LooALS,
With this sort of weather the ice
crop should break all records,
~ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murray, of Chi-
cago, are due in Centre Hall week be-
fore Christmas,
Wanted—Turkeye,
and Chickens.—Chas,
mew, Centre Hall, Pa,
J. G, Dauberman is a grand juror at
the December sessions of court, at
Bellefonte, this week.
A new Btarck piano was purchased
and placed in the home of Mr, and
Mre, O. F. Funk on Monday.
Early Monday morning mercury
dropped below the zero mark to the
extent of one degree, the flist time this
winter,
W. H. Zimmerman and children—
Hszel and Robert—of Bunbury, were
guests of Merchant and Mrs, C. M.
Bmith, on Monday.
Uncle Bam is cautioning those who
mall packsges for Christmas delivery
to not only mail them early, but to
wrap them securely and addrees them
plainly.
Fred Fisher, of Collegeville, is the
guest of Cleveland Mitterling this
week, The young man Is in search
of a carload of cows, but weather con-
ditions bave put a temporary halt to
buying.
On account of the inclemency of the
weather the bazaar held by the Ladies’
Aid society of the M, E. church, will
“ pgain he open on next Bawurdsy
evening, in the waiting room of the I,
0, O. F. building.
O. A, Jamison, of Monroe, Wiscon-
ein, was an arrival in Centre Hall on
Tuesday morning and will spend the
greater part of the winter here as the
Geere, Ducks
D. Bartholo-
Millheim.
John Evy was in town a few days
last week.
John Boob has gone to Philadelphia
where he expects to find employment,
The Old Maids’ return to the sud-
Itorium netted $37.00,
Lewis and Thomas Brouce spent
Bunday in Banbury,
Herm Confer and Leon Bmith,
camping in Decker valley, returned
Friday with a spike buck.
With the mercury hovering a little
above zero for several days more, it
will be possible to cut eight Inoh ice.
Mrs. Jennie Bwanger, who has been
away from home since July, bas re-
turned for the winter,
William Ulrieb, from Grayville,
Bouth Carolinie, is visiting at the
home of Ed I, Musser.
On Mouday Mr, and Mrs, Chalres
Brown attended the funeral of Joseph
Neff, a relative, at Heola.
Mathew Halaban, of Philadelphbis,
who was well known here, died at his
brother's home at Reading last week.
Rumor has it that Mre. (Dr.) John
Hardenberg is in a Philadelphia hoe-
pital, undergoing treatment for diabe-
tes
The first real winter weather of the
season came on Saturday morning in
the form of blinding snow storm, con-
tinued all day, and falling to a depth
of about eight inches,
Word has jost been received here
that the stork arrived at the home of
Mr, and Mrs, Robert Musser, of Sun-
bury, and presented them with twine.
The father, better known as" Bob, ”
waa formerly from this place,
Oaoe morning last week in going to
bis shed P, I. Confer discovered the
four tires miesing from his automobile,
evidently taken the night previous,
Mr, and Mre. V. A. Auman,
of Darragh, spent the past week in
Centre Hall, the former as a guest of
Mis. James Alexander and Mrs. Kate
Conley, while the latter put in his
time in the mountains after deer.
The latter part of this week, Mre, D.
been found.
Ralph E. Musser, son of Philip and
Ida Musser, of th is place, has resighed
his position as railroad operater, stat-
tioned at Bunbury, and has gone to
Harrisburg to join the colors, Ralph
stay of a few weeks with her sone,
Ralph C. and George B. Boozer. A
we:k later Bhaopnon Boozer will join
his mother and brothers in the Windy
City.
If you are toluking about buying
Brooder Blove it will pay you to in-
vestigate the merits of the ‘Buckeye’.
Orders should be placed pow to ir-
gure delivery when wanted, Full line
cof Poultry Bopplies,—~Chas, D. Bar-
tholomew, Centre Hall, Pa,
Week of Prayer will be observed in
Centre Hall beginning Bunday even-
ing, December 30, in the Reformed
church, snd continuing until the fol-
lowivg Bundsy when the eervices will
be beld in the Lutheran church, The
program will be printed next week.
Roy M. Garbrick, ove of the Report
e's appreciative readers in the Pine
Blump district, was a caller on Friday,
and reports farmers well through with
the farm work except in some cases,
the butchering, He also stated that
his neighbor, Mr, Osman, bad several
prospective buyers for his farm,
The drifted condition of the roads
on Funday morning as a result of the
heavy snow the day before, made it
impcesible for Rev, D, B, Kurtz and
Rev. RB. R. Jones to fill their appoint.
ments in the country, Both minis
ters undertook the task but were com
pelled to return home before getting
far,
A letter from Corporal William
Bailey, with the Boal Machine Gun
Troop at Angusts, Ga., says that their
company’s new address Is, Co. A,
108:h Machine Gun Battslion, The
change became effective December 1st.
“The boys are expecting a visit from
Capt. Theodore Davis Boal, to give us
a talk on his experiences over the
ges, ”’ he saye,
Catharine, the four-year-old dasugh-
ter of merchant and Mrs, C, M. Bmith,
was bitten by what was thought to
breve been a spider, last Friday, The
child complained of a stinging senes-
tion on the neck and soon thereafter
that section became highly inflamed,
showing signs of poisoning, Treat-
ment at the hands of the family phy-
sician brought the child out of all dan
ger.
Mre. E. A. Zeigler was among
friends in Centre Hall on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. Mr, Zeigler
isin the U, B, srmy service and is
teaching at Fortress Monroe, Virginie,
holding commission of a captain,
Mre, Zsigler will be recalled ss Mise
Rebecea Moyer, who, about a dozen
years ago, very sucoessfully taught the
primary school in Centre Hall, Bhe
bse many warm friends here who are
pleased to note the success of her hus
band se a military officer,
Patrons of Uncle Baw’s great Post
Office Department could aid prompt
service in no better way than to use
mote care in addressing leiters and
pocksges. Rallrond mail clerks are
about the busiest people outside the
trecches on the French front, and
have no time to turn letters in half
dozen angles to decipher the address.
Write plainly and place the address on
the lower right hand corner of the en
velope or package, and the sender's
name and address on the upper
telegraph battalion. Ralph is a prince
of a little fellow and the best wishes of
bis wany friends go with bim. Byron
Musser, a brother, who enlisted sever-
sl mouths age, and who ia stationed at
a western camp, is on his way to the
eastern shore with the possibility of
sailing for France soon. While we all
know it is hard to separate from our
loved onee, particularly on a mission
of this nature, Mr. and Mrs, Musser
are proud of the fact they can give two
boys to Uncle Bam to fight for the
good old U. B, A.
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Pine Grove Miils.
Mre. J. G. Miller is in the clucthes
of la grippe.
Elizabeth Archey is quite ill with
poeumonia,
Many sates were stranded in the
snow drifte,
Bunday visitors were few and far be-
tween,
Mre. U. H. Maris Is convalescing
from an attack of pleuro pneumonis,
B. A. Dunlsp is moving about with
the aid of a cane,
The venerable Amos Dean has been
under the doctor's care for the past ten
days owing to pulmonary trouble.
The three-link fraternity will hold
their annual holiday banquet Decem-
ber 28, at 8:50 p. m. in their hall,
Mr. and Mrs, Bamuel A. Homan are
receiving congratulations over the ar-
rival of one of the Red Cross sex.
E. A. Decker reports a boy at his
home, and little Grace can now share
ber play thing,
E. A. Auman, the miller, claims the
belt for the heavy weight porkers, one
baving tipped the scale at 334.
J. J. Treesler reports the best pen of
five porkers that stalled at 15646 Ibe,
Enoch Bweeney's pen of four weighed
1600 Ibe,
D. W. Thomas and Mr, Shoemaker
took to the woods for big game on Fri-
day and returned home by noon with
a big four-prong deer.
Daniel Harpster had a new arrival
at his home last week—a sweet little
girl—No 10. Dan has since given his
order for a six-passenger Overland ma-
chine,
Saturday Mother Earth was decked
in robes of purity, Mercury dropped
twenty-eight degrees in four hours.
Storm followed and piled drift every
where.
Prof. Lawrence A. Haddens resigr-
ed as teacher of the High school, have
ing enlisted and reported for duty on
Wednesday.
Mrs, Ida Williams, accompanied by
Miss Ruth Bwabb, were called to the
Fred Williams home, near Tyrone, to
administer to the sick in the Williams
family.
J. R. Lemon, a civil war vetersn
snd noted pimrod, of Gatesburg,
brought down a nice two-prong buck
on Wednesday, The old veteran Is
anxious to round out the 50th of the
fleet foot tribe,
A A SA.
Now Hed Oross Members,
Mrs. W. O, Heckman.
Miss Sarah Zettle.
Miss Hazel Ripka,
W. O. Heckman.
F.P. Geary, +
Wiiliam Garls.
At
Byers Ripka, bade it ipa
SERVIOE FLAGS ON THE PARM,
The Fiag Finds a Place In Every Farm
House,
The American Red cross will make
an effort to increase its membership
from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000 between
December 16 and December 25, Ob-
viously a considerabe proportion of
these 10,000,000 new members must be
enrolled outside of the large cities and
a large number of them must come
from the farm,
When Europe went to war the ser-
vice flag became the household badge
of patriotism. At every home from
whence had gone a msn or boy to
fight for his country thers was unfurl.
ed the flag with one or more small
stars on s white fleld to indicate the
number of fighters that particular
home had given.
When the United States went to
war the service flag was transplanted
overseas ; and from thousands of
homes, stores, offices and factories it
now waves deflance to the Prussian,
So what more natural than thaf this
emblem of active military service
should be adopted in modified form by
the Red Cross to indicate the number
in each home who although compelled
to stay at home, have found a way to
serve their country through member
ship in the grea test of relief organiza
tions? Instead of the small star, it is
the small red cross, But whether ip
dicated by star or crose, both classes
are serving.
Before the membership campaign is
over the Red Cross service flag should
be in the window of every American
farm house. If the home dleplays the
service flag bearing the etars, there
should be placed beside it the service
flag bearing the red crose. These two
together evidence the fullness of ser-
vice,
There is no reason why the farmer
should pot take as moch pride in the
display of the Red Cross service flag ss
might the employer of a thousand
men--avd no doubt be will, How to
construct the Red Croes service flag Is
described in another article in this le-
sue,
Here is 8 cause that deserves support
of every mar, no matler if he dwell in
in city of millions or on the faim,
Spring Millis.
Dr. H. 8. Brauchit and family ate
tended the funeral of the Doctor's
father, at Coburn, on Tuesday.
The railroad bridge carpenters are
repairing the floor of the overhead
bridge east of C. P. Long's store,
Mre. Ewing, of Biate College, in-
stalled the officers in the Rebekah
Lodge vn Tuesday evening.
The school board met on Baturday.
The newly elected members were Jae
cob McCool and Ralph Bhook.
Clyde Boyer and wife, of Lock Ha
ver, spent Monday with Mre., Boyet's
parents, Mr, snd Mre. Jacob Lee, Sr.
Mre. Harry Allison returned from
the Bellefonte hospital and is improv-
ing at this writing.
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WHEN CEREALS ARE INJURIOUS,
Little Talks on Healthjand!Hygion by Sam.
a lG Dizen, M.D LL ©, D Se Com
missioner of Health,
Cereals are valusble ss foodstuffs for
human ndeede, particularly daring
youth and old age.
We will use in this talk oatmeal as
an example of stsrchy foods acd
through it, study their effet on the
systems, In the first plsce it shou'd be
thoroughly chewed #0 that the alka-
line secretions of the glands in the
mouth are thoroughly mixed with it,
If this is dome, the process of diges
tion which turns the starch into suger
ie well staried before the food passes
from the mouth into the stomach,
where it meets with an acid secretion
intended for the digestion of proteins
or meate, Here the starch digestion,
if it has been started, is arrested.
There are two ways of preparing or
cooking these fordetufla, oatmeal
smong them. The Beoleh cook itina
very short time, their idea Ling to re-
tain a certain degree of hardz tee to the
grain that may act mechanically snd
stimulate the nerves of the mus ular
walls of the intestines and there by
take the place of laxatives that are too
often used by those leading sedentary
lives. This half-cooked mass of food
is often mixed with milk or cream,
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which belps to wash it down imme.
diately upon taking it into the mouth,
which entirely prevents the natural
digestion,
When taken in this way, oatmeal or
other starchy food is wasted as far as
nourishing the body is concerned and
often acts as a foreign substance in the
digestive tract, there by interfering
with general digestion of other foods.
Thie not only prevents the body get-
ting nourishment from a general diet
but it produces toxins or polsons
which are absorbed by the body and
cause various ills, all the way from a
slight disturbance of health to such an
extreme that sometimes will cost a
life.
The better and most practical way
to cook oats or other starchy foods ls
to submit them to cooking for hours,
often all pight, that the grain be
thoroughly softened, which makes it
more easily digested. This softer
preparation of food, however, is also
often eaten with milk or cream, reduc-
ing its consistency to a semi-liquid
which goes down the throat slmost
immediately after entering the mouth,
It therefore is subject to the same
criticism as the less thoroughly cooked
oatmeal as far as the alkaline digestion
in the mouth is concerned. This,
however, is not irritating to the digee-
tive system snd would seem to go
through a certain degree of digestion
in the intestinal tract. Nevertheless
it is robbed of a great deal of its food
value,
The oats and other starchy foods, ss
we have sald, should be thoroughly
cooked and kept in the mouth suffi.
clently long for the first process of di-
gestion to take place.
Goingdack, then, to our thoroughly
cooked oatmeal, we may say that the
wisest way to ptepare starchy food le
to make it into cakes or some other
form that will necessitate chewing bee
fore it can be swallowed, If, however,
owing to conditions we meet in life,
we are compelled fo take a food In
mueh form, it 1s advisable to select
that which is thoroughly cooked and
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MAKE 2 MEATLESS DAYS A WEEK THE [ULE
AND HELP THE ARMY WIN, PLEADS HEINZ
Food Director of Public Safety Committee Urges House-
keepers fo Reduce Present Lavish Consumplion
as Patriotic Duty—Heavy Eating Jeopardizes
Plans For Feeding Soldiers,
A request for meatless days has |
been Issued to the nation by Herbert
Hoover, and at his request Howard
Heinz, Food Director of the Pennsyl-
vania Committee of Public Safety and |
Federal Food Administrator for Penn: |
sylvania, calls upon all patriotic citi- |
zens to reduce the meat consumption
by adopting in every family a rule of strong meat in plentiful
two meatless days per week, prefer- mutton and fat—the lati
ably Tuesdays and Fridays, and the | the form of pork and pr
use of meat only once a day on other | We must not cut down !
days. | sumption of those who
Mr. Heinz says: our battles in the trench
“Especially must we save pork and | We must cut down our
its products, such as bacon, sausage | tion. This we can do 1
and lard, if we are to fulfill the duty | the exercise of moderate
that we owe to those who risk their | and with advantage
Hves for the cause of democracy and | health. For us,
freedom for all peoples, substitutes in poultry, g
“America is a meat-eating nation | other sea food and veg:
and its meat consumption has always | “In thig hour, when th.
been excessive in proportion to that | ture of the country and !
of other countries where meat has of the world are at stake
been less plentiful and more regarded | called upon to do our !
as a luxury. | prove our loyalty to our coun
“Today, we have reached a point | to those who expose their
where the drain on our meat supply, | it may lve. The sacrific
through our own prodigal use and an | demanded of us are small in compari.
abnormal war demand, has brought | son. May the response to this appe
about a shortage eo serious as to | be prompt, generous and universal
jeopardize the plans of
ment for feeding our sol
allies by whose side we ure a
fighting. As a war def v
ure our habit of t
stricted and reformed.
“Soldiers, strenuously
| must have sustaining foc
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liberties
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lives that!
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sufficiently dry to hold its own form. usable food, and many pereone who
This form should not be destroyed by| have had to give up the eating of
adding large quantities of cream, ! starches, cap, if they follow this ade
The food should enter the mouth In} vice, resume their consumption with
solid form so that more or less measti-| impunity and often be much bene.
cation will be required. When this Is | fited. This is true especisily, ss hes
followed out oatmeal becomes a vale been said, in youth and old spe.
STORE
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So we simply say to
Toyland,