Bellwood Bulletin 1926-02-04

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VOL. XXXVIII.
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SREF SUMMARYJ1F THE WEEK
Sataa fsTeaa-rSfba OsassrslBB tbs Beiass
sf Oar Bersugk—Tto Oo*sau
Oar Batoeribera Baley.
—Even though we may have
oix weeks more of winter weather,
tt will soon be over.
—Get oat    yoar snow shovel
«ad   do your  daty    toward re-
tioviog the snow from the side
walk.
•—Mrs. Earl Boms is sick in
bed at ber bome v,n South First
stieet, Battering trom an attack of
the grip.
I —Do yoar bit and olean tbe
snow from your sidewalks, end
thus comply with the borough
ordinance.
—According to the     measure-
meat made by O. S.  Fleming at
hie home oo Soatb Second street,
there were twenty inches of snow
I oo the ground this moroing.
Pennsylvania  Stato      College
Invested a profitable potato erop
Beeson.    The yield of 7.000
hels was sold at $2.25 per bus.
I,   The wheat    crop, also   a
oaa, wss mat-keted'at $1.90.
—-Friday moroing of lest week
tba coldest of thaw inter, tbs
irmometer  having   registered
ir degrees below ~«ro in differ-
places iavtowo.   At one point
IHbria county, it registered
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►AY, FEBRUARY 4, 1926.
CRUSHED UHDEfl CAR WHEELS
George E. ■eCaBllav, Sraksaua   Bat
Bsslh Prota Inlarlsa
- While in the di-cbarge of his
duties as a brakeman oo the
Cresson disvision of the P. R. B.,
Oeorge E. McCanlley, loog a
readout of North Teatb street,
thia borougb, met death from
injuries received whea be fell or
wbb jolted from tbe car ot tbe
train upon wbieh be waa performing his duties, shortly after
midnight Taeaday . morning,
while coming down the mouo
tain fro*n Cresson, and falling to
tbe rail his left arm end leg were
almost severed trom his body.
There were no witnesses te the
accident and jost how it happened
or wbat caused bim to fall will
never be known. He was found
shortly afterward by employees
and was removed to the Altoona
hospital, where death ensued
early Tuesday moroing.
The wife oi the unfortunate
men died a few years, aod he is
survived^ by five children as
follows: Clinton, Nioma May,
Stanley aad Emmaline.*
He Waa boro at Punxsutawney
April 89,1888, tbe sob ot 8. M.
McCanlleyaud wile, the father
surviving, and was agod about
37 years. The greater part ot
his lite wm spent in this place,
where be Was well knowo and
especially la railroad circles.
His untimely ' death was a sad
blow to his many friends.
He was a mem ber of the United
Brethren churob, where funeral
services wets send u tit ed at on*
Ifitt TW'iWar *#**■
FI8EMEN TO ISSUE PROGRAM M0CH SOFT COM. BEING MINED
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la Ceaaeetlea Wttb Ostrirel Naae. Sao.
veatlea le Be HsM at tfreaa
' The 1926 convention ot tbe
Central Pennsylvania Volanteer
Firemen's Association will be
held ie Tyrone io August. It
has been customary for the cotte
veotioo committee each yijjer to
finance the affair tbroogh tha
publication of a program «ofl
book ot proceedings of the convention in wbieh busiarai foen Ot
tbe communities rep-toeated
there sre asked to take amfeitise-
ments. Tbis is a comn*$ndable
procedure whereby tbe AaMoiBtion
seeks to give full value I0P return
for tko support it reoeivoBk  ,
Tbe executive  committee tor
this year has engaged P.fj$r| Gar
land ofBellwood to solicit' advertising contracts for this' program.
The committee which isiJomposed1
.E. O. Piper, Oeneral chairman ,A.
B. Woodriog,   W.    D.   Snyder,
Joho W.    Prioe, B. T» Bayard
JohoJE. Ardell, A. 8. Garman^T.
Harry   Smith,     Oscar Johnson
William ** H. Agnew. **■ John L,
Porte? is confident that the busi
neaa   men    of Tyrone  and our
neighboring communities will coopers te with   Mr.     Garland in a
material way wben he begins- bhr
call upon them.
' SI —
, OoBlasts Bavs Bssa
Two contests   have  beeo   announced for tbe young people of
the Methodist chareh.   One is
Bible story foiling contest aod th
otber ia a stewardship e^say
teal.   The fi rat is opea
Ww
—Motorists sre experiencing
much difficulty io negotiating
tbe state highways since the
heavy fall of saow yesterday aod
lsst sight The State Highway
Department has a large force ot
men sod mschinery oo all of the
prlaeipal highways ot tbe county
io an effort to make tbe roads
peaaable.
—•Aod oow it ia announced
that tbe employees of all railroads
te ihe eastern district have msde
a demand on tha transportation
companies for a pronounced increase in wages. An answer to
the demand is, reqoeated on or
before March 2. The tendeocy
of tbe times point strongly toward
on upheaval io busioess conditions io tho country.
—Tbs thirty-six annual meet,
ing of Group 6 of the Peunsy-
lvaoia Baakera association will
be held oa Lincoln's birthday at
the Penn-Alto hotel in Altoona.
Tbe group is composed ot six
counties, with one hundred oad
sixteen banks te ths district as
members. The Bellwood Troat
oompany snd tbe First National
hank aro members of tha group.
—During the coming summer
Bellwood borough will likely
make a number of atreet
improvements, tbat is soom of
tiie thoroughfares will be coo-
ereted sod to accomplish this jt
Will be necessery to expend several
thousand dollars, tt may be
necessary • for couocil ask tbe
voters for a bood issue to stake
the proposed improvemeot.
—Wo lean tbat J. J. O'Brien,
a retired eogioeer oo the
Cresson division of the P. R. B.
who baa beea employed fo^some
tine past as on elevator operator
at the Peoo-Alto hotel ia Altoooa,
has decided to leave and next
week wiil remove to Altoona.
For almoat two ecore yean he
hss beeo one ot the respected
eitiseos of tbe oommooity aod
many httands regret to leer a of
UtaJwrtog.
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and interment   mode
Valley cemetery.
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Logan
Prssbyttrlaa CbnrchAnnouacemsnts
Logan Valley Presby terian
cburch, Rev. Wilfred R.
Memmert, paator. Sabbath
sehool 9 15 a. m., rooming worship 10.45; Y. P. S. O. E. 6.80
p. m., topic,"What Does Christian Endeavor Mean to Me?''
4eader, the pastor; eveoing service
7.80; church bright, Wednesday
7.80. The pastor will preaojs at
botb services. You are always
welcome in this church at any
or al) its services. Prerchiog at
Tipton on Sunday alternoon at
8 o'clock.
Tto Droned Boa Saw Hla Bhaeov
Tuesday was Ground Hog day
and tbe pesky little marmot saw
his shadow. Tbe day dawned
with lowering clouds aod the soo
was oot to be seen aboot mid-day,
when Old Sol cast bis slants jost
for a lew moments and tbe little
animal saw his shadow. According to tradition we deuisens ot
this- latitude are due for six
weeks more ot winter weather.  .<
The
Baalist Obarab Servicea tl
Logan Valley Baptist church,
Rev. H. G. Dooley, pastor.
Worship aod preaching at 10.45
s. in., 7.80p. m. Morning subject,
"AG'^al Life;" eveniag subject,
"Tbe Supreme Affirmative;"
Sunday school 7.30; young
peoples meeting 6.80; prayer
meeting Wednesday 7.80.
17. Tbe eecou
tween tbe ages of 12 aod 24. A
nomber are busy preparing for the
contest whieh will take place oo
Monday evening, Feb. loth in
connection with a yoang peoples
social under the auspices of the
Epworth League. Prises will be
given for the winners to the local
contest as well aa the paivilege of
competing in a dletriot aod conference contest, the winners of
whiob receive scholarships to the
event at the Methodist training
camp this ooming summer. The
contest is still open and others
who oare to enter may see Mn.
F. D. Goss, Miss Nelda Miller,
Misa Carrie Jamison-or the paator. The date wbieh was firat
set for Friday, tha 12th. bas beeo
ohsoged to tin shove.
bog
bs
aay
—Who   said the ground
was s fakir?- 4&h
—Typewriter  paper   ooo
obtained  at  this office   io
quanity desired.
—The severe cold of last week,
when mercury dropped to six below aero, was followed by a tbaw
and rain that resulted ia much of
the snoW\beiog melted sad carried
away. Sunday it rained for tbe
greater port of thi day. Moaday
.moroing thers was S light snow
' whieh tell daring the early hoars.
SeHee te Satsr Ooaaa-aara
Notice ia bereby given to
Bellyvood water consumers tbat I
will receive water rents st my
residence on Sooth first etreet,
from 6.80 until 9 o'clock each
evening, exoept Wednesday aud
Saturday evenings. All water
toots ore doe aod payable
quarterly io advance aad water
consumers sboald make an effort
t j comply with tbe conditions ot
the ordioance. The towo
authorities are io need ot money
and by making prompt payment
it will not be oecessary to borough
money to meet the expeoses ot
ths boroogb.
W. L Davis, Collector.
fiOBBjIiaals Sblfftai 12,000
1 a Bests atovs SerauU
otrsl Pennsylvania  is  ship-
approximately 12,000 -ear
Ha, or 600,000 tons, ot bitumi-
eoal a   mouth   into the an-
|te   consuming districts, it
stated Wedneedsy by W. A.
statistician of the   Central
raqia Ooal Producers' as-
jaiAlfoona.
iaifhe   association   has no
.Earthe   deatinatien   oftbe
"ifclpped from the district,tbat
a the average monthly earths normal soft coal de
4-ajnee tbe beginning of the
Me\ suspension,
bg tbe month of January,
aorloads ot coal were ship
'umg tbit section, as compared
71,696 ears during January
"The surplus during each
th sines tbe beginning ot tbe
•Mon has beea approximate-
e same.
was stated hy Mr. Jones that
al activity during January
yssr was   somewhat greater
last year,   whioh would in-
the demaud for bituminous
Blight extent.   However, he
the opinion that   8,000 eer-
s would supply tbe increased
and due to   greater activity,
rest of tbe surplus production
tributes to substitution ot'bu
inous for anthracite.
Sre is no way to kaow exact-
bw much ol   the aoft coal is
anthracite, tbs produc-
.1 eaid, - but be believes
£ftoads  is not ex-
wrtJiw-Jcaay-
00 records ot tiie destination of
the coal shippped from this sectioa, bot a  large    part of it ia
going ioto tha larger    cities   in
the aast and In New England.
' It was farther statei that the
bituminous     supply     is    great
enough to replace  alt anthracite
coal if tbe public will use it. That
tbe soft coal mines are filling the
demand   for   their    ptoduct is
testified to by the fact that the
price at the mines bas increased
oaly 20 cents a too over the price
ot last year.
The production io January io
tiie local field was greater than
at aoy time December, 1920, last
month's production being 5,011,-
848 tons aod tbat of December,
1920, being 5,418,828 Tbe Central
Pennsylvania distriot is composed
of Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon,
Bedford, Clearfield, * Oeotre,
Clinton, Indiana, Armstrong,
Jefferson, Cameron and Elk
counties and tbe part nf Somerset
coanty tapped by tbe Pennsylvania railroad.
HAVE PASSED Jl THI! BEYOND
Ssoortl of Psrsoas Who Safe Paid tto
Peaslly si Balers
MRS. AMANDA M. MYERS
At the home of her son, H. C.
Myers, 604 Martin street, Mra,
Amanda M. Myers died at 2.20
Sunday afternoon after an illness
of tbree daya. Mrs. Myers was
born Ootober 12,1842, in Warrior
Mark valley. She was for many
years a member of the Bethlehem
United Brethren choroh io that
valley. For ten years she bad
lived at Bellwood, at tbe bome ot
her son, where she died. Two
sons survive H. Cot Bellwood
andD. C. of Tyrooe—and one
sister, Mrs. Mary J. McClay ot
Wilkinsburg. Funeral servioe
were held at tbe bome at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, oonducted
by tbe Bev E. O. Sawyer of
Tyrone. Interment in Oraodview
cemetery, Tyrone.
MRS.   KEZIAH   GOSS
Mrs. Keziah Ooss died Mon
day afternoon at her homer 1009
Seventh avenue, Altoona. She
was born Sept 20,1840, at Tyrone
tbe daughter ot John and Cather-
rine Foreman Sprankle. Her
husband, Joseph B. Ooss, died
in 1907. She was a member of
the Third Presbyterian choroh of
Altoooa for practically ber entire
life. She is survived by a brother,
Zack Sprankle and the following
childreu: Mrs Elisabeth Sanders,
J. O. Ooss, H. B. Ooss aod M. L.
Ooss, sll ot Altoona, Mary L.
Goes of Washington and M. S.
Goss of Pinecrott "• aud twenty
grandchildren and five great
IfraBt-tMf-reii
were held at the home oo Thursday morniog at 10:80, with in
termeot at Rose Hill cemetery.
PERSQNALTARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Hera ami
Thoss Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF 001 CITIZENS
Quests Tfbe Ire SBtertalato by
Hosts—Pansaal Saattaa et Tbose
She Travel Te aai FTe.
MiasAonie Laird, of Tyrone,
wis the guest of frienda in town
last Saturday.
Mits Mary Lowther, a student
at Hood college, is at home for
a brief vacation.
Miss Leone Bell, a student at
Margaret Morrison echool te
Pittsburgh, is enjoying bome life
for a brief period.
John Hazzard, humane officer,
of Tyrooe, epent Tuesday evening - io Bollwood, ood was
officially engaged.
Mrs. Amerlia Frasier, aftar u
visit of a few days at the home ot
ber son L. A. Frasier oo North
Cambria street, hss returned to
Lemont, Center eounty. -*&£
MUs Thelma Bitenhooee ie
borne from Lock Haven, where
she bad been a week-end gueat
of ber friends, Mias Pauline
Hamilton, a student at tbe normal'
school.
T. P. Gheer and- srtfe Mt os?
Tuesday for Orlando, Florida,
where they will remain for tho
next few weeks aa tee guesta of
their son Charles Gheer ood his
family.
Miss Eathryne   WilltaasesST to
-jftaa^sffifoti -y*MfrJl'bIiiii te u^*ssf mn jri^.
trienda iu Wilkmsborg, Charieroi
and . Cleveland, Ohio, at the
hitter place being tbe guest of hsr
brother, Clarence Williamson.
can
be
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—Typewriter paper
obtained at this office.
—Trespass notices tor sale
tbis office, ten cents eaoh.
—Wednesday was the natal
day of Ed ward E. Stone, well
known citized of the hill sectioa
of tba boroogb. Ba spent the
event quietly at hia home aad
calling upon his many friends
aad smoking a few choice cigars.
He is eojoyiog good health aod
sap that hs feals juet as young as
when ba was forty. While ia oar
office be declined to atate hia age.
■stbstUat Obarab Seles
The last communion service ol
the   conference  year   will  take
place in tbis cburch on Snoday,
both morniog aod  evening.   It
is hoped aad expected  that   all
members and Christian friends of
tbis ohareh will take advantage
of this blessed priviledge.   New
members trill be receive at the
morning servioe.   Io the evening
B Short   evangelistic message on
the theme "Remembering Jesus"
will hs giving by the pastor. Tbe
Sanday achool moot at 9.80.   It
will be missionary  day  in the
Saaday Sohool Junior League at
2.00 aod Senior League at 6.80.
A cordial invitation is extended
wsll who will unite with oe ia
worship of oar common Lord end
Savior.
L. A. Welliver, pastor
—A baby clinic will be held
in tbe P. R. Ft Y. M. A. Friday
aftarnooo.
Young Psoplss Council
The Jaaaary meeting of the
Young People's council of the
Sunday schools wss held in the
Methodist Episcopal church with
all officers and fourteen other
members present..
The meeting was opened with
devotions in which Henry
Fleieber, president led the group
in missionary hymns. Mary
Cornmesser, vice president read
Scripture and challenged tbe.
group that we are also missionaries to go into alt the world and
preach the Gospel." Margaret
McCauley sang "Beautiful
Garden of Prayer"
Tbe business consisted in choosing a regular night to meet and
a place for the next meeting. Tbe
Baptist young people volunteered
to give their church tor the uext
meeting. Council will be held
the foorth Tuesday ot every
month.
' Several committee were appointed, ona ot wbich is to plan for
tbe next worship service in the
Y. M. C. A. The committee haa
been busy and reports tbat Miss
Esther I. Williams, secretary ot
the Y. M. C. A. of Uollidayshurg,
will be the Speaker. It you wish
to know wbo Miss Williams' is
ask a camper.
The question of a "Bible study"
course waa also discussed Several
of the officers were talking with
Or. Anderson and he has con*
sented to teach a class io Bible.
Tbe class sboald be quite large
or it will not be worth Dr.
Anderson's time to teach. Every
one is invited or rather urged to
take tbia coarse. All desiring to
do so ere aaked to report to
Kathryn Houter, secretary, within
the aeat week.
The social boor was in obarge
of K. Hunter aod many games
were enjoyed. Hot chocolate waa
ssifed, after which a Friendship
Circle closed the meeting.
Counoil Bot Bond.y Bvealaf
Tbe regular Febraary meeting
of the borough council was beld
Monday eveniog te the pobllo
boilding with all of the members
preeeot. There was aot much
betore the body and only - rootine
business was transacted. The
bills contracted during the month
were ordered paid. Couooil took
op the matter of financing the
proposed improvements to some
ot our streets during tbe comiog
summer and hopes to be able
to come a solution. Among
the streets wbich will be modernized is Booth Tuckahoe streets
from tbe Methodist chareh corner
to a point oo tho hill snd possibly
to the Btate Highway at the east
era approach to the boroagh.
An ordinance calling for thia improvement was passed two months
ago and when alt preliminaries I
have been met-the work will be
started.	
Sealer Class Bests!
Bellwood High school senior.
class had a delightful   social at
tbe bome ot Orlando Leddy, the
evening beiog apent te business, u
games aod music.    A delicioast
luncheon was served. Miss  Helen
Jane Wilson and A. W. Berber;
oftbe faculty were guests and tha,
party   included     Misses   Merna
Delevett    Helen    Laird, Laura
Irvin, Ethel Dunn, Evelyn Dollis*
Gertrude      McElwain,      Bettg
Oramer, Kathleen Sharrah, Ethel
Caswell, Catherine    Reigb, L
Boot,   William    Myers,
Greeuland, Paul Bechtol, J<
Cook, Leroy   Wolf, Sellers Bell
Ralph Walker, Lee Myers,
Fleiaher,      Baymond    Wi
Russell      Woodhall,     O
Leddy.
■—•There tea difference 1
a living wags sod a til
wags.
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