OF THE THE FATHER OF THE CHRISTMAS SEAL The opening of the twentieth an- nual Christmas Seal Sale finds the festivities of the holidays tempered among those actively engaged in the campaign by the knowledge that the originator of the Christmas Seal has died since the conclusion of last year's sale. The man who made financially possible the world-wide war on tuber. losis, Finar Holboell, postmaster at Charlottenlund, Denmark, succumbed to heart trouble in his sixty-second year, on February 23, 1027, EINAR HOLBOELL Twenty-four years ago he was a : “2 young mail clerk in the post office at 2s Charlottenlund, working far into the night on Christmas Eve distributing holiday greeting cards and letters. He saw that as a rule they would go to comfortable homes, housing happy, vigorous families, But he knew, too, that often to those homes where kind Christmas wishes and good Christmas deeds were most needed, there likely would not come even a brief word of greeting. An inspiration seized him. Perhaps ty a tax on gre ting ecard 3 Could be accomplished § in 10 4 of Wilmingt m, Delaware, ed the idea to raise funds to m ntair a tuberculosis shack of eight beds ¢ the banks of the Brandywine, secur- ing $3000. She in turn had read a magazine article by the great philan- thropist, Jacob A. Riis, describing the Danish tuberculosis stamp he had re- celved on the back of a letter from the city of his birth—Copenhagen. Miss Bissell next aspired to extend = the work by a national campaign, and { interested the American Red Cross. The first national Christmas Seal Sale | occurred in 1908, and brought in $135,000. Each year since the sum has i inereased just as it has in Denmark, Einar Holboell, the inventor of the Christmas Seal, could not possibly have foreseen its magic health value today, not only in raising funds to continue the work, but in carrying to millions of people every holiday sea- zon the stimulus to guard against dis- case. These tiny pieces of paper, mui. tiplied a billion fold, have had an in- estimable part in teaching the public that tuberculosis can be prevented — can be cured. The double-barred cross which each one bears is the em. blem of the anti-tuberculosis work throughout the world, The Christmas seal has carried to the farthermost party of America the news that people need not die from tuberculosis. During the period the seal has been in existence, the death rate in this country from the disease has fallen from 198 per hundred thou- sand population to 83, a saving of over 100,000 lives this year, As a mark of honor, the Danish Seal for 1927 will bear the . picture of RS rmm— ANNUAL BANK MEETING. |atroctors for the ensuing year. The annual meeting of stockholders | GEORGE MITCHELL, of The First Natfonal Bank of Centre | FRANK M. FISHER, Hall, Pa., will be held in the banking | Secretary, rooms the second Tuesday of January, | ~— Ee ———————— 1928, same being the 10th day of the | month, between the hours of 10 and | 12 o'clock, for the election of direct- | ors and the transaction lof any other | 1 that may come before the Pres. meeting H. LEIGH EBRIGHT, Cashler. | Am — A555 SA 5 A. i ANNUAL ELECTION, The annual election of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of! > Centre County will be held in the The “Reporter” is GIVING this Safe- Grand Jury Room, Court House, | ty Razor Outfit With a NEW Sub- Bellefonte, on Monday, January 0th, | scription to The Centre Reporter. 1928, between the hours of 10 A, M. Do your friends a» fsvor by telling and 12 M. for the election of twelve them about It. Courteous Attention and Highest Dollar-For-Dollar Value Patrons of our used car department get the same courteous attention and the same high dollar-for- dollar value as our new Car customers. Used car sales constitute a vital part of Su busi. ness—consequently, our : a on ‘the ". DECKER CHEVROLET CO., Bellefonte HOMAN MOTOR CO., Centre Hall a ot A Ea ao. SEASON of “Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men” is approaching for The First National Bank of Centre Hall, its officers, directors and employees, wish for alla Merry Christmas, and health, wealth and prosperity during the coming year. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK CENTRE HALL, PA. § PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS © POWER Motor power can’t be measured in cold figures. It takes a hand on the wheel and a foot on the accellerator to feel the pulsing life and thrilling flow of sustained energy and force. You'll realize this as never before when you drive the NEW STAR SIX Because it is undoubtedly the most POWER. FUL car in anything like its price class. 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