Bellefonte, Pa., June 8, 1923.
Editor
P. GRAY MEEK,
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Centre County Always First to Aid
Penn State.
Just as Centre county is now lead-
ing all others in the State in support
of The Pennsylvania State College
emergency building fund for $2,000,-
000 so did the county lead sixty-five
years ago when the first effort was
made to raise funds for the College,
then “The Farmers’ High School.”
In this first campaign, when almost
$20,000 was received in cash contribu-
tions from 785 subscribers, Centre led
all others with a total of $8806.81
from 487 subscribers. At the present
time, the Centre county pledges total
almost $100,000 more than that early
amount, the total to May 16th, being
$108,408.52. A number of additional
pledges in the past two weeks have
raised that total considerably.
Residents of fourteen different coun-
ties subscribed to the early campaign
when a total of $19,568.43 was raised.
This was made known when Dr. E. W.
Runkle, college librarian, dug into
musty records and unearthed the sec-
ond annual report of “The Farmers’
High school” which contained the
summary of individual subscriptions.
Dauphin county stood next to Centre,
with $2,085, subscribed by seven per-
sons, while Allegheny county ranked
third with $1,880, sent in by eight
subscribers. Allegheny stands second
in the present drive.
Clinton county stood fourth, con-
tributing $1,645, from 109 subscribers,
which is four times the number of
Clinton county pledges so far receiv-
ed in the present campaign.
Many Prominent Speakers for World
Missions’ Conference.
Plans are nearing completion for
the World Missions’ conference to be
held in Centre county June 17th and
18th, and in which all protestant de-
nominations will be represented. The
schedule of meetings will be announec-
ed in the papers of the county next
week, if possible. Following are the
names of the fifteen speakers who will
come to address the various gather-
ings: A. B. Sherman, Episcopal, dean '
of the St. Paul’s divinity school,
Boone University, Wuchang, China;
Dr. L. B. Wolf, secretary of the for-
eign missiond board of the United
Lutheran church and one of the fore- !
most misionary speakers in the coun-
try; Rev. F. L. Coleman, of India, and
Rev. L. S. G. Miller, of Japan, both of
the Lutheran church; Rev. J. B, Mat-
thews, Rev. F. T. Cartwright and |
Rev. Lynn Rupert, all of the Metho-,
dist church, and fully qualified to
speak with authority concerning mis |
sionary work; Rey. A. E. Lehman, of
the Evangelical church, a worker from
China; Bishop A. T. Howard, of the
United Brethren church; Rev. A. V.
Casselman, Rev. J. G. Rupp and Rev. | McGuire home in Renovo at 7:30 h
Paul F. Schaeffner, of the Reformed |
church, all very capable speakers and
fully acquainted with the mission
field; Rev. Chu Seng Miao, a product |
of the Baptist mission work in China,
and a finished scholar and good speak-
er; Mrs. Harold F. Smith and Dr. F.
W. Bible will represent the Presbyter-
ian denomination and each will pre-
sent stirring messages.
Big Special Dance at the Armory To-
morrow Night.
|
' The Mulford orchestra coming di-
rect from New York city will play for
the dance at the armory tomorrow,
(Saturday) night.
This musical organization has never
been heard in Bellefonte but it is re-
puted as being one cf the best in the
country and has played all the best
hotels in New York city, among them
the Commodore, Waldorf-Astoria,
Pennsylvania, and at Madison Square
Garden.
The dance is public and an admis-
sion of only seventy-five cents will be
charged ladies while the price for men
will be one dollar. These prices in-
clude the tax.
This engagement has been made
possible by a week’s interruption of a
month’s engagement that the Mulford
Seven have been playing in Williams-
port, to which city they will return
from here.
——The class of ’97, Bellefonte
High school, held their reunion at the
Hazel bungalow up Spring creek yes-
terday. Of the fourteen members of
the class, ten had accepted the com-
mittee invitation, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Irwin being the only ones from a dis-
tance here. An elaborate and enter-
taining program, aside from the so-
cial element, made the coming togeth-
er of the class such an enjoyable af-
WIRTS.—Mrs. Elizabeth Wirts,
wife of John D. Wirts, died at her
home at Houserville at six o’clock on
Sunday evening. She had been in
poor health a long time and had un-
dergone several operations without
obtaining permanent relief.
She was a daughter of Jacob and
Mary A. Behrers and was born in
Germany in 1860, hence was about six-
ty-three years old. When a child the
family came to this country and set-
tled near Waddle. The family con-
sisted of seven daughters and three
sons and were known far and wide for
their hospitality. Elizabeth married
Mr. Wirts in the autumn of 1896 and
they at once took up their residence
on the Dale farm at Houserville which
they later purchased and where all her
married life was spent. She was a
member of the Methodist church for
many years. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by one son and
two daughters, Benjamin, at home;
Mrs. Claude Huey and Mrs. Paul Chil-
cott, both of near Houserville. She al-
so leaves five grand-children and the
following brothers and sisters, Mrs.
Mary McCormick, of State College;
Mrs, John Grove, of Lemont; Mrs.
Richard Palmer, of Sunbury; Mrs.
Kate Hartsock, of Fillmore; Sallie, in
the west; Mrs. Davis and Charles of
Danville; John, in Ohio, and Jacob, on
the homestead farm.
Rev. M. C. Piper had charge of the
funeral services which were held at 10
o’clock on Wednesday morning, bur-
ial being made in the Shiloh cemetery.
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KENNEDY.—Miss Elizabeth Harts-
wick Kennedy died at her home at
State College, at four o'clock last
Thursday afternoon, as the result of
injuries sustained in an automobile ac-
cident almost two weeks previous.
The mishap occurred on Monday, May
21st, when the car in which Miss Eliz-
abeth and her sister, Miss Fredreka,
were riding was overturned. The lat-
ter escaped without serious injury
and, although Miss Elizabeth had
been confined to bed from the day of
the accident there was no outward in-
dication of her being badly hurt,
hence her death was a severe shock to
her family and friends.
Deceased was a daughter of Thomas
Franklin and Susan Musser Kennedy,
deceased, and was born in State Col-
lege on March 30th, 1878. Her entire
life was spent in that place. Surviv-
ing her are five sisters and one broth-
er namely: Mrs. O. C. Edwards, of
Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. M. P. Hel-
man, of Irwin, Pa.; Mrs. Harriet
Holmes, Misses Margaret and Fredre-
ka and William, all of State College.
She was a devoted member of the
Lutheran church all her life and fun-
eral services were held in the church
at State College at four o'clock on
Sunday afternoon by Rev. John F
Harkins, after which burial was mad
in the Pine Hall cemetery.
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LOSE.—Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart
Lose, widow of the late Isaac Lose,
died last Friday morning at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. D. R. Summer-
son, at Renovo, as the result of a
stroke of apoplexy.
She was a daughter of Decatur and
Katherine Keith Stewart and was born
near Pittsburgh seventy-three years
ago. When but four years of age she
came to Bellefonte with her sister to
make her home with Mrs. Harris Linn.
Forty years ago last October she mar-
ried Isaac Lose and they lived in
Bellefonte until twenty-two years ago
when they moved to Lock Haven.
They also spent some years in Wil-
liamsport and later lived at Pinebrook,
N. J. Mr. Lose diedssome years ago
but surviving her are the following
children; Mrs, D, R., Summerson and
Mrs. E. 0. McGuire, of Renovo, and
James P. Lose, of Pinebrook N. J. She
also leaves one sister, Mrs. Harriet
Wigton, of Philipsburg.
e
also served four terms as a Democrat-
ic member of the State Legislature.
Burial was made at Danville on Mon-
day.
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FRVIN. Sts. William Irvin, a for-
mer resident of Pleasant Gap, died at
Punxsutawney last Thursday aged 75
years. Her husband died in 1918, but
surviving her are the following chil=
dren: Mrs. William Peters, of Niaga-
ra Falls; Frank, of Pleasant Gap; Ar-
chie and Mrs. D. F. Campbell, of Ty-
rone; Mrs. W. H. Lender and Mzus,
Frank Bell, of Punxsutawney. She
also leaves one brother and a sister,
W. H. Knoffsinger, of Pleasant Gap,
and Mrs. John Sampsell, of Bellefonte.
The remains were taken to Pleasant
Gap on Saturday afternoon for burial.
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MITCHELL.—Mrs. Jennie Mitchell
Gilliland, widow of Sterrett Gilliland,
died near Reedsville on Tuesday night
as the result of a stroke of paralysis.
She was seventy-four years old and
the last of the family of Dr. Mitchell,
well known in the western end of Cen-
tre county. Burial was made at
Reedsville yesterday.
——Fred D. Loveland has resigned
his job as a clerk in C. C. Keichline’s
where he has secured a better position.
from twelve to fifteen women, were
guests of Mrs. John Knisely at the
Masonic camp, Tuesday afternoon, be-
ing joined by the men after supper,
the party motoring home late in the
evening.
——Charley Roth has been made
district superintendent of agents for
Knight and Bostwick, nurserymen and
seedsmen, of Newark, N. Y. He is or-
ganizing a selling force for Centre
county and has a gc¢od proposition to
offer any who should like to enter the
business.
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——The Boy Scouts of town plan to
hold an ice cream festival on Tuesday
evening, June 26th. The public will
undoubtedly support this undertak-
ing of this great patriotic and charac-
ter-forming organization for boys.
The proceeds will help to give every
Scout two weeks in camp. The sum-
mer camp is one of the biggest items
in building up the boys according to
the scouting program.
——On Thursday of last week Carl
Weaver sold the Weaver grocery store
in this place to Bayer & Gillam, of Ty-
| rone, who took charge on Friday and
placed Christ Young in charge as
; manager. The store will hereafter be
, known as The Oriole store. A number
{ of repairs and improvements are now
| being made in the store room. Mr.
| Weaver and wife will go to State. Colsggyuil
lege and devote all their time to their
i tea room at that place, which is prov-
"ing a very successful institution.
——The “Watchman” devotes con-
siderable space this week to the com-
mencement exercises of the Bellefonte
High school, and at that it is only pos-
sible to give meagre details. The fact
that more than three score young men
and women, every member of the Sen-
ior class, graduated with an educa-
tional rating sufficiently high to ad-
mit them in the average college is a
momentous occasion in the life of any
community and evidence of the effi-
ciency of the head of the schools as
well as the entire corps of teachers.
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——The federal grand jury at Wil-
I liamsport on Tuesday ignored the bill
1 of indictment against Gordon Mont-
gomery, of Bellefonte, charged with
committee that investigated the capi- : Prominent
tol graft scandal, in Harrisburg. He
cigar store to go to Williamsport |
Washington Clergyman
Takes Own Life.
Dr. James McBride Sterrett, a wide-
‘ly known Episcopalian clergyman and
i university instructor, shot and killed
i himself at his home in Washington,
| D. C., last Thursday morning. He
i was seventy-six years old and had
| been suffering for some months with a
nervous breakdown. The eminent cler-
gyman was a native of Centre county,
some authorities giving his place of
birth as Bellefonte while others say
he was born in Howard. Be that as it
may, he was a member of one of the
old-time families that was quite prom-
inent in this section three-quarters of
a century ago, being a cousin of the
late Miss Jane Sterrett MecCalmont,
who passed away in this place last
Tuesday.
He was a graduate of Harvard Uni-
versity and the Episcopal Theological
school in Cambridge, Mass. In his
early life he held pastorates at Bed-
ford, Pa., and Wellsville, N. Y. Later
he became an instructor in the Sea-
bury school in Minnesota and still
later a member of the faculty of
Columbian University. Following his
resignation at that institution he ‘was
chosen a lecturer for the Carnegie |
Foundation. In 1892 he located in |
Washington, D. C. Since that time
he founded and built the All Soul’s
Sterrett Memorial church in Washing-
ton of w’.ich his son is now pastor. At
{ his death was a member of the Chevy |
| Chase club. |
Writing to the “Watchman” of the
venerable clergyman’s death Walter
I. Lembky, of Washington, says:
“I have known Dr. Sterrett for
many years, and I wish to say that in
his normal mind such a thing as self-
destruction would have been wholly
repulsive to him, and would never
have occurred to his mind. He was
one of the best known and most loved
men in this city. He mixed constant-
| ly among active men and wore his re-
ligion so naturally and with such
grace that he was welcomed wherever
he went and wholly respected as 2
man and a clergyman. A gentle, kind- |
ly soul, he was a natural instructor
and leader of younger men, teaching
more by character and example than
by precept. After he ceased to be on |
the faculty of the Columbian Univer-
sity he refused to accept inaction and
founded a church which today is flour-
ishing as the result of his efforts.”
Dr. Sterrett is survived by his wife, |
Mrs. Adlumia Went Sterrett; a sister,
Miss Mary A. Sterrett, and five sons:
, Col. Robert Sterrett, of the U. S. ar-
,my, now on a special mission in
i France; Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett, pas- |
tor of All Souls’ church, in Washing- /
ton; John A. Sterrett, electrical engi- |
neer and founder of the firm of Ster-
rett & Fleming, of Washington;
| Douglas B. Sterrett, in the oil busi-
{ness in Kansas, and W. D. Sterrett, |
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Officers’ Club Reunion at Boalsburg.
i The annual reunion of the officers’ |
! club of the Twenty-eighth division A.
E. F.,, will be held at Camp Boal,
Boalsburg, beginning today and con-
tinuing over Sunday. The honor
guests this year will be Major Gen-'
eral Charles H. Muir, who command-
ed the division in France and who is
now commander of the Third corps
area, and Brigadier General E. L.
King, former chief of staff of the
Twenty-eighth division, now in com-
,mand of the cavalry school, at Fort
Riley, Texas.
Following the officers’ mess this
{evening an informal smoker will be
held. Tomorrow afternoon there will
be a band concert, with a banquet and |
dance in the evening. On Sunday the
officers anticipate having as guests
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Funeral services were held at the | transporting liquor. The prosecution several men of more or less promi-
o'clock on Tuesday evening and on
| Wednesday morning the remains were
brought to Bellefonte and tak-
en direct to the Union cemetery for
interment. Both daughters and the
son accompanied the body here for the
interment.
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ARNEY.—Mrs. Bertha Ellen Ar-
ney, wife of I. Mervin Arney, of Cen-
tre Hall, died at nine o’clock on Tues-
day evening following a week’s illness
with pneumonia as the result of an at-
tack of the flu.
She was the youngest daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth St. Clair Lin-
gle, and was born in Potter township
on May 18th, 1868, hence was a little
past fifty-five years of age. In the
summer of 1888 she was united in
marriage to Mr. Arney and all her
married life was spent on the well
known Arney farm near Centre Hall.
She was a member of the Reformed
church and had a host of friends on
the South Side who sincerely mourn
her death.
Surviving her are her husband and
two children, Pearl and Bruce. She
also leaves one sister, Mrs. Charles
Arney, of Centre Hall. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at her late home at 10
o’clock tomorrow morning by Rev.
Daniel Gress, of Harrison City, Pa.,
a former pastor, after which burial
will be made in the Centre Hall cem-
etery.
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AMMERMAN.—Robert S. Ammer-
man, of Danville, but who was well
known in Bellefonte because of his
connection with the Ammerman fam-
ily of Bellefonte and the fact that he
had appeared as counsel in Centre
county courts on various occasions,
died at his home in Danville last
Thursday night following a long ill-
ness with a nervous breakdown. Mr.
Ammerman, who was a former dis-
fai that it probably will be followed by
many others.
trict attorney of Montour county, was
the only Democratic member of the
been brought by federal enforce-
' ment officers who on the night of the '
| Bellefonte Academy football dance in '
the armory, on Feburary 23rd, seized ;
Mr. Montgomery’s car after searching
(it and finding therein a small quanti- :
nence politically. A lunch will be,
served at noon at the camp and in the
evening there will be a picnic dinner |
at the club’s hunting lodge in the Sev- |
en mountains. Among the ladies who ,
are expected as guests for the dinner '
and dance on Saturday evening are
[in the water.
ding contractor of Washington. over an<hour in -ant*attemgit-to-
pe le | citate the lad but without avail.
Little Girl Killed in Auto Accident.
Two year old Jane Claney, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Murdock P. Cla-
ney, of Wilkinsburg, was instantly
killed about 11:30 o’clock on Sunday
morning, on the William Penn High-
way near Cresson, while on their way
from Wilkinsburg to Bellefonte. Mrs.
Claney, who before her marriage was
Miss Helen McClure, of Bellefonte,
spent most of the winter and spring
here with her mother, Mrs. William
McClure. Her sister, Miss Louise, is
a member of the High school graduat-
ing class and following her examina-
tions Mrs. Claney took her on a trip
to her home in Wilkinsburg, where
they spent the remainder of the week.
On Sunday morning Mr. Claney decid-
ed to bring his little family and Miss
McClure to Bellefonte in his new Ford
sedan, so the latter could be here in
time for the baccalaureate sermon in
the evening.
They left Wilkinsburg early in the
morning and got along all right un-
til coming down the mountain near
Cresson when the brakes on the car
refused to work. They were within
a quarter of a mile of the steep grade
| but the car was getting beyond control |
and Mr. Claney became alarmed and
pulled into a bank at the side of the |
| road with the result that the light car
Th> !
turned over two or three times.
little daughter, Jane, was thrown out
and was killed instantly as the result
% ; ; lof a fractured skull. Mrs. Claney had
——The wives of the postoffice em- | one time he was president of the So- i y
ployees, an organization numbering ; ciety for Philosophical Inquiry and at | Der six month’s old baby in her arms
and both were thrown from the ma-
chine, the baby sustaining a cut on the
arm and Mrs. Claney contusions and
bruises.
ney was the only one who escaped.
The remains of the little girl were
prepared for burial by an undertaker
at Cresson and on Monday taken back
to Wilkinsburg for burial on Tuesday.
Sa
Boy Drowned in “Evergreen’s” Swim-
ming Pool.
William Allie Peters, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Peters, of State College,
was drowned at noon on Wednesday
in the swimming pool at Evergreen
park, Centre Furnace. The lad, who
was twelve years old, had gone to the
pool to swim. He had been in only a
few minutes when Mrs. Krebs and
Mrs. Garver, who live close by, heard
the boy calling but thought he was
calling to other boys. The cries for
help continuing they went out to in-
vestigate and found him struggling
i The women promptly
gave the alarm but although a num-
ber of passing motorists stopped none
of the occupants of the cars could
swim.
Finally an elderly professor, whose
name could not be learned, plunged in-
to the pool and brought the already
limp form of the boy to shore. Two
physicians with a pulmoter worked for
resus
The
parents, two sisters and two brothers
survive. Burial will probably be made
in the Bellefonte Union cemetery to-
morrow afternoon.
Little Child Accidentally Killed.
Martha May Bailey, little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Baliey, of near
Coburn, was the unfortunate victim of
a fatal gun shot last Friday afternoon.
For some time past crows have been
carrying off the Bailey chickens. Fri-
day afternoon Mr. Bailey took his
shot gun to the barn to shoot crows
but failing to get a shot set the gun
on a mortar box and went to the
woods for a load of wood. About four
o’clock the little girl went out to feed
the chickens and while thus engaged
a hog rubbed against the mortar box,
knocked the gun down and it explod-
Miss McClure was also in- |
jured in being thrown from the ma- |
chine, though not seriously. Mr. Cla- |
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—DMrs. W. Harrison Walker and her two
daughters are spending the month of June
at Atlantic City.
—John Blanchard is arranging to sail on
the 20th of June for Italy, for a six week’s
vacation, hoping to benefit his health by
a sea voyage.
—DMrs. Margaret Meek is in Bellefonte to
spend the summer with her brothers, John
and Peter Keichline, and with relatives in
Ferguson township.
—Fred Seidel, of Hazleton, has been a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Barnhart this week, having come over for
the High school dance Wednesday night.
—Mrs. G. Ross Parker and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Keller arrived here from New
Brunswick the early part of the week, to
attend the High school and Penn State
commencements, and for a summer visit
back home.
—Mrs. Mary Payne returned to Belle-
fonte yesterday from Roanoke, Va., where
she had been for some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Seanor. Mrs. Payne will be
with her son John until getting posses-
sion of her house.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Moore and Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Williams, of Pine Grove Mills,
drove here yesterday in the Williams car,
for a half day's buying and business and
from their very early appearance in Belle-
| fonte, there was a lot of both to look after.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hartranft went
down to Watsontown where they spent
Sunday with relatives. Mr. Hartranft re-
i turned home on Monday morning while
I Mrs. Hartranft went to Hughesville to
Spend the week with her mother and sis-
ter.
—Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker will return home
{| Sunday from Pittsburgh, accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Ebe and her small son.
| Mrs. Shoemaker, with her son and daugh-
ter, Collins and Mary, drove to Ebensburg
last Sunday, Mrs. Shoemaker going on
from there to Pittsburgh, while the oth-
ers returned home the same day.
—Miss Georgianna Farrar, of Beachmont,
will come here this week for a visit with
her sister-in-law, Mrs. G. T. Farrar, at the
home of the latter's mother, Mrs, H. M.
Wetzel, of Thomas street. Miss Farrar is
on her way home from New York, where
she has just graduated from Columbia
University, and a part of her time here
will be spent at Penn State commencement.
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Many of the Trout Are Oil Tainted.
For some time fishermen have been
» wondering as to the cause of the oil
| taint that has been discovered in the
| flesh of most of the trout that have
{ been caught in the vicinity of Belle-
fonte.
Recently the cause has been reveal-
ed. Some time ago an yecident oc-
curred in transferring a tank of crude
oil from the railroad tank to the stor-
age tanks at the Titan Metal Co’s
‘plant. Several hundred thousand gal-
lons of oil escaped because the man
who was pumping the oil over neg-
lected to close the outlet valve in one
of the storage tanks. This oil seeped
into the slag surrounding the tanks
and has been oozing out gradually and
running into Logan’s Branch. .
The Titan Co. tried to stop it ‘by
{setting fire to the oil, but came so near
burning the big plant that such a plan
i had to be abandoned.
This explanation seemed so incredible
| to several doubting ones that they
| went out to the plant and dug holes in
the ground near the tank. They were
convinced when after a very short
time the holes began to fill up with
the oil that had oozed out of the slag
in which they were dug.
Almost positive proof that this is
the seat of the trouble is found in the
fact that trout caught in Logan’s
Branch above the Titan plant show
no trace of the oil taint, while all of
thost caught below it have been so oily
that they could not be eaten. Even
as far down Spring creek as the lime
kiln dam trout have been taken that
were so badly tainted as to be whol-
| inedible.
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Waite—Brugger.—The wedding of
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ed, the load of shot penetrating the Miss Margaret Brugger to Mr. Earl
girl’s abdomen. A physician dressed Waite was solemnized at the home of
the wound and the child was placed in the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
an automobile to be brought to the Joseph E. Brugger, at Unionville, at
Bellefonte hospital but she died in a noon last Saturday. The ceremony
few minutes. 'was performed by the Rev. Andreas,
In addition to the parents two young of the Methodist church, in the pres-
brothers survive. Funeral services ence of members of the families of the
ty of liquor. Mr. Montgomery was al- |
so held under bond for trial at the
federal court. Later his car was re-
turned to him upon giving bond. The
action of the federal grand jury auto-
matically releases both Mr. Montgom-
ery and his car.
——Walking down town last Friday
morning the editor of the “Watch-
man” noticed considerable smoke roll-
ing up out of the gap in Muncy
mountain above Roopsburg. A foreign
gentleman going up town also stop-
ped to take a look and the editor re-
marked that the smoke was evidently
from a forest fire. “Oh, no,” the man
replied; “mountain fire.” But wheth-
burned over considerable territory
from over above Snow Shoe Intersec-
tion across the north side of the moun-
tain and down into the neighborhood
of the Haupt farm. Quite a number
of Bellefonte Boy Scouts were out
fighting the fire Thursday afternoon
and evening, most of Friday and Sat-
urday morning, but the flames were
finally extinguished by the hard rain
and hailstorm of Saturday afternoon.
That storm, by the way, was entire-
ly local in character, Bellefonte get-
ting the most of it. No rain fell at
Waddle and very little up at the pen-
itentiary, with none over in Penns-
valley. Sunday night’s rain, however,
was more general in character.
——Well, Finegan isn’t the only
trouble Governor Sproul handed out
to the Republican party of Pennsylva-
nia.
——Germany’s dodging obligations
is costing France a lot of money but,
it isn’t getting Germany anywhere.
er a forest fire or a mountain fire it!
{ the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Y. M.
Misses Mary Kiernan, of Edgwood | were held on Tuesday morning by
Pa.; Miss Bernardine Kittell, of Eb-
ensburg; Miss Catharine Stevenson, of |
Waddle; the Misses Augusta, Ellen
‘and Mary Shoemaker, Isabelle Ward,
Mary Rankin, Eveline Troup, Dorothy
Mallory, Katherine Allison and Anne
E. Dashiel of Bellefonte. There will
also be others from Indiana, Philadel-
phia and Pittsburgh.
Kiddies Day Next Thursday.
Upwards of eight hundred kiddies
have already registered at the Elks
home for the second annual kiddies day
picnic which will be held at Hecla
park next Thursday, June 14th, at
which time the big brothers will have
full charge of the children for one day.
The above number, however, is not yet
complete and the Elks are making ar-
rangements to entertain a thousand.
Registration will close next Monday,
but of course all late comers will be
taken along. Busses will leave the
Elks home at 8:30 o’clock for the park
and ample accommodations will be
made for all.
The Elks will hold their flag day
celebration at the park at 1:30 o’clock
of the same day, when Rev. M. DePui
Maynard will make the address.
Ei ppb as
——A very important meeting of
C. A. has been called for this (Fri-
day) evening, at 7:30 o’clock. There is
cause for rejoicing, but there are plans
for future work to be considered and
this will be the time for discussion. Tt
is just possible that this may be the
last meeting until fall, so every mem-
ber is most urgently requested to at-
tend.
> Rev. C. B. Snyder and burial made in
the Fairview cemetery at Millheim.
Lumber Company Employees to Hold
Reunion.
On the 21st of April a number of
the employees of Bear Meadow and
Laurel Run Lumber companies held a
meeting at Boalsburg and formed an |
organization for the purpose of induc-
ing all the employees of the above
companies to meet in a big gathering
at Bear Meadows July 19-21, the
gathering to be known as a reunion of
the employees of the two lumber com-
panies. .
As planned now the reunion will be-
gin on Thursday evening and continue
through Friday and most of Sat-
urday. Arrangements will be made
to keep all who attend in var-
ious camps in the mountains at
Bear Meadows. Meals will be serv-
ed on the grounds and a general
good, get-together time is anticipated.
All men who worked for the above
companies are requested to.send their
names, as well as the names and ad-
dresses of all others whom they know
were among the employees, to H. W.
young couple and many other guests.
| The bride has been one of the most
efficient of the Centre county corps of
school teachers and is a young woman
of splendid attainments and culture.
{ Her husband is a farmer in Halfmoon
| valley, but for the present, at least,
_ he will not continue that occupation.
| Immediately after the reception
that followed the wedding the happy
pair departed for a motor wedding
trip.
Among the guests from a distance
| who were present for the nuptials
( were Mr. and Mrs. George Brugger, of
, Canonsburg, with their two children;
: Mr. and Mrs. John Brugger, of Johns-
| town, and John, George and William
Rumberger, of DuBois, with their
. wives, and H. D. Rumberger, of Scran-
ton.
Hazel—Guisewhite.—Michael Ferdi-
nand Hazel and Miss Alice Guise-
white, both of Bellefonte, sprung a
surprise on their friends at the early
hour of six o’clock on Monday morn-
ing by going to the parochial resi-
dence of St. John’s Catholic church
where they were quietly married by
Rev. Father Downes. Dispensing with
the customary wedding trip they went
Loneberger, secretary, State College,
Pa at once to Mr. Hazel’s comfortable
home on Pine street.
The annual convention of the | ;
Centre county Sabbath school associa- | ——7The first of a series of progres-
tion will be held at Orviston, June SlVe card parties will be given by the
27th and 28th. All schools in the Catholic Daughters of America, at
county should arrange at once to send their new club rooms, Wednesday
delegates. A bus will leave Belle- | evening, June 13th, playing to begin
fonte at seven o’clock in the morning | at 8:15.
and connect with the first train at :
Mill ‘Hall. Pastors and superintend- | ——The C.D. of A., are preparing
ents are expected. No registration for a food sale, which will be held in
fee. ' Fauble’s store on Saturday, June 30th.
r————— eens.