= Bellefonte, Pa., August 10, 1923.
Editor
P. GRAY MEEK, - - =
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Physicians Appointed to Vaccinate
School Children.
Dr. J. L. Seibert, county medical di-
rector, has been notified by Dr.
Charles H. Miner, State secretary of
health, of the appointment of the fol-
lowing physicians in Centre county tc
revaccinate school children, free cof
charge, who have undergone two or
more unsuccessful attempts at vac-
cination against smallpox:
Aaronsburg—Dr. C. 8. Masser.
Bellefonte—Dr. David Dale.
Howard—Dr. Walter J. Kurtz.
Osceola Mills—Dr. Robert Jackson.
Pine Grove Mills—Dr. G. H, Woods.
Snow Shoe—Dr. E. H. Harris.
Spring Mills—Dr. H. S. Braucht.
State College—Dr. L. E. Kidder.
_ School children living in the rural
districts who have been twice unsuc-
cessfully vaccinated, or those who had
been admitted to school last term on
an official temporary certificate, must
be re-vaccinated by the county med-
ical director or one of these official
deputies, who will grant the tempora-
ry certificate which will admit them
to school for the current school year.
In cities, boroughs, or townships of
the first class having organized
boards of health, this official re-vac-
cination must be performed by the!
board of health physician.
Teachers or school principals are
not allowed to admit children to school
unless they present, or have already
filed a certificate of successful vac-
~ cination, or in the case of unsuccess-
ful results the official temporary cer-
tificate, which must have been issued
since June 1st, at . which time tem-
porary certificates issued during the
. previous school term became void.
The county medical director has
pointed out the fact that school teach-
ers must be careful in demanding
proper vaccination certificates. A cer-
* tificate stating that a child has been
vaccinated“is not sufficient. The vac-
cination physician must certify that
an examination of the child made not |
less than eight days after vaccination
disclosed a vaccination scar, or cica-
trix indicating a successful vaccina-
tion. If this vaccination cicatrix is
not in evidence, the physician cannot
legally certify, and the child must be
re-vaccinated.
Voracious Horses Chew Covering on
; pm. Airplane.
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On Sunday evening aviator R.
Haines, of Lancaster, Pa, with his
wife and mechanician, J. Behmer, sail-
ed into Bellefonte in a L. W. F\ plane,
coming here from Lewistown where
hé had been giving exhibitions. The
party landed on the aviation field and,
as they intended spending the night
here, manager Gelhaus suggested that
he run his plane into the hangar as a
better means of protection; especially
as the aviation field is pastured at
night by the Hon. Thomas Beaver’s
horses and cattle. Mr. Haines, how-
ever, declined to accept the sugges-
tion, stating that there was nothing
about the plane that the animals were
likely to damage.
Along about midnight Joseph Al-
ters, the night watchman at the hang-
ars, heard considerable of a commo-
tion down at Mr. Haines’ airplane and
went forth to investigate. Imagine
his consternation when he found the
horses literally making a meal of the
tail of the plane. There was evident-
ly something in the glue used to paste
the linen covering on the plane that.
appealed to the appetite of the horses
as they were stripping the linen off
of the stabilizer and elevator by big
mouthfuls and chewing it to a pulp.
Two holes had also been chewed into
the covering of the wings. Mr. Alters
was compelled to camp at the plane
the balance of the night to keep the
horses from doing further damage.
As it was Mr. Haines and party were
compelled to stay in Bellefonte until
he could repair the damage done.’
A Great Auto Racing Event.
The new Altoona auto racing bowl,
which will be opened on Labor day,
will likely be a very thrilling scene
that day.
A two hundred mile race is sched-
uled and the list of entries already in-
cludes most of the world’s speed fiends.
Among the entries thus far are, Ed-
die Hearne, Clif Durant, Earl Cooper,
H: clan Fengler, Frank Elliott, Ben-
nett Hill, Jerry Wonderlick, W. F.
White, Leon Duray, Harry Hartz,
Tommy Milton and Ralph DePalma.
——T. N. and D. C. Fink, sons of
ex-county treasurer George G. Fink,
have leased the Bender store room in
the Odd Fllows’ building, Tyrone, and
will install a hardware store there in
RUNKLE.—The one strong link in
the chain which bound Bellefonte to
the seafaring world was rent asunder
with the death on Sunday night of
Capt. George P. Runkle. For many
years he sailed the charted seas to
various points of the compass and
when the time came for that great
journey into the unknown he passed
on with the same dauntless fortitude.
Seven months ago Capt. Runkle was
compelled to give up the sea on ac-
count of ill health, coming to Belle-
fonte and later going to Centre Hall
where he stayed with his uncle, James
W. Runkle, at the hotel. His illness
rapidly developed into bronchial tu-
berculosis and in February he went to
Camp Devitts, on the mountain above
Watsontown, where he spent the bal-
ance of his days, and where he passed
away shortly after twelve o’clock on
Sunday night.
He was a son of Capt. Michael and
Ann Livingston Shrock Runkle
and was born at Pleasant Gap on Sep-
tember 5th, 1876, hence was 46 years
and 10 months old. His boyhood days
were divided between his home at the
Gap and his aunt, Mrs. Brachbill, in
Bellefonte. When eighteen years of
age he decided he would like to go to
sea and on May 20th, 1895, he was en-
tered as a cadet on the Pennsylvania
nautical training ship, the old Sara-
toga.
20th, 1897, and on July 1st, of the
same year he was appointed quarter-
master on the U. S. government ship, |
the St. Paul, serving until April 20th, |
1898. From the latter date until Sep-
tember 1st, 1898, he served as quar-
termaster first class on the same ship
under Capt. Sigsbee, which included |
the period of the Spanish-American
war.
The war over he returned to the
schoolship Saratoga on Qctober 1st,
1898, serving as quartermaster until
February, 1903, when he was promot-
ed to executive officer and served in
that capacity until July, 1907, when
the Saratoga went out of commission.
The Pennsylvania nautical school then
acquired the ship Adams and it was
commissioned as a school ship on July
25th, 1908, Mr. Runkle serving as ex-
ecutive officer until June 1st, 1909,
when he was granted his master’s pa-
pers and placed in command of the
Adams. Capt. Runkle was one of the
very few men to be granted master’s
papers without taking a course at An-
napolis. He continued in command of
the Adams until August 7th, 1911,
when that ship was put out of com-
mission. ;
On December 1st, 1912, he became
chief officer of the steamship F. J.
Lisman, on which he served until No-
vember 20th, 1918. From December
1st, 1913, to October 5th, 1915, he was
chief officer on the Middlesex, and on
the latter date was made captain of
the ship, which he sailed until March
26th, 1916. He then became captain
of the Suffolk which he sailed until
May 15th, 1917. Having volunteered
his services to the government during
the world war he was placed in charge
of the supply ship Oliphant, which he
sailed between the United States and
France and Italy, carrying povern-
ment supplies. His last and final sea
service was as captain of the East
Wind.
His experience on the high
took him not only to many ports in
Europe but to Africa, Australia, and
all the important Atlantic ports in
South America. He carried cargoes
that aggregated many millions and
never lost a ship or had a serious
wreck. Though rather taciturn by na-
ture he was a capable officer at all
times, flim mw whol ra
While most of his life was spent at
sea he visited Bellefonte on every pos-
sible occasion. He was a member of
the Masonie¢ fraternity and the Elks.
Five years ago he married Miss Rose
Sabo, of Bridgeport, Conn., who sur-
vives with no children. He leaves,
however, two brothers, Joseph and M.
W. Runkle, of Bellefonte.
The remains were brought to Belle-
fonte by motor hearse on Tuesday
and taken to the W. R. Brachbill home
on Spring street, where funeral serv-
Sota fd
ices, in charge of the Masonic frater-
nity, were held at two o’clock on Wed-
nesday afternoon, burial being made
in the Union cemetery.
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BIESECKER.—Miss Mary Bieseck- |
er died at the Bellefonte hospital on |
Monday afternoon following an illness
of six weeks. She was twenty-one
years old and was born in Wilkins-
burg, but for several years past had.
made her home with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clodgu, in
Duncansville, Blair county, where she
was a teacher in the public schools.
At the opening of the summer session
at State College she went there to
take the course for teachers, became ill
over six weeks ago and was brought to
the Bellefonte hospital for treatment.
She was apparently improving and on
Sunday was looking forward to an
early discharge from the hospital but
unlooked for complications developed
which caused her death on Monday
afternoon.
The remains were sent to the home
of her uncle and aunt, in Duncansville,
on Tuesday afternoon, where funeral
services were held and burial made.
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HOOVER.—William C. Hoover, for
many years a well known farmer of
Harris township, died last Friday
morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Anna Lukens, in Altoona, as the
result of asthma and other complica-
tions. He was born January 8th,
1835, hence was in his eighty-ninth
year. His wife has been dead many
years but surviving him are the fol-
lowing children: Boyd Hoover and
Mrs. Maude Bell, of State College; W.
T. Hoover, of California; Mrs. F. B.
Miller, in Arkansas; Mrs. Bertha Yea-
the near future.
ger and Mrs. Jessie Sharp, in Oregon;
a i
'n.C Hoover, of Roselawn; Mrs. M. E. | Miscellaneous Business Transacted by
Tallhelm and Mrs. Anna Lukens, of
Altoona. The remains were taken to
Boalsburg for burial on Monday.
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CRUSE.—Andrew J. Cruse, a na-
tive of Bellefonte, died in a hospital
at San Francisco, Cal., on August 2nd.
He became ill early in July and was
taken to the hospital for an operation
for appendicitis, which was perform-
ed July 6th. Unfortunately other
complications were discovered and a
second operation was necessary. Both
operations were successful and he
seemed on a fair way to recovery up
until the last day of July when a col-
lapse followed and he died within two
days.
Deceased was a son of Andrew J.
and Josephine Cruse and was born in
Bellefonte on January 4th, 1873, hence
was 50 years, 6 months and 29 days
old. When a young man he received
an appointment as a cadet at the na-
val military academy at Annapolis
where he had a fine record during
three and a half years, then unfortu-
nately got mixed up in a hazing epi-
sode, which in those days were the
{ rule rather than the exception, which
‘resulted in his leaving the academy.
He was only twenty years old at the
time and returning home he spent a
very brief time in Bellefonte then left
His cadetship ended on June to carve out his own fortune, and he,
i never returned to the home of his
! birth.
He spent a number of years in Den-
Francisco, where he entered the em-
ploy of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
company, a subsidiary of the Bethle-
hem Steel company. He made good
from the beginning and was repeated-
ly promoted until he was placed in
charge of the work of building de-
stroyers for the U. S. government.
During the world war he spent six
months in Honolulu superintending
the work of raising German boats that
had been scuttled by their own crews
in preference to surrender.
Mr. Cruse married a San Francisco
woman who survives with no children.
He leaves, however, his mother, living
in Bellefonte; one sister and two
brothers, namely: Mrs. S. Kline
G. Cruse, of Pittsburgh, and Wade H.
Cruse, of Harrisburg. Burial was
made in SanFrancisco.
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WEAVER.—Jacob F. Weaver died
day evening following an illness of
diseases. He was 76 years old and is
survived by his second wife and the
following children as the result of his
first marriage: John A. Weaver, of
Pleasant Gap; Mrs. Albert Orr, of
near Bellefonte; Jacob Weaver and
Mrs. Frank Hall, of Hublersburg; Mrs.
John Dunkle and Joseph Weaver, of
Bellefonte, and Mrs. Annie Krea
of Lock Haven. He also leaves$ a
and two sisters. Burial was made at
Hublersburg on Tuesday morning.
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| Weithaus—Harter.—The wedding of |
Miss Charlotte Harter, daughter of
| Mrs. W. S. Harter, of State College, |
seas and John Chester Weithaus, son of |
of Mission |
| Mrs. L. A. Williamson,
(Hills, Pittsburgh, was solemnized |
| Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock in Our |
Lady Victory Catholic chapel at State
, College. The ceremony was perform- |
ed by the Rev. B. A. O’Hanlon, rector
of the church,
| The bride was attended by Miss
| Dorothy Waring, of Tyrone, as maid
of honor, while Mr. Weithaus had as
| his best man, H. T. McQuaide, of Mt.
j Lebanon. There were no other at-
tendants.
|
i The bride wore a gown of white
| beaded canton crepe, with hat to
match, and carried a shower bouquet
| of white and pink Killarney roses. The
maid of honor wore a gown of grey
canton crepe and also carried a bou-
quet of pink and white roses.
Mrs. Harter, the mother of the
bride, was attired in a gown of grey
beaded canton crepe, while Mrs. Wil-
liamson wore a beige dress with cape
to match. The bride wore a beautiful
string of pearls, her wedding gift
from the groom.
The guests included only members
of the immediate families and inti-
mate friends: Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Shea, of Dormont; Mr. and Mrs. R.
Nerman Weithaus, of Mission Hills;
‘Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Grundhofer, of
State College; Miss Francis Harter
and Miss Marion Harter, of State Col-
lege, sisters of the bride; Miss Miner-
va Clever, of State College; E. M. Wil-
son, of Pittsburgh; J. D. McCord, of
Sewickley, and W. S. Taylor, of Har-
risburg.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served. The bride and
groom left immediately afterward for
New York, whence they will sail
for Bermuda. Following their return
they will be at home at Mattern ave-
nue, Dormont, until the opening of the
fall term of The Pennsylvania State
College, when they will return to the
College, where Mr. Weithaus is a
member of the Senior class in the lib-
eral arts. school. .
Shope—Richards.—James R. Shope,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Rey-
nolds Shope, of Bellefonte, and Miss
Maude L. Richards, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Richards, of Mar-
tha Furnace, went to Cumberland,
Md., on Monday of last week, where
they were united in marriage.
bridegroom is but seventeen years of
age and the bride sixteen. Both were
students in the Bellefonte High
school. For the present they will live
with the bridegroom’s parents, Mr.
Shope being employed in his father’s
ver, Col.,, but finally located in San |
Woodring, of Bellefonte; Templeton m
some weeks with a complication of |
number of step-children, one brother
The
Borough Dads.
Seven members were present at the
regular meeting of council on Monday
evening. A written complaint was re-
ceived from Mrs. Gregg Curtin re-
garding weeds in alleys and vacant
lots. Borough manager Seibert stat-
ed that all the weeds on streets and
alleys had been cut down and the sec-
retary was instructed to notify all
owners of vacant lots that weeds must
be cut within five days. :
The Water committee reported re
pairs to ‘service lines on Bishop and
Willowbank streets. Mr. Cunningham
informed council that Frank Meter,
who has been carried on the payroll of
the water department, puts in at least
half his time working on the streets
and should be paid out of the latter
department. The secretary was so in-
structed.
Mr. Cunningham called attention to
a dangerous condition at the Undine
fire company building, where motor-
ists who stop for oil and gas at the
Keystone gas plant, drive out over the
new concrete crossing put down in
front of the Undine building. The
fault can be corrected by the moving
of an electric light pole from one side
| of the erossing to the other, and the
matter was referred to the Street
committee.
i The Finance committee asked for
{ the renewal of notes for $1,000 and
1 $600, which were authorized.
A petition was received from resi-.
| dents of Beaver street asking that
i that thoroughfare be opened from Ar-
mor street through to north Water
street. At present there is no open
street from Spring street to a point
east of Allegheny street. The matter
was referred to the Street committee.
Mr. Cunningham, of the Water
committee, reported that the borough
manager has cleaned up the 1921
water duplicate and that the 1923 du-
plicate should be gotten out and put
in shape for collection.
The disorderly conduct ordinance
read at the first meeting in June was
presented in a very much changed
condition and after being read was
held over for passage until next meet-
Mr. Waite informed council that the
United Brethren church is arranging
to hold a festival on the Island on
August 18th and asked permission to
I put a foot bridge across the channel
from south Water street. The matter
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at his home at Hublersburg on Satur- | was referred to the Street committee
“with power.
Mr. Brouse reported a bill for
$704.70 for the first tank of tarvia, |
but owing to the inferior quality of
the oil the Street committee and bor-
ough manager were instructed to take
the matter up with the company sup-
plying the same and get the bill re-
duced, if possible.
Borough manager Seibert reported
4. E. Ward, and the Street committee,
in conjunction with the borough man-
ager, was instructed to take up the
| matter of the further extension of the
sewer to properties on the eastern end
of that street.
The Fire and Police committee was
instructed to drape the public build-
ing in mourning as a mark of esteem
to the dead President.
Bills to the amount of $2812.10 were
approved for payment and council ad-
journed.
A Correction.
The “Watchman” was misinformed
last week regarding the specific
charges against the Leathers broth-
ers and the fact that papers had been
taken out for their extradition to Ok-
lahoma. The man who came here
from Oklahoma and who was reported
ito us as an officer of the law was not
clothed with any official power. He
was merely a holder of one of the
Leathers Bros. notes for a relatively
small amount.
Notice to Sportsmen.
I have on hand for free distribution
in Centre county four page cards giv-
ing a complete digest of the Pennsyl-
vania game and fish laws. If inter-
ested call at my office, phone or write,
and they will be sent you by return
mail. William H. Brown, Recorder of
Centre county, Bellefonte, Pa.
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ray, of Axe
Mann, and Miss Julia M. Long, a
daughter of Mr .and Mrs. William
Long, of Howard, were married at the
parsonage of St. John’s Lutheran
church at six o’clock last Saturday
evening by the pastor, Rev. Wilson P.
Ard. They were attended by Miss El-
frieda Confer, of Howard, and Ralph
Held, of Loganton. The bridegroom
holds a lucrative position in the Belle-
fonte silk mill and for the present he
and his bride will live with the Kelly
family on Spring street though later
they expect to go to housekeeping in
the Ray home at Axe Mann, as Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Sr. are planning to
spend the winter at Niagara Falls.
Gordon—Donath.—Saturday even-
ing, August 4th, at the Reformed par-
sonage, Bellefonte, Mr. William H.
Gordon, of Waynesboro, and Miss Em-
ily E. Donath, of the same place, were
united in wedlock by the Rev. Dr. Am-
brose M. Schmidt. Mi. Gordon is a
salesman for a business house and
Miss Donath has heen a trained nurse
in the Waynesboro hospital.
Coble—Dayis,—Samuel W. Coble
and Mrs. Jennie Davis, both of Belle-
fonte, were married at Ebensburg on
Wednesday of last week by justice of
the peace Charles P. Rowland. They
returned to Bellefonte the same even-
planing mill.
ing.
' Ray—Long.—Charles M. Ray, son |
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Macker were Dr.
and Mrs. B. Franklin Bowersox, of Mill-
heim.
—Charles F. Cook and his daughter, Miss
Anna, had as week-end guests Mr. Cook’s
son, Marshall, and Mrs. Cook, of Pitts-
burgh.
—Misses Emily and Elizabeth Parker
spent several days in the early part of the
week in Johnstown, visiting friends and
shopping.
—Mrs. Mary Payne, of east High street
is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Deborah
Housel, of Altoona. Mrs. Housel came to
Bellefonte a week ago.
—Miss Belle Lowery left Sunday night
to return to Moundsville, after a week's
visit in Bellefonte, as a guest of the Misses
Daise and Anne Keichline.
—Ira D. Garman, of Philadelphia, and
his family, will arrive in Bellefonte Satur-
day August 18th, to occupy Edgefonte for
the remainder of the month.
—Mrs. J. C. Harper and ker daughter,
Miss Helen, are spending two weeks with
Mr. Harper's sister, Mrs. George Emerick
and the family, at Centre Hall
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy Johnston
have had among their visitors this week,
their daughter, Mrs. Wayne D. Stitzinger
and her small son, of New Castle.
—Mrs. Hamilton Otto, of Niagara Falls,
is a guest of her brother, Al. S. Garman,
at Edgefonte, expecting to spend two
weeks there and in visiting old friends in
Bellefonte.
—Miss Blanche Poorman, of Windber,
was among the Sunday arrivals in Belle-
fonte, having come over for a week’s visit
with her aunt, Mrs. Kate Flack, of Rey-
nolds avenue.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wynn, of
Sunbury, visited during the week with
Mrs. Wynn's father and brother, M. L.
Altenderfer and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Alt-
enderfer, at Milesburg.
—Robert McKnight, of Philadelphia, has
been making one of his occasional visits
with his many friends in Bellefonte, being
a guest while here of his sisters, the Misses
Margaret and Martha McKnight.
—Daniel Clemson is contemplating a
drive to Chicago, where he will spend a
part of his vacation with his sister, Miss
Sara, going from there by train to Daven-
port, to visit for the remainder of the time
with his father and brother, F. H. and
Frederick G. Clemson, both of whom have
been in Iowa for some time.
—Mrs. James B. Lane has had as guests
for several weeks, her grand-daughter and
grand-son, Aurelia and James, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lane, of McKees-
port. Aurelia, and her cousin, Jane Hart-
man, of Gettysburg, who had also been Mrs.
Lane's guest, left yesterday for McKees-
port, while James will continue his visit
through August.
—Mrs. Emil Joseph and Mrs. C. M. Gar-
man of New York city, are expected in
Bellefonte this week and will be guests at
‘ the Brockerhoff house during their stay.
! According to their present plans, Mrs. Gar-
' man will visit in Bellefonte for two weeks,
as Mrs. Joseph’s guest; Mrs. Joseph in-
tending to continue her stay until some
! time in September.
i —LeRoy Plumb is expected in Belle-
, fonte today on a drive from Newton, Kan-
Mingoville; Mrs. Edith Taylor, of near that he had extended the Curtin street sas, to join Mrs. Plumb and the children
I, | sewer as far as the residence of Mrs. | here for the remainder of August.
Mrs:
Plumb has been with her mother, Mrs.
Joseph Fox, since April, and will leave
early in September with the family, and
Miss Mary Cooney as a driving guest, to
return to Kansas. Miss Cooney will spend
the greater part of the fall in Newton.
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League of Women Voters Picnic,
lnnad
Thursday, August 16th, the League
of Women Voters will hold a picnic at
ithe home of Mrs. W. A. Ferree, at
Oak Hall. There will be a box lunch-
eon at 12:30. The county convention
of the League will be held at that
time. The election of officers will take
place and speakers from headquarters
will be present.
Any candidates for the fall election,
who might wish to address the audi-
ence or meet the members personally,
will be very welcome. All men and
women interested in better Pennsylva-
nia will be cordially received.
Those wishing to go by automobile
from Bellefonte to Oak Hall will
please communicate with Mrs. Robert
Mills Beach, county chairman.
Freddie Kraft Knocked Down by a
Ford.
Racing across north Spring street,
at the heels of a lot of his playmates
yesterday morning Freddie, the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kraft ran
into the rear wheels of a passing Ford
car and was knocked flat, right before
the eyes of his mother who was on the
pavement at the time.
The driver was a boy from Cole-
ville and no blame attaches to him for
the accident seemed unavoidable. He
stopped instantly, picked the little fel-
low up and carried him into his home
where it was found he had suffered
bruised and cut knees and forehead,
but no serious injuries.
Decker-Krumrine Reunion.
* In order to commemorate the spirit
of the Decker family and the Krum-
‘ rine family, pioneers in Harris, College
held a reunion of all their sons and
daughters, their neighbors and
friends, on the old homestead land of
the Deckers, now called Manor Hills,
or the Katherine Krape farm.
The date is Saturday, August 18th,
all day, with lunch at 12:30. There
will be all kinds of games for the old
and the young. The special feature
will be “horse-shoe pitching” cham-
pionship contests, with prizes for the
winners.
The Poorman reunion will take
place in the Kohlbecker grove, near
Milesburg, Saturday, August 18th.
Every one interested is cordially in-
vited to join this family at their an-
nual pienie.
Sixty or more car loads of Lew-
istown people motored to Centre coun-
ty on Wednesday and picnicked at
Hecla park.
—Among the Sunday guests entertained |
and Ferguson townships, there will be,
President Harding’s Funeral at Three
! O’clock Today.
All that is mortal of the late Presi-
dent of the United States, Warren G.
Harding, will be laid to rest in the
cemetery at Marion this afternoon at
8 o’clock, central standard time, which
will be four o’clock in Bellefonte. The:
special train bearing the body and
mourning friends from the national
capital to Marion made the journey
Wednesday night and yesterday morn-
ing and the remains are now lying in
state in the home of the late Presi-
dent’s father, Dr. George T. Harding,
in Marion.
The remains of President Harding
lay in state in the dimmed east room
of the White House from the time of
their arrival in Washington on Wed-
nesday evening ‘until one o'clock
Thursday afternoon when they were
taken to the nation’s capitol where
funeral services were held in the spa-
cious rotunda. Many thousand peo-
ple viewed the solemn procession as:
it marched along Pennsylvania avenue
from the White House to the capitol.
The casket containing the remains of
the President was carried on a gun-
carriage hauled by seven black horses.
Mrs. Harding was accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Christian and bore the try-
ing ordeal with remarkable bravery
and fortitude.
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs.
Coolidge, all the cabinet members,
many representatives of foreign gov-
ernments, Senators and Representa-
tives, Governors of various States, mil-
itary and civic organizations, follow-
ed the remains in the slow moving
procession.
Coming thus to Capitol Hill, the
bands ceased for the climb to the wide
piaza on the east front where new
Presidents take oath. The muffled
drums took up the tale as the column
climbed up the winding, tree-shadowed
way.
And it was the distant throbbing of
the drums that carried word of their
coming to those waiting in the flower-
filled chamber beneath the towering
dome, throbbing that grew nearer and
nearer until at last it gave place to
the softly rising tones of a great ar-
my band that played “Lead Kindly
Light,” as the flag-wound casket was
lifted slowly up the long, wide stone
steps.
The religious services were striking
in their simplicity against the back-
ground of military pomp and grand-
eur given by the funeral parade. Just
the short prayers, the murmuring of
low voices joined in the old, old words
of the Lord’s Prayer, the Scriptural
readings and the blending voices of a
male quartet in the same hymn that
marked this funeral everywhere,
“Lead Kindly Light,” the hymn best
beloved by the dead President, and at
the end “Nearer My God to Thee,”
ig its message of Christian resigna-
ion.
Hardly a word of the invocation,
spoken by Rev. Dr. A. Freeman An-
derson, of the Baptist church Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding attended in
Washington, or at the later plea for
Divine mercy made by Dr. James S.
Montgomery, chaplain of the House,
reached through the chamber. Jeal-
ous echoes from the circling walls
caught up the voices and made the
words inaudable. But every word of
the old hymns, in the chanting voices
of the singers, came clearly and the
organ-like chords rose and fell with
wonderful and touching effect under
the vaulted roof. Tears flowed freely
everywhere among the still audience
as the last chord died lingeringly
| away far above, That was all, save
the benediction.
Following the services the eastern
doors were thrown open and during
the few hours that the body lay in
state in the rotunda more than 35,000
people viewed the remains, while ful-
ly that many more were unable to get.
in.
At 4:30 o’clock the big doors swung:
to with a clang and shortly thereafter
the late President’s remains were car-
ried from the capitol replaced on the
caisson and the solemn procession
wound its way through the streets of
Washington to the Pennsylvania rail-
road station. At just 5:20 o’clock the
funeral train pulled out of the Wash-
ington depot, going by way of Balti-
more, Harrisburg, Altoona and Pitts-
burgh, to Mansfield, Ohio, where the
last stop was made.
The funeral train reached Marion
between 10 and 11 o’clock yesterday
morning and the remains were con-
veyed to the home of the late Presi-
dent’s father, while thousands of his
former neighbors and friends lined the
streets and stood with bowed heads
watching the procession.
The body will lie in state in the
Harding home from the hour of its
arrival until the funeral this after-
noon. The home was opened from two
until ten o’clock p. m., yesterday to
give all who chose to go an opportu-
nity to take a last look at the dead
President, and will be open today from
9a. m tol p m
Only brief services will be held at
the house and the services at the cem-
etery at 3 p. m., central time, will be
extremely simple but exceedingly sol-
emn. Every business place in Marion
will be closed during the services, and
many of them during the entire day.
Particulars of the death of the Pres-
ident and a sketch of his life will be
found on page 6 of this issue of the
“Watchman.”
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