mation
— John Blanchard Esq, was!
taken to the Geisinger hospital, last been in
Friday, for treatment most but her condition did not
likely an operation. | serious until a few days prior to
— The women of St. John's Cath- her death. i
and
| She was a daughter of John and David
[Sle Snel Vil hid Hake Be Maria Lytle Miller and was born in Zion on February
Centre county, had reached the
in months and 10 days. Born
| her 56th year, She went to Tyrone on a farm he followed in
when a young girl to make her steps of his forebears and
home with her sister, Mrs. T. Jeffer- tilling the soil during his entire
son Gates, and was educated in the an occupation in which he was
¢ schools. For a num- successful. He was a lifelong mem
tion of the Lutheran church and a me
|of filing clerk at the Pennsylvania who was liked and esteemed by &
| railroad station in Tyrone. She was who knew him.
| 5 He married Miss .Learlie Stov,
who survives with three childre
Merrill Shearer, of Cleveland, Ohi
Mrs. John Hockman and Mrs. Cly
Hockman, of Zion. He alse leaves o
brother and two sisters, John Shea
er, living in Illinois; Mrs. John Eb day.
the City Cash grocery store, to-mor-
row morning, Saturday, April 30. Halfmoon township, ;
“Good food will attract a liberal pat- on July 18th, 1876, hence was
ronage, so be there early to get what
i
———About ten o'clock, last Satur-
«day morning, a collision occurred at |
‘the intersection of Lamb and Spring
Streeis between cars operated by
Harold Summers, of Milesburg, and
dirs. Ruth Getter, of Bellefonte.
None of the occupants were injured |
and the cars were only slightly dam-
aged
———A daughter, who has been
mamed Barbara Anne, was born to
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Thompson, at
Howard, Monday. The little girl is are one sister and a brother, Mrs.
“their first child and is at the home |p j Gates and Ellis Miller, both of
©f her maternal grandparents, Me. | prone.
and Mrs. Walter Mann, her mother | “gp 10.) services were held at the
havirg been the former Miss Clara
Mann.
——Dr. John M. Keichline, of
-Huntingdon, and an alumnus of the |
Bellefonte High school, will tik 10
‘the mothers and fathers of e- i |
-fonte and vicinity on the subject of WILLIAMS. Mrs. Nancy Wil-
“Children's Diseases,” in the High |liams, wife of Orvis A. Williams, died
sschool auditorium, in this place, on at Port Matilda, on Sunday, as the
"Tuesday evening, May 3, All inter- result of a stroks of paralysis sus-
~ested are invited to be there. Lined three weeks 11 x
———A delegation of the Bellefonte | 7 SH0 Wad ongiter J was li
rcommandery, Knights Templar, will Martha Furnace on September 4th,
f gettysburg, ‘on Sunday | jege hence was in her 64th year.
‘norning, to join in the memorial |
Mervices- to - be-neld-on- the famous] S)E. Wasa member of - the Baptist
‘battlefield, They will meet delega-
Tyrone publi
| ber of years she held the posi
a member of the First English
Lutheran church, an active worker
in Sunday school, the Luther
League and the Ladies Aid society.
She was also a member of the Ty-
rone Civic club and the Garden
club, Her only immediate survivors
| day afternoon, by Rev. Edward M,
‘Morgan, assisted by Rev. W. CTC.
Dunlap, burial being made in the
Ross cemetery, near Marengo.
| church, at Port Matilda. In addition
‘tioms from other parts of the State | is Her Husband she ldaves naven ane
a dren: M. B, Williams, Tyrone; Mrs.
dn the public square of the city and | p o\' po da
z | Ru chards and Mrs. Hilda Shope,
‘march to the national cemetery, ,, .,. Mrs. Mildred Brin Mrs,
“where the services will be held. Fr ey,
Hannah McCutcheon, Mrs. Mary Me-
——A large congregation gathered | Cutcheon, Misses Viola and Evelyn
‘in the Reformed church, at Zion, last | Williams, Trafford City; Mrs. Thelma
Sunday, to participate in the anni-| Grimm, Hamburg, N. Y.; Misses Viv-
verssry church services of the I. O.|ian and Maude Williams, at the
‘Q. F., and Rebecca lodges. Repre-| home: also 21 grandchildren and one
‘sentatives were there from Belle- | great-grandchild; and three brothers
-fonte and various sections of the and three sisters: W, T. and Claude
«county. The sermon was delivered by | Williams, Aliquippa; Paul Williams,
Rev. James B. Musser while an uug- Houston, Tex.; Mrs Gertie Richards,
.mented choir furnished the music Jersey Shore; Mrs. Patience Neal,
— Among the swains who motor- Centre Hall; Mrs, Lottie Stiver, Port
Mati'ds,
ted with their prospective brides ; : |
‘to Cumberland, Md. last week, | | Funeral services were held in the
‘to have the nuptial knot tied were
T Earl Benn, of State Col-
lege, and Edith Rose Burns, of wane wy we
Altoona; Clarence LeRoy Martin WEBER. —Mrs.
Beech Creek; Kenneth Snyder Meyer |
and Margaret Elizabeth Jones, both wednesd orning
of Osceola Mills. | ny om Of Just
. ——Quite a number of garden en- though she had been
“husiasts gathered in the Presbyter- health for some months
%an chapel, last Friday evening, to
Bear Miss Anpa Linn Bright talk on
Rardens in Europe, especially in Eng-
dand and France. Miss Bright, by the
“way, is a great grand-daughter of
‘Rev. James Linn, who many years ago
served for fifty-eight years as pastor
of the
«church, and this, perhaps, had some- appointed to a position at
Tuesday afternoon, burial
cemetery
Centre county, in 1852, her age at
age
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of Zion, and Mrs. Elmer Swartz,
Pleasant Gap.
Funeral services were held in t
Lutheran church, at Zion, at 2:
Gates home at 2:30 o'clock on Sun- O'clock on Wednesday afternoon, '| Mrs. Albert Mackey, of Howard, af
Rev. Keller,
of Zion, assisted ’
Revs. Yingling, of Howard, and M:
ser, of Hublersburg. Burial was me
son, an aged maiden lady,
diedt
her home in Tyrone, on Saturd,
following a prolonged illness wita
complication of diseases.
She was a daughter of Jacob id
Delitha Brooks Robison and 1s
born in Halfmoon township, Cere
county, on March 26th, 1869, hce
was past 63 years of age.
younger years were spent at he
home of her birth but thirty yrs
ago she went to Tyrone where he
had lived ever since.
She hac en
a member of the Methodist cach
since girlhood. She is survivedy
one sister and three brothers rs.
Mary Heberling, Nelson T. Wikm
J. and George L. Robison, all f'y-
rone.
Funeral services were hell on
Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Sel
W. Strain, burial being made nhe
Eastlawn cemetery.
NEW “MIRACLE MAN”
being
at that place. talking
it
COMING TO CATIAM
The silent picture that mae bn
ethodist church at Port Matilda, on | Chaney a star, “The Miracle Ma,"
been newly produced as a
picture, and this
masterpiece of the screen
a8
to
Mary A. Weber, at the Cathaum theatre, Stat((bl-
~
Peter Weber, died lege, next Monday and Tuesdaps an
at her home in Huntingdon, on! outstanding attraction. Man will |
week, | vividly recall the original, rhich
(as the result of a heart attack, carried Tom Meighan and Jetty
in failing Compson to fame on its magispell, .
land transformed Chaney frc an Hary Solt, 9 year old son of Mr. Col. Spangler, are arranging to leave the
Her maiden name was Mary A. unknown to ome of the men's and Mrs. William Solt, of Spring
. Rupp and she was born at Oak Hall, greatest stars.
In the new picture Chester orris
death being 79 years, 7 months and and Sylvia Sidney have the Man- |
(4 days. As a young woman she mar- Compson roles. Both are eady
‘ried Mr. Weber, of Boalsburg, and stars, but do probably their (nest
that place was their home for a work in this picture. In the Gney
Bellefonte Presbyterian number of years, or until he was role of “The Frog,” John 'ray,
the comparatively unknown, ha his
‘thing to do with the attendance. At! Huntingdon Reformatory when they opportunity to Auplicgte the cess
%hat, her talk was quite interesting moved to that place, where she
snd the views shown added to the had lived ever since. Her husband
@ntertainment, | died several years ago but surviving
‘her are one son and a daughter, Ed-
SgOantre county girl studenis at| 0"; "were: and Miss Alice Bi
Weber, both at home. She also
leaves one sister, Miss Izora Rupp,
of Oak Hall
She was a member of the Abbey
Reformed church, of Huntingdon,
and Rev. H. D. McKeehan had charge
of the funeral services which were
held at 1:30 o'clock on Friday af-
ternoon, the remains being taken to
Boalsburg for interment :
BOONE. —Mrs. Martha G. Boone,
wife of William C. Boone, died at her
home in Lock Haven, last Friday, af-
ternoon, as the result of a complica-
tion of diseases. 4
Her maiden name * was Martha
Gardner and she was born at How-
ard 69 years ago. Following her mar-
riage to Mr. Boone they lived at
Howard until moving to Lock Haven
thirty-five years ago. She was a
member of the Methodist church for
many years. In addition to her hus-
the Pennsylvania State College,
who will be attendants and heralds
*chen Miss Muriel E. Bowman, of]
‘Sharon Hill, will be crowned “May |
‘Queen” there, on Saturday afternoon,
May 7, include: Misses Lydia M. |
Haller and Lucille R. Lavo, of State
College, as attendants; and Elizabeth |
‘Everett, Velma Egolf, Marjorie W.'
Fisher, Rosemary Forbes, H. Louise
Marguardt and Margaret E, Tschan,
‘State College. The latter are all
Seniors and members of the “Hemlock
Chain” through which the procession
will pass.
~——The Veterans of Foreign Wars
post of Bellefonte is organizing an
‘duxiliary. Mothers, wives, widows,
listers and daughters of the ex-serv-
3ce men are eligible to membership.
“The auxiliary will be instituted on
Monday evening, May 2nd, in the |
Assembly room of the Logan Hose
<o., on Howard street, by the presi-
«dent of the State organization,
‘the ‘initiation fee is only $1.00 it is
‘hoped 'thdt ull who are eligible will
Join so that the new organization
‘dan start out strong in the good
“work that has been planned. For
Yurther information inquire of Bar-
bara I. Kline, east High street,
Bellefonte, or call 191W,
———Announcement of the dates
‘Por the National Guard encamp-
mem were made at Harrisburg last
‘week. Troop L, of Bellefonte, and
“Troop I, of Boalsburg, will camp at
Mt. Gretna July 9 to 23. Unavoid-
‘able delays in completing the pur-
chase of land at Indiantown Gap
for a new military reservation by
‘the department of military affairs
‘rénders it necessary to continue the
wise of the encampment site at Mt.
Gretna this year. So far only about
3000 acres have been purchased by
the State of the 1500 acres required
for the new site at Indiantown Gap,
“which is about twenty miles north
©f the present encampment grounds
As! band she is survived by three chil-
dren, Roy and Milfred Boone, of
Lock Haven, and Mrs. Frank A.
Rowland, of Baltimore. She also
leaves three brothers and one sister,
Thomas, James and Joseph Gardner,
of Howard, and Mrs. John Mann, of
Orviston.
Burial was made in. .the Dunns-
town cemetery, Monday Megennon.
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STOVER. Mrs. Catherine Stoy-
er, widow of John Stover, died
her home Ih Tyrone, on Tuesday of
last week, following a year's illness
with a complication of diseases.
She was a daughter of John W.
and Nancy Stine Gray, and was
born on the farm, near Storms-
town, on February 13th, 1850, hence
was past 82 years of age. In Feb-
ruary, 1879, she married Mr. Stover
who died five years ago, but sur-
viving her are the following chil-
dren: Harold Stover, of Freeville,
N. J.; Victor, of Graysville, Pa;
Edwin, of Eden Hill; Misses Blanche
and Agnes, at home.
&% Mt. Gretna.
.She was a lifelong member of the
of his famous predecessor. ving
Pichel, Hobart Bosworth, Ned irks,
Boris Karloff and Robert gan
are in the strong cast.
WAGON BURNED
ON BLAIR FISHER [RM
Tuesday night about 9 o'clk a
boy on the Blair Fisher farm, the
highway west of Snow Shoe ter-
section, took a lighted lanteiand
went to a small building, in hich
oil and gasoline was kept, torav
some gasoline. ih
The liquid was in a large rua
and when it was opened the apc
saturated the air in the littleshd
to the point where the lighted “ter
ignited it. At once the entirelac
ablaze. The ' clothingtoo
fire and he narrowly escaped ric
burns. .
The flames communicated ! a
adjoining wagon shed and iceious
and were threatening the barmwhe
the Undine Fire Co., from thislace
arrived on the scene, Fortunsly
small stream flows throug! th
Fisher farm so that the Teme
were able to get into actionprompt
ly and kept the flames fro; spreac
ing.
——Miss Louise Marardt, ¢
State College, a senior ecializin
in English literature therhas bee
awarded one of the threedwin Erl
Sparks memorial fellowlp prize
which were granted for ' first tim
this year by Phi Kappa 1, nationa
honorary scholastic frafity. The
fellowships were eolished ir
memory of the late Ddwin Erle
Sparks, former presid of Penr
State, and both presidefeneral anc
regent general of PKappa Phi
The award is valued 2500.
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~The Sunday #0] of th
Bellefonte A, M. E. cch will hold
a bake sale at Mil} hardware
store, on Allegheny #t, on Sat-
urday, May 7. All 18 of baked
foods will be offered! your pat-
ronage will be greatPpreciated.
ronage will be greafippreciated.
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—Miss Isabella S. Hill, of the faculty
' of the Bellefonte Academy, has been a
was discharged, last Monday, after | tient in the Centre county hospital for
surgical treatment. | ten days, under treatment for a face in-
Mrs. Robert Spicer, of Bellefonte, ro qin,
3 snedical patient, - was discharged | _,,.. yu. in Petriken Hall for
i y: twelve years, Mrs. Frank Warfield will
William C. Ferree, of Oak Hall leave there, next week, to go to the Mrs.
Station, became a surgical patient on Charles E. Dorworth house, on west Linn
| Monday of last week. street.
Harry Walters, of Bellefonte, was H L. Jacobs. witl
| discharged, last Monday, after under- , =, "3 Mrs. Horace ¢
going medical treatment. lantic City, expecting to be there for
Mrs, Bessie Coffman, of Howard, four weeks. The parsonage will be closed
me a medical patient last Tues- during their absence.
~Mr. and Mrs, John Ostertag were up
Hazel E. Lingle, 4 year old daugh- | som Lancaster during the week for a
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Lingle, of visit of several days with Mrs. Ostertag's
Potter township, was admitted, last mother, Mrs. George M. Gamble, at the
Tuesday, as a medical patient. Gamble home on west Linn street.
Mrs. John Pletcher, of Pleasant _ Mrs, Bertha Moerschbacher Austin,
Gap, is a surgical patient, having | of the Potter-Hoy Hardware store, Is
been admitted last Tuesday. | suffering from broken ligaments in her
Mrs. Egil T. Risan, of Bellefonte, ankle, the result of a misstep, Tuesday,
| became a surgical patient last Tues- on the pavement at the Penn Belle hotel.
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| day.
. i ~—Mrs. James Clark's guests, during the
Elmer Auckerman, of Gregg town- | week, included Mr. and Mrs. Sterling
ship, became a surgical patient last | Crumbling and their family, who drove
Tuesday.
A gitar was born to Mr. and Mrs, Clark is an aunt of Mrs. Crumbling.
—Jesse K. Derstine came in from Am-
| the hospital last Tuesday. | bridge, Saturday, to visit overnight with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McIntyre, of his mother, Mrs. William Derstine, and
Rebersburg, are rejoicing over the to look after some of her business here
birth of a son, at the hospital last Tush Jue hoen supose for her to seg
Wednesday. { :
John Johnstonbaugh, 38 year old l, =Nes John Blanchard has been spend-
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ral ohnston- ng t week at Danville, with Mr,
baugh, of State apa da admit- | Blanchard, who went down a week ago
ted last Wednesday for surgical | to enter the Geisinger hospital for ob-
treatment. | servation. Although his condition has im-
Mrs. Jeannette Wall tS te! proved since being there the length of his
College, was a oa | Say wil ve genus
day after receiving surgical treat- | —Frederick Daggett is here from New
ment. York for a visit with his mother, Mrs,
Congratulation are being extended ron, boss 4 1s mi oi
to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neff, of Belle- | erick has been located in New York city
fonte R. D. 4, upon the birth of a | for the greater part of the time :ince
son, at the hospital last Thursday. | teaving Bellefonte several years ago.
George M. Gamble, of Bellefonte, ny Carrie Bailey, of the Hotel
who had been under medical treat- arkiand, will go to Philadelphia Sunday
ment, was discharged last Thursday. | to spend several days with her sister,
Miss Genevieve Ricker, student Mrs. Moe Geis, before the latter leaves to
nurse at the hospital, was | spend the summer with relatives, the
last Thursday after undergoing sur- | Guggenheim family, in California. Mrs.
gical treatment. { Geis will not return east before fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bitner, of State! —Gilbert Rhoads, who with Edward
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leave this morning for the drive to At-
here from Williamsport for the week-end. |
College, are the proud parents of a
son, born at the hospital on Friday.
Mrs, Anna Johnson, a student
nurse at the hospital, was admitted
last Friday for surgical treatment.
Michael Zorella, of State College,
was discharged Friday after under-
going a day's surgical treatment.
Mis. Ethel Reeder, of Bellefonte,
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|R. D, became a surgical patient last
'Th y.
~ Arhur Boob, of Bellefonte, was
Friday after having been
' a surgical patient for a day.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Walker, of
| Spring Mills, R, D. are rejoicing over
| the arrival of a son, born at the hos-
| pital in Friday.
| townsip, was discharged Friday af-
| ter wmdergoing surgical treatment.
Mr. Elwood Smith and infant
| daugiter, of Centre Hall, were dis-
daugiter, of State College, were dis-
charged on Friday.
Ms. Mabel Harshbarger, of Penn-
sylvenia Furnace, was discharged
Fridiy after undergoing medical
treatment.
Miss Mabel Imel, of Spring town-
ship, a medical patient, was dis-
charged on Friday.
Alter undergoing medical treat-
mezt, Mrs. Harry Fravel, of Howard,
R. Queer, of
proud parents |
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Joseph Coffrey and infan t
College, were dis-
Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Smith, of Spring
of State College, were discharged on
Saturday.
Mrs. Paul Spearley, of Benner
township, became a surgical patient
on Saturday. .
John Drojan, 12 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Drojan, of |
Bellefonte, became a medical patient
on Sunday. . ;
Fred Scandral, of State College,
became a surgical cal patient on Sunday.
Mrs. Christine Love, of Bellefonte,
was admitted Sunday for medical
treatment, and on Tuesday evening
became the mother of a little girl
baby.
There were 55 patients in the hos-
pital at the beginning of the week.
~———Among the first prize winners
at the recent little international live-
stock exposition at the Pe
State College was Roy D. Shoemaker
of Pine Grove Mills. He was in the
beef cattle judging contest.
| ing, afternoon and evening, with a
Houser went dowa to Danville the early
part of last week, to enter the Geisinger
| hospital for cbservation returned home
| after having had three teeth taken out,
while Edward Houser was kept there for
further treatment, and a possible opera-
tion.
--Dr. B. F. Bowersox, the very well
known pharmacist of Millheim, with Ja-
| cob Reifsnyder as a motor guest, drove
to Bellefonte last Friday to make some
purchases for Dr. Bowersox's drug store.
‘While here for several hours a part of
their time was given to their favorite
friends.
—Mrs. James A. McClain and her
| daughter, Emily Eliza, who have been in
Bellefonte for the winter with Mrs, Mec- |
Clain’s mother, Mrs. J. L. Spangler and
after-part of next week, to open their
house at Spangler, expecting to spend
the summer in their home there. !
—Mrs. Anna Hall Finch stopped in Belle- |
fonte Wednesday, on her way back to
| Howard, from Unionville, having been
| home to serve on the election board [ues
day. Mrs. Finch has been spending the
greater part of the past month in How |
| ard with her sister, Mrs. Charles Pletcner,
‘who has been ill for some time.
~—Miss May Neviing, of the office per-
| sonnel of the American Lime & Stone
| company, who resigned her position early
in the month, returned at once to her
home in Tyrone. Miss Nevling had been
in Bellefonte for twelve years, coming
here when the offices of the company
were moved from Tyrone by the A. G.
Morris interests, her business associations
with them and the Warners having cov-
ered a period of thirty years or more.
© —-Sara Bricker and a .sciool-mate at
the teachers’ college, at Lock Haven,
were in Bellefonte, Sunday, for the day,
as guests of Miss Bricker's mother, Mrs.
J. M. Bricker, of Reynolds avenue.
—Miss Helene Williams and her aunt
arrived home, Friday, from Florida, and
went directly to Mrs, Williams’ nome et
Beech Creék. Miss Williams will come to
Bellefonte today, to take possession of
her house on Curtin street.
~ —Miss Olive Mitchell returned home
Monday from a ten day stay in Wash-
ington, D. C. where Mrs. John G. Love
Jr., had been a delegate and Miss Mitck-
ell an alternate from the Bellefoate
chapter of the D. A. R., to the National
Congress in session there last week. The
women were joined in Washington by
Mrs. Edwin Erle Sparks, of Edgewood,
N. J., who also represented the Belle-
fonte chapter. From Washington Mrs,
Love went to Philadelphia, where she
has since been visiting with her sisters,
the Misses Witmer.
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TO MEET IN BELLEFONTE
The 27th annual meeting of the
Women's Home Missionary society
of the Williamsport district of the
the Methodist church will. be held in
the Bellefonte Methodist church on
Wednesday of next week. Mrs, M.
Ward Fleming is chairman of the
committee of arrangements for the
entertainment of the delegates ex-
pected to attend.
There will be three sessions, morn-
luncheon at the noon hour and a
banquet served by the young people
at 5:30 o'clock, A very interesting
program has been arranged for the
meeting.
CENTRE CO. HOSPITAL
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| County hospital are now offering the
| people of this community an oportu-
nity to invest in
| Gage gold bonds
'in denommations
| $500, dated
' mature and
| ber 1st.
(tax. Principal and interest
| at the First National
College, trustee.
The bonds, a first lien against
entire hospital property,
|a valuation of $150,000, can be se-
{cured through any bank in Centre
county, except Philipsburg.
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that all these bonds can be disposed
of at an early date. As $40,000 of
amount of the flotation is to go
wards the building of a nurses’ home
it is the desire of those in charge t
| start building operations as soon as
| possible so as to furnish work for
the unemployed.
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fonte. Rev. W. C. Thompson perform-
ed the ceremony and the attendants
were George Snyder and Miss Helen
Smith,
The bride, a daughter of Mrs. Julia
Hines, is a graduate of the Bellefonte
High school and has since been em-
ployed in the office of the Titan
| Metal company. The bridegroom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bruce, of
East Baintree, Mass., and is one of.
ithe men in charge of the U. 8.
| weather bureau, at the aviation fled,
lin Bellefonte. Following a brief wed-
| ding trip they will take up their res-
idence with the bride's mother.
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Stere.~3forgan~~ James Blair
| Stere, son of Mr. and Mrs, Harry
| Stere, of Fleming, and Miss Mildred
liamsburg, Blair county, were mar-
ried at the Little Church Around
the Corner, in New York, on April
16th, by Rev. Randall Gary,
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——The Nittany Valley choral
association, under direction of Prof.
Earle Transeu, will give its first
concert in the Reformed church, at
Zion, next Thursday evening, at 8
o'clock.
—If you see it in the Watchman
yeu know it's true.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Wheat orm BB
Corn -40
Oats 20
Rye 40
BUMBY cmmsurssmsmismurestrmsmescasms seniors +45
Buckwheat 86
~—We will do your job work right