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Bellefonte, Pa., August 13, 1920.
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JAMES M. COX, of Ohio.
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, of New York
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CHARLES M. BOWMAN, Wilkes-Barre.
JOHN P. BRACKEN, Dormont.
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Jellefonte.
Business Men’s Picnic to be Big
Affair.
Most everybody in Centre county
recalls the old-time business men’s
picnics that were held at Hecla park
years ago when there were band con-
tests for prizes, big programs of
sports and an annual attendance that
run from ten to fifteen thousand
people. It was at one of those pic-
nics that Leo Stevens, the balloonist,
made his first appearance in Centre
county. But the old business men’s
association died a slow death, and the
balloon has given way to the aero-
plane.
And now the associated business
men of Bellefonte are going to hold
a picnic at Hecla on Thursday of next
week, August 19th. They have not
arranged a balloon ascension, but they
will have about everything else in the
picnic line, including two good games
of base ball, races of various kinds
and many kindred sports. Wetzler’s
famous band will be on the ground all
day to regale the crowd with its de-
lightful music. The Lock Haven busi-
ness men, as well as those of all in-
tervening towns, have been invited to
join in this outing, which will un-
doubtedly be the banner picnic at the
park this summer.
The baseball game in the after-
noon, which was originally scheduled
to be between Bellefonte and Philips-
burg, has been changed to Bellefonte
and Lock Haven, owing to the fact
that Lock Haven business men are ex-
pected to be up in force. The Belle-
fonte—Philipsburg game has been
postponed until August 26th, when
it will be played on Hughes field,
Bellefonte. ?
Of course it will be a basket affair
and all who want to do so can pro-
vide their own eats, but there will
also be eating and refreshment stands
on the grounds where all those who
fail in taking a basket can be sup-
plied. Arrangements have been made
with the Emerick Transportaticn
company to run busses from Belle-
fonte to the park every hour, or of-
tener, if necessary, so that there will
be ample accommodations for every-
body who has no car of his own.
Don’t forget the day, Thursday of
next week, and take the time off and
mix with the business men at the
park. It will do you good and every-
body will be the better for the day’s
outing.
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Exploding Dynamite Caps Injure
Two.
Mark Constance, a foreman and
Joe Lapan, a quarryman at No. 26
quarry of the American Lime and
Stone company at Stevens station,
were seriously injured on Tuesday
morning in a premature explosion of
a box of dynamite caps. One of Con-
stance’s eyes was badly injured but
it is not yet definitely known whether
the sight has been entirely destroyed
or not. Both men were badly cut
about the face and head with the
broken bits of copper from the shat-
tered caps, and Constance has a cut
on his breast, though nothing serious.
Just what caused the explosion is
a mystery that the officials of the
company have not been able to unrav-
el at this writing. Constance and
Lapan were the only two men close
to the box of caps and the other work-
men in that vicinity aver that they
didn’t see anything until they heard
the explosion. But it must have been
pretty terrific, as the box contained
upwards of one hundred caps, the ex-
plosive force of which is eighty
pounds to the square inch., While the
two men are seriously hurt it is really
a miracle that they escaped with their
life.
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A’; soon as the weather clears
up the International Engineering and
Construction company, the contract-
ors building the State highway be-
tween Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap,
expect to pour the top dressing on
the stretch of road between Belle-
fonte and Axe Mann. They figure
that it will take only a few days to
pour the mixture, but it will then
have to lay a week or ten days before
it will set sufficiently to be opened to
traffic.
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TATE.—William Sylvester Tate, ! Shooting Affray Near Osceola’ Mills. :
for years a well known resident of
i Bellefonte were summoned to Osceola
| Mills last week to investigate a shoot- |
ing affair that took place there on |
West Ferguson township, died at the
home of Mrs. W. S. Burd, at Belle-
wood, at 7:15 o'clock last Friday
morning, of heart trouble and other
complications.
He was a son of A. J. and Mary
Boop Tate and was born in Ferguson
township on October 1st, 1863, hence
was in his fifty-seventh year.
boyhood days were spent on the
farm, helping with the work in sum-
mer time and attending public school
during the winter. When he grew to
manhood he engaged in farming for
himself, an occupation he followed
until a few years ago. Several years
ago he quit the farm and secured a
job at the paper mill in Tyrone, mak-
ing his home with Mrs. Burd, at Bell-
wood. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church since boyhood
and was an upright, honorable gentle-
man.
In 1893 he was united in marriage
to Miss Jane M. Archey, of Pine
Grove Mills, and she died without is-
sue in 1913. His survivors, however,
include two sisters and four brothers
as follows: Mrs. Margaret Lee, of
Centre Hall; Mrs. Sarah Smith, of
fort, Ill.; George, of Pittsburgh; Wes-
ley, of Pleasant Gap, aad A. J., of
State College.
Funeral services were held on Sun-
day evening and on Monday morning
the remains were taken to Pine Grove
Mills where burial was made in the
new cemetery, six of his nephews act-
ing as pallbearers.
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BAISOR. — Mrs. Anna Mattern
Baisor, wife of J. W. Baisor, died at
her home in Philipsburg last Satur-
day morning, following an illness of
three weeks with heart trouble and
other complications.
She was a daughter of David and
Mary Way Mattern and was born in
Halfmoon valley over fifty years ago.
Twenty-seven years ago she was
united in marriage to Mr. Baisor and
their early married life was spent in
Buffalo Run valley. Several years
ago they located in Philipsburg where
Mr. Baisor is employed by the Lau-
derbach-Zerby company. Mrs. Baisor
was a life-long member of the Metho-
dist church and a woman of many
beautiful and pleasing traits of char-
acter. In addition to her husband
she is survived by one daughter, Miss
Beatrice, at home. She also leaves
the following brothers and sisters:
Misses Mary and Ozula Mattern, of
Hollidaysburg; Miss Emma and
Beverly Mattern, of Warriorsmark;
M. F. Mattern, of Youngstown, Ohio,
and Miss Sarah Mattern, of Washing-
ton, D. C.
Funeral services were held at her
late home in Philipsburg at 1:30
o’clock on Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
Charles Wesley Wasson, after which
the remains were taken to Halfmoon
valley for burial in Gray’s cemetery.
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widow of the late Lyman Emerick,
of Nittany valley, died at the Lock
Haven hospital on Wednesday of last
I week, following an operation. She
had been in poor health for some time
and was admitted to the hospital on
July 25th, her death resulting from
exhaustion following the operation.
She was fifty-four years of age sand
was well known throughout lower
Nittany valley. Thirty-one years ago
she was united in marriage to Lyman
Emerick, who died in 1914, but sur-
viving here are one son, Paul, of
Clintondale, and three sisters, Mrs.
Anna Stitzer, of Mill Hall; Mrs. Geo.
Wetzel, of Jeannette, and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Kryder, of Marysville, Cal. She
was a life long member of the Luth-
eran church and Rev. W. J. Shultz
had charge of the funeral services
which were held in St. John’s Luth-
eran church at Snydertown at 1:30
o’clock on Sunday morning, burial be-
ing made in the li cemetery
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KERSTETTER. — Mrs. Catherine
Kerstetter, widow of Emanuel Ker-
stetter, died at her home near Mill-
heim at noon last Thursday of gener-
al debility, aged 71 years, 9 months
and 28 days. She was the mother of
fourteen children, eleven of whom
survive, as follows: Miss Lizzie, at
home; Mrs. Annie Braucht, of De-
wart; Mrs. Nora Hosterman, of Co-
burn; Mrs. Gertrude Weaver, of
Woodward; Mrs. Pearl Lynn, of Co-
burn; Chatles F., of Montgomery;
Paul S., of Liverpool; Mrs. Elsie Kor-
man, of Coburn; Mrs. Lottie Miller,
of Millheim; Mrs. Catherine Stover,
of Duncannon, and Mrs. Dollie Au-
man, at home. One brother, Auman
Shirk, of Wichita, Kan., also survives.
Burial was made in Fairview ceme-
tery on Monday afternoon.
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HURWITZ.—Moses Hurwitz, who
came to Bellefonte as manager of the
Claster store (now Cohen & Co.)
when it was first opened here eight
or ten years ago, died in the Clear-
field hospital on Saturday where he
underwent an operation last week for
the removal of a goitre. Mr. Hur-
witz and family spent several years
in Bellefonte then went to State Col-
lege where he has conducted a store
ever since. He was thirty-four years
old and is survived by his wife and
three young children.
The funeral was held on Monday,
the remains being taken to Lock
Haven for burial.
Jim Parks Jr., is again in the
toils of the law. Last Wednesday
he broke the wheels on Andy Toner’s
bicycle and stole the tires, it is alleg-
ed, was arrested and is now in jail
awaiting trial. Parks has already
served time in the Huntingdon re-
formatory and the western peniten-
| tary. )
Scranton; Thomas E. Tate, of Free- |
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EMERICK.—Mrs. H. Etta Emerick,
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Two of the state police located in
Monday night, August 2nd. Accord-
ling to the story Adolph, Mike and
{ John Ciesla, sons of John Ciesla, Sr., {at
and Frank Jarrett, all of whom live
His | on the Tyrone pike out near the old
Twigg place, were on their way home
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
(Continued from page 8, Col. 6.)
—Mr. Rose, of Harrisburg, will be a
week end guest of J. Linn Harris.
—Miss Annie Pearl and sister are spend-
ing the month of August at Ocean City as
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Winner.
| —Mrs. E. J. Burd, of Millheim, and
ruce Knarr, of Centre Hall, are guests
! at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eben Bower.
—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Snodgrass are
! guests this week at the home of Mr. and
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; from Osceola Mills about ten o’clock i Mrs. J. Dorsey Hunter on east Curtin
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| the junction of the Osceola road with |
the Tyrone pike three shots were
fired, one of which struck Adolph
Ciesla in the left shoulder, passing
through and coming out beneath the
right collar bone.
The state police went over to Os-
ceola Mills on Wednesday and Satur- |
man,
day came back . with their
Charles H. Garber, a youth of 21
years of age. The police investiga-
tion showed that as usual there was
a woman in the case and Garber had
the woman. He and his companion
were seen by the auto party who called
to them in a way that ,was resented
by Garber and he promptly drew his
revolver and fired two shots up in
the air.
ment, shots were fired from the car
and he retaliated with the shot that |
hit young Ciesla. Garber is being
held on the charge of carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons.
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South Ward Court News.
Business is picking up in ’Squire
J. M. Keichline’s court in the South
ward, as is evidenced by the various
cases he has heard and disposed of
during the past week or ten days,
among the number being the follow- !
ing:
Clyde Quick, of Snow Shoe town-
ship, was brought into the ’Squire’s
court on complaint of his wife, Laura
Quick, who charged hing with carrying
a revolver and threatening to do her
bodily harm. He was bound over for
trial at the next term of court.
Walter Ray, arrested by the state
police for reckless driving on the pub-
lic highway, and driving a car with-
out an operator’s license, settled both
cases by paying the fines and costs.
G. J. Schwaderer also paid the fine
and costs for reckless driving on the
public highway, he having been ar-
rested by the state police.
James Reese, of Snow Shoe, ar-
rested by A. D. Shank, consta-
ble of Snow Shoe borough, for op-
erating a motor vehicle while under
the influence of intoxicating liquor,
waived a hearing and gave bail for
his appearance at the next term of
court.
Straw— Rine. — William Nicholas
Straw and Miss Lulu Elizabeth Rine,
both of Bellwood, were married at the
Methodist Episcopal parsonage in
that place on Thursday afternoon of
last week by the pastor, Rev. J. F.
Anderson. The bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rine,
of Bellefonte, but has lived in Bell-
wood the past six years. Prior to
her marriage last Thursday she spent
a fortnight at her home in this place.
Her husband was a private clerk and
stenographer in the motive power
office of the Pennsylvania railroad
company in Altoona but in the recent
reorganization of the operating de-
partment of the railroad was trans-
ferred to Harrisburg and it is in that
city they will make their future home.
Durdack—Grove.—Capt. John Dur-
dack, military instructor at State Col-
lege, and Miss Bessie A. Grove, of
the same place, were married at the
U. B. parsonage in this place at ten
o’clock on Wednesday morning by the
pastor, Rev. George E. Smith, the ring
service being used. Capt. and Mrs.
Durdack left the same day on a ten
days’ wedding trip to Philadelphia
and Atlantic City after which they
will take up their residence at State
College where Capt. Durdack has been
assigned for the coming school year.
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Westwood — Deacon — Raymond
Westwood, of Munson, a student at
State College, and Miss Ethel S. Dea-
con, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Deacon, of Allport, were mar-
ried at the home of the bride’s par-
ents last Wednesday afternoon, by
Rev. J. D. W. Deavor, of Morrisdale.
The young couple will make their
home at State College until the bride-
groom completes his course in mining
engineering.
Hosterman — Renner. — Ellsworth
Roosevelt Hosterman and Miss Mabel
Renner, both of Woodward, were
‘married at Central Oak Heights, near
Lewisburg, on Sunday, August first,
by Rev. Walter J. Dice, of Baltimore.
They were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
T. Blaine Hosterman. Mr. and Mrs.
Hosterman will make their home at
Woodward.
me ese eee.
——Most everybody seems to have
lots of money these days, but no man
has so much that he wouldn't take
a little bit more, if he got a good
chance at it, and Yeager’s shoe store
is now offering fifty dollars in gold
to any man, woman or child in Centre
county for just turning in a number.
Of course the number has to be the
right one, but every person has a
guessing chance at it, anyway.
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——The Bellefonte baseball team
defeated the Philipsburg team, at
Philipsburg last Thursday, by the
close score of 3 to 2; and it might be
remarked further that in addition to
the team returning with the Philips-
burg scalp dangling at its belt the
one hundred or more fans which ac-
companied the team brought back a
lot of Philipsburg bacon.
Then, according to his state- |
| at night in an automobile and just at | ireet.
—Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lyons are enter-
| taining Mr. Lyon's cousin, Miss Helen
| Lyons, of Mt. Carmel. Miss Lyons arrived
Wednesday and will spend two weeks in
| Bellefonte.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Garthoff will leave
the latter part of this week for a week's
motor trip, which will include Hunting-
don, Lewistown, Beaver Springs and
Vicksburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Craig and two
daughters, Misses Mary and Dorothy,
and Mr. J. W. Cherry motored from Pitts-
burgh last week and spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. James B. Craig.
—Mrs. Henry Bartley, accompanied by
her niece, Mrs. Alice Esslinger, of Har-
risburg, went down to Lock Haven on
Wednesday for a two weeks’ visit at the
home of Mrs. Bartley's son, Alvin DBart-
i ley and family.
| —Mr. and Mrs. James McKennen and
| daughter Eleanore, of Philadelphia, were
| week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
| Undercoffer, being on a motor trip through
{ this part of the State. Mrs. McKennen
[ is a niece of Mr. Undercoffer.
| —Miss Nelle Flack left a week ago for
| New York City to do early autumn buy-
ing for the millinery department of Katz
. & Co. store. Miss Flack will spend Sun-
i day at Atlantic City and next week will
| go to Windber for a visit with her sis-
ter.
—Mrs. Ferdinand Baum, of Ev-
| anston, Ind., arrived in Bellefonte the fore
| part of the week for a visit among her
[ late husband’s relatives in this place. This
i is her first trip east and she looks with
| astonishment on the mountains and scen-
| ery in this section.
I —Mrs. George Kerstetter and son Wal-
| ton were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
| Harry Yeager over Sunday. On their re-
‘urn to Harrisburg Monday they were ac-
companied by Mrs. Kerstetter's nephew,
Malcolm Yeager, who will spend his two
week’s vacation with his uncle and aunt.
—Mr. and Mrs. William A. Moore, of
North Tonawanda were guests at the
Country club for the greater part of the
past week, while visiting with their many
friends in Bellefonte. Mr. and Mrs. Moore
had been on a long motor trip, stopping
here, on their way home the drive back
being made by way of Pittsburgh.
—DPhilip Reynolds, youngest son of
Col. and Mrs. W. I. Reynolds, returned
home last Friday from a six months trip
on a coal freighter which made a trip
to Egypt and return. He had a whele
volume of experiences, but they were evi-
{ dently amply sufficient for him, as he has
now gone to work for the American
Lime and Stone company.
State College Garage Gutted by Fire.
About 4.30 o'clock last Friday af-
| ternoon fire broke out in the Musser
| garage, State College, and although
the fire company was quickly on the
scene the flames spread rapidly and
communicated to an adjoining black-
smith shop where several horses were
in the act of being shod and it was
with some difficulty that they were re-
moved. Workmen at the garage man-
aged to remove all the automobiles
there at the time except one Stude-
baker car. The bulk of the stock of
tires and other accesscries was got-
ten out but the building was so bad-
ly damaged that it will have to be
torn down and rebuilt. The garage
was located in the rear of the Pastime
theatre but the firemen prevented the
flames from doing any damage to it.
The fire originated from the explo-
sion of an oil stove used in the bat-
tery department. Mr. Musser carried
some insurance but his net loss is
considerable.
Re-united After Many Years.
When the Lewisburg passenger
train pulled into Bellefonte on Wed-
nesday morning among the passen-
gers who alighted was a middle-aged
Italian woman direct from Italy. Her
husband came to this country over
fourteen years ago and all that time
she has been working and waiting in
sunny Italy for the money and sum-
mons to come and join him in this
country. Recently he sent for her and
she came over and made the trip
alone to Bellefonte and the irony of
fate is that the man was not at the
train to meet her. But he hardly was
to blame for that. He had been ex-
pecting his wife every day the past
week, and had been at the trains to
meet her, but Wednesday morning
he concluded to go to work and that
is the time she came. Of course word
was at once sent to the husband and
he made haste to come to town and
meet his wife, and we doubt not it
was a happy meeting.
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——Pilot Hopson went out to
Brookville on Wednesday morning to
bring a mail plane that had been held
there several days owing to repeated
rain storms back to Bellefonte and it
was just about 6:30 o’clock when he
sailed over Bellefonte. He circled
down then when he undertook to
light on the aviation field he misjudg-
ed his distance and overflew the
course. When he attempted to rise
again his motor refused to function
and he was compelled to come to
earth in a corn field this side of the
ball ground. The plane was consid-
erably damaged but the pilot escaped
unhurt.
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——Evelyn Carson, the three
months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
of indigestion last Thursday and was
buried in Fairview cemetery, Mill-
héim, on Tuesday morning.
James Carson, of Aaronsburg, died’
i ——During the week a specialist
| was here from Philadelphia in con-
sultation on the case of G. Fred Mus-
ser, who has been so critically ill as
an after effect of an attack of pleur-
isy. It was his opinion that the
abscess that has been causing most
of the trouble will be absorbed
and that an operation will not
be necessary. Mr. Musser is
very weak but greatly encouraged.
——Cards have been received in
Bellefonte announcing the birth of a
little son, on August 3rd, to Mr. and
Mrs. Monford Burns, of Chicago, the
new arrival having been christened
William Monford Burns. Mrs. Burns
will be better remembered by Belle-
fonte people as Miss Frances Elmore,
formerly of this placve.
—Judging from his picture, Arch-
bishop Mannix certainly doesn’t look
like a man over whom England should
become so mightly stirred.
——If you see it in the “Watch-
man” you will know it’s true.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
W. E. Reed is having a new chest-
nut shingle roof put on his home.
Mrs. Mary M. Williams is visiting
the Claude Williams home near town.
_ Mrs. Jane Goss, of Avis, is visit-
ing her sister, Mrs. W. E. Johnson.
Mrs. J. W. Sunday is in Somerset
county for a month’s visit among
relatives.
C. C. Shuey, of Bellefonte, was in
this section on a business trip last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams spent
Sunday at the Roy Williams home at
Circleville.
Prof. A. C. Weaver, of Sandy Ridge,
shook hands with his old friends here
‘on Friday.
Merchant E. M. Watt and A. S.
Bailey made a trip to the county seat
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Lillie Woomer, of State Col-
lege, spent Friday on a visit to our
town dentist.
Merchant J. Mac Goheen, of Ty-
rone, spent Friday with his sisters at
Pine Grove Mills.
Miss Ina Roush, of Altoona, is
spending her summer vacation among
her old associates here.
W. E. Tate, a Civil war veteran of
Centre Hall, accompanied by is wife,
spent Monday in town.
Mrs. Margaret Moore, of State Col-
lege, is a guest of her sisters, Misses
Sue and Sadie Dennley.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goss came
up from Harrisburg for a brief out-
ing with Mr. Goss’ mother.
Mrs. Etta Wynn, of Philipsburg, is
being entertained by her aunt, Mrs.
i Sue Peters, on east Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Witmer, of
Fillmore, were Sunday visitors at the
i J. B. Witmer home at White Hall.
Charles T. Homan has purchased
a $3150 seven passenger Haines car
through the Dreese agency at Lemont.
Farmer Frank Swabb lost a good
cow last Thursday, the animal dying
in the field before help could be sum-
moned.
After a month’s visit at the Oliver
H. Gibboney home at Saulsburg, Miss
Gladys Randolph returned home on
Sunday.
Lawrence Meeker, of Bellefonte, and
A. H. Hartswick, of State College,
were registered at the St. Elmo on
Monday.
W. Groh Runkle Esq., one of the
legal luminaries of Bellefonte, greet-
ed his old friends in this section on
Monday.
Grandmother Everhart i$ spending
the hot weather at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Quinn, at the foot of
old Tussey mountain.
Miss Mildred Campbell is this week
entertaining some of her classmates
from Indiana college, at the home of
her parents at Fairbrook.
Mrs. W. H. Martz, who was in-
jured by an automobile last week, is
able to go about the house, very
thankful that she is living.
Musser Krebs and sister Alma and
Ed Weaver, of Altoona, on their way
to State College, tarried a short time
with friends here on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Woods, with
their son George III, came in from
Pitcairn for their annual summer vis-
it at the Dr. G. H. Woods home.
Henry Davis, one of the best known
residents of Shaver’s Creek valley,
died at his home at Cottage on Mon-
day morning, aged eighty years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Musser, Mrs.
Mary McCormick, P. M. Corl and
two children visited the Mac Fishburn
home at Rock Springs on Sunday.
Misses Neda and Catherine Lytle,
of Miffiinburg, have been visiting
Centre county relatives the past week.
They like their new home very much.
John C. Dunlap, of Cherrytree,
spent Sunday with his father, S. A.
Dunlap, who had been somewhat un-
der the weather but is now improving.
down a good clerical position in Pitts-
burgh, is here for a week’s outing
at the home of her father, N. J. Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dale and daugh-
ter Edith went down to the Samuel
Wilson home at Graysville last Friday
to see Mrs. Wilson, who has been
quite ill.
Samuel Zettle and wife, of Pleasant
Gap; Mrs. Ella Zettle, of Illinois, and
Jasper Rishel and family, of Oak Hall,
were callers at the Sue Peters home
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thomas, of
the Buckeye State, are visiting Centre
county friends. Before her marriage
Mrs. Thomas was Miss Maria Elder,
of Fairbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Markle and Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Fortney were enter-
tained at dinner on Sunday at the
Robert Cronemiller home at Pennsyl-
vania Furnace.
Mrs. Mary Trostle gave a chicken
dinner at her home at Fairbrook last
Saturday when four generations were
represented around the festive board.
They were grandmother Julia Dreible-
.
Miss Grace Dale, who is holding !
bis, past eighty years of age, who was
the guest of honor; her three daugh-
ters, Mary, Maude and Mrs. Paul
Wrigley; her grand-daughter, Mrs.
Mary Trostle, and the latter’s daugh-
ter, Julia Trostle. »
A congregational meeting will fol-
low the regular preaching services in
the Lutheran church here on Sunday
morning, and a full turnout of mem-
bers is desired.
Robert Reed took his parents on a
motor trip to Unionville on Sunday
to visit his wife, who is in Bald Eagle
valley recuperating after undergoing
a serious operation.
_ Miss Charity Fisher, of Frankstown,
is here for a month prior to the open-
ing of her school, a guest of her
brother, Rev. I. E. Fisher, at the
Methodist parsonage.
Grandmother Mary Harper is quite
ill at the home of her son Gordon, at
Fairbrook. She has long since been
an octogenarian and her condition is
regarded as quite serious.
Farmer John Quinn is nursing
quite a sore hand caused by being
scratched by a briar. Blood poison
was feared for a time but danger of
infection is now believed to be past.
W. B. Rankin and daughter, Mrs.
Bella Ward and Miss Underwood
made a trip to this part of the coun-
ty on Sunday in the Clark Carson
car, going as far down the line as
Baileyville.
A family dinner was served on Sun-
day at the J. E. McWilliams home on
Main street. Mr. McWilliams’ sister,
Mrs. Alice Buchwalter, of Lancaster,
and her son, Henry, were guests of
honor.
The McBath clan are arranging to
hold a reunion in the park at Tyrone
on Saturday, August 28th. The fam-
ily has a long list of connections and
a big gathering and royal good time
is anticipated.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Portzline, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Portzline, of Selins-
grove, and Mrs. C. A. Barger, of
Philadelphia, spent the early part of
the week at the Samuel M. Hess home
on the Branch.
Dr. J. C. Baumgardner, of Peters-
burg, was here on Monday in quest of
wool and fresh cows. The price offer-
ed for the former, 20 cents a pound,
was too low and cows were too high
in price to suit him.
A box social will be held at the
John G. Bailey home next Wednes-
day evening for the benefit of the
Presbyterian church. The ladies will
furnish the boxes and the men the
cash to pay for them.
J. H. Strouse is looking for the
man who ran down his young mare
last Thursday evening. The animal
had just stepped out of the barnyard
when an automobile going about forty
miles an hour struck it.
Fred Fry’s big shepherd dog has
either become lost, strayed or stolen,
and he kindly requests anyone know-
ing of its whereabouts to telephone
him on the Commercial phone. The
dog carried tag No. 2772.
George Edward Meyers, of Boals-
burg, spent a short time here on Mon-
day evening. While not engaged in
driving the bus six trips daily be-
tween Boalsburg and Oak Hall he is
busy erecting an addition to his house.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Krebs, of State
College, accompanied by their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Margaret VanCort, of Can-
ada, were callers with friends here
on Sunday. Mrs. VanCort expects to
leave in a fiew days for her home in
Montreal.
E. M. Krug, formerly editor of the
State College Times but who now
pushes his pencil in the sanctum of
the Huntingdon Globe, accompanied
by his wife, has been spending his
vacation at the Henry Sents home on
the Branch.
Joseph O’Bryan, wife and son, mo-
tored in from Detroit, Mich., last week,
coming by way of Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs.
Nannie Glasgow, of Lancaster, is al-
so here and a family gathering was
held at the well known O'Bryan home
here on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Williams, of
Houserville, spent the first day of the
week at the A. L. Bowersox home on
east Main street. Mr. Williams has
sold his farm to Harry Tressler,
though the latter will not get poses-
sion until next spring.
Miss Ruth Illingworth, of State
College, was taken to the Presbyter-
ian hospital, Philadelphia, last week
as a typhoid fever patient. Her
father, Rev. Ralph Illingworth, of
Ohio, hastened to Philadelphia to stay
with her until the crisis has passed.
A big crowd gathered for the an-
nual country picnic at Marengo last
Saturday but a heavy downpour of
rain in the early afternoon spoiled the
outing. The big gathering at Spruce
Creek was also spoiled by the rain
Seor, which was accompanied with
ail.
Rev. William Dale, of Pittsburgh,
is visiting his aged father, M. J. Dale,
who is past eighty-six years of age,
but still quite sprightly and takes
daily walks of from one to three
miles. He is now looking forward
to the annual reunion of the Centre
county veteran association to be held
at Centre Hall on September 8th.
After a two weeks visit among
Centre county friends Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Dannley departed for their home
in Medina, Ohio, on Monday morning.
While here he purchased and had sur-
veyed a small plot of ground near
the old Pine Grove furnace on which
he has arranged for the erection of
a bungalow just as soon as the re-
quisite lumber can be secured, with
the proviso that it must be completed
by the opening of the hunting season
and ready for him and some of his
Ohio friends to occupy.
Elmer Cameron Musser is now con-
vinced that a woman can fool a man,
at least part of the time, as he had
the fact fully demonstrated to him
last Saturday. His wife planned a
surprise party for his 59th birthday
anniversary on Saturday and pulled it
off without him getting next until a
host of his neighbors and friends
marched to his home from the S. M.
Hess home, where they had quietly
gathered all unbéknown to him. Mr.
Musser received many remembrances
of the day and with choice refresh-
ments, music’ and games the evening
| was passed in a most dulightful way.
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