Bona ip Bellefonte, Pa., January 16, 1919. 3 P. mE, + =. Editer P. GRAY MEEK, st " To Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- seribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - = Paid before expiration of year - Paid after expiration of year - $1.50 1.7% 2.00 womm———— Presbytery Approves Call for Rev. Brown. An adjourned meeting of the Hunt- ngdon Presbytery was held in the First church, Tyrone, on Monday and among the business disposed of was a call from the Buffalo Run church for Rev. S. R. Brown, promising him $200 per year for approximately one- third of his time with a minimum of two Sabbath’s services a month in regular monthly payments, and a month’s vacation, it being understood that Presbytery will through its Pres- byterial and Home Missions commit- tee this year contribute to the sup- port, and that it will continue to con- tribute as long a time and such amounts as it may be persuaded the field may need, was read and found in order. The call from Buffalo Run congre- gations and the calls from the con- gregations of Milesburg and Moshan- non and Snow Shoe congregations, which were found in order at the last meeting of Presbytery were placed in the hands of Rev. S. R. Brown and accepted and the following arrange- ments were made for his installation: Moshannon and Snow Shoe at 7:30 p. m., February 2nd, 1920, at Snow Shoe; Rev. R. P. Miller is to preside and charge the people. Rev. C. W. Maus is to preach the sermon and Rev. Jon T. Scott, Ph. D., is to charge the pastor. He will be installed at Buffalo Run at 2:30 o'clock, Febru- ary 3rd, 1920, Rev. H. P. Miller pre- siding and to charge the people. Rev. U. L. Lyle is to preach the sermon and Dr. W. K. McKinney is to charge the pastor. At Milesburg, he will be installed at 7:30 o’clock on February 3rd. Rev. R. P. Miller is to preside and charge the pastor. Dr. W. K. McKinney is to preach the sermon and Rev. U. L. Lyle is to charge the people. The call for Rev. John T. Scott, from Philipsburg, was also found in _order and arrangements made for his official installation on January 30th. Scholarships for Ex-Soldiers. An announcement of considerable interest to the soldiers, sailors and ‘marines who participated in the re- cent world war, has been made by the national Y. M. C. A. to the effect that $2,000,000 has been appropriated by it for a continuation of the education- al work carried on by the association in France. A certain portion of this fund has been allotted to Centre county which may be taken advantage of by any soldier, sailor or marine, or the child of any deceased soldier, sail- or or marine. Scholarships in any course will be awarded discharged service men and are offered with no restrictions other | “than the man’s ability to carry through the educational program for which he applies. A short term agri- cultural course will begin at The Pennsylvania State College March first, and a number of scholarships will be awarded to those eligible. Any one interested should write for further information to the secretary "of the Education Service committee, at Bellefonte, Pa., from whom appli- cations may be secured. Due to the fact, however, that the funds are lim- ited, if the applications are in excess of the funds, those deemed most worthy will be given first considera- tion. This matter should be acted up- on promptly by any applicant, as the time is very short. Logan Fire Company’s Officers. Last week the Logan fire company of Bellefonte elected the following of- ficers for the ensuing year: President, M. R. Johnson; vice pres- ident, Elmer Yerger; secretary, Her- bert Auman; treasurer, Jacob Marks; trustee, three years, Harry Gehret; chief director, George Eberhart; first assistant director, Floyd Snyder; sec- ond assistant director, Thomas Mor- gan; third assistant director, Edward Hull; fourth assistant director, Arth- ur Brown; chief engineer, James D. Seibert; first Asst. engineer, Thom- as Caldwell; second assistant engi- neer, M. R. Johnson; fireman, James Hull; first assistant fireman, Harry Dukeman; second assistant fireman, Howard Smead; member of the board of control, Alexander Morrison; del- egate to the State convention, Michael Shields, alternate delegate, James Hull; delegate to the district conven- tion, Thomas Shaughnessy; alternate delegaté, Arthur Brown. Young Man Scalded to Death. Thomas Wagner, aged seventeen years, was the unfortunate victim of a peculiar accident on Monday of this week. He was employed as engineer at the Kline saw mill on the south side ‘of Tussey mountain, opposite Pine Grove Mills, and at noon that day was in the act of adjusting one of the pet- cocks on the engine boiler when the petcock blew out and he was literally scalded from head to feet. He suffer- ed terrible agonies until Wednesday morning when he died. The remains were sent to his home in Snyder coun- ty for burial. p———————————————————————————— JOSEPH L. MONTGOMERY. Bellefonte has had many men in re- cent years who had gained great prominence in professional or politic- al circles and their deaths were re- garded as distinct losses to the com- ‘munity. In the passing of Joseph L. Montgomery we have had another such loss. His death shocks the bus- iness fabric of Bellefonte as few oth- ers who have preceded him have done, for in this gracious, democratic, un- ostentatious man’s life is to be seen a record of achievement that is scarce- ly paralleled in the business annals of our town. Little past the meridian of life he had, single handed, worked his way to a position any one might have | envied. It might be truthfully said that personal industry and probity were his only assets as a boy, but with these he builded well and the thought that he was not permitted to enjoy the real fruits of his incessant toil adds more to the sorrows that his going have occasioned. The “Watchman” last week told of Mr. Montgomery’s having been taken sick on the train Wednesday night be- tween Williamsport and Sunbury, tak- en from the train at the latter place and conveyed to the Mary Packer hos- pital. Local physicians there diag- nosed his ailment as acute indigestion, influenced probably in their decision by the fact that Mr. Montgomery had on one or two previous occasions suffered with indigestion. As soon as Mrs. Montgomery reached his bedside on Thursday morning she telephoned for Dr. Louis Brinton, analytical specialist at the University of Penn- sylvania, who had been Mr. Montgom- ery’s diagnostician on former occa- sions, and also called to the aid of the other physicians Dr. Reese, the emi- nent surgeon of the Miner's hospital at Shamokin. It was latg Thurs- day evening when both physicians ar- rived and they quickly recognized the trouble as being an acute attack of appendicitis but the condition of the patient was then so critical as to be beyond all hope and no operation was performed. Though suffering intense- ly Mr. Montgomery was conscious to the last and he fully realized the hopelessness of his condition. True to type he faced the inevitable fear- lessly and bade his wife and son Gor- don, who were at his bedside, good- bye as hopefully as if he were lying down to pleasant dreams. Joseph Lingle Montgomery was a son of Wendell Whiteman and Catha- rine Lingle Montgomery and was born in Bellefonte on August 13th, 1866, hence was 53 years, 4 months and 27 days old. His only schooling he re- ceived during his boyhood days, as he quit school when but eleven years old and ‘sold papers on the streets of Bellefonté. But his active boyhood ‘mind yearned for bigger things and his next job was that of a clerk in the old. Valentine store, a job he got sim- ply because he would not be turned down. ‘From the Valentine store he went to the old Lingle foundry and machine shops where he did most of the book-keeping. His next change was from Bellefonte to Howard where he became bookkeeper for the old Lauth Iron company. It was at How- ard that he first met George C. Waite and an acquaintance and friendship sprang up between the two men that never waned and it was through Mr, Montgomery that Mr. Waite and fam- ily came to Bellefonte. Mr. Montgomery’s next venture was the Bellefonte agency for the At- lantic Refining company, which was then just starting in business, and his supply .depot was down at the old glass works. When the company de- cided to extend the Bellefonte agency to both a wholesale and retail depot the late Thomas A. Shoemaker, who at the time was doing a retail coal business in Bellefonte, suggested to Mr. Montgomery that they go in part- nership and conduct both a coal and oil business. Mr. Montgomery was willing - enough but to do so he not only needed a bondsman but five hun- dred dollars in cash. Several friends were approached in the matter but each and all had some excuse until finally James H. Potter volunteered his aid and not only loaned Mr. Mont- gomery the needful amount of money but went with him to Williamsport and went on his bond with the Atlan- tic Refining company. Under the firm name of the Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co. the new company opened up in the yard in the rear of the Bush house which has been conducted un- der the same name ever since. But the company did not remain intact. It was only a few years until Mr. Shoe- maker withdrew and Col. Reynolds took over his interest and to this day the Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co. has been conducted jointly by Mr. Mont- gomery and Col. Reynolds. In the summer of 1899, Samuel H. Donachy came to Bellefonte from Hanover, Pa. He had worked in var- ous match factories and finally had in- vented and perfected what he believ- ed the best match-making machine on the market at that time. His sole purpose in coming to Bellefonte was to interest capital for the purpose of starting a match factory in which his machines were to be used. The scheme at once appealed to P. B. Cri- der and F. W. Crider and they final- ly succeeded in interesting Col. Rey- nolds who agreed to go into the com- pany on condition Mr. Montgomery be admitted as a partner and be made superintendent of the plant. This was the beginning of the Pennsylvania Match company, a plant today that has a physical valuation of over a million dollars, and which proved to be Mr. Montgomery's big life work. Much of what it is today is due to his untiring energy, his unswerving in- tegrity and his tact in handling the many difficult and intricate questions | that came up daily, not alone in the | conduct of the Bellefonte plant, but | in its relationship with other inde- | pendent companies and finally with | what is known as the big trust, the! Diamond Match company. In all his dealings with the collaborated inter- | ests he was so decisively fair and im- partial that he has for some time past : been recognized as one of the biggest | the country. While his business demanded a| great deal of his time and attention he never permitted it to become so all- engrossing as to dull his interest in good of Bellefonte or its citizens. He was closely allied with the Bellefonte Board of Trade, both as an officer and active working member ever since its organization, and was only recently elected its president. He was a life- long member of St. John’s Episcopal church and a vestrymah for many years. He was one of the original members of the Bellefonte hospital association and a member of the board of managers. He was a trus- tee of the Bellefonte Academy, a member of the Masonic fraternity, any public movement that was for the : i church from girlhood and was vitally the Bellefonte Lodge of Elks, the Heptasophs, Nittany Country club and Bellefonte club. . Personally and socially he was the kind of man who always won the con- | fidence and respect of both man and woman. Always gentlemanly and courteous, with a winning smile and most affable manner, he was easily approached and never too busy to give an audience to any one seeking his | aid or sympathy in any movement or undertaking. In his home he not only was a courteous host but a devoted husband and father, whose supreme | delight was in ministering to the! wants and comforts of his family. i Mr. Montgomery was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Muffy, | who survives with two sons, Gordon, | who has lately been attending the Pierce Business College, Philadelphia, and John Wendell, a student at the Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md. He also leaves two sisters and one brother, Mrs. C. J. McHugh, of Pitts- burgh; Miss Emma, who has lately been staying with her sister, Mrs. McHugh, and J. Fred Montgomery, of Cambridge, Mass. Funeral. services were held in St. John’s Episcopal church at three o’clock on Monday afternoon, in the presence of a large crowd of neigh- bors and friends. The very simplicity of the beautiful Episcopal service made the final leavetaking very im- pressive. Among those from a distance here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. C. ‘of Walkertown, Ontario; Philip, J. McHugh and their four sons, John, | Joseph Montgomery, Frederick ‘and Gardner, and Miss Emma Montgom- | ery, of Pittsburgh; J. Fred Montgom:- | ‘ery and. little daughter, Alice May, of | ‘Cambridge, ‘Mass.; Frank" K. Luken- | rone; Mr. and Mrs. Don A Young, of | Saginaw, Michigan; L. A. Sherwood, : Joliet, Illinois; J. B. Allin, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fred Fear, New York city; John G. Anderson, Tyrone, and Miss Helen Bair, Philadelphia. il il WOOMER.—Mrs. Regina Woomer, | wife of Isaac Woomer, died on Thurs- day morning of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Olive Archey, at Graysville, as the result of chron- ic valvular heart trouble, following an illness of some months. She was a daughter of Samuel and Regina Rhodes and was born at Green Castle, Pa., on October 14th, 1841, hence was 78 years, 2 months and 25 days old. On May 16th, 1867, she was united in marriage to Isaac Woomer, of Spruce Creek-valley, and for almost forty years they lived ‘at Graysville. She had been an active member of the Graysville Presbyter- ian church for a half century and was one of the best known and widely es- teemed women in that locality. She is survived by her husband and. eight children, namely: Jay L. Woomer, of Juniata; Mrs. George McWilliams, of Pennsylvania Fur- nace; Mrs. George Glass, of Union- town; Mrs. Olive Archey, of Grays- ville; Miss Belle Woomer, of Altoo- na; Joseph, of Juniata; Mrs. Herbert Lippincott, of Haddonfield, N. J., and Edward K. Woomer, of Graysville. Fourteen grand-children and three great grand-children are included in her descendants. ba : Funeral services were held at the Archey home at two o’clock on Satur- day afternoon by her pastor, Rev. R. M. Campbell, afterywhich burial was made in the Graysville cemetery. Il bh HARTSOCK.—Thomas A. Hart- sock, a well known resident of Buffa- lo Run valley, died at his home at Matternville on Saturday, following a prolonged illness with a complication of diseases. He was born at Matternville on April Tth, 1849, hence was 70 years, 9 months and 3 days old. He was a plasterer by trade and all his life was spent in Buffalo Run valley with the exception of a few years in Philips- burg, during which time he was em- ployed by contractor L. G. Dom. He was a devoted member of the Meth- odist church all his life and a gentle- man of high standing in the commu- nity in which he lived. Surviving him are his wife and three children, Nellie G., Lulu, Thom- as E., and Naomi. He also leaves one sister and three brothers, Mrs. Miles Morrison, J. O. and George W. Hart- sock, of Philipsburg, and John Hart- sock, of Buffalo Run valley. ; Rev. H. F. Babeock had charge of the funeral services which were held at his late home at eleven o’clock on Wednesday morning, burial being made inthe Gray’s church cemetery. bach and daughter Catharine, of Ty- ! Wadsworth, Ohio; Frank F. Sommers, —————,———————————— 7 MANN.—It is with sincere regret that the “Watchman” announces the sudden and untimely death of Mrs. Harry T. Mann, of Milesburg, which occurred in the Lock Haven hospital at 11:30 o’clock on Wednesday night. Her maiden name was Maude Glenn Budinger, a daughter of Thomas B. and Alice Leathers Budinger, of Snow Shoe, where she was born thirty-two men in the match making industry in | years ago. All her girlhood life was | spent there until her marriage to Mr. Mann about eleven years ago. They went to housekeeping at Orviston where they lived until four years ago when they moved to Milesburg. Mrs. Mann was a member of the Methodist interested in the Red Cross organiza- tion, the suffrage movement and every activity that was for the good of the community in which she lived and for the advancement of the cause of wom- en generally. Whatever she under- took to do was done with a vitalizing force and character that could not fail in bringing the desired result. In her death the church and the various or- ganizations with which she was asso- ciated lose one. of their most enthu- siastic and efficient workers. Surviving her are her husband and three small daughters, Maude Eliza- beth, Louise and Edith. She also leaves her parents, who are now win- tering in Flordia, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. John S. Seeds, of Altoona; Miss Blanche, in : New York city; W. S. and Arthur B. Budinger, of Snow Shoe; Mrs. Robert Vorhis, of Johnstown; Mrs. Ellis Har- vey, of Orviston; J. Thomas Budinger, of Snow Shoe; Miss Sarah, of Washing- ton; Helen, in New York city, and Carl, with his parents in Florida. No arrangements for the funeral will be made until all the members of the family can be communicated with. i il TREASTER.—William Treaster, a veteran of the Civil war, died last Saturday at the home of his step-sis- ter, Mrs. John Clark, on Willowbank street, aged 81 years. Last Au- gust Mr. Treaster got a bad fall injur- ing his head and rupturing an artery and ever since he had been confined to bed. His death was the result of the above injury. Mr. Treaster was born at Lamar, Clinton county, and resided there until a few years ago when he came to Bellefonte and had since made his home with his step- sister. Burial was made in the Union cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. cee Annual Meeting of Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The annual meeting of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance company of Centre county was held in Bellefonte on.Monday. A few policy holders were present and after the reading and approval of the minutes of the ‘last ‘meeting an election’ board was sworn in by ex-prothonotary D. R. Foreman. The following men were then named for the board of direc- tors: Col. W. F. Reynolds, George Mitch- ell, E. M. Huyett, Frank McFarlane, Z. D. Thomas, ‘Robert Reed, J. H. Beck, G. Perry Gentzel, J. R. Brun- gart, Frank M. Fisher, J. Milo Camp- bell and James M. Harter. Mr. Har- ! ter will take the place of Henry Duck, | deceased, and Mr. Brungart that of George B. Haines, removed to Phila- ‘delphia. . The old secretary and treas- urer made their final report showing the board to be in good financial con- dition and all losses to date fully paid. About nine thousand dollars in losses were paid during the past year. The new board organized by elect- ing Col. Reynolds, president; George Mitchell, vice president; Frank M. ‘Fisher, secretary, and J. R. Brungart, | treasurer. All the old agents'of the board were retained and the new di- rectors authorized to take care of the insurance in their locality. Under the present by-laws it is pro- vided that the annual election take place between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock and a motion was made to amend this section by making the time from 10 to 2 o’clock. Final ac- tion was postponed until the next meeting. During the past year the board has lost three of its oldest and most re- spected members, H. E. Duck, the for- mer president, who died; John B.-Go- heen, who resigned with the request that Mr. Campbell be chosen to suc- ceed him; and George B. Haines, who moved to Philadelphia. These three men never missed a meeting of the board when it was at all possible for them to be present. ———— Basket Ball. Bellefonte High’s basket ball team has been winning honors for their school. Out of the last seven games the boys won all but the first, which was lost to Williamport. Last Friday evening they defeated Lock Haven High by the score of 36-25, and the following evening (Saturday) they defeated Lock Haven Normal by the score of 31-19. This (Friday) even- ing the local boys will meet the strong Philipsburg High aggregation at the armory, at 8 o'clock. This game will be a fast one and as it is a game in the Mountain High school basket ball league series it will be of more inter- est as Bellefonte High school stands as a 1,000 team. After the game there will be a dance in the armory for the benefit of the High school Athletic Association. The admission will be, for game and dance,, 50 cents; for Bellefonte High school students, 35 cents. For dance alone, 25 cents for town people and 20 cents for students. A local orchestra will furnish the mu- sic. Be a sport and back up your lo- cal High school. : ——Subséribe for the “Watchman.” Thrilling Experience of Pilot Paul W. Smith. Pilot Paul W. Smith, flying from New York to Bellefonte on Monday with six hundred pounds of mail, had an unusually thrilling experience when he was forced down by motor trouble this side of Laurelton, smash- ed his machine in landing in the woods on top of the mountain above Cherry Run and then had to walk eight miles through the mountain snows to reach the nearest habitation. Fortunately he was not injured in the crash of his plane, and in no way is any the worse for his adventure. Pilot Smith encountered his first trouble after leaving New York when in the neighborhood of Mifflinburg when his oil pressure ran low and he was forced to descend for a supply. This was in the neighborhood of twelve o'clock and while on the ground he notified manager Kelly, at the Bellefonte field, of his delay and that he expected to be through in a half hour. In the meantime pilot Stevens left Bellefonte for New York and after landing at Heller's field he telegraphed Bellefonte that Smith was still on the ground when he messages to that place, however, brought the information that Smith had left there shortly after twelve o'clock and all efforts to locate his whereabouts proved unavailing until | almost three o’clock when a call came from Smith, himself, who stated that he had not sailed far after leaving Mifflinburg when his motor stopped dead and all efforts to.get it started proved unavailing. The only thing to do was come down and the only place in sight was the top of the mountain. With a dead motor he had little time in which to look for a landing place and with the seemingly boundless area of mountain and snow—even the trees being covered with snow so that they were almost indistinguishable— he did the only wise thing, and that was save himself, and while his land- ing was effected through tree tops and brush so that his plane finally reached solid ground in a very much wrecked condition, he very fortunate- ly escaped without a scratch. The forced landing was made at 12:30 o’clock and it was almost three o’clock when Smith finally got out of the mountain and. reached a .tele- phone, when he promptly notified the Bellefonte field as to what: had hap- pened. Inasmuch as the forced land- ing took place :on the top of the mountain, eight miles from the near- est habitation and a:long distance away from any traveléd road, it was impossible to get the mail out until Tuesday. The wrecked machine will be gotten out of the mountain just as soon as possible. 77s As an incident in’ the ‘coast to coast aerial mail service it ‘might be men- tioned that the first” mdil plane was flown from Chicago 'to'Omaha last Thursday, making the flight on prac- tically scheduled time.’ = Se On Tuesday pilots Stevers and Rob- inson drove the first Martin bomber on the western trip from New York to Cleveland, Ohio. It was their in- tention to go through, if possible, but owing to the high wind against them they were over three hours reaching Bellefonte and were compelled to come down here for both gas and oil. They left Heller field with 316 gallons of gas in their tanks and had just 40 gallons left when they reached Belle- fonte. The big machine, which car- ried 920 pounds of mail, was given a complete look over here, restocked with gas and oil and left here shortly after one o’clock for Cleveland, but did not reach there, as the pilots were compelled to make a forced landing at North Springfield, Ohio. re emma A Engagement Announced. Saturday’s Harrisburg Telegraph contained the following item that will be of interest to Bellefonte people: “Mr. and Mrs. A. Carson Stamm, 333 South Thirteenth street, have an- nounced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Katharine Bullock Stamm, to Charles Daniel Orth Jr., of New York. The marriage will be sol- emnized early in March after which Mr. Orth and his bride will sail for passed over Mifiirbure, Telephionic | Manila to remain for several months. “Miss Stamm is a graduate of Ely Court school, Greenwich, Conn., and a former student of the Baldaseronni school, Rome, Italy. She spent sev- eral years in Europe traveling and studying, returning to this country because of the war. She has been ' quite prominent in musical circles, having received vocal instruction from Woodcock, of Scranton and New York. “Mr. Orth is a graduate of Prince- ton, class of 1913, and after border service with Squadron A, of New York, enlisted in the navy, serving during the war. He is a member of the firm of Hanson & Orth, im- porters of cordage fibers.” Kustaborder—Shuey. — Harry Kus- taborder, son of Mr.and Mrs. James Kustaborder, of Shiloh, and Miss Ma- ry Shuey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Shuey, of Houserville, sprung a surprise on their many friends by mo- toring to Boalsburg on Saturday evening where they were united in marriage by Rev. S. C. Stover. Both young people are well known in the valley and are now receiving the con- gratulations of their many friends. ——- 8. G. Walker has been elected cashier of the First National bank of Spring Mills, to succeed R. D. Hender- shot, resigned. The change will take place on February 2nd. On account of the advanced age of Mrs. F. Potts Green, her con- dition is such as to cause the family considerable alarm. Mrs. Green has been ill since Monday. .. :——The Millheim Journal announc- es that Milton Kern, the Bellefonte barber, has leased a room in Millheim and will move his barber shop there on April first. >on ——Subscribe for the “Watchman.” Profit-Sharing Day Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Department. We not only share profits with you on Saturday, January 17th We declare a dividend to all our custom- ers. It is in the form of these extraordi- nary savings, and we bid every economical woman in Bellefonte and surrounding vicinity to come on Satur- day, January 17th, and collect. have marked goods at actual cost. Cut out and bring this adv. with you, and be on list. hand real early. In most instances we Read the entire Department Opens at 9 a. m. Ladies’ Georgette Crepe Waists, regular price $6.98, at $5.50 $21.00 will buy any Ladies’ Plush Coat that formerly was $28.00 « ‘ of 23.50 29.00 ‘f fc ‘ fc LR “6 ‘6 “c 35.00 45.00 ‘fc ‘¢ 6: €c — sizes of Coats on sale are 40, 42, 44, 46, 49, 50, 53 and 55. 17 Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats will be offered at $4.95. These Coats were carried over from previous seasons, and the raw materials could not be bought today for what the coats are being offered. One lot of Ladies’ All Wool Serge Dresses—our regular $15.00 to $17.00 values—for Saturday only at $11.00. One lot of 22 Dresses, consisting of Voiles, Ginghams and Bed- ford Cords—sizes 15, 17, 34, 36 only—at ggc. Cohen & Co. . Department. Store Both Phones Bellefonte, Pa.