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Bellefonte, Pa., March 7, 1919.
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HOW THEY MET THE HUNS.
Centre County Soldier Tells His Ex-
perience in the Big War.
The following interesting letter was
written to George Burwell, of Pine
Grove Mills, by his brother, private
Arthur L. Burwell, of Company H,
314th infantry, who took part in some
of the decisive fighting in the Argonne
region just before the close of the
war:
Rosnes, France, Feb. 3, 1919.
I just wrote a letter home yester-
day, but as there is not much to do
here now will write again. There are
all kinds of rumors in the air about
going home, going over into Germany
and then about going back to Fretts.
Fretts is where we did our training
before we went to the front. I'll now
try and tell you about our trip from
the time we left Camp Meade.
We left there on the sixth of July
and sailed from Hoboken on the
eighth. We came over on the Levia-
than, which used to be the German
Vaterland. We had a fine trip over,
no storms. We landed at Brest on
July 15th, marched out five miles to a
rest camp, went back in the after-
noon and paraded through Brest then
returned to camp for the night. At
three o'clock on the morning of the
16th we were hustled out, rolled our
packs in the mud and a pouring rain,
marched back to Brest and entrained
for we knew not where. We rode for
three days and three nights, forty
men to a box car, ate corned beef and
bread and when we came to the end
of our ride went over into a field and
slept that night on the ground. Next
morning we hiked about fifteen miles
to Puis, where we arrived about “all
in.” We stayed there three or four
days then rolled our packs and lay
along the road two days waiting for
trucks. At last, oh, joy! they came,
and they carried us to Fretts. We
trained there six weeks. Next we
hiked fifteen miles to a little dump
and took the train to Puis. There
we just rested and ate and prepared
to go to the front.
Our hike from Fretts we shall nev-
er forget. We carried two blankets,
an extra pair of shoes, towel, haver-
sack and pack carrier, shelter half,
rifle belt, bayonet, canteen, mess kit,
and 200 rounds of ammunition. It
was some load, believe me. Our next
move was partly in trucks. They
took us up to where we could see the
Huns throw up their defense plans.
We stayed there several days and
then went a little nearer to some dug-
outs. We stayed there about a week
then moved up a little closer.
We then camped in the woods about
a week. It was at that time that I
went up to the front a day or two be-
fore the company. I accompanied
Lieut. Campbell and other officers on
a survey of the sector we were to take
over. Two days later we went up in
the night, slept in shell holes and the
next morning we went over the top
for the first time. Twas some excite-
ment. We captrrred some prisoners
aua met up with quite a number of
Boche machine guns and snipers, but
we did not care for them. They shell-
ed us very hard all the time. We
hammered at them for five and one-
half days. Saw many dead Germans
lying around. We lost a few men,
too.
After the first drive I took sick and
had to go to the field hospital. They
marked me “flu” and sent me back to
base 89, located near Psan. The doc-
tors there said I had gotten a little
fosgene gas. However, I was all o.
k. in ten days and went back to the
company just as they rolled their
packs to go back into another drive.
We went up into Death valley. It
was a terrible place. The Huns shell-
ed a little hill upon which we were
located and killed and wounded quite
a lot of our men. We also had trou-
ble with our rations. The dirty devils
continually shot gas and shrapnel bar-
rages on the only road up there so
that our supply wagons couldn’t get
through. After a few days we again
went over the top and kept on going
over until the war ended.
When the armistice went into effect
at 11 a. m. on November 11th we were
in a very critical position. We had
advanced to a little hill, in fact quite
a good sized hill, which was well for-
tified by Hun machine guns reinforec-
ed with artillery. Guess the Boche
would have finished us if our artillery
hadn’t come up when it did.
I shall never forget November 11th.
The Huns and doughboys met on the
line and talked. Some of them could
speak English quite well. They told
us that they knew the Kaiser had fled
the throne and that they had intend-
ed to quit fighting whether the arm-
istice was signed or not.
We kept guards on the lines for sev-
eral days. I was among the first put
on and I'll long remember that night.
The fireworks shot into the air by the
Germans beat any Fourth of July cel-
ebration I have ever seen. We all
built fires and made ourselves as com-
fortable as possible. That sure did
beat lying in shell holes and trenches
where we could not even smoke a ci-
garette without getting a thousand or
so bullets rattling around our dome.
Sherman was more than right. War
is hell, and I believe any one who saw
the front lines will say the same.
I am going to Chaumont tomorrow
so will have to quit now and cut Sergt.
DuBois’ curly locks tonight.
ARTHUR L. BURWELL.
Interesting News of Men
Service.
in the
J. Mac Heinle returned home from
New York on Sunday, having been
given a provisional discharge from
the United States marines, though his
name has been retained on the reserve
list. Mr. Heinle enlisted in the ma-
rines the after part of last summer
and was sent to Paris Island for train-
ing. He spent seven weeks there
then was given duty on board ship
and visited Cuba, Hayti, San Domin-
go, returning north to New York. He
landed there just in time to go on
board the George Washington and
made one trip to France and back, the
transport putting in at Bordeaux and
Brest. At Brest he had three hours
shore leave so he managed to get his
feet on French soil, even if it was for
a brief time only. Returning he con-
tracted the flu and spent several
weeks in the naval hospital at Brook-
lyn, having been discharged from that
institution less than three weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lambert, of
Bellefonte, have received from their
son, private William Lambert, a num-
ber of citations showing what the
109th field artillery did during the
war and in them we find private Lam-
bert mentioned on two occasions for
bravery and meritorious conduct. The
first time was on September 7th, 1918,
when private Lambert was one of five
soldiers who volunteered to keep the
lines of communication open between
two positions during a heavy enemy
artillery bombardment, which they
did. In commenting on the fact the
citation states that “Sergt. Arthur
Newton, of Battery B, and private
William Lambert, of Headquarters
company, were especially brave and
daring in keeping communications
open while under direct observation
and shell fire.” In the casualty list of
the regiment the only Bellefonte name
to appear is that of John L. Steele
among the wounded.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Eberhart
have been considerably disappointed
this week over the cancelling of an
anticipated visit home of their son,
Doyle Eberhart. The young man is
in the naval service and recently wrote
that he was expecting a furlough and
would be home this week, but on Mon-
day the family received a telegram
from him announcing the fact that his
visit would have to be postponed as
he had received orders to sail today
on the Jueau, bound for Antofagasta,
Chili.
Sirn Lyons, of Lyontown, arrived
home from France on Sunday and not- |
withstanding the fact that the young |
soldier has the appearance of being |
fant wey fouiided in the yeer 580. 141 efforts towards assuring the success
in fine shape physically, he is far
from being a well man. His eyesight
was badly injured by gas and he was
so badly shell-shocked that his hear-
ing is greatly impaired. The young
soldier did not know a word of the
death of his father last December un-
til he landed in Bellefonte on Sunday.
The two German bayonets hang-
ing in the “Watchman” office
window are from Ralph Musser,
who sent them to his father, George
H. Musser, of Milesburg. The young
soldier picked them up on one of the
battlefields of France and they are
unquestionably frightful-looking im-
plements of warfare, especially one of
them, which is keen-edged as a dag-
ger on one side and saw-toothed on
the other.
Charles D. Spangler, son of Mrs.
Nathan D. Spangler, of Blanchard,
has been awarded the distinguished
service cross for bravery in action.
Private Spangler enlisted in the ma-
rines soon after war was declared up-
on Germany and was a member of the
battalion of the 6th regiment which
stood like a stone wall at Chateau
Thierry and held the Huns at bay in
their mad rush for Paris.
Edward Sunday, one of the origi-
nal Troop L men but who was pre-
vented from going overseas because
of his physical condition, arrived home
on Wednesday, having been given an
honorable discharge from service.
Ellery White, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John White, returned home last
week from service overseas and is in
fine shape physically.
Lieut. Harold Foster, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Phil D. Foster, of State Col-
lege, returned home on Tuesday, evi-
dently having been given his provis-
sional discharge.
Word from over seas in the early
part of the week told of several
Bellefonte boys who are either at em-
barkation ports or concentration
camps waiting for the order which
will send them home.
Included in the casualty list on
Tuesday was the name of Victor B.
Dann, of Bellefonte, as slightly
wounded.
J. M. McGarvey returned home last
week from his term of service over
seas, having spent six months or more
in France.
Word has been received from France
that Theodore Davis Boal has been
promoted from captain to colonel.
——When General Pershing landed
in France he went to visit the tomb
of Lafayette. Kneeling at his tomb
he murmured these words, “Lafayette,
We Come,” a picture which will be
shown at the Lyric theatre Thursday,
March 13. Not a war picture. 10-1t
A SOLDIER’S VACATION.
Private Dean Barnhart Tells How He
Spent His in France.
the world with his fighting qualities
!as displayed on the battle fields of
France, but notwithstanding their
fighting abilities they have an eye for
the beautiful and know how to appre-
ciate the old world scenery, as is evi-
denced in the following letter from
private Dean Barnhart, of the 8th
company, transportation corps, to his
mother, Mrs. Thomas Barnhart, tell-
ing of how he spent his fortnight’s
vacation:
France, January 10, 1919.
Well, I am back at work again after
living a life of ease and luxury for a
seems a little irksome I will try and
give you an idea of my trip. I left
St. Navaire one day at exactly 8:56
p. m. and after an all night’s ride ar-
rived in Paris at 7:15 the next morn-
the Y. M. C. A, located a hotel and
secured information as to all the
sight-seeing trips. After washing up
and getting something to eat I took
and in the afternoon went out to Ver-
peace treaty will be signed.
At Versailles I took a trip through
the palace and grounds of Louis
XIIII, and take it from me it is some
place; in fact the most beautiful I
have ever seen or ever expect to see.
Caretakers told me that before the
war three thousand men and three
thousand horses were constantly em-
ployed keeping the place in order and
repair.
In the evening I went to a show in
next day I spent in walking through
the parks and going through the big
stores. I also visited the Eiffel tower
and the tomb of Napoleon. There are
many wonderful sights to see every-
where. Guns, cannon and airplanes,
trophies of the war, are parked on all
the streets as silent witnesses of the
grim struggle. The streets are wide
and the buildings beautiful, so that
the city is rightfully named gay
Paris.
Leaving there in the evening my
next stop was Lyons, which reminds
one very much of Paris. I stayed
there one day then went to Marseilles.
This is a seaport city and noted for
fine laces and cloth. It has many fine
Catholic churches and public build-
ings. A rich French lady took us to
her home and gave a party for our
benefit. We had a swell feed and a
{ nice time and before we left some or-
i phan children whom she was taking
| care of gave us a lot of souvenirs.
sights of Marseilles then went on to
Nice, and that is certainly a swell
place. It is a city of 50,000 people
was a favorite resort for Germans be-
fore the war but now the British pre-
dominate. The King and Queen of
England invariably go there every
year after Christmas and stay until
April. It is just like Palm Beach,
Florida. The city has about four hun-
dred hotels for tourists and they are all
wonderful. At Nice one can look up
at the Alps and see the snow-clad
mountains and at the same time reach
up to a tree and pluck a tangerine.
It seemed like old times when we were
down in Florida to see the people in
the sea bathing. I stayed two days
looking the place over then continued
on my sight-seeing trip.
My next stop was Monaco, where
the famous Monte Carlo is located.
To see all these places is worth a
thousand dollars to any man. Monte
Carlo is the place where fortunes are
won and lost in a night. I got a few
chips from the gaming tables as sou-
venirs then left the house of gamblers.
Crossing the street I went into what
is said to be the swellest hotel ia the
world. It has preserved a list of all
the noted people who stopped there
and it is a big record.
spent a day very pleasantly. Return-
ing from the border I stopped long
enough to go through the palace and
museum of the Prince of Monaco.
One of the Prince’s hobbies is collect-
ing relics of the sea and in his muse-
um he has about everything in that
class, even mines and submarines, di-
amonds and pearls of rare value, ete.
The Prince is still living and was in
Paris when President Wilson arrived.
I was there then and saw them both
in the parade.
From Monaco I went to Grasse, the
city of perfume. The town is in one
of the best flower-growing districts
of France and in the neighborhood of
one hundred and fifty perfumeries are
located there. They are quite a sight
and the air is perfume-laden all the
time. A number of old prisons and
monasteries are located at Grasse.
From there I went to Cannes and
the one thing that impressed me most
there was a street that the sun never
shines on. There is a constant mist
falling similar to that under the falls
at Niagara Falls, but notwithstand-
ing the dampness and darkness peo-
ple live there apparently none the
worse for this peculiarity. 1 spent
several days at Cannes, resting part
of the time and at other times tak-
ing walks up the Alps and through
the beautiful parks just to view the
natural scenery and the old Roman
arenas.
Returning I stopped at Dijon, which
is about 30 kilometres (25 miles) from
Isurtile where Lester Musser and
some other Bellefonte boys are locat-
ed. I wanted very much to go up and
see them but the Francs were getting
pretty low in my pocket and I still
had some distance to go, so had to
The American doughboy surprised ;
fortnight, and although the work now |!
The next day I went into Italy and
|
i
ing. Leaving the station I took the |
subway, (acknowledged to be the best |
subway system in the werld), went to |
give up that trip. From Dijon I!
went to Paris, then Tours and Nantes i
before returning to St. Navaire. My |
entire trip was about two thousand |
miles, and I had the greatest time of |
my life. |
I was in Nice for Christmas and had |
a delightful time. In the morning I |
went to the Y. M. C. A. where they |
gave me a Christmas box filled with
candy, cigars, chewing tobacco and
chocolate. They also gave me a lunch :
free. In the afternoon they had a!
very good show. Later I took a walk
along the beach where all the idle
rich sit and sun themselves and figure |
out who they will pluck the next day. |
{ At six o'clock I went to a hotel for |
dinner and it was quite a feast. I]
can’t tell you the bill-of-fare, because !
it was in French, but it was very good. !
They had boiled celery, which tasted !
like a chop suey. After dinner all
the boys were furnished French girls !
as partners and we danced until four
o'clock in the morning. The hotel!
was decorated with roses and flowers |
and I had a big Christmas, even if I
was in the army.
I spent New Year's day in Paris
but they do not celebrate the day
i there as they do in the States. I was
a rubberneck bus trip around the city .
sailles and saw the place where the |
| any time.
one of the Paris theatres and all the |
in the cafe where Verncn Castle and
wife danced their way to fame and
fortune, took in the Zizzig Follies in
the afterncon and in the evening went
to see Gaby Deslys, the celebrated ac-
tress the King of Portugal presented |
with a string of valuable pearls. I:
saw the same show in Pittsburgh but
it was better over here. It was all |
rendered in i@nglish and the accom-
paniment was played by an American |
jazz band, so that it made a person
feel as if he were back in the geod
old States.
Well, I have earned my service !
stripe, have had my vacation and the |
war is over, so I am ready to go back
I wish it were tomorrow,
and I suppose my turn will come some |
of these days, though it may not be |
before Easter. I see the boys loading |
up every day and I am a little jeal-:
ous of them, but the branch of the |
service I am in may keep me here in- |
definitely. ra
Centre County Soldiers Cited for |
Gallantry.
|
The “Watchman” yesterday receiv- |
ed from Captain Wilbur F. Leitzell, |
of Company A, 107th machine gun |
battalion, a small brochure entitled |
“New Year Greetings,” which contain- ,
ed numerous citations in connection |
with the fighting of the division and |
regiment with which the machine gun |
unit was connected. Among them ap- |
pears one under date of ‘October 20th
which says:
“The division commander desires
me to express his appreciation of the |
work performed in the offensive of the |
| "1 spent two days taking in the Valley of the Aire 2nd in the Argonne |
| forest from September 26th to Octo- :
ber 9th, by all the officers and soldiers |
of the 107th machine gun battalion, |
' who, during that time gave their best
of the operation. fis
“The work during the entire period
was constantly aggressive and worthy !
of commendation, but the support giv-
en the infantry in the defense of Ap-
remont and again in the attack of
Chatel Chehery was especially note-
worthy.
By Command of Maj. Gen. Muier.
Under date of December 31st Capt.
Leitzell issued an order as follows:
“It gives me great pleasure to re-
cord in company crders a tribute to
the valorous conduct of the following
named enlisted men of this company
who have distinguished themselves by
extraordinary gallantry in connection
with the battle of the Argonne.”
Then follows a list of fifty-nine
names of non-commissioned officers
and men, among them the following
from Centre county:
Sergeants John T. Saylor and Rob-
ert T. Willard, Bellefonte; wagoners
Daniel A. Krumrine and Harry R.
Mingle, (the latter being wounded);
and private Donald T. Hile, of Pleas-
ant Gap, killed in action.
— Oe mmr
Maj. David Dale to Return Soon.
Orders have been issued for the re-
turn of the unit in charge of Evacua-
tion Hospital 8 ‘to the United States
as early as transportation can be sup-
plied.
As this is the unit to which Maj.
Dale is attached his friends look for
his return home not later than the
middle of April and, possibly earlier.
Certainly he has more than earned an
early release and surely he has given
a lot to this country, for almost before
he could get settled back to the large
practice he sacrificed to go to The
Border America went into the world
war and on October 1st, 1917, he left
again and went to Camp Oglethorpe,
Georgia, where he was in training un-
til May 1st, 1918, when he sailed for
France.
The several letters the “Watchman”
was privileged to publish over his sig-
nature revealed the strenuousness of
his work over there, but that wouldn’t
phase Dr. Dale. He always was “a
horse to work.” The long absence
from his family and his practice is
what counts with a man like him and
having done his duty he’s entitled to
his release.
——Large comedy program Mon-
day at Scenic. Chas. Chaplin in
“Shoulder Arms,” his best picture.
Mack Sennett comedy, “Blighted
Love,” and Pathe news. Matinee 5
and 10c., night 10 and 15¢ 10-1t
— Extra special at the Lyric thea-
tre Thursday, March 13. Matinee 2:30
—“Lafayette, We Come”—night 6:30.
10-1t
——For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
| establish himself.
! the mercantile business and in the
practice of medicine at the latter place
DROW. S.
Dr. William S. Gilliland.
In the death of Dr. William S. Gil-
Karthaus, Fa., Tuesday cvening, Feb-
ruary 18th, 1919, Clearfield county
and the community at large lost cae
of its best and most influential citi- |
zens. ;
William Smith Gilliland was born at
DEAN BARNHART. “I'Potter’s Bank (or Potter’s Mills),
Centre county, on December 9th, 1842,
being the second son of John and
Lydia Smith Gilliland. In November,
1858 or 1859, the family removed to
Salt Lick, Clearfield county, and Wil-
liam taught several terms of school
in that vicinity. A few years later he
took up the study of medicine under
the tutorship of Dr.J. W. Potter,
then a practicing physician in the vi-
cinity of his new home. Later he at-
tended Jefferson Medical College, Phil-
adelphia, and after the completion of
his course there, took up the active
practice of medicine, besides being in-
terested in the mercantile business, lo-
cating at Central Point, now Keeway- |
din, Pa., about the year 1872.
The financial panic which swept the
country (following the Civil war, be-
ing ‘at its worst) between the years
1873 to 1879—swept away practically
all the savings which had been accu-
mulated up until that period, and the
subject of our sketch, then removed!
to LeContes Mills, Clearfield county,’
to again take up life’s battle and re-
He continued in
until 1890.
In the year 1890 he built a comfort-
able home at Karthaus and embarked |
in the hardware business, continuing
in the active practice of medicine un- '
til 1913, when ill health compelled his
retirement, after an active practice
About
1915 he disposed of his hardware in- |
extending over forty years.
terests and retired, being a constant |
sufferer during the past five years of |
his life, from rheumatism and other
complications, which disease was con- |
tracted during the many years he!
served the community as physician, |
| with the hardships which go with the !
active life of the country doctor.
In politics, Dr. Gilliland was a
staunch Democrat of the Jeffersonian :
school, and in religious conviction, of |
the Presbyterian faith. He bore the
last five years of his life—almost con-
stant suffering, with true christian
fortitude, and abiding faith in the life
eternal. Funeral services were con-
ducted from the home, Rev. Reeve,
Presbyterian minister from Clearfield;
Rev. McCurdy and Rev. Cooke, of the
Methodist church, of Cléarfield and
Port Matilda, officiating; burial hav-
ing been made in the Union cemetery,
Keewaydin, Pa., February 22nd.
In 1870, Dr. Gilliland was united in
marriage to
ray, of LeContes Mills, Pa., and sister
of the late Thomas H. Murray, of
Clearfield. To this union thirteen
children were born, six of whom, with
Mrs. Gilliland, survive, to mourn the |
loss of a kind father and loving hus-
band.
" I
WION.—Mrs. Jane Swabb Wion,
widow of Daniel Wion, died at her
home in Centre Hall on Wednesday
evening of last week as the result of
a stroke of paralysis sustained a week
previous.
had reached the advanced age of 81
years, 1 month and 15 days. Sixty-
one years ago she was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Wion and the first twen-
ty-one years of their married life
were spent in Nittany valley. Forty
years ago they moved to Centre Hall
and that place had been the family
home ever since.
Mr. Wion died seven years ago but
surviving her are the following chil-
Frank Wion, of Bellefonte; |
dren:
Mrs. Annie Reish, of Pleasant Gap;
Mrs. William A. Carson, of Wood-
ward; Mrs. R. C. Holmes, of Belle-
fonte, and Mrs. Richard Brooks, of '
Rev. Kurtz had charge
Centre Hall.
of the funeral services which were
held last Saturday, burial being made |
in the Centre Hall cemetery.
Martha A. Murray,
daughter of the late Alexander Mur- |
She was born in Juniata
county on January 11th, 1838, hence
GILLILAND.
RITNER.—Mrs. Anna Ritmer, wid-
owe of the late John B. Ritner, died
| liland, which occurred at his home ini quite suddenly at her home at Stru-
| ble at three o’clock last Saturday af-
ternoon of heart trouble and dropsy.
| She had been a sufferer the past year
| or more but was able to be up and
about until recently. On Saturday it
was decided to bring her to the Belle-
fonte hospital for treatment, in ac-
cordance with her expressed desire.
A car was secured and neighbors car-
ried her out and placed her in the ma-
chine and were engaged in wrapping
her up securely so she could make the
‘trip to Bellefonte as comfortably as
possible when she suddenly expired.
Her maiden name was Anna Rite-
nour and she was born near Hunting-
I don on September 2nd, 1849, hence
was in her seventieth year. The fam-
ily had been residents of Centre coun-
ty for many years.
in 1909 and several years later their
| only son, Blair Ritner, went west and
| located in Illinois. Shortly thereafter
Mrs. Ritner went to Philadelphia to
live with her sisters but she did not
i take to city life and returned to Cen-
tre county, establishing her home at
Struble. In addition to her son Blair
she is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Jane Cassady and Miss Esther Rite-
nour, both of Philadelphia.
Rev. Hawkins had charge of the
' funeral services which were held at
: her late home at two o'clock on Tues-
' day afternoon, burial being made in
| the Pine Hall cemetery.
Il il
HARTSOCK.—William A. Hart-
sock, a leading and well known eciti-
' zen of Huston township, died at his
{ home at Martha on Wednesday night
of last week following more than a
| year’s illness.
He was a son of Hayes and Susan
Hartsock and was born on April 7th,
i 1845, hence was 73 years, 15 months
‘and 19 days old. He learned the car-
penter trade when. a young man and
for a number of years followed that
i occupation and painting. In 1882 he
| purchased a farm in Huston township
; and proved very successful in tilling
| the soil, living on the farm until his
death. He served three years during
| the Civil war and was a brave and
valorous soldier. He was an ardent
advocate of temperance all his life
and has always maintained that total
prohibition would come some day.
On January 21st, 1868, he was unit-
“ed in marriage to Miss Susan Wil-
: liams, who survives with the following
' children: Ira B., of Warriorsmark;
| Charles F., of Clearfield; A. O., of
| Hollidaysburg; Don C., of Altoona;
Murs. John B. Meek, of Waddle; Wil-
liam A. Jr, of Los Angeles, Cal;
: Ralph R., Robert I., Lina and Kath-
.ryn, at home. He also leaves one
brother and a sister, H. H. Hartsock,
of Huntingdon, and Mrs. Alice Irvin,
of Inglewood, Cal. Burial was made
last Saturday afternoon.
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SMITH.—Adam Smith, a former
| resident of Spring township, died in
Pittsburgh last Saturday of blood poi-
- soning, the result of an injury on his
face. He was in the neighborhood of
seventy years of age and left Centre
county four or five years ago. He
leaves two widowed daughters and a
son. The remains were brought to
Bellefonte on Monday and taken di-
rect to the Union cemetery for burial.
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ROWAN.—John H. Rowan, a native
of Buffalo Run valley, died at his
home in DuBois on January 23rd.
| He was a brother of J. W. Rowan, of
| Buffalo Run. He was the father of
| twelve children, seven girls and five
{ boys. Three of his boys and a son-in-
| law were in the United States service.
! For a number of years past Mr. Row-
an had been engineer at the DuBois
: iron works.
: Eggs for Sale— Barred Plymouth-
' rock eggs for hatching.—Miss G. M.
. DUBBS. Commercial phone. 10-4t
errs ll imi mmr
Lost.—White-brilliant studded bar-
vette. Please return to Miss Helen
, Overton, Bellefonte, Pa. 10-1t*
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