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“Bellefonte, Pa., February 27, 1925.
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THE NORTHS AT WORK AGAIN.
Chinese Language Hard to Learn
but an Interesting Study.
Chengtu, China, Sept. 21, 1924.
Dear Home Folks.
This has been a busy week, our first
one at language school after the sum-
mer holidays. Mr. Moncrieff, of the
Baptist mission, is to take the place of
Doctor Lewis, of our mission, as head
of the language school. Dr. Lewis’
mantle is falling on him gradually,
but Mr. Moncrieff is an educator from
the sole of his foot to the top of his
head, and he certainly keeps us busy.
We begin school now at 8:40 and run
till 12 noon. Then from 1:10 to 3:30
in the afternoon. But the work is in-
teresting and we are getting to the
place in the study of Chinese ncw,
where it is a real pleasure to study.
We hope to complete our first year’s
work by the last of October and be
well along in our second year before
we go to Chungking. I'm glad we
decided ‘to stay here until February.
The Blanchards, who came with us to
Chengtu, have already returned to
Chungking. Mr. Blanchard was not
especially good in the language and
felt he was wasting his time here.
But I'm sure he’ll always regret hav-
ing gone back so soon. When one gets
into actual work, there is not much
time left for language study.
We have gotten nicely started in
our housekeeping again. I have got-
ten rid of the cook I had this summer.
I engaged him just for the summer
and he didn’t prove very satisfactory.
I thought Miss Oster’s cook would be
with us by now, but she evidently per-
suaded him to stay with her. We are
home for only breakfast and supper,
except Saturday and Sunday, so I am
teaching our boy, Chen, to cook. He
knew quite a bit about cooking before
I started to use him as cook, and he
really does very well. He can’t make
good pie crust, though. We had a pie
for dinner today that we could hardly
cut, it was so tough. ‘Pll have to give
him a few instructions in the art of
pie-making. He is a good servant,
and worth taking pains to instruct.
We expect to take him with us to
Chungking unless he proves untrust-
worthy in the mean time.
I have taken on Miss Oster’s old
horse coolie as our coolie. His name
is Gwei. But he doesn’t use his head
as well as our boy Chen does. He's
too clumsy to be much more than a
horse coolie. On Friday evening we
had a Chinese guest to supper, a
friend of Bill's who is interested in
stamp collecting. I expected Lao
Chen to both cook the supper and
serve it. I was greatly surprised to
see Lao Gwei come in and serve the
meal. It was very embarrassing, be-
cause he had never had any instruc-
tions in serving. Before the meal was
over, he succeeded in spilling a glass
of water. After supper, I took him
aside and gave him a lesson in serv-
ing, because I don’t want such an oc-
currence duplicated.
The gentleman who took supper
with us on Friday is a Christian, a
member of the Canadian Methodist
church and foreman of their printing
press here in the city. He certainly
is a fine man. I wish you could meet
some of these splendid Chinese men.
They are men whom you would count
it a privilege to have as friends.
Last evening there was a social
gathering in the church. They have
such an occasion about twice a year,
I think. This is the second one we
have attended. It really was quite
enjoyable. I don’t know whether I
am getting more Chinesey, or wheth-
er the Chinese are getting more for-
eign in their customs, but except for
the difference of language and the
fact that the men and women are sep-
arated, I might have been at a church
social gathering at home last even-
ing. The program was very similar.
There was singing by the kindergar-
ten children, and they certainly were
splendid. Then there was a song sun
by the girls of the W. F. M. S. school.
They also sang very well, indeed.
There were several simple games in
which Chinese and foreigners both
took part, then there was more sing-
ing, this time by foreigners. Of
course, at the close there was some-
thing to eat. The Chinese call it
“dieu shim,” which to them means
cakes and candy. We designate any
kind of dessert by that name. It is
interesting to note that their social
gatherings are always opened with
prayer and closed by singing the Dox-
clogy.
This morning I attended my first
communion service in a Chinese
church. Before the communion serv-
ice, there were two baptisms, a little
boy and an older girl, then there were
three girls received into the church on
probation and one into full member-
ship. The three girls who were re-
ceived on probation are not our mis-
sion school girls, but three govern-
ment school girls who have been
studying the Bible under Miss Welch,
one of the W. F. M. S. girls.
Although there were not nearly so
many who communed as we usually
have at home the service was just
like our own communion service. The
bread and grape juice are used here,
just as at home. Of course, the men
: days. :
| got up, the sun shining bright, a love-
and women do not go to the table to-
gether. They sit on different sides of
the chursh and naturally commune at
different times. :
Qur busiest time here is usually
during the winter months when every-
body does a great deal of entertain-
ing. Bill and I have decided that all
| of the entertaining we do will be done
over the week-ends, because on school
days we like to have our evenings to
curselves. We have to get up at 6:30
these mornings in order to get to
school by 8:40, so we like to get to
bed in good time.
Last week when I wrote I told of
our, trip back to Chengtu from Beh
Luh Din. In this letter I'm enclosing
an account of Bill's version. His is
more lengthy and detailed than mine.
Don’t be alarmed when you read that
my men dropped me in the stream.
Just one foot got wet, that’s all the
damage I suffered. I admit I was
pretty badly frightened and wanted
to get out and walk, but my chairmen
wouldn’t let me and told me not to be
afraid. They didn’t drop me again,
: though we crossed some streams that
were worse than the one in which they
let me fall. I guess they were more
careful after having let me fall once.
We are commencing to have fall
weather here now. The warm spell
that I complained of in my last letter
was broken by a rain and now we feel
the need of sweaters in the evenings.
I guess we'll soon have to build fire
in the fire-places. J
I'm enclosing a few snapshots in
this letter. They will give you a lit-
tle better idea of things out here than
I can tell about them. How I wish
you could all see things for yourselves
as we are seeing them every day.
SARAH.
FLORIDA, AS IT IS IMPRESSING
Dr. W. S. GLENN.
West Palm Beach, Fla., 2-22-25
Dear “Watchman:”
This is another of Florida’s perfect
Seventy-four degrees when we
ly breeze going and altogether the
kind of a day one would enjoy any-
where.
Jim Holmes and Peck Snyder, of
State College, were here the last of
last week and the fore part of this and
we enjoyed their visit not alone be-
cause they caught two fine lots of
fish. They were delicious. We had
all we could eat for a week. Among
them were whiting, blue runa, Jack
and Pompano, the last a real aristo-
crat of fish here for it sells in the
market at a dollar a pound. Our
friends were surely enjoying their
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Meek, also of
State College, arrived Wednesday
from Tampa, where they had been
stopping for a while. They are over
at the ocean now and plan going to
Coral Gables, a wonderfully pretty
new place six miles west of here.
William J. Bryan gives a talk there
every day at 11 o’clock, booming Flor-
ida. We were there yesterday. It is
a restricted place, every house of
Spanish architecture and roof red Lile
made either in Cuba or Spain or tak-
en’from wrecked houses in those coun-
tries, where the old buildings are
bought and everything worth while
salvaged for use here. But with all
their attempts to give it foreign at-
mosphere, beautify and make it ex-
clusive it is nothing like as pretty a
place to live as right here in West
Palm Beach.
Some things here are cheaper than
at home. For example, all kinds of
meats. Creamery butter is 53 cents,
eggs 60 cents, oranges 20 cents, fine
large grape fruit 50 cents a basket, 34
in a basket. Bread, a large loaf 17
cents, has jumped from 15.
We are having boat races here now.
They always have them as part of the
Washington’s birthday celebration.
Some of the fastest afloat are here;
one, they say, will run 85 miles an
hour. They are being held on lake
Worth, just five squares from our
home so we don’t have far to go to see
them. We tock our car out to the
shore of the lake a little while ago and
will leave it parked there so we will
be certain of fine views of the contest
for the prizes. We saw them last
year and know they are worth seeing.
There are more people here now
than at any time this season. The
4 large ball at the Royal Poinciana is
scheduled for tomorrow night and
people from all over the North are
here for it. In fact there is never a
dull day here; always something do-
ing to please and entertain the tour-
ist.
We have been driving a lot lately
over about Palm Beach, along the
ocean drives and down to Lake Worth
Town to see Clifford Reed and Elmer
Evey and their families. They are
pleased with the place, both having
bought lots and started building
homes, on which they work only when
not employed by some one else. Later
we drove North as far as Olympia,
stopping at Jupiter and Kelsey City.
They are all thriving places and
building up fast.
We get the “Watchman” regularly
on Monday or Tuesday and it is wel-
come, indeed.
Yours,
W. 8S. GLENN.
This is the second of a series of letters
Dr. W. 8. Glenn is writing for the ‘“Watch-
man” while sojourning in Florida.
——A donation of five dollars, the
winter’s accumulation in the bank of
the primary school of Coleville, was
given to the Near East, this week, {y
Miss Anne Sheeder, the teacher. The
school has made an annual contribu-
tion to this fund, Miss Sheeder taking
charge of it through the bank.
——The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
is considering the advisability of tak-
ing the morning train off of the Lew-
isburg branch and substituting a gas-
oline motor car. Very little express
or other matter is handled on this
train and passenger traffic is light, so
that a motor car would probably an-
swer all purposes.
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——House for rent on Bishop
street. Inquire of Sim Baum. 70-9-1t
YOUNG.—Mrs. Catherine Casper
Young, widow of the late David H.
Young, for years well known resi-
dents of Centre and Huntingdon coun-
ties, passed away at noon last Friday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
James H. Isett, near Everett, Bedford
county, at the advanced age of 81
years, 10 months and 6 days. Though
she had been in feeble health for sev-
eral years the direct cause of her
death was pneumonia.
She was a daughter of Philip and
Catharine Krape Casper and was born
at Centre Furnace, Centre county, on
April 14th, 1843. In 1865 she married
David H. Young, of Ferguson town-
ship, where they lived until 1887 when
they moved to the McFarland farm
near Petersburg, Huntingdon county.
In 1895 they moved to Marklesburg
and it was there Mr. Young died in
November, 1911. Several years later
Mrs. Young quit housekeeping and
had since been living with her daugh-
ters.
In early life she united with the
Pine Hall Reformed church but after
moving to Huntingdon county trans-
ferred her membership to the Luth-
eran church. Her entire life was one
of christian fidelity and devotion. She
was a good mother, neighbor and
friend and will be sadly missed in a
large circle of friends. She was the
last of a large family but surviving
her are the following children: Wil-
liam B. Young, of Charleston, W., Va.;
Charles H., of Huntingdon; J. Elmer,
of Petersburg; Mrs. W. A. Boyer, of
James Creek, and Mrs. James H. Isett,
of Everett.
Funeral services were held in the
Lutheran church at Marklesburg, on
Monday, by her pastor, Rev. A. B. B.
VanOrmer, and the remains were laid
to rest beside her husband in the Mar-
klesburg cemetery.
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CAMPBELL.—James Ward Camp-
ability and a member of Waring’s
Pennsylvanians, of Tyrone, died at a
hotel in Baltimore at 5.05 o’clock on
Saturday evening. The Pennsylvan-
ians were playing at the Rivoli thea-
tre in Baltimore and Campbell was
taken sick on Thursday night follow-
ing the concert. On the advice of a
physician he remained in bed on Fri-
day and by Saturday morning gastric
fever had developed and he passed
away that evening.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Campbell and was born at
Milesburg on August 24th, 1906,
hence was only 18 years, 5 months
and 28 days old. When he was but a
child his parents moved to Tyrone and
he was educated in the schools of that
place. As a boy he evinced consider-
| able musical talent and in school he
i became a member of the High school
“orchestra. He became exceedingly
. proficient on the piccolo and saxo-
phone and his playing of the latter
of marvelous.
he appeeared with Wetzler’s boys’
band, of Milesburg.
Funeral services were held at his
{home in Tyrone on Tuesday after
which the remains were taken to
Milesburg for burial in the Treziyul-
ny cemetery.
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BENNER.—Mrs. Ada C. Benner,
widow of M. W. Benner, died on Feb-
ruary 13th at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Willis Houtz, of Boalsburg,
following only a few day’s illness as
the result of a complication of dis-
eases.
She was a daughter of Thomas and
Jane Marshall and was born at Pleas-
ant Gap on March 26th, 1854, making
her age 70 years, 10 months and 17
days. Her husband died eighteen
following children: Ira Benner, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. Houtz, of Boalsburg;
Mrs. Dorsey Struble, of State Coi-
lege; Harry, of Lemont, and Edwin,
of State College. She also leaves one
brother, Mairt Marshall, in Louisiana.
- She was a member of the Methodist
church at Lemont and Rev. C. W.
Rishel had charge of the funeral serv-
ices which were held on February
16th, burial being made in the Mey-
ers’ cemetery.
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RISHEL. Mrs. .
Rishel, wife of Dr. George P. Rishel,
of Philadelphia, died on Wednesday of
last week. She was a daughter of
John S. and Catherine Wyckoff Siney,
and was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. She
is survived by her husband and two
step-children. Dr. Rishel is a brother
of A. M. Rishel, of Bellefonte, and the
latter went to Philadelphia for the
funeral which was held on Saturday,
burial being made in the Westmin-
ster cemetery, in that city.
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payne tur and Mr John B.
Payne, of Bellefonte, are mourning
the death of their infant son, John B.
Jr., who died on Saturday following
a few day’s illness with pneumonia,
aged about nineteen months. In ad-
dition to the parents one sister sur-
vives, Virginia Payne. The funeral
was held on Monday afternoon, bur-
ial being made in the Union cemetery.
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STIVER.—Grant Stiver died on
Tuesday at his home at Pine Hall,
following several month’s illness with
heart trouble and other complications.
He was fifty-five years old and is sur-
vived by his wife, two sons and three
daughters. The remains were taken
to Martha Furnace where burial was
made in the Williams cemetery, Rev.
M. C. Piper officiating. "
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COWHER.—James Cowher, a na-
tive of Centre county, died at his
home in Beaverdale, Cambria county,
ach trouble. He was a son of Martin
and Catherine Cowher and was born
in Bald Eagle valley fifty-five years
ago. He had been a resident of Cam-
bria county the past twenty years. He
is survived by his wife and eight chil-
dren, as well as a number of brothers
and sisters, among the latter being
Harvey and William Cowher, of Port
Matilda. Burial was made in the
Dunlo cemetery on Tuesday.
State Police Make Big Booze Raid
in Philipsburg.
A dozen state policemen pulled off
a raid in Philipsburg, last Saturday,
which yielded considerable moonshine,
four stills, seventy-three cases of
home brewed beer, syrup, mash and
the arrest of eight people. The big-
gest haul was made at the Philips-
burg Moose lodge which yielded a
quantity of moonshine, all the home
brew, 25 gallons of syrup, 90 gallons
of mash and a number of whiskey and
beer bottles. Arrests made at the
Moose lodge included C. W. Erb, trus-
tee; Joe Black, secretary; Gray Nolan
and Joshua Price, janitors, and James
Dayon, all of whom gave bail in the
sum of $1000 for their appearance at
bell, a young musician of considerable |
years ago but surviving her are the!
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Elizabeth
court except Dayon, who was releas-
"ed upon the payment of costs.
{ The Central hotel was raided and
half a quart bottle of moonshine seiz-
ed, the landlord, William Hindle, be-
ing placed under arrest.
At Point Lookout the raiders got a
ten gallon still, five gallons of moon-
shine and a barrel of mash at the
home of Martin Blase, who was also
arrested.
In North Philipsburg Samuel Mey-
ers was arrested and a ten gallon still,
two gallons of moonshine, five 50-gal-
lon barrels of mash and 100 pounds of
sugar confiscated.
Mrs. Anna Peterson’s arrest yielded
a fifteen gallon still and a barrel of
mash.
Charles Williams was found with
two barrels of mash and a quantity of
moonshine.
John Swartz had a five gallon still,
a quantity of moonshine and some
mash.
All were able to give bail with the
execption of Martin Blase, Charles
Williams, Samuel Meyers and John
Swartz. They were brought to the
Centre county jail, but on Monday
evening Blase furnished bail and was
released.
The stills, moonshine, home-brew,
mash, etc., were brought to Bellefonte
on a big truck and deposited in the
basement of the court house for safe
keeping.
Lewistown Stops B. H. S.
Before the largest crowd of the sea-
‘son Lewistown High school defeated
B. H. S. on the armory floor Saturday
. night by the score of 31 to 24. The
! game was fast, in fact too fast for the
condition of the local lads. Before the
instrument was considered little short . §2me was finished they realized that |
On various occasions 2 Player cannot break training and
then win games. Lewistown played a
; steady, clean game. They made their
plans and stuck to them in spite of an
‘ occasional Bellefonte flurry. The
| rooters who had come over the moun-
{ At present the M. U. lads are going
' great guns and expect to win.
Last Friday evening the citizens of
Rebersburg and vicinity entertained
{ the Bellefonte High school junior five
in a game which they termed basket
ball. Due to the strange surround-
ings and the peculiar manner in which
the good citizens of Rebersburg play
the game, our boys held to a 16-10
score.
Friday night the girls went over
the mountain (literally and figurative-
ly) to Philipsburg and downed the P.
H. S. sextet for a 17-10 count. The
game was slowed up by the ball being
continually held. At the end. of the
first half the score was tied at 6-6 but
our girls found themselves and staged
the well-known rally.
——7Four well known musicians of
Bellefonte, namely: Mrs. Alberta
Krader, Miss Esther Johnson, Mrs.
Hazel Solt Emerick and Miss Rachel
Shuey, went to Altoona on Saturday
and that evening gave a concert in
the Gable-Tribune radio broadcasting
studio. They also gave a sacred con-
cert at 2.30 o’clock on Sunday after-
noon, both concerts being a distinct
success. The ladies returned home
on Sunday afternoon.
——Mr. and Mrs. R. Russell Blair
came home from Hershey, last week,
with a sturdy little three year old
boy which they took from the Her-
shey orphanage on six months’ pro-
bation with the intention of adopting
it at the expiration of that period if
everything is satisfactory. The child,
it is understood, has neither a father
nor mother living, and we feel sure it
could not have landed in a better
home.
——@G. Norman Good, formerly con-
nected with the postoffice force in this
place, is now sales manager for Good
last Saturday, as the result of stom-'
and Mosgrave, distributors of pure
Somerset county maple syrup, with
headquarters in Johnstown.
Y’S CRACKS AND OTHER-Y’S.
Bellefonte Y. M. C. A.
’S all right to be a pessimist—IF—
you put your pessimism to work to
better conditions; then first thing you
know, you’re an optimist!
Monday, 16. Was it blue Monday,
They ain’t no such thing at the Y.
The Hi basket ball girls came in for
practice; blue don’t go with that gang
a-tall! When they get their funny
playing clothes on, and their whistle
tootin’ and start smacking that fat
old ball all over the floor, whee! there
can’t be no blues! It’s on the Y floor
they practice all those trick plays,
which makes ’em such hum-dingers in
a reg’lar game.
Tuesday, 17, those Hi ladies insist-
ed upon going on again for an extra
session. They had such a good time
the day before, you see. Zowie! The
racket! But that’s what the gym’s
for; that—and to make strong,
healthy bodies and natural pink
cheeks; which nobody can deny, our
Hi girl athletes has got.
Mr. N. M. Skillin, from Lynn, Mass.,
stopped in. “Here’s my card,” sez he;
and, man dear, he was chairman of
the social committee of the Lynn Y!
“Hearing in Altoona that you had
some Y, thought I'd drop in,” sez he.
“Welcome!” sez we, “make yourself to
home and look ’round.” “You got
some Y!” sez he at leaving. “Thanks,”
sez we, “we know it and it’s sure a-
comin’ a-hummin’! Call again.”
The clerks and business men fought
a turrible fight on the alleys. Clerks
got 2 out of 3—but one of ’em by only
two pins. Now ain’t them business
men picking up? When Hazel starts
to bowl—he bowls! he led his crowd
all three games; 170, 164 and 163. Did
; some one ask—which Hazel? George.
| Wednesday, 18.—Kutz had some
i new recruits. Every one hollered and
yelled and bounced all over the place
doing stunts. And listen; Kutz can
be as reg’lar a kid as any of ’em.
That’s the secret of his success.
Always something doing at the Y.
Started the Y’s men’s chorus in the
evening; fifteen singers came first
crack. Had a grand time harmoniz-
ing and topped off with a bit of lunch.
They say they're gonto moan a few
each week so listen for em.
Exercising the same set of muscles
makes you muscle-bound. Exercising
the same narrow views, makes you
hide-bound.
Thursday, 19.—Miss Ash found 4
new buds waiting to be counted in;
she had ’em in full bloom with the
tains to lend their moral support,
made them feel at home. The line- |
up:
Bellefonte Lewistown
Emel Forward Stumpft
Best Forward Lilley
Bower Guard Wike
Furey Guard Glaser
Waite Guard Ford
Herman Forward Beckwith
Harvey Guard
Field Goals.—Emel 4; Best 2; Furey i;
Herman 1; Stumpff 5; Wike 3; Ford 1;
Beckwith 2.
Foul Goals.—Emel 3; Best 2; Waite 1;
Herman 2; Stumpff 2; Wike 1; Glaser 1;
Ford 2; Beckwith 3.
Referee.—Stewart, Penn State.
Tonight at the armory the Mount
Union five will be B. H. S. opponents.
| rest of the class in no time. Zam!
‘Bam! Chatter-patter, chatter laugh!
i That junior girls’ class is simply a
. wow; because our Miss Ash knows
: just about how to train ’em. Them
‘crule clerks subtracted 3 from Chem
for all—Cec. Walker done right good
i for Chem in the second with 163; but
1 them clerks are that polite with each
; other; Nev. Noll took high, first game,
i 179; Charley Schaeffer topped second
with 170; and Dicky Herman took his
turn third with 164; so of course Roy-
er has to wait till next time.
A good sport wins modestly and
loses cheerfully.
Saturday, 21.—Found Kutz kid
i klass rearin’ to go. Besides 7 million
| other stunts, they started indoor base-
ball. Did they swing on that mushy
pill? They did! Some husky 65
pounder would give it a-nawful wal-
lop; then away-way off it would go,
about 9 feet. The batter would be so
astonished ’cause it didn’t go through
the roof, he’d forget to run; then the
rest would howl! If you can slip down
’bout 9:30 Saturday a. m., come, and
laugh your heads off; it’s a circus! *
——At a recent informal dinner
party, at which the immediate
family were present, given at the
home of Mrs. Oliver Witmer, of north
Spring street, the engagement of her
daughter, Grace Elizabeth, to Mr.
Earl Sigler Orr was announced, the
wedding to take place in the near fu-
ture. Mr. Orr has been associated
with the Bellefonte Trust company for
the past ten years and at present
holds the position of assistant treas-
urer. Miss Witmer for a number of
years has been private secretary to
Mr. N. E. Robb, treasurer of the Trust
company. Both young people are held
in high esteem in the community and
have the best wishes of their many
friends.
Miss Mary Dale, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dale, of Belle-
fonte, a student at the Carnegie In-
stitute of Technology, Pittsburgh, is
a member of the committee in charge
of the annual women’s junior prom to
be held this (Friday) night, in the
ball-room of the Schenley hotel. This
dance, which is given each year in
honor of the senior girls of the col-
lege, is in charge of representatives
from the junior classes of the Marga-
ret Morrison Carnegie college and the
College of Fine Arts. Miss Dale is a
student in the department of house-
hold economics of the Margaret Mor-
rison Carnegie college.
According to reports there ave
now thirty cases of scarlet fever in
the borough of Beech Creek and the
disease threatens to spread into the
surrounding township. But peculiar
as it may seem not a case of the fever
has developed in Blanchard, although
that village is not far distant from
Beech Creek, but an epidemic of
chicken-pox is running its course
there. Down at Mill Hall and Lock
Haven mumps and the grip hold
sway.
lime at the alleys—in the evening;
Church Services Next Sunday
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Worship 10.45, subject,” The Su-
preme Test of the Christian,” and at
7.30 “Temporary Discipleship.” A
Missionary program in the Sunday
school at 9.30. Juniors 2.30, Epworth
League 6.30. Monday night official
board. Tuesday night class. Wednes-
day night prayer service. Kindly pay
up all obligations for the closing year.
E. E. McKelvey, Pastor.
BOALSBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Services for Sunday, March 1st.:
Boalsburg—Sunday school 9 a. m.;
preaching service 10.30 a. m.; Christ-
ian Endeavor 7 p. m.
Pleasant Gap—Sunday school 9.30
a.m
Shiloh—Sunday school 9.30 a. m.
W. J. Wagner, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45. Morning
worship at 10:45, theme, “Steward-
ship.” Evening worship at 7:30,
theme, “Coming to a Sense of Obli-
gation.”
William C. Thompson, Pastor.
BOALSBURG REFORMED.
Boalsburg, 9:15 a. m.. church school.
Pine Hall, 9:30 a. m., church school.
10:30 a. m., public worship.
Pine Grove, 2:30 p. m., public wor-
ship.
Rev. W. W. Moyer, Pastor.
ST. JOHN'S REFORMED CHURCH.
Services the first Sunday in Lent,
March 1st, 10:45 a. m. “Victory Over
the Tempter.” Evening service at
7:30 “The First Beatitude.” Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. and union C. E.
meeting at 6:45 p. m. A Litany serv-
ice will be held every Friday evening
at 7:30 during the Lenten season.
Ambrose M. Schmidt, D.D., Minister.
Brotherhood Elects.
Officers.
About forty-five members attended
the monthly supper of the Presbyter-
ian Brotherhood, held in the chapel
on Monday evening. Chaplain Frazer
Metzger, of State College, was the
guest of honor and made the address
of the evening. Officers for the ensu-
ing year were elected as follows:
President, Thomas Beaver; vice pres-
ident, John Curtin; secretary, Nevin
Noll; treasurer, Cecil Walker.
Preshyterian
The Dry Bill to be Changed to Suit
the Farmers.
Such a protest has gone up from
the farmers of the State against the
cider clause in the United dry bill,
now before the Legislature, that it
has been sent back to committee where
it will probably be changed so that
cider can be manufactured without a.
permit,
The farmers insisted that the bill be
amended by striking out the word
“nonintoxicating” before the phrase
“cider and fruit juices.” The Admin-
istration did not regard this with fa-
vor, as it was felt it would open the
door to wholesale violation of the en-
forcement acts.
Two conferences were held Monday
in the Governor's office, attended by
the chairmen of the Law and Order
committees of the House and Senate,
Dr. Homer W. Tope representing the
Anti-Saloon League; Mrs. Ella M.
George, of the W. C. T. U,, and other
leading drys.
It finally was decided to draft an
amendment which would permit the
manufacture and sale of vinegar, but
would keep the bars up against the
farmers having the advantage of all
others in the use and sale of hard ci-
der and wines which were once fruit
juices. The amendment reads as fol-
lows:
“In the manufacture and sale of
vinegar and nonintoxicating cider and
fruit juices a permit shall not be re-
quired.”
The manufacture of vinegar re-
quires as a necessary step the manu-
facture of cider and its storage until
it becomes “hard” and then “sour.”
The bill legalizes that process, but
any one who attempts to sell the ci-
der before it becomes vinegar will be
violating the law.
The bill as amended will probably
not be called for final action until next
Monday.
CENTRE HALL.
Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Rishel, of
Pleasant Gap, were in town on Sun-
day.
Mrs. Sam Shoop has been quite ill
for several weeks with a heavy cold
and many other symptoms of flu.
Miss Dorothy Odenkirk entertained
the Misses Rebecca and Barbara Rob-
inson, of Spring Mills, over Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Ross Gearhart and two
boys, Bobbie and Jimmie, of Linden
Hall, spent a few hours in town on
Monday afternoon.
Some of our young people who have
visited their homes recently are Har-
old Alexander, Claude Stahl, Harold
Keller, Kathryn Ruble and Frederic
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are spending
some time at the home of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. T. L. Smith. The Smiths
also have Helen Stephens in their
home again.
Last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. F. P.
Geary entertained at a 5 o'clock din-
ner, the High school faculty, consist-
ing of Prof. W. O. Heckman, ..iss
Sara Neff and Miss Anne Osler, and
the Senior class, of which their daugh-
ter Agnes is a member. The other
members of the class present were
Vesta Blauser, Ruth Bingman, Flor-
ence Zettle, Zella Ripka, Curtis Rei-
ber, Rossman Wert and Ralph Neff.
Owing to illness Charlotte Keller, the
remaining member of the class of ’25,
was unable to be present. The table
was beautifully decorated in accord
with the season, and miniature cher-
ry trees given as favors. The evening
was very pleasantly spent in games
and amusements of various sorts plan-
ned and arranged for by Miss Agnes.
—If you can’t find it in the “Watch-
man” it isn’t true.