* Bown tn Bellefonte, Pa., November 1, 1918. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY The weather this week has not been very favorable for rushing work on the south Water street state-high- way. Miss Margaret Gilmour has accepted a position at the Titan Met- al company, going to work there the beginning of last week. ——Judge Henry C. Quigley has recovered sufficiently to be up and around his room, though he has not yet ventured down stairs. Deputy recorder Walter Arm- strong was back at his desk yesterday after a month’s illness, but even now he has not fully recovered. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Willard, Monday, October 21st. been named Robert Gleason. Fuel Administrator Garfield says there is no danger of a fuel fam- ine the coming winter, but those Bellefonters who have so far failed to fill their coal bins are a little bit skep- tical. The County Commissioners are now engaged in distributing the bal- lots for the election next Tuesday, and by this time next week the result of the battle of the ballots will be gen- erally known. The Hon. John T. McCormick is ill at his home at State College, suffering from a general breakdown. ! He has been confined to bed for about two weeks, but yestreday was report- | ed as improving. = The drop of three to four doi- lars a box that oranges made in New York on Monday when the commis- sion dealers learned that the federal food commission was about to start an investigation as to the cause of the high price of the fruit, is evidence that somebody has been doing some profiteering in oranges. Now if the drop will only extend to the interior towns so that the public will get the benefit it will be something worth while. Yesterday was the final day for any action in the matter of taking over the Central Railroad of Penn- sylvania and inquiry of N. B. Spang- ler Esq., attorney for the interests seeking to secure the road elicited the information that there was “nothing construed this doing.” Correctly means that the road will be scrapped as all efforts to raise a sufficient amount of money to keep it off the futile. | scrap keap have proven Whether either or both ends remain intact for future use remains to be seen. Mrs. S. A. Bell received word on Wednesday of the death of her son’s wife, Mrs. John R. Bell, of East Hampton, N. Y. She also got word of the death of Mrs. Loomis Bell, wife of the son of Dr. Finley Bell, which oc- curred at a national army cantonment | at Kansas Junction, Kan., where she was a volunteer nurse during the in- fluenza epidemic. Her remains were placed in a receiving vault at Kansas Junction until after the abatement of the epidemic when they will be brought east and taken to her home at Edgewood, N. J. Evan Jones and William Riley, the two members of the state constab- | ulary who have been located in Belle- fonte, have been summoned back to Butler and will leave today on the ride overland to that town. The recalling of the state constabulary from this section of the county must be taken as evidence that their services are not needed here, or else are needed worse elsewhere. While Mr. Riley is a com- paratively new man in Bellefonte, having been here only ten days or two weeks, Mr. Jones has been here all summer and has made many friends by his fair dealing and courteous manner at all times and under all circumstances. The fund for Miss Bertha Lau- rie’s canteen work in France, inaugu- rated by the Woman’s Missionary so- ciety of the Presbyterian church, is maintained by general contributions. It is the aim of the financial commit- tee to have the contributions as far as possible voluntary, and all persons interested are urged to aid in her splendid work. It is hoped that a generous response will follow this ap- peal so that a liberal sum may be sent Miss Laurie for the Christmas cele- bration. Contributions may be sent either direct to the treasurer, Mrs. David Dale, or to any member of the following committee: Miss Mira Humes, Miss Lucy Potter, Mrs. John Sebring, Mrs. John Curtin and Mrs. Edmund Blanchard. If pay- ments are made in monthly install- ments it is requested that they be sent in, if convenient, on the first of each month. ——The soldiers in training at State College and the members of the students army training corps, about three thousand in number, will give a parade on Sunday to usher in the big drive to raise money for the united war work organizations. In fact the ob- ject is to make a clean sweep of the drive that day by raising the full quota for the college camp and have it over with. What an object lesson that should be for the rest of the county. $41,000 means a dollar for every man, woman and child in the county, but inasmuch as there are many who cannot give that amount, those more fortunately situated will have to give more. Why not go to it the way the soldier boys at State Col- lege are going to do on Sunday. Everybody come right to the front during the coming week and give what they can, raise the county’s quo- ta and be through with it. of Wilkinsburg, |! The child has | INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC ABATING. Bellefonte, but the Tight Lid Still On. According to local physicians the influenza epidemic in Bellefonte is abating, inasmuch as the number of new cases is decreasing daily, and they aver that the situation so far as the town is concerned is well in hand. The big majority of the cases Bellefonte have been of a mild char- acter and only a few developed into pneumonia. There have been two deaths of children which, it has been claimed, were directly ascribable to adults have died. Notwithstanding the improved con- dition the local board of health has decided to keep everything closed tight this week at least. The board had a meeting on Monday night at which the following members were present: John Blanchard, president of the board; Dr. M. J. Locke, J. L. Montgomery, James C. Furst , W. Fred Reynolds and Dr. J. L. Seibert, representing the state board, and health officer Harry Dukeman. least. The board will meet at a spe- i the condidtions existing at that time. Col. Reynolds was directed to noti- i not to hold their meeting scheduled | for Bellefonte at this time. i The secretary was directed to no- | tify the superintendent of schools of | Centre county that, owing to the con- | ditions now prevailing throughout | the county, it would be detrimental to | the health of the community to hold | the Centre county teachers’ institute ! scheduled for Bellefonte the week be- ' ginning November 11th, and there- i fore it will not be permitted to be: ' held in Bellefonte at that time. i A resolution was adopted requiring | i the soda fountains in the future to ! i provide individual drinking cups and | dishes to all patrons served. | It was the opinion of the board that | { the number of cases of influenza was increasing and the people should be urged to use great care in trying to | prevent the spread of the disease. | EPIDEMIC ABOUT OVER AT STATE COLLEGE. The epidemic has about run its course at State College, only two new yesterday. There have been two deaths during the week, Josiah Sha- ner, of Pottsville, a soldier in train- ing, who died on Monday evening and whose body was shipped home on Tuesday evening, and Andrew J. Kern, the infant son of Andrew Kern, who died on Friday and was buried on Sunday. THE CONDITION AT CENTRE HALL. - While there have been no deaths in Centre Hall, there has been one at the Old Fort, but there are a large num- "ber of cases in both places. The board of health of Centre Hall on Monday evening ordered all places of business closed at six o’clock in order to cut out all possibility of crowds congregating and thus reducing the danger of the disease spreading to a minimum. MILESBURG HARD HIT. The disease is now about at worst in Milesburg and Boggs town- been four deaths, Mrs. A. T. Boggs, 'Roy Alexander, James Smith, the * thirteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, and Albert Watson, the seventeen year old son of Mr. and | Mrs. John Watson, who live on the road between Milesburg and Runville. There are many cases of illness in that section, in some instances entire families being afflicted. Most of the | cases, however, are of comparatively mild nature and with good care the patients will recover. MANY DEATHS AT SNOW SHOE AND VICINITY. Snow Shoe and vicinity is having the worst scourge of the disease of any place in Centre county. Already there have been twenty deaths there and with only one undertaker in that locality he is almost at his wit’s end in taking care of the situation, inas- much as he has been unable to get ef- ficient help. The entire district is polluted with the disease and not- ‘withstanding the efforts of the phy- sicians and citizens there is as yet no indication of any abatement of the epidemic. The deaths to date are as follows: Mrs. Ira Hall, aged 21, who died on Saturday and was buried on Monday. Leaves a husband and one child. Mrs. Robert Parks, aged 38. Died on Sunday and was buried on Tues- day. Leaves a husband and three children. Miss Jean Dixon, a sister of Mrs. Parks, 22 years old. Leaves her par- ents, two sisters and a brother. John Price, aged 17, died on Mon- day and was buried on Wednesday. Leaves a mother, three sisters and a brother. Other American born residents who died were Peter Parks, John Jacobs, Alfred Sinclair and a three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hip- ple. Deaths among the foreign element included George P. Kachik, Basil Fe- riza, John Fisko, Stephen Stafik, Paul Luckasavage, Warren Lovitsky, John Sapula, Joe Komralicki, John Fasko, John Espu, Stephen Delle Mogare and Joe Parney. It is recommended that influ- enza convalescents should remain in bed from two to four days after the fever subsides, and all persons having a cough or bronchitis should remain on their own premises, and away from others, for at least two weeks. in' attacks of influenza but so far no | fy the Arch Deaconry of Williamsport | cases having developed since last Sat- urday, according to word from there | its | ship. During the week there have! | Corrupt Practices Act. | Physicians Aver Fewer New Cases in. On October 16, 1918, the President | Harry Cethcart the Victim of Acci- approved an act “To prevent corrupt | | practices in the election of Senators, | Representatives, or Delegates in| ! Congress,” as follows: | i That whoever shall promise, offer, | or give, or cause to be promised, of- | | fered, or given, any money or other ; | thing of value, or shall make or ten- | . der any contract, undertaking, obliga- tion, gratuity, or security for the ; payment of money or for the delly-{ ‘ ery or conveyance of anything of val- ue to any person either to vote or | withhold his vote or to vote for or: . against any candidate, or whoever so- licits, accepts, or receives any money | 1 { i i | or other thing of value in considera- | tion of his vote for or against any; . candidate for Senator or Representa- | tive or Delegate in Congress at any ; | primary or general or special elec- tion, shall be fined not more than! $1,000, or imprisonment not more than one year, or both. | State College Announces Peithayive: | | nia Day Program. Pennsylvania day, the annual au- | | tumn festival at the State College, | | alumni, citizens and friends of the in- | day to see how the college is carry-' | ing on its many war-time activities. | Special emphasis will be placed on ' the military features of the day’s pro- gram. The 3000 student soldiers, | representing the army and navy, will | participate in a dress parade and bay- | oneting and trench exercises will be { held in the morning. i Other scheduled events are: Con- | | cert by the college musical clubs, an i all-college dance in the armory, dances in the various S. A. T. C. bar- racks, and a football game between Rutgers College and Penn State. What the Women Did. Following is the report of the work i done by the Woman’s committee on i ' the fourth Liberty loan in Centre ! county: ! Bonds Sub. Amt. Bellefonte ............ 108 88 $17.850 Centre Hall .......... 106 87 18.350 +HOWATd vi icine 98 80 16,350 | Mileshure ............ 8 1 550 ! Millheim "....... 19 4,700 Snow Shoe .... ™ 29.150 : State College .. 80 12.300 Unionville... ...... 16 4,100 Benner Twp ......... 37 3.750 Boggs Twp. ......... 700 College Twp. .. 12 550 Ferguson Twp. 7 600 {| Gregg Twp. ... . 58 20,550 + Haines gi eee. 68 16.600 | | Halfmoon Twp. 9 1.800 | , Harris Twp. 7 1 600 i Howard Twp. ... 10 7 750 | Huston Twp. 7 16 5,700 i. Liberty Twp. 84 76 7.650 {Miles Twp. ........-: 36 a0 3.050 i Patton Twp, ........ 16 8 1.200 ! Penn Twp. 45 43 3.950 j{ Potter Twp, ... 15 11 2,150 Spring Twp. ... al 10 950 , Union Twp. 25 25 2.000 i Walker: Twp. ..i0i 6 5 1.350 { Worth Pwp. ......... 60 38 13,400 | { Totalkiivys .psniev 1,182 925 $190,650 i Mrs. ELIZABETH B. BEACH, y ! Chairman. : Executive Committee for the coming i Big Drive in Centre County. | | The general chairmen representing i the seven war work organizations that ‘ are included in the general drive to raise $41,000 in Centre county, which | | | will be launched November 11th, are | i as follows: | Mrs. R. M. Beach, Y. fonte. Miss Simmons, Dean of Women, Student Body, State College. W. C. A, Belle- { Miss Gertrude Taylor, Victory Girls, Bellefonte. Edmund Blanchard, Victory Boys, Belle- fonte. Geo. R. Meek, Publicity, Bellefonte. Erwin W. Runkle, American Library Association, State College. T. W. Gramley, Millheim. L. A. McDowell, Snow Shoe. Walter Cohen, Jewish Nat. Bellefonte. J. K. Johnston, Y. M. C. A., Bellefonte. P. H. Gherrity, K. of C., Bellefonte. Chester Moore, Howard. Harry B. Scott, Philipsburg. These chairmen will act as the ex- ecutive committee and announce their assistants at as early a date as they can be decided upon. Council, ——— eee Centre County Hotel Keepers Prepar- ing License Applications. A number of the hotel keepers in Centre county, and probably all of them, will file their application for license during the year beginning April 1st, 1919. License court will be held the third Saturday in December and all applications must be filed by the second week in November. Naturally there has been consider- able curiosity on the part of the pub- lic in regard to just what action ho- tel men would take under present con- ditions. If the fuel administration’s ruling that the manufacture of beer must stop on December 1st is not re- scinded, and the prohibition of the sale of all intoxicating liquors be- comes effective on July 1st, 1919, the outlook for the hotel man who is de- pending upon his license is not rosy. On the other hand, if hotel men failed to make an application for license and total prohibition did not become effective there is no legal way where- by they could keep their bars open. So they are going to take a chance, get the license if they can, and if the situation is not to their liking by the first of next April they need not lift the license. ——eoe ——Uncle Sam needs 20,000 new army officers quickly. Pennsylvania is to furnish 1400 of them. Draft reg- istrants between the ages of 18 and 46 are eligible. Any upstanding young man with a clean record and good physique can qualify as a can- | didate to be sent to the officer’s train- | ing school at Fremont, California. If interested write Capt. Porter, Com- mercial Trust Bld’g., Philadelphia, Pa. He is the officer in charge. : . morning. Rev. T. Hugh MacLeod of- ‘and attention that it was possible to | | give him. They accompanied the re- | "istered for service. | death was a severe blow to his par- KILLED BY DINKEY ENGINE. | "dent Early Monday Morning. Harry Cethcart, employed by the American Lime and Stone company at what is known as thie old furnace quarry, fell in front of the dinkey en- gine just as he was going to work on Monday morning and was so badly injured that he died while being car- ried to the office. : He was riding on the front of the engine which was being driven by Alex Morris. In some way his feet slipped and he fell to the track right in front of the engine which ran over both legs, badly mangling both of them. The shock to his system was so severe that he died within a few minutes. | Harry Hobart Cethcart was a son of the late George and Eleanore | Cethcart and was born in Blue Ball in 1880, hence was about thirty-eight ! years old. His parents came to Belle- fonte when he was a boy and here he | grew to manhood. Since the death of | | his mother he has boarded with the family of Mr. and Mrs. James Pickle, | near Coleville, where he also kept his | nephew, George Hale, whom he fath- | After a lengthy discussion of the will be celebrated on Saturday, of | ered as if he were his own child. He | conditions in Bellefonte and Centre next week, November 9th. Plans have ' had worked for the American Lime | county it was decided not to permit | been made for the most interesting | and Stone company for a number of | the opening of the churches and observance of this occasion ever at- years and was a faithful and el schools of Bellefonte this week at tempted at Penn State. Thousands of entious employee. ' | vie . . i Surviving him. are two sisters and | cial meeting next Monday, to go over | stitution are expected there on that! two brothers, namely: Mrs. Florence Demetia, of Scranton; Mrs. Lydia | Murtrie, of Osceola Mills; Walter, of | Bellefonte, and Garfield, in training at Edgewood, Md. The funeral was | held at ten o’clock on Wednesday | ficiated and burial was made in the Treziyulny cemetery. | | | | Harry Ott a Victim of Influenza. | Harry Ott, only son of Mr. and Mrs. | William H. Ott, died of influenza at | the national army camp at Lehigh | University on Friday morning of last ! week. He was stricken about two | weeks prior to his death but his con- | dition did not become alarming until | Monday of last week when his parents were notified by telegraph. They went to South Bethlehem the same day and were with him until he died, | being satisfied that he had every care mains home on Saturday. Harry Keller Ott was born at Axe Mann on June 4th, 1897, hence was 21 years, 4 months and 21 days old. His! parents moved to Bellefonte when he was a boy and he was educated here. When in his Junior year he quit High school and went to work for the State-Centre Electric company. Last winter he went to Philadelphia and | secured a job with the Western Elec- | tric company, being assigned to work at Wilmington, Del. He was there six months then came home and reg- On September 19th he was inducted by the local board. into the branch of training for special service and sent to Lehigh where he was assigned to the study of telegraphy. He was a studious and enterprising young man and his: ents. vivors. The funeral was held at ten o’clock on Monday morning burial being made at Pleasant Gap. During the services the court house bell was toll- ed and all the usual honors accorded a man who dies in the service given him. Among those here for the fun- eral were Alfred Ott, of New York; J. W. Ott and Mrs. Ripka, of Wil- liamsport; Mrs. Robert Breon and daughter Mabel, of New York; David Keller, of PHiladelphia, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Keller, of Altoona. Tell Your Soldier Son to Be Patient. Because certificates have not imme- diately reached their relatives named as beneficiaries many soldiers and sailors are foolishly dropping their war risk insurance. They assume that they are paying for protection which is not being giv- en. In this they are mistaken. War risk insurance is effective at once, provided proper application has been made and premiums are being paid. They officially record the insurance contract. The certificate is not a part of this contract. It is merely in the nature of a receipt. Owing to the immense number of certificates required, it has not been possible to issue them in one batch. But they will reach the beneficiaries in due time, says the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense, and meanwhile the insurance is in full force, provided the regular payments are being made by the service men. More than 2,500,000 certificates have already been issued and the dai- ly output is constantly increasing. The insurance, which can be taken up to $10,000, not only protects service men and their dependents now, but for many years to come. Be wise. Don’t drop Uncle Sam’s insurance. Red Cross Christmas Boxes. The Bellefonte Chapter of Red Cross has received its supply of box- es for distribution to those who wish to send a Christmas box to the boys in France and beginning Monday afternoon, November 4th, the rooms will be open each afternoon from two until four o’clock for the distribution of boxes. Remember to bring a label, no one will be given a hox unless they pre- sent a label from a man overseas. Boxes will also be distributed among the auxiliaries and people liv- ing out of town can apply to the chairman of the nearest auxiliary. Boxes cannot be accepted for mailing after November 20th, so be prompt about getting your box and returning it for inspection and mailing. His parents are his only sur- | Shreffler. ! next, according to original schedule, J. B. COOK, Chairman. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. | —— -—Mrs. C. T. Hennig left Monday for Rochester, Minn., to resume her medical : treatment at the Mayo sanitorium. —Fred Crafts went to Ohio Monday, ; where he will spend a week in the interest of the American Lime and Stone Co. —L. O. Meek will come here from Phila- delphia Saturday, to spend two weeks vis- iting and looking after his interests in! Centre county. —Mrs Clara Denius moved to Williams- ' port Wednesday, having gone down with | M. R. Johnson on the truck on which he! took her furniture. : —Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Bradford and son William, of Centre Hall, spent Wed- nesday afternoon in Bellefonte after some business. —R. M. Power, of Chicago, spent the week-end in Bellefonte with urs. Power, who is a guest of her uncle and aunt, Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler. —Mr. and Mrs. Abram Brandon and family shipped their household goods and left Bellefonte this week, expecting to make their home in Niagara Falls. —Charles and Henry Dale, Wade Her- looking man and John Kimport were a quartet of Ferguson township men who were in Bellefonte on business on Wednesday. —Mrs. E. F. Garman returned Saturday from a seven week’s visit with Mrs. Kel- ley and Ira D. Garman and his family, in Philadelphia, and with Mrs. Harlan, in Coatesville. —Miss Sara Francies, daughter of war- den John Francies, has joined the family i ty-second year. SWARTZ.—Mrs. Maude Meeker Swartz, the young wife of William Swartz, a soldier in the U. S. service in France, died on Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Kanarr, at Centre Hall, as the result of an at- tack of influenza, with which she was stricken last Friday. Mrs. Swartz spent six weeks in the Bellefonte hos- pital, returning home just about two weeks ago in time to attend the fun- eral of her father, who died quite suddenly at the Old Fort hotel. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Meeker and was born on June 5th, 1897, hence was in her twen- She was married te William Swartz, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swartz, of Tusseyville, who is now overseas, but surviving her is a little daughter, Frances El- more, her mother and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. William Reese, of Conemaugh; Mrs. Mabel Hipple, of Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Mil- ton Bradford, of Keymar, Md.; Mrs. John Kanarr, of Centre Hall; Mrs. Paul Bradford, of Mifflin county; Lawrence, of Bellefonte; Bruce, of Johnstown; Belle, Ellen, Robert and John, at home. are also ill with the disease. Funeral services were held at the Kanarr home yesterday afternoon by Rev. R. Raymond Jones, after which burial was made at Tusseyville. i in Pittsburgh, going out ten days ago to see her sister, who is now in New Tork ' ready to sail for overseas canteen service. —Mrs. R. Harold Smith, of Pottsville, and her daughter, Dorothy Alden, came to Bellefonte Saturday with Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. S. D. Ray. Mrs. Smith and the child will be here for an indefinite time. —William Miller and Mr. and Mrs. HEyers. of Josephine, came to Bellefonte the ! after part of last week for the funeral of Mr. Miller's daughter, Ruth, who was bur- ied from her home at the Forge Saturday afternoon. —William Doll, who had been visiting : with his family here left Wednesday to | Since en- | resume his work in Altoona. tering the R. R. shops there, Mr. Doll fre- quently spends the week-end at his home in Bellefonte. —Mr. and Mrs. Claire B. Williams and son Frederick, of Bayonne, N. J., arrived : in Bellefonte on Wednesday, coming, here to see Mrs. Williams’ father, Mr. W. A. Lyon, who has been confined to bed the past month and whose condition is not as good as his friends would like to see. —W. CO Cassidy returned to Bellefonte a week ago from Canton, Ohio, where he ! had been for several months looking after the settlement of his father’s, Robert Cas- siday’s, estate. Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy, who gave up their apartment in Petrikin Hall when arranging to leave Bellefonte, have moved into the Potter house on Spring street. —Mrs. Asher Adams, of Sunbury, and one of her younger daughters spent two days the early part of the week in Belle- fonte with Mrs. Adams’ mother, Mrs. Mrs. Shrefller and her daugh- ter Katherine moved this week from the McQuistion house on Thomas street to the house on Bishop street vacated by Mrs. Denius. —Capt. R. E. Kirk, who has been con- valeseing from: an attack of ‘pneumonia, contracted at Camp Merritt, has so far recovered that he left Wednesday to join his company at Camp Sevier, South Caro- lina. He has been a guest at the Willard home on Thomas street the past three weeks. Mrs. Kirk will leave Saturday for a month’s visit at the home of her brother Paul, at Wilkinsburg. —Mrs. H. W. Tate, who had spent the greater part of the summer in Bellefonte, returned to Philadelphia Monday, being a guest on the drive of Joseph Dillen, of Coatesville. Mr. Dillen, his mother, who is in from Pittsburgh on a visit with her son and his family, and Mrs. Howard Gearhart, drove to Bellefonte the latter part of last week to spend Sunday with Mrs. Joseph Fox, and at the home of Mar- tin Cooney. —R. B. Freeman, so well known here as train master of the Tyrone division, has been permanently transferred to the office of the general manager of the P. R. R., at Broad St., Philadelphia, and is now living at the Walton in that city. While we know Mr. Freeman has earned the very great advancement this change means, yet we regret his departure from Tyrone, for it means that his Bellefonte friends will not see as much of him as they formerly did. . —Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Bush arrived in San Francisco, Cal., last week on their way from Chili to Medford, Oregon. They had arranged to make the trip in mid- summer but were delayed six weeks in leaving Chili on account of the govern- ment having commandeered every passen- ger steamer possible and when they final- ly got away it was on a freighter. Their original intention in coming north was to locate on a farm owned by Mrs. Bush in Oregon, but whether they are still of the same determination remains to be seen. —We had a very pleasant call on Mon- day from our old friend George Ertley, of Jacksonville. We call him an old friend because he has been a regular subscriber to the “Watchman” for thirty-two years and, would you believe it, he is still a Republican. But George reads the “Watchman” for its reliable news and smiles to himself, we suppose, when we try to put over some good Democratic dope that he doesn’t agree with. He is farming the American Lime and Stone Co. farm down there and years ago was em- ployed at Scotia where he worked when Dan Clemson was the blacksmith there. Teachers’ Institute Postponed. In accordance with the announce- ment of the local baord of health that it would be unwise to hold the Centre county teachers’ institute week after county superintendent D. O. Etters has announced that the gathering will be postponed. If a suitable date can be secured in the future, when the in- fluenza epidemic abates, and it is de- cided to hold the institute, due no- tice will be given. Read what Capt. Wilbur Leit- zel, of State College, recently wound- ed in France, has to say about the Y. M. C. A. It is part of a short sketch of him in another column of this is- sue. It will make you think, with us, i | | BATHURST.—James Blaine Bath- i urst died at his home in South Altoo- {na last Saturday morning following | an illness with a complication of dis- eases dating back to last January. He was a son of Lawrence and Ellen Bathurst and was born at Curtin, this county, on November 12th, 1884, hence was just seventeen days less than thirty-four years old. He went to Altoona about eight years ago and had been employed as a moulder in the Hollidaysburg foundries. Twelve years ago he was married to Miss Gertrude Flack, of Bellefonte, who survives with six children, Mildred, Evelyn, Mary, Dora, Kenneth and Donald, all at home. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: William H., Harry, Mrs. D. W. Var- ner, Mrs. Fred Gehret and Miss | Queenie, all of Altoona; Mrs. Minnie { Packer, of Lock Haven; Bert, of | Bellefonte, and Lawrence, of Buffa- (lo, N. Y. He was a member of the { Eldorado Lodge P. O. S. of A. The ! remains were taken to Curtin where burial was made on Tuesday. I! i BARNHART.—H. LeRoy Barnhart, eldest son of John H. and Clara Cole Barnhart, died at six o’clock on Wed- nesday evening at the home of his parents at Pleasant View, following ten days’ illness with influenza. He had been working for the P. R. R. Co. in Tyrone and came home two weeks ago on a visit, being stricken with the disease a day or two later. He was born in Spring township and was twenty-one years old in July. In ad- dition to his parents he is survived by ten brothers and sisters, namely: Della, Martha, Robert, Mary, John, Margaret, Catharine, Mildred, Wil- bur and Harry, all at home, and all sick with influenza. The funeral will be held at two o’clock this (Friday) afternoon. Dr. Yocum will officiate and burial be made in the Union cem- etery. Il 1 BERGSTRESSER.— Mis. Eleanor Franciscus Bergstresser, wife of James L. Bergstresser, died at noon on Sunday after a little over a week’s illness with pneumonia, the result of an attack of influenza. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Franciscus, of Tyrone, and was thir- ty-one years of age. Mrs. Bergstres- ser frequently visited in Bellefonte as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Crider and was quite well known here. In addition to her husband she leaves a little daughter, her parents and one brother. II i VONADA.—Arthur N. By td. a well known young farmer who occu- pied the Joel Royer farm near Zion, died yesterday of pneumonia. He suf- fered an attack of influenza but it had developed so far before he became alarmed that pneumonia followed. He was a fine young man and will be missed by many in the community in which he lived. His wife and daughter are both ill with the influ- enza and his mother, Mrs. William Vonada, who went to their relief is also ill in the stricken home. # {l DAWSON.—Samuel W. Dawson died recently at his home in Missoula, Mont., following an illness of several months, aged 64 years. He was born in Bellefonte and was a brother of the late William Dawson. He went to Montana in 1889 and for some years was a conductor on the Northern Pa- cific railway. During the past six- teen years he had been in business in Missoula. Surviving him are his wife and one son, Edward, who is now in service in France. One brother re- sides in Tyrone, Pa. ll Il BOGGS.—Mrs. Mary S. Boggs, wife of A. T. Boggs, postmaster at Milesburg, died on Wednesday night following a few day’s illness with in- fluenza. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lingle and was born in Boggs township about fifty years ago. She is survived by her husband and three children, namely: Mrs. Lamar Woodring, of Milesburg; Re- becca and Andrew at home. She also leaves a number of brothers and sis- ters. Il il VONADA.—Annie Vonada, only daughter of Mrs. Samuel Vonada, of east Howard street, died yesterday morning following a few day’s illness with influenza. She was eighteen years of age and in addition to her mother is survived by one brother, that $41,000 won’t be much for Centre county to give toward the continuance of such work. Samuel, who is now in the Bellefonte hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Four of the family ue? i
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