Bellefonte, Pa., October 25, 1918.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Edward L. Gates, editor of the
Philipsburg Ledger, has at last se-
cured a house in Philipsburg and an-
ticipates moving his family there by !
November first.
Now that the fourth Liberty
loan drive is over we'll wager a big
pumpkin that chairman W. Harrison
Walker will again get busy selling
war savings stamps.
——Almost two thousand of her
best young men and close to six mil-
lion dollars has been Centre county’s
quota so far towards the successful
prosecution of the war with Germany.
— Twenty-eight relatives and
friends from Renovo and Altoona ac-
companied the body of the late Frank-
lin A. Weidler to Bellefonte Saturday
morning, for the burial services in the
Union cemetery.
——The seventy-nine young men
summoned to Bellefonte to go to
Camp Greenleaf, Ga., today have been
notified not to appear, as all move-
ments of troops to camp have been
deferred for the present.
—— The tractor demonstration
which was te have been held on the
Beaver farm on Thursday of next
week has been indefinitely postponed
on account of the flu epidemic. Due
notice will be given when it will be
held.
Deputy recorder Walter Arm-
strong has been off duty the past
month suffering with intermittent fe-
ver. While he has not been confined
to the house all the time he has not
been in condition to do any work in
the office.
William P. Shope, who a
month or more ago quit his job as lo-
cal editor of the Centre Democrat and
went to Tyrone as office man for the
J. C. Stine foundry and machine
shops, has returned to Bellefonte and
his old job as pencil pusher on the
Democrat.
$1,115,150 from 4646 subscrib-
ers in the Centre county district;
$977,300 from 3860 subscribers in the
Philipsburg district, or a total of $2,-
112,450 from 8506 subscribers in Cen-
tre county is a record of financial pa-
trietism that is equal to the best in
the country.
Two of the regular operators
of the American telephone exchange
are sick and off duty, so that the serv-
ice is naturally handicapped by their
absence. But if the patrons will ex-
ercise a little patience when making
calls they will not only confer a favor
to those who are there but will be at-
tended to as promptly as possible,
: ——A slight fire occurred at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Miles Walk-
er, on east-Linn street, on Wednes-
day morning, but fortunately the
blaze was discovered in time that it
was extinguished before a great
amount of damage was done. As it
was it was necessary to cut a hole in
the roof to make sure the fire was all
out. Hew it originated has not yet
been discovered.
From the new rulings of the
food administrator of Centre county
regarding hotels and public eating
places published in another column of
this paper it will almest require an
expert mathematician to figure out
how much to charge a guest for what
he eats, and at the same time satis-
fy the guest that he is getting just
what the law prescribes for the
amount charged.
Irvin O. Noll writes that living
in the Republican atmosphere of Phil-
adelphia “it is refreshing and invig-
orating to get a whiff of good Dem-
ocratic doctrine, of the kind for which
the “Watchman” is far-famed, once a
week.” It is refreshing indeed to
learn that Irvin has not been tainted,
but then he wouldnt be true to type
if he swung from such Democratic
moorings as his grandfather Samuel
Charles and his father, James Noll
taught him.
he Candyland store in Belle-
fonte has been closed the past two
weeks owing to the quarantine on soft
drinks, the Messrs. Gregory averring
that with a restriction on their soda
fountain and only being able to get a
limited supply of sugar it does not
pay to keep the store here open al-
‘though their store at State College is
open for business every day. As
Soon as the quarantine on drinks is
lifted, however, the Bellefonte store
will be reopened.
_ ——Public attention has been so
entirely engrossed with the war in
Europe this summer that the fact
that there is a Governor to elect in
alize that election day is only a lit-
tle over a week away. The election
proclamation will be found on the
fifth page of today’s paper. Consult
it if you want to know who the can-
didates are, and when you go to the
polls don’t forget the constitutional
amendments and vote yes on No. 1.
_—John D. Sourbeck opened up
his candy and green grocery store on
Friday evening and, although he has
not yet gotten stocked up he has made
a few kinds of candies and ere long
will be in shape to cater to the trade
of the general public. Mr. Sourbeck
was badly hurt early last spring when
he was knocked down by an automo-
bile near the P. R. R. depot. For
weeks his life was despaired of, and
even when he started on the road to
recovery his many friends feared it
would not be complete. But he has
recovered entirely and is now in as
good health as ever, and will soon be
back in business at his old stand.
Pennsylvania this year has almost | fonte he wrote a letter to a Bellefonte
been lost sight of, and few people re- |
COUNTY DISTRICT OVER THE.
TOP.
Centre Countians Buy More Than
Their Allotment of Liberty Bonds.
Over 4600 Buyers.
It was a hard struggle but the peo- |
ple of the Centre county district went :
over the top in the fourth Liberty
loan. The county’s quota was $1,115,-
040 outside of Philipsburg and Rush
township, which are included in the
Clearfield county district, and the to- |
tal as reported by Mr. Charles M.
McCurdy, chairman of the Liberty
Loan committee, up to Wednesday
evening was $1,115,150. The result,
naturally, is most gratifying. While
a few of the districts in the county
did not meet their allotment quite a
number went good and strong over
the top. Milesburg people, for in-'
stance, bought two and a half times
their allotment. Very much pleased
with the result Mr. McCurdy has is-
sued the following statement com-
mendatory of those who took part in.
the campaign and giving in detail the
results through the various banks:
The Centre county district’s contri-
bution to the fourth Liberty loan will |
exceed one million dollars.
scribers, 4646 in number, represent
one-seventh of the population of the
district, a fact that speaks eloquently
for the intelligent and persistent
work of the several committees.
Nothing shows the quality of an or- |
ganization so conclusively as the
number of persons who were induced
to subscribe. The number, rather
than the amount obtained, is the real |
test of efficiency, and in this respect
the results are all that could be hop- |
ed for. |
The sub- !
of the campaign were changed mater-
ially by orders from the State health |
authorities, and other adverse condi- |
tions were present. Had it been pos- |
sible to carry out the plans the sub- |
scription would have been much
greater, but the large number of small
subscriptions shows thorough, per- |
sonal work.
The chairman of the district com-
mittee takes this opportunity to
thank all the patriotic men and wom-
en whose intelligent work contributed
to the result. Many of them gave
their time at great personal inconven-
jence. We have reason to feel proud
of the solid patriotism of the people
of our district, as evidenced by the!
great number who subscribed, and by
the splendid work of the various sub-
committees.
As reported up to Wednesday noon
the amount subscribed through the
several banks is as follows:
BELLEFONTE: :
First National............ $333,450
Bellefonte Trust.......... 140,000
Centre County Banking Co. 47,700 521,150
SNOW SHOE, 1st National......... 154,000
STATE COLLEGE:
First National an
Farmers Trust. ............. warn inw 5 «104,850
MILLHEIM:
Farmers National......... 000
Millheim Banking Co..... 57,050 122,050
First National, Howard............ 56,850
Penn’s Valley Banking Co......... 51,000
First National, Spring Mills....... 25,000
Through Penna. R. R. Co......... 30,250
POLO): votes. ius iin $1,115,150
What Centre County Has Done.
terms in office. :
. accomplished, but local option or even
The citizens of Centre county are
proving their patriotism by deeds, not
words as the following will show: |
CASH CONTRIBUTED.
First Liberty Loan............ $ 542,150.00 |
Second Liberty Loan.......... 1,026,300.00
Third Liberty Xoan............ 1,524,028.
Y. M. C. A. War Work..... oo 5,720.61
Red Cross. ....c..u.vsvizesie . 19,792.48
War Savings Stamps to Date.. 703,272.80
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.
Centre County Dist.....$1,115,150
Philipsburg Dist.......... 997,300—2,112,450.
Total....c..ivsvs $5,933,713.88
Men in service, estimated........ 2,000
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An Unfortunate Circumstance Re-
called to Mind.
Mrs. Horace M. Musser left Belle-
fonte on the Lehigh-Pennsylvania
train last Saturday afternoon for !
East St. Louis, Ill, and the fact that
she took with her two big trunks leads
to the supposition that she has gone
there to make her future home.
And this recalls the circumstances
under which Mr. Musser left Belle-
fonte almost six months ago, or to be
exact on April 28th, leaving behind
him the stigma of being a defaulter.
Even as late as last week claims
against him were entered in the local
court against the American Sureties
company, his bondsmen, and the total
of his defalcation runs up to between
four and five thousand dollars. The
Surety company has made good so far
as the Milesburg borough and school
taxes are concerned, but there are
other claimants in Bellefonte who
have not recovered a cent, while the
heaviest losers were undoubtedly the
| insurance companies he represented.
Shortly after Mr. Musser left Belle-
attorney telling him that the reason
he left he was so deply involved he
could not see his way out, and had
gone away to make a fresh start in
the hope that some day he could make
good all his shortage. The letter was
sent from East St. Louis and natural-
ly the question now arises has his
wife gone west to join him in that
place?
Turn Back Your Clocks.
Two o’clock next Sunday morning,
October 27th, is the time set for turn-
ing the clocks back one hour, as pro-
vided in the daylight saving bill pass-
ed by Congress last March. But it
will not be necessary to remain up
until two o’clock in the morning to
make the change. Just turn the clock
back when you go to bed Saturday
night and then console yourself with
the thought that you will have an ex-
tra hour to sleep on Sunday morning.
Wanted.—A waitress at the Bush
' house. 42-1%
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
To those of our subscribers who have deferred arranging payment of
their subscription to comply with the Government’s order that no subscriber
may be more than three months in arrears and receive the paper, we are en-
closing, in this issue, a regular statement.
We trust that every one who receives such statement will REMIT AT
ONCE. This is the last issue of the “Watchman” we will be permitted to
mail to those who receive statements unless settlement is made before
October 31st.
Personally we would extend you all the credit you want, but the Govern-
ment says no! And there is no argument possible.
Why You Should Vote for John Noll.
It is a well known fact that Ives L.
. Harvey did not enter the race for the
Legislature of his own volition. He
was brought into it for the sole pur-
. pose of defeating Harry Scott, be-
cause the latter refused to support the
local option measures during his two
That fact was duly
temperance is now almost a dead is-
sue. The war is taking care of that
and total prohibition seems more im-
minent every day.
Mr. Harvey is not only a gentleman
| of the highest type but his support-
| ers point to him as a most successful
business man and give in support of
their statement that he is treasurer
\ of the Hayes Run Fire Brick Co.,
treasurer of the Superior Silica Brick
| Co., a member of the board of direc-
' tors of the Centre Brick & Clay Co.,
and conducts a large farm in Curtin
township. Granting all that, it is one
of the best arguments why John Noll
should be elected. Mr. Harvey is too
busy a man to give his time and the |
of Rep-
county.
proper attention to the office
resentative from Centre
The original plans of the managers | While his intentions may be all right |
his business interests will not permit |
him giving the time he should to his
legislative duties, if elected.
On the other hand Mr. Noll has re-
tired from business, not of choice, but
through the ill-fortune of a disastrous
fire. If elected he will be able to give
all of his time to looking after the in-
terests of his constituents. He has
already served as a member of the
Legislature and knows all about the
work and what the voters of Centre
county have a right to expect of him.
And inasmuch as he proved faithful
to the trust on two previous occasions
there is no reason to doubt but that
he would do the same again. For
these reasons he should be elected.
Two Brothers Electrocuted.
Probably the first time in the his-
tory of Pennsylvania two brothers
were put to death for the same crime
when Henry F. and Jacob Sallada, of
Sacramento, Northumberland county,
were electrocuted at the Rockview
penitentiary on Monday morning.
The first to be sent to the chair was
Henry, the younger of the two, who
was only twenty years old, and four
minutes after he was pronounced dead
by Dr. Felker his brother Jacob, aged
twenty-five years, was placed in the
chair. It required six contacts and
nine minutes in the chair before the
latter was pronounced dead.
The crime for which the two men
were electrocuted was the brutal mur-
der of William Schleig, a Johnson
City merchant, on a lonely country
road near Shamokin on January 5th.
| Robbery was the motive. Immediate-
ly following the murder the young
criminals jumped a freight train and
went to DuBois where they were final-
ly arrested about three weeks later.
When confronted with evidence of
their crime Henry confessed and ex-
i onerated his brother Jacob from com-
plicity in the murder, but when tried
in the Northumberland county court
in June the jury thought different
and convicted both men. Two hours
‘after the verdict was rendered the
brothers were found by the sheriff of
the county playing cards in their cell
as if nothing unusual had happened.
Relatives on Monday refused to claim
their bodies and they were buried in
the penitentiary cemetery.
The Grays Under Another Charge.
Irvin G. Gray and his two sons,
George and Clyde, were given a pre-
liminary hearing before justice Wood-
ring on Monday morning and all three
of them were remanded to jail for tri-
al at the December term of court.
The specific case heard against
them was the charge of stealing a
young bull from J. C. Andrews, of
Julian, killing and selling the meat
thereof to Fred Resides, a State Col-
lege butcher. W. G. Runkle and the
Hon. E. L. Orvis represented the
Grays. District attorney James C.
Furst and N. B. Spangler represented
the Commonwealth.
~ A number of witnesses were exam-
ined, among them being Miss Merris
Mann, J. C. Nason, John C. Andrews
and James Andrews, and their testi-
mony was such as to warrant the jus-
tice in holding each of the defendants
in $3000.00 bail for their appearance
at court.
An attempt was made to raise the
amount of bail required, but failing
in that all three men were sent back
to jail.
——J. B. Wiles has resigned his
position as secretary of the Philips-
burg chamber of commerce to accept
a similar position at Parkersburg, W.
Va. Mr. Wiles went to Philipsburg
from Altoona just eleven months ago
and did good work there, but he was
constrained to accept the offer at
Parkersburg because it offers a wider
field and an increase in salary. The
change will be made November first.
———Dr. Garfield, federal fuel ad-
ministrator raised the ban on the gas-
less Sunday last Friday but Old Bo-
reas turned out such disagreeable
weather on Sunday that few auto
owners had the nerve to venture out.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. H. N. Jones, of Milesburg, spent
| Monday afternoon in Bellefonte looking
after some business and shopping.
—John Martin, of Clearfield, was in
Bellefonte on Monday attending the fan-
eral of his niece, Mrs. Robert Baney.
—Miss Deborah Lyon spent Sunday with
her parents, as has been her custom since
taking charge of one of the Eagleville
schools.
—Mrs. Thomas Mallory, of Altoona, was
in Bellefonte Saturday afternoon, coming
down for the funeral of the late S. A.
McQuistion.
—Mrs. Mills Alexander, of State College,
spent a part of Monday afternoon in
Bellefonte, on her way to Julian for a vis-
it with her son.
—Miss Elizabeth Morris returned to
Bellefonte Wednesday morning from Camp
Dix, where she had been for three weeks,
doing Y. M. C. A. canteen work.
—Mrs. Samuel Harris has closed her
home in Mill Hall for the winter and gone
to Shamokin, where she will visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Hartsock, until spring,
—Miss Mary McGarvey went to Pitts-
burgh a week ago to spend the week-end
with her sister, Miss Blanche McGarvey,
| who is working in the studio of R. W.
Johnson, one of the leading photogra-
! phers of the city.
—Mrs. Earle C. Tuten came over from
| Philipsburg last Friday and on Saturday
made private sale of some of her house-
hold goods preparatory to moving to
Philipsburg where she has secured a
house with expectations of getting pos-
| session of the same in the near future.
—Mrs. Walter Richards, her son Mel-
vin and her brother, Arthur Thomas, are
arranging to go to Philadelphia next week
for a stay with Mrs. Richard’s and Mr.
Thomas’ sister, Mrs. Lide Thomas Gibson.
While away Mr. Thomas and the child
will both be under the treatment of spe-
| cialists.
—Mr. Hess Stover, of Altoona, was in
town Tuesday morning, having come back
to his old friends in Centre county for his
winter's enions. He says they are exceed-
ingly scarce up there and as he knew that
Howard Bartley had a good crop he just
decided to slip down and hold Howard up
for half a bushel or more.
—Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Lucas, who had
been visiting with Mr. Lucas’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Lucas, at their home near
Howard, returned to Akron, Ohio, Monday.
Mr. Lucas is assistant manager in the bal-
loon department of the Goodyear rubber
plant, and had come east to spend his va-
cation at his former home.
—Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffith, who were
called to Bellefonte Sunday by the death
of ‘Mr. Grifith’s ‘daughter, Mrs.” Robert
Baney, have opened their house, expecting
to remain here for the present. Mr. and
Mrs. Griffith had been in Camden for al-
most two months with Mrs. Griffith's
daughter, Mrs. Mace White.
Mrs. A. B. Cromer left Saturday to
join her husband for a few days in Erie,
where they anticipate moving within a
short time. From there Mrs. Cromer will
go directly to her present home in Toron-
to, to pack and ship their household
goods, Mr. Cremer having already begun
work in his new position at Erie.
—Mrs. J. L. DeHaas, of Howard, spent
a part of Wednesday in Bellefonte, com-
ing here with her som, Charles J. De-
Haas, who was returning to Fort Benja-
min Harrison, where he is in service. Mr.
DeHaas had accompanied the body of a
soldier to Philadelphia and stopped at his
home for a short visit with his mother.
—Mrs. Morris Miller, of east High street,
returned from Pittock, last Thursday
night, where she had been making a visit
of ten days with her husband. Mr. Mil-
ler has been in Pittock for seme time with
the Pittsburgh Construction company, but
left there last week for Dunbar, to which
place he has been assigned for work by
his company. r
—Harry Ulmer Tibbens was here from
Wheeling, W. Va., during the fore part of
the week to attend the funeral of his
great-aunt, Mrs. Jane Brown. In telling
of their successful war work down there
he said that in the last Red Cross drive
they went to a farmer who said he had no
money, but if they would take a shoat he
would be mighty glad to give it. They
took the little red shoat and the local
lodge of Elks chanced it off with the re-
sult that it netted over $600 for the Red
Cross.
—Mr. and Mrs. Themas Curiale, of Linn-
brook, N. Y., were guests of Mrs. Samuel
Sheffer from Wednesday until Sunday,
having come here on their wedding trip.
Mr. Curiale is a native of Italy and when
Mr. Sheffer was in charge at the American
Lime & Stone company he took quite an
interest in the boy, so much so that he
and Mrs. Sheffer partly raised him to man-
hood. Mr. Curiale never forgot Mr. and
Mrs. Sheffer’s kindness and his trip at this
time was to visit the scenes of his youth
and especially to see Mrs. Sheffer.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Twitmire cele-
brated Mr. Twitmire’'s birthday Wednes-
day, in Bellefonte with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Twitmire. Mr. Twitmire
is temporarily stationed in Lock Haven,
being assistant road inspector of engines.
—Mrs. H. M. Wetzel left Bellefonte Sun-
day afternoon in answer to a telegram
stating that her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Farrow, was seriously ill at her home in
Algonquin, W. Va. Since reaching there
Mrs. Wetzel has sent word that Mrs. Far-
row’s condition is slightly improved.
—(C. Pearl Thomas, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
who has been sick in the Bellefonte hos-
pital is very much improved. He was on
his way back to his old home at Howard
with the body of his wife when he became
so ill that he had to be taken off the train
here and taken to the hospital. Mr.
Thomas is a graduate of Penn State and
was graduate manager of athletics there
before he went to Cincinnati for the Arm-
strong Cork Co., of Pittsburgh. He has
been climbing right up in his work and
that his company regards him as a very
valuable man is proven by the fact that it
sent a nurse here to specialize on his case
as soon as his condition was known.
—Mrs. Grant Pifer, of Wilkinsburg, is |
expected in Bellefonte next week, for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K.
Hoy.
—Mrs. Andrew Engle and Andrew Jr.,
returned home on Monday from a six
week's visit among friends in Punxsutaw-
ney and Cleveland, Ohio.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey and Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Twitmire drove to Clearfield
vesterday, for the funeral of Mrs. Twit-
mire’s and Mrs. Shuey’s brother, William
Henry Mulholland.
—While making a short visit with rela-
tives im Centre county last week, E. P.
Lingle, of Pitcairn, spent a part of Satur-
day in Bellefonte looking after some bus-
iness and meeting old friends.
—Miss Elizabeth Walker, stenographer
for N. B. Spangler Esq., left on her two
week’s vacation on Tuesday, going to
Pen Yan, N. Y., to spend a week with her
sister, Miss Lillian Walker, thence to On-
tario, N. Y., for a week’s visit with Mrs.
Fox.
—Mrs. George Hockenberry,
College, was in town shopping on Wed-
nesday. Mrs. Hockenberry has been a res-
ident of State College for thirteen years
and is still keeping roomers. She says she
likes to have the boys in her house and
especially now since the army regulations
have gone into effect there.
—QGeorge C. Meyer, of State College, was
a business visitor in Bellefont~ an Tues-
day and a pleasant caller at the “Watch-
man” office. While he admits that the
situation at State College had been quite
grave on account of the Spanish influen-
za, he avers that the situation is now im-
proving and like everybody else hopes
that the epidemic will soon have run its
course.
—Mr. Daniel Peters, of Hecla Park, was
in town Wednesday, having motored up
with his son. Mr. Peters regrets to see
the dissolution of the Central R. R. of
Penna., and we don’t wonder that he feels
badly over it for he has been its general
factotum around Hecla ev: since it start-
ed. In fact he was its first section boss,
and later had been looking after the park.
Mr. Peters is not worried about his own
welfare. He is thinking only of the ef-
fect on the valley. He can do anything
and will get along; proof of that is shown
in the fact that he has just finished kusk-
ing three hundred bushels of corn which
he grew on a lot of only three acres.
Some corn.
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Do Your Christmas Shopping Early.
Do you know of a becter gift for
the money than a miniature bond
(war savings stamp) of the TU. S.
government, earning four per cent.
interest, compounded quarterly, and
selling in October for $4.21? Suita-
ble and bound to be appreciated by
every member of the family, whether
at home or overseas.
For the week ending October 12th,
Centre county had a per capita of
15c., or a total per capita to date of
$16.04. We retain fourth place in the
list of counties in the Eastern district
of Pennsylvania.
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Chairman War Savings Committee
for Centre County.
~Prof.. A. .H.: Espenshade, who
has been registrar of The Pennsylva-
nia State College the past nine years,
and a member of the faculty for
twenty years, has been appointed as-
sistant educational director of the
middle west S. A. T. C. colleges. He
will serve as administrative assist-
ant to Dean Cooley, of the Universi-
ty of Michigan, who is educational di-
rector of seventy colleges in Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Illinois. Prof.
Espenshade has been given a leave of
absence by the State College authori-
ties te date to July, 1919.
——Was there ever a time when
there were such universal wars and
epidemics; such deep sorrows and so
many broken hearts? May it be that
God is chastising us, as nations and
<| individuals, because of our worldli-
ness, and thus trying to bring us to
our knees in humility and penitence?
We may fight against men and win;
but to fight against God is to lose.
Our churches have been closed for
some time, but they will be opened
again. Will you be found among the
worshipers? Don’t be a slacker!
Think on these things.
BERTRAM.—Thomas Bertram, a
well known engineer on the Pitts-
burgh division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, dropped dead on Monday
afternoon just as he entered the gate
at his home up Spring creek. Mr.
Bertram was fifty-nine years old and
had been an engineer for more than
thirty years. For years he ran an
engine that hauled one of the fast
passenger trains between Altoona and
Pittsburgh but about a year ago he
had an attack of heart trouble and
since then he had been driving one of
the mountain pushers. He made his
regular runs on Sunday and on Mon-
day, as was his custom, came to
Bellefonte on the Pennsylvania-Le-
high train and walked up Spring
creek to his home. As he passed the
Christ Beezer home he stopped and
chatted with Mrs. Beezer at the time
remarking that he didn’t feel very
well. He continued on home and a few
minutes later Mr. Beezer in driving
past the Bertram home saw him lying
just inside the gate. He went to see
what was wrong and found him dead.
The Bertram family were away at the
time and when they returned were
naturally very much shocked.
Mr. Bertram had been a resident of
Altoona until fourteen years ago
when he bought the home up Spring
creek where his family have since re-
sided. He was a member of the Cath-
olic church, the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Engineers and several fraternal
organizations. Surviving him are his
wife, two daughters and two sons,
namely: Mrs. Frank Donovan, of
Axe Mann; Joseph, in service
in France; Ruth and Edward, at
home. He also leaves two brothers,
John and Henry, of Altoona.
Funeral services were held in the
Catholic church at ten o’clock yester-
day morning, burial being made in
the Catholic cemetery.
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of State |
HETTINGER.—Joseph Hettinger,
an old soldier of the Civil war, died
. of exhaustion at his home in Pine
| Grove Mills on Wednesday of last
, week. He was born in Montgomery
i county on January 11th, 1837, hence
; had reached the advanced age of 81
| years, 9 months and 5 days. When
: the Civil war broke out he enlisted as
2 member of Ringold’s battery, the
i first organization to march down
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, to
: the national capitol and tender their
| services to President Lincoln after his
| first call for troops. He served with
. distinction during the four years of
{ the rebellion and at its termination
enlisted for further service and put in
seven years in the ordnance depart-
ment at Charleston, S. C.
Returning from his military serv-
ice in the south he located in Centre
i county and became a stage driver,
following that occupation a number
of years. He was twice married but
had been a widower the past ten
years, making his home with his step-
son, Walker Shutt. He also leaves
two step-daughters, Mrs. Pressler, of
Milesburg, and Mrs. Charles Isenberg,
of Boalsburg. He was a member of
the G. A. R. and up until his death
much interested in the European war.
Funeral services were held at ten
o’clock on Saturday morning by Rev.
S. C. Stover and private burial was
made in the Boalsburg cemetery.
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THOMAS. — Miss Herietta C.
Thomas died quite unexpectedly of
influenza, at her home in Milesburg
at 10:45 o’clock Saturday evening.
Several weeks ago her brother Ralph
came home from Wilmington, Del.,
and shortly afterwards was taken ill
with influenza. His fiance, Miss
Whaler, came to Milesburg about a
week later and she also took sick.
Miss Thomas nursed both of them
very faithfully even up to Saturday
morning, even though she was quite
ill herself. In her exhausted condi-
tion she was unable to withstand the
ravages of the disease and she died
at 10:45 o’clock that evening.
Deceased was a daughter of Wil-
liam B. and Sarah Zimmerman Thom-
as and was born in Milesburg. Her
entire life was spent there, though
since the death of her parents she had
spent much of the time traveling
through the west. Her mother died
about seven years ago and her fath-
er five years ago but surviving her
are two brothers, Charles, of Johns-
town, and Ralph, of Wilmington,
Del. She was a faithful member of
the Presbyterian church all her life
and Dr. W. K. McKinney had charge
of the funeral services held privately
on Tuesday afternoon, burial being
made in the Union cemetery, Belle-
fonte.
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BANEY.—Mrs. Catharine E. Ba-
ney, wife of Robert Baney, died last
Friday evening at her home on Lo-
gan street after less than a week’s ill-
ness with bronchial pneumonia fol-
lowing an attack of the grip.
She was a daughter of Samuel H.
and Rachael Martin Griffith and was
born near Axe Mann on May 5th,
1882, hence was 36 years, 5 months
and 13 days old. Sixteen years ago
she was united in marriage to Robert
Baney who survives with four daugh-
ters, the youngest being but fourteen
months old. She also leaves her fath-
er and the following brothers and sis-
ters: Alfred M. Griffith, of Belle-
fonte; Melvin J., of Barberton, Ohio;
Mrs. Mary E. Markle and Orissa M.
Griffith, of Philadelphia; Samuel H,
of Somerset, Ky.; Annabelle, of
Bellefonte, and Mrs. Hattie P. Smith,
of Beaver Falls.
She Lad been a member of the
United Brethren church a number of
years and Rev. T. Hugh MacLeod had
were held on Monday, burial being
made in the Union cemetery. Among
those here for the funeral were Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Griffith, of Camden,
N. J; Orissa M. Griffith, of Philadel-
Diva, and Mr. John Martin, of Clear-
eld.
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BRYERE.—Mrs. Ethel rich Bry-
ere, wife of Franklin H. Bryere, died
quite suddenly at her home in Elwood
City last Saturday morning, follow-
ing a few day’s illness with influenza.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. S. Grieb, of State College, where
she was born in January, 1892. She
was married in June, 1915, to Mr.
Bryere and had since made her home
in Elwood City. Surviving her are
her husband, her parents, one broth-
er and a sister, namely: Sydney
Grieb, of Elwood City, and Mrs. B.
M. Mullin, of Ridgeville. The remains
were taken to State College where
private funeral services were held on
Tuesday by Rev. Harkins, after
which burial was made in the Pine
Hall cemetery. :
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MULHOLLAND, —Williat Henry
Mulholland died at his home in Clear-
field on Monday following an illness
of six months with a complication of
diseases. He was born in Bellefonte
sixty-nine years ago but had been a
resident of Clearfield many years
where he was manager of the Reed
machine shops, formerly the Bigler—
Reed Co. Forty-one years ago he was
united in marriage to Miss Martha
Mills, of Clearfield, who survives with
two children, Henry, of Seattle,
Wash., and Anna, at home. He also
leaves one brother and three sisters,
Rudolph and Mrs. Reilly, of Altoona;
Mrs. W. T. Twitmire and Mrs. C. C.
Shuey, of Bellefonte. Burial was
made at Clearfield yesterday after-
noon.
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——On Monday Governor Brum-
baugh appointed John F. Zechman a
justice of the peace of Harris Twp.
For Sale.—A red plush parlor suite
of seven pieces. Inquire of Mrs. M.
Wagner, Bishop street. 42-1t
charge of the funeral services which’