LOUALS,
This is Memorial Day, The day has
greater significance than ever before.
Miss Bara Heckman visited her une
cle, William Neese, at Bpring Mills,
for a few days,
Mrs, Margaret Bedylon, of Reeds-
ville, is visiting friends on the south
side of Potter townsnip.
Miss Ruth Bmith, of Bpring Mille,
was a guest at the F, M. Fisher home
for several days the past week.
Capt. George M. Boal is back in
Centre Hall after an extended visit to
FPhiladelphis, Reedsville and other
points,
Whew ! Wasn’t it hot Monday ? No
wonder mercury went up to 80 degrees
in the shade, with old General Humid-
ity in oharge,
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mre. Willard Bmith, who tenant the
Lee farm near Tuseeyville, Wednee-
day of last week.
Miss Mary Delinda Potter closed her
term of echool at Dalton, Lackawanna
county, and returned to her home in
Centre Hall on Saturday.
Franklin Heckman and Harold Kel-
ler, two ambitious young boys, left
last week for Hershey, the chocolate
town, where they have secured em-
ployment,
Mre. J. B. Getohell and son, Wen-
dell, of Greensburg, and Mre. Thomas
Keefer and daughter Agnes, of Young-
wood, are er joy a brief vacation at the
home of the ladies’ parente, 'Squire
and Mrs, Cyrus Brungart,
Just received a carload of New Idea
manure gpreaders, car dairy feed, car
fertilizar, car salt, and full line of
farm implements. Call and look them
over. Prices attractive,
BRADFORD & FON,
Centre Hall, Pa.
* Two fishermen of some note are
Roy and Morris MoClintick, of Lin-
den Hall, The former caught the
limit of twenty-five speckled beauties
in a day’s fishing in Laurel Ran,
while the latter had among his lot a
beauty 15% inches long and four inch-
es broad.
Your attention is called to the Mer-
chant’s Association’s advertisment in
this issue relative to the early-closing
ruling. The stores in Centre Hall,
Bpring Mille, Millheim, Coburn, Mad-
isonburg, Rebersburg, Wolfs Store, Col-
yer, Potters Mills and Tueseyville are
affected by this ruling.
Mrs. George Robertson, after driv-|)
ing her father’s Reo car to Hartford,
Connecticut, returned to Centre Hall
on Maturday evening, baving complet-
ed more than a 600-mile ran with only
some slight tire trouble on the whole
distance, Bhe was accompanied back
to Centre Hall by her sister, Mrs. Har-
ry Boon,
Centre Hall is ‘over the top” on
two movements—Red Croes and War
Bavinge—but the funds we gave for
Red Cross will bring such blessings
and the War Baving Stamp such good
interest that we will want to keep
right on io the good work to help
“ over ’' other communities less favor-
ably situated,
The satisfactory service rendered by
Miss Rath Bmitb, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Bmith, of this place, as
teacher of the grammar grade of the
Boslsburg schools, the past term, was |,
rewarded by her being re-elected by the
school board in that district, a short
time ago. A substantial increase in
salary was also voted Miss Bmith, t
J. Cloyd Brooks was taken by Dr.
H. H. Lopgwell to the Williamsport
hospital, on Monday, to have an X-ray
examination made of his heart, Mr.
Brooks, for several years, has been
suffering with a pecular ailment of the
heart and lest Thursday morning was
overcome by an attack which left him
unconscious for the greater part of a
day. It is sincerely hoped that the
trouble may be determined and a per-
manent cure effected,
Erdman West left thls week for
New Brunswick, New Jersey, where
he has accepted a good position with
the State Experiment Station, Mr,
West is a graduate of Penn State and
having had considerable experience in
his line of work at State College, is
abundantly qualified for his new posi-
tior, which carries with it greater re-
sponsibility as well as greater remu-
necation, Mr. West's family will
follow shortly and they will then
establish their future home in New
Brunswick,
Buperintendent D. O, Etters held a
teacher’s examination at Centre Hall
on Friday, in which twelve young
men and women took part, Prof, Et.
ters, in holding examinations in var-
fous parts of the county, found that
the number of would-be teachers is re-
duced this year to a point where it
will be a difficult matter to supply all
the schools in the county with teach-
ers, [pon arriving at Bpow Bhoe,
one day last week, he discovered that
pot a single person was on hand to
take the examination, where In fore
mer years from twelve to fifteen per-
sons were present, Of course, the war,
causing more remunerative occupa
tions to be open to young men and
women of worth, Is the cause for this
unprecedented condition, and the
schools are destined to suffer because
of it, However, Prof. Etters may be
depended upon to keep the echools in
the county at as high a standard as Is
possible,
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LOOALS
Bee me for fertilizer ; quality right,
prices right.—R, D. Foreman, Centre
Hall,
Mrs. F. O. Bairfoot and W. J.
Smith motored to Williamsport on
Saturday,
The Reformed parsonge ls being
wired for electric light by ©. W.
Boozer and Elmer Miller,
The local Red Cross Auxiliary de-
sires that all Red Cross members par-
ticipate in the Memorial Day parade.
Mrs. D. W. Bradford has been ser-
lously ill for the past week or ten
days. The Reporter regrets to state
that her friends do not look for her re-
covery.
Lewis M. Detz, of Coburn, the state
forester having charge of the state
lands in the Beven mountains east of
the pike, was in Centre Hall on Mon-
day evening.
A giant motor moving van, from
Pittston, passed throgh town on Tues-
day apd attracted copsiderable ate
It was a
A valuable black horse, one of a
breaking a
The Centre Hall echool board will
As was mention
upon
reaching Perth
hat he decided to accept the school
the
The local board has an
Edgar Bwartz, accompanied by his
n Centre Hall to greet old-time ac-
juaintances, The trip was made in a
and Bwathmore is where Miss
Mr. Bwarts,
essons in life—ao far as earning goes—
The Lock Haven Democrat makes
known in Centre
he home of Mr. sand Mre. John Col-
The Democrat says : In the
Fort
The fame of the
icipate in the concerts,
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Children's Day Exeroisse,
The Lutheran SBundsy-8chool, Cen-
re Hall, will hold a Children’s Day
The Reformed SBunday-Schoo!, Cen-
hold a similiar rervice
eo
WILLIAM E. TOBIAS
of Clearfield, who won the Democratic
nomination for Congress, over Hugh 8.
Taylor,
COAL CONSUMERS MUST
Vinter supply
the Spri
storage
WEEELY WARK NEWS DIGEST,
MAIL FOR PRISONERS
IN GERMAN CAMPS GOES
FREE FROM POSTAL DUTIES
American prisoners of war In Ger-
many are entitled to receive and send
letters, money orders, and valuables,
and parcelpost packages weighing not
more than 11 pounds, when intended
for international mail, free from all
postal duties,
Mail should be addressed to the pris-
oner of war, giving his rank, the
name of the prison camp where he ie
held, if it is known, followed by
‘“ Prisoner of War Mail, via New
York”. All such mail should also
bear the name and address of the send-
er.
Parcel; ost packages for prisoners of
war in enemy countries may not be
sent by organizations or societies and
only one package a month may be
sent. If more are received the one ap-
parently from the prisoner's next of
kin will be forwarded snd the others
held in New York pending communi-
cation with the senders, with whose
consent such excess packages may be
sent to other prisoners of war who had
received no psacksges during that
month, Lacking this consent, the
packages will be returned to the egend-
ere,
Ouly the following articles msy be
included in the psckeges: Belts not
made of leather ; hair, hand, tooth,
shaving, aod shoe brushes: hard
candy ; cigars and cigarettes ; combs ;
crackers and biscuits; gloves not
made of leather; handkerchiefs:
pocket knives ; needles and thread :
pencils and peos ; penholders ; plos ;
pipes ; safely razors and blades : shav-
ing soap, powder, or cream : shirts
and searfs ; shoe laces; smoking or
chewing tobacco ; toilet soap ; socke :
sweaters ; tooth powder ; paste or lig-
uld mouth wash ; towels ; underwear:
personal photographs; periodicals
published prior to the biginning of
the war,
Letters and packsges will tb» sub-
ject to careful censorship,
COIN OR CURRENCY
MAY NOT BE SENT BY MAIL
TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Because of numerous attempts to
your business
price.
send through the mails to foreign
colin or currency, gold colp, whether |
of United States or foreign mintage,
sud gold bulllop, are prohibited trans. |
mission thrcugh the regular parcel-post
mails to countries outside of the
United Btates and its possessions.”
This prohibition does not apply to
foreign currency and foreign silver
coins, which remsin subjsct to other
provisions.
CANADIAN ORDER
LIMITS HOLDINGS OF
WHEAT AND SUGAR
&aA Capadisn order ih council pro-
vides that no person, with the excey-
ti>n of manufacturers of flour, bakers,
confectioners, wholesale or retail desl-
ere, or persons living at a greater dis-
tanca than 2 miles from a licensed
dealer, shall hold or have in his poe-
session or under his control more
flour, made wholly or in part from
wheat, than is sufficient for his ordi-
nary requirement for a period not ex-
ceeding 156 days.
Anyone living at a distance greater
than 2 miles and lies than 5 miles
from a licensed desler may hold or
control flour made wholly or in part
from wheat up to an amount suffl-
cient for his ordinary requirement for
a period not exceeding 30 days, Any-
one living more than 5 and less than
10 miles from a licensed dealer may
have sufficient for his ordinary re-
quirements up to 60 daye, while a
person liviog more than 10 miles from
such a dealer may have sufficient for
his ordinary requirements for a period
up to 120 days,
Any wholesa'e or any retail dealer
licensed by the Canada food board
may not hold flour made wholly or in
part from wheat in excess of s quantity
sufficient for his ordinary trade re-
quirements for a period exceeding 60
daye, -
The regulation regarding sugar par-
alleles this save in the lsst clause.
Manufacturers, wholesalers, or retail
ers may not have more sugar than is
required for a period exceeding 45
daye,
NAVY DEPARTMENT
AGAIN ASKS DELETION
OF SHIPPING NEWS
All newspapers have again been
urged by the Navy Department,
through the Committee on Public In.
formation, to discontinue the publics
tion of news items and advertisements
which may in any degree indicate the
location or movement of vessels,
This notice has not been fssued be-
cause of new circumstances endanger
ing ocean shipping-—none has arisen
but because it Is felt that voluntary
censorship hss not yet achieved the
faliesi measure of essential secrecy in
because you
a cheap
Coprright Hart chalger & Marz
and labor
for the
A
* STATE COLLEGE
the protection of merchant shipping. |
The notice ssks that all reference to]
names of ships, dates of sailing and ar- |
tival, information router, schedules,
cargoes, loostion apd movement of |
ships be deleted from news aud adver- |
tising copy.
From the date of the establishment |
of fiying schools and camps in this
ceuniry snd st Camp Borden, Toronto, |
until April 24, 1915, there have been 102
deaths in flying accidents,
The Trea ury Department hess ex-
tended to Great Britain an additional
credit of §75000,000, making the
total of American loans to that coun-
try §2,985,000,000, making the total to
ell cobelligerents §5,363,850,000,
ser
The British meal shortage is being
felt more severely than at apy time
since the war was slarted. That the
ghorlage ia pol corfined to meats
however, is shown by the fact that ef-
fective control of the milk supply is ale
ready copeidered, in order to meet
a possible greater shortage later in the
years, and that some sections of En- |
glish labor are favoring extensions of |
the compulsory rationing system to
bread, cheese and tes.
The War Trade Board hss limited |
the importation of crude rubber to 100,
000 tone a year, and has instructed is
Bureau of Lmports for the current
quarter to limit the insurance to a tot-
al of 25,000 tons up to June 11, ,1018,
Home changes may be made after exe
periences are gaired by this three
monthe’ test, Imports of crude rub
ber during the previous year had been
al the rate of 157,000 tons per annum,
#0 the cut is over one-third,
Only members of units of the senior
division Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps, now in attendance at various
educational institutions, maintaining
such units will be eligible to attend
the one month's course of training to be
held from June 8 to July 8 at Platte
burg Barracks, N. Y. ; Fort Sheridan,
Ill. and the Predido at San Francisco,
There are 120 colleges maintainiog
there unite, from which 6,600 students
will be selected. Those who complety
course of training will not be eligila
for commliesions, A great nugber ;
will be upder'military sge. 4
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ipclaimed letters in Contre So
post office : for John Davie, and H, P,
Bmith.~8, W, Smith, postmaster.
Then come a-visiting here, Permit us to dem-
onstrate the genuine worthiness of the clothes
we sell.
Let us slip on you one of the very newest styles
no matter whether you want it a bit extreme or
decidedly conservative—then examine the quality
through and through and you'll see that whatever
price you pay you will be getting your full mon-
ey’s worth,
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MEN :
Let your next pair of shoes bear the
WALK-OVER label, They are made ex-
pressly for us and we recommend them
to men who want really good footwear,
Hundreds of Women
have found complete satisfaction in the
Queen Quality. in style all the while.
footwear, Once you wear a pair you'll
want no others,
D. J. Nieman
| Department Store MILLHEIM
a mu ces
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BOX STATIONERY
At THE CENTRE REPORTER OFFICE