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BUSY DAYS IN FRANCE.
Miss Rebecca N. Rhodes Writes of
Her Work Since War is Ended.
Mobile Hospital, No. 11.
Donjeux, France, Feb. 23.
Though my time is brief I must
write to the dear folks at home. Sat-
urday night Miss Margaret Wilson
(the President’s daughter) sang in
the little barrack theatre here. The
little stage looked lovely in its setting
of evergreen and flags and I was
agreeably surprised in Miss Wilson.
She is so much better looking and
sang so much better than I expected.
Saturday afternoon we had a religious
meeting in our “Y,” led by Mr. Snud-
den, a Y. M. C. A. man from Califor-
nia. He certainly gave a wonderful
talk. Following the meeting and dur-
ing the evening we gave away hot
chocolate and little cakes, as we do
every Sunday.
Saturday night, in order to allow
my assistant an opportunity to see
and hear Miss Wilson, I left when the
entertainment was about half over,
but was certainly repaid in a way for
missing that by hearing wonderful
war tales first-hand from an interest-
ing great big rough M. P. friend of
mine who had a chance to really talk
because the “Y” was practically de-
serted on account of everyone being
at the entertainment. He had been
there but left when I did and brought
me back from the little theatre across
the dark, muddy fields and ditches;
and then with only one or two pathet-
ic convalescent patients in lounging
chairs about our stove in my special
canteen corner of the “Y” this big fel-
low, Bennett, formerly one of the fa-
mous “Y. D’s,” got to talking. It was
something like when Gen. Beaver told
mother and me of his losing his leg
in the Civil war.
We all listened breathlessly to this
big fellow talk, and once he sang. It
was really better than Miss Wilson.
Of course I hear these first-hand war
tales all the time, but it is naturally
with many interruptions and so many
around. This man had charge of the
first prisoner taken by the “Y. D’s.”
That is, he was in charge of the post
of three men who made the capture
and he delivered the prisoner to the
French major in charge in that sector.
(At that time the American contin-
gents were with the French in the
Chemins le Dames district). He was
especially decorated for the deed. He
belonged to the 104th infantry of the
Yankee Division (26th division) the
only regiment during the whole war
to have its colors especially decorated
by the French.
But I haven’t time now to tell more,
but oh, how everybody should thank
God every waking moment that the
horrible carnage has closed, and pray
that the League of Nations may for-
ever maintain peace. You people at
home can’t realize what this war has
been. A nice young fellow, only twen-
ty years old, died yesterday of the
flu and pneumonia. He had been in
almost every drive and was looking
forward to going home and now to
die, this way. A pretty young nurse
was thrown from her horse yesterday
afternoon and seriously injured. In
the morning she had been singing
softly at the piano in the “Y.” The
morgue is right next our “Y” and one
of my nice assistants performs all the
autopsies. Almost any day in pass-
ing the open flaps we can see a white
covered form lying there, and yet we
are gay as can be, with piano, violin
and big guitar noisily twanging most
of the time in our homey, cosy “Y,”
our musical genius composing songs
at the piano in the interim. After
while when you hear the song
“Good-bye France, Hello Broadway!”
you can think of the writer being one
of our habitual visitors. One of our
favorite American “rags,” about
twelve years old, is his, too. He says
he is going to write a song for me,
and if he does, I'll bring it home.
The other day in Chaumont I met a
Miss Schieffelin, whose mother was a
Miss Vanderbilt. The Schieffelins
are unusually wealthy and this daugh-
ter of the household is in the enlisted
men’s “Y” hut in Chaumont and is
very popular with the boys. She is so
sweet and unassuming and does just
like all the rest of the “Y” girls. Mrs.
Astor was working in the canteen at
Bordeaux when I was there last July.
On Valentine day a funeral was
held in our “Y” conducted by a Cath-
olic chaplain. It was just a simple
service, with a rude altar of one of
our plain board benches and one equal-
ly primitive table, the whole covered
with a big U. S. flag, and a little cru-
cifix flanked by a candle in a small
silver candlestick on either side. The
service was very much like the protes-
tant. A man with a fine, sympathet-
ic voice sang “Abide With Me,”
“Nearer My God to Thee,” and “Lead
Kindly Light,” those present joining
in as they knew the words. The flag-
covered casket stood in front of the
little altar, all backed by our canteen
counter. That was Valentine’s after-
noon.
That evening the town major
(American) gave a beautiful little
Valentine dance which I attended, as
I wanted to show appreciation of the
fact that he is a prohibitionist. The
| decorations were lovely and the dance
| ended at midnight. The music was
| furnished by an orchestra of soldiers
and was splendid, and the setting of
the dim, old French hall was interest-
ing.
but can’t find the time.
me at it from 9:30 a. m. to 9:30 p. m.
every day, for I have the hospital to
vist, too, of course. We have here a
military police company, motor trans-
port company, railhead squads, labor
battalion, etc., to serve beside hospital
No. 11, so you can see how it is. I
never even get out for a walk except
the walk to and from my billet in this
little town night and morning.
REBECCA N. RHOADS.
Bellefonte Soldier Boys On
Meet Elinor Cook.
The following letter was received
last Saturday by William H. Garman
from his son, private Robert Garman,
of the Headquarters company 109th
field artillery, who was on a vacation
in the southernmost part of France:
Vacation
Cauterets, France, Feb. 26.
Am now on leave down on the
Spanish border, staying at Cauterets.
We left camp last Saturday and will
remain here until a week from tomor-
row (eight days). The trip and all
will take in about fifteen days. The
government pays all expenses and we
have rooms at the largest hotels.
Two men from each company are al-
lowed to go, that’s the percentage.
Luther Crissman, from the 108th, is
also with us.
You can’t imagine who I shook
hands with while laying in the rail-
road yards at Le Mans. None other
than Elinor Cook, of dear old Belle-
fonte. There was a Red Cross train
laying there enroute to Turkey. A
man came down along our train and
asked if there were any soldiers there
from Bellefonte, Pa. If so, to report
at a certain car on the Red Cross
train. I went up and behold! Elinor
Cook. I tried to find Crissman but
couldn’t and in the meantime her train
pulled out. I was certainly glad to
see some one from home. She stated
that she had left the States only a lit-
tle over a week ago. She will soon
learn what a home is, after being
away as long as I've been.
There are some rumors to the effect
that we will sail for home sometime
in May. You can’t beat it for rumors.
The town we stayed in last night
(Lourdes) is a wonderful place, but
the town we are in now (Cauterets)
is punk. I am going to spend most of
of my week in my room in bed. We
are away up almost to the highest
summits of the Pyrennes, snow cov-
ered all the year and a famous resort,
known to tourists the world over.
There are about two thousand
troops here and half of them are M.
P’s. By the way, I have a few souve-
nirs, but don’t know whether to take
a chance on sending or delivering
them in person. Have a German gas
mask, belt buckle, silver ring—cross
inlaid; ash tray and match box.
ROBERT GARMAN.
Don’t Expect Your Soldier Boy to
Bring Home Souvenirs.
Fond mothers, sisters and brothers
who have soldier boys in France and
are counting the days until they get
home are doubtless expecting them to
return virtually loaded down with sou-
venirs of the great war, but don’t hug
to your heart any such hope because
you will be doomed to disappointment.
If your boy wants to get any souve-
nirs back to you he will have to trust
them to the uncharitable mercies of
Uncle Sam’s mail route. This is made
plain in the instructions issued for the
embarkation of the American expe-
ditionary force in France. In fact
your boy will have enough to look
after without souvenirs. Following is
a list of what he will have to look
after:
Men will carry their steel helmets
and gas masks; the matter of their
being retained as souvenirs after they
have been mustered out has been rec-
ommended. All arms and other equip-
ment after being cleaned and put in
the best possible condition must be
turned in. The exceptions are officers
and first sergeants, who are permit-
ted to keep their pistols with twenty-
one rounds of ammunition. Each
home-coming soldier is also provided
with a “neat, well-fitting uniform,”
and serviceable personal equipment,
including the following articles: On
his person—waist belt, wool service
breeches, overseas cap, wool service
coat, wool pair of socks, woolen draw-
ers, gloves, flannel O. D. shirt, shoes,
two identification tags, yard of tape
for tags, woolen undershirt, leggins,
overcoat, meat can, knife, fork, spoon,
canteen with cup, first-aid pouch with
packet and haversack and pack car-
rier.
In his pack—Three O. D. blankets,
three pair of wool socks, slicker, flan-
nel O. D. shirt, two pair extra shoe
laces, extra drawers and woolen un-
dershirt, half-shelter tent with pole
and five pins, and toilet kit consisting
of shaving brush, comb, mirror, ra-
zor, toothbrush, towel, tooth paste
and soap. The authorized allowance
of baggage to a private soldier is on-
ly seventy-five pounds. That is not
much to stow away in a barrack-bag.
Sergeants are allowed 100 pounds,
lieutenants 150. pounds, and captains
200 pounds.
———Garden making will soon be
here and just the kind of relaxation
after a day in the garden can be had
by a visit to the Scenic. That tired
feeling will pass away and you’ll for-
get all your little troubles in watch-
ing the motion pictures as they flash
across the screen. That’s one of the
big attractions of Scenic pictures,
they are so interesting vou can think
of nothing else while watching them.
I ought to write to all my friends !
Being the’
only Y. M. C. A. person here keeps ;
PRIVATE IRA I. WOLF
OF COLEVILLE
Died of Broncho Pneumonia in France on
February 22nd.
The above picture of private Wolf,
an account of whose death in France
was published in last week’s “Watch-
man,” was taken while the young man
was serving in the regular army in
Panama, and shows him in all the
vigor of his young manhood.
Memorial services were held for the
dead soldier in the chapel at Coleville |
on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock,
and as evidence that the public is
steadfast in their willingness to pay
homage tothe young men who gave
their lives for their country the little
chapel was crowded as it never had
been crowded before, and quite a num-
ber of people ceuld not gain admit-
tance. .
Dr. E. H. Yocum, of the Bellefonte
Methodist church was in charge of
the services and the church choir went
out to assist with the music. After
the opening services Dr. Yocum made
a brief talk then introduced burgess |
W. Harrison Walker, who made the
principal address, paying a glowing
tribute to the young men who sailed
three thousand miles overseas to fight
for world freedom. Though he now
sleeps beneath the sod of sunny
France private Wolf will not be for-
gotten by his friends at home.
In the “Watchman’s” account of his
death last week the name of Edward
Wolf was inadvertently omitted from
the list of his surviving brothers and
sisters.
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News Items of the Soldier Boys.
Sergeant Warner Barr, who since
his discharge from the service has
been working in the P. R. R. shops in
Altoona, was a Bellefonte visitor on
Friday and a genial caller at the
“Watchman” office. Sergt. Barr was
born and raised at Boalsburg but as a
young man spent a few years in Belle-
fonte. He left here about fifteen
years ago and later joined the regular
army, seeing service in the Philippines
and Alaska. His regiment was sta-
tioned in Texas when the United
States entered the world war and it
was sent across early in 1917. Sergt.
Barr was in one of the first battles in
which American troops participated
in the Lorraine sector and although
he escaped without a wound he was
badly gassed and was invalided home
in May, 1918. Though he did not get
back to see the finish of the war he is
glad he was over to do what he could
and avers that he wouldn’t take any
amount of money for his experience.
GIVEN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
CROSS.
Announcement was made from
Washington last Thursday that “Ser-
geant Harry E. McElwain, medical
detachment, Seventh infantry (A. S.
No. 543311) had been awarded the dis-
tinguished service cross for extraor-
dinary heroism in action near Fossoy,
France, July 15, 1918. During an in-
tense artillery preparation by the en-
emy Sergeant McElwain voluntarily
went out about one thousand yards’
through heavy shell fire to administer
first aid treatment to five wounded
men.”
Sergeant McElwain enlisted in a
hospital unit from Centre county in
the first year of the war. At the time
he lived at Unionville, being a mem-
ber of the firm of McElwain Bros.,
merchants, in that town. While the
above statement of his brave act in-
cludes only the meagre facts from
other sources it has been learned that
to reach the wounded men, who had
taken refuge in a shell hole, Sergeant
McElwain had to go through not only
a deluge of shell fire but an enemy
barrage. And of the five men he went
to succor four were later killed by the
shell fire and only one of them with
himself escaped.
Captain Elton D. Walker, head of
the department of civil engineering,
has returned to The Pennsylvania
State College after more than eigh-
teen months’ service overseas. He
was in charge of Company A, Fif-
teenth engineers, A. E. F., in France.
In his work in France, Captain Walk-
er was assigned to a wide variety of
engineering work, including railway
yards, warehouses, barracks and wa-
ter supply projects for camps and for
certain French cities. Not long be-
fore he sailed for home, Captain
Walker was transferred to the section
engineer’s office, at La Havre, where
he was in charge of the water supply
and sanitary conditions in that dis-
trict.
Word was received from New York
last week of the arrival there from
overseas of Fred Yarnell, son of sher-
iff and Mrs. George H. Yarnell, and
Jack Lyon, son of Mrs. W. A. Lyon.
Lieut. Henry Keller came home
from the Walter Reed hospital on
Sunday, having been granted a
month’s leave of absence. He was al-
so given a transfer from the hospital
at Washington to that at Carlisle, but !
ian X-ray examination revealed the ;
| fact that his leg is now healing so
‘nicely that he has hopes that when
| his month’s leave is up he will not
. need any further hospital treatment |
i and will be given his final discharge.
'
! last week,
Saturday,
returning to Bellefonte
| and Carl Shrefler, who
{ since - returning from France six
i weeks ago had been in one of the serv-
{ ice hospitals in Washington on ae-
{ count of a serious wound in his left
! hand, has also returned home with an
{ honorable discharge from service.
To Move Postoffice at State College.
No federal postoffice building will
be erected at State College this
| year, and perhaps not for several
| years to come. Every bid submitted
; was so much in excess of the amount
of money appropriated by Congress
| for the building that no award was
; made, and postmaster Robert M. Fos-
ter has been advised to seek another
location for the postoffice where he
will have ample room for all needs.
Consequently a room in the Foster
building is being fitted up and the
postoffice will be moved there some
time in April.
street and Beaver avenue and the
room to be occupied by the postoffice
is 75x45 feet in size. There are dou-
ble door entrances from the street
and avenue and the room will be mod-
ernly equipped in every respect, with
a rest room for the employees. The
lowest bid submitted for the new fed-
eral building was $79,000, and as the
available appropriation is only about
$50,000, all bids were naturally re-
jected.
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Red Cross Clothing Drive,
The Bellefonte Chapter Red Cross
and its auxiliaries were asked to take
part in a great nation-wide drive for
used clothing for the joint benefit of
all the European countries, except the
Central Empires, taking place this
week, March 17th to 24th. There has
been so little response to date that the
drive here will be extended for anoth-
er week. Clothing should be sent to
Petrikin hall, or if that is not conven-
ient telephone to Mrs. R. 8. Brouse
and your contribution will be sent for.
The allotment for the entire country
is 10,000 tons, double the quantity
raised for Belgian relief last fall.
This means, if we are to do our share
in this Chapter, raising just twice as
many pounds as in the previous drive.
The only way to do your duty in this
respect is to look over that used cloth-
ing today and then send it in today.
Those who sacrificed well nigh every-
thing for the freedom of the world are,
many of them, in dire need. Shall
Bellefonte and Centre county fail in
its appreciation of what they have
done? ,
This is the Life!
What fun for everyone and some to
spare. “This is the Life,” that popular
musical comedy, comes to Garman’s
this (Friday) evening, offering to the
local theatre goers an opportunity for
an evening’s entertainment excelled
by few attractions on the road. Pro-
duced under the skillful direction of
Robert Sherman, with new scenery,
new costumes and given an excellent
cast of musical comedy favorites,
“This is the Life” has proved to be
one of the best drawing cards in re-
cent years, and has established a place
at the head of all other popular enter-
tainments. There is not a dull num-
ber in the entire sixteen which com-
prise the musical score, and many of
them are already among the best sell-
ers of the season. There will be a
beauty chorus to augment the unusu-
al cast which Mr. Sherman has select-
ed for this tour. Don’t miss it.
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Penn State’s Baseball Schedule.
The war last year badly interfered
with all kinds of intercollegiate sports
and the result was that few games
were played by Penn State's baseball
team. From present indications, how-
ever, the college will have a good ball
team this year and graduate manager
Neil M. Fleming has arranged a
schedule of fifteen games as follows =
April 17, Maryland State, away; 18,
Washington College, away; 19, Catholic
University, away; 21, John Hopkins, away ;
22, Washington and Lee, away; 23, Virgin-
ia Military Institute, away.
May 1, University of West Virginia, at
home; 7, Army, away; 8, Columbia, away 3
9, Lafayette, away; 10, Bucknell, away ;
17, Lebanon Valley, at home; 24, Bucknell,
at home.
June 7, Carnegie Tech, at home; 10, Car-
negie Tech, at home.
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——Manager Brandman has con-
tracted for a number of great specials
which he is holding over until after
Lent. 12-1t
——John James, of Marsh Creek,
Centre county, was painfully injured
recently while on his way to Lock Ha-
ven with a team of horses. He was in
a buggy and had the two horses strap-
ped to the back of it, when one of
them suddenly jumped on him, doub-
ling him up. Two ribs were broken,
one of his kidneys torn loose, and he
was otherwise injured.
——Charlie Chaplin at the Scenic
March 25th. : 12-1t
——AIll former patrons and their
friends are most cordially invited to
Miss Elizabeth Cooney’s showing of
the season’s models, at the Hat Shop,
today (Friday). 12-1t
GO en
——Walter McCullough has been
appointed superintendent of highways
in Centre county in place of W. O.
Bennett, transferred to DuBois.
——Watch for the Charlie Chaplin
komedies, at the Lyric theatre, 12-1t
: — { My Dear Aunt:
Ellis Hines was among the Centre ;
: county boys discharged from service | after it had been on the road for quite
: produced $280,000,000 in gold.
The Foster building is a two story | North Star mine in Grass valley is
brick located on the comer of Allen | 0:00 feet deep, with slopes or tunnels
IN THE LAND OF SUNSHINE.
A. C. Wolf Writes of the Mining Dis-
trict and Oil Fields of California.
Lost Hills, Cal., Nov. 12, 1918. |
I received your letter yesterday
a time. The main topic now is, of
course, the war, and according to lat- |
est reports it is over, and I hope it |
proves true. It will save the lives of |
a lot of boys who have gone to Eu-
rope to engage in the awful struggle.
I have not been in the city of Onta-
rio for more than a year, so have not
kept well informed regarding the oth-
er members of the family, I spent
last winter up in the mountains in the
mining district, but it was most too
cold up there for me. We had four-
teen feet of snow and the roads were
all impassible. The only mode of
travel was on snow shoes, and for one
who has never used them it is not a
very pleasant means of travel and
sometimes even dangerous; especially
so in the woods and on the mountains.
The gold mines where I worked are
something really wonderful. The dis-
trict I was in is twenty miles long and
fifteen miles wide, and up to 1916 had
The
driven off from it for more than two
miles. I saw nuggets there the size
of a man’s fist and worth from fifty
to sixty dollars. I saw gold leaf tak-
en from the Empire mine that was in
sheets about half the size of a sheet
of note paper and but very little thick-
er. It was just as pure as if it had
beet put through the smelter. There
is gold all over that district. In fact
it can be found most anywhere but so
much of it is what is termed low grade
oar, with less than ten dollar’s worth
of gold to the ton, that it can’t be
worked at a profit at the present prie-
es of labor, powder and steel, all of
which are very high here and also
very necessary in mining operations.
That country was very much like
Pennsylvania, more like it than any
place IT have seen since I left that
State. The woods abound with deer
and squirrel and chestnut trees are
very plentiful in the forests. In the
farming section apples, pears and
cherries do quite well. The soil is red
as a brick and of voleanic formation,
with numerous lava beds or “caps,”
as they are called. The soil is very
productive, but there is very little lev-
el land. Many of the hills, however,
are no worse than the hills on some
of the farms in Nittany valley and
can be cultivated quite easily. The
country seems to be especially adapt-
ed for the growing of Bartlet and
Nellis (a winter variety) pears. I
saw pears on the trees there at Christ- |
mas time. Most of the fruits that
grow in Pennsylvania will grow there,
and they had fine gardens when I left
there in April to come to the oil fields.
The oil district here is a large, open
plain. One can see for miles in every
direction. In fact
like a desert. There is nothing here
but oil wells. No farming is carried
on in this part of the State as the
rainfall is only about five inches a
year and that is in the winter season.
The rains start the grass to growing
and when it gets from five to six inch-
es high the sheep men come in with
their flocks. They stay as long as the
grass lasts and then they leave as
quickly as they came. There is plen-
ty of water in the ground but it is
salt-water and can’t be used. It looks
nice and clear but is not fit for any
use.
The soil is very sandy and the roads
where they are not oiled soon grind up
into a fine dust like flour, then it packs
together and is very heavy and hangs |
to a shovel like wet clay. It has the |
appearance of being a productive soil
if it had plenty of water. The climate
here is as nice as any I have seen
since being in California. There were
few nights during the summer that
one could not sleep under a blanket.
In fact the nights are always cool.
We had about two weeks in August
when the thermometer reached 115
degrees. The hottest part of the day
is about two p. m., but by five o’clock
the wind begins to blow and by nine
o'clock it is quite cool. We had sev-
eral slight frosts last week but the
weather is simply delightful here now.
Warm, sunshiny days, with not a
cloud in sight, and the brilliant moon-
light at night glittering on the white
sand makes mother earth look like a
vast field of snow. I am out every
night until 11:30 so I notice the nights
more than most people do.
I am at work running gas engines
pumping oil. I have ten engines to
look after. They are sta*ioned gbout
450 feet apart and I have to visit each
one three times while I am on duty.
I go to work at three p. m. and come
off at eleven. We don’t have gasless
Sundays or any other day here, for
gas is the cheapest thing we have
here. Some of the oil wells make gas
enough to light and heat a dozen towns
the size of Hublersburg. I have been
here about six months and have not
seen a stick of wood burned in all that
time. They use gas for cooking,
heating, lighting firing boilers and
run most of their engines with it.
Fire of any kind is not allowed around
the mills as the air is full of gas. If
a man were to strike a match he
would run a good chance of being
burned up in a minute. Electric light
is the only kind permissible. I carry
a flashlight. Will close now.
A. C. WOLF.
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——Carpenters are at work this
week making the necessary changes
and repairs in the room in the Brock-
erhoff house heretofore used as a
writing room by the hotel to put it in
shape for occupancy by C. D. Case-
beer, the jeweler and optometrist.
The latter expects to be in the room
and all fixed up by the first of April.
Borough Council Will Assist in Hon-
oring Returning Soldiers.
Burgess W. Harrison Walker was
present at Monday night’s meeting of
borough council and in addressing
that august body pointed out the fact
that while almost every other town in
the State had already made arrange-
ments for welcoming home their dis-
charged soldiery so far Bellefonte had
not done anything in this respect, and
he thought it was up to borough coun-
cil to take some action. Mr. Walker
stated that already the boys were
trailing home by ones and twos and
there was no outward sign upon the
part of the town to give them the glad
hand or a welcome home. He sugges-
ted that an arch over the street near
the depot, or even a suspended flag
and a big welcome sign would show
to the boys when they return that
they had not been forgotten.
President Walker stated that he had
been under the impression that an or-
ganization of citizens had been form-
ed and money raised for that purpose
but when apprised of the fact that no
definite organization had been made
and no money raised, he stated that
it was entirely right and proper that
the borough should bear the expense
of any movement in this direction,
and that there ought to be something
done to show the boys how much the
home people appreciated their serv-
ices, and to bring the matter to some
definite arrangement president Walk-
er referred it to the Finance commit-
tee and burgess for consultation with
leading citizens of the town and thus
ascertain the sentiment as to what
will be best to do.
Mr. Richard called the attention of
council to the fact that there has been
one attempted robbery in town and
the probability that during the ensu-
ing six months Bellefonte will also
feel the wave of lawlessness that just
now seems to be sweeping over the
cities as well as the smaller towns,
and he suggested as a means of better
protection the putting on of another
policeman for a period of four or six
months. The matter was discussed at
some length and resulted in the same
being referred to the Fire and Police
committee and burgess for considera-
tion and recommendation.
The question of additional fire hose
and improved equipment for fire pro-
tection was brought up and the Fire
and Police committee was instructed
to find out definitely just how much
good hose is in possession of each
fire company and the amount they
ought to have.
The Water committee reported that
in compliance with the notice publish-
ed two weeks ago notifying all delin-
quent water consumers that unless the
water rental for 1917 was paid at
once the water would be turned off,
the committee had a man start to turn
the water off on Monday, and the re-
sult was a number paid their tax and
others promised te settle soon, so that
the water was not actually closed off
t of any one that day, and the the com-
it seems almost |
mittee have hopes of geting the en-
tire list cleaned up by next meeting
night.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes totalling $14,300
and after the approval of bills aggre-
gating $869.50 council adjourned.
—
Meeting of Group 3, W. S. S.
In response to chairman W. Harri-
son Walker’s call for a meeting of
Group No. 3, W. S. S,, in Bellefonte
last Friday, chairmen were present
from Lycoming, Tioga and Potter
counties, county superintendents from
Centre, Clinton, Cameron, Lycoming,
McKean, Potter and Tioga counties,
as well as a number of borough su-
perintendents, postmasters and dis-
trict chairmen. A meeting was held
in the court house at ten o’clock in the
morning and considerable interest was
manifested. The principal speaker at
the meeting was Mr. J. Curtis Patter-
son, of Philadelphia, associate direc-
tor of war savings, who outlined ful-
ly the war savings society plan.
Those present were, without ques-
tion, specially interested in the for-
mation of war savings societies, and
the superintendents expressed their
willingness to work in harmony with
the several county chairmen of W. S.
S., in starting a large number of these
societies in the public schools in this
section of the State.
The whole idea of a society is to be-
gin and continue a systematic system
of buying W. S. S. and T. S. The les-
son of “thrift” wil be taught not only
to the children attending the schools,
but in Normal schools, colleges, indus--
trial plants, and in fact to every man,
woman and child, no matter what his
or her business may be.
Meetings will be arranged in every
county of the group shortly after the
Victory loan campaign ends. A stren-
uous year in the W. S. S. movement
is being mapped out, and the real les-
sons of “thrift” and “savings” will
be explained to the people throughout
our entire nation.
Chairman Walker entertained the
visitors at an informal luncheon at
the Bush house after the meeting.
Centre county’s per capita of W. S.
S. up to the week ending March 8th
was 92 cents, making Centre third on
the list of counties in the Eastern dis-
trict of Pennsylvania.
ee
——Jesse L. Lasky presents Cecil
B. DeMille’s production, “Don’t
Change Your Husband,” an Arteraft
picture at the Lyric theatre Wednes-
day. 12-1t
——Plans are being made for the
spring rummage sale, which will be
held some time during the month of
May. Housekeepers are asked to lay
aside all discarded furniture or cloth-
ing that would be salable at this hos-
pital benefit.
—For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
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