Bemorrails Waid,
Bellefonte, Pa., April 19, 1918.
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WAR SAVINGS AND .THRIFT
STAMPS.
Last Week Was a Record Breaker for
Bellefonte High School Society.
Helping to win the war should be
the chief aim of every person in the
country and of every institution or-
ganized in such a way as to be able
to adapt its facilities in support of
the common cause. In this great work
the public schools are particularly
well suited to be a mighty force in any
service the government may ask.
As an illustration of what is possi-
ble in just one channel of service, the
work in the sale of war savings and
thrift stamps in the Bellefonte
schools, with an enrollment of 800 pu-
pils, may be cited.
Eleven wgeks ago arrangements
were made to sell these stamps at
each school building. About a month
later, the first war savings society, in
Centre county, was formed in the
High school, which was followed three
weeks ago by the organization of a
thrift army in the schools on a regu-
lar military basis. The stimulus in
the sale of these stamps from these
two incentives is plainly shown in the
following record, the war savings so-
ciety taking effect at the beginning of
the sixth week, and the thrift army
showing its results during the last
three weeks: z
Amount of sales first week......... $ 19007
Amount of sales second week....... 58
Amount of sales third week... . 104.98
Amount of sales fourth week. 109.61
Amount of sales fifth week... .
Amount’ of sales sixth week........
Amount of sales seventh week.....
Amount of sales eighth week.......
Amount of sales ninth week.
Amount of sales tenth week.. ih
Amount of sales eleventh week.....
Total amount of sales..........i.. $5946.83
Weekly average... .....covvc0riveus $ 540.62
The thrift army plan is, in brief, as
follows: Any pupil who purchases
for her or herself, or for others, at
least five thrift stamps is made a pri-
vate in the Bellefonte High school
thrift army, and is entitled to wear a
button with that rank indicated there-
on; additional purchases makes the
pupil an officer in the thrift army, as
follows:
1 WwW. SS... Corporal
D.. W,8,.8......: Sergeant
30 W. 8. 8....... Lieutenant
20 WW. 8. 8....... Captain
40 W.S. 8.....4 Major
80 W.S.8...... Colonel
200. W. 8. 8....... General
At the present writing there are a
large number of officers in the schools.
The generals, colonels and majors to}
date are“the following:
Generals—F'red Bottorf, *High school; Dor-
ris. Moore, 5th grade. '
Colonels—Evelyn Showers, 7th grade.;
Kathryn Kreamer 1st grade.
Majors—Mildred Emerick, High school;
Emily Eckel, 2nd grade; Anna
Eckel, 1st grade.
On account of the activities’ of Mr.
Jonas E. Wagner, supervising princi-
pal of the Bellefonte schools, in the
formation of the first war savings so-
ciety in Centre county and also of the
first thrift army your chairman has
appointed him director for the public
schools of the county. i
Any director, teacher: or pupil of
the public schools in the county who
is interested, and every one should be,
in the forming of a good, live, active
and patriotic war savings society and
thrift army should communicate with
Mr. Wagner at once, and he will be
pleased to furnish them with the nec-
essary instructions. :
During the week ending April 6th,
Centre county had a per capita of 22
cents, and for the entire campaign we
now have $2.66 per capita. We re-
tained 10th place in the list of coun-
ties, comprising the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, but instead of even
keeping ninth place in the sales for
the week ending the 6th inst., we drop-
ped down to 14th place.
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Chairman War Savings Committee
for Centre County.
The Bellefonte Chapter of the Red
Cross has entirely outgrown its pres-
ent quarters in Petrikin hall and the
library in the court house, and last
week announcement was made that
additional room had been secured in
the Garman property on the corner of
High and Spring streets. But since
then the Bellefonte Lodge of Masons
have tendered the Red Cross the use,
for the duration of the war, of the en-
tire second floor of the Masonic Tem-
ple, the same has been accepted, and
as soon as can conveniently be done
the Red Cross will move there. The
new location will afford ample room
for all the workers that can be secur-
ed, and the workers will find every
convenience there necessary for their
comfort. :
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Recruits Wanted.
Lieut. Wilbur E. Saxion, of the ma-
chine gun company of the provisional
reserve cavalry, announces that he
will be at the armory Tuesday and
Friday evenings for the purpose of
receiving enlistments into his unit.
Men between the age of eighteen and
twenty years and six months and
above thirty-one, as well as all those
not in class Al are eligible. Exam-
ination not, rigid. The guard is want-
ed for home duty, that is within the
State. Lieut. Saxion makes this ap-
peal to the patriotism of our citizens
and is anxious for a hearty response.
——For high class job work come
to the “Watchman” office.
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DECKER. — Christian Decker, al LINDEMUTH.—Following an ill-
well known resident of Bellefonte, | ness of four weeks with a complica-
died at his home on east Bishop street | tion of ailments Nathaniel Lindemuth, | between Potters Mills and Centre Hill
| SMITH.—John William Smith died
at the home of Mrs. Calvin Vonada,
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at five o’clock on Sunday evening, fol- | a well known resident of Union town- {on Sunday morning of blood poison-
lowing an illness of several months | ship, died at his home near Unionville | ing. Five weeks ago he was helping
with tuberculosis.
He was a son of John and Mary |
Clevenstine Decker and was born in
Nittany valley on December 1st, 1855,
hence had reached the age of 62 years,
4 months and 13 days. His boyhood
life was spent on the farm and when
he grew to manhood he elected to fol-
low in the footsteps of his father and
also engaged in tilling the soil. In
this he was quite successful and a few
years ago he retired and moved from
his farm below Zion to Bellefonte.
He was a member of the Bellefonte
Lodge of Masons and of the Reform-
ed church.
On August 14th, 1879, he was unit-
ed in marriage to Miss Rebecca Rock-
ey who survives with one son, John
R. Decker, of Bay City, Mich. He
also leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Herbert and Charles, of Pit-
cairn; Edward, of Lock Haven; Wil-
liam, of Jacksonville; Mrs. Harry Kes-
singer, of Pitcairn; Mrs. George Rock-
ey, of Zion, and Mrs. Yarnell, of Hub-
lersburg.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at ten o’clock on Wednesday
morning by his pastor, Rev. Dr.
Schmidt, and burial in the Union cem-
etery was made in accordance with
the beautiful ritual of the Masonic
fraternity.
Follawing close upon the announce-
‘ment of the death of ‘Mr. Decker word
reached Bellefonte of the death of his
son’s wife, ‘Mrs. Norma Lieberman
Decker, at the winter home of her
parents at Daytona, Florida. While
her husband was here helping to care
for his: father Mrs. Decker received
word that her sister was very ill with
typhoid pneumonia at Daytona and
she left Bay City, Mich., on April 3rd
for the south. She had been there
only a few days when she was strick-
en with the same disease and as she
grew ‘rapidly worse her husband was
notified. He left last Friday for Day-
tona, got there on Sunday and his wife
died early on Monday morning.
She was a daughter of John and
Harriet Lieberman, of Detroit, and
was but twenty-four years old. In ad-
dition to her husband she leaves two
young children, Jane and Mary Ann.
Her parents are also living. Mrs.
Christ Decker, accompanied by Miss
Yearick, left Bellefonte on the Le-
high-Penngylvania train Wednesday
afternoon for Detroit to attend the
funeral which was held yesterday
afternoon.
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REAMER.—Upton Henry Reamer,
a former well known resident of Belle-
ifonte, died at his home in Williams-
port last Friday afternoon following
an illness of some months with a
complication of diseases, aged about
seventy years: Mr. Reamer will be
remembered-as-one of ‘the first passen«
ger conductors on the Lewisburg and
|Fyrone ‘railroad; a position he ‘held
twenty-five years or more, during
which time he lived in Bellefonte.
After his retirement from the railroad
service he “moved to Williamsport.
His first wife ‘died a few years ago
Land he laterymarried Miss Ida Ebert,
who survives with one brother and a
sister, Samuel S. Reamer, of Bellaire,
Tex., and Mrs. George McGee, of Chi-
cago; Ill. Mr. Reamer was a member
of the "Bellefonte Lodge of Masons
No. 268. Funeral services were held
at his late home in. Williamsport on
Monday evening and on Tuesday
morning the. remains were taken to
Northumberland for burial.
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KREAMER.—Mrs. Julia Kreamer,
widow of Enoch Kreamer, died at her
home in Aaronsburg on Sunday even-
ing of general debility. She was a
daughter of Andrew and Polly Stover
and was born in Haines township on
October 4th, 1836, making her age 81
years, 6 months and 10 days. She
had been a member of the Reformed
chutch since early girlhood and was
a good. christian woman. Her hus-
band died three years ago but surviv-
ing her are five brothers, namely.
James, Jacob and Jefferson Stover, of
Berrien Springs, Mich.; George M.
and Benjamin F., with whom. she
made her home since the death of her
husband, of Aaronsburg. Funeral
services were held at 9:30 o’clock yes-
terday morning by Rev. W. D. Donat,
after which burial was made in the
Reformed cemetery at Aaronsburg.
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SMITH.—H. P. Smith, a veteran of
the Civil war, died in the Altoona hos-
pital on Sunday morning following an
operation he underwent the day pre-
vious. He was born at Bellwood sev-
enty-four years ago. He served two
enlistments during the Civil war, the
first in the Seventh cavalry and the
second in the 104th Penna. Vols. He
was a man of a mechanical turn of
mind and during his life worked as
a machinist, carpenter and blacksmith.
He was twice married and is survived
by one son, Clyde, in Arizona. He
also leaves one sister, living in the
west. The remains were taken to the
H. C. Wagner home near Pennsylva-
nia Furnace, where funeral services
were held at 10 o’clock on Tuesday
morning, after which burial was made
in the Centre Line cemetery.
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GILMOUR.—Mrs. Sarah J. Gil-
mour, mother of Charles E. Gilmour,
of Bellefonte, died at her home in
Milton on Tuesday morning of general
infirmities, aged 92 years. She was a
daughter of Dr. James and Sarah L.
Dougal, while her grandmother was
Mrs. Wilson Pollock, mother of Gov-
ernor Pollock. Her surviving chil-
dren are Robert R., of Philadelphia;
Miss Sarah Dougal, at home and
Charles E., of Bellefonte. Burial will
be made at Milton this afternoon.
has, Fade
| on Sunday afternoon, aged 76 years
and 6 months.
He was a son of Michael and Nima
Miller Lindemuth and was born in
Roaring Creek valley, Schuylkill coun-
ty, coming to Centre county when a
young man. He followed blacksmith-
ing a number of years but later en-
gaged in farming. He was a devout
member of the German Lutheran
church and a man who had the confi-
dence and esteem of his fellowmen.
About fifty-six years ago he was
united in marriage to Miss Sarah Sny-
der who survives with the following
children: Mrs. G. W. Ingram, of Ber-
wick; Mrs. W. B. Sensor, of Tyrone;
H. D. Lindemuth, of Unionville; F. L.
Lindemuth, of Dix Run, and Mrs. Ni-
ma Spicher, of Bellefonte. He also
leaves two sisters and two brothers,
namely: Miss Annie Thrasher, of
Ringtown; Mrs. Samuel Deeple, of
Shepton; John, of Mt. Carmel, and
Lewis, of Elysburg.
Methodist church at Unionville at two
o’clock on Wednesday afternoon by
Revs. Lepley and Piper, after which
burial was made in the lower Dix Run
cemetery.
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HEIM.—Philip Heim, a well known
resident of Spring Mills, died at two
sult of a stroke of apoplexy. He at-
in his head. Shortly afterwards he
became unconscious and remained in
that condition until his death Sunday
morning. ;
Mr. Heim was born in Snyder coun-
ty on May 15th, 1852, hence had at-
and 29 days. He was a stone mason
by trade and a hard working, indus-
trious gentleman. He was a member
of the Lutheran church most of his
life.
Mr. Heim was twice married. His
first wife was Sarah Zettle, to whom
he had two children, Clarence, of Hal-
ifax, and Mrs. William Colyer, of
near Centre Hall. His second wife
was Miss Nancy Smith, of Mifflin
county, who survives. He also leaves
the following brothers and sisters:
vin Weaver, of Rebersburg; Mrs.
Martin Fetter and Mrs. Selin Herner,
of Crotzerville, and Mrs. Peter Her-
ner, of Shamokin Dam. The funeral
was held yesterday, burial being made
in the Georges Valley cemetery.
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STINE.—Harry K. Stine died at his
home in Altoona on Saturday morn-
ing following a prolonged illness with
tuberculosis. He was a son of George
T. and Mary Stine and was born in
Halfmoon township on June 9th, 1881,
hence was in his twenty-seventh year,
Whenaa young man he went to Pitts-
burgh: where he worked a number of
years returning to Altoona last sum-
mer and going to work in the machine
shops of the Pennsylvania railroad
company.
In April, 1906, he was married in
Pittsburgh to Manetta McClain who
He also leaves his parents living in
Halfmoon township and the following
brothers and sisters: Walter and
Raymond, of Centre county; Guyer, of
Altoona; Mrs. Edna Mattern, of Half-
moon valley, and Mrs. Ruth Crust, of
Buffalo Run. .
Deceased was a member of the
Lutheran church, the Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias and the Penna.
R. R. relief association. The remains
near Stormstown on Monday and the
funeral held on Tuesday afternoon.
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WEAVER.—Paul R. Weaver, a
well known farmer of Worth town-
ship, died at his home near Port Ma-
tilda on Wednesday evening of last
week after two week’s illness with
pneumonia. He was a son of Thom-
as and Catharine Weaver and was
born at Port Matilda on October 28th,
1880, hence was 37 years, 5 months
and 13 days old. About seven years
ago he was united in marriage to Miss
Pearl Gingery, who survives with one
son, Russell. He also leaves seven
brothers and sisters. He was a faith-
ful member of the Methodist church
for a number of years and J. C. Mo-
ses had charge of the funeral serv-
ices which were held in the church at
Port Matilda at two o’clock Saturday
afternoon, after which burial was
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.
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KUNES.—Mrs. Sadie May Kunes,
wife of Dean Kunes, of Blanchard,
died at the Lock Haven hospital on
Sunday, of a complication of diseases,
after an illness of several months.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Winslow and was eighteen
years old on July 4th, 1917. Surviv-
ing her are her husband, a three
month’s old baby, her parents and the
following brothers and sisters: Stu-
art, Walter, Saylor, May, Marvel, Le-
nora ‘and Priscilla. Funeral services
were held in the Methodist church at
Blanchard at two o’clock on Wednes-
day afternoon, after which burial was
made in the Clark Gif
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BARNER.—Mrs. Franklin Barner
died at her home at Jeannette last
Friday. of general debility, aged 71
years, 8 months and 2 days. She was
born at Madisonburg and lived there
until about fifteen years ago. Sur-
viving her are her husband and the
following children: Mrs. Charles F.
Miller, of Millheim; Henry, of Altoo-
na; Mrs. Charles Bartges, of Madi-
sonburg, and Mrs. Samuel Orndorf, of
Loganton. Burial was made at Jean-
nette on Sunday afternoon.
Funeral services were held in the
o’clock on Sunday morning as the re- |
tended a public sale on Saturday and
in the evening complained of a pain :
tained the age of 65 years, 10 months |
John Heim, of Lewisburg; Mrs. Cal- |
survives with one son, Guyer Stine.
were taken to the home of his parents
{do some farm work for which a gas
{ engine was supplying the power. The
{belt slipped off the pulley and the
{ young man undertook to replace it
| without stopping the engine. The re-
sult was he was caught in the belting
{ and drawn into the fly wheel in such
ja way as to crush the bones of his leg
| very badly.
{ He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
{liam Smith and was born at Potters
{ Mills twenty-four years ago. His
| father died when he was quite young
{and he was taken to raise by his aunt,
i Mrs. Vonada. Surviving him are his
‘mother, now Mrs Roland Foust, of
"Altoona, and the following brothers
{and sisters: Allen, of Centre Hall;
Harry, of Juniata; Frank, in the U.
|S. service in France, and Mrs. Mary
| Gibboney, of Altoona.
! Funeral services were held at the
| Vonada home at 9:30 o’clock on Wed-
|nesday morning by Rev. Williams,
after which burial was made in the
| Sprucetown cemetery.
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. BARTHOLOMEW.—Mr. and Mrs.
{Charles D. Bartholomew, of .Centre
| Hall, are mourning the death of their |
daughter Margaret, who passed away
yon Tuesday morning as the result of
‘acute heart failure. In addition to
the parents one sister survives, Eliz-
‘abeth Bartholomew. The funeral was
‘held yesterday afternoon, burial being
made in the Centre Hall cemetery.
i The condition of Dr. E. S. Dor-
i worth was not thought to be serious
last week, following a slight stroke
"of paralysis, but since the second one,
Monday, he has become very critic-
ally ill.
‘druggist of Allegheny street, who has
| been confined to his home the past
| week with illness, is very much im- |
| proved and expects to be at his store |
{again in a day or two.
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——John Fike was yesterday grant-
ed a divorce by the court from his
wife, Mabel E. Fike, of Axe Mann,
who is now serving a term in the
western penitentiary for arson. W.
Harrison Walker Esq., was master in
the case.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Millard Harts-
on Howard street recently vacated by
W. S. Mallalieu and family, after
spending the winter with Mr. Harts-
wick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hartswick.
A special call for 3776 men
from Pennsylvania to be sent to Col-
umbus barracks, Ky., was issued from
Harrisburg on Wednesday. The men
are to be sent the first five days in
‘May and Centre county’s quota is giv-
en as twelve. :
J —_John Noll has been at work
laundry machinery. Some of it was
sent to the American Laundry Ma-
chine company to be rebuilt while a
portion was sent to a second-hand
dealer to dispose of on the best terms
possible.
sent to Lieut. E. R. Taylor, at Camp
Hancock, a check for the amount of
the mess fund Troop L had on hand
at the time it was dismembe.ed and
the same was divided equally among
i the members of the old unit still at
{Camp Hancock, being $3.48 cents
each.
——A public meeting will be held
at Rebersburg this (Friday) evening
in the interest of the third Liberty
loan and the sale of thrift stamps and
war saving stamps. Some of the best
speakers in Centre county will be
present and make addresses and the
people of Miles township are urged
to attend the meeting.
South ward fans got together on
Wednesday evening and organized
their baseball team for the Red Cross
league. J. Mac Heinle was chosen
manger and he already has selected
the most of his players. The teams
in the North and West wards will be
selected this week and the organiza-
tion of all reported at the meeting to
be held next Tuesday evening.
——James G. Bent, superintendent
of construction at the Rockview peni-
tentiary, on Tuesday received a tele-
gram from the War Department an-
nouncing the fact that his brother,
John T. Bent, aged 35 years, and who
was a member of the McLean Kilties
of America fighting with the British
army, had been missing since ‘April
5th. It is not known whether he was
killed or taken prisoner.
During the present crisis in the
war ten minute services of prayer to
Almighty God for the success of the
allied cause, particularly in the bat-
'tles now raging in France, will take
place in St. John’s Episcopal church
on all week days beginning Thursday,
April 18th, at 12 noon. All patriots
in the community who believe that
our holy cause will be won only
through God’s help are invited to take
advantage of these services.
On Monday afternoon when the
train on the Bellefonte Central rail-
road was on its way from State Col-
lege to Pine Grove Mills it ran into a
snow drift six feet deep, stuck and
had to be shoveled out. Now this
might happen very easily in the win-
ter time but on the fifteenth of April
and the date of the opening of the
trout fishing season, makes it sound
like a fish story, but it is not. It is
absolutely true, and the remarkable
part of it is that such a deep drift of
last week’s heavy snowfall remained
after the few days of nice weather we
had after the snow. : ;
W. S. Zeller, the well knéwn |
wick moved on Tuesday into the house :
this week shipping away his damaged |
Brief Session of Borough Council.
Only five members, the necessary
{ quorum, were present at the regular
| meeting of borough council on Mon-
iday evening. There were no verbal
{communications and the only written
{communication was a request from
: Mrs. L. T. Munson for exoneration of
{her water taxes for six months, ow- |
|ing to her home having been unoccu-
i pied that length of time. The matter
was referred to the Water committee
i for investigation and report.
| Mr. Seibert, of the Water committee
i reported that he had ordered a new
i set of gears for the small pump at the
[regular pumping station. = He also
i reported that the water tax duplicate
{for $8,395.25; meter bills to the
[amount of $825.19, and - other bills
| amounting to $412.58 had been turned
| over to the State-Centre Electric com-
{pany for collection.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported a fire at the Ben Shaffer prop-
‘erty on Howard street on April 5th
{at which an old stable was destroyed.
I Secretary W. T. Kelly presented
ithe bond of the State-Centre Electric
(company in the sum of $5,000, with
{the Bellefonte Trust company as sure-
ity, for their faithful performance in
Ithe collection of water taxes.
Secretary Kelly also reported that
ithe signed contract for the paving of
south Water and Willowbank streets
had been received and placed on file.
Mr. Seibert suggested that council
‘invest a portion of the sinking fund
“in Liberty bonds and the matter was
briefly discussed. The sinking fund
is now $35,000, actual cash, and it was
(the sense of the members of council
that ten or fifteen thousand dollars of
the amount be invested in bonds. The
matter was referred to the Finance
| committee, borough treasurer and so-
{licitor with power to act.
Bills to the amount of $271.12 were
‘approved and council adjourned.
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‘Bad Wreck of Pennsylvania-Lehigh
Train.
The Pennsylvania-Lehigh train was
wrecked about a mile ast of Dix sta-
ition on Saturday afternoon when the
| Pullman chair car “Pennhurst” was
thrown from the track by a broken
‘rail and after riding the ties for a dis-
{tance of one hundred feet rolled over
{on its side in the ditch along the track.
| The day coach following the Pullman
| toppled about half over.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
two coaches were well filled only one
person, Mrs. C. H. Oliver, of Butler,
who was on her way to Williamsport
to attend a funeral, was seriously in-
jured. Quite a number suffered bruis-
es and slight cuts but were able to
proceed upon their journey. Mrs. Ol-
iver was sent to the Altoona hospital.
In the rear coach of the: train was
. Miss Janet Potter, of this place, who
was on her way home from Philips-
burg, but she escaped injury.
Other Centre countians who were
on the train and slightly hurt were as
follows: : ais nil a
Mrs. George Summers, Snow Shoe
Intersection; right arm contused.
Mrs. Iva Shaw, Snow Shoe; thighs
bruised and second right finger in-
jured.
C. H. McBride, State College; left
leg slightly hurt. :
J. A. Armstrong, Pleasant Gap;
right leg hurt slightly.
The wrecked cars were abandoned
where they lay and the balance of the
train proceeded on its journey, reach-
ing Bellefonte shortly after three
o’clock. ’
Attention—Important Notice.
The annual W. C. T. U. dues social
and their next thimble bee will be
combined this (Friday) afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Weston and Miss
Rhoads, west Linn street, from 2 to 5
o’clock. All women interested in the
good work of these thimble bees are
cordially invited, whether members
of the Union or not. All W. C. T. U.
members are especially urged to be
present. Those owing dues please
bring them or send them.
Miss Rhoads is very desirous of a
large attendance, as it may be the last
meeting of this kind she may be able
to attend for a long time, as she has
volunteered for Y. M. C. A. canteen
service with our armies in France and
is expecting the call to go soon. All
will be most welcome.
Work for an Honor Flag.
Allotments have been made, and
other towns are working hard to se-
cure this great honor. Get into line
and put your town on the list! The
Honor Flag to be awarded to towns
subscribing their allotment is 36 by
54 inches, of good material. It has a
red border and three vertical blue
stripes, indicating the third Liberty
loan campaign. This flag will be
awarded to each town that subscribes
the sales quota set for it by its fed-
eral reserve Liberty loan committee.
Every town in Centre county that has
three hundred inhabitants or more
may secure this flag, by having its
allotment subscribed by at least one-
tenth of its inhabitants. Don't "let
your town be left!
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Marriage Licenses.
Following is the list of marriage li-
censes granted during the past week
by Register Frank Sasserman:
Abraham C. Coble, Oak Hall; Ma-
bel E. Parker, State College.
"Jos. Ludick and Mary Simko, Belle-
fonte.
Orvic C. Meyer and Ella P. Rachau,
Centre Hall. :
Steve Jakicic and Mary Matis,
Bellefonte. a
— The remains of Mrs. Collis Cal-
ley, aged 65 years, who died at State
College on Monday, were shipped to
Baltimore, Ohio, on Tuesday for bur-
ial.
Talked to Bellefonte
{Major Watt
i Audience.
The Presbyterian church was crowd-
ied on Sunday evening by an audience
anxious to hear from the seat of war
{by one who spent almost three years
{in or close to the trenches in the per-
ison of Major Laughlin McClain Watt,
a chaplain in’ the Scottish Highland-
ers. Major Watt came to Bellefonte
iin company with Dr. Frank B. Lynch,
under the auspices of the speakers’
bureau of the Public Safety commit-
tee, and his talk was interesting as
well as edifying to his Bellefonte au-
dience.
He cast aside all the glamours of
war and detailed it in all its horrors,
impressing upon his hearers the fact
that all the stories that have been told
in this country of German atrocities
are true, and many of their deeds are
too horrible to recount. He described
many deeds of heroism and pathetic
sights in the trenches and behind the
lines and payed a most glowing trib-
ute to the work of the Red Cross,
“angels of mercy,” the nurses every
one of them. He stated that in such
deep reverence were they held by the
British soldiers that whenever one ap-
peared the soldier always stood at at-
tention with uncovered head.
Like every rational man and wom-
an he deplored the great sacrifice of
life, but he believes in the righteous-
ness 'of the allies’ cause and there is
nothing to do but fight the struggle to
a finish, or until the Germans are most
effectually beaten. He deplored the
fact that the United States did not
enter the struggle sooner but paid this
country the compliment of asserting
that with its aid the allies must sure-
ly win.
Get In On the Liberty Loan.
Centre county started its drive on
the third Liberty loan on Wednesday
of last week and so far it is estimated
about one-half the county’s quota, or
about $300,000 worth of bonds, have
been sold. While this is considered
very good, yet the work is not done by
any means and will not be until the
county’s full quota is made up. The
very fact that the first half has been
raised so quickly is evidence that the
purchasers had their minds already
made up and as soon as the bonds
were offered for sale they took them.
To sell the remainder of the bonds
will require persistent effort from now
until the close of the sale on May
6th, but every man and woman in
Centre county who can afford to do
so ought to voluntarily come forward
and help along in the good work. It
is only united effort that will bring
success and we feel sure that every
red-blooded man in Centre county
wants to see the government succeed
in the present war, and to succeed it
must have the money.
Soldier Boys at Home.
,.» Fred Yarnell, who is now stationed
{at the Washington, D. C., barracks as
a member of the Engineering Signal
corps, was in Bellefonte over Sunday
on a brief furlough, visiting his par-
ois sheriff and Mrs. George H. Yar-
nell.
Peter Lyons, with the national ar-
my at Camp Meade, was home with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ly-
ons, from Friday until Wednesday.
James Morrison, who several
months ago resigned his job as a clerk
in the P. R. R. freight office to enlist
in the navy, arrived home on Wednes-
day on a ten day’s furlough, having
already been over to France and back.
Marshall Cook, who is now a cor-
poral of the Mounted Signal corps at
Camp Dix, N. J., visited his father,
Chirles F. Cook, over Sunday.
Curtin—Ardell.—Harry Curtin, of
Curtin, stole a march on his many
friends by going to New York and
last week bringing home as his bride
Miss Mary Elizabeth Ardell, daugh-
ter of the late John Ardell, of this
place. The young people were mar-
ried at the Little Church Around the
Corner in New York city, on Satur-
day, April 6th. Hassell Montgomery
was one of the witnesses. After
spending a few days in New York and
‘Philadelphia Mr. Curtin returned
home last Thursday morning and in-
vited a few Bellefonte friends to spend
that evening at his home. The bride
arrived on the evening train and was
met by her husband who introduced
her to his guests as his bride. Of
course congratulations were in order.
Harnden—Bartley.—J. W. Harnden,
of Altoona, and Miss Inez M. Bartley,
of Bellefonte, were married on Tues-
day of last week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Nelson Stineman, in Al-
toona, by Rev. J. V. L. Wagner, of the
Duncansville Methodist church. The
double ring ceremony was used and
the young couple were attended by
Mr. and Mrs. Stineman. They will
make their home in Altoona.
Woodring—Ruhl. — Charles Elmer
Woodring, an instructor at State Col-
lege, and Miss Amy Augusta Ruhl, of
Altoona, were married at eleven
o’clock Saturday morning at the Finst
Methodist church in Altoona by the
pastor, Rev. James B. Stein. They
will make their home at State College.
Warren—Downing.—Armine War-
ren and Miss Anna W. Downing, both
of whom gave their residence as
Bellefonte, were married in Lock Ha-
ven on Monday morning by Rev.
James M. Brennan, at the parsonage
of the east Main street Methodist
church.
— The forty hours devotion will
begin in St. John’s Catholic church on
Sunday and continue until Tuesday.
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R. Russell Blair is confined to
his home on east Linn street with an
fasack of the measles.
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