Belletonte, Pa. , September 0, 1018.
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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.
BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOOKS.
Schools and Colleges Will Open Next |
Week.
With the coming of September the
mid-summer vacation comes to an end
and the various schools and colleges
throughout the country will open
their doors for the 1918-19 school
year. Naturally there is considerable
speculation as to just what effect the
prolongation of the war will have on
the enrollment of students this year.
So far as the public schools are con-
cerned the only way in which they
can possibly be affected is in a small-
er attendance at the opening of
school, owing te the help of the boys
and girls being needed on the farms
for the fall work. The preparatory
schools and colleges will undoubtedly
suffer more cr less, as many of their
old students are now in service and
the new draft law will take others
who would probably go to college
were it not for the war. But now,
more than ever, is the time when the
coming generation will need the ad-
vantages of all the education possi-
ble to get, and counting the various
adverse contingencies parents should
endeavor to have their sons and
daughters attend either the public
school or college, according to their
age and degree of education.
THE BELLEFONTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Bellefonte public schools will
open next Monday morning at 9
o'clock. Several weeks ago the
“Watchman” published a list of the
teachers who will be in charge, with
only one vacancy. That was teacher
of history in the high school, and
that position has now been filled by
the schoo! board securing the serv-
ices of Miss Louise M. Kelso, of
Wooster, Ohio.
While it is impossible to tell at this
time what the envollment will show
next week, the indications are that it
will be close to normal, which is in
the neighborhood of seven hundred.
The outlook for a large high school
is very encouraging. There will be a
number of new teachers in the schools
this year but all have been selected
with a knowledge of their ability to
teach in the positions for which they
have been chosen, so that the schools
will lack nothing for the various
changes made.
THE BELLEFONTE ACADEMY.
The Bellefonte Academy will open
on Wednesday of next week. Those
connected with the institution say the
outlook is very good for an attend-
ance almost as large if not equal to
that of former years.
This historic school, 113 years old,
has outlived fifty other Academies
that started with it in Pennsylvania
in the early part of 1800. It has ever
been an inspiration in the athletic,
social, mental and religious phases of
the community life.
It has always responded to the na-
tion’s calls and sized up to the needs
of every hour. It had a splendid mil-
itary company last year, and will
have a good cone this year. Today
over 175 of its students are known to
be in the service against the Kaiser.
Three are already known to have died
either on the field of battle or in the
hospital.
The teachers and students have con- |
tributed hundreds of dollars to Red
Cross work, and have purchased over
a thousand dollar’s worth of Liberty
bonds, thrift and war stamps during
the present year.
Nearly sixty thousand dollars of
good business will be brought to Cen-
tre county this year by the Academy
boys who will assemble in Bellefonte |
next week from New York, New Jer- :
sey, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and other States. Such
an institution as this deserves the
heartiest encouragement and sincer-
est support of every citizen of Belle-
fonte and Centre county.
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
The Pennsylvania State College
will also open on Wednesday of next
week and it has been announced by |
the faculty of that institution that |
the outlook is for an attendance of at
least eighteen hundred students. Up
to the present time 748 have been en-
rolled in the Freshman class and if is
expected that the final enrollment will
show 800 students. Of course many
of the upper classmen have entered
the service but it is estimated that in
the three classes there are one thous-
and young men who will return to
college.
—— Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
i TATE.—Mrs. Jane W. Tate, better
known among her many friends as
“Aunt Jane,” died on Saturday morn-
, ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
{ Hiram Fetterhoff, on Bishop street.
Though her last illness dated back
i some six weeks, during most of which
' time she was confined to bed, she was
up and around the house last Thurs-
day evening.
most eighty-one years old. An inter-
esting incident in connection with her
family history is that her grandfath-
i er, John Furey, who was born in the
north of Ireland in 1754, came to
America when a young man and set-
i tled in Carlisle.
| en years then started west through
i the State, crossed Nittany mountain
i on a pack horse in 1810 and settled
| at what was later the Washington
| furnace property. A few years later
i he moved from there to Centre coun-
| ty and settled on a farm of 640 acres
in Spring township, in the vicinity of
Pleasant Gap. He visited Ireland
twice after coming to this country
i and died in 1830.
It was onthe old homestead where
Mrs. Tate was born and most of her
t life was spent at Pleasant Gap. She
was a life-long member of the Meth-
odist church and one of those old-
fashioned christian women whom it
{ was always a pleasure to associate
with. When a young woman she was
united in marriage to Hugh Beatty
Tate who died many years ago. She
was the mother of six children, three
of whom survive as follows: Mrs.
Samuel Noll, of Pleasant Gap; Mrs.
Hiram Fetterhoff, of Bellefonte, and
George B. M. Tate, of Pleasant Gap.
She also leaves one step-sister, Mrs.
Thompson, of Illinois.
Funeral services were held at the
Fetterhoff home at two o'clock on
Monday afternoon by Rev. W. P. Ard,
of the Lutheran church, after which
the remains were taken to Pleasant
Gap for burial in the Methodist cem-
etery. Among those who were here
for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J.
Milton Furey, Harry Kline and son
Durant and Miss Elizabeth VanDyke,
of Williamsport, and Miss Bertha
Gingerich, of Linden Hall.
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FLEMING.—Edward S. Fleming, a
brother of Wilson I. Fleming, of this
place, died in the Williamsport hos-
pital on Saturday evening as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis sustain-
ed on Wednesday. He was a son of
Isaac and Anna Stradley Fleming.
His father came to this country from
England and being an experienced
wool worker located at Houserville,
this county, where Edward was born.
When a boy he spent several years in
to Lycoming county. He was a black-
smith by occupation but had lived a
retired life for several years.
He never married but is survived
by five brothers and one sister, name-
ly: Alderman Hudson R. Fleming,
Eugene and Samuel, of Williamsport;
Fleming, of Trout Run, and Mrs.
Rathmell, of Williamsport. Mr. and
Mrs. W. I. Fleming attended the fun-
eral which was held at two o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon, burial being made
at Williamsport.
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SHAFFER.—Mrs. Sallie I. Shaffer,
widow of the late Reuben Shaffer,
died at her home in Jersey Shore last
Thursday, after an illness of some
weeks. She was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Weaver and was
born in Bellefonte on April 24th,
1853, hence was in her sixty-sixth
! year. When a young woman she
worked as a compositor in the
“Watchman” office and was always a
painstaking and faithful employee.
On May 3rd, 1882, she was united
in marriage to Reuben Shaffer and
shortly thereafter they went to Iowa
to live. After eighteen years in the
middle west they returned to Penn-
sylvania in 1900 and took up their
residence at Jersey Shore where she
| lived ever since. Her husband died
on December 3rd, 1915, leaving her
with no children. She was also the
last of her father’s family. The fun-
eral was held on Monday, burial be-
ing made in the cemetery at Jersey
Shore.
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HAAS.—Mrs. Katherine Haas, wid-
ow of Louis Haas, and one of the old-
| est residents of Benner township,
8:05 o’clock on Monday evening, of
general debility. Her maiden name
was Katherine Anderson and she was
born in Germany eighty-six years
ago. She came to this country when
a young woman and all her life since
had been spent in this vicinity.
Her husband died many years ago
but surviving her are a son and
daughter, Robert L. Haas, at home,
and Mrs. Richard Detling, of Spring
Creek. She also leaves one sister,
Mrs. Lawrence Fusser, of Kane.
She was a member of the Catholic
church and funeral services were held
tin the church at ten o’clock yesterday
i morning by Rev. Father Downes,
after which burial was made in the
Catholic cemetery.
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BALDRIGE. — Mrs. David Bald-
rige, brief mention of whose death
was published in last week’s “Watch-
man,” was a daughter of William and
Amanda Oliver Thompson and was
born at West Newton, Pa., on No-
vember 3rd, 1839, hence was in her
seventy-ninth year. She was married
at West Newton on April 30th, 1874,
to David Baldrige, of Latrobe, and in
the fall of that year they came to
Milesburg to live. Mr. Baldrige died
five years ago but surviving her are
three children, namely: Frank O.
Baldrige, of Pittsburgh; Lucie C.,
Jane Williams Tate was a daugh-
ter of Jeremiah and Mary McKinley
Furey and was born at Pleasant Gap
on October 11th, 1827, hence was al- |
He lived there sev- |
Bellefonte before the family moved |
Wilson I, of Bellefonte; Dr. J. F.|
died at her home at Roopsburg at!
burg, and Kate, at home. She also
leaves one grand-son, Frank O. Jr.
a sister and two brothers, as follows:
Mrs. John O. Hood, of West Newton; :
of Uniontown,
Funeral
Andrew Thompson,
‘and J. Frank, of Chicago.
services were held at four o’clock on !
Sunday afternoon, burial being made
| in the Union cemetery, Bellefonte.
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JUSTICE.—Donald S. Justice, in-
fant son of Homer and Marie Bick-
ett Justice, died at the Bellefonte hos-
| pital on Tuesday, aged two months.
! Burial was made yesterday in the
Meyer’s cemetery.
Cp iene
| Airplane Mail Service Routed Over
Centre County.
| The initial trip of the airplanes to
be put in service carrying mail be-
tween New York and Cleveland, Ohio,
was made yesterday. Postmaster
| Paul O. Brosius, of Lock Haven, had
| the fact heralded far and wide that
| Lock Haven would be the one stop-
ping place between New York and
Cleveland, being in the middle of the !
route. The consequence was that sev-
eral thousand people flocked to the
' golf links of the Clinton Country club |
| yesterday morning to see the airplane '
| come down,
A number of Bellefont- eves
i ers went down to be on hand for the , 5
! brother Joe.
| history-making epoch, among them |
, representatives of the “Watchman.”
| The machine was scheduled to leave
| New York at six o’clock and arrive at :
| Lock Haven at 8:30. A telegram was
‘received by postmaster Brosius, how-
| ever, stating that the machine did not
| get away until 7:08, and that a sec-
{ond machine would follow an hour
| later. When the time for the airplane
| to arrive came and it did not show up
| speculation became rife as to what
i had become of it, but most of the peo-
: ple stuck to their posts, determined to
| see the plane or stay until they were
| satisfied it was not coming. And the
| forenoon was growing pretty long
| when at 10:50 o’clock the first sight
{ of the machine was gotten as it came
| sailing up the river course. Instead
i of flying in an air line the pilot fol- |
| lowed the river and it was five min- |
| utes from the time the plane was first |
{ seen until it made a very graceful !
{ landing on the hill west of the Clin-
i ton Country club.
| The machine was a Standard and
{ the pilot Max Miller. He delivered
ia pouch of mail to postmaster
| Brosius and was given one from the
{ Lock Haven office. He then filled up
| with gas and oil, which had been ship-
{ ped to Lock Haven several days pre- |
| vious and when he tested his motor
i he found some trouble with one of the
| cylinders. In fact it was motor trou- i
| ble that made him late at Lock Ha- |
| ven, as he was compelled to descend |
at Danville to overhaul the machine. |
i In testing out his motor he made a
i circle of the big field on which he
| landed and finally at 11:50 o’clock he
{ took a long glide and flew almost due
| west, passing over Snow Shoe twen-
i ty minutes later. He was in plain
| sight of the people of that town. The
i second plane, a Curtiss machine, fol- .
lowed the first one within an hour
and a half.
In crossing the Alleghenies it sail-
ed low over the Charles Reese farm
above Gum Stump and was reported
from there as traveling very little
above the line of tree tops.
An for Service to Auto
Owners.
Appeal
Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 4, 1918.
To the members of the committee on
motors and trucks of Centre coun-
ty, organized under committee of |
Public Safety, and now Pennsylva-
nia Council of Defense.
i Gentlemen: —
{ On June 5th, 1917, the date of for-
| mer registration, you were asked to
| co-operate with your several local
| registration boards in securing a one
hundred per cent. registration for the
county by volunteering, or securing
volunteers, for at least one automo-
bile to be in attendance at your dis-
trict registration place during the
hours designated for registration.
! Under the recent “Man Power Bill”
passed by Congress, September 12th, |
tration of all male persons
tween the ages of 18
years. The sheriff has
the county into sixteen
tion districts. I again call
and 45
ing a two-fold service: |
1st. A help to those who might |
ty of failure to register.
2nd. A service to the local pride |
and credit to your county in securing |
a full and complete registration.
elsewhere in the county papers.
ROBERT F. HUNTER, Director,
Department Motors and Trucks,
Centre County.
er Gt + mevtrmmr mamma
Red Cross Festivals.
A Red Cross festival will be held on
the green at the church in Fillmore
tomorrow (Saturday) evening. Th
public is invited. ’
A festival will also be held at
Roopsburg tomorrow evening. The
Emerick busses will be run to Roops-
burg and back to accommodate the
crowd. Good speakers and good mu-
sic at both festivals.
| the latter realized that to beat a has-
{ doing. So he backed away, waving
+ his arms back and forth like a man!
i talking with his hands.
lowed him several rods then dropped
: to all fours and with her cubs follow-
‘ing scampered up the bank and disap-
| peared.
| tion they asked was what made him
i look so pale?
. ed any knowledge of paleness and it
; he told of his encounter with the bear.
! Young
“camp several weeks previous with a
i contingent of national army men.
between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 | of responding to the treatment given
o'clock p.m, isthe date set for regis- | he continued to grow worse until his
be- | death.
divided | W. H. Leitzell and was born in Re-
registra- bersburg, this county, on August 19,
upon | 1891, hence was 27 years old. When
this committee, and any others who ' a boy his parents moved to DuBois
may feel it their patriotic duty, to | and there he grew to manhood and
volunteer or secure volunteers for the | married.
same service on September 12th, | son and daughter, he is survived by
1918, keeping in touch with your reg- | his parents, a sister and two brothers,
istration board as to whom it may be ; one of whom has been in the U. S. ar-
well to offer assistance in getting to my five years. A number of Rebers-
the registration place before the time | burg people motored to DuBois on
of closing. Thus you will be render- Thursday to attend the funeral but
otherwise have come under the penal- | compelled to return home before the
| body arrived.
Report your intentions in this mat- | Masonic building, Saturday after-
ter, n a to the chairman of | noon, September 7th, at 3 o'clock, for
the registration board of your dis- the purpose of discussing the work of
trict, notice of which you will see, the new allotment. A full attendance
| is requested.
married to Howard Nagle, of Miles- TALE OF A BIG BEAR AND TWO
CUBS.
Charles P. Reese Had a Thrilling En-
counter with the Animals on
Saturday Afternoon.
What would you do if you were
suddenly confronted with an old she
bear and two hearty cubs while trav-
eling alone in the mountains? This
is the question that Charles P. Reese
was called upon to meet about four
o'clock last Saturday afternoon, and
the fact that he got off without a
scratch is evidence that he took the
best if not the only way out.
Mr. Reese had been out beyond
Snow Shoe to his No. 25 mine. Ow-
ing to the fact that Monday was La-
bor day and his mine would be closed
he decided to go home and as some
of his people wanted to make a trip
to Williamsport in the car he decid-
ed to walk it. So early in the after-
noon he started home. He was
caught in the hard rain that passed
over the mountain about four o’clock
and was trudging along on the rail-
road this side of the home of his
He was soaked to the
skin, his shoes full of water and forg-
ing along through the rain with his
head down to keep the rain out of his
Just as he came to the begin-
ning of a deep cut in the railroad he
heard some stones roll down on the
track and glancing up he was some-
. what startled to see directly in front
of him a big she bear and on the
bank a cub which he avers would
weigh about one hundred and fifty
pounds.
Naturally Mr. Reese stopped right
there but he had little time for:
thought for almost immediately !
another cub came tumbling down the !
bank almost at his feet. Evidently
believing that the bears were trying
to flank him Mr. Reese hit the cub a |
kick and it let out a squeal, and that’s |
where he made a mistake. Very
promptly the old bear rose on its!
haunches and holding its front paws
in a regular boxer-like attitude it be-
gan to advance on Mr. Reese. Now
i ty retreat would probably be his un-
The bear fol-
Mr. Reese breathed a sigh of relief
that the meeting had ended so favor-
ably for him and started through the
cut on his way home. When he was |
about to emerge from the cut he hap- |
pened to look up and right there back .
of a wire fence sat the old she bear |
with a cub on either side watching |
for him. Pretending not to notice
them, but keeping one eye wide open |
and in their direction he veered over
to the opposite side of the cut and
walked past them, and the bear made |
no move to molest him.
Passing through the cut Mr. Reese
took to the road and soon met some
of his family who had started to go
after him in a car. The firse ques-
Of course he disclaim-
was not until he was safe at home
and had changed to dry clothing that
Died at
Camp.
The death of John W. Leitzell, of
DuBois, at Camp Wadsworth, S. C.,
on Tuesday of last week, is causing
more or less discussion in his home
community. Leitzell was sent to
Soldier Training
When he was first examined for serv-
ice he was put in the A4 class, owing
to his having a wife and two child-
ren. When the work-or-fight order
was issued his wife withdrew her affi-
davits of support and he was sum-
moned before the local board of Du-
Bois for further physical examina-
tion. At the time he complained of
illness but the board passed him and
he was sent to Camp Wadsworth.
There it was discovered that he was
suffering with nephritis, and instead
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
In addition to his wife, a
owing to some misunderstanding as
to shipping the body home they were
ali is AAP an
——There will be a meeting of the
women at the Red Cross work rooms,
MARY MILES BLANCHARD.
——“The Eagle’s Eye,” a serial
photo drama by William J. Flynn, the
recently retired ‘chief of the United
States secret service, will begin at
the Scenic tonight. It is a wonder-
fully dramatic picture and will run
for twenty episodes. Don’t fail to
see it.
——Herbert Auman has resigned
his job at the Keystone Gazette to
take effect September 15th, when he
will go to work for Harry Cleven-
stine in the City bakery."
How the Fourth Liberty Loan Will
be Advertised.
Plans for the coming Liberty loan
campaign embrace the most elaborate
advertising schemes ever attempted. !
One of the features will be a series of
full page advertising matter by the
most distinguished men in the coun-
try. President Wilson will head the
list, and ex-President Roosevelt, ex-
President Taft, Secretary Baker, Sec-
retary McAdoo, General
Charles M. Schwab, Henry Ford, and
others will also contribute.
Six million posters, designed by fa-
mous artists, in a dozen designs, will
be used, and 80,000,000 buttons dis- |
tributed. No money will be spent in
advertisements; no demand will be
made on publishers, but they will be |
Moving |
asked to contribute space.
pictures, specially prepared, will be
used extensively, and on the opening
day of the campaign twenty-four
trains, cach composed of three large
flat cars and a tourist car for the
speakers, will start on a tour of the
country.
Each exhibit will consist of captur-
ed cannon, huge shells, field artillery,
specimens of German equipment, and
other war paraphernalia. Several
tanks that have seen service abroad,
‘will be included. The French High
Commission has sent to this country .
in which Guynemer, |
brought ;
the areoplane
the famous French Ace,
down seventeen Boche planes. Many
other forms of advertising will be
used, and nothing will be left undone
that will present to the public the im-
portance of placing the loan.
Close Finish in Red Cross Baseball
League.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
WW. LL r.C:
South Ward reeadl 10 024
North Ward snes 11 000 |
West. Ward... .............. 10 11 A473
From the above it will be seen that
the race for the pennant in the Red
Cross baseball league is nip and tuck
between the three teams with four
games yet to play; and the games are
so divided that either one of the teams
i can win out.
One of the best games of the entire
series was played last Friday even-
ing by the North and West wards,
neither team being able to score.
Monday afternoon the North and
West ward teams played two games,
the first running seven innings and
finally being won by the North by the
score of 7 to 6. The second game was
won by the West ward in the last in-
i ning when they scored three runs, the
final score being 4 to 2.
The games yet to play are one
between the North and South, one be-
tween the North and West and two
between the South and West ward |
teams. The game this (Friday) even-
ing will be between the North and
South wards and as it will go a long
ways towards deciding the standing
of both clubs at the finish it will un-
doubtedly be a hard fought contest.
In fact it will probably be-the most
exciting game of the entire season,
and any lover of the sport should go
out and see it. In fact you owe it to
the boys who have worked so hard to
keep the league going to go out and
encourage them in the few games yet |
to be played. And the most encour-
aging feature to them, it might be
added, is bigger gate receipts to turn
over to the Red Cross.
Two Men “Badly Hort In Railroad
~ Wreck.
A very costly railroad wreck occur-
red on the Snow Shoe branch last
Thursday afternoon when eighteen
out of twenty-three cars of coal were !
derailed and piled up along the track
at the John Lucas farm just this side
of the school house crossing. Brake-
man Jesse Parsons, of Unionville, was .
buried beneath the coal so that only :
In fact.
his arms were sticking out.
it was not known that he had been
caught in the wreck until his arms
were discovered and the other train-
men at once set to work to dig him
out. With no tools to work with the
men went at the coal with their hands
and picked and scraped until their
nails were worn to the flesh but they
got the brakeman out alive.
It was impossible to tell just how |
badly he was injured and he was
brought to the Bellefonte hospital as
soon as possible. There it was ascer-
tained that his most serious injury is
a crushed hip and as he has been ge*-
ting along fairly well there is every |
reason to believe he will recover.
Brakeman Cherry, of Tyrone, sustain-
ed a broken leg and he was taken to
his home in Tyrone on the evening
train. Cherry had been braking just
two days, having formerly worked in
the engine house at Tyrone.
The cause of the wreck is believed
to have been a broken flange. The
road bed was torn up a considerable
distance by the wreck and to get the
road open for traffic the immense pile
of coal was leveled off and the track :
When
swung onto it temporarily.
the old roadbed is repaired and the
track replaced the coal will be sal-
vaged.
More People Must Buy W. S. S.
The report of the war savings cam- |
paign for the week ending August
24th shows that Centre county had a
per capita that week of 25c., or a to-
tal of $13.57 for the entire campaign.
We retained fourth place.
The special drive of the past week :
was not % success by any means. In
certain sections of the county, how-
ever, tremendous sales were made,
while in other sections practically
nothing at all was accomplished. If
we want to “go over the top” it is
up to the PEOPLE in their several
localities to buy W. S. S.
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Chairman War Savings Committee
for Centre County.
Pershing,
- home.
clerked in Montgomery & Co’s store
=
LIEUTENANT HENRY KELLER
: WOUNDED.
Additional News Notes of Men in the
Service.
In a letter received yesterday Mr.
| and Mrs. Harry Keller, of this place,
were informed that their son, Lieut.
Henry Keller, of the 111th Inf. is
wounded in the leg and at the date of
writing, August 14th, the Lieutenant
stated that he was on his way to a
i base hospital where he expected to be
laid up for several months.
Lieutenant Keller, so far as pres-
ent records are available, is the first
Bellefonte boy to be wounded in
France and it will be some comfort to
him while in the hospital to realize
| that a distinction that will be wonder-
fully cherished in later years is his.
Early in July Carl Deitrick, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deitrick, was one
of five sent to Delaware College for
_ special training. After being there
six weeks four of the boys were sent
. to southern camps and Carl to Gettys-
burg where he was assigned to the
Tank corps. In a letter home last
week he said: “This camp is very
large. There are about 10,000 sol-
‘ diers here and all big men. A man
has to be almost perfect to be here.
I had another examination yesterday
and passed 20-20, which gives me a
' high rating so far. I am now in the
Tank corps, which is the best and
- highest rated branch of the service.
It is three points higher than the avi-
ation. Our location here is among
the monuments, five minute’s walk
from Spangler’s spring, Bloody An-
gles, Little Round Top, ete. Don’
know how long we'll be here or where
we go from here, but don’t worry.”
Along about July 20th Mark Mil-
ler went to Williamsport and enlist-
ed for service in the engineers, being
sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., July 26th.
He was later sent to Alexandria, Va.,
for training and a card received from
him on Tuesday stated that he likes
camp life very much and has already
been promoted to a corporal. Ralph
Smith, of Bellefonte, has’ also been
made a corporal at the Alexandria
camp.
Word was received last Saturday
that Dr. W. E. Park, formerly of Cen-
tre Hall, had been wounded in France
‘on August 10th. Dr. Park was with
the Forty-seventh regiment, Fourth
division of the regular army, and
ranked as a first lieutenant. He sail-
ed for France on May 10th, and was
wounded just three months to the day
later. The nature or degree of his
wounds are unknown.
Capt. George P. Runkle, who is
i now in charge of one of the U. S.
transports, got an opportunity to
spend a few hours in Bellefonte on
. Monday. He left New York Sunday
night, arrived here Monday morning,
was taken to Centre Hall in the after-
noon to see his friends and returning
left on the 8:10 train in the evening
.s0 as to be in New York Tuesday
morning.
B. Graham Hunter, who is in the
service as an assistant coast inspec-
, tor with the rank of yoeman in the
navy, stationed at Elizabeth Point, N.
J., has been home this week on a fur-
lough, visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert F. Hunter.
Having almost completed his course
iat the Bowman Technical Institute,
, Lancaster, Benedict Beezer was home
on a furlough over Sunday as it is
just possible he and the other boys
there will be transferred to a train-
. ing camp very shortly.
Among the men awarded commis-
sions last Saturday at the field artil-
lery central officers’ training school
| at Camp Taylor, Ky., was to Horace
«J. Hartranft, Bellefonte, a second
: lieutenant of artillery.
Lae
| Hassell Montgomery and Milan B.
| Walker, in service at the League Is-
i land navy yard, Philadelphia, came
' home Saturday on a seventy-two
" hours’ furlough.
| Charles Anderson, Earl Kline and
! Dan Clemson, in training at Pitts-
i burgh, were home over Sunday, ow-
! ing to the Labor day holiday on Mon-
. day.
Massey — Smith. — Joseph Massey,
! of Lewistown, and Miss Lillie M.
: Smith, of Bellefonte, were married on
| Saturday of last week at the Metho-
: dist parsonage in Lewistown by the
i pastor, Rev. Dorsey M. Miller. Im-
| mediately after the ceremony they
| journeyed to Punxsutawney where
| they spent a few days as guests of
| Mrs. Joseph Winslow. Miss Smith,
! who is a daughter of Mrs. Peter
i M. Smith, has been a clerk in Mr. H.
* E. Fenlon’s insurance office the past
, thirteen years and for a number of
vears past did most of the work of
Mr. Fenlon as treasurer of the Belle-
fonte hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Mas-
+ sey will make their home in Lewis-
town,
|
. Edmunson—Reese.—Ralph Edmun-
son, of Altoona, and Miss Nellie
Reese, daughter of M. and Mrs.
Charles P. Reese, of Reese’s Settle-
ment, were married at 2:30 o’clock
yesterday afternoon at the Methodist
' parsonage on east Linn street, by the
- pastor, Dr. E. H. Yocum. The young
couple were attended by Miss Ruth
King, of Bellefonte, and John Reese,
a brother of the bride. Immediately
following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Edmunson departed on the Pennsyl-
vania—Lehigh train for Altoona,
where they will make their future
The bridegroom formerly
in this place.
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