Bellefonte, Pa., May 17, 1929.
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Amm——
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items from the Watchman issue of
May 16, 1879.
There will be a match race at the
fair grounds, for $20.00 a side, on
Thursday, May 22, between H. H.
Kline's horse “Tobe” and Mart
Cooney’s horse, “Harry.” They are
said to be very evenly matched and
will make a good race.
Fires in the mountains of this
county are so general that we might
truthfully say that the entire wood-
lands .of the county are ablaze. They
have been burning for several days.
The woods both north and south of
Howard are a raging fire. It is im-
possible to drive through the gap
from the latter place to Jacksonville,
and the Hoy mill property in there
was only saved by the efforts of
many men turning out to back-fire
and protect it. All of Brush moun-
tain is burning, Tussey mountain is
ablaze from Boalsburg to Pennsyl-
vania Furnace and fires are raging at
many places in “the Barrens.”
Abram Pifer, a prominent farmer
and member of the Grange, died at
his home in Howard township on May
10. He was 60 years old.
James Chambers, aged 73, died at
his home in Patton township on the
10th.
From May 5 to May 13 there were
194 arrivals registered at the Bush
house.
Fanny May’s troupe of English
blondes didn’t make a very favorable
impression here. The general verdict
is that it was a poor concern.
We notice that the “ivy green,” or
whatever it was that used to cling to
the stone residence of the late Dr.
McCoy, at “the Works” has all been
torn down. It was very beautiful but
probably made the house too dark
and damp.
The residence of George Hastings
in Benner township was totally des-
troyed by fire about five o’clock last
Saturday morning. It caught from
a spark that fell from the chimney
onto a very dry roof.
The Cummings house is now being
run as a temperance hotel. Frank
“rouse has opened a temperance sa-
loon in the basement where he will
specialize in ice cold lemonade.
At a meeting in Milesburg on the
6th a committee was formed to se-
cure tombstones for all soldiers of the
late war whose graves are not mark-
ed. E. C. Poorman was made secre-
tary.
Linen coats and straw hats have
made their appearance.
A new roof is being put on the resi-
dence of the Hon John B. Linn, on
Allegheny St.
For dressing in boy’s clothes and
appearing in public, the other day, a
colored girl by the name of Cheever
was arrested by officer Montgomery
and jailed for 24 hours by chief bur-
gess Hastings.
Noah Musser and son, of Filmore,
have decided to try their luck rais-
ing thorobreds .and yesterday received
by express three fine, pure bred ches-
ter white pigs.
It looks as though the glass worke
will be put in operation soon. A del-
egation of glass workers from Mal-
aga, N. J.,, were here last week in-
specting the plant and about decided
to rent it and run it on the co-oper-
ative plan.
Col. Hoy, the temperance lecturer,
was very much disappointed with the
size of his audience last Monday
night. He said it was not worth
while for him to remain in Bellefonte
longer because the people did not
seem interested in the cause. He
might have been right, then again ne
might not have, for he evidently
didn’t know that several of the old
temperance frauds who urged him to
come here were occupying front seats
at the can-can Monday night.
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McGOWAN.—Mrs. Tillie McGowan,
wife of Frank McGowan, of Newton,
Kan., died at the Axtell Christian
hospital, in that city, on May 2nd, :
as the result of complications follow-
ing an attack of influenza.
Her maiden name was Tillie Hazel
and she was born on Spring creek,
Centre county, about seventy-five
years ago. As a young woman she
married Frank McGowan, of Benner
township, and after a few years spent
in this section went to Newton, Kan.,
where they have since lived. Mrs.
McGowan was a member of the Cath-
olic church all her life.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by three children, Mrs. John
Savage, of Colorado Springs; William
McGowan, of Amarillo, Texas, and
Charles, of Newton, Kan. She also
leaves one sister, Mrs. W. C. Fortney,
of Milton, Pa. Funeral services were
held and burial made at Newton,
Kan., on May 4th.
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LEVI A. MILLER.
MILLER.—Levi A. Miller, an old
veteran of the Civil war, has answer-
ed the last roll call. He passed away
early Monday morning at the home
at his nephew, Robert A. Miller, in
Tyrone, very unexpectedly. He went
to Tyrone early in April from his
home in Pleasant Gap, and only re-
cently he wrote the Watchman about
how comfortably he was located.
While he had been in failing health
the past year he was up and around
on Sunday and retired that evening
with no premonition that “taps” for
him would be sounded so soon. Fail-
ing to appear at his usual time for
breakfast, on Monday morning, his
niece went to his room to awaken
him and was shocked to find him cold
in death. This was about ten o'clock
and a physician who was summoned
stated that he had been dead for
some time—had probably passed
away while asleep.
! He was a son of George W. and.
Mary Driver Miller and was born in
Paxton township, York county, oa
Jan. 1, 1842, hence had reached the
age of 87 years, 4 months and 12
days. When he was four years old
his parents came to Centre county
and settled at Woodward where they
lived several years, then moved to
Millheim. In 1853 they moved to
Spring township and engaged in
farming, Levi's boyhood days being
spent on the farm and in going te
school. In his 21st year, when the Civil
war broke out, he enlisted in Com-
pany H, 149th regiment, and served
| throughout the war, a part of the
time working as a recruiting officer.
But he saw lots of service in the field
and many of his thrilling experiences
‘as well as personal observations were
related in his newspaper writings of
later years. Returning from the war
he located at Pleasant Gap where
be spent some years then came to
Bellefonte, but finally went to Pitts-
burgh where he accepted a position in
the circulation department of the old
Pittsburgh Dispatch. His work in
building up a circulation was not con-
fined to Pittsburgh but covered what
was known as the tri-State territory,
western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio
and northern West Virginia.
A close observer and with a facul-
ty of seeing the human interest side
of any incident he frequently con-
tributed articles of more than ordi-
nary interest in connection with hap-
penings picked up by the wayside
during his travels. For thirty-two
years he remained with the Dispatch
but finally retired voluntarily and re-
turned to Pleasant Gap to make his
home. During his residence at Pleas-
ant Gap he served several terms as
tax collector of Spring township and
‘was always prompt in settling his
"duplicate. Many hours of Lis time
were devoted in writing the happen-
ings at Pleasant Gap as well as spe-
cial articles for local newspapers and
for several years he wrote exclusive-
ly for the Watchman.
During his residence in Bellefonte
in 1870 the Logan Hose company was
organized and he was one of the orig-
inal charter members, and his death
removes the last one on the original
roll. He was a member of the G. A.
R. and always took an active part
in anything pertaining to the or-
ganization.
As a young man he married Miss
Ruth Sweeney, of Pleasant Gap, who
passed away about eight years ago,
and his only immediate survivor is
one brother, George W. Miller, of
Spring township. Funeral services
were held at the Robert Miller home.
in Tyrone, on Wednesday afternoon,
by Rev. Speer, of the Presbyterian
‘church, after which the remains were
brought to Bellefonte and taken to
the Methodist church where services
were held at three o'clock by Rev.
Homer C. Knox, after which burial
was made in the Union cemetery.
HAINES Simon Witsa Haihios died
at his home near Woodward on May
3rd, following an illness of some
weeks, aged 59 years, 11 months and
10 days. He was a member of the
Woodward Evangelical church and
Washington camp, No. 357, P. O. S.
of A., of Woodward. Eleven years
ago he married Mrs. Martha Moore
who survives with four brothers and
two sisters. Funeral services were
held in the Evangelical church, at
Woodward, at ten o’colck a. m., of
May 7th, by Rev. H. C. Kleffel, bur-
ial being made in the Woodward
cemetery.
i ——8ee our window for the excel-
lent quality jacquard velour living
lroom suites. Choice of covers,
$127.50, one week only.—W. R. Brach-
bill's Furniture Store. 20-1t
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WERBBER.—The Pennsylvania State
College lost one of its oldest and most
valued employees TuesCay morning in
the sudden death of Roy I. Webber,
efficient superintendent of grounds
and buildings, who was in charge of
the great building program now uz-
derway on the college campus.
In his fifty-third year, Mr. Web-
ber had been working strenucusiy at
his construction tasks in recent
weeks, but had appeared in his usu-
ally excellent health up to Tuesday
morning when he complained of be-
ing ill while in his office in Old Main.
He went to his home at 403 Allen
street, and Dr. L. E. Kidder gave him
attention for some time. Following
the departure of the physician a
member of the household telephoned
to Dr. J. P. Ritenour at the College
health service relative to obtaining
a nurse when Mr. Webber collapsed.
Dr. Ritenour rushed to the home, but
was too late.
The loss is an especially severe one
to the College at this time because
of the great building construction
work now going on and expansions
planned for the immediate future
with the $2,250,000 building fund just
appropriated by the State. All of this
work was under the direction of Mr.
Webber. The present building pro-
gram started about two years ago in-
volving expenditures of almost $2,-
000,000 by the end of next June. At
the time of his death Mr. Webber was
completing specifications for archi-
tects on the remodeling of Old Main
and the erection of a new power
plant, and was in almost daily con-
sultation with president Ralph D.
Hetzel and other college officers con-
cerning these important buildings.
“Jt is indeed a great loss,” said
President Hetzel. “Mr. Webber was
a most valuable man and one with
whom it was a pleasure to be asso-
ciated. We shall miss him.”
Roy Irvin Webber was born in
Warsaw, Ind., Aug. 27, 1876, and was
graduated from the engineering col-
lege of Purdue University in 1899.
He obtained the degree of civil en-
gineer from the University of Illinois
in 1906, where he was an instructor
from 1902 to 1906. Following his
graduation from Purdue he worked
for a year as rodman for the Penn-
sylvania Railroad and then spent six
months as engineer for the Pressed
Steel Car Company. From 1900 to
1902 he was borough engineer in Se-
wickley, Pennsylvania, and then be-
,came an instructor in civil engineer-
ing at Illinois.
Mr. Webber came to Penn State in
in 1906, just 23 years ago, as an in-
structor, and rose to the rank of as-
sociate professor of structural én-
gineering. In 1912 he became pro-
fessor of architectural engineering, a
position which he held until 1918
when his outstanding ability wou for
him the post of
grounds and buildings, a newly creat-
ed position in the reorganization of
the college administration that took
place at that time. He held that post
for eleven years.
In addition to his college service
Mr. Webber has always been active in
the life of the community. He was
elected to the borough council presi-
dency in 1920 and rendered efficient
service in that post. He was an or-
ganizer and the first president of
the State College Kiwanis club, and
ever since its organization he has
been a leading member and officer in
the State College Chamber of Com-
merce. He was a prominent Mason
and a leader in the movement to
bring a lodge of that order to State '
a member of the
College, and was
Acacia fraternity.
Those surviving are the widow,
formerly Miss Olive Holtzberger, of
Lafayette, Ind.; a son, Dean, a teach-
er in the Kennett Square high school:
and a daughter, Mrs. Eugene A.
Dambley, of State College.
Funeral services will be conducted
this afternoon at 2:30 at the Allen
street residence, with the Rev. E. M
Frear, pastor of the Protestant Epis-
copal church, officiating. Burial will
take place immediately afterwards at
the Pine Hall cemetery.
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HILLIARD.—Miss Margaret Hil-
liard passed away at her home near
Pennsylvania Furnace at four o'clock
last Friday morning, following a
brief illness with pneumonia and oth-
er complications. She was a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hilliard
and was born at Guyer on May 29th,
1906, hence was not quite 23 years
old. She was a member of the Pres-
byterian church at Baileyville and
an active worker in the Sunday
school.
In addition to her parents she is
survived by one sister and three
brothers, Mabel, Carl, Reed and John
Jr. Funeral services were held in the
church at Gatesburg, on Sunday af-
ternoon, by Rev. J. S. English, burial
being made in the GatesBurg ceme-
tery.
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HASSINGER.—Harry I. Hassinger
died, last Saturday, at the home of
his parents, near Coburn, following a
brief illness with influenza and yel-
low jaundice. He was a son of Jo-
seph and Sarah Hassinger and was
born in Penn township on October
29th, 1905, hence was 23 years, 8
months and 12 days old. He had been
employed at the Millheim spinning
'mills and was a steady, industrious
young man. In addition to his par-
ents he is survived by three sisters.
(Funeral services were held at two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
H. C. Kleffel, burial being made In
the Fairview cemetery, at Millheim.
superintendent of |
FLEMING.—The death of Mrs. Belle
Ward Fleming, wife of Republican
county chairman Wilson I. Fleming
and mother of Judge M. Ward Flem-
ing, at her home on north Spring
street shortly after nine o'clock last
Friday morning, was cause for sin-
cere sorrow and regret on the part
of many friends; not because her
passing was unexpected but for the
reason that she had made such a
valiant battle for life. Stricken in
March with an ailment that only an
operation could permanently relieve
she was taken to the Centre County
hospital on March 20th, but because
of organic complications it was im-
possible to give her surgical atten-
tion. At her own expressed desire
she was removed from the hospital
to her home several weeks ago and
it was there she passed away.
Mrs. Fleming's maiden name was
Isabella Priscilla Ward. A daughter
of Philo and Hannah Hall Ward she
was born near Bellefonte on Septem-
ber 9th, 1859, hence was in her 70th
year. When a child her parents mov-
ed into Bellefonte and here she grew
to womanhood and received her edu-
cation. By nature she was a home-
loving, motherly girl and as a young
woman demonstrated her filial devo-
tion in the care of her parents and an
only brother during a protracted
siege of illness.
On June 5th, 1879, she married
Wilson I. Fleming, of Bellefonte, and
it might here be added that they were
planning for a golden wedding cele-
bration when Mrs. Fleming was tak-
en ill. All their married life was
spent here and Mrs. Fleming’s pri-
i mary interest was centered in her
i home. A faithful and loving wife and
, mother she gave unstintedly in mak-.
| ing her home a place of rest and com-
'fort and in the upbringing of her
i only child, the present Judge M. Ward
| Fleming. She was a member of the
Methodist church from girlhood and
always faithful in her religious de-
votions.
Mrs. Fleming was a full cousin of
the late John Montgomery Ward, in
his day the most famous baseball
player in the country. She was the
last of her generation of the Ward
family, and her only immediate sur-
vivors are her husband and son.
late home on north Spring street, at
two o’clock on Monday afternoon. Her
pastor, Rev. Homer C. Knox had
charge of the services and was assist-
‘ed by Revs. M. C. Piper and C. C.
| Shuey. Interment was made in the
[Ward lot in the Union cemetery.
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SCHREYER.—Word was received
in Bellefonte this week of the death
of Harry H. Schreyer, at his summer
home ‘“Harradell,” at Hayward, Wis-
consin, last Saturday, as the result
of an attack of pneumonia.
He was a son of Allen and Rebecca
Schreyer and was born in Bellefonte
about 68 years ago. He was educat-
ed in the public schools of Bellefonte
and as a young man went to work in
the Harper Bros. store. Later he em-
barked in business for himself, open-
ing a wall paper and carpet store in
the room on Bishop street now oc-
cupied by Miss Snyder's millinery
store. From there he moved into a
room in the Crider exchange build-
ing. Thirty-five or more years ago
he left Bellefonte and moved to Chi-
cago where he became associated
with his brother Charles in manufac-
turing equipment and accessories for
railroad cars. In this they were un-
usually successful and a number of
years ago retired.
While living in Bellefonte Mr.
Schreyer married Miss Della Robbins,
of Philadelphia, who survives with no
children. He leaves, however, two
brothers, Hayes, of Mechanicsburg,
and Charles, of Oak Park, Ill. Though
he had been away from Bellefonte for
over a third of a cenutry he never
lost his interest in Bellefonte and un-
til the last few years was a frequent
visitor back to the home of his birth.
No definite information regarding the
funeral has been received.
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COMLEY.—Mrs. Mary Anne Com-
[ley wife of William Henry Comley,
‘died at her home in Tyrone, last
| Thursday night, as the result of an
iattack of angina pectoris, following
‘an illness of six months.
She was a daughter of Thomas and
| Ellen Dillman McEwen and was born
at Unionville, Centre county, on
March 23rd, 1859, hence was 70 years,
1 month and 16 days old. On July
| 8rd, 1879, she married Mr. Comley
and for a number of years they made
their home in Unionville. Twenty-
five years ago they moved to Tyrone
where they have lived ever since. She
was a member of the First Methodist
church, of Tyrone, and quite active in
church work. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by two sons and
one daughter, Raymond E. and Wil-
liam Boyd Comley, and Mrs. J. A.
Miller, all of Tyrone.
Brief funeral services were held at
the Comley home, in Tyrone, at one
o'clock Saturday afternoon, after
which the funeral party went to Un-
ionville where services were held in
the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock,
by Rev. H. Willis Hartsock, burial be-
ing made in the Oak Ridge cemetery.
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FINK.—George W. Fink, a former
resident of Port Matilde died in Ty-
an illness of some weeks. He is sur-
vived by his wife, eight children, five
brothers and three sisters. Burial
will be made at Mt. Pleasant ceme-
tery, in Worth township, this after-
noon.
Funeral services were held at her
rone on Tuesday morning following |
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Fred Fry is housed up with an at-
tack of grip and lumbago.
Mrs. Charles Louck is a surgical
patient in the Centre Countv hospi-
tal.
Capt. J. J. Light, of State College,
was in town Thursday on a business
trip.
Mother's day was very appropriate-
ly observed in all churches here, on
Sunday.
Mrs. John Durner had as a guest
over the week-end Mrs. Thomas
McMahon.
Mrs. W. L. Foster departed, on
Friday, for Lansing, Mich, to visit
her daughter.
W. R. Port, of the State College
Times, is a patient in the Williams-
port hospital.
Mrs. Frank Haney and daughter
Ruth visited her parents, at Centre
Hall, over Sunday.
Mrs. John Isett, of Spruce Creek,
was a week-end visitor at the home
of Mrs. Cyrus Goss.
Fred Randolph and family motored
over from Huntingdon and spent
Sunday at the St. Elmo.
The stork made its third visit to
the Harrv Potter home. last week,
and left a new baby girl.
Mrs. Sallie Burwell and two
daughters spent Sunday in Tyrone
with her son Allen and familv.
Charles Harrison, of Bellefonte, was
here the latter end of the week look-
ing up his insurance business.
Mrs. Maude Fry and son Glenn
motored to Centre Hall, on Tuesday,
and brought home 300 day old chicks.
Mrs. Ruth Goss Little has been dis-
charged from the Clearfield hospital,
having recovered from a surgical
operation.
Gilbert Barto, with his wife, moth-
er and sister Roxie, of Guyver, were
week-end callers at the W. Brooks
Fry home.
Eugene Irwin, of Pennsylvania
Furnace, will have a big stock sale
on Friday, May 24th, beginning at
12:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Claude Smith is ill with a
complication of diseases, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Kyle Osman, at
State College.
Charles Yearick has completed the
remodeling of his store. at Rock
Springs. and is about readv to stock
up with goods.
At a regular meeting of Wash-
ington camp P. O. S. of A, a dona-
tion of $10 was made to the Centre
County hospital.
John Kaup and wife, of Lock Ha-
ven, and Mrs. Sallie Kaup were din-
ner guests, on Sunday, at the Mrs.
Viola Smith home.
Hugh L. Dale has been awey on a
business trip among the dairy farm-
ers in the neighborhood of Rising
Springs, Maryland.
A. C. Kepler was taken violently
ill, on Friday, and was rushed to the
Altoona hospital. His condition 1s
reported as serious.
Rev. John F. Harkins attended a
meeting of the board of trustees of
Susquehanna University, at Selins-
grove, last Thursday.
Owing to the illness of two mem-
bers of the High school band the open
air co...ert for last Sunday was post-
poned until May 26th.
Miss Rosetta Snyder, a student at
Pott’s business College, Williamsport,
spent Mother's day with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Snyder.
. John C. Dunlap has returned to his
home in Indiana after spending two
weeks at the home of his sisters,
helping them with their garden.
Miss Anna McDonald, a native of
Centre County but who has been
living in Nebraska for some years,
is a guest of Mrs. Nannie Bailey.
George P. Irwin and wife, Paul
Sunday and wife and Mrs. Margaret
Sunday attended the Odd Fellows
gathering, in Huntingdon, on Satur-
dav.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Neidigh and
family motored down from Altoona
and spent Sunday at the parental
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry
Neidigh.
Miss Rachel Segner, telephone op-
erator in the Boalsburg exchange, as-
companied bv her mother. motored
here on Tuesday and called on sever-
al friends.
i Robert Foster Jr., and sister. Miss
Harriet, of New York city, were over
Sunday visitors at the home of their
parents, Hon. and Mrs. Robert M.
Foster, at State College.
i At a congregational meeting at
Graysville Presbyterian church, on
Sunday morning, a call was extended
Rev. Samuel B. Brown, of Washing-
ton, Pa.. to become pastor of the
charge.
The preaching services in the Meth-
odist church at Pine Grove Mills the
coming Sabbath, May 19th, will be
at eleven o'clock instead of 7:30, as
‘heretofore.
lersburg High school on Sunday even-
ing. Everybody welcome to attend
these services.
Seven veterans of the Civil war,
whose ages averaged 84 years, were
‘guests of honor at a regular meeting
of Nittany post No. 245, American
‘Legion, at State College, last Thurs-
‘day evening. They were J. W. Sun- |
‘day, M. M. Garber, John B. Holter, |
‘Thomas A. Snyder, C. H. Martz, P.
iH. Dale and Capt. W. H. Fry. Hon.
. Laird Holmes was the speaker of
| he evening and after the business
meeting refreshments were served.
The annual Memorial sermon will
ibe preached by Rev. W. W. Moyer, 1D
the Reformed church here, Sunday,
May 26th, at 2:30 p. m. All veterans
as well as members of the P.O. S. of
A. are invited. Regular Memorial
'services will be held on May 30th, at °
Graysville, at 10 a. m.,, where Rev. J
S. English will be the speaker. Pine
Grove Mills at 2 p. m., and Pine Hall
at 6 p. m. Meek's cemetery, Gates-
burg, Ross church, Tadpole, Rock
This change is made on
account of Rev. Shuey being invited
to preach the haccalaurate sermon :
to the graduating class of the Hub-
Springs, Pennsylvania Furnace and
the Branch cemeteries will be deco-
rated by details of veterans. Dona-
tions of flowers will be much appre-
ciated.
UNIONVILLE.
Mrs. Mary Root, of Bellwood, is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Frances
Hall.
John Holt left, on Monday, on a
camping expedition on Young Wo-
man’s creek.
John Resides is having consider-
able repairs made to his residence by
the Hagan Bros., of Spring Mills.
Mrs. Julia Parsons and grand-
daughter, Louise Tingue, went to Jer-
sey Shore, on Monday, for a visit with
relatives.
Mrs. Medie Stere and Mrs. Susanna
Henderson and little daughter Rose
went to Philadelphia, last Frigay, om
a visit with friends. >
Mrs. John Resides went to State
College, last Saturday, to help Mrs.
Alfred Spotts in one of the fraterni-
ties for a few weeks.
Mr. - and Mrs. Foster Holt and Mr.
Dunlap, of Clearfield, were Sunday af-
ternoon visitors at the Hotel Union,
the home of Mr. Holt’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Detling and fam-
ily and grandpa Detling, of Connells-
ville, were week-end visitors at the
home of Mrs. Detling’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Summers.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waite, of
Stormstoewn, attended Mother's day
services here, on Sunday, and visited
with Mrs. Waite’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Brugger, in the afternoon.
Mrs. Rebie Kerchner was a visitor
in Altoona, on Wednesday, at the
hospital where her brother-in-law,
Aaron Kepler, is a patient. He had
a very serious operation for appendi-
citis and is getting along as well a®
can be expected.
Last Saturday evening members of
Lumen Lodge, I. O. O. F., gave a ban-
quet in their new apartments. Chick-
en and waffles were served. to about
120 persons, who were members of
the lodge, with their wives and
friends. A very delightful time was
enjoyed by all. Music by the town
orchestra.
The funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Comley, of Tyrone, were held in the
M. E. church here, Sunday afternoon,
in charge of her pastor, Rev. Hart-
sock, assisted by Rev. Crawford, of
Milesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Comley
were residents of this town sevéral
years ago and have many friends here:
who extend their sympathy to the
family in their loss of a kind and lov-
ing mother.
Mother's day was observed by all
our pastors by special sermons for
the day. In the morning at 10:30, Rev..
Crawford gave an excellent dis-
course and before delivering his ser-
mon presented a very fine Bible,
which was a gift from a former pas-
tor, Rev. M. C. Piper, of Milesburg,
for pulpit use. Several of the junior
girls sang very nicely a selection to
mothers. Mrs. Arista Lucas was the
oldest mother at the service, being 80
years young, as Rev. Piper sometimes"
puts it, and Mrs. Clara Eckenroth,
who is visiting her son Charles, 70°
years, young, too. Rev. Oakwood de--
livered a fine sermon at 7:30, with
appropriate music for the service:
while beautiful flowers of the season
adorned the room. Rev. Mitchell, of"
the Free Methodist church, also gave:
a fine sermon in the evening to an
appreciative audience, using for the:
basis of his subject “Faith, Hope,
Charity.” The Quartette rendered
very beautifully “Tell Mother I'll be:
There.”
——Don’t fail to read our ad in to--
day’s paper which assures you that
it costs you nothing to have gas ser-
vice in your home, other than merely
the list price of the gas appliance:
which you purchase.—Central Penn-
sylvania Gas Co. 20-1t.
ANDREWS.—Dr. W. W. Andrews,.
one of the leading physicians of Phil-
ipsburg, died on Monday afternoon us :
the result of complications following
an attack of influenza about three
months ago. He was 68 years old and
was born in Columbia county, his
parents moving to Lock Haven when
he was a boy. He was a graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania and
had been practicing in Philipsburg
since 1891. He is survived by his wife
and one daughter. Burial was made -
on Wednesday afternoon.
——For those who do not need’
twenty-four hour hot water service,
we have a coil heater which attaches .
to the side of your present tank,
which can be sold to you at a very
low price, and which can be installed
for a down payment of $2.00.—Cen-
tral Pennsylvania Gas Co. 20-1t
t a— reese.
A SPECIAL MEETING.
There will be a special meeting of
the Bellefonte Woman's club on Mon-
day evening, May 20th, at half past
seven o'clock, at the High school -
building. As a very important mat-
ter is to be discussed all members,
whether active or not, are urgently
requested to be present.
ISABELLA S. HILL, Vice Pres.
——Twenty-four hour service with
hot water at low cost has now been
solved by the Monarch Automatic
Storage Water Heater. Gas bills of
our users who operate this particular
heater prove this statement. Let us
show you and be convinced.—Central
Pennsylvania Gas Co. 20-1t
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JACKSONVILLE.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Lucas spent
Sunday evening at the home of Mr.
Lucas’ parents and, on Monday, mov-
.ed to Curwensville, where they are
going to housekeeping. Mr. Lucas is -
employed on a dairy farm.