The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-06-17
Miss Maud sibble. of German Hill.


her home, discovered large land turtle
weighing four pounds and on top of the
shell were the following initials. "H. L.
W. 1904" and "a. A. 1907" There were
also two small gimlet holes in the back
of its she'll. Mr.. Henry Sibble took the
turtle up along the macadamized road
and liberated it. 1t could go some and
if any one finds IL again they will be more
lucky than Maud was.
-Messrs. Beck Il OFT, contractors for
the reconstruction of Elm and Bridge
streets in the borough, are progressing
rapidly these days, much OF the grading
having been already completed, and the
cement curbng at the upper end of ftown
where the brick paving is to begin, is be-
ing laid, Down to the lower corner of
the cemetery the curbing is to be flush
with the paving, and from there on to the
River bridge it will be raised to the reg
ulation height. With favorable weather
the work ought to be pretty we'll along
toward completion by the first or middle
of September.
The school board of Hickory town
ship, at meeting on June Sth, elected
tho following teachers for the ensuing
year: Endeavor, No. 4 and principal OF
high school, Miss Laura X. Smutz; No. 3,
Miss Iva Carpenter; No. 2, Miss Julia
Anderson; No |, Miss May Whaley;
White, Miss Myrna Mcintyre; Beaver
Valley, Miss Ethel Douglass; Church Hill,
Miss Clio e. Green; Albaugh, Miss Lydia
Albaugh; Queen, Miss Mary Mexican;
Otter, Claude Terrill. The term will be-
gin on September 9TH and will probably
be eight months. The tax levy was fixed
at l3 mills for school purposes and mills
for building puposes.
The Harmony township school board
at its meeting Monday elected the follow
ing teachers for the ensuing year: Neill-
town, Miss Jennie DeLo; Allender Run,
Miss Pearl Elliott Washington, Miss
May Elliott; Trunkeyville, Miss Mamie
Engdahl; Fleming Hill, Miss Martha
Morrow; West Hickory, No. l, Miss
Mary Casey; No. 2, not yet elected.
There was no election for the River Hill
school as the board is figuring on vacat-
ing the school and sending the pupils to
the Tionesta schools. The term will be
eight months, beginning on August 3lst.
The tax levy is II mills for school and
mills for building purposes.
The annual family reunion in honor
of Mrs. Conrad Ledebur was held at the
home of her son Frederick Ledebur, Ger
man Hill, on Saturday last, 18th inst,
that being the mothers 05th birthday. A
large gathering of relatives and friends
was present to congratulate this remark
able old lady and to felicitate with her on
such rare and pleasant occasion. A
bountiful dinner was served and the en-
joyment of everyone present was COM
plete, and none seemed happier than the
guest of honor herself. Mrs. Ledebur
retains all her faculties to remarkable
degree and she "gets around" sprier than
many much younger than herself.
Friends of Mrs. Fred Dryer, to the
number of sixty-five called at the pleas
ant family homestead on Hunter Run
last Saturday aud gave her complete
surprise. The affair was conceived and
arranged by Mrs. Jury ofTidioute, moth
er of Mrs Dryer, and twenty-three of the
guests were from Tidioute. The after
noon was most delightfully."- passed by
the happy company of friends, and a
bountiful dinner was served by them,
which included an eight-gallon reservoir
of ice cream. The genial hostess was
taken completely by surprise, and when
a large taly-ho load of friends halted at
her door and began to slight she realized
for the first that she WAS the victim of the
cleverly planned celebration of her birth
day.
The Titusviile Herald of yesterday
contained a rather startling news item
from Endeavor, the home ofCongressman
Wheeler, to the effect that he had been
prostrated by an attack of heart failure
while in church on Sunday morning last,
and had to be taken home in carriage.
The facts are that Mr.. Wheeler's attack
was of a very trivial nature and was all
over in minute, and he was able to walk
out of the church without assistance.
Since then he has been busily engaged at
his desk at the office and says he never
felt better in his life. Our Congressman
| is not of the bandbox sort, but rather one
of the robust kind, whose outdoor labors
afford him lots of healthful exercise,
keeping his muscles hardened and his
appetite sharpened.
The officials of the post Office depart
ment have given their approval to plan
of the division Conformation Of the de-
partment OF commerce and labor, which
contemplates making use of the services
of postmasters and rural carriers as an
adjunct TO the employment work of the
division. The postmasters will be re-
quired to send out through The carriers to
farmers and others on the various routes
tributary to their offices, return postal
cards prepared by the division of infor-
nation, that will contain instructions
how to secure help from among immi-
grants. The cards will contain blanks,
which, when properly filled, will bring
to the farmers or other employer of labor
just the number and character of work.
men that he desires. The plan is good
one under certain conditions, butitseems
to The Times that at the present time it
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