~ Bellefonte, Pa., April 7, 1922.
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ON THE TRAIL IN ALASKA.
Dr. Meek Tells of Being Held Up
Two Days by Warm Weather.
(Concluded from last week).
The morning was ‘clear and, for
breakfast, Mr. Birgland- gave me
three fresh eggs fried, bacon, mush
and—and—I don’t remember what
else, but all delicious. The team
started off with a rush, I on top and
Mr. M. on the brake. The bank was
steep, we struck a snag and over I
went into the soft snow with the sled
on my side. I scrambled up and onto
the sled as it was straightened, for
those dogs weren't going to wait for
a mere two-legged animal.
The flat, smooth surface of the fro-
zen river was a decided change after
the ups and downs of the portage trail
and our team struck a rapid gait,
covering six and a half to seven miles
an hour. Teams will do much better
than this on good, smooth trails and
with a not-too-heavy load but the riv-
er was covered with a foot of soft,
light snow. We met a Russian Priest
who was making pastoral calls with
five dogs and a nice sled as his outfit.
Then a long yellow team came
into view, traveling so fast that al-
most immediately they were passing.
It proved to be the fur-warden of this
section with a team of eleven big yel-
low dogs, almost perfectly matched,
and they could travel! He stopped to
say that if I was the woman doctor
for Akiak he had left a letter for me
below. But I have never yet come
up with that letter!
From that day, the seven-day’s run
was an unending succession of chang-
es. A soft day was our next run and
the river became covered with three
or four inches of melted snow. To
feel the ice bend under one’s feet or
%p hear a crackling sound issue from
seemingly all sides, is a sensation I
do not care to often repeat. The third
day the weather tightened a bit and
we had the joy of glare-ice on which
to travel for half a day, but two days
before Christmas a soft, warm rain
and mist greeted us when we went
outside and that day we found much
open water and late in the afternoon
Mr. M. dropped through the ice into
water up to his arm pits. Fortunate-
ly he had hold of the sled so the dogs
pulled him out. There was only a
half-hour run after that and I refused
to move until the river froze again
and as a result we spent Christmas
day at Kaskagamute with a German
resident, whose native wife and chil-
dren were away for a week. We had
a nice dinner and he gave me a box
of good candy for a Christmas pres-
ent. We left there on Christmas
afternoon, making a short run to a
native village, ten miles away, where
we spent the night in a native cabin
and watched our two hosts eat Esqui-
mo “ice cream’”—tallow worked into
smoothness, then mixed with blue-
berries. I wish you could have seen
how they smacked their lips! One
plate piled and with two spoons stood
between them—*“And they licked the
platter clean!” The cabin was clean
and we had to wait until the gasoline-
light was put out before we could put
down our wall of Buhach—so no in-
trusive visitors would leave the brown
gkin for our white ones.
During the first few days, the
scenery had been wild and rugged,
but the nearer we got to the mouth
the wider became the river; there
were more islands and the country,
from all sides, looked flat. I will
hurry over the last three days and
land at Akiak on December twenty-
eighth, a month later than I had ex-
pected. It was a delightful trip and
I never felt better in my lifetime.
This is a small government hospital
of ten beds, intended as a sort of head-
quarters for the entire section; hence
somewhat of a dispensary station.
Built three or four years ago, not
what one would call a complete hos-
pital as compared with those outside
but yet very nice and of use to the na-
tive Esquimos. The government sup-
ports it and no native pays for any-
thing unless, perhaps, for food when
confined to bed, providing they are
able. There is one nurse, myself, a
young man and his wife who do the
cooking, run the Delco-lighting sys-
tem, bring the wood to fire the fur-
nace, ete. Not a big staff, but enough.
A two-storied, square frame building
in the midst of the native village of
about twenty cabins. This is one of
the missions belonging to the Mora-
vian church and has been under that
denomination for ten years so there
is a little church and a Missioner and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Kilbuck, near
the hospital. The district superin-
tendent of government schools and
reindeer service with his wife and
brother-in-law live just beside us
while, across the river, which is about
a mile wide, there is a village of nice
white people with probably twelve
cabins; thus we are not alone. Beth-
el, the headquarters of this same mis-
sion, is twenty-five miles lower down
the river, is about as large as Miles-
burg and one of the largest places I
have seen here.
February 1st.—Your nice, long let-
ters came in yesterday and I think
they have all arrived up until the mid-
dle of November for one dated No-
vember 20th speaks of a grate fire
being all the heat that is necessary
at home. As this letter has grown to
such proportions I will reserve my
knowledge of Alaska for future writ-
ings and answer some of your com-
ments.
First, about the mail—Your in-
formant is mistaken about the winter
mails. All the eastern part of Alas-
ka, where Anchorage and Heely are
located, have a weekly mail the year
around and, this winter, Iditarod and
Flat, from where I sent your letters,
have a weekly mail brought from
Anchorage by dog-teams over the
Rainy-Pass trail. You will find the
Rainy-Pass trail marked on your map.
The only restrictions being that sec-
ond-class material is pushed back if
enough first-class stuff is to be moved
and I'll probably be receiving your
candy and newspapers some time next
spring. I am not certain that I shall
stay here after the spring but will
send you a wireless if I move. The
revolver came quite right; reached
me while at Ruby and the Marshall
gave me a permit to carry firearms as
well as buying me several boxes of
cartridges.
A strange thing here this winter
are the flies—dozens and dozens of
big, blue, buzzing ones and, although
we kill and kill, still they come. We
have double windows on the entire
house and I have counted eighteen or
twenty flies dead on the window sills.
It is February and the winter al-
most over—a warm, unusually soft
season. So mild at times that other
girls are wearing thin dresses with a
sweater when they go outdoors. To-
day is fairly cold—19 degrees above
zero— and is, thus far, the coldest
day there has been here.
We get our mail once a month, via
Anchorage, then to Tenana, thence
down the Yukon to Holy Cross where
the carrier from here picks it up and
brings it over the portage by .dog-
teams. The break-up of the river
comes along in May so, for a month
at that time, we will get no mail until
the boat comes up the Koskokwim river
in June from Seattle. Then for three
or four months we have mail by boat
but the best service is in the winter.
ELOISE.
mer ———— eres ——
Penn State Debaters Start Trip to
Ceast.
Ready to present a strong argument
on either side of two questions, the
Pennsylvania State College debating
team of four men left this week for a
western invasion that will take them
to the Pacific coast. They will meet
the debaters of eight colleges and uni-
versities, the tour lasting three wecks.
The four men selected to represent
Penn State have all had two or more
years’ experience on the college debat-
ing teams. The leader is E. E. Over-
dorf, of Johnstown, president of the
Senior class and head of the student
governing bodies. Others are R. S.
Adams, of Reading; W. E. Romig, of
Harrisburg, and R. C. Kramer, of
Philadelphia. With the exception of
Romig, all are members of the Senior
class.
The itinerary for the trip follows:
April 7th, Marquette University; 10th,
North Dakota Agricultural College;
12th, Montana State College; 13th,
Montana Wesleyan; 17th, University
of Washington; 18th, Oregon Agri-
cultural College; 24th, Colorado Agri-
cultural College, and 25th, University
of Wyoming. The Japanese exclusion
law and unemployment insurance for
employees of American corporate in-
dustries, are the questions to be de-
bated.
a ———— ly ls tb bt bn.
——The residents in the neighbor-
hood of Allegheny and Howard streets
are at present very much concerned
over the proposed garage to be built
by the Krader Motor Co., on their lot
facing Howard street. This property,
which was recently purchased from
the Curtin estate, is in the midst of
some of the oldest and most attract-
ive homes of the town, and aside from
the lack of civic pride, the building of
an unsightly garage in this locality
would display, it means both a great
annoyance to the residents from una-
voidable noises and a depreciation in
the value of the properties. The pro-
test being made by the residents of
the town against the putting up of
the building on this property is very
general.
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——The musical service given last
Sunday evening in the Lutheran
church was largely attended, extra
chairs being carried in for the seat-
ing of the congregation. The pro-
gram was a splendid one, and elicited
much favorable comment from those
who heard it. The solos by Miss Mil-
dred Locke, Mrs. J. A. Fitzpatrick
and Mr. Fitzpatrick were exception-
ally good, while the organ numbers
by George A. Johnston showed his
wonderful ability and skill as an or-
ganist. Mr. Thomas Quinn's rendi-
tion on the violin of “Traumerei” was
great, while the choir rendered two
very beautiful anthems.
VALENTINE.—Henry Clay Valen-
tine, better known amefig his many
friends as “Harry,” died very sudden-
ly while in the vault of the county
commissioner’s office in the court
house, shortly before nine o’clock yes-
terday morning. Mr. Valentine, who
was a clerk in the cffice usually went
to work about eight o’clock and did so
yesterday morning. Persons who saw
and talked with him found him cheer-
ful as ever with no premonition of the
end of his span of life. He was seen
working in the office between eight
and nine o’clock. Shortly before nine
Mrs. Harriet Ray Smith, stenogra-
pher in the office, went to work but
failed to see Mr. Valentine as she en-
tered the office. She removed her coat
and hat, arranged her desk then went
to the vault, the door of which was
standing open. As she stepped inside
she saw Mr. Valentine lying face down
on the floor of the vault. She ran
across the corridor to the treasurer’s
office and told chief clerk H. W. Irwin
and recorder W. H. Brown and they
ran to the vault. A hasty examina-
tion showed Mr. Valentine to be past
all help but a physician was summon-
ed who stated that death had been
caused by an attack of angina pec-
toris, the result of sclerosis.
Mr. Valentine was a son of Abra-
ham S. and Clarissa Miles Valentine
and was born in Bellefonte on Janu-
ary 14th, 1848, hence had reached the
age of 74 years, 2 months and 22 days,
He was educated in the public schools
of Bellefonte and at Miss Petrikin’s
private school. When he grew to
manhood he naturally turned to the
iron industry in which all the older
generations of the family were at that
time engaged, those being the days
when the old Valentine furnace was
in full bloom and they mined their.
own ore in Centre county mines. Mr.
Valentine probably filled every posi-
tion of trust in connection with the
company, even to superintendent.
After the Valentines disposed of their
interests in the furnace property to
the Nittany Iron company Mr. Valen-
tine had charge of their ore mining
at the old Gatesburg and Nigh banks.
Later he went with Mr. William Burn-
sides to Scotia and assisted in the de-
velspment of that valuable ore prop-
erty.
Mr. Valentine was staunchly Re-
publican in politics and at one time
served as a member of the borough
council from the North ward. He also
served one term as postmaster of
Bellefonte, having been appointed by
President Taft. When the present
board of County Commissioners went
into office in January, 1920, Mr. Val-
entine was appointed second clerk and
had charge of the books. He was an
expert bookkeeper and always kept
his books checked up to date. Even’
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GARDNER.—Mrs. Sarah Gardner,
widow of the late Wilson Gardner,
passed away last Saturday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas M. Gates, in Altoona, after a
brief illness with acute indigestion.
She was a daughter of Peter B. and
Sarah Long Keichline and was born
at Boalsburg on August 17th, 1844,
making her age 77 years, 7 months
and 14 days. When she was a young
girl the family moved to Ferguson
township and she was educated at the
old Pine Grove Mills Academy. She
later taught in the public schools and
was very successful in her education-
al work. In the spring of 1865 she
married Wilson Gardner and they lo-
cated on the old and well known Gard-
ner farm at Rock Springs. Mr, Gard-
ner passed away in 1896 when Mrs.
Gardner took charge and conducted
the farm until 1905 when her son
William took charge. She retained,
however, several rooms in her old
home and regularly spent the sum-
mers there. She was a lifelong mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church and a
woman who was loved by all who
knew her. Surviving her are four
children, Harry E., of East Orange,
N. J.; William G., on the home farm;
Robert, of Knoxville, Pa., and Mrs.
Gates, of Altoona. She also leaves
two brothers and two sisters, John M.
and Peter F. Keichline, both of Belle-
fonte; Mrs. Margaret Meek, of Altoo-
na, and Mrs. Susan Goss, of Pine
Grove Mills.
The remains were taken from Al-
toona to her old home near Rock
Springs on Monday where funeral
services were held at 10:30 o’clock
on Tuesday morning by Rev. J. O. C.
McCracken, after which burial was
made in the Graysville cemetery.
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RANK.—Mrs. Jennie N. Rank pass-
ed away just before noon last Satur-
day at the home of her brother, C. T.
Gerberich, on north Thomas street, as
the result of an attack of the grip
and an embolism, following an illness
of one week.
She was a daughter of George and
Nellie Alberts Gerberich and was born
at East Hanover, Lebanon county, on
March 24th, 1850, hence was 72 years
and 8 days old. About thirty-two
years ago she married David Rank,
of East Hanover, who passed away
eleven years ago. Most of the time
since then she spent in Bellefonte with
her brother, coming here two years
ago to remain permanently. She had
no children but is survived by two
step-daughters, Mrs. Harry Schools
and Mrs. Harvey Stine, both of Leba-
inon county, She also leaves two
brothers, C, T. Gerberich, of Belle-
,fonte, and F. F. Gerberich, of Mays-
i ville, Ky.
During her earlier life she was a
on Wednesday evening he went into; member of the Lutheran church but
the county treasurer’s office to checiy since coming. to Bellefonte she at-
up his ledger with the hooks there.
# tended the Reformed church. Funeral
Mr. Valentine married Miss Sarah’! services were held at the Gerberich
Burnside, a daughter of Thomas and’
Rebecca Burnside, who survives with
three children, Stanley, of Syracuse,
and Misses Helen and Rebecca at
home. He was one of a family of ten
children and the only one surviving is
a sister,
Bellefonte. Mr. Valentine was a mem-
ber of the Society of Friends and of
the Bellefonte Lodge of Elks. No ar-
rangements for the funeral had been
made up to the time the “Watchman”
went to press.
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WERT.—James C. Wert, a well
known resident of Gregg township,
died last Thursday morning as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis, aged 62
years, 10 months and 2 days. He was
a son of Elias and Sarah Musser Wert
and was born in Penn township. He
was a farmer by occupation and a
member of the Evangelical church
for more than forty years. :
Surviving him are his wife and the
following children: Mrs. A. P. Bur-
rell and Mrs. John Brungart, of
Kaneville, Ill.; William M., of Patton;
W. M. and J. A., of Rebersburg; Paul, |
of Millheim, and Ralph, at home.
Funeral services were held at his late
home on Monday afternoon, after
which burial was made in the Fair-
view cemetery at Millheim.
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BENNETT.—Sherman Bennett, a
well known resident of Runville, died
on Tuesday of last week at the home
of his brother, E. C. Bennett, follow- |
ing an illness of two years with a
complication of diseases. He was a
son of William and Mary Bennett and
was about fifty years old. He was
twice married, his first wife being
Miss Ella Emel. One son survives as
the result of this union, William, of
Tyrone. His second wife was Miss
Laura Haines ,who survives with one
daughter, Miss Nellie. He also leaves
two brothers, E. S. Bennett, of Run-
ville, and Harry, of Barnesboro. Fun-
eral services were held last Thursday
by Rev. J. C. Erb, assisted by Rev. G.
A. Sparks, burial being made in the
Advent cemetery.
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ARMOR.—Mrs. Margaret M. Ar-
mor, widow of the late Col. David M.
Armor, who was in command of the
101st Pennsylvania volunteer infant-
ry during the Civil war, died at her
home in San Diego, Cal., on Monday,
March 20th. She was attended dur-
ing her last illness by her sister, Miss
Malvina C. Backofen. Mrs. Armor
was a daughter of John G. Backofen,
one of the pioneers of Pittsburgh.
She is survived by one son, George
Grant Armor, of New York, and two
grandsons, midshipman Howell Ar-
mor, of Annapolis, and Morris How-
‘ell Armor, of Minneapolis. The re-
mains will be brough east this month
for burial in Pittsburgh.
Miss Mary Valentine, of |
{home on Sunday afternoon at 4:30
1 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Schmidt and on
| Monday afternoon the remains, ac-
i companied by Mrs. Ella Hoffer, of
| Philipsburg; Mrs. L. C. Wetzel, of
i Windsor, Canada, and Mrs. Annie
Gerberich, of Shamokin, were taken
to East Hanover, where final services
were held and burial made at 1:30
o’clock on Tuesday afternoon.
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DENNIS.—Word was received here
last week of the death of Samuel
Bloom Dennis, which occurred at his
home near Iberia, Ohio, on Sunday,
March 26th. He was a son of John
and Margaret Bloom Dennis and was
born in Potter township, Centre coun-
ty, on July 16th, 1833, hence was in
his 89th year. His early life, how-
ever, was spent at Pine Grove Mills,
| where he learned the carriage mak-
ling trade. When the first call was
| made for soldiers in 1861, at the out-
break of the Civil war, he came to
| Bellefonte and enlisted for three
{months in Capt. Snyder’s company.
i In August, 1862, he reenlisted in Com-
pany D, 148th regiment, under Gen-
| eral Beaver, and served until the end
| of the war.
At the close of the war he located
{in Ohio and engaged in the furniture
i business, later going to Michigan but
| finally moving to Tennessee. His
wife, who was a native of Ohio, died
{in 1917, and shortly thereafter he re-
turned to Ohio to spend his declining
(years. He is survived by one broth-
er, David L. Dennis, of Pine Grove
| Mills. Burial was made at Iberia,
{ Ohio, on Were of last week.
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BROWN.—Mrs. Margaret Bell
Brown, of Tyrone, died at the Mason-
ic home in Elizabethtown, Sunday, as
the result of asthma and heart dis-
ease. She had been an inmate of the
home but about two weeks. Deceas-
ed was a daughter of George and Mar-
garet Borland Bell and was born at
Rock Springs, Centre county, about
78 years ago. Mrs. Brown early in
life became a member of the Presby-
terian church and an enthusiastic
mission worker. In fact she spent
several years as a teacher at the
Freedman’s school in South Carolina.
Later she married Dr. James Morri-
son Brown who passed away in 1905.
Since then she had made her home in
Tyrone. The remains were taken to
Tyrone where funeral services were
held in the First Presbyterian church
at one o'clock on Wednesday after-
noon, after which the remains were
taken to Graysville for interment.
KATEN LM Susan eisai died
last Thursday at the home of her son
Charles, at Curwensville, aged almost
eighty-six years. Her maiden name
was Susan Dillen and she was born at
Martha Furnace. Most of her mar-
' ried life was spent in Philipsburg.
Her husband, James Katen, died in
1900, but surviving her are two sons
and one daughter. Burial was made
at Philipsburg on Sunday afternoon.
wocas ive Mary foe Lucas,
wife of Cyrus Lucas, passed away at
he home at Runville last Friday even-
ing, following an illness of some
weeks with dropsy, aged 62 years and
11 months. She is survived by one
son, Milligan Lucas, at home; one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Brown, of Cor-
ning, N. Y., and a sister, Mrs. D. F.
Poorman, of Runville. She was a
member of the United Brethren
church, a christian woman and kind
neighbor, and will be greatly missed
in that community. Funeral services
were held at her late home at 1:30
o'clock on Monday afternoon by Rev.
G. A. Sparks, assisted by Rev. J. C.
Erb, after which burial was made in
the Advent cemetery.
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MEESE George Thomas Meese
died on Sunday at the home of his
bother, John Meese, following a long
illness. He was a son of John H. and
Annabelle Harrison Meese and was
born in Bellefonte on June 30th, 1878,
making his age 43 years, 9 months
and 3 days. He is survived by the
following brothers and sisters: John,
Scott, Euphemia, Mrs. Fannie Mar-
tin and Mrs. Elmer Sager, all of
Bellefonte. Burial was made in the
Pleasant Gap cemetey on Tuesday
afternoon.
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One of the Ways in Which Your Tu-
berculosis Christmas Seal Money
is Spent.
Elizabeth Meek went to Cresson
yesterday with Albert Mulbarger, who
has been admitted as a patient to the
Cresson sanitorium. When the school
medical examination several weeks
ago revealed that he had incipient tu-
berculosis he was taken out of school
and placed under the care of Miss
Daise Keichline, volunteer nurse of
the Woman’s club. Through her in-
terest he was supplied with all the
eggs he could use, two quarts of milk
daily, donated by Mrs. Philip Beezer,
and the outfit needed to enter the san-
atorium. He was twice taken to the
Lock Haven State Dispensary by the
Red Cross nurse, the expenses for
this and his trip to Cresson borne by
the Tuberculosis committee. As a
matter of interest, it might be added
that he gained nine pounds in four
weeks under this care. It is for such
work as well as the preventive educa-
tional program that the sale of tu-
berculosis Christmas seals is yearly
maintained.
tse fy pense nie.
Fire at Rockview Penitentiary.
The large two story frame building
at the western penitentiary at Rock-
view, occupied as a ‘tool ‘house and
chapel was destroyed by fire on Tues-
day night. The flames were discov-
ered about 8:15 o’clock and originated
in the chapel part of the building. De-
fective wiring is believed to have been
the cause. The building was 30x132
feet in size and sheathed with iron,
with an iron roof, which made it al-
most impossible to fight the fire from
the outside. Much valuable machin-
ery and many costly tools were stored
in the building, most of which were
ruined. The loss is placed at thirty
thousand dollars, all covered by in-
surance.
——The time for the rummage sale
has been set for the early part of May
and as this is a double benefit, every
householder is asked to put aside all
unused clothing or furnishings which
might in any way benefit some less
fortunate person. The proceeds from
this sale always go to the hospital,
which also is at present very much in
need of your help. Help others by
ridding yourself of this accumulation
that means labor.
——The Harrisburg papers on
Tuesday announced the engagement
of Dr. George E. Hawes, pastor of the
Market Square Presbyterian church
of that city, and Mrs. Samuel High,
of Philadelphia. Prior to going to
Harrisburg Dr. Hawes was pastor of
the Bellefonte church.
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——J. O. Heverly, dealer in auto-
mobile supplies, last week purchased
the block known as the Curtin prop-
erty on the northeast corner of the
Diamond and extending aleng Alle-
gheny street to Pike alley. The price
paid was about $24,000. °
——1If you expect to go fishing re-
member that you must have a license,
if you are over twenty-one years of
age, and that you dare not take trout
under six inches in length.
——Robert Crothers, of Philadel-
phia, was in Bellefonte this week look-
ing up the prospects of moving his
auto assembling plant here from
Gloucester, N. J.
——Miss Hazel Hurley has resign-
ed her position in the office of Dr. Da-
vid Dale to accept the position of
stenographer for the Emerick Motor
Bus company.
——Harry McCullough, of Valley
View, was committed to the Centre
county jail on Wednesday on the
charge of stealing a watch from Fred
Reitz.
Academy Road Fund.
Amount previously acknowledged. .$2071.00
Logan Hose CO...ovvsvrcnnnnenanes 50.00
Totaleecesressscsnrsnes $2121.00
Doings at the “Y.”
The Sunday afternoon meetings
have been well attended and the last
one of the season will be held next
Sunday when Rev. David Evans, the
new pastor of the Presbyterian
church, will give an address. There
will be no meeting on Easter Sunday.
The bowling interest has continued
strong in the past month and very
keen competition has developed. The
American Legion still holds the first
place with the Titan Metal giving
them a hard chase.
Hikes will be planned each week
during the spring and will be gener-
ally held on Thursday afternoons. Oc-
casionally one will be held on Satur-
day.
Preparations are being made by the
physical director to put on a closing
exhibition of the work the latter part
of this month. All classes are show-
ing a great deal of interest and a good
exhibition is assured.
During the month of April merif
contests are being conducted for all
around work among the boys. Those
reaching the required number of mer-
its will be awarded the Association
letter.
The acting board of directors have
appointed a nominating committee to
work up the matter of appointing a
permanent board and trustees. It is
expected that the election will take
place some time this month.
Encouraging reports have been
heard from all the different parts of
the Association work. The Women’s
Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. has been
at work during the few weeks that
have passed since organizing. The
campaign for members is still on—if
you have not joined, do so and help
boost the Y. The goal set for mem-
bership has not been reached. The
library is growing, but is still far be-
hind what it ought to be. Send your
contribution and help complete it.
The kitchen is pretty well equipped
and efforts are being made to fit a
number of rooms to be used for dor-
mitories. The meetings of the Aux-
iliary are held the second Friday of
each month, the next one will be held
in May.
The first annual Country Fair held
at the “Y” last Saturday evening was
a very successful social event. The
bad weather prevented many of the
rural people attending, but about four
hundred enjoyed the various shows
during the evening. Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Thumb attracted a great deal of
attention among the side shows. The
delegation from the State College Y.
M. C. A. extension work put on some
wonderful entertainment, including
two wrestling bouts, which were en-
joyed by the audience,
pepe
——The women of the Episcopal
church will hold an Easter food sale
in the parish house, Saturday after-
noon, April 15th. Cakes, pies, bread,
Yo desserts and candy will be on
sale.
EE
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Most of the sick in this section are
now on the mend.
D. L. Dennis spent Tuesday with
the J. M. Kustaborder family on the
Branch.
Miss Lucy Krebs has returned from
a several week’s sojourn in the Moun-
tain city.
Guernsey cattle at the J. I. Thomp-
son sale last Saturday sold at from
$40 to $143.
L. K. Strouse is suffering with an
affected hand, the result of a slight
injury to one of his fingers.
Henry McWilliams, who has been
housed up several weeks with the flu,
is able to be up and around the house.
_ After spending a month with rela-
tives at State College, Miss Hazel
Thompson returned home on Satur-
day.
Edward Hoffman, of Pittsburgh, is
visiting his nephew, Prof. Edward
Grapp, at the well known Kepler
home.
“The Old Flag,” rendered in the I.
O. O. F. hall here last Saturday even-
ing by home talent, was a pronounced
success.
Harry Bechtol and wife, of Penn-
sylvania Furnace, were Sunday visit-
ors at the James Kustaborder home
east of town.
Public sales and flittings are over
for this spring and farmers are al-
ready turning up the earth for the
spring crops.
W. W. Keller was here from Pitts-
burgh this week spending several
days with his invalid father, whose
condition is quite serious.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fleming, with
their son, Joseph Fleming and wife,
transacted business at their old home
near Belleville last Saturday.
The new officers of the Pennsvalley
Lodge No. 276, I. O. O. F., will be du-
ly installed tomorrow evening. Offi-
cers from State College will officiate.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fortney, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Musser and Mrs. An-
nie Reed motored to Tyrone Wednes-
day on a trip of business and pleas-
ure combined.
Home talent from Franklinville
will give a play in the I. O. O. F. hall
here this (Friday). evening for the
benefit of the Methodist church. The
public is invited.
Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick has been
at Osceola Mills this week assisting
Rev. Lewis hold evangelistic services.
He will return in time to hold Sunday
services as usual.
Harold Fisher, of Fleming, spent
Tuesday night at the A. C. Kepler
home in the Glades. Mr. Fisher is in
the huckstering business, disposing of
his produce in Altoona.
Among those from a distance who
attended the Mrs. Gardner funeral on
Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gil-
liland, of Altoona; Dr. John Keichline,
of Huntingdon, and Edward Keichline,
of McKeesport.