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FARMERS’-KIWANIS PICNIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 28th,
The third annual Farmers-Kiwanis
picnic for Bellefonte and surrounding
community will be held at Hecla park
Thursday, June 28th. Last year ap-
proximately eight hundred men, wom-
en and children spread their lunch to-
gether in the big pavilion, and prep-
arations are being made this year to
entertain over a thousand people.
Arrangements for the picnic are
being made by a committee composed
of farmers and the Agricultural com-
mittee of the Kiwanis club. Tables
will be spread under the trees instead
of in the pavilion as has been the
custom. One of the main features of
the day will be singing by all and spe-
cial music, also stunts following the
dinner. :
The annual base-ball game between
the farmers and Kiwanis will take
place at three o’clock. The game was
won last year by the farmers and this
year the Kiwanis team will go after
the honors.
Dinner will be served at 12:30, the
same as last year. The dinner com-
mittee is composed of W. E. Weight,
of Jacksonville, representing the
farmers, and Frank Mayes, of Le-
mont, representing the Kiwanis club.
A special request is made of the wom-
en of Bellefonte and the surrounding
community not to go to a lot of trou-
ble, but just to take the usual picnic
menu as this is a day for fun and not
work.
Captains of the two base-ball teams
are Harry Smith, of Bellefonte, for the
farmers, and Frank Hockman, Kiwan-
is. Other committees are: coffee,
Ward Krape, chairman, Carl Yearick,
Walter Weaver, Frank Keller; music
and dinner program, Homer Knox, R.
C. Blaney and Cecil Walker; supply
committee, J. Thompson Henry and
Herman Hazel.
The committee is not sending out
special notices, as in the past, but all
farmers, their families, Kiwanis mem-
bers and their: families are cordially
invited to attend and take anyone
they wish with them.
The benefits derived from this oc-
casion can not be measured. Those
who have been present the past two
years feel the picnic is one of the best
of the season and has been instru-
mental ‘in making Belléfonte and the
surrounding territory one big com-
munity and a much better place in
which to live. Mark the date, Thurs-
day, June 28th, Hecla Park. Go, take
your family and friends and expect a
good time, *-
Chaufaugqga Now Entertaining at
a Centre Hall.
The Radcliffe Chautauqua is in ses-
sion at Centre Hall for three days
and a very attractive program will
be presented in the large auditorium
at Grange park today, tomorrow and
Monday.
Centre countians desiring edifying
entertainment will be pleased with
the offerings of any of the afternoon
or evening numbers.
Today, Friday. the opening will be
made at 2 o'clock by Pamahasika’s
Peerless Pets, a society circus, and a
lecture by Dr. Elmer W. Serl.
This evening Dr. Serl will lecture
on “Riches We Inherit” and Pama-
hasika will continue his bird and ani-
mal show. .
. Tomorrow afternoon, at 2, the Rad-
cliffe players win entertain and Dr.
Daniel H. Martin will lecture. In the
evening the Radcliffe players will pre-
sent the comedy: “Putting Pep in
Papa” and Dr. Martin will lecture on
“Riches We Acquire.”
Monday the Henri Boyd concert
party and Dr. Frank A. Domer, lec-
turer, will entertain at both after-
noon and evening sessions.
Single admission is only 75 cents
and a ticket for the entire course $2.
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Tommy Loughran to Show His Stuff
at Snow Shoe.
Tommy Loughran, light heavy-
weight boss of the American squared-
ring, will be the feature attraction in
Snow Shoe on July 4.
The Philadelphia mitt-man has ac-
cepted an invitation to attend the an-
nual reunion of St. Mary’s parish at
that place and will be featured as
befits a champion.
The reunion will continue during
the 8rd and 4th. On the latter date
Loughran and a lot of other well
known boxers will give exhibitions of
their boxing ability.
Snow Shoe is preparing to receive
and entertain the largest crowd ever
congregated in the mountain town
and gives assurance that all who at-
tend this reunion will return to their
homes feeling the better for having
spent two delightful days on the
mountain tops,
STEWART.—News of the death of
William Stewart II, at a hospital in
Seattle, Wash., on June 14th, was
quite a shock to members of his fam-
ily and friends in Bellefonte. He had
been ill only a short time and his
death followed an operation.
‘ A son of Dr. Miller Stewart and
Patsy Shaw Stewart he was born at
Fairmont, W. Va., on September. 25th,
1854, hence was in his seventy-fourt
year. When but five months old the
family moved to Centre county and
located in Burnside township where
his father became associated with his
brother William in the lumber busi-
ness. Being pioneers in that locality
his boyhood days were spent in a log
house erected by some of the early
settlers until his father found time to
erect, near Pine Glenn, the comfort-
able home which later became widely
known for its hospitality to friend or
stranger.
Mr. Stewart was educated at the
Bellefonte Academy, the Millersville
Normal and finished with a course in
a Pittsburgh business college. He
left Centre county on September 16th,
1889, for the Pacific coast to embark
in the lumbering business in the great
northwest. In the course of a few
years he developed an interest in the
salmon fisheries and quit lumbering
to engage in that business. For a
number of years he was located at
Seattle but later went to Chatham
Bay, Alaska, where he was associated
with George T. Meyers & Co., salmon
fisheries. :
a few months during the spring of
the year and the summers were de-
voted to marketing the product, there
was plenty of leisure during the win-
ter months and Mr. Stewart was then
able to come east and spend several
months with members of the family
in Bellefonte. His last visit was last
winter, from December until March.
His wife died ten years ago and his
son Arthur seven years ago. He is
survived, however, by one daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Patterson, of Seattle.
He also leaves three brothers and two
sisters, Dr. Walter Stewart, jof
Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Mary Miller, of
Hagerstown, Md.; David, Dr. Db. G.
and Miss Margaret Stewart, of Belle-
fonte. - : :
Funeral services were held on Mon-
day, the remains being cremated and
the ashes buried by the side of those
of his wife in the cemetery at Seat-
tle. :
SEIBERT.—Mrs. Gertrude Wood-
cock Seibert, widow of the late Rob-
ert 'S. Seibert, at one time president
and general manager of the East
Broad Top railroad, died at her home
in Miami, Fla., on June 13th, follow-
ing several weeks’ illness. Mrs. Sei-
bert will be better remembered by
many Bellefonte people as Miss Ger-
trudée Woodcock, who as a girl was a
frequent visitor at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. J. A. Woodcock, in Belle-
fonte. :
She was a daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth Woodcock and was born in
Altoona on November 16th, 1864. Her
girlhood life was spent in that city.
She graduated at Wellesley College
in 1885 and shortly thereafter suf-
the advice of the family physician
went to Colorado. It was there she
met Mr, Seibert, who also had been
ordered west on account of his health
and who was engaged in railroad con-
struction work. They were married
in Pueblo, Col., in 1891, and for four
years their only home was in a box
car, Mr. Seibert continuing his work
on various new railroad lines. In 1895
they located in Los Angeles where
they spent eight years, returning east
in 1903 and locating at Orbisonia.
Later they moved to Rockhill, where
Mr. Seibert died in 1913.
Mrs. Seibert was well known in lit-
erary circles, being a fluent writer of
verse and prose. She was the author
of several volumes of poems. Fol-
lowing her hubsand’s death, she began
her work with the International Bible
Students association, in which she had
been interested for some years. Nine
years ago she went south and estab-
lished her home in Miami, Fla., where
she had lived ever since. Her only
survivor is one brother, Byron Wood-
cock, of Scranton. cy
The remains were brought north
and taken to Mt. Union, where burial
was made last Saturday afternoon.
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HASTINGS.—Mrs. Ellen Hastings,
widow of the late William Hastings,
passed away on Monday, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Dearmit,
at State College, as the result of gen-
eral debility.
She was a daughter of Michael and
Barbara Rider and was born near
Gatesburg on April 25th, 1843, hence
had reached the age of 85 years, 1
month and 23 days. She was the
last survivor of a family of twelve
children. In 1868 she married Wil-
liam Hastings, of Gatesburg, a veter-
an of the Civil war, and all their mar-
ried life was spent in that locality.
She was a lifelong member of the
Gatesburg Lutheran church, and at
her death the oldest communicant.
Her husband died in 1910 but sur-
viving her are six children, John B.
Hastings, of Sinking Valley; C. S. D.
Hastings, of Tyrone; Mrs. J. C. Gates,
of Pennsylvania Furnace; Mrs. W. C.
Snyder, of Hollidaysburg; Mrs. C. B.
Rumberger, of Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Clara Dearmit, of State College. She
also leaves eighteen grand-children
and eleven great grand-children.
Funeral services were held at the
Dearmit home, at 2 o'clock on Wed-
nesday afternoon, by Rev. J. S. Eng-
lish, burial being made beside the re-
mains of her husband in the Lutheran
cemetery, at Gatesburg.
KNISELY.—Jacob Knisely, for
many years a well known resident of
Bellefonte, passed away suddenly and
unexpectedly, about 4.30 o'clock last
Thursday afternoon, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Wayne Keller, at
State College, the result of an attack
of angina pectoris. He had not been
in good health for some time but had
continued at work as a guard at Rock-
view penitentiary. In fact he was on
duty Wednesday night, as usual, and
Thursday morning, instead of coming
to his home in Bellefonte, he went to
State College where Mrs. Knisely was
visiting their daughter. Arriving
there he went to bed and slept until
after the noon hour. When he awoke
he complained of a pain about his
heart and a physician was summoned.
Instead of obtaining relief he grew
gradually worse, finally lapsing into
unconsciousness and passing away
about 4.30.
Mr. Knisely was a son of G. Hunt-
er and Nancy Jane Shultz Knisely
and was born at Curtin on October
30th, 1870, hence was 57 years, 7
months and 16 days old. His boy-
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fered a breakdown iu health and upon !
hood life was spent at Curtin but
‘ when about twelve years old the fam-
ily moved to Bellefonte and this had
.been his home ever since. As
young man he learned the black-
Gentzel Block,
by Fire, Sunday Morning.
The Gentzel block, located on the
corner of College avenue and Allen
street, State College, was badly dam-
aged by fire, early Sunday morning,
and the contents of two of the four
stores located therein were either
burned or so badly damaged as to be
practically a total loss.
The building owned by Roy Gent-
zel, was occupied by the Nittany gro-
cery store, conducted by Bouse and
Gentzel, and Gentzel’s general mer-
cantile store, which carried a line of
furniture, radios, and some dry goods.
These stores both faced on College
avenue and were the principal suffer-
ers. :
On Allen street were located
Charles Foster’s shoe store and Win-
ner’s meat market, but the flames
were gotten under control before they
reached these stores.
The fire originated in the basement
on; the College avenue front and was
discovered about two o’clock Sunday
morning. When the firemen reached
the building they were unable to lo-
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cate the seat of the fire because of
the dense pall of smoke, and because
of this handicap could not do effect-
ive work. . Both the building and con-
tents were insured.
'smithing trade, an occupation he fol- |
lowed many years. For a number of | ; »
years past, however, he had been em. —Officials of the Bellefonte Cen-
ployed as a guard at Rockview peni-
tentiary. He was a member of the
Undine fire company, of Bellefonte.
In politics he was a Republican and at
one time was a candidate for sheriff
of Centre county. :
He married Miss Carrie Wian, of
Bellefonte, who survives with the fol-
lowing children: Albert Knisely, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. W. B. Wilson, of
Lancaster; Mrs. Harry Meese, of
Bellefonte; George Hunter Knisely, of
State College; Mrs. T. C. Perrine, of
Sandy Lake, Pa.; Mrs. Lester Mus-
ser, of Lyonsville, Pa.; Jacob Jr. and
Mallory Knisely, of Bellefonte. He
also leaves two brothers and two sis-
ters, Mrs. John Meyers, of Pleasant
Gap; John L. Knisely, of Bellefonte;
Andrew, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ja-
cob Wanner, of Reading.
Rev. Homer C. Knox had charge of
the funeral services which were held
at the Keller home, at State College,
at 2.30 o'clock on Monday afternoon,
burial being made in the Pine Hall
cemetery.
‘| - Members of the family hereby ex-
press their appreciation for the many
kindnesses shown them during their
bereavement, and also to those who so
generously furnished cars for the fun-
eral.
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BAVARR.—Mrs. Emma S. Bavarr,
with diseases incident to her advanced
age. .
She was a daughter of the late
Robert and Mary Shirk and was born
iin Boggs township on July 4th, 1852,
i hence was not quite seventy-six years
| of age. A great portion of her mar-
‘ried life was spent in Milesburg but
of late years she had made her home
with her son. She was a member of
the Baptist church all her life and a
woman who was kind and thoughtful
of the welfare of others, always ready
and willing to lend a helping hand in
time of need. Her husband died many
years ago but surviving her are two
sons, James Bavarr, of Altoona, and
Edward, of Wingate.
Funeral services were held at her
late home on Wednesday afternoon
by Rev. A. G. Herr, burial being made
in the Advent cemetery.
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LYTLE.—Miss Margaret J. Lytle
passed away at the Presbyterian
home, at Hollidaysburg, at twelve
o'clock last Friday night, as the re-
sult of Bright's disease with which
she had suffered for some months.
She was born at Boalsburg, Centre
county, on November 21st, 1848, hence
was in her 80th year. All her life was
spent in Centre county until she en-
tered the Presbyterian home on Octo-
ber 13th, 1926. Funeral services were
held at the home at three o'clock on
Sunday afternoon by Rev. Stacey Ca-
pers, and on Monday morning the re-
‘| mains were taken to' Lemont by auto
hearse where services were held in the
Presbyterian church at 10.30 o’clock,
by Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick, pastor,
burial being made in the Branch cem-
etery.
Those who accompanied the re-
mains from the home were Rev. Ca-
pers, Mrs. Witherow, the superintend-
ent, and Miss Florence W. Love.
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KRUMBINE.— While at work in
his garden, at his home at Ashville,
Cambria county, last Thursday, Dr.
G. W. Krumbine suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and died before medical aid
could be summoned.
He was a native of Centre county,
having been born at Centre Hall on
October 20th, 1862, hence was in his
66th year. He graduated in medicine
at the University of Maryland and be-
gan the practice of his profession in
Williamsport, moving to Ashville
twenty-seven years ago, and had lived
there ever since. He is survived by
his wife and one daughter, Miss Hel-
en, supervisor of music in the High
school at Patton. Burial was made
at Ashville on Sunday morning.
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—The Watchman made a mistake
of one week in announcing the con-
cert to be given by Wetzler’s Junior
band at Hecla park, Instead of being
next Sunday, their date is for Sun-
day, July 1st.
Milesburg; Mrs. Wayne Keller, of | the next step will be an oral argu-
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tral Railroad company and other in-
terested persons journeyed to Wash-
ington, D. C., on Sunday, to attend
the windup of the hearing before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
connection ‘with the several applica-
tions of the Bellefonte Central now
pending before that body relative to
taking over the Fairbrook branch, re-
cently abandoned by the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad company. With the
hearing completed and all the facts
now in possession of the Commission
ment which will likely be made early
in July, and inasmuch as the case is Ss
one of special order an early decision
is anticipated. Should a decision be
reached by the first of August, and
it proves favorable to the Bellefonte
Central, they will still have time this
year to do considerable work on build-
ing the connecting link between
Struble station and Fairbrook.
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—Last Friday a married woman
went into Joe Thomas’ cigar store,
made a few small purchases and pre-
sented a check for two dollars in pay-
ment. Mr. Thomas thought the check
was for twenty dollars and gave the
woman change for that amount. When
he discovered his mistake, on Satur-
day, and went to her home she admit-
ted that she knew at the time he had
given her too much change but said
: he had given the money to her hus-
widow of Albert Bavarr, a veteran of [5 ;
the Civil war, passed away at 9.15 band. When he was found he said
o'clock on Monday morning, at the 1 had spent it and refused to give
home of her son Edward, at Wingate, |20Y ot > Back, AX errant has been
following less than two weeks’ illness | 188ued Tor his arrest.
oover and Curtis the Republican
Standard Bearers.
When the Watchman went to press
last week the Republicans, in conven-
tion at Kansas City, had not made
their nominations, although it was a
foregone conclusion that Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of Commerce in
President Coolidge’s cabinet, would be
the choice for President. Such proved
to be the case, as he was nominated
on Thursday night by an overwhelm-
ing majority of the delegates.
The nomination of Charles Curtis,
of Kansas, on Friday night, as the
party’s candidate for Vice President,
was somewhat of a surprise general-
ly, though he was almost the unani-
mous choice of the convention. Mr.
Curtis, by the way, has Indian blood
in his veins, having been born on a
reservation. His wife is a native of
Duncansville, Blair county.
he Democratic convention will as-
semble at Houston, Texas, next Tues-
day, to place in nomination the men
who will contend with the Republican
nominees for the highest office in the
United States. As it looks now Gov-
ernor Alfred E. Smith, of New York,
will be the choice for President.
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- BOALSBURG.
Mrs. J. D. Patterson is entertaining
her sister, Miss Margaret Kimport.
Mrs. Lester Brouse and sons visit-
ed at the Wm. Rockey home, at Tus-
seyville, from Thursday until Sun-
day.
The Woman’s Missionary society of
the Lutheran church celebrated their
tenth anniversary on Tuesday even-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hess, Mrs. J. P.
Wagner and Miss Marjorie Slagle, of
Altoona, were visitors in town over
Sunday.
Miss Edna Gates, of State College,
was a visitor at the home of her
cousin, Mrs. R. C.
week-end.
Young, over the
Mr. and Mrs. David Stuart and | H
daughter Martha, of Crafton, are en-
joying a week’s visit at the home of
Mrs. E. E. Stuart.
Miss Mary Hoffer,
enjoyed a ten days’ visit among
friends in town. During her stay she
was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs,
Jacob Meyer.
E. M. Kuhn spent the week-end |M
with his family in Williamsport. Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kuhn were motor
guests of E. M. and enjoyed a visit
with their son Harry and family.
William Fisher and family, of Sun-
bury, were visitors at the Fisher
home, Sunday. Charles Fisher and
family, of Danville, arrived, Monday,
to spend the summer in their home
on Main street,
Boalsburg had a fire,
ternoon. The barn on the premises
occupied by Mr. Weaver was burned
to the ground. The State College fire
company arrived on the scene after
the fire was under control and was
Tuesday af-
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UNIONVILLE.
Miss Annie Rich has located indef-
initely with Mrs. Frances Hall.
Miss Minnie Sensor has improved
her property by having a concrete
walk put in front of her house.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Holt and Mrs,
Holt’s father, of Clearfield, were Sun-
day visitors at the Hotel Union.
J. C. Fox and son, assisted by El-
wood Way, have been employed in
Bellefonte several days painting the
residence of Isaac Underwood.
Mr. and Mrs. William Summers
were visitors, on Sunday, at the home
of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Zenzi Williams, of Dix Run.
Miss Luella Hazel, who was taken
to the Lock Haven hospital about ten
days ago and operated upon for ap-
pendicitis, is reported to be getting
along very well.
The Free Methodists observed Chil-
dren’s day, last Sunday, in their
church. An interesting program was
directed by Mrs. Lizzie Shank and
Miss Ruth Lucas.
The members of the W. C. T. 1
will have a tureen supper this (Fri-
day) evening, in the community
house. Price, 50 cents. Everybody
come and help a little. :
Mrs. Minnie Snoke, of Clearfield, is
spending some time with Raymond
Snoke and family and
family. Mrs. Snoke is a seamstress
and is doing the summer sewing for
the families. ;
Charles Stambaugh, who had been
painting at State College, is on the
sick list, suffering from’ “shingles.”
We hope he will soon recover and be
able to resume his work. He is an
expert decorator.
Tuesday the Ladies of the Tuesday
night club took their baskets and
went to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Kepler, near Pine Grove Mills, where
they had a very pleasant picnic par-
ty. Mrs. Kepler is a sister of Harry
Kechner, of this place.
The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. U. was held at the home of Mrs,
Mary Buck, last Wednesday evening.
pecial guests of the evening were
Dr. and Mrs. Broyles, of State Col-
lege, who took an active interest in
the program. Mrs.
freshments.
J. C. Fox recently gave the M. E.
church two coats of white paint,
which added very much to the attrac-
tiveness of the edifice which was re-
modeled a few months ago. Tourists
passing through our town have no-
ticed the improvement and compli-
mented Rev. Lehman for what has
been accomplished during the past
year.
Dr. James B. Stein, of Harrisburg,
secretary of the board of philanthro-
pies, preached in the Meth odist
church Sunday evening. His sermon
was very much appreciated. Early in
his discourse he eased the minds of
his audience by remarking that he
was not going to ask for money.
Come again, Dr. Stein; Unionville
doesn’t fall down on that line.
Miss Sarah Holt entertained a num-
ber of her friends at dinner, one even-
ing last week, the special guest of
honor being Miss Elizabeth Williams
accomplished daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Williams. The young la-
Buck served re-
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shower, her engagement to
of Clearfield, being
known of by a few friends. The
wedding took place on Wednesday
morning in the Baptist church, of
Mr. and Mrs. Nason will
go to Canada for a month and visit
with his parents and friends. They ex-
pect to reside in Clearfield where Mr.
Nason has a good position.
The 10th annual reunion of the Pe-
ters family was held on the school
vard last Saturday. It was an ideal
day and friends and relatives came
with their baskets full of delicious
eats, which were enjoyed by all. Spe-
cial guests were Rev. M. C. Piper, |
Rev. Herr and Rev. Lehman,
gave interesting addresses. William
Peters, of Milesburg, gave some val-
uable history of the town and church-
es, and Grant Hoover, of Williams-
port, added some remarks of appre-
ciation and commendation. An inter-
esting letter to the relatives from Ja-
cob Peters, of Iowa, was read by the
secretary, Clarence Peters. Quite a
number of faces were among the ab-
sent—some having passed away dur-
Ing the year, others being kept away
by sickness.
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JACKSONVILLE.
Dorothy Korman is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Mervin Hoy, of near
Jacksonville.
George Fisher spent Wednesday af-
ternoon and evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Mervin Hoy.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Hoy and
George Fisher spent Saturday at the
John Korman home.
Mrs. Mervin Hoy and her sister
Dorothy spent Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Harry Hoy.
The annual Korman and Corman
reunion was held, Saturday, at Cen-
tre Hall, in the Grange park.
John Hoy, of Howard; Mr. and Mrs.
arry Hoy and Mr. and Mrs. Mervin
Hoy made a business trip to Lock
Haven, Saturday.
‘There will be church services, Sun-
ay morning, at ten thirty, in the
Jacksonville Reformed church, instead
of seven thirty in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Korman and son
Laird spent Tuesday evening with
r. and Mrs. Mervin Hoy, Dorothy
returning home with her parents,
The Ladies’ Aid society of the Re-
formed church of Jacksonville will
meet at the home of Mrs. H.
Yearick, the second Wednesday even-
ing in July.
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—A strawberry social will be given
by the Epworth League of the Belle-
fonte Methodist church on Friday
evening, June 22, in the social room
of the church. Music by the I 0, 0.
F. band will be one of the features of
the occasion. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend and a pleasant even-
who
This column is to be
an open forum:
Everybody is invited to :
make use of it to-
aper or its editor.
tributions will ~ signed or initialed, as
the contributor may desire—ED.
There Are Worse Organizations Than
Tammany.
Philadelphia, June 16, 1928.
Editor, Bellefonte Watchman,
Dear Sir:
The Public Ledger, Philadelphia,
has published several editorials, en-
deavoring to couple Governor Smith;
with Tammany Hall of many years
ago, thus making an indirect attack
on Governor Smith. I sent the Ledg-
er the attached letter of protest.
They published the letter, omitting
the parts in black type and omitting
the last paragraph, as per enclosed
clipping, showing their editorial un-
with the Askins |
dies also gave Miss Williams a linen | T.
My.
fairness. I do not believe a newspa-
per should unfairly attack, editorial-
ly, any man, and then publish only
part of a refutation.
hand it to you
judgment dictates.
H. V. DOUGHERTY.
To the Editor of the Public Ledger,
Dear Sir:
In your issue of Sunday, May 13,
you published an editorial - entitled
“Tammany, After All, is Tammany.”
Since that time two other like editor-
ials have appeared, and to-day, June
3, you publish another, entitled “The
Same Old Tiger.”
The evident intent of these editor-
ials is to make Tammany the sole
sponsor of Governor Smith, to iden-
tify Governor Smith with the past
history of Tammany and to make
Tammany the Democratic party,
which it is not; but even if it were
and its sins were many times mag-
nified, I should still prefer Tammany
te the Republican party. The editor-
ial first referred to above contains an:
exhaustive catalogue of Tammany’s
supposed sins, and even stoops to dis-
cuss the wives of those concerned ;-
but even in this searching of Tam-
many’s whole history there appears
nothing to equal only four years of
Republicanism. There is nothing in
the whole history of Tammany to:
compare with Fall, Denby, Daugherty:
and Jess Smith. ammany never
owned such an article as “the little
black satchel,” nor did Tammany ev-
er occupy such a habitation as “the
little green house.” Tammany had z:
Murphy, but never tried to put him:
in the Senate of the United States.
Tammany probably has had its co]--
lectors,” but it never had anything to:
compare with the “get the money,
boys” brigade that levied tribute up--
on the bootleggers of Pennsylvania.
to raise a slush-fund to prostitute
the election machinery to such an ex.
tent as to horrify the country and
cause earnest men and women to won-
der how long representative govern-.
ment can continue, under such erimi-.
nal onslaughts on its very foundation.
.ammany had its “Little Tim” and’
its “Big Tim,” but ijt never had a
“Big Tom,” to attempt to bring the
| government into ridicule, by open de-
| fiance of the authority of the Senate,
- Tammany had a Croker, but it never
!put him in a President’s Cabinet.
' Croker, it is true, was very frank in
| his testimony before the Lexow Com-.
| mittee, but that is more than can be
{said for the Republicans who have.
been hailed before investigating com-
| mittees. Croker was not enough of
a hypoerite to pretend to enforce a
j law, frem the non-enforcement of"
which he was amassing millions,.
| Tammany never “did” a President’s.
Cabinet “in oil,” and then tried to:
| clean its hands with Liberty Bonds.
{ And if Alfred E. Smith goes into the
White House the Democratic party
will not have to soft-pedal on his
name, when he leaves, because of the
stench his administration will leave
in the nostrils of the Nation. It wil}
not have to say of him that he was
“easy-going” and “good-natured” and’
“trusted his friends too much.” At
Albany Governor Smith was not’
“easy-going and “good-natured,” nor
did he “trust his friends too muc 32)
neither will he be guilty of these.
to use as your
| things at Washington, When Govern--
or Smith is nominated, he will not"
enter the campaign as the representa- -
tive of any society, nationality, color
or denomination, but as the properly
chosen representative of the Demon. .
cratic party. He will be the Plumed'
Knight of Democracy, offering his
lance in defense of the principles
which Thomas Jefferson wrote into
the Declaration of Independence and:
into the hearts of the American peo«
ple and for which Woodrow Wilson -
gave up his life. He will come for-
ward to do battle for the average citi-
zen against the arrogance of the
swollen wealth of which the Republi-
can party is so proud. He will enter -
the lists as the champion of spiritual
fact and in opposition to the material-
Ism which the Republican party so-
well typifies and so efficiently repre-
sents.
“He knew not what to say, and ‘so,
he swore.” The Public Ledger hasn’t
the courage to say what it really"
wants to say, and so, it blathers about:
Tammany.
Very sincerely,
H. V. DOUGHERTY.
eet vs
Marriage Licenses.
Guy T. Kerstetter and Dorotha M.
Wensel, both of State College,
Tarrie T. Tyson, of Wolf's Store,
and Virginia M. Hassinger, of Co-
burn.
James T. Carner, of Hublersburg,
and Helen M. Vonada, of Jacksonville.
Cecil V. Vignutti, of Pittsburgh,
and Fairy E, McCloskey, of State
College,
Erskine Schooley and Sarah Ann
Maitland, both of South Williamsport.
John Surovec Jr., of Snow Shoe,
ing is guaranteed all who attend,
and Agnes Seprich, of Bellefonte,