VOL. XCIIII. COMMUNITY PICNIC. Thursday, August 5th, the Time for Holding the Annual Gathering. The committee to decide upon the matter of holding a Community Picnic met last Thursday evening and voted favorably on the matter, The place chosen was Grange Park, and the time set was Thursday, August sth, a season when 1n all likelihood the farmers will have been through with the wheat har- vest and in position to attend a picnic. The committee that met represented both Centre Hall borough and Potter township, and re-organized by electing G. H. Emerick, chair.uan ; T. L. Moore, secretary, and Witmer E. Lee, treasur- er. The following committees were pointed : Publicity—Edward E. Bailey, Robert Smith, J. C. Goodhart. Music—John Wert, William William Arney, George Ralston. Arranegment for ground,—N, Bartges, J. T. Potter, Robert Neff. Kerlin, ap- 4 Kerlin, &. Ed- Amusements— William ward Bailey, John Rimmey. Finance—George McCormick, J, F. Bible, George Ralston, R. M. Smith, N. I.. Bartges, or The next meeting of the committee will be held on Thursday evening, June 4th. —————— ip Revolutionary Soldiers’ Graves Mark- ed. The graves of the following Revolu- tionary soldiers an1 Real Daughters, in Centre county, were marked for Memor- ial Day, 1920, Ross flags furnished by the Bellefonte Ch: D. A R., H, C, Valentine is chairman. wit Betsy Apter of which Mrs. If any Reporter reade knows of the lo- cation of other Revolutionary soldi graves in the county, not appearing +211 } will b i eo this list, proper attention e given 1 D the graves on future Memorial Mrs. H. ays by Valen- ng with ng Jellefonte, Pa. communicati tine, 3 Union cemetery, Bellefonte Col. James Dunlap James Harris Hon. Andrew Gregg Capt. Joshua Williams) Eliza Harriet De Hass ter). (Real Daugh- OldIMilesburg cemetery — Capt. Richard Miles and wife Col, John Holt and wife Capt. Ja (navy) Lieut. Robt, Flen and wife Ww es Miles ning illiam te (Dragoon) Samuel Howe Rebersburg- y Myer ~ Pine Grove Mills Genl. Joha Patton John Goheen Old Fort— D, A. R. Monu Heckman cemetery- Wilhelm Long Christian Miller John Adam Sontag. tre Hill cemetery George Woods : Henry McEwen Johan Watson, Keller farm-— Ce SL A bronze marker and flag for James Huston, from Mrs. E. R, H. of Bellefonte, Rubersburg cemetery- Spangler monument Spangler and George Spangler, Rogers, George Xtian Snydertown— John Snyder. Boalsburg and Slab Cabin gr Henry Dale Jacob Keller Peter Shuey Eleazer Evens Major Andrew Hunter. aveyard New Curtin cemetery — Philip Barnhart and wife Lawrence Bathurst Evan Russell (old cem.) Lick Run cemetery, Jacksonville Capt. William Swanzey Capt. Thomas Ackey Mathew Allison David Lamb Mrs. Mary A. Rishel (Real Daughter.) Bellwood Postoffice Robbed. Barglars forced an entrance to the Bellwood postoffice some time Tuesday night of last week and secured loot to the amount of $132 in cash, but in their haste to get away overlooked $800 which was left in the office when closed that evening by Postmaster Sausser, The burglar or burglars left no clue that would lead to their identi d the rob- bery was not discovered r. Saus- ser went .0 the office Wednesday morn- ing to open up business, The robbers were evidently scared away as the safe bore evidence of an attempt to blow it up but the job was left uncompleted, —————————— A ————— A fancied grievance can start more trouble than a whole barrel of angry C. H. H. S. COMMENCEMENT. Class of Six Receive Diplomas at Ex- ercises on Friday Evening. Another commencement exercise— the thirteenth—has come and gone, and another class of young men and young women have been graduated from the Centre Hall High school, prepared to take a step higher in the ladder of edu- cation. The incident to the graduation were held in the Grange hall crowded exercises on Friday evening before a house. The hall was prettily decorated, and the stage especially presented a f color, with potted plants and wealth of bouquets of roses adorning the front solid wall in the letters plat. a of spruce back, and form while been constructed against numerals The which the class stood out in sharp contrast. whole i 8 + presented a beautiful sight, At eight o'c N. L took their Prof, ¢ on the stage Prof, Bartges, Ww il lowing Moore, Sar Harvey F nest Fr Prof, Eugene Weik's 2 Heckman, school orchestra number and th without what migl might well respect, Ciass of ssessed with peared to be | tance of their young s rae’ nd sugges'ed knowledge, prophecy were bers of the class, an aril a6 the middier class oth appropriate and meaningful, Prof. Bartges, class, presented them with followi he Divine blessing after a short 3 tha ug Tig! a pr | ¢ diplomas, and Ig ft t voKing of cises for the class of 1920 ts Boalsburg Gun Troop Mustered Into Service, urday urg. the Machine 1 At an inspection b Sat » ¥ o t el eved alah at Boalsb wy } ik ing a week majority of the me 3 ago a large vers of the Gun Troop which is connected with Joalsbury Unit were officially inducted into the Federal The inspect- ion ang muster was in charge of Colonel R. B. Ellis of the United States Cavalry and pro service, minen t among the ceremoay Auditor-General CRprles A. Sayder and Lieutenant-Gov ernor Edward A. Beidelman. Both these state officials gave short interest img talks as a part of the program, The new troop is a reorganization the old Boalsburg Machine Gun Troop, which formed 1916 by Major Theodore Davis Boal and served on the Mexican Border. It went to Camp Han- cock as part of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry and served with the One Hund- red and Seventh Machine Gun Battalion of the 28th Division in France. Ten of the original members have reenlisted, Eleven of the new members have seen service overseas and thirty-three were in the service on this side. The new name of the organization is to be, Mach- ine Gun Troop of the First Cavalry, Na. tional Guard of Pennsylvania, Pierre Boal, who served over two years in the French Cavalry and was two years in the French and American Air Service, is captain of the troop. those witnessing were ol 3 of was baa I —— a Surplus Barb Wire Is Offered for Sale. The War Department has ordered the sale of seventeen thousand tons of barb wire, which is part of the surplus war material. Intended for use on the west. ern front, the early termination. of the war found the army with a large surplus supply, which will now be sold at a low price. It may be ordered in lots of one tot or more. A price of 842 per ton has been fixed on it, a price sufficiently low to permi t it to be repainted and substi. tuted for galvanized wire, which it is practically impossible to obtain on the market at this time, Great Britain has joined John Wana. maker's club, Prices over there are go- ing down, too. monkeys, June 11th to the annual week, june 11 to 16, was announced yes terday by President Edwin E. The program for State Pennsylvania College commencement Sparks, and is ‘bigger and better than ever.” It will be featured by the graduation on Wednesday, June 16 men of and and alumni unions on women, i ARY, 57 Tues: June 15, of all year is known as the ren five” mn time, and the classe Yael 1910 particularly a baci Rinl nu irge More than one hund graduates are men wh schedule time—approximately of the 1920 men and women lege are n neq CRE ar { examin RICH evening. opened by a ne general association at io be served in the 1" e0n will headquarters, and immediately afterwards the Ld 3 4 # will . 0 alumni parade will take place. lasses will perform their stunts on t field before the start o Huaeel 11 ae Dasebdail f the game Th ent of Public In. Phi an with of California omas yl na the University E. Finegan, suj struction, will address Kappa Phi ir : Pittsbu MEritne £ State meeting . jo} 5 ry 2 1 the mornin : rg noon and t Pair of Sixes’ the after. te Thespian s will present “A tennis will § i « | the informal alumni dance and reception in the armory. The commencement exercises held in the Schwab Auditorio clock on Wednesday, A. H, Pittsburg, is the valedictorian principal speaker for the occasion not been announced, " i receding will be m at 0 Staud, The has 10 of President Baseball Games. The Boy Scouts teams of Centre Hall and Rebersburg played a baseball game on the Centre Hall school grounds last Friday afternoon, the visitors suffering defeat by the score of 8 to 2. Newton lowed only six hits and struck out thir. teen batsmen, The following is the #core by innings. Rebersburg B. 5.00010 0 0 1 0—2 Cetitre Hall B.S «3021010 1 x8 On Saturday afternoon the boys went to Boalsburg and in a game that was featured by much hitting and scoring, defeated the Boalsburg boys by a score of 19 to 13. At Tusseyville, on Saturday after noon, the Tusseyville baseball team de- feated Potters Mills by the margin of one run, 11 to 10. The game was play- ed in McClellan's meadow, Mail Flyer Strays to an Island. Losing his way while flying over Sun. bury last Wednesday morning, en route from New York to Bellefonte, the pilot on a small airplane landed on Packer's Island without mishap. After spending about 20 minutes ascertaining his where abouts, the mailman took to the air June 14 is Flag Day, again and headed toward Bellefonte. L 16th the Week. | will meet parents of present and former | graduates in the afternoon, and will [hold a reception to college guests in the The Junior { farewell reception to the graduates will | be held in armory in the evening, ¥ rogram, early evening at his home, n the m he ¥ — PROGRAM FRIDAY, JUNE 11 m. closing ~ Freshman Stunts—Front 7:00 Pp. Campus 7:30 D. p: m.—'' Prunella”,—~by the Penn State Players— Auditorium SATURDAY, JUNE 12 m ~Concert, Cadet 1d —Front Campus College f Review of Regiment of s~—Colonel W, H. Hay, El Texas— Beaver Paso, -Baseball—University of . State— Beaver Field Concert, College Musical IgIng-—Senior Sermon — D York Jefferson, ce, New ¥ ate— Beaver Field of niversit or Uratorical Contest— and Annual Busi. Ad Finegan— hi Kappa Phi, E. Business Meeting « - uma heon--Al univers ity of Pitts. Et i Prag b Election—Dele- Chapel ; Alumni, Room Hd Main Alumm Parade-—Front npus to Beaver Field m. ~~ Baseball— University of Beaver Field -*A Pair of Sixes” by The Thespians VE, Slate 3 hei 00 1 3 p- «informal Alumni ana el ption—Armory WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 Lo y x Dance Ke m- Procession to Auditorium Commencement Exercises forum Meeting of parents of pres- former graduates with the of the College—Open Air mmencement ~Carnegie Library a i 12:00 im. Assets Ala 300 DP. M.~ 1 i and font ent SiGe Theatre Reception to College guests ent's Lawn, West Campus J~=2:00 a. m,-~Junior Farewell Reception to Seniors—Armory THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JUNE 17 AND 18, 9:00 a. m.— Examination at the college for admission nl 8:00 Pp. ermen. fisherman from Centre and | Mifflin counties who want to reach the | waters of Laurel Run, will find the road | along the stream in better condition this spring. During the last tew weeks, | State Forester W. E. Montgomery, of | Milroy, has had considerable work done { to improve the road. | Forester Montgomery has notified the | Pennsylvania Department of Forestry I that $150 was contributed for the road { improvement by the members of the Al [ toona camp, located near the Sawdust | Spring. It is expected that several other {camps in that locality will also make | contributions. The State Department | of Forestry has agreed to appropriate an amount equal to the sum raised by the VATious camps, The Laurel Run road leaves the Lew- istown-HBeliefonte State Highway at the “Short Turn”, extending westward through the valley between Spruce Mountain and Slate Ridge on the south and Long Mountain on the north. wi thea $332 An Acre for Farm A farm in East FP township was recently sold to Ed. Houser for For Benefit of Trout Fish Trout 5, 1920. JAS. J. GRAML EY KILLED IN WEST Well Known Centre Countian Loses Life With Runaway Team on Son's Farm in Illinois. James J. Gramley, seventy-seven years of age, residing at Cedarville, Iili- nois, was killed at the home of his son, Joseph, cof Lancaster township, on Thursday of last week. He was help- ing his son remove tree stumps ; while engaged in this work the men at work noticed that a cow became entangled in trees. The men, except Mr. Gramley, went to release the gow, he continuing to work with a team used to drag logs and stumps. While alone doing work it is presumed that a twig branch of a tree hit the animals, ened the team, them away. When the men returned saw the horses running and st them, Then they looked for Mr. G ley and found him lying prostrate on the ground. He was once taken to the ome of his son and a physician call this causing oD 2 eo : at h but his injuries were too serious and the Le passed away before the arrival of doctor. It is believed he suffered ly internal injuries, Mr. Gramley was well known tre county, In his younger days taug? ga school, in after life he took farmin rr . Lost - in Cen- up t . 1 and 1913 AanG ber, 1919, he married again. He is 7’ » ved by his wife and the follow Joseph and E rashij Ammon, of Kane Mrs. Carrie Bateman, Fred Yoc The brother el Pewee giatar nl iL aree Drolhers and two sisters later was elected treasurer of the county, His first wife died in io Aran ' dren lis, of Lancaster O Ww wv ), Stephenson county, 0 ery um Mrs. Herbert and Hr — AM Ap THE DEATH RECORD. Keare Mrs. Minnie Krape, widow Pro enire 1 Krape, passed away at the brother-in-law and sister, . £2 Wednesd She had been a great suffere: past diseases Her t the beyond a February Deceased was Miss Ziegler. and was born in Haines tows ship on July 24. 1866, hence was urth year, Alice, who Also t ters, namely, Ema 4 R. Neff, west C on r of last week at one o'clock. fe ww the four years, a complication of finally terminating husband in death her preceded he - pry ia VEeAr ago iast frreiprle coTmeny ’ in her ub} ugl Neff e brothers and two sis. da the fifty-fo She leaves a ler remains at Fy 0, home, aT nuel sonburg ; Willian Ziegler, of phia; John F. Ziegler, of Mrs. James Smith, of A Mr v krona, Ohio, 8. C. R. Neff, of near Centre Hall The funeral services were held Satur day morning and burial made at Centre Hall, Rev. R. R. Jones, of the Re. tormed church, of which the deceased was a member, officiated. " a Lixcie.—Solomon Lingle, a former resident of Penn township but for the past two years living at Spring Mills, died on Sunday evening after suffering Bre atteck at the heart. He was aged eighty-tour years, May 10th last, His wife and six children survive, namely, Mrs. Andrew Dunlap, Mrs. Howard Eisenhuth, Mrs. John Lingle, all of Spring Mills ; Wm. H., of Tusseyville ; Noah, of Biteley, Michigan, and Vrs, Harry Wingard, of Ingleby. No broth- ers or sisters of the deceased remain. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) morning and burial will be made in the Holy Cross cemetery, Georges Valley. Sma Keener, — Albert Keener, a well known resident of Aaronsburg, died at his home Wednesday night, 20th ult,, after a long illness due to cancer, Hep was aged about seventy-three years. Mr. Keener was born in York county, but spent most of his life at Aaronsburg, Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the Reformed church at Aaronsburg, conducted by Rev. Donat. Interment in the Reformed cemetery at that place, Luitzeis,. Walter Forest Leitzell, young son of Wilbur F, and Martha Sherrick Lestzell, of State College. died at the Bellefonte hospital on Sunday a week ago as the result of a mastoid ab- scess, aged four years and eleven months. Funeral services were held at the Leitzell home on Tuesday and bur- ial made in the Branch cemetery, —— Chautauqua Dates, The Chautauqua comes to Centre Hall June joth to luly 2d. inclusive Wed. nesday, Thursday and Friday of the} week, Millheim’'s Chautauqua dates are Jude 20th to July ret, inclusive, Children’s Day Service. - On Sunday evening, June 13th, a Children's Day service willbe observed in the Methodist church in Centre Hall. A Children's Day service will be held $10,000, or at the rate of $332.00 an acre. The farm was known as the Har- ry Belirer farm. ; in the Reformed church, in Centre Hall, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS The strawberry crop promises to be a good one, The pests, Swat 'efn both. 3 asl i ana two ¢ pr Who knows, perhaps war end when the war ends. f Mr. and Mrs. Erdiey, of Milton ored to Centre Hall on Saturday and vis- ited relatives. A 6oo ft, sidi in course of and construc the benefit local stone ava 10CAL lone quis Miss Ida sweelweet, erm of school at Holid urned to her home in this s Lewis tow: ais sd ding “ (VET 2 ver £0 and su t thirte cents Harry L Line, former 1 nanager « (entra wha aw ad the Centre Hall pharmacy, and now gaged in similar work member of the Report mnrieonm imprisonn : ter as bein pital, was here for to ther, care for his mc 5 to her age is a barrier Mrs rd Dr. and aby, of Str tre Hall on last Hall, where (rearhart’s parents, Ross. The doctor 8, is desirous “ 3 wr anc may e can find a sui Go Centre Hall $0 pro- gh use > While standing alongside a fence in field a team belonging Charles Stoner, at Tusseyville, sc and ran off, taking with them brand new cultivator. Coming upon a tree path, the mules , with the result that oo cultivator was eens. table ho of mules Aare a opposit vi e new took e $~0.. - ti £¢ smashed to io smither- Before the close of last week, 1 lin Grand View Poultry Farm at Centre Hall batched and shipped over seventy- five thousand baby chix. These were shipped #6 almost every state in the Union, and with but few losses. It number of instances long distance shi ments were made by parcel post wit out the loss of a single chick. he ‘ ¥ . in he The Lewisburg Saturday News, pub lished by Congressman B. K. Focht, last week announced an increase of its subscription rates from $1.25 to $200 a year. With print paper quoted at 16 cents a pound and all other costs enter. jag into the making of a paper increased proportionately, the publisher announces that ‘to struggle longer against making an advance in the subscription price is hopeless, and in order that publication may be continued, it is imperative that the price be fixed at two dollars per year in advance, Centre Counjy Pomona Grange held its quarterly meeting recently in the hall of Washington Grange at Pine Hall Master John 8, Dale presided and after some routine business the report of the picnic committee showed the receipts last year as $5,880. The treasurer's bal. ance is $1,815. Various repairs and im. provements on the park are under con templation this summer. A big dinner was served under the maples on the grounds surrounding the ball and the hall and the important discussion at the afternoon session was the telephone question. A committee was appointed to wait on the Bell ne company management to see if it is possible to have the toll rates rescinded, otherwise an out and out farmer's line will he es. tablished. The members were urged to begin planning for their exhibits at the grange fair and encampment at -Grange on Sunday evening, June aoth, i Park in September.
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