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“Bellefonte, Pa., February 20, 1920.
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NEAR EAST RELIEF A VITAL NE-
CESSITY.
Brigadier General Frank McCoy Tells
of the Necessity of American
Help.
Just now when the Centre county
organization for the Near East relief
is bending every energy towards se-
curing the quota allotted to this coun-
ty the following letter, written to
Miss Mary Hunter Linn under date of
February 12th, by Brigadier General
Frank McCoy, now stationed at Doug-
las, Arizona, is very timely. General
McCoy was formerly of Lewistown,
Pa., and while yet a captain in the
Pennsylvania National Guard fre-
quently visited Bellefonte and is so
well known by old National Guards-
men in this section that his letter
should act as a wonderful stimulant
to the present campaign. General Mc-
Coy writes:
I am very glad you wrote to me
about the wrong impression given by
some of my casual talk on the subject
of the Near East relief.
I went out on the Harbord mission
somewhat skeptical about the terrible
tales of the Armenian massacres and
sufferings, but I came back fully con-
vinced that they were the victims of
the greatest crime in history, thor-
oughly interested in the Armenians
as a people and sympathetic with
their cause and sufferings.
The best and most effective way of
furnishing relief would be, of course,
for a mandatory power under the
League of Nations to establish a sta-
ble government in Turkey and Trans-
caucasia, but in the meantime, there
are at least three hundred thousand
Turkish-Armenian refugees in Rus-
sian Armenia, superimposed upon a
poor population, who cannot return to
their homes in Turkish Armenia, and
who are absolutely dependent for life
and health upon American relief.
Even with that, they will have a hard
time to live through this severe win-
ter.
There are also Armenian refugees
largely dependent on American relief
in Mesopotamia and Syria, and at
least fifty thousand orphans in var-
ious parts of Transcaucasia, Turkey
and Syria. These refugees and or-
phans are entirely dependent on us
now, and probably will be until a sta--
ble government permits them to re-
turn to their homes and farms.
WILKINSON.—Harry A. Wilkin-
son, a clerk in Hazel & Co’s store,
died about nine o'clock last Friday
morning as the result of influenza,
after being housed up only two days.
Mr. Wilkinson worked in the store un-
til Tuesday afternoon without a com-
plaint, but Wednesday morning he
felt too bad to go to work. He grew
rapidly worse and passed away at the
time above stated.
Deceased was. a son of John and
Potters Mills thirty-four years ago.
His early life was spent in that vicin-
ity but ten years or more ago he came
to Bellefonte and entered the store of
Joseph Bros. & Co. as a clerk. When
the store was purchased by Hazel &
Co. he remained as one of the sales
force and was always courteous and
obliging to the patrons of the store
as well as the general public. He was
a member of St. John’s Lutheran
church, and only recently had secured
a transfer of membership from the
Centre Hall to the Bellefonte Lodge
1.90.0. F.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Ruth McCool, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David McCool, of Spring Mills;
who survives with three small chil-
dren: Walter, Harry and John. He
ters Mills and five sisters, namely:
Mrs. Harry Spangler, of Park Ridge,
Ill; Mrs. Frank A. Carson, Potters
Mills; Mrs. A. L. Bubb, Reedsville;
Mrs. J. J. Cameron, Chicago, and Mrs.
Philip P. Henshall, State College.
The remains were taken to his old
home at Potters Mills on Saturday,
the funeral being set for 9:30 o’clock
on Monday morning but owing to the
deeply drifted roads it was impossi-
ble for the undertaker and Bellefonte
delegation of Odd Fellows to get
through to Potters Mills until after
twelve o'clock, consequently the fun-
eral was not held until 2:30. Rev.
Wilson P. Ard, of Bellefonte, officiat-
ed and burial was made in the Spruce-
town cemetery, six members of the
pall-bearers.
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JAMISON.—Rev. Dr. M. I. Jami-
son, of Williamsport, presiding elder
of the Centre district of the United
Evangelical church, passed peacefully
away while sitting at his desk in the
study of his home at six o’clock on
Tuesday evening. Heart failure was
assigned as the cause.
Rev. Jamison was a native of Cen-
tre county, having been born at Mill-
heim sixty years ago. Following his
ordination to the ministry, while yet
a young man, he filled appointments
at Logan, Hughesville, Williamsport,
Nescopeck, Altoona, York and Ha-
gerstown, Md. He also served six
years as presiding elder of the Wil-
| liamsport - district and two years on
| the Centre district, of which the Belle-
fonte church is a part. Prior to being
appointed presiding elder he served
two years as financial secretary of Al-
bright college. He is survived by his
| ‘wife, who prior to her marriage was a
|'Miss King, of Millheim, and one
| daughter, Mrs. R. H. Morris, of Wil-
Ellen C. Wilkinson and was born near |
MOTHERSBAUGH.—Harris -town- YARNELL.—Jacob Yarnell died at
ship lost one of its well known and: his home on Marsh Creek last Thurs-'
most respected citizens on Saturday | day of general debility, aged 81 years,
in the death that afternoon of William | 10 months and 5 days. He followed
G. Mothersbaugh. He contracted the | farming most of his life, was a mem-
influenza some ten days previous and | ber of the Bald Eagle Grange and a
pneumonia developing caused his splendid citizen. He was twice mar-
death. ‘ried and is survived by his second
He was a son of Leonidas and Eliz- | wife and the following children by
abeth Mothersbaugh and was born his first marriage: Mrs. Corianna
near Boalsburg on April 19th, 1880, | Witherite, of Chestnut Grove; Mrs.
hence was not quite forty years old. | Adaline Poorman and Mrs. Elizabeth
His boyhood days were spent on the | Confer, of Yarnell; Mrs. Clara Har-
farm and when he grew to manhood | Dish, of Clarence; Mrs. Cora Baney, of
he followed in the footsteps of his Howard; Mrs. Sarah Lucas, of Altoo-
father and also engaged in farming, na; E. Clayton Yarnell, of Jackson-
in which he was eminently successful. | ville, and George C., of Chicago. He
He was a lifelong member of the Re- | Iso leaves one brother and a sister,
formed church and a member of the James Yarnell, of Snow Shoe, and
Boalsburg I. O. O. F. Mrs. Ruth Malone, of Williamsport.
| He was united in marriage to Miss | Burial was made in the Advent ceme-
Catharine Meyer, of Boalsburg, who | tery last Saturday.
| survives with one son, John. He also | 1 1) Jot
leaves his parents, three brothers and | WINKLEBLECK. — Miss Minnie
one sister, namely: D. K. Mothers- Winklebleck died at her home at Nit-
baugh, of Hepburnville; Charles znd | tany on Monday night after a long
{ George, of Boalsburg, and Mrs. R. !illness with tuberculosis. She is sur-
also leaves his parents, living at Pot- |
Bellefonte Lodge I. O. O. F. acting as |
Stuart, of Crafton. Funeral services
were held at his late home at ten
| o'clock on Tuesday morning by his Sites
| vived by two brothers, Horace, of Nit-
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| pastor, Rev. S. C. Stover, after which
‘burial was made in the Boalsburg"
cemetery.
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a jeweler, died at his home in Lewis-
burg on February 6th after a few
day’s illness with pneumonia. He was
a son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Greno-
ble and was born at Spring Mills on
April 20th, 1884, hence was only 35
years, 9 months and 16 days old. His
‘boyhood life was spent at Spring
Mills but as a young man he located
in Mifflin county, where he lived until
11913 when he moved to Lewisburg
and engaged in the jewelry and optic-
al business. He was a member of the
Reformed church, the Masonic frater-
nity and the I. O. O. F.
Surviving him are his wife- and a
the following brothers and sisters:
GRENOBLE.—Charles I. Grenoble,
litle daughter; his parents, now liv- | maintained her doctrines and her pre-
ing at Aaronsburg, this county, and cepts. Broad-minded and large-heart-
Robert Grenoble, of Lewisburg; Fred ! 411 churches.
tany, and Elwood, of Renovo, and one
Burial was made on Wednes-
An Appreciation and a Resolution.
Inasmuch as God, in His wisdom,
has called His own servant and our
faithful friend, Rev. James Potter
Hughes, to his eternal reward; we,
the members of the session of the
Presbyterian church of Bellefonte, de-
sire to put on record our appreciation
of his life and worth. Truly he was a
man of God, and the memory of his
fellowship will ever inspire us in
humble service. As a minister of the
Gospel he served the church for over
seventy years, and was directly asso-
ciated with the activities of this
church for sixty years. It was his de-
light to attend and take part in the
services of worship. He joyed in
going up to the house of God, he
ed, he found inspiration in, and loved,
His help and counsel
: Brief Session of Borough Council.
Borough. council didn’t do anything
on Monday evening in regard to the
purchase of combination pumpers or
any other fire fighting apparatus, ow-
ing to the illness of J. M. Cunning-
ham, the minority member of the
Fire and Police committee.
All the other members of council
were present at the meeting. The
secretary read a letter sent by the
McCoy & Linn Iron Co. to the State
Water Commission protesting against
the practice of the general public in
dumping refuse along the banks of
Spring creek; such refuse being wash-
ed down stream in times of high wa-
ter to their dam, and not only filling
up the dam but clogging the water
wheel and machinery. The Water
Commission disclaimed any jurisdic-
tion in the matter and referred the
letter of protest to the borough coun-
cil. Inasmuch as practically all of
the dumping complained of is being
done on private grounds council was
undecided as to its authority and re-
ferred the matter to the Sanitary
committee and borough solicitor for
investigation and report.
The secretary also read a letter
from George T. Bush protesting
against the purchase of two expensive
combination pumpers on the grounds
of involving the borough in a needless
heavy expense and for various other
reasons set forth. ie +518
The secretary stated that the con-
tracts for the state road on Bishop,
Spring and Pine streets had been du-
ly executed and forwarded to the
State Highway Department. He
further reported that the contract for
building the same had been awarded
and the contractor was here last week
looking over the ground, stating at
the time that he would begin work
just as soon as the weather would
permit, as he wanted to have the job
completed by the first of July. Inas-
much as there will be some changes
to be made in the water pipes and
sewage system on Bishop and Spring
streets the matter was referred to the
Street and Water committees to as-
C., of Lewistown; William J., Catha- were ever at her disposal and on many
rine, Mary and Anna, at home. The! a, occasion he expounded the truth
remains were taken to Spring Mills | t5 our members with great force and
last Wednesday morning Ler burial. | earnestness. He was an implicit be-
ii 9 Lliever in the bible—its teachings and
HOUTZ. — Mrs. Annetta Houtz, ' its promises—as all who sat at his
wife of William Houtz, died at her | feet can testify. Even until the clos-
home at Graysville on Monday after- | ing days of his life it was his delight
noon after an illness of only a few | to attend the sessions of the Bible
days. She was a daughter of Mr. and | school and join with real sympathy
Mrs. Martin Gates and was born at {and expectation in the discussions of
Gatesburg, this county, sixty years | the lesson. He was ever aflame with
ago. All her married life, however, 3 missionary zeal, and when the cause
was spent at Graysville. She was a. of the poor or distressed was being
member of the Lutheran church and | pleaded he was present with his gifts
a good, christian woman. She had no ' 55 well as his prayers. In the latter
| children but is survived by her hus- days of his life, when the silver cords
| band, three brothers, Simon, George were lengthening, his very presence
and William, of Altoona, and one sis- phrought with it a benediction. Where
ter, Martha, in Massachusetts. She pe was no one could be unkind or ir-
also leaves one half-brother, Richard, jeverent or unholy. We count it-a
of Pennsylvania Furnace. Funeral
They are such an able, vital people | ljamsport. Funeral services will be
that in a comparatively short time un- | held in Williamsport this afternoon
der conditions of peace and security, and tomorrow morning the remains
they would be able to look after wil] pe taken to Millheim where in-
themselves and their orphans. In the |‘terment will be made.
meantime, to save their lives, it will | | 1
cost at least thirty million dollars, |
and twenty million more to put them
on their feet on a self-supporting ba-
sis.
The political problems and read-
justments in the Near East are so
complicated, and the various peoples
so inextricably commingled and inter-
dependent, it is very hard to general-
ize satisfactorily and give a true im-
pression in a short letter; so that I
suggest that if you can obtain the
help of two other members of the
commission who are now in Pennsyl-
vania, and thoroughly interested in all
phases of the problem, that you and
your neighbors would be entirely re-
paid in interest, and the more skep-
tical ones stirred to sympathy, as I
was. They are Colonel John Price
Jackson, 509 Union Arcade, Pitts-
burgh, whom you may remember as
having been at the head of the depart-
ment of Electrical Engineering at the
State College some years ago, and
Col. Jasper Y. Brinton, 124 South 19th |
St., Philadelphia.
Without visiting the Near East, it
is impossible for an American to re-
alize the prestige of our country in
that region, and the gratitude with
which it is regarded by all of the peo-
ples scattered from the Mediterrane- |
an to the Caucasus. It is more easily
understood, however, when one thinks
of the hundred years of unselfish ed-
ucational and missionary work of
Americans throughout that historic
stretch. During and since the war,
the effective and self-sacrificing work
of all our educational, missionary and
relief people in Asia Minor has been
such as to arouse the pride of every
American official who has visited Tur-
key. As General Harbord remarked,
“Although it is very gratifying to the
pride of America, it brings with it
heavy responsibilities for continuing
the good work to a satisfactory con-
clusion,” in other words, until a sta-
ble government or governments are
established.
With strong hope that this will
answer your questions, and help you
in your great work, and with kindest
remembrances, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
FRANK McCOY.
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— Mr. and Mrs. George Beezer
have rented the Edmund Blanchard
home furnished, and will occupy it
after the first of March. Mr. and
Mrs. Beezer have been living at the
Bush house since selling their home
on Curtin street. :
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
| CRAWFORD.—H. Victor Craw-
ford, a brother of Frank M. Craw-
| ford, of Bellefonte, died at his home
| in Philadelphia on Sunday night of
"heart failure, following a siege of in-
' fluenza. He was born at Laurelton,
| Union county, about forty-three years
ago. When seventeen years of age
he went to Philadelphia and learned
| the drug business, being engaged in
that business ever since. He married
| a young lady from Delanco, New Jer-
| sey, who survives with three daugh-
ters, Estelle, Margerie and Patricia.
| He also leaves five brothers, O. B.
| Crawford, of Altoona; A. W., of Phil-
| adelphia; G. R. of Bucknell Universi-
ty, Lewisburg; Carl, in the west, and
| Frank M., of Bellefonte. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Crawford went to Phila-
delphia on Tuesday afternoon to at-
tend the funeral which was held at
three o’clock on Wednesday, burial
being made at Delanco, N. J.
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WELCH.—Orviston friends of Jos-
eph Welch, known among his many
friends as “Jake,” were saddened to
learn of the death of his estimable
young wife, formerly Miss Maude
Shields. Mrs. Welch was a splendid
woman and had endeared herself to
her friends and neighbors by her
pleasant ways. She will be sadly
missed, not only in the grief-stricken
home she has gone from, but by all
who knew her. She leaves besides her
husband and parents and other rela-
tives an infant, who will never know
its mother’s loving care. % ok
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HOUTZ.—Ira Houtz, eighteen year
old son of Jeffrey and Sarah Lyle
Houtz, died on Sunday at the family
home at Millbrook, near Lemont, fol-
lowing one week’s illness with influ-
enza. He was the only child of Mr.
and Mrs. Houtz and his death is nat-
urally a severe blow to the parents.
He was a member of the United
Brethren church and Sunday school
and an industrious, upright young
man. Private funeral services were
held on Wednesday morning, burial
being made at Houserville.
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HEIN ioe, Philip Heim, a wid-
ow lady who lived alone in her home
at Spring Mills, died on Saturday
night of pneumonia following an at-
tack of influenza, after an illness of
but one week. She was a native of
Mifflin county and was about forty-
two years old. She has no survivors
so far as could be learned. Burial was
made in the Cross Roads church cem-
etery on Tuesday afternoon.
| services were held at her late home at
| ten o'clock yesterday morning by Rev.
|R. M. Campbell, after which the re-
. mains were taken to Gatesburg where
final services were held by Rev. A. M.
Lutton and burial made in the Gates-
i burg cemetery.
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GILL.—Mrs. Mary Gill, wife of
Lawrence Gill, died at her home in
Tyrone on Wednesday of last week of
pneumonia, following an attack of in-
forty-nine years ago.
ried to Lawrence Gill in 1894 gnd they
lived in upper Bald Eagle valley un-
to Tyrone. Surviving the deceased
are her husband and five children,
da. She also leaves her aged mother
and the following brothers and sis-
Mrs. Jennie Davis, of Altoona; E. C.
Frantz, of VanScoyoc; Harry, of
Burial was made in the
cemetery, Tyrone, on Saturday after-
noon.
on Friday evening at eight o’clock at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Bloom, about a half mile west
of Centre Hall, following a week’s ill-
ness with influenza. He was nine-
teen years and one day old and his
death just at the dawn of young man-
hood is a severe blow to his parents
and friends.
ents he leaves to mourn his death the
following brothers and sisters: Dan-
home. He was a member of the Re-
formed church and Sunday school and
at his late home at three o'clock on
in the Centre Hall cemetery.
lalieu, a well known retired minister
evening, aged 81 years.
father of Charles T. Mallalieu, for a
number of years manager of the Bell
Telephone exchange in Bellefonte, and
wife, one daughter and two sons sur-
vive. Burial was made in Williams-
port on Tuesday.
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daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. D. Wilson,
lege last Thursday of complications,
following an attack of the measles.
She was aged three years and ten
months and was an exceptionally
bright child whose death is deeply
mourned by the stricken parents.
Burial was made inthe Pine Hall
cemetery last Saturday afternoon.
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BLOOM.—George Miles Bloom died
fluenza. She was a daugter of Abra-
i ham and Nancy Frantz, and was born
in Taylor township, Centre county,
She was mar-
til about a year ago when they moved
Linus, Edwin, George, Rose and Ne- 1
"a copy of the same, as well as our sin-
‘cere sympathy, be sent to the sorrow-
ters: Mrs. H. Woodring, of Dilltown;
. William P. Humes, James H. Potter, M. L.
Spruce Creek; Mrs. Charles Igou and |
Mrs. Henry Brumbaugh, of Tyrone.
Eastlawn |
_ performances they expect to give this
| year.
feature in Bellefonte’s annual enter-
. tainment program, not only because
TEs : of the professional-like shows they
In addition to his par- |
tributing to some worthy cause. Two
. . | years ago they gave several hundred
iel, Mamie, Luella and Donald, all at |
Rev. R. Raymond Jones had charge of |
the funeral services which were held |
Monday afternoon, burial being made
| club room in the armory, and the oth-
MALLALIRU. Tov, Hida Jaks | 22 100 to be dsl by Mr Somer 0 |
rare privilege to have been associated |
with him for so many years in the |
work of our common Master. The
mellowness of character revealed in|
the closing days of his life will ever
inspire us to follow the One Whom he
confessed and to Whom he gave all
honor. He has gone; but he still lives
and his influence for good will be im-
mortal.
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me?
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
For, though from out
time and space,
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face,
When I have crossed the bar.
Resolved, That this statement of |
the worth of Rev. James Potter
Hughes be incorporated in the min-
utes of our sessional record, and that
our bourne of
ing members of his family.
Signed: W. K. McKinney, minister; Ww.
B. Rankin, clerk; Charles E. Gilmour,
Altenderfer, Henry S. Linn, Harry Yeager.
Bellefonte Academy ‘Minstrels.
The Bellefonte Academy minstrels
have organized for the season of 1920
with a membership of over sixty stu-
dents. They have selected Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, May 20th, 21st
and 22nd, as the dates for the three
The Academy minstrels have
become established as an interesting
give but because they are always con-
dollars to the Red Cross and last year
the Bellefonte hospital was the bene-
ficiary.
This year the net proceeds will split
in two, one-half going to Troop L, of
Bellefonte, to help them in purchasing
suitable furniture for their new social
| Hughes toward the expense involved |
during the latter’s residence here fre-
quently visited in Bellefonte. Bis winter is a very enjoyable and popu- vertised for February Tth was called
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DE re ii ot 7s | in Tulliing s fing disting pon) in the
home in Williamsport on Saturday | shape of an “L” between the tennis
He was the |
court and the new quarter mile track |
on Hughes field. This should bea |
popular undertaking and meet a great
public requirement. The young peo-
ple of Bellefonte have for years had |
no real skating facilities, which in |
lar pastime. Mr. Hughes will build |
the pond in honor of his late lamented
{ father, who was an expert skater and
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died at the family home in State Col- |
the age of eighty years.
As to the minstrels there is an!
| abundance of excellent talent among
the Academy students this year and
that means splendid minstrel per-
formances which the public will
doubtless look forward to with pleas-
urable anticipation. Remember the
dates. Other organizations are re-
i quested not to conflict.
certain just what will have to be done
and get the necessary material on
hand so that there will be no delay
when it comes time to do the work.
The question of a proper charge for
work done by the street laborers on
private property was taken up but as
there is no ordinance covering the
same the matter was referred to the
Street committee and borough solic-
itor for consideration and report at an
early date.
For the information of members of
council president. Walker stated that
the borough solicitor, J. Thomas
Mitchell, is expected in Bellefonte on
or about the first of March and all
matters needing his attention can
then be taken up. ;
| Bills to the amount of $1022.36
| were approved and council adjourned.
' Looked Like Old Times.
On Wednesday of last week the
guests in the dining room of one of
the prominent hotels in Lock Haven
were considerably annoyed by the ac-
tions of three or four traveling men
who had evidently unearthed a quan-
tity of that stuff that men used to
drink and having imbibed pretty lib-
erally had reached that point where
hilarity and broken dishes looked
alike to them. Finally one of the
guests called the head waiter and ask-
ed if they permitted such doings in
the dining room.
«Well, I'll tell you how it is, Myr.”
said the waiter. “You see they really
aren’t hurtin’ anybody, and it’s so sel-
dom now that anything like that hap-
pens that we just kind of like to see
it, as it reminds us so much of old
times.”
In the meantime the story of the
traveling men and their hilarity had
spread outside of the hotel and when
they left the place they were follow-
ed all around town by a gang of old-
timers anxious to know where they
had gotten their drunk.
i Prevention and Treatment for In-
fluenza.
As to the prevention and treatment
of the influenza, the Red Cross advis-
es as follows:
As for precautionary steps apply-
ing to the individual, there seems
| nothing better than the maintenance
of the general health at its highest
point, the avoidance of crowded, over-
heated, ill-ventilated places, and the
shunning of him or her who coughs
without using a handkerchief as one
would a sufferer from smallpox.
There is enough evidence of the val-
ue of masks properly constructed,
properly worn and supplemented by
clean hands, to make this measure ad-
visable, particularly in the case of
those who do cough. This is a protec-
tion to others.
The underlying cause of influenza
has not been discovered, unless it be
filtrated virus, nor is there any
therapeutics for it other than shel-
ter, good nursing, proper nourishment
and symptomatic treatment.
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Threshermen’s Association.
The annual meeting of the Centre
County Threshermen’s association ad-
off because of the blizzard, and will
now be held in the grand jury room
in the court house on Saturday, Feb-
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WILSON.—Harriet Eleanor Wilson, , thoroughly enjoyed the sport even at | ruary 21st, at 10 a. m.
This is an important meeting and a
full attendance is desired. Officers
for the year will be elected, delegates
to the State convention in Harrisburg
February 25th, 26th and 27th, will be
chosen, and a final drive will be made
to put the threshermen’s casualty in-
surance company over. An expert in-
surance man will be present to ex-
plain this matter.
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Beloved Woman Passes Away Sun-
day. Mrs. H. T. Kurtz Succumbs
to Operation.
A tribute to the late Mrs. John L. Kurtz,
from the Daily Eustis Lake Region, of
February 5th.
It is always plesing to hear that
our friends are appreciated by others
as the following clipping from the
Eustis Lake Region, Eustis, Florida,
attests:
Many friends here were saddened
to learn of the death of Mrs. H. T.
Kurtz, which occurred Sunday morn-
ing at five o'clock, at the Orange
County hospital, where she had been
since January 21st, her death follow-
ing a serious surgical operation. Her
remains were shipped Monday to her
old home in Lewistown, Pa., for inter-
ment beside her husband, who died
many years ago. Mrs. Kurtz had
years and had won the high esteem
and respect of all with whom she
came in contact. She was a most
gifted and talented woman and was
noted for her great hospitality, and
was never happier than when enter-
taining her friends and giving them a
pleasant time. Many recall with
deep pleasure the lovely cruising par-
ty of which she was hostess last win-
ter. She was a reader .of ability and
was ever ready to assist in any pro-
gram for the church or for the special
enjoyment of her friends. She was
noted for her charitable work, and did,
in her quiet modest way, much good
wherever needed. Once in a while, in
life’s journey, one meets up with one
of these well rounded, beautiful char-
acters such as Mrs. Kurtz was, and
all who claimed her friendship were
indeed fortunate. She will be great-
ly missed by her hosts of friends
here. Mrs. Kurtz leaves no relatives,
except a niece in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Yesterday was the birthday an-
niversary of Miss Sara Longwell and
today is that of Miss Mary Kline and
a few of the young lady friends of
both tendered them a surprise at the
Longwell home on Spring street last
night. Obviously we omitted to men-
tion just what anniversary itis of
either of the young ladies but inas-
much as a fortune teller was present
as one of the attractions we’ll wager
that it was an open secret before the
evening was half over.
— The Gaylord International En-
gineering and Construction company
completion of the state road between
Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap at the
earliest possible date, and in order to
secure an ample force of workmen
their local representative, Jerome G.
Harper, will be in his office, No. 11
Crider’s Exchange, every day from 3
to 5 o'clock to receive applications
from men desiring work on the job.
——J. CC. Sweppenheiser, of
Bloomsburg, has been assigned as in-
county and will be at the court house,
Bellefonte, March 2nd to 6th, and at
Nittany Inn, State College, February
25th to 27th.
— Two representatives of the J.
H. and C. K. Eagle Co., silk manufac-
turers, are expected in Bellefonte to-
day to continue negotiations for the
erection of a branch silk mill in Belle-
fonte.
Mrs. Charles Moerscbacher and
family take this means of thanking
their many friends for their kindness
during their recent bereavement.
W. T. Creasy Grangeman, is Dead.
Catawissa, Feb. 18.—Rheumatism
following an illness that kept him
bedfast for fifteen weeks caused the
death late Saturday of William T.
Creasy, of Catawissa township, a
prominent figure in state and nation-
al politics for years and a leader in
the State and national granges. He
was 64 years old. He was a member
of the Legislature from 1894 until
1910, for years was a Democratic
leader in the House and party nomi-
nee for State Treasurer in 1899 and
in 1906 for Auditor General.
In 1909 he was defeated for State
Senator and later was the Democrat-
ic candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
For forty years he was a power in
the State Grange and from 1908 to
1914 was its Master. For several
years he was secretary of the Nation-
al Dairy Union and chairman of the
executive committee of the National
Board of Farm organizations, with
headquarters at Washington, D 3
Funeral services were held in St.
John’s Lutheran church, Catawissa,
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Finds Deed Dated 1716 in Drawers
He Bought.
Dating back to the time of William
Penn, an old deed well preserved was
found several days ago by Frank X.
Hinden, second-hand furniture deal-
er, of Lancaster, in a chest of draw-
ers he purchased at public sale. The
deed, written on parchment, bears the
date of October 20, 1716, and was
made out to Richard Carter. It was
for a grant of land along the Cones-
toga creek, formerly in Chester coun-
ty. The deed is made out by John
Thomas and Richard Penn. Also
among the old documents found were
three permits to Lancaster citizens to
manufacture and sell whiskey. They
are dated November 2, 1779.
Decrease in Number of Horses.
Horses on Pennsylvania farms have
declined more than eight per cent. in
number in five years, according to the
statistical bureau of the Department
of Agriculture. It is estimated that
on January 1, 1920, there were 554,~
019 horses in the State, the majority
of them being on farms. They were
worth $61,480,000. On January 1,
1916, there were close to 600,000
horses reported but the increase of
motor trucks and extension of motor
vehicles to farm work, including trac-
tors for ploughing, caused a decline in
horse breeding, and the demands of
the world war further decreased the
number of animals, especially in the
eastern counties.
made her home in Eustis for several -
are planning to begin work on the
come tax man for this part of Centre .