Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, October 12, 1923, Image 4
Bera fap, x Bellefonte, Pa., October 12, 1923. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Editor conn sm Teo Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real mame of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until aotice this paper will be furnished to sub- seribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - Paid before expiration of year - 17 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Published weekly, every Friday morn- ing. Entered at the postoffice, Bellefonte, Pa., as second class mail matter. In ordering change of address always give the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher be no- tified when a subscriber wishes the pa- per discontinued. In all such cases the subscription must be paid up to date of cancellation. A sample copy of the “Watchman” will be sent without cost to applicants. $1.50 DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. For Judge of the Superior Court, CHARLES D. McAVOY, of Montgomery County. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Sheriff, E. R. TAYLOR, of Bellefonte. For Prothonotary, S. CLAUDE HERR, of Bellefonte. For Treasurer, LYMAN L. SMITH, of Centre Hall. For Register, FORREST S. OCKER, of Miles Twp. For Recorder, SINIE H. HOY, of Benner Twp. For County Commissioners, JOHN S. SPEARLY, of Benner Twp. JAMES W. SWABB, of Harris Twp. For District Attorney, ARTHUR C. DALE, of Bellefonte. For County Auditors, JONATHAN S. CONDO, Marion Twp. HERBERT H. STOVER, Miles Twp. For Coroner, Dr. E. L. JONES, of Philipsburg. For County Surveyor, H. B. SHATTUCK, of State College. John Noll. For no man in this community had the lamented former editor of this pa- per a higher regard. P. Gray Meek and John Noll were friends, political- ly and socially. They were contem- poraries in Democratic politics in Centre county and in Pennsylvania and came to know and esteem one another so highly that the bond that drew them together was broken only when the former was laid to rest in 1919. We have known few men, not inspired by personal or selfish aspira- tions, who have kept so intimately in touch with governmental affairs, lo- cal, State and National. Mr. Noll was of the old type; one of the men who contended for principle. He was blunt, outspoken and fearless in the expression of his convictions and un- falteringly true to them and his friends. Socially he was most com- panionable. With a wonderful facul- ty of remembering faces and names and a disposition that was, in a sense, magnetic he knew and was known all over Pennsylvania and that was prin- cipally because until the end he was as young in heart and spirit as he was when he gallantly marched away to the defense of his country in 1864, when only eighteen years old. We who are left to carry on in this office know that a shadow has fallen over the trail. A light that guided and cheered has been withdrawn. Al- ways his counsel was good and his hopeful, happy disposition an inspi- ration. The “Watchman” pays sincere trib- ute to the character and the works of John Noll. ——Judge Thompson, of Philadel- phia, has put a crimp in Governor Pinchot’s plan to close the saloons. This fixes Judge Thompson among the traitors in the mind of Mr. Pinchot. ——Mr. Firpo has abandoned his purpose to become a citizen of the United States but so far as we are able to learn “the government at Washington still lives.” ——Big business is butting into af- fairs in gcvernment in Germany in a way that may do vast harm. Big bus- iness makes big profits out of war and prefers war to peace. ——We are getting along fairly well: without a Vice President, which encourages the belief that there are a good many other redundant officers on the pay roll. ——A contemporary thinks the only safe place to go on Sunday is the church. But you take some risk in going to and returning from church. ——Two Senators and five Repre- sentatives in Congress have returned from Russia within a week and the air will soon be filled with talksky. ——Governor Pinchot is looking for a coal operator who is willing to cut his profits for the benefit of the pub- lic but his searchlight is too weak. —~——All pity should not be sent to Oklahoma. The Ku Klux is bad enough but in Arizona they have started the marathon dances. ——Probably the early migration southward of wild geese is to escape the increased cost of coal. ——Jolly old King Coal has resum- ed his throne and Gifford Pinchot is his Prime Minister. i | ' | | | further | | | HON. JOHN NOLL. NOLL.—John Noll, who has been so intimately identified with the his- tory and material upbuilding of Belle- fonte during the past half century, | passed away at his home on east Bishop street at 9:30 o’clock on Wed- nesday evening. For the past eigh- teen months or more he had been a | sufferer with hardening of the ar- teries which of late had developed in- to a series of heart attacks. Not- withstanding his debilitated condition he was down town as late as Satur- day and on Sunday walked out into his garden. Sunday night he suffer- ed another attack and he had not the power of resistance to overcome it. Mr. Noll was a son of Samuel and Rebecca Tibbens Noll and was born on the farm near Pleasant Gap in 1845, in fact he celebrated his seven- | ty-eighth anniversary on September { 20th. His boyhood days were spent on the farm but when he grew to manhood he learned the trade of a stone mason. When less than nine- teen years of age, or on February 25th, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, 19th Pennsylvania cavalry, for serv- ice during: the Civil war, the greater part of his activities being in the de- partment of the southwest. He made a splendid soldier and won promotions to corporal, duty sergeant and quar- termaster sergeant, being honorably discharged on June 5th, 1866. Returning to Bellefonte he resumed his work as a stone mason and many buildings in Bellefonte and surround- ing community are enduring monu- ments of his skill. He assisted in the building of the present residence of Col. W. F. Reynolds and helped in the remodeling of the Hastings and Col. J. L. Spangler homes. With advanc- ing years the work was too strenu- ous and he purchased the laundry on south Water street which he conduct- ed for five years, or until it was de- stroyed by fire a few years ago, since | which time he had lived a retired life. * A Democrat of the Jeffersonian type he’ always took a great interest in politics with the result that in 1904 he was elected a member of the Leg- islature from Centre county and was re-elected in 1906, serving two terms with faithfulness and fidelity. In 1918 he was again nominated for the same office but was defeated by I. L. Harvey. Six years ago he became a member of the Presbyterian church and had since lived consistent with its doc- trines. He was a member of Gregg Post No. 95, G. A. R., the Centre county Veteran Legion, a Mason for thirty-five years, a member of the Royal Arcanum and the B. P. O. E. As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hamilton, who survives with three children, Charles T. Noll, of Altoona; Mrs. George N. VanDyke, of Wilkinsburg, and Miss Roberta, at home. He also leaves a number of grand-children and one sister, Mrs. Lucy Stine, of Oklahoma. Revs. T. W. Young, E. E. McKel- vey and Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt will officiate at the funeral services which will be held at his late home at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, after which burial will be made in the Union cemetery. fl I TURNER.—Harry Elwood Turner, a well known drayman of Bellefonte, died very suddenly and unexpectedly about 9:30 o’clock last Saturday morning as the result of heart fail- ure. For- several days he had been suffering with a cold but went to work on Saturday morning as usual. About 9:30 o'clock he drove his wagon to his home on south Potter street and asked several men ‘standing there to help him out of the wagon and into his home, as he was very sick, but he died before they reached the house. Mr. Turner was a son of William G. and Elsie Peters Turner and was born at Unionville on February 24th, 1856, hence was in his sixty-eighth year. He followed farming in Union township most of his life, coming to Bellefonte about fifteen years ago. He married Miss Catherine Sharp, of Unionville, who survives with four children, Hugh E. and Rena, at home; Mrs. Frank Handley and Clar- ence, of Buffalo, N. Y. He also leaves two grand-children, Helen and Donald McCoy, and the following brothers and sisters: George, of Munson; Stewart, of Malaga, N. J.; Mrs. John Askin, of Unionville; Miss May Tur- ner, of Washington, Pa., and Miss Louise, of Unionville. Funeral services were held at his late home at ten o'clock on Wednes- day morning by Rev. E. E. McKelvey, after which the remains were taken to Unionville for burial. : Mrs. Turner and family take this means of thanking all those who so kindly befriended them during their bereavement. ; i BEHRER.—Mrs. Eva Behrer, wid- {FOR SHERIFF OF CENTRE CO. {ow of the late David Behrer, died at her home on the Hicks farm, a short distance west of Stormstown, on Sat- urday afternoon, following several years’ illness with diabetes. She was a daughter of John and Sarah Ward, and was born in Storms- town in 1868. All her life was spent in that vicinity. Her husband died a number of years ago but surviving her are three children, Ira, on the farm; David and Esther, at home. Since her breakdown in health she had made her home with her son Ira. She also leaves three sisters and three brothers, namely: Mrs. C. F. Mey- ers, of Chicago; Mrs. David Cupp and Mrs. G. W. Fisher, of Warriorsmark; Isaac T. Ward, of Youngstown, Ohio; Guyer, of Lewistown, and J. M., of Akron, Ohio. She was a member of the Methodist church and Rev. Kahler had charge of the funeral services which were held Tuesday afternoon, burial being made in Gray’s cemetery. Il il KRAUSE.—James B. Krause, past grand master of Masons, of Pennsyl- . vania, who died at his home in Wil- | iamsport on Saturday, was born at Aaronsburg, Centre county, sixty- nine years ago. He started life as a school teacher, later studying law and i residence there he was prominently | identified with the development of the | Vallamont district; organized three trolley companies which are now component parts of the Williamsport | passenger railway system; was presi- dent of the North Branch Telephone ! company, now under lease to the Unit- ed Telephone and Telegraph company; a director in the Northern Cen- | tral Trust company, the Williamsport Water company, the Pennsylvania Power and Light company, the Wild- wood Cemetery association, and vice president of the Grit Publishing com- pany. He was a thirty-third degree Mason and leaves a wife and two chil- dren. il fl ECKENROTH.—Mrs. Rella Ecken- roth, wife of James Eckenroth, died very suddenly on Sunday evening at her home at Pleasant Gap. She had been a sufferer for some time with heart trouble and asthma but was able to be up and around and was sit- ting in a chair talking to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herman, of Bellefonte, when she suddenly collapsed and died before assistance could be obtained. She was sixty-seven years old, was born at the Gap and spent her entire life there. In addition to her husband she is survived by the following chil- idren: Dorsey, Joshua, Harry, Mrs. | Calvin Lontz, Mrs. Harvey Hoy, Mrs, Walter Houtz and Mrs. Harry Confer, all of Pleasant Gap. She also leaves three brothers, Joshua Armstrong, of Pleasant Gap; Frank and Daniel, in Missouri. Burial was made in the Lutheran cemetery at Pleasant Gap on Wednesday afternoon. : Il Il ~~ SWARTZ.—Mrs. Mabel S. Swartz, wife of Lincoln E. Swartz, died at her home at Hublersburg at eleven o’clock on Wednesday morning, following an illness of six months or more with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of the late ex- sheriff Benjamin and Sophia Schaef- fer and was born at Nittany fifty-six years ago. In February, 1889, she married Mr. Swartz and all her mar- ried life had been spent in Hublers- burg. In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, Benjamin, of Erie, and Lewis C., of Nittany. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. J. H. Alli- son, of Chicago, Ill., and two broth- ers, W. E. Schaeffer, of Mifflinburg, and L. A. Schaeffer, of Bellefonte. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning, burial to be made in the Cedar Hill cemetery. Management Appreciates Donations. Hospital The management of the Bellefonte hospital wishes to thank the pupils of the public schools of Milesburg and Boggs township for a generous dona- tion of four barrels of potatoes and cabbage. Also the following house- keepers for canned fruit and vegeta- bles: Mrs. Harry Diehl, Mrs. G. B. Alexander, Mrs. Blair Alexander, Mrs. Ella Calhoun, Mrs, F. B. Slack, Mrs. Lee Lyons, Mrs. Earl Cartwright, Mrs. J. D. Knass, Mrs. Eva Wagner, Mrs. Charles Caldwell, Mrs. Samuel Stanley, Mrs. Harriet McClellan, Mrs. R. B. Wallace, Mrs. Winfield Lose, Mrs. Howard Neff, Mrs. E. J. Horner, Mrs. Wilson Heaton, Mrs. Orin Heaton, Mrs. Walter Smith, Mrs. Chester Miles, Mrs. Toner E. Hugg, Mrs. M. C. Piper, Mrs. F. E. Zimmerman, Mrs. George Newman, Mrs. E. Whiteman, Mrs. Mary Hibler, Mrs. M. Estright, Mrs. Lloyd Smith, Mrs. Jennie Zimmerman, Mrs. Jennie Shope, Mrs. Har- riet Zimmerman, Mrs. Mabel Austin, Mrs. John Baird, Mrs. Herman Ort, Mrs. Sam- uel Heverly, Mrs. M. BE. Flynn, Mrs. James Bryant, Mrs. Caroline Jodon, Mrs. Emma Barber, Mrs. John Scholl, Mrs. Hilda Haupt, Mrs. Charles Scheckler, Mrs. Roy Bryant, Mrs. F. L. Wetzler, Mrs. Al- exander, Mrs. M. Greist, Mrs. John Bryan, Mrs. H. A. Heaton. The donations were delivered to the hospital by John Scholl, the Miles- burg store company and Harry Diehl, ——Don’t forget the rummage sale to be held in the Undine fire company building on Wednesday, October 24th, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the benefit of the Bellefonte hospital. All articles can be sent direct to the above build- ing. —Workman began ‘on Monday on making the much desired improve- ments at the Lutheran church. ‘The enlargement o itchen and other changes in the basement will be the first work dofie. at her late home at two o'clock on! | locating in Williamsport. During his Capt. E. R. “Dick” TAYLOR. Capt. Taylor was born in Belle- fonte, November 27th, 1878, and all , of his life has been spent in this com- ‘munity, with the exception of the years he has served abroad with the army of our country. His education was secured-in the public schools and at the age of sixteen he entered an apprenticeship for the plumbing trade which he mastered in such a way as to earn for himself the reputa- tion of being a splendid mechanic. For a man not yet forty-five years of age he has a military record which we feel is scarcely equalled by any man living who has not made soldier- ing his profession. On July 2nd, 1895, he enlisted as a private in Co. B, 5th Reg. N. G. P. and served with that organization until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, in 1898. On April 27th of that year the regiment was called into service and he was with it until it was mustered out on the 11th of the following No- vember. When President McKinley called for volunteers to put down the Phil- ippine insurrection in 1899 Dick re- sponded. He enlisted September 9th, 1899, and was assigned to Co. D, 47th Reg. as a private. Before sail- ing for the Philippines he was pro- moted to a sergeant and on November 2nd shipped for the scene of a long and hazardous campaign. He was fighting insurrectos for nineteen months. In that time he took part in twenty-nine major engagements and after returning to the States was hon- orably discharged on July 2nd, 1901. A month after his return he took charge of the repair work at the Beilefonte gas and steam plant and a month later was made assistant su- perintendent, which position he capa- bly filled until the fall of 1909, when he resigned to accept the position of military instructor in the Pennsylva- nia Industrial Reformatory at Hunt- ingdon. This position he filled with marked ability until the call for pa- triotism again brought him to Uncle Sam and he enlisted with Troop L, 1st Penna. Cavalry, on June 25th, 1916, for service on the Mexican bor- der. There he served with rank of a Lieutenant for seven months and up- on the return home of his command he resumed his position in Hunting- don. While drilling with Troop L, at this place, on May 6th, 1917, he was accidentally kicked by a horse and suffered a broken leg. But two months later we find him volunteer- ing for service in the world war and going off to Camp Hancock with his troop. There it was disbanded and “Dick” was assigned to Co. K, 110th Inf., of which organization he was in command. They sailed for France May 2nd, 1917, and were fifteen days crossing. His first work on the other side was in support of the British, French and Marines and digging trenches which kept him busy until July 12th, when his command was sent to the front line. Two days later, when the Germans started their last big offen- sive, he was in the fighting. He was’ in the front line acting with the French and was out recon- noitering a position near Courthiezy, on the Marne, that his company was to take over on July 18th, when he was surprised by a squad of Germans and taken prisoner. He remained in the hands of the Huns until Novem- ber 27th, when he was released, but was in such a condition that he could not rejoin his command for a month. After his capture he was promoted to the rank of Captain and when he was mustered out of the service, May 24th, 1919, his men presented him with a gold watch as a mark of their esteem for him as a commander and as a man. In infancy he was baptized in the Episcopal church by the late Rev. John Hewitt and has been a commu- nicant member of that denomination ever since. Capt. Taylor is married and has a family of five children. ——A Ku Klux Klan cross was burned on the grounds of the Belle- fonte hospital, about eight o’clock on Monday evening. The cross was put up on the brow of the hill just south of the laundry and so quietly was the work done that no one ahout the hos- pital heard or saw a thing until the cross was on fire. Let us 2'l hope that the burning of the cross so close to the hospital means that a concert- ed effort is to be made to help that institution financially. ——According to tentative plans of the Methodist congregation pastor E. E. McKelvey and family will move into their new home, the Spiglemyer house recently purchased by the con- gregation, on or about November first. Several parties are now con- sidering the purchase of the present parsonage on east Linn street. An Appeal in the Interest of Sports. i | A chain is as strong as its weakest ! link. . A mind is only strong if the body is developed to withstand the at- tacks of disease and the inroads of | fatigue. The importance of physical training has long been recognized by i the educators of the present day, and the Bellefonte school board has al- ways endeavored to emphasize that part of the training of the boys and girls in the schools of Bellefonte. In the past, however, physical train- ing has been restricted to the few who have competed for positions on the football, baseball and basket-ball squads. That is no longer the goal. The ultimate aim of athletics in the Bellefonte High school is mass athlet- ics, that is, to have every boy and girl in High school interested in, and competing in a sport of some kind. There are practically twenty-five contestants for" football honors this year. In basket-ball not only are there varsity boys’ and girls’ teams, but the inter-class league affords op- portunity for participation in this sport to over thirty additional stu- dents. Track activities in the past two years have created considerable interest and each spring finds numer- ous candidates out practicing for po- sitions on both boys’ and girls’ teams. | And the baseball squad draws its full quota of enthusiasts upon the dia- { mond. These are but the beginnings of what it is hoped to obtain in the line of athletics in the Bellefonte High school. Boxing and wrestling classes | make their initial appearance this year. Field hockey for the girls is no longer a mere dream of the future, but nearly an actual realization; while tennis and golf teams are al- ready in the making. In passing it should be emphasized that the value of competitive sports lies not only in the physical benefits derived therefrom, but in the charac- ter moulding. The idea is not merely | to build up teams that win, but to | teach to the coming generations the values of preparation, training, co- operation, and obedience, and the es- sentials of fair play and sportsman- ship. In order to bring to completion these plans it is necessary that a cer- tain amount of capital outlay be fur- nished. A practice field has been se- cured at the cost of one hundred dol- lars per year. Equipment for protec- tion of the players and for their prop- er instruction, is always needed. The Bellefonte school board cannot possi- bly render assistance in this matter. Therefore it devolves upon the towns- people to determine whether or not they wish this physical and character development to continue. If you do wish it, will you not make a substantial contribution to the Bellefonte High school athletic asso- ciation, so that the good work may carry on? Information for Members of D. A. R. The information given below is es- sential to all Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution desiring to attend the State conference to be held at Lancas- ter, October 22nd to 25th, inclusive. The railroads have granted a reduc- tion of one-half the regular fare on return trip under the following con- ditions: Two hundred and fifty members must hold certificates of identification. Certificates must be secured at the time of purchase of tickets to Lan- caster. Certificates must be endorsed at headquarters in Lancaster by the chairman of transportation and vali- dated by the special agent of the rail- roads who will be in attendance on Thursday, October 25th. No reduction will be made in fares of less than 67 cents. No refund will be made on account of failure to ob- tain proper certificates of identifica- tion when purchasing going tickets, nor on account of failure to present validated certificate when purchasing return ticket. If ticket agents are not supplied with the usual certificate, request a receipt when purchasing ticket. Note carefully: Tickets to Lancas- ter may be purchased October 18th to 24th inclusive. Tickets will be vali- dated by special agent October 25th. Return tickets will be honored until midnight October 29th. Present yourself at the railroad station for tickets and certificates at least thirty minutes before departure of the train on which you will begin your journey to Lancaster. Certificates of identification are available for all members of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion and dependent members of their families. HELEN E. C. OVERTON, ——The wedding of Miss Katherine Lukenbach, only child of Frank Luk- enbach, of Tyrone, and Edwin Lloyd Tyson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam E. Tyson, of the same place, will take place in the Trinity Episcopal church, at Tyrone, on Saturday, Oc- tober 20th, at 7:30 p. m. The cere- mony will be followed by a reception at the home of the bride's father, after which the young couple will leave on a wedding trip west, at the conclusion of which they will locate in Detroit, Mich.,, where Mr. Tyson is employed and has an apartment al- i ready furnished for his bride. Both | the contracting parties are well known in Bellefonte, the prospective bride bein~ a graduate of the Tyrone High school and the School of Design in Philadelphia. During the past two or three years she has been teaching drawing in the schools of Ellsworth, Pa. Mr. Tyson is an old State Col- lege student and for several years past has been located in Detroit. | | FOR PROTHONOTARY. S. CLAUDE HERR. There is not a candidate on the ticket our party offers the voters of Centre county whose life will not bear the acid test of public scrutiny. Feel- ing that the voters have a right to know all of the history of the men who are seeking to serve them in of- fice we purpose to publish brief bio- graphical sketches of our candidates so that any one who reads will know ig who they are being urged to vote or. S. Claude Herr, Democratic nomi- nee for Prothonotary of Centre coun- ty, was born at Salona, Pa., April 6th, 1877. He is a son of Martin W. and Lydie Burrell Herr, his father having been a school teacher and was a mem- ber of the faculty of the Bellefonte Academy in 1876. Mr. Herr’s early life was spent in the vicinity of Sa- lona, where he attended the public schools and afterward went to the Lock Haven High and Normal. At the age of thirteen he started a farming enterprise with his brother and stuck to the soil until he was twenty. Then he took employ- ment with the Bellefonte Lime Co., at Salona; having been the time and book-keeper at that operation for the five years just prior to coming to Bellefonte. On August 6th, 1906, he located permanently in this place as time- keeper and shipping clerk at the Ar- mor Gap operation of the American Lime and Stone Co., later becoming superintendent of the plant. On April 15th, 1915, he purchased the Robert Morris grocery store in the Eagle block, and formed the part- nership of Herr and Heverly which has been so successfully conducting the business ever since. Mr. Herr is a member and trustee of the Bellefonte Methodist church, a trustee of the Y. M. C. A., president of the Business Men’s Association, treasurer of the Centre Building and Loan Association and active in every public movement in the community. He is married and has three chil- dren. Certainly there has never been a man of higher type nominated for of- fice by either party in Centre county. By nature, by mental qualifications, and by sterling integrity he is splen- didly equipped for the office he seeks. Clearfield County Woman Chicago Priest. Kills Walking down through a congrega- tion of three hundred devout worship- pers in St. Michael’s Greek Catholic church, in Chicago, on Sunday, Mrs. Emily Strutynsky, wife of Rev. Fath- er Nicholas Strutynsky, rector of the Greek Catholic church at Ramey, Clearfield county, walked behind the altar and knelt at the confessional and when the rector in charge, Rev. Father Basil Stetsuk approached her she fired five shots into him from a revolver she had secreted in her cloth- ing, inflicting wounds which caused his death a few minutes later while on his way to a hospital in an ambu- lance. Brooding over real or fancied ac- cusations made against her husband by the Chicago priest Mrs. Strutyns- ky left Ramey, her husband and two children two weeks previous on the ostensible excuse of going to Roches- ter to visit friends, but instead went direct to Chicago and waited for an opportunity to “avenge” her hus- band. Mrs. Strutynsky is a Lithua- nian. and her husband was formerly rector of the church in Chicago where she committed murder on Sunday. ——Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman, of Bush’s Addition, was taken to the Jef- ferson hospital, Philadelphia, on Wed- nesday, by her husband, where she will consult a specialist and undergo treatment for her health. She has not been well for a year or more and during the past month has been a pa- tient in the Bellefonte hospital. Al- though feeling much better than she has for some time she accepted the advice of her physician and went to Philadelphia. . At the annual meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran church, held at Loysville last week, Rev. Wilson Potter Ard, pastor of the Bellefonte church, was chosen ministerial representative to the general convention of the Luth- eran church in the United States and Canada to be held in Chicago in Octo- ber, 1924. The convention is held every two years and it is quite an honor to be elected a member thereof. ——Word has been received in Bellefonte of the birth of a daughter to John D. and Mildred Grimm Kist- ner, at North Tonawanda, Thursday of last week. This is Mr. and Mrs. Kistner’s third daughter. ——The executive board ' of the Mother’s Assistance, which has been called to meet the Commissioners to- day, will be guests of Miss Mary Linn at a luncheon given at the Last Resort.