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HALL, PA.
BOYS FROM OVERSEAS WRITE HOME.
Letter from Elliot Smith to ‘Dad’. | J. Roy Smith in Germany.
¥rance, Nov. 24, 1918. | Mrs. Michael Smith, of Potters Mills,
| has received word of her son's arrival in
e army of oc-
within the
past few months are set forth in the fol-
the folks at
Dear Dad :
When I get to thinking it seems a
little strange that [ have never writter
you even one letter, although I really |
much for you; so|lowing three letters to
home :
| Germany, he being with the
:upation., Roy's activities
meant them just as
Petaine, Luxemburg,
Sept. 24th, 1918,
Dear Mother, Father and all
I will write to tell
{ France and are now
letter but it seems to be a little early to
me for that, but suppose until it gets to you
you it will be almost that happy time, in
There is really so much to tell I hard-| We have crossed the whole] country of
to tell | France; we have been hiking for four
place of [days and I stood the hike fine and it
nhabitants | surely me. I
some things that I never expected to sce
have left
Luxemburg.
we
ly know where to start or what
first. This hospital is in a
about di
and I guess a pretty nice place, although |
one hundred thousan agreed with am seeing
nd I will have ever so much to tell you
S.
will be but
We have all
ant opportunity to
I haven't been able to go out and look |
around any yet, It
SO you can get out your
ae I get back to the good old U,
A. Ido not know when that
t will
is called Lingoes,
map and find
where I am. not be so very long.
although { been given
We | dad a Christmas letter
fol We are drills
I am getting along glright, write our
sometimes it gets a little lonesome,
iLlie
ly have a fine bunch of fel ng in this town (Petaine)
.lows in this ward and that h
Fri
a concert and they also | but I'll
Is everyt
certain
TILL £1 TET . sey nnd "mt larores
alps to keep | now and it town about as large
here,
rer
the dullness away. ay a band came | as Be ots of fine girls
1 gave us take the Pennsylvania f;
time. 1 just got a
here anc
: 3 3 SAE. 7h fans Al
have entertainments here but 1 have not dear old
gone to any of them for st rter and expect to read it this even-
a trifle too heavy yet.
my arm
is ju
+1 xious t
aiways agxious t
ut ready
I suppose you are ab
winter back home, and
getting pretty
know if it is very cold
not mind it for
the hospital, but a
looke
ittle ol
LIC Cat
suppose
1.3 % soz 23 a
Cold aiready.
here or not ; I di
we have steam heat
couple morn
Erreater mash "11 hriy 201s all 4
rosty out. Will bring y
Tod ay
udy and so it is dreary, when 1 come |
nice ward now where
ind ug if it comes ant
0G US it IL Comes out,
Now that
with my Sompany.
I am over here ] wish I was
cing a
he
the
They are se
felt war
not all
was all I saw for the
haps, 0, L
the o'i
her neonle
: A t
hey ar .
. was writ
ten on Oct. 6, and wa mos aan g rlad
to hear fr Reporters
and one letter from you at one time,
I am well and happy
reason the Dutch
'
1A" §
ouiana t
have
s up whe
we
the mud
warm enough fo
round on v :
al eves
1 have to thin sle :
I'he poor hors
1 hand ver for ti
ored away back home, ©OVET 101 :
. hauling to do
carce over here “ 10
hen wh We are on some ros
built,
f we are just :
t ] all We hav
11 chery if 'e 0
usi Keep i
Know
v . nothing at are all
little paper for | ““* 5 are all
pretty
all the same
home why every be
The Y. M., C.
good to us and
dy will be happy,
Red
3 Sabo
us clocoiates,
way.
f 1
Jost lov
and Cross are
Site Io
ingl
mag-
azines and ot that we need.
Dad,
all for tn
Now, is will be abe
ut
ake good care of |
worry 7
1
1
Xt 3 as
your self and mother and don't ereer.
Germany,
about me, Prec 1918
Dear Mother .
Well
hiked f
+3
il,
Wishing wt all the me
:, and with love to all, we are now in Germs.
Your son,
ELLIOT.
Base Hospital No. 38,
A. P.O 13
American E.
iiked four more days from Luxemburg
There are
t some Gert
three of us st taying with
nan people and they treat
3, i royally. We will be here for a few days
F. { then we leave for one of the biggest cit-
> {ies in Germany. The name of it is Col
Claude Whitehill Was * There "| ogne. We will be there awhile.
When the Last Shot Was Fired. Well, mamma, I wish you all a Merry
rial rey 1 aT >t rad 1
(Corporal Claude L. Whitehill, of Oak Lariat mas and ope 0 be with you all
Hall Station, ites his mother, Mrs.
Charles Whitehill, as follows : )
France, November 18,
Dear mother :—
us
wT
Your Son,
to} J. Rov Smith,
310 ——
¢ 1 have now been at the front for eigh- Boalsburg Lecture Course to Start.
teen consecutive days and was there After much delay caused by the influ.
when the last gun of the war was fired, | *9%8 the peeple of Boalsbyrg and vicin-
I still remain on the battle grounds, but | 1Y. will enjoy the first Dumber of their
hope to get off before long, trusting that | 'YeeU™ course--Dr, William Rader
the next move will be homeward. [ am Wed. evening, January 15th. .
writing this oe candlelight and got my The postpotied numbers will be given
paper too close to the flame, which ac- | later. . .
counts for the burnt corners of my Dr. Rader, a Pennsylvanian by birth,
paper. with a world experience, has the envia-
I have a bad cold, but we nearly all ble reputation of being one of the great.
bave that and think nothing of it, est orators of the country,
Otherwise | am well. That dread dis- Secure a season ticket, and help make
ease back in the States is taking a great this worth while enterprise & succes,
toll of life and I am sorry to hear of it, Sec'y.
I have been pretty near all over
France, and I have also put in alto.
gether twénty-four days at*the front,
but only those who have been through
it know what that lenght of time means,
Twice I have gone ** over the top”, and
fortunate as it seems, 1 have come
tarough without a scratch,
The last shot was fired on the eleven.
th hour, the eleventh day and eleventh
month, and the boches sure had a big
time that night. The whole sky was
lighted by the flare of the roman can-
dies which the Huns put up. You could
hear them yelling for miles, and some of
them came over and shook hands with
the American soldiers and gave us
(Continued on next column)
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Odd Fellows’ Social.
Centre Hall lodge, No. 89s. 1. 0. O.F,,
will observe the anniversary of the local
order on Wednesday evening, January
15th, by holding a social in their hall
All the members are urged to attend.
Secretary.
cigars and cigarettes, and in fact, any
thing we wanted, They were mighty
glad the end had come,
Well, it is now th ee p'clock Monday
morning, in France, I am oa‘guard to.
night and had a good chance to write,
but must close now since this sheet of
paper is all that I have. Your son,
Ciavoe L. Wairenii,
Co, A, 3i4th Infantry,
’
THE RED CROSS ROLL CALL.
Those Who Were There With a Heart
and a Dollar. — Adult List.
The appended li
of the adults of
and Potter township who
the Christmas Red Cro
Next week there will appear
of the school children
the great cause. ’
A
Mrs,
ander
st contains the
Hall
names
Centre
anol
ugh
who
John Armstrong, Ww.
ander, W, A. Alex
Arney, Pearl Ar
Mabel Arney, Mr
Mrs. C. M, Arne Ys
William Arney
Auman.
Mrs.
H.
mew,
Nancy Benner
Bartholomew,
M. Sisjen
Mr
1
1a
3 .
3oal, lyde
rh v
ow Breen,
Bohn, ]
e, Broud.
Delaney,
Dashem,
Das . 5
john Dasher
WwW. Ding
nages, LU,
rs. Danicl Daup,
man, J. H.
Christ C. Durst
Daubermaan.
Mrs,
Mrs.
Kate
Durst,
, Mrs,
< Mrs. C.
Isaiah Emery
Em Mrs.
Be Emerick,
Emery, laze] Er
Mrs
ick.
erick,
3
ice R
Baa 1CTICK,
F
H. E, Fye, Mrs. H. E
Frantz,
Verna A
E. Foust
Funk, Mrs.
Gertrude R.
M. Fisher, Mrs. F. M,
Charles Foust, Mrs, H,
Foster Frazier.
ye, Harry W,
M.
Kaust,
O.
Frantz,
H.
Sara Frantz,
Frantz, Margaret
Mrs. James Fetterolf,
0. F. Funk, Mary C.
Floray, Wm.
Mary
Fraz Bhs
Fisher,
Faust, Mrs,
G
Mrs. W. B. Garis, W, J. Gfrerer, Mrs
Susan Geary, Mrs, F. P. Geary, Mrs,
Mary J. Goodhart, Mrs. Susan Goodhart,
Annie Grove, Mrs, E. P. Gleixner, F,
V. Goodbart, F, P, Geary, Roy Gar-
brick, Mrs. Roy Garbrick, Mrs. Frank
Gfrerer, Samuel Gingerich, D, 8. Glas-
go. Mrs. D. S. Glasgo, Chester Grove,
H
Jno. Heckman, Mrs. Joo. Heckman,
Vera Heckman, John I). Homan, Mrs,
John D. Homan, Mrs. Lucy Henney,
W. A. Henney, Ralph C. Henuoey,
Harry Harper, Mrs. Harry Harper, Mrs,
Henry Homan, Cora Homan, Henry
Homan, Mrs. N. E. Hoy, Dr. G6. W,
Hosterman, W. C, Hubler, Mrs. W. C,
Hubler, L. 1. Hartley, Mrs, L. I. Hart
ley, E. M, Huyett, Mrs. E. M., Huyett,
Brown Hackett, Mrs, Brown Hackett,
I
W. N, ligen, Mrs, W. N. Iigen, Mrs.
Mary Ishler, Mrs, George Ishler.
J
Rev, R. R, Jones, Margaret Jacobs,
J AN
Gladys Jones, Mrs, R. R,
Jacobs, Mrs, Stuart
Jamison, Mrs. Edward
K
§ ‘ Mrs. John (x.
W. A John F
Kennedy, Mary
P. Kent, M. M. Kell
ler, Ralph Keller, D,
sr, Mi
Mrs + PB.
lin Mrs. E.
. J. H. Knarr, W
Jones
Jordan,
Jamison,
nport
Krise
Ada
Mar garet
M. M, Kel
Tohr
joun
Kerlin,
tr 1
ie
Retin, Rev, D.
Kurt K
irtz, Tillie
Ww.
p. Mrs. Isaac Smith,
Clyde Smith, T, L.
th, Mrs. S. W. Smith.
Edith Sink Marcellus Sankey,
! (Mary i
5. Margaret 1 hot.
Mrs. George’ W,
Tressler, ]. L.
Tressler, J. W,
Tressler, J. FP,
Mrs, Ruth
Thomas, C, 8
a3,
Omas,
Tressler,
Tressler, La
Katie
Mrs. J. F
Ashbridge
Tressler,
Treaster,
Thomas,
Treaster,
Thomas,
Lola M. Ulrich
Ww
R. C. Walker, Mrs. R. C. Walker,
8S. Walker, Mrs, W. 8. Walker.
Whiteman, Gilbert Whiteman,
Whiteman, Mrs. John Whiteman, Mrs.
Claude Wert, Johti B Wert, Mrs John
B, Wert, Johan Weiser, Mrs. John Weis.
er, John Wilkinson, Mrs, John Wilkir-
son, Mrs, Elizabeth West, Jasper Wag.
per, Mrs. Joha Weber, Mary Wagner,
Clayton Wagner, Mrs. Clayton Wagner,
Goldie Wagner,
Ww.
Ira
Joha
Y
Mrs. George Yarnell,
Zz
Mrs. Andrew Zettle, Andrew Zettle.
I AAPA.
W. 8, 8, $4.24.
NO. 2
P.0O.8. of A. and Eagles Have In-
stallation Cermonies.
the past week the newly elected
the local Camp P. O, 8. of A,,
Knights of the Eagles,
led. Intallation in the former
was held last Thursday evening
evening. Tae
Vithin
ights (olden
were inta
order
iday
: na .
and the latter on Fr
. 5 of A.
. H. Bla
thy Kerlin,
s Presi Gent, GG. H. Emerick.
Master of Ferms, W. F.
“« r, Floyd Walker,
* L
and
Floray.
Smith,
ey.
%. Bail
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Winter is Here.
Births.
Mrs
a
Mond
fo
Hartranft-Crawford.
ym Monday of
Hartraaft an
Crawford were un
A03
nox last week,
i Miss Grace H.
ited in marriage at the
Mr. and
eliefonte,
juehanna Univer.
the
families,
the afternoon
Tulsa, Okla, where the groom
wy the Riverside Oil Co.
the bride's parents,
Crawford, in B
Aikens, of
wrored the ceremony in
escnce of the two im
Mrs. Frank
Sus
peri
ending
neGiale
left
bie bridal party on
oyed b
Deaths of Centre Countians.
Wilson S. Ard,
erculosis, aged three years.
diedon Christmas morning.
Madeline Smull, three-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K, Small, at Re-
berburg, of heart trouble.
Mrs. Laverna Wolfe, wife of Wesley
Wolfe, of Spring Bank, of pneumonia
following influenza ; aged twenty-one}
years, Burial was made at Greenburr
last Tuesday afternoon.
oy
UD-
He
at Woodward, of
thirty-
The New War Savings Stamps.
War Savings Stamps for the
year 1919 will be blue and slightly
smaller than the 1918 issue and will be
ornamented by a portrait of Benjamin
Franklin.
The new War Savings Stamps will be
pasted on a new certificate and will not
be redeemable when pasted on a 1918
certificate,
Thrift Stamps, which are redeemable
in War Savings Stamps, will not be
changed in the new year. Thrift
Stamps purchased in 1918 can be put on
the same card with those bought in 1919
and both can be used in the purchase of
War Savings Stamps,
The price of the 1919 stamps will be
the same as last year. Sixteen Thrift
Stamps purchased at 25-cents each may
be attached to a card with the addition
of twelve cents, the holder will be ent!s
tied in January to a War Savings Stamp
redeemable at $s at maturity, Each
month one cent is added to the $4 worth
of Thrift Stamps with which a $5 War
Savings Stamp may be purchased,
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TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERE: Y
FROM ALL PARTS
The County Commissio
poluted John
for the
ners ave
Noll mercantile
ye Far 1 G19.
Yates L. Foust, of Bur:
trip to Centre Hall on Mon
ed on the Reporter,
Mrs,
ne *
of Ne wport
Charles W.
dataty and litt]
, are visiting friend
atives in Centre Hall,
Tt
5
nclaimed letters in Centre Halt
Miss Ruth Wagner, Mrs,
Croak, Mrs. Grose Buttler.
office
auto license tags
th of the present month, the
way Department has declas
ze
Jeronss A. Meyer,
irg, sustained a broken arm
iast week, when she fell or
ment.
Mifflin count
ittany n
well as orofits
Cii@&8 a pro table
i "greys"
J
a 10
and g
st week,
Lewistown, has
7 #
as
1r
™ RM arverin 4
ine Marrying Par-
campme
pects 10 receive a carioad
he Rising Springs rail
week on two,
sad station
Bruce Stahl arrived }
afternoon of last week from Hampton
Roads where he had been located for
several months in the service of Uncle
Sam. He was in the aviation section of
me Wednesday
fo
been honorably discharged and is the
picture of health.
Re-establishment of the Reserve Off-
cers’ Training Corps was the most im-
portant change made in the curriculum
of the Pennsylvania State College when
the institution resumed its activities af-
ter the holiday vacation. The Students’
Army Training Corps has been demobil-
ized, more than 2,000 men having been
F discharged from the collegiate and voca
tional sections,
The annual Week of Prayer series are
in progress in the five churches of the
town. To-night ( Thursday ) Rev. J. A.
Shultz speaks in the Methodist church ;
Friday, Rev. W. H. Williams in the
Evangelical church ; Saturday, Rev. R,
R. Jones in the Evangelical church, and
Rev. D. S. Kurtz closes the services
with a sermon in the Reformed church
on Sunday night,
In this issue of the Reporter, appears
a War Service Record blank of the War
History Commission, Pennsylvania
Council of National Defense, It is be.
ing circulated to obtain all information
for purposes of official record of Penn
sylvania boys serving in the Army or
Navy of the United States or of any of
the Allies during the great war, So
that no name may be omitted from the
Commission's official and permanent
Honor Roll, families and friends of all
service men are requested to ill out the
War Service Record blanks and forward
them to the Commissioner's headquar-
ters, "1300 Locust Street, Ph
Read the blank carefully and
W. 8, 8., $4.24.
honoring yout soldier or sailor boy by se
doing. vay