VOL. XCL. _ SMALL BUTTON WILL TELL CHARACTER OF CITIZENSHIP. Every Man and Woman in Centre Hall Should Wear Red Cross Em- blem. One hurried glance at coat lapels or uses the week of December 16-23 will :1l a lot about the ideals of Centre Hal) nd women, 1e 1919 membership button of Red Cross is being worn, the glance will a flattering impression. tton is to be given t pays the one doll: 1 but AT the dollar is the thing about the transactio W this Christmas is to have hat the Americar hat the American peoj spirit. Universal \ t ye are Red Cross shi will i Sap Wiki i membershi Roll Call is t Christ N 188. to Centre Hall becau oll everybody. White House in : 4 100 per cent. Little Girl Run Down by Auto Truck. Marie Cessna, n-year-old daugh A. C 3ehrer’s sSNA, H. torrie ETROO Minni $3000 Destruction in Barn Fire. To . ‘ 1" 3 Fire of unknown origin totally ae stroyed the large barn on the H. P. Alex ander homestead farm located one mile east of Burn! iday afternoon at four o'cla When raging in first disc overed a hay mow and struct soon a seethir ure was flames which were along by a strong wind blowing them away from the adjoining dwelling use, The barn was 75 feet long and 45 feet five years Its Twenty tons of hay wide and was built on value was $ and quantitie valued at more than $s00 Several calves and a number of shoats burned to death. The losses are parti. lly covered by in- surance, Heirs of the H. P. Alexander estate owned the barn. ——— A pn PUBLIC NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that applica- tion has been made to the Public Serviee Commussion ot the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the provisions df the Public Service Law, by the Borough of Centre Hall, County of Centre and State of Pennsylvania, for a certificate approving the purchase by said Borough of the property of the Centre Hall Water Company, wR A public hearing upon this application will be held in the rooms of the Commis- sion at Harrisburg, on the 18tn day of December, A. D, 1918, at 9:30 o'clock A. M., when and where all persons in interest may appear and be heard if they so desire. The BOROUGH OF CENTRE HALL bE of straw, oats and wheat, were burned. WILL DETERMINE COST OF INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Data Covering Every Phase of the Will Be by State Department of Health. Dread Disease Gathered * The cost of a epidemic to a sub- great great Commonwealth ” is to be the of 5 react by The spidemic is to be made an important and far investigation to be condt the State Department of Health, re nt influ 1 I the basis of this inquiry and every phase } ial . hict of the social economic cost which this disease has caused in the Pennsylvania will b ——_— A pi enieen Want Legal Advisory Committees Continued for Benefit of Soldiers. from e men ation only during the period of their military service. Within after his discharge a judgment r entered against a soldier or sailor, few weeks’ delay in seeking protection, either through accident ignorance, would prevent the discharged man from taking advantage of of the Act. Aside from legal complications which or the provisions may have arisen in the affairs of service men, there are ituations and ordinary problems of daily life which have accumulated during their absence amd which require to be untangled, The returned soldier or sailor will often need constructive legal advice, Partic- ularly, this applies to titles of ownership, validity of debts, adjustment of relation- ship to persons who have been conduct. ing his affairs during his absence and protection against individuals who may induce him to part with evidence of his financial claims against the Government and others, for small sums paid over in spot cash, There are many other situations affect. ing thé future welfare of the homecom- ing soldiers and sailors which will give Legal Advisory Committees an opportu. business nity to continue their patriotic service to the men who went to the front, CENTRE HALL RED CROSS AUXILIARY. Annual Report Flattering.— Most of Former Officers Reelected for 1919. The annual report of the Centre Hall flattering Red Cross Auxiliary is and indicates that the cash collected from all sources various 1 $ almost $1000, , of course $ : N include the large quantity Spring Mills Red Cross Report. \r lath Handkerchiefs Sheets 4 . Bandages Shot Bags - Pillow cases Towels - Sheets - - French pillow cases Pairs of pajamas - - Refugee dresses - Bedside bags + - - 169 hanks of yarn were following .: Sweaters - Socks~—pairs Wristlets Scarfs . Helmet - Total « + - 19481 It is hoped that in the December Roll Call all old members will renew their memberships and many new ones will’ enlist in this worthy cause. Secretary. William Stump Passes Away. After sufferi influenza for a i William ne in Cen —— a er 1 Christmas Vacation Short, tl aris— Concert To-Morrow Night. 2 —— clr —— Farm Bureau Notes. ion clubs feels county to in stock, State College, our dairy ing talk Farm and national of Jutler oss, of Lacka~anna it talks on their counties, on Bureau work as a state pr position A M county, and Mr, r. Gray, R county, gave short interesting the Farm Bureau work in ele Officers were cted for the coming years as fi President, John 8, Dale, State College ; Vice-Pres.,, C, R, Neff, Centre Hall ; Sec'y and Treas, W. C. Smeltzer, Bellefonte, Executive Committee—Milo Tampbell, Penna. Furnace ; Col. W. F. Reynolds, Belle- fonte ; John Meek, Waddle; S. GG. Walker, Spring Mills; D. O. Etters, State College, J. W. Mayes, Howard, 1 n HIOWS THE DEATH RECORD. —Mrs, Sara A. Hess' death, urred Wednesday evening of at Pine Grove Mills, brought 11 and useful 4 La ging neighbor member at two o'- new cemetery, officiat- 2 Lo aroer Mrs, Ada Rim home in Centre Belle mey, passed aw: Hall of an apoplectic str ad been in ill health for some time. Mr. and Mrs, Amos Koch and was born August 23, 1862, making her years, Last spring the Rimmey family moved to Centre Hall from Tusseyville, where engaged in farming having prev- iously purchased the Luse home on Hof- fer street, The body was taken [to Fillmore for interment in Myer's cemetery, on Tues- day. Besides the husband a family of six sons survive, namely, Harry Rimmey, of Olean, N, Y. ; Clair, with the Ameri can forces in France ; Edgar, of Tus- seyville ; John, George and Gilbert, at home. One brother— William Koch, of Stockton, Illinois—and two sisters Mrs, William Stover and Mrs, William Bodle, of Bellefonte--also survive. Rimwmey wife of Charles at her She She was a daughter of age fifty-six three months and fourteen days. t ey Losg,—Mrs, Emma Lose, widow of Calvin Lose, of Aaronsburg, passed away after suffering for six week with dropsy and heart trouble, Her husband preceded her to the grave about four months ago. They had no children, Burial was made at Aaronsburg. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS v al ’ ne POW qaer. across in serving with the Twenty-¢ Between 300,000 and uenza and pneumonia curred among the civilian the United Stat ate Rant ie United States since Sept ember 1g, Public 1a - 1ial1008 according to estimates of Health bervice. These were based on reports i States keeping | hanlt) collie had eleven puppies that were kill ed, and evidentlyenvious of a Chester White sow with thirteen pigs, promptly them. They are now weeks old, and follow their foster- mother penned up. The dog fights all intruders away from the hog lot, and carefully guards the pigs in every way. The Snow Shoe undertaker— John Confer—buried sixty-two people, nearly all victims of influenza, from October 20th until the end of November in a community having 2500 tion, and is a remarkable record of deaths. The undertaker expects to take a well-earned rest and beginning of the year will go south to spend several months recovering from the severe strain he has been under for some time. . adopted two of eight 1 unless his popula- Bernice Scott, 10 years old, a week ago, placed a lighted match to the first kiln at the new plant of the Super Silica Brick company, at Port Matilda, in which her father, James Scott, is a heavy stockholder. The plant will be turning out brick in a week or two, and to start with the plant will have a capa- city of 42,000 a day and when in full running order will be able to turn out 84.000 Silica Brick each day. Those who are familiar with brick making plants say it is one of the best in exis- tence, being modern in every way. The building of the plant has been un derway during the past 18 months, -
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