams Edwina Greist Anna Gregg Mary Wells Maude Devine Ruth Orwig Ella M. Warde Anna Bowers Caroline Parks Phoebe McCord Kathryn Eisenhauer Lena D. Waugh Mae Shuyrne Olga Anderson Annabelle Miller SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP. Edythe Dunlap Grace Showalter Jos. I. Gardner Mildred Holt Martha H. Kerin Mildred E. Long Ruth Laird Celia Smoyer Luther D. Miller Christena Kerin Anna Rearick SPRING TOWNSHIP. A. C. Rapp Bella Barnhart Agnes Piper Margaret Cooney Mary Johnston Gracea Vallamont Emeline E. Noll Myrtle Deitrich Sara F. Barnhart Mary J. Boyle Helen Way Ida Showers Elsie M. Herman Harry E. Breon Lillian A. Miles Edrie Walker Hermie Cronemiller Reeder Jodon Austin C. Hoy TAYLOR TOWNSHIP. Bertha Artz Lizzie R. Crum Sadie Cowher Josephine Richards Beulah B. Holter UNION TOWNSHIP. Jacob C. Fox Kezin Calhoun Ida Jones Bertha Mitchell Edna M. Williams Ellie H. MceNaul WALKER TOWNSHIP. L. C. Swartz Helen Hoy Lewis Zimmerman Cyrus F. Hoy Nellie M. Stein Edna M_ Vonada W. R. Dunkle Mary E. Deitrich Lenora Nolan Miriam Lee WORTH TOWNSHIP. H. C. Rothrock Edythe Zimmerman Anna L. Patton Stella Barry Helen J. Thompson Violet Barry Helen Wagner Mary G. Laird Ellis Cupp, Track Laborer, Killed by Train. Ellis I. Cupp, of Tyrone, a track laborer on the Middle division of the Pennsylvania railroad, was run down by a passenger train on Monday morning and so badly hurt that he died within an hour. Cupp was work- ing with a gang of trackmen near Shoenberger station and inadvertent- ly stepped off of a small platform onto the track just as passenger train No. 661 rounded the curve. He was struck and hurled some distance, his skull being crushed. The train stop- ped and he was put aboard to be sent to the Altoona hospital but died be- fore reaching Tyrone. Te unfortunate man was a son of Perry and Eliza Jane Cupp and was born at Centre Line forty-seven years ago. He is survived by his wife. and three children, Iva, Eva and Marga- ret, all at home. He also leaves his parents, living at Centre Line, and the following brothers and sisters: C. S. and Warren Cupp, both of Ty- rone; Myron, of Warren, Pa.; Mrs. Fred Hicks and Mrs. Samuel Rhodes, both of Tyrone. A number of rela- tives live in Halfmoon township. He was a member of the Centre Line YSleihonish church all his life. Movings. The Misses Margaret and Martha McKnight having sold the house in which they have been living, up Buf- falo Run, will move to Bellefonte Thursday of next week, occupying the Tuten house on Penn street. In view of Charles Larimer’s having resigned his position in Johnstown and having accepted one with the new western penitentiary, Mr. and Mrs. Larimer have rented the Jared Har- per house on the corner of High and Thomas streets, taking possession at once. Mrs. Larimer and her daughter Elizabeth have lived for a number of years with Mrs. Larimer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Schofield. McEntire—Hinman.—Guy Laverty McEntire, of Pittsburgh, and Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Hinman, of Altoo- na, were married at 7:30 o’clock last Wednesday evening at the Whippoor- will cabin, near Trout Run, Lycoming county, by Rev. Horace Lincoln Ja- cobs, the ring ceremony being used. Only a few intimate friends were present to witness the happy event. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of Mrs. G. W. Maneval, in Williamsport, and later Mr. and Mrs. McEntire left on a wedding trip to eastern cities be- fore taking up their residence in Pittsburgh where Mr. McEntire is connected with the Pittsburgh Brake Shoe company. The bridegroom is a native of Centre county, being a son of the late J. C. McEntire, and is well known in Bellefonte from having spent his early life here. Gettig—Johnstonbaugh.—A pretty home wedding took place at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. George John- stonbaugh, of Howard, on Wednes- day evening of last week, when their daughter, Miss Elsie Johnstonbaugh, became the bride of Harry Gettig. The ceremony was performed by their pastor, Rev. J. Fred Bingaman, the beautiful ring service being used. The young couple were attended by Miss Roxie Bechtol, as bridesmaid, and Floyd Smith as best man. They will make their home at Howard. Washburn — Keller. — David E. Washburn, of Bellefonte, and Miss Artie Keller, of Rebersburg, were married on Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride’s parents in Re- bersburg. - They spent the night at the bride’s home and left yesterday for a ten day’s visit with friends in Wilkes-Barre before coming to Belle- fonte to make their home. The bride is a professional nurse and quite well known in Bellefonte. > —The school teachers in Belle- fonte for the teachers’ institute have been good patrons of the Scenic this week, and the reason is because they have been able to see a worthwhile motion picture show. It simply proves the oft-repeated statement that the Scenic is the best moving picture theatre in central Pennsylva- nia, always keeping up-to-date in the pictures shown on its regular pro- gram, with big specials when they are of enough interest to warrant se- curing them. Woman’s Club War Gardens. Through the instrumentality of the Woman’s club a number of war gar- dens in Bellefonte resulted in notable successes. Mrs. John McSuley was ap- pointed manager of about four acres and estimated approximately the fol- lowing harvest: The John McSuley one-half acre yielded 14 bushels potatoes; 60 dozen ears of corn; 10 quarts of butter beans; 15 quarts of lima beans; 500 cucumbers; 1 bushel tomatoes; 2% bushel beets; 25 heads of cabbage; 4 quarts shelled beans; 1 peck turnips. The David Steele one-half acre yielded 18 bushels potatoes; 1 bushel tomatoes; 4 bushels green beans; 42 heads of cabbage; a great many doz- en ears of corn, and small vegeta- bles. From the one-half acre of Charles Osmer was harvested 16 bushels pota- toes; 2 bushels green beans; 9 quarts dried beans; 2 quarts lima beans; 1 bushel beets; 3 bushels tomatoes; 50 heads of cabbage; 60 dozen ears of corn; many radishes and small vege- tables. The Charles Brachbill one-half acre produced 12 bushels of potatoes and other vegetables not reported. The Harry: Alters one-half acre yielded 25 bushels potatoes; (not a full report of this lot given). Harry Badger’s three-fourths of an acre produced 17 bushels potatoes; 23 bushels green beans; 3% quarts peas; 10 dozen pickles; 8 squash; 1% bushels tomatoes; lots of radishes and endive; 125 heads of cabbage; 90 dozen ears of corn; 1 bushel turnips. The Walter Armstrong one-half acre yielded 15 bushels potatoes; 75 heads cabbage; 30 dozen ears corn; 5 dozen cucumbers; 2 bushels beans; 5 quarts lima beans; lots of small veg- etables. Besides the above a three-fourths acre lot was worked by some of the Club women. The sum of $20.00 was realized from the sale of the general crop, principally corn and cabbage. The amount of money expended was $5.30 so that the Club treasury in- crease is $14.70. This is not a complete statement of the out-put of the field, as a portion of the produce was bought by the workers at one-half the market price. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE WOMAN'S CLUB. Trench Candles or Ration Heaters. The women and children of France and Italy have shown us how to con- vert old newspapers and candle ends into trench candles or ration heaters, for they are making them by the mil- lion. ' Trench candles are easily made. Cut eight strips of newspaper, the length of the paper and two and one- half inches wide (width of newspa- per column). Roll two strips togeth- er very tightly and when you have rolled them nearly to the end, insert the end of a third strip, rolling it in with the other two. Continue this method until you have used all of the strips. Tie a string tightly around the roll; melt enough paraffine candle ends in a kettle to cover the roll, and boil for four minutes; then take them out and cool when they are ready to be packed into paper bags and sent to the front. The candles burn without smoke. One will furnish light for twenty min- utes or half an hour,and three will boil a pint of water in about ten min- utes. (See National Geographical Magazine, June, 1917.) The candle can be sent to the Gen- eral Secretary, Woman's Section, Na- vy League, Miss Elizabeth E. Poe, 1616 Twentieth street, N. W. Wash- ington, D. C., to be put into comfort- kit bags. H. E. C. OVERTON, State War Relief Committee D. A. .R. USE FOR NEWSPAPERS. When the greatest war in history broke out the Swiss government for- bade any newspapers going out of the country, and later the natives were in- structed to soak them, folded as they come from the press, over night in water sufficient to cover. Incidental- ly it may be said that stationary wash tubs are just right for this. In the morning the papers, still folded, are wrung out as one would wring a towel, until all the moisture possible is extracted; then these bil- lets of possibly 18 inches in length and as big around as a man’s wrist, are laid in the sun or in a warm cellar until perfectly dry, when they look like slender logs of gray cork. They serve as candles for the men in the trenches. ——— eee Last Sunday afternoon Misses Marie Johnson, Margaret Dunlap and Tressie Yeager walked down the state road to Milesburg and on the return trip they met a string of four auto- mobiles and Earl Dunning, with his wife and Mrs. Thomas Todsock on a motor cycle with a side trailer. Just as the young ladies were opposite one of the cars Dunning shot around one car and attempted to pass angther with the result that he ran into the young ladies. Miss Johnson was knocked down and under the motor cycle so that it had to be lifted off of her. A new coat she wore and a new pair of shoes were ruined while she was badly bruised and suffered injur- ies to her back. At that she was able to walk home with the assistance of her companions and after a day or two in the house was able to resume her work in the Stover & Cairns pa- per store. Her ruined clothing, how- ever, is a great personal loss. ——Farmers in general throughout Centre county have been agreeably surprised at the per cent. of soft corn found in their crops, as it is much smaller than they had expected to find after the early frosts. Of course there is some soft corn and while the most of it is fairly well matured it will take more ears to make a bushel by weight. 3 § 4 Se et ET
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