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VOL. XXXIII.
BELLWOOD, PA., THBpSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1921.
NO 47
LOCAL K COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
est Onr Readers
Bffi€F SUMMUrmr THE WEEK
Terse Parafraaas Goaoeralag tho Doings
et Set loreagh-The Oeluan
Oar Saboorlbers Ba|sy.
£__^ —And tho ground hog didn't
^^ see his shadow.
—Typewriter paper can be obtained at this office.
—Revival Besting still continue in ths Methodist ohurch.
—Eastman kodaks and films.
Gross Pharmacy.
—The backbone of winter is
broken, according to tbe ground
hog theory.
—For Sale—Fresh crw* with
calf by her side. J. II. Kurtz,
Blair street, Bellwood.
—Building activity in onr
borough promises to be brisk daring the spring and summer.
—Last Saturday' Paul Ardrey
fell while skating on tbe p»ve-
i ment and broke a bone in one of
his wrists.
—Mrs. John Miller ot Railroad
street underwent an operation in
the Mercy hospital in Altoona the
beginning of the week.
—-The members of the Daughters of Liberty attended the funeral of Mrs. Grace Waite at
Grazierville Wednesday afternoon in a body.
—For Sale—Six room dwelling
house oo North Fifth street; cemented cellar; lot t»0xl2C, will.
aaeeesury outbuildings. Inquire
ot J. Da Hicks on premises.   21
—Tbs sale of balced goods held
in the furniture store on Saturday for ths benefit of tbe school
library fund, by students of Ihe
sohool, resulted in the neat sum
of $50.
—The Scouts will meet Friday
evening at 6.80 o'clock. This is
a very important meeting and
there is much to be done. Tbe
meeting will l*et one hour. Boys
are to bring all handbooks along.
—The windows of the stationary stores sre adorned with valentines. In these displays are great
assortments of hearts, cupids, etc.,
and also many of tbe comic kind.
Tbs boys snd girls sre all aglow
over this coming event snd bsvs
already started buying valentines
fat their parents, brother', sisters,
cousins, sweethearts and other
relatives snd friends.
—The evangelistic services in
ths Evangelisal church are pro-
: greasing. Some of the sermon
subjects for two weeks sre ss follows : The Friendless Seel, How
Much are You Living ? Old Bottle*, The Devil's Hired Man,
Sodom, Capernaum and Bellwood,
Sleeping in tbe Lap of Sin,
Amusements, A Judgment Note,
Hell, Does it Exist, Whst is it snd
Where is it ? Next Sunday night
will be parents' night.
—When a motorist applies for
S new auto lioense and continues
to operate bis oar under tbe old
license pending the receipt ot tbe
new, he is dot violating the law,
according to aa opinion handed
down, Jan. 20, by Judge Wickrr-
aham, of the Dauphin county
courts, in tbs case Peter Vender-
too, Jr., wbo bad been fined $10
by an alderman for operating Jan
6th with 1980 tag. Vanderloo
"" **+A* application to l he Highway
Department Dec. 81, when the
applications were so numerous
tbe automobile division was
swamped.
PHESenfRIMS HAT EHLAR6E
Asasx Oofcteaplated Is a  WeU Known
Plaoe of Worship
For a number of months past
tbe members of the Presbyterian
ohuroh have contemplated making a number of improvements to
their place of worship on the oorner of South First snd Boyle
streets. Plans for the improvements have been drawn by Julian
Millard, the well known architect
of Altoona, and a congregational
meeting held Friday evening of
last week the plans were presented and discussed. Another meet*
ing will be held Friday evening
when definite action may be taken.
Tbe changes will be many and
quite pronounced. It is proposed to build an annex on tbe rear
27x60 feet and an addition on tbe
side facing the parsonage. The
seats will be placed in a semicircle, facing tbe manse. This
will necessitate the changing of
tbe pulpit miil place tor the choir.
Additional room will also be given for Sunday school purposes.
The proposed improvements
Will cost about fifte&i thousand
dollars and should our Presbyter
ian friends-decide finally to go
ahead, it will not only give them'
more room, but a modern church
home.
Two Church Bodies Dalle
After a split in tbe Evangelical
church, lasting thirty-five years, a
merger ot the two denominations
was effected in Chicago last Tuesday, when the United Evangelical
church and the Evangelical association were united. Negotiations
on union have iast'ud fur more
thsn ten years. Mora, than 2,000
ministers and about 800,000 members and more than $30,000,000
worth of property is involved in
tbe reunion. The chief cause ot
the split was the subject of lay
representation. The United Evangelical church demanded lay
representation on an equality with
the ministry. The Association
held ont tor a centralized govern
mentwith all power vested in tbe
ministry and bishops. Both have
now approved the plan of the
United Evangelical church. The
oburob tn Bellwood is the United
Evangelical 'church.
HORRORS OF THE NEAR EMI CHANGE UT THE IRWIN STORE
Jnniita Won Checker Game
The Juniata " Y" checker team
came to our town Tuesday evening and engaged in a game with
the fast local "Y" team. The
score remained close throughout
tbe struggle until Juuiata secured
two games over the hosts. The
score by players is:
Jckiata"Y"—      W.   L.
Replogle  4     5
Bennett       8     4
Gates   ......     8     6
McCloskey       4     4
Poarce..".	
D.
1
8
1
1
1
Total	
Bellwood "Y"-
Garson	
McClelland.
Dixon	
Glunt 	
MoFarland.
Total.
22   20     8
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1
2
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20   22     8
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•  8
4
5
3
6
4
8
7
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B. I. Glasgow Underwent an Operatloa
Mrs. E. S. Glasgow was called
to Brownsville two weeks ago on
account of the serious illness of
her husband, E. S. Glasgow, wbo
on Tuesday underwent an operation for appendicitis and complications in the Brownsville hospital
sad is doing well under tbe
conditions.
Pea Picture of Ihe Sntterlno Olvsa
former lollwosd Lsdy
Mrs. Ira Wcotsoi of Noi
Fourth street is in receipt' of.
letter from her daughter -M
who has been in the Nean£a|t
stricken district for the past fear
years and gives a vivid pen pifc-
ture of the appalling sutler ing thai
extant in that country. Wo have
been permitted to make tbe fkjtf
lowing extract from the letter ai
it will no doubt open the eyes
our readers as to tbe true com
tion, and more especially as it p$, Ijtwin * Co., fourteen years ago,
—Subscribe for your .home paper.
written by one witb whom mauy
are acquainted here iu  BellwoodX
"There is a whole floating city
out in the harbor of about 12d/-
000 Russians, ou boats of svci-^
description and iu the most a*.
palling condition. Some ot theiri
are So crowded tbat. there is so
room tor the poor people, to fit
down. It is reported that sores
ships arrive in Constantino[4e
witb people clinging to the rigging. Of conrse it is a tremendous undertaking to feed alt theire
people. They left Sebastopol
with nothing but their clothes on
their backs, fleeing panic-stricken
from the Bolshevist". It was very
unwise for most of them to leafs
Russia. Only the military and
reactionaries were in actual danger, whereas peasants from all
around fled and now they are its
a horrible state—hungry, filthy^
sick, vermin-ridden and witb efcf
solutely no relief in sight.
"Tne French are iu control   i
3.0. ■eFarlaad For Isst Tears leaker
et Fina Balers SeUwooS Meek
' After having been connected
with . the well known and
long established firm of L.
W. Irwin & Co., dealers in general merchandise, J. Charles McFar-
lhnd has withdrawn from the
business sad on Tuesday morning entered tbe Bellwood baok,
where in due time be expects to
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pMftmump '%W£%mB\mmW£iPwr
the situation because tbey are the!
oaly natiou that reoog*nl» *wr
Wrangle's army as a national
army, consequently they have the
responsibility of feeding and securing refuge for the people. On
accouut of disease the people have
not been allowed to leave^heir
boats and at first, before the harbor was policed the boatmen in
little boats, the sort of water lies
that always pollute a harbor,
worked loaves of bread out to
these hungry wretchrs and sold it
for diamonds aud other precious
stones.   It was awful.
"Gradually tbe situation is becoming organised. Thousands
have been sent to camps at various
places—Seminos, Gulltparle and
around here, while others have
gone to service and been able to
help as much as it was allowed.
"Wo are taking care of about
200 children ie one of the orphanages, children of the aristocracy,
and we have supplied bread to the
amount of 20,000 loaves. Russian
money is of oourse not worth a
penny* The other day a Russian
walked into G. H. quartecs with
2,000,000 rubles, which before
the war was worth about $1,000,-
000 and he couldij't get one thing
for it. I dont know what will
happen to all these people. Thaw
will probably be absorbed where
ever they are and never return
home. They really haws no
homes any longer. The 'Bolshevists will redistribute their property and simply claim everything."
which hae been nia scene ot act
ivity ever since and in which he
'was quite successful.
Mr. McFarland is one of Bell-
wood's highly esteemed and deservedly popular young man. He
is a graduate of the Bellwood
High school a number ol years
ago, and after completing the
course he found employment with
the P. R. R. company in a clerical
capacity .in Altoona. Fourteen
years ago an opportunity was presented to enter upon mercantile
pursuits when a proposition was
presented bim to engage witb tbe
L. W. Irwin & Co. Through his
natural tact and ability he soon
mastered the store keeping business and wss with much reluctance that be withdrew, bnt he believes s better opportunity in the
bank was presented.
Mr. MoFarland will prove a
valuable assistant fo Cashier Lowther, snd bis many Mends heartily congratulate him upon his ad.
vancement.
Pennsy Will Collect Wasts Paper
The desire of the Pennsylvania
railroad to out down* every possible item of waste is shown in tbe
latest bulletin from ths offices of
the Middle division, under the
signature of Superintendent William Elmer, whieh is as follows:
"It is tbe desire ot the m inag e-
ment to accumulate for sals all
that is possible |in the nature of
waste psper from every source.
At all points where it is the duty
of trainman or other employes to
give passenger cars a superficial
cleaning by removing newspapers,
magazines,etc., left by passengers,
sacks or other respectacles should
be provided and ths trainmon or
otbe*- authorised persons must deposit th erein all such material removed from the cars.
"When a new time table becomes effective, employes must
turn in tbeir old timetables to be
disposed of as waste paper."
Conoeit Postponed
Tbe Susquehanna University
Glee Club of Selinsgrove which
Was billed to appear in the Odd
Fellows' hall iu concert on the
evening of Feb: 10, has been indefinitely postponed due to the
fact tbat there is an epidemic ia
tbe town in which the university
is located. Tbe club will appear
here at a date to bs announced
later.
—Receipt books tor sale at this
office—.
Mow Member Oalliornia Legislature
We are in receipt of a letter
from oar friend and former fellow
citizen Oscar W. Smith, announcing tbat he is now a member of
tbe California legislature, having
been elected from the 44th district. Mr. Smith was a resident of
our town about fifteen yearr ago,
when he wss s clsrk on the Bell-
wood-Punxsutawney R. P. 0.,
and will be remembered by many
of our citizens. From here he
went to Bedford, where he was
editor ot the Bedford Inquirer tor
a number ot years, finally locating in California ten years sgo
Since his residence on tbe Pacific
coast hs bss • been engaged iu
newspspsr work. We are glad to
record the announcement of our
triend's advancement.
—A tre«h supply of Wbinaan's
candies. Gross Pharmacy.
—Evelyn, the three-year-old
daughter of Charles W. Horner
sad wife, has been confined to her
home on East First street' for ths
psst week a victim of diphtheria.
SS7.5T6 EXPENDED ON ROM
Elections Oeet .23,899,13-Hedeee. $18,-
000 Ia Bonds
County Controller T. W'dHam
Tobias has completed bis annual
report of tbs receipts and expenditures of Blair county for the year
1920 and hss filed the same with
the clerk of the common pleas
court. Tba report is a most exaus-
tive document and details every
item of revenue as wsll as expenses of the county lor the period it
*i0^^^^txo^eA egBt^it of ihe
cos'nty, had *5aa32.982.82< a*-4liei*'
disposal during the year, this immense sum accruing from liquor
licenses, temporary loans, payment ot oourt costs and fines, forfeitures and other miscellaneous
sources.
The resources of the county, as
shown by the report are $880,886-
83, divided as follows: Cash on
hands Jan. 8,1921, $6,657.20; assessed valuation of the court house
$800,000. assessed valuation ot
the county borne and hospital for
the insane, $850,000; assessed valuation ot the county jail and
central heating plant, $52,000;-
assessed valuation of the Williamsburg Industrial Homs, $3,-
000; outstanding *ax due from
collectors, $109,229,63. The liabilities are: Bonded indebtedness,
$802,000; Sinking Fund commission, balance of 1920 tax, $9,458.-
49. The resources thus exceed the
liabilities by $569,428.84.
An item of more than ordinary
interest is the report of the tact
that tbe sum oi $18,000 in bonds
was redeemed   during   the year
PERSONALJARASRAPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
but as the owners were willing
that they should be redeemed,
tbsre was a saving affected, since
they were paid oft under face
value. Tbe cost of operating the
industrial homo at Williamsburg
for the year including all supplies
repairs and salaries of employes
was $8,285.11, while the sum ot
$67,576.83 was expended on the
roads owned by tbe county. Some
of this was for repairs and rebuilding, some for maintenance
and some for oiling and other expenses connected with them.
Elections do not come cheaply,
according to the figures in that
colum, the expenses last year having been $28,899.13. Courts are
listed as having cost $12,128.01,
while costs in commonwealth
cases augmented this by $10,143.-
$8. The cost ot operating the
county home and hospital for the
insane was $87,520.20. Tbe report
in its entirety will be pu blished
later.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Oweots Wee eae
•rtalaed py Bolhroed
'estlm et Theee
Wss Travel Ts aad Fro.
Mrs. A. D. Mitchell spent last
Saturday aad Sundsy with Clear*
field friends, v
Squirt John T. Oritrwril spent
several days last week with friends
in Johnstown. :
' Mrs. W. I. Davis is visiting in
Harrisburg aad is being entertained at tbe home of Horace
Curley and wife.
Mrs. Ira Estop of Main street,
wss au over Sunday visitor at the
borne of her sister, Mrs. George
Glasgow, in Punxsutawney.
Leslie R. Kyper and wife left
Saturday for St. Augustine, Fla.,
where tbey will enjoy the balmy
atmosphere of that stats for tho
next few weeks.
Harry Brunner, student st
State College, wss sn over Sunday
visitor at the home of his parenta
on Main street and incidentally
greeted many of his young friends.
Miss Jane Jeftries, ot Pittsburg,
is at tbs Jeftries borne on Boyle
street, where she is being entertained by ber aunts, Mrs. Jennie
MeCraeken and Miss Lillian Jeftries.
Mrs. Walter O'Connor, of La-
dysmith, Wis., and Mrs. Charles
*tet dae-tfi2»»ot ?**•' W* *** "
_ai:__lthe home ol their aunt, Mrs
South
An-
Third
—J. B. Swan and wifo of Glasgow are the proud parents of a
fine big boy baby, who arrived
Friday night of last week. His
grandmother, Mrs. Frank M.
Glasgow of South Second street,
is much pleased over the little
fellow's advent.
—Postmaster Ira R. Burns has
been having a trying time the
past ten days, suffering with a
severe attack of rheumatism,
which has greatly interfered
with the performing of bis duties.
He is able to be at the office part
of tbe time, but works under
difficulty.
—(Samuel Loucks, tbe old Civil
war veteran, who had been confined to his home near the shops
tor the past six weeks by illness,
has so tar recovered as to bs oat
doors aud down town. Last Sunday he attended services in the
Methodist church. Bespits his
eighty years, Mr. Loucks is aa
unusually active man.
nie M. Weaver on
street.
Merchant W. M. Bower of
North First street, spent, several
days last weak in Harrisburg,
where be attended the annual
farm product show. He reports
the show a great success. He slso
spent some time with bis son at
Shirmanstown.
Howard F. Cox, the. well
known farmer and granger ot
Antis township, was in Harrisburg several days last week attending tbe agriculture show. Mr.
Cox is one ot the progressive
farmers of the county snd never
lets an opportunity slip by whereby he gains valuable information.
—Trespass notices for sale at
this office, ten cents each.
—-At a dinner 'given at tbe
home ot Mr. and Mrs J. T. Meredith at 1521 Thirteenth street Altoona on Saturday evening,, an-
nouncment wss msde of ths engagement of their daughter, Mar-
jorie Bell to J. Herbert Moors ot
Llyswsn.
—The annual convention ot the
Supervisors' association of Blair
county, will be held in the court
house at Hollidaysburg,on Thursday, February 17. Tbe meeting
will be called to order by the officers of the association at 10 a. m.
You are urgently requested to attend this convention as this is one
of the most important duties of
your office as township supervisor. -*
—Joseph D. Hicks, of North
Fifth street, who was among tbe
Pennsy employes furloogbed two
walks sgo, hss decided to engage
ia tilling the soil and has rented
a form ia Shaver's Creek valley,
Huntingdon county, and about
April 1 will move on to it Mr.
Hicks has been a resident of our
town fur the psst eight yesrs snd
daring this time hss msny warm
friends, all of whom regret to see
bim leave.