Bellefonte, Pa., January 24, 1919.
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PRIVATE WAITE NOT DEAD.
Young Soldier’s Family Received Let-
ter from Him on Wednesday.
Tuesday’s casualty list contained
among the corrections, the name of
“Private John A. Waite, Bellefonte,
. wounded, degree undetermined, pre-
viously reported killed in action.”
The young soldier is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Waite and he has at var-
ious times been reported as “gassed,”
“wounded slightly,” “wounded, degree
undetermined,” and “killed in action,”
and all along there has been a feel-
ing of grave uncertainty as to the
fate of the young man. But all
doubts were positively dispelled on
Wednesday when the family received
a letter from the young soldier, who
is now with the army of occupation.
He stated that he had suffered one
slight wound and had been pretty bad-
ly gassed but that he had recovered
from the wound and although he still
feels the effects of the gas a little it
is not enough to keep him off duty. In
the letter he detailed the kind of a
Christmas they had and among other
things stated that it might be a year
yet before he gets home. In order to
show just what he has been through
he sent home the following citation of
the general in command regarding the
work of the division with which he
was connected:
Hdqrs 5th Div., France, Nov. 11.
General Order No. 73.
It is with pride and pleasure that
the division commander calls the at-
tention of the division to general or-
der No. 413 of November 9th, where-
in the corps commander cites the 5th
division for forcing against the ene-
my in position a crossing of the river
Meuse near Dun and near Bueulles,
building bridges and swimming the
river in the face of machine guns and
artillery fire, and in advancing some
nine kilometres into the enemy’s ter-
ritory to the Vicemte of Braudeville.
This action not only uncovered the
left flank of the XVII French corps
and enabled that corps to advance,
but broke the line of resistance of the
German army and by turning its flank
on the east bank of the Meuse com-
pelled its withdrawal.
A letter from the chief of staff of
the 1st army corps to the command-
ing general of the 5th corps states:
“The army commander has noticed
with great pleasure and appreciation
the excellent work of your corps in
crossing the Meuse river and clearing
the flights to the east of the Toun of
Dun sur Meuse. He appreciates fully
the difficulties involved in this prob-
lem and therefore realizes that the
results obtained reflects great credit
on your corps and the division includ-
ed therein.”
The 5th division alone forced the
crossing and established the bridge-
head. It was afterwards joined for a
few days by a regiment of the 32nd
division. For two days and two
nights the division held a front of
twenty kilometres against the enemy
on its front and on both flanks. Not
content with this it went out of its
sector on the north and took the town
of Mousay and turned it over to the
90th division. On the south it went
out of its sector and took Vilosnes,
. enabling the French division on the
right to cross the river.
In the last two weeks of the fight-
ing not a day passed that some town,
wood or hill was not wrested from
the enemy by the division, among the
places being Bois des Rappes, An-
neceville, Bois de Babremont, Clery
le Grand, Dun sur Meuse, Limy range
of hills east of the Meuse forming the
bridgehead, Vilosnes, Milly Lion Mar-
vaux, Fontaines, Brandeville, Font de
Voerse, Tametz, Reinoville and Loup-
py. A penetration of twenty-one kil-
ometres into the enemy’s line was
made, wresting from him one hun-
dred and ninety square kilometres of
territory and at the announcement of
the armistice the division held a front
of thirteen kilometres, being five kil-
ometres in advance of troops on its
left and two kilometres in advance of
troops on its right.
Thirty-seven cannon, four hundred
and sixty-one machine guns and over
nine hundred prisoners were captured.
The division was especially congratu-
lated upon its untiring tenacity of
purpose in its constant driving at the
enemy in spite of fatigue and short-
age of rations, being wet from swim-
ming the river and canal and wading
the Foret de Vousi.
This is a brilliant example of what
the American soldier can do in an
emergency when he must go to the
utmost extent of his power. “No oth-
er division could have accomplished
more,” said the commanding general,
“and every member of the company
should be proud to belong to the di-
vision which has so brilliantly ended
its record in the greatest war the
world has ever known.”
——Frazier Sheffer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Sheffer, of Milroy, is
undergoing treatment at the Belle-
fonte hospital for an infected hand.
While in the service last fall he hurt
his hand and although it had partially
healed when he was discharged he ag-
gravated the sore in some way while
out hunting and infection set in.
DAVID H. LAUCK
SNOW SHOE
Killed in Action in France On No-
vember 1st.
Private Lauck was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Lauck, of Snow
Shoe, and was 26 years old. He
was sent to Camp Meade on May
28, 1918, and after five week’s
training was sent across. He was
attached to Company H, 314th in-
fantry, which was one of the units
of the 79th division which took
Montfaucon. Two weeks ago the
“Watchman” published the com-
plete facts of private Lauck’s life.
BUSY DAYS IN FRANCE.
A Newsy Letter from Miss Rebecca
N. Rhoads.
The “Watchman” is again privi-
leged to publish the important parts
of a letter received in Bellefonte from
Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads, who is now
stationed at Nogent-en-Bassigny
Haute-Marne, France, and we doubt
not our readers will enjoy it as much
as they did her previous letter:
December 16, 1918.
You cannot imagine how dismal the |
weather is over here.
Most of the |
| for nourishment for the poor little!
French boy I'm nursing. His little
arms were like sticks, so thin. Ihave
been saving her money for such uses.
I am very, very well, never better |
in my life, though a little thinner, I'm !
glad to say. I love the work, but of |
course long to see all my old friends. |
REBECCA N. RHOADS. |
News Notes of Those in Service.
Major S. M. Huff surprised his |
Bellefonte friends by arriving home |
quite unexpectedly last Thursday |
afternoon. For some time past he!
has been stationed at Camp Hancock
and he was in Bellefonte for a day
only, leaving on Friday for Hoboken,
N. Y., where he was ordered “for du-
ty,” but whether that order meant
for duty there or a trip overseas he
did not know. The doctor was in
splendid health and fit for any demand
made upon him.
Miss Vere Willard came here from
Camp Mills, N. Y., Friday of last
week, to spend her fifteen day’s fur-
lough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. I. Willard, and with her brother
and his family, at Wilkinsburg, ex-
pecting to leave Bellefonte Sunday
for Pittsburgh, from where she will
return to her work. Miss Willard vol- |
unteered and entered the service as a |
U. S. army nurse in January, 1918,
serving for a short time at Camp Up- |
ton but later being sent to Camp |
Mills, where the greater part of her |
work has been done. |
H. A. Rook, of Reedsville, Pa., at- |
tracted considerable attention in
Bellefonte on Tuesday and Wednes- :
day, while here on a brief visit, be-
cause of the various stripes and chev- |
rons which adorned his uniform. Pri- |
vate Rook served in France as a!
member of the Forty-second, or Rain- |
bow division, and was in the great
Chateau Thierry drive and every of-
fensive in which that division took :
part, going through the entire cam-
paign without being wounded. He re-
cently returned home and wears twe
gold chevrons for over a year’s serv-
time rain, deep mud, the dirt, the! ice cverseas; a red chevron for an
damp, penetrating cold, the sorrow | honorable discharge and gold and blue
and the troubles that come to the boys | stripes, the emblem of the Rainbow
and which we all feel so, too. One
poor boy came in the other day heart-
broken over the loss of his brother,
who died of the flu.
were looking forward to their trip
home. They had been together for
over a year in all the terrible drives
and the thickest of the fighting at the
front and had come through unwound-
ed and unscathed, and then after all
was over to have one of them catch
cold and die of influenza. He was an
entire stranger to me but was looking
for a “Y” man he knew. After he
found him, however, he came back to
me. I did without my dinner that
day to stay with him and give him
what comfort I could. He is from
another town but came in again yes-
‘terday because, he confessed, I had
helped him so much the other day.
I am thankful over here that I am
not a young girl. The other night in
the smoky saloon through which I
must pass twice daily to get my
meals, and in the musty, foggy, dark,
narrow little streets afterward, I had
my glimpse of hell, all due to the
same old curse, alcohol. And now I
am stronger than ever against drink
in any form.
We workers are needed here now
more than ever, and I must stay as
long as the need exists, even though
the loneliness and homesickness gets
with all of us very hard. The army
officers and men are certainly lovely
and kind to us. Generals, colonels
and other officers of lesser rank have
called at the “Y” here especially to
see me, (a very unusual thing) I be-
ing the only American woman at this
“Y,” though there are a number in
the nearby region, and one at the di-
visional warehouse right here in town.
They offer assistance and have given
us a detail of four men daily to help
clean up, etc., and sent us stoves and
other things. The other day the high-
est ranking general of them all, ac-
companied by a colonel, came up in
his Cadillac to call but I was out and
met them on the street. They stop-
ped the car and both got out in the
muddy street to shake hands and ex-
press regret at not seeing me at the
“yn
I have under way now a separate
little “Y” room in town for the offi-
cers, but I'm afraid I will have to
leave it all for they want me at a hos-
pital in another place, and its harder
to find some one for the hospital work
than for canteen work, so I am ex-
pecting a call to go any day.
I am also nursing and otherwise
caring for a little ten year old sick
French boy, in a miserable old house
near here, and between times visit a
forlorn old woman, a Verdun refugee.
A Bellefonte boy, Samuel Rhine-
smith, passed through here the other
day and spent the afternoon at the
“Y.” He told me that Lester Musser,
Ivan Walker and Frank P. Smith and
he were all together, and have been
since last March, at Isurtile, near Di-
jon, where Miss Bertha Laurie was.
She is now in charge at Bar-le-Duc.
I certainly was glad to see a Belle-
fonter. He looked fine and said all
the others were well and comfortably
fixed, having good barracks to live in.
He spoke very highly of Miss Bertha
Laurie and Miss Watts. Seemed so
fond of them and said they were so
good to them. Everybody speaks the
same about those two women. They
certainly have made good, and have
done and are doing a wonderful work.
I had a lovely letter from Mrs.
Chambers who said the county W. C.
T. U. was sending me $50 for the
work here, which is certainly lovely
and will be very acceptable. I have
used a portion of the twenty dollars
received from Mrs. John P. Harris
They were un-'
usually attached to each other and |
division.
RUPP.—Edward Jacob Rupp, a well
known resident of Harris township,
died on Sunday, January 12th, at the
home of his sister, Mrs, James W.
Swabb, of Linden Hall, following an
illness of three years with hardening
of the arteries.
He was a son of William and Eliza-
beth Weikel Rupp and was born at
Laurelton, Union county, in 1856,
hence had reached the age of 62 years,
3 months and 6 days. The family
came to Centre county when he was a
boy and when he grew to manhood he
learned the trade of a miller, an oc-
cupation he followed all his life. He
was variously employed at Oak Hall,
at the old W. F. Reynolds mill in
Bellefonte when it was in operation
and at Altoona. It was while work-
ing in the latter place some three
years ago that he was taken sick and
compelled to quit work. Since that
time he had made his home with his
sister. He was a lifelong member of
the Reformed church and a member
of the Boalsburg Lodge I. O. O. F.
He was married to Miss Anna Reif-
snyder, of Millheim thirty-six years
ago, who died thirteen years later.
He leaves no children but the follow-
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Peter
Weber, of Huntingdon; Alonza Rupp, |
of Altoona; Izora, of Oak Hall, and'
Mrs. James W. Swabb, of Linden
Hall. One brother, e-register John
A. Rupp, died within a year.
The funeral was held at two o’clock
on Wednesday afternoon of last week.
Rev. S. C. Stover officiated and bur-
ial was made in the Boalsburg ceme-
tery.
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HARPSTER.—Richard F. Harpster,
a former Centre countain, died at
his home in Renovo on Sunday
evening, of pneumonia, following
i an illness of some days with a compli-
cation of diesases. He was a son of
George and Emma Harpster and was |
i born on January 22nd, 1886, hence
would have been thirty-three years
old on Wednesday. He was employed
at the railroad shops in Renovo and
was an industrious and conscientious
citizen.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Jessie Rhawn who survives with a
three year old child. He also leaves
his parents, living in Bellefonte, and
the following sisters and brothers:
List of Jurors for February Court.
| Lucas, of Mill Hall; Arthur and Ber- | son, W
Mrs. E. J. Evers and Mrs. Charles
DAUGHERTY.—Mary Ray Daugh-
erty, wife of Lynn R. Daugherty,
died at her home in State College at
two o’clock on Monday morning as the
result of pleuro-pneumonia. She con-
tracted a bad cold early last week but
her condition was not serious up to
Saturday evening when she became
much worse. Sunday morning a con-
sultation of physicians was held and
it was then found that pleuro-pneu-
monia had developed. From that time
she sank rapidly until the end.
She was a daughter of Sylvester D.
and Sarah McGinley Ray and was
born in Bellefonte twenty-seven years
ago last September. She was a mem-
ber of the Methodist church from ear-
ly girlhood and a young woman of
many endearing qualities. Her death
is not only a severe blow to her hus-
band but a shock to her parents, who
have had more than their share of
trouble during the past year. In
April their son Calder died very sud-
denly and during the early part of
the winter their eldest daughter’s
husband, R. Harold Smith, passed
away.
Miss Ray was married to Mr.
Daugherty less than eight months
ago, or on June 6th, 1918. He sur-
vives with her parents and one sister,
Mrs. R. Harold Smith, at home. Fun-
i eral services were held at her late
| home at State College yesterday, after |
| which the remains were brought to
| Bellefonte and burial made in the
| Union cemetery.
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| RANKIN.—John Irvin Rankin, for
i years a well known resident of Belle-
| fonte, died at his home in Philadel-
phia on Sunday, following a brief ill-
| ness with pleuro-pneumonia. He was
a son of James Huston and Barbara
| Furey Rankin and was born at Oak
| Hall seventy-two years ago. When
he was a boy the family moved to
i Bellefonte and here he grew to man-
hood and spent a good part of his life.
During his residence in Bellefonte he
| conducted an insurance agency and
! was also quite active as a Republican
| politician. He left Bellefonte over
! twenty-five years ago and went to
| Washington where he remained a few
i years then located in Philadelphia,
| where he had since lived.
| He was married to Miss Fannie
| Lembkey who survives with no chil-
| dren. He leaves, however, a foster
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The Jury Commissioners last week | tha, at home, and Walter with the U. | Mrs. Rankin, whom they raised from
completed their work of filling the ju- |
ry wheel with the names of those men |
who will be liable to be called for ju- |
ry service during the year 1919, and
at the conclusion of their work drew |
the jury for the February term of
court, which will begin on the fourth |
Monday, February 24th, as follows: |
List of Grand Jurors. |
Bottorf, D. H., farmer....... College Twp.
Barton, Joseph, laborer......... Unionville |
Bullock, John, merchant........ Bellefonte |
Clemson, F. H., agent........ Patton Twp. '
Confer, Robert P., farmer... Howard Twp.
Dorman, David, laborer...... Haines Twp. |
Fagan, F. N., professor...... State College |
Finkle, R. F., farmer.........Gregg Twp. !
Garbrick, A. E.. farmer...... Walker Twp. :
Glossner, John H., farmer....Marion Twp. |
Houser, Thomas, clerk....... State College |
Holmes, John L., notary..... State College |
Hayes, Edwin, laborer....Snow Shoe Twp. |
Harper, George, agent....... State College |
Laughner, E. H., farmer...... Potter Twp. |
Musser, Jacob, farmer........ Haines Twp. |
Neese, William, farmer........ Gregg Twp. |
Osman, John J., farmer...... College Twp. |
Royer, Luther M., farmer..... Gregg Twp. |
Ridge, W. A., book-keeper.......... Curtin
Runk, L. C.,, merchant........ Philipsburg
‘Wagner, John, barber............. Howard
Weiland, Frank E., farmer....Harris Twp.
Waddle, Wm. H., hotel keeper..Bellefonte
List of Traverse Jurors.
Austin, Wm. H,, laborer..... Liberty Twp.
Austin, Harry, guard........... Milesburg
Blair, Russell, merchant......... Bellefonte
Brisbin, B. D., lumberman....Centre Hall
Brachbill,, W. R., merchant...... Bellefonte
Bitner, Chas. R., carpenter...State College
Corman, John, farmer...... Howard Twp.
Cronister, Henry, farmer..... Huston Twp.
Dolan, C. A, farmer......... Marion Twp.
Downing, Frank, laborer...... Spring Twp.
Earnest, Albert, farmer........ Rush Twp.
Fryberger, C. T., agent....... Philipsburg
Grove, Geo. W., farmer....... Benner Twp.
Gowland, Jno., ice-cream maker
Reser sania Philipsburg
Bellefonte
Gates, Geo. W., farmer.... ‘Worth Twp.
Hardoyshell, Benj., farmer....Rush Twp.
Henry, J. Thompson, mining engineer
cssavuree Huston Twp.
Harshbarger, Wm., farmer...Walker Twp.
Heverly, Jacob, laborer........ Rush Twp.
Kreamer, M. W., farmer...... Haines Twp.
Kerstetter, W. W., carpenter.Spring Twp.
Kline, Henry, hotel keeper...... Bellefonte
Lee, Arthur B., coal dealer....Gregg Twp.
Long, John A. farmer........ Gregg Twp.
Longwell, J. E., farmer....... Benner Twp.
Long, W. H,, miller:.......: Howard Twp.
Miles, John N., laborer......... Milesburg
Mignot, John, manufacturer....Bellefonte
Maynard, Rev. M. D., minister..Bellefonte
McClintic, Rev. H. S., minister.Philipsburg
Nearhoof, John, farmer....Halfmoon Twp.
Noll, A. G. shoemaker......... Bellefonte
Onl, 1. C., farmer............ Walker Twp.
Orwig, Robert, farmer....... Taylor Twp.
Pressler, J. W., farmer...... Haines Twp.
Parker, Hershey, blacksmith..Phflipsburg
Robb, John M., liveryman...Howard Twp.
Packer, John, farmer........ Curtin Twp.
Richards, Geo., butcher....... Philipsburg
Shuey, John C., farmer......College Twp.
Shirk, Harry, dealer... ...Centre Hall
Tice, Cyrus, agent..... Howard Twp.
Vonada, Milton, farmer........Penn Twp.
Wirth, John, farmer........... Miles Twp.
Zettle, Charles, farmer....... College Twp.
Miller, George, farmer........ Huston Twp.
Meese, Jacob, mechanic......... Halfmoon
Various communities through-
out the State are complaining of large
numbers of men out of employment,
but so far as such a condition does not
exist in and about Bellefonte. In
fact there was no mushroom growth
of industries hereabouts on account
of the war and now that the war boom
is over and other places are clogged
with the unemployed Bellefonte keeps
going along in the even tenor of her
accustomed way.
——Aaron Fo retired from
the firm of Katz & Co. and in the fu-
ture the business will be conducted by :
William Katz.
S. forces in France.
The remains were brought to Belle-
fonte on Wednesday morning and tak-
en to the home of his parents on east
Lamb street where funeral services
were held at two o’clock the same
afternoon by Dr. W. K. McKinney, of
the Presbyterian church, after which
burial was made in the Union ceme-
tery.
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SCOTT.—When Thomas Wayne
Scott, of State College, returns from
France he will find his little family
circle broken up and his daughter an
orphan through the death’of his wife,
which occurred at the Omega Epsilon
fraternity house at the College on
Sunday morning, January 12th. Pneu-
monia was what caused her death
after an illness of only two weeks.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Stone and was born at Boals-
burg on Christmas day, 1890, hence
was a little past twenty years of age.
The last word she received from her
husband in France was that he had
been wounded and gassed and was in
a base hospital. In addition to her
husband she is survived by her little
daughter, Maxine, her parents and the
following brothers and sisters: Wil-
liam Stone, of Johnstown; Boyd,
of Milton; Ray, at home; Mrs.
Mary Cramer, of College town-
ship; Miss Grace and Mrs. Elizabeth
Brobeck, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Nan-
nie Homan, of Evansburg, and Mrs.
Mae Summers, of State College.
Rev. Hummell had charge of the
funeral services which were held at
10 o'clock last Thursday morning,
after which burial was made at Boals-
burg.
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SCHREYER. — Mrs. Mary Amn
Schreyer, widow of the late William
A. Schreyer, died at six o’clock last
‘Thursday evening at 904 Campbell
street, Williamsport, following a brief
illness with pneumonia. She was a
daughter of John and Mary Carson
Furey and was born at Pleasant Gap,
this county, seventy-one years ago.
She was united in marriage to Wil-
liam A. Schreyer who died many years
ago leaving her with one son, Allen
Schreyer. For years she made her
home with him at Shamokin, but final-
ly his health broke down and he was
compelled to go to the Southwest
where he died some years ago, since
which time Mrs. Schreyer made her
home in Williamsport. Her brother,
William P. Furey, and her sister, Mrs.
Sarah Furey Waltz, both preceded
her to the grave, and her only imme-
diate descendants are two grandsons,
Charles A. and William L. Schreyer.
Funeral services were held at three
o’clock on Saturday afternoon by Dr.
C. C. Leonard, of St. Paul’s Lutheran
church, of which she was a member,
after which burial was made in the
Wildwood cemetery at Williamsport.
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BING. Mrs. Nancy Bing died at
the borough home on Thursday of last
week of acute uremia. She was tak-
en to the home about two weeks ago,
at which time she was in a serious
condition mentally as well as physic-
ally. She was a daughter of John and
Barbara Halderman and was born on
December 25th, 1856, hence was aged
62 years and 22 days. She. came to
Bellefonte with her daughter from
Snow Shoe a little over two years ago
and has lived here ever since. Funer-
al services were held at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Owens, on
Penn street, last Saturday, after
which the remains were taken to How-
ard for interment.
tersburg, Va., also three sisters and
one brother, namely: Mrs. R. A. Kins-
ings, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Frank Mec-
B. Rankin, of Philadelphia. The re-
mains were brought to Bellefonte on
Wednesday and burial made in the
Union cemetery.
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VONADA.—Mrs. Emma J. Vona-
suddenly at her home in Reading last
Saturday afternoon. She was a
nada, of Woodward. Following their
in the mercantile business, then went
to Coburn and from there to Hershey,
Dauphin county, and finally to Read-
ing, where they have since lived.
Mrs. Vonada is survived by her hus-
band and three children, Boyd of
Hershey; Mrs. Fred Heffelfinger and
Mrs. James Dunkle, both of Reading.
She also leaves one sister, Mrs. J. T.
Garthoff, of Bellefonte. Burial was
made in Reading yesterday.
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LAMBERT. —Miss Sarah A. Lam-
bert died at her home on Pine street
on Thursday of last week following
an illness of some months with intes-
tinal tuberculosis. She was a daugh-
ter of Osborne and Margaret Steele
Lambert and was born in Bellefonte
on February 29th, 1876, making her
age 43 years, 10 months and 18 days.
Her entire life was spent here with
the exception of about eight years,
from 1906 to 1914, during which time
she lived in Waterbury, Conn.
She never married but is survived
by the following brothers and sisters:
John and Elizabeth, of Bellefonte;
William, of Pleasant Gap; James, of
Greensburg, and Mrs. William Duke-
man, of Altoona. The funeral was
held on Sunday afternoon, burial be-
ing made in the Union cemetery.
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TAYLOR.—Miss Maude M. Taylor,
an aged maiden lady who lived with
her sister Harriet on the mountain
above Brierly, died on Wednesday of
last week of general debility. She
was a daughter of Thomas and Kath-
arine Switzer Taylor and was born
on February 26th, 1833, hence had
reached the advanced age of 85 years,
10 months and 19 days. She never
married and a good part of her life
was spent in nursing the sick and
helping take care of those in distress.
Her only survivor is her sister Har-
riet. Burial was made in the Meyer's
cemetery last Friday. :
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FLOOK.—James W. Flook, father
of Mrs. G. M. Gamble, died at
his home in Salladasburg, Lycoming
county, on Monday evening, the result
of a stroke of paralysis sustained last.
Friday. He was seventy-six years old
and a veteran of the Civil war. His
wife, nine children, thirty-six grand-
children and four great grand-chil-
dren survive. Burial will be made at
Salladasburg at ten o’clock this morn-
ing.
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IRVIN.—Elizabeth Irvin, the in-
fant daughter of Archie L. and Mary
Martin Irvin, died last Thursday of an
attack of the croup following a siege
of whooping cough, aged 3 months
and 3 days. Burial was made at
Pleasant Gap on Sunday.
alter I. Lembkey, a nephew of
! childhood, and who is located in Pe-
loe, of Philadelphia; Mrs. D. H. Hast- |
i Farlane, of Boalsburg, and Edward
da, wife of R. F. Vonada, died very
daughter of William and Mary Smull |
Walker and was born in Rebersburg
about seventy-five years ago, living '
there until her marriage to R. F. Vo- |
marriage they lived for a brief time :
at Woodward where Mr. Vonada was |
METCALF. — The delayed an-
nouncement has reached the “Watch-
man” of the death of Walter L. Met-
calf, of Marlborough, N. H., who pass-
ed away the week before Christmas
after only a few day’s illness with
pneumonia. Mr. Metcalf was the hus-
band of Ella Haupt Metcalf, a daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Haupt, of this place, and she survives
with one son and a daughter. Mrs.
Metcalf has sold her home in Marl-
borough and with her daughter Fay,
who is yet in school, has gone to make
her home with her son Neil, in Fitch-
burg, Mass.
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KLINE.—Mrs. Anne Meese Kline,
of Buffalo Run, died on Sunday fol-
lowing an illness of many years with
chronic nephritis. She was a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Meese and
was born on August 22nd, 1881, hence
was 37 years, 4 months and 28 days
old. Burial was made in the Meyer's
cemetery on Wednesday.
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A Lesson in Stocks.
If you happen to have any old
stock certificates tucked away in your
safe, and we know that quite a num-
ber of Bellefonte people do, if they
have not thrown them away as worth-
| less, better examine them and hold
onto them, as there is no telling what
they may amount to some day. Just
: now residents of Jersey Shore and vi-
cinity are all worked up over some
i old stock that they thought little of
| a few years ago but which is now re-
- puted to be making a number of the
! holders independently rich. But here
{is the story as told in the Williams-
! port Sun of Wednesday:
Stock which a year ago was selling
at below par, and about 1,000 shares
i of which are said to be owned by mem-
| bers of the Jersey Shore Trust com-
| pany, is now claimed to be worth $1,-
600 a share, and some of the men
holding the stock are cleaning up a
goodly sum of money. The rise in
value of the stock is said to be almost
| unbelievable, and it is claimed that
it is nevertheless true.
According to the story which reach-
ed the city this morning 1,000 shares
of the stock, known as the Texas and
Pacific coal, located in Texas, were
owned by the old Jersey Shore Bank-
‘ing company and was bought seme
fifteen years ago. When the banking
company dissolved the stock was di-
. vided among members of the Jersey
Shore Trust company as part of their
share of the holdings, together with
others.
At that time the stock is said to
i have been worth $65 to $90 a share,
with $100 par. There is also said to
have been considerable of the stock
| floated about Jersey Shore and that it
was not regarded as very valuable
about six months ago when oil is said
to have been found on the coal lands.
This boosted he value of the stock
until it has reached a value of $1,600.
One man holding one certificate of
: 100 shares is said to have refused
i $200,000 for the stock. Others have
been selling the stock at prices rang-
ing from $500 to $600 the share to
$930 and higher. There are a great
many ‘rumors about Jersey Shore as
to what the stock has been sold at by
various individuals and who has the
, smaller and larger amount of stock
with those ranging between.
——County Commissioner D. A.
Grove and his daughter Isabel have
been making their home at the Gar-
-man house, Bellefonte, since in De-
| cember. At that time Mr. Grove’s
daughter Eva contracted scarlet fe-
i ver and as the case was of a mild na-
| ture, though necessitating quarantin-
ling the home, Mr. Grove and Isabel
; came to Bellefonte to live at the Gar-
| man house and are still there.
——If laughter is a panacea for all
| the human ills, then will those who
‘see “Charley’s Aunt,” at Garman’s
on Friday, January 81st, in its new,
sparkling and up-to-date musical
i version be forever immune from bodi-
ly and mental trouble. As a mirth-
provoking vehicle it fulfills its mis-
sion in no uncertain manner. It is a
bubbling spring of humor, and it is
refined humor all the time.
— >
i
——Keep in touch with the pro-
gram at the Lyric every night. Yéu’ll
be sorry if you don’t 41t
Illegal in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Jan. 22.—The Public
Service Commission tonight issued a
statement regarding the increased
toll and long distance service rates
of telephone companies, put into ef-
fect yesterday by Postmaster Gener-
al Burles ,n. The commission declares
the new rates are not legal in the
State and announces it has issued in-
structions to its legal officers to take
steps to prevent the proposed rates
from going into effect. The statement
follows:
The Commission has decided that
the increased telephone rates provid-
ed by the Postmaster General of the
United States, effective January 21st,
1919, are, in its opinion, not legal rates
for the telephone service in the State
of Pennsylvania; that they are not
contained in any tariff or tariffs which
have been filed with this Commission.
The Commission has issued instruc-
tions to its legal officers to immediate-
ly take steps to prevent the proposed
rates from going into effect, and the
matter is now being looked into and
action may be expected in a short
time.
Three Children Locked
Burn to Death.
Lewistown, Pa., Jan. 21.—Three
children of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Hurl were burned to death in a fire
today in their home at Yeagertown.
Mrs. Hurl was visiting here and had
locked them in the house. It is sup-
posed that the fire was caused by the
children playing with matches.
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Suggestion for Homesick Troops.
From the Baltimore American.
Since the country is to be dry until
the army is demobilized, the prohi-
bitionists will naturally be out of sym-
| pathy with the movement to get the
| boys back home as soon as possible.
So?
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