Belletonte, Pa., June 28, 1918.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Governor.
EUGENE C. BONNIWELL, Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor.
J. WASHINGTON LOGUE, Philadelphia.
Secretary of Internal Affairs.
ASHER R. JOHNSON, McKean County.
Congress At Large.
«JOSEPH F. GORMAN, Lehigh County,
FRED IKLER, Columbia County,
J. CALVIN STRAYER, York County,
SAMUEL R. TARNER, Allegheny County.
Congress.
Wm. E. TOBIAS, Clearfield County.
Senator.
MATTHEW SAVAGE, Clearfield County.
Representative.
JOHN NOLL, Bellefonte.
WHAT THE BOYS ARE DOING IN
FRANCE.
Frank R. Smith Tells What a Big Job
Uncle Sam Has Tackled and
Other Interesting Things.
Somewhere in France, June 2nd.
My dear: —
Have not heard from you for a
week, and time certainly hangs heavy
when we do not receive mail. We
think this is due to the fact that the
trucks are too busy to bring the mail
in. Now, in answer to some of your
questions, no I am not working at my
trade, I am doing the same kind of
work as the Titan Metal Co., and we
are twice as far away from the firing
line as the nearest college would be
to your home town.
I have seen quite a number of
French villages, 2nd it is awful to see
how they have been destroyed. We are
in a beautiful place. Imagine, if you
can, little white plastered houses,
with roofs covered with green vines,
the majority of the streets narrow
and a stream of spring water running
through them. The children are par-
ticularly interesting, little fat young-
sters with red cheeks. There is one
very interesting little fellow at the
house where I get my washing done.
I have taught him to say “gun” and
he calls me “Smitty.” We were all
very much disappointed on Decora-
tion day. We got warning of an air
raid but the Huns did not show up.
Musser is here clipping a fellow’s
hair, and I wish you could see him.
Miss Laurie and her companion
have had a house built, and we have
been invited up to call and see it. I
am glad, for she is certainly a won-
derful woman. She is working very
hard and is somewhat thinner than
when she was at home, and no one
knows what she means to we Belle-
fonte boys. Have had a letter from
Ed. Shields. He is going to come and
see me. He is some Ed. Will have
to close now and will write you again
in a day or two. Give my regards to
all my inquiring friends.
I am as ever,
FRANK R. SMITH.
Somewhere in France, June 6th.
My dear:—
Well, here is the 6th of June and
still no mail from the States. It is
now almost two weeks since we have
had mail. I did receive your movie
magazine and also some papers, and
we all enjoyed the books very much,
we even read all the ads. We are
having fine weather, only a little too
windy. Had intended going fishing
but it is too windy.
I have never felt better in my life,
and am still gaining, as you will see
from the pictures I am enclosing. We
have received papers ‘with accounts of
the ships being blown up in our own
waters; that is surely bringing the
war near home. We took the papers
up to Miss Laurie and she was very
glad to get them. For some reason
or other she does not receive the pa-
pers sent her; her companion, Miss
Watts, receives hers regularly. I see
by the papers they are sending a big
bunch of fellows over. That is what
we need, men, and the sooner they get
them over the sooner this war will be
over.
It is really surprising at the num-
ber of ‘things that have to be done.
You people at home do not realize
what the United States is doing.
There are not hundreds, but thousands
of things to look after, and it is only
when you are in the service that you
can realize and appreciate it. They
have built quite an addition to the Y.
M. C. A. and it is fine. They use the
old part for entertainments and the
new part for reading and writing.
Miss Laurie is located in the new part,
and is still working as hard as ever.
I gave her your messages and she was
very glad to receive them, and sends
her regards to all her inquiring
friends. She is surely appreciated
over here, not only by our town boys,
but by all who are fortunate enough
to be near her. She is mother, sister,
sweetheart and everything to us.
Sam Rhinesmith had a birthday on
June 4th. Whitey and I gave him a
box of “La Preferencia” cigars for a
birthday present. Poor Sam was so
fussed. Well, will have to close; will
be able to write more when we receive
mail.
I am as ever,
F. R. SMITH.
—Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
BARR.—Cyrus Barr, a well known
resident of Boalsburg, passed away
last Friday after suffering for more
than a year with creeping paralysis. |
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Barr and was born at McAlevy’s Fort
sixty-four years ago. When a lad the
family moved to Centre county and!
most of his life was spent at Gates-
burg. Two years ago he moved to |
Boalsburg where he was employed by |
Capt. Theodore Davis Boal. :
He is survived by his wife, one son, |
Alfred K., in the west, and a daugh- |
ter, Mrs. J. C. Young, of Boalsburg.
He also leaves a brother and sister,
Homer Barr, of Boalsburg, and Mrs.
Blair Gates, of Gatesburg. He was a
member of the Lutheran church for
many years and Rev. L. N. Fleck had
charge of the funeral services which
were held at two e’clock on Sunday
afternoon, the remains being taken |
to Gatesburg for burial.
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LEWIS.—Mrs. Felicia Lewis, wid-
ow of Marshall H. Lewis, a Civil war
veteran, died at her home near Win-
burne, Clearfield county, on Tuesday
of last week. She was a daughter of
George and Kate Dillon and was born |
within a mile of where she died al-
most sixty-eight years ago. Her sur-
viving children are Mrs. Ora Shobert,
of Julian; Mrs. E. P. Mingle, of Al-
toona; Mrs. R. E. Cole, of Clearfield;
Ralph Lewis, of Niagara Falls; Mrs.
I. E. Lucas, of Winburne; Mrs. E. C.
Nording, of Martha Furnace; Edward,
at home, and Mrs. H. B. Bennett, of
Port Matilda. Burial was made at
Winburne last Thursday.
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JOHNSTON.—According to the Al-
toona papers Miss Annabelle Johnston
died in the Blair county hospital, that
city, on Saturday afternoon, follow-
ing an illness of some weeks with a
complication of diseases. She was
born in Bellefonte fifty years ago but
the most of her life had been spent in
Altoona. She is survived by one
brother, George Johnston, of Belle-
fonte. The funeral was held on Tues-
day afternoon, burial being made in
the Fairview cemetery, Altoona.
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OWEN.—George W. Owen, a prom-
inent business man of Mechanicsburg,
died quite suddenly on Monday after-
noon of heart trouble. He was fifty-
five years old and was married only
about three months ago. He was
prominent in the good roads move-
ment and well up in fraternal circles.
He leaves one sister, Mrs. Maude O.
Stamm, of Harrisburg, formerly Mrs.
Bullock, of this place. Mr. Owen fre-
quently visited in Bellefonte when his
sister resided here.
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BRANDMAN.—Solomon Brandman
died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Brandman on Thursday of last week
of edema of the lungs. He was born
in Austria and was fifty-eight years
old. The remains were taken to Lock
Haven on Saturday and shipped to
Philadelphia for burial.
Work of the Exemption Board.
The local exemption board on Wed-
nesday completed their work of send-
ing out the questionnaires to the 311
young men who registered on June
5th under the selective service act,
and the same must be filled out and
returned to the board within seven
days.
The board this week received no-
tice to send five men for special serv-
ice on July first to Delaware College,
Newark, N. J., and also received no-
tice that the next general call for men
would be for the week beginning July
22nd, the quota to be 117. Centre
county has furnished so many men
up to date that there will be less than
two hundred left in Class Al after
the contingent of 158 are sent away
today.
Of the twenty men called for spe-
cial service training at State College,
the list of which was published two
weeks ago, four were excused, name-
ly: Harry L. Hawkes, of Fleming;
Edward L. Rhoads, Earle V. Stavely
and Eugene J. Sullivan, State Col-
lege. The two men selected to make
up the quota were:
JOHNSON, PAUL M., Bellefonte.
WILLARD, ROGER E., Bellefonte.
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Escaped Prisoner Still at Large.
William Hall, the desperado who
escaped from the western penitentia-
ry two weeks ago and who created
considerable excitement on Monday
morning of last week when he shot at
guard Harry Whiteman and again ef-
fected an escape after that gentleman
had captured him, is still at large.
About nine o’clock on Sunday even-
ig a man answering the description
of the prisoner visited the home of J.
C. Nason, of Julian, and asked for
something to eat. Whether he got it
or not is not known, but later the tow-
er man at that place claims to have
seen him jump a freight westbound.
At three o'clock Monday morning a |
policeman in Altoona noticed a man
acting suspiciously on the street and
when he attempted to arrest him he
shot the officer in the shoulder then
made his escape. The policeman gave
it as his opinion that the man was the
convict Hall, but so far he has not
been rounded up.
——Luther Eckley, a boy less than
three years old, was brought to the
Bellefonte hospital on Wednesday
afternoon suffering with a badly frac-
tured jaw, which he received in a pe-
culiar manner. The lad was in the
barn watching the men unload hay
when the rope used in pulling up the
hay fork broke. Ome end of the rope
caught the child on the jaw, fractur-
ing it badly.
——E. I. Gillen, of Milesburg, who
suffered a stroke of paralysis several
weeks ago and has been undergoing
treatment in the Bellefonte hospital,
is somewhat improved.
The Bellefonte Chautauqua Rapidly
Approacheth.
Only about three weeks now until
the Bellefonte Chautauqua. The dates
for the big event are Thursday, July
18, to Thursday, July 25. The motto
adopted for the Chautauqua is the
great English war phrase, “Carry
On”
The Chautauqua program this year
fered to local audiences. Among the
men of more than national fame are
Judge Marcus Kavanagh, of Chicago,
whose lecture will be “Traitors to
Justice,” and George H. Turner,
known throughout the country as a
veteran of the Chautauqua movement,
who will give a great war lecture,
“Humanity’s Last Reserves.” A lec-
ture by a British war hero ought to
draw every patriot in the country to
Bellefonte for that evening. The mu-
sical engagements, always deservedly
popular, will attract by their charm
of war, this year, as never before.
A musical feature well worth many
times the price of one admission, the
sort for which you would willingly
pay the price of a course ticket, will
be one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most
attractive operas.
The boys and girls of Bellefonte
and vicinity will be interested in the
plans for the Junior Chautauqua. It
will be a patriotic year for the Jun-
jors. There will be lots of fine stories,
songs, games and all of them patriot-
ic ones, too! The play this year will
be a thoroughly patriotic one, “Liber-
ty’s Torch.” No boy or girl will want
to miss a single session.
This year as never before it should :
be made a Bellefonte Chautauqua. It
is a town undertaking, and though
there may be some here and there who
do not care for the idea and for the
class of attractions, yet there are
many more who do, people of all
classes. It is a great thing for chil-
dren, it is a great thing for those who
cannot get away in the summer, a
great thing for those who appreciate
the things of the mind, who under-
stand and value music; a great thing
for those who are glad of the oppor-
tunity of a “get-together” with their
friends and neighbors, and who de-
sire to “carry on” with an undertak-
ing which will benefit large sections
of the community.
Prices of tickets have not advanc-
ed, nor must the Chautauqua pay the
war tax, so that there are few who
cannot prepare for the solid week of
enjoyment and improvement ahead of
us. Realized as a Bellefonte institu-
tion, we can make people of the coun-
ty proud of the leadership of their
county town, which will throw open
its gates to an institution so unique-
ly American from which the whole
neighborhood can profit so exten-
sively.
Merchants Will Furnish Help in Har-
vesting.
Bellefonte, merchants have hearken-
ed to the cry of the shortage of farm
labor during harvest time and will do
their part toward releasing their
clerks for a day or two’s work in the
harvest field.
In order to get their position right
before the public the Merchants’ as-
sociation held a meeting on Monday
evening and went over the whole sit-
uation. John L. Holmes, of State
College, who is at the head of the
farm labor movement in the county,
was present and told the merchants
that while it is true that some far-
mers will probably need a little as-
sistance during their wheat harvest,
the farm labor situation is not nearly
as acute as might be supposed. The
early hay has mostly been cut and the
majority of farmers have self-bind-
ers with which to cut their wheat.
Hence if men can be furnished for a
few days to help haul in the wheat
the harvesting can be done very nice-
ly.
The merchants unanimously agreed
to release what help they could when-
ever it is needed. They then select-
ed six captains who will have charge
of securing the men and placing them
where needed. The captains and the
day in the week on which they will
serve are as follows:
Monday—William W. Bottorf.
Tuesday—Edward F. Gehret.
Wednesday—Adolph Fauble.
Thursday—Thomas Hazel.
Friday—A. C. Mingle and Oscar
Miles, of Milesburg.
No help will be given on Saturday
as the merchants will need their clerks
that day themselves.
The captains held a ‘meeting on
Tuesday evening and decided that the
wages of the men who go out to work
on the farm shall be $2.00 a day and
board, which will include dinner and
supper. Help will be furnished to
farmers within a radius of six miles
of Bellefonte and if the farmer has
an automobile he will be required to
come to Bellefonte for his man and
bring him home in the evening. If he
has no machine, the captain will see
that the man is taken to the farm
but the farmer will have to bring him
home.
Any farmers in need of help can
either communicate with John L.
Holmes, State College, or any of the
captains named above.
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— A firm in Johnstown is now
manufacturing a near beer called
“Jay-Bee.” Just what it is made out
of has not been divulged but the man-
ufacturers claim that in the process
of its manufacture the by-product is
turned into vinegar at the rate of
1000 barrels weekly. The only admit-
ted near beer sold in Bellefonte so far
is Merle Brew but from all accounts
the most of it nowadays is only near
beer, and the Johnstowner who con-
cocted Jay-Bee has at least adopted
a name that sounds a little suspicious.
——For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
is ample and varied, the best yet of-
Snyder—Deitrick.—A very quiet
wedding was celebrated at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Deitrick, on
east Bishop street, at five o’clock on
Sunday evening when their daughter,
Miss Bertha May Deitrick, was unit-
ed in marriage to Charles F. Snyder,
of Sunbury. Only the immediate
members of the family witnessed the
ceremony which was performed by
Rev. Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt, of the
Reformed church.
The bridal party stood before a
large American flag, surrounded by
palms and other plants and flowers,
Mr. Carl F. Deitrick, a brother of the
bride, was best man; and Miss Lola
Ulrich, of Centre Hall, was maid of
honor. The wedding march was play-
ed by Miss Mildred Deitrick. The
ring ceremony was used. After the
ceremony a wedding dinner was serv-
ed.
The bride is quite well known in
Bellefonte, and especially in musical
circles, being a member of the orches-
‘tra of which her father is leader and
also a member of the Harmonic club. .
The bridegroom is a graduate of
| State College, class of 1917, in the
! course in chemistry. He is now in the
| United States service, located at
{ Camp Upton, L. I, where he is en-
‘gaged in chemical experiments in
‘testing out gas masks.
i The young couple left Bellefonte on
ithe 8:10 train Sunday evening to
‘spend Mr. Snyder’s ten days’ furlough
'on a wedding trip. Mrs. Snyder will
“then return home to remain with her
parents ‘while Mr. Snyder is in the
service.
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Kelley—Rosenhoover. — Quite a
large number of guests were present
in the Catholic church at eight o’clock
yesterday morning to witness the
marriage of George Kelley, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Kelley, of
Snow Shoe, and Miss Barbara Mag-
daline Rosenhoover, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenhoover, of
this place. The nuptial mass was said
by Father William E. Downes and the
attendants were Victor Kelley and
Miss Mary Rosenhoover.
Following the ceremony quite an
elaborate reception was given the
happy young couple at the home of
the bride’s parents on Spring streef.
A wedding breakfast was served at
12 o’clock and at 1:28 o’clock Mr. and
Mrs. Kelley left on a wedding trip
east. Returning they will reside in
Snow Shoe.
Broderick—Crissman.—Maurice F.
Broderick and Miss Helen B. Criss-
man, both of Bellefonte, were quietly
married at the parochial residence of
St. John’s Catholic church, at 6:30
o’clock on Saturday evening by Rev.
Father William E. Downes. The
bride is the youngest daughter of Ho-
mer W. Crissman, and for a few years
past has been one of Bellefonte’s most
efficient school teachers. The bride-
groom is chief electrician at the west-
ern penitentiary and has been a resi-
dent of Bellefonte the past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Broderick departed on
Saturday evening on a brief wedding
trip and upon their return will take
up their residence at the Crissman
home on Thomas street.
Johnson—Beck. — Clarence Jasper
Johnson, of River Rouge, Mich.,
and Miss Mabel Louella Beck, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Beck,
of State College, were married at the
home of the bride’s parents at eleven
o'clock last Thursday by Rev. J. W.
Long, pastor of the Methodist church,
Reformed church. Among the guests
present were Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Johnson and daughter Mildred, of
Bellefonte. The bridegroom is a son
of Claude Johnson and formerly lived
at State College, but is now located
at River Rouge, Mich., where he is
employed in the sheet metal depart-
ment of the Great Lakes Engineering
company.
Tressler—Gibbs.—Rev. Robert L.
Tressler, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Tressler, of this place, not only
attended the commencement exercises
at Taylor University, his Alma Ma-
ter, at Upland, Ind., last week, but
also married one of the fair gradu-
ates in the person of Miss Marie
Gibbs, of Springfield, Ohio. The wed-
ding took place on Wednesday at the
University. Following a brief wed-
ding trip Mrs. Tressler will spend a
short time with her parents before
joining her husband at Dudley, Pa.,
where his church pastorate is located.
Martin—Irwin.—Harry David Mar-
tin, of Wilkinsburg, and Miss Sue
Blanche Irwin, a former Centre coun-
ty young lady were married in the
Homewood Presbyterian church on
Thursday of last week. Both Mrcand
Mrs. Martin were former residents of
Marion township, this county, the
bridegroom being a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James S. Martin and the brid
a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Irwin. They will reside at
Wilkinsburg where Mr. Martin is an
electrician in the employ of the West-
inghouse company.
Yearick—Pletcher. — At the Re-
formed parsonage, Thursday noon,
June 20th, Mr. Doyle N. Yearick, son
of Mr. John Yearick, of Jacksonville,
and Miss Genevieve M. Pletcher, of
Howard, were united in marriage by
the Rev. Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D.,
the ring service being used. Both
young people are well known through-
out their home districts, and a host of
friends join in wishing them a very
happy married life.
—The wedding of Miss Mary Ir-
win Christ, daughter of the late Dr.
Theodore S. Christ, and George Ew-
ing MacMillan, a Senior at Penn State
in charge of the poultry feeding ex-
periments on the college farms, will
take place in the Presbyterian church
at the College at 2:30 o’clock tomor-
row, (Saturday) afternoon. The cer-
emony will be performed by the pas-
assisted by Rev. Ray Dotterer, of the
Cle
tor, Rev. Samuel Martin, and there
will be no attendants.
after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Mac-
Millan will leave on a wedding trip in
Miss Christ’s car. A surprise mis-
cellaneous shower was given Miss
Christ last night by her friends at
State College and tonight she will be
the honor guest at a dinner given by
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
James I. Thompson, of Centre Fur-
nace. Mr. and Mrs. MacMillan will
occupy Miss Christ's house on Col-
lege avenue, State College.
——A marriage license was issued |
in Harrisburg on Monday to Mr.
Mitchell T. Hartman, of Williams-
port, and Miss Mary M. McNichol, of
Bellefonte. The young lady in ques-
tion is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John McNichol, Mr. McNichol having
been the Bellefonte Academy coach
the past several years. The young
people were married the same day by
Dr. George E. Hawes.
Big Fourth at State College.
The citizens of State College will
have a safe and sane Fourth of July
celebration, but have arranged for a
big time at that. The committee in
charge has completed the program
and it provides for a full day’s exer- |
cises. Beginning at eight o’clock in
the morning there will be something
doing every minute until late at night.
Following is the program in full:
MORNING EVENTS.
8:00—New Beaver field, athletic meet by
U. S. army men in training at Penn State
College.
yard dash, three-legged race, running
broad jump, pie eating contest, 100-yard
dash, sack race, high jump, 440-yard dash,
standing broad jump, tug of war.
donated by merchants.
11:00—Big parade. Form on east Col-
lege avenue. Line of march—west on Col-
lege avenue to borough line, countermarch |
to Borroughs, south on Borroughs to Bea-
ver, east on Beaver to Pugh, Pugh to Col-
lege avenue, College avenue to Diamond.
Order of formation—Borough officials,
drum corps, veterans of Civil war, mothers |
of enlisted men, in autos, band, enlisted
men, Red Cross, Summer school faculty
and students, Camp Fire girls, Boy Scouts,
band, fraternal and other organizations,
patriotic citizens.
11:25—Diamond, presentation of commu-
nity service flag by motor messengers.
AFTERNOON EVENTS.
1:30—Open air theatre, campus. Concert
by Milesburg Girls’ band.
2:00—Patriotic exercises. America;
President's message, “Star Spangled Ban-
ner;” address by Captain Frank Schwab,
' of the British Royal Field Artillery.
| 4:00—Front campus. Concert, Ferguson
| township band. Vaudeville and minstrel
!by army detachment, boxing and wrest-
i ling.
| EVENING EVENTS.
| 6:30—Auto parade. Prizes will be
awarded for the most original and best
I decorated float, as well as for fantastics.
{ parade will form on east College between
Miles and McAllister streets, pass west on
College avenue to Atherton, south on Ath-
erton to Beaver, east on Beaver to Pugh,
| Pugh to College avenue, west on College
! avenue to Diamond, north on Allen to Col-
' lege field, countermarch to Diamond.
7:30—Diamond. Awarding of prizes as
follows: Floats—Ist prize, $40; second,
{ $20; third, $15. Fantastics—Most original,
$10; most comical, $5.00.
8:30—College Armory. Red Cross dance.
Admission for men $1.00; ladies free.
The Red Cross organization will hold a
festival on the College campus through-
out the day.
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Bellefonte Needs a Curb Market.
Very early in the spring, in fact
before all of the winter’s snow had
disappeared, the Bellefonte borough
council passed a resolution suspend-
ing for the period of the war all curb
market fees and licenses for the pur-
pose of throwing open the gates to
farmers and truck growers to market
their produce in Bellefonte. Up to
date, however, there has not only been
no curb market but so far as the writ-
er is informed not a load of produce
of any kind has been brought to
Bellefonte and offered for sale, ex-
cepting by those farmers who serve
butter and eggs regularly to custom-
ers in town.
Bellefonte at one time had one of
the best curb markets of any town in
this section of the State but it gradu-
ally dwindled down until it passed
away entirely. But even up to last
year a few farmers brought early
vegetables, berries, etc., to town, but
this year very few. Of course,
the shortage of farm help may be as-
signed as one reason for farmers hav-
ing done away with truck gardening,
but it is work that school boys could
do and if properly attended to could
be made a profitable part of the far-
mer’s income.
neal lp ly ———
Women and Girls, Attention!
A short course in food conservation
will be given at State College from
July 1st to July 10th inclusive, pro-
vided thirty registrations are made.
State College gives the course free of
charge. Board and lodging may be
obtained at various houses in State
College at a price not to exceed $12.00
for the period. This is a wonderful
opportunity for all persons interest-
ed in such a course, which will attract
women from every part of the State,
and should be particularly interesting
to Centre county women.
Students desiring to register, may
notify Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell,
Bellefonte, Pa., at once, and for de-
tails about boarding, hours of classes,
etc., may communicate with Mrs.
Helen Rider, 118 Miles street, State
College, for information.
LINA B. MITCHELL,
Centre County Chairman
Council of National Defense.
SO
———Notwithstanding the extremely
cool weather last Saturday about six-
ty people attended the Tressler fami-
ly reunion at the fair grounds. In ad-
dition to the big dinner there were
patriotic speeches by the children and
a very good talk by Rev. Kratzer, of
Houserville. Rev. C. C. Shuey was
also present and made some interest-
'ing remarks.
Immediately
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fighting for and promoting the flag of
liberty and honor across the seas I
may not be able to get to call upon
all the voters to present my claims
verbally and personally; therefore I
have taken this means thus early to
‘make the above statement of some of
{the reasons why some voters would
| assist me if their attention were call-
‘ed to them for thought and discus-
sion. Respectfully submitted for con-
. sideration and assistance.
! I am cordially,
MATT SAVAGE.
Philipsburgers Arrested for Alleged
Illegal Fishing.
For some weeks past the Bellefonte
| police have had reasons to believe that
somebody who does not have strict re-
gard for the law has been catching
ithe trout out of Spring creek within
the forbidden district, doing their fish-
ling in the dead of night. Owing to
| this fact the policemen have watched
| the stream pretty closely and at three
io’clock on Tuesday morning police-
man Elmer Yerger made a good haul
{when he caught three young men of
| Philipsburg fishing for trout right op-
posite the “Watchman” office.
| ‘The young men, who gave their
(names as Fred Nixon, J. C. and J. E.
| Mark, were promptly arrested and
| spent the balance of the night in the
|lockup. At ten o’clock Tuesday fore-
{noon they were taken before justice
iof the peace S. Kline Woodring and
| there told quite a story.
|
{| They stated that several weeks ago
i they spent a night at the Bush house
| While driving three Republic trucks
' from Harrisburg to Bellefonte. Along
{about half past eleven o'clock that
i night, they asserted, they walked out
{upon Spring creek bridge and saw a
man fishing at the very spot where
they attempted to fish Tuesday morn-
ing. They aver that he was catching
trout so fast they could hardly count
them, and seeing him fishing there
they naturally supposed the stream
open to all fishermen and came over
to try their luck. :
While the story is a good one it
don’t bear the earmarks of strict ve-
racity. Every fisherman in this lo-
cality knows that this section of
Spring creek has been posted as clos-
ed since the beginning of the season
of 1917, and no man hereabouts would
venture to fish the stream when he
had any idea he would be seen, much
less stand still and pull out trout after
trout with three people watching him.
On the other hand if the Philipsburg
fishermen believed the stream open to
all fishermen why did they come into
the town at that hour in the morning
and attempt to catch the trout instead
of waiting for daylight?
But why speculate. ’Squire Wood-
ring held the three of them in $1000
bail for a hearing before him at two
o’clock this (Friday) afternoon, when
a representative of the State Fish
Commission will be here to fight the
case. :
a
Patriotic League July 4th Frolic.
The Patriotic League frolic on the
evening of July 4th will be held on
the High school commons, and the fol-
lowing program will be given:
Folk Dancing on Commons—6 :45.
Entertainment—High School Auditorium
7:00
ENTERTAINMENT AS FOLLOWS:
1. Selection—Harmonic Club.
2. Doll Drill.
3. Shadow Play—“And the Lamp Went
Out.”
4. Selection—Quartette.
5. Folk Dances.
6. Play—Episode from Shakespeare's
Mid-summer Night's Dream.
7. Selection—Harmonic Club.
Repetition of performance at 9:00
Please take notice of the change
from the Armory to the High school
auditorium.
State College Will Train Enlisted
Pennsylvania Men.
Two hundred enlisted young men
from various parts of the Keystone
State began training in mechanical
work at State College June 16th.
These men will be given the same sort
of instruction received at the college
by the 189 Minnesota mechanics who
were recently sent by the War Depart+
ment into the different camps of the
country. Since the first of May 147
men from the State of Maryland have
been in training at the college. Since
the first of April 542 men have been
enrolled in these special war classes.
The courses include electricity, black-
smithing, carpentry, automobile and
other machine repair work.
THE ANSWER TO “ONLY A VOL-
UNTEER.”
By Edwin M. Grove.
Why didn’t you wait to be drafted ?
The answer is simple enough:
You didn’t need a brass band to lead you—
You're made of the right kind of stuff.
Your banquet will come when it’s over,
That's when you'll want to be cheered;
And then you will know you deserve 1b:
Because you've volunteered.
Don’t get discouraged so quickly,
From what I've seen I've a hunch
That out of the millions of soldiers
Uncle Sam likes you best of the bunch.
You don’t complain of your duties,
Of hardship you've naught to fear;
‘You lick up your meals with a relish,
Because you're a Volunteer.
You weren't dragged in by a number
As though you were nothing at all;
And you didn’t go ’round with a frown on,
Afraid that your country would call
You didn’t buy every paper
And scan the draft column with fear,
You marched right along with your head
up,
Because you're a Volunteer.
What if the little draft Willies
Do get a little more praise;
Praise won't get the old Kaiser—
It’s real work we want these days.
Just keep your eyes on Berlin, boys,
Never mind about brass bands and cheers;
The glory will go to the heroes,
And they'll be the Volunteers.
“
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