Bellefonte, Pa., August 14, 1925.
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Political Announcements.
¥OR JUDGE OF THE COURTS Ox
CENTRE COUNTY.
I am a candidate for President Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas, subject to the
decision of the Democratic voters at the
primaries, Tuesday, September 15th.
Should I be nominated and elected, I
will bring to the office an experience in the
trial of causes and in the general prac-
tice of law in our local and appellate
courts, of more than thirty-three years;
a#nd an administration conducted with
fidelity, economy and to the best of my
ability.
Your support and influence in my behalf
will be much appreciated.
NEWTCN B. SPANGLER.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
Judge of the Courts of Centre county, sub-
ject to the decision of the Democratic
voters as expressed at the primary election
to be held Tuesday, September 15th, 1925.
In the event of my nomination, and finally
my election in November, all of my time,
energy and efforts will be devoted to
SERVICE and the best interests of these
who may have business before the Courts
of our county; and I now, without reser-
vation, solemnly pledge a courteous,
prompt, honest, economic and eflicient ad-
ministration.
Your vote, .influence and friendly sup-
port is most earnestly and respectfully so-
licited.
W. HARRISON WALKER.
As a candidate I respectfully announce:
That if it be the plesaure of the Demo-
cratic women and men voters of our coun-
ty to nominate me for the office of Judge
of our Courts at the September 15, 1925,
primaries, I shall appreciate it highly.
And if it be the will of our .voters to
elect me to said office at the general elec-
tion, I shall consider it as a call of duty to
serve all of our citizens in a practical, im-
partial, just and economic manner without
fear or favor; and shall maintain our laws
by example, as well as by precept, govern-
ed by no uncertain principles which our
sincerely patriotic citizen demand from
all public officials.
T sincerely trust that I may have YOUR
hearty co-operation. y
J. KENNEDY JOHNSTON.
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER.
We are authorized to announce that
James C. Condo, of Gregg township, is a
candidate for nomination for Jury Com-
missioner on the Democratic ticket, sub-
ject to the primaries of the party to be
beld Tuesday, September 15th.
Mr. Condo will appreciate your support
and assures faithful and honorable service
Shin he be nominated and elected to that
office,
UP AND DOWN THE YUKON.
Geo. T. Bush Completes Alaskan Trip
then Takes in Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., August 4, 1925.
Editor of the “Watchman:”
In my last letter I stated what I
had been told of the time it took to
make a trip down and up the Yukon.
I know now. We were just thirty-six
hours in making the trip down, which
is really up, as it is going north, but
towards the river's mouth as we were
running with the current, but coming
back it took us ninety-six hours. This
was pulling against the current and
as the boat had to stop about every
hour and a half for fuel (wood) we
were lying at the bank about as long
as we were running. It was another
case of “off agin on agin, etc.” There
were thirty of us on the boat coming
back and the tediousness of the trip
was enlivened with card tournaments,
dances and a masquerade the last
night.
I spent a day at White Horse and
took a look at the famous Miles Can-
yon, a wonderful freak of nature, and
the whirlpool rapids, in which so
many of the gold pioneers of the days
of 1898 lost their lives. The trails
are still visible, though fast being ob-
literated because of disuse. The old
portages, the Canadian police bar-
racks and various other interesting
things take up the wvisitor’s time
when he is not busy fighting mosqui-
tos, as they abound there in myriads
and are extremely voracious.
¥From White Horse I went by train
to Carcross where I took a boat for
Atlin, The few hours’ wait there was
spent in visiting the Indian school,
the celebrated silver fox farms and
the Indian museum, which is in charge
of a brother-in-law of George Car-
mack, the man who discovered the
Kiondike gold fields. He is the only
man living of that party of gold dig-
gers, and his remeniscences of the find
and consequent rush to the golden el-
dorado are extremely interesting. He
is very courteous to all visitors at the
museum and cheerfully explains the
various devices used by the Indians
for hunting and trapping.
The trip to Atlin by boat through
a chain of beautiful lakes was wonder-
ful becaause of the magnificent scen-
ery on every side. Huge glaciers,
bare rocks towering thousands of feet
above sea level, snow-capped peaks,
high water falls and dense forests
abound everywhere. From Atlin we
went to Skagway by train, I might
say “accommodation train,” because it
stopped frequently at most interest-
ing points to permit the passengers to
view the scenery.
At Scagway I put up at the Hotel
Pullen, a unique hostelry conducted
by a unique woman. She meets all
trains and boats soliciting patronage.
The woman went to Skagway during
the gold rush of ’'98 and has been
there ever since, She raised a family
of sons, one of whom won football
fame while a cadet at West Point,
afterwards achieved honors in the
world war and died about two years
ago while yet a young man. A draw-
ing feature of the hotel is the pans
Beuoaif Watdp.
of milk put on the table at every meal.
e woman in charge keeps the only
cows in that part of Alaska and she
serves the milk in its original pans so
that her patrons will know that they
are getting real milk. Every man (or
woman) skims off his own cream and
pours out his own milk. After being
on a diet of canned and condensed
milk for twelve days the real, simon
pure lacteal fluid was a treat. The
hotel has a museum connected with it
and it is extremely interesting to hear
the woman landlord tell her exper-
iences and incidents of the gold rush.
As I stated in my last letter berries
and vegetables grow larger at Skag-
way than any other place in the world.
This is because of the unusually rich
and deep soil, moist climate and long
days. But it sure has the appearance
of a deserted villags.
The voyage down the coast was
broken with stops at different ports.
At Ketchikan I visited the large New
England fish cannery where salmon
in large piles were quickly trimmed,
cleaned, cut up and canned, most of
the work being done by automatic ma-
chinery. It was an interesting process
to watch. The company also has a
large cold storage house where whole
salmon and halibut are dipped in
water, frozen solid, then ranked up
like cordwood in encrmous refrigera-
tors and kept until needed for ship-
ment.
Just as I was on the point of leav-
ing the town for the boat I was in-
formed that William Stewart, a native
Centre countian and brother of Dr. D.
G. and David Stewart, of Bellefonte,
had a large floating cannery at the
other end of the town. A gentleman
whom I had met offered to drive me
out to see him but the time was too
short and I was compelled to forego
that pleasure. The last night on the
boat (the Princess Charlotte) a mask-
ed dance was held which was voted a
success by all the passengers.
Following my arrival in Seattle I
had several days for sightseeing be-
fore the opening of the Knights Tem-
plar conclave and among the Centre
countians whom I ran across was M. J.
Beezer, formerly of Bellefonte, now
one of the master architects and buiid-
ers, not only of Seattle but a good
portion of the northwest. A picture
of his home was published in the
Knights Templar edition of the Seat-
tle Times as one of the fifteen most
beautiful and striking residences in
Seattle. 1 visited and was entertain-
ed by Mrs. James A. Fiedler and her
sons, residents of Bellefonte a number
of years while the late Mr. Fiedler
wag editor of the Gazette. I also saw
James Gephart Esq., 2a prominent at-
torney here, a native of Millheim and
brother of the late M. C. Gephart, for
a number of years a well known mu-
sical dealer in Bellefonte.
While I was engaged in taking in
the city professional decorators were
putting their finishing touches on the
decorations for the big Knights Tem-
plar conclave, and the whole city was
in gala attire. Residents of Seattle are
an open-hearted, generous pecple and
displayed unusual warmth in their
hospitality to the many Knights with-
in their gates during the four days
the conclave was in session. The
weather man was also in a good hu-
mor and the weather couldn’t have
been finer.
Among the attractions staged for
the visitors was a nightly staging of
“The Wayfarer,” in the big stadium
of the University of Washingten. The
production is along the lines of the
Passion Play as presented at Oberam-
magua, minus the character of Jesus
Christ and shortened to five scenes,
with a prologue entitled war and epi-
logue pageant designating peace. The
production was beautifully staged and
lighted and in the neighborhood of
two thousand people was used during
the performance. Twenty thousand
people saw it each evening during the
week. A sportsmen’s show was anoth-
er attraction. It was devoted to hunt.
ing, fishing, camping and outdoor life,
and specimens of all the wild animals,
birds and fish to be found in the State,
both alive and stuffed were on exhi-
bition. Swimming and diving exhi-
bitions were held in the big canal be-
tween the lakes, and a number of
Olympic and other championship rec-
ards were broken. The performance
of Johnny Weismuller, of Chicago,
was brilliant and exceeded that of all
others. The Knights Templar parade
was the biggest ever seen in Seattle.
1 almost forgot to mention the fact
that I had a very pleasant two day’s
visit in Portland with Mr. and Mrs.
John Rummel and Ellery Campbell.
Mr. Rummel will be remembered as a
former clerk in the clothing store of
Sim, the Clothier, while his wife be-
fore her marriage, was Miss Maude
Campbell. Ellery Campbell is her
youngest brother. Both were children
of the late Frank Campbell, of Belle-
fonte. They are nicely located here
and both men hold exceedingly re-
sponsible positions.
While in Portland I was taken on a
drive around Mt. Hood and down the
Columbia river, a 185 mile trip. The
Columbia river drive is quite new but
has already become quite popular ow-
ing to the wonderful scenery enroute.
I think it exceeds in beauty the world-
famous Italian drive on the Mediter-
ranean. Cars from most every State
in the Union could be seen in almost
an unbroken stretch on the drive,
while hundreds of campers were en-
joying the beautiful camp sites along
the banks of the river. A trip through
the west would be incomplete without
a visit to these beauty spots. In fact
“See America First” is a slogan that
should be heralded far and wide, for
old Europe has nothing to rival in
beauty and grandeur the scenery of
the United States.
Will leave today for Yellowstone
park, stopping enroute at Spokane.
GEO T. BUSH.
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——IJIn last week’s “Watchman”
was published a statement of the
amount of school appropriations sent
to every school district in Centre
county on August first. Bellefonte’s
allotment was given as $8,248.60, but
when the check was received it was
$270.00 short of the above amount.
The treasurer of the school board
promptly wrote to the Auditor Gen-
eral for on explanation of the dis-
crepancy.
Nine Year Old Boy Killed by Stroke
of Lightning.
Russell Houtz, young son of J. O.
and Pearl Houtz, who live near
Stormstown, was instantly killed by a
stroke of lightning late last Saturday
afternoon, and the tragedy passeth
understanding because the boy was
right out in the open when struck. He
made his home on the farm with his
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Houtz, about a mile south of Storms-
town and on Saturday afternoon had
gone with his grandmother to bring
in the cows. Arriving at the house
he discovered that he had lost his
“slingshot,” and remembered just
where he had dropped it, on a hill
some three hundred yards from the
house. He promptly announced his
intention of going after it but his
grandmother tried to dissuade him
from doing so as a hard storm was ap-
proaching.
Russell, however, declared he could
run up the hill, get his slingshot and
be back before the storm broke. Aec-
cordingly he started and was accom-
panied by his little dog Julia.
the storm broke and there were sev-
eral terrific peals of thunder and
flashes of lightning. In a few minutes
the little dog returned alone, yelping
in fright, and going to the door Mrs.
Houtz saw the little form of Russell
lying on the ground about one hun-
dred and fifty yards from the house.
She went to him as quickly as possi-
ble, but he was dead, and the charred
streak from the top of his head to the
soles of his feet told how he had met
his death. A thorough investigation
failed to disclose any other place
where the lightning had struck and
the only explanation of the strange
occurrence is that the ground on
which the boy was treading when
struck is bare of grass and contains a
high per cent. of iron ore.
Russell was 9 years, 8 months and
11 days old, and in addition to his par-
ents and grand-parents leaves one sis-
ter, Margaret Louise, eight years old.
Funeral services were held at the
Houtz home on Monday afternoon by
Rev. Troutman, and burial made .in
Gray’s cemetery. Among the floral
tributes was a wonderful wreath made
by Russell’s school companions.
The parents and grand-parents
hereby express their thanks and ap-
preciation to all those who so kindly
assisted them in any way during their
bereavement.
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Robbery at Snow Shoe.
The home of Tony Maston, at Snow
Shoe, was broken into, on Wednesday
night of last week, and robbed of
$215.00 in cash, a gold watch and a
diamond ring. It is the general belief
of the family that the job was pulled
off by some man who knows all about
the Maston home and the place where
Mr. Maston generally kept his money.
Maston conducts a butcher shop in
Snow Shoe and his day’s receipts from
the shop were invariably put in a cer-
tain drawer in his desk which was
kept locked. This drawer was broken
open, but it so happened that the mon-
ey had not been put there that night,
but the robber took a gold watch and
diamond ring from the drawer.
He then took Mr. Maston’s trous-
ers, carried them down stairs and ex-
tracted $215.00 from the pockets,
leaving the garment lying on the floor.
The Maston family never heard a
sound, and the next morning when
they discovered what had happened
during the night they felt sure that
they had all been drugged. Several
sticks of dynamite were found in the
cellar of the Maston home and it was
reported that an attempt had also
been made to blow up the house, but
such was not the case, as the dyna-
mite had been there for some time.
Bellefonte Lost to Hecla Park on
Saturday.
With the Centre county baseball
league season due to close on Thurs-
day, September 3rd, every team in the
league is now doing its best licks to
be in at the finish of the race. Belle-
fonte still holds the lead but her per-
centage was reduced the past week by
losing the only game played to Hecla
Park. All games scheduled for last
Thursday, at the Undine picnic, were
postponed on account of rain, but on
Saturday Hecla Park defeated Belle-
fonte by the score of 6 to 8, while
Millheim downed State College 7 to 1.
Tomorrow Bellefonte will play at
State College and Hecla Park at Mill-
heim. On Thursday Millheim will
play in Bellefonte and State at Hecla
Park. The standing of the clubs to
date is as follows:
Ww. L. P.C.
Bellefonte - - 13 8 619
Hecla Park - - 12 9 OT.
Millheim - - 10 12 364
State College - - 8 14 364
New Man at Bellefonte Lumber Co.
The Bellefonte Lumber Co, has se-
cured the services of Mr. Charles Bos-
serman, of Hanover. Mr. Bosserman
comes to our town very highly recom-
mended as a thorough planing mill
man; having had full charge of one of
the largest mills in lower York county
for the past twelve years. Previous to
that time he was employed in the of-
fice of the same concern. Mr. Bosser-
man has leased part of the Clayton
Royer property, on Water street, and
intends to move his family here about
September 1st. This reminds us
again of the rapid growth of the
Bellefonte Lumber Co. By securing
men of this type, they not only have
put themselves in a position to offer
the best of service and quality, but at
the same time add another citizen of
high calibre to our town,
But |
Escaped Priscners Recaptured in New
Jersey.
Robert McWilliams, John Sharp and
Henry Snyder, the three prisoners
whe escaped from the Rockview peni-
tentiary on Tuesday of last week,
making their get-away in an Overland
coupe stolen from the head gardener,
B. Allen Rockwell, were captured in
Hackensack, New Jersey, on Friday of
last week, as the three men, still in
the stolen car, were making a run
through that city.
The capture was made by a traffic
officer who had heard the escape
broadcasted over the radio from Pitts.
burgh, and kept his eyes open for a
car answering the description of the
one stolen from the gardener. The
men attempted to get away but the
traffic officer overhauled them and,
took them into custody. He then got
into communication with officials at
Rockview and the men tallied exactly
with the descriptions.
Field parole officer Gaffney went to
Harrisburg on Monday, tock out ex-
tradition papers, went to Trenton and
had the same apprcved by the Gov-
ernor of that State, then went to
' Bridgeton, N. J., and got Earl Green,
one of the five men who escaped on
‘July bth, came back to Hackensack
and got the three men who escaped
last week, brought them to Beilefonte
and landed them in the Centre county
jail on Wednesday night. The men
will probably not be sentenced before
Saturday.
The capture of the above four men
makes seven out of the eight who es-
caped since the first of July now in
captivity. Three of the men who es-
caped on July 5th were captu.ed and
back in the penitentiary on a double
sentence within a week. The four
men now in the Centre county jail
were each serving sentences of from
five to ten years, and under the law
they will draw a duplicate of their
original sentence.
But the three men who escaped last
week are also liable for the stealing
of head gardener B. Allen Rockwell’s
car, if Centre county authorities see
fit to bring proceedings against them
for that offense. This may not be
done, however, as Centre county would
be liable for their maintenance in the
penitentiary for all time they would
be given on such a charge. And their
sentence for breaking and escaping
from the penitentiary will put them
behind bars for a long term of years.
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Taylor—Bertram.—Major James G.
Taylor and Miss Ruth Bertram, both
of Bellefonte, were married in Pitts-
burgh, last Saturday, according to an-
nouncements received in Bellefonte
this week. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bertram and a
professional nurse, having been locat-
ed at Atlantic City for some months.
The bridegroom is a son of Mrs. Hugh
Taylor Sr., and a brother of Col. H. S.
and sheriff E. R. Taylor. He is a
graduate of West Point and served in
France during the world war, later
being placed on the retired list on ac-
count of disability. During the past
year he has been located in Pittsburgh
where he is instructor in military sci-
ence and government at Carnegie In-
stitute of Technology. Major and Mrs.
Taylor are spending their honeymoon
on a trip through Canada but will
take up their residence in Pittsburgh
in time for the opening of Carnegie
Tech.
Gilliland — McClellan. — Albert W.
Gilliland, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Gilliland, of State College, and Miss
Mildred McClellan, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John McClellan, of Belle-
fonte, were married at Hollidaysburg,
on Saturday afterncon of last week,
by justice of the peace C. Irwin Lewis.
Following a wedding trip to eastern
cities the young couple will take up
their residence at State College.
Gordon—Fletcher.—Clarence Gor-
don, of Bellefonte, and Miss Verna
Fletcher, of Milesburg, were married
at the Evangelical parsonage, Belle-
fonte, at 8 o’clock on Saturday even-
ing, by the pastor, Rev. Reed O.
Steely. Mr. Gordon is employed at
the American Lime and Stone com-
pany and the young couple will make
their home in Bellefonte.
Kline—Sans.—William C. Kline,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kline,
and Miss Beulah Sans, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Sans, both of
State College, were married at Holli-
daysburg last Thursday afternoon, by
justice of the peace C. Irwin Lewis.
They will reside at State College.
Harter—Bartley.—J. Raymond Har-
ter, of Howard, and Miss Mary E.
Bartley, of Nittany, were married at
noon on Saturday, at the Reformed
parsonage, Bellefonte, by the pastor,
Rev. Dr. A. M. Schmidt.
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——Bellefonte’s National Guard
soldiers got a baptism of water short-
ly after their arrival at Mt. Gretna,
on Saturday. Thunder showers were
the rule instead of exception, on Sat-
urday afternoon and night, and the
low ground in front of the 522d ma-
chine gun squadron’s camp was cover-
ed with water a foot deep. The camp,
which is in command of H. Laird Cur-
tin, occupies the lowest portion of the
Mt. Gretna grounds.
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——The board of directors of the
Bush estate, composed of the directors
of the Bellefonte Trust Co., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rhinesmith at
a luncheon at the Bush house, Tues-
day.
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—Get your job work done here.
| 01d Baptist Church Organized by An-
cestor of Centre County Woman.
The members of one of the oldest
Baptist churches in Huntingdon coun-
ty, located in Trough Creek Valley,
will celebrate the 150th anniversary of
the church on Saturday and Sunday,
August 15th and 16th. The celebra-
tion promises to be an interesting af-
fair. Many noted divines will be pres-
ent to take part in the exercises. The
people in that locality are preparing
for many persons who were reared in
that vicinity and attended the Baptist
church in their early days.
History records the fact that this
Baptist church is the oldest of that
denomination in Huntingdon county,
and was organized when the county
was embraced in Bedford county.
While Pennsylvania was still a
Province of England and before the
Stars and Stripes became the emblem
of our country, this church was or-
ganized.
On the 10th of August, 1775, Elder
Samuel Lane, a pioneer settler from
Baltimore county, Md., together with
five other persons, after spending part
of the day in fasting and prayer, or-
ganized this church near Three
Springs.
A direct descendant of this Elder
Lane, Miss Ella Levy, of Milesbuig,
has compiled and will read the history
of the .church at its coming celebra-
tion.
Ministers Address Kiwanians.,
The regular weekly luncheon of the
Bellefonte Kiwanis club was held at
the Brockerhoff house on Tuesday
noon. The music at this meeting was
in charge of Kiwanian Toner, who
was ably assisted by Miss Freda Ed-
munson, pianist. Earl Musser was
the winner of attendance prize given
at this meeting.
Rev. Tinsley, of Pittsburgh, father
of Kiwanian Bob Tinsley, delivered a
short address, which was much ap-
preciated by all.
Rev. Ambrose Schmidt, who is also
a very faithful Kiwanian, was the
speaker of the day and delivered a
very excellent address, his subject be-
ing, “Ideals of Kiwanis.”
Brungart Family Reunion.
The second annual reunion of the
Brungart family will be held at
Grange park, Centre Hall, on Satur-
day of next week. At the first reun-
ion, held at Brungart’s church last
year, over five hundred registered and
an effort will be made to exceed that
number this year. The president and
genealogist of the association is J. R.
Brungart, of Rebersburg; vice presi-
dents, Prof. E. M. Brungart, Rev. C.
O. Frank, Allen McKibben, J. C. Hos-
terman, Dr. G. S. Frank, D. Sparr
Wert; historian, Vera Catherine Brun-
gart, of Washington, D. C.; treasurer,
C. M. Bierly, of Rebersburg, and sec-
retary, F. E. Gutelius, of Millheim.
Attention, Comrades!
The Fifty-second annual reunion of
the Centre county Veteran club will
be held at Grange park, Centre Hall,
in connection with the Grange fair
and encampment, on Wednesday, Sep-
tember 2nd, at 10:30 o’clock a. m.
Veterans of all wars are cordially in-
vited to join with the shattered ranks
of boys who wore the blue in 1861-
’65. Prominent speakers will address
the meeting. All veterans who wear
the bronze button will be admitted
free to the grounds.
W. H. BARTHOLOMEW,
WwW. H. FRY, President.
Secretary.
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——In writing to friends in Belle-
fonte, Mrs. Long, a daughter, of Mr.
and Mrs. John Long, of Los Angeles,
Cal., one time residents of Bellefonte,
tells of her mother’s death, which oc-
curred at her home in that place on
the 2nd of August, following a four
year’s illness; also that of Mrs. Wood,
wife of the Rev. John Wood, a former
pastor of the Methodist church of
Bellefonte, her death having occurred
several months ago, she also having
had a long illness. Both families left
Bellefonte about the same time to lo-
cate in California.
——Forty-five members of the jun-
ior farmers organization and others,
in nine automobiles, went on the an-
nual tour, last Friday, which included
the western end of Centre county, and
portions of Blair and Huntingdon
counties. The tour left State College
at eight o’clock in the morning and
got back at eight in the evening.
Every one enjoyed the trip and was
much interested in the different farms
inspected.
——The family and relatives of the
late James Foreman, who departed
this life on August 3rd, wish to thank
the many friends for their kindness
during their bereavement, and extend
grateful acknowledgment for the
beautiful floral offerings and other to-
kens of esteem,
——Mr. and Mrs. John Smith are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of their first child, a son, Swengel
John, who was born Thursday, August
7th, at their home on High street.
—-The summer session at State
College has come to an end and the
hundreds of school marms who spent
the past six weeks there have scat-
tered to their various homes.
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——The officials and the employees
of the Keystone Power corporation
picnicked at Hecla park on Wednes-
day. ;
COLLINS.—Mrs. Sarah Rebecca
Collins, wife of W. A. Collins, of Pine
Grove Mills, passed away at two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon follow-
ing a prolonged illness with a compli-
cation of diseases.
She was a daughter of George and
Sarah Emerick Johnstonbaugh and
was born at Oak Hall on November
7th, 1854, hence was in her seventy-
first year. She was one of a family of
thirteen children. On December 31st,
1878, she married Mr. Collins, and
they had four children. Her husband
and three children survive, namely:
Miss Minnie Collins, a trained nurse,
of Philadelphia; Clyde and Harry, of
Pittsburgh. She also leaves four
grand-children and three brothers,
William and Charles Johnstonbaugh,
of Jacksonville, and Dr. C. F. P. John-
stonbaugh, of Bethlehem.
She was a life-long member of the
Presbyterian church and Rev. W. K.
Harnish will have charge of the fu-
neral services to be held at two o’clock
this (Friday) afternoon. He will be
assisted by Rev. F. E. Norris and bur-
ial will be made in the Boalsburg cem-
etery.
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SWEENEY .—DMrs. Sars Bennison
Sweeney, of Washington, Pa., widow
of John Sweeney, died at noon on
Monday in the Presbyterian hospital
at Pittsburgh, as the result of a stroke
of paralysis. She was born in Nittany
valley, a sister of the late Capt. S. H.
Bennison, and all her girlhood life was
spent at the home of her birth and at
Howard. Immediately following her
marriage to John Sweeney they locat-
ed in Washington, Pa., and that had
been her home ever since. Her hus-
band died a number of years ago and
she leaves no children. She was one
of a family of eleven children, only
two of whom survive, Miss Jane Ben-
nison and Mrs. W. R. Gardner, both of
Howard. Burial was made at Wash-
ington at three o’clock on Wednesday
afternoon.
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DREIBLEBIS.—Miss Hazel Drei-
blebis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Dreiblebis, of near Houser-
ville, died at the family home at three
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, follow-
ing an illness of several weeks with
fever. She was eighteen years of age
and a student in the State College
High school. She was also a member
of the Pine Hall Reformed church and
an unusually bright and intelligent
girl. In addition to her parents she
is survived by one sister and two
brothers, Gladys, William, who is
also quite ill, and Glenn, all at home.
Funeral services were held at the late
home at 10 o’clock Wednesday morn-
ing by Rev. W. W. Moyer, burial being
made in the Pine Hall cemetery.
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HAINES.—James S. Haines, a na-
tive of Centre county, died at his home
in Johnstown on Tuesday as the result
of a stroke of paralysis sustained on
Sunday. He was a son of Philip and
Mary Haines and was born in Union
township fifty-eight years ago. He
has lived in Johnstown for many
years, being in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company. He
married Miss Myra Harnish, of Snow
Shoe Intersection, who survives with
five children. He also leaves one sis-
ter, Mrs. Frank Peters, of Snow Shoe
Intersection. The body will be brought
to Centre county and buried in the
Stover cemetery, in Union township,
this afternoon.
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MINDS.—James H. Minds, one of
the leading coal operators of Clear-
field county, but who was quite well
known by many Centre countians, died
at his home near Ramey on Monday
morning, following an illness of sev-
eral years. He died on the anniver-
sary of his birth and was just 79
years old. He is survived by his wife
and nine children. Burial was made
at Ramey on Wednesday afternoon.
——Miss Berenice Krouse, pianist
at the Scenic theatre, is now in Pitts-
burgh studying and taking lessons on
the pipe organ, through the courtesy
of Rolling and Clark, Pittsburgh’s
leading theatrical association. When
she returns to Bellefonte in about two
weeks she will be quite an organist
and equipped to handle the big pipe
organ manager T. Clayton Brown will
soon have installed in the Scenic. The
organ is one of the latest models, and
is rated as equivalent to a twenty-four
piece orchestra. Scenic patrons are
thus due for some delightful musical
accompaniments in the near future.
At a meeting of the executive
board of the League of Women Voters
of Centre county, held at the home of
Mrs. R. M. Beach, Tuesday afternoon,
to plan the work for the fall, arrange-
ments were completed for holding a
picnic on the lawn of Mrs. W. A. Fer-
ree’s home at Oak Hall, cn Tuesday,
August 27th. Former picnics held
there were such delightful affairs, it
is hoped that all League members will
go and take with them some friend to
join in this fall meeting to be held in
the open. Announcement of the
speakers to be there will be made
later.
neve eel pees
N. B. Spangler Esq., was in
Scranton, on Monday, where he ar-
gued the creditors side of the case be-
fore the federal court. on the petition
filed by the late John M. Shugert,
naming himself and Mrs. Mary C.
Harris bankrupts as the result of the
closing of the Centre County bank on
May 13th, 1922. The case was to have
been argued last Friday but was con-
tinued until Monday. No attorney ap-
peared representing the petitioner.
Judge Johnson will render a decision
at a future date. :