tL. VOL. XCIL. QOUNTY », 5S, CONVEN21IOUN, I————— To Be Held at Philipsburg, June 4th and Oth, The annual Sunday Bchool conven- tion of the Centre County Sunday School Association will be held in Philipsburg, June 4th and 5th, in the Methodist church. The annual Older Boy and Girl Con- ference will be held June 4tb, at Phil- ipeburg, in the Church of Christ, All Bundsy Behools should send the names of their delegates immediately to L. G. Runk, Chairman of the En- tertainment Committee, Philipsburg. Also send the names of the Older Boys snd Girls to Mr. L. W. Nuttall, Philipsburg. All Bunday Bchool superintendents who have not sent in their statistical report, please send it immediately to Mr. Darius Waite, secretary, Belle- fonte, Ives L. HARVEY, Pres. Centre Co, B, B, Assoc. ———— ep ——— Ga'dasing Hints for Jane. June is a critical month for the gard- ener, for it is then that his fight with weeds and insects begins in earnest. Dry weather is also likely to set in during June, which means that thoro- ugh and continuous cultivation must be followed, says a State College gar- den expert. Coltivation will take care of the weeds if they are small, but if they are not controlled in time their removal in June may mean tedious and hard work. The insects sre controlled by poison, applied io dust or liquid form, if they are leaf eaters. If their injury is by sucking plant juices, tobacco sprays are used. If the potato blight has been preva lent in the neighborhood, and if the weather is damp and sultry, it will be well to epray the potatoes with a com- pound of bordeaux mixture and lead arsenate, the latter necessary to kill the potato beetle which has likely made its presence known. Bordeaux mixture is used to combat the blight. In June if you have not already done so, set tomatoes, early celery, eggplant, pepper plant, opion trane- plants. Okra, too, should be started. About the middle of the month stop cutting asparagus, weed the bed, har- row and manure, Another seeding of sweet corn should be made, as should one of beans. If limss do well early June is the time for a sowing. ———————— A —————— Dealiog With the Slacker. Every community has a few citi- zene, abundantly able to support the Red Croee and other war activities but who refuse to do so, It has long been 8 question how to deal with such indi- viduale, A bank in Pasadens, Cal, seems to have solved the problem in a red-blooded manner. The bank sent the following letter to one of its cus- tomers who had declined to do his part in the support of war work : Dear Bir : We hold at the present {ime about $60,000 worth of first mortgages be- longing to you, on which we collect payments for you, We have held as high as $90.000 of these. We know that you own stock here, and real es tate in Iows, that makes you a wells oft man. Yon are what a bank regards as a good customer, and we are indebt- ed to you for past business, You have not subscribed to the Red Cress or any other war work ; and so far es we know, you are not supports ing your country in any way. You are not only a detriment, but a menace to this community, This bank cannot afford to thrive on such business as youre. We have too many calls from patriotic citizens these days to be willing to extend credit to you in order that you may reinvest at from seven per cent, up. You will therefore please take up your small note of $300 immediately: also call at the bank and receipt for your securities, and take your business to some bank that has money to lend to German sympathis- ers, Yours truly, THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK PASADENA. The time has come when a man is either for or against America in this struggle. There can be no balancing on the fence. Neither the Red Crose nor any other war organization asks the person who cannot subscribe to make a pledge to the support of its ac- tivities but every individual who has erjoyed the protection and prosperity of this great country Is expected to do his share, dpstitutions tage the stand of thie western bank and there will be many non-subscribers running into shelter. I —— MAP SAAN Big Moter Truck Urder, Orders for 8,000 three to five ton motor trucks have been placed with fifteen automobile manufacturers, the war department announced. This Is in addition to 10,000 similar trucks now belong delivered. I ———— Rp Hughes Hopp, one of Miflinkurg’s most prominent young business men, “slied in Philadelphia after undergoing an operation, He was thirty-six y ars old, and was associated with his father, A. A. Hopp, in the Hoft onr- risge company, OF JUNE 14 I8 SILO DAY, Centre Oounty Farmers to Make Auto Trip To Inspect Various Types of Silos. —A Regular Fioniec Trip, Due to the increasing interest In silos and the fact that so many wish to see a ello before they buy, the privilege will be given to those who are interested to see reveral makes of silos on June 14th. The Farm Bureau has arranged for a silo excursion on which several makes of silos will be visited, including the concrete, tile and several styles of wooden silos, This will be an all day trip, leaving Bellefonte at 9:30 a. m. and covering about fifty to seventy- five milee, The trip will be made by automobile, each party making up their own load and taking their lunch. At the noon hour a suitable place will be selected for lunch after which there will be talks on silage and feeding by some outside speakers, This will not be a trip for the pur- pose of selling silos but an Inspection trip to get better acquainted with the various makes of silos and get facts first hand as to the advantages and disadvantages. Look for further announcements in next week's paper. R. H. OLMSTEAD, County Agent. ——— a —————— Truck Dispiaces Horse, After rounding out twenty-five years—a quarter of a century—with a horse and wagon in the draying busi- ness, William McClenahan last week put into service a handsome Ford truck, All these years of hard work as a drayman have been spent in Cen- tre Hall by Mr. McClenahar, and a number of valuable horses have come and gone in that time. “Billy” has built up a good business in his line of work, and early and late, good wealh- er and bad, he ls out attending to his work, which everyone in Centre Hall knows has not been of the easy, musclessaviog kind, While the sc quisition of a truck is not calculated to be saving in man power, it is never- theless a step in the right direction and Mr, McClenaban is to be congrat- ulated on his enterprise, ———— A —————— Road Men Are Patriotic, One hundred per cent, loysl to the Red Cross fund and more than seventy per cent. holding Third Liberty bonds is the record of the State road workers under Joseph Carson, of Potters Mille, "Squire F. A, Carson, a Red Cross canvasser, gave this Information to the Reporter on Monday. The force of road workers is quite large, and that everyone should be a Red Cross subscriber and nearly three-fourths holders of Liberty Bonds of the third iraue, speaks well, to say the least, of the road men. COhilidren's Day Exercises, The Lutheran Bunday-S8chool, Cen- tre Hall, will hold sa Children’s Day service on Bunday evening, June 8ib, The Reformed Sunday-School, Cen- tre Hall, will hold a similisr service on Bunday evening, June 16th, Lf fp —— More Boys for Camp, Following instructions to send thirty-four more men to Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohlo, in addi tion to the fifty-nine already called to go to Camp Meade the following men have been listed to fill the call ; A. A Holben, Clarence. Jas. C, Lingle, Spring Mills. B. Barnuchuk, Osceola Mills, C. F. Auman, Spring Mills, Henry N. Edmiston, State College. W. D. Harpster, Bellefonte. John B. Beck, Nittany. H. F. Shifiner, Philipsburg. A. W. Gardner, Howard. M. Allen, Philipsburg. P. E. Gardner, Blanchard. R. D. Thomas, State College, M. W. Woomer, Howard. L. B. Counsil, Blanchard. G. E. Fetzer, Milesburg. Joseph Quirk, Snow Shoe. L. W. Lomison, Moshannon. Fred Moore, Port Matilda, Zohn R, Kessinger, Nittany. M. D. Thomas, Philipsburg. W. A. Bennet, Port Matilda. Jesse Cowher, Sandy Ridge. Wm. P. Crawford, Bellefonte. H. B. Taylor, Bellefonte, Budd Robinson, Port Matilda. David R. Bennet, Philipsburg. Albert Kaplin, Philipsburg. Allison E. Dukeman, Blanchard. E R. Johnson, Milesburg. George M. Kachik, Clarence. Joe Morrison, Bellefonte, Chas. Dougherty, Philipsburg. C. B. Smith, Gentre Hall, C. E. Woodring, P ort Matilda, Chester Welter, Fleming. L. J. Shank, Snow Shoe. Lawrence Napp, Cent reville. Don’t use boards, use cement, for re pairing about the barn or shed. It gives almost everlasting wear, and Is clean and ssnitary all the time.—For sale by R. D, Foreman, Centre Hall. ® Lightning Destroys Property. During the severe thunder storm of Saturday night, lightning struck and destroyed two buildings near Belle- fonte. The one was the crusher build- ing belonging to the American Lime and Btone Company. The building was a laige one and was totally des troyed by the elements, When the storm was at the height of its fury a flash of lightning struck the dwelling house on the Dr. Brocker- hoff farm, located slong the Jack:on. ville road, about a mile and a half east of Bellefonte and burned it to the ground, The farm is tensnted by a Mr. Corman, who with his wife and family of seven children had retired for the night when their house was struck. The father had time only to dress in a pair of trousers and slip on his shoes, while Mre. Corman, in a kimons, was compelled to look after the safety of her children. Bo rapidly did the house become enveloped in flames that not a single article was saved by the Corman family, who have been placed in destitute circum- stances through their ill fortune. Dr. Brockerboft carried insurance on the property, but his tenant sufler- ed total lose, ————————— A — AP TA “A Loyal Friend, ” It was not because it was undeserv- ing that the Pine Grove, Mills aggre- gation that rendered “A Loysl Friend" was not mentioned Inst week in these columupe, but through a slip with which newspaper offices like Lhis are familiar, The play was a comedy drama in four acts, and was by great odds the best rendered play put on the local stage. The characlers were strong and decidedly plessing in their manners, and the ladies, well, they were handsome as well, O'Kelly, “Man «’ the Ould Bod," represented by H. B. Ward, and Mrs. Griggene, afterward Mre. O'Kelley (Miss Clair Martz) were typical Irish characters, There was sometbiog very real in their lovemaking, and from what the writer saw in 8 near-by town it may be presumed that much of the practice was dope without sn sadience, Miss Mary Burwell, who played the part, of Mrs. Milly Merri. man, & handsome young widow, was both young aud handsome, and had all the snap needed to bring her part out prominently. The apeciaities, especially the Irish songs by Mr. Ward and Mise Marlz, the singing by Miss Burwell, Mr, Dunlap, and Mr. Burwell were de lightful in character and performance, Down to the kid, the Baken's Boy, the characters were fine, After the program was concluded, the local Red Cross suxilisary gave a lunch to the party, and here again they made a favorable impression. The door receipta were $55 00, which was divided on the fifty-fifty basis, — TAI AP GPA, Heavy Ealns. Wednesday evening of last week this section of the valley experienced the most severe thunder shower in years, Nearly an inch of rain fell in an hour's time, weahing many newly planted corn fielde. The electrical display, too, wes truly wonderful, and ss a result Centre Hall was put in darkness because of the storm putling the electric light line out of commlie- sion. Baturday night a second heavy thunder shower, equally as great in ite electrical show and precipitation, passed over the valley. It had the ef- fect of dispersing the Baturday night crowd and sent them hurrying home in their autos and buggies. The storin displayed its greatest fury over in Nittany] valley where the lightning did considerable damage. Upon reaching Penns valley the rain came down in toirente, an inch or more falling in a very short time. Further damage to newly planted corn flelde resulted, With all the heavy rains the air hes not yet been freed of its excessive humidity. ——————— A A TAA Two Killed in Electric Uhair, A double execution took place at the Rockview Penitentiary Monday morn- ing when Illio Orble, a Berviap, of Leb anon county, and Giuseppe Poitto, an Italian, of Westmoreland county, were sent to the chair, The former was convicted of the murder of 8 woman with whom he was living, while Poitto was sentenced to death for killing Dominic Natali, of New Kensington, last August, —— AG TATA, Nalllag Kaiser Oost $1000, The ceremony of nailing the Kaiser's face on the public square at Lewie- town netted the Red Cross an even thousand dollars, The first pall, a sliver one, was sold to the highest bidder for $351, and was knocked down to the night forces at the Stand. ard Steel Works who by a popular vote designated Miss Ruth Edmond. sop, a nurses at the first ald station of the Standard, as the one to drive the pail. Other nails were sold at ten cents each. | VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN VENNA, A Series of Articles Leading Up to the Gregg Township Vooational School st Spring Mills, [By Prof, W, W, Reitz, Bupervisor of Agricul ture of the Gregg Township vocational Behool, | PART III. THE BIRTH OF GREGG TOWNSHIP VO- CATIONAL BCHOOL, Carly in the spring of 1817 the Gregg township school board got in commu- nication with the Bureau of Voeation- al Education in order to obtain infor- mation concerning vocational educa tion. The members of the board were not familisr with the vocational law but they were aware of its existence and determined to avail themselves of its advantages if such & thing were poesible. Accordingly the Bureau sent Mr, Heim, one of the supervisors of agricultural cducation, to ioterview the board and to investigate the loce- tion and possible prospects. Mr, Heim made two trips to Spring Mille, each time meeting the school board as well ag many of the prominent citizens, He reported favorably on the spirit of the people and the fitness of the lo- cation, The echool board wes well pleased with the information it gained concerning vocational education and the proposition made by the State. From the fact that Gregg township is a etrictly agricultural community, it was agreed that it was an excellent lc- cation for a Vocational Bchool, teach- ing sgriculture and household arte, The echool bosid at once decided to meet the requirements of the Btate and convert the third grade High school at Bpring Mills into a Voration- al School. Fo far everything looked favorable but the proposition wes dec- tined to meet temporary dissppoint- ment, The Blate had previous to this time establiched all (he pew schools possible with the money available for that year, When it first conferred with Gregg township i's Iiptention was to take the money for this school put of the funds made available by the Federal sppropriation known as the “mith Hughes Bill, However the Federal Board which should have charge of the distribution of that fund was not sppointed until late in the summer and when it was appointed it did pot at once determine how the money should be distributed. This Jef the Btate in suspense and it looked very much as though Gregg township would pot get its school that year, However the Bmith Hughes Bill desig. pated that a definite sum, about onc third, should be used for the training of vocational teachers, The Blate had hoped from the first to make the Gregg township school a * practice teaching’ or training school, becsuse of ita proximity to Stata College. Therefore it decided to establish the school and asociate it with Btate Col- lege, as 8 model school, using the fonds made available for the training of teachers, It wasn't until the last week in July that the Htate notified the school board that it should have the school. Mr. Dennie, the Director of Vczation- al Education in Pennsylvania, notified me about the school and saked wheth- er I would consent to be transferred from Mercer, where I had charge of the vocational department in the High Echool, to this school. I came to Bpring Mills during the firet week in August. Prof. W. V. Godshall, who had been principal of the High school, was retained as Director for the firat year, and Miss Nancy Hunter of Bellefonte and a graduate of Drexell Institute, was elected Bapervisor of Home Making, We had less than one month's time in which to secure and equip quarters for the vocational de- partments. The High school building wes not large enough for that purpose, In this time vocational education had to be explained to the people, and pu- pils had to be secured. A citizens’ meeting was called in the Grange hall for this purpose and to solicit the sup- port of the people. The hall was filled and the interest that was manifest was very eucouraging to the school board and those in charge. A pamph- let wes printed deeoribing the nature and purpcse of the school together with an outline of ita couress of study, This wes distributed among the citi zens and prospective pupile. During the following two weeke, meetings were held st Coburn, Madisonburg, Potters Mille, Tuoseeyville snd the Murray school houre. Much personal canvassing was also done. In the meantime quarters were bee ing preparcd in the Grange hall, The first floor, which was used for public mestinge, was fitted up for the agri. cultural department, while the second floor was to be occuplcd by the house- hold arts department, The lodge room was used for a recitation room and sewing laboratory, and the Grange kitchen was equipped es a cooking laboratory. Gregg township was not without (Continued on next ootumun) RISGLING UIROUS IN LEWISTUWN, Ringling Bros, Mammoth Show and Great Spectacie Will Soon He Uiose at Hand, ‘ Ringling Day’, the big holiday for which young snd old impatiently wall at this season of the year, prom- ises to eclipee all other events on the calendar at Lewistown, Thursday, June 6, Exhibition will be given both after- noon and night. It would seem ae though everybody in this locality were planning to attend, Those who do will see many wonders, There will be the great street parade-—more than three miles long this year—no end of strange and remarkable wild animals in the gigantic Five-Conti- pent menagerie, and whole hours of sensations in the Mammoth main tent. This esesson the Ringling Brothers are opening their program with a wonderful spectacle entitled “In Daye of Old”. More than 1,200 actors take part in the great produc tion, which tells the story of the days “when knighthood was in flower’, There is a ballet of 800 dancing girls and no end of other striking features, Following the spectale will come a thousand arenic seneations. There will be seventy riders, beaded by May Wirth, who somersaults from the back of one galloping horses to anoth- er ; Lilly Leitzel, the world’s greatest gyranast ; Australian woodhoppers felling giant trees; Hillary Long, who leaps the gap on his head, and a world of other startling features. Eighty clowns will furnish fun and more trained animals and trick horses and elephants will appear than ever before, The circus will be in Banbury, Fri- day, June 7. ——————— I — ——————— Bring Flowers To-Uay Children are requested to bring flowers for decorating on Memorial Day, to the P. O. B, of A. hall thie (Thursday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The pames of all the boy and girl flower contributors will be published in the Reporter next week. Harrah for the Girl Scouts ! Following c'osely on the heels of Lhe Boy Beouts organization, a Gir] Beouts was formed at Centre Hall lest week. The roll, while not large at the start, will increase after others sce the good work the following young ladies can do : Misses Mae Bhulitz, Nona Wag- ner, Sarah Zettle, Hezel Ripks, Beat- rice Kreamer, Miriam Huyett, Cather ine Bradford and Grice Miller. Mrs. (Rev.) J. A. Bhuliz, is Beout Captain and Mra, E. 8B. Ripka is Bcout Lieu- tenant, —————— A — I ————— Fasture for the Yogng Colt, If this year's colt is to be developed into a good horee, now is the time to begin. If the weather will permit, the young colt and ils mother should be kept on pasture as much of the time as possible. Life on pasture in- creases the milk flow of the mother and permits the young colt to get the necessary exercise for its development, saye Dr. I. D. Wilson, of the Pennsyl- vania State College animal husbandry department, Moreover, the colt will be freer from disease if kept away from stables that are likely to be unsanitary, Later in the summer when the flies begin to bother, a partly darkened shed of some sort is beneficial to pro. tect the animals from the sun and flies. Ifa shed is not available, shade trees answer the purpose very well, Plenty of cool pure water should al- waye be at hand. ——— A ————— Bparks Brothers circus, in Belle- fonte, lest Tursday, wes attended by thousands, the south side of Centre county having its full quota represent- ed under the “big top". The weath- er conditions leading up the circus day were just right for permitting the farmer to take a day off without hav- ing his farm suffer for it, ————————— W. L. Foster, the noted hunter and flsherman of State College, set trout fishermen wild with excitement one day last week when he returned home from a short fishing trip to Spring creek with a 27-inch speckled beauty, measuring 156 inches In circumference and weighing eight pounds. Iti L:- lieved that his catch will prove the biggest of the sersor, which will en- title Mr. Foster to the $25 00 prise ol- fered by ** Field and Btream, "' a sports magszine, The happy fisherman placed the monster trout in the hands of Traxidermist Elden, of Willlame- port, for mounting. (Continued from previous column.) rivals in securing the first voeationsl school in Centre county. Howard and Boalsburg also made efforts In that direction. The county is large enough to support several schools of this kind and we hope that these places may still be sucessful in their efforts. This in brief, Is the story of the birth of the Gregg Township Voestion- al Bohool, s,m TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, FROM ALL PARTS P. O. B, of A, festival in Grange hall on the evening of Memorial Day. Build with cement—the material that wears longest.—R., D. Foreman. Two cases of emallpox havedeveloped in Rueh townehip ; the homes of the victims have been quaraniined snd vaccination is in force. Township road supervisors will have some work on their hands to remove the greet quantity of loose stones which the recent rains washed into the roads in many places, The heavy raine during the middle and close of lest week put corn fields in bad shape. Many fielde are wash- ed badly, and the corn rows are filled with soil that ought to be on the hil sides, Mr. and Mre, John H. Breon, on Hatarday, went to Ohio to visit their son, Edgar, of Akron, and daughters, Mre. John Brooks, at Barberton, and Mre. Margaret Kayser, at Cuyahoga. They will be gone for some time, Mise Verna Hanns, who returned home from the Lock Haven Normal shool two weeks ago, on account of an abscess on her left hand, was able to re- turn to school on Monday where she will finish the special spring course at that place. Burely there is no place like home— old Penne Valley. This leads the Re- porter to easy that James M. Moyer, after peeing the states west to the oosst, hes again located at Potters Mills, and is now preparing to reopen the old hotel stand. Forester A. C. Bilvius, of Li'urelton, assisted by Carl D. Motz, in charge of the preserve at Woodward, and a crew of workmen last week completed the planting of 1,008,800 young pine trees on * Round Top", covering eix hubp- dred scres of the mountain facing Woodward and Penns Valley. At a special mesting of the Mill- heim school board lest week, the fol lowing teachers were elected : Prof, D. P. Btapleton was re-elected super- vising principal ; grammar, W. F. Keen ; intermediate, Mrs, Lida Mc- Closkey ; primary, Mies Margaret Menech, The P. O. 8B. of A. did a good act for the Boy Booutse when they tendered them their splendidly fornished room for a meeting place, and did so with- out demand for rental. The members went further in the aid of the Boy Scouts by sppointing a commitiee, copeisting of 8, W. Bmith, E. 8. Rir- ka and I. A. Bweetwood, to work with Beout Master Bhullz in obtaining suitable permanent quarters where drilling, wrestling, boxing, elc., may be done with esse and comfort. The Boy Bcouls are deserving of your sup- port, An appeal has been made by Edger C. Felton, U. 8, Direstor of Employ- ment for Pennsylvanis, to judges of the Common Pleas Courts of the Btate, to excuse farmers and farmers’ helpers from jury duty so far ss is possible. Reports from the various counties in- dicate that about three hundred farm workers are st prevent impanpeled for jary eervice and in some c29¢s they are reported to be the only farm workers available for work on their respective farms, 7} As the planting season is now st hand, farm help can hardly be spared, in view of the Agricultural la- bor shortage. The following week should be “glean-up-week '’ as far as the male birds are concerned, says the county farm agent. Any roo:ter, who up to the present time has been allowed with the flock of laying hens, should be eliminated at once. The results which would be attained should only infertile eggs be produced cannot be wholly estimated. However, it is a well known fact that the rooster is rc sponsible for the loss of over a million dollars worth of eggs in Pennsylvania. If this loess could be eliminated it would mean much to our allies, who, at the present time are in great need of poultry and egge. The matter is entirely up to the producer. Will you produce only infertile eggs? Lewisburg has sgain sohieved na tional distinction in the sale of War Savings Btamps. Scout George Col drop, Troop No 1, Lewisburg, accord. ing to a statement from headquarters, has sold more war stamps than any other boy scout in the United States, He has turned in $10,594.50. For this patriotic service he will receive a med- al for having placed $250 worth of stamps in twenty-five different homes. A palm is given for each additional $100 worth. This gives Bcout Coldron an Ace medal and 100 palms. The burning question is, where is this Ace going to piace all his palms when his ribbon is covered up. Soout leaders predict he will look like a piece of traveling armor, happy but burdened.