Bellefonte, Pa., February 10, 1922.
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DREIBLEBIS.—Mrs. Julia Dreible-
bis, widow of Daniel Dreiblebis, pass-
ed away at her home at Pine Hall last
Thursday afternoon. She had been in
feeble health for some time past but |
was able to be up and around her room |
until the day of her death. i
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Grenoble, pioneers of Gregg
township, where she was born on May
23rd, 1839, hence had attained the
advanced age of 82 years, 8 months
and 10 days. In 1859 she married
Daniel Dreiblebis and all their mar-
ried life was spent in the vicinity of
State College. She was a life-long
member of the Reformed church and
one of those old-fashioned motherly
souls whose heart was always open to
the signal of want and distress and
her household a refuge for friend or
stranger.
Her husband died in 1910 but sur-
viving her are eleven children, all of
whom are among the most successful
and respected citizens of that section
of the county. They are Mrs. Harvey
Bowersox and Mrs. Jacob Krumrine,
of State College; Mrs. George Lutz,
of Struble; Mrs. Allen Wrigley, of
Pennsylvania Furnace; Misses Mary
and Maude, at home; Martin A., of
State College; William, of Houser-
ville; Newton A., of Pine Grove
Mills; John D., of Pennsylvania Fur-
nace, and Walter, of Struble. She al-
so leaves two brothers and two sisters,
John Grenoble, of Aaronsburg; James,
in Ohio; Mrs. McCool, of Spring
Mills, and Mrs. Deitrick, of Hublers-
burg.
Rev. S. C. Stover had charge of the
funeral services which were held at
her late home at ten o’clock on Tues-
day morning after which the remains
were laid to rest in the Pine Hall cem-
etery.
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ROCKEY.—Following a year’s ill-
ness with bronchial and heart trouble
John D. Reckey died at his home at
State College last Friday morning.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Rockey and was born in Gregg town-
ship on October 3rd, 1847, hence had
attained the age of 74 years and 4
months. He grew to manhood on his
father’s farm and naturally made ag-
riculture his life’s work. For many
years he occupied the Brockerhoff
farm in Buffalo Run valley but finally
purchased a farm of his own in the
same locality and lived there until
his retirement in 1917 to a comforta-
home at State College.
In March, 1874, he married Miss
Harriet Bowersox, of Fergusen town-
ship, who survives with the following
children: Mrs. W. H. Macker, of
Bellefonte; H. N. Rockey, of State
College; Mrs. Oscar Witmer, of Buf-
falo Run; D. Stuart Rockey, of Al-
toona; A. C., of Potter township;
Henry C., of Fillmore; Elmer E., of
Bellefonte, and Miss Clara, at home.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. John
Albright, of Spring Mills.
Mr. Rockey was a member of the
Methodist church most of his life and
Revs. Peters and Hummel had charge
of the funeral which was held at 1:30
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, burial
being made in the Meyer’s cemetery.
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BURCHFIELD. — Mrs. Mary M.
Shugert Burchfield passed away on
Monday at the home of her son,
Townsend Shugert Moran, at Buffa-
lo, N. Y., of general debility, aged al-
most eighty-four years. She was a
daughter of Samuel T. and Deborah
M. Dunlop Shugert and was born in
Bellefonte. Her early life was spent
here and when she grew to woman-
hood she married John Moran, and
they had one child, Townsend, at
whose home she died. Following the !
death of her first husband she mar-
ried William E. Burchfield, of Phil-
ipsburg, at one time Register of |
Centre county, and thereafter she |
made her home in Philipsburg until
the death of Mr. Burchfield, since
which time she lived with her son
Townsend.
Mrs. Burchfield was a member of |
the well known Shugert family, of :
Bellefonte, and was possessed of |
many lovable traits of character. She |
was a life-long member of the Pres-
byterian church and a good christian |
woman. The remains were brought |
to Bellefonte yesterday morning and |
taken direct from the train to the |
Union cemetery for burial.
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HEWITT.—Last week the “Watch- |
man” caried a brief announcement of |
the death of Mrs. John Hewitt, at the
home of her son Strafford, at Mariet-
ta, Ga., on January 30th. From later
intelligence it is learned that she died
of bronchial pneumonia after a brief
illness. For some months previous,
however, she had been a sufferer with
arterio-sclerosis and her frail and
weakened body was thus more suscep-
tible to cold and its consequent de-
velopment. The remains were brought
to Pennsylvania and laid to rest beside
those of her late husband, the Rev.
John Hewitt, in the Pomfret Manor
cemetery, at Sunbury.
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JAMES H. POTTER
Well Known Head of Potter-Hoy Hard- |
ware Company.
THE POTTEH-HOY CO. BANQUET.
Yorior i
Celebration in Honor cf Mr. Potter’s
50th Anniversary in kard-
ware Business.
Nowadays when a youngster plays
truant he is hunted up by the truant
officer and sent back to school, but
fifty years ago it was different. On|
the 6th of February, 1872, a young lad
in Bellefonte played truant and in|
meandering around town drepped into
the hardware store of J. & J. Harris,
located in the room now occupied by
the Mingle shoe store in the Brock-
erhoff house block. The proprietors
were engaged in taking an inventory
of stock and seemed rather fussed up
over the matter The young man vol- |
unieered assistance, which was ac-
cepted, and thus James H. Potter was |
literally catapulted into the hardware
business. So quick and accurate did
Le prove to be that day that when he
offered to return the next day and |
help his offer was quickly accepted. |
During the second day he applied for
a regular job and was taken on at the
munificent (?) salary of $200 a year.
He worked in that store three years |
doing anything from driving the de-
livery wagon to keeping the books, |
then he decided to go to State College.
He spent one school year at the Col-
lege and the day after he returned |
home following commencement he |
went back to work in the Harris hard-
ware store. _
On January 1st, 1876, less than four |
years from the day he played truant
and got his first job in the store Mr.
Potter became a partner when John
Harris retired and the firm became
James Harris & Co. In the early
eighties their business had outgrown
its cramped quarters and in 1884 the
present brick building was erected on
the corner of High and Water streets.
In March, 1885, Bellefonte was visited |
by a fire which burned the Reynolds '
block and Strychnine cerner and
among the partial losers were the
Goldsmith Bros. Having no place to
co Mr. Harris leased them the almost
completed building intended for his
hardware store and they moved there
and oecupied it until the spring of
1886 when the hardware store was
moved down town and Mr. Potter had
the entire arrangement of the new
store. In 1900 Mr. Harris retired
from the firm and the Potter-Hoy
Hardware company was organized |
with Mr. Potter the senior member
and directing head. The subsequent
history of the company is known by
everybody in Bellefonte. Today they
employ a force of twenty some people
and do business all over the central
part of the State. The truant boy of
fifty years ago has grown just a shade
gray in the business but he is still the
directing head and like a father to the
employees of the firm.
This latter fact probably more than
any other thing is what led the em-
ployes to give a banquet in his hon-
or on Monday night. The affair was
held at the Bush house and proved a
most delightful occasion. The gather- !
ing was confined entirely to members
of the firm, their wives, the employees
and their wives, thirty-six in number.
They all gathered around one large
table arranged in the centre of the
dining room and which was handsome-
ly adorned with roses and cut flowers. |
Before being seated Mr. Potter was
presented with a bouquet of fifty |
roses and with his customary gallant-
ry he generously divided with the la-
dies present. A victrola in one cor-
ner of the dining room furnished mu-
sic and the menu discussed was as
follows:
Cream of Tomato Soup
Queen Olives Hearts of Celery
Baked Halibut Hollandaise Sauce
Parisienne Potatoes
Roast Chicken with Filling, Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Green Peas
Cold Slaw
Fiftieth Anniversary Punch
Hearts of Lettuce Cheese Wafers
Strawberry Ice Cream
After Dinner Mints Assorted Cakes
Coffee Cigars
At the conclusion of the above feast
Frank M. Crawford assumed the role
of toastmaster and spoke briefly of
the pleasure it afforded all the em-
ployees to thus testify their feeling of |
love and respect for the “father of the
firm.” And then one by one the oth-
er employees added their tribute so
that it was almost twelve o’clock
when the last kind word was spoken
and the big family of workers in the
Potter-Hoy company departed for
their respective homes.
——Genuine Tennessee red cedar
chests, polished lids, copper trimmed,
February sale price, $14.50 at W. R.
Brachbill’s. 6-1t
. ter place.
FETTERHOFF.—Hiram D. Fetter- |
hoff, a well known resident of Belle-
fonte, passed away at his home on:
Bishop street just before noen on Tues-
day after almost a year’s illness with |
organic heart trouble.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan-
iel Fetterhoff and was born at Hali-
fax, Dauphin county, on September |
3rd, 1844, making his age 77 years, 5 ;
months and 4 days. His mother pass-
cd away when he was a child and he |
was taken into the family of Mr. and |
Mrs. Samuel Stover, of Rock Springs, |
where as a boy he worked on the
farm during the summer and attend- !
ed school in winter. In 1881 Frank B.
Stover, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel |
Stover, came to Bellefonte and pur-
chased a meat market and Mr. Fetter- |
hoff came here and went into business |
with him, remaining there until Mr. |
Stover sold out and moved to Altoo- |
na. He then went to work for L. H.
| Gettig, in his meat market in the Bush
| house block, but was there only a i
1
brief period when he accepted the po-
| sition of night watchman and care- |
taker at the Centre county bank,
where he remained in most faithful |
and intelligent service until May, |
1921, when he was compelled to give
up work on account of his health.
Mr. Fetterhoff was a member of the
Lutheran church and a regular at- |
tendant. He was a man of quiet,
rather retiring disposition, but con-
scientious and faithful! in the dis-
charge of his duties at all times. In
| 1910 Le married Miss Blanche E. Tate
who survives. He also leaves one sis-
ter and a brother, Mrs. Tschopp, of
Enhaut, and Ephriam Fetterhoff, of
Steelton. Funeral services will be
held at his late home at three o’clock
this (Friday) afternoon by Rev. Wil-
‘son P. Ard, after which the remains
! will be taken to Pleasant Gap for bur-
ial in the Lutheran cemetery at that
| place.
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STEWART. — Mrs. Mary Jane
| Stewart, a native of Ferguson town-
: ship, passed away last Friday even-
| ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Stiver, of Altoona, of general
debility. She had been in failing
health for more than a year and just
. gradually sank away.
She was the only daughter of Sam-
‘uel and Sarah Burchfield McWilliams
and was born near Meek’s church on
{ January 25th, 1837, hence was 85
years and 9 days old. Her childhood
and early life was spent on the home
farm, her education being received at
the district school and the old Pine
Grove Mills Academy, one or two of
her school mates still living at the lat-
In 1867 she married W.
David Stewart and some years later
. they moved to Altoona where her hus-
band became an employee of the Penn-
sylvania railroad company. Mrs.
Stewart was a member of the Pres-
byterian church for more than seven-
' ty years, and always lived a beautiful
christian life.
Her husband was killed in a railroad
accident in the Altoona yards on Au-
gust 24th, 1909, but surviving her are
two daughters, Mrs. Rose Moore and
Mrs. W. H. Stiver, both of Altoona.
She also leaves nine grand-children
and eight great grand-children. Fun-
eral services were held at the Stiver
home at 1:30 o’clock on Monday after- |
noon by her pastor, Rev. H. H. Stiles,
' D. D., assisted by Rev. S. S. Carnell,
after which burial was made in the
Oak Ridge cemetery, Altoona.
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WOODRING.—Daniel Woodring, a
: well known resident of Worth town-
ship, died very suddenly of heart fail-
ure on Tuesday morning while on a
trip to Port Matilda. He had driven
into the town in a wagon to make
purchases and his business concluded
he started for home shortly before
noon. He was still within the town
limits when persons on the street saw
him sag down on the wagon seat. The
‘team was stopped and friendly hands
intended assisting Mr. Woodring from
the wagon, but before any move could
be made in this direction he had pass-
ed away.
Mr. Woodring was about fifty-nine
‘years old and was a farmer all his
life, living north of Port Matilda on
the road leading to Philipsburg. He
is survived by his wife and a num-
ber of children. Burial will be made
in the Black Oak cemetery this (F'ri-
day) afternoon.
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WEAVER.—Thursday morning of
last week James Weaver passed into
the Great Beyond, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Carrie Houtz, at
Aaronsburg. He had been a patient
sufferer with a serious illness since
last fall. His wife preceded him to
the grave about eighteen years ago
but surviving him are the following
children: Irvin, Clark and Harry
Weaver, and Mrs. Nellie Brown, all of
Nittany valley, and Mrs. Carrie
Houtz, of Aaronsburg. Funeral serv-
ices were held at the Houtz home at
two o'clock on Monday afternoon by
Rev. C. B. Snyder, after which burial
was made in the Aaronsburg ceme-
tery.
“Not now, but in the coming years,
It may be in the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears
And there, sometime, we'll understaci.”
ss
——The many friends of Charles
F. Romick, of Nittany, will regret to
learn that he is suffering with rheu-
matism and other ailments, which,
with his advancing age, keeps him
confined to his room and in bed most
of the time. One of his principal en-
joyments is reading his favorite pa-
per, the “Watchman.” Let us all hope
that when nice weather comes Mr.
Romick will be restored to health and
be able once again to go out and en-
joy the sunshine and flowers.
STEPHEN 8S. APLIN
i The New General Secvetary of the
Jelle-
fonte ¥. M. C, A.
Y. M. C. A. BRIVE A SUCCESS.
ally Secured in Cash and Pledges
| $10,000 for the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A.
| has been put over the top, if the ex-
| pectations of the executive committee
late yesterday afternoon were ful-
filled. At that time they had raised
over $9,900 and felt confident that be-
fore the drive was closed last night
the amount would exceed ten thous-
and by two or three hundred dollars.
The drive started last Friday morn-
ing with over fifty men working in
three divisions. At a supper given
at the Y. M. C. A. the same evening
over $4,600 were reported. At anoth-
er supper on Monday evening the
amount reported was not so large the
total being over $6,000. The drive
was to close on Tuesday but when the
canvassers all gathered at the Y. that
evening for supper and made their
report they showed only a total of
$8,407.25. Right here it might be
said that the cost of the banquets in
the Y. were not taken off the receipts
as they should have been, but were
paid for by Hon. A. G. Morris, Col.
Spangler and Horatio Moore.
With $1,600 to go and the time limit
over there might have been cause for
discouragement, but it only aroused
the fighting spirit of the entire com-
mittee. James R. Hughes offered to
give his Academy minstrel perform-
ances this year for the Y., and the
committee decided to continue the
(drive. By Wednesday evening they
(had §9,660.70, and this was more en-
| couraging. They continued the work
| yesterday with the result as stated at
| the beginning of this article.
| Now that the entire fund necessary
i to finance the Y. for the current year
has” been secured the opportunity is
| be made to exercise in Bellefonte. The
‘new general secretary, Mr. Stephen |
iS. Aplin, will at once proceed on a
i membership campaign. This is just
| as important to the success of the in-
| stitution as the campaign for money.
Every man and boy in Bellefonte can
i lend assistance to its success by be-
| coming members. Secretary Aplin
| will take pleasure in welcoming you
yand giving any information desired.
| A number of men in Bellefonte have
| given time and thought to planning to
, put the Y. in its present condition and
it is now up to the people of Belle-
i fonte to prove that they did not la-
: bor in vain.
CORL.—Mrs. Mary Corl, wife of
| Benjamin F. Corl, of State College,
‘ passed away on Wednesday morning
of last week after only a few day’s
illness with pneumonia, aged about
i fifty years. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Yarnell and was
born in College township. About
twenty-seven years ago she married
Benjamin Corl who survives with four
| children, Mrs. Fred Watts, of Tren-
‘ton, N. J.; Luther, Ralph and Beatrice,
at home. She also leaves four broth-
ers and two sisters, Grant, of Burling-
ton, Wyo.; William, of Louisville,
Ohio; Griffith, of Beaver Falls, Iowa;
Elmer, in Wyoming; Annie and Vir-
ginia, in Michigan. Revs. Sasserman
and Harkins officiated at the funeral
| which was held on Saturday morning,
burial being made in the Pine Hall
cemetery.
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LOVE.—Hudson Williams Love
died at his home in Pittsburgh Wed-
nesday night from the effects of in-
juries received Tuesday afternoon
while working at his vocation as a
carpenter in the Carnegie Museum.
Deceased was a son of the late
Judge W. W. and Jane Wilson Love,
of Tusseyville, this county, where he
was born and grew to manhood.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Margaret Evey, and two
children, William and Mary. He was
a full brother of Mrs. J. Elmer Camp-
bell, of Linden Hall, and Mrs. Har-
riet Krise, of Shamokin, and a half
brother of Mrs. Margaret Runkle, of
Pittsburgh.
He was a member of the Presbyter-
ian church, and services will be held
at his late home tomorrow afternoon,
and interment made in Pittsburgh.
——Mrs. Edward P. Irwin is a sur-
gical patient in the Bellefonte hos-
pital, having gone out the early part
of the week for a minor operation,
from which she is now so rapidly re-
covering that she will be discharged |
within a few days. Jean Herron,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Herron, is also a surgical patient at
the hospital. The child was taken out
this week to be operated on for ap-
pendicitis.
! PINE GROVE MENTION.
Lieut. Paul Ward spent Monday
night in Tyrone.
i A. S. Bailey was a business visitor
‘at State College on Tuesday.
Irvin Walker spent Tuesday in
Bellefonte on a business mission.
Mrs. C. M. Dale, of the Branch, vis-
ited relatives in town last Thursday.
tour.
W. E. Reed is still suffering with :
! rheumatism which has kept him hous- |
‘ed up most of the winter. i
Mrs. Philip Grenoble, Mrs. C. H.
Meyers and Mrs. C. T. Homan are |
among the sick this week.
Cyrus B. McWilliams has gone to |
Tyrone to spend the balance of the |
: when he got to Reading his son, Sam-
i uel E. Goss, induced him to enter one
! of the hospitals there. He submitted
| to an operation for bladder trouble
i last Friday and is now reported as do-
ling as well as can be expected, al-
though a second operation may be
i necessary to entirely relieve him of
| his trouble.
| George Hoover, of Snow Hill, Md.,
. G. W. Louck and wife motored to | is visiting his niany friends in this
‘ Bellefonte on Tuesday on a shopping !
section of the county. He reports
that while they have had storms and
i some snow down in that section the
lowest the thermometer has reached
this winter has been sixteen degrees
above zero. Mr. Hoover's recreation
this winter has been fishing, which is
good in that locality. Trout are caught
weighing anywhere from eight to
twelve pounds. On Wednesday even-
ing Mr. Hoover was guest of honor at
t winter with his sister Ida.
Our mutual friend, A. J. Lytle, who
has been under the weather for some |
a community dance held at the Roy
Henry home on the Branch.
The big drive to raise a fund of |
| ripe to show the power for good it can
weeks, is now convalescing.
J. Schuyler Goss, business manager
of the State Coliege Times, spent
Sunday with his mother in this place.
A community dance will be held in
he I. O. O. F. hall at State Coliege
‘next Monday evening. Everybody is
| invited.
Harry Gearhart is handling the
hammer and tongs as an apprentice
with our village biacksmith, W. A.
Collins.
C. C. Williams and wife, with Mr.
Williams’ mother, spent Tuesday at
the William G. Gardner home in the
Glades.
The venerable Jacob Keller is still
confined to bed as the result of a
stroke of paralysis, but is somewhat
improved.
W. E. McWilliams, Mrs. N. E. Hess,
Henry and John E. McWilliams were
in Altoona on Monday attending the
Mrs. Stewart funeral.
William Paul Goss, of Tyrone, is
here doing the chores for his grand-
mother during the absence in Read-
ing of grandfather Goss.
Our old friend, Adam Zeigler, has
been ill the past four weeks suffering
with an attack of heart trouble, but
is now slowly recovering.
Comrade J. W. Sunday, who is
spending the winter with friends at
Windber is here for a brief visit with
old friends and acquaintances.
William F. Thompson, wife and
family motoed to the county seat on
Tuesday to look after some business
matters and do a little shopping.
W. K. Corl is now convalescing
nicely at the Glenn sanitorium, at
State College, and hopes to be able to
leave there in ten days or two weeks.
Farmer J. G. Miller was compelled
to kill one of his best young mares on
Monday owing to a broken leg sus-
tained when kicked by another horse.
C. L. Goodling, of State College; J.
H. McCracken and Roy Strouse each
| purchased a fine Percheron horse at
the horse sale at Centre Hall last
week.
{ Mrs. Emblick, who has been a pa-
i tient in the Bellefonte hospital for
| some months, was discharged on Mon-
| day and taken to her home near Erb-
| town.
| Mr. Rosenbury will move from the
| Musser farm at White Hall to the
Alvin Way farm in Halfmoon valley
next week, Mr. Way moving to State
College.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kepler are on a
trip to Washington, D. C., where they
will take in all the interesting sights
then go on a visit to their brother-in-
law, Dr. DeVoe Meade, at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
S. M. Hess is nursing a colony of
Job’s comforters, but instead of loaf-
ing on the job went to Bellefonte on
Monday on the hunt of a carpenter to
build an addition to his barn as soon
as the weather permits.
Miss Nannie Bailey got a bad fall
on an icy pavement on Monday. The
back of her head struck the pavement
but her heavy coil of hair probably
saved her from serious injury. As it
was, her back comb was broken into
fragments.
The evangelistic meetings held by
Dr. Curry, of Mount Union, at the
Graysville Presbyterian church last
week resulted in a confession of faith
by twenty-eight people, while two
were added to the church roll of mem-
bership by letters of transfer.
J. N. Rishel and wife, of Oak Hall,
spent the Sabbath with Mrs. Susan
Peters on east Main street. Mr.
Rishel has so far recovered from a
stroke of paralysis sustained some
months ago as to get around very
well with the use of one crutch.
Our young friend, John B. Goheen,
has resigned as captain of Troop B,
at Tyrone and first lieutenant George
0. Calbert has been commissioned as
his successor. Capt. Goheen resigned
to locate in Indiana where his business
interests require his constant atten-
tion.
Clark Harpster, fourteen year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harpster, of
Rock Springs, slipped and fell as he
was leaving the Graysville church,
last Friday evening, breaking his left
leg. A physician reduced the frac-
ture and he is now resting as com-
fortably as possible.
Edgar Bowersox, of Lansdowne,
was here for the funeral of his broth-
er-in-law, the late John B. Rockey.
Mrs. Bowersox started to make the
trip with him but was taken sick on
the train and stopped at Lancaster
where she was taken in charge by
Mrs. Alice Buchwalter.
On Monday morning a headon col-
lision occurred between the cars of S.
M. Hess and Mr. Walker on the sharp
curve near John Klingers. Mr. Hess’
car was damaged to that extent that
it had to be towed to the garage while
Mr. Walker was more fortunate and
able to continue under his own power.
Before this issue of the “Watch-
man” goes into the hands of its read-
ers merchant E. C. Martz will have
completed the moving of his large
stock of merchandise into the Archey
store building on the corner. The
building has been entirely overhauled
up-to-date store fittings.
In our last letter we stated that H.
H. Goss had gone to Philadelphia to
| enter a hospital for treatment but lat-
{er intelligence disclosed the fact that
and newly furnished throughout with |
CENTRE HALL.
Miss Grace Smith and Mrs. Clyde
Smith spent Monday in the stores of
Bellefonte.
. “Bud” Stahl spent Sunday at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Stahl.
Miss Margaret Emery left on Fri-
day morning for a two week’s visit in
Philadelphia and other eastern cities.
Mrs. Milford Luse came home from
the Glenn sanitorium at State Col-
lege on Saturday, and is improving
steadily.
The prize contest by the P. O. S.
of A. on Thursday evening was a
great success, and every one enjoyed
the exercises.
The local institute at Millheim on
Friday afternoon and evening was
well attended and enjoyed by all. All
of our town teachers were there.
The meetings in the Methodist
church were continued during a part
of the week, closing on Wednesday
evening. The attendance was fair.
_ Miss Ethel Rowe arrived home on
Wednesday afternoon. She will here-
after be found in the bank at Mill-
heim, instead of in training for a
nurse.
Miss Romie Snyder, who was dis-
charged from the Bellefonte hospital
on Monday, returned to her home in
this place, and is greatly improved by
her operation.
A white fawn, caught by Domer
Ishler while on his mail route, was
exhibited during the week. It was
quite a curiosity. Later it was taken
to the forester, William McKinney.
Randolph Bartges, the 5 year old
son of W. E. Bartges, who lives on the
farm formerly owned by D. L. Bart-
ges, was a victim of the dread disease,
diphtheria. He was ill during a part
of last week and became rapidly
worse until the end on Saturday after-
noon at five o'clock, when death re-
lieved him of his sufferings.
Real Estate Transfers.
Anna T. H. Henszey, et bar, to Phi
Lambi property of Alphi Chi Rho fra-
ternity, tract in College township;
$1,600. 3d s
Florence Randcock, et bar, to Coal
Corp., tract in Rush township; $1.
Andrew Handza, et ux, to Andrew
Kollai, et ux, tract in Snow Shoe
township; $840.
I. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to Wm.
C. Rush, tract in State College; $450.
Miles Ward to Hugh Ward, tract in
Snow Shoe township; $1.
Hugh Ward to Ellen C. Ward, et al,
tract in Snow Shoe township; $1.
Mary Ward’s heirs to Hugh Ward,
tract in Snow Shoe township; $1.
Robert Rosenhoover, et al, to Ly-
dia Kline, tract in Benner township;
$1,000.
_ Edward Ward to Hugh Ward, tract
in Snow Shoe township; $1.
Jacob C. Karstetter, et al, to Wil-
liam J. Bair, tract in Miles township;
$1,350.
Samuel Frank’s Exrs.,, to L. B.
Frank, tract in Rebersburg; $850.
_ Samuel Frank to L. B. Frank, tract
in Rebersburg; $20.
Aaron Fahr, et ux, to F. W. Cri-
go Exrs., tract in Huston township;
Morris Kaplin, et ux, to Nathan
Kaplin, tract in Philipsburg; $750.
David Harris, et ux, to Susan
Durst, tract in Centre Hall, $200.
George R. Meek, et ux, to Steve
Mattis, et ux, tract in Spring town-
ship; $100.
Robert Hudson, et al, to Jesse T.
Hudson, tract in Philipsburg; $1,500.
Jesse T. Hudson, et ux, to Bertha
D. Jones, tract in Philipsburg; $1.
Bertha D. Jones to Margaret D.
Hudson, tract in Philipsburg; $1.
Pearl C. Gray to T. Benner Meek,
tract in Patton township; $300.
Huston Osman, et ux, to Commu-
nity Bank, tract in Worth township;
$2,850.
Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to W. C.
Pelton, tract in State College; $400.
Anthony G. Noll, et ux, to Homer
E. Baldwin, tract in Bellefonte; $1,250.
Rubber from Maize.
Have you ever used one of those
red rubber bath sponges? They serve
the purpose excellently. But they
aren’t rubber, really. They are made
of a gum called “paragos,” which is
extracted from the germ of Indian
corn.
Perhaps you wear shoes with rub-
! ber soles. If so, it is likely that 20
per cent. of their material—of the
soles, that is—is this same corn-germ
m.
a eraser tips of millions of lead
| Pencils are paragol, and not rubber
, at all.
| The germ of the corn-grain contains
56 per cent. of oil. One bushel of corn
yields (from the germs) a pound of
refined oil, suitable for salads and
cooking. The residue from the refin-
ing of the crude corn oil is used for
making soap powders and soap chips.
— Beginning next Sunday after-
noon Troop B, of Bellefonte, will hold
mounted drills every Sunday after-
noon on the aviation field.