: "Yor. XV. ANNUAL MEETING OF PREsBY- To Be Held Beginning Next Tuesday. Remarkable Results in Penna. Pennsylvania Presbyterians are focus- ing their attention on Tyrone, where the annnal meeting of their synod is to be held in the First Presbyterian church, beginning October 25, Rev. Edward Yates Hill, D. D., present Moderator, of Philadelphia, will open the session. Detailed arrangements are being perfect- ed by Rev. Benjamin M. Gemmill, Ph, D., of Hartsville, Pennsylvania is the largest of the syn- ods of the Presbyterian Church, It re- ports a membership this year of 335,300, & 3 per cent increase over last year. A total of 19.221 new members were re. ceived on confession. There are 2 ),070 Presbyterian reported this year, The New Era movement, the progress Sunday-school members organization of the Presbyterian hurch, has had remarkable results in Pennsyl- vania. The average annual investment of the Presbyterian Church in Pennsyl- vania Synod. in its local and denomina- tional enterprises, was normally $5. 780, - 000, a per capita of $17 93. Ia the year just closed the investment has leaped to $9.555.000, or a per capita of $28 49 For denominational enterprises the gain this year was 119 per cent, for local church work 45 per cent, for L105 alone and other purposes 83 per cent, the the There are 20 presbyteries within bounds of Pennsylvania. ranging in size from Pittsburgh with 61.000 members, to Beaver with 6,000. Twelve of these report gains ovgr normal for denomina- tional benevolences of over too per ct. Church in the U. S, A. has broken many records The Presbyterian in its activ- ities this past year. The total commu nicant members reached 1,722.- 361, the I the la aminations are of its history, ar "i « OU ”n mber of additions on The 0 net crease former seriou membership has been stopped and 1d 1 1 - 1 a] Ge ided upward ency established. The Cc contr:butions for denominational enter- prises have shown an increase in the pst two years larger than the preced ing ten. Penn. sya- wv ws be Hines Each of the 20 prest in sylvania will ve represer at the od in Tyrone by duly elected co The Presbytery of Matthew Ru Third Presbyterian Church of Washington, Pa.. QF ob sioners: Washington elected Dr erford, pastor of the to head Ac its commissioners. nog tais bytery h t erator of the Synod of Pennsylva Dr. Ru " has ministered faithfully to hi its meeting at Tyrone theri 5 7 8 people in fe) ca his present chur for a quarter of a cen- tury. ————————— Inspected Potato Fields and Orcharus. ly 1. N. Robinson, of the C ty Farm Bureau, conducted an i tion of potato patches and orchards. The company consisted of about fifty persons, a number of them being fre State College who have been tak interest in this kind of work. The first stop was made at the John 8, Dale farm, near Lemont. Here they inspected an acre of ordinary potatoes which yielded a crop of 160 bushels. Then they in- spected another acre that had been spray- ed and it was found that the yield was 260 bushels, or an increase of 100 bush- els, showing that spraying was a payin investment. Mr. Dale also planted a patch of Michigan selected potatoes, and from the patch he did not spray he se cured igg bushels while those he sprayed yielded 300 bushels, On the Moyer farm, near Pine Grove Mills, they inspected an orchard of 400 trees. They found the trees that had been sprayed yielded fifty per cent more fruit than those that had not been spray- ed. After taking dinner they went to the Campbell farm, near Pennsyluania Furnace, and found the same conditions in the orchard at that place. Mr, Moyer has in his orchard an old apple tree that was dying and was about to cut down, but instead it was sprayed, with the result that it produced the finest ap- ples in the orchard this year, Recent Ing an be $250,000 Hospital for Old Folks’ Home Expansion of the Uagited svangelica! Lld Folks’ Home, near Lewisburg, to in- clude a $250,000 hospital was planned a few day, ago at a bunquet at the home, attended by Rotarians and prominent business men of Lewisburg, Milton, Mif- flinburg and other nearby towns. With nearest hospitals at Harrisburg, Sun. bury, Danviile and Williamsport, the proposition of a community hospital at that central point met with with hearty endorsement and a campaign for finan. cial support will be launched very soon, Growth of the home since it was founded five years ago has been phe- omenal. From a heavily-mortgaged Rare it has developed into an institu. tion with assets of more than $250,000, Although founded by Evangelicals, the home is non-sectarian, The Reporter, $1.50 a year $10,000,000 AID FOR VETERANS Red Cross Provides Friendly Service of Many Kinds to Army of Disabled. BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS 2,397 of These Are Helping Ex- Service Men Obtain Bene- fits U. S. Provides. 8 service alone, of ditures "Hns $4,000,000 the aggregate Roll Call of merican Red Cross an- etent ur Fed e1pis ging a wide at the to 24 VOY O00 Hed exes ervice HE year's Ro SO, O00. 000, hile the 4,000 Red re helping 1 status ost of this sum Year, a to while the approxi- led the con- country- Government I¥ needed by lies. men and An Ever Expanding Problem iat 1) the proiiem o T1 service man disabled n and peak be- of well-in- tals and that it evi. ters regard work Is is In nowise tion but is, At 30, ied sery the 1921, men Publie and Govern- ice in the Health ment » 1,602 ites Service, Co Hospitals and Soldiers Homes, ng at a men receiving ion and Govern. efforts to ted acting pensat : training from Cross a8 the ims against the man as to 1 procedure necessary to ti gain for hin ¥ by ications for treatment which is provided him ‘ederal statute, Ills appl compensat tra ion, nl ning are properly filed with the of the Red Cross ( hapter. aid Many Forms of Assistance It there is delay before the man's claim Is acted upon, the Red Cross Chapter lends the man money to meet the imperative needs of himself and his dependents. Most vital to the man's gaining full benefit from the Gover ient’'s care is keeping his mind free from w orry about his home. Keeping the veteran's fan. {ly from hardship of every kind and Informing him of Its welfare i other province of the Chapter, nn s'an Free from fear on this score, the man's re covery and rapid. Every month during the last year, the Red given service of one kind or another to an average of 120.215 former service men and thelr families. An indi ition of the extent of the faith reposed in the Red Cross Chapter is to be found in the fact that there were as6.544 re. quests for friendly aid In the solution of personal problems, 448 Workers in Hospitals white the man prior to entering Government care deals largely with the Chapter, afterward he comes into con. tact with the service provided by Na. tional Headquarters, There are 448 Red Cross workers in the United States Public Health Service and eon. tract hospitals and other institutions In which these men are being cared for, whose duty is to provide for hls recreation, help him with his compen. sation claims, keep him In touch with his family ; In short, meeting his every need outside of that provided by the Government. While these are a fow of the responsibilities of the National Organization, they are by no means all. Among other Red Cross accom. plishments for the year are: It handled 70,732 allotment and al- lowance claims. It delivered through Its Chapter op. ganization 63,6506 allotment checks to veterans who had woved from the ad- advancement usually is American Cross has ANNUAL COMMUNITY DAY EVENTS AT SPRING MILLS. signin of Interesting Features for Every- one.—To-morrow 's the Day, Tomorrow (Friday) the people of Spring Mills and environs will depart from their daily routine of work and come out enmasse, to attend the annual community day events, where they will touch elbows with their neighbors, ob- serve exhiblts of interest, domonstra- tions of value, and listen fo the program that will be both educational and enter- The day's events will open at at taining ten o'clock a. m. and continue until 10.30 p. m, ORDER OF EVENTS. 10 a. m.—Exhibits open. 11 Exhibits will include stock, poultry, grain, vegetables, fruit and school work Demonstratior s will include farm and household tional work, The health plays, > ab ili = migic and program will consist of music and An address by Lieut. Governor and by L. H leman, and Dennis, pervisor of vocational education. and other representatives of the state depart. ucation activities will also prove an interesting feature in the day's events Games and contests petent agement will be ducted for all those who desire to participate, upper will be piace, All farmers in the com Cites « vVited to exhibit farn try fee will eniry ey ep HOE R, Gehr, omf exh prog | he « 3 ff stock made weather, i —————— Methodist Church Renovated. e Fo The Extensive repair being mad the Meth i iling the additi gray. Ti deg The pulpit pl rated 5 atform was bui ugh to extend across the northern end t be room, allowing of room on side of plenty the platform new carpet of has been laid, A handsome pew plano has been set in talled well “ 5 - ivew pews are to be inst . AS as several other pieces of furniture. The windows are to be shaded by in- of side blinds and phane, instead the outside shu The approach to the church has been widened concrete. The is being dressed in a new coat of pure white, In the cellar, which bad to be excavated, has been placed a large pipeless furnace. A new iron roof is also to be put on the building in the pear future. On Sunday evening, Oct. 23rd, Rev. Emerson Karps of the Methodist i Lae and is made of outside woodwork Home for the Aged, at Tyrone, will deliver the message. At this tine a Harvest Home donation to the Home will be presented at the church. The sacrament of the] Lord's Supper will also be administered at this time, AIM ——— New Desks for High School. Another lot of new single desks were added to the local High school, last week, their ingallation having been made necessary owing to the crowded condition of the tchool, Since the be- ginning ot the present term a number of double seats have been occupied by three pupils. The present High school enrollment is the highest ever recorded, —— Clinic for Crippled Children. Dr. Stull, of Harrisburg, is coming Again on Saturday atternoon, Oct. 29th, for another clinic for crippled children, He will be at the Glenn Sanatarium at State College. The clinic will open at oue o'clock, Parents in Centre Hall borough and Potter township who have children suf- fering with various physical deformi. ties should sieze this opportunity of hav- Ing corrections made, Report to Mrs, Clyde Smith, Centre Hall, and she will attend to all necessary arrangements, dresses furnished to the Bureau or War Risk Insurance, It provided a special fund of $10,000 for medical assistance to men under Yocational training. . It made 82,405 loans totaling $450,000 20, 1921, Reporter Subscriber Tells of Skiing Tournament in Mid-Summer in Picturesque Paradise Valley. Edmonds, Wash,, Oct, 7. 1921, Editors Reporter ; I am enclosing a meney order for $1.50 to pay my subscription to the “*Report- er” one year in Am always glad to see the Reporter come, advance, I mailed you an enlargement of a view I took on Mount Ranier the 3rd of July. The photographer says this is the best picture he has ever seen of th y iast 18 par- ticular view Mount It is Paradise Vall y in Edeva- 7 18 about 6000 it., The picture Ranier National Park. tion of Paradise Vall while the peak itself is 14 490 ft, aring the ue beautifully building appe on is Paradise Inn, finished on n the interior in fir with The nd are the Tatoosh rustic, places burning cordwood, huge e- moun tains : backgrou range ; Peak the highest Will give you a nderful m entrance to Paradise left Seattle throes riends iv QCALL Luar ee Nenas my reliable Ford, on the add gf rrrverd ula, § api grove, og at Ohop where We it Para- we were lle grease from the glare ourning a¢ snow is As soon as the snow di ag beau- up. Scatch hea- ther grows in profusion DEATS Jpears, 3 ¢ . ful wild fc JWers come Snow fell on the glacier the day before we were there. With best regards to all. I am Yours truly, W. H. Pores, A A AAA. Col. Boal Entertains. Lieut, Edward E. man was entertained by Colonel Theo dore D. Boal at the 89th division head- quarters, at Boalsburg, | week, with the following party : State Senators Frank A. Baldwin and Larry T Eyre, State Treasurer Charles A. Snyder, W. Harry Baker, secretary of the semate : T. E. Nunce and Harry A. Mackey. .—— You May Get Your 1922 Auto License Next Month. Announcement was made by the state highway department that applications fo: automobile licenses may now be made for 1922 and that shipments of tags will begin soon after November 1. ——— i ——— Here from Australia. Harry Wion, a Centre county boy who is makihg good as a government electri- ian at Melbourne, Australia, is vistting is parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wion and Willis Wion, in Bellefonte. He ex. pects to be in Centre county one month and then will return to Australia, his wife and family remaining at home. Mr. Wion came to the States in June, com. ing here on business and pleasure. Ra — ——— 103ra I. O. O. F. Anniversary. Odd Fellows in central Pennsylvania are already making preparations for the celebration of the ro3rd anniversary of the founding of the order, The celebration takes place in Sun- bury next April and promises to be a big affair, as the committee is planning for the biggest parade the three link men have ever had. Many lodges are plan- ning to turn out in unique costumes, The Anniversary Association hopes local Odd Fellows will get busy and ar. Gowernor Beidle. ast INCREASE OF 89,000 IN YEAR IN 8S. S. ENROLLMENT. Flattering Reports Presented at State Sunday School Convention at Al- toona Last Week. More Than 2,000,000 Members in S. S. The slump in Sunday-school enroll- ments has been checked, according to the report of the board of the directors made State School assoc ation, which Altoona last week, to Pennsylvania Sabbath convened at and last year record. ed an increase of 89,000 over the previ- ous year The 10.640 schools reported 2.133,4 officers, teachers. babies ne department members 1 . g Keports showed that 57 per cent of the of Pennsyl fivania have no identi Protes peo He vish, Catholic or ii 1 vy Liv rolled, making A total 1 ht westmoreland cour course Regarding tem; Wards “wholesale " laws Amie ng other thir AA —— Musser-Keister. Mu Miss Mills sser and Mabel of Sorin were ¥ NC ————— TRICKLAND GILLILAN, STRICKLAND GILLILAN, of which follows: “Strickland Gili. lan favored the Young Men's Business Club with one of his happy addresses. He changed the serious, practical busi- ness visage of the club into a broad smile, and the indications are that the smile will keep up for days. It is a good thing to get out of the under brush of business into the big prairie of humor, where the sun shines, the blue sky pleases and the soft, pure air fondles the soul. There ls where Mr, Gillllan takes one.” If humor means only smiles you lose by going to hear Strickland Gillilan, but if humor means awakening and directing your love, your pity, your kindness, your scorn for untruth, pretention and imposture, your tender. ness for the weak, the poor, the op- pressed, the unhappy, then you gain by hearing thia lecturer, Strickland Gillllan 1s a master to men taking voeatlonal training, of - SI. SAARI SO — advertise thé community, humorist whose gospel of laughter has AND COUNTY NEWS. TOWN HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Wednesday night of last week first frost of the season occured. a real one, too, Union coun "Tis Next week the be held at Lewisburg, for outdoor af-fairs. Someone observes that October month to in which pick hereabouts—this year. Mrs. John G. King, of iste Morris Furey, are visitis Pittehr itis bur 1s d (‘pr ve 1 “ar Centre Hall and or 18 gh. Mrs. Grace McCool. of S pring ’ ; bome in Centre visited her parental ; 1 for several days last week. John F, Fore th man, of Cresson State.l shick o> VE-1AL digt be was attempting i” came out ¢ a top. , what are you u going s flood of mail-ord over Our s Sweeping right sow, A 1 SUggRe advertise e paper, The State Department of er 275,000 of various re. tle #4 mossy tro ut the state fount COunly. deka dae nL fined $10 anc 1 i ested Harter costs one night last week when ars was by State Policeman Hughes, for reckless is clainfied that Harter made a habit of using the concrete rt between Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap as a speedway, has ad Iriving It he A representative from the partment of Public Instruction, of Attendance, visited the local schools on Friday. It is with the thought view of bringing about a better under- standing of the attendance regulations that the officer is making the rounds of the schools Bureau ia Two neighbors, Samuel Fredericks nd Harvey Rote, of Farmers Mills. a week ago, failed to make correct calcula- tions of speed and distances and as a consequence the machines they were driving collided at the concrete bri ige near the Fredericks mill, doing consider- able damage to both autos. After a bit of friendly discussion, the gentlemen greed that each should pay the cost of repairing his own machine. ” a Four excursionists got rather painfully cut and bruised as they were mak- ing the last lap of their homeward trip from Niagara Falls, the other Sune day night. They were James Summers, of Axemaun, and Fred Confer, who teaches school nearby and stays with the Sommers family, and his two sisters, who had been visiting him. Between Belleforte and Axeman the steering gear of the Ford car they were using failed to work properly, causisg the car tp swerve and overturn throwing the oc- cupants onto the ground, Millheim's lyceum course for the com- ing season is a hummer, —far in advance of anything being offered by any town of equal size in centri Pennsylvania. Last year Millheim made all Centre county sit up and take notice by an- nouncing the engagement of Col. Wm, J. Bryan, and this year they will have another national figure in the great Dr, Russel H, Conwell, who will give his wonderful lecture, **Acres of Diamonds” on a date to be announced later, Seven numbers comprise Milbeim's course this year and tickets sell for $2.00, as com- pared with $3.00 last year. The com. mittee says, “The war is over, prices must come down, 50 we are giving the public the benefit of our accumulated corners of the United States, surplus,
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