LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Huckleberries are now ripe aud the crop is said to be a good one, Bruce D, Rowe, of Philadelphia, is home on a two weeks’ vacation, Miss Anna Garis has returned trom a week's visit with her sistér, at Burnham, Four weeks from Saturday the 47th annual Encampment and Fair opens. Mrs. J. H. Knarr and son Bruce visit- ed at State College for a few days last week. Prof. and Mrs. N. L. Bartges and daughter attended a family reunion in Nippenose Valley, on Saturday. Misses Rhoda Cromley and Jessie Sankey, of Mifflinburg, were guests of their friend, Miss Lola Ulrich, for a few days last week. Letters testamentary on the estate of Samuel Durst, late of Centre Hall boro, deceased, are published in this issue by D, K. Keller, the executor. Al. Bradford, of near Milroy, witness- ed the Centre Hall.Burnham ball game at Centre Hall on Saturday afternoon, his son holding down second base for the visitors, The Milroy correspondent to the Lew- istown Sentinel says: W. O, Rearick is sporting a new Studebaker touring car, purchased from P. M. Headings, of Lewistown. Rev. and Mrs. |. J. Glenn, and four children, of Carlisle, motored here the latter part of last week for a short stay at the home of Mrs. Glenn's mother, Mrs, Mary Goodhart. An increase of three mills in school tax was.voted at a meeting of the school board of Centre Hall on Monday even- ing, which raises the tax for school pur- poses from twelve to fifteen mills, Emerson Eannist, of Potters Mills, was seized with an acute attack of appendi- citis early last week, and was taken to the Bellefonte hospital where he un- derwent a successful operation on Wed- nesday. William A. Sandoe, of Ingram, came to Centre Hall last Friday for a brief vacation. He is one of the trusted em ployees on the Pennsylvania System, at ’ittsburgh, and bas held the position for some years, Mr. and Mrs. William Bitner, daugh- ter, Esther, and son Samuel, of Tussey- ville, made a trip to Union county, on Sunday, in ‘Charles Stoner’s car, and i LOCAL AND PERSONAL, B. D. Brisbin returned home on Satur- day after a few weeks' visit with his daughters in New England, LOST,— An Eastern Star pin, some- where in Centre Hall, Finder please re- urn to Mrs, William McClenahan, J. Q. Miles. father of Mrs, G. O. Ben: wer, is seriously ill at his home at Mar- tha Furnace. He is hopelessly paral- yzed, Mr, and Mrs. T. F, Farner, of Phila- delphia, are visitors at the old home- stead at Colyer, having made the trip by automobile. The road through Centre Hall receiv- ed an application of oil over half its width, on Tuesday, and the remainder was applied Wednesday. The comment from the grandstand on the Centre Hall-Burnham game was that the local battery was responsible for the favorable score at the close of the fourth inning. A. L. Duck, of Spring Mills, was a caller at this office on Saturday. He re- ported a much harder rain in his vicin. ity, on Friday night, than occurred here. Considering the scarcity of help, farm- ers got along remarkably well during haying and harvest. The ciops were taken care of with less complaint than during the three seasons previous. A regular quarterly meeting of the Centre County Pomona Grange will be held at Unionville, Thursday, August 19th. There be the usual two sessions, morning afternoon. on will and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Strohm, of Scran- ton, are spending their vacation period with the mother in Centre Hall. Mr. Strohm is with the Interna- tional Correspondence School, as text- former's book writer, Frank Purcil, Miss Mary Kauffman, Mrs, Maud Markley, Charles Markley Jr., Misses Emn@ Sharp and Clara *hiladelphia, motored to Centre Hall, Penns Cave and Nittany mountain, one day last week. Jutcher, of A little spotted fawn, captured some time ago near Blue Ball and taken to the Kennedy Park game reserve, where it was being cared for by Keeper L. D, sickened suddenly and Mr. Rearick fawn and the Game Commission will have it Rearick, Sunday afternoon. the hide off the dead took State unted. Neyhard, at Cowan. Bellefonte is to have a new band soon as the organization can be effected according to plans now The new organization ymposed of Italian musicians residing in that vicin- ity and will likely be a worthy band. Dr. has as arranged, will be cx Robert Gearhart be at his office on Main street after noons and evenings until September, when he will be there permanently. If not at office phone J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, apf, It's not a bit too early to prepare your display for the exhibition building on Grange Park, for the coming Encamp- ment and Fair. The f garden, orchard and vineyard have al- ways been a credit to the fair and this year's should be as good, if not better than ever. exhibits of farm, L. W. Doyle, of Montgomery, was re- cently a guest of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Amanda Kerr, in Centre Hall, He the father of Mrs, George Norton, who with her husband have been stopping at the Centre Hall hotel for several weeks, Mr. Doyle, some forty years ago, was a resident of Centre Hall, Harry W. Potter started for the Pacif- ic coast last Wednesday, after a two weeks’ stay in Centre Hall. He is loca- ted at Edmonds, Washington, where he holds a good position with a large lum- ber corporation. He is a genial young man and bas many fricnds in Centre Hall who wish him success in the land of the setting sun. is Just now Bellefonte is a long way from Centre Hall. The detour jchases you around the end of old Nittany. The road to Linden Hall. either by the Brush Valley road or Earlystown route show neglect by the Potter township authori- ties. By the use of the road drag the both of these roads could be materially improved aud this at a comparatively light expense, Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Lambert are at the home of the former's parents in Cen- tre Hall, having arrived here by auto on Sunday evening. The marriage of the couple will be a surprise to the friends of Mr. Lambert in Centre Hall, the event having taken place a few months ago in Nashville, Tennessee, the home of the bride, who was formerly Miss Myrtle Tillman. The groom is engag- ed in window and sign lettering work, and travels throughout the middle west and south. They have not yet taken up housekeeping, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Zerby and son, Master Norman Zerby, of Hamp. stead, Illinois, are among relatives and friends in Centre county, and while in Centre Hall were guests of the former's uncle, Daniel Daup. Mr. Zerby, who is ball clubs playé« season, T mnning ing victorious again of §toa2. Newton Cr Frank formed the t for the red Yearick held the same position altery while F and Earl Ex-Sheriff Lee Married. Arthur B. 1 ex Sheriff of county, ar d Le, Miss Margaret S » rile , Were Altoona last The couple are at their beautiful in Spring Mais, sop School Opens Sept. 13th. ¢ for the nga for Monday, September 13th, The time opening public : schools in Centre Hall boro was set by the school board at its meeting Monday eve- ping. This date follows the week of the Encampment and Fair, ———— a A—— Public Sale. Public sale of a complete line of first. class household goods will be held at the home of the late Mrs. W, B. Mingle, in Centre Hall borough, on Saturday, Au: gust 7th, beginning at one o'clock p. m. -W. Gross Mingle, sEORGES VALLEY. C. A. Yetter made a business trip to Mifflin county. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Sweeney were wel- come guests at the James Foust home on Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. John Ripka, of Nittany, Mr. and Mrs, James Immel, of Green- grove, spent Sunday at the home of Al- bert Mingle, P. A. Auman, who is working at San- dy Ridge, spent over Sunday at the home of his son, C. F. Auman. C. A. Houser and family motored to the C. W., Lingle home from Lewisburg, on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. George Breon and Mrs. H. A. Confer left on Friday to spend a week at Port Clinton with Mr. and Mrs, Reuben Breon, Misses Marion and Gladys Lingle and Helen Ripka spent Sunday at the home of David Rearick. LINDEN HALL. A little son arrived at the home -of Mr, and Mrs. Paul Ross on Friday. * Clarence Blazier and family, Jerome Wilkens and family spent Sunday with friends in Millheim. George Hall and family, John Tressler and family, Mr. and Mrs, Orin Grove and son William composed a party who spent Sunday at Crystal Springs. Mrs. Ruth Gerhart returned Saturday from a two weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Swartz, at Braddock, BOALSBURG. The following persons from here were entertained at the home of Ray Giililand at State College on, Saturday, in honor of the birthday of Mrs. Gilliland's moth- er, Mrs, Ella Stuart : Mrs. A, E.. Fish. er, Mrs, Wm. Goheen, Mrs. Emma Stuart, Mrs. John; Jacobs, Mrs. Alice Ma- goffin, Mr. and Mrs, George Hall, Mrs, George Fisher, Mrs, Charles Fisher, Mrs. M. A, Woods, Mr, and Mrs. Robert Wieland and daughter, of Mt. Union, are visiting Mrs. Wielaud's aunt, Mrs. Roy Coxey. Mr, and Mrs, William Gross, of New Jersey, spent Monday with here, Miss Martha Houtz, of Wheeling, W. Va., is visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Elmer Houtz. Mr. and Mrs, H. Grubb and dren and Mr. and Mrs. William Friends Brouse home, spent Tuesday at Bellefonte, I ————————— A A — His Death, sensational stunts was the leaping from one airplane onto another while high in the air, he having thrilled many thousands by his bold feats, at Los Angeles, Calif, Locklar's plane crashed from a height of 2,000 feet to the earth late Monday is dead night while he was flying for the movies, At least two thousand people, including | many movie stars, saw the tragedy, Lt. Milton Elliot, ble pal and pilot on all of his hair Locklar's insepara- rais ing stunts, was also killed. The plane of this daring pair fell in a straight nose dive like a flaming meteor from a dark sky. The two aviators hal been giving a pyrotechnic exhibition 2,000 feet above the earth, in had been engaged shooting rockets and lights high into the and ng picture cameras recorded all the details of the spectacular drop for the flaming machine 3 wl to grind. th the cameras continued bodies were badly crushed beyond recognition Much arc Too Lady-~What little man? Bobby—My fath me, Lady-—-Well, don't ev 2. All fathers have to beat thelr boys some Bobby-—But my fa-father | other fa-f ore. He's In 5 brass and be-beats the blg drum.-~Londor Tit-Bits, Practice. you crying for, my r has been beatin’ Happily Married. “He's happily married.” “Sot "Yes, he thinks marriage to exempt him from war ser worth what you fave saved mri re FOLKS WE ALL KNOW goes through Town to be either a when he Grows Up. The Pretty "Girls and throwing Tramps off the Train, Ww. E. BARTGES, « Auctioneer ... TERMS REASONABLE Satisfaction Guaranteed CENTRE HALL, PENNA BAPTIST WOMEN TO AID SISTERS IN FAR EAST that “Civilization rises no higher than the level of its woman- hood,” women of the New World Movement of Northern Baptists have pledged $180,000 for improvements, ex- tensions io equipment, and additional operating expenses for eight colleges and schools in India, China and Japan. This sum will provide for more doctors and teachers to be sent to the Far East during the coming yesr. The largest item of this gum is $50,- 600 for Ginling College, at Nanking, China. The smallest Is for Union Christian College for Women ut Mad- ras, India. One of the great objectives of the $100.000000 campaign of the New World Movement, which begins April 250 and ends May 2, will be to provide greater edueational opportuni ties for women, as in the Far East few have been permitted to attend schools. Realizing VACATION SCHOOLS HELP During Inte Bible schools conducted “ Combining faptists in recent this feature of growing tionalities, held In seven cities in a alll Cnt TH "a OF THE FAR Il aboard! Let's go! We're start- Ing from Manila, the great picturesque, Ameri Oriental city, apd will travel by automobile 200 miles to the north to Baguio, the sumnmer capital of anized the Philippines, made by train We have aliead of us one of the most scenlo, } the We will excellent roads all the way. The in fact, a paradise for mobile trips In world, I ave Philippines are, autolists, possessing macadamized roads The first part of the trip is through typical and then the central plain of Luzon and through several rich fertile provinces, where tropical vegeiation is geen at its best. Here one Is impressed with the great agricultural wealth of the Philip- which represents one of the East's greatest producing areas, with the advantage of immense natural re. sources for the development of further It is regrettably true that gmall towns ACTORS and pines, production, real understanding of the potentialities of the islands from any can If you want color, want to feel the romance and mystery of an Oriental twilight, pass this way Se, unending expanse of green fields, first you cry out gorgeous scene, ing on fast, you become enthralled. You no longer try {0 express your feel- ings. You cannot, You realize that those now fast changing, colorful master pieces in the heavens and on the land- s #cape are pictures that no man can ad- equately describe nor human hands du. plicate. So what's the use of trying! True, these are but impressions, but the traveloguer considers himself justi. fied In mentioning them, for they are a part of the trip to Bagulo and return. Indeed, the gorgepus sunsets in all parts of the Philippines leave an im- pression on the mind of the tourist that is everlasting. * We leave the palms and tropical foliage and enter the zone bf rugged pine. We pass from the soft, incense laden air of the warm lowlands to the crisp, Invigorating ozone of the tem- perate zone, all within a few hours’ time, : For mile after mile the road now fol- lows the tortuous course of a river, the road lying in the bottom or on the rocky sides of a granite canyon, The Philippines are rich in hydro- electric possibilities. This power is the cheapest power on earth. And it is everlasting. Your traveloguer is neil ther a prophet nor the son of a proph- et, but he predicts that one day there will be Innumerable Philippine govern. ment owned hydro-electric plants In this canyon we are now passing through, Think of the possibilities of such a prolect! Today the trip from Manila to Bagulo Is too expensive for the average Manila worker and his family, many of whom may live and die without beholding the wondrous of i 3 power in Ma- Baguio, operate the railways of Manila, light the city dnd furnish power for manuface hundreds of thousands Not this river to electrify a line from but to only is there sufficient pila to gtreet jut we have now arrived at Camp One. From this point the scenery rapidly changes as the elevation In- crenses. We are traveling over the famous Benguet road, the construction which through the mountains is a most remarkable engineering triumph. At places the road is blasted out of the solid granite, Riding on the edge of a “At times we seemed perilously near the jumping off place.” bo is on the rim of he world, Some of the turns are so sharp it Is impossible to see 20 feet ahead gnd we seem to be perilously near the jumping off place. We wonder If it is safe to lean out and peer into the canyon far below, and when we do we are perfectly sat- isfled we are Mirting with death. Yet the trip Is a safe one, providing our driver has better nerves than our own, All too soon we reach the outskirts of Bagulo, a city among the clouds, and are rather surprised at the modern city we find it to be. In ten years Ra- guio has grown from a village of huts to the now justly famed mountain re. sort of the Philippines, sometimes call. ed the Philippine Simla. It is une doubtedly destined some day to become a large city. / Baguio ranges In elevation from 4.500 to 5,500 feet and is surrounded practically on all sides by high moun- tain ridges and “hogsbacks” towering into the skies at a height of almost 8.000 feet, Aside from the scenery, which is noteworthy, the great blessing of Ba- gulo is its temperate climate, which is indeed un godsend to those Impoverish- Mrr, James Gilliland, who has been afflicted with rheumatism for some weeks, is improving rapidly, A social for the benefit of the Lemont Presbyterian Sunday School was held at the William Ferree home on Friday evening. PAA This is Community Picnic day, a brother of Attorney W. D. Zerby, of Bellefonte, went west to farm, beginning by renting. He is now the owner of over four hundred acres of choice farm land in Kane county, near the Wisconsin state line, and last spring retired from active farm life to more fully enjoy their earnings while he and his good wife are rr in full vigor, in the Oregon timber lands. And the husky lumberman quaffs his fresh butter milk, or his hot chocolate with undiminished relish, The bar is still running full force and '& ne of the many features that the Westerner likes about the “hut.” He can get anything there from Bibles to butsermilk--movies to missionary tracts—and above all, he géts what is rare in that lonely country human companionship, : The establishment of more such Mission Huts is part of the Northern Baptist New World Movement program for which a $100,000,000 budget will be sought uring Ue ask of April 40 A Wap 3, i beauties of their own island of Luson. Think of what a blessing it would be to Fillplvo mothers and children to feel upon thelr fevered brows the cool, invigorating breezes of the mountain tops, now so near and yet so far! With the Philippine government owning its own electric railways and hydro-glec tic plants it would be possible to bring FU ——— WS. A—— ——— = » % Ea ¢ a ‘ - * > »
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