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the British.
Bellefonte, Pa., January 4, 1918.
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“To Corresponients.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real
name of the writer,
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNT
— Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Earl Hoffer and
Miss Sarah Wetzel, daughter of Mrs.
J. Henry Wetzel, though no date for
the wedding has been set.
Mrs. J. W. Gephart and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Gephart, are
contemplating occupying the late Murs.
William P. Wilson house on High
street, for the remainder of the win-
ter.
William and Edgar Burnside,
who have made their home for many
years with Mrs. Pugh, last week mov-
ed to the Brockerhoff house where
they will be located permanently in
the future.
‘A little daughter arrived in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Young
the day before Christmas, and owing
to the fact that it is the first advent
in about nine years the parents are
pleased and satisfied.
William Doak, the blind man,
hereby expresses his thanks to the
many friends who remembered him
on. Christmas day with gifts of va-
rious kinds and donations in money,
all of which were very much appre-
ciated.
Twenty members of Washing-
“ton Camp P. O. S. of A, of Bellefonte,
went to: Port Matilda on Tuesday
evening in one of the big Emerick
motor busses and assisted in the in-
stallation of thirty-two new members
into Washington Camp No. 383 of
that place.
About 5.30 o'clock last evening
Sylvester D. Ray was found uncou-
scious in the engine room of his shirt
factory, having been overcome with
gas while making repairs to the en-
gine. He was rushed to the hospital
and at six o’clock was still uncon-
scious. His condition is critical.
While dancing on Christmas
eve, at the home of a friend on Long
Island, Mrs Harry Garber slipped and
fell, breaking her left leg above the
ankle. Not being able to be moved,
Mrs. Garber is still at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Mallory, whose guest
she was at the time of the accident.
No one knows what the year
1918 will have in store for any of us
but manager T. Clayton Brown will
endeavor to give as good entertain-
ment in the motion picture line at the
Scenic as he has given in past years.
In fact, he has every confidence that
better pictures will be produced in
1918 than ever before, and if such
should prove the case Scenic goers
. will be sure to see them.
—— Mr. and Mrs. E. Potts Green
very quietly celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of their wedding at their
home on east Linn street last Thurs-
day. A number of friends called to
pay their respects and others sent
messages of congratulation. Of the
people who were guests at their wed-
ding sixty years ago only two are liv-
ing, Miss Hannah Green, of Miles-
burg,*and John P. Harris, of Belle-
fonte.
Among the many presents re-
ceived by Rev. MacLeod, of the Unit-
ed Brethren church, at Christmas
time, was one which he particularly
values, A private communion set of
quadruple silver plate, from David
Bartlett Sr. and his four daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth. Hull, Mrs. C. D.
Young, Mrs. Grace Liliedahl and Mrs.
Howard Dry, and his two grand-
. daughters, Miss Anna Hull and Miss
Thelma Liliedahl. Mrs. MacLeod was
presented with a beautiful crepe-de-
chine waist by her Sunday school
class of women.
— Capt. Theodore Davis Boal, of
Boalsburg, and Owen Johnson, the
novelist of Washington, D. C., were
guests of the Bellefonte Lodge of
Elks at a- smoker on Wednesday night
of last week. The purpose of the |
smoker was to hear Capt Boal. relate
what he observed on his trip to France
as an aide on the staff of Major Gen-
eral Charles M. Clement and this
fact naturally drew a large attend-
ance. Capt. Boal had with him the
steel helmets worn by the British and
French troops and one worn by the
Boches, picked up by himself from a
German who met his death when he
ventured too close to the French front
line trenches. Capt. Boal told his
story in an intensely graphic and in-
teresting manner. Without any show
of rancor or attempt at oratory he
told what he had seen and heard in a
way that carried conviction to the
hearts of all his hearers. Among
other things he said that the situa-
tion over there at present is that the
French are holding three times the
length of line that is being held by
And notwithstanding
this fact the morale of the troops is
so good that they can go through the
German line at any time, but they do
not have the reserve force to follow
up such a movement, and that is what
American troops must do when they
get in shape in the spring. He also
told of how the Germans despoil the
country they are compelled to give
up. Towns are completely obliterat-
ed and a board stuck up in the ground
bears the name of the town or village
that was once located there. Orchards
and forests alike are cut down and the
entire country reduced to a barren
waste. At the conclusion of Capt.
Boal’s talk Owen Johnson made a few
remarks after which refreshments
were served,
AMONG THE BOYS IN FRANCE.
Another Interesting Letter from Miss
Bertha Laurie, Who Tells of the
Work Being Done.
Somewhere in France,
December 6, 1917.
Do you know I have wanted to
write you very often but I just hated
to make you feel badly about not be-
ing over here. It certainly is the
most worth-while work a woman can
do; and although this is the first day
on our own field we, that is Marian
and I, did some work in the Y. M. C.
A. hotel for men on leave in Paris
and on the way down here stayed ten
days in a big town sixteen miles from
here and took charge of the canteen
there for a week, so we have had num-
berless experiences with men and with
officers that show how much it means
to them to have a chance to talk with
American women. »
If you could hear how they love to
tell you all their troubles and show
you the pictures of their families and
their girls, and the way they stop on
the street when they have never seen
you before just to tell you how glad
they are to see some one from home
and ask you to shake hands with
them, it would make your heart ache.
Even the roughest of them say “God
bless you” to us when they leave us.
Marian and I get to talking about it
sometimes till we just have to weep
over the thousands of lonely men and
boys over here, and it does pay.
The canteen in the big town on ti
way down, where we had charge ic:
a week, had been run entirely by men.
It is composed of two rooms in a Red
Cross hospital, and the chaplain of
that unit had his office in the Y. M. C.
A. room. He is a wonderful man. A
Congregational minister from Detroit,
and he told us the day before we came
down here that he had not believed in
women canteen workers but that we
had converted him. He said he never
could have believed that ten days
could make such a change, not only
in the order and cleanliness of the
room—that was of course a woman’s
work—but in the men themselves;
their manner of speaking and their
brushed hair and clean hands. He al-
most wept when we left to come down
here, but we were encouraged, for the
work here is ten times as large, and
conditions and the kind of men much
less easy to meet. But we are very
hopeful and busy as can be.
This hut is enormous, a lot larger
than the armory at home, and we have
the job of trying to make it look a
little home-like. We have wonderful
plans, but the carpenters are not out
yet so we'll have to get along the best
we can for awhile. We hoped and
planned to live in our hut, in two
rooms, and had all the furniture
bought by order of our district secre-
tary, when at the last minute a tele-
gram came from headquarters saying
that no women workers should live in
the’ huts. So our plans were all
changed and we have a room in town
and have to hike out two miles in the
morning, which we don’t mind a bit,
but two miles on a dark French coun-
try road at night, with men coming
back from town is not considered safe,
so some means of transportation will
have to be provided. We have to get
our own dinners and suppers on the
canteen ‘stove, but shan’t mind that.
Our room in town is in the home of
the chief notary. You never saw any-
thing as amusing. It opens with a
French window right out on the grav-
al path of the loveliest garden, with
a high wall and flower beds, foun-
tains and summer houses—it is en-
trancing. - We have two comfortable
beds and a brown china stove. The
table I am writing at has a cover of
the loveliest broche shawl.
The country around here is simply
beautiful, rolling hills and mountains
in the distance. I wish I could tell
you where it is so you could look it
up on the map. Little villages with
red-tiled roofs and walled-in gardens,
and the churches and church yards are,
I’m sure, hundreds of years old. There
may come awfully hard times, I've
no doubt there will, but we certainly
have enjoyed these first three weeks
in France. :
There is a lot of work to be done
right in Paris, and they are simply
wild for more workers. But what
they need most is men, the very best
of men, and they have lots of that
kind now, but the work is growing so
fast. There are many ministers here
of all denominations and they are do-
ing a wonderful work in the Y. M. C.
A. They wade through the mud ir
boots and khaki just like the rest o:
the men. :
Fond regards to all friends back in
Bellefonte.
BERTHA.
——— Se
Smalipox Scare in Centre County.
William Schreckengast, aged twen-
ty-five years, came in from Akron,
Ohio, on Friday, December 21st, with
a well defined case of smallpox,
checked his baggage at the baggage
room of the Pennsylvania railroad,
talked to several friends he met upon
the street then took the Bellefonte-
Lock Haven mail bus to the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Schreckengast, who live on the Kauff-
man farm on the back road to Zion.
The fact leaked out the next day
when a Pennsylvania railroad officer
came here on the trace of the man.
Finding his baggage in the baggage
room that place was thoroughly fu-
migated and while there is hardly
any likelihood of the disease spread-
ing young Schreckengast faces arrest
and punishment by the State Board
of Health for traveling through the
State when afflicted with a contagious
disease.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
D. 0. Downing Pardoned.
The State Board of Pardons at its
December meeting recommended a |
pardon for D. O. Downing, the Cen-
tre county man who shot Teller Hoov-
er in an attempt to rob the Curwens-
ville national bank over a year ago.
Downing was sentenced by Judge Sin-
gleton Bell to the penitentiary for a
term of two years. Since his trans-
fer from Pittsburgh to the Rockview |
penitentiary Downing has been in
charge of the butcher shop which con-
sists mainly of cutting up the meat
in proper shape for use. Just when
he will be given his liberty is not
known but when he gets it Downing
has planned to go to the home of his
mother in Halfmoon township where
he will probably spend the winter.
Bellefonte Poor Remembered On
Christmas.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Bellefonte was in the midst of a stren-
uous Red Cross campaign the week
before Christmas the poor of the
town were not overlooked. The As-
sociated charities through Mrs. R. S.
Brouse and Dr. Edith Schad collect-
ed a liberal supply of money and ar-
ticles and with the assistance of Bur-
gess Edmund Blanchard and Hard P.
Harris on Christmas morning, or
prior thereto, gave a supply of
coal and baskets of groceries to
about fifty families, while can-
dy, toys and fruit were given to
one hundred children or more. In
fact not a deserving family was miss-
ed that the Associated Charities knew
of, and not a child was allowed to go
unremembered.
——— eee
Friedewald Scored a Signal
Success. |
Mrs.
Mrs. Salo Friedewald’s reading of
“The Wolf of Gubbio” for the benefit
of the Red Cross, under the auspices
of the Bellefonte Chapter D. A. R., in
the court house last Saturday even-
ing, December 29th, was a signal suc-
cess from the point of view both of
the material and the artistic. Thirty
dollars was the amount cleared for
the Red Cross, but this sum was by
no means all of the benefit accruing.
Rapt in attention from the begin-
ning of the brief history of the play
until the end of the reading of it the
audience enjoyed a subtle elucidation
of truths, truths eternal, as applica-
ble to life in Bellefonte now as to that
of the Italian village of Gubbio in the
days of St. Francis of Assisi. Mrs.
Friedewald interpreted the play’s
symbolism as she read, showing that
righteousness cannot be put on as a
cloak, but must be from within.
Bus Driver Had Two Upsets Within
a Week.
Shortly before ten o'clock on the
night of December 22nd, one of the
big Emerick motor busses returning
from Milesburg skidded on the ice just
this side of the McCoy & Linn fur-
nace and there being nothing to stop
it went down over an eleven foot
embankment and landed on its side on
the extension siding of the Central
Railroad of Pennsylvania. The driv-
er of the bus was James Barrett and
with him in the bus were Mary Hib-
ler, of Milesburg, Ralph Thomas and
sister and another young lady. Miss
Hibler had several ribs broken while
the others escaped serious injury,
though Mr. Thomas had his clothing
badly torn. The worst feature of the
accident was that the bus turned over
on the side on which the doors are
hung and it was necessary to break
the windows in the other side in or-
der to release the people within.
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week the same driver ditched his car
on the other side of the McCoy &
Linn furnace when he turned out for
a passing auto and his car skidded in-
to the ditch, turning over on its side.
at an angle of about forty-five de-
grees. Fortunately none of the occu-
pants were injured on this occasion.
No fault can be attached to the
driver for either accident, as they
were due to the very icy condition of
the roads.
—_——
Coldest December in Thirty-Seven
Years.
The “oldest inhabitant” as well as |
weather observers all agree that last |
month was the coldest December ex-
perienced in this locality in thirty-
seven years or since the winter of
1880-81. While the writer of this
item does not recall particularly how
cold that winter was we are satisfied
that December 1917, established a rec-
ord that will find a prominent place
in future weather history.
The first snow of the month fell on
Friday night and Saturday, December
7th and 8th, about ten inches of it.
Saturday night it blew up cold and
the thermometer fell to zero. Ever
since that time with the single ex-
ception of several days the week be-
fore Christmas when the weather was
moderate and murky, zero weather
prevailed most every day until the
climax was reached on Sunday morn-
ing when the coldest weather was re-
corded for the winter. In Bellefonte
the thermometer dropped to 16 de-
grees below zero, which was the rec-
ord at the Bellefonte hospital. Out
at John Yearick’s farm it was 22 be-
low, while up in Ferguson township
it ranged from 28 to 34 below, the low-
est recorded of any place in the coun-
ty. Monday morning was a few de-
grees warmer and Tuesday also a lit-
tle more moderate, but at that it was
still below zero. While some moder-
ation has been predicted for the lat-
ter part of the week there is no sign
of any decided change to more moder-
ate temperature and we naturally are
constrained to wonder when that Jan-
uary thaw that was forecast for this
winter will take place.
Industries and Schools Close to Con-
serve Fuel—Many Poor Persons
and Some Others in Distress.
i
At six o'clock last evening the
| Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co. hadn’t
COAL FAMINE IN BELLEFONTE.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. VanDyke have
{
| 3ae as a guest this week Mr. Van McCul-
ley.
! _Mrs. Thomas McCafferty
{ home last Saturday from
, weeks with friends in Pittsburgh.
i —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keeler and child
returned
spending four i
i —Cyrus Weaver, of Harrisburg, was a
Christmas guest of his sisters, the Misses
Weaver, of Howard street.
—George McMahon, of Long Island City,
tN. Y., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Peter
| McMahon, on south Allegheny street.
—Clarence Hamilton, of New York, was
| among those’ who came to Bellefonte to
| spend the Holiday week with their par-
‘a pound of anthracite and only 65 were over Sunday guests of Mrs. Keeler's | ents.
tons of bituminous coal in its yards.
Winton’s coal yard contained 2 tons
of stove and % ton of bituminous.
| McCalmont & Co. hadn’t a pound
| of either kind.
| In brief that tells the story of the
i coal situation in Bellefonte for these
| three yards: constitute the town’s sup-
{ply as well as serve a large outlying
‘country district.
| Not one of these dealers is prepar-
{ed to say when any anthracite coal
{will arrive. All have large supplies
| ordered but they have no definite in-
| formation as to any of it being in
| transit. Bituminous coal will be in
{ today, but not in sufficient quantity
| to supply even the emergency orders
: that are piled up in each of the offices.
Bellefonters have at last begun to
i realize that the town is on the brink
iof a coal famine and with such ex-
treme cold weather prevailing the
| thought is not.a pleasant one. The
Steam Heating company ran out of
‘coal on Monday morning and its pa-
(trons were without heat until about
five o’clock when the company secur-
ed a short supply of coal from the
Bellefonte Fuel & Supply company
which helped out for a day. The com-
pany has four car loads on the road
from their own mine, according to a
statement of one of the officials, but
when it will arrive here is hard to say.
At the McCalmont & Co. yard on
Monday there was only a very meagre
supply of bituminous coal and this
was being doled out by the bushel to
tide customers over until more coal
arrives.
The Winton yard was just about as
low and the most they have been giv-
ing out for some days is a half a ton
at a time.
At the Bellefonte Fuel & Supply
company there has been a limited sup-
ply of egg coal and bituminous but
they are so far back in their orders
that they could not promise delivery
at any set time, and at that were giv-
ing coal only in small quantities.
The situation lobked so acute on
Monday that an appeal was made to
the fuel adjuster of Centre county,
Harry Keller Esq., to use his office in
an effort to divert some of the many
cars of coal standing on railroad sid-
ings within a few miles of Bellefonte
to this place to relieve the domestic
situation. Mr. Keller at once got in-
to communication with fuel adminis-
trator Potter in Philadelphia and al-
though no immediate supply was or-
dered to Bellefonte there is hope that
the critical situation will soon be re-
lieved.
Just what the outcome will be even
the bravest optimist cannot foretell.
Fuel dictator Keller is doing all he
can to have coal headed this way but
up to the time the “Watchman” went
to press none was in sight. A meet-
ing was even held on Wednesday
evening to see if arrangements could
‘be made with truck owners to haul
coal from the Snow Shoe mines, but
volunteers for the service were very
few.
On Tuesday the match factory and
the Abramsen Engineering company
closed down for lack of fuel, and yes-
terday morning it was announced that
no school would be held in the High
school building. The brick building
schools also closed at noontime and
just when they will resume is not
known.
At the present writing the supply
of bituminous coal in Bellefonte is
very low and unless relief of some
kind is had within forty-eight hours
there is sure to be great suffering.
|
Social Doings.
Among the few social affairs given
during the Holiday 'veek was Mrs.
| Hibler’s dinner of fifteen covers, at
which her nieces were the honor
guests. The party was composed of
relatives who spent the greater part
of the day with their hostess.
Mrs. W. Fred Reynolds’ dinner on
Wednesday night of last week was a
compliment to her niece, Miss Norah
The guests
‘included the two daughters of Owen
Johnson, who, with their father,
i brother and Mrs. Johnson, had been
' spending the Holiday week at Boals-
‘burg, guests of Mrs. M. A. B. Boal
‘and her son, Capt. Theodore Davis
| Boal.
Mrs. H. E. Fenlon was hostess at a
Scenic party Wednesday evening, giv-
len in honor of Mrs. Aull and her
daughter, Miss Margaret, of Philadel-
| phia, house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Richard.
At the house party entertained by
‘Mrs. John Meese, Wednesday and
| Thursday of this week, all the guests
| were Mrs. Meese’s near relatives and
\included Mrs. Holler, of Pittsburgh;
Mrs. Shuman Pletcher, of Howard;
‘Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morrison, of
Williamsport, and Mr. and Mrs. Lew-
‘is Meese, of Allegheny. Mrs. Meese
and the other members of the party
had been in Williamsport and from
there came up to Howard ending the
‘family reunion with their visit in
Bellefonte.
i Reynolds, of Lancaster.
ee
Some Egg.
| On Tuesday morning, December
' 28th, a two year old Rhode Island Red
hen owned by Horace Musser, of this
place laid an egg that was 8% inches
and 7% inches around the long and
short ways. The egg looked large
enough to make a meal for the own-
er’s entire family.
They are all good enough, but
the “Watchman” is always the best.
| parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stine, at Zion.
PW, Frank Bradford and son, J. Wil-
i liam Bradford, of Centre Hall, spent last |
i Wednesday in Bellefonte attending to bus-
| iness.
—Mrs. James Lambert and daughter
| Hattie, of Greensburg, were over Sunday
| guests of the Misses Lambert on Pine
| street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCafferty
| spent Sunday with the former's parents,
| Mr. and Mrs. James H. McCafferty, at Lew-
| istown.
—Mrs. C. M. Bower will go to Williams-
{ port this week, intending to visit for the
. remainder of the winter with her sister,
| Mrs. H. P. Shook.
| —Miss Mollie IL. Valentine will leave
| Wednesday of next week for Omaha, Neb.,
{| where she will visit until spring with her
sister, Mrs. Ernest Weatherly.
—John Hines, who now nas a position
i with the Motor Storage Battery company,
lat Cleveland, Ohio, spent from Saturday
"until Wednesday at his home in this place.
| Miss Alice Barnhart, who has been a
i clerk in Zellers’ drug store the past year
jor more, left cn Saturday for Southern
! Pines, North Carolina, to spend the win-
! ter.
—Charles T. Sellers, one of the pro-
gressive young farmers of Buffalo Run,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
New Year's day and a brief caller at this
office.
—Miss Sara Hockenberry, of State Col-
lege, was in Bellefonte Monday on her
way home from a week’s visit in Burnham,
with her sister, Mrs. Earl Gehrett and
family.
—HEdward Saylor was a guest of his un-
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Win-
ton, on Wednesday while returning home
to Scottdale from a business trip to New
York city.
—Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Campbell, of
Barnesboro, were Christmas guests of
Mrs. Campbell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Potter Tate, of Pleasant Gap, having
come in on Monday and remained until
Thursday.
—Mrs. Richard Lutz and her daughter,
Miss Vivian Lutz, spent the after part of
last week shopping and visiting with rel-
atives in Altoona, returning for the open-
ing of the schools Monday; Miss Lutz be-
ing in charge of one of the Spring town-
ship schools.
—James B. Lane, of Letonia, Ohio, and
his sister, Mrs. Robert Fay, of Altoona,
with her daughter, Pattie Lane Fay, were
guests during last week of Mr. Lane's and
Mrs. Fay’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Lane. It was Mr. Lane's second visit
home since leaving here twenty-five years
ago.
—Mrs. C. K. Hicklen and her daughter,
Miss Mary, spent the Holiday season in
Philadelphia with Mrs. Hicklen’s mother,
Mrs. Peters. Miss Hicklen, returning to
continue her school work, will live at Mrs.
Tanners, while her mother expects to re-
main in Philadelphia for the greater part
of the winter.
—Chaplain and Mrs. T. W. Young had
as their Chrismas and Holiday guests
their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Epley, and their grand-daughter
Isabel, of Pittsburgh, who have found the
weather _hereabouts very much different
from what it was when they were here on
a visit about the middle of August.
—G. W. Rossman, of Pennsylvania Fur-
nace, assessor for west Ferguson town-
ship, was in Bellefonte on Monday mak-
irg his returns to the County Commission-
ers, and incidentally found time to attend
to an errand at this office. Speaking of
the cold weather on Sunday morning he
said it was 28 degrees below zero at his
place and 34 below at the home of one of
his neighbors.
—G@George M. Harter, of Nittany, ‘was a
“Watchman” “office caller the day before
Christmas, having braved the inclement
weather to come to Bellefonte on a busi-
ness trip. Mr. Harter has been a reader
of this paper for forty-three years even
if he does look to be on the sunny side of
fifty. But when Mr. Harter talked about
gathering together eight grand-children
for the Christmas dinner we felt satisfied
that there would be one happy home in
Nittany that day regardless of what num-
ber his next anniversary may be.
— James Conley was a guest at the
Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Will Conley, where he also met
his mother, Mrs. John W. Conley, of Cen-
tre Hall. Mr. Conley went west thirty
years ago and located in Illinois but since
then has tried a number of the central
western States on the hunt of the golden
opportunity. During the past two years
he has been located in Madison, South Da-
kota, where he is distributing agent for a
large oil company. He has in mind, how-
ever, another move to California in the
spring.
After spending Christmas in Bellefonte
with his mother and sisters James A. Fox
left the following day for Latrobe "where
he has accepted a position in the drug
store and pharmacy of W. A. Showalter.
Since his graduation as a pharmacist Mr.
Fox has been located in Philadelphia but
the exigencies of the war with Germany
having called Mr. Showalter’s three sons
into the service that gentleman made Mr.
Fox an offer to go out and assist him that
he could not well turn down, hence his
going direct there from his Christmas in
Bellefonte. .
—Col. J. L. Spangler returned home in
time for Christmas after spending three
months traveling through the far western
States as a member of the conciliation
board created by President Wilson in
September for the purpose of settling
strikes and arbitrating labor difficulties
in the west. Col. Spangler left Bellefonte
on September 26th and after spending a
few days in Washington he and the oth-
er members of the board went to Colora-
do, thence to California and Arizona.
They found the labor situation in the west
in a very unsettled condition, principally
owing to the activities of the I. W. W,,
whom Col. Spangler characterizes as an
organization of men who regard neither
law nor government, have respect for no
granted their demands in one strike pre-
pare for another one on some pretext or
other. While the board was able to do
some very good work while on the ground
it remains to be seen how lasting the re-
sults will be.
flag or country and as soon as they are!
—Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Blair spent the
after part of last week with their son, Dr.
H. A. Blair and his family, at Curwens-
ville.
—Mrs. George Hile, of Lewistown, speat
a part of the Christmas week with her
mother, Mrs. Alice Parker, of Bishop
street.
—Miss Sue Garner who spent her Christ-
mas in Bellefonte with her sister, Mrs.
Bottorf, returned to Philadelphia Wed-
nesday.
—Mrs. Pearl Wallace spent Christmas
with her mother, Mrs. Edward Powers, re-
turning to Atlantic City Wednesday of
last week.
—A. G. Morris and his daughter, Miss
Eliza Egbert Morris, are in Atlantic City,
having gone down Wednesday for an in-
definite stay.
—Mrs. W. F. Reeder will spend next
week in Bellefonte, coming here from Har-
risburg, where she has been since leaving
here last fall.
—Mrs. Charles R. Beatty and her chil-
dren returned Wednesday from Pitts-
burgh, where they had been for the Christ-
mas Holidays.
—Miss Aileen Hull and Paul Mahariam,
both of Niagara Falls, visited over Christ-
mas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Bickett, of Bishop street.
—Mr. E. P. Lingle, of Pitcairn, one eof
the “Watchman’s” valued subscribers
spent a portion of his Holiday season vis-
iting Centre county friends.
—Mrs. Rachel Harris’ family party last
week included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Har-
ris, of Pittsburgh; Guy, of Washington,
and George D. Harris, of Baltimore,
—Mrs. Harrison Kline, who accompanied
her grand-daughter, Miss Pearl Royer, te
Niagara Falls to spend Christmas, remain-
ed to -continue her visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Royer.
—Miss Isabelle Goheen, a student at the
Emerson school of oratory, in Boston,
spent her Christmas vacation with her
mother, Mrs. Frank Crosthwaite, at State
College. : .
—Mr. and Mrs. John Tonner Harris, of
Harrisburg, and their small son, John
Tonner Harris Jr., were guests for a part
of last week of Mr. Harris’ mother, Mrs.
Henry P. Harris.
——Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Fleming stopped
here for a day last week on their way back
to Harrisburg, after spending Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fleming and
their family at Philipsburg.
—Miss Helen Shaughnessy will go te
Philadelphia tomorrow, to go in training
as a nurse at St. Joseph’s hospital. Miss
Shaughnessy will be accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. Acheson, who expects to spend
the month of January visiting in New
York.
—Mrs. Marcie Breese, of Downingtown,
who had been visiting with her sister, Mrs.
G. F. Harris, since the late fall, left yes-
| terday for Atlantic City. Mrs. Breese was
accompanied by her aunt, Miss Alice Wil-
son, who will be her guest at the Shore
for the remainder of the winter.
—The condition of Mr. LaBarre, who
was operated on for appendicitis recent-
ly has improved so rapidly that he with
Mrs. LaBarre and their small son will
leave for Scranton tomorrow. Mr. and
Mrs. LaBarre will close their house ex-
pecting to be away from Bellefonte until
spring. :
—Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hoy, of Craf-
ton, and J. Harris Hoy, of Snow Shoe,
were Christmas guests of their sisters,
the Misses Anna and Mary Hoy and Mrs.
W. F. Reynolds. Among Mr. and Mrs.
Reynold’s house guests was Miss Norah
Reynolds, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Reynolds, of Lancaster.
—Estelle Grauer and her brother Ed-
ward returned to Bellefonte Wednesday
evening from Philadelphia, where Edward
has been in business with his cousin, Har-
old Leichten, since last March. Estelle
had been spending her Christmas vacation
with her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs.
Gordon and their family.
—Lloyd Glinz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Au-
gust Glinz, returned home on Tuesday
evening from New Kensington, where he
spent the Holiday season with his sister,
Mrs. BE. A. Day, and little family. At the
Union station, Pittsburgh, he had quite
an experience. He had gone into the eat-
ing room to get a lunch when he was ap-
proached by a portly gentleman who asked
what he was looking for. When the young
man told him he wanted a lunch the gen-
tleman invited him to lunch with him and
they had the best in the room. He after-
wards was told that his kind host was
none other than a vice-president of the
road but he failed to learn his name.
However, it was an incident the young
man will remember for many a day.
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Sale Register.
February 28, 1918—At the residence of W.
H. Coldwell on the Aaron Hall farm, 31%
miles north of Unionville, on the Rattle-
snake road, 10 head horses and colts, 6
cows, 9 young cattle, brood sows, shoats
and full line of farm implements. Sale
at 10 a. m. F. Mayes, auctioneer.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel........ on $1.25
Eggs, per dozen..
iy per pound..
Butter, per pound...
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat
he Wheat o
ve, per bushel...........
Corn, shelled, per bushel.
Corn, ears, per bushel
Oats, old and new, per bush
Barley, per bushel..............
Philadelphia Markets.
| The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening:
Wheat—Red....
* —No. 2.
2.25
@ .82
@10.25
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Rye Flour, ber barrel..........oinneneee 20 :
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 15. @28.50
sled Hay—ChQIc® Mixed No. 1... 22.00€27.00
OEIAW.reeerireeersasesssnsassssnsssassrisssrsssrsssens 13.50@17.50
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