Bellwood Bulletin 1927-08-25

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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
tie Beings
BILLS IIP BEFORE COUNCIL
  Bojey.
—The eet harvest is oa amoog
tba farmers ot Aotis townabip.
—Succulent homegrown roasting ears sre oow oo the market.
.-—The stato convention of the
P. 0. 8, of A. wss tha attraction
in Altoona this week-
-—J asi a few mora days et base
bell,and thao tha sports wilt turn
their attention to foot ball.
—Fuller's shower reduced one
•dollar untill September 16. J. H.-
Irwin, representative, North First
■treet
—Watch for the date and plaea
tor the corn boil to be held by
the local lodge ot Knights at
Pythias. z*$
—A bouncing boy baby arrived
at the bome of Milton Doaghmoo
eod wife on North Foartb street
ead bas beaa named John Gil
hart,;
—There will be two important
gpreuts next moath ia .which
rjBleir ooooty eitisens oro much
ilkp)g*pUA*\   tbs  races at Tiptoe
t^Mfs*^"^!^. i_i
  soejhaao fooKi 6. Ijego
end John Price will leave in a tew
days oo automobile trip through
tha Sew England states.    They
will be absent for two weeks.
—-The college students wbo
have been speuihng the summer
vacation at thrir homes io the
borough, will soon be wending
tbeir way back to tbe different
Hits  ot lesrning.
—A visit to the' Logan Valley
oemetery will convince anyooe
who area, familiar" with former
conditions tbst tba' city of til
dead to mora attractive oow tben
ever. The officers ere deserving
of much credit.
—The firet annual reunion ot
tha Nearhoof clan will be beld at
Blaod park on Saturday, Sept. 8.
All who ere connected with tba
Nearhoof family ara cordially
invited to be preeeot. Ao organisation will ba effected and tba
reunion will be bald annually.
—Tbe 0. F.  Werta garage oo
, Cambria and North Second 8te.,
haa aeeo red tbe agency for tha
Oakland, Pontiac ooa Dodge
automobiles eod will soon begin
aa intensive campaign of advertising. This weak ihe firm se-
oared three oars by freight aod
ere oow exhibited at their piece
of bueineaa.
—L. A. Reigh & Sons the feed
dealers, bave bought a new aad
modern thrashing outfit and will
engage io threshing the crops ot
tbo farmers in this part of tbe
coaoty. Already a few et the
farmers have engaged their services, eod from indications they
will bo busy throughout the
summer ood fell.
—Oor old friend J. Modisoo
Bressler, ot Pender, Neb., haa
favored us with  a copy of tbe
-Wayoo    Herald, published   et
jWeyoe, Nab., which contains
sixty pages brim tall ot the history of fblt prosperous western
town. The paper does credit te
tbe oommuoity ia wbioh it exists,
'^WBitt merchant! rffilWMMB.
B—Hiss Prssssls five st
Tltal tapansess is lis etUoaas
. A special meeting of tho boroagh council was hold io tha
pablie building Monday eveaing
ead when celled to order by Preeideot J. *t. Irvin tbe following
members aoswerod roll cell: J. J.
Irwio,B.C.Logo,W. T. .Bland,
F. W. Fleisber, J. D. Stitt, R. H.
Hirsch.
The highway oommittee eod
water committee reported progress oa work in thsir respective
Itoes.
A. G. Leaver was awarded the
contract for too erection of a concrete boose et tbo borough intake
12x12x14, to install tbe cblcrinat-
iou plant et a ooat ef $457.00, oad
tbe work ia oow in progress.
R. H. Hirsch, chairman Of tba
ordinanoe oommittee, reported
Ire bills torordinances. Tbe bill
to obtain tuo-aoosof-t of tho qualified rotor* of tho boroagh to an
indebtedness in tho amount of
$60,000 for sewer purposes was
taken ap for second reading and
passed. The bill increasing tha
borough indebtedness in tbe
amount of $50,000 was considered aad passed second reading.
The bill tor tbe earb end gutter
ordinance wes rood tor tbo second time eod passed.
Tbo bill tor the repeal of boroagh ordinance No. 121, WW*'
Wtoeotida.lW*tl AgaJaV pasaad   fl-ft
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styqo^iag^Rtewer71t oppsei's tbet
the ordinance is now obsolete aa
council will ask tbe voters for
thrir consent to bood the bo rough
ie a oom of $50,000 for tbo seme
purpose.
Ordinance No. 121 aloo concerns the erection of a proposed
sower system back io 1914 aod e
bill for its repeal was preseuted
aud paused   oo   second   reading.
After the payment of a nomber of bills council adjourned. Tbo
next meeting ot tbl body will be
beld at tba regoler time ie September.
pr' WOOeiftX., THUtPpAV. AUGUST 86. 1027.
REM" FOR WUCTER
NO 20
Boall sf satis Tsvasllt Oiliaea
■ Hsrry Msnley, Hfo loog oad
well known citizen ef Antis township, died at bto- homo Wed ooo
day night of last weak alter a
lingering illness of a complication of diseases. Ho waa aged 64
years aaa for maoy yean was
active in tbe affairs of the towoahip, heviog been secretary ef tbe
school board for twooty five years.
Hto wifo aod these children
survive: Mrs. Raymond Btrunk,
ot Bellwood; Eunice M., oad
Herbert, ot Altoooa. A grandchild ead ooe aietor, Mies Aooa
Man ley, also survive.
The funeral eervicee wore hold
at his late homo loot Saturday
atternoon at 2.80 and were coo-
ducted by Bev. W. A. Dysart,
and interment wss made io tbe
Asbary cemetery. For many
years bo had beeo a member of
tho Asbury .Methodist  church.
—Trespass notices tor sslo et
tbto office, tea coots each.
—ft to said that the highway op
Ball's gap will bo modernised daring tbo aummer of 1928. Let as
hops.
—The members ot Bellwood
lodge No. 181, KnighUot Pythias, will bold a ooro boil, the date
of whieh will bi eaooanood latar.
—Howard 8tono has accepted a
position ss solos manager for the
Pood Central oompany in Tyrooe
aad hu catered opoo Me daties.
UeelT.ova.!. Bssa-s Betas. Pal Is
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During tbe poet few weeks a
force of meo here beeo at work
makiog a aamber ot improvement*! to the bowling alley in tbe
P. R. R. Y. M. O. A. Tho alley
vol almost constantly in oao during took winter ead early spriug,
whioh showed mnch wear and the
repairs wore maoh needed.
Workman havo gone thoroughly
over the entire alley aod it to oow
ia belter cooditiou thaa for a
long time. It to a popular means
of amusement tor many members
of the "Y" end daring the winter,
evenings and at times daring tbo
day, it to muob used. Bowling
has become quite tad moos it has
beeu installed. Improvements to
fiber parts of the building boro
also been mada
Everything is now it readiness
for the early aril aad winter activities aod those who frequent tbo
*'Y" will find a welcome. ■_. Sec-
cretary H. E. Syling and his assistant W. A. Love will bo glad to:
bave yoo call, inspect tbe building
aud take advantage of the features
that it contains.
Tsrstsjtl Osttoi   BoM 0s Batoree*-
Tho fifteenth annual   reaoioo
of tbe Turnbaugb family woi held:;
et Blaod pork,'Ti_iinn, '»*» (JEt'l^
day and w-uVwoll etta-jH^g
MET TRAGIC 0FJTH
Uttle Beoert lexers Uriel by Cool
afternoon. 9fj
Immediatly after the dinner,
tbe baeiaess meeting w as hew
aad tbo following were elected aa
officers tor tho oext year: preeideot, George B. Turobaugh of
Pittsburgh; vice preeident, A. A.
Turnbaugh ot Pioeroft; secretary,
Miss Margaret Hammer of Altoona, and treasurer, Hsrry Gwin of
Tyrooe. O. M. Lytle, H. L. Digg.
too aod S. L. Turnbaugh wore
appointed ao a committee to
arrange tbo sports  program.
It was agreed to hold tbe reunion ie 1928 at the some place the
first Saturday after the 16 of Aog-
ust. A salary increase was graoted
tha treasurer. y.l;
Tbo program of sports was
carried oot successfully aod
suitsble prizes awarded tba winners. Tbe results of tho guessing
contest wore: Firet, G. A. Turnbaugh, and second, Mrs. Floegai.
Short talks wore given by George
B. Turnbaugh and C. M. Lytle.
Tbo members began leaving lor
home aboot 5 o'ciock ie tho
afternoon. Several of tite. family
who have passed tho seventy-year
mark were preeent. Quests trom
Olt of the state included Mr. oad
Mrs. 0. V. Lytle ot Chicago, aod
William R. Devise aod tamily ol
Buffalo, N. Y.
—All persons interested io
Aotis cemetery oro requested to
meet et tbe purrying ground oad
clean same oa Wednesday of next
week.
—Entrants ta tbo Labor Day
classic, to be run over tho Altoona Speedway at Tipi-«, «*,
oow making the tryoots. A
nnmber of tho race pilota are oo
tba Hold.
—Dr. F. B. Forrest of Msin
street, ooe of tbe Republican oee*
didetos for coroner of the coaoty
attended the bome coming picnic
at Williamsburg oo Wednesday
eod where bo met many of tbo
voters. Ho woe accompaoiad by
A. Blair Foutz, e former resident
of that sectioa of thi oouoty.
mMA fetal aad distressing acciden t
obeorred oo North Tuckahoe
street last evening at 7 o'clock
Wpto Robert, aged 7 years, son of
and Jfartha Bowers was
ek by tbe traok of-John Cook
received injuries which re-
fatally within a tow min-
thereafter. Mr. Cook had
a to tbe top ot tbe mountain
ring a load of merchaadisa
wss returning with a load ot
I. Tbe father is a passenger
eman on the Cresson division
bad just retorned from bto
eod woo homeward bound ia
Otomobile driven by Howard
pbell. The ohild raa across
street, took bis tether's dinner
ket aod started to cross tbe
t agsio to his bome, whea
truck ooming dowo a grade,
ek tbe lad. Eye witnesses
he ran directly io front of
truck, whiob could not be
ped. Both wheels passed over
ehild's body. He was picked
d taken to bis home,
rooer Rotbrook was notified
otter hearing the story ot
esses decided that ao inquest
eot necessary. No blame was
jp to tho driver of tbe
who is a Main street mar-
boy was boro October 17,
Surviving are bis parents
brothers and sister*:
Jane,   Michael, Betty
^^^JpMP"Teola«ee
-—mJfeood, Satorday at 2
p. m. Ber. Galen B. Bloagb, pastor tbo Chareh of tho Brethren,
will officiate Tbe funeral' to hi
cbarge ef Fuosa eod Glass, undertakers^
Bsrrtsk-Brsao
Charles E. Barriok snd Miss
Rath E. Green, both of Bellwood,
ware married last Tuesday evening by Rev. J. F. Anderaon, D.D.,
it bis residence No. 800. Main
street. Tbo ring was asad io tbo
ceremony.. Mr. Bar rick to employed with the P. R. R. compaoy
in tho Bollwood shops. The
newlyweds will reside in north
Bellwood.
—Wa will soon hear the merry
•oaod ot the school bell.
Grant Ubil and wife of Walnut,
Juniata coaoty, spent a couple
days of this week at the home ot
Thomaa K. Ubil aod wife oo
North Fourth street.
Mrs. R. R. Ferry   and   daughter Geraldine, ot Harrisburg, oro
guesta at tbe homo of G. M. Haw-
kios oo Boyles street. Mrs. Ferry
is the mother ot Mrs. Hawkins.
James Ubil aod wife, of Cleveland, Ohio, spent a couple days
during tba week at tba homo ot
Thomas K. Ubil on North Foartb
street. They returned with thrir
daughter, who bad beeo visiting
her grandparents for e few weeks.
Francis H. Eeefe and wite, of
Sterling, III.; Irvin Garhck and
daughter. Miss Edith ef Gilbert,
III.; aod Mrs. Harry N. Hauks, ot
Kmmevilie, Fulton coaoty, spent
a lee days of tbto week at the
home ot *J-ju-t-bu Wtmmh; S Hat-
rick end wife oo bourn s««>,nd
atreet.
Piotessor 8. M. Tressler, supervising principal oi the pablie
aohool of Washington, N. J.,
with hto wife aad two children
while returning trom a motor
trip to Pittsburg, spaat a couple
daya ef tbto wnk at tba home of
Ooancilman Frank W. Fleisber
aad will oa Matt in street.
GROWING CONDITION SHOttN
Issar aaea Featare  01  lis Eslslts «
rylllas Iss Ursa ■aaisarslta
Membership ia tba Order
Knights of Pythias at ths ond of
the loot fiscal year approximately
800,000, aod tbe insurance department, wbicb celebrated ita fiftieth
anniversary on August 7, bos distributed more than $60,000,000
amoog widows aad orphans, according to two reports made be
fore the local lodge et ito last convention. These reports, read by
0. F. Jackson, keeper of records
eod seal, showed botb the order
and tbe department io a haaltby
growing condition in all porta of
the Uoited States aod Caoada.
Tho fiscal report issued by Harry
M. Love, Minneapolis, Minn.,
gave the membership ia sll fit ty-
fivo grand domains. Tbo other
report issued by Harry Wade,
Indianapolis, Ind., president of
tbe Insurance departmeot, showed
that for every day during the
first balf century ot tbe inaoraooes
department's activity, it had paid
$8,800 to widows and orphans of
deceased members ot tbo Order.
"Oer iosurance departmeot
was instituted on Aug. 7, 1867"
Mid A. D. Mitchell, chancellor
commander. "The homo office
is located at Indianapolis, Iud.,
where it has a beautiful buildiog
erected loot yoor ate out ot e
balf million dollars. Besides paying to widows aad orphans of
members more thao $60,000,000
it his accumlated e reserve ot $20,-
000,000, the whole |*-^oyjigj_ggj
■S__d_to
providoBoa, 51iL__	
Thto investment is a guarantee
tbet every claim agstost it, oo tho
death of aa insared member will
be paid. Tba department issues
insurance certificates which provide lor cash loans, cosh surrender, total disability and doable indemnity, together with other benefits snob as axteoded aad paid-
up insuranoe values* It to opera
ted within the Ordor ood only
members io good standing can
share in ito benefits."
Commenting oo tbe member-
ship, O. F. Jackson keeper of records aud nal made an aonalysis
of tho development of tho order in
various parts of tbo country.
"Ohio has tbe largest membership**, hs said, witb approximately 60,000. Pennsylvania ia second Witb 64,000. Indiana third,
26,000; Illinois has 48,000 snd
New York, 47,000.. Six of tbe
fifty .five domains are io Caoada
witb a total membership of more
thoa 20,000, Membership io oat-
lying territory, Alaska, Canal
Zone, Hawaii eod tbo Philippine
Islands, comprising ten lodges,
bos a membership of aboot 1,000.
A part of tba report showed tho
gain mode by tbe order daring
the period from March to Juno
thto year whoa e universal drive
waa made to restore former memb
ers sod a class wss initiated in
hooor of Supreme Cbanceltor
RichardS. Write. More tbeo
50,000 members wore added to tbe
lodge rosters during tho four
months. Tbe lodge at Bl Dorado,
Ark., made tbe largest gain in
reioatstments. Tbe largest elass
initiated daring the year was at
Biimingh.m, A lo.. wbea 850 moo
from varioas parts of tho stato
ware given mo r»B- u--u
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit H
Tboee Wko Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OOR CfTIZEMS
Quests Wae lie
bg
ol
Wis Travel To sal "fro.
—Tho vacation days are gradually drawing to • close.
Mill Bath K. Barber, principal
of the Allisoo-James echool
Santa Fa, New Mexico, left oe
Jfonday evening, after a pleasant
visit of four weeks spent at tbe
home of ber mother, Mrs. Samael
Barper oa Sooth First stout.
Miss Marion Fox of Sonny.
brook farm is visiting frienda ia
Pittsburgh and Homestead.
Marion Harshbarger, ot Altoona, is visitiog at tha home of
Joho W. Laird on Sooth Seoood
street.
Joel Bower aod wife of North
Tooth Street, have retaraed home
from a visit of a few days spaat
io Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Hefiman, who
had spent the past six weeks with
friends in tho boroogb, has returned to Albany, N. Y.
if ra. Ike Saltroao left one day
last week lor Mlddletown, Ohio,
whore sbe will visit her mother
for a couple ot weeks.
Justus Douglass and wife hare
returned home ftom too ring tbe
New England states eod report a
pleasant trip. They were es far
north as tbo state of Maine.
Mrs. Benjamine Boyor, daagh
ter aod sons, JKiss Catherine
John and Boy, ood Miss Gertrude McElwaioe are eojoying tbe
vacation days it Bowers Beach
Delaware.
Pittsburgh, ere speodit^lheir
vacation at tbe Jeffries homo ae
Boyles street.
Miss Dorothy Mitchell,' daughter of A. D. Mitchell eod wifo ef
8tewart atreet, will reteru heme
oo Saturday trom a visit ot two
weeks with relatives residing io
Clearfield coanty.
Miss Lizzie Akers, engaged oa
the Altoona Tribune editorial departmeot, has returned homo
from a vacatiou of two weeks,
whioh was speot et the Crystal
Springs camp meeting in Bedford
county.
Thomas Cherry ood wife, ot
Marion, Iowa, lie guests at the
bome ot their aoole, Alfred
Cherry and wife in Aotis towo-
sbip. It to oow thirty years siooe
Mr. Cherry lost visited in Pennsylvania.
John F. Boyer, preaeot coonty
treasurer aod candidate for tbo
Republican nomination for coda-
to commissioner, was a Bellwood
visitor Wednesday morning. He
to a formidable candidate and bids
fair to be one of those who wdl
first coma under tba  wire.
Warren Miller, wife ood throe
children, eod Miss Mary Loben-
guir, aU of Mount Pleasant, on e
trip to Watkin's Glen, Niagara
Falls and Canada, spent the week
end with thrir cousin, George
Miles aod tamily oo East First
atreet. _J;tJ§3H
Mil. C. E. Dickson aad grandson, Charles, returned home from
Ft. Wayne, lod., accompanied by
hor niece, Misa Faye Hostler eod
her sou Rex, who came homo to
attend the golden wedding anniversary ot usi -pwiKi ■.rat—Mi, o. ia.
nirtimon eed wite. of Altoona
Thomas K. Ubil, well known
retired employe ol tbe P. B. B.
company, left laat evening la
compaoy of hto oieoe, -Miss Jfildr-
ed Ubil, who bad beeo attending
sohool io Bern York city daring
tbl past yoar, tor Shenandoah,
Iowa, where oer townsman will
viriti-to brothers for a tow weeka.
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